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He’s safe! White Rock’s first baseman Aaron Wiegert makes the catch as Victoria Eagles’ Mike Varley slides to touch the bag at Carnarvon Park during bantam AAA provincials on Saturday. The Eagles won the tournament, defeating Vancouver in Sunday’s final game. For more information, please see Sports, Page 19. Sharon Tiffin/News staff
Oak Bay teen sets out on marathon ride Adam Beaudoin, 17, will bike to Kingston, Ont. in one month Ryan Flaherty News staff
Sitting astride his Cannondale bicycle in a striking red jersey, Adam Beaudoin looks ready to take on the world. “Two and a half years ago I read
Lance Armstrong’s book It’s Not About the Bike,” said Beaudoin, 17. “That really inspired me.” Armstrong’s story about his will to defeat testicular cancer lit a spark in the Oak Bay teen. When two of Beaudoin’s aunts were diagnosed with cancer soon afterwards, that spark rapidly grew into an inferno. He knew he had to do something to fight the deadly disease. Beaudoin fired his first salvo last summer in Seattle. Joined by his parents, brother and a friend,
Beaudoin took part in a Livestrong challenge in support of Armstrong’s cancer charity. Riding 120 kilometres in a mere four and a half hours, Beaudoin raised roughly $2,500. It was a good start, but he was eager to do more. The proverbial lightbulb went off this spring. Beaudoin, a member of Oak Bay High’s class of 2011 -- which included two friends stricken by cancer -- had been accepted to Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont., to study kinesiol-
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of a month-long ride that will see Beaudoin cover 4,700 kilometres of highway in the name of charity. The goal is to raise more than $70,000 for the B.C. Cancer Foundation. That’s no pie-in-the-sky figure: A close friend of the family, Steve Clark, himself a cancer survivor, pledged $5 per km that Beaudoin rides, and will match any further donations up to the equivalent of another $5 per km. PLEASE SEE: Teen pedalling, Page 10
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Oak Bay set to shine in Fringe Fest 2011 For the first time, Fringe Fest will take to the stage in Oak Bay
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It took 25 years, but the Victoria Fringe is finally coming to Oak Bay. The popular theatre festival has added the Canadian College of Performing Arts to its list of venues as part of its silver anniversary. “I think it’s great whenever possible to take theatre to places where you don’t always get to see theatre, especially the type of theatre that the Fringe does,” said Janet Munsil, the festival’s producer. “There’s quite a lot of musicals produced Sharon Tiffin/News staff in Oak Bay but it’s great Left to right: Andrew Barrett, Jethro Lee Herring, Angie Lopez and Kieran Wilson get to be able to bring some into their characters as they get ready to perform Tirades of Love, part of the 2011 smaller-scale shows.” Fringe Festival. The inclusion of Oak Bay on the venue roster follows other pub,” said Penny Farthing manager is still up in the air. But Schuster is recent expansions of the traditionally Nikki Havers. “The more action we hopeful that the relationship will condowntown-based festival to Quadra have here, the better it gets for the tinue. “Of our top five locations that we’re community.” Village and Fairfield. The new venue will host six different still working on, two are still in Oak It’s a necessary move if the event is shows over the course of the 11-day Bay, which is great because we love to continue to thrive, Munsil said. “If the Fringe is to grow, to stay festival, including one of the school’s Oak Bay,” he said. Schuster wouldn’t reveal many downtown would be difficult. There own productions. Sizzle! will feature hit songs from a variety of contempo- details of the negotiations, but said are so few venues.” The decision to expand into Oak rary Broadway musicals, performed that one possible option would see the CCPA remaining in its current locaBay was not a difficult one. Accord- by CCPA students and alumni. It’s a win-win arrangement, said col- tion beyond the current lease. ing to audience surveys, 15 to 18 per Regardless of where the college cent of the approximately 20,000 peo- lege director Ron Schuster. “I think we may open up some ends up, Munsil is hopeful the Fringe ple who buy Fringe tickets live in the new audiences,” he said. “We’re well- will return to the municipality in future municipality. In addition to bolstering the festi- known in Oak Bay, but we’d like to be years. “We would talk to the church, and val’s profile outside the downtown more well-known in the region as well there are also a few other potential core, the move could be a boon for a as nationally.” School officials recently negotiated spaces in Oak Bay. We’ll see what the number of Oak Bay businesses. The CCPA is housed in St. Mary’s a new one-year lease agreement with response is.” The Victoria Fringe runs from Aug. Anglican Church, and is just a short St. Mary’s, which they’ve called home 25 to Sept. 4. For a full list of events walk from several bars and restau- since opening in 1998. However, they are still seeking a and a schedule of show times, visit rants. “It’ll bring business to Oak Bay Bis- long-term home, which means the www.victoriafringe.com. editor@oakbaynews.com tro, Blighty’s, the (Penny Farthing) venue’s Fringe future beyond this year
‘Shave, haircut’ transform sub Erin McCracken News staff
After five years of painstaking work, civilian employees at CFB Esquimalt are celebrating a year of major accomplishments as they prepare Canada’s flagship submarine – HMCS Victoria – for diving. “All these major milestones are long overdue and great for morale,” said Phil McEvoy, production manager of the fleet maintenance facility, tasked with overhauling as well as outfitting the vessel with weapons capabilities. The boat, which was tugged out of drydock in April and tied alongside a dockyard jetty, is being readied for a dive this summer, possibly in early September. “What that tells you is that it can go down and come back up on her own air systems, which is critical,” McEvoy said, noting the boat will be relocated to a nearby jetty for the day-long event. “They’ve (dredged) out a spot where she actually can go all the way down without touching bottom and be actually submerged (12 to 18 metres deep),” McEvoy said. The complexity of Victoria’s overhaul makes it difficult to schedule when major milestones will take place far in advance, such as when the boat will undergo a deep-sea dive in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Although Victoria’s commanding officer, Cmdr. Christopher Ellis, hoped to navigate the vessel into the strait in July, the plan now is to conduct full sea trials later this year. “(A submarine is) a very complex thing, so one little thing can delay you a day or two,” said McEvoy. “Even when you start to involve yourself with them, you start to scratch your head on how complex they are,” he said. “This is all brand new ground. Even the Brits didn’t do what we’re doing to this class of vessel.” Changes made to the sub are significant. “It’s night and day,” said McEvoy. “She’s in pristine condition from when we’ve started. “When refits are done, it’s quite impressive – the shave and a haircut – what it can make a ship or a boat look like.” Workers at the fleet maintenance facility will also continue to maintain and repair Victoria, Chicoutimi and Corner Brook once they are operational. emccracken@vicnews.com
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Patrols up, break-ins down
House burglars have been staying away from Oak Bay, after an unusually high spree in July. While the last half of July brought eight break-ins, there were none reported in the first week of August. Oak Bay police have increased patrols in Uplands and other targeted areas, by vehicle, bike and foot. Officers also attended the homes of people who reported a prolonged absence, to ensure the house is secure. In some cases, they have also relocated mail and newspapers to remove any obvious signs the house is unoccupied. “There has been a lot of focus placed on crime prevention initiatives,” said Deputy Chief Kent Thom. July’s break-ins were not only higher than usual, but also more intrusive, he said. While typically, thieves break into a shed or underground parkade, recent thefts have been from homes, he said. “It’s more personal when it’s a jewelry box in the master bedroom.” To date, almost two dozen homeowners have registered their vacations with police, including one calling from Scotland after reading about the program on the Oak Bay News’ website. It’s the only program of its kind that Thom is aware of locally. “I don’t think most municipalities can provide this service,” he said, adding the higher police visibility helps.
Cyclists involved in two collisions
On Thursday (Aug. 4), at 12:30 p.m., a cyclist collided with a vehicle pulling into a parking stall along Oak Bay Avenue. The cyclist suffered minor injuries. The crash also broke the side view mirror. Cyclists have the same rights and duties as drivers of motor vehicles, including the prohibition against passing on the right-hand side, remind the Oak Bay police. “In the case of a collision, the cyclist may be held responsible for any damages that are caused and, further, likely will not be compensated for any injury that they sustain.” Three days earlier another cyclist ran into trouble in the parking lane along Bowker Avenue. In this instance, the driver of a parked vehicle turned out from the curb and clipped the wheel of the bicycle at 9:30 p.m. The 21-year-old cyclist suffered a bruised leg. The 28-year-old driver was charged under the Motor Vehicle Act.
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Home economics teachers gather in Greater Victoria The Teachers of Home Economics Specialists Association are cooking up one big conference this fall. On Oct. 21, home economics teachers from Victoria, Saanich, and Sooke host the annual THESA Conference at École John Stubbs Memo-
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Two youth face charges after Oak Bay police responded to a complaint of yelling and swearing in Gonzales Bay Aug. 2. Officers found four drunk males aged 16 to 18. Officers also discovered a quantity of marijuana large enough to land one of them a recommended charge of possession of a controlled substance for the purposes of trafficking. Another youth received a violation ticket for possession of liquor. On Aug. 4, police were kept busy with complaints about noisy, alcoholfueled house parties between 9:30 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. rholmen@vicnews.com
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A current trend is sweeping the continent – but it’s likely not one you want to catch. It’s chlamydia, and the rates of detection in North America show no slow in the spread of the sexually transmitted infection. Earlier this month, the Maritimes and Alberta reported cases of syphilis were on the rise, but that’s not the trend locally. New cases of syphilis have remained low on the South Island, while diagnoses of chlamydia – North America’s most prevalent infection – continue to rise each year. Last year, 1,130 cases of chlamydia were reported, compared to 560 in 2000. By contrast, the region’s second most common sexually transmitted infection, gonorrhea, saw just 90 new diagnoses in 2010. Just six cases of syphilis were reported on the South Island last year, a number so low health officials can’t draw any long-term conclusions,
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HIV-infected T-cells are shown under high magnification. according to Vancouver Island Health Authority’s medical health officer. Dr. Murray Fyfe lists increased detection of the asymptomatic chlamydia – which can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease and affect fertility in women – and
a decrease in condom usage as possible explanations for the spread. “There’s good data to show that the teen birth rate is falling in Victoria and throughout B.C., so we’re seeing a fall-off in the number of teenaged pregnancies and births,” Fyfe
said. “That may be to do with (greater) oral contraceptive use (birth control pills), but we’re seeing this concurrent increase in sexually transmitted infections, primarily chlamydia, to suggest that there’s not enough barrier protection being used.” While birth control methods lower the chance of pregnancy, only barrier methods such as condoms offer protection against sexually transmitted infections. Rates of human immunodeficiency virus, however, have fallen in the last several years, with 21 new diagnoses reported last year, compared to 46 in 2004. Groups at the highest risk of contracting HIV are homosexual men, heterosexuals who have multiple sex partners and injection drug users. Of the three higher risk groups, the latter has seen a decrease in infection rates, likely due to a downward trend in needlesharing and increased use of inhalation drugs, Fyfe said. nnorth@saanichnews.com
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Trying to maintain market share in a rapidly evolving gambling business, B.C. Lottery Corporation is looking at expanding its online games and tickets to mobile phones and tablets. BCLC launched its gambling website PlayNow.com a year ago, as unregulated Internet poker websites started cutting into the province’s lucrative casino and lottery business. B.C. was the first government in North America to jump into online gambling, and PlayNow.com now bills itself as “B.C.’s only legal gambling website.” At the July 2010 launch, cabinet minister Rich Coleman estimated that B.C. residents were spending $100 million a year on online gambling, and made no apologies for encouraging BCLC to go online and raise its betting limit to $9,999. Now some of those unregulated sites are moving to smart phone and tablet applications, and BCLC is preparing to do the same. A survey asks PlayNow.com customers if they would use their mobile devices to play lotteries, poker, casino games and
sports betting. A BCLC spokesperson said no decision has been made yet to proceed with mobile gambling. PlayNow.com now has 170,000 registered players, and is running ahead of expectations, despite an initial software glitch that mixed up player bank accounts and forced a month-long shutdown. Online gambling still represents only one per cent of the corporation’s revenues, but that’s expected to grow to four per cent by 2014. The bulk of BCLC’s more than $1-billion annual profit comes from conventional lotteries and casinos, as slot machines have displaced bingo games in recent years. After returning some of the gambling-funded community grants that were cut in 2009, Premier Christy Clark appointed former Kwantlen University president Skip Triplett to review eligibility for the grants and stabilize funding for non-profit groups. Triplett’s community forums begin Aug. 11 on Vancouver Island, moving to the B.C. Interior and finishing in Metro Vancouver in September. editor@oakbaynews.com
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Hundreds of people gathered at a memorial to remember a young man killed in Victoria – just three months after he arrived in B.C.’s capital. Daniel Jordan Levesque, 20, died from fatal wounds after an incident on the evening of Aug. 3. Joshua Tyler Bredo, 26, of Victoria, who was also in the condo that evening, was arrested and faces a possible murder charge. Crown counsel has yet to approve that charge. His next court date is Aug. 18. At about 5 p.m. on Aug. 3, someone from the Corazon apartment building at 732 Cormorant St. called 911. Police and paramedics attended the scene. Levesque and Bredo were both rushed to Victoria General Hospital with unknown wounds, where Levesque, 20, later died from his injuries. The incident was initially reported as a doublestabbing, but is now being considered an altercation. The cause of Levesque’s death has not been determined but it is still being investigated as a homicide, said Const. Mike Russell of Victoria police. Russell called the scene “chaotic” when officers arrived. Initially, police had difficulties gaining access to the building, due to its security system. Eventually, a resident leaving the building let officers inside. In the suite, both men were bleeding. Levesque was in critical condition. Bredo was in serious condition, but was conscious. He was released from hospital later that night and was transferred directly to police custody. Russell said, “We don’t have any indication of motive right now. Our officers are waiting to interview this male and see where the investigation goes from there.” Russell couldn’t confirm whether weapons were found in the suite, or what might have been used in the attack. The memorial was held in Revelstoke on Friday – the community where Levesque grew up. Levesque was a first-born child who was “quite loved and spoiled by everybody,” his mother Stacey Thur said in an interview. She described him as a “sweet little boy, very smart for his age, way beyond his years, talked a mile-a-minute, very chatty and friends with everybody.” He was also one of the funniest people she knew. “He always made me laugh,” she said. “Everybody loved him,” she told Black Press. “He was full of compassion and caring and he was loyal to a fault.” For Thur, Levesque’s death is doubly hard to take; this is the second son she has lost. “I buried his brother 16 years ago. I wasn’t ready to bury another one.” Music was always a big part of his life. He could sing before he could talk, his mother recalled, and once his report card from swimming lessons said, “Daniel needs to sing less and swim more.” “Ever since I first met him he’s always been playing guitar,” said one of his best friends, Julian Romeo. “He would always play the mom role, making sure we were all being safe,” Romeo added. “He got me out of trouble a lot of times.” Thur last saw Levesque last Sunday, just days before his death and she said life was going well for Levesque in Victoria. He recently had a piece of poetry published in Scratch Magazine, with a second set to appear in the next issue; he had recorded one of his songs and was performing live around the city, including at the Baja Surf Grill. The day of his death, he started a new job with a local law firm that would allow him to stay in the city he was starting to love, she said. This was Victoria’s second homicide of 2011. ecardone@vicnews.com
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Hold officials accountable It would be hard to argue that knowing the name of every person slapped with an administrative penalty for drinking and driving was in the public interest. But what if that person is a senior official responsible for public safety? Three months ago, an Esquimalt assistant fire chief was pulled over and given a 90-day driving ban for drinking before he drove, off-duty. Neither Hold public the fire department, safety officials nor the Township of released the to high scrutiny Esquimalt, information to the public. Even some Esquimalt councillors, who have the ultimate say in the department’s management, weren’t informed. In fact, the incident only came to light after an anonymous source tipped off a local media outlet. Had George McGregor been criminally charged with impaired driving, the information would have been made public through court records. For someone in his position, that information should have been provided to the public regardless of a criminal charge, off-duty or on. The same rules apply in any B.C. municipality – the names of public safety officials who receive administrative driving penalties are not released. Only a criminal charge would bring such transgressions to light. McGregor’s actions represent a potentially dangerous indiscretion unbecoming of a public safety official. While public safety officials are human, just like the rest of us, they have a responsibility to display a high standard of discipline as role models. Public bodies must remain accountable, especially where safety is concerned. While the rules might not dictate so, these agencies should step up and disclose the transgressions of their members – criminal or otherwise. For one thing, it would encourage these individuals to be more mindful of the important role they play in the eyes of the public. More importantly, in circumstances like McGregor’s, it could have opened a public dialogue into the usefulness and validity of the police-juried roadside prohibitions for drinking and driving. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@oakbaynews.com or fax 250-386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The Oak Bay News 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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It’s time to get smart or go broke zero since the crisis. If something B.C.’s job market held steady in more goes wrong, they are “out of July, with unemployment at 7.3 per bullets,” as economists say. cent. The latest Statistics Canada Here’s another economic fact job data were released as global about the year 2011. For the first financial markets teetered on the time in Canadian history, edge of another recession. the majority of people B.C. was last reminded with employer-supported of its vulnerability to pensions now work world events in late 2008 for government or its and early 2009, when agencies, rather than the financial markets froze private sector. up and governments Despite all the political around the world started blather about left and frantically borrowing to right, more spending bail out major industries. versus less, government There are still idle keeps growing. That’s construction cranes Tom Fletcher true for Canada and for around B.C., although the B.C. Views B.C., where government vital commodity markets grew every year of the have recovered. reign of Gordon Campbell. It was the sickening skid in There has been lots of bleating provincial revenues, which began about HST on adult-sized clothing to reveal itself during the 2009 for children. Claiming your hubby’s election campaign, that triggered clothes are actually for a bulky child the B.C. government’s panicked may be the oldest scam in sales tax grab for the harmonized sales tax evasion. and its transition fund. If blame is This is an example of what important to you, blame Stephen Harper for the HST, but please don’t economists call the paradox of public finance. Economists like believe Bill Vander Zalm and the consumption taxes because they’re NDP when they claim it was merely difficult to avoid. Many taxpayers a political plot covered up with lies. dislike them for the same reason. The truth is much scarier than This is the road that leads to the scare tactics of these political Greece, where tax evasion is opportunists. Globalization isn’t considered a civil right along optional, and there are lots of countries out there ready to beat us with fat pay and pensions. The same population expects to go to up and take our lunch money if we university at little or no cost until give them half a chance. they’re 30, and then retire at 55, The Canadian and U.S. central with the whole apparatus somehow banks have held interest rates near
held up by the dwindling band of workers in between. The latest contract demands of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation give a sense of their Greece-like isolation from reality. Lengthy paid leaves, yet more paid professional development days, oh, and a double-digit wage increase after the rest of the public service has accepted zero. I attended the recent British Columbia Teachers’ Federation convention in Victoria, where this entitlement culture was on display. During a news conference about the BCTF’s many demands, someone stood behind Education Minister George Abbott and held up a sign for TV cameras that demanded “No Tankers.” This was no campus radical slipped in from the street. It was a middle-aged BCTF delegate, one of many decrying the industrial economy we need to pay for their pensions. B.C. aspires to be a shipbuilding economy but it can’t do shipping? According to our public sector union elites, we’re too precious to allow oil tankers in B.C.? Apparently some have still failed to notice that oil tankers have been going up and down the coast for decades, and back and forth under the Lion’s Gate Bridge for years. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalNews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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Tapping the Hawaiian connection Artist Ingrid Fawcett works on her new series of paintings inspired by her recent visit to Kauai while at the Bowker Creek Brush-Up on Sunday. Hundreds streamed through the park enjoying the weather and art. Sharon Tiffin/News staff
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Ticks more than just garden pests I am an animal lover and gardener and am trying to protect us, our garden and our dog with organic methods. What scares me the most is not the deer but the ticks they may carry. Ticks are one problem, but many ticks carry Lyme disease. I am worried about Lyme disease and the related 11 co-infections. Several years ago the Oak Bay News featured an article and photo of Peggy M. who got Lyme disease from a tick in her garden in Oak Bay. We purchased a tick remover from our vet and I understand Lee Valley now sells a tick remover which attaches to your key ring. I have two close friends who have Lyme disease and the associated co-infections and neither will ever work again. This is a life-changing disease. Several years ago we attended a Lyme disease information evening hosted by former MLA David Cubberly and Dr. Ernie Murakami. It was upsetting and frightening, to watch the sick people arrive in the auditorium at UVic, barely able to walk, wearing dark glasses and using wheelchairs, both young and old. Ticks like to hide in damp mulches. They die quickly in sunny and dry environments. To protect yourself, construct physical barriers to discourage deer from entering your yard, remove leaf litter, use fewer groundcover plantings, clear tall grasses, keep the ground under bird feeders clean, stack wood in dry areas, and keep playground equipment, decks and patios away from yard edges and trees. In the garden, wear light clothing and when
you come indoors, wash all of your clothing and shower yourself, checking your body for any ticks. They can be as small as the head of a pin. The one we found in our house looked like a small, round, grey river pebble. Murakami and Cubberley will again be showing the educational film “Under Our Skin” at Camosun College, Fisher 100, Lansdowne Campus, Camosun College, 3100 Foul Bay Rd. on Aug. 14 at 1 p.m. Diane MacRae Oak Bay
Lack of lanes doesn’t make sense What kind of city has no bowling lanes? Growing up, we had two on Yates Street alone. They were busy and fun. Duncan Lanes is a tremendous success for leagues, families and socially. They even have music-listening parties and strobe lighting. In their wisdom, Saanich
allowed the replacement of the last facility, Town and Country Lanes, with big stores. What for? G.A. Mayhew Oak Bay
Water expert’s knowledge in doubt Re: Capital Region water use down (News, July 27) I read in disbelief the statements from Jan Van Niekerk from the Capital Regional District that, in his words, it is conservation and not the cold miserable wet spring we have endured for the lack of water use. Where do they hire these people? Of course it has been the bad weather that has kept water usage to a minimum this year. Please don’t quote these people, as they just infuriate me with their lack of knowledge and their ability to follow the company line and not use the brains God gave them. Dennis Bourne Saanich
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“You are an exceptional young man, right out of high school and not only striving to be your best but also to use this experience to raise awareness for a valuable cause,” Clark wrote in a letter explaining his pledge. The distance alone is immense. But the fact that Beaudoin plans to complete his ride in time for movein day at Queen’s on Sept. 4 makes his quest even more challenging. In order to finish on schedule, he plans to ride Shelley Lipke/News staff about 160 km per Oak Bay teen Adam Beaudoin is biking to day. Queen’s University. Along the way, he’ll raise “I do crazy phys- funds for the B.C. Cancer Foundation. So far ical challenges he’s raised over $5,000. He left on Saturday. all the time,” said “I ran in the Grand Canyon earlier this Beaudoin. “I ran in the Grand Can- year … without much training. But this is yon earlier this year for four and way more intense.” a half hours with– Adam Beaudoin out much trainare spinning a bit,” she said. ing. Beaudoin’s head, however, is “But this is way more intense.” Beaudoin acknowledged that about as straight as can be. “When people hear that I’m doing while physical stamina will be key to completing his mission -- he’s it, they say ‘wow, you’re amazing!’ been riding up to 130 km per day but I don’t see myself as an amazleading up to his departure -- it will ing kid at all,” he said. “It’s just the be even more important to remain way I choose to live my life.” Beaudoin is chronicling his ride mentally strong during the long, solitary ride, which will include on his blog, at http://adam-beaua five-day stretch without any doin.blogspot.com. The blog contains links to his B.C. Cancer Founaccompaniment. “I’ll think about anything -- calcu- dation donation page. Beaudoin had already raised lus, chemistry, friends, situations in my life. It’s kind of like medita- close to $5,000 before leaving on his journey. tion for me,” he said. “I’m doing this for my family. The day before Beaudoin set out, his mother, Ann Marcotte, I’m doing it for my grad class,” he still couldn’t fully grasp the magni- said. “I think I have the mental strength tude of what her son was about to to make it through.” undertake. editor@oakbaynews.com “We’re very proud. Our heads
Selflessness runs deep Those who know Adam Beaudoin best say his ambitious charity ride comes as no surprise. It's just one of many examples of a social conscience and a level of maturity that belie his youth. "I have a career of 46 years working with youth," said Allen York, chair of the Oak Bay High counselling department. "Rarely have I seen someone as altruistic as he is." York taught Beaudoin peer counselling at the school, and says the teen has had a profound impact on the lives of several students, to the point of preventing suicides. "I can absolutely guarantee that there are two people alive because of Adam's skill ... in being able to get a young person to speak about their dark secret and trust him enough to go with him for appropriate medical intervention," he said. Another way Beaudoin has shown his desire to put others before himself came when he helped lead a campaign to raise funds for a pair of solar panels for his school. His group raised $40,000. "We're all just floored here," said his mother, Ann Marcotte. "We're constantly amazed by his initiative and spirit."
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If your census questionnaire is still sitting in a pile of papers on the kitchen counter, don’t be surprised to see a Statistics Canada enumerator at your door, reminding you to fill it out. Last week marked a soft deadline for enumerators to remind as many people as they can, but if you’ve ignored previous reminders, one last one is on the way. “Those who have not yet completed will get
another letter from the chief statistician stipulating the importance and legal obligations of completing the census,” said Peter Liang, census communications manager for B.C. “The refusal cases will be referred to Public Prosecution Services of Canada. … The Statistics Act does stipulate those who refuse can face a fine up to $500.” Following the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada forwarded 64 cases for possible prosecution.
“We’re not interested in prosecuting people. We are in the business of collecting important information so your community has what it needs to make informed decisions,” Liang said. Census information helps all levels of government decide funding measures for such services as schools, hospitals, public transportation, police and fire. As well, the information will help determine how many seats B.C. has in the next House of Commons.
While completing the short-form census is mandatory, the more extensive National Household Survey is not. If you haven’t already done so, you can complete your census or the NHS online at census2011.gc.ca. kslavin@saanichnews.com
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Standing in Government House’s gleaming steel kitchen, volunteer Penny Tennenhouse holds up a handful of purple Japanese beets, grinning. “The beets are the showgirls today,” she says. Tennenhouse laughs with chef Christophe Letard and volunteer Bill McKechnie as they admire the day’s pickings from the property’s new vegetable garden. “We make enough to supply a lot of produce. If we were market gardening, we would make a few thousand a year,” says McKechnie, who came up with the idea to grow food three years ago. While planting began last year, this is the first season the garden has been in full production. This is as local as it gets for Letard, who takes the best of the harvest for the dishes he makes for Lt.-Gov. Steven Point, his wife, Gwendolyn, and their guests. He says since the Points have such hectic schedules, they want fresh, healthy food when they come home. “I keep it simple. I’m going to give them nutritious meals to help them cope with whatever
Volunteer gardener Penny Tennenhouse delivers fresh vegetables to Christophe Letard, Government House chef, in the mansion’s kitchen. Sharon Tiffin/News staff
they’re about to do,” Letard says. The garden can support small receptions of up to 25 people. Letard still has to get many ingredients from other local growers, but McKechnie says they’re developing a planting schedule to supply him with more produce at peak times like September, when Government House is bustling with visitors. The remainder of the veggies go to the seven volunteers, who keep up the garden through donations. Friends of Government House has been looking after the grounds since 1992, after Prince Charles visited the gardens and
said they needed upkeep. When McKechnie first started the garden, he was planting alone in a small concrete box. Last year, the Friends of Government House gave him a $500 startup grant and he has since been joined by seven volunteers. In the main part of the garden grow winter vegetables and lettuce. Old brick structures house berries, artichokes, tomatoes and herbs. McKechnie says Rideau Hall in Ottawa is the only other similar institution that has a garden. “We’re the envy of government houses across the country.” intern@vicnews.com
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Students design home health tool Natalie North News staff
Hours spent in a doctor’s waiting room could be a thing of the past, if a trio of UVic students have their way. The engineering majors created an affordable digital stethoscope system, able to remotely listen to a person’s lungs, heart and intestines from anywhere in the world. The eSteth is a digital stethoscope that allows users to log their vital readings online from home, which doctors or nurses can then access. “Telemedicine is becoming pretty big, but it’s largely inaccessible to the home user, just due to system costs and infrastructure,” said Christian McMechan, who designed the digital stethoscope before creating the accompanying eSteth software system with his classmates. Despite other similar products on the market, the system received an intellectual property award from the university on July 22 for its innovation and commercial potential. The eSteth was designed with affordability in mind, McMechan said, estimating their digital stethoscope could be purchased for about a quarter of the price of existing digital stethoscopes, which retail for approximately $500. It would make telemedicine more accessible to the general public in need of at-home nursing, for example, potentially eliminating the need for greater hospital infrastructure, he added. Project co-ordinator Nikitas Dimopoulos is optimistic the eSteth could change the way technology-assisted diagnoses are made. “The product is extremely interesting and if they actually manage to make it commercial, I think it will have tremendous appeal,” Dimopoulos said. nnorth@saanichnews.com
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Local author up for Booker prize Ryan Flaherty News staff
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Esi Edugyan is one of three Canadian authors on this year’s Man Booker Prize longlist for her second novel, Half-Blood Blues.
Esi Edugyan is still taking it all in. “I don’t know what to anticipate really,” Edugyan says. “This is the first time anything this large has ever happened to me, so I’m just going with it and seeing what happens, and really I’m just thrilled.” The thrills are the result of Edugyan’s inclusion on the longlist for the Man Booker prize, one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world. The
£50,000 ($77,000 CDN) prize recognizes the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. This year’s longlist, known as the “Booker Dozen,” features three Canadian authors including Edugyan, who calls Victoria home. The writer is nominated for her second novel, Half-Blood Blues. For Edugyan, the recognition is a validation of sorts. After her manuscript for a novel about a pianist failed to garner
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any attention from publishers, the author had to recommit to her craft. “I thought, ‘okay, I’m a writer, it’s an inescapable fate, there’s no getting out of it,’” Edugyan says, “even though in the back of your head you’re thinking ‘I’m not that old, maybe I could still study law or medicine or something.’” Fast forward to last week’s longlist annoucement, and it’s clear the effort was worthwhile. Edugyan has experienced a flurry of emotions since hearing the news. “I had a few days where I didn’t believe it,” she says. “You’re just sitting there in shock and you’re not thinking about it and then it’ll just occur to you at some point in the day and you’re like, ‘Oh, my God!’ Now I’m just at this place
where I’m so happy and content.” Half-Blood Blues tells the story of a mixed-race German jazz musician during World War II, and his friends’ discovery some fifty years later of the truth behind his disappearance. Edugyan’s inspiration for the story sprung from a year-long residency in a 17th-century castle at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart, Germany. “I’d come across an article on - some people called them the ‘Rhineland bastards’ - the children of African soldiers and German women, maybe a few years earlier,” Edugyan says. “Just being in Germany I ended up setting aside what I was working on and just looking more and more into the history of black people in those times.” Setting the novel in the jazz world was a natural fit for music-loving Edug-
yan. “It’s so different from any other form of music, how it developed,” she says. “Transplanting that over to Europe, where it was almost this form of resistance when the Nazis came to power -- all that is so fascinating to me.” If being nominated for such a prestigious award wasn’t exciting enough for Edugyan, she’s also eight months pregnant with her first child. All in all, the next few months promise to be full of surprises. “I very much wonder how (motherhood) will change my writing,” Edugyan says. “I’m sure I’ll have a whole different perspective.” Half-Blood Blues has already been released in the U.K., and will go on sale in Canada Sept. 24. The Man Booker longlist will be shortened to six on Sept. 6, with the winner being announced Oct. 18. editor@oakbaynews.com
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Motherhood play brings laughs to Belfry Shelley Lipke News staff
A mother lode of comic adventures in parenting is now playing at the Belfry Theatre. Five Vancouver-based moms are back with a compilation of their funniest skits, dances and songs in Mom’s the Word: Remixed. This hilarious parody of childrearing began in 1993 when the actress moms decided to take the highs and lows of parenting on stage. Since then this play has spread worldwide with actresses in many countries performing it in their own languages. Actress and mom Barbara Pollard called the skit wacky, colourful, fun and something to which moms of any age or demographic can relate. “These are stories about our journeys as mothers,” she said. It began when the moms, all working professionals in theatre, had kids around the same time and couldn’t find any work. At the time there were lots of textbooks on raising children,
but nothing being acted on stage involving raising children, so they set out to change that. “We were grappling in the dark. When we first did the show we gathered together as a group of friends telling stories and tried to plant a framework (for the skit),” said Pollard. Jill Daum remembers the first show. “We were supposed to run for three days and the arts club in Vancouver picked us up and we ran for nine months. The first night the audience stood up, clapped, walked toward the stage and hugged us. Back then we were just talking heads. We were talking about parenting and telling stories and there was very little plot.” Over the years they evolved to get a director, a set and costumes. “It’s more polished now,” said Daum. Dressed in outrageous superhero costumes decorated with scouring pads, cheese graters, eggbeaters and vegetable strainers, they sing to the Pussycat Dolls song “Don’t Cha.” “The costumes are alienators
furthest extreme of mortification,” explained Daum. The show stars Daum, Pollard, Beverley Elliott, Alison Kelly, and Deborah Williams. Scenes take the audience through birth, raising children, co-parenting conflicts, and the dreaded teenage years. “It shows the good, bad, and the ugly. That is the secret of the success,” said Kelly. “If you wrote only funny stories, it wouldn’t have the truth. We let out secrets and it’s a show for everybody who has had a mom. After 18 years, I still adore the lines.” “It is being acted by women worldwide and people can’t believe it’s Canadian. People can’t believe how it speaks to the universality of parenting,” she said. Mom’s the Word: Remixed runs until Aug. 21 with tickets ranging from $23 to $38 available by phone at 250-385-6815 or at www.belfry. bc.ca/tickets. It shows nightly Tuesday to Saturday at 8 p.m. with a 4 p.m. matinee on Saturday and a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday. The Belfry is at 1291 Gladstone Ave. editor@vicnews.com
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Left to right: Actresses Beverley Elliott, Alison Kelly, Barbara Pollard, Jill Daum and Deborah Williams dress in outfits sure to embarrass any teenager as they sing and dance to “Don’t Cha” by the Pussycat Dolls. Mom’s the Word: Remixed plays at the Belfry Theatre until Aug. 21. because when you have teenagers you can alienate them with a glance. Just being in the same
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Victoria sand sculptors showcase their art at PNE Emma Prestwich News staff
Although it’s intimidating for some, one of Fred Dobbs’ favourite parts of sand sculpting is that everyone’s watching. Dobbs, who has been sculpting for over 30 years, has crafted pieces at shopping malls, festivals, and contests, and loves that people can wander by and see a sculpture’s progress as the artist works. “As a performance artist, you get much more of an immediate response.” Along with two other Victoria
sculptors, Andrew Briggs and Greg Jacklin, he’ll be part of the solo sand sculpture competition at the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver from Aug. 20-21. The event kicks off the fair and the sculptures will be on display until the PNE ends, on Sept. 5. This is the fourth year the massive art pieces will be on display at the PNE, but only the second year of the competition. For the first time, admission for children 13 years and under is free, and Dobbs thinks this will draw more families to view the sculptures. “It’s all very exciting – it’s in a
very open area,” he said of the space where the sand art will be showcased, along Miller Drive, a walkway that runs through the exhibition grounds. His planned design, called Squeaky Clean, will feature mice washing dishes in a bathtub filled with bubbles. He has long wanted to create the sculpture, but only recently found a tool that would allow him to make the spherical bubbles out of sand, which has to be hard-packed in boxes for a day before, so it is sturdy enough to mould. intern@vicnews.com
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Cidery shows watercolour art
The watercolour art of Jo Hadfield, featuring images of flowers, will be on display at Sea Cider’s Upper Deck Gallery until Sept. 20. The gallery aims to support local artists by providing free entry to view the works. Sea Cider is at 2487 Mount St. Michael Rd. in Saanichton. For more information, please call 250-544-4824.
Couple brings folk fusion to Victoria
West meets east when a pair of folk troubadours hit the stage for a show in Victoria this weekend.
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David Tiller and wife Enion Pelta-Tiller, founding members of the Colorado-based quartet Taarka, play an eclectic blend of western and eastern folk styles, from jazz to bluegrass, Gypsy to Celtic. The classically-trained pair play Sunday (Aug. 14) at 7 p.m. at the Victoria Folk Music Society, 1110 Hillside Ave. Tickets cost $5.
Legendary bluesman headlining Victoria show
John Mayall is bringing his legendary brand of blues to Club 9One9 in Victoria. For years Mayall’s name was synonymous with his Bluesbreakers, and over the course of his long career the musician has made nearly 60 albums. His Victoria tour date, which includes opening act Jason Buie, happens Sunday (Aug. 14) at 919 Douglas St. Doors open at 7 p.m. Show starts at 8 p.m. Seating is first come, first served. Tickets are $35.50 in advance, or $40 at the door, and are available at www.hightideconcerts. net, Lyle’s Place, Ditch Records and the Strathcona Hotel.
Synapse tour to promote release of new EP
Local alt rockers SYN(A)PSE are hitting the road in support of a new EP, due out Aug. 19. First, they’ll take the island starting on Aug. 19 at an all-ages show at The Royal Canadian Legion, 411 Gorge Rd. They return Aug. 25 at V-Lounge Nightclub, 3366 Douglas St., before the group heads out on a western Canadian tour (dates to be released).
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Six years at sea
David Beasley sailed his 11-metre yacht Beasmaster around the globe for six years, returning last month to dock at Oak Bay Marina, where it is receiving a new diesel engine. During this time, he relied on the old-school method of navigation using charts. Seen here he holds up one of the charts he used during his lengthy world tour.
On a too-small boat and using old school navigational charts, David Beasley sailed the globe Shelley Lipke News Staff
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ho can predict the people you’ll meet or the stories they’ll share in a given day in Oak Bay? Last month at Oak Bay Marina when the 11-metre yacht Beasmaster tied up, it came with a boatload of stories. Owner David Beasley brought the boat in for a diesel engine repair, having recently finished sailing around the world. He claims to have visited 102 countries in total – many from his Air Force days and more from this sailing experience. Oak Bay Marina’s Jim Allen listened attentively to Beasley’s many tales from the high seas. “This is representative of a person going out and doing what most people just dream about doing – (what) most people wouldn’t dream of doing in that boat,” Allen said. Local yachters gathered on the docks chatting with Beasley while Charles Lewis, manager of Gartside Marine, worked on the Beasmaster. “This boat is not designed for open ocean,” Lewis said. “This is more of a cruising boat to the Gulf Islands. There are far better choices, but he seemed to do it without issue. After hearing his stories I felt very privileged to live in this country and in this lifestyle compared to some of the places he travelled. He had no plan of where to go. He would just put the boat into the wind.” Lewis was surprised to learn that Beasley had no rescue equipment on board. “He wouldn’t put another rescuers’ life at risk. He had a friend in the Air Force who lost his life in a rescue mission,” reported Lewis. The tale of how Beasley wound up in Oak Bay began just before he hit age 40. “I wanted to do something interesting and unique. The idea of sailing was interesting to me,” said Beasley, 47. “I took two years of (sailing) lessons to get educated and find out that this is what I really wanted to do. Six months before my 40th birthday I found this vessel (in Vancouver).” He sold his house, car and possessions in Calgary to prepare for the trip. An avid diver, he had always dreamed of owning a sailboat and
Local group gets share of film fund Do you need a castle for your super-hero action movie? Rolling ranch land for a western? The B.C. Film Commission and its regional agencies around the province are building up their library of film locations in an effort to maintain B.C.’s $1-billion film and television industry. The provincial government contributed $275,000 recently, to be shared by film and tourism organizations around the province. Greater Victoria Film Commission was awarded $40,000. Community, Sport and Cultural Development Minister Ida Chong made the announcement at the West Shore’s Hatley Castle, which became famous as a location for the X-Men movie franchise. B.C. Film Commissioner Susan Croome said B.C.’s spectacular scenery and movie expertise have helped it become the third largest film and television production centre in North America, behind only Los Angeles and New York. About 25,000 people work in the industry in British Columbia. editor@vicnews.com
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During his extended sail he visited California, Mexico, sailing around the world. South America and many islands of the South Pacific, Prep work in Sidney included installing solar panels for he recounted. He said he survived 24-metre waves in a power, a radar arch and a water maker, which desalinates treacherous storm. the water by reverse osmosis. After six years at sea and now back in Canada, he told He worked his entire career in technology doing radar fellow boaters he plans to “enjoy (sailing) inside the support work. A handyman, he was able to handle the Georgia Strait for the next year” then sell his boat next boat on his own and do most of the work to maintain it. spring and return to the Prairies. He chose to sail alone. “I had no schedule and no plan,” “I don’t know if I want to do anymore travelling,” he he said. “It’s not all luxury and fun. You have to be aware said. of the situation you are in. I’ve had problems with the sail editor@oakbaynews.com ripping and not being able unfurl it, so I had to climb up the mast with climbing gear and come down onto the foresail to cut or unfold pieces of the sail. “People always ask if I’m lonely. I think the worst thing that could happen would be if you came on deck and your partner was gone. That would be horrible.” Even without a boat in sight you are never alone. “You always have birds with you. Dolphins are everywhere out on the ocean. It’s common to see 200 dolphins. They are so smart, so strong and so fast – you see pods of hundreds.” Seals, turtles and whales were everywhere too. “All of a sudden, a turtle will come up beside you and scratch the barnacles on his back on the hull.” As Beasley sailed to the South Pacific, he relied on the traditional method of BC Hydro will begin upgrading homes and businesses with new using paper charts instead of a computer smart meters. Moving to a more efficient, modernized grid will create to map his co-ordinates. “I like the paper immediate savings for you, and it will help us all enjoy safe, reliable, and charts system so the whole picture is in more affordable power for decades to come. front of you – not little blobs on a small screen – and it’s more accurate.” Here’s what you can expect:
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Willock tops series Olympic cyclist racing in peak form prior to World Championships Shelley Lipke News Staff
It’s described as one of the highest quality racing series in the world and Saanichton’s Erinne Willock has come through it ranked No. 1. From May to July, the 29-year-old athlete pushed herself to the extreme for the Women’s Prestige Cycling Series, held at various locations across the U.S. Willock picked up enough points to earn elite status. The series included four stage races: The Redlands Classic, SRAM Tour of the Gila, the Nature Valley Grand Prix and the Cascade Classic. Despite missing Gila due to injury, Willock’s point tally from the other three races was enough to win. “My strengths have always been stage races, especially the hilly ones. It was unfortunate that I was injured for Gila, but I came back with good form in the last two races,” said Willock, who represented Canada at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. “I have worked closely with my coach Houshang (Amiri) from the Pacific Cycling Centre to improve my time trialling and sprinting this year and it has paid off.” During the series she placed second in the Redlands Classic and Nature Valley and came fourth in the Cascade Classic.
Each race had about 100 cyclists from the best North American teams competing over several days. Willock was part of Team Tibco/To the Top. Back home in Victoria Willock is instrumental in mentoring Pacific Cycling Centre athletes at their off-season training camps. She’s been a member of the Canadian National Team since 1999. This year has been a banner year for her with wins at the Snelling Road Race in Merced, Calif., and the Bastion Square Grand Prix in Victoria. She’s also been named to the national team for the World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark Sept. 19-25. Willock comes from a family of cyclists. Her dad Martin an Olympian in 1984. She grew up with a racing mentality and started competing at 14. “I definitely learned my bike-handling skills and early tactics from him. I’ve been really lucky to have a big team of supporters, including my husband Tony, my mom and my coach. I would not be where I am today without the help from all four of those people,” she said. “Her dedication and commitment to the sport makes her one of the top female athletes in Canada and on the world stage,” Amiri said. Next on her agenda is a three-day Chicago race and a World Cup race leading up to the World Championships in Copenhagen. sports@vicnews.com
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Erinne Willock won the Women’s Prestige Cycling Series. The Peninsula-raised cyclist competes for Team Tibco/To the Top and won second in two of the four races and fourth in another, bringing her point tally to a winning status.
Raiders duodecuple Rebels in Island meet-up The Westshore Rebels suffered a tough loss to their up-Island rivals, losing 72-6 against the Vancouver Island Raiders Saturday night at Bear Mountain Stadium. The defeat leaves the junior football Rebels at 1-1 following their 38-7 win over the Chilliwack Huskers on July 25. Westshore is at home for its next game, Aug. 13, in a rematch against the Huskers. Game time is 4 p.m. at Bear Mountain Stadium.
Kaos women third in Western Canada
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Westshore Rebels quarterback Cat Todorovich eludes Glenn Boyce of the Vancouver Island Raiders in the Rebels’ 72-6 loss at Bear Mountain Stadium on Saturday.
The Victoria Kaos claimed bronze at the Western Canadian senior-B women’s fastpitch championships in Burnaby on the weekend. Kaos catcher Kara Shelley took the tourney MVP award by going error-free for 52 innings with seven put-outs and seven hits in 21 at-bats. Victoria finished first in the round robin with five wins in six games, but lost in the quarterfinals to the tourna-
ment’s eventual champions, Strathmore Magic, who Victoria had previously beaten in the round robin. Kaos lost its chance for another shot at the Magic in the final when the Victoria team lost to the Manitoba Aces in the semifinal. Last year, Kaos won the provincial senior-B championships and were bronze medalists when they hosted the B.C. tourney at Hyacinth Park earlier this summer.
Grizz’ bolster line-up with trade, signing
A pair of off-season moves have reshaped the Victoria Grizzlies for the 2011-12 season. The Grizzlies traded away 17-year-old Evan Richardson for the rights to 20-yearold goalie Jamie Tucker in a three-team trade between the Penticton Vees and Powell River Kings. Tucker is a Victoria product who played for the junior-B Saanich Braves before joining the Western Hockey League. He broke in
as a Vancouver Giant before moving to the Prince Albert Raiders where he played 40 games last year. Victoria also got 18-yearold defenceman Braden Pears and 18-year-old forward Scott Renner. Victoria originally secured the rights to B.C. Hockey League goaltender of the year Michael Garteig, before sending him to Penticton. Pears is from Victoria and has played two years in the BCHL with the Kings. The Grizz’ also acquired character leader Brad Gehl, the current captain of the Trenton Golden Hawks in the Ontario junior-A hockey league. Gehl, 20, is a 6-foot-3, 220 lbs. forward who scored 132 points in 86 games over the past two seasons.
Royals ship d-man for forward, pick
The Victoria Royals picked up forward Justin Spagrud and a second round draft pick from the Tri-City Americans for defenceman Mitch
Topping. Head coach and general manager Marc Habscheid keyed on the importance of getting a high draftpick along with Spagrud, a resident of Gull Lake, Sask. Spagrud, 16, spent last season with the Swift Current Legionnaires midgetAAA team and played for Team Saskatchewan at the 2011 Canada Winter Games in Halifax in February. Topping, 18, played 71 games for the Bruins last year.
Eagles run ends with bronze medal
The Victoria Eagles won bronze at the recent mosquito-AAA (9-10) provincials in Richmond. The Eagles won three straight round-robin games to earn a playoff spot over Rutland, Richmond and Ridge Meadows for a spot in the semifinals. Eventual champions Chilliwack put an end to the Eagles’ dynamic run, leaving the Victoria club with bronze.
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UVic golden at Henley The University of Victoria Vikes men’s and women’s summer rowing teams won the prestigious Henley Efficiency Trophy as the top Canadian Club at the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta in St. Catharines, Ont., over the weekend. The Vikes won nine gold medals. The Efficiency Trophy was implemented in the 1970s to give smaller teams, like UVic’s 38 rowers, a chance to compete against the 100-plus rowers of second-place St. Catherine’s Rowing Club. UVic’s biggest day came on Aug. 4 with five gold medals from the U23 women’s lightweight eight (Leanne Fells, Katie O’Connor, Ingrid Braul, Alex Meiklejohn, Johanna Weber, Anna Braunzier, Emma Sheehan, Stef Miklosovic, Jane Gumley), the senior lightweight women’s double
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White Rock’s third baseman Dylan Yeager waits for the call after tagging Victoria Eagle’s Mike Varley at Carnarvon Park during the bantam-AAA provincials.
Eagles win bantam-AAA title in Oak Bay A dramatic two-run home run by Sam Stevenson took the lead back in a see-saw final as the Victoria Eagles won the bantam-AAA provincial baseball championship. Victoria defeated the Vancouver Mounnties 8-5 in Sunday’s final at Carnarvon field, where the provincial tournament played out from Aug. 4-7. Stevenson’s dinger made it 5-3 for Victoria late in the game. The Eagles added three more runs, two from a big single by Mitch Bryan. It was a revenge win for the Eagles who lost to
the Mounties 11-8 earlier in the tournament during a delayed game. The Eagles started the tournament in fine fashion outscoring Burnaby and TriCity 22-3 before the loss to Vancouver. A win over Abbotsford put the team in the semifinals against Cloverdale. Pitcher Kurt Horne struckout 15 Cloverdale hitters and as the Eagles won 7-1. The Eagles will now travel to Vaughan, Ontario to compete in the 2011 Bantam AAA Nationals. sports@vicnews.com
Baseball Results from the Bantam-AAA boys Provincial Baseball Championships at Carnarvon Park, Aug. 4-7 Aug. 4 Burnaby 0 Victoria Sr. Eagles 9 Abbotsford 7 Vancouver 13 White Rock 4 Ridge Meadows 3 North Delta 11 Cloverdale Spurs 1 Burnaby 5 Vancouver 10 Tri City 3 Victoria Sr. Eagles 13 White Rock 6 Cloverdale 11 Victoria Jr. Eagles 1 Ridge Mdws. 7 Aug. 5 Victoria Sr. Eagles 8 Vancouver 11 Tri City 0 Abbotsford 7 Ridge Meadows 2 Cloverdale 3 Victoria Jr. Eagles 8 North Delta 7 Abbotsford 14 Burnaby 15 North Delta 10 White Rock 7
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of Eli Golshani and Miklosovic, the under-23 lightweight women’s single featuring O’Connor, Eric Bevan in the senior men’s single and Richard Herlinveaux and Eddie Vaughn winning the senior men’s pair. UVic’s other golds came in the senior lightweight women’s eight dash (Golshani, Fells, Braul, Miklosovic, Weber, Sheehan, Lauren Mclennan, Meiklejohn, Kat Romatowski) and women’s lightweight four (Fells, Meikleiohn, Weber, Miklosovic) while Jon Chandler and Chris Jackson won the men’s U23 lightweight pair. Herlinveaux and Vaughn won gold again in the men’s championship pair. Victoria City Rowing Club also competed and finished sixth in the team standings. sports@vicnews.com
Lawn bowling Aug. 6 Cloverdale 10 Victoria Jr. Eagles 0 Vancouver 10 Tri City 4 Ridge Meadows 6 North Delta 2 Victoria Jr. Eagles 5 White Rock 2 Victoria Sr. Eagles 4 Abbotsford 3 Tri City 10 Burnaby 7 Aug. 7 Semifinals: Vancouver 7 Ridge Meadows 6 Victoria Sr. Eagles 7 Cloverdale 1 Final: Vancouver Mounties 5 Victoria Senior Eagles 8 - Victoria Senior Eagles are 2011 B.C. bantam-AAA champions
Dore Cup Mixed Pairs inter-club tournament at Oak Bay Lawn Bowling Club, July 30-31 Div .A: 1. John Cossom & Donna Blackstock; 2. Mort Nelson & Linda Carswell-Bland. Div. B: 1. Henriette & Eric Ballinger; 2. Wendy Barry & Bruce Hanwell. Div. C: 1. Joe Rossi & Pat Metcalfe; 2. Phil & Dorothy Bissell. Div. D: 1. Mary Lou Richards & Chris Slade; 2. Margaret Taylor & Mark Lee. Div. E: 1. Jack Lalonde & Helen Kempster; 2. Gerry & Betty Emery. Div. F: 1. John Nadin & Lorraine Neumair; 2. Bob & Wendy Appleyard
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LEMARE GROUP in Port McNeill requires a Senior/Intermediate Accounts Payable Administrator to join our dynamic fast paced environment. Your skill set should include strong organization, effective time management, attention to details, excellent communication skills, computer literate & accounting knowledge. Fax resume 250-956-4888 or email: jcornin@lemare.ca PLANT MANAGER Keltic Seafoods LTD. Port Hardy, BC. A full service Seafood Off-loading, custom processing and coldstorage Industrial Company. View full posting at: www.kelticseafoods.com. Email: gord@kelticseafoods.com RV Technician and a Service/Parts Administrator is required immediately at Comox Valley RV. Please email your resume to danny@comoxvalleyrv.com / call 250-871-4700. SOUTH ROCK Ltd. has available positions for road construction, Heavy Duty Mechanic, Shop Foreman, Paving - Roller Operator, Distributor Driver, Heavy Equipment Operators. Forward resume to: careers@southrock.ca. Fax 403-568-1327; www.southrock.ca. STRUCTURAL STEEL Fitters required at Edmonton North Company. Lead Hand: $34.80/hour; 1st Class: $33.24/hour; Fitter: $31.68/hour; CWB FCAW: $31.68/hour. Fax resume: 780-939-2181 or Email: careers@garweld.com.
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MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE A FREE Telephone service Get Your First Month Free. Bad Credit, Don’t Sweat It. No Deposits. No Credit Checks. Call Freedom Phone Lines Today Toll-Free 1-866-884-7464. DO-IT-YOURSELF Steel buildings. Priced to clear Make an offer! Ask about free delivery, most areas! Call for quick quote and free brochure - 1-800-668-5111 ext. 170. RED ENVELOPE - Unique & Personalized Gifts for All Your Friends & Family! Starting at $19.95. Visit: www.redenvelope.com/Jewel for an extra 20% off or Call 1888-473-5407. SAWMILLS FROM only $3997 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/ 400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT. STEEL BUILDING Sale... Specials from $5 to $12/sq. ft. Great pricing on Absolutely every model, width and length. Example: 30’W x 50’L x 16’H, Now $11,900. End walls included, doors optional. Pioneer Steel Manufacturers 1800-668-5422.
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RARE OPPORTUNITY: waterfront property on beautiful Jim Lake, 0.83-acre with 360 sq ft insulated cabin, located near Green Lake/Watch Lake. Rare privacy, only three lots on the lake, good fishing for rainbows to 10 lbs, nice swimming, surrounded by crown land. Great trails for hiking, ATV and snowmobile. Seasonal 10-km back road access in 4x4 or pick-up. FSBO. $230,000. 250-395-0599. (Please see bchomesforsale.com/70mile/frank.)
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C. SAANICH, 2 bdrm, 1.5 bath, full bsmt, 5 appls, garden, $1300 mo, 250-652-1624 NORTH SAANICH. 1700 sq.ft. lower suite. 2-bdrm, 1-bath. One acre fenced lot. Private entrance, separate laundry, all appliances. New reno. $1495 plus utilities. 250-812-4447. NORTH SAANICH. Beautiful 2100 sq. ft. main floor of home on fenced 1 acre lot. New carpet, hardwood floors. 3-bdrm, 2 baths. New reno. $1995 plus utilities. 250-812-4447. SOUTH SHAWNIGAN Lakenew 2 bdrm waterfront home, private wharf. $1500. Minimum 1 year lease. (250)883-0475.
82.8 ACRES, 300’ lakefront, S Cariboo. Beautiful, pastoral, private, rural setting. Borders crown land. Adjacent 80+ acre parcel available. www.bchomesforsale.com/ view/lonebutte/ann/
APARTMENT/CONDO BEAR MTN. 2 bdrm condo, 2 bath, large deck, Sept. 1, $1300 incl utils, 250-213-5204
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FERNWOOD AREA Apt, large 2 bdrm, $900 mo. Avail now. Call 250-370-2226 for viewing. THETIS LAKE ESTATES large 1 bdrm or can be 2 bdrm suite, all utils+ cable/high speed internet, laundry, garbage, private parking, close to all amenities, quiet rural setting. Refs, small pet ok. $1050./$1250 250-220-4718, 250-812-4894. MALAHAT 1 & 2 BdrmsPanoramic views. Serene & secure. All amenities on-site, firewood. $700-$1200 inclusive. Monthly/Weekly. Pets ok with refs. 25 min commute to downtown Victoria. Must have references. 250-478-9231.
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SAANICHTON: BRIGHT, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, deck, fenced yard, garage, near beaches, park, hospital. Quiet friendly neighborhood. N/S, $1500 + util’s. Avail. Sept. 15th possibly earlier. (250)655-0717.
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COOK ST. VILLAGE, 2 bdrm, sunny w/ balcony, just off Village, security bldg, Sorry No Pets, rent incls heat/hot water, 1 yr lease, Avail Sept. 1, $1300 mo, 250-595-5634.
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QUADRA/MACKENZIE3 bdrms, $1400+ utils, sun deck, 1 prkg spot/street prkg. Avail immed, 250-516-5556.
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20 ACRE Ranch Foreclosures Near Booming El Paso, Texas Was $16,900, Now $12,900, $0 Down, take over payments, $99/mo. Beautiful views, owner financing, FREE map/pictures 800-755-8953.
FOR SALE BY OWNER HOUSE IN COAL HARBOUR. SEMI-WATER FRONT, GREAT VIEW. 3 BDR. 2 1/2 BATH, LARGE SUNDECK. APRX. 1800 SQUARE FEET. 2 WOOD STOVES, ELEC. HEAT, 2 GARAGES TALL ENOUGH FOR MOTOR HOME, PAVED DRIVEWAY. PHONE 250-949-9515. $265,000 O.BO.
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THIS HOME HAS IT ALL! This 16 year old custom built 3600 sqft, 3 storey home features 4 bdrms, 4 baths, fabulous kitchen, roomy living room, natural gas fireplace, master bdrm with 4 pce ensuite. Great rec room (31x14) in finished basement. Completely finished 40x57 deluxe shop with separate bath. Property is 2.26 gorgeous, well kept acres. Visit www.albernihomes4u.ca for more information on this “one of a kind” property. Asking $649,000 RE/MAX Mid Island Realty Port Alberni, B.C. John Stilinovic 250-724-4725 Toll Free 1-877-723-5660
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SUITES, LOWER COLWOOD- 1 bdrm, shared W/D, priv ent, NS/NP. $890 incls utils. (Now)250-391-7915 HIGH QUADRA self cont 2bdrm grnd lvl, w/d ns/np $1050 utils incl (250)479-4254 LANGFORD (Costco). Bus, shops, school. 2 Bdrm suite, yard, 4 appls, water incl, shared laundry, $1000 +util. NS/NP. Sept 1, (250)881-2283 MARIGOLD AREA, 1 bdrm, shared lndry, quiet, N/S, N/P, $750, (immed), 250-727-6217. SAANICH: FURNISHED large 1 bdrm suite. NP/NS. Avail. Sept. 1. Ref’s req’d $900/mo inclusive. Call 250-721-0281, 250-858-0807. SIDNEY- 2 bdrm bsmt suite, 1 bath, priv ent, $1150 utils incl, Sep. 1. NS/NP. 250-665-6987.
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CARPET INSTALLATION
ELECTRICAL
MALTA FLOORING Installation. Carpets, laminates, hardwood, lino. BBB 250-388-0278
AT&T ELECTRIC. Renovations. Residential & Commercial. Knob & tube replacement. #26125. (250)744-4550. EXPERIENCED ELECTRICIAN. Reasonable rates. 250744-6884. Licence #22202. KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small. Kendra, 250-415-7991. WATTS ON ELECTRIC, Residential, Commercial, Renovations. #100213. 250-418-1611.
CLEANING SERVICES ABSOLUTELY CLEAN. Husband & wife team. Power Washing. (250)380-2526. MALTA HOUSECLEANING. BBB. Best rates. Residential/Comm. 250-388-0278 OAK BAY only. Reliable, honest housecleaner has space available. 24 years experience. 250-595-1820.
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.
CONCRETE & PLACING RBC CONCRETE Finishing. All types of concrete work. No job too small. Seniors discount. Call 250-386-7007.
CONTRACTORS ABSOLUTELY THE BEST! New, reno’s, historical, decks, driveways, etc. WCB/Member of BBB. John, 250-658-2656. CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, kitch/bath, wood floor, tiles, plumbing, renos 250-213-6877 REDSEAL JOURNEYMAN Carpenter. Simple hourly rate. (250)886-1596.
250-216-9476
From the Ground Up
250-812-8276
Lawn & Garden Seasonal & year round maintenance Accepting New clients Specializing in Low maintenance Landscapes
AURICLE LAWNS- Hedge, beds, irrigation, commer, strata. 25 yrs. Insured. 882-3129. BIG JOBS or small, we do it all. Weekly or monthly visits. Commercial & Residential. Call (250)885-8513. DPM SERVICES: Lawns, clean-ups, tree pruning, hedging, landscaping & gutters. 15 yrs exp. Call 250-883-8141.
FURNITURE REFINISHING FURNITURE REFINISHING. Specializing in small items, end-tables, coffee tables, chairs. Free pick-up & delivery. References available. 250-475-1462. U-NEEK SEATS. Hand cane, Danish weave, sea grass. UK Trained. Fran, 250-382-8602.
GARDENING MAINTENANCE, RENO’S, creative design installation. Ponds to patios, res. and comm. Call (250)474-4373 glenwoodgardenworks.com
MALTA HANDYMAN. BBB member. Best rates. (250)3880278.
C.B.S. MASONRY Brick, Stone, Concrete, Paving, Chimneys, Sidewalks, Patios Repair. Renew. Replace “Quality is our Guarantee” Free Estimate & Competitive Prices. Charlie 294-9942, 5899942 Licensed Insured & WCB
SENIOR HANDYMAN Household repairs. Will assist do-it yourselfers. Fred, 250888-5345.
HAULING AND SALVAGE
MORDECHAI Stone Masonry Office: 250-999-3175 Cell: 250-891-7537.
250-217-0062 GARDEN CITY GREEN Hauling & Recycle ◆Yard & Garden debris ◆Construction Clean-ups ◆Full House Clean-ups ◆Basements & Attics ◆Furniture, Appliances ◆Free Estimates
THE STUCCOMAN. Chimney repair work. Free estimates, 20 year warr/guarantee. Senior discount. (250)391-9851.
CITY HAUL- a lot of junk won’t fit in your trunk, you’re in luck I own a truck. 250-891-2489.
SHORELINE ROOFING. Reroofing specialist. WCB/BBB member. Quality & satisfaction guaranteed. 250-413-7967. shorelineroofing@shaw.ca
RUBBISH REMOVAL MALTA GARDEN & Rubbish Removal. Best Rates. BBB member. (250)388-0278.
MOVING & STORAGE
STUCCO/SIDING
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.
PATCHES, ADDITIONS, restucco, renos, chimney, waterproofing. Bob, 250-642-5178. RE-STUCCO & HARDY Plank/Painting Specialist. 50 years experience. Free estimates. Dan, 250-391-9851.
SUNDECKS
A PROFESSIONAL WOMAN painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wallcoverings. Over 22 yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220.
DIAMOND DAVE Gutter cleaning, gutter guard, power washing, roof de-mossing. Call 250-889-5794.
BLAINE’S PAINTING- Quality workmanship. $20 hr, 20 yrs exp. Blaine, 250-580-2602. OLD TIMER. Quality old fashioned service. Great rates. Excellent references. Call Al at 250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.
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.
PAINTER. YOU want the right price, top quality? 28 years exp. Call Ray (250)383-0038
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
PERIMETER EXTERIORS. Gutter cleaning, repairs, upgrades, roof demossing. WCB, Free est. 250-881-2440.
ACTIVE HANDYMAN Reno’s, drywall, decks, fencing, pwrwash, gutters, triming, yrd work, etc. Sen disc. 595-3327.
FOUR 12 ROOFING Licensed insured. BBB member. Re-roof new construction. 250-2167923. www.four12roofing.com
PAINTING
GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS
Aroundthehouse.ca ALL, Repairs & Renovations Ben 250-884-6603
ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS
MALTA MOVING. Best Rates. BBB Member. Residential/ Commercial. (250)388-0278.
FAMILY MAN Hauling. Prompt, Courteous. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-386-1119.
HANDYPERSONS
DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates. 250-744-8588, Norm.
WESTSHORE STONEWORKS Custom Stonework. Patios & Walkways. (250)857-7442.
DIAMOND MOVING. 1 ton 2 ton, 5 ton. Prices starting at $75/hr. 250-889-5794.
CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.
BUBBA’S HAULING. Mini excavator & bob cat services. Call 250-478-8858.
ALL TYPES of fencing, repairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637. MALTA FENCING & DECKS. BBB member. Best rates. (250)388-0278.
MASONRY & BRICKWORK
J.ENG LANDSCAPING Co. Custom landscaping design. Rock gardens, water features, pavers. Jan, 250-881-5680.
EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE
FENCING
★ REPAIRS/RENOS. Painting, plumbing, electrical, etc. Free estimates. Call 250-217-8666.
✭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. TRASH TALK Hauling & Junk Recycle. 30 yrs exp. Will clean you out! (250)818-4978.
ABSOLUTELY THE BEST! New, reno’s, historical, decks, driveways, etc. WCB/Member of BBB. John, 250-658-2656. MALTA HOUSE Renos & Repairs. BBB member. Best rates. (250)388-0278. M&S OXFORD Home/Commercial Reno’s & Painting. Patio’s, Decks, Sheds, Hardwood and Trim. 25 yrs exp. Quality Guar. 250-213-5204.
PLUMBING
TILING A1. SHAWN The Tile GuyRes/ Comm/ Custom/ Renos. 250-686-6046
WINDOW CLEANING
EXPERIENCED JOURNEYMAN Plumber. Renos, New Construction & Service. Fair rates. Insured. Reliable, friendly. Great references. Call Mike at KNA (250)880-0104.
DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning. Windows, Gutters, Sweeping Roofs, Pressure Washing, Roof Demossing. Call 250361-6190.
FELIX PLUMBING. Over 35 years experience. Reasonable rates. Call 250-514-2376.
GLEAMING WINDOWS & Gutters+De-moss, Pwr Wash. Brian, 250-514-7079. WCB.
KERRY’S GAS & PLUMBING SERVICESRepair, maintenance & install. 250-360-7663.
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496
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BAKERY
OROWEAT
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296
4
per lb 7.63 kg
680 g
ay Same Dry Delive
250-477-6513
Mon-Fri Excluding Holidays
146
per 100 g
2
1 kg
96¢
398 ml
CHARMIN XSTRONG
Double Roll Toilet Tissue 5.36 L
2 Var.
6
96
12 Roll
EDGE OR SATIN CARE
Shave Gel
OLSON
266
675each g
85 g
Sports Drink Assorted Variety. 710 ml
PEPPER’S OWN
BLTC Sandwich
LOCALARBUTUS RIDGE
per 100 g
each
FREYBE
Pate
Pasta Primavera
96¢
396
Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato, Cheese
Assst. Flavours
296
200 g
Squirrelly Bread
2 600 g
76 NATURAL & ORGANIC N
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Organic Eco Pack Cereal
5
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296
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POWERADE
Angel Food Cake
per 100 g
per 100 g
SILVER HILLS
Superfries 96 Select
Asst. 900 g Var.
Cat Food
66¢
3
26
Rand. Cuts
OFF
Baked Beans
FANCY FEAST
Asst. Var.
25%
HEINZ
Bleach 26
Snapper Fillets
Pork Chops
1
Comox Brie
per lb 2.12 kg
MCCAIN
213 g Var.
CLOROX
FRESH
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396
346
Pasta 86
1
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Asst. Var.
Ground Beef
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Old O l Fashion Ham NATURAL PASTURES
PARADISE ISLAND
Vanilla Plus Choco Plus Ice Cream
per 100 g
IND WE GR WN EXTRA LEAN OUR O
per lb 5.20 kg
ISLAND FARMS
ISLAND FARMS LOCAL
36
Frying Chicken
each
96¢
500 g
Wild Sockeye Salmon ISLANDD FRESH WHOLE RAISE
96
¢
FREYBE
LOCAL
Buttermilk Cheese
FRESH
2
Bartlett Pears
DAIRY D
Cottage Cheese
175 g
per lb 1.46 kg
CALIFORNIA
Romaine Lettuce
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LOCAL ISLAND FARMS
66¢
per lb 2.12 kg
BC
per lbb 2.12 kg k
Vanilla Plus Yogurt
¢
96
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LOCAL ISLAND FARMS
Celery
Red or Black Plums
Red Haven Peaches
BC
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96 650-905 g
SIMPLY NATURAL
96
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Pasta Sauce
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739 ml
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Gluten Free Cookies
226
150-170 g
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