Saanich News, January 18, 2013

Edward HillNews staff

The sun was out last Saturday when a small army of volunteers swarmed through Rishi Sharma’s Saanich house, and stripped it to the bone.

Door frames, cabinets, wood trim, cupboards, appliances, doors and lights fixtures – every-thing including the kitchen sink went into a Habitat for Humanity truck.

It’s the first time the Victoria arm of the charity organized the wholesale deconstruction of a house, and it will be a test case for the future. For Sharma, a 37-year-old provinical govern-ment employee who has subdi-vided his Mount Douglas Cross Road lot, this is the first step in his attempt to reuse and recycle his entire home.

“I knew I’d have to deconstruct this house. I thought I’d do one better and instead of just recy-cling, I wanted to donate the entire house for reuse,” Sharma said. “It was a vision I had that really no one has done before. It was a vision that became a mis-sion.”

The dozen volunteers, most military members from CFB

Esquimalt, spent Saturday crow-baring and unscrewing every removable piece of the house that could be sold at Habitat’s ReStore store in Langford.

In turn, that money will flow into the pool of funds Habitat uses to build affordable homes across Greater Victoria, 18 to date, and another four slated in Saanich for 2014.

Yolanda Meijer, the executive director for Habitat for Humanity in Victoria, said it’s unusual, but not unheard ofm for people to offer entire homes, although this was their largest salvage opera-tion to date.

It was a good exercise for the organization, as volunteers could remove cupboards and appli-ances and not have to worry about damaging walls and floors. Meijer plans to track the sale of each item to see how much money a single house can gener-ate, and how much material is diverted from the landfill.

“Every house deconstruction has recycling. We are pushing reuse,” Meijer said. “If you take out your kitchen intact, someone will buy it from us.

“Many people think about recy-cling. I want them to think about reusing. It doesn’t go into the

landfill, and you get a tax receipt.”Sharma plans to have the

house recycled down to the foundation. Habitat for Human-ity doesn’t have the capacity to strip out drywall, flooring and plywood, but volunteers from OUR Ecovillage, a 25-acre sustain-able living demonstration site in Shawnigan Lake, plans to dis-assemble the remainder of the house to almost nothing.

Ecovillage executive director Brandy Gallagher said her group often takes what Habitat can’t to benefit their own project and as a means to divert waste from the traditional waste stream.

Gallagher said better financial incentives and systems need to be in place to allow homeowners and developers easier ways to recycle old buildings. As it stands

now, allowing non-profits to sal-vage houses isn’t an efficient use of time for builders.

“The deconstruction field is up against time and money. It does take time to pull nails,” Gallagher said. “There is no credit for doing ethical things.”

Meijer agreed: “Homeowners have to realize this is not a cost saving exercise. It’s a shift in mindset about what happens to things we don’t want or need.”

At Sharma’s house, it doesn’t take long for volunteers to pack the Habitat cube truck with all the fixtures that define a home. Most participate out of a sense of duty to engage in community ser-vice, and they also support the underlying mission of Habitat.

“It’s a good organization, a good charity and you don’t have

to be experienced to help,” lead-ing seaman Malisa Ogunniya, 25, said while yanking nails from wood trim.

Sharma likes the idea that his old cupboards and fixtures will eventually help build affordable housing in the region. To him, it was important enough that he refused to give the appliances to his father, Surinder Sharma, the president Victoria Hindu Temple.

“I wanted (Rishi) to give the stove and fridge for the temple. But he said ‘No, this is a bet-ter cause,’” laughed the senior Sharma, who was lending a hand with the deconstruction.

“I think Rishi is doing the right thing. It’s nice to see this all going to use instead of going into the garbage. Somebody will use it.”

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Everything, including the kitchen sinkSaanich family donates house to charity groups in attempt to reuse and recycle every scrap

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Saanich homeowner Rishi Sharma loads a sink from his house into a Habitat for Humanity truck on Saturday. Sharma donated his house to Habitat and other non-profits in an attempt to reuse and recycle the structure prior to building two new houses on his Mount Douglas Cross Road lot.

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Police arrested a Saanich woman Monday who attempted to pay for an item at a store in Tillicum Centre using a counterfeit $20 U.S. bill.

Saanich investigators quickly learned the same woman is suspected of using another fake bill to make a purchase at the same store on Jan. 7.

As officers searched for the 53-year-old woman Monday at Tillicum, she attempted to use the fake bill at a different store. She was located and now faces two counts of fraud.

Sgt. Steve Eassie says investigators are trying to determine if other businesses in Greater Victoria have fallen victim to the counterfeit fraud.

Police are also investigating if she manufactured the bills herself or obtained them from another source.

Police are asking anyone with more information on this crime to call 250-475-4321.

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A 90-year-old Victoria woman was robbed of her purse in the 800-block of View St. on Saturday night.

Around 9:15 p.m., a man ripped the purse from the woman's arms and then ran down Blanshard Street, said VicPD Const. Mike Rus-sell.

The woman was not injured, but was obvi-ously shaken, he added.

The suspect is described as a young man with a slim build, wearing a grey or tan winter parka with the hood up.

VicPD searched the area with a canine unit but could not locate the suspect or discarded property.

Anyone with information about the crime is asked to call the VicPD non-emergency line at 250-995-7654 or report anonymously at Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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On the endlessly rainy West Coast, this could be the answer for soccer parents and pedestri-ans everywhere – a drink holder that attaches to an umbrella.

The idea is simple and practi-cal, but remained un-invented until a Saanich mom started tak-ing her six-year-old son to week-end soccer games. With coffee and umbrella in hand, and as a busy real estate agent, she found answering her cellphone was a pain.

“Parents standing on the side-lines all have coffee,” said Kerry Couvelier, 34. “You’re juggling your umbrella when the phone rings, or you’re holding your dog, and you have to put your coffee in the wet grass.”

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Her mom dutifully sewed the many prototypes, and through trial and error, and plenty of walk-ing around the house with drinks in fabric sleeves attached to open umbrellas, Joey on the Go was born.

She gathered a group of women to test it out and provide feed-back, and consulted with a mar-keting company to see if it was an idea worth pursuing. All signs pointed to go. She found a manu-facturer out of the U.S. and has applied for a patent on the prod-uct. “It’s been a wild ride,” she said.

Couvelier and her husband Gra-ham Gilbert presented the idea to the Dragons’ Den investors in Toronto three months ago, and the episode airs on Sunday, Jan. 20.

“It was a once-in-a-lifetime expe-rience. It’s as crazy as it seems on TV,” Couvelier said. “They are a

good group of people. It was fun.”She can’t say if the Dragons

gave her a deal, but Arlene Dick-inson and Kevin O’Leary gave the sleeve a test run during taping. “Bruce (Croxon) could relate. He has kids that play sports,” she said.

A real test of the prod-uct started Monday, when she launched her website joeyonthego.com. The plan is to market not only to parents who attend their kids’ outdoor sports, but to transit commuters in hubs such as Vancouver and Toronto, and consistently rainy places, such as the U.K.

“Larger cities like Toronto have a lot more commuters (than Vic-toria). We are definitely trying to hit the commuter market.”

Dragons’ Den airs Sundays at 8 p.m. CBC television.

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Saanich parent Kerry Couvelier invented a fabric drink holder that attaches to an umbrella after she started taking her son to his soccer games. She and her husband pitched the product on Dragons’ Den, which airs this Sunday, Jan. 20, on CBC.

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Climbing to new heights

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F or most people, the prospect of climbing one of the world’s tallest mountains might seem more than a little intimidating.

Months of training, travelling halfway around the world, dealing with altitude sickness, health risks and unreliable weather are challenges and luxuries few can afford and even fewer crave.

But Malti Devi isn’t your average woman.

“I want to find out what I’m capable of,” says Devi, her eyes widening with intention.

In August, Devi, 37, plans to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro, not only to test her endurance, but to raise funds for Children of Haiti, a City of Langford charity that has already raised more than $250,000 to build and operate an orphanage near Port-au-Prince after the country’s devastating earthquake in 2010.

But it’s her personal climb from the dusty farming fields of the South Pacific that make Devi’s story so inspiring.

She grew up as the youngest of four daughters on a sugarcane farm on the outskirts of Tavarau, Fiji.

“I was one of those little kids that stood on the side of the road, selling vegetables in bare feet in the gravel,” she recalls, once a sponsor child herself.

“Remembering those days, coming home, being hungry, you never outlive that,” she says. “And I don’t want to outlive it, because that’s what has kept me grounded.”

At 21, her family sent her to live with relatives in Chilliwack, hoping for better opportunities. She arrived with $65 in her pocket, and admits her naiveté would have been her undoing, were it not for several serendipitous people she met along the way.

“Academically, I was smart, but I was not street smart,” she says.

She learnt English working in a fast food restaurant and by doing accounting work at a local agriculture company, but knew she was destined for greater things.

“(My first employers) took a shot in the dark, they didn’t know me or owe me anything, but they helped me. I want to do that for somebody else.”

To simplify the petite, 5-foot-2 entrepreneur’s accomplishments in the 16 years since coming to Canada would be a disservice.

Her formal training is in graphic design, a venture that brought her to Victoria in 2000 to attend the Pacific Academy of

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Fijian native also does photography, marketing for a biofuel company and still manages to fit in several hours of daily training for her climb.

Mt. Kilimanjaro is the world’s tallest free-standing peak at 5,898 metres and second in elevation only to Mt. Everest.

Tanzanian officials don’t permit climbers to make the trek in less than five days, and despite its reputation as the least punishing of the global seven summits, Devi cautions the task is no casual jaunt.

A veteran of regional peaks, she has a habit of bringing a pair of high heels on each climb. She straps them on at the summit, “like a race car changing its tires,” and captures proof of her feat.

Kilimanjaro will be no exception, says the self-professed tomboy.

“In Fiji, the ultimate goal is to be a housewife – to cook, clean and sew,” she says, her confidence belying her humble roots. “I want to be that, and be a businesswoman and a humanitarian all at the same time.”

Judging from her list of accomplishments, it seems she’s already well on her way to conquering those mountains.

To donate to Children for Haiti or sponsor Devi on her climb, visit malti.ca.

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Saanich police issued a simi-lar warning when thieves broke into 11 vehicles over two days in November.

Between Jan. 1 and Jan. 14 last year, there were 17 reported thefts from vehicles in Saanich, compared to 62 for the same period this year.

The recent rash of thefts are occurring all over the municipal-ity, and are believed to typically take place between midnight and 4 a.m. Loose change and small electronic devices are the main targets, but in one case a tailgate was also stolen.

Many of the vehicles have been visibly dam-aged by the thieves to gain access – from broken windows to busted locks. As well, at least 28 of the vehi-cles were simply left unlocked overnight.

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For Lucky Jhagra, collecting guns turned from a hobby to an obsessive compulsion that landed the 41-year-old Saanich man in prison.

Jhagra pleaded guilty on Tues-day to seven charges related to stealing 148 firearms from his employer, Island Outfitters, and then selling 13 of the weapons to people in Victoria and across Canada. Judge Sue Wishart sen-tenced him to two years and he was taken into custody.

Crown and defence lawyers agreed on a two year sentence based on the brazen theft of so many dangerous weapons and the illegal and sloppy way they were stored at his Shelbourne Street home.

The crimes were mitigated by the fact that he only sold guns to licenced buyers and the sales were documented with the proper authorities. He also produced 42 letters of support attesting to his upstanding char-acter, despite the thefts.

Saanich police investigators recovered all 148 handguns, semiautomatic rifles and shot-guns, including the 13 sold to customers as far away as Nova Scotia, in part thanks to the now-defunct long-gun registry.

Those guns will be returned to Island Outfitters, plus Jhagra’s 27 legally owned guns, worth $13,000 to $15,000, as part of the restitution order. The stolen guns had a retail value of about $270,000 and the weapons he sold summed to $12,840.

“His only explanation he offered is that he always had an interest in firearms. Over time, the interest became a fascina-tion, then became an obsession that became a pathology,” said Jhagra’s lawyer Andrew Tam. “His addiction to obtaining fire-arms overcame his sense of right and wrong. It began with one firearm, then another and another, and it snowballed into the collection.”

Jhagra, a firearms instructor, began working at Island Outfit-ters in 2008, and quickly moved into a position of trust oversee-ing firearm sales.

According to a statement of facts entered in court, he began stealing weapons in 2009 after he found a flaw in the store’s inventory system that allowed him to order guns, but log the number of weapons in stock as zero.

A general audit of the store in February 2012 unveiled the scam. Saanich officers found an

arsenal where he lived in the basement suite of his parent’s house, and in the garage.

Police found 45 of the guns stored in the open without trig-ger locks, such as the Bushmas-ter rifle found propped behind his living room door, and hand-guns on the floor.

“These are very powerful weapons, some military-style weapons,” Crown prosecutor Trevor Shaw told the court. “They were stolen and stored unsafely as well. ... He had the ability to arm a small insurrec-tion.”

Shaw noted that the theft dam-aged the reputation of Island Outfitters as a business and within the gun-owning commu-nity. He read to the court state-ments from the store owners that indicated that the betrayal cut deep, that they have lost trust in their employees, and feared more thefts were happen-ing under their noses.

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Jhagra wept as Tam read his cli-ent’s apology letters into the record, written to the owners and manager of the store.

“(The thefts) were never malicious. They were not bad bosses,” Jhagra told the court. “I did it because I like guns. I know it sounds stupid, but I like this stuff. I didn’t think about

right or wrong, I didn’t think about the consequences.”

Jhagra pleaded guilty to two counts of theft over $5,000, two counts of possessing a weapon obtained through an offence, unlawful storage of weapons, and two counts of laun-dering proceeds of a crime.

He is required to repay his victims and has a lifetime ban from owning weapons.

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Saanich police Sgt. Dean Jantzen sits with a Bushmaster rifle, which was among the 148 guns seized from the home last February of a now former employee of Island Outfitters.

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A group of tennis lovers is trying to build a clay tennis court facility similar to that of Roland Garros, home of the French Open, in Saanich.

The private group, known as the Cedar Hill Clay Tennis Court Society, is looking to move beyond the public consultation stages and into a partnership with Saanich to build the Van-couver Island’s only public clay tennis facility, on the grounds behind the Cedar Hill Recre-ation Centre.

Leading the charge is John Miller, who said the Cedar Hill tennis society would fund the building and maintenance of a facility with at least eight courts.

The model falls in line with the community partnerships between Saanich and soccer, lawn bowling, and squash. The Cedar Hill Squash Club is a prime example as a private club built into the recreation centre, which offers time to Saanich.

“The next step is to put it through the parks and trails and environ-ment committees,” Miller said.

The expectation is Miller and his society of tennis enthusiasts – which includes an architect, an engineer, a director of the B.C. Winter Games and public health officials – will present to Saanich council in February.

“The society will put up the money to build and operate the facility and then give Saanich court time to the com-munity for lessons,” Miller said.

Miller is also a part-time instructor with Saanich-run indoor ten-nis courts in the Cedar

Hill rec centre and has seen first hand the long wait lists.

“It will alleviate the waiting lists for Saanich’s programs and lessons and it just makes sense to build courts at that facility, as Saanich users will be able to access our courts,” Miller said.

In a fall 2012 survey of Cedar Hill users, the biggest piece of research done to date, 698 of the 901 respondents said they were in favour of a non-profit society to manage a clay court facility with public access, at the Cedar Hill rec centre.

The survey did demonstrate that not everybody is in favour of more tennis courts.

Almost 80 per cent of respon-dents said they use the recre-ation centre. Fifty-seven per cent said they use the chip trail, while 3.3 per cent said they use the softball-slow pitch dia-monds, and five per cent said they use the diamonds for other uses, such as dog walking.

“There’s certainly people out there that aren’t interested, so we’re just trying to balance out what’s best for the overall com-munity,” said Doug Henderson, director of Saanich parks and recreation.

So far the numbers seem to be in favour of the new courts.

“We had an open house at Cedar Hill (on Oct. 2) and it was one of the biggest turnouts that anyone can remember,” Miller said.

Clay courts require day-to-day maintenance. The clay is layers of sand and crushed stone, so damaged areas can be repaired in an afternoon.

“There are no public clay courts on Vancouver Island, which doesn’t make sense, because this is the perfect climate, more and more hard courts around the world are being torn up and replaced by clay,” Miller said.

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OUR VIEW

Transit battle needs tough talkDespite efforts to negotiate a new contract

without disrupting transit service, members of the Canadian Auto Workers

are taking off their gloves Jan. 22 and walking off the job.

Fortunately for Greater Victoria commuters, the one-day strike action is just that – one day.

However, that one day will see hundreds of extra cars, bikes and pedestrians on the roads, trying to get to work and school. Gridlock won’t

begin to describe the traffic chaos.

Transit workers’ job action has been moderate so far with little visible

interruption, but this strike will clearly affect everyone in the region.

Longer strikes more than 10 years ago seriously impacted seniors, students and those with low incomes who regularly rely on transit. A 1984 strike, which lasted three months, crippled Victoria’s economy, and like mullets and Hammer pants, none of us wants to see that again.

The two sides clearly aren’t motivated to reach an agreement, in fact they don’t even agree on what the main stumbling blocks are in the dispute – the union insists it’s all about the small buses and the lower-paid drivers, B.C. Transit says there are other issues at play, including wages and benefits.

The two sides have both dug in their heels and the public is suffering, moderately so far, with only certain runs cancelled. But with the Tuesday all-day strike planned, it shows that an outside authority needs to step in and get it done.

It’s amazing what sides in a dispute will do when the crisis hits. Just look at the NHL. They got a deal done when the season was on the brink of being cancelled.

The best solution for everyone is for the two sides to get back to the bargaining table and realize that compromise is the only solution. The union has to be realistic and unafraid of new technology, and management must assure workers that it’s not out to crush the union.

Mediation may be the way out of Transit impasse

After a deep breath, Korean air filled my lungs for the first time.

Emotion flooded my eyes and confusion swelled my heart as I made my way off the plane and onto the tarmac below. Treading into unknown territory, I set foot on Korean soil for the first time and somehow it felt like home.

I don’t know how or why I felt the way I did. A year later, I still don’t, it caught even me off guard. Excitement about my inaugural voyage to the birthplace of my parents, was replaced by foggy insecurity about who I was.

Born to South Korean parents, but raised entirely in Canada, I consider myself Korean Canadian. At least that is how I explain it to everyone, including myself. Yet I wondered how Canadian I was to be feeling the way I did, about a country I had never even visited.

Engulfed in the bustle of a terrifically busy Incheon Airport, I stepped out to see another first, a sea of Koreans in every direction. Everywhere I turned, people who looked like I do, didn’t bother to look back at me. On the outside I was a member of the majority – on the inside I wasn’t so sure.

As I waited for luggage items to push the black, plastic curtains aside and make the meandering loop around the baggage carousel,

I found myself making a mental checklist of how I became whoever I was now.

My first language was Korean. My parents had immigrated to Canada only a few years before I was born, so my early years were spent without English. I ate mostly Korean food and lived a Korean lifestyle, albeit in a Canadian neighbourhood. Like most children, our

family home was the entire world, for all I knew.

That changed completely when I started public school and most everyone I interacted with were of non-Korean descent. In fact, few of my close friends were even Asian. I remember being ashamed of my school lunches because they looked and smelled different than everyone else’s. I tried to eat more western food, just because that was what everyone else ate.

As college and early adulthood crept up on me, I found myself looking fondly upon my heritage and I recall being thankful I could speak a second language. I still am, and today’s comfort food is

as much kimchee and rice as it is turkey and mashed potatoes.

Listen in to a dinner party at my parents’ place today, and sounds of a Korean-English hybrid fill the air, probably understandable only to those within our home’s four walls. When we argue, we default back to our strongest language. For my parents, Korean, for me, English.

They still don’t even say Korea by name, still referring to it as “back home,” as if it is across the street, or a short drive up the road from our home in Victoria, even though it is halfway across the world.

For them, maybe it is more black and white, but for me it is anything but. Someone once asked: ‘If South Korea and Canada were at war, and I was forced to fight for one side, who I would fight for?’ I had no answer then – 20 years later I still don’t.

After grabbing my luggage off the carousel, I fished around in my jacket for my passport to show it to the security guard, who speaks to me in Korean.

My passport says Canadian and in many ways so does my heart. There are just a lot of extra Korean stamps all over both. Maybe that is what makes me Canadian, because I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Arnold Lim is a Black Press reporter in Greater Victoria.

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‘Few of my close friends were even Asian.’

Arnold LimMinority Report

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A legislative committee has determined that the time has come to replace B.C.’s current auditor general.

John Doyle, with considerable credentials, accepted the position in 2007. He is to be commended on doing an exceptionally fine job as the watchdog for the people of British Columbia.

As auditor general, one of Mr. Doyle’s mandates was to investigate and ensure that any misdeeds, questionable hidden agendas and scandals of the governing party were brought to the attention of the citizens of British Columbia.

He has succeeded in this function by exposing the present government’s secrecy in the Basi-Virk political corruption case, the highly controversial use of deferral accounts for B.C. Hydro and mismanagement of financial accountability.

So, why was Mr. Doyle’s contract not extended for a second term?

Obviously, the Liberals on the legislative committee, who made this childish, vindictive and self-serving decision, have the majority vote and decided that Mr. Doyle was uncovering and exposing too many political hot buttons that the Liberals had hoped the public would forget.

This decision not to renew Mr. Doyle’s mandate is a travesty of justice and should be reassessed. The public deserves the real reason for Mr. Doyle’s rejection for a second term.

Some advice to the present governing party: If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen!

Martin L. BattleVictoria

Ole Heggen’s cartoon insightful

I know why I always look forward to O. J. Heggen’s cartoons – he is so insightful!

“John Doyle likely on the way out” (Jan. 11) says it all. The

B.C. Liberals – led by Premier Christy Clark – want a lap dog not a watchdog of taxpayer’s money. No wonder his cartoon character says, “We thought it was time for a change!!”

What sin – exactly – did Auditor General Doyle commit?

Was it revealing the financial contributions Timberwest made to the Liberals before the land deal? Or raising alarm bells over the use of massive deferral accounts at B.C. Hydro? Maybe exposing serious issues of financial accountability of the legislature itself?

Surely there is a benefit to having continuity in the auditor general’s role of attempting to have open and accountable government – something the premier promised during the Liberal leadership race.

Ron FarisSaanich

Booze laws encourage drinking

I am always amazed how people can rally for any cause, regardless whether it is worthwhile or not, but don’t seem too concerned about drunk drivers.

Why are British Columbians

drinking more? The answer is easy. The

provincial government has made it so easy to drink whenever and wherever you want.

How many provinces allow booze to be served in pubs until 4 a.m., at sporting events, movie theatres or BYOB to a restaurant?

Drinking laws need to be even tougher.

This very “Liberal” government is more interested in the bucks the booze makes for them. It appears people’s lives don’t count.

Change is needed now.Eileen Nattrass

Saanichton

CPP, EI and medicalare benefits - not taxes

For the second year in a row, the B.C. Taxpayers Federation is spreading misinformation about payroll tax and MSP premiums.

MSP premiums are not a tax they are a user fee.

Depending on your net income, you can have all or part of your MSP premiums subsidized.

The provincial government has nothing to do with CPP or EI premiums and only those who earn more than $50,000 a year pay the maximum CPP contributions.

You do not pay CPP premiums on the first $3,500 you earn each year, and you do not pay CPP when you are under 18 and over 70.

The more you contribute to your CPP, the more you get back later in life.

As for EI, hopefully you get some back in lean times.

There was no EI or CPP during the Depression. In fact, their was no income tax until midway through the First World War.

Employment Insurance, then called Unemployment Insurance, commenced in 1941 as a result of the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Andre MollonLangford

Decision to not replace auditor general political

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The decision not to reappoint B.C. auditor general John Doyle was childish and vindictive, says a letter-writer.

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The Vancouver Island Health Authority is on the lookout for an international superbug, and is screening patients who have been hospitalized abroad.

Both the Royal Jubilee and Victoria General hospitals are following a provincewide pro-tocol to isolate patients for 48

hours if they have been hospital-ized in countries like Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.

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The Greater Victoria film industry is working on ways to bolster movie and TV produc-tion, as Hollywood shifts work to other provinces that offer generous subsidies and tax breaks.

Early estimates for 2012 show the Capital Region ben-efited from roughly $7 million in directing spending from the film industry, a far cry from the $20 million highs of 2006, said Kathleen Gilbert, Greater Victo-ria film commissioner.

“Budgets have dropped quite significantly,” she said. “Even the big blockbuster movies have smaller budgets than they used to.”

While lucrative franchises like the X-Men series have rolled through the region in the past, made-for-TV films have typi-cally been the bread and butter of local film crews, Gilbert said.

She attributes the downturn to the global recession, a strong Canadian dollar and the exclu-sion of the Capital Region from B.C.’s distant location tax credit, an incentive offered to produc-tion companies who work out-side major metropolitan areas.

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“I understand why the film and TV and digital media indus-tries are concerned,” Bennett said. “What the film industry seems to want mainly is for us to match the tax credits that are available in Ontario, and we can’t do that.”

Bennett said he is working on a new policy that will “clean up and simplify” the business envi-ronment for the industry, which is looking at further costs as B.C. prepares to phase out the harmonized sales tax in March.

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The sights, sounds and smells of a post-apocalyptic city in ruins are yours to explore, as your tour guides – a group of clowns – take you on a storied ride through the city.

It’s a movie, it’s a live performance and it makes for a “weird, touching and beau-tiful” theatre experience.

“It crosses the line between being a film experience and being a live experi-ence,” Janet Munsil says of Il Pixel Ros-so’s And the Birds Fell From the Sky. “It’s a very immersive experience because your vision is taken away and replaced with a video. And there’s audio. And then there’s a live performance going on around you. … You can’t see the performance, but you can feel the performance. Things are being put in your hand, and you can smell

the performance in places.”This “sensory experience” is one of

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toria as part of Intrepid Theatre’s new festival, Winterlab.

Munsil, Intrepid’s artistic director, says the new, small festival will expose theatregoers to some of the “most exciting inde-pendent theatre-work out there in the world.”

While she points to And the Birds’ unique form of sto-

rytelling as innovative (“It’s not audience participation – only two people are in the audience – but you’re both completely immersed in the experience.”), she says all the shows have qualities that make them special, and a treat to have in Vic-toria.

Also showing at the festival is Vanessa Van Durme’s Look Mummy, I’m Dancing, Wonderheads’ Grim & Fischer, and two visual performance pieces using over-head projector animation from Daniel Barrow.

Winterlab will also feature a workshop from Il Pixel Rosso on combining technol-ogy with live performance, and a Play-wright’s Cabaret, readings of new works by local playwrights.

“It’s the most cold and boring time of the year. It’s a good time to shake your-self awake with some really extraordinary theatre experiences – stuff like you’ve never seen before,” Munsil says.

Winterlab runs Jan. 23 to Feb. 3, with shows running at Intrepid Theatre Club (#2-1609 Blanshard St.) and Metro Studio (1411 Quadra St.).

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Il Pixel Rosso’s part-film, part-live performance show And the Birds Fell From the Sky will show as part of Intrepid Theatre’s upcoming festival, Winterlab. And the Birds Fell From the Sky uses video goggles, headphones and live performers to take viewers on the immersive tour of a post-apocalyptic city in ruins.

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An exhibition of draw-ings and paintings by artist Sandra Levy is on at the McPherson

Theatre’s, Gallery at the Mac until Feb. 18.

Originally from Montreal, Quebec, Levy studied art at Concordia University, Ecole des Beaux Arts de Montreal, and at Arizona State University.

She has done graduate work in both fine arts and biology. Levy has works in private col-lections; the Liberal Arts Col-lege of Concordia University; the official residence of the Canadian government repre-sentative in Tokyo; and in the rental gallery of the Art Gallery of Victoria. Her works have been shown in Victoria art gal-leries, such as The Gallery at Mattick’s Farm, She Said Gal-lery, The Village Gallery and Xchanges Gallery.

She has exhibited her art-work in Quebec, Ontario, Ari-zona, and in Victoria, where she now lives.

The Gallery at the Mac is open during performances and by appointment. Call 250-361-0800 for more information.

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Dog book helps SPCASidney author Bill Keirans celebrates local pups

in his new book The Dogs of Sidney by the Sea.For more than a year Kierans, a downtown

Sidney resident, has been collecting candid photos of local dogs and recording background and anecdotes about their life.

They have been combined into a promotional book called The Dogs of Sidney by the Sea which is now available.

The anecdotes include favoured pastimes, history, frequented downtown businesses, regular routines and other endearing characteristics of popular pooches.

Most of the pictures were taken in downtown Sidney but some were snapped in nearby communities as well.

No book about the dogs of Sidney would be complete without a sample of those hard-working dogs in downtown businesses that welcome customers and maintain a good business tone.

The book is sold for $9.95, some of which is retained by the vendor with the remainder going to production cost recovery. After costs are recovered, additional proceeds will be donated to the S.P.C.A.

The book is available at Tanners Books on Beacon Avenue in Sidney.

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A sample of Sandra Levy’s work on display at the Gallery at the Mac until Feb. 18.

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UVic music students on stageOn Saturday, Jan. 19, at 8 p.m. listen to the

students from the studio of Wendell Clanton in a Saxophone Class Recital at the Phillip T. Young Recital Hall at UVic. Admission is by donation.

A complete listing of all School of Music events, including graduating student recitals, can be found on the web at finearts.uvic.ca/music/events.

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Jessica Renfrew at heart of rebuilt Vikes hoops teamTravis PatersonNews staff

Jessica Renfrew is team-first and there’s no other way about it.

The selfless basketball player has hit a new level this year as a regular starter for the UVic Vikes.

On Tuesday the 20-year-old was named Canada West’s Ath-lete of the Week for all sports, having helped the Vikes to a pair of road wins. Renfrew scored 21 points in the Vikes’ 72-51 win over the Winnipeg Wesmen and 23 points in a 79-62 win over the Manitoba Bisons on Friday and Saturday to win the award.

It’s all part of the Renfrew’s arrival as an all-star calibre player in the CIS.

“She won’t see it that way,” said Vikes coach Dani Sinclair.

“Renfrew just wants what’s best for the team. She’s very unselfish. Nobody works harder than her. She’s in the gym every single day, even in the summer, and it’s not for personal acco-lades, but because she wants the team to succeed.”

“I can’t remember any award that is as honouring as this one,” Renfrew said. “There are a lot of great basketball players in my league and my teammates

have been super congratulatory (about Athlete of the Week), but it’s only because of our team success. I couldn’t have done it without the support of the team.”

It might sound cliché, but only to a point.

Before Renfrew joined the Vikes she was named Claremont secondary’s high school athlete of the year for her contributions to the provincial champion soc-cer team and basketball team that made the final-four. Only thing is, she’s not exactly sure which year she won it.

“Grade 11, I think.”Renfrew’s now in her third

season with the Vikes and is part of a core of younger players with fellow third-year Cassandra Goodis who bring promise to the rest of this season, and beyond.

Already Renfrew has seen the Vikes shift through major adver-sity. Her first year under former coach Brian Cheng was “a huge learning curve” playing behind CIS MVP Kayla Dykstra and vet-eran Vanessa Forstbauer. Then came the surprise second half to her rookie year, when injuries ended Dykstra’s and Forstbau-er’s seasons, which led to regu-lar floor time for Renfrew.

Then came the Vikes’ rebuild last season under new head coach Rich Chambers (currently on leave).

“I played a lot, and started, but it didn’t go as well as we’d hoped,” Renfrew said.

During those years Renfrew and Sinclair furthere cemented their relationship, one that started back in 2004 when Sin-clair was the assistant coach on the 2004 B.C. Summer Games girls basketball team. Renfrew and Vikes second-year guard Shaylyn Crisp, also of Claremont, was on that team.

“Even back then Renfrew showed signs of being able to play at this level,” Sinclair said.

“She and I have built a rela-tionship over a number of years, and I joke that I’m harder on her than anyone else, and I might be, so maybe that does go back to the fact that we’ve had a coach-player relationship for so long.”

“It really started to develop this year,” said Renfrew. “With me getting older and (Sinclair) starting to understand each other better, and our desires to be better.”

Key to Renfrew’s breakout success this year are the addi-tions she’s made to her game.

“She has a pull-up shot now, shoots three consistently, and always has run the floor very well. She’s also become a better defender, a more well-rounded player.”

Statistically, fifth-year Vikes guard Debbie Yeboah is third among scorers in the Canada West with 223 points, an average of 18.6 per game.

Renfrew is 12th with with 177 points (14.8 ppg).

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UVic Vikes basketball player Jessica Renfrew is the Canada West Athlete of the Week. The Vikes host the first place Regina Cougars and last place Brandon Bobcats, tonight (Jan. 18) and Saturday, respectively at UVic’s McKinnon Gym. Women play at 6 and men at 8 p.m.Armando Tura/UVic Vikes

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Norm Kelly, co-owner of the Saanich Braves, helped build the team it’s own dressing room, a rare asset among the junior B ranks.

Travis PatersonNews staff

After 45 years, the Saanich Braves have a room of their own.

Last Friday (Jan. 11) Braves players walked out of their brand new dressing room onto the ice of George R. Pearkes Arena. Albeit, the Westshore Wolves put a damper on it by beating the Braves 3-1.

But it’s still a clean slate for the Braves, who hope to use the room to turn things around during the team’s current mini-slide.

Procuring the new dressing room has been co-owner Norm Kelly’s baby for much of the past few months. Among his research was a visit to Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre to see the Royals’ room.

The Braves dressing room is a former storage area, and it isn’t as big as the Royals’ room. But Kelly’s one proud papa nonetheless.

“It changes everything for the guys,” Kelly said.

“They come in, take their stuff off, and go home.” Until last week the Braves players took their gear

home with them after games, which is typical for most players on the 39 junior-B teams throughout B.C. Now they leave can leave it in a secure room where it can dry.

“No need (for players) to cart their gear to and from the rink anymore. No need to bring their own towel,” Kelly said.

Each stall is designed the same with a place for everything. Elbow pads go on top. Skates hang on either side. Running gear and others go under the seat, which airs out with holes.

It’s big league stuff. Now the Braves just hope to to live up to it.

The Braves visit the Peninsula Panthers tonight (Jan. 18), 7:30 p.m. at Panorama Recreation Center, are at Campbell River tomorrow, and back at Pan-orama Tuesday vs. the Panthers at 7:30 p.m.

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SIDNEY, ROBERT’S Bay area. 3 bdrm, 2 baths plus family room. Large workshop on quiet cul-de-sac. $1750./mo. (250)656-5682.

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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.

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COLWOOD 2 level, furnished 1 bdrm. 5 appls. $900. inclu-sive. NS/NP. 250-380-0700.

GORDON HEAD, 1-bedroom. Close to UVic, bus routes. Separate entrance, kitchen-ette and shared laundry. Quiet. No pets/smokers. Dam-age deposit, references re-quired. $670/mo. Free wi-fi , heat, hydro. Available Feb 1st. 250-727-2230; 250-516-3899.

LANGFORD 2-BDRM. W/D, D/W. New paint, bathroom & wood stove, patio. Priv, own ent, prkng, shared hydro. $800. Avail now. 250-479-0432

LANGFORD, LRG 1 bdrm + den + sunroom, grd level, F/S, W/D, own ent, N/S, N/P, ref’s (Immed), $1000. 250-474-6057

SIDNEY- 1 BDRM, 1 bath ground fl oor suite, F/S, W/D, large kitchen & living room, lots of storage, N/S, no dogs. $885 + hydro. Available now. Call (250)654-0410.

SIDNEY, 2 bdrm, grd level, utils incl’d, $1000 mo, N/S, N/P, (Immed). (250)656-1384.

VIEW ROYAL. 2-bdrm $1100. Includes utilities. W/D. NS/NP. Feb. 15th. (250)474-2369.

SUITES, UPPER

SIDNEY- 2 BDRM main. yard, deck, garage, laundry. Pet OK. $1200. Call (250)812-4154.

TOWNHOUSES

LAVENDER CO-OP is accept-ing applications for a 2 bdrm wheelchair accessible Unit w/ garage, W/D hookup, $918/mo. Share purchase $2500. Appli-cations available in the glass case outside the Community Hall at 10A-620 Judah St.

TRANSPORTATION

ANTIQUE/CLASSICS

1956 CONSUL MKI Estate Wagon, ONE OF APPROX 15 IN THE WORLD. Body, paint and motor all done. Lots of new parts. The car needs as-sembly. Will Trade for British and Cash. MUST SELL. No Time. Have all receipts. Call 250-490-4150 (Penticton, BC).

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AUTO SERVICES

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CARS

1995 SAAB TURBO 9000- V6, 140,000 km. $3200. (250)592-2391.

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CARS

1998 PONTIAC Grand Prix GT US car - 193,000 miles, lady driven since 2003. $2200. Alan, (778)426-3487.

2000 RED MUSTANG V6 110, 600km. Automatic, fully load-ed, new front brakes, alterna-tor, battery. No accidents, one owner. $6300. 250-652-2870.

2002 INTREPID ES, radiant red metallic. 103 km’s, all pow-er, leather interior, excellent cond, $6000 obo. 1 owner. 3.5L engine. Call (250)361-6400.

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

2009 PONTIAC G5- $14,500. Air conditioned, electric win-dows, 4 new tires/2 spare. 45,000 km. 2 year warranty left. Senior giving up licence, reason for sale. Call (250)360-0892.

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

1997 CHEVY Suburban Van- 1 owner, immaculate condi-tion, 240,000 km, V6, seats 7. $3400. Call (250)592-2391.

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BOATHOUSE FOR SALE, 27x10’ interior dimension, power, lighting, pigeon proof, taller than other boat houses. Below cost at $15,000. Call 250-656-6136.

1993 BAYLINER Classic 2452. In excellent condition. Head, galley, canopy, 9.9hp 4-stroke Yamaha. Dinghy & extras. $17,000. (no trailer). Call 250-656-6136.

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Bookkeeping, Audit,Payroll, HST. Set up &

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CARPENTRY

BENOIT CONSTRUCTION. Reno’s & Additions. Windows, Doors, Decks. 250-479-0748.

INSTCARPET ALLATION

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

CLEANING SERVICES

HOUSEKEEPER EXPERI-ENCED, reliable. References. 250-920-6516, 250-881-7444.

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

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.

CONTRACTORS

CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, kitch/bath, wood fl oor, tiles, plumbing, renos 250-213-6877

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.

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

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

GNC ELECTRIC Res/Comm. Reasonable rates for quality work. #43619. 250-883-7632.

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

VAEXCA TING & DRAINAGE

BUBBA’S HAULING. Mini ex-cavator & bob cat services. Perimeter drains, driveway prep, Hardscapes, Lot clear-ing. Call 250-478-8858.

FENCING

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

FURNITURE REFINISHING

FURNITURE REFINISHING. Specializing in small items, end-tables, coffee tables, chairs. Free pick-up & 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.

250-216-9476 ACCEPTING new clients, From the Ground Up, custom landscapes, fi nish carpentry, garden clean-ups.

DPM SERVICES- lawn & gar-den, seasonal pruning, clean ups, landscape, power wash, etc. 15yrs exp. (250)883-8141

FRUIT TREES Overgrown? Shaping trees & roses. Black-berry clearing. Call John, 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.


GARDENING

(250) 858-0588- Tree Service - Landscaping- Lawn & Garden Clean ups- Hedge trimming & Pruning- Pressure washing - Gutters

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ELITE GARDEN MAINTENANCECommercial and

Residential. New Year Contracts.

Clean-Ups & Landscaping250-915-1039

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

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

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

250-507-6543. AL’S V.I.P. Gutter Cleaning, guards, win-dows, power washing, roof de-moss, repairs. Insured.

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.

BIG BEAR Handyman. Decks, Stairs, Painting, General household repairs. Free esti-mate. Call Barry 250-896-6071

HAULING AND SALVAGE

HAULING & Recycling. Call (250)889-5794.

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


HAULING AND SALVAGE

ALL-HAUL JUNK REMOVAL Const Debris, Garden Waste. Call John 250-213-2999.

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

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

✭BUBBA’S HAULING✭ Hon-est, on time. Demolition, con-struction clean-ups, small load deliveries (sand, gravel, top-soil, mulch), garden waste re-moval, mini excavator, bob cat service. 250-478-8858.

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

SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.

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

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

QUALITY INSULATION blown fi berglass. Affordable rates. (250)896-6652.

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

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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.


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

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

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.

BIG BEAR Painting. Interior & Exterior. Quality work. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071

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

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EXPERIENCED JOURNEY-MAN Plumber. Renos, New Construction & Service. Fairrates. Insured. Reliable,friendly. Great references. CallMike at KNA (250)880-0104.

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

FIRST RESPONSE Plumbing. New construction, reno’s, hwtanks, toilets, clogged drains.All of your plumbing needs.Call to talk with a plumber.24hr service. Free est. No jobtoo small. 250-704-8962.

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PRESSURE WASHING

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

RUBBISH REMOVAL

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UPHOLSTERY

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

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BOB’S WINDOW Cleaning Roof demoss, gutters. Li-cenced 25 yrs. 250-884-7066.

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

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406-1235 Johnson St.Saturday & Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyMarijane Smith, 250-385-2033 pg. 6

705-788 Humboldt, $679,000Sunday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyRoss Breckon 250 477-5353 pg. 8

101-75 Songhees, $685,000Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 7

311-2022 Foul Bay Rd, $139,000Saturday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyAlison Stoodley, 250-477-1100 pg. 10

828 Rupert TerraceSaturday & Sunday 1-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalSusan English 250 477-5353 pg. 1

306-75 Songhees, $698,000Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 6

305-545 Rithet St., $289,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Frank Chan, 250-477-7291 pg. 17

304-225 Menzies, $479,900Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyGoran Tambic, 250-384-7663

716 Craigfl ower, $429,000Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Dorothee Friese, 250-477-7291 pg. 10

802-139 Clarence, $389,000Saturday 2-4Fair RealtyKevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091 pg. 10

102-670 Dallas, $549,000Saturday 1-3Newport RealtyMargaret Foreman 250 385-2033 pg. 6

102-1121 Oscar, $299,000Saturday 2:30-4One Percent RealtyGuy Effl er, 250-812-4910 pg. 25

302-1527 Coldharbour Rd., $310,000Sunday 1-3Sutton Group West Coast RealtyDeborah Farley, 250-479-3333 pg. 7

3-833 Princess, $399,900Sunday 2-4Boorman’sRod Hay, 250-595-1535 pg. 10

107-930 North Park St., $224,900Saturday 1-2Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 21

309-999 Burdett, $579,000Saturday 1-3Newport RealtyPaul Osborne, 250-385-2033 pg. 17

209-2529 Wark, $209,999Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesAndrew Plank 250 360-6106 pg. 6

3024 Quadra St., $509,000Saturday 11-1Pemberton HolmesAndrew Mara, 250-384-8124 pg. 11

828 Rupert TerraceSaturday & Sunday 1-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalAlli Munro 250 477-5353 pg. 3

307-120 Douglas, $429,000Sunday 12-2Pemberton HolmesAndrew Plank 250 360-6106 pg. 6

1412 Grant St., $429,000Sunday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunRon Klizs, 250-744-3301 pg. 11

3-1070 Amphion, $349,900Saturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesCorie Meyer, 250-384-8124 pg. 10

2727 Dove Rd, $949,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyKrista MacDonald, 250-477-5353 pg. 11

405-2125 Oak Bay Ave, $459,900Saturday 12-1:30Re/Max CamosunMiles Takacs, 250-999-9822

206-2587 Beach Dr, $269,900Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtySaira Waters, 250-592-4422 pg. 5

203-1477 Yale St, $455,900Sunday 12-1:30Re/Max CamosunMiles Takacs, 250-999-9822

1560 Clive Dr.Sunday 2-3:30Newport RealtyJordy Harris, 250-385-2033 pg. 11

205-1831 Oak Bay, $419,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunMarsha Crawford, 250-889-8200 pg. 7

2046 Kings Rd, $519,000Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunLynne Sager 250 744-3301 pg. 11

244 King George Terr, $1,199,900Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDoug Poruchny, 250-474-4800 pg. 11

405-2100 Granite, $256,800Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast CapitalVelma Sproul, 250-477-5353 pg. 9

110 Beach Dr., $819,000Sunday 2-4Century 21 QueenswoodMike Van Nerum, 250-477-1100 pg. 11

81 Lekwammen, $244,900Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCheri Crause, 250-592-4422

9-1529 Cooper Rd, $169,000Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunJudy Campbell 250 744-3301 pg. 21

16-2319 Chilco, $449,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunFran Jeffs, 250-744-3301 pg. 10

9-2151 West Burnside, $549,900Thursday-Sunday 1:30-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyChuck Meagher, 250-477-1100 pg. 11

2311 Watkiss Way, $509,800 Saturday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunDale Sheppard, 250-478-9600

5-15 Helmcken, $438,000Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Shannon Jackson, 250-474-6003 pg. 5

5-15 Helmcken Rd., $438,000Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Shannon Jackson, 250-474-6003 pg. 12

1201 Lyall St, $339,900Saturday 3-4Re/Max CamosunNickole Goeujon, 250-478-9600

924 Esquimalt Rd, $249,900Friday, Saturday & Sunday 1-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Ivica Kalabric, 250-384-8124 pg. 25

613 Sturdee St., $409,900Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastColleen Novak, 250-361-7216 pg. 12

1054 Colville Rd., $539,900Saturday & Sunday 2-3:30Pemberton HolmesAndrew Mara 250 384-8124 pg. 10

349 Lampson, $729,000Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunAdrian Langereis, 250-999-9822

405-1020 Esquimalt, $214,900Saturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalPaul Holland 250 592-4422 pg. 12

4568 Montford Cr., $729,000Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyLaurie Abram, 250-385-2033 pg. 14

8-901 Kentwood Lane, $479,900Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunDana Hahn, 25-744-3301 pg. 12

4030/4040 Borden St, $229,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Cathy Duncan & Associates250 658-0967 pg. 3

4105 Torquay, $569,000Saturday & Sunday 12-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyJohn Monkhouse, 250-592-4422 pg. 8

306-1505 Church, $185,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast CapitalVelma Sproul, 250-477-5353 pg. 9

4224 Panorama Dr., $569,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdRick Shumka 250 384-8124 pg. 13

4107 Torquay, $459,000Saturday & Sunday 12-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyJohn Monkhouse, 250-592-4422 pg. 8

20-1473 Garnet, $399,000Saturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalRosemarie Colterman 250 592-4422 pg. 9

3415 Bethune Ave., $469,900Saturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalCheryl Bejcar 250 592-4422 pg. 13

743 Chesterlea, $525,000Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunMarsha Crawford, 250-889-8200 pg. 13

5255 Parker, $1,898,000Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunLynne Sager 250 744-3301 pg. 19

4407 Elnido, $880,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Ivica Kalabric, 250-384-8124 pg. 25

1929 Leyns Rd, $609,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunAdrian Langereis, 250-999-9822

1905 Portway, $948,000Saturday & Sunday 1-3DFH Real EstateCassie Kangas 250 477-7291 pg. 14

4395 Torrington Pl, $529,000Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBrad Maclaren, 250-727-5448 pg. 12

3935 Margot Pl.Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyHiro Nakatani, 250 661-4476

5304-2829 Arbutus Rd., $679,000Saturday 1-3Fair RealtySean Thomas, 250-896-5478 pg. 10

110-1505 Church Ave, $219,000Saturday 2-4Boorman’sRod Hay, 250-595-1535 pg. 5

851 Pendene, $419,900Sunday 2:30-4RE/MAX CamosunKevin Koetke, 250-478-9600 pg. 28

973 Owlwood, $889,000Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalSharen Warde, 250-592-4422 pg. 9

4038 Cumberland, $499,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesJeff Shorter, 250-384-8124 pg. 14

10-3235 Alder St, $262,500Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyGoran Tambic, 250-384-7663

4629 Amblewood, $689,900Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastDeborah Kline, 250-661-7680 pg. 13

102-1196 Clovelly Terr.Sunday 1-3Newport RealtyRandi Masters, 250-385-2033 pg. 5

4655 Lochwood, $759,900Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast CapitalPat Meadows, 250-592-4422 pg. 8

3963 Juan De FucaSaturday & Sunday 2-4Macdonald Realty LtdEleanor V Smith, 250 388-5882 pg. 13

4035 Cumberland Rd, $512,900Saturday 2-4Kroppmann RealtyDale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808

4032 Rainbow Hill, $799,000Wednesday - Sunday 1-4Sotheby’s InternationalJames Leblanc, 250-812-7212 pg. 1

248 Obed Ave, $509,000Saturday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyJodie Farup, 250-477-1100 pg. 14

107-40 Gorge Rd West, $289,888Saturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesGreg Long, 250-384-8124 pg. 10

573 Baker St, $459,800Saturday 12-2RE/MAX CamosunDale Sheppard, 250-478-9600

8-3957 South Valley, $549,900Saturday 1-3Fair RealtyRay Kong, 250-509-7011 pg. 7

63-4125 Interurban, $354,900Saturday 2-3:30Re/Max CamosunMiles Takacs, 250-999-9822

15-4619 Elk Lake, $434,900Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastColleen Novak, 250-361-7216 pg. 14

316 Brunswick Pl, $519,500Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBrad Maclaren, 250-727-5448 pg. 14

1907 Cultra Ave, $459,900Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunAmarjeet Gill, 250-744-3301 pg. 14

7891 Patterson, $599,900Saturday 2:30 - 4Re/Max CamosunKevin Koetke, 250 744-3301 pg. 28

10239 Cleveland, $595,000Saturday 3-4Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 21

9708 Fifth St, $599,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunCraig Walters, 250-655-0608 pg. 14

1851 Barrett Dr., $655,000Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast CapitalDave Lynn, 250-592-4422 pg. 9

1994 Jeffree Rd, $499,500Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunCraig Walters, 250-655-0608 pg. 14

6906 Winnifred, $569,900Saturday 2-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Ivica Kalabric, 250-384-8124 pg. 25

2413 Oakville Ave, $529,400Saturday 12-1Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 21

2515 Fielding Pl, $699,888Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyKami Norman, 250-477-5353 pg. 14

6-10072 Third St., $499,000Saturday 3-4Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 21

10295 Bowerbank, $429,000Saturday 1-2Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 21

2455 Prospector, $649,900Sunday 2-4Kroppmann RealtyDale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808

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OPENOPENHOUSES202-606 Goldstream, $229,000Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunClayton Jeffs, 250-744-3301 pg. 7

107-608 Fairway, $339,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Mike Hartshorne, 250-474-0081 pg. 18

102-2733 Peatt Rd, $359,900Friday, Saturday & Sunday 1-3Re/Max AllianceKaren Love, 250-386-8875 pg. 5

3537 Promenade, $778,000Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastLynn MacDonald, 250-479-3333 pg. 18

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Letters are going out to more than 38,000 peo-ple in B.C. whose personal data was copied onto a data stick and shared without permission last year.

Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid announced details Monday of a data breach that led the min-istry to fire seven health ministry staff and con-tractors involved in patient research related to approval of drugs for B.C.’s Pharmacare program.

MacDiarmid said there were no names attached to the health data, which included personal health numbers, gender, date of birth and postal codes, as well as information from Statistics Canada’s Canadian community health survey.

The data did include hospital admissions and discharges, medication history and Medical Ser-vices Plan claims.

The Statistics Canada survey included informa-tion about patient health status, mental, physical and sexual health, lifestyle information and use of health services.

Three separate breaches of ministry privacy policy have been identified so far. None included names, social insurance numbers or financial information, and no evidence has been found that the information was used for anything other than medical research, MacDiarmid said.

An internal ministry and police investigation is ongoing, and the ministry would not disclose the identity of anyone involved.

Most of the fired employees and contractors have identified themselves publicly, and at least one – Ron Mattson, a View Royal town councillor

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MacDiarmid said there were two data breach incidents in June 2012.

The first one prompted the letters to be sent. The second was a data stick provided to a ministry contractor containing similar information on five million individuals, including length of hospital stay and health condition, such as whether they have diabetes.

The third case of a data stick shared without permission, password protection or encryption took place in October, 2010.

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When Keith Jones Jr. was born Oct. 22, weigh-ing three pounds, two ounces, doctors told his mother, Jessica Jones, he’d be staying in the hos-pital for a while.

Keith wasn’t due until January. On Nov. 7, the

infant was transferred from B.C. Children’s Hos-pital in Vancouver to Victoria General Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit. Mom was offered a bed at Jeneece Place, just across the parking lot.

“It’s really nice here, it’s far from home, but it feels like a home, it’s very warm and welcoming,” said Jones, a Duncan resident who went home with her baby in mid-December.

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Jeneece Place is also open for day-use for par-ents to use the shower, kitchen or to just savour a cup of tea away from the hospital.

“Often parents will sleep in the hospital with their child,” Peacock said. “They just step out of the hospital for a while to help take a little of the pressure off.”

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