GOLDSTREAM A V-Day play A group of West Shore women are launching a Langford showing of the Vagina Monologues. Community, Page A3 Wednesday, February 8, 2012
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A talented 14-year-old Langford soccer player will train with the best of her peers next month. Sports, Page A21
VicPD nab suspected Langford gangster Erin McCracken News staff
Lutheran church shuts its doors News staff
The pews of Redeemer Lutheran Church have emptied for the last time. Once swelling with the sound of the hymns and prayers behind stained glass windows, silence now fills the church after pastor Phillip Washeim delivered his final sermon on Jan. 15. After 50 years of service at the corner of Jacklin Road and Jenkins Avenue, the aging church was decommissioned to make way for a residential seniors complex. A new Lutheran Church attached to the building is part of that project. “There is sadness at the closing of the building. There is a lot of history here, a lot of people had their kids baptized and grow up here,� Washeim said. “They are attached to the building yet they are
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excited about the possibilities of the new building.� Langford rezoned the 0.6 hectare property in August 2010 to allow a sixstorey, 158-unit assisted living complex, built by Hayworth Communities, with a new and larger church space attached. Building seniors assisted living was broadly supported by Langford council and many community members, although a few nearby neigbours expressed dismay at a six-storey structure sitting astride single family homes. Washeim said a possible 2012 opening has been pushed back to 2013 at the earliest. He’s not sure when the church will be torn down, but the altar will be saved for the new church, although a controversial Christ statue won’t. Retired Lutheran reverend Mark Beiderwieden, who is advising the Redeemer church on the project, said the process to sell the church property to Hayworth Communities, among other contractual issues, has been long and complicated, but the development is moving forward.
For the new church, Redeemer will purchase a strata lot in the new building with money used from the sale of its land, Beiderwieden said. “With a project this size, you’ve got to be patient,� he said. “The congregation is looking forward to this. People are looking forward to the next stage.� Hayworth Communities declined to provide any update to the $26-million project. In the meantime, Washeim and many of the church members convene at the Alexander Mackie Lodge, where they worship patiently until their new church is reborn. It’s a nice break from the sagging A-frame building with thin windows, little heat and that drew about 40 hearty souls to the Sunday sermon. “We have had some delays, (but) we are excited to be moving forward,� Warsheim said. “I have been here nine and a half years ... I am looking forwards to the final building and look forward to all the possibilities it has for us.� —with files from Edward Hill
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A Langford man, who Victoria police say is connected to a criminal gang operating on the Lower Mainland, was apprehended in a dramatic drug bust in Esquimalt on Thursday. A three-month investigation, involving 30 officers with Victoria police department’s street crimes and strike force units, culminated in the arrest of the Langford man and an Esquimalt man, both in their 30s, and two 17-year-old females from Langford. Bystanders watched the gripping scene as 20 uniformed and plainclothes VicPD officers descended on a small red car in the Shoppers Drug Mart parking lot off Esquimalt Road around 3 p.m. on Feb. 2. The teens, on foot, were arrested first. Officers then pulled the men from their parked vehicle and loaded them into a police van. “It was a larger-scale operation for the Victoria police department,� said Const. Harvey Stevenson, with VicPD’s street crimes unit, and primary investigator of the case. Immediately following the arrests, investigators executed search warrants at apartments in the 1000 block of Esquimalt Road in Esquimalt and in the 800 block of Goldstream Avenue in Langford. Police say they shut down a cookhouse at the Langford address where powder cocaine was being converted into crack cocaine. Between the homes and the suspects, police seized one kilogram of cocaine, with a street value of about $45,000, nine ounces of heroin, worth more than $20,000, $9,000 in cash, and a Volkswagen Golf car, Stevenson said. PLEASE SEE: Police take down, Page A4
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Volunteers bring V-Day play to Langford Arnold Lim News staff
Jennifer Harrison hopes to demystify the V word. The dedicated co-leader of the Pathway Project youth employment agency has made it her mission to help vulnerable women — and she believes staging the West Shore’s first production of the Vagina Monologues will help do just that. “The Vagina Monologues is about a vulnerable population of people. I think it was (for me), a natural next step to want to bring this to the community,” Harrison said. “Working in the western communities for about nine years, I have had the opportunity to support some of the vulnerable population in the West Shore. We have limited services, and the services we do have, we have to support.” Written bye Eve Ensler, the monologue is part of V-Day, a movement created to stop violence against women and girls. Based on interviews with women, the play addresses topics including women’s sexuality and the stigma behind rape and abuse.
Translated into 48 languages in more than 140 countries, the Vagina Monologues was performed more than 5,800 times in 2011. Despite a title that has lead to confusion in the past, Harrison hopes stigmas are broken down and people look past the word and embrace its message. “I encourage community members to approach this with inquisitiveness as opposed to judgement,” Harrison said. “Just the process of doing this, right from the production to the play (has been) incredibly empowering.” Isabelle Reader Theatre plays host to the March 31 performance and silent auction where 90 per cent of the proceeds go to the Colwood-based Pacific Centre Family Services Association, whose executive director Mitzi Dean welcomed the initiative with open arms. “We (are) really proud and enthusiastic to be part of the project,” Dean said. “We have a long history of working with Jen. We know it is sincere and genuine that it is in the interest of the community and that is the primary focus. We share those principles.” For Harrison those principles
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Mitzi Dean, Jennifer Harrison and Neely Hourigan show off posters for VDay, an activist movement to prevent violence against women and girls. The three of them are working on production of the Vagina Monologues, which plays at the Isabelle Reader Theatre on March 31. are why the Vagina Monologues will make a difference and she hopes the community helps support the production by filling the 300-seat theatre.
“I love the thought of empowering young women in (our) communities,” Harrison said. “Especially teaching young women how to find the assertiveness
and the power within themselves to speak on behalf of what they need and what they want.” To participate in the project, email vdaylangford@gmail.com.
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(Left) Harley the yorkie gets a ride on a replica rail barge during a Victoria Model Boat Club demo on Sunday, with Glen Newmeyer, on the left, at the controls. (Above) Fred Madill with the CFB Esquimalt Model Railway Club keeps an eye on a passing train. The club brought out 300 feet of track for the event. See more photos on www.goldstreamgazette.com.
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Police take down almost like TV, says witness Continued from Page A1
Most of the seized items were taken from the Langford apartment, Stevenson said, adding no weapons were found. The suspects face more than a dozen charges relating to trafficking of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance for the purposes of trafficking. “It feels good,” Stevenson said of
“Obviously the people that are associated to gangs, like they have on the Lower Mainland, that’s a priority (for police). So it feels good taking action on people like that, and making sure we don’t have those people in our community.” The teens and the Esquimalt man do not have gang affiliations. With no shortage of drug trafficking, Victoria is an attractive destination for
taking a “significant” drug haul off the streets. Police are also buoyed by the apprehension of a suspect with alleged ties to a Lower Mainland gang, which Stevenson said is connected to recent shootings in the Vancouver area. He would not disclose the gang's name. “I think what’s more important than targeting drugs, is targeting the people that are selling the drugs,” he said.
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Shipyard welcomes marine school Ground-breaking ceremony planned for Songhees Nation later this month Erin McCracken News staff
A ground-breaking ceremony at the end of the month will mark where an industry-led marine training centre will be built on Songhees Nation land. “We hope to break ground certainly around the end of February, with the facility being in place by the end of July,” Malcolm Barker, vice-president and general manager of Victoria Shipyards, told members of the Esquimalt Chamber of Commerce during a luncheon last week. The 4,000-square-foot Industrial Marine Training and Applied Research Centre will be located at the end of Maplebank Road, next door to the Esquimalt Graving Dock, where Victoria Shipyards operates. The $1.8-million centre, funded by the province and industry partners, including Seaspan Marine Corp., which owns Victoria Shipyards, will have two classrooms and research space. Planning of a new entry-level shipbuilding program for the centre began at Camosun College on Wednesday, and will likely launch in July, said Geoff Stevens, the centre’s project manager. Shipwright and marine fitter apprenticeship programs may be available to students in September. “Quite frankly, up until recently there just hasn’t been the demand (for these tradespecific courses),” Stevens said.
The pressure is mounting for the shipyard to find and hire enough junior and senior shipbuilding managers before work begins at the end of 2013 or the beginning of 2014 on an $8-billion federal contract to construct five Canadian Coast Guard and two Royal Canadian Navy vessels. Hiring is underway as work at the yard ramps up on several ongoing projects, including Canada’s submarines, and refits to cruise ships and naval vessels. The shipyard employs 65 apprentices, but another 35 are needed in all trades by year’s end. The number of workers is also expected to increase from 750 to more than 1,000 by the end of this month or beginning of March. But filling senior-level positions is the big challenge. “We firmly believe we’re going to get the workforce in the future, but the high-end project managers, technical people, schedulers, planners, quality control people — these are the guys that are in short supply,” Barker said.
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Malcolm Barker, vice-president and general manager of Victoria Shipyards, is looking forward to breaking ground on a marine training centre in preparation for the $8 billion federal shipbuilding contract.
Shipyard projects ■ Submarine repair: $350 million, 15-year term, 230 people ■ Frigate modernization: $351 million, seven-year term, 300 people ■ Construction of seven new Coast Guard and naval ships: $8 billion, 10 years ■ Other commercial work: cruise ship refits, B.C. Ferries repair work, among other repair and new construction jobs.
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Colwood moves on updating ‘strip’ Colwood is moving ahead with beautifying its section of Island Highway, otherwise known as the Colwood strip. The City plans to issue a tender for a sidewalk on the west side of Island Highway, from Great Canadian Casino to Wale Road. The project also includes creating bike lanes on both sides of the road. Colwood is matching a $395,000 provincial grant with accumulated development fees to fund the project. The City is eager to connect sidewalks to work already done by West Shore Parks and Recreation and View Royal. “There are challenges with that design,” said Colwood engineer Michael Baxter. “But we expect to go to tender early (this) week.” Colwood also wants to create a crosswalk across Island Highway near the recreation centre entrance. With five lanes of traffic and limited sight lines, Baxter said it’s tricky project, but the City wants to create better pedestrian safety.
“The crosswalk design is not finished yet,” he said. “The challenge is building a crosswalk that doesn’t interfere with (vehicle) access.” Ideally the crosswalk would be to the south of the recreation vehicle access. Baxter said many people jaywalk across the busy road to get to or from the courthouse or restaurants. “The recreation centre attracts a lot of people and younger people, who walk to the other side to the food joints,” Baxter said. “Seeing people cross that road is scary.”
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What exactly is astigmatism? The question is asked every day and astigmatism is, without doubt, one of the most misunderstood refractive disorders. Optometrists agree that astigmatism has various causes. While some theories claim it is hereditary, others state it is developmental. Both opinions are almost certainly correct. The most common form of astigmatism is due to the clear front part of the eye, the cornea, not being round. This “out of round” of the cornea causes distortion of the focussed light, which in turn causes blurred vision at all distances. An uncorrected astigmatic eye is constantly trying to improve its focus. This is tiring and can cause headaches especially during precise visual work. Most patients are surprised to learn that the majority of people have at least a small amount of astigmatism. The amount of astigmatism will determine the severity of the visual complaints. Most people can go for years without realizing that they have a problem. If one has never seen clearly, it is difficult to comprehend what clear vision truly is. Fortunately both spectacles and contact lenses can correct astigmatism, and recently, refractive surgeons have added astigmatism corrections with lasers to their services. When astigmatism is first corrected a period of adaptation and adjustment is to be expected. Objects may look distorted or slanted but clear. After a few days the strange symptoms will subside. It took the brain years to get used to the “old vision” so it will take a while for the “new vision” to settle. It is very important to correct significant astigmatism in children. They may not complain, but uncorrected astigmatism can often cause poor performance at school. Don’t forget; first eye exam by age three. A regular eye examination with the optometrist is the best way to monitor astigmatism in patients of all ages.
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Canada’s best archers are taking aim at Victoria. The Canadian Archery Championships return in August with more than 200 of Canada’s best shooters setting their sights on the West Shore. Coming to the Island for the first time in eight years, the event is a golden opportunity for enthusiasts, including James Collett, to take in the sport at its highest level. “I am looking forward to seeing the level of talent that comes down. It is great that you can relate to them and to see professionals (performing),” said Collett, a member of the Bowmen Archery Club, now based in View Royal. “For me it is trying to attain the unattainable. It is very exciting it is coming. “It is a brilliant all around sport and undervalued in many ways. I got involved a year ago and I put it off for a long while. The reality is so much more exciting,” he said. “Once you release that arrow and it is caught in the bull’s-eye, there is a split second when everything comes together and everything is complete, and you have achieved everything
you have wanted to achieve.” Victoria Bowmen president Al Wills has lived with the tension of a bow in his hands much of his life and hopes the championships returning to Greater Victoria rejuvenates a sport that has suffered in recent years. After four years without a home, the Bowmen’s new range in View Royal will host the opening ceremonies of the championship and practice rounds. Archers will compete in the target competition at West Shore Parks and Recreation. Field events will be held near Duncan, hosted by the Cowichan Bowmen. “To see what Olympic- and nationalstatus archery is all about is neat for everybody to see,” Wills said. “Until you see how accurate and precise and clean it is, it is hard to imagine how fascinating it is to watch that arrow fly down the target.” The Victoria Bowmen constructed a 90 metre range on unused wedge of public land between Burnside Road, Watkiss Way and the Trans-Canada Highway, and finished earthmoving at the range in November. The club had lost its range in on Department of National Defence land in Colwood in 2009, after 45 years of shooting.
“With the opportunity of having it at the new range (last) year, I think we are going to build a base over the next two years with a place to shoot. With a field of our own and a place to call home, we will grow,” Wills said. “There is hope on the horizon.” The opening of the new range co-incided with the championships coming to B.C., and Wills said a few long-time members of the Bowmen club have experience organizing national-level shoots. “This is good for us. We’ve got a small number of members with experience, and lots of new members who haven’t seen a local shoot much less a national.” The Canadian championship is open to archers any skill level and age, with either compound or recurve bows. Wills calls it competition in its purist form — one person against himself with no judges or referees in the way. Opening ceremonies take place Aug. 9 at the Victoria Bowmen Archery Club and competition takes place Aug. 10 to 12 at the soccer fields of West Shore Parks and Recreation. Entry is free. See victoriabowmen. com/2012Canadian to register and for more information. editor@goldstreamgazette.com
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Colwood has asked B.C. Assessment Authority to take another look at the Lehigh gravel pit properties after trucks started hauling material off the waterfront site. City engineer Michael Baxter said Colwood has informed B.C. Assessment about operations at the site for the past few months. “They are hauling sand out of there,” Baxter said. “We passed that information to (the assessment authority).” B.C. Assessment reclassified most of the 243-hectare former gravel pit in 2009 from light industrial to commercial and residential, resulting in at least a $1.2 million property tax loss for Colwood. That reassessment was one of key reasons why the City passed an unpopular 16 per cent tax hike nearly three years ago. And further in 2010, Colwood was forced to pay Lehigh $720,000 after the company successfully appealed its property tax assessments from 2008 forward, the year it stopped industrial gravel operations. But if Lehigh has resumed some level of light industry at
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Colwood is hoping recent sand hauling at the former Lehigh gravel pit could lead to higher tax revenues. The company says it is just completing a contractual obligation. the site, Colwood is eager to tax the land as such. The land remains under a mining permit, although there is no indication the production of gravel and sand has resumed. “It’s our job to make the (land) assessment where it should be, and it’s their job to keep the assessment as low as possible,” Baxter said. “No one holds enmity over this, everyone is just doing their jobs.” Dave Clark, with Lehigh Northwest Materials, said trucks are hauling out a relatively small quantity of “preload” material, as part of an outstanding obligation to decommission the property. “It’s part of closing down the site. It’s something we’ve got to
do anyway,” Clark said. “Once that’s done, that’s it.” Known as the Royal Bay lands, the vast property near Metchosin Road at Latoria Road has sat idle since gravel operations ceased, as the land waits for a developer with deep pockets. It has the potential for a large residential and waterfront development, on the order of 2,800 units. In October, former Colwood mayor Dave Saunders said the property had found a buyer. Clark confirmed a party is looking at the site, but nothing concrete has emerged. “People are looking at it,” he said. “If they are satisfied, they might want to buy it.” editor@goldstreamgazette.com
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of Langford has received an application to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 300 by means of proposed Bylaw No. 1380. All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw will be afforded an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the Bylaw at a Public Hearing. Please be advised that no representations may be received by Council after the close of the Public Hearing and any submissions made to Council, whether orally or in writing, will form part of a public record. Meeting Date Meeting Time Meeting Place Subject Property File Official Community Plan Zoning Proposal
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Training to protect Canada from drug or immigrant smugglers, polluters, illegal fishing and other criminal activity is now underway for crew members aboard West Coast navy vessels. HMCS Nanaimo, Brandon and Saskatoon from CFB Esquimalt, are being put through their paces during the annual coastal defence exercise, called Pacific Guardian. Scenarios began Monday and continue until Feb. 17. About 360 personnel are taking part at sea and at a command camp in Vancouver. A Sea King helicopter, a long-range military Aurora
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airplane and a U.S. Coast Guard cutter will also participate. The action will unfold in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the Strait of Georgia and the approaches to Vancouver harbour. "The links that we make with those other agencies in exercises pay tremendous dividends when we conduct those same operations in direct support of a threat
to domestic security," said Cmdr. Jim Sprang, commander of the West Coast naval fleet of maritime coastal defence vessels and Orca training vessels. During Exercise Pacific Guardian, crews will practise boarding the smaller Orcas, conduct hoist training and patrol an RCMP-designated security zone in the approaches to Vancouver harbour, among other mock
scenarios, said Sprang, a Langford resident. The role-playing helps prepare personnel for a diverse array of challenging situations. Sailors aboard coastal defence vessel HMCS Whitehorse were called to action to help escort Tamil migrant vessel MV Sun Sea to CFB Esquimalt in 2010, Sprang said. editor@goldstreamgazette.com
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The West Shore RCMP street crime unit busted two Langford residents for drug trafficking last Friday. Police went into a residence on Walfred Road at 10 p.m. on Feb. 3, and arrested a 40-year-old man and a 38-year-old female. Both are known to police. Police seized more than 600 grams of marijuana, about 80 tablets of oxycodone, 20 tablets of suspected ecstasy, various prescription medications, and various drug-related items including scales and baggies. RCMP also seized $2,000 in cash. The couple are due in Western Communities Courthouse on March 8 to face charges of drug possession and trafficking.
This is the second drug bust at this 3000-block Walfred Road home in the last 18 months. In May 2010, a man and a woman were arrested and charged with drug possession and trafficking. West Shore RCMP couldn’t immediately confirm if they are the same individuals who were arrested on Friday. The West Shore detachment had received a number of complaints in the past few months that drugs were being sold from the home. “If you notice activity in your neighbourhood that you feel is suspicious please be pro-active and record your observations,” said Cpl. Bob Pilot, who heads up the street crime unit. “This type of assistance is invaluable to police.” editor@goldstreamgazette.com
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GOLDSTREAM NEWS GAZETTE - Wednesday, February 8, 2012 2012
Student writers, actors create theatre festival Four-play show at Belmont secondary Charla Huber News staff
Writers and actors at Belmont secondary school are teaming up to showcase the Belmont Young Playwrights’ Festival. Four student-written plays are being performed by student actors at the second annual festival on Thursday. Grade 12 student Courtney Baker’s play Eastside Story made the cut of 25 entires. “The play is about the main character Marie trying to solve her father’s murder,” Baker said. Working alongside the actors and other writers in the class, Baker’s one-scene idea was transformed into a full-length play. While writing the play, Baker and other student writers would watch the actors perform scripts and then change the dialogue to make it sound more realistic. The actors also helped generate ideas for the final script. “This play is about the darker part
of life,” said Grade 12 actor Mason Elvedahl, who plays Ryan. On top of adding input into the scripts, actors also had to develop the characters to be realistic. In the play Emma-Lynn Whitman, 16, portrays a six-year-old girl. “It was fun, I get to be flamboyant, I had to change my voice a bit so I didn’t sound like a Grade 11 girl,” Whitman said. “All the characters are very believable.” Working on Eastside Story was different than just picking up a finished script, Elvedahl said. “This brought us together and made us all friends, it was a team effort.” “I am really impressed with the students’ work,” said Lauren Frodsham, Writing 12 teacher. “The students were learning to compromise and finding out what works best in the time frame.” While Eastside Story is a serious play, other scripts showcase a more lighthearted side to student play writing. The other three plays include The Drama Club, a coming of age story, Divine Dramady, a story of a maid for the Greek gods, and Catch Ya on the Flipside, a story set in a high school where no one is as they
seem. Each play runs about 40 minutes. About 25 students in the Writing 12 class wrote a short scenes with the potential to be turned into a play. Scenes were then passed onto drama students who read through and acted them out. The actors then voted on their favourite scenes and four were selected to be expanded into fulllength plays. The festival is Thursday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. at Belmont secondary, 3067 Jacklin Rd. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. in the drama room. Tickets are by donations and people can enter the school at the north entrance. reporter@goldstreamgazette. com
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embers of DeerSafe, a new citizen’s group promoting a non-cull approach to the Capital Region’s deer overpopulation, have a challenge on their hands. The group hopes to have a seat at the table when the Capital Regional District takes its next steps in dealing with the issue. The key to convincing the CRD board of its value in the discussion is not to come off sounding like members of PETA, the animal rights activist group whose supporters have posed nude for anti-fur posters. So far, DeerSafe has offered a rational approach to its call for humane solutions to be found. In a letter to the CRD board, the group wrote, “It is up to us to seek practical ways to overcome co-existence issues in a responsible way.” While it may not have used PETA-style tactics to make its point, DeerSafe has become wrapped up in the mounting hysteria over the potential for the CRD to utilize such tools as a Clover trap — a cage that corrals the deer in a small space — and bolt guns, used to concuss cows and other meat animals before slaughter. The idea of cages being set up in urban neighbourhoods is something the CRD would have to think long and hard about. As for operating bolt guns in those same areas? If deer, like rabbits, were as uncuddly as rats, the conversation about a humane solution wouldn’t be happening. Deer continue to live and propagate in our urban neighbourhoods because they’ve found an endless cornucopia of edible delights. That population of deer will continue to draw animals such as cougars, many who will pay the price of wandering into urban areas. Interrupting that food source with fencing, and no feeding bylaws, and the deer should move on, DeerSafe says. They may be too entrenched, however, for that to do any good. What do you think? Give us your comments by email: editor@goldstreamgazette.com or fax 250-478-6545. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The Goldstream News Gazette is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.
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gas to the U.S. are coming to an he first thing to understand end. Natural gas replaced forest about the race to liquefied products some years ago as B.C.’s natural gas exports is how far top commodity revenue back in the pack B.C. is stream, helping to keep starting. the lights on in B.C. Canada has issued its schools and hospitals. first two export licences But the domestic price is for LNG export projects down for the long term near Kitimat, to sell the and the U.S. has plenty of product of the vast Horn its own gas now. River and Montney shale The third thing to gas deposits in northeastknow is that there is ern B.C. misinformation about One LNG plant has shale gas and “fracking.” begun construction, the Tom Fletcher Shaky videos show somesecond is approved to one touching a match to proceed and a third is also B.C. Views water that has had gas proposed for the same bubbled through it, to region. Unlike the proartificially promote the idea that posed Northern Gateway oil pipeline proposal, plants and associated hydraulic fracturing of shale deposits contaminates groundwater. This pipelines have actually received and some scientifically illiterate all the necessary permits from our media reports are all it takes to get constipated federal-provincial envia protest movement going these ronmental process. days. The fact that a kilometre or Australia has approved six LNG more of solid rock separates B.C. projects in the last two years, with shale deposits from surface water a combined construction cost of sources is seldom mentioned. $180 billion. Reuters reports that The major public health risk their $34 billion Ichthys project from B.C.’s natural gas boom is the will vault Australia past the Middle escape of sour gas, which contains Eastern kingdom of Qatar into first poisonous, heavier-than-air hydroplace among global LNG exporters, gen sulfide. That’s been a problem assuming it is built by 2017. Top producing countries are Qatar, Indo- for B.C.’s conventional gas industry nesia, Malaysia, Nigeria and Algeria. for decades. There are legitimate concerns The second thing B.C. taxpayers about water use and chemical disneed to know is that there is no charge from shale fracturing, and other practical choice here. Huge the B.C. government has scrambled shale gas developments around to upgrade its regulations on that as North America have meant B.C.’s well as sour gas. days of making a tidy sum selling
Premier Christy Clark has run to the front of the LNG parade, trying to convey the notion that multi-billion-dollar investments made years ago by Chinese, Japanese, U.S. and Korean corporations are somehow the result of her “jobs plan.” NDP energy critic John Horgan insists that the B.C. Utilities Commission oversee all this, so the B.C. Liberals don’t subsidize these giant transnational energy companies with cheap electricity and stick B.C. Hydro ratepayers with the bill. According to Horgan, the BCUC should also have lawyered away over the smart meter program for God knows how long, as analog meters become obsolete and Quebec and others modernize their electricity grids without hand-wringing or exploitation of imaginary health threats. This is not a good time to dither. A LNG terminal is proposed for Portland, Ore., and there will be others. LNG plants need lots of electricity, and the B.C. Liberal government wants to market B.C. LNG as the “cleanest” in the world because it’s processed with minimal burning of gas for power generation. Will foreign buyers care about B.C.’s LNG production methods? Are B.C.’s greenhouse gas reduction targets history? More on that in a future column. tfletcher@blackpress.ca —Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com.
‘B.C. taxpayers need to know that there is no other practical choice here.’
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Legalizing marijuana not the answer for Canada I
tion. Studies are now linking mari’ve read the article “Metchosin juana use to a variety of mental weighs in on legalizing pot” disorders including published on Jan. 18, acute toxic psychoin the Gazette and I also sis, delusions, panic recognize that there is attacks, depersonalizaa strong push in this tion and paranoia. direction being made by Some figureheads in a vocal minority in relaMetchosin point out tion to this subject. in this article that they At the risk of lighting had tried marijuana the fuse on the powder themselves many keg that this issue has years ago, but were become, I think it’s very careful to remark that important to look at this Cpl. Scott Hilderly they haven’t done with our best possible so in a long, long eyes. Guest comment time. I would sugEveryone is entitled gest that the reason for to their own opinion, but this is that they recognized it as a everyone is not entitled to their poor personal choice, and opted own facts. instead to dedicate themselves to Marijuana has been proven to healthier, smarter choices, which have over 400 chemicals, negahave led them to achieve the suctively effect the immune system, cesses that they now enjoy. the respiratory system, and Don’t we think we owe it to impair judgement and co-ordina-
our kids to create a supportive environment so that they may have the same opportunity? It’s worth noting that the THC (tetrahydrocannibonol) levels in marijuana have risen from two to five per cent 20 years or so ago to their current common levels of more than 20 per cent. Yes, there is a small percentage of the population who have been diagnosed with such terrible debilitating ailments that physicians have seen fit to prescribe marijuana to help battle pain or stimulate appetite. But when I’ve had discussions with some of them, even they have said that they do not wish for marijuana to be legal for any other non-medicinal reason. In their lives, the use of marijuana is the lesser of two evils. What about the assertion that legalizing marijuana would elimi-
nate organized crime? I would love to subscribe to the notion that organized crime could be eliminated this simply, but the truth is that it wouldn’t matter. A great deal of the trafficking done by the organized crime element takes place with international partners, and would continue to thrive regardless of the legal status of marijuana here at home. And they don’t stop with marijuana — ecstasy, cocaine, heroin, meth, and whatever drug is waiting to be invented in the future. The answer is not found in legalizing everything. So what is the answer? Well, if everyone would devote the same energy toward creating an environment where our kids can thrive, imagine what the future could hold. It’s not that tough to do, but it
can’t be left to just a small group of people to champion. The Search Institute has determined that there are 40 developmental assets that kids need to succeed. The more of these that a student has, the more likely they are to succeed in school, take care of their health, value diversity and exhibit leadership. Conversely, the fewer assets that a student has, the more likely they are to take part in risky behaviour involving drugs, alcohol, violence and sexual activity. The good news is that there are already groups within the West Shore working on building these assets among kids, with the West Shore RCMP detachment leading the way. Have a look at www. search-institute.org/assets. —Cpl. Scott Hilderley is with the RCMP drugs and organized crime awareness service.
LETTERS Long term plan needed for transit It can be debated whether there was enough public consultation on the design and scope of the redevelopment of the Craigflower bridge. However, there is also the issue if the design and scope of the replacement meets the long term transportation needs of the entire Capital Regional District. A bigger bridge, if it were designed as part of a bus corridor (a feeder) connecting an eventual Douglas Street-based light rapid transit and an eventual E&N upgrade is one possibility that serves the long term transportation needs of the entire CRD. Even before amalgamation, the city planners in Toronto ensured there where sufficient feeders connecting the GO commuter trains and TTC subway lines. However, unfortunately, in most of the CRD, the intent today is still to focus only on individual car travel. What about the possibility of existing technology and reversible lanes and queue-jumping as well for such routes? Building in such features now will avoid disruption to service at a later date. More specifically, a third lane where people just sit in traffic on the bus or in their own cars is of diminished value, as you might as well sit in your own vehicle. These are just the type of questions and brainstorming that cannot take place when each municipality has only their immediate needs as the highest priority. Ironically, it is the West Shore that looks at the long term trends and needs and plans for them. This is no different than the
Uptown center redevelopment. When this development was proposed I submitted numerous letters to have a bus exchange underneath, similar to what exists in Canadian and American cities back east (e.g., St. Laurent Mall in Ottawa) or at Metrotown in Burnaby. Whether we have bus rapid transit or LRT, this would not have been a sunk cost. Similarly, for this project, was there any forward thinking for bus corridors? We need to plan for transit 20 to 30 years out. Avi Ickovich Langford
Barrie achieved a lot for community It seems people are quick to condemn Len Barrie, a local product that did and will do more good in the near future. It is with confidence that Barrie transformed a rough patch of land into what is now a worldclass facility, enjoyed by thousands of all these years. This is where apprentices learn, tradesmen work and families would like to call home. Take a look at the good he has done from the simple days of riding the ferries to or from a game with his parents. I doubt any of us would or could avoid all the pitfalls or have achieved such success without his drive or insistence. Personally I can’t wait to see what is next from this great Canadian. Rick Clare Metchosin
Metchosin must enact referendum Each of the Metchosin elected council members stated on more than one formal and public occasion during their
campaign that they “would abide by the results of the referendum.” As a consequence their election to office was partly attributable to such a stand. Therefore the issue is no longer one of democratic action or legality (as some would want) but one of integrity. Now apparently councillors Moralea Milne and Jo Mitchell wish to add multiple caveats and thereby subvert what should be a simple straightforward bylaw. So much for integrity. Thomas Reid Metchosin
Europe gets ferry costs right The B.C. ferries are not run properly or someone is scamming big time.
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If you go to the website of DFDS Seaways and check their pricing you will find from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Newcastle, U.K., for two adults, one car, return, costs 332 euros. These are 15 or 16 hour trips each way. This also includes the cost of a
cabin with two beds. The ferries are more luxurious than any B.C. ferry. Also gas prices are so much more than here in B.C. What gives? Johanna van den Brink Langford Letters continued on Page A12
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LETTERS Ferry system is a provincial highway The recent publication of the ferry commissioner’s review of
The reason that his “user pay all” corporate initiative failed is to be found in his refusal to understand the basic principle of economics: the more prices go up, the more likely demand will go down.
the Coastal Ferry Act means it is finally time to accept that the Gordon Campbell government’s ideologically driven decision to privatize B.C. Ferries has proved to be a wrong-headed mistake.
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PIANO RECITAL BY piano virtuoso Shoko Inoue, Feb. 9, 7 p.m. Tom Lee Music Hall, Millstream Village, 2401D Millstream Rd. RSVP to 250-383-5222. BELMONT SECONDARY YOUNG Playwrights Festival, Feb. 9, Belmont Studio Theatre, 3067 Jacklin Rd., 7 p.m., doors 6:30 p.m. By donation. SOLAR COLWOOD COMMUNITY information session, Feb. 9, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Colwood city hall, 3300 Wishart Rd. TAKE THE PRESSURE Down heart health clinics, Westshore Town Centre Feb. 9, 23, March 8; Juan de Fuca rec Feb. 16, March 1, 15. Free blood pressure check, heart health education.
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B.C. shifts electricity policy toward liquid natural gas Tom Fletcher Black Press
The B.C. government is relaxing the electricity self-sufficiency policy that has driven expansion of independent power projects, and put the focus on new electricity supply for a major expansion of liquefied natural gas exports. Premier Christy Clark made the announcement Friday in Burnaby. The self-sufficiency policy set in 2008 required B.C. Hydro to supply the province’s needs even in the lowest-water years when large hydroelectric reservoirs run low and B.C. has to import power. The new policy requires B.C. Hydro to be self-sufficient only in average-water years, and will lead to the purchase of more imported power in years of low snow and rainfall. B.C.’s announcement comes the day after the National Energy Board approved an export permit for B.C.’s second LNG facility near Kitimat. Chinese, Korean and Canadian energy companies have invested in the first two projects, and Shell has proposed a third. LNG production requires huge refrigeration and compression plants. The B.C. government estimates that with new electricity development it can power two plants, but a gas-fired power plant will be
needed to back up run-of-river or wind generation that runs intermittently. “B.C.’s natural gas will help with the transition to a low-carbon global economy by displacing Asia’s current reliance on other carbon-intensive fuels like coal and diesel,” Clark said. “To protect our environment here, we also plan to introduce a more ambitious means of offsetting greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon capture and storage, while balancing growth.” B.C. is joining a rush of LNG production aimed at taking advantage of high prices paid by Asian importers. A surge of shale gas development in Canada and the U.S. has pushed the price down to about $4 per gigajoule in North America, while the price in Asia has climbed above $12. The Persian Gulf nation Qatar has been producing LNG since 1984. It is the world’s largest producer with capacity of 42 million tonnes per year, with further expansion plans. Australia has been expanding its LNG export industry rapidly, with six projects in development. Its latest project, with investment from Japanese and French petroleum companies, would put Australia ahead of Qatar as the world’s top producer by 2017. editor@goldstreamgazette.com
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Homegrown house concerts bring intimacy back to music Erin McCracken
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With guitar in hand, Shaun Verreault, frontman for popular Canadian band, Wide Mouth Mason, sits on a stool in Andy Briggs’ living room and scans the eager faces before him. It’s Saturday night and about 40 music lovers have gathered for another concert in Briggs’ Fernwood home. By day he is a financial controller, but by night he has been bringing well-known solo artists, bands and their fans together since 2007, as part of his Victoria House Concert B. “I get my (music) fix from these house concerts,” Briggs says. House concerts, though still largely underground and advertised through word of mouth, are gaining in popularity in Canada. Some artists even travel from home to home on house-concert circuits, says Verreault, who performed his first in Briggs’ home last August. “What this guy has done is unbelievable,” the Vancouver resident, who has performed with his band in front of 60,000 people, tells tonight’s crowd. “It’s like the punk scene was in the ‘70s.” Driven by a love of live music, Briggs has hosted more than 50 shows in his home, featuring the likes of Jay Semko from The
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“patron of the arts.” “It’s a well-connected guy whose arranged it so people can come see an acoustic performer play without a P.A. (system) and neon signs crackling in the background, and without a pool table and without a hockey game on TV,” Verreault says. “It’s just a musical, warm place.” Fans pay $20, every penny of which Briggs passes on to the artists. “I got my money’s worth when he (Shaun Verreault) walked by and shook my hand,” says Steve Archambault, seated three rows back where Briggs’ living and dining rooms connect. “This is 10 times the intimacy because they’re right there,” says the Esquimalt resident, who first heard about Victoria House Concert B two years ago. “This is bringing back music the way it should be. It doesn’t get any better than this.” For details check out Victoria House Concert B at www.facebook.com/groups/ VHCBinfo. emccracken@vicnews.com
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Shaun Verreault, lead singer of popular Canadian band, Wide Mouth Mason, delivers an intimate performance for fans at a house concert in Fernwood. Northern Pikes, Acres of Lions, Vince Vaccaro, Steph Macpherson, Jon and Roy, Snailhouse, The Autumn Portrait and Barney Bentall, among others. The intimate live shows allow artists to try out new music on appreciative fans, as
connect with fans, answer questions between sets and perform where there are no distractions. For these reasons, the artist says Briggs is a true
well as share stories about themselves and the songs they perform. “You can hear a pin drop, and that’s why it’s so amazing,” Briggs says. “It’s like being back stage for everyone.” The venue gives Verreault the chance to
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The man who brought the pumpkin festival and street performers’ festival to Victoria has set his sights on yet another new festival idea. John Vickers is well on his way to launching the Victoria International Chalk Festival. The idea took shape when he travelled to Sarasota, Fla., in December to learn about that city’s festival. Founded by Denise Kowal, the event attracted 250,000 people. “I met the organizer of that festival,” said Vickers. “She has signed on as our new volunteer artistic director.” Victoria’s version has many elements planned. A chalk art-
ist will create a 37-square-metre 3-D drawing at Centre Court in the Bay Centre. He is also seeking approval to close Government Street for the two-day festival, Sept. 15 and 16 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. between Fort and Yates streets. The pavement, if not deemed too bumpy, will be transformed into a canvass for 15 international artists and 30 local artists. The Downtown Victoria Business Association has expressed preliminary support for the concept. “While it is always a balancing act to create appropriate venues without compromising the ability of our individual businesses to remain open and even do better than they usually do as a result of your
efforts, you have demonstrated a great flare for achieving this in the past,” wrote general manager Ken Kelly. Vickers still faces one major stumbling block. Last week, he discovered a city bylaw forbidding anyone, except licensed buskers, from drawing on public sidewalks. “There seemed to be general unanimity (on council) on the idea that it was a cool project and that we thought it would add lovely flavour to a variety of city events happening for the 150 anniversary,” said Coun. Marianne Alto. Vickers needs to apply for a special event which would include some kind of an exemption from the general prohibition against chalk drawing.
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B.C. complaint commissioner considers police assault review Erin McCracken News staff
B.C.’s police complaint commissioner will decide by Feb. 15 whether Victoria Police Chief Const. Jamie Graham’s handling of a jail supervisor’s assault on a prisoner deserves a closer look. Commissioner Stan Lowe will consider several factors in deciding if the case warrants a public hearing or a review by a retired judge. Chief among those is the chief’s decision not to find Sgt. George Chong guilty of using excessive force on Frank Blair. It conflicts with Chong’s criminal assault conviction last November for the same incident, said Rollie Woods, deputy police complaint commissioner. “How do you come up with two different outcomes?”
Woods said. “It doesn’t attract confidence from the public in either the complaint process or the criminal justice system.” In January 2010, Chong put Blair in a chokehold that caused him to lose consciousness, fall to the floor and suffer injuries. Chong was found guilty of assault in a Victoria court and was given a suspended sentence and 12 months probation. Graham found his sergeant guilty of neglect of duty, but not guilty of using excessive force on Blair. The chief penalized Chong with a five-day unpaid suspension, Woods said. Chong, who was suspended with pay in February 2010, never returned to the job. He retired on Wednesday. In making his decision, Lowe will factor in whether a public hearing would be like trying a
person twice on the same set of facts. “When you’re found guilty under one piece of legislation, you shouldn’t be found guilty under another piece of legislation,” Woods said of recent case law the commissioner is consulting. “This will affect his decision.” Other factors will include Chong’s retirement, the officer’s criminal conviction, the cost of a hearing and the public nature of the case, he said. Lowe could publicly disagree with the police chief’s findings, but not order a review. “Is there a need to go through this public hearing? Again, what would be the purpose?” Woods asked. “These are the questions (Lowe has) got to consider when he makes his decision. This is different than anything else we’ve dealt with.”
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With negotiations stalled after 11 months of fruitless meetings and five months of strike action, the bargaining agent for B.C. school districts has concluded there is no chance for a negotiated settlement with the B.C. Teachers’ Federation. The B.C. Public School Employers’ Association presented its latest offer as talks with the B.C. Teachers’ Federation resumed last week. BCPSEA issued a statement listing new proposals for teacher leave and a two-year contract term, but expectations of progress on major issues have disappeared. “The parties are scheduled to meet in bargaining for a full day again (Feb. 2),” the statement says. “It has become evident, however, that any number of presentations, explanations or meetings will not help the parties reach a new agreement.” BCTF president Susan Lambert described the latest employer proposal as “baby steps” toward a settlement. BCPSEA was more pessimistic than that. When the latest offer was tabled Wednesday, the union’s response at the table continued the
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Jim Halston was driving eastbound across the Johnson Street Bridge when “a huge thump” startled him. He first assumed he’d been hit from behind, but the driver behind him was too far back. “I saw the look on her face in the rear-view mirror. It was a look of shock,” Halston said. He pulled over at his first opportunity. “I saw the dent (in the roof of the car) and the dust from the rust,” he said. Halston waited for a gap in traffic and returned to the spot, where he retrieved a chunk of rusty metal with blue paint — proof it had flaked off the bridge. His primary concern was one of safety. “Had it come down one or two seconds sooner, it could have hit the cyclist (ahead of me),” “Maybe this he said, of the incident is fairly random, on Oct. 4. but I doubt it. We So, could it happen again? It’s a question all know the issues the city is looking into. with the bridge.” “We retained Stantec (an engineering firm) –Jim Halston to have a look at it and determine what we need to do,” said Victoria’s director of engineering and public works Dwayne Kalynchuk. “We’re supposed to receive a report from them shortly as to any additional loose metal that we have to scrape (from) it, or remove (from) it, just to continue to have the bridge operate in a safe condition … It’s more than likely we’ll have to, at some point, remove some.” Halston’s other concern is compensation. Advanced Collision estimated the repairs to his car at $773. In January, he received a letter from the Municipal Insurance Association denying his claim for compensation because the event was “random” and “not foreseeable.” “This was an isolated incident, and the City is not aware of any history of debris falling from the bridge and striking vehicles,” reads the letter. “We turn it over to our insurance, and it’s up to them to make a call,” said Kalynchuk. He agrees, however, that it’s fair to characterize the incident as isolated and unpredictable. Halston disagrees. “Maybe this is fairly random, but I doubt it,” he
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Jim Halston drives across the Johnson Street Bridge two or three times a week, but is now considering taking an alternative route, after a piece of the bridge struck his car. said. “We all know the issues with the bridge.” In April 2009, Delcan presented an assessment report of the bridge outlining many concerns. They include extensive corrosion, areas of pack rust, and failed paint, as well as a mechanical and electrical system at the end of their life span. Delcan recommended either replacing or refurbishing the bridge within three years. That deadline is almost upon us, but a replacement is still two to three years away. The city has, however, “beefed up” its annual inspections since receiving the Delcan report, said Kalynchuk. It was a Stantec inspection that led to the closure of the rail portion of the bridge last April. “We continue to do our maintenance as best we can,” he said. The insurance agency, he added, likely took the City’s diligence into account when determining responsibility for the falling debris. The experience has left Halston wary. “I should stop using the bridge,” he said. “Maybe it should be shut down.”
Mystery metal chunk The piece of metal that struck Jim Halston’s Saturn weighed roughly 150 grams and measured 10 to 15 centimetres in length, according to his own estimate. Victoria’s director of engineering and public works Dwayne Kalynchuk, estimated it at about half that size. The real measurements, however, can’t be known. “I naively left the piece of metal with them (staff at city hall),” said Jim Halston. Kalynchuk says he doesn’t know if the City still possesses the evidence. editor@goldstreamgazette.com
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Langford teen’s soccer dreams on target Scouted at an early age, teen headed to elite training camp Charla Huber News staff
Lindsay Hargreaves is one serious soccer fanatic. Kicking a soccer ball and netting goals since the age of four, the six-foot tall 14-year-old is a powerful threat to her opponents on the pitch. Through her high-caliber play with the Victoria Capitals in the United Soccer Leagues Super-Y league, Hargreaves was selected to attend a Super-Y league Olympic development program national camp, in Florida, starting March 1. The Langford teen will train with about 200 top youth athletes from across North America at a four-day camp at IMG Academies in Bradenton, Fla., a facility where top athletes train from around world. “I am looking forward to experiencing the new people and the coaches,” Hargreaves said. During the Super-Y summer league, coaches would select an opposing player who stood out. Then at the end of the summer the nominations were added up and one player from each team was selected to go to the national camp. “I have a pretty powerful kick and I am fast,” the defender and midfielder said. Her height is an added
advantage for “good headers and over all strength.” The camp brings the added pressure of soccer scouts looking for future prospective players for top U.S. universities. “I really want a scholarship for somewhere in the States,” Hargreaves said, adding she would like to study to be a teacher. Knowing the scouts are watching isn’t anything new for her though. Last year she received a prospect letter from the University of Texas. “They can’t offer her a scholarship until she is in Grade 11,” explained Hargreaves mother, Toby Hargreaves. Living on the Island allows Hargreaves to play year-round. During the winter she plays for the U15 Vancouver Island Wave in the EA Sports B.C. Premier League. That team practises out of Pacific Institute of Sport Excellence twice a week and has one game a week. Players from across the Island play against teams in the lower Mainland. The league began in the end of January. Between the Wave and the Super-Y, she also plays on the lower Island Metro Victoria Capitals. For Hargreaves, soccer has no off-season. Even during school the Grade 9 student thinks about soccer as a three-year member of the Dunsmuir middle school soccer academy. “It’s just extra practice for me and it’s much more fun than gym class.” reporter@goldstreamgazette.com
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Langford teen Lindsay Hargreaves,14, has been selected to attend an Olympic development camp in Florida. She plays soccer year round and is already on the radar of university
Shamrocks await Mainland decisions at WLA draft Stars Karsen Leung, Cody Bremner among coveted Island players Travis Paterson News staff
Draft day is near and decision time is always complicated for the Victoria Shamrocks. The annual Western Lacrosse Association junior draft is in Burnaby on Monday (Feb. 6) and this year’s crop of graduating B.C. Junior Lacrosse League players is a good one. Four players stand out on the Island, all originally from Victoria, said Junior Shamrocks general manager Rod Wood. Cody Bremner (Nanaimo Timbermen) and Karsen Leung (Shamrocks) are likely to go in the first round, followed by Casey Jackson (Coquitlam) and Kyle Hofer (Timbermen). Few players in the draft have the talent of Bremner and Leung, how-
ever, and the question for Shamrocks fans is whether either of them make it to sixth overall, when Shamrocks general manager Chris Welch makes his team’s first-round pick. The Shamrocks don’t have a pick in the second round, but do have three in the third round, including the 16th pick (from Burnaby), the 18th pick (from Langley), their own at 19th, and the 27th overall pick in the fourth and final round. “There’s so much talent coming out of the Mainland, there’s a good chance Bremner and Leung (not necessarily in that order) could go to Victoria and Nanaimo (seventh) in the first round,” Wood said. Transition stud Travis Cornwall of the Minto Cup-winning Coquitlam Adanacs is the general consensus to go No. 1. He was the first player from B.C. to go in the 2011 NLL Entry Draft, seventh overall to the Calgary Roughnecks. He is followed by offensive stars Mark Negrin of the New Westminster Salmonbellies, Logan Schuss of the Delta Islanders and Jaxson Lee of the Burnaby Lakers. There’s also defender Travis Irving of the Salmon-
bellies, among others. A few Victoria players have a dark horse chance to get drafted on Monday. Ben Stebbins, Austin Powell, Luke Acton, Tyler Matheson, Mitch Meilleur and Curtis McKinnon have all played their last year of junior. Stebbins, a big kid who moves fast and plays with tenacity, has fallen off the radar a little bit and could go in the second round, Wood said. “At one point the (NLL) Washington Stealth were interested, but passed him up.” The other player teams will like is Powell, who won the Jr. Shamrocks’ 2011 defensive player of the year award as a 21-year-old box lacrosse rookie. A field lacrosse player from San Diego, Powell plays with Leung at Bellarmine University (Kentucky) and is good on faceoffs. “Powell said recently if he’s drafted to the WLA he’ll come back and play,” Wood said. “Acton will probably get looked at, but has said he’d like to return to Saskatchewan, so it’s unlikely he’ll get drafted,” Wood said. sports@goldstreamgazette.com
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Neighbourly competition Third Sonja Gaudet of Vernon takes her shot (slowed by brakeman Gerry Austgarden) during the B.C. Wheelchair Curling Championship at the McArthur Island Curling Club in Kamloops. Gaudet and Austgarden competed for the Darryl Neighbour rink, which includes Neighbour of Richmond and Corrine Jensen of Victoria, second from right. The Neighbour crew defeated the Gary Cormack rink from Surrey to advance to the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship, March 18 to 25 in Thunder Bay.
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Royals host Everett At last, Sam Grist scores again. The Peninsula product notched just his second career goal in the WHL as his Tri-City Americans defeated the Victoria Royals 6-3 on Saturday. The former Victoria Grizzlies defenceman also tallied an assist. Grist was one of the positives for Victoria hockey fans to take away from the fact the Royals lost both games during their weekend swing through Washington State, including a 6-5 shootout to the Spokane Chiefs on Friday. Gleaning the positives is what being a younger team is all about. Another reason for optimism is the four game goal scoring streak Jamie Crooks is on. Crooks leads the Royals with 29 goals as Victoria host the Everett Silvertips, 7:05 p.m. Wednesday night at SaveOn-Foods Memorial Centre. Grist now has two goals in 102 WHL games. It took him 96 games to get his first goal, which came back on Jan. 14.
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After a run of high scoring, one-sided losses the Victoria Grizzlies plugged the defensive leak on Saturday in a 2-1 loss to the Powell River Kings. Granted the Grizz’ came up short of a win, but the team’s goals against average earned a muchneeded respite after losing 8-5 to the Coquitlam Express on Friday. Former Grizzly Teal Burns, who was also a junior-B Victoria Cougar, returned with the Kings on Saturday. Burns was assigned to the BCHL’s Nanaimo Clippers in January by the WHL’s Everett Silvertips. Nanaimo then traded his rights to Powell River at the deadline, and Burns scored three goals and eight assists in his first nine games.
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Cougars and Braves in captains duel One-game efforts are great for conversation, which Sam Gagner is finding out, but the true bread and butter of scoring leaders is piling up the multiple point games. It’s how former Saanich Braves player Wade Murphy, now with the Penticton Vees, has climbed to 77 points in 46 games, second overall in B.C. Hockey League scoring (as of Feb. 5). It’s also how Ty Jones of the Saanich Braves has caught Brody Coulter of the Victoria Cougars in what has become a captains’ duel for the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League scoring race. As of Monday each had 68 points, Jones with 33 goals and 35 assists, Coulter with 27 goals and 41 assists. Jones had a late start and has played seven less games. He finally caught and surpassed Coulter with a four point game on Feb. 1. Jones scored twice and added two assists, while Mitch Johnstone scored a hat trick in the Braves 11-0 drubbing of Peninsula Panthers at Pearkes arena. Jones held the torch for just 24 hours, however, as the Braves lost to the Cougars 5-2 in Esquimalt the next night. Jones scored the first goal, one minute and 27 seconds into the game. But the Cougars roared back with two goals by Chris Bannister, and one each from Steve Axford, Connor Stephens, and Graham Zagrodney. Coulter had two assists. The Cougars host the Oceanside Generals Thursday, 7:15 p.m., the Braves host Kerry Park, 6:30 p.m. on Friday. sports@vicnews.com
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CORDOVA BAY (near Matticks Farm/Golf). Appraised at $615,000. 3 bdrm, 3 bath, water view, clean, good condition, recent upgrades, (suite $800). Quick sale, realtor protected. Open house: Sat & Sun, 2pm-4pm weekly. 5177 Lochside Drive. 778-432-0776 Email: fadadu@hotmail.com
SIDNEY CHARMING garden cottage, sea view & beach access on bus route to Sidney & Victoria, close to ferries & airport. Totally renovated, w/beautiful fir floors, 1 bdrm (fits queen or smaller), 1 bath, open kitchen/dining & living area, 4 appls, off street prkg. $1000. NP/NS. Opportunity to garden. Avail March 1. Prefer long term. 250-656-3003.
ISLAND AUTO Body, Paint & Upholstery. 25 yrs. 1210 Stelly’s X Road. 250-881-4862.
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4TH YEAR Journeyman Plumbers & Sheetmetal workers needed in Kindersly SK. Top wages, benefits, RRSP, room for advancement, positive work atmosphere. Contact office@lukplumbing.com or 306 463-6707.
Guaranteed Record Removal since 1989. Confidential, Fast, & Affordable. Our A+BBB Rating assures EMPLOYMENT & TRAVEL FREEDOM. Call for FREE INFO. BOOKLET
AUTOMATED TANK Manufacturing Inc. requires a Spray Foam & Paint Applicator. Must have minimum 2 years experience, and must be in good physical health. Great wages, benefits, full insurance package 100% paid by company, savings plan for retirement, profit sharing bonus, long term employment. Wages $33$35/hour. Join a winning team. Call 780-846-2231 for appointment or send resume to: Fax 780-846-2241 or email Blaine Ross at blaine@autotanks.ca or Basil Inder at production@autotanks.ca.
DIAL-A-LAW: ACCESS free information on BC law. 604687-4680; 1-800-565-5297; www.dialalaw.org, audio available. Lawyer Referral Service. Need a lawyer? Learn more by calling 604-687-3221; 1-800-663-1919.
EXPERIENCED DRILLERS, Derrickhands, Motorhands and Floorhands. Seeking full rig crews. Paying higher than industry rates and winter bonus. Send resume c/w valid tickets. Fax 780-955-2008; info@tempcodrilling.com. Phone 780-955-5537.
PERSONAL SERVICES HEALTH PRODUCTS HERBAL MAGIC Open House. Feb. 6th-12th. Drop by for prizes, discounts and product tasting. Special offer - lose weight, less than $10/week. Call 1-800-376-2104.
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PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEO DIGITAL PHOTO retouch, editing, add/remove objects/people. Tribute posters, home movies to CD/DVD. 250-4753332. www.cwpics.com
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE BUILDING SUPPLIES METAL ROOFING & siding sales. Seconds avail. Custom roof Flashings. 250-544-3106.
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ROLL-TOP DESK $399., Bookcases from $59., Wooden Table w/4 Chairs $159., Box/Mattress sets from $99., Sofa & Loveseat $199., Nested Wooden Tables 3/$49., Hat/Coat Rack $15.; Leather or Microfibre Sofa, Loveseat & Chair sets w/5 Built-In Recliners $1199.; Clearance on All like new & Used Furnishings & All Tools & Hdwe! BUY & SAVE 9818 4th St., Sidney. buyandsave.ca Visa, M/C. STEEL BUILDINGS For all uses! Spring deals! Make an offer on sell-off models at factory and save thousands now! Call for free brochure - 1-800668-5111 ext. 170.
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250-655-0700 REAL ESTATE FOR SALE BY OWNER MOBILE HOME 55+ move in ready, many upgrades. (250)652-6782.
HOUSES FOR SALE
AIRCAST BOOTS, medical, like new, 1 sz fits all male & female, $95 obo. (250)380-2858 before 9pm. LEXMARK PRINTER still in box, $99. Call (250)721-0308. STROLLER- GRAYCO, for twins, excellent condition, $70. Call 250-727-7721.
Mortgage Help! Beat bank rates for purchases and refinances, immediate debt consolidation, foreclosure relief, and equity loans. Free, fast, friendly, private consultations. Call 1888-685-6181 www.mountaincitymortgage.ca
FREE CASH Back with $0 down at Auto Credit Fast. Need a vehicle? Good or Bad credit call Stephanie 1-877792-0599 DLN 30309. Free delivery www.autocreditfast.ca WANT A Vehicle but stressed about your credit? Christmas in February, $500 cash back. We fund your future not your past. All credit situations accepted. www.creditdrivers.ca 1-888-593-6095.
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CORDOVA BAY- 2 bdrms, W/D, hydro incld. Avail Mar 1. $945/mo. (250)658-4760. ESQ/GORGE, BRIGHT spacious, 2 bdrm grd level, on bus route, laundry, lrg fenced yard, N/S, N/P. $1100 mo incls all utils. Avail now. 250-384-5466 GLANFORD: FEB. 15. 1100 sqft 2 bdrm, quiet/bright. Reno kitch & bdrm closet. w/d, full bath, storage, priv entr., sm yrd, near bus, amens. NS/NP, $1030, ht, h/w, hydro/internet incl’d. Refs. 250-704-0197
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SCRAP BATTERIES Wanted We buy scrap batteries from cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 & up each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Minimum 10. Toll Free 1.877.334.2288.
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toll free 1-888-588-7172 2002 FORD 150 Pick-up- 4 WD, excellent condition. (250)592-1620, evenings.
UTILITY TRAILERS UTILITY TRAILER, 4’ x 8’ x 16”, removable cover, $500. Call 250-391-1999.
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SAANICH: FURNISHED large 1 bdrm suite. NP/NS. Avail Now. Refs req’d. $900/mo inclusive. Call 250-721-0281, 250-858-0807.
FURNITURE
SIDNEY Waterfront- 1 bdrm bachelor. $1000 inclusive. Refs. NP/NS. (250)656-4003.
MODERN EXEC. Run-off desk w/round table section $150. Buff/hutch $350. 2 tall book units w/cupboards $80 ea. Excellent cond. (250)478-8702
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1992 TRAVELAIRE. Bright, clean, sleeps 4. Immaculate condition. Full shower with skylight, generator, air conditioning, 91,000 km. $16,500. (250) 743-6036
LANGFORD (Costco). Bus, shops, school. 2 Bdrm suite, yard, 4 appls, water incl, shared laundry, $1100 + utils. NS/NP. Mar 1. (250)881-2283
SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest firewood producer offers firewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD.
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SOINTULA, (N. Island) ocean front/view suites/all inclusive. Weekly, monthly, $200 week. (250)230-6722
LANGFORD. 2-BDRM, in suite laundry, parking, lots of closets. NS/NP. $1100. heat & lights incld. (250)686-4445.
ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fir, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.
CAN’T GET Up Your Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift! Call 1-866-9815991
HOMES FOR RENT LANGFORD. 3-BDRM + den. 2 bath, double car garage, huge deck, on quiet street. $2300./mo. (250)686-4445.
LANGFORD: 1 bdrm, main floor, W/D, NS/NP. $800 incld’s utils. (250)220-8750.
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IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s that simple. Your credit/age/income is not an issue. 1-800-587-2161.
SIDNEY: FURNISHED Deluxe suite, newer. Walk to ocean & town. All incl. 250-656-8080.
BRENTWOODBRIGHT, quiet, 1 bdrm garden suite, priv entrance, W/D. NS/NP. $850 inclds inter-net & phone. (250)652-6264.
WOOD DESK with 3 drawers, mahogany colour, $99. Call 250-370-9515.
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VILAS LOVESEAT, excellent condition, beige background, $95. Call (250)592-8509.
SOOKE, 3 bdrm, 4-plex, $750 mo, on bus route, nice deck, yard. Call 250-478-2450.
GOLDSTREAM, (SINGLE) 1400sq ft, furn., deck & yard, lndry, hi-def TV, own bath. $650 inclusive. (250)884-0091
RENTALS
VHS TAPES recordable (100), used once, $30 (all). Call 250388-3572.
2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded. White. 119,000 km, mostly hwy driven. On-Star. $11,900 firm. 250-755-5191.
SIDNEY- 3 bdrm (behind Thrifty’s) 1 bath. Reno’d. NS/NP. $1375+(250)656-4003
PRIVATE MORTGAGE Lender. Funding smaller 2nd, 3rd, & interim mortgages. No fees! Please call 604-736-6914 or grpacific@telus.net. Courtesy to agents.
NAPLES FLORIDA Area! Bank acquired condos only $169,900. Same unit sold for $428,895. Own your brand new condo for pennies on the dollar in warm, sunny SW Florida! Walk to over 20 restaurants/100 shops! Must see. Ask about travel incentives. Call 1-866-959-2825, ext 15. www.coconutpointcondos.com
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SIDNEY: NEW, 3 bdrm + den, laundry, NS/NP, $1700. Avail Apr. 1. Call 250-217-4060.
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DESIGN FOR PERMIT. w w w. i n t e gra d e s i g n i n c . c o m Call Steven (250) 381-4123.
DPM SERVICES: lawn/gard, cleanups, pruning, hedges, landscapes, irrigation, pwr washing, gutters 15yrs. 250883-8141.
$20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc. Free estimates. 250-812-2279.
✭BUBBA’’S HAULING✭ Honest & on time. Demolition, construction clean-ups, small load deliveries (sand, gravel, topsoil, mulch), garden waste removal, mini excavator, bob cat service.(250)478-8858.
CBS MASONRY BBB A+ Accredited Business. Chimneys, Fireplaces, Flagstone Rock, Concrete Pavers, Patios, Sidewalk Repair. Replace, Rebuild, Renew! “Quality is our Guarantee”. Free Competitive Estimates. Call (250)294-9942 or 250-589-9942. www.cbsmasonry.com
PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, old world texturing, coves, fireplaces. Bob, 250-642-5178.
Certified General Accountant Bookkeeping, Audit, Payroll, HST. Set up & Training. E-File
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CARPENTRY BENOIT CONSTRUCTION. Reno’s & Additions. Windows, Doors, Decks. 250-479-0748. CUSTOM PLANER- (Fir, cedar) baseboards, casings, crown molding (any shape). Call (250)588-5920.
DRYWALL AARON’S RENO’S Drywall, taping, texture. Insured/bonded. Free est. 250-880-0525.
OVERGROWN GARDEN? Cleanups. Pruning roses, fruit tree, hedges. John Kaiser 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.
ELECTRICAL
GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS
250-361-6193. QUALITY Electric. Reno’s plus. Visa accepted. Small jobs ok. #22779
A1 -AL’S V.I.P. Gutter Cleaning. Gutter guards, power washing, roof de-mossing, repairs, windows. Package deals! Insured. (250)507-6543.
AT&T ELECTRIC. Renovations. Residential & Commercial. Knob & tube replacement. #26125. (250)744-4550. KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small. Kendra, 250-415-7991. LAKE ELECTRIC+20yrs exp., res/comm. & reno’s. Lic: 102849, call (778)679-1583.
QUALITY CRAFTSMANSHIP (BBB) All reno’s, kitchen, bath, custom showers. Anything concrete. 250-658-2656. www.wingfieldcontracting.com
NORTHERN SUN Electric Comm/Res. $35/hr. Work Guaranteed. Any size job. (250)888-6160. Lic#13981.
CLEANING SERVICES
WATTS ON ELECTRIC, Residential, Commercial, Renovations. #100213. 250-418-1611.
#1 CAREBEAR CLEANING. Earth friendly products. House, office & rental. Senior discount. $25hr. 250-217-5507 CARING BONDABLE work since 1985. Supplies & vacuum incld’d. Call (250)385-5869 SPOTLESS HOME Cleaning. Affordable, Experienced, Reliable, Efficient. (250)508-1018
COMPUTER SERVICES A HOME COMPUTER Coach. Senior friendly. Computer lessons, maintenance and problem solving. Des, 250-6569363, 250-727-5519. COMPUDOC MOBILE Computer Services. Repairs, tuneups, tutoring, web sites and more. Call 250-886-8053.
CONTRACTORS CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, kitch/bath, wood floor, tiles, plumbing, renos 250-213-6877 QUALITY CRAFTSMANSHIP (BBB) All reno’s, kitchen, bath, custom showers. Anything concrete. 250-658-2656. www.wingfieldcontracting.com
EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE BUBBA’S HAULING. Mini excavator & bob cat services. Call 250-478-8858. SEPTIC SYSTEMS. Bobcat Services, Mini Excavator, Full Size Excavator, top soil/gravel. Call 250-474-7384.
FENCING ALL TYPES of fencing, repairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637.
FURNITURE REFINISHING FURNITURE REFINISHING. Specializing in small items, end-tables, coffee tables, chairs. Free pick-up & delivery. References available. 250-475-1462.
GARDENING ARE YOU in need of a professional, qualified, residential or commercial gardener? www. glenwood gardenworks.com
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DIAMOND DAVE GUTTER CLEANING
2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on local moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)686-6507.
FAMILY MAN Hauling. Prompt, Courteous. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-920-8463.
250-889-5794.
GARDEN CITY Green Hauling & Recycle. Chris, 250-2170062. junkremovalvictoria.com
GUTTER CLEANING, repairs, de-mossing. Windows, power washing. 250-478-6323. GUTTER CLEANING. Repairs, Maintenance, Gutterguard, Leaf traps. Grand Xterior Cleaning Services. WCB Insured. Call 250-380-7778. PERIMETER EXTERIORS. Gutter cleaning, repairs, upgrades & maintenance. WCB, Free est. 250-881-2440.
HANDYPERSONS Aroundthehouse.ca ALL, Repairs & Renovations Ben 250-884-6603
DIAMOND MOVING. 1 ton 2 ton, 5 ton. Prices starting at $75/hr. 250-220-0734. M&S OXFORD Home/Commercial Reno’s & Painting. Patio’s, Decks, Sheds, Hardwood and Trim. 25 yrs exp. Quality Guar. 250-213-5204. QUALITY CRAFTSMANSHIP (BBB) All reno’s, kitchen, bath, custom showers. Anything concrete. 250-658-2656. www.wingfieldcontracting.com RENOS BY Don, 25 yrs exp. New, renos, repairs, decks, fencing, bathrooms, kitchens. Senior discounts. Licensed, Insured, WCB, 250-588-1545.
HOME REPAIRS HIRE-A-HUSBAND, 250-5144829. Specialize in bath/kitchen reno’s and accessibility. Serving Victoria for 23 years.
AL’S AVAILABLE to update your home. Kitchens, baths, basements, etc. Licensed & Insured. Al 250-415-1397.
IRRIGATION/SPRINKLER SYSTEMS
BEETLES RESIDENTIAL Renovations Ltd. Bathrooms, decks, painting, landscaping and handyman services. Fully insured and guaranteed. Free estimates. Call 250-889-4245. HIRE-A-HUSBAND, 250-5144829. Specialize in bath/kitchen reno’s and accessibility. Serving Victoria for 23 years. IFIX HANDYMAN Services. Household repairs and renovations. Free estimates. Call Denis at 250-634-8086 or email: denisifix@gmail.com
ROMAX MASONRY. Exp’d & Professional. Chimneys, Brick Veneer, Rockwork, Cultured Stone, Interlocking Paving. Fully insured. Estimates. Call 250-588-9471 - 250-882-5181
MOVING & STORAGE
CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.
THOROUGH JOB AT A FAIR PRICE! Repairs, gutter guard, power washing, window washing, roof de-mossing. Fully Insured. Free estimate.
SENIOR HANDYMANHousehold repairs. Will assist do-it yourselfers. Fred, 250888-5345.
PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Shawn 250-812-7774
SUMMIT SERVICES. Total property services. Including certified Irrigation & Landscaping, Site Maintenance inside and out. See what everyone is talking about! 250-883-1041. james@summitirrigation.ca
MASONRY & BRICKWORK CBS MASONRY BBB A+. Chimney, Fireplaces, Rock, Flagstone, Concrete, Pavers, Repair, Rebuild, Renew. “Quality is our Guarantee.” Free Competitive Est’s. Call (250) 294-9942/589-9942. www.cbsmasonry.com
PRESSURE WASHING DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates. 250-744-8588, Norm.
ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS JKG ROOF. Chimney, Clean, Demoss, Repairs, New, Gutters, Flashing, 250-588-3744. SHORELINE ROOFING. Reroofing specialist. WCB/BBB member. Quality & satisfaction guaranteed. 250-413-7967. shorelineroofing@shaw.ca
STUCCO/SIDING PATCHES, ADDITIONS, restucco, renos, chimney, waterproofing. Bob, 250-642-5178.
PAINTING
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A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wallcoverings. Over 25 yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220. NORM’S PAINTING- 15% offQuality work. Reliable. Refs. 25 yr exp. 250-478-0347. OLD TIMER. Quality old fashioned service. Great rates. Excellent references. Call Al at 250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.
A1. SHAWN The Tile GuyRes/ Comm/ Custom/ Renos. 250-686-6046
TREE SERVICES LOCAL TREE CO. 30 yrs exp. Bucket truck, chipper. We buy logs. Insured. (250)883-2911.
UPHOLSTERY
YOUR PERSONAL Interior Painter. No Job too Big or Too Small. Call Gilbert today for free quote. (250)886-6446.
PLUMBING EXPERIENCED JOURNEYMAN Plumber. Renos, New Construction & Service. Fair rates. Insured. Reliable, friendly. Great references. Call Mike at KNA (250)880-0104. FELIX PLUMBING. Over 35 years experience. Reasonable rates. Call 250-514-2376. FREE ESTIMATES. Reasonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544.
WINDOW CLEANING DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning. Windows, Gutters, Sweeping Roofs, Pressure Washing, Roof Demossing. Call 250361-6190.
KERRY’S GAS & PLUMBING SERVICESRepair, maintenance & install. 250-360-7663.
GLEAMING WINDOWS Gutters+De-moss, Pwr Wash. 18 yrs. Brian, 514-7079. WCB.
PRICED BY the job. No surprises. Guaranteed. 25 yrs, 2nd generation Master Plumber. 778-922-0334 Visa/MC.
NORM’S WINDOW cleaning & gutters. Reasonable rates. 250-590-2929, 250-812-3213.
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GIVE THEM A PAPER ROUTE! A paper route is about so much more than money. These days kids want and need so many things. With a paper route they not only earn the money to buy those things, they also gain a new respect for themselves. They discover a new sense of confidence, power and control by having their very own job, making their own money and paying for their own games, phones and time with friends.
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■ Westshore Town Centre Hobby show ■ Feb 3 to 5 ■ Westshore Town Centre
Westshore Town Centre hosts local hobbyists With more than 25 different hobbyists on hand, Westshore Town Centre’s annual Hobby Show was a hit with all ages last weekend. Let’s Talk Science graduate student volunteers from the University of Victoria hosted fun, interactive, hands-on science activity stations for school-aged children. The Bug Zoo wowed the crowd with their show-stoppers: walkingsticks and leaf insects, African praying mantis, Mexican tarantulas, emperor scorpions and creatures from the underground – whip tail scorpions. All aboard! The Toy Train Operators and CFB Esquimalt Railroad Club returned with small gauge trains whistling their way around the track, backdropped by intricate scenery. At the kids’ table, junior engineers took a turn running Thomas the Tank Engine around the track. The Vancouver Island Cat Fanciers brought their exotic and award-winning furry friends while rock enthusiasts enjoyed the lapidary display, with ageless rock samples from across North America. The Military Modellers brought more than 10 tables of models and the Victoria Model Boat Society brought 30 tables of handcrafted boats, and a steering pond to test your skill. Other highlights included the Victoria Flower Arrangers, Juan de Fuca Art and Crafts Guild, the Royal Observatory, Rocky Road Birdwatchers, and a stamp collecting display that included free stamps for kids.
Four-year-old Emily Sharlow-Tucker with Aigul Kukolj at the Science Fair exhibit “What is in my cereal?”
Five-year-old Sam McCutcheon enjoys being the conductor of the Thomas train line.
Island Cat Fanciers treasurer Kathy Irmscher holds Tanner, a seven-year-old Sphynx cat.
Victoria Scale Modellers vice-president Will Hendriks with some Second World War aircraft models.
Victoria Model Shipbuilding Society member Al Adams shows off his scratch-built model boat.
Alasdair and Catriona McAleer watch a science project, one of the many interactive exhibits.
Don Sutherland of CFB Esquimalt Model Railroad Club.
Thea Compden and Carter Massey.
Spinning is Monike Hawkes-Frost of the Juan de Fuca Arts & Crafts Guild.
A Mexican Red Kneed Tarantula, held by Victoria Bug Zoo owner Carol Maier, with (L to R) Koen Detarjany, and Braeden and Michaela Lievre.
Ken Bowman, Cliff Cox and George Hammond, of the Toy Train Operating Society, Canadian Division, with an incredible model display.
Jack Looker and Alex Wilson are awed by the eagle wing at the Rocky Point Bird Observatory’s display.
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