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Hero mournedCommunity remembers Tour de Rock champion

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NEWS: Priority bus lane work begins /A3SPORTS: Remembering McKinnon Gym /A18 ARTS: Pop goes a British invasion /A22

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Saanich sip

Saanich distiller Peter Hunt shows off a glass and bottle of Victoria Spirits’ whisky, six years in the making and the first whisky they have made in their distillery. Victoria Spirits is participating in Whisky Fest this weekend at the Hotel Grand Pacific. See story page A9.

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Saanich Council is trying to break free and move forward from the myriad allegations and complaints launched Monday by Mayor Richard Atwell.

Among the multiple statements unleashed by Atwell are impli-cations of police harassment, of police leaking information and of a spying program within municipal

hall that monitored the mayor. But those allegations of unfair

conduct came crashing down within an hour on Tuesday eve-ning as the Saanich Police found nothing criminal about how Saa-nich Information Technology department uses monitoring soft-ware in municipal hall.

“I’m stunned by this statement,” said Atwell, adding he believes it to be a conflict of interest for Saa-nich Police and will forward it to

the B.C. Office of the Police Com-plaint Commissioner.

Saanich councillors dismissed the suggestion of spyware in a unified statement released to the press. They said the monitor-ing software in question, which Atwell described as Spector 360, was installed on several municipal computers following a third-party audit of the District of Saanich computer system in May 2014.

“On behalf of council we would

have hoped (Atwell) would have said something to us before he said (he was being spied on) to reporters,” Coun. Judy Brownoff told reporters. “We had no idea.”

The third-party data review recommended the installation of security software to protect the the municipal database from external threats and to monitor internal activity that may result from external threats.

“I want to assure the public

that our security measures pro-tect Saanich’s database and every-thing on the system. Our staff are in charge to ensure it’s secure,” Brownoff said.

Brownoff said she’s never had so many in-camera meetings to start an election term and council just wants to move on.

Councillors had ‘no idea’ of mayor’s spy concerns

PlEASE SEE: Mayor’s spyware concerns, Page A3

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Saanich Coun. Susan Brice and Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps mark the groundbreaking for phase two of the Douglas Street northbound bus lane Tuesday. The new priority bus lane will run along Douglas from Hillside Avenue to Tolmie Avenue.

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Commuters traveling along Douglas Street will have to be patient over the next coming months, said Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps.

Construction on phase two of the Douglas Street Priority Tran-sit and Cycling Lanes commenced on Tuesday. A northbound transit priority lane is being constructed along Douglas Street from Hillside Avenue to Tolmie Avenue.

The hope is to increase the reliability of transit during peak hours – 3 to 6 p.m. – by giving buses their own lane during those times. Cyclists will also be permit-ted in the priority lane. Two vehi-cle lanes will remain, and drivers can also use the third lane outside of the posted peak hours.

“If you take transit, you want to know that it’s (going to) be on time and on schedule,” said Meri-beth Burton, BC Transit spokes-person. “People who are stuck in their cars are going to see the bus pass them, and hopefully that will inspire more people to take tran-sit.”

Until then, vehicles and buses

will have to drive through the con-struction to get to where they’re going. “There will be increased congestion during the construc-tion, and that’s part of change,” said Helps. “We could get nothing done again, but I thank commut-ers for their patience and grace while we do this construction.”

Helps said the main benefit will be the long-term effects on transit. “People don’t like construction, but once it’s done they love the results,” she said. “I think some-times it’s worth a bit of short-term pain.”

Tony Elson of Real Deal Bed-rooms on the corner of Doug-las and Summit Avenue, said he hopes the construction is com-pleted by spring, as predicted by BC Transit.

“If (the construction) is a bit of a deterrent for people to get to us this time of year I wouldn’t worry so much as in the spring and sum-mer,” said Elson, adding that 50 per cent of their annual business comes from the summer months. Part of that reason, he said, is that Real Deal Bedrooms is so exposed on the corner of Douglas Street.

To add a third lane on Doug-las going northbound, existing

lanes are being realigned and reassigned, said Katie Hamilton, spokesperson for the City of Vic-toria. Additionally, a four-way traf-fic light will be put in beside May-fair Shopping Centre, where there is currently a pedestrian crossing.

Although the added lane is meant for buses and cyclists dur-ing the peak hours, many agree it is not an ideal bike lane.

“One of the things that needs more thought is where the appro-priate place is for cyclists in and out of our downtown in a north, south kind of way, and I’m not convinced that it is Douglas Street,” said Helps. “I think we’ve got more work to do on bicycles, but I don’t think that’s BC Tran-sit’s responsibility – that’s the city’s responsibility.”

Edward Pullman, president of the Greater Victoria Cycling Coali-tion, said the bike lane will be an improvement, but protected bike lanes are needed.

“The vehicle speed and the traf-fic volumes on a road like Douglas dictate that you need high quality facilities that physically separate motorists and cyclists,” said Pull-man.

Priority bus lane construction begins along Douglas Street

Analyst weighs in on Atwell aftermath Travis PatersonNews staff

Camosun College political sci-ence analyst Mona Brash says Mayor Richard Atwell has an uphill climb ahead of him if he’s to fully restore his role as a profi-cient mayor.

Brash said if Atwell is going to get through the current situation, which rose in part from a series of allegations he made in Monday’s bold but brief press conference, then he needs to repair his rela-tionships with staff and council as soon as possible.

“It’s difficult to operate with departments if you’re accusing them of harassment,” said Brash, in regards to Atwell’s declaration that spyware was installed on his

computer without consent, and that police leaked information about a Dec. 11 incident in which Atwell called 911.

Moving forward, if Atwell wants to initiate anything, he needs four councillors to support him and without trust and credibility he has no influence, she said.

“But police and staff will carry on and do their jobs. Saanich is more than one person, municipal hall is a big place with a lot of people who’ve been there a long time. They know their roles.”

Brash noted comparable exam-ples such as the recent North Saa-nich scenario that saw four coun-cil members outnumber Mayor Alice Finall and two other council-lors 4-3.

That situation has since been

“Council is work-ing on a financial plan, strategic plan, there is citizen and business surveys out there, and we just can’t get to the business at hand, we want to move on with this stuff,” she said.

Atwell had come forward earlier on Tuesday to answer questions following his Monday (Jan. 12) press conference at the Data Tech Business Centre in which he admitted to an extra-marital affair and alleged Saanich municipal staff was using spyware to monitor his computer between Dec. 2 and 11, when he found out about it for the first time.

“Spyware takes screenshots every five seconds, everything can be seen on a screen and is sent to a server called Langley,” said Atwell, who comes from a background as a software engi-neer. It was installed on Dec. 2, the day after I was made mayor. I wasn’t made aware until Dec. 11. I had no knowledge of this software nor did I give my consent to have it put on.

“If I typed my password, it would be captured by Spector.

This has to be fig-ured out.”

Atwell also elabo-rated on the request he’s filed to review four instances in which the Inte-grated Road Safety Unit pulled him over, once as a mayoral candidate, twice as mayor-elect and once as mayor.

He added only that as of Tues-day he had been contacted by the head of the IRSU, RCMP Staff Sgt. James Anderson, and was in the process of submitting the details of the traffic stops, saying all four instances were IRSU cars.

Atwell did not drive the same car for all four incidents, as he was pulled over in two separate cars registered in his name.

The mayor also addressed Saanich Police Chief Bob Down-ie’s Jan. 12 statement that Atwell never came to Downie with his issues of Saanich Police leaking information about the Dec. 11 inci-dent in which Atwell called 911.

“I filed my complaint with B.C.’s Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner because it’s the proper avenue.”

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Mayor’s spyware concerns

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Prior to his appointment Rod was working as the District Manager for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation where his responsibilities focused on working with business owners across Greater Victoria to provide a strong voice in support of the Federation’s goals. � rough this role Rod gained a deeper understanding of the needs of business and their importance to a vibrant, growing community.

“I had the opportunity to speak with all sized businesses across our region about their important economic role and how a strong voice through the Federation would support their goals in the future”, said Rod.

Previously Rod spent 12 years as Sales Manager with Coast Outdoor Advertising where he led e� orts providing e� ective marketing solutions to businesses in Greater Victoria and across Vancouver Island. Rod is recognized as a collaborator and champion for his customers with a focus on delivering results.

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As a professional in the retail advertising industry and 21 year resident of Greater Victoria, Rod says “I am passionate about my community and committed to working with local businesses to assure they succeed. Saanich is a diversi� ed and vibrant place and I look forward to applying my experience and contributing to its success.”

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING for the purpose of a PUBLIC HEARING will be held in the SAANICH MUNICIPAL HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 770 Vernon Avenue, Victoria, BC, V8X 2W7, on MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2015 at 7:30 pm, to allow the public to make verbal or written representation to Council with respect to the following proposed bylaws.

A. “HERITAGE DESIGNATION BYLAW, 2015 (3261 HARRIET ROAD), NO. 9313”PROPOSED DESIGNATION OF A HERITAGE STRUCTURE ON HARRIET ROAD The intent of this proposed bylaw is to designate the exterior of the dwelling on Lot 41, Section 81, Victoria District, Plan 321 (3261 HARRIET ROAD) as a municipal heritage structure.

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B. “HERITAGE DESIGNATION BYLAW, 2015 (321 GORGE ROAD WEST), NO. 9314” PROPOSED DESIGNATION OF A HERITAGE STRUCTURE AND LANDSCAPE ON GORGE ROAD WESTThe intent of this bylaw is to designate the exterior of the dwelling and the landscape features that display the formal character of the garden, on Lot 5, Section 13, Victoria District, Plan 989 (321 GORGE ROAD WEST) as municipal heritage property.

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reversed, as Finall was re-elected in November and is now in a majority position.

Brash said it’s impor-tant to note that while Saanich residents are beginning to question Atwell’s credibility or ability to stay in power, he’s not in a conflict of interest until there is a direct monetary benefit from a decision he can influence.

“Councillors, if they’re smart, are best to sit quietly and stay out of it. One of the rules of politics, when someone else is in trouble,

just step back, don’t get involved.”

As for Atwell, the moment he opened up his private life was his phone call to the police on Dec. 11, Brash said.

“There is a code, there are lots of similar things that go on in local, pro-vincial and national pol-itics,” she said.

“Media tend not to pay attention to some-thing unless others are involved. Local politics is personal, whether it’s in the media or not.”

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AnalystContinued from Page A3

Camosun College political science analyst Mona Brash

Saanich has issued a call for public art proposals for the new Craigflower Bridge.

Funding has been allocated for the instal-lation of a work of pub-lic art in the Saanich neighbourhood sur-

rounding the bridge, completed last year.

A jury will oversee the competition, with the total budget avail-able for the artwork set at $25,000, inclusive of all expenses and taxes the artist may have.

An artist informa-tion open house will be held on Thursday, Feb. 5, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Pearkes Rec Centre.

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A local running group has cooked up an 870-pound batch of homemade granola to support their cause.

For the past two years Gillie Easdon has spent time in her home mixing up batches of gra-nola for the members of Every Step Counts, the running group for people dealing with issues of mental health, housing, addiction and more.

And now granola will not only be served at Every Step Counts, it will also be sold, as the commu-nity has rallied around Easdon to create Granola That Counts. The recipe of oats, dried cranberries, coconut, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds and dates is based on the same batches Easdon tinkered with.

“Food and nutrition is a big part of our meetings, we run, stretch and eat,” she said during the offi-cial launch at Cloverdale Thrifty Foods last Thursday (Jan. 8).

As the coordinator for Every Step Counts, Easdon felt it her duty to serve the granola, mixed with a dollop of organic yoghurt, to her fellow runners fol-

lowing the group’s twice-weekly running sessions at the Downtown Community Centre on Pandora Avenue.

“We’re indebted to Canoe Brewpub for giving us the space and letting us make 870 pounds of granola over the holiday

season and now it’s ready to go,” Easdon said.

The production included a rotating army of volunteers, overseen by former Devour res-taurant owner Jena Stewart, of Team Chef and Truffles Cater-ing.

Every Step Counts is oper-ated by the Cool Aid Society and also funded by the Victoria Foundation, but Easdon wanted to see it become sustainable.

“Last year I was talking to people about making this a sus-tainable program and someone said, you need a product or an event,” Easdon said. “Well, we have our product … and we are so fortunate to have generous businesses behind our runners and this product.”

Granola That Counts is sold by the pound for $9.99 and is available in all 11 regional Thrifty Foods stores. Victoria Box and Paper Ltd. donated packaging and display materi-

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Michael Cameron, front left, enjoys a bite of Granola That Counts with members of the Every Step Counts running group and coordinator Gillie Easdon, far right, at the Cloverdale Thrifty Foods.


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HELP SOLVECrime of the week

MCKENZIE HIT-AND-RUN INVOLVING BIKE

On Dec. 15, 2014 at 8.a.m, a female was biking on McKenzie Avenue when she was struck by a dark-coloured (possibly brown) pick-up truck making a right-turn onto Braefoot Road.

As a result of this collision, the female broke her elbow and required surgery.

Police have been unable to locate the vehicle, and no witnesses came forward at the time of the incident.

Police are requesting public assistance in identifying the pick-up truck.

If you have any information about this incident, please call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or submit a tip online at www.victoriacrimestoppers.com.

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The Animals Bylaw requires that all dogs over the age of 4 months be licensed on or before February 1, 2015. Licences are valid for the calendar year and may be purchased in person at the Municipal Hall, 770 Vernon Avenue, Victoria BC V8X 2W7, by mail, or at any Saanich Recreation Centre.

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Neutered Male or Spayed Female Dog $25.00 $30.00

Replacement Tag $5.00 $5.00

If your dog has been neutered/spayed within the last 12 months or is a Guide Dog, the licence is free. Please bring the applicable certifi cate with you when you obtain the dog tag.

WHY SHOULD I LICENSE MY DOG? It is a requirement under the Animals Bylaw. The fi ne for not having a valid dog licence is $150.00. A Saanich dog tag is the best form of identifi cation to quickly reunite you with your pet. Veterinarians often call to fi nd the owner of injured dogs.

2015 RENEWALS: If you are the owner of a dog that was licensed in 2014, you should receive a 2015 Renewal Notice in the mail. You can purchase your dog tag online at saanich.ca. Otherwise, please return both parts of the notice when you purchase your dog tag in person at the Municipal Hall or by mail. If a Renewal Notice has not been received, please contact the Municipal Hall at 250-475-5494, local 3587.

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Saanich Police Const. Mike Lawless was a tireless supporter of the annual Tour de Rock ride in support of paediatric cancer.


The death of Saanich Police officer Mike Law-less has shown how deep his impact was on the community.

Lawless passed away on Jan. 11 after a lengthy battle with lung cancer. He is survived by a wife and young family.

Lawless leaves a strong legacy, includ-ing his time spent with the Tour de Rock Cops for Cancer, an Island bike tour benefitting patients with paediat-ric cancer.

He first rode with Tour de Rock in 2004 and was a “tireless sup-porter” as long as he could be.

“Mike has truly left a legacy that no one will forget; he will forever live on in our hearts,” said Debi Dempsey of the Canadian Cancer

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impact on the schools and on our Junior team in particular. Mike would go in ahead of the Tour’s arrival and get the communities and schools pumped up and ready to meet the team.

“2013 was the first year that he was not able to be part of the Tour; and he was greatly missed. First thing asked by all the communities, schools and supporters was ‘Where’s Mike?”

Lawless’s work affected more than 340 alumni riders and the Junior Riders, while his face was recognized in the Tour’s 27 Vancou-ver Island communi-ties.

In honour of Mike’s battle with cancer, the 2013 and 2014 Tour teams wore his Saanich Police badge, No. 25, on their helmets and bikes. The teams also held a special group gathering at the base of the Hump before Port Alberni, which was Lawless’ traditional

spot where he brought inspirational words to the team before the ascent.

Lawless joined Saan-ich Police in 1995 and worked in patrol, traf-fic, and the forensic identification section as a constable and then as a supervisor.

On Dec. 1, 2010 Mike received the Municipal Long Service Award. He was made sergeant in 2011 and was noted for his skills in forensic work.reporter@saanichnews.

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While a labelling issue has delayed the official release of Vic-toria Spirits’ Craigdar-roch Whisky, the fin-ished product will be included in Saturday’s grand tasting event at the Victoria Whisky Festival.

The 10th annual Vic-toria Whisky Festival started Thursday and continues to Sunday at the Hotel Grand Pacific in the Inner Harbour.

“We’ve brought the (unfinished) spirit of what is Craigdarroch to Whisky Fest for a few years now so the con-noisseurs have some idea of what’s coming,” said master distiller Peter Hunt of Saanich’s Victoria Spirits.

Hunt has distilled the various mashes that make up Craigdar-roch since he first col-laborated with Phillips Brewery in 2008, the same year Victoria Spir-its hit the market with its popular gin.

Only 300 bottles of Craigdarroch Whisky will be released, at a cost of about $100 for a 750ml bottle. Fans hop-ing to get their hands on one should note it will likely be released around Valentine’s Day. Hunt said the emails are coming in steadily and the distillery has started a waitlist.

“When it’s ready we’ll send an email to those people on the list. In the meantime, if the list goes beyond (300) we might consider a lottery system. The second batch won’t be ready for a while.”

Phillips Brewing has continued to ferment the barley for Hunt over the years, though they’re distilling their own batches of whisky through the newly cre-

Saanich distillery debuts whisky at festivalated Fermentorium. Hunt looks forward to Phillips’ product as he suspects it might be optimistic to expect an annual release of his own whisky. “There’s room in this market for all of us.”

Tickets for the Victo-ria Whisky Festival are in high demand. Follow victoriawhiskyfestival.com for announce-ments of the 2016 ticket release date. reporter@saanichnews.

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Cut fuel taxesfor competitiveBC economy

On Tuesday, the price of regular gasoline hovered at $1 per litre in Greater Victoria. On Wednesday afternoon, it dropped below the symbolic $1 barrier — it was priced at about 97.9 cents per litre.

The Island and Lower Mainland have been late to the party, as most of Canada saw gas prices fall to $1 per litre or lower. Last week in Edmonton, the price was 69 cents a litre. In the Lower Mainland it hit 95 cents. In most parts of the country, prices have been in the high 80s or low 90s.

As world oil prices have fallen, gas prices have slowly followed suit. Diesel prices have yet to do the same — they still remain in the $1.25 range, as diesel fuel pricing involves completely different market forces.

Gas prices have stayed stubbornly high in Metro Vancouver because of the TransLink tax of 17 cents per litre on fuel (3.5 cents in Greater Victoria), and B.C. gas prices have stayed well above other provinces because of the 6.7 cent carbon tax implemented by the BC Liberal government under Gordon Campbell.

These taxes are in addition to other federal and provincial taxes on gasoline, and of course the GST, which is charged on both the cost of the fuel and the various other taxes.

Environment Minister Mary Polak is a staunch defender of the carbon tax and claims it has reduced the use of gasoline, diesel fuel and natural gas since it was implemented in 2008. While she is technically correct about products sold in B.C., she fails to mention that industrial capacity has been reduced since that time, with many large users of fuel such as pulp mills closing down permanently.

Carbon tax figures also do not account for fuel bought in adjacent Washington State, which now sees many more B.C. residents visit regularly to fill up, due to dramatically lower prices. The cost of fuel in Bellingham on Tuesday was $1.90 (U.S) per gallon, which works out to about 60 cents per litre Canadian, at current exchange rates.

Some governments are talking about raising fuel taxes in the current low-price environment. In B.C., they need to be cut, to make our economy more competitive.

YOUR VIEW

Your editorial, “Fee increases a sure sign of the new year”, (Jan. 9, 2015), is bang on, exposing BC Lib-eral government claims that we live in a province with the lowest taxes:

• The Medical Services Premium is never included in their tax tally as they claim it is a Premium – not a tax! The MSP has doubled since the Liberal assumption of power – and it, and its routine Premium increases, have made it the most regressive tax levied by any jurisdic-tion in Canada: a form of leadership Christy Clark should be ashamed of.

• The 28 per cent increase in BC Hydro rates – directly due to Liberal excessively costly deals with many of their “run-of-river” partners and using Hydro as a milch cow through annual use of hundreds of mil-lions of dollars from Hydro deferral accounts for government general revenue.

• The decade-long increases in BC Ferries fares and cuts to ser-vices has, as the Union of BC Munic-ipalities report noted, “driven down ridership on BC Ferries at a cost of $2.3 billion to the provincial GDP.”

• You also observe that basic auto insurance premiums will rise on average $36 this year, and that

“The increase comes despite the government funnelling more than $150 million from the Crown cor-poration into provincial coffers.” Perhaps it is more accurate to state that the premium rise is a direct result of the Liberal government raid on the ICBC revenues.

Your analysis and conclusions should raise questions in all British Columbians about the lack of fair-ness and openness, and the fiscal mis-management and taxation shell games, this government is annually engaged in.

It also raises questions as to why – on a regular basis – my Oak Bay-Gordon Head Green MLA votes to support the BC Liberal budgets that include the unfair, regressive Medi-cal Services Premiums tax; and the constant BC Ferries fare increases and service reductions; and the annual BC Hydro and ICBC rate

increases! About 70 per cent of Oak Bay-Gordon Head voters voted for parties other than the Liberals: if we had wanted a member to support the Liberal budget we would have voted Liberal!

When several hundred of us citi-zens attended the Oak Bay United Church all-candidates meeting two years ago not once did we hear the Green candidate say he would vote for the unfair Liberal budgets – indeed he joined the NDP candidate in criticizing the Liberal government policies.

Let’s hope our Green MLA, during the vote on the third Liberal budget, represents the will of 70 per cent of voters who did not vote Liberal – and rightly expect him to express their will not his bizarre partisan gamesmanship.

Ron FarisSaanich

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I once wrote a letter to the Saanich News suggesting Tom Fletcher should change the name of his column but after his latest one about the “U.S. ripping us off on water” I almost feel I should retract my words.

This is an issue all of B.C. should have the same view on and an extremely important one at that. It’s not clear if Bill Ben-nett gave the 10-year notice to exit the agreement but he cer-tainly should have.

I don’t think we could ever actually deny the U.S. access to our water as it would ultimately lead to an invasion. We should however fire the warning shot that we want a fair dollar for the resource.

Having just flown back from Peurto Vallarta I saw nothing but desert out my window for almost the entire trip until we got into Washington state.

Lake Mead created by the Hoover Dam is so low on water that the dam is almost useless and California is screaming for more to feed the crops.

We pay top dollar for the pro-duce from there and yet give them the water for pretty much

free. It’s totally crazy and will only get worse.

The time to act is now! Way to go Tom for highlighting this ridiculous situation that I’ve ranted on about for decades to mostly deaf ears.

Matt TaylorSaanich

Pursuing charges not an individual’s choice

Your article regarding Mayor Atwell and the police inter-vention states that Mr. Atwell “chose not to pursue charges that night.” As the Chair of the Police Board should he not know that whether charges are laid or not is not his choice or anyone else’s choice?

As I understand our system the police do their investiga-tion. If they believe a crime has been committed and the evi-dence supports that conclusion, they make a recommendation of charges to Crown Council. Crown then approves or disap-proves based on the likelihood of conviction and with what’s in the public’s best interest.

All Mr. Atwell or any other private citizen can do is either

provide their support to the police in the investigation or withdraw that support, which may affect the evidence col-lected.

Mr. Atwell is sure racking up the negative headlines and col-umn inches in the very early days of his term. It’ll be very tough to lead an “open and transparent” municipal coun-cil if you’ve lost the trust of the those at the table with you and of those in the community. While he deserves his privacy, public and private life are not mutually exclusive when you seek out and hold office.

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Fish storyThe annual Salmon Carcass and Coho Parr Transplant comes to Mt. Douglas Park this Saturday, Jan. 17 with participants meeting at the park’s Edgemont access at 10:30 a.m. The transplant mimics the results of a large return of salmon to Douglas Creek, where as the carcasses decompose they deliver nutrients to riparian vegetation and invertebrate populations. About 500 coho parr from the Goldstream hatchery will also be transferred to the creek. Participants should wear rain gear (cotton gloves will be supplied). All children under 16 must be accompanied by parents.

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Mark Hall stepped down in December as cocah of the UVic Vikes women’s rugby team.

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The replacement for former UVic Vikes women’s rugby coach Mark Hall is expected to be named in the coming days as Hall stepped down in early December.

Hall held the position for three seasons but the demands of doing double duty as athletic director at Shawnigan Lake School finally took its toll, he said.

“It was a great run, I was happy with the program, I know it will continue to improve as a sevens team as well as the 15s,” he said.

During Hall’s watch two national team players stepped in as assistant coaches, Brittany Waters (the interim coach) and Julianne Zussman. The team also made gains by recruiting top talent which it had been unable to do previously, such as national team hopefuls Jess Neilson and Jamie Beck, as well as Lauren Kerr and Gurpreet Dhaliwal.

In 2013, the VIkes managed a Canada West win, which were becoming a rare feat for the club. That led to a Canada West bronze medal in 2014.

“Waters, if she gets the job, would be great. The key thing for the Vikes to continue their success is adding size, we just weren’t big enough,” Hall said.

Athletics manager James Keogh said the spot will likely be filled this week. [email protected]


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While the University of Victoria staff, students and alumni look forward to the anticipated opening of the brand new Centre for Athletics, Recreation and Spe-cial Abilities, they do so while appreciat-ing the legacy created on the hardwood of the McKinnon Gym.

In recognition of the memories created within its storied walls, the school is ask-ing the community to share its favou-rite stories and photos from the last 40 years, an opportunity to recognize an important chapter of UVic’s history as the campus transitions to using both McKinnon Gym and the new centre in the spring of 2015.

Built in 1975, the McKinnon Gym has been home to Vikes Athletics, the school of exercise science, physical and health education and recreation users from the campus and community. The building is iconic for the gymnasium floor, home of the Vikes basketball programs, as well

as the indoor pool, dance studio, squash courts and main lobby area.

Stories and photos from the class-rooms, exam time or working out, the swimming pool or gymnasium are all welcome. Written submissions and pho-tos can be posted with a caption online at facebook.com/iheartmck. Submis-sions are requested by Feb. 5 and will be a part of a celebration at the final varsity basketball game.

The McKinnon building was named for legendary Victoria sports community member Archie McKinnon (1896-1984) who coached Canadian athletes at four Olympic games and was a swimming and track and field instructor at the YMCA.

UVic’s varsity basketball teams will grace Ken and Kathy Shields Court inside McKinnon Gym for one last time on Feb. 14 in their final regular season home games. The women tip off at 5 p.m., while the men play at 7 p.m.

Ken and Kathy Shields (shown here in 2007) built years of memories at the McKinnon Gym. Share stories and photos of the UVic building at facebook.com/iheartmck

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University of Vic-toria’s Men’s and Women’s basket-ball teams play host to the University of Winnipeg for a week-end match-up Jan. 16 and 17. The wom-en’s games begin at 6 p.m. Friday, and 5 p.m. Saturday with the men following at 8 p.m. and 7 p.m.

The games mark the countdown to the final month of Vikes basketball at McKin-non Gym and fans, stu-dents, staff and athletes are invited to share their memories at face-book.com/iheartmck. Submissions due by Feb. 5, 2015 (see story previous page)

Also at the UVic cam-pus, the Vikes’ men’s rugby squad takes on UBC in at 2 p.m. Satur-day, Jan. 16 Boot Game at Centennial Stadium. The men’s and wom-en’s track teams are away at a University of Washington Indoor Preview in Seattle, Wa. while the Vikes swim-mers are in Richmond for the Jan. 17 Senior Circuit LCM.

While the Camosun Chargers men’s and women’s basketball teams are on a road trip this weekend, tak-ing on Douglas College and Langara College, the Chargers’ volley-ball teams return to the local court Friday, Jan. 16, with Camosun hosting the University

of the Fraser Valley Cas-cades. Games go at 6 p.m. for the women and 8 p.m. for the men.

It’s another busy week in high school basketball action, with the Spectrum senior girls and boys play-ing a double-header at Mount Douglas Second-ary School at 5:45 aand 7:30 p.m. Jan. 20. St. Margaret’s welcomes the Esquimalt girls at 5:45 p.m. and Clare-mont Secondary hosts Oak Bay’s senior girls and boys Jan. 20 (5:45 and 7:30 p.m. starts). The Claremont boys travel to Spectrum Community School Jan. 23 (game time TBA at press time) and the Lambrick Park boys visit Belmont (game time 2 p.m.). Amid a flurry of junior games, Thursday, Jan. 22 also brings Claremont’s AAA girls to Spectrum for a 5:45 p.m. tip-off and the Mt. Doug boys to Belmont for a 7:30 p.m. start.

The Saanich Braves Junior B boys will

have a busy five game-week, even with Sunday’s brief VIJHL All Star Game break. Unfortunately for supporters, only one game will be at home, so Saa-nich hockey fans will want to head to Pearkes Rec Centre Friday, Jan. 23 when the Braves host the

Kerry Park Islanders at 6:30 p.m.

For those eager to roadtrip with their Braves, the squad vis-

its the Peninsula Pan-thers Friday, Jan. 16 and Comox Saturday, Jan. 17, before visiting the West Shore Wolves Wednesday, Jan. 21 and the Nanaimo Buc-caneers Thursday, Jan. 22.

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The Vancouver Island Premier Leaguereturns to action this weekend when a hand-ful of boys and girls U18 soccer teams hit the turf.

The Lower Island Saa-nich Fusion girls host the Upper Island Storm U17 this Sunday, Jan. 18, while on the boys’ side, Saanich/Prospect Lake 1998s visit Gorge/Lakehill; the Saanich/Prospect Lake 1997s take on the Storm U18s

in Parksville.The Victoria High-

landers Prospect Girls take on the Castaways FC Saturday, Jan. 17 at the UVic Field #3 with kick-off at 4 p.m. while the U18 Prospects hit the Finlayson pitch against Gordon Head Blazers at 2 p.m.

In Lower Island gold level play Sunday, Jan. 18, Saanich Fusion boys U17 hosts Juan de Fuca U18, while the U18s visit Bays United. The Gorge U18 boys will travel up to Cowichan Valley for

Saanich soccer teams see weekend actiontheir game. On the girls’ side, Saanich Fusion U17s visit Cowichan Valley, Lakehill visits Juan de Fuca U17 and Lakehill/Saanich Fusion U18 visits Bays United. Prospect Lake U18s visit Cowichan’s U17s.

Coming up: Local swimmers will make a splash at Saanich Com-monwealth Pool next weekend for the Van-couver Island Regional Short Course Swim Championships, Friday, Jan 23 to Sunday, Jan 25. More on this next week!

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Mike DaviesNews Gazette Staff

There’s a growing – and dan-gerous – health trend that is hurting our society at a very core level, according to Dr. Richard Stanwick, chief medi-cal officer for Island Health.

It’s not actually a “trend.” Not in the way we normally think of them, anyway. It’s not a spe-cific food that’s hot right now (like 2014’s kale obsession) or an exercise plan that’s catch-ing hold (like yoga), but it’s a combination of factors that are leading to a systemic and soci-etal obesity problem.

Stanwick says obesity is as big a health issue globally these days as starvation.

When he was in medical school, they “didn’t even need to know about Type-2 diabe-tes,” he says. “We’d just never be tested on it, because we’d never see it. Now we’re seeing it diagnosed in kids, and they’re having operations in their 20s and sometimes we’re attending their funerals in their 30s.”

One main issue is we haven’t acknowledged how bad being overweight is for us. And how we get that way – with a seden-tary, screen-obsessed lifestyle – is often just as dangerous.

“Some of the more discon-

certing evidence shows that their parents don’t see their child as having a weight issue,” Stanwick says, “so we really have to enlist parents and make them see this is an serious situ-ation. They don’t see it as being on par with other illnesses. It’s becoming acceptable.”

One of the best ways to address the issue within the family unit, he says, is to start incorporating and addressing healthier lifestyles – including both physical activity and diet – into our daily routines.

“It doesn’t need to be a Leave-it-to-Beaver-type sce-nario or a scene from some old 50s television show, but com-ing together as a family to pre-pare meals and have activities that engage us interactively is important.”

Making meals together as a family not only encourages healthier eating, as most foods prepared fresh at home are going to be far better for us physically. It can make us think about what we’re putting in our bodies and encourage health-ier decision making, especially if we discuss with our kids where the food we’re prepar-ing comes from.

“So many pre-prepared foods have sugar listed right at the top of their ingredients,” Stan-

wick says. “And we have no idea what goes into it, most of the time. The type of calorie-dense food that comes from the driver-thru window – we’re just not genetically equipped for that.”

The other obvious impact on obesity and weight issues is adding exercise to one’s day-to-day activities. This is especially important for children, accord-ing to Stanwick, because physi-cal exercise is directly tied to intellectual development.

The interactivity of chil-dren’s play these days has been pushed aside in favour of screens and other sedentary activities, he says. He recom-mends families get outside and enjoy being together in a posi-tive, activity-driven way.

But it doesn’t need to be a sudden, monumental shift in order to make a positive differ-ence, Stanwick says.

“Make it one meal a week, to start, that you make together with fresh ingredients. Go for one walk a week as a family. I’m sure you’ll see a difference, not only in a physical way, but it will impact your mood and improve many other aspects of your life, as well.”

According to this health expert, stemming the tide of obesity starts at home.

Families combat childhood obesity Tracey Gibson is an executive coach with Inspired Results Group, and loves creating family time amongst the “chaos” of life with husband Peter Dumbelton and children Beth and Travis.

Q How do you find time for “you” outside of being a “mom”?

A It is not always easy, how-ever my husband and I really believe that when we make time for a run, or walk, or just get-ting together with friends that we are better parents, better partners and can function with the demands of life. My kids also know that when mom needs a run that she will come back a happier mommy which makes them happy!

Q What are you reading right now? How about with your kids?

A I love reading, especially before bed. Recently I’ve been picking books that just don’t make me think. I just finished reading Nora Roberts’ Heart of the Sea. Right now we are reading Harry Potter with the kids every night before they go to bed. We are currently on book No. 3 and we are all enjoying the excite-ment, adventure and suspense.

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A Every Friday night at our house is Nacho Friday. We sit down with nachos (and veggies), watch a movie and connect after a full week of activities, work and school. We check in about what was your favorite part of the week and the answer is always the same “Nacho Friday.” If for some reason we miss it, we have to make it up another night. It is our time to connect and be together.

Q The part of your day you look forward to the most?

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His and hers driving souvenirsPeriodically, I have the oppor-

tunity to sit in the passenger seat of the car while my 23-year-old daughter takes the wheel. This can be an adrenalin-pump-ing roller-coaster of a ride, wherein I covertly grip the door handle and remind myself to breathe.

Danica isn’t a bad driver. She’s “des-tination-oriented.” And now that I think about it, I believe the neighbours in the area where I grew up referred to me as “Little Hell on Wheels,” so per-haps she comes by it honestly.

Aggressive driving is cer-tainly not something she inher-ited from her father. My grand-mother drove faster than my ex-husband. At times, he would drive so slowly, I’d have to reach over with my own foot to press his foot down on the gas pedal.

Back in those days, people in B.C. who drove a little over the speed limit often received a souvenir in the mail. When my photo radar ticket arrived, my ex gleefully posted it on the bulletin board for all to admire. He’d often remind us that he’d never received a speeding ticket in his entire life. So I was quite thrilled, I confess, the summer

we were driving from Powell River to Lund, when a police offi-cer pulled us over.

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I eyed the Tim Horton’s bag on the dash and quickly stowed it under my seat – nothing would get him out of this one. The girls sat quietly in the van, apparently cowed by Daddy’s slip into the underworld of traffic crime.

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VICTORIA REAL ESTATE BOARD| See local real estate statistics at VREB.org

NEW LISTINGS/TOTAL, JANUARY 2014

ACTIVE RESIDENTIAL LISTINGS/ TOTAL, JANUARY 2014

» 83/342» 286/1,090» 3,020/3,489

JANUARY 2015 SALES, JANUARY 2014

Guy Crozier VREB president Travis Paterson News staff

January marks the swear-ing in of the Victoria Real Estate Board’s new board of directors.

Arriving are president-elect Wendy Moreton, with secretary treasurer Ara Balabanian, past-president Tim Ayres, Kyle Kerr, Mike Nugent, Marijane Smith, Tony Wick and Cheryl Wool-ley.

The Black Press engaged current president Guy Cro-zier on the state of the indus-try.

Q: How long have you been selling in Greater Victo-ria and what makes it special for you?

A: I’ve been selling real estate for 23 years now – in the Victoria area for my entire career! I’m a fifth gen-eration Victorian, so just get-ting to know that many more fellow Victorians over the course of all the transactions I’ve been a part of has been special.

Real estate is the perfect career for me. It lets me leverage my background of management in the service industry and build my own business the way I choose. When you look at the indus-try, realtors are one of the last bastions of entrepre-neurs, we are each small businesses who invest in our own technology, products, marketing and so on. Every

realtor out there builds their own brand and makes their own way.

I enjoy that level of respon-sibility for my business and control over my work. I feel very lucky to get to do what I do every day.

Q: What are your back-ground strengths?

A: I think I have the right kind of work ethic to be an entrepreneur – I’m competi-tive, like to build relation-ships and hard work doesn’t scare me. When I was new to the business I came in with a lot of ambition, which drove me through the tough times when you wonder if you’ll make it to the next month.

I also feel my experience in the service industry served me well – no pun intended.

I spent nearly a decade on the management track at a global restaurant chain and I learned so much there that has helped me do my work now. Not just around the value of good customer service, but how to balance the books, manage time, all those skills came from my training in the service indus-try.

Q: Why take on this role?A: The more time I spend

as a realtor, the more I value organized real estate, of which VREB is an integral part. I’ve volunteered on board committees for more than fifteen years, and it seemed like the natural pro-gression to commit five or six years to be on the board of directors after my expe-rience in committees. I felt

ready. And my peers did as well, with their support I was voted in as a director and later to the post of president. It’s been an honour.

Q: The traditional process of real estate agents selling homes has been challenged in recent years, do you antic-ipate any more trends to affect the industry?

A: I think the changing trends have made realtors more important than ever.

Twenty or 30 years ago tech-nology wasn’t a factor when purchasing or selling prop-erty, and there were only one or two ways to market a home.

Negotiations were simpler. Now, technology changes faster than home values and mortgage rates.

There are endless ways to market a property, sales are complex and there are more potential liabilities than before. Historically real-

tors were keepers of informa-tion. Now that information is readily available online, and realtors have become the experts in how to use and interpret information, cre-ate the marketing strategy, navigate the complex paper-work, etc.

Now, more than ever, you need a professional in a property transaction.

Q: Does the VREB have any initiative new projects in mind?

A: Projects we undertake are focused on helping our (1,200 Victoria region real-tors) do their job better. For example, our board launched an online StrataDocs service that helps connect users with strata paperwork and information required when doing due diligence in selling and buying strata units, and that’s a Victoria-born initia-tive that is now being used across the country at many different real estate boards.

One of our current proj-ects is the strata lockbox program, which provides safe and secure places for realtors to place keys for multi unit buildings. We have also just rolled out a com-plex mandatory education component through our pro-vincial organization. We man-age content and delivery at the local level.

Moving forward the board will continue to look for ways to support members – that might be in the form of new technology or physical prod-ucts that help streamline work and keep property safe.

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Hook Your DreamWelcome to an exquisite, completely renewed lakefront Haven with so much to offer, it just has to be seen. Two romantic fireplaces, warm and elegant finishing, views, sunrises; how can we describe the waterside playground oasis that this property is? Pride of ownership is detailed throughout, and when you are not drinking your coffee on the Adirondack chairs overlooking the Lake, you will be luxuriating in the Spa soaker tub-shower ensuite, or happily gazing over the quartzite counters of your Urbana designed kitchen to the magic Blue! $1,298,888

It’s MagicNestled in a premier enclave of Victoria, close to the rich vibe of the Cook St Village and Fairfield Plaza is your early 1900’s Edwardian Lady, singing with the original charm and features of this beloved Era! From the original hardwood floors and Fireplaces, and main level Ocean View Studio, 4 beds plus huge potential Ensuite, this home is sure to please! The fenced Secret Garden promises lush prized plantings, and a private brick courtyard. Just up the street from the ocean, and with easy access to Beacon Hill Park. Call now! $717,200

Magical Mystery TourTOWNER PARK the most exclusive ocean front neighborhood (freehold section). Rare south facing 2.24 acre beach trophy property is one that few can achieve or acquire. Featuring old growth firs and sensational southerly Ocean vistas of the inlet fjord; from the home, sun drenched patios and deck. Orchard, organic vegetable garden and courtyard entry welcomes you to the main one level 4669 square foot home. Splendid living room, teak kitchen, formal and informal dining open to the sunset warm beach below. 36x18 indoor swimming pool.Call to view this Irreplaceable Oceanfront Paradise. $1,680,000

Rare Commercial/ResidentialStunning exquisitely presented rare Oak Bay boutique property with residential and commercial zoning. Currently configured as 2 suites and 2 commercial areas. A second floor addition is possible subject to Oak Bay municipality approval. This mixed use immaculate building includes: 1101 sq ft of commercial space. One 2 bedroom 892 sq ft. residential suite and one 746 sq ft studio suite, with external entrances. High visibility corner of St Patrick St and Central Avenue. A rare supreme “live work” opportunity. $1,150,000

Can you please keep this ad the same, but switch out to the other Ocean view photo that you have for 725 Towner Park (Magical Mystery Tour), and the couch and outdoor view photo for "On Top of the World"? Also, please delete "Above and Beyond" and put in its place, "It's Magic" with the house photo, and list it as an OPEN HOUSE Sun 2-4 pm. 192 Bushby Ave. (This Sunday Jan. 18).

On Top of the WorldYour Mountain Top Aerie Awaits! Be on top of the world with this Care Award Winner built home of virtually 4700 square feet. Floor to ceiling windows beautifully frame Ocean AND Lakefront Views (swim next door!) in nearly every room. The layout melds effortlessly to three decks for perfect indoor-outdoor flow. Potential Suite, Billiards-Bar-Media Room below leave the High Flyer perfectly sated. “Choose Life’s finest: Entertain family and friends in your designer nest complete with authentic Wine cellar, or peacefully exhale, AWAY from it all.” $799,999

OPEN HOUSE

192 Bushby St.

Open House Sun. Jan. 18 • 2 - 4pm

- "On Top of the World" is short on copy. Can you please add to the end, "Choose Life's finest: Enter-tain family and friends in your designer nest complete with authentic Wine cellar, or peacefully exhale, AWAY from it all."

- "It's Magic" is missing the word "enclave", right after "nestled in a premier"...

OPEN HOUSES | JAN. 16 TO JAN. 22, 2015

VICTORIA307-545 Manchester Road, $167,500 MLS 345343, Sat 1-3RE/MAX CamosunDavid Silletta, 250-744-3301

192 Bushby Street, $727,200MLS # 345090, Sun 2-4JonesCo Real EstateIan Heath & Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653

83 Saghalie Rd. from $439,900 Daily 12-5, Bosa Properties, 250-382-2672

605-103 Gorge Rd. E., $259,900Sun 1-3, DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jenn Raappana, 250-474-6003

102-1361 Hillside Ave., $375,000 MLS 343524, Sat 1-3Newport RealtySandy Berry, 250-818-8736

301-1033 Belmont Ave., $569,900 MLS 345435, Sun 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyGaylene Salina, 250-479-3333

83 Saghalie Rd. from $599,900Daily 12-5, Bosa Properties, 250-382-2672

303-104 Dallas Road, $409,000 MLS 345279, Sun 1-3Sutton Group West Coast RealtyDiego Lauricella, 250-479-3333

1003-520 Douglas St., $349,900MLS# 339521, Sat 2-4RE/MAX Camosun, Paul Askew, 250-380-8824

2609 Avebury AvenueSat & Sun 2-4Macdonald Realty Ltd.Niels Madsen, 250-388-5882

301-1137 View Street, $220,000MLS # 345018, Sun 2-4Pemberton HolmesNicole Bentley, 250-384-8124

OAK BAY2162 Epworth St., $629,000MLS 345000, Sat 2-4Boorman Investment Co.Dean Boorman, 250-595-1535

VIEW ROYAL23-124 Cooper Road, $69,000MLS 345126, Sat 1-3Sutton Group West Coast RealtyDiego Lauricella, 205-474-3333

SAANICH EAST4128 Burnley Close, $483,900MLS 345098, Sat 1-2:30Sutton Group West Coast RealtyWendy Thompson, 250-479-3333

103-1485 Garnet Road, $139,900 MLS 340063, Sun 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCheri Crause, 250-592-4422

4942 Cordova Bay Rd., $775,000 MLS 343314, Sat 3-5Newport RealtyJulie Rust, 250-385-2033

908 Woodhall Drive, $669,000MLS 340719, Sun 1-3Macdonald RealtySophak Sim, 250-857-4347

206-982 McKenzie Ave., $309,900 MLS 344648, Sat 2-4Fair RealtySukhmeet Grewal, 250-704-9794

3651 Quadra Street, $699,000MLS 345422, Sat 1-3Newport Realty, Julie Rust, 250-385-2033

202-1620 McKenzie AvenueMLS 342187, Sun 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyJune Wing, 250-479-3333

SAANICH WEST#2-240 Burnside Rd. E., $329,000 MLS 345152, Sat 1-3RE/MAX CamosunRobert Hahn, 250-744-3301

412 Quayle Road, $739,900Sat 2-4, RE/MAX CamosunDeana Fawcett, 250-893-8932

211-4529 West Saanich Road, $339,900 MLS 343719, Sat & Sun 1-3Pemberton HolmesCorie Meyer, 250-384-8124

1063 Hyacinth Ave., $579,000MLS 344487, Sun 2-4Boorman Investment Co.Dean Boorman, 250-595-1535

SAANICH PENINSULA7182 West Saanich Road., From $370,000 Friday, Sat & Sun 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMurray Lawson, 250-477-5353

9385 East Saanich Rd., $444,900 MLS 338365, Sat 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Mike Hartshorne, 250-474-6003

7344 Wallace Drive, $819,900MLS 339882, Sat 1-3, RE/MAX CamosunCraig Walters, 250-744-3301

6253 Marie Meadows, $675,000MLS 343471, Sat 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Elaine Wright, 250-474-6003

WEST SHORE786 Walfred Road, $969,000MLS 345405, Sat 1-3RE/MAX CamosunCheryl Barnes, 250-413-7943

103 & 105-990 Rattanwood Pl., $319,900 Sat 1-3Sutton Group West Coast RealtyKomal Dodd, 250-479-3333

2655 Sooke Rd., from $199,900 Sat & Sun 2-4, RE/MAX CamosunJohn Percy, 250-508-1551

762 Egret Close, $719,000MLS 344358, Sat 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Ron Bahrey, 250-744-8772

4061 Happy Valley Rd., $739,900 MLS 345115, Sun 2-4One Percent RealtyJim Parsons, 250-220-8600

3310 Ocean Blvd, $749,000MLS 331017, Sat 1-3Newport Realty, Sandy Berry, 250-818-8736

102-954 Walfred Road, $229,000 MLS # 344324, Sun 2-4Pemberton HolmesNicole Bentley, 250-384-8124

655 Kestrel Ridge, $659,000MLS 345297, Sun 2-4One Percent RealtyJim Parsons, 250-220-8600

Heron’s Landing at Latoria Creek From $294,900Sat & Sun 1-4, Pemberton HolmesGreg Long, 250-384-8124

3001 Charlotte Drive, $519,900MLS 345427, Sat 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Mike Hartshorne, 250-474-6003

The Terraces at Latoria WalkFrom $639,900, Thur - Sun 12-3Pemberton HolmesGreg Long, 250-384-8124

MALAHAT1116 Adams Close, $499,900MLS 345253Sotheby’s International Realty CanadaBrad MacLaren, 250-380-3933

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Vancouver Island University Mariners guard Kadeem Stewart tries to lay-up against Camosun Chargers forward Evan Woodson during PacWest basketball action at PISE Jan. 9. The Chargers men lost 79-71. This weekend, the Chargers travel to face the Douglas Royals and Langara Falcons.

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