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While finishing touches are still being completed on the new Royal Bay secondary, plans are already in the works for expansion.

The school, which has been operating for about a month, is already over capacity in terms of students. While final enrolment numbers are still being firmed up, the count is sitting at roughly 20 students over the 800-student capacity.

“We notified the ministry it would not be big enough to accommodate our growth,” said

Jim Cambridge, Sooke School Dis-trict superintendent. He said they did this roughly three years ago during the planning stage.

Provincial NDP leader and Juan de Fuca MLA John Horgan said a better job needs to be done in the planning.

“I would suggest the school board does a good job of it, but it takes so darn long to get approval for these capital projects at the ministry that by the time they’re finally ready to go, they’re too small for the needs.”

He said it speaks to a larger problem. “It took so long to get these high schools off the plan-

ning books and into construction that growth in the West Shore has surpassed the projections that the schools are based on. Now we need a new wing on a brand new high school.”

Knowing that the school would eventually need to be expanded, Cambridge said it was designed for the ability to have another wing added at the rear of the building that could accommodate roughly 400 more students, bring-ing the total capacity to 1,200.

“We will likely apply [for more funding] in our capital plan next year,” he said, although he wasn’t sure when and if the extra money

would become available. “We don’t get any choice.”

In the meantime, the District is planning on adding portables next school year to accommodate additional students. An area in the front of the school was designed for this, Cambridge said.

In terms of this school year, he said “there’s a way for us to inter-nally accommodate.” This means some teachers could lose a prep period.

Cambridge said every year the District grows by about 100 to 150 students, but this year the num-bers unexpectedly increased by about 400. Some of that growth

could be attributed to the new schools drawing students back to the District, he said.

Horgan said these problems weren’t just isolated to the West Shore. He mentioned a similar problem at Sooke elementary, which has almost 70 additional students that they weren’t count-ing on.

“They’ve got a whole new class that they hadn’t anticipated,” he said. “Five years ago they were going to close Sooke elementary, and now they don’t have room for all the kids who are there.”

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Dillon Sahota, whose wife is principal at Millstream

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Specific call to action lost in wording, says Mayor ScreechDon DescoteauNews Gazette staff

David Screech felt compelled to further explain himself this week, after his com-ments about “rape culture” drew the ire of fellow delegates at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention last week in Vancouver.

The View Royal mayor told the Gazette that his comments, part of a discussion on a motion calling for the UBCM to sup-port the creation of an intergovernmen-tal task force to identify how to erase the rape culture in schools, universities, workplaces and elsewhere in Canada, “were taken a bit out of context” and that he is “anything but insensitive to the issue.”

“I prefaced that at the beginning,” he said of his comments, adding it was the wording of the motion that gave him pause, not the content. “I said I supported and was sympathetic and empathetic to the motion.”

Screech was quoted as contesting the claim that the problem is “pervasive” and

therefore rampant. “I don’t believe that’s true,” he said at

the meeting.Cariboo Regional District director

Margo Warner, one of the sponsors of the proposal, had previously told delegates she was raped 43 years ago, but didn’t report it because of the culture of the day.

After Screech’s comments, more women stepped forward to reveal them-selves as sexual assault victims, while other men and women told the Island politician he was wrong.

After overwhelmingly approving the first motion, delegates also voted to ask the task force to look at ways of improv-ing reporting, arrest and conviction rates across the country.

Screech said he voted in favour of the original motion, but admitted he did have difficulty with the notion that we live in a rape culture.

“Maybe what I should have been focus-ing on is the culture in schools and uni-versities; I can understand that, rather than society as a whole,” he said.

Last Friday the mayor re-posted to his own Facebook page a lengthy explana-tion of his position that he had written on someone else’s page.

“What I had (and still have) difficulty with was the wording of the ‘Therefore

be it resolved’ clause,” he wrote. “I do not believe that these clauses should contain emotional ‘hot button’ words. They are supposed to be a clear and concise call for action …

“Is rape a serious issue in our soci-ety? Yes, absolutely. Do I support the con-cept of a task force? Yes, absolutely. Do I believe we live in a ‘rape culture’ where rape is extensive, rampant, universal, and pervasive? No, I am sorry but I don’t.”

That post prompted a number of responses, many of which pointed to fig-ures and research on the topic of the pervasiveness of rape and sexualization of women, primarily, in society.

Screech admitted that in retrospect he would have contributed differently to the sensitive discussion.

At the same time, the UBCM conven-tion veteran said if the body wants its recommendations to be taken seriously by the provincial government, it needs to craft more specific policy suggestions.

“In general it would be fair to say at UBCM, rather than having well thought-out policy decisions that go from the municipalities to the (province), we endorse motions sometimes in a rather hurried way before they’ve been refined or amended.”

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Manhunt suspect apprehended

West Shore RCMP have arrested Derek Fast. A warrant was issued for Fast’s arrest Tues-

day morning after he allegedly fled from police and attempted to run down a police officer last Friday (Sept. 25) in the Finlayson Arm Road area in Langford.

A four-hour man hunt ensued that original incident, displacing area residents. But police efforts to apprehend the suspect were unsuc-cessful until the following week.

Fast was arrested without incident in Sooke, late Tuesday afternoon with assistance from the Sooke RCMP and RCMP Police Dog Ser-vices.

Fast is facing multiple Criminal Code charges, including assault with a weapon, possession of a firearm, possession of stolen property (over $5,000), dangerous operation of a motor vehi-cle and theft of a motor vehicle.

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Manhunt suspect Derek Fast.

Arnold LimNews Gazette staff

Their mission, should they accept it? Raising waste diversion from 63 to 80 per cent.

Six groups of five business stu-dents from across Canada hud-dled into amalgamated desks at Royal Roads University, deliver-ing programming proposals to not only save money, but keep unnecessary waste created at the school from going into the landfill. RRU’s office of sustainability direc-tor, Nancy Wilken, said the differ-ent perspective, from students in classes that focus entirely on the environment or sciences, has been a healthy opportunity to mine the schools greatest resource.

“When we first were established as a university in 1995, (sustain-ability) was one of its founding pil-lars,” she said.

With the landfill part of the greater community, she said, “we want to have less going in and not use any more land for garbage

storage … It is resource manage-ment on the campus to lower our impact on the community.”

Ideas range from information sessions for RRU teachers – the constant at the school, as stu-dents come and go – to marketing the recycle bins with signs pro-moting them as the destination and also giving directions to them around campus, have been some of the positive ideas to come out of the class, Wilken said.

Hanging mirrors at the bins, to offer moments of self-reflection for every person putting their waste into the proper bin, is another example of an original idea she was excited to hear about.

“For students it is a good experi-ence; they seem to really enjoy it. For me, I get new ideas that I have not heard of before that I can work in implementing,” she said.

Wilken, who also sits on the Esquimalt Lagoon Stewardship Initiative, pointed to the students as an example of “living our learn-ing.” She reiterated that it was

past students who audited the sustainability of the school three years ago, pointing to compost-ing as a viable option for pushing RRU’s already impressive 63 per cent diversion to 80 per cent over the next five years. When all ideas come forward, she said, the dif-ferent solutions will be prioritized and rolled into the school as they move towards their goals, with the help of students.

Student Cynthia Durand-Smith said they are the ones using the systems at RRU, so they need to be invested in the solution.

“Initially the class could have been about anything … (We’re presented with) a challenge and we needed to find a solution. I don’t think we really realized what we were getting into about sus-tainability and the difference we can make,” she said. “It was just a business case, but how we feel today a week later is like we are part of the change.”

Classmate Cameron Tulloch, who hails from Ontario and is at

the school only for the residency portion, said he, too, was intrigued coming into the class as a busi-ness student – not as a scientist or environmentalist – and being chal-lenged to apply the knowledge to something so tangible. “It is real and a shared experience with all the students here.”

Wilken said the students, as in

the past, have proven to be their greatest resources and continue to be excited to not only be part of the process, but part of the solu-tion.

“We call the Royal Roads motto ‘life changing’ and we didn’t make it up, it came from the students,” she said. [email protected]


Royal Roads University Bachelor of Commerce students Cynthia Durand-Smith (left) and Cameron Tulloch stand next to one of their colourful recycling centres.


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Firefighters ban together for sick kids at VGHFundraising efforts rewarded with trip to see the childrenKatherine EngqvistNews Gazette staff

Having handed out little red hats to children they’ve meet on their journey through Victoria General Hospital, a group of fire-fighters from across Greater Vic-toria huddle in the VGH pediatric intensive care unit.

They have spent the past five years fundraising for the ward and are interested to see how they might be making a difference. The five-bed unit is empty the day of their visit, but as unit nurse Judy Riggs tells the group, that can change in an instant.

“We’re like the fire depart-ment. It can be like this and you come back in an hour and we’re slammed,” she says.

Riggs has been a nurse for 37 years and tales of her experience in burn wards have the firefight-ers hanging on her every word. When she finishes she is given an open invitation to come speak at the different locales, because the firefighters don’t believe they can do her words justice.

She also shows them some of the carts the donated money has purchased, which allow hospital staff to easily transport to bedside the various equipment used in

treating patients.“I can’t lift 100 pounds like you

guys,” she says, laughing. But the firefighters weren’t laughing when they saw the older carts – some still in use – which were nothing more than Mastercraft toolboxes that Riggs says are basically dragged around the unit.

The firefighters agree, as they did when they originally began fundraising, that they could do more together as a group than

they could as individual union locals.

The firefighters from Oak Bay, Saanich, Victoria, and Esquimalt, representing the Professional Firefighters of Greater Victoria, weren’t just at the hospital to visit children on Tuesday. They had a special cheque for $50,000 to present to the Victoria Hospitals Foundation as part of a 10-year, $250,000 pledge to support pedi-atric care at VGH.

The cheque brought the total donated to $108,000, which has gone towards creating the family room for the neonatal intensive care unit, purchasing ventilators and other life-saving equipment.

This week’s donation will go towards the purchase of an Omnibed, which is a type of incu-bator.

Besides the cheque, a shiny yellow fire truck was on hand for the kids to see up close. The little

faces lit up at the chance to sit in the driver seat and try their hand at directing a real fire hose.

“This was the best part of the day,” said Victoria Hospitals Foun-dation executive director Melanie Mahlman, after watching children climb into the fire engine. She was glad some of the children could have a day outside of the hospital, getting a chance to do what kids should be doing. “It reminds us all what this is really about.”

Mahlman said less than two per cent of sick children need to leave the Island to undergo treatment in Vancouver, and support from groups such as these remind the community of treatment that is available close to home.

“It demonstrates a deep com-mitment from our firefighters,” she added.

Jared Barker, director of the Saa-nich Firefighters Charitable Foun-dation, tossed out a special thank you to the VGH staff. “You guys are the real heroes and inspire us every day.”

On a previous visit to the hos-pital he was awed by the pediat-ric staff and the level of care they provide for every child. “They never turn away a kid,” he said. He was especially struck by how staff seemed to treat each child like their own.

“They’re not doing it for recog-nition, which I think is pretty spe-cial,” he said.

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Cozy fallactivity inHighlands

As the leaves begin to fall, many are looking for indoor activities.

A popular happening for all seasons is the Highlands Music Coffee House, held on the sec-ond Saturday night of each month at the his-toric Caleb Pike House, 1589 Millstream Rd.

The next event takes place on Oct. 10 and features the band West My Friend. This group is emerging as a unique voice in the area’s music scene, filled with four-part harmonies.

Doors open at 7 p.m. with entertainment starting at 7:30. Every evening is kicked off with an open mic por-tion before the head-liner takes the stage.

Organizers ask for a $5 donation but do not want to hinder anyone from joining and admis-sion is free for anyone under the age of 15. Tea, coffee and goodies are also supplied free of charge.

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Four-year-old Minnanshi Gupta Syal got a chance to try her little hands at operating a fire hose with the help of Esquimalt firefighter Tyler Harvey.

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Apple Bee Festival goes this SundayPies, honey and more on tap Don DescoteauNews Gazette staff

Giving the apple – and the bees that pol-linate the trees – their due is largely what the Metchosin Apple Bee Festival is all about.

In its seventh year, this mostly annual community event aims to remind people about the value of the hum-ble, yet versatile fruit and the insect that is critical to its continued pollination.

Among the educa-tional aspects of Sun-day’s (Oct. 4) festival is a presentation on the history of the apple in the area.

Bilston Farm in Metchosin was among the first places apples were cultivated in Canada west of the Hudson Bay, says Dan O’Connell, a member of the Metchosin Pomo-logical Society and co-organizer of the festi-val.

“There’s some vir-tues (around the apple),

like these heritage vari-eties, if they get taken away they won’t be seen again,” he says. “This is about giving a little bit of an anchor back to the apple and its presence.”

Through the day, pre-sentations will be given on apples and bees, practical demonstra-tions will be given on juice making, pie mak-ing and apple mashing for cider, and of course, there’s the yummy applesauce tasting. Back again will be the apple-hurling trebu-chets popular with the younger set.

Metchosin Farm’s Fiona Hamersley Cham-bers, who introduced a new apple developed locally last year, is said to be bringing another new variety this time around.

In preparation for the piemaking, Metcho-sin Pomological Soci-ety volunteers will be at Royal Bay Bakery on Saturday creating pie shells, with the idea of making things easier for festival goers to fill up their own pies on Sunday.

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The Apple Bee Festi-val runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the grounds of the Metchosin Com-munity House. The weekly Farmer’s Mar-

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While the event is free to attend, pro-ceeds from sales of pies and other items will go toward the Metchosin Foundation.

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Apples trees, like this one on the side of William Head Road in Metchosin, are being celebrated at this weekend’s festival.

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Politics not for faint of heart

This week’s decision by entertainer, champion fundraiser and would-be member of parliament, Maria Manna, to step down as Liberal candidate for Cowichan-Malahat-Langford may have been for the best.

The fact she appeared to be in way over her head in a recent debate in Langford on sustainability and environmental issues may have been the first clue that something was coming.

She did her best to respond to well thought-out questions from the crowd at Our Lady of the Rosary Church hall, but more often than not was forced to ever-so-politely tell them that she didn’t have an answer, but would do more research and get back to them.

It’s unfortunate that someone with a positive track record in doing what she’s good at accepted a position that she really had no business taking on. She’s too nice. Which is not a bad thing when you’re working in a social environment like the entertainment industry or doing charity work.

But in the often messy game of politics, being nice – and maybe a little naive – isn’t the first box the parties tick off when reviewing someone’s potential candidacy.

Whether Manna’s two-year-old Facebook posts ultimately did her in: the ones in which she rejected the official story that two jet planes brought down the twin towers in New York City on 9-11 – dug up and used as the centrepiece for a pair of news stories last weekend – we don’t know at this point.

We don’t think she’s crazy for questioning that story; lots of people have their doubts about what went on that day.

Are such views enough to punt a candidate? For the three largest political parties, the leaders of which are in a tooth-and-nail battle to win the country’s respect, confidence and votes, they very well may be.

But it won’t surprise us either if Manna tells us one day that she just couldn’t stomach the level of scrutiny that comes with running for federal office for a major party.

Replacement candidate Luke Krayenhoff, unsuccessful in winning the Liberal nomination next door in the Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke riding, could well make it a three-way race in Cowichan-Malahat-Langford.

If that happens, then Manna’s decision was probably the right one, for all concerned.

Some people seem to have a way about them that makes you feel better about things, a manner of communicating that says “you’re worth talking to, you have value.”

Even if it’s just a smile or a wave or a vigorous “Hello, Don Descoteau” first thing in the morning.

Sandra Jean Burchill was one of those people. I say ‘was,’ because we heartbreakingly lost this sweetheart of a woman, co-worker and friend recently, far too soon at age 65 to the dreaded Big C.

Sandi was one of the first people I met when I relocated back to Victoria with Black Press in 2001. As the office manager for the paper, or at least someone who I needed to give paperwork to, she made me feel absolutely comfortable in my new surroundings. In those first few weeks, she would be sure to ask me how things were going, or if I

needed anything.I felt pretty special, but I soon realized I wasn’t the

only one getting this kind of treatment from Sandi. It was par for the course around the office. I later noticed that whenever there was a committee to be on, or a volunteer activity to be part of representing the company, Sandi was often one of the first to put her hand up.

She was that kind of person, a giving individual for whom a little extra time spent to get the job done right was no big deal. She wasn’t a complainer, not that I ever heard, despite that as a senior staffer who knew pretty much everything about how to run a newspaper, she would often be asked to take on more work.

That commitment to “gettin’ ’er done” was perhaps bred into her back home on Cape Breton Island, but was also part of her commitment to her community of Langford.

As an integral part of hubby Tom’s executive team on the Emergency Support Services team in Langford, she was a mainstay in an organization that does its best to turn chaos into order, which is what Sandi excelled at.

Langford Fire Chief Bob Beckett had occasion to work with Sandi a fair bit over the years in her various capacities with ESS, which included co-ordinating training for volunteers. The two were known for giving each other the gears, good-naturedly of course, as only people with mutual respect for each other can do.

“We would kid the pants off of each other,” he says, “and I think she actually welcomed that opportunity to have some fun. Because as we know, life is serious.”

Thinking for a moment about her big smile, her warm hugs as she greeted ESS volunteers as they came in, and her Maritime-inspired sense of humour, Beckett says, “that’s going to be hard to replace.”

Well aware of her dedication to family, volunteerism and community, the chief says Sandi “would not want the ESS function to skip a beat,” in her absence. He acknowledges that her family, who were so dear to her and shared in her passion for volunteering, will miss her presence. Asked how Sandi will be remembered by the greater community, he says “it would be the work ethic, it would be the compassion, not only through ESS, but as a great community representative and ambassador for Langford.”

Celebrating Sandi’s life is something we’d far rather have done on the occasion of her 90th birthday than now. And we lament that her official retirement lasted such a short time.

But we hope her example of living in the moment and making the most of what life throws at you will be followed by those whose lives she touched in a positive way, which were many.

A celebration of Sandi’s life will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow (Oct. 3) at the Elk Lake Baptist Church, where Sandi was a deacon. You can find it at 5349 Pat Bay Hwy. near the weigh scales.

Don Descoteau is editor of the Goldstream News Gazette.

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Shari Lukens, Conservative Party

Canada’s youth unemployment rate is at 13 per cent, what would your party do to help more young Canadians find work?

The Conservatives’ top priori-ties continue to be creating jobs, economic growth and long-term prosperity. We are working to connect Canadians, including young Canadians, with available jobs through various supports for apprentices, encouraging greater employer participation in skills training decisions and developing better labour market information. Enhancing access to post-secondary edu-cation enables more Canadians to acquire or upgrade their skills, contributing to a more productive and skilled labour force.

Economic Action Plan 2015 provided investments to enhance access to post-secondary educa-tion by removing finan-cial barriers – $184 mil-lion over four years to allow eligibility for low- and middle-income Canada Student Grants for short-duration pro-grams, and $119 mil-lion, starting in 2016-17, to reduce the expected parental contribution under the Canada Stu-dent Loans Program needs assessment pro-cess.

What should Can-ada’s role be in deal-ing with international refugees?

The Government of Canada acts quickly and appropriately to requests for assistance from countries facing disasters, conflicts, or acute food insecurity.

Canada’s response is the result of close co-operation among Department of For-eign Affairs Trade and Development humani-tarian officers, Cana-dians in the field, rep-resentatives of other governments and inter-national and Canadian

humanitarian partners, such as the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, International Committee of the Red Cross and United Nations World Food Programme.

In response to the Syria crisis, Canada has agreed to resettle 11,300 Syrian refugees by the end of 2017 and 23,000 Iraqi refugees by the end of 2015. Canada has also committed to resettle 5,000 refugees who are now in Turkey by 2018. As of Sept. 1, 2015, more than 3,500 refugees from Syria and the region have been admitted to Canada.

Since January 2012, Canada has committed $503.5 million in inter-national humanitarian assistance funding in response to the Syria crisis. The recently created Syria Emergency Relief Fund will match every eligible dollar donated by individual Canadians to registered Canadian charities in response to the impact of the conflict, up to $100 million, until Dec. 31.

What would your party do to ensure Canada’s seniors are able to live comfortably in their retirement?

Canada’s seniors have saved and worked their entire lives, and I believe they know best how to

make financial decisions about their futures and their retire-ment. Seniors at all income lev-els are benefitting from tax cuts and enhanced benefits introduced by the Conservative government. For example, tax-free savings accounts have provided 2.7 mil-lion seniors with a secure and flex-ible savings option that protects their money from being eroded by taxes; pension income splitting is providing significant tax relief to over one million senior couples; increases to Guaranteed Income Supplement benefits are helping Canada’s most vulnerable seniors, and increases to the Age Credit and the Pension Income Credit are providing significant tax relief to eligible seniors.

As a result of these measures, about 400,000 seniors have been removed from the tax rolls.

A re-elected Conservative gov-ernment will establish a $2,000 Single Seniors Tax Credit that will extend additional annual tax relief to nearly 1.6 million single and widowed seniors in Canada who have pension income. When com-bined with the existing $2,000 Pen-sion Income Credit that is claimed by 4.6 million seniors already, this new measure will double the tax

relief available to single seniors annually, beginning January 2017.

How would your party address the need to strengthen Canada’s infrastructure and what project would you say is the highest pri-ority for your riding?

The economic success of Can-ada, and of the riding of Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke, depends greatly on the strength of our communi-ties. Infrastructure projects ben-efit residents, families, businesses and visitors, while generating eco-nomic growth and creating jobs.

Our government’s commitment to infrastructure represents $80 billion over the next 10 years. It is the largest, and longest, federal infrastructure plan in Canada’s history.

It is important to note that since 2006, Canada has consistently led G7 countries in infrastructure funding as a rate of GDP. This is in stark contrast with the Liberal years. I am committed to investing in public infrastructure to reduce commuting times for families, enhance our economic produc-tivity, and encourage job creation and economic growth.

What do you believe is the most important election issue for your riding and why?

I believe it is the economy; that is what I hear from the people and it is our number one priority. Canada’s economy is still fragile, but with a $5 billion surplus so far this year, we’re pursuing a low-tax, balanced budget plan to protect Canadian jobs and growth in the face of global uncertainty.

The Conservative government has taken steps to lower taxes on Canadian businesses, expand Canada’s trade network, support skills training, reform our immi-gration system and make major investments in infrastructure and innovation. These include:

• lowering taxes on families and Canadian businesses, including most recently the largest tax cut for small- and medium sized busi-nesses in over a quarter century;

• providing support to Canadi-ans completing apprenticeships and establishing the Canada Job Grant to ensure skills-training will lead to future employment;

• launching the longest and largest investment plan for public infrastructure in Canada’s history;

• helping firms invest in new technologies and research and development through targeted tax relief and funding partnerships with universities and colleges.


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Candidate Q & A: Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuantto Sections 890 and 892 of the Local Government Act that a Public Hearingwill be held at Town of View Royal Town Hall, 45 View Royal Avenue, Victoria, B.C. at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 6, 2015 for the purpose ofhearing representations concerning the following proposed amendments to the Of� cial Community Plan No. 811, 2011 and Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 2014: on lands legallydescribed as:

1. Of� cial Community Plan No. 811, 2011 Amendment Bylaw No. 933, 2015 proposes to amend the boundaries of the Residential and Park, Recreation, Open Space land usedesignations.

2. Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 2014 Amendment Bylaw No. 934, 2015 proposes to amend the boundaries of the CD-16: Comprehensive Development Mill Hill Residential and P-3: Parks and Recreation zones.

TAKE NOTICE that more detailed information concerning the subject bylaw and any other reports, studies or other documents that may be considered by Council can be obtained at the Town of View Royal Municipal Of� ce, Development Services Department, 45 View Royal Avenue, Victoria, B.C. (Telephone: 250-479-6800) between the hours of 8:30am and 4:30pm Monday to Friday, September 23, 2015 to October 6, 2015.

All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard in person, by a representative or by written submission on all matters contained therein at the above-noted time and place. If you are unable to attend the Hearing, written comments may be mailed, facsimiled, emailed or hand delivered to the Town of View Royal by no later than 4:30pm on October 6, 2015.

Mail: Development Services Department, Town of View Royal, 45 View Royal Ave,Victoria, BC. V9B 1A6. Facsimile: 250-727-9551 Email: [email protected]

Please note that Council may not receive any further submissions concerning the subject Bylaws after the Public Hearing has concluded.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Sections 890 and 892 of the LocalGovernment Act that a Public Hearingwill be held at Town of View RoyalTown Hall, 45 View Royal Avenue, Victoria, B.C. at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 6, 2015 for the purpose of hearing representations concerning the following proposed amendment to Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 2014:

Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 2014 Amendment Bylaw No. 932, 2015 proposes to amend the CD-20: Comprehensive Development (Eagle Creek Village) Zone for lands shown on Schedule A of this notice and legally described as:

Address Legal Description 33 Helmcken Road Lot 2, Sections 9 and 100, Lake and Esquimalt Districts, Plan EPP28565

in order to permit the following uses: • Animal Hospital • Daycare, Large • Daycare, Small • Garden Centre • Hospital (maximum 4300 m2 � oor area) • Laboratory Facility • Pharmacy

TAKE NOTICE that more detailed information concerning the subject bylaw and any other reports, studies or other documents that may be considered by Council can be obtained at the Town of View Royal Municipal Of� ce, Development Services Department, 45 View Royal Avenue, Victoria, B.C. (Telephone: 250-479-6800) between the hours of 8:30am and 4:30pm Monday to Friday, September 23, 2015 to October 6, 2015.

All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard in person, by a representative or by written submission on all matters contained therein at the above-noted time and place. If you are unable to attend the Hearing, written comments may be mailed, facsimiled, emailed or hand delivered to the Town of View Royal by nolater than 4:30pm on October 6, 2015.

Mail: Development Services Department, Town of View Royal, 45 View Royal Ave,Victoria, BC. V9B 1A6. Facsimile: 250-727-9551 Email: [email protected]

Please note that Council may not receive any further submissions concerning the subject Bylaws after the Public Hearing has concluded.

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Tie game A stack of old railroad ties lie in a pile off the idle E & N rail bed, beside the E & N Rail Trail in View Royal.Don Descoteau/ News Gazette staff

CANADA VOTES!

Meet the new Liberal candidate for Cowichan-Malahat-LangfordDon DescoteauNews Gazette staff

Stepping into a candidate role midway through an election cam-paign is not something that every-one could pull off.

Saanich resident Luke Krayen-hoff is hoping to do his best to make an impact in the 17 days until the federal election as the Liberal Party’s candidate in the realigned and renamed Cowichan-Malahat-Langford riding.

“It places me in the underdog position, but the party as a whole has been great in getting the mes-sage out and Trudeau has been doing great in the debates,” he says.

Chosen to replace Maria Manna, who announced Monday she was stepping down, Krayenhoff has had to rally the troops quickly this week to get his campaign up

and running. Having already contested the Liberal nomination in the Esquimalt-Saan-ich-Sooke riding that includes much of the West Shore, he was previously vetted by the party, he says.

Sounding like a team player, Kray-enhoff graciously chalked up his loss to David Merner in that nomination race as good for the Liberals.

“He’s kind of a superstar in the party, he’s an easy guy to lose to.”

As a former RCMP officer who’s worked in government to help streamline police services, not to mention lived near the Royal Canadian Navy’s Pacific Fleet for most of his life, Krayenhoff holds a special place in his heart for cur-

rent and former ser-vice people. “Veterans issues are a top prior-ity for me,” he says.

At the same time, in this riding he’s conscious of the traf-fic issues that have become worse as Langford, especially, has grown. While he’s pleased the province has taken initial steps on an interchange at McKenzie/Admirals

roads and the Trans Canada High-way – located in the other riding – more can be done, he says.

“We really have to get going on transportation initiatives; we’ve really got to get that Highway 1 moving,” he says. While transit solutions have to be part of the overall solution, he adds, “the other one is the rail.”

He points to the success of light rail transit on the mainland and says it’s Greater Victoria’s turn to start building an efficient, effective commuter system using the exist-ing rail bed along the E & N line.

“I know the Island Corridor Foundation has been struggling along to get things going, working to get funding commitments, but I’d like to see the feds and prov-ince step in to help.”

In terms of job creation and economic strategies, Krayenhoff appreciates the LIberals’ balanced approach. Having worked many years in the public and private sectors in what he calls “change management,” he has a pretty clear idea how the system should work.

“The role of government is to set the stage for the private sec-tor to create wealth,” he says. “The idea is not to get everybody

working for the civil service, it’s to have a good foundation to grow the economy. Government can be kind of a baffling thing, and it’s important to know (its) limitations and I think I do.”

Acknowledging the riding’s diversity, from the more agri-cultural, resource base of the Cowichan Valley in the north to the more urban development-minded tone of Langford, with First Nations playing a role throughout,

Krayenhoff says he feels the Liberals have the best plan that works for all.

“There’s a lot of people who are going to vote strategically to unseat Harper, but I really think the Liberals have the best chance of forming government; we have the most credibility,” he says. “Once you’re in, you have to have a good set of policies, and we do.”

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New York - The all-new 2016 BMW 7 Series is a sixth-generation edition of the brand’s big flagship sedan.

The new styling is another evolutionary step and still instantly recognizable as a BMW. Dimensionally this car is the

same as the outgoing model, yet it has a radically new and innovative sub-structure.

The latter, coupled with remarkable onboard technology, is what caught my attention. Today, much is unique to the 7 series but, figuratively speaking, tomorrow it will spread through the range and the day after it

will doubtless be coming to a car near you!The new 7 Series offers the very latest technologies that

BMW has to offer, combined with more advanced forms of technologies already available. Sadly, a novel driverless “self-parking” technology (controlled by the key fob and available in Europe) has not (yet) received Canadian regulatory approval. A similar (delayed approval) story also applies to a new adaptive LED headlight option.

Another fascinating new feature is Gesture Control, which lets an operator do things like raise audio volume by twirling your finger, take a phone call with a finger point or wave it away with a wrist flick. An operator can also add customized gestures to trigger a function … a couple come to mind!

Pandering to the non-driving owners is an interesting optional interior first for BMW, a feature called Executive Lounge. A feet-up recliner in the right rear seat has a body massage feature and a multi-media experience controlled by a removable touch-screen tablet, which is mounted in a clever docking feature. Got to admit, it was a rear seat test drive to savour – and yes, I do love this job.

BMW is pioneering a different way to improve body rigidity and reduce weight, explained Wolfgang Hundt, project manager for driving dynamics and driving assistance. It uses carbon-fibre in key locations of the structure of the new 7 Series.

An indicator of how strongly committed BMW is to the use of this ultra-light, yet super-strong material is the expansion work (to triple production output) already in progress at its relatively new Moses Lake, Wash. carbon-fibre manufacturing plant.

I was most impressed by the balance and poise of the 750i xDrive (with an M-Sport package) on the Monticello Motor Club, in up-state New York. In Sport mode the new 7 is so wonderfully light on its feet that you can very easily forget you’re behind the wheel of a big sedan. This mode drops the standard air suspension an additional 10mm and it seems to firm up and tighten everything. The difference between Sport and Comfort modes was quite dramatic. A new one, Adaptive, matches the vehicle set-up to the driver’s current driving style and a profile of the route ahead, by talking to the navigation system.

A redesigned optional Integral Active Steering system can now be offered in conjunction with the xDrive all-wheel drive system. It can turn the rear wheels in the same or an opposing direction as the front wheels to increase manoeuvrability in urban traffic and agility at highway speeds.

The extremely rigid body structure is a ground-breaking marriage of

steel, aluminum and carbon-fibre (core) members. The end result is a 7 Series with a much lower centre of gravity and close to perfect front/rear weight distribution.

The 750i xDrive and 750Li xDrive editions will soon be arriving in Canadian BMW dealer showrooms. A BMW 750i xDrive model will have a starting MSRP of $113,900, and a long-wheelbase 750iL xDrive at $117,900. Pricing, which should be lower, for the 740 editions announced closer to market launch next year.

A redesigned 4.4-litre V-8 with TwinPower Turbo technology can produce 445 hp and rocket a 750i to 100 km/h in 4.5 seconds (says BMW). It’s teamed with an eight-speed automatic and a new version of the BMW’s intelligent all-wheel-drive system in the 750i xDrive.

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With the Westshore Rebels preparing to play their final game of 2015, on the outside looking in at the B.C. Football Conference playoffs, team presi-dent Elise Pastro had a chance to reflect on the season.

“Yeah, we didn’t make playoffs two years in a row,” she said, “but Iook at the (Seattle) Seahawks. They went through a phase of not meeting expectations, but with time (they became Super Bowl champions).”

While the season began with plenty of promise, as has been the case the past two years, and will be ending with a sub-par record, people around the team are still talking about the future looking bright for the Rebels.

“For me, it’s dishearten-ing when you’re looking at the standings and the scores,” Pas-tro said. “But when you have 42 first-year players, there’s a lot to learn. We only lose four players to graduation for next year.”

That positive statistic is in stark contrast to a team like the Okanagan Sun, last weekend’s opponent and the runaway BCFC regular season champion. The Sun have a largely senior lineup and are clearly gearing

up for a run at the Canadian Bowl, the national junior football championship.

Westshore didn’t perform well on the road this season, Pastro admitted, with the exception of last month’s 27-22 win over the Valley Huskers in Chilliwack. She noted that it didn’t help mat-ters to lose rookie quarterback Ashton MacKinnon to injury, “just when we were starting to see the cohesiveness in our offence,” she said. Having vet-eran Hunter Lake and rookie Talyn Davies available to fill in

helped, but with both of them spending more time at receiver than under centre, it was tough to regain any kind of consis-tency.

And with injuries to top run-ning backs Jordan Worth and Matt Pastro providing major challenges to overcome, the club is hoping the younger play-ers step up and come up with a big performance for this Satur-day’s finale against the Langley Rams.

As Pastro points out, “not all of our successes were measured on the field.”

“The rebranding and the changing of our image has been phenomenal.” For the past two games, she said, the game com-missioner has approached her to say how much the attitude of the team has improved from previous years.

Game time is 3 p.m. at Wes-thills Stadium. This weekend’s contest is alumni recognition day, where past players from the Rebels, Dolphins, Sharks and Payless junior football eras are invited down to be a part of the festivities.

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Westshore Rebels defensive back Cody Wist runs back a kick against the Vancouver Island Raiders in B.C. Football Conference play last month. The Rebels wind up their regular season this weekend at Westhills Stadium against the Langley Rams.

Future looks bright for West Shore’s junior football squad

The Juan de Fuca Div. 3B men’s soccer team enjoyed an offensive outburst on the road last weekend in Vancouver Island Soccer League play, trouncing Nanaimo United FC 9-0.

Aaron Burnell and Brent Cameron each scored three times in the win, while Dane Schoor had a pair and Christian Hauff one goal. Chris O’Hara picked up the shutout in goal for Juan de Fuca.

The West Shore team (2-0) has the bye this weekend, then hosts Prospect Lake Capital City on Oct. 11 on the Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre field.

SPL Bigwheels 1 JdF 4A 0In Div. 4 play Sunday, Juan de Fuca 4A lost a nar-

row 1-0 decision to SPL Bigwheels at the Blanshard Field to fall to 0-2 on the season. Goalkeeper Ben Furtado blanked JdF on the day.

This Sunday at 2:15 p.m. JdF 4A hosts Castaways Invicta 4A at Juan de Fuca field.

Gorge FC U21s 3 JdF U21s 2Also last Sunday, the Juan de Fuca under-21 side

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Team Canada captain Ashley Steacy powers her way through a U.S. defender in the Plate Final game at the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series at Westhills stadium in Langford last April. Rugby Canada conformed the event will be returning next April.

Rugby Canada and Canada Sevens made it offi-cial this week: Langford will once again host the HSBC Women’s World Rugby Sevens Series.

The fourth stop on the 2016 schedule will be at Westhills Stadium April 16 and 17.

“It’s an honor to give fans and sports enthu-siasts on the island the chance to experience the unique atmosphere that Rugby Sevens offers up,” Bill Cooper, CEO of Canada Sevens, said in a release. “Last year’s event in Langford drew 6,000 (fans), creating a world-class experience for both the athletes and fans, who took in 34 games over the course of the (weekend).”

Tickets will be available in November, with more details being announced in the coming weeks.

New Zealand, winners of the overall season series this past year, won last year’s Langford tournament with a 29-10 win over Russia in the cup final. Canada’s women, who train in Langford when not competing around the globe, finished second overall in the series and earned a berth in next year’s Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

“We are really excited to have the opportunity to play in front of our home fans again,” head coach John Tait said. “There is nothing more powerful than support from a Canadian crowd at what will be a critical tournament for us as we chase our goal of seven series and Olympic champions.”

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Sports happenings around and about the West ShoreHockey is big in the West Shore this week

Head to The Q Cen-tre Sunday, Oct. 3, when the Victoria Griz-zlies host Vernon in B.C. Junior A hockey action. The puck drops at 2 p.m. for this mati-nee game.

The boys are back in action Thursday, Oct. 7, playing host to Island rivals the Port Alberni Bulldogs at 7 p.m., before heading over the Malahat to face the Cowichan Valley Capi-tals Friday, Oct. 9 at the Island Savings Centre – “The Big Stick.”

The Westshore Wolves junior B hockey squad starts their week-end with a game Friday, Oct. 2 at Pearkes Rec-reation Centre, taking

on the Saanich Braves at 6:30 p.m. The Wolves continue on the road Saturday, Oct. 3, trav-elling up to Kerry Park to take on the Islanders at 7:30 p.m. The Wolves are back on the ice mid-week, hosting the Victo-ria Cougars on Wednes-day, Oct. 7, at The Q Centre. Puck drops at 7 p.m.

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they take on the Camp-bell River Storm in their barn on Friday, Oct. 9.

In Midget hockey action, most of the senior teams are on the road this weekend. While the Tier 3 midget rep Grizzlies travel to Comox Valley Satur-day, Oct. 3, the Tier 1 and Tier 2 Grizzlies face Nanaimo. The Tier 1s are at Frank Crane Arena and Tier 2s are at the Nanaimo Ice Cen-tre, with both games starting at 3 p.m.

Head to The Q Cen-tre, on Sunday, Oct. 4, when the Midget Tier 2 Grizzlies host Powell River. Puck drops at 10:30 a.m.

There’s plenty of action in high school sports this week.

On Oct. 6, the senior girls’ volleyball sched-ule has Belmont sec-ondary travelling to Stelly’s where the Bull-

dogs take on the hosts and Pacific Christian School, with games starting at 4 p.m.

West Shore runners head to Beaver Lake Wednesday, Oct. 7 for middle and high school cross country competi-tion. The Grade 6 girls and boys start at 3:30 p.m., the Grade 7s at 3:45 p.m., the Grade 8s at 4 p.m., the Grade 9 to 12 girls and Grade 9 boys at 4:15 p.m., and the Grade 10 to 12 boys at 4:30 p.m. Come cheer on your school.

Senior boys’ vol-leyball hits the court on Wednesday, Oct. 7 when Belmont hosts both Royal Bay and Lambrick Park, begin-ning at 6 p.m.

The region’s senior boys’ soccer schedule kicks off for the week on Thursday, Oct. 8, when the West Shore’s Tier 1 Royal Bay hosts Glen-

lyon Norfolk School.The Belmont Bull-

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senior secondary. Come Friday, Oct. 9

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Jason Giesbrecht of Royal Colwood is a regional recipient of the Golf Professional of the Year award for the 2015 Profes-sional Golfers Association of B.C. awards.

The private club’s head pro is also one of four nominees for the provincial award and is one of a few Greater Victoria pros up for

2015 honours, to be presented Oct. 14 at the PGA of B.C.’s annual gala at the River Rock Casino and Hotel in Richmond.

Also named as Vancouver Island regional winners, as well as provincial nominees, are teaching pro Jeff Palmer of Olympic View for Junior Golf Leader of the Year, and Cordova

Bay’s Doug Mahovlic, for Class A Professional of the Year.

Bear Mountain Golf Resort is nominated for Facility of the Year.

Voting among PGA of B.C. members is due to close tomor-row (Oct. 1) and the results will be announced at the [email protected]

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Team Canada captain Ashley Steacy powers her way through a U.S. defender in the Plate Final game at the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series at Westhills stadium in Langford last April. Rugby Canada conformed the event will be returning next April.

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Tickets will be available in November, with more details being announced in the coming weeks.

New Zealand, winners of the overall season series this past year, won last year’s Langford tournament with a 29-10 win over Russia in the cup final. Canada’s women, who train in Langford when not competing around the globe, finished second overall in the series and earned a berth in next year’s Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

“We are really excited to have the opportunity to play in front of our home fans again,” head coach John Tait said. “There is nothing more powerful than support from a Canadian crowd at what will be a critical tournament for us as we chase our goal of seven series and Olympic champions.”

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Variations in bird finds keep things interesting at Rocky PointPamela RothBlack Press

At 6 a.m., Acacia Spencer-Hills is out and about, walking through the forest near Pedder Bay Marina in Metchosin.

She’s among a group of volun-

teers checking 15 nets every half hour set up in the area to catch birds. With each check, Spencer-Hills never knows what she’ll find.

“It’s kind of exciting. Every time you go it’s different. Sometimes you’ll walk up to a net and there’s seven birds in it,” said the 28-year-old. “It’s like opening a present almost. You get to see a lot of dif-ferent birds.”

For the last 26 years, the Rocky Point Bird Observatory (RPBO) – made up of several volunteers from Victoria – has been capturing

and banding birds to track their migrations and learn more about various species.

Two monitoring sites in the Pedder Bay area cover an area of about nine square kilometres. The locations have allowed RPBO to monitor more than 60 different species of birds.

The banders catch approxi-mately 3,000 birds at each station every year. The next few weeks are expected to be the busiest as birds get ready to head south for the winter.

“It’s basically a precursor to any sort of study that you want to do,” said Spencer-Hills. “It’s interesting to see the variations in individual birds. You’ll get two fox spar-rows, but their face will look different or they’ll have a dif-ferent eye colour. It’s pretty fascinating.”

Once the birds are care-fully removed from the net, they are taken to one of the two central banding stations where their age, sex, species, wing length and fat deposits are recorded.

At the banding station, Rebecca Clarke-Coates never knows what she’ll find when she reaches into a cloth bag with a bird inside.

“I like to guess, based on the size,” she says, pulling out an orange-crowned war-bler. Lying still on its back, Clarke-Coates places a tiny band on the bird’s leg and measures the size of its wing.

“The warblers are very calm. They don’t struggle. It’s nice,” she says.

The group tries to capture banded birds later to deter-mine how well they’re doing. The data is shared with con-

servation organizations, students and researchers.

One of the most interesting things for Rick Schortinghuis is learning how long the birds live. On one occasion, a rufous hum-mingbird was captured eight years after it was banded.

“That’s very exciting,” said Schortinghuis. “They go back and forth to Mexico every winter so it comes back to the same house it was banded at.”

In order to find out where some birds breed, RPBO conducted a study two years ago with fox spar-rows, placing 30 geo locators the size of a nickel in a little backpack over the bird’s wings to measure longitude.

The group recaptured 10 of those birds and found they were breeding in western Alaska.

In a regular season, RPBO typi-cally sees three to four species that are rare for the region, such

as the grey cheeked thrush found last year – the first the group has ever recorded. This year the group caught a magnolia war-bler that managed to fly over the Rocky Mountains even though they weigh 11 to 12 grams.

“Having them in your hand is much more interesting than see-ing them in the field. I found that saying – a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush is completely true,” said Spencer-Hills. “You see things with them that you’d never see perching in a tree.”

The passerine migration moni-toring and banding takes place until Oct. 15. The banding of north-ern saw-whet owls runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 31. Last season, more than 1,110 owls were banded.

RPBO is volunteer run and almost entirely volunteer staffed. Anyone interested in volunteering can email [email protected]. [email protected]


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Acacia Spencer-Hills from the Rocky Point Bird Observatory holds a bird that was just banded near Pedder Bay Marina in Metchosin. Volunteers from around Greater Victoria capture and band birds to track migrations and learn about various species.

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There are a number of grants available, usually offered in partnership by Fortis B.C. and B.C. Hydro.

One of the big ones is a roughly $800 rebate for homeowners converting from

baseboard heating to a heat pump. Dean Ford, owner at Essential Air Ltd., said heat pumps can save roughly 50 per cent on hydro bills over baseboard heaters.

Another rebate offers up to $1,700 for homeowners wishing to convert from oil to a heat pump, which is three times more efficient, Ford said.

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Maintenance often overlookedFall is the time to service your heat sourcesKatherine EngqvistNews Gazette staff

A fireplace, topped by an awe-inspiring mantel, can be a deciding factor for many potential home buy-ers. Especially now, as brisk fall nights leave many imag-ining themselves curled up in front of roaring fire as the hint of winter nips at noses.

While romantic notions can fuel the image of a dream home, potential buy-ers need to remember the maintenance aspects that go along with their heat-ing sources said Dean Ford, owner of Langford-based Essential Air Ltd. and the Aire Serv Greater Victoria franchise, which operates his maintenance programs.

Ford is also the Highlands Fire Chief, so he knows first hand what can happen if units aren’t looked after properly.

And now is the time to have those fireplaces, fur-naces, chimneys and heat-ing ducts serviced. Ford said you want to make sure everything is up and run-ning now before the temper-atures drop and you need your heat.

“It’s not something that’s pretty, but it’s the bones of your house,” he said, add-ing that maintenance is key for keeping those integral systems working correctly. “The smaller problems with systems are what create bigger problems.”

He compared it to ser-vicing a car: if your oil isn’t changed regularly it can lead to the motor fail-ing. The same logic can be applied to heating systems.

Ford said if they aren’t main-tained, not only will their efficiency go down, they are also more likely to fail.

He recommended that heat pumps be serviced twice a year; furnaces, fire-places, chimneys and duct-ing once a year. Companies like his offer customers a discount and preferred scheduling when they sign up for a regular mainte-nance package.

He added for those that own wood burning stoves the most important thing to remember is to have a working carbon monoxide detector in the house. But he said that could just be the firefighter in him talking.

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907 Mary Street, $428,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Mike Hartshorne, 250-474-6003

9-949 Pemberton Rd., $489,000Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyRobert Buckle, 250-385-2033

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320-1620 McKenzie Avenue, $398,800MLS 354999, Sunday 2-4Sotheby’s International RealtyBrad MacLaren, 250-380-3933

4468 Autumnwood Ln., $719,000MLS 354145, Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunKaren Scott, 778-426-0834

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SAANICH PENINSULA740 Sea Drive, $1,675,000MLS 349856, Sunday 2-4Jonesco Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath & Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653

1115 Treadwell Drive, $825,000MLS 355427, Sunday 2-4Jonesco Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath & Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653

10360 Simister Place,MLS 356165, Saturday 1-3Macdonald RealtyChace Whitson, 250-818-9338

WEST SHORE44118-3640 Propeller Pl., $415,000MLS 354285, Saturday 2-4Sotheby’s International RealtyBrad MacLaren, 250-380-3933

1923 Millstream Road,MLS 355351, Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesShelna Atkinson, 250-384-8124

1295 Regal Court, $434,900Sunday 11-1DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jenn Raappana, 250-474-6003

2224 Aldeane Avenue, $485,000MLS 356553, Saturday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunDeidra Junghans, 250-744-3301

3718 Cornus Court, $439,900MLS 355723, Sunday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunPeter Lindsay, 250-744-3301

593 Latoria Road, From $299,000Saturday & Sunday 1-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Greg Long, 250-384-8124

2997 Lakewood Place, $649,900MLS 356576, Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Mike Hartshorne, 250-474-6003

2583 Ruby Court, $979,900MLS 355825, Saturday 1-3RE/MAX AllianceKaren Love, 250-727-5868

209-938 Dunford Ave., $239,900Sunday 1-3Sutton Group West Coast RealtyShelly Reed, 250-213-7444

101,102 and 104-944 Dunford Avenue, $359,000Sunday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunRon Bahrey, 250-744-8772

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Fall flyerA scooter rider goes for a cruise along a side road in Metchosin. The fall air might be brisk, but many trees haven’t quite shed their leaves.


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Emily GregsonCertified Fitness Nutrition Specialist,

Kinesiologist & Certified Personal Trainer with West Shore Parks & Recreation

Recipe of the Week

I love eggplant. I love the texture and very subtle flavour and add it to my meal anytime I can. This dish is a great way to include a ton of veggies in a really delicious way.I start with the fish (you can substitute chick peas and white beans for a vegetarian dish) and layer the veggies on top. Fresh parmesan on top browns to perfection and adds a slightly salty kick.

tomato WhiteIngredients:4 small fillets of wild pacific cod1 can whole unseasoned tomatoes1 can tomato purée 2 cups chopped mushrooms2 cups chopped zucchini2 cups chopped eggplant2 cups cooked and cubed squash½ cup olives (if you like them)1 cup fresh parmesan cheeseSalt and pepper to taste

DirectionsLayer the fish fillets in the bottom of a square glass pan. Pour the tomato purée on top.Layer the remaining veggies on top of the fish including the whole tomatoes.Sprinkle the cheese over the top of the dish. Bake at 350 for an hour or until the fish is cooked.

Tip: Try experimenting with feta cheese!

SHAReyour favourIte recIPe... eMaIL

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