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During the midnight hours of Tuesday, February 3, 2015, neighbours could hear explosions going off just across the street up in Otter Point; the aftermath of a fire that caught and spread quickly through a local workshop. Several fire crews arrived on scene - from Sooke, Otter Point, East Sooke and Metchosin the flames had engulfed the structure, blowing its roof off and consuming its walls from inside out. Despite their hardest efforts to save it however, it was too late. With the nearest water hydrant being some 2.5 km away from that location, some can’t help but wonder: was it a water issue? “No, there was plenty of water available in dealing with this particular fire,” says Otter Point Fire Captain John McCrea, who says the use of tenders - big semi-trucks with a massive water tank in the back - have been sufficient for most fire emergencies in the area. Tenders vary in size,
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Otter Point Volunteer Fire Department utilizes a large tender truck with a capacity of 2,200 gallons of water. though the more rural the region, the bigger they are likely to be; for example, Otter Point FD’s current tender truck can carry up to 2,200 gallons of water, while Sooke’s tender holds 1,400 gallons. “We already know where the areas are that have no hydrant, so we have a really good tender-shuttle system in place to make sure we always have water,” he said. “All our mutual-aid partners are involved in that, so if we have a structure fire or sooke has a structure fire in a non-hydranted area, tenders come in particularly handy.” According to McCrae, after the flames were
put out Tuesday night, two tenders were actually sent back to their stations - in other words, there was too much water. Still, always good to have that extra help than not have it at all, notes McCrae. “The idea is to get as much manpower and equipment there as quick as possible,” he said. “If you don’t need it, it’s not a huge issue to stand them down, but at least you have the resources coming right away.” Sooke Fire Chief Steve Sorensen says adding extra tenders is all fire departments can do at this point to stay prepared; that, and mutual-aid/automatic-
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aid agreements. “Mutual aid is we have a fire in Sooke, I need your help, call Otter Point, I need a tender, an engine, whatever. Automatic aid is when it’s pre-established what you want for certain types of calls,” Sorensen said. Direct water access via hydrants remains an issue however; one that, according to Sorensen, won’t be resolved anytime soon. “Right now there’s no appetite to develop in rural areas, nor is there any capacity because the sewers don’t go that way, which hydrants hinge on to work,” he said. “For us it is all about strong mutual aid agreements
and calling in tenders.” The luxury of piped city water has to end somewhere though, notes CRD regional director Mike Hicks. “That’s a reality of rural living. The costs of extending the water line to Otter Point or Shirley would be tens of millions of dollars there’s no one around to be able to pay it,” he said, adding that most water lines are extended when there’s a big development going on. In this case, also unlikely. “There are no big developments in Otter Point, and probably there never will be, because the OCP (Official Community Plan) they want to keep that are rural,” Hicks said. Places such as Jordan River don’t even have fire service in the area, however the extent of coverage and efficiency for neighbouring fire departments is likely to change. According to Hicks, Shirley’s fire department is in the process of putting in a water tank that can hold tens of thousands of water right beside their fire hall. In addition to that, they will also be installing a pressurized hydrant that will allow tender trucks to hook up and refill very quickly.
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What could have been a tragedy turned out to be a good news story, thanks to an alert tenant, two RCMP officers and the fire department. On Friday, February 6 at about 10 a.m. a smoke alarm alerted a tenant on Govenlock Place to call 9.1.1. The first people to attend to the call were two RCMP officers, Const. Sean Heidman and Cpl. Joe Holmes and Fire Chief Steve Sorensen. Const. Heidman tried to get into the upstairs of the home but the sliding glass door was locked, so he got a sledge hammer from his cruiser and broke in. The house was full of smoke from a burning pot on the stove and an semi-unconcious man was laying on the floor. The RCMP grabbed the man by the wrist and pulled him to safety on the deck. The unidentified man had suffered some sort of medical condition. Sorensen, who arrived just as the officers did, said they spent quite a bit of time with the man accessing his condition, giving him oxygen and waiting for the ambulance crew to arrive. “He passed out from a medicall consdition and the pot caught on fire. He was lucky the tenant was home and the smoke alarms worked,” said Sorensen. There was no one else in the home at the time. Staff Sargeant Jeff McArthur has praise for the two officers on the scene. “They suffered a little smoke inhalation but they’re fine,” said McArthur. “It was pretty good performance that’s for sure.” It is not known the condition of the elderly man, but McArthur said he thinks he is okay. Sorensen reminds people to check their smoke alarms to ensure they are working and that multiple alarms in a home are connected. “In this case the tenant knew something was going on,” said Sorensen. Smoke alarms and visible addresses are crucial to safety and for emergency crews to aid residents when necessary, said Sorensen.
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Low income and need your pet spayed/ neutered? The Victoria Cat Rescue Corps has an annual ‘spay/neuter blitz’ starting February 16 for a limited time. They will pay the full cost of spay or neuter procedures for cats belonging to lowincome pet owners, and will take stray cats too. Call 250 656-1100 or visit their site: http:// www.victoriacatrescue. com/
Learn to pitch shoes And from Sooke’s new Horseshoe Pitching Association: Just to let everyone - from 10-years-old to 95 - know that the association will be creating a group to teach and learn the art of throwing horseshoes in Sooke, with the start of the construction of horseshoe courts in the coming weeks. They hope to be playing horseshoes this summer at the location on Sooke River Road, across from Fred Milne Park. At this time, they are looking for volunteers to help in getting this off the ground. If you would like to help or know of anybody, family, grandchild or friend, please feel free to contact Rick Hobday. His phone number is 250-642-7657, or email trueisrich@gmail.com. They are particularly interested in young people to become the future horseshoe players of Sooke.
Nominate a great buisness Sooke Region Chamber of Commerce is now accepting nominations for the Business Excellence Awards. The gala takes place on April 11 at the Prestige Hotel ballroom and will feature a cocktail reception, dinner and awards ceremony. Included as well will be a silent and live auction. This is a fundraiser for the SRCC.New this year
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Bill Jones shows off his “This Pink shirt says Enough� t-shirt in preparation for antiBullying day. Looking to add to the cause and raise awareness? Join Mr. Jones on Wednesday, February 25 at 2 p.m. between anna-Marie Road and the home hardware parking lot on sooke Road to show your support. Be sure to wear a pink shirt. is a People’s Choice Award where attendees vote for their favorite nominee. Everyone is welcome and you do not have to be a chamber member to participate in the voting or the awards ceremony. To nominate a business or individual go to the chamber website at: www.sookeregionchamber.com/events All businesses in the Sooke region are eligible for awards. Judging will be carried out by community members not affiliated with the SRCC. The award categories are: Professional Services Excellence, Retail and Services Excellence, Manufacturing and Industry Excellence, Dining and Hospitality Excellence, Sustainabil-
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What is Babytime? Babytime takes place at the Sooke Library Branch on the first Thursday of every month at 2 p.m. Babytime is a program especially for caregivers and babies aged 0-18 months that helps develop children’s early literacy skills through ageappropriate rhymes,
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Local “foodies” recognized for Slow Food advocacy Pirjo Raits
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What is a “foodie” exactly? Well, if you were to ask Brooke Fader, she would tell you it is someone who has a passion for food. Not just the enjoyment of it, but also the producing, picking, harvesting and preserving of food from farms, oceans and the wild. Brooke Fader and chef Oliver Kienast have been shortlisted by Western Living magazine as Foodies of the Year. The couple, well known for their work at the Sooke Harbour House, are setting off on their own. They previously operated Wild Mountain Dinners, a chef’s table dining experience. Fader and Kienast are strong advocates and passionate members of the Slow Food Movement and this is where the nod from Western Living comes in. “They recognized our work with Slow Food, and as a volunteer it’s the only validation you get. To get into Western Living is big for the group,” said Fader. Fader is thrilled with them being short listed, not so
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Brooke Fader and Oliver Kienast. much for themselves but for all of the amazing people on the short list, many of whom are friends. One of the projects Fader and the Slow Food Movement is involved in is finding money to help kids whose parents died from ebola. Fader said their parents had been farmers and the Slow Food Movement has been instrumental in growing 71 gardens in Sierra Leone,
(1,000 in Africa). “It’s about empowering people to encourage the changes they need and want.” The kids will be placed in relatives’ or family friends’ homes so they can stay in the community and go to school. “Planting a garden is a political act,” she said. “We don’t realize how many countries if they don’t have local food they don’t have
any food.” That’s part of their passion and their commitment to the world. It is important on a global scale and on a local one. They believe the provincial government should make more effort to support local farmers and fishermen. “Food for me is getting other people to care about the land, water and human beings in the world. If we taste it, we start to care. Why are the greens from Ragley Farm so delicious? Why are these strawberries so good? We want to get people reconnected to their food sources and to care,” said Fader. Fader said food production in Sooke is increasing and a resurgence of small scale farming is becoming more evident each year. Oliver Kienast is as involved as Fader in Slow Food but his forte is in the kitchen and his “words” are more often spoken with food. “It is great to be recognized, us and our co-workers felt good about it. It’s recognition of us and our team. We all worked hard and really well together,” said Kienast. He said the garden at the Sooke Harbour House is
what makes that place. “Amazing local food and customer service night after night is huge for us. We take it seriously - all of us.” Kienast said, he is humbled and is pleased that food activists and chefs get the attention back to farmers and fishermen who are taking bigger risks than they are. “I couldn’t do what I do without other people who put their lives in that direction as well.” Both acknowledged Sinclair Philip as a early advocate and supporter of the Slow Food Movement and bringing fresh into the equation. “I see the baton being handed to us,” said Kienast. So whether they become the Foodies of the Year or not is yet to be seen but what is clear is that they are doing what they love and they are passionate and involved in all aspects of food, from the planting, gathering, foraging and preparation to the larger world view. Sooke has not heard the last of Brooke Fader and Oliver Kienast of Wild Mountain.
Flood and tsunami hazards guidelines being “recommended” Pirjo Raits
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Juan de Fuca Regional Director Mike Hicks stated back in November that guidelines for flood hazard areas was an over-reaction to the potential of sea level rise by the year 2100. Hicks wrote to the Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development reiterating his stance that the recommendations were impractical and a universal regulation based on storm surge should be re-evaluated. More than three months later he received a response from the Minister of Environment Mary Polak. She stated the
proposed guideline amendment, “does not provide universal values for storm surge and wave effects, but recommends that flood construction levels for a given location be determined by a suitably qualified professional.” “That’s a pretty huge statement,” said Hicks. Hicks said his constituents are pretty happy as it would have affected 1,800 properties in the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area and 18,000 in the Capital Regional District. “I feel cautiously good… it’s an encouraging sign,” said Hicks. He said the initial response from his constituents was one of huge concern. “People from all over
Vancouver Island were wanting to know more and they urged me on,” Hicks said. Hicks said tsunami setbacks have been in place since 2004 but
Sooke and the Juan de Fuca don’t enforce it. Hicks, in his letter, said the 30 metre tsunami setback “is also seriously flawed.” He interpreted
Polak’s response as stating that the flood construction level above the natural boundary, which is now 1.5 metres, will increase to 2.5 metres.
Ministry staff are currently reviewing comments on the proposed amendment to be included in the next steps in the amendment process.
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School class is a cross section of history Years ago, George McIntosh, son of a George McIntosh who ran a motor stage between his home on Grant Road and Victoria, gave us this 1914/15 photo of the pupils of Sooke School. The youngsters were posed by the wall of the first school building on the Sooke Road site. It was long after this photo, in the late 1920s, that the senior George McIntosh began running a Packard passenger stage, laden with milk cans and sacks of produce. When he retired in 1946 he sold his business to Vancouver Island Coach Lines. Rear, left: Sophie George, unid, Daisy Margison, unid, Mary Lazzar, Catherine Gilbert, teacher Willard Beale, George McIntosh, ? Hunt, Bill Charters, Philip Thorpe, Johnny Margison, Albert Lannan, Eddie Minnie, unid. Front, left: Marion Stewart, Poppy Margison, Mary Forrest, Florence Muir, Esther Wilson, Florence Horne, ? George, unid, unid,
Acreman and her son Robert lives on Muir land today. Florence Horne, from Victoria, was a cousin of the Robert Mugford family who built the Mugford boarding house. In 1938/39 she began teaching in Sooke; there were three classrooms at Sooke by then; I was in her grade one class and I think we all loved her. Charlie Barbour, unid, unid, Clifford Charters, Charlie Halliday, Victor Margison, George Lannan, unid, unid. To me, this is an engaging photo – not sure I’d want to be the teacher in charge of this large class, but among these children’s lives we see a cross section of Sooke history. Sophie George was credited, along with her grandmother Mary George, with the naming of the new subdivision of Saseenos, “sunny land gently sloping from the water.” The Margison youngsters are children of realtor J. Y. Margison and lived in the home that Marv and Sylvia
Hallgren own today. The Charters boys, descended from pioneers settling here in 1865, no doubt helped at the family’s sawmill, cutting lumber where Belvista is today. The Lannan brothers lived in the family home at the foot of Kaltasin and Glenidle; their parents farmed the area now known as Saseenos and their name is remembered by Lannan Creek. Mary Lazzar was a daughter of Chief Andrew Lazzar of the T’Sou-ke. Charlie Barbour’s dad was manager of the Sooke Harbour Hotel. Florence Muir is remembered by many
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project and in 2015 it was literacy, said Girl Guide Leader Jill Wark. “We’ve got a bin at the Girl Guide cabins and we’ve been collecting (books) since December.” So far, the young women have collected about 300 books. “The girls are happy to know there was something in the community they could help with,” said Wark.
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When boxes of books were placed in the lobby at SEAPARC, no one expected the kids would dive into the pile of books and cart away as many as they liked. It became the true testament to a program that is proving to be highly successful - getting kids to read. “It’s a pile of books,” said Alice Gable, a volunteer with the Book Bin Program. “This way children can pick up books that pique their interest and they can take as many as they want. It’s a real gift the community is giving them.” For the past three years the Sooke Region Literacy Project has been filling bins with books. It all began when outreach coordinator Stephanie Croft came and talked to the Rotary Club. Interest in the program grew from that initial contact and there are now book bins at the T’Sou-ke First Nation, SEAPARC, Sooke Family Resource Society (CASA) and the Stick in the Mud. Volunteer Chris Dykman has been busy lately building new shelves for the children’s books.
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Below, Little John Croft cuts the ribbon when the new children’s Book Bin shelf, built by Chris Dykman, was opened on Family Literacy Day, January 30, at SEAPARC. Community members who might wish to donate books can call Alice at 250-642-7720 or Linda Young at 250-6426429. The biggest need seems to be books for children and young adults. Books are being collected in January and February by the Sooke Girl Guides. “Every year the national Girl Guides set up a national service
“We all love books, we have a passion for books, everyone should read,” said Gable speaking for the six volunteers. She said children love books they own. “They can fall in love with it, keep it, return
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Girl Guides are made up of: Sparks (ages 5-6) Brownies (ages 7-8) Guides (ages 9-11) Pathfinders (ages 12-14) Rangers (ages 15-17) Adults (ages 18+) If any girl is interested in joining the Girl Guide movement they can go to the web page www.girlguides.ca and get information and a link for joining the Sooke Girl Guides. And, said Wark, the every popular, often sold out Girl Guide cookies will be on sale the end of March.
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1. Development Permit with Variance Application a) DP-05-12 - Lot 7, Section 129, Sooke District, Plan VIP67208 (470 Seedtree Road – Stokes) 2. Official Community Plan Amendment and Rezoning Application a) Z-03-14 - Lot 1, District Lot 147, Malahat District, Plan 22170 (3932 Trans Canada Highway Victoria Humane Society) Due to advertising deadline, other items may be included on the agenda. Please call 250.642.1500 for confirmation.
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Shirley Lowe The beginning of life as a senior officially starts at age 55 with retirement planned from 60 – 70 years. It is a bit of a jolt to be recognized as a senior and it reminds us how fast time flies. For some it means speeding up the exercise regime and vowing to care for our health. This works for the fortunate, but through the later years many are burdened with health issues. Trying to sort available resources can be challenging, particularly in the early days of health or housing needs. The Provincial Government provide a B.C. Seniors Guide book that is filled with information on how to access all government resources, from bus passes to crisis intervention. Call Service B.C. at 1.800.663.7867 or www.seniorsbc.ca to get a copy. There is also a blue Seniors Services Directory (a community resource handbook for the Capital Region) from Seniors Serving Seniors. They can be contacted at 250-382-4331. These books are of great benefit as they have all services in one place. The B.C. Ministry of Health - Home and Community Care provide a variety of services for the South Island to Port Renfrew. They will supply care in your home depending on needs and eligibility. This can
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be a referral from the doctor or call general enquiries 250-388-2273 or toll free 1-888-5332273 for information. I have learned that the Island Health Adult Day Program in Sooke can only be accessed through a case manager and are no longer at Ayre Manor Lodge. For those requiring assisted living or residential care call the Central Intake phone 250-388-2210 for an assessment of needs. A case manager will be assigned and a health care team will come to
the home and plan the best solution. Most services can be subsidized if required. When home care is no longer an option we have our local Ayre Manor Residential Care Home with cottages, private suites, great care and nourishing food. Demand is high so it is good to plan as far ahead as possible. Beacon Home Services, Nurse Next Door and others offer private care or companionship. They are listed in the directories. We are fortunate the system
tries hard to meet our needs but it is up to us to ask for the help. There is a new program - Patients as Partners/Patients Voices Network – a Ministry of Health initiative for feedback from people who have used the health system. Sign up if you have some solutions, complaints or ideas to help with health care planning. www.patientsasparners.ca/network Confusius said: “Old age is a good and pleasant thing – It is true you are gently shouldered
Comments on agenda items can be submitted before noon February 17, 2015 by mail to the Capital Regional District (CRD), Juan de Fuca Electoral Area Planning, 3 – 7450 Butler Road, Sooke, BC V9Z 1N1, by email to jdfinfo@crd.bc.ca or be submitted at the meeting. Staff reports will be available after February 12, 2015 on the CRD website at: www.crd.bc.ca/about/ document-library/Documents/committeedocuments/ juandefucalandusecommittee or can be viewed at our office, Monday to Friday between 8:30am and 4:30pm.
off the stage, but then you are given a comfortable front seat as a spectator.” ENJOY THE RIDE! Shirley Lowe
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Post-secondary ‘re-engineering’ begins B.C. Views
Premier Christy Clark’s push to “re-engineer” the B.C. education system is moving ahead aggressively in B.C.’s 25 post-secondary institutions. One of the first tasks for Andrew Wilkinson in his new role as advanced education minister was to outline the shift in operating grants for colleges and universities to indemand occupations. By 2017, a quarter of the money for post-secondary institutions will be directed to areas where labour force surveys forecast a need. This was greeted with some alarm when it was announced last year. Simon Fraser University president Andrew Petter at first downplayed the coming skills shortage as “relatively small” and warned against pushing post-secondary institutions into a “zero sum battle for dollars.” Petter has since come on board, as his approving comments were featured in the ministry’s Jan. 26 news release detailing the shift. He and others have been assured that in spite of Clark’s rhetoric, suggesting trades training is in and university is out, the news for SFU and other universities isn’t all that bleak. Wilkinson is completing a province-wide tour of all post-secondary institutions this week, and I reached him at his visit to Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops. “The response to this has generally been pretty good, because the
students are putting this pressure on institutions themselves,” he said. “Some of the institutions are … shrinking things like teacher education and putting more effort into the science-based, quantitative fields that are often related to these indemand occupations.” The surplus of teacher graduates has been noticeable for some time, but that’s largely a function of oversupply, much of it in urban areas. In the Cariboo, for example, teaching jobs are projected to have the highest number of openings by 2022, followed by nursing and retail and wholesale trade managers. Then come heavy duty mechanics and electricians, but also paraprofessional jobs in legal, social, community and educational services. Province-wide, it’s part of a broader demographic shift to fewer children and more retirees. In fact the government started this targeted funding a decade ago with health care, forcing universities to produce more doctors, nurses, lab techs and so forth. The retiring baby boom is expected to account for more than half of the openings in the next decade, which will expand the skills demand across most fields, beyond the trades training for the anticipated liquefied natural gas industry and other high-demand industrial areas such as truck driving. Wilkinson notes that of the ministry’s $1.9 billion budget, about
60 per cent goes into general postsecondary education, for introductory courses that students take when they are seeking a career path, through undergraduate studies to professions. “So I think the idea that we’re going to somehow minimize or diminish funding in that general education, arts and science category is just not true,” he said. Key to this shift is measuring the performance of courses offered at colleges, universities and technical schools. Each year, the ministry surveys about 30,000 graduates to find out whether their studies helped them find a related job. The results are available on a website that breaks them out by institution and general study area. To find it, do a web search for “BC student outcomes” and select the “executive dashboard” to check the results for courses and schools in your region. The site provides charts showing the percentage of students who land relevant jobs. Not surprisingly, it tends to be higher for technical programs and lower for fine arts. It also shows grads’ average wages, a sobering but useful bit of information for high school students and their parents. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@ blackpress.ca
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We asked: Do you drive around more now that gas prices are lower?
I might go out a litle bit more, but doesn’t change much for me.
It hasn’t affected me at all, I just have a normal routine, it’s just nice to see them below a dollar.
I’m just glad that diesel is down there with gas, cause normally when gas goes down, diesel doesn’t, but when it goes up, so does diesel.
Yeah, we're gonna go up Island more now because it is cheaper to drive.
Tony Sarle Sooke
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Lisa Greenway Sooke
Who to vote for? The troubling question of “Who to vote for?” in the coming federal election really indicates an underlying more fundamental issue that the system of Western liberal democracy is itself inherently flawed and incapable of meeting the needs of our globally interdependent world. The basic adversarial structure of partisan political parties motivated by self-interests competing for power, compromises and corrupts all those involved as winning at all costs becomes the overriding goal. This results in unsustainable governance unduly influenced by lobbyists and corporate funders, unable to solve complex issues and prone to incivility and mean spiritedness fostering intractable conflict and contention. What we need at all levels of society are unifying democratic systems of governance based upon cooperation, reciprocity and the setting of the common good above private interests. In such a system individuals are elected based upon their quality of character, mature experience and welltrained minds without nominations or electioneering utilizing a plurality system of voting. Power and authority are vested in institutions rather than individuals thus minimiz-
letters ing the corrupting influence of power. Complex issues facing our society can then be addressed through consultation and cooperation to determine the best solutions based upon sound science and moral principles rather than political ideology. We can begin this process by applying these concepts in our local communities, in our volunteer organizations, in our local businesses and in our municipal governments to gain the necessary experience and realize the benefits of the system in preparation for applying it at the regional, provincial and federal levels of our society. Regarding the existing system, the best we can do is vote for the candidates based on the attributes outlined above without regard for what party they belong to. Secondly, we can stop supporting the partisan political system itself by not joining any political party or contributing time and energy or funds in support of the system. The system will eventually collapse due to attrition opening the opportunity to replace it with the alternative, cooperative democratic model of governance. Don Brown Sooke
Defending the BCTF
Contrary to Tom Fletcher’s assertion that B.C. teachers and the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation are not “adapting,” we are actually leading the way in protecting and enhancing education in our province. The BCTF is actively involved in B.C.’s task force on assessment, the graduation requirements review, and the curriculum redesign teams. Our two vicepresidents and I have been meeting with senior Ministry of Education staff on these initiatives as well. As a union of professionals, we work hard to enhance our practice in support of teaching and learning. The BCTF has 32 provincial specialist associations—ranging from science, social studies, and art to technology and trades education— that put on exceptional professional development conferences, write reports, and lead important teacher inquiry projects. Recently, the BCTF has partnered with UBC and the BC Superintendents Association to create a provincewide mentoring program that will formalize an integrated system of support for developing and retaining teachers in B.C. We also funded, created, and launched
a new online platform called TeachBC that enables teachers from across B.C. to share their research and teaching resources. There are a lot of excellent things happening in B.C. schools and teachers are front and centre making it all happen. However, we cannot forget that any government strategy, initiative, direction, plan, etc., needs funding. Unfortunately, we’re still waiting for this government to fund the basics like improving class size and composition. A change in government attitude towards funding is the first adaptation B.C. students need. Jim Iker BCTF President
Wolf kill defended Your ‘Our View’ dated January 28, 2015 Is your view based on facts or a passionate ahhhh? Survival of generations to come is based on how much animal groups learn. Keep in mind we humans are animals too. Mountain and Woodland caribou are not to be confused with Barren Land caribou in the northern territories. Their populations are healthy. As an example of the central B.C. Woodland and Mountain caribou, the South Selkirk BC
was a herd of 46 in 2009, however due to wolf predation the herd is down to 18 animals as of March 2014. That’s just one example, there are many other herds in the same devastating situation and may be reaching possible extinction numbers. With the exception of Alberta, Canada has done little to protect the endangered caribou populations. Wolves breed by means of an alpha male and alpha female, as most humans know. Their reproduction litter numbers are based on the availability of food, in their hunting area. When hunting is good and productive numbers per litter are high as in 10 to 12 pups. When hunting is poor, litter sizes decline dramatically, possibly one to four. By managing the wolf numbers, B.C. can maintain wolf and caribou healthy numbers. It’s been proven. Some say that this wolf kill is being done to accommodate hunters and guides. It’s not.
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Hunters are the original conservationist and still the best. There are possible exceptions and they’re called poachers (not hunters) and are subject to criminal charges if caught. The deer populations in so-called civilized areas are high due to a wolf kill that was shut down by environmentalists in the 1970’s. The current resident deer are now the great, great, great grandchildren to those deer that were force into residential subdivisions because of wolf pressure. And, those who don’t learn from the past, are doomed to repeat it. The cull will be done by professionals based on wildlife professionals past research. Please let them do their job as they let you do yours. Kel Phair Sooke
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Dam failure
Rodney Nyberg incorrectly jumps to the conclusion that I said he was dense, whereas I was talking about BC Hydro - who sometimes get off track or don’t communicate well. BC Hydro say the Jordan River Diversion dam provides a substantial proportion of the power generated on Vancouver Island, but 80 per cent of our supply comes from the B.C. mainland via undersea cables. BC Hydro wants to purchase several homes to clear the flood risk area so they can continue to produce power from the dam in question without replacing it, I questioned where we’d get power from after a huge earthquake, BC Hydro’s FAQ infers from natural gas, though I am not aware of plans to
build a plant. I suggest keeping a safe heater with a stock of Vancouver Island coal. I did criticize Nyberg’s conspiracy theory about BC Hydro’s motives, recommending he choose the simpler possibility – that’s what the Occam’s Razor principle advises. His claim about the dam withstanding the earthquake he lived through does not make sense in the context of BC Hydro’s concern about an earthquake of 8 or 9 magnitude – a thousand times stronger than the worst anywhere near Jordan River since the dam was built. Nyberg seems fatalistic, but damage factors include the structure and the soil. Wood frame houses are relatively resistant, whereas old multi-story masonry buildings and edifices like old legisla-
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tive buildings are fragile. He should check his location against the B.C. government’s map of risk including liquifaction of some soils. Indeed, the limited damage from recent earthquakes in the Seattle area occurred where one of those factors existed. Dam failure releases a huge quantity of water that will wipe out much in its path, Nyberg should check where he is relative to that. If he’s high and dry on solid ground why does he think he’d be bad off? If he is in the flood plain he has a choice in theory, as did the hermit who refused to move out of the way of the inevitable explosion of Mt. St. Helens, though the probability of a major earthquake in Nyberg’s lifetime is small. But I doubt BC Hydro or governments want to take the legal risk and bad PR of a death. Keith Sketchley Saanich
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) needs your help in naming a handful of their newest and cutest) recruits! The Police Dog Service Training Centre (PDSTC) in Innisfail, Alberta is asking young Canadians to suggest names for 10 German Shepherd puppies recently born at the centre. Children are encouraged to be original and imaginative in finding names that will serve these puppies well in their careers
Help name the puppies. with Canada’s national police force. When thinking of names, it is important to keep
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whose names are selected will each receive a laminated 8×10-inch photo of the pup they name, a plush dog named Justice and an RCMP cap. Contest rules are simple: Contestants can suggest only one name (one entry per person). The name may be for a male or a female pup. The name must start with the letter “H”. The name must have no more than nine (9) letters. The name must be
Romantic films to watch together Couples celebrate Valentine’s Day in many different ways. For some the idea of dinner out followed by a stroll arm-in-arm seems the epitome of romance, while others may want to go out dancing or engage in a favorite hobby. Valentine’s Day also can be a romantic endeavor if a couple chooses to spend time at one with each other watching a romantic movie.
The following are a handful of love-inspired movies that can add a special something to Valentine’s Day festivities: The Notebook The Proposal An Affair to Remember Say Anything Gone With the Wind Once West Side Story My Best Friend’s Wedding Never Been Kissed
Harold and Maude Annie Hall Bridget Jones’ Diary Ten Things I Hate About You Casablanca The Princess Bride The Way We Were Officer and a Gentleman Dr. Zhivago Amelie The Unbearable Lightness of Being Ghost
one or two syllables. Contestants must live in Canada and be 16 years old or younger. Two ways to enter: Enter online: www. rcmp-grc.ca/depot/ pdstc-cdcp/name-thepuppy-nomme-le-chioteng.htm, or send a letter to the following address. Be sure to print the child’s name, age, address, telephone number and the suggested name for a puppy. Attn: “Name the Puppy Contest” Police Dog Ser-
vice Training Centre Box 6120 Innisfail, AB T4G 1S8 We also love to receive drawings and paintings with the name! If submitting by mail or email, children are invited to get creative with their entries. Although there can be only 10 winners, names not selected for the contest will be considered for other puppies born during the year. The deadline for entries is March 3, 2015. Contest win-
ners and prizes will be announced on April 8, 2015. Winning names will be chosen by the PDSTC staff. A draw will determine the winning entry in the event of multiple submissions of the same puppy name. The PDSTC is home to the RCMP national police dog training program and is a part of RCMP “Depot” Division. Keep an eye on hashtags #NamethePuppy on Twitter for updates.
Marriage Commissioner The Vital Statistics Agency, Ministry of Health, is looking for an individual to serve as a Marriage Commissioner for Sooke. The individual will perform civil marriages within their community on behalf of the Agency. For information and an application form please visit our website at: www.vs.gov.bc.ca/marriage
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At the Sooke Library 10:30 to 11 a.m.,Hands-on activities for ages 18-36 months. Register at 250642-3022. ADULT WALKING GROUP SEAPARC 10-11 a.m. Registration required. 250642-8000. ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION CRIBBAGE 7 P.M. BINGO Sr’s Drop-In Centre, 12:45-3 p.m. Sooke Community Hall BABYTIME On the first Thursday of each month, 2 p.m. Sooke Library.
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VITAL VITTLES Free lunch, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Holy Trinity Church. ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Steak Night, 6-7:30 p.m. Karaoke 8-11 p.m. SOOKE SENIOR’S BUS Lunch and shopping trips to Victoria. Call Celia 250642-5828 for information. DROP IN HOCKEY SEAPARC, 7 to 8:15 p.m. all ages. SACRED CHANT CIRCLE 7:30 p.m. Sooke Yoga & Wellness, Hope Centre. 6750 West Coast Road.
Sat Feb 14 ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
Meat draw 3 p.m. VALENTINE’S DAY Do not forget the loves of you life.
Sun Feb 15YA
CANADIAN LEGION Sunday breakfast brunch, 9-12:30 p.m., $5, kids welcome. Blue Grass Music, 2:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. TEA & SYMPHONY Sooke Philharmonic Chamber Players annual tea party and concert at the Sooke Community Hall, 2:30 p.m.
Directory: Where to find what Child, Youth & Family Centre: 6672 Wadams Way Family Medical Clinic: 1300-6660 Sooke Rd Holy Trinity Church: 1952 Murray Rd Knox Presbyterian Church: 2110 Church Rd Legion #54: 6726 Eustace Rd Library: 2065 Anna Marie Rd Museum: 2070 Phillips Rd Peoples Drug Mart: 8-6716 Sooke Rd SEAPARC: 2168 Phillips Rd St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church: 2191 Townsend Rd Sooke Senior’s Bus: $15 annual membership. 250-642-4662 Municipal Hall: 2205 Otter Point Rd Sooke Community Hall: 2037 Sheilds Rd.
Mon Feb 16 PARENT & TOT DROP-IN
Child, Youth, & Family Centre, 9:30-11. 250 642-5152. CALLING ALL QUILTERS Knox Pres. Church. All welcome. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Call 250-642-0789 for info. ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Euchre 6:30 p.m. SOOKE SENIOR’S BUS Ayre Manor Residents trips. DROP IN HOCKEY At SEAPARC, all ages from 3 to 3:50 p.m. SCREENING MAMMOGRAPHY Sooke Health Unit, 6672 Wadams Way, call 1-800-663-9203 for an appointment.
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BABY TALK Infant massage At the Child, Youth and Family Centre, from 10-11:30 a.m. 250-642-5464. YOUTH CLINIC
Ages 13 - 25, 4-7 p.m. Family Medical Clinic. KNITTING CIRCLE
Sooke Library, 6:30–8:00 p.m. Free, all levels. Dropin. 250-642-3022. STORYTIME Ages 3-5, 10:30-11 a.m. Sooke Library. Free but call 250-642-3022 to register SCREENING MAMMOGRAPHY CO-DEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS
Wed Feb 18 WALKING GROUP
People’s Drug Mart hosts a walking club, 9:15 a.m. PARENT DISCUSSION GROUP Sooke Child, Youth, and Family Centre, 9:30-11:00 a.m. (250) 642-5152 for info. ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Dominos 10 a.m. Shuffleboard, 6:30 p.m. SCREENING MAMMOGRAPHY Sooke Health Unit, 6672 Wadams Way, call 1-800-663-9203 for an appointment. NASCAR POOL Meet and Pick, Sooke Legion 7 p.m.
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Camp Barnard celebrates 70 years of scouting Pirjo Raits
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One hundred and fifty porta-potties, 400 picnic tables, over 225,000 pounds of gear and 60,000 meals will land at Camp Barnard this summer for Pacific Jamboree, an eight-day adventure for Scouts from across Canada. The Boy Scout camp has been a naturalist’s dream for 70 years and a legacy for the future. In February 1945, Senator George Henry Barnard turned his hunting lodge over to the Victoria Council of Scouts Canada. He was a lawyer and a Conservative politician serving as an alderman, mayor and a member of the House of Commons for Victoria. He was appointed to the senate and served there until retiring in 1945. Barnard gifted Scouts Canada 200 acres of second growth forest, just west of Victoria in Otter Point, which included the 17-acre Young Lake. That was the beginning of 70 years of activities at what is Camp Barnard. The camp, along Young Lake Road, just out of Sooke, is now 251 acres and is used year-round by the Boy Scouts, community groups and organizations and most recently the film industry. Both Scouting and non-Scouting children learn about camping, nature and the environment. In the 1940s camping was rough and the hardy campers slept in tents and cooked on open campfires. Every decade since improvements continued and now the camp boasts new water systems, expanded electrical systems, upgrades to bridges renovations to almost all of the building to prepare for the Pacific Jamboree in July of this year. Indoor plumbing, 24 bunkhouses and a kitchen fit to feed an army all make camping a lot more comfortable than in the formative years. The camp is expecting 25,000 camper nights in 2015, a huge increase from the 2,781 camper nights in 1956. The camp has grown along with the need for safe, nurturing, clean and sustainable facilities accessible to all. In July, 2015, Camp Barnard will play host to the Pacific Jamboree
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Camping at Camp Barnard in the 1940s was rustic for the Scouts and their leaders,shown in 1946 (above). A portable latrine (left) was built by the Scouts. with an expected 3,250 Scouts and service/ staff from throughout B.C. and the Yukon. Camp Barnard has not hosted a Jamboree since 1987. To host the event, Penny Hill, of the Camp Barnard Management Committee, said, “The main road in camp has been widened, turn around provided and bus parking created. Bridges have been reinforced to carry the load of service vehicles for food delivery, pumping port-a-potties, etc.” It is a monumental task and everything is being considered. Hill said they have extended electricity service to allow for an on-site hospital, security, post office, shops, phones, internet and
bank. “We have worked for a year with local first responders and emergency preparedness experts to create a comprehensive emergency plan for the camp.” It’s a major operation and the financial benefits to the area are tremendous. It is expected to generate $700,000 of economic spending in Sooke and the CRD region through suppliers and vendors. This does not include what the youth, volunteers and families spend in the local communities. “Based on projections by previous Chambers of Commerce, we expect an economic impact of $500,000 or more over the course of the jam-
boree,” stated Hill. The Pacific Jamboree is being hosted by Scouts Canada - Cascadia, Fraser Valley and Pacific Coast Councils. Youth aged 11-18 will be participating in outdoor activities ranging from archery and climbing to scuba diving and kayaking. Activities will take place not only on camp property but throughout the Greater Victoria area. Fun Facts: - The furthest travel to a Pacific Jamboree - The Australian Benalla contingent at PJ 2011 (on the Sunshine Coast) flew for 21 hours - Average steps taken each day at PJ 25,435 - 60,000 meals will be provided during the week of PJ - Pizza delivery to PJ
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have been rented - Units will bring in approx. 225,000 pounds of gear - Water for the participant showers is un-heated and will be glacier fresh no matter how long you let the water run - This PJ will be the first with both full recycling facilities and kitchen waste collection - Dimensions for the unit campsite (max 10 people in a unit)- each unit will have space up to 10 metres x 10 metres - Groups will be arriving on everything from bicycles to charter flights - Weather forecasting is important as there is no “indoors” for the units taking part in PJ. Weather forecasting is done in a traditional Scouting method using the “Weather Rock.” If the rock is wet, it’s raining. If the rock is swinging, the wind is blowing. If the rock casts a shadow, the sun is shining.
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A look back at what made the news in Sooke in years past: February 15, 1995 Sooke Crisis Centre bounces back after losing counsellor The Sooke Crisis and Referral Centre is bouncing back from a crisis of its own with some minor changes in the services and an appeal for more volunteers. The Sooke Residents in Need Society, which operates the crisis centre, lost the funding for its counsellor position in December and has since sublet a portion of its Sooke Road office space. February 14, 1990 Four lost in fish boat tragedy
The Canadian National 5, a Sookebased fishing vessel with four persons aboard vanished without a trace in a snowstorm off Point Roberts in the Strait of Georgia last Tuesday. The 76-foot ironhulled vessel was on its way to Bellingham from the Powell River area with a half-load of dogfish when it suddenly disappeared. Former owner of the boat, Harold Lennox of Powell River, told the Mirror he was amazed it could have gone down in the relativelybusy, and at the time calm, waters of the Georgia Strait.
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paper of its own. We have little in common with Greater Victoria although when we do something good the Victoria dailies lump us with Glen Lake, Colwood, Langford and so on as part of the Greater Victoria! It is for that reason that I decided to start another paper here. Subscribers to the Grapevine will continue to receive the paper each week, for Leader Publishing Co. Ltd. its continuing its publication. - Maurice Tozer, editor, publisher, announcing the launch of the Mirror, which
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Municipal staff and community volunteers pose with the oozone booth fashioned for the 2010 olympics. The setting was built at the Sooke fire hall. Pictured above, from left, are chris, Meredith, Joyce, Laura and Steve.
later became known as the Sooke News Mirror. February 23, 1960 Port Renfrew needs electricity On January 26, at the Community Hall, a wellattended meeting was chaired by Maurice Palmer of Port Renfrew Hotel. As a result, a petition was sent to the B.C. Power Commission to move in here and supply the generation and distribution of electricity.
February 13, 1965 New community paper to be published here Our district needs a
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Lindt
9
Swiss Luxury Selection Chocolates 215gr
4
99
Driscoll’s
Fresh Strawberries 1lb Clamshell
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Sunrise Traditional
Strip Loin Grilling Steak
Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast
19.81 per kg
19.81 per kg
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lb
8
99 PER
lb
FAMILY PACK
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Olymel
Island Pride
Chicken Wings & Chunkies
Siwin
Potstickers & Gyoza
Gourmet Pure Beef Burgers
600-650gr
454-500gr
Simply Appetizers
Breaded Mozzarella Cheese Sticks
1.13kg
500gr
2$ for
7
8
10
99
Bonus Q-Points
99
30
%
Schneiders
Country Natural Chicken 750gr
10,000
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Excludes Emma Bridgewater. Selection may vary by store. Some restrictions apply. Offer in effect until February 15, 2015
Minute Rice
Ready to Serve Cup 125gr
Tas
Kikkoman
400ml
Japanese Style Bread Crumbs, 227gr
Coconut Milk
4
Panko
99
¢
Tart Shells 255gr
5000
4$
Earthbound Farm Organic
Organic Frozen Berries
for
300gr
7500 Planters
Peanut Oil
5
2$ for
4
Farkay
Uncle Tom’s
Kikkoman
397gr
2kg
Selected, 148-296ml
Noodles
Long Grain Rice
Golden Dragon
Soy or Teriyaki Sauce Selected, 455ml
Sauce
3$
750ml
5000
for
Planters
Chocolate Covered Almonds 200gr
7500
99
Golden Dragon
2$ for
5
2
99
2$ for
5
5
Sauce
Selected, 455ml
2$ for
4
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6.59 per kg
8.79 per kg
3
Bone-in Chicken Breast
Whole Roasting Chicken
PER
lb
Locally Raised BC Poultry Grain Fed Free Run
Mitchell’s Freybe
Bavarian Smokie Sausage 600gr
Freybe
Ham Kolbassa or Ukrainian Sausage 300gr
7
99
4
4
Quaker
Quick Oats
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Island Pride
A $3.00 VALUE
FREE
4
99
2 2
99
Quaker
Instant Oatmeal 336gr
Hot Cocoa Mix 8x28gr
400gr
10,000 Twizzlers
Goodies, Twists or Nibs
3500 Mott’s
Mr. & Mrs. T Beverage Mix
8
99
Starbucks
Scallops in Bacon
300-504gr
120-125gr
4x100gr
8
Bonus Q-Points
Starbucks Brewed Coffee K-Cups
2.25kg
2$ for
Keurig
0% Greek Yogourt
Mediterranee Yogourt
500gr
4
99
Brats and Italiano Sauages
99
D’Italiano Baglli 4’s
Organic Kefir or 0% Greek Yogourt
Liberte
4
99
Johnsonville
FREE
Liberte
99
FAMILY PACK
Daystartes Cooked Turkey Slices
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Lilydale
450gr
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375gr
Lactantia Margarine
Liberte
Wieners
375gr
BUY 1 454ml or 500gr
99
Harvest
Premium Centercut Bacon
99
1lt
5000 Club House
Ceasar Rim Seasoning 180gr
Quaker
3000
375-455gr
Betty Crocker
Life or Corn Bran Squares Cereal
Cupcake Kit 465-527gr
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5
99
2
99
3000 Jello
Cooked Pudding 135-170gr
3000
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Natural Sliced Cheese
Pillsbury
Becel
370-400gr
454gr
Pizza Minis o r Pops
500gr
7
Faith Farms
77
Random Cut Cheese
Cheemo
Lasagna
Approx. 400gr
Perogies
907gr
3
Bush’s Best
5
Baked Beans
398ml
4$ for
5
Milk Chocolate Hearts
3 Pack, 40gr
Ferrero
Premium Chocolate Hearts
Heart, 87gr
for
4
5
for
Kellogg’s
Kellogg’s
Cereal
Kellogg’s
Special K Cereal
Selected, 312-425gr
400gr
2
99
Seeds of Change
Certified Organic Rice 240gr
2$
NEW!
for
Olivieri
Toblerone
275-350gr
Rose Sleeve, 2x100gr
Filled Pasta
4
99
Uncle Ben’s
Lindt Lindor
Rose Box Chocolates
120gr
5
99
for
7
77
3$
10
Mini-Wheats Cereal
310-553gr
1.6-2kg
Olivieri
Lasagna Sheets
4
360gr
99
99 Kraft
Shredded or Crumbled Natural Cheese
4
430-510gr
for
5
Box Chocolates
SpongeTowels
156gr
Parmesan Cheese
250gr
Olivieri
2
2$
99
for
Breyers
6x94-126’s
6
99
NEW!
4
Mott’s Fruitsations
1.82lt
2$ for
Leclerc
4
Celebration Cookies
Creamery Style Real Ice Cream
3$ Plus Applicable Fees
4
2$ for
5
Purex
Double Roll Bathroom Tissue
for
Leclerc
Quattro Cookies
270gr
300gr
1.66lt
Nested Pasta
6
Multi Facial Tissue
for
100% Nautral Apple Juice
6x110-113gr
350gr
99
Scotties
Ultra Paper Towels
Apple Month Fruitsations Snack Cup
620ml
Feb. 14 - 22 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Lindt Lindor
10
Sauce
Kraft
6
for
160gr or 275-300ml
99
99
3$ Mott’s
Mott’s
300-340gr
2$
10
Apple Sauce
Olivieri
Swiss Milk Chocolate
2
Rice
5
3$
77
A Romantic Dinner for Two!
Philadelphia Cream Cheese Spread
475ml
5
99
Fullsheet, 6’s
2$
10
4$
Collection Chocolates
9
77
Say It With Chocolates, Flowers & Chocolate Flowers! Lindt Lindor
920gr
for
5
99
Kraft
Dressing
for
Nutri-Grain Bars
175-295gr
2$
Lindt Lindor
Ferrero Rocher
Chocolates
3
99
Kraft
3$
Classic Roast Ground Coffee
108gr
Green Giant
226-250gr
for
Heart, 100gr
99
Simply Steam Vegetables
5
2$
2kg
5
Folgers
Kellogg’s
600gr
10
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Whole Grains or Garden Vegetable Bread
4$
Bassili’s Best
Free Milk
Dempster’s
Soft Margarine
for
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2$ for
4$
5
for
5
5
Sweet Treats for Your Sweetie!
Guylian
Belgian Chocolate Seahorses
Hershey
Cadbury
Hearts
Chocolate Bar
165gr
90-100gr
168gr
12’s
5
99
4
99
5
99
6
99
5
99
2$ for
4
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Natural Sliced Cheese
Pillsbury
Becel
370-400gr
454gr
Pizza Minis o r Pops
500gr
7
Faith Farms
77
Random Cut Cheese
Cheemo
Lasagna
Approx. 400gr
Perogies
907gr
3
Bush’s Best
5
Baked Beans
398ml
4$ for
5
Milk Chocolate Hearts
3 Pack, 40gr
Ferrero
Premium Chocolate Hearts
Heart, 87gr
for
4
5
for
Kellogg’s
Kellogg’s
Cereal
Kellogg’s
Special K Cereal
Selected, 312-425gr
400gr
2
99
Seeds of Change
Certified Organic Rice 240gr
2$
NEW!
for
Olivieri
Toblerone
275-350gr
Rose Sleeve, 2x100gr
Filled Pasta
4
99
Uncle Ben’s
Lindt Lindor
Rose Box Chocolates
120gr
5
99
for
7
77
3$
10
Mini-Wheats Cereal
310-553gr
1.6-2kg
Olivieri
Lasagna Sheets
4
360gr
99
99 Kraft
Shredded or Crumbled Natural Cheese
4
430-510gr
for
5
Box Chocolates
SpongeTowels
156gr
Parmesan Cheese
250gr
Olivieri
2
2$
99
for
Breyers
6x94-126’s
6
99
NEW!
4
Mott’s Fruitsations
1.82lt
2$ for
Leclerc
4
Celebration Cookies
Creamery Style Real Ice Cream
3$ Plus Applicable Fees
4
2$ for
5
Purex
Double Roll Bathroom Tissue
for
Leclerc
Quattro Cookies
270gr
300gr
1.66lt
Nested Pasta
6
Multi Facial Tissue
for
100% Nautral Apple Juice
6x110-113gr
350gr
99
Scotties
Ultra Paper Towels
Apple Month Fruitsations Snack Cup
620ml
Feb. 14 - 22 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Lindt Lindor
10
Sauce
Kraft
6
for
160gr or 275-300ml
99
99
3$ Mott’s
Mott’s
300-340gr
2$
10
Apple Sauce
Olivieri
Swiss Milk Chocolate
2
Rice
5
3$
77
A Romantic Dinner for Two!
Philadelphia Cream Cheese Spread
475ml
5
99
Fullsheet, 6’s
2$
10
4$
Collection Chocolates
9
77
Say It With Chocolates, Flowers & Chocolate Flowers! Lindt Lindor
920gr
for
5
99
Kraft
Dressing
for
Nutri-Grain Bars
175-295gr
2$
Lindt Lindor
Ferrero Rocher
Chocolates
3
99
Kraft
3$
Classic Roast Ground Coffee
108gr
Green Giant
226-250gr
for
Heart, 100gr
99
Simply Steam Vegetables
5
2$
2kg
5
Folgers
Kellogg’s
600gr
10
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Whole Grains or Garden Vegetable Bread
4$
Bassili’s Best
Free Milk
Dempster’s
Soft Margarine
for
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2$ for
4$
5
for
5
5
Sweet Treats for Your Sweetie!
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Belgian Chocolate Seahorses
Hershey
Cadbury
Hearts
Chocolate Bar
165gr
90-100gr
168gr
12’s
5
99
4
99
5
99
6
99
5
99
2$ for
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Schneiders
2
277gr
5,000 Purex
Liquid Detergent 2.95lt
Liquid Fabric Softener
Le Roy Brie
1.47lt
Goat Brie 165gr
3
499
Fabric Softener Sheets 80’s
4
99
Mule 20 Team
Borax Nature’s Freshener
P.E.I.
Aged White Cheddar
per 100gr
Family Pack
1
Stuffed Pink Salmon Fillets with Imitation Crab & Shrimp
2kg
4
99
1
Made Fresh In Store
49 per 100gr
per 100gr
6
per 100gr
3 5 1
99
Available at Select Stores
Fried Rice
99
Medium
99 per
Medium
100gr
9 95
Almond Chicken Chop Suey
9 95
Sweet & Sour Pork
1
Fresh Grey Cod Fillets
99 per 100gr
Fresh Sword Fish
King & Prince
Lobster or Seafood Crab Cakes
99 6 50
Medium
per 100gr
4 pack
2
49
7 Layer Dip
99
Frozen or Previsouly Frozen
Wild Sockeye Salmon Fillets
per 100gr
per 100gr
Woolwich Dairy
99
Schneiders
Pastrami
99
French
77
Snuggle
1
per 100gr
Bavarian Blue
49
Roast or Smoked Turkey Breast
49
German
7
Sunrise
Hungarian or Wine Salami or Bagged Summer Sausage
Dips
Bounce
Grimm’s
Bavarian or Frech Herb Meatloaf
6
99
3
49 per 100gr
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Sun Flower & Flax Bread
Selected
1
99
2$ for
6 Pack
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8” Lemon Meringue Pie
5
3
2
99
49
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8 Pack
D’Italiano
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9
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210gr
284-400gr
Waffles
5,000 Jelly Beans
5
49
All But Gluten
Quality Fresh
Sweet Treats Chocolate Pretzels 225gr
2$
Organic Cereal
280-600gr
OneCoffee
2
99
2
99
R.W. Knudsen
Organic Sultana Rasins 300gr
100% Xylitol 454gr
5
5
99
99
Camp
Just Juice
Selected, 946ml
Organically Yours
5
Xyla
Organic Single Serve Coffee 12’s
3
99
¢per
100gr
for
Gluten-Free Products
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6-8’s
Belgian Chocolate Mousse
99
4
Squares
Crustini, Sausage or Brizzolio Rolls
600-675gr
Vanilla or Chocolate Cake
Original Cakerie
99
Bread Double Layer
Bonus Q-Points
8” Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
Old Fashioned Donuts
•Chocolate Chip •Oatmeal Raisin •Ranger
4
99
Quality Fresh
3
99
Sweet Treats Chocolate Raisins Dark, 500gr
Pure Maple Syrup
4
250-375ml
99 Plus Applicable Fees
7
99
4
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Fuji Apples 2.18 per kg
1
29
69
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Fresh Green Beans 2.84 per kg
per lb
1.52 per kg
Jumbo White or Red Onions 1.52 per kg
69
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Grape Tomatoes 1 pint basket
2$ for
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Washington Grown
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39
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Bluegrass musicians get together every week at the Sooke Legion to strum and pick a few tunes. The bluegrass jam goes from 2:30 to 5 p.m. on Sunday afternoons. It’s free and it’s fun and best yet, it’s something to do.
A fun Valentine’s celebration for kids
Valentine’s Day is the most over-rated “non-holiday” ever. We’re sure that there is a reason why adults celebrate it by buying overpriced flowers and chocolates but for many kids, it can be stressful and embarrassing but since it seems that it’s here to stay, What To Do With The Kids has a few suggestions to make it fun for the kids. First try not to emphasize the “I love you” or boyfriend/girlfriend aspect. Young kids do not understand while the older kids may feel awkward and uncomfortable. Use the Valentine theme as an excuse for a party. Something to do, just for fun. Some schools have banned Valentine’s Day while others refer to it as “Red and White Day.” Many teachers who do celebrate it ask their young students to bring enough valentines for everyone in their class. Although
many parents may feel that there is a life lesson to be learned when a kid doesn’t receive a Valentine, we suggest that they get a pass for this one day. Parents can volunteer to bring in cookies, cupcakes or other treats with a red, white and pink theme or they can volunteer to help decorate the class room the night before as a surprise for the kids the next day. The Valentines themselves can get expensive and if you wait too long, may not be available. Why not have the kids make their own as an afternoon activity? All they need is some paper, a few crayons and a few suggestions on what they can do. Look online for some
design ideas. Skip the “I love you” and have them write “to my friend on Valentine’s Day” and make sure that everyone in their class gets a card by asking the teacher for a class list. What To Do With The Kids has a number of fun and colorful Valentine’s that can be downloaded quickly. Some high schools use Valentine’s Day as an opportunity to raise funds. Students can order in advance a valentine gift to be delivered anonymously to a teacher or student. The gift can be something simple as chocolates, a flower or even a chocolate flower. The deadline for orders would be a few days before so that there is enough time to buy the gifts. They are then delivered to the students during the first class on Valentine’s Day. Why not have a Valentine’s Party on the closest weekend? It can be just like a birth-
day party but without the cake and presents. Have the kids come dressed in red, white or pink. Play a few games, make a valentine craft and serve food with a red, white or pink theme. Cookie cutters can make heart shaped sandwiches and food coloring can make almost any food look pink or red. If your kid would like to give an adult such as a teacher a valentine’s gift, why not make it different? Have the kids make a card and make a small donation to the Heart Association in that person’s name. After all, flowers will die and chocolate will just go to their hips but a donation to a charity helps many others. After Valentine’s Day, don’t forget to save some of the valentines for use in other crafts. For more Valentine’s party ideas, along with downloadable party invitations and Valentines, visit www.whattodowiththekids.com.
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GROCERY GROCERY SAVINGS SAVINGS
BUTCHER’S BLOCK
Mayonnaise
Apple Juice
4
69
AAA Beef
1
Outside Round Roast 10.34/kg
5x200 mL All Varieties
5
3/ 00 +dep
398 mL All Varieties
Farmhouse Whole
Frying Chickens
Bag of 2
5.49/kg ..............................
AAA
2
49
Stewing Beef
/lb
5 29 3
49
Farmhouse Cut Up
Frying Chicken 7.25/kg ..................................
Grimms
All Varieties 450g .....................................
4
11.00/kg .................................
AAA Minute
/lb
12.10/kg .................................
Smokies
Outside Round Steaks 99
5 99 6 99
13.21/kg .....................................
Grimms
Pepperoni All Varieties
/lb
5
Tenderized Steak
/lb
450g ..........................................
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Harvest Regular or Applewood
Bacon
99 ea
8
1
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In Light Syrup
375 mL
K Cups
89
4
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6
213g ...........................
Artichoke Hearts 398 mL ........................
279
473 mL All Varieties
ea
3
Previously Frozen
4
00 2/ +dep
Café International Grape Seed
Coffee
125-283g All Varieties ..
49 Oil
3
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750 mL .......................
599 ea
Dinner Cups 58g All Varieties .............
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1
Vegetable Cocktail
09 ea
1.89L All Varieties ......
2
20
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5
99 ea
Dempster's
250g ..........................
3
Wafers or Crumbs
200-400g ...................
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16 Grain 29 Bread
3
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399 ea
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Bread
570g .......................
4
99
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/100g
Chocolate
5
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142 mL
2
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+dep
79
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Cranberry
ea
3
Cat Food 2 kg ............................
Scoop Cat 49 Litter ea
ea
399 ea
Garbage 99 99 Bags ea 40's .............................
5
8
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399 ea
Laundry Detergent
299 ea
2.2L .............................
Campbell's
540 mL All Varieties
99
¢
/100g
Pitted
Washignton Fancy
4
2/ 00
Whole Prunes............
1
19
/100g
5
99
Potatoes
59
79
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1.96/kg
89
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California
Green Artisan Peppers Lettuce
Mexican
6 79
89
Mangos
2
¢ 2/ 50 ea
ORGANIC CORNER Organic
Cauliflower
6
2/ 00
/lb
Ataulfo
Cucumbers
¢ 2/ 00
¢
Mexican
Field
4's
/lb
Cantaloupes
/lb
Mexican
89¢
Honduras
1.74/kg
/lb
1.96/kg
1.96/kg .................................
Fuji Apples
Red or Yellow 1.30/kg
ea
Anjou Pears
B.C. Grown Extra Fancy
/lb
Chunky Soup
6
18 oz ......................................
B.C. Grown
Arm & Hammer Extra
4 kg ............................
2/ 00
Trail Mix ........................
5
18"x25' ........................
Jonny Cat
3
12's ............................
99
Glad
Meow Mix
ea
Blueberries
Alcan
Tortilla Chips
230-320g All Varieties
1
Aluminum 2/ 00 Foil Wrap
680g All Varieties ...
/lb
Chilean
Purex Double Roll
Christie
Old Dutch Restaurante
4/ 00
1L
ea
99¢
750 mL ........................
4 Varieties
ea
99
+dep
Dog 99 Food
Cracked Wheat
Skippy
89
2
79
Sauce
Lean or Prime Cuts
2
1
19
Classico
Worcestershire
5
175g All Varieties ........
Island Bakery
Apple, Orange or 5 Alive Juice
2/ 00
5
615g ...........................
Cup of Noodles Peanut ¢ Butter
ea
Bathroom Crispers Salty 2/ 00 Snacks 29 Tissue
Silver Hills
Lucky Charms, or Cinnamon Toast Cereal
330-360g ...................
600g .....................
Minute Maid
Pasta
BULK FOODS Sour Soothers.
ea
2.62/kg
Lea & Perrins
Mini Cans
2/ 00
6x222 mL All Varieties
Signature White or 100% WW
Old El Paso
+dep 64g All Varieties ........
Unico
900g
3
650 mL All Varieties
ea
Pepsi Cola
79
500 mL All Varieties
Mr. Noodles
269
5
99
Pure Jam
General Mills Nesquick,
V8
8 oz
Oyster Tubs
ea
Unico
Maxwell House
Kraft
Christie Honeymaid
Energy Drinks
ea
Stand & Stuff 29 Taco Shells 89 Bread
Rockstar
M'Lord
1
ea
96-108g All Varieties
Broccoli Crowns
Pasta Sauce
Tea or Coffee
79
2/ 00
Oceans
2 kg ..............................
Ketchup
¢
All Varieties
Grey Cod Pacific Shrimp Meat Fillets Weather
97
Folgers
White or Brown Sockeye Rice 49 Salmon
SEA Permitting
ea
Texana Long Grain
Treats from the Fresh
225g All Varieties
Kraft
99
500g All Varieties ....................
4
99
3L
Heinz
Multigrain Snacks
Vegetable Oil
AAA Beef
Tropic Isle
Sunchips XL
Unico
3
California
99
ea +dep
Fruit
Juice
/lb
All Varieties 750-890 mL
99
SunRype Pure or Blended
PRODUCE
Hellmann's Real
SunRype Pure Blue Label 1.89L
5-A-Day for Optimum Health
Organic
Carrots 2lbs
4
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Remember Your Calcium
Bassili's
Lasagna
FROZEN McCain Traditional Crust
Pizzas
454g ..................
McCain
French Fries
416-433g 3 Varieties
5 89 2 ¢ 79 99 3
2/ 00
900g 4 Varieties ..........
Kent
Orange Juice
6
250 mL ...................
2/ 00
Whipping Cream
DAIRY Island Farms
ea
Vanilla Plus Yogurt All Varieties
Cool Whip Aerosol
Kraft Single
Cheese Slices
5
ea
For Your Healthy Lifestyle
Manitoba Harvest
4 2/300 2/300 99
227g ........................
C20
ea
Coconut Water Blue Sky
Natural Sodas 354 mL
All Varieties
520 mL .............
+dep
Guayaki Yerba Mate
Energy Drinks
59
¢
ea +dep
473mL ..............
Quality and Convenience
+dep
Lundberg
Rice Chips
2 199 ¢ 99
79 ea
170g All Varieties .......
So Delicious
Coconut Coffee Creamer
ea
473 mL All Varieties ...
Happy
Water 500 mL ..................
ea +dep
Cocoa Camino Organic
ORGANIC
Hot Chocolate GT's Organic
Organic
Kombuchas
Ketchup
480 mL All Varieties ...................................................
Prana Organic Sumsuma
575 mL
Sesame Snacks 150g ...............................................................
2
29 ea
LANGFORD 772 Goldstream Ave. Open 7 Days a Week 7:30 am to 10:00 pm
We reserve the right to limit quantities
Doi Chaang
Organic Coffee
340g All Varieties .......................................................
Filsinger's Organic
Mexi-Snax
Tortilla Chips
Apple Cider Vinegar
945 mL ......................................................................
2 269 269 29
255g All Varieties .......
Pacific
ea
Chocolate Hazelnut
Beverage
946 mL .....................
Echoclean
ea
Fabric Softener Sheets 40's ...........................
5 79 2 2/ 00 5 799 49 5
336g Selected Varieties ..............................................
Simply Natural
225g ..........................
Western Foods
Cheese
Random Cuts
Various Weights All Varieties .........
ea
4 79 2 ea
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20
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Off Regular Price
NATURAL FROZEN
NATURAL FOODS Hearts
Dessert Topping
2/ 00
ea
19
99
450g All Varieties ........
650g
Ice Cream
Hemp
2
473 mL .........................
Island Farms Vanilla Plus or Classic
1.65L All Varieties ........
Island Farms
49 ea
ea
Amy's Frozen
Pizzas All Varieties 380-425g ..........
Sol Cuisine Meatless
Chicken & Sauce 300g ..........
6
99
4
ea
29 ea
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ea +dep
Pamela's Gluten Free
Pizza Crust Mix
3
29
320g ..................
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Pamela's Gluten Free
Pancake & Baking Mix
5
99
680g ...............
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SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING Sooke Residents in Need Society Fri., Feb. 20, 1:30 pm 2043 Church Rd
PSYCHIC CIRCLE SPRING FAIR PALM & TAROT ESP
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FEB 6 - FEB 15. DEATHS
THE 6th annual WCOWMABC Convention & Trade Show will be held at the Ramada Plaza (36035 North Parallel Road) on February 12, 13, 14 & 15 in Abbotsford. Workshops, open forum discussions, networking opportunities & door prizes. The trade show is held on Feb 13 only (complimentary admission). Don’t miss the only onsite wastewater trade show & convention in BC. More info at www.wcowma-bc.com.
DEATHS
KELLNER, Erich
Passed away peacefully with family by his side on Friday, January 30, 2015 at the age of 83. Predeceased by his dear parents Pauline and Franz Kellner, sister Anneliese, and brother Theodor. He will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered by his wife Jean of 53 years. Devoted father of Therese, cherished grandfather of Lauren. Beloved brother of Fritz (Thea) and Konrad who is residing in the United States, and brother in law of Elli and Amy (Fred Chwola). He will be fondly remembered by his many nieces, and nephews, extended family and friends. Erich was born in Germany and immigrated to Canada in 1951. He enjoyed his full life while living in Oak Bay in the 60’s and eventually moving to Sooke in the early 70’s where he found great pleasure managing his hobby farm, tending to his animals and fulfilling his love of gardening. Many thanks to all the wonderful staff; nurses and care aids that spent so many hours devoting their time to Erich and his family. We also wish to thank the staff at Ayre Manor Lodge for their exceptional care and support and Dr. E Anderson for her care of Erich during the past difficult years. It was Erich’s request that no funeral service be held. A family gathering with be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to SPCA Victoria Branch Friendly Neighbor Fund, 3150 Napier Lane, Victoria, BC, V8T 4V5, or to a charity of your choice.
SOOKE CRISIS & Referral Centre, 2043 Church Rd. Open 10am-1pm, Mon.-Fri. 250-642-0215. SOOKE MEALS on Wheels, 1585 O’Neill Road, Sooke, BC V9Z 0T5. 250-642-2184. TURN YOUR REFUND into a Donation to the Sooke Food Bank at the Sooke Bottle Depot. Also accepting cash and non perishable food items.
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LOST AND FOUND FOUND: UNIQUE Necklace at Whiffen Spit on January 31. Please call to identify 250-8825751
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DEATHS
ESTHETIC SERVICES
THE DISABILITY Tax Credit. $1500 yearly tax credit. $15,000 lump sum refund (on avg). Covers: hip/knee replacements, back conditions and restrictions in walking and dressing. 1-844-453-5372.
CANADA BENEFIT Group Do you or someone you know suffer from a disability? Get up to $40,000 from the Canadian Government. Toll-free 1-888511-2250 or www.canada benefit.ca/free-assessment
DID YOU KNOW? BBB provides complaint resolution services for all businesses and their customers. Look for the 2014 BBB Accredited Business Directory E-edition on your Black Press Community Newspaper website at www.blackpress.ca. You can also go to http://vi.bbb.org/directory/ and click on the 2014 BBB Accredited Business Directory
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Advertise in the 2015 - 2017 BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis Please call Annemarie 1.800.661.6335 or email: ďŹ sh@blackpress.ca
CONTACT LOAN Cupboard call 250-389-4607. Need a ride? Call 250-389-4661.
PERSONAL SERVICES
DEATHS
Donald Brian Gibbs December 19, 1937 - February 4, 2015 Donald Brian Gibbs, 77, of Sooke, BC, passed away from his short battle with cancer on february 4, 2015 peacefully surrounded by family. Don was born in Hamilton, Ontario to Francis “Tommy� and Betty (Cooksley) Gibbs on December 19th, 1937. Served in the Canadian Navy as Petty Officer 2nd Class in the Naden Band from 1955-1972. He actualized his passion in life as a commercial fisherman from 1972-1988, moving onto sports fishing. He will always be remembered as “Mr. Lucky.� He is survived by his ex-wives Phyllis Gibbs and Adele Gibbs; children Donna Gibbs, Ronnie Gibbs, Laura Smith (Neil), Michael Gibbs, Lisa Gibbs (James) and Olivia Warburton (Brandon); brother Denny Gibbs & niece Lesa Robson. Grandchildren Amanda & Sophie Gibbs-Walsh; Michael, Nolan, Emily and Jackson Smith; Michael Gibbs; and Summer Warburton. Pre-deceased by his parents and sister Valerie. Celebration of life to be held Saturday, February 14th, 2015 at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 54, Sooke, BC from 11:30-1:30. Bring a memory to share.
MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION is an in-demand career in Canada! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get the online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-888528-0809 to start training for your work-at-home career today!
INSURANCE
DRIVERS/COURIER/ TRUCKING
SUTCO IS seeking U.S. qualified Class 1 Drivers, steady year round Super B Flat Deck work. We offer group health benefits, matched contribution pension, e logs, and auto deposit pay. Apply on line at: sutco.ca/fax resume and abstract to (250)357-2009/call 1-888-357-2612 ext. 230
EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SCHOOL. NO Simulators. In-the-seat training. Real world tasks. Weekly start dates. Job board! Funding options. SignUp online! iheschool.com 1-866-399-3853 EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES/ RESUMES
WORKLINK is offering a Job Search program with a training allowance for eligible Non EI adults living in Westshore or Sooke areas; 4 wk in class program with work experience option. Program start dates: Feb 23 and Apr 6. For information call 250-474-2598.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
HELP WANTED SMALL ENG/SAW/OUTBOARD MECHANIC WANTED. Exp required. Wage/benefits negotiable. Send resume to crosback@telus.net
THE SOOKE NEWS Mirror cautions readers about sending money to obtain information about any employment opportunities.
MEDICAL/DENTAL MEDICAL Transcriptionists are in huge demand! Train with the leading Medical Transcription school. Learn from home and work from home. Call today 1-800-466-1535, www.canscribe.com or email: info@canscribe.com.
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PERSONAL SERVICES
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
FINANCIAL SERVICES
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
FUEL/FIREWOOD
FULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1800-573-2928.
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PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, match the textures, coves, fireplaces. Bob, 250-516-5178.
*Reroofs
COMPUTER SERVICES
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SAND/GRAVEL/TOPSOIL
FREE FILL Delivery within Town Core churchillmeadows@telus.net
HAULING AND SALVAGE
ED’S HAULING
Cheap disposal of furniture, appliances, junk and what have you? U&I type moving with covered pick-up truck.
Ed & Faye 250-642-2398
HOME IMPROVEMENTS BRAD’S HOME CARE Quality with competitive prices for all your home needs. *Installation and repairs of decks, fences *Minor plumbing and electric Ticketed in municipal water, sewer w/exp in carpentry & an eye for curb appeal. Senior & new referral discount. One call does it all. 778-679-4724
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HOMES FOR RENT LARGE 5BR Home, 3 full baths, 2 full kitchens, on acreage, N/S. Pets neg, $1800. 250-642-2015
SOOKE LOWER 2 br.Bright Wheel chair access. N/S, $850 + . 250-642-2015
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CLEANING UP
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This lady, who didn’t want her name used, was busy back in January cleaning up stryofoam and litter at Whiffin Spit. She had her work cut out for her as one can see from the size of the bags she filled.
Upcoming Public Meetings
Reducing stigma of mental health Getting the family support you need
Dr. David Smith
Special to the Sooke News Mirror
W
hen a child or teenager is diagnosed with a serious illness like cancer or organ failure, friends and neighbors often drop off casseroles or ask how they can help. The community rallies around the effected family to buoy them with support in their time of need. Not so —at least until now — when the diagnosis is a mental health issue. In fact, parents often say that their journey through the medical system, education, and social services, as well as society at large, with a child or youth with a mental health issue is one of the most lonely, isolating and emotionally difficult they have ever faced. “My daughter’s struggle with severe depression was more difficult for me than my husband’s sudden death,” said one mother, who is a family representative in the Interior’s Child and Youth Mental Health Collaborative. “After he died, people brought food, came by to watch my kids, let me cry and talk. When my daughter got ill, people stayed far away, but I needed more support than ever.” Keli Anderson, co-founder of The F.O.R.C.E Society for Mental Health (Families Organized for Recognition and Care Equality) knows that experience well. Her young son began showing behavioural problems
and mental health issues 22 years ago at the age of five, which turned out to be very early-onset bipolar disorder. Anderson felt shamed, blamed and completely on her own to navigate confusing and uncompassionate systems and an indifferent society. So the B.C. mother along with another mother facing the same challenges started The F.O.R.C.E. (forcesociety.com) to provide support, information, understanding and advocacy for families with children and youth with mental health issues. One of their popular and very helpful programs is the “Parent In Residence” and “Youth in Residence” positions in various regions, staffed by individuals with lived experience in child and youth mental health who help those just encountering the system, or any way along their journey. Thanks to the work of organizations like The F.O.R.C.E — which truly has become a force in BC for family support and advocacy — as well as the growth of other support organizations, families are no longer so alone. Youth and families are also front and centre in the Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Collaborative, which started in the Interior a year ago and is now expanding to Vancouver Island. Jointly funded by the BC government and Doctors of BC, the Collaborative is bringing families and youth together with a wide array of BC mental health professionals, including clinicians from the Ministry of Children and Family Development, physicians, school counsellors, community agencies, the RCMP and more. Together the more than 350 members of the Collabora-
tive are working to improve timely access and integration of child and youth mental health services in the province by working on local action teams in various communities, and finding solutions to system barriers through Working Groups. This series of seven columns is part of the work to improve mental health awareness and reduce barriers to care. Fortunately, the unnecessary stigma that has surrounded mental illness for decades is finally beginning to lessen. An increasing number of articulate, compassionate and public individuals are coming forward to tell their personal stories of life with a mental illness. Public individuals like Olympic athlete Clara Hughes, CBC radio host Sheilagh Rogers, actress Catherine Zeta Jones, and comedian Robin Williams have all raised awareness and understanding, and reduced stigma to unprecedented levels. Youth, too, are coming forward in schools and communities to share their experiences and help others make the path less isolating. This growing openness and recognition is helping all of us understand that mental illness touches us all and that fostering mental wellness is a task for every one of us.
The Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Collaborative has received funding through to 2016 and is determined to make the experience for youth and families much more timely, efficient, effective and less isolating. While we still have a ways to go, with increased education and awareness, better integration of services, more family support and advocacy, as well as reduced levels of stigma, the future is growing ever brighter for children, youth and families experiencing mental health issues. Dr. David Smith is an adolescent and adult psychiatrist and the medical director of the Okanagan Psychiatric services for Interior Health. This series of columns on common child and youth mental health issues is a project of the Child and Youth Mental Health and Substances Use Collaborative. The Collaborative involves multiple individuals, organizations and ministries all working together to increase the number of children, youth, and their families receiving timely access to mental health services and support in the Interior Health and Vancouver Island regions. The Collaborative is jointly funded by Doctors of BC and the government of BC.
Committee of the Whole Monday, February 16, 2015 at 7:00 pm This schedule is subject to change. Please call 250-642-1634 to confirm meetings.
Council meeting agendas maybe viewed at www.sooke.ca
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NOTICE OF SEWER PARCEL TAX ROLL In accordance with section 208 of the Community Charter, notice is hereby given that the District of Sooke Sewer Parcel Tax Roll is available for inspection at the municipal hall during its regular office hours 8:30 am to 4:30 pm commencing February 11th, 2015 to February 28th, 2015. A person who owns a parcel included on the parcel tax roll may request an amendment based on one or more of the following: • there is an error or omission respecting a name or address on the parcel tax roll • there is an error or omission respecting the inclusion of a parcel • an exemption has been improperly allowed or disallowed (section 205(1) Community Charter) A request by the property owner for an amendment must be submitted in writing to the District of Sooke on or before February 28th, 2015. The Parcel Tax Roll Review Panel considers the requests. Michael Dillabaugh, CA Director of Finance
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Protect yourself from becoming a victim in 2015 BBB’S TOP 10 SCAMS OF 2014
Better Business Bureau (BBB) serving Vancouver Island announces the Top Ten Scams impacting our region in 2014, including consumer tips on how to identify these scams and what to do to protect yourself from becoming a victim in the new year. 1) Credit/Loan Scams Many consumers applying online for personal loans found themselves victims of what is known as an advance fee scam. Victims were told they must wire money to cover an application fee, and/ or to purchase insurance before receiving a financial loan. Once the money was wired to the lender, all contact with the lender ceased and no loan money was ever received by the victims. Consumer tip: Legitimate financial lenders will not require you to pay a fee or wire money for paperwork or insurance prior to getting a loan. Typically the cost of such fees is included in the total loan amount and is not an additional sum that you must pay up front in order to secure the loan. 2) Door-to-Door Handyman Scams Homeowners were targeted by suspicious contractors, going door-to-door, using “limited opportunity” sales tactics and offering too good to be true verbal deals on home repair opportunities. The work completed by these “contractors” was of poor quality, often not properly completed, and once payment was made
the contractors were nowhere to be found. Handyman services included but were not limited to: roof repair, painting, landscaping, paving and general home repairs. Consumer tip: Be aware that you get what you pay for. Legitimate, reputable contractors rarely sell their products or services door-to-door. Trustworthy contractors will provide you with a written estimate that should be valid for a reasonable and specific amount of time. Before hiring anyone to do any work on your home insist on a written contract outlining all the relevant details. Carefully read the fine print and be sure to check the contractor out at bbb.org before you hire them. 3) Vacation Prize Giveaway Scams Automated phone recordings pretending to come from legitimate airlines, hotels or vacation booking agents lured consumers into believing they were eligible to win a vacation prize. A large range of listed, private unlisted and mobile phone numbers were targeted. When consumers tried to claim the prize they were connected to an operator that insisted on acquiring personal and credit card information in order to secure the winnings. No prize winnings were ever received. Consumer tip: Most legitimate airline, hotels and vacation booking agents do not participate in telemarketing promotions, solicitations or unsolicited prize giveaways. If you enter a contest to win a vacation prize give away, be sure to make note of the business offering the deal
and the specifics of the offer. Be very cautious about how much private information you put on your entry form. You should never have to pay a fee to win a prize. Before giving out any personal information to “claim” a prize, ask to see the details of the prize in writing and carefully read the fine print. Some vacation prize giveaways may cost you more than you are willing to pay. 4) Computer Virus Telemarketing Scam Telemarketers fraudulently claiming to represent Microsoft contact homeowners to inform them that their computer has been infected with a virus, which if not solved immediately will result in the computer becoming unusable. In order to “fix” the problem, the victim is directed to a website, asked to provide their credit card information as payment, and told to download an anti-virus program. In reality there is no computer virus, victims are giving out their credit card information to scammers, paying for an unnecessary service and downloading spyware onto their computer. Consumer tip: Treat all unsolicited phone calls with skepticism. Recognize that Microsoft or any other computer company does not know if your computer has a virus, and would not call you to tell you if it did. Never give out personal or banking information to anyone unless you are confident you can trust the source. Report fraudulent activity to your local BBB (250.386.6348) and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (1.888.495.8501). 5) Masquerades Many computer
virus and phishing scams masquerade as the emails or websites of legitimate businesses and organizations. Using the logo and good name of reputable charities, non-profits, banks, government agencies and businesses, scam artists send out a variety of legitimate looking, but fake links designed for you to click on so that they can install malware on your computer or steal your private information (such as passwords and account information). Consumer tip: Never open an email, click on any links, or download any files unless you are certain you understand the reason you are receiving the email. If at any time you think you might have become the victim of a phishing or other computer, email or Internet scam have your computer scanned by a trusted computer repair professional to see if any malware is present. 6) Fake Debt Collection Scams Beware telephone calls from scammers claiming to be debt collectors tracking down payment for loans never received or for loans that were received, but for amounts no longer owing. Callers sound legitimate and may already have your contact information, private banking and SIN number. Using aggressive and threatening tactics these fake debt collectors ask you to wire money or risk being sent to jail. Consumer tip: If you receive a questionable debt collection call inform the caller that you will not provide any information to them until you get a written notice
clearly explaining how much money you owe and to whom it must be paid. If you are uncertain about an unpaid debt, contact the original lender. Find out if there is a balance due and if they have sent you to collections or not. Never wire money to pay a debt. Wire payments are virtually untraceable once they have been received. 7) Unauthorized Billing Scams Both consumers and businesses found themselves victims of billing scams in which their credit card statements included minor charges for unknown products or services. Scammers, using the guise of a fake business charged stolen credit card numbers small amounts of money (under $10) assuming that most cardholders wouldn’t notice the relatively small charge. Consumer tip: Reduce your risk of credit card fraud by always reporting lost credit cards and incorrect charges on your bill to your financial institution. Carefully monitor your statements and compare purchases with printed receipts. If your credit card has been compromised have it replaced immediately. Always use extreme caution when purchasing products online or over the phone. Make sure the person you are dealing with is from a known and reputable company. 8) Counterfeit Drugs & Health Products Many consumers are being lured by too good to be true print, television and online advertising for miracle drugs, eye care products and other health or beauty products that promise more than they deliver.
Everything from diet pills, to flu vaccines, to prescription medications can be purchased online or by phone these days. Counterfeit products are rampant and it is difficult to know if the products you are purchasing are safe, effective, stored properly, are past their expiry date or really part of a multi-level marketing scheme. Consumer tip: Even though it can be more expensive the safest way to purchase drugs and health products is through the prescription or referral of a certified health care practitioner and from a local, known pharmacy or health store or supplier. Before you purchase drugs online or via phone be sure to do your research first to make sure the company and product are legitimate, effective and that you understand the risks associated with it. Be sure to record the name of the business, their street location, their phone number, and that you understand the terms of their refund and exchange policies. 9) Directory Invoice Scams Local companies were aggressively targeted via fax and email with a fake invoice that appeared to be for advertising in a popular business directory. Businesses that paid the fake invoice, or filled the contact form attached, contractually agreed to purchase costly advertising in a virtually unknown online directory. Consumer tip: Both businesses and individuals need to carefully review every invoice and bill received to ensure they are from legitimate companies that you
actually do business with. When signing any document or making any payment carefully read the fine print to make sure you understand the terms and conditions of the sale. 10) Trending Click Bait Scams Scammers use popular or “trending” news and entertainment topics to trick consumers into clicking on fake links to videos, images and posts embedded in social media sites, on websites and in emails. The fake links often result in malicious viruses, malware and spyware being downloaded onto computers, tablets and smart phones. In some cases, the link takes you to what appears to be a login page to your own social media account, but really it is a fake page intended to steal your login information and to hack into your account. Consumer tip: Don’t take the bait. Stay away from promotions with phrases like “exclusive,” “shocking” or “sensational” footage. Hover over a link to see it’s true destination. Before you click, mouse over the link to see exactly where the URL is intended to take you. Don’t click on links leading to unfamiliar websites. Be wary of links sent to you by friends. It is possible that the your friend is unintentionally sending you a dangerous link or their account might have been hacked. Install anti-virus software on all your computers and be sure to have your devices regularly scanned. For more consumer and business tips you can trust, visit bbb.org/ Vancouver-island.
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Seafood
Pork Tenderloin
4 7
Roast or Spiral Chops
with Dressing 8.80/kg .............. Johnsonville
Gourmet Sausages All Varieties ......................
Salami Chubs 250g All Varieties ................... Glaceau
Vitamin Water
4
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Kraft
Shredded Cheese
5
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Dempster’s Signature White or 100% WW
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Chicken Breasts
Fletcher’s Dry Cured
99 Bacon
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99
599 Cinnamon Raisin Bagels
Noodles or Pasta
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Salad Dressings
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
6’s
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475 mL
Cadbury
Hot Chocolate
69
10 pack
Mini Cans All Varieties
Pepsi Cola
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San Domenico
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Worcestershire Sauce 142 mL................................. Old El Paso
Soft Tortilla Shells
8-12’s.......................................
B.C. Grown! White
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Baby Carrots 1lb bag Organic!
Red Peppers 6.61/kg
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Green Giant
Glad
225g ............................... Fleichmann’s
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Garbage Bags Magic Eraser
199 454g ......................................269 2 pack Compliments
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Tresemme Shampoo
Crackers or Conditioner 3/ 00 700-900 mL 239 Soda 450g................................... 4
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Bathroom Tissue
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Cucumbers ..................
French’s Yorkshire Pudding
4/ 00
Vegetables
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Pizza Sauce
3
4/ 00
213 mL
or Gravy Mixes
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21-53g
Bark Thins
Dark Chocolate
Pumpkin Seeds
8
99 482g
99 60m
Purina Beneful
Dog Food
4
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Econo Salted or Unsalted
115 ¢ Sunflower Seeds ...55 ¢ Energy Mix ..........99 Mixed Nuts ...........
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8
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Old Dutch
Cling Wrap
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Mexican Long English
Purex Double Roll
Mineral Water
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Nalley
Chip Dips
99 2
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Aunt Jemima
Pancake Syrup
Peanut Butter 500g
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Nugget Potatoes 2.20/kg
Adams
341-398 mL 8” Quaker Soft Baked
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5 Alive Juice
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Red Flame
Hot House Tomatoes
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Long Grain Rice 2 kg
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Energy Drinks
99
1.94/kg
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Red Bull
3
52
Green Beans
99
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99
Oatmeal Cookies
8
99
Fresh B.C. Produce
Chilean Seedless
99
2/ 00
3 skewers per tray
16 oz
Chicken Cordon Bleu
Lipton Sidekicks
299 2
13.20/kg
15.41/kg
Dempster’s
4
99
Fresh Boneless
17.61/kg
Made in Store Boneless Pork Loin
Skewered Prawns
/lb 9.90/kg
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Made from Scratch Homestyle White or Brown
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Toaster Strudels 326g......................................
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400g......................................
Knudsen Just Cranberry or
Blueberry Juice
599
299
227g
99¢
Pillsbury
Manitoba Harvest
Hemp Hearts
Quickies
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6 pack
Sour Cream
09
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Cupcakes
Dairyland
2 49 7
2 19 1
Vaentine
454g
Hungarian
29
6 pack
Focaccia Bread
1
99
Turkey Breast Salami
39
Cheese
/100g
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California
2 99 4
49
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19
Black Forest
Regular, Sourdough or WW
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100g
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99
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Post
Shredded Wheat Cereal 425g
499
Naturally Everland 100% Pure
Coconut Water 520 mL
4
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Short story fiction contest Writers on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands are once again invited to take up their pens and fire up their word processors for the 2015 Islands Short Fiction Contest. Co-sponsored by the Nanaimo Arts Council, the Vancouver Island Regional Library, and the Vancouver Island University Department of Creative Writing and Journalism, the contest seeks entries of up to 2000 words in three categories: Adult (19 and over), Youth (13 to 18), and Junior (12 and under). Over $2000 in prizes and cash will be awarded to the winners and finalists. Last year the contest drew over 75 entries. “We’ve been able to raise the prize amounts this year,” says Nanaimo Arts Council Executive Director Sarah Schmidt, “which we hope will attract even more interest from writers throughout the Islands area.” Judge of the Adult category this year is VIU Creative Writing instructor and Governor-General’s Awardwinning author Robert Hilles, while VIRL librarians Jennifer Seper and Justin Unrau will judge submissions in the Youth and Junior categories. The entry deadline is March 16, 2015. Entry forms are available on the Nanaimo Arts Council website (http://www. nanaimoartscouncil. ca) and at the Nanaimo Arts Council Gallery (North Town Centre, 4750 Rutherford Road). A $20 fee is charged per adult entry, $15 for Junior and Youth entries. Winners will be announced at a reception on Thursday, April 23 in Nanaimo.
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Sooke Fastball Registration starting this month Octavian Lacatusu Sooke News Mirror
Grab your gear guys and gals, Sooke fastball will now be taking applicants for the new play season, which starts up at the end of April and lasts through until June. Two basic components will fit this year’s program: Learn To Play for kids aged 5-8, a developmental course focused on the basic skills and fundamentals of the game, and Minor League Play for ages 9-18 which is recognized in all Softball BC parks on Southern Vancouver Island. What is fastball, some may wonder? Well, it’s softball - same thing, just a different way of calling it. Certainly doesn’t change the essence of the sport either, chuckles Dr. Chris Bryant, president, of the Sooke Minor Fastball Association. “There’s nothing soft about softball… it is a high-speed, actionpacked type of game. Fastball just fits a lot better,” he said, adding that fastball is, at heart, a skill-sharpening sport. “It teaches kids about motion, coordination and fitness skills. More importantly, it’s fun,” Bryant said, adding that the 9-18 age group are more structured in the league play and minor league tourneys. “Younger kids practice more than they play, older kids play more
than they practice.” Though registration will be at the SEAPARC, all the action will take place at the Art Morris Park, located just at the corner of Throup Rd. and Charters Rd right here in Sooke. To Bryant, the volunteer-run park is not only sacred, but it serves as the starting point for many kids and young adults looking to get into the sport. “It’s all about giving the kids and their parents a place to develop,” he said. “That park we run ourselves from the bottom up; it’s unlike any other park on the island.” Bryant, who coached fastball teams for many years, will be acting solely as president of the association this year. Fastball has its own footer in Sooke’s his-
Parents of kids 5-18 years of age wanting to play and be part of Sooke Minor Fastball’s rich heritage can register their children for the upcoming ball season.
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Picture of Sooke fastball player Hailey Bryant, taken around seven years ago. Since then, fastball has taken her and her pals to all four Provincial championships and one Western Canadian championship.
“It’s all about giving the kids and their parents a place to develop and have fun” - Chris Bryant, President, Sooke Minor Fastball Association tory. For one, the sport has existed in and around Sooke for nearly 60 years, and has its own successful fastball teams: the Sooke Loggers and Sooke Smoke. The district of Sooke will also play host to the upcoming 2015 Boys Fastball Provincial Championships on
Four generations of family attend Royals games
July 10-12, 2015. “That’s a testament to the boys fastball we’ve had in the park,” Bryant said. “The success of many of our programs are based upon the learning networks Softball Canada has developed.” And continue developing solid fastball
players. Local star fastball player Brian Banner has been shortlisted for the men’s National Fastball team; and Noreen Labecky, who had been playing fastball in the park from an early age, managed to turn her experience into a college scholarship down in Florida. “It all starts at Learn To Play developmental age ball… while I don’t want to belittle the efforts of coaches and parents who help our teams ascend to a winning season, it is all about having fun and good socialization combined with willingness to learn,” Bryant said.
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You know you’re a dedicated Victoria Royals’ fan when Marty the Marmot makes a surprise appearance at your wedding reception. It happened this past summer when Reginald Todd Jr. married longtime girlfriend Vicki. “Dad (Reginald Todd Sr.) was fighting back tears of joy all day until Marty showed up,” said Todd Jr. “It was too much, he lost it.” To be fair, it’s the looks on the kids’ faces, knowing the effect a visit from Marty would have, that may have brought a tear to Todd Sr.’s eye. Marty’s card hangs proudly in the living room of the Todd family home in Sooke, where 11 members of the extended family clan gathered recently. All were clad in official Royals sweaters -
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most with a personalized nickname – but for Nathan’s great grandmother Fran, and his three-week-old brother Parker. “I emailed Marty and invited him to the wedding, I figured it was worth a shot,” said Todd Jr.’s daughter Sarah, sporting the Royals’ black third jersey. While Todd Jr., 53, and Sr., 74, are season ticket members, they’re usually joined by many of the family who take up swath of seats behind the net for Royals home games at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. Todd Jr.’s three-yearold grandson Nathan will take his regular spot on his grandfather’s lap for the upcoming Family Day matinee game on Monday, Feb. 9, when the Royals host
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I’ll admit, I was among the many who believed the Sooke Potholes consisted of massively-wide and deep holes that allowed me to yodel into the centre of the earth. So, when the Capital Regional District (CRD) hosted a free hike down there, I just had to go - and see for myself what these “potholes” actually were. Our group departed at just past 11 from Sooke Potholes parking lot No. 2 - first stop were the skeletal remains of a massive
Cont’d from page 36 the reigning Memorial Cup champion Edmonton Oil Kings. “It started with the Victoria Salmon Kings a few years ago and grew when the Royals came, that’s when the family really started going together,” said Todd Jr. Coincidentally, the family swelled in size once Todd Jr. and Vicki began dating, as both have children in the late teens and early 20s. It’s a Brady Bunch, if you will, with a Royals’ spin. “We have a daughter who’s boyfriend comes to a lot of the games, and there’s others, a neighbour’s boy who just wants to come and sit with us because it’s fun,” said Todd Jr. “We have a lot of fun. We used to be an even bigger group when my sister’s family sat with us. They’re still at the games and we visit.”
Last year Todd Sr. and Jr. took to the road to support the Royals in the playoffs. It stands out as one of their favourite Royals’ experiences to date. “The people in Spokane were so friendly, they were grateful we came and really made us feel welcome,” Todd Jr. said. “The Royals swept that series, and the people there were still so nice, wishing us and the Royals well when we left.” Todd Sr.’s wife Fran can’t go to live hockey games anymore, the chemicals from the ice affect her breathing, but she continues to knit Royals-themed scarves. She’s made 22 in all, proudly worn by members of the family and gifted to players such as Coleman Voll-
complex known as the Deertrail Resort, a proposed paradise deep in the woods that never reached completion. Beaten by nature, time and graffiti, its monolithic chimney still stood near the edge of the cliff. One can see why this was to be such an attractive place for a quick weekend getaway; just on the other side lies the picturesque rock and forest chasm that extends north towards the Potholes. Taken in by the natural splendour that surrounded us, we walked along the edge of the Sooke River, ever-more
captivated by local tales coming from Deb Thiessen, our tour guide. It was nearly lunch, and the sun came up in an almost Springlike fashion, pleasantly reminding me of green and rebirth. For a recently-moved Ontarian like me (whose last encounter with any greenery was last October) the whole hike took on a more spiritual, out-of-time-andspace sort of feel. “THIS is January?” I quietly mumbled to myself in disbelief. Following a brief break at Pebble Beach (a beautiful crescent of
rath, The Todd family may also have a family member of its own on the Royals, as Vicki is cousins with Royals’ Griffin Outhouse, a promising goaltending prospect in the B.C. Major Midget League. Outhouse stopped all 32 shots on Jan. 17 to lead his Cariboo Cougars to a 4-0 shutout of the South Island Royals in Victoria. repor ter@saanichnews.com
sand just off the riverside) we pressed on interestingly-enough, bumping to a couple of gold-seekers that were knee-deep in mud and sand. One of them found $80 worth of gold grains, and despite the mud on his nose, he looked happy. Anyway, I digress. By this point I was tingling with excitement; the great expectation of ludicrous gorge or black abyss. But, alas, an hour later, we reached our destination. And boy, was I in for a treat. The Potholes are in fact a carefully-cut rock
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The Sooke River rushing furiously through the “Potholes” trench sculpted by the Sooke River over a long period of time - which also happens to have cylindrical indentations in the rock surface resembling - you got it - man-made potholes. But it was much more than that. The river rushed through these natural sculptures with outmost fury. It was the kind of rumble you’d hear and see at Niagara Falls. Finally, as the water curved and dove through these holes, it
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turned into a vivid teal, only to disappear again deep below the falls. Watching this theatre of nature unfold was wonderfully disorientating. After heading a bit further up, we found “pools” - calm water basins that you can swim in during hot summer days, beaches you can enjoy in the sun, and trails that stretch out in every direction. The diversity of this place had taken on a whole new level of awesome.
Sadly though, time had come to call it day. As the afternoon light slowly began to fade, we headed back towards to the parking lot via the Galloping Goose trail. Walking back, I reflected a bit on what I had seen, and my conclusion was ever-clear. The Sooke Potholes are more than just a mythified attraction; they’re a natural wonder filled with history, adventure, and of course, the occasional gold seekers...
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Keeping a hook on what’s important
Ron Larson, The Outdoors Guy
The days are getting longer in Sooke and the boats and the guides and the common fishermen are cracking off the rust and shaking out the down riggers. Halibut season opened this past weekend coast wide until further notice. Fishing is like winding up a jack in the box, in one moment you are in a peaceful meditation listening to the music of the water and recounting old memories and then bang, grab the hook and the club it’s go time. Life can be like that in general. In one moment there is the comfort of routine and then suddenly the music stops. The maximum length
for halibut is 133cm. The daily limit for halibut is one (1). The possession limit for halibut is two (2), only one (1) of which may be over 90cm. The area from which each halibut is caught and its length shall immediately be recorded on licence. The waters of Swiftsure Bank are closed to retention of all fin fish including hali. Mark an area on your vessel’s hull at the water-line in the area where you would play your catch. Use these marks to determine the 90 cm or 133 cm size limit of your catch. A measuring device may also be fashioned from a piece of wooden dowel such as the handle on a deck broom. Mark the two size limits on the dowel and use this to measure your catch while it is still IN the water. Reclaiming your identity when someone leaves is a challenge. In Japan, there is the Obon festival every July 15th where they send out candle lit paper lanterns to honour their departed loved ones. In western culture we get just one chance to “pay our respects,” if we are lucky. Some of us
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can bottle up the suppressed emotion that can manifest in addiction or detachment. So let the boys fish, and pretend the lines are their lantern, the mast is like the Bodhi tree that Buddha sat under when he became enlightened. But let’s face it, enlightenment seems a bit over-rated. The catch is balance, if you spend too much time meditating or fishing then you might not have anyone to share those joys with. It’s like the guy who brings in the 100-pound halibut and then brags about it constantly, soon no
one wants to hang out with him anymore. It’s like the obsession of self-discovery, great you found peace, which frankly seems a bit selfrighteous, so enjoy the tree pose and I’m going to be over there living a perfectly happy imperfect life. The moral imperative is simple, think about what and who you would miss the most and make time for them. If you can’t, then wrap yourself in a tapestry of their memories and their love will keep you warm on the water.
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Fishing families are getting additional opportunity to pass down their knowledge to the next generation, with the announcement of regulatory amendments to the Wildlife Act confirmed today by Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson. In support of mentoring young anglers, the province has amended the regulations for agerestricted waters by making them available to anglers of all ages, provided they accompany a youth under the age of 16 or a disabled angler who is actively angling. Many of the waters that are subject to this new regulation - now referred to as “youth accompanied waters” - are stocked with catchable rainbow trout, providing an above-average angling opportunity for newcomers to the wonderful world of freshwater fishing. Previously, agerestricted waters allowed only youths aged 16 or less, those 65 and older, and disabled anglers access. This reduced interest for families looking for locations where everyone could fish. Under the new youth accompanied waters regulation up to two adults (including those over 65) can fish in age-restricted waters, provided they are accompanied by an eligible youth or
disabled angler. The list of age-restricted waters has also been updated. There are approximately 300,000 anglers throughout the province. Disabled anglers are still permitted to angle unaccompanied on “youth accompanied waters”, however now they can be accompanied by up to two anglers that were not previously permitted to fish on these waters. Fishing is a great family activity that can be enjoyed by people of all ages, and expert anglers are a great teaching resource for those just becoming interested. Passing on angling knowledge is important in maintaining the social, economic, and environmental benefits associated with a recreational fishing culture in B.C. “Fishing is a wonderful and relaxing pastime that people of all ages can enjoy,” said Steve Thomson, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. “These changes create new opportunities for families to get out and enjoy the great outdoors together.” As it stands, B.C. contains over 20,000 lakes and 750,000 kilometers of streams.
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