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Hundreds of hockey fans helped turn the Panorama Recreation Centre into a celebration of Canada’s national game on

Sunday, Sept. 20.The Saanich Peninsula stepped into the

national spotlight after being named Kraft Hockeyville for 2015 in April.

On Monday, a pre-season game between the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks and San

Jose Sharks was played at The Q Centre in Colwood. The game was originally allotted to Panorama but because of the Central Saanich rink’s limited capacity the game was moved to The Q Centre, which can seat 2,700 people.

However, Panorama will receive $100,000 in upgrades for winning the nationwide contest.

See page 9 for photos of Sunday’s event and the Friday, Sept. 25 edition of the Pen-insula News Review for a full story.

Saanich Peninsula celebrates HockeyvilleJim Zeeben/News staff

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Storm season is fast approaching and prep-aration for extreme

flooding and erosion with El Nino and La Nina weather systems shouldn’t be taken lightly.

According to a new study published Mon-day in Nature Geo-science, those in B.C

Coastal communities should prepare for such situations affect-ing the area.

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BC Coroners Service identifies drowning victimJim Zeeben News staff

An 89-year-old Saa-nich man has been identified as the driver who died after his vehi-cle crashed through a barrier at the Mill Bay ferry terminal on Sept. 18 and plunged into the ocean.

On Monday, the B.C. Coroners Service con-firmed the person who died was John Williams Barton.

Barton was seen driving his SUV along the ramp to the Mill Bay ferry at about 8:10 a.m. Friday.

The ferry was not at the dock at the time.

An RCMP Dive Team found Barton still in his vehicle in about 20 metres of water. He was deceased at the scene.

The BC Coroners Ser-vice continues to inves-tigate.

The family of Barton has been notified of his death.

People travelling to the Brentwood Bay ter-minal last Friday morn-ing were turned back by B.C. Ferries staff.

“We do have staff (at the Brentwood ter-

minal) telling custom-ers that service is sus-pended for the day,” B.C. Ferries spokesper-son Deborah Marshall told the News Review on Friday.

“At approximately 8:10 a.m. this morning, a vehicle drove through a secured barrier gate at the top of the trestle at a high rate of speed at the Mill Bay termi-nal,” said a statement issued by B.C. Ferries.

The MV Klitsa was not involved in the incident, it had left the dock, bound for Brent-wood Bay, five minutes earlier and was about a mile and a half out in the inlet at the time.

“After breaking

through the closed gate, the vehicle trav-elled down the trestle and launched itself off the ramp into the water,” said the release. “It is reported that the vehicle sank.”

Marshall confirmed it was a white SUV.

“It’s very tragic,” she said.

A B.C. Ferries termi-nal maintenance crew was on scene Friday assessing the damage.

The MV Klitsa has a capacity of 22 vehicles. On Sept. 4, the last Fri-day stats are available, a total of 352 people travelled on the route, including 33 on the first two runs of the day.

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On Sunday morn-ing, on a route damp-ened by rain, Bob Croll joined dozens of others to take part in the Terry Fox Run with his family by his side.

Croll, who is 89 years old, has participated in the run for 16 years but the Sept. 20 event will likely be his last.

“He is an amazing man. He was always such an admirer of Terry Fox,” said Croll’s wife, Colleen, noting that her husband has Alzheimer’s disease. And, though there were a few moments of con-fusion, Bob Croll is

steadfast in his support of Terry Fox.

Up until May, Croll played squash three times a week and he still lives on a farm where he works hard every day and stays active by walking his dog.

His daughter in law, Joy Croll, and his daughter, Leslie Croll, both participated in the walk with him.

“I think he was really inspired by Terry Fox and just what a won-derful example he was for everybody,” said Joy.

The run has been occurring in Central Saanich for around 16 years now and for

every event, Croll has been there.

“It’s amazing, he’s been doing this as long as I can remember,” said Leslie.

This year’s coordina-tor of the run in Central Saanich, Marilyn Hodg-son said Croll’s spirit is exactly what the Terry Fox Run is all about.

“I just think its fan-tastic, that’s the kind of spirit that we want for Terry Fox, that’s his legacy that he was hop-ing to engrain in all of us Canadians and then to be able to just carry that through life and the significance of that is huge, it’s wonderful,” she said.

Sunday marked the

35th anniversary of the Terry Fox Run and Hodgson herself has been involved since the very beginning, taking part in every commu-nity Terry Fox run.

Hodgson felt an obli-gation to run, having lost her mother and two sisters to cancer. Her father also battled the disease and has been cancer free for 25 years. “It’s really impacted my family and I really believe I have to do whatever I can to keep Terry Fox’s dream and his legacy alive,” she said. “I love the people, I love the fact it’s community based and we don’t want this run to die.”

Spirit of Terry Fox shines onAfter 16 years, Sept. 20 was likely last run for 89-year-old

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Bob Croll takes part in the Terry Fox Run on Sunday, with his family by his side.

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Rob Reynolds isn’t above stopping the car and knock-ing on a stranger’s door for a tree laden with apples.

“We find trees all over the (region) ... There’s a lot of what used to be orchards,” said Reynolds.

He’s part of the Greater Victoria Cider Enthusiasts Association, which boasts a Facebook membership of more than 90, that scours the South Island in search of apples that would go to waste otherwise.

One of the group’s mem-bers, Kyle Hunker, sources his own trees as well as those in the community.

The enthusiasts formed three years ago, after meet-ing each other through the local home brewing com-munity.

A group from BrewVic sought to explore beyond beer into ciders and wines.

Also a contingent of expat Brits were desperate to find a dry, less sweet cider than the staple readily available.

“I fell in love with cider when I lived in the West Country in the UK,” said Kal-ynka Cherkosh.

Here, she found, she couldn’t afford the good stuff on a regular basis and decided to take control of the situation.

“I wanted to make a nice meaty, drier farmhouse cider,” she said. Cherkosh made a few hundred litres that year and held a wassail in late winter to celebrate – a tradition they continue

three years in. “It just seems every year

we’ve organized a bit more,” she said.

Now they hand out the leaflets, and seek out aban-doned trees.

A common theme for the older generation is a hatred of waste.

Where an older home-owner used to pick and pre-serve each fall, they simply don’t have the ability any-more and want to see it put to use. They’ll pick the apples, or in some cases pears, and leave as much as the household can utilize, Reynolds said.

“We’re trying to turn fallen fruit into caught fruit,” Cherkosh said.

“There’s so much fruit in this city that just falls to the ground,” she said, add-ing she’d far rather do the work to capture, process and enjoy the fruits of that labour, than see it rotting on

the ground, attracting deer and wasps.

Then the Cider Enthu-siasts benefit with good local product as opposed to being stuck using ready-made juice for their cider making.

“It’s the difference between Wonder Bread and a beautiful loaf of bread from Fol Epi,” Cherkosh said. “Sometimes I want a fluffy white bread, but not every day.”

To offer apples for the Greater Victoria Cider Enthusiasts Association email [email protected].

Cider-makers will pick your tree clean“There’s so much

fruit in this city that just falls to the ground. We’re trying to turn fallen fruit into caught fruit. ”

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The Harvest Fall Threshing display at Heritage Acres last weekend gave the pub-lic a rare chance to observe old machinery and methods that were used up until the late 1930s.

A 1907 Sawyer Massey boiler was on site, and was the key piece of equipment here for several years since the early 1970s. It got reboilered in 2007.

“I had the privilege of being the last guy to run it on the old boiler and the first guy run-ning it on the new one,” said engineer Mike Klin-gensmith.

In terms of harvest-ing, James Price, a member of the Saan-ich Historical Artifacts Society for 44 years, said this year was still a good one despite warmer temperatures.

“This was a good year in the sense that it wasn’t windy and the grain didn’t all get knocked down," he said.

"But, because it was a dry winter, we didn’t get as much length on the straw so it makes it a bit more of a chal-lenge to cut.”

Despite the short straw, the grain itself is very full and came off a field that was relatively clean so the heads were full as well," Price said.

The drier conditions

actually made it eas-ier to operate the old equipment.

“It’s easier for the machinery and it works at its optimum.”

When comparing harvesting today with past methods, a big difference is that there were a lot more pieces of equipment back then.

It was much slower with more steps involved.

“Nowadays they use a seed drill, so they

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On the weekend, vol-unteers took the crowd of observers back to the early 1920s with a threshing machine that was actually used at that time.

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the machine is coming from a Sawyer Massey stationary, which meant that two horses would have pulled it into position -- and then the horses would go away to do some other work.”

The boiler, now rebuilt, still works even though it's more than 100 years old.

“This is living his-tory taking place here out at the farm and this is how it was done up until the late '30s.”

Back in time for Harvest Fall Threshing

Carlie Connolly/News staff

James Price, left, and Adam Synnuck shovel hay into the old piece of equipment in a threshing demonstration at Heritage Acres. The Central Saanich location was the site for the Harvest Fall Threshing Weekend, Sept. 19-20.

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The federal election campaign has produced a jumble of conflict-ing claims about whether or not Canada has a balanced budget or a deficit, how it was determined, and whether it even matters.

The definitive word on this came out last week, with the release of the Government of Canada Annual Financial Report, signed off by Auditor Gen-eral Michael Ferguson.

“The government posted a budgetary sur-plus of $1.9 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, compared to a budgetary deficit of $5.2 billion in 2013-14,” the report says.

“Revenues increased by $10.7 bil-lion, or 3.9 per cent, from 2013-14, reflecting increases across all major revenue streams. Program expenses increased by $5.2 billion, reflect-ing increases in major transfers to persons and other levels of govern-ment, offset in part by a decrease in direct program expenses.”

The Conservative government’s pre-election budget calculated that last year was in deficit, and this year would be the first in the black since 2008. Ottawa pundits say this “surprise surplus” was engineered with intentionally pessimistic bud-get estimates, so Prime Minister Stephen Harper would get a boost right about now.

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau claimed last year’s surplus was partly generated by cuts to Veter-

ans’ Affairs and Aboriginal Affairs. Wrong and wrong. Veterans’ Affairs spending was up 13 per cent, and

Aboriginal Affairs spend-ing rose nearly 30 per cent.

Trudeau has also insisted Canada is in recession now, which helps his suddenly adopted position that a Liberal government would run deficits for the next three years to build infrastructure.

Harper ran the biggest deficits in Canadian his-tory after the 2009 crash, bailing out auto makers

and building lots of “shovel ready” infrastructure, as did the U.S. and other countries. The question raised by Trudeau’s plan is whether it’s a good idea to keep doing that without a financial crisis.

France, for example, has run operating deficits every year since the early 1970s, although the cur-rent Socialist government vows to balance the books by 2017. France’s operating debt is now equal to 91 per cent of its Gross Domestic Prod-uct.

Canada’s net debt-to-GDP ratio is currently around 30 per cent, down from frightening levels in the 1990s before the Chrétien government finally balanced the budget.

(Fun fact: then-finance minister Paul Martin not only cut transfers to provinces, unlike the current government, he inflicted the largest-ever cuts to the CBC.

Harper’s CBC cuts were part of government-wide reductions, again due to that 2009 crisis.)

NDP leader Thomas Mulcair has promised to balance the budget every year of his mandate, should he form Canada’s first-ever socialist government.

He will spend the rest of the cam-paign trying to reconcile this prom-ise with the grandiose spending plans he has piled up.

Meanwhile in B.C., Finance Min-ister Mike de Jong may have ben-efited from Harper’s lowball budget. In his first quarter update last week, de Jong reported that his February budget forecast is on track, with a $277 million surplus.

This is despite a $300 million bill for forest firefighting, thanks to personal and corporate income tax revenue expected to be $374 million higher than budgeted.

B.C. bases its tax revenue figures on federal estimates, and the ones they got early this year were clearly low.

Understated or not, this is a nice problem to have. De Jong says that at the current pace, B.C. will pay off its accumulated operating debt by 2020.

The last time the province was free of operating debt was 1982. The big debt peak came during the NDP 1990s, with another spike from 2009 to 2013 under the B.C. Liberals.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: [email protected]

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Election pollinga numbers game

Every politician and would-be MP or MLA knows, or at least they should, that polling numbers don’t translate into seats.

Polling figures from Nanos Research released this week show the governing Conservatives, Opposition NDP and the Liberals in a virtual dead heat among decided voters, with support ranging between 29 and 31 per cent.

But even if that was the last poll conducted before election day, it wouldn’t necessarily mean Parliament would split exactly down those lines.

There is always a huge glut of people who are undecided up until the late stages of a campaign – some estimates put the number as high as 25 per cent. In a close election race, the number of people who make up their mind just before heading to the polling station is likely far more than politicians or parties would care to see.

It would be interesting to know just how many people watch the polls as a way to figure out who they’ll vote for.

Our guess would be very few.Public media companies have for years

commissioned research firms to give them the latest figures, which often get trotted out on front pages and websites as the top story for that day.

We believe in the credibility and veracity of such polls, given their size and the commitment to accuracy made by the major media – CTV and The Globe and Mail hired Nanos for the above poll.

The unfortunate part is that releasing polling data has become a public relations ploy, especially with all of the parties commissioning their own polls at various times.

One firm hired by the NDP came back with numbers last week that said Liberal leader Justin Trudeau was trailing an opponent by 11 points in his own riding.

A poll conducted for a national media company with a far larger sample size and different methodology found Trudeau to actually be leading by five points.

Political parties hire pollsters to come up with numbers they feel will help them. Without a doubt, if the numbers don’t flatter them, they don’t publicize them.

While stats heads might find the pre-election numbers interesting, only the ones on election day count.

We encourage voters to do their homework on all their local candidates and let the parties play around with the polls.

Tom FletcherB.C. Views

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Its funny to see how used to something we can get when we live it every day. Things we take for granted and often times, situations we are placed in that we accept as the norm. Its very interesting when you have someone from outside be placed into the situation or have them view an opinion of yours, and have them reason it.In the past two months I had visitors from other countries come and stay with me. I won’t go into too much detail about them, other than they are extremely common sense folks & down to earth. They are in business for themselves and do well. I had one of them drive my truck one day. They are not used to being on the left side of the truck, but they had their international drivers license so we both thought it was a great time to get some experience in the hot seat! So, I threw him the keys and we left the house.He was doing an awesome job until he hit the Mctavish interchange. I sheepishly stayed quiet. “What the $%^& is this?” I kept my mouth shut.“In all my life, I have never seen anything like this” (this coming from someone that lives in a country where roundabouts are predominant).“You must love this thing” he said.I then told him that if they allowed me to sponsor it…I would.

I haven’t laughed so hard in a long time. Took us two tries but we managed to get onto Lochside. The other occasion was having a friend drive me through Sidney. He was from Canada but from out of town. Wanted to take him down to The Pier and back and as a horseman would say “I let him have his head”. “Geeeeeesus, this is like a video game driving down in here. I’ve never seen so many 4 way stops. You must love this”. And right as we nearly got to the end of Beacon on our second go around…and it was perfect.... we met someone coming the wrong way up Beacon.I couldn’t have timed it better myself. “This is brutal. I’ve never seen anything like this”. lololol. (that’s laughing out loud apparently)Sidney is not very driver nor visitor friendly. I hadn’t really noticed it because I drive it every day. For people getting o� a plane & renting a car or o� a boat, I can see how it would be a tough experience navigating their way to downtown Sidney by The Sea.Shame really, because both of us were in complete agreement on one thing. How stunning our little town is, and how cosmopolitan our services are.Cheers, Steve

The District of Central Saanich is now accepting applications for appointment to the Central Saanich Board of Variance to fill one vacancy on the Board. The length of term for the new appointee to the Board is for the remainder of the three year term ending December 31, 2017. Citizens who are interested in volunteering their time to sit on the Board of Variance are invited to obtain a Council Appointment Application Form using one of the following methods:

In person: 1903 Mount Newton Cross Road Website: www.centralsaanich.ca (Municipal Hall / Forms & Publications) E-Mail: [email protected]

Organizations are also invited to submit the names of representatives. Additional information on the Board of Variance may be obtained by contacting the Municipal Hall at 250-652-4444. In order to be considered, completed application forms must be signed and submitted to the Corporate Officer by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, September 25, 2015. Liz Cornwell Corporate Officer

Appointment to District of Central Saanich Board of Variance

Pursuant to Section 403 of the Local Government Act, the following properties will be offered for sale by public auction to be held at the Council Chambers, Sidney Town Hall, 2440 Sidney Avenue, Sidney BC on Monday, September 28, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. unless the delinquent taxes plus interest are paid before that time.

Any person upon being declared the successful bidder must immediately pay by cash or certified cheque a minimum of not less than the upset price. Any balance must be paid by cash or certified cheque by 3:00 p.m. the same day.

The municipality makes no representation express or implied as to the condition or quality of the property being offered for sale. Prospective purchasers are cautioned to inspect the property and make all necessary inquires to municipal and other government departments to determine the existence of any bylaws, restrictions, charges or other conditions which may affect the value or suitability of the property.

The purchase of a tax sale property is subject to taxation under the Property Transfer Tax Act on the fair market value of the property.

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130915.999 Lot 8, Block 2, Section 13, Range 4E, North Saanich District, Plan 1197F 2420 Malaview Ave $ 8,399.43

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PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW - September 23, 2015 www.peninsulanewsreview • A7

Just after 5 p.m. on Sept. 8, we were involved in an accident at Beacon Avenue and 7th Street after a SUV went through a red light.

The police, paramed-ics and firefighters were all there for us. Three kind ladies who were witnesses stayed to talk to the police. We had strangers offer us a ride home as our car had to be towed.

We want to thank everyone involved. What a wonderful place to live!

Ken and Sharon Roberts

Sidney

Discrimination by any other name

After reading Noel Gagnon’s letter I would like to make a couple of observations.

Not all senior driv-ers got their licences five decades ago. Any-one new to Canada would have to pass a test since their for-eign licences are only accepted for a short time.

Secondly, by his own admission that

cognitive changes can happen in a matter of weeks, why single out drivers over 80 years of age for retesting? He hit the nail on the head by pointing out a serious case of age dis-crimination.

Theo Scholten North Saanich

Harper keeping Canada from its traditional state

In response to Bill Wilson’s viewpoint “Harper keeping us from Greek-like state” I would like to offer a different viewpoint to some of his comments. If you want to see an analysis of the Harper Conservative’s perfor-mance since they have been in power this website will be an eye opener: www.unifor-votes.ca/harper_record

For decades under various politi-cal governments Canada enjoyed a world wide reputa-tion in peace keeping roles but under the Harper regime that has changed. Harper has fallen in line with the US paranoia that

defines the war on terror and millions of dollars are now spent as our military runs bombing missions in various countries with little evidence that ISIS or any of the other defined terror-ist groups are being eliminated. Harper is obsessed with the economy to the extent that many of our social programs have been decimated with up to 60 individuals and pro-grams that have either been terminated and/or seen service reduc-tions. Harper’s spy bill (C-51) has been criti-cised as violating civil liberties and privacy for all Canadians, and does nothing to defend Canadians from real terrorist threats. The Harper Conservatives have demonstrated an abysmal record of treating our veterans with any compassion to address those need-ing medical treatment either short or long term and veterans offices across Canada have been closing. The development and extraction of our natu-ral resources requires stringent environmen-

tal regulations, as well as strong monitoring and enforcement pro-tocols. Sadly Harper has changed the rules to fast track develop-ment of our resources with little time for comprehensive con-sultation with Prov-inces, First Nations, and environmental groups, and our legacy for future generations may continue to be more ruptured pipe lines, oil tanker spills, toxic tailing ponds, and abandoned mine sites to name a few. I really doubt unions today are setting their own wages and after the last leaders debate a CBC reporter indi-cated many unionized workers are making less money today with fewer benefits, and any suggestion that increased taxes will drive the wealthy out of Canada should be tempered with the fact that the wealthy employ many strate-gies to minimize their tax so don’t expect to see a mass exodus.

To date only Justin Trudeau has indicated he will run small defi-cits if elected. I will be

voting for Elizabeth May as she is brilliant in political acumen, articulate, polite, hard working, and willing to work with all par-ties for the benefit of Canadians. I hope that Trudeau and Mulcair go on record with Eliz-abeth May who prom-ises to have an open Prime Ministers office and MP’s who are not muzzled but allowed to speak for the vot-ers who elected them. For the record I do not belong to any of the political parties.

Norman Osborne Saanichton

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Kraft Hockeyville comes to the Peninsula

Photos by Carlie Connolly

James Leonardo, known as the B.C Ferry Fanatic, was one happy hockey fan as he got his chance to hold and touch the Stanley Cup at the Panorama Recreation Centre on Sunday.

Chaz Senior, left, and Keegan Senior wear their Canucks jerseys strong and proud at the Panorama Recreation Centre.

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The Bra Lady Is Coming To Size You Up

Are you tired of feeling saggy, lumpy, pinched or strained? Well you’re not alone. As you’ve probably seen on Oprah or read in women’s magazines, over 80 per cent of all women wear the wrong size bra.

Here’s where Barb Chapman, the Bra Lady, comes in.

Due to the overwhelming response to the previous clinic, Chapman is coming to SIDNEY, MONDAY, SEPT. 28 (for an appointment call before Sept. 26) to outfit you with the best possible bra for your body. Chapman said she will be seeing clients on a one-on-one basis, explaining the benefits of good bras and measuring their bodies properly.

“Most women just want to find a good-fitting bra that’s not uncomfortable,” Chapman said. “What they don’t realize is that a good support bra is also important for blood circulation and enhanced lymph drainage.”

Chapman has over 200 bra sizes available for ordering, ranging from 30AA to 52KK. It’s likely that you’ll fit somewhere between those sizes.

She offers these questions for women to ask themselves:• Do you have a drawer full of bras but none that fit comfortably?• Does your bust line “bounce” when you walk while wearing your “everyday” bra?• Do you overflow the cup of your bra?• Do your bra straps dig into your shoulders leaving red and painful marks, or do they slip off of your shoulders?• Does your bra ride up in the back because you tighten the straps to give you added support?• Have you ever begun an exercise class only to drop out because your breasts ached from lack of support while jumping or running?

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This area of Island View Beach won’t face development any time soon.

Tim CollinsNews contributor

At a recent meet-ing of the Regional Parks Committee, one Committee member expressed the opinion that the group known as Friends of Island View Beach was pri-marily Central Saanich residents whose main interest was to pre-serve the park for their own use. (a full video of the Committee meeting can be seen at (http://crd.ca.granicus.com/ ).

But what is it that the FOIVB really want?

According to Jason Austin, the group’s spokesperson, the FOIVB have moved from a simple mes-sage of “Leave our park alone” to more specific recommendations. Here is a list of recom-mendations that they made to the CRD in July of 2015.

Poop bag dis-pensers: Dog excre-ment is the most com-mon complaint from the public about dogs in the park. Poop bag dispensers should be installed.

Garbage bins: Larger garbage con-tainers are needed for general garbage and poop bags, and should be emptied more fre-quently.

New inland trails: Have new inland trails through the inland area of the park, and along-side all the mosquito drainage ditches. This would add an extra 3.5km of trails and relieve pressure on the beach front areas.

New Nature Reserve area: In con-junction with the new inland trails (above), there is a 6 acre area that lends itself as a Nature Reserve, and we recommend the trails and this Nature Reserve be imple-mented together.

Toilets: Put up signs for the existing mid-park toilet block near the main ditch. And place additional toilet facilities to the north.

Sea wall: Climate change will cause ris-ing sea levels and more frequent and stron-ger storms that will threaten the park and surrounding proper-

ties. Start planning now with adjoining land owners to strengthen and raise the sea wall.

Public boat ramp: The public boat ramp is outside the park and not within the CRD jurisdiction. It is impor-tant for the public use of the beach, and does not restrict the north-erly flow of sand. The CRD should encourage Central Saanich and the province to repair and maintain it.

Need for addi-tional parking: The CRD owns land on both sides of Island View Road just before Homathko Road – this was the original park-ing for the beach before there was a park. This should be graveled over for use for boat trailers, charter buses, and overflow parking,

North drain-age flood gate (Tsawout): The north flood gate broke some-time in the late 1980s leading to serious salt water flooding for over 20 years, widespread mosquitoes and sub-stantial mosquito con-trol costs in all the sur-

rounding areas. It is still not fixed entirely and there is sea water in the Tsawout ditches year round. The CRD should assist the Tsawout to repair or replace this damaged flood gate. Privatize the camp ground: The camp-ground should be privatized and have longer openings.

Access to the park from Lamont Road/Highcrest Terrace: The park borders Lamont Road/Highcrest Terrace to the west yet there is no all weather trail access from there. An all weather trail off Lamont Road/High-crest Terrace could be built.

Maintenance of the mosquito drain-age ditches, the mos-quito control program, and maintenance of the sea wall as committed by the Regional Parks Committee.

No hunting: A clear “no exceptions” hunting ban should be included in any new park plan just as is con-tained in the existing park plan.

What do the Friends of Island View Beach really want?

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Tim CollinsNews contributor

The saga of Island View Beach continues.

On Sept. 16, the Cap-ital Regional District’s Regional Parks Commit-tee received a report from staff dealing with step two of a four step process designed to bring about a new man-agement plan for the Regional Park.

Specifically, step two was designed to “iden-tify issues that the pub-lic thinks should be addressed in park man-agement planning”.

Yet despite a lengthy series of public meet-ings, “three solitudes”, continue to exist, according to commit-tee member Ben Isitt.

Isitt was critical of a group of concerned citizens who call them-selves Friends of Island View Beach (FOIVB)

Isitt said the group represented “50, 100, or 150 Central Saanich res-idents,” whose primary interest is to maintain the park for their use.

According to the group’s spokesperson, Jason Austin, those characterizations are both unfair and inac-curate.

“Our organization certainly includes area residents but we have members from all over the place ... people who want to be able to con-tinue to use the park without unwarranted restrictions imposed by the CRD.”

Isit was eventually cautioned by commit-tee chair Susan Brice for calling the group “Mr. Austin’s army.”

Although the FOIVB did not appear as a del-

egation before the com-mittee, they did submit a letter that called into question the validity of the process.

“We told you that, if the environmen-tal assessment was flawed, then so too would be any public input you receive from it. Regrettably, you took no action to ensure that the information put before the public was accurate and, as we pre-dicted, the responses show this confusion,” the letter states.

At issue is what the FOIVB claim was a wildly inflated assess-ment of the number of species at risk within the park. That number was originally pegged at 33, but in subsequent correspondence with the FOIVB, CRD staff reduced it to nine spe-cies that were actually resident in the park.

However, FOIVB dis-puted that the nine spe-cies were in the park, but were unsuccessful in compelling the CRD to cite their sources for that information.

Several environmen-tal groups did appear with presentations to the committee.

One of the conser-vation groups that appeared before Com-mittee was the Victoria Natural History Society, represented by Ben van Drimmelen.

He referred to the many species at risk within the park (citing 33 originally presented

by CRD staff) and called for the removal of berms and ditches and the return of the property to a wetland reserve for endangered species.

“This park is sup-posed to be managed for ecological conser-vation ... it hasn’t been,” said van Drimmelen.

At the Sept. 16 meet-ing, the Parks Commit-tee authorized staff to proceed to step three: a call for community dia-logues that would lead to a new management plan for the park.

A general meeting is scheduled for Nov. 9.

Saga of the Island View Beach planning process “This park is supposed to be managed for ecological

conservation ... it hasn’t been”– Ben van Drimmelen,

Victoria Natural History Society

Groups choosing sides on future of regional park

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Island View Beach at sunrise.

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The Council of the District of North Saanich invites all residents of the Ardmore Area to an informal neighbourhood meeting. This open forum is for the residents of the area to meet their Mayor and Councillors to discuss any matter of their choosing. The meeting will take place on Monday June 29, 2015 at Ardmore Golf Course, 930 Ardmore Drive and will begin at 7:00 p.m. Please join the North Saanich Council members in this open exchange of ideas and information about your neighbourhood.

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Greer Stewart and her wife Joley Baker are the founders of West Coast Roar, a motor-cycle shop in Mill Bay that has evolved into a community hangout spot for riders all over North America.

The women also launched the first annual Canada Wom-en’s Ride Day in 2013, bringing women together to raise money for local women’s char-ities while also raising awareness on motorcy-cle safety.

“It’s been growing, growing, growing,” said Stewart of the ride.

The first year they had 54 riders, the sec-ond, 92 and the last year they had 130 reg-istered women riders with 150 actually riding in the pack.

The passionate busi-ness owners will be attending the first ever Women, Wing’s and Wheels event held this Saturday at the Victoria Flying Club.

The event will share the love of aviation and riding to a community of women, empowering them through educa-tion along with fundrais-ing for underprivileged women and young girls. Women, Wings and Wheels is planned to travel across the coun-try over the next year, growing bigger and bet-ter than ever.

For Stewart, it’s an important event.

“First of all it’s about empowering women, it’s about uniting, find-ing your tribe and shar-ing the joy and cama-raderie of riding,” she said.

The Victoria Flying Club is partnering with Canada Women’s Ride Day, West Coast Roar and Women in Avia-tion, gathering a com-munity of women and the men who love them together.

The main spearhead-ers of the event include Stewart herself, Presi-dent of the Victoria Fly-ing Club, Ramona Reyn-olds, Patti Auger and Nancy Hamilton (who first came to Stewart asking to join forces).

“There’s a huge, phe-nomenally growing seg-ment, the biggest, fast-est growing segment

of the community of people who ride are women,” said Reyn-olds. “Lots of amazing women… leading edge, really out of the box thinking women.”

Stewart says women who bike are usually women who have a certain amount of afflu-ence. “In my opinion, if you can afford an extra toy like a motorcycle and all the gear and everything that goes along with it, you have something to offer the community because chances are you’ve been successful in your life.”

This is where Can-ada Women’s Ride Day came from, and it’s not just any old ride. It’s women helping women, raising money for those suffering.

As a retired nurse, Stewart worked in healthcare, seeing lots of women as care-takers. “So I decided that I was going to do another level of health-care, and that was to build community for women and that’s what we’re doing,” she told the PNR.

This year’s Canada Women’s Ride Day raised a total of $6,000. Next year, the event will again take place on the third Sunday of July, with the ride expected to be even bigger and better than the last. They will be expanding the ride with several American riders com-ing out to join them for the first time along with some of the most famous women in the

industry. “We want to build

this event up to having thousands and thou-sands of women,” said Stewart. “It really is about sisterhood and just sharing the love of motorcycling but really what it is is when you bring women together, it’s just a blast.”

Steve Drane, a former Harley Davidson dealer, will host the men’s side of the ride next year, which is starting for the first time.

Stewart says between 100 and 200 motorcyclists dropped by their store every weekend over the sum-mer months just to hangout.

“We’re not offering food, we’re not offering coffee, we’re just offer-ing community.”

They also created an educational compo-nent to the business where they take peo-ple through the steps needed to become a rider. Some of the things covered are the understanding of basic mechanics, how they are different from cars and how motorcycles work.

From there, potential riders can go on to take a learn-to-ride course.

Stewart began riding in her childhood in the campground setting where her father would take her camping. It was there that she met other kids who had motorcycles, and, after her first ride, she was hooked. She started out on what’s known as a Keystone, which was

the bike used in the film Dumb and Dumber.

“You had to actually have an adult hand start it, but, once it was running, so were you -- you were gone,” she said with a laugh.

From there, growing up in Metchosin, she had motorcycles as a kid, took a break and is now back into it again.

“What I love about the riding of motor-cycles is the sense of power. I love the sense of power that a motor-cycle gives us. Once you have control of that power, you yourself feel empowered.”

Empowerment will be a big message at the first ever Women, Wings and Wheels event held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday as female pilots and motorcyclists will be on board. As the first start-ing point in what they hope to be a cross Can-ada Women, Wings and Wheels tour, they will look for corporate and other sponsors inter-ested in female aviation and female empowered motorcycle enthusiasts who have the ability to reach into the com-munity to talk about women’s issues, setting a women’s agenda and finding women who have gone missing that no one is looking for.

“All the money and everything that we do during these events will go back to helping women rise up through the shackles of poverty or whatever is holding them back from their potential.”

West Coast RoarEvent helping empower women riders one step at a time

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Joley Baker, left, and Greer Stewart, founders of West Coast Roar.

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Greer Stewart and her wife Joley Baker are the founders of West Coast Roar, a motor-cycle shop in Mill Bay that has evolved into a community hangout spot for riders all over North America.

The women also launched the first annual Canada Wom-en’s Ride Day in 2013, bringing women together to raise money for local women’s char-ities while also raising awareness on motorcy-cle safety.

“It’s been growing, growing, growing,” said Stewart of the ride.

The first year they had 54 riders, the sec-ond, 92 and the last year they had 130 reg-istered women riders with 150 actually riding in the pack.

The passionate busi-ness owners will be attending the first ever Women, Wing’s and Wheels event held this Saturday at the Victoria Flying Club.

The event will share the love of aviation and riding to a community of women, empowering them through educa-tion along with fundrais-ing for underprivileged women and young girls. Women, Wings and Wheels is planned to travel across the coun-try over the next year, growing bigger and bet-ter than ever.

For Stewart, it’s an important event.

“First of all it’s about empowering women, it’s about uniting, find-ing your tribe and shar-ing the joy and cama-raderie of riding,” she said.

The Victoria Flying Club is partnering with Canada Women’s Ride Day, West Coast Roar and Women in Avia-tion, gathering a com-munity of women and the men who love them together.

The main spearhead-ers of the event include Stewart herself, Presi-dent of the Victoria Fly-ing Club, Ramona Reyn-olds, Patti Auger and Nancy Hamilton (who first came to Stewart asking to join forces).

“There’s a huge, phe-nomenally growing seg-ment, the biggest, fast-est growing segment

of the community of people who ride are women,” said Reyn-olds. “Lots of amazing women… leading edge, really out of the box thinking women.”

Stewart says women who bike are usually women who have a certain amount of afflu-ence. “In my opinion, if you can afford an extra toy like a motorcycle and all the gear and everything that goes along with it, you have something to offer the community because chances are you’ve been successful in your life.”

This is where Can-ada Women’s Ride Day came from, and it’s not just any old ride. It’s women helping women, raising money for those suffering.

As a retired nurse, Stewart worked in healthcare, seeing lots of women as care-takers. “So I decided that I was going to do another level of health-care, and that was to build community for women and that’s what we’re doing,” she told the PNR.

This year’s Canada Women’s Ride Day raised a total of $6,000. Next year, the event will again take place on the third Sunday of July, with the ride expected to be even bigger and better than the last. They will be expanding the ride with several American riders com-ing out to join them for the first time along with some of the most famous women in the

industry. “We want to build

this event up to having thousands and thou-sands of women,” said Stewart. “It really is about sisterhood and just sharing the love of motorcycling but really what it is is when you bring women together, it’s just a blast.”

Steve Drane, a former Harley Davidson dealer, will host the men’s side of the ride next year, which is starting for the first time.

Stewart says between 100 and 200 motorcyclists dropped by their store every weekend over the sum-mer months just to hangout.

“We’re not offering food, we’re not offering coffee, we’re just offer-ing community.”

They also created an educational compo-nent to the business where they take peo-ple through the steps needed to become a rider. Some of the things covered are the understanding of basic mechanics, how they are different from cars and how motorcycles work.

From there, potential riders can go on to take a learn-to-ride course.

Stewart began riding in her childhood in the campground setting where her father would take her camping. It was there that she met other kids who had motorcycles, and, after her first ride, she was hooked. She started out on what’s known as a Keystone, which was

the bike used in the film Dumb and Dumber.

“You had to actually have an adult hand start it, but, once it was running, so were you -- you were gone,” she said with a laugh.

From there, growing up in Metchosin, she had motorcycles as a kid, took a break and is now back into it again.

“What I love about the riding of motor-cycles is the sense of power. I love the sense of power that a motor-cycle gives us. Once you have control of that power, you yourself feel empowered.”

Empowerment will be a big message at the first ever Women, Wings and Wheels event held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday as female pilots and motorcyclists will be on board. As the first start-ing point in what they hope to be a cross Can-ada Women, Wings and Wheels tour, they will look for corporate and other sponsors inter-ested in female aviation and female empowered motorcycle enthusiasts who have the ability to reach into the com-munity to talk about women’s issues, setting a women’s agenda and finding women who have gone missing that no one is looking for.

“All the money and everything that we do during these events will go back to helping women rise up through the shackles of poverty or whatever is holding them back from their potential.”

West Coast RoarEvent helping empower women riders one step at a time

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Joley Baker, left, and Greer Stewart, founders of West Coast Roar.

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It’s been a long time since the British invasion -- both the musical version of the 1960s and the military conflict over the Falkland Islands in the 1980s.

But you won’t find any old politics in the good ol’ rock’ n’ roll planned for the Mary Win-spear Centre this Friday.

Now & Then, a Beatles revival tribute group from Argentina is scheduled to per-form their second to last con-cert in Canada.

“The boys are excellent, they’re young, energetic, nice looking, charismatic, beautiful boys and they love what they do. When they’re on stage, the music overpowers them… they just become the instru-ment,” the group’s manager, Gayna Thompson, told the PNR.

The band has been touring B.C. and Alberta since early

May. The group is no stranger to touring though, having played in England during Bea-tles Week there.

In 2014, the group won a “battle of the bands” at the Latin America Beatles Week, a prestigious event that brings together South America’s best Fab Four cover bands.

Now & Then’s concerts are done in three sets.

The first recreates the famous “rooftop concert,” which was the final public per-

formance the Beatles gave as a group. The second set focuses on the experimental phase the band went through that cre-ated legendary albums such as Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Finally, the last set returns to the roots of the original super group and the Beatle-mania era that first made the band a household name across the world.

Thompson sponsored the group, bringing them to Can-

ada. She said the tour has helped her cross off one of the items on her bucket list. She had always wanted to man-age a Beatles tribute band but never thought she would find one so far away.

“I wasn’t looking in Argen-tina, trust me,” she said, with a laugh.

The opportunity to man-age Now & Then happened her last year when she began researching cover bands that were out there and came across the boys’ music videos.

“Their harmonies were impeccable, they actually made me stop what I was doing and pay attention to them,” she said.

Since arriving in Canada, the group has been based out of Parksville when not on tour. They’ll be heading home on Oct. 6.

The group consists of Edgardo Rodriguez Baez as Paul McCartney, Nicolas Man-silla as John Lennon, Pablo Gutierrez as George Harrison and Nicolas Spadaccini as Ringo Starr.

For more information on this Friday’s show, go to mary-winspear.ca/event/now-then-beatles-tribute.

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A gathering of conservation groups is set for the Mary Winspear Centre on Oct. 8.

Habitat Acquisition Trust is hosting the 13th annual Conservation Connection Forum, which helps more than 100 groups each working to improve our natural environment.

“The forum facilitates co-operation and commu-nication among the many organizations, govern-ments and individuals working on environmental stewardship and conservation projects,” stated an announcement by the Habitation Acquisition Trust. “This annual event enables us to learn from each other, forge new partnerships, strategize together and celebrate our successes.”

The event will run for the full day and feature workshops, panel discussions, networking oppor-tunities and presentations.

The Coastal Douglas-fir and Associated Eco-systems Conservation Partnership has created a strategy for the south coast and islands that bor-der the Strait of Georgia in the Salish Sea.

The partnership’s focus is on the conservation and sustainability of the Douglas-fir habitats in a region known to ecologists as the Coastal Douglas-fir Biogeoclimatic Zone.

With representatives from various levels of gov-ernment, non-profit organizations and the com-munity, the partnership is able to help people who want to work at a local level.

It is offering tools and data to people who wish to create conservation plans for their own regions, whether it be a neighbourhood or regional district, and will be providing training and information at the forum.

More information about the Coastal Douglas-fir and Associated Ecosystems Conservation Partner-ship is available at cdfcp.ca

A full agenda and registration for the Conserva-tion Connection Forum is online and is available through hat.bc.ca, or by calling 250 995-2428.

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The Peninsula Pan-thers of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League enjoyed some early season success over the weekend when they bested the Kerry Park Islanders 3-1 at home at the Panorama Recreation Centre on Friday night and then followed it up with a heart-pounding 4-3 win in Comox on Saturday over the Glacier Kings. With the weekend behind them, the Club moved to the .500 mark with three wins and three losses.

Friday night was owned by the “Cats” from start to finish as they held the Islanders to a mere 14 shots. Kai Turner had a couple tal-lies on the night while goaltender Alex Olson picked up the win between the pipes. The visitors’ Ryan Paisley broke Olson’s shutout bid at the 11:46 mark of the 3rd frame but that would be the only blemish on what was a tidy effort. Michael Sproule and Cameron “Tommy” Thompson each chipped in with a couple helpers. Turner, Sproule and Olson were named the three stars on the night.

On Saturday night a confident group arrived in Comox to tangle with the Glacier Kings. And after 40 minutes and leading 2-0 on goals by Marty Westhaver

and Trevor Owens, they seemed to have it going entirely their way. Sixteen-year-old goal-tender Shawn Parkin-son was between the pipes for the Panthers and was hoping to not only corral his first win but would have loved to hang a goose egg on the Comox squad. But lapses in the 3rd period have been the undoing of the Club in a couple games this season and the trend seemed to continue in Comox. The Glacier Kings scored three quick goals to take a 3-2 lead before the period was eight minutes old and the momentum was all with the home team. Head Coach Rob Mortin called a time-out and the break in the action seemed to spark the Club. The Panthers pressed the issue and removed Parkinson with almost two minutes left in regulation. A scramble around Glacier Kings goaltender Calder Stark saw a puck squirt out to rookie Ben Dawson who was parked only 12 feet from the cage. And the 17-year-old wasted no time snap-ping a shot past a star-tled Stark, stunning and silencing the 325 fans in attendance. The two clubs moved into overtime and it was the Panthers’ 17-year-old rookie defence-man Ryan Warner who would nail the final

stake into the heart of the Glacier Kings. War-ner took a pass at the point and sent a wrist shot past a myriad of players to the back of the Comox net. The goal set off a huge cel-ebration and sent the crowd rushing for the exits.

“That final few min-utes certainly made the bus trip home a pleas-ant one,” said Mortin. “Warner played a lot of minutes on the night and we threw him out there with three for-wards in the overtime period. It was his first goal of the season and it could not have been a bigger one at this point.

It was nice for Shawn to get his first win in goal; the youngster has a bright future ahead of him.”

The Panthers are in Victoria Thursday before returning home Friday to take on the Nanaimo Buccaneers.

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In accordance with Section 254 of the Community Charter, the following properties will be offered for sale by public auction, to be held in the Council Chambers of Central Saanich Municipal Hall, 1903 Mt. Newton X Road, Saanichton, B.C., on Monday September 28, 2015, at 10:00 A.M., unless the delinquent taxes and interest are sooner paid by cash, debit card or certified cheque.

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Tax Sale properties are subject to the Property Purchase Tax on the fair market value. The District of Central Saanich makes no representations about the properties subject to the sale. Potential purchasers are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the subject of tax sale before the sale begins. The successful bidder must present the purchase price by cash, bank draft or certified cheque by 2:00 P.M. on the tax sale date.

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NOTICE OF TAX SALE

In accordance with Section 254 of the Community Charter, the following properties will be offered for sale by public auction, to be held in the Council Chambers of Central Saanich Municipal Hall, 1903 Mt. Newton X Road, Saanichton, B.C., on Monday September 28, 2015, at 10:00 A.M., unless the delinquent taxes and interest are sooner paid by cash, debit card or certified cheque.

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Tech Evolution Warren Strome, founder and CEO of Revolution 3D Printers, poses beside one of the machines during an open house, Sept. 18, at the company’s headquarters in the Sidney Business Park. The company manufactures and conducts research and development in the field of 3D printers, with a focus on technologically innovative product development. Check out their website at evolution3dprinters.com for more information.

The Council of the District of North Saanich invites all residents of the Ardmore Area to an informal neighbourhood meeting. This open forum is for the residents of the area to meet their Mayor and Councillors to discuss any matter of their choosing. The meeting will take place on Monday June 29, 2015 at Ardmore Golf Course, 930 Ardmore Drive and will begin at 7:00 p.m. Please join the North Saanich Council members in this open exchange of ideas and information about your neighbourhood.

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is in an economic recession. “Everyone thinks it’s a recession except for economists! Real recessions see widespread contraction, which we simply aren’t seeing across the country. We have never seen consumption

growth, housing activity, auto sales and employment gains this strong, during any previous recession,” says Cooper.

Seen as one of the most influential economists in Canada for several decades, Cooper says a provincial sectoral decline is a far cry from a true national recession. “Really what drove the numbers down were the difficulties in the oil patch. For Alberta there is a recession but for Canada as a whole, no. When oil prices were high, Alberta was booming and the Canadian dollar was strong. That hurt exports from the manufacturing sectors in Ontario and Quebec.”

Overall, Cooper remains bullish on the current state of the Canadian economy, “I think we are going to see a significant rebound . . . roughly to 2 1/2 per cent growth for the second half of this year and into next year.” This is a far cry from recent reports of growth forecasts of a much more conservative 1.1 percent growth for the coming year by a survey of 16 economists

conducted by Census Economics. But Cooper is basing her forecast on a number of factors, including the rebounding US economy, with US growth revised up to 3.7 percent in the second quarter.

“It’s positive for Canada,” says Cooper. “We’ve seen that in the most recent export numbers . . . most of that trade is with US. In addition, despite the five-months of declining GDP this year, Canada’s job growth has been impressive. The 54,400 jump in August brought this year’s increase in full-time jobs to an impressive 174,000. Canadian consumers are buying big-ticket items, with home sales strong yet again last month (outside of Alberta), boosting mortgage activity, and auto sales showing big gains. Housing is likely to slow only modestly in the next year as the Bank of Canada keeps short-term interest rates at record lows and longer-term yields edge only modestly higher.”

When it comes to the effect of the federal election, Cooper points

out any change in government creates a market selloff to a certain degree, but says talk of balanced budgets and prudent fiscal policy currently being heard by all three main federal parties will likely stabilize the markets quickly.

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With three mystery books out, couple and collaborators Kay Stew-art and Chris Bullock will be doing a reading from their newest book and fourth to the series, Tour de Mort, which is based on the upcoming Tour de Rock.

Set to be released next Spring, the writ-ing duo accompanied the riders for a while on the North of the Island to do research for their book, follow-ing the route, attending dinners and breakfasts and talking to the rid-ers.

“In fact, they kind of adopted us for a while,” said Bullock.

Their three books in the series are Deadly Little List, Sitting Lady and Unholy Rites. Stew-art wrote the second novel by herself.

“Chris wasn’t ready to begin a second book the minute we finished the first one,” she said with a laugh.

“Kay works harder than I do, that’s part

of the thing. I mean she’s a more full-time committed person so she always tends to be ahead of me and I’m struggling to catch up,” he said.

They began their writing adventure by working on textbooks (both were teaching in the English Depart-ment at the University of Alberta), before they started their series of mystery books.

The first two books of the series are locally set, the third takes place in England and the fourth returns to the Island for the Tour de Rock.

The books focus on the police procedurals featuring RCMP officer Danutia Dranchuck.

Stewart’s main char-acter, a young female

RCMP constable who is new to Vancouver Island and new to the homicide work, meets Bullock’s character, Arthur Fairweather, a drama critic for a local paper.

“So they are sepa-rate plot lines but then they meet at the end of the book. And then, in the other books, they obviously know each other,” said Bullock.

Residing in Victoria, the couple had been on sabbatical on the Island in 1993/1994 and wanted to do a writing project together. Doing a mystery seemed like a good idea for them.

“We read a lot of mys-teries so that’s part of the reason for being drawn to writing them,” he said.

They said that col-

laborating has been great. In the first book, they had two separate plot lines, later welding them together. They start with a plot out-line and then alter it as they go, along with an alteration of points of view. They also write their own character scenes, commenting on each other’s, which has worked well for them they said. Stewart will then do the final edit-ing so that the tone of the book is consistent with the characters still having their individual voices.

They will be reading from their new book along with their third of the series, Unholy Rites, this Saturday from 4 to 5 p.m at the Sidney and Peninsula Literary Festival.

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B.C.’s minimum wage has risen 20 cents to $10.45 an hour, the first annual increase since the provincial government tied it to the B.C. consumer price index.

It’s the first increase since 2012, when the wage was increased to $10.25. For restau-rant and pub servers, the mini-mum wage rises from $9 to $9.20.

Jobs Minister Shirley Bond has said the discount from the general minimum wage will remain at $1.25 to account for income earned in tips.

NDP labour critic Shane Simp-son called the increase “dismal” and “paltry.” B.C. Federation of Labour president Irene Lanz-inger said by the end of 2015, B.C. will have the second lowest minimum wage in Canada.

“Seattle will reach $15 an hour by 2017, Alberta by 2018,” Lanzinger said. “B.C.’s minimum wage will reach $15 per hour by 2034.”

Ferry fare increases below 2%

BC Ferries Commissioner Gord Macatee has restricted fare increases to a maximum of 1.9 per cent for the next four years.

Macatee said calls from the public to lower fares are outside his mandate to balance the inter-ests of ferry users and taxpayers who subsidize the service. He

said earlier projections for fuel costs are stable, and the price caps are below the Bank of Can-ada’s target inflation rate of two per cent.

The first increase would take effect April 1, 2016.

Transportation Minister Todd Stone said he is encouraged by the fare caps, the lowest increases since 2004, and a four per cent increase in BC Ferries traffic since April.

Stone said the low Canadian dollar has helped BC Ferries’ tourist business, and the corpo-ration has more work to do to cut costs.

Fishing reopens after drought closures

The B.C. government has lifted its fishing ban in the Okan-agan region, joining most areas of the South Coast region where fishing was reopened earlier this week.

Fishing is reopened on the Similkameen, Kettle, Middle Shuswap and Okanagan River mainstem, after rain and cooler water temperatures reduced the risk to fish stocks.

In the South Coast region, the Seymour and Coquihalla Rivers

remain closed, due to barrier restrictions from rockslides that restrict upstream migration of steelhead.

The restrictions and reopen-ing are co-ordinated with Fisher-ies and Oceans Canada regula-tions for migratory salmon.

Liquor stores collect for Syrian relief

B.C. government liquor stores are collecting donations to help the Red Cross in its efforts to assist refugees fleeing four years of civil war and recent terrorist invasion.

Customers are asked to donate $2, $5 or multiples of that amount. Red Cross is providing emergency supplies to Syrian refugees including food, water, clothing, temporary shelter and hygiene items.

The federal government has established a $100 million fund to match donations from indi-vidual Canadians and registered charities, from now to the end of 2015.

The B.C. government has also established a $1 million fund to help Syrian refugees settling in B.C.

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Sept. 14-19, 2015


Every day is now three minutes shorter than the day before, but it soon begins to add up until we are getting up in the dark, stumbling around trying to locate the bath-room, and going to bed long after sundown.

I don’t approve, but who listens to me?

Certainly neither the weather man nor God.

This is the way it was designed, and so it shall remain! (Get used to it, my friends, and enjoy every moment of these last few warm days!

Even working in a dying garden is a welcome past-time when you realize we are “in-for-it” very soon.)

However, winter gives us a chance to rest up for next spring’s planting season and a chance to sit down with a seed catalogue and make some amazing plans for an exotic garden.

You don’t have to do it, of course, it’s just a lovely dream at this stage, and kind of fun to decide to plant a tropical garden next year.

Which reminds me to report that my South African Grandson-in-law bought me an amazing bouquet of tropical flowers,none of which I could name. I found them exceed-ingly unusual.

More amazing than beautiful, I thought, but of course didn’t men-

tion that to him. It prob-ably reminded him of home, poor man.

He now lives in Fort St. John, whose winters must seem utterly horrible to him. But the wage for an engineer makes it less dreadful, I suppose.

We will soon have a real fall storm, which will line the beaches with sea-weed.

Jim and I used to go down to Island View beach and bring home black plastic bags bulging

with it, to lay on the emptying veg-etable beds.

It melted into the soil over the winter to provide what they call “green manure” and it was powerful stuff.

The garden loved it and produced an abundance of delightful foodstuff the following year.

Some of the neighbours weren’t too thrilled with the smell of decay-ing kelp, but forgave me (I think) when I offered them some of the resulting big, healthy veggies the fol-lowing summer.

I wasn’t that generous, unfortu-nately, selfishly being more con-cerned with filling the freezer and feeding the family.

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ON ANGELS Wings Home Care now has openings for professional/residential clean-ing in the Brentwood Bay area. Call Janice (250)634-1687.

ELECTRICAL

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

BERNIE OSBORNE Electric Res/Com. Reasonable rates. Lic #15478. 250-386-9108.

NORTHERN SUN Electric Comm/Res. Work Guaran-teed. Any size job. Call (250)888-6160. Lic#13981.

FENCING

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


GARDENING

20% OFF! Mowing, power rak-ing, hedge/shrub trim, clean-ups. Call (250)479-6495.

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A&R LANDSCAPING. Certi-fi ed Horticulturist, yearly main-tenance, clean-ups, pruning, renovating older gardens, great rates, Seniors Discounts. Call (250) 686-4361.

OVER 20 years experience-Design, edging, clearing, prun-ing, lawns. Reasonable rates. Call Andrew 250-656-0052 or 250-857-1269.


GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

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

ABBA Exteriors Inc.“Fall Clean-Up Specials”Gutter & Window CleaningConcrete Power Washing

Vinyl Siding CleaningRoof Sweep & De-MossingCarpentry * Yard Cleanup

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GRAND XTERIOR Cleaning & Repairs- Gutters, roofs win-dows, PW. 250-380-7778.

HANDYPERSONS

BIG BEAR Handyman. Decks, Painting, 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

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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.

GARY’S HAULING. One call does it all. Small demos & yard clean-up. Vehicle & metal recycling. Call (778)966-1413.

HAUL A WAY Junk & garbage removal. Clean & green. Free quotes. Sr disc. 778-350-5050

JUNK BOX- Junk Removal Company. Local guys. Low rates. Call (250)658-3944.

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

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

PETE’S HAUL A DAY- Junk removal. Airforce guy. Call 250-888-1221.

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

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FULL SERVICE plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, re-liable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1-800-573-2928.


MASONRY & BRICKWORK

CBS MASONRY BBB. WCB. Chimneys, fi replaces,fl agstone rock, concrete, natural & ve-neered stone. Replace, re-build, restore, renew! Free competitive est. www.cbsma-sonry.com; Call (250)589-9942, (250)294-9942.

& MOVING STORAGE

(250)858-6747. WRIGHT BrosMoving&Hauling.Free estimate $80=(2men&3tontruck)Sr Disc.

(250)889-5794. DIAMOND Dave Moving- Free estimates!

Done Right Moving $85/hr. A+ BBB. Senior Disc. No travel time before/after local moves. Penny 250-418-1747

PAINTING

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

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

✫ DON’S PAINTING ✫(250)479-8748. 30 years exp. Interiors. Free Estimates.


PAINTING

LADY PAINTERServing the Peninsula for over20 yrs. Interior/exterior. CallBernice, 250-655-1127.

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

PLUMBING

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

WINDOW CLEANING

ABBA EXTERIORSProfessional gutter cleaning &repairs. Window cleaning. Roof de-mossing, packagediscounts. “Locally owned Family business”. WCB, BBB Certifi ed; Now accepting Visa/MasterCard. (778)433-9275.

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

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

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Sept. 14-19, 2015


ArtsTHE WEST COAST

Chamber Players will be presenting An Afternoon with JS Bach and GP Telemann on Sept. 27 at 2 p.m. at St. Elizabeth’s Church in Sidney. Featuring Soprano Nancy Washeim in Cantatas by Bach and Concerto for Piccolo Trumpet as well as Concerto for Two Horns by Telemann. Tickets will be sold at Tanner’s Books and at the door.

EventsPENINSULA COUNTRY

MARKET, Saturday mornings, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saanich Fairgrounds. Enjoy a country morning among friends. Call 250-216-0521 or visit peninsula-countrymarket.ca.

HealthACTIVE LISTENING

COURSE Beacon Community Services at SHOAL Centre is offering a course for those interested in volunteering as part of the Friendly Visitors program. Mondays and Wednesdays to Sept. 30. 1 to 3 p.m. Free. Call Deb at 250 656-5537 ext. 106 or [email protected].

FALL PREVENTION FOR Men and Women, SHOAL Centre, Tuesdays and Thursdays, to Oct. 22; $95. A great course to help with anyone who is at risk of falling. Call 250-656-5537 to register.

JEWEL SPOONER RETURNS with the SHOAL Centre Song Circle, every Friday, 2 to 3:30 p.m. until

Oct. 30 (no circle Oct. 9). This is a great opportunity to sing golden oldies,

folk, sea shanties and treasured songs (no experience necessary). Fees apply. Call to register, 250-656-5537.Instruments

welcomed.

MeetingsGOOD MORNING

RHYMETIME at the Sidney/North

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and individuals holding non-profit events in our readership area. Publication is not guaranteed. Calendar items should

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The Panorama recreation centre transformed into Kraft Hockeyville on Sept. 18.

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$ 419,000Premium end unit. Largest townhome in Complex, built in 2011. 3 bedrooms, 3 baths. More like a duplex. 9’ ceilings. Views of Mt. Baker upstairs. Single garage with storage upstairs. Close to bus route & walk to all amenities of Saanichton.

Haunted Bookshop9807 3rd St. 250-656-8805 Hours: 10-5 dailyEmail: [email protected]“Haunted by the ghosts of all great literature”, the Island’s oldest bookshop (Est. 1947) offers volumes in most subjects – from the antique & unusual to the almost new.

5 Haunted Bookshop9807 3rd St. 250-656-8805 Hours: 10-5 dailyEmail: [email protected] Haunted Bookshop (Est. 1947) sells & appraises quality second hand books of all kinds. Downsizing ? We also purchase books for cash.

Dig This9813 3 St, Sidney, BC V8L 3A6Phone:(778) 426-1998 Hours: from 10am daily, Sun noon

Dig This Sidney is a sophisticated & inspiring gift and outdoor living destination located just off Beacon.

Christine Laurent Jewellerswww.christinelaurentjewellers.ca2432 Beacon Ave. 250-656-7141Hours: Tues to Sat, 10 am to 5 pmShopping for that special person on your list can often be a challenge. Not so when you visit Christine Laurent Jewellers and behold their incredible selection of gorgeous Diamonds, Gold and Birthstone jewellery, Sterling Silver and specially selected giftware to please the most discriminating person on your list.

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ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH

Sunday Worship & Children’s Program at 10:30 amMinister: Rev. David Drake

Music: Mary Lou DayFifth & Malaview, Sidney250-656-3213

www.stpaulsunited.info

RESTHAVEN SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH9300 Willingdon Rd. 250-544-0720

www.sidneyadventist.ca Saturday Worship ..........................11:00

“Everyone Welcome”

SAANICH PENINSULAPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

9296 East Saanich Rd.at Willingdon

10:00 a.m. ............................Worship

SUNDAY SCHOOL & NURSERYA Warm Welcome Awaits You!

Rev. Irwin Cunningham250-656-2241

Come Worship With UsEveryone Welcome

Sunday Worship 10am9300 Willingdon Road

Pastor Travis StewartT: 250-885-7133

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Fifth & Malaview, Sidney250-656-3213

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RESTHAVEN SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH

9300 Willingdon Rd.250-544-0720

www.sidneyadventist.ca Saturday Worship 11:00

“Everyone Welcome”

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ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH

Sunday Worship & Children’sProgram at 10:30 am

Minister: Rev. David DrakeRev. Margaret HarperMusic: Mary Lou Day

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Saanich Library. Bring your littlest ones to the library for stories, songs, rhymes and fun. Thursday, Sept. 24 to Oct. 22, 10:15-11 am. Ages 0-5 years. Free. Drop-in. For information, call 250-656-0944.

Destination: Machu Picchu at the Sidney/North Saanich Library. What is it that makes Machu Picchu a destination of pilgrimage for tens of thousands of people the world over? Join Chris Mundigler for a photographic expedition from base to stunning summit. Wednesday, Sept. 23, 6:30-7:30 pm. Free. Please call 250-656-0944 to register.

Writers GrouP critique at the Sidney/North Saanich Library. Develop your writing in a supportive environment in this member-led group. Writers of all genres welcome. Thursday, Sept. 24, 6:30-8 pm. Free. Drop-in. For information, call 250-656-0944.

LeGo stories at the Sidney/North Saanich Library. Use our LEGO to build your own creation. Each

meeting will explore a different theme, and your creation will be displayed at the library. Friday, Oct. 9, Nov. 13, 27, 3:30-4:30 pm. Ages 5 years +. Free. Register at 250-656-0944.

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BuffLeheaDs Storytime at the Sidney/North Saanich Library. Spend a special storytime welcoming the Bufflehead duck back to the Saanich Peninsula. And celebrate Nature Canada’s newest NatureHood, Shoal Harbour Migratory Bird Sanctuary. Saturday, Oct. 17, 10:30-11:15 am. Ages 0-5 years. Free. Register at 250-656-0944.

aLL Voices can Sing! All Voices Welcome! The Getting‚ Higher Choir welcomes new singers on the Saanich Peninsula on Sept. 28th. Come and check us out. You audition us we don’t audition you! For full details visit: http://www.gettinhigherchoir.ca/choir_life or 250-920-4160

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cLothinG Exchange. Monday October 5, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Saanichton Bible Fellowship Church, 2159 Mt. Newton X Rd. Take home a new wardrobe at NO COST. All ages. If you have clothes to donate bring them along. All items not taken are donated to the Mustard Seed. For more information call 250-652-6311.

on friDay oct. 2 (7-9pm), there is Christian Writers Meeting, at Saanichton Bible Fellowship (2159 Mt Newton Cross Road). More than 30 persons from Greater Victoria attended the last meeting. See Agenda at www.ChristianMemoirs.com. Please notify Bill Gray ([email protected]) if you plan to attend.

PeninsuLa neWcoMers Luncheon on the second Thursday of every month at 11:30 am at Haro’s Restaurant, Sidney Pier Hotel. More information at www.peninsulanewcomers.ca

siDney MuLtiPLe scLerosis Self Help Group meetings held every 4th Thursday of the month at the Army Navy and Airforce club 4th street Sidney.

Anybody affected directly or indirectly by MS

refLexoLoGy for the Immune System, SHOAL Centre, Monday October 5,

1:30pm. Free for Members; $3.25 for Non-Members. Join Nicole Costello to learn the basics of massaging points in the hands and feet that can benefit your

immune system, helping you to get through the cold/flu season. Please call to register 250 656-5537.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE is hereby given of a PUBLIC HEARING to be held in the Central Saanich Municipal Hall, 1903 Mt. Newton Cross Road, Saanichton, BC, at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 with regard to the following proposed Bylaw to amend LAND USE BYLAW NO. 1309, 1999, and with regard to a proposed Development Variance Permit.

CENTRAL SAANICH LAND USE BYLAW AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 1874, 2015 (7410 Veyaness Road)

In general terms, the purpose of the proposed Bylaw is to amend Central Saanich Land Use Bylaw No. 1309, 1999 by changing the zoning designation of 7410 Veyaness Road, as shown shaded on the map, from RE-2 Rural Estate to R-1XS Single Family Residential Infill. The intent of the proposed bylaw amendment is to permit the subdivision of the subject property into ten lots.

Bylaw No. 1874, 2015 - Subject Property

Development Variance Permit

A Development Variance Permit has also been requested in conjunction with the proposed subdivision of 7410 Veyaness Road to vary two road construction standards and various property setbacks within the proposed development as follows:

a) reduce the minimum width of a Local Urban road right-of-way from 16m to 15m;b) vary the standard for a traffic turn-around to permit a hammerhead configuration;c) reduce the minimum rear yard setback from 7.5m to 5m;d) reduce the minimum front yard setback from 6m to 5m;e) reduce the minimum side yard setback from 1.5m to 1.2m;f) reduce the minimum side yards setback (total two sides) from 4.5m to 2.4m; and,g) reduce the minimum side yard exterior setback from 4.5m to 3m.

A copy of the proposed Bylaw, proposed Development Variance Permit, Land Use Bylaw No. 1309, 1999, Official Community Plan Bylaw 1600, 2008, staff reports, and other related information that may be considered by Council may be inspected at the Central Saanich Municipal Hall, 1903 Mt. Newton Cross Road, Saanichton, BC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, excluding holidays, from the date of this notice to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, September 29, 2015, inclusive.

All persons who believe that their interest in property may be affected by the proposed Bylaw and Permit shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing, either in person, by representative, or by written submission, on all matters contained in the proposed Bylaw at the above mentioned time, date and place. Theentire content of all submissions will be made public and form a part of the public record for this matter.

No representations will be received by Council after the Public Hearing has been concluded.

Dated at Saanichton, BC, this 25th day of August, 2015.Liz Cornwell, CMCCorporate Officer


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