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Saanich council has ordered a review of the contentious environmental development permit area bylaw following Wednesday’s well-attended special session at the George Pearkes Community Centre. Dozens of residents spoke as the heavily debated session went past 1 a.m. An estimated 250 people were in attendance with more than 50 people speaking. Council voted unanimously on Option

2 from Saanich planning’s EDPA Review (released March 8), which will uphold the bylaw for now, but will hire a third party consultant or team to review the bylaw in depth. Option 1 would have repealed the bylaw altogether while Option 3 would maintain it as is. Coun. Fred Haynes wasn’t in office when the EDPA was constructed and implemented in 2012 but has come to understand it since. “When you look back at how it was implemented, the public consultation was there, there was an out clause, and

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Grad student aims to update local area plans Survey is start of drive to update Shelbourne local area plan Travis Paterson News Staff

Home from university and on a mission, Caleb Horn has helped build a survey launching this week for residents of the neighbouring Mount Tolmie and Camosun Community Associations. The past-president of the CCA grew up in the Shelbourne area, attended Doncaster elementary and Lansdowne middle schools and carries a passion for the section of Saanich running between Victoria and Oak Bay from Derby Road to the Royal Jubilee Hospital. Horn is currently a grad student in urban planning at McGill University and at just 28 years old, he is working full time at the moment to update Camosun’s and Mount Tolmie’s local area plans, starting with the Mount Tolmie and Camosun Community Plan survey. “It starts with the survey that will gauge just how knowledgeable [Mount Tolmie and Camosun] residents are of the local area plan and then moves to understand what people are most concerned about,“ Horn said. Back in September, Saanich staff proposed a 13-page work plan to review and update the local area plans of Saanich’s 12 community regions. However, great portions of Camosun and Mount Tolmie were overlooked, as it relied on the Shelbourne Valley Action Plan as an update for the area. But despite the

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Caleb Horn of the Camosun Community Association has led a joint survey which will lead to an updated local area plan for the CCA and Mount Tolmie Community Association. A Saanich map (above) shows the last updates to neighbourhood local area plans. Planning is currently revising a 2015 proposal to update all the LAPs in the municipality.

time and resources Saanich has spent on the SVAP, a 30-year plan mostly dedicated to mobility, transportation and density along the corridor, it is not a proper local area plan. “It covers less than half of the residential areas in the Mount Tolmie and Camosun neighbourhoods,” Horn said. Other community associations were also not pleased with the proposed work plan, in particular with the timeliness of the matter. As a result, the proposal was sent back to planning for revisions.

In the meantime, Horn has built the survey in partnership with Mount Tolmie with a goal of measuring the awareness Camosun and Mount Tolmie residents have, and their concerns. “This gives us an opportunity to better know what our residents are thinking, and to delve into more information of what our residents might want in their community,” said Mount Tolmie president Marlene Bergstrom. The two associations often work closely as they are

combined in the Shelbourne Core LAP, which was last updated in 1998. Only Gordon Head’s LAP is older (1997), yet Gordon Head’s was first on the proposed order of updates. “The alarms went off at that meeting because staff didn’t think an LAP is needed for Camosun. Shelbourne still needs an LAP,” Horn said. If a developer proposes a highdensity development near Foul Bay Road, they will be using an LAP that’s 18 years old, Horn added. The discussions between Saanich and the CAA and MTCA go back to 2013 so it was a surprise, to say the least, for Horn. “I feel the visioning plan will help us hear more about the

natural environment, mobility issues we’re not aware of, but there could be some serious problems we don’t know about, perhaps seniors mobility, housing, employment,” Bergstrom said. “If there’s a dire need of a sidewalk or safety issues, we need to hear. Sometimes they are a surprise if people don’t tell us.” The Mount Tolmie and Camosun Community Plan survey is the first of a three-stage project to update the LAPs for the two associations. Stage 2 is to hold a focused workshop(s) based on the results of the survey. Horn hopes to have the plans updated by summer. Visit the survey at surveymonkey.com/r/mtccplan. Email mtccplan@gmail.com for questions or concerns.

Saanich father found murdered in Sayward Travis Paterson News Staff

Police have released the name of a Saanich man who was murdered in Sayward earlier this month. The body of Dillon Brown, 30, was discovered just before 8 p.m. on March 12 in his grey Honda Accord. It was parked near the west side of a one-way bridge heading into Sayward. An online campaign is seeking to raise money for Brown’s pregnant wife and two young children. Brown resided in both Saanich and Campbell River, where he grew up. Brown’s death was initially deemed

suspicious. On Friday, it was upgraded to a homicide following an autopsy. Investigators believe Brown died as the result of a targeted attack, and say the public are not at risk. The Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit (VIIMCU), Dillon Brown in partnership with the B.C. Coroners Service and the Campbell River and Sayward RCMP, continue to investigate the death of Brown, said RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Janelle Shoihet. Brown was last seen leaving a

residence in Campbell River at about 1 p.m. on March 11 in his car. VIIMCU investigators want to speak to anyone who may have seen Brown or his vehicle, between 1 p.m. on March 11 and 7:45 p.m. on March 12. Photos and video images may greatly assist. Brown was known in Greater Victoria as a successful amateur fighter in kickboxing and mixed martial arts, winning an ISKA title belt. He fought regularly in the former AFC MMA fight promotion. To report any information about Brown, contact Sayward RCMP at 250-2825522, Campbell River RCMP at 250-2866221, or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS

(8477), or Text Crimes (274637). A friend of Brown’s family has set up a Gofundme page, saying he did not have life insurance. On the page it says, “Dillon Brown was a compassionate and dedicated father of two, his love for his children and his wife was undeniable. Nicole is an amazing, beautiful, hard-working, young mother of two, and her strength and determination is beyond admirable. Not only is this unexpected tragic news too much for one person to emotionally/physically/ mentally handle, but now she has just been informed that she is also pregnant with his child.” - With files from Alastair Taylor

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Local charity sending relief to refugees in Lebanon and Jordan Jacob Zinn News Staff

The Syrian refugee crisis may be on the other side of the world, but that’s not stopping a Saanich-based charity from sending a whole lot of help. On Thursday, the Compassionate Resource Warehouse packed a shipping container full of clothes, linens, kitchenware, tools and more, then sent it to a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, where between 40,000 and 50,000 people have been displaced. The group is currently gathering items for a second shipping container to be sent to a camp in Jordan later this month or in early April, where about 30,000 Syrian refugees are seeking relief. “This one to Lebanon is more relief-focused,” said Dell Marie Wergeland, president of the CRW. “Most of these people fled over the mountain to get there, so they only have what they could carry. “Everything that’s being sent is by request. They have sent us a needs list and we have been in dialogue and agreed on what we can provide.” Founded in 1999, the CRW has sent more than 400 shipping containers to date to provide relief from such international crises as the 2010 Haiti earthquake and the 2013 Typhoon Haiyan in Southeast Asia. The charity provides “second wave” relief, after frontline groups such as the United Nations and the Red Cross do the initial response. “Our specialty is coming in after and making sure the education system has supplies, the medical teams have supplies, that kind of thing,” said Wergeland. The Lebanon container was put together in less than a week, she said, thanks to a team of 125 volunteers and the warehouse’s large accumulation of community donations. “These people have a huge heart of compassion and they want to make a difference,” said Wergeland of the volunteers. “Everybody will go home and be pleased at what they could do – they’ll feel bad that they couldn’t put more in, but yet they won’t be able to put any more in because it will be filled to the brim.” The CRW collects donations year-round, but Wergeland said they also reach out to such partners as Canada Comforts and Red Cross during times of crisis for specific supplies that are needed. “Most of those (partners) give to us on a regular basis, so we have a stockpile,” she said. “This one will deplete us, and so for certain items, we will reach out to the general public. “People in our area love to do something. They want to do something. But they don’t know how and they don’t know what.” The Jordan container is in need of brand new hygiene and kitchen products, including toothbrushes, soap, water bottles, plastic cups and cutlery. The CRW would also like to send new T-shirts and shoes to the Middle Eastern country. “Basically, they would like 5,000 of everything because the need is so great,” said Wergeland. “Right now, we’re sort of aiming for

1,000 of everything.” The CRW website (crwarehouse.ca) has an ongoing list of needed items for their shipping containers. Those interested in donating can call 250-381-4483 or visit the website for more information, as well as drop-off instructions. The CRW will be closed on March 25 for Good Friday. “I just think that we’ve been given a wonderful opportunity to make a difference in areas that have been pretty bleak,” said Wergeland of the work that the CRW does. “People have come from pretty horrendous situations. People don’t leave their homes and their country lightly. “We don’t fix the whole camp but we bring hope.” jacob.zinn@saanichnews.com

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enough to protect or restore its own sensitive properties from invasive species, such as its parks with Garry oak ecosystems. “Twenty-two per cent of the EDPA atlas is zoned Saanich properties, either public or institution, and a lot is done there,” Brownoff said. “People are asking for leadership, and we do have the Pulling Together program. One of the problems is Saanich doesn’t communicate fully to all the things we’re doing out there.” To that end Brownoff suggests a greater emphasis on education moving forward. “One resident suggested we hold workshops similar to what the CRD does on water conservation, only we could do drought-resistant native plants, perhaps with a local nursery supplying plants for sale at the workshop,” Brownoff said. Haynes added that it’s important Saanich encourages residents to use native species and not to force it upon them. Among the key topics in the review will be the EDPA’s highly criticized exit clause. Council voted unanimously for an additional motion that staff would “create a 1-2 page document (and to share it) explaining the process for landowners who felt that their properties inclusion in the EDPA was an undue hardship,” said Coun. Colin Plant, who tabled the motion. Brownoff expects the consultant process will start with a motion to post a request for proposals at the next council meeting, April 11.

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Exercise the healthy choice Camosun College students form exercise health club Pirjo Raits News Staff

There are not many chronic health issues that can potentially be controlled through such a simple method as exercise. But Type 2 diabetes is one of them. A new club has formed at Camosun College’s Interurban campus called Exercise is Medicine, which is hoping to help with that. The club is supported by a Canadian organization with the same name that has a post-secondary branch allowing students to form campus clubs to spread the shared philosophy. The concept is to engage community members who have diabetes and, essentially, give them a prescription for their health. Mellisa Rollins is one of the volunteer students in the club. She said the six-week, bi-weekly program has proven to be a success and she and other members of the club would love to see it continue. “So far, it’s been great,” she said of the community participants. “They love it.” Rollins added many told her that this was the “kick in the butt” they needed. “It’s so touching to us that this is the push that someone needed to get moving.” The program is almost over for this semester but she wants to get the word out to students and generate interest with the public so that it will continue. The volunteers/trainers are currently fourth year students in Camosun College’s Bachelor

of Sport and Fitness Leadership Degree with an Exercise and Wellness Specialization. “We hope we will have students in their third year run the program and get community members involved,” she said. Not only do students get badly-needed experience in the field, they can also use their volunteer time as internship hours. Exercise for those with Type 2 diabetes can improve their glycemic control, weight maintenance and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. According to Canadian government statistics, Type 2 diabetes is one of the fastest growing diseases in Canada with more than 60,000 new cases yearly. Nine out of 10 people with diabetes have Type 2 diabetes. The good news is that Type 2 diabetes can be prevented or postponed by making healthy lifestyle choices. It is estimated that close to two million Canadian adults have diabetes. One-third of these people are unaware that they have the disease. Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in Canada and the cost of diabetes is estimated to be up to $9 billion a year. Committing to a program and the expectation that they will show up because the volunteers are expecting them is a good motivation to show up, said Rollins. Hannah Flahr, president of Camosun’s first Exercise is Medicine Club, said the pilot program was very successful and all the participants’ spots were

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OAS eligibility change benefits working poor The federal budget’s commitment to roll back eligibility for Old Age Security from 67 to 65 marks a significant shift in the priorities that had been embraced by the previous federal government for the past decade. The move by the Liberal government of Justin Trudeau brings a welcome bit of relief for many who will reach retirement age over the next several years. Former prime minister Stephen Harper hiked the eligibility age for OAS to 67, phasing in the change starting in 2023. That move represented a crippling financial blow to those who could least afford it. More and more seniors are continuing to work beyond retirement age. But that should be a choice and not a requirement, as it is much easier to enjoy working into your 70s from the comfort of behind a desk, rather than struggling with back-breaking labour or performing menial tasks at minimum wage. The former Conservative government rubbed salt in the wound by measures such as increasing contribution limits for Tax Free Savings Accounts, something that would allow those with extra income to retire comfortably while offering no help to those living paycheque to paycheque. But the move to return the retirement age to 65 does come at a cost. The costs of OAS are expected to double over the next 15 years and a recent BMO study shows that today’s seniors are nine times richer than the typical millennial. However, the changes introduced by the Harper government would have no impact on today’s seniors, other than encouraging them to pull up the ladder on those coming behind. More can be done to make OAS sustainable for the coming generations. Currently, seniors making up to $73,756 a year receive the maximum monthly payment of $570.52. A clawback kicks in after that, with those earning more than $119,398 not eligible for any government supplement. Reducing the amount seniors can earn while qualifying for OAS would be a far more equitable way to preserve the system than a punitive blow directed at the working poor. 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.

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Alternatives to urban drug ghettos The Globe and Mail recently profiled My recent columns on B.C.’s struggle a methamphetamine addict enrolled at with the growing westward migration Onsite, the belated treatment addition to of transients have produced responses Vancouver’s Insite supervised injection that fall mainly into two groups. site. It was his fifth try, which may have The largest is people relieved that something to do with the fact that when somebody is questioning the urban he walks outside he is in the middle of media narrative. That’s the one where Canada’s biggest street drug bazaar. drifters, drug addicts, welfare shoppers Contrast that with a facility and thieves are the victims, called Baldy Hughes, a and working people whose therapeutic community 30 hard-earned communities km outside Prince George. It’s are being degraded are the a working farm, designed to problem because of their provide a year-long program of selfish, uncaring attitudes. abstinence-based therapy and Then there are readers so meaningful work. marinated in our nanny-state It uses the traditional education, media and political 12-step program developed system they object to anything by Alcoholics Anonymous other than a big-government and Narcotics Anonymous, response. They tend to ask, Tom Fletcher with peer support and group what’s your solution, Tom? B.C. Views therapy. As someone who has There’s a greenhouse for lost one relative to heroin winter farming, livestock to tend and the addiction and almost lost another, I residents have designed and built a new reflect on the history of successful horse stable. There’s also a beekeeping addiction treatment. That is one of project. Residents can complete their detox and abstinence. high school education, take first aid That’s why I oppose the failed training and learn basic computer skills. model of Vancouver’s Downtown What they can’t do is leave Eastside, where resources are poured unescorted during their treatment into concentrated housing and “harm program. They can’t bring drugs, reduction” that perpetuate addiction, alcohol, weapons or phones with them. handouts and helplessness. Housing It’s a costly program, with a small Minister Rich Coleman is rolling this out in other communities, in what I fear is an number of spaces available on referral from B.C.’s social development ministry. effort to paper over the problem for an Others can finance it with the help of election year.

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medical employment insurance. I mention this not to suggest it is a solution for every community, but to compare it with what the B.C. government is spending millions on. A news event was arranged to greet the first resident moving from Victoria’s squalid downtown tent camp to a refurbished nursing home. And who was the poster child for this project, hand-picked by the agency that runs the growing network of shelters in the area? He described himself as a former Edmonton resident who was hitch-hiking around, going from shelter to shelter and ending up camped in the squat. He was impressed by the tidy room with three meals a day he was being given, in a “low barrier” facility where booze and drugs are brought in, no questions asked. What he was really looking forward to, in addition to accommodations, was an opportunity to kick back and play his favourite video game. That would be Grand Theft Auto, where your character runs around stealing cars, escaping police and meeting with criminal gangs. It’s popular with adolescents, which these days means anyone under 30. This is where your tax dollars are going. Waves of people come in, with key trouble spots being communities on the major highways coming into the Lower Mainland. Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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Details lacking from EDPA bylaw Did you know that Saanich hires consultants to do studies on their bylaws after the bylaws are implemented? I would have thought good governance would have required them to do their homework first. Well that was not the case of the Environmental Development Permit Area (EDPA) bylaw, which was adopted three-and-ahalf years ago. This bylaw significantly impacts all property owners, and for many has devalued their homes and use of property. Saanich seems to have

snuck it in the back door hoping no one would notice. As we learnt at last week’s council meeting, Saanich staff did not have the answers to many questions that they should have considered prior to adopting this bylaw. Nothing like putting the cart before the horse. In the meantime, while they do a study (completion date not given), they continue to hold 2,200 homeowners accountable to following an obviously flawed bylaw, which they have not been following themselves. It is required that in order for

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homeowners to be exempted from the bylaw they hire a biologist (approximately $2,000) to examine their property and provide a written report stating that there is no bio-diversity on their property. Homeowners have done this and Saanich still will not remove them from the bylaw. How can they expect the public to follow their bylaw when they won’t follow it themselves? I see legal action coming. J. Gordon Saanich

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Individuals bear burden of bylaw Bylaws like EDPA protect general public interests but place the burden on individuals. Fairness requires that the parties who enjoy the benefit should also share the burden. They don’t. Tree bylaws are illustrative. Large trees create a beautiful streetscape and a green environment that benefits “everyone”. Everyone does not suffer when the tree falls on the house in a wind storm. Everyone does not clean up dead tree leaves for six weeks in autumn. Everyone does not share the repair costs when the tree roots break driveways and plug drains. Just sayin’. Robert Reimer Saanich

Fletcher’s opinions are predictable I would like to applaud the comment in the letter from Warren Ellam in the March 11 edition of the Saanich News. Tom Fletcher does sound more and more like a grumpy old man all the time, rather than an opinion columnist. For example, the piece he wrote about the federal government meeting the provincial government regarding, for the most part, a climate change strategy. He could have wrote that before the meeting even took place, as it was clear he’s there to government bash for no other reason than entertainment. I have long ago reached a point where he’s no longer entertaining. He’s an absolute drag on your paper, so please don’t mistake obstinence for a realistic perspective. I might add that real, informed journalists that are not in the pocket of big business understand climate change perfectly well – not deny it. Bryan Valiquette Saanich

Environmental stance questioned After seeing your community’s environmental bylaws highlighted in the National Post I read through the related stories in the Saanich News. What strikes me is that there would be such backlash from a community that votes Green nationally, has a strong NDP environmentalist as its MLA and sports what appears to be a very environmentally conscious council. Obviously all are doing what the majority of voters wish, and that is vigourusly protecting the environment. No free ride on that one. Ray Reynolds Campbell River

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Practicality and cost effectiveness should be governing factors I am pleased to see the Saanich News take on the sewage treatment issue. In my view, investigative reporting on this issue is long overdue. I am surprised Saanich councillors Susan Brice and Judy Brownoff didn’t support the final option, nor Victoria Coun. Geoff Young and Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen. I read Coun. Young didn’t like the idea of digging up Cook Street to get the untreated sewage to Rock Bay, so why not avoid that and use Clover Point? I did ask Mayor Jensen at the first open house at the

Ocean Pointe to clarify the McLoughlin Point zoning. He confirmed that it was initially approved, but a variance was needed as none of the engineering firms could fit the plant on it. They need site coverage of at least four per cent less. So if there are two plants, one fits there. I think the CRD directors should have turned the whole issue over to the engineers and let them decide what is most practical and cost effective. I am against pumping or transporting sludge to Hartland and I think

we should be able to use the treated Class “A” sludge. The CRD needs to explain the sludge treatment facility at the Viewfield Road property. I was told at a previous open house by an engineer that the CRD banned local use of the treated sludge (it seems to be the same view on organic waste). I also question the need for long outfalls after the sewage is treated even to the secondary level. I think that needs to be explained. I think board members have themselves too

involved in the solution to treatment. Practicality and cost effectiveness should govern. We have what we have, now show us what we can do with it. Considering future growth in the western communities, I would plan for a plant there. They should at least reserve a site, if not construct a plant that could be enlarged. On Clover Point, I suspect the point is actually rock that was filled to level it. Could we not raise the level part? Paul L. Bishop Saanich

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I have two points that I would like to make: 1. McLoughin Point has always been the optimum location for one sewage treatment plant. This observance after nine years of CRD study, which the Township of Esquimalt has been a part of at the CRD board table. 2. What was missing from the process is, what happens if a municipal council rejects the decision made by the CRD board? For just this reason, the Greater Vancouver Regional District applied for and was granted from the B.C. government special powers whereby the GVRD board can make a decision “for the good of the region,” and on that basis whatever municipality is affected has to abide by the decision. If the CRD board had applied for similar powers, Esquimalt would never have been allowed to tell the other six affected municipalities basically, “no thanks build it somewhere else,” which stalled this project and forced the board to put the brakes on and start again. The provincial minister of environment also did the taxpayers of the Capital Region a disservice by telling the CRD to come up with a solution, instead of telling Esquimalt to abide by the decision of the board. When representatives of the region’s municipalities sit around the CRD board and committee tables, they have a responsibility to think regionally. Not so Esquimalt; even going so far as to turn down the “perks” offered up by the CRD in the form of new amenities, or best of all, Esquimalt citizens not having to pay their fair share of the cost of the treatment plant. One more thing, please, I am so sick and tired of the Mr. Floatie (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) character. We are so far past that, surely, and we won’t be laughing at all when faced with our tax bills for this huge fiasco. Elizabeth Sheridan Saanich

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One-hundred-and-sixty Syrian refugees have resettled in Greater Victoria over the past few weeks, more than half of whom are children. Last month, the Intercultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA) announced 290 government-sponsored Syrian refugees will resettle in Victoria by the end of February. Since then, 160 people, including roughly 88 children, have arrived and are now living in hotels until they can go through the federal government’s financial orientation and Resettle Assistance Program, according

to ICA executive director Jean McRae. “When they first arrive, people are very tired. You can imagine that people have been in precarious circumstances and have travelled and are not really sure what’s happening until they get here,” McRae said. Most of the refugees are families of three to five people. There are a few families of seven and eight people, as well as a few singles and couples. Now comes the task of finding housing with affordable rent. “The challenge is that the amount of money they have – it isn’t a lot for housing, it’s on the low-rent side and that’s challenging for anyone is this community,” said McRae, noting

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Clover Point wasn’t on the public’s radar during the most recent consultation process on sewage treatment options. And if everything goes according to plan for the Capital Regional District, a Clover Point facility will remain out of public view once completed. The CRD is moving ahead EPORT with a proposal for a two-plant CIAL R E P S option to meet the region’s wastewater treatment needs – with plants constructed at Clover and either McLoughlin or Macaulay points, near the location of current sewage HE outfalls. IN T The Clover Point plant would be located on a 1.25-hectare parcel of land on the hillside above the current parking lot. That land was granted to the City of Victoria from for a single plant at McLoughlin after that the federal government in 1988 on the option was rejected by Esquimalt in 2014. condition that it be used as parkland. While some expressed concerns “Clover Point has to be underground over locating a plant in a residential to be socially acceptable, and it has to neighbourhood at an oceanfront park, be done in a way that doesn’t smell, committee chair Lisa Helps called that doesn’t cause major disruptions for a “20th-century argument.” The Victoria the neighbourhood,” said Colin Plant, a mayor said we now see treatment plants Saanich councillor who sits on the core in the middle of downtowns and in close area liquid waste management committee. proximity to residences. It was Plant who suggested that CRD Wayne Hollohan, chair of the Fairfield staff should investigate locating a plant Gonzales Community Association land use on the site. A previous option for a solo committee, said the organization didn’t treatment plant at Rock Bay had become learn about the proposed Clover Point bogged down with concerns over cost, particularly $250 million in pipes to convey plant until he received a March 9 email about the site gaining conditional approval treated effluent to existing outfalls. Plant sees Clover Point as a compromise from the CRD earlier that day. “This idea is so new even to the CRD, between those who wanted a single plant that they do not have any actual plans at McLoughlin and those who wanted for it (including) how much space will a distributed option with a number of be required,” said Hollohan in a letter smaller plants. “I suggested it as a way to to Victoria council, suggesting the city spread the burden of sewage treatment,” is not following its own policy on civic he said, adding there is no social licence engagement. The association doesn’t speak on behalf of the community, but provides an opportunity for residents to voice concerns. Hollohan has his own worries about the future of this park he visits with his dog on a daily basis. “I would say that section of Clover Point probably gets upwards of four times the amount of people as Beacon Hill Park. It is Construction of the Sooke colnow becoming the crown jewel of Victoria lection system and wastewater with regards to tourists and people coming treatment plant began in 2004 and … to walk their dog,” he said. the system was commissioned in November 2005. Individual domestic and commercial hook-ups Courtesy Capital Regional District began in January 2006 and conOverhead shot shows areas tinued throughout 2006 and 2007, of Clover Point that would with the majority completed by be used for an underground December 2006. This secondary treatment system sewage treatment plant. services a core area of approximately 5,500 residents.

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Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps stands at Clover Point, site of a proposed underground sewage treatment plant.

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This two-headed compromise has a cost of $250 million or so more than a single-site option. — Victoria Coun. Geoff Young Helps said the federal land grant serves as an assurance that Clover Point will look almost identical to what it is today, with the addition of such amenities as washrooms and public art. Residents may not realize what is at Clover Point now. Underneath that grassy hillside where people fly kites and walk their dogs, is a pumping station, where 50 million litres of raw sewage is filtered, then pumped through the 1.2-kilometre outfall into Juan de Fuca Strait. The pump station, built in the 1970s, serves close to 200,000 people. The new treatment plant would be built to a footprint that would meet requirements until at least 2045. It would initially handle flows of up to 48 million litres/day and treat the majority of eastside sewage. The treated effluent at Clover would be pumped through a new 250-metre outfall, with the existing longer outfall reserved for wet weather flows. An advanced treatment plant at Clover

Point is estimated to cost about $220 million of the $1.05-billion total project cost, although directors are confident those costs can be reduced. But hurdles remain before construction gets underway. Perhaps the biggest is getting the site rezoned from its designation for single family residences. Victoria Coun. Geoff Young favours a single site at McLoughlin Point and is confident the rezoning will fail. “From the perspective of the taxpayer, we would be better off flipping a coin to determine a single site. This two-headed compromise has a cost of $250 million or so more than a single-site option,” he said. He expects to hear vocal opposition for the plan at the upcoming public hearing. Helps said Clover Point was among the initial sites identified by Victoria council in 2015, and was green-lighted during the first phase of public consultations. Clover Point has cleared the first road bump in the long path ahead, with Victoria council approving a motion establishing a number of conditions. Among them is the presentation by the CRD of a concept drawing of the underground plant to the Fairfield Gonzales Community Association. The project must pass other regulatory hurdles, including a public hearing. If approvals are received, the plant is expected to take about 18 months to construct, with Victoria sharing in $20 million in public amenities provided to host communities.

Nearly two years ago, the citizens of Esquimalt spoke loud and clear – McLoughlin Point was not the appropriate site for the Capital Regional District’s $783-million sewage treatment plant. Esquimalt councillors were met with a standing ovation when they not only rejected the shoreline site, but unanimously slammed the door on any future proposals. Despite the closed door, the CRD put McLoughlin back on the table due to the cost and disruption of alternatives. This time, however, it’s not being considered as the sole site for a treatment plant, but part of a two-facility solution that also includes Victoria’s Clover Point and allows for a future site on the West Shore. A DNDowned section of Macaulay Point is part of the recommendation, but only as an alternative to McLoughlin. Given the history, the move to revisit McLoughlin didn’t sit well with Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins, but now she’s in favour of moving ahead with the new plan to see how council will respond. She also wants to hear from the private sector, which may propose lower cost and more environmentally friendly solutions. “With me or without me, the committee was going to have brought forward a site at McLoughlin, no matter what Esquimalt had said. There was nothing I could say that would have made any difference and that’s frustrating,” said Desjardins. “I am hearing from residents that there is an opportunity, given the right circumstances, to reconsider. I think the fact that it is not a single site option is really part of that discussion.” Surrounded by Department of National Defence (DND) property, the CRD-owned McLoughlin site is a barren, fenced-off piece of land in an otherwise treed area, hiding it from public view except from the water. There are a few nearby homes used by DND personnel, but otherwise the site — a former oil tank farm — is isolated. It’s also located around the corner from the Macaulay Point outfall. Nick Kovacs, chairman of the Esquimalt Resident’s Association, was surprised to see McLoughlin thrown back into the mix. Citizens are concerned, he noted, but are waiting to see what’s in the details this

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Mayor Barb Desjardins stands at Saxe Point in Esquimalt.

I am hearing from residents that there is an opportunity, given the right circumstances, to reconsider. — Esquimalt Mayor Barbara Desjardins on McLoughlin Point time around. “If you build a modern facility, then McLoughlin Point makes sense. It’s away from the community, it’s an industrial site – what else are you going to build there?” said Kovacs, who favours tertiary treatment using a distributed model. “If certain conditions are met, I would feel much more comfortable, but again, the devil is in the details.” In 2008, Esquimalt began lobbying the CRD to explore a potential sewage treatment facility at McLoughlin Point rather than Macaulay Point. The following year, however, council pulled its support from McLoughlin and advised the CRD to explore other alternatives.

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The Saanich Peninsula wastewater plant is a secondary treatment facility with the capability to produce Class A biosolids. The plant commenced operation in 2000, replacing three individual CRD sewage treatment plants that were constructed in the early 1970’s. In 2011, the treatment plant’s heat recovery system was commissioned. It recovers thermal energy from the effluent and supplies hot water to heat the Panorama Recreation Centre pool.

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McLoughlin Point is a fenced-off, isolated piece of land in Esquimalt.

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Nonetheless, the CRD moved ahead on the project, and later purchased a property on Viewfield Road in Esquimalt for $17 million as a potential site for biosolids processing. The McLoughlin Point site was bought from Imperial Oil for $4.6 million. But in a second round of public hearings in March 2014, more than 100 residents from Esquimalt, Saanich, Victoria and elsewhere in the region spoke against the project, citing concerns with the size and environmental impact. A few weeks later council rejected rezoning the site, noting the CRD failed to deliver requested information such as details on First Nations consultations, committee meeting minutes and an independent tsunami report. The CRD was forced to go back to the drawing board, but first appealed to the province to mandate the rezoning of McLoughlin Point. The province refused to meddle in the ongoing sewage saga, even though about $60 million had been spent. Now, however, the province has agreed to help facilitate the process in order to move the project forward. The McLoughlin site still needs a green light from the municipality. In looking back, Desjardins feels there was a lack of respect for the community and that residents still don’t trust the CRD. McLoughlin had been offered as a proactive solution, she explained, with residents seeing it as an opportunity for a possible distributed model with multiple plants. But the CRD sewage committee, basing its decision on staff recommendations, went with a centralized plant there instead. “From there on, it was all about ‘that’s going to happen, you better accept it and by the way we’re not going to give you any mitigation,’” Desjardins said. “Had they done it differently, had they listened to the community and what the needs were, I really believe that process might have ended up differently. “The reality is, it was off the rails long before we made the decision, and that was because of the lack of working with a community … Esquimalt has never been NIMBY and yet it’s painted as NIMBY. It’s always been about ‘let’s get the best solution.’”

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Sewage treatment south of the border Olympia, Wash. The Budd Inlet Treatment Plant was constructed in 1949 and has been upgraded three times, the latest time in 2004, to meet changing needs such as moving to secondary treatment. Servicing 108,000 people, the treatment plant’s estimated replacement value is $500 million. The modern 32,500-square-foot LOTT (Lacey, Olympia, Tumwater and Thurston) Regional Services Centre is the public face of the facility. Reclaimed water is produced and used in the plant and the LOTT centre. The plant (web: lottcleanwater.org/plant.htm) also reuses methane gas to fuel its operations and the services centre. Biosolids are captured for use as fertilizer and soil amendment for surrounding areas.

Snohomish County, Wash. Commissioned in 2011 at a cost of $1.86 billion, the Brightwater Wastewater Treatment Plant was the largest clean water capital project in King County in 40 years. Built on 114 acres, it services a population of 189,000 and has planned capacity for 435,000. In addition to a secondary treatment plant, conveyance pipes and a marine outfall, the multi-faceted project also includes a 15,000-sq. ft. education and community centre (online: 1.usa. gov/1S6Xvq4), the restoration of salmon habitat and the creation of 70 acres of public open space.

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Vikes men’s captain Cam Hundal winds up as he approaches the UFV Cascades net during the first half of play in the Keg Spring Cup men’s final on Sunday. The Vikes edged out the Cascades 2-1 to take the cup. Vikes women’s midfielder Stephanie Badilla Gutierrez (right) battles for the ball against a TWU Spartans player during the Keg Spring Cup women’s final at Centennial Stadium on Sunday. The Vikes fell 2-1 to TWU’s tough offence and tougher defence.

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Province announces changes to death benefit policy The B.C. government is ending its practice of deducting WorkSafeBC death benefits from income assistance collected by the survivors. The regulatory change is being made after Nanaimo MLA Leonard Krog questioned the government about a constituent who has had her four-year-old son’s benefit deducted since she began receiving income assistance. The father disappeared and was presumed drowned while working on a log boom at Port Mellon in 2011, before the child was born. The boy was eligible for $286.72 per month in a WorkSafeBC benefit because his

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more shrubs, right?). You view This isn’t one of those tests gardening as a process and are about how many hours you working on year-round colour. have to spend in the garden, You’ve got a pair of gardening if you have pets, kids, like to clogs by the back door. water, entertain, The words ‘trug’ and and so on. Rather ‘dibbler’ have passed than asking what your lips. kind of garden you The Designer: want, I think it’s You’re good with form, important to figure abstraction and spatial out first what kind relationships. Perhaps of gardener you are. you play an instrument, I’ll start with a draw or have a love personal story. I of history. You believe adore potentialities, that interior design which in gardening Christin Geall should be reflected in terms mean seeds, Cultivated the garden. Esthetics seedlings and inspire you. You’d growing things choose to read a coffee table quickly and intensely. I have book over a seed catalogue. a greenhouse now to cater to Your secret fear: using colour. this predilection, and it was a The Collector: You can’t greenhouse where I first felt at turn an interesting plant peace at 20, when I was hired down. If it was the 19th by a herbalist to propagate century, you’d have signed plants. I puttered in the silence and became enraptured on to a botanical expedition. You appease yourself with by small things – the collecting varieties of one miraculous rooting of cuttings, genus or add to your stock the emergence of true leaves, by swapping with friends. the beginnings of growth. No specialist catalogue is I’ve learned that I like rotation, change, harvests, and safe from browsing and you are desperately trying to I live in climate that suits this: drive by nurseries because I can sow almost every month every time you step in one of the year. I’m a successionist you leave with fabulous new you could say, a bit of a farmer plants. Your mantra (hoping at heart. this incantation will magically So what kind of gardener transform you into a designer): are you? For the sake Plant in threes, fives or sevens. of entertainment if not The Brown Thumb: You edification, let me characterize spend an inordinate amount of a few types: The Cottage Gardener: When time weeding. You under-plant and under-hire, wondering self-sown doesn’t mean you why, when you buy so many actually sowed it yourself, bloody plants, you still have it’s good year. Surprise, so many gaps in your beds. abundance, perennials, colour – you can’t get enough (though You don’t research as you know you should, or tend to you’ve been meaning to get

your soil, but when pressed you do care, you really do; your garden is a problem to be solved. Your downfall: Buying ill-adapted, discount plants at Costco. The Ecologist: A rare species of gardener, you derive pleasure from an understanding of natural systems and your commitment to native plants. Patience, attention to detail, and integrity fuel your conviction. Birds help too. You don’t hear these words often enough so I’ll say them here: Thank you. The Perfectionist: Let’s take stock of the arsenal first: Leaf-blower, check. Mini-rake, check. Weed-killers, maybe. Not afraid to buy annuals en masse for instant colour, the Perfectionist doesn’t mind repetition, and is quick to fill in space. You’re practical, and see hardscaping as an integral part of your garden. Your mantra: Fail to plan, plan to fail. I think most of us have a bit of all of these gardeners within us. I over-commit and under-perform just as much as the next person, and I also fall prey to hope, under-hiring and collecting. Perfectionism I sorely lack. Thinking about the kind of gardener you are can help you play to your strengths and turn your shortcomings into assets. Gardens are living things and they should grow and change as we do. So I should revise my question: What kind of gardener do you want to become? Christin Geall teaches creative nonfiction at the University of Victoria and is an avid gardener.

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St. Mary’s Anglican Church, 1701 Elgin Rd., Oak Bay presents their annual Lenten Lunchtime Concerts on Wednesdays from 12:10 to 12:55 p.m. Admission is by donation ($8 suggested) with monies going to the B.C. Cancer Foundation. Bring your lunch, coffee and tea are provided. Information: 250-598-2212 or info@ stmarysoakbay.ca. The Glenn Miller Orchestra – The original and worldfamous swing band started by legend Glenn Miller, featuring his popular hits of the early 1940s, such as Moonlight Serenade and In The Mood. 7:30 p.m. in the Farquhar Auditorium. Tickets $60, senior $50, student and alumni $40, general 4-packs for $220. Order online or call UVic Ticket Centre at 250-721-8480. Drop-in Family Storytime – Funfilled stories, songs, rhymes and puppets for young children and their families; children under 3 must be accompanied by an adult. From 10:30 to 11 a.m. at the Nellie McClung branch. No registration required. Drop-in Baby Time – For babies 0-15 months and their caregiver. Learn songs, rhymes and fingerplays to use with your baby every day. From 11:15 to 11:45 a.m. at the Bruce Hutchison branch. No registration required.

The Klez, Victoria’s popular Klezmer band is once again playing at Hermann’s Jazz Club. Doors open at 4:30 p.m., show from 5 to 8 p.m. Admission: $15, Children under 12 free (cash only at the door). Reservations: theklez@gmail.com or 250-380-8384. This is a comfortable venue and children are welcome. Dressing of the Graves on Easter Sunday after the 10:30 a.m. service at St. Michael and All Angels Church, 4733 West Saanich Rd. After the Easter Sunday event, the parish cemetery is full of daffodil and spring flower bouquets and quite a sight to see.

The Victoria Historical Society presents “Kayaking into Anyox” with Gordon Hutchings 7:30 p.m. at James Bay New Horizons, 230 Menzies St., Victoria. For more information, visit www.victoriahistorical society.bc.ca. Drop-in Family Storytime – Funfilled stories, songs, rhymes and puppets for young children and their families; children under 3 must be accompanied by an adult. From 10:30 to 11 a.m. at the Bruce Hutchison branch. No registration required. Drop-in Baby Time – For babies 0-15 months and their caregiver. Learn songs, rhymes and fingerplays to use with your baby every day. From 11:30 to noon at the Saanich Centennial branch. No registration required.

Saturday, March 26

tour. O’Murchu’s public lecture Spirituality: Radical Vision and Empowering Strategies is at 7 p.m. O’Murchu will look at the groundbreaking shifts in our contemporary understanding of spirituality. Tickets are $20 and are available for pre-purchase at, 250-220-4601, earthliteracies or St. Aidan’s United Church and at the door. Share your community event – email your community calendar item to editor@ saanichnews.com.

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Volkssport 5/10 km walk. Meet at Olympic View Golf Course, 643 Latoria Rd., Colwood. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact is Rick at 250-4787020. Drop-in Family Storytime – Funfilled stories, songs, rhymes and puppets for young children and their families; children under 3 must be accompanied by an adult. From 11 to 11:30 a.m. at the Saanich Centennial branch. No registration required.

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HIP OR knee replacement? Arthritic Conditions/COPD? Restrictions in Walking/Dressing? Disability Tax Credit $2,000 Tax Credit $20,000 Refund. Apply Today For Assistance: 1-844-453-5372.

CANADIAN RED Cross, Victoria, seeks an administrative volunteer for the Health Equipment Loan Program, which offers mobility, independence and safety to seniors and those recovering from illness or surgery in their own homes. Reporting to the Help Partner Services Associate, this position provides general office duties to ensure the effective and efficient operations of the HELP Plus Program. Ideal volunteers are able to commit to a weekly morning or afternoon shift for a six-month period. Applications close March 31. Please call 250-386-2269.

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TRAVEL GETAWAYS LONG BEACH - Ucluelet Deluxe waterfront cabin, sleeps 6, BBQ. Winter Special. 2 nights $239 or 3 nights $299 Pets Okay. Rick 604-306-0891

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Required immediately on board a factory freezer trawler. Must be able to cook 3 meals a day within a budget. Rotation of 2 trips on and 2 trips off, approx. 14 days per trip. Please email: vesselcrew @isccgroup.com

HOME CARE/SUPPORT IN-HOME CAREGIVER for elderly couple. Must be warm and friendly with previous senior care exp. Must be able to work flexible hours if needed. Optional accommodations for live-in position available, but not a condition of employment. Resumes: laura88@shaw.ca

MEDICAL/DENTAL MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! In-demand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get online training you need from an employertrusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-855-7683362 to start training for your work-at-home career today!

VOLUNTEERS BC CANCER Agency seeks volunteers for the TeaLC CafĂŠ, where they would interact with a steady clientele in a fun, fast paced environment. Experience is not necessary. Commitment is for a weekly, 3-hour shift for six months. Ideal volunteers are energetic and outgoing with a positive attitude. Please call 250-386-2269.

FAIRFIELD GONZALES Community Association seeks volunteers for its Third Annual Community Yard Sale on Saturday, May 28. Roles include set-up, sorting, take-down and sales. Please call 250-3862269.

PERSONAL SERVICES MIND BODY & SPIRIT KRIPALU MASSAGE (Flow like Swedish Massage), Acupressure, Reiki, Chair Massage. Light or Deep pressure. Professional office located off the Gorge. In practice since 2000. Women only. www.andreakober.com 250-514-6223.

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ANTIQUES, BOOKS, collectibles, furniture, china, jewelry. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700.

PARKING SPACE near Lansdowne Camosun College. 3 min. walk to campus. Only $75/mo. Save $55/mo (or more for long-term). Chris, 250-595-0370.

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FREE REMOVAL of all vehicles, cash paid for some. Any condition. Call (250)889-5383

CARS 1989 T-BIRD Sedan- V6, NO RUST! Powder blue, only 107,000 km, $1,600. Excellent cond. Call (250)595-1685.

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TRUCKS & VANS 2013 CHRYSLER Town & Country van. 89,000 km. Luxury, economical, dependable family transportation. $19,800. (250)479-6935, (250)818-5134

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OLD FASHIONED Beaded formal top, $30. 2 garbage cans, $10. ea. (778)265-1615.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION VICTORIA $525, incl. Quality Housing for quality person. Call 778-977-8288, leave msg.

BOATS Quality Homes in Parkside Estates, 55+ Community. Call Duck Paterson at 250-246-0637 or email inquiries to: info@lmfhomes.ca

HOMES WANTED

ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fir, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.

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25 YEARS Worth of National Geographics. Excellent cond. done up in hardcover books. Best offer. Call (250)727-2345.

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BUSINESS SERVICES HAVE YOU been denied Canada Pension Plan disability benefits? The Disability Claims Advocacy Clinic can help you appeal. Call 1-877-793-3222 www.dcac.ca info@dcac.ca

CARPENTRY BENOIT CONSTRUCTION. Reno’s & Additions. Windows, Doors, Decks. 250-479-0748.

CLEANING SERVICES HARD WORKING, Reliable, trustworthy house cleaner with experience. Ref’s. $25./hr. Shannon, at 250-382-1197. HI! ARE you needing help with cleaning your home? Call 250478-8940.

ELECTRICAL 250-361-6193 Quality Electric Reno’s, res & comm. No job too small. Lic# 22779. KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Company. Sm jobs welcome. Lic #86952. 250-415-7991.

FENCING ALL TYPES of fencing, repairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637.

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PAINTING

CLASSIC IMAGE Paint and reno’s. Get the wow now! Call (250)885-0494

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HAULING AND SALVAGE $20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc. Free estimates. 250-812-2279.

MASONRY & BRICKWORK 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.

SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.

PLUMBING FREE ESTIMATES. Reasonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544. GERARD’S PLUMBING. Call (250)634-1668 for all your plumbing needs.

MOVING & STORAGE

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DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates. 250-744-8588, Norm.

Done Right Moving $85/hr. A+ BBB. Senior Disc. No travel time before/after local moves. Penny 250-418-1747

CLEANUP SPECIALS! Full yard maintenance. Home construction/reno’s etc. Call Chad 250-507-9933 for more info.

RENO SPECIALIST

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.

BIG BEAR Handyman. Decks, Painting, Repairs. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071.

HOUSE & Yard repairs. no job too small. OAP Discounts, free est. Andy, 250-886-3383.

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ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Painting. Wholesale, Discounts! 50 years experience. 250-382-3694.

DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning. Windows, Gutters, Sweeping, Roofs, Roof Demossing, Pressure Washing. 250-361-6190.

A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wall coverings. Over 25yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220.

WINDOWS

CLASSIC IMAGE Paint and reno’s. Get the wow now! Call (250)885-0494 HIGH QUALITY and FAST. Professional Painting. $20./hr. Free est. Glenn 778-967-3607. LADY PAINTER Serving the Peninsula for over 20 yrs. Interior/exterior. Call Bernice, 250-655-1127.

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Boulart Ciabatta Demi Baguette

96¢

Ridgies Potato Chips

126

per 100 g

Assorted Flavours

Cello Wrapped 3 lb Bag Cara Iceburg Lettuce Cara Oranges

NEW!

GROCERIES

7 Layer Dip

IMPORTED FROM QUEBEC

CALIFORNIA

per lb / 2.12 kg

600 g

each

3 lb Bag Grapefruit

96¢

PORTOFINO

PEPPER'S OWN

ARBUTUS RIDGE FARMS

each

6's

per 100 g

26 per 100 g

TEXAS

Yams

Natural Black Forest Ham

Potato Salads Take and Bake

per lb / 21.74 kg

CALIFORNIA

Hot Cross Buns

Pies

Check our Seafood Counter

PRODUCE

PORTOFINO

per lb / 14.46 kg

COBBLE HILL

Fresh Halibut

BONELESS

BAKERY

FIRST OF THOEN SEAS

NO SKIN

LOCAL

Beef Stew

per lb /5.42 kg

Ground Chicken

LOCAL

BONELESS

136

FREYBE

LOCAL

ANT ONE & HORME FRE

25%

SIMPLY

Juice

+ dep. / Asst. / 1.75 L

OFF

ISLAND FARMS

Cottage Cheese LOCAL

Asst. / 500 ml

We reserve the right to limit quantities. Some restrictions may apply on certain promotions.

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each

Mon-Fri Excluding Holidays

Hours Mon-Fri: 8 am–9 pm, Sat: 8 am–7:30 pm, Sun: 8 am–7:30 pm

250-477-6513 • 3829 Cadboro Bay Road