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Douglas fir murdera mysteryTravis Paterson News staff

Saanich homeowners Donna and Gordon Munroe are mourn-ing the loss of a mature Douglas fir tree, which was mysteriously poisoned on their Elliston Avenue property earlier this year.

The Munroes first noticed an abnormal amount of sap seep-ing from the fir’s base when they returned from a trip in early May. A closer look revealed 14 holes had been intentionally bored into the base of the tree, which is about 23 metres high and had been as healthy as when they pur-chased the property in 1964.

“That’s how you kill a tree,” said Gordon, pointing out the bored holes around the tree’s base. The couple are now on the hook for the hefty cost to remove the dead wood. “We just don’t know why you would do that, and who did it, but we have a pretty good idea.”

Each hole was corked and bleeding a sap like liquid for the summer months, he said. It will now cost between $800 and $1,000 to bring it down.

Upon discovering the damage, Donna immediately contacted the District of Saanich and filed a police report. But without any incriminating evidence, it’s a cold case for now, said Saanich Police Sgt. Steve Eassie.

PlEASE SEE: Tree poisoning, Page A4

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New beginningsSaanich Mayor elect Richard Atwell stands in front of Saanich Municipal Hall on Monday afternoon. Atwell defeated incumbent Frank Leonard by more than 1,000 votes after 35 per cent of Saanich residents cast ballots on Saturday. Turnout was up from 25 per cent of residents in 2011. Atwell, two new councillors and six incumbents will be officially sworn in on Dec. 1 in council chambers. See full coverage inside on Pages A2, A3 and A5.

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Saanich’s two new councillors are humbled but excited to assume office on Dec. 1.

Colin Plant and Fred Haynes will join six incum-bent councillors after Paul Gerrard and Nichola Wade lost their seats in the Nov. 15 election. Returning incumbents are Dean Murdock, Susan Brice, Vic Derman, Judy Brownoff, Vicki Sanders and Leif Wergeland. “During the campaign, most of us were so busy with our own campaigns we didn’t get to share what we had in common or how we see things differently,” Plant told Saanich News. “We’re going to be working together on behalf of residents for the next four years. The big thing right now for me is learning.”

Plant, who received the second-highest num-ber of votes on Saturday (just three votes behind Dean Murdock’s 14,781 votes), said he knocked on about 9,500 Saanich doors and walked 780 kilome-tres during the campaign. Notably, he didn’t send out a single pamphlet by mail.

“I’ve probably had 100 people who said the fact I put ‘please’ on my sign was enough to get their vote. That was very interesting,” Plant said. Vot-ers also chose Plant as one of four CRD directors, though the decision is non-binding. Councils tend to respect the vote, however.

“One of the big things I was interested in region-ally was the arts,” Plant said. “That’s handled at the CRD level. So hopefully I can make it onto the arts committee and have some involvement there.”

Haynes, who received 13,492 votes to rank fifth in councillor votes, said he was honoured to receive so much support as an independent candidate.

Haynes has already reached out to incumbent councillors to discuss upcoming challenges at the

District of Saanich. He hopes to engage residents on housing affordability through a pending review of the municipality’s 12 Local Area Plans, lobby higher levels of government for an expansion of energy-saving home improvement grants and con-tinue to advance the District’s green initiatives.

Haynes said he was impressed with the sense of change he felt during the campaign and on voting day. He also recognized the well-fought campaign by Mayor-elect Richard Atwell.

“There are three new candidates on council. It could have been four, could have been five. That was the energy of change out there,” he said.

Both Plant and Haynes thanked outgoing coun-cillors Gerrard and Wade, as well as six-term Mayor Frank Leonard, for their devotion to the community.

On Sunday, Gerrard posted to his Facebook page to his family, friends and supporters.

“I am still trying to process not being re-elected to Saanich Council, but thank you all for a great six years spent working on affordable housing, the homeless and development projects in the Greater Victoria area,” wrote Gerrard, adding he’ll now focus on his business and take a vacation with his partner. “It seems that ‘Change’ is what the elector-ate wanted, and I hope that whatever that change might be, that it makes Saanich an even better place than it is today.”

Wade posted a similar update on Monday to her candidate Facebook page, and praised the higher voter turnout of 35 per cent, up from 25 per cent in 2011. “Congrats to all those who ran, and most importantly, thank you to Mayor Frank Leonard for his visionary leadership, collaborative style and long term commitment to building this beau-tiful community,” Wade wrote. “He has been an unparalleled mentor to me. I for one, will miss his drive, vision and support.”

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Saanich Mayor Frank Leonard, centre with his arm around wife Jackie, offers his concession speech to supporters on Nov. 15 at Leonard’s campaign office on Cloverdale Avenue. Leonard said he has no regrets about devoting the past 28 years of his life to the District of Saanich.

Saanich votes for change after 18 yearsDaniel PalmerTravis PatersonNews staff

The District of Saanich has a new mayor-elect.

Richard Atwell received just over 1,000 votes more than incum-bent and six-term Mayor Frank Leonard in Saturday’s municipal election, according to a prelimi-nary count. Mayoral candidate David Shebib, who ran on a plat-form of dissolving the current sys-tem of government, received 482 votes, about 1.7 per cent of overall votes for mayor.

“It was time for a change,” said Atwell from his campaign office at 3789 Quadra St. on Saturday. “Last election, (David) Cubberly brought something, but it wasn’t enough. This time, something I did resonated with everyone.”

The vibe in Atwell’s campaign office was electric from the moment the first advance voting results came in at 8:30 p.m., which

cited Atwell ahead 5,690 to 5,190.He said his first order of busi-

ness is to reshape council pro-cedures and open council up to the public for non-agenda items, so that council can receive input directly from residents.

“Not just to encourage people to come to speak on agenda (items), but just to come and speak, that was part of my campaign,” Atwell said.

“Did I believe I’d get in? I really don’t know. But we tried our hard-est. That was harder than anything I’ve done in my life, and I used to work 45 days in a row for Apple, followed by 30 days in a row.”

One of the items Atwell openly criticized was the ballot question supporting a governance review, while other municipalities ran a more specific question about studying amalgamation.

“I took an early position, it was a silly question. Saanich didn’t even have ‘amalgamation’” mentioned in the question,” Atwell said.

Saanich voters overwhelmingly voted in favour of the governance review, with 88.5 per cent voting yes.

The mood at Leonard’s cam-paign office remained tense throughout the evening after advance voting results were released.

As the final tallies rolled in, Leon-ard said he accepted the decision of voters “wholeheartedly,” and said he has no regrets after his 28 years in office. He was first elected to Saanich council in 1986.

“I’ve won 10 elections and I’m leaving the municipality in great shape,” Leonard told Saanich News. “At 60, it might be better to go to the job market than at 64. I need to go get a job next month. Payroll runs out, medical runs out, no pension in the mayor’s game. So Frank goes to the real world and this is probably a good time to do it.”

Leonard added the people of Saanich had put their confidence in another person this time. “That’s democracy and so be it,” he said.

When asked if he had any advice for Atwell, Leonard said simply: “It’s a beautiful municipality. Don’t break it.”

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Mayor Frank Leonard speaks to supporters Saturday evening.

By the numbersn Total ballots cast: 28,517 (35 per cent of eligible voters, up from 25 per cent in 2011)

n Mayoral votes: Richard Atwell - 14,178 Frank Leonard - 13,152 David Shebib - 482

n Council votes: Dean Murdock - 14,781 Colin Plant - 14,778 Susan Brice - 14,182 Vic Derman - 14,046 Fred Haynes - 13,492 Judy Brownoff - 13,162 Vicki Sanders - 13,002 Leif Wergeland - 12,107

Rebecca Mersereau - 12,077 Paul Gerrard - 11,488 Shawn Newby - 11,167 Nichola Wade - 11,066 Marsha Henderson - 10,416

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“There’s been other cases such as this. We had one in Cordova Bay this year where neighbours were complaining about an unpruned tree and then all of a sudden the tree died,” Eassie said.

A Saanich municipal arborist visited the tree back in May and correctly estimated that it would die. Saanich did award a free permit to bring the tree down, as it would not have qualified for removal under the amended 2014 tree bylaws that protect any tree with a diameter of 60 centimetres.

Cory Manton, Saanich manager of urban for-estry, horticulture and natural areas, said reports of tree poisonings to municipal hall are rare but there was another one in rural Saanich last year.

There isn’t much the District can do without hard evidence in a poisoning situation, he said.

A set of neighbours on the street, however, believe someone was unhappy with the fir’s ample detritus, most of which is needles and falls directly onto one property.

Despite their suspicions, the neighbours have no evidence of who may have poisoned the tree.

Tenants of the home adjacent to the Munroe property declined to comment on the situation, except to say they’re sad to see the Douglas fir die. Gordon said his attempts to speak with the land-lord of the neighbouring house have so far been unsuccessful.

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Gordon Munroe points out the bored holes used to poison a mature Douglas fir on his Elliston Avenue property.

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A sign attached by homeowners Gordon and Donna Munroe after someone poisoned their Douglas fir tree.


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Amalgamation: what happens now?Travis PatersonNews staff

Now that many voters have voted in favour of exploring the idea of some regional amalgama-tion, the next step is firmly in the hands of the province, says Amal-gamationYes’ John Vickers.

“The issue took a big step for-ward with 75 per cent of voters in the region supporting the non-binding question (for those who included it on) Saturday’s munici-pal election ballot,” Vickers said. “Now it’s up to the province. The only way it’s going to fly is if we really do see leadership from them. We want to see an end run here.”

Seven of eight Capital Region municipalities voted Yes to the non-binding question of amalga-mation on Saturday including Saa-nich, though Saanich’s question was asking about a governance review and was the only core municipality not to include the word amalgamation in the non-binding question.

Regardless, Saanich voters were

overwhelmingly in favour, with 89 per cent voting yes to: “Do you support Council initiating a com-munity-based review of the gov-ernance structure and policies within Saanich and our partner-ships within the Region?”

Minister Coralee Oakes of Com-munity, Sport and Cultural Devel-opment released a statement on Monday in response to the posi-tive result. Oakes said her ministry is now in the process of reviewing the referendum results in greater detail.

“I remain committed to pro-vide the support and resources required by the newly-elected local governments, once they have had an opportunity to dis-cuss and review the results in greater detail,”Oakes said.

Vickers said he’s been in con-tact with the ministry, but it’s imperative now to keep moving the issue forward.

“What we’d like to see is a com-mission with experts and insight into the various issues, to study and come up with two or three different models, which will hope-fully lead to a provincially run referendum in 2018 or a binding municipal referendum,” he said.

It was outgoing mayor Frank Leonard who framed Saanich’s “governance review” question, but it will be Mayor-elect Richard Atwell and council who oversee its implementation.

Atwell, who came to municipal politics through his work with various community organizations

and as head of the Sewage Treat-ment Action Group, is hesitant to pledge direct allegiance to almaga-mation.

But he said his early focus on the matter would include a review of how directors are appointed to the Capital Regional District.

“If it reaches a review, then one area I’d think would be considered is the election format for the CRD directors. Should they be elected directly?”

“There are additional cost-savings to be had at the CRD level, but I’ve heard (amal-gamation) won’t necessarily save money. ... The challenge is to retain the personal con-nection with residents. You don’t want to lose that bal-ance.”

One of Atwell’s campaign issues – and now a priority – is to open up council meetings to allow the public a chance to speak on non-agenda items, a process he would want enshrined should any municipal responsibilities move to regional governance under an amalgamation model.

The other seven municipalities with a non-binding question on the ballot regarding amalgamation were North Saanich, Oak Bay, Cen-

tral Saanich, Langford, Esquimalt, Victoria and Sidney. Collectively, they account for 86 per cent of region’s population.

The questions varied but most called for public consultation and a provincial study on amalgama-tion and regional governance.

Seventy-five per cent of the approximately 80,000 ballots cast were in favour of a study.

The report stated Oak Bay was the only municipality to vote against it with 62 per cent saying No.

Langford came in a shade over 50 per cent in favour, while View Royal, Colwood, Highlands, Metchosin and Sooke, with a com-bined population of about 46,000, refused to place a non-binding question on the ballot.

However, Colwood will join a post-election study or review.

“The Oak Bay and Langford question didn’t have any consul-tation, it was ‘Will you marry me before the first date,’” Vickers said.

The issue could also be debated at the CRD board level prior to the provincial government tak-ing action on any amalgamation study.

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Yes for the A wordMunicipality, total population, voter resultn Central Saanich, 15,936, Yes (71 per cent)n Colwood: 16,579, No question but will join study post-election.n Esquimalt, 16,209 Yes (67 per cent)*n Highlands, 2,257, No question.n Langford, 29,228, Yes (50 per cent)n Metchosin, 5,312, No question.n North Saanich, 11,021, Yes (63 per cent) n Oak Bay, 18,015, No (62 per cent)n Saanich, 109,752, Yes (89 per cent)n Sidney, 11,538, Yes (68 per cent)n Sooke, 11,435, No question.n Victoria, 80, 017, Yes (80 per cent)n View Royal, 10,858, No question.*Esquimalt had two questions, included is the amalgamation question.- Source: AmalgamationYes.

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“There’s been other cases such as this. We had one in Cordova Bay this year where neighbours were complaining about an unpruned tree and then all of a sudden the tree died,” Eassie said.

A Saanich municipal arborist visited the tree back in May and correctly estimated that it would die. Saanich did award a free permit to bring the tree down, as it would not have qualified for removal under the amended 2014 tree bylaws that protect any tree with a diameter of 60 centimetres.

Cory Manton, Saanich manager of urban for-estry, horticulture and natural areas, said reports of tree poisonings to municipal hall are rare but there was another one in rural Saanich last year.

There isn’t much the District can do without hard evidence in a poisoning situation, he said.

A set of neighbours on the street, however, believe someone was unhappy with the fir’s ample detritus, most of which is needles and falls directly onto one property.

Despite their suspicions, the neighbours have no evidence of who may have poisoned the tree.

Tenants of the home adjacent to the Munroe property declined to comment on the situation, except to say they’re sad to see the Douglas fir die. Gordon said his attempts to speak with the land-lord of the neighbouring house have so far been unsuccessful.

[email protected]


Gordon Munroe points out the bored holes used to poison a mature Douglas fir on his Elliston Avenue property.

Tree poisoning difficult to pursue


A sign attached by homeowners Gordon and Donna Munroe after someone poisoned their Douglas fir tree.


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Amalgamation: what happens now?Travis PatersonNews staff

Now that many voters have voted in favour of exploring the idea of some regional amalgama-tion, the next step is firmly in the hands of the province, says Amal-gamationYes’ John Vickers.

“The issue took a big step for-ward with 75 per cent of voters in the region supporting the non-binding question (for those who included it on) Saturday’s munici-pal election ballot,” Vickers said. “Now it’s up to the province. The only way it’s going to fly is if we really do see leadership from them. We want to see an end run here.”

Seven of eight Capital Region municipalities voted Yes to the non-binding question of amalga-mation on Saturday including Saa-nich, though Saanich’s question was asking about a governance review and was the only core municipality not to include the word amalgamation in the non-binding question.

Regardless, Saanich voters were

overwhelmingly in favour, with 89 per cent voting yes to: “Do you support Council initiating a com-munity-based review of the gov-ernance structure and policies within Saanich and our partner-ships within the Region?”

Minister Coralee Oakes of Com-munity, Sport and Cultural Devel-opment released a statement on Monday in response to the posi-tive result. Oakes said her ministry is now in the process of reviewing the referendum results in greater detail.

“I remain committed to pro-vide the support and resources required by the newly-elected local governments, once they have had an opportunity to dis-cuss and review the results in greater detail,”Oakes said.

Vickers said he’s been in con-tact with the ministry, but it’s imperative now to keep moving the issue forward.

“What we’d like to see is a com-mission with experts and insight into the various issues, to study and come up with two or three different models, which will hope-fully lead to a provincially run referendum in 2018 or a binding municipal referendum,” he said.

It was outgoing mayor Frank Leonard who framed Saanich’s “governance review” question, but it will be Mayor-elect Richard Atwell and council who oversee its implementation.

Atwell, who came to municipal politics through his work with various community organizations

and as head of the Sewage Treat-ment Action Group, is hesitant to pledge direct allegiance to almaga-mation.

But he said his early focus on the matter would include a review of how directors are appointed to the Capital Regional District.

“If it reaches a review, then one area I’d think would be considered is the election format for the CRD directors. Should they be elected directly?”

“There are additional cost-savings to be had at the CRD level, but I’ve heard (amal-gamation) won’t necessarily save money. ... The challenge is to retain the personal con-nection with residents. You don’t want to lose that bal-ance.”

One of Atwell’s campaign issues – and now a priority – is to open up council meetings to allow the public a chance to speak on non-agenda items, a process he would want enshrined should any municipal responsibilities move to regional governance under an amalgamation model.

The other seven municipalities with a non-binding question on the ballot regarding amalgamation were North Saanich, Oak Bay, Cen-

tral Saanich, Langford, Esquimalt, Victoria and Sidney. Collectively, they account for 86 per cent of region’s population.

The questions varied but most called for public consultation and a provincial study on amalgama-tion and regional governance.

Seventy-five per cent of the approximately 80,000 ballots cast were in favour of a study.

The report stated Oak Bay was the only municipality to vote against it with 62 per cent saying No.

Langford came in a shade over 50 per cent in favour, while View Royal, Colwood, Highlands, Metchosin and Sooke, with a com-bined population of about 46,000, refused to place a non-binding question on the ballot.

However, Colwood will join a post-election study or review.

“The Oak Bay and Langford question didn’t have any consul-tation, it was ‘Will you marry me before the first date,’” Vickers said.

The issue could also be debated at the CRD board level prior to the provincial government tak-ing action on any amalgamation study.

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Yes for the A wordMunicipality, total population, voter resultn Central Saanich, 15,936, Yes (71 per cent)n Colwood: 16,579, No question but will join study post-election.n Esquimalt, 16,209 Yes (67 per cent)*n Highlands, 2,257, No question.n Langford, 29,228, Yes (50 per cent)n Metchosin, 5,312, No question.n North Saanich, 11,021, Yes (63 per cent) n Oak Bay, 18,015, No (62 per cent)n Saanich, 109,752, Yes (89 per cent)n Sidney, 11,538, Yes (68 per cent)n Sooke, 11,435, No question.n Victoria, 80, 017, Yes (80 per cent)n View Royal, 10,858, No question.*Esquimalt had two questions, included is the amalgamation question.- Source: AmalgamationYes.

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Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen will wait and see what happens around the Capital Regional District table before making a decision on his role. A new CRD board of directors is set to be sworn in and the new board chair and vice-chair elected at the Dec. 10 inaugural meeting.

“That’ll be an open position and I’ll wait and see who gets appointed and how people feel about the kind of person they want,” said Jensen, add-ing it tends to shift between larger and smaller community representa-tives.

“It really will be up to the people around the table,” he said.

The CRD learns of its appointments to the board immediately following member municipal council inaugural meetings scheduled between Dec. 1

and 8. Oak Bay’s inaugural meeting is set for Dec. 8.

Jensen has served as Oak Bay’s director on the board and chair of the environmental services commit-tee over the past three years.

He says the single biggest issue facing the seven core communities is wastewater treatment and the lead-ership should reflect that.

“It’s someone who’s going to find the way forward amongst those seven and get on with the require-ments that have been placed on us by the provincial and federal govern-ments,” Jensen said.

“One of the main goals would be that we do it with sufficient time frame so as not to jeopardize our grants. [That] “will be a challenge for anybody,” he said.

Jensen will begin his second term as mayor when he swears in Dec. 8.

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Tourism Victoria received the B.C. Chapter of the American Marketing Association 2014 Marketer of the Year award at the 44th Annual Mar-keter of the Year gala held at the Wes-tin Bayshore in Vancouver on Nov. 12.

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OUR VIEW

The saddest manifestation of British Columbia’s modern democracy has produced its judgment, with the election of school trustees for the next four years.

There are still independent, community-minded trustees, but mostly “boards of education” have become the neglected, exploited stepchild of B.C. politics.

Teacher union locals and CUPE-dominated “labour councils” organize candidate forums and ask most of the questions, often to former teachers holding and seeking school board seats. Unions finance the campaigns of those who pledge to act as a bullhorn for constant demands for more provincial money, and instruct their members to vote for what should be called the Conflict of Interest slate.

This has been going on for so long in B.C. it is seen as normal. Trustees who most loudly plump for their union masters tend to win, thanks to low turnout. The public mostly doesn’t give a damn, since school property tax authority was centralized in Victoria many years ago, largely because of this special interest pressure.

The classic case is in Coquitlam, where one could almost hear the theme from The Godfather as local CUPE boss Dave Ginter appeared before the board of education in February. He informed

the elected trustees that their collective financial acumen wasn’t

up to his standards and some of them would have to go this fall.

“Obviously, the chore I have is to find new trustees,” Ginter clarified in an interview with the Tri-City News as the union’s candidate selection machine stirred to life.

Ginter seems to have made them an offer they couldn’t refuse on Saturday, with formerly

union-blessed trustees turfed out in favour of a new group.

Then there’s Vancouver Island, where the 1970s survived, at least until Saturday night. Cowichan school board got itself fired by the province in 2012 for refusing to submit a balanced budget. Two of the trustees who think the job is to flout the balanced budget rule and instead demand a “needs budget” ran again.

They were joined on a slate by two others who apparently still believe the answer to every problem is to shout for “more government funding.” They didn’t get in, as voters appear to have been unimpressed by seeing their school board replaced by a provincially-appointed manager for two years.

That brings up a modest proposal. How about an appointed trustee for each of the 60 school districts? School boards have lost

authority over taxation, curriculum (another area of constant union social engineering pressure) and now labour relations. Do we really need them any more?

After the 2013 B.C. election, the Christy Clark government wasted no time taking control of union bargaining on behalf of school districts. Trustees were pushed out of the bargaining agency, no longer trusted to represent taxpayers for that duty either.

The puppet role of some school trustees was evident in the recent teacher strike. When the province opted to pay parents for the disruption, there was a chorus of protest from those supposedly elected to represent the interests of parents and taxpayers.

School tax rates are now set by cabinet order, and the B.C. Liberal government is considering a move to regulate local industrial taxes. (This would presumably be to keep union-influenced municipalities from trying to get too many golden eggs from those liquefied natural gas plants.)

Would Education Minister Peter Fassbender and his team continue their remake by amalgamating or eliminating school boards? Not likely.

With a rare teacher settlement in place, trustees will have less incentive to grandstand. And their meetings may become something more than union beef sessions.

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

What to do with school boards?

‘[They’ve] become the neglected, exploited stepchild of B.C. politics.’

Don’t lose control on amalgamation

Tom FletcherB.C. Views

EDITORIALPenny Sakamoto Group PublisherDaniel Palmer EditorTravis Paterson ReporterTeresa Laird Creative ServicesOliver Sommer Advertising DirectorSarah Taylor Advertising ConsultantChris Kelsall Advertising Consultant

The problem with democracy for politicians is that every now and then the electorate actually gets off the couch, heads to the nearest polling station and sends them a stern message.

Greater Victoria voters, in the largest numbers we’ve seen in a long time, have spoken – and not just for who they wanted to see sitting in their councillor and mayoral seats.

A resounding Yes on various amalgamation questions means politicians can no longer sit back and ignore the issue.

Victoria and Esquimalt have experimented with amalgamation and both communities appear satisfied (these days) with their joint police department.

But experimentation on a small scale is no longer enough; neither is discussion without action.

Politicians in the core area, West Shore and Peninsula must now begin substantive dialogue about moving down the road to amalgamation, in whatever form that will take.

The province, seeing which way the political winds are blowing, has already signaled its interest in seeing amalgamation move forward. This will put additional pressure on local councils to do the same.

But proceed with caution: it is extremely important that Greater Victoria creates its own plans for amalgamation: a made-in-Victoria solution, not a provincially mandated solution that could serve the B.C. legislature better than local residents.

To do that, mayors and councillors, new and old, will have to start by sitting down and seeing what first steps can be taken. It’s time to move forward co-operatively and in a spirit of joint benefit.

Mayors and councillors must also not forget who has put their feet to the fire on this issue by keeping voters informed of ongoing talks and any agreements that come from those discussions.

They must also look ahead and decide if a binding referendum should be added to the ballot four years from now.

A binding referendum would force a lot of hands and it seems that co-operation and a mutually agreed upon plan would serve the interests of the area much better.

So, our local politicos should be reminded of the old equation: Talk - Action = 0, and know they will be judged on that.

They have four short years to show they are taking serious action on the amalgamation question. Let’s get to work.


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OUR VIEW

The saddest manifestation of British Columbia’s modern democracy has produced its judgment, with the election of school trustees for the next four years.

There are still independent, community-minded trustees, but mostly “boards of education” have become the neglected, exploited stepchild of B.C. politics.

Teacher union locals and CUPE-dominated “labour councils” organize candidate forums and ask most of the questions, often to former teachers holding and seeking school board seats. Unions finance the campaigns of those who pledge to act as a bullhorn for constant demands for more provincial money, and instruct their members to vote for what should be called the Conflict of Interest slate.

This has been going on for so long in B.C. it is seen as normal. Trustees who most loudly plump for their union masters tend to win, thanks to low turnout. The public mostly doesn’t give a damn, since school property tax authority was centralized in Victoria many years ago, largely because of this special interest pressure.

The classic case is in Coquitlam, where one could almost hear the theme from The Godfather as local CUPE boss Dave Ginter appeared before the board of education in February. He informed

the elected trustees that their collective financial acumen wasn’t

up to his standards and some of them would have to go this fall.

“Obviously, the chore I have is to find new trustees,” Ginter clarified in an interview with the Tri-City News as the union’s candidate selection machine stirred to life.

Ginter seems to have made them an offer they couldn’t refuse on Saturday, with formerly

union-blessed trustees turfed out in favour of a new group.

Then there’s Vancouver Island, where the 1970s survived, at least until Saturday night. Cowichan school board got itself fired by the province in 2012 for refusing to submit a balanced budget. Two of the trustees who think the job is to flout the balanced budget rule and instead demand a “needs budget” ran again.

They were joined on a slate by two others who apparently still believe the answer to every problem is to shout for “more government funding.” They didn’t get in, as voters appear to have been unimpressed by seeing their school board replaced by a provincially-appointed manager for two years.

That brings up a modest proposal. How about an appointed trustee for each of the 60 school districts? School boards have lost

authority over taxation, curriculum (another area of constant union social engineering pressure) and now labour relations. Do we really need them any more?

After the 2013 B.C. election, the Christy Clark government wasted no time taking control of union bargaining on behalf of school districts. Trustees were pushed out of the bargaining agency, no longer trusted to represent taxpayers for that duty either.

The puppet role of some school trustees was evident in the recent teacher strike. When the province opted to pay parents for the disruption, there was a chorus of protest from those supposedly elected to represent the interests of parents and taxpayers.

School tax rates are now set by cabinet order, and the B.C. Liberal government is considering a move to regulate local industrial taxes. (This would presumably be to keep union-influenced municipalities from trying to get too many golden eggs from those liquefied natural gas plants.)

Would Education Minister Peter Fassbender and his team continue their remake by amalgamating or eliminating school boards? Not likely.

With a rare teacher settlement in place, trustees will have less incentive to grandstand. And their meetings may become something more than union beef sessions.

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

What to do with school boards?

‘[They’ve] become the neglected, exploited stepchild of B.C. politics.’

Don’t lose control on amalgamation

Tom FletcherB.C. Views

EDITORIAL Penny Sakamoto Group PublisherKevin Laird Editorial DirectorDaniel Palmer Editor Oliver Sommer Advertising Director

The problem with democracy for politicians is that every now and then the electorate actually gets off the couch, heads to the nearest polling station, and sends them a stern message.

Greater Victoria voters, in the largest numbers we’ve seen in a long time, have spoken –

and not just for who they wanted to see sitting in their city councillor and mayoral seats.

A resounding yes on the amalgamation questions means politicians can no longer sit back and ignore the issue.

Victoria and Esquimalt have experimented with amalgamation, and both communities appear happy with their joint police department

Experimentation on a small scale is no longer enough; neither is conversation without results.

Politicians from Victoria, Esquimalt and surrounding areas must now begin substantive dialogue about moving down the road to amalgamation, in whatever form that will take.

The province, seeing which way the political winds are blowing, have already signaled their interest in seeing amalgamation move forward. This will put additional pressure on our local political servants to do the same.

It is extremely important that Greater Victoria creates its own plans for amalgamation: a made in Victoria solution, not a provincially mandated solution that may serve the B.C. legislature rather than local residents.

To do that, mayors and councillors, new and old, will have to start by sitting down and seeing what first steps can be taken in terms of informal cooperation and sharing.

Mayors and councillors must also not forget who has put their feet to the fire on this issue and keep voters informed of ongoing talks and any agreements that come from those discussions.

They must also look ahead and decide if a binding referendum should be added to the ballot in four years time.

A binding referendum would force a lot of hands and it seems that cooperation and a mutually agreed upon plan would serve the interests of the area much better.

So, our local politicos should be reminded of the old equation Talk - Action = 0, and know they will be judged on that.

They have four short years to show they are taking action on the amalgamation question.

SAANICH NEWS - Wednesday, November 19, 2014 www.saanichnews.com • A9SAANICH NEWS - Wednesday, November 19, 2014 www.saanichnews.com • A9

LETTERS

We learn from our civic elections that a majority of the people who voted favour looking at some sort of amalgamation.

It’s not surprising, as most of us have witnessed the failure of the CRD as the cooperative body for the regional municipalities. In addition, the pro-amalgamation groups ran a financed campaign of reduced costs and increased efficiencies without any mention of any downsides and they’ve never provided any conclusive evidence that I’ve seen to substantiate their claims.

There’s still going to be the same amount of work to do, be it service delivery or administrative, so I can’t see us laying a bunch of people off and is that what we want to do? A large part of our economy is the public sector. It can’t be more efficient because we all know that the bigger the organization, be it government or private, is always less efficient the bigger it gets.

Recently, Esquimalt residents voted, and through their mayor and council, overwhelmingly

rejected McLoughlin Point as a sewage site. Very soon after, CRD directors contemplated going around Esquimalt’s elected officials’ backs and offering the residents what some called a bribe to put the plant there. I’m convinced that if the residents of Esquimalt did not have their mayor and council to stand up against the CRD, the plant would have been built there, no bribe needed, just imposed for the greater good.

And that is the whole premise behind municipalities, land use and other policies that agree with the residents of that particular area. It is the most powerful form of democracy that there is. That was proven in Esquimalt.

I once wrote a letter to my prime minister and got a letter back from his assistant, I wrote a letter to my premier and got a letter back from her assistant, I wrote a letter to my mayor and got a letter back from my mayor.

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Dogs on busesabout the environment

Let me give an example of how a small action can grow into something of significance. Forty years ago in Ottawa, I started collecting glass and tin cans for recycling in my carport in Manor Park. I drove the growing collection to Kanata for glass and tin crushing, and recycling. After the first year, I brought Pollution Probe in and they opened depots across Ottawa to accept recyclables, and this then morphed into the Blue Box program.

Margaret Mead wrote: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful and committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it’s the only thing that ever has”. She also wrote: “It is all our responsibility to leave this planet in better shape for future generations than we found it.”

Those of us with dogs are realizing that the constant use of our cars adds to the toxic emissions polluting the air we breathe. We want to leave our cars at home, particularly travelling downtown or to dog-off leash parks. This is just a small step towards preventing global warming.

I reiterate that bus drivers would have the option of refusing a dog on the bus, if there’s a guide dog on board or someone with bad allergies to dogs or a child who is afraid of dogs.

Bicycles are allowed on some buses. So why can’t there be dog-friendly buses, too?

It is up to the BC Regional Transit Commission to make the final decision. I would ask your readers to look at the larger picture of global warming and to accept that small actions lead to larger changes.

Daphne M. TaylorSaanich

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We learn from our civic elections that a majority of the people who voted favour looking at some sort of amalgamation.

It’s not surprising, as most of us have witnessed the failure of the CRD as the cooperative body for the regional municipalities. In addition, the pro-amalgamation groups ran a financed campaign of reduced costs and increased efficiencies without any mention of any downsides and they’ve never provided any conclusive evidence that I’ve seen to substantiate their claims.

There’s still going to be the same amount of work to do, be it service delivery or administrative, so I can’t see us laying a bunch of people off and is that what we want to do? A large part of our economy is the public sector. It can’t be more efficient because we all know that the bigger the organization, be it government or private, is always less efficient the bigger it gets.

Recently, Esquimalt residents voted, and through their mayor and council, overwhelmingly

rejected McLoughlin Point as a sewage site. Very soon after, CRD directors contemplated going around Esquimalt’s elected officials’ backs and offering the residents what some called a bribe to put the plant there. I’m convinced that if the residents of Esquimalt did not have their mayor and council to stand up against the CRD, the plant would have been built there, no bribe needed, just imposed for the greater good.

And that is the whole premise behind municipalities, land use and other policies that agree with the residents of that particular area. It is the most powerful form of democracy that there is. That was proven in Esquimalt.

I once wrote a letter to my prime minister and got a letter back from his assistant, I wrote a letter to my premier and got a letter back from her assistant, I wrote a letter to my mayor and got a letter back from my mayor.

Bob BroughtonVictoria

Most powerful democracy is local

Dogs on busesabout the environment

Let me give an example of how a small action can grow into something of significance. Forty years ago in Ottawa, I started collecting glass and tin cans for recycling in my carport in Manor Park. I drove the growing collection to Kanata for glass and tin crushing, and recycling. After the first year, I brought Pollution Probe in and they opened depots across Ottawa to accept recyclables, and this then morphed into the Blue Box program.

Margaret Mead wrote: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful and committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it’s the only thing that ever has”. She also wrote: “It is all our responsibility to leave this planet in better shape for future generations than we found it.”

Those of us with dogs are realizing that the constant use of our cars adds to the toxic emissions polluting the air we breathe. We want to leave our cars at home, particularly travelling downtown or to dog-off leash parks. This is just a small step towards preventing global warming.

I reiterate that bus drivers would have the option of refusing a dog on the bus, if there’s a guide dog on board or someone with bad allergies to dogs or a child who is afraid of dogs.

Bicycles are allowed on some buses. So why can’t there be dog-friendly buses, too?

It is up to the BC Regional Transit Commission to make the final decision. I would ask your readers to look at the larger picture of global warming and to accept that small actions lead to larger changes.

Daphne M. TaylorSaanich

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Victoria MP Murray Rankin and the may-ors of Victoria and Oak Bay are calling on Canada Post to halt the planned elimination of home mail delivery to 18,000 households in the capital region next year.

Local politicians want more public con-sultation and assur-ances that municipali-ties won’t be forced to foot the bill for new infrastructure.

Residents in the affected areas will have to get mail from their local community mail-boxes.

Homeowners were sent information on the conversion last month.

Canada Post said Canadians mailed almost 1.2 billion fewer pieces of mail in 2013 than they did in 2006.

The level of consul-tation has been disap-pointing, said politi-cians.

“Open consultation should have been the start of this process, not the end,” said out-going Victoria Mayor Dean Fortin,

“My priority now is ensuring that residents aren’t stuck with the bill for Canada Post’s plan. We have real con-cerns about infrastruc-ture costs like new lights or sidewalks for accessibility. I can’t support this process moving ahead without clear assurances that the costs will not be off loaded onto municipal budgets.”

Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen said many resi-dents share his con-cerns about the impact of mass mailboxes on older, established neighbourhoods.

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In the last few weeks I have been very involved in Remembrance activities, from delivering Wartime Victoria Walking Tours to performing in a First World War Musical Revue.

Over this time I have had many conversations about the impact of modern war with dozens of people from many demographics. Remarkably, every one of these people has had an emotional family story to share about why Remembrance Day is particularly important to them.

My family has a few

of these stories, but the one I am most familiar with is that of my grandmother Jackie, who was born in 1917 while her father was fighting in France. She never met her father, John Tyo, who was killed at Arras when she was one week shy of her first birthday.

John met Dorothy Stata when he was walking down the street of a small town in rural Ontario in 1916. He was 23 years old, and smartly dressed in his 4th Hussars Home Guard uniform when he saw the pretty Dorothy heading the opposite way down the street. According to their daughter, he simply “picked her up” then and there.

After a whirlwind courtship and marriage so quick that John reported his 18-year-old wife’s middle name incorrectly on his attestation papers, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in January of 1917.

He was quickly sent to England for further training and then to France to grind away in the trenches as a member of the 3rd Battalion Canadian Machine Gunners.

When I asked my grandmother what she knew of her father, she said that on Saturday mornings, her own mother would tell her stories about their brief life together. She knew that her father

was “the kind of man who would walk an old lady across the street.” To my delight, he was also a good hockey player.

What she did not, and could not know, was what kind of laugh

he had. Or how it felt to have him hold her hand.

Grandma Jackie was born in October 1917. Her father remained overseas, exchanging letters faithfully with his young wife, and rejoicing in absentia at the birth of his child. Before he ever got to come home to meet her, he was engaged in a terrible battle at Arras and survived.

The story I remember from childhood was how the next day, after the battle was over, his platoon was lined up for inspection after a resounding victory, only to be shot one by one by a German sniper who had been patiently waiting all night in one of the only remaining skeletal trees in the mudbath of the field.

He died on Sept. 24, 1918 and was buried at Duisans. When I was 12, I became the first family member to visit his grave, and placed the first flowers upon it. It was a profoundly affecting experience.

John Tyo’s affects were sent home to his wife and infant daughter.

My grandmother has these items still today. There is a pile of letters, a small book, postcards, and

a rosary, pulled from his pocket in shattered pieces. This is what she has of her father.

But the story does not end here. Widowed Dorothy raised her daughter Jackie alone until five years later when she married a veteran of the war (and indeed, of the very same battle), which took her husband’s life. He was a good and kind man, called Harold Coyle. My grandmother loved him as if he was her own father.

Harold did not speak much of his time overseas.He had been terribly gassed and then wounded by a shell that exploded at his right side. He lost parts of his ear, neck, shoulder and lower arm. Doctors even tried to fix his most crippling wound by grafting a piece of thighbone into his forearm. This was ineffective and my

grandmother recalls that he spilt his tea a lot.

Even more dramatic though, was the shellshock, or post-traumatic stress disorder.

Harold woke every night, screaming at the shells that still burst in his dreams, and lurching himself up and out of bed as if going over the top. This was the soundtrack of my grandmother’s childhood nights. She and her siblings were “quite used to it.”

This is but a single tiny chapter in the story of one small family in a town of 1,400 people. This chapter is nearly 100 years old, yet its characters are tangible and immediate.

Each Nov. 11, I cannot help but multiply the emotional resonance of this one story by the millions upon millions of people with stories just like this, whose lives have been irrevocably touched by war in the last 100 years. It is a heavy weight, and it bears remembering.

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When you’ve been on the same team as long as Jessica Lane and Renata Baldwin have, you get to know your teammates.

And you get to know what to expect from each other.

The Mount Douglas Rams junior volley-ball team are gearing up to defend their 2013 Island championships as hosts of the 2014 junior girls Island championship at Mount Doug on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 21 to 22.

That the Rams are the favourite is a given, seeing as they won the tournament as a cast of Grade 9 players last year.

As a team composed entirely of Grade 10 girls, there is little room for doubt. But you wouldn’t know it from the players who jovially set up the court for a recent practice.

“We’re a pretty close team, we’ve bonded really well because we’ve known each other so long, some us were on the same team going back to Grade 5,” Lane said.

The goal this week is to win the Island

championship again and improve on the team’s 11th overall finish at provincials from last year, she added.

The team’s history is taking on a life of its own, as they’ve compiled a long list of achievements.

The group of Gordon Head kids double as a team - player for player - in the Vic-toria Volleyball Association, which is the jersey they were wearing when they won silver at the 2013 Western Nationals and won the last four Island club champion-ships for their age group.

“Most of us came from Arbutus middle school and a few others are from Gor-don Head middle school,” said Baldwin. “Having the Islands here, it’s big motiva-tion to have our friends and family at the games.”

As expected, the Rams were a force in the regular season, going undefeated in the A pool without dropping a single set (the upstart Spencer middle school girls came the closest).

There was talk of bumping the Rams to the senior level this year but because they slipped to 11th at last year’s provin-cials, they decided to stay at the junior

level, said coach Shawn Boulding, Mount Doug’s principal.

“This group of Grade 10 girls is very unique, a special group to work with. They are wonderful individually and best friends off the court as well – inseparable but at the same time very welcoming and open to new teammates.”

It’s lightning in a bottle for Mount Doug, which has seen its share of ups and downs at the senior level. Getting an entire team from Arbutus and Gordon Head middle schools is rare, as those schools produce a third of the school’s 1,100 or so students.

The Rams also have a second team, Rams B, made up of Grade 9 players. It also played the regular season sched-ule in the city’s top division and finished middle of the pack.

It’s all part of a level excitement around the sport at Mount Doug, said Baldwin.

“You can see volleyball growing. Foot-ball is still huge at Mount Doug, but it’s not just hear it’s across the Island, volley-ball is growing.”

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Jessica Lane and Renata Baldwin

of the Mount Doug Rams

look to defend the junior girls

Island volleyball championships at Mount Doug this

week. Travis Paterson

News staff

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For the families of Ayvrie Monaghan and Coen Wallace, coping with the stresses of their children’s health concerns has been alle-viated by the help of their communities and by the efforts of orga-nizations like Vancou-ver Island’s Help Fill A Dream Foundation.

Ayvrie, 16 months, and Coen, four, both have had medical con-ditions that threatened their lives.

Ayvrie, from Victoria, was born premature and with a chronic lung disease. Mom, Liz, says her daughter spent the beginning of her life in various levels of inten-sive care.

Coen, from North Saanich, was born with diseased kidneys and received a trans-plant more than a year ago. His dad Chris said Coen’s transplant was life-changing but he will face future procedures as he grows older.

Today, their parents said the prognosis looks good, but both of the kids will require a lifetime of medication and care.

This month, the Help Fill A Dream Founda-tion launched its fourth annual fundraising campaign, partnering with Country Grocer, Eurosa Farm in Central Saanich and Winter-

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Country Grocer stores Island-wide will be promoting Dream Bouquets (grown by Eurosa Farm), a special six-pack of cupcakes, Christmas trees (from Wintergreen), T-shirts and more to help the Foundation reach its goal of $15,000 this year.

The money, said Foundation executive director Chris Smith, is used to fulfil the dreams of 100 Island and Gulf Islands chil-dren and their families, and to help lift the bur-den of medical costs.

Smith said the foun-dation reaches families in three ways: family assistance – helping pay for travel to and from treatment; quality of life – the purchase of specialized equip-ment, programs and even unique medial treatments, and; dream fulfilment – family vaca-tions, meeting celebri-ties and more.

“We want to be able to help families stay together,” Smith said. “While we help with the costs of medical treat-ment and supplies, it’s also about hope.”

Denyse Koo, presi-dent of the foundation, added their work is for children and their fami-lies and being able to meet their needs that are not met by the med-ical system or by gov-ernment.

“We are so grateful for the help and the support of the commu-nity on the Peninsula,’ said Chris, Coen’s dad.

“It brings it to the forefront how special this place is.”

The Wallace fam-ily hopes to take a big trip now that Coen is doing well. Liz, Ayvrie’s mom, said the Foun-dation is hoping to provide much-needed medical equipment for her daughter, adding the costs to the family do add up. This year’s Help Fill A Dream Foun-dation campaign at the Island’s Country Gro-cer locations, runs until Dec. 14.

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It was an up and down weekend for both the women’s and men’s Camosun Chargers basketball teams as they faced off against the Capilano Blues and the Quest University Canada Kermodes at home.

The local teams took a double win Friday against the North Vancouver-based Blues. The early eve-ning women’s game saw the team pull off a tight 75-70 victory while the men managed to win their game by a hefty 30-point margin, 92-62.

Saturday the teams took to the court in the afternoon. This series saw both local squads fall to their Squamish opponents. The men lost 84-67 while the women were defeated by a score of 70-60.

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Quality Foods - Your Fall Baking Headquaters Quality Foods - Your Fall Baking Headquaters

Cheese Please! The Best to You Each MorningBOGO - Mix and Match Any Olivieri Filled Pasta 275-350gr or Olivieri Sauce 160gr or 275-300ml

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DaltonsDaltonsMincemeatMincemeat750ml

Let’s Bake Up a Storm!

Beans, Chick Peas or Beans, Chick Peas or Beans, Chick Peas or Beans, Chick Peas or Beans, Chick Peas or Beans, Chick Peas or Beans, Chick Peas or Beans, Chick Peas or Beans, Chick Peas or Beans, Chick Peas or Beans, Chick Peas or Beans, Chick Peas or Beans, Chick Peas or Beans, Chick Peas or Beans, Chick Peas or Beans, Chick Peas or

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Win a Set of Henckel Knives from Unico & Gallo$275 value


99¢

per 100gr

Grimm’sSummer Sausage or Ham Sausage with Garlic

10 PieceCrispy Chicken Drumsticks

Made Fresh Instore 2 Pack 5” Meat PiesMin. 800gr

Available at Select Stores

299per

100gr

Irish Blarney, Dubliner & Reserve

Cheddar Cheese 200gr

10,000

Bonus Q-Points

Our Own Fresh CookedTurkey Breast

FreybeAuthenic Smoked Beef

Bottom Round

FreybeSmoked Bavarian Ham

199

999

129per 100gr 499

per 100gr

249

299

RoyaleVelour Bathroom Tissue12’s

RoyaleFacial Tissue or Tiger Towel6’s

Easy OffOven Cleaner400gr or 475ml

S.O.S.Soap Pads10’s

499 per 100gr

per 100gr

399

599

599

199 per 100gr

149per

100gr 999 999

199per

100gr

Dinner for Three 35 95

Egg Roll 1 99

BothwellCheddar or MozzarellaSelected, 170gr

Alexis de PortneufBelle Creme BrieTriple Cream

CanadianSmoked Havarti

Frozen or Previously FrozenBoneless Skinless Basa Fillets

FreshSnapper Fillets

FreshAhi Tuna

Jane’sBreaded FishSelected, 580-615gr

HOUSEWARES

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111 per 100gr100gr100gr

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Smoked Bavarian HamSmoked Bavarian HamSmoked Bavarian Ham

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Family Fall Favourites


2 $5for 499 499

Barbara’sCheez Puffs155-198gr

Ty PhooOrange Pekoe Tea80’s

Rizopia100% Brown Rice Pasta454gr

Simply NaturalOrganic Pasta Sauce739ml

Solo GiEnergy Bar50gr

Ethical BeanFair Trade Organic Ground Coffee227gr

SilkAlmond, Cashew, Soy or

Coconut Beverage1.89lt

Double LayerRaspberry Truffle Cake

Cheesecake Slice

1099

249299 2 $5for

2 $5for2 $5for

2$4for

6 Pack 6 Pack

SCAN THIS SPECIAL QR (QUICK RESPONSE)

CODE WITH YOUR SMARTPHONE FOR A LIST OF GLUTEN FREE

PRODUCTS

Almond, Cashew, Soy or Almond, Cashew, Soy or Almond, Cashew, Soy or Almond, Cashew, Soy or Almond, Cashew, Soy or Almond, Cashew, Soy or Almond, Cashew, Soy or Almond, Cashew, Soy or Almond, Cashew, Soy or Almond, Cashew, Soy or Almond, Cashew, Soy or Almond, Cashew, Soy or Almond, Cashew, Soy or Almond, Cashew, Soy or Almond, Cashew, Soy or Almond, Cashew, Soy or Almond, Cashew, Soy or Almond, Cashew, Soy or

Bonus Q-Points

Original CakerieSquares

340gr

5,000

199

299

299

599

399 2 $5for3 $5for

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ALL WEBBERNATURALS,

SUNKIST, ORHOLISTAVITAMINS

Instantly at the Till50%50%

Rye Bread

Mini Danish

Coffee Cake8” Cherry Pie

Country HarvestBreadSelected, 675gr

Dempster’sBagelsSelected, 6’s

Multigrain Buns Sunflower & Flax Seed Bread

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Family Fall Favourites


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WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES

TUES.MON. WED. THUR. FRI. SAT. SUN.

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Email Address: [email protected]

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7 DAYS OF SAVINGS -Nov. 17 - 23

California Grown

Fresh Kiwifruit

California Fresh

Satsuma Mandrin Oranges2lb bag

California/Mexico “Driscoll’s”

Fresh Raspberries6oz clamshell

Mexican “Premium”

Fresh Green Beans400gr

6” Christmas Poinsettia

Vancouver Island Grown

Gerbera Daisy Bouquet

1299 899 California “Fresh” Organic Bunched Carrots

2$3for

California “Extra Large”

Green Seedless Grapes6.59 per kg

Mexican “Hass Variety”

Organic Avocadoes

B.C. Grown “No.1”Organic Red or Yellow Potatoes5lb bag

“Popeye Label”

Cello Spinach10oz bag

2$4for

3$4for

4$2for2$7for

for

2$52$5for

2$52$5

per lb299

399

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