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Tip of the Peninsula Quake simulator helping raise safety awareness
SIDNEY— Every now and then, we get a little shake; both from Mother Nature and emergency preparedness folk as a reminder of the cataclysm that may someday shake our bones into the Pacific abyss. Yes. The Big One. What if there was a way to experience what this earthquake could feel like, should it arrive at a moment when you’re comfortably sitting in your living room watching the new season of Walking Dead? It’s called the Quake Cottage, a portable simulator that will be making its way to Sidney on May 15 for an open-house event at the Mary Winspear Centre. The tour continues through Greater Victoria and ends in Sooke on May 22. Depending on which model of the Cottage comes to town (there are four) it will simulate anywhere from an 8.0 to 9.5-magnitude earthquake and can accommodate anywhere between four to eight people at a time. The simulator can rotate through groups of around 100 people per hour. For more info on the Quake Cottage, please go online to quakecottage.com.
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Members of the Saanich Peninsula Hospital Ladies Auxiliary. From left, Anni Jakubowsky, Mary Grant, Jean Van Wyk, Donna Salter, Kathy Carter and Janie Scott. The organization has raised more than $2 million for the hospital .
Ladies Auxiliary is going strong Hospital fundraisers have raised $170,000 for 2015 and into 2016 Carlie Connolly News staff
Actively serving the Saanich Peninsula Hospital and the community since its inception in 1974, the Ladies Auxiliary has designated approximately $170,000 to the hospital over last year and into 2016. The hard working group of women take part in many events to raise money for the hospital and since the beginning of the Auxiliary, have raised around $2 million dollars. New Auxiliary President Donna Salter and her executive are launching ambitious events this year. One of their largest is the annual Christmas Bazaar, held in November. From their Easter Mini Bazaar to their
Christmas event, garage sales, raffle sales and more, every bit of money goes towards the purchase of needed equipment and furnishings for patient care in the hospital. The money they have raised has gone to purchases such as weigh
iliary, Burns said they are always looking for additional people. “New members are always welcome, we need to bring in new blood. Some of our members are 90 or in their 90s.” New members can visit the gift shop at the hospital, and there is a $10 fee and application form to join. Individuals interested can contact the Gift Shop at 250-5447676, ext. 23400.
scales, bedside cardiac monitors, wheelchairs, specialty hospital beds and more. “That’s what we do. We are volunteers who donate our time and our efforts to raise money for this hospital for necessary items for patient care,” said the
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As issues simmer in some Sidney neighbourhoods facing more homes packed on finite spaces, the municipality itself has been quietly reviewing its own policies. Consulting firm Barefoot Planning recently gave the Town of Sidney a mixed review at best, when it comes to establishing rules around density and new development in the town. In its report, presented to council on March 7, Barefoot noted that Sidney was looking to see if its regulation of density within its borders meets the “current development context” and the objectives of the Town: encourage redevelopment; increase affordability; ensure contextual density, and; improve policy. “This report makes it demonstrably clear that current density regulations fail to meet the Town’s planning objectives,” stated the consultant in its conclusions. “And key policy directions ... are simply inadequate to achieve the desired development in
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Sidney is in the process of reviewing its rules over development density. the Town.” To overcome what the consultant terms a “missed opportunity” to achieve benefits from good design and density, Barefoot Planning made recommendations which were accepted by council. Town Chief Administrative Officer Randy Humble said the report is a synopsis of how the Town uses density within its zoning bylaw. “(The report) clearly indicates there’s an issue,” he said, noting specifically the
Town’s use of Units Per Hectare (UPH) . Humble said Sidney, out of 12 similar-sized municipalities, was the only one still using UPH to calculate density. The others are using Floor Area Ratio (FAR) requirements, or a combination of the two. In its report, Barefoot noted UPH to some degree pushes developers into rezonings and the use or bonus density to make a project viable — which “can act as a barrier to good development.”
Humble said council has agreed to look into changes to its density regulations, including a review of the two different formulae. As part of its next phase of their density review, the Town will discuss provisions to require family-size units in new developments, massingcontrol zoning regulations, an evaluation of parking requirements and a review of density bonuses and amenity contributions. “This will provide council with updated decision-making tools in regards to new development by bringing our density regulations in line with our community’s overall vision and goals,” said Mayor Steve Price in a statement. “It also establishes some significant groundwork for our planned (Official Community Plan) review in 2018.” Sidney has given the consultant a green light to proceed with the second phase of the review, which will include public consultation. The Town plans on using its website, sidney.ca, to notify residents of progress and input opportunities.
Displaced workers could move to airport site Continued from page 1
For a year, the company has been looking at ways to operate more efficiently, which Thompson, Director of Communications for Sobey’s in Calgary, said is of course key in the grocery business. “So we were looking at the network of warehouses, we call them retail support centres in western Canada and province by province, market by market, looking at ways we could really work more effectively to ensure the same
great service to stores, but be as efficient as possible,” she told the PNR. Thompson said there is never a decision in one place that doesn’t impact the overall network of warehouses. And with a team of corporate drivers and routes needing to be assessed, tons of data and analysis goes into it she continued. “At this point, given where we are, with the distribution network that we have, we saw an opportunity to work just a bit more effectively, a bit more
efficiently.” Right now, between 30 and 35 people work in the warehouse at the Butler location, which she said is on the smaller side of some of their warehouse operations, but this doesn’t mean the situation will be treated any differently. Current employees will be kept up to date as the plan proceeds, and human resources teams will work with the employees, talking about potential opportunities. “Our first priority whenever
we make a decision like this is the people and it’s a fairly large organization so there may well be deployment opportunities into the Victoria Airport warehouse (Thrifty Foods Warehouse),” said Thompson. Employees will be consistently supported through the difficult transition and could potentially work at other warehouses and stores as well. No official date has been set for the closing.
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idney taxpayers would be wise not to tell their neighbours in North Saanich to shove off, when it comes to the ongoing debate over the future of a tract of land being eyed for a 100,000 square foot commercial development. The proposed Sidney Gateway, touted by the Victoria Aiport Authority and development company Omicron, does fall within the boundaries of the Town of Sidney. It is, however, only meters away from Sidney’s border with the District of North Saanich. It’s pretty safe to say that what happens there will have an impact on Sidney’s neighbours — and not just North Saanich. There has been a minor refrain coming out of a pair of public meetings on the issue, as well as in recent letters to the editor. Simply put, some Sidney residents — no matter on what side of the issue they fall — want people from North Saanich to butt out — to take their concerns and keep them within their own boundaries. The Gateway project does fall within the Town of Sidney. And rightly or wrongly, some Sidney residents feel they will be the ones to pay for it in some form. That said, does it give people the right to say to their neighbours, “mind your own business?” No. The two communities have had a co-operative relationship for years. It’s commonly held that North Saanich maintains its rural nature, while feeding its need for groceries and goods by turning to its more commercialized neighbour, Sidney. It’s a relationship that extends to a certain degree to Central Saanich as well and in a variety of areas, most notably, sewage treatment. North Saanich residents certainly make up a significant amount of the retail customers in Sidney already. There may be the potential for more of them — as well as the thousands of people who work in the North Saanich controlled portions of the industrial areas and airport — to stop in Sidney to spend their hard-earned dollars should the Gateway proceed. Residents in Sidney who feel like their elected officials don’t listen to their concerns, should think twice about giving their neighbours what amounts to the same thing. Sidney residents and local leaders may tell people in North Saanich to keep their noses out of it — citing they do not pay taxes in the town and that they cannot cast a vote. They can however, vote with their feet. Making them feel unwanted could simply drive them to shop elsewhere.
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.
YOUR VIEW
Local business in Sidney can thrive Much has been said lately both against and for the proposed Gateway project at Beacon and the highway. Most of the arguments against are familiar to many residents that have lived in Sidney for years. People I have spoken to who are in favour, live on the west side of the highway and are simply looking for a more convenient way to support local business, not a way to avoid it. This leads us to the argument that ‘downtown’ businesses will suffer with the development of Gateway. It could set a new standard for retail outlets in Sicney, with value for retailers and parking for customers. I would suggest many businesses locally fail because of excessive rents, flawed visions and the absence of a well-thought-out business plan — not because an alternative is drawing customers elsewhere. Some local businesses (and we all know who they are) provide a needed service, at a reasonable cost, with a knowledgable staff and lastly, they are as connected to the community as they expect the community to them. Local business can thrive, competition is a motivator, not a deterrent. Some letters to the editor stated the development will cause traffic issues of an insurmountable scale. This is simply not true. No extra patrons will come from outside the district as would have been the case had Costco been constructed on the west side of Sidney. Most
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traffic will be east-west, not northsouth and as a result will minimally impact Highway 17. In any case, the Town has already indicated relevant traffic studies should be undertaken to confirm any problems. I was disturbed to see input from residents of North Saanich on issues like ALC exemptions and various other problems with the project. Not one square inch of the property is in North Saanich. While they should be polite while doing so, it is my hope that Sidney council or the ALC do not pay a great deal of attention to these people. They should perhaps encourage them to offer input to projects in their own municipality. One letter to the editor indicated the project could ‘displace’ a use-
ful project that could appear in the future. While this could be said of any project, all one has to do is look at the location to determine the likelihood of it being used for the purposes the writer indicated. While I respect the opinion, I don’t think so. I, and other neighbours I have spoken with, am in favour of the Gateway project. Unlike one letter writer who indicated she shops in Victoria, as Sidney businesses are often not competitive, we are all going to support businesses in Sidney that deserve our support. There are many of them. Bob Jones Sidney (Bob Jones was a Sidney town councillor from 1987 to 2008)
Council should wake up I ‘found’ Sidney 35 years ago and although growth was necessary, the former mayor and council managed to let Sidney grow up at a gentle pace. The tax base has probably tripled since then ... but there seems to be an element of greed now ... bigger and more is better. Some of this administration’s decisions include increased density with no setbacks, only a fence dividing a liquor store and seniors complex and a (proposed) skateboard park in Tulista Park. Sidney is too special to become another Langford. Wake up mayor and council. Jeanette Elsom Sidney
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LETTERS
The people hold the key on Gateway Re: Gateway : Another Chance to get it Right I have attended both public meetings on Victoria Airport Authority’s Gateway proposal, the first by the proponent, the second by the Support Our Sidney coalition. Sidney has been in this position once before, in the mid1990s, when a single vote on Mayor Rosko’s council, on the Costco proposal, decided our future and saved us from the Big Box nightmare. We are at this critical juncture again, but this time we have a powerful and persistent Airport Author-
ity at the helm, with entrenched and intertwined interests with Sidney. It is clear where most citizens of North Saanich and Sidney stand but only Sidney gets to decide and the recent decision to proceed with the Roberts Bay - Ardwell development indicates that the majority (4/7) are not listening to the citizens. As was well demonstrated by SOS’s Richard Talbot, an internationally respected business consultant with impressive credentials, the economic statistics generated by the proponent are unrealistic and the passing
off of the responsibility by the Town to conduct an independent assessment, like throwing the keys to the fox. Sidney has one more chance to get it right. If we don’t, another gateway to a potential paradise will be lost, and our entryway will look as uninviting as every other dull community with strip malls on the highway. We, the citizens and the government of Canada are the landlords here, not the VAA, which is looking after its own corporate interests. James K. Finley Sidney
Readers respond: Black Press’ sewage treatment series Sewage: Costs of two proposals is an issue Looking forward to reading the rest of your series. One thing that you might have included in your Halifax article is the (at the time) esti-
mated additional cost of three plants versus the one plant mentioned in the article. This is, of course, an issue in the Victoria discussion. And indeed, given the difference in costs between the Victoria and Halifax proposals, surely your article should have
addressed the overall cost estimates. Don’t leave these issues to a summary article at the end. Do the work now. Your article is interesting but too short by, one imagines, a factor of two. Ian Thompson Pasadena, Ca.
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In general terms, the purpose of the proposed Bylaw is to amend Schedule “1” (Zoning Map) of Appendix “A” of Central Saanich Land Use Bylaw No. 1309, 1999 for the property at 7022 Wallace Drive by changing the zoning designation of the lot, as shown shaded on the map, from Residential Two Family (R-2) to Single Family Residential Infill (R-1XS). Bylaw No.1885, 2016 - Subject Property
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Readers respond: Black Press’ sewage treatment series garners plenty of reader feedback Sewage: Questioning politicians’ intentions is crucial Thank you for doing the series on the sewage issue in Victoria. First, the sequence of articles may be wrong if they don’t start by examining the rationale for treatment and the actual science that suggests there is very limited net benefit from it. It’s true that governments want treatment, but as has recently been pointed out by others, the environmental situation in the Strait of Juan de Fuca is clearly not high risk, but rather, quite low risk. Spending a billion dollars on a low risk discharge seems like it bears investigation. Second, the article on Halifax was interesting and useful, but the geography is not mentioned, and is relevant. Halifax is on a relatively narrow channel leading to an enclosed basin; not the same situation at all. Also, the shoreline contamination there was resolved with treatment, but here, there are no plans to fix the actual culprits of that, the combined sewers in Oak
Bay. So we could spend a billion dollars and still get shoreline contamination there. The press has focused on the machinery of the political decision-making on this issue, as if it was accepted as a given that the politicians are actually right, and know what they are talking about. To not be questioning the fundamentals of why they are so intent on pushing this project seems to me to be wasting a journalistic opportunity. I believe the public is way out ahead of the local politicians in understanding that spending a huge amount of public money for limited net benefit is simply unacceptable. Brian Wilkes Saanich
Sewage: Series informative Dear Don and Team – I have been reading with great interest the series on sewage treatment. Wonderful! So informative and so intelligently written. I have been living in Victoria for over 30 years and have been hoping for
all that time that the light would “go on” for the politicians and naysayers of the sewer treatment facilities. Thank you and your team, a million times thank you, for shining the light so that those that can’t see the way, can now move forward and save the precious ocean that surrounds our homes. The time is now. Catherine McGowan Victoria
Sewage: Who is benefitting? If this ill-conceived new plan goes ahead, I suspect that the already estimated costs will be shown to have been much too low (can you say ‘replacement bridge?’) and the actual annual costs to the homeowner, much higher than estimated. To proceed with this proposal in the face of well-grounded studies that show it is not needed makes me wonder who stands to benefit? Politicians? Their associates in the business of engineering and constructing the new works?
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Sewage: Tail wagged CRD sewage dog I have two points/opinions: 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.” 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. They’ve gone so far as to turn down “perks” offered up by the CRD in the form of new amenities. Best of all, Esquimalt citizens won’t have 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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Four colours, one brush — Go Figure Nicholas Pearce brings twoday art show to Sidney’s Mary Winspear Centre Carlie Connolly News staff
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rtist Nicholas Pearce is bringing his show and his students to the Mary Winspear Centre next week. His fascination? Women. With the help of his wife Deborah, the show titled Go Figure will be brought to the Winspear Centre with 150 paintings from Pearce and his 30 students. He and his wife moved here from Calgary and they lived on a sailboat on the coast for 17 years. After Pearce had left his job doing illustrations for the Calgary Herald, he thought he’d
dip into fine art painting and began watercolour painting, depicting the reflection of light off water in high realism. “They were quite popular but it would take me a week and a half to do one and it was only the last couple of days that was any fun, so I searched around for what it is I really wanted to do…” He referenced Robert Bateman, Canadian naturalist and painter. “I realized that he does (what he does) because he’s painting what’s important to him, what he’s discovered about himself in life and what’s important, which is nature,” he said. Pearce later realized
and sensuality and sexuality and sensitivity all together,” he said. Pearce said he is always trying to find the same elements of power, sensuality and sensitivity in what he paints, which are nudes, portraits and flamenco dancers, all of which will be part of the art show. When asked if he’d ever consider painting men, he answered no. “I have no connection, there’s no connection to it. I have to paint what I feel connected to.” Carlie Connolly/News staff
Artist Nicholas Pearce and his paintings of women are featured at Go Figure, a show at the Mary Winspear Centre April 9 and 10. that what interested him was women. But why? “Women to me represent the embodiment of power and strength
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Jazz Series welcomes violinist Richard Moody Sidney violinist about to head out on tour in the U.K. Carlie Connolly News staff
Jazz violinist Richard Moody will perform tonight alongside double bassist Scott White, as part of the Sidney Friday Night Jazz Series. They will be performing standards from the 1930s to 1950s, with lots of instrumental in a swing style. The pair will be joined by two guitarists for a quartet performance. Moody comes from a very musical family. One of his sisters plays violin with a symphony in New Zealand. His other sibling, Ruth Moody, is a member of the music group The Wailin’ Jennys. Originally from the Prairies, Moody moved to Sidney five years ago. “I’ve always been
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Violinist and member of The Bills, Richard Moody, will be performing at the Jazz Series tonight. interested in acoustic music like jazz and folk music and I play with a Victoria group called The Bills,” he said. He said the reason he chose the violin is because it was just something he ended up doing in a school program and then one thing led to another and he still plays. “I’ve always liked the string instruments. I play violin, viola and also guitar and mandolin.” Moody likes the stylings of world class jazz
violinists Stephane Grappelli and Joe Venuti, as it’s an uplifting, creative, improvisational and happy style of music. Moody has had quite the musical career, touring the United States, U.K. and Sweden — and has performed throughout Victoria as well. He will embark on a tour of the U.K. next week with a western string outfit called Woody Holler and His Orchestra. He also mentioned that he has some recordings
planned. “I like to play with a lot of different people so I have a lot of little one-offs planned,” he said. He will also be touring with The Bills in the summer. Their most recent release is titled Trail of Tales. The performance is tonight (Friday, April 1) and the Sidney Friday Night Jazz Series runs every Friday beginning at 7 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church. A donation of $10 is suggested at the door.
Painting the female form Continued from page 9
After realizing he wanted to paint women, he began by painting nudes and started asking friends to model in the nude and always worked in photo reference because he never wants to do an academic nude where it’s posed. “I want to find those magic moments that are the person,” he said. For Go Figure, he had the idea seven to eight years ago to include his students. “And what I’ve developed over the years is this technique of painting using only four colours plus white, just primary colours, in acrylic on a 30 by 40 canvas…” Using photo reference, which he supplies, the students have to paint it with a one-and-a-half inch housepainter’s brush. Pearce offers the classes in his home, and there will be a class sign up table at the show for those interested in signing up for his many classes. Each student is given a gridded photograph, and they use the grid to draw that onto the canvas as the canvas is also gridded. Pearce also teaches them how to mix on the canvas instead of on the pallet. “The idea is to be able to get the essence onto the canvas to make it work,” he said. Choosing 30 of his students to participate in the show was the first time he has done something like this. Another element of the show he said is his class, Through Artists’ Eyes, which is a body image class for women. The week before the class, each woman comes for her own nude modelling session and they then get together to talk about the session, selecting one of three images to paint of themselves. Some of those images will be in the show. “It’s an opportunity for them to get in touch with who they are physically,” said Pearce. The show is free and takes place April 9 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and on April 10, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be a reception Saturday night (April 9) from 7 to 9 p.m. with refreshments and food. reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com
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U.S. neighbours impatient over CRD sewage scenario Former premier recalls 1990s cleanup attempts Don Descoteau Black Press
Given how long the issue of sewage treatment has percolated in the Capital Region, it’s clear local politicians have had a difficult time agreeing on SPECIAL REPORT how to get it done. So what happens when politicians from a jurisdiction in another country take action in IN THE an attempt to steer the sewage treatment ship in Greater Victoria? The recent support for legislation in Washington State that would ban the Don Denton/Black Press reimbursement for any business A freighter carrying a load of containers passes through Juan de Fuca Strait in front of the Olympic Mountains in Washington State. travel to Victoria by state have told Victoria to get on with employees – except in emergency it and implored the province to or court-ordered situations – intervene, from Christine Gregoire for the next year or until the during a pre-Olympics chat CRD ceases to pump untreated with Gordon Campbell in 2006, sewage into the ocean shows our to Jay Inslee last year after the neighbours to the south continue McLoughlin plan blew up. to watch we’re doing on the As to whether optics are issue. playing a role in Washington As anyone who has advocated getting involved yet again, for the region’s tourism sector — Mike Harcourt Tourism Victoria CEO Paul over the past 20-plus years can Nursey can give a firsthand attest, this isn’t the first time answer. Elardo, director of King County’s said ‘yes-no,’” he says of how runoff from pulp mills, raw Washingtonians have made a “This stuff really hurts us a lot. wastewater treatment division sewage and car exhaust,” he says. they answered the question of stink about our lack of sewage When I’m pitching conferences it and Washington representative whether damage was being done That co-operative approach to treatment. always come up,” he says. “The on the Seaterra Commission to the marine environment near regional environmental issues, in Mike Harcourt, who grew up Washington State employee thing overseeing the CRD’s sewage Greater Victoria’s outfalls. part, led to Harcourt promising in Victoria and lectures these is a very small number, but it’s treatment efforts, quit over the Harcourt believes the findings Lowry in an informal agreement days on environmental stability the negative publicity around that project’s lack of progress. In her not only convinced Victoria in 1993 that Victoria would have among other topics, was B.C.’s that is damaging.” resignation letter she wrote, member of parliament and then primary treatment in place by premier in 1992 when he signed Harcourt admits there has been “It appears that construction minister of environment David 2002, and secondary treatment the Environmental Co-operation “nonsense” spoken about the and operation of a wastewater Anderson not to put any federal up and running sometime Agreement with then Washington issue on both sides from people treatment system is now years, if dollars into treatment, but led between 2008 to 2013. governor Mike Lowry. without credentials. not decades, away.” him to embrace the notion that He recalls some of the work That deal, which came a year Regardless of negative The Seattle Times newspaper “dilution is the solution.” being done at the time, including before a U.S. group unhappy with comments and potential followed up with an editorial Of Lowry and himself Harcourt a joint scientific panel set up with the lack of progress threatened boycotts, the bottom line, he calling Victoria’s political process says, “We were stymied, he and researchers from the University a tourism boycott of the city, says, is that the region just needs “constipated” and wrote, “The I, because our scientists came of Victoria and Washington state. was part of a broader collective to get on with it. “This is about failure is an embarrassment up with this ambivalent, at best, That group, having studied the vision for the Georgia Basin and what you would expect any for stately Victoria, and it shared marine waters, came back response.” Cascadia, Harcourt says. municipality to do in Canada or undermines the rigorous work to There have been other sewagewith what Harcourt characterizes “It’s a very fragile, difficult area the U.S., which is to treat your clean up Puget Sound.” related snubs since. A telling one as “bizarre” findings. with lots of challenges, including sewage.” Other Washington governors came last summer when Pam “To our astonishment, they pollution of the water and the air,
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It’s a very fragile, difficult area with lots of challenges, including pollution of the water and the air, runoff from pulp mills, raw sewage and car exhaust.
What they said: Richard Atwell, Saanich mayor
“This project is so mammoth, we are either going to be famous for it or infamous for it. There’s nothing in the middle.”
Colourful comments from some of the CRD’s key players David Screech, View Royal mayor
“I just want to scream, I really do. I just cannot tell you how absurd and how silly I think it is that politically driven motives are trying to design a sewage treatment plant.”
Geoff Young, Victoria councillor
“From the perspective of the taxpayer, we would be better off flipping a coin to determine a single site.”
Lisa Helps, Victoria mayor
“It’s a leap of faith, but we’re not taking that leap in the dark. We’re taking that leap with the help and hopefully the longterm help of two ministers and their staff.”
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‘Preferred’ Rock Bay site now in limbo Dan Ebenal Black Press
The options originally presented to the public showed that any solution to the Capital Region’s wastewater concerns would need to run through Rock Bay. But when the dust finally settled, Rock Bay was merely an afterthought in the region’s search for the site for a sewage treatment facility. The seven municipalities participating in the Capital Regional District project initially identified dozens of possible sites for a plant. But all seven options identified for public consultation by consultants for the CRD’s core area liquid waste management committee included a site in Rock Bay as a critical component. How Rock Bay became featured so prominently is a mystery to many in the community and some around the board table. “That’s a good question,” said Saanich mayor and committee vice-chair Richard Atwell. “The consultants just all of a sudden made it [Rock Bay] the choice.” Atwell has closely followed the sewage treatment issue for more than three years, riding the prominence of heading up the RITE plan to the mayor’s office. He didn’t mince words in his opinion of Rock Bay.
We’re in this to clean up the Salish Sea and we want to be part of the solution. — Andy Thomas, Esquimalt Nation Chief “It’s a terrible site. It’s at sea level, it’s clay, it’s not a seismically stable site.” The decision to step back from Rock Bay came as a blow to the Esquimalt and Songhees First Nations, whose chiefs were visibly upset when the committee voted last month to focus on other sites. “They want to put McLoughlin, Macaulay and Clover Point back on the table. And then they start arguing against themselves. It’s confusing,” Esquimalt Chief Andy Thomas. Bob Mason, economic development officer with Esquimalt First Nation, said no thought has been given to alternate uses for the Rock Bay property. The two First Nations are purchasing 1.7 hectares of the site for $2.8 million and will take ownership once remediation work is completed by current owners BC Hydro and Transport Canada. “We’re all in on the sewage treatment plant. When it becomes evident that it’s not
going to go there, then we’ll look to plan B,” Mason said. While the sale of the land to the CRD would have injected millions into Matullia, an economic development corporation operated by Esquimalt and Songhees, money from the sale wasn’t the motivating factor for Thomas. He said they have been frustrated by the process and that local First Nations have demonstrated their commitment to protection of the environment. “We’re in this to clean up the Salish Sea and we want to be part of the solution,” he said. “They don’t understand our relationship to the land, the water and the resources. It’s our sacred trust.” The main thing working in Rock Bay’s favour was that the Clover Point site was originally deemed too small for a treatment facility and McLoughlin Point was not put forward by Esquimalt council. The 3.47-hectare site at Rock Bay is made up of two parcels. BC Hydro and
Transport Canada have been working to clean up their lands since 2004 and removed more than 200,000 tonnes of contaminated soil. The most recent estimate put the price tag for a centralized tertiary treatment plant at Rock Bay at $1.077 billion. The main factor working against the site was $248 million in conveyancing required to pump effluent to outfalls at Macaulay and Clover points, a cost not necessary in a McLoughlinClover Point option. But the conveyancing was just one drawback with Rock Bay. The site would also require construction of a fivemetre wall to protect from tsunamis, and Victoria council would also likely have sought millions in compensation for the loss in taxation. Rock Bay would also exact a toll on Victoria merchants, with the laying of pipe said to cause up to a year of disruption on Cook Street from Dallas Road to Bay Street, then from Bay to Government Street.
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Victoria Coun. Marianne Alto, left, Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins and Colwood Coun. Cynthia Day listen to debate around liquid waste management in the Capital Region’s core.
What’s been done elsewhere in B.C.? North Vancouver Since opening in 1961, the Lions Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant has operated as a primary treatment facility and served about 180,000 residents in the District of West Vancouver, the City of North Vancouver and the District of North Vancouver. While its capacity has been expanded several times, the facility is one of two primary level treatment plants remaining in the region. New regulations, however, require it to be upgraded to a secondary treatment facility. The regional government, facing similar deadlines as Greater Victoria, has until Dec. 31, 2020 to complete a new $700-million plant to be located approximately two kilometres east of the existing treatment plant.
Nanaimo
The Regional District of Nanaimo owns and operates four wastewater treatment facilities throughout the region, servicing more than 110,000 residents between Qualicum Beach and Duke Point. Two facilities provide chemically-enhanced primary treatment; the others provide secondary treatment. Wastewater from about 93,000 people in the City of Nanaimo and parts of Lantzville is treated at the Greater Nanaimo Pollution Control Centre. It was built in 1973 for just under $10 million and ended the discharge of raw sewage into the Strait of Georgia. The other treatment facilities were constructed several years later.
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CRD sewage trunk lines lead to outfalls at Macaulay, left, and Clover points. Figures above list percentage of total flow in the CRD sewage system.
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Sidney calendar submissions are still welcome Carlie Connolly News staff
Photographs from residents on the Saanich Peninsula are still being accepted for a local calendar fundraiser. The Sidney Sister Cities Association, in conjunction with the Town of Sidney, is taking submitted photographs for its 2017 Sidney Calendar. Up until April 30, photographers can submit as many entries as they wish, and the calendars are out for purchase by July 1. Past president of SSCA and chair of the calen-
dar project, Robert (Bob) McLure said approximately 80 per cent of the calendars sold go outside of Sidney to either the mainland, other places across Canada and even international locations. This, he said, is great publicity for Sidney. The calendars are sold at Tanner’s Books. Store owner Cliff Tanner has been a big supporter of the effort, McLure said. Around 1,000 calendars were sold last year. McLure said he believes them to be the biggest selling calendars in town. “They’re good quality
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Bob McLure and the 2014 calendar. Photos are being accepted for the 2017 calendar right now. photos,” he told the PNR. In their seventh year producing the calendars,
McLure say more than 300 photos are submitted and around 45 photos make it
into the calendar. The resolution of the photos, he said, has gotten better and better, showing places in or around Sidney, and they have never repeated a photo. Photos selected will represent photographic quality, subject matter and illustration of the charm of Sidney, and only photos taken in or of the Town of Sidney are eligible. The photos are chosen by a committee of the SSCA using a blind selection process. All photographers are responsible for obtaining a signed release from any identifiable individuals in
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scurvy. Standard multi-vitamins have 75 mg of vitamin C. Prescribing these small amounts to prevent coronary attack is like trying to kill an elephant with a BB gun. The research of Dr. Linus Pauling shows that it requires several thousand milligrams of vitamin C and lysine, as found in Medi-C Plus, to support healthy collagen production. Collagen is the key to healthy coronary arteries. These arteries are under more pressure than any other artery in the body. After all, they’re situated in the heart’s muscle and the heart beats 100,000 times every 24 hours, or 37 million times a year, and 2.2 billion times if you live to 70 years of age. Without sufficient vitamin C and lysine this constant pounding causes minute cracks in collagen, resulting in blood clots or a weakened artery rupturing, in the case of a stroke.
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Next-Gen VW Tiguan revealed at Arctic Circle By Zack Spencer Arvidsjaur, Sweden - After three flights and twentyfour hours of travelling I finally arrive at my hotel room in Arvidsjaur, Sweden and flop onto my bed for a quick nap. I need my rest because I will only have a few hours the next day to experience the next-generation VW Tiguan in this remote part of Sweden, just below the Arctic Circle. Why is VW holding an event in the heart of Lapland? Well, this is the European equivalent of Kapuskasing, Ontario, a cold weather testing facility for automakers. When car companies want to test how a car will start, heat up and function in extreme temperatures, they test them in places like Kapuskasing and Arvidsjaur. Volkswagen did its cold weather testing on the next Tiguan here two years ago and now it is set to hit the European market this spring. For Canadians, we will need to wait until next fall to get
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Looks The Tiguan has always been a fun-to-drive, great handling compact utility, but for many it’s just a bit too compact. The upcoming Tiguan is the first utility to be built on the awardwinning platform developed for the latest VW Golf, to be shared across dozens of VW products worldwide. This platform is called MQB and what it does is provide a stiffer, safer, lighter but more importantly, larger platform to build this Tiguan. The version I had a chance to drive is the European model that is 111 mm longer in the wheelbase than the existing Tiguan but the one we will get here, next year, will be 187 mm longer between the wheels. What this will do is provide VW the ability to sell both a five-passenger utility and the option of a three-row seven-passenger model. Styling is also all-new, with glimpses of the latest Golf
in the headlamp design and sharper creases and edges. This is a much bigger and better looking vehicle, almost upscale compared to the current utility.
Inside With the Tiguan switching to the MQB platform and built in the same Mexican factory as the latest Golf, allows VW to share the same interior refinement and features found in that car. The dash has a more upscale feel, with chrome trim, soft materials where it matters and the latest centre screens. The base screen will be a 16cm with the option to get a larger 20 cm screen. Both will function as a backup camera and both will come standard with Android Auto and Apple Car Play for seamless smartphone integration. What the European model features is a projected instrument cluster, that is customizable and state of the art. This feature has not been confirmed for our North American model but might
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MASTERMINDS UVIC RETIREES ASSOCIATION & CENTRE ON AGING FREE PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES WEDNESDAY EVENINGS APRIL 6 THROUGH APRIL 27 | 7:00 P.M.– 8:30 P.M. April 6 | BUILDING FOR ETERNITY John Peter Oleson | Underwater marvels of the ancient Roman world Harry Hickman Lecture Theatre
April 13 | WHEN THE HEART STARTS THINKING Lorna Crozier | Poetry exploring the language of the heart Bob Wright Lecture Theatre
be included down the road. As mentioned, the larger dimensions are welcome, the back seat, even with the European proportions is a big improvement, the larger car sold here should be rather generous in the back seat and cargo area.
Drive Part of the reason for driving in northern Sweden was to experience the latest VW 4Motion all wheel drive (AWD) system in conditions exactly like Canada. This new AWD has the ability to
send the power to the front or rear wheels and from side-to-side. This, along with a new control dial, in the centre of the console, lets the driver choose different programs for snow, off-road and a normal, default setting. The new system will then use the stability program, ABS and active differentials to contain slippage and keep the Tiguan heading down the road. I tried this system on and off and when I had it off, I plowed into a snow bank and thankfully didn’t need
to be towed out! This stuff does work.
Verdict Engine options have not been confirmed for our Canadian market but a good guess is the existing 200hp turbo 4-cylinder will be put to work and hopefully a refined TDI diesel version. This car has been engineered to take the TDI and the intention is for it to come here, we will just have to wait until the TDI mess is cleared so we can get this next Tiguan with that fuel
saving engine. The daylight hours are short near the Arctic Circle but having a few hours to drive the Tiguan over snowy roads, through a winter driving course and spending some time looking it over, the wait will be worth it. This is a major step forward for VW and the Tiguan will be a force in the heart of this competitive segment. Next fall will be here before you know it.
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Corporation of the District of Central Saanich NOTICE OF UPDATE TO BUSINESS LICENCE BYLAW Council is seeking input on proposed Central Saanich Business Licence Bylaw No. 1884, 2016 at its Regular Council meeting 7:00 p.m. on Monday, April 4th, 2016 in the Central Saanich Municipal Hall, 1903 Mt. Newton Cross Road, Saanichton, BC. In general terms, the purpose of the proposed Bylaw No. 1884 is to replace the existing Central Saanich Business Licence Bylaw No. 1610, 2009 with an updated bylaw which would include the following changes: • • • • •
Update the definition of “Dwelling Unit”; Add a definition of “Farm-Based Business”; Add an exemption for agricultural production; Add the ability to impose conditions on a business licence, with a mechanism for a licence holder to appeal conditions to Council; and, Update the section of the bylaw addressing the suspension or cancellation of a licence to be consistent with the provisions of the Community Charter, including a process for appeal to Council.
Central Saanich Business Licence Bylaw No. 1884, 2016 can be examined on the District’s website through the CivicWeb Portal or at the Municipal Hall between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, excluding holidays, from the date of this notice to 4:30 p.m., Monday, April 4th, 2016 inclusive. All persons who consider they are affected by the proposed Bylaw shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing, either in person, by representative, or by written submission, on all matters contained in the proposed Bylaw at the above mentioned time, date and place. The entire content of all submissions will be made public and form a part of the public record for this matter.
April 20 | GAIA CITIZENSHIP James Tully | On the ideals and challenges of ecological responsibility Bob Wright Lecture Theatre
April 27 | REDUCING FALLS, FIRES AND INJURIES
Dated at Saanichton, BC, this 22nd day of March, 2016 Liz Cornwell, CMC Corporate Officer
Elaine Gallagher and Vicky Scott | A First Nations approach to fall and injury prevention
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Brentwood Bay cadet working on attaining pilot certification COMOX — It’s been an exciting spring break for Cadet Flight Sergeant (FSgt) Wynn Toronitz, 16 of Brentwood Bay and his fellow cadet pilots at the Regional Cadet Air Operations Pacific in Comox. Located at 19 Wing Comox, the main focus for the Spring Gliding camp is to upgrade their solo glider pilot license to the Front Seat Familiarization rating. This allows them to take a passenger during flights. Cadets like Toronitz participated in Annual Proficiency Checks (APCs) between March 18 and 27. They made solo
flights to build up to the required 10 hours. Once they reach the required time they are evaluated until instructors are fully satisfied of the cadet’s ability to safely fly with a passenger. Toronitz has also been taking other roles during the training that assist with the overall team effort to get all the cadets in the air. It’s a tough – but rewarding – experience for all involved, especially those that have completed their familiarization rating. Those cadets will continue to the next step which ultimately leads them to be flight instructors.
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Taxation, disincentives creating rental shortage Tim Collins News staff
Greater Victoria’s 0.6 per cent vacancy rate is hurting business’s ability to recruit and retain employees, according to the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce. It’s well below the four per cent rate the city has declared as being marginally acceptable and much of the fault lies with government. The City of Victoria’s approval process for a new rental development can stretch a project’s duration to over three years, according to Bruce Carter, the CEO of the chamber. “You have to go to the city and they demand a neighbourhood consultation. You may need to rezone and
then get a development permit. The application process alone takes six months,” said Carter. “If you get bounced back to a public hearing, it’s another six month reset.” Kathy Hogan of the Urban Development Institute said many civic officials and politicians don’t fully understand the development process. Every delay in approvals raises the costs of the project — costs that are eventually passed on to the renter. Carter added community amenity charges act as a further disincentive to rental development. The increased property value flowing from the development is calculated and the developer has to pay 70 per cent of that value back to the city. Those
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you have to be sure that the (neighbourhood’s) ‘living room’ can handle it.” He said he understands the developers’ concerns and is committed to streamline the process and consider other concessions that could help make projects more viable, but maintains it’s “all about finding a balance.” Disincentives don’t stop at the civic level. The chamber lobbies the federal government on the issue and are meeting with the Federal Liberal Caucus this week to lobby for changes that may help address some of disincentives to development that originate at that level. Changes in the federal tax code have eliminated
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portion of regardless of our populatime of day. tion already What about lives in a conthe “happidominium or ness” index rental unit. of Valencians, I n e v i t a b l y, you might this trend wonder? To will accelus, regarderate away less of age, from the they looked extremely Peter Dolezal single-family fit and con- Financial Savvy home toward the much tent. Obesity smaller mulseemed as rare as the single-family tiple-unit residences found in much of the home. In Canada, with our world outside North abundance of land and America. Even now, as mulour existing stock of family houses, it is clear tiple-unit neighbourthe single-family dwell- hoods proliferate, the ing is here to stay. How- units themselves are ever, new housing con- already much smaller struction, particularly than those built in past in the larger urban cen- decades. With develtres, is far more likely opable land becoming to be strata properties scarce and more expensive and construction and rental apartments. Affordability pres- costs increasing, the sures, along with a affordability issue can dearth of land available be solved only through for new development, smaller unit sizes. Witmakes this trend inevi- ness the emerging popularity of micro-units table. Historically, our life’s of 300 to 500 square housing cycle follows feet. With monthly paya general pattern — ments often little difrental apartment first, ferent than the cost of ownership of a con- renting, these units sell dominium a few years out extremely quickly. Close to 70% of Canlater, a small affordable house, at least one ada’s adult population larger house as the fam- currently owns their ily grows and, full cir- home. Home ownercle — back to a condo ship should remain an or rental in our senior achievable objective. However, for that years. It is very likely some of these tradi- objective to become tional steps will gradu- reality for the next generation, individuals ally disappear. We must remember and families will need an ever-increasing pro- to accept the smaller,
multiple-dwelling solution for much longer periods than was necessary for their parents and grandparents. Although singlefamily homes will continue to exist, they will account for an everdecreasing percentage of residential dwellings. This change in housing options is already evident in all urban centres. Across Canada, new condominium units are being added at three times the rate of single-family dwellings. This accelerating trend is not necessarily bad. More modest, affordable housing already works well throughout most of the world. We can only hope that public transportation improvements will keep pace with, and efficiently support these changes. Despite the many challenges faced by European countries, the high calibre of their transportation infrastructure is something that we can only dream about. A retired corporate executive, enjoying post-retirement as an independent Financial Consultant (www.dolezalconsultants.ca), Peter Dolezal is the author of three books, including his most recent, The SMART CANADIAN WEALTH-BUILDER.
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