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Mayor wins medalNorth Saanich Mayor Alice Finall wins Queens Jubilee Medal for her years of community service, page 7

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There will be elections among downtown Sidney business property owners to lead the new business improvement area (BIA) into what is hoped to be a more prosperous era.

Town council and the business community have a lot riding on the success of a BIA board to deliver effective marketing strategies to bolster the for-tunes of commercial operations in the downtown core. That was evident Monday, March 11 as coun-cillors ratified the recent results from the alternate

approval process and voted to establish a BIA bylaw that will impose an annual levy on those busi-ness properties. In their discussions on commu-nity grants, council noted that several applications could be directed to the BIA in future, reducing

the demand on the town’s limited fund.In a report from the town’s ad hoc committee on

grant selection, it was noted that municipal staff have been tasked with determining how economic development-related events should be funded — including passing it on to the BIA. Examples of what might be considered by the BIA include a proposed literary festival, a gathering of Island and main-land Rotary Club members and other activities that could draw visitors.

The current head of the group that spearheaded the BIA, says he knows there are some big expec-tations and a new executive board will have their work cut out for them.

BIA society to elect a new boardHigh hopes placed on new society for downtown commercial success

“It’s about Sidney. It’s about being able to tell our story.”– Cliff McNeil-Smith

PLEASE SEE:BIA society will start, page 8

Sandown redevelopment getsSandown redevelopment gets

Another turnAnother turnNorth Saanich is

ready to revive the Sandown

Racetrack proposal once again and has high hopes for

a reduction in costs to taxpayers,

commercial land opportunities

and new areas to farm. Page 3

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An old turnstile at the now-shuttered entrance to the Sandown Racetrack.

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Costs and land use barriers to SandownNorth Saanich councillor Ted Daly says he hopes negotiations on racetrack redevelopment resume soonSteven HeywoodNews staff

North Saanich councillors have known for a while the owner of the Sandown Racetrack property and their development consul-tants were seeking potential inves-tors in their proposed commercial property.

Ted Daly says he had known about the plans — that essentially will lead to the resumption of negotiations with the municipality — prior to another developer let-ting the cat out the bag at a coun-cil meeting earlier this month. Daly said that since the proposal hadn’t formally come back to council or staff after it was shelved last year, he had planned to wait until the owners came back to talk.

When news of a real estate list-ing for the proposed commercial site got out, however, Daly said he knew the time had come to discuss the future of the former horse harness racing track.

Daly was part of the majority of council who, in April of 2012, rejected owner William Randall’s proposal to split his 95-acre prop-erty into a 12 acre commercial site and 83 acre agricultural area owned by the municipality. He said he likes the concept but until negotiations resume, there are a few sticking points that preclude any change of heart.

“Overall, the idea is good,” Daly said, “but I still don’t like the plan to use 50 per cent of the taxes from the commercial land for land reclamation.”

Daly is also opposed to the plan as it stood last year because of the potential costs to taxpayers to demolish old buildings, clean up the land and add new topsoil to the site.

“I don’t want this to be the same thing, with the same costs,” he said of the revival of the Sandown plans.

Those costs, he said, need to be renegotiated if there’s any hope of this project happening. Daly said he’s hopeful in the light of the landowner stating they’re willing to pay more for land remediation.

As yet, however, formal talks between North Saanich and the Randall family have not resumed.

Bernadette Greene, who was part of the ad hoc group Friends of Sandown Community Farm, says

she has high hopes that the deal to create new agricultural land in the district will pan out.

“I am cautiously optimistic,” she said. “This has the potential of being really good for the com-munity.”

Her informal group is pushing the idea of having a community farm somewhere on the 83 acres in this proposal. It could include a place where young farmers could cut their teeth on affordable lease land, a community farm market and other agricultural uses that benefit the Peninsula. A pub-lic meeting held by the group attracted more than 400 people, she said, interested in many of these areas.

Whether any of this happens, she continued, will require more talks with the owners, the district, the Agricultural Land Commission and The Farmland Trust, which had offered to operate the farm-land for the municipality.

As for the commercial area, Greene said its proximity to the agricultural land should see it offering complimentary design and service.

“Ideally, it would be support-ive of agriculture, with perhaps a butcher, baker, cheese-maker or other related businesses.”

Most importantly, she said, the retail zone should adhere to North Saanich’s form and character.

“I am excited about it and it

should go to the community to see what people want. There are still questions out there about how it’s all going to happen.”

Geoff Orr, president of the North Saanich Residents Association, said this is a complex proposal and had plenty of obstacles in its last go-round with the municipal-ity.

“We didn’t have a solid position, for or against it,” Orr said of his association’s stance last year.

He noted they wanted to get as much information as they could, for themselves and residents — indicating that will again be the case when the proponents bring the plan back to the public.

“In general, it’s good to see the

original concept largely intact,” Orr said.

He added there should be a shift in the negotiations over who will pick up the costs for land clean-up.

“There’s a shift of some of the costs to the proponent, so this means the issue is not a slam dunk. There are still negotiations left to take place.”

The first step, however, will be for the Randall family and their development representatives, Omicron, to open the dialogue with council and the municipality.

“I hope to see this back before council sooner rather than later,” Daly said.

He added there might be wiggle room in the negotiations with the land owner, but some areas — for him — are black and white.

For instance, Daly said he doesn’t want the district to get into the business of farming. As well, he noted that costs to the taxpayers could be the main stick-ing point.

“I don’t want to see negative impacts on the district.”

Omicron and the Randall fam-ily have been seeking retail inter-est in the plan, touting the site at shopping centre conferences and through their real estate listing of the property. As they test the waters, they have told the News Review they plan to bring the plans back to council. No date for that has yet been set.

An artist’s rendering of what a proposed 12-acre commercial property at Sandown Racetrack in North Saanich might look like.

Plans for the shopping centre at Sandown show a two-phase process.


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Much to gain on SandownWith so much common ground between

residents, politicians and supporters of agriculture, there should be no reason why the redevelopment of the Sandown Racetrack should not happen.

All sides on the issue appear to agree that new, active agricultural land would be a great addition to North Saanich, already a

largely agrarian community. As well, for a majority of council — and for some of the district’s citizens — the potential for a new commercial

zone adds some much-needed diversity to the tax base.

The resurrection of the Sandown proposal — to create a 12-acre commercial site and 83-acre agricultural property — will set into motion a new rounds of negotiations between the Randall family, who own the property, and the municipality, which would take over the 83 acres. There are barriers to a successful outcome — the costs, the use of new farmland, how the commercial property will someday look and how the district and the Agricultural Land Commission will get along. Yet with much to gain in the long run, council will have to find a way to get the most benefit for the community, without letting their own hang-ups get in the way.

All parties involved are not rushing headlong into negotiations, however. There is still plenty left to talk about. Even though almost a year has gone by since the district halted the process in April of 2012, the ideas, the needs and the concerns must be addressed in full, public forums that leave no doubt about a transparent process. Many of the costs are already known and aspects of the property transfer are out there. While much of the formal, unwieldy negotiations cannot be done in public, citizens must be a part of this outcome.

Without their support, Sandown could again only go so far.

Without (public) support, Sandown could again only go so far

Ottawa is in the midst of a long, slow thaw from a cold winter, but Vic-toria has all the telltale

signs of spring.The change in sea-

sons is visible every-where, with the requisite umbrellas and budding trees. Usually at this time of year we also receive paper tax packages in the mail, but this year, without warning, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) announced it will no longer be mailing the T1 general tax package.

Service cuts and sweeping changes at the CRA have left Canadians confused about how to access the basic information they need to file their taxes.

The Telefile service used by hun-dreds of thousands of Canadians was cancelled earlier this year and changes to NETFILE have triggered major privacy concerns.

Payment and enquiry counter services are closing, face-to-face outreach sessions have been dis-continued and every service coun-ter in Canada is set to close by October 1.

The CRA is effectively closing its doors to the public.

Meanwhile, seniors, persons liv-ing with disabilities and persons living in remote or rural areas are concerned about access to basic tax forms and other informa-tion.

In the government’s 2013-2014 estimates, the CRA is projected to be cut by approximately $100 mil-lion. This is on top of last year’s Economic Action Plan, under which more than 3,000 full-time equiva-lent jobs have or will be cut

from the agency over a three-year roll out period.

As official opposition critic for national revenue, I have opposed the CRA service cuts and been seek-ing answers to constituents’ ques-tions to ensure you have the infor-mation you need to file your taxes with ease and on time.

The federal privacy commis-sioner has sought further informa-tion from the CRA and is investigat-ing the new NETFILE requirements to use a social insurance number and a birth date to file online.

Previously, NETFILE required a personal code and pin number to

file tax returns.The New Democratic Party’s

privacy and National Revenue crit-ics have been in contact with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner regarding this matter and are await-ing the results of that investigation.

Canadians not using the NET-FILE option have been encour-aged to download tax forms from the CRA website or pick up tax packages at local Canada Post or Service Canada locations.

Canadians are entitled to receive tax documents by mail, but the CRA will only send a package to those who specifically request it. If you would like a tax package mailed, call 1-800-959-7383 as soon as possible.

To assist you, my community office has compiled a list of tax clin-ics in Victoria where volunteers are available to help you complete your taxes. Please visit murrayrankin.ca for more information.

Please contact my office at 250-363-3600 should you have any fur-ther questions or concerns about the CRA or other federal govern-ment agencies.

Murray Rankin is the Official Opposi-tion Critic for National Revenue and

the NDP Member of Parliament for Victoria.

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Murray RankinGuest Column


Speculation is not community planning

Re: Large lots and NIMBY going way of the dodo, PNR, March 8.

Mr. Shick has cast aspersions upon my motives and meth-ods. While it is prob-ably futile to refute these generalizations, I stand by the asser-tions contained in my previous letters. As I, and others, believe my research to be quite thorough, I do resent being accused of mud-dying the water.

Although I would welcome the dialogue, I don’t recall anyone contesting any of my claims, although they may be quick to make uninformed assumptions about my motives.

My only motive in reluctantly persisting with these letters is to support the concept of organized, integrated and long-term planning for North Saanich in concert with our neigh-bouring municipalities. The mechanism for this already exists as the Official Community Plans and the Regional

Growth Strategy. I also support amend-ing both of these if the changes yield clear and abundant benefits to the community and those changes are accepted by the resi-dents.

This is not the belief of an anti-development NIMBY who fears change.

Major changes to the community, accom-plished at random and through spot rezoning, denigrate the principle and practice of profes-sional community plan-ning. This is not to say that individual cases that actually champion innovative ideas, and genuinely enrich the community, as well as the developer, should be considered nega-tively.

To reiterate, there is nothing automatically bad about land specu-lation, let’s just not confuse it with commu-nity planning.

Speaking of which, how much of that is currently being undertaken in North Saanich? The current council is almost com-pletely engaged in fur-thering ad hoc devel-opment projects to the exclusion of any other

innovative, or even routine, programs.

Mr. Shick states that as a member of the Advisory Plan-ning Commission, I have “more say in development matters than most in our com-munity.” First, I am no longer a member of the APC. Recent new appointments there have left it recon-structed as a philo-sophical clone of the current council, with little daylight visible between the two. Sec-ond, I would suggest that as an architectural consultant to a local developer, Mr. Shick would have far more influence with the cur-rent regime than I.

Springfield Harrison

North Saanich

Quick profit today

Raw land particu-larly close to urban areas is an important resource that requires the same careful man-agement that you would apply to for-estry, mining or any other natural resource that is not renewable.

The Saanich Pen-insula with it’s large

agriculture land base and limited raw land for housing is facing future problems partly because of poor land management.

The narrow strip of land along the north end of the Peninsula had the potential to supply the future hous-ing needs for Greater Victoria for the next 50 years but within five years the land was split up into large lots and used up. Allowing the land to be used up in such a short time span was truly mismanagement but resulted in a quick profit for the develop-ers.

It’s no different than shipping raw logs or unrefined oil. Take the quick profit today and we will worry about the future tomorrow.

Brian Moran Sidney

End of polio may be threatened

Polio, one of the world’s oldest scourges, is on the verge of being eradi-cated. It isn’t very often we see a disease completely wiped out, but we are almost there. An exciting

milestone in history, unless … If our govern-ment follows through with their announce-ment that they intend to slash our 2013 inter-national development aid budget by $319 mil-lion, there is no doubt

this crippling disease will resurge, causing the paralysis and death of children once again.

With budget cuts, gains on polio eradi-cation and other dis-eases will be lost. Bill Gates’ Foundation has

highlighted polio in its recent funding pri-orities, so why not the Canadian government? Reverse the cuts or recklessly risk endan-gering children’s lives.

Anita MarkSaanichton

LETTERS

Community planning, land development, polio threatenedReaders respond:

Ad hoc changes to OCP are simply destructive

In his letter of March 8, Kyle Shick seems to suggest a tax shortfall in North Saanich could be addressed by increasing density through small lot housing developments.

We have often heard this argument in favour of broadening the tax base and we have often been told that growth is inevitable. If greater density brought lower taxes then it would be cheaper to live in Hong Kong than in North Saanich.

Mr. Shick is a professional in the hous-ing industry, as is another recent writer to the PNR, Silvia Bonet, both of whom work with Saanichton based Finlayson-Bonet Architecture whose website dis-plays numerous high density projects they have designed. They of course are entitled to design what they wish, to work for whomever they choose and to voice their support for projects and planning decisions of which they

approve and from which they may even benefit. However, in my opinion, Mr. Shick does not seem to appreciate the importance of our municipality’s Official Community Plan.

The North Saanich OCP was created with the express purpose of providing certainty and stability to planning and development issues in our community.

It expresses the basic premise that our community’s prosperity does not

depend on population increase and articulates the virtues of sustainability.

Making ad hoc amendments to the OCP without going through the legis-lated and appropriate review process is, in my opinion, simply destructive.

It is not NIMBYism to expect our elected representatives to adhere to the OCP.

Patrick GodfreyNorth Saanich

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In the past few months, fixed-income investors have been reacting to the 7.2 per cent total return of the TSX Index in 2012, and its continuing advance in early 2013 — prompting many to return to equities. A smart move? Possibly. However, for many, the shift in investment strategy has come several years too late.

From September 2008, the TSX Index had, in just five months, dropped to its low of 8,123 by early February 2009 — a precip-itous decline of 31 per cent. During this period many investors fled equities and moved to fixed-income products — often booking significant losses in the process. The TSX Index rebound ultimately resulted in a 57 per cent climb to a February 28, 2013 level of 12,800.

While many who fled equities lost financially with their strategy, those who invested in bonds or low-cost bond funds at least received a respectable interest yield.

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Having missed out on the huge equity market rebound of the past four years, investors are now once again flocking back to equity markets. If this wave continues, it is likely that markets will continue to strengthen for some time yet.

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Kimberley Smith and Bo Helliwell of Smith Blue Sky Architecture located in West Vancouver were awarded the Residential Wood Design award for their project Solar Crest on Sidney Island. The team was also awarded the Architect Award during the awards ceremony.

More than 350 distinguished design and building professionals, including architects, engineers, project teams, industry sponsors and guests gath-ered March 4 to honour the nominees and winners of the 2013 awards.

The ninth annual awards evening at the Vancouver Convention Cen-tre (West) recognized leadership and innovation in wood use while being an opportunity to publicly salute and

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• Sidney council approved a draft 2013 work plan from the Community Develop-ment Committee.

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• The town is about to launch a citizen sat-isfaction survey. The survey will be made available soon and results expected by the fall.

• Sidney will soon be looking for a new manager of opera-tions.

Pete Harrison has announced his retire-ment this year.

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All persons who believe that their property is affected by the proposed amending bylaws will be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaws at the Public Hearings to be held at the Sidney Town Hall, 2440 Sidney Avenue, Sidney, BC on Monday, March 25, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. Written submissions can be received at the Town Hall prior to 4:00 p.m. on March 25, 2013 or at the Public Hearings themselves.

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The purpose of Bylaw No. 2044 is to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 2015 to allow Two-Family Residential use, with conditions, as a permitted use on certain properties in the Multi-Family Low Density Residential (RM5), Multi-Family Medium Density Residential (RM6), and Multi-Family High Density Residential (RM7) zoning designations, and to incorporate several housekeeping amendments in various sections of Zoning Bylaw No. 2015.

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NORTH SAANICH — The Federation of Canadian Municipali-ties (FCM) has selected District of North Saan-ich Mayor, Alice Finall to receive the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal in hon-our of the contribu-tions she has made to her community and to all of Canada.

FCM executive mem-ber Chris Coleman pre-sewnted Finall with her medal at the March 11 committee of the whole meeting.

The FCM chose Finall to receive this distinc-tion for her exemplary efforts in making her community a great place to live. The FCM recognizes the impor-tant role municipalities and their elected lead-ers play in ensuring prosperity and high quality of life within their communities.

“Your peers in local government across the country admire your accomplishments as a community leader, and congratulate you on earning this prestigious award,” said FCM Presi-

dent Karen Leibovici in a media release.

Former North Saan-ich Councillor Cairine Green, now a councillor in Oak Bay, added, “It is no surprise to me that Mayor Alice Finall has received this distinc-tion. Serving with her

on North Saanich coun-cil was a privilege and I experienced firsthand her tremendous dedi-cation, commitment and vision as a com-munity leader --- I can’t think of anyone more deserving.”

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— Submitted by the Dis-trict of North Saanich/FCM

Devon MacKenzieNews staff

During a budget meeting on Mon-day night, Central Saanich council discussed a possible tax increase of 1.8 per cent over last year.

Last year’s rate sat at 3.56 per cent and the proposal so far for this year is a hike up to 5.36 per cent. Mayor Alastair Bryson said the budget is a work in progress and council and staff will work together to see how the numbers can be solidified before the final budget deadline.

“It’s definitely a work in progress, and we’re seeing the increase com-

ing from a significant decrease in rev-enue for the municipality,” said Bry-son Tuesday.

“There are a couple of major fac-tors facing us where we’ll see a short-fall of around $324,000.”

The $324,000 shortfall comes from two areas of the District’s rev-enue. One half comes from cuts in provincial traffic fine revenue shar-ing and other from a decrease in the small community grants the district receives from the province.

Bryson added that overall the dis-trict’s expenses are on the decline.

The official budget deadline is May 15.

Central Saanich tax rate sitting at 5.3%

Finall earns Queen’s medal for years of serviceNorth Saanich mayor nominated for the Diamond Jubilee Medal by Federation of Canadian Municipalities

Submitted photo

Alice Finall received a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal in recognition of her dedication to North Saanich.


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Cliff McNeil-Smith, business owner and president of the Sidney Business Develop-ment Group (SBDG), said he was pleased the BIA was successful after a nine-month effort to convince people it was the right thing to do. Now, he continued, comes the election of a new board of directors to lead the Sidney Business Improvement Area Society.

“There is a board right now,” he said, “and we’re going to be meeting soon to set a date for those elections.”

That elected board — which could be in place as early as the end of April — will be responsible for how an esti-mated $250,000 will be spent on market-ing efforts and other ways to attract more people to town.

He said the BIA group will be asking business owners, charitable groups and residents to provide feedback on market-ing plans for Sidney.

“It’s about Sidney,” he said. “It’s about being able to tell our story.”

To be able to do that, the society will need cash. Their fiscal year begins April 1, 2014, said McNeil-Smith and right now there is no money. That will come when the town collects the BIA levy attached to commercial taxes. In the meantime, McNeil-Smith said the new bylaw allows the town to front 50 per cent of the cur-rent year grant amount. He said the soci-ety will rely on that to get them started this year.

The BIA bylaw set out by the town is now in effect and requires the society to have a balanced budget, audited annual

financial statements, insurance and approved policy statements.

The society is independent of the town — the municipality acting only as tax col-lector and in a financial oversight role

— and is required to cover its own costs through the commercial properties levy, which will be paid to the society on or before July 15 in each calendar year.

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BIA society will start with cash from the town

Steven Heywood/News staff

Like this art piece on Sidney’s Sculpture Walk, politicians and residents are looking ahead at what a BIA society might bring to the community.

By the Numbers• The Town of Sidney’s BIA bylaw is in effect from 2013 to 2017, a five-year term.• Commercial properties will be charged a levy of $1.06 per $1,000 of assessed value.• Total levy in 2013: $250,000 (based on 2012 property assessments).• Estimated budget revenue in 2013: $317,000 ($67,000 in associate memberships and partnerships).• Annual cost of living increase to the total levy cap in each of the subsequent four years: 2.5 per cent.• Measuring success: merchant revenue growth; commercial vacancy stats; web hits; hotel room nights; attractions visitor numbers; info centre user numbers.

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SIDNEY — Green Party MLA candidate Adam Olsen and his family are hosting a community walk to celebrate all things green

this Sunday, March 17. The walk starts at 10 a.m. at Beacon Park (in front of the Sidney Pier Hotel) and will continue along the

waterfront to Tulista Park and back again. The event will go ahead rain or shine and every-one is welcome. — News staff

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Sidney’s Star Cinema is within $5,000 of their goal for upgrading their projectors and the theatre’s new seats are expected to be installed next month.

“We were hoping to have the seats put in by March but then we thought it would be better to stay open for both spring break and Easter rather than being closed while the kids are out of school,” explained cinema owner Sandy Oliver, adding there is a exciting list of movies coming up for those enjoying their two week spring break.

“We’ve got some great movies coming up for children, including Oz which opened this week and Jack the Giant Slayer which opens next week.”

The theatre has been inching closer to their goal of raising $185,000 for new digital projectors and seating and they are now sitting only $5,000 away from that fund being topped

up. The initiative to update the the-atre started this past summer after it became clear that the well-loved theatre needed an update and two digital projectors to keep up with the times.

Last week, a $5,000 donation from Joyce Mitchell, a theatre patron who had previously donated to the cause, helped the Star get within the last few thousand dollars of their goal.

“It’s very generous,” Oliver said of Mitchell’s donation. “She’s donated several different ways and I think it’s very impressive she’s done so much for us as an individual. We’re getting very, very close to our goal now and it’s very exciting. You never know where that last $5,000 is going to come from.”

“I donate because I feel that (the Star) is a unique and wonderful place for people to enjoy positive energy within the community,” said Mitch-ell.

“I encourage others do to the same because I think many people would feel a great loss without a place like the Star.”

For a list of spring break movie scheduling and ways to donate to the Star, visit www.starcinema.ca.

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POLICE NEWSfrom the Saanich Peninsula

Sidney North Saanich RCMP

• Sidney North Saanich RCMP received 113 calls for service this week. On March 10, police stopped a driver who ran a stop sign behind Thrifty Foods onto James White Boulevard in Sidney. The driver, who was found to be under the influence of alcohol, was issued a 90-day immediate roadside prohibition.

Central Saanich Police Service

• On March 6 a hit and run on a parked van was reported on Verdier Avenue. A wit-ness took down the number of the pickup that hit the parked van. Police tracked down the 25-year-old Saanich driver. He was issued a violation ticket for failing to pro-vide his information at an accident.

• Ten election signs were stolen between March 9 and 10. Corporal Pat Bryant reminds residents that vandalizing or stealing signs is considered a crime.

• Between March 9 and 12, someone entered a farm prop-erty on Mount Newton X Road and stole a blind and game cam-era used to monitor movement of deer and wildlife. The equip-ment, owned by a hunter with a crop protection permit for the farm, is valued at $575. Anyone with information can call the Central Saanich Police Service at 250-652-4441.

• On March 26 and 27, the Sidney North Saanich RCMP and Central Saanich Police Service will be participating in the Slow Down and Move Over campaign with the Integrated Road Safety Unit. The cam-paign is designed to remind drivers to slow down, and if it is safe to do so, move over when approaching an official vehicle with flashing lights stopped at the side of the road.

Police say when you see an enforcement vehicle stopped, driv-ers must slow down by at least 10 km/h.

Drivers who don’t could be issued a $173 fine and three penalty points.

— Devon MacKenzie

Tom FletcherBlack Press

The B.C. NDP collected more than $500,000 from constituency office budgets starting in 2005, using the money for purposes that Auditor General John Doyle described as inappropriate and inadequately doc-umented.

Documents from a draft internal audit of B.C. legislature finances sur-faced this week. They describe a practice of NDP constituency offices paying $202 per month each into a “centralized fund” that was used to hire three-time NDP candidate Gabriel Yiu on contracts to work for the NDP caucus.

B.C. Liberal cabinet minister Bill Bennett said Premier Christy Clark has apologized for a plan that sug-gested using govern-ment resources to help the party, and the NDP should do the same for this.

“This is a kickback scheme,” Bennett said.

“This is a scheme that uses money that’s intended for constitu-ency offices around this province ... your NDP MLA thought that it was OK to send back $200 a month to the cau-cus for politically partisan reasons,

rather than using that money to look after your constituents.”

NDP caucus chair Shane Simpson rejected suggestions that the centralized fund was a violation of the rules, noting that it was approved by the legislature’s in-house accountant at the time.

The legislature’s for-mer comptroller gen-eral was fired last year after a broader audit by Doyle revealed

MLAs’ personal expenses were being paid without receipts.

Those and other inadequacies

in record-keeping prevented Doyle from assessing whether constituency funds were being properly spent.

The 2010 draft audit described the response of NDP “management” as admitting that the payments were inappropriate.

“Management erroneously relied on the honour system prevalent at the [Legislative] Assembly to accept the request for transfers which are now shown to have been inappropri-ate,” the draft audit stated.

It describing the use of the funds as for “partisan purposes and not for goods or services consistent with the original purpose of the constitu-ency office.”

— Black Press

NDP defends partisan ‘kickback’ fund

“This is a scheme that uses money that’s intended for constituency offices around the province.”

– Bill Bennett

SIDNEY — The Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce says it wel-comes the downtown Sidney Busi-ness Improvement Association.

The Chamber’s Board of Direc-tors endorsed the BIA proposal in November 2012 and has continued to support it hroughout the approv-als process.

“This is not just about two organi-

zations having an on-going dialogue with each other” says Chamber Exec-utive Director Chris Fudge, “this is about harnessing the influence of the Peninsula’s business organization with the marketing capabilities of the BIA, and having a positive impact on the economic well-being of the com-munity.”

— Submitted by the SPCC

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Mary was born in Victoria Jan. 9, 1921 to parents Edward George Newman and mother Edith Burt. Her childhood was spent growing up in the James Bay area of Victoria with brothers Jimmy, Harold and Ted. She met her future

husband Albert Percival and they were married in Victoria Nov. 28, 1942. They purchased their fi rst house in Colwood where they raised a family and were very involved in the community. Mary became a member of St. John the Baptist Church (now a heritage church), in 1949. She spent many happy hours working with other members for the church and community. Mary always felt she was truly blessed and wanted to give back to society. She was predeceased by her parents Edward and Edith, brothers Jimmy and Harold and her husband Bert. Left to mourn her passing are her brother Ted (Josie) and family; son Phil (Flo); daughter Dianne (Greg); son Verne (Jan). She will also be greatly missed by grandchildren, great grandchildren and many friends. We would like to say a very special thank you to the ER staff of Victoria General and also the 4th fl oor staff for their concern for Mum and family. We would also like to say thank you to Dr. Elizabeth Thompson for her dedication and commitment to our family. There will be a memorial service at The Church of the Advent, 510 Mt. View Ave., Colwood, Mar. 23, 2013 at 1:00 pm. In lieu of fl owers donations to Victoria Hospice appreciated. Care Funeral Services 250-391-9696

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SHOPRIDER SCOOTER, 4 wheels, nearly new, $800. Re-tails for $3500. (250)652-5652.

UNIVERSAL GYM $150.Rowing machine $50. Dumb-bells $75. Craftsman lawn-mower $50. Clipper canoe$200. Senya fax machine $25.Pls call Dean 250-727-7905.

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SAXE POINT area- 1 bdrm suite, avail Apr 15. (250)386-6808 after 5pm.

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BRENTWOOD BAY: Brand new 1-bdrm, 1 bath, ground fl oor suite. NS/NP. Avail April 1st. D/W, W/D. $800. + utils. Ref’s please. (250)652-1725.

COLWOOD- 2 bdrm level en-try, shared W/D, NS/NP. Refs, $1100 incls utils. 250-391-7915

LANGFORD, 1BDRM, $850 mo incls all utils, priv ent, parking, NS/NP. 250-478-1408

LANGFORD- 2 bdrms, 4 appls, $1100 inclds utils. Available now. (250)885-9128.

LANGFORD (Costco). Bus, shops, school. 2 Bdrm suite, yard, 4 appls, water incl, shared laundry, $1100 mo + utils, water incl’d. NS/NP. Avail March 1. Call (250)881-2283.

SIDNEY- (CLOSE to town). 1 bdrm 700 sq ft basement suite, includes W/D, private entrance, fenced back yard & patio. Avail April 1st. $800/mo. Call (250)479-7807.

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LAVENDER CO-OP is accept-ing applications for a 2 bdrm one level end unit w/ garage, W/D hookup, near schools & bus, $876/mo. Share purchase $2500. Min. income $42,000+. Applications avail in the glass case outside the Community Hall at 10A-620 Judah St.

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CARS

1994 MUSTANG convertible, red, V6 Auto, newer tires, brakes, radiator. Looks and runs great. Asking $3000 OBO. Call (250)590-2450.

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

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CARPENTRY

LAPWING CARPENTRY. Decks, fences, quality repairs, renos & insulation. 10 years experience. Call 778-967-1246

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INSTCARPET ALLATION

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

CLEANING SERVICES

MALTA HOUSECLEANING Estates, events, offi ces. BBB member. (250)388-0278.

SPOTLESS HOME Cleaning. Affordable, Exp’d, Reliable, Ef-fi cient. Exc refs. 250-508-1018

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A HOME COMPUTER Coach. Senior friendly. Computer les-sons, maintenance and prob-lem solving. Please call Des 250-656-9363, 250-727-5519.

DRYWALL

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

ELECTRICAL

250-361-6193 Quality Electric Reno’s, res & comm. No job too small. Lic# 22779.


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(250)590-9653.ELECTRICIAN 20 yrs + exp. Residential: New homes & Renos. Knob & tube replacement. $40./hr. Senior’s Discount. Lic.#3003.

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. $40/hr. Work Guaranteed. Any size job. (250)888-6160. Lic#13981.

FENCING

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

FURNITURE REFINISHING

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

GARDENING

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

20+ YEARS Experience. Lawns, Pruning, Maintenance, Landscaping & more. Reliable. WCB. Andrew (250)656-0052.

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PRO IRISH GARDENERS- maintenance, pruning, clean-ups, lawn care. 20 yrs exp. WCB. Call (250)652-6989.

SPRING CLEANups, complete maintenance. Residential & Commercial. 250-474-4373.

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WE-CUT-LAWNS(Lawn and Garden services.) “Don’t let the grass grow under your feet.” Call us at 250-655-1956.

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

250-889-5794. DIAMOND Dave Gutter & Window Clean-ing at Fair Prices!

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

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$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.

GARY’S HAULING. One call does it all. Small demos & yard clean-up. Vehicle & metal recycling. Call (778)966-1413.

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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.THE MOSS MAN Chemical- Free Roof De-Mossing & Gut-ter Cleaning since 1996. Call 250-881-5515. Free estimates!www.mossman.ca

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The second annual Purple Day Plane Pull for Epilepsy is being held March 23 and event organizers are calling for more teams to get involved in the action-packed day.

“We had 10 teams involved last year and we’d love to double it this year,” said event Committee Chair Catriona Johnson.

“It’s a super fun event for the whole family benefitting a good cause. People dress up and the team that raises the most money gets a wonderful prize — a catered dinner for five from Chef Castro Boateng.”

The idea for the event, which was started last year by the Victoria Epilepsy and Parkinsons Centre Society (VEPC), came from other organizations, mostly in the U.S. who were using plane pulls to raise money for causes.

“We thought ‘why not amalgamate this?’ because over the last few years Purple Day (for Epilepsy awareness) has

grown. Now we’ve created some really neat partnerships through the plane pull event and Purple Day and we hope to do it every year,” said Johnson.

The events takes place at the Viscount Aero Centre near the Victoria Airport.

Along with the plane pull, the day will include demonstra-tions by seizure dogs, the drone planes from the University of Victoria on display, a flight simulator and a kids zone.

A raffle will also feature some great prizes, said Johnson, including raffle prizes for flights in Chinese fighter jets.

“We just want to get people involved to come out and try it,” she said.

“I mean, how often do you get to say ‘I got to pull a Sec-ond World War bomber plane — that’s pretty neat.”

Teams can register at www.victoriaplanepull.ca. Online registration closes on March 21 at 4 p.m. For more information on the VEPC, visit www.vepc.

bc.ca.

Teams sought for Purple Day Plane Pull

Photo courtesy of VEPC

Participants haul a plane in last year’s Victoria Epilepsy and Parkinsons Centre Society Purple Day Plane Pull.

Second annual event to raise money for epilepsy awareness set for March 23

SIDNEY — Peninsula Gallery will host water-colour artist Sandhu Singh this Saturday, March 16 from 1 to 4 p.m. as he demonstrates his technique in water colour painting.

Born in India, Singh immigrated to Canada in 1990. In 2002, he graduated from the University of Victoria with a Bachelor of Science in nursing.

Always interested in art, he took a watercolour painting course in 2004 that changed his life. In 2009, he became an active member in the Federa-tion of Canadian Artists and decided to dedicate himself to fully developing his artistic talent.

Watercolour is a complex and challenging medium and the softness and atmospheric quali-ties are what appeal to Singh.

“It reminds me to let go and just be. When I paint, I become fearless, which allows me to look at life from a different perspective,” he said.

With subjects ranging from city scenes to marinas, landscapes and lone figures, Singh rel-ishes each opportunity to render life’s unique moments.

Singh has participated in shows in Canada, the U.S.A. and Australia and in 2011, he won the “Best in Show” award at the Sidney Fine Art Show.

For more details, visit www.pengal.com or call 250-655-1722. — Submitted

Sandhu Singh at Peninsula Gallery

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