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Birds of a featherWith towering bones and new displays, the Royal B.C. Museum offers fresh insights into dinosaurs.

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When Johnny Cash sang about a ring of fire, the musical legend was commenting on love, but skywatchers know the fiery image takes on a more astronomical definition this weekend.

On Sunday afternoon, the moon will come between the Earth and the sun during an annular solar eclipse. Because the moon will be at its furthest point away from the planet this weekend and will appear relatively small in the sky – as opposed to the “supermoon” observed two weeks ago when the moon was at its closest point to Earth – it will obscure three-quarters of the sun and earthlings will observe a band of sunlight not covered by the moon.

“We’ll see this little ring of fire around the moon,” said University of Victoria astronomy professor Russ Robb. “It’ll be pretty neat – almost as good as a total eclipse.”

The partial eclipse will first be visible in China before the moon’s shadow transits westward across the Pacific, ending above Reno, Nev. And while there’s no guarantee the eclipse will even be noticeable to those on the street, local astronomers will be glued to their telescopes.

“It always seems like (eclipses) are in Antarctica or Aus-tralia or the Arctic, and never where we are,” Robb said.

For those who would like to be behind a telescope on Sunday, Robb warns to take precautions and equip lenses with adequate solar filters to ensure safe viewing of the sun’s surface. Observers can also project an image of the sun onto a steel disc. Robb will be on hand at the Univer-sity of Victoria where the public is invited to use equip-ment, free of charge, during the eclipse.

“Victoria is a real hotbed for astronomy from the most amateur backyard stargazer, to the national centre that works with the Hubble (telescope),” said Sherry Buttnor,

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UVic astronomy professor Russ Robb uses a piece of No. 14 welder’s glass to safely look at the sun. Next to him is a Questar telescope. Both instruments will be available to the public at the university on Sunday, May 20 for those who want to watch a partial eclipse of the sun.

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second vice-president of the Victoria Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. “There’s a little bit for just about everyone.”

Buttnor, who has been hooked on astronomy for 30 years since first training a hobby telescope on Jupiter as a teen, suffered permanent vision loss after viewing the sun with a substandard filter.

The Victoria branch of the astronomical society will host free public viewings of the eclipse in Saanich, Oak Bay and downtown Victoria.

Australia is in line to experience the next total eclipse of the sun on Nov. 13 of this year. Greater Victoria will wait until Aug. 17, 2017 to fall under the shadow of the moon during a total solar eclipse.

But astronomers and hobbyists in the area don’t have to wait another five years for the next celestial event. On June 5 Venus will travel across the sun, appearing as a small dot moving left to right in the foreground. The tran-sit of Venus won’t happen again until 2117.

“Everybody’s going to be talking about it,” Robb [email protected]

Look up, way upSunday, May 20■ 5:01 p.m. Moon begins to cover the sun■ 6:16 p.m. Maximum 80 per cent of sun covered■ 7:25 p.m. Moon moves past the sun

■ The Victoria Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada hosts free public viewings with telescopes at Cattle Point in Oak Bay, Mount Tolmie in Saanich and the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria during the eclipse. Contact Sherry Buttnor for more information at 250-474-0554 or see victoria.rasc.ca.

■ University of Victoria astronomy instructor Russ Robb will also lead a free public viewing on the roof of the university’s science building, the Bob Wright Centre, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. To access the fifth

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In six years the Capital Regional District has spent more than $18 million on plan-ning for regional sewage treatment, but senior governments remain mum on fund-ing the project.

The CRD liquid waste management com-mittee approved another $50,000 for plan-ning work last week, but little has happened in the past year as the province and fed-eral governments mull approving a plan ordered by the B.C. Ministry of Environ-ment in 2006.

“We think we’ll get an announcement in the next few months, or sooner. I think we are getting closer,” said committee chair Denise Blackwell, a Langford councillor.

“We aren’t going ahead with anything until we have a signed agreement with the

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in August 2010 to build a wastewater treat-ment site at McLoughlin Point in Esquimalt, a separate biosolids facility at Hartland Landfill or a location closer to McLoughlin if possible. Underground storage tanks will be constructed in Saanich East.

The CRD estimates capital costs for the sewage treatment system at $782 million, plus annual operating costs of $14.5 mil-lion.

An staff report presented to the core area liquid waste management commit-tee showed the CRD has spent $6.7 million acquiring land and more than $10 million on planning and technical report consul-tant fees. It has spent $1.5 million on public engagement and other aspects of planning.

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In terms of unfinished business, Blackwell said it remains unclear how the seven CRD municipalities contributing to the system will divide the cost burden, although she suspects it will be based on sewage flow volumes.

She said the committee would prefer to see a property tax line item for sewage treatment to build a fund ahead of time.

“We don’t want to have a giant bill so we need to start collecting in advance,” Black-well said.

Saanich Coun. Vic Derman, a core area liquid waste management committee mem-ber, is part of a minority of dissenting voices at the committee table.

He voted against spending another $50,000. “I’m concerned we continue to

spend money without an indication the project is a go,” he said.

Derman argues the project should be designed around resource recovery from the get-go – notably heat recovery from sewage – not as an afterthought. He worries the province will establish a commission to oversee construction and operation, but will create a mandate with few incentives to include resource recovery technology.

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The next time you’re eating a turkey dinner, consider the fact that you’re actually eating dinosaur.

This is one of the revelations presented in the Royal B.C. Museum’s latest touring exhibit. Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries, combines some of the first significant fossil finds with new understandings of the prehistoric creatures.

The museum expects the exhibit, which opened Thursday (May 17), will attract 175,000 visitors through its four-month stay in Victoria.

“Birds are a line of dinosaurs that survived the great extinction event,” said Richard Hebda, the museum’s curator of botany and earth history.

“If anybody asks you ‘what’s it like to eat a dinosaur?’ you can say, ‘just eat turkey!’”

A diorama of China 125 million years ago recreates the landscape, complete with species of dinosaur-like birds and bird-like dinosaurs, such as the soaring microraptor, with wings on its arms and legs.

The line between dinosaurs and birds isn’t clear, Hebda added.

Other theories about how dinosaurs move are now being tested through computer models, explained Matt Smith, a paleontologist with the American Museum of Natural History, which created the exhibit.

“It’s really hard to manipulate these bones,” Smith said, pointing to the T. rex at the exhibit’s entrance. A femur bone might weigh several hundred pounds, he added.

“So in a lot of cases, we’ve created computer models to do a lot of our analysis.”

Nearby is an 18-metre metallic replica of a long-necked apatosaurus skeleton, which was built using a computer model.

“One of the questions about these kinds of dinosaurs was how high could they lift their necks and heads,” Smith said.

While museums often depict them rearing up on their hind legs, “a lot of people suggested it would be very difficult for them to lift their heads very high because they might faint. (Through computer models) we get a much better idea of what these animals could actually do.”

Another theory questioned in the exhibit is the asteroid thought to be responsible for the dinosaurs’ disappearance 65 million years ago.

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said. Previous to this big event, volcanic eruptions were pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and the climate was changing.

“Extinctions were taking place already. This is where the lessons are for us,” he said.

“We have just passed through a period of climatic instability … and then humans changing the shape of the landscape. We’re pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.”

The conditions, Hebda concluded, are right for another extinction.

Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries runs through Sept. 16. For more information, visit www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca.

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Did you know?■ Until recently, central British Columbia marked the most westerly point in Canada where dinosaur bones had been discovered. That changed about two years ago, when a high school teacher discovered a tail bone on an undisclosed Gulf Island. It appears to be from an ostrich-like dinosaur, but the jury is still out on its validity.


Kate Kerr, an exhibition arts technician, checks out her touch-up work on a model of a beipaosaurus inexpectus dinosaur that is part of the new exhibit Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries at the Royal B.C. Museum.


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A Saanich family is lucky the situation didn’t turn out any worse after a house party flew out of control and a safe contain-ing thousands of dollars went missing – temporarily.

Two teenage sisters used Facebook to plan a party at their Broadmead-area home while their parents were out of town on May 4. The invitation was passed around social media and attracted unwanted guests.

When officers arrived late in the evening after being called by one of the siblings, upwards of 70 people were at the house.

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Jantzen said detectives believe the would-be thieves were scared off by the arrival of police.

“There is a segment of our population that is looking for these parties with the intention of stealing,” Jantzen said. “You are at risk of this type of fallout if you’re going to advertise your parties on this type of social media.”

Offering advice to parents who plan to leave their teenag-ers at home while they vacation, or even parents who are allow-ing their kids to have graduation or summer parties, Jantzen said communication is key.

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Clowns, beeping horns, dancers, mascots, marching bands. Monday marks the return of the annual Island Farms Victoria Day Parade.

And for the first time, the public will see seven larger-than-life performers – stilt-walkers, acrobats and enormous puppets. The costumes and puppets were specially designed for Victoria’s 150th anniversary.

The characters, courtesy of the History 2 Life Performance Troupe, include a Cadborosaurus, the spirit of Chinatown, a giant First Nations-inspired eagle, colonial pioneer Amor de Cosmos, Emily Carr’s

monkey Woo and a bicycle-riding flower dancer, representing the City of Gardens.

“It’s an opportunity for us to bring the idea of history to life, literally ... and just to give people a real visual and very fun kind of interaction with some of the icons of the city’s history,” said Alice Bacon, Victoria’s 150th co-ordinator.

“We wanted to really capture the whole essence of the community, both historically and culturally, and in a way that’s fun.”

Just as it does every year around this time, parade organizer Ron Butlin’s phone has been ringing off the hook. But those calling to secure a last-minute spot in the parade lineup are out of luck.

Butlin, who chairs the Greater Victoria Festival Society, capped the number of parade entries at 142. Another 25 applicants must wait until next year’s event.

“I don’t like turning people away,” he said, but more than that has proven to be too much in past years. “It gets too long out there with the families.”

Parade highlights include 16 U.S. bands, coming from as far away as California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Closer to home, Reynolds and Spectrum high schools are entering marching bands.

The parade heads down Douglas Street at 9 a.m. on May 21 and ends behind the Fairmont Empress.

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For top-ranking, heavy-event athletes, the Victoria Highlands Games is already on the inter-national map – but it’s not all about the strongmen at this weekend’s festival.

The annual event is growing a strong reputation for its Scot-tish and Celtic cultural events as well.

“What we’re trying to do is create a very high quality High-land Games with world-class entertainment,” said Jim Max-well, president of the Victoria Highlands Games Association.

There are several firsts this year, including a drum major challenge.

“That’s brand new for us,” Maxwell said. “They don’t do it much in Canada.”

World champ Jason Paguio of Simon Fraser Uni-versity will compete by leading a band up and down the field twirling and tossing his baton, keep-ing the beat for the musicians.

“These guys make an art form of it,” said Max-well, adding that next year he plans to hold a competition between the 10 best drum majors in the world.

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Add to the list two beer gar-dens, haggis tasting, history presentations, falconry and sword fighting demonstrations, whiskey school and a Celtic music festival. “It just goes on and on,” Maxwell said.

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OUR VIEW

The double beep of an incoming text interrupts the critical grocery store decision

between spicy tuna and California rolls. “Hey you coming to the wedding?” popped up on the screen.

Dang.I remember checking

the box and licking the pre-stamped envelope so handily provided when she sent out the wedding invite. Don’t remember mailing it. I quickly punch the ‘y’ in response.

How embarrassing. All that time and money spent on an attractive invite and I don’t have the courtesy to respond accordingly. I best remember to send her a thank you card post-wedding.

My mother taught me that. As a child, each Christmas I wrote a thank-you letter – usually for flannel pajamas – to great-grandparents in Ontario.

At the time it seemed a chore. Now I understand she was setting me up to be a good and grateful person. Others backed up that training over the years.

When I coached minor hockey, the head coach would stand up at every year-end party and thank the parents. He showed respect and appreciation for the trust they put in us, allowing us to teach their kids sportsmanship and Canada’s game.

We’d just blush and grin as a parent thanked us for the time and energy we put into the season.

Though it wasn’t the point of offering up our services, or even an expected outcome, the thank-you was often accompanied by a gift or my favourite, a kid-crafted card.

I type “thanks” about 30 times a day to emailed calendar items, press releases and story tips, the other half of the time I don’t respond, again laying the blame on my busy-ness.

I’m not alone.The thank-you note is on its way

to extinction like photographs. Once a treasured household item, now we take hundreds of pictures and delete the 95 per cent we don’t like.

Maybe even ‘thank you’ itself is on the way out. We tend to teach children to say ‘please’ and ‘thanks,’ but the expressions of gratitude become less common phrases in our own everyday adult language.

I know I’m guilty of it occasionally. “Can you grab me a hammer?” with a “sure” response doesn’t seem rude, but kids pick it up and the cycle continues.

Perhaps we’re retaining our manners on modern technology. Smiley faces and teeny tiny mugs of beer offer a polite response to

replace ‘thanks’ or ‘okay’ in a text or an email.

An email response to an email seems apropos. A ‘ty’ or smiley face tagged onto a Facebook comment is not a thank you note. It’s totally appropriate if someone simply ‘liked’ your page, photo or comment. If they attended your wedding you’re obligated to do more, though etiquette says you have six weeks to send out thank-yous.

Judging by our letters pages these days, teacher appreciations are a question in parents’ minds this year. Common sense to me says thank your teacher for doing his or her job well, whether it’s a card, gift or face-to-face kudos. If they’ve been at it for a decade or more and plan to retire, consider a party.

You don’t tip for poor service, but most aren’t afraid to go the full 20 per cent if a restaurant server has gone above and beyond. A year-end token for the teacher isn’t incongruous.

In the case of the wedding I’m headed to this weekend, turns out my pal was asking before the RSVP deadline, and since I didn’t miss the deadline, I felt less hypocritical.

Now I can harp on her if those wedding thank-yous aren’t out in six weeks (insert winky face here).

[email protected]—Christine van Reeuwyk is the

reporter for the Peninsula News Review.

Make a point to say ‘thanks’

Show CRDthe moneyThe constant news cycle may have bumped

Greater Victoria’s wastewater treatment project to the back burner.

But work continues on the Capital Regional District’s largest-ever infrastructure expenditure – $782 million at last estimate. This, despite the lack of guarantees about the funding level from the CRD’s partners, the provincial and federal governments.

Readers will remember the commitment made by those two parties to the agreement was one-third each, along with the CRD’s one-third share of the cost.

The CRD has been spending money at a good clip since being ordered in 2006 to replace, with full wastewater treatment, the current practice of piping screened raw sewage into the Juan de Fuca Strait.

To date, roughly $18 million has been spent on consultants’ fees, land acquisitions and other undertakings in preparation for this massive project. That’s a heck of a pile of money to spend before a single shovel or backhoe hits the ground.

Given the rate of spending, the appropriate time is now for taxpayers to start questioning their CRD representatives about where this planning money is going. CRD liquid waste management committee chair Denise Blackwell is optimistic the promised money will show up soon, but is that enough for the average resident, whose property taxes will be jacked up as a result of the project?

The Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development – overseen by Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA Ida Chong – says the province still intends to fund one-third of eligible project costs. Admitting that discussions about governance are ongoing between the CRD, the province and the feds, Chong said in the legislature this spring that when the funding can be released, the NDP – and we hope, the public – will be first to know.

For now it’s all talk.Taxpayers need to pressure local

representatives to go up the governmental food chain and get some better answers, before much more of our money is spent on this project.

Christine van Reeuwyk

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‘The thank-you note is on its way to extinction, like photographs.’


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Time for a drinkCity of Victoria parks apprentice and third-year Pacific Horticulture College student Tony Planeta waters shade flower baskets in the City of Victoria parks greenhouse in Beacon Hill Park. Workers will put together a total of approximately 1,500 shade and sun hanging baskets to be put up around the city during the second week of June.

Readers respond: Civil forfeiture, Juno kudos, pipeline protest

Funding for bridgeshould be flexible

There is a danger in making assumptions regarding the Federal Building Canada funding of the Johnson Street Bridge replacement project.

Proponents of a unique, experimental and expensive architectural design have stated that there is a deadline for completion that, if missed, will result in Canada’s withdrawal of this funding. I find this statement of an immovable deadline hard to believe.

Victoria city councillors have been pressured to accept substantial budget increases by the proponents who have used this deadline argument to rush the projectthrough.

This infrastructure project is by far the largest the City of Victoria has ever attempted.

By late-June, three contractors will begin the proposal and bidding process.

It is very likely that the costs will escalate beyond the approved budget and so it is imperative that council

be prepared to make hard decisions regarding the design, and whether to simplify it and adopt a more conventional tried-and-true variety to reduce the costs and risks.

Answering these simple questions would be greatly appreciated by councillors and taxpayers: Can this funding deadline be extended? If so, what would the procedure be to extend this deadline?

If we do not have definitive answers to these questions, then the city will be at a disadvantage when any unforeseen circumstances arise that delay the project.

If there is no cause for concern and the grant deadline is indeed extendable, then the project is being unnecessarily rushed, which will likely cause increased costs and human error.

I have written to Denis Lebel, the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities and Victoria MP Denise Savoie hoping for answers.

Andrew LaksVictoria

Police took the right tack in pursuing bike seizure through civil forfeiture

Re: Civil forfeiture muddies message (Our View, May 4)This opinion piece argues a position which is exactly

opposite to the editorial’s own first sentence.In this case, forfeiture of the vehicle sends exactly the

right message and a crystal clear one at that. You state in summing up, “Driving at speeds shown in the video create a probability of massive injuries and possibly death to the rider, as well the dozens of innocent people sharing the road. That is the message that must be imparted.”

What better way to impart that message than to signal to anyone else contemplating such madness that their vehicle will be seized and forfeited? Your editorial criticizes the action, but offers no alternative suggestion as to how to get the message across. Good for the police. They have done exactly the right and legal thing.

Dave WightmanSaanich

Juno support curious after blues musician’s nomination ignored

I found it ironic that Saanich has committed $100,000 to bring the 2014 Junos here when local Saanich musician Bill Johnson was not recognized by local media for being nominated for a 2012 Juno Award for “Blues CD of Year.”

His CD Still Blue has received national acclaim in blues circles. This was the first time a Victoria-area musician has ever been nominated for that award.

Bill ventured forth to the Ottawa awards and performed to an enthusiastic packed house. Unfortunately he lost out to Monkeyjunk from the Ottawa-Eastern Canada scene. Good luck in 2014 Bill, if you can scale that momentous mountain again.

John R. HunterSaanich

Pipeline balance sheets tilted toward China, low-wage jobs

I read today of stats that contradict the assumptions of

Eli W. Fricker (Letters, May 11), who tends to put down the opinions of all environmentalists.

First, the oil companies involved in the pipelines mostly belong to Chinese government companies who will reap the profits.

Secondly, they are planning to submit bids to build the pipelines and bring in temporary foreign workers at less than minimum wage. Very few new jobs will be created (a mere 142 in Kitimat) as we are exporting crude oil, and what new jobs there are will be at the source (Alberta). Meanwhile, of course, Eastern Canada imports oil.

Jobs in fishing and tourism, as well as those of First Nations, are at risk. The only jobs may be in piloting the huge tankers and in cleaning up the spills which are inevitable, given the history.

So, finally, jobs in B.C. will be lost, with no profits to balance this loss.

Christine JohnstonVictoria

Real evidence available of oil spill prevalence, remediation

Re: Just the facts wanted around pipeline protests (Letters, May 11)

Eli Fricker’s letter asked for “… empirical arguments that can be presented to debunk the environmental balderdash.” Unlike our Prime Minister and others whose minds are already made up, Mr. Fricker is hopefully willing to weigh facts and make decisions based on reason.

To avoid accusations of presenting only one-sided information from environmentalists, let’s look at data from an oil industry group: the ITOPF (International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation, itopf.com). Their database includes more than 10,000 accidental spills from vessels since 1970, adding up to 5.7 million tonnes of oil.

Of those recorded spills, about 500 were large, i.e quantities greater than 700 tonnes. The ITOPF points out that the annual incidence of spills has been decreasing since the 1970s; 2010-11 saw an average of 2.5 large spills per year.

A factor of 10 reduction from the 1970s spill rate sounds

promising, but these gains would be negated by the proposed increase in tanker traffic and size.

The ITOPF data excludes spills caused by war, underreports small operational spills, and does not include those from oil platforms (e.g. the 500,000 tonnes from the Deepwater Horizon in 2010), so the ITOPF numbers understate the impact to the marine environment.

Blaming a spill on natural forces or terrorist acts doesn’t reduce its harm. If the next big earthquake on the West Coast ruptures a pipeline, we will suffer the costs of damage to our environment, jobs and food supply just as surely as if the spill were “the responsibility of the pipeline operator.”

Mr. Fricker also asks whether remediation can restore the ecosystem. Not in practice, and cleaning up tar sands oil is much more difficult than regular crude. Search for information about Enbridge’s spill in the Kalamazoo River in 2010; this spill remains unremediated.

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Saanich centenarian George Spence belongs to a group of seniors who regularly work out at Gordon Head Recreation Centre.

On April 30, Spence’s 100th birthday, the centre celebrated its “Super Seniors,” gym pass

holders who are over 90-years-old. Chris Filler, programmer for the recreation centre, com-mended Spence, on his lifelong ability to keep healthy and active.

“He’s an inspiration to all of us,” Filler said. “This is some-

thing really special … It might inspire some younger individu-als to keep hitting the gym.”

Anyone 90 years or older in Saanich is eligible for a compli-mentary year’s pass at any of the recreation centres.

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Gordon Head Recreation Centre member George Spence celebrated international Move For Health Day and his 100th birthday at the centre on April 30. A native of Ireland who emigrated to Canada in the 1950s, Spence is a regular user of the pool and gym.

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Kyle SlavinNews staff

A Saanich police officer sub-dued a young man by punching him in the face last week after he wouldn't drop a large kitchen knife he used to threaten his mother.

Just after midnight on Fri-day (May 11), police received a dropped 911 call from a resi-dence in the 3800-block of Mer-riman Dr. Less than an hour earlier, police had attended the same house for a disturbance call, and found two occupants in the home – a mother and son – to be extremely intoxicated.

Officers who responded the

second time were met at the front door by the intoxicated son, who was brandishing a kitchen knife in his left hand.

He took an aggressive stance with the officers, while wield-ing the knife, so officers drew their weapons. Despite repeated orders to drop the knife, the sus-pect refused.

In a quick moment when the suspect turned his attention to his mother, one of the Saanich officers struck the man with his fist. A physical struggle ensued, and the man was handcuffed.

“This was a tense situation that required almost immediate decision-making,” said Sgt. Dean Jantzen. “Our officers are forced

into action based on the actions of the suspect. And sometimes we have the benefit of being able to contain someone and call for extra resources, like ERT, but in many situations, our patrol (offi-cers), including canine officers, are left with having to make judgement calls.”

No one sustained serious inju-ries in the incident. While being interviewed, the mother said her son held one of the knives to her throat.

Police are recommending charges of assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose against the 20-year-old son.

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Just after noon on May 10 Saanich fire-fighters responded to a kitchen fire in the 100-block of Crease Ave.

Two engines and two ladder trucks arrived at the single-storey home to find smoke billowing out of the residence.

The fire was quickly contained to the kitchen and was extin-guished, though the rest of the house sus-tained heavy smoke damage.

One resident, an adult male who was inside the home at the time of the fire, suf-fered minor smoke inhalation and was taken to hospital.

Damage is esti-mated at $75,000. The exact cause of the blaze is under investi-gation.

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A Colwood youth pastor has been charged with sexual exploitation over an alleged inappropriate sexual relation-ship with a 16-year-old girl in 2007 and 2008.

Ira Parmenter, 33, was arrested in Grand Falls-Windsor, NL., last Friday (May 11).

Parmenter was a youth pas-tor with the Colwood Pentecos-tal Church between 2003 and 2009.

The alleged crimes took place between July 2007 and Novem-ber 2008, when Parmenter was 28 years old. The girl’s mother became aware of the situation after the fact, in April 2011, and reported it to the police. An investigation has been ongoing since then.

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In the years since the alleged crime, Parmenter has been liv-ing in Newfoundland with his wife.

Colwood Pentecostal Church Pastor Al Funk said that Par-menter left his position in the fall of 2009 on his own accord and that church staff had no knowledge of the alleged crime until the mother came forward. Church staff have been cooper-ating with the RCMP throughout the investigation.

“We’re saddened for the peo-ple who have been impacted by it, we’re saddened for what has been done and it’s a sad day for us,” Funk said.

“He wasn’t fired, he wasn’t dismissed and nobody knew anything about this until after he was gone.”

The church has been provid-ing counselling to church mem-bers and staff, both in groups and individually.

“Anybody who wants to or has been impacted by this, we have told them that the door is open, that they can come and talk to us anytime,” Funk said.

In a 2008 article in B.C. Chris-tian News, church lead pastor Funk gave high praise of Par-menter, stating that “We have a successful youth program that is run by Ira Parmenter – a great youth pastor. I hesitate to give you his name, because I don’t want anyone to steal

him away from us. His wife Rochelle runs an excellent children’s program.”

Parmenter is sched-uled to appear in court on June 21 at the Western Communities courthouse. He has been released on his own recognizance and has been required to give up his passport and is not allowed to be in the company of any girls under the age of 18 without other adults present.

RCMP say they have not received any other reports of sexual mis-conduct related to Par-menter but are asking anyone with informa-tion on any similar cir-cumstances to speak with investigators.

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The B.C. government has tabled its long-awaited legisla-tion to kill the harmonized sales tax and return to the old provin-cial sales tax, with some mod-ernization to make it easier for small businesses to administer and pay the tax.

Finance Minister Kevin Falcon said Monday the PST will return as scheduled in April 2013, with exemptions for haircuts, restau-rant meals, bicycles, movie tick-ets, gym memberships and all the other rules it had before.

Falcon said the only sales tax breaks that won’t return are tem-porary exemptions that would have expired by now, includ-ing energy-conserving windows and appliances and fuel-efficient cars.

Tax changes made along with the HST will be maintained. That includes a 12-per-cent provincial tax on privately sold used cars, making the tax equal to that paid at a car dealership. Provincial tobacco taxes were increased seven per cent when the HST came in, and that tax will con-tinue. Liquor taxes will also be adjusted to keep retail prices the same as they are now.

NDP finance critic Bruce Ral-ston said the legislation tabled Monday is relatively simple, with regulations listing the many rules and exemptions still to

come this fall so businesses can prepare for next spring.

“I think they could have done it faster and they should have done it faster,” Ralston said.

The government expects to save about $9 million a year in administration costs by using a new online registration and payment system for business, which B.C. expects to adminis-ter with about 100 fewer staff. Businesses will have to set up their computers to comply, with software expected to cost them about $1,000.

Low-income families will give up a $230-per-person rebate that was introduced to offset the higher costs of HST to con-sumers, including children. As of April 2013, the PST rebate

will resume, paying $75 per single adult with an income of $15,000 or less, and $75 per par-ent for families with an income of $18,000 or less.

Falcon noted an independent panel found the end of the HST will mean $520 million less rev-enue for the B.C. treasury next year, $645 million less the follow-ing year and increasing lost rev-enue after that.

“Clearly, any government in the future is going to have less revenue available to it, there’s no doubt about that,” Falcon said. “And obviously, we’re going to have to manage the challenge of bringing back a tax that is less efficient and conducive to eco-nomic development.”

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Like any storyteller, Natalie North and Meghan Bell want to know how their story will end.

For that to happen, they are looking for more directors to take a number of com-pleted scripts from the page to the big screen.

The graduates of the University of Victo-ria’s writing department are the visionaries behind One to 11, a project they developed in 2010 to bring together established direc-tors and emerging writers to create short films. The works will one day be merged into one feature-length work.

The catch is that the stories are different; the only common threads linking the short films are shared locations, characters and actors.

“I think it’s fun to give people set criteria and see how they play within it,” North said.

She and Bell gave their project a name that captures its enormous creative scope.

“Meghan and I figured it was going to be so intense, it would need to be measured on a scale of one to 11,” said North, a Saanich

News reporter.For guidance, they went to Jim Knox, pres-

ident of the CineVic Society of Independent Filmmakers, and prominent filmmaker and UVic associate professor Maureen Bradley.

North and Bell then approached 11 writ-ers, who developed 13 characters that could be featured in the films.

“Ì thought it was a really interesting chal-lenge to come up with a character ... and give them enough goals and depth and

back story to be able to take them somewhere with anybody else’s character,” said filmmaker Daniel Hogg, who wrote a script for One to 11 that now needs a director.

“I’m not sure I’ve ever heard of a project like this before,” Hogg said.

To date, 10 scripts have been written, three films have been completed, another is being edited and a fifth is being filmed. A director is also needed for

a script written by UVic sessional writing instructor Michael Giampa.

Longtime filmmaker Michael Korican was one of the first to sign on to the project, and chose to direct Graham Butler’s script.

“Typically, I shoot my own work so it was great working with someone else’s (script),” Korican said.

It was also a coup for Butler, who was able to see one of his scripts transformed

into a film for the first time. The 16-min-ute short See-ing is Feelingpremiered at the Victoria Short Circuit Film Festival in April.

From the start, One to 11 intrigued Korican.

“It’s all about rela-tionships,” he said. “Indi-vidually they stand on their own, but col-lectively this project has a lot of potential.”

Though there is still a ways to go before the shorts become a feature-length film, North said the success of the project won’t necessarily be measured by the final prod-uct.

“Our goal is to have new connections be made and new people working together, and so far that’s happened,” she said.

Five completed scripts are now in need of directors. To become involved in One to 11, write to [email protected].

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Artistic director, Paul Destrooper and the com-pany are currently creating their final performance of this season and have thrown open the studio doors, inviting the public to watch the metamorpho-sis as A Midsummer Night’s Dream comes to life.

Character development, romantic entanglements, arabesques, pointes and partners are all on the line as the company speeds toward the Royal Theatre performance dates of May 31 and June 1. The public is invited to preview the pre-performance mayhem for free on May 18 and 25 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Ballet Victoria Studios in St. Andrew’s Church at 643 Broughton St.

On each date, Destrooper will preview sections

of the ballet with the full cast. Viewers can see the work being developed as the dancers focus on corrections and romantic development, play with the plot line and characters. Audience members will gain an understanding of how a ballet comes together with a question and answer period. “It will be like a live reality show,” said Destrooper. “The making of a ballet has drama, comedy, excitement, some engaging characters, challenging characters, pain, you name it.”

Two other works precede A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Vivaldi’s Gloria, set to the live music of the Linden Choir and Gisèle Plourde’s choreography, set to a selection of Russian folk songs. Tickets for the May 31 and June 1 performances are on sale now at the Royal Theatre box office and may be purchased online atrmts.bc.ca

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For nearly half of the Peninsula Players’ existence, Sid Clarke has directed plays for the com-munity theatre company. The group marks 60 years this sea-son, and this weekend, Clarke celebrates opening his latest production, How The Other Half Loves by Alan Ayckbourn. It’s the grand finale of the Players’ season.

“This play is one that the Eng-lish dramatist wrote for the New York stage and is considered one of his most innovative,” Clarke said. “There are three married couples with the men all work-ing for the same firm. The prob-lem is that one of the younger man is having an affair with the wife of the boss. When each returns home early one morn-ing, there is a need to invent an acceptable explanation that is based on their cooked up story of trying to smooth over infidel-ity in the marriage of the third couple.”

An unusual stage set provides difficulty for Clarke, but intrigue for the audience.

“The living rooms of two cou-ples are shown on one set with a common dining area that serves as the place for two dinners simultaneously taking place on two different nights,” Clarke

explained. “When the third cou-ple shows up, the fat is in the fire with the real reason for the all-night absences being gradu-ally exposed.”

The play opens at Berwick Theatre on Friday, May 18 for three shows and goes to the Saanich Peninsula on May 25.

“A part of community well-being and community health is the artistic content. This is really a healthy community and the theatre wants to be part of that,” said Clarke, who has been with the Players for 26 years. “Community theatre, probably because of its voluntary nature and potential to entertain and

foster local artistic talent, has been a constant feature in many Canadian communities.”

In the past 60 years the Pen-insula Players troupe added almost 150 productions to the health of the community, and Clarke anticipates things could go well for decades more.

“If we’ve got venues we can survive,” he said. “You can always get people to do the artistic stuff.”

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Saanich's municipally-run greens – Cedar Hill golf course – hosts its annual men's golf tour-nament this weekend, featuring a pro field of golfers including a number of the golf club's former juniors.

Rick Gibson, who plays on the professional European Senior Tour, and fan-favourite Gordy Scutt are among the golfers to watch at this year's tourney.

"“Because so many local golfers got their start at Cedar Hill, the

Cedar Hill Open is always a bit like a family reunion," said tourna-ment chair Craig Lawrence. "It’s so cool to see so many golfing professionals and seasoned ama-teurs, who used to play together as juniors, back together again at

what will always be their 'home' course.”

Spectators are invited to come watch tournament play Saturday and Sunday (May 19 and 20) for free. Players tee off on the front- and back-9 between 7 a.m. and 9

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The Cedar Hill Open is hosted by the Cedar Hill Golf Club, cel-ebrating its 60th year in operation this year.

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Anyone making an unplanned visit to Topaz Park this weekend might wonder if they’ve stumbled upon a medieval warriors’ com-petition.

They wouldn’t be far off.The “heavy events” that com-

prise a major part of the annual Victoria Highland Games will fea-ture 10 of the burliest, strongest men in the country, all vying for the Canadian Scottish Athletic Federation championship crown.

Twenty-nine-year-old Greg Had-ley, a barrel-chested, six-foot, 273-pounder from Antigonish, N.S., will be out to defend his title and capture his seventh national title. He’ll be pressed by 2010 cham-pion Jason Johnston, a 6-foot-2, 290-pound native of Regina.

The events – putting the stone, hammer throw, weight for dis-tance (similar to hammer throw, but with a heavier weight), weight for height (hurling a 56-pound weight straight up), and the ever-popular caber toss (throwing a telephone pole-sized log end over end) – have a distinctly medieval flavour to them.

It doesn’t take much imagi-nation to picture these kilted competitors in a field in the old country, demonstrating feats of strength for the right – as tradi-tional lore goes – to be chosen as one of 11th-century Scottish King Malcolm III’s personal body-guards.

“You had men trying to prove themselves, and really it was (by) using things they had around them, very medieval-type instru-ments,” says Carl Jensen, a Cen-tral Saanich councillor and, since 2005, a competitor in amateur class heavy events. “It’s neat how it’s evolved into a sporting event, but it’s based back in medieval times.”

The 16-pound shotput, for

example, is roughly the size of a Middle Ages cannonball, while other items to be thrown are similar to things one might have found around a blacksmith’s shop.

While there’s no doubt about the strength of the competitors, from the professionals vying for the top prize money and the Canadian title, down to the ama-teurs, Jensen makes a distinction between his sport and similar competitions.

“What differentiates it from something like Strongman is its lineage,” he says. “This is a full-on Highland Games, it’s about cel-ebrating Scottish culture.”

Unlike Strongman, which is more about sustained strength, Jensen says, “a lot of what we do is about explosive strength. It’s one throw, it’s one toss. It’s more

about technique.”That explosiveness is one of

the biggest differences spectators will notice between the amateurs and the pros this weekend.

As for amateurs, this week-end’s slate is the largest to date for the Victoria competition, with athletes coming from Alberta, Ontario, Washington, Oregon and California, and around B.C., including eight or 10 from Greater Victoria.

“This year we are going to be seeing record numbers in both the master (age 40 and over) men’s and women’s classes, as both are full at 12 athletes each,” Jensen says, noting the women’s field includes Kate Burton, ranked No. 2 in North America last year.

The breadth of competitors is a sign that “the Victoria heavy events competition has become

one of the premiere competitions in the Pacific Northwest.”

The strength events are inter-spersed between the variety of other Highland competitions in such things as fiddling, drum-ming, bagpiping, sheep-dog herd-

ing and dancing.The Canadian championship

events get underway at 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday (May 19-20). For a full schedule, visit victoria-highlandgames.com and click on The Games.

A throwback to medieval daysPast national champions mingle with novices at Highland Games heavy events


Charlie Latt from Vancouver Washington competes in Weight for Height during the amateur heavy events competition at the Highland Games at Topaz Park in 2011.


Adam Drummond gets ready to toss a 75 pound caber in front of the legislature as part of the Tartan Parade last Saturday.

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Victoria’s Jeff and Patti Shultis were winners of a national contest from the

Brick furniture stores, taking home $10,000 in gift cards from the store.

The Brick’s “Flip It to Win” promotion ran throughout April, giving customers a chance to win instant prizes in the store and then enter online for the grand prize, says Victoria’s Douglas Street store manager John Ellis.

The annual contest is hosted by 150 Brick and Brick Mattress locations across Canada, includ-ing the two Victoria stores, Douglas Street and Langford.

“We’re a small store com-pared to some others across the country so it’s pretty big (for us). As a store we thought it was really exciting, then when the Shultises showed up the energy (was terrific),” Ellis says.

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Mayfair Shopping Cen-tre marks the opening of the Island’s first Banana Republic store with a weekend-long cel-ebration May 24 to 27.

As the store most requested by Mayfair shoppers, at more than 6,000-square-feet, it will be one of the largest retail spaces at the centre.

Watch for the Mayfair Street Team for a special give-away leading up to the opening and be one of the first 200 people to line up at the new store by 10 a.m. May 26 to receive a $20 Banana Republic gift card.

BlueBird Cabs has launched a free smartphone app offering services such as a one-touch

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Just in time for the Victoria Day long weekend, Black Ball Ferry Line has launched its spring MV Coho schedule with six 90-minute sailings each day between Victoria and Port Angeles.

The Coho departs Victoria at 10:30 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and from Port Angeles at 8:15 a.m., 12:45 p.m. and 5:20 p.m.

Building VictoriaThe region’s newest mixed-

use development, Union, has broken ground in Chinatown.

Anthem Properties, which owns and operates Victoria’s historic Market Square, has taken over the former site of Bamboo and has started con-struction of 133 residences, three signature lofts, heritage restoration of the Finlayson building façade and the recre-ation of Victoria’s Theatre Alley as part of the grand plans.

Victoria’s Stantec design team picked up both a Judge’s Choice and an Award of Excellence in the Institutional category at this year’s Vancouver Island Real Estate Board Commercial Building Awards for the Vancou-ver Island Visitor Centre in the Comox Valley.

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May 24 – Victoria Historical Society presentation, The First

Mayor and Mayoress of Victo-ria, in honour of the City of Vic-toria’s 150th anniversary, 7 p.m. at the James Bay New Horizons Centre, 234 Menzies St. All wel-come. For more, see victoriahis-toricalsociety.bc.ca

May 26 –Royal Canadian Legion Dominion 8 ball Tour-nament Dine & Dance Party at Britannia Legion, 780 Summit Ave., 5 p.m. to closing. Mini 8 Ball Tournaments throughout the evening. Call 250-383-6411 or 250-383-5323.

May 26 & 27 – Mt. Tolmie Studio Tour, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Artists include painters, a woodcrafter, a photographer and a potter. Maps available at mtstudiotour.ca, at the Nellie McClung Library and the Cedar Hill and Gordon Head Rec Cen-tres. For more, call Gerald Flem-ing, 250-477-8277.

May 27 – 16th annual Teeing it up for Victoria Hospice char-ity golf tournament at Olympic View Golf Club. One round of golf, cart and buffet dinner, $145. Silent auction, golf prizes, hole-in-one prizes, and draw prizes. FMI: golf4hospice.ca

May 27 – Join an ivy pull with the Friends of the Brigh-ton Avenue Walkway, between St. David Street and Transit Avenue; continues second and fourth Sundays, 9 to 11 a.m. Call 250-475-4412.

May 27 – Aga Khan Founda-tion Canada’s World Partner-ship Walk to raise funds and increase awareness to fight global poverty, 11 a.m. in Bea-con Hill Park. For more, see www.worldpartnershipwalk.com.

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The Luxton Pro Rodeo is back in town for the May long-weekend, May 19 to 21.

The rodeo kicks off each day at 2 p.m., with gates opening at 1 p.m.

Tickets are available at the gate and are $20 for adults or $15 for students and seniors. Kids 14 and under are free with an adult. Whether you're into bull riding or barrel racing, the Luxton Pro Rodeo has it all.

Get ready to boogie at the Luxton Hall dance Saturday night at 9 p.m., featuring Mont-gomery County. Advance ticket sales are only available at Wil-low Wind Feed and Tack, 2714 Sooke Rd.

Admission to the fairgrounds is free.

There will be plenty of coun-try and historical displays, including antique farm equip-ment demonstrations by the

Vancouver Island Blacksmith Association. The grounds open each day at noon.

For thrill-seekers, the West Coast Amusements midway is back. The midway opens Friday (May 18) at 3 p.m., for a sneak preview with all-ages wrist-

bands on sale for $27 (instead of the regular $35). Saturday, Sunday and Monday, the mid-way opens at 1 p.m. Individual ride tickets also sold.

The fairgrounds are located at 1040 Marwood Ave., also acces-sible off of Sooke Road.

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LRG DOG cage, & pillow $30.Light oak bookshelf 2 separateunits, $25. Pine dinning roomhutch, $25. (778)426-4449.

METAL OFFICE desk, arbur-ite top, 3 drawers, very goodcond, $60 obo. (250)995-3201

Porta-Potti 245, very clean, great for camping, $25. Call(250)370-0288.

SENSUR PEDIC queen-sizedmattress, excellent condition,$99. (250)385-7844.

FUEL/FIREWOOD

ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fi r,hardwoods. Seasoned. Call250-661-7391.

SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest fi re-wood producer offers fi rewoodlegally obtained during forestrestoration, large cords. Helprestore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD.

FURNITURE

DINING ROOM table, chairs,matching hutch, chest of draw-ers, end tables, camping gearand lots more. (250)385-3257

GARAGE SALES

COLWOOD: 383 Farview Rd. Fri (6pm-8pm) & Sat (9am), May 18 & 19. Moving Sale.

GORDON HEAD. Sat & Sun May 19 & 20, 9am-3pm. Furni-ture, tools, etc. 1543 Prairie St

LANGFORD, 2803 Lake End Rd., Sat, May, 19, 9am-2pm. Moving/Plant Sale.

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MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

ESTATE & Like New Home Furnishings, Mattresses, Tools & Hdwe. Lots Cheap, No HST! BUY & SAVE, 9818 4th St., Sidney. buyandsave.ca

HOT TUB, needs new pump, $400. 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

REAL ESTATE

HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOUSESDamaged House?

Pretty House? Moving? Divorcing? Estate Sale?

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SAANICH

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

RENTALS

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.

ROCKLAND AREA Apt, lrg 1 bdrm, incls heat & H/W, $780 (Immed) 250-370-2226 to view

SAXE POINT- 2 bdrm, 1 bath in 3-plex, W/D, N/S, sm pet ok, near park & bus, $1300. Equi-tex, 250-386-6071.

HOMES FOR RENT

BRENTWOOD BAY- bright 4 bdrm, walk to all schools, bus etc, lrg fenced yrd. NS/NP. Refs. $1800 mo + utils. Call (250)889-8227.

COLWOOD, 4 bdrm, 2.5 bath. 2 level home with an excep-tional view. Mins to Elem & Sec Schools. On bus route. Walk to beach & Royal Roads. N/S. Pets neg. $1800 mo + utils. Call 250-478-8146.

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

RENTALS

RENTALS

ROOMS FOR RENT

GREAT HOUSING. $425- $625. Clean, quiet, com-fortable. All incl. 778-977-8288

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

ESQUIMALT- beautiful home, ocean view, $775 inclusive, you pay phone. N/S, sm pet? 250-383-0206, 250382-7890.

SUITES, LOWER

COLWOOD- COZY 1 bdrm bsmt suite, $740 inclds utils & wifi . Close to Royal Roads Univ, shopping, Galloping Goose trail. Pet friendly, N/S. June 1. Ref’s. 250-294-5516.

DEP BAY: 2 B/R, near ferry & bus, lge yard, pkng, $995 inc. utils & laundry 250-244-3509.

GORDON HEAD- 3 bdrm, lrg kitchen/living rm, quiet area, close to Mt. Doug. $1400 inclds utils. (250)294-9205.

LANGFORD, 2 bdrm grnd lev-el, 5 appls, NS/NP, $1050 mo hydro incl’d. 250-634-3212.

MAPLEWOOD AREA. New small 1 bdrm, partly furnished. Inclds utils, laundry, basic cable. Avail from May 15. $825./mo. (250)383-3425.

ROYAL OAK 2bdrm. $900.+ hydro, near Country Grocer. 250-589-2873, 250-744-2861.

ROYAL OAK, grd level 2 bdrm, newly reno’d, close to all amens, W/D, NS/NP, $900 mo, (Immed) 250-704-6613.

SAANICHTON: LRG 1 bdrm, shared laundry. NS/NP. $800 incls utils. (250)544-8007.

SUITES, UPPER

MANSION, HIGH Quadra. Lrg 1-bdrm + loft, $785 mo. NS/NP. Lease. (778)350-1952

TOWNHOUSES

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

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AUTO FINANCING

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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!

CARS

2000 CHEV Impala, 147,340 K, 3.8L, V6, lady driven, clean, well maintained, records, lots new, $3900. (250)472-0180.

2004 SUBARU Impreza TS 2.5 AWD. Silver. 1 owner, 100,000km. exc. cond. $8200. (250)655-1389, (250)655-2157

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

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CARS

RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE

1992, 26 ft TRAVELAIRE, Class C Motorhome. Bright, clean, sleeps 4. Twin beds in back and fold down double bed. Excellent and clean condition. Full shower with skylight, gas generator, air conditioning, second owner, new internal batteries (worth $600), new water pump, only 91,300 km. Reliable, clean and functional. REDUCED to $16,250. (250) 748-3539

2005 KOMFORT 25 Trailer, great cond, island used only, $16,950 obo. (Selling due to health/senior). (250)656-3575

APARTMENT/CONDO APARTMENT/CONDO

TRANSPORTATION

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

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

VTRUCKS & ANS

2001 FORD F-150 Truck, V6,auto, 95,000 kms, good cond,$7000 obo. Bill (250)385-3257

2007 FORD 150 Super Cab, 4door, 1 year warranty left, hardtonneau cover, 84,000 km, allpaved roads, 5.4L, V-8, auto-matic. $21,000 obo. Call Bruce(250)474-1417.

UTILITY TRAILERS

ARROW TRUCK Canopy-white, canopy roof is 4” abovetruck roof. Big space backwindow. Excellent condition.$700. Call 250-361-0052.

MARINE

BOATS

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

SERVICE DIRECTORYwww.bcclassified.com 250.388.3535

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.

CARPENTRY

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

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

INSTCARPET ALLATION

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

CLEANING SERVICES

HOUSE CLEANER. Reliable, thorough, attention to detail. Accepting new clients. Senior friendly. Excellent references. $20/hr. Call (250)744-1456.


CLEANING SERVICES

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

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.

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.

DRYWALL

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

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


DRYWALL

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

ELECTRICAL

250-361-6193. QUALITY Electric. 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.

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.

FENCING

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

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

STEPS, DECKS, Fence, new repairs, rot, mould, painting, concrete, brick. 250-588-3744.


FURNITURE REFINISHING

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

GARDENING

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

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

(250) 858-0588- Tree Service - Landscaping- Lawn & Garden Clean ups- Hedge trimming & Pruning- Pressure washing - Gutters

Free estimates * WCBwww.mowtime.ca

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

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


GARDENING

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

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

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

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

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.

WILL DO GARDENING etc. $15/hr. Your tools. Reliable. Call (250)383-3995.


GARDENING

YARD ART. Yard Mainte-nance, Tree & Hedge Pruning, Lawn Care. Call 250-888-3224

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

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

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

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

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

HANDYPERSONS

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

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


HANDYPERSONS

BIG BEAR Handyman &Painting Services. No job toosmall. Free Estimates. Seniordiscounts. Barry 250-896-6071

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

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

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

HAULING AND SALVAGE

#1 JUNK Removal & Hauling.Small Renos. Moving/Packing.Free estimates. Cheapest intown. Same day emergencyremoval. Call 250-818-4335.

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

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

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

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

HAULING & RECYCLING.250-889-5794.

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS

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.

IRRIGATION/SPRINKLER SYSTEMS

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

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

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

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


MASONRY & BRICKWORK

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

& MOVING STORAGE

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

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

MALTA MOVING. Serving Vancouver Island, surrounding islands and the Mainland. BBB Member. (250)388-0278.

PAINTING

ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Painting. Wholesale, Dis-counts! 50 years experience. 250-382-3694.

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

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

BLAINE’S PAINTING- Quality workmanship. $20 hr, 20 yrs exp. Blaine, 250-580-2602.

COLOURS & IDEAS. Exterior/ Interior Painting. All work wa-ranteed. Call (250)208-8383.


PAINTING

DRYWALL REPAIRS & HOUSE PAINTING. Free esti-mates. If you, your family or friends need any of the above give Joseph Bronson a call 250-686-0663. Reasonable rates in a tight economy. I take pride in the end results.

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

SAFEWAY PAINTING

High quality, Organized. Interior/Exterior

Residential/Commercial Jeff, 250-472-6660 Cell 250-889-7715

Member BBB

ST PAINTING free est, written guarantee and full ref’s. WCB ins. Call Kaleb (250)884-2597.

Peacock Painting

250-652-2255250-882-2254

WRITTENGUARANTEE

Budget Compliance15% SENIORS DISCOUNT


PAINTING

YOUR PERSONAL Interior Painter. No Job too Big or Too Small. Call Gilbert today for free quote. (250)886-6446.

PLUMBING

EXPERIENCED JOURNEY-MAN Plumber. Renos, New Construction & Service. Fair rates. Insured. Reliable, friendly. Great references. Call Mike at KNA (250)880-0104.

FREE ESTIMATES. Rea-sonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544.

KERRY’S GAS & PLUMBING SERVICES- Repair, mainte-nance & install. 250-360-7663.

PLASTERING

PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, old world texturing, coves, fi re-places. Bob, 250-642-5178.

PRESSURE WASHING

DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates. 250-744-8588, Norm.

ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

A&R ROOFING Ltd. Residen-tial & Commercial. New & re-roofi ng expert. Torch-on, ce-dar shakes, roof repairs, gutter cleaning. WCB covered. Free estimates. Mike 250-516-3944

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RUBBISH REMOVAL

MALTA GARDEN & Rubbish Removal. Best Rates. BBB member. (250)388-0278.

STUCCO/SIDING

PATCHES, ADDITIONS, re-stucco, renos, chimney, water-proofi ng. Bob, 250-642-5178.

RE-STUCCO & HARDY Plank/Painting Specialist. 50 years experience. Free esti-mates. Dan, 250-391-9851.

SUNDECKS.

TILING

A1. SHAWN The Tile Guy- Res/ Comm/ Custom/ Renos. 250-686-6046

TREE SERVICES

LOCAL TREE CO. 30 yrs exp. Bucket truck, chipper. We buy logs. Insured. (250)883-2911.


UPHOLSTERY

UPHOLSTERER NEEDS work. Your fabric or mine.250-480-7937.

WINDOW CLEANING

DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning.Windows, Gutters, SweepingRoofs, Pressure Washing,Roof Demossing. Call 250-361-6190.

GLEAMING WINDOWS Gut-ters+De-moss. Free estimate.18 yrs. Brian, 514-7079. WCB.

WINDOWS

ALFRED, ALFRED QualityWindows Wholesale, Dis-counts! 50 years Constructionexperience. 250-382-3694.

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National Defence

Défensenationale

WARNING HEALS RANGE

A night fi ring exercise will be carried out at Heals Range on:28 May 2012

Heals Range is located west of the junction of Willis Point Road and Wallace Drive, in Saanich, BC. The coordinates are 48° 32’ 40” North, 123° 27’ 00” West. Bilingual signposts indicating that there is to be no trespassing mark the area.

STRAY AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVE OBJECTS

Bombs, grenades, shells and similar explosive objects are a hazard to life and limb. Do not pick up or retain objects as souvenirs. If you have found or have in your possession any object, which you believe to be an explosive, notify your local police and arrangements will be made to dispose of it.

No unauthorized person may enter this area and trespassing is prohibited.

BY ORDER

Base CommanderCanadian Forces Base Esquimalt

AVERTISSEMENT CHAMP DE TIR DE HEALS

Un exercice de tir de nuit aura lieu au champ de tir Heals le:28 Mai 2012

Le champ de tir Heals est situé à l’ouest de la jonction du chemin Willis Point et Wallace Drive, à Saanich, CB. Les coordonnées sont 48° 32’ 40” Nord, 123° 27’ 00” Ouest.

Des affi ches bilingues interdisant l’accès indiquent les endroits interdits.

MUNITIONS ET EXPLOSIFS PERDUS

Les bombes, grenades, obus et autres objets explosifs similaires posent des risques de blessures et de perte de vie. Ne ramassez pas ces objets et ne les gardez pas comme souvenirs. Si vous avez trouvé ou si vous en avez en votre possession un objet que vous croyez être un explosif, signalez-le à la police locale qui prendra les mesures nécessaires pour l’éliminer.

Entrée interdite aux personnes non autorisées.

PAR ORDRE DU

CommandantBase des Forces Canadiennes Esquimalt

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401-1146 View, $269,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunKaren Scott 250 744-3301 pg. 6

604-75 SongheesSunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 10

1514 Haultain, $418,000Saturday 2-4Jonesco RealtyHelen Jones, 250-361-9838 pg. 18

1120 WoodstockSaturday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdDebbie Hargreaves 250 384-8124 pg. 18

C353 LindenSaturday 1-3Newport RealtyPatricia Parkins, 250-385-2033 pg. 14

102-104 Dallas RdSunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunShane King, 250-744-3301 pg. 15

350 Richmond, $859,900Saturday 12:30-2Re/Max CamosunKevin Koetke, 250-881-4099 pg. 48

3093 Washington, $729,000Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyRobert Buckle 250 385-2033 pg. 19

4-118 St Lawrence, $429,000Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunLynne Sager 250 744-3301 pg. 47

432 Kipling, $695,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdRick Shumka 250 384-8124 pg. 18

3045 AlbanySaturday 2-4DFH Real Estate LtdErin Kenny 250 477-7291 pg. 20

106-27 SongheesSunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 12

304-1121 Oscar StSaturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Peter Crichton, 250-889-4000

408-1012 Collinson StSunday 2-4Newport RealtyKim Emerson, 250-385-2033 pg. 15

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

2959 Irma St, $589,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunEd G Sing, 250-744-3301 pg. 15

301-1190 View St, $169,000Sunday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalLaurel Hounslow 250 592-4422 pg. 8

412-225 Belleville St, $499,900Saturday & Sunday 12-4Pemberton Holmes LtdBev Blumer 250 384-8124 pg. 5

1110 Pembroke, $419,900Sunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesPaul Whitney, 250-889-2883 pg. 18

34 Philippa, $879,900Saturday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdRob Garry 250 384-8124 pg. 38

1044 Craigdarroch, $859,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real EstateRon Bahrey, 250-477-7291 pg. 15

302-1190 View St, $365,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunRobert Nemish, 250-744-3301 pg. 5

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

225-964 Heywood Ave, $169,900Saturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalPaul Holland 250 592-4422 pg. 14

263 Beechwood, $639,900Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMorley Bryant, 250-477-5353 pg. 20

32 Pilot, $669,900Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyNoah Dobson 250 385-2033 pg. 15

1601-751 Fairfi eld, $509,999Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate LtdMay Liu 250 477-7291 pg. 17

1275 Dominion Rd, $469,900Saturday 2-4Address Realty Ltd.Irina Lobatcheva, 250-391-1893

3-828 Rupert TerraceSaturday & Sunday 1-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalMurray Lawson 250 385-9814 pg. 16

834 JohnsonSaturday & Sunday 1-3Sotheby’s International RealtyScott Piercy, 250-812-7212 pg. 1

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

1050 Pentrelew, $698,000Sunday 3-5Pemberton HolmesAndrew Mara 250 384-8124 pg. 19

1121 Fort, $183,900Daily exc Friday 2-4Newport RealtyBlair Watling 250 385-2033 pg. 13

T101-66 Songhees Rd, $589,900Saturday 2-4Address Realty LtdMichelle Vermette, 250-391-1893 pg. 5

905 Richmond, $664,900Saturday 12:30-2Re/Max CamosunKevin Koetke, 250-881-4099 pg. 48

407-380 Waterfront, $418,900Saturday 2-5SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250 380-6683

580 Beach Dr, $1,599,000Sunday 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalPat Meadows, 250-592-4422 pg. 18

12-1880 Chandler, $699,000Sunday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunJason Leslie, 250-478-9600 pg. 19

251 Government, $647,000Sunday & Monday 2-4Re/Max CamosunMette Pedersen, 250-744-3301 pg. 19

807-66 Songhees Rd, $629,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Susan Carley, 250-213-3980 pg. 17

309-1012 Collinson St, $289,000Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyDavid Harvey, 250-385-2033 pg. 6

1073 Oliver, $814,000Sunday 2-4JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3

1897 Gonzales Ave, $789,000Saturday 1-3Fair RealtyJinwoo Jeong, 250-885-5114 pg. 20

2527 Nottingham, $969,000Sunday 2-4Fair Realty Ryan Bicknell 250 480-3000 pg. 20

2595 CentralSunday 2-4Century 21 QueenswoodMike Van Nerum, 250-477-1100 pg. 20

203-1400 Newport, $179,500Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyMorgan Baker, 250-361-6520 pg. 20

2112 Pentland, $950,000Sunday 12:30-2:30Pemberton HolmesShawn Adye, 250-384-8124 pg. 20

205-2125 Oak Bay, $346,500Saturday 2-4Sutton West CoastHiro Nakatani 250 661-4476 pg. 47

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

2213 Windsor, $869,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Jonesco Real EstateWayne Garner 250 881-8111 pg. 45

110 Jedburgh, $479,900Saturday 11-1Sutton Group West Coast RealtyMichael Luyt, 250-216-7547 pg. 38

16 Parkcrest, $559,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunDeanna Noyce 250 744-3301 pg. 21

205-848 Esquimalt, $184,900Saturday 12-1:45Fair RealtyRay Kong, 250-590-7011 pg. 42

322 CliftonSaturday & Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyKim Emerson 250-385-2033 pg. 22

544 ParadiseSaturday & Sunday 2-4Jonesco Real EstateWayne Garner 250 881-8111 pg. 45

203-710 Lampson, $219,900Sunday 1-3Newport RealtyPatricia Parkins, 250-385-2033 pg. 14

1-733 Sea Terr, $459,900Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyFred Hiigli 250 385-2033 pg. 22

852 Caroline, $542,500Saturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyJim Russell 250 592-4422 pg. 22

4008 Bow Rd, $798,000Sunday 2:30-4:30SmartMove Real EstateBlair Veenstra, 250-380-6683 pg. 25

1919 Waterloo, $1,198,000Saturday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdDeborah Kline 250 661-7680 pg. 24

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

1780 AngolaSunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast CapitalGiovanna, 250-477-5353 pg. 23

3735 Doncaster, $719,900Saturday 2-4Fair RealtyRay Kong, 250-590-7011 pg. 42

4032 Malton, $1,150,000Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunGuy Crozier 250-744-3301 pg. 32

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

2-3955 OakwindsSaturday & Sunday 2-4RE/MAX AllianceRob Cvitanovic, 250-704-6970 pg. 45

312-1550 Church AveSaturday 1-3DFH Real EstateNaomi Nice, 250-885-4888 pg. 6

982 Taine, $459,900Saturday 11-1DFH Real Estate Ltd.Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291 pg. 25

1619 Christmas AveSaturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Joanne Brodersen, 250-477-7291

203-3277 Quadra St, $249,900Sunday 2-4Address Realty Ltd.Shaughna Boggs-Wright, 250-391-1893

3944 Leeds, $549,900Saturday 1:30-3:00Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyValerie Edwards, 250-477-9947 pg. 24

1949 San Rafael, $589,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291 pg. 25

2676 Arbutus Rd, $999,000Saturday 1-2Century 21 Queenswood RealtyAnke Venema, 250 477-1100

1245 Esquimalt, $250,000Friday - Sunday 12-4Pemberton HolmesIvica Kalabric, 250-384-8124 pg. 43

1552 Oak Crest Drive, $569,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate LtdKevin Sing, 250 477-7291 pg. 22

4191 Kandu, $619,800Saturday 2-4Suzy HahnOcean City Realty 250 381-7899 pg. 3

306-5332 Sayward Hill, $759,000Sunday 2-4JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3

4095 Braefoot Rd, $928,000Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunEd G Sing, 250-744-3301 pg. 23

1600 Derby, $699,000Saturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalCheryl Bejcar 250 592-4422 pg. 24

838 Maltwood Terr, $849,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyJune Wing, 250-479-3333 pg. 22

18-901 Kentwood, $499,900Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyMichael Luyt, 250-216-7547 pg. 38

5005 Cordova Bay, $799,000Saturday 2:30-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyAnke Venema, 250 477-1100

20-610 McKenzie Ave, $364,900Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyGoran Tambic, 250-384-7663

4473 Cottontree Lane, $789,000Saturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalCheryl Bejcar 250 592-4422 pg. 24

4516 Limerick, $1,029,900Saturday 2:30-4Re/Max CamosunKevin Koetke, 250-881-4099 pg. 48

1178 Woodheath, $699,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBruce Hatter, 250-744-3301 pg. 25

935 Lakeview, $469,900Saturday 11-1DFH Real Estate LtdJeff Shaw 250 477-7291 pg. 25

1553 Fremont, $539,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunKeith Watson 250 744-3301 pg. 25

4941 Lochside, $739,000Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunBrad Gregory 250 744-3301 pg. 23

662 Sedger, $449,000Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunRoy Coburn 250-478-9600 pg. 25

2451 Dryfe, $614,700Sunday 1-4RE/MAX CamosunDon Bellamy 250-744-3301 pg. 21

4541 Elk Lake Dr., $518,000Sunday 2-4Jonesco Real EstateRoger Jones 250 361-9838 pg. 26

21 Lurline Ave, $475,000Saturday 11-1Holmes Realty Ltd.Vern Totten, 250-656-0911 pg. 26

4017 South Valley, $724,900Saturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast Capital Dean Innes 250 477-5353 pg. 39

4058 Willowbrook, $519,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBruce Hatter, 250-744-3301 pg. 26

3877 Holland, $1,199,000Saturday 2-4Burr PropertiesShirin Purewal 250 382-8838 pg. 25

5709 WallaceSunday 2-4Newport RealtyFred Hiigli 250 385-2033 pg. 26

1380 Oceanspray Dr, $469,000Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Judith Gerrett, 250-656-0131 pg. 27

8607 Kingcome, $640,000Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Tom Muir 250-477-7291 pg. 27

4-2235 HarbourSaturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast CapitalGiovanna, 250-477-5353 pg. 10

322 Greenmansions, $649,900Saturday 12-1:30One Percent RealtyGuy Effl er 250 812-4910 pg. 38

10176 Tsaykum, $599,000Thursday 5-6:30Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 37

1780 Dean Park, $629,000Saturday 2-4JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3

1110-6880 Wallace Dr, $735,000Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Cheryl Woolley, 250-477-7291

8558 Tribune Ter, $719,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunRobert Nemish, 250-744-3301 pg. 27

101-608 Fairway AveDaily 1:30-4Century 21 QueenswoodChuck Meagher 250 477-1100 pg. 11

7161 West Saanich Rd, $339,900Thursday-Monday 3-5Re/Max CamosunCraig Walters, 250-655-0608 pg. 27

10522 Lyme Grove, $1,195,000Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunGay Helmsing, 250-360-7387 pg. 27

11275 Hickory, $719,000Saturday 2-4JonesCo Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath 250-655-7653 pg. 3

10314 Gabriola Pl, $522,000Sunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesShelna Atkinson, 250-384-8124 pg. 27

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

8650 Richland, $997,800Saturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyDavid Stevens, 250 477-5353 pg. 9

916 Grilse, $849,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesDiana Winger 250-999-3683 pg. 38

312-2227 James WhiteSunday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyDavid Savage, 250-415-9801 pg. 6

7161 West SaanichThursday - Monday 3-5Gordon Hulme RealtyDon King 250 656-4626 pg. 10

8540 Lochside DrSaturday 2:30-4Holmes Realty Ltd.James Bridge, 250-656-0911 pg. 28

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9216 Mainwaring, $589,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunAdrian Langereis, 250 999-9822

6835 Jedora, $499,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesAndrew Mara 250 384-8124 pg. 28

3283 Fulton, $399,800Saturday 2-4Suzy HahnOcean City Realty 250 381-7899 pg. 3

593 Latoria, $295,000Saturday & Sunday 1-4Pemberton HolmesGreg Long, 250-384-8124 pg. 10

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2280 Aldeane, $549,900Saturday 1-3SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown 250 380-6683 pg. 30

1063 Glen Forest Way, $584,900Sunday 2-4Address Realty Ltd.Patrick Achtzner, 250-391-1893

308-1325 Bear Mountain Pkwy, $299,900Saturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesShelna Atkinson, 250-384-8124 pg. 6

2207 Spirit Ridge, $985,000Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Carol Stevens, 250-474-6003

104-825 Goldstream Ave, $279,900Saturday 12:30-2Re/Max CamosunKevin Koetke, 250-881-4099 pg. 48

Westhills, $259,900Saturday & Sunday 12-4 DFH Real Estate LtdMike Hartshorne 250 889-4445 pg. 29

557 Delora Dr, $499,900Sunday 2-4Coldwell Banker Slegg RealtyRobin Cushing, 250-383-1500

115-2733 Peatt Rd, $339,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Re/Max AllianceKaren Love, 250-386-8875 pg. 5

1006 Isabell, $459,900Sunday 1:30-2:30Pemberton HolmesJerry Bola 857-0178 pg. 38

2531 Mill Hill, $479,000Saturday 1-3One Percent RealtyMaria Furtado 250 881-3754 pg. 29

513 Caleb Pike Rd, $649,900Saturday 2:30-4SmartMove Real EstateBlair Veenstra, 250-380-6683 pg. 29

837 Gannet, $458,900Saturday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateBlair Veenstra, 250-380-6683 pg. 28

1001 Wild Ridge Way, $445,000Sunday 3-4Pemberton HolmesJerry Bola 857-0178 pg. 38

3358 Happy Valley Rd, $449,900Tuesday-Sunday 1-4Pemberton HolmesPaul King, 250-384-8124 pg. 28

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3417 Vision WaySunday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyHayley John 250 384-7665 pg. 42

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416-1395 Bear Mountain Park-way, $302,000Saturday 12-1Pemberton HolmesShelna Atkinson, 250-384-8124 pg. 29

117-643 Granderson, $369,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdGregg Mah 250 384-8124 pg. 39

3358 Happy Valley Rd, $479,900Tuesday-Sunday 1-4Pemberton HolmesPaul King, 250-384-8124 pg. 28

662 Goldstream Ave., $254,900Daily 1-4Kahl RealtyJason Kahl 250-391-8484 pg. 16

2817 Lake End, $1,129,900Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes David Scotney, 250-384-8124 pg. 35

2554 Crystalview Dr, $669,000Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyBob Starr, 250-479-3333 pg. 28

3276 Mary Anne Cres, $449,500Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Carol Stevens, 250-474-6003

974 Walfred, $450,000Sunday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDonna Gabel, 250-477-5353 pg. 30

205-1991 Kaltasin RdSunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyElaine Newman, 250-882-8981

6457 Birchview, $494,900Sunday 2:30-4Re/Max CamosunKevin Koetke, 250-881-4099 pg. 48

Sunriver Estates Sales CentreSaturday-Thursday 11-4Newport RealtyBlair Watling 250 642-2233 pg. 31

1671 Elford, $469,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real EstateDeidra Junghans 250 474-6003 pg. 35

6255 Selkirk, $514,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesJeff Shorter, 250-384-8124 pg. 36

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The selection process for the Capital Regional District’s deer management citizen’s advisory group was not transparent, and the makeup of the group seems biased, claim local animal rights advocates.

Members of DeerSafe Victoria are expressing concerns over one of the appointed members of the CAG, Richard Christiansen, who appears to be a representative from the United Bowhunters of British Columbia, a bowhunting lobby group.

“He’s not just a citizen, he’s a representative of a lobby group, and they work for bowhunter recog-nition and opportunity, so that doesn’t make him a citizen at all,” said Kelly Carson, one of the found-ing members of DeerSafe.

The group’s main concern is that people are not aware of who is on the advisory committee.

“It’s not very transparent at all,” Carson said, adding she discovered this particular member’s history through a Google search.

Carson, along with 24 other DeerSafe members, feel that Christiansen should be removed from the group because as a representative of the UBBC, he would not be impartial, she said.

The feeling that the citizen’s group may veer towards one side is echoed by Liz White, leader of the Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada, based in Toronto.

White has experience dealing with deer manage-ment throughout Canada, including London, Ont., and the Iroquoia Heights, a conservation area in Hamilton, Ont.

Through looking at the names of the selected advisory members, it appears “heavily weighted”

toward a pro-lethal approach, White said.“My worry is that we’re going down the road of a

pre-determined decision, without even really look-ing at the possibilities of alternatives,” White said.

White has filed a Freedom of Information request with the CRD, in hopes of learning about the back-ground of each applicant. “The reason for the FOI is to try and figure out what that bias is – who actu-ally applied?” White said.

She believes the CRD can resolve the deer issue without culling deer, but she adds, there has to be a desire to move in that direction.

“When it comes to human-wildlife conflict, the approach is to go out and kill the animal,” White said. “It’s a difficult fight, but it’s one that needs to happen. We need to learn to how to live with wild-life in a way that doesn’t require killing them.”

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