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The victim of a dog attack in Broadmead believes Saanich Pound is not doing enough to protect the public from a repeat offender.
Denis Canuel, a professional gardener, was attending to a property on Shadywood Drive on Saturday when a pedestrian engaged him in conversation regarding Canuel’s work. A few seconds later, that same pedestrian was about 50 feet away when his dog, a medium-sized terrier, bolted for Canuel and attacked him unprovoked.
“It came at me full speed, the owner failed to control the dog,” Canuel said. “It tore open my [denim] pants, and I was very lucky it bit me on the bone, it nearly bit off flesh. It was a brutal, vicious attack, a rip and tear.”
Despite having had a cordial conversation with the owner just prior to the attack, the owner did not attempt to call the dog off, Canuel said. Not only that, Canuel had to yell at the owner and order him to remove the dog, he added, which was wearing a leash.
Canuel wrote a letter to Saanich asking for the dog to be destroyed. If it’s at least not removed, he says he’ll pursue civil action.
Saanich Pound confirmed it had previously investigated the dog for an attack, and applied a $250 fine and a violation ticket for “aggressive dog running at
large,” said Saanich Police acting Sgt. Jereme Leslie.
From now on, the dog will have to wear a muzzle when not on its own property. Details of the dog’s previous incident are unclear but it happened on its own property. At that time, Saanich Pound deemed the dog aggressive and ordered it be tied up whether on its own property or in public.
As a gardener, Canuel has experience dealing with dogs and said there was nothing to suggest the dog was going to attack. The owner apologized but his offer to purchase Canuel
a new pair of jeans was not enough, Canuel said.
“I’m often crouched down when I work, I can’t be on the lookout for a crazy dog,” Canuel said. “If that dog attacked a child or an elderly person, it could be life threatening, it could disable a child for life and leave scars.”
Karen De Tomasso is the owner of the property on which Canuel was attacked. She wasn’t home at the time, but is deeply concerned that it happened on private property, the same place her grandchildren visit.
“If it was on public property I
wouldn’t have much say but this is my safe haven,” Di Tomasso said. “A dog can have a mishap but that is not the concern with this dog, it’s drawn blood.”
Di Tomasso believes the dog should be considered dangerous, which would have greater implications, such as euthanization.
“The question is, how many people are bitten before Saanich does the job it needs to do, five attacks, more?” Canuel asked. “It’s important for the public to know you can buy a dog and let it bite more than two people, and still have that dog.”
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Professional gardener Denis Canuel sits in the very place a dog attacked him while he was working on Shadywood Drive in Broadmead on Saturday. Canuel shows his jeans that were ripped during the attack.
Anyone involved in past or present efforts to create a sewage treatment system for the Capital Regional Dis-trict’s core can attest that much work has been done and plenty of money spent on the issue. And as we appear to draw closer to a solu-tion, it’s reflective to note that others are watching us closely, espe-cially our neigh-bours to the immediate south.
In today’s fifth and final instalment of Sewage in the CRD, we take a look at Washington state’s continued frustra-tion over the regional district’s release of untreated sewage into Juan de Fuca Strait, and talk to a former B.C. premier who was in the middle of the discus-sions in the 1990s.
As we wrap up this stage of our cov-erage of the issue, we also look at how a property on Rock Bay in Victoria, once touted as the central site for a regional treatment system, fell off the table and all but disappeared from sew-age committee members’ minds.
We thank you once again for your input and feedback on this series and we know many more conversations lay ahead on sewage treatment. We’ll continue to arm readers with valuable information to help you be an impor-tant part of ongoing discussions in your communities.
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Youth carve out a bond with First Nations’ cultureTravis Paterson News Staff
When Moy Sutherland led the raising of the third and final totem pole in front of the Native Friendship Centre last Thursday, he didn’t see it as the end of a project, only the beginning.
Sutherland’s voice boomed through the mic as he guided more than 100 youth and members of the community who lined along Regina Avenue in front of the centre. Slowly, they pulled the 6,000-pound Qweesh-hicheelth pole with a 200-foot-long rope, hand-over-hand, through a pulley until it stood straight. It stands beside two other totem poles as all three nations of the Island are represented, the Nuu-chan-nulth nation of Western Vancouver Island, the Coast Salish (Southern Island) and the Kwakwaaka’wakw (Eastern Vancouver Island).
“There’s lots of room out here for more, this is not the end,” Sutherland said. “When we made this, we also started an army of new carvers.”
The pole carries many tales of Nuu-chan-nulth legend. At the top, a thunderbird transforms into a human, while at the bottom, a killer whale transforms into a wolf. The wolf’s head is situated where the whale’s blow hole would be, and within that is a human figure, representing the Wolf Society, a group of Nuu-chan-nulth warriors who would deal with the dead, organize funerals and act as police.
Qweesh-hicheelth is Nuu-chan-nulth for transformation, and Sutherland, who is Nuu-chan-nulth, sees the transformation that’s happened throughout the project, and beyond. In September, the 42-year-old master carver and artist started alone, trimming the massive red cedar from Ehattesaht (in Esperanza Sound) into a flat-back totem pole, 26 feet long. In November, he took on a crew that included at-risk youth who knew nothing of carving, and spent the past four-and-a-half months teaching them, and together they completed the project.
“This was all about empowerment for youth from the start,” said Sutherland. “We used hand tools, and it slowed the process, but at the end I could say ‘go carve this area flat,’ and they would know how to do it.”
All the tools were hand made by “Iron Jake” James, the Metchosin blacksmith who also anchored the finished pole to its cement base. Sutherland then ordered a set for each member of the team, and gifted them upon completion.
“There were a lot of cuts to begin with,” Sutherland recalled.
As a teen, Sutherland left his home in Gordon Head for a life on the streets. Instead of Lambrick Park secondary, he spent the ages of 13 to 20 learning a different life.
“I didn’t carve anything until I was 19, that was a start,” he said. “There was something about when you finish something, and everyone appreciates it, that was very fulfilling.”
Through art, Sutherland learned the cultural history of his people. And now he encourages youth to explore the history of their own people.
“I tell them, go learn, and let’s stand that up [as a pole].”
One of the crew members was Tejas Collison, 24, who didn’t expect to work on the pole. Collison lives in Esquimalt and is apprenticing with master carver Carey Newman, who built the first two poles at the Friendship Centre. Collison actually worked on the Coast Salish, which was raised in 2014. So when it came to crunch time, Sutherland put the word out, and Newman assigned Collison to help out.
“I tried to assist where need be with sharpening of tools, sanding and other rudimentary skills, and focused on the features of the killer whale,” Collison said.
It’s that kind of team mentality that has Travis Peal, 33,
excited to carry on. After years in the Canadian Navy, Peal left to study
electrical training at Camosun College. He recently finished his studies but without work, he visited the Native Friendship Centre one day looking to volunteer.
A member inside of the Friendship Centre told Peal there was a project going on out back.
“I talked to Moy and literally threw my bag down and started carving,” Peal said. “It was a lot better than waiting for the phone to ring.”
The experience ignited Peal’s ‘inner-native.’ He’s from the Nisga’a village of New Aiyansh but after years in the Navy, then in college, he hadn’t been around a First Nations culture to speak of.
“I appreciate the way we all connected on the project, and the way that I connected with my own cultural history,” Peal said. “It’s why the Friendship Centre is here, for Natives from anywhere in Canada to connect with each other.”
Sutherland’s vision has now moved from building a totem pole, to erecting a traditional big house on site at the Friendship Centre, instead of the tent used by Newman and himself.
“A place to store tools, and for this crew to carve, and to train more to carve. There’s no place around to train carvers, so let’s do it here.”
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First Nations people gathered at the Victoria Native Friendship Centre to celebrate the raising of a new 6,000-pound totem pole last week. The pole was carved by six Aboriginal youth working with master carver Moy Sutherland, with the project taking over four-and-a-half months to complete.
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Of the 70 policy proposals presented only five were selected, and one of those was a plan to better integrate all levels of
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“We wanted this to be part of the federal Liberal party’s national platform, there is lots of promise about what they’re doing,” Wells said.
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With corn tortillas filled with roasted mealworms topped with guacamole, chocolate ‘chirp’ insect protein cookies and crunchy raincoast crisps with roasted crickets and humus on offer, Camosun College anthropology instructor Nicole Kilburn is proving that eating insects can be great for the environment as well as for the taste buds.
Kilburn and nearly 40 students in her popular anthropology of food course are inviting the public to a special event to sample various foods using insect ingredients and to visit interactive displays that challenge cultural reactions to eating bugs. The second-ever ‘Pestival’ of edible insects takes place on Monday, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the second floor of the Wilna Thomas building at Camosun’s Lansdowne campus.
“It’s time for the world to start thinking of insects as an
ingredient,” said Kilburn “We have several teams of students who can show people how to add insects to their cooking and come up with nutritious and delicious creations. And as an added bonus, we’re exploring the logistics of growing insects as food as a form of food security, their nutritional benefits and environmental footprint.”
Student organizer Chloe Mumford remembers the first time she ate an insect during Kilburn’s class. “Once I got past the fact that I was placing an entire creature in my mouth – wings, legs and eyeballs included – it was actually pretty great. It tasted kind of like a mix between a sunflower seed and Rice Krispie square texture-wise, but the flavour was mild and when mixed with the right ingredients, it was delicious,” she said.
When the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization published an influential report on the merits of growing and consuming sustainable insect protein in 2008, the idea of adding bugs to the menu was practically unheard of in North America.
“A lot has changed since then,” says Kilburn enthusiastically, noting that in the past few years a number of companies have sprung up to take advantage of
growing local demand for food with a smaller environmental footprint. “Two billion people around the world eat insects regularly and it’s normal for them, so let’s evaluate why we in the west don’t eat insects and start the conversation about how we can incorporate them into our diet.”
When Kilburn and her students organized the first Pestival in 2014, tickets sold out almost immediately. This year, the expanded event aims to provide more opportunities for the community to get involved and to move from the theory to the plate on what it means to eat and think sustainably.
“We’re a community college and that means that engaging with the community is important. Organizing the first Pestival was a great opportunity to have students do more than just a term paper and to engage in something that actually we’re starting to talk an awful lot more about as a society. This year is going to be bigger and we really want to challenge people to try new things.”
Pestival tickets are $5, available online at Eventbrite.ca or at the Lansdowne campus bookstore.
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Pestival organizer and Saanich resident Nicole Kilburn’s six-year-old daughter, Olivia, holds out a delicious chocolate ‘chirp’ cookie, made from cricket protein powder. Pestival takes place Monday at Camosun’s Lansdowne campus from 7 to 9 p.m.
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The CRD is considering terminating blue box pick up of glass.
Let me see if I understand the CRD. It’s a given that we’re all supposed to be doing our best to lessen our carbon footprint. Please correct me if I’m stepping out of line. Now we have a recycling company who is in front of our home every two weeks. The new recycling company would like to maximise their profits by skipping the glass pick up component.
You have recycling depots crying out for you to send us to them, and they’ll hire more people. Now the truck is at our place of residence every two weeks, that’s a given.
How does it makes sense for us to get in our cars, or get on the bus with our glass instead of giving it to the truck that is already in front of our homes? Please tell me how that lessens our carbon footprint.
David WaterhouseSaanich
Voting will tip the balanceRe: J. Gordon’s letter “Details lacking
from EDPA bylaw” on March 23.
Welcome to how the district of Saanich operates.
Same with Mount Douglas Park’s Glendenning Road issue where management unilaterally imposed a parking ban, without any public consultation, and now a major post-ban parking review is being conducted. And Saanich will continue to operate this way until the people decide that enough is enough, and things need to be done differently.
But don’t look to a lawyer; look to the ballot box. You need to get those 2,200 residents out and vote. Only two more new councillors will tip the balance of council in favour of the people. At the last election, one of them won by only 30 votes; there’s enough people on my street to fix that.
So, circle the date November 2018. As previously said, it’ll be here in the blink of an eye.
Dave PojeSaanich
Audit needed at CRDThis sewage treatment issue is a
runaway train in the hands of the CRD.
We need an outside audit done to make these people accountable with the use of our tax dollars, and an audit would show us how they are managing or mismanaging our money.
It seems in today’s times there is no honesty in our system and a good number of people in charge have no idea how to balance a bank account or handle our money with common sense.
Fred McMurraySaanich
Glass collection helps reduce carbon footprint
Cost the major factorfor sewage treatment
Black Press wraps up its five-part series examining the sewage treatment issue for the Capital Region in today’s Saanich News.
We hope that the series has helped increase our readers’ understanding of the complex issues surrounding sewage treatment and highlighted the region’s long history of grappling to find a solution.
There are no easy answers and it is unlikely the region’s politicians will find consensus among their constituents. Many remain convinced that further treatment isn’t needed, as the untreated sewage is quickly diluted and dispersed from the outfalls 60 metres beneath the surface of the Juan de Fuca Strait. And there are even scientists among those who question the need for treatment.
Others, meanwhile, say the political and environmental fallout have simply become too big to ignore. The federal government has mandated that high-risk communities such as Victoria must begin treating their wastewater to at least a secondary level by 2020. And the lack of sewage treatment has become a public relations nightmare for Greater Victoria. Today’s instalment looks at the new boycott by Washington state, which will no longer reimburse state employees for business travel to Victoria. Tourism Victoria CEO Paul Nursey said the region’s sewage issue is a frequent topic of discussion when he’s out pitching conferences for the region. He says the negative publicity does have an impact on tourism to the area.
Finding consensus among the many differing viewpoints will be a challenge for the directors around the Capital Regional District board table.
What there does seem to be agreement on is the importance of cost, and the need to reduce the financial hit to residents.
Politicians on the CRD’s core area liquid waste management committee have received the message loud and clear, cost is the main issue for local taxpayers. If those politicians are able to trim enough from the project’s current billion-dollar price tag, they might be able to finally settle the issue that has dogged the region for decades.
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It’s common to see people take their boats out on the water on their days off, but this weekend, the boats at Beaver Lake might be a bit smaller than usual.
The Beaver Fever IOM (International One Metre) Regatta will see more than 20 radio-controlled model ships take to the lake for dozens of competitive races this weekend. The annual two-day event is hosted by the Victoria Model Shipbuilding Society and is the kickoff to a series of regattas around the Pacific Northwest.
“It’s kind of the first major regatta of the year,” said Beaver Fever regatta chair Barry Fox, noting future races are scheduled in Port Alberni and Seattle before the Canadian National Championship on Salt Spring Island in June.
As the man behind the Beaver Fever regatta, Fox said the race got its start after he moved to Victoria 10 years ago and noticed there was a demand for competitive sailing, but no real competitions.
“I had already started to do radio-controlled sailing and had kind of landed on this class of boat called the international one metre, which is probably the largest population of single-class radio-controlled boats in the world,” said Fox.
“I got hooked up with some of the local guys who were also enthusiastic about sailing, and over time, did some smaller regattas around Vancouver Island. Then I decided we could use a bigger regatta and I started this regatta we sail at Beaver Lake.”
Beaver Fever – a combination of Beaver Lake and Spring Fever – started with only a few boats, but over the years, has grown to as many as 24 racers. This year’s competition will see the fleet split into two heats, with races running throughout Saturday and Sunday.
While the boats will all fit the international one metre regulations, Fox said attendees will still be able to see a range of model ships in the regatta.
“The designs of the boats are quite varied, especially with the hulls,” he said. “It kind of goes in cycles: a few years ago, really broad-beamed boats were the thing to have, and now that’s not the case. The trick is a narrower boat.
“They all weigh the same, they’re all a metre long, they all displace the same amount of water, so they’re very equal. You don’t have to have the boat of the day.”
The racing starts at 10 a.m. both days and ends at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. The schedule of heats is somewhat dependent on the wind.
The regatta is free to watch. Attendees can park at the nearby lot at 728 Beaver Lake Rd.
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The CRD is considering terminating blue box pick up of glass.
Let me see if I understand the CRD. It’s a given that we’re all supposed to be doing our best to lessen our carbon footprint. Please correct me if I’m stepping out of line. Now we have a recycling company who is in front of our home every two weeks. The new recycling company would like to maximise their profits by skipping the glass pick up component.
You have recycling depots crying out for you to send us to them, and they’ll hire more people. Now the truck is at our place of residence every two weeks, that’s a given.
How does it makes sense for us to get in our cars, or get on the bus with our glass instead of giving it to the truck that is already in front of our homes? Please tell me how that lessens our carbon footprint.
David WaterhouseSaanich
Voting will tip the balanceRe: J. Gordon’s letter “Details lacking
from EDPA bylaw” on March 23.
Welcome to how the district of Saanich operates.
Same with Mount Douglas Park’s Glendenning Road issue where management unilaterally imposed a parking ban, without any public consultation, and now a major post-ban parking review is being conducted. And Saanich will continue to operate this way until the people decide that enough is enough, and things need to be done differently.
But don’t look to a lawyer; look to the ballot box. You need to get those 2,200 residents out and vote. Only two more new councillors will tip the balance of council in favour of the people. At the last election, one of them won by only 30 votes; there’s enough people on my street to fix that.
So, circle the date November 2018. As previously said, it’ll be here in the blink of an eye.
Dave PojeSaanich
Audit needed at CRDThis sewage treatment issue is a
runaway train in the hands of the CRD.
We need an outside audit done to make these people accountable with the use of our tax dollars, and an audit would show us how they are managing or mismanaging our money.
It seems in today’s times there is no honesty in our system and a good number of people in charge have no idea how to balance a bank account or handle our money with common sense.
Fred McMurraySaanich
Glass collection helps reduce carbon footprint
Cost the major factorfor sewage treatment
Black Press wraps up its five-part series examining the sewage treatment issue for the Capital Region in today’s Saanich News.
We hope that the series has helped increase our readers’ understanding of the complex issues surrounding sewage treatment and highlighted the region’s long history of grappling to find a solution.
There are no easy answers and it is unlikely the region’s politicians will find consensus among their constituents. Many remain convinced that further treatment isn’t needed, as the untreated sewage is quickly diluted and dispersed from the outfalls 60 metres beneath the surface of the Juan de Fuca Strait. And there are even scientists among those who question the need for treatment.
Others, meanwhile, say the political and environmental fallout have simply become too big to ignore. The federal government has mandated that high-risk communities such as Victoria must begin treating their wastewater to at least a secondary level by 2020. And the lack of sewage treatment has become a public relations nightmare for Greater Victoria. Today’s instalment looks at the new boycott by Washington state, which will no longer reimburse state employees for business travel to Victoria. Tourism Victoria CEO Paul Nursey said the region’s sewage issue is a frequent topic of discussion when he’s out pitching conferences for the region. He says the negative publicity does have an impact on tourism to the area.
Finding consensus among the many differing viewpoints will be a challenge for the directors around the Capital Regional District board table.
What there does seem to be agreement on is the importance of cost, and the need to reduce the financial hit to residents.
Politicians on the CRD’s core area liquid waste management committee have received the message loud and clear, cost is the main issue for local taxpayers. If those politicians are able to trim enough from the project’s current billion-dollar price tag, they might be able to finally settle the issue that has dogged the region for decades.
The News welcomes your opinions and comments. To put readers on equal footing, and to be sure that all opinions are heard, please keep letters to less than 300 words.
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Randonneurs are a dedicated type of cyclist, conquering the world in rides up to 2,000 kilometres at a time.
Those “brevets,” as they’re known, see randonneurs brave weather and a lack of sleep to complete the mission in one long ride.
It’s with that spirit, but with a much easier pace and much shorter distance, that the Island Randonneurs cycling club created the Victoria Populaire 16 years ago.
This year’s event is Saturday and offers two distances, 50 km and 100 km. It starts at the James Bay Athletic Association parking lot (205 Simcoe St.)
“The VicPop is a springtime tradition for local cyclists – last year we had 120 finishers,” said organizer Steve Mahovlic of Saanich.
The barriers to entry are minimal and the ability level is not of concern. It’s about doing it, not winning it.
“Both routes are extremely scenic,” Mahovlic said. “We try to incorporate quieter roads while still showcasing some of the loveliest places to cycle in Greater Victoria.”
Both Victoria Populaire routes follow the waterfront from James Bay to Royal Oak. From there, the 100km riders head north into the Saanich Peninsula as far as Lands End Road while the 50km riders take a scenic shortcut through Beaver Lake Park to Interurban Road just north of Camosun College. The groups come together for the final 17 km through Esquimalt and back to James Bay.
“The VicPop is for everyone,” Mahovlic said. “We consistently have cyclists with a range of ages, abilities, and bikes participate. Last year, a dad and his two kids did the 50km ride on their custom-designed triple-cycle.”
Roads are not closed for the Victoria Populaire and cyclists must wear approved helmets at all times during the ride and their bikes should be in good working order.
Advance registration for the ride costs just $10, or $20 (cash only) on the day of the event; participants under 16 pay just $5 but must be accompanied by an adult at all times on the ride.
Event day registration on Saturday starts at 7 a.m. for the 100 km and at 9 a.m. for the 50 km.
Visit randonneurs.bc.ca/victoria-populaire.html for more information.
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Long rides showcase cycling for all levelsSaturday’s Vic Populaire winds through Saanich
Quinn Kopeck, 8, and Tala Kopeck, 10, chew on pretzels atop the King George Terrace lookout during the 2015 Victoria Populaire.
Terry Kopeck photo
Wells hopes to be on the stage to support the policy in Winnipeg, too.
“We need more co-ordination between the federal, provincial and municipal levels. Over the past 25 years the federal governments have been pulling away from integration, and we need increased integration,” she said.
With the tent city downtown and the recent release of Krista Loughton’s documentary Us and Them, the timing is right, Wells said.
If passed in Winnipeg, it’s expected the policy would be adopted by the governing party to steer Canadian policy and investment.
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The Gordon Head Lawn Bowling Club is always looking for new members, and this Sunday is your chance to try out the sport for yourself.
The GHLBC is hosting its annual open house, and while many of its members are getting on in age, the club assures the two-hour drop-in event is open to everyone.
“There’s a bit of a running joke, ‘Oh, lawn bowling, I’m not old enough for that yet,’” said club president Ann Bodley-Scott with
a laugh. “But when they try it out, they actually enjoy it.”
Founded in 1976, the club currently has 146 full-time members, with 18 more casual members who drop in over the winter. The club offers competitive bowling as well as casual social bowls and indoor carpet bowling.
Bodley-Scott said people as young as 12 can join the club, and the sky’s the limit for how long they want to play the sport.
“We have some members who are over 90 and still playing,” she said. “People keep
playing longer than they might expect.”
The GHLBC’s coaches will be on hand Sunday to introduce newcomers to lawn bowling. To protect the lawn,
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This year’s Vancouver Island Seniors Classic All-Star Basketball Games will feature plenty of Saanich talent.
The 29th annual running of the all-star games, with the best graduating high-school players on the Island, are Saturday at UVic’s new CARSA High-Performance Gym.
Two North Island versus South Island boys games and one girls game are all set for Saturday, starting with the boys B game at 4:30 p.m., the girls game at 6:15 p.m. and the boys A game at 8 p.m.
The South girls team includes Saanich players Calli McMillan-Beaucamp (Claremont), Jenna Wild (Pacific Christian), Mia Roberts (Saint Michaels), Aveen Glen (Saint Michaels), Danayit Woldu (Spectrum), Elle Hamilton (Claremont), Jasmine DeVries (Pacific Christian), Cassandra DeVries (Pacific Christian) and coach Tara Beauchamp (Claremont).
The South boys A team includes Saanich players Ty Schindel (Lambrick Park), Trey Crust (Lambrick Park), Kobe Morris (Spectrum), Alam Jawanda (Spectrum), Harjot Gill (Mount Douglas) and coach Scot Cuachon (Camosun College). Six more Saanich players were named to the South B team: Ty Adams (Lambrick Park), Will Nicholls (Claremont), Gavin Cobb (Mount Douglas), Eli Cunningham (Reynolds), Alec Keech (Saint Michaels) and Kyle Clarke (Claremont).
Admission is $8 for adults and $5 for students.
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Travis PatersonNews Staff
The volunteer team of the Spokes program at UVic will be on site Sunday seeking gently used bikes.
Since 2003 Spokes has diverted hundreds, if not thousands of bikes from the metal bin at Saanich’s Hartland landfill. Instead, it’s put them into the hands of students, faculty and staff at UVic, as well as visitors to the area.
“We have more than 600 bikes in our loan fleet and we rely on new donations to keep the floor stocked with bikes,” said volunteer Sarah Webb. “We do accept bikes all year round but the bike drive is to acquire some bikes to work on ahead of September.”
The loan of a Spokes bike (to students, faculty and staff) costs just $40 and is for as long as needed. The caveat is the borrower will maintain it and care for it like it’s their own, and return it when they’re done. There are nicer bikes
available for short-term rental, and Spokes also sells a few bikes each year as well.
But the main goal of the Spokes 20-person volunteer team is to recycle used adult bicycles and keep them on the road.
“A lot of the bikes go to students in the Saanich area and we also accept a lot of bikes from Saanich residents,” Webb said.
The Spokes team will host a drop-off station from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at UVic’s Parking Lot 10, off Gordon Head Road.
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Sarah Webb and the volunteer team of the Spokes bicycle program at UVic will be on hand Sunday to accept used bike donations, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Parking Lot 10 off Gordon Head Road.
A12 • www.saanichnews.com Friday, April 1, 2016 - SAANICH NEWS
Don DescoteauBlack Press
Given how long the issue of sewage treatment has percolated in the Capital Region, it’s clear local politicians have had a difficult time agreeing on how to get it done. So what happens when politicians from a jurisdiction in another country take action in an attempt to steer the sewage treatment ship in Greater Victoria?
The recent support for legislation in Washington State that would ban the reimbursement for any business travel to Victoria by state employees – except in emergency or court-ordered situations – for the next year or until the CRD ceases to pump untreated sewage into the ocean shows our neighbours to the south continue to watch we’re doing on the issue.
As anyone who has advocated for the region’s tourism sector over the past 20-plus years can attest, this isn’t the first time Washingtonians have made a stink about our lack of sewage treatment.
Mike Harcourt, who grew up in Victoria and lectures these days on environmental stability among other topics, was B.C.’s premier in 1992 when he signed the Environmental Co-operation Agreement with then Washington governor Mike Lowry.
That deal, which came a year before a U.S. group unhappy with the lack of progress threatened a tourism boycott of the city, was part of a broader collective vision for the Georgia Basin and Cascadia, Harcourt says.
“It’s a very fragile, difficult area with lots of challenges, including pollution of the water and the air,
runoff from pulp mills, raw sewage and car exhaust,” he says.
That co-operative approach to regional environmental issues, in part, led to Harcourt promising Lowry in an informal agreement in 1993 that Victoria would have primary treatment in place by 2002, and secondary treatment up and running sometime between 2008 to 2013.
He recalls some of the work being done at the time, including a joint scientific panel set up with researchers from the University of Victoria and Washington state. That group, having studied the shared marine waters, came back with what Harcourt characterizes as “bizarre” findings.
“To our astonishment, they
said ‘yes-no,’” he says of how they answered the question of whether damage was being done to the marine environment near Greater Victoria’s outfalls.
Harcourt believes the findings not only convinced Victoria member of parliament and then minister of environment David Anderson not to put any federal dollars into treatment, but led him to embrace the notion that “dilution is the solution.”
Of Lowry and himself Harcourt says, “We were stymied, he and I, because our scientists came up with this ambivalent, at best, response.”
There have been other sewage-related snubs since. A telling one came last summer when Pam
Elardo, director of King County’s wastewater treatment division and Washington representative on the Seaterra Commission overseeing the CRD’s sewage treatment efforts, quit over the project’s lack of progress. In her resignation letter she wrote, “It appears that construction and operation of a wastewater treatment system is now years, if not decades, away.”
The Seattle Times newspaper followed up with an editorial calling Victoria’s political process “constipated” and wrote, “The failure is an embarrassment for stately Victoria, and it undermines the rigorous work to clean up Puget Sound.”
Other Washington governors
have told Victoria to get on with it and implored the province to intervene, from Christine Gregoire during a pre-Olympics chat with Gordon Campbell in 2006, to Jay Inslee last year after the McLoughlin plan blew up.
As to whether optics are playing a role in Washington getting involved yet again, Tourism Victoria CEO Paul Nursey can give a firsthand answer.
“This stuff really hurts us a lot. When I’m pitching conferences it always come up,” he says. “The Washington State employee thing is a very small number, but it’s the negative publicity around that that is damaging.”
Harcourt admits there has been “nonsense” spoken about the issue on both sides from people without credentials.
Regardless of negative comments and potential boycotts, the bottom line, he says, is that the region just needs to get on with it. “This is about what you would expect any municipality to do in Canada or the U.S., which is to treat your sewage.”
U.S. neighbours impatient over CRD sewage scenarioFormer premier recalls 1990s cleanup attempts
What they said: Colourful comments from some of the CRD’s key players
Richard Atwell,Saanichmayor
David Screech, View Royalmayor
Geoff Young, Victoriacouncillor
Lisa Helps, Victoriamayor
“This project is so mammoth, we are either going to be famous for it or infamous for it. There’s nothing in the middle.”
“I just want to scream, I really do. I just cannot tell you how absurd and how silly I think it is that politically driven motives are trying to design a sewage treatment plant.”
“From the perspective of the taxpayer, we would be better off flipping a coin to determine a single site.”
“It’s a leap of faith, but we’re not taking that leap in the dark. We’re taking that leap with the help and hopefully the long-term help of two ministers and their staff.”
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It’s a very fragile, difficult area with lots of challenges, including pollution of the water and the air, runoff from pulp mills, raw sewage and car exhaust.
— Mike Harcourt
Don Denton/Black Press
A freighter carrying a load of containers passes through Juan de Fuca Strait in front of the Olympic Mountains in Washington State.
Part 5 of 5
Don DescoteauBlack Press
Given how long the issue of sewage treatment has percolated in the Capital Region, it’s clear local politicians have had a difficult time agreeing on how to get it done. So what happens when politicians from a jurisdiction in another country take action in an attempt to steer the sewage treatment ship in Greater Victoria?
The recent support for legislation in Washington State that would ban the reimbursement for any business travel to Victoria by state employees – except in emergency or court-ordered situations – for the next year or until the CRD ceases to pump untreated sewage into the ocean shows our neighbours to the south continue to watch we’re doing on the issue.
As anyone who has advocated for the region’s tourism sector over the past 20-plus years can attest, this isn’t the first time Washingtonians have made a stink about our lack of sewage treatment.
Mike Harcourt, who grew up in Victoria and lectures these days on environmental stability among other topics, was B.C.’s premier in 1992 when he signed the Environmental Co-operation Agreement with then Washington governor Mike Lowry.
That deal, which came a year before a U.S. group unhappy with the lack of progress threatened a tourism boycott of the city, was part of a broader collective vision for the Georgia Basin and Cascadia, Harcourt says.
“It’s a very fragile, difficult area with lots of challenges, including pollution of the water and the air,
runoff from pulp mills, raw sewage and car exhaust,” he says.
That co-operative approach to regional environmental issues, in part, led to Harcourt promising Lowry in an informal agreement in 1993 that Victoria would have primary treatment in place by 2002, and secondary treatment up and running sometime between 2008 to 2013.
He recalls some of the work being done at the time, including a joint scientific panel set up with researchers from the University of Victoria and Washington state. That group, having studied the shared marine waters, came back with what Harcourt characterizes as “bizarre” findings.
“To our astonishment, they
said ‘yes-no,’” he says of how they answered the question of whether damage was being done to the marine environment near Greater Victoria’s outfalls.
Harcourt believes the findings not only convinced Victoria member of parliament and then minister of environment David Anderson not to put any federal dollars into treatment, but led him to embrace the notion that “dilution is the solution.”
Of Lowry and himself Harcourt says, “We were stymied, he and I, because our scientists came up with this ambivalent, at best, response.”
There have been other sewage-related snubs since. A telling one came last summer when Pam
Elardo, director of King County’s wastewater treatment division and Washington representative on the Seaterra Commission overseeing the CRD’s sewage treatment efforts, quit over the project’s lack of progress. In her resignation letter she wrote, “It appears that construction and operation of a wastewater treatment system is now years, if not decades, away.”
The Seattle Times newspaper followed up with an editorial calling Victoria’s political process “constipated” and wrote, “The failure is an embarrassment for stately Victoria, and it undermines the rigorous work to clean up Puget Sound.”
Other Washington governors
have told Victoria to get on with it and implored the province to intervene, from Christine Gregoire during a pre-Olympics chat with Gordon Campbell in 2006, to Jay Inslee last year after the McLoughlin plan blew up.
As to whether optics are playing a role in Washington getting involved yet again, Tourism Victoria CEO Paul Nursey can give a firsthand answer.
“This stuff really hurts us a lot. When I’m pitching conferences it always come up,” he says. “The Washington State employee thing is a very small number, but it’s the negative publicity around that that is damaging.”
Harcourt admits there has been “nonsense” spoken about the issue on both sides from people without credentials.
Regardless of negative comments and potential boycotts, the bottom line, he says, is that the region just needs to get on with it. “This is about what you would expect any municipality to do in Canada or the U.S., which is to treat your sewage.”
U.S. neighbours impatient over CRD sewage scenarioFormer premier recalls 1990s cleanup attempts
What they said: Colourful comments from some of the CRD’s key players
Richard Atwell,Saanichmayor
David Screech, View Royalmayor
Geoff Young, Victoriacouncillor
Lisa Helps, Victoriamayor
“This project is so mammoth, we are either going to be famous for it or infamous for it. There’s nothing in the middle.”
“I just want to scream, I really do. I just cannot tell you how absurd and how silly I think it is that politically driven motives are trying to design a sewage treatment plant.”
“From the perspective of the taxpayer, we would be better off flipping a coin to determine a single site.”
“It’s a leap of faith, but we’re not taking that leap in the dark. We’re taking that leap with the help and hopefully the long-term help of two ministers and their staff.”
SEWAGESEWAGESPECIAL REPORT
I N T H E
CRD
It’s a very fragile, difficult area with lots of challenges, including pollution of the water and the air, runoff from pulp mills, raw sewage and car exhaust.
— Mike Harcourt
Don Denton/Black Press
A freighter carrying a load of containers passes through Juan de Fuca Strait in front of the Olympic Mountains in Washington State.
Part 5 of 5
SAANICH NEWS - Friday, April 1, 2016 www.saanichnews.com • A13
‘Preferred’ Rock Bay site now in limboDan EbenalBlack Press
The options originally presented to the public showed that any solution to the Capital Region’s wastewater concerns would need to run through Rock Bay. But when the dust finally settled, Rock Bay was merely an afterthought in the region’s search for the site for a sewage treatment facility.
The seven municipalities participating in the Capital Regional District project initially identified dozens of possible sites for a plant. But all seven options identified for public consultation by consultants for the CRD’s core area liquid waste management committee included a site in Rock Bay as a critical component. How Rock Bay became featured so prominently is a mystery to many in the community and some around the board table.
“That’s a good question,” said Saanich mayor and committee vice-chair Richard Atwell. “The consultants just all of a sudden made it [Rock Bay] the choice.”
Atwell has closely followed the sewage treatment issue for more than three years, riding the prominence of heading up the RITE plan to the mayor’s office. He didn’t mince words in his opinion of Rock Bay.
“It’s a terrible site. It’s at sea level, it’s clay, it’s not a seismically stable site.”
The decision to step back from Rock Bay came as a blow to the Esquimalt and Songhees First Nations, whose chiefs were visibly upset when the committee voted last month to focus on other sites.
“They want to put McLoughlin, Macaulay and Clover Point back on the table. And then they start arguing against themselves. It’s confusing,” Esquimalt Chief Andy Thomas.
Bob Mason, economic development officer with Esquimalt First Nation, said no thought has been given to alternate uses for the Rock Bay property.
The two First Nations are purchasing 1.7 hectares of the site for $2.8 million and will take ownership once remediation work is completed by current owners BC Hydro and Transport Canada.
“We’re all in on the sewage treatment plant. When it becomes evident that it’s not
going to go there, then we’ll look to plan B,” Mason said.
While the sale of the land to the CRD would have injected millions into Matullia, an economic development corporation operated by Esquimalt and Songhees, money from the sale wasn’t the motivating factor for Thomas. He said they have been frustrated by the process and that local First Nations have demonstrated their commitment to protection of the environment.
“We’re in this to clean up the Salish Sea and we want to be part of the solution,” he said.
“They don’t understand our relationship to the land, the water and the resources. It’s our sacred trust.”
The main thing working in Rock Bay’s favour was that the Clover Point site was originally deemed too small for a treatment facility and McLoughlin Point was not put forward by Esquimalt council.
The 3.47-hectare site at Rock Bay is made up of two parcels. BC Hydro and
Transport Canada have been working to clean up their lands since 2004 and removed more than 200,000 tonnes of contaminated soil.
The most recent estimate put the price tag for a centralized tertiary treatment plant at Rock Bay at $1.077 billion. The main factor working against the site was $248 million in conveyancing required to pump effluent to outfalls at Macaulay and Clover points, a cost not necessary in a McLoughlin-Clover Point option.
But the conveyancing was just one drawback with Rock Bay. The site would also require construction of a five-metre wall to protect from tsunamis, and Victoria council would also likely have sought millions in compensation for the loss in taxation.
Rock Bay would also exact a toll on Victoria merchants, with the laying of pipe said to cause up to a year of disruption on Cook Street from Dallas Road to Bay Street, then from Bay to Government Street.
Don Denton/Black Press
Victoria Coun. Marianne Alto, left, Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins and Colwood Coun. Cynthia Day listen to
debate around liquid waste management in the Capital Region’s core.
What’s been done elsewhere in B.C.?
North VancouverSince opening in 1961, the Lions
Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant has operated as a primary treatment facility and served about 180,000 residents in the District of West Vancouver, the City of North Vancouver and the District of North Vancouver. While its capacity has been expanded several times, the facility is one of two primary level treat-ment plants remaining in the region.
New regulations, however, require it to be upgraded to a secondary treat-ment facility. The regional government, facing similar deadlines as Greater Vic-toria, has until Dec. 31, 2020 to com-plete a new $700-million plant to be located approximately two kilometres east of the existing treatment plant.
NanaimoThe Regional District of Nanaimo
owns and operates four wastewa-ter treatment facilities throughout the region, servicing more than 110,000 residents between Qualicum Beach and Duke Point. Two facilities provide chemically-enhanced primary treat-ment; the others provide secondary treatment. Wastewater from about 93,000 people in the City of Nanaimo and parts of Lantzville is treated at the Greater Nanaimo Pollution Con-trol Centre. It was built in 1973 for just under $10 million and ended the dis-charge of raw sewage into the Strait of Georgia. The other treatment facilities were constructed several years later.
CRD sewage trunk lines lead to outfalls at Macaulay, left, and Clover points.
Figures above list percentage of total flow in the CRD sewage system.
Share your thoughtsGet the dialogue going. Send your opinions on this series to [email protected], or call 250-478-9552 ext 224. You can also post comments to the Facebook or Twitter pages of your Black Press community newspaper. Please include your name and a telephone number for verification.
We’re in this to clean up the Salish Sea and we want to be part of the solution.
— Andy Thomas, Esquimalt Nation Chief
Courtesy Capital Regional District
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Acclaimed Montreal soprano Kerry-Anne Kutz will join Victoria pianist/composer Nicholas Fairbank to perform melodies and art songs from the Canadian and European repertoire Friday at the First Unitarian Church of Victoria.
Kutz has sang in concert halls in every province and territory of Canada as throughout the United States and in Australia, England, India, Singapore, Italy and Mexico.
Kutz has been collaborating with Faribank for a number of years and have appeared at recitals together in both Victoria and Montreal. In 2012 they produced the CD Art Songs: Heart Songs, which contains 19 of Fairbank’s original compositions written between 1994 and 2008. The April 1 recital will contain some of these as well as a new set of songs in Spanish that he wrote this past summer during an artistic residency in Peru.
The First Unitarian Chamber Choir, a group of 10 singers who perform one Sunday a month at FUCV under Fairbank’s direction, will also perform at the concert.
The concert will be Friday at 7 p.m. at the First Unitarian Church of Victoria, 5575 West Saanich Rd. Admission by donation at the door, with proceeds going to support the church’s music program.
Fairy tale comes to lifeSnow White (Veronica Bonderud) leads a group of girls in a singalong during the Princess Easter Extravaganza. The Enchanted Fables event was held in the Gardens at the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific and featured games, singalongs and an Easter egg hunt. Below, Maeva Truscott, 2, gets a hug from Belle from Beauty and the Beast (Raylen Lanktree).
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standard with Android Auto and Apple Car Play for seamless smartphone integration. As mentioned, the larger dimensions are welcome, the back seat, even with the European proportions is a big improvement, the larger car sold here should be rather generous in the back seat and cargo area.DrivePart of the reason for driving in northern Sweden was to experience the latest VW 4Motion all wheel drive (AWD) system in conditions exactly like Canada. This new AWD has the ability to send the power to the front or rear wheels and from side-to-side. This, along with a new control dial, in the centre of the console, lets the driver choose different programs for snow, off-road and a normal, default setting. The new system will then use the stability program, ABS and active differentials to contain slippage and keep the Tiguan heading down the road.
VerdictEngine options have not be confirmed for our Canadian market but a good guess is the existing 200hp turbo 4-cylinder will be put to work and hopefully a refined TDI diesel version. This car has been engineered to take the TDI and the intention is for it to come here, we will just have to wait until the TDI mess is cleared so we can get this next Tiguan with that fuel saving engine.The daylight hours are short near the Arctic Circle but having a few hours to drive the Tiguan over snowy roads, through a winter driving course and spending some time looking it over, the wait will be worth it. This is a major step forward for VW and the Tiguan will be a force in the heart of this competitive segment. Next fall will be here before you know it.
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Friday, April 1Fantastic Friday in St. Luke’s Hall, 3821
Cedar Hill Cross Rd., 4:30-6:30 pm. Free. Dinner provided. Crafts, songs, stories, fun for the whole family. First Friday each month through to June. Call 250-477-6741 or visit www.stlukesvictoria.ca for more information.
Genesis Chapter of the Word Guild meets from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Christian Book And Music Centre, 3090 Nanaimo St. The topic is Blogging - From start to growing your audience. Contact: [email protected].
Saturday, April 2Friends of the Library Big Spring Book Sale at
the Nellie McClung library branch, 3950 Cedar Hill Rd. The sale runs Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. with admission of $3. There is free admission Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., while from 1:15 to 3:15 p.m. there is a $10 admission but books are free. All proceeds support library programs and services.
St. Luke’s Church Spring Fair and Tea runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 3821 Cedar Hill Cross Rd. Admission is free to the fair featuring
antiques, collectibles, crafts, baking, jams, books, toys, plants and more.
Art of Bonsai - At Horticulture Centre of the Pacific from 9 a.m. to noon, with Mark Paterson, president of the Vancouver Island Bonsai Society. First of a three-part series. HCP members $140/Series or $60/Part 1. Non-members $160/Series or $70/Part 1. Visit hcp.ca or call 250-479-6162.
Charity fundraising dinner at Ukrainian Centre, 3277 Douglas St., at 6 p.m. Delicious gourmet Indian dinner, plus entertainment. Tickets are $35, with proceeds going to Child Haven International which cares for orphaned children in South Asia. For tickets and info please call Christine at 250-385-5444 or Ann at 250-532-3719 or visit childhaven.ca/fundraiser_victoria.html.
Drop-in Family Storytime – Fun-filled stories, songs, rhymes and puppets for young children and their families; children under 3 must be accompanied by an adult. From 11 to 11:30 a.m. at the Saanich Centennial branch. No registration required.
Volkssport 5/10 km walk. Meet at Central Saanich Municipal Hall, 1903 Mt. Newton X Rd. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact is Ed at 250-658-2325.
Legends of Langford will play at the Phoenix Bar and Grill, 3944 Quadra St., from 8-11:30 p.m. $5 cover charge.
Sunday, April 3April Jazz Vespers with the Bob Watts Trio,
featuring Cuban piano virtuoso Pablo Cardenas with Ross Macdonald (bass) and Bob Watts (drums). 7:30 p.m. at St. Philip Anglican Church, 2928 Eastdowne Rd. By donation.
Volkssport 5/10 km walk. Meet at Vantreight Park, Vantreight Drive, Saanich. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact is Helmut at 250-479-3163.
The Sons of Scotland Benevolent Association invites you to wear your tartan and attend the Kirkin’ o’ the Tartan during the 11 a.m. service at Christ Church Cathedral, 930 Burdett Ave. The representative tartan and the people wearing tartan will be piped into the service by Pipe Major Colin Murray and members of Castle Cary Pipe Band. For more information contact Irene at [email protected].
Monday, April 4Gordon Head Garden Club will meet at 7 p.m.
at the Gordon Head United Church hall, 4201 Tyndall Ave.
Community Calendar
By the bookVolunteers Jim Scott, Irwin Henderson and Carol Martin share a laugh as they ready for the Library Big Spring Book Sale at the Nellie McClung Branch this weekend. The two-day sale offers all kinds of books and runs Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. ($3 admission), Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (free admission) and Sunday afternoon from 1:15 to 3:15 p.m. ($10 admission and books are free). All proceeds support library programs and services.
Jacob Zinn/News Staff
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Friday, April 1Fantastic Friday in St. Luke’s Hall, 3821
Cedar Hill Cross Rd., 4:30-6:30 pm. Free. Dinner provided. Crafts, songs, stories, fun for the whole family. First Friday each month through to June. Call 250-477-6741 or visit www.stlukesvictoria.ca for more information.
Genesis Chapter of the Word Guild meets from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Christian Book And Music Centre, 3090 Nanaimo St. The topic is Blogging - From start to growing your audience. Contact: [email protected].
Saturday, April 2Friends of the Library Big Spring Book Sale at
the Nellie McClung library branch, 3950 Cedar Hill Rd. The sale runs Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. with admission of $3. There is free admission Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., while from 1:15 to 3:15 p.m. there is a $10 admission but books are free. All proceeds support library programs and services.
St. Luke’s Church Spring Fair and Tea runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 3821 Cedar Hill Cross Rd. Admission is free to the fair featuring
antiques, collectibles, crafts, baking, jams, books, toys, plants and more.
Art of Bonsai - At Horticulture Centre of the Pacific from 9 a.m. to noon, with Mark Paterson, president of the Vancouver Island Bonsai Society. First of a three-part series. HCP members $140/Series or $60/Part 1. Non-members $160/Series or $70/Part 1. Visit hcp.ca or call 250-479-6162.
Charity fundraising dinner at Ukrainian Centre, 3277 Douglas St., at 6 p.m. Delicious gourmet Indian dinner, plus entertainment. Tickets are $35, with proceeds going to Child Haven International which cares for orphaned children in South Asia. For tickets and info please call Christine at 250-385-5444 or Ann at 250-532-3719 or visit childhaven.ca/fundraiser_victoria.html.
Drop-in Family Storytime – Fun-filled stories, songs, rhymes and puppets for young children and their families; children under 3 must be accompanied by an adult. From 11 to 11:30 a.m. at the Saanich Centennial branch. No registration required.
Volkssport 5/10 km walk. Meet at Central Saanich Municipal Hall, 1903 Mt. Newton X Rd. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact is Ed at 250-658-2325.
Legends of Langford will play at the Phoenix Bar and Grill, 3944 Quadra St., from 8-11:30 p.m. $5 cover charge.
Sunday, April 3April Jazz Vespers with the Bob Watts Trio,
featuring Cuban piano virtuoso Pablo Cardenas with Ross Macdonald (bass) and Bob Watts (drums). 7:30 p.m. at St. Philip Anglican Church, 2928 Eastdowne Rd. By donation.
Volkssport 5/10 km walk. Meet at Vantreight Park, Vantreight Drive, Saanich. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact is Helmut at 250-479-3163.
The Sons of Scotland Benevolent Association invites you to wear your tartan and attend the Kirkin’ o’ the Tartan during the 11 a.m. service at Christ Church Cathedral, 930 Burdett Ave. The representative tartan and the people wearing tartan will be piped into the service by Pipe Major Colin Murray and members of Castle Cary Pipe Band. For more information contact Irene at [email protected].
Monday, April 4Gordon Head Garden Club will meet at 7 p.m.
at the Gordon Head United Church hall, 4201 Tyndall Ave.
Community Calendar
By the bookVolunteers Jim Scott, Irwin Henderson and Carol Martin share a laugh as they ready for the Library Big Spring Book Sale at the Nellie McClung Branch this weekend. The two-day sale offers all kinds of books and runs Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. ($3 admission), Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (free admission) and Sunday afternoon from 1:15 to 3:15 p.m. ($10 admission and books are free). All proceeds support library programs and services.
Jacob Zinn/News Staff
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B.C. Transit is reminding riders that the region’s new pricing structure takes effect April 1.
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Discounted monthly passes and the multi-month Youth Pass are also discontinued.
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NEED A LOW INTEREST LOAN?
We offer business, personal,consolidation or bad credit loan.RATES FROM 2.1% APR Bankruptcies are WelcomeCall Now 1-604-401-4523
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
FUEL/FIREWOOD
ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fi r, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE
KENWOOD EXCELON KFC-X693 6X9 300 Watt 3-way car speakers. Brand new, never opened, save $100+. $120. Call Chris 250-595-0370,[email protected]
MISCELLANEOUS WANTED
ANTIQUES, BOOKS, col-lectibles, furniture, china, jew-elry. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700.
FIREARM BUYER looking for any type, any con-dition of fi rearms, whole es-tates to single, fair market val-ue paid, have all licences to purchase.Call (250)667-4862.
TPLANTS/NURSERY S OCK
CALIFORNIA RED wood trees and hazelnut trees from 3’-8’ in pots. (250)479-5208.
REAL ESTATE
HOUSES FOR SALE
REAL ESTATE SERVICES
RENTALS
COTTAGES
DEEP COVE: cozy 1 bdrm, wood fl oors, acreage, skylights$950/mo+, N/S. 250-656-1312
MISCELLANEOUS FOR RENT
PARKING SPACE near Lans-downe Camosun College. 3min. walk to campus. Only$75/mo. Save $55/mo (ormore for long-term). Chris,250-595-0370.
ROOM & BOARD
“AN Experience of a Lifetime”- From July 4th to August 5th,the Saanich English LanguageSummer Academy will behosting International and Que-becois students (15 to 17years old). We are looking forfamilies who can host two stu-dents during the program.Please contact Michelle by e-mail [email protected] or call250.385.0583 to express yourinterest. You will be compen-sated $1,750.00 (2 studentsfor 5 weeks). We look forwardto hearing from you. (www.sel-sa.ca)
SHARED ACCOMMODATION
VICTORIA $525, incl. Quality Housing for quality person. Call 778-977-8288, leave msg.
WANTED TO RENT
RELIABLE COUPLE with 2 cats lost home to fi re is lookingfor reasonable accommoda-tion in the South Island area.Available for long term andcan take care of the houseand property. Please call(778)977-6985 or email to:[email protected]
TRANSPORTATION
AUTO SERVICES
FREE REMOVAL of all vehi-cles, cash paid for some. Anycondition. Call (250)889-5383
CARS
1991 MERCEDES Benz 560 SEL- V8, 212,000km, exccond, tires new, options work.Plum exterior, interior grayleather. $1950. (250)721-4497
VTRUCKS & ANS
2013 CHRYSLER Town &Country van. 89,000 km. Luxu-ry, economical, dependablefamily transportation. $18,750.(250)479-6935, (250)818-5134
AGREEMENTIt is agreed by any display or Classified Advertiser requesting space that the liability of the paper in the event of failure to publish an advertisement shall be limited to the amount paid by the advertiser for that portion of the advertising space occupied by the incorrect item only, and that there shall be no liability in any event beyond the amount paid for such advertisement. The publisher shall not be liable for slight changes or typographical errors that do not lessen the value of an advertisement.
Used.ca cannot be responsible for errors after the first day of publication of any advertisement. Notice of errors on the first day should immediately be called to the attention of the Classified Department to be corrected for the following edition.
Used.ca reserves the right to revise, edit, classify or reject any advertisement and to retain any answers directed to the Used.ca Box Reply Service and to repay the customer the sum paid for the advertisement and box rental.
DISCRIMINATORYLEGISLATIONAdvertisers are reminded that Provincial legislation forbids the publication of any advertisement which discriminates against any person because of race, religion, sex, color, nationality, ancestry or place of origin, or age, unless the condition is justified by a bona fide requirement for the work involved.
COPYRIGHTCopyright and/or properties subsist in all advertisements and in all other material appearing in this edition of Used.ca. Permission to reproduce wholly or in part and in any form whatsoever, particularly by a photographic or offset process in a publication must be obtained in writing from the publisher. Any unauthorized reproduction will be subject to recourse in law.
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INDEX IN BRIEFFAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
TRAVEL
EMPLOYMENT
BUSINESS SERVICES
PETS & LIVESTOCK
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
REAL ESTATE
RENTALS
AUTOMOTIVE
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT
LEGAL NOTICES
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A division of
$30/60GET IT RENTED!BUY ONE WEEK, GET SECOND WEEK FREE!*
SELL IT IN 3 OR IT RUNS FOR FREE!*Place your private party automotive ad with us in one of our Greater Victoria papers for the next 3 weeks for only $30 or choose all 5 papers for $60. If your vehicle does not sell, call us and we'll run it again at no charge!*Private party only, cannot be combined with other discounts.
FOUND SOMETHING?Call 250.388.3535
A18 www.saanichnews.com Fri, Apr 1, 2016, Saanich News
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
www.ronsmachinetools.ca
Offers you the latest in-formation about coronary artery disease+ Type 2 Diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis and other degenerative dis-eases. You can also learn about false nutrition claims.You can buy your bad-minton, tennis and golf supplies from our web-site.You will fi nd self defense programs for military, po-lice, marshal arts and programs for the general public.Also, we have over 5 mil-lion auto parts and much more.
Too much to list...Check us out!
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
FRIENDLY FRANK
4 SLEEPING bags, $20 each. Good condition. Call (778)265-1615.
BLUE NOSE II professionally framed, 22x26, $25. Call (250)383-5390.
SINGER SEWING machine, $29. Antique lamp, $20. Framed animal picture, $5. Freezer for truck or camper, $5. Leather jacket, $20. An-tique mug, $10. Japanese tea set, $10. (250)391-6064
GARAGE SALES
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
COMING EVENTS
CALL FOR ENTRIES13TH ANNUAL
Kitty Coleman WoodlandArt & Bloom Festival.
Fine Art and Quality Crafts Juried Show.
Presented in a spectacular outdoor setting
May 21, 22 and 23Applications for Artisans
are available at woodlandgardens.ca
or email [email protected]
250-338-6901
LEGALS
U-Haul SelfStorage Sidney
Claims a Landlord’s Con-tractual Lien against the following person’s goods in storage at:
10201 McDonald Park Road, Sidney BC
250-656-5321
Auction is subject to cancel-lation at anytime.
111A Travis Mawson 2234 Amherst Ave., Sidney, BC
121 Michael Lefebvre 10825 McDonald Park Rd., Sidney, BC
27 Lesa Carr 204-9711 5th St., Sidney, BC
280 Garry Crispin 10358 Patricia Pl., Sidney, BC
314 Daryl Schienbein 2276 Adella Pl., Sidney, BC
RV19 Kerry Fenlong 203 Harbour Rd., Sidney, BC
RV2 Micheal Mireault 56 Rue Alexis Dom, St. Alphonsi de Rodrizuez, QC
A sale will take place at the storage location on Friday April 15th, 2016. Viewing from 10AM to 12PM. Sealed bids will be opened at 12:30PM. Room contents are personal / household goods unless noted other-wise. Bids will be for entire contents of each unit.
WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN ACT
Notice is hereby given that Kustom Towing, (2009) Ltd, 3297 Douglas St, Victoria, BC, V8Z 3K9 will be selling:
2004 DODGE DAKOTA1D7HL38K14S646875Owner J. Halischuk
2003 AUDI A4WAULC68E53A254533Owner M. MacFarlane
Will be sold on April 15, 2016. At 647B Dup-plin Rd, Victoria, BC be-tween 10am-2pm.
CLASSIFIED ADS WORK!Call 250.388.3535
INFORMATION
PERSONALS
MAKE A Connection, Talk to Sexy Singles FREE now! Call 250-220-1300 or 1-800-210-1010. www.livelinks.com 18+
LOST AND FOUND
FOUND: KEYS on blue spiral-ly wrist band, found at 818 Broughton St parking lot March 15. Call 250-388-3535
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
MAKE A FORTUNE with $5000., we know how! Free info pack. Call (250)384-9242.
EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS
INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT SCHOOL. Hands-On Tasks. Start Weekly. GPS Training!
Funding & Housing Avail! Job Aid! Already a HEO?
Get certifi cation proof.Call 1-866-399-3853 or go to:
iheschool.com
HELP WANTED
Light Duty &Heavy Duty Cleaners
Req. to join our national building maint. company in Victoria for various sites. Must have access to trans-portation or ability to be at work, ready and on time. Experience in the fi eld is an asset.
Please forward resume’s [email protected]
VOLUNTEERS
1UP VICTORIA Single Parent Resource Centre seeks par-ticipants for their Peer Helper for Single Parents training ses-sion. Volunteers attend a 10-week training in effective listening, empathy, and com-munity resource referral. Training runs Thursdays from 12:00–2:30 pm. Volunteers are asked to commit to one 3-hour shift per week for six months. Please call 250-385-1114.
EARLY MUSIC Society of the Islands is looking for a Green Room coordinator to prepare the Green Room for guest mu-sicians and to shop and pre-pare refreshments before each concert. The time commitment is 2 hours before each con-cert. Please call 250-391-9480.
FOR THE Love of Africa seeks an enthusiastic volunteer to manage its two Word Press websites. The Society pro-vides partnership opportunities for reliable organizations in needy areas of Tanzania. To-gether, the Society and the Tanzanian organizations pro-vide a brighter future for com-munities by building infrastruc-ture for education, health care and vulnerable children. Please call 250-891-0762.
PERSONAL SERVICES
MIND BODY & SPIRIT
KRIPALU MASSAGE (Flow like Swedish Massage), Acu-pressure, Reiki, Chair Mas-sage. Light or Deep pressure. Professional offi ce located off the Gorge. In practice since 2000. Women only.www.andreakober.com250-514-6223.
HOLISTIC HEALTH
Trager® Bodywork Move more freely in a relaxed body;
Release pain & tension; Hot Stone MassagePenetrating heat from
smooth basalt rocks softens tight muscles, melts tensionHot Stone Massage with
Raindrop TherapyCranioSacral Therapy
Rae BilashCertifi ed Practitioner
250-380-8733www.raebilash.ca
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
LARGE FUNDBorrowers Wanted
Start saving hundreds of dollars today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income.
Call Anytime1-800-639-2274 or
604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca
NEED A LOW INTEREST LOAN?
We offer business, personal,consolidation or bad credit loan.RATES FROM 2.1% APR Bankruptcies are WelcomeCall Now 1-604-401-4523
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
FUEL/FIREWOOD
ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fi r, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE
KENWOOD EXCELON KFC-X693 6X9 300 Watt 3-way car speakers. Brand new, never opened, save $100+. $120. Call Chris 250-595-0370,[email protected]
MISCELLANEOUS WANTED
ANTIQUES, BOOKS, col-lectibles, furniture, china, jew-elry. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700.
FIREARM BUYER looking for any type, any con-dition of fi rearms, whole es-tates to single, fair market val-ue paid, have all licences to purchase.Call (250)667-4862.
TPLANTS/NURSERY S OCK
CALIFORNIA RED wood trees and hazelnut trees from 3’-8’ in pots. (250)479-5208.
REAL ESTATE
HOUSES FOR SALE
REAL ESTATE SERVICES
RENTALS
COTTAGES
DEEP COVE: cozy 1 bdrm, wood fl oors, acreage, skylights$950/mo+, N/S. 250-656-1312
MISCELLANEOUS FOR RENT
PARKING SPACE near Lans-downe Camosun College. 3min. walk to campus. Only$75/mo. Save $55/mo (ormore for long-term). Chris,250-595-0370.
ROOM & BOARD
“AN Experience of a Lifetime”- From July 4th to August 5th,the Saanich English LanguageSummer Academy will behosting International and Que-becois students (15 to 17years old). We are looking forfamilies who can host two stu-dents during the program.Please contact Michelle by e-mail [email protected] or call250.385.0583 to express yourinterest. You will be compen-sated $1,750.00 (2 studentsfor 5 weeks). We look forwardto hearing from you. (www.sel-sa.ca)
SHARED ACCOMMODATION
VICTORIA $525, incl. Quality Housing for quality person. Call 778-977-8288, leave msg.
WANTED TO RENT
RELIABLE COUPLE with 2 cats lost home to fi re is lookingfor reasonable accommoda-tion in the South Island area.Available for long term andcan take care of the houseand property. Please call(778)977-6985 or email to:[email protected]
TRANSPORTATION
AUTO SERVICES
FREE REMOVAL of all vehi-cles, cash paid for some. Anycondition. Call (250)889-5383
CARS
1991 MERCEDES Benz 560 SEL- V8, 212,000km, exccond, tires new, options work.Plum exterior, interior grayleather. $1950. (250)721-4497
VTRUCKS & ANS
2013 CHRYSLER Town &Country van. 89,000 km. Luxu-ry, economical, dependablefamily transportation. $18,750.(250)479-6935, (250)818-5134
AGREEMENTIt is agreed by any display or Classified Advertiser requesting space that the liability of the paper in the event of failure to publish an advertisement shall be limited to the amount paid by the advertiser for that portion of the advertising space occupied by the incorrect item only, and that there shall be no liability in any event beyond the amount paid for such advertisement. The publisher shall not be liable for slight changes or typographical errors that do not lessen the value of an advertisement.
Used.ca cannot be responsible for errors after the first day of publication of any advertisement. Notice of errors on the first day should immediately be called to the attention of the Classified Department to be corrected for the following edition.
Used.ca reserves the right to revise, edit, classify or reject any advertisement and to retain any answers directed to the Used.ca Box Reply Service and to repay the customer the sum paid for the advertisement and box rental.
DISCRIMINATORYLEGISLATIONAdvertisers are reminded that Provincial legislation forbids the publication of any advertisement which discriminates against any person because of race, religion, sex, color, nationality, ancestry or place of origin, or age, unless the condition is justified by a bona fide requirement for the work involved.
COPYRIGHTCopyright and/or properties subsist in all advertisements and in all other material appearing in this edition of Used.ca. Permission to reproduce wholly or in part and in any form whatsoever, particularly by a photographic or offset process in a publication must be obtained in writing from the publisher. Any unauthorized reproduction will be subject to recourse in law.
ON THE WEB:
INDEX IN BRIEFFAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
TRAVEL
EMPLOYMENT
BUSINESS SERVICES
PETS & LIVESTOCK
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
REAL ESTATE
RENTALS
AUTOMOTIVE
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT
LEGAL NOTICES
To advertise in print:Call: 250-388-3535 Email: classifi [email protected]: blackpressused.ca Career ads: localworkbc.ca
Browse more at:
A division of
$30/60GET IT RENTED!BUY ONE WEEK, GET SECOND WEEK FREE!*
SELL IT IN 3 OR IT RUNS FOR FREE!*Place your private party automotive ad with us in one of our Greater Victoria papers for the next 3 weeks for only $30 or choose all 5 papers for $60. If your vehicle does not sell, call us and we'll run it again at no charge!*Private party only, cannot be combined with other discounts.
FOUND SOMETHING?Call 250.388.3535
A18 www.saanichnews.com Fri, Apr 1, 2016, Saanich News
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
www.ronsmachinetools.ca
Offers you the latest in-formation about coronary artery disease+ Type 2 Diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis and other degenerative dis-eases. You can also learn about false nutrition claims.You can buy your bad-minton, tennis and golf supplies from our web-site.You will fi nd self defense programs for military, po-lice, marshal arts and programs for the general public.Also, we have over 5 mil-lion auto parts and much more.
Too much to list...Check us out!
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
FRIENDLY FRANK
4 SLEEPING bags, $20 each. Good condition. Call (778)265-1615.
BLUE NOSE II professionally framed, 22x26, $25. Call (250)383-5390.
SINGER SEWING machine, $29. Antique lamp, $20. Framed animal picture, $5. Freezer for truck or camper, $5. Leather jacket, $20. An-tique mug, $10. Japanese tea set, $10. (250)391-6064
GARAGE SALES
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
COMING EVENTS
CALL FOR ENTRIES13TH ANNUAL
Kitty Coleman WoodlandArt & Bloom Festival.
Fine Art and Quality Crafts Juried Show.
Presented in a spectacular outdoor setting
May 21, 22 and 23Applications for Artisans
are available at woodlandgardens.ca
or email [email protected]
250-338-6901
LEGALS
U-Haul SelfStorage Sidney
Claims a Landlord’s Con-tractual Lien against the following person’s goods in storage at:
10201 McDonald Park Road, Sidney BC
250-656-5321
Auction is subject to cancel-lation at anytime.
111A Travis Mawson 2234 Amherst Ave., Sidney, BC
121 Michael Lefebvre 10825 McDonald Park Rd., Sidney, BC
27 Lesa Carr 204-9711 5th St., Sidney, BC
280 Garry Crispin 10358 Patricia Pl., Sidney, BC
314 Daryl Schienbein 2276 Adella Pl., Sidney, BC
RV19 Kerry Fenlong 203 Harbour Rd., Sidney, BC
RV2 Micheal Mireault 56 Rue Alexis Dom, St. Alphonsi de Rodrizuez, QC
A sale will take place at the storage location on Friday April 15th, 2016. Viewing from 10AM to 12PM. Sealed bids will be opened at 12:30PM. Room contents are personal / household goods unless noted other-wise. Bids will be for entire contents of each unit.
WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN ACT
Notice is hereby given that Kustom Towing, (2009) Ltd, 3297 Douglas St, Victoria, BC, V8Z 3K9 will be selling:
2004 DODGE DAKOTA1D7HL38K14S646875Owner J. Halischuk
2003 AUDI A4WAULC68E53A254533Owner M. MacFarlane
Will be sold on April 15, 2016. At 647B Dup-plin Rd, Victoria, BC be-tween 10am-2pm.
CLASSIFIED ADS WORK!Call 250.388.3535
INFORMATION
PERSONALS
MAKE A Connection, Talk to Sexy Singles FREE now! Call 250-220-1300 or 1-800-210-1010. www.livelinks.com 18+
LOST AND FOUND
FOUND: KEYS on blue spiral-ly wrist band, found at 818 Broughton St parking lot March 15. Call 250-388-3535
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
MAKE A FORTUNE with $5000., we know how! Free info pack. Call (250)384-9242.
EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS
INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT SCHOOL. Hands-On Tasks. Start Weekly. GPS Training!
Funding & Housing Avail! Job Aid! Already a HEO?
Get certifi cation proof.Call 1-866-399-3853 or go to:
iheschool.com
HELP WANTED
Light Duty &Heavy Duty Cleaners
Req. to join our national building maint. company in Victoria for various sites. Must have access to trans-portation or ability to be at work, ready and on time. Experience in the fi eld is an asset.
Please forward resume’s [email protected]
VOLUNTEERS
1UP VICTORIA Single Parent Resource Centre seeks par-ticipants for their Peer Helper for Single Parents training ses-sion. Volunteers attend a 10-week training in effective listening, empathy, and com-munity resource referral. Training runs Thursdays from 12:00–2:30 pm. Volunteers are asked to commit to one 3-hour shift per week for six months. Please call 250-385-1114.
EARLY MUSIC Society of the Islands is looking for a Green Room coordinator to prepare the Green Room for guest mu-sicians and to shop and pre-pare refreshments before each concert. The time commitment is 2 hours before each con-cert. Please call 250-391-9480.
FOR THE Love of Africa seeks an enthusiastic volunteer to manage its two Word Press websites. The Society pro-vides partnership opportunities for reliable organizations in needy areas of Tanzania. To-gether, the Society and the Tanzanian organizations pro-vide a brighter future for com-munities by building infrastruc-ture for education, health care and vulnerable children. Please call 250-891-0762.
PERSONAL SERVICES
MIND BODY & SPIRIT
KRIPALU MASSAGE (Flow like Swedish Massage), Acu-pressure, Reiki, Chair Mas-sage. Light or Deep pressure. Professional offi ce located off the Gorge. In practice since 2000. Women only.www.andreakober.com250-514-6223.
HOLISTIC HEALTH
Trager® Bodywork Move more freely in a relaxed body;
Release pain & tension; Hot Stone MassagePenetrating heat from
smooth basalt rocks softens tight muscles, melts tensionHot Stone Massage with
Raindrop TherapyCranioSacral Therapy
Rae BilashCertifi ed Practitioner
250-380-8733www.raebilash.ca
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
LARGE FUNDBorrowers Wanted
Start saving hundreds of dollars today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income.
Call Anytime1-800-639-2274 or
604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca
NEED A LOW INTEREST LOAN?
We offer business, personal,consolidation or bad credit loan.RATES FROM 2.1% APR Bankruptcies are WelcomeCall Now 1-604-401-4523
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
FUEL/FIREWOOD
ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fi r, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE
KENWOOD EXCELON KFC-X693 6X9 300 Watt 3-way car speakers. Brand new, never opened, save $100+. $120. Call Chris 250-595-0370,[email protected]
MISCELLANEOUS WANTED
ANTIQUES, BOOKS, col-lectibles, furniture, china, jew-elry. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700.
FIREARM BUYER looking for any type, any con-dition of fi rearms, whole es-tates to single, fair market val-ue paid, have all licences to purchase.Call (250)667-4862.
TPLANTS/NURSERY S OCK
CALIFORNIA RED wood trees and hazelnut trees from 3’-8’ in pots. (250)479-5208.
REAL ESTATE
HOUSES FOR SALE
REAL ESTATE SERVICES
RENTALS
COTTAGES
DEEP COVE: cozy 1 bdrm, wood fl oors, acreage, skylights$950/mo+, N/S. 250-656-1312
MISCELLANEOUS FOR RENT
PARKING SPACE near Lans-downe Camosun College. 3min. walk to campus. Only$75/mo. Save $55/mo (ormore for long-term). Chris,250-595-0370.
ROOM & BOARD
“AN Experience of a Lifetime”- From July 4th to August 5th,the Saanich English LanguageSummer Academy will behosting International and Que-becois students (15 to 17years old). We are looking forfamilies who can host two stu-dents during the program.Please contact Michelle by e-mail [email protected] or call250.385.0583 to express yourinterest. You will be compen-sated $1,750.00 (2 studentsfor 5 weeks). We look forwardto hearing from you. (www.sel-sa.ca)
SHARED ACCOMMODATION
VICTORIA $525, incl. Quality Housing for quality person. Call 778-977-8288, leave msg.
WANTED TO RENT
RELIABLE COUPLE with 2 cats lost home to fi re is lookingfor reasonable accommoda-tion in the South Island area.Available for long term andcan take care of the houseand property. Please call(778)977-6985 or email to:[email protected]
TRANSPORTATION
AUTO SERVICES
FREE REMOVAL of all vehi-cles, cash paid for some. Anycondition. Call (250)889-5383
CARS
1991 MERCEDES Benz 560 SEL- V8, 212,000km, exccond, tires new, options work.Plum exterior, interior grayleather. $1950. (250)721-4497
VTRUCKS & ANS
2013 CHRYSLER Town &Country van. 89,000 km. Luxu-ry, economical, dependablefamily transportation. $18,750.(250)479-6935, (250)818-5134
AGREEMENTIt is agreed by any display or Classified Advertiser requesting space that the liability of the paper in the event of failure to publish an advertisement shall be limited to the amount paid by the advertiser for that portion of the advertising space occupied by the incorrect item only, and that there shall be no liability in any event beyond the amount paid for such advertisement. The publisher shall not be liable for slight changes or typographical errors that do not lessen the value of an advertisement.
Used.ca cannot be responsible for errors after the first day of publication of any advertisement. Notice of errors on the first day should immediately be called to the attention of the Classified Department to be corrected for the following edition.
Used.ca reserves the right to revise, edit, classify or reject any advertisement and to retain any answers directed to the Used.ca Box Reply Service and to repay the customer the sum paid for the advertisement and box rental.
DISCRIMINATORYLEGISLATIONAdvertisers are reminded that Provincial legislation forbids the publication of any advertisement which discriminates against any person because of race, religion, sex, color, nationality, ancestry or place of origin, or age, unless the condition is justified by a bona fide requirement for the work involved.
COPYRIGHTCopyright and/or properties subsist in all advertisements and in all other material appearing in this edition of Used.ca. Permission to reproduce wholly or in part and in any form whatsoever, particularly by a photographic or offset process in a publication must be obtained in writing from the publisher. Any unauthorized reproduction will be subject to recourse in law.
ON THE WEB:
INDEX IN BRIEFFAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
TRAVEL
EMPLOYMENT
BUSINESS SERVICES
PETS & LIVESTOCK
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
REAL ESTATE
RENTALS
AUTOMOTIVE
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT
LEGAL NOTICES
To advertise in print:Call: 250-388-3535 Email: classifi [email protected]: blackpressused.ca Career ads: localworkbc.ca
Browse more at:
A division of
$30/60GET IT RENTED!BUY ONE WEEK, GET SECOND WEEK FREE!*
SELL IT IN 3 OR IT RUNS FOR FREE!*Place your private party automotive ad with us in one of our Greater Victoria papers for the next 3 weeks for only $30 or choose all 5 papers for $60. If your vehicle does not sell, call us and we'll run it again at no charge!*Private party only, cannot be combined with other discounts.
FOUND SOMETHING?Call 250.388.3535
SAANICH NEWS - Friday, April 1, 2016 www.saanichnews.com • A19
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With Vancouver experiencing astronomical real estate growth, there’s questions whether the spill off is affecting Saanich.
Certainly the South Island is see-ing the repercussions, said Mike Nugent, president of the Victoria Real Estate Board, but the reality is it doesn’t take much to affect the market.
“We only need to see a two per cent growth in the number of off-shore buyers in Gordon Head to have quite an impact.”
The VREB does track where its buyers are from, and stats show that Vancouver (or Lower Main-land) buyers make up 7.5 per cent, while 70 per cent are local Victoria buyers making lifestyle changes, Nugent said. Buyers from other parts of B.C., across Canada and offshore make up the remainder.
With that in mind, it’s becoming common place this spring to hear of open houses swarmed with buyers, multiple offers and bid-ding wars, not only in Saanich, but also in Victoria and Oak Bay. These are favoured neighbourhoods for the international and Vancouver buyer, Nugent said.
The word out of Gordon Head recently was that a home on Lon-gacre Drive sold for $100,000 more than asking price, and within a week of hitting the market.
If you do consider buying or sell-ing, be diligent. There are vary-ing strategies going on right now, Nugent added. While many sellers will ask what is reasonable, others might try to bump up the price
based on recent demand. “You want to be strategic, the
best thing is researching what you can,” Nugent said.
That said, the numbers are somewhat deceiving. The only way VREB registers if a buyer is from offshore is by checking their previous address on the sale of the house. If the buyers have been renting in Victoria for six months, then they’re deemed local.
Regardless, there is no denying the market is hot.
As of Monday, VREB’s stats showed sales up almost 250 (938) for March compared to the same
month in 2015 (734), with a chance to crack 1,000 by April 1.
“It might be the highest March ever seen, but the ongoing inven-tory is about a third lower than normal,” Nugent said.
Couple that with historically low interest rates (2.5 per cent), and other factors such as the millenni-als who are coming into the mar-ket, and those who’ve been wait-ing since the financial slowdown to be active. Another factor is the densification of low-density down-town, where single homes are repurposed.
“Everything that can contrib-
ute to a strong market is going on right now, full green light. It seems like everybody wants in the mar-ket and there’s a herd mentality in Greater Victoria,” Nugent said. “We have a net migration, we are up 5,000 to 6,000 people per year, we’re not losing people.”
One anomaly is the higher growth in prices on the east side of the highway than on the West Shore, where construction is rapid with new neighbourhoods pop-ping up. Over there, you can find single family homes with an aver-age price up to $200,000 less than it is in the core.
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The hot local housing market has resulted in reports of open houses swarmed by buyers, multiple offers and bidding wars.
Offshore buyers becoming a factor in the South Island
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VICTORIA1-444 Michigan St., $479,000Saturday & Sunday,April 2nd & 3rd, 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Alison Stoodley, 250-889-0246www.alisonstoodley.ca
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WEST SHORE7-3650 Citadel Pl., $629,000MLS 360638Sunday, April 3rd, 2-4Royal LePage CoastCapital RealtyRosemarie Colterman, 250-592-4422www.rosiesays.ca
3509 Fulton Rd., $839,000MLS 362006Saturday, April 2nd, 2-4Sutton GroupWest Coast RealtyChris Fairlie, 250-479-3333www.chrisfairlie.com
621 Kingsview Ridge, $489,900MLS 362252Saturday, April 2nd, 1-3Pemberton HolmesJim Fields, 250-857-5467www.jimfields.ca
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Maximum Views with Precision DesignLuxury home w/ breathtaking ocean & mountain views. Precision builtfeaturing a cathedral entrance, smartly designed kitchen, formalsitting/reception rm & family rm. both w. gas fp, and a gracious diningrm. Sumptuous master bed w. generous walk-in closet/dressing rm. &ensuite. Lower level offers self-contained suite & wine celler.$959,000
Baby You Can Drive My Car Amazing executive Oceanfront home features 4397 sqft of open conceptliving including 5 beds (with master suite, walk in closet, fire place &spa like en-suite). Outside offers over 1700 sqft of deck space to takeadvantage of the spectacular views, water front fire pit & patio, hot tub& plenty of space for all toys in the 5 car garage. $1,099,000
You Have Arrived Elegant and stately .72 acre Oceanfront home features Control 4 lightingwhich integrates lighting with music, shades, locks, climate control, andvideo. Enduring construction is seen in the built-in cabinetry, and darkBirch HW placed in a bright ambiance of voluminous rooms. The customkitchen is a worthy match for Jamie Oliver! The convenient locationblends all the best in life seamlessly! $1,099,999
The Balvenie Executive NEW residence on 2.5 acres. Exceptional Quality & featuringluxury finishing throughout; including gourmet kitchen, stunning Greatroom with a double sided indoor-outdoor fireplace, and separate livingareas. Huge windows, triple garage, professional landscaping, and just20 min to the capital city, with proximity to ferries, & the InternationalAirport offers the ultimate in Living! $1,350,000
Wright for Frank Newly updated contemporary Oceanfront masterpiece + dock. Archi-tecturally designed taking advantage of the spectacular private location.Floor to sky windows create a true indoor-outdoor flow. At 3200sqft it will suit most circumstances & incl In Law. Once inside themost discerning buyer will be wowed by the Artistry! $1,499,800
Escape to the CountryA magnificent Schubart designed residence surrounded by 10 acresof natural beauty. Dream kitchen: custom cabinetry, elegant design,superior appliances. 2 excellent BRs & den. The lower floor has adelightful self-contained legal suite. A separate character farm house.Unspoiled beaches, golf courses, amazing outdoors & ocean activities.Just 30-minutes drive to downtown Victoria. $1,549,000
Splendour in the GrassDutch farm house meets West Coast design on this superb scenic 5 acfarm, overlooking Elk lake. Private and picturesque this 4 bed 4 bathwith 3 wings that provide separation for the growing family. Low farmtaxes. 3 excellent multi functional farm buildings. Excellent for horsesand animals. Large veg garden, fruit trees, & fish pond. A splendidcountry property. $1,690,000
Have Your Oceanfront & Swim There Too!Rare south facing Oceanfront offers full sun and Sensational sunsets!Amazing folding wall system opens for an indoor-outdoor feel, easy accessto the beach, and your own mooring buoy. The kitchen sizzles with a covetedInduction cooktop, double-oven, and sit-up counter for guests. Unwind inthe Master suite, or paint in the airy studio. Enjoy the Sauna and relaxing hottub. This is West Coast Living at its very best. $1,698,800
Builder’s Oceanfront DreamRARE opportunity to build an Oceanfront Estate in Victoria BC. This1.24 acre lot in Margaret’s Bay offers 195.5 feet of waterfront, with180° views across Haro Strait to the San Juan Islands. Choice locationprovides a panorama of mountain and island views. The neighbourhoodis serene and private, close to UVIC and all amenities. A blank paletteto create your dream! $1,698,000
A Sea of HoneyAn esteemed, private, south facing 1.24 acre ocean front enclave. Thestunning fjord view of the Saanich Inlet captures an awe-inspiringpeaceful vista. The 4500 sq ft home is rich in potential, and ready forthe next vision. The superb location provides an exceptional oceanorientation with outstanding views of sea & sky. $1,825,000
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Boldly Beautiful Innovative and robust contemporary design elements are impressively combined in this masterfully crafted Oceanfront retreat. A boldly soaring ceiling, supported by old-growth fir beams, embraces a dramatic open-concept floor plan. Finest quality wood throughout creates a warmly modern ambiance. Desirable construction details are integrated to superior standards. Special features include provision for a private in-law or master suite, heat exchange, soundproofing and life-time roof. Floor-to-ceiling windows capture tranquil vistas of forest, sea and sky. Situated on the protected south shore of the Sooke Basin, the exceptional property offers a deep water dock, secluded beach and proximity to outstanding fishing. See 3D Tour on our website. $1,638,800
First Amongst EqualsThe boldly uplifting modernistic elegance of this stunningly designed and superbly constructed architectural masterpiece harmonizes serenely with its surroundings. Natural woodland textures create an exceptionally impressive organic setting. Inspired architect Franc D'Ambrosio incorporated classically dramatic mid-century design elements into a work of art for contemporary living. Quality constructed to unparalleled speci-fications, this award-winning home offers the much-coveted privacy of a peaceful retreat together with luxurious amenities and an outstanding architectural interpretation, only minutes from downtown Victoria. Significantly exceeds B.C building code, particular seismic integrity because of the steel frame. 2015 VIBE top award. See 3D tour on our website. $2,190,000
A Dream of TuscanyThe timeless character of the grand country villas of Tuscany inspired the vision for this superb showcase of architectural design. Every artistic aspect speaks to an impeccably integrated understanding of superior construction and historically nuanced elegance. Serenely situated in Oak Bay amid landscaped terraces, this stunning home celebrates natural light and soaring ceilings, a graceful foyer with a formal double staircase, and the finest of im-ported fixtures throughout. French doors beckon to the delightful Mediterranean garden setting. The European styled kitchen offers superlative culinary design. Enduring beauty, impressive quality construction and exquisite architectural originality combine in a truly exceptional residence. $2,450,000
Space and GraceNew Listing! See 3 D tour to fully appreciate a very special spa-cious family home. Nestled in an exclusive cul-de-sac & backing a picturesque treed park, this gracious well designed home offers 5 bedrooms including a generous master ensuite, walk-in closet all separated from the other 4 bedrooms. Welcoming bright, high-ceiling entrance hall to impress visitors from which one enters an area including, a generous kitchen with island & adjoining eating area overlooking the family room . These areas are adjacent to the fenced rear garden. A formal dining room leads from the kitchen, & is ideal for entertaining. The large living room is currently used as an office. Double heated garage& walking distance to a French immersion school. Hurry. $659,000
The Whole Nine YardsNew Price! Unprecedented Low bank Oceanfront Estate with bells and whistles! A serious Yachtsman’s delight with very deep water for most boat drafts. Spectacular panoramic Ocean Vistas, indoor swimming pool, Dock, Boathouse, and Foreshore Licence are some of the key features. The Architecturally designed home was carefully positioned to take full advantage of every aspect of this wonderful location and outlook. The 5436 sq ft home is on 3 view levels and the ground floor could be a self-contained suite. 2 formal Living rooms, 3-4 Bedrooms and 5 Luxury baths! The accommodation is beautifully flexible to meet almost every fam-ily’s needs. The magnificent pool is completely surrounded by windows with a 13’ ft vaulted ceiling and hot tub. $1,450,000
83 Acres With 1/4 Mile OceanfrontNew Price! Stunningly beautiful Woodside farm with ap-prox 1450 ft of ocean front, 83.75 acres, of which approx 30 acres is forest: mostly Spruce and Balsam, with some Cedar and Alder. One residence is 2,262 sqft, the other a circa 1884, approx. 3,844 sqft farmhouse Amazing excellent condition working Dutch Barn, approx 5000 sqft with classic two levels. The farm is predominantly nurtured grassland and wood lot. It is a unique one of a kind offering adjacent to the Sooke town boundary. The farm was the home to the late Scotsman John Muir Senior who was a member of the V.I. Legislate and mined coal for the Hudson Bay Co. It remains an operating farm. Unique property with huge opportunity. $4,250,000
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