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War for SaanichPlayoff hockey has Greater Victoria rinks buzzing as the Saanich Braves take on their Saanich Peninsula rivals.

Sports, Page A21/Editorial, Page A10

Kyle SlavinNews staff

Blood donors in Greater Victoria know that there’s a lot riding on their donation. And soon their blood will be riding on something else: the nightly 9 p.m. ferry to Tsawwassen.

The Canadian Blood Services (CBS) clinic on Saanich Road is about to make blood donations even more valuable. However, doing so will mean the collection bags can no longer be shipped by plane.

Later this year the clinic will switch to a new system that can better collect platelets, vital for helping cancer patients around the province.

“This will have a dramatic impact on people’s lives,” said Catherine Sloot, part-nership specialist with the blood service. Chemotherapy treatments can result in a loss of platelets, which help form clots or scabs on cut or broken skin.

Donated blood is flown to Vancouver where it is broken down in a centrifuge into multiple products, including red blood cells, plasma-based components, and platelets. The latter separates into a layer known as the buffy coat.

“Platelets only have a shelf life of five days. So the faster we can collect the (platelet-heavy) buffy coat … and get it to hospitals, the better,” Sloot said.

The new system essentially refines how blood is stored, allowing the platelets a better chance of survival while being trans-ported to Vancouver. The existing method favours red blood cell survival – blood donations are stored around 4 C, nearly

20 degrees colder than the temperature at which platelets should be stored.

But the changes have logistical implications for distribution down the line. To better ensure platelets don’t perish on the trip to the CBS laboratory in Vancouver, Saanich clinic employee Sean Kenny will see changes to how he ships blood.

Instead of packing styrofoam coolers with icepacks and blood bags, and sending them across the water every evening on a chartered flight, CBS is investing in refrigerator trucks with elaborate cooling trays. This will help keep the blood stored in the most opportune environment before it’s centrifuged at the Vancouver lab.

Blood on the water

Did you know?■ It takes four blood donations to make one bag of platelets for transfusion.■ One cancer patient may require up to five platelet transfusions a week.■ The Saanich Road clinic aims to collect 83 units of blood per day.■ A small sample of each donor’s blood is tested for HIV, hepatitis B and C, syphilis, West Nile virus and Human T-lymphotropic virus.■ Test samples will continue to be flown out daily to the CBS testing lab in Calgary.

PLEASE SEE:Blood clinic improving distribution system, Page A14

Don Denton/News staff

Catherine Sloot, with Canadian Blood Services, holds a bag of donated blood above a stack of transport boxes at the clinic on Saanich Road.

Celts take the SquareSaturday’s Bastion Square Celtic Festival will keep you tapping your toes. Arts, Page A17

“Worst part over’ in taxi driver death

The “worst has already happened” and hostility will not bring his father back, says the son of a Saanich man who died after a crash at Victoria International Airport last summer.

“Our lives have been flipped upside down. We’re kind of dealing with everything one day at a time,” said San-jeev Sharma.

On July 29, witnesses described a white sedan that sped over a curb from the short-term parking lot, across the airport entry road, over a raised grassy area where it struck a pic-nic table full of people and a cab before hitting another small structure and stopping at the air-port security building. Ramesh Sharma was killed and seven others were injured.

An elderly woman is charged with driving without due care and attention in the crash that killed the father of three. The Motor Vehicle Act charge has a maximum penalty of a $2,000 fine plus six months in jail. The mini-mum is a $100 fine.

“Me and my family are still in shock. We still don’t know how to feel,” Sanjeev said. “We don’t have any hostility towards the lady. How-ever it’s going to work out, we hope it works out the best for every-body. The worst has already happened.”

Shirley Murray Zerbin, 82, is scheduled to appear in provincial court on April 26.

“We are still just wait-ing and see what hap-pens now,” said Sushil Hira, president of Yellow Cab Victoria. “Whatever happens it’s not going to bring Ramesh back now. We lost a friend we lost a family member.”

Sharma’s widow Cha-ran and adult children are still reeling in the aftermath, his son said.

“He’s the best person I know. He did every-thing for his family, everything so we could have a better life. He always put us before himself and made sure that we were happy,” Sanjeev said.

Sharma had worked at Yellow Cab for 25 years.

“He was one of those people who always talked about his kids,” Hira said.

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After a year of stalled contract nego-tiations and six months of work-to-rule job action, B.C.’s 41,000 public school teachers found themselves in the throes of a rapidly escalating labour dispute with the province this week.

While teachers from across the prov-ince reported a sense of comfort dur-ing a massive downtown march and rally at the legislature Tuesday morning, few were willing to speculate on how the conflict would affect their plans for spending spring break.

Provincial government employees across the capital were also thrown into discord Tuesday, as B.C. Teachers’ Federation members, along with other unionized workers, picketed illegally outside downtown office buildings.

The protestors later congregated at the rally opposing an imposed contract and back-to-work legislation tabled by Education Minister George Abbott on Feb. 27.

Bill 22 is expected to be passed by government sometime early next week and imposes large fines on any teachers who continue to strike.

Stephen Anderson, a teacher librarian from Surrey, was one of about 500 teach-ers from his district who made the trip to Victoria.

“When we’re at the school sites and there are 20 or 30 teachers, you ask: ‘Are we all together in this?’ And when we see something like this, it feels like you’re a part of a bigger movement,” said Ander-

son. “On the ferry the (B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union) workers came to talk to us and we realized it wasn’t just about the teachers, it was about what the government is doing to all unionized workers.”

Spring break in the Greater Victoria School District starts Monday and it will be a welcome opportunity for teach-ers to spend time with their families, said The-resa Stokes, a teacher at Eagle View elemen-tary in View Royal.

Stokes was among the picketers Tuesday morning who joined the crowd at the legislature.

Stokes, who is also a BCTF rep, will spend her break in Vancouver for the federation’s annual general meeting.

“This is definitely upheaval,” Stokes said. “I think most people are going to carry on with their plans (next week), but it’s going to be busy at union head-quarters.”

Despite her strong support of the union and participation in the strike, Stokes says she will continue to keep her

politics separate from her teachings.“It was a sad day when the bill came

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sad as you want, but when that bell rings and those kids come in, they’re going to have a great day in my classroom.’”

Yet some, including Anderson, have no qualms discussing Bill 22 with students.

“I’ll say: ‘When there’s something you feel is wrong, do you stand up for what you believe in or do you stay quiet and let things happen?’” Anderson said.

The need to keep contract discussions out of class-rooms was a belief shared by many of the educators dem-onstrating that day, includ-ing Spectrum Community School teacher Peter Hunter.

And like most teachers speaking only for themselves and not representing a teach-ers’ association, Hunter was wary of com-menting publicly on just how much he will participate in future job action.

“I plan to support something as long as it’s legal and civil,” he said.

Sporting a pink plastic tie – an anti-bul-lying statement that was well-represented at the demonstration – and posing for a photo with his young daughter, Peter Train was representative of the overall sense of optimism at the rally.

“I’m encouraged that (so many) people feel the same way,” said Train, a teacher in the Sea to Sky School District.

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First fully electric vehicle will save transportation costs in long-run Kyle SlavinNews staff

While a typical Saanich police cruiser is white with blue and yellow stripes, the newest car in the department’s fleet is 100 per cent green.

The department last week acquired an electric vehicle – a 2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV – partially paid for through the municipality’s carbon trust fund.

But the $37,000 hatchback isn’t going to be used for pull-ing over speeders on the Pat Bay Highway.

“We won’t see our frontline vehicles (the Ford Crown Vic-torias) replaced by something like this any time soon,” said Sgt. Dean Jantzen. “Those are purpose-built vehicles. … There are certain requirements the frontline vehicles must meet.”

The car will be used by civil-ian members of the department who make multiple administra-tive runs each day to the law courts in downtown Victoria.

A portion of the bill – $10,000 – came from Saanich’s carbon neutral reserve fund, which departments pay into on an annual basis to offset carbon emissions. Another $5,000 of it was paid for by a provin-cial incentive program to buy green.

Sustainability co-ordinator Mark Boysen says the vehicle should pay for itself through

cost savings within five years. He said it costs ten times more, per kilometre, to drive a gas-powered vehicle.

The electric car, Jantzen said, also won’t have to undergo the same maintenance require-ments as gas vehicles – no oil changes, no tune-ups.

He said the department is currently looking at replacing the frontline cruisers as well, moving away from the Crown Victorias. No decision has been made on which vehicles the department is interested in pur-chasing.

A charging station also had to be built at the back of the police station, at a cost of $1,500.

The i-MiEV is expected to be able to travel 155 kilometres on a single charge, at a top speed of 130 km/h.

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Saanich police Sgt. Dean Jantzen unplugs the department’s new Mitsubishi i-MiEV from an electric charging station.


Saanich resident Jane Stewart and her dog Webster supported striking teachers during a Tuesday protest in downtown Victoria regarding the ongoing dispute. Thousands of protesters from around the province took part in the event.

“I said ‘you can be as sad as you want, but when that bell rings and those kids come in, they’re going to have a great day in my classroom.’”

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Laura LavinNews Staff

Linda Sawchuk was worried when her one-year-old daughter noticeably limped as she learned to toddle. She was terrified when little Laura was sud-denly unable to walk or crawl.

Linda and her hus-band, Jamie, had already taken Laura to their pediatrician to discuss her limp and had tests done, includ-ing a bone scan.

“(That part) was really scary, because they were checking to make sure she didn’t have any tumours. That thought was hor-rible,” Linda says. “And when that came out all clear, they referred us to a rheumatologist.”

They were put on a four- month-long wait-ing list.

“She was a really happy baby and (suddenly) she just wouldn’t walk. She had a little chair and she just stopped. She just wasn’t really moving,” Linda says.

An emergency trip to the rheumatologist and a blood test confirmed Laura’s diagnosis: juve-nile arthritis.

Now 16, she has extended oligoarticular onset idiopathic juve-nile arthritis.

During March, juve-nile arthritis awareness month, the Sawchuks and others are speak-ing out to help bring the condition to light. An estimated one in 1,000 Canadian children under age 16 live with juvenile arthritis, mak-ing it one of the most common chronic disor-ders of childhood.

It can be mild, or progressive and dis-abling. Arthritis may be limited to the joints or affect the eyes and other organs. In some cases, juvenile arthritis resolves by adulthood; in others, it requires lifelong medical care.

Laura began treat-ment right away, receiv-ing a cortisone shot in her knee and daily anti-inflammatory medica-tion to decrease the swelling in her joints. She also began regular occupational and phys-ical therapy and wore a leg brace.

Over the years, Laura had to have three cor-tisone injections in her right knee, and in 2008 she had surgery to “clean up” the joint.

Although the condi-tion is an ongoing con-cern, Laura’s overall health has been good and she has been in remission from juvenile arthritis for two years.

“I hope it’s gone for good so I can just be normal without it for the rest of my life,” she says.

In addition to other activities, Laura started figure skating at age four.

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“We went from her early childhood where Laura wasn’t walking, to when she was seven and was CanSkater of the year,” Jamie says proudly.

“I’ve tried to be super-active and I’ve never said, ‘I probably can’t do that’ because of my arthritis,” says Laura. “It hasn’t really held me back from a lot.”

Early diagnosis is key.

“I think that a lot of people don’t real-ize that kids can get arthritis and it’s really important to get them checked if they’re hav-ing symptoms like limping, swelling,” says Linda.

Adds Laura: “I hope that I can help spread awareness to other people and help them realize that it may limit you physically, but it doesn’t have to limit you internally … (It) doesn’t have to limit your dreams.”

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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, on MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2012 at 7:30 p.m., to allow the public to make verbal or written representation to Council with respect to the following proposed bylaws and permit.

A) “ZONING BYLAW, 2003, AMENDMENT BYLAW, 2012, NO. 9165”

PROPOSED REZONING FOR TWO FAMILY DWELLING ON CADILLAC AVENUETo rezone Lot B (DD243885I), Block 4, Section 14, Victoria District, Plan 877 (278 CADILLAC AVENUE) from Zone RS-6 (Single Family Dwelling) to Zone RD-1 (Two-Family Dwelling) for the proposed construction of a two-family dwelling. A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT will also be considered to require the buildings and lands to be constructed and developed in accordance with the plans submitted.

B) “ZONING BYLAW, 2003, AMENDMENT BYLAW, 2012, NO. 9163”

PROPOSED ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT TO ALLOW DAYCARE USE IN APPROPRIATE EXISTING ZONESThe purpose of the proposed bylaw amendment is to defi ne and add daycare (child and adult) as a permitted use in a broad range of zones within Saanich. In general terms, the bylaw will add conditions to the Special Regulations, Home Occupation Use, regulating home occupation daycare for preschool children and will make necessary consequential changes by deleting outdated references to daycare, daycare centre, community care and community care for children resulting from the proposed bylaw amendments.

**Persons who believe they may be affected by this proposed bylaw are encouraged to obtain a copy.**

Further, the proposed bylaw will:

i) Add “Daycare, Adult” and “Daycare, Child” to the list of permitted uses in the following residential, commercial, institutional and special zones:

C-1, C-1NC, C-1V, C-2, C-2S, C-2LRS, C-2NC, C-3, C-3B, C-3L, C-3LRS, C-4, C-4B, C-4BR, C-4C, C-4D, C-4RT, C-5, C-5LRS, C-6, C-6DE, C-13, C-15, P-1, P-1A, P-1R, P-1U, P-2, P-3, P-4, P-4HR, P-4H,P-6, P-11, P-12, P-13, RP-1, RP-2, RP-3, MFC-CH, MFI-CH, C-2RO, CD-2MV (Area A and Area B).

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iii) Exclude daycare use in the A-6 (Rural Explosives) zone.

A copy of the proposed bylaws, permit and relevant reports may be inspected or obtained from the Legislative Division, Saanich Municipal Hall, 770 Vernon Avenue, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., from March 8, 2012 to March 19, 2012 inclusive, except for weekends and statutory holidays. Interested persons may obtain a copy of the bylaw by contacting the Legislative Division.

Correspondence may be submitted by mail to the address above or by email to [email protected] and must be received no later than 4:00 pm on the day of the meeting. All correspondence submitted will form part of the public record and may be published in a meeting agenda.

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Three days per week, Laureen Matheson is ready to hop in her Honda CRV and head out to med-ical appointments, to grocery shop, or to complete any num-ber of errands around town.

The routes may change, but the purpose of each trip remains the same as Matheson, a Saan-ich Volunteer Services Society volunteer driver, takes those without a licence where they need to go.

“You meet some very inter-esting people,” Matheson said. “Most people have lived some very interesting lives and you

hear some great stories. … Most are elderly and they’re so happy and so grateful to have someone do something for them.”

After retiring from the provin-cial government five years ago and planning to devote time as a volunteer, Matheson knew she had found the right fit as a driver.

“One of my first trips was with an elderly couple that used to live in Oliver and that’s a place where I go to every summer, so I was able to keep up with them and tell them about changes in the town and I reported back,” she said.

“That was quite fun.”Matheson is one of 60 driv-

ers providing service to more than 1,000 clients of the society, which was formed in 1992.

Drivers, always in high demand at Saanich Volunteer Services, are reimbursed for gas and require little more than a

valid driver’s licence and a crimi-nal record check to volunteer.

Gardeners and visitors are also at the top of the society’s wish list, but roles are always available for handymen and skilled people of all kinds, con-firmed co-ordinator of volun-teers, Heather Fetherston.

Common feedback Matheson receives is that her clients were at one point volunteers them-selves and they’re heartened by the fact they are now on the receiving end of such generos-ity.

“You have to want to do it,” Matheson said. “Some of these people just want to have some-one to talk with. That’s a big part of it: the camaraderie and the friendship.”

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Dance pair earns double goldRoszan HolmenNews staff

David Spence and Denise Riley-Spence first watched ball-room dancing while on a cruise five years ago. They were hooked, but soon dis-covered recreational social dancing didn’t satisfy.

“We saw competi-tive dancers and we said, ‘Wow, that’s what we want to do,’” said Riley-Spence. “We don’t do any-thing half-assed.”

The couple started training seriously five days a week. A coach from Vancouver teaches them once every three weeks.

All that work paid off big-time on Feb. 4.The couple won two gold medals at the South-

west Dancesport Championships in Laguna Beach, Calif. in two age categories: 35-plus and 45-plus. They danced the waltz, tango, fox trot and quick step.

For Americans, winners of the regional champi-onship gain entry into the national competition.

Canadians, however, get “nothing,” Riley-Spence said, laughing.

Victorians will get a chance to watch their win-ning couple compete at the annual Dance Paci-fica Ball, held June 9. Riley-Spence hopes to ignite some interest in the local competition.

“Sometimes we’ll compete at Dance Pacifica and there might be 75 people in the audience. You dance differently when there’s more people cheer-ing you on. When it’s so poorly attended, as danc-ers, it doesn’t give us that edge.”

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Denise Riley-Spence and David Spence gracefully go through a ballroom dance routine at a recent competition.Photo submitted


Laureen Matheson is a volunteer with the Saanich Volunteer Services Society, which is hoping to attract more volunteers.

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SOCCER IN SAANICH

Seven-year-old Carter Munro gets the ball downfield with support from teammate eight-year-old Taine Clague, while being chased by eight-year-old Dane Pfeiffer.

A photo essayby Sharon Tiffin

BECKWITH PARK, MARCH 3 With youth soccer season nearing its end, the Saanich

News attended a recent Prospect Lake Soccer Club youth jamboree at Layritz Park.

Prospect’s boys and girls youth teams range in age from under-5 (three players per team) to under-18, and play out of Layritz, as well as Glanford and Beckwith parks.

And in true soccer tradition, the younger house league ages practise and play on Saturday mornings.

The Prospect Lakers name is often seen at provin-cials and this year should be no different. Several Lakers’ teams, including both the girls and boys U17 silver teams, are atop their division.

This year, the Lakers are doing exceptionally well in the under-15 age group. Prospect’s U15 boys gold team is the toast of its division, undefeated through nine games so far. Likewise, Prospect’s U15 girls and U14 girls teams are first and second, respectively, in the girls U14/15 gold division.

Seven-year-olds Jacob Rankin, left, Myles Chamberlain and Ashton Black chase the ball.

Coach Scott Linell, left, and manager Jodi Ward watch the game with eight-year-old Tyson Wilkinson from the sidelines.

Ten-year-old Julia Stephen, left, gets ready to take a shot as she’s checked by nine-year-old Sophia Shires.

Eight-year-old Owen Russell dribbles the ball with seven-year-old Jacob Rankin in pursuit.


Three people were sent to hos-pital after a commuter bus was involved in a crash on Quadra Street during the morning rush hour on Tuesday.

Two passengers aboard the bus were taken to Victoria Gen-eral Hospital with back and neck injuries when the bus struck the front passenger side of a Honda Civic that crossed a double solid yellow line to make a left turn.

Around 8:40 a.m. the north-bound Civic was trying to turn in to an apartment complex mid-block in the 4000-block of Quadra St.

The driver of the southbound No. 6 bus attempted to brake, but hit the car.

Four passengers on the bus reported injuries, two of whom walked away with just scrapes and bruises. The female driver of the car was also taken to hos-pital, believed to have head inju-ries as a result of the collision deploying the car’s airbags.

The bus driver was uninjured, but he was in shock, according to B.C. Transit spokesperson Meribeth Burton.

“He is perfectly healthy. We have programs in place and resources to offer him to talk over the situation, which is very traumatic,” she said.

There were another 10 pas-sengers on the bus at the time of the crash.

Both vehicles had to be towed from the scene. Quadra Street was temporarily blocked off to

southbound traffic while investi-gators were on scene.

Saanich police Const. Richard Burdet said speed, alcohol and driver impairment do not seem to be factors in the crash.

The investigation is ongoing, and he said charges under the Motor Vehicle Act could possi-bly be issued.

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An elderly German couple living in Saanich was woken up early Sat-urday morning by a panicked female caller in need of $40,000.

She spoke to them in German, and claimed to be their niece, living in Deutschland.

“Olga, is that you?” “Yes, it’s me, Olga.”She said she needed the large sum

of money to help pay the bills for her newly acquired furniture store.

She also told the couple not to tell other family members about her situ-ation, out of concern that she would be shunned and shamed.

The victims, convinced their niece was really in trouble, went to the

Coast Capital Savings credit union on Shelbourne Street to withdraw money.

But the unusually large request caught the attention of the bank teller. When she questioned the elderly man about what the money was to be used for, he explained the situation, which she immediately rec-ognized as a fraud.

Saanich police Sgt. Dean Jantzen said fraudsters perpetrate this scam by tricking their victim, usually an elderly person, into suggesting the name of the family member then tak-ing on that identity.

Often a second scammer will get on the phone, claiming to be a lawyer or authority figure, to create a greater air of legitimacy and urgency.

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In her enthusiasm and, I suspect, to make it more difficult for me to say ‘no’ to her gleeful request – i.e. demand – my seven-year-old is hopping up and down.

She is hopeful I’ll take her and her brother to see The Lorax.

I sigh as dollar signs flash before my eyes.

“We just went to a movie two weeks ago,” I say. “Remember, we’re trying to save our money for our vacation this summer.”

“Does that mean we can’t see the movie?” she asks me, no longer bouncing.

“No. We just want to be able to save our money for other things. Bigger things.”

Ahh, the juggling act that is the family budget.

Without missing a beat – The Lorax temporarily forgotten – my kids begin rhyming off a list of things they’d like to see and do during their vacation, though it’s months away.

“We won’t be able to do everything that week,” I warn them. “Let’s vote on it, so that everyone can have a say.”

No one likes to be outvoted, but the discussion gives me a better sense of everyone’s expectations. And it allows the kids to appreciate, however temporarily, that there is a spending cap.

It makes me think back to interviews I conducted last week about Esquimalt’s 2012 municipal

budget. ’Tis the season, as each municipality goes over the books and crunches the numbers.

It won’t be long before property owners find out how much their municipal taxes will cost them. Esquimalt property owners will likely face a tax hike, possibly higher than the year prior. According to Black Press council reporters, municipalities from Saanich to Sooke will likely see a property tax increase this year.

To make matters worse in Esquimalt, few

residents have taken a proactive interest in budget deliberations. Four residents attended a public budget presentation last month.

It can’t be for lack of interest, since many people are quick to express their views after the budget is passed.

Modern Democracy co-founder Jason Ross, who donates his time videotaping various public meetings held in the Capital Region, filmed the recent Esquimalt budget meeting.

After posting the videos on YouTube, they were viewed 96 times.

Granted, it’s not the stuff you want to spend a couple of hours watching, even if you are in the comfort of your own home, with a bowl of popcorn in hand.

But if your taxes go up and you didn’t attend any budget meetings or send in an email with your

input, do you still have a right to grumble about a hike after your municipality’s budget is approved?

Sure, you do. But, what’s the point?

“(Residents) are obviously looking at a tax increase, and if they have concerns they should show up,” Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins said last week. “You can’t complain after the fact if you don’t have an understanding of the process, and (aren’t) aware of all the cost implications.”

Attending the meetings, or, if possible, watching them online – cue the popcorn popper – gives taxpayers a better sense of the financial health of their communities.

“Everybody wants cheaper taxes, but I’m not sure they realize the impact,” Esquimalt Coun. Meagan Brame said recently.

True. Everyone in my house wants a fantastic vacation, and the kids are beginning to realize that we’ll have to tighten our belts now so we can maximize our fun later.

That’s not to say my daughter won’t jump up and down excitedly from time to time, asking to see The Lorax or making other such requests, or hold back her complaints when I say ‘no.’

But my hope is there will be fewer complaints and a bit more understanding.

Can your municipal councillors and mayors expect the same from you?

Erin McCracken is a reporter with the Victoria News.

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Balancing books on two fronts

‘Few Esquimalt residents have taken an proactive interest in budget talks.’

Hockey night in the region

It’s March and it’s the height of hockey season for Greater Victoria fans.

Many are following the Vancouver Canucks, hoping the Northwest Division leaders will make a return trip to the National Hockey League championship series, and with a little luck, score their first Stanley Cup win.

The Western Hockey League’s Victoria Royals have developed a following of their own in their

first season here after replacing the ECHL Salmon Kings. At week’s end the Royals looked like a safe bet to make the

playoffs, following an exciting, if somewhat of a roller-coaster regular season of major junior hockey.

But the place to be on many hockey nights in the Capital Region over the past couple of weeks has been any of the three rinks that are home to junior B teams.

Led by the Island league’s regular season champion Victoria Cougars, local teams have given diehard fans and infrequent spectators the type of entertainment that keeps ’em coming back. The always-tough Cougars are taking on Mill Bay’s Kerry Park Islanders in one semifinal, while the defending playoff champ Peninsula Panthers are battling the Saanich Braves in the other.

These high school-aged players leave little on the ice and offer up everything from tight defensive battles to high-scoring goalfests.

Fans packing Archie Browning Sports Centre in Esquimalt (Cougars), Pearkes Rec Centre in Saanich and Panorama Rec Centre in North Saanich (Panthers) know they need not shell out big dough to experience exciting, inspiring games. It doesn’t hurt that the price of a hot dog or popcorn is modest as well.

On the West Shore, the struggles of the junior A Victoria Grizzlies this year have been somewhat counteracted by news that the area will get a junior B team back for next season.

Overall, there’s plenty of signs that hockey remains a passion in the Capital Region, no matter who’s playing the game.

You want value? Check out the Jr. B hockey playoffs

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LETTERSFine line between teachers as professionals or labourers

I taught junior high school in Duncan in the mid-70s for several years and that classroom experience has left me with nothing but respect for teachers.

It is a difficult, demanding profession that requires a great deal of energy to effectively create a positive learning environment from Kindergarten to Grade 12.

It has always been considered an important profession which necessitated planning and marking outside the classroom hours.

The B.C. Teachers’ Federation is another matter altogether. It is a union that is seemingly ill

disposed to professional development, focusing rather on political advocacy. An incredible amount of union dues has been poured into advertising how horrible the education system has become in the last 10 years (note: after the departure of the NDP government).

They do not believe in grade-wide testing, refused to try to negotiate a new collective agreement over the summer, preferring to wait for the new school year to begin, and put forward a preposterous wage and benefits package, eventually reduced to a three-year demand

for a 15-per-cent wage increase. This furthers their obvious political agenda, but does nothing to help the province’s educational system. Former BCTF president Jinny Sims is now a federal NDP MP.

Surely this desire for confrontation has severely damaged the classroom learning situation and the public educational system, evidenced by more parents simply giving up and removing their children.

Having received a 15-per-cent increase over the previous three years, perhaps it might be reasonable for BCTF to see how

other professional vocations have fared. In many cases, architects, engineers, surveyors and lawyers have struggled to keep their doors open. Most private-sector professionals make less money today than three years ago.

All B.C. taxpayers pay half of all teachers’ pensions. Private-sector pensions are often completely self-financed and generous health-care plans are virtually non-existent.

The bulk of the present cost of the $5.5-billion B.C. education budget is teachers’ salaries. Would teachers want their desired salary increase to be

funded by deficit borrowing that would have to be paid by their present students in their future working lives?

The NDP initiated a politically correct change in class composition that required special needs students to be integrated into all classrooms. This has been the single greatest stroke in making the present classroom situation untenable for many teachers. It must be changed to bring a good learning environment back to our public schools.

Patrick SkillingsOak Bay

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Bill C-30 is unnecessary. We have mechanisms to allow surveillance of persons of interest and their online activities. They are called warrants. They work.

Warrantless surveillance as enabled by Bill C-30 removes vital checks and balances and violates the rights of all Canadians. One does not have to stand with criminals to oppose an intrusive police state.

Federal Public Safety Minister Vic Toews, in promoting Bill C-30, has made outrageous and insulting remarks about opponents of the bill and all Canadians.

It is past time for Toews to publicly and sincerely apologize to all Canadi-ans for his inappropriate comments, to learn the details and implications of his pet bill, and to listen to the overwhelming opposition from ordi-nary Canadians.

Information about the potential social and monetary costs of Bill C-30 and an online petition can be found at www.StopSpying.ca.

Gordon HorneVictoria

Time to see the good and value the care of others

There are people in our lives in society who genuinely and sincerely care about the needs of others, be it a grocery store manager, a municipal councillor, a bank teller or a com-pany president.

I often hear people say these peo-ple are only in it for the money. How can we begrudge someone for pro-viding themselves, their families and their employees with a livelihood. And if others do not notice the care given in the things other people do in the nature of their work, the care is not being valued.

If the care is not being valued, it is marginalized in importance by other perspectives about human nature and our society, and puts extra demands on caring peoples’ strength to con-tinue and have faith in their sense of purpose and believe in themselves

as compassionate human beings.One can understand people

becoming cynical, discouraged or downhearted about society because of the hardships and difficulties they meet in their own lives.

Only, this is not constructive.If we do notice and value the care

in people around us – parents, chil-dren and youth and grandparents, shop owners, grocery clerks, police – then a response of acknowledgment can foster and strengthen the com-passionate nature of our social fab-ric, which, in turn, makes it simpler for individuals to be caring.

Dianne MarkBrentwood Bay

Incentives will do more to encourage recycling

We just bought a new rice cooker and were surprised to find an envi-ronmental fee of $2.25 tacked on.

This charge is apparently levied under something called “Unplugged: the Small Appliance Recycling Pro-gram” introduced by the B.C. govern-ment on Oct. 1 last year.

The idea is to keep appliances out of landfills, and to encourage people to return their old appliances to a recycling centre.

Sadly, modern appliances are now made such that the consumer has little chance to repair them. In olden times, a malfunctioning kettle or iron could be opened up and repaired. Now, most items have a label such as ‘no user serviceable items inside, thus encouraging disposal.

The previous recycling program had people pay upon disposal of an item; now they charge you when you buy the item.

If the intention of the new program is to have people bring items to a recycling facility, then the consumer should be tempted with a refund of at least some of the environmental fee, similar to returning bottles to a depot. Alas, this is not the case, and people originally unlikely to visit a recycling facility now have no more incentive to do so.

Roel HurkensVictoria

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The home’s occu-pants had been evac-uated by the time emergency personnel arrived, and planned to stay with friends that night. No injuries were reported.

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It took the four-woman, eight-man jury less than six hours Tuesday to reach a unanimous verdict to convict 57-year-old Guy Hervé Séguin of attempted murder in B.C. Supreme Court.

As he sat in the defendant’s box, his expression did not change upon hearing the decision. Séguin has been in custody since his arrest on Jan. 17, 2011, the day he attacked Douglas Hunt, then 24, with a knife outside a 7-Eleven convenience store at 816 Douglas St.

The patrol officer suffered puncture wounds to her neck and severe slashes to her hands.

Douglas Hunt sat in the gallery with her parents, Cliff and Mary, and her older sister Brittany, among other supporters. Moments after leaving the courtroom, Cliff said it would take time for him to process everything.

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Kenny will still make a nightly run up to Sidney with the blood – laid out on the trays – but now he’ll give the donations to a CBS employee from the mainland, who’ll drive them onto the ferry.

“We’re used to change at this place. We work within our stan-dard operating procedures to ensure we’re caring for the integ-rity of the blood in the best way possible,” Kenny said. “This is a really fluid operation – no pun intended.”

The changes will also repre-sent a financial savings in the long run, as it’ll cost significantly less to take the ferry than it is to fly two dozen boxes of blood every night.

“This is not the reason we’re doing it, but it is a more cost-effective method,” Sloot said. “It’s more about taking a positive

step to fine-tune the way that a unit of blood is being used.”

The red blood cells are used to help accident vic-tims, surgical patients, and people with anae-mia. Plasma is typically used to treat burn and trauma victims.

The only change donors will notice is the clinic’s operating hours, which start one hour earlier starting April 9. The clinic, located at 3449 Saanich Rd., will be open 10:30 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, as well as on alternating Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.

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Elections Canada seeks robocall data

Elections Canada has dedicated a web-page to collecting com-plaints about robocalls.

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People have com-plained about being sent to the wrong poll-ing station and being called at inconvenient times.

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Police agencies throughout the province can now access a $40,000 provincial pot of money every year to return fugitives to provinces where they are wanted on outstanding warrants.

Police chiefs throughout B.C. signed their agencies up for the new Fugitive Return Program on Feb. 14. The program, which is the first of its kind in Canada, “... strengthens public safety and sends a clear message to crimi-nals that they won’t escape jus-tice in B.C.,” Shirley Bond, B.C.’s minister of justice said in a state-ment.

The new initiative is based on successful Con Air programs ini-tiated by the Victoria and Van-couver police departments in 2008-09, which have been partly funded with more than $100,000 from the province’s civil forfei-ture program.

The Fugitive Return Program, which has been tested out since last summer by a number of police agencies, including the Victoria Police Department, is being co-ordinated by the RCMP.

It will be up to the federal agency’s major crime section to priori-tize which fugitives are returned first, such as prolific and high-risk offenders.

“There is a void for sort of the low-end chronic offenders who have multiple war-rants in multiple juris-dictions,” said Saanich police spokesperson Sgt. Dean Jantzen, “but you as a Crown prosecu-tor wouldn’t go to the expense to bring them from one province to the next.”

The new initiative will com-pliment Victoria’s Con Air pro-gram, through which at least 19 suspects have been escorted beyond B.C.’s borders, said VicPD spokesperson Const. Mike Russell. The Vancouver depart-ment transported 98 people out of B.C. in the same time frame.

“We still have the ability to return people on their war-rants through Con Air,” he said of the program which has been partly funded by the Downtown Victoria Business Association. “If we couldn’t fly them back

quick enough through the Fugitive Return Pro-gram, we could fly them back through Con Air.”

The new provincial money represents a boost for police agen-cies through the prov-ince, especially smaller departments with tighter budgets.

“(Returning fugitives) can be very expensive depending on where they are from,” Oak Bay Police Chief Const.

Mark Fisher said, adding that the expense includes travel costs for officers and the prisoners they are escorting.

Through B.C.’s Fugitive Return Program, B.C. sheriffs will escort fugitives.

“It gives us another option to deal with a serious offender we have from another province,” Fisher said.

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A centenarian driver still has a spotless driving record after being issued a warning ticket when he was caught speeding in a school zone Tuesday afternoon.

The 100-year-old man was clocked driving his Buick Century 50 km/h in the 5000-block of Cordova Bay Rd.

Saanich police Sgt. Dean Jantzen said the traffic safety unit officer “wasn’t about to wreck his perfect driving record,” and issued him a warning.

Despite school not being in session on Tuesday, due to the teachers’ strike, Jantzen said there are reasonable expectations that children will be at school, and school zone speed limits are still in effect.

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It’s hard to imagine an art gal-lery running year after year with-out any staff whatsoever.

But that’s basically what the Ministry of Casual Living has been doing for the past decade, surviv-ing mostly on grant money and the generosity of a dedicated group of volunteers.

“I added up the rent and pure money that the volunteers that ran the place had put in over the last nine-and-a-half years, and it was close to $85,000 that artists paid out of pocket to keep it going,” says Aubrey Burke, who is just completing a year-long stint as the “minister” – the grassroots organi-zation’s term for curator – of the arts collective. “And that doesn’t count time.”

It should be pointed out that the Ministry isn’t exactly your

typical gallery. All artists are wel-come, and the group’s primary focus is on giving emerging artists a chance to show their work for the first time.

“We’re trying to make this avail-able to everybody. It’s not exclu-sive at all,” says Cameron Kidd, the group’s new minister. “It’s set up in a way that there is a space available for people if they want to submit. We try to encourage peo-ple to submit as many proposals to show as they can.”

A recent move from the Ministry’s origi-nal home has opened up new opportunities for poten-tial exhibitors. After occupying a space on Haultain Avenue for its first nine-plus years of existence, the Ministry now has a trio of dis-play spaces in the heart of down-town Victoria.

The windows – in Odeon Alley, at 625 Johnson Street and at 407 Government Street – allow the Ministry to host up to six differ-ent exhibits per month; given the normal two-week run of each dis-play. They can also co-ordinate the display spaces to support a single

artist.“We just had John Luna show in

all three windows, and that went really well,” says Kidd.

Not only has the move allowed the Ministry to spread the wealth, it’s exposed them to a whole new audience.

“We’re definitely getting a dif-ferent crowd, different exposure – probably more exposure – down-town with the citizens of Victoria

than we were on Hault-ain in Fernwood,” says Kidd. “There’s a lot more foot traffic.”

Last week the Min-istry hosted a two-day

party to celebrate its first 10 years. Judging by the sold-out crowds on both nights, there’s plenty of sup-port in Greater Victoria for their art-ists-supporting-artists approach.

“We’re vibing off the community and people are excited about what we’re doing,” says Burke.

Ten years in, the Ministry con-tinues to look for ways to reach out to the arts community. Collab-orations with local musicians are being explored, beach tours are being arranged, and there’s even a documentary in the works that

examines the group’s first decade of existence.

“I think that the Ministry has been an important space for artists over the last 10 years, and has given

hundreds of people the opportu-nity to showcase their works in Victoria,” says Kidd. “We’d like to continue doing so.”

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THE ARTSAfter years in the circus, Benoit Ranger, better known as the clown Ben La Barouette, holds a record: 24 chairs balanced on his chin. See the Dream Circus, March 10 at 4 p.m.

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By the age of 10, guitarist Don Ross was playing less with a pick and more with his fingers. He was fascinated by the possibil-ity of playing several lines at once: melody, middle voices and bass line.

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Delaney Woods, left, Chloe Lebreaux, Tayah McKinnon, Eliza Woods, Meghan Lalikeas and Olivia Woods are ready to kick up their heels for the second annual Bastion Square Celtic Festival.

Kick up your heels, as the Bastion Square Revitalization Association hosts the second annual Bastion Square Celtic Festival on March 10.

Activities in the square take place between noon and 4 p.m.

The event features cultural displays, Celtic dancing, demonstrations of Celtic arts, a Gold Coin Scramble for the kids and live entertainment, including an Irish music jam session with Daniel Lapp and the B.C. Fiddle Orchestra.

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in Metchosin). Add Jumpship, the Tour de Victoria, the Sidney Time Trials and ongoing support for local cycling websites to the list of things that keep Rabien spinning.

“Honestly, there was no con-scious decision to start volunteer-ing. I just couldn’t say no.”

He’s the same way with his train-ing regimen. Rabien throws himself into as many local races as pos-sible, which meant 50 in total last year.

“The plan was to race myself fit. It worked, so I’ll do it again.”

A lot of cyclists who race along-side Rabien might not notice a

significant, but subtle variation to his bike. There’s no left brake lever. Instead, both the front and back brakes run through the right lever. Likewise, both gear levers are rigged on the right side of his handlebars.

Rabien first took up mountain biking at UVic as a 19-year-old. It was his first serious foray into

sports since he was 14, when a roofing accident nearly took

his left arm. He can close his

left fist, but that’s about it.

“I have limited functional grip. I can’t put too much weight on it, but it’s not that big a deal for road rac-ing,” Rabien said.

Clearly it’s not. In 2010 Rabien rode to silver at

the para-cycling nationals in Que-bec. And in 2011 he was first in the Bastion Square Grand Prix’s Cate-gory 4.

Where he does have to compen-sate “a little more” is the ups and downs of cross country and the constant dismounts of cyclo-cross – though he races in the expert class of the Island mountain bik-ing series and almost has enough points to move up to for Cat. 3 road racing.

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Island cycling season starts Sunday with two racesTravis PatersonNews staff

Name a bike race on the Island this year and Saanich’s Roland Rabien will prob-ably be in it.

The 34-year-old amateur cyclist plans to enter 40 to 50 events in the upcoming race season, mostly on the Island but also on the mainland and in Washington.

The Victoria Cycling League season kicks off on Sunday (March 11) with the Caleb Pike Road race. Coincidentally, mountain biking’s Island Cup Series also kicks off on Sunday, with the Pro City Racing cross-country race at Hartland Park.

Rabien will race the latter, though the major-ity of his season will be in the Victoria Cycling League.

It’s not uncommon for cyclists such as Rabien, who started with mountain biking, to compete in a vari-ety of disciplines: road,

cyclo cross, cross-country mountain biking, time trial and track (velodrome).

There are few, however, who are as heavily involved with organizing the Island’s race scene.

“I started lending a hand where I could and it slowly grew to the state it’s at now,” Rabien said.

A computer programmer by day, Rabien is lending his time to nearly a dozen races in 2012.

His work ranges from director of the Pro City Racing Cyclocross Race at Western Speedway

(part of the Cross on the Rock series) on Nov. 20, to helping out with four Pro City-held races in the Victoria Cycling League’s 2012 race sched-ule (the Observatory Hill Climb, as well as three

SPORTSHow to reach usTravis Paterson 250-381-3633 ext [email protected]

Cyclist a cog in Island’s race scene

The Claremont Spartans showed their superior-ity by romping to three straight wins to capture the recent junior boys’ Island basketball title at Cowichan secondary.

Claremont is currently among the top-ranked teams in B.C. and reinforced its position by beating John Barsby of Nanaimo 56-37, Oak Bay 48-28 and Welling-ton 49-36 in Saturday’s final.

Work ethic made all the difference for the Clare-mont team, said coach Brandon Dunlop, a former UVic Vike.

“We’re a fairly deep team. The guys who come off the bench work as hard as the guys who start. We’ve had a really good season.’’

Claremont was never seriously threatened in the final by Wellington, particularly when a pair of three-pointers padded the Saanich school’s margin to 40-23 after the third quarter.

Avoiding nailbiter games suits the coach just fine.“All the power to the guys,’’ Dunlop said. “It makes

it a little bit less stressful.’’Claremont now heads to the provincials at Vancou-

ver College.“If they work as hard as they do, there’s no reason

not to be confident,’’ Dunlop said.Claremont has split two meetings this season with

powerhouse Vancouver [email protected]

Spartans junior boys top Islands Canada and Romania to tussle in Langford The 2012 edition of Canada’s under-20 men’s rugby team will host

Romania at Bear Mountain Stadium in Langford on Saturday (March 10).

Langford’s own Jacob Rumball will run out with Canada’s 22 play-ers named to Saturday’s roster, having survived a nine-month selec-tion process.

Organizers expect a close match with Canada ranked 13th in the world, and Romania 17th.

Romania is the first of three opponents Canada will face in the cam-paign for the Junior International Championships, held in Salt Lake City, Utah, from June 14 to July 1. It’s the second-tier world junior championship.

Canada will host U.S.A. and Georgia in June.Kickoff for Saturday’s match is 7 p.m. at Bear Mountain Stadium,

1089 Langford Parkway. [email protected]

Photos by Duane Martindale

Above: Rabien leading the Cat. 4 men’s field in the 2011 Bastion Square Grand Prix, which he won. Right: Sprinting in the Victoria Cycling League.

“There was no conscious decision to start volunteering. I just couldn’t say no.”– Roland Rabien


Saanich cyclist Roland Rabien will take part in as many as 50 bike races this year. He’ll help organize several of them.

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Stands fill as Braves and Panthers meet in VIJHL semifinalsTravis PatersonNews staff

It’s as close to civil war as it gets in good old Saanich.

Nearly 250 people packed the stands to cheer their respective districts at Pearkes arena on Monday night as south battled north in Game 1 of the Vancou-ver Island Junior Hockey League semifinal. The southerly Saan-ich Braves won handily, 7-2 over North Saanich’s Peninsula Pan-thers.

But expect more fight out of the seasoned warriors from the north – they are defending B.C. champs after all.

Game 3 of the VIJHL semifinal goes tonight at Panorama Recre-ation Centre.

When two teams so close in geography meet in the playoffs, the added energy from the visit-ing fans is felt from the bench, said Braves coach Brad Cook.

In fact, despite a one-sided score in the Braves’ favour, Pen-insula fans were just as vocal, if not more so on Monday. So much so, that the Braves’ Face-book page admitted it in a plea for improved home support. And with the Victoria Cougars and Kerry Park Islanders in the other semifinal, it means every game is a short drive for fans to watch their team for the rest of the VIJHL playoffs.

“It’s going to be nice for hockey in Victoria the next month,” Cook said. “When you think about it, most of the players on both teams are local, and they’re bringing three to four fans each. It means guaranteed full build-ings the rest of the way.”

For last year’s Cougars ver-sus Panthers final series, Archie Browning was drawing crowds it hadn’t seen since the days when the Victoria Salsa played there,

nearing the 1,000 mark.And it’s great for the owner-

ship groups. No more long bus trips, double the gate revenue and all that profit going back into the team funds.

“Junior B isn’t a business peo-ple get into for profit,” Cook said. “The teams need that money.”

On the other hand, it means players and coaches are left to their daily routines, which means daily distractions.

“Riding the bus (up-Is-land) means everyone meet-ing together at 1 p.m. It gives everyone a chance to put work, school and family out of their minds. A chance to focus and decompress.”

And it’s worked. The Braves were over .500 on the road this year.

Now the team is hoping it can bring an army of fans with them into battle at Panorama tonight and Monday (Game 4).

Best of the battleAll but three players from the

Braves roster registered a point in Monday’s 7-2 win.

Cook felt his squad stole its 2-0 lead in the first period of Monday’s win, which included a shorthanded goal by Sheldon Trees.

“We came out a bit timid,” Cook said. “There’s a fear factor because Peninsula just accom-plished a pretty big feat upset-ting Oceanside (Generals).”

But if anyone should feel confi-dent going into this series against the defending VIJHL champs it’s the Braves. The Braves won the last five regular season games against Panthers: 9-1, 7-3, 6-3, 11-0 and 4-2.

Brave words: Game 1 marked the return of Jack Palmer, Hayden Long, Liam Sproule and goalie Tanner McGaw, all back from injury ... Backup Bowman Rutledge replaced McGaw in the series-clinching Game 6 against the Campbell River Storm. Bow-man stopped 34 shots while let-ting in just one goal as the Braves won in double overtime, 2-1 ... Ty Jones scored both goals.

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Sliding into the playoffsVictoria Royals forward Tim Traber loses control of the puck to Vancouver Giants forward David Musil during Sunday’s 6-0 Giants win at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. The Royals have sold out Wednesday’s (March 14) home game versus the Portland Winterhawks. The playoffs are on the line as the Royals play in Kelowna tonight (March 9) and Everett tomorrow.

A tale of two Saaniches Braves forward Andrew White gets in front of Panthers goalie Stephen Heslop during Game 1 of the Island league Semifinals at Pearkes on Monday.Christian J. Stewart Photography

Game nightBraves vs. Panthers ■ Panthers 2 Braves 7■ Game 3: Today (March 9), 7:30 p.m. at Panorama. ■ Game 4: March 12, 7:30 p.m. at Panorama.

Cougars vs. Islanders■ Islanders 3 Cougars 4■ Cougars 3 Islanders 1■ Game 3: March 8■ Game 4: March 10, 7:30 p.m. at Kerry Park. ■ Game 5 (If necessary):March 11, 3 p.m. at Archie Browning Sports Centre.

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7:30 am, Tuesday, March 13, 2012

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AUTO SERVICES

KG MOBILE Mechanic. Con-venience of having a mechan-ic at home or on the road. (250)883-0490.

MOBILE AUTO MECHANIC 40$hr. CHRIS (250)589-7613. [email protected].

TRANSPORTATION

CARS

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

2008 HONDA CIVIC LX4 door, auto, top of the line &fully loaded including rarepower sunroof option. Babiedby 1 owner, garage kept, hwycommuter (76k). Dealer main-tained. Burgundy with factory5 spoke alloy wheels & a setof winters tires on steel rims.Full power-train warranty untilDec. 20 2012. $15,750 o.b.o.250-466-4156

RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE

1992, 26 ft TRAVELAIRE. Bright, clean, sleeps 4. Twinbeds in back & fold down dou-ble bed. Immaculate condition.Full shower with skylight, gen-erator, air conditioning, 91,000km. $16,500. (250) 743-6036

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

SCRAP BATTERIES WantedWe buy scrap batteries fromcars, trucks & heavy equip.$4.00 & up each. Free pick-upanywhere in BC, Minimum 10.Toll Free 1.877.334.2288.

VTRUCKS & ANS

$0-$1000 CASH For Junk Cars/Trucks Will tow away any car or truck in 45 mins. FREE!

TowPimp.com 250-588-7172

toll free 1-888-588-7172

1986 VW VANAGON- 110,178 original km, camperized.$5000 obo. (250)544-4303.

MARINE

BOATS

$$$ BOATS Wanted. Any size. Cash buyer. Also trailersand outboards. 250-544-2628.

SERVICE DIRECTORYwww.bcclassified.com 250.388.3535

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING

ACCOUNTINGVida Samimi

Certifi ed General Accountant

Bookkeeping, Audit,Payroll, HST. Set up &

Training. E-FileTAX

250-477-4601

PENNIE’$ BOOKKEEPING Services for small business. Simply/Quickbooks. No time to get that paperwork done? We do data-entry, GST, payroll, year-end prep, and training. 250-661-1237

CARPENTRY

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

CUSTOM PLANER- (Fir, ce-dar) baseboards, casings, crown molding (any shape). Call (250)588-5920.

DEEP COVE Renovations. General Contracting. Special-izing in fi nish carpentry. Hon-est , Reliable. (250) 882-0897.

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

QUALITY CRAFTSMANSHIP (BBB) All reno’s, kitchen, bath, custom showers. Anything concrete. 250-658-2656.www.wingfi eldcontracting.com


CLEANING SERVICES

BUY 2 get 1 FREE CLEAN-ING! Lnsd/Insur. Refs. Pure-Shine-Cleaning.com 250-661-6927

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

SPOTLESS HOME Cleaning. Affordable, Experienced, Re-liable, Effi cient. (250)508-1018

COMPUTER SERVICES

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

CONTRACTORS

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


DRAFTING & DESIGN

DESIGN FOR PERMIT. www. integradesigninc.com Call Steven (250) 381-4123.

DRYWALL

AARON’S RENO’S Drywall, taping, texture. Insured/bond-ed. Free est. 250-880-0525.


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.

MUD on the RUN. Small dry-wall repairs, textures & reno-vations. Ross, (250)812-4879.

ELECTRICAL

250-361-6193. QUALITY Electric. Reno’s plus. Visa ac-cepted. Small jobs ok. #22779

EXPERIENCED ELECTRI-CIAN. Reasonable rates. 250-744-6884. Licence #22202.

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.

NORTHERN SUN Electric Comm/Res. $35/hr. Work Guaranteed. Any size job. (250)888-6160. Lic#13981.

WATTS ON ELECTRIC, Resi-dential, Commercial, Renova-tions. #100213. 250-418-1611.

VAEXCA TING & DRAINAGE

BUBBA’S HAULING. Mini ex-cavator & bob cat services. Call 250-478-8858.


FENCING

AAA. NO job too small. Fenc-es, decks, installation & repair. References, affordable, expe-rienced. Les (250)880-2002.

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

STEPS, DECKS, Fence, new repairs, rot, mould, interior/ex-terior concrete. 250-588-3744.

FURNITURE REFINISHING

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

GARDENING

AURICLE Lawns- cln up lawn garden hedge pruning soil tests & fertilize. (250)882-3129

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

20% OFF! Pruning, Hedge & Shrub Trimming, Soil/Mulch (2 cu yd), Hauling. 250-479-6495

250-208-8535 WOODCHUCK: Spring cleanup, tree & hedge pruning. 23yrs exp. WCB.

ANOTHER LAWN SEASON! Replace it with a beautiful Garden or Patio. 30 yrs exp. web.me.com/rodkeays Call 250-858-3564.


GARDENING

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

Free estimates * WCBwww.mowtime.ca

ARE YOU in need of a profes-sional, qualifi ed, residential or commercial gardener?www. glenwoodgardenworks.com

Blooms For All SeasonsGarden & fl ower design

Garden bed maintenancePruning

Real Estate stagingContainer design

Seasonal clean-ups

Lucia Salazar, LHTFully insured

Tel: (250) 382-9565http://passionforgardening

.blogspot.com

DPM SERVICES: lawn/gard, cleanups, pruning, hedges, landscapes, irrigation, pwr washing, gutters 15yrs. 250-883-8141.

LANDSCAPE & TREE Fruit/hedges/pruning. Lawn & garden. Maint. 18 yrs exp. WCB. Andrew, (250)893-3465.

OVERGROWN GARDEN? Cleanups. Pruning roses, fruit tree, hedges. John Kaiser 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.


GARDENING

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

250-889-5794. DIAMOND DAVE Gutter Cleaning. Thor-ough Job at a Fair Price! Re-pairs, gutter guard, power/win-dow washing, roof de-moss. Free no obligation estimates.

AL’S V.I.P. Gutter Cleaning, Guards, windows, powerwash-ing, roof de-moss, repairs. In-sured. Call (250)507-6543.

GLEAMING WINDOWS Gut-ters+De-moss, Pwr Wash. 18 yrs. Brian, 514-7079. WCB.

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

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

PERIMETER EXTERIORS. Gutter cleaning, repairs, up-grades & maintenance. WCB, Free est. 250-881-2440.


HANDYPERSONS

Aroundthehouse.caALL, Repairs & Renovations

Ben 250-884-6603

AAA. NO job too small. Fenc-es, decks, installation & repair.References, affordable, expe-rienced. Les (250)880-2002.

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

BIG BEAR Handyman &Painting Services. No job toosmall. Free Estimates. Seniordiscounts. Barry 250-896-6071

IFIX HANDYMAN Services. Household repairs and reno-vations. Free estimates. CallDenis at 250-634-8086 oremail: denisifi [email protected]

QUALITY WORK. All Renos & Repairs. Decks, Suites, Dry-wall, Painting. 250-818-7977.

SAVE $ Hire-A-Husband, 250-514-4829. Specialize in bath/kitchen reno’s & accessibility.Serving Victoria for 23yrs.

SENIOR HANDYMAN- Household repairs. Will assistdo-it yourselfers. Fred, 250-888-5345.

HAULING AND SALVAGE

#1 JUNK Removal & Hauling.Free estimates. Cheapest intown. Same day emergencyremoval. Call [email protected]

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

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CAPTAIN JUNK. Free est. Satisfaction guar. Same day removal. Call 250-813-1555.

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.


HAULING AND SALVAGE

✭BUBBA’’S HAULING✭ Honest & on time. Demolition, construction clean-ups, small load deliveries (sand, gravel, topsoil, mulch), garden waste removal, mini excavator, bob cat service.(250)478-8858.


HAULING AND SALVAGE

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.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS.


HOME REPAIRS

SAVE $ Hire-A-Husband, 250-514-4829. Specialize in bath/ kitchen reno’s & accessibility. Serving Victoria for 23yrs.

IRRIGATION/SPRINKLER SYSTEMS

SUMMIT IRRIGATION. Highly Respected Van company now in Victoria! Pro Irrigation & Water Services. 250-883-1041


MASONRY & BRICKWORK

CBS MASONRY BBB A+ Ac-credited Business. Chimneys, Fireplaces, Flagstone Rock, Concrete Pavers, Patios, Side-walk Repair. Replace, Rebuild, Renew! “Quality is our Guarantee”. Free Competitive Estimates. Call (250)294-9942 or 250-589-9942.www.cbsmasonry.com

CBS MASONRY BBB A+. Chimney, Fireplaces, Rock, Flagstone, Concrete, Pavers, Repair, Rebuild, Renew. “Quality is our Guarantee.” Free Competitive Est’s. Call (250) 294-9942/589-9942.www.cbsmasonry.com

ROMAX MASONRY. Exp’d & Professional. Chimneys, Brick Veneer, Rockwork, Cultured Stone, Interlocking Paving. Fully insured. Estimates. Call250-588-9471 - 250-882-5181

& MOVING STORAGE

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

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

PAINTING

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

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


PAINTING

BIG BEAR Painting & Handy-man Services. No job too small. Free Estimates. Senior discounts. Barry 250-896-6071

Donerightpainting.net Satis-faction guar. WCB cov. 25yrs exp. Free est. 250-813-1555.

DRYWALL REPAIRS & HOUSE PAINTING. Free esti-mates. If you, your family or friends need any of the above give Joseph Bronson a call 250-686-0663. Reasonable rates in a tight economy. I take pride in the end results.

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

SAFEWAY PAINTING

High quality, Organized. Interior/Exterior

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

Member BBB

ST PAINTING free est, written guarantee and full ref’s. WCB ins. Call Kaleb (250)884-2597.

YOUR PERSONAL Interior Painter. No Job too Big or Too Small. Call Gilbert today for free quote. (250)886-6446.

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PAINTING

Peacock Painting

250-652-2255250-882-2254

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PLUMBING

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

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

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

KERRY’S GAS & PLUMBING SERVICES- Repair, mainte-nance & install. 250-360-7663.

PRICED BY the job. No sur-prises. Guaranteed. 25 yrs, 2nd generation Master Plum-ber. 778-922-0334 Visa/MC.

PLASTERING

PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, old world texturing, coves, fi re-places. Bob, 250-642-5178.


PRESSURE WASHING

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

STUCCO/SIDING

PATCHES, ADDITIONS, re-stucco, renos, chimney, water-proofi ng. Bob, 250-642-5178.

TILING

A1. SHAWN The Tile Guy-Res/ Comm/ Custom/ Renos.250-686-6046

UPHOLSTERY

UPHOLSTERER NEEDSwork. Your fabric or mine.250-480-7937.

WINDOW CLEANING

DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning.Windows, Gutters, SweepingRoofs, Pressure Washing,Roof Demossing. Call 250-361-6190.

GLEAMING WINDOWS Gut-ters+De-moss, Pwr Wash. 18yrs. Brian, 514-7079. WCB.

WINDOWS

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

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Check the page number below in Real Estate Victoria or visit www.revweekly.com

Find more details on the Open Houses below in the Mar. 8-14 edition of

Published Every Thursday

OPENOPENHOUSESSelect your home.

Select your mortgage.

Oak Bay 250-370-7601Westshore 250-391-2933

Victoria 250-483-1360Sidney 250-655-0632

www.vericoselect.comChatterton Way 250-479-0688

101-66 Songhees, $624,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Address Realty Ltd.Michelle Vermette, 250-391-1893

3-828 Rupert TerraceSaturday & Sunday 1-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalMurray Lawson 250 385-9814 pg. 7

2239 Shelbourne St, $379,000Sunday 1-3Boorman’s Real EstateRod Hay, 250-595-1535 pg. 18

5-675 Superior, $599,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunJohn Percy 250 744-3301 pg. 10

1020 RichardsonSaturday 1-4RE/MAX CamosunMark Lawless, 250-744-3301 pg. 13

1321 George St, $959,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyJim Bailey, 250-592-4422 pg. 15

754 Humboldt, $198,900Daily Noon-5 exc FridaysConcert Properties 250 383-3722 pg. 11

402-1149 Rockland, $369,800Sunday 3-5DFH Real Estate Ltd.Claire Helm 250-477-7291 pg. 18

604-103 Gorge Rd ESaturday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdCarl Latzel 250 384-8124 pg. 18

607 Wilson, $399,900Saturday 1-3Newport RealtyBruce Gibson 250 385-2033 pg. 18

1145 Johnson, $479,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyDon Beckner 250 477-5353 pg. 9

407-455 Sitkum, $549,900Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyGordon Lee 250-385-2033 pg. 12

1121 Fort, $183,900Daily exc Friday 2-4Newport RealtyBlair Watling 250 385-2033 pg. 7

451 ChesterSaturday & Sunday 1-4RE/MAX CamosunMark Lawless, 250-744-3301 pg. 13

402-1000 Mcclure, $239,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdDave Bhandar 250 384-8124 pg. 14

710 Linden Ave.Saturday & Sunday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunMark Lawless, 250-744-3301 pg. 13

1021 Craigdarroch, $739,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyRobert Buckle 250 385-2033 pg. 18

1-1020 Queens, $359,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton Holmes David Scotney, 250-384-8124 pg. 36

1005-225 Belleville, $649,900Sunday 2-4Sutton West CoastHiro Nakatani 250 661-4476 pg. 37

3108 Mars St, $558,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyRick Hoogendoorn, 250-592-4422

1-833 Princess, $299,900Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyNoah Dobson 250 385-2033 pg. 14

101-1235 Johnson, $314,800Saturday 2-4One Percent RealtyValentino Prundaru 250-686-2242 pg. 37

404-104 Dallas Rd, $429,900Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Susan Carley, 250-477-7291 pg. 17

B-707 Linden, $549,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Susan Carley, 250-477-7291 pg. 17

502-250 Douglas, $389,900Sunday 1-3Newport RealtyMarie Blender, 250-385-2033 pg. 14

109-11 Cooperage, $899,000Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastLynn MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 10

404-1012 Collinson, $259,900Saturday 1-4RE/MAX CamosunRoxanne Brass 250-744-3301 pg. 34

407-1510 Hillside, $468,000Saturday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyClaire Yoo, 250-477-1100 pg. 6

212-55 Songhees, $649,000Saturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalCheryl Bejcar 250 592-4422 pg. 10

205-1110 Oscar St, $349,900Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesBob Davies, 250-884-8336 pg. 5

C-707 Linden, $439,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Lynnell Davidge, 250-477-7291 pg. 17

2-1200 RichardsonSunday 1-3Newport RealtyDavid Harvey, 250-385-2033 pg. 5

1486 Dallas, $799,900Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291 pg. 15

2205 Victor, $419,000Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyLaurie Abram 250 385-2033 pg. 12

736 PowderlySaturday 1-4DFH Real Estate LtdJeff Shaw 250 477-7291 pg. 15

305-649 Bay, $242,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Century 21 QueenswoodJulie Rust 250 477-1100 pg. 14

336 Arnold, $829,000Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyJack Petrie 250 385-2033 pg. 15

402-11 Cooperage, $448,000Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastLynn MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 10

212-1619 Morrison, $239,900Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunGuy Crozier 250-744-3301 pg. 16

401-1035 McClure, $274,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyGary Bazuik, 250-477-5353 pg. 34

604-75 SongheesSaturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 10

309 Kingston, $749,000Saturday & Sunday 1-3DFH Real EstateCassie Kangas 250 477-7291 pg. 18

625 Cornwall, $591,900Saturday 1-3Newport RealtyFred Hiigli 250 385-2033 pg. 18

401-1012 Pakington St, $309,900Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyGoran Tambic, 250-384-7663 pg. 5

1016 Craigdarroch, $699,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyPat Meadows, 250-592-4422 pg. 15

1219 Alderman Rd, $450,000Sunday 2-4Address Realty Ltd.Rob Angus, 250-391-1893 pg. 14

105-330 Waterfront, $510,000Sunday 2-4Century 21 QueenswoodRuth Stark 250 477-1100 pg. 10

14-60 Dallas Rd., $599,000Sunday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunFran Jeffs, 250-744-3301 pg. 12

3393 Henderson, $669,000Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDoug Poruchny, 250-474-4800 pg. 18

105-2210 Cadboro Bay Rd, $339,900Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyBruce McCulloch, 250-479-3333 pg. 18

407-2125 Oak Bay Ave, $399,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunEd G Sing, 250-744-3301 pg. 6

2213 Windsor, $931,788Pemberton Holmes LtdGordon Tews 250 384-8124 pg. 19

1001 Foul Bay RdSaturday 2-4Macdonald Realty LtdEleanor Smith, 250 388-5882

101-1807 Oak Bay AveSaturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jeff Bishop, 250-474-6003 pg. 18

2226 Windsor, $879,000Saturday 11-1 & Sunday 2-4Macdonald Realty LtdEleanor V Smith 250 388-5882 pg. 19

2073 Crescent Rd, $824,900Sunday 12-2Address Realty Ltd.Mike Chubey, 250-391-1893

104-1450 Beach Dr, $325,000Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Suzanne Mitchell, 250-477-7291 pg. 6

121 Paddock, $459,000Saturday 1-3DFH Real EstateWendy Herrick 250-656-0131 pg. 19

30 Lekwammen Dr, $326,900Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyNorma Campbell, 250-477-5353 pg. 19

103-101 Nursery Hill, $319,900Saturday 2-4Kroppmann RealtyDale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808 pg. 35

121 Paddock, $459,900Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunGuy Crozier 250-744-3301 pg. 16

31 Kaleigh, $569,900Saturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesShawn Adye, 250-384-8124 pg. 19

934 Craigfl ower, $419,000Friday, Saturday & Sunday 1-4Pemberton HolmesNicole Burgess 250 384-8124 pg. 12

925 Devonshire Rd., $429,900Sunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesShawn Adye, 250-384-8124 pg. 6

13-1182 Colville, $425,900Saturday 12-1:45Fair RealtyRay Kong, 250-590-7011 pg. 36

304E-1115 Craigfl ower Rd, $449,900Saturday 12-1:30Address Realty Ltd.Mike Chubey 250-391-1893

311-1083 Tillicum Rd, $309,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBrad MacLaren, 250-744-3301 pg. 20

1366 Craigfl ower, $569,900Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunJudy Campbell 250 744-3301 pg. 36

937 Mesher, $859,900Saturday 2-4Fair RealtyRay Kong, 250-590-7011 pg. 36

1217 Wychbury AveSaturday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyGray Rothnie, 250-477-1000 pg. 20

1366 Craigfl ower, $569,900Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunJudy Campbell 250 744-3301 pg. 39

7-704 Rockheights, $565,900Sunday 2-4MacDonald RealtyLorraine Stundon 250 812-0642 pg. 39

16-477 Lampson St, $249,900Saturday 2-3:30Address Realty Ltd.Mike Chubey, 250-391-1893

658 Grenville, $489,900Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMorley Bryant, 250-477-5353 pg. 20

219-1009 McKenzie, $193,000Sunday 1-2:30Victoria Classic RealtyShaun Lees 250 386-1997 pg. 21

406-1068 Tolmie, $279,000Sunday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdCarl Latzel 250 384-8124 pg. 18

2885 Queenston, $578,800Saturday 1-3DFH Real EstateDeidra Junghans 250 474-6003 pg. 21

1750 Tiffi n, $559,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyAlison Stoodley, 250-477-1100 pg. 21

4190 Kashtan Pl, $519,900Sunday 2-4Address Realty Ltd.Patrick Achtzner, 250-391-1893

4064 Ebony, $655,000Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate LtdMay Liu 250 477-7291 pg. 34

1701 Mamich Circle, $788,800Sunday 2-4Kroppmann RealtyDale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808 pg. 36

1086 Totemwood, $829,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunKeith Watson 250 744-3301 pg. 21

33-5110 Cordova BaySaturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunNicole Goeujon, 250-686-0078

104-1687 Poplar, $339,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real EstateWendy Herrick 250-656-0131 pg. 14

206-971 Mckenzie Ave, $263,900Saturday 2:30-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyZane Willis, 250-479-3333 pg. 6

4682 Scottswood, $499,000Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291 pg. 22

110-1505 Church Ave, $229,900Friday & Saturday 1-3Boorman’sRod Hay, 250-595-1535 pg. 6

973 Nicholson, $854,900Sunday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyJim Russell 250 592-4422 pg. 21

909 Lucas Ave, $599,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max AllianceDavid Rusen, 250-386-8875 pg. 20

102-3969 Shelbourne, $215,000Saturday 11-1DFH Real Estate Ltd.Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291 pg. 21

4165 Crosshaven Cl, $629,900Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesRichard Gadoury, 778-977-2600 pg. 20

4336 San Cristo Pl, $569,000Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCheri Crause, 250-592-4422

308-3260 Quadra St., $266,900Saturday 12-1:30Pemberton HolmesCorie Meyer, 250-384-8124 pg. 14

4173 Buckingham, $669,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesDavid Scotney 250-384-8124 pg. 36

20-934 Boulderwood, $579,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalSharen Warde 250 592-4422 pg. 9

4582 Seawood Terr, $779,500Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCheri Crause, 250-592-4422

1408 IrelandSaturday 1-3Fair RealtyJinwoo Jeong, 250-885-5114

4171 Crossandra, $639,888Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunAndrew Holenchuk 250 744-3301 pg. 39

4029 Providence, $949,900Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdIvica Kalabric, 250-384-8124 pg. 22

3361 Linwood, $634,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunDeanna Noyce 250 744-3301 pg. 22

4942 Cordova Bay, $1,049,000Saturday & Sunday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdKevin Starling 250 889-4577 pg. 22

4386 Elnido Cres, $579,000Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunLee Johnston, 250-478-9600 pg. 21

4674 Lochside, $1,048,000Sunday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdDeborah Kline 250 661-7680 pg. 21

618 Baxter, $513,900Sunday 3-5Victoria Classic RealtyShaun Lees 250 386-1997 pg. 21

108-3700 Carey, $295,900Sunday 2-4One Percent RealtyValentino Prundaru 250-686-2242 pg. 37

211-4529 West Saanich, $379,000Saturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast Capital ChattertonAlli Munro 250 477-5353 pg. 12

3913 Jean Hgts, $759,000Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunDaniel Clover 250 507-5459 pg. 22

103-40 GorgeSunday 2-4Address RealtyTom Brailsford 250 388-5466 pg. 39

528 Walter, $449,900Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunBruce Hatter 250 744-3301 pg. 23

746 Gorge Rd W, $549,900Saturday 2-4Macdonald RealtyScott Garman 250 896-7099 pg. 23

3828 Cardie, $629,000Saturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalCheryl Bejcar 250 592-4422 pg. 22

409-4536 Viewmont, $299,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunMark Rice, 250 588-2339 pg. 23

982 MeadowviewSaturday & Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastEamon Coll 250 479-3333 pg. 22

528 Walter Ave, $449,900Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunBruce Hatter, 250-744-3301 pg. 22

476 Davida, $519,000Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCamela Slack, 250-661-4088

225-3225 Eldon PlSaturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesCorie Meyer 250 384-8124 pg. 12


This Weekend’s

Check the page number below in Real Estate Victoria or visit www.revweekly.com

Find more details on the Open Housesbelow in the Mar.8-14 edition of

Published Every Thursday

OPENOPENHOUSES633 Jolly, $465,000Saturday 2-4Sutton West CoastHiro Nakatani 250 661-4476 pg. 37

22-500 Marsett, $449,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalMark McDougall 250 888-8588 pg. 10

1130 Burnside W, $624,500Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunRoxanne Brass 250-744-3301 pg. 34

4744 Interurban, $599,900Sunday 12-2Pemberton Holmes LtdJoseph Martin 250 474-4176 pg. 23

1290 Lands End, $879,000Sunday 2-4JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3

9336 Maryland, $419,400Sunday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMay Hamilton, 250-477-5353 pg. 24

590 Seacliffe, $719,900Saturday 2-4JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3

7161 West Saanich, $269,900Daily 1-3Re/Max CamosunCraig Walters 250 655-0608 pg. 24

2182 Weiler, $379,000Saturday 1-2Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 33

916 Grilse, $889,000Saturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesDiana Winger 250-999-3683 pg. 24

2051 Brethour Pkwy, $424,500Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMay Hamilton, 250-477-5353 pg. 23

426-9882 Fifth St, $279,900Saturday 2-4Holmes Realty Ltd.Steven Klipper, 250-656-0911 pg. 5

10929 Boas Rd, $859,000Sunday 2-4Holmes RealtySteven Klipper, 250-656-0911 pg. 23

7199 Skyline, $609,000Saturday 1-2Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 33

8-7847 East Saanich Rd, $365,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesRichard Gadoury, 778-977-2600 pg. 5

2368 Oakville, $447,000Saturday 11-1Holmes Realty Ltd.Steven Klipper, 250-656-0911 pg. 23

304-2050 White Birch, $157,900Sunday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdBarbara Ronald 250 744-8211 pg. 24

B-10470 Resthaven Dr., $529,000Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Judith Gerrett 250-656-0131 pg. 24

1879 Jeffree, $524,900Sunday 1-3DFH Real EstateWendy Herrick 250-656-0131 pg. 24

106-7088 West Saanich, $439,000Saturday 3-4Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 33

92-7701 Central Saanich Rd, $149,500Saturday 12-1:30Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMay Hamilton, 250-477-5353 pg. 23

2123 James White Blvd, $479,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max AllianceChris Fairlie, 250-386-8875 pg. 23

8-2558 Ferguson, $509,900Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast CapitalPat Meadows, 250-592-4422 pg. 24

301-2421 Sidney Ave, $356,000Saturday & Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Bill Knowles, 250-656-0131 pg. 23

9216 Mainwaring, $589,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunAdrian Langereis 250 744-3301 pg. 35

28-2070 Amelia Ave, $239,500Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Frances Wade, 250-656-0131 pg. 23

22-3049 Brittany, $339,900Saturday 1-3Sutton Group West Coast RealtyDiego Lauricella, 250-479-3333 pg. 12

123-945 Bear Mountain, $515,000Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastLynn MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 12

608 Fairway, $279,900Daily 1:30-4:00Century 21 Queenswood RealtyChuck Meagher, 250-477-1100 pg. 5

117-643 Granderson, $369,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdGregg Mah 250 384-8124 pg. 35

3019 DornierDaily 12-4DFH Real Estate LtdMike Hartshorne 250 889-4445 pg. 25

607 Hammond Crt, $515,000Thursday 6-8Cornerstone Properties LtdKevin Wensley 250 475-2006 pg. 2

557 Delora, $534,900Saturday 1-3Coldwell Banker Slegg RealtyBarbara Scott, 250-383-1500

2794 Lakeshore, $489,900Saturday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683 pg. 26

302-908 Brock Ave, $349,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCamela Slack, 250-661-4088

3522 Promenade, $825,000Sunday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunKaren Jensen, 250-744-3301 pg. 39

3418 Pattison Way, $472,500Sunday 12:30-2:00SmartMove Real EstateBlair Veenstra 250-380-6683 pg. 25

304-611 Brookside, $198,000Daily 12-4Pemberton HolmesGreg Long, 250-384-8124 pg. 14

3334 Myles Mansell Rd., $409,000Sunday 2:30-4SmartMove Real EstateBlair Veenstra 250-360-6683 pg. 26

2200 Harrow Gate, $629,000Saturday 12-2Century 21 Queenswood RealtyAnke Venema, 250-477-1100 pg. 25

2954 Golden Spike, $334,900Sunday 2-4Fair RealtyRay Kong, 250-590-7011 pg. 36

401-2823 Jacklin, $309,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyJan Dickson, 250-418-5805 pg. 26

2620 Bamboo, $679,900Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunBruce Hatter, 250-744-3301 pg. 25

2433 Prospector Way, $649,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes David Scotney, 250-384-8124 pg. 36

987 Ironwood, $729,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBrad Maclaren, 250-727-5448 pg. 26

105-954 Walfred Rd, $410,000Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyBobb Hamilton, 250-385-2033 pg. 25

1616 Millstream, $799,900Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastKomal Dodd 250 479-3333 pg. 29

3352 Mary Anne Cres, $419,900Saturday 2-4Address Realty Ltd.Patrick Achtzner, 250-391-1893

593 Latoria, $285,000Saturday & Sunday 1-4Pemberton HolmesGreg Long, 250-384-8124 pg. 12

662 Goldstream Ave., $219,900Daily 1-4Kahl RealtyJason Kahl 250-391-8484 pg. 28

3292 Mary Anne Cres., $499,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunShirley Zailo 250-478-4828 pg. 26

2078 Gourman PlSaturday 1-3DFH Real EstateElaine Wright, 250-474-6003

101-2600 Peatt, $359,999Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunAdrian Langereis 250 744-3301 pg. 35

3463 Yorkshire Pl.Sunday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDonna Gabel, 250-477-5353 pg. 26

584 Kingsview Ridge, $514,900Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunShirley Zailo 250-478-4828 pg. 26

606B Atkins, $434,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesAdrien Bachand, 250-384-8124 pg. 25

1622 Millstream, $799,900Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastKomal Dodd 250 479-3333 pg. 29

563 Brant PlSaturday & Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes David Hale, 250-812-7277 pg. 2

608 Fairway, $227,900Daily 1:30-4:00Century 21 Queenswood RealtyChuck Meagher 250-477-1100 pg. 13

5-300 Six Mile, $324,900Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunShirley Zailo 250-478-4828 pg. 26

3363 Mary Anne Cres., $499,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunShirley Zailo 250-478-4828 pg. 26

1204 Muirfi eld, $829,900Saturday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdJim Reslein 250 384-8124 pg. 25

397 PelicanSaturday & Sunday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalMark McDougall 250 888-8588 pg. 16

983 Rattanwood Plc., $589,900Saturday 2:30-4:30SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown 250-380-6683 pg. 26

946 Gade, $659,500Saturday 12-2Re/Max CamosunBrad Maclaren, 250-727-5448 pg. 26

1022 Citation, $669,900Saturday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdIvica Kalabric, 250-384-8124 pg. 26

Sunriver Estates Sales CentreSaturday-Thursday 11-4Newport RealtyBlair Watling 250 642-2233 pg. 31

2059 Kennedy St, $169,000Sunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesKerstin Sykes, 250-642-3240 pg. 5

4556 Royal Island, $639,900Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Tom Muir 250-477-7291 pg. 32

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