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A bountiful cropCarol Davies harvests scarlet runner beans growing in her Oak Bay Community Garden plot.
Tim CollinsNews staff
The Oak Bay Community Bike Festival, slated for Willows Beach Park on Sept. 22 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. is the perfect time to "celebrate everything bike", according to Janet Barclay, manager of Recreation Program Services for Recreation Oak Bay.
"We're expecting several hundred people to attend this free event, and we know that it's going to be a lot of fun for everyone," she said. "It's a chance to promote the use of bikes as a method of transportation, a form of recreation, a path to physical fitness and even as a competitive sport. Bikes are very versatile and offer a range of uses and ben-efits."
The event is planned to coincide with Participaction's Sport Day Canada and is Oak Bay's contribution to the event.
"A lot of people are passionate about cycling," said Bar-clay. "We're happy to grow our event from that passion."
The day boasts a diverse range of activities for riders of all ages and skill levels.
Lister Farrar, a coordinator for the event, says one of the highlights of the day will be the three workshops planned at Willows Beach. The first of these will be hosted by the Margaret Jenkins School Bike Club and features a series of ramps, bridges and teeter totters upon which beginner rid-ers can hone their balance and riding skills. That activity will be suitable for children as young as age seven.
A second clinic, hosted by the Monterey School Moun-tain Bike Club, provides a similar, but more challenging course for older riders.
Finally, a clinic will be held on the sport of cycle-cross. "That's sort of a cross between road riding and off-road free riding," explained Farrar. "It's a great sport that isn't as extreme as free riding, yet incorporates some of the chal-lenges of that activity."
PLEASE SEE: Day includes ride with Olympians, Page A16
New festival rolls into Oak BayCommunity Bike Festival celebrates ‘all things bike’ with tune-ups, rides and workshops
Tim CollinsNews staff
Construction plans for the new Oak Bay High school got one step closer to approval on Sept. 10, as four bylaws required to clear the way for rezoning the appropriate properties were reviewed at a public hearing and received third reading. All that’s required for the rezoning to be complete and for the project to proceed is for the bylaw amend-ments to be adopted by council at its Sept. 24 meeting.
Third reading was passed despite misgivings expressed by 14 area residents who submitted a letter of concern to the munic-ipality. They maintain that the parking facilities planned for the new school and accompanying facilities would be inadequate for the many activities taking place at the site. They cited particular concern about the after school use of the parking lot for sport-ing events and evening events in the school gymnasium, stating that resulting on-street parking might become a “source of prob-lems and friction between resi-dents, the staff of Oak Bay High and the municipality.”
While Mayor Nils Jensen acknowledged the concerns of the residents, he pointed out that the number of parking spots available within the plan is an increase from what is currently available. “We also heard repre-sentation from the Bays United Football Club, who will be using the (adjacent) fields. They had their own concerns that an increased number of parking spots would take away green space and jeopardize the future of the soccer field and rugby field at the site,” said Jensen.
A proposed amendment to the plan that was made at the public meeting, and which would have seen the number of parking spots increased from 195 to 225, was defeated allowing the plan to go ahead as written.
Jensen said that a covenant between the school board and the municipality is being drafted and will help clarify some of the outstanding issues regarding parking.
Other parts of the bylaw amendments regarding building height were given third reading with no opposition.
“The school board has volun-tarily drawn back the building from the property line,” Jensen said. “The shadow studies have shown that the building heights have little or no effect on the shadow cast by the new build-ing.”
The original project agree-ment between the Ministry of Education and the Greater Victoria school district was signed on March 8. It allows the replacement of the existing high school with a new school and a Neighbourhood Learning Centre. The new facility will not only accommodate the 1,300 students of Oak Bay High (plus approximately 100 international students) but will provide day care facilities and space to host seniors’ programs and other lei-sure activities under the man-agement of Oak Bay Parks and Recreation.
The existing 1957 gymna-sium at the high school will be retained and renovated to allow for the creation of a perform-ing arts theatre and drama sup-port space for use by both the school and the community-at-large. That aspect of the devel-opment was made possible by a $1 million contribution from the district of Oak Bay.
It’s anticipated that the request for proposals for the school’s construction will close in January of 2013 with the con-tract for construction awarded by March. Groundbreaking for the new school will occur some-time in April.
More information on the new high school project can be found at oakbay.sd61.bc.ca.
New Oak Bay High closer to approvalCouncil moves ahead with height, parking variances
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Grace Hatherill is excited to gradu-ate from Oak Bay High this year. In the first of many grad activities planned, early next month she will line up with her classmates to have her grad photo taken. One thing will be missing though – the days are numbered for Hatherill’s waist-length hair.
“I’m shaving my head for Cops for Cancer,” the 17-year-old said.
She and about 200 other Oak Bay stu-dents have already begun their efforts to raise cash for this year’s Canadian Cancer Society’s Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock. The tour, which begins on Sept. 22 and will take 17 riders on a 1,000-kilometre ride down Vancouver Island, raises money for pediatric can-cer research and Camp Goodtimes – a summer camp for kids with cancer.
“I’ve had long hair all through school and I have a friend who goes to Camp Goodtimes,” Hatherill said.
Hatherill met her friend when she was living on the Sunshine Coast, before the girl’s life was changed by
cancer at a young age. “She started going there when she
was seven,” Hatherill said. “Now she’s a camp leader.”
Hatherill’s personal experience led her to join Oak Bay High’s team of fundraisers who host several events to help bring their donation total up.
“Our slogan for this year is, Cops for Cancer 2012: Teamwork makes the dream work,” said Maria Talalaeva, media relations leader for the Oak Bay High Cops for Cancer campaign. “We are putting so much effort into making this dream of ours work.”
The head shave event takes place Sept. 27, a week before grad photos.
“I’ll be bald for grad,” she said. And, so far, she will be the only girl. Six other female students have agreed to cut their hair short, but Hatherill is going all the way to reach her personal fundraising goal of $2,000.
The school is aiming to beat last year’s total of just over $45,000.
To donate to Hatherill go to cops-forcancerbc.ca and click on ‘support a fundraiser’.
“A few key things the Cops for Can-cer team want to stress is our need for support in the community, as we are also doing canvassing, and have set up Internet donations through our Oak Bay website as well,” Talalaeva said.
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Grade 12 Oak Bay High student Grace Hatherill
gets ready to lose her locks for the Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock.
Hatherill has already raised more than $1,500 herself for the school’s
annual fundraiser.Sharon Tiffin/News staff
Daniel PalmerNews staff
About three-quarters of Greater Victoria’s 650 transit operators and workers voted 98 per cent in favour of taking a strike vote, should talks with B.C. Transit break down in the coming weeks.
“We have no intentions of having a strike vote right now,” said Ben Williams, Canadian Auto Workers Local 333 president.
“We understand the dependence on B.C. Transit and the hassle that would cause the riders, and it’s definitely a last resort,” he said.
Union representatives returned to the bargain-ing table with B.C. Transit last week.
Negotiations previously broke off after union and B.C. Transit reps failed to agree on reasonable wage increases, contracting out and contract lan-guage, Williams said.
Additional bargaining dates are scheduled into October.
The union has been without a collective agree-ment since March 31.
Bus union votes to OK strike vote
The 18th annual Victoria Women’s Show returns to Pearkes fieldhouse Sept. 22 and 23, with this year the addition of a wellness expo.
Visitors will have the opportunity to sample products and services, while they take in a sneak peek at fall fashions and live entertainment.
Festivities include: a Gluten Free Zone hosted by the Victoria chapter of the Canadian Celiac Association, drop in Zumba classes, circuit train-ing and a main stage show with acclaimed clair-voyant, Christine Hurley daily at noon.
The first 100 people through the door at George Pearkes Arena, 3100 Tillicum Rd., receive goody bags. The show runs from 10 a.m to 6 p.m. Satur-day and from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets are $5 and available at the door only. Free admission for children 12 and under. See atrshows.com.
Victoria Women’s show returns to Pearkes fieldhouse
Events at-a-glance■ Silent Auction – Thursday Sept. 20, East gym, 6:30 to 9 p.m.
■ Bottle Drive – Saturday Sept. 22, East gym at 9 a.m. on the field.
■ Bingo Night – Tuesday Sept. 25, East gym, 7 to 9 p.m.
■ Community Bake Sale – Saturday Sept. 29, Oak Bay Avenue, outside Pharmasave, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
■ Benefit Concert – Sunday Sept. 30, 7 to 9 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.), West auditorium.
Students go all-out for sick kids
Kyle SlavinNews staff
The University of Vic-toria will, for the third time in 14 months, attempt to garner Saan-ich council’s support to build a parkade on campus.
Councillors tabled the plans twice before, in August and October of last year, because they felt the community wasn’t properly con-sulted. Both meetings lasted more than four hours and drew streams of angered residents voicing concerns about the parkade’s height, location and expected traffic impacts.
“It’s been a good les-son for helping UVic understand that with such a substantial development, it effects the greater commu-nity,” said Coun. Paul Gerrard. A third meet-ing was held Monday night, after the News’ press deadline.
“I think UVic should’ve heard the first time (council tabled the project)
that the consultation process was not seen to be transparent. My impression is that they were rushing the pro-cess, and there’s never a good resolution when that happens.”
A more thorough consultation process that spanned this win-ter and spring, con-ducted by H.B. Lanarc, resulted in UVic submit-ting a parkade design to Saanich that looks dras-tically different than anything council’s seen before.
While the initial park-ing garage was planned to be 503 stalls over seven levels, the new plan proposes 332 stalls
over five levels, one of which will be buried.
The estimated $13.4-million parkade is part of a larger project, the Centre for Athletics slated for the corner of McKenzie Avenue and Gabriola Road.
Kristi Simpson, asso-ciate vice-president responsible for campus planning, says the uni-versity is “looking for-ward to showing coun-cil what we’ve done and how the project has changed.
“We did a much bet-ter job about commu-nicating with the com-munity about what the project is, why we think it’s important to
the campus and com-munity, and soliciting feedback on what the impacts might be and making adjustments based on that feed-back,” she said. “I think we’ve accomplished that, and that’s dem-onstrated through the support we’ve gotten from our community associations.”
This will be Coun. Nichola Wade’s first opportunity to weigh in on the parkade project, as she was the only new face elected to coun-cil in last November’s municipal election.
“The plan for me is to review what’s gone (to council) before to get as much background on the project as I can,” she said.
Despite not having been on council, Wade was well aware of the reasons council took issue with the parkade twice before.
“With a project of this nature you’re never going to have every-body thrilled with the actual outcome. But the process by which we reach it is critical,” she said.
While the process was more thorough this time around, oppo-sition to the project still exists. Council’s agenda package included a number of letters from area residents con-cerned about the proj-ect’s size, location and traffic impacts.
“I have lived in (the Cadboro Bay) neigh-bourhood most of my life and it is only in the last few years that UVic seems to be a poor neighbour having little regard for their neigh-bours,” wrote Karen Lightbody in a letter to Saanich.
Saanich council was expected to discuss the development vari-ance permit at Monday night’s committee of the whole meeting. Check out Friday’s edition of the News to read about their decision or check out saanichnews.com.
Third try for vilified UVic parkade
Image courtesy of UVic
An artist's rendering of the proposed 332-stall parkade the University of Victoria hopes to build, as part of a new sports complex.
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Young girl discovers Uplands pot plants
An 11-year-old Oak Bay girl found two suspicious looking plants growing in Uplands Park and reported the oddities to her mother.
The plants, believed to be mari-juana, were removed by Oak Bay police and submitted for destruc-tion.
No injuries sustained in bus crash
The Oak Bay police responded to a two-vehicle crash at the front entrance of Ring Road off Hender-son Road just after 2 p.m. Sept. 13. A UVic student driver attempted to change lanes and struck a B.C. Transit bus. There was significant
damage to the student’s vehicle and the impact of the crash shat-tered the bus driver’s side mirror.
The vehicle sustained approxi-mately $5,000 in damage and the bus sustained approximately $1,500 in damage, police said.
There were no injuries reported and the student driver was issued a ticket for changing lanes unsafely.
91-year-old driver hits gas instead of brake
On Sept. 13 at approximately 2:30 p.m. a 91-year-old female driver was leaving Theatre Lane onto Hampshire Road when she applied the accelerator instead of the brake causing her vehicle to crash over a cedar panel fence, across the front lawn of a residence
and into a hydro pole. The driver did not sustain any
injuries. As a precautionary mea-sure police forwarded a letter to the Office of the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles to request a medi-cal fitness-to-drive evaluation.
Gas-masked man arouses suspicion
At approximately 9:45 a.m. on Sept. 10, UVic security officers reported a suspicious person on a bike wearing a gas mask and green camouflage clothing.
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OUR VIEW
Mike de Jong’s debut as B.C. finance minister was a grim one. The first financial update for this election year projects a $1.4 billion decline in natu-ral resource revenues from Kevin Falcon’s one and only budget in February.
Most of that is from declining natural gas rev-enues in the next three years. And it’s not just the price of gas that’s lower than the finance ministry’s array of private sector experts had forecast.
The volume of B.C. gas sold is down as well, as abundant new sources of shale gas come on-stream in the U.S. As with oil, that’s currently the only market Canada has.
And it wasn’t long ago that the energy ministry was trumpeting its monthly totals for “bonus bids” paid by gas companies for drilling rights in northeastern B.C. That gold rush has wound down as shale deposits are staked and the price falls.
De Jong’s response shows how serious this problem is for any B.C. government. He inherits Falcon’s political commitment to present a balanced budget next spring. How he will do that, and be believed in a heated post-HST election campaign, remains a mystery.
De Jong announced a hiring freeze for government staff, and a management salary freeze across
health care, universities and Crown corporations, as well as govern-ment operations. He hinted at an
even harder line with unions, as the govern-ment’s largest employee group continued selective strike action.
This, and the famil-iar vow to rein in travel and other discretionary spending, won’t come close to replacing the lost gas revenues. Asset sales, which Falcon came up with in a desperate effort to dig the government out of its huge sales tax
hole, won’t show up on the books until next year, if they go ahead at all. Raising taxes or fees? Forget it. It’s either cut programs or run another deficit.
The one glimmer of hope in what de Jong called the “ugly” resource revenue picture is that natural gas revenues don’t have much farther to fall. And then there is the light at the far end of the tunnel, exports to Asia where the price remains much higher.
That project took two important steps forward last week. Spectra Energy and British multinational BG Group unveiled plans for a third major pipeline to bring northeast gas to the coast, this one to a site near Prince Rupert proposed for a liquefied natural gas facility.
And on Friday, the Haisla Nation and the B.C. government
announced a land use agreement to develop another LNG export facility on the Douglas Channel near Kitimat. Two proposals in that area have already received federal export permits and financing from global energy players, including Chinese, Japanese and Korean com-panies.
One of the bills jammed through by the B.C. Liberals in the hectic legislative session this spring was to do away with another of those federal-provincial overlaps that make industrial development so slow and difficult.
Ottawa has sole authority to regu-late reserve lands, but agreed to delegate that to B.C. and the Haisla, allowing them to pioneer the latest agreement.
This is a major breakthrough, not just in the industrial development of northern B.C. but in dismantling the century-old logjam of aboriginal resource claims.
At the centre of Premier Christy Clark’s much-promoted jobs plan is the target of having three LNG export terminals and associated pipelines in production by 2020.
That now looks like a more realis-tic target. But the jobs and revenues won’t arrive in time to save the B.C. Liberals from their current predica-ment.
– Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com
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‘Jobs and revenues won’t arrive in time to save the B.C. Liberals ...’
Wages need to match inflation
With B.C. government workers, University of Victoria non-teaching staff and ICBC staff on rotating picket lines, and now with bus drivers threatening to do the same, labour unrest looks to be hitting a tipping point, if not across the province, at least in the capital city.
It’s hard to blame union negotiators for rolling out pickets, or the threat of pickets, after years of austerity and limited or zero wage and benefit increases,
imposed in the face of a struggling economy.B.C. Government and Services Employees
Union, for one, isn’t happy with a proposed three per cent wage hike over two years.
Increases that don’t keep up with inflation consign workers in the public and private sector to rollbacks in spending power.
At the same time as people are seeing their real incomes drop, household goods, power, water, housing and fuel certainly aren’t getting cheaper, especially in the Capital Region, with its historically high cost of living.
Now the B.C. government is freezing hiring and cutting management salaries with the expectation of $389 million less in natural gas revenues. More belt-tightening is likely, and as new Finance Minister Mike de Jong noted, the government will review its bargaining mandate with public sector unions.
After years of living under “net zero” something has to give. Having tens of thousands of workers with ever-shrinking buying power only exacerbates the cycle of a declining economy.
It’s simple economics to know that the overall economy improves when consumers are secure in their work, and inflation isn’t outpacing salaries.
But under four or five years of stagnating wages, people will always spend less on consumer goods, or will assume more debt.
There’s no clear answer to bringing the economy back to buoyancy, but having wage hikes that match inflation is a start.
After years of ‘net zero’ real incomes are shrinking
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Healthy hugs
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Your editorial Friday (Walking on thin ice, Sept. 14) plumbed new depths of global warming hysteria.
The Arctic is back in 1920s and 30s territory. The Antarctic, where most of the world’s sea ice is located, has its 13th highest ice area ever measured.
And the rest of your editorial is just as inaccurate. Take a look at actual sea level rise – it’s virtually non-existant. The drought in the U.S. this year was less severe than droughts in the 1980s, much less the 1930s, and largely offset by a wet, cold summer in
Northern Europe.CO2 is certainly
a greenhouse gas and increased concentrations are likely to raise global temperature, but not by much.
The models which suggest otherwise are filled with uncertainty, data issues and the absence of actual observation; they cannot form a sound basis for anything but a wait-and-see attitude.
To formulate policy based on science as immature and uncertain as “climate science” is a recipe for getting it wrong.
Jay CurrieOak Bay
Re: Are we loaning our money to ICBC? (Letters, Sept. 11).
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A leading Canadian climate scientist slammed the search for the long-lost 1845 Franklin Expedition as a veiled front for future oil and gas extraction in the high Arctic.
Andrew Weaver, a professor in the University of Victoria school of earth and ocean sciences, called the search for the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror a “joke” during an off-the-cuff speech at a noontime rally on Friday in Vic-toria.
“The Franklin Expedition is using tax dollars to seismically survey the ocean bottom for future oil and gas exploration. That has nothing to do with science,” Weaver said. “It’s all
about oil and gas exploration. They are mapping out the floor.”
Researchers in white lab jack-ets, Raffi Cavoukian, a.k.a. Raffi the children’s entertainer, Saanich-Gulf Islands MP Elizabeth May and Saan-ich South MLA Lana Popham, joined Weaver in denouncing cutbacks in environmental research spending, and the fear cultivated among federal scientists about speaking publicly about research that might undermine the Conservative government’s eco-nomic goals.
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Weaver, among other speakers, also noted that federal scientists often aren’t authorized to speak with the media, and that instead, journal-ists receive scripted “media lines” on research from federal communica-tions officers.
“We used to laugh about what was happening to science in the George W. Bush era. It pales in comparison to what is going on now (in Canada),” Weaver said.
Critics of the Conservative govern-ment argue that federal economic pol-icy trumps science and environmen-tal monitoring. Politicians at the rally pointed to cuts in long-running Arc-
tic program to monitor the ozone layer, cuts in staff to monitor the health of marine ecosystems and sea life, and cuts across the board to federal agencies which moni-tor natural resources and environ-mental compliance.
“Canadians are being put at risk by this shortsighted, reckless Ste-phen Harper government,” May told the crowd.
A speaker who donned a fake moustache and beard, and who was confirmed to be a research scientist out of the Institute of Ocean Sciences in Sidney, told the crowd the Conservative govern-ment cut funding for a $12-million national program that monitored pol-lutants in the ocean that accumulate
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UVic climate scientist Andrew Weaver speaks during a rally highlighting cutbacks to scientific programs, institutions and research.
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Organizers are trying to find Oak Bay artists willing to open up their studios for a few hours for the Oak Bay Artist Studio Fall Tour.
“The studio tour is a great way to showcase the many talented artists in our neighbourhood,” said organizer Mary Kucera, marketing for Recreation Oak Bay. “We have heard from many of the previous participants who are looking forward to this juried fall event again, but we always want to find new studios in Oak Bay.”
The call for entries for the Oak Bay Artist Studio Fall Tour, which takes place Saturday, Nov. 3 and Sunday, Nov. 4 is currently underway.
Recreation Oak Bay runs the tour of studios of Oak Bay artists from noon to 4:30 p.m. each day of the free tour. This year marks the 13th annual fall Oak Bay studio tour.
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Local artists will be featured in an Artist Studio Tour brochure, including a map, which will be available though Oak Bay Recreation Centres, the Oak Bay library and distributed the week before in the Oak Bay News.
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A new face at the helm plus a changed rehearsal venue could culminate in a collab-orative and inspiring season for the Victoria Choral Society.
Music director Brian Wismath started with the organization in May and spent the summer planning the 2012-13 season.
“It’s a large organization. The choir has about 130 to 145 people,” he said, likening it to the Titanic. “Manoeuvring can be a chal-lenge at times. … It takes a big background crew to make sure things move smoothly.”
A change in policy meant a change in practice space for the Victoria Choral Soci-ety this season. The audition choir moves from Holy Cross Church to the Oak Bay United Church on Mitchell Street.
“Oak Bay gives us the opportunity to con-nect with the community which is part of our mandate,” said Wismath. “It’s been a lot of work finding a new location. There’s only so many spaces in the city that can hold as many people as we have. … It’s all very much appropriate and in line with our upcoming season which is full of newness.”
The new leader has a rich choral back-ground. He has served as director of the University of Victoria Chamber Singers and Tucson Masterworks Chorale; as associate conductor of Orpheus Choir of Toronto,
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“The choir is looking forward to working with Brian,” said Tricia Johnson, president of Victoria Choral Society’s board of direc-
tors. “His energy, dedica-tion, and passion for choral music is infectious.”
With a new musical leader, come new ideas.
“One of my tasks and responsibilities has been finding a way to connect my musical ideas for the orga-nization,” Wismath said. He and the VCS background team filtered through ideas to create “a menu of perfor-mances” for this season.
“Next season is a unique season for us because we do two very large concerts with the Victoria Sym-phony,” he said.
Continuing the long tra-dition of collaboration with the Victoria Symphony, the Victoria Choral Society will start the sea-
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“We’re performing one piece of music that is very much a known work … but we’re also combining it with three fairly modern works,” Wismath said.
“I believe in the importance of educating our audience on music,” he explained. “If we only listen to (one type of music) we tend to grow to only accept the sounds that we’re used to … it’s required to expose ourselves as musicians and our audience base to a variety of music. It keeps them interested in what we’re doing and what comes next.”
The choir is always on the search for new voices and auditions for this season are underway.
Contact [email protected] for details. Complete informa-tion about the auditions can be found at victoriachoralso-ciety.ca.
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The short list of local authors has been unveiled for the City of Victoria’s Butler Book Prize and Bolen Books’ Children’s Book Prize.
The winners of both prizes receive $5,000 each in recognition of the best literary work in fiction, non-fiction and poetry, and in children’s literature respectively.
A gala event to announce the winners will take place Oct. 10 at the Union Club of B.C. at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $15 and are available at Bolen Books in Hillside Mall, Ivy’s Bookshop at 2188 Oak Bay Ave., Munro’s Books at 1108 Government St. and from the Victoria Book Prize Society by calling 250-589-8430.
City of Victoria Butler Book Prize finalists include: William Deverell, I’ll See You in My Dreams (fiction), published by McClelland & Stewart; Esi Edugyan, Half-Blood Blues (fiction), published by Thomas Allen Publishers; Rachel Fisher, Heather Stretch and Robin Tunnicliffe, All the Dirt: Reflections on Organic Farming (non-fiction), published by TouchWood Editions; Madeline Sonik, Afflictions and Departures (non-fiction), published by Anvil Press and Mark Zuehlke, Breakout from Juno: Canadian Army and the Normandy Campaign, July 4-August 21, 1944 (non-fiction), published by Douglas & McIntyre.
Bolen Books Children’s Book Prize finalists include: Kit Pearson, The Whole Truth (fiction), published by Harper Collins; Pamela Porter, I’ll Be Watching (fiction), published by Groundwood Books and Caitlyn Vernon, Nowhere Else on Earth: Standing Tall for the Great Bear Rainforest (non-fiction), published by Orca Book Publishers.
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A first aid station for bikes (for those machines that need a little mechanical tweaking) will be set up at the park as well. “We might not be able to fix the major problems, but we can at least tell you what’s wrong and needs to be done,” said Farrar. That station will be provided by Oak Bay Bicycles.
For those individuals who just want to go for a ride, two options will be offered.
The first is a six kilometre community ride provided with the cooperation of the Oak Bay police department. Officers on bikes, with the help of a few
cruisers, will keep the road clear of motorized traffic with a series of rolling road closures. It's an ideal opportunity for riders of all skill levels. including children, to take to the road in safety.
Mayor Nils Jensen will be taking part in that ride. He's an avid cyclist who annually clocks more than 3,500 kilometres on his own bike and has spent the last four summers on biking vacations, here and in Europe. “This council is hugely support-ive of cycling as a way to reduce our carbon footprint,” Jensen said. “And this is going to be a great event – it'll be fun.”
A more challenging group ride will be hosted by the Triple Shot
Cycling Club, where riders will learn the etiquette of riding in a group and experience the enjoy-ment and camaraderie of this type of ride.
In addition to all of these activ-ities, the event will also give Oak Bay residents a chance to meet Olympic bronze medalist Gillian Carleton and Olympic gold med-alist Simon Whitfield. “These athletes are great role models,” Jensen said. “How often do you get to go for a bike ride with an Olympic champion?”
More information on the Com-munity Bike Festival can be found at recreation.oakbaybc.org.
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Victoria Royals open WHL season in VancouverTravis PatersonNews staff
Victoria Royals general manager Cam Hope is the first to admit he can’t count to 10 in Russian.
Hope and Jeff Harris, the director of hockey ops and communications, picked up the Royals newest player, Russian import Alex Gogolev, from the airport on the weekend.
“Alex tried to teach us to count to 10 in Rus-sian, and even with a 30 minute drive we couldn’t get it, so it’s safe to say his English is much better than my Russian,” Hope said.
Though his English is still improving, Gogolev can at least count to 57. That’s how many points the slick skating forward totalled as a 19-year-old rookie with the Calgary Hitmen last year, as he scored 25 goals and 32 assists.
The 20-year-old was acquired by trade on Sat-urday in exchange for forward Zane Jones, 18, and a conditional sixth round pick in the 2013 WHL Bantam Draft. The Royals also got a fourth round pick in the 2013 draft.
Gogolev became available because of the WHL numbers game. The Hitmen had five over age players, with just three spots, and three imports vying for two spots.
“Gogolev is very skilled, but he was a two-spot player, a 20-year-old import,” Hope said. “We’re getting a player who is exceptionally smooth, a smart player with an excellent shot who can be a game breaker.”
And to get, you have to give.Jones was one of the few promising 18-year-
olds developed in the Royals/Bruins system. Last year as a 17-year-old he recorded 14 goals and 32 points, and was one of the Royals best players in all four playoff games.
Discussions between Hope and Hitmen GM Kelly Kisio began during the WHL GMs meet-ings in Calgary last week and carried on until Saturday.
“You never want to give up a younger guy who you haven’t seen his best yet, which is why the trade took a whole week,” Hope said.
“But it was tough to get (Kisio) interested in someone else, he had his mind set on (Jones).”
With Gogolev, the Royals are now at their cap for overage spots with three 20-year-olds, Jamie Crooks and Tyler Stahl being the other two. Goalie Patrik Polivka is the other import.
Gogolev will be in the lineup for the Royals first game of the regular season in Vancouver on Fri-day (Sept. 21), and the first home game, Saturday night, 7:05 p.m. versus the Vancouver Giants.
The Royals won the final preseason game, and the only one held in Victoria, 4-2 over the Giants on Saturday. Logan Nelson, Brandon Magee, Jamie Crooks and Ben Walker (empty net goal) scored for the Royals.
Czech protectorRookie goalie Patrik Polivka’s save percentage
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Challenge series a tune-up for bowls’ biggest trophyCanada, U.S.A. bowlers meet at Juan de Fuca
Travis PatersonNews staff
The Juan de Fuca Lawn Bowling Club is hosting a world-champion-ship warm-up this week.
Tomorrow (Sept. 20) through Saturday, the Canadian lawn bowl-ing team will host U.S.A. in the North American Challenge.
“It’s a chance for Canada’s top bowlers to play the top bowlers of the U.S.A. in preparation for the upcoming world championships,” said David Mathie, head coach of the Canadian team.
The 2012 World Championships take place Nov. 24 to Dec. 9 in Ade-laide, Australia, and Mathie will lead Canada there too.
“The NAC is a competition that cements the relations between us and the U.S.A., we’re great friends and like to get together.”
Locally, Mathie is also a mem-
ber of the JDF club, is the first vice-president of Bowls Canada, and is a rep for Bowls B.C.
He’s helped assemble a Cana-dian squad that includes three Victoria produced players, the Battles sisters Heather and Shan-non, and Steven Santana.
“I came from Oak Bay but Burn-side (LBC) had the junior program that helped us achieve national and international levels,” said Heather. The former B.C. singles champion is taking time away from her doctorate studies at McMaster University in Hamilton this week.
“Bowls has taken me to places all over Canada and the world, and I’ve met so many people because of it.”
The NAC schedule is split into two divisions. Each country will field five-player men’s and wom-
en’s teams into the premier Fol-kins competition. There’s also five-player men’s and women’s Jarvis teams. The difference between the teams is the Folkins players will go to the world championships, while the Jarvis division was created to develop future national team players.
Heather and Shannon will play on Team Jarvis, and are in the mix to represent Canada at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
Shannon lives in Vancouver where she plays alongside Steven Santana, another Victoria raised player. Santana won the national singles championship in 2011 and was third in 2012. He’ll repre-sent Canada on the men’s Folkins squad this week, and he’s also been named to throw the lead bowls on Canada’s triples and fours teams at the world champi-onships.
The NAC begins Thursday with pairs and triples matches and moves into fours, triples, and sin-gles play for Friday and Saturday.
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David Mathie is the coach of the Canadian team hosting U.S.A. for the North American Challenge this week, Sept. 20 to 24, at the Juan de Fuca Lawn Bowling Club, where Mathie is a member.
“Bowls has taken me to places all over Canada and the world.”
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Russian import Alex Gogolev brings an elite skill set to the Royals this year.
Russian sniper will debut with Royals Ex-Vike wins McNeill Half
Former UVic Vikes runner Geoff Martinson won the Sept. 9 McNeill Bay Half Marathon, completing the 21-kilo-metre loop around Oak Bay in a time of one hour, 11 minutes and seven seconds.
Last year’s women’s winner Claire Morgan defended her title and set a new personal best of 1:25:38. James Odgen (1:18:26) and Jane Campbell Arnold (1:32:26) were the top men’s and women’s masters runners.
New this year was the Litespeed five-km race, which Laurence Coogan completed in 17:21. He was also the top men’s master. Sara Ellison was the top woman, doing the five-km in 23:08. Close behind was the top women’s master run-ner, Elaine Lowry, at 23:15. The top male junior was Rio Davi-son, 24:17, and the top female junior was Marin Davison, 29:13. Nearly 300 participants entered this year.
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It’s early, but the UVic Vikes women’s field hockey team took a big first step towards quali-fying for the Toronto-hosted CIS National Championship later this fall.
The Vikes defeated the Calgary Dinos, in Calgary, 1-0 on Sunday and 3-1 win on Satur-day. It was the season opener for both teams.Annie Walters-Shumka (Claremont secondary) scored the Vikes’ only goal on Sunday. Kyla Kirby, Kayleen van der Ree and Rosie Beale scored in the Vikes win on Saturday.
Because the Alberta Pandas withdrew its women’s field hockey program for 2012, the three-team Canada West schedule leaves one team with a bye
each weekend. Instead the Vikes
have a pair of exhibition matches against Van-couver Premier League teams. Tonight (Sept. 19) the Vikes will face the Kirby’s Island Wild-cats at UVic tonight, 6:30 p.m., and on Satur-day the Meralomas will visit for a 12:30 p.m.
start. The Vikes’ next Canada West games are against the UBC Thun-derbirds, Sept. 29 and 30 at 11 a.m.
All above games will be held at the UVic field hockey turf.
The Vikes men’s field hockey team lost 4-1 to Burnaby on Saturday. Ryan Litnosky scored
the Vikes only goal. The Vikes are missing junior national players Sam Jones, James Kirkpat-rick and Matthew Sar-mento, who are at the Junior Pan American Games in Mexico.
The Vikes are in Surrey against United Brothers on Saturday.
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Place Age group Name Time 1 1/4 M3034 Brent McMahon 1:06:572 1/5 M4549 Dan Smith 1:14:273 2/4 M3034 Russell Anderson 1:15:564 1/7 M4044 Mike Palmer 1:16:475 1/5 F3034 Dawn Anderson 1:21:326 1/3 F2529 Katie Button 1:21:497 2/7 M4044 David Fishwick 1:24:118 2/5 F3034 Karen Trueman 1:25:289 3/7 M4044 Shay Averbuch 1:27:2210 1/3 M3539 Tony Zarsadias 1:29:2011 4/7 M4044 James Stone 1:32:0512 2/3 M3539 Jeff Howard 1:32:5313 1/3 M5559 Jack MacDougall 1:38:1214 3/3 M3539 Drew Robertson 1:39:0015 1/2 F4044 Stephanie Stone 1:39:1416 1/3 M5054 Mark Overton 1:39:4017 3/5 F3034 Alicia Bulmer 1:39:4418 2/3 M5559 Paul Hooper 1:41:4819 4/5 F3034 Sarah Mitchell 1:46:0120 1/2 F5054 Linda Walsh 1:46:1521 2/5 M4549 Mark Cunningham 1:50:0622 3/5 M4549 Robert Thibodeau 1:51:4223 3/4 M3034 Paul Chaytors 1:52:4224 1/1 M2529 Corey Grobe 1:53:3425 5/7 M4044 Dave Troughton 1:54:1026 1/2 M60+ Dr. Gordon Levin 1:54:5427 1/1 M2024 Nick Winters 1:55:3528 4/5 M4549 Rob Bourguignon 1:55:4929 2/3 M5054 Brian Strilesky 1:56:3730 5/5 M4549 Kelly Sharman 1:59:0031 2/3 F2529 Roanne English 1:59:2332 4/4 M3034 Julien Menard 2:02:0633 1/2 F4549 Elaine Lowry 2:07:4734 1/2 F3539 Helen Johnston 2:08:34 35 3/3 M5559 Brian Fardoe 2:10:3736 3/3 M5054 Ward R 2:12:19 37 2/2 M60+ Dan Dunaway 2:12:51 38 2/2 F4549 Heather Whittall 2:13:0639 3/3 F2529 Alexa Shenstone 2:16:1740 2/2 F3539 Sonterra Ross 2:17:4441 6/7 M4044 Gordon Webster 2:22:3542 5/5 F3034 Andrea Otto 2:23:5643 7/7 M4044 Rick Prest 2:28:5444 2/2 F5054 Janice Meek 2:34:0445 2/2 F4044 Mable Elmore 2:48:43
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Sweet start for Braves, Cougars
The Saanich Braves and Victoria Cougars are eachundefeated through the first stretch of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League season.
Saanich is 3-0, having defeated the Kerry Park Islanders 6-2, Peninsula Panthers 5-3 and Oceanside Gener-als 7-4. Captain Ty Jones leads the Braves with five goals, five assists in three games. Goalie Tanner McGaw has been in net for all three wins.
The Braves host the Nanaimo Buc-canneers, 6:30 p.m. Friday at George Pearkes arena.
Meanwhile the Cougars picked up where they left off with four straight wins to start the season, first in the VIJHL. The Cougars latest win came against the Generals, 6-2 on Satur-day.
The Cougars visit the Westshore Wolves tonight, 7:30 p.m. at Bear Mountain Arena.
Expansion has meant success so far in the VIJHL as the Buccaneers are 3-1 and the Wolves are 2-2. The two meet for the first time at at Bear Mountain on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
Vikes start with sweep
CorrectionThe Sept. 12 issue of the News
incorrectly identified the Saanich Braves home opener, which was a 6-2 win over the Kerry Park Island-ers on Friday, Sept. 7 at George Pearkes arena.
We regret the error.
Photo by David Moll/Calgary Dinos
UVic Vikes field hockey player Alexis Veljacic chases for a loose ball against Calgary Dinos player Kendra Toth during the Vikes’ 3-1 win in Calgary on Saturday. The Vikes also won on Sunday, 1-0.
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Podiatrist2950 Douglas St. 250-383-5214
PERSONALS
STEAMWORKS: A club for men to meet men. 582 John-son St., Victoria. 250-383-6623 steamworksvictoria.com
TRAVEL
GETAWAYS
LONG BEACH - Ucluelet - Deluxe waterfront cabin,
sleeps 6, BBQ. Fall Special. 2 nights $239 or 3 nights $299Pets Okay. Rick 604-306-0891
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TRAVEL
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
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RENOVATED HOTEL in Hol-land, Manitoba, 134 seat bar w/patio, 30 seat restaurant, four rooms and living quarters. Turn key operation w/equip-ment, $259,900 obo. Contact 1-204-799-4152.
EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS
LEARN FROM Home. Earn from home. Medical Transcrip-tionists are in demand. Lots of jobs! Enroll today for less than $95 a month. 1-800-466-1535 [email protected]
HELP WANTED
An Alberta Construction Com-pany is hiring Dozer and Exca-vator Operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in oilfi eld road and lease construction. Lodg-ing and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Con-struction at 780-723-5051.
EDITOR. THE Sundre Round-Up, a 2,000 circulation weekly, requires an experienced edi-tor. Sundre is 110 km north-west of Calgary. Full benefi t package. Apply: Lea Smal-don, 5013 - 51 Street, Olds, AB, T4H 1P6. 403-556-7510; [email protected]
HAIRSTYLIST WANTED full time/part time for First Choice Hair Cutters in their Victoria lo-cation. Guaranteed $11/hour, 25% profi t sharing, paid over-time, benefi ts, paid birthday, vacation pay, annual ad-vanced training and advance-ment opportunities. Call 250-360-1923 today for an inter-view.
ON-CALL WORKERS re-quired for newspaper fl yer in-sertion Tuesday, Wednesday and/or Thursdays. $10.25 per hour. Evenings 5pm to 1am. Also occasional 9am to 5pm shifts available. No experience required. Please apply in per-son between 8am to 4pm Monday to Friday at Gold-stream Press (Island Publish-ers). #200-770 Enterprise Crescent.
EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS
HELP WANTED
Required for an Alberta Trucking Company. One Class 1 Driver. Must have a mini-mum of 5 years experience pulling low boys and driving off road. Candidate must be able to pass a drug test and be willing to relocate to Edson, Alberta. Scheduled Days Off. Call Lloyd 780-723-5051
OINCOME PPORTUNITY
EARN EXTRA Cash! - P/T, F/T Immediate openings. Easy computer work, other positions are available. Can be done from home. No experience needed. www.HWC-BC.com
TRADES, TECHNICAL
AUTOMATED TANK Manu-facturing Inc. is looking for welders, due to a huge expan-sion to our plant located in Kit-scoty, Alberta, 20 km west of Lloydminster. We have open-ings for ten 3rd Year Appren-tices or Journeyperson weld-ers. We offer best wage in industry. 3rd Year Apprentice $28-$30/hour, Journeyperson $32-$35/hour, higher with tank experience. Profi t sharing bo-nus plus manufacturing bonus incentive. Full insurance pack-age 100% paid by company. Good working environment. Join a winning team. Call Basil or Blaine at offi ce: 780-846-2231; fax: 780-846-2241 or send resume to:[email protected] roduc t i on@au to tanks . ca Keep your feet on the ground in a safe welding environment through inhole manufacturing process. No scaffolding or ele-vated work platform.
HEAVY EQUIPMENT Repair Ltd. currently has full-time po-sitions available: H/D Truck and Transport Mechanic and Parts Counter Person. Contact Herb 780-849-3768; cell 780-849-0416. Fax 780-849-4453. Email: [email protected]
JOURNEYMAN AUTOBODY position available immediately at brand new modern dealer-ship. Lots of work, great pay, benefi ts, great Northern Sas-katchewan community. Apply to Rob Dron [email protected] or call 1-800-667-0511.
LOCAL ROCKY Mountain House company looking for day rate and hourly Vacuum Truck Operator. Must have current oilfi eld tickets, up-to-date drivers abstract. Benefi t package. Fax 403-845-3903.
EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS
TRADES, TECHNICAL
JOURNEYMAN HEAVY Equipment Technicians. Due to a steady growth in our in-dustry we currently have multi-ple positions open for our fi eld service division. Mining and large construction equipment experience is an asset. We of-fer very competitive wages and benefi ts. Apply:offi [email protected]
SECHELT WASTE Company seeks Heavy Duty Mechanic to manage shop operations and the maintenance of all equipment. Submit resume to 604-885-4247 or [email protected]
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PERSONAL SERVICES
ART/MUSIC/DANCING
PIANO LESSONS. All Ages & Levels. Have fun while learning to play. (Will drive). Call 250-881-5549.
VOICE LESSONS. Juilliard-trained, 26 years experience, VCM, CCPA faculties. All ag-es, levels. [email protected]; 778-678-0239
HEALTH PRODUCTS
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PERSONAL SERVICES
FINANCIAL SERVICES
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ELECTRONIC SCOOTER shop rider voyager 778S. Used indoors except for 3 trips outside. Exc. cond., $1200 obo. Call (250)472-1361.
TRUCKLOAD MATTRESS Sale Direct from Factory - 39” Pocket Coil Sets $399., 54” & Queen $499., K/Size $699.; Cherry Bunk-Beds w/Mattress-es $489.; Chests, N/Tables, Desks, Bookcases, Pantrys, Dinettes, Wardrobes & TV Stands. Sofas, Loveseats, Rockers, Recliners! All @ Liq-uidation Prices, Vic & Toni are Retiring! BUY & SAVE, 9818 4th St, Sidney.buyandsave.ca
REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE BY OWNER
CAYCUSEVery rare 5 acre treed
park-like Property with well-maintained furnished home - 1500 sq.ft, 3-bdrm, 2 bath. Extremely close to Pristine Cowichan Lake. Perfect for recreational
property or full time living. Reduced to sell $378,800.
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REAL ESTATE
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PERSONAL SERVICES
FINANCIAL SERVICES
M O N E Y P ROV I D E R . C O M . $500 Loan and +. No Credit Refused. Fast, Easy, 100% Secure. 1-877-776-1660.
LEGAL SERVICES
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PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEO
RETOUCH, RESTORE, Edit Photos. Portraiture-Ba-by+Family Maternity. Home Movies to DVD. Call 250-475-3332. www.cwpics.com
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
ANTIQUES/VINTAGE
HONDURAS MAHOGANY SIDEBOARD- 1930’s, 40”wx15”dx34”h, beautiful condition, $450. Call (250)656-3322.
SOLID AMERCIAN BLACK WALNUT. Gentlemen’s ward-robe (armoire type - original key) 44”wx24”dx54”h and chest of drawers, 54”wx25”dx30”h. Handcrafted in Quebec, 1930’s beautiful condition, $2800/pair. Call (250)656-3322.
BUILDING SUPPLIES
METAL ROOFING & siding sales. Seconds avail. Custom roof Flashings. 250-544-3106.
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
COMPUTER EQUIPMENT
COMPUTER. Compaq PC with Windows XP. Includes Mi-crosoft Offi ce, 17” fl at-screen monitor, mouse, keyboard & speakers. $50. 250-380-8733.
FREE ITEMS
FREE: BLACK Mondo grass, about 20 plants. Call (250)656-8720.
FREE. NAVY Corduroy cover for Ikea folding single bed. James Bay. (250)380-8733.
FRIENDLY FRANK
1 DOZEN jam and jelly pickle jars with lids, $4 for all. Ironing board, $10. Call 250-519-0113
MAGIC CHEF Refrigerator, excellent cond, white, $99 obo. (250)477-3370.
METAL OFFICE desk, arbur-ite top, 3 drawers, beige, new cond, $60 obo. (250)995-3201
SMALL WOOD desk with swivel offi ce chair, $60. Call (250)727-7741.
FUEL/FIREWOOD
ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fi r, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.
SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest fi re-wood producer offers fi rewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD.
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE
NEWSPRINT ROLLENDS- $2-$10. Fridays only, 8:30am to 4:30pm. #200-770 Enter-prise Cres, Victoria. Gold-stream Press Division.
Osteoporosis~MS~Fibromyalgia? Increase Performance? Commercial Vibration ma-chine. Clinically proven. (250)287-2009.
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE
SAWMILLS FROM only $3997. Make money and save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info and DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/ 400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.
MEDICAL SUPPLIES
MISCELLANEOUS WANTED
ANTIQUES, BOOKS, col-lectibles, furniture, china, jew-ellery. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700
WANTED: FLAT screen TV or PVR (inexpensive) for a sin-gle parent. Call 250-514-6688
REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE BY OWNER
OAK BAY. Updated home on two levels. 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, sunroom + patio, new everything. 1766 sq ft & 956 unfi nished sq ft. $659,000. Call 250-598-6902.
HOUSES FOR SALE
RECREATIONAL PROPERTY
Sun Peaks Duplex For Sale
Each side: $449,000 5 bdrms.3 bath, front & back decks. Exc. revenue opportunity We work
with agents! 604-626-7100 www. northrockhomes.ca/peak-2-creek
OTHER AREAS
FREE BROCHURE. Kings County “Land of Orchards, Vineyards and Tides”. Nova Scotia’s beautiful Annapolis Valley. Live! Work! Start a business! Toll-Free: 1-888-865-4647, www.kingsrda.ca
RENTALS
APARTMENT/CONDO
COLWOOD 2 bdrm condo, 4th fl oor, elevator, 5 appls, insuite laundry, F/P, prkg incl’d, N/P. $1100. Oct. 1. (250)474-6855.
SIDNEY CONDO- 2 bdrm, NS/NP. $1375 + hydro, close to all amens. 250-656-4003.
COTTAGES
DEEP COVE: cozy 1bdrm, wood fl oors, acreage, skylights $950 mo, N/S. 250-656-1312.
APARTMENTS FURNISHED
SIDNEY: FURN deluxe, new-er, walk to town. All incl. Weekly/Monthly 250-656-8080
HOMES FOR RENT
COLWOOD: 3 or 4 bdrm + hot tub avail Sept. 1. Great family home located on quiet a cul de sac in the desirable Wishart area. $1900/mo inclds water, garbage pickup. You are re-sponsible for 2/3 hydro (you have your own heat thermo-stat). Private laundry, D/W. Will consider pet (not a fenced yard). Pet deposit req’d, ref’s, Absolutely NO smoking. Call 250-478-4606.
ROOMS FOR RENT
GREAT HOUSING. $425- $625. Clean, quiet, com-fortable. All incl. 778-977-8288
STORAGE
SHIPPING CONTAINERS 20’ or 40’. Buy or Rent. Safe and secure. Easymove Container Services. Serving Vancouver Island. 1-(888)331-3279
RENTALS
SUITES, LOWER
COLWOOD- 1 bdrm, own ent, patio, shared W/D, NS/NP. $850 incls utils, 250-391-7915
DEEP COVE lrg 1 bdrm, acreage, hot tub. W/D, cat ok, N/S. $850+ util. 250-656-1312
LANGFORD: SPACIOUS 1 bdrm, 1 bath, laundry, $850 mo all util’s incl. Avail Oct. 1st. NS/NP. (250)389-0983.
MNT DOUG area: Large 1 bdrm, reno’d. Inclusive, small dog welcome, N/S. $850. Call (250)721-0281, (250)858-0807
MOUNT DOUG: 1 br+ offi ce, fully furnished, spacious, NS/NP, $950 util’s incld’d. Avail. now. Call (250)721-4888
SIDNEY, WATERFRONT home, 1 bdrm, fully furn’d, all utils incl’d, F/S, W/D, small dog ok, N/S, avail now. $1000 mo. Ref’s. Call (250)665-6367.
SUITES, UPPER
FAIRFIELD. 2-BDRM Luxury main. W/D, utils, wi-fi incld’d. Cat OK. $1400. 250-598-6034.
TOWNHOUSES
SIDNEY- NEW 2 bdrm + den, W/D. NS/NP. $1700 mo. Avail immed. Call 250-217-4060.
TRANSPORTATION
AUTO FINANCING
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TRANSPORTATION
AUTO FINANCING
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AUTO SERVICES
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CASH PAIDFOR ALL VEHICLES in
all conditions in all locations
250-885-1427Call us fi rst & last, we pay the highest fair price for all
dead & dying vehicles.Don’t get pimped, junked or
otherwise chumped!
CARS
1977 CADILAC Eldorado,beige metallic. Cruise control,automatic. Very good cond.,only 80,000 km. $3000. obo.Please call (250)477-7076.
2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR.Excellent condition. Loaded.White. 119,000 km, mostlyhwy driven. On-Star. $11,900fi rm. 250-755-5191.
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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING
ACCOUNTINGVida Samimi
Certifi ed General Accountant
Bookkeeping, Audit,Payroll, HST. Set up &
Training. E-FileTAX
250-477-4601
CARPENTRY
COMPLETE HOME Renos. Carpentry, Drywall, Painting. Licenced insured. Call Darren 250-217-8131.
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
INSTCARPET ALLATION
MALTA FLOORING Installa-tion. Carpets, laminates, hard-wood, lino. BBB 250-388-0278
CLEANING SERVICES
CLEAN ALL. Excellent clean-er. Honest & reliable. $20./hr. (250)477-9818, (250)580-7504
GREAT RATES! Guar. clean-ing since 1985. Supplies & vacuum incld’d. (250)385-5869
MALTA HOUSECLEANING Estates, events, offi ces. BBB member. (250)388-0278.
PRIVATE HOUSEKEEPER. Has available openings. Exc ref’s. $25/hr. 778-433-4340.
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
COMPUTER SERVICES
COMPUDOC MOBILE Com-puter Services. Repairs, tune-ups, tutoring, web sites, etc. 250-886-8053, 778-351-4090.
CONCRETE & PLACING
RBC CONCRETE Finishing. All types of concrete work. No job too small. Seniors dis-count. Call 250-386-7007.
CONTRACTORS
CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, kitch/bath, wood fl oor, tiles, plumbing, renos 250-213-6877
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
DRYWALL
AARON’S RENO’S Drywall, taping, texture. Insured/bond-ed. Free est. 250-880-0525.
ELECTRICAL
250-361-6193 QUALITY Elec-tric. New homes, renos. No job too sm. Seniors disc. #22779.
AT&T ELECTRIC. Renova-tions. Residential & Commer-cial. Knob & tube replacement. #26125. (250)744-4550.
EXPERIENCED ELECTRI-CIAN. Reasonable rates. 250-744-6884. Licence #22202.
GNC ELECTRIC Res/Comm. Reasonable rates for quality work. #43619. 250-883-7632.
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
ELECTRICAL
KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small. Kendra, 250-415-7991.
NORTHERN SUN Electric Comm/Res. $40/hr. Work Guaranteed. Any size job. (250)888-6160. Lic#13981.
VAEXCA TING & DRAINAGE
BUBBA’S HAULING. Mini ex-cavator & bob cat services. Perimeter drains, driveway prep, Hardscapes, Lot clear-ing. Call 250-478-8858.
ALL YOU NEED IN PRINT AND ONLINE
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
FENCING
ALL TYPES of fencing, re-pairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637.
FURNITURE REFINISHING
U-NEEK SEATS. Hand cane, Danish weave, sea grass. UK Trained. Fran, 250-216-8997.
GARDENING
J&L GARDENING Specialty yard clean-up and mainte-nance. Master gardeners. John or Louise (250)891-8677
(250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK No lawn we can’t fi x. Clean-ups, fall pruning, blackberry, ivy & weed removal, 24yrs.
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
GARDENING
250-216-9476 ACCEPTINGclients, From the Ground Up,custom landscapes, home re-no’s, garden clean-ups.
ARE YOU in need of a profes-sional, qualifi ed, residential orcommercial gardener?www. glenwoodgardenworks.com
AURICLE BSC. 250-882-3129Fall clean up, Lawn aeration &fertilize-soil-hedges & more.
DPM SERVICES, lawn & gar-den, landscape, power wash,etc. 15yrs exp. (250)883-8141
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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
GARDENING
YARD ART Tree, Hedge & Shrub Pruning Lawn Care. 250-888-3224
GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS
250-889-5794. DIAMOND DAVE Gutter Cleaning. Thor-ough Job at a Fair Price! Re-pairs, gutter guard, power/win-dow washing, roof de-moss. Free no obligation estimates.
PERIMETER EXTERIORS. Gutter Cleaning, Repairs, De-mossing, Upgrades. WCB, Free estimates. 250-881-2440.
HANDYPERSONS
AL’S AVAILABLE to update your home. Kitchens, baths, basements, etc. Licensed & Insured. Al 250-415-1397.
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
HANDYPERSONS
BIG BEAR Handyman. Decks, Stairs, Painting, General household repairs. Free esti-mate. Call Barry 250-896-6071
SENIOR HANDYMAN. Household repairs. Will assist do-it-yourselfers. Small hauls. Call Fred, 250-888-5345.
HAULING AND SALVAGE
$20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc. Free estimates. 250-812-2279.
CITY HAUL- a lot of junk won’t fi t in your trunk, you’re in luck I own a truck. 250-891-2489.
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. Prompt, Courteous. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-920-8463.
✭BUBBA’S HAULING✭ Hon-est, on time. Demolition, con-struction clean-ups, small load deliveries (sand, gravel, top-soil, mulch), garden waste re-moval, mini excavator, bob cat service. 250-478-8858.SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.
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
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
HAULING AND SALVAGE
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
DO YOU ENJOY OUTDOOR VIEWS
ALL YEAR ROUND?SUNROOM &
SKYLIGHT REPAIR SPECIALISTS
Custom Railings & Shower Enclosures
Beat the Rain!ALLIED GLASS250-388-5108
GEOF’S RENO’S & Repairs. Decks, stairs, railings, gates & small additions. 250-818-7977.
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
MASONRY & BRICKWORK
CBS MASONRY BBB. WCB. Chimneys, Fireplaces, Flag-stone Rock, Concrete Pavers, Natural & Veneered Stone. Replace, Rebuild, Renew! “Quality is our Guarantee”. Free Competitive Estimates. (250)294-9942/(250)589-9942. www.cbsmasonry.com
ROMAX MASONRY. Exp’d & Professional. Chimneys, Brick Veneer, Rockwork, Cultured Stone, Interlocking Paving. Fully insured. Estimates. Call250-588-9471 - 250-882-5181
& MOVING STORAGE
2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on lo-cal moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)686-6507.
DIAMOND MOVING. 1 ton 2 ton. Prices starting at $85/hr. Call 250-220-0734.
DONE RIGHT MOVING $80/hr. Senior and student dis-count. No travel time before or after. SMOOTH MOVES. Call Tyler 250-418-1747.
MALTA MOVING. Residential & Commercial - BBB Member. (250)388-0278.
PAINTING
A PROFESSIONAL Woman painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wallcoverings. Over 25 yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220.
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
PAINTING
BIG BEAR Painting. Interior & Exterior. Quality work. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071
OLD TIMER. Quality old fash-ioned service. Great rates. Ex-cellent references. Call Al at 250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.
PLUMBING
EXPERIENCED JOURNEY-MAN Plumber. Renos, New Construction & Service. Fair rates. Insured. Reliable, friendly. Great references. Call Mike at KNA (250)880-0104.
FELIX PLUMBING. Over 35 years experience. Reasonable rates. Call 250-514-2376.
FREE ESTIMATES. Rea-sonable. Reliable. No job too small. Call 250-388-5544.
KERRY’S GAS & PLUMBING SERVICES- Repair, mainte-nance & install. 250-360-7663.
PLASTERING
PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, old world texturing, coves, fi re-places. Bob, 250-642-5178.
PRESSURE WASHING
DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates. 250-744-8588, Norm.
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS
DEMOSS Dr. $499 per/roof. 2years warranty. We also installnew roofs? Call 250-589-4998
RUBBISH REMOVAL
MALTA GARDEN & Rubbish Removal. Best Rates. BBBmember. (250)388-0278.
STEREO/TV/DVD
WANTED: FLAT screen TVor PVR (inexpensive) for a sin-gle parent. Call 250-514-6688
STUCCO/SIDING
PATCHES, ADDITIONS, re-stucco, renos, chimney, water-proofi ng. Bob, 250-642-5178.
RE-STUCCO & HARDY Plank/Painting Specialist. 50years experience. Free esti-mates. Dan, 250-391-9851.
WINDOW CLEANING
DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning.Windows, Gutters, Sweeping,Roofs, Roof Demossing, Pres-sure Washing. 250-361-6190.
GLEAMING WINDOWS Gut-ters+De-moss. Free estimate.18 yrs. Brian, 514-7079. WCB.
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A22 • www.oakbaynews.com Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - OAK BAY NEWS
Longtime office coffee supplier proud to go green
Oughtred Coffee and Tea has been operating carbon-neutral since 2009, an achievement that earned it a
2012 Capital Regional District Ecostar award for climate action.
The company, which owner John Oughtred began as Eze-Brew Coffee Services in Victoria 39 years ago and
grew across the province, has taken its total estimated emissions from 517 tonnes in 2009 down to 387 tonnes.
At the same time, its landfill waste dropped 75 per cent while energy costs were reduced by more than eight per cent. Oughtred’s carbon footprint was reduced through expanding its recycling programs, eliminating paper transactions, streamlining delivery routes, reducing air travel and installing a heat redistribution system. To find out more about how the company greened its operation, visit oughtred.com.
M&M Meats promotesFamily Dinner Night
This Thursday (Sept. 20), the Crohn’s and Colitis
Foundation of Canada will be the beneficiary of M&M Meats’ eighth annual Family Dinner Night. The event aims to drive home the importance of sharing a meal with family and friends, as well as raise funds for the foundation. Register your meal or make a donation at nationalfamilydinnernight.com and enter to win a $500 M&M gift card.
ESL franchiseadds teacher training
Inlingua Institute of Languages, which has been offering English as a second language instruction in Victoria for years, this year began offering a four-week teacher training program out of its Government Street campus. The next TESL course gets underway Oct. 1. For more information, visit www.inlinguavictoria.com or call 250-590-4805.
Tutoring agencyenters second decade
Dahlia Miller and her staff of teaching professionals at Smart Tutor Referrals are celebrating 10 years of providing academic support for students in Greater Victoria. The Sidney-based company has cultivated confidence in its learners through the use of one-on-one home tutoring
sessions and the provision of study skill and homework resources and workshops. For more information, visit smarttutorreferrals.com or call 250-544-1588.
Bridal boutiqueopens in Old Town
Located in the city’s design district at 1816 Government St., The White Peony, the brainchild of owner Trish Mussico, is offering brides-to-be a collection of hand-selected dresses and accessories straight from the New York bridal market. The 1,700-square-foot retail space is open by appointment only (250-590-8044), but prospective clients can view the merchandise at thewhitepeony.com.
Weight loss clinicup and running
The fledgling U Weight Loss Clinic is enjoying its first months of business at 2401 Millstream Rd. across from Home Depot. The franchised operation creates doctor-formulated, personalized lifestyle change plans for clients that help them reach and maintain their ideal weight. For more information, call 778-432-2080 or visit uweightloss.com/ulangford.
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The B.C. government is freezing manage-ment salaries in min-istries, Crown corpo-rations and agencies, and imposing a hiring freeze on direct govern-ment jobs to deal with a rising deficit forecast.
Finance Minister Mike de Jong delivered his first quarterly finan-cial update last Thurs-day, showing a deficit forecast up $173 mil-lion. That would bring the deficit to $1.14 bil-lion by the end of the fiscal year next March, due mainly to lost rev-enues from falling natu-ral gas prices.
The hiring freeze doesn’t apply to health authorities, universi-ties and other services beyond direct govern-ment staff, which is budgeted to shrink by 2,000 positions through attrition in the next three years.
The pay freeze doesn’t apply to union-ized positions, but de Jong said B.C.’s bargain-ing mandate for unions is also being reviewed.
The current mandate calls for wage increases
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two years.De Jong said he
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Prices are in effect until Thursday, September 20, 2012 or while stock lasts.
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selected varieties, 584-920 g
thick slice, assorted varieties, 675 g
selected varieties dry, 32’s, wet, 24’s
selected varieties, 100-173 g
1 L
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assorted types & sizes
fresh Atlantic salmon steaks
red or green seedless grapes
Folgers ground coffee
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Guaranteed Lowest Prices*Applies only to our major supermarket competitors’ print advertisements (i.e. fl yer, newspaper). We will match the competitor’s advertised price only during the effective date of the competitor’s print advertisement. Our major supermarket competitors are determined solely by us and are based on a number of factors which can change from time to time. Identical items are defi ned as same brand, item type (in the case of produce, meat and bakery), size and attributes and carried at this store location. We will not match competitors’ “multi-buys” (eg. 2 for $4), “spend x get x”, “Free”, “clearance”, discounts obtained through loyalty programs, or offers related to our third party operations (post offi ce, gas bars, dry cleaners etc.). We reserve the right to cancel or change the terms of this promise at any time.
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Spend $250 or more before applicable taxes at any Real Canadian Superstore location and receive free PC® butter basted turkey, up to 7 kg. Excludes purchase of tobacco, alcohol products, prescriptions, gift cards, phone cards, lottery tickets, all third party operations (post office, gas bars, dry cleaners, etc.) and any other products which are provincially regulated. The retail value of up to $28.80 will be deducted from the total amount of your purchase before sales taxes are applied. Limit one coupon per family and/or customer account. No cash value. No copies. Coupon must be presented to the cashier at time of purchase. Valid from Friday, September 14th until closing Thursday, September 20th, 2012. Cannot be combined with any other coupons or promotional offers. No substitutions, refunds or exchanges on free item.104797
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