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The elimination of frontline staff at the Victoria office of Veterans Affairs this fall will deal a devastating blow to military veterans, says the union representing employees.

The federal department’s main office on the Island the will see its ros-ter of 17 client service agents shrink by 4.37 full-time equivalent positions, as

part of a nation-wide downsizing plan.

The Victoria agents help vet-erans apply for disability pen-sions and mobil-ity aids, among other services.

In the wake of the job cuts, the Royal Cana-

dian Legion expects to see an influx of veterans submitting more disabil-ity claims. That will further swamp the Legion’s two service officers, one each at CFB Esquimalt and in Van-couver, who are already filing papers for hundreds of vets, who turn to the Legion rather than Veterans Affairs.

“The workload has increased ten-fold for our two service officers in the last few months, to a point where we’re going to have to hire two more,” said Dave Sinclair, immediate past president of the B.C./Yukon Com-mand of the Royal Canadian Legion.

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Big world of the smallIt’s complicated and expensive, but UVic’s new microscope will peer deeper than anything in the world.

News, Page A3

Veterans Affairs braces for job cuts in Victoria

Natalie NorthNews staff

It’s 3 p.m. on a Tuesday afternoon and Anna Wren has nine women over for dinner.Wren is a registered dietician and the

women are seniors who prescribe to her belief that healthy lifestyle education is best retained in the kitchen – rather than the doctor’s office.

Wren leads a community kitchen for seniors, a free cooking program designed to boost seniors’ health and independence through meal planning and group cooking sessions.

“Nutrition tends to be a lower prior-ity when people are living on their own,”

Wren said. “It’s hard to cook for one … and it’s not as fun to eat by yourself.”

Wren was motivated to launch a com-munity kitchen targeted at older residents when her outpatient work with seniors at risk brought her in contact with people who were losing weight and suffering from improper nutrition and isolation.

Today at Les Passmore Seniors Activ-ity Centre, the seniors – who happen to all be women, though the class is open to men too – are preparing skillet pork chops with sweet potatoes and couscous and an apple rhubarb crisp for dessert.

Some people with mobility issues sit and chop ingredients, some tell stories while cooking, and all go home with leftovers and a book of affordable, easy-to-prepare recipes. One participant was a caterer before suffering a stroke. Her knowledge is returning as she learns to cook again.

“It’s interesting how everyone finds something to do within their ability,” Wren

said. “No one is standing and watching. Even if you’re stirring a pot or measuring spices for the soup, everyone feels like they’re involved.”

Wren launched the program in Septem-ber 2011 at the James Bay Community Project in Victoria, and was able to con-tinue thanks in part to a collaboration with Saanich Parks and Recreation and a $20,000, New Horizons for Seniors Pro-gram grant from the federal government.

“So many seniors are living on their own and they want to stay in their homes. This is a way to keep them healthy, keep them socially connected,” said Julie Wallace, programmer with Saanich community ser-vices.

Sessions run for six weeks – a term Wren and Wallace hope participants will extend independently with the co-opera-tion of participating seniors’ centres.

Vets will fall through cracks, says union

PLEASE SEE: Veteran’s cuts, Page A6

“We’re not processing passports here. We’re dealing with people’s lives ...”

– Kim Coles Union of Veterans Affairs Employees

Finding community in the kitchenSeniors offered free cooking skills, social activities

From left, Enes Moscrip, Barb Belknap, Carol Allis, instructor Anna Wren and Ellie Wight gather around the stove as they cook dinner together at the Les Passmore Seniors Activity Centre in Saanich. The group made skillet pork chops with sweet potatoes and couscous, and a rhubarb crisp for dessert.

Sharon Tiffin/News staff

PLEASE SEE: Project aimed, Page A15

Getting in lineMount Doug brothers are part of school’s small but strong team going to track and field provincials. Sports, Page A18

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Banned driver nabbed behind the wheel

A 40-year-old View Royal man who wasn’t supposed to be on the road was arrested last Saturday night after his bad driving caught the atten-tion of the Saanich police.

An officer pulled over a 1992 Acura around 8:20 p.m. on Harriet Road on May 26, but the driver couldn’t produce a valid driver’s licence.

He said he had a valid Cali-fornia licence but the officer found the man had an out-standing warrant on the West Shore for a prohibited driving charge. He was arrested, the vehicle was impounded, and the man was issued another driving prohibition.

“Once again, we have a situ-ation where we see a chronic driver with no licence who continues to drive,” said Sgt. Dean Jantzen.

Traffic safety officers see, on a daily basis, cases where suspended B.C. drivers have been able to successfully receive a licence from another jurisdiction, such as Alberta or Washington state.

“Regardless if you hold a licence (from another province or state), if you are suspended in B.C., you are not to be driv-ing on our roads,” Jantzen said.

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Kids bike rodeo at UVic on Sunday

The University of Victoria’s campus security is hosting a bike safety rodeo for kids on Sunday.

Kids five to 12 years old with bikes and helmets can test their riding skills and partici-pate in face painting and other kid-friendly activities.

Child Find B.C. will provide child identification booklets for parents, and safety organiza-tions such as B.C. Hydro Pow-erSmart, the Red Cross, and police and fire departments will be on hand with displays.

Kids safety day is June 3, 1 to 4 p.m. in UVic parking lot No. 2, off McKenzie Road.

Edward HillNews staff

By this fall, the world’s most powerful microscope will fire up in a basement at the University of Victoria, and allow scientists to enter a new frontier of subatomic research.

But right now, the bulky, stain-less steel components are barely cut from their plastic wrap after arriving from Germany last week.

UVic engineering professor Rodney Herring and Hitachi tech-nology manager David Hoyle will spend the summer piecing together 4.5-metre high, seven-tonne device, known as the scan-ning transmission electron holog-raphy microscope (STEHM).

“This is the Ferrari of micro-scopes,” Herring says smiling. Or is it the Lamborghini? “Ferrari,” he says.

Indeed, the electron gun, aber-ration correctors and lens pack-age will give scientists the ability to probe to a scale of about one-fifth the diameter of an atom, or about 20 million times magnifica-tion from human sight.

Nanotechnology works at the level of billionths of a metre – the nanometre. This microscope drills down into trillionths of a metre, the rarefied picometre scale. It can resolve images at 50 picome-tres and smaller. A silicon atom by comparison is roomy at 235 picometres across.

“This is the first of its kind. It is the next generation of elec-tron microscope,” says Elaine Humphrey, manager of the UVic advanced microscopy facility and a biology professor. “We are going below 50 picometres. In picome-tre technology, there’s not a lot of it around.”

In the basement lab in the Bob Wright building, Herring and Hoyle joke about using duct tape to hold the microscope com-ponents together, but this is a decade-long project of mind-bog-gling engineering and scientific precision.

Herring shopped his design to

a number of high-tech companies, but most didn’t believe the level of magnification and resolution was possible. Hitachi itself needed convincing that the engineering would work and the investment was sound. The final bill isn’t pub-lic knowledge – Herring said $9.2 million from government research grants and UVic is “less than half the cost.”

“(The microscope) is an expen-sive machine,” he said. “It’s argu-ably the highest level of technol-ogy made ... other than (the Large Hadron Collider) or the Interna-tional Space Station.”

Everything on the STEHM hits the extremes – it has the most advanced electron gun, and high-est resolution imaging and larg-est magnification of anything on earth. The vacuum chamber in the electron gun apparatus nearly

replicates the kind of extreme emptiness of deep space.

The underground metal cham-ber that houses the microscope effectively eliminates all sound and external vibrations. It sits on a concrete foundation physically separate from the Bob Wright building, which is built on an existing slab of bedrock too big to vibrate from passing vehicles.

Herring said slight vibrations from the human voice or imper-ceptible pressure changes from a passing cloud would disrupt the machine, if it operated in the open – so will operate in a cham-ber over-pressured and lined with sound absorbing material.

The metal chassis that houses the microscope’s ultra-precise electronics is a metal-composite that is extremely rigid but damp-ens vibrations – its internal filling is a secret known only to Hitachi engineers. Hoyle said he’s not allowed to talk about it.

The UVic advanced microscopy facility hopes to have the STEHM up and running by October. Sci-entists and engineers from across the planet are already booking research time on the world’s most powerful microscope.

Uses for the STEHM are some-

what esoteric, but the device is expected to aid breakthroughs in scores of fields, from computing and nanotechnology, to medical diagnostics and solid-state phys-ics. It will allow physicists and chemists to peer into the atom with untold precision, allowing fundamental research that con-firms physical theories of matter.

“The unique feature of this microscope is that it can see atoms and tell the type of atom we’re looking at,” Herring said. “We can look at how electrons bond atoms together. We can see the fundamental chemistry of chemical bonding.”

At a slightly larger scale, Hum-phrey said the machine will allow biomedical researchers to create, for instance, high-resolution 3-D images of neuron connections in tissues. Computer engineers can map schematics of increasingly small integrated circuits.

Herring expects STEHM will remain on the cutting-edge for years to come and will put the university on the world map in terms of providing a facility for fundamental subatomic research. At UVic, the world of the very small has become very big.

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Edward Hill/News staff

UVic engineering professor Rodney Herring stands next to the electron gun apparatus, one of the key components to the world’s most powerful microscope being assembled over the summer.

World’s most powerful electron microscope being assembled at UVic

Kyle SlavinNews staff

A Saanich man was reunited with his pickup truck Tuesday – for the second time this week – after the vehicle was stolen twice in four days.

The grey 2004 Mazda B2200 was first stolen from his driveway, in the 200-block of Crease Ave., over-night Friday (May 25). The owner says he left his jacket, with keys to his house and truck, inside the unlocked vehicle.

On May 26, the man’s sister spot-ted the truck parked on Whitehead

Place in Colwood, and it was towed to the Saanich police department where it was put through foren-sic analysis, then returned to the owner.

While the man was advised by police to change his house and truck locks, the suspects returned before that was possible.

The truck was stolen from the driveway, again, around 10:30 p.m. Monday. The owner heard two males laughing, and his truck sped away.

Saanich police were dispatched to the area, and officers spotted the vehicle driving along on Inter-

urban Road. They followed it on to the Trans-Canada Highway.

When the vehicle passed into View Royal, Saanich police handed the file to West Shore RCMP.

Saanich police Sgt. Dean Jantzen says the vehicle “made a quick turn and left at a high rate of speed” and officers lost sight of the truck.

He says the truck was not lost as a result of jurisdictional issues and the transferring of files between police forces.

“Everything was done right,” Jantzen said. “We will (continue following a vehicle into another municipality), and once adequate

resources from neighbouring juris-dictions are available, we then turn it over.”

An person claiming to be the owner of the truck told Saanich News he recovered his vehicle without help from police.

Jantzen confirmed the truck was recovered Tuesday night in the area of Whitehead Place, although he couldn’t confirm who found it.

No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.

Police are asking anyone with information on these thefts to call 250-475-4321.

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Tuesday marks a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to watch a rare astronomical event high in the skies – the transit of Venus across the face of the sun.

When Venus travels between the Earth and the sun, visible on Vancouver Island from 3:05 until 9:49 p.m. on Tuesday June 5, it will carry with it historical, as well as celestial, significance.

Beginning in 1639 when the transit of Venus was first observed and recorded, it allowed early astronomers to give a sense of distance and size of objects in the solar system.

“Nowadays we have radar and lasers ... and different ways of measuring distance to plan-ets, but in the old days … by measuring Venus’ size against the surface of the sun as it went across, (astronomers) were able to determine the actual size of Venus and of the sun,” said Sherry Buttnor, with the Victo-ria Centre of the Royal Astro-nomical Society of Canada.

“These were smart people. They didn’t have all these com-puters and fancy stuff, but they

were able to do that just by looking at the sun.

“They were actually very, very close with their predic-tions.”

The image of Venus against the sun was used to determine an accurate estimate of the scale of the solar system.

A transit of Venus is rare due to the differing orbital speeds and planes of Earth and Venus – the next is in 2117. The tran-sit has only been viewed seven times since Galileo’s invention of the telescope in 1609.

“It’s neat to watch these things unfold in front of your eyes because it gives you a sense of motion,” said Buttnor, who will be photographing the transit from Metchosin. “We really are orbiting the sun. Things are moving out there.

“(Viewing this) is a once-in-a-lifetime thing.”

Watch the transitViewing the sun though No.

14 or darker welders’ glass is generally considered safe, though the glass, if scratched or nicked, opens the viewer to per-manent vision loss.

The safest viewing method is pinhole projection, achieved by filtering sunlight through a pinhole in a piece of cardboard onto another blank surface. The projection is remarkably clear and removes the threat of vision damage caused by star-ing at the sun.

Astronomers from the Victo-ria Centre of the Royal Astro-nomical Society will set up tran-sit viewing stations and solar telescopes in front of the Royal B.C. Museum, atop of Mount Tolmie and at Cattle Point in Oak Bay between 3 p.m. and sunset on Tuesday.

The University of Victoria Department of Physics and Astronomy will also host a free viewing of the transit of Venus on the fifth floor of the Bob Wright Centre from 3 to 9 p.m.

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Seeing a celestial yardstickAstronomy buffs can watch Venus move across the sun on Tuesday afternoon at safe observing stations in Saanich and Victoria.

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When Colleen Lowe noticed a small hole in her backyard, she had no idea what she could have fallen into.

She cut back a layer of grass and earth that had grown over the opening, revealing a four-metre-deep hole, remnants of a water well, which most likely accompanied Saanich’s oldest home.

Lowe, who owned the prop-erty for 12 years before noticing the hidden landscape feature at the beginning of May, was at first concerned that it was a sinkhole created by improper drainage. A visit from Saanich public works dispelled that theory. Driller David Slade later confirmed the

hole appears to be a well, either partially drilled originally or par-tially filled over the years – as in some 150 years.

Saanich archivist Caroline Duncan was thrilled to hear the news, given the well’s location to the original site of Saanich’s oldest home on what was once property of Saanich pioneer Capt. Charles Dodd.

Dodd, an employee of the Hud-son’s Bay Company, had built the home in 1859 on the southwest corner of his 109-hectare prop-erty, on what is today the 1700-block of Kenmore Road – next door to where Lowe’s house is now.

In 1978 when a new prop-erty owner chose to develop the land, the Dodd house was transplanted to Lambrick Park, where it remains today, adjacent to Gordon Head Recreation Cen-tre. It’s owned and rented by the municipality of Saanich.

“The position of the well would have fit very nicely with the posi-tion of the house,” Duncan said. “We don’t know for sure if the

well is related to the Dodd fam-ily when they were there, or a later resident of the Dodd house, but it seems to have a strong connection to the original Dodd property.”

Duncan is curious to learn if other residents of the neigh-bourhood have made similar discoveries.

“It’s a fabulous thing because even though the house was moved, there are still features of the landscape from the original site that are still there,” Duncan said. “In all of Gordon Head there were only about three other houses (from the 1850s) and I’ve always wondered why they chose that corner when they had all that beautiful coastline … but there was an old stream that ran near there.”

In late May, Lowe had the hole filled. She hopes to mark the site, perhaps with a commemorative wishing well, she said.

“It’s a fascinating piece of his-tory in our own backyard,” Lowe added.

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Siblings Matthew and Ella Ng peer down a nearly four-metre-deep hole in the backyard of their Kenmore Road home in Saanich, which had been overgrown with grass and recently discovered by their mother, Colleen Lowe. The hole was likely a well for the Capt. Charles Dodd farmland that spanned the neighbourhood 150 years ago.

Backyard hole hides historyWell found in Gordon Head linked to oldest home in Saanich

Erin McCrackenNews staff

A man wanted for allegedly threatening to kill a pregnant woman in early May and a police officer in January turned himself in at the Victoria Law Courts Monday afternoon.

Victoria police issued a public advisory last week about Marc William Bauer, 39, after they say the Greater Victoria resident evaded police custody. A war-

rant for his arrest was issued May 15.

Before he surren-dered to police, inves-tigators had expressed concern that Bauer was showing signs of esca-lating violent behaviour that, combined with a severe alcohol addic-tion, make him “unpre-dictable and violent,” police spokesperson Mike Tucker said.

Bauer also faces charges related to uttering death threats to a Victoria police officer in January, a case that is now moving through the courts.

“VicPD wish to thank the public and media for their assis-tance in getting Bauer back in police cus-tody,” Tucker said.

Wanted man surrenders to Victoria police

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ONZONING BYLAWS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING for the purpose of a PUBLIC HEARING will be held in the SAANICH MUNICIPAL HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 770 Vernon Avenue, on TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2012 at 7:30 p.m., to allow the public to make verbal or written representation to Council with respect to the following proposed bylaws and permits.

A) “ZONING BYLAW, 2003, AMENDMENT BYLAW, 2012, NO. 9184” PROPOSED HOUSEKEEPING AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING BYLAWThe purpose of the proposed bylaw is to amend the “Uses Permitted” in Schedule 516-Attached Housing-Accessory Unit-Zone RT-4A, of the Zoning Bylaw, 2003, by replacing the home occupation use with “Home Occupation and Daycare for preschool children” to make it consistent with the other attached housing zones.

B) “ZONING BYLAW, 2003, AMENDMENT BYLAW, 2012, NO. 9185” PROPOSED TWO LOT RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION ON SNOWDROP AVENUETo rezone Amended Parcel A (DD153664-I), Lots 1 & 2, Section 79, Victoria District, Plan 1318 (920 SNOWDROP AVENUE) from Zone RS-6 (Single Family Dwelling – minimum lot size 560m2) to RS-4 (Single Family Dwelling – minimum lot size 460m2) for a proposed two lot residential subdivision. A DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMIT will be considered to allow variances for lot width, siting, side yard setbacks, and allowable fl oor space in non-basement areas. A COVENANT will be considered to further regulate the use of the lands and buildings.

C) “ZONING BYLAW, 2003, AMENDMENT BYLAW, 2012, NO. 9186” PROPOSED TWO FAMILY DWELLING ON VIOLET AVENUETo rezone Lot 14, Block 12, Section 78, Victoria District, Plan 1171 (742 VIOLET AVENUE) from Zone RS-6 (Single Family Dwelling) to Zone RD-1 (Two Family Dwelling) for a proposed two family dwelling. A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT will be considered to require the buildings and lands to be constructed and developed in accordance with the plans submitted.

A copy of the proposed bylaws and relevant reports may be inspected or obtained from the Legislative Division, Saanich Municipal Hall, 770 Vernon Avenue, between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, from May 31, 2012 to June 12, 2012 inclusive, except for weekends and statutory holidays.

Correspondence may be submitted by mail to the address above or by email to [email protected] and must be received no later than 4:00 pm on the day of the meeting. All correspondence submitted will form part of the public record and may be published in a meeting agenda.

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Job cuts at Veterans Affairs will only com-pound the challenge of providing for mili-tary veterans, he said.

The number of Afghanistan vets who are now seeking treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder from Legion-funded treat-ment programs, and who are seeking to file claims, is only the tip of the iceberg.

“We’re not going to see the full impact of the Afghanistan veterans for another four or five years,” Sinclair said.

Across Canada, 75 agent positions are being cut. Employees will likely start receiv-ing surplus notices this fall, said Kim Coles, national executive vice-president of the Union of Veterans Affairs Employees, repre-senting 2,700 members.

The union is already reeling from previ-ously announced plans to terminate 552 jobs over the next three years. In the wake of the federal budget in March, Veterans Affairs now plans to eliminate a total of 804 positions by 2015-16.

“How are they going to maintain the ser-vice to veterans with that? I don’t care how much stuff you say can be done on the com-puter,” Coles said.

“We’re not processing passports here. We’re dealing with people’s lives, people that have sacrificed for their country. That mandate is all going out the window and it’s all becoming a numbers game.”

The government’s plans to create efficien-cies will actually ramp up delays, she said.

“(Some older veterans) could die before they actually get services they put in for in the first place.”

A spokesperson for Veterans Affairs Can-ada said the restructuring process will not reduce services to veterans. Rather, it will

eliminate unnecessary red tape to provide “better and faster” service.

“We will continue to meet or exceed our service standard of one case manager for every 40 case-managed veterans,” the spokesperson said.

The department expects to manage restructuring through attrition, since about 1,000 workers will be eligible for retirement between now and 2016. But Coles said only about 50 per cent of those people will be willing or able to retire.

The full impact on specific staff positions has not yet been fleshed out, the depart-ment spokesperson said, but “our staff in the Victoria area will continue to play an important role in supporting the depart-ment’s work.”

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By the numbersVeterans Affairs Canada plans to terminate 804 positions across the country by 2015-16. Here’s a breakdown:■ Victoria district office cuts: 4.37 of 17 client service agents■ Vancouver office: 5.5 of 20 client service agents■ Penticton office: two out of eight positions■ Job cuts in the west (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and B.C.): 192 positions over the next three years■ District office closures in 2013 (including in Kelowna and Prince George): seven

Veteran’s cuts felt across CanadaContinued from Page A1


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Fire chiefs from View Royal and Colwood are so impressed by the quality of service they’re receiv-ing from the Saanich Fire dispatch centre, they’re urging other municipalities to follow their lead.

On Tuesday, View Royal fire Chief Paul Hurst and Colwood fire Chief Russ Cameron called for Saanich to be at the centre of an amalgamated dis-patch centre, following the first week of a five-year contract that sees both West Shore municipalities serviced by Saanich dispatchers.

“I’m a full supporter of one regional fire dispatch for this region,” Cameron said at a press confer-ence Tuesday alongside Hurst and Saanich fire Chief Mike Burgess.

The Colwood chief urged other municipalities to seriously look at acquiring the services of Saan-ich’s dispatch centre.

Saanich already answers fire calls from residents in Saanich, Oak Bay, Esquimalt, North Saanich, Central Saanich and Sidney, and on May 23 began serving View Royal and Colwood.

Colwood and View Royal issued requests for proposals last fall to explore breaking off from the Langford dispatch centre. Langford dispatches for a number of small communities in the south Island while Victoria and CFB Esquimalt have their own fire dispatch.

“So far things have gone very well,” Hurst said of the recent switch. “We’re receiving a top-tier service from Saanich.”

The pair said Saanich’s state-of-the-art dispatch centre, built in 2008, ensures their needs are met, including a standardized method of collecting data and statistics, and safety redundancies, in the event of data or connectivity loss.

“We’re able to track, with fires, were there smoke alarms in the building or not? Where they able to escape? Why not? … Is there a hole somewhere in the service?” Hurst said, referring to the Saanich dispatch centre’s data collection abilities.

“We can look at the statistics and focus our efforts on the initiatives that need focus. Councils can make educated decisions in investing money in the budget (to particular initiatives).”

Burgess credits Saanich politicians and taxpay-ers for giving the green light for the 2008 dispatch

improvement project.“The mayor and council here put public safety

as a very high priority. We have to look after the citizens and taxpayers in Saanich,” Burgess said. “They allowed us to invest considerably – so much so we can offer our services to our partners in the region.”

“Somebody in the region sometimes has to be a leader. In this case, Saanich taxpayers stepped up to the plate,” added Hurst.

Saanich’s dispatch service will cost Colwood $76,332 this year, and will rise roughly $3,000 per year until 2017. View Royal will pay $54,584 this year, and the cost will jump roughly $2,000 a year until 2017.

Both West Shore chiefs say they are paying more for Saanich than Langford dispatch, but the roughly 3.5-per-cent cost increase is worth every penny.

Fire chiefs pitch Saanich for regional dispatch

Kyle Slavin/News staff

Saanich fire Chief Mike Burgess, centre, speaks to the media with Colwood fire Chief Russ Cameron, left, and View Royal fire Chief Paul Hurst. The chiefs held a press conference to speak about the importance of unifying fire dispatch in Greater Victoria.

“For what I’m getting for the price I’m paying, the costs are minimal but the improvements are tenfold,” Hurst said.

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Veterans deserve proper supportNews that Veterans Affairs Canada is

downsizing its department, including the district office in Victoria, due to budget

cuts, is extremely troubling.Unlike the days when much of its work dealt

with the post-Second World War struggles and challenges faced by service personnel, Veterans Affairs today is seeing an influx of people whose experience came in such theatres as Bosnia, Rwanda, Afghanistan and various peacekeeping missions.

For those engaged in combat roles, their experiences might be similar to those lived through by their military predecessors. Yet the understanding today of the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder and other psychological illnesses is greater than the Second World War, when struggling Canadian servicemen were pigeonholed as having “battle exhaustion.”

In true military fashion, Veteran Affairs insists that none of its clients will be left behind as a result of the cuts to office personnel.

The union representing the workers, voicing a predictable doom-and-gloom response, argues that veterans will begin to fall through the cracks due to projected increases in already too-large caseloads for staff and the added time it will take to process client requests.

As in all labour-employer disputes, the truth probably lies somewhere in between.

But the telling point in this conversation comes from the Royal Canadian Legion, which, for years, has done its best, given its limited resources, to fill the void in veteran support left by the federal government.

They expect the next four or five years to produce more diagnosed cases of post-traumatic stress disorder than ever, a scenario which, if not addressed, could have devastating effects not only on the individuals, but their families.

In a time of belt-tightening, the federal government needs to make cuts. But no matter how it is sugar-coated by Veterans Affairs, the decision to downsize the department’s front-line operations not only sets a dangerous precedent, it’s a slap in the face to individuals who have willingly and bravely served their country.

A few weeks ago I was walking through my neighbourhood, with my daughter in front of

me pedalling her tricycle.We were on our way

home from the park and my daughter was crying. Nothing too serious, she always cries when we leave the park.

Other than a whimper-ing toddler, things were going good until we were followed by three teens, about 16 or 17 years old.

I am not one to be fear-ful of teens or paint them all with the same brush. In fact, I really like rebellious teens and have a soft spot for misunder-stood youth.

But these teens were making fun of me for my weight and say-ing things I wouldn’t want to see in print.

It was two girls and a boy, but it was one of the girls who was doing the talking.

She carried on yelling loudly across the street to me. She made some hand gestures and continued to harass me – even crossing the street to walk behind me and my daughter.

The years I’ve spent in kickboxing and taekwondo would have really come in handy if I reacted how I wanted to (I have a pretty awe-some roundhouse kick, if I do say so myself).

I have never punched someone without my boxing gloves or out-side the ring. I’ve never punched

someone because I was angry. Right then I sure felt close.

I looked down at my daughter, who was still crying, and thought about the message I wanted to send to her. So I kept my hands on the tricycle instead of on the girl’s face.

All kidding aside, I don’t believe in violence, it’s no better than the behaviour of those teens.

So I kept walking, listening to the taunts and contemplating the right way to respond. What should my reaction have been? Should I have followed them home and spoke to their parents?

I was angry and if I were to respond, I would have used some choice words my daughter doesn’t need to learn quite yet.

At one point I stopped to talk to my daughter and the teens walked past me. I looked them right in the eye and watched their faces turn humble.

Maybe that was enough.These teens weren’t wearing

hoods or smoking cigarettes. They were well-groomed and appeared to be straight out of an American Eagle catalogue.

I have written many stories on

bullying and talked about the issue with kids, parents, teachers and police officers. Regardless of all the work people are doing, the problem is still here.

Bullying is nothing new, but that doesn’t make it OK or some kind of rite of passage. There are kids kill-ing themselves over things just like this.

It has been a long time since I have been bullied. Probably since I was in middle school.

I hope those teens look back on that evening a few years from now and realize it’s too late to apologize to the stranger they mocked.

Do they realize the message they were sending to my daughter?

But hey, if you are reading this, it could have been your kid or grand-child. Would you be embarrassed to know a column was published about how disrespectful they were?

The whole situation is rather embarrassing for me, too. Before writing this, I never told anyone about my evening. I was trying to forget it ever happened.

Maybe this is why bullying isn’t reported to school officials or the RCMP. If, at age 30, I am too embar-rassed to talk about it, how can we ever expect a child to?

Which is why I am writing this. I shouldn’t be embarrassed because of someone else’s poor choices.

[email protected]—Charla Huber is a reporter with

the Goldstream News Gazette.

Bullying experience harsh reminder

‘If I am too embarrassed to talk about it, how can we ever expect a child to?’

Charla HuberWritten in ink

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LETTERSSlow drivers present greatest hazard

Re: Keep pressuring high-risk drivers (Our View, May 18)

The content of your editorial is common and clearly one-sided. While I agree that the police should intervene when drivers are clearly breaking the law, I believe the main issue is drivers who travel in the left lane on a four-lane road at about the same speed as those in the right lane.

There are some signs that state, “Slower traffic keep right.” In my view, “slow” does not necessarily mean someone going below the posted speed limit. Instead, I consider those slow drivers to be the ones

who impede the left-lane traffic because they want to exercise their “right” to be in that lane. These are the self-appointed traffic enforcers.

About 25 years ago when I was living in Alberta, we had the same kind of risky drivers as we see in B.C. today. There were also signs suggesting that slower traffic stay to the right lane, but that was rarely obeyed or enforced.

Then the light came on with the powers that be. They increased the number and visibility of the signs, even highlighted them with bright green rays. It took two to four

years, but the drivers finally got it and it was uncommon to find Albertans playing traffic enforcers in the passing lane.

Travelling on the highways became safer and much more pleasant. It appears that all it took was an attitude adjustment and drivers left it up to the police to enforce the speeders in the left lane. I have little doubt that a similar change in attitude for B.C. drivers would greatly reduce the risky manoeuvres of aggressive drivers. Leave it to the police, people.

R. ChongNorth Saanich

Politicians, executivesshould respect austerity

Being long retired, I come from the generation where wages were poor, benefits almost unknown, severance packages for the working person unheard of.

Today’s public servants largely have no experience of those dreadful days.

A recent political cartoon illustrating the “Taxpayer Bank of B.C.” showed B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union members dressed in robber’s garb charging in, while MLAs exited with rich salary and pensions. I also recently read about Oak Bay, where a burst water main was allowed to gush for an entire weekend, as it was cheaper than calling out workers at “double overtime.”

Having been a government employee, private business person and elected municipal councillor for a period of nine years, I am genuinely fearful for the future. No one wants increases in taxation, but how else to meet demands?

I do not advocate a return to those earlier days when workers’ treatment was grossly unfair, so let us start with cuts at the MLAs’ pension trough, executive compensation and bonuses.

Overall, I suspect if effective attention were to be paid to these contentious and unfairly

overgenerous situations, then workers might not be so demanding.

Bluntly, we are very fortunate to live in Canada. Let us not kill the already struggling golden goose through base greed and stupidity.

Stephen LambVictoria

Site C dam processpasses enviro muster

As the Site C dam project inches toward the intense scrutiny of the environmental assessment process, it’s worth reflecting on the differences between an energy project today and one built in decades past, such as the Bennett Dam.

When the Bennett Dam was built in the 1960s in the Peace River country of northeastern B.C., the construction crew simply showed up with their tools and started working.

Not so today. B.C. Hydro estimates it will spend $300 million on the Site C dam environmental review process,

including scores of studies of animal and fish populations, along with extensive archaeological, historical and other studies.

None of these considerations figured in any significant way when the Bennett Dam was built.

Site C provides us with a rare opportunity to build upon the past in an environmentally sensitive way and to make the most of the water already stored behind the Bennett Dam, by using it to generate clean hydro power a second time on its way downstream.

The persuasive efficiency of Site C, and the unparalleled environmental scrutiny it has already undergone, bode well for the project.

That’s why, once any potential impacts have been addressed or mitigated, I’m cautiously optimistic Site C will pass through the formal assessment process with flying colours.

Jesse McClintonSaanich

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Chants from placard waving B.C. Nurses Union members were met with honks of support as the small noonday parade on May 24 walked the roads border-ing Mayfair Centre.

“We want to let the public know we are very concerned about our ability to give safe patient care due to the work-load and a lack of staffing,” said Margo Wilton, co-chair BCNU for the south Island and a veteran 18-year nurse in Victoria.

“Nurses go full-out for their entire shifts. They aren’t able to give level of care each patient deserves and is entitled to. There just aren’t enough nurses.”

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The nurses’ contract with their employer, the Health Employers Association of B.C., expired at the end of March and bargaining has been ongoing since January. Nurses say they aren’t looking for pay raises, just improve-ments in working conditions.

Adriane Gear, a 17-year nurse and BCNU co-chair for the south Island, estimates the system needs 2,000 more nurses to plug the gaps, such as by creating more full-time positions.

B.C. has about 32,800 regis-tered nurses, with 49 per cent full time, and the remainder are part time and casual.

“We need overtime and casual (shifts) shifted to permanent positions,” Gear said. “We need to adjust the staffing model.”

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day to keep things running and safe. It’s not sustainable,” she said. “Burnout is huge concern.”

Health authorities and the Health Employers Association of B.C. agree that workload is a challenge for nurses in some areas of care, and is a bargaining discussion point for the union.

But HEABC president Michael Marchbank said despite talks since January, the nurses bar-gaining association hasn’t brought specific staffing or work-load requests to the table.

“Workload is a major issue, but at this point there’s been no specific proposal,” Marchbank said. “(The nurses) indicate they will bring a proposal to the table. We are anxious to see what they have to say.”

Marchbank couldn’t say if there is room to fund more nurse positions, but noted there is “room for a modest wage increase,” as long as it’s found through cost savings elsewhere in the budget.

Nurses say negotiations are insufferably slow, but March-bank said progress is happen-ing.

“We have had constructive dialogue on a number of issues. We have had slow but steady progress,” he said.

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South Island B.C. Nurses Union reps Judith Raymer (left) and Margo Wilton lead a rally with dozens of nurses along Finlayson Road and around the perimeter of Mayfair Centre. Nurses say more nurses need to be hired to ease burnout and unmanageable patient workloads.

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After initial public outcry over proposed plans to close some roads to vehicles in Beacon Hill Park, more modest changes are in the works.

People were fearful of the unknown, said Coun. Charlayne Thornton Joe.

After reading the original plans, people thought ‘I can’t go here now,’ she said last Thursday at a city environment and infrastructure committee meeting. “We’re saying ‘yes you can.’”

Last year, staff recommended permanent clo-sures of some sections of roads that run through the park.

Those closures have now been scaled back and instead, cheaper, temporary measures such as bollards and signage are now being proposed.

The main changes now proposed entail remov-ing parallel parking along Arbutus Road – starting at the foot of Quadra Street – except on evenings and weekends; closing Bridge Way at the wash-rooms, but adding 15-minute parking stalls; and closing Heywood Way between the cricket field and Circle Drive.

The road closures are mainly intended to pre-vent drivers from cutting through the park.

“This is meeting the concerns halfway,” said Doug DeMarzo, manager of parks planning.

It keeps the spirit of the original plan, to make the park as friendly as possible to pedestrians, while maintaining vehicle access to all the park’s major amenities.

In March, council directed staff to cut the proj-ect’s budget from $530,000 to $25,000.

The new “bare bones” plan has nixed a pro-posed perimeter trail, upgrades to the parking lots

and other esthetic improvements.Pending final approval by council, the parks

department hopes to get started in July. From July through November, parks staff will survey the public about the changes. The results will determine whether the changes are reversed or maintained, and whether the project proceeds to the next phase.

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Amusement rides, afternoon kayaking, fireworks, and a face-off between current Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen and former mayor Christopher Causton in the annual floating teacup race.

These are just some of the activities hap-pening at Willows Beach this weekend in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Oak Bay Tea Party.

While a majority of the weekend’s activi-ties remain the same, members of the public will notice a few addi-tions to this year’s schedule.

For the first time, the Naden Band will be performing at the Tea Party. As well, fireworks, which have not been part of the annual event since 2003, are back, cour-tesy of the Oak Bay Beach Hotel.

“We’ve had a good formula over the last number of years for the Tea Party, so we’re reluctant to make too

many changes,” said Bill Murphy-Dyson, chair of the Oak Bay Tea Party Soci-ety. “Why fix a good thing?”

Also, as part of Jens-en’s first Tea Party as mayor, he will be going against Causton in his first floating tea-cup challenge. Caus-ton has 15 races on Jensen.

“I certainly am up to the challenge,” Jensen said. “I’m just contem-plating how to stay afloat.”

“It’s going to be a great weekend, as we celebrate the anniver-sary of a fantastic 50 years,” Jensen said.

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If the perfect landscape presents itself, painter Christine Reimer isn’t shy about screeching her car to a halt on the side of the highway to capture the moment. Nobody said art was safe.

The veteran Saanich artist, known for blending realism and whimsy in dramatic landscape pieces, is marking 30 years of paint-ing with a show at The Arts Centre at Cedar Hill, starting Sunday.

It’s her first show in Greater Vic-toria since 2010 and features a mix of landscapes and abstract florals, perhaps 25 to 30 pieces gener-ated in the past few years. The landscapes will be familiar to any-one who has travelled across the Island and the province – Rocky mountains and verdant meadows, wilderness lakes amid Douglas fir forests, Gulf Island arbutus trees stretching over water.

“I grew up on the coast, I have a bond with the coastal landscape,” Reimer said. “Being an Islander, it’s in my blood.”

She admits the abstract florals were a deviation from the hunt for landscapes – a kind of creative

rejuvenation necessary every few years.

“I get bored doing the same thing. What I’ve done over 30 years is take detours,” Reimer said. “I had a figurative period of painting quirky people in dream-like settings. I do that for a while, and then landscapes become fresh again.

“I do find it hard to limit myself to one thing – there are so many vibrant colours. I can’t help myself.

I’m obsessed with colour, I always have been.”

Reimer has been an artist since she can remember, drawing at a young age and watching her talent emerge as a teenager. She cred-its art teachers Bill West and Car-ole Sabiston at Oak Bay High and then University of Victoria instruc-tor and influential Canadian artist James Gordaneer as influencing and guiding her style and devel-opment.

Working through different medi-ums while earning her BFA at UVic, it was her great-uncle and noted painter Max Maynard (a contem-porary of Emily Carr and Jack Shadbolt in the 1930s and ‘40s) who steered her toward landscape images. “I was so inspired by the way he did landscapes,” Reimer said. “I thought I would give it a shot.”

It was a good decision. Now a professional working artist for 25 years, Reimer’s work decorates corporate offices, high-end hotels, restaurants, and galleries across B.C. “Between kids and paint-ing, I’ve worked full time,” she said. “And my husband has been extremely supportive.”

Reimer said she’s fortunate to make a living as an artist, but noted her “long-suffering” husband must tolerate intensive photography during trips – she took a thousand photos in Banff and Jasper last fall – and the occasional demand to pull over on the highway, often so she can scramble up a cliff to grab a shot. Her photography is the groundwork for her art.

“My photos allow me to recall the place with better detail. If I use other photos of places I haven’t

been, you can’t evoke the place truly.”

She admits that the last few years have been tough personally and professionally. The economic downturn across North America has squeezed budgets for com-missioned art pieces and private sales. But she still keeps up a work schedule of painting about five days a week, usually in inten-sive three-hour bursts of acrylic on canvas.

“It’s been really tough at times. The last few years. It’s been very difficult for all artists. Art is a lux-ury item for people.”

Her work will be on display for two weeks in June, but Reimer is mulling her next set of work after recently returning from England – the roofscape and old-world archi-tecture of London. “It’s something that’s tweaked my interest until I detour back to landscapes,” she said.

Reimer’s Peaks, Islands and Beyond – 30 years of Colour solo exhibit runs from June 3 to 17 at The Arts Centre at Cedar Hill, 3220 Cedar Hill Rd. The grand opening gala is Thursday, June 7, 5 to 7:30 p.m.

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Artist Christine Reimer in her studio with some of the paintings she’ll be exhibiting at The Arts Centre at Cedar Hill.


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His voice softens when Victoria poet Jay Ruzesky talks about the time he spent in Antarctica this winter. The trip was the real-ization of a lifelong dream to see the place where Ruzesky’s maternal great-grand-father’s first cousin, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, had discovered the south pole in December 1911. Normally never one at a loss for words Ruzesky pauses trying to describe the allure of the place that even in summer is 98 per cent covered in ice.

“It feels immediately like you’ve entered a place unlike any other in the world, the only other place would be like going to space or to the moon because it is so devoid of us and continues to be. There’s no planes flying overhead, no telephone wires, no dis-tant sounds of motors.” And even though travelling on a tourist ship there were still

beaches where you could land and be the first human to do so, he said.

Fifteen years ago Ruzesky wrote but set aside a novel about Amundsen’s south pole adventure. He is best known for his 2001 poetry collection, Blue Himalayan Poppies and novel, The Wolsenburg Clock, which was nominated for the City of Vicoria But-ler Book Prize. On leave now from teach-ing duties at Vancouver Island University he is starting in on another manuscript, a non-fiction account blending his visit with Amundsen’s.

Ruzesky travelled with his brother from Chile to the Antarctic peninsula on a 235-foot refitted research ship that was home for 10 days in December last year, 100 years after Amundsen travelled there. With guides the duo kayaked and watched tens of thou-sands of gentoo and chinstrap penguins as well as leopard and Weddell seals. They saw icebergs calve and learned the difference between bergs and floes.

“It was a pilgrimage in the real old sense of the word,” Ruzesky said, “to this place that had been in my imagination since I was a little kid. It had a mythical status. It was

where heroes came from.” From his first sighting aboard the ship,

Ruzesky said he had the strange sense of being home.

“Yet it was weird to feel at home in a place so inhospitable to human beings.”

About 1,000 scientists live at research sta-tions in Antarctica, which is about 14 million kilometres squared and 28 million in the winter when sea ice doubles the continent’s size. About 25,000 tourists visit each year.

Although Antarctica is usually thought of as blue and white, it really has about 10,000 shades of blue, he said. Constantly changing light alters the colour and texture of what-ever you are gazing at.

When his guide heard Ruzesky was keen to see any spot where Amundsen might have been he took the brothers in a zodiak to see the peaks on Two Hummock Island where Amundsen went skiing more than 100 years ago – “the first tourist,” Ruzesky said.

Picking their way through a colony of pen-guins Ruzesky was at first disappointed at clouds covering the peaks. But then, as he recorded in a blog, the weather shifted.

“It stops snowing and the clouds lift so fast it’s as though someone just removed a tarp from the sky. The clouds simply disap-pear and are replaced by deep blue sky and bright sun.”

He spent the next hour feverishly taking as many shots as he could, before clouds moved in again. Although not a religious man, Ruzesky said that day was a profound experience.

I have kayaked through castellated ice-bergs, I have communed with penguins, I have caressed thousands-year-old ice and allowed the heat of my fingers to melt it. In Antarctica you have to come to terms with immensity.

To learn more about Ruzesky’s trip go to http://jayruzesky.blogspot.ca/

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Antarctica beguiles“I stand by as a freeway of penguins travels to and from the breaking

waves in lane after lane of determination. It’s like being up against the wall at Grand Central Station at rush hour and the flow of birds is fascinating.”

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Brothers lead Rams to track and field B.C.sTravis PatersonNews staff

Mount Douglas Rams track team brothers Thomas and Ethan Getty are separated by two years in age, and

1,100 metres on the track. Seventeen-year-old Thomas is in Grade

11 and specializes in middle distance run-ning, his shortest event being the 1,500m. Fifteen-year-old Ethan is in Grade 9, but his focus is on the sprinting distances, the longest being 400m.

“We’re pretty competitive in everything else (non-running) we do,” said Thomas. “Though I guess Ethan would be the bet-ter lacrosse player, since he’s still playing and I no longer do.”

Both have qualified for the high school track and field provincials at Burnaby’s Swanguard Stadium on Saturday and Sun-day (June 1 and 2), having helped the

Mount Doug Rams to second place at the Island championship, behind power-house Oak Bay High.

Thomas finished second in the 1,500m and first in the 3,000m at the Island track championship.

And though Ethan was equally adept in the bantam-age (Grade 9) Island champi-onship, he might want to consider com-peting in a longer race, as on paper, his results improved as each distance grew. Ethan finished fourth in the 100m, second in the 200m and first in the 400m.

Track wasn’t the house sport growing up, say the brothers, but has become it. Ethan plays Saanich Tigers lacrosse, and Thomas did, while younger brother Graeme, 12, competed in running at Arbu-tus middle school (before the season was cancelled).

Dad did some running as a youth, Thomas said, but for the boys running just came naturally.

“Back in elementary we’d lap the school field,” Thomas said. “I did well but didn’t win every race. But I found liked the stra-tegic aspect of the longer distances.”

Ethan, however, prefers to the short courses. “I just seemed to like sprinting.”

There’s no ceiling to what the brothers can accomplish, as both transfer well to dirt paths of cross country during the fall running season. Thomas has a year remaining before competing at the uni-versity level to Ethan’s three, should he go that route.

“Ethan is part of a special group of younger Mount Doug runners coming up,” Rams coach Al Niezen said.

“We’ve got 20 kids going to provincials and half are Grade 9s.”

For Thomas, the biggest challenge this weekend is could come from his elite high school track teammates Liam Kennel of Oak Bay High and Ben Weir of Glenlyon Norfolk School. Weir was injured for the Island finals but finished second behind Thomas in the 1,500m and 3,000m of the Lower Island.

Kennel is only 16, but is a threat at the senior level as part of the Oak Bay track team looking to continue its domi-nation of the combined girls and boys team title. Brendan Restall leads the Bays team, which is deep in talent once again. If all goes well, Restall will win the 400m again before graduating to the UVic Vikes next year,

Mount Doug has its top shooters as well, with Katelyn Hayward a lock to win the 3,000m one more time before she graduates. Hay-ward will most likely forego the 1,500m steeplechase, the very event she set the B.C. record in last year, to nurse a leg injury she sus-tained during the high school cross coun-try season.

In the fieldNo Island school has been able to

match the crew of throwers coming out of Lambrick Park in recent years.

This year Lambrick’s Mason Kereszti is hoping for three medals. The defending B.C. javelin champ was first in the discus and javelin and second in the shotput at the Islands.

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Rowers prep for LondonTravis PatersonNews staff

Victoria-trained rowers Scott Frandsen and David Calder are silver medalists once again. The Beijing runners-up in the men’s pair dupli-cated their famous effort from the 2008 Olym-pics and brought home one of three medals earned by Canada from last week’s 2012 World Cup in Switzerland.

“Our training and hard work has proved that you can teach an old dog new tricks,” Calder said.

Picked to compete in one of seven boats at this year’s London Olympics, the duo of Calder and Frandsen lost only to New Zea-land, which was the favourite going in to the world cup.

“We’ve got the count-down to London in our heads right now.”

One of the biggest surprises was Canada’s men’s eight slipping to bronze in Sunday’s final, despite setting the world’s best time in the heat on Friday.

Coxswain Brian Price and rower Malcom Howard of Victoria return to lead the gold-medal winning boat from Beijing, with Ontario rowers Will Crothers, Jeremiah Brown, Andrew Byrnes, Conlin McCabe, Rob Gibson and Doug Csima, plus Gabe Bergen from 100 Mile House.

The lightweight women’s double of Tracy Cameron and Lindsay Jennerich finished sec-ond in the B final, the equivalent to eighth over-all.

Canada’s women’s eight lost gold in a photo finish to U.S.A. Our southern neighbours squeaked out a gold-medal victory over Canada by .03 of a second. The rowers return to Canada this week though the women’s eight will con-tinue to train and compete in Europe.

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Mount Douglas secondary runners Ethan and Thomas Getty are competing at the track and field provincials in Burnaby this weekend. The elder Thomas is a medal hopeful in the senior category 1,500m and 3,000m, while Ethan is a triple threat at the bantam level (Grade 9) in the 400m, 200m and 100m sprints.

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All-stars commit to ChargersFive Island all-stars have committed to the

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It’s been 50 years since Claremont sec-ondary school opened its doors to Saanich. And from those doors has emerged a seem-ingly non-stop stream of athletes ranging from city champions to Olympians.

As part of its 50th anniversary on Satur-day (June 2) Claremont is revealing the Wall of Fame in the main hallway and gym. The school is inducting 27 athletes, who played a range of sports from major league pitcher Rich Harden and national team soccer player Wanda Rozwad-owska, to Ironman tri-athlete turned paralym-pic rower Tony Theri-ault and track star Deb-bie Scott. The youngest is diver Riley McCor-mick, 20, who is set for his second Olympics this summer.

Claremont’s also put-ting rugby’s Peter Sim-monds and Ed Kubek in for coaching excel-lence, and Joe Lott and

Gerry Montgomery in the builder category.

The induction cer-emony begins at 5:30 p.m. in the gym, with a formal mention of each athlete. More athletes will be added in the coming years.

It’s all part of an open house for alumni begin-ning at 3 p.m.

The school will be open with a series of designated “era rooms” for alumni to mix with their graduation year.

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Fri. June 1: W-League, Seattle Sounders at Peninsula Co-op (Highlanders), 4:30 p.m., Royal Athletic Park.

Sat. June 2: PDL men, Abbotsford Mariners at Victoria Highlanders FC, 7 p.m., Royal Athletic Park.

Sat. June 2: PCSL premier men, Okanagan Challenge at Victoria Highlanders reserve, 7 p.m., Hampton Park.

Sat. June 2: PCSL premier men, Poco City FC at Vic United, 4:30 p.m., Royal Athletic Park.

Sun. June 3: PCSL premier men, Vancouver Thunderbirds at Victoria United, 4:30 p.m., Royal Athletic Park.

Sun. June 3: PCSL premier men, Poco City FC at Victoria Highlanders, 4:30 p.m., Hampton Park.

Sun. June 3: W-League, Colorado Rush at Peninsula Co-op (Highlanders), 2 p.m., Royal Athletic Park.

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Cricket league seeks young bloodSaturday studieswith bats and bowlsTravis Paterson News staff

The city’s top cricketers aren’t from here, they moved here. And maybe it will always be that way. But it’s not stop-ping John Wenman and company from the Victoria and District Cricket Associa-tion from believing the Lower Island can once again rise to a competitive level equal or better than the B.C. Mainland Cricket League.

“It was about 20 to 25 year ago that our clubs could rival the Mainland,” Wenman said.

The difference is that many of the bet-ter cricket players have immigrated to B.C., and there are plenty more ex-pat players in the Vancouver area than in Victoria.

Still, Wenman finds it odd the top teams are not better, because Greater Victoria has more cricket teams than ever. Which is where Wenman comes in.

Now 69, the retired teacher from Stel-ly’s secondary learned the game here, where he was born and raised. His for-mer team, the University School Incogs, is celebrating its 100th season this year.

Wenman long ago shifted to recruiting and teaching, and is behind the league’s Saturday morning cricket school at St. Michaels University School. The pro-gram begins on June 2, for kids aged

eight to 14, and runs until the last Satur-day in August. Seminars last two hours and range from cricket introduction for newbies to development for return play-ers. Younger students use softer equip-ment until they’re a little older, or have got the hang of the game.

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Claremont rugby great Casey Walt lifts the 1970 Howard Russell Cup (city trophy). Walt joins the wall of fame as one of sports stars to come from Claremont.

Spartans enshrine sporting history


Speedy squareThe men’s (pictured from 2011 above) and women’s elite race of the Bastion Square Grand Prix goes Sunday morning, part of the Robert Cameron Law Cycling series this weekend, which includes the time trials at Clover Point tonight and B.C. road championship in Metchosin on Saturday.

IMPORTANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION: SELECTION & BRANDS WILL VARY BY STORE: All colours, patterns and styles may not be available in all stores. RAIN CHECKS AND SUBSTITUTIONS: If an advertised item is not yet available we will offer you your choice of a comparable substitution, (if available), or a rain check. In some instances (e.g. special purchases, power buys, clearance items, bonus with purchase or seasonal items) quantities may be limited, selection may vary by store and substitutes or rain checks cannot be given. Home Outfi tters reserves the right to limit quantities. 5.1 H12 All references to regular price are to Home Outfi tters’ regular price product and does not include already reduced, clearance, smart buys and items with .98 price endings unless otherwise specifi ed. All prices in effect Friday, June 1st through Monday, June 4th, 2012, unless otherwise specifi ed.

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WOODS FOREMANWFP is currently seeking a fully experienced Woods Foreman to join our Holberg Forest Operation located approximately 45 minutes west of Port Hardy.

Reporting to the General Foreman, the Woods Foreman is responsible for leading company logging crews and contractors and ensuring that the highest standards of safety, quality, production, and environmental protection and production are maintained. The Holberg Forest Operation harvests approximately 550,000 m³ annually.

A detailed job posting can be viewed athttp://www.westernforest.com/building-value/our-people-

employment/careers/Please apply in confi dence to:

Human Resource Department Facsimile: 1.866.840.9611

Email: [email protected] Deadline: June 15th, 2012Reference Code: HFO, Woods Foreman

As only short listed candidates will be contacted, WFP thanks you in advance for your interest in our Company.

Please visit us at www.westernforest.com

Certifi ed RV TechnicianIf you are a top level Certifi ed RV Technician, or an apprentice working towards certifi cation, and

are looking for a long-term career with a company that recognizes your talents, contact Arbutus RV. We offer top wages with a benefi ts plan and the

opportunity to join a highly successful Team. Arbutus RV is a “go-ahead” Company with

5 locations on Vancouver Island. We are implementing plans to serve our Sidney Service Department clients more effectively. Ensure your

future by joining the Arbutus RV Team now! Please email your résumé in confi dence to

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DL Baker Construction Cana-da is looking for Project Engi-neer in Kitimat, BC, Canada. The Project Engineer will pos-sess competency in the follow-ign areas in order to perform his/her role in a safe, produc-tive, and effective manner -Oversees the Administration of Contract (Accepted Bid Pack-age) and Information Manage-ment - Assists with Project Ad-ministration and Cash Flow -Ensures a safe work environe-ment - Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university; or 2 to 4 years related experi-ence and/or training; or equiva-lent combination of education and experience - Ability to work in a team environment -Ability to defi ne problems, gather da-ta, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Send Resume to: [email protected]

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

DL Baker Construction Cana-da is looking for QAQC Man-ager in Kitimat, BC, Canada. The QA QC Manager will have knowledge in the following: -Responsible for all inspection activities - Assign qualifi ed in-spection and test personnel to perform their applicable quality - related activities - Responsible for review and approval of test controls and test results, in-spection records and welding inspections. - Document non-conformances - Bachelor’s de-gree in an engineering, scien-tifi c, or construction-related discipline from four-year col-lege or university; or 2 to 4 years related experience and/ or training; or equivalent com-bination of education and ex-perience in the civil discipline -Knowledge of construction prac-tices (i.e., formwork, rebar, con-crete placing, etc) is preferred -Demonstrated skill and knowl-edge with applicable Quality codes. - Must have knowledge of the general structure of quality assurance programs, especially of inspection and testing procedures under those programs. Please send resume to [email protected]

FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

DEATHS

Helping executors with the disposition of personal and household property

Identify, Sort, Document Pack and Ship

Arrange for Evaluation, Selling and Disposal

Arrange for Cleaning, Repair, Painting and Gardening Services

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

COMING EVENTS

FREE CELEBRATORYOPEN-AIR CONCERT MARKET SQUARE

for Victoria’s 150th Birth-day! Saturday, June 2nd 12noon– 4pm. All ages!

www.gvcb.ca

It’s now very easy toqualify for the

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INFORMATION MEETINGSunday, June 17th at 2 p.m.

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“unfreeze” Pensions.Canadian Alliance ofBritish PensionersFor local information

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LEGALS

WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN ACT

Notice is hereby given that Kustom Towing, (2009) Ltd, 3297 Douglas St, Victoria, BC, V8Z 3K9 will be selling:

2003 MAZDA PROTEGE LX

JM1BJ225030136675Owner K. Carter2005 FORD F150

1FTRX12W55NB34930Owner S. Boyd

Will be sold on June 15, 2012. At 647B Dup-plin Rd, Victoria, BC be-tween 10am-2pm

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

PERSONALS

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LOST AND FOUND

FOUND: WEDDING band, Nov, 2011, BCAA Millstream Offi ce. Please contact the Mill-stream BCAA offi ce at 250-391-3250 to claim your ring.

LOST IMPORTANT papers on the city bus #30 or #11. If found please call me (250)885-6387.

LOST: LADIES prescription glasses (VGH), May. 27, black frame with rhinestones. Call (250)478-1461 (Reward).

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

BUSINESS FOR SALE

Be your own boss publishing your own local entertainment / humour magazine. Javajoke publications is offering an exclusive protected license in your area. We will teach you our lucrative proven system, step by step by step to create the wealth that you want. Perfect for anyone FT / PT, from semi-retired to large scale enterprise. Call today to get your no obligation info packet.

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LOOKING FOR Avon Reps. Be your own boss. Earn extra money, work from home. Call 250-386-0070 to learn more.

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EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

HELP WANTED

An Alberta Construction Com-pany is hiring dozer, excavator and rock truck operators. Pref-erence will be given to opera-tors that are experienced in oilfi eld road and lease con-struction. Lodging and meals provided. The work is in the vi-cinity of Edson, Alberta. Call Contour Construction at 780-723-5051.

HELP WANTED

ELECTRICIAN JOURNEY-MAN position, Port Hardy. Residential, commercial, in-dustrial installations & mainte-nance. Require valid driver’s li-cence, electrician trade certifi cate & BCTQ. Send re-sume: fax 250-949-9230 or email [email protected].

ELECTRICIAN JOURNEY-MAN position, Port Hardy. Residential, commercial, industrial installations & main-tenance. Require valid driver’s licence, electrician trade certifi cate & BCTQ. Fax or email resume: 250-949-9230 or: [email protected].

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

Logging Equipment Manager

Nootka Sound Timber, based on Nootka Island, has an im-mediate opening for a salaried Equipment Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for all mainte-nance and replacement of equipment plus land based and barge camp facilities, su-pervision and hiring of me-chanics, purchasing of parts and services and related short and long term equipment and maintenance planning. The successful candidate should have extensive coastal logging maintenance experi-ence, supervisory experience, strong interpersonal skills, a commitment to safety and the ability to work in a high energy environment.Nootka Sound Timber logs 300,000 m3 annually and is based at Kendrick Arm on Nootka Island. Please submit your resume to:Nootka Sound Timber Co. Ltd.

Fax: 250-594-1198Email: [email protected]

HELP WANTED

STRUCTURLAM PRODUCTS Ltd., located in beautiful Pen-ticton, B.C. is seeking experi-enced Timber Framers. For more information and to apply, please visit our website @ [email protected]

THE LEMARE GROUP is accepting resumes for the following positions:• Experienced Boom man• Grapple Yarder Operator• Hooktender• Off Highway Logging Truck Driver• Heavy Duty MechanicsFull time with union rates and benefi ts. Please send resumes by fax to 250-956-4888 or email to offi [email protected].

T-MAR INDUSTRIES located in Campbell River is hiring for the position of Heavy Duty Me-chanic. Position comes with a competitive benefi t package and applicant must possess a valid driver’s license. Contact Tyson Lambert. Mail: 5791 Duncan Bay Road, Campbell River BC V9H 1N6 Fax: 250-2 8 6 - 9 5 0 2 Email: [email protected]

PROFESSIONAL/MANAGEMENT

PROFESSIONAL/MANAGEMENT

HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD

ADRIENNE’S RESTAURANT and Tea Garden at Mattick’s Farm has following job posi-tions open Chef/Experienced Cook, Dishwasher, Deli/Cash-ier. Great hours daytime shifts. Email resume to: [email protected]

PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

DEBT CONSOLIDATION PROGRAM

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PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEO

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

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Gorge Rd. East, Victoria, BC

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Receive$500

Move In Incentive

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

APPLIANCES

WANTED: CLEAN fridge’s, upright freezers, 24” stoves, portable dishwashers, less than 15 yrs old. McFarland In-dustries, (250)885-4531.

BUILDING SUPPLIES

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

COMPUTER EQUIPMENT

WANTED: COMPUTER needed (Home or Laptop) for single parent. (250)514-6688.

FREE ITEMS

FREE. EXERCISE BIKE and free Exercise glider. You pick up. (250)386-9493.

FREE: LAMINATE oak fl oor-ing, used, 3/8”x7.5”, 150 sq ft. Call (250)656-1497.

FREE: TRAMPOLINE, safety surround. You pick up and as-semble. Call (250)656-6832.

FRIENDLY FRANK

1930’s STEAMER trunk $50. Large dog cage with pillow $40. (778)426-4449.

ALUMINUM LADDER, 13’ Telescopic Articulate, $85. Call (250)656-1497.

DESK, DROP front, cup-boards below, oak colour, exc. cond. $70. (250)294-2553

FRIDGE DOLLY- $15. (250)652-4621.

FUEL/FIREWOOD

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

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

FURNITURE

OAK DINING table, 2 ext., hutch/buffet, 6 upholstered chairs with arms, exc. cond., $825. Call (250)381-0033.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

ESTATE & LIKE NEW Furni-ture, Mattresses, Tools & Hdwe. No HST and Low Pric-es on Great Selection! BUY & SAVE, 9818 4th St., Sidney. buyandsave.ca Visa, M/C.

HOT TUB, needs new pump, $200. obo. (250)884-2090.

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?

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

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

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

WANTED: COMPUTER (home or laptop), DVD player and small Dumbbell Weights for working out. 250-514-6688

REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE BY OWNER

4210 QUADRA3250 sq.ft. 5-bdrm, 3 bath. Pri-vate, well-kept yard. Lot size 11,000 sq.ft. Must be seen! $619,000. (250)479-1194.

HOUSES FOR SALE

CORDOVA BAY. $610,000.(Bring Offers). 3 bdrm, 3 bath. Handicap features, suite, view, on bike trail. 250-818-5397.

REAL ESTATE

HOMES WANTED

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REAL ESTATE SERVICES

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RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

Fraser Tolmie Apts- 1701 Cedar Hill X Rd1-877-659-40691701 Cedar Hill X Rd1-877-659-40691 and 2 bdrms1-877-659-4069www.frasertolmime.ca1 & 2 Bedrooms1701 Cedar Hill X Roadwww.frasertolmime.ca for pics

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

SIDNEY, 2 bdrm Apt on Bea-con, June. 1st, $1350. Peter (250)544-2300. Firm Mgmt.

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

SAXE POINT- 2 bdrm, 1 bath in 3-plex, W/D, N/S, sm pet ok, near park & bus, $1200. Equi-tex, 250-386-6071.

SIDNEY- (5TH STREET) Available now. Sm pet ok, 2 bdrms, 1 bath, new paint, coin op. $1050 includes H/W. Call Equitex, 250-386-6071.

COTTAGES

BRENTWOOD: HIGH-END short term rental, 1 bdrm 1000 sq ft, NS/NP. (250)213-2989.

PRIVATE 1 bdrm beach cabin, self-contained, 20 mins north of Qualicum. N/S, N/P. Weekly $500. Call (250)757-2094.

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

GORGE AREA, 2 bdrm grd level, reno’d, 4 appls, N/S, N/P, $1300 incls water/hydro, near all amens. (250)382-4297

HOMES FOR RENT

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

SMALL 3-BDRM house. New-ly updated. Large yard, stor-age shed, W/D. $1400.+ utils. Text or call (250)858-2763.

SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING

LIFE is BETTER at THE CAMELOT!

Supported, independent living in a bright corner suite, like new, in the heart of historical James Bay, near Inner Harbour.

FOR SALE OR RENT!Viewing appt: 250-652-9725.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

LANGFORD NEW townhouse. bdrm, bath. $600. incl. N/S, N/P, avail July 1. 250-382-9434.

TILLICUM MALL. FurnishedRm in apt. bus route. NS/NP. $550 inclusive. 250-893-8727.

SUITES, LOWER

BRAEFOOT AREA, avail now. Fully furn’d 1 bdrm on bus route, W/D, $600 all utils incld, N/S, N/P 250-721-0418

APARTMENT/CONDO

HOMES FOR RENT

RENTALS

SUITES, LOWER

BRENTWOOD BAY- quiet, cozy 1 bdrm, priv ent, W/D, D/W, elec F/P, close to bus N/S, N/P. $750 (incls hydro) July. 1. Ref’s, 250-652-5780.

COLWOOD- COZY 1 bdrm bsmt suite, $720 inclds utils & wifi . Close to Royal Roads Univ, shopping, Galloping Goose trail. Pet friendly, N/S. June 1. Refs. 250-294-5516.

MAPLEWOOD AREA- New small 1 bdrm, partly furnished. Inclds utils, laundry, basic cable. Very quiet. $795./mo. NS/NP. Call (250)383-3425.

MARIGOLD AREA- 1 bdrm, shared lndry, quiet. NS/NP. $850, (immed). 250-727-6217.

SAANICH- LARGE, 2000sq ft, 2 bdrm, lights & heat incld, N/S, N/P, refs, $1100 mo. Avail now. 250-652-0591.

SAANICHTON, BRIGHT, quiet priv 1 bdrm + computer room, water view, wifi & sat TV, off street parking. N/S, N/P. $750 all inclusive. Avail July 1. Call (250)652-2774.

TOWNHOUSES

SIDNEY: NEW 3 bdrm + den, laundry, NS/NP, $1800. Avail July 1st. Call 250-217-4060.

TRANSPORTATION

ANTIQUE/CLASSICS

FOR FATHERS DAY1990 ROLLS-ROYCE

As new only 86,000 kmDealer serviced $19,900

Call 778-440-9773

AUTO FINANCING

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TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

GUARANTEEDAuto Loans orWe Will Pay You $1000

All Makes, All Models.New & Used Inventory.

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

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AUTO SERVICES

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CASH PAIDFOR ALL VEHICLES in

all conditions in all locations

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

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

otherwise chumped!

KG MOBILE Mechanic. Con-venience of having a mechan-ic at home or on the road. (250)883-0490.

CARS

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

$50-$1000 CASH

For scrap vehicleFREE Tow away

858-5865

TRANSPORTATION

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

SCRAP BATTERIES Wanted We buy scrap batteries from cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 & up each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Minimum 10. Toll Free 1.877.334.2288.

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

This beautiful 2004 Volks-wagen Touareg has been well maintained. With only 135,000 KM on an economi-cal and spirited V6 engine, all wheel drive and tow hitch with electric brakes. Unique 6 spd Tiptronic auto trans-mission which will do the shifting for you or let you shift yourself for a sportier driving exp. Boasting a well equipped interior, rear mounted CD changer, this SUV cannot be missed!

$16,500(250)658-1123

[email protected]

UTILITY TRAILERS

ARROW TRUCK Canopy- white, canopy roof is 4” above truck roof. Big space back window. Excellent condition. $700. Call 250-361-0052.

MARINE

BOATS

BOAT HOUSE, 40’X20’, for up to 35’ boat, high door easily accommodates a command bridge boat. Located at North Saanich Marina $50,000. obo (250)665-6045, (250)999-3248 or (250)418-1780.

$$$ BOATS Wanted. Any size. Cash buyer. Also trailers and outboards. 250-544-2628.

GARAGE SALES

BAY/QUADRA area, 2523 Wark St., Sat, June 2, 8am-12pm. Multi Family Sale.

BIG ANNUAL SALE. Emma-nuel Baptist Church, 2121 Ce-dar Hill X Rd, Saturday June 2nd, 9am-1pm. Lots for sale! Bake table. Fundraiser for lo-cal and global projects.

COLWOOD, 3612 Pond Side Terr (off of Latoria Rd.), Sat, June 2, 8am-2pm. Multi Family Sale. Follow the signs.

ESQUIMALT- 935 Inskip St, Saturday and Sunday, June 2nd and 3rd, 9-1pm.

FIRST BAPTIST Church 875 North Park St. Saturday June 2nd. Treasure sale- 9am-1pm.

SAANICHTON- 2573 James Island Rd, Sat, June 2, 9am-3pm.

SIDNEY, 10159 Third St., Sat, June 2, 9am-1pm. Household items, camping gear & more.

W. SAANICH, 1258 Knockan Drive, Sat, June 2, 10am-2pm. Multiple Family Sale.

GARAGE SALES

YARD SALE & TEASat. June 2nd, 9am-2pm

St. George’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church,

1100 Colville Road.Gently used household goods and collectibles.

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING

ACCOUNTINGVida Samimi

Certifi ed General Accountant

Bookkeeping, Audit,Payroll, HST. Set up &

Training. E-FileTAX

250-477-4601

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

BUSINESS SERVICES

BOOKKEEPING, p/u & drop off, 16 years experience. Tina 250-245-1390

CARPENTRY

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

JOURNEYMAN- 30 yrs exp. Decks, fences, stairs, interest-ing projects. Call Frank, (250)477-3315.

McGREGOR HOME Repair & Renos. Decks to doors. Small jobs OK. WCB. (250)655-4518

CLEANING SERVICES

ECO-FRIENDLY CLEANING. Excellent refs & attention to detail. Keri (250)658-2520.

MALTA HOUSECLEANING Estate organizing, events, par-ties, offi ce cleaning. BBB member. (250)388-0278.

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

COMPUTER SERVICES

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

COMPUDOC MOBILE Com-puter Services. Repairs, tune-ups, tutoring, web sites and more. Call 250-886-8053.

CONCRETE & PLACING

RBC CONCRETE Finishing. All types of concrete work. No job too small. Seniors dis-count. Call 250-386-7007.

CONTRACTORS

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

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

DRAFTING & DESIGN

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

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DRYWALL

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

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.

MUD on the RUN. Small dry-wall repairs, textures & reno-vations. Ross, (250)812-4879.

ELECTRICAL

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

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

EXPERIENCED ELECTRI-CIAN. Reasonable rates. 250-744-6884. Licence #22202.

GNC ELECTRIC Res/Comm. Reasonable rates for quality work. #43619. 250-883-7632.

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

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

VAEXCA TING & DRAINAGE

BUBBA’S HAULING. Mini ex-cavator & bob cat services. Perimeter drains, driveway prep, Hardscapes, Lot clear-ing. Call 250-478-8858.

FENCING

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

DECKS/FENCES, licensed & insured. Call Fred (250)514-5280. thelangfordman.com

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U-NEEK SEATS. Hand cane, Danish weave, sea grass. UK Trained. Fran, 250-216-8997.

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10% OFF. Aerate, Rototill, Mowing, Hedge / Shrub trim-ming, clean-up. 250-479-6495

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

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

LANDSCAPE & TREE care hedges/pruning/shaping. Lawn & garden. Maint. 18 yrs exp. WCB. Andrew, (250)893-3465.

LAWNCUTTING~ QUALITY Work! Most smaller city lots $30. Andy, (250)475-0424.

NO JOB too BIG or SMALL. SENIOR’S SPECIAL! Prompt, reliable service. Phone Mike (ANYTIME) at 250-216-7502.

WEEDING, PRUNING, hedg-es, hauling, etc. $25/hr, free est. Call Steve (250)727-0481

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GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

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GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

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

HANDYPERSONS

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

AVAILABLE- SMALL JOBS. Drywall, plumbing,etc. Senior’s discount. Jim (250)858-4091.

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YOUNG SENIOR Handyman. Household repairs. Will assist do-it-yourselfers. Call Fred, 250-888-5345.

HAULING AND SALVAGE

#1 JUNK Removal & Hauling. Small Renos. Moving/Packing. Free estimates. Cheapest in town. Same day emergency removal. Call 250-818-4335.

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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.

HAULING & RECYCLING. 250-889-5794.


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

SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

MALTA ASBESTOS, Mold re-moval. Attics, drywall & more. (250)388-0278. BBB member.

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.

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LADY PAINTERServing the Peninsula for over 20 yrs. Interior/exterior. Call Bernice, 250-655-1127.

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This Weekend’s

Check the page number below in Real Estate Victoria or visit www.revweekly.com

Find more details on the Open Houses below in the May 31 - June 6 edition of

Published Every Thursday

OPENOPENHOUSESSelect your home.

Select your mortgage.

Oak Bay 250-370-7601Westshore 250-391-2933

Victoria 250-483-1360Sidney 250-655-0632

www.vericoselect.comChatterton Way 250-479-0688

251 Government, $647,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunMette Pedersen, 250-744-3301

3166 Somerset, $517,900Saturday 12-2DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jeff Bishop, 250-474-6003 pg. 19

3-828 Rupert TerraceSaturday & Sunday 1-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalMurray Lawson 250 385-9814 pg. 11

1161 Finlayson, $438,000Saturday 2:30-4Re/Max CamosunJudy Campbell 250 744-3301 pg. 42

3-727 Linden AveSunday 1-3Newport RealtyDavid Harvey, 250-385-2033 pg. 6

210-1061 Fort, $189,900Saturday 1-3Newport RealtyBruce Gibson 250 385-2033 pg. 6

1494 Fairfi eld, $309,900Thursday - Sunday 1-4Brown Brothers Real EstateRobert Young 250 385-8780 pg. 16

2959 Irma St, $589,000Saturday 1-4 & Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunEd G Sing, 250-744-3301 pg. 18

206-20 Olympia, $219,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Dorothee Friese, 250-477-7291 pg. 12

1050 Pentrelew, $698,000Saturday 12:30-2:30Pemberton HolmesAndrew Mara 250 384-8124 pg. 19

336 Richmond Ave, $799,000Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunLynne Campbell, 250-812-4949 pg. 15

412-225 Belleville St, $499,900Saturday & Sunday 1-4Pemberton Holmes LtdBev Blumer, 250 384-8124 pg. 5

607 Wilson, $399,900Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyBruce Gibson 250 385-2033 pg. 10

1362 Grant StSunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes CloverdaleLisa Redding 250 882-0868 pg. 40

404-300 Waterfront, $548,500Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate LtdFrank Chan 250 477-7291 pg. 17

403-819 Burdett, $439,900Sunday 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalPat Meadows, 250-592-4422 pg. 10

27 Pilot, $799,000Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyPatricia Parkins, 250-385-2033 pg. 19

304-1121 Oscar St, 369,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Peter Crichton, 250-889-4000

637 Cornwall, $619,000Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunGuy Crozier 250-744-3301 pg. 32

113-21 ErieSaturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastLynn MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 6

733A HumboldtDaily noon - 5 pm (exc Fri)Fair Realty Ryan Bicknell 250 480-3000 pg. 16

1141 Oscar StSaturday 3:30-5Re/Max CamosunEmma Dixon-Will, 250-370-7788

514-160 Wilson, $289,900Sunday 2-4DFH Real EstateRon Bahrey, 250-477-7291 pg. 11

402-21 Erie StreetSaturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunBon Hollier, 250-514-8007 pg. 18

C-113 Superior, $489,500Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate LtdFrank Chan 250 477-7291 pg. 17

1-1246 Fairfi eld, $169,000Saturday 12-2Royal Lepage Coast CapitalLaurel Hounslow 250 592-4422 pg. 9

301-380 Waterfront, $529,900Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyGary Bazuik, 250-477-5353 pg. 42

306-75 SongheesSunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 12

2743 Higgins StSaturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunEmma Dixon-Will, 250-370-7788

301-1715 Richmond AveSaturday 1-3Century 21 Queenswood RealtyClaire Yoo, 250-477-1100 pg. 6

103-1527 Cold Harbour Rd, $279,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max AllianceDavid Rusen, 250-386-8875 pg. 6

105-1220 Fort, $309,900Saturday 2:30-4:30Royal Lepage Coast CapitalLaurel Hounslow 250 592-4422 pg. 9

604-75 SongheesSunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 13

3093 Washington, $729,000Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyRobert Buckle 250 385-2033 pg. 18

66 Wellington, $1,095,000Sunday 2-4Burr Properties LtdPatrick Skillings 250 382-8838 pg. 19

616-160 Wilson, $369,000Sunday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyBill Chudyk 250 477-5353 pg. 15

1275 Dominion Rd, $469,900Sunday 1-3Address Realty Ltd.Irina Lobatcheva, 250-391-1893

402-11 CooperageSaturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastLynn MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 14

101-66 Songhees Rd, $589,900Saturday 2-4Address Realty LtdMichelle Vermette, 250-391-1893

754 Humboldt, $198,900Daily Noon-5 exc FridaysConcert Properties 250 383-3722 pg. 7

104-2211 Shelbourne, $294,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunJason Binab, 250-744-3301 pg. 40

1709 Fernwood Rd, $399,000Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyFred Lerch, 250-889-2528 pg. 18

32 Pilot, $669,900Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyNoah Dobson 250 385-2033 pg. 11

1323 McNair, $499,999Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesGunnar Stephenson, 250-884-0933 pg. 20

403-455 Sitkum Rd., $559,900Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyNoah Dobson 250 385-2033 pg. 6

510-188 DouglasSaturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunBonnie Johnston 250 744-3301 pg. 13

205-1223 Johnson St, $299,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesMurray Clodge, 250-818-6146 pg. 6

263 Beechwood, $619,900Saturday 1:30-3:30Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMorley Bryant, 250-477-5353 pg. 19

203-1120 Fairfi eld Rd, $389,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCheri Crause, 250-592-4422

3901 Seaton, $444,900Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jeff Bishop, 250-474-6003 pg. 20

407-380 Waterfront, $428,000Saturday 2-5SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250 380-6683

2520 Cadboro Bay, $669,000Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Bill Knowles, 250-656-0131 pg. 20

1149 Hampshire, $1,029,000Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Philip Illingworth, 250-477-7291 pg. 17

2112 Pentland, $950,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesShawn Adye, 250-384-8124 pg. 20

2817 Foul Bay Rd, $519,900Sunday 1-3Sutton GroupWest Coast RealtyVic Smith 250-479-3333 pg. 20

405-1159 Beach Dr, $735,000Saturday 2-4Sutton GroupWest Coast RealtyKathryn Alexander, 250-881-4440 pg. 5

2213 Windsor, $854,900Saturday 1-3 & Sunday 2-4Jonesco Real EstateWayne Garner 250 881-8111 pg. 41

2625 Orchard AveSunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Susan Carley, 250-477-7291

2540 McLaren, $499,900Saturday 1-4Re/Max CamosunPaul Askew 250 744-3301 pg. 43

3000 UplandsSunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes David Scotney, 250-384-8124 pg. 21

895 Falkland, $689,900Saturday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyMike Van Nerum, 250-477-1100 pg. 21

2226 Windsor RdSaturday 2-4Macdonald Realty LtdEleanor V Smith, 250 388-5882

2046 Kings Rd, $559,500Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunLynne Sager 250 744-3301 pg. 37

4-118 AldersmithSunday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyBill Chudyk 250 477-5353 pg. 14

402-288 Eltham, $399,900Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesAndrew Plank 250 360-6106 pg. 14

207 Anya Lane, $699,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyJessica Amorim, 250-479-3333 pg. 21

44 Demos, $405,000Saturday 12-2Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDoug Poruchny 250-474-4800 pg. 21

423 Creed PlSaturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Stephanie Peat, 250-656-0131

2339 Chilco, $547,900Saturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyNorma Campbell, 250-477-5353 pg. 21

18-300 Six Mile Rd., $389,900Saturday 12-1:45Fair RealtyRay Kong, 250-590-7011 pg. 40

1370 Craigfl ower, $439,000Saturday 12-2Re/Max CamosunJudy Campbell 250 744-3301 pg. 42

1366 Craigfl owerSaturday 12-2Re/Max CamosunJudy Campbell 250 744-3301 pg. 42

843 Parklands Dr, $469,000Saturday 10-1Pemberton HolmesDavid Johnston, 250-384-8124 pg. 21

1326 Lyall St, $499,900Saturday 2:30-4Re/Max CamosunApril Prinz, 250-744-3301 pg. 21

485 Constance Ave, $699,900Saturday 1-3Address Realty Ltd.Mike Chubey, 250-391-1893

2-1182 Colville Rd, $417,900Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyBruce McCulloch, 250-479-3333 pg. 21

934 Craigfl ower, $379,000Friday, Saturday & Sunday 1-4Pemberton HolmesNicole Burgess 250 384-8124 pg. 13

4665 Amblewood, $769,900Saturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesCorie Meyer, 250-384-8124 pg. 23

407-1009 McKenzie, $229,000Sunday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalRosemarie Colterman 250 384-7663 pg. 8

4800 Sea Ridge, $799,900Sunday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalCheryl Bejcar 250 592-4422 pg. 23

110-1505 Church Ave, $227,900Saturday 2-4Boorman’sRod Hay, 250-595-1535 pg. 14

1934 Waterloo, $689,900Sunday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyMike Van Nerum, 250-477-1100 pg. 24

3983 Cedarwood, $549,000Saturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalCheryl Bejcar 250 592-4422 pg. 24

2-4341 Crownwood Ln, $629,000Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyNeil Rawnsley, 250-592-4422 pg. 6

2676 Arbutus Rd, $999,000Saturday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyAnke Venema, 250 477-1100 pg. 24

3470 Bonair, $1,649,900Saturday 2-4Newport RealtySylvia Therrien, 250-385-2033 pg. 23

5203-2829 Arbutus, $867,500Sunday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalJordan Thome 250 477-5353 pg. 10

43-5110 Cordova Bay, $579,000Saturday 11-1MacDonald RealtyJohn Boyle 250 388-5882 pg. 23

1245 Esquimalt, $250,000Friday - Sunday 12-4Pemberton HolmesIvica Kalabric, 250-384-8124 pg. 37

1170 Sunnygrove, $749,000Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastEamon Coll 250 479-3333 pg. 24

4008 Bow Rd, $775,000Sunday 3:30-5SmartMove Real EstateBlair Veenstra, 250-380-6683 pg. 22

20-4771 Cordova Bay, $899,900Saturday 11-1MacDonald RealtyJohn Boyle 250 388-5882 pg. 23

1178 WoodheathSaturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunBruce Hatter, 250-744-3301 pg. 42

910 Lucas Ave, $458,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyNeil Rawnsley, 250-592-4422 pg. 22

317-1680 Poplar Ave, $239,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max AllianceDavid Rusen, 250-386-8875 pg. 5

994 Cottontree Close, $659,900Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunBon Hollier, 250-514-8007 pg. 22

203-1642 McKenzie, $384,900Saturday 11-1 & Sunday 2-4Macdonald Realty LtdEleanor V Smith, 250 388-5882 pg. 43

4941 Lochside, $729,900Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunBrad Gregory 250 744-3301 pg. 23

1536 Winchester, $709,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdRick Shumka 250 384-8124 pg. 24

305-820 Short, $329,888Sunday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyNorma Campbell, 250-477-5353 pg. 15

4030/4040 Borden St, $239,900Saturday & Sunday 1-4Cathy Duncan & Associates250 658-0967 pg. 33

3942 Aspen, $795,000Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyGary Bazuik, 250-477-5353 pg. 42

2434 Camelot, $699,000Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyPatricia Parkins, 250-385-2033 pg. 24

2380 Queenswood, $1,245,000Saturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalDave Lynn 250 592-4422 pg. 8

5365 Alderley RdSunday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDavid Stevens, 250-477-5353 pg. 22

3236 Cedar HillSaturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesMarie Dorland 250 384-8124 pg. 24

982 Taine, $459,900Saturday 11-1DFH Real Estate Ltd.Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291 pg. 24

308-3260 Quadra St., $259,900Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesCorie Meyer, 250-384-8124 pg. 15

1912 Woodley Rd., $1,124,500Sunday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdDeborah Kline 250 661-7680 pg. 23

2-4318 Emily Carr, $539,000Sunday 2-4DFH Real EstateWendy Herrick 250-656-0131 pg. 14

3922 Quadra, $425,900Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesGladys Walsh 250-384-8124 pg. 25

3735 Doncaster, $699,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Fair RealtyRay Kong, 250-590-7011 pg. 40

2879 Inez, $579,000Sunday 2:30-4Re/Max CamosunJudy Campbell 250 744-3301 pg. 42

4823 Prospect Lake Rd, $1,165,000Sunday 1-3Address Realty Ltd.Mike Chubey, 250-391-1893 pg. 25

4071 Carey, $474,000Saturday 3-4Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 43


1075 Primrose, $534,900Saturday 2-4Jonesco Real EstateWayne Garner 250 881-8111 pg. 41

4176 Carey, $559,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate LtdMike Hartshorne 250 889-4445 pg. 25

1260 Loenholm Rd, $464,000Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Wayne Hyslop, 250-477-7291 pg. 25

2836 Murray, $954,900Saturday 2:30-4:30Century 21 Queenswood RealtyChris Markham 250 477-1100 pg. 35

21 Lurline AveSaturday 11-1Holmes Realty Ltd.Vern Totten, 250-656-0911

15-4583 Wilkinson, $499,900Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunGuy Crozier 250-744-3301 pg. 32

211 Maddock Ave W, $439,000Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCamela Slack, 250-661-4088

460 MontcalmSaturday 2-4Re/Max AllianceClaude Delmaire 250 386-8875 pg. 26

3814 RolandSunday 1-3Century 21 QueenswoodLaurie Mains 250 477-1100 pg. 26

4705 Kerryview, $2,999,900Sunday 2-4JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3

560 Ker, $569,888Sat 2-4 Pemberton HolmesMay Chamberland 250 384-8124 pg. 25

573 Crossandra Cres, $299,500Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyJackie Adkins, 250-477-5353 pg. 6

107-7 Gorge Rd W, $175,000Saturday 11:30-1:30Re/Max CamosunBruce Hatter, 250-744-3301 pg. 40

735 DaffodilSunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunDoreen Halstenson, 250 744-3301 pg. 43

2828 Inlet, $499,000Sunday 12-2Re/Max CamosunJudy Campbell 250 744-3301 pg. 42

8540 Lochside DrSunday 2:30-4Holmes Realty Ltd.James Bridge, 250-656-0911

1677 Texada, $839,000Sunday 1-3One Percent RealtyTania McFadden 250 589-0248 pg. 27

1511 Oceanspray Dr, $789,000Saturday 2-4Sparling Real EstateDon Sparling, 250-656-5511 pg. 27

1719 Barrett, $729,000Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Ann Watley 250-656-0131 pg. 27

1563 Dean Park Rd, $699,900Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunGaye Phillips, 250-655-0608 pg. 27

301-2421 Sidney, $346,000Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Bill Knowles, 250-656-0131 pg. 27

15-2070 Amelia Ave, $224,500Sunday 2-4Sparling Real Estate Ltd.Trevor Lunn, 250-656-5511 pg. 26

8813 Moresby Park, $630,000Sunday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMay Hamilton, 250-477-5353 pg. 28

892 Paconla, $599,000Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyGordon Lee 250-385-2033 pg. 28

407-2341 Harbour, $319,000Saturday 1-3Century 21 QueenswoodJulie Rust 250 477-1100 pg. 12

202-2050 White Birch, $229,900Saturday 2-4Jonesco Real EstateRoger Jones 250 361-9838 pg. 12

767 Turnberry Pl, $685,000Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Judy Gerrett, 250-656-0131 pg. 27

1380 Oceanspray Dr, $549,000Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Judith Gerrett, 250-656-0131 pg. 28

9616 Seventh St, $599,900Saturday 11:30-1:30Re/Max CamosunPeter Gray, 250-882-3333 pg. 26

11275 Hickory, $799,000Saturday 2-4JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3

7161 West SaanichThursday - Monday 3-5Gordon Hulme RealtyDon King 250 656-4626 pg. 11

8069 Thomson Pl, $874,900Sunday 12-2Re/Max CamosunBrad MacLaren, 250-727-5448 pg. 26

1110-6880 Wallace Dr, $729,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Cheryl Woolley, 250-477-7291

301-6880 WallaceSaturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291 pg. 14

5-2323 Harbour, $729,000Saturday 1-2Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 43

C-2055 White Birch Rd, $445,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunMel Jarvis, 250-478-9600 pg. 6

321-2245 James White, $169,000Friday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Ann Watley 250-656-0131 pg. 27

407-2341 Harbour Rd, $319,000Saturday 1-3Century 21 Queenswood RealtyJulie Rust, 250-477-1100 pg. 6

102-2380 Brethour Ave, $349,000Saturday 1-3Fair RealtyJinwoo Jeong, 250-885-5114 pg. 26

1757 Fairfax, $738,800Sunday 1-3DFH Real EstateWendy Herrick 250-656-0131 pg. 28

2340 Moore Pl, $577,500Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBonnie Johnston 250 744-3301 pg. 28

6-2056 White Birch, $499,500Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalPat Meadows, 250-592-4422 pg. 12

8735 Pender Park Dr, $795,000Saturday 2-4Sparling Real EstateDon Sparling, 250-656-5511 pg. 27

10314 Gabriola Pl, $522,000Saturday & Sunday 2:30-4Pemberton HolmesShelna Atkinson, 250-384-8124

1290 Lands End Rd, $859,000Saturday 2-4JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3

10176 Tsaykum, $599,000Saturday 1-2Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 43

33-2120 Malaview Ave, $424,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunGay Helmsing, 250-655-0608 pg. 5

11396 Chalet, $1,199,000Saturday 3-4Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 43

7161 West Saanich Rd, $379,900Thursday-Monday 3-5Re/Max CamosunCraig Walters, 250-655-0608 pg. 26

10522 Lyme Grove, $1,195,000Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunGay Helmsing, 250-360-7387 pg. 28

656 Stewart Mountain RdSaturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunDoreen Halstenson, 250 744-3301 pg. 43

3605 Pondside Terr, $474,900Saturday 2-4Address Realty Ltd.Adam Hales, 250-391-1893

613 Amble Pl, $499,900Saturday & Sunday 1-4Re/Max CamosunKeith Ferguson 250 744-3301 pg. 32

786 Walfred Rd, $1,228,888Sunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesDaryl Ashby, 250-478-9141

973 Tayberry, $409,900Sunday 2-3:30Re/Max CamosunDon Burnham, 250-516-1510 pg. 29

2433 Prospector Way, $629,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton Holmes David Scotney, 250-384-8124 pg. 29

2957 Robalee Pl, $384,900Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyGoran Tambic, 250-384-7663 pg. 28

201-2829 Peatt Rd, $224,900Saturday 12-2Re/Max CamosunRick Turcotte, 250-744-3301

579 Tena, $440,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesDavid Hale, 250-812-7277 pg. 2

47-2817 Sooke Lake Rd, $99,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunTony Wick, 250-478-9600 pg. 29

2607 Country Terrace, $489,900Sunday 12:30-2:30Century 21 Queenswood RealtyAnke Venema, 250 477-1100

3001 Alouette, $489,900Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate LtdMike Hartshorne 250 474-6003 pg. 30

2954 Rockhill PlSaturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunLee Johnston, 250-478-9600 pg. 29

662 Goldstream Ave., $254,900Daily 1-4Kahl RealtyJason Kahl 250-391-8484 pg. 11

217 Carmanah Pl, $620,000Saturday 12:30-2Pemberton HolmesShelna Atkinson, 250-384-8124

2386 Setchfi eld Ave, $549,786Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBrad MacLaren, 250-727-5448 pg. 28

837 Gannet, $449,000Saturday 1:30-3SmartMove Real EstateBlair Veenstra, 250-380-6683 pg. 30

549 Delora Dr, $579,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Kroppmann RealtyHans Hegen, 250-858-0424 pg. 40

608 Fairway Ave, $369,900Daily 1:30-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyJennifer Scheck, 250-477-1100 pg. 5

116-866 Brock, $260,000Sunday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyKellie Elder 250 384-7663 pg. 8

3418 Pattison, $454,900Sunday 2-4SmartMove Real EstateBlair Veenstra, 250-380-6683 pg. 30

5308 Rocky Pt Rd, $599,000Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunShirley Zailo 250-478-4828 pg. 30

2363 Echo Valley Dr, $589,500Saturday 11:30-1SmartMove Real EstateBlair Veenstra, 250-380-6683 pg. 28

681 Donovan, $449,900Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate LtdMike Hartshorne 250 889-4445 pg. 29

335 Chapel Heights, $925,000Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastLynn MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 31

477 Royal Bay, $699,000Sunday 12-2RE/MAX CamosunJason Leslie, 250-478-9600 pg. 30

6-3650 Citadel, $699,000Sunday 2:30-4:30RE/MAX CamosunJason Leslie, 250-478-9600 pg. 30

68-2587 Selwyn, $168,000Saturday 11-1DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jean Omelchenko, 250-474-6003 pg. 29

2458 Prospector, $559,000Saturday 1:30-3RE/MAX CamosunDiana Devlin, 250-744-3301 pg. 43

3250 Walfred Pl, $445,000Sunday 2-4Address Realty Ltd.Adam Hales, 250-391-1893 pg. 28

2528 Selwyn Rd, $578,500Sunday 12-2Sutton Group West Coast RealtyShelley Stancin, 250-857-3044 pg. 29

3023 Arado, $549,900Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate LtdMike Hartshorne 250 889-4445 pg. 31

3019 Dornier, $259,900Daily 12-4 DFH Real Estate LtdMike Hartshorne 250 889-4445 pg. 29

2200 Harrow Gate, $629,000Sunday 3-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyAnke Venema, 250 477-1100

771 Danby, $679,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate LtdJeff Shaw 250 474-6003 pg. 31

608 Fairway Ave, $249,900Daily 1:30-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyChuck Meagher, 250-477-1100 pg. 13

27-551 Bezanton, $487,500Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunShirley Zailo 250-478-4828 pg. 30

6652 Rhodonite, $309,900Saturday & Sunday 3:30-4:30Re/Max AllianceKaren Love, 250-386-8875 pg. 40

5924 Sooke Rd, $324,900Sunday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyLorenda Simms, 250-642-6361 pg. 31

Sunriver Estates Sales CentreSaturday-Thursday 11-4Newport RealtyBlair Watling 250 642-2233 pg. 34

2239 McIntosh, $399,000Thursday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdDeborah Kline 250 661-7680 pg. 36

877 Tutor Way, $449,000Saturday 1-4Pemberton HolmesDiana Winger 250-999-3683 pg. 40

678 Augusta, $489,900Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesJacqueline Baker, 250-384-8124 pg. 36

929 Deloume Rd, $514,900Saturday 1-3Cornerstone PropertiesJordan Louis, 250-661-8065

901 Pratt, $489,900Saturday 1-4Re/Max CamosunPaul Askew 250 744-3301 pg. 43

2640 West Shawnigan Lake, $749,900Saturday 1-4Re/Max CamosunPaul Askew 250 744-3301 pg. 43

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Enjoy live music and the quiet gift of poetry when Wendy Morton and Rhonda Ganz turn your memories into poems made from your words. Stroll through the ter-races, find your ancestors and ask questions of staff, visit the Woodlands green burial area and see the plans and site for the Little Spirits Garden, a spe-cial community memorial dedi-cated to infant and child loss.

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For every one of 123 hats and Tilley signed, Tilley Endurables donated $5 to the Canadian Cancer Society’s Relay for Life Victoria. In addition to the $615 raised by the signing, Tilley Hat owners contributed another $75 for a combined total of $690.

Highlights of the signing include one man with 13 hats, and another person with a United Nations Canadian Peace-keeping light blue Tilley hat that had seen service in the Persian Gulf.

Awards and accoladesAfter more than 100 nomi-

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Madrona Gallery is celebrating its second anniversary and invites art lov-ers to stop by from

1 to 4 p.m. June 2 for a party and Nicholas Bott’s second solo exhibition at the gallery.

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Thursdays – Free anxiety sup-port group, sponsored by the Capital Mental Health Associa-tion, with Dr. Tom Lipinski, 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Bridge Centre, 125 Skinner St. FMI: CMHA, 250-389-1211.

June 1 & 2 – The Arbutus Singers present an entertain-ing, family-friendly concert at 7:30 p.m. at First Metropolitan United Church, with a recep-tion following the concert each night. Tickets are $15/adults; $25/family; $10/seniors and stu-dents, available at the door or from 250-727-9146. All proceeds go to the ChoirKids program.

June 2 – Oak Bay United Church Garage Sale, corner Granite and Mitchell, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Furniture, household goods, linens, books, art, jewel-lery, toys and Children’s Bou-tique. FMI: 250-598-5021 ext. 0.

June 3 – Walk-It Challenge, a free 5 km walk open to all, 8:30 a.m. at 1008 Douglas St. or Broadmead Village, 777 Royal Oak Dr. FMI: www.weightwatch-ers.ca/walkit.

June 3 – UVic Kids’ Safety

Day, with free, fun activities, 1 to 4 p.m. in parking lot 2. Bike Safety Rodeo for children five to 12 years old with bicycles and helmets. Refreshments avail-able. FMI: 250-721-8981.

June 3 – First Open Heart Society of B.C.’s 39th annual Walk for Hearts and silent auc-tion at Sidney’s Scout Hall. Prizes, food and more. Regis-tration at 11 a.m. Proceeds to Royal Jubilee Hospital. FMI: 250-595-2123 or www.fohs.bc.ca

June 4 – Alzheimer Society of B.C. workshop, Accessing Services, 9 a.m. to noon. Pre-register at 250-370-5641 or email [email protected].

June 8 – Fantastic Friday fea-turing Messy Church, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at St. Luke’s Hall, 3821 Cedar Hill Cross Rd. at Cedar Hill Road. Free family activi-ties – games, art, theatre fun and group projects. Come as you are, dinner provided. FMI: 250-477-6741 or www.stlukesvic-toria.ca

June 9 – St. Andrew’s Regional High School Alumni Association BBQ welcomes all former students, graduates, parents, former teachers and support staff at the school from 5 to 8 p.m. Entertainment, bun-gee run inflatable, induction of the 2012 graduating class. Tick-ets $15/adults, $10/age 13 and younger. Reserve at 250-479-1414 by June 5.

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On a desk below a bright window sits a wooden cube, a rainbow mess of wires spraying from its top and sides forming a 3-D printer.

Four metres away sits a mini beer brewery that looks like a 1920s refrigerator in dull black. Under one of the taps, a plastic cup has a skiff of brew in the bottom.

Another two metres and there are chisels, lathes and saws, sawdust and wooden workbenches. Next, a propane forge, anvils, hammers. Tucked under the bench, a casting forge for bronze work.

The Victoria Makerspace, on Cen-tral Saanich Road, is the hobby shop of one of the most diverse range of talents on the south Island. Its mem-bers are designers, woodworkers, blacksmiths, hackers and do-it-your-self brewers.

“Makers” are part of a growing worldwide trend with roots in the

artisan movement. The idea is people can make the

things they need by learning from local experts, rather than buying products exported from faraway markets.

“The thing most driving me is building a community of people who like to learn. Really neat things come

out of it,” says Derek Jacoby.Jacoby started Victoria Maker-

space a year and a half ago. It began as a hackerspace – a society of people who develop open hardware and media – but became a maker-space for more diverse talents soon thereafter.

“The mix (of talents) is sort of a model that I think is really making a name for itself,” Jacoby says.

He likens the space to a library, where people can gain access to information, or in this case tools and

know-how, for a certain project.Thomas Gray signed on with

the Victoria Makerspace with Jacoby from the start.

He leaves his laser cutter at the space – a tool well out of the reach of most people’s bud-gets – for others to use.

“Thirty years from now, this is going to be astounding stuff and people are going to have one at home,” he said, referring to the laser cutter. “That’s why I think it’s important to see this stuff now. My kids are going to do their university projects with a laser cutter.”

With the goal of meeting other makers in the region and possibly making connections that can help the Makerspace

grow beyond its hacker, wood and metal shops, Jacoby and the space’s members are host-ing the Island’s first Mini Maker Faire in North Saanich. The

deadline for makers applica-tions is June 15.

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Vanessa Pattison of Victoria Makerspace peers at a black skull created by a the 3-D “printing” machine in the computing workshop. The group is hosting fair in July.

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A 1931 Ford Model A truck was the first to ceremoniously pull into the reopened drive-in in May at Paul’s Motor Inn.

Paul’s has brought car hop service back for the summer on weekends to celebrate the res-taurant’s 60th anniversary.

The original drive-in closed in 1972, but the restaurant, with its retro style still clearly vis-ible through big windows facing

Douglas Street, has operated at of the motel since then.

Some of the original car-hops were brought back for the reopening in late May. The event proved so popular that the restaurant ran out of ham-burger and fries and was forced to shut down three hours ear-lier than it planned.

The closure of the original drive-in predates new drive-in staff. During their interview for the job, the first question they faced from general manager

Michael King was “What’s a car hop?”

“A lot of them didn’t know what it was,” King said.

The drive-in has 17 parking stalls and five picnic tables. “If it takes off and there’s enough call for it, we’ll do it again next sum-mer,” said King.

The drive-in is open for car-hop service from 4 to 11 p.m. Fridays, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sat-urdays and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sundays until Sept. 30.

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Carhop Cat Parker hands a root beer float to Gerald Mikkers with his tray of food at the reopened Paul’s Motor Inn drive-in. Car hop service is open weekends during the summer.

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