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What a difference a competitor makes.

Campaign finance disclosure papers from the Nov. 19 municipal election were released this week, show-ing that Saanich mayor Frank Leonard spent nearly six times more to get elected in 2011 than he did in 2008.

Leonard spent $62,061, according to his disclo-sure statements. He spent $10,095 in 2008 when his competition was a rela-tively low-profile candi-date. “We knew we had to run a traditional campaign (this time),” Leonard said. “We had lots of notice that a political veteran, backed by MLAs and MPs, would be run-ning.”

That veteran, a former NDP MLA and Saanich councillor, was David Cubberley. He spent $46,252 on his unsuc-cessful mayoral cam-paign.

Leonard, elected in November to his sixth term as mayor, says this is by far the most he’s ever spent on an elec-tion campaign. In 1996 he spent just over $20,000.

“We were under budget (this election). We knew were going to have a standalone campaign. We budgeted for $65,000,” he said.

“We knew the components of a basic campaign with a population our size – these sorts of dollars were spent in similar campaigns in (similar-sized) cities.”

While Leonard and his wife, for-mer councillor Jackie Ngai, contributed $300 toward his campaign, it was a very different story for Cubberley, who spent $13,000 of his own money. Cubberley received contributions from a number of sit-ting politicians, includ-ing MLAs Lana Popham ($500), Rob Fleming ($250) and Leonard Krog ($150), and MP Denise

Savoie ($200). Apart from his own contributions,

his largest donation came in the form of $3,000 from the Victoria

Labour Council.The single-largest con-

tribution to Leonard’s campaign ($4,546) came from Tone Fat Entre-prises Ltd., which oper-ates the Golden City Restaurant in Victoria.

The two mayoral can-didates took two clearly different approaches to getting their names out during the campaign.

Advertising was Leon-ard’s greatest expense (at $25,484), while Cub-

berley spent just $9,108 on print, radio, TV and electronic ads.

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Waiting for the big one Seven-year-old Caleb Williston learns a little about patience, as well as fishing, with his granddad Fred Williston during the first Learn To Fish class of the season at Elk Lake. More than a dozen kids and their parents and grandparents took part Sunday, learning the basics of fish conservation and how to tie a hook to a fishing line. The program is sponsored by the Freshwater Fisheries Society of B.C.

$5.57 per voteRe-election campaign cost mayor more than $60,000

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Lights, camera, action!Film commission offers homeowners tips on having your property used in a movieBrittany LeeNews intern

Imagine your Saxe Point water-front home or your funky Fern-wood dwelling as the set for a mur-der mystery movie.

That dream could become a real-ity for property owners in Victoria, Esquimalt and around the Capital Region who want to register their home or business for use as a TV or film location.

Patricia Walter, who owns Gibson House, has rented out her heritage home to a few productions in the past. They include the 2004 made-for-TV movie I Want to Marry Ryan Banks, which starred Jason Priest-ley, Emma Caulfield and Bradley Cooper.

“It’s fun seeing your home trans-formed, and it’s particularly delight-ful seeing it in the movie,” Walter said.

The Vancouver Island South Film and Media Commission is hosting a seminar tomorrow (March 22) at the Esquimalt Recreation Centre on how to put forward your property for use in a film.

Film commissioner Kathleen Gil-bert invites anyone with a unique home or business to attend and learn about the process of getting your property registered, includ-ing what to expect when location scouts visit your home, the pro-cess of having film crews on set, to the final wrap of production.

“This really is an educational seminar,” she said.

The film commission, which maintains a database of registered properties that includes thousands of photos, is looking for homes and businesses that are unique and dif-ferent. Gilbert adds, however, that it doesn’t have to be pretty.

“Mostly producers and directors are looking for something different and unique that hasn’t been used a lot,” she said.

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– it’s just that there’s something about it that fits the character of the home in the script.”

A variety of property types are needed, from mansions to mod-est single-family homes, and even apartments.

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ety, the more likely producers and directors will choose the area to film their projects.

Such sites as Royal Roads, Bas-tion Square, lower Yates and John-son streets and Uplands are among the areas used most commonly, she said.

Gibson House, built in 1919 on York Place in Oak Bay, features a grand staircase, detailed mould-ings, large windows and a large overall space, details that stand out in films.

Depending on the project, crews can be around for three to five days, Walter said.

“It’s a takeover, but you kind of like it because you know the end result (is) you see your house in the picture.”

She said it is common for pro-ducers to use some of the home-owner’s furnishings, but things like drapery and lighting are routinely brought in.

“One time they made our din-ing room a bedroom. They had to remove the dining room table and a piano. They really set it up dif-ferently.”

Compensation for renting out your property depends on the budget of the production and how unique your home is, Gilbert said.

“If (location scouts) can turn a corner and find the same house on the corner, you don’t have a lot of bargaining power,” she said. “Some houses go for $500 a day, some big huge mansions go for thousands a day.”

Gilbert encourages the public to attend the free seminar as a way to help the local film industry.

“We’re all about economic devel-opment, and certainly getting more films (in Victoria) increases that, and (it’s) money in people’s pock-ets, so it’s a way to augment your income,” she said.

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Patricia Walter, right, owns the heritage home Gibson House, rented for use as a set for movies and other productions multiple times. On the home’s magnificent staircase with Walter is Kathleen Gilbert, commissioner for the Vancouver Island South Film and Media Commission.

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Saanich police last week took the unusual step of defending one of its officers, following a flood of criticisms received about the story of a 100-year-old driver who wasn’t fined even though he had been caught speeding.

The News first ran the story in our Friday, March 9 edition.

The traffic safety officer was conducting speed enforcement on Cordova Bay Road March 6.

An incoming vehicle was clocked travelling 50 km/h in a school zone.

When the car was pulled over, the officer found that the driver was a centenarian with a spot-less driving record.

He was let off with a warning.The story was picked up by

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Sgt. Dean Jantzen said the inci-dent garnered a lot more public attention than expected.

Police received comments in support of the officer, but they also heard from many people who questioned why a ticket wasn’t given, even though the senior was clocked speeding in a school zone.

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manded, charged and fined,” wrote one Uxbridge, Ont. resi-dent, who emailed the News after reading about the incident in the Star.

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“Likely taken into consider-ation in this case was the driv-er’s 84 years of clean driving, and the officer’s recognition that a ticket with a fine was per-haps not required to correct the driving behaviour,” Const. Matt Cawsey wrote on the website. “The purpose (of traffic enforce-ment) is not punitive, but pre-ventative and corrective.”

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Dozens of entrepreneurs, artists and inventors attend Greater Victoria audition

Erin McCrackenNews staff

Clutching game cards and a curious wooden cube, Graeme Kilshaw hoped his invention of a unique international language would impress pro-ducers from CBC’s Dragons’ Den TV show Satur-day morning.

“It’s exciting because I get to share my idea,” the 25-year-old University of Victoria student who teaches at the school’s English Language Centre said. He was among dozens of entrepreneurs, inventors and artists who waited for their turn to audition at the Inn at Laurel Point in Victoria.

They will learn within the next week and a half whether they’ll be invited to pitch their ideas to the dragons in front of the cameras in Toronto, beginning April 12.

The competition is fierce. Between 3,500 and 4,500 people audition for the

show every year. Of those, 250 are invited for film-ing, though only half will appear on the show.

A small number of presenters will come away with a deal with one or more of the wealthy inves-tors, who currently include Kevin O’Leary, Jim Treliving, Arlene Dickinson, Robert Herjavec and Bruce Croxon.

Kilshaw, inventor of the Friendship Cube, hopes to secure $10,000 to market his product across Canada in exchange for 50 per cent of the profits he hopes to one day earn.

He has spent the past three years developing his language, which involves an alphabet of 22 charac-ters, and a series of games, puzzles, activities and programs that go along with it.

“It’s a teaching tool for all ages. It’s good for your mind,” Kilshaw said, hopeful that Dragons’ Den producers would also see the value of his Friend-ship Cube, which can help people learn his unique language.

“It’s worthwhile to come here for publicity,” the Oak Bay resident said of the opportunity to be seen by a million viewers who watch the TV show each week.

Still, he was mindful of the risks of appearing on the show.

“I really hope I don’t get portrayed as a patsy, or something,” Kilshaw said with a laugh.

Just when producers think they’ve seen every type of pitch imaginable, still more creative ideas come through their door.

Season six contestants, who are now appearing on the show on Wednesdays nights, stepped up their game.

“There’s every kind of spectacle,” executive pro-ducer Tracie Tigh said, from an opera singer to fire eaters to medieval jousting. “Canada is rife with entrepreneurial talent.”

This audition tour is also turning up some incred-ible talent, said associate producer Amy Bourne.

Inside a waiting room at the Inn at Laurel Point creative minds came from across Greater Victoria to audition. There were painters, musicians and inventors of several unique products, including a supply bag designed with pizza delivery people in mind.

“I think going into season seven people sort of know what to expect a little bit more,” Bourne said. “So you see the pitchers come in with really high-calibre pitches.”

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Saanich PD asks council for new computersA $71,238 purchase for 67 Dell Optiplex computers was expected to go

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Missing your canoe? It may be in Portage InletSaanich police want the owner of a canoe that drifted away, likely during

last week’s windstorm, to go pick it up from Portage Inlet.Police received multiple calls about the abandoned red boat, but no

calls about a missing person. The boat is a red Explorer 166 with a beige interior. It is now tied to a log in the 1100-block of Portage Rd., so it doesn’t float away.

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University of Victoria student Graeme Kilshaw holds his friendship cube at the Inn at Laurel Point while waiting for his turn at the Dragons’ Den audition.

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Justice Institute students receive hands-on trainingBrittany LeeNews staff

Loading patients into an ambu-lance requires some practice.

Students from the Justice Insti-tute of British Columbia’s primary care paramedic program practised hands-on how to manage medical patients and transport them into ambulances last week in downtown Victoria.

As part of the eight- to 10-month program, students are taught pre-employment skills, according to Canadian Medical Association and paramedic academic standards, said Lisette Robinson, regional training

co-ordinator for the Justice Institute’s school of health sciences.

“Every day they have different (learning) objectives,” she said.

The program includes scenarios and simulations, in addition to class-room lectures.

“They start off in a room inside of the building with a patient who is complaining or having maybe a chest pain, or maybe is having a heart attack,” Robinson said.

“And maybe one of their peers would be acting out a script and the instructor would prepare them as if they were being dispatched to a call. They treat them according to their protocols and package them up.”

The program accepts students every January, April and September. For more information, please visit www.jibc.ca.

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Don Denton/News staff

Paramedic Academy students Julian Goodman, left, and Chris Ross practise their ambulance-loading technique with fellow student Andrew Hawkins filling in as the patient outside the Justice Institute of B.C. office on Fort Street.

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With nearly $97,000 spent annually mailing out tax notices and utility bills, Saanich hopes enabling online payments will help cut costs.

Council on Monday was expected to consider a recommendation from the director of finance asking them to endorse amending the Community Charter to allow for electronic billing.

“To this point we haven’t been able to do that because provincial legislation requires us to mail notices. This is simply asking the province to

change legislation to let folks go paperless,” said director of finance Paul Murray.

If supported by Saanich council, the motion would go to the Union of B.C. Municipalities.

“It’s a lot easier to have the system send out an invoice electronically than it is to print them, stuff them into an envelope, put postage on it, and mail it. It’s certainly a greener approach, too,” Murray said. The municipality currently allows residents to claim the provincial Home Owner Grant online. Approximately 42 per cent of Saanich homeown-ers take advantage of that online service.

Billing and payments for such things as dog licences and business licences could also be done online, Murray said.

“It’s a little change in legislation, and it probably takes quite a bit of effort (at the provincial govern-ment level), but it’s a no-brainer,” he said.

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Age is relative, even for drivers

The outcry over the 100-year-old driver who was let go with a warning after being caught speeding in a school zone could be a harbinger of things to come.

The original story noted that the police officer who pulled the centenarian over made a decision not to tarnish the driver’s perfect record.

That decision was met by outrage from a number of readers, the majority of them upset by what they perceived as favouritism.

Just because the man had lived to a remarkable age, doesn’t mean he

should be allowed to get away with speeding – and especially not in a school zone.

Very few British Columbians are still able to earn the privilege of having a drivers licence at the age of 100. Only 15 people in the province who have made it to the century mark are currently licensed, according to ICBC.

“Reverse ageism” was one of the phrases used by people who suggested a younger driver would have been ticketed.

However, if we look at what’s known about the specifics of this incident, it’s our view that the officer did the right thing.

The man was clearly not a bad driver -- he had recently had his licence renewed for another five years.

He also had the aforementioned spotless record, which at the very least indicates he wasn’t someone who took chances on the road.

It’s also worth noting that the day the man was pulled over in the school zone was a day when teachers were on a much publicized strike.

And while the lower speed limit was still in effect, it’s at least arguable about whether there was a “reasonable expectation” that school kids would be in the area.

Police officers use their judgement almost every time they engage someone while on the job. Part of their duty is to ascertain when they need to use the full force of their authority.

Often times, warnings are an effective way of ensuring the public is safe.

The case of the centenarian caught speeding in a Saanich school zone is one of them.

Officer used good judgement in this incident

The noise of the teachers’ strike drowned out debate on the B.C. budget so thoroughly that one of Finance Minister Kevin Falcon’s more controversial ideas only made the news last week.

Reporters dubbed it “Welfare Air.” Falcon plans a pilot program to offer social assistance recipients training and airfare if they can line up a job in B.C.’s northern energy boomtowns. Workers are being imported to fill jobs there, while in Metro Vancouver and elsewhere the number of single employable people applying for social assistance is rising.

Much of oil and gas work is dirty and dangerous. These days most industrial jobs involve sophisticated electronics, and the technical skill level required is high. But there are entry-level jobs going begging, and relatively high pay is offered to fill positions in a short-staffed service sector in the Peace region.

NDP MLA Carole James, no stranger to northern B.C., dismissed Falcon’s plan as a stunt. There are unemployed people in the region who should be offered training before we start flying people up from Vancouver, James said.

Yet I repeatedly hear from northern employers that the labour shortage is real and growing.

The NDP warns that B.C. faces a future of “people without jobs, and jobs without people.” Mostly they blame the B.C. Liberals for

removing apprenticeship programs from union control.

I spoke with James about post-secondary needs a couple of weeks ago. She mentioned NDP leader Adrian Dix’s signature policy to restore B.C. student grants, funded by a capital tax on financial institutions. She also agreed that part of the problem is young people taking post-secondary education that leads to

fields with poor job prospects.I suggested that if B.C. taxpayers

are to increase their subsidy to post-secondary students, already worth about two thirds of their schooling costs, perhaps grants could be targeted to areas of pressing economic need.

To my surprise, James agreed this is worth considering. This is significant, not only because it is likely to be unpopular in the education establishment. There is a good chance that James, a former school trustee, will be B.C.’s education minister in 14 months.

After writing about the labour shortage last week, I was bombarded with messages from an irate Vancouver high school teacher who mocked the whole notion as corporate propaganda. No labour shortage exists, globally or in B.C.,

he claimed. Rather, “capitalists” of the “one per cent” have tried to “vocationalize” public education for a century, but the “people” have always “resisted.”

Radical socialists aside, why would matching student aid to employment demand be unpopular with teachers?

Education Minister George Abbott offered a clue during the lengthy debate over ending the teachers’ strike. Abbott noted that for every three teachers coming out of B.C. universities, there is currently only one job available.

Certainly student debt is an issue worth discussing. And most would agree it’s easier to pay off loans if one can find a job in one’s field upon graduation. Should further subsidies go to soon-to-be-unemployed teachers? No.

Our education system trains too many people for what they want to do, rather than what the economy needs. And our economy definitely does not need more kids taught Marxist claptrap. Further to that, a tax on banks will be popular with some of today’s students, who protested against capitalism in the “Occupy” camps that will resume as the weather improves.

Others will examine the idea and conclude that financial institutions will recover the tax from customers, and perhaps find ways to get the job done with fewer employees.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com.

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LETTERS

Food security is about more than disaster preparedness

Thank you, Saanich News, for front page coverage of Saanich’s strategic plan (Setting sights to prepare for Saanich’s future, March 16). Especially because you give prominent and appropriate attention to food security. However, quoted comments can mislead.

You focus on the risk that Vancouver Island might be cut off from our food imports by a major disaster. Such a disaster scenario gets attention and deserves careful consideration. But it is not a main reason to increase local food security.

Putting away bags of dry beans and rice would go farther than the odd carrots some of us might grow. The greater and longer-term risks are uncertain climate change, increasing fuel costs/peak oil issues, mounting problems of water supply (in the U.S. and Mexico) and global economic/political instability. All of these will put pressure on food prices which could begin to spike up dramatically.

Some of us (the “haves”) will complain, but just pay more. Others may become desperately pressed.

In the strategic plan, Saanich addresses food security bravely and comprehensively. Farmlands will be protected and modestly expanded, along with encouragement for backyard gardening. Saanich announces a bold plan (with numbers and dates) to make much more municipal land available for community allotments gardens, enabling many apartment-bound families (often with limited finances) to share in healthy, socially-interactive growing of nutritious whole foods.

Saanich and Saanich News reporting deserve our thanks and support as we all strive to build resilient community in the face of an uncertain future.

Greg HollowaySaanich

Cops shouldn’t be picky about tickets, even if driver is 100

Re: Centenarian warned for speeding in school zone (News, March 9)

I had to write after reading the article about the elderly man who got off scot-free without a ticket after speeding through a school zone.

This really chaps my hide. Why should he get off because his record is clean? How do we know that’s not happened

with other driving infractions? I didn’t know the police were out to uphold centenarians’ driving records.

I see it as a red flag when an old guy drives through a school zone unaware. Issuing a ticket may have driven home why we slow down. Is that not what tickets are for?

This is an unfortunate way for the police to show sympathy to someone.

Sarah WakefieldVictoria

All school zone speeders should be ticketed

Re: Centenarian warned for speeding in school zone (News, March 9)

I read an item in the newspaper that, if correct, disturbs me.

If you are 100 per cent over the speed limit, regardless of age and especially in a school zone, you should be charged.

I salute the fact that the offender has reached the 100-year milestone with a clean driving record. However, that person has now offended and exceeded the limit not by 5 or 10 kilometres, but by 100 per cent. Your local police officer has been totally irresponsible and, in my opinion, derelict in their duty, and the offender should have been charged.

If the officer wanted to be conciliatory, she could have reduced the amount of the fine.

Being a grandfather, I expect drivers to respect the speed limit within my granddaughter’s school zone. Equally, I expect those drivers that exceed the limit, especially by 100 per cent, to be severely reprimanded, charged and fined. I would hope the residents of Saanich would agree with me.

The news item has glorified the police officer for being lenient because of the offender’s age. No one can take away the driver’s exemplary record, but we can criticize the officer for failing to uphold the law.

We are not talking about a simple speeding ticket on a regular highway, we are talking about a school zone – all the more reason to consider the risk to our children and grandchildren.

Nigel ProutUxbridge, Ont.

Don’t denigrate UVic for attempting to balance input

Re: UVic’s latest parkade pitch called ‘offensive’ (News, March 14)

It seems nobody is ever satisfied with

the parkade proposal, and UVic will inevitably have to go to council with a proposal for their Centre for Athletics, Recreation and Special Abilities that falls short of full community acceptance.

Consider the conflicting viewpoints recently offered by the Cadboro Bay Residents’ Association president referring to new proposals as “offensive.” I, too, am offended – by the association’s unrealistic expectations and discourtesy toward UVic.

In January, CBRA advised UVic that parkade was too large and in the wrong location – a point supported by many, but their solution is that even with a loss of 234 spaces and at the same time adding large new facilities, more parking is unnecessary.

Compare their outburst to the position taken by the adjacent Gordon Head Residents’ Association who advise they were happy with the original proposal and generally can “live with and work through” relations with UVic. Which group of neighbours is UVic supposed to accede to?

After a public scolding by council, UVic has learned its lesson well and significantly improved their process for community dialogue. I would offer full marks for their current initiative to provide full information to understand and assess options. Yet, CBRA has already dismissed the process as sham.

Space does not permit analyses, but UVic has clearly offered up five major alternatives to their original plan for the monolithic parkade, and now offer to relocate, downsize or bury it.

My preference is toward Option C, which shifts the parkade to adjacent Parking Lot 2 and back further from McKenzie Avenue. This removes the visual blight of huge parkade and adds to the future parking capacity needed for other new facilities; particularly the proposed “town centre” redevelopment.

I urge residents to read the documents provided by UVic and be prepared to participate in the next stage of their consultation.

Don’t let rabid, self-appointed alarmists stampede and mislead you to prejudge the integrity of UVic to accommodate reasonable community concerns in selecting its new options.

Let’s help UVic get a new proposal to council for approval in late spring and get this badly needed CARSA project under construction.

James Anderson Saanich

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Although cycling is great fun, it also involves some danger. In North America nearly 800 cy-clists die in collisions with motor vehicles each year, and another 24,000 suffer injuries. You can reduce these dangers by following some simple cycling safety tips.

Wear a helmet and wear it properly, not perched on the back of your head. During the day, wear fl uorescent clothing and, at night, a functional headlight and refl ective stripes on your clothing, helmet and bike will help ensure you are visible from all sides. Flashing red lights which can be at-tached to your bicycle saddle, backpack or helmet are an excellent and inexpensive way of increasing visibility.

Wear sunglasses with UV protection to shield your eyes from the sun’s damaging rays. Remem-ber to replace them at night, with impact-resistant clear sports goggles to protect the eyes from dust, dirt, gravel, and rocks. Contact lenses under pro-tective wrap-around glasses are convenient for those who can wear them. They provide superior peripheral vision. For those who cannot wear con-tact lenses, Optometrists can provide prescrip-tion sunglasses or prescription inserts for cycling goggles. One of your best defenses against bike accidents is sharp vision – so have your eyes ex-amined regularly.

Remember that your bicycle is a vehicle and that you should operate it in a responsible and courte-ous manner.

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Jobs in construction, wholesale and retail and the finance, insur-ance and real estate sectors will be the top areas to find work in Greater Victoria this spring.

That’s according to a quarterly report released this month by employment services company Manpower Inc. “We’ve seen more companies hiring per-manent jobs and tem-porary positions, so it looks like it’s getting a little bit better for peo-ple out there,” said Jeff Polkinghorne, branch manager for Manpower Vancouver.

Seventeen per cent of employers in Victo-ria said they planned to hire new staff between April and June, up from seven per cent last

quarter.The survey predicts

a 34-per-cent increase in employment for the construction industry, 18 per cent for finance, insurance and real estate, and 21 per cent in the wholesale and retail sector. However, this increase in hiring trends for the Capital Region is lower than last year’s rate of 30 per cent.

Increases in employ-ment in Victoria have become more common for certain sectors, according to Sasha Angus, economic devel-opment officer for the Greater Victoria Devel-opment Agency.

Jobs in the technol-ogy, building and ser-vice sectors are in demand. Angus attri-butes some employ-ment increases in the construction sector to large amounts of work being done overseas.

“A lot of the compa-nies that we have here locally, they do some work locally, (but) they do a lot of busi-ness internationally,” he said. “So as we start to see improvements in the United States, as we start to see new oppor-tunities in China and Asia, (local companies) need the people to do that work.”

Sarah-Jane Chilton, manager of Mountain Equipment Co-op on Government Street, was surprised to hear about the supposed increase in staffing of the retail industry.

“I don’t think any-one’s business is boom-ing,” she said. “We’re up (in business) but not a significant amount, not more than we usually are from year to year.”

While MEC is cur-rently seeking workers for the summer months, Chilton said they will not be hiring more peo-ple than normal. “Usu-ally for the spring we will hire between 16 to 20 people and that’s pretty average,” she said.

Angus doesn’t believe the growing demand for employees is neces-sarily seasonal.

“In the tourism sec-tor there may be a bit of seasonality as the new tourism season approaches, but for some of the companies it’s just increases in new business that are driving this demand,” he said.

Job prospects brightening

National Defence

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WARNING HEALS RANGE

A night fi ring exercise will be carried out at Heals Range on:30-31 March 2012

Heals Range is located west of the junction of Willis Point Road and Wallace Drive, in Saanich, BC. The coordinates are 48° 32’ 40” North, 123° 27’ 00” West. Bilingual signposts indicating that there is to be no trespassing mark the area.

STRAY AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVE OBJECTS

Bombs, grenades, shells and similar explosive objects are a hazard to life and limb. Do not pick up or retain objects as souvenirs. If you have found or have in your possession any object, which you believe to be an explosive, notify your local police and arrangements will be made to dispose of it.

No unauthorized person may enter this area and trespassing is prohibited.

BY ORDER

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AVERTISSEMENT CHAMP DE TIR DE HEALS

Un exercice de tir de nuit aura lieu au champ de tir Heals le:30-31 Mars 2012

Le champ de tir Heals est situé à l’ouest de la jonction du chemin Willis Point et Wallace Drive, à Saanich, CB. Les coordonnées sont 48° 32’ 40” Nord, 123° 27’ 00” Ouest.

Des affi ches bilingues interdisant l’accès indiquent les endroits interdits.

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Entrée interdite aux personnes non autorisées.

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Development InformationOPEN HOUSE

Early Public Input Opportunity –Development Permit Amendment

Grosvenor Canada Ltd. has applied to amend the DevelopmentPermit to revitalize and upgrade the Broadmead Village Shopping Centre with an expansion of approx. 2,125 sq.ft.

Grosvenor Canada Ltd. and Chandler Associates Architecture Inc. invite interested members of the Public to attend the Development Information Open House as an early opportunity to review the proposal and offer comments.

DATE: Thursday March 29th, 2012 6:30pm – 9:00pm

PLACE: Broadmead Village Shopping Centre Unit 250 – 777 Royal Oak Drive (former Tabi International space)

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Notice of Sale of Interest in Reserve LandPursuant to Section 50 of the Indian Act

OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE TSARTLIP FIRST NATION

TAKE NOTICE that the right to possession of an interest in the following lands located on South Saanich Indian Reserve No. 1 shall be offered for sale by the Superintendent in accordance with Section 50 of the Indian Act:

Description of interests in land to be sold:

1. The whole of Lot 4-2-2, Block 3, Plan RSBC 3665R, South Saanich Indian Reserve No. 1. This sale will conclude on June 13, 2012.

2. The whole of Lot 4-2-3, Block 3, Plan RSBC 3665R, South Saanich Indian Reserve No. 1. This sale will conclude on July 4, 2012.

3. The whole of Lot 4-2-4, Block 3, Plan RSBC 3665R, South Saanich Indian Reserve No. 1. This sale will conclude on July 25, 2012.

For an information package containing registration and survey information for the interests in land to be sold, please contact Taryn Bell at [email protected] or 1.888.917.9977 (toll free within BC).

TO SUBMIT A BID IN ANY OF THE ABOVE SALES:

All bids must be delivered to:Superintendent of Indian Affairs600 – 1138 Melville StreetVancouver BC V6E 4S3

Only bids received by 11:59 p.m. on the day that the sale concludes will be considered.

All bids must include the bidder’s full name and band membership number, the address and telephone number at which the bidder may be reached, and a 10% down payment (see below).

Payment of the successful bid must be made in the following manner:

1. A down payment of 10% of the offer must be made by cheque dated as of the date bidding closes. The cheque must be forwarded with the bid and made payable to the Receiver-General of Canada.

2. The balance of the offer must be paid by cash or certified cheque within 10 days of delivery of notice of acceptance of offer.

In the event that a bidder does not meet the payment requirements as set out above, the sale is null and void.

Dated this 13th day of March, 2012, at Vancouver, British Columbia.

Katherine Blair, SuperintendentAboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, BC Region600-1138 Melville StreetVancouver BC V6E 4S3

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George Richard Big and Tall has made the move west, opening this week in the Millstream Village Shopping Centre.

Join the store this Friday through Sunday (March 23 to 25) for its grand opening weekend where shoppers can enjoy 20 per cent off their purchase.

Look for a coupon in your newspaper for an additional 10 per cent off.

The store, which has been in the Hillside Shopping Centre for many years, carries brands like Kenneth Cole, Fila, Buffalo, Sean John, Point Zero and Levis in hard-to-find big and tall sizes. Company president Dave McGregor will be on hand for the opening.

Businesses on the move• Saferway Driving School has

moved to new digs in the Vancouver Island Brewery Building at 2A 2328 Government St.

• Local boat-builder Whitehall Rowing and Sail has found a new home at Ogden Point, at 85 Dallas Rd., with a planned opening of April 1. The building will include an office, showroom and production facility.

• After 30 years, Bombay & Co. has a new, expanded home at Hillside Centre, as part of the shopping mall’s renovation and expansion.

Awards & Accolades

Residents have until this Friday, March 23, to nominate businesses they feel are worthy of a Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Crystal Award. The awards recognize the accomplishments and contributions of Peninsula businesses in sustaining and enhancing the economic and social well-being of the community in the past year.

For information about the different award categories, visit www.peninsulachamber.ca.

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Until April 30, members can receive benefits like Uptown gift cards, Victoria Royals tickets and bonuses such as VIP parking, special event access, day spa experiences and even the chance to win a $1,500 room makeover from Urban Barn. After April 30, the program

will evolve, based on customer feedback.

• Victoria singles have a new professional matchmaker at their service, Locate Your Soulmate, from owner Robin Arnold.

Clients can choose from a paid membership, where the company will actively seek potential clients, or a free membership where they may be called in if they are a potential match for a client.

• The opening of OM Vogue HairLounge in the 1500-block of Haultain Street completes a vision of Steven and Simona Bailey, who first unveiled their UOMO Modern Barber 10 years ago. They added OM NailSpa last year and this week the duo launch their seven-seat hair salon on the same block.

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Relive the magic of Grease, but this time on ice.

With a cast of 60 ice skaters rec-reating this classic musical, audi-ences are bound to be rocking out in their seats.

The cast consists of skaters as young as two years old up to 30. The group has been practising and rehearsing the show for the past six weeks.

“It’s full of phenomenal skating and lots of tricks,” said Deena Bea-com, the show’s director. “People will be impressed by the quality skating of all these young ath-letes.”

Elise Von Howlede, 17, is play-ing the lead female role of Sandy. “It’s interesting. I get to play good Sandy and see see how she changes throughout the show. It’s neat to play a Hollywood charac-ter,” Von Howlede said.

Von Howlede has been gliding on blades since age three and has competed in two national level competitions and in the Canada Games.

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Some of the skaters in the show are in between tours and others have returned to the Racquet Club of Victoria Figure Skating Club to coach and inspire young skaters.

Overhead lifts, pair spins and double flips will match in time with classic Grease numbers, such as Summer Nights and You’re the One I Want.

“It’s going to be very intricate, with lights and costumes. It’s is going to be Broadway on ice,” Von Howlede said, adding her favou-rite number in the show is Born to Hand Jive.

“There are a lot of big lifts and spins. We are doing a lot of group numbers and we will be doing a lot of splicing, and in that timing is huge.”

“If you put in the CD, you just want to dance,” said Beacom, for-merly a professional skater for Ice Capades. “We are telling the story through song.”

While some of the perform-ers will be lip-syncing the iconic tunes, many will just be focusing on skating and body language to

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it’s a really good family show,” Beacom said. “From one act to the next it’s really exciting.”

The club hosts a musical show every two years and Beacom has been directing the shows since they began 10 years ago. So far the most successful show in the club’s history was The Sound of Music, the first show the club ever performed.

“We had long lines of people, there was standing-room only and we had to turn people away,” Beacom said. With the music of Grease, she hopes to recreate that success.

Grease on Ice shows are March 24 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and March 25 at 1 p.m. at the Archie Brown-ing Sports Centre, 1151 Esquimalt Rd. Shows run 1.5 hours.

Tickets are $15 and are avail-able through the McPherson Box Office (250-386-6121), Archie Browning Sports Centre (250-412-8510) or Esquimalt Recreation Centre (250-412-8500).

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Under the seaCommunity Arts Council of Greater Victoria presents Joyce Kline’s ‘Seachange’ at the Gallery at the Cedar Hill Recreation Centre, 3220 Cedar Hill Rd. The show runs March 29 to April 1. Seachange transforms the gallery into a drowned, post-global-warming living room now overgrown by a coral reef of creatures created from recycled clothing and household junk.

For the first time since 2008, Vic-toria painting pals and life part-ners, Jeffrey J. Boron and Linny D. Vine, will exhibit their work together.

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As well as studio paintings, this show includes some smaller en plein air pieces from Boron and Vine’s painting adventures in south western B.C. and beyond.

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Western Hockey League playoffs are returning to Victoria for the first- time since 1989.

The Victoria Royals open their first round series against the Blazers in Kamloops on Friday (March 23).

The Royals clinched the post-sea-son berth in the final regular season game on March 16, winning 3-1 over the Portland Winterhawks at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre.

With the win, the Royals ended the 72-game season with 55 points – good enough for seventh-place after a three-way battle for the final two spots. The Royals got a little help to hang on to seventh, with both the Everett Silvertips and Seattle Thun-derbirds losing key games on the weekend.

“It was do or die for us (in Friday’s win), even though we got help from other teams, that we were able to control our own destiny,” Royals for-ward Mike Forsyth said.

“It’s a great feeling. A lot of pres-sure’s been on us the last two weeks. Coming into these last few games, we didn’t know how we were going to respond.”

The third line was the definition of clutch on Friday, with Forsyth scor-ing just his third goal of the season and earning his 12th assist on the first goal of the game by linemate Dakota Conroy.

Forsyth broke the game’s 1-1 tie in the third period on an odd play that ended up being the game-win-ner. After colliding with referee Tyler Adair along the boards, Forsyth got back up and skated unchecked to the slot where Conroy fed him a pass.

Forsyth wristed it past goalie Mac Carruth to score what is now the big-gest goal of his career.

“I’ll do anything it takes to get it in the net. That’s just one of the ways it can happen.”

Moments later Jamie Crooks scored his 37th goal to make it 3-1.

Trivia buffs can chew on Crooks’ goal as it was the last one of Victoria’s inaugural regular season. Crooks also scored the first goal WHL goal of the season at Memorial Centre against the Vancouver Giants on Sept. 24.

Coach Marc Habscheid said his group didn’t have a preference about facing the second-place Kamloops Blazers, or first-place Tri City Ameri-cans – which would’ve happened if the Royals finished eighth.

“We haven’t given it a thought. A week ago, odds were stacked against us, now we’re in the playoffs.”

Royals watch• It’s the fifth time the Royals’ fran-

chise has made the playoffs since it started six years ago. The Chilliwack Bruins never got past the first round, winning one game against the Spo-kane Chiefs in 2011.

• Jamie Crooks was named the Royals most valuable player for 2011-12 at the team’s award ceremo-nies on Saturday. Among the many honourees were captain Hayden Rintoul as the top defenceman and Logan Nelson as top rookie.

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The Royals’ top line of Jamie Crooks, left, Steven Hodges and Logan Nelson celebrate the game winning goal in the Royals’ 4-3 win at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre March 14. Winterhawks goalie Mac Carruth lies sprawled on the ice. Don Denton/News staff

Playoff sked■ Fri., March 23 @ Kamloops■ Sat., March 24 @ Kamloops■ Tues., March 27 @ Victoria 7 p.m. ■ Wed., March 28 @ Victoria, 7 p.m. ■ If necessary: March 30 @ Kamloops; April 2 @ Victoria; April 4 @ Kamloops.

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If the Peninsula Panthers are going to compete with the Victoria Cougars in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League final series, they’ll need to stay out of the penalty box.

The Cougars scored four of their first five goals on the power play as they blasted the Panthers 8-0 in Game 1 of the Brent Patterson Memorial Trophy final series at Archie Browning Sports Centre on Sunday. The game took place a mere 21 hours after the fifth-seeded Panthers upset the second-seeded Saanich Braves in Game 7 of their semifinal on Saturday, setting up a rematch of the 2011 final.

The Cougars are now three wins shy of the Brent Patterson Memorial Trophy,

which they had all but engraved their name on in last year’s finals before the Panthers shocked Victoria by storming back from a 3-0 series deficit to win in seven games.

Sunday’s win was the second-straight blowout for the Cougars, who eliminated the Kerry Park Islanders 12-1 on March 8, with 11 goals on the power play.

Steve Axford led the charge, scoring two thirds of his hat trick on the power play. Wade Johnston scored twice, and Chris Bannister, Trevor Chown and Kyle Richter each scored once.

The Cougars outshot the Panthers 57-13.Panthers forward Trevor Yee, who started

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Yee said. “Guys are still trying to get some rest.”

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VIJHL final■ March 18: Panthers 0 Cougars 8■ Thurs., March 22, 7:15 p.m. @ Archie Browning Sports Centre■ Fri., March 23, 7:30 p.m. @ Panorama Rec. Centre■ Sat., March 24, 6:30 p.m. @ Panorama■ If necessary: March 25, 7:30 p.m. at Archie Browning; March 30, 7:30 p.m. at Panorama; Game 7, TBD, at Archie Browning.

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PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

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LEGAL SERVICES

CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certifi -cation, adoption property ren-tal opportunities. For peace of mind and a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.

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PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEO

DIGITAL PHOTO retouch, ed-iting, add/remove objects/peo-ple. Tribute posters, home mo-vies to CD/DVD. 250-475-3332. www.cwpics.com

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

BUILDING SUPPLIES

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

RENTALS

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

FREE ITEMS

FREE. SINGLE bed, mattress & box spring. Double futon, armchair. (250)477-7819.

FRIENDLY FRANK

BATTERY CHARGER 12volt, brand new, $30. Call (250)721-0308.

BERNARDINE CANNING jars, eight, new, 1 litre. $6. 250-383-4578.

POOL TABLE (4’ x 8’), great condition, $99. 250-544-4933.

TABLE, 30” square w/ two 8” drop leaves, 2 dinette chairs, $25 obo. Call 250-519-0277.

WHITE KITCHEN chandelier with 3 glass shades. $50. (250)652-3168.

FUEL/FIREWOOD

ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fi r, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.

SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest fi re-wood producer offers fi rewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

CAN’T GET Up Your Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift! Call 1-866-981-5991.

MASON BEES NOW IN. 5 fe-males/5 males $20 The Victo-rian Bird House, 2428 Beacon. 250.656.5064

SAWMILLS FROM only $3997 - make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info and DVD: 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT

STEEL BUILDINGS For all uses! Spring deals! Make an offer on sell-off models at fac-tory and save thousands now! Call for free Brochure - 1-800-668-5111 ext. 170.

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

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

REAL ESTATE

OTHER AREAS

NAPLES FLORIDA Area! Bank Acquired Condos Only $169,900. Same unit sold for $428,895. Own your brand new condo for pennies on the dollar in warm, sunny SW Florida! Walk to over 20 res-taurants/100 shops! Must see. Ask about travel incentives. Call 1-866-959-2825, ext 15. www.coconutpointcondos.com

APARTMENT/CONDO

FERNWOOD AREA Apt, large 2 bdrm, $875. (Immed). Incls H/W. 250-370-2226 to view.

FERNWOOD AREA Apt, large Bach, $540/mo. Avail now. Call 250-370-2226 for viewing.

Fraser Tolmie Apts1 and 2 bdrms1-877-659-4069www.frasertolmime.ca1 & 2 Bedrooms1701 Cedar Hill X Roadwww.frasertolmime.ca for pics

Capriet Rental1.250.381.5048

ROCKLAND AREA Apt, lrg 1 bdrm, incls heat & H/W, $780 (Immed) 250-370-2226 to view

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

VALBURN COURT: Bachelor suites avail. Walking dist. to Mayfair Mall. On bus route. $675. NS/NP. 778-430-5415.

COTTAGES

SIDNEY CHARMING garden cottage, sea view & beach ac-cess on bus route to Sidney & Victoria, near ferries & airport. Totally reno’d, with beautiful fi r fl oors, 1 bdrm (fi ts queen or smaller), 1 bath (shower, no tub), open kitchen/dining & liv-ing area, 4 appliances, off street prkg. $1000. NP/NS. Opportunity to garden. Long term preferred. 250-656-3003.

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

COLWOOD- LRG 3 bdrm apt, 1300sq ft, new reno. $1300 inclds satellite, water, gar-bage. Pets ? (250)478-7062.

SIDNEY- 3 bdrm (behind Thrifty’s) 1 bath. Reno’d. NS/NP. $1375+(250)656-4003

HOMES FOR RENT

COLWOOD, 4 bdrm, 2.5 bath. 2 level home with an excep-tional view. Mins to elem & sec schools. On bus route. Walk to beach & Royal Roads. N/S. Pets neg. $1900 mo + utils. Call 250-478-8146.

SIDNEY- 2 bdrm rancher, completely remodeled, close to town. NS/NP. Avail immed. $1200+ utils. 1(604)836-5407.

ROOM & BOARD

FURNISHED room in family home in Sidney. Close to town and bus routes. $500.00 per month. (778) 426-3433 or email: [email protected]

SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING

OPEN HOUSE: Sat., March 17th, 2-4pm, 202-455 King-ston St. 1 bdrm +den in the Camelot Seniors building. Ser-vices incld; daily meal, house-keeping and heavy laundry. Beautiful building, great staff. Call Luella at 250-519-0550.

SMALL, NON-PROFIT, family style independent living sen-iors’ home. Rent of $1240 in-cludes food, cable TV, WiFi, laundry, utilities. Phone 250-595-5281. Check abbeyfi eldst-peters.org

STORAGE

SHIPPING CONTAINERS 20’ or 40’. Buy or Rent. Safe and secure. Easymove Container Services. Serving Vancouver Island. 1-(888)331-3279

SUITES, LOWER

CENTRAL LOCATION: 3 bdrm newly reno’d 4 appls bus route NS/NP $1400 utils incld share laundry 250-480-0849

COOK & EMPRESS- 1 bdrm bsmt suite, all utils incld. NS/NP. $650. (250)385-2312.

CORDOVA BAY- cozy 2 bdrm grd level, W/D, hydro incld, $920 mo. Appt (250)658-4760.

RENTALS

SUITES, LOWER

GLANFORD- 1100 sqft 2 bdrm, quiet/bright. Reno kitch & bdrm closet. w/d, full bath, storage, priv entr, sm yrd, near bus, amens. NS/NP, $1030, ht, h/w, hydro/internet incld. Refs. 250-704-0197.

TILLICUM- 3 bdrms, 1 bath basement suite, big yard. NS/NP. $1100 includes hydro. Call (250)920-6282.

SUITES, UPPER

SAANICHTON- 35’ 5th wheel, partly furnished, 8x12 laundry room. N/S, N/P. Ref’s. $700/mo. Call 250-652-0591.

SIDNEY: BRIGHT bachelor, $700 (neg) all incl. View, priv deck, close to park, ocean, shops. N/S. Avail Apr. 1. 250-656-1672 or 250-884-4159.

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCINGAuto Financing 1.800.910.6402

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WANT A Vehicle but stressed about your credit? Christmas in March, $500 cash back. We fund your future not your past. All credit situations accepted. 1-888-593-6095. www.creditdrivers.ca

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all conditions in all locations

250-885-1427Call us fi rst & last, we pay the highest fair price for all

dead & dying vehicles.Don’t get pimped, junked or

otherwise chumped!

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO SERVICES

MOBILE AUTO MECHANIC40$hr. CHRIS (250)[email protected].

CARS

1991 JAGUAR Sovereign,good condition, loaded, mustbe seen, 237,000 kms, $2500obo. Call 250-595-2662.

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. $14,995 o.b.o.250-466-4156

93 PONTIAC Grand Am, white, 159kms, 4 dr, CD.$800. Call (778)433-8437.

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

UTILITY TRAILERS

UTILITY TRAILER (PaceAmerica) 2009, 6’x10’, rearramp door, trailer only $3900,with gardening equipment$5000. Call 250-658-1897.

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

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ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING

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

BUSINESS SERVICES

DENIED CANADA Pension plan disability benefi ts? The Disability Claims Advocacy Clinic can help. Call Allison Schmidt at 1-877-793-3222. www.dcac.ca


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


CLEANING SERVICES

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

CARING BONDABLE work since 1985. Supplies & vacu-um incld’d. Call (250)385-5869

ECO-FRIENDLY CLEANING. Excellent refs & attention to detail. Keri (250)658-2520.

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


CONTRACTORS

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

DRYWALL

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

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

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


ELECTRICAL

250-361-6193. QUALITY Electric. Expert in new homes & renos. References. #22779AT&T ELECTRIC. Renova-tions. Residential & Commer-cial. Knob & tube replacement. #26125. (250)744-4550.EXPERIENCED ELECTRI-CIAN. Reasonable rates. 250-744-6884. Licence #22202.KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small. Kendra, 250-415-7991.WATTS ON ELECTRIC, Resi-dential, Commercial, Renova-tions. #100213. 250-418-1611.


ELECTRICAL

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

VAEXCA TING & DRAINAGE

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

FENCING

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

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FENCING

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

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

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

(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

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

LANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR custom design install, gardens, lawns & patios, irrigation & fences. web.me.com/rodkeays Call 250-858-3564.

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

LEVEL GROUND LANDSCAPING

Complete Garden & Arborist Services. Lawns, hedges.

Insured. Free est.250-818-0587

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.

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.


GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

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

HANDYPERSONS

RENO MEN. Ref’s. BBB. Free Estimates. Call 250-885-

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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.

BEETLES RESIDENTIAL Renovations Ltd. Bathrooms, decks, painting, landscaping and handyman services. Fully insured and guaranteed. Free estimates. Call 250-889-4245.

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

IFIX HANDYMAN Services. Household repairs and reno-vations. Free estimates. Call Denis at 250-634-8086 or email: 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 assist do-it yourselfers. Fred, 250-888-5345.

HAULING AND SALVAGE

#1 JUNK Removal & Hauling. Free estimates. Cheapest in town. Same day emergency removal. Call 250-818-4335. [email protected]

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

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


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CA$H for CAR$GET RID OF IT TODAY:)

250-888-JUNKwww.888junk.com

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

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