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(From left) Lilly Wass, Arthur Smith and Dahlila Charlie are graduating this

year. More than 100 aboriginal students

are expected to graduate in the

Sooke School District, its largest

aboriginal grad class yet. SD 62 has become a leader in

the province in high school aboriginal

education and for its First Nations grad

rate.

Charla Huber/News staff

Charla HuberNews staff

When Lilly Wass was in Grade 11 in Ontario, she didn’t bother to go to class, let alone care about her grades.

She was barely passing her courses, but now, after spending the past three semesters in the Sooke School District, she is set

to graduate with an 88 per cent average.

“In Ontario we didn’t have an aboriginal education room. It makes a lot of difference,” said Wass said, an Edward Milne com-munity school student. “There is someone you can go and talk to and they see if I am keeping up with my work.”

This spring, SD 62 will cel-ebrate its first graduating class with more than 100 aboriginal students. The unofficial count is at 104, up from the 51 who gradu-ated last year.

Kathleen King-Hunt, SD 62 district principal for aboriginal education, said the district has worked to integrate aboriginal curriculum into course material.

“The (aboriginal) graduate rate is something we have worked very hard at. The aboriginal enhancement agreement makes a difference in the classroom,” King-Hunt said. “Our success is not just graduation rates.”

The district expects the aborig-inal completion rate to continue its upward surge. Last year, 73 per cent of all aboriginal students graduated within six years start-ing from Grade 8, which is close to the overall average of 76 per cent for SD 62 students. The pro-vincial aboriginal completion rate is about 51 per cent.

Five years ago, only 38 per cent of aboriginal students were grad-uating from SD 62.

First Nations students at Bel-

mont secondary, Edward Milne and West Shore Annex schools credit part of their success to aboriginal education rooms staffed with teachers and support workers.

“(Aboriginal education teach-ers) put in more time and effort and they don’t act like it is just their job,” Wass said. “With me, home life isn’t that great, and (at school) there is someone willing to help.”

Dahlila Charlie, a Grade 12 stu-dent, has spent her three years using the services in the aborigi-nal education room at Belmont secondary.

Banner year for aboriginal grad class

Edward HillNews staff

Police arrested three men armed with handguns and body armour who tried to rob a medi-cal marijuana grow-op in Lang-ford last week.

West Shore RCMP and offi-cers from the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia (CSFU-BC) had the men under surveillance, and watched them enter and leave the undisclosed Langford prop-erty in semi-rural residential neighbourhood.

Uniformed RCMP officers stopped the vehicle and arrested the suspects. Officers found the ultimate grow-rip kit: body armour, a Browning 9 mm Luger, a Smith and Wesson revolver, a sledgehammer, duct tape and masks.

Police say the property holds a heavily-fortified outbuilding and house that is the location of a licensed medical marijuana growing operation. No residents were home at the time of the attempted robbery.

CFSU-BC spokesperson Sgt. Bill Whalen said the suspects came away from the property empty handed.

In the past two weeks, West Shore RCMP and the Victoria branch of CFSU-BC have joined forces due to a number of recent, violent home invasions targeted at people in the drug trade on the West Shore.

Sooke School District doubles First Nations grad rate in five years

PLEASE SEE: Aboriginal spaces, Page A9

Medical marijuana farm targeted for violent ‘grow-rip’

PLEASE SEE: Guns, body armour, Page A5

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Smith is criminally charged with two counts related to impaired driving and one count of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle in the April 16, 2011, Columbia Fuels truck crash on the Malahat Drive near Goldstream park.

The crash spilled 42,000 litres of gasoline and 700 litres of die-sel into a culvert that empties into Goldstream River.

Smith now faces two charges

under the Environmental Man-agement Act of unlawfully allow-ing gasoline and diesel into the environment by way of a motor vehicle crash while on the job.

Under the Fisheries Act, he is charged with depositing gaso-line and diesel into an environ-

ment where it may enter water frequented by fish.

Marshall said he wants to address both sets of charges at once in court.

“They are the same incident, why not deal with them at the same time?”


An expected guilty plea to one of the criminal charges linked to last year’s fuel truck crash outside Gold-stream park is delayed until June.

Lawyer Dale Marshall had last Thursday’s hearing held over until

June 7 after learning his client, James Allan Smith, was also charged with three environmental infractions related to dumping fuel in Gold-stream River.

Marshall admitted he was caught off guard by the new charges, which were filed with the court March 23.

“We knew there was an environ-

Court delayed for Goldstream fuel spill The driver of the Columbia Fuels truck that crashed outside of Goldstream park now faces three environmental charges.

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Unshaven, dressed in an aged grey T-shirt and jeans, Cpl. Bob Pilot projects the image of another guy coming off shift at a construc-tion site.

In a crowd he’s a forgettable face, or at least that’s the hope as he and his street crime unit track chronic criminals across the West Shore.

The number of reported thefts and drug-related crimes in Lang-ford and Colwood have been trend-ing down over the years, in some cases significantly.

But the West Shore RCMP street crime crew is never at a loss for targets. Drug dealing and property crime remain popular occupations for a small but determined seg-ment of the population.

“There is no skid row here,” Pilot observes, but there are plenty of homes and apartments trafficking in stolen goods and drugs.

Similar to trends seen five years ago, police say drugs of choice in West Shore communities are pow-der cocaine and crack cocaine, especially among young males. Cellphones seized from coke deal-ers ring without end.

“Coke and crack are still very popular. We haven’t seen a decrease. In fact there may be more users,” said Pilot, 48, a 22-year veteran Mountie. “You see some property crimes as a result of addiction to crack cocaine. But what we find in general is the most prolific property crime offenders have a meth addiction.”

Offenders who break into a dozen cars in an evening or break-and-enter multiple homes over a week are typically feeding an all-consuming methamphetamine habit. Pilot calls it “farming” – these habitual offenders check every car door, and case every house they can in the search for

cash or goods to sell. “Meth is the most damaging drug physically and socially and crime-wise with-out a doubt,” Pilot said.

The West Shore RCMP street crime unit and the Regional Crime Unit both target chronic offenders, those committing the vast majority of crimes across Greater Victoria. Pilot calls it a strategy of targeting the criminal, not the crime.

“Instead of going backward to solve a break-and-enter, we tar-get offenders known to do break and enters, or drug traffickers as opposed to the users,” he said. “It’s much more effective.”

Information on specific deal-ers and thieves is pieced together through connections with other police agencies, traffic stops by uniformed RCMP officers, reports from residents and the Crime Stop-pers tip line. Confidential infor-mants, though, are the life blood of undercover police work. Some are motivated by revenge, some for money and some for the good of the community.

“Crime Stoppers can send us in a direction, but we need to cor-roborate that information through

surveillance and through sources,” Pilot said. “We’re always looking for people to talk to us. Without informants we can’t do our job.”

Surveillance — tailing suspects in unmarked cars, watching from afar with binoculars, stuff people might see on TV cop shows — is also a daily staple for Pilot and his crew.

With only three officers in street crime, occasionally the target will recognize an undercover officer who has arrested them before. But most remain oblivious to being fol-lowed around all day.

When it comes time for an arrest or search warrant, the street crime unit makes sure they look more like police officers. A suspect is more likely to fight back against being robbed by a fellow criminal.

Indeed, these criminal-on-crim-inal “drug rips” are a dangerous and growing by-product of the drug trade on the West Shore, and one of the primary ways bystand-ers can get hurt.

In May 2011 a Langford man was beaten and pepper sprayed in a home invasion, but refused to identify his attackers. In March this

year two men tied up and robbed a suspected drug dealer in his Peatt Road apartment.

“There we have a home inva-sion for drugs and money, but you can’t prove that at all. The victim isn’t saying that’s what happened. The victim actually ran away,” Pilot said. “Can you have a victim if he runs away?”

Pilot said cases of criminals rob-bing other criminals happen fre-quently and usually aren’t reported to police. “It becomes a danger to the public if they hit apartment 101 but (the target) lives in 107. They kick down the door, beat up an innocent victim. It’s happened before, it will happen again.”

Pilot said overall, the streets of the West Shore are safe, and peo-ple openly consuming and selling drugs isn’t common. But the RCMP corporal said residents need to report more often where the drug and stolen goods trade is happen-ing — homes and apartments in residential neighbourhoods.

“The more people report, the more information we have, the easier it is to move on an investiga-tion. It’s easier to do our job.”

Edward Hill/News staff

West Shore RCMP Cpl. Bob Pilot, whose face can’t be shown for operational security, leads a small crew of officers who keep tabs on some of the most prolific criminals in the region.

The cat and mouse of West Shore street crimeSmall RCMP squad works hard to keeps tabs on chronic offenders

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Tipsy cellphone driving, big fine

Victoria police busted a 33-year-old Metchosin woman for a rolling series of driving violations Satur-day morning.

Police saw the woman talking on her cellphone while driving at about 2 a.m. When officers fol-lowed her down Douglas Street, she turned against a red light and then drove through a second red light.

Police pulled over her Ford Explorer and the woman smelled strongly of liquor. She admitted to having several drinks and was issued a 24-hour driv-ing suspension and her vehicle was towed.

She was also issued tickets for use driving while using a cellphone, going through the red light and for failing to display her “N” sign. Fines totalled $518.

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The timeless tale of a spider and a pig will hit the stage at Isabelle Reader theatre start-ing this weekend.

The beloved story of Char-lotte’s Web has dazzled genera-tions and brought magic and hope to many.

A cast of more than 25 actors, children and adults, are bring the musical version of E.B. White’s story to light in Langford, on the 60th anniver-sary of its publication.

“It’s such a delightful story,” said Margaret Dean, director for Four Seasons Musical The-atre. “A lot of children know the story, they are familiar with it and they associate with the characters.”

The story follows a pig named Wilbur, a runt, who is sent to live on a farm to escape being killed for his small size.

Wilbur, played by both David Hunwick and Márus Gunnarsson, meets a spe-cial and rather smart spider named Charlotte, played by 17-year-old Cati Landry.

Wilbur is also befriended by a goose, a gander, some sheep

and a gluttonous rat named Templeton.

As Wilbur grows and matures, he faces a death sentence yet again, this time to provide bacon and pork chops. Charlotte starts to write messages in her web, such as “Some pig,” to turn Wilbur into a celebrity and keep him alive.

If Charlotte were to make a special web for this produc-tion, Dean said it would say, “terrific.”

The production is geared towards families and children of all ages. [email protected]

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Four Seasons Musical Theatre is hitting the stage with its rendition of Charlottes Web, Cati Landry plays Charlotte and Márus Gunnarsson plays Wilbur.

Charlotte spins her web in LangfordCharlotte’s Web musical opens Friday at Isabelle Reader Theatre

When & Where■ Charlotte’s Web, 2 p.m. matinee performances: May 5, 6, 12 and 13. Evening performances at 7 p.m.: May 4 and 11.

■ All shows are at Isabelle Reader Theatre at Spencer school, 1026 Goldstream Ave.

■ See www.fourseasons musicaltheatre.com.

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A private commuter ferry was scheduled to launch 6 a.m. sharp on Tuesday morning from military property in Colwood, as the Blue Boat service sails into the sunset.

The new Baseline ferry ser-vice company will shuttle civil-ian and military Department of National Defence staff across Esquimalt harbour during morn-ing and evening rush hours.

The 40-foot, 40 passenger boat Grey Selkie was scheduled to carry its first batch of cus-tomers on May 1 at 6 a.m. from the Colwood D jetty to Dock-yard, offering a service similar to the Blue Boats. Grey Selkie will also stop at Naden during the day, timed to employee shift changes.

Barry Hobbis, owner of Vic-toria Harbour Ferry, which operates the Baseline, said he is happy to provide a shuttle service at a price comparable to bus transit. A one-way ride is $2.50.

“That (cost) works for us and we think it will work for the rid-ers,” Hobbis said. “We worked with a number of individuals who ride the boats to ensure it’s affordable and it does what they need it to do. We tried to be careful and stay as close as rea-sonable with transit costs.”

CFB Esquimalt decided to end the Blue Boat shuttle, first reported by the Victoria News in early March, due to the struggle to find staff for the auxiliary fleet of tugs and fire boats.

In operation since 1955, Blue Boats originally shipped person-nel and equipment around base property in the harbour, but evolved into a popular, and free, commuter service.

About 400 military and civil-ian staff from the West Shore and Sooke used the ferry daily, and faced the prospect of join-ing the jam-packed Island High-way and Trans-Canada Highway starting May 1. Nearly 750 DND personnel responded to a sur-vey supporting a private ferry.

“It appears to be a desired

service. Many people told us point blank that they need it,” Hobbis said.

In past months, Baseline ferry staff and its boat have been undergoing security and safety certification to work within DND property. A second boat is expected to enter operation mid May.

“We had to jump through a number of hoops to meet the requirements of Her Maj-esty the Queen,” Hobbis said. “There was rigorous attention to detail. The base commander, Canex staff and our staff worked through it as an affective team.”

In early April, Colwood entre-preneur Cynthia Cummings moved to launch a “Blue Bus” service to transport DND per-sonnel from Colwood to Dock-yard, but that effort was can-

celled in the wake of the ferry service.

“I endorse the ferry service 100 per cent,” said Cummings, who is now working with Hob-bis on managing Baseline. “It makes sense to offer a service people already know.”

Hobbis said this DND ferry service could lay the ground-work for a civilian ferry between Colwood and Victoria, although a lot of peices would need to fall in place. “(A civilian ferry) is not out of the scope of where we might go,” he said.

See victoriaharbourferry.com/baseline for times and prices of the Baseline ferry service. The service is open to DND person-nel only who are authorized to access CFB Esquimalt property in Colwood. From May 1 to 4 the service is free.

Harbour ferry ready to take over Blue Boats

Sharon Tiffin/News staff

Victoria Harbour Ferry’s Barry Hobbis is using a much larger boat than Inner Harbour water taxis to ferry military personnel between Colwood and Esquimalt.

Whalen wouldn't say how these suspects were located and targeted, other than "infor-mation on individuals involved in violent home invasions was uncovered."

West Shore RCMP Cpl. Kathy Rochlitz said investigators are seeing if the three suspects have any connection to a recent home invasion in Colwood.

So far, the three men only face charges related to the April 24 incident.

“For us, anybody carrying

this equipment — body armour, hand guns, duct tape and masks are obviously up to no good,” Rochlitz said. “We are happy to get them into custody before anyone was harmed.”

The CFSEU-BC works with law enforcement agencies across the province and targets people engaged in a violent lifestyle and in organized crime. Central Saanich, Oak Bay, Saanich, Vic-toria and the RCMP contribute members to the Victoria unit.

Justin James Upton, Cody Fred Smith, 20, and Jake Cap-pello, 19, are all charged with

using a firearm during a rob-bery, break and enter to commit an indictable offence and two counts of unauthorized posses-sion of a firearm.

Upton and Cappello are also each charged with wearing a disguise with intent to commit an offence, while Smith is facing additional charges of resisting arrest and using a false name.

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Colwood City Council approved its budget for the 2012-2013 fiscal year, along with a property tax increase that falls below the rate of inflation.

The final figure is a property tax increase of 2.8 per cent, which will work out to about $39 per average household.

This is below the rate of infla-tion, which for Canada in 2011 averaged at 2.9 per cent, and lower than the 3.25 per cent increase in Victoria and the 2.9 per cent increase in Langford.

“We’re really happy about that,” Colwood Coun. Rob Mar-tin said. “We’re happy that we beat both Langford and Victo-ria as well, that they were both higher.”

Martin, who chairs the stra-tegic and financial planning committee, said that there were challenges for the city’s budget-ing, including an 11 per cent

hike to its West Shore Parks and Recreation contribution and a similar increase for the Greater Victoria Public Library.

“Even with these increases and us controlling these costs ... we’ve been able to do some pretty strong things this next year, or budget at least for them.”

Among the supplementary requests approved were $7,000 for the school crossing guard program and $5,000 for grave site repairs at Colwood Pioneer Cemetery.

Costs associated with hir-ing an extra West Shore RCMP officer, along with built-in

raises, also added challenging expenses, but ended up fit-ting into the budget. The extra officer is budgeted at $68,500, while the pay raise is expected to be only about $4,000, even though the exact cost is not yet known.

“It’s not dramatic,” said Coun. Gordie Logan, protective ser-vices committee chair, “which was a pleasant surprise.”

A new plotter scanner has been budgeted at $10,000. This will allow staff too “digitize and plot large format drawing used by engineering, planning and building,” said a staff report. Martin said this, along with improvements to software, will help speed up processing devel-opment permits.

“So we’re doing a lot of really positive things in Colwood, as well as trying to control our costs,” said Martin. “I think both staff and council can be really proud of what we’ve done.”

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Colwood hits budget target“We’re happy that

we beat both Langford and Victoria as well, that they were both higher.”

–Colwood Coun. Rob Martin

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of Langford has received an application to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 300 by means of proposed Bylaw Nos. 1385, 1397, and 1398. All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaws will be afforded an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the Bylaws at the PUBLIC HEARING to be held in the CITY OF LANGFORD COUNCIL CHAMBERS, Third Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue, Langford, BC, on Monday, 7 May 2012, at 7:00 pm. Please be advised that no representations may be received by Council after the close of the Public Hearing and any submissions made to Council, whether orally or in writing, will form part of a public record.

Subject Property

963 Walfred Road Subject Property

703 Massie Drive Subject Property

3347-3375 Vision Way & 903 Tayberry Terrace

File Num Z12-0010 Bylaw No.1398 File Num Z11-0010 Bylaw Number: 1397 File Num Z12-0001 Bylaw Number: 1385 OCP Current: Neighbourhood OCP Current: Neighbourhood OCP Current: Neighbourhood Zoning Current: R2 (One- and Two-Family Residential)

Proposed: RS3 (Residential Small Lot 3) Zoning Current: R2 (One- and Two-Family Residential)

Proposed: MU1A (Mixed Use Residential Commercial A) Zoning CD10 (Comprehensive Development 10 – Boulder

Ridge) Proposal: To permit the development of one lot subdivision. Proposal: To permit four storey multi-family residential building of

approximately 10 units. Proposal: To increase the height for one family dwellings and to add one family dwellings and attached housing as permitted uses for Area 4 and to add attached housing as a permitted use in Area 2, and to add group day care, pet day care and veterinary practice as permitted uses in Area 1 and to permit up to four residential units in Area 1 and to amend the site coverage in Area 1, and to amend the options for affordable housing in the CD10 zone.

COPIES of the complete proposed Bylaws and other material may be viewed during office hours 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday (holidays excluded), from Monday, 23 April 2012 to Monday, 7 May 2012, inclusive, at Langford City Hall. Please contact the Planning Department at 250-478-7882 with any questions on these Bylaws.

Jim Bowden Administrator

CITY OF LANGFORD NOTICE OF LAND DISPOSITION

The City of Langford hereby gives public notice of its intention to dispose of a 881.4 m2 portion of land legally described as:

LOT 10, SECTION 84, METHCOSIN DISTRICT, PLAN VIP82261 (3450 HAPPY VALLEY ROAD)

And the City gives notice of its intention to dispose of a 400.8 m2 portion of land legally described as:

LOT 8 SECTION 84 METCHOSIN DISTRICT, PLAN EPP12587 LOT 8 SECTION 84 METCHOSIN DISTRICT, PLAN EPP12587 PID 028-656-555 (1000 RATTANWOOD PLACE)

The City further gives notice of its intention to dispose of a 383 m2 portion of land legally described as:

STRATA LOT 7, SECTION 84, ESQUIMALT DISTRICT, STRATA PLAN EPS395 TOGETHER WITH AN INTEREST IN THE COMMON PROPERTY IN PROPORTION TO THE UNIT ENTITLEMENT OF THE STRATA LOT AS SHOWN ON FORM V (3251 PUFFIN PLACE)

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Kyle SlavinNews staff

Mary-Louise Leidl approached the University of Victoria’s Sedgewick Building in late 2003 for a job interview, feeling a balance of anxiety and optimism.

She stepped out of the December cold into the 1969-era building, but from the first rush of warm air that greeted her, Leidl could tell something was amiss.

“I noticed right away a musty smell. I remem-ber standing there thinking: ‘Should I even con-tinue with this? Should I go to the interview?’” she recalls. “I should’ve paid attention to that, in retrospect.”

The co-op student successfully got a job in the UVic communications department (UCom) in December 2003. Before the first work week was up, she developed health concerns, which she says were “completely out of my realm of experi-ence.”

“I was feeling totally exhausted. I remember on the (first) Friday evening sleeping for 12 hours — I had never done that in my life,” Leidl says.

She brought her health concerns to the atten-tion of her work and co-op supervisors, as well as her doctor. She asked her colleagues whether they had ever “experienced anything unusual working there” and got mixed answers. She even wrote to university president David Turpin expressing her concerns after her work experi-ence ended.

Leidl was not alone. Since 2000 many UVic employees (the school won’t say exactly how

many) have filed complaints about health con-cerns developed while working in Sedgewick. According to WorkSafeBC, UCom is where most of the serious health concerns originate.

A critical report from WorkSafeBC, released April 17, says the university has failed to protect the health and safety of its employees under the Workers Compensation Act (WCA) after high lev-els of mould and carbon dioxide were found in the Sedgewick building in late 2009.

“The employer has been receiving these com-plaints for a number of years, and, to date, has failed to fully investigate the known and unknown airborne contaminates,” wrote WorkSafeBC pre-vention officer Dawn Ianson.

CO2 levels inside were elevated — possibly due to shutting down the building’s HVAC system, which pumps stale air out and fresh air in. Mould spore counts were 31 times higher inside Sedge-wick than outside.

These findings came in December 2009, when the university took air quality tests and fungi samples in Sedgewick for the first time.

Richard Piskor, the university’s director of occupational health, safety and the environment, says the delay came because it took nine years to identify similarities in the types of complaints the university was receiving.

“Our perception of it, at the time, was these were individual complaints. We certainly see, right at this point in time, there are a number of individuals that WorkSafeBC has identified who have common complaints,” he says. “Certainly by 2009, it was clear something needed to be done to address the complaints that we were hearing in Sedgewick.”

Ianson writes that, while the university has taken steps since 2009, “the area remains without adequate housekeeping and, in discussions with workers, … there remains chronic health/well-ness concerns.”

WorkSafeBC only became aware of the issue in June 2011, when an employee fell ill and filed a claim, says spokesperson Donna Freeman.

Ianson issued four orders that the university must comply with by May 31.

“We’ve done our utmost to address the situ-ation as it’s come up,” Piskor says. “There are certainly things we can improve, and we are cer-tainly moving forward to improve our processes.

“We have a compliance plan that we will be putting together over the next few weeks. And we will be engaging a consultant to go through and do this work.”

‘Sick building’ at UVic linked to chronic health problems

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WorkSafeBC says the University of Victoria failed to protect the health and safety of employees working in the Sedgewick Building, after mould and high levels of carbon dioxide were found inside the building.

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Notice is given that all persons who believe that their interest in property may be affected by proposed Bylaw No. 313 will be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the proposed Bylaw at a Public Hearing to be held at the School House, 1589 Millstream Road, Highlands, BC on Monday, May 7, 2012 commencing at 7:00 p.m.

The lands that are the subject of the proposed bylaw comprise approximately 12 hectares (29.7 acres) and are described as Lot 8, Section 74 and 75, Plan 20576, Highland District (“889 Finlayson Arm Road”) and are shown on Map 1.

Map 1

889 Finlayson Arm RoadSubject Property

Finlayson Arm Road

“Highlands Zoning Bylaw, 1998, Amendment No. 29, (R6 Zone - 889 Finlayson Arm Road) Bylaw No. 313, 2012” General Purpose: Bylaw No. 313 creates a new zone, Rural 6 (R6) Zone. This zone has permitted uses of residential, home-based business, agriculture, and accessory uses, buildings and structures. The base density of this new zone is one dwelling unit per 12 hectares (30 acres). If the following two provisions are made relating to community amenity, then the proposed Rural 6 Zone allows for an increase in density to a maximum of 3 lots providing no lot is less than 2.8 hectares (7 acres) in size: (1) payment to the District of $8,769.00 per lot to a maximum of $17,538.00 to a Reserve Fund for the purpose of building a community centre/hall; and (2) the granting of a Land Title Act section 219 Covenant to the District providing for the conservation of specifi ed eco-sensitive lands (Manzanita grove on a hilltop) . Bylaw No. 313 also adds the subject property, as shown on Map 1, to this new zone.

For any person wishing more detailed information, the proposed Bylaw and other related material may be inspected between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday excluding holidays, from Monday, April 23, 2012 to Monday, May 7, 2012 at the District of Highlands Municipal Offi ce located at 1980 Millstream Road, Victoria, BC V9B 6H1. You can mail or deliver your comments on this Bylaw to the Municipal Offi ce or by fax to 250-474-3677, or email to [email protected] to be received prior to 12 p.m. on the day of the public hearing.

Please note that all correspondence submitted to the District of Highlands in response to this Notice will form part of the public record and will be published in a meeting agenda when this matter is before the Council or a Committee of Council. This includes being published on the District’s website. The District considers the author’s address relevant to Council’s consideration of this matter and will disclose this personal information. The author’s phone number and email address are not relevant and should not be included in the correspondence if the author does not wish this personal information disclosed.

For convenience only, some of the documents may be viewed on the District’s website at: www.highlands.ca .

C.D. Coates, Chief Administrative Offi cer


“They are just so supportive and they have connections with all the students,” Charlie said. “It gives us our own space in the school. School is important and culture is important. Here the two are together and that’s awesome.”

Charlie is so grateful for the help she has received from the program, she has begun men-toring other aboriginal students at Spencer mid-dle school. She is attending summer programs at Emily Carr University and applied for the Univer-sity of Victoria visual arts program.

Kathy Sudlow, an aboriginal education teacher at Edward Milne, said the aboriginal education room is classified as an all-nations room and stu-dents from any background are welcome to use its services.

“If you are in a class with 30 kids, how many times are you going to put your hand up when you still don’t get it?” Sudlow said. “Often when kids come for help, they get me to themselves.”

With education space and an enhancement agreement that establishes a strong aboriginal component in the classroom, SD 62 has become a leader in the province for aboriginal eduction.

SD 62 has the highest aboriginal grad rate on the Island and is ranked No. 1 in the province

Kyle WellsNews staff

Sooke Board of Education has voted to keep its spring break one week long and not extend it to two weeks, as other districts have.

Board chair Wendy Hobbs said that there is no concern on the part of the board about the district being out of step with the Greater Victoria School District, which has a two week break.

“Not at all. We weren’t doing this decision to stay in line with the other school dis-tricts,” Hobbs said. “For us it was an individual school dis-trict decision and we just felt that there were not enough compelling reasons to change it at this point.”

Input from the public came in a number of ways. Hobbs said that responses were

split fairly evenly in regards to arguments for or against extending the break, but ultimately the board did not believe there to be a valid rea-son to make a change.

“Nothing really convinced us that going to a two-week break was beneficial at this point.”

This may be a moot point, however, as it looks like the structure of the entire school year will soon be reexamined.

Last week the Ministry of Education announced that it is scraping the standard school year calendar.

The move is intended to give districts more flexibility in how they schedule their year and has the potential to bring an end to standard summer holidays in some districts.

A minimum number of instructional hours will still-need to be met.

“Enabling greater flexibil-ity and choice is a key com-ponent of B.C.’s Education Plan,” Education Minister George Abbot said in a press release. “These amendments to the School Act will provide

school districts with addi-tional tools to support per-sonalized learning.”

Hobbs said that the Sooke board of education will dis-cuss forming a committee at its next meeting, on May 22, to look into the decision and decide how to approach the change.

Before that happens Hobbs couldn’t speculate on if the district will make any changes to its teaching schedule.

“All I can really say at this point,” Hobbs said, “is that

next board meeting the trust-ees will discuss setting up a committee to learn about the new way of doing the school calendar and that we will get all of our partners in the education community to take part in it and see where it goes from there.”

Sooke Teachers’ Associa-tion president Patrick Henry said changes to the school year isn’t a new idea and he questions the Education Min-istry’s timing for making the announcement.

Considering that teach-ers and the government are in the middle of a legislated one-year “cooling off” period, Henry said it’s inappropri-ate to be introducing such changes.

“It’s something that cries out for consultation,” Henry said. “For the government to arbitrarily throw out the sug-gestion that we’re going to move into year-round school-ing without fulsome public debate seems ludicrous. It seems like it’s been presented as a fait accompli, not a dis-cussion paper.”

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for a school district of its size, and fourth in the province overall.

West Shore Annex student Arthur Smith said without aboriginal edu-cation, he doubts he would be in school.

“It’s a good last resort,” said

Smith, who will become the first in his family to graduate from high school. “They are open and help you professionally, and for troubles out of school, they’ll help you with that too.”

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EDITORIALThe Goldstream News Gazette is published by Black Press Ltd. | 117-777 Goldstream Ave., Victoria, B.C. V9B 2X4 | Phone: 250-478-9552 • Fax: 250-478-6545 • Web: www.goldstreamgazette.com

Oily gunk from a blowout or tanker shipwreck could foul B.C. beaches and cause per-

manent damage. It hap-pened in Alaska in 1989 and in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. It could happen here.

Yet Prime Minister Stephen Harper seems ready to push through two Alberta-to-B.C. oil and “tar-sands” pipeline projects without public consent.

Think about this bargain as you dunk your toes in sand and salt water: Alberta gets the money; B.C. takes the risk of oil-drenched fish, shellfish, birds, otters, seals and orcas, and a ruined seascape.

Claudia Cattaneo of the conserva-tive National Post floated a proposal for Alberta to buy B.C.’s consent to pipelines. How much money would it take? More than Alberta is willing to offer, probably.

I suspect that a majority of Cana-dians would declare themselves against both pipelines. The Harper government has shortened the timetable on environmental hear-ings and banned green watchdog groups from taking part unless they have a “direct interest.” Arguably this action is more than a tidying-up of procedural clutter. It is a signal that Harper is determined to have the pipelines built.

We could follow the lead of New Zealand, and attune our electoral methods to the varied range of

knowledgeable public opinion by opening the parliamentary door to minor parties.

If Canadian voters opt in a referendum to change the electoral system, and then choose to “democ-ratize” parliament by sin-gling out a specific kind of representation in a second referendum, as New Zea-landers did — then Canada can guarantee not to trash popular consensus about any vital policy decision.

New Zealand’s mixed member proportional system (MMP) gives minority parties a place in the Kiwi nation’s parliament. Eight small par-ties and two major parties currently have seats.

The alternating conservative and progressive regimes (National and Labour) must make alliances in order to govern.

I think this would be a smart way for Canada to go. The rela-tively smooth functioning of New Zealand’s government under the double electoral arrangement has made nonsense of the forecasts of political paralysis that circulated before MMP came into use in the 1996 election.

Each voter casts two ballots. One is a vote for the local member. He or she is elected by a simple majority

according to the old first-past-the post method. The second ballot is a vote for a party. Members are cho-sen from each party’s list according to the number of votes. Representa-tion in parliament is compounded from the two methods.

Kiwi-style democratization would cause far-reaching change in Can-ada’s political landscape, despite knee-jerk objections.

Yes, tiny New Zealand differs from big Canada: 4 million versus 33 mil-lion, unitary state versus federal state. But the main point is making people’s wishes come true, regard-less of size and complexity.

Among the all-province popular causes currently blocked and sty-mied by Canada’s Conservative federal government are legalizing marijuana, sharpening the effi-ciency, reach and sensitivity of pub-lic health care, and putting a stop to health care privatization. With wider minor-party representation, even the Tories arguably would be forced to translate the people’s will into law.

What happens when the people are in a state of self-conflicted denial, loving cars but hating pipe-lines and dirty air and — in Alberta — loving oily jobs and profits?

That’s a tougher problem for another day. Political and techno-logical thinkers are working on it.

[email protected]—G.E. Mortimore is a Langford-

based writer and regular columnist with the Gazette.

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Workplace health a serious issue

OUR VIEW

To some, “sick building syndrome” sounds like an invented phrase designed to create a new industry.

But to those who have experienced health problems at work, the broad label — it was first coined in the 1970s — was music to their ears. It was a recognition that such annoying symptoms as sore throats or eyes, dry cough and even fatigue, that seemed to disappear upon leaving a building, may indeed have been a result of something other than their personal health care outside the office.

Last week a WorkSafe B.C. report called out the University of Victoria for not adequately protecting the health and safety of its employees in the Sedgewick building, home to UVic’s communications department. Mould spores and high carbon dioxide levels were determined to be contributing to symptoms experienced by employees working there.

While UVic conducted its own tests as far back as 2009, following numerous complaints from staff, WorkSafe, which received a complaint about conditions at Sedgewick in 2011, found in its investigation that not enough had been done to remedy air quality problems in the building.

In these days of economic uncertainty, people are fearful of losing their jobs if they complain and are often reluctant to speak up when working conditions are less than ideal.

It takes great courage for an employee to stand up for their right to a healthy work environment, especially when the source of illness or discomfort is not immediately apparent. It also takes courage for a manager to do the right thing, even if that means spending money on something not in the budget.

As with the staff financial information theft that prompted the university to tighten up its security, UVic, one of Canada’s top employers, has an opportunity to show leadership in the community by getting to the bottom of the Sedgewick problems. It can go one better by instituting a policy for all its buildings, even the newer ones, to ensure environmental health concerns are taken seriously.

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Sawmill tragedies in Prince George and Burns Lake have brought overdue attention to

the larger crisis, as the end of B.C.’s latest pine beetle infestation con-tinues to transform the Interior forest industry.

The urgency of the timber supply situation was set out in a couple of high-level documents that were leaked from the forests ministry in recent days. These leaks show several things, one of which is that this is a govern-ment in trouble. Someone on the inside forced the unpopular options into the public arena.

Cabinet ministers have tried to dismiss the documents as early drafts, but no one has disputed their numbers.

A report on mid-term timber

supply looks at the four most beetle-affected areas: Prince George, Lakes (west of Prince

George around Burns Lake), Quesnel and Wil-liams Lake. In recent years B.C.’s chief for-ester has increased the annual allowable cut of all these timber supply areas substantially to harvest dead trees.

In Lakes, the pre-bee-tle annual allowable cut was 1.5 million cubic metres. Currently it is up to two million, but once the beetle wood

is unusable, it drops to 500,000. Even if visual quality rules are relaxed to release more timber, forest employment in the area would go from 1,572 jobs before the beetle epidemic to 521.

Prince George’s much larger harvest total is expected to

drop by almost half. And around Quesnel, producers say an eco-nomic supply of dead pine will be there for only another year and a half.

This document and a subse-quent proposal to cabinet set out the options. They include relaxing visual quality areas, old-growth management zones and wildlife connectivity corridors.

This is not as drastic as it sounds, given that the first areas to be opened up would be those where many of the trees are already dead.

Most beetle-affected areas have a substantial proportion of live trees. If decade-old dead trees were subsidized for biofuel use, this would support harvest and hauling of healthy sawlogs along with them.

The government is also con-sidering swapping some existing cutting licences to increase wood

supply for the Lakes district, to provide enough long-term sup-ply for reconstruction of the destroyed Burns Lake sawmill. There is also the prospect of awarding unassigned timber to “a single representative of the six First Nations in the Lakes TSA.”

Speaking to forest scientists who work in B.C., a couple of things become clear. This pine beetle epidemic may be the larg-est on record, but it is far from the first. And despite many asser-tions by former premier Gordon Campbell, it is not certain if this one is the result of a broader climate trend or just a string of warmer winters after decades of fire suppression kept older stands around.

Lodgepole pine forests are fire-propagated. The term “old growth” has little meaning in a cycle of natural fires that doesn’t occur in wetter zones.

But none of this will mat-ter much in the urban political debate that is about to ensue. “Old growth” is now a quasi-religious notion. International environmental groups have con-vinced most people that logging is the primary cause of forest loss.

In fact, the UN’s “State of the World’s Forests” reports have shown that 95 per cent of global forest loss is due to agriculture. Forest cover is increasing in industrialized countries, which use farmland more efficiently.

The B.C. Liberal government needs to make some tough deci-sions quickly, before next year’s election. The premier’s vow to “create and defend” jobs is about to be tested like never before.

[email protected]—Tom Fletcher is legislative

reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com.

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Tom FletcherB.C. Views

E&N rail has potential for freight, tourism, commuters

Great news that some essential funding has come to the E&N railway, and will help the Island Corridor Foundation to demon-strate that this railway can be very useful to residents of the Island.

By the way, the Island Corridor Founda-tion didn’t just happen 10 or so years ago — it took a small group of forward thinking Island people to bring it into being.

I was a member of that group and must point out that most of the credit goes to Tanner Elton, who conceptualized the foundation through a round table process involving all concerned parties, including First Nations.

Hopefully Graham Bruce, the current chief operating officer of the ICF, will actively bring forth some of the better operating proposals for the E&N, ones that were originally put forward to augment regular freight, as a basis for the structure of the ICF model when it was put in place.

A most important proposal was a win-win situation for both the railway and the Island in general. That is for the E&N to convey solid waste from collection points

along the line between Victoria, Port Alberni and Courtenay to a central thermal electrical generating facility located mid Island.

We on the Island produce daily more than enough solid waste material to feed such a plant. Why, the Greater Victoria area alone produces about 350 tons daily, and Hartland Road dump has a limited life left.

The second proposal is rail tourism. A train of privately owned, high quality, restored and safety certified 1930s heavy-weight passenger cars, a diner and obser-vations are available, presently stored in New Westminster.

For both these proposals, though, the E&N-ICF will have to take the initiative and lead in developing them.

The third proposal is commuter ser-vices. In Victoria, the E&N line into town from Langford to Victoria is the natural and most sensible choice. But it could be endangered.

Is it possible that the taxpaying public should be asking if there might be some kind of a connection between the mayors of Saanich and Victoria and the developers of the Uptown mall.

Some fear these guys are deliberately

playing down the existing E&N route so as to blast away a billion dollars on a rail line down Douglas Street directly to the Uptown mall.

Oh, and a note to the ICF people. This island railway has a long established iden-tity, known as The E&N Railway. Several years ago, Island Farms did a wonderful job of promoting this railway to one and all as the “E&N.”

Thousands of Vancouver Islanders relate to the railway under this identity. Don’t rename it but capitalize on what is already known and recognized.

Ken ShowersMetchosin

Big decisions in pipeline for B.C.’s environment

Re: Contradictions plague enviro move-ment, B.C. Views, April 25, 2012.

After reading the tabloid journalis-tic attack on David Suzuki by legislative reporter Tom Fletcher, it made we wonder if he is also being paid by the B.C. Liberal party’s communication department.

The Goldstream News Gazette welcomes your opinions and comments.

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Stage 1 - Water Conservation BylawIn effect May 1 to September 30Lawn watering is permitted two days per week as follows:Even numbered addresses may water Wednesday & Saturday from 4-10 am & 7-10 pmOdd numbered addresses may water Thursday & Sunday from 4-10 am & 7-10 pm

Newly installed lawns (sod or seed) may be watered outside the permitted days detailed above by special permit only.

Watering of trees, flowers, shrubs & vegetables is permitted as follows: Established trees, flowers, shrubs and vegetables may be watered by hand any day and any time if watering is done by a hand-held container, a hose equipped with ashut-off nozzle, or a micro/drip irrigation system.

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garage sale on May 12, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., 510 Mount View Ave.

And if you belief his greenwashing on these important environmental issues that David Suzuki and hundreds of other reputable scientists around the world are telling us, I suppose you will believe the political spin an additional $400,000 of direct awarded tax dollars will give you.

I wonder if Mr. Fletcher agrees with our federal government muzzling our Canadian scientists by not permitting them to say anything that contravenes the Harper spin.

Another “Earth Day” has come and gone with this year marking the 23rd anniversary of the day when a drunken captain steered the Exxon Valdez into the rocks creating the worst ongoing ecological tragedy that North America’s coastline has ever experienced.

Has our society really learned any-thing from this environmental tragedy as our federal government paves the way for the same risks on British Columbia’s pristine northern coastal waters?

Months ago our prime minister met with Chinese leaders promising them that the Enbridge pipeline will be built and not to worry about any opposition to it.

Meanwhile Kinder Morgan has been quietly going through the federal gov-ernment approval process (or should I say lack of process) to almost triple the volume of oil to be shipped by super tankers through our busy and already environmentally pressured south coastal

waters. Kinder Morgan appears to be taking advantage of public attention being focused on the Enbridge Northern Gateway proposal.

As we try to form our own opinions from all the versions of political spin and as our federal government makes unilateral decisions on Canada’s long term future, I still have hope and opti-mism that the people in our democracy will have the final say in the decisions that truly mean the most to future gen-erations of Canadians. Unlike in China where these rights are not an option.

Gary NeilsonLangford

Sound advice for owners of oil heating tanks

There have been problems recently with leaks from residential heating oil storage tanks in Saanich.

Here is some information from the B.C. Ministry of Environment that may be useful:

On properties under provincial juris-diction, all underground storage tanks, and above ground tanks over 2,500 litres are regulated under the B.C. Fire Code (BCFC).

A provision in the BCFC states that an owner is required to follow good engineering practices when removing, abandoning in place, or temporarily tak-ing out of service a residential heating oil storage tank.

To avoid potential liability, prospective

home buyers may wish to:• Have the property inspected for fill

pipes, vent pipes, feed tubes, etc.;• Have purchasing offers subject to

inspection by a building inspector and/or underground storage tank locator;

• Have an environmental consultant provide an estimate for removal, inves-tigation and/or remediation and include this as a discount on the purchase price;

• Include the tank removal and reme-diation as a condition of sale.

Property owners may wish to:• Have their property inspected, in

order to identify any oil tanks and to minimize the risk of leaks or spills;

• Retain a qualified environmental professional to investigate their prop-erty during the removal of a heating oil tank and have the professional prepare a report indicating that the property meets ministry standards via endorsed methods from the Ministry of Envrion-ment.

If your heating oil tank has leaked, you should take immediate action to stop the leak, and clean up the affected area.

The BCFC requires a property owner to take all reasonable steps to recover escaped flammable or combustible liquids and to remove or treat contami-nated soil located on the property.

If the tank is unused or abandoned, any remaining heating oil should be removed by a qualified contractor and taken to an approved facility for dis-posal.

Paul GerrardSaanich councillor

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Mature eyes & computers:Are they compatible?

Viewing a computer screen clearly and comfort-ably can be a challenge for users experiencing age-related vision changes.

People over 50 may require prescription eye-glasses designed specifi cally for computer use. Regular bifocal lenses can provide good distance and near vision but do not function well at those intermediate distances where the computer screen is often positioned.

Options for computer users range from monovi-sion or bifocal contact lenses to glasses focused for intermediate and near distance, wide-band trifocals, or even specially designed progressive lenses.

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When the Watoto Children’s Choir from Africa stopped in Victo-ria for five shows last year, Jill Ann Siemens went to them all.

“These are rescued kids from less than ideal conditions and they’re so happy in their performance, it’s the most beautiful thing. I cried tears of joy the entire week,” Sie-mens said.

This week the Watoto choir is back again for two shows, only this time it’s going to be the launch party for a new partnership.

On Sunday and Wednesday (May 6 and 9), the choir will perform with Tenore, the award-winning trio of tenors Shane Wiebe (Abbotsford), Jason Catron (Nashville, Tenn.) and Mark David Williams (Arden Hills, Minn.), which is man-aged by Victoria-based Siemens.

She led the initiative to put Tenore together following the success of her previous project, the Canadian Tenors,

and Tenore has taken off even faster than the Tenors did.

“The first CD only came out in 2011, and right away it’s garnered a lot of attention. Maybe things are going faster this time because I have that much more experience.”

Now Siemens is even more thrilled to have Tenore and Watoto on the same stage.

“After I saw Watoto I thought, ‘they have choirs, this is so perfect, we can sing with them.’ I reached out, and right away I was going for lunch with Watoto’s Canadian CEO. You just don’t get that from CEOs.

“I get so much positive response about Tenore, people tell me they find the music joyous and uplifting, and so is Watoto.”

The Canadian Tenors raised millions for charitable organizations and now Siemens is hoping to do the same with Tenore.

“I’m always trying to help children in the world who are suffering, and we can do that with our musical products.”

The resulting partnership will also see Tenore donate proceeds of CD sales to the Watoto program, as well as future concerts together.

Tenore come to Victoria this week from Ottawa where they played a private gig on Tuesday (May 1) for Prime Min-ister Stephen Harper’s National Prayer Breakfast.

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Theater Skam is joining the Victoria International Cycling Festival.

The “theater on a bike” company will perform its annual summer project known as Bike Ride, June 16, 17, 23 and 24 beginning at Cecilia Ravine Park.

Skam is one of three arts and entertainment events on the cycling festival’s calendar this year, with Pedalling Art and Spoke ‘n’ Word.

“We wanted to get into the festival even before (it debuted) last year,” said Theatre Skam’s artistic producer Matthew Payne.

Both the performers and audience cycle along as Bike Ride presents a series of short shows along a four-kilometre stretch of the Galloping Goose Trail.

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School choir circle friends in song

The School District 61 Hon-our Choir presents its annual spring concert Circle of Friends on May 12 at St. Aidan’s Church, 3703 St. Aidan’s St., at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $10/Adults $5/Children (12 & under). Tickets are available in advance at Ivy’s Bookshop in Oak Bay Village, or at the door.

Photography for young artists

The Community Arts Coun-cil of Greater Victoria is host-ing its first Artist-in-Residence program at the Arts Centre at Cedar Hill. The program is on photography for young art-ists 18 to 24, with applications received until May 9.

This is an opportunity for youth to work directly with a professional artist/mentor, at no cost. The program will run four weekends and several evenings beginning May 16 at the Arts Centre at Cedar Hill.

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Light sax works for quartet

Four premier saxophonists converge on UVic to present 4 Saxophones with Wendell Clanton, Gordon Clements, Erik

Abbink and Ross Ingstrup on May 13 at 2:30 p.m. at the Phil-lip T. Young Recital Hall in the MacLaurin Building, University of Victoria. Admission is by donation.

Art gallery director receives Jubilee medal

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria director Jon Tupper received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal at a ceremony in Ottawa April 26.

Awarded by the Governor General of Canada through the Canadian Museums Associa-tion, Tup-per received the medal in recognition of his exceptional contributions to Canadian culture and heritage.

“This is a well-deserved hon-our for Jon and I wish to con-gratulate him on behalf of the board and staff at the Art Gal-lery of Greater Victoria,” said Dean Freeman, Chair of the AGGV Board of Directors. “The awarding of this medal speaks volumes about the work Jon has done to further arts and culture both here in Victoria and on the national stage.”

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and Trisha Lees, pre-viously senior account managers with Tartan Group, have struck out on their own with Mouthpiece Commu-nications, specializing in communications strategy and media relations.

Local web designer Neil Tran has also

launched his own digital com-munications shop, Leap Web Solutions.

Delta Victoria Ocean Pointe is nearing completion of $14 million renovations to its 240 guestrooms, in time to cel-ebrate its 20th anniversary. The investment will provide spaces that are modern, adaptable and full of technology features such as the new SmartDesk, a fully-wired, multi-purpose area with built-in power and connectivity dock.

The Downtown Victoria Busi-

ness Association and the Bay Centre, with EvoShift and a variety of downtown property owners, have introduced free public WiFi to a selection of high-traffic locations through-out downtown Victoria, making it easy for people to stay con-nected.

Realtors have a new tool to get their message to customers with StreetInfo, developed in Victoria by Beta Street.

Designed to meet the needs of tech savvy buyers who want information quickly, StreetInfo allows home buyers to instantly receive information on their mobile device about a specific property, with a local text num-ber, phone number, QR code and mobile website all under a Property ID. Realtors receive an instant notification when some-one has viewed their listing.

Payline Financial has part-nered with International Currency Exchange (ICE) to become Payline by ICE, offering secure online foreign exchange services and person-alized account management for individuals and corporate clients. Company headquarters

will remain in Victoria. For a good causeThe 24th annual M&M Meat

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Visit Country Grocer through Sunday, May 13 and support the fourth annual Bouquet of Hope promotion for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation – BC/Yukon Region. Presented with Eurosa Farms, bouquets include roses, alstromarias and bright gerbera daisies and sell for $15.99.

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Victoria-based Connect Hearing has once again been named one of the country’s best

workplaces on the “Best Workplaces in Canada” list, compiled by Great Place to Work Institute Canada.

“It’s all in the details,” Connect Hearing CEO Craig Cameron says of his company’s success in employee relations.

“For example, a simple birth-day acknowledgement shows the company does take notice. So do larger initiatives like encouraging all employees, not only supervisors, to recognize coworkers and encourage a national policy of growth and pro-moting from within.”

It’s the third consecutive honour

for Connect Hearing, Canada’s larg-est network of hearing profession-als, with 120 clinics in six provinces.

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A Victoria woman is in police custody after police say she stabbed her boyfriend last Thursday night.

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The 24-year-old was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery. By Friday afternoon, the man was in stable but serious condition.

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The Town of View Royal is looking for volunteer individuals to form a Shoreline Users Advisory Group as part of its ongoing Private Dock Development Guidelines Public Consultation Plan for the Esquimalt Harbour portion of the Town of View Royal shoreline.

The Town is seeking those who value using the Esquimalt Harbour shoreline for boating, walking, swimming, diving, fi shing and other uses for input on how current and future shoreline development may impact their use of the shore. This is in specifi c regard to how the proposed Private Dock Development Guidelines would impact their use of the shoreline within Esquimalt Harbour.

The commitment for the group would be limited to approximately 2-4 weekday evening meetings between now and August. To ensure a well-rounded representation we ask that these individuals not be shoreline property owners as we are already forming a separate advisory group for that purpose.

Further information on the process can be found by visiting the Town of View Royal website (www.viewroyal.ca) and selecting the ‘Projects’ section underneath the Town Hall heading.

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Seven players of the Westshore Rebels football team are among the first junior football players to ever participate in a B.C. Lions evalua-tion camp.

“If you play really well, then you could go onto the main (B.C. Lions) camp,” said Niles Goguen, a Rebels running back. This will be Goguen’s third season with the Rebels.

The Rebels players are stoked to be invited to the camp. The oppor-tunity to play for the Lions, “is a dream come true,” said Rebels run-ning back Greg Morris, who has starting his second season with the team.

Kyle Daeschel, Rob Smith, Sam Narkaj, Colton Fargo and Quinn Van Gylswyk were also scheduled to attend the evaluation camp in Vancouver over Sunday and Mon-day. Across the province, 24 B.C. Junior Football League players have been invited for evaluation by the Lions.

“If we lose our best players to this I am actually happy,” said Reb-els president Roger Wade. “These guys work really hard. They didn’t just fall out of the pickup and be really good players.

“Normally the camp is just for (Canadian Interuniversity Sport) players,” Wade continued. “The B.C. Lions find junior football is a really good place to find players.”

Last weekend the West Shore Rebels hosted its own training camps, with Rebels alumni helping the players run drills and prepare for the upcoming season starting in August.

Calgary Stampeders fullback

Rob Cote was at Bear Mountain Stadium on the past weekend help-ing the Rebels with their game. He played for the Rebels for two years in 2005 and 2006.

“I love the Rebels, I am a Rebel for life,” he said.

Other returning Rebels alumni and current CFL players include

Jesse Newman, an offensive guard for the B.C. Lions, and Timmy O’Neil, a centre for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, as well as the the Tiger-Cats coach Tim Kearse.

“This is one of the most exciting weekends of the year,” said Rebels coach John Cardilicchia.

“I am excited about the recruits but this year I gotta say I am more excited about our veterans. Now we are lining up with a bunch of men.

“We don’t have a bunch of kids who are crawling, walking and run-ning. We get a bunch of men who can go to war.”

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Veteran Westshore Rebels players Greg Morris, 20, and Niles Goguen, 20, were among the first group of junior football players to earn a spot in a B.C. Lions evaluation camp last Sunday and Monday.

“Now we are lining up with a bunch of men. We don’t have a bunch of kids who are crawling, walking and running.”

–John CardilicchiaRebels coach


Greg Morris hustles at the Rebels spring camp at Bear Mountain stadium last Friday. Calgary Stampeders fullback and Rebels alumni Rob Cote holds the padding while lending a hand during the camp.

SPORTSNEWSIN BRIEF

Rower Obee out of London Olympics

An Olympic future seems certain for up-and-coming Victoria rower Patricia Obee though she might have to wait a little longer.

Last week, 20-year-old Obee lost in a head-to-head race against 37-year-old Tracy Cam-eron at Elk Lake.

Cameron earned the second-spot in Canada’s lightweight double for the London Games, with Vic-toria’s Lindsay Jennerich already selected for the boat.

Cameron and Jenner-ich won gold at the 2010 world rowing champion-ships but Cameron was injured for last year’s worlds. That’s when Obee paired with Jenner-ich and won silver.

Highlanders in, Gordon Head out

The defending provin-cial soccer champs are seeking back-to-back titles.

The Victoria Highland-ers under-21 men’s team defeated Rino’s Vancou-ver 5-3 in the semifinal at Andy Livingstone park in Vancouver on Sunday (April 29). Sam Prette, Tarnvir Bhandal, Bryan Taylor, Gareth Langdon and Jyotish Khanna scored for the Highland-ers. The Highlanders will face the Port Moody Gunners, who downed Gordon Head 6-4, in the other semifinal.

Kenyans top two in TC 10K run

Kip Kangogo (29:51) and Willy Kimosop (30:05) of Kenya finished first and second, respec-tively, at Sunday’s (April 29) TC 10-km in down-town Victoria.

Sidney’s Lucy Smith finished second among the women, 42 seconds back of winner Natasha Wodak-Fraser (Port Moody, 34:32.

Prospect Lake edged from B.C.s

Vancouver’s Columbus FC knocked Prospect Lake FC of Saanich out of the Provincial Senior Women’s A-Cup cham-pionship semifinals 1-0 Layritz Park on Sunday.

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With a heavy heart, Claremont secondary teacher Darren Reisig spoke about the April 25 cancel-lation of B.C.’s high school senior golf A, AA and AAA provincials. The tournaments had been scheduled for May 29 to June 1 in Surrey, Radium and Kamloops, respectively.

The cancellations are part of the B.C. Teacher’s Federation pro-test against Bill 22.

Mountain biking was the first casualty, announced on April 24, while boys rugby, badminton, ten-nis and girls soccer were voted to continue on. As of Monday, the fate of track and field was still being decided.

Reisig is hoping the upcoming

Victoria Police Tournament for Lower Island high school golfers won’t be cancelled. As many as 72 golfers are expected for the shotgun tourney, today (May 2) at Olympic View Golf Club on the West Shore.

“I hope people honour their commitment to the police tourna-ment just because so much work has gone into it already,” Reisig said.

As of Thursday, Reisig was in the process of trying to find out if there is enough of a reason to hold the Lower Islands, including the AAA.

Though high school golf in B.C. is not among the top sports for getting athletes post-secondary scholarships – in the way that basketball and volleyball do – it all helps, Reisig said.

Former Claremont golfer Megan Woodland, now a third-year golfer with the University of Victoria, is in the midst of an outstanding varsity career and is a recipient of financial assistance for her success both on the greens and academically. Woodland recently finished first overall at the Associ-ation of Independent Institutions Championship in Arizona and was named the Vikes 2011-12 female athlete of the year.

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Semifinals set Travis PatersonNews staff

The Castaway Wanderers rugby club narrowly edged Burnaby Lake 25-22 in Burnaby on Saturday to clinch second place and a home berth for the Canadian Direct Insurance Pre-mier Rugby League semifinal.

First-place James Bay Ath-letic Association, which already clinched home field advantage for the other semifinal, also won on Saturday, 38-21, over the UBC Old Boy Ravens.

On May 5, James Bay will host Burnaby Lake at MacDonald Park while CW hosts Capilano at Windsor Park.

Kickoff for both semifinals is 2:45 p.m.

Should both James Bay and CW win their respective play-off games, the Rounsefell Cup B.C. championship will happen in Victoria, with UVic’s Wallace Field one possible destination.

The UVic Vikes’ struggles continued as the youthful side dropped its last game of the season to Meraloma 64-15. Fifth-place Meraloma missed the play-offs by two points.

In Ceili’s Cup men’s Div. 1 play, CW will also host Burnaby Lake in a semifinal on May 5. James Bay and the UVic Norsemen are finished for the year.

The Velox Valhallians’s top men’s squad managed one win in 10 games, finishing last in Tier

1 of the Okanagan Spring Brew-ery League.

The Bayside Sharks and Van-couver Rowing Club meet in that final, also May 5.

In the Women’s Adidas Pre-miership, the Velox Valkyries ended the nine-game season undefeated and will host Bay-side (Surrey/White Rock) in a semifinal playoff, 11 a.m. on May 5. United (Coquitlam/New West-minster) and Burnaby Lake will meet in the other semifinal.

Velox’s Div. 3 men’s side fin-ished first overall (8-1) in the Island division of the Province-wide Third Division and are advancing to the May 5 semi-finals after Saturday’s 17-3 win over Capilano-A.

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A complete game shutout by pitcher Brendan Miller on Sunday afternoon (April 29) improved the Victoria Eagles to 8-4 on the season.

The Eagles swept both games against the Coquitlam Reds in the B.C. Premier Baseball League dou-bleheader on Sunday (April 29), 4-0 and 7-6.

Brett Hull earned the win in the first game despite allowing four runs in four innings. Kurt Horne threw three innings in relief for the save, and batted in an RBI from the cleanup position, helping his own cause.

Miller surrendered one walk and

six hits in seven innings of the sec-ond game. Catcher Sam Stevenson and second baseman Mitch Hawk-ins each clubbed two RBI.

Meanwhile at Henderson Park on Saturday the Langley Blaze held the Victoria Mariners scoreless, sweep-ing the doubleheader 7-0 and 3-0.

Mariners starter Nathan McKinlay was tabbed with his first loss of the season.

On Saturday (May 5) the Blaze visit the Eagles at Lambrick Park while the M’s host the Abbotsford Cardinals at Henderson Park, at 12 and 2:30 p.m.

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BaseballB.C. Premier Baseball League

W L Pct. GB Nanaimo 10 2 0.833 -Okanagan A’s 12 4 0.750 -Langley 9 4 0.692 1.5Eagles 8 4 0.667 2 Mariners 6 4 0.600 3 Coquitlam 6 7 0.462 4.5Abbotsford 4 5 0.444 4.5White Rock 5 7 0.417 5 Parksville 5 7 0.417 5North Delta 5 8 0.385 5.5 North Shore 5 8 0.385 5.5Vancouver 4 10 0.286 7 Whalley 1 10 0.091 8.5

B.C. Jr. Premier Baseball League

W L Pct. GB Langley 6 2 0.750 - North Shore 4 2 0.667 1 North Delta 7 4 0.636 .5 Coquitlam 4 3 0.571 1.5White Rock 6 5 0.545 1.5Whalley 6 5 0.545 1.5Nanaimo 4 4 0.500 2 Vancouver 4 4 0.500 2Abbotsford 3 3 0.500 2 Mariners 3 5 0.375 3 Eagles 1 5 0.167 4Okanagan 1 7 0.125 5 Recent gamesWhite Rock 2 Mariners 3White Rock 3 Mariners 4White Rock 5 Mariners 7White Rock 8 Mariners 0

Langley 16 Eagles 1Langley 8 Eagles 1

SwimmingCrystal Silver Streaks results from Comox Valley Masters Swim meet,

April 22

Linda Burton, 70-74First in 400m and 200m freestyle, third in 100m freestyle. Virginie Martin, 40-44First in 200m breaststroke, 50m fl y, and 100m I.M. Second in 50m breaststroke.Sue Warren, 70-74First in 50m and 100m freestyle, 50m and 100m breaststroke.Leon Politano, 65-69Second in 50m and 400m freestyle.

Don Robin 75-79First in 100m freestyle, second in 50m freestyle.Brough Warren, 70-74First in 50m and 100m breaststroke

Lacrosse

B.C. Junior Lacrosse League

GP W L Pts Victoria 2 2 0 4 New West. 1 1 0 2 Coquitlam 1 1 0 2 Delta 2 1 1 2 Port Coq. 2 1 1 2 Burnaby 1 0 1 0 Langley 1 0 1 0 Nanaimo 2 0 2 0

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Victoria Eagles first baseman Brandon Feldman, left, tries to tag out Nanaimo Pirates baserunner Brady Rogers during a B.C. Premier Baseball League game in Nanaimo earlier this season.

Eagles pass Mariners in standingsSPORTS STATS

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WELHAM, Ruth Ellen Peacefully at Victoria General Hospital, Ruth died of cancer on April 23, 2012. Born in Dauphin, Manitoba July 30, 1919 to Rose Ellen (Barham) and James Alexander Barclay, Ruth moved to Victoria with her mother in 1937. She married John Welham (d. 1980) in 1941. She leaves her sons and their wives, David and Beverley (Barber) of Toronto, Jim and Jeannette (Leno) of Victoria; and grandsons, Geoff and his wife Janet (Collier), and Christopher. Residing in View Royal for 30 years, Ruth and John retired to Beecher Bay, where Ruth remained until her move to Colwood in 1989, then to Langford in 2000. For 21 years, Ruth and John operated Pitt & Holt Plumbing & Heating. Ruth was a proud and dedicated member of Craigfl ower Women’s Institute, All Saints Ladies Guild, St. Mary’s Altar Guild, VGH Volunteers (gift shop and cart), Reach for Recovery (breast cancer), and Juan de Fuca Seniors including Canada Comforts. Celebration of Life: Church of the Advent, 510 Mount View Avenue, Colwood, BC, on Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 2PM, followed by reception. In lieu of fl owers, memorial donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society or to a charity of your choice.

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3090 Alexander Pugh 84 Chilco Ridge Place Victoria

A sale will take place at the storage location on Thursday, May 10, 2012. Viewing 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Sealed bids will be opened at 4:30 p.m. Room contents are personal / household goods unless not-ed otherwise. Bids will be for entire contents of each locker unit.

DEATHS


LEGALS

U-HAUL Moving Center Victoria

Claims a Landlords Contractu-al Lien against the following persons goods left in storage at:

790 Topaz Avenue Victoria, B.C. 250-382-4711

117 Yves Cote 525 Johnson Street, Victoria

14 Abdullah Aldosari 847 Rainbow Cr., Victoria

22 James Gibson 1212 - 118th Ave., Dawson Creek

253 Milo Freeman 420 - 820 Craigfl ower Road, Victoria

268 Shawn Wignall 3 - 869 Swan St., Victoria

311 Andrew Vandal 3074 Donald St., Victoria

313 Michael Cantin 4030 Raymond St., N. Victoria

361B Maraget MacMahon 26 Hillside Park, Dublin, Ireland

40 Sarah Muntain 2662 Deville Rd., Victoria

A226 Vince Spatari 2231 Pyrite Rd., Sooke

AA4004A Bader Al Turki 864 Pembroke St., Victoria

AA9375A Eric Raschig 2988 Tillicum Rd., Victoria

H3 Shannon Nielsen 1238 Queens Ave., Victoria

K1 William Scholer 235 Cook St., Victoria

A sale will take place at the storage location on Thursday, May 10, 2012. Viewing 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Sealed bids will be opened at 12:30 p.m. Room contents are personal / household goods unless not-ed otherwise. Bids will be for entire contents of each locker unit.


LEGALS

U-HAUL Self Storage Sidney

Claims Landlords Contractual Lien against the following persons goods in storage at:

10201 McDonald Park Rd. Sidney, B.C.

250-656-5321

207 Kerri Wallis 9606 Epco Dr. Sidney

98A Mike O’Brien 2343 Henry Ave. Sidney

A sale will take place at the storage location on Friday, May 11, 2012. Viewing 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Sealed bids will be opened at 12:30 p.m. Room contents are personal / household goods unless not-ed otherwise. Bids will be for entire contents of each locker unit.

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

AIRLINES ARE Hiring- Train for high paying Aviation Main-tenance Career. FAA ap-proved program. Financial aid if qualifi ed- Housing available. CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance (877)818-0783.

HOME BASED Business. We need serious and motivated people for expanding health & wellness industry. High speed internet and phone essential. Free online training.www.project4wellness.com

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

APPLY NOW: Pennywise Scholarship For Women to at-tend Journalism certifi cate course at Langara College in Vancouver. Deadline May 30, 2012. More information: www.bccommunitynews.com

EXCLUSIVE “THINKBIG” Mechanic Training. GPRC Fairview Campus. $1000. en-trance scholarship. Paid prac-ticum with Finning. High school diploma and mechani-cal aptitude required. Write apprenticeship exams. 1-888-999-7882; gprc.ab.ca/Fairview


THE ONE and only Harley Davidson Technician Training Program in Canada. GPRC Fairview Campus. 15 week program. Current H-D motor-cycle training aids. Affordable residences. 1-888-999-7882; www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview.

HELP WANTED

CONCRETE FINISHERS and Form Setters. Edmonton based company seeks experi-enced concrete fi nishers and form setters for work in Ed-monton and northern Alberta. Subsistence and accommoda-tions provided for out of town work; Cell 780-660-8130. Fax [email protected].

CONCRETE Pump Operator required in Salmon Arm area. Must have experience Call Pete (1-250)833-5722

DATA ENTRY Operators. elan Data Makers. Minimum 60WPM. Good numeric key-boarding speed. Include key-boarding speeds in resume. Email resumes to: [email protected]

HAIRSTYLIST WANTED full time/part time for First Choice Hair Cutters in their Victoria lo-cation. Guaranteed $11/hour, 25% profi t sharing, paid over-time, benefi ts, paid birthday, vacation pay, annual ad-vanced training and advance-ment opportunities. Call 250-391-7976 today for an inter-view.

HELP WANTED

THE LEMARE GROUP is accepting resumes for the following positions:• Boom Man• Processor Operator• Heavy Duty Mechanics• Contract Coastal Fallers• Grapple Yarder OperatorFulltime with union rates and benefi ts. Please send re-sumes by fax to 250-956-4888 or email to offi [email protected].

HELP WANTED

Holbrook Dyson Logging Ltd Has vacancies in the followingjob: Heavy Duty Mechanic.Details can be seen athttp://hdlogging.com/ Fax re-sume to 250-287-9259

JOURNEYMAN TECHNICIANrequired immediately forChrysler/Dodge/Jeep dealer-ship in Salmon Arm, BC. Prov-en producer, good attitude,quality workmanship a must.Excellent wage and benefi tpackage. Contact Pat - phone250-832-8053, fax 250-832-4545, email:[email protected].

Newcastle Timber Ltd Has vacancies in the following job:experienced Grapple YarderOperator. Details can be seenat http://hdlogging.com/ Faxresume to 250-287-9259

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MEDICAL/DENTAL

RN’S & LPN’SBayshore Home Health

Bayshore Home Health is currently seeking RN’s & LPN’s in the Victoria area to work with children with complex care needs who may have a tracheostomy and ventilation, or require peritoneal dialysis care. If you love working with children, we would be delighted to hear from you. Pediatric experience is an asset and we do offer client specifi c training, as well as trach/vent courses.

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TRADES, TECHNICAL

AUTOMOTIVE Technician Re-quired for North Vancouver Island GM Dealer. Full time. Wage Bene-fi ts pkg. Competitive wage with bo-nus plan. Great small town to bring up a family. email resume to [email protected]


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IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s that simple. Your credit/age/income is not an issue. 1-800-587-2161.


PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

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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.

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LEGAL SERVICES

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

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

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PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEO

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


PETS AND LIVESTOCK

EQUESTRIAN

ARIAT TALL BOOTS. Leather upper, woman’s size 7.5, regu-lar calf, medium height. Worn once, excellent condition, still need breaking in. Originally $400, asking $300 obo. 250-391-5992, leave message.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

BUILDING SUPPLIES

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

UNDER $200

COMPUTER. Compaq Presa-rio SR1365CL, with Windows XP home edition 2002. AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3300+ 1.8GHz 384 MB of RAM. With Microsoft Offi ce 2000, 17” Ze-nith monitor, mouse, keyboard and speakers. (250)361-2045.

FREE ITEMS

FREE PLYWOOD corner of-fi ce desk, 30” X 68” and 22” X 42”, 2 drawers & keyboard tray. Call (250) 474-4179.

FRIENDLY FRANK

2 LARGE Orchid Cactus, $25 each. Call (250)479-8955.

LARGE LADY slipper orchid, purple fl ower, $25. Call 250-383-4578.

PINWHEEL DECANTER $15. Mirror, 3’6”x2’4” $10. Leg splint $10. (778)265-1615.

RADIO & CD player fi ts under kitchen cupboards, $35. Wade sm, 40+, $50. 250-595-3210.

TABLE & CHAIRS, off white & brown, $99. 250-477-8753.

UPHOLSTER CHAIR, brown, $10. Scale (lbs) $8. New Elec-tric kettle, $20. 250-380-9596.

FUEL/FIREWOOD

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

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

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

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

DIY STEEL Building deals! Many sizes and models. Make an offer on clearance buildings today and save thousands of dollars. Free brochure - 1-800-668-5111 ext. 170.

NEWSPRINT ROLLENDS- $2-$10. Fridays only, 8:30am to 4:30pm. #200-770 Enter-prise Cres, Victoria. Gold-stream Press Division.

NO HST, LOW PRICES on All Like New & Used Furniture & Mattresses! On All Carpenter, Mechanic & Handyman Tools & Hdwe! New Solid Wood 8Pc Bedroom Ste $1299.; New Re-clining Sofa, Reclining Love-seat & Recliner $1199.; New Q/S Box & Mattress Set w/10 Yr. Warrantee $399. BUY & SAVE, 9818 4th St., Sidney. buyandsave.ca Visa, M/C

ONE STOP shopping, get a million different products here. High quality, 20% less than Walmart, vitamins, health, nu-trition, cosmetics, jewelry, cleaners, soaps, shampoos, guaranteed; tonyspacil.ca.

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

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

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

CLASSIFIED ADS MEAN MORE BUSINESS Call 250.388.3535

REAL ESTATE

HOMES WANTED

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Pretty House? Moving? Divorcing? Estate Sale?

We will Buy your HouseQuick Cash & Private.Mortgage Too High and

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RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

Fraser Tolmie Apts1701 Cedar Hill X Rd1-877-659-40691 and 2 bdrms1-877-659-4069www.frasertolmime.ca1 & 2 Bedrooms1701 Cedar Hill X Roadwww.frasertolmime.ca for pics

LANGFORD 2 BR grnd, priv patio, 5 appls, NS, NP, $1050/mo. util incl. 250-634-3212 refs

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

SOOKE- 2 bdrm condo, fully furnished or not, 5 appls, huge patio, $1,075/mo. Steps to beach. Call 1-780-459-4999.

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

SIDNEY- 3 bdrm sxs duplex, 1 bath, no steps. NS/NP. $1375+.Lease.(250)656-4003.

SOOKE: HALF months free rent, 5 bdrm, 3 bath duplex, in-law suite, stunning ocean views, pets cons, $1825. (Avail immed). (778)433-1618

HOMES FOR RENT

BRAND New 3bedroom & den house in Sooke. $1,500/mo in-cluding utilities. 13th mo free & $500 move in allowance.http://tinyurl.com/sooke4rent 250-216-5395

MILL BAY: 1/3rd ac. ocean-view lot, wrap around deck, 3bdrm, 2bath, workshop, 5 appl, woodstove, detached garage, N/S, N/P, references required, negot. lease term, $1500/mo. 250-997-7928.

SAANICH- 4 BDRM, 3 bath, 2 living rooms, W/D, $2000 NP/NS. Call (250)588-8829.

SIDNEY: UNIQUE home, 3 bdrm upper, 2 bath, lots more, N/S, $1700+ (now). 250-656-1452, come and see.

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

VIEW ROYAL, Portage Inlet, 3 bdrms, garage, deck, W/D, $1350 + utils. 250-479-4956.

ROOMS FOR RENT

FURNISHED ROOM for right person. Female preferred. 3 mos or more lease. Vic West/ Esq. $444./mo. inclds utils, phone, light brunch in morn-ing. Please call 250-380-1575.

GLEN LAKE furnished 1 Bdrm shared laundry, on the lake. $475 inclusive. Male preferred. Available Now. 250-478-1426.

TILLICUM HOUSING $400. to $750. inclusive. Single parent, student friendly. 778-977-8288

RENTALS

SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING

LIFE is BETTER at THE CAMELOT!

Supported, affordable independent living in the heart of historical James Bay. For sale or rent.

OPEN HOUSE EVERY WEEKEND 2pm-4pm!

Viewing appt: 250-652-9725.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

TILLICUM AREA, semi furn, shared bath, kitchenette, inter-net & W/D, $475 incls cable, 250-727-3671 (Leave mess).

SUITES, LOWER

BEAR MTN area- suite in new house, 2 bdrms, ground fl oor. Laundry. $1100. inclds utils. Great views. 250-886-7755.

GORDON HEAD: new 2 bdrm suite, private ent, NP/NS, May 1, $1195 incls utils, internet & cable. Call 250-360-1327.

LANGFORD. LEVEL entry 2 bdrm. 6 appl’s, utils incld. $1100.NS/NP. (250)478-3063.

ROYAL OAK: 2bdrm suite, NS/NP, $900+ water/hydro. 250-589-2873, 250-744-2861.

SOOKE: HALF months free rent, 2 bdrm, 1 bath, stunning ocean views, pets cons, $725. (Now). Call (778)433-1618.

SUITES, UPPER

BEAR MTN., detached 2 bdrm main level suite, appls incl’d, N/S, pets ok, $1050 mo. Avail immed. (250)589-3202.

SIDNEY, BRIGHT, upper level 2 bdrm. Yard, storage. New kitchen, bath & patio; parking, W/D, NS/NP. ref’s, 1 yr lease, June 1. $1100. 778-426-4556.

SOOKE: HALF months free rent, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, stunning ocean views, pets cons, $1100. (Now). (778)433-1618

TOWNHOUSES

SOOKE- NEW 3 bdrm, 3 bath town home, 2 car closed in garage, own yard, $1400+ utils. Call (250)478-9843.

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

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All Makes, All Models.New & Used Inventory.

1-888-229-0744 or apply at: www.greatcanadianautocredit.com

Must be employed w/ $1800/mo. income w/ drivers license. DL #30526

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

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

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

otherwise chumped!

CARS

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

2008 HONDA CIVIC LX4 door, auto, top of the line &fully loaded including rarepower sunroof option. Babiedby 1 owner, garage kept, hwycommuter (76k). Dealer main-tained. Burgundy with factory5 spoke alloy wheels & a setof winters tires on steel rims.Full power-train warranty untilDec. 20 2012. $13,995 o.b.o.250-466-4156

$50-$1000 CASH

For scrap vehicleFREE Tow away

858-5865

RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE

1989 - 19’ Citation, C ClassRV, good condition, $3000obo. Call 250-391-5750.

1992, 26 ft TRAVELAIRE. Bright, clean, sleeps 4. Twinbeds in back & fold down dou-ble bed. Immaculate condition.Full shower with skylight, gen-erator, air conditioning, 91,000km. $16,500. (250) 748-3539

BIG FOOT Sightings! New2012 Bigfoot Campers havearrived only at Mike RosmanRV! 1-800-667-0024 www.rosmanrv.com

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

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

VTRUCKS & ANS

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

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toll free 1-888-588-7172

MARINE

MARINE ACCESSORIES

TRAILER, FOR small boatsgood condition, $750. Call(250)391-8627.

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ACCOUNTINGVida Samimi

Certifi ed General Accountant

Bookkeeping, Audit,Payroll, HST. Set up &

Training. E-FileTAX

250-477-4601

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

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

MALTA FLOORING Installa-tion. Carpets, laminates, hard-wood, lino. BBB 250-388-0278

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

MALTA HOUSECLEANING. BBB. Best rates. Residen-tial/Comm. 250-388-0278

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

250-361-6193. QUALITY Electric. Expert: new homes &renos. No job too sm#22779.

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

KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small. Kendra, 250-415-7991.

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

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

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

INFINITY FENCING LTDChain link colour packages,

Ornamental, Wood & Farm fencing.

Residential & CommercialFree Estimates

For all your fencing needs, please call

250-415-9771

QUALITY CEDAR fencing, decks and installation, pres-sure washing. For better pric-es & quotes call Westcoast Fencing. 250-588-5920.

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

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

250-208-8535 WOODCHUCK: Neglected garden? Spring clean-ups, hedges, power rak-ing, aerating, weed/moss stump, blackberry & ivy re-moval. 24yrs exp. WCB.

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

AURICLE LAWNS- Spring clean up lawns, garden, hedge pruning, rototill. 250-882-3129

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

EXPERIENCED GARDENER Able to do any work. $22/HR. 250-642-3454

FREE MULCH on all Land-scaping we install for you. Visit our Nursery and pick your plants! Call 250-391-9366.

GARDEN DESIGN or rede-sign You install or we do, Huge Discount at our Nursery. Call 250-391-9366.

GARDEN OVERGROWN? Weeding, lawn cuts, clean-ups, pruning. John Kaiser 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.

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

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

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

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

PERIMETER EXTERIORS. Gutter Cleaning, Repairs, De-mossing, Upgrades. WCB, Free estimates. 250-881-2440.

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

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

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

HIRE-A-HUSBAND, 250-514-4829. Specialize in bath/ kitch-en reno’s & accessibility. Serv-ing Victoria for 23yrs.

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

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

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

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

CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.

FAMILY MAN Hauling. Prompt, Courteous. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-920-8463.

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

HAULING & RECYCLING. 250-889-5794.

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

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

RENOS BY Don, 25 yrs exp. New, renos, repairs, decks, fencing, bathrooms, kitchens. Senior discounts. Licensed, Insured, WCB, 250-588-1545.

SUMMIT IRRIGATION Servic-es. Certifi ed sprinkler systems. Property maintenance, more. Call James at 250-883-1041.

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

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

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

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

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

MALTA MOVING. Best Rates. BBB Member. Residential/ Commercial. (250)388-0278.

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

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When you turn on your tap and clean, safe water comes out, do you ever wonder how it got there or what happens when it goes down the drain? Or why you should care?

“It is oft en said that the ability to provide clean drinking wa-ter and treat sewage is the greatest con-tribution to public health our world has seen,” says Daisy Foster, CEO of BC Water & Waste Asso-ciation. “Yet, in our part of the world, we take for granted that we can simply turn on the tap and clean water gushes out. We forget that we use that same treated water to hose down our driveways and water our lawns. We fl ush our toilets and away it goes along with whatever we put down there.”

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Police have recov-ered much of the jew-elry stolen during a daring mid-morning robbery last Thursday.

Investigators also found a replica hand-gun in a suite at the Bedford Hotel Thurs-day night, hours after two men and a female associate, all from Van-couver, were arrested following a jewelry heist.

Around 10:30 a.m. that day, police were called to Paul Mara Jewellers at 657 Fort St., where two men allegedly sprayed staff with bear spray, smashed glass cabi-nets and grabbed an unknown quantity of jewelry and other valu-ables.

Upon arrival, officers followed a trail of help-ful bystanders who wit-nessed two 27-year-old suspects fleeing the jewelry store on foot.

“They told us exactly where they went, gave us good descriptions. It certainly played a key role in leading us to the hotel,” said Const. Mike Russell, Victoria police spokesperson. “There was people running after (the sus-pects).”

While some officers watched over the jew-elry store, where para-medics treated staff who had been sprayed, others tracked the sus-pects to the Bedford Regency Hotel at 1140 Government St., where they were registered guests.

Concerned about reports that the men were armed with a firearm, police closed off a section of Govern-ment Street around the hotel, between Trounce Alley and Fort Street, as well as a sec-tion of Yates Street.

“We had to make sure everyone was out of sight and out of range of a firearm,” Russell said.

Two police canine unit officers, their dogs and members of the Victoria police Emergency Response Team combed the hotel, floor by floor.

The suspects were even-tually found hiding on the hotel’s rooftop, at 1:30 p.m.

The Victoria Fire Depart-ment was called in to bring the men down from the roof

in the bucket of a ladder truck.

Police also apprehended a 21-year-old female inside the hotel. Russell said she did not take part in the robbery,

but is an associate of the two men.

Michael Werner and Dominic Oyango, both from Vancouver, face charges of robbery with a weapon, and

numerous counts of breach of probation.

Amanda Shier, also from Vancouver, faces charges of possession of property obtained by crime.

Jewelry, replica handgun recovered following jewelry heist

“(Bystanders) told us exactly where they went, gave us good descriptions. It certainly played a key role in leading us to the hotel.”–Const. Mike Russell

Victoria police


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