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Sidney needs more daytime fire-fighters to be able to adequately respond to emergency calls.

This need is outlined in a fire-fighter hiring plan, presented to town council on Feb. 4 and approved during their budget discussions that night. What that

means for taxpayers is a $38,852 increase in the department’s budget in 2013 and additional increases over the following five years as the department hires four new firefighters, bringing the total to seven full-timers.

A firefighter hiring plan was brought up in 2012 after the depart-ment raised the ongoing issue of a lack of volunteers in the commu-

nity available to respond to day-time emergency calls. Council at the time asked the department to pursue other options first, such as a recruitment drive and advertis-ing, before pressing on with the hiring plan.

Sidney Volunteer Fire Depart-ment Chief Jim Tweedhope told the News Review earlier that a firefighter recruitment drive last

fall attracted eight new members. They will eventually, he said, help the Sidney department respond to emergency calls through-out the day. However, not all of the recruits or current firefight-ers are available during the day. This means more reliance upon Sidney’s three career firefighters (a fourth full-timer is an adminis-trative assistant) and the mutual

aid agreement between them, the North Saanich and Central Saan-ich fire departments.

“(Daytime coverage is) always an issue with volunteer fire depart-ments,” Tweedhope said, noting people work, attend school and sometimes do those things out-side of the community.

Town looks to hire more full-time firefightersCouncil proceeds with option to help cover daytime emergency calls

PLEASE SEE: Four firefighters, page 6

Devon MacKenzieNews staff

During a council meeting this week, Central Saanich coun-cil and staff heard about a new endeavor by the Peninsula Recreation Commission (PRC) to offer a free shuttle on the Saanich Peninsula.

The shuttle, which will run on a one-season trial basis from the last week of June through until the end of August, will be funded from the PRC’s reserve fund and is estimated to cost around $45,000. Any sponsorship or donations to the program would be used to reduce the amount used from the reserve.

“It will allow people to get to the recreation facilities and allow students from other areas on the Peninsula to enjoy programming at places like Panorama and Greenglade,” said Councillor Carl Jensen, who is also Chair of the PRC.

The PRC approached council for their thoughts on the shuttle but ultimately do not need their approval to run the service or use the reserve funds to operate it.

“This is an opportunity to take a chance on something and try it out by looking at it on a test-run basis,” said Jensen, after questions were raised by Councillor Zeb King.

Free shuttle in the worksPeninsula Recreation Commission considers free Peninsula shuttle

PLEASE SEE: Shuttle to fill a big need, page 8

Steven Heywood/News staff

Engineers and workers look over the sheet metal retaining wall being put in at the Capital City Yacht Club in North Saanich. The work is being done to shore up a deteriorating marina wall and is expected to continue over the next month.

PENINSULA R E V I E WNEWS

Hotel’s helping handThe Sidney Pier Hotel recently ran a Mardi Gras promotion, donating the proceeds to the food bank, page 3.

Star Cinema nears goalTwo more donations could put the local movie house over the top of its fundraising campaign, page 10.

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A former member of the District of North Saanich’s board of variance has alleged that there were a couple of incidents of political interference in the decisions made by the quasi-judicial body.

Clarence Bolt was not selected to return to the board, where he spent the last six years, when council made its recent three-year term appointments. He stood before council on Feb. 6 and stated he thought he was to be interviewed for a potential re-appointment to the board but that did not happen and he was not re-appointed.

“In my six years there, I enjoyed the group,” he said, noting his experience on boards of variance is extensive and includes

nine years on another such body.

In his address to council, Bolt said he was witness to two occasions of possible political interference in the board’s decisions.

Boards of variance deal with appeals for minor variances to zon-ing bylaws.

“I feel this past year, the board has been subject to some politi-cal scrutiny,” he said, adding that in the past, the board itself has acted with integ-rity.

The first incident, he claimed, came when a board decision was questioned by the pro-ponent of the project on which the board ruled. That complaint, he said, prompted council to ask for the board to give their reasons for their decision in writing.

The second, he said, came when the board made a decision in a very close vote.

Afterwards, he said a councillor stated that the decision was “the right one.” That, Bolt said, could have made those on the board who voted one way feel intimidated.

Councillor Ted Daly was skeptical of Bolt’s comments, stating to bring the concerns forward now, after the

fact, seems suspect.“To bring it up now is only taking (Bolt’s)

comments (at face value),” Daly said, add-ing he wasn’t going to base any decisions on one person’s comments.

“This, to me, is fairly serious,” said Coun. Elsie McMurphy.

She asked staff to provide council with guidelines on how they can avoid any sem-blance of interference, real or perceived, with the board.

Coun. Celia Stock added that the sepa-

ration of powers is important in this case and council’s role in the matter needs to be clarified.

Coun. Dunstan Browne said his recollec-tion of the first instance — asking the board to give its decision in writing — was that the matter was too big to have been sent to the board in the first place. He also said a comment like “you made the right decision” doesn’t constitute interference.

Mayor Alice Finall noted that Bolt’s bring-ing up the issue would have been problem-atic when he was a sitting board member.

“The (board of variance) is a quasi-judi-cial body,” Bolt said. “It’s not a committee of council. Its decisions can only be chal-lenged at the Supreme Court. Its duties are performed with integrity, based on rules laid out by (the provincial government).”

Bolt added he hopes that despite changes made to the board’s membership, it will continue to operate without political influ-ence.

McMurphy’s motion to seek guidelines from staff was defeated, 4-3.

Former board member alleges interferenceMost councillors are skeptical, reject call for council guidelines

Ted Daly Celia Stock


• Council is asking district staff to report on the pros and cons of a resident’s proposal to reduce his lot size to accommodate an expansion of a cot-tage on his property. Resident Peter Mason made the request to better house his growing family and their plans to age in place. The cottage is cur-rently legal, but non-conforming to existing zoning bylaws. Mason is essentially requesting a variance to allow the expansion of the cottage.

• Eleven North Saanich residents addressed council during the public participation period. They spoke to housing growth concerns, zoning applications and even to offer kudos to the dis-trict’s outside staff.

• A Civic Ideas website application - essentially an online public comments area - is being consid-ered for the district’s website. Council decided to delay any approvals until later this month in order to get more information from staff and Granicus Inc., the developer of the application. The service is being offered free, except for staff time.

• From its in-camera sessions, council announced that the district has withdrawn from the Capital Regional District regional crime unit and will use the savings to reduce the 2013 and future years’ policing budget.

COUNCIL NEWSDistrict of North Saanich - Monday, Feb. 4

District considers online comments


A Mardi Gras event at the Sidney Pier Hotel last month raised an impressive $2,000 for the Sidney Lions Food Bank.

The party, which saw the Pier Hotel transformed into a Louisiana look-a-like on Jan. 19, featured fun activities like the Haro’s Casino, the VooDoo Lounge and Maw Maw’s Louisiana Kitchen. Net pro-ceeds were donated to the food bank.

“We wanted to choose an organization that would benefit people right here in the community,” said Sidney Pier General Manager Natalie King.

Mardi Gras events continued at the hotel until Feb. 3.

Devon MacKenzie/News staff

Alyson DesLauriers from the Sidney Lions Food Bank (centre) is presented a cheque by Sidney Pier Hotel and Spa General Manager Natalie King (right) and Director of Sales and Marketing, Christine Ball. The hotel raised $2,000 for the food bank during their Mardi Gras event on Jan. 19.

Sidney Pier Hotel supports food bank


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The rules are pretty simple. Snap a kissy kissy photo in

downtown Victoria, upload it to the Downtown Victo-ria Business Association Facebook page and you can win swag.

It’s the DVBA’s fourth annual Valentine-themed warm ‘n’ fuzzy promo-tion aimed at making us feel like visiting down-town and hopefully make those cash registers ring.

The DVBA aims, through championing local business, to keep the core of Victoria vibrant and welcoming so that it remains an economically vital place. If downtown is a dire wasteland where nobody wants to visit, everyone loses.

Members of The Disruption Col-lective figured they’d live up to their name and mess with the contest a bit. The group wants to draw atten-tion to signs posted around town that outline the rules: No camping, trespassing, loitering or soliciting.

“Distributed and promoted by the DVBA, this is a directed attack on a particular sector of the people who live in this city, allowing police to harass the street involved commu-nity,” says the website kissdisrup-tion.wordpress.com.

The website does impart some interesting opinions, but is unfor-tunately peppered with language best not repeated in a community

newspaper.To protest private property signs

posted throughout the core, the coalition submitted photos of kissing couples with the signs prominent. There are some pretty neat ones too. I really like the young woman smoochin’ her pooch. Too bad the image is photographed spe-cifically so the eye is not drawn to the puppy love, but the sign.

The DVBA removed the photos from contest contention. They also responded to the Disrup-tion campaign in a civil

manner. DVBA general manager Ken Kelly explained to Black Press that the photos were removed because one contained offensive content, and they didn’t suit a contest meant to “bring out the fun and excite-ment on Valentine’s Day.”

The coalition emailed a press release to media outlets citing “cen-sorship.”

“This action was designed to draw attention to the business asso-ciation for its involvement in the ongoing criminalization of poverty in the city,” they said.

“The DVBA has a long history of working with the police and the court system to privatize space and criminalize poverty in its district.”

Again, the rules are pretty simple. Trespassing is illegal. It’s a shame the DVBA feels they need to help

their member businesses with little reminder signs for the folks who don’t understand the concept of private property.

Camp on my front lawn and I might post a sign, too.

The title, The Disruptive Collec-tive, does little to instill faith that they want to make productive change implying instead a willing-ness to stir the muck for the sake of it. The coalition’s own website describes the campaign as “she-nanigans.”

“The point we are trying to make is that it’s fine for some to stand in those spaces, but if you don’t look like ‘the right kind of person,’ you aren’t welcome here,” Serina Zapf told Monday Magazine.

“We thought this would be a play-ful way to disrupt a fun contest and challenge people to think about who is being represented here – who is allowed, and welcome, to show affection.”

None of the folks in any of the photos struck me as the “wrong” kind of person, and that’s just one place they mixed the message.

Whether it’s the press release blasting the business group for “censorship” or aggressively curs-ing them out on the website, the kiss disruption campaign missed the “playful” target.

Christine van Reeuwyk is the interim editor of the Goldstream News Gazette.

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Missed mark on kiss campaign

The kiss disruption campaign missed the ‘playful’ target.

Christine van Reeuwyk

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B.C.’s Family Day isn’t freeThis weekend marks B.C.’s first Family Day

statutory holiday, which for most people breaks that long three-month stretch

between New Year’s Day and Easter. B.C. residents now enjoy 10 stat holidays (11

if your employer is nice enough to throw in Boxing Day), which ties us with Saskatchewan as the most generous province for the coveted long weekend. By contrast, Nova Scotians and Newfoundlanders only have five.

While Greater Victorians enjoy recounting their youth by listening to Trooper in the Inner Harbour on Monday, or take advantage of the many activities offered at recreation centres across the region, people should remember not everybody can afford an extra day off.

When Premier Christy Clark announced the creation of Family Day in October 2011, she expected that by now a better economy would balance out the extra costs to businesses.

But many small retailers and companies are struggling as the economy remains flat at best. They are paying out more due to a higher minimum wage and all are now contemplating the cost and hassle of returning to the GST/PST system.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business estimates a small business with five employees will shell out about $1,135 for Family Day and it will cost small and medium sized businesses $42 million in lost productivity.

Municipal and provincial governments will also shell out more for essential service employees and the hundreds of thousands of people on the public payroll.

This holiday can be seen as rather blatant pandering to the electorate by the B.C. Liberals, or an attempt to give hard-working B.C.ers a break – perhaps it’s a bit of both.

And while the majority of us will enjoy the Monday off work, it’s important to acknowledge the many small business owners in our community who will see it as nothing but an added burden.


LETTERS

Vote for real foodI would be interested to hear

from a farmer, not a government subsidized agricultural business growing corn or soy, to back up Lorne Hepworth’s claim that “when it comes to Canadian farmers, they overwhelmingly choose to grow genetically improved varieties of corn, canola, soybeans...”

It seems his letter is the same propaganda that companies like Monsanto dish out. Small farmers like those the general public envisions with a red barn, some cows and land for a variety of crops are decreas-ing each year according to the recent StatCan reports. GMO companies are pro agriculture especially large mono-cropping operations that, funnily enough, can only use genetically modi-fied seeds because nothing else will grow from lack of nutrients in the soil.

It’s an unsustainable cycle. The bottom line is that con-

sumers need to inform them-selves, support local farmers and use their money to cast a vote for real food.

Linda BiggsCentral Saanich

Kick those buttsIt takes 10-12 years for a ciga-

rette butt to decompose. That’s more than twice as long as plywood, wool socks, and milk cartons.

Did you know that? I didn’t, until I read the stat in Mary-Jane’s Farm Magazine, quoting

the B.C. organization Change Everything. The fact prompted me to write this letter to voice something that’s peeved me for ages: Why is it socially accept-able to litter cigarette butts?

I don’t mean to engage in smoker bashing. I have the utmost empathy for folks strug-gling against the addictive pow-ers of tobacco. I simply wish to point out that cigarette butts belong in trash cans. Cigarette butts are revolting. They look horrid strewn about. So please, if you smoke, after the fire’s extinguished put your butts where they belong.

Adrienne DyerSidney

Laneway adds densityIn your latest story regard-

ing the Lunn development, you report “The district’s current residential, single family home, zoning (R1) allows for only 2.5 units per acre. By way of com-parison, the proposed housing development at 9395 East Saan-ich Road is 39 or 40 units over 4.3 acres — which is approxi-mately nine units per acre.”

This depiction fails to men-tion the additional 40 units that would be considered as ‘laneway housing’.

According to a CRD staff report presented at the Dec. 19 meeting: “The proponent also proposes laneway housing in this development which would permit one secondary unit per lot, to a maximum of 80 units”

Iif this CRD report is accurate, then the nine units per acre sug-

gested in the story could poten-tially become 18 units per acre.

Alex GortanCentral Saanich

Vision lackingRe: Left in Limbo, PNR, Feb. 1.Let me get this straight: there

were applicants willing to serve on the Heritage Commission but they were all rejected.

Councillor Browne must have amnesia when he refers to not much coming out of the Heri-tage Commission. Last week, St. John’s United Church in Deep Cove was added to the North Saanich Heritage Register.

The current council majority appears to lack vision looking backward as well as forward.

Heather GartshoreNorth Saanich

Taking care of CanadaFor all those who constantly

find fault with the Prime Minis-ter and our Conservative gov-ernment, just realize how many billions of dollars we give away to countries who never help themselves. Billions on wars that never end because of the hatred they have for each oth-er’s religion.

The PM has done something right when Canada is the only country to survive the mess in the financial world. Canada cannot be responsible for every nation that continues to fight year after year. Our PM has taken care of Canada brilliantly.

Eileen NattrassSaanichton

Real food and butting outReaders respond:

Small but confident group in North Saanich

Re: Full House On Housing Debate, 1 Feb., 2013.

My associates and I would like to thank the PNR for a thorough exposition of the current state of

the Public Consultation on housing density policy in North Saanich.

However, I would like to correct the phrase, “… a small group of concerned citizens leading the opposition to this process…”.

We are definitely not opposed to the process, but do have concerns about

the terms of reference and their sub-sequent implementation. Moreover, through various community sources, we believe that, although our group may be few in numbers, we are confident that we represent the sentiments of a grow-ing number of North Saanich residents in this matter.

As mentioned in the article, we are concerned both the public meeting and the exit survey jumped quickly to the question of “what kind of higher density housing and where should it be?”

Although the consultant, a majority of Council, the development community and the Sidney-North Saanich Industrial Group may feel that the case for higher density housing is established and watertight, many residents are not able to embrace that conclusion easily.

We sense that, on that question, many people feel uninformed or skeptical or both.

For these reasons we have always felt that the public consultation process is valuable but should have started with

the question, “Do you believe that there is a need for higher density housing within North Saanich?”

It is worth noting the impetus for this hurried housing initiative and the sub-sequent consultation process costing at least $38,500, was mainly from the development community and their sup-porters on council.

It did not come from a majority in the community.

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The District of Central Saanich hereby gives notice that it intends to lease, for less than fair market value, the land and premises located at 6994 East Saanich Road, and legally described as:

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to the Central Saanich Community Services Society (a Society incorporated under No. S0013394) (the “Society”). The lease shall be for a term of fi ve (5) years, commencing on September 1, 2012, for the rent of one ($1.00) dollar for the full term of the Lease. The Society wishes to lease the subject land and premises for the purpose of operating a community hall for the benefi t of the residents of the District of Central Saanich.

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1. Advance Elector Registration Are you eligible to vote at the upcoming Local Government By-election for the District of Central Saanich? Is your name on the current list of electors?If you are not sure you can fi nd out by visiting the Central Saanich Municipal Hall at 1903 Mt. Newton Cross Road, Saanichton, BC or by calling the Municipal Hall, at 250-652-4444. The offi ce is open from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday (excluding holidays). Advance elector registrations will be accepted at the Central Saanich Municipal Hall until 4:30 p.m. on February 19th, 2013. With the exception of registration on voting days, elector registrations will not be accepted during the period of February 20th, 2013 through April 12th, 2013, inclusive.

Elector Qualifi cationResident Electors:• Age 18 or older (on or before the general voting day); and• A Canadian citizen (on the day of registration); and• A resident of British Columbia for at least six months immediately before the day of registration; and• A resident of the District of Central Saanich for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registration; and• Not disqualifi ed by any enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqualifi ed by law from voting.

Non-Resident Property Electors:• Age 18 or older (on or before the by-election voting day); and• A Canadian citizen (on the day of registration); and• A resident of British Columbia for at least six months immediately before the day of registration; and• A registered owner of real property in the District of Central Saanich for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registration; and• Not entitled to register as a resident elector; and• Not disqualifi ed by any enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqualifi ed by law from voting; and• The only persons who are registered owners of the real property, either as joint tenants or tenants in common, are individuals who are not holding the property in trust for a corporation or another trust; and• An individual may only register as a non-resident property elector in relation to one parcel of real property in the District; and• If there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of those individuals may, with the written consent of the majority of the owners, register as a non-resident property elector.2. Voting Day RegistrationResident Electors and Non-Resident Property Electors who have not registered in advance may register at the time of voting. General Voting Day for the Local Government By-election is Saturday, April 13, 2013.Resident Electors may register by producing two pieces of identifi cation (at least one with a signature) to provide proof of identity and residency.Non-Resident Property Electors may register by producing satisfactory proof of property ownership and, if applicable, written consent from the other registered owners of the real property, and two pieces of identifi cation (at least one with a signature) to provide proof of identity.3. List of Registered ElectorsBeginning February 26th, 2013, until the close of general voting for the By-election on April 13, 2013, a copy of the list of registered electors will, upon signature, be available for public inspection, at the Central Saanich Municipal Hall, 1903 Mt. Newton Cross Road, Saanichton, BC, during regular offi ce hours, Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays. Electors may request that their address or other information about them be omitted from or obscured on the list of electors, to protect privacy and security.4. Objection to Registration of an ElectorAn objection to the registration of a person whose name appears on the list of registered electors may be made in accordance with the Local Government Act until 4:00 p.m. on March 8th, 2013. An objection must be in writing and may only be made by a person entitled to be registered as an elector of the District of Central Saanich and can only be made on the basis that the person whose name appears has died or is not qualifi ed to be registered as an elector of the District of Central Saanich.5. Notice of NominationPublic Notice is given to the electors of the District of Central Saanich that nominations for the offi ce of:

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for the remainder of a three-year term (December, 2011 to December, 2014), will be received by the Chief Election Offi cer or a designated person at the Central Saanich Municipal Hall, 1903 Mt. Newton Cross Road, Saanichton, BC, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 26, 2013, and 4:00 p.m. on Friday, March 8, 2013, excluding statutory holidays and weekends.Nomination documents are available at the Central Saanich Municipal Hall, 1903 Mt. Newton Cross Road, Saanichton, BC, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday (excluding statutory holidays).

Qualifi cations for Offi ceA person is qualifi ed to be nominated for offi ce, and to be elected to and hold offi ce, as a member of a local government if at the relevant time the person meets all the following requirements:• A Canadian citizen;• 18 years of age or older on or before general voting day for the election;• A resident of British Columbia for at least six months immediately before the day nomination papers are fi led; and,• Not disqualifi ed by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election in British Columbia or from being nominated for, being elected to, or holding offi ce, or is not otherwise disqualifi ed by law.6. Availability of Mail Ballot VotingMail ballot voting is available for the 2013 Local Government By-election. In order to qualify for mail ballot voting an individual must be on the list of registered electors and:1. have a physical disability, illness, or injury that affects his or her ability to vote at another voting opportunity; or,2. expect to be absent from the District on General Voting Day (April 13, 2013) and at the times of all advance voting opportunities (April 3 & 10, 2013).A registered elector must apply in writing to the Chief Election Offi cer between 8:30 a.m. on March 27, 2013, and 4:00 p.m. on April 11, 2013, by providing a signed request with his or her name, residential address, address of the property in relation to which the elector is voting if a non-resident property elector, method of delivery for the mail ballot package, and address for delivery if different from residential address. Between 8:30 a.m. on April 3, 2013 and 4:00 p.m. on April 11, 2013, the Chief Election Offi cer will provide mail ballot packages (visit the website or contact the Chief Election Offi cer for details). In order to be counted for the election, the elector must mail or deliver the ballot to the Chief Election Offi cer at the address specifi ed in the mail ballot package so that it is received no later than the close of voting on general voting day (8:00 p.m., Saturday, April 13, 2013).Further information on the By-election in general, or on nomination papers and the requirements and procedures for making a nomination, may be obtained by contacting the Chief Election Offi cer, Gary C. Nason at 250-652-4444 or Deputy Chief Election Offi cer, Susan Brown at 250-544-4202.Information on the By-election may also be obtained from the District’s website at www.centralsaanich.ca.Gary C. NasonChief Election Offi cer

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“It’s a bonus if they’re available during the day but we cannot make that connected to recruiting new firefighters.”

The new recruits are two years away from being effective frontline firefighters. So, the chief is ask-ing for a blended department — a mix of 30 volunteer mem-bers and an additional four full-timers to bring the career firefighter contingent up to seven. In Sidney, Tweedhope said the department responds to an emergency call with five firefighters on a truck.

“The issue is daytime fire-fighter availability,” said Councillor Mervyn Lougher-Goodey. “There is still not enough to provide adequate coverage.”

Coun. Steve Price said there’s a cost associated with the hiring plan, so a call for no tax increases this year is look-ing unlikely.

“But most people, in my view, would like to see this council protect the safety and security of our residents,” he said.

Mayor Larry Cross added if Sidney cannot meet this need for adequate fire protection during the day, their liability risk increases and insurance rates might go up.

Coun. Marilyn Loveless said it would be risky to consider police or fire department cutbacks, add-ing the hiring plan option chosen by council will cost the average taxpayer $2 per month.

The plan calls for the hiring of one career fire-fighter this year, two more in 2014 and a fourth in 2015. The estimated cost of having all four on staff in 2015 is $147,748.

Phased in over six years, the additional cost to having four new full-timers is an estimated $253,269 by 2018, or no more than a 0.64 per cent increase in taxes over those six years.

Town staff are including a savings of $126,000 from 2014 to 2018 — that’s the cost of one of the department’s assistant fire chiefs, who is planning on retiring midway through 2014.

Lougher-Goodey said the town is at the point where a blended department has to be considered, but added he doesn’t want to give the department carte blanche. He said the plan will have to be assessed by council each year.

“Follow the plan,” he said, “but each year of the plan, review it. We have been warned there will be some growing pains, so we have to move cau-tiously.”

The Central Saanich volunteer fire department has four full-timers, while there are only three in North Saanich. Both of those, however, have 40-plus volunteers available.

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This month, the Saanichton Village Association (SVA) will begin a visioning process they call Saan-ichton 2020.

“It’s really about finding out what people’s visions are for the community,” said SVA Presi-dent, Jan Carroll. “We want people to come and talk about their ideas and what they envision the village looking like years from now.”

The SVA adopted the Saanichton 2020 concept about a year ago and have been working with the District of Central Saanich to seek direction on their plans for the community. This month, the association, the District and the public will come together for the first time on this project to share ideas.

“Anyone can come, it’s not just for those who are in the core of Saanichton,” explained Car-roll. “The idea is that everyone — residents and business owners — comes with their visions and writes them down. It can be anything from ideas about transportation, locations of crosswalks and even things like adding garbage cans or benches in certain areas. Anything and everything that makes a village.”

Carroll added that the District of Central Saanich will be providing maps and flip charts for the work-shop so people can have an overview of what the village currently looks like.

The workshop will also include focus groups on families and age-friendly Saanichton.

“We’re really looking forward to hearing what

kind of ideas the community has,” Carroll said.The workshop will run on Thursday, Feb. 28

from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Log Cabin Museum in Saanichton Green. For more information visit www.saanichtonvillage.ca or call 250-544-0636.

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A cyclist that was struck by a car last week in Central Saanich has died.

The 85-year-old cyclist, whose name was not released by police, struck a car on Jan. 30 around 11 a.m. in the intersection of Wallace Drive and Stelly’s X Road. The man was taken to Victoria General Hospital with serious head trauma and he succumbed to his injuries on Feb. 3.

Central Saanich police say the cyclist was wear-ing a helmet at the time of the accident and that they are not recommending any charges against the female driver of the car.

[email protected]

Cyclist succumbs to his injuries

A vision for the villageSaanichton Village Association holds workshop this month

Saanichton Village Association mission statement:

“Envisioned by the residents of the com-munity, the Saanichton Village Association is committed to showcasing local tourism, farm gate and retail opportunities while enhancing the beauty of the area through the establishment of a neighbourly village where residents can walk, cycle and gather in a healthy and welcoming environment.”


North Saanich council has changed its mind and will advertise for more members of their heritage advisory commission to help make it a function-ing group.

At their Jan. 28 committee meeting, the council voted not to re-advertise for heritage commission members, leaving it with only two people — not enough for a quorum. They did not vote to dis-solve the group but had talked of eventually merg-ing it with other committees.

On Feb. 4 at their regular meeting, council recon-sidered, despite reservations.

“The district hasn’t had a functioning (heritage) commission for a while now,” said Councillor Ted Daly. “You can’t make something out of nothing if (volunteers) aren’t there.”

In a 4-3 vote on a Coun. Elsie McMurphy motion, council agreed to add the heritage commission to their plans to advertise for more parks committee members, in an attempt to find interested people.

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Hope for heritage commission


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King had wondered to whether the shuttle was replacing a job B.C. Tran-sit should be doing better.

The shuttle will operate as a free service, noted the Community Shut-tle Bus group representative and General Manager of Butterfly Gar-dens, David Roberts. He was a key member in starting the Peninsula Attractions Connector shuttle on

the Peninsula last year. He said the idea for the free community shuttle came about when the group noticed a major need for east/west transpor-tation on the Saanich Peninsula.

“But this is an entirely separate project from the Peninsula Attrac-tions Connector,” he clarified to the gallery.

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Central Saanich Police Service

• An accident saw Central Saanich police called to the corner of East Saanich and Haldon Roads on Feb. 1 just before 2 p.m. A 32-year-old female driver made a left turn off of Haldon Road and struck a north-bound vehicle travel-ing along East Saan-ich Road. The North Saanich woman was issued a ticket for fail-ing to yield.

• Two people were cited for driving while impaired on Feb. 1 in Central Saanich. A 90-day immediate roadside prohibition and a 30-day impound were handed out to a 37-year-old Sid-ney man just before 9 p.m. on Keating X Road. Later that night, a three-day immedi-ate roadside prohibi-tion was given to a young woman who blew a warn twice on the roadside screen-ing device after she’d been stopped near the intersection of West Saanich and Clarke roads.

Sidney North Saanich RCMP

• On Feb. 4, loss prevention officers at the Safeway on Bea-con Avenue attempted to detain a man and a woman who were in possession of over $400 in stolen mer-chandise. A struggle ensued and Sidney North Saanich RCMP officers attended and arrested the man. The female fled prior to the police arriving.

• Overnight Jan. 30, a break and enter occurred at the Sidney Star Cinema. Entry was gained through an exterior door and cash was taken.

• On Feb. 3, RCMP responded to reports of an intoxicated man who had been denied boarding at the Swartz Bay ferry terminal. Police found the man to be in breach of his conditions to abstain from the use of alco-hol. The man was arrested and held for court appearance.

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Theatre robbed


A proposed events co-ordinator for the Town of Sidney has been put off for reconsideration in 2014.

Council voted on Feb. 4 to defer the idea for a year after staff recom-mended to do so, due to its $75,000 to $100,000 per year price tag as well as other variables in the mix. Those include a new co-ordinator

of the town’s summer market and the potential for a business improve-ment area (BIA) pumping out market-ing dollars to promote the downtown commercial core.

Staff will also consider whether such work can be integrated with existing jobs.

“Things are too fluid in Sidney right now,” said Mayor Larry Cross, “so it’s premature to go ahead with hiring a new staff member.”

New town staffer put on hold

News Review file photo

Town council is putting its hopes into a changed summer market and downtown BIA to help drive the coordination of regular events.


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SIDNEY — Between Feb. 1 and 5, Sidney North Saanich RCMP issued five excessive speed viola-tions on the Pat Bay Highway between McTav-ish Road and Lands End Road. The traffic stops resulted in fines and immediate impoundment of the vehicles, all of which were traveling in excess of 40 km/h over posted speed limits. — News staff

RCMP stop five excessive speeders

NORTH SAANICH — A motion by District of North Saanich councillor Dunstan Browne to set the district’s 2013 property and parcel tax rate to zero, was withdrawn after its was decided to get more information about the impact.

Director of financial services, and acting CAO, Theresa Flynn said if council would defer the motion, she could provide more information on what a zero tax rate would look like — including what she termed a possible reduction of services as a result.

“I understand it may not be possible to reach this goal,” Browne said of his motion, adding he wants it to be a goal the district tried to reach.

Flynn said staff can provide possible options to get close to the lower tax rate.

— Steven Heywood

North Saanich to seek low tax rate

ROUNDABOUT WORK

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Traffic is being diverted away from Ocean Avenue east of Fifth Street in Sidney, as crews work on a new roundabout project at the intersection between now and late March.


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WATERMAIN & HYDRANT FLUSHING

The District of North Saanich advises residents that flushing of water mains and hydrants will commence February until May 31, 2013.

Water main flushing occurs annually throughout the District to remove sediment and maintain satisfactory water quality within the distribution system.

Temporary water discoloration and/or low water pressure may occur as a result of this activity. This discoloration is not a health hazard. To clear water lines, simply turn on your cold water tap until the water runs clear. The District cannot be responsible for damages caused by the use of discolored water.

Upon request, the District will provide advance warning of flushing in your vicinity for persons with special requirements for water clarity. Please notify District staff at 250-655-5480 if you require advance notification.

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CENTRAL SAANICH — This month, the Peninsula Players are presenting a three-part Direct-ing and Stage Technique Work-shop with acting and directing veteran Sid Clarke.

The workshop will be held at the Players clubhouse at Saan-

ichton School (1649 Mount New-ton X Road) on Saturday, Feb. 16, Saturday, Feb. 23 and Saturday, March 2 from 1 to 4 p.m.

Workshop cost is $20 for mem-bers and $40 for non-members and registration is limited to the first 20 participants.

Send an email to [email protected] with the word workshop in the subject line to reserve your spot. Cash payment will be taken at the door and refreshments will be provided.

— News staff

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Sidney’s Star Cinema is so close to meeting their fundrais-ing goal that they are almost quivering in anticipation.

Last month, owner Sandy Oli-ver reduced the movie theatre’s goal of $200,000 to $185,000, after she was able to get a better deal on a second digital projector. The fundraising has been going so well that she was also able to fully pay off before Christmas a loan they had received for their first digital projector.

Now, at almost $170,000 raised, Oliver and one of her biggest supporters, Susan Simosko, say a couple of donations will put them over the top.

Those donations, they say, are all but in the bank.

During one of her regular movie introductions at the Star on Tuesday night, Simosko said she put out the usual reminder and call for donations to help keep the cinema going. She said she was approached twice by people who said they were going to make significant contributions — enough to surpass their goal.

While those donations are promising, they are not yet confirmed. Oliver and Simosko, however, are confident.

Oliver has now ordered new seats for the Star. Those, and renovations to the community theatre, should be installed and complete by the end of March. It could take about six weeks for their second digital projector to arrive.

Simosko, a local business owner who has been going to the Star two or three times each week to introduce movies and

keep the campaign in people’s minds, said the support has been tremendous.

“This theatre is not going to close,” she said. “The commu-nity spirit is so amazing.”

She began helping theatre staff and Oliver with the effort on May 15, 2012 — around the same time that Oliver’s sister and Star owner Carolyn Lewis died of ovarian cancer.

“That’s when I got involved,” said Simosko, adding she and others have worked hard to get to this point.

While the latest donation promises are not the in bag quite yet, the campaign is get-ting some national attention. The Globe and Mail recently pub-lished their story, along with the story of other small movie the-atres across Canada facing simi-lar challenges.

“It’s so exciting to realize that we’re really there,” Oliver told the News Review this week.

Simosko said this fundraising effort has been a lot of hard work and when they reach the end, there’s still more to do to keep the community theatre thriving.

Star closing in on its goal

News Review file photo

Star owner Sandy Oliver and Alan Lewis, the husband of the late Carolyn Lewis, who once owned the theatre.


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SIDNEY — Rock.It Boy Enter-tainment and Encore Music Live are presenting the hit show Blues Explosion featuring David Gogo and Jason Buie this month.

On Thursday, Feb. 28 the excit-ing show is taking over the Char-lie White Theatre at the Mary Winspear Centre to help you kick those winter blues.

David Gogo, one of Canada’s hardest working blues-rock gui-tarists, has performed with such legends as B.B. King, Bo Diddley, George Thorogood, ZZ Top and Johnny Winter.

Gogo electrifies the stage with sizzling, hard-rocking blues filled with heavy grooves, grit and emotion.

Gogo has a string of accom-plishments from throughout his career including earning three Juno nominations for Blues Album of the Year in 2003, 2007 and 2012. He was also awarded the Saturday Night Blues’ Great Canadian Blues Award for a life-time contribution to the blues in Canada in 2004 and last year he won the Western Canadian Music Award for Blues Record-

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ist, singer and songwriter Jason Buie who has performed all over the world.

Since the release of his debut album Buie has received rave reviews around the world.

Tickets for the show are $29.50 and can be purchased at the Mary Winspear box office or by phone at 250-656-0275. Tickets are also available online at www.marywinspear.ca.

— News staff with files from Rock.It Boy Entertainment

Blues Explosion in Sidney

THE NYLONS ARE COMING

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Canadian acappella quartet The Nylons will perform at the Charlie White Theatre in Sidney on March 15. They will be joined on stage by opening act, the Peninsula Singers, a choral music performance group that has been around for 30 years. Watch the Peninsula News Review for more details.

Nanaimo’s David Gogo and Jason Buie hit the Winspear


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Pursuant to section 24(1) of the Community Charter, the District of North Saanich intends to provide assistance by entering into a five year agreement with the Peninsula Baseball and Softball Association for the sum of $20.00 per annum for the use of facilities at Rotary Park. The purpose of which is to hold baseball games, practices and related community activities.

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Retirement savings realitiesMany retirement savings options

exist for today’s employees. Ade-quately utilized, these programs

can assure future retirees of a very com-fortable lifestyle in their golden years.

The problem is not the lack of savings mechanisms. Rather, it is our propensity to spend what we earn, and sometimes even more, rather than to save and grow our investments.

RRSP and TFSA programs are invalu-able, tax-efficient vehicles available to all of us. Unfortunately, they have yet to be utilized to anywhere near their full potential by many Canadians.

There is that fortunate minority of employees — primarily in the public sector — who can look forward to their significant future pension from a defined-benefit pension plan. With only about 21 per cent of Canada’s employees currently mem-bers of such plans, this proportion is rapidly shrinking, as employers, even in the public sector, show an accelerating tendency to move to much less costly defined-contribution plans.

Currently, another 17 per cent of the workforce belong to a defined-contribution plan. They too, are assured of a meaningful retirement fund to draw on once they retire.

Unfortunately, this leaves about 62 per cent of today’s employees with no workplace pension of any kind upon which to rely. To sup-plement future CPP and OAS pay-ments, they must rely solely on their own resources — doggedly saving and prudently investing dur-ing their working years. Too often, the saving discipline is simply not there.

It is instructive to note that almost all workplace pension plans require an automatic employee contribution to their plan. That contribution often ranges from five to eight per cent of gross income. These employees must manage their living expenses on the remaining 92 to 95 per cent of their incomes. Most manage to do so quite well.

Those who do not have this automatic disci-pline imposed on them at work, must find the will-power to impose it on themselves. This is easier said than done. If initiated with that first full-time pay cheque, the savings can become just as auto-matic and effective.

We also accept being forced to pay a small pro-portion of our incomes into CPP, which will even-

tually generate a fully-indexed pension payment as early as age 60. It is clear that the savings vehicles which help us the most in our retirement are those that have been imposed upon us by either an employer or government.

In a previous article, I explored the features of the federal government’s pro-posed Pooled Registered Pension Plan. Because no provincial government has as yet passed the necessary enabling legislation, it has yet to see the light of day. Many provinces are instead pushing for an expansion of contributions and benefits of the current CPP program —

a mandatory means of boosting the retirement income of future retirees.

Unfortunately, it is a solution which would force not only each employee to contribute more, but also the employer. In these rather tepid economic times, such increases for employers risk further weakening the economy.

Waiting for government to impose a savings dis-cipline on us is surely not the answer.

The solution lies within ourselves — by slightly shifting our spending priorities during our working years. If not lucky enough to be enrolled in a work-

place pension plan, we must recog-nize that setting aside five to 10 per cent of our income over some four decades of employment is a small price to pay for a very comfortable retirement which could last almost as long.

If we ignore our personal responsi-bilities, we really should not expect governments to force a solution on us, nor to further increase the gen-erous benefits Canadian retirees already enjoy.

With a rapidly increasing proportion of seniors, relative to working Canadians, both today’s and future taxpayers face an already increasing finan-cial burden. It is not reasonable for today’s workers to expect their retirement comfort to be funded by future taxpayers — especially when existing RRSP and TFSA programs provide an ample framework for them to secure their own comfortable retire-ment.

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Don passed away into Jesus’ loving arms on Sunday, February 3, 2013, surrounded by his family who adored him. Don was devoted to his family and loved by all who met him – gentle, humble, kind and generous in spirit. He was well known to so many in Brentwood Bay and the surrounding area, whether it was out on his daily bike rides or walking Kato.

Don was born and raised in Winnipeg, and spent countless happy summer hours vacationing with the family on the island at Clearwater Bay, Lake of the Woods. Don and Barbara moved to Victoria in1980 to enjoy the beauty of the West Coast.

Don was predeceased by his beloved wife of 46 years, Barbara, and his dear brother, Roderick. He is survived by his loving wife of 10 years, Ada; his children of whom he was so proud, Camille Davison, Sharon (Don) Trochim and Mark (Lyn Suderman) Davison. He is forever cherished by his grandchildren Erin, Andrea and Kristin Trochim, and Simon, Brittany, Patrick and Nichola Teague, as well as by his precious great granddaughter, Ara and her Dad, Blake. He will be greatly missed by Ada’s children, Annemarie (Peter, Andrew, Cameron and Marjan ), Ron (Lori, Ellisa and Wesley) and Mike (Linda).

Thank you to our friends and family for your love, support and prayers over the past week, to Rev. Rodney May and our church family at Crossroads Peninsula Anglican Church and to the staff of ICU and 7BS at VGH for your kindness, understanding and devoted care.

A Celebration of Life will be held at Friendship Community Church, 7820 Central Saanich Rd (at Mt. Newton Crossroad), Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 2 pm. Reception to follow.

Don’s hugs embraced his unconditional love. In honour of Don’s memory, please share a hug and word of kindness with someone you care for, and give a pat on the head to a furry friend. In lieu of fl owers, donations may be made in Don’s name to Cat’s Cradle Animal Rescue, 33-1255 Wain Rd, North Saanich, BC V8L 4R4.

“When it’s all been said and done, there is just one thing that mattersDid I do my best to live for truth, Did I live my love for You.When it’s all been said and done, All my treasures will mean nothing,Only what I’ve done for love’s reward will stand the test of time.I will always sing Your praise, Here on earth and ever after,For You’ve shown me Heaven’s my true home.When it’s all been said and done, You’re my life when life is gone.”

Donald Woolocott Davison

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WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN ACT

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PERSONALS

STEAMWORKS: A club for men to meet men. 582 John-son St., Victoria. 250-383-6623 steamworksvictoria.com

LOST AND FOUND

FOUND: 3 keys on neck strap, Fort & Richmond. Call (250)598-5657.

FOUND HEARING aid near Sidney Business Park near Galaran & Henry Ave. If yours please claim at 9860 Third Street.

LOST: 2 house keys, Vet tag etc., on brass fob. Downtown Sidney, Jan. 30. (250)656-7587.

LOST: GLOVES, fur line, brown. Lost Feb. 1st (maybe near Nina’s hair salon). Call (250)727-0214.

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

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CARETAKERS/RESIDENTIAL MANAGERS

RESIDENT APARTMENT MANAGER WANTED. Mature couple for live-in Resident Manager for 26 Unit Building in Victoria. Knowledge of RTA, rent collection, banking, clean-ing of common areas and va-cant suites. Ideal for a retired couple. Salary negotiable. Fax resume to: 1-800-762-2318.

HELP WANTED

BANNISTER AUTO GROUPIf you are Energetic, Motivated and have the desire to join a “Customer First Family”, we are inviting you to come grow with us. We are one of West-ern Canada’s fastest growing automotive companies and al-ways looking for great people to join our team. We’re accepting resumes for all departments and all positions: Management, Sales, Service (technicians), Parts, Body Shop and Accounting. Interested in joining our team? Email Darryl Payeur at [email protected] . Bannister GM Vernon, Bannis-ter GM Edson, Bannister Honda Vernon, Browns GM Dawson Creek, Champion GM Trail, Huber Bannister Chevro-let Penticton, Salmon Arm GM Salmon Arm and growing.

DAVE LANDON Motors has an opening for an Automotive Salesperson. This is a full time commissioned position and comes with a full benefi ts package. The position requires a commitment of time, energy, constant learning, profi ciency with new technology, ambition and t he ability to excel in cus-tomer service. If you have these skills needed to suc-ceed, please email you re-sume to [email protected].

DELIVERY PERSONSTelus Yellow Pages

Seeking mature individuals with car or truck to deliver the new Telus Yellow Pages™ phonebooks in the Greater Victoria area.

Door to door delivery.~No selling involved~

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HOOKTENDER, F/T, Duncan, BC. Wages as per USW coastal agreement. Loader & processor experience an asset or be willing to learn to run these machines. Fax resume to 1-604-736-5320 or email to [email protected]

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HELP WANTED

Journeyman HD mechanic required for oilfi eld construc-tion company. Duties will in-clude servicing, maintenance and overhaul of our equip-ment. The job will be predomi-nately shop work , but with a portion of your time spent in the fi eld. A mechanics truck will be supplied for you. The job is based in Edson, Alberta. Call Lloyd at 780-723-5051.

LEMARE GROUP is accept-ing resumes for the following positions:• Coastal Certifi ed Hand Fall-ers• Grapple Yarder Operators• Off Highway Logging Truck Drivers• Grader Operator• Boom man• Heavy Duty MechanicFulltime camp with union rates/benefi ts. Please send re-sumes by fax to 250-956-4888 or email to offi [email protected]

HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD

ADRIENNE’S RESTAURANT and Tea Garden at Mattick’s Farm has following job posi-tions open: Server, Deli/Cash-ier/Supervisor. Only experi-enced & mature individuals apply to: [email protected]

TRADES, TECHNICAL

SHORE MECHANIC – F/THeavy Duty Mechanic Certifi -cate or equivalent w/5 yrs exp.

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PERSONAL SERVICES

ART/MUSIC/DANCING

ORGAN & KEYBOARD LESSONS

In your own home on your own instrument

KEITH CLARKE 1-250-743-9669

FINANCIAL SERVICES

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PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEO

RETOUCH, RESTORE, Edit Photos. Portraiture, Baby +Family, Maternity. Home Mo-vies to DVD. 250-475-3332. www.cwpics.com

PETS

PETS

Standard Poodle Pups, CKC,$1300+. Red, Black Abstracts.Call 604-626-4683 or email:[email protected]

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

BUILDING SUPPLIES

METAL ROOFING & siding sales. Seconds avail. Customroof Flashings. 250-544-3106.

FRIENDLY FRANK

2 CLOTHES hamper, one for$25 and the other $30. Pair ofDirector chairs, $40. Call(778)440-6628.

4 WINE racks a bottles, $35 obo, 10 wooden shelves, 35”,$35 obo. Call (250)656-3882.

BAR FRIDGE, works well,$75. Indoor plants (3) $20.Call (250)658-1066.

LADY’S 3/4 length coat, 50%wool, exc. quality. Red, black trim, sz 12. $25. 250-383-5390

LA-Z-BOY rocker/recliner,blue fabric, gently used, re-cently cleaned, $80 obo. Call(250)382-2422.

NORA ROBERTS- 16 paper-backs, 2 hard covers, $25 obo.(250)721-0308. Univ Heights.

PEDESTAL SINK, white, new (Costco), $60, brass & crystalchandelier, 5 lights, $30. Call(250)893-2502.

FUEL/FIREWOOD

ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fi r,hardwoods. Seasoned. Call250-661-7391.

SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest fi re-wood producer offers fi rewoodlegally obtained during forestrestoration, large cords. Helprestore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD.

FURNITURE

2 OCCASIONAL chairs, 1black w/arms, 1 zebra stripeson white, no arms, $200/eachPaid 3 years ago $1200 atSandy’s. (250)[email protected] forpictures.

MOVING SALE; 2 electric bedframes, sofa, loveseat and ot-toman, occasional chairs, ta-bles, chest of drawers and oth-er misc items. Call for viewing(250)655-3010.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. Allshapes & colours available.1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?

NEWSPRINT ROLLENDS-$2-$10. Fridays only, 8:30amto 4:30pm. #200-770 Enter-prise Cres, Victoria. Gold-stream Press Division.

WASHER AND Dryer (May-tag), Heavy Duty, 1 year old,like new, white, $850. Call(250)629-3102.

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

ANTIQUES, BOOKS, col-lectibles, furniture, china, jew-elry. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700

REAL ESTATE

ACREAGE

$200,000, PRIVATE 18.5 acreage overlooking lake at Honeymoon Bay. Near park, beach, store, zoned A1. Call (250)709-9656.

APARTMENT/CONDOS

Duncan, 2 bed, 2 bath adult Condo, #3-370 Cairnsmore St. Level entry, patio, small pet ok. Newly reno’d. $146,000. (250)597-8070

HOUSES FOR SALE

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MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

WINTER VACATION Home in sunny Mesa, AZ. Gated 55+ community, 5 pools & hot tubs,Wood work shop, stain glass making, computer courses, tennis, etc, site café, w/live Music, nearby golf courses. 250-245-0295. $8,900. Email: [email protected]

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

ARGYL MANOR 9861 Third St., 1 BDRM, F/S, common W/D N/S, N/P, HT & HW incl’d. $860/lease. Avail Feb. 15th. Call 250-475-2005, ext 227.

DOWNTOWN, 2 bdrm Condo, 6 appls, underground prkg, $1195 mo. (250)882-2330.

ESQUIMALT- fully eqip furn condo, 6 mos, Apr 15-Oct 15, 1 bdrm+ den, bath, water/mtn views. NS/NP utils parking incld. $1200. (250)382-3630.

SIDNEY- 1 bdrm, corner, 2nd fl r, balcony, prkg, Feb. 15, $790 mo. Call (250)812-4154.

SIDNEY CONDO: 55+, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, heat, hot water and basic cable incld. $1200, NS/NP. Call (250)385-8771.

APARTMENTS FURNISHED

DOWNTOWN SIDNEY: Bright 1 bdrm deluxe suite. Short term. [email protected]

SOUTH OAK Bay: Walk to beach, 1 bdrm+ den, terrace. $1095 inclusive. Avail. now. Flex. term. Call (250)595-4757

HOMES FOR RENT

LANGFORD- 2 bdrms, 4 appls, $1100 inclds utils. Available now. (250)885-9128.

SIDNEY, 3 bdrm, newly re-no’d, full bsmt, fenced yard, 1.5 bath, N/S, N/P, $1475 mo, avail Feb. 1. (250)710-4185 [email protected]

SIDNEY RANCHER. 3-bdrm, 2 bath, large family room. 5 appl’s, 2 storage sheds, pri-vate fenced yard on quiet cul-de-sac. NS/NP. $1700./mo. Call (250)655-1499 to view.

RENTALS

ROOMS FOR RENT

SIDNEY. FURNISHED room. satellite, laundry, heat, hydro, $475./mo. 250-589-4295.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

GOLDSTREAM AREA: 1400 sq ft, newly furnished, w/d, d/w, a/c, big deck & yard, hi-def TV, parking. $650 inclu-sive. Ray, 778-433-9556.

VICTORIA HOUSING. $475- $575 all incl, suits working/stu-dents, disability. 778-977-8288

SUITES, LOWER

BRENTWOOD BAY: 1 bdrm, 1 bath, ground fl oor suite. NS/NP. Avail. Mar. 1st. $800+ util’s. Call (250)652-1725 .

COLWOOD- 2 bdrm level en-try, shared W/D, NS/NP. Refs, $1100 incls utils. 250-391-7915

ONE BEDROOM suite in North Saanich available April 1st. Very private, separate from main house, 650sqf total. Off street parking, sun deck, laundry room. Includes heat, hydro, cable, internet. No smoking, no pets. $1000 month. 250-818-7672

ONE bedroom suite in North Saanich available April 1st. Very private, separate from main house, 650sqf total. Off street parking, sun deck, laun-dry room. Includes heat, hy-dro, cable, internet. No smok-ing, no pets. $1000 month. 250-818-7672

SAANICH- LARGE 2000 sq ft 2 bdrm on hobby farm, lights & heat included, NS/NP. Refs. $1000 mo. 250-652-0591.

UPTOWN, LRG, clean 2 bdrm bsmt, in suite laundry, prkg, large open kitchen/living room, N/S, N/P, $950 mo incls utils. Avail Feb. 1st. (250)708-0118.

SUITES, UPPER

FLORENCE LAKE, 2 bdrm upper suite, 2 private entranc-es & decks, 6 appls. Non smokers. Avail March 1st. $1400 utils incl. 250-391-1967.

LANGFORD- 3 bdrms, 2 bath, 1200 sq ft, fully reno’d, deck, wood F/P, 6 appls, lrg yard. Avail now. $1500, N/S, pet’s ? Ref’s req’d. 250-516-3453.

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AUTO SERVICES

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Free Towing $$$ 250-885-1427 $$$

CARS

2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded. White. 119,000 km, mostly hwy driven. On-Star. $11,900 fi rm. 250-755-5191.

$50 to $1500Scrap Junk

Broken Down Cars Trucks Vans

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250-686-3933

SPORTS & IMPORTS

05 Toyota Matrix, 5spd, bright red, good fuel economy, 201,000 kms mostly hwy. PDL, AC, non-smoker, fi rst owner, Summer & winter tires. $7500. (250)392-6321

VTRUCKS & ANS

1988 FORD 16’ cube Van, 176,000 KMS, good condition, $2950. Call (250)656-7132.

TRANSPORTATION

VTRUCKS & ANS

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CLUNKERS250-858-JUNK

MARINE

BOATS

12.5’x25’ BOAT house for sale- converted to fl oating workshop, small area for ten-der, fl oor can be removed, up-graded electrical panel. Moor-age at Van Isle Marina. Available for use otherwise must be removed by Mar 31. $1500. (250)216-2835.

MARINE

HOUSEBOATS

BOAT HOUSE for sale -MUST SELL!!! $10,000 o.b.o(Save $6,000!!!) You won’t fi nda better deal. Van Isle Marinabased boathouse A68. Canaccommodate up to a 27 ftboat. I paid 16k for it 2 yearsago. in great shape, re-en-forced frame, covered fl oata-tion and storage space. Custo-mized parking spot alsoavailable. Annual Moorage:$6,400.00, Monthly utilities$40.00 and Annual Parkingspot $500.00. Call Rick at(250) 896-0270 Reason forselling: I moved to Cobble Hilland sold my 24ft boat.

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING

ACCOUNTINGVida Samimi

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Bookkeeping, Audit,Payroll, HST. Set up &

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REPAPPLIANCE AIRS

A & L Appliances (under new management). For all your ap-pliance needs. (250)656-2325

CARPENTRY

McGREGOR HOME Repair & Renos. Decks to doors. Small jobs OK. WCB. (250)655-4518

INSTCARPET ALLATION

MALTA FLOORING Installa-tion. Carpets, laminates, hard-wood, lino. BBB 250-388-0278


CLEANING SERVICES

MALTA HOUSECLEANING Estates, events, offi ces. BBB member. (250)388-0278.

SPOTLESS HOME Cleaning. Affordable, Exp’d, Reliable, Ef-fi cient. Exc refs. 250-508-1018

COMPUTER SERVICES

A HOME COMPUTER Coach. Senior friendly. Computer les-sons, maintenance and prob-lem solving. Please call Des 250-656-9363, 250-727-5519.

COMPUDOC MOBILE Com-puter Services. Repairs, tune-ups, tutoring, web sites, etc. 250-886-8053, 778-351-4090.

DRYWALL

DRYWALL PROFESSIONAL:Small additions, boarding, tap-ing, repairs, texture spraying, consulting. Soundproof instal-lation;bath/moisture resistance products. Call 250.384.5055. Petrucci’s Drywall.


ELECTRICAL

250-361-6193- RENO’S, res & comm. Knob and tube rmvl. No job too small. Lic# 22779.

(250)590-9653.ELECTRICIAN 20 yrs + exp. Residential: New homes & Renos. Knob & tube replacement. $40./hr. Senior’s Discount. Lic.#3003.

AT&T ELECTRIC. Renova-tions. Residential & Commer-cial. Knob & tube replacement. #26125. (250)744-4550.

KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small. Kendra, 250-415-7991.

NORTHERN SUN Electric Comm/Res. $40/hr. Work Guaranteed. Any size job. (250)888-6160. Lic#13981.

FENCING

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

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FURNITURE REFINISHING

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

GARDENING

J&L GARDENING Specialty yard clean-up and mainte-nance. Master gardeners. John or Louise (250)891-8677.

20% OFF Fall clean-ups, racking, mowing, hedge/shrub trimming. (250)479-6495.

20+ YEARS Experience. Lawns, Pruning, Maintenance, Landscaping & more. Reliable. WCB. Andrew (250)656-0052.

ELITE GARDEN MAINTENANCECommercial and

Residential. New Year Contracts.

Clean-Ups & Landscaping778-678-2524


GARDENING

NO JOB too BIG or SMALL. SENIOR’S SPECIAL! Prompt, reliable service. Phone Mike (ANYTIME) at 250-216-7502.

PRO IRISH Gardeners; prun-ing, clean-ups, landscaping, lawn care, weekly gardening. Free est. Call (250)652-6989.

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

250-889-5794. DIAMOND Dave Gutter & Window Clean-ing at Fair Prices!

GUTTER CLEANING. Re-pairs, Maintenance, Gutter-guard, Leaf traps. Grand Xteri-or Cleaning Services. WCB Insured. Call 250-380-7778.

PERIMETER EXTERIORS. Gutter Cleaning, Repairs, De-mossing, Upgrades. WCB, Free estimates. 250-881-2440.

HANDYPERSONS

AL’S AVAILABLE to update your home. Kitchens, baths, basements, etc. Licensed & Insured. Al 250-415-1397.


HANDYPERSONS

ASK ROB. Carpentry, decks, landscaping, garden clean up, bobcat work, masonry and renos. Free Est. 250-744-4548

Pay No Tax Special! Big Bear Handyman. For all your Home and Business maintenance needs. Free Est. 250-896-6071

HANDYMAN SERVICES. Lawns, fences, pruning, fl oor-ing, painting, drywall, small re-no’s. Mike/Chris 250-656-8961

HAULING AND SALVAGE

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

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

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

GARY’S HAULING. One call does it all. Small demos & yard clean-up. Vehicle & metal recycling. Call (778)966-1413.


HAULING AND SALVAGE

JUNK BOX- We Do All The Loading

PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. CallShawn 250-812-7774

SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, gardenwaste, we take it all! Alwayslowest rate, senior discount.Brad 250-217-9578.

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HAULING AND SALVAGE

SMART GUYS Hauling. Gar-den waste, junk removal, clean-ups, etc. Reliable, cour-teous service. 250-544-0611 or 250-889-1051.

HEAT, AIR, REFRIGERATION

Go With The Flow Installa-tions. All residential Heating, Ventilation & Custom Ducting. Call Tom at 250-883-8353.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

THE MOSS MAN Chemical- Free Roof De-Mossing & Gut-ter Cleaning since 1996. Call 250-881-5515. Free estimates!www.mossman.ca

INSULATION

MALTA BLOWN Insulation. Attics - interior/exterior walls & sound silencer. (250)388-0278


LANDSCAPING

JAKE’S RAKE & CO. Hedg-es & tree trim, lawn care. WCB. Call (250)217-3589.

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

CBS MASONRY BBB. WCB. Chimneys, Fireplaces, Flag-stone Rock, Concrete Pavers, Natural & Veneered Stone. Replace, Rebuild, Renew! “Quality is our Guarantee”. Free Competitive Estimates. (250)294-9942/(250)589-9942. www.cbsmasonry.com

& MOVING STORAGE

2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on lo-cal moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)686-6507.

A1 DIAMOND Moving- 1 ton 2 ton. Prices starting at $85/hr. Call 250-220-0734.


& MOVING STORAGE

A2Z WRIGHT Moving. 3 ton, $80/hr for 2 men. Senior’s dis-count. Call Phil (250)383-8283

DONE RIGHT MOVING $80/hr. Senior Discount. Free Est’s. No travel time before or after. SMOOTH MOVES. Call Tyler at 250-418-1747.

PAINTING

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

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

DALE’S PAINTING Int/ext. Prompt, courteous, 25yrs exp $25/hr Free est. 250-516-2445

LADY PAINTERServing the Peninsula for over 20 yrs. Interior/exterior. Call Bernice, 250-655-1127.


PAINTING

Int & Ext, Res & Comm. WCB. Free Est’s. BBB.

250-514-2544

SAFEWAY PAINTING

High quality, Organized. Interior/Exterior

Residential/Commercial Jeff, 250-472-6660 Cell 250-889-7715

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PAINTING

Peacock Painting

250-652-2255250-882-2254

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Budget Compliance15% SENIORS DISCOUNT

PLUMBING

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

FREE ESTIMATES. Rea-sonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544.


PRESSURE WASHING

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

RUBBISH REMOVAL

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

TREE SERVICES

LOCAL TREE COMPANY

30 yrs exp. Buck-et truck, chipper.

We buy logs. Insured. Call

(250)883-2911.

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UPHOLSTERY

UPHOLSTERER NEEDS work. Your fabric or mine.250-480-7937.

WINDOW CLEANING

BLAINE’S WINDOW WASH-ING. Serving Sidney & Brent-wood since 1983. Averagehouse $35. 250-656-1475

BOB’S WINDOW Cleaning Roof demoss, gutters. Licenced 25 yrs exp. Call 250-884-7066.

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

WINDOWS

ALFRED, ALFRED QualityWindows Wholesale, Dis-counts! 50 years Constructionexperience. 250-382-3694.

SERVICE DIRECTORYwww.bcclassified.com 250.388.3535

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FT/PT Carriers & Sub Carriers

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JAMES ISLAND RD, ARTHUR DRIVEROUTE 6218 - HERMWOOD RD, MT NEWTON CROSS RD, SLOPING PINES, JOVI RDROUTE 6220 - ARTHUR DRIVE, LOCHSIDE DRIVE, JAMES ISLAND RD, TURGOOSE

TERRACE ROUTE 6221 - PANAVIEW HEIGHTS,VEYANESS RD, STELLY’S CROSS RD, EAST SAANICH

RDROUTE 6224 - EAST SAANICH RD, VEYANESS RD, HOVEY RD, (ODD) RIDGEDOWN CRES.

DEAN PARKROUTE 6525 - EAST SAANICH RD, LOWE RD, EMARD TERRACE, LEAL RDROUTE 6562 - MAYNEVIEW TERRACE, STUART PARK PLACE, LANGARA PLACEROUTE 6566 - MORSEBY PARK, HARO PARK

TANNER RIDGEROUTE 6106 - TANNER RD, ROBIN WAY, SPRINGLEA, MEADOWLANDROUTE 6108 - SEABROOK DRIVE, STELLYS CROSS RD, CHATWELL DRIVE, HAIDEY TERRACE,

TANLEE CRES.ROUTE 6125 - CONCONI PLACE, BELLA VISTA DRIVE, EMMY PLACE, TANNER RD

SIDNEYROUTE 6354 - BOWERBANK AVE, RESTHAVEN DRROUTE 6461 - BEACON AVE, JAHN PLACE, SKYLARK LANEROUTE 6462 - GALARAN RD, AIREDALE PLACE, JAMES WHITE BLVD, HENRY AVENUE

BRENTWOOD BAYROUTE 6021 - HOLLY PARK RD, VERDIER AVENUE

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