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In remembranceSaanich Peninsula residents honour the service of Canada’s war veterans, page 6

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Sidney Councillor Mervyn Lougher-Goodey leads the charge during Sidney All Care’s scooter rodeo held Friday, Nov. 8. The rodeo focused on scooter safety, among other things.

Devon MacKenzieNews staff

Scooter users from around the Saanich Peninsula got a little more education on the devices last week during Sidney All Care’s first ever Scooter Rodeo.

The rodeo was held Friday, Nov. 8 at the private care facility in Sidney and fea-tured officials from the Town of Sidney, MediChair and B.C. Transit.

Scooters have been making headlines in Sidney recently after Mayor Larry

Cross called for the Union of B.C. Munici-palities to consider more regulation and licensing around the mobility devices.

“We just want everybody to be safe,” Cross said of the town’s request in a pre-vious interview with the PNR.

However, the UBCM turned down the proposal and Cross is now happy that more education on the safety aspects of scooters is being focused on locally.

“We really appreciate Sidney All Care organizing and hosting something like this,” said Cross at the event.

“It’s so important to educate users on the safe operation of these mobility devices.”

Sheila Minten, the manager at Sidney All Care, said that organizing the Scooter Rodeo was a no brainer.

“With all the issues around scooter safety locally and the subject being top-of-mind we thought it was perfect timing to host an event like this,” she said.

Scooting around town safely

Please see: Spring scooter rodeo, page 2

Steven HeywoodNews staff

A plan for public input on the issue of traffic direction on Sidney’s main street includes asking residents and business owners a single question: Should Beacon Avenue remain one-way between Fifth and Second streets?

Sidney council on Tuesday night approved their consultation effort on the ongoing issue over traf-fic flow on Beacon Avenue. While appearing to be a robust process, the consultation mostly involves distributing information about process and feed-back deadlines.

Where residents will get the chance for direct feedback will be in an online survey posted on the Town’s website in early December and council is planning on a public forum at the Mary Winspear Centre early next year.

Local business owners have been mounting a growing effort to force town council to return the street to a full two-way traffic flow, as it was prior to 1997. Proponents of the two-way system say the change could help the downtown’s economic for-tunes if drivers have better access to the area and are not forced away due to the partial one-way sec-tion of Beacon Avenue and poor signage.

Other ideas have come up in discussions, such as making the downtown core a pedestrian mall — an idea that Town staff say is years away from consideration.

“The real focus,” said Chief Administrative Offi-cer Randy Humble, “is one-way versus two-way.”

Humble said including the pedestrian-only option would only confuse the whole process. Councillor Steve Price suggested that the idea not be thrown out entirely and that the consultation should take the pulse of the community on the matter.

Forum set for Beacon direction

Please see: Town wants clarity on traffic, page 2

Public forum, online survey highlights of consultation

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Looking for a quick and easy way of getting rid of those discontin-ued pennies and silver collecting dust or in a jar somewhere?

The Peninsula News Review and other Black Press newspapers on Vancouver Island are once again holding the Coins for Kids cam-paign.

Your community newspaper is collect-ing your coins for local charity. On the Saanich Peninsula, the News Review will be collect-ing for the Secret San-tas’ Toys for Tots effort that brings joy to chil-dren in need this holi-day season.

The coins raised in last year’s effort also went to the Toys for Tots campaign and it was an overall suc-cess, raising more than $3,000. The staff of the News Review are hop-

ing the community will be just as generous and will be accepting coins at various loca-tions around the Saa-nich Peninsula and of course at the newspa-per office on Second Street in Sidney.

The Toys for Tots effort is ongoing throughout the year, with a specific empha-sis on Christmas, of course. The campaign has begun and there are collection spots throughout the Penin-sula.

New, unwrapped toys can be left at the Mary Winspear Cen-

tre — the Toy Ware-house. This is the pri-mary drop off place as the Centre has kindly offered secure storage during the collection time as well as facilities for gift wrapping in the middle of December.

Other toy drop off locations:

• Camosun Re/Max on Bevan Avenue between First and Sec-ond streets

• TD Bank on Bea-con Avenue, corner of Fifth and Beacon

• Serious Coffee on Beacon Avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets.

“The issue here is the raising of expectations on a short-term time-table,” Humble replied. “A pedestrian mall or shared street concept are in the Town’s long-term downtown plan-ning process.”

Mayor Larry Cross agreed, saying the Town wants clarity on the one-way versus two-way options.

“Let’s do this in a robust way, if we are going to do this,” Cross added.

In the Town’s consul-

tation plan on Beacon Avenue, there will be mail-outs, newsletters, flyers, advertisements

and online information made available on the process. Some of that will include, according

to a staff report, cost estimates on chang-ing Beacon’s traffic pattern. Staff will do a detailed analysis but an early cost estimate in the report states it will be $150,000 to $250,000, depending on function, safety and aesthetics. The report notes that the cost of any change “may affect the public’s decision on whether to support a change.”

The report also notes the cost of the consul-tation itself could be significant. A planned online survey using Granicus software will cost $450 per month. There’s also the cost of postage, ads and host-ing the public forum. A final price tag had not yet been determined.

Council was unani-mous in its support for the consultation effort. It is estimated to get underway by Nov. 25, with completion in the new year to allow for the holiday season.

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“We’re trying to interact more with the community and host more events. We’ve already decided to plan another rodeo for the spring,” she added.

The event featured infor-

mation on buying or leasing a scooter, scooter test-drives, information about getting around on B.C. Transit as a scooter user and fun activities like an obstacle course and a parade to wrap the day up.

Watch www.alllcarecanada.ca

for more information on upcom-ing events at Sidney All Care, including pictures with Santa by donation to the Sidney Lions Food Bank on Dec. 14 and the spring Scooter Rodeo.

[email protected]

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Spring scooter rodeo is in the works

Continued from page 1 Consultation timeline• Nov. 25 - post public consultation infor-

mation on the Town of Sidney website• Early December - launch and promote

online survey• Dec. 2-13 - distribute flyers to publicize

consultation process and forum• Jan. 23, 2014 - public forum at Mary

Winspear Centre (details to come)• Jan. 30, 2014 - Town Talk article as final

reminder of consultation effort• Feb. 11, 2014 - deadline to submit feed-

back to Town• Feb. 24, 2014 - summary of feedback to

Town council.

Town wants clarity on traffic Coins campaign underway

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Peninsula News in briefDiversity forum in SidneySIDNEY — Cul-tural diversity in Greater Victoria will be tackled head on at a special confer-ence in Sidney Nov. 21.Diversity Sum-mit, presented by the Inter-Cul-tural Association of Greater Victo-ria and Commu-nity Partnership Network, will explore issues like improving diversity within a company to the challenges faced by the roughly 1,400 immigrants who move to the Capital Region each year.The event runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Mary Win-spear Centre.For details, visit icavictoria.org.

— News staff

Brentwood Bay company wins awardVICTORIA — Pacific Compan-ion Enterprises of Brentwood Bay won a Better Business Bureau of Vancouver Islands award at the 2103 Torch Awards.The company was recognized for ethical deci-sion-making in the life improve-ments and pro-fessional ser-vices category.

— Submitted

No MoSIDNEY — Mo, the giant Pacific octopus, has left the building.The Shaw Ocean Discovery Cen-tre released the octopus back into the wild recently and div-ers have already collected his replacement — watch for an introduction soon. — SODC


To gain entry into one of the Greater Victoria region’s most secure buildings, you’ll need an extensive back-ground check, be willing to present your palm for identi-fication and meet a variety of security clearance measures.

Or, you need to be on one of the Saanich Peninsula Chamber of Commerce’s Tours of Industry.

Stop two on this year’s tour was at CUBE Global Storage Ltd. There’s a mostly vacant lot in Sidney’s indus-trial park where the com-pany plans to build a new facility — but that’s full of stored recreation vehicles right now. With engineer-ing plans in the works and building permits on hold, construction of a new secure facility in Sidney will take longer than anticipated. So, it was off to the Royal Oak area to tour CUBE’s existing site — an unidentified build-ing with high security denot-ing interesting things inside.

With cameras left behind, identities confirmed and visitor passes issued, guides split the tour participants into two manageable groups. At first glance, one might think CUBE is simply a stor-age facility. That may be true, but it’s what they store that sets the company apart from those self-storage places.

CUBE’s director of busi-ness development Bob Gig-nac led one of the groups and noted right away the unusual angles and turns in the main floor hallway.

“The place is designed to thwart security breaches,”

Gignac explained.The corridors are tight (a

pair of Canadian Forces sol-diers had to squeeze past the tour) with plenty of places to hide should calamity occur. There are security doors that require passwords, IDs and even palm scans.

Why so secret-squirrel?CUBE Global Storage con-

tains data — and lots of it. Sensitive stuff, too, from countries such as Russia, Korea and China. Compa-nies who deal in the virtual world keep their proprietary data locked up in Victoria,

said Gignac, due to the envi-ronment in Canada — politi-cally stable and with no laws forcing information to come under official scrutiny.

As a data storage site, CUBE offers its clients a loca-tion for its information, web-site servers and more. For instance, said Gignac, the entire website for a local museum is based there. When people go online to visit it, they are going to the data centre at CUBE.

What this gives clients, Gignac continued, is a secure place to update and store information. In example, he said that a company in Vic-toria had its headquarters in Tennessee hit by a tornado. Within 24 hours, CUBE sent them their backed-up com-puter drives to allow them to keep operating. Within the building itself, Gignac said they have a disaster recov-ery room, available to clients whose physical locations are no longer secure due to flood, fire or other calamity.

The building is climate-controlled, able to withstand an earthquake and can resist fire. That comes in handy for CUBE’s documents room. It’s a warehouse space that is lined, floor-to-ceiling, with boxes of paper documents from various business and government offices. There’s an estimated 50,000 to 60,000 boxes stored there — that’s some 900,000 documents, but who’s counting? Gignac said they are at 90 to 95 per cent capacity and need to expand.

Their basement vault (not open to the tour) is also burgeoning with book col-lections and more valuable

items whose clients want them kept safe.

Keeping the place in a level climate and with so many electronics in action, Gig-nac said their power use is always an issue — especially with electricity rates on the way up. As they expand, he said, CUBE is looking into its own generators, fuel cells and other options.

That expansion is going to be taking place in Sidney as well, with CUBE’s proposed robotic storage facility in the industrial park. Will it con-tain as many secrets as the existing Victoria building? We may never know.

Unless the company is on the next Tour of Industry itin-erary.

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Series: Tour of Industry

This CUBE is also a bit of a puzzleA glance inside one of the Greater Victoria’s most secure buildings

Steven Heywood/News staff

A CUBE Global Storage visitor pass and a reporter’s notes. No cameras were allowed inside the building for security reasons.

Digging in the dirt at PendrayIn the next Peninsula News Review, the Tour of Industry series continues with Pendray Farms.This North Saanich dairy farm knows it sits among some high-end neighbourhoods with certain sensibilities. So the owners have invested in some high-tech gadgetry so as not to assault the senses.

Don DescoteauNews staff

Anyone dropping by the Bayanihan Community Cen-tre on Blanshard Street on a Tuesday afternoon would usually find a locked door.

Not today. The cultural home of the Victoria Filipino Canadian Association has thrown open its doors to accept donations for disas-ter relief in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, which rolled over the Philippine islands last weekend and has left tens of thousands of res-idents homeless or injured and at least 2,000 confirmed dead. Orlando Tuapin, a native Filipino and a con-

gregation member at Cen-tral Baptist Church, is at the centre to find out how his church can help raise funds.

“I know my family is safe,” he said, having spoke to his mother who lives on the northern island of Luzon, earlier in the day.

That area received heavy rain and moderate winds, but didn’t feel the storm’s fury the way southern islands did.

He teared up as he described seeing news reports showing the devas-tation in some areas of the tiny country.

“People are scattered like chickens over the ground. You feel helpless. We are all humans.”

Laila Pires, association president, is at the Bayani-han centre with other volun-teers to help facilitate dona-tions.

“We were quite shocked at

the gravity of the situation,” she said. “A lot of people were trying to contact family and couldn’t (reach them),” she said.

An estimated 5,000 Filipi-nos live in the Greater Victo-ria area, she said, including more than 1,000 caregivers who are living here alone, away from their families.

Churches around the region and other groups have been organizing emer-

gency fundraisers. The out-pouring of generosity has been a great consolation to the Filipino community, Pires said.

Association board mem-ber Leonor Santos said cash or cheques are the best dona-tion item at the moment, since it is easily transferable to the Canadian Red Cross, which is co-ordinating efforts with the International Red Cross in the Philippines.

“We’re not in a rush to send material items. It takes a month or more to ship any-thing there,” she said, not-ing people have asked about donating clothing or other items for those in need.

As of mid-week, roughly $5 million had been raised by the Canadian Red Cross in Canada. Carly Milloy, annual appeal manager for the Vic-toria office, said local resi-dents were quick to respond to the crisis.

She echoed the statement that cash donations are best.

A special Filipino dinner is being held tonight (Nov. 15) at the Bayanihan centre, 1709 Blanshard St. Tickets are $10 and doors open at 5 p.m. with dinner at 6. Seating is limited and street parking is available nearby.

Proceeds from the regular Sunday noon lunch event ($7 a plate) will also be put toward the fundraising effort.

Filipino Victorians buoyed by community supportFundraisers to generate cash for storm disaster relief

How you can giveVarious agencies are working to get relief to victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, and the Canadian government has pledged to match Canadian donations. Here’s a few ways you can help:• Canadian Red Cross (online at bit.ly/HTWCCk or redcross.ca, call 1-800-418-1111 or text REDCROSS at 30333 to donate $5)• Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders, msf.ca)• UNICEF Canada (unicef.ca)• Compassionate Resource Warehouse (crwarehouse.ca for list of needed items to be shipped).

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OUR VIEW

Town in the driver’s seatH

aving an idea rejected by your peers hasn’t deterred the Town of Sidney from supporting initiatives to promote scooter safety in the community.

Town councillors and the mayor recently took part in the Sidney All Care scooter rodeo, designed to teach people the rules of the road when they are out and about on their mobility device. They were keen to learn more about the devices — which are used by quite a few residents.

In the fall, Mayor Larry Cross went to the Union of B.C. Municipalities conference seeking support for a scooter licensing system across the province. Cross said at the time he was bringing the issue forward due to safety concerns over sidewalk use and scooters being driven on local roads.

Most delegates at that convention rejected the notion of licensing motorized scooters, while acknowledging more education is needed among users.

To that end, local politicians got on board a few of the scooters for a short tour around town. It was a fun event, designed to teach people how to drive better and to navigate obstacles that aren’t generally noticed by other people.

The event could be written off as a publicity event but that would be short-sighted.

It was a chance to get to know the issue on a more personal level and to hear directly from scooter owners what local issues are.

They are probably happy they won’t have to pay new licensing fees but they are certainly aware of the challenges of getting around town and elsewhere in a safe manner.

It would have been easy for the mayor to put the issue of scooter safety on the shelf after the UBCM rejection. It’s clear the council as a whole thinks it’s still an important community matter and put their butts in the seats of those who use the machines to be able to get outside and run their daily errands.

For many people, having a scooter gives them the independence and mobility that they once had when they could drive a vehicle. For others, it is and has been the only way for them to get around.

As the community continues to get older, there could potentially be more scooters on the streets, interacting with other pedestrians — and even other vehicles.

Through education like the scooter rodeo, local leaders are recognizing that riders, drivers and walkers need to co-exist.

Being in the driver’s seat on the issue gives them the proper perspective to see what the obstacles are and how they might be fixed.

YOUR VIEW

I am delighted that Sidney Elementary School is teaching the students about food, farming and growing vegetables. I think it would fun for the school to hold an open house some day to let us come in and have the kids show us around so we can admire and learn from them.

I would like to see Sidney become a leader in self-sufficiency. The Urban Homesteading movement is moving like a freight train throughout North America. Vancouver Island has approximately two or three days’ worth of fresh food. If something cut us off from the mainland, we would run out of food quickly. Honey keeps forever. With a few hens (eggs), a bucket of honey and water purifying drops, you could live indefinitely.

Our town council recently voted to uphold the current bylaw making all farm animals, fowl/chickens and rabbits illegal. You may keep one beehive if you have a 750 sq.m yard. My yard is considered large but it’s only 603 sq.m, so few people can keep bees in Sidney.

We need them so desperately right now. Some estimates say we’ve lost a third of them in the past couple of years.

So Sidney Elementary, I am thrilled that you are teaching our children well. Maybe the kids can make town hall change their minds some day. I’ve tried and failed.

Erin MiddlebrooksSidney

Cyclists need to share the lane on Lochside

I live on Lochside Drive in Central Saanich and like to walk and enjoy the beautiful weather and scenery.

Lochside is part of the Galloping Goose Trail and the result is that we have lanes on both sides of the road. We on Lochside have no sidewalks, therefore we walk in these lanes. The problem is these lanes have a diamond for restricted use and a bicycle painted in these lanes. There is no indication these lanes can and should be used by pedestrians.

I think it is great we have so many cyclists using these lanes but about five per cent of cyclists believe these lanes are for them only. In the past few months I have been told by cyclists to get out of their lane and in many cases had to move into the ditch or get hit.

The problem seems to be getting much worse as there seems to be many more cyclists, especially on weekends. If a diamond and a bicycle can be painted in these lanes could not a person walking be also painted in these lanes so to advise cyclists that they have to share and that this lane is not only for them?

I have advised the council of Central Saanich of my concern. Hopefully they can come up with a solution.

David C. Petroski Saanichton

Climate conundrumIn response to Ms. Rasnick’s letter

Continue to learn (PNR, Nov 6), it should be pointed out the question of global warming is governed by two different schools. One is scientific, based on real scientific evidence; the other is political, based on peoples’ perceptions of the state of the atmosphere and what other people will believe.

Since 1979, the temperature of the world is measured twice daily by satellites. During the past 15 years these satellites have shown the earth’s temperature has not changed, so we have actually had no global warming for 15 years. No-one has offered any satisfactory explanation for this lack of warming.

To counter this conundrum, the political school, as represented by Mr. Obama’s position that catastrophic climate change is almost upon us, says a consensus of a vast majority of scientists supports his view. Since Mr. Obama supports catastrophic climate change, it does not matter what other options there may be, the U.S.A. will be fully engaged in reducing the carbon footprint.

Fred LangfordSidney

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North Saanich Councillor Conny McBride has apologized to District chief administrative officer Rob Buchan for com-ments she made on the San-down land deal process at coun-cil’s Oct. 28 committee meeting.

She expressed “extreme regret” for those comments, add-ing she does not want to “dispar-age the work or the role of the CAO.” McBride added her com-ments came over Buchan being listed as the District’s agent in the deal to transfer ownership of most of the former horse rac-ing property to the municipal-ity. Twelve acres of it will be retained by the Randall family for commercial development.

At the Oct. 28 meeting, McBride wanted to know how the CAO and District staff went to Sandown’s owner and the Capital Regional District — with no public input — to have the District’s regional context state-ment changed to allow the deal. She said there’s no formal plan for development of the 12 acres. McBride also asked who the

CAO was representing — the municipality or the property owner.

She also expressed frustration that while it appears the Sandown deal went quickly, other proposals seem to be taking too long.

“If we’re not open for business in allowing developments,” she said at the time, “we should not have four planners in the development department and we should tell every developer … we are not developing anything, so leave.”

Buchan responded at the time that he and staff “absolutely rep-resent the District.”

“We went to the CRD on coun-cil’s direction,” he explained. “Council passed first and sec-ond reading on the regional con-text statement and the CRD did approve it.”

Mayor Alice Finall added this all occurred before the munici-pality went to the CRD to amend its context statement to allow for the Sandown deal back on November, 2011.

Final approval from the CRD,

she said, came the following month, but after an estimated six months of work.

Coun. Elsie McMur-phy told McBride on Oct. 28 that this process is the same for any land under a development proposal — the District doesn’t own those lands either but follows a similar process.

Buchan added council went through the same process in its approval of the 9395 East Saan-ich Rd. development.

Finall, in a later phone call to the News Review, said McBride’s apology was important.

“Three weeks ago,” she explained, “the District amended its respectful workplace policy to coincide with anti-bullying legislation in B.C.”

Finall said the council has to understand that any incident, such as McBride’s comments, might have to be reported to WorkSafe B.C. She added this case probably won’t go that far, as it occurred before the legisla-tion came into effect on Nov. 1.

McBride apologizes for Sandown deal remarksLand deal went through typical process, insists CAO

Conny McBride


• A presentation made by Dr. Ambrose Marsh (chief of staff at Saanich Peninsula Hospital) and Karen Morgan from the Saanich Peninsula Hospital Foundation highlighted the need for more incentives to attract more new doctors to the Saanich Penin-sula.

Councillors from the three municipalities unanimously sup-ported a motion to have their respective councils support Dr. Marsh’s call for assistance in whatever way they can.

• The three councils heard from Bob Thompson of CR-FAIR

(Capital Region Food and Agri-culture Initiatives Roundtable) who made a presentation on the Flavour Trail event that will take place next summer. The original North Saanich Flavour Trail event started in 2007 and has since expanded, Thompson noted, to include a larger area that includes Galey Farms and Camosun College’s Culinary pro-gram at the Interurban campus.

• The three councils entered into a long discussion on amal-gamation after a presentation made by members of the Amal-gamation, Yes group. A motion was made by Central Saanich Coun. Ryan Windsor to have the three municipalities look at crafting a question that would go on the next election’s ballots polling resident views on amal-gamation.

“Residents of North Saanich

certainly aren’t asking for it and I’m not comfortable with even going back [to North Saanich] to ask the question,” said Coun. Elsie McMurphy.

Sentiments from some of the other council members from the three communities were similar and the motion was defeated.

• A conversation regarding the problem of derelict vessels in the three municipalities took place with an agreement between the councillors that there is a lack of support coming from the pro-vincial and federal governments on the issue. MLA Gary Holman, who was present at the meeting, said he was willing to work with the three municipalities and Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Opertations Steve Thomson to see if a reso-lution to the growing problem can be found.

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Sidney’s Kenny Podmore stands with members of the Beacon Community Services Youth Employment Program who helped him place crosses on the lawn in front of the Pier Hotel last week. The crosses recognize the 158 fallen Canadian soldiers and four civilians who lost their lives in Afghanistan.

Submitted photo

Remember them

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The PeninsularemembersHundreds gathered at the Sidney cenotaph on Nov. 11 to pay tribute to Canadian men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice.

A young sea cadet stands at the Sidney cenotaph, ready to help with the wreath-laying ceremony.

Ken and Norma Curry at Sidney’s Remembrance Day ceremony.

Veterans march in Sidney’s Remembrance Day ceremony.

The community gathered on Remembrance Day. More images are available on the PNR’s Facebook page.

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A generous donation of air-line tickets from an anonymous source sent Sidney’s Kenny Pod-more to ground zero of the Lac Megantic disaster site last week.

Podmore arrived in Lac Megantic on Nov. 1 to see first-hand the destruction of the blast that occurred after a train derail-ment in the small town on July 6. The explosions killed 47 people.

“The purpose of my visit was to deliver a cheque for $3,027 that was raised from a fund-raiser I organized early in Sep-tember,” said Podmore.

Podmore traveled to Lac Megantic with his stepdaughter-in-law Lucie who is French Cana-dian and lives in Quebec (she was able to translate for him).

“It was shocking and very emotional,” Podmore said.

“As we approached the little town we stopped for directions to the recreation centre. When I got out of the car there was still the smell of burning in the air.”

Podmore, who went on the trip as a personal endeavour (not as a councillor — there was no cost incurred to the Town of Sidney), said the downtown area of Lac Megantic is completely cordoned off and some new con-struction is taking place.

“All around were large mounds of black soil and on the corner was a lone rail tanker which

was serving as a memorial. It had French words sprayed all over it. I was told that the words were a mix of grief and anger,” he explained.

Podmore presented the cheque and a gift of framed Sidney prints to deputy mayor, Johanne Vachon.

“I explained how the people of Sidney had raised the money and for a few moments we all stood silent with tears in our eyes,” Podmore said, adding he also gave the town a video clip that contained greetings from the Sidney Volunteer Fire Department.

Chris Creighton-Kelly and his wife France provided the trans-lation and The Sidney Meet Up Women in Business made the video possible, he added.

“The Deputy Mayor said that everyone there is still in shock and that it would take the town a long time to recover,” Podmore said.

“I was honoured to make this journey, I won’t forget for a long while. I did it for the people of Sidney who came forward and supported the fundraiser, all of which made me proud to call Sidney my home. This was truly Canadians helping Canadians.”

Podmore visits Lac MeganticAnonymous donation gets fundraiser to disaster scene

Submitted photo

Kenny Podmore hands Johanne Vachon, council member for Lac Megantic, a cheque. Podmore raised funds for the town back in September.


Land will change hands in a down-town redevelopment deal announced Tuesday by the Town of Sidney.

Mayor Larry Cross said the Town and Sidney Waterfront Partner-ship have signed a memorandum of understanding that would set in motion the eventual redevelopment of Seaport Place East. The property to the north of the Sidney Pier Hotel and Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre is currently vacant.

Sidney Waterfront Partnership (SWP) is proposing a two-story con-dominium building on the site with commercial space on the bottom floor.

In the deal with the Town, which

holds the lease on the property, Cross said land will transfer between the two parties. The municipality will receive property on the water-front side that they intend to use for an expansion of Beacon Park. SWP will get the current parking area and other existing property next to the Sidney Marina and additional com-mercial space that the company already owns.

The next step, said Cross, will be the rezoning of the property and public open houses on the redevel-opment plan.

“I would encourage everyone to stay tuned,” said the mayor. “We’re very excited to see something hap-pening. It’s dead space for our town right now.”

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Glass Tiger plays the Charlie White Theatre on Nov. 21.

SIDNEY — It’s been over twenty years since Glass Tiger first topped the charts with their hits and they will take the stage this month with some of their most famous tunes at the Mary Winspear Centre.

On Thursday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. Glass Tiger will play in the Charlie White Theatre to what will likely be a sold-out crowd.

The band has been producing music for over a quarter century and has toured the world, sharing stages with some of the biggest acts of all time.

In 2005 Glass Tiger marked 20 years of making music together and they released a DVD containing all of the original hit videos the band

released in the 1980s and ‘90s along with two new videos and songs recorded especially for the compila-tion.

Nowadays, Glass Tiger continues to play select dates only when all members of the band are available to perform.

If you’ve never seen Glass Tiger live this is your chance to experi-ence in person why the band has been one of Canada’s most enduring groups for three decades.

Tickets for the show are $47.50 and are available through the Mary Winspear Centre box office by calling 250-656-0275 or visiting www.mary-winspear.ca.

— News staff

Glass Tiger takes on Sidney

SAANICHTON — St. Mary’s Anglican Church has become a favourite Peninsula performance venue for several Victoria choirs and between now and Christmas St. Mary’s will host concerts by three of these choirs which will provide a wide variety of famil-iar and not so familiar Christmas music for audiences.

On Sunday, Nov. 24 the UVic Chamber Sing-ers conducted by Garry Froese will perform at 2:30 p.m. as part of St. Mary’s Sunday Sere-nade series of concerts.

The 24-member audi-tioned ensemble is part of the Music Program of the UVic School of

Music and is making its first visit to St. Mary’s. Singers will be perform-ing selections from their Christmas reper-toire. Tickets are $15, children 12 and under free.

On Sunday, Dec. 8 at 2:30 p.m. the church will welcome back the popular Soundings Vocal Ensemble and its music director Denis Donnelly for what has become a Christmas tradition for audiences at St. Mary’s.

Soundings concerts are always an entertain-ing and innovative mix of music from many traditions, including arrangements by Denis himself. Tickets are $20, $15 for seniors and

students.Finally, on Monday,

Dec. 23 at 7 p.m. St. Mary’s hosts the return of “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” performed by a narrator and Vox Humana under the direction of Brian Wis-math.

The narration of the whimsical poem by Dylan Thomas, inter-spersed with Christmas music sung by one of Victoria’s preeminent choirs, was a great hit last year at St. Mary’s. Admission is by dona-tion.

For more information on the concerts visit the St. Mary’s website at www.stmarysangli-can.com.

— News staff

Three choirs festival at St. Mary’s

• Winemakers Dinner with Muse Winery and Deep Cove Chalet Nov. 16 from 6 to 10 p.m. Muse Wines will be paired with french cuisine from the Chalet. Limited seating, reserve by call-ing 250-656-2552. Prix fixe $135 per person.

• The Archers play the Charlie White Theatre with special guests Reverie on Saturday, Nov. 23 at

7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 and are available through the Mary Win-spear box office at 250-656-0275 or www.marywinspear.ca.

• Legendary blues musician Jim Byrnes and special guest Babe Gurr at the Mary Winspear Centre Friday, Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $37.50 through the Mary Winspear box office at 250-656-0275.

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THE ARTS

Submitted photo

Glass Tiger plays the Charlie White Theatre on Nov. 21.

SIDNEY — It’s been over twenty years since Glass Tiger first topped the charts with their hits and they will take the stage this month with some of their most famous tunes at the Mary Winspear Centre.

On Thursday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. Glass Tiger will play in the Charlie White Theatre to what will likely be a sold-out crowd.

The band has been producing music for over a quarter century and has toured the world, sharing stages with some of the biggest acts of all time.

In 2005 Glass Tiger marked 20 years of making music together and they released a DVD containing all of the original hit videos the band

released in the 1980s and ‘90s along with two new videos and songs recorded especially for the compila-tion.

Nowadays, Glass Tiger continues to play select dates only when all members of the band are available to perform.

If you’ve never seen Glass Tiger live this is your chance to experi-ence in person why the band has been one of Canada’s most enduring groups for three decades.

Tickets for the show are $47.50 and are available through the Mary Winspear Centre box office by calling 250-656-0275 or visiting www.mary-winspear.ca.

— News staff

Glass Tiger takes on Sidney

SAANICHTON — St. Mary’s Anglican Church has become a favourite Peninsula performance venue for several Victoria choirs and between now and Christmas St. Mary’s will host concerts by three of these choirs which will provide a wide variety of famil-iar and not so familiar Christmas music for audiences.

On Sunday, Nov. 24 the UVic Chamber Sing-ers conducted by Garry Froese will perform at 2:30 p.m. as part of St. Mary’s Sunday Sere-nade series of concerts.

The 24-member audi-tioned ensemble is part of the Music Program of the UVic School of

Music and is making its first visit to St. Mary’s. Singers will be perform-ing selections from their Christmas reper-toire. Tickets are $15, children 12 and under free.

On Sunday, Dec. 8 at 2:30 p.m. the church will welcome back the popular Soundings Vocal Ensemble and its music director Denis Donnelly for what has become a Christmas tradition for audiences at St. Mary’s.

Soundings concerts are always an entertain-ing and innovative mix of music from many traditions, including arrangements by Denis himself. Tickets are $20, $15 for seniors and

students.Finally, on Monday,

Dec. 23 at 7 p.m. St. Mary’s hosts the return of “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” performed by a narrator and Vox Humana under the direction of Brian Wis-math.

The narration of the whimsical poem by Dylan Thomas, inter-spersed with Christmas music sung by one of Victoria’s preeminent choirs, was a great hit last year at St. Mary’s. Admission is by dona-tion.

For more information on the concerts visit the St. Mary’s website at www.stmarysangli-can.com.

— News staff

Three choirs festival at St. Mary’s

• Winemakers Dinner with Muse Winery and Deep Cove Chalet Nov. 16 from 6 to 10 p.m. Muse Wines will be paired with french cuisine from the Chalet. Limited seating, reserve by call-ing 250-656-2552. Prix fixe $135 per person.

• The Archers play the Charlie White Theatre with special guests Reverie on Saturday, Nov. 23 at

7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 and are available through the Mary Win-spear box office at 250-656-0275 or www.marywinspear.ca.

• Legendary blues musician Jim Byrnes and special guest Babe Gurr at the Mary Winspear Centre Friday, Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $37.50 through the Mary Winspear box office at 250-656-0275.

Coming up in arts and entertainment

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SAANICH: 55+ furnished 2 bdrm, balcony faces Swan Creek, 5 appls, in-suite W/D. $1200. utils incld 250-479-5437

COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

SIDNEY WATERFRONT shop 30’x70’ w/20’ dock in Marine Park, Harbour Rd. $2500/mo. Avail Dec 1. 250- 656-3513, 778-678-7990.

SIDNEY WHARFAGE avail at Shoal Harbour to 60’. Monthly or Annually. Call 250-656-3513, 778-678-7990.

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

SIDNEY- 3 bdrm sxs duplex, 1.5 bath, NS/NP. $1375+ utils. Available now (250)656-4003.

RENTALS

APARTMENTS FURNISHED

LANDS End: large sunny wa-ter view, priv entry, parking, NS, $850. www.sidneystu-dio.info. Adults, snow birds, refs. 250-655-4175,[email protected]

HOMES FOR RENT

4-BDRM HOUSE, near Com-monwealth Pool. N/S, N/P. $2100. + utils. (250)920-6282 or (250)361-1569.

SAANICHTON, 2bd, gas fi re-place, hw fl oors, fridge, stove, washer, dryer, parking for 2 cars, ns, np $1400 incl utilities 250-652-4559 Available Dec 1

SIDNEY 3 bdrm 2 bath rec room close to schools, bus, shopping. $1500. Dean 778-351-2244

TILLICUM- 2 bdrm, 1 bath. N/S. Avail Dec 1. $1000. (250)479-4779.

RECREATION

RV RESORT ON THE LAKE

Spots available at Great Rates. Daily, weekly,

monthly. Pool, Hot tub, exercise room, laundry, putting green, hiking,

fi shing, Pickle Ball Court. Free coffee in one of the best clubhouses on the island. Nanaimo area.

www.resortonthelake.com250-754-1975 or

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SUITES, LOWER

CENTRAL SAANICH: Large studio, close to bus, W/D. NS/NP. $625 inclds utils. Avail Dec. 1. (250)652-3603.

KEATING AREA. 1-bdrm, fully furnished. Separate entrance. Utilities included. On bus route. N/S, N/P. $750, 250-652-0296.

MARIGOLD- cozy 1 bdrm, woodstove. shared W/D, quiet. NS/NP. $850. 250-727-6217.

SIDNEY- 1 bdrm newer ground level suite, private patio, quiet neighborhood, close to bus, in-suite laundry, $900/mth, all inclusive, NS/NP. Call: 250-544-1411.

SIDNEY: Available immedi-ately $775/mth. Newly painted cozy 1 bdrm/1bthrm above ground apartment suitable for one person. Parking, HT/HW incl, private entrance, shared laundry, NS/NP. 250-818-7402.

WATERFRONT. NORTH Saa-nich. Above grnd, large 2-bdrm, 2 bath. $1800./mo + 1/2 utils. Possibly sm boat moor-age +. NP/NS. (250)656-5999.

SUITES, UPPER

SIDNEY- 2 bdrm upper, laun-dry, NP/NS. Avail Dec 1. 250-896-9944, 250-655-1656. (Evenings and ask for Chris).

TOWNHOUSES

SIDNEY 3-BDRM, 2.5 bath. 5 appl’s, gas F/P, garage, sun-room. NS/NP. $1600. + utils. Avail Nov. 15. (250)656-7456.

SIDNEY: NEW 3 bdrm + den, W/D. NS/NP. $1700/mo. Avail Now. Call 250-217-4060.

BUYING - RENTING- SELLING

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

AUTO SERVICES

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CARS

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CARS

1990 CHEVROLET Cavalier Z 24, 3.1 Litre. Only 70,000 km on rebuilt motor. Newer Luc High Performance clutch, 5- sp trans, near new Hankook tires. Red, sun roof, mint interi-or, power doors/windows (new motors and regulators). Pio-neer stereo w/iPod adapter, sub woofer, Pioneer 6x9 3 way speakers. Same owner since 1990, have all receipts. $3000. Chris, 250-595-0370 lv mess.

2007 KIA RIO EX- 72,000 km, pl, pw, AM/FM/CD, heated seats, 5 speed, great cond, great mileage. Prefect for stu-dent or 2nd family car. $5495, obo. (250)514-7624.

TRANSPORTATION

VEHICLES WANTED

2008 OR newer automatic, low mileage Cooper or Cooper Clubman wanted. Private buy-er will take over payments or buy outright. 250-474-3667, leave message.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE

1998 TRAVELAIRE 5th wheel. Excellent condition for further info call 250-652-9660 or view at 2537 Mt Newton X Rds.

TOWING

FOR sale 24’x 8’ Enclosed car trailer custom built in 2013 to haul vehicles as well as freight. Seamless exterior heavy duty axles and toe hitch, Red in color. Selling for health reasons, never used. asking $13,000 or best offer way under market value. (780)[email protected]

TRANSPORTATION

VTRUCKS & ANS

2011 FORD RANGER Sport. 4WD, 6 cyl. 25,000 km.$20,000. (778)351-0852.

MARINE

BOATS

14’ FIBERGLASS boat with 50 HP Suzuki, 4 stroke, usedonly for 13 hours. $6,000 obo.Call (250)652-1725.

1993 BAYLINER 2452, in pre-mier condition. 2 sounders &GPS, head, galley, canopy,9.9 hp 4 stroke Yamaha on hy-draulics, downriggers, dinghyin 27’ newer Van Isle Marinaboathouse near the ramp.$18,000. obo. 250-656-6136.

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ELECTRICAL

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

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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

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ABBA EXTERIORS Gutter cleaning & repairs. Seniors discounts. WCB, Insured. Free estimates. (778)433-9275.

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

HANDYPERSONS

BIG BEAR Handyman. Paint-ing, household repairs. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071.

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

MAINTENANCE MAN. Re-pairs, house & yard clean-up. Moving large & small items in-side & out. $20./hr. Senior Dis-count. Mike (250)818-3837.


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.

JUNK BOX- We Do All The Loading

JUNK REMOVAL 7 days / wk.Fast Service, Best Prices!! Free quotes. (250)857-JUNK.

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

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ARAM RENO’S Basement, bathrooms, additions Free est. WCB/Insured 250-880-0525

JACK NASH, serving Victoria since 1980. We do it all! Free estimates WCB. 250-881-3886

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MASONRY & BRICKWORK

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(250)889-5794. DIAMOND Dave Moving- 2 men, 5 ton, $90/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.

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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.

BIG BEAR Painting. Interior & Exterior. Quality work. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071

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

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PRESSURE WASHING

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UPHOLSTERY

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WINDOW CLEANING

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

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