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Fire ripped through the Old East Road home of well-known Latin dance instructor Javier Monsalve. The local dance community rallied to support the victims of the fire, raising close to $5,000 in a matter of days. A local biologist claimed an environmental bylaw meant to protective sensitive ecosystems on more than 2,000 Saanich properties isn’t following provincial guidelines. Ted Lea said the district’s Environmental Development Permit Area wasn’t properly implemented when approved by council in March 2012. A Saanich man pled guilty to stealing the Lakehill Little League bleachers from Ambassador Park in January 2014. Saanich Police were able to recover some of the bleachers which had been sold to a local recycling company.

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The year in review – Looking back at 2015 March The Camosun Chargers captured the PacWest men’s collegiate provincial volleyball championships. The Chargers defeated the No. 1-ranked Douglas College Royals. Camosun went on to win the CCAA national men’s volleyball title in Prince Edward Island. Nolan Mitchell battled his way to the top of B.C.’s high school wrestling world. The Grade 12 Claremont secondary student won his fourth straight provincial gold medal. A conservation reporting hotline was established after reports were received of dead frogs on local roads. Biologists from the Habitat Acquisition Trust conducted a survey and found 84 dead and 34 live Pacific tree frogs within an hour on a short section of Prospect Lake Road. Saanich resident Rudi Hoenson matched a donation of more than $100,000 to install overhead lifts at the Lodge at Broadmead senior care home. The donation brings the total to more than $600,000 that Hoenson has provided to the Lodge at Broadmead.

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Saanich goes on a wild ride in 2015 Who would have foreseen that, based on the roller coaster political year Saanich council has had, 2015 would close with the mayors of Victoria and Esquimalt taking heat (over Victoria’s Police chief), and not the Saanich mayor. Eleven months ago, Saanich Mayor Richard Atwell was at the centre of a public discourse that included an agenda of accusations and complaints. Chief among them was the implementation of spyware software Spector 360 which Saanich was later criticized for. But it didn’t matter who was at fault, it all came back to Atwell. He’d had an extra-marital affair that involved a 911 call. He accused police of targeting him through various roadside pull overs. He was at odds with incumbent councillors despite the fact they also had illegally implemented spyware on their computers. He forced council’s hand at ousting former CAO Paul Murray. And then there was Atwell’s “unmonitored” Facebook page. Because of Atwell, Saanich became a national news story. He was a rookie mayor with a burr in his saddle, but he’s come a long way. And, for good or for bad, there will be more to Atwell’s story. But at some point throughout the year, Atwell and council slid to a supporting role while Saanich’s municipal hall was more at the heart of the story. Emerging stories such as the Office of the Privacy Commissioner’s critique of Spector 360 kept Saanich in the limelight. There were allegations that interim CAO Andy Laidlaw was involved in a conflict of interest in his previous position. Then there was the environmental development permit area (an ongoing saga), thousands of trees cut down on Watkins Way, and what to do with derelict boats. There certainly seems to be a perception across Greater Victoria that Saanich’s mayor and council are dysfunctional. And that’s not true. Saanich mayor and council vote unanimously on most agenda items. Is there a story behind the scenes? There certainly is. Bring on 2016. 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.

Passages of 2015: Bill Bennett workers,” its front page declared The death of former B.C. premier after 400 layoff notices were issued to Bill Bennett on Dec. 4 prompted the provincial staff. This propaganda was the traditional round of polite tributes. public’s guide and my professional role He was the man from Kelowna who model. remade Vancouver, with SkyTrain, BC A bit of background: the B.C. economy Place stadium and Expo 86 to put the was in the grip of an international city on the world map. He won three recession, hitting resource industries and majority governments before handing government revenues hard. over the steering wheel of a smoothly Bennett had ousted the Dave running Social Credit Party to Barrett NDP government in Bill Vander Zalm. 1975, but the legacy lived on. Outside B.C., the wire During its three-year reign, for service obituaries ran to a example, education spending few paragraphs, defining increased 13 per cent in the Bennett first as the “architect first year and 23 per cent in of financial restraint in the each of the next two. province.” The blitz of restraint It seems an ordinary notion legislation reasserted today, but when Bennett government’s authority to unleashed his “restraint control the size and wages program” on the B.C. Tom Fletcher of provincial staff, reinstated government in 1983, it was B.C. Views the province’s ability to pay, presented as a right-wing coup eliminated various boards, on a socialist utopia. and increased the provincial sales tax to I was in journalism school in seven per cent to pay the bills. Vancouver when unions organized Another Bill Bennett legacy was a general strike and mass street dismantling the monopoly chokehold of demonstrations under the banner of big international unions on public heavy Operation Solidarity, appropriated from construction. the struggle against Poland’s communist Growing up in northeastern B.C., I dictators. Their goal was to bring the had seen the impressive pay for jobs recently re-elected government to its on highway construction, about twice knees. what I earned labouring for a non-union The newly tabloid Vancouver Province, contractor doing city work. itself largely controlled by some of B.C.’s A couple of friends discovered the most militant unions, was a screeching inside track to securing labouring jobs banshee of the big-labour left. on a provincially funded highway project. “Socred hitmen swoop on rights

After joining the union, those in the know could visit a business agent and hand over $500 cash. Within days, the lucky winner would be “name requested” to join the crew, vaulting over those who thought paying dues and working their way up the seniority list would be enough. This struggle over public construction continues today, with BC Hydro’s decision to make the Site C dam an open shop. The main contract was awarded to a consortium working with the Christian Labour Association of Canada, an alternative union known by more colourful names among old-line building trades. After graduating from journalism school, I landed my first full-time job as a reporter for the Kelowna Capital News, shortly before Bennett announced his retirement from the premier’s office to finish his term as a backbench MLA. Bennett and I would sometimes arrive for work together, parking our rusty 1976 Chevrolets on Bernard Avenue, where he kept an office above the family furniture store. I found out later that Bennett’s modest old sedan was the government-issue car he had used during his entire 10 years as premier. The party bought it for him as a humourous retirement gift, and he continued to drive it to work. No frills. That was Bill Bennett. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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The year in review – Looking back at 2015 St. Michaels University Blue Jags won the B.C. High School Basketball AA Boys Championship. The Blue Jags 66-40 win over the Delview Raiders gave St. Michaels its first provincial title since the team featuring Steve Nash won in 1992. A funding request by Goward House Society prompted the District of Saanich to re-examine how it doles out more than $500,000 in community grants. The Goward House Society president pointed out the $20,000 the society received as an annual operating grant is far below the $59,000 given to the Silver Thread Service’s Les Passmore Centre in 2014. Saanich council unanimously passed a bylaw to allow public input at council meetings. The bylaw allows residents five minutes to speak on agenda items as well as monthly open forum sessions where anyone can speak for three minutes on any topic.

April B.C.’s privacy watchdog ruled the district’s employee monitoring software violated privacy laws. “This is bigger than Saanich. It’s about personal privacy for employees, citizens and elected officials that goes beyond our borders,” said Saanich Mayor Richard Atwell, who first raised the concerns over the district’s use of spyware. Members of the University of Victoria’s Student Society protested the board of governors proposal to raise on-campus residence fees by 13 per cent in September. There are about 2,300 single student beds at UVic. Panorama Recreation Centre’s Arena B won the Kraft Hockeyville contest. The win provided $100,000 in arena improvements for Panorama as well as brought a Vancouver Canucks preseason game to the South Island.

A Saanich man who died in a motor vehicle crash left his home to the Victoria Cool Aid Society. Carl Graham Young left his home at 3937 Grange Rd. to the society that aids Greater Victoria’s homeless population. Saanich residents Jacki and Lawrie Smith were awarded the CFAX Santas Anonymous Volunteer of the Year Award. The couple has donated their time to the agency for the past 25 years. The past-president of the Camosun Community Association said the organization would likely dissolve if no one steps up to fill key positions. The CCA, which covers the southerly pocket of Saanich around Royal Jubilee Hospital and north to Mt Tolmie, is one of 18 community associations in the district. Two bodies were discovered inside a home that caught fire on Cordova Bay Road. Police later identified the deceased as Peter Khurana and Julie Cox, and ruled the incident a murdersuicide.

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The University of Victoria swung open the doors on a new era of athletics. The $77-million, 190,000 square-foot Centre for Athletics, Recreation and Special Abilities officially opened at the university. The Velox Rugby Club played its final game in Gordon Head. The club, which started on a Lambrick Park farm in 1969 and moved to Gordon Head in 1987, will continue on at the Juan de Fuca Rec Centre in Colwood. The team ended its Saanich run on a high note as

the Velox Valkyries wan the B.C. Rugby Union premier women’s championship 36-12 over Burnaby Lake RFC. Sanich’s Nic Renyard was named the top goalie in the Canadian Junior A Hockey League. Renyard posted a 2.19 goals against average and 0.924 save percentage in 41 games with the Okotoks Oilers. Former Saanich mayor Frank Leonard took over as chair and interim CEO of the Agricultural Land Commission. A fire at a home near Prospect Lake caused an estimated $500,000 in damage. Hours later firefighters were called out to a separate fire on Inverness Road, estimated to have caused about $120,000 in damage. Saanich’s Nathan Kuehne earned a gold medal of excellence at the Canada-Wide Science Fair. The Grade 11 Glenlyon Norfold School student was joined on the podium by Lambrick Park Grade 12 Austin Sawyer (bronze medal) and Gordon Head middle school Grade 8 Janet Dawson (silver). Cloverdale Traditional elementary school students learned they would be spending the next year at Richmond elementary as their school undergoes seismic upgrading. The project was expected to cost $2.9 million. More than 500 students at St. Michaels University School enjoyed a 30-minute Skype session with retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield.

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Organizers at the University of Victoria’s Student Society were disappointed local Conservative candidates were not taking part in their allcandidates debates. All 12 of the Green, Liberal and NDP candidates in the South Island agreed to participate in the debates. A citizens organization asked the District of Saanich to use birth control to maintain or reduce the local deer population. The Urban Wildlife Stewardship Society was proposing a pilot project to trap, vaccinate, tag and release 25 deer. The push for contraception follows the cull of 11 deer in Oak Bay. Volunteers completed work on an Outdoor Learning Centre at Lochside elementary school. The multi-purpose facility can be used for guest presentations, outdoor activities, music performances,

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The year in review – Looking back at 2015 Officials from Saanich parks and recreation were on hand at Cedar Hill Golf Course to unveil a new sport. The course opened up for registrations to foot golf, a sport gaining in popularity where participants try to kick a soccer ball into an oversized hole. The Capital Regional District moved ahead with an aggressive approach to restore the water quality of Elk and Beaver lakes. A co-ordinator was hired to oversee watershed management of the two lakes and the CRD approved the purchase of a $200,000 aquatic weed harvester. Saanich council took the first steps towards the creation of a 13-person Governance Review Citizen Advisory Committee. The committee will spend a year meeting with residents, stakeholder groups, Saanich staff, CRD and other municipalities. A group of Saanich residents staged rallies and petitioned council to reopen Glendenning Road to parking in the area of Mount Douglas Park. Residents were upset with the lack of access to the park since the restrictions took effect in the summer. Saanich council began examining options for the Shelbourne Valley Action Plan. Two options were presented

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Victoria NDP MP Murray Rankin and wife Linda Hannah are greeted by supporters following his election victory. to bring improvements to the narrow four-lane street, with cycling tracks a priority in both plans that cost $9.9 million and $10.8 million respectively. Local wrestling legend Ed Ashmorre was inducted into the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame. Ashmore, 81, still leads district wrestling team training twice a week at Cedar Hill middle school. Voters in Saanich-Gulf Islands sent Green Party leader Elizabeth May back to Ottawa. NDP MPs Murray Rankin (Victoria) and Randall Garrison (Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke) were also re-elected as Justin Trudeau’s Liberals were swept into a majority government. The Camosun Chargers won the men’s Canadian

Collegiate golf championship. The Chargers – comprised of Brady Stead, Jeff Riches, Mac Keats, Grant Maskiewich and Matt Matheson – advanced to the nationals with a win at the Pacific Western Athletic Association golf tournament. A new housing project was introduced that would provide a 42-unit affordable housing development to Saanich. Rosalie’s Village is expected to open on West Saanich Road in September 2016, providing an affordable home to single mothers and vulnerable women. The UVic Vikes won their first-ever Canada West women’s rugby championship. The Vikes defeated the Lethbridge Pronghorns 50-17 in the final in Edmonton.

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The province celebrated the completion of seismic upgrades to Tillicum elementary school. The $2.6 million project added a seismic steel beam support system, concrete shear walls and steel restraint beams to the 98-year-old school. Saanich’s planning department initiated a review to identify areas of the application process for building development permits that could be expedited. The goal of the review is to find inefficiencies, with an interim report expected to come before council in the new year. Greater Victoria home sales were up 21.9 per cent from 2014. The 7,257 properties sold in the first 10 months of the year already surpassed the 2014 totals of 6,698. The average price of a single family home jumped to $637,853, up from $594,282 in 2014. A Saanich property owner began removing 4,900 trees from his 12-hectare property on Watkiss Way. Allen Vanderkerkhove received a permit to remove the trees from his property, which is primarily located within the Agricultural Land Reserve, to make room for the farming of hay. High winds caused three boats to wash ashore in

Cadboro Bay resident Ian Hinkle took it upon himself to clean up a minor fuel spill from a washed-up boat on the beach about 200 metres west of Gyro Park. Cadboro Bay. The incident led to a minor fuel spill as well as a few dozen hypodermic needles washing onto the beach, resulting in the district closing the beach for several days. Hundreds had to be turned away after a town hall meeting on Saanich’s Environmental Development Permit Area drew a capacity crowd to the Garth Homer Centre auditorium. The full house prompted the district to arrange for another town hall meeting for the controversial bylaw. Saanich announced the hiring of Paul Thorkelsson as the new chief administrative officer. Thorkelsson, who worked as

CAO with the Regional District of Nanaimo, was scheduled to begin his new position Jan. 4. Cordova Bay residents were upset with low-flying aircraft in the area of Worthington Road. The residents submitted a petition to council about the Vancouver and Victoria harbour-bound aircraft that had been flying too close over their homes. A Saanich woman introduced a service to supply chickens to Saanich residents. Rent the Chicken offers a six-month rental of chickens to people who want farm-fresh eggs without the commitment of fulltime chicken ownership.

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Saanich’s municipal hall marked a half century of service to the community. A birthday celebration was held for the hall, designed in the “brutalist” fashion by architect Peter Blewett. St. George’s Church was raising funds to help with its efforts to sponsor a Syrian refugee family and bring them to Victoria in the spring of 2016. The University of Victoria’s History Refugee Committee was also raising funds to support a family of five from Turkey they are hoping to bring to the area. Saanich Police displayed the more than $100,000 in stolen property that was seized from a home on the Pat Bay Highway. A Gordon Head home suffered structural damage after a vehicle crashed through two fences and struck the house on Kenmore Road. Police later identified a pair of teenage Victoria girls, neither of whom had a driver’s licence, for being responsible for the crash. The Mount Douglas Rams knocked off the Vancouver College Fighting Irish 34-17 to win the B.C. high school football AAA championship. It was the fourth provincial title the Rams have won in the past five years. A 55-foot boat washed ashore on Cadboro Bay beach during a heavy windstorm. Cyril Manuel, who lived aboard the boat, said he wasn’t sure how he would be able to remove the boat from the beach. Andrew Weaver was acclaimed leader of the B.C. Green Party. The Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA was the only person seeking the party’s nomination. Saanich council gave final approval for the rezoning of the Alberg family cattle farm. The family had been fighting with the district for years to subdivide the 1.6-hectare property into a 16-lot subdivision. Saanich’s Ryan Cochrane was named Canada’s male swimmer of the year. It was the eighth straight year the award has been presented to the 27-year-old two-time Olympic medalist. Habitat for Humanity was wrapping up work on its four-unit townhouse project on Cedar Hill Cross Road. Habitat is supplying interest-free mortgages to four families who will be moving into their new homes in the new year.

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