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Testing in 2013 that revealed the presence of heavy metals in the sediment of Reay Creek Pond in Sidney has been confirmed by a second study, prompting action from the municipality.

An environmental consultant has found high levels of cadmium, zinc, lead and chromium in the pond sediment, says Tim Tanton, Sidney’s Director of Engineering, Parks and Works. Tanton said the consultant’s final report is expected soon, but the metal con-taminants have been confirmed. It mirrors testing started in 2013 by the Peninsula Streams Society. Preliminary results at that time indicated heavy metals were pres-ent, but their final report was only given to the municipality recently, Tanton said. That prompted the Town to hire their own consultant to test the soil over this past Janu-ary and February.

While the levels of those heavy metals would have the pond con-sidered a concern under B.C.’s contaminated sites legislation, Tanton said there’s no danger to the public. The contaminants, he continued, are buried in the sedi-ment.

They have, however, moved

downstream. Tanton said the Town has not had the water itself tested. He did note that the Capi-tal Regional District has been

monitoring the Reay Creek outfall on the east side of Lochside Drive for approximately a decade. The same metals, he said, have been

found there.The municipality has allocated

$40,000 in its 2015 budget to study the problem and gather stakehold-

ers to discuss a plan to fix it. Tan-ton said those include the Town of Sidney, District of North Saanich, Victoria Airport Authority, Trans-port Canada, Peninsula Streams and nearby residents. The creek flows through the airport prop-erty and the municipality has stated in a media release that the contaminants have “clearly been discharged into the pond from upstream lands.”

The Victoria Airport Authority studied the upstream reaches of the creek in 2005, which found the soil along the creek was contam-inated. VAA, as outlined in their 2011 environmental report and 2014 master plan, then began a res-toration project with the Depart-ment of Fisheries and Oceans to reduce the levels of heavy met-als. That work corresponded with a Sidney Anglers effort to restore fish habitat to the creek.

Sediment in the pond, contin-ued Tanton, has accumulated to the point where it’s only around two feet deep, where once it was six to eight feet deep in places. That not only harms the environ-ment for fish, but leads to down-stream flow issues, like erosion and flooding in periods of high water runoff.

“We would like to dredge the pond to prevent that,” Tanton said, adding that is only one option to be considered by the stakehold-ers’ group this year. Actual work, he noted, might not occur until 2016.

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Heavy metals confirmed in Reay PondTown of Sidney initiates plan to investigate clean up options

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Ian Bruce of Peninsula Streams watches as samples of sediment from Reay Creek Pond are collected for testing. Peninsula Streams started the analysis back in 2013.

Please see: Pond work must be done, page 4

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A lot of people have poor comprehension, though they actually still hear well. It becomes noticeable in conversation, watching television and asking family to repeat what’s been said. A potential cause can be undetected loss in the high-frequency range. This means the sensory cells in the cochlea that hear high-range sounds are damaged as a result of circulatory disorders, diabetes, sudden hearing loss or workplace noise. Hearing loss in the high-frequency range makes speech sound muffled and unclear. The person with hearing loss mixes up, or can no longer hear, consonants like s, f, t, k, h and g. Speech comprehension is particularly impaired when there is background noise or when television programs have background music. The dilemma is that people with hearing loss in the high-frequency range do not

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Commercial development could start by 2017Steven HeywoodNews staff

Demolition of buildings and remediation of land at the San-down horse racing track in North Saanich is still years away.

John Allan of Platform Proper-ties says deconstruction activ-ity on the property is unlikely to start before 2017.

“That’s based on how long things are likely to take,” he said.

Those things he mentions includes interest from potential

tenants in a proposed commer-cial development on 12 acres of the property, which was ten-tatively named Sandown Com-mons under a previous develop-ment company. Platform took over the management of the project from Omicron Canada Inc. late last year. Allan said the property owners, the Randall family, have a prior relationship with Platform.

“We are not still at the front end of this process,” he explained. “We are actively engaged in looking for tenants.”

Once there are committed businesses, he continued, the actual work preparing the site for redevelopment can proceed, as well as a public consultation process required by the District

of North Saanich.The District approved the San-

down deal last year after getting the green light from the Agricul-tural Land Reserve. The lion’s share of the site — 83 acres — will be cleared and transferred to the municipality as agricul-tural land. The District has yet to determine how it will be used. Once fully developed, it is esti-mated that the Sandown Com-mons commercial area could contribute close to $350,000 a year in property taxes to the municipality.

Sandown was at one time a horse racing track operated by the Ascot Jockey Club, which in turn was owned by the Randall [email protected]


Sandown race track structures won’t be demolished until the Randall family has made progress with developing the commercial portion of the property in North Saanich.

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Commercial development could start by 2017Steven HeywoodNews staff

Demolition of buildings and remediation of land at the San-down horse racing track in North Saanich is still years away.

John Allan of Platform Proper-ties says deconstruction activ-ity on the property is unlikely to start before 2017.

“That’s based on how long things are likely to take,” he said.

Those things he mentions includes interest from potential

tenants in a proposed commer-cial development on 12 acres of the property, which was ten-tatively named Sandown Com-mons under a previous develop-ment company. Platform took over the management of the project from Omicron Canada Inc. late last year. Allan said the property owners, the Randall family, have a prior relationship with Platform.

“We are not still at the front end of this process,” he explained. “We are actively engaged in looking for tenants.”

Once there are committed businesses, he continued, the actual work preparing the site for redevelopment can proceed, as well as a public consultation process required by the District

of North Saanich.The District approved the San-

down deal last year after getting the green light from the Agricul-tural Land Reserve. The lion’s share of the site — 83 acres — will be cleared and transferred to the municipality as agricul-tural land. The District has yet to determine how it will be used. Once fully developed, it is esti-mated that the Sandown Com-mons commercial area could contribute close to $350,000 a year in property taxes to the municipality.

Sandown was at one time a horse racing track operated by the Ascot Jockey Club, which in turn was owned by the Randall [email protected]


Sandown race track structures won’t be demolished until the Randall family has made progress with developing the commercial portion of the property in North Saanich.

Best estimate puts Sandown Commons years away

Overwaitea birthday event this Sunday

SIDNEY — British Columbia grocery giant Overwaitea cel-ebrates its 10th year in business in 2015 and stores across the province are holding birthday events this Sunday, March 8.

At Save-On-Foods locations, including Sidney’s Beacon Avenue store, customers are invited to the day-long celebration.


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News Review readers Romona King and Cam Johnson — they were the first to cor-rectly answer our skill-testing question and win tickets to the upcoming comedy show of Corner Gas star Brent Butt.

They came up with the right answer to the query: what is the name of the hockey team in Dog River (from Corner Gas)?

Answer: the Riverdogs. — News staff

Seniors need better informationVICTORIA — Survey results show seniors

are often unaware of key programs in place to support them.

Those are the findings of a study conducted by B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie in late 2014 and released this week.

“This is a reminder that it is not sufficient to provide supports,” Mack-enzie stated in a media release. “The results of the survey clearly show we need to do a better job of connecting seniors,

particularly low-income and older seniors, with subsidies available to them.”

Premium Assistance, which subsidizes MSP premiums, is an example where seniors living on $22,000 or less could save up to $864 per year, yet 60 per cent of seniors surveyed, living on $30,000/year or less, reported they don’t know about the program.

The office will continue to conduct surveys on a range of issues and share these findings with the public.

— Office of the Seniors Advocate

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Jeff Kendrew doesn’t profess that he wants to take beer to a new level of snobbishness.

Actually, far from it.He is, however, a beer

expert — a Cicerone®. Think sommelier when it

comes to wine. With training, a person can learn grape vari-eties, pinpoint the region they came from and recommend different wines for different foods.

That’s essentially what a Cicerone® is — except, of course, it’s all about the beer.

Kendrew, an employee of Category 12 Brewing, a new craft brewery on Keating X Road in Central Saanich, loves beer and has worked in the business for years. He has taken his passion to the next level and for the last few years completed his training as a Cicerone® under a new pro-gram in B.C.

“A program has been run-ning for seven years in the U.S.” he says, “and in Canada there’s a program in Ontario and Quebec. It’s now in B.C. and that will get you to level one — a certified beer server.”

In general, that level of edu-cation allows people to add to their knowledge of types of beer and is valuable to bar-tenders, servers and even enthusiasts. But that wasn’t enough for Kendrew.

He advanced to the next level, a self-directed program of study into the different fla-vours and styles of beer, how the beverage can take on dif-ferent flavours and more. That study culminated in a test he took in September of 2013 — the first time it had been held in western Canada. He says his friends in the business, includ-ing beer bloggers, formed a small group of people wanting the training. Six of them took the Cicerone® exam and only four passed.

What that did for him, Kend-rew explains, was increase his legitimacy in the craft brewing industry. He admits he’s not a very good cook and came up

in the business more on the marketing and distribution side with places like Vancou-ver Island Brewing, Phillips and Lighthouse before joining Michael and Karen Kuzyk at

Category 12.“I wanted to increase my

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Category 12 Brewing’s Jeff Kendrew is a Cicerone®, or an expert on beer as a sommelier is to wine.

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The pond itself was created by a dam whose origins are, at best, murky. Tanton said the group could consider the need for such a dam — or even a pond — in its review of options.

“One thing that is clear, is that we only want to do this once.”

Ian Bruce, executive co-ordinator of the Pen-insula Streams Society, says the contamination in the sediment that they found in their test-ing, “is of concern.”

“I am pleased that the Town of Sidney is taking some action on the situation at Reay Creek,” he stated in a media release sent to the News Review Wednesday.

“We have been work-ing on this project for three years but only with outside money and talented volun-

teers. We presented our data on the pond sediments at a multiple stakeholders meeting on February 20 ... and it was agreed amongst the participants that a roundtable forum was

needed to be held to address multiple water-shed issues such as stormwater volume, as well as metals in Reay Creek Pond.”

Bruce added the Town can have its own

stakeholder process for the Pond issues but a larger forum is needed because of the multi-jurisdictional composi-tion of the watershed.

Bill Collins, spokes-person for the recently formed stewardship group Residents of Reay Creek, said he believes immediate engagement of resi-dents in the process is required.

“We know that solu-tions to the pond problems will involve changing the park area nearby,” Collins said. “We want to be part of developing that vision so that 20 years from now the neighbour-hood is well-served.”

Tanton added the Town will be posting signs, indicating the planning work ahead. More information on the project and envi-ronmental reports will be posted to sidney.ca as it becomes available.


Ian Bruce of Peninsula Streams and resident Reg Kirkham look over a spillway on the earthen Reay Creek dam.

Continued from page 1

Pond work must be done right, the first time

The education as a Cicerone® essentially allows Kendrew to apply a trained palate to the brewing process. Working with brewer Michael Kuzyk, he says they can pinpoint the right time to make the final call on when a beer is ready.

“Our pale ale, for example. Yes there are lots of these around but I can explain how our differs and might complement what a pub might have on tap already.”

The skills he has as a Cice-rone® will come in handy when talking with customers — be they beer aficionados them-selves, or newcomers to the world of craft brewing.

“The passion was always there,” Kendrew says. “Once I got the opportunity to do beer dinners, I realized there was a lot to know.”

Kendrew adds it’s not about acting smarter about the beer, but sharing with customers and making their experience a lot better.

“And it’s not about drinking

and partying. I want people to be into local beer, brewed in their own region.”

That said, Kendrew adds he’s not afraid to taste other brewer-ies’ products and help to con-tribute to the overall good health of the local craft beer industry.

“At Category 12, we want to have our own style and add to the mix of what’s available in this market.

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Murray Weisen-berger says North Saa-nich municipal coun-cillors are looking to eliminate portions of a bylaw that currently allows higher density development in parts of the district.

Weisenberger, a new councillor elected last November, said this council, for the most part, agrees that the bylaw (Bylaw 1352), passed last year under a very different council, was not a good one.

“I think the key issue here is that (some councillors) want to bring back the old days to some degree,” he said.

The debate on Bylaw 1352 started in Febru-ary after council asked municipal staff for options to review the bylaw and put a hold on any development appli-cations in two areas — along McTavish Road and Tsehum Harbour. Both were identified in a housing strategy report completed last term as potential areas that could accommo-date more housing growth.

Weisenberger himself raised a motion to pre-pare a public consulta-tion process, seek an affordable housing pol-icy and notify the devel-opment community of potential changes and application deferral.

That motion was sup-ported at council’s Feb. 23 committee of the

whole, but it did not survive the March 2 regular meeting. It was dropped, Weisenberger said, to ask staff for more information and other options.

“Some on coun-cil revised their posi-tions,” he said. “This is a tough issue.”

Mayor Alice Finall, who has been clear in her opposition to the bylaw, said she ran for re-election based on her desire to change it.

“My position has been clear,” she said. “To go forward, we have to go back. This is bad legislation and had a lot of community opposition.”

Finall said that was the main reason there was nearly a wholesale change of council in the last election.

She said district staff are being asked about the potential for a hous-ing policy to come out of work being done by the Capital Regional

District, combined with efforts by MLA Gary Holman and MP Eliza-beth May on social housing options on the Saanich Peninsula.

Coun. Jack Thorn-burgh said, however, council cannot simply rescind Bylaw 1352.

It contains the rezon-ing details and legal requirements to allow the redevelopment of a portion of the San-down property into a commercial space. It also allows for 83 acres of green space on the property to be turned over to the district.

“It seems to me there needs to be a decision on whether we want to be beholden to 1352, or massage it so it can stand,” Thornburgh said. “Most of coun-cil, however, thinks it’s flawed.”

The work toward creating Bylaw 1352 included the approval of the Canora Mews residential develop-

ment. Thornburgh said that project “gave people a chance to see really intense develop-ment.”

While he agrees the homes there did sell quickly, indicat-ing demand, the proj-ect itself was “driven by huge development pressure.”

Both Thornburgh and Finall say one of their problems with the bylaw was the lack of public consultation before it was enacted.

Thornburgh, asked about a July 14 meet-ing that saw a packed Mary Winspear Centre and majority support for the bylaw, said he felt support and oppo-sition there was almost divided.

“(The bylaw) needs to be overhauled, if not rescinded,” he said. “It needs major surgery.”

Weisenberger added

he agrees that the pro-cess used by the previ-ous council majority to put Bylaw 1352 in place was flawed. He does, however, think parts of the controversial hous-ing strategy done by CTQ Consulting “is not all horrible and bad.”

“It did identify logi-cal areas for growth in North Saanich.”

Finall added to make changes now will require a revision of the district’s official community plan, much like that done to get the bylaw in place. She said there should be pub-lic involvement on this potential revision as well. That, she said, will be up to council.

When council rejected Weisenberg-er’s motion this week, they left Bylaw 1352 in place and active. That means development applications could come in to the munici-pality for those identi-fied growth areas.

Finall agreed that is the case but noted it’s obvious that the bylaw is in a state of flux.

“It is a difficult situ-ation,” she said, “and there will be many chal-lenges. But the message is out there that council is looking at this.”

Finall added she doesn’t expect staff to bring updated informa-tion and new options to council until later this month or into April.

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While there are people who dis-like airport noise in general, if you live on a flightpath it is pretty well unavoidable; nonetheless the obso-lete Purolator jet rattles windows all over Sidney.

On Curteis Point, aircraft over-flights are the norm but usually last less than 30 seconds, so we have no problem with that. However, over the last 15 years we have noted the greatly increased frequency of Sea King training activity, most notably at night and frequently at altitudes so low that on occasion the vibra-tion rattles our dishes. Especially annoying is having to endure the intrusive sound of after-midnight take-offs and landings and presum-ably hovering practice at the base. The noise is such that during the summer, we have to keep our win-dows closed or else sleep is prob-lematic.

This particular issue must not be conveniently buried under the gen-eral term “airport noise.” It is point-source specific, night-time and over-flight altitude-related and is caused by the at-airport Sea King training exercises.

A redirection of flight paths to less inhabited areas should be pos-sible. A civilian airport is hardly the place for military touch-and-go training during the night when resi-dents of the Saanich Peninsula are trying to sleep. Still noisier replace-ment Cyclone helicopters are likely to only make matters worse.

I see no alternative to flying from the airport, however flight simula-tors could be the answer. Given the amount of our tax dollars that the

Harper government has expended on the hangar ($104 million), the expense of flight simulators can hardly be used as an excuse. There are ways to mitigate this situation but is there a will?

George M. KruzynskiNorth Saanich

I can relateRe: airport noise.As if it is not enough having train-

ing planes flying in circles over my property day after day, there is now the added pleasure of bird cannons

firing off sometimes as early as 5:30 a.m. I can now relate to the unfor-tunate people living in the middle east.

These bird cannons, I am told by the Airport Authority, are necessary to scare the birds off the airport property. I am sure the birds will become just as immune to the can-non noise as those fake owls that are used to scare off seagulls. The Vancouver airport uses bird dogs — much quieter and more effective but too expensive, according to the VAA.

Having lived by the airport for over 20 years, and for the most part enjoyed, I am now facing the pros-pect of selling my home (if anyone will buy it) and, in the meantime, wearing earplugs.

So much for the anticipated joy of lazy, quiet mornings of retirement.

M. HansenSidney

Any other place is fineI would like to add my name to

the numbers of people in opposi-tion to the proposed location of the new Sidney fire hall and ambulance station on Seventh Street, next to the elementary school.

It seems to me that almost any other place to have a rapid response emergency station would be preferable to it being located in a school zone, next to an elementary school full of our little children.

Here’s hoping that sensible heads will prevail.

Lawrence Bold-de-HaughtonSidney

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Funding transit a conundrumT

he Victoria Regional Transit Commission recently heard its 2013 request to add two cents per litre more to local fuel prices this year, to help cover transit service expansion, had

been turned down by the province.Transportation Minister Todd Stone let

the commission know the request will be reconsidered for 2016, but it brings up a question: who should be paying more to help transit expand in this region, the people who use it, drivers, or everyone?

While two cents a litre isn’t a major hardship for drivers – after all, gas prices leapt 18 to 20 cents per litre in the past week or so – the gas tax is a hammer-on-the-head strategy, penalizing drivers who may or may not choose to use transit.

Raising transit fares again to raise the needed revenue, rather than taxing drivers more, is a tactic the commission has little appetite for, knowing many of its regular bus riders are strapped enough for cash.

For years, B.C. Transit has done its best to get more people riding the bus. In the big picture it’s the right thing to do: reduce gridlock and do less harm to the environment. But in reality, not enough people who could easily ride the bus more have committed to driving less.

Over time, our dependence on our vehicles has led to regular traffic logjams on both major arteries into downtown Victoria.

True, that problem is partly attributable to how Greater Victoria has developed. But when the option to take transit is there – a more user-friendly option from one year to the next – and drivers still don’t leave their vehicles at home, it’s a sign that the people in charge of the bus system still haven’t done a good enough job selling people on why taking the bus is a better choice.

It’s kind of a Catch-22: many people won’t use the system until it’s better, but more people need to use the system to allow and pay for expanded service – unless of course, those other sources of revenue are tapped.

The local politicians who make up the transit commission should ask for a public referendum on whether people are willing to pay more, either through taxes or fares, for expanded service.

If the majority say no, commission members need to grit their teeth and direct B.C. Transit to stop expanding service until such time that more people choose to ride the bus.


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Central Saanich council is con-sidering two variance proposals brought to their Monday, March 2 meeting.

Metro Liquor at 7180 West Saanich Road has applied to expand its window signage from the current 15 per cent cover-age allowed, to a full-window

graphic display depicting a vine-yard scene, covering 100 per cent of the window area on the main level.

Secondly, Daleen A. Thomas has applied to allow her to open her law office on the ground floor at 828 Verdier Avenue in Brentwood Bay.

Current zoning restrictions only allow offices on the second floor of the building.

District staff noted that the particular focus of Thomas’ law practice is family law and a por-tion of her practice would serve as a family resource centre. By locating on the ground floor, resources would be more read-ily available to the public.

Both reports will be referred to the Advisory Planning Com-mittee for review and recom-mendation back to council.

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Police monitoring of area informed Central Saanich council’s decisionAngela Cowan News staff

Central Saanich council has denied a resident’s request for a permanent, lighted speed sign in the southbound lane of Saanich X Road between Island View and East Saanich roads, a project with an $8,000 price tag.

Council had received the request late last year and worked with both the Central Saanich Police to monitor the area, and the District’s director of engineering, David McAllister, to establish what the costs and feasibility of a lighted speed sign would be.

McAllister reported to council

at the Monday, March 2 meeting that after working with the police to monitor traffic incidents and enforce speed limits on the sec-tion of road, the frequency with which neighbours were request-ing police attendance was more in line with police presence and traffic incidents in areas with ten times the amount of traffic.

Additionally, McAllister stated that vehicle speed is naturally limited in the Saanich X Road area, as all southbound traffic travels uphill and a left-turn lane and a stop sign slow speeds at Island View Road and East Saan-ich Road, respectively.

Mayor Ryan Windsor did note that the road is a municipal truck route, echoing the letter writer’s concerns that it is the trucks that are speeding.

McAllister went on to report that while the District has had success with lighted speed signs in other areas — specifi-

cally pointing out the sign on the long, straight stretch of Mount Newton X Road leading up to the highway and its 64 per cent reduction in traffic tickets — a sign on Saanich X Road would not be expected to achieve similar results, as the site itself already limits speed.

Councillor Carl Jensen asked whether moving an existing sign to the location could be a more cost-effective option, but McAl-lister stated that moving a sign would still incur approximately $3,000.

Coun. Niall Paltiel emphasized that “enforcement has been done in reaction to the letter writer,” and also noted that since the resident had also asked for a longer term solution to the over-pass at Keating X Road, council needed to be “fiscally responsi-ble,” and take actions to build a larger capital reserve for such projects.

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VICTORIA — The Better Business Bureau of Vancouver Island is set to launch its 2015 directory – celebrating business excellence.

The bureau pub-lishes its listings of accredited businesses on Vancouver Island annually.

“These are busi-nesses that consumers really need to be using in terms of trust,” said president Rosalind Scott, who is based in Victoria.

“For us [BBB], we always get excited to take a look at this directory of great busi-nesses.”

A business must go through a detailed vet-ting process in order to be accredited – it’s not as simple as just join-ing the Better Business Bureau.

In order to qualify, a business must have been in operation for at least a year, have no complaints logged against them, have established a positive presence in the market-place and have a good

rating with the BBB, based on specific cri-teria.

“Businesses must

maintain their accredi-tation once they’ve earned it. If a busi-ness doesn’t keep to our standards then their accreditation is revoked,” Scott said.

“Nobody can walk in the door, write a cheque and say I want to be accredited.”

One of the ways the BBB celebrates busi-nesses that have gone above and beyond is through the annual Torch Awards.

“These aren’t awards that say a business is good because the majority of our accred-ited business have an A+ rating,” Scott said.

Instead, the awards are for businesses that stand out from the crowd, such as com-munity service.

Awards are given to both winners and final-ists, but there are no formal categories. The categories are based on the types of nomina-tions.

Each year the BBB receives several thou-sand nomination from across Vancou-ver Island. This year’s Torch Awards gala is Nov. 6 in Victoria.

For more information on the Better Business Bureau of Vancouver Island, please go online to bbb.org/vancouver-island or call 250-386-6348.

The BBB business directory will be avail-able across Vancouver Island at the end of the month.

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Many retirees remain unsure about the process of converting an RRSP to a RRIF and the timing of when it

can be done. Investments within an RRSP (Registered

Retirement Savings Plan) or RRIF (Regis-tered Retirement Income Fund) remain fully tax-exempt, as long as the funds remain in the account. As soon as funds are with-drawn, they immediately become taxable at the holder’s marginal tax rate.

Anyone may withdraw funds from an RRSP at any age. However, should they do so before it is converted to a RRIF, the with-drawal will be subject to a standard tax-withholding which is reconciled when the income tax return is filed. With the sole exception of a permitted “borrowing” of up to $25,000 from an RRSP for the down-payment on a first home, most RRSP hold-ers are generally well-advised to avoid any withdrawals until after retirement when they will either need, or be required by CRA, to withdraw funds.

Once an RRSP holder reaches age 55, they may convert it to a RRIF and commence regular withdrawals. Once the conversion takes place however, it cannot be undone.

The taxpayer must, from that point on, withdraw a minimum annual amount from the RRIF. At age 55, the mandatory minimum withdrawal is set at a low 2.86% of the RRIF value. Each year the required minimum withdrawal percentage rises, eventually peak-ing at 20% of account value once the RRIF holder turns 94.

While the conversion to a RRIF may take place any time after age 55, it must occur no later than the calendar year in which the account holder reaches age 71. Conversion to a RRIF simply involves sign-ing a document, provided by the account administrator, changing the designation from an RRSP. This name change does not affect investments held.

After converting the RRSP to a RRIF in the year one reaches 71, draws may com-mence immediately, at a minimum 7.38% of value. Or, if the account holder prefers, he may delay the first draw until the following calendar year, when he turns 72 and can no longer delay withdrawals. At that time, the minimum draw required will be 7.48%.

While at least the minimum annual withdrawal must be met once an RRSP is converted to a RRIF, there is no upper limit to the amount which may be with-drawn. Of course, the more with-drawn, the higher the resulting tax bill.

The principle applied by the government is simple. They allow us to receive a generous tax deduction when we contrib-ute to an RRSP; and they exempt earnings or capital gains in the account from income tax. How-

ever, by the year we turn 72, CRA wants to start retrieving taxes on at least the manda-tory minimums.

When the annual minimum percentages were set by the government, retirement lifespans were significantly shorter. The specified percentages did not pose a signifi-cant risk of the account holder exhausting the RRIF during retirement. Today, a retiree may spend as many years in retirement as in the workforce; the mandatory percent-ages now pose a serious risk that the RRIF holder may exhaust his funds prematurely.

Many groups continue to urge the govern-ment to either moderate the minimum draw percentages, or raise the mandatory initial withdrawal age above 72 — preferably both.

Assuming sufficient other retirement income, a general strategy to consider to obtain the greatest value from investments would be to allow the RRSP account to grow and compound, tax-free, for the longest-possible time before commencing draws — and then at only the prescribed minimum percetages.

For further clarification of the rules relat-ing to RRSPs or RRIFs, consult your accoun-tant, your account provider, or call the 1-800 number for the Canada Revenue Agency.

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SIDNEY — Registered mas-sage therapist and ‘Best Life Coach’ Angela Strank is offer-ing a free healing meditation this Monday (March 9) at Sid-

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guided visualizations on the Peninsula since 2011, and beginning this month, is mov-

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I’d like to say thank you on behalf of my wife and myself to Gurton’s Garage and to Mr. Turnbull the tow-truck driver who rescued us. Our car expired somewhere north of Victoria. Mr. Turnbull hauled car and us to Sidney with humour and professionalism. The gentle-men at Gurton’s somehow managed to replace a radia-tor and get us back on the road within a very short time.

Thank you, all of you, for your efficiency and hard work.

Ken and May McBeath

I know I speak for many people in Brentwood Bay when I say a huge thank you to Lori Sutherland, owner of the Dollar Den in Brentwood for the past 13 years. Many of us were sorry to say goodbye when Lori and her business partner John closed their doors after Christmas. Dollar Den was a supportive, helpful member of the local business community and Lori has always been a smiling, friendly face. The “Den” supported Music in The Bay by selling tickets to concerts, provided discounts and prod-ucts in support of local non-profits and fundraisers and more. Even as she was busy selling off her stock and closing the doors, Lori took the time to provide supportive advice and assistance to another fledgling retailer. The store, its staff and Lori especially will be missed in our village. We wish her all the best in the future.

Alice Bacon and John Carswell

This is a bouquet to the Peninsula Co-op. In December, a young attendant at a Co-op gas station neglected to refit cor-rectly the oil cap of my car. Consequently an oil spill issued, a warning sign appeared on the dashboard and the car had to be repaired to the tune of $982.38. I contacted the adminis-tration of the Peninsula Co-op, Mr. Humphries, with my prob-lem and within days I received a cheque covering the entire bill, plus an extra credit of $50 for future purchases.

I found this very refreshing in our days to be dealt in such fairness and in such an expedited manner.

Annie Hill

Recently, while turning at the intersection of Third and Bevan Streets, the belt in my car broke which

left me stranded outside with a friend who is unable to walk without the aid of a walker.

She called Sidney Taxi on her cell phone; the cab was there within a very

short time. Not only did the driver call a towing company for me, he took my friend home with her walker and shopping and returned to check on me.

Because the tow truck had not yet shown up, he called them again.

Leaving to pick up another fare, he came back again 15 minutes later just as the tow truck arrived to the rescue.

This concern for a customer is typical of Sidney Taxi’s good ser-vice and caring attitude to its cli-

ents — bouquets and many thanks to (Steve) one of its drivers.

Pat Brown

A bouquet to the generous gentleman who donated back his 50-50 ticket winnings to help the

Sidney and Peninsula Literary Festival bring in some top award-winning authors next October. We didn’t catch his name, but are very grateful for the donation.

Lorna Crozier and Patrick Lane gave very moving and sometimes humorous readings of their poetry on the 13th and we’d like to thank the community for their support.

Sidney and Peninsula Literary Society

To the owners of oil leaking junkers, get it fixed or get it off the road!

Jeff McBride

On behalf of the volunteers at the North Saanich Dog Obe-dience Training Club, thank you to the News Review and Beacon Community Services for the Hearts of the Commu-nity Volunteer Award we received this year.

Rod Deacon

Send your beefs or bouquets to us at 103-9830 Second Street, Sidney, fax: 250-656-5526 or email editor@peninsulanews review.com. Beefs and Bouquets is a free service provided by the News Review.

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Driving emission-free down Electric AvenueDriveway will spend the next few weeks taking a spin down Electric Avenue in a brand new 2015 Nissan LEAF.And shortly after the Van-couver International Auto Show closes on March 29, we’ll be handing the keys to one of these eco-friend-ly electric cars to a reader! (See contest details.)Even if you don’t win the prize car, you might want to do more than kick the tires on the emission free vehicle as the BC Gov-ernment is set to renew its Clean Energy Vehicle incentive program. Details have yet to be revealed but the announced $7.5 million total commitment suggests the instant rebate scheme will reduce the sticker pric-es for all electric, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell vehicles by up to $5,000.The Nissan LEAF S edition starts at just under $32,000, which, after the expect-ed point of sale price reduction, puts the sedan at a competitive price point alongside small gas-powered family cars. The SV adds a quick charge port to the car, some additional technology

and interior improvements for another $5,000 and the SL adds leather seating and alloy wheels for another $3,000. The Nissan Quick Charge Port (standard on SV and SL) allows charging to 80 per cent capacity in 30 minutes at public charging stations, using a DC fast charger. There will be additional incentives for those installing 220-volt fast chargers at home, which reduce charging time to five hours. The fuel efficiency of the four-door, five-seat LEAF is calculated at the gas equivalent of about 2.0 L/100 kms with a range of around 120 kms on a full

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Mercedes-Benz B-Class earns an A in safetyBy Bob McHugh

Mercedes-Benz Canada went (adventur-ously) solo and brought the B-Class (not sold in US) to Canada in 2006, just as did with the original Smart Car.

The tall, compact, front-drive hatchback, is a different kind of Mercedes. Yet many Canadian buyers like it and typically buy about 3,000 of them annually.

We join the B-Class story when it got a modest redesign for the 2009 model year. Styling revisions included a new radiator grille with an extra-large Mer-cedes-Benz star in the centre. The front bumper has a larger air intake and the hood was also modified. Rear revisions included two-piece tail light assemblies, a new hatch release and a new-look rear bumper.

B-Class vehicles have a unique safety feature built-in to its elevated floor-pan design. Mercedes calls it the "sandwich principle” and during a severe frontal impact the powertrain assembly is cleverly engineered to slide downward, under the cabin compartment, to avoid intrusion into the passenger space.

The '09 B-Class came in B200 and the B200 Turbo models. A B200 comes with a 134-hp, 2.0-litre inline-4 engine mated to either 5 speed manual transmis-sion or a CVT (continuously variable transmission) automatic. The reliability

of this CVT is questionable and in 2011 model year vehicles it was the spotlight of a major recall. It can be an expensive repair, if not covered by Mercedes. This torque-rich gas engine is a frugal fuel user that’s rated at 10.5 litres/100 kilometres in the city and 8.6 litres/100 kilometres on the highway with the CVT and using the new 5-cycle rating method. The manual transmission allows slightly better highway fuel economy.

The turbocharged variant of the 2.0 litre engine boasts an impressive 193-hp, and is paired with a 6-speed manual trans-mission or the optional CVT automatic. This engine is rated at 10.9 litres/100

kilometres in the city and 8.8 litres/100 kilometres on the highway with the CVT and using the new five-cycle rating method. So you should get a lot better performance with almost the same fuel economy.

B-Class went essentially unchanged for the 2010 and 2011 model years and was temporarily discontinued for the 2012 model year. It returned as the completely redesigned B250 for the 2013 model year and there were no major changes for 2014.

Standard features in 2013 included a fuel saving auto stop-start system,

LED daytime running lights, leather seating, 11 airbags, run-flat tires, plus Attention Assist, and Collision Preven-tion Assist systems. Yet, it still had an under-$30,000 start price.A new direct-injection four-cylinder turbo engine (208 hp) linked to new seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission was the only powertrain combo offered (no CVT). This engine can also produce an impressive 258 lb-ft of torque and it can move a B250 to 100 k/hour in less than eight seconds.

While this engine does like pricey premium fuel, it’s rated at 9.2 litres/100 kilometres in the city and 6.6 litres/100 kilometres on the highway using the 5-cycle rating method. The new auto-matic obviously has an important role in attaining those impressive highway economy numbers.

The Mercedes-Benz B-Class is probably the safest compact car sold in Canada. Its brand-new (2015) start price is still under $30,000, however, popular add-

on option packages can quickly push its end price into the high thirties and this also influences typical resale values.

Price Check: 2009 - 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class (March 2015)

Year Edition Expect to Pay Today

2009 B200T $12,000 to $15,0002010 B200T $14,000 to $17,0002011 B200T $17,000 to $21,0002013 B250 $25,000 to $30,0002014 B250 $29,000 to $34,000 Prices vary depending on a used vehicle’s condition, mileage, usage and history. A complete mechanical check should always be performed by a reli-able auto technician prior to purchase.

Safety Recalls: 2009 to 2014 Mer-cedes-Benz B-Class:2011: An internal transmission drive belt may fail on vehicles equipped with a Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT). Dealers will inspect and, if neces-sary, replace the CVT gearbox assembly.

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ELECTION: CONVOCATION SENATORS

Members of the University of Victoria convocation are invited to vote in the election of four members to the senate, for three-year terms commencing July 1, 2015.

Members of the University of Victoria Convocation are eligible to cast ballots in the election to be conducted using the university’s secure electronic voting system, WebVote, at webvote.uvic.ca.

Convocation members include alumni, past and present members of senate and the board of governors, regular and retired faculty members, regular sta� members holding a university degree who have been employed for at least 12 months, and those who completed one full year at Victoria College prior to 1963.

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QuintEssence bringing opera in a la carte performance

SIDNEY — Midway through their first tour together, opera super-star group QuintEs-sence is coming to Sid-ney next Friday.

The group features the talents of inter-nationally renowned vocalists Robyn Driedger-Klassen, Barb Towell, Frédérik Robert and Peter Alexander with celebrated pianist Tina Chang.

The group goes out of their way to include the audience in their shows, part of their passion for sharing the classics.

“The whole group started with the idea

that we wanted to bring classical music into the mainstream,” says the group’s pianist Tina Chang.

To that end, Quint-Essence offers an ‘a la carte’ part of the show, where audience mem-bers get to choose three of six music selec-tions for the group to perform.

The show runs Fri-day, March 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Charlie White Theatre at the Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Ave. Tick-ets are $24.15, avail-able at the box office, at marywinspear.ca or by calling 250-656-0275.

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THE ARTSTypewriter percussionist taps out the beatAlaska-based musician Marian Call next up for Folk Society’s club nightsAngela Cowan News staff

Singer, songwriter and type-writer percussionist Marian Call is bringing her brand of musi-cal mastery to Deep Cove Folk Society’s club night next Friday (March 13).

Call uses a late 1930s Under-wood to add a unique flavour to her already singular collection of songs, and it must be said, the clack of the keys as she taps out the beat is most satisfying, as is her deft handling of lyrics and passion for ‘geek’ culture.

The Alaska-based musician has garnered a loyal and wide-spread fan base over the years, no doubt due in part to her pas-sion to performing live.

“I think the magic of live per-formance has something to do with everyone experiencing something at the same time,” she says.

Call actively seeks out small venues when planning her shows, and is “very much look-ing forward to coming to the Island” and the Deep Cove Soci-ety.

“My fans have been tell-ing me about it for years,” she says. “This part of the world is so unique and I love getting to talk to folks who choose to make their home here.”

The intimate nature of the Society’s club nights is exactly her cup of tea, she says.

“When I can see everyone in a small room, I sort of fall in love with them a tiny bit. It feels very special to play music for folks up close, and it feels special to hear it up close too.”

Having released (or re-released) four albums last year, the song list is guaranteed to have a wide variety of tunes, not unusual for Call, whose writing tendencies lean toward the less conventional.

“My shows alternate between very humorous and very seri-ous,” she says. “I sing about very unusual topics, like phoning tech support or missing deadlines or trying to find a ripe avocado. But I also sing about very human things. Love, family, loss.”

The most recent CD, Sketch-book, is a bootleg album recorded on the road, the pack-aging hand-stamped by Call her-self. Full of songs about “time, lightning, birds, books and hope,” it’s endorsed by geek-dom hero Wil Wheaton (known for his role as Wesley Crusher from Star Trek: The Next Genera-tion), who says “it’s like having a Marian Call house concert in your pocket all the time.”

Call also recently re-released Got to Fly, a love letter to space-ships and storytelling, with the title track Call’s attempt to answer the questions: “Why art? Why fantasy and sci-fi? Why NASA?”

Subject to the limits of ordi-nary time, Call, like so many other artists with a full stock of brilliant songs, will have to make some hard choices on what to include in the Deep Cove Folk show, but luckily, she’ll have five of her albums available for pur-chase.

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expect, Call says there’s some-thing for everyone.

“It’s a bit like a musical, hit-ting a lot of different emotional notes, only not like a musical at all because I’m a terrible dancer and I don’t anticipate any cos-tume changes.”

The evening begins at 8 p.m. Friday, March 13 with an open mic after which Call takes the stage. Deep Cove Folk club nights run the second Friday of the month at St. John’s United Church, 10990 West Saanich Road. Admission is $7, and cof-fee, tea and other refreshments are by donation.

For more information and to hear Call’s music, visit marian-call.com.

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Singer, songwriter and typewriter percussionist Marian Call is performing live at Deep Cove Folk Society’s next club night, Friday, March 13.


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Ron Broda holds up the

torn and duct-taped curtains

in Stelly’s Secondary’s

multi-purpose room, as a group

of students audition for an

upcoming play in the background. The curtains are

just the tip of the iceburg of problems with the makeshift

‘theatre,’ he says.Angela Cowan/News staff

Community working hard for world-class theatre at Stelly’sZero prep space and scheduling conflicts just some of the issues for Stelly’s drama students Angela CowanNews staff

With threadbare and duct-taped curtains, the clang and clatter of pots from next door’s teaching kitchen, poor acous-tics and zero preparation space, drama students at Stelly’s Sec-ondary have been doing the best they can for decades to turn their multi-purpose room into a makeshift theatre.

“There’s no backstage to speak of, and no side wings,” says Ron Broda, and he goes on to cover the gamut of problems with the space.

The teaching kitchen is liter-ally through a set of doors at the back of the room, leaking all manner of noise into rehearsal space. There is limited — and not entirely accessible — seat-ing available. Truly a multi-pur-pose room, the space doubles as the school’s lunchroom, and is also the primary venue for guest speakers. That means drama and arts classes often get bumped from their only working space to make room for lectur-ers coming in.

Broda is president of The Society for the Community Arts Theatre at Stelly’s and has been

working hard for three years to see a professional, world-class theatre built at the school.

The dream is to have a pro-fessional and well-designed mid-size theatre with 500 to 700 seats, a balcony, orchestra pit, separate rehearsal space, large lobby with a gallery, fly tower and a sprung dance floor. The project would be a multi-million undertaking, similar to several other school district-based the-atres on the mainland.

Broda points to the Bell Per-forming Arts Centre in Surrey, owned by School District 36 (Surrey), as an ideal model to follow. He says the proposed theatre at Stelly’s would be used jointly by the school and the municipality.

“(Stelly’s) needs a real per-forming arts theatre and we rec-ognize it needs to be a commu-nity venue,” he says.

Once built, the theatre could host all manner of community ventures, from dance acade-mies, community theatre, con-certs, film festivals, trade shows and lectures, as well as attract-ing well-known Canadian and international performers.

Supporting the arts in educa-tion and in the community is vital, he says.

“There are a lot of stud-ies that prove what the arts do for students. That creative side, it improves our thinking and expands appreciation for the world around us,” he says. “Look at any successful person, and they have some kind of arts background.”

Chris Hadfield, he says, is a prime example: a brilliant astro-naut who charmed the world with his rendition of David Bow-ie’s Space Oddity from space. (Not to mention Hadfield’s charming duet with brother Dave, In Canada.)

The arts are also a strong draw to students who may struggle in school, adds Broda.

“If we can find some way to just keep them in school and get them to graduate, they do much better in life and have more job prospects. I’ve talked to people (who) say if it weren’t for musi-cal theatre or drama, they would have dropped out.”

Broda and the Society have done just about as much leg work as they can at this point. They’ve received endorsement from the school district, talked to local government and raised $15,000 from community dona-tions and their own pockets.

Now, they need the funds to start putting the big picture together, and that means start-ing with a feasibility study.

“We need hard figures as to what the site really can accom-modate,” says Broda. “A lot of (development) grants specifi-cally exclude feasibility studies, so you have to get out there and do the footwork yourself.”

They’ve singled out an archi-tect and independent consultant to conduct the study to cover the specifics like square footage, location and the other “hard facts.”

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Ron Broda holds up the

torn and duct-taped curtains

in Stelly’s Secondary’s

multi-purpose room, as a group

of students audition for an

upcoming play in the background. The curtains are

just the tip of the iceburg of problems with the makeshift

‘theatre,’ he says.Angela Cowan/News staff

Community working hard for world-class theatre at Stelly’sZero prep space and scheduling conflicts just some of the issues for Stelly’s drama students Angela CowanNews staff

With threadbare and duct-taped curtains, the clang and clatter of pots from next door’s teaching kitchen, poor acous-tics and zero preparation space, drama students at Stelly’s Sec-ondary have been doing the best they can for decades to turn their multi-purpose room into a makeshift theatre.

“There’s no backstage to speak of, and no side wings,” says Ron Broda, and he goes on to cover the gamut of problems with the space.

The teaching kitchen is liter-ally through a set of doors at the back of the room, leaking all manner of noise into rehearsal space. There is limited — and not entirely accessible — seat-ing available. Truly a multi-pur-pose room, the space doubles as the school’s lunchroom, and is also the primary venue for guest speakers. That means drama and arts classes often get bumped from their only working space to make room for lectur-ers coming in.

Broda is president of The Society for the Community Arts Theatre at Stelly’s and has been

working hard for three years to see a professional, world-class theatre built at the school.

The dream is to have a pro-fessional and well-designed mid-size theatre with 500 to 700 seats, a balcony, orchestra pit, separate rehearsal space, large lobby with a gallery, fly tower and a sprung dance floor. The project would be a multi-million undertaking, similar to several other school district-based the-atres on the mainland.

Broda points to the Bell Per-forming Arts Centre in Surrey, owned by School District 36 (Surrey), as an ideal model to follow. He says the proposed theatre at Stelly’s would be used jointly by the school and the municipality.

“(Stelly’s) needs a real per-forming arts theatre and we rec-ognize it needs to be a commu-nity venue,” he says.

Once built, the theatre could host all manner of community ventures, from dance acade-mies, community theatre, con-certs, film festivals, trade shows and lectures, as well as attract-ing well-known Canadian and international performers.

Supporting the arts in educa-tion and in the community is vital, he says.

“There are a lot of stud-ies that prove what the arts do for students. That creative side, it improves our thinking and expands appreciation for the world around us,” he says. “Look at any successful person, and they have some kind of arts background.”

Chris Hadfield, he says, is a prime example: a brilliant astro-naut who charmed the world with his rendition of David Bow-ie’s Space Oddity from space. (Not to mention Hadfield’s charming duet with brother Dave, In Canada.)

The arts are also a strong draw to students who may struggle in school, adds Broda.

“If we can find some way to just keep them in school and get them to graduate, they do much better in life and have more job prospects. I’ve talked to people (who) say if it weren’t for musi-cal theatre or drama, they would have dropped out.”

Broda and the Society have done just about as much leg work as they can at this point. They’ve received endorsement from the school district, talked to local government and raised $15,000 from community dona-tions and their own pockets.

Now, they need the funds to start putting the big picture together, and that means start-ing with a feasibility study.

“We need hard figures as to what the site really can accom-modate,” says Broda. “A lot of (development) grants specifi-cally exclude feasibility studies, so you have to get out there and do the footwork yourself.”

They’ve singled out an archi-tect and independent consultant to conduct the study to cover the specifics like square footage, location and the other “hard facts.”

Please see: Feasibility study next, page 17


Art of war

Canadian wildlife artist and Saltspring Island resident Robert Bateman spoke to a full house at the Mary Winspear Centre on Feb. 26. It was a fundraiser for the Rest Haven Foundation.Bateman, outspoken on the need for nature in people’s lives, also addressed terrorism, the use of fear as a control mechanism and war and their impact on the psyche of young people at home and abroad.Steven Heywood/News staff

Spend some time in North Saanich


Fifty years from now, a new generation of North Saanich residents will be able to unearth a little piece of history.

The District of North Saanich, with a lot of help from Ramsay Machine Works Ltd., is going to bury a time capsule this summer. It’s part of the munici-pality’s Jubilee celebrations this year, marking 50 years since the District was incorporated.

The Jubilee events kicked off last month with storytelling from longtime local residents. The sto-rytelling continues, says Mayor Alice Finall, on May 6 at Ardmore Golf Course.

She says Ramsay offered to build the time cap-sule and the community’s Jubilee committee jumped at the opportunity.

“We’re really pleased there has been such involvement from businesses and the commu-nity,” Finall says.

Residents are being invited to contribute items from 2015 to the time capsule whe it’s buried this summer. There’s a list of items that cannot go, as they decompose or release acids over time. See the District’s website, northsanich.ca, and find the Jubilee link for contact information.

The capsule will be left for 50 years and unearthed in 2065.

50th anniversary events include a time capsule project for the community

Broda says they’ll have architec-tural designs as well, so the Society can begin approaching larger donors with a concrete idea in hand.

“Most people are visual. They want to see what we’re doing,” he says.

Broda was approaching the school board Wednesday evening (after the News Review’s deadline) to ask them to match their current funds. If the board says yes, the Society should be able to get the feasibility study completed within the next two to three months.

The timeline for actually building a professional theatre is still up in the air, dependent firstly on funding the feasibility study, but Broda has high hopes for the project.

“I’d like to see ground broken within the next three years, and

building completion within five,” he says. “I believe it is possible.”

It’s a big goal, but Broda’s opti-mism is not misplaced. He and the Society have had nothing but posi-tive responses from the community, he says.

“A lot of people have thanked me for taking this on, and I’ve had noth-ing but encouragement.”

It’s not hard to see why. A pro-fessional theatre at Stelly’s would not only support arts education for the students, but provide a hub for community productions and attract larger artists and events that could bring in revenue.

“We want to make this a financial asset, not a financial drain on the community,” he says.

For more information or to donate, visit theatreatstellys.com. [email protected]

Feasibility study next for theatre projectContinued from page 16

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Participants in last year’s Bazan Bay 5K race in Sidney. The event returns this Sunday, March 8, starting and finishing at Tulista Park on Lochside Drive.

SIDNEY — This Sunday is the 20th running of the Bazan Bay 5K race and organizer Wayne Coulson says it’s shaping up to be a big one.

“As it is part of the B.C. Timex Series, we hope to break 700 in registrations,” he said in a media release. “And with a sunny, balmy six degree Centigrade forecast it could be a fast run for

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PETS

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

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FUEL/FIREWOOD

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

FURNITURE

5 PC bdrm suite with queen size mattress and boxspring. $300 obo. (250)474-1696

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The typical land surveyor is often spotted on the side of a roadway or corner of a property under develop-ment, looking through a sight mounted to a tripod.

Yet, according to the Asso-ciation of B.C. Land Survey-ors, based in Sidney, their 336 practicing members are essential to the success of industries like oil and gas. Most people, however, will get to know them when it comes time to buy a house and determine just what their new property lines really are.

Chuck Salmon, association secretary, registrar and trea-surer (he’s also the former B.C. Surveyor-General and is an association life mem-ber), says the people behind the transit (the tripod device for those following along at home) might not necessarily be a land surveyor, but one of the hundreds of support staff and apprentices on the job.

And those devices they use are so precise these days that they can pinpoint property lines via satellite and GPS. That means your yard’s actual boundaries can be applied to the face of the earth for increased accuracy.

Gone are the days of using white wooden posts to mark a property’s boundaries. While monuments are still in use, Salmon said, they are iron posts, which last longer.

Where many property owners see surveyors, adds Chad Rintoul, chief adminis-trative officer of the Associa-tion, is along fence lines.

“That’s a typical call to

this office,” Rintoul said. “It’s a common mistake to assume a fence is actually on the legal property line, or that what’s on your side of the fence is your property and on the other side is your neighbour’s property.”

That’s why, he continued, it’s a good idea to have a property properly surveyed prior to purchasing it.

Surveyors, say Salmon and Rintoul, are the people who define property bound-aries in the first place. Often, land titles are based on those measurements. And once they are set, a surveyor

uses local government regu-lations to determine where a house or commercial build-ing can go, to comply with setbacks or other rules.

Salmon said at this level, a surveyor only works with facts. It’s up to developers or politicians to determine vari-ances to existing rules.

“You may see special interests on either side of a development,” said Rintoul. “The surveyor is completely neutral. The legal property boundary is the legal prop-erty boundary and we must follow our professional stan-dards and code of conduct.”

Their jobs go beyond back yards, however. Salmon said surveyors can deter-mine waterfront property lines (even the boundaries of water-based features) and review how air space (or building heights) impact the neighbouring view corridors.

In the resource sector, Salmon said surveyors have a big role in public safety — such as determining the best paths for pipeline rights-of-way. The correct placement of oil rigs or pumps, too, require a proper topographi-cal survey to ensure they are built in the right place.

Even in the realm of First Nations treaty settlement, Rintoul added, surveyors have a role in setting out the boundaries of traditional ter-ritories.

“There’s a pretty broad spectrum of work that our members do.” Salmon said.

The Association of B.C. Land Surveyors has been in Sidney since 2006. They fol-low the provincial land sur-veyors act, which was estab-lished 110 years ago (it’s the anniversary this year, added Salmon).

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Surveyors all about setting boundaries

Photo courtesy of the Association of B.C. Land Surveyors

Muliawan Koesoema, BCLS #837, working in Vancouver. His professional association is based in Sidney and they maintain a membership of approximately 336 practicing land surveyors.

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Have Your Oceanfront & Swim There Too!Rare south facing Oceanfront offers full sun and Sensational sunsets!Amazing folding wall system opens for an indoor-outdoor feel, easy accessto the beach, and your own mooring buoy. The kitchen sizzles with a covetedInduction cooktop, double-oven, and sit-up counter for guests. Unwind inthe Master suite, or paint in the airy studio. Enjoy the Sauna and relaxing hottub. This is West Coast Living at its very best. $1,698,800

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1219 Alderman Road, $429,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyGordon Lee, 250-385-2033

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1-2620 Shelbourne St., $575,000MLS 339588, Saturday 1-3 Pemberton HolmesTreza Sbaraglia, 250-884-5729

305-409 Swift Street, $349,900MLS 347256, Saturday & Sunday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyRobert Young, 250-385-6900

404-104 Dallas Road, $355,000MLS 346208, Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunEd Sing, 250-744-3301

208-455 Sitkum Road, $399,900MLS 345989, Sunday 2-4Newport RealtyNoah Dobson, 250-385-2033

102-1120 McClure, $459,900Sunday 2-4 RE/MAX CamosunLorraine Stundon, 250-812-0642

OAK BAY3154 Stevenson Place, $739,000MLS 346718, Saturday & Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Brian Meredith-Jones, 250-384-8124

ESQUIMALT10-850 Parklands Drive, $347,900MLS 345139, Sunday 2-4Fair RealtySukhmeet Grewal, 250-704-9794

SAANICH EAST2931 Sea Point Drive, $1,249,000MLS 347193, Sunday 2-4 Newport RealtyJulie Rust, 250-385-2033

3914 Quadra Street, $429,500MLS 345940, Sunday 1-3One Percent RealtyMaria Furtado, 250-881-3754

810 Piedmont Gardens, $749,000MLS 346156, Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunPeter Gray, 250-744-3301

303-3363 Glasgow Avenue, $259,900MLS 347311, Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyJonas Solberg, 250-217-9970

973 Owlwood Place, $815,000MLS 346499, Saturday 2-4Royal LePageCoast Capital RealtyLuke Beckner, 250-893-7162

908 Woodhall Drive, $669,000MLS 340719, Sunday 1-3Macdonald Realty Ltd.Sophak Sim, 250-857-4347

4942 Cordova Bay Road, $775,000MLS 343314, Saturday 2-4 Newport RealtyJulie Rust, 250-385-2033

305-1514 Church Ave., $399,000MLS 345823, Sunday 1-3Sutton Group West Coast RealtyJune Wing, 250-479-3333

SAANICH WEST1063 Hyacinth Avenue, $569,000MLS 344487, Saturday 2-4Boorman’s Real EstateRod Hay, 250-595-1535

3912 Carey Road, From $229,000Saturday - Monday 1-5 Macdonald RealtySheila Aujla & Sophak Sim, 250-744-4441

4564 Stratford Road., $1,399,000MLS 345248, Saturday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunRoxanne Brass, 250-744-3301

1086 Burnside Rd. W., $556,000MLS 346594, Saturday 2-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Rob Garry, 250-384-8124

740 Travino LaneTuesday - Sunday 1-4Royal LePageCoast Capital RealtyScott Munro, 250-477-5353

SAANICH PENINSULA203-2779 Stautw Road, $139,888MLS 347130, Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyShelly Reed, 250-213-7444

1965 Brackman Way, $469,800MLS 345711, Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Mike Hartshorne, 250-474-6003

7182 West Saanich Road., From $370,000Friday, Saturday & Sunday 1-3Royal LePageCoast Capital RealtyMurray Lawson, 250-477-5353

WEST SHORE3707 Ridge Pond Road, $699,900MLS 339007, Saturday 2-4Sotheby’s InternationalRealty CanadaBrad Maclaren, 250-380-3933

2655 Sooke Rd., from $199,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunJohn Percy, 250-508-1551

1315 Artesian Court, $429,900MLS 346501Saturday 2-4 Fair RealtyKevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091

103 & 105-990 Rat-tanwood Place, From $319,900Sunday 1-3Sutton Group West Coast RealtyKomal Dodd, 250-479-3333

3562 Desmond Drive, $569,000MLS 346679,Saturday 12-2 & Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesGregg Mah, 250-384-8124

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OPENHOUSESMAR. 6 - MAR. 12, 2015

768 Danby Place, $574,900MLS 347356, Sunday 2-4

Sotheby’s International Realty

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Brad Maclaren, 250-380-3933

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Saturday 2-4 & Sunday 11-1

DFH Real Estate Ltd.

Sarah Williamson, 250-516-7772

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RE/MAX Camosun

Deidra Junghans, 250-744-3301

2244 Players Drive, $728,800MLS 344755, Saturday 1-3

RE/MAX Camosun

Craig Walters, 250-744-3301


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