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Largest little airshowThere will be all sorts of aircraft in the skies of Central Saanich this weekend, page 11

Schoolhouse marks 100 yearsThe old schoolhouse at Heritage Acres is celebrating its 100th birthday this weekend, page 10

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Devon MacKenzieNews staff

As of late last week, the Capital Regional District had suspended their contracts with Foundation Organics composting facility in Central Saanich.

It was announced Thursday, Aug. 1 that the CRD was suspending the contracts with the facility on Lochside Drive that accepts food and other organic

waste matter for processing into compost.

Estimates from the CRD are that the suspension of the contracts will see an approximate drop of 30 per cent of the facility’s overall waste intake.

“Our contracts running at high level make up around

30 per cent of the volume of the facility at a mini-mum,” said Russ Smith, the senior manager of the CRD’s environmental resource management.

He added that the suspensions come on the heels of a high number of complaints from residents regard-ing odour from the facility as the weather has grown warmer.

“The primary issue that’s being dealt with is odour,” he continued.

Compost contracts suspended by CRDFoundation Organics in Central Saanich still able to bring in waste from other sources

“The primary issue that’s being dealt with is odour.”

– Russ Smith

PleaSe See: CRD action a step in right direction, page 4

Steven Heywood/News staff

Hugh Richards, Sue Staniforth and Farrell Boyce of Friends of Shoal Harbour stand at Roberts Bay. The group hopes to win public support for their ongoing conservation efforts in the Shoal Harbour Bird Sanctuary in Sidney and North Saanich.

Trying to stop the bleedingFriends of Shoal Harbour hope to prevent “death by a thousand cuts”Steven HeywoodNews staff

Winning the hearts and minds of the public — including the municipality and its politicians

— is at the fore of ongoing efforts by the Friends of Shoal Harbour to raise aware-ness of the impact people have on one of the oldest migratory bird sanctuaries on the Pacific coast.

Human impact on this habitat was raised most recently with the construc-tion of a sea wall on private property in Roberts Bay. It raised the spectre of how small changes can have a long-term impact on habitat — the so-called death of a thousand cuts. Many homes on the bay have sea walls to protect against erosion, a fact that proponents of bet-ter habitat preservation say change the way the environment behaves, poten-

tially harming wildlife.Yet, members of Friends of Shoal Har-

bour Society say while volatile issues such as a single sea wall may raise the public’s awareness about the sanctuary, it never really lasts long enough to get people’s buy-in to protecting the envi-ronment that they love to enjoy.

PleaSe See: Sanctuary impacts, page 3

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“Our main goal is to raise public interest through events like our All Buffleheads Day in October,” says Hugh Richards, chair of FOSH. “This [debate over the sea wall] is not the best method of generating long-term public interest.”

So, instead of rattling too many cages and being confrontational, most members of FOSH want to take a more gentle approach, offer people fun things to do and help educate them about the bird sanctuary and how they can continue to enjoy its beauty and natural environment.

That said, the society is aware of long-term impacts of development and growth in North Saanich and Sidney that will affect the sanctu-ary, home to thousands of migratory birds, not to mention local sea life.

“Public education and awareness is our hope,” said Sue Staniforth, a biologist, environmental educator and consultant and FOSH member.

“People live here because it’s a spectacular space,” she continued. “Often though, it’s out-of-mind and people’s activities, while not meant to be malicious, have an impact.”

Responsibility at issueFOSH hopes people will grow to

value the sanctuary and the places, like Roberts Bay, that form small parts of it, because the two levels of government that are supposed to be watching over them are limited. Instead, the responsibility to protect such places is falling more often to local municipalities or citizen groups.

Environmental scientist Farrell Boyce says the provincial and federal governments have been stripped to the bone and cannot provide sup-port or field work in individual cases.

“That puts the onus on the munici-palities,” he said, “and their sup-port will be key to any successes we might have.”

First, however, FOSH members hope to create new partnerships with other community groups and citizens — and from there, a larger public voice can have a greater influ-ence over local policy and be more involved in decision making.

“We are trying to hit on the idea of better consultation and notification of stakeholders in and around the sanctuary,” Boyce said. “There is a public interest here and more infor-mation has to get out.”

In the case of the new sea wall, the approval process was handled by Town of Sidney staff and did not go through the council, nor was it a decision made in the public eye. That’s why it took people by sur-prise, no more so than FOSH mem-

ber and biologist Kerry Finley, who lives on the bay and reacted strongly to the new sea wall.

Town Chief Administrative Officer Randy Humble said “staff approved the building permit application based upon the application being made and the fact that it met the Town’s approval requirements – along with the other levels of government.”

The work — official property sur-

veys, arborist and engineers’ reports — represented a high level of care, said Humble. The Town also verified its actions with the federal and pro-vincial government agencies respon-sible.

“The Town’s bylaws and policies do not discount the environmen-tal habitat value of Roberts Bay or the Shoal Harbour Bird Sanctuary, rather the Town’s bylaws and poli-

cies supplement the protection given to this area by the federal and pro-vincial levels of governments,” Hum-ble stated in an email. “The Town’s bylaws and policies work in concert to provide protection in the Town’s area of jurisdiction, which is upland of the foreshore.”

Mayor Larry Cross said the town did stop the work on the sea wall when they received public concerns about its construction. He said they took extra steps to confirm it was being done on private property before allowing work to resume.

Cross said to change the process in mid-stream would not have been on and added he would be happy to work with FOSH and others on a long-term framework.

“Council is adamant in its respon-sibility to protect the foreshore. We need to be careful in the sanctuary so in this case, we made all (govern-ment agencies) aware of what was happening.”

A spokesperson for Environment Canada said the new sea wall falls outside of its jurisdiction.

“Information about the site has been reviewed with Environment Canada staff and officials with the Town of Sidney and the B.C. Min-istry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations,” stated Envi-ronment Canada media spokesper-son Mark Johnson in an email.

“Environment Canada under-stands that the Town of Sidney has reviewed the design of the seawall to meet engineering requirements and minimize impacts on vegetation.”

Friends of Shoal HarbourThe Friends of Shoal Harbour (FOSH) society grew out of the

group, Concerned Citizens for the Coast (CCC) which was formed in 1991 in Sidney. FOSH has had society status for a little more than one year.

It is made up of area citizens, like-minded in their dedication to the ongoing stewardship of the Shoal Harbour Migratory Bird Sanctu-ary, which has been in place on the coast of Sidney and North Saa-nich since 1931. The sanctuary has a water area of 147 hectares, split between the two municipalities. Impacts include marinas, which cover 16 per cent of the sanctuary water area in Sidney; 23 per cent in North Saanich.

To help promote their activities and education about the sanctuary, FOSH hosts All Buffleheads Day in October (the 15th this year, with more events planned - watch the PNR for details), highlighting one of the more prominent bird species to stopover on their annual migra-tion.

Sanctuary impacts part of long-term planContinued from page 1


Roberts Bay in Sidney is part of the Shoal Harbour Migratory Bird Sanctuary that has existed since 1931.


Richards, Staniforth and Boyce of FOSH.

PLEASE SEE: FOSH calls for a plan, page 4

Peninsula News in briefAltercation led to collision

VICTORIA — Victoria Police detectives are taking over the investigation into a serious colli-sion at Ogden Point that left a Central Saanich man with life-threatening inju-ries.

On July 24 around 7:20 a.m., VicPD responded to a motorcycle and SUV collision in the parking lot at Ogden Point.

Initial reports suggested the 55-year-old Central Saan-ich man, who was the rider of the motorcycle, was hit from behind by an SUV driven by a 55-year-old Sid-ney man.

Police have since determined that the two driv-ers may have been involved in an alterca-tion that began on the Pat Bay Highway near the Royal Oak exit.

VicPD detec-tives are now looking for any-one who may have seen the two vehicles

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“The CRD has been doing daily monitoring

as well as cataloguing complaints and work-ing with facility to try and correct the defi-

ciencies surrounding the complaints. The bottom line is that we weren’t making suf-ficient progress so we’ve suspended the contracts until the defi-ciencies are solved,” he said.

Foundation Organ-ics applied for and received a license to run a compost facil-ity two years ago in June. Since then, the operation has been a point of contention for neighbours of the facil-ity who say the smell, noise and dust stem-ming from operations is unbearable.

“The smell is abso-lutely wretched,” said Lee Hardy, who lives next door to the facility with her husband Ray Baker.

“I’ve had nosebleeds, I get headaches and nausea, my daughter had a lung infection. It’s just nasty.”

The company did not offer comment on neighbours’ com-plaints.

Hardy said her and her husband take sol-ace in the fact that the CRD is making moves to improve the situa-tion.

“At least now we know the CRD is taking some steps in the right direction and I hope they keep monitoring and cataloguing what’s going on there.”

Central Saanich Mayor and Chair of the CRD Alastair Bryson said he’s happy some-thing has been done to let residents know

that the issue is being addressed.

“Because it’s a bylaw enforcement issue there are aspects of the issue that have to be dealt with in-camera,” explained Bryson.

“What I can say is that I’ve been fielding a significant number of complaints from the Tanner Ridge area and the Martindale Valley from people who aren’t able to take advantage of the weather because they aren’t able to open their windows or enjoy their back yards. I understand the con-cerns of the citizens and agree it’s unac-ceptable for residents to have to endure an obnoxious odour on an ongoing basis. With the actions taken by the CRD and the release sent out to the media I’m hoping it will at least inform residents that there is a high level

of activity on this file. “It’s a step in the right

direction and provides a little more clarity to residents.”

Although the suspen-sions won’t have an immediate effect on the odour front — it will take a short time for the current compost stock to be finished process-ing — Bryson said he’s happy that processes have been followed and residents are receiving the message.

“It’s definitely an incremental process because when you work with business operators you have to follow legal steps, but at least the CRD’s choice to suspend the contracts informs the community of some of the actions that are being taken to try and address this problem,” he said.

Matt Mansell, man-ager of the composting

facility, said the sus-pension of the CRD’s contracts won’t have a major impact on the facility’s bottom line.

“Yes, the CRD decided to suspend their contract ... and that will have a small effect on our bottom line, but it won’t be any-thing major,” explained Mansell, who added that the facility also brings in organic waste from other sources including private busi-ness and restaurants.

According to the CRD, if the suspension of their contracts with the facility do not alle-viate some of the con-cerns stemming from the operation (includ-ing odour) continued non-compliance from Foundation Organ-ics will ultimately see the facility’s operating license suspended.

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CRD action a step in right direction, says BrysonContinued from page 1

File photo

Ray Baker stands on his property which borders the compost facility on Stanhope Farm.

“The seawall is out-side the boundaries of the Shoal Harbour Migratory Bird Sanc-tuary so Environment Canada is not pursuing further review of this seawall project.”

Stakeholders want a say

Taking all of this as a given, Boyce said the acrimony over the proj-ect might have been avoided if stakeholder groups like FOSH were invited to comment.

“There needs to be a plan, a guide put in place,” added Stani-forth.

Richards said the public as well would be more satisfied if they felt due process was considered — some-thing they can only get if they can be involved in some way.

“That kind of notifica-tion process, as part of local planning, would achieve a lot in avoid-ing those kind of has-sles,” said Richards.

FOSH is moving ahead with its long-term plans of research-ing the total interest in the Shoal Harbour Bird Sancutary — look-ing at everything from tourism and research, to development and the marine industry and its historical role in the area. They will continue to reach out to the public at special events and hope to gen-erate more interest in the sanctuary.

“The core group of FOSH has great experi-ences, knowledge and passion,” said Boyce. “But we are realists. We’re dealing with real issues, not politics and we have to be patient.”

• • • •

Editor’s Note:To clarify two points

stemming from the July 31 PNR editorial on this subject, the sea wall was approved by Town staff in a standard, in-house process much like issu-ing a building permit. Council did not approve it.

As well, the Town pointed out that the province establishes the natural boundary of the shoreline, not the local municipality.

FOSH calls for a plan

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The ceremonies have become common at the B.C. legislature. Government officials and aborigi-nal leaders gather to celebrate resource sharing agreements that allow economic development in areas that need employment but are hampered by a cen-tury of uncertainty and dispute over treaties, or lack thereof.

This approach emerged a decade ago with forest agreements. The B.C. Liberal gov-ernment bought back timber cutting licences from big forest firms and made them available for community forests and aboriginal communities who claimed the areas as their traditional territories.

Recently the approach was extended to mining revenues and water licence fees paid by private power developers.

These are substantial steps forward for the only province in Canada in treaty limbo. A 2010 sharing deal worth more than $30 million in royalties for the Mount Milligan copper-gold mine north of Prince George helped the McLeod Lake Indian Band recover from the pine beetle and forestry slump that devastated its business base. After many years of struggle, Mount Mil-ligan expects to go into production this year.

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revenues from an expanded Afton mine. Perhaps the most ambi-tious agreement was concluded in March of this year when the government signed a deal with the Tahltan Nation for mining and hydroelectric development

in remote northwestern B.C. The deal clears the way for a major extension of the B.C. Hydro grid to power the Tahltan village of Iskut and also the Red Chris metal mine, open-ing up the region to other mining and hydro poten-tial as well.

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region, headwaters of the Nass, Skeena and Stikine Rivers.

Even after these expensive con-cessions, it would be an error to conclude all is well between the Tahltan and the province. Stikine MLA Doug Donaldson questioned Aboriginal Relations Minister John Rustad on this point during the recent legislature session.

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Rustad said shared decision-making deals such as the Tahltan agreement do not cover activities of the B.C. Environmental Assess-ment Office. Whether the review of that coal mine is federal, provincial or combined, it requires extensive consultation with affected parties.

That’s great, but goodwill could evaporate quickly if a coal mine ends up getting a permit despite Tahltan objections.

Rustad’s Nechako Lakes constit-uency is also a focal point for oil and gas pipeline proposals. Donald-son highlighted another problem. Last year the government signed a reconciliation agreement with the Gitanyow First Nation near Terrace. That agreement included a joint land-use plan. Then the Environmental Assessment Office asked the Gitanyow for its input on proposed gas pipelines through its territory, to feed the government’s liquefied natural gas plans. Again, the joint land-use plan has no pro-vision for pipelines.

The Gitanyow hereditary chiefs wrote to the B.C. government in July, threatening to go to court over the pipeline proposal and questioning the reconciliation agreement. Resource revenue shar-ing agreements and shared land-use plans are well-intentioned and represent real progress. But these situations show how fragile they are.Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and

columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

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Small steps to labour peaceWhen the Liberal government and the

B.C. Teachers’ Federation signed a short collective agreement in the

summer of 2012, nobody anticipated the same players would be back at the bargaining table 12 months later.

But here we are in 2013 with the re-elected B.C. Liberal government making drastic changes to how the bargaining process will go this time around.

Last week’s announcement by education minister Peter Fassbender to remove school trustees from the board of the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association could be a step in the right direction for both sides.

The minister’s claim that this will allow the union to negotiate directly with the government, as opposed to an intermediary whose hands are essentially tied, should give the teachers more clout at the bargaining table.

For whatever reason, whenever the BCTF goes through negotiations it’s a more tumultuous, public process than other unions in the province.

Having to go through a middleman – the BCPSEA – wasn’t working to anyone’s benefit, especially given that the government, which has the power to legislate teachers back to work or tear up contracts, was using BCPSEA as a wall between them and the teachers.

This shift shows the province is taking a slightly softer and more direct approach to bargaining with the teachers and that’s a good thing. But it’s likely motivated in some ways by their unprecedented move to seek a 10-year agreement with the teachers.

As it stands, there’s nothing in it for the BCTF to agree to such a lengthy contract. Ten years is an unbearably long time to be locked into a contract, especially when one considers the ups and downs of the Canadian economy we saw in the last decade.

If the government is trying a “we scratch your back, you scratch ours” approach to bargaining, it’s not going to work.

A more open bargaining process between both sides is a step in the right direction to hopefully long-term labour peace, but 10 years is too long.

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Saanich Library, I would like to thank the volunteers, library staff and the public who donated books and all those who attended our book sale held Saturday, June 22. We had a very success-ful sale and all money raised helps support the library and its pro-grams.

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Much has been made of the new front page ads on the PNR. As is the norm, the usual whin-ers submitted their childish and marxist rhetoric masked as gen-uine concern and sentimental ponderings.

I have, until now, completely disagreed with them. I applaud the paper for joining forces with business both local and from the rest of Greater Victoria to earn a few bucks and keep them in print. I do however take issue with last Wednesday’s front page ads.

Promoting local businesses is one thing, but taking tax payer money from a government agency who wants to insult our intelligence is quite another.

Anyone who needs an ad like that to tell them to put on a hel-met, sunscreen, life jacket or to use crosswalks would not pos-ses the mental capacity to read the paper in the first place.

John MacIntyre

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Good laugh had by readers

Thank you for the good laugh in last Wednesday’s edition of the PNR through the brilliant advertising piece for Prevent-able.ca.

The first headline caught us off guard but when we realized it was all in good fun we eagerly went from article to article hav-ing a chuckle at each one.

Well done, whether it was your publication’s great idea, or Preventable’s.

After the disappointment of the Walmart ad covers, we were happy to see the same concept applied to a good cause.

Susan NormanBrentwood Bay

Who are the Friends of Shoal Harbour?A

rticles in consecutive editions of the PNR (Wednesday, July 24 and Friday, July 26) refer to concerns with the Town

of Sidney’s approval of new sea wall construction on All Bay Road within Roberts Bay. The July 26 article (Seawall construction goes ahead) refers to Friends of Shoal Harbour, an organization unfamiliar to many.

In 2010, following a recommenda-tion in the 2008 Marine Task Force Final Report, a joint municipally-led Sidney/North Saanich initiative was proposed in order to research an integrated plan for Shoal Harbour. The plan recognized the value of the 1931 Migratory Bird Sanctuary (Shoal Harbour and Roberts Bay)

and the public interest in a beauti-ful foreshore and the needs of a vibrant marine industry.

After initial meetings the Town of Sidney withdrew its support and the municipally-led initiative stalled. Some of the citizen-partic-ipants in the original initiative feel that a plan as described above is very much worth pursuing and have come together in a non-profit society incorporated under the B.C. Societies Act with the name Friends of Shoal Harbour Society.

In researching how an integrated plan could be brought forward, Friends of Shoal Harbour Society was assisted by the Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Vic-toria.

Their exhaustive research led to

a report describing all the many overlapping jurisdictions, regula-tions etc. claimed by Federal and Provincial agencies regarding the near shore environment and har-bours in particular.

In this grand tangle one thing is clear, without active leadership at the municipal level and support from residents, no effective plan will result.

This conclusion was confirmed by the ruckus over the sea wall construction in Roberts Bay. None of the federal or provincial agencies with oversight on such matters ven-tured an opinion when informed. Friends of Shoal Harbour feel that had an effective, publicly-supported municipal plan been in place, the owners of the Roberts Bay prop-

erty would have been guided to a solution that met their needs while better maintaining the environmen-tal and aesthetic value of the site.

As part of the annual celebra-tion of the return of the Bufflehead ducks to their winter quarters on Roberts Bay and Patricia Bay, Friends of Shoal Harbour will be hosting a public symposium on Oct. 19 at the Mary Winspear Cen-tre.

The event will be an opportunity to learn about the organization and contribute ideas as to how we can live respectfully and in balance with our natural surroundings.

Hugh RichardsChair, Friends of Shoal

Harbour Society

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To make matters worse there are five family birthdays in August and I don’t own an oil-well pumping out money. Do you think I could get away with just sending a card. No? I was afraid you were going to say that.

Yesterday two of my daughters helped me reserve a Hawthorn tree to be picked up in late fall and planted in North Saanich in my son’s garden. It has to satisfy both his and my daughter-in-law’s August birthday as a

gift, as it was rather expensive. Paul (my son) wanted a Haw-thorn especially as he remembers the beauty we had on Melissa Street.

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My daughter, who

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I really am getting spoiled ... my eldest daughter has given me a bouquet of large crim-son gladiola that bring amazing loveliness to an otherwise drab liv-ing room.

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All three of the Saanich Police Department’s members have witnessed loved ones fight cancer, and all three have felt the pain of losing loved ones to the disease.

For Const. Doug Franklin, he lost a grandfather, two aunts and an uncle on his mother’s side.

For Const. Lisa Bruschetta, she lost a grandmother to complications from throat cancer. Her mother was also twice diagnosed with cancer – and beat it both times, and her close friend just recently completed treatment and is now in remission.

And for civilian employee Kevin Nunn, a British expat, he lost his father to lung and liver cancer hours before he was to get on a flight back to England to be with his dad.

“It’s affected everyone, directly or indirectly. Given the opportunity to make a difference monetarily or emotionally or physically, I had to jump at the chance,” Franklin said, explaining his motivation to ride.

The Saanich bicycle patrol cop has three kids, and says meeting families going through the emotions that come with having a child with cancer has put his life into perspective.

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I’m not burdened by the demands of having to care for one of my kids – who are all thankfully healthy. This is my way to give back,” he said.

Bruschetta, a mother of two, isn’t as lucky when it comes to the health of her children. Her eight-year-old son Dominic has neurofibromatosis, a disease that makes him susceptible to growing cancerous tumours under his skin or on his brain.

She’s riding this year to give support to families and health care officials who have given her and her family the love and support they’ve needed.

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Nunn, the equipment manager for Saanich police, holds a special place in his heart for Tour. For the past two years he’s held physically gruelling and financially successful fundraisers to benefit Tour de Rock.

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as a special guest rider has been life-changing. Visiting Camp Goodtimes in July, the camp for kids who’ve been diagnosed with cancer, reaffirmed to him just how good a cause he’s fighting for.

“Going to Camp Goodtimes and seeing children who are going through cancer who actually don’t realize it; they’ve forgotten that they are (going through cancer) because they’re having so much fun being a child,” he said.

This year’s Tour de Rock team is made up of 22 police officers, media riders and special guests.

The team will cycle nearly 1,100 kilometres from Port Alice to Victoria Sept. 21 to Oct. 4 raising money for pediatric cancer research and support programs like Camp Goodtimes.

All three Saanich riders say their experiences up to this point in their lives – as parents, as police officers, as former military men (both Franklin and Nunn) – haven’t prepared them for the emotions they’ll feel on Tour.

“I think that the riding is honestly going to be our easy part. I think meeting these children and families – their stories, that’s where we’re going to need to prepare ourselves,” Bruschetta said. “I’m a very emotional person, so that’s going to involve keeping my focus positive and giving out as many hugs as I can.”

“I’m a strong person,” Nunn added. “I did 22 years of the British Forces, so I’ve seen a lot of trauma, a lot of pain throughout the world. But this is something different. This is about children. This is something special.”

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Model airshow - Al Tamosiunas flies his model helicopter at the Lochside Drive field near Michell Farm in Central Saanich. The site hosts the 12th annual Victoria’s Largest Little Airshow Aug. 10 and 11, featuring all manner of aircraft - including a flying lawnmower, iron and Snoopy and the Red Baron. It is a fundraiser for the Saanich Peninsula Hospital Foundation and the C-FAX Santas Anonymous program. The show is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Admission is by donation.

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The old schoolhouse at Heritage Acres

is celebrating its 100th birthday in style this weekend.

Around 60 past students of the school will gather on Sunday, Aug. 11 from 1 to 4 p.m. to celebrate the centennial birthday of the schoolhouse which

used to be located on Mount Newton X Road.

“It’s going to be a fun day,” said Saanich Historial Artifacts Society (SHAS) volunteer, Gaby Taschereau.

“We will gather in the schoolhouse to hear sto-ries from the past stu-dents and to look at old artifacts and photos from the school.

“There will also be refreshments served out-side and other fun things going on.”

The school used to stand in the same spot

that the Individual Learn-ing Centre now stands

(formally Saanichton Elementary School) and

was originally built by Thomas Tubman who completed it in 1913. The public school oper-ated until 1978 when it was closed.

“Normally in those days the school district would burn down build-ings like that — that they no longer wanted to use,” explained Taschereau, adding the school was saved from such a fate by one of the founders of SHAS, Mau-rice Michell.

In 1980 with a grant from B.C. Heritage Trust to the tune of $17,000, the schoolhouse was moved to Heritage Acres and stored on temporary timber footings. In 1996 as funds were raised for the project ($80,000 in total) it was moved to a permanent foundation and restored.

“They really did a beautiful job on the resto-ration,” said Taschereau.

“It’s wonderful for people who went there as children to be able to come back and see it now.”

Along with the dis-plays of historical photos and memorabilia on the big day there will be a special commemorative plaque presentation. The model trains will also be running before and after the celebration.

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Model airshow - Al Tamosiunas flies his model helicopter at the Lochside Drive field near Michell Farm in Central Saanich. The site hosts the 12th annual Victoria’s Largest Little Airshow Aug. 10 and 11, featuring all manner of aircraft - including a flying lawnmower, iron and Snoopy and the Red Baron. It is a fundraiser for the Saanich Peninsula Hospital Foundation and the C-FAX Santas Anonymous program. The show is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Admission is by donation.

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• Butchart Gardens presents nightly entertain-ment. Wednesday, Aug. 7 The Kingmixers play swing, blues and beyond from 7:30 to 9 p.m. On Thursday, Aug. 8 Chris Millington & Dancin’ features contemporary pop classics from 7:30 to 9 p.m. On Friday, Aug. 9 Queenie and The Groove Kings play brass driven pop rock and R&B from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10 The Midnights play rhythm and blues from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. followed by the fireworks from 9:15 to 9:45 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11 The Rakish Angles play acoustic newgrass, gypsy jazz and Latin from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Monday, Aug. 12 Cuban Fire takes the stage from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday,

Aug. 13 Brishen Virtuoso Gypsy Jazz from Vic-toria from 7:30 to 9 p.m. For more information and expanded schedule of events, visit www.butchartgardens.com/entertainment.

• Sidney Summer Sounds Concert Series brought to you by Peninsula Celebrations Soci-ety happens Sunday, Aug. 11 and features Tropical Jam and the Brimacombe Family. This versatile musical Trio specializes in old and new musical styles of the Caribbean.

The free show starts at 2 p.m. and runs until 4 p.m. at the Beacon Pavilion. For more informa-tion, visit www.peninsulacelebrations.ca.

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The old schoolhouse at Heritage Acres

is celebrating its 100th birthday in style this weekend.

Around 60 past students of the school will gather on Sunday, Aug. 11 from 1 to 4 p.m. to celebrate the centennial birthday of the schoolhouse which

used to be located on Mount Newton X Road.

“It’s going to be a fun day,” said Saanich Historial Artifacts Society (SHAS) volunteer, Gaby Taschereau.

“We will gather in the schoolhouse to hear sto-ries from the past stu-dents and to look at old artifacts and photos from the school.

“There will also be refreshments served out-side and other fun things going on.”

The school used to stand in the same spot

that the Individual Learn-ing Centre now stands

(formally Saanichton Elementary School) and

was originally built by Thomas Tubman who completed it in 1913. The public school oper-ated until 1978 when it was closed.

“Normally in those days the school district would burn down build-ings like that — that they no longer wanted to use,” explained Taschereau, adding the school was saved from such a fate by one of the founders of SHAS, Mau-rice Michell.

In 1980 with a grant from B.C. Heritage Trust to the tune of $17,000, the schoolhouse was moved to Heritage Acres and stored on temporary timber footings. In 1996 as funds were raised for the project ($80,000 in total) it was moved to a permanent foundation and restored.

“They really did a beautiful job on the resto-ration,” said Taschereau.

“It’s wonderful for people who went there as children to be able to come back and see it now.”

Along with the dis-plays of historical photos and memorabilia on the big day there will be a special commemorative plaque presentation. The model trains will also be running before and after the celebration.

For more information visit www.shas.ca.

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historical schoolhouse - Gaby Taschereau, a volunteers with the Saanich Historical Artifacts Society, stands in front of the Saanichton School House at Heritage Acres. The building turns 100 years old this year.

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EventsVancouVer Island

Model Engineers

model train rides at Heritage Acres (7321 Lochside Dr.) happen

Sunday, Aug. 18 from 12 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. For more information,

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school House at Heritage Acres turns 100 this summer! On Aug. 11, Heritage Acres and Saanich Historical Artifacts Society will be celebrating this important event at the school building. More than 60 former students will be present for this important event. Refreshments and snacks will be served as well as there will be a special commemorative plaque presentation. For added fun, trains will be running before and after the presentations. Event runs from 1 to 4 p.m. For map and information visit www.shas.ca.

annual BlessIng of the Animals takes place Sunday,

Aug. 11 at 2 p.m. outdoors at St. Stephen’s Church (off Mount Newton X Road). Please bring animals in carriers or on a leash. A collection will be taken to support P.A.T.S. All welcome rain or shine. For more information, visit www.ststephensanglican.net or call Al at 250-658-8840.

TaBleTs – do I need one? Monday, Aug. 19 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the SHOAL Activity Centre. Not sure if you might benefit from having a tablet? Sign-up for this class for some hands-on experience, discussion and demo of different brands presently on the market. $30. Call 250-656-5173 to register.

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Celebration High Tea at SHOAL happens Thursday, Aug. 15 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20. Enjoy some pomp and ceremony with Town Crier Kenny Podmore, as we help celebrate the royal birth. Please bring a new baby item to be donated to moms in need through BCS family programs.

The garden cITy Wanderers Volkssport Club is holding a 5/10 kilometre walk (rated 2B) Sunday, Aug. 18. Meet at Lochside Park on Lochside Drive. Registration is at 9:30 a.m. and the walk begins at 10 a.m. Contact George at 250-386-1279 for more information.

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cluB at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Children of all ages are invited to join the Up, Up, and Away Summer Reading Club. Kids receive reading records to track their reading and contests, prize

draws and special events are held throughout the summer. Registration is free and runs until Aug. 10. Call 250-656-0944.

read To Me cluB at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Bring your preschoolers to the library for songs, rhymes and stories. Thursday, July 4 to Aug. 15 from 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. Ages 0-5 years. Free. Register at 250-656-0944. Drop-ins also welcome.

The douBle FeaTure Science Show happens Aug. 18 from 1 to 3:15 p.m. at the Brentwood Bay Community Hall (7082 Wallace Drive). Come out and experience hands on science stations and fun activities. Admission is by donation and proceeds go to Peninsula Streams Society.

spaced ouT at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Come to the library to hang out and read, chat about good books and do a craft. Tuesday, July 9 to Aug. 13 from 2 to 3 p.m. Ages six years and up. Drop-in. For information, call 250-656-0944.

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TRANSPORTATION

ANTIQUE/CLASSICS

1966 CHEVY Pick up, 1/2 ton short box, burgundy. 3 in the tree, 6 cylinder. Good condi-tion, runs great, comes with second set of winter tires and rims. Second owner for last 45 years, in Victoria. $10,000 obo. Call: 250 479 0441 or email: [email protected]

AUTO FINANCING

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

DreamTeam Auto Financing“0” Down, Bankruptcy OK -

Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals1-800-961-7022

www.iDreamAuto.com DL# 7557 MARINE

18FT FIBERGLASS hull andoak and ash wood fi nish ca-noe with paddles and life jack-ets is suitable for exploring thecoast or for more extended ca-noe trips where carrying ca-pacity is required. To inspectplease phone 250.665.6537Asking price, $1200.

BOATS

TRANSPORTATION

CARS

1998 BUICK Regal LS- 3800V6, 1 owner since new, verygood condition. Must Sell forhealth reason. $3600. obo250-479-2987.

$50 to $1000Scrap Junk

Broken Down Cars Trucks Vans

FREE TOW AWAY

250-686-3933

VTRUCKS & ANS

1996 FORD F250- 7.3 Diesal, 5 spd, standard cab and box,400,000 km. $3900 obo. (250)656-4707.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING

ACCOUNTINGVida Samimi

Certifi ed General Accountant

Bookkeeping, Audit,Payroll, HST. Set up &

Training. E-FileTAX

250-477-4601

CARPENTRY

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

CLEANING SERVICES

AFFORDABLE! SUPPLIES & vacuum incld’d. All lower Is-land areas. 250-385-5869.

LINDSEY’S Cleaning, excel-lent references, serving Sid-ney/Brentwood, 250-896-0703

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

ELECTRICAL

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

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


ELECTRICAL

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

FENCING

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

FURNITURE REFINISHING

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

GARDENING

22YRS EXP Clean-ups, weed-ing, hauling. $25/hr. All areas of city. Dave 250-656-7045.

(250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK Yard & garden overgrown? No job too big. Irrigation, land-scaping, patio stone, install. Blackberry & ivy removal. 25yr

250-216-9476 ACCEPTING new clients, From the Ground Up, custom landscapes, fi nish carpentry, garden clean-ups.

AURICLE BSC 250-882-3129 For lovely lawns-spectacular hedges-healthy garden beds & reno’s.

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GARDENING

250-479-7950FREE ESTIMATES

• Lawn Maintenance• Landscaping• Hedge Trimming• Tree Pruning• Yard Cleanups• Gardening/Weeding • Aeration, Odd JobsNO SURPRISES NO MESS

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GLENWOOD Gardenworks Landscaping & Garden Servic-es. Satisfaction guaranteed. 250-474-4373.


GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

(250)889-5794. DIAMOND Dave- window, gutter cleaning, roof-de-moss, gutter guards, power washing. Free est.

HANDYPERSONS

ASK ROB. Carpentry, decks, landscaping, garden clean up, bobcat work, masonry and renos. Free Est. 250-744-4548

HANDYMAN SERVICES. Lawns, fences, pruning, fl oor-ing, painting, drywall, small re-no’s. Mike/Chris 250-656-8961

HAULING AND SALVAGE

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

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

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


HAULING AND SALVAGE

JUNK BOX- We Do All The Loading

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

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

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


MASONRY & BRICKWORK

CBS MASONRY BBB. WCB. Chimneys, Fireplaces, Flag-stone Rock, Concrete Pavers, Natural & Veneered Stone. Replace, Rebuild, Renew! “Quality is our Guarantee”. Free Competitive Estimates. (250)294-9942/(250)589-9942. www.cbsmasonry.com

& MOVING STORAGE

(250)889-5794. DIAMOND Dave Moving- 2 men, 5 ton, $85/hr.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.*WRIGHT BROS* Moving. $80/hr, 2 men/3 ton. Seniors discount. Philip (250)383-8283

PAINTING

ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Painting. Wholesale, Dis-counts! 50 years experience. 250-382-3694.A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wall coverings. Over 25yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220.DALE’S PAINTING Int/ext. Prompt, courteous, 25yrs exp $25/hr Free est. 250-516-2445

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


PAINTING

OLD TIMER. Quality old fash-ioned service. Great rates. Ex-cellent references. Call Al at250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.

PLUMBING

FELIX PLUMBING. Over 35 years experience. Reasonablerates. Call 250-514-2376.

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

PRESSURE WASHING

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

STUCCO/SIDING

STUCCO REPAIRMAN- Stuc-co & Painting Specialist. 50years experience. Free esti-mates. Dan, 250-391-9851.

WINDOW CLEANING

BLAINE’S WINDOW WASH-ING. Serving Sidney & Brent-wood since 1983. Averagehouse $35. 250-656-1475

BOB’S WINDOW Cleaning.Roof demoss, Gutters. Licensed and affordable. 250-884-7066.

DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning.Windows, Gutters, Sweeping,Roofs, Roof Demossing, Pres-sure Washing. 250-361-6190.

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