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Property tax going up Average homeowner to pay $93 more as Saanich council approves 4% hike Daniel Palmer News staff

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Saanich homeowners with an assessment around $600,000 will see a $94 hike in property taxes after council approved the 2015 budget last week. The $244-million budget includes $136 million for operating expenses, $54 million for capital spending and $54 million for sewer and water services A hotly debated decision of the April 21 vote centred around a $200,000 surplus from 2014. Council voted 5-4 to add the cash to its $5.6-million “accumulated surplus” fund – used for emergencies such as natural disaster response – rather than offset the residential property tax increase. “It would have lowered the rate increase from 4.23 per cent to 3.99 per cent,” said Mayor Richard Atwell. “I would have liked to have seen it used to reduce taxes.” Saanich’s residential tax

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increase is nearly double that of the City of Victoria’s proposed 2.2-per-cent increase. Victoria, however, benefitted from a boom in construction in 2014, which led in part to its $4.7-million surplus. Saanich Director of Finance Valla Tinney stressed early in the budgeting process that sluggish new development in 2014 would lead to more reliance on existing taxpayers this year. Coun. Dean Murdock, who voted with the minority to use the surplus for tax relief, said while there’s wisdom in saving for emergency expenses, he was disappointed with council’s decision. “Putting the money into a savings account when it could have been used to lighten the load on homeowners and lower the percentage increase in what’s already acknowledged as a slow growth year just didn’t add up,” Murdock said.

Bog and within 50 metres of King’s Pond at Cedar Hill Park. Dogs are also prohibited from any fenced baseball field from March 1 to October 31, and from artificial turf sports fields. Pound officials point out

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Garrison pushes for Colquitz protection Esquimalt Juan de Fuca MP Randall Garrison introduced a private member’s bill last week to restore federal environmental protection to the Colquitz and Sooke rivers and watersheds. The Colquitz River system drains a watershed of some 49 sq. km. in Greater Victoria. It begins in Elk and Beaver Lake, but also includes Swan and Blenkinsop Lakes on its way to Portage Inlet. Together these lakes and the river provide significant recreational and natural habitat areas in the Capital region, Garrison said. “The upper Sooke watershed is the source for drinking water for Greater Victoria, and the Colquitz watershed … is one of the most threatened watersheds on Vancouver Island,” Garrison said. The bill would add both rivers to the schedule of the Navigation Protection Act, a list that was reduced to a handful of waterways in 2012 the Conservative government’s Bill C-45. Garrison said the protection status would help volunteer groups that have been working to restore the integrity of the watersheds, including efforts to bring back salmon runs. He praised the work on the Colquitz watershed by groups like Friends of Cuthbert Holmes Park, Peninsula Streams Society, Friends of Swan Creek Watershed, the Colquitz Watershed Stewardship Project, the South Vancouver Island Anglers Coalition and Habitat Acquisition Trust. “Not only are these ecosystems valuable in themselves, they can also play an important role in our local economy,” Garrison said. “Restoring salmon runs can help contribute to tourism and sport fishing as well as help to ensure the survival of the Southern Resident Killer Whales by increasing their local food supply.”

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Grade 6 students Alexis Woo, left, Claudia Pearson, right, and Taryn Rosales, centre, use pick axes to dig the root balls of Himalayan blackberries during a work party. The crew daylighted sections of Mahon Creek at Royal Oak Middle School.

Helping hands aid Mahon Creek Travis Paterson News staff

Four hundred students of Royal Oak middle school were on their hands and knees to help repair a forgotten waterway last week. What they’re uncovering one stretch at a time is the mistreated Mahon Brook, where water trickles underground more than it does above. But make no mistake, the Colquitz River tributary is a valuable asset to the Colquitz Watershed. The two-day work party was the latest part of the school’s 150th anniversary celebration. “For a while there, water running through your property seemed to be an inconvenience,” says volunteer Mary Haig-Brown, who’s been a part of Royal Oak for 40 years. “People threw dirt on it, hoped they could cover it up, but of course we know you can never cover it up and now we know how important it is.” While Mahon Brook isn’t much to look at – its dry stretches mislead its importance because it’s been covered in earth – the class were seeding it with 400 salmon fry at Brydon Park, just a kilometre downstream. The students raised the fry egg-stage using an aquarium that sits in the halls of the Royal Oak

middle school. “Salmon are resilient and we’re learning that just because we’ve put culverts underground, doesn’t mean they won’t swim up them,” Haig-Brown said. “There’s been a spotting of a salmon trying to jump through the grate into Rithet’s Bog. The only way we know is because someone was there to actually see it.” Haig-Brown’s children attended Royal Oak, she taught there, and now she has two grandchildren there. She was volunteering at the Royal Oak work party with Peninsula Streams Society volunteers, who brought their Creatures of Habitat initiative. The initiative was designed for Grade 6 students and has been a success at Bayside and Colquitz middle schools. “Every student from Grades 6 and 7 put in time for this,” said teacher Del Morgan, who led her Grade 6 and 7 class through the mud. “We’ve hauled out truckload after truckload of invasive species, including English Ivy stumps as thick as trees and poisonous hemlock (which adults handled). I can’t put a number on the amount of plants, but it’s been a lot of work.” The cleared area is on the western edge of the Royal Oak school ground, where Mahon Brook acts as a border for the property. In recent years, the brook had disappeared

behind a wall of brush until a Saanich Parks and Recreation crew started clearing it in the fall. “It’s the (Himalayan) blackberry root balls that are a lot of work,” said Grade 6 student Taryn Rosales. “They take a long time to get out, they keep running underneath the ground.” Blackberry root balls were the trophies of the day, earning “oohs” and “ahhs” from students and adults alike. Finding the rootball is the only way to remove the blackberry completely. The students were also careful to work around any native species, such as trailing blackberries. Sadly, an area that was cleared and replanted by Saanich in the fall has had some of its coveted native plants removed from within the fenced-off area, said HaigBrown. Peninsula Streams, The Compost Education Centre, LifeCycles Project Society and other groups led related workshops inside the school. Students who participated at Bayside removed invasive species from the school grounds, while others did the same at the nearby Gowland Tod Park. Colquitz students focused on Colquitz River Park. reporter@saanichnews.com

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Tolmie studio tour delivers eclectic art Travis Paterson News staff

Artist Bruce Fast first took to painting as an outlet to help deal with the stories he took home each night as an early-career social worker. “The stories were too hard to enter into my journal,” he says. “I started painting what I felt from the hardships I’d seen, the emotions.” Years later, the Mount Tolmie resident is now a professional artist whose selection of paintings will be on display during the annual Mount Tolmie Artist Tour this weekend, May 2 and 3. Fast was selected as of five home studios open to the public, and this year’s tour will raise money for the Shelbourne Community Kitchen, which opened its doors in March. “(The studios) are close to each other and it’s really easy if you’re cycling to go from one to the next to the next, or even walk,” says organizer Gerald Fleming, a painter who will also open his home studio this year. “Home studios tend to bring folks out to a different neighbourhood. We usually get between 60 and 80 people as long as it’s nice out.” There are 10 artists contributing with pottery, painting, jewelry, woodworking and Fast’s more unusual “woodland installations.” While he will display some of his sold originals in his studio (on loan), Fast’s backyard will showcase forest debris and refuse he

uses to create a variety of outdoor installations. “Some of the visitors are not ready to see the art – they just see garbage,” he says. Ever since the painter became hyper-sensitive to chemicals, he switched up his approach based on his daily ventures into the local woods. “My art is about using what I find, garbage and discarded belongings, or wood and branches, anything I find in the woods. I’ve pulled in what I estimate is about 10,000 pounds worth of garbage from the woods in Greater Victoria.” Some might have seen Fast’s work in the woods around the University of Victoria, where he uses natural forest debris to create shelters and sculptures. He also brings garbage home. “I don’t want to create art that might become garbage, I want to re-use what’s been left behind,” he says. Visitors to Fast’s will also see that he’s committed a sizeable garden towards food production for the neighbourhood’s newest tenant, the Shelbourne Community Kitchen. “Everything here is for (the community kitchen),” says Fast, pointing to sprouting spinach and salad greens, and a healthy rhubarb plant. The Mount Tolmie Artist Tour is May 2 and 3 from noon to 4 p.m. For more information, call Fleming at 250-477-8277. reporter@saanichnews.com

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Laws and sausages Money matters. But judging by the public turnout at the latest round of municipal budgeting, you wouldn’t know it. Instead, it appears Saanich residents are rather content with their municipal services and are willing to accept annual incremental tax hikes that go beyond the regional norm. As long as the garbage is picked up on time and residential development permits are issued when requested, most people tend not to care about the beancounting at municipal hall. Part of that contentment can rightly be attributed to Saanich staff – from directors right down to front-line workers, police and fire – who show they’re a competent and hard-working team throughout the year. And to be fair, Saanich has its own set of challenges that make direct comparision to other Capital Region municipalities difficult. Development was slow last year, for one. Increasingly, however, municipalities are taking ownership to stimulate their local economies through innovative programs and partnerships. Close to home, City of Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps has been doing the rounds to promote better local collaboration on economic concerns in what she’s dubbed “Metro Victoria.” That work should be supported by Saanich councillors like Fred Haynes, who plan to dig into better ways of supporting existing and attracting new business to the District. Lawyer-poet John Godfrey Saxe summed up the appeal of the legislative process, when in 1869 he told the The Daily Cleveland Herald: “Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made.” But local budgets, despite their sometimes numbing details, are still worth a hard look. After all, it’s your money. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@saanichnews.com or fax 250-3862624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification.

Coast Guard hysteria sinks lower His claims about loss of spill The Vancouver media’s frantic response capability from Kitsilano are coverage of the Great Bunker Spill of questionable at best. There was no 2015 has just about run out of fuel. talk of spill response when By late last week, the Kitsilano closed two years ago, usually serious Globe and because it was a search and Mail was reduced to quizzing rescue station. a U.S. expert who had at first Former B.C. Federation told the CBC he thought the of Labour president Jim spill response was pretty Sinclair held almost daily good. But then he heard that news conferences as it closed. it might have taken up to 12 People are going to drown, hours until the leaking grain warned a parade of union ship was completely under spokespeople. control, which would be not It’s been two years, and so good. This U.S. expert admitted Tom Fletcher nobody has. Premier Christy Clark and he has not “followed B.C. Views Vancouver Mayor Gregor the Vancouver spill very Robertson were quick to closely,” and was basically summon TV cameras as oil-sheen angst speculating. But that’s OK, because the spread through condo towers. They main purpose of this media frenzy is to declared the Coast Guard response feed the established narrative that the a failure before they had any real Harper government is gutting the Coast Guard while trying to ramp up heavy oil understanding of it. Unifor, the union representing Coast shipments to Asia. Guard employees, has vowed a fullYeah, that makes sense. A University scale election advertising attack on of Toronto philosophy prof recently the Conservatives this year. On federal suggested that Stephen Harper likes budget day, Unifor protested the war. Maybe he likes oil spills too. closure of the Ucluelet Coast Guard ship A retired captain from the nowmonitoring station. Similar stations in closed Kitsilano Coast Guard station Vancouver and Comox are also closing became the latest of a series of this year, replaced by a new monitoring disgruntled ex-employees and union system run from Prince Rupert and bosses to serve as the media’s go-to Victoria. critics. He contradicted Coast Guard I asked Industry Minister James management at every turn, dismissing Moore, the federal minister responsible them as political appointees with little for B.C., if this is a reduction in service. operational experience.

He said 1970s-era ship tracking equipment is being replaced with a new system that has already been deployed on the East Coast, to improve safety. “These fears were also raised back in the ’60s and ’70s, when lighthouses were de-staffed,” Moore said. “I remember people saying, oh my God, this is going to be the end. And it turned out to be complete nonsense.” Unifor operatives rushed to the media again last week with dire news of a half-hour outage of this new system, portraying this as evidence of a hightech disaster waiting to happen. (Ships were told to monitor an old-school emergency radio channel for that uneventful half hour.) What the union is really doing is ramping up its election propaganda, and intensifying efforts to protect redundant positions that are being replaced by new technology. There was a similar media campaign last year targeting the consolidation of Veterans’ Affairs into Service Canada offices. There are serious problems with services to veterans, but union featherbedding would not help them. The B.C. government is also introducing digital technology, eliminating hundreds of paper-pushing jobs in the process, with a mostly realistic response from unions. But in this federal election year, realism will be in short supply. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

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Guest View: Saanich needs to do more for economy dependence on residential Having just been through taxes. my first budget as a councillor It seems clear that if we for the District of Saanich, I are to reduce the growing certainly came to appreciate burden on residential taxes, its complexity and the hard we must have more economic work staff and council put in development. I believe our to deliver the services our residents and businesses need. municipality needs to take a more proactive role in creating To balance the books for our an environment that fosters 2015 budget of $244.8 million the growth of prosperity and our residential property taxes jobs that support were increased 4.23 businesses and per cent. In looking households in the at the future, I community. wanted to reflect on The question is: some simple ideas What kind of activities that could perhaps undertaken by reduce the need for Saanich can yield the such property tax economic benefits increases. needed to expand the Municipal non-household based revenues arrive revenues available to primarily from Fred Haynes the municipality? We four sources: Guest View can look at increases residential property in new companies, new taxes, commercial buildings, density and property taxes, commercial vitality as both services fees and grants from linked to and a byproduct of other governments. Each year job creation activities. Those council approves a policy that in turn generate growth in requires the municipality to both municipal and household continue to pursue revenue revenues. diversification to minimize the In a spirit of open inquiry, overall percentage of revenue here are some things to raised from property taxes. consider in Saanich to increase We can reduce pressures jobs and our economy. on our residential taxes by • What can we be doing increasing the revenues to increase our base of light available from an expanded industry, commercial and retail economic base. Despite enterprises? revenue challenges that • How can we attract more included less commercial commercial and residential development, increased developments, including the policing costs and cuts to creation of more, much-needed, spending, council approved affordable work force housing? our ongoing funding to three • Can we engage more agencies that work to enhance effectively with leaders in our economic base: The our construction and urbanGreater Victoria Development development industries? Are Agency will receive $30,000; we able to reduce municipal Tourism Victoria will receive processing times for residential $36,000 and the Van Isle Film and commercial development Commission will receive permits? $35,700. • Can we harmonize Each of these organizations works to promote our region on “best practices” with other municipalities? the national and international • Can we strengthen the stage and bring businesses, outreach with our larger people, prosperity and jobs to employers including the the economies of Saanich and University of Victoria, Camosun the region. This funding helps College and the Pacific Institute to meet our policy objective for Sport Excellence? for diversity in revenue • What is needed to optimize sources that can reduce our

our high tech companies? • How best to improve our dialogue with and support for small and medium businesses, including home businesses and other key economic stakeholders in Saanich? • Can more be done to develop the economics of local agriculture and food production? • Is it possible for Saanich and the region to develop as a global destination for cycling tourism? • Is the amazing Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary optimally marketed? • Can we better harness the adaptation needed for climate change as a driver for our own economic growth? As the eighth largest municipality in B.C., Saanich is embedded in a dynamic, integrated and regional economy with a wide array of economic stakeholders. Our council has approved an open process to receive delegations and public input at council meetings. As well, our planning, transportation and economic development advisory committee can hear presentations on economic development from individuals or groups. Please accept this as an invitation to come before council or our committee in the coming months. I look forward to ongoing discussions with our prosperity leaders, residents and council to explore, better understand and to implement Saanich and regional-based opportunities to expand our economy. Success would enable us to reduce pressures on residential and commercial taxes. We shouldn’t raise taxes at an unsupportable rate. So in addition to seeking ways to increase revenues, we need to look for savings and cost efficiencies inside our organization. *** Fred Haynes is a Saanich councillor and chair of the planning, transportation and economic development advisory committee.

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allied troops for an international parade to mark the anniversary. The Canadians, Talbot said, would then visit a place called the Mouse Trap Farm — a staging area where soldiers in 1915 set off for Kitchener’s Wood. “It’s essentially a farmer’s front garden now,” Talbot said. “A barn there is going to be used for a dinner on or near the battlefield. “It’s a bit ghoulish, perhaps, as half of both regiments were either wounded or killed at Kitchener’s Wood.” The trip is also an opportunity to recognize soldiers lost during the war — literally. Talbot said Ottawa author and researcher Norm Christie has indicated there’s possibly an unmarked grave of 48 Canadian Scottish soldiers in land eyed for development. Talbot said a regimental piper and their troops will visit that site to pay their respects. “That will be quite moving. The thing is, that after the battle for Vimy Ridge, the soldiers were probably buried, then forgotten.” Talbot added part of the Canadian presence there is to raise awareness of the dead buried there and to possibly move them. Talbot said the Canadians will also place plaques at the sites where Canadian Scottish soldiers Colonel Cyrus Wesley Peck and Corporal William Henry Metcalf each won the Victoria Cross.

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‘God particle’ physicist visits UVic Christine van Reeuwyk Black Press

The mystery of dark matter longs to be solved, and one of the world’s top minds dropped into the University of Victoria this week to talk about it. Scientists say the Higgs boson, or “God particle,” may only be the first of many such discoveries to be made in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the CERN facility in Geneva, Switzerland. On Monday, Dr. Rolf Heuer, director general of CERN, will talk about the recent relaunch of the LHC, the significance of the Higgs boson, and what we can expect from the LHC in the coming months. The inaugural Alan Astbury memorial public lecture honours the late professor with Nobel connections. “Alan was a very famous physicist and known all over the world,” said Dr. Richard Keeler, a longtime colleague of Astbury. Keeler worked with Astbury from 1981 (two years prior to either of them being employed at UVic) until Astbury’s death last year. “I went to CERN as a young post-doctoral

fellow in 1980 and worked in Alan’s group … That experiment got the Nobel Prize so that made us popular,” Keeler said. The Nobel Prize in Physics for 1984 was awarded jointly to Carlo Rubbia and Simon van der Meer for decisive contributions to the large project, a collaborative effort of many people that led to the discovery of the field particles W and Z. “He was a really big part of the second Nobel Prize that the Higgs experiment got,” added Keeler. Astbury was director of TRIUMF laboratory in Vancouver from 1994 through 2001. He strengthened TRIUMF’s reputation as a prime institution for subatomic research and redefined the priorities of its program. The widely recognized scientist furthered Canadian participation in international particle physics projects by arranging Canada’s contribution to the LHC. “This will be the first in a series of lectures. We’ll see where it takes us,” said Keeler. It’s a fitting tribute for the first memorial lecture, as Heuer will talk about seeing where the

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LHC accelerator can take them next. “It has an accelerator which is circular and is 27 kilometres in circumference. It’s the world’s largest machine of any kind and it’s the world’s largest particle accelerator,” Keeler explained. “It collides protons with protons head on, and then we analyze what comes out of these collisions.” Already credited with the discovery of the Higgs boson, widely known as the God particle, the LHC holds the key to discovering

the origin of mass, the nature of dark matter and more. “The accelerator’s been shut down for almost two years and it’s been through a major service call. It’s now going to be raised to a higher energy,” Keller said, adding it should produce nearly twice as much energy. “That means maybe we can produce new stuff. Nobody’s seen collisions like these in a laboratory before. There are things we’re looking for and that’s where our astrophysi-

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CERN Director General Dr. Rolf Heuer spoke at UVic on April 27. Scientists say the Higgs boson, or “God particle”, may only be the first of many such discoveries to be made in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the CERN facility in Geneva, Switzerland. times more of this dark matter than the stuff we’re made out of. It’s actually the dominant stuff in the universe and we’re at the lower end. But we’ve never

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Camosun College Dental Assistant students are providing low-cost dental care for children between the ages of 5 and 20. You can book an appointment for your child for $20 or less between April 27 and May 15. Daytime and afterschool appointments are available in the Dental building, Lansdowne campus, at the corner of Foul Bay and Lansdowne Roads Services include polishing of teeth, x-rays, oral hygiene instruction, fluoride application and sealants. Dental Assistant students will provide care under the supervision of licensed program faculty. For more information, visit camosun.ca/smile or call 250-370-3184 to book an appointment. As appointment times are limited, calling in advance is recommended.

Saanich rural fire ban in effect May 1 The summer outdoor burning ban will be in effect from May 1 to October 15 for Saanich residents living in rural areas outside the Urban Containment Boundary. A year-round ban on outdoor burning is in place for Saanich’s urban residents. Beach fires are also not permitted at any location within the municipality. “Prohibiting outdoor burning during the summer months reduces the fire risk during the dryseason,” said Saanich Fire Chief Michael Burgess. “Saanich Fire Department is committed to keep our community safe, and part of that mandate is ensuring burning only occurs when conditions

are appropriate.” Saanich Fire Department encourages people to dispose of yard and garden refuse according to the District of Saanich’s Greener Garbage Collection guidelines. The fire department encourages all residents to help prevent fires during the summer months by: • Making sure smoking materials are completely extinguished and disposed of properly. • Properly supervising barbeques when in use, keeping them a safe distance from buildings and turning them off when not in use.

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Burning yard and garden refuse in rural Saanich outside the Urban Containment Boundary is permitted from Oct. 16 to April 30 each year according to specific guidelines. See saanich.ca for specific information.

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From May 1 to 3, Victoria police and civilian staff will head to the rooftops for Free the Fuzz, a Law Enforcement Torch Run event in support of Special Olympics B.C. at Uptown shopping centre. For three days, three law enforcement officers will camp out on scaffolding while members of Central Saanich Police Services, the Saanich Police Department, Oak Bay Police Department and Victoria Police Department collect donations from the community to “free the fuzz” and raise funds for Special Olympics. The Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) is a global movement that raises vital funds and awareness for Special Olympics. Free the Fuzz will kick off on Friday with Special Olympics athletes and law enforcement members marching together into the shopping centre at 5 p.m. The fundraiser will also include a dunk tank, face painting for kids, hotdog sales, coffee by donation and K9 demonstrations.

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maintenance. I took notes ike many as three city workers idly seniors I leaned on their brooms lament the while one of their junior industry wide co-workers completed the challenges newspatask at hand. I decided to pers have faced since share this appalling waste the arrival of the Interof taxpayers’ dollars with net. Many of us grew my readers. up dependant on them I must note here that for our news. Nelson was in the iron I had the good forgrip of Mayor Lou Maglio tune to grow up in who could have played them. Brian Kieran body double for Don CorAnd while some leone in the Godfather things in newspapers are changing, the contest of wills movies. I must also add that the between editorial and advertis- city works department was genering has always been a fact of life. I ously populated with members of learned that lesson early on in my Maglio’s extended family. When my piece appeared next career. In the 1970s I was briefly edi- day, the mayor flipped out. The tor of the Nelson Daily News. The Baker Street merchants flipped publisher was an advertising man out because they were not subsiwhose mandate was to pander to dizing independent controversial the powerful merchants of Baker thought and my publisher flipped Street. He lived in mortal dread of out because he feared the mayor what I might say on the editorial even more than the merchants. I was summoned to the mayor’s pages. One day I was watching life go office to be lectured on the role of by on Baker Street from my office the city’s newspaper. When I failed window when a city works crew to show the appropriate measure of pulled up to do some routine street regret Maglio became so livid that

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“We consumed a litre of Similkameen Superior red and called it a night.” We immediately consumed a litre of Similkameen Superior red and called it a night. The next morning I was awakened by the ringing telephone. It was the publisher of the now-defunct Nanaimo Free Press. He said he had heard on the grapevine that I might be looking for work and offered me the job of city editor over the phone, sight unseen. This coincidental cosmic collision of rejection and opportunity had me in a state of stunned amazement. David just smiled like Confucius. Not remarkable at all, he said, patting the I Ching. Of course, I accepted the new posting and got my butt out of Nelson as fast as possible. When the Nelson Daily News shut down years later I shed not a tear. I was told the publisher ended up working in a butcher shop.

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Commission, which Haynes said would pay dividends by getting more agencies to focus on attracting business to Saanich. “I did get council to agree to invite the GVDA to come and present to council and identify how improving our support for that agency can improve Saanich’s economy,” Haynes said. “There seems to be some feeling that support given to a regional agency needs to have a clearer statement of benefit to Saanich. But we did maintain our funding for these agencies.” Council also approved up to $150,000 to be used to implement webcasting of council meetings. Atwell said the full amount may not be required, but council didn’t want to leave staff financially restricted so early on in the process. “We’ll still receive a report back from staff on options available for webcasting,” Atwell said. “We want a service equal to the City of Victoria at least.” Employee salaries account for about 60 per cent of the operating budget. See the complete 2015 budget – including budget fact sheets from each department – online at saanich.ca/budget. editor@saanichnews.com

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In 1991, it seemed that David Allin was at the top of his career. For 10 years, Allin worked as a diplomat in the Canadian Foreign Service and travelled extensively all around the world. As part of his job, he worked as a senior policy advisor and legal advisor completing multi-year stints in the Middle East and Eastern Europe. But it was on a trip to Ireland that things began to change. It started with a tingling in his thumb that doctors at a walk-in clinic couldn’t diagnose. On St. Patrick’s Day, after hours of treaty negotiations, he felt an incredible pain in his shoulder that persisted. Then a few weeks later, while he was in Portugal engaging in a heated debate with a lawyer, he experienced overwhelming fatigue. “It was like a complete blanket, I had to sit down,” said Allin. “I got up the next day and slept in the car for the entire day. In Switzerland, I started to have difficulty walking, I was slurring my speech, so my team sent me back to Ottawa.” After a series of tests and an MRI, Allin was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a disease of the central nervous system. “It was the uncertainty. What does it mean for career, for your personal life, what does it mean for how you’re going to live your life?” said Allin. “These were all huge question marks, none with any answers. You have to see with time and see how your type of disease develops.” Unlike some people with the disease, Allin, who currently lives in Victoria, was able to continue working until he retired. He now has a wife and two children and spends roughly three days of the week at the MS Society in Victoria on North Park Street doing physiotherapy or working as the Board Chair. Allin said that many Canadians are aware of the disease, but do not know that the country has the highest rate of MS in the world. As a way of increasing awareness of MS, the Society has launched a new campaign called Flee or Fight. The campaign is meant to encourage people to stand up and learn more about the disease.

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Multiple sclerosis is a disease of the central nervous system It can cause symptoms such as loss of balanced, impaired speech, extreme fatigue, vision impairment, changes in mood and cognition and impaired mobility. It is the most common neurological disease affecting young adults in Canada. An estimated 100,000 Canadians have the disease. It is usually diagnosed in people between the ages of 15 to 40. To reach a confirmed diagnosis of MS, neurologists will use MRI scans to look for tissue damage in the brain. In 2014, the MS Society of Canada funded 49 MS-focused researchers, 63 MS research trainees and three multi-centre collaborative research grants.

VOLUNTEER To learn more about volunteering for the Carnation Campaign, call Hailey Smith at 250-388-6496 ext. 7328 or email: hailey.smith@mssociety.com. The 39th annual Carnation Campaign kicks off next Friday. Watch for events and locations around Greater Victoria

“We are asking Canadians to make a choice once they learn the fact that Canada has the highest rate of MS in the world,” said Tania Vrionis, president of the MS Society of Canada, B.C. and Yukon Division. “They can flee, or they can fight. However, we ask the questions knowing that the vast majority have already chosen to fight and are looking for more ways to be effective in ending MS and joining forces with the MS Society is a way to do that.” May is MS Awareness Month across Canada. In addition to the Flee or Fight Campaign, there are several awareness and fundraising activities happening in Victoria over the next month. One of the largest and longest running initatives is the MS Carnation Campaign on May 8 and 9. Volunteers are needed to exchange live carnations outside grocery stores and coffee shops in various neighbourhoods to increase awareness about MS and programs available on the Island. Together we will end multiple sclerosis.

INFORMATION Contact the South & Central Vancouver Island Chapter of the MS Society at 250-388-6496, email info.victoria@mssociety.ca or at www.mssociety.ca

MS Awareness Month Events: May — iMpressionS Art Exhibit launch party at Habit Coffee from 5-7 p.m. This event will be showcasing 12 artists living with MS that participate in our art therapy group. The art will remain at Habit throughout May, and each week we will highlight three artists. May 8-9 — The 39th Annual Carnation Campaign. This event will be held throughout the city. We will have volunteers stationed outside grocery stores and coffee shops in various neighbourhoods. They will be exchanging fresh carnations for donations, as well as increasing awareness and giving information about MS, and programs for those living with it in our city. Each location has its own hours, however the standard time for each location will be 10 a.m.-4 p.m. May 15-16 — Carnation Caravan. This event will be held in various local pubs and bars. Two teams of volunteers will be at the locations exchanging fresh carnations and streaks of red hair extensions for donations. The caravan will appear in various neighbourhoods over the course of the Friday and the Saturday from approximately 5 p.m.-10 p.m. May 22 & 29 — Gentle Yoga Class. There will be two classes hosted by Christina Marie, a certified yoga instructor. Each class will go from 6-7 p.m. on each Friday and will be held at Gordon Head Rec Center. The classes will be gentle, calming and open to all skill levels. The location is accessible and the space is large. Admission will be by donation of a minimum of $10.

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Dominion Lending Centres Chief Economist Says US Style Housing Crash Unlikely in Canada Responding to recent news reports about the IMF warning of an overheated Canadian housing market, the Chief Economist for Dominion Lending Centres, Sherry Cooper, says the prospect of a soft landing is good news for homeowners, “there is no doubt that letting some steam out of the boiling markets is a good thing because were prices to rise rapidly for too long, a nasty correction would be likely.”

Bank of Canada Remains On Hold With Hopes of Economic Rebound As was widely expected, on Wednesday April 15, 2015 The Bank of Canada announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight rate at 3/4 per cent. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1 per cent and the deposit rate is 1/2 per cent. Core inflation, at 2 percent, is a reflection of the dampening effects of a slowing economy offset by the pass through effects of the lower dollar.

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in the January MPR); however, the second quarter is expected to see a rebound to 1.8 percent growth, revised up from earlier expectation. The Bank continues to assert that, “Underneath the effects of the oil price shock, the natural sequence of stronger non-energy exports, increasing investment, and improving labour markets is progressing.” This will be aided by an improvement in the U.S. economy and the easing in financial conditions.

Chief Economist for The Bank is hopeful Dominion Lending Centres that global growth will strengthen in coming months to 3-1/2 percent—consistent There remains a good deal of uncertainty with their forecast in January’s Monetary in this sequence: While March Policy Report (MPR)—as a direct result employment in Canada improved of central bank rate cuts and quantitative substantially, business investment easing in Europe. Lower commodity remains disappointing, manufacturing is prices will boost growth in some weak—especially in the auto sector—and countries. The Bank also believes that the improvement in trade has been less strong growth will resume in the United than expected. States after a weak first quarter, which, of Real GDP growth is projected to rebound course, has yet to be confirmed. in the second quarter and subsequently First quarter growth in Canada has been strengthen to average about 2 1/2 per revised downward to 0.0 percent in the cent on a quarterly basis until the middle April MPR (from 1.5 percent growth of 2016. The Bank expects real GDP

growth of 1.9 per cent in 2015, 2.5 per cent in 2016, and 2.0 per cent in 2017. The Bank also believes the risks to the outlook are balanced, an upgrade since the last policy meeting in March. As a result of this view, they judge that the current degree of monetary stimulus is appropriate and have left rates unchanged. I am cautiously optimistic that the Bank has got it right, but I continue to believe that the risks are on the downside for the economy and inflation. My forecast for Canadian growth this year is 1.5 percent-below the Bank’s 1.9 percent forecast. Much hinges on the U.S. economy. The April MPR revised down its U.S. growth forecast for this year from 3.2 percent to 2.7 percent.

1-888-806-8080 www.dominionlending.ca

Cooper, one of North America’s most respected economic experts, points out that existing home sales were down 2 percent year-over-year in January, but were still up moderately outside of Alberta. Later data suggests that in February, sales rose month-over-month as gains in Toronto and Vancouver offset faltering markets in other parts of the country. More recently, Sales of existing homes in Canada rose in March from February, led by gains in the big Toronto and Vancouver markets. Sales were even up in Calgary where sales had slowed in recent months in the wake of the oil price decline. “With home ownership at a record high of 70 percent of households and interest rates at record lows, national sales growth will stabilize at a modest pace,” says Cooper. “However, steady demand from immigrants and non-resident purchasers in Toronto and Vancouver should continue to support housing markets. In addition, Millennials are in their first-time homebuying years. While many might be priced out of the single-family home market, many will take the plunge into condos.” On the supply side, housing starts and completions are down and are now trending slightly above household formation rates. Taking replacement demand into consideration, the current pace of overall home construction is at appropriate levels to meet long-run demand. We have also seen evidence of a recent increase in dedicated rental housing construction as institutional investors are providing increased funding in this long-overlooked area of the housing market. Condos have effectively replaced traditional apartment units and are an affordable alternative for those who are priced out of Toronto’s detached housing market. Rental vacancy rates remain at extreme lows in Vancouver and Toronto. Cooper says the bottom line is that there is little evidence of an upcoming U.S.-style housing crash anywhere in Canada, even in the hardest hit energycentered markets.

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30%

Offer in effect April 27-May 3, 2015

Extra Virgin Olive Oil Regular or Non Filtrato, 500ml - 1lt

Check your Q-Points and more...

Iogo

0% Yogurt

Olivieri

Nested Pasta

Lasgana Sheets 360gr

Iogo

86-110gr

Olivieri

600-700gr

600ml

85gr

Parmesan Cheese

12x100gr

Iogo

Yogurt or Nano Drinkable Yogurt

250gr

599

Probio Yogurt

Kraft

Pasta Sauce

Filled Pasta

Instant Noodles

Mr. Noodles

350gr

Bowl Noodles

See advertised specials

16x100gr Olivieri

Mr. Noodles

Win exciting prizes

When you activate the deal on the QF app

Fresh Tastes Better (Especially on Special)

Petrelli

Get special deals

FREE MAY 5

Upstairs inside Quality Foods in: Comox • Powell River • Qualicum Foods • Courtenay

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LUCKY DAY

All Garden Decor

Some restrictions apply. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Photo for illustrative purposes only.

Fully Cooked Pork Back Ribs

399

599

650gr or 6x93ml

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Meat

Bone in Pork Butt Steak

7.69 per kg Imported

Strip Loin Grilling Steak

3x8oz

49 Per

Hertel’s

Olymel

375gr

450gr

Bacon

Fresh Gourmet Sausages

Grimm’s

Wieners

Sizzlin’ & Bavarian Smokies

11.00 per kg

450gr

50% 8

Works out to $1.25 each.

Per

for

BUY 1 Del Monte

2$ for

Offer in effect April 27-May 3, 2015.

OF F

50% EVERYDAY

SAVE AT LEAST

NOW OPEN

FREE

canned fruit 398ml

NEW OUTLET STORE PORT ALBERNI

2943 10th Avenue, Port Alberni, BC (250) 723-3397

Products for illustration purposes only. Store selection varies.

Ah, The Pleasures of Great Choices.....

Chapman’s

Sorbet

for

REGULAR PRICES

GET 1

Excludes Pineapple

Everland

Organic Coconut Oil or Quinoa

2lt

500ml or 681gr Stouffer’s

Del Monte

256gr

12x50ml

Bistro Crustini

Real Fruit Frozen Bars

Frozen Yogurt

for

Stouffer’s

640gr

201-340gr

Saute Sensations

Sara Lee

Creme Pie

2lt

499

Everland

Skinny Cow Frozen Treats

Everland

100% Pure Coconut Water 520ml

LICABL PP

EES EF

for

Assorted Sizes

400ml

Nestle

Dinner Entree

555-652gr

Organic Coconut Milk

PLUS A

Chapman’s

4$ for

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Quality Foods an Island Original

www.qualityfoods.com

Kraft

Dressing

Heinz

Rogers

Prices in effect April 27 - May 03 2015 Christie

Belvita Crunch Breakfast Bites

Folgers

Flour

475ml

Picnic Pack

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NEWS

Classic Roast Ground Coffee

10kg

3x375ml

920gr

Kraft

Bull’s Eye

Cracker Barrel Cheese Slices

Saputo

Feta Cheese

Armstrong

600gr

210gr

Cheese

170-200gr

77 Rice Works

Jet-Puffed Marshmallows

425ml

Gourmet Rice Crisps

400g

Christie

Nescafe

156gr

100-200gr

Natural Cheese Snacks

Kraft

Barbecue Sauce

Nescafe

Instant Coffee

250gr

Cappuccino or Latte

Selected, 265-300gr

8x14-18.5gr

220-240gr

2$ for

Knorr

112-167gr

Black Diamond

Old Dutch

Shredded Cheese

for

Cheestrings

276-384gr

336gr

Nature Valley, General Mills or Betty Crocker

Mayonnaise

900ml

Black Diamond

Restaurante Tortilla Chips

340gr

Hellmann’s

Simply Broth

Pasta or Rice Sidekicks

3$ for

for

Snack Better

Value Size Bars or Snacks

890ml

Dairyland

Sahale Snacks

2% or Chocolate Milk

113-142gr

473ml

272-552gr

375-454gr

for

Classico

600gr

275-300gr

San Pellegrino

for

2$ for

Casa Fiesta

Seasoning Mix

Casa Fiesta

35-40gr

Green Chilies or Sliced Jalapenos

LICABL PP

Refried Black Beans 398ml

McCain

for

2lt

Kraft

Sparkling Spring Water

Kraft

Philadelphia Dips

Selected, 454-800gr

LICABL PP

Philadelphia Cream Cheese Spread

227gr

Olympic

Sour Cream 500ml

250gr

3$ for

128-142gr

334-433gr

Aquel

It’s Never too Early to Go for a Refreshing Dip!

Assorted Sizes

Fried Potatoes

Traditional or Ultra Thin Crust Pizza

Angie’s

399

Cinco De Mayo Casa Fiesta

Boom Chicka Pop

6x330ml

for

EES EF

for

Sparkling Fruit Beverage

EES EF

2$ McCain

900gr

220gr

Planters

Dry Roasted Peanuts

3lt

A Pinch of Goodness and a Dash of Delight!

Fried Potatoes

225gr

399

Old Dutch

Box Potato Chips

Canola Oil

410-650ml

McCain

Planters

Peanuts Resealable Bag

Capri

Pasta Sauce

for

PLUS A

Barilla

Pasta

Planters

Cashews

499

PLUS A

499

3$ for

4$ for

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Quality Foods an Island Original

www.qualityfoods.com

Kraft

Dressing

Heinz

Rogers

Prices in effect April 27 - May 03 2015 Christie

Belvita Crunch Breakfast Bites

Folgers

Flour

475ml

Picnic Pack

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NEWS

Classic Roast Ground Coffee

10kg

3x375ml

920gr

Kraft

Bull’s Eye

Cracker Barrel Cheese Slices

Saputo

Feta Cheese

Armstrong

600gr

210gr

Cheese

170-200gr

77 Rice Works

Jet-Puffed Marshmallows

425ml

Gourmet Rice Crisps

400g

Christie

Nescafe

156gr

100-200gr

Natural Cheese Snacks

Kraft

Barbecue Sauce

Nescafe

Instant Coffee

250gr

Cappuccino or Latte

Selected, 265-300gr

8x14-18.5gr

220-240gr

2$ for

Knorr

112-167gr

Black Diamond

Old Dutch

Shredded Cheese

for

Cheestrings

276-384gr

336gr

Nature Valley, General Mills or Betty Crocker

Mayonnaise

900ml

Black Diamond

Restaurante Tortilla Chips

340gr

Hellmann’s

Simply Broth

Pasta or Rice Sidekicks

3$ for

for

Snack Better

Value Size Bars or Snacks

890ml

Dairyland

Sahale Snacks

2% or Chocolate Milk

113-142gr

473ml

272-552gr

375-454gr

for

Classico

600gr

275-300gr

San Pellegrino

for

2$ for

Casa Fiesta

Seasoning Mix

Casa Fiesta

35-40gr

Green Chilies or Sliced Jalapenos

LICABL PP

Refried Black Beans 398ml

McCain

for

2lt

Kraft

Sparkling Spring Water

Kraft

Philadelphia Dips

Selected, 454-800gr

LICABL PP

Philadelphia Cream Cheese Spread

227gr

Olympic

Sour Cream 500ml

250gr

3$ for

128-142gr

334-433gr

Aquel

It’s Never too Early to Go for a Refreshing Dip!

Assorted Sizes

Fried Potatoes

Traditional or Ultra Thin Crust Pizza

Angie’s

399

Cinco De Mayo Casa Fiesta

Boom Chicka Pop

6x330ml

for

EES EF

for

Sparkling Fruit Beverage

EES EF

2$ McCain

900gr

220gr

Planters

Dry Roasted Peanuts

3lt

A Pinch of Goodness and a Dash of Delight!

Fried Potatoes

225gr

399

Old Dutch

Box Potato Chips

Canola Oil

410-650ml

McCain

Planters

Peanuts Resealable Bag

Capri

Pasta Sauce

for

PLUS A

Barilla

Pasta

Planters

Cashews

499

PLUS A

499

3$ for

4$ for

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Deli & Cheese

Freybe

Fat Free or Tomato Basil Turkey Breast

49 100 gr

Sushi

Per

100 gr

Hummus

285gr

227gr

99 Dinner for Two

Spring Roll

Medium

Deli Salad

10 Piece Sushi Lovers

Available at select stores only.

Per

100 gr

Calzone

Tribe

8 Piece Happy California Rolls

Cooked or Smoked Chicken Breast

Per

799

Maplelodge

Smoked Bavarian Ham

Schneiders

NEWS

•Greek •Macaroni •Red Potato with Sour Cream •Broccoli & Grape

Available at select stores only.

Seafood • Quality Foods

Previously Frozen

Sockeye Salmon Fillets

Fresh

Skinless Halibut Fillets

Per

100 gr

per 100 gr

Previously Frozen

Frozen or Previously Frozen

Digby Scallops 10/20 size

Jelly Beans

Machine Peeled Shrimp

99 100 gr

Quality Fresh

English Licorice Allsorts, 220gr

90gr

Unsalted, 325gr

Sweet Treats

¢ Per

100 gr

Per

Hold the Salt Pine Nuts

per 100 gr

Hold the Salt Pepitas

499

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SAANICH NEWS - Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Mini Apple or Cherry Strudel

Bakery

Calabrese Buns

Calabrese Bread

Chocolate Chip Muffins

for

Golden West

D’Italiano

English Muffins

Bread

6’s

600-675gr

9” Apple Pie

for

6 pack

Turtle Cheesecake

Cheesecake Slice

Works Out to

$ .00 each

Country Harvest

Bread

Selected , 675gr

2$ for

Works Out to

$ .35 each

Quality Foods • Taste for Life Kii Naturals

Tazo

Crisps Artisan Crackers

Dairyland

Tea

Santa Cruz

Cream, Creamo or Creamer

24’s

Organic Apple Juice

Selected, 946ml-1lt

2.84lt

150gr

299

L’ancetre

Seattle’s Best Coffee

Wholesome Sweeteners

200gr

340gr

Selected, 454-681gr

Organic Cheese

Ground Coffee

399

599

Purex

Dragon Towels

Double Roll Bathroom Tissue

LICABL PP

EES EF

499

Organic Sugar

PLUS A

Household

Surf

Bamboo Sheets

Glad

Liquid Laundry Detergent

20’s

8-12’s

Containers & Lids

Selected, Assorted Sizes

Fresh Wave, 1.63lt

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Drop in between 4:00 & 6:00 PM for a fresh

NEW APPY SPECIAL!

Washington ”Premium”

Pink Lady Apples

3.28 per kg

California “Bolthouse”

Baby Cut Carrots 2lb bag

Taylor Farms

for

2lb bag

Mexican “Ready to Eat”

Fresh Cantaloupe

per

2.18 per kg

Natural Organics

4.5” Unforgettable Vegstarters

Mini Cucumbers

Fresh Honeydew Melon, 2.18 per kg

3’s

4” Premium Basket Stuffers

Vancouver Island “Hot House”

Mexican “Ready to Eat”

Romaine Hearts

for

Per

Fresh Broccoli Crowns

for

California “Premium”

Per

NEWS

Washinton Grown

Organic Yellow Onions, 3lb bag

2$ for

Washington ”Extra Fancy”

Organic Fuji Apples, 4.39 per kg

99 Per

California Grown

Organic Cello Carrots, 2lb bag

7 DAYS OF SAVINGS - April 27 - May 03 MON.

TUES.

WED.

THUR.

FRI.

SAT.

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES

SUN.

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758-3733 754-6012 756-3929 890-1005 331-9328 (778)433-3291

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2$ for