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Black Press Friday, July 26, 2013

Sea wall is builtSea wall construction on Roberts Bay in Sidney allowed to proceed after legal review, page 3

Filling the food bankThe Sidney Lions Food Bank is now taking bottles they hope to turn into food, page 4

PENINSULA R E V I E WNEWS

Devon MacKenzieNews staff

A car wash in June scratched the surface of local Tour de Rock rider Alan Neville-Rutherford’s fundraising plans, and he has now lined up three more events for next month.

“August is going to be a busy

month for the Tour,” said Neville-Rutherford.

“On the 25 we have our longest ride of 150 kilometers which will take us close to seven and a half hours of continuous riding time.”

In between training and work-ing, Neville-Rutherford has planned three major fundraising events including a 24-hour ride

which will wrap up during Sidney’s Thursday night market on Aug. 29, something which the local riders from the Saanich Peninsula last year, Bob McDonald and Kathryn Goodyear, did as well.

“Serious Coffee is coming onboard for the 24-hour ride and planning is in the works,” he said.

“We’ll be riding outside their

shop for most of the afternoon then moving to our booth around 5 p.m.,” explained Neville-Ruther-ford, adding that RCMP officers in red serge will be in attendance at the booth for the last two hours to collect donations.

Neville-Rutherford was named to the 2013 Tour de Rock team in the spring.

“The main motivation for me to ride this year was that I had a cousin who passed away from Leukemia a year after being diag-nosed,” said Neville-Rutherford.

“We were very close.”

Tour de Rock rider raising funds for the cause Saanich Peninsula Tour de Rock rider Alan Neville-Rutherford has three events in August planned

Please see: Supporting the Tour, page 3

Steven Heywood/News staff

Visitors to Island View Beach park enjoy the sunshine and ensure that their picnic supplies are in the nearby shade. Island View Beach is a popular summer destination for people seeking sun, sand and surf. It can be reached via Island View Road off the Pat Bay Highway in Central Saanich.

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Steven HeywoodNews staff

A former Town of Sidney employee is suing the municipal-ity for wrongful dismissal after he was let go by the Town on June 18 this year.

Peter Payerl, who was the Town’s manager of information services since April 30, 2001, and his lawyer Darren Williams filed the civil claim July 15 in B.C. Supreme Court in Victoria.

In court documents, the plain-tiff alleges he was fired for cause by the municipality but at no time had the Town reprimanded him or warned him he might be fired unless his behaviour changed, or conducted any pro-gressive discipline.

The claim states the Town did not have cause to fire Payerl, alleging the municipality “fabri-cated cause to avoid paying the plaintiff his rightful contractual severance.”

Randy Humble, chief admin-istrative officer for the Town of Sidney, said he could not com-ment on the matter, as it is in the court system.

The Town has not yet filed a statement of defence.

Payerl is seeking damages for wrongful dismissal, 18 months of salary, punitive damages and other costs.

He was making an annual sal-ary of $105,000 at the time of his dismissal.

Former Sidney employee sues Town for wrongful dismissal

Steven Heywood/News staff

Town of Sidney employee John Griffin tends to the flower beds along the waterfront walkway near Beacon Park, helping keep the community in colour this summer.


Arts and culture are important economic driv-ers for the Town of Sidney, says the mayor — not to mention the enjoyment those sectors bring to the community.

Larry Cross made those comments during a recent presentation to council by Patrick Fleck, chair of the Capital Regional District Arts Advisory Council. Fleck spoke to council on the benefits of the municipality’s involvement in the AAC and its annual financial donation to the program.

Sidney joined the arts development service of the CRD in 2009, Fleck said, with an annual dona-tion of $5,000. This year, the Town decided to up its contribution to $15,000. That money, Fleck con-tinued, is used to help shore up regional and local arts programs.

Locally, the Mary Winspear Centre, Peninsula Arts Council, Via Choralis and Peninsula Players are a few of the organizations that have received arts grants from the program.

“It’s a solid investment,” said Fleck. “It has had a positive impact on the community.”

Councillor Marilyn Loveless added she is hop-ing Central Saanich and North Saanich will see their way to increasing their contribution as well.

Sidney ups its CRD arts contribution

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Peninsula News in brief

100th anniversary of heritage schoolhouse

CENTRAL SAANICH — The Saanich His-torical Artifacts Society (SHAS) will mark the 100th anniver-sary of their schoolhouse located at Heri-tage Acres.

The Saan-ichton School-house, a two-room structure, was built in 1913 school and was originally located on Mt. Newton X Road. It was moved to Heri-tage Acres and restored in the late 1980’ with the help of the Brentwood Bay Rotary Club.

The cel-ebration will be August 11. Visit www.shas.ca for details.

— News staff

Sidney’s low claims rate

SIDNEY — The Town of Sidney, says its mayor, has one of the lowest insurance claims rates among B.C. municipali-ties.

Larry Cross recently attended a director’s meeting of the Municipal Insur-ance Authority and said Sidney “has had few claims and is among the low-est in claims his-tory in B.C.”

He credits Town staff for their work in maintining the condition of sidewalks, parks and more — which has kept insurance claims against the Town low. — News staff

“He had three teen-age kids and was the same age as me so it was a real eye opener.”

Neville-Rutherford has been a member of the Sidney North Saa-nich RCMP auxiliary since 2006 and has lived in Sidney since he moved to Canada from the UK almost 20 years ago.

Anyone interested in supporting Neville-Rutherford in the Tour or in his fundraising activities can contact him at 250-208-6984.

[email protected]

Continued from page A1

Mark your cal-endar for these upcoming Tour de Rock fundrais-ing events on the Saanich Penin-sula:

Aug. 10 — Garage sale and silent auction at Quality Brake and Muffler (9820 Fifth St. in Sid-ney). Garage sale starts at 8 a.m. and silent auction starts at 10 a.m.

Aug. 24 — Car

wash at Quality Brake and Muffler (9820 Fifth St. in Sidney) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Aug. 28 and

29 — 24-hour bike ride in Sid-ney. Ride starts Wednesday at 7 p.m. and fin-ishes Thursday at 7 p.m. in the RCMP booth at the Thursday night market in Sidney.

Supporting the Tour de Rock

Tour events

File photo

Arnold Lim is riding in this year’s Tour de Rock for Black Press.

Sea wall construction goes aheadSteven HeywoodNews staff

Work on a new sea wall near the shores of Roberts Bay in Sidney resumed Tuesday morning and was completed by Wednesday, after being ordered to stop prior to last weekend by the municipality until its approval process was reviewed by the town’s legal team.

With that advice back to the town Tuesday morning, Chief Administrative Officer Randy Humble issued a state-ment, saying that the Town had rescinded the stop work order and outlined the steps the municipality took before granting the property owner permission to build a poured concrete sea wall.

The Town took this step in the wake of complaints lev-elled by biologist and Friends of Shoal Harbour member Kerry Finley last week. Finley has charged that the Town did not follow its own sea wall pol-icies and procedures and that the sea wall itself falls outside of private property and onto the natural boundary of the Shoal Harbour Migratory Bird Sanctuary.

Finley has since suggested there could be further legal action against the Town over the loss of what he called the last untouched piece of shore-lines and habitat in Roberts Bay.

The Town of Sidney dis-putes this, stating that the sea wall is on private property, as determined by a surveyor on two occasions.

Humble said through the sea wall construction appli-cation, the Town had reports from an arborist (as well as its own staff arborist) that

Douglas fir trees on the prop-erty would be placed at risk if heavy equipment needed to place rip rap — or large boul-ders — on the property as a sea wall were used.

The Town’s sea wall policy, he continued, does require the use of rip rap as the pri-mary option for sea walls. It also allows for a poured con-crete option if deemed neces-sary.

In this case, Humble said, an engineer hired by the prop-erty owner stated the equip-ment needed to move rip rap could not access the property, nor the beach to do the job — leaving a concrete wall the owner’s only option.

Humble said the Town referred the plan to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the provincial Minis-try of Forests, Land and Range

Operations and obtained legal advice on the process fol-lowed from the Town’s solici-tor.

“The Town believes it has taken this to the highest level of due diligence,” Humble said, “and we now have to allow the construction.”

The reason the wall was built, confirmed Humble, was the property owner wanted to prevent erosion of the land.

“Their engineer made it clear erosion has occurred,” Humble explained, saying that is the rationale for the sea wall — balancing property rights with the environment.

Finley disputes the impact of erosion on the property in question. He had taken pho-tos of the Bay last year, includ-ing the property in question and says it showed little ero-sion at all.

Finley said the issue here is the natural boundary of the wildlife sanctuary, its defini-tion and whether the Town has allowed an incursion of private property onto public land.

Finley has taken his case to different levels of government, including the Canadian Wild-life Service (CWS) which he said has jurisdiction over the sanctuary. Humble said he has been questioned by the CWS on the matter.

The News Review has also placed calls to the CWS for comment, but had not heard back as of our press time.

Finley said he is disap-pointed and angered by the Town’s actions and its lack of willingness to work with the Friends of Shoal Harbour and its neighbours to create an integrated management plan.

[email protected]

Town of Sidney says due diligence was followed; steward not satisfied

Submitted photo by Kerry Finley

This July, 2012 photo shows the property in question from the Roberts Bay side.

Submitted photo by Kerry Finley

This photo, taken this month, shows the same property and the wooden forms for concrete.

VICTORIA — A motorcyclist was sent to hospi-tal with life-threatening injuries after being struck from behind by an SUV at Ogden Point Wednesday morning.

Victoria police and a B.C. Ambulance crew quickly attended to a 55-year-old Central Saanich motorcycle rider who was hit in the cruise ship terminal parking lot.

“It looks by preliminary investigation and wit-ness reports that the motorcycle was rear-ended by a fast traveling SUV,” VicPD spokesperson Cst. Mike Russell said.

The VicPD crash team cordoned off the area and spent several hours analyzing and reconstruct-ing the scene. Investigators looked into whether speed or impairment were factors in the collision.

The driver of the vehicle was also taken to hos-pital, with non-life threatening injuries.

— Victoria News/Black Press

Central Saanich motorcyclist injured in crashRider was struck from behind at Ogden Point

VICTORIA — The guest book has opened at Government House, online and in Victoria, for people to send their greetings to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the birth of their son.

Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon announced Monday that a signing table is avail-able at her official residence. Messages may also be sent online via the Gover-nor General’s website.

“As third in line, he is the future King of Canada,” Guichon said in a statement. “Let us join together in celebration across the province to mark the birth of our future King.”

Those who wish to send a con-gratulatory message online may do so by visiting the Governor General’s website: www.gg.ca

Communities and businesses set up their own greeting places, collect-ing infant clothing and gifts for local charities.

The Lieutenant Governor’s full

statement follows:“On behalf of the people of British

Columbia, I offer my congratulations and best wishes to Their Royal High-nesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the birth of their son. This is a special time for the Duke and Duchess and I wish them much

health and happiness as they embark on their parenting jour-ney.

“As the third in line, he is the future King of Canada. For Canadians, this his-toric occasion is an

opportunity to reflect on our strong and enduring connection to the Crown - an institution that embodies the stable character of our democ-racy. It is an important symbol of unity and stability and represents the vitality of our traditions, the per-manence of our institutions and the continuity of national life.

“Let us join together in celebra-tion across the province to mark the birth of our future King.”

— Black Press

B.C.’s royal baby book opens

“As third in line, he is the future king of Canada”

– Judith Guichon

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A new collection bin for refundable contain-ers at the Sidney Lions Food Bank will hope-fully help the orga-nization keep their shelves a little more full throughout the year.

Just over a week ago, the Bottle Depot deliv-ered a new blue dona-tion bin to the food bank in Iroquois Park which will be used to generate funds for the well-used service.

“We were so happy to get the bin and we’re really hoping that peo-ple in the community

will use it,” said Bev Elder, the food bank administrator.

Anybody can bring their refundable con-tainers and drop them in the bin which is located to the left of the front doors of the food bank (9586 5th St., in Iroquois Park). The containers are then sorted by food bank volunteers and picked up by the Bottle Depot who give the refund back to the food bank.

“Our charity bins offer a great way for charities or not-for-profit groups to raise funds,” said Kelly Gor-man, the operations

manager for the Bottle Depot.

“The bin is provided free of charge to the organization and they get the refund from the bottles.”

The Bottle Depot cur-rently has three bins at their own locations which raise funds for charities year round. A board then decides which charity the funds will go to after three months.

Recently, an initiative started by Saanich Pen-insula resident Cindy Lister, the ALS Cycle of Hope, was the recipient of $3,000 that the Bottle Depot raised through

their on-site bins.“We also place bins

at other places which are raising funds for causes,” explained Gor-man, adding that there is currently a bin at the

Cadet hall in Esquimalt and a new bin which was just placed this week at the North Saa-nich Free Ride Park on Littlewood Road.

“The bins are a great

way for people to donate, especially the one at the Sidney Lions Food Bank because it’s open 24 hours and not locked behind a fence or anything so people

can drop their refund-ables off any time.

“We’re really hoping it does well.”

[email protected]

Sidney food bank is now collecting bottles

Devon MacKenzie/News staff

Sidney Lions Food Bank Administrator Bev Elder shows off the new bottle recyling bin outside of the food bank in Iroquois Park. Any money from refundable containers put into the bin goes back to purchasing food for the food bank which serves over 1,000 Peninsula residents each month.

New bin will help fill the food bank shelves

SIDNEY — There will be a new operator of the concession facil-ity in Sidney’s Iroquois Park sometime soon.

The current opera-tor, the Peninsula Soc-cer Association, wrote to the Town on July 3 to terminate the agree-ment it has to run the concession, citing a lack of manpower, equipment and fund-ing as the reason they could no longer con-tinue.

The association had entered into a five-year agreement with the municipality on Janu-ary 1, 2011.

Council expressed sympathy for the local group and hoped another might be will-ing to take it on.

Town staff will draft a request for proposals for the operation of the concession on a two-year basis.

— Steven Heywood

Concession operator backs out

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A new collection bin for refundable contain-ers at the Sidney Lions Food Bank will hope-fully help the orga-nization keep their shelves a little more full throughout the year.

Just over a week ago, the Bottle Depot deliv-ered a new blue dona-tion bin to the food bank in Iroquois Park which will be used to generate funds for the well-used service.

“We were so happy to get the bin and we’re really hoping that peo-ple in the community

will use it,” said Bev Elder, the food bank administrator.

Anybody can bring their refundable con-tainers and drop them in the bin which is located to the left of the front doors of the food bank (9586 5th St., in Iroquois Park). The containers are then sorted by food bank volunteers and picked up by the Bottle Depot who give the refund back to the food bank.

“Our charity bins offer a great way for charities or not-for-profit groups to raise funds,” said Kelly Gor-man, the operations

manager for the Bottle Depot.

“The bin is provided free of charge to the organization and they get the refund from the bottles.”

The Bottle Depot cur-rently has three bins at their own locations which raise funds for charities year round. A board then decides which charity the funds will go to after three months.

Recently, an initiative started by Saanich Pen-insula resident Cindy Lister, the ALS Cycle of Hope, was the recipient of $3,000 that the Bottle Depot raised through

their on-site bins.“We also place bins

at other places which are raising funds for causes,” explained Gor-man, adding that there is currently a bin at the

Cadet hall in Esquimalt and a new bin which was just placed this week at the North Saa-nich Free Ride Park on Littlewood Road.

“The bins are a great

way for people to donate, especially the one at the Sidney Lions Food Bank because it’s open 24 hours and not locked behind a fence or anything so people

can drop their refund-ables off any time.

“We’re really hoping it does well.”

[email protected]

Sidney food bank is now collecting bottles


Sidney Lions Food Bank Administrator Bev Elder shows off the new bottle recyling bin outside of the food bank in Iroquois Park. Any money from refundable containers put into the bin goes back to purchasing food for the food bank which serves over 1,000 Peninsula residents each month.

New bin will help fill the food bank shelves

SIDNEY — There will be a new operator of the concession facil-ity in Sidney’s Iroquois Park sometime soon.

The current opera-tor, the Peninsula Soc-cer Association, wrote to the Town on July 3 to terminate the agree-ment it has to run the concession, citing a lack of manpower, equipment and fund-ing as the reason they could no longer con-tinue.

The association had entered into a five-year agreement with the municipality on Janu-ary 1, 2011.

Council expressed sympathy for the local group and hoped another might be will-ing to take it on.

Town staff will draft a request for proposals for the operation of the concession on a two-year basis.

— Steven Heywood

Concession operator backs out


Tom FletcherBlack Press

VICTORIA – BC Fer-ries has received approval to construct three new medium-sized vessels, and the B.C. government is leaving it up to the corporation to decide where they are built.

“Certainly we’d be very supportive of the ships being built in British Columbia,” Transportation Min-ister Todd Stone said Tuesday. “Government does not have the pur-view to dictate to BC Ferries who can and cannot participate in their procurement pro-cess. That’s internal to BC Ferries.”

BC Ferry Commis-sioner Gord Macatee announced approval Tuesday to replace two old ferries scheduled for retirement in 2016. The 48-year-old Queen of Burnaby serves the Comox-to-Powell River run, and the 49-year-old Queen of Nanaimo sails on the Tsawwassen-Gulf Islands circuit.

BC Ferr ies announced Tuesday it

will invite qualified bids for two replacement ships with capacity for up to 145 vehicles and 600 passengers. A third with room for 125 vehicles and 600 pas-sengers will be used for peak-season service on the Gulf Islands run and replacement duty when the other two are undergoing mainte-nance.

Qualified Canadian and international ship-yards will be invited to bid, with a contract to be awarded by January 2014. BC Ferries CEO Mike Corrigan said the focus is on cost savings and standardization of vessels, many of which now have different deck heights and dock requirements.

The last major con-tract was for three Coastal-class ferries, completed by a Ger-man shipyard in 2007 and 2008. They now serve the main Vancou-ver Island runs.

Corrigan said BC Ferries will examine whether new ships can be run on liquefied nat-ural gas instead of die-sel. That increases the

construction cost, but fuel savings are pro-jected to pay for them-selves in as little as eight years.

The Coastal Ferries Act requires the BC Fer-ries Commissioner to approve capital expen-ditures. The order for these ferries specifies that construction must be open to a pool of bidders, and that food and retail services on board must not be sub-sidized by fare revenue.

Brian Carter, presi-dent of Seaspan Ship-yards, which operates two facilities in North Vancouver and Victoria Shipyards in Esquimalt, said the announcement is “great news for B.C. Ferries and great news for the overall marine industry in the region.”

Seaspan is cur-rently five months into design work, with con-struction due to start next spring or sum-mer on a contract to build vessels for the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Coast Guard. The company will assess its capacity to take on such a B.C. Ferries contract once

it determines the spe-cifics of the request, Carter said.

While Seaspan has never built an LNG powered vessel, Carter said the manufacture of LNG equipment would likely take place off site.

In terms of competing against foreign firms, he said the federal ship-building program is giv-ing the company and the B.C. industry in gen-eral more competitive capabilities every day.

“True efficiencies [will be] gained once we start constructing vessels.”

Tom FletcherBlack Press

VICTORIA – The B.C. govern-ment finished the last fiscal year with a deficit of $1.15 billion, according to the audited public accounts released Tuesday.

That’s up from $968 million projected as the deficit last year, an indication of the difficult task facing the government to bal-ance the current year’s budget.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong

said the government reduced its spending $668 million in the fiscal year ended March, com-pared to what was budgeted. But resource revenues, mostly natural gas, were down $1.1 bil-lion from the 2012 budget.

Health care spending was up $585 million, education spending rose $300 million and social ser-vices spending went up $50 mil-lion compared to 2011-12. Total program spending increase 2.6 per cent, higher than the target

of two per cent de Jong has set for this year.

Deficits and continued spend-ing on capital projects pushed the province’s total debt up $5.6 billion to $55.8 billion.

“We’ve seen the largest debt increase in the history of British Columbia,” NDP finance critic Mike Farnworth said. “And this is a government that ran around during the election campaign saying it’s going to be debt-free B.C.”

B.C. deficit tops $1.1 billion

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OUR VIEW

More than 13 per cent of Canada’s gross domestic product depends on healthy ecosystems, according to Environment Canada briefing notes obtained by Postmedia News.

By contrast, the Harper government’s pet economic project, the Alberta oil sands, represents a mere two per cent. But is 13 per cent a reasonable estimate of the “value” of nature? With the current perspective that elevates the economy above all else, it’s important to find ways to include nature’s value in our calculations so it doesn’t get ignored in decision-making. At the same time, it seems absurd to try to assign worth to something so vital we can’t survive without it.

Most of the world’s people are now urban dwellers and spend increasingly less time outdoors. As such, we assume we can create our habitat. As long as we have parks to play in, we don’t think much about nature. So, let’s consider a thought exercise.

Scientists invent a time machine to take us back four billion years before life appeared. We are transported to a time when the planet was sterile, devoid of life. We open the hatch and go out. And, we’re all dead! That’s because before life arose, the atmosphere was toxic for animals like us – rich in CO2, ammonia, sulphur and water, but devoid of oxygen.

Oxygen is a highly reactive

element that is quickly used up when elements such as sulphur and iron oxidize. Only after life evolved a way to exploit the sun’s energy

through photosynthesis was carbon dioxide removed and oxygen released as a byproduct.

Over millions of years, photosynthesis liberated oxygen, which built up to become 20 per cent of the atmosphere. To this day, all green things on land and in oceans maintain the balance between oxygen and carbon dioxide.

However, since the Industrial Revolution, we’ve been burning fossil fuels, liberating more carbon dioxide than life can absorb. It’s accumulating in the atmosphere and oceans and that’s driving climate change.

Back to our experiment. We knew about the toxic atmosphere before we started out and so we packed helmets and compressed air tanks, which we don before opening the hatch. We exit and wander about, looking at the eerie, barren landscape for an hour or two before becoming thirsty.

There’s water, but what could we trust to drink? Life is part of the hydrologic cycle that circulates water around the world in rivers, lakes, oceans and air. Soil organisms such as fungi and bacteria, as well as plant roots, filter molecules from water to render it drinkable.

We knew that, too, and so we have water bottles attached to our helmets, connected by straw to our

mouths. After many more hours, we become hungry. But before there was life on Earth there was no food for animals like us because everything we eat was once alive. We consume the carcasses of animals and plants and absorb their molecules to form every part of our bodies.

We also anticipated that and brought food. In fact, I expected to stay a while and brought seeds to grow greens. But where could I plant them? There would be dust, sand, clay and gravel, but no soil because it’s formed by the accumulation of molecules from the remains of plants and animals.

Finally, the sun sets and although it’s warm because of greenhouse gases, we decide to build a fire so we can sit around and exchange stories. Where could we find fuel to burn? Wood, peat, dung, coal, oil and gas all store the sun’s energy as photosynthetic products that we burn to liberate fire. Before life, there was no fuel. Again, in anticipation we brought wood, kindling and paper and set them up for a fire. But fire requires oxygen, so nothing happens when we strike the match.

The point of this exercise is to illustrate the very foundations of our lives – air, water, photosynthesis, soil and food – are made possible by the web of life that evolved on a once-sterile planet. Living organisms create, cleanse and regenerate those vital elements. Who needs nature? We do. Without nature, we would not be here. How do we put an economic value on that?

Value of nature tough to pin down

‘It seems absurd to assign worth to something we can’t survive without.’

Tread carefully with ship contractVarious individuals and organizations

want the province to force B.C. Ferries management to have three newly

announced ships built by a B.C. shipyard.But it’s not as simple as just mandating

it, then standing back and telling the ferry corporation to just “get ’er done.”

Even Brian Carter, the president of Seaspan Shipyards, which owns and operates Victoria Shipyards in Esquimalt, acknowledged his company will have to look at what’s being asked for first, before it can determine whether it even has the capacity and infrastructure to

commit to such a project.

A perfect scenario for the Capital Region would see the ships built in

B.C., constructed on time and on budget, and with much of the work and jobs coming to Victoria Shipyards, the largest of Seaspan’s three facilities in this province.

But as the ferry corporation found when it commissioned its Celebration-class vessels some years back, international companies are well-equipped to handle such orders and will provide stiff competition for B.C. firms that are only in recent years picking up steam again.

We’d love to trumpet the regional economic activity that would be created by the further expansion of shipbuilding capabilities in Esquimalt.

At the same time, all of us as taxpayers will be footing the bill for those ferries, and it behooves the corporation to seek out the best value for money in this transaction.

Determining whether the creation of a significant number of short-term, well-paying jobs is more important than the potential to overspend for this project, if the bidding was not opened up to a worldwide competition, is a job for government, not the B.C. Ferry Corporation.

The Liberals, despite saying they will let B.C. Ferries make the final decision, have to make sure the corporation is absolutely clear on government’s viewpoint on that issue.

David SuzukiGuest column

Best value vs. local jobs decision must be province’s

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A new garbage collection contract in the Town of Sidney will cost tax-payers 56 per cent more when it comes into effect in January, 2014.

Town council voted recently to award a five-year, $1.67 million gar-bage collection deal to Emterra Group. The contract will include weekly garbage pickup — as per the current practice in Sidney — as well as collection of separated kitchen and other organic waste.

Town staff pointed out only Sidney and View Royal offer weekly garbage pickup, noting most municipalities in the south Island region have gone to biweekly collection.

The new contract, which includes disposal of trash from the Town’s downtown garbage containers, will cost taxpayers around $156 per year, per household. That’s compared with the current contract costing only $100. That, staff stated, will

mean residents will see an extra $14 per billing quarter.

Councillor Mervyn Lougher-Goodey asked why the Town is stick-ing with weekly pickup, when the cost will increase significantly.

Jokingly, Coun. Steve Price said there would be a 100 per cent increase in smell if Sidney didn’t stay with weekly service.

“It’s not just garbage any more,” added Coun. Marilyn Loveless, not-ing that the Capital Regional Dis-trict’s Heartland landfill will no lon-ger accept compostables or organics after January, 2015.

That’s the reason for the new con-tract, she said.

Lougher-Goody also wondered about the lowest bidder being quite a bit under the other two companies. Alpine (Sidney’s current contractor) bid just over $2 million and BFI Can-ada bid $4.1 million.

Council approved the new garbage contract, with Lougher-Goodey the lone holdout.

Town garbage costs to jump 56 per centSidney awards new contract to collect trash as well as kitchen and organic waste


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ADJUSTMENTThis is notice to the residents of the Town of Sidney and the District of North Saanich that the two adjoining municipalities have requested the Province of British Columbia to adjust their legal boundaries such that the portions of Canora Road and McDonald Park Road shown outlined in heavy black on the sketch plans below, which are currently within District of North Saanich, would become part of Town of Sidney.

The purpose of this boundary adjustment is to make the legal boundary the centreline of these roads, which will simplify Sidney’s access to its existing municipal infrastructure and enable improved resident servicing by Sidney along these roads.

If you wish to comment on this proposed boundary adjustment, please send your written comments (by mail or email) to the applicable address below on or before September 6, 2013.

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Shakespeare set for Sidney in SeptemberDevon MacKenzieNews staff

Sidney will be getting a little more culture this summer as Sidney Shakespeare by the Sea is set to take the stage in September in an unusual location.

Beacon Park and the bandshell will play host performers from Vic-toria Shakespeare by the Sea and Discovery Dance Theatre Sept. 6 to 8 in performances of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Romeo and Juliet.

Sidney Shakespeare by the Sea is being pro-duced by the TIDES Group and organizer Steve Duck said he’s looking forward to bringing the produc-tions to Sidney.

“This is going to be an exceptional event

for Sidney,” said Duck, adding that the draw of Sidney Shakespeare by the Sea will help bol-ster local businesses like Sidney’s shops and restaurants.

Duck said that although he already has an inkling that the Saanich Peninsula will have an appetite for the event, this year’s program will serve as a gauge for how much interest there is in hav-ing the event become an annual thing.

“I see the weekend in September as a pos-sible gateway for some-thing bigger, something more like a festival,” he said.

With Sidney already being a destination for theatrical and musical productions thanks to the Charlie White The-atre at the Mary Win-spear Centre, Duck said it was a natural choice

for the Town to host an outdoor theatre event in the summer.

“And depending on weather, we will always have the option to move the performance indoors at the Char-lie White, so it will go on rain or shine,” he added.

The idea was pitched to the Town of Sidney early last s u m m e r but time constraints and bylaws which forbid events requiring tickets in Beacon Park put the idea on hold until this year.

Now, Duck said, with the bylaw revised and ticket sales started, it’s all systems go for the new event.

“It really is an amaz-ing, unique location to host something like this in and it’s going to be really fun,” he said.

Five performances are scheduled for The Bard on Beacon Sidney

Shakespeare by the Sea. On Friday, Sept. 6 at 7:30 p.m. A Midsummer Night’s Dreamwill be per-formed at the Charlie White Theatre (this is the only performance s c h e d u l e d to be at the Mary Win-

spear Centre). On Saturday, Sept.

7 there will be perfor-mances at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. outdoors in Bea-con Park of A Midsum-mer Night’s Dream and on Sunday, Sept. 8 there will be performances

at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. in Beacon Park of Romeo and Juliet.

Performances sched-uled outside may be moved to the Mary Winspear Centre due to weather conditions.

All performances are ticketed with proceeds supporting the Victoria Shakespeare by the Sea and Discovery Dance Theatre.

Tickets, $25, can be purchased from the Mary Winspear Cen-tre box office by call-ing 250-656-0275 or by visiting www.marywin-spear.ca.

Seating at all events is on a first come, first served basis (festival seating).

For additional event information, email [email protected].

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See the Bard on Beacon during Sidney Shakespeare by the Sea

Steve Duck

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HAULING AND SALVAGE

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

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

SMART GUYS Hauling. Gar-den waste, junk removal, clean-ups, etc. Reliable, cour-teous service. 250-544-0611 or 250-889-1051.

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JUN’S Home Improvements. For All Types of Renovations works, Qualifi ed renovator for all your home improvement needs. Interior Design / Decks / Bathrooms / Kitchens / Paint-ing interior & exterior/ Roofi ng / Windows / Tiling / Laminate Flooring / Fencing / Electrical / Plumbing etc. 250-483-1421


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

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(250)889-5794. DIAMOND Dave Moving- 2 men, 5 ton, $85/hr.

2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on lo-cal moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)686-6507.

DONE RIGHT MOVING $80/hr. Senior Discount. Free Est’s. No travel time before or after. SMOOTH MOVES. Call Tyler at 250-418-1747.

*WRIGHT BROS* Moving. $80/hr, 2 men/3 ton. Seniors discount. Philip (250)383-8283

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

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


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

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DRYWALL REPAIRS & HOUSE PAINTING. Free esti-mates. If you, your family or friends need any of the above give Joseph Bronson a call 250-686-0663. Reasonable rates in a tight economy. I take pride in the end results.

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

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With the onset of summer, there is no question

the Greater Victoria real estate market is approach-ing balanced territory. The single best indicator of this strengthening trend is June’s Sales to Listings ratio of 14 per cent - com-pared to about 12 per cent in June, 2012. A balanced market is generally consid-ered to fall into the 15 to 20 per cent range.

After significant price softening, median prices of all residential cat-egories have returned to their levels of a year ago. While national median prices are not available, the aver-age selling price of Canadian homes remains approximately $200,000 lower than in our region. Although real estate in Greater Victoria is cer-tainly worth a premium price, its magnitude remains a concern.

Last summer national prices soft-ened when the Federal government’s tightening of mortgage lending rules affected the purchasing power of many prospective home buyers – particularly the first-timers, the pri-mary engine that drives the entire market.

In the past two months, mortgage rates for five-year fixed mortgages have spiked upward. Since the gov-ernment’s revised lending rules introduced in mid-2012, require that

mortgage qualifications of prospective buyers with less than a 20 per cent down-payment, must be established based on the posted rates rather than discount rates, such buy-ers, especially first-timers, will be affected. As this restrictive effect takes hold, prices could soften once again.

Until now, mortgage rate increases have been mod-est. If however, five-year

bond rates continue to rise, mort-gage rates will follow in lock-step.

How should you, the buyer or seller of real estate, react? If you are a buyer and you qualify for the needed mortgage, you are well-advised to avoid variable-rate mortgages which expose you to the risk of prime rate increases. Consider only a fixed-rate mortgage of at least 5 years’ dura-tion. This will protect you from the inevitable rate increases of the next few years.

If you are a seller, recognize in your pricing that you are, at best, in an approaching balanced market – not a sellers’ market; you must price your home realistically, or it is likely to sit unsold.

A retired corporate executive, enjoy-ing post-retirement as an independent

financial consultant, Peter Dolezal is the author of three books.

Peter DolezalFinancial Savvy

Real estate approaching balanceA10 www.peninsulanewsreview.com Fri, July 26, 2013, Peninsula News Review

51 YEAR old male, quiet, neat, tidy non-smoker, profes-sional tradesman seeking a room to rent in Sidney, BC for the duration of the job I landed at Nicholson Manufacturing Ltd, 9896 Galaran Rd. 1-604-996-2300 (cell) ask for Daniel.

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

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

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2004 FORD MUSTANG Con-vertible, 40th anniversary Spe-cial Edition. Black Beauty! 56,000 km, V-6 automatic, new soft top, fully loaded. $11,500 obo. Serious inquiries only. 250-474-1293, Barb.

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SPORTRACK carrier for two Pelican kayaks. Gently used for one season by seniors. $400 ono. 250-655-1079 or email harfi [email protected]


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

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QUALITY HOUSECLEANER or caregiver, very reliable. Sid-ney. 250-656-3362 after 6pm.

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

ELECTRICAL

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

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

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

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

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FURNITURE REFINISHING

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

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1-250-885-8513 big Jobs or small we do it all. Over grown yard and garden cleanups, Residential & Commercial Property maintenance pro-grams.www.lejeunelandscaping.ca

20% OFF! Mowing, Power-Raking, hedge/shrub trimming. Clean-ups. (250)479-6495.

20+ YEARS Experience. Landscaping, Lawns, Pruning, Maintenance & more. Reliable. WCB. Andrew (250)656-0052.

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

J&L Gardening yard clean-up and maintenance. Master gar-deners. Call John or Louise (250)891-8677.

MIKE’S LAWN and Garden. Weeding, Clean-ups, & more. Senior’s discount. Free esti-mate’s. Mike 250-216-7502.

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

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

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

SMART GUYS Hauling. Gar-den waste, junk removal, clean-ups, etc. Reliable, cour-teous service. 250-544-0611 or 250-889-1051.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

JUN’S Home Improvements. For All Types of Renovations works, Qualifi ed renovator for all your home improvement needs. Interior Design / Decks / Bathrooms / Kitchens / Paint-ing interior & exterior/ Roofi ng / Windows / Tiling / Laminate Flooring / Fencing / Electrical / Plumbing etc. 250-483-1421


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

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

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

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

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2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on lo-cal moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)686-6507.

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*WRIGHT BROS* Moving. $80/hr, 2 men/3 ton. Seniors discount. Philip (250)383-8283

PAINTING

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

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


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• A member of the gallery spoke on con-cerns she shares with other members of the community surround-ing derelict boats and floating docks in Brent-wood Bay and Tod Inlet. Former councillor Adam Olsen also spoke, suggesting a follow up by Transport Canada on obstacles located in the navigable waters in the area might be in order.

• A property on Springlea Road is a step closer to being subdi-vided after council approved a minimum frontage exemption that would allow the owners to apply to pan-handle the lot.

Originally the own-ers had applied to sub-divide the lots side-by-side, but it was decided a panhandle, some-thing that hasn’t been done in the area for years, would be more suitable.

“It may be that we haven’t approved a panhandle lot in 12 years but we have to listen to what the resi-dents want,” said Coun-cillor Carl Jensen, not-ing that neighbours in

the area were opposed to the long, skinny side-by-side lots originally brought forward.

• A trail that would link Butterfield Park and the Gail Wickens Trail could be the result of a zoning amendment that would allow the subdivision of a 10-acre property on Thomson Place. The applicants are asking to subdivide the property into two pieces and are gifting the trail as part of the agreement. The costs to do the work to the trail, including survey-ing and assessment, would be covered by the applicant.

• A new salt/sand shed will be erected on the southwest cor-ner of the public works yard on Keating X Road after council approved a development permit for the structure.

• A pilot project offer-ing overnight parking for kayakers leaving from Island View Beach will begin sometime this summer and run until late fall.

Central Saanich staff and the CRD indicated there is an appetite for overnight parking for kayakers who fre-

quently use the Gulf Islands National Park for overnight trips. The district will work with the CRD to get the pilot going and report

back to council on the results.

• A review of the soil removal and deposit bylaw was deferred to

a committee meeting.

• Council did the first three readings on two animal control bylaws which will ban inten-

tional feeding of wildlife (deer, raccoons, rab-bits and squirrels) in the municipality. The bylaw, which is part of the CRD deer man-

agement strategy, will most likely be officially adopted at one of coun-cil’s next meetings.

[email protected]

Derelict boats in Brentwood Bay eyed for actioncouncil nEWSDistrict of Central Saanich - Monday, July 22, 2013

CENTRAL SAANICH — A 33-year-old North Saa-nich man had a bout of bad luck when his util-ity trailer, which was overloaded with plywood, caused his vehicle and the trailer to veer and roll over into the ditch on the side of the highway near Mount Newton X Road around noon on July 22. The man was not injured and was charged with having an overweight trailer and vehicle.

— News staff/Central Saanich Police Service

Overloaded trailer rolls into the ditch

Public NoticeFUNDING AVAILABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NEB REGULATORY

PROCESS REGARDING THE TRANS MOUNTAIN EXPANSION PROJECT

National EnergyBoard

Office nationalde l’énergie






Office nationalde l’énergieThe National Energy Board (NEB or Board) will make funds available under its Participant Funding Program

(PFP) to assist directly affected persons to participate in the regulatory process of the proposed Trans Mountain Expansion project.

Trans Mountain ULC intends to seek Board approval to expand the existing Trans Mountain pipeline system from its current capacity of 300,000 bpd (barrels per day), to approximately 890,000 bpd. The application is expected to be filed with the NEB in late 2013. For more information on this project, please visit www.neb-one.gc.ca, where you can sign up for process and PFP updates via e-mail.

The NEB will hold public information sessions in fall 2013 in the vicinity of the proposed pipeline to explain the Participant Funding Program and the hearing process.

Funds will be made available to help persons who are directly affected or have relevant information or expertise review and comment on a project application to be submitted by the proponent, Trans Mountain. Funding must be used to prepare for and participate in the hearing process, which will be announced by the Board at a later date. To receive funding, all approved recipients will be required to apply to participate and be granted intervenor status in the NEB’s regulatory process for this project.

A funding review committee, independent of the regulatory process, will consider all applications for funding and make recommendations on the allocation of funds.

Funding applications can be submitted beginning now until 60 days after the Board releases its list of intervenors. The hearing date has not yet been set, as an application has not yet been filed. When the NEB sets a hearing date, that information will be made public. Funding will only be awarded for hearing related activities conducted after your PFP application has been approved. Please review the Participant Funding Program Guide to determine when and how to apply for funding and what funding will cover.

Interested persons are encouraged to review information on the proposed project before submitting an application. This information, as well as the Participant Funding Program Guide, the Application for Funding Form and the Contribution Agreement can be found on the Board’s website (www.neb-one.gc.ca) under Public Participation.

For more information contact:Heather Dodds

Participant Funding CoordinatorTel: 1-800-899-1265 ext. 3130

E-mail: [email protected]


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