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Policing the policePublic input key to a healthy force, says report that avoids mentioning amalgamation.

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PLEASE SEE: Councillors chose ‘most fiscally responsible’ option, Page A2

Kyle SlavinNews staff

The closed door decision to shut down the restaurant at the municipally owned Cedar Hill golf course was made despite a recommendation from staff to give the facility another chance.

According to documents obtained through the Freedom of Information and Protec-tion of Privacy Act, Saanich’s mayor and councillors chose an option that was more severe than what their staff sug-gested.

A joint report from the directors of finance and parks and recreation recom-mended the restaurant remain open, but only at peak times (in the summer and around Christmas).

“Should this approach not prove suc-cessful, the next step would be to close the restaurant operation entirely,” read the report, dated Dec. 5, 2011. Keep-ing the restaurant open in this manner “will determine if the food and beverage operation is economically viable in this location.”

The report first went before council at an in-camera meeting on Dec. 12. On Jan. 9, 2012, also in-camera, council voted to close the restaurant.Three other options were presented to council in the report. Each focused on how

much Saanich would have to subsidize the course, and each was accompanied by a list of pros and cons for the municipality.

Maintaining the status quo, the report said, would require an $819,000 subsidy in 2012 and would result in either a 0.9-per-cent property tax increase, or a 1.5-per-cent budget reduction for all municipal departments. A partial subsidy of $482,000 would need to be funded by either a 0.5-per-cent tax increase, or a 1-per-cent budget reduction. An outright outsourcing of the golf course and food service would require no subsidy, but could have negative impacts on the golfers and community.

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Cristina Sousa, who recently celebrated her 10th year working at the Cedar Hill golf course, staffs the small shop that’s still open.

Closing restaurant wasn’t only option

Information obtained by the News shows council decision was contrary to staff recommendation


James Johnston watches his putt as he plays a round of golf at the Cedar Hill golf course Tuesday.

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“Adding the financial burden of budgeting for an annual golf subsidy … will increase the dif-ficulty of achieving a reasonable property tax lift in 2012 and shift away from the council mandate for the (golf course) to be self sufficient,” the report reads.

Coun. Vicki Sanders said a very tight budget was the reason the more drastic decision was made to close the restaurant.

“The decisions were based on what we heard during the elec-tion – they want their council to be fiscally responsible,” she said.

The changes decided on – closing the restaurant, and not increasing taxes – struck “a bal-ance” between financial pru-dency and maintaining munici-pal services, Sanders added.

Coun. Susan Brice agreed. “I think all of us came to the deci-sion that it would not be sup-ported by the public to continue subsidizing the food service aspect of the operation,” she said. “Food service is an area that we didn’t feel would be an essential component to the suc-cess of the golf course.”

The News attempted to ask all members of council why they

voted to close the restaurant when staff’s advice was to keep it open.

Councillors Dean Murdock and Judy Brownoff said it was part of an overall need to restructure food service at the golf course.

Councillors Nichola Wade and Paul Gerrard said the decision was made too long ago for them to remember why it happened.

Coun. Vic Derman didn’t want to talk about an in-camera decision without con-sulting first with the municipal solicitor.

Coun. Leif Wergeland did not return requests for comment.

And Mayor Frank Leonard said: “No comment.”

Doug Henderson, director of parks and rec, said no matter the option council chose, “some pretty substantial changes” were going to come.

“For a variety of reasons, (council) landed on one particu-lar approach, and that’s the way we went,” added Paul Murray, director of finance, noting that a variety of options was pre-sented.

The restaurant closed on Feb.

17, and now sits unused most of the time.

What that space will be used for remains unknown for now, but Henderson said it’s a topic that will be considered publicly.

Even with the restaurant’s clo-sure, the golf course is expected to face a $720,000 deficit in 2012. To help offset part of that, the cost to play a round goes up as of Sunday (April 1).

Earlier this year council voted 5-4 to support a plan that will see the cost of an annual pass rise $37 to $1,087 for a restricted pass. A full pass is going up $68 to $1,418.

Green fees will jump $5, to $45 on the weekends and $40 on weekdays.

“I don’t think anybody’s expecting a 180-degree turn-around (this year),” Henderson said, acknowledging that the changes will likely keep some people away. “I think we still pro-vide one of the best value oppor-tunities for folks, in terms of golf. It’ll just take a bit of time to build (the business).”

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Ever wonder where injured wild animals go to get better? Now’s your chance to find out.

The B.C. SPCA Wild Animal Reha-bilitation Centre is inviting the public to its eighth annual open house for a rare, behind-the-scenes look at how the animal rehab centre operates.

The event also features a book launch by Vancouver author Nicholas Read. His book, City Critters: Wildlife in the Urban Jungle, is about how wild

animals sur-vive in areas populated by humans.

“Most of the animals that come into the ARC have been in some way impacted by humans,” Wild ARC manager Kari Marks said.

While animals undergo-ing rehabilitation will not be available for viewing, visitors can expect to see a raptor up close, with its trainer.

Last year, Wild ARC took in almost 2,000 injured or orphaned wild animals.

Of those, 440 came from Saanich and another 437 from Victoria, while 429 were from Colwood, Langford and Metchosin.

Red and grey squirrels and racoons are common animals brought to the West Shore centre for care, Marks said. These are mainly baby animals that are often orphaned because their mothers have been removed or hurt.

Whether we realize it or not, wild animals such as skunks, racoons and coy-otes live among us, Read said.

“Urban wildlife is something that people notice from time to time. Whenever a deer arrives in your back-yard, you can’t help but notice,” Read said. “Those animals that we don’t expect to see in an urban area are turning up more and more often.”

A self-proclaimed animal-lover, Read said he’s always been interested in animals and worries about their future.

“There are some animals, wild animals, who’ve managed to build a new life for themselves in cities and they’re the lucky ones,” he said. “If an animal can adapt to living in a city, well, that animal has a big advantage over a wild animal who can’t.”

His book looks at terrestrial mammals, such as rats; marine mammals, like seals and whales; fish and other species along the shores of beaches, such as crabs and shrimp; birds, including ducks and swans; reptiles and amphibians; and insects and spiders.

The book attempts to explain why urban wild-life – namely black bears, deer and cougars – are increasingly being encountered in heavily popu-lated areas, Read said.

“Even though we think of cities as concrete jungles, they’re not.” he said. “There’s lots of green space in cities and as long as there is some green

space, there is territory for those (animals) to live.”

All proceeds from the book will go to local animal charities, starting with $1,000 to the B.C. SPCA, Read said.

The open house is by donation – when you register you’re

given a list of items the centre needs (liq-uid laundry detergent, bleach and paper towels are few).

“Since we’re completely dependent on the public for our support, bringing things like that really does help us,” Marks said.

As well, visitors will have the opportu-nity to sponsor a cage or animal at Wild ARC, Marks said.

Visitors can choose to help with the future care of an injured or orphaned ani-mal by donating money.

The open house takes place Saturday (March 31) and Sunday (April 1) from 12 to 4 p.m. at Wild ARC, 1020 Malloch Rd. in Metchosin.

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Woodward needs to find the U.S. television character and his beloved car to add them to her collection of toy robots and other miscellaneous things.

Woodward owns Cherry Bomb Toys on Broad Street. She’s been collecting toys for about 10 years, she said, and hopes she’ll find what she’s looking for at this weekend’s Ultimate Hobby and Toy Fair.

“Will I find it at the show? I don’t know … (but) that would be awesome,” Woodward said with a laugh.

The ninth edition of the twice-annual hobby and toy show

takes place this Sunday (April 1) from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Fieldhouse at Pearkes recreation centre.

Almost 200 vendors, includ-ing Cherry Bomb Toys, Rainy Day Play and Vancouver-based Urban Samurai Hobbies, will have action figures, vintage toys and die-cast cars on display.

As well, comic illustrators Glen Mullaly, Ken Steacy and Gareth Kyle Gaudin will be selling and signing copies of their work.

Whether people are die-hard collectors, looking for some-thing they’ve always wanted, or simply want to browse the tables, Woodward promises a family-friendly event.

There will be carnival games for children, with donations going to the B.C. Children’s Hos-pital Foundation.

As well, the Superheroes of Victoria will be on hand at the Superhero Creation Station to make masks and capes for guests, by donation.

Bids can be made on the silent auction, with the items valued at more than $3,000.

Proceeds from the auction go to the MS Society of Canada.

There will also be draws for door prizes every half-hour.

The toy fair runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., but those with early bird tickets can get a sneak peak at 8 a.m.

Early bird tickets cost $10 at the door or $5 in the store before Sunday.

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Consider this your opportu-nity to police the police.

Later this year the Saanich police department will begin issuing quarterly report cards on itself, telling the commu-nity how well or how poorly the force is doing at achieving the goals set out in their stra-tegic plan, released Thursday.

Saanich police Chief Mike Chadwick said it allows his department to be more accountable to the commu-nity it serves.

“The community has a right to know what it is we’re embarking on, why we’re embarking on it, and how well we’re doing on what we say we’re going to do,” Chadwick said.

While the 30-page strate-gic plan is supported by 15 generic key priorities – which range from drug enforcement to competency development – the “meat and potatoes” are the 106 well-defined goals, or initiatives, the department aims to achieve by 2016.

Every three months, the department will release an online report card updating residents on the tractioned gained on each of the 106 ini-tiatives.

“It’s one thing to come up with a strategic plan, but we got tremendous input from the community – it’s only right and proper that we go out and report to them what it is we’re doing to accomplish the issues they brought for-ward to us,” Chadwick said, citing 51 community meetings that shaped the document.

Among the lengthy list of initiatives are such goals as

adopting new technologies for in-car video systems and virtual workstations, creat-ing a new Community Liaison division, and expanding and better managing exhibit stor-age.

“The next step will be for council and the police board to meet later this spring and get a good understanding of it. And then council needs to give the police board some expectations of what’s actu-ally achievable in this econ-omy,” said Mayor Frank Leon-

ard, who chairs the Saanich Police Board.

Finances will dictate a good portion of how fast the initia-tives are achieved, Chadwick agreed. But he’s confident everything’s attainable.

“I think the way the strategic plan has been written, and the way the work plans are com-ing out, it’s all doable within the budgets we’ve been tradi-tionally working with for the last many years,” he said.

The one issue that may not be as doable as all the oth-

ers: remediation of the aging 52-year-old police building on Vernon Avenue.

“I’ve been working towards this for almost 10 years, since I was deputy chief. … Our overall square footage is sig-nificantly less than it should be, and it does start to impact on your ability to deliver an effective and efficient ser-vice,” Chadwick said. “We had several options put for-ward by architects (for build-ing upgrades), ranging from significant additions to this building to (constructing) a new freestanding building. A lot of that is based on how much the municipality is able to put forward.”

Public information officer Sgt. Dean Jantzen said some of the initiatives are man-dates from the province, such as the Conducted Energy Weapons training recommen-dations that came from the Braidwood Inquiry, which examined the Tasering death of Robert Dziekanski.

Chadwick encourages the public to provide input on the strategic plan and the initia-tives, which is posted online at Saanichpolice.ca.

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Highlights from the strategic plan■ Expand police cell blocks to house female and youth prisoners, who currently must be sent to Victoria.■ Increase police presence at the University of Victoria.■ Select model to replace Ford Crown Victoria frontline cars.■ Expand the Block Watch and Business Watch programs.■ Purchase Zodiac-style boat to patrol Elk and Beaver lakes.

Police release strategic plan

The Victoria Police Department released its strategic plan last November, with an overarching goal of creating an amalgamated police force in the Capital Region.

“We don’t know what we will call it. It could be the Saan-ich-Victoria Regional Force,” VicPD Chief Const. Jamie Graham said at the time.

But Saanich’s strategic plan makes no mention of a regionalized force.

“Amalgamation is not an issue that we intend to debate or include in our strategic plan,” Saanich police Chief Mike Chadwick said. “We are fully committed, and have always been fully committed, to integrating services – rational-ized integration is the way to go. I don’t personally believe amalgamation is the way to go, but I’m mindful that it’s a political decision.”

Among Saanich’s 106 initiatives, however, there are men-tions of integrated and regionalized services.

The department would like to see a regional high-speed pursuit policy created and implemented by June. As well, there’s mention that an integrated municipal unit with VicPD could be established to more efficiently conduct computer forensic examinations.

Saanich police are currently under contract with Oak Bay to conduct major crime investigations in that municipality. The strategic plan includes details of how the two jurisdic-tions will work together “to ensure there is a shared under-standing of roles, responsibilities, and expectations” each department’s officers take.

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Lawyer who quit missing women’s inquiry speaksBrittany LeeNews staff

The lawyer who had been representing aborigi-nal interests in the inquiry of missing women in Vancouver, spoke at the University of Victoria last Wednesday (March 21) for the first time since she quit the investigation.

Robyn Gervais stepped down as the indepen-dent counsel for aboriginal groups on March 6 because she felt the inquiry was too focused on police evidence.

“I didn’t feel that aboriginal interests were adequately repre-sented,” she told the News by phone. “I didn’t feel there was enough of an aboriginal voice in the room. There was no look at systemic racism.”

The event was put on by UVic students concerned “that the inquiry is silencing the voices of those most affected by violence in the DTES (Downtown Eastside of Vancouver),” a press release said.

A panel of women and representatives from women’s groups spoke out about the failures of the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry and suggested what they think could be done with the inquiry.

Along with Gervais, panelists included Laura Track, legal director for the West Coast Legal Edu-cation and Action Fund (a group dedicated to achieving equality for women), and Jen Allan, a former sex trade worker.

The panel of three discussed the lack of funding needed to help women’s and Indigenous groups take part in the inquiry.

Gervais said the aboriginal community has sup-ported her decision to step down, noting one of the last participating aboriginal groups, the First Nations Summit, has now also quit the inquiry.

A report to the United Nations detailing Cana-da’s failure to address problems of violence and

discrimination against aboriginal women in the Downtown Eastside and across the country was also discussed.

“The whole point of being able to make recommendations for people who actually work on the ground, I think, is a really important part of this and maybe that’s not necessar-ily a part that we heard inside the commission,” Gervais said.

The best thing that could come out of the inquiry at this point are recommenda-tions for policing, Gervais said.

“The best they can probably do is come up with some policing recommendations in terms of missing persons investigations going forward,” she said.

Gervais added that a national inquiry into miss-ing and murdered Aboriginal women is needed. She said the UN is in support of this but it depends on whether or not the federal government agrees.

The Missing Women Commission of Inquiry was put on hold after Gervais left the inquiry. Suzette Narbonne and Elizabeth Hunt are the two new law-yers appointed to represent the aboriginal com-munity.

The inquiry will resume April 2. Formal hearings are scheduled to end at the end of the month.

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“I didn’t feel there was enough of an aboriginal voice in the room. There was no look at systemic racism.”

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Former University of Northern B.C. president Charles Jago has been appointed to mediate the dispute between the B.C. Teachers’ Federa-tion and the bargaining agent for the province’s 60 school districts.

Education Minister George Abbott announced Jago’s appoint-ment Wednesday. Abbott said Jago is bound to seek a settlement within the terms of the government’s “net zero” wage mandate, which has been the basis for 130 settlements with public sector unions. Other than that, Jago has a “quite unre-

stricted mandate” to find common ground in other issues.

Jago’s mandate is defined by the legislation passed to end the BCTF strike. Jago has until the end of June to work with the union and the employers’ association. He is being paid $2,000 a day, which Abbott said is a standard rate for mediators in large labour disputes.

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Fewer students will be left behind en route to UVic and CamosunNatalie NorthNews staff

Dylan Sherlock says he’s lucky to live at the south end of the No. 4 bus route.

Just a few stops after he boards the morning bus headed to the University of Victoria, the bus reaches its capacity for riders leaving those who don’t share Sherlock’s good fortune waiting at the curb.

“A lot of days, just one bus will pass over 100 people,” said Sherlock, director of finance and operations for the UVic Stu-dents’ Society.

Between Sept. 1, 2011 and Jan. 31, 2012, transit drivers reported a total 29,296 pass ups, with the vast majority of that num-ber (20,448) on routes servic-ing Camosun College and UVic. That’s all due to change April 1.

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“We’re ecstatic,” said Sher-lock. “We really feel like there’s this forward momentum making

the transit system better for rid-ers.”

Service hours were cut at a time when students were already concerned about late-night ser-vice, he added.

“Issues moved beyond extend-ing transit hours for students towards, ‘Oh my God I can’t even get on a bus to go to my class in the morning.’ It feels like once again we’re moving in the right direction.”

While the restored hours are a big step in the right direc-tion, student societies say more needs to be done to resolve tran-sit issues affecting students.

“We need to remember that this still just brings us up to the level of service hours before those hours were cut,” said Camosun College Student Soci-ety external executive Madeline

Keller-MacLeod. “And there were problems at that time as well.”

The next step, Keller-MacLeod said, will include identifying key transit corridors and implement-ing bus priority and high occu-pancy vehicle lanes – a challenge she put forward to the mayors of Saanich, Esquimalt, Sidney, Col-wood and Victoria during the last Victoria Regional Transit Commission meeting.

“You hook them while they’re young,” Sherlock said. “You get people on the bus while they’re going to university and it’ll become a part of their culture about how they approach trans-portation … On the flip side, if their experience is terrible, then students’ impressions of pub-lic transportation is going to be very different.”

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University of Victoria Student Society Director of Finance and Operation Dylan Sherlock cheers B.C. Transit’s decision to restore 7,000 hours of service back into the system.Sharon TiffinNews staff

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OUR VIEW

It took four visits, but I finally figured out what Portland has that the rest of the Pacific Northwest lacks.

It’s a sense of humour.Victoria, Vancouver,

Seattle and Portland all share West Coast sensibilities, climate and inclinations.

The Oregon city, though, is the only one that makes us smile.

The city’s unofficial slogan is ‘Keep Portland Weird’ and boy, do residents work hard at keeping it that way.

I couldn’t find a motto for Greater Victoria, but I’m sure it’s not along the same lines. Nor do I think we’ll see any of the local mayors posing, as did former Portland mayor Bud Clark, wearing only a raincoat and flashing a statue for a poster that read Expose Yourself to Art.

Not that long ago, Victoria council was arguing about whether or not it was okay to have more than two restaurants open after the bars closed, as though being able to eat after 2 a.m. was somehow a problem.

The recent decision by Oak Bay council to not support the annual palm tree sale shows a total lack of a funny bone. If council was smart they would have voted to keep the sale and planted the entire length of Oak Bay Avenue with palm trees.

Here are a couple of events I came across on my trek to our southern neighbour that I think illustrate my point that Portland is just far more, uh, let’s say fun-

oriented than the rest of us.The Urban Iditarod was in

progress on a recent Saturday afternoon. This race, very loosely based on the Alaskan dog sled competition, sees teams pull decorated shopping carts along city streets and over the city’s many bridges, with frequent stops for liquid refreshments. I saw teams of pirates, doctors, cartoon figures and even penises, yes, penises.

I asked the relaxed young police officer

sitting in his car watching the hoopla if the event was official. He said no, though he thought they could easily get a permit if they asked. He was just hoping that nobody would get hurt over the next few hours until he was off shift and could let someone else take care of the racers.

Most Portland drinking and eating establishments offer a Happy Hour with drink and food specials. My family and I enjoyed the views from the 30th floor of the Portland City Grill so much we missed taking in a performance of the Portland Cello Project at the Wonder Ballroom. The orchestra of cellists puts on concerts that often feature surprising choices. We missed seeing the group perform heavy metal band Pantera’s songs from their album, Vulgar Display of Power.

Lest you think that the cellists are a one-time joke act, they have upcoming concerts listed for

Minnesota, Kentucky and California. In the past they have performed concerts playing everything from classical to rap music.

Walking the streets you come across the Benson Bubblers – drinking fountains installed around 1912 – famous quotes inlaid in sidewalks and odd sculptures placed throughout the city.

Another night we stopped at the Rogue Distillery and Public House and my son left with a bottle of maple and bacon beer, inspired by Voodoo Doughnuts, a shop that is open 24 hours a day, accepts only cash and always seems to have a lineup out the door. Their maple bar is a maple-frosted doughnut with real bacon on top.

Last March, we watched as thousands of entrants took part in the annual Shamrock Run. What struck us was how many of the racers, including many of the serious runners, were dressed up in green wigs and more.

We hope to get back to Portland soon and take in some more of the Rose City’s finer and funnier events.

We’d like to check out the 24-Hour Church of Elvis (if the latest incarnation stays open), maybe take in an episode of the Pedal Powered Talk Show. But as much as we wished we could, we can no longer check out Velveteria, the Museum of Velvet paintings, as it closed in 2010.

Maybe someone could open a spinoff here? Velvet Victoria anyone?

Don Denton is Black Press Victoria’s photo supervisor.

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‘The Urban Iditarod was in progress on a recent Saturday afternoon.’

Don’t try tobe like Jack

After Jack Layton died, everyone knew that whoever replaced him as federal leader of the NDP would have giant shoes to fill.

Layton’s talent for uniting the party and reaching out to people across the country made him a sort of folk legend, even before cancer stole him too soon at age 61.

Newly selected NDP leader Thomas Mulcair, the 57-year-old Quebecer who helped Layton transform the party from a virtual non-entity in that province to a substantial force, taking 58 of 75 seats in last year’s election, is clearly a leader of some repute.

What is also clear is he doesn’t have the charisma Layton had, and developed, as the Orange crush flattened the Liberal red machine to become the official Opposition to Stephen Harper’s Conservative majority in May 2011.

Mulcair, who was not the first choice as leader for Capital Region MPs Denise Savoie (Victoria) and Randall Garrison (Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca) until the final ballot at the recent convention, has been a virtual unknown on the West Coast – unlike Layton – for all except diehard political watchers.

But does a leader known for being prickly have to be the second coming of Layton to win the hearts and minds of people west of Thunder Bay? Harper has shown that a leader can come across to many as cold and calculating, yet still win a majority in parliament.

Let’s remember that even under Layton, the NDP won just 15 of 77 seats in the western provinces, including 12 in B.C.

To win over non-NDP voters, it’ll take more than criss-crossing the country connecting with people, as Layton famously did – he visited Victoria more often than we might have expected for a Toronto MP.

Mulcair will be put under the microscope about everything from his policies to his personality, by his supporters and critics alike, in the three years leading to the next election.

In that time, he must prove he is his own person, a leader who stands on his own feet. And he must avoid handlers who would try to make him a kindler, gentler version of himself.

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There are other alternatives to revenue generation than the traditional property taxes and hiking the gas tax dedicated for improving transit. We do not need to rely just on traditional means of revenue generation towards funding the requisite transit infrastructure to serve Greater Victoria over the next 25 years.

At present, as reported, B.C. Transit is seeking approval of a $106-million budget for Greater Victoria bus service rather than imposing a property tax hike of anywhere up to 10 per cent.

Victoria Mayor Dean Fortin would like to see a three-per-cent gas tax increase to allow Victoria to gather a reserve fund to pay for transit infrastructure.

Meantime, Saanich Mayor Frank Leonard calls such a tax increase extremely premature.

The problem is this debate

epitomizes the approach of reliance on only traditional revenue sources.

We need to start thinking outside of the box. For instance, in the Lower Mainland there are suggestions to tolling the George Massey Tunnel and other crossings to pay for requisite transit infrastructure. That possibility could be made reality if Metro Vancouver and the province support the suggestions in a recent TransLink report examining potential revenue streams, including tolling major bridges and the tunnel.

The report, “Evaluation of Revenue Sources to Support Transportation Improvements in Metro Vancouver,” looked at a wide range of new funding options, including tolls on existing crossings over the Fraser River, that would include the Alex Fraser Bridge and George Massey Tunnel. A special committee comprising the

Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, TransLink, and the cities of Vancouver and Surrey, is also looking at such options.

We could apply this approach to the Greater Victoria area with tolls on two major bridge projects: the Blue Bridge replacement and the Craigflower Bridge. For both, this would encourage greater transit usage while creating a sustainable revenue source.

Avi IckovichLangford

Man is nature’s guest, learn to live with it

Long before the dawn of man, our planet was sojourned by many different species, all living within nature under a law delineated as The Circle of Life – life feeds on life.

The intricate mechanics of nature’s ontogenesis is inconceivably marvelous; all

species co-existing together within its ethereal system; life and death both contributing to its surreal architecture.

Ever since humanity’s exordium into nature’s prodigious framework, we have done nothing but attempt to mutilate it: clear-cutting inhabited forests, building cities, creating pollution and oceanic oil spills, etc. Now we have so selfishly come to a point where a deer walks through our backyard or gets hit by a car and we devise a plan to impede their reproduction and disrupt nature’s evolutionary process.

The only reason deer are in our municipality is because we sabotaged their home to build ours. Deer do not understand the difference between a natural food source and a commercial crop; they are trying to survive within the dysfunctional environment that our genus has fabricated.

Through my window into the backyard I see birds singing and

squirrels leaping from tree to tree; they are inferior to our race just as the deer are, should we get rid of them as well? Please let nature be nature; it’s never done any wrong unto us other than let us exist with it.

Tyler ParkerOak Bay

OPINION

Is the world getting nuttier? Looking at recent events in North America, it’s hard not to conclude that humanity is taking a crazy step backwards. I recall a time when science and scientists were taken seriously, but lately they’ve been getting knocked around, especially in the U.S. and Canada.

The State of Tennessee, for example, passed a law that allows teachers who don’t believe in evolution or human-caused climate change to challenge existing scientific theories. Yes, students should be encouraged to think critically and to question everything they are taught but, given the current political climate in the U.S., this is likely to lead to misinformation. In the 1920s, a Tennessee school

teacher was tried, convicted, and fined for teaching evolution.

Meanwhile, candidates vying for the Republican presidential nomination reject the overwhelming scientific evidence for human-caused climate change.

Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich once held rational positions

but have since capitulated to the fossil fuel lobby. Rick Santorum just seems out of touch on every issue, from rights for women and gays to the environment. He’s referred to climate change as a “hoax” and once said, “We were put on this Earth as creatures of God to have dominion over the Earth, to use it wisely and steward it wisely, but for our benefit not for the Earth’s …”

Some of these people put their misguided beliefs above rational thought. Republican senator James Inhofe, one of the more vocal and active climate change deniers in U.S. politics, recently said, “God’s still up there. The arrogance of people to think that we, human beings, would be able to change what He is doing in the climate is to me outrageous.”

That statement is in keeping with the Cornwall Alliance’s Evangelical Declaration on Global Warming, which has been signed by a range of religious leaders, media people, and even some who work in climate science, such as Roy Spencer, David Legates, and Ross McKitrick. It says, in part, “We believe Earth and its ecosystems – created by God’s intelligent design and infinite power and sustained by His faithful providence – are robust, resilient, self-regulating, and self-correcting, admirably

suited for human flourishing, and displaying His glory. Earth’s climate system is no exception.” It also states that reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide and fossil fuel use will “greatly increase the price of energy and harm economies.”

The economy matters more than the environment, and God won’t let puny humans damage “His” 6,000-year-old creation anyway. That’s not to criticize religion; only those who let it blind them to science and who would use it to advance agendas that don’t even reflect the spirit of their own traditions.

Lest we get too smug in Canada, we must remember that we have politicians who hold similar religious views and are just as anti-science, although Canada has so far managed to keep religion largely out of politics. But recent cutbacks to government scientific research

and staff show that many of our leaders also believe that the environment should take a back seat to corporate interests, and that any science that gets in the way must be hushed up or discredited.

Never mind that the environment is real and that we depend on it for survival and that the economy is a human invention that can be altered to suit the times. Never mind that a long-term healthy economy depends on a healthy environment and that placing all our bets on non-renewable and polluting fuels is folly. These people want to ignore both the problems and the solutions for the sake of short-term and short-sighted benefits for a relatively small number of people.

Whether they justify it with religion or political ideology, it still doesn’t make sense.

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On Feb. 4, Norman Prelypchan and his wife Trudi noticed something peculiar. While out for their afternoon walk along Beach Drive near Mount-joy Road, they came across a dead squirrel and moved it to the side of the road. But it wasn’t the initial encounter with the roadkill that took the Prelypchans aback.

Later on when they returned for their evening walk, the same squirrel was once again back in the centre of Beach Drive, only this time, a second automobile victim lay by its side.

“There was an owl lying on its back, its head lulled over and blood coming out of its beak,” Nor-man said. “It was just heart-rendering, really.

“Its chest was heaving very quickly, many times per second, as if she might have been in a death throe.”

Norman picked up the owl by its talons, wings flopped to the side and placed it away from the road. Assuming the animal was at the end of its life, Norman turned back to walk home.

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“Owls can very much defend themselves with claws and beaks, but in this case it was lying on its side and definitely not able to fight,” said Kari Marks, Wild ARC manager.

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April 11 The Emergence of Architectural Modernism in Greater Victoria Martin Segger, former director and curator, Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery

April 18 How Age-Friendly is BC? Elaine Gallagher, professor emeritus, School of Nursing

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He’s read the news on the BBC and goose-stepped with John Cleese, yet Brian Jack-son is most familiar to Victoria residents as the symphony’s principal pops conductor.

After 17 years though, Jackson, 68, is retiring. This weekend he will conduct his last three performances as PPC.

With the Canadian College of Performing Arts he will conduct the troupe through 45 minutes of Broadway song and dance medleys.

“You’re getting a theatrical experience for a symphonic price,” says Jackson. It’s the fourth time he’s collaborated with the Oak Bay-based college, a group of performers he describes as wonderful. “They’re young but respectful and professional.”

Victoria is a long way from Jackson’s Ontario home, but even further from where he grew up in Cornwall, England. From a working class family, Jackson says at age two he sang along with the radio and was picking out tunes on an aunt’s piano. By five he was taking piano lessons and by age 13 was off to Clifton College in Bristol on a music scholarship where he learned to con-duct and play the organ.

At Clifton he also met John Cleese. Although Cleese was four years older, the actor who went on to Monty Python fame picked out Jackson to work alongside him in an outdoor play.

“He was the platoon sergeant and that’s where he got that walk – he was 6’4” even at that time,” Jackson recalled.

Cleese went on to Cambridge and Jack-son to Oxford to read music. At 21, he took a break from music and to work at the BBC as a studio manager. But music called.

“On the other side of the glass the BBC symphony would be recording and I would be telling the conductor ‘the brasses are too loud here, are you sure you mean this tempo?’”

Adventure also then called and he emi-grated to Canada in 1968, ending up in Peterborough, Ont. as a church organist.

After six months, he was conducting the Peterborough Symphony. He was 25.

Four years later he took time to study in Germany and Vienna before heading to the London, Ontario symphony where he conducted for 36 years. In 1995 Jackson stepped in as choral society conductor with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra and in turn became principal pops conductor.

“I knew by age 45 I was not going to the Berlin Philharmonic, I knew I wasn’t at that level, so I created my own sort of genre:

pop concerts.” And although Jackson will conduct the

opening set of pop concerts next season, the series will have a facelift, VSO’s execu-tive director says.

In a bid to attract younger audiences the pop series will include a Beatles Sgt. Pepper tribute, says Mitchell Krieger.

Guest conductor Sean O’Loughlin will step behind the music stand as well as maestra Tania Miller, who will conduct the Christmas concert.

Jackson will continue to conduct London, Sudbury and Kitchener/Waterloo sympho-nies, but he will miss the VSO. “It’s now one of the top orchestras in the country – they’re disciplined and they love what they’re doing.”

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Victoria Symphony Orchestra’s principal pops conductor Brian Jackson retires after a final series of concerts this weekend.

“I knew by age 45 I was not going to the Berlin Philharmonic, I knew I wasn’t at that level, so I created my own sort of genre: pop concerts.”

- Brian Jackson

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He’s standing in the streetlight as the fog clears, his face hidden between his hat and the upturned collar of

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Paper Street Theatre is producing its third full-length show, An Improvised Film Noir where the audience – and actors – will find out what happens between the man in the trenchcoat and a mysterious dame.

Directed by Pick of the Fringe’s Dave Morris, the show is more an homage to the film genre than a parody of the tropes, he said.

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grey morality of the post-war world.”Led by Morris, who works with

The Canadian Improv Games as an associate artistic director nationally and a regional director locally, the cast includes local improvisers Missie Peters, Chris Gabel, Scott Thompson and Byron Kjeldsen.

See An Improvised Film Noir on March 30 and 31 at Intrepid Theatre, 1609 Blanshard St.

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Dave Morris and Missie Peters pay homage to film noir in Paper Street Theatre’s An Improvised Film Noir.

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Sink your teeth into a concert of choral reper-toire throughout the ages on the topic of food with the University of Victoria Philomela Women’s Choir led by Mary Ken-nedy.

From the renaissance round, Hey, Ho, Nobody’s at Home to Bar-tok’s Bread Baking, to a commis-sioned suite of children’s songs about food by composer Ben Bolden, to familiar jazz pieces Java Jive and Chili Con Carne, Food Glorious Food is set to make your mouth water.

Special guest Louise Rose will accompany the choir in a commis-sioned arrangement of the spiri-tual I'm gonna sit at the welcome table. Rose, who received an hon-orary doctorate from UVic in 2000, has been a friend and mentor of Kennedy for many years.

The concert will also offer an opportunity for the audience to join with the singers in a trio of popular songs about food.

“We can't divulge the titles,” says Kennedy.

“You'll just have to buy a ticket to find out.” Of special note at this concert will be the addi-

tion of a group of male choristers who will join with the women in the Cham-pagne Chorus from Die Feldermaus.

Audience members are encour-aged to bring donations of non-per-ishable food to the concert, which is a fundraiser for Our Place.

Don Evans, Our Place executive director, will be on hand to speak about the work of the society and receive tax-deductible monetary donations.

To further support the work of Our Place, there will be a raffle for a sushi-making workshop hosted by chef Takumi Kitamura.

The concert takes place on April 1 at 2:30 p.m. in the Phillip T. Young

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The Victoria Symphony revealed the details of its 2012/13 season at an event held at Three Point Motors on Tuesday night.

Canadian superstar violinist James Ehnes returns, 17-year-old prodigy Jan Liesieki debuts and for the fi rst time ever, the Victoria Symphony will perform Nielson’s Symphony No. 5.

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It was also announced that the VS Pops Series will feature an exciting array of concerts from fl amenco to the Beatles to Cirque de la Symphonie. And the Concerts for Kids Series begins in November with The Snowman.

Among winter’s highlights will be one of Canada’s most popular singer-songwriters, Chantal Kreviazuk, debuting with the orchestra in December and performing her greatest hits surrounded by the symphonic splendour of the Victoria Symphony.

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With childhood obesity on the rise, health professionals and researchers alike are seeking ways to ensure the next generation grows up healthy.

David Trill, a master’s degree candidate in the School of Exercise Science, Health and Physical Education at the Univer-sity of Victoria, is studying child health through healthy eating activities.

He’s currently seeking participants to get his home-based research project off the ground.

“There’s been a lot of school-based research, but it’s working up to a cer-tain point,” Trill said. “My approach is to try healthy eating strategies through the families because it’s the parents who are the gatekeepers for the kids.”

Trill would like the help of 98 family units consisting of one parent and one child between the age of 11 and 13 years old. (Larger families may participate, though data will only be recorded from

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“I’m engaged in the research world. I’m also a very slight cooking aficionado,” said Trill, an endurance athlete, who has long seen food as a means of bettering

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For more information, or to participate in the study, contact Trill at 250-853-3141 or [email protected].

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Rink of Dreams 24-hour game goes Saturday to SundayTravis PatersonNews staff

At first look, the Rink of Dreams 24-hour charity hockey game is a lot of things.

It’s a minimum of four dressing rooms in constant rotation, an hourly exchange as hundreds of players, 15 at a time, populate the home and away benches of Bear Mountain Arena from noon on Saturday (March 31) to noon Sunday.

It’s Marty the Marmot refereeing four- to six-year-old kids.

It’s 39 other mascots battling for the attention of kids and parents off the ice.

“More than anything it’s family, family, family,” said lead organizer

Harp Sandhu. “We want people to know just how much there is to do, there’s so much to check out and hang around, it’s basically a hockey carnival atmosphere Saturday after-noon and evening. It’s really just using hockey as an excuse to bring families together for a fun charity event.”

Outside is a Telus Kinnect tent, mini cars for kids and plenty of games. There’s also a bar in the arena with Hockey Night in Canada on TV.

“But best of all is a ton of awe-some prizes with 200 balloons at $5 each, and all prizes are a minimum $10 value,” Sandhu said.

One balloon that will be heav-ily sought after has two Vancouver Canucks tickets to the April 8 home game with Helijet passes and a room at the Four Seasons hotel.

“We also have a chuck-a-puck at 4 p.m. Saturday to win Canucks tickets, B.C. Ferries passes and a $100 dinner card for April 8.”

Calgary Flames fans can bid on a signed Mike Cammaleri jersey in the silent auction.

The hockey part of it is straight forward.

Players, sometimes in teams and sometimes individually, show up prior to their ice slot, be it 2 p.m. or 2 a.m. They gear up, and slip on either a Team Grey or Team Blue sweater. The 2012 version of the sweater, made by Teamworks, has a fresher design and with new sponsors from the 2011 black versus white uni’s.

The game wraps up at noon on Sunday with closing ceremonies. The inaugural Rink of Dreams raised $104,000 in 2011 for the Victoria-based Help Fill A Dream Foundation.

Last minute player, and even team spots are still available through Rinkofdreamsvictoria.com or through Sandhu at [email protected].

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Lawyer Nav Parhar, left, and investment advisor Harp Sandhu model the 2012 Rink of Dreams hockey sweater. The stylish keepsake goes to players who participate in the 24-hour hockey game from noon to noon, Saturday (March 31) to Sunday at Bear Mountain Arena.

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The future looks bright for women’s field hockey in Victoria.

Three members of Canada’s under-21 team and four more on the under-17 team are playing in the Canada vs. U.S.A. Challenge in Vancouver, April 4 to 8.

Defender Kathleen Leahy of the University of Victoria Vikes (Oak Bay High), midfielder Paige Norris of the Boston College Eagles (Mount Doug-las) and midfielder Maddie Secco of Oak Bay High will represent the South Island on Canada’s U21 squad against U.S.A.’s under-19 team in the four-match series.

Still in Grade 12, Secco is the only Victoria ath-lete currently rostered with the national women’s senior team. Leahy will play her first major game since recovering from ACL surgery this year.

Canada is also entering an under-17 team led by Vikes assistant coach Krista Thompson. That team features Jenna Dhillon of St. Michaels University School, Elspeth McGillivray of Glenlyon Norfolk School, Gillian Kirkpatrick of Oak Bay High and Kristina Walters-Shumka of Claremont.

The Canada vs. U.S.A. Challenge junior national test series is a warm-up for the Junior Pan Ameri-can Championships in September.

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Maddie Secco at the recent Olympic qualifier in New Delhi.

Despite winning mul-tiple trophies in recent years, Canada has attended only half of the IRB World Series rugby sevens events since los-ing “core status” in 2009.

That changed on the week-end when Can-ada, based out of the West Shore, finished first in a quali-fier tournament that the Inter-national Rugby Board will use to expand its core status from 12 to 15 countries. IRB created a qualifying bracket at the Hong Kong tournament with Canada finishing first, Spain sec-ond and Portugal third.

It means next year Can-ada will compete at every IRB event (sevens tourna-ments are full-day events, jamming full-size stadi-

ums for entire weekends) in the 2011-12 series: Aus-tralia, Dubai, South Africa, New Zealand, USA, Hong Kong, Japan, Scotland and England. It’s a massive

step for Can-ada, which won the 2011 Pan-Am rugby sevens in Guadala-jara. And it comes just as the national team read-ies for the s e v e n s ’ debut at the

2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

“We knew what we had to do and we knew what the status was in terms of how to become a core team,” said Canada’s coach Geraint John. Can-ada ended the Hong Kong tourney as it defeated Spain for the second time on the weekend, earning

promotion to the core 15.“We decided that one

thing we weren’t going to talk about was the word core. All we said was we were going to try to win a tournament. That was the big emphasis all week-end. That was a deliber-ate thing we did.”

Canada was first in its group after the pool stage, and was clutch on Day 3, beating Russia 24-7 in the quarterfinal and Portu-gal 14-2 in the semifinal before winning 22-5 over Spain.

Canada carried a ros-ter with many Victoria connections: Oak Bay High grad and James Bay player Sean White; UVic Vikes Sean Duke and Nathan Hirayama; James Bay player John Moon-light; and Castaway Wan-derers players Nanyak Dala, Ciaran Hearn and Chauncey O’Toole.

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From the undercard to the head-liner, fighters are climbing the ladder thanks to the Armageddon Fighting Championship.

Since 2009, all seven of the mixed martial arts organization’s events have boasted a card rich with Island fighters, often with big-ger names brought in to serve as headliners.

Now it’s Victoria’s time to shine.

AFC No. 8: Vengeance, is scheduled for April 14 at Bear Mountain Arena, and the last four fights feature Victoria-based AFC veterans Ryan Janes, Nick Driedger, Karel Bergen and Diego Wilson.

Though Wilson’s fight against Dun-can’s Corey Gower is the last of the night, it isn’t necessarily the mar-quee match.

“Pick any one of those fights, all of them look exciting, and have earned a local following,” said AFC co-orga-nizer Jason Heit. “Since (AFC) started we’ve been all about developing local talent, now we’re seeing it.”

Wilson, Driedger and Janes are all out of Vic West’s Zugec Ultimate Mar-tial Arts, and are all known for their slick grappling and ground game.

All three are on a fast ascent, though Janes’ opponent, Marcus Hicks, carries an interesting element. Hicks has 31 fights to his name, and though just 11 are wins, it’s 27 more fights than Janes has.

“I’d say this is one of those fights Janes has to win,” Heit said. “There’s

more pressure on him. Hicks is what I call a gatekeeper. There’s a few guys like him, and you’ve got to win that (fight) to get to the next level.”

Bergen, meanwhile, is looking to follow Island MMA training partner Derek Medler in becoming another top-10 ranked fighter in Canada through the AFC. Bergen’s fight with Adam Smith is the second time they’ve been pencilled in. The two were lined up for AFC 7 back in November, when Bergen defeated step-in fighter Dave Logan instead.

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Without a polished defence, Pet-terson has the potential every time he fights to become a fan favourite because he makes it an absolute war, Heit added.

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Kamloops Blazers centre Matt Needham battles Victoria Royals centre Ben Walker behind the net at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre during the Blazers 7-5 win in Game 3 of the WHL playoffs on Tuesday (March 27). Needham scored once as the Blazers staged two comebacks to take a 3-0 series lead in the WHL quarterfinal series. Updates online at Vicnews.com.

UVic Vikes men’s and wom-en’s crews split the Brown Cup with their counterparts, the UBC Thunderbirds, on the Gorge Waterway on Saturday (March 24).

The annual Brown Cup brings rowing back to its heri-tage, as the eight-person sculls follow the natural features of the Gorge, 3,500 metres from Tillicum narrows to the John-son Street Bridge.

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Later on Saturday the Vikes rowing program met for its annual banquet. Third-year ath-lete Will O’Connell and fifth-year team captain Leanne Fells, both from Victoria, were named UVic’s male and female rowers of the year.

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BC AMBULANCE has a chal-lenging opportunity for an Ex-ecutive Administrative Assist-ant supporting the Chief Operating Offi cer and Senior Operations Team in Saanich-ton, BC For the complete job description, qualifi cations and to apply on line, please visit www.bcas.ca by April 5, 2012.

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST - Vernon

SolidWorks, AutoCAD & CNC programming. Marine Industry Knowledge. Creativity and technical skills. Effective communication. Manage projects to completion. See www.harbercraft.com for details.

DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

DRIVERS WANTED: Terrifi c career opportunity out-standing growth potential to learn how to locate rail defects. No Experience Needed!! Extensive paid travel, meal allowance, 4 wks. vacation & benefi ts pkg. Skills Needed - Ability to travel 3 months at a time Valid License with air brake endorsement. High School Diploma or GED.

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EXPERIENCED GRAPPLEYarder Engineer & Hooktender Email or fax resume: [email protected] 604-485-6380

HAIRSTYLIST WANTED Full time/part time for First Choice Hair Cutters. Guaranteed $11/ hour, 25% profi t sharing, plus benfi ts, plus paid birthday, plus annual advanced training and advancement opportu-nities. Call 250-360-1923 today for an interview.

MEDICAL/DENTAL

F/T Experienced Pharmacy Assistant with excellent customer service skills to work in a full service pharmacy. Applicant should have experience with Kroll.

Previous compounding experience would be an asset. Located at 3540 Blanshard St. (next to the Saanich

Medical Clinic), Mon-Fri, 9:30-5:30. Please apply in person with resume

and references.

SALES

TELEPHONE SALES persons required for a local fund raiser. Sales experience is an asset. Evenings Mon-Fri 5pm-9pm. $11/hr+ incentives. Please call 250-384-4427, leave detailed message.

HELP WANTED

PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420.

www.pioneerwest.com

LEGAL SERVICES

CRIMINAL RECORD?Guaranteed Record Removal

since 1989. Confi dential, Fast, & Affordable. Our A+BBB Rating

assures EMPLOYMENT &TRAVEL FREEDOM.

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EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

PERSONAL SERVICES

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

APPLIANCES

WANTED: CLEAN fridge’s, upright freezers, 24” stoves, portable dishwashers, less than 15 yrs old. McFarland In-dustries, (250)885-4531.

BUILDING SUPPLIES

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

FREE ITEMS

FREE: SEVERAL dozen egg cartons. Call 778-430-4302.

QUEEN SIZED box spring and mattress, clean, good condi-tion, 6 drawer dresser and more. Call 250-384-0786.

FRIENDLY FRANK

2 ARM chairs, $25.ea. Walnut cabinet w/radio & shelves $40. All good cond. 250-383-7335.

MASSAGE TABLE, profes-sional, $99. Call 250-544-4933.

NEW CADBURY promotional easter bunny, adjustable ears,24”h, $15. 250-658-3948.



FRIENDLY FRANK

WINE COOLER- stand alone,stainless steel, $20, perfectcondition. (250)656-3165.

FUEL/FIREWOOD

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

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

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

FINAL PRE-INVENTORYSale! Furniture, Mattresses, Tools! K/S Simmons BeautyR-est Mattress set $299. NoHST! New 39”/54” EspressoBunk-Beds w/Drawers & Mat-tresses $899., Leather or Mi-crofi bre Luxury RecliningLoveseat & Chair Set $699.;New Sofa, Loveseat & Chair$649. Much More! BUY &SAVE, 9818 4th St., Sidney.buyandsave.ca Visa, M/C

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


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HOUSES FOR SALE


MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

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

CORDOVA BAY. $609,900. 3 bdrm, 3 ba. Motivated. Priced below appraisal 250-818-5397

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RENTALS

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

MALAHAT 1 & 2 Bdrms- Panoramic views. Serene & secure. All amenities on-site, fi rewood. $700-$1200 inclu-sive. Monthly/Weekly. Pets ok with refs. 25 min commute to downtown Victoria. Must have references. 250-478-9231.

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

RENTALS

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

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

HOMES FOR RENT

OAK BAY- (near Uvic), fur-nished main fl oor, 2 bdrm+ study, 2 bath, piano, F/P, hardwood fl rs, 6 appls, sunny & quiet, garden. Avail now. $1500 (negotiable), all inclu-sive. 250-590-1012.

SMALL 3-BDRM house. New-ly updated. Large yard, stor-age shed, W/D. $1450.+ utils. Text or call (250)858-2763.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

C. SAANICH, room for rent (ASAP), $450. 778-426-2294 after 8:30pm or leave mess.

STORAGE

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

SUITES, LOWER

AVAILABLE NOW. Uptown area 2 bdrm garden suite. Utils incl, lrg patio, 4 pc bath, kitch-en has D/W. Quite/clean per-son/couple. No smoke/[email protected]

GLANFORD. LARGE 2 bdrm, Bright & quiet. Reno’d kitch & bdrm closet. W/D, full bath, storage, priv entr, small yrd, near bus, amens. NS/NP, $1030. heat, h/w, hydro/inter-net incld. Refs. 250-704-0197.

SAANICHTON- 35’ 5th wheel, partly furnished, 8x12 laundry room. NS/NP. Refs. $700/mo. Call 250-652-0591.

UPTOWN: 3 bdrm newly re-no’d 4 appls bus route NS/NP $1400 utils incld share laundry 250-480-0849

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AUTO SERVICES

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CASH PAIDFOR ALL VEHICLES in

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!

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].

CARS

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

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

2008 HONDA CIVIC LX4 door, auto, top of the line & fully loaded including rare power sunroof option. Babied by 1 owner, garage kept, hwy commuter (76k). Dealer main-tained. Burgundy with factory 5 spoke alloy wheels & a set of winters tires on steel rims. Full power-train warranty until Dec. 20 2012. $14,750 o.b.o. 250-466-4156

TRANSPORTATION

RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE

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

2000 KUSTOM KOACH 26’ 5th Wheel

Ready to roll, in great shape.Has slide room, big awning, oak cabinets, tons of storage, big fridge & stove, ducted heat & A/C. High quality unit with rubber roof & fi berglass body.

$11,995 OBO, 250 466 4156 Bill

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

SCRAP BATTERIES Wanted We buy scrap batteries from cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 & up each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Minimum 10. Toll Free 1.877.334.2288.

TRANSPORTATION

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

92 NISSAN Pathfi nder, fullyloaded, 5 spd, good cond.,$2,100 obo. (250)216-2418.

MARINE

BOATS

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

GARAGE SALES

BRENTWOOD BAY, 890 Clarke Rd., Sat, March 31, 8am-3pm. Moving Sale. An-tiques, household items, etc.

CENTRAL SAANICH: 7226 East Saanich Rd., Sat, March 31st, 9-1pm. Moving sale.

JUBILEE HOSPITAL area, 1604 Bay St., Fri, Sat & Sun, March. 30, 31 & April. 1, 8am-6pm. Moving/Garage Sale.

MOVING SALE- Ardmore 9204 Jura Rd, Friday & Sat Mar 30 & 31, 8am-1pm.

SATURDAY, March 31 9-12, 1270 Carina Pl. Bargains due to down-sizing:Tools & much more. Park on Queensbury, walk up driveway. No Early Birds.

GARAGE SALES

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING

ACCOUNTINGVida Samimi

Certifi ed General Accountant

Bookkeeping, Audit,Payroll, HST. Set up &

Training. E-FileTAX

250-477-4601PENNIE’$ 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.

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


CARPENTRY

FREE ESTIMATES Journeyman Car-

penters specializing in reno’s, decks, stairs & fences.

Senior discounts!250-886-7521

CLEANING SERVICES

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

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.


COMPUTER SERVICES

COMPUDOC MOBILE Com-puter Services. Repairs, tune-ups, tutoring, web sites and more. Call 250-886-8053.

CONTRACTORS

BATHROOM REMODELING.“Gemini Baths” Plumb, Elec. Tile, Cabinets. 250-896-9302.

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.

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


DRYWALL

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

ELECTRICAL

250-361-6193. QUALITY Electric. Expert in new homes & renos. References. #22779

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

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.


ELECTRICAL

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.

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FURNITURE REFINISHING

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

GARDENING

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: Lawn & Garden. Specializing in air raiding, weed/moss con-trol, pwr rake, hedges & tree pruning. Stump, blackberry & ivy removal, 24yrs exp, WCB.

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


GARDENING

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

Free estimates * WCBwww.mowtime.ca

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

I DO GARDENING etc. $15/hr.Your tools. Reliable. (250)383-3995.

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

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

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GARDENING

LEVEL GROUND LANDSCAPING

Complete Garden & Arborist Services. Lawns, hedges.

Insured. Free est.250-818-0587

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

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.

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

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HANDYPERSONS

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

RENO MEN. Ref’s. Senior’s Discount. BBB. Free Esti-mates. Call 250-885-9487.Photos: renomen.biz

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

McCULLOCH’S UNLIMITED Services. All projects wel-come, all problems solved. Small projects preferred. Own-er participation welcome. 40 yrs experiences, BCIT Grad. Allen (250) 216-5976.

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

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


HAULING AND SALVAGE

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

250-888-JUNKwww.888junk.com

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.

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

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS

M&S OXFORD Home/Com-mercial Reno’s & Painting. Patio’s, Decks, Sheds, Hard-wood and Trim. 25 yrs exp. Quality Guar. 250-213-5204.

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

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 Servic-es. Certifi ed sprinkler systems. Property maintenance, more. Call James at 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.

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

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

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


PAINTING

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.

Peacock Painting

250-652-2255250-882-2254

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Budget Compliance15% SENIORS DISCOUNT

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.

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.

EDGE TO EDGE PressureWashing, RV’s, boats, drive-ways, sidewalks, siding, roofs,moss removal. (250)208-8535.

STUCCO/SIDING

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

RE-STUCCO & HARDY Plank/Painting Specialist. 50years experience. Free esti-mates. Dan, 250-391-9851.

TILING

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

TREE SERVICES

LOCAL TREE CO. 30 yrs exp.Bucket truck, chipper. We buylogs. Insured. (250)883-2911.

UPHOLSTERY

UPHOLSTERER NEEDS work. 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. Free estimate.18 yrs. Brian, 514-7079. WCB.

WINDOWS

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

SERVICE DIRECTORYwww.bcclassified.com 250.388.3535

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15-850 Central Spur Rd, $610,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesBarbara Ronald, 250-744-8211 pg. 14

451 ChesterSaturday & Sunday 1-4RE/MAX CamosunMark Lawless, 250-744-3301 pg. 11

15-860 Central Spur, $610,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdBarbara Ronald 250 744-8211 pg. 15

305-545 Manchester Rd., $214,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Century 21 In Town RealtyMagda Melounova 604-323-6984

1121 Fort, $183,900Daily exc Friday 2-4Newport RealtyBlair Watling 250 385-2033 pg. 13

205-1223 Johnson St, $299,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesMurray Clodge, 250-818-6146 pg. 5

1709 Fernwood Rd, $458,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyFred Lerch, 250-889-2528 pg. 15

754 Humboldt, $198,900Daily Noon-5 exc FridaysConcert Properties 250 383-3722 pg. 7

1-1146 Richardson, $379,900Saturday 2-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Paul Whitney, 250-889-2883 pg. 14

807-66 Songhees, $629,900Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Susan Carley, 250-477-7291 pg. 17

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

301-50 SongheesSunday 2:30-4Re/Max CamosunDaniel Clover 250 507-5459 pg. 12

401-1035 McClure, $274,900Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyGary Bazuik, 250-477-5353 pg. 32

1717 Newton, $469,000Sunday 12-2Pemberton Holmes Eli Mavrikos 250 896-3859 pg. 32

724 Craigfl owerSunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunJason Binab, 250-744-3301

210-1061 Fort, $199,900Saturday 1-3Newport RealtyBruce Gibson 250 385-2033 pg. 8

1810 Hollywood Cres., $875,000Saturday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood Realty Ltd.Mike Ryan 250-477-1100 pg. 15

720 Linden Ave, $699,900Saturday & Sunday 1-4RE/MAX CamosunMark Lawless, 250-744-3301 pg. 13

502-250 Douglas, $389,900Saturday 1-3Newport RealtyMarie Blender, 250-385-2033 pg. 12

1464 Begbie St, $439,900Sunday 1-3Address Realty Ltd.Adam Hales, 250-391-1893

142 South Turner, $709,900Sunday 1-3Sotheby’s International Realty CanadaDonald St. Germain 250-380-3933

110-1035 SutlejSaturday & Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyToby Trembath 250 385-2033 pg. 9

1-1020 Queens, $359,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton Holmes David Scotney, 250-384-8124 pg. 35

1005-225 Belleville, $649,900Sunday 2-4Sutton West CoastHiro Nakatani 250 661-4476 pg. 31

107-75 Songhees, $850,000Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 8

4-118 St Lawrence, $429,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunLynne Sager 250 744-3301 pg. 32

607-103 Gorge Rd E, $199,900Saturday & Sunday 12-2Pemberton Holmes LtdCarl Latzel 250 384-8124 pg. 38

1021 Craigdarroch, $739,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyRobert Buckle 250 385-2033 pg. 15

208-305 Michigan, $185,000Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291 pg. 6

2728 Belmont, $549,900Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyShelly Reed, 250-213-7444 pg. 15

14-60 Dallas Rd., $599,000Sunday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunFran Jeffs, 250-744-3301 pg. 10

604-75 Songhees, $679,000Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 10

101-66 Songhees, $609,900Saturday & 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. 11

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

N601-737 Humboldt, $649,000Saturday 2-4Newport RealtySylvia Therrien, 250-385-2033 pg. 12

109-11 CooperageSunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastLynn MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 8

1020 Richardson, $779,900Saturday 1-4RE/MAX CamosunMark Lawless, 250-744-3301 pg. 13

309-1012 Collinson St, $299,000Saturday 1-3Newport RealtyDavid Harvey, 250-385-2033 pg. 5

577 Toronto StSaturday 12-2Pemberton HolmesJoseph Martin, 250-361-8167 pg. 14

706-103 Gorge, $229,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Philip Illingworth, 250-477-7291 pg. 17

1275 Dominion Rd, $519,900Sunday 12-1Address Realty Ltd.Irina Lobatcheva, 250-391-1893

607 Wilson, $399,900Sunday 12-1:30Newport RealtyBruce Gibson 250 385-2033 pg. 15

308-732 CormorantSaturday 1-4DFH Real Estate LtdJeff Shaw 250 477-7291 pg. 10

304-1121 Oscar St, $375,000Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Peter Crichton, 250-889-4000 pg. 14

1001 Foul Bay Rd, $860,000Saturday 2-4Macdonald Realty LtdEleanor V Smith 250 388-5882 pg. 34

2112 Pentland, $1,055,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesAndrew Mara 250 384-8124 pg. 18

2073 Crescent Rd, $824,900Saturday 11-1Address Realty Ltd.Mike Chubey, 250-391-1893

2252 Cranmore, $589,000Saturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesAndrew Mara 250 384-8124 pg. 18

312-2100 Granite, $234,000Saturday 1-3Newport RealtyColin Gareau, 250-812-3451 pg. 8

3393 Henderson, $659,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDoug Poruchny, 250-474-4800 pg. 18

172 Levista, $699,900Saturday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdTara Niedoba 250 857-0178 pg. 38

121 Paddock, $459,000Saturday 2-4DFH Real EstateWendy Herrick 250-656-0131 pg. 19

411-201 Nursery Hill, $249,000Saturday 12:30-2:30DFH Real Estate Ltd.Leah Werner 250-474-6003 pg. 20

30 Lekwammen Dr, $323,900Sunday 1-2:30Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyNorma Campbell, 250-477-5353 pg. 19

1632 SeahavenSaturday & Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunDale Sheppard 250-478-9600

103-101 Nursery Hill, $319,900Sunday 12-1:30Kroppmann RealtyDale Kroppmanns 250-478-0808 pg. 33

1600 Seahaven, $299,800Saturday & Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunDale Sheppard 250-478-9600

303 BessboroughSaturday 11-1Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDonna Gabel, 250-477-5353 pg. 20

34 Demos Pl, $412,500Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesChristina Carrick, 250-857-6045 pg. 19

1632 Seahaven, $299,800Saturday & Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunDale Sheppard 250-478-9600 pg. 19

114 Lekwammen Dr, $269,888Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCheri Crause, 250-592-4422

983 Dunsmuir, $524,888Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunAndrew Holenchuk 250 744-3301 pg. 20

1250 Craigfl owerSaturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalPaul Holland 250 592-4422 pg. 20

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

108-848 Esquimalt Rd, $159,900Sunday 2-4Address Realty LimitedShaughna Boggs-Wright 250-391-1893

205D-1115 Craigfl ower Rd, $459,900Sunday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyNorma Campbell, 250-477-5353 pg. 5

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

305-1083 Tillicum, $289,900Saturday 11-1DFH Real Estate Ltd.Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291 pg. 20

617 Lampson, $424,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Macdonald RealtySheila Aujla 250 388-5882 pg. 38

16-477 Lampson St, $249,900Saturday 1:30-3Address Realty Ltd.Mike Chubey, 250-391-1893

462 Sturdee St, $599,900Saturday 1:30-3RE/MAX CamosunDiana Devlin, 250-744-3301 pg. 20

7-704 Rockheights, $565,900Sunday 2-4MacDonald RealtyLorraine Stundon 250 812-0642 pg. 20

301-1121 Esquimalt, $209,900Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyLorraine Williams, 250-216-3317 pg. 38

18-840 Craigfl ower, $247,000Saturday 12-2Pemberton Holmes LtdJennifer Holt 250 896-4438 pg. 39

1912 Woodley Rd., $1,124,500Sunday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdDeborah Kline 250 661-7680 pg. 22

3781 Winston, $529,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBruce Hatter, 250-744-3301 pg. 23

205-1870 McKenzie AveSunday 1-3Coldwell Banker Slegg RealtySonya Stewart, 250-516-5008 pg. 12

770 Cameo St, $575,000Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunDeana Fawcett, 250-893-8932

3958 Hidden Oaks PlSunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Joanne Brodersen, 250-477-7291 pg. 21

3488 Bethune, $549,900Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunVinnie Gill, 250-744-3301 pg. 22

5202-2829 Arbutus, $525,000Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunKaren Jensen, 250-744-3301 pg. 38

4942 Cordova Bay, $1,049,000Saturday & Sunday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdKevin Starling 250 889-4577 pg. 23

401-1620 Mckenzie AveSunday 2-4Boorman’s Real EstateMichael Boorman, 250-595-1535 pg. 8

734 Chesterlea Rd, $485,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Ed Ho, 250-477-7291 pg. 21

4412 Columbia, $699,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunJenny Stoltz 250 744-3301 pg. 22

1990 Haultain, $609,000Saturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalCheryl Bejcar 250 592-4422 pg. 22

5005 Cordova Bay, $849,000Sunday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyAnke Venema, 250 477-1100 pg. 16

774 Patrick, $769,000Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastEamon Coll 250 479-3333 pg. 22

3905 ScoltonSaturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalDavid Thibault 250 477-5353 pg. 23

18-4391 Torquay, $444,888Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyFred Hiigli 250 385-2033 pg. 10

4665 AmblewoodSaturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesCorie Meyer, 250-384-8124 pg. 21

308-1505 Church, $196,900Sunday 2-4Sutton West Coast RealtyElke Pettipas 250 479-3333 pg. 10

4953 Highgate Rd, $1,099,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Lu Ann Fraser, 250-384-8124 pg. 21

4580 Gordon Point, $1,098,000Saturday 2-4Sotheby’s InternationalCathy Travis, 250-380-3933 pg. 1

4616 Ocean Park Pl., $999,900Saturday 2-4Sutton West CoastHiro Nakatani 250 661-4476 pg. 31

1530 Kenmore Rd, $629,000Sunday 1-4Access RealtyDave Vogel, 250-588-8378 pg. 21

313-1620 Mckenzie AveSaturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunJason Binab, 250-744-3301

4095 Braefoot Rd, $928,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunEd G Sing, 250-744-3301 pg. 21

4636 Falaise, $589,900Saturday 2:30-4One Percent RealtyGuy Effl er 250 812-4910 pg. 30

114-1110 Willow, $449,900Saturday 2-4Sutton West CoastHiro Nakatani 250 661-4476 pg. 31

909 Lucas Ave, $584,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max AllianceDavid Rusen, 250-386-8875 pg. 21

4034 Elise, $499,900Saturday 1-3One Percent RealtyMaria Furtado 250 881-3754 pg. 23

4041 Palmetto, $1,049,000Saturday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyGraham Bavington, 250-415-1931 pg. 34

2 Cadboro Heights, $489,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Suzanne Mitchell, 250-477-7291 pg. 27

4173 Buckingham, $659,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesDavid Scotney 250-384-8124 pg. 35

406-1068 Tolmie, $279,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdCarl Latzel 250 384-8124 pg. 38

305-820 Short St, $349,888Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyNorma Campbell, 250-477-5353 pg. 6

2-3955 OakwindsSaturday & Sunday 1-3Re/Max AllianceRob Cvitanovic 250 704-6970 pg. 39

2830 Parkview, $543,000Sunday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyMike Van Nerum, 250-477-1100 pg. 16

1086 Roy, $639,900Sunday 2-4One Percent RealtyValentino Prundaru 250-686-2242 pg. 39

1313 Roy Rd, $619,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesChristina Carrick, 250-857-6045 pg. 23

304-4535 Viewmont, $239,900Saturday 3-5Re/Max CamosunRick Turcotte, 250-744-3301

539 Crossandra, $339,000Saturday 12-1:30One Percent RealtyGuy Effl er 250 812-4910 pg. 30

487 KerSunday 1-3Fair RealtyKevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091 pg. 23

108-7583 Central Saanich Rd, $176,300Saturday 3-5Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Joseph Martin, 250-474-4176 pg. 24

4-10072 Third StSaturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Joanne Brodersen 250-477-7291 pg. 38

9130 Ardmore, $1,299,000Sunday 2-4JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3

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10384 Bowerbank Rd, $619,999Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunSam Sihota, 250-744-3301 pg. 24

10450 Allbay, $449,000Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Sandra Hoff, 818-5775 pg. 10

301-2380 BrethourSaturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalBernie Wilkinson 250 477-5353 pg. 24

7161 West Saanich, $269,900Daily 1-3Re/Max CamosunDon King 250 656-4626 pg. 9

466 Green Mountain, $1,190,000Saturday 1-2Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 24

7161 West SaanichDaily 1-3Gordon Hulme RealtyDon King 250 656-4626 pg. 9

6467 Central Saanich, $699,000Sunday 2-4Fair RealtyRay Kong, 250-590-7011 pg. 30

306-2250 James White, $299,900Sunday 12-2Royal Lepage Coast CapitalPaul Holland 250 592-4422 pg. 24

970 Birch RdSunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Judy Gerrett, 250-656-0131 pg. 24

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

9045 Lochside Dr, $975,000Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunGary Anderson, 250-744-3301 pg. 24

2066 Leal, $629,000Saturday 2-4JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3

763 Hanbury, $539,000Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyBruce Gibson 250 385-2033 pg. 25

141-1335 Bear Mountain, $419,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate LtdCarol Stevens, 250-477-7291 pg. 38

408-3226 Jacklin, $279,900Saturday 2:30-4SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown 250-380-6683 pg. 12

974 WalfredSaturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDonna Gabel, 250-477-5353 pg. 26

594 DeloraSaturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalMark McDougall 250 888-8588 pg. 26

2455 Prospector, $725,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate LtdBill Carnegie 250 474-6003 pg. 26

2390 Echo Valley, $684,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Re/Max AllianceDennis Jabs 250 882-7393

2779 Lakehurst DrSaturday 2-4DFH Real Estate LtdTed Tyrrell, 250-477-7291 pg. 26

2795 Lakehurst Dr, $459,900Sunday 2-4Address Realty Ltd.Rob Angus, 250-3911893

971 Huckleberry, $379,900Sunday 1-2:30Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDoug Poruchny, 250-474-4800 pg. 25

2558 Selwyn, $499,000Sunday 2:45-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDoug Poruchny, 250-474-4800 pg. 25

2818 PickfordSunday 2-4Jonesco Real EstateWayne Garner 250 881-8111 pg. 31

593 Latoria, $285,000Saturday & Sunday 1-4Pemberton HolmesGreg Long, 250-384-8124 pg. 10

2433 Prospector Way, $649,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes David Scotney, 250-384-8124 pg. 35

2458 Prospector, $575,000Sunday 2-3:30RE/MAX CamosunDiana Devlin, 250-744-3301 pg. 26

549 Delora Dr., $599,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Kroppmann RealtyHans Hegen 250-858-0424 pg. 38

563 Brant Pl, $549,800Saturday & Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes David Hale, 250-812-7277

662 Goldstream Ave., $249,900Daily 1-4Kahl RealtyJason Kahl 250-391-8484 pg. 11

3689 Ridge Pond, $539,900Saturday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown 250 380-6683 pg. 26

123-945 Bear Mountain, $515,000Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastLynn MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 10

3436 Aloha Ave, $699,900Sunday 2-4Kroppmann RealtyDale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808 pg. 33

3571 Desmond, $569,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4DFH Real EstateRon Bahrey, 250-477-7291 pg. 26

205-80 Regatta LandingSunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunShirley Zailo 250-478-4828 pg. 35

3334 Myles Mansell Rd., $409,000Saturday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateBlair Veenstra 250-360-6683 pg. 26

1250 Parkdale, $469,900Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate LtdMike Hartshorne 250 889-4445 pg. 34

1001 Wild Ridge WaySaturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesJerry Bola 857-0178 pg. 38

828 Bexhill PlSunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Suzanne Mitchell, 250-477-7291 pg. 26

3228 Sedgwick, $489,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate LtdMike Hartshorne 250 889-4445 pg. 39

304-611 Brookside, $198,000Daily 12-4Pemberton HolmesGreg Long, 250-384-8124 pg. 1

2154 Nicklaus DrSaturday & Sunday 2-4DFH Real EstateRon Bahrey, 250-477-7291 pg. 26

2735 Cornerstone TrcSaturday 2:30-4SmartMove Real EstateBlair Veenstra 250-380-6683 pg. 26

3341 Betula, $468,800Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate LtdMike Hartshorne 250 889-4445 pg. 39

2620 Bamboo, $669,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunShane King, 250-661-4277 pg. 26

1616 Millstream, $799,900Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastKomal Dodd 250 479-3333 pg. 25

3416 Turnstone, $479,900Saturday & Sunday 2:00-4:00Century 21 Queenswood Realty Ltd.Alison Stoodley 250-477-1100 pg. 26

816 Finlayson Arm Rd, $629,900Saturday 11-1Address Realty Ltd.Adam Hales, 250-391-1893

608 Fairway AveDaily 1:30-4:00Century 21 Queenswood Realty Ltd.Jennifer Scheck 250-477-1100 pg. 12

3436 Aloha Ave, $699,900Sunday 2-4Kroppmann RealtyDale Kroppmanns, 250-478-0808 pg. 33

1204 Muirfi eld, $809,900Saturday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdJim Reslein 250 384-8124 pg. 25

683 Mount View, $385,000Saturday 1-3Century 21 South Island RealtyPeggy O’Connor 250 744-1300 pg. 31

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

1622 Millstream, $799,900Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastKomal Dodd 250 479-3333 pg. 25

1684 Cole Rd, $399,000Saturday 2-4One Percent RealtyValentino, 250-686-2242 pg. 27

2059 Kennedy, $1,690,000Saturday 10:30-12:30Pemberton HolmesDiana Winger 250-999-3683 pg. 27

6753 Rhodonite Dr, $349,900Saturday 2-4Pemberton Holmes Deana Unger, 250-642-3240 pg. 27

Sunriver Estates Sales CentreSaturday-Thursday 11-4Newport RealtyBlair Watling 250 642-2233 pg. 27

2446 Liggett, $719,000Saturday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyDoug Sunray 250 477-1100 pg. 16

2425 GallandSaturday & Sunday 1-4Century 21 QueenswoodBrian Meredith-Jones 250 477-1100 pg. 28

2446 Liggett, $719,000Saturday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyDoug Sunray 250 477-1100 pg. 28

4556 Royal Island, $639,900Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Tom Muir 250-477-7291 pg. 29

957 Shawnigan Lake, $319,900Thurs & Fri 1-4 & Sat & Sun 11-4Coldwell Banker Slegg RealtyDaniel Weiss 250 383-1500 pg. 29

594 DeloraSaturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMark McDougall 250 588-8588 pg. 26

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Philanthropy The Victoria Foundation & Black Press

Giving wing to art’s power for learning, healing, connectingBy Sarah MonteithFor Patrick Smith, artistic director and co-

founder of the Ptarmigan Music and Theatre Society, the arts are an essential link for building connection and vitality in communities.

“I believe the arts reflect the very best of the soul of humanity,” he said.

Smith, a professional musician and formerly a member of the Vancouver folk group Under The Moss, formed the Ptarmigan Society charity with band mate John McLachlan in 1991. Since then, the society has developed free or low-cost and accessible art programs and recitals that aim to engage, innovate, educate and promote healing in communities throughout Vancouver Island and in Vancouver.

The society currently runs three core pro-grams; Mosaic for children and youth, Taking Flight for seniors, and Strength Within for peo-ple with disabilities and survivors of illness. Over the past decade, the Victoria Foundation has provided close to $25,000 for Ptarmigan pro-grams on southern Vancouver Island.

Mosaic: a medley of art for children and youth

Mosaic organizes a variety of visual art work-shops and musical and theatrical performances. It also fosters creative mentorships for children

and youth living on the southern Gulf Islands. The goal has been to give students living in these small, isolated communities the opportunity to socialize and learn about their local history through different art mediums. Since its concep-tion in 2007, Ptarmigan has conducted 2,000 hours of workshops, recruited 43 local artists, and has involved 800 children in Mosaic events.

Bryce Woollcombe, a teacher on Pender Island, credits the Ptarmigan Society for sustaining the performing arts on the island amid the increas-ing decline in arts funding for schools and says some children have been inspired to pursue a career in the arts as a result of the society’s men-torships.

“Having the expertise, the time, the instru-ments and the moxie to just do community arts is essential. Ptarmigan does this with thoughtful, artful, stubborn patience.”

Taking Flight: soars with seniorsPtarmigan’s Taking Flight program brings

vocal and instrumental recitals to seniors liv-ing in Victoria and the Gulf Islands, with the objective of having a positive impact on quality of life. All performances are planned with the consultation of the care facilities, therapists and activity coordinators. For many seniors, live per-formances are inaccessible due to their financial

or physical limitations. For Smith, this is a good reason why this program exists.

“We wanted to take our programs right to the communities where people could have a hands-on experience with artistic engagement.”

Harpist Alison Vardy, who is also Ptarmigan’s program coordinator, has performed at seniors care homes and the Victoria Hospice and said patients and their families are appreciative of the atmosphere created by her music.

“The feedback I get is how relaxing and sooth-ing the harp music is,” she said. “I always get thanked – and once I got a kiss from a woman whose husband was a [hospice] patient!”

Strength Within: tapping the healing power of the arts

The Strength Within program focuses on pro-viding members of the special needs commu-nity with ways to experience positive interactions through workshops and music events in hopes of encouraging social engagement, creativity, and self esteem. Activities span a range of art forms, from music to drama, to visual arts to dance, giv-ing participants – such as survivors of childhood cancer – the opportunity to express their expe-riences and connect with others who’ve shared similar trauma.

For more information on programs, events,

or how to get involved with the Ptarmigan Soci-ety, see http://ptarmigansociety.org/contact/. For more information about the Victoria Founda-tion, see www.victoriafoundation.ca.

Ptarmigan Music and Theatre Society

Working Together – how philanthropy shapes our community

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41. Children at the Pender Island school take part in a music

session as part of the Island Mosaic project, Pender Island School.

2. Harpist Alison Vardy at a Ptarmigan Taking Flight seniors’ performance at James Bay Lodge. The Taking Flight program received one of the 2012 grants from the Ernest and Hazel Kay Fund. Created from a bequest of $1.1M from the Kay family, this fund, administered by the Victoria Foundation, supports projects to improve the quality of life for seniors on southern Vancouver Island.

3. Ptarmigan facilitator Tina Farmilo and children in the Island Mosaic arts project on Mayne Island.

4. Ptarmigan staff and participants at the Strength Within sum-mer camp for survivors of childhood cancer, Pender Island.

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What will your legacy be? You can guide the future of your community and the causes you care about by making a legacy gift to the Victoria Foundation. Our endowment fund is one of this community’s greatest strengths, allowing us to manage charitable gifts and bequests in perpetuity. If community matters to you, the Victoria Foundation is where you can make your priorities known.

Learn more at www.victoriafoundation.bc.ca or call 250 381-5532

Enjoy the certainty that you have done the right thing.Tony Gooch,member of the Victoria Foundation’s Victoria Circle


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