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Saanich breaks cattle feed lot stalemate Neighbours tell council they’re sick of rats, noise, smells and lack of action Daniel Palmer News staff

Neighbours frustrated by rats, light and noise pollution and fecal dust from a cattle feed lot in residential Gordon Head are cautiously relieved after Saanich council moved the two-year stalemate forward on Monday night.

Coun. Fred Haynes brought forward a proposal for a “one-time deviation” from Saanich’s usual practice when dealing with the removal and rezoning of Agricultural Land Reserve property.

“My job is to represent the interests of the community, and I don’t think we serve that interest by avoiding this issue,” Haynes said before the vote. “My motion is about process, not land use of homes versus farms.”

The Alberg family, who owns the 1.6-hectare property at 1516 Mt. Douglas Cross Rd., put forward a development proposal to subdivide the land in 2012. But they were told they first had to remove the land from the ALR under a long-standing but unwritten Saanich practice. The family refused to do so, fearing they would be stuck with unusable farm land and the possible rejection of their development proposal.

The Albergs then put in a cattle feed lot in 2013 to the dismay of nearby neighbours like Jinx Barber, who said she and her family can’t bear another summer near the feed lot.

“We’ve had the most horrible time imaginable,” Barber told council. “I think the neighbourhood has been saddened, disrespected, and your policy has to change because you’re really affecting the people in this neighbourhood.”

The packed room of about 130 people included Ray Galey of Galey Farms, who argued passionately against the belief by some that the farmland can be salvaged for crop use.

“Any land can be farmed, but this piece is past that,” Galey said.

“We do need our farmland, but this (property) is too late.”

Neighbour Janet Stark told council she stopped counting after trapping 60 rats on her property that have proliferated since the feed lot began.

David Chambers was in the minority of speakers when he argued the land should still be preserved for farming.

After public speaking concluded, Coun. Vic Derman sympathized with nearby homeowners, but said he worried Haynes’ exception could lead another developer to expect “favourable treatment by putting pressure on the neighbourhood.”

PLEASE SEE: Cattle feed lot rezoning, Page A16

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Sam Goski, owner of Gyro Beach Board Shop in Cadboro Bay Village, is planning a friendly paddle board competition around Cadboro Bay to fundraise for local water quality testing.

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The growing trend of stand-uppaddle boarding will be on grand display May 31 when CadboroGyro Beach hosts the first of three races in the 2015 Vancouver Island SUP series.

However, concerns about water quality in the Caddy Bay waters mean organizers will

donate proceeds from the race to an independent testing agency, Blue Water Task Force.

“Doesn’t matter if you’re a child taking a dip on a hot day or if you’re paddle boarder, kayaker or a sailor, a lot of people use Caddy Bay and are affected by the health of the water and we want to support that,” said Gyro Beach Board Shop owner Sam Goski, the venue sponsor for

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Former Saanich News intern in the midst of Nepal disaster Nate Clark is a Thailand-based photojournalist and former student at Victoria’s Western Academy of Photography.

Since the school closed a year ago, Nate interned at Black Press – contributing to Monday Magazine, Victoria News and Saanich News – before moving to Thailand a week after the Thai Army launched its coup d’état.

Clark’s dream has always been to tell a world story. His heroes are the great storytellers like James Nachtwey and Victoria’s Farah Nosh. Like them, he wants change the world with an astonishing still image, but before he can book a flight to Iraq he needs a lot more experience.

Clark bought a 110cc Kawasaki motorcycle and travelled alone through Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, clocking over 14,000 kilometres in nine months. He photographed everything, but focused on the local people living in the rural areas – often impoverished and living under corrupt governments. His portfolio began to grow.

Clark bought his ticket to Nepal on April 19. He planned to buy a cheap motorcycle, ride through the Himalayas and shoot village life. Halfway there, in Kuala Lumpur, his phone buzzed and he found himself en route to the biggest news story in the world.

Second quake strikes Through Facebook, Clark notified his friends and family that he was OK after a second 7.3-magnitiude quake struck Nepal on May 12. Humanitarian agencies are working diligently to deliver aid to more remote areas. To donate to the Canadian Red Cross, visit redcross.ca.

Lalsing Gharti Magar, above, proudly holds his new son, born at the Paropakar Maternity hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal on April 29. Doctors have been delivering up to 70 babies a day since the quake – many of them in tents set up in the parking lot (right). “At the first tremor, doctors and nurses were performing cesarean sections, they took them outside and successfully completed the surgeries,” said Dr. Jageshwer Gautam, hospital director.

Delivery in a disaster zone Story and photos by Nate Clark

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ife goes on at the tiny Paropakar Maternity Hospital in Kathmandu, where doctors have been delivering up to 70 babies a day since the April 25 quake killed more than 8,000 people.

“The babies are going to come whether we like it or not,” said Dr. Jageshwer Gautam, hospital director.

“At the moment of the first tremor we were performing caesarean sections.

We brought the patients outside and successfully completed the surgeries. These doctors and nurses never left the patients.”

Because of the danger of building collapse, improvised operating rooms have been erected in the parking lot in front of the hospital. About 20 women sit on thin mats with their husbands and families gathered around them, attempting to provide comfort. Only women experiencing complications go inside the hospital, which is actually preferable to most.

“Both the staff and the patients do not want to stay in the ward. They want to be outside in the open because of fear of another earthquake,” said Dr. Gautam.

Inside the emergency room it’s chaos; the smell of sweat and urine is overpowering.

Nurses run around frantically trying to

The 2015 Nepal earthquake, which killed more than 8,000 people and injured more than 16,000, occurred on April 25, with a magnitude of 7.8. monitor dozens of patients at once. Cries of women in great pain – sometimes shrieks – reverberate through the hospital hallways.

Days of waiting in the tents have begun to take a toll on the families outside and many feel they are being ignored.

Shiva Sedai, a farmer, and his pregnant wife travelled from a small village 80 kilometres from Kathmandu on April 23.

They still haven’t seen a doctor.

“We spend hours filling out forms and nobody talks to us,” said Sedai. “They give us no information. I have been here four

days. We’re just sitting here.”

Sedai learned through phone calls with family that his entire village was destroyed.

“One hundred houses fell down and my brother was injured. All my animals are dead. Life will be hard now.”

It’s a small hospital, and Dr. Gautam says most of the care must be focused on women who are about to deliver. He also notes with some pride that his staff are disregarding their own families in order to bring the babies into the world. Some have even lost family members or have had their homes destroyed.

“We’ve managed with great difficulty.

There has been huge destruction. It’s a national problem, and a local one. Houses are destroyed, even (the hospital staff) are living in tents; it’s a very difficult situation that is applicable to all of us.”

It should be noted that not all the scenes at the hospital are tragic. Outside, half a dozen fathers embrace their new sons and daughters with tears in their eyes.

Grandmothers, aunts and cousins hold out their arms and plead for a turn with the newborn, desperate to have another look at their little fat faces, but the dads just won’t let them go. editor@saanichnews.com

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Even if Andrea Blair’s colourcoded adaptation of sheet music doesn’t catch on, it’s already done what it was intended to do: allow one of 200 students to join band.

Blair was the 2014 middle school recipient of the Black Press Great Teachers award, for going beyond the call of duty as music director at Gordon Head middle school.

Her efforts to help former student Daniel Davenport overcome dyslexia in the music room led to the creation of a colour-coded music scheme. He showed up in Grade 6 hoping to join the band, and Blair wasn’t going to say no, as long as Davenport put in the effort.

Within a few weeks they began to sort out a solution, and nearly four years later Davenport still plays the clarinet.

“I don’t have time to think kids consider it a safe place and about the position of each note feel they can really step out of their comfort zone,” she said. on the staff,” he said.

“The colour tells me where “They can develop that love of to put my fingers. When I was music. I’ll find kids who are not able to communicate that to academically strong in here, Mrs. Blair, we got to where we and they shine.”

It’s something she’s carried are today.”

As soon as she found he was with her since she studied relying on the colourized notes Grade 6 band with “Mr. Cresin the staff to find the position, wick” in Northern Alberta.

“He was the one that he suggested it would inspired me and supbe easier to simply do ported me in everyaway with the tradithing I did in music. tional notation and go We remained friends with colour only. for 28 years.”

Throughout DavenIf all goes well, Blair port’s three years at is hoping to submit an Gordon Head, he met article to music eduwith Blair for a weekly cator journals as soon one-on-one session. as the fall, regarding And now that he’s at Andrea Blair, Davenport and the Lambrick Park second- 2014 Great coloured music notaary, he continues to Teachers tion. play in the band using recipient.

Last year’s elementhe coloured music tary school Great Teachers winthat Blair developed.

“Daniel is performing well ner Marilyn Hodgson subsewith Lambrick band and contin- quently retired from Kelset eleues to use the colour notation. mentary in North Saanich after We meet two to three times a 35 years of teaching.

Great Teachers high school month for a clarinet lesson and continue to tweak the system,” recipient Jamie Davis spurred said Blair, who also teaches the Spectrum Community strings programs at Torquay School band to yet another big year. In nine years he has built elementary.

“I’m very excited about the the program from two dozen software progress. When my students to approximately 200.

His band students end the second cousin was visiting last summer he reminded me he is a school year with a full calenprogrammer and would love to dar of events, including marchbe involved in the project. So he ing band performances in the is now developing the software upcoming Victoria Day Parade for the colour notation. Hope- on Monday, (May 18), the Oak fully by summer it will be ready Bay Tea Party Parade on June 6 and the Esquimalt Buccaneer for a test drive.”

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Amalgamation chat at council on May 25

Saanich council will discuss whether the municipality should participate in a province-led study of regional amalgamation at its May 25 meeting, if all goes as planned.

Coun. Colin Plant pushed the issue forward on Monday night.

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OUR VIEW

Two years to move feed lot fiasco forward The applause offered on Monday night after Saanich council moved forward with a rezoning application in the Gordon Head feed lot fiasco was appropriate. The neighbours near the Mount Douglas Cross Road property have been putting up with odours, light pollution and a proliferation of rodents in the area for two summers, and they’re about to enter a third. They’re rightly sick of waiting for both parties to sort out the issue, and they made that clear when council debated whether or not to advance the file on Monday.

(See Page A1 for details.)

The biggest question left looming after that evening’s robust discussion is this: Why has it taken more than two years for anyone on council to do anything about this mess?

New Coun. Fred Haynes spent the past month bumping up against staff, lawyers and colleagues in his attempt to break the stalemate, which has existed since council refused to go move forward with a rezoning application for the urban farm until its owner removed the parcel from the Agricultural Land Reserve. There are a host of unique circumstances that make the property unsuitable for farming and very appropriate for residential development.

As Haynes and others pointed out on Monday, the discussion wasn’t a land versus homes debate. It was about process – something as simple as advancing a rezoning application while acting in good faith with the land owner to appease all interested parties.

Council now needs to undergo a public hearing process, after which they’ll decide whether or not to approve the land for residential development or leave the land alone. The latter option means the cattle lot will continue on.

Whatever the outcome, Gordon Head residents are simply dumbfounded this issue has been “log-jammed” for the past two years, as several councillors put it. These residents should stay angry and they should keep up the pressure on council to sort this out. As Mayor Richard Atwell said: The neighbourhood needs to heal, and doing nothing certainly won’t lead to that resolution.

What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@saanichnews.com or fax 250-386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification.

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YOUR VIEW

Give restoration credit where it’s due Re: “Royal Oak students bringing Mahon Creek back to life, News (April 30) Peninsula Streams is proud of our environmental education programs and appreciate the recognition.

However for the second time in an article, your paper has credited Saanich Parks and Recreation with supporting the Mahon Brook restoration work on the school grounds. In fact, it has been the recently formed Storm and Waste Water team in Saanich lead by Ben Bowker that has helped spearhead with the project. We also collaborate extensively with Saanich Parks who are very helpful as well. Kudos to District of Saanich in general for their support of Peninsula Streams, environmental education and stream restoration.

Ian Douglas Bruce Executive Coordinator Peninsula Streams Society

Oil spill sarcasm was justified Re: Coast Guard hysteria sinks lower, B.C. Views (April 29)

Tom Fletcher’s sarcasm about the Vancouver media’s coverage of the “Great Bunker Spill of 2015” was justified. However, given that only 17 barrels of fuel oil were spilled, his cynical comments were not harsh enough.

A favourite of West Coast alarmists is the tired “wake-up-call” cliché – used with reckless abandon for minor local fuel spills or frequent but barely noticeable earthquakes.

For major spill or quake events world-wide – the Nepal disaster being a latter case in point – we’ve been subjected to yet even more strident wake-up-calls.

It’s clear that many have forgotten the lesson of the chicken little fable: one should not readily believe the sky is falling, or, for that matter,

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Putting the West Coast quake issue into proper perspective is the June 12, 2013 Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences evidence-based finding of an average recurrence interval for large and megathrust earthquakes of about 500 years. Within a variable interval timeline of up to 1,000 years, it’s understandable why so many of us don’t sweat west-coast quakes.

Let’s avoid alarmists’ hyperbole and simply meet our individual and family all-hazard preparedness responsibilities with seven day stand-alone survival plans.

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This model offers has a more rounded shape with pronounced wheel arches and there’s a flip-open rear door window. It`s a handy feature that allows you to drop stuff into the cargo area without opening the large rear door.

The V6 engine versions of Highlander came with four-wheeldrive plus extra goodies like a back-up camera, a power driver’s seat and fog lamps. Above base, the higher trim levels were Sport, Limited and SR5 (only for 2008).

A four-wheel-drive Highlander Hybrid with a gas/electric powertrain was also offered and came in base and Limited trim levels. Hybrid power is provided by a 3.3 litre V6 engine coupled to an electric motor and they have a combined power output of 270 horsepower, which is roughly the same as the regular 3.5-litre V6. The hybrid`s city/highway fuel economy, however, is rated (new five-cycle method) at 8.6 / 9.5 L/100km compared to 13.8 / 10.4 km/100km for the 3.5 litre V6.

Reacting to the new economic reality, in an impressively quick way, Toyota introduced a substantially lower priced and more basic, front-drive Highlander, midway through the ’09 model year. It came with two-row seating and a 2.7 litre 4-cylinder engine mated to a 6-speed automatic transmission. This engine can provide 187 horsepower and 186 lb-ft of torque at 4,100 rpm and its city/highway fuel economy rating is 11.8 / 8.7 L/100km.

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No changes were made to the 2010 Highlander, but for 2011, it got revised front and rear styling, with slimmer headlights, a new front grille and new taillights. The Sport model was discontinued and the hybrid version got a (combined 280 horsepower) 3.5L V6. A third-row seat also became standard on all models.

No significant changes were made for the 2012 or 2013 model years, which were the last of this generation Highlander. The completely revised 2014 Highlander, a sleeker family-friendly seven passenger cross utility, recorded its best sales year ever.

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Filipino dinner to benefit Nepal earthquake survivors Canadians of Filipino ancestry in Greater Victoria are hosting an eatin or take-out dinner to raise funds to help the victims of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Nepal.

The dinner is on Friday, May 15, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Philippine Bayanihan Community Centre at 1709 Blanshard St., on the second block south of the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, between Fisgard Street and North Park.

The dinner is $15 per person and all funds raised will go to the Canadian Red Cross to help the earthquake victims. The federal government will match any amount raised before May 25.

The Bayanihan Cultural and Housing Soci-

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The April 25 earthquake brought tremendous loss of lives and property in Nepal. The destruction of heritage sites is immeasurable, and the economic impact to clean up, rebuild and restore is heavy.

“We identify with their loss and pain. It is our turn to help,” said Laila Pires, BCHS spokesperson. “The Philippines had its share of natural calamities in the past, such as typhoon Haiyan in 2013. It claimed thousands of lives. People around the world responded swiftly and

relief operations, financial aid, medical services were immediately deployed.

“Victorians stepped up with such generosity for the Haiyan victims that it touched our hearts. The Philippines is still receiving international aid for rebuilding efforts in the aftermath of typhoon Haiyan. We are forever grateful and we will never forget,” she said. editor@saanichnews.com

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“We don’t want to leave that message to some in the development community that if you put enough pressure on your neighbourhood, that you’ll get more opportunity to get through (an application) more easily,” Derman said.

Mayor Richard Atwell said the neighbourhood has to heal from the long-standing issue.

“We’re not going to get anywhere close to that unless we move forward,” Atwell said.

Haynes’ motion – which after an hour of passionate public input and council debate received unanimous support – means council will soon 4980 Claremont Wesley Rd.Secondary Tickets $15/$12.50 4980 Wesley for students/seniors Rd. Tickets $15/$12.50 for16-lot students/seniors consider the subdivision for the property.

The Alberg family will need to apply to a provincial body to have the land removed from the ALR at some point before that development application and rezoning could be approved. Council could also reject the application altogether and require 4 Romeo’s Restaurant the land to remain as permanent farmland. www.romeos.ca “I think we’re at one of those moments where 1703 Blanshard St., 250-383-2121 in showing good faith, this council can reach out 1581 Hillside Ave., 250-595-0212 to the applicant and ask them what they wish to 777 Royal Oak Dr., 250-744-1177 have considered on this property while keeping an DINE IN - PICK UP - DELIVERY open mind,” Brice said.

Romeo’s, celebrating 41 years, has been voted When the motion passed, the council chambers “Best Pizza” numerous times thoughout its history. audience erupted in applause.

We are proud to offer a wide variety of dishes prepared fresh daily in our kitchens as well as our Lawyer John Alexander, who represents the signature pizza and pasta. 2 4 1 Pizza & Pasta for Alberg family, said the decision was “good news” Delivery or Pick Up. 10% off Pick Up Orders. and said the family is ready to move forward as soon as possible.

“My client is entitled by law to at least have 5 Save-On-Foods his application considered. And that’s what this motion does,” Alexander said. www.saveonfoods.com The Alberg property has been zoned for resiSaanich Plaza dential use since the 1980s, but its ALR designaTillicum Centre tion allows the right to farm. It is identified as May Long Weekend is almost here, and that means residential in the Gordon Head local area plan and barbeque season has begun! At Save-On-Foods we offer a great selection of meat, vegetarian and the Agricultural Land Commission identified the gluten-free options for all your grilling needs. We price property as appropriate for removal from the ALR match Thrifty Foods flyer prices in town every week so in the 1980s. that you can grill more for less! One Store, two flyers!

Council will now set a date for public hearing on Although we can’t guarantee the weather, we can guarantee the lowest prices. See in-store for details. the Alberg property rezoning at a yet-to-be-determined committee of the whole meeting.

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A break in the action on a sunny day at Fort Rodd Hill for our boys in uniform and park Interpreter, Zoe McCormack (far right).

Experience the sights and sounds of wartime life Mike Davies News Gazette staff

Have you ever wanted to stroll through an old military camp to see what life was really like for soldiers involved in past wars? This weekend is your chance to do just that.

From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday (May 16 to 17), Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site proudly hosts their annual Historical Military Encampment.

“It’s sort of a scaleddown version of the (reenactments) you see on TV in the U.S., I suppose,” said acting Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse NHS manager Lara Cohlmeyer, trying to boil down the event.

Vintage military vehicles, including tanks, jeeps and motorcycles, will be on site and visitors are sure to be enthralled by the stories of past battles and military history.

“Our volunteers will be here all weekend interacting with the public and answering questions and acting out battles. It’s really something to see – and smell,” she said.

The re-enactors don’t use real black powder, Cohlmeyer said, but there definitely is an atmosphere hovering around the facilities of smoke and battle, making for a unique, historically reflective experience.

The volunteers, members of the VictoriaEsquimalt Military Reenactor Association, are very engaged with what they’re doing, which creates an authentic experience for the pub-

lic, she added.

“These guys make sure that everything they do is accurate, right down to the buttons on their uniforms being actually from the time period. Many of them have been doing this for a long time and are very knowledgable and eager to share that knowledge.”

Regular site admis-

sion prices are in effect for the event: $3.90 for adults, $3.40 for seniors, $1.90 for youth and $9.80 for a family.

Cohlmeyer added that right now would be an excellent time to get an annual pass, as they are on sale until June 15 for $5.80 for the season.

Attendance with your annual pass this weekend would make the

rest of your year essentially cost a mere $1.90.

Annual passes are good for all daily activities and many of the special events held at the site.

“It’s the best deal in town, in my opinion,” Cohlmeyer said.

For more information, go to pc.gc.ca/fortroddhill or parkscanada. gc.ca. editor@saanichnews.com

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Lace up for the 107.3 KOOL FM Oak Bay Half Marathon, coming to town May 24. Walkers and others needing an early start for the half-marathon will begin at 7 a.m. with the regular half-marathon and relay beginning an hour later. For the children, there’s a

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Saanich Tigers Junior B lacrosse team hosts Nanaimo tonight, 7:30 p.m. and Westshore on Sunday, 2 p.m. at Archie Browning arena.

The Saanich Tigers midget A team faces Juan de Fuca on Wednesday (May 20), 6 p.m. at Juan de Fuca Arena. ...

After sweeping the White Rock Tritons this past Saturday and splitting the two games Sunday with the Abbotsford Cardinals, the Victoria Eagles Premier Baseball League team is in Surrey on Saturday against the Whalley Chiefs, and returns to Lambrick Sunday to host the Cardinals at noon and 2:30 p.m.

The junior premier Eagles host the Nanaimo Pirates for a two-game series at Lambrick Park on Saturday, noon and 2:30 p.m.

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The Saanich-based Victoria Horseshoe Club welcomes all who’re interested in trying out the sport. Wednesdays offer senior men’s drop-in starting at 10 a.m. while Sundays at 10 a.m. is an open drop-in. Regular men’s league runs every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 p.m. The ladies league is Wednesdays, also at 7 p.m. A junior league runs Mondays at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome and no experience is necessary. Learn more at www. gvhpa.org. ...

Saanich’s Falcon gymnasts are training hard for this weekend’s 33rd annual Garden City Invitational, May 16 and 17 at the Panorama Recreation Centre where these athletes will display their physical strength, flexibility, balance and coordination.

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HomeFinder Find a place to call home

SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES IN BUYING AND SELLING YOUR HOME The Saanich News is looking to help tell your stories about buying and selling your home.

Homefinder is available to househunters and real estate agents with unique stories.

Whether you are a first-time home buyer or a senior couple looking to downsize, contact us to share your story and it just might help someone else going through one of the biggest events of their lives.

You can call editor Daniel Palmer at 250480-3239 or email editor@ saanichnews. com to share your ideas.

Do you have a househunting story you’d like to share with us?

Email: editor@ saanichnews.com To advertise in HomeFinder, call Oliver Sommer at Email: osommer@ blackpress.ca

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GREATER VICTORIA MARKET UPDATE » MONTH TO DATE, MAY 5/15

COURTESY VICTORIA REAL ESTATE BOARD

82/714 » 128/1,509 » 3,848/4,672 »

NET UNCONDITIONAL SALES / TOTAL, MAY 2014 NEW LISTINGS / TOTAL, MAY 2014 ACTIVE RESIDENTIAL LISTINGS / TOTAL, MAY 2014

BOULEVARDVICTORIA.COM| The Boulevard is in the neighbourhood at 4000 Shelbourne Ave.

The Boulevard brings back living space Shelbourne development offers refreshing floor plan Travis Paterson News Staff

With an eye on the “shrinking condo,” local developers Kang and Gill Construction saw a niche opportunity for The Boulevard at 4000 Shelbourne Ave. “We noticed the market was missing larger units,” said Ivica Kalabric, head of sales for The Boulevard. “There is a high demand for downsizers wanting a condo, but the condos are too small and the transition is too harsh for empty nesters, so we created sizeable suite plans to meet that demand.”

Kalabric works exclusively for Kang and Gill, and has done so for five projects. He was integrally involved with The Boulevard process from the ground up.

“Downsizers are moving from 2,000 square feet to something between 600 and 700, and it’s too hard. We found that demographic is wanting a two-bed, two-bathroom unit that averages more than 1100 sq. ft.”

The Boulevard is move-in ready, and is currently 60 per cent sold out. It features 56 units in all: 40 condos, eight condo lofts, which are two-storey with private rooftop garden decks, and eight family townhouses which have separate ground floor access. The L-shaped building faces Shelbourne with a new yet-to-be-named park (provided by the developers to Saanich) behind it.

“The building is 95-per-cent complete, we’re just doing the final touches inside and outside, exterior landscaping,” Kalabric said.

Six of the eight two-storey condos are still available from $479,000 to $499,000, and between 1,300 to 1,500 square feet, in either two bedroom and den, or three bedroom options.

They present like a stacked condo, with a main floor living area and second floor bedrooms.

There’s also three bedroom condos with two or three bathrooms.

Underground parking spots are available for each unit as well as a spacious bike storage .

Behind the building, transitioning into the new park, is a private courtyard.

All units are at least two bedroom, and the

Photo from The Boulevard

The Boulevard delivers 40 condos, eight loft condos and eight townhouses to Saanich.

“There is a high demand for downsizers wanting a condo, but they’re too small and the transition is too harsh so we created sizeable suite plans to meet that demand.”

- Ivica Kalabric

remaining condos are priced between $399,000 to $499,000.

A block from University Centre, The Boulevard is amenity rich in terms of shopping needs

and entertainment. It’s walkable to Gordon Head Recreation Centre, elementary, middle and high schools, and is close to bus routes and bike routes, including the Gordon Head connector, as well as Mount Douglas Park, The builing itself meets stringent green certifications. All heating is in-floor, radiant, using geothermal radiant heat from below the building.

“Supplemented with geothermal heat, the heating costs are included in the price of strata,” Kalabric said.

Strata fees start at 24.5 cents per square feet. reporter@saanichnews.com

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1060 Tillicum Road, Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty John Monkhouse, 250-216-634 1231 Pearce Cres.

MLS 350746, Saturday 1-3 SAANICH EAST Royal LePage 2336 Hollyhill Place, Coast Capital Realty $899,750 Sladja Stojkovic, 250-592-4422 MLS 350924, Saturday & Sunday 2-4 5280 Parker Avenue, Pemberton Holmes Ltd. $958,000 Robyn Hamilton, 250-384-8124 MLS 350192, 3905 Gibson Court Saturday 2:30-4:00 MLS 350176, One Percent Realty Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Guy Effler, RE/MAX Camosun 250-812-4910 Dan Juricic, 250-514-8261

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587 Meldram Drive, MLS 349862, Sunday 2-4 Jonesco Real Estate Inc. Ian Heath & Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653 7344 Wallace Drive, $799,900 MLS 346736, Saturday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Craig Walters, 250-655-0608 1166-2600 Ferguson Rd, $314,900 MLS 349040, Sunday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Ron Phillips, 250-655-0608 A-10419 Resthaven Dr., $369,900 MLS 350520, Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Frances Wade, 250-656-0131

103-9906 Resthaven Drive MLS 348579, Saturday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun 7182 West Saanich Road., David Silletta, 250-744-3301 From $365,000 7859 Scohon Drive, Saturday & Sunday 1-4, $559,000 Royal LePage MLS 350458, Sunday 2:30-4 Coast Capital Realty RE/MAX Camosun Murray Lawson, 250-477-5353 Ron Phillips, 250-655-0608

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Run series kicking off year six The Christie-Phoenix Insurance Victoria Run Series (formerly known as The Q’s Victoria Run Series), kicks off it’s sixth annual season tomorrow (May 16) at the University of Victoria’s Centennial Stadium.

The first race of the evening starts at 6:30 PM with the 5,000-metre elite division. The race features two Kenyan runners, Leonard Koech and Benard Ngeno, as well as visiting Vancouver athletes, one of which is one of Canada’s top-performing masters, Kevin O’Connor.

“The race should go as fast as 14 minutes, depending on the level of other competitors, meanwhile O’Connor may be under 15 minutes. These are fast times and should be entertaining to watch,” said race direc-

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tor Christopher Kelsall. “All abilities and all ages are welcome, we have runners as young as nine and as old as 85. All races are captured on video and viewable on the series website. All races are sanctioned by BC Athletics.”

The Run Series begins with four track meets during May and June – all at UVic on Saturdays starting at 6:30 p.m. The series shifts off-track with three cross-country meets during September at Beaver Lake Park.

Proceeds support the Mustard Seed Food Bank. Cash, clothing and non-perishable food donations are welcome at each meet Visit victoriarunseries.com for more. reporter@saanichnews.com

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