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Grade 7 students at Lansdowne middle school learned a lot about marginalized groups for their first museum project. The two social studies classes spent nine weeks researching and building exhibits about residential schools, women’s rights, Japanese internment camps, the Acadian expulsion, the Chinese head tax and LGBTQ issues, then presented them in a two-day showing at the school. Jacob Zinn/News Staff
Students create a museum for the marginalized Lansdowne classes learn about some of the darker chapters in Canadian history Jacob Zinn News Staff
Students at Lansdowne middle school received a real eye opener when they were tasked with making a museum for marginalized groups. Two Grade 7 classes learned a lot about women’s rights, residential schools, Japanese internment camps, the Chinese head tax, the Acadian expulsion and
LGBTQ issues as they developed exhibits for their museum, held Dec. 7 and 8 at the school. Teacher Kerry Quinn got the idea for the nine-week project after reading through the Truth and Reconciliation report this past summer for her own personal knowledge and awareness as a Candian. “I started to think about how I hadn’t learned about residential schools until I was at UVic,” she said. “I thought, that’s a long time that I was living in this country and not knowing this really dark, important chapter of our history. “I felt really convicted all of a sudden because I realized I’d never taught my students about it, and I started to feel that I have a huge responsibility to tell those stories.”
Quinn discussed her idea with fellow teacher Catherine Beaulac, and together, they developed the museum project among their Grade 7 social studies classes. For six weeks, the students studied different topics about oppression through class research and presentations from guest speakers. Some of the topics, such as the treatment of First Nations in residential schools, caught the students off guard. “I think a lot of them were really surprised because they weren’t the proud parts of Canadian history we often talk about,” said Quinn, noting students were taken aback knowing the last residential school closed in 1996, not even 20 years ago. After the six weeks, the classes visited the Royal B.C. Museum, where they
learned about curation, artifacts and the behind-the-scenes components of running a museum. The students later split up into groups and selected a topic, spending about three weeks putting together their exhibits. Many of the students constructed dioramas, posters, interactive games and multimedia using tablets and smartphones. Quinn said the students responded well to the museum project, adding she hopes to continue teaching it to future classes. “They seemed really interested and really engaged,” she said of the students. “In another year, we’d like to include more groups, especially now with what’s happening in current events, thinking about Canada’s response to refugees. jacob.zinn@saanichnews.com
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Families find a place to call their own Habitat for Humanity wrapping up four-unit townhouse project Jacob Zinn News Staff
Four families have a new place to call home, thanks to Habitat for Humanity. Last Wednesday, the Victoria chapter of the housing advocacy group unveiled a four-unit townhome complex at 4000 Cedar Hill Cross Rd., built with the help of more than 250 donors, volunteers and sponsors. The project started last October, when Habitat acquired the land from the District of Saanich and started construction with the help of Camosun carpentry students. “We took down the old farmhouse that had been here for many, many years and we turned what was one home into four homes,” said Yolanda Meijer, executive director of Habitat for Humanity Victoria. “Habitat for Humanity believes that everyone should have a safe and decent place to live.” The four families each contributed 500 hours of sweat equity, working at Habitat events and the ReStore retail outlet as the homes were being constructed. Meijer noted that while the families pay for the homes at full fair market value, Habitat works to ensure the cost of the homes are reasonable. “What makes them affordable are the terms of our mortgage,” she said at the event. “Habitat holds the mortgage
and lends the funds at no interest. The families do not have to contribute a down payment if they are unable to do so, and every year, the payments that they make are calculated to be no more than 30 per cent of their gross household income.” Coun. Lief Wergeland said he was impressed by the level of collaboration among the various partners who contributed to the development of the four houses. Major funders included the CRD, the Royal Bank of Canada and the Hugh & Helen Morgensen Fund, with additional support from the Victoria Real Estate Board, the Larch Fund, Colliers International, Deloitte, Emco, Hilti, Megson FitzPatrick and TD Canada Trust. “As we look at the need in our municipality, the need in our region, the need for affordable housing, I believe the need is great,” said Wergeland. “We can’t help everyone today, but we can sure make a good start, and look at what we’ve accomplished here. It’s another good start for four amazing families that are going to have a new home.” Amanda (last name withheld), a mother of two who will be moving her family into one of the homes shortly, thanked the community for its generosity and all the hard work they put into building the complex. “I always said that the only thing I really wanted was a home for my boys. It didn’t even matter if it was big, I just wanted a home and they’d each have a room, and it’s come true,” she said. “It’s been the most incredible year I’ve ever had.”
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Yolanda Meijer, executive director of Habitat for Humanity Victoria, unveiled a four-unit townhome complex built by the housing advocacy group with an array of community partners. Four families will soon move into the properties on Cedar Hill Cross Road, which were built with the help of more than 250 donors, volunteers and sponsors.
Saanich champions new regional economic strategy Travis Paterson News Staff
The organizers behind the newly proposed regional strategy and model for economic development hopes it will do for Greater Victoria what the Halifax Partnership did for its region from 2008 to 2015. Halifax grew its gross domestic product from 15th among 28 major metropolitan regions in Canada to 10th in 2008, eighth in 2014, and is projected to be first of the 28 in 2015, according to the Victoria group’s report submitted to Saanich council. Last week Saanich council voted unanimously to support the proposed South Vancouver Island Economic Development Association (an interim title for the group), and 11 of the 13 regional municipalities are now on board. North Saanich votes on the matter this week while Metchosin has declined to participate. “We saw the success that Halifax has
had, they have some of the smartest economic development people in the country out there,” said Dan Dagg, a lead on the SVIEDA proposal. “We asked what went well, what would you do differently, and we’ve adopted a lot of that.” Dagg chairs the Greater Victoria Development Agency, which will effectively be replaced by SVIEDA. He presented the proposal with Dallas Gislason, an economic development officer with GVDA, to Saanich’s planning, transit and economic development committee on Nov. 12. Saanich Coun. Fred Haynes, who chairs the planning, transit and economic development committee, is amongst the most excited to support the SVIEDA model. “With some 360,000 residents, the significant lifestyle advantage of our West Coast location, excellent educational institutions and our existing diverse, dynamic economic base, we can anticipate success from a well planned and executed
strategy,” said Haynes. Saanich would start with payments of $27,800, redirected from the $30,000 it had planned to pay towards the GVDA in 2016, and a new sum of $81,868 in 2016. Saanich’s portion would stabilize at $184,462 per year from 2017 to 2020, as the total fund grows to $9 million. Hayes said regional coalitions are a requirement if the agency wishes to procure any meaningful federal or provincial funding. One of Haynes’ sticking points is that every day about 30,000 residents travel outside of Saanich for work, representing almost half the Saanich workforce. Coun. Vic Derman noted nearly one-third of the region’s employment is along the Douglas Corridor of Victoria and Saanich. “We live in an amalgamated regional economy,” Haynes said. “To do this as a single municipality is exceedingly difficult, perhaps impossible. We are competing with the economic coalitions of metropolitan areas across North America.”
SVIEDA held its first meeting Dec. 10, bringing together the mayors (or appointed councillors) of all 11 members plus 13 non-municipal members, with representatives from Camosun College, Royal Roads University, University of Victoria, and several for successful Greater Victoria businesses such as Wilson’s Transportation and Knappett construction, and the heads of ViaTEc, Tourism Victoria, the Victoria Real Estate Board, Victoria Harbour Authority and the Chamber of Commerce. “We have all these groups focused on the good cause of regional development,” Dagg said. The biggest challenge SVIEDA has overcome so far is the collaboration among municipalities in the private sector, Dagg said. “People didn’t think we’d get the majority of municipalities to work together towards this goal, but the majority of the 11 voted unanimously. That’s a signal, a sign of a new spirit of co-operation.”
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Camosun showcases high-tech projects Travis Paterson News Staff
A trio of Camosun College students have devised an auto pilot, GPS-capable drone, with a camera, for a fraction of what it would cost retail. And it runs on the USB video game controller of your choice. “We wanted to do it for many reasons but it’s not to retail, we’ll probably just share the knowledge,” said Nat Smith. The group of Smith, Alex Jensen and Erik Van Roosmalen named the drone The Replicator. It was one of four innovative projects showcased at the college’s Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology Capstone event for the public and potential employers on Friday at the Interurban campus. “The whole idea is this drone can be programmed to do an entire flight to survey an area, take photos, and return all on its own,” Smith said. The drone prototype could be used to survey crash sites and forest fires. It’s also capable of reaching speeds of 80 km/h, and can carry three batteries, giving it up to an hour’s worth of flight time. It has GPS accuracy within 12 centimetres compared to an error ratio of two to six metres on a comparable Garmin GPS, Smith said. “We haven’t tested it to see if it can go 80 km/h because I’m not interested in finding out until the project was complete,” Smith said. “We’ve been pretty conservative with it.” The group spent three months, plus some time planning before that, to fabricate the machine. It cost about $600 to build, compared to the
minimum $2,300 retail cost for a drone that would do less, Smith said. Because it’s a drone, legislation limits flying in the South Island to certain areas such as Sooke. The Replicator was actually tied down by string for most of its test flights in a Camosun lab. When they took it to Layritz Park for a low-flight test, passersby were immediately asking questions about its camera capabilities, something the students hadn’t considered during the manufacturing. “A lot of hobbyists who use drones are interested that we can use an X-Box controller,” Van Roosmalen said. “The mix of projects is inspiring,” said Alan Duncan, chair of the ECET department. “Each team tackles a complex technology challenge and comes up with a tangible and workable solution that has a real-world application. It helps our students to launch successful careers in engineering and technology after graduation.” PLEASE SEE: Projects provide real-world solutions, Page A8
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Making a difference in the digital age The internet was supposed to give us all new ways to connect and to access a limitless amount of information. It did that, along with giving us as many cat photos as we could possibly need. But the dark side of the internet has turned up as well. Early on, there were predictions of privacy issues and hackers, and those have come true. But very few people predicted the rise of cyberbullying and online harassment. A new report from the province’s Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner and the Representative for Children and Youth suggests a provincial strategy is needed to prevent and mitigate the effects of cyberbullying for B.C.’s young people. “Children and youth spend so much of their lives online and on social media, which means cyberbullying has the potential to affect thousands of young lives in a variety of negative ways,” said representative Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond. She’s not wrong. For those who haven’t been harassed online, it may be hard to understand how horrifying it can be. Imagine if everywhere you went – in school or at work, on the street, in your home – random people walked up and insulted you in the vilest language, or threatened you with violence. We would never tolerate that kind of behaviour in the physical world. But in many cases, those facing serious online harassment have to deal with those kinds of comments invading their lives through email, Facebook, Twitter and the other social networking sites where we spend much of our day-to-day lives. The report points out that any response to online bullying has to be multifaceted. One thing the report emphasizes is the need to teach young people how to behave online in ways that are respectful of others. That sounds like a pretty good lesson for students across this province. And also for a lot of adults. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@saanichnews.com or fax 250386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification.
Clark on carbon tax, government ads carbon tax can only get so high before Premier Christy Clark sat down with we start chasing all those jobs out of Tom Fletcher for a year-end interview the province. at her Victoria office Dec. 9. Here are TF: Your advisory committee says excerpts. For the full version, see the the carbon tax needs to go higher Opinion tab at SaanichNews.com. starting in 2018 if it’s going to have an TF: At the UN climate conference in effect. Do you have any other Paris, did you speak about choice? natural gas as a transition PCC: Let’s figure out what fuel, and did you find support the national goal is going to for that idea? be, which we don’t know yet. PCC: Yes and yes. The new TF: On a related topic, government in Ottawa is a big transit spending. Your new supporter of our LNG plan, minister Peter Fassbender and part of the reason for has talked about a “new that is that they also see it as day” in Ottawa and he’s a way forward for Canada to downplaying the idea of make a huge contribution to another referendum for new fighting global climate change. There are 150 coal plants Tom Fletcher funding sources. Is that off the table now? on the books in China today. B.C. Views PCC: It may be possible The only way that those that the federal government plants and the ones that come wants to invest more in transit, and after will be stopped is if they have a take up some of the slack from the transitional fuel to move to. TF: B.C.’s 2020 greenhouse gas target, local government level. TF: On LNG, oil and natural gas reduction of emissions by a third, is prices continue to go down, and supply another target that isn’t going to be continues to go up around the world. met. Why? Did you see any positive signs this PCC: When the government brought year? in the carbon tax, it was based on the PCC: What I saw this year was assumption that other jurisdictions developing countries, especially China, around us were going to eventually making a firm commitment to reduce catch up. And none of them have. their emissions. The only way for There comes a point where the
them to do that is to move to a greater degree to natural gas, and the bulk of their industry is still located on the east coast of their country, a long way from Russia and close to B.C. TF: Are we going to see some policy action on high housing costs in 2016, and will there be some relief from the property transfer tax? PCC: You’ll see in the February budget, but we are looking for ways to provide some relief for home buyers. TF: We’re starting to see government advertising ramp up. We saw a lot of Jobs Plan advertising before the 2013 election, we saw the federal government do it with their Economic Action Plan, which was very expensive, and to most people’s eye self-serving or political in nature at taxpayers’ expense. Is that what we’re going to see in the next year and a half? PCC: It won’t be political. I think some of that was, really, political. You will see more information-based advertising out there, talking to people about for example, the Registered Education Savings Plan. TF: Not Jobs Plan 2.0? PCC: I don’t think that’s in the plan. I wish I could say to you no, never, but I, you know…. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.
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Columnist in denial of science Tom Fletcher has again written about climate change and again what he has written is riddled with errors. Even more ludicrously, he has insinuated wide-spread scientific fraud as well. We now know that to stop further increases in the surface temperature of the Earth, to slow the effects of ocean acidification and of sea-level rise, we must stop adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. A child in kindergarten today will be 90 in 2100. How many readers of Mr. Fletcher’s column have a family
member or know someone close to that age today? Do we believe it’s reasonable and responsible to tell a child that we don’t care what kind of world they will be living in at the end of their life? That we don’t care how acidic the oceans get? How extreme heat-waves are? How much worse storms, floods and droughts will be? Based on what I know from studying climate change and working with scientists from around the world I will continue to oppose the denial of science. I will not ‘attack the skeptics’
with ‘zeal’. Instead, I’ll continue to use evidence that has been gathered and the physics and chemistry we understand well to show people what kind of change they can expect if we continue to burn fossil carbon. It’s 2015. The climate of the Earth is changing. The change is due principally to human activity. The change is harmful. The change can be slowed or stopped with timely action. We need to act now. Ed Wiebe Saanich
Ignorance is bliss Reading Mr. Fletcher on Dec. 2 and now Mr. Heal’s comment to it, leaves me with sense of wonder how people can be so ignorant. There is enough evidence that global warming is changing our world as we have known it all our lives. Our grandchildren will be the ones left with difficulties we can’t even imagine now. The cost of survival will be so great that our short-lived profit from oil and coal is insignificant and not worth it. Our industry could experience a revival with building and researching renewable energy as many other countries have been doing very effectively. Reinstating the railway along the Trans-Canada Highway, and creating park and drive facilities along it, would take many cars off the road and make commuting much more pleasant. Solutions are possible, they just need a will by our municipalities and governments. The planned intersection at Mackenzie would not take even one car off the road. A train coming down and going back up the Island would take pressure off the Malahat, especially after an accident when traffic stops for hours. It is not helpful that it has been announced that our transit system will get more expensive. The trend should be to make it more attractive and affordable. We are not going in the right direction. Karin Hertel Saanich
Where is the warming? It has been 18 years without statistically relevant temperature increases in our atmosphere, according to satellite data used by the International Panel on Climate Change. The level of CO2 has gone up in those 18 years, yet the atmospheric temperature has not. Is there a real connection between CO2 level and atmospheric temperature? Maybe not much. The climate scientists won’t say they got it wrong. Time for the truth, before Canada and other countries have our economies knocked out from under us. Please climate scientists, level with us, and let your colleagues who have “lost the climate change faith” speak. After all, no one likes muzzled scientists. Bill Wilson Saanichton
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The other three projects included a 3G smart phone built from scratch using some software while developing their own, an electric-powered longboard with a wireless hand controller, and a PowerSafe power control system that wirelessly controls the power on any standard North American outlet. The latter is accessible via an Android app, and can mitigate potential firehazards, such as leaving a hair straightener on. The 3G smart phone stood out for the laser quick response of its touch-screen interface, and the rather large and ornately painted blue wooden box it sits in. “We call it the blue block because of its blue box, but we weren’t focused on the size, that’s something we could do later,” said creators Mike Brautigan and Grant Skeels. Add in any registered sim card and the phone is immediately operable with all the basic functions of an Android or iPhone, except it has its own operating system. “We did this for the opportunity to learn the software and operations system,” Brautigan said.
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Reynolds student opens art show Exhibit runs until Jan. 3 at Douglas Street gallery Jacob Zinn News Staff
An artistic high school senior has recently opened a brand new exhibit of her work, thanks to Victoria’s Fifty Fifty Arts Collective. Fiona Gregg, 17, unveiled “Resemblance” at the collective’s Douglas Street gallery last Thursday, showcasing more than a dozen paintings and etchings she’s done over the past several years. The Reynolds student was selected for the show after the collective put a callout for artists on Facebook. “They usually work on trying to expose newer artists and artists that haven’t had their own show before,” said Gregg, who is new to the Fifty Fifty. “I sent in my portfolio and I got a show.” One of the central themes throughout Gregg’s work is reflection, figuratively and literally. Her exhibit is described as the culmination of her
desires “to bridge the gap between artist and audience,” through the use of mirrors alongside her art to create a stronger level of immersion. “I really wanted to have the viewer a part of the show – I feel like a lot of the time I go to galleries, I can appreciate the work but I can’t always relate to it,” she said. “Most of my works have mirrors attached to them as a way of reflecting both metaphorically and realistically. I added mirrors so the viewer can reflect in real time with my depictions.” Some of the mirrors are positioned so that viewers can look into a mirror with Gregg’s work behind them and put themselves into the painting. Others are cracked, representing different parts of Gregg and her reflection into her past, she said. Most of her work is inspired by personal relationships and the stereotypical idea of the nuclear family. “I was working with a lot of relationships, almost dysfunctional relationships, and kind of deconstructing and reconstructing a certain perfect ideology of relationships, where
you fall in love, you get married, you have children,” she said. “I started using mirrors as an idea of reflecting onto that relationship and how it’s changed you.” Her exhibit runs until Jan. 3 at the gallery, located at 2516 Douglas St. The collective’s hours are posted online (thefiftyfifty.net/about), though Gregg said they may be closed on certain days over the Christmas season. To inquire about their hours, email thefiftyfifty@gmail.com.
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Reynolds senior Fiona Gregg is only 17, but her artistic talent is beyond her years. Gregg currently has an art show running at the Fifty Fifty Arts Collective’s gallery until Jan. 3, featuring more than a dozen of her paintings and etchings with a central theme of personal reflection.
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The Victoria Regional Transit Commission will provide every refugee resettled in the Greater Victoria region with a free oneyear bus pass. “This initiative will ensure that those fleeing heart-wrenching circumstances are able to get around the city they now call home,” said Kenya Rogers with the University of Victoria
Students’ Society. “Providing a bus pass to refugees is just one way of supporting individuals who are faced with the difficulties of resettlement and integration into a new community. It will allow for newcomers to move freely around the city and to access the many services, community groups, and public spaces in the region.”
Young’s motion to establish the program was passed unanimously by the commission. The bus passes will be available for refugees resettled in the region between Dec. 1, 2015 and Dec. 31, 2016 and the motion includes a provision that could see it become a permanent program. Although this initiative was a response to the unfolding crises
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Colquitz Middle students Grace MacDonald, 12, Dakota Pattie, 14, and Alex Vida, 13, helped fill a Saanich Police squad car with food, toys and gift cards for the Burnside Gorge Community Association during the school’s second annual Cram the Cruiser event. Pattie followed through on his pledge to dye his hair if his pod (groups of several classes) made 100 donations.
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If you haven’t been to Sooke lately, you don’t know what you’re missing. Over the last several months, Sooke has undergone a metamorphosis with a multi-million-dollar town centre project now complete, centered with a state-of-the-art roundabout. All the changes have created a new energy and vibe throughout the community. Sooke’s popularity as a scenic tourist and arts community has existed for generations. Now the town’s other attractions are coming to the forefront from shopping, galleries to fine dining. The Sooke Region is home to an energetic and talented pool of artists, artisans and craftspeople inspired by the wild and beautiful coastline. Well-known destinations in Sooke, such as Whiffin Spit Park, Sooke Potholes Regional Park and the adjacent Sooke Potholes Provincial Park attract visitors both locally and from around the world. Travel anywhere throughout the region and you will come across artists’ studios and spaces where fine arts are displayed and sold. The area is well known for its woodworkers and sculptors, metal and fibre artists. But there’s so much more to Sooke. Sooke is the perfect spot for a family day or date night. You can start with a walk along the Whiffin Spit, boardwalk or at one of the region’s many galleries. Follow it up with lunch (or dinner) at one of the town’s fine restaurants and finish it up with shopping at some of the town’s boutique shops. And if you’re really adventurous take a day to explore the many trail and regional parks by hike, bike – or running in the area. Whatever you choose, your time will be time well spent in Sooke.
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Food banks a necessity for too many Canadian seniors I know the words almost by heart. Two good citizens visit Ebenezer Scrooge’s dark, cold, bleak office on Christmas Eve. “At this festive season of the year, Mr. Scrooge, it is more than usually desirable that we
should make some slight provision for the poor and destitute,” one says. “A few of us are endeavoring to raise a fund to buy the poor some meat and drink and means of warmth. Because it is at Christmas time, that want is most keenly
felt and abundance rejoices.” Scrooge responds: “The Treadmill and the Poor Law, they’re still in full vigor l presume? l was afraid that something had happened to stop them in their useful course.” In the mid-1800s
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miserable old Scrooge – before the ghosts of Christmas would pull him back from the brink of damnation – embraced a social construct that was guided by the view that the poor were largely responsible for their own misery and could change their grim reality if they chose to do so. I was reminded last week that we have not come a very long way in the last 200 years. Poverty plagues us still. For many who stand in line at one of this country’s 4,000 food banks, it is a fact of life made grimmer by the inability of the rest of us to socially engineer even one day free of humiliating hunger for so many. A nation-wide “Hunger Count,” just made public, has found that more than 850,000 Canadians are turning to food banks each month. Food bank use reached about 670,000 individuals in March 2008, spiked
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drastically in 2009 and has hovered at record levels ever since. A most alarming finding is that an increasing number of food bank patrons are seniors. In Ontario, there has been a “staggering” 35 per cent spike in the number of senior citizens visiting food banks. And, there is anecdotal evidence that seniors in this province are in the same predicament. Laura Lansink, executive director of Food Banks B.C., says: “In Surrey, our food banks are reporting that seniors are
their fastest growing demographic; these are people on a fixed income for life.” The Hunger Count reveals that seven per cent of Canadian households helped by food banks live primarily on income from a pension. The report is based in part on food bank visits in March of each year. In B.C., there were more than 100,000 individuals dependent on food banks this past March, a 28 per cent increase since 2008, and almost 3,000 more hungry people than in March 2014. Children account for 31 per cent of food bank visits. Almost 60 per cent of B.C.’s food banks reported an increase in business. Sharon Lee, executive director of the Ontario Association of Food Banks, probably speaks to a panCanadian reality when she says “the face of hunger is changing.” “We have seen a
very concerning spike in the number of senior citizens accessing food banks, as well as singleperson households. We believe that these demographic changes are reflective of a lack of affordable housing and insufficient social assistance and senior citizen support programs. “Senior citizens are at a growing risk of food insecurity, alongside far too many adults and children,” says Lee. “Unless measures are implemented to assist those without proper access to safe and affordable housing, nutritious food and stable employment, this need will only continue to grow.” The “Hunger Count” – it has an ominous ring doesn’t it? Especially at Christmas time when “want is most keenly felt and abundance rejoices.” Brian Kieran is a veteran journalist and communications specialist.
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Researchers seeking dementia patients to test new technology Devices help prevent wandering and caregiver anxiety Kendra Wong Black Press
Researchers at the University of Victoria have developed new technologies to allow caregivers to watch over people with dementia more efficiently and effectively. The two devices were created as a result of a number of focus groups led by CanAssist (which develops assistive technologies) earlier this year with caregivers, professional caregivers and industry professional. The devices are meant to address the tipping points for caregivers who were burnt out or so anxious they put parents into homes. The first device is the Wandering Redirect System aimed at redirecting people with dementia from going outside. According to Leo Spalteholz, engineering manager with CanAssist, people with dementia often get confused with daytime and nighttime and as a result, they become more active in the evening and at night then want to go outside.
The tablet-sized device can be installed on the inside of the front door and can detect when there’s motion in front of it. The device will redirect people using personalized text or video messages from caregivers telling them not to leave the house, saying things such as “It’s nighttime, all the shops are closed right now. It’s not a good time to go out” or “Hi mom, it’s a bad time to go out. If you need anything call me.” During the day, the system can also be used as a highly simplified schedule, can show and read the date, and a simple summary of appointments and events that day. The second device is the phone-in monitoring system that allows caregivers to remain in contact with patients with dementia even when they don’t answer the phone. The box hooks up to a telephone line and allows caregivers to phone in when they’re not at home to get a summary of what’s going on in the house, including things like “the last activity was in the kitchen five minutes ago” and “the bed was last occupied at 8:30 this morning.” It records conversations in case people at home forget to take messages. Caregivers can
also intercom themselves into the home and speak directly to them without them having to answer the phone. According to the Centre on Aging, in 2011, family caregivers devoted 440 million unpaid hours of service across the country. “A lot of this caregiving falls on families, and people make do, and it’s great because they know the individuals the best,” said Spalteholz. “The issue is when caregivers burn out then situations deteriorate very rapidly and often it falls on the system. It’s something that if we can support caregivers to make sure they can effectively care for those people then it can keep people from being forced into care.” There are currently four wandering redirect systems in the field and three phone-in monitoring systems being used in people’s homes. Researchers hope to get 15 families testing each prototype device. The technology and installation is free to families with dementia. In return, they will be asked to provide feedback on the effectiveness of the technology so researchers can gather data on who the devices are effective for and improvements that can be made.
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Leo Spalteholz, engineering manager with CanAssist, shows off the Wandering Redirect System aimed at reducing nighttime wandering among people with dementia.
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Mobile clinics to help seniors avoid dangerous falls and stay active longer will be rolled out across the province. The mobile labs bring imaging instruments like X-ray body scans and fall-risk assessment tools to individual communities. Seniors can meet with nurses, pharmacists, kinesiologists and physiotherapists to get various tests involving strength, balance, vision, blood pressure, a medication review and a diet evaluation focused on calcium and vitamin D. They leave with a personalized activity program. “There are four key ways to prevent falls as a senior: get your eyes checked, make your home safer, get regular exercise – including strength and balance training – and ask your doctor or pharmacist to review your medications,” said Fabio Feldman, manager of Fraser
Health’s falls and injury prevention program. “Following this simple advice could save you, or someone you love, the pain and suffering of a dangerous fall.” The mobile clinics first launched in Fraser Health but increased provincial funding will allow them to go provincewide by 2018, in partnership with the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility at Vancouver General Hospital. Seniors can contact their GP for a referral for the next time the clinics come to their area. Each year, one-third of B.C. seniors fall, and 4,000 seniors who fall sustain a hip fracture. Falls are the top cause of injury-related deaths in seniors in B.C., and 20 per cent of older people who fall and fracture a hip do not survive. For more information online, see FallsClinic.ca or FindingBalanceBC.ca.
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The Holly and the Ivy: Foraging for foliage Do you know the British Christmas carol The Holly and the Ivy? It’s from the early 19th century and goes like this: The holly and the ivy/ When they are both full grown/Of all the trees that are in the wood/The holly bears the crown. It’s a lovely piece of Christian botanical music (from a gardener’s perspective), a reminder of the symbolic history of plants. Holly still remains at the forefront of seasonal foliage – English holly, Ilex aquifolium. With its red berries and shiny deep green leaves, it’s a simple snip away from a vase and we are, at this time of year, lucky to have it growing locally. But the tree isn’t local at all – holly is an invasive species, capable of throwing deep shade and sucking water away from other plants. English holly grows rapidly, spreading vegetatively (by sending out shoots) and through seeds. The plant is a menace, so you should have absolutely no compunction about hacking it to your heart’s desire this holiday season. Wearing gloves, try making a swag by tying big holly branches with a bow. The berries are poisonous to people and puppies,
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Foraged foliage from invasive plants makes for wonderful seasonal displays. From left: English ivy flowers painted gold; a wreath of juniper, ivy and holly; English ivy inflorescences au naturel. the mid-19th so consider century, it where you’ll now carpets be placing forest floors, it. Also, smothering burn holly trees and when you’re shrubs. finished with Ivy has it (it flares two stages up nicely in of growth: the fireplace the juvenile when dry), or tie it up Christin Geall stage, when it has lobed in a bag for Cultivated leaves and disposal to adventitious prevent its rootlets along its spread. stems, and the nonEnglish ivy, Hedera climbing adult stage, helix, is also a threat to our native meadows when the leaves lack lobes and rise up to a and forests. First flower. In winter, the brought to Victoria by plants flower, and right homesick settlers in
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now the peduncles can be used for wreath making. In the spirit of a truly green Christmas, this year I decided to forage for foliage for my wreath. I have a wire frame stuffed with local moss – scrounged as well, but I don’t feel so quite so virtuous about that – and I reuse the same frame every year. When soaked for a few hours in water, the moss perks up. A little green floral wire, some snips, cones, baubles, colourful ribbon, and you’re set to begin. (For an outdoor wreath, you needn’t have a moist moss base; branches bound simply to a frame or grapevine will last outside for a number of weeks.) When laying on your foliage, remember to work in one direction, following the natural arc of the plant, layering and weaving as you work. If a branch is stubborn, you can always wire it into place. Despite all my ecoconsciousness this year, I couldn’t resist a dash of gold spray paint to glitz up the green. Try it. You could be asking yourself the same question I was when I stood back to admire my work: Who knew ivy could look so good? Christin Geall teaches creative nonfiction at the University of Victoria and is an avid gardener.
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Sharing a meal with the less fortunate is easy Don Descoteau Black Press
Finding a way to leverage the restaurant industry and help feed people in need was the challenge Derek Juno and his partners set for themselves when they created Mealshare. Barely two years in, the idea has caught on like happy hour or two-for-one appies and continues to grow, as restaurants around the country sign up for the program as a way to become more socially conscious. Mealshare now has approximately 250 eateries signed up – there’s 16 in Greater Victoria including Original Joe’s in Saanich – and recently hit a milestone by providing its 500,000th meal. “For a little idea that came out of Victoria, it’s pretty amazing to know we’ve provided half a million meals to people in need,” says Juno, the organization’s vice-president of business development. “It’s a pretty amazing feeling to know we have so much support in so many of our cities.” The idea is simple: diners visit a participating restaurant and choose from several designated menu items. One dollar from the sale of those items goes to Mealshare, which donates funds to social service groups offering meals to the less fortunate. Victoria-area restaurants have proven to be big supporters of the program,
Juno says, pointing to the nearly 83,000 meals provided. For the most part, funds raised in a specific community stay in that community and help service providers do what they do best. The soup kitchen at Our Place, for example, is a beneficiary of Mealshare donations. That local connection helps restaurateurs feel like they’re making a difference, Juno says. “One thing we’re starting to see in our second year, is that this is a program our restaurant partners have become really proud of,” he says. “It turns the restaurant into a social enterprise, not just a regular business.” One of those community partners is Floyd’s Diner, which is engaged in Mealshare at its Langford and downtown Victoria locations. Floyd’s operations manager Michelle Boyd calls the program and its founders “amazing” and appreciates the ease with which her customers can participate in the program. “I can’t believe their ingeniousness and their social entrepreneurship,” she says of Juno and co-founders Andrew Hall and Jeremy Bryant. “I think that the way they designed it, it doesn’t lay the burden on the person when they’re paying for their meal. There’s not the pressure (to donate) like there is sometimes at the checkstand.” Boyd says diners have given nothing but positive feedback
on the program and are happy the popular restaurant is involved. “People are really excited about it, and they’re happy that we’re happy to be a part of it.” Juno, who was back in Victoria recently to check in with their area restaurant partners, said Ottawa and Montreal are the group’s next target markets, having broken into Calgary and Edmonton in a big way and added a number of Prairie towns to the roster. Mealshare has some heavy hitters on board for its current promotional campaign, called Road to One Million. Former Dragon’s Den panellists Arlene Dickinson and Brett Wilson, hockey stars Hayley Wickenheiser and Andrew Ference and Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson are among the celebrities who are using their star power on Twitter to help boost the numbers. Having volunteered with area service providers numerous times, Juno enjoys seeing the impact a hot meal can have on someone. “The meals are the handshake and they get people in the door. Once they get there, there are opportunities like counselling or job training. It’s great seeing these community members progress and make big changes in their lives.” To find a restaurant near you or find more information, visit mealshare.ca or roadto1m. mealshare.ca.
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SIDNEY- 2 rooms avail, priv baths. Meals optional. Avail now. Judith, (778)351-3333.
ROMANCE Your Christmas Local BC Adult Retailer Shop Online Now & Receive 25% OFF! www.shagg.ca
SIDNEY- 1 bdrm, close to everything. Must love dogs, sm dog welcome. Dec 15. $800+hydro. (778)351-1988.
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ANTIQUES, BOOKS, collectibles, furniture, china, jewelry. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700.
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CARS 2009 PONTIAC Vibe- charcoal grey, black interior, 4cylinder auto, A/C, cruise, P/W, extra options. 52,353km, exc cond. $10,200. (250)580-4104.
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PAINTING
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HOUSE & Yard repairs. no job too small. OAP Discounts, free est. Andy, 250-886-3383.
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AFFORDABLE, EFFICIENT bookkeeping or Payroll Services avail. Call (250)858-5370.
CARPENTRY BENOIT CONSTRUCTION. Reno’s & Additions. Windows, Doors, Decks. 250-479-0748. JEREMIAH’S CARPENTRY Interior finish, weather proofing, decks, fences, laminate flrs, sm jobs. Reasonable. Insured. 250-857-1269. www.jeremiahscarpentry.com
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CLEANING SERVICES
DPM SERVICES- lawn & garden, seasonal pruning, clean ups, landscape, power wash, etc. 15yrs exp. (250)883-8141.
ECO-FRIENDLY CLEANING. Excellent refs & attention to detail. Keri (250)658-2520.
GARDEN OVERGROWN? Cleanups, lawn cuts, pruning, blackberry clearing. Call John 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.
EXPERIENCED CLEANER20 years in business. Very thorough, efficient. Reliable. Call Ann (250)516-8043.
ELECTRICAL 250-361-6193 Quality Electric Reno’s, res & comm. No job too small. Lic# 22779. KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Company. Res/Com. Lic #86952. Call 250-415-7991. NORTHERN SUN Electric Comm/Res. Work Guaranteed. Any size job. Call (250)888-6160. Lic#13981.
FENCING ALL TYPES of fencing, repairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637.
GREAT TIME for pruning. Fruit, ornamental & native trees. Call Max for results. Senior disc. 250-634-0347.
GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS 250-380-7778 GRAND Xterior Cleaning. Repairs, Gutters, de-moss, roofs windows, PWash, Christmas lights. 250-507-6543. AL’S V.I.P. Gutter Cleaning, guards, power washing, de-moss, Insured. (250)889-5794. DIAMOND Dave- window, gutter cleaning, roof-de-moss, gutter guards, power washing. Free estimate
ABBA Exteriors Inc. ‘Winter Clean-Up Specials’ Gutter & Window Cleaning Concrete Power Washing Vinyl Siding Cleaning Roof Sweep & De-Mossing Carpentry * Yard Cleanup Handyman Repairs Free Estimates WCB Insured, BBB Certified; Now accepting Visa/ MC *Seniors Discounts* (778)433-9275 www.abbaexteriors.ca Locally owned Family business
HANDYPERSONS BIG BEAR Handyman. Decks, Painting, Repairs. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071. CLEANUP SPECIALS! Full yard maintenance. Home construction/reno’s etc. Call Chad 250-507-9933 for more info.
RENO SPECIALIST- Carpentry, drywall, plumbing, tiling electric. Kitchen & bath. 20yrs exp. Fully insured. Alain 250744-8453. www.justrenoz.com
RAIN HAPPENS Landscape & Stonework. Call Nicolaas at (250)920-5108.
MOVING & STORAGE
HAULING AND SALVAGE $20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc. Free estimates. 250-812-2279. CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164. HAUL A WAY Clean & green. Junk & garbage removal. Free est. Fall disc. 778-350-5050. JUNK BOX- Junk Removal Company. Local guys. Low rates. Call (250)658-3944. PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Wes 250-812-7774. SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.
DO YOU OFFER HOME SERVICES? DON’T BE MISSED, OUR READERS ARE LOOKING FOR YOU! Call
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Call Craig or Mike 250-216-5865 .
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
(250)858-6747. WRIGHT Bros Moving & Hauling. Free Est $75=(2men&3tontruck)Sr Disc. ✱✱Happy Holidays✱✱ Done Right Moving $85/hr. A+ BBB. Senior Disc. No travel time before/after local moves. Penny 250-418-1747
PAINTING ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Painting. Wholesale, Discounts! 50 years experience. 250-382-3694.
RENOVATIONS SPECIALIST decks, fence Doors, windows, painting, drywall. Kitchen, bath, suites. 250-217-8131
A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wall coverings. Over 25yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220.
MASONRY & BRICKWORK
HIGH QUALITY and FAST. Professional Painting. $20./hr. Free est. Glenn 778-967-3607.
CBS MASONRY BBB. WCB. Chimneys, fireplaces,flagstone rock, concrete, natural & veneered stone. Replace, rebuild, restore, renew! Free competitive est. www.cbsmasonry.com; Call (250)5899942, (250)294-9942.
CLASSIFIED ADS WORK! Call 250.388.3535
PLUMBING FREE ESTIMATES. Reasonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544. FULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1800-573-2928.
PRESSURE WASHING DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates. 250-744-8588, Norm.
WINDOW CLEANING 250-380-7778 GRAND Xterior Cleaning. Repairs, Gutters, de-moss, roofs windows, PWash, Christmas lights.
ABBA EXTERIORS
LADY PAINTER Serving the Peninsula for over 20 yrs. Interior/exterior. Call Bernice, 250-655-1127.
Professional gutter cleaning & repairs. Window cleaning. Roof de-mossing, package discounts. “Locally owned Family business”. WCB, BBB Certified; Now accepting Visa/ MasterCard. (778)433-9275.
OLD TIMER. Quality old fashioned service. Great rates. Excellent references. Call Al at 250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.
DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning. Windows, Gutters, Sweeping, Roofs, Roof Demossing, Pressure Washing. 250-361-6190.
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HOLIDAY HOURS: Christmas Eve 8-4:30pm Christmas Day Closed Boxing Day Closed Dec 27-28 8am-6pm Dec 29-30 8am-7:30pm Dec 31 8am-6pm New Years Day Closed
100% Locally Owned and Operated
Prices in effect Dec. 15-24, 2015
DELI
MEAT STILL TIME TRO! ORDE
PEPPER'S OWN
Christmas Turkeys
Ground Beef
5
Pork Loin Roast
3
96
per lb / 8.73 kg
286
Yams ¢
Peasant Bread
296 585 g
100% Whole Wheat, 7 Grain, & 12 Grain Bread
46 675 g
GROCERIES CHRISTIES
Triscuits
5
2/ 00 Assorted 2.5 kg
Smoked Oysters & Mussels
166 85 g
MISS VICKIES
Potato Chips
500
2/
220 g / Asst.
DURAFLAME
Fire Logs
4
86
6 lb / 4 Hour
ROYAL EDINBURGH
Shortbread Fingers
300
2/
MCLARENS
Pickles & Olives
276
Asst. / 375 ml
ROYALE
Dinner Napkins
2
46
d
40's
PACIFIC
196
296
120 g / 2 Flav.
OCEAN SPRAY
Cranberry Cocktail
186
+ dep. / 950 ml
125 g
454 g / Asst.
GLUTINO
Snack Organic Crackers Chicken Broth
per lb / 1.46 kg
ting Over 50 Years of Good Foo a r b e l e C Same Day Home Delivery! 250-477-6513
8
96
66¢
each
CLOVER LEAF
Organic Fair Trade Coffee
Sweet Potatoes
186
per lb / 1.68 kg
per 100 g
LEVEL GROUND TRADING
CALIFORNIA
1 lb Lemon Bags
146
NATURAL & ORGANIC
B.C.
per lb / 1.01 kg
CALIFORNIA
7 Layer Dip
25%
46¢
each
PEPPER'S OWN
600 g / Asst. Flav. OFF AT TILL
Russet Potatoes
96¢
76
COUNTRY HARVEST
Assorted 215-225 g
3 lb Onion Bags
B.C. GROWN
2
per 100 g
Cheesecakes
300 g OFF AT TILL
WASHINGTON
CALIFORNIA
PORTOFINO
25%
MADE E IN STOR
Baguette 26 each
GIZELLA
CASTELLO
Borgonzola
Regular / Natural
Pin Bone Removed per 100 g / Prev. Froz.
96
1
FRENCH BISTRO
¢
46 per 100 g
Fresh Sausage Meat
Coho Salmon Fillets
PRODUCE
BAKERY
2
3
per lb / 11.59 kg
per 100 g
Creamy Coleslaw
Black Forest Ham
per 100 g / Natural Previously Frozen
166
PEPPER'S OWN
FREYBE
66
26
BONELESS
Scalloped Potatoes
Black Tiger Prawns
LEAN
Local Free Range Hormone & Antibiotic Free
LOCAL
NEWS
OCEAN SPRAY
Cranberry Sauce Whole Berry or Jellied
186 348 ml
946 ml / Reg. & Low Sodium
DAIRY PHILADELPHIA
Cream Cheese
366
Asst. / 227 g Tubs
ISLAND FARMS
Whipping Cream LOCAL
196 473 ml
Quality & Service Guaranteed – 100% Victoria Owned Ask about our senior and student discounts
each
Mon-Fri Excluding Holidays
Hours Mon-Fri: 8 am–9 pm, Sat: 8 am–7:30 pm, Sun: 8 am–7:30 pm
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BIG PACK
Locally Raised BC Poultry Grain Fed Free Run
5
99
MD/®
Sunrise Farms
Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast
Fillet Removed 700gr
Olivieri
Filled Pasta 500-800gr
Smoked Salmon Tips
1
49
Watch for
Per
100 gr
10
$
8 MORE PAGES of CHRISTMAS SPECIALS
coming
! 8 1 . C FRIDAY, DE
Grimm’s
Garlic Sausage 300gr
7
2$ for
3
99 P&S Frozen Foods
Oven Fresh Rolls 480-600gr
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Plain or Jalapeno Havarti Cheese
1
99 Per
100 gr
Boursin
Cheese 2 Pack
10
$
Blue Water Seafoods
Popcorn Shrimp
3 325gr
99
POWELL RIVER LOCATION ONLY • Prices in effect December 12-20, 2015
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Meat
NEWS
Boneless Sirloin End Pork Loin Roast
Canadian AA
Outside Round Oven Roast
6.59 per kg
1kg
12
$
2
99
Whole Pork Tenderloin
New Zealand
Rack of Lamb 33.05 per kg
14
Canadian AA
Canadian
13.20 per kg
11.00 per kg
4
LB
5
Stewing Beef
4
99
99
Per
LB
Boneless Cross Rib Roast
11.00 per kg
99
Per
Per
LB
99
Per
LB
Per
LB
The QF 100 Tonne Food Drive has kicked off to a great start.
We are over 1/2 way there With your help we can reach our goal of 100 tonnes of food for the food bank!
All donations stay within our store distribution areas
Use your Q-Card when you purchase any Unico or Gallo Brand products and you are automatically 6 QUART DIGITAL SLOW COOKER entered to win!
Reese Half Pound Cup! 226gr
499 Cadbury
Dairy Milk Chocolate Bar 850gr
Unico
Gallo
700-900gr
500ml
Pasta
10
for
Lindt
Unico
Unico
5 pack, 500gr
796ml
3lt
Tomatoes
Organic Broth
4
4$
9
99
Unico
Beans, Chick Peas or Lentils
Vegetable Oil
5
4$ for
4
99
5
4$ for
Assorted Sizes
299 for
540ml
11
5
4$ Pacific Foods
CHOCOLATE BAR!
99
226-250gr
for
GIANT
Excellence Bar
Simply Steam Vegetables
Olive Oil
99
SAVE $10!
Green Giant
Texana
Natural Long Grain Rice 2kg
399
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Meat
Canadian AA
Top Sirloin Grilling Steak
SUPER
Prime Chicken Wings, Strips or Nuggets
BUY!
13.21 per kg
5
Maple Leaf
HOT
99 Per
LB
Hertel’s
Mitchell’s 375gr
Grimm’s
Hertel’s
Sausage Meat Chubs
Premium Centercut Bacon
77
Pepperoni
Smoked Ham Horseshoe Cut Portion
500gr
7
750-800gr
450gr
8.80 per kg
4
3
99
3
99
Purchase any 2
On S 2$
Dempster’s English Muffins
ale
for
6
5
99
99
Get a
Per
LB
FREE
Quality Foods Large White Eggs 12’s
Add some magic to your mornings
McCain
Hashbrowns Fried Potatoes 900gr
Tim Hortons
5
3$ for
599 Nestle
9
99
2
General Mills
General Mills
3
99
LICABL PP
2
250gr
4
99
Polar Express Smarties
Selected, 330-380gr
99
Snowman Smarties
Nestle
Cereal
1.75lt
EES EF
7
for
Simply Orange or Apple Juice
PLUS A
425-505gr
10
3$
Minute Maid
Oatmeal Crisp Cereal
for
180gr
126gr
99
2$
Quality Street Chocolates
Cheerios Cereal
12’s
1.28-1.36kg
Nestle
Selected, 390-500gr
Medium Free Run Eggs
Margarine
FREE
General Mills
Single Serve Coffee Cups
Island Gold
Parkay
A $3.89 Value
3
99
60’s
4
2$ for
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Quality Foods an Island Original
POWELL RIVER LOCATION ONLY • Prices in effect Dec 12-20, 2015 Spangler
Lactantia
Paradise Island
12’s
250gr
Cheese
Dare
Toblerone
350-450gr
100gr
RealJoy Candy
Peppermint Candy Canes
Cream Cheese
Swiss Chocolate
Melitta
Estate Whole Bean Coffee
Approx. 800gr
9
99
10
5$ for
Black Diamond
Black Diamond
4
4 Kraft
125-150gr
2
for
3
5
5
2$
99
2$
99
Italpasta
Panettone
Contains 60% Fruit & Nuts, 680gr
for
2
907gr
Holiday entertaining made easy! Vlasic
142gr
Hellmann’s
Pickles
99
Weiss
1lt
890ml
Lindor Chocolates 3 Pack
200gr
75gr
Olives, Gherkins or Onions
Lindt
Pfeffer-Nusse
Chocolate
McLarens
Mayonnaise
4
99
4
99
Trianon
Restaurant Style Croutons
120gr
Classic Fruit Cake
Lindt
Lindor Mini Chocolate Balls
Mrs. Cubbison’s
Stove Top Stuffing Mix
341-398ml
Shortbread
Butter Cookies, 454gr
9
10
100gr
99
Del Monte
for
Walkers
The Original Danish Recipe
Classic Egg Nog
99
5$
600gr
99
Canned Vegetables
for
Danesita
Dairyland
10
5$
Crackers
336gr
340gr
for
946ml
Stoned Wheat Thins
Cheestrings
Shredded Cheese
10
5$
907gr
36gr
375ml
5
5$ for
Brunswick
Canadian Sardines
5
4$ for
for
5
for
5
Kraft
Kraft
Clovis France
Alymer
200ml
398ml
5
3$ for
5
2 Old Dutch
Restaurante Tortilla Chips 276-384gr
5
3$
99
Dibella
Del Monte
Fruit
187gr
for
for
2
5
Coke or Sprite
3
Potato Chips
12x355ml
255gr
Ocean Spray
100% Juice Blend
Sparkling Water
Tomato Juice
1.89lt
12x355ml
Del Monte
4$ for
5
Minute Maid or Nestea
Kraft
for
Jet-Puffed Marshmallows
12x341ml
Haagen Dazs
Nestle or Christie
Snowcrest
Frozen Dessert
Frozen Fruit
1.5lt
Selected, 600gr
5
5$
‘TIS THE SEASON FOR TASTY TREATS
Beverage
5
398ml
99
Old Dutch
for
Pineapple
Selected, 398ml
THIRSTY FOR A GOOD HOLIDAY DEAL? Dasani
for
Biscotti
99
3$
5
5$
4$
475ml
2$ for
5
for
Extra Virgin Olive Oil Dressing
Mustard
Beets
475ml
for
5
3$
2$
142gr or 236ml
85gr
5$
3
99
2$ Dressing
Whole Baby Clams or All Natural Clam Juice
Smoked Oysters or Mussels
106gr
for
Clover Leaf
Clover Leaf
5
3$
Ice Cream 500ml
LICABL PP
4
99
10 3
4$ for
PLUS A
3
99
PLUS A
PLUS A
PLUS A
LICABL PP
LICABL PP
EES EF
3
99
EES EF
for
LICABL PP
EES EF
10
5$
EES EF
LICABL PP
EES EF
PLUS A
400gr
10
99 4$ for
10
5$ for
3
99
399
4
99
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Quality Foods an Island Original
POWELL RIVER LOCATION ONLY • Prices in effect Dec 12-20, 2015 Spangler
Lactantia
Paradise Island
12’s
250gr
Cheese
Dare
Toblerone
350-450gr
100gr
RealJoy Candy
Peppermint Candy Canes
Cream Cheese
Swiss Chocolate
Melitta
Estate Whole Bean Coffee
Approx. 800gr
9
99
10
5$ for
Black Diamond
Black Diamond
4
4 Kraft
125-150gr
2
for
3
5
5
2$
99
2$
99
Italpasta
Panettone
Contains 60% Fruit & Nuts, 680gr
for
2
907gr
Holiday entertaining made easy! Vlasic
142gr
Hellmann’s
Pickles
99
Weiss
1lt
890ml
Lindor Chocolates 3 Pack
200gr
75gr
Olives, Gherkins or Onions
Lindt
Pfeffer-Nusse
Chocolate
McLarens
Mayonnaise
4
99
4
99
Trianon
Restaurant Style Croutons
120gr
Classic Fruit Cake
Lindt
Lindor Mini Chocolate Balls
Mrs. Cubbison’s
Stove Top Stuffing Mix
341-398ml
Shortbread
Butter Cookies, 454gr
9
10
100gr
99
Del Monte
for
Walkers
The Original Danish Recipe
Classic Egg Nog
99
5$
600gr
99
Canned Vegetables
for
Danesita
Dairyland
10
5$
Crackers
336gr
340gr
for
946ml
Stoned Wheat Thins
Cheestrings
Shredded Cheese
10
5$
907gr
36gr
375ml
5
5$ for
Brunswick
Canadian Sardines
5
4$ for
for
5
for
5
Kraft
Kraft
Clovis France
Alymer
200ml
398ml
5
3$ for
5
2 Old Dutch
Restaurante Tortilla Chips 276-384gr
5
3$
99
Dibella
Del Monte
Fruit
187gr
for
for
2
5
Coke or Sprite
3
Potato Chips
12x355ml
255gr
Ocean Spray
100% Juice Blend
Sparkling Water
Tomato Juice
1.89lt
12x355ml
Del Monte
4$ for
5
Minute Maid or Nestea
Kraft
for
Jet-Puffed Marshmallows
12x341ml
Haagen Dazs
Nestle or Christie
Snowcrest
Frozen Dessert
Frozen Fruit
1.5lt
Selected, 600gr
5
5$
‘TIS THE SEASON FOR TASTY TREATS
Beverage
5
398ml
99
Old Dutch
for
Pineapple
Selected, 398ml
THIRSTY FOR A GOOD HOLIDAY DEAL? Dasani
for
Biscotti
99
3$
5
5$
4$
475ml
2$ for
5
for
Extra Virgin Olive Oil Dressing
Mustard
Beets
475ml
for
5
3$
2$
142gr or 236ml
85gr
5$
3
99
2$ Dressing
Whole Baby Clams or All Natural Clam Juice
Smoked Oysters or Mussels
106gr
for
Clover Leaf
Clover Leaf
5
3$
Ice Cream 500ml
LICABL PP
4
99
10 3
4$ for
PLUS A
3
99
PLUS A
PLUS A
PLUS A
LICABL PP
LICABL PP
EES EF
3
99
EES EF
for
LICABL PP
EES EF
10
5$
EES EF
LICABL PP
EES EF
PLUS A
400gr
10
99 4$ for
10
5$ for
3
99
399
4
99
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Deli & Cheese Authentic Smoked Beef
Continental Traditional Irish Smoked Ham or Freybe Smoked Bavarian Ham
1
1
99
1
99
Per
100 gr
Sushi
8 Piece Dynamite Rolls
150-170gr
5
Min 300gr
99
5
99
27 Piece Party Tray
14
99
Egg Roll
Available at select stores only. Available at select stores only.
each
Per
100 gr
Bacon & Onion or Seafood Mushroom Caps
8 2 95 48 $
Dinner for Four
100 gr
Oka Cheese
Shredded Parmesan Cheese
Crackers
99
Per
Canadian
Armstrong
Raincoast Crisps
3
Roast or Smoked Turkey Breast
Bottom Round
99 per 100gr
2
99 per 100gr
3 Piece
Crispy Chicken Dinner
1
99
7
99
Seafood • Quality Foods
99
Frozen or Previously Frozen
Previously Frozen
Coho Salmon Fillets
Skinless Halibut Fillets
Fresh
Frozen
White Tiger Prawns Skewer
42/49 Size
25
% off
1
69
Per
100 gr
1
Hand Peeled Shrimp
49 each
All Quality Fresh Tubs Excludes Organic
Price discounted at the checkout.
3
Per
100 gr
49 Per
100 gr
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Bakery
Buttery Flake Rolls
Shortbread Cookies
Butter Crust Bread
6
2$ for
1
99
12 pack Raspberry Swirl Muffins
4
2$ for
12 pack
Old Fashioned Donuts
Wonder
Bread
3
2
99
99
6 pack
• • • •
for
3
for
Country Harvest
Chocolate Caramel Pecan Decadent Chocolate Lemon Truffle Mocha Java
Bread
600-670gr
12
5
2$
99
2$
10
5$
8 pack
Vanilla Slice
Three Layer Cake
Pepperoni Cheese Sticks
570gr
for
10
5$ for
Quality Foods • Taste for Life Barbara’s
Martinelli’s
Cheez Puffs
369-425gr
for
Silver Hills
Planters
Selected, 430-615gr
Sea Salted, 275gr
Sprouted Whole Grain Bread
5
4
99
EES EF
LICABL PP
Charmin
Facial Tissue
Oxi Action Dishwasher Power Pacs
1.47lt or 1.47kg
Household
Kleenex
Sunlight
Laundry Detergent
2
99
Selected, 946ml
99
Sunlight
3
99
LICABL PP
JustJuice
2
3
Dairy Free Coconut Milk Beverage
Mint Chocolate or Coconut Nog, 946ml
R.W. Knudsen
Organic Cocktail Peanuts
99
750ml
EES EF
3
2$
99
So Delicious
Non Alcoholic Sparkling Juice or Lemonade
155-198gr
PLUS A
Buttery Flavour Spread
PLUS A
Earth Balance
Ultra Soft Bathroom Tissue
3x120’s
55’s
3
99
Double Roll, 16’s
6
99
4
99
9
99
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Wednesday, December 16 2015 - SAANICH
NEWS
NEW APPY SPECIAL!
Drop in between 4:00 & 6:00 PM for a fresh
WISHING YOU AN
Appy Christmas!
Mexican Grown Large Sundan
4
Long English Cucumbers
2$ for
Washington Grown Premium
1 99
Braeburn Apples
49
3.28 per kg
3
99
Organic Bananas
Caeser Salad Mix
2.18 per kg
10oz bag
¢
1
99
88
California Grown
¢
4
for
99
Idaho Grown
Red or Green Leaf & Romaine Lettuce
Mexican Grown
JUMBO
Per
LB
4
Mini Watermelon
2$
LB
Sweet Spanish Onions
LB
Dole
Taylor Farms
Per
1.94 per kg
Per
Mexican Grown
Mixed Coloured Peppers 2lb bag
Natural Organics
Christmas Countdown Bouquet
Reindeer Planter
C
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16 19 99
99
9 DAYS OF SAVINGS at QF Powell River Sat. Dec. 12 - Dec. 20, 2015
Imported
Organic Broccoli 6.59 per kg
SAT.
SUN.
12
13
MON.
TUES.
WED.
THUR.
FRI.
SAT.
SUN.
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
2
99 per LB
California Grown
Organic Lemons 2lb bag
3
99
B.C. Grown “Extra Fancy”
Organic Fuji Apples 4.39 per kg
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758-3733 754-6012 756-3929 890-1005 331-9328 (778)433-3291
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99 per LB