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SIDNEY — Two officers with the Sidney North Saanich RCMP received Awards of Valour from the province this week. Corporal Erin Fraser and Constable Gary Lacey were recognized for their arrest of an armed and violent offender. Awards of Valour are the highest award for a police officer in B.C. According to the Ministry of Justice, they are given to officers who “made a decision to place themselves at substantial personal risk to save others.” Twenty-two officers earned Awards of Valour and 44 were awarded meritorious service honours, which recognize exemplary performance that exceeds expectations. Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon and Minister of Justice Suzanne Anton gave the awards out at B.C.’s 35th annual Police Honours Night. For a full list, visit pssg.gov. bc.ca/policeservices. — Submitted

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Emma Smith had her dream come true, going on a trip to Hawaii with her family in June to see a live volcano. She has brain cancer and is always in treatment. Support from the Help Fill a Dream Foundation has assisted her family and many other children on Vancouver Island.

Dreams can come true for Island kids Help Fill a Dream and Country Grocer launch fifth year of fundraising campaign Carlie Connolly News staff

Amidst a sea of colourful daisies, Eurosa Farms in Central Saanich was the site of the launch of Help Fill a

Dream and Country Grocer’s fifth fundraising campaign. The event saw a small gathering, yet an important one with employees of Eurosa Farms, Country Grocer and Help Fill a Dream coming

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Museum exceeding expectations Sidney Museum and Archives seeks funding bump as visitors increase Steven Heywood News staff

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FLT Winter Social Nov. 28

CENTRAL SAANICH —The Farmlands Trust Society in Saanichton holds its annual Winter Social on Saturday, Nov. 28 at 5 p.m. The event takes place at the Brentwood Bay Community Hall and are asking invited guests to RSVP on or before Monday, Nov. 23. Admission to the Winter Social is by donation. For more information on the Society and upcoming events, visit farmlandstrust.org

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CENTRAL SAANICH —Taking their show on the road, councillors with the District of Central Saanich are offering residents a lessstructured, town hall-style meeting on Monday, Nov. 30. They are welcoming public discussion at the Cultural Centre, 1209 Clarke Rd. in Brentwood Bay, running from 7 to 9 p.m. Council recently approved a plan to hold the town hall meetings four times a year — in months with a a fifth Monday.

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ith Lego leading the way, the Sidney Museum has seen improvements in both visitors and its bottom line year over year since they started expanding their Beacon Avenue location. Now, the museum is seeking an increase in its annual funding from the Town of Sidney to pay for an assistant to help with the museum’s day-to-day operations and security. Peter Garnham, museum executive director, says the Society that runs the museum and archives are after an additional $5,000 from the municipality to help cover the expenses of a part-time assistant, estimated to be close to $15,000 in 2016. Garnham said the museum would pay $5,000 of its own m o n e y, adding in cash t h e y earned in surplus this year, to top up t h e

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Sidney Museum Executive Director Peter Garnham poses with a portion of his large collection of Lego models which are featured in the museum’s Family Day display. Below, one of the dolls from the museum’s annual display — another big draw for the facility. assistant’s part-time salary to close to $15,000. This year’s surplus sits at approximately $11,600. Garnham pointed out they were able to bring in that extra money thanks to their special exhibits — the Family Day Lego display, as well a s

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the teddy bear and doll collections. Those three were the museum’s main draws in 2015. In a report to Town council, Garnham explained that their It’s a Doll’s Life exhibit in July and August drew in almost 2,000 people — and donations of close to $4,000. The teddy bear exhibit in November and December of 2014 attracted more than 1,000 visitors and donations totalling around $2,000. The biggest draw is the Lego display, part of Sidney’s Family Day weekend events that saw an estimated 6,000 people in town over three days. Garnham said that accounted for the lion’s share of their donations between the three top exhibits. The 2015 Lego display at the museum lasted three months and saw around 10,000 people. “We’re anticipating seeing 16,000 in 2016,” he said. The 2016 Lego display will have an a e ro n a u t i c a l

theme, he said, with Lego builders working on a sixfoot Twin Otter aircraft — like those built at North Saanich’s Viking Air. Overall attendance at the Sidney Museum between January and August has jumped to 13,765, compared with 12,141 last year. Donations, too, jumped —increasing to $26,173 in the same time frame, compared with $17,623 in 2014. Garnham credits increased visibility, better marketing of local events and better temporary exhibits and displays at the museum itself. As a result of the increased foot traffic, and an expanded facility, Garnham said the museum needs an assistant to help volunteers watch over the artifacts and collections. The role was been held by students in the past, but Garnham said he wants something more permanent in place. That’s why the museum is prepared to share the cost with the municipality, which has yet to consider bumping its current grant to the museum from $72,000 per year, to the suggested $77,000. Either way, Garnham said the museum has seen significant growth this year, exceeding expectations. editor@peninsula newsreview.com

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Children’s Rights Day urged by Island man Former school teacher from Duncan, John McDonald wants Nov. 20 declared Rights of the Child Day Jennifer Blyth News staff

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birth and not be one giant leap at the age of majority,” says John McDonald, a former school teacher and school trustee now living in Duncan. The initiative would recognize the anniversary of the United Nations’ adoption of Declaration of the Rights of the Child and raise awareness of the important, comprehensive document, creating potentially far-

reaching effects. “If kids knew what their rights are and what they’re not, it would be a better world. “They would understand democracy,” he said. The initiative’s roots date back to 1924, and the Geneva Declaration on the Rights of the Child, followed by the 1959 Declaration of the Rights of the child adopted by the United

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minors with no say into their lives,” McDonald said. “We can’t raise our kids in an undemocratic household and school system then send them out on their own and say, ‘Now you need to live in a democracy,’” McDonald argues. He suggested that if children are going to learn about democracy, it needs to begin when they’re young. People – including children – have a strong

tendency to do and be what is expected of them, he says. “Therefore the greatest danger to our society is the concept that young people are irresponsible, stupid, cannot think and are incapable of building the future that the present adults must live in,” McDonald said. “Well, you better have faith in our offspring for it is their world that we (adults) will have to live in,” he continued, adding, “adults have not given us much to boast about in human development. Is it time to include children in future planning. “Make Nov. 20 the Rights of the Child Day.” — Black Press

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B.C. government unions to get ‘modest’ raises Tom Fletcher Black Press

Most unionized provincial employees in health, education and other jobs will get an extra raise of just under one half of one per cent in February. About 80 per cent of B.C. public sector unions have signed employment contracts under the province’s “economic stability mandate.” That gives them raises of 5.5 per

cent over five years, plus a share of economic growth in each year it exceeds the independent forecast used in the provincial budget. Statistics Canada has finalized the growth of the B.C. economy at 3.2 per cent for 2014, substantially more than the finance ministry’s independent forecast council estimate of 2.3 per cent. That triggers the contract provision to increase pay for pro-

vincial employees by 0.45 per cent starting in February. In dollar terms, the finance ministry calculates that a grade one medical technologist will see an increase of $300 a year, or $970 over the rest of the contract term. A teacher will get $346 a year, and an education assistant gets $109 a year. Finance Minister Mike de Jong said the growth of gross domestic product reflects a strong year for exports and some employment growth in 2014. Business investment was also up 5.4 per cent last year, and there was a 3.5 per cent increase in

household consumption spending provincewide. The outlook for the current year does not look as good for additional increases, he said, but the agreements are “one way” and there are no reductions for employees if the economy underperforms. The province and its agencies such as universities and Crown corporations employ 387,000 people, of which about 313,000 are unionized. About 20 per cent of those employees have not yet settled agreements under the economic stability mandate.

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Tanner Ridge to get more speed warnings Carlie Connolly

was extremely low for the residential area at Tanner Road,” said Brailey. His basic recommendation was that based on a 50 km/hr speed

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Council is anticipating spending around $10,000 on speed reader boards to improve traffic safety in the Tanner Ridge area. Council approved $4,200 be allocated in the public works budget to relocate the electronic speed sign from Keating Cross Road to Tanner Road. Staff also allocated a supplemental amount of around $6,000 for the 2016 budget for new electronic speed signs. They would like to see the cost associated with the purchasing of four new reader boards go into council’s 2016 budget deliberations before they finalize the decision. At the Nov. 9 Committee of the Whole meeting, council heard a report from Constable Paul Brailey with Central Saanich Police Service’s Traffic Safety Section on a Tanner Ridge area speed limit review. This was done in response to concerns brought forth to police regarding speeding, primarily along Tanner Road, Bella Vista Drive and Rodolph Road. The municipality currently has a speed reader sign on Keating Cross Road that gives speed warnings to anybody going eastbound on Keating to the highway, as there have been accidents at that intersection. Work has been done on the corner and barriers have been put in, but from a police perspective, Brailey noted in his report that the sign could be better used elsewhere. The plan is to relocate it to Tanner Road for westbound traffic because there is no sidewalk on the north side of the road and that’s where

limit, there was very high compliance by drivers. Using the accident analysis as well, from a police perspective, he said they see no reason to adjust the

speed limit in that area. When signage does come in, Brailey said the police will be doing some additional traffic enforcement in Tanner Ridge.

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Most drivers in Central Saanich’s Tanner Ridge are within five to 10 km/hr of the posted speed limit, according to police. the bus stops are for the kids in the morning when they head into school. “I do believe though that it’s worth the money. We do have good compliance up there but saying that, we still have a couple hundred vehicles in a period of 11 days that are going over the speed limit,” said Brailey. As far as the side roads go, Brailey said they are more than happy with the level of compliance. At that committee meeting, Councillor Carl Jensen made a motion asking staff look at reducing the speed limit for within Tanner Ridge to a default of 40 kilometers per hour, down from the current 50. “My concern is when you look at smaller streets … those are family streets and you’ve got vehicles driving along there legally at 50 kilometers an hour. My concern is all it takes … thankfully we haven’t had it ... but

Survey questions approved CENTRAL SAANICH — Councillors approved on Monday night, the 30 questions to be posed to residents of Central Saanich in a citizen survey. Councillors fine-tuned some of the questions. Coun. Alicia Cormier provided six broad topics out of the District’s official community plan that she believed were not picked up in the draft set of questions. Those pertained to: supporting agriculture; maintaining rural character; protecting and enhancing the environment; addressing causes and impacts of climate change, biodiversity and natural ecosystems, and; fostering strong relations. Council voted for two additional questions from Cormier’s six topics, bumping the survey’s original 28 questions up to 30. The survey is expected to reach residents by December. — Carlie Connolly

all it takes is one child running into the road,” he said. Council didn’t support his motion, with Coun. Christopher Graham suggesting they take Brailey’s advice. “I think that people tend to drive to how the roads are built,” Graham said. “If we want people to drive more slowly we need to look at how we’re building our roads and redesign them so that people drive more slowly.” Graham added the report very clearly outlines there isn’t a safety issue or that it is minimal, with a high compliance by most drivers. “I would hate to be putting it into a situation where we’re effec-

tively putting more people on the wrong side of the law in the sense of them not following the speed limits because they’re too low, I just don’t think that’s appropriate.” Within the District of Central Saanich, including the highways, a study of a five year period coming to the end of 2013, which was the most up to date figures that they had combined in police figures and ICBC figures, the municipality saw 891 accidents. Only 20 of those happened in the Tanner Ridge area, which doesn’t include Keating or Highway 17. “As far as the safety goes and the accidents, we thought that that

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Share the road and slow down

he dangers of anecdotal evidence were never more apparent than in recent complaints to Central Saanich Police about speeding in Tanner Ridge. The Police Service received concerns that drivers were going too fast along Tanner Road, as well as some of the residential side streets in the area. Municipal councillors heard the same thing. Instead of reacting, police and politicians did a most prudent thing — they decided to see if any of those anecdotes stood up to the facts. The police used sensor strips across the streets in question, measuring how fast drivers were going. In his report to District council, Constable Paul Brailey pointed out that most drivers were within the speed limit set in Tanner Ridge — and a vast majority of them were traveling within five to 10 kilometers per hour over the posted limit of 50 km/hr. Brailey noted in his report that threshold is within the discretionary limits of most officers policing traffic — presumably meaning drivers might not get a speeding ticket if they stay within that range. Don’t expect that good grace to last very long, however, as the municipality will increase its enforcement in the neighbourhood — and set up electronic speed reader boards to let drivers know just how fast they’re going in an attempt to slow them as they exit off the Pat Bay Highway into the residential area. The police traffic study shows most drivers are not excessively speeding in this neighbourhood. Are some actually speeding? Probably. And people with concerns have undoubtedly seen vehicles going way too fast. The suggestion that the speed limit be lowered, however, doesn’t seem like a reasonable solution, based on the evidence gathered by police. Those concerns were obviously taken seriously, studied and a more reasonable course of action was chosen — enforcement and education. Most times, the added presence of a squad car and the speed reader boards can help lift a driver’s heavy foot from their accelerator. Yet, this is temporary. It’s only a matter of time before the signs and the police move to other concern areas. We can only hope that for some drivers, this will be a reminder to change their habits as they exit off the highway and into a neighbourhood where children play and families share the roads.

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Liquor store proposal came as surprise It was with some surprise and much disappointment that I discovered in the Nov. 13 PNR a Notice of Public Hearing for a proposed Town of Sidney Zoning Bylaw amendment, granting a Retail Liquor License to the property owner at 9429 Canora Road. Even more surprising was that in 10 days a decision, based on the recommendation of Town planners, and apparently supported by Council, could be made. The lack of notice and consultation on this proposal astounds. No signs on the property stating the proposed change and no contact or consultation with residents beyond a 75 meter radius (less than a block) of the property in question, when the neighbourhood affected comprises Greenglade, Summergate, North Saanich’s Canora Mews and beyond. On research, I found that an Oct. 5 report to council recommends the zoning change based on ‘no other liquor establishments within one kilometer of the property’. The assumption being that every family neighbourhood needs a liquor store? There are three in Sidney and one in Saanichton. All within a 10 minute drive. The report also states there are no schools nearby, when this property is directly on route to both Panorama Recreation Centre and Kelset Elementary School. Also not mentioned in the report is the fact that this property is directly across the street from the much used, by families, Rotary Park, as well as the

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airport walking trail, which on any decent day is full of families, dog walkers and cyclists, many of whom come from all over the Peninsula area just to enjoy this special amenity. How does a liquor store fit this picture? Liquor stores bring crime, traffic and devalue property. We need to build on our community assets, not devalue them. This bylaw amendment appears to be for the benefit of the property owner, not the neighbourhood. The Town of Sidney does a disservice to its residents by putting forward this change while giving so little effort to consultation. I ask that this applicaton not be approved, or at the very least the Town extend their consultation timeframe. Lorelle Posten Sidney

Housing, not green space I’m baffled by the town planning and land usage proposed by our local councils. What is wrong with the current location of the skateboard park? Why should we have the expense of tearing it up and starting over again? Do the users prefer another location? Why would we build a new fire hall and ambulance station close to a residential neighbourhood when there is a great location at the corner of the highway on Sidney land and well away from housing? The southwest corner of Beacon and the highway also provides immediate access in all directions. Locating here would also prevent some retail development which we all know is not needed. Why does North Saanich insist of keeping the racetrack land agricultural? There is plenty of agricultural land in North Saanich but not nearly enough affordable housing. This is an ideal location for a rentgeared-to-income community including a seniors residence with resident housekeeper, family housing with playground, day care centre, park and community gardens with resident groundskeeper. The Peninsula needs housing for the local workforce and the improved bus service which such a community would support. In return for the free land the community would provide some customers for the donor’s retail development. Continued on page 7

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I don’t know where else their customers will come from. This is a golden opportunity to build a green community, with a central geo-thermal plant to heat all the buildings at minimal cost making the rents more affordable. With all the money around here there must be a few people who would support a model Green community. Pat Carson Sidney

This is a letter to people who want to do the right thing but stop just short of being as effective as they hoped to be. On Nov. 9, while at the Associated Physicians clinic on Bevan Avenue in Sidney between 10 a.m. and noon, my car was hit by a gold Mazda. The driver failed to stop and leave her information. A passerby witnessed the event and left the details of the car that damaged my car. Unfortunately, the good samaritan did not leave their contact number which makes it difficult for the RCMP and ICBC to act. The witness needs to provide contact information for follow-up. In my case I am left with an $800 repair bill. I know some are afraid that this may get them more involved than they wish but in the end, one witness is usually sufficient. Alex Currie North Saanich

Walk for your own good health Re: Remind politicians who they work for (PNR letters, Nov. 13). It would probably be better for everyone if there were fewer 80-year-old drivers on the roads these days. Period. Younger taxpayers should not be expected to underwrite their medical exams for driving tests or anything else. As a senior myself, I wish they would accept the reduction of their senses, be quieter and start taking taxis, the bus or above all else walking for their own good health and wisdom. Jon Blair Sidney

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Town bylaws must be enforced Re: Frost Street parking issue (PNR, Nov. 13). Sidney council is trying to dissuade rental car parking on this side street. There should be nothing to discuss. The Sidney street parking bylaw is: “Parking on the street is permitted up to a maximum twenty-four hour period, unless otherwise posted.” There are cars parked not only on Frost Street. At any given time, cars are parked — sometimes for days at a time — on Canora Road. And there were 12 there yesterday (Nov. 15) and now the parking spaces on East Saanich Road, created when Canora Mews was built, are also being used by Enterprise Car Rental. A bylaw is nothing but empty words unless it is enforced and should apply to all and any bylaws which are in effect. Bylaws are put in place for all resident living in the specified area — and those who choose to ignore such should be penalized each and every day. M. Hansen Sidney

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Help Fill a Dream has supported 2,100 families Continued from page 1

In the greenhouse, Emma remained in fascination, asking questions about the many flowers, constantly smelling the Dream bouquets. And Emma isn’t the only Vancouver Island child supported by the Foundation. Celebrating their 30th year, Help Fill a

Dream fulfilled 12 dreams alone in 2015 and according to Executive Director Craig Smith, next January to April is already booked. Having partnered with Country Grocer for five years now, Smith said in beginning the campaign with them, it was about the local aspect. “We are an Island-

wide charity, we’re local and their local. And the other thing is we’ve quickly learned it’s become a cause that all of their employees and their customers have really rallied behind,” he said. Their help too goes a long way in many things they do on a daily basis at the store, including selling Dream Bouquets

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Emma with her parents Denise and Darrell Smith. Her family is thankful to the Foundation for helping make Emma’s dream come true. families and children in their community. Last year Country Grocer raised just shy of $15,000 and Smith said Help Fill a Dream has to raise nearly $400,000 a year between their

three programs to help support them. After more than 30 years, Help Fill a Dream has supported over 2,100 local families and will work with around 100 families a year

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Residents, Hydro clean up after wind storm 70 to 90 km per hour winds and rain blast the Island Steven Heywood News staff

Residents in rural areas within the Saanich Peninsula will be cleaning up debris this week from Tuesday’s wind and rain storm. North Saanich firefighters were called to a couple power outages during the storm, as branches and entire trees fell onto power lines, sparking a flurry of emergency calls from residents. Captain Steve Knapp of the North Saanich Fire Department was on Dalkeith Road Tuesday morning, after residents called in reporting a tree had come down onto power lines and had caught fire. By the time he arrived, he said the fire was out and the tree was hanging precariously on the cables. Power, as a result, was cut to nearby homes and Knapp said BC Hydro at the time could give no indication how long the power would be out, as they were busy with upwards of 50 outages on southern Vancouver Island — including the Saanich Peninsula.

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A North Saanich firefighter inspects a tree that partially came down onto power lines on Dalkeith Road Tuesday morning, cutting power to around five homes. Knapp said North Saanich municipal crews were called out to Dalkeith Road to block both sides to keep people away from the tree, which he said would probably have to come down. North Saanich had four power outages in total, affecting about 22 Hydro cus-

tomers. BC Hydro crews responded to incidents on the Island and mainland Tuesday that left an estimated 75,000 to 110,000 people without power at various times during the day, according to a company media release Wednesday. BC Hydro estimated

some of their customers could have been without power for much of Wednesday as well, as crews caught up to the demand for repairs. In addition to the outage on Dalkeith Road, in North Saanich, about five homes were left without power on Dolphin Road after wind blew branches down onto wires. There were three reported outages in Central Saanich, according to bchydro. com’s list of power interruptions in the region — one on Thomson Road, one west of Woodview Lane and another on Cultra Road, affecting approximately 16 customers. Another outage on its border with Highlands affected more than 1,100 homes. Environment Canada had issued a wind warning for Tuesday, as forecasters reported winds of between 70 and 90 kilometers per hour throughout Greater Victoria. BC Ferries cancelled some sailings of vessels on smaller routes, including the Brentwood Bay to Mill Bay route. That ferry remained out of service Wednesday due to mechanical problems. For updates, check bcferries.com and search for service notices at the top of the home page.

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Laser-like focus is needed to pay down your credit card debt W approximately $1.65 for every dollar of after-tax disposable income. In the U.S. the comparable statistic has reduced steadily since 2008, to approximately $1.35 for every dollar of

disposable income. While the greatest component of our debt is, by far, home mortgages, a recent Ipsos Reid poll found that one in three Canadians consider their credit

card debt to be a significant source of ongoing financial stress. With credit card balances comprising only about 5.4 per cent of average household debt, this high-stress impact is surprising — until we look more closely. The average Canadian adult holds three credit cards, most with interest rates averaging 18 to 20 per cent. Some 52 per cent of Canadians use their credit cards for the majority of their purchases yet only one in three personally track their card charges before receiving their month-end statement. On a monthly basis, only about 60 per cent of card holders pay their full balance owing, thus avoiding interest charges. If everyone were to pay the full balance each month, credit card companies would go broke. Fortunately for the industry, and sadly for some card-holders, credit card use and misuse can result in an insidious and ever-increasing, debt-spiral for the consumer. Hence, the high level of stress for

Canada; yet many cardwhat makes holders. it a starThe solutling statistion for those tic is that it with a credit repeats each card probyear. Over lem? A lasera 30-year like focus on period, this paying down seemingly the debt, perminor annual haps replacing it with a Peter Dolezal s t a t i s t i c much lower- Financial Savvy results in an average of cost Line of about one Credit. Once the debt is liq- in every six Canadians uidated, limiting credit becoming insolvent at cards to only one, can- some time during their celling all others, is a adult years. A disprosmart move. Unless portionate number of disciplined enough bankruptcies and proto track ongoing card posals-to-creditors are purchases, switch- triggered not by issues ing most spending to with the servicing of cash may help increase mortgage debt, but awareness of, and rather by credit card limit, spending hab- debt. Overall, the Canadian its. Except in the most extreme emergency, delinquency rate on all charging more to a types of debt stands card than can be paid at only 1.1 per cent — off when the statement the lowest level since arrives, should be strin- 2008. This positive trend is due to the fact gently avoided. Every year for the that today, an average past five years, about of only seven per cent 120,000 Canadians of household income have either declared is needed to pay the bankruptcy or made a interest on all debt held restructuring proposal — a reduction from 11 to their creditors. This per cent in 1990. This is only 0.46 per cent of good news will not last, the 26 million adults in as interest rates begin

their inevitable cyclical uptrend — long anticipated, and now likely imminent. For most of us, debt is a necessary evil as we move through our adult life. Nevertheless, we can choose how to manage debt responsibly, or otherwise. If we want to grow our net worth, and assure ourselves of an eventual comfortable, financially stress-free retirement, we must always keep in mind that while some debt may be inevitable in our earlier years, the only good debt is no debt at all — to be achieved as early in life as possible. During our later working years we should always remain aware that entering eventual retirement with debt of any kind will impair our retirement lifestyle — sometimes severely. A retired corporate executive, enjoying post-retirement as an independent Financial Consultant (www.dolezalconsultants.ca), Peter Dolezal is the author of three books, including his most recent, The Smart Canadian Wealth-Builder.

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The mental torture was eased by an extremely pleasurable drive in this premium mid-range, second generation SUV from Mercedes-Benz, which replaces the GLK moniker with GLC reflecting its mechanical similarities to the C-Class sedan. It’s a little longer and wider, meaning those aboard get more space in which to lounge and enjoy the luxury this top German brand typically offers. And, of course, more space for groceries and golf clubs. A tablet-like 7-inch screen sits above three large air vents, mounted at the top of the centre stack, which features a well-placed controls touch pad in the lower console. Back to the drive. Firstly, the test cars were pre-production Euro-spec 250s but we did get to take to the winding, often mountain-

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Grade 5 students on Brentwood Bay Elementary’s Green Team hung up birdhouses around the perimeter of their school this month to attract the Violet Green swallow to help increase its habitat. Brentwood Elementary teacher and Green Team leader Fiona Mosher said hanging the birdhouses, which the students began building back in March, is also educating the community at the same time. The students put up signs at the bottom of each post that supports the birdhouses, which the children typed up, explaining the reasons for building them — including information about the birds. “When you build a bird house, you’ve got to make sure the opening of the hole is the right size for them

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Curtis, with the School District 63 (Saanich) grounds department, helps students Isabella (on ladder), Isabel, Charlie and Maddy from left, put up bird houses at the school. to get in so that other predators can’t get in and get them,” she said. The birdhouse project was put on by The Green Team, made up of students,

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Originally from Ontario, Leahy travelled to Cape Breton where MacMaster and his own mother are from, to record the album, produced by the legendary Bob Ezrin. Leahy said their first album collaboration has been awesome. “It’s wonderful to tour with Natalie … we have six children and we take the little ones on tour with us most of the time and to be able to be together as a family is well … amazing.” He said with both of them having two different styles, the challenge for them was learning to play together, adding they are both used to being the front person. “What we naturally did out of respect was we backed off to give the other one the front and then we kind of realized that neither of us we’re being ourselves.” Now when they write together, which they do quite a bit, it’s in collaboration and it comes naturally, Leahy said. Coming from a musical background himself, Leahy is one of 11 siblings. His inter-

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Married 13 years ago, ONE is Donnell Leahy and Natalie MacMaster’s first collaboration on an album together. est in music started at just three years old. His father was a fiddle player and his mother is from Cape Breton, so she plays everything, he joked. “They just put a fiddle in my hand and I was genetically forced to do this,” he said with a laugh. “So I started to play and I loved playing and I loved everything associated with playing. That’s where I got my start and I’ve been blessed to be around great musicians and cultures.” Coming to the Mary Winspear next Wednesday, Leahy said they are

thrilled. And as for what to expect; passion, fieriness and off the cuff music describes the show. “It will be just a big party,” he said. He said in Cape Breton they have kitchen parties where lots of stuff happens — like a neighbour dropping in with a cup of tea or maybe something stronger. The fiddles come out and away you go. He added everyone starts hearing about it and the kitchen fills up. The pair recently received an award for Instrumental Group of the Year for ONE at the

Canadian Folk Music Awards. “We certainly appreciate when someone or some organization or fans or whoever votes kind of appreciates what we do. We do it for the love of it and when you get an award, it’s certainly always nice and we’re very thankful for that,” he said. Later, MacMaster joins country singer Johnny Reid on his What Love Is All About tour. Leahy said he and his wife will record a Christmas record next year and he hopes to be out west again with his family.

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• The Peninsula Panthers Junior B hockey team hosts Victoria tonight (Nov. 20) at 7:30 at Panorama Recreation Centre. The Cats hit the road Saturday, visiting the Comox Valley Glacier Kings. They return home Friday, Nov. 27 to face the Kerry Park Islanders. Peninsula is currently 8-14-1, with 18 points — one point back of the Saanich Braves.

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