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Town gearing up for big Lego weekend to mark B.C.’s Family Day Steven Heywood News staff

Sidney is officially no longer surprised by the amount of people who flock to town for their annual Lego Brick Festival. The Family Day long weekend in Sidney has been drawing in thousands of people over the three-day break since the province created the February holiday three years ago. Sidney jumped at the chance to highlight all that it has to offer and this weekend, the third Family Day Lego weekend promises to be bigger than ever. Donna Petrie, executive director of the Sidney Business Improvement Area Society (SBIA), says the town isn’t going to be caught Donna Petrie off guard like it was that first try. In February 2015, the Family Day event here drew an estimated 8,000 people over the threeday long weekend. Petrie thinks there will be the same amount of families in Sidney again this weekend. To help them see all they can see of the Lego festival, Petrie said the SBIA has made some changes. PLEASE SEE: Lego festival building, page 5

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Teiliye Elliott, 5, Gracie Blackwood, 7, and Tolisiye Elliott, 11, hold one of the educational cards that police will be giving out to drivers if they are pulled over during speed enforcement efforts along West Saanich Road near the Lau’welnew Tribal School on the Tsartlip First Nation.

Students urge drivers to slow down Steven Heywood News staff

Students at the Lau’welnew Tribal School on the Tsartlip First Nation are hoping drivers will slow down along West Saanich Road — and they have created a series of

colourful messages to help drivers remember children are out there. On Monday, officers with the Sidney North Saanich RCMP and Central Saanich Police Service joined representatives of the school, the community and ICBC, to share the students’ work.

Seven-year-old Gracie Blackwood said people need to “stop, look and listen” when they use crosswalks — one of the lessons ICBC Road Safety Co-ordinator Colleen Woodger said she helped teach.

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Town of Sidney to investigate lowering its annual commercial tax rate Steven Heywood News staff

• CORRECTION: Owners of a property at 2557 Beaufort Rd. are seeking a development variance permit

to build an exterior vehicle garage at the front of their property. The Jan. 29 edition of the PNR stated the owners had been granted permission — that was incorrect.

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Town of Sidney - Monday, Jan. 25, 2016 Residents within 75 meters of the application property will be notified of the request

and council will consider whether to grant the approval at a later date. The PNR regrets

• Sidney will, in the future, explore borrowing money for various capital projects such as the proposed community safety building

(fire hall), downtown employee parking lot, Canora Road improvements and Beacon Wharf redevelopment. • Councillor Peter Wainwright has asked

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town staff to investigate the possibility of using one-third of any new tax revenue this year to lower the municipal commercial (Class 6) tax rate. Wainwright also asked staff to look into harmonizing that tax rate with the Class 8 rate (recreation/non-profit), which he said applies mostly to area marinas. • Council will not re-allocate $1,500 to the Sidney Business Improvement Area Society’s promotional button program. The money has already been allocated to the SBIA’s umbrella program. • Sidney council ratified a recommendation from their Advisory Planning Commission to consider allowing the construction, with conditions, of a marine industrial building at 2248 Harbour Rd. • Sidney, North Saanich and Central Saanich re-affirmed their Peninsula Fire and Emergency Program Mutual Aid Agreement. The agreement sets out co-operation between fire and emergency personnel in case of trouble. Coun. Barbara Fallot asked Sidney Fire Chief Brett Mikkelsen about the automatic aid clause. Mikkelsen said in the case of emergencies — such as fire — at certain large structures, all departments would respond. Those include the larger extended care facilities and the Saanich Peninsula Hospital.

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SIDNEY — RCMP report this week officers have received “a large number of break and enters in our area.” On Jan. 22 at between 5 and 9 p.m., a residence on Cleveland Avenue in Sidney was broken into. Entry was gained through a kitchen window where the screens were removed. Sidney North Saanich RCMP are reminding residents to please ensure your residences are secured and that your valuables are secured. — RCMP

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Tip of the Peninsula ONC marks 10th anniversary

SIDNEY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Cast your mind back to 2006. It was the year that Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), an initiative of the University of Victoria, made history by installing the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first interPNR file photo active real-time portal Adrian Round, into the ocean. This a director with allowed scientists, Ocean Networks policy-makers, educators and the public Canada, shows a remotely operated to â&#x20AC;&#x153;enterâ&#x20AC;? the ocean underwater vehicle. from anywhere, at any time. On Feb. 8, 2006, the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most advanced cabled seafloor observatory was successfully installed in Saanich Inlet. It was just the start of a decade of exploration, innovation and expansion that continues today. Ocean Networks Canada is embarking on its second decade with a renewed mission to enhance life on Earth by providing knowledge and leadership that delivers solutions for science, society and industry. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Contributed

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The owner or Victoria Distillery is not seeking a rezoning of property at Seaport Place in Sidney. In the PNRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jan. 29 edition, a story on planned building renovations noted that Grant Rogers of the Marker Group had applied for a development permit and additional rezoning. While the first part is correct, the latter is not â&#x20AC;&#x201D; no rezoning has been requested. The News Review regrets the error. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Editor

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seastar reaches global markets Steven Heywood News staff

Seastar Chemicals Inc. takes great pride and effort in ensuring their facility and staff is one of the safest places in Sidney. With special airscrubbing mechanisms in place and strict operating procedures for staff and outside contractors, there have been no industrial incidents and no environmental impact from their business. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good, because their business is highpurity acids. The second stop on the Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seventh annual Tour of Industry on Jan. 22, Seastar Chemicals Inc. described their safety procedures throughout the secure and environmentallycontrolled building. Owner and CEO Ken Lewis says their Sidney headquarters has a supply of clean water and reliable electricity and clean air â&#x20AC;&#x201D; helping ensure they produce very high purity acids used in environmental testing (the detection of trace elements in laboratory applications, according to Seastar) and for crystals grown for use in the manufacturing of superconductors and microelectronics. Within the warehouse, Lewis said thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a clean-room environment. Precautions are taken to not only ensure the purity of their finished products, but to also keep the water they use treated and out of the environment. The building itself is designed to keep different acids they use separate, to avoid certain chemical mixes or accidental exposures. Even

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Seastar owner and CEO Ken Lewis addresses people on the annual Tour of Industry on Jan. 22.

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Empty bottles â&#x20AC;&#x201D; themselves very specialized â&#x20AC;&#x201D; await filling at Sidneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Seastar Chemicals Inc. during a tour of the facility in the West Sidney Industrial Park. during the delivery of materials by transport truck, staff are trained on traffic control procedures to ensure safety. Effluent from the facility is also strictly controlled. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stored on-site, monitored and treated to ensure it meets Capital Regional District standards to be safely released into the sewer system â&#x20AC;&#x201D; where it faces further treatment at the Saanich Peninsulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s waste control facility. Storm water, runoff and their internal sewer system are all

monitored and regularly tested to maintain that standard. Even the bottles they use in packaging are specialized. Lewis said they are Teflon bottles and empty, a single onelitre container costs more than a bottle of 12-year-old Glenlivet Scotch whisky. Filled, that same container could retail for between $400 to $600. Much of the warehouse was off-limits to photography as their purification process is pretty much a secret. Lewis added Sea-

star is also regularly checked out by CSIS, Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spy agency, to ensure what they produce is secure and can cross borders safely. With all the precautions in place, Seastar works to manufacture quality acids that make their way to markets around the world. Lewis noted that what they make â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which meets United Nations shipping standards â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is often repackaged by other companies â&#x20AC;&#x201D; so in effect, what they do here could be seen as invisible.

Seastar got its start in around 1987 when Lewis and his partners were working in the marine environmental testing industry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The company was started by a group of marine testers who needed better testing materials,â&#x20AC;? he explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We decided to make our own and we grew that parent company into Seastar.â&#x20AC;? Today, Seastar manufactures acids around the clock, employing 46 people â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all highly skilled and well-trained. The company has a large share of the global market (approximately half of the market, according to Lewis), representing an estimated $30 to $40 million for the local company. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual payroll is listed at approximately $3.3 million and its holds patents on potential new products it hopes to market over the next 18 months. Seastar is also looking to expand, physically, this year. Lewis said the company is building a new facility across the street in the industrial area. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need space to do all the things we need to do,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BYLAWS NO. 2101 AND 2103 Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Town of Sidney will hold Public Hearings in respect of Bylaws No. 2101 and 2103, being the proposed amendments to Zoning Bylaw No. 2015 for the Town of Sidney. All persons who believe that their property is affected by the proposed amending bylaws will be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaws at the Public Hearings to be held at the Sidney Town Hall, 2440 Sidney Avenue, Sidney, BC on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. Written submissions can be received at the Town Hall prior to 4:00 p.m. on February 9, 2016 or at the Public Hearing itself. The purpose of Bylaw No. 2101 is to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 2015 by rezoning the subject properties from Downtown Commercial (C1) to Comprehensive Development Zone 40 (CD40) to allow for the construction of a 4-storey mixed-use development consisting of ground floor commercial and 11 residential dwelling units, of which 4 units would be “bonus density” as per Section 482 of the Local Government Act. Council is also considering the issuance of a Development Permit and Development Variance Permit in connection with the above noted amendment for the site shown below in Figure 1. The properties that would be affected by this bylaw are: Civic Addresses:

9700 and 9708 Fourth Street

Legal Address:

Lots 7 & 8, Block 4, Section 10, Range 4 East, North Saanich District, Plan 381

The lands that are subject to the bylaw are as shown hatched on the plan below:

Figure 1

The purpose of Bylaw No. 2103 is to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 2015 by rezoning the subject property from Single- and Two-Family Residential (R2) to Comprehensive Development Zone 42 (CD42) to allow for the construction of two single-family dwellings on the subject property.

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Warnings to help stop speeding Continued from page 1

“This program — Think of Me, Please Slow Down — has been tried in Surrey and this is the first time we’ve had it on the Island,” Woodger said. She said students were given activities to learn about the rules of the road — including the fact that there are no sidewalks along West Saanich Road as it passes in front of the tribal school. To stay safe, she said, students and other residents should walk facing traffic. Out on the road, the speed limit is 30 km/ hr. and is a designated school zone. However, some drivers still speed, raising concerns in the community. Tsartlip Chief Don Tom said both police departments have been working together in recent years to address the concern. “Safety is paramount to our band and for the community,” Tom said. He and Constable Dan Steffes of the RCMP noted neither of them could recall any serious accidents along the route, but in the darker evenings of fall

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Constable Paul Brailey of the Central Saanich Police and Constable Dan Steffes of the RCMP check for speeders on West Saanich Road. and winter, drivers and pedestrians need to be aware of each other. “We still have many students who walk to and from school and to the boys and girls club,” Tom continued. “So for the parents, their safety is always a concern.” Wsanec School Board Administrator Curtis Olsen added the effort is long overdue. “There once was a passing lane here,” he said, “but now there’s a double solid line, so, no passing. It’s all

designed to help stop speeding.” In classrooms at Lau-welnew, students created cards with artwork, asking drivers to obey the traffic rules, slow down and to help keep kids safe. Steffes and Central Saanich Deputy Chief Constable Darren Lench said when officers pull drivers over during traffic enforcement stops, they will give them these cards as reminders of the rules of the road. “Speed here is a big

concern,” Steffes said. “Maybe it’s the long straightaway here.” Despite the jurisdiction issues — the RCMP has jurisdiction in First Nations communities) — Lench added Central Saanich Police are often the first called or the first to the scene — so it makes sense to be co-operating with the RCMP. Woodger noted on Vancouver Island, 12 children age five to 18 are injured in crashes in school or playground zones every year.

The property that would be affected by this bylaw is:

Police warn of ongoing scam

Civic Address:

10420 Allbay Road

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Lot 2, Section 15, Range 3 East, North Saanich District, Plan 11165

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The lands that are subject to the bylaw are as shown hatched on the plan below:

Central Saanich Police received a call on Friday, Jan. 29 from a woman who had her bank account hacked through a mobile app. The woman received a phone call from Visa saying that her bank account had been compromised and they looked into it further. She was using her banking mobile app in a WiFi free zone and somebody using some sort of device was able to hack into her account while she was using the mobile bank app. Corporal Pat Bryant said the

hacker went into the account, changing the woman’s username and password so she was unable to use it when she later tried to log back in. She later confirmed it by going to her home branch and speaking with those at the bank. “Be careful where we use our smartphones out in these WiFi free hotspots. You could be taken by these people,” said Bryant. He said doing it at home or in a secure WiFi spot is best if people need to use their device. “In other words, where you would have to get a password,” he said.

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Looking out for winter.

To view plans and staff reports related to these amendments, please go to www.sidney.ca then click on “I Want To…” → “Find Out About” → “Active Development Applications”. Copies of the proposed bylaws and all background documentation may be inspected during normal working hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays) from January 26, 2016 to February 9, 2016 at the Sidney Town Hall, 2440 Sidney Avenue, Sidney, BC. Further inquiries may be directed to the Development Services Department, telephone 250-656-1725 or by email at developmentservices@sidney.ca. Correspondence may be submitted by mail to the address above or by email to developmentservices@sidney.ca and must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. on the day of the Public Hearing. All correspondence submitted will form part of the public record and may be published in a meeting agenda. First Advertised January 29, 2016 Second Advertised February 3, 2016

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Bryant also wanted to remind people of the Canada Revenue Agency scam. He himself received an email at home from someone purporting to be from the CRA. “You could tell it was a scam because they said that they wanted to deposit $850 into our account,” he said. The scammer also sent a link for them to visit, wanting to collect their personal information. Bryant said the email had many spelling errors which gave him another hint that it was fake. “If you see spelling errors, I mean that should be your first clue.”

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Lego festival building momentum Continued from page 1

First on that list is a new program. It lists all of the events happening in downtown Sidney from Feb. 6 to 8. Each day’s events begin at 10 a.m. and run to 4 p.m. The activities range from Lego displays and building at the Sidney Pier Hotel and Rockfish Divers’ underwater Lego building at Glass Beach near the Beacon Wharf, to a downtownwide scavenger hunt and family-oriented activities at the Mary Winspear Centre. Petrie noted that professional Lego builder Robin Sather is back again — this time working on a six-foot Twin Otter aircraft in honour of sponsor Viking Air — the local company that builds the real aircraft.

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Star Wars Lego sets are front-and-centre at the Sidney Museum — where the town’s Lego mania has its roots. Panorama Recreation Centre brings kid-friendly activities to the Mary Winspear Centre on Sunday and Monday. The centre itself hosts a community organization open house that will appeal to families. The Shaw Ocean Dis-

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run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day, between the Mary Winspear Centre and the Pier Hotel, with a stop at the Sidney Museum — itself in the middle of its annual Lego exhibit. Downtown businesses are participating in a scavenger hunt. The contest starts this weekend and ends March 31. Prizes are up for grabs. The SBIA program includes a list of open restaurants this weekend, as well as information about some of the Saanich Peninsula’s tourist highlights. Family Day Lego weekend is shaping up to be the place for families. To learn more, visit distinctlysidney.ca or pick up a program this weekend at any of the venues and at participating merchants.

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OUR VIEW

Take it slow at schools

rivers need to slow down on West Saanich Road, especially through the school zone in front of the Lau’welnew Tribal School. This week, police, ICBC and band representatives joined three school children there to announce a fairly simple plan — to give drivers who have been pulled over by police for speeding or other traffic infractions, cards reminding them about the rules of the roads. On the face of those cards are kids’ artwork. And that work comes with a message. The students at the school are asking people to slow down, obey traffic signs and take extra care around the school and throughout their community. As Tsartlip Chief Don Tom said, there are no sidewalks along West Saanich Road. Many students use it, walking to and from school. And the road itself cuts the community in half — meaning almost everyone must cross it at some point. Constable Dan Steffes of the Sidney North Saanich RCMP notes that all of the First Nations communities have been bisected by roads and the Pat Bay Highway. This has made traffic issues one of the top concerns in each community. On Monday, during the one-hour program announcement, officers with the RCMP and Central Saanich Police stopped 15 drivers for infractions, handing them tickets and those reminder cards. Steffes said that’s a lot of drivers not following the rules of the road, making it a stark example of what residents — and students — are talking about. In recent years, the community has been lucky enough not to have to suffer the loss of a child or loved one due to an incident between a vehicle and a pedestrian. Community leaders, the police and students certainly hope that this trend continues. To ensure that it does, efforts like this to raise awareness can only help. We urge drivers to watch for school zones throughout the Saanich Peninsula and to slow down. Perhaps in so doing, you’ll get more enjoyment out of the ride, and contribute to solving a problem, rather than contributing to one. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@peninsulanewsreview.com or fax 250-656-5526. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW is a member of the National Newsmedia Council, which is an independent organization established to deal with acceptable journalism practices and ethical behaviour. If you have concerns about editorial content, please contact: editor@peninsulanewsreview.com or 250-656-1151, ext. 128. If you are not satisfied with the response and wish to file a formal complaint, visit the web site at mediacouncil.ca or call toll-free 1-844-877-1163 for additional information.

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One resident noted bitterly that ommunities around B.C. are a mayor’s task force had identified struggling to cope with the 42 unsheltered homeless people, continued influx of what then found places for 77 from the politicians call “homelessness,” a camp, 40 from a closing “temporary” term that suggests the problem can shelter and 40 in a new shelter. “How be solved merely by providing more exactly does one house 157 out of homes. 42?” she asked. Taxpaying citizens see the Victoria’s camping population has daily reality behind the soothing gathered in an Occupy-style squat euphemisms — mainly transients on provincial land next squatting in parks and to the courthouse, after “tent cities” blighted by years of uncontrolled drug abuse and crime, camping in Beacon Hill and “homeless” shelters and other city parks. that fill up as soon as they The city opened a open. They worry that the shelter in a vacant Boys continued costly supply and Girls Club gym, of supports only invites complete with new indoor more arrivals, particularly tents. By the time that in the gentle climate of was full, the courthouse southwestern B.C. camp was bigger than Their worries are well Tom Fletcher ever, with some occupants founded. In Abbotsford, a B.C. Views describing how they 40-bed “temporary weather came to town for the shelter” made from opportunity. One said industrial camp trailers opened in December with a $450,000 Vancouver Police gave her a bus ticket to Victoria. operating grant from B.C. Housing. The latest plan by a local agency It was full in 10 days. Abbotsford that runs Victoria shelters is to Police Chief Bob Rich told city convert an old, empty seniors’ care council in January that his bike home into a 101-bed permanent officers don’t recognize most of housing facility. This would also the shelter occupants from their be “low barrier,” a euphemism constant patrols of local tent camps, for allowing drug and alcohol the largest of which has been on a consumption in the rooms. city-owned roadside site since 2013. The city has come up with In Maple Ridge, a “low barrier harm reduction” shelter was opened around $1 million for this project, in a residential area next to a last fall in response to a growing school, but it still needs millions tent camp and accompanying drug dealing, prostitution and petty crime. more to renovate and run it. This

would presumably come from B.C. taxpayers via our social housing czar, deputy premier Rich Coleman. Coleman pioneered this “housing first” experiment in 2007, buying up 13 century-old “single-room occupancy” hotels in Vancouver’s notorious Downtown Eastside. These crumbling bedbug habitats were bought and renovated for a staggering $143 million, plus a 15-year maintenance commitment and a cop assigned to each one in an effort to contain the chaos inside. Coleman brags endlessly about the great job he has done, but how is that actually working? A new study by Simon Fraser University researchers provides a more objective assessment. Tracking 433 mentally ill homeless adults over 10 years, the study found the concentration of low-rent accommodation, food handouts, street outreach and medical supports resulted in “significant personal decline rather than recovery, as evidenced by their involvement in the criminal justice system, large increases in acute care and prolonged homelessness.” The rate of people arriving in this service-intensive hellhole has tripled in the last 10 years, a finding similar to studies of concentrated services in New York, Sao Paulo and Osaka. It’s a cautionary tale for other urban communities where this failed containment model is proposed. Tom Fletcher is the legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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LETTERS Town has tools in place to prevent pot dispensaries I

n your article Retail Pot store a nonstarter, PNR Jan. 27, the comments by Sidney’s Chief Administrative Officer seem to indicate that there is little the Township can do to prevent or shut down the operation of this proposed illegal marijuana dispensary and that enforcement action lies in the hands of the RCMP. The article states that the Township will only look to regulate business license applications [from dispensaries] and that the dispensary may actually be able to obtain a business license if they apply as a “health and wellness centre” instead of a marijuana dispensary. In fact, municipalities have many tools at their disposal to deal with illegal businesses

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operating without a business license. The Township of Esquimalt has openly stated they will deny any business license application by dispensaries and take bylaw enforcement action against any that do open. Presumably, this would mean fining the business at regular intervals for operating without a business

license. So far this has been an effective deterrent in Esquimalt. In the case of the Township of Sidney the Business License and Regulation bylaw states that anyone who carries on business without a license, as required by the bylaw, is punishable under the Offence Act. In addition, the business license inspector

has the authority to suspend a business license if the licensee ceases to meet the lawful requirements to carry on the business for which he/ she is licensed (which would presumably be the case if they misrepresent themselves in order to obtain a license). The bylaw also states that the council also has the ability to revoke a business license for reasonable cause. Earlier this month the City of Abbotsford was successful in obtaining a Supreme Court injunction to cease operations against its lone dispensary for operating without a business license. If I was a law abiding business owner in Sidney, who was operating a legal business and paying annual fees,

Readers respond: Store comparisons; Hovey Road Apples to apples Re: “Island grocery chain leads plans for Gateway,” PNR, Jan. 27. Mr. Laughlin would make his statement more valid if he didn’t compare apples and oranges. When comparing grocery store space with other centres, he talks about the population of the Peninsula (which would include Sidney, North Saanich and Central Saanich), but then grocery store space of Sidney. He would be wise to compare Peninsula with Peninsula or Sidney with Sidney. Furthermore, I have lived in Sidney for 29 years and have yet to

meet anyone who travels elsewhere in the region in order to shop at Quality Foods. Helen Evans Sidney

Use tax dollars for a better access road I tried to visit a friend on Hovey Road recently. I had to back up in a rainstorm a great distance toward the intersection of Tomlinson and Hovey as a big truck would not give me room to pass. Tomlinson Road is how the Stelly’s high school runners access Centennial Park. This is not a residents’ only prob-

lem. Parents of Stelly’s Secondary School students have cause for concern. Wallace and West Saanich are truck routes. Stellys’ Cross Road is a restricted route. As I understand it, VI Pallet Recovery moved to land leased from one family. It is not, in itself, a Tsartlip Company. The roads being used as truck routes for this weight vehicle are not engineered for the loads or width of traffic. Perhaps the money earmarked for the proposed cenotaph could be better used to aid Tsartlip in constructing an access road reached by a route appropriate

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Readers respond: Hovey road safety; Sidney growth; Sunny ways; Health staff needed Road safety is the priority There is some information which is not mentioned in your recent editorial. The Tsartlip First Nation member is not running a business. He is merely leasing his block of land to a company owned by Kevin Gray of James Island Road. There are several producing farms on both roads which have roadside stands

and are dependent in part for their survival as farms to provide safe access. Tomlinson is also used by the students of Stelly’s Secondary School as part of their running program and provides access to Centennial Park. The most sensible way to access the land in question is through Tsartlip land from West Saanich Road, which is an existing truck route. Does industrial

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use of these lands negatively affect the environment, particularly of Mt. Newton Valley and Hagen Creek? It is important that First Nations develop their potential for business partnerships, but land use and benefits to the whole band rather than just one member should be considered. Right now safety of drivers, walkers riders and animals is especially important as large trucks have blind spots. Your emphasis on safety is most important. Thank you for the editorial and the article by Carlie Connolly covering this matter. It opens the issue to the public for discussion and hopefully a resolution that will take all citizens’ rights and wishes into consideration. Lois Marion McLeod Saanichton

Town seems in a rush to build For some weeks I have been following the letters to the editor. The dominant topics are housing densification in Sidney and the so called proposed Gateway project on the airport land. When I attended the candidate meetings prior to the 2015 civic election, virtually all agreed that Sidney is

a very special town where it is important to keep the unique charm. Obviously, many residents including me are horrified by the rush to build in high density at every possible (and impossible) location. Equally, have we forgotten that it is the Airport Authority that foisted the disastrous McTavish roundabout upon us? Are we about to suffer another such disaster with the Gateway project? How many grocery stores do we need in the area? We already have three excellent ones. How is a “Gateway” situated across the highway? How many vacant commercial properties are there in Sidney already awaiting occupation? Will the Airport Authority development result in many more? Are Sidney councillors listening? And what is our recourse to try and save our very pleasant and desirable small town? S. Leahy Sidney

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cent in 2016. A weak loonie, drought and other extreme weather events are blamed for the price increases and shortages, since 80 per cent of our food is imported. Meanwhile, the ALC’s regional panel just approved the Victoria Airport Authority’s application to remove 4.4 hectares of farmland from the ALR. The ALC decision report admits that the land has “good agricultural capability” and Class 2 soil, which can support a wide range of crops. The report goes on to approve the exclusion because neighbouring land uses (a road, the highway, and a runway) would limit the land’s “agricultural options and suitability.” None of these land uses preclude agriculture, yet that seems to be the extent of the reasoning behind exclusion. Previous ALR exclusion decisions show much more rigour in the decision-making process. That seems to be lacking here. North Saanich farms have the highest annual gross farm income on Vancouver Island. It’s critical that we realize the connections between loss of farmland, food shortages and rising food prices. We must ask ourselves: where is our food going to come from in the future,

and will we be able to afford it? The only way we can ensure food security for our area is to preserve our farmland while we still can, including the maintenance of buffers between development and farmland, to avoid similar short-sighted exclusion decisions in the future. Bernadette Greene North Saanich

Need a voice After four years in the wilderness, we urgently need MP Elizabeth May to get our voice back at cabinet. Since she has helped her new best friend save the world at the Paris conference, perhaps she can call in a couple of IOUs and ask Justin to implement at least two of his “Sunny Ways” campaign promises in her own constituency. Firstly a small slice of the pending deluge of Federal infrastructure funds to construct an “at grade” roundabout at Pat Bay and Beacon with a median of a trees and landscaped boulevard on each side to slow the traffic through the middle of our town, thus reducing emissions and facilitating the access to our downtown for at least some of the three million vehicles which now race past. Secondly to return door-to-door postal

delivery to Sidney. Richard Talbot Sidney

We need more health techs The news the government plans to hire 1,600 nurses by the end of March is truly a good and welcome thing and hopefully it will happen. Perhaps they should consider cutting that number back by 10 per cent and hire 150 technicians or the number required to operate the MIR and CT units in this province every day but stats, or as required to meet local demand. Our MRI units are not fully utilized and I know some of them are idle on the Island at least four days a week. A huge investment was made in a road mobile unit a couple of years ago that has its base at Cowichan District Hospital. It sits parked and unused as many days as it is on the road if not more. It is not even utilized when parked. When asked why, Island Health cited staff availability. When people are waiting 12 to 18 months for MRIs it seems to me that if we can afford 1600 nurses we can afford 1,450 nurses and 150 MRI techs. Alex Currie Sidney

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foliage or they will bloom rather nasty day — or they will give up on today, pouring me and shrivel up and die. rain and a cold It would serve me right. rain at that. It’s a Spring has so many good day to stay delightful surprises to in bed, but somebody has come. to man the buses, answer I think I mentioned seepolice calls and take ing slender daffodil greenthe kids to school. ery in a church garden So up you get, pull on near here, with the flowyour slacks and brush your ers not far behind. teeth and here we go again! Helen Lang For me, that’s a sure Another month already. Oh Over the Garden sign of spring’s arrival. well, at this rate it will soon Fence These are not “King be spring and we haven’t Alfreds” which are much really had any winter. I hope this doesn’t jinx things and larger daffodils, but I’ll need to wait tomorrow we’ll get snow and an icy for them to flower to be sure of their actual name. I have a dandy bulb blast direct from the North Pole! Those poor crocus bulbs that book so I won’t lead you off on the I keep mentioning have started to wrong track. They are all beautiful, so if we get sprout, determined to bloom even if the wrong kind next fall when it’s it’s in a soup bowl. Please don’t do as I do, do as I say planting time, we can relax and enjoy — I swear I’ll plant the poor dears whatever appears next spring. tomorrow and let’s see what will hapHelen Lang has been the Peninsula pen. News Review’s garden columnist for I’m not sure what will happen next. more than 30 years. Either they will set about producing

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Jim Byrnes returns to the Winspear Theatre setting lends itself to intimate storytelling by one of Canada’s best-known Blues performers Carlie Connolly News staff

Bluesman Jim Byrnes will make his third appearance at the Mary Winspear Centre this Friday. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Byrnes now lives in Vancouver but has lived in many places, including the Island. “I spent a lot of time on the Island. I still have friends there and great memories and I always like getting back…” he

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told the PNR. This Friday, the audience can expect to hear some songs from his latest album, St. Louis Times, along with some of the other work he’s recorded. He said there will be some songs the audience will recognize and some they have never heard, along with some stories as well. “I like to tell a lot of stories as the night goes on and that’s what’s so nice in a theatre that you can do that.”

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house when I was three years old, but I remember running around in a circle, dad was walking in the door from work and I was running around singing the Wabash Cannonball which was on the radio,” he said with a laugh. He said he can’t remember a time when he wasn’t singing. When he started school, he and his sisters also took piano lessons from nuns he said. That meant he learned to read music when he was quite young. His most recent album, St. Louis Times has a few songs on it that Byrnes wrote about growing up in that U.S. city. The other songs are by artists who lived there. “You know, everybody talks about Memphis and Chicago and New Orleans ... and St. Louis has got a tremendous musical heritage and I wanted to tap into that a little bit.” He added that he has “lived” in all of the songs he’s performed. “Whether I wrote them or somebody else wrote them, I have lived in every one of the songs.” Byrnes said his whole life has been filled with music — from singing in choirs when he was young, to playing in bands in high school. He majored in theatre in university

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Jim Byrnes returns to the Mary Winspear Centre this Friday. but when he had a car accident on the Island that caused him to lose both his legs, his acting career suddenly got put on hold but it would return a little further down the road. “I had this music that really saw me through the hardest of times, just being able to sing and play and express myself that way just absolutely meant the

world to me. It saved my life.” When asked about the moments in his life that have stuck out to him, he said careerwise, it’s when he landed the part on the CBS television series, Wiseguy. He got the role exactly 15 years to the day he lost his legs. Another moment he said was just getting to work with some great

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people on the show as well. Byrnes also worked on the television series Highlander: The Series, which he said was tremendous, shooting 13 episodes at home every year. “Being an actor and being able to go home and sleep in your own bed is quite incredible, but then we would go and shoot nine episodes in Paris, France and so that was pretty nice too to be able to go spend a lot of time in Paris.” He said they even closed down the Eiffel Tower so they could film a portion of the series there. Byrnes has quite a few shows coming up, performing in some festivals in the summer. He’s also putting together some material for a new recording which he may end up doing down in Nashville, where Steve Dawson, who has produced Byrnes’ last few albums is living. Byrnes will be at the Mary Winspear Centre this Friday at 7:30 p.m. For tickets, call the box office at 250-656-0275. Seating is limited.

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Brad Prevedoros talks Three Worlds Upcoming shows on the Peninsula

Carlie Connolly News staff

Roots music group Three Worlds will be performing at the upcoming Sunday Serenade concert Feb. 7. It’s a group Brad Prevedoros has been playing with for quite some time with Niel Golden and Greg Joy. He told the PNR in a recent phone interview, the audience will hear lots of unique instruments. “I play guitar that’s not that unique,” he joked. Golden will play tabla which is a drum from India and plays a hang, which looks like a flying saucer, and various other small percussion instruments Joy plays the flute, a hammered dulcimer which Prevedoros said looks like the inside of a piano, where you can see the strings. Originating in China years ago, it’s now used more for Celtic music. Joy also plays guitar. “Stylistically speaking, Greg is kind of the Celtic influence, Niel was a bit more Middle Eastern and Asian and also, believe it or not, bluesy,” said Prevedoros. All three write their own material for each of the concerts. Three Worlds was formed back in 2007 and Prevedoros and Joy have been playing for many years, performing at local pubs and the Sidney

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• Vancouver musicians Barb Towell and Tina Chang will present a matinee concert in Sidney Feb. 6. Towell, a mezzo soprano, will be accompanied by pianist Chang. Oak Bay Music will be bringing the show to Sidney’s St. Andrew’s Church on Feb. 6 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the door.

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Three Worlds to perform this Sunday as part of the Sunday Serenade Series hotel — the old one that is — at a Wednesday talent night. The band was formed when Prevedoros asked Joy to play with him at a Christmas concert that he held solo every year at St. Ann’s Academy. They then brought in Golden later. Prevedoros began playing electric guitar in his teenage years and later made the switch to classical. He performs quite a bit around the Greater Victoria area, including the Empress Hotel, the Sea Glass Restaurant in Sidney and more.

“I do a lot of performing actually, I do about 200 gigs a year myself,” he said. He also teaches guitar and music theory and teaches at the Peninsula Academy of Music, so music is a huge part of his life. “It’s the only thing I really know how to do.” His most recent album is Galiano Sessions, released in October. The band will perform a couple of tunes from that album at the upcoming show. Prevedoros’ album is a bit more of a Latin style. Living on Galiano Island for

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• Calgary vocalist Robert Young will celebrate Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday with a performance of his classic recordings. The concert will take place this Saturday, Feb. 6 at the Mary Winspear Centre. The show it titled Sinatra: Forever Young featuring Young and the Arrowsmith Big Band under the direction of Greg Bush. For more information on tickets and the show, people can call 250-656-0275. • Latin Grammy and Juno winner, Alex Cuba will be taking the stage this Sunday, Feb. 7. Born in Cuba, this singer-songwriter performs in both Spanish and English and will get the audience on their feet dancing in no time. • Country star George Canyon will perform on Feb. 8. He sings from his newest album coming out this Friday. He also has a surprise in store for the audience.

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THE NEWS REVIEW provides this community calendar free of charge, giving preference to Saanich Peninsula clubs, organizations and individuals holding non-profit events in our readership area. Publication is not guaranteed. Calendar items should be mailed, dropped off at our office, or e-mailed to editor@peninsulanewsreview.com. Cove School. For more: www.sprig.me. THREE WORLDS — Sunday Serenade Concert, Feb. 7, 2:30 p.m. featuring Brad Prevedoros, Greg Joy and Niel Golden at St. Mary’s Church in Saanichton (E. Saanich Rd. @ Cultra Ave.) Tickets available at the door or reserve at 250-6521611 or stmarys. saanichton@shaw. ca. www.parishcs.ca. LITERARY KITCHEN SINK Open Mic at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Writers are invited to read excerpts or other written words. Or join the audience and support local writers. Thursday, Feb. 11, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free. Call 250656-0944. COME SING YOUR heart out! Karaoke at SHOAL, Thursday, Feb. 18, 7 to 8 p.m. Liz Taylor and her daughter will facilitate this dropin. Members Free; general public $2.

WRITERS GROUP CRITIQUE at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Develop your writing in a supportive environment. Thursday, Feb. 25, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free. 250-656-0944.

Meetings

LEGO STORIES AT the Sidney North Saanich Library. Use our LEGO to build your own creation. Your creation will be displayed at the library. Fridays Feb. 5, Feb. 19, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Ages 5 yearsplus. Free. Register at 250-656-0944. THE PENINSULA GARDEN Club will meet on Monday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. at the Mary Winspear Center in Sidney. Linda Petite, Head Gardener at the Horticultural Center of the Pacific will share her knowledge about the best ways to sprout seeds. Timing is perfect, since planting season is just around the corner. Visitors welcome. Nonmember drop in fee is $5.

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CHURCH

The Saanich Peninsula Refugee Initiative Group (SPRIG) will be holding a benefit concert titled Musicians for Refugees this coming weekend.

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8:00 a.m. .................................... Traditional 9:00 a.m. .............................Contemporary 10:30 a.m. ......................................... Choral Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. ............Eucharist Rev. Canon Penelope Black 250-656-3223

ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH

Sunday Worship & Children’s Program at 10:30 am Everyone Welcome Fifth & Malaview, Sidney

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Kid Stuff

LEGO STORIES AT the Sidney North Saanich Library. Use our LEGO to build your own creation. Each meeting will explore a different theme, and your creation will be displayed at the library. Friday, Feb. 5 and 19, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Ages 5 yearsplus. Free. Register at 250-656-0944. GOOD MORNING STORYTIME at the

The money raised from the event will go to support the sponsorship of a refugee family moving to the Saanich Peninsula. The concert will bring together the West Coast Chamber Players along with the

Sooke Harbour String Quartet. Nancy Washeim, a world class soprano singer will also perform with her 11-year-old son, Andrew. With many internationally acclaimed musicians performing, the benefit concert

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HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH

and semi-retired men. We meet on the first Thursday of every month, except in December, at 9.30 a.m. in the Saanich Peninsula Presbyterian Church at 9296 East Saanich Rd. For more, email Jack at sanpenprobus37@ gmail.com. FOLK DANCE IS Fun when you dance with the Sidney International Folk Dancers. Monday evenings 7 to 9 p.m. at St. Andrews Church hall, 9691 Fourth St. Contact Linda at 250-6525818.

Volunteer

VOLUNTEER PEER COUNSELLORS are available to provide encouragement and support for seniors experiencing loss of a loved one, grief and lifestyle transitions. There is no charge. Phone Jane at Seniors Serving Seniors at 250-3824331.

Misc.

WANT TO KEEP your brain active? Learn Bridge with Absolute Beginner classes at SHOAL, Thursdays 1 to 4 p.m., to Feb. 18. Call to register 250656-5537. SCOTTISH FOLK DANCERS need children and teens and adults to learn a few simple dances to perform at nursing homes. Email Janet at: janet.mitchell@ shaw.ca. Send calendar items to editor@ peninsulanewsreview.com

Benefit concert for refugees Feb. 7

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FRAUD AND SCAM Prevention, Thursday, Feb. 18, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. at the SHOAL Centre in Sidney. Join a member of the Sidney North Saanich RCMP for this informative seminar on identifying frauds and scams. Members free; NonMembers $3.25. Call to register: 250-6565537. UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS Do you think you have United Empire Loyalist ancestors? The local branch meets Saturday, Feb. 13 at noon. Contact Irene at 250-652-5773 or kifeir@shaw.ca for more information. ESL CONVERSATION GROUP at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Practice your English conversation skills and meet new people. Presented in partnership with InterCultural Association of Greater Victoria. Wednesday, Feb. 24 to March 23, 1 to 2:30 p.m. Free. 250656-0944. PROBUS CLUB OF Saanich Peninsula: a social club for retired

Sidney North Saanich Library. Bring your littlest ones to the library for stories, songs, rhymes and fun. Thursdays to March 3, 10:15 to 11 a.m. Ages 0-5 years. Free. Drop-in. 250656-0944.

Come Worship With Us Everyone Welcome Sunday Worship 10am 9300 Willingdon Road Pastor Travis Stewart T: 250-885-7133 E:peninsulamission@shaw.ca www.peninsulamission.org

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ADVENTIST CHURCH 9300 Willingdon Rd. 250-544-0720 www.sidneyadventist.ca

Saturday Worship 11:00 “Everyone Welcome”

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will take place Sunday, Feb. 7 at 3 p.m. at St. Johns United Church located at 10990 West Saanich Rd. Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for youth, and are available from Tanners Book Store in Sidney.

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Ryan O’Neill climbing his way to success Carlie Connolly News staff

Fifteen-year-old Central Saanich rock climber, Ryan O’Neill has a busy time ahead of him — and it’s only going to get higher. O’Neill recently competed in a provincial climbing tournament, placing third in the bouldering category. Now, he will be heading off to Toronto next week for national finals. His mom Fiona is with him every climb of the way. She enrolled him and his sister in an introductory course when he was 12, and they both loved it, and have both been on a team ever since. “I just find it fun. I just love the puzzle solving aspect of it because you have to figure out how to move your body in different ways to sort of make your way up this awkward overhang

or stuff like that,” Ryan told the PNR. Stelly’s Secondary School offers a program called Climbing Academy. People can either do half a year or a full year and O’Neill does the full year, taking part in it five days a week. After school, he has three hour sessions Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with his coaches and the rest of his team — the Granite A Team. O’Neill also regularly climbs at The Boulders Climbing Gym attached to the school. “Every time you go climbing, it’s a full body workout and you get much stronger, much faster than you would in most other sports,” he said. There are what’s called routes for lead and problems for bouldering. Bouldering, O’Neill explained is when you don’t have a rope and

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Ryan O’Neill of Central Saanich tackles a course at a recent competition. He placed third in bouldering at the provincials. you are doing these short, high intensity climbs. Lead is with ropes to see how far you can

go and how hard the moves are — before you fall. Lead starts with the rope on the ground in a sort of pile,

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Panthers’ General Manager Pete Zubersky said it’s not the way the local club wants to earn its points — adding however the Panthers would take them, as they are battling for second place in the

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NORTH SAANICH — The Peninsula Panthers are awaiting word from the league on an extra two points. A 6-1 loss to the Victoria Cougars last Thursday on the road, may be vacated if the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL) rules that Victoria iced an in ineligible player during the game.

and then as the climber moves up the wall, there are what is called quick draws. “So you put the rope

in the clip as you’re going up, sort of like a check point system so when you fall, the clip catches you. Falls sometimes can be fairly violent,” he said with a laugh. O’Neill takes part in bouldering, speed and lead. Speed is up a 15 metre wall with a designated route the same all around the world where a climber will climb to the top as fast as they can. O’Neill placed first in Canada last year in the speed category at a speed of 10.3 seconds up the 15 metre wall. With there being no funding for Sport Climbing, as it’s a relatively new sport in North America, costs can be quite tight for individuals to cover the expenses for competition fees and travelling. And so with the high cost, Ryan’s mother has organized a bottle drive, already close to

$600 being raised for when Ryan competes at Nationals next week in Toronto. “And we’ve got people that we don’t even know in the community that are donating both bottles and cash to Ryan to get him to Nationals and to help him out. It’s really been amazing,” she said. “It was amazing how quickly the community sort of went together …” added Ryan. Currently, it’s bouldering season and there are still competitions in lead and speed. If people have any bottles they wish to donate, they can do so by bringing them to the O’Neill residence at 6667 Central Saanich Road or by calling 250652-6989. “I think we’re just really impressed and it’s really heartwarming to see the community come together the way they have,” said Fiona.

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