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UVic students’ votes to be cast off campus UVic won’t play host to regional advance poll Kyle Slavin News staff

Engaging young voters will be just as challenging this year for municipal politicians as in years past, after the University of Victoria Students’ Society’s hopes of acquiring a regional advance voting booth were doused. Society director Dylan Sherlock was told last week there weren’t enough resources to allow the Saanich campus to host a joint Victoria-Oak Bay-Saanich advance poll. “Unfortunately when it comes to issues like democracy, municipalities move at a slow pace, and this probably requires a lot more advanced planning,” Sherlock acknowledged. “I know (the idea) has made a considerable impact on the discussions among politicians in Victoria. A lot of them have said they’re interested in this idea.” Though many UVic students live on campus or in the surrounding Saanich communities, a lot commute from Victoria and Oak Bay on a daily basis, Sherlock said. Having an advance poll on campus where students living in any of these municipalities could vote would allow for better political engagement. Carrie MacPhee, Saanich’s deputy chief elections officer said the decision was made jointly after lengthy discussions with elections officers in Victoria and Oak Bay. “With the resources we have this year we can’t add special voting opportunities. If we do it for UVic we must do it for the (two Camosun campuses and all high density areas),” she said. “What we hope to do, in conjunction with city staff, is meet with the UVic Students’ Society to talk about what we can do to help them improve communication about the election.”

Victoria’s deputy chief elections officer, Don Schaffer, said the Local Government Act does allow for an advance poll outside of jurisdictional boundaries, “but you have to be able to make it work. We didn’t think that was possible right now. Without considerably more planning and thought, we decided it wasn’t going to work out.” Saanich mayoral candidate David Cubberley says the decision “sends the wrong message” to a group of young people showing they’re interested in municipal politics. “There should be a commitment (from municipalities) to expand opportunities for democracy to students,” he said. “Students are among the least likely to participate. … One of the reasons that people don’t vote is they’re not aware of the election process, there isn’t a direct connection to adequately inform them that the chance to vote is coming.” Oak Bay Coun. Tara Ney strongly supported the idea when Sherlock spoke to that municipality’s council in June. “The more accessible we make our places where people can vote, the better. And we really want to engage this age group,” she said. “I think it’s really too bad, especially when we have young people coming forward and wanting to open the door here and we can’t make this happen.” Though disappointed, Sherlock appreciates that the municipalities are helping the UVSS figure out strategies to engage students in different ways. “The fact that (a regional advance poll) hasn’t been proposed throughout many municipalities in the country speaks to a grave issue in our democracy. We’re going to need to step up voter engagement so students who live on and off campus feel enfranchised.” kslavin@saanichnews.com

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Sandy Coupe studies Oak Bay High’s Cops for Cancer silent auction tables outside the Pharmasave on Oak Bay Avenue on Saturday. The auction, which raised about $1,300, featured a basketball signed by Steve Nash, an autographed baseball from Major League pitcher Rich Harden, restaurant gift certificates and gift baskets. Funds went toward the school’s campaign total, to be announced when the Tour de Rock riders roll into the Oak Bay High gym tomorrow morning (Oct. 6).

High schoolers shatter goal They hit their $20,000 fundraising goal about halfway through the head shave event Thursday. From here on, any money brought in for Oak Bay High’s Cops for Cancer campaign will leave that number in the dust. After last week’s massive day of leg waxes, pies-in-the-face and head shaves in the school gym, the total sat at about $23,000. “($20,000 was) our big goal, and high student involvement. We’re so happy with that (to have had both),” said school accounts clerk Pam Carbery, who’s been helping the students out with the 2011 campaign. Kids from Grade 9 through 12 have been doing whatever they can to help out with the campaign, Carbery said.

Events such as the eight-hour relay, bottle drives and other canvassing efforts attracted numerous students. “It’s been a really good community event for them, like a big family getting together,” Carbery said. One student made up Cops for Cancer bracelets to sell, while another arranged to set up a dunk tank as a fundraiser. The result of the school’s campaign will be revealed tomorrow (Oct. 6) at a little before 10 a.m., when riders from the Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock roll into the school gym. Donations will be accepted at the school office today and the public is welcome to attend the Thursday ceremonies. editor@oakbaynews.com

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Keeping the fun in learning Performing arts students hone craft, give back by performing

running around doing wacky things and there’ll be a Ricky Ricardo-style big band playing Latin music to dance to,” Roles said. The evening event will see students perform various routines related to the zany antics of Lucy. Tickets are $100, or $130 for a special star package. The most solemn community performances students take part in is their annual Remembrance Day events. On Nov. 6 and 13 in churches around the region, students will sing and perform choral speaking shows, all of which pay tribute to Canadians who died fighting for their country and democracy. “There’s rarely a dry eye in the house (for those performances),” Roles said. Other public events can be found at www.ccpa canada.com. Operating out of an Oak Bay church annex has offered the school’s operators and students alike to become entrenched in the community. “We get a lot of support for our company in Oak Bay,” Roles said. “We have a lot of our audience support from Oak Bay (as well as) some amazing volunteers. We’re happy and proud to be a part of the community and rely on that link.” He was heartened by the recent comment from a nearby neighbour: “They said, ‘We missed all your students all summer, singing and dancing down the street.’” editor@oakbaynews.com

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It was labelled as a carnival and it didn’t disappoint. Canadian College for the Performing Arts students in costume – and in character – greeted visitors at the door of the school’s performance hall, a.k.a. the St. Mary’s Church auditorium. Behind a temporary wall, a group of grinning kids and adults were guided through a dance routine by enthusiastic instructor Darold Roles. Downstairs, a group of visitors and students were led in a choral practice by faculty member Marvin Regier. Across the hall, a father and daughter were given a quick singing lesson and taught how to get the most out of their voices. All in a day’s work – or play – for staff and students at the college on Elgin Road. “I think everyone around the school is a little more relaxed and a little more grounded,” Roles, the school’s artistic and education director, said of the atmosphere around the college this fall. It’s the start of the second year for Roles and college director Ron Schuster. “Last year with the change in directors, everybody was a little

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Jessica Van der Veen watches her steps as she participates in a dance mini-workshop Saturday at the Canadian College of Performing Arts. The group was guided through the routine by school artistic and education director Darold Roles (far left). tentative. We knew we had big shoes to fill (after co-founders Jacques Lemay and Janis Dunning left in 2010),” Roles said. The school, which opened its doors Saturday for its annual Carnival of Classes, has another ambitious year planned, both from a performance standpoint and an educational one. A full complement of 40 first-year students, plus 23 second-year students are singing, dancing and acting their way through classes. The school offers a third-year program, called Company C. The largely student-led program focuses on mounting three productions during the

school year, but not enough people signed up this fall. Nonetheless, there are plenty of chances for new students to strut their stuff and hone their performing arts talents. First up among the public events is A Day of Bridge, a fundraiser for the college’s scholarship program. It happens at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 21 at the college (1701 Elgin Rd.). For $30, patrons can enjoy an early lunch while students entertain. Another fundraiser, the Lucille Ball – the late comedienne was born 100 years ago this year – happens Nov. 4 at the Crystal Ballroom at the Fairmont Empress Hotel. “We’ll have 24 Lucies

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he ran it for another seven years before current organizer Graham Lamb took over. Redchurch immigrated to Canada from England with his family when he was 17. They arrived in Halifax and took the train across the country, ending up in Victoria, where he’s lived all his life. Sitting in his studio, a back bedroom in his Monterey Avenue home, he points to a prairie landscape he recently finished. “It looked like that, except covered in snow,” he said, recalling his view from the train window. A Sharing of Life’s Gifts shows at Goward House, 2495 Arbutus Rd., until Oct. 31. For more information about Victoria Human Exchange Society, go to www. humanx.org. vmoreau@oakbaynews.com

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A golf cart zooms along Clover Point. Inside, a driver navigates while a cinematographer films American actress Katie Cassidy as she runs along the pathway. Vancouver film producer and University of Victoria grad Kyle Mann watches his cast and crew from a distance. “This scene will be her running and she’s got a bright future ahead of her, and then she’s going to get the (metaphorical) hammer hitting her,” Mann said, hinting at the movie’s plot that he is keeping under tight wraps. “So this is a good setup.” The $4-million low-budget independent psychological thriller tells the story of two roommates who become embroiled in a web of mystery and a murder. The film’s working title is The New Girl, but that will change before the movie is released late next year. Mann’s experience studying history at UVic and living on campus and in Gordon Head before he graduated in 1996 prompted him to think of the Capital Region as the ideal setting for his latest production. “I think you come from a real place as a storyteller, so when we were first working on this script together, I was like, ‘This

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Producer Kyle Mann, right, chats with director Michael Greenspan in front of his crew while filming parts of the movie The New Girl at Clover Point last week. Don Denton/News staff

should really be set in Victoria if we want a dark, moody thriller in a picturesque town with gothic architecture,’” said Mann, who has history and law degrees rather than a filmmaking degree. “You’re not going to find anywhere else like it in North America, except maybe New England, and that’s too far.” Filming began Sept. 26 at a parkade and an apartment building in downtown Victoria, and will continue in Chinatown, inside a home near Craigdarroch Castle, in UVic classrooms and lecture halls, and in the Cowichan Valley until Oct. 23. Mann has brought a film project to the Island before. Wrecked, which stars Oscar winner

Adrien Brody and arrived in theatres earlier this year, was Mann’s first try at producing a film on his own. Many of the Wrecked cast and crew are involved in The New Girl, including director Michael Greenspan, writer Christopher Dodd and Victoria actor Ryan Robbins. Victoria’s Leah Gibson also has an on-screen role. Mann’s experience in Greater Victoria is proving to be as positive as his filmmaking was last year in Duncan and Parksville for Wrecked, which may help lure Mann back to the Island for future projects. “It will depend on the storyline, of course,” he said. emccracken@vicnews.com

Film biz nets cash bonanza Television and film production continues to pour millions of dollars into the Capital Region’s economy, although the industry got off to a sluggish start early in the year. In 2010, productions pumped almost $13 million into the regional economy, and 2011 will likely mirror that, said Kathleen Gilbert, Greater Victoria film commissioner. Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story was the only project filmed in Victoria at the start of the year. Since then several commercials, two documentaries and a British Broadcasting Corp. TV special have been shot in the Capital Region. Filming for the movie The Note recently wrapped and several more local productions are now in development. This month, crews will be filming scenes for a TV movie, as well as several episodes for a Quebec docudrama TV series. The Greater Victoria Film Commission has fielded more than 80 location requests from producers around the world, Gilbert said. emccracken@vicnews.com

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gist and obstetrician were called in, their service was not required, and the C-section began within about 20 An independent, external review minutes from the time it was called. of a stillborn delivery at Victoria The timeline meets the guidelines General Hospital has concluded the by the Society of Obstetricians and availability of anesthesiologists was Gynaecologists of Canada. Beyond the particulars of this case, not a factor in the case. The review, however, did make sev- however, the review also examined eral recommendations to improve obstetrics more generally in Victoria. It made 21 recommenobstetrics in Victoria. The Vancouver Island “After examining dations. They include the Health Authority comneed for a dedicated missioned the review this case (in) detail, obstetrical anesthesiAug. 19 after anesthesi- the review team was ology service as soon ologist Dr. Sue Ferreira as possible, and a call publicly raised ques- quite satisfied that for VIHA to establish tions about a possible there was no delay an equitable pay plan link between the inciin the provision of for its obstetricians dent and a shortage of anesthesia care to the and anesthesiologists. anesthesiologists. VIHA says it is workFerreira said a labour- patient.” ing toward both recing mother required an – Ward Flemons ommendations. emergency caesarean Recruiting more section at a time when the hospital’s lone anesthesiologist obstetric anesthesiologists to Victoria is also a concern for the B.C. was occupied with another surgery. “After examining this case (in) Anesthesiologists’ Society. After a call for applicants by the detail, the review team was quite satisfied that there was no delay in B.C. Ministry of Health garnered no the provision of anesthesia care to interest, the society offered to help the patient,” wrote review lead Ward sweeten the pot with extra funding. “Ministry officials refused the offer, Flemons, a professor of medicine at the University of Calgary and board and continue to refuse to discuss the member with the Canadian Patient issue with anesthesiologists,” said society president James Helliwell. Safety Institute. “Government needs to come to the The anesthesiologist was responsible for two patients for a short period table with a genuine willingness to of time – not an ideal situation, Flem- listen and to come to a solution that ons said – but that had no untoward meets the needs of pregnant moms,” he said in a statement. impact on either patient, he said. rholmen@vicnews.com While a second anesthesiolo-

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Area residents’ concerns shifting The annual Vital Signs report announced this week that the cost of living is the No. 1 concern for residents of the Capital Region, ahead of the previous top issue, homelessness. The results leave us asking a couple of questions: Is homelessness second on the list because residents perceive the region’s homelessness strategy to be working? Or, in the wake of the economic turmoil gripping the world that continues to trickle down to the Capital Region, have people chosen to focus more on their own situation rather than first considering the well-being of those less fortunate than themselves? It’s likely a little of both. When the region’s homelessness strategy was first put forward, Greater Victoria was still enjoying the fruits of economic progress and people no doubt felt able to put their thoughts and dollars toward the poorest of the poor in our communities. Now, however, with news of the latest market crash or soft tourism numbers regularly found in the media, people have begun to look inward and fear for their economic future. Proponents of the minimum wage hike this year from $8 an hour, an absolute necessity, hoped the effect would be to indirectly boost the wages of other workers making nearly as modest a rate. For some businesses, however, it has only had the effect of adding payroll and thus prevented other workers from gaining muchneeded cost-of-living increases. With the exception of certain union positions, wages in general are not keeping pace with inflation. With the still-harsh economic realities dictating a holding of the line on expenses for business and government, many are choosing to avoid giving raises as a way to allow employees to keep their jobs. The disparity in income between the wealthy, and the middle class plus working poor continues to grow. It’s up to our governments to look at ways, through taxation policy, of allowing the majority of workers, in the middle- and lowerincome range, to at least keep pace with increases in the cost of living. 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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Dumb leaders attack smart meters the B.C. government’s contract with The annual Union of B.C. Telus. Municipalities convention spent There was not a discouraging quite a bit of time talking about new word about cellphone towers, the wireless technology. Unfortunately, innovation that spawned the antimost of it was wasted on ignorance wireless cult in California and fear, fanned by many years ago. Quite the the NDP, Green Party contrary. and some like-minded MacDiarmid was opportunists in local beseeched to get cell government. service to northern A tiny group of Vancouver Island and protesters gathered un-serviced parts of the outside the Vancouver Interior, and to cut through Convention Centre the multi-ministry maze each morning, setting still required for routine up a pile of picket signs approval of towers. wailing about imagined Tom Fletcher Cellphones save lives on smart meter sins from B.C. Views remote highways. privacy invasion to In the main hall, human rights violation. supposedly experienced municipal One of them allowed that she leaders continued to parrot fear was wearing “special clothing” of “microwaves” and such drivel, to ward off the bad rays. That’s either because they believe it or understandable, since B.C. Hydro because they are pandering to calculates that a delegate’s wireless those who do. This continued on signal exposure from four days at talk radio, which stoked the smart the UBCM convention is equivalent meter “controversy” all week, to standing next to a smart meter apparently because it reliably for 1,147 years. And that’s not even generates angry calls. calculating those other horrible The descent into farce became sources of electromagnetic energy complete when delegates had a bombarding downtown Vancouver, show of hands on a resolution to such as traffic lights, spark plugs, place a moratorium on a smart and let’s not forget the sun or meter installation program that B.C. Earth’s molten core. Hydro has already paid for. The It wasn’t all foolishness, vote was too close to call, so they however. I attended an economic had to fish out their wireless voting development panel, at which devices to vote about 55 per cent in physician and cabinet minister favour of the moratorium. Margaret MacDiarmid described Premier Christy Clark was the continuing extension of rural asked after the convention if her cellphone and Internet service government would contemplate a underway since the extension of

moratorium on meter installation. “No,” she replied. This is not surprising, since the motion effectively asks B.C. Hydro to waste $930 million. “I’ve spent quite a bit of time talking with the experts about it,” Clark said. “I don’t share those health concerns, because when we’re surrounded by wireless and cellphones, there are a lot of other sources of the problem that they’re concerned about.” I’ve argued with numerous people about this. They often start with an exaggerated claim about the World Health Organization’s risk rating. In fact, WHO acknowledges that people who claim hypersensitivity to electromagnetic signals can’t identify them in controlled studies. WHO also notes that cellphone tower emissions are effectively five times weaker than the FM radio and TV signals to which we’ve all been exposed for decades. Cell base stations reach no more than two per cent of international limits. And smart meter signals are much weaker than that. I’m done arguing with people who make up their own facts. I’ll just address those who haven’t bought into this nonsense. Please, survey your council candidates on smart meters, and on Nov. 19, support only those who have the common sense to understand what a smart grid is. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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LETTERS Aging-in-place model encouraged for Oak Bay Lodge transition from independent living My parents are currently to assisted living to residential awaiting a couple’s placement care, without having to move to in residential long-term care, a different facility. In essence, a having moved from their home Campus of Care model allows in Oak Bay to independent living seniors to age in place. and then to assisted Seniors entering living all in the past two Linda Reid independent living years. Through both Guest column have already left their my professional and homes and neighbours, personal experience, generally for health reasons. I feel compelled to comment at Once their health further declines this crucial moment for seniors’ (as it inevitably does with time housing issues in Victoria. and age), they suffer greatly The Oak Bay Lodge property when they are forced, yet again, will remain in public hands to leave the security of their and this is a tremendous new home and community. achievement. However, current They must face not only the plans do not include the loss of functional capacities, but preservation of the Campus of the loss of familiar caregivers, Care currently offered at Oak surroundings, friends and even Bay Lodge. Such a concept family. exemplifies the vision of the For couples living together future for seniors in residential in an independent or assisted care, allowing residents to

living facility, any change in the health status of one member that renders the couple at different levels of care means they face separation. With a Campus of Care model, that member could receive more complex care onsite, without having to move to a different facility. Oak Bay Lodge and Selkirk Place in Victoria are the only two public facilities currently offering such a model. Under the proposed plan, Baptist Housing sees Shannon Oaks as the independent living facility and Marrion Village as the assisted living facility, with the current Oak Bay Lodge property being devoted to longterm residential and dementia care. The distance between these properties does not meet the Campus of Care definition. Furthermore, a senior living at

Shannon Oaks or Marrion Village is not guaranteed a bed in Oak Bay Lodge when they are facing placement to a facility with a higher level of care. Ministry of Health policy states that clients deemed eligible for residential care must accept the first available bed offered and must occupy that bed within 48 hours of the offer. There is no guarantee that seniors will be offered a bed in their preferred facility; however, seniors can again request and wait for the long-term care facility of their choice. The policy for couples who are at the same level of care is that one member generally moves first, with the other member to follow once an appropriate bed becomes available. In all but a Campus of Care model,

Readers respond: Special-ed. funding, smart meters Special-education funding lacking Another school year is here and throughout the province we have thousands of classes wherein students are not receiving the quality instruction that they need and deserve. This is a result of the broken special-education funding formula that was legislated by the B.C. government. For 10 years teachers have given specific and appropriate recommendations to address this very significant problem. For every student who

enters the system with cognitive or behavioural designations, funding is taken away from other students with average learning profiles. Students benefit greatly from three effective blocks of small-group instruction to support their regular classroom work, but the formula doesn’t provide this. The government refuses to fix the broken funding formula. A student with autism does not have autism for only 18 hours a week. A student with Down syndrome does not have Down syndrome for only 22 of the 30 hours in a school

week. Yet in many cases that is the level of support the formula allows. To make up the difference, money is taken away from the learning support teacher’s assignment – just when that teacher could be of assistance. Teachers need community support. Please take time to write your MLA and also write to George Abbott, Minister of Education. Ask them to fix the funding formula so all our children will experience a happy and successful school year. Deborah Nohr Oak Bay

Councillors should get on with real job Re: Meters process not so smart: councillors (News, Sept. 21) It’s sad to see our local small-iticians, who have nothing to contribute to the smart-meter issue except perhaps further confusion, jumping into the fray. I grow weary of council’s rush to hold the hands of every kook and Luddite that comes along. Perhaps they could quit the sideshows and get on with their real responsibilities. David Wilkinson Oak Bay

these transitions require moving to another location, possibly without ever having seen that property and potentially being separated from one’s spouse. Seniors often endure four or five moves in their journey from their family homes to independent living to assisted living to long-term care to finally arriving at their long-term care facility of choice. Each successive move frequently intensifies losses of a cognitive, emotional and physical nature. Now is the time for Oak Bay to set the standard for the compassionate care of our seniors by promoting the Campus of Care model and the concept of aging in place in planning for the renewal of Oak Bay Lodge. Linda Reid is a longtime Victoria physician who lives in Oak Bay.

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inconvenience this may have caused The Corporation of the District of Oak Bay LEAF CLEARING Leaves from the trees that give Oak Bay its name are now falling, and municipal crews have readied the leaf vacuuming equipment for the campaign which will begin soon to clear them from streets and gutters all over the Municipality. The leaf clearing program begins in October and will continue until all leaves are collected rather than on a pre-determined street by street schedule. The reason for this annual blitz is to prevent catch basins and storm drains from becoming clogged to the point where they cannot cope with the runoff from a moderate to heavy rainfall. It takes quite a while to cover the entire Municipality, however, and the more leaves there are on the street at any one time, the more likely it is that problems will occur before our crews can get to the area. We can handle the leaves deposited on the street by the normal forces of nature. We run into difficulty, however, when residents rake leaves onto the street from their own properties in anticipation of the arrival of our vacuum, or leave other garden refuse or tree prunings on the boulevard expecting it to be picked up with the leaves. Piles of leaves on the roads also create safety hazards for cyclists. We will pick up only leaves from the boulevard (no garden refuse or tree prunings), but please DO NOT RAKE LEAVES ONTO THE STREET! Please do not place leaves in plastic bags as they get caught in the vacuum! In the interest of pedestrian safety, please do not place leaves on the sidewalk. Thank you for your cooperation. “LEAVES ON STREETS = BLOCKED CATCH BASINS = FLOODED BASEMENTS” Phil Barnett Superintendent of Public Works

LETTERS Alternatives are available to wireless smart meters Re: Meters process not so smart (News, Sept. 21) Well done, Oak Bay News for covering this concern. Thank you Coun. Tara Ney for speaking out on our behalf. Why are so many scientists calling for caution? The concerns are not just about a single smart meter, but 1.8 million of them and the Smart Grid infrastructure, much of it relying on microwave radiation (radio-frequency radiation). Many people are pasting notes with “No Smart Meter” on their hydro meters and informing B.C. Hydro of their address, hoping to delay installation until wiser policy prevails. We are told by Hydro that there’s no problem with the radiation from smart meters; that the World Health Organization’s caution about this being ‘possibly carcinogenic’ referred only to cell phones. This is incorrect; the WHO report’s classification of “possibly carcinogenic” referred to radio-frequency electromagnetic fields. Dr. Martin Blank, a cell biologist from Columbia University, calls this “the new

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As Hurricane Wilma slammed into the Mexican coast in 2005, a fire weather monitoring station made in Langford fell off the roof of a hotel. The building was destroyed by the hurricane, but the little data-recording unit inside the station stayed intact. This equipment, used all over North America, and soon China, is developed and assembled on Henry Eng Place in Langford. Forest Technology

Systems is a leading maker of unmanned fire weather monitoring equipment, providing organizations with data used to calculate fire danger rating indices. The information helps them make decisions about allocating firefighters and evacuating people. “It’s kind of cool that this local, little (Greater) Victoria company is having a big impact,” said Eric Embacher, head of marketing. It’s technology that can save lives for clients, such as Parks Canada, the U.S. Fire Service and the Mexican navy, he said, The systems are appealing because they can be left alone for more than a year before needing maintenance. Weather stations are located everywhere from

unmanned weather stations to manage its fire danger. “We’re being helped by climate change,” Embacher said. editor@vicnews.com

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Trek bicycles! to turn this into a family event. It’s one The schools’ The package of the few times when we get students efforts take on many includes a Trek from all four schools together.” forms. At Reynolds bike with clipBringing people together is a major secondary school in in pedals and theme at all the participating schools. Saanich, the annual shoes, a helmet, “It’s a great representation of our tour fundraising and a signed school and our community if we concampaign, which Tour de Rock tribute (to the Tour),” said Kati Georgeincludes bake jersey. To enter, Jim, a member of the student leadership sales, car washes visit the Black class at Esquimalt High school. and dances, has Press office at “It’s always been kind of a tradition become a much818 Broughton at our school,” added her classmate, anticipated event. file photo St. to fill out a This year marks Sgt. Lamont French from CFB Esquimalt helps give Kaleigh Woolford, “and something we’d form, or enter the school’s eighth colleague and fellow former Tour de Rock rider Leading like to carry on and give back.” online at www. A coin drive, a café and a pledge drive as a tour supporter, Seaman Matthew Schlauch a head shave in 2009. Greater blackpress.ca/ and after raising Victoria students will go bald this year as they raise money are all part of the fundraising efforts at tour-de-rock. Esquimalt High. There’s also a pie-in-theover $100,000 in the for Cops for Cancer. Winners will be face event planned for this week, where past three years, drawn Oct. 7 it’s become clear that the ris-Jones said. “They understand the symbol- student volunteers will wind up with pie on and notified by students are very much on ism of it. At Reynolds, it’s cool to shave your their faces in exchange for donations. email. At Oak Bay High School, where more than head.” board with the movement. One of this year’s head shavers is Grade 11 $43,000 was raised last year alone, events have “It’s a whole effort of everyone in the school embracing student Sarah Corey. One of Corey’s friends, a already been underway for a couple of weeks. it,” said Dean Norris-Jones, an English teacher student at Mount Douglas secondary in Saan- The work of organizing all the activities was at Reynolds. “We have about 1,000 kids in the ich, was diagnosed with a brain tumour earlier made easier when more than 100 students school and almost a 10th of the kids shave their this year. Though her hair reaches the middle of turned out for the first planning session. “It is a lot of work, but the kids at Oak Bay, her back, Corey isn’t concerned with losing it. heads.” “Shaving my head is really symbolic of what they’re unbelievable,” said student co-ordinator The annual head shave day, slated for Oct. 6, is one of the highlights on the Reynolds cal- he’s going through,” she said of her friend. “I’m Danica Robirtis. “They’ll bend over backwards endar, and is the single biggest fundraiser the not so nervous about how I look because I don’t to help you out.” With each passing year, Greater Victoria stuschool undertakes. Students and staff raise really care about how I look. I’m looking forward money through pledges before submitting to to being a part of the campaign. 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Belfry’s Beauty: story somehow lost in translation REVIEW: English version of play asks simple questions Vivian Moreau News staff

The acting was solid and the set intriguing. Yet when the Belfry Theatre audience stood on opening night to applaud the cast of And Slowly Beauty… I stayed in my seat. The reason? Quebec playwright Michel Nadeau’s story of an ostensibly successful man stuck in a rut and asking basic life questions didn’t resonate. But because it may for others I can’t say don’t go see this play, the first production of the script in English. Dennis Fitzgerald is both sweet and subtle in his role as Mr. Mann (get it? the common man?) the middle manager struggling to be enthusiastic about his employer’s company restructuring plan. One memorable scene has him uttering the dreaded “synergy” to staff whose jobs may shortly be eliminated. Five cast members who double up on roles funny it up in that scene by speaking back nonsensically,

but in tones of protest we understand. With a distracted wife (Caroline Gillis), two young adult kids (Thomas Olajide and Celine Stubel) constantly on the run, and a dying young colleague (Christian Murray), Mann is adrift in the centre. One night he goes to see Anton Chekov’s Three Sisters and is struck by the questions of life that play poses: What matters? What is real? How do we make meaning of the modern world? These questions leave Mr. Mann at first perplexed through his day, but ultimately learning to find joy in the basics: his children and wife who pause to reconnect with him and he with them. John Ferguson’s versatile set design works well. The framed glass wall extending the width of the stage has enough entries and exits that it quadruples up convincingly as office boardroom, coffee shop, the Mann family’s kitchen and theatre. There is perhaps a bit too much chair moving by cast members – a physical necessity but a cerebral distraction. Directed by Michael Shamata, the cast move fluidly in their roles. Mary-Colin Chisholm is the coffee shop server who

spies Mann reading Three Sisters and then goes to the play, bumping into him when he decides to see it a second time. She is a strong physical and plot pivot point, playing not only the colleague from work but the unseen neighbour – who turns out to be the coffee shop server – whom Mann hears having loud sex off-stage. She helps Mann realize the beauty of discovery that can be found through the arts, ahem. And Slowly Beauty… is a play gentle with its cleverness. It coopts the audience in the almost clubby knowledge of underscoring the gift of what theatre provides. Does that invisible ego stroking prompt an audience to stand for an ovation that is not just for the cast but for themselves? You be the judge. vmoreau@oakbaynews.com

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After the screening, a discussion opens up about urban farming initiatives in Victoria. CBC Radio One’s Khalil Akhtar will moderate; panelists are Sol Kinnis (City Harvest), Gabe Epstein (Gorge-Tillicum Urban Farmers), Kristina Bouris (City of Victoria community planner) and city councillor Philippe Lucas (Victoria Downtown Public Market Society).

The event is part of an ongoing series of food and farming events called Cinema-in-Season and will have a local food concession and cash bar. Showtime is 7 p.m. at the Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad St. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and tickets are by donation, $10 to $20 is suggested. Find more details online at opencinema.ca. vmoreau@oakbaynews.com

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The last such weather pattern developed in mid-2010 and lasted until this spring. The impressively strong Get ready for nasty wet winLa Niña in 2010-11 was partly ter – again – weather experts responsible for the record say. U.S. winter snowfall – which “La Niña conditions have led to spring flooding – the returned and are expected to extreme drought conditions gradually strengthen and continue into the Northern HemiDon Denton/News staff across that country, as well sphere winter (for) 2011-12,” Expect to see more rain-slicked as extreme weather events says a warning issued last roads in Oak Bay Village this winter. around the world. Among them were heavy rains and month by the U.S. National Weather Service of the National Oceanic and monsoons in Asia, the devastating and fatal cyclones in the northeast of Australia and an Atmospheric Administration. That means, like last winter’s La Niña, there’s extremely dry period in equatorial eastern Africa. editor@oakbaynews.com another strong chance of above-average precipitation across the Pacific Northwest, says the alert. A second La Niña this soon is unusual, accordBEST BUY - CORRECTION NOTICE ing to the service. It and its warm and dry oppo- NEWSPAPER RETRACTION FOR THE BEST BUY SEPTEMBER site, El Niño, occur on average every three to five 30 CORPORATE FLYER On the September 30 flyer, page 1, please note that the LG 55" HDTV (55LK520, WebCode: years with La Niñas usually half as frequent. It was not clear at the time of the report’s release 10166919) was advertised with an incorrect specification. Be that the TV is in fact an LCD HDTV, not LED. We sincerely what the ultimate strength of the La Niña would advised apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our valued be. customers.

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Thai fighter Canada’s kickboxing champ in the Far East Travis Paterson News staff

She’s the world champ Canadians don’t know about. But in Thailand, Lindsay Ball can’t even go to the bank without being recognized. A Victoria kickboxer living and training in Thailand since February, Ball hit it big in August when she won a nationally televised fight at the Queen’s Cup, a birthday celebration for Thailand’s royal leader. Thing is, Ball didn’t even know she was fighting for the World Professional Muay Thai Federation (WPMF) super featherweight (57 kilograms) world title until she got there. She defeated France’s Miriam Sabot by unanimous decision, in what was a chess match of jabs, kicks, knees and elbows.

“... Some ladies at the bank didn’t like me, a foreigner. After I got stitches they realized I was a Thai boxer, they love me now...” – Lindsay Ball

“I think (my promoter) didn’t tell me because he didn’t want me to freak out.” However, Ball wasn’t any more nervous about the fight than she was about the fact it was televised throughout Thailand. “Muay Thai in Thailand is as big as hockey is in Canada. There were some ladies at the bank who didn't like me because I was a foreigner. After I got stitches and they realized I was a Thai boxer, they love me now and

want to talk to me.” Ball, who was an NCAA hockey player with the Northeastern Huskies from 2000 to 2003, spent the past eight years training in Victoria with former world champion Stan Peterec at Peterec’s Martial Arts. In 2005 she made her fight debut in boxing, later switching to kickboxing and by 2010 she won the International Sport Kickboxing Association Canadian featherweight title. Since arriving in Thailand she’s won numerous regional titles, switched gyms, suffered a lung infection, become an avid motorcyclist and fought as often as twice a month. “(In May) I left my (first) gym because I wasn't happy Photo submitted with where I was and ended up Officials dress Lindsay Ball in the WPMF world championship belt, having defeated Miriam with a lung infection.” Sabot under a light rain at the Queen’s Cup celebration in Thailand, Aug. 11. That’s when thing took Ball dehydrated herself to the point of it’s very prestigious. I didn’t get the call off. She was recruited by the owner and head trainer of Sinbi Muay Thai that the fight was confirmed until 10 days delirium but made the mark, a process documented in a dramatic video posted to YouGym in Phuket. With a new promoter, Ball (prior). “My coach told me it was for a title of Tube. continued her frequent fighting schedule She credited Sabot as her toughest oppowith bouts on June 25, July 15, the Queen’s some sort but I didn't know it was for a Cup on Aug. 11, in China on Aug. 28 and in world title until I got to the weigh-in and saw nent since defeating Jessica Gladstone for the belt.” It led to “a bit of a panic attack” the Canadian ISKA title. South Korea on Sept. 6. For now, Ball is trying to relax, unsure She hasn’t lost a fight in Asia yet. Among since she weighed around 60 kilograms her wins is a defeat of the southern Thai- and was unsure how she was going to cut when she’ll have her next fight, possibly here in Canada come November. land regional champ and Korea’s Pro World weight down to 57 kgs. “In Thai they say ‘Sabai sabai’ which Though cutting weight is a standard preAssociation of Kickboxing Organizations fight routine, “Thailand is very humid and means ‘relax, relax,’ my favourite phrase.” championship on Sept. 6. sports@vicnews.com “I wanted to fight in the Queen’s Cup as the body tends to hold onto more water.”

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Two out of three wins on the road suit the Victoria Royals just fine, thank you. The rebuilding club is in first place in the B.C. Division with three wins and two losses overall as SaveOn-Foods Memorial Centre prepares to host the Medicine Hat Tigers (2-2) on Thursday and Friday. Game time is 7:05 p.m. both nights. With Medicine Hat comes highly touted first round draft pick Emerson Etem of the Anaheim Ducks. Offence has carried the Royals early, with the team sweeping the Prince George Cougars, 5-4 in a shootout on Friday and then 6-5 in regulation

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Victoria Royals defenceman Zach Habscheid pulls the puck from harms way during the Royals’ 4-3 road win in Prince George on Friday. on Saturday. Logan Nelson, Robin Soudek, Brandon Magee and Steven Hodges scored on Friday with Kevin Sundher and Soudek netting shootout goals. Jamie Crooks’ hat trick paced his team to a 5-0 lead on Saturday. The lead collapsed, but the Royals’

Varga doubles as K1 champ Victoria’s Gabriel Varga added a second world title to his kickboxing résumé in Austria on Sept. 24. Varga defeated Roy Tan (Netherlands) by referee stoppage for the World Kickboxing Federation’s K1 rules world pro

clung to the one-goal win. Tired but hoping for a better result, the Royals fell 8-2 in Kamloops to the Blazers on Sunday. Despite the drubbing, the good news was Royals’ points-leader Nelson (four goals, four assists) scoring both goals. sports@vicnews.com

championship belt in the super-lightweight category (142 pounds, 64.5 kilograms). Prior to fighting in Austria, Varga trained in Thailand for three months and was already the World Kickboxing Networks’ champion in the same weight class.

The New Zealand All Blacks might as well have pushed the Canadians to the airport in a wheelbarrow Saturday. Canada’s Rugby World Cup came to an end with a 79-15 loss against the host All Blacks. Heavy favourites to win the RWC, New Zealand never let up on Canada in the final Pool A round robin match, scoring a dozen tries. But Canada will carry on. After the game, head coach Kieran Crowley, a former All Black, said he’s signed on with Rugby Canada for at least another 18 months. Crowley’s been a key figure in reshaping the Canadian men’s program since March of 2008, six months after the RWC 2007. Less than a third of Canada’s RWC 30-man roster played in the 2007 tournament but Crowley expects “around 80 per cent of our current players should be around in 2015, so we’ll be building toward that.” See a recap of the RWC online at VicNews. com.

Shear the beard Reports on Monday indicated a charity shearing for Adam Kleeberger is in the works, with CBC’s Rick Mercer mentioned as the possible barber. The fearless second-rower ended the tournament with a dizzy spell after his head took the brunt of a massive collision with Tony Woodcock, the All Blacks’ prop often regarded as the best in the world at that position. Kleeberger, of the UVic Vikes, tweeted about his condition from New Zealand on Sunday, saying, “Head is OK, got a CT scan

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Plans to de-beard Adam Kleeberger are underway. done after the game and they confirmed that there is still nothing there.” But it was Kleeberger’s colossal beard and his “Beardo” nickname, along with the facial extravagances of Jebb Sinclair and Hubert Buydens, that made the trio the talk of the tournament. The previously clean-shaven Kleeberger is back in Victoria this week creating wonder as to whether his chin trophy will return to its previous owner, the Norse god of Thunder. Sinclair, however, won’t be part of any shaving festivities as he’s headed to England to make his professional debut with the historic London-Irish rugby club of the Aviva Premiership. Likewise, Rugby Canada said Buydens intends to retain his bearded status. As of Monday, Buydens’ playing status was unknown. sports@vicnews.com

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Rio Tinto Alcan is the aluminum product group of Rio Tinto, headquartered in Montreal, Canada. Building on more than a century of experience and expertise, Rio Tinto Alcan is the global leader in the aluminun industry. With over 24,000 employees in 27 countries, Rio Tinto Alcan is a global supplier of high-quality bauxite, alumina and primary aluminum. Its AP smelting technology is the industry benchmark and its enviable hydroelectric power position delivers significant competitive advantages in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s carbonconstrained world. As part of Rio Tinto Alcan Primary Metal North America, the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s BC Operationsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is one of the largest industrial complexes in the province. Employing about 1400 people and contributing more than $269 million annually to the provincial economy, the Kitimat, BC based aluminum operation is poising for future growth. Rio Tinto Alcan is seeking qualified persons to fill the roles of: Electrical Planner Ref # KIT0001I Mechanical Planner Ref # KIT0000V Under Coordinator/Manager supervision, the Electrical and Mechanical Planner(s) will plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the operations of the assigned area. Technical aspects include but are not limited to: -Develop accurate work estimates for labour, material, tools, etc. -Develop and implement efficient job plans -Ensure safety risk assessments and remediation plans are done prior to scheduling -Coordinate procurement of materials, parts staging for planned work To qualify for these positions the preferred candidate will: -Possess an Interprovincial Trades qualification and/or technical experience (educational or work experience) -Minimum 3-5 years related experience in an industrial setting is preferred The preferred candidate will be one whose #1 priority is safety in the workplace. The rewards and benefits of working for Rio Tinto are market benchmarked and very competitive, including an attractive re-numeration package, regular salary reviews, incentive programs, employee savings plan, competitive pension plan, a self education assistance policy, and comprehensive health & disability programs. To apply, please submit an online application (resume) directly at our website at http://jobs.riotinto.ca Resumes must be received by Sunday, 16 October 2011. Rio Tinto Alcan would like to thank all applicants, however only those shortlisted will be contacted.

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HELP WANTED Alberta earthmoving company requires a journeyman heavy duty mechanic. You will work in a modern shop and also have mechanics truck for field work. The job is at Edson, Alberta. We require that you have experience on Cat crawlers and or Deere excavators. Call Lloyd at (780)723-5051. Holbrook Dyson Logging Ltd Has vacancies in the following jobs: 1)Heavy Duty Mechanic. 2)Driller Blaster Details can be seen at http://hdlogging.com/ Fax resume to 250-287-9259

LEMARE LAKE is currently seeking the following positions: â&#x20AC;˘ Log Loader â&#x20AC;˘ Second Loader â&#x20AC;˘ Hoe Chucker Operator â&#x20AC;˘Hook Tender â&#x20AC;˘Chaser â&#x20AC;˘Processor â&#x20AC;˘Off-Highway Logging Truck Driver â&#x20AC;˘Line Loader Operator â&#x20AC;˘Boom Man â&#x20AC;˘980 Operator â&#x20AC;˘Juicer Operator â&#x20AC;˘Bundler/Strapper â&#x20AC;˘Grapple Yarder Operator All camp-based positions for the North Vancouver Island area. First aid certification an asset. Full time, union wages. Fax resume to 250-9564888 or email office@lemare.ca

HUGHSON TRUCKING INC. is looking for Class 1 Super-B flatdeck drivers. Safety and Performance Bonuses, benefits package, drug & alcohol policy. 2 years experience preferred. We will provide transportation to Southern Alberta. Call 1-800-647-7995 ext 228 or fax resume to 403-6472763

North-Island Auto Dealership is accepting resumes for the position of Sales Manager/Business Manager Please send resume including management qualifications to: The Mirror, #104 250 Dogwood St. Campbell River, V9W 5C1 ATTENTION: Box #155 or email to angelah@campbellrivermirror.com and type Box #155 in the subject line.

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SERVICE ADVISOR. We have an immediate opening for the position of Service Advisor. Applicant should be mechanically inclined, computer literate and familiar with all types of automotive vehicle repairs. Apply in person or writing to: Browns Chrysler Ltd., 10447-104 Ave., Westlock, AB, T7P 2E4. Phone 1-780349-5566. Fax 1-780-3496493. Email: service@brownschrysler.com Attention: Dale Marshall.

We are still hiring - Dozer & excavator operators required by a busy Alberta oilfield construction company. We require operators that are experienced and preference will be given to operators that have constructed oilfield roads and drilling locations. You will be provided with motels and restaurant meals. Competitive wages, bonus and transportation daily to and from job sites. Our work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Call 780-723-5051.

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ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fir, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391. SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest firewood producer offers firewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords, fast delivery. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com or 1877-902-WOOD.

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FOR SALE BY OWNER WELL-MAINTAINED Recreational Property/Home. 1500 sq.ft, 3 bdrm 2 bath, 5 acres, garage. A stone throw from pristine Cowichan Lake. Priced to sell. $399,900. Furnished. Ready to move in! Call 250-478-2648 250-745-3387.

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ROCKLAND AREA Apt, large 1 bdrm, incls heat & hot water, $860/mo. Avail Oct. 1. Call 250-370-2226 for viewing. SOOKE BASIN waterfront. 2 bdrm condo, recently reno’d. Quiet neighbourhood. $900. N/S, Pets ok. Call 250-5161408, 778-425-1408.

TIFFANY TABLE lamp, 24”H x 16”W, (orchid fields inspired), $95. 250-595-3210. WESTERN RED Cedar shrubs (2), 12’ high, $25 each. Call 250-477-1876.

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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 $629,000 RE/MAX Mid Island Realty Port Alberni, B.C. John Stilinovic 250-724-4725 Toll Free 1-877-723-5660

MORTGAGES 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

RECREATIONAL PROPERTY RARE OPPORTUNITY: waterfront property on beautiful Jim Lake, .83-acre with 360 sq ft insulated cabin, located near Green Lake/Watch Lake (70 Mile House). 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. 250-3950599. (Please see bchomesforsale.com/70mile/frank.)

OTHER AREAS BRING THE family! Sizzling Summer Specials at Florida’s Best Beach! New Smyrna Beach, FL. See it all at: www.nsbfla.com/bonjour or call 1-800-214-0166.

RENTALS APARTMENT/CONDO FERNWOOD AREA Apt, large 2 bdrm, $960/mo. Avail now. Call 250-370-2226 for viewing. HILLSIDE: THE Pearl; 2 bdrm condo, 6 appl’s, parking, storage. NS/NP. $1500/mo. Call (250)652-6729. 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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FLORENCE LAKE, 2 bdrm, 6 appls, 2 decks, close to all amens, N/S, small pet neg, avail Oct. 15, $1400 mo incls all utils. Call 250-391-1967. SIDNEY DUPLEX, SXS, 3 bdrm, 1.5 bath, F/S, N/S, N/P, fenced yard, refs, avail now, $1325 + utils. 250-656-4003.

HOMES FOR RENT WHY RENT when you can own? 0% down; $1600/mo. Call 250-360-1929 Binab Strasser - Re/Max Alliance.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION GOLDSTREAM AREA, newly reno’d & furn’d, 1400 sq ft, lndry & H/D TV incl, lrg deck & yard, prkg, $650 mo, utils incl’d. Call Ray 250-884-0091.

SUITES, LOWER BRENTWOOD BAY, 1 bdrm, on bus route, all utils incl’d, shared W/D, $750 mo, N/S, N/P, Oct. 1, 250-652-8516. CENTRAL SAANICH, grd level, 2 bdrm, patio, utils & lndry incl’d, N/S, N/P, avail Nov. 1, $850 mo. Call 250-652-9699. GLANFORD AREA, 2 bdrm bsmt suite, avail now, $1000 mo, no lndry, N/S, N/P, 250479-9569 or 250-514-2007. GORGE/ADMIRALSvery quiet, furnished 1 bdrm, private entrance, NS/NP. $850 inclusive. 250-580-0460. GORGE-HARRIET, Lrg 1 bdrm, priv ent & prkg, utils incl. NS/NP. Oct 1. $725/mo. 250384-0460 (leave a message). HAPPY VALLEY (Latoria), grd level, 1100 sq ft, newly reno’d, gas F/P, hdwd flrs, 6 appls, wifi, all utils, N/S, N/P, ref’s, Oct. 1, $1000 mo, 250-478-8795. SIDNEY, GRD level, quiet bdrm + office, 1000 sq bright, private patio. Close town & bus, N/S, $875 mo utils, 778-426-1817.

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SUITES, UPPER ROYAL BAY, (Colwood), 1 bdrm, 4 appls, W/D in suite, priv ent/prkg, N/S, N/P, $800 mo, avail now. 250-595-1193.

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2012 FORD Mustang Club of America Special Edition. 6 cylinder, 305 HP. Grabber Blue, 600 km, satellite radio. Showroom condition. Lottery winner, $25,000. Call 250-956-2977. MAZDA MIATA, Special Edition 1992. Black with tan leather interior, power windows, 182,340 km. t’s a beauty! $4600. (250)385-0876.

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DRYWALL BEAT MY Price! Best workmanship. 38 years experience. Call Mike, 250-475-0542.

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SWEEP YOUR roof, clean your gutters & remove your waste. Fair prices. Insured. Fred, (250)514-5280.

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CLEANING SERVICES ABSOLUTELY CLEAN. Husband & wife team. Power Washing. (778)440-6611. AUNTIE MESS CLEANING. Reliable, efficient, honest, 40 years exp, seniors discount. $20/hr. Call 250-634-1077. CARING BONDABLE work since 1985. Supplies & vacuum incld’d. Call (250)385-5869 MALTA HOUSECLEANING. BBB. Best rates. Residential/Comm. 250-388-0278

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.

MALTA DRYWALL & Painting. Residential/Commercial. BBB member. (250)388-0278.

ELECTRICAL 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.

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Fall Lawn and Garden Services. Insured, WCB, Free Estimates. 250-884-9493

cedarcoastlandscaping.ca J.ENG LANDSCAPING Co. Custom landscaping design. Rock gardens, water features, pavers. Jan, 250-881-5680. PREPARATION FOR Fall, Winter & Spring. Professional garden & landscape services. Maintenance, design & installations. Call (250)474-4373.

WATTS ON ELECTRIC, Residential, Commercial, Renovations. #100213. 250-418-1611.

EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE BUBBA’S HAULING. Mini excavator & bob cat services. Call 250-478-8858. RAINTEK SPECIAL! Keep your basement dry with RainTek! Camera inspection & roto-rooting of your perimeter drain tiles for $129. www.raintek.ca 250-896-3478.

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CONTRACTORS CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, kitch/bath, wood floor, tiles, plumbing, renos 250-213-6877

U-NEEK SEATS. Hand cane, Danish weave, sea grass. UK Trained. Fran, 250-382-8602.

Winter is coming, time to call & book your gutter cleaning! Rob: 250-882-3134 platypusvictoria.com

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GUTTER CLEANING. Repairs, Maintenance, Gutterguard, Leaf traps. Grand Xterior Cleaning Services. WCB Insured. Call 250-380-7778.

WESTSHORE STONEWORKS Custom Stonework. Patios & Walkways. (250)857-7442.

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

PLASTERING

PRESSURE WASHING

MOVING & STORAGE

ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

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.

FOUR 12 ROOFING Licensed insured. BBB member. Re-roof new construction. 250-2167923. www.four12roofing.com

A PROFESSIONAL WOMAN painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wallcoverings. Over 22 yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220. BLAINE’S PAINTING- Quality workmanship. $20 hr, 20 yrs exp. Blaine, 250-580-2602. CLIFF’S PROFESSIONAL painting Int/Ext, new const. Free Est. Call 250-812-4679. NORM’S PAINTING. Quality work. Reasonable, 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.

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PLUMBING

ABSOLUTELY THE BEST! New, reno’s, historical, decks, driveways, etc. WCB/Member of BBB. John, 250-658-2656.

EXPERIENCED JOURNEYMAN Plumber. Renos, New Construction & Service. Fair rates. Insured. Reliable, friendly. Great references. Call Mike at KNA (250)880-0104.

IFIX HANDYMAN Services. Household repairs and renovations. Free estimates. Call Denis at 250-634-8086 or email: denisifix@gmail.com

CITY HAUL- a lot of junk won’t fit in your trunk, you’re in luck I own a truck. 250-891-2489.

PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, old world texturing, coves, fireplaces. Bob, 250-642-5178.

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GUTTER CLEANING, repairs, de-mossing. Windows, power washing. 250-478-6323.

C.B.S. Masonry Brick, Stone, Concrete, Paving, Chimneys, Sidewalks, Patios, Repair, Replace, Re-build, Renew. “Quality is our Guarantee” Free Est’s & Competitive Prices. (250)294-9942, 589-9942 www.cbsmasonry.com

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ABSOLUTELY the best around 30YRS EXP. Mick, Creative Handyman, All skills, Tooled, Insured. Guaranteed 250-886-7525

DIAMOND DAVE Gutter cleaning, gutter guard, power washing, roof de-mossing. Call 250-889-5794.

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DIAMOND MOVING. 1 ton 2 ton, 5 ton. Prices starting at $75/hr. 250-220-0734.

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STEVE’S GARDENING. Fall Clean-ups. Mowing, Hedge & Tree Trimming. Reliable. Good rates. Call 250-383-8167. .... THE GARDENING GAL .... Quality Affordable Gardening. Renovations Maintenance & Cleanups.... 250.217.7708.

FURNITURE REFINISHING. Specializing in small items, end-tables, coffee tables, chairs. Free pick-up & delivery. References available. 250-475-1462.

PERIMETER EXTERIORS. Gutter cleaning, repairs, upgrades, roof demossing. WCB, Free est. 250-881-2440.

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FAMILY MAN Hauling. Prompt, Courteous. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-920-8463.

FELIX PLUMBING. Over 35 years experience. Reasonable rates. Call 250-514-2376.

MALTA DRAIN Tiles. Replace and Repair. BBB member, best rates. (250)388-0278.

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MALTA HOUSE Renos & Repairs. BBB member. Best rates. (250)388-0278.

KERRY’S GAS & PLUMBING SERVICESRepair, maintenance & install. 250-360-7663.

RUBBISH REMOVAL MALTA GARDEN & Rubbish Removal. Best Rates. BBB member. (250)388-0278.

STUCCO/SIDING PATCHES, ADDITIONS, restucco, renos, chimney, waterproofing. Bob, 250-642-5178.

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TILING A1. SHAWN The Tile GuyRes/ Comm/ Custom/ Renos. 250-686-6046

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Tour de Rock Finale Come out and celebrate the success of the Team’s 1,000 km ride!

Friday October 7th 5 to 7 pm Spirit Square (Centennial Square) Team arrives at 5 pm!

• Meet the riders and Jr Team • Meet Ryder Racoon • Sponsor recognition and major gift cheque presentations • Greater Victoria Police Chorus performance • STAGES Dance Company performance • Youth Activity Tent hosted by Coast Capital • Chair Massages by donation

• Headshaves • Pick up your ofﬁcial Tour de Rock team trading card and program • Buy your Tour de Rock T-shirt, ball cap or touque ($20) • Kustom Towing rafﬂe and draw for a 1999 Chevy Cavelier • Visit our health promotion and cancer prevention information tent to buy your daffodil boxers or undies ($20)

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Plan your route and parking or consider taking the e bus or walking to Spirit Square. Square Dress warmly, bring a chair and maybe an umbrella – SEE YOU THERE!

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Are you a woman in business?

Women in Business Gala Tuesday, October 25th Doors open 1:15 pm

Marriot Victoria Inner Harbour

Reception 4:30 until 7:00 pm • Appetizers • Cash Bar Reception sponsored by:

• Great Networking • Fashion Show • Annual Awards

Katy Hutchison

Ken Lavigne Entertainment

Keynote Speaker Katy Hutchison, author of Walking after Midnight, shares her story of how one woman can turn adversity into inspiration, revealing how a traumatic event impacted her as a young wife and mother and changed the direction of her career.

Sponsored by: Women in Business Awards presented by:

COLD FREIGHT

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Enjoy an exclusive concert by Victoria’s own, internationally acclaimed, Ken Lavigne. Founder of the Canadian Tenors, his New York debut was at Carnegie Hall and he has entertained around North America, including with famed producer David Foster. His latest CD will be released this fall.

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