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RCMP usually see a slight increase in accidents this time of year he said, adding some years they have to remind drivers to slow down more often than other years. While the weather may not have been a factor in all of the crashes on the week- end, speed is believed to have played a part in all. Just before 9 a.m. on Saturday (Aug. 29), West Shore RCMP were called to a two vehicle accident on the Trans Canada Highway near Goldstream Park. Two passenger cars, a south- bound Honda Accord and a northbound Volkswagen sedan, both carrying two passengers each, collided. All four passengers were taken to hospital with vary- ing degrees of injury. An RCMP traffic analyst was called to examine the scene due to the potential seriousness of the injuries and completed a thorough examination. The highway reopened at around 1 p.m. Investigators are examining the possibility that alcohol and driving pattern on the part of the driver of the southbound Honda may have been factors in the crash. A criminal investiga- tion is underway. BC Ambulance Service and fire crews were also in attendance. Sunday morning (Aug. 30) also started off with delays and closures on the Trans Canada Highway. RCMP were called to the 3500- block for a single vehicle crash at around 5:30 a.m. The driver of a Volkswagen Golf lost control and the vehicle left the roadway. Besides the driver, there were two other female pas- sengers in the vehicle, all of them were teenagers. They suffered varying degrees of injury and were transported to hospital. One of the pas- sengers suffered from more serious injuries but they are not believed to be life threatening. An analyst from the RCMP traffic services arrived on scene just before 7 a.m. and the highway was closed for about four hours. A full investigation is underway due to the injuries sustained by the passenger and the possibility of speed playing a factor in the crash. RCMP said that the roadway was wet but weren’t sure if it was raining at the time of the crash. West Store RCMP were dispatched to another two vehicle collision just after 8 p.m. on Sunday in the 4200-block of the Trans Canada Highway, just north of Aspen Road. Accord- ing to RCMP, a blue Suzuki motorcycle traveling north- bound crossed the centre line and collided head on with a southbound GMC Sierra, which was pulling a 30-foot trailer. The 40-year- old driver of the motorcycle was pronounced dead at the scene. The three occu- pants of the truck were transported to hospital to be assessed for unknown injuries. The identity of the motorcyclist had not been released at the time of the ***Gazette’s press deadline. The highway was closed in both directions and was reopened at approximately 1 a.m. Monday. An RCMP traffic analyst and BC Cor- oners Service continue to investigate the crash. 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NEWSGAZ E T T EGOLDSTREAM
Three weekend crashes close the MalahatOne dead, 10 sent to hospital
Katherine Engqvist News Gazette staff
Emergency crews were working around the clock as multiple serious motor vehicle crashes, including the death of a motorcyclist, caused the Malahat portion of the Trans Canada High-way to be closed for a com-bined total of roughly 13 hours and sent 10 people to hospital over the weekend.
“We’re starting to get our fall rain and people need to adjust their driving hab-its,” said West Shore RCMP spokesman Const. Alex Berube. He said every year the RCMP needs to remind drivers to slow down in bad weather and focus on the road. RCMP usually see a slight increase in accidents this time of year he said, adding some years they have to remind drivers to slow down more often than other years.
While the weather may not have been a factor in all of the crashes on the week-end, speed is believed to have played a part in all.
Just before 9 a.m. on Saturday (Aug. 29), West Shore RCMP were called to a two vehicle accident on the Trans Canada Highway near Goldstream Park. Two passenger cars, a south-bound Honda Accord and a northbound Volkswagen sedan, both carrying two passengers each, collided. All four passengers were
taken to hospital with vary-ing degrees of injury.
An RCMP traffic analyst was called to examine the scene due to the potential seriousness of the injuries and completed a thorough examination. The highway reopened at around 1 p.m. Investigators are examining the possibility that alcohol and driving pattern on the part of the driver of the southbound Honda may have been factors in the crash. A criminal investiga-tion is underway.
BC Ambulance Service and fire crews were also in attendance.
Sunday morning (Aug. 30) also started off with delays and closures on the Trans Canada Highway. RCMP were called to the 3500-block for a single vehicle crash at around 5:30 a.m. The driver of a Volkswagen Golf lost control and the vehicle left the roadway. Besides the driver, there were two other female pas-sengers in the vehicle, all of them were teenagers. They suffered varying degrees of injury and were transported to hospital. One of the pas-sengers suffered from more serious injuries but they are not believed to be life threatening.
An analyst from the RCMP traffic services arrived on scene just before 7 a.m. and the highway was closed for about four hours. A full investigation is underway due to the injuries sustained by the passenger and the possibility of speed playing a factor in the crash. RCMP said that the roadway was
wet but weren’t sure if it was raining at the time of the crash.
West Store RCMP were dispatched to another two vehicle collision just after 8 p.m. on Sunday in the 4200-block of the Trans Canada Highway, just north of Aspen Road. Accord-ing to RCMP, a blue Suzuki motorcycle traveling north-bound crossed the centre line and collided head on with a southbound GMC Sierra, which was pulling a 30-foot trailer. The 40-year-old driver of the motorcycle was pronounced dead at the scene. The three occu-pants of the truck were transported to hospital to be assessed for unknown injuries.
The identity of the motorcyclist had not been released at the time of the ***Gazette’s press deadline.
The highway was closed in both directions and was reopened at approximately 1 a.m. Monday. An RCMP traffic analyst and BC Cor-oners Service continue to investigate the crash. According to RCMP, prelimi-nary evidence recovered at the scene suggested that speed was a factor in the crash.
Shawnigan Lake RCMP assisted at the scene and Victim Services has been assisting the people involved with this crash.
RCMP are urging drivers to slow down and change their driving patterns to reflect current road condi-tions.
The beat goes on....Marcus Eaton performs at the first Eats and Beats event at the Beach Festival at Esquimalt Lagoon last Friday. The event was a hit for those in attendance.
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Musical talent puts roots downJuno award winner headlines this year’s Highlands Fling
Katherine EngqvistNews Gazette staff
Stephen Fearing packed up his belong-ings earlier this sum-mer in Halifax, N.S., put them into a 20-foot U-Haul and traded East Coast for West Coast.
“I actually drove the family car across the country,” said the Juno award winning artist, with a laugh. “I got to do some playing as well but mostly I drove.”
Fearing, who is no stranger to flying back and forth across the country for work, rel-ished in the chance to literally drive coast to coast.
The journey reminded him of what a vast country Canada is.
After the drive, Fear-ing, his wife and their 10-year-old daughter planted roots in Vic-toria by buying a 1911 character home com-plete with shuttered windows.
“It’s a big, old beauti-ful house… But it needs some bringing back to make it a family home,” he said.
Fearing, born in Van-couver before mov-ing to Ireland and then returning back to Van-couver after finish-ing school, said the move to the Island was sparked by a number of things. Mostly because of all of the family the couple has in the prov-ince.
His enthusiasm about the area was hard to contain when asked what he likes
about it. “Where do you want me to start?”
He loves how a local butcher, cafe, and fresh vegetable market are just steps from his front door. “It’s something you take for granted until you live some-where like Nova Scotia.
“I think it’s going to be a good move for us all around,” he said. “There’s a lot more work out here.”
Fearing said a shift in the music industry
has really pushed art-ists to be self-motivated and do a lot of self-pro-moting, which Vancou-ver Island and the sur-rounding Gulf Islands really allow an artist to do. He is especially excited about the num-ber of venues the area has.
“I’m very much look-ing forward to plugging into more local work out here.” He cherishes the opportunity to pre-form at so many differ-
ent venues and still be home that same night with his family.
One of Fearing’s first gigs in the area is the Highlands Fling on Sept. 13 at the Caleb Pike Homestead, 1589 Millstream Rd, from noon till 5 p.m.
“It’s something I haven’t done before so it’ll be a challenge.” But Fearing is revved up about that chal-lenge and likes to try to captivate and surprise
new audiences with his music. “When it’s you, your guitar, and your song those three ele-ments have to be really strong.”
Fearing doesn’t like to categorize his work
but credits some of his influences to every-thing from blues to country to folk.
“It’s roots music… If I say I’m a folk artist then I have to be a folk artist.”
He credits his band-mates from Blackie and the Rodeo Kings for opening him up to dif-
ferent influences and helping him sound believable when delv-ing into different
genres. For the Fling, he
plans on playing some originals, some songs he’s written for other artists, and maybe even a cover or two.
“I love performing, that was my start, song-writing came later,” he said. “Somewhere between being an art-ist and an entertainer is where I want to be.”
After performing at the Highlands Fling and several shows in Ontario, Fearing hopes to spend a few weeks working on more house renovations so the fam-ily can finally move into their new home.
Fling Fun Sunday, Sept. 13Headlining Sunday’s Highlands Fling is none other than Juno-award-win-
ning Stephen Fearing, who recently moved to the Island. “This is an accomplished, accomplished musician, we’re really excited
to have him,” said Scott Richardson, chair of the Highlands District Com-munity Association, which organizes the Fling.
While Fearing’s performance will be one you won’t want to miss, it’s not the only event planned for the Caleb Pike Homestead, 1589 Millstream Rd., from 12 to 5 p.m., Sept. 13. The lineup for the afternoon is packed full of entertainment and activities with plenty of fun in store for kids of all ages.
Aside from Fearing, the music lineup includes an up-and-coming R&B trio as well as the award-winning children’s act Music with Marnie. “She’s going to be very engaging with the kids,” Richardson said.
Back by popular demand, is what Richardson affectionately referred to as “Flingo.” Flingo, is the festival’s version of music bingo. Contestants are given bingo cards and have to match songs being played with squares on their cards. “As soon as you get a row or column you yell ‘flingo,’ “ he said.
As well as music, a number of other activities are planned, ranging from the traditional tug-o-war game to children’s races to a display of a High-lands Fire Department truck.
A number of mini presentations will also be held throughout the day, with topics such as indigenous trees and birds, honey-bee collecting and astronomy.
There will even be telescopes outfitted with the proper filtration systems to allow the public to see sunspots.
Another popular activity Richardson said is returning for this year’s event is the healing house. For a donation, reiki and massage practitioners will offer demonstrations of their services.
The Fling will also mark the grand opening of the Highlands Museum at the Caleb Pike Homestead, which showcases not only the history of the homestead but the entire area.
“There’s a lot of history up here and it will be a place to connect with that,” he said.
Born and raised on the Prairies, Shari Lukens, grew up in the wheat fields of Alberta. When she wasn’t work-ing the golden fields on the family’s grain farm, she spent her time carving her own path on the ice. She even landed a spot at the prestigious Mariposa School of Skating.
“My goal was to be world champion and that’s what I was train-ing for,” Lukens said. But at 16, her skating dreams were ended by a drunk driver.
While she could no longer compete profes-sionally, her passion led her to coaching, and eventually Den-mark, where she not only taught other skat-ers but was also asked to teach power skating to the Danish men’s national hockey team.
“The Canadian-Danish Hockey team I used to call them.” She laughed, at the time their roster including a large number of other Canadians.
After returning to Canada, Lukens shifted careers, while continu-ing to teach skating on the side, her focus was now in broadcast jour-nalism.
“I’d always wanted to do broadcasting,” she said. After training in B.C. her career led her across the province and back to the Prai-ries.
It was while work-ing on an award win-ning documentary that
Lukens was set up on a blind date with the man that would eventually become her husband.
“We were married eight months to the day later,” she said. The couple lived on the mainland for a while but in 2005, they could no longer resist the draw of the Island. Her husband was originally from the Duncan area, so the Cowichan Valley seemed like a perfect fit.
“We were avid fish-ermen so it was fabu-lous.”
But their Island life together was short-lived. In 2006, Lukens’ husband was killed in a
helicopter crash. “It really takes the
wind out of your sails,” she sighed. Her father had been a pilot and she knew the risks of the profession, they had even talked about it being a possibility but she said you never imagine something like that ever happening.
It was a dark time, one that was made worse by court pro-ceedings five years later. Although she did not initiate them, she was still forced to go through the discov-ery process and relive those horrific events. It pushed her into a deep place and she was diag-
nosed with PDST. She attributes her ability to move forward to her support team and net-work. And at the time the Conservative party was bringing in a vic-tim’s rights bill, which really resonated with her.
“In my heart I knew what he wanted.”
So in 2009, “I decided I needed to take care of Shari,” she said.
In August of that year she moved to Colwood, a place that had years before left her awe-struck by its beauty. She had told herself that “If I ever get the opportunity to move down here I would.”
That love of the West Shore drew her into the area and she became highly engaged in its communities, eventu-ally running for Col-wood City council in 2011 and serving until 2014.
But tragedy struck again and just as she was preparing to run for another term her mother was diagnosed with cancer. She was forced to make what she refers to as a “life choice” and not know-ing what kind of treat-ment her mother would need, she decided not to run. She said she didn’t want any absences caused by her taking care of her mother in Alberta to force a by-election and cost tax payers more money.
Now, she is onto what she calls “plan B” and has put her travel plans on hold with the hopes of representing her electoral riding in Ottawa.
When she’s not out campaigning she’s at home with her 11-year-old English springer spaniel named Mae-stro.
“He’s Mr. Personal-ity,” she said of her beloved dog, who orig-inally belonged to her husband and is her “last real connection” with him.
While she doesn’t get out on the ice as much as she’d like to in more recent years she still holds onto her skates. She said getting out on the ice, “that’s where I really feel freedom and passion.” She said skat-ing has taught her to get back up when you fall.
Tragedy moulded Conservative candidateOvercoming loss on the road to Ottawa
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Shari Lukens is running as a Conservative candidate in the Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke riding for the Oct. 19 federal election.
NOTICE OF EXCLUSION APPLICATION REGARDING LAND IN THE AGRICULTURAL LAND RESERVE
The CITY OF LANGFORD, 2ND Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue, Langford, B.C. V9B 2X8 intends on making an application pursuant to Section 29(1) of the Agricultural Land Commission Act to exclude from the Agricultural Land Reserve 43 parcels of land totalling +/-41.33 hectares as shown shaded on the attached plan. The application and supporting information are available for viewing at the City of Langford, Planning Department.
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TOWN OF VIEW ROYALNOTICE OF DISPOSITION OF LAND BY SALE
In compliance with section 26 of the Community Charter, the Council of the Town of View Royal gives notice of its intention to sell its fee simple interest in 280 Island Highway in perpetuity. This land is approximately 1,619m2 (or 17,424 sq.ft.) in area and is legally described as Lot A, Section 27, Esquimalt District, Plan 26190, PID: 002-723-280.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGThe City of Langford has received an application to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 300 by means of proposed Bylaw No. 1589. All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw will be afforded an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the Bylaw at a Public Hearing to be held in the CITY OF LANGFORD COUNCIL CHAMBERS, Third Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue, Langford, BC, on Tuesday, 8 September 2015, at 7:00 pm. Please be advised that no representations may be received by Council after the close of the Public Hearing and any submissions made to Council, whether orally or in writing, will form part of a public record.
Proposal: The purpose of Bylaw No. 1589 is to amend the City of Langford Zoning Bylaw No. 300 by amending the text of the C8 (Community Town Centre Pedestrian) Zone of the land that is the subject of Bylaw No. 1589 to allow an additional 8 children in a group day care.
Applicant: Amber-Lee Lamanes, 0891256 BC Ltd
Location: The land that is the subject of Bylaw No. 1589 is 2758 Peatt Rd as shown shaded on the plan.
COPIES of the complete proposed Bylaw and other material that the Council may consider in relation to the Bylaw may be viewed from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday (holidays excluded), from Monday, 24 August 2015 to Tuesday, 8 September 2015, inclusive, at Langford City Hall, 2nd Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue, Langford, BC, V9B 2X8. Please contact Kyle McStravick in the Planning Department at 250-478-7882 with any questions on this Bylaw.
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Canada Post and the residents of the West Shore are talking.
The lines of commu-nication between Can-ada Post and several communities on Van-couver Island includ-ing the West Shore are already in full swing as the finalization of loca-tions for the forthcom-ing community mail-boxes continues.
View Royal mayor David Screech said the citizens of his commu-nity, who have been selected as one of the first for the change over, have been letting their voices be heard.
“We have had con-cerns from residents regarding placement and locations with them and our staff are working hard with Canada Post to try to resolve those,” Screech said. “Parking, visibility and safety have been big issues brought for-ward. We have had con-cerns from residents who have been noti-fied by Canada Post... hopefully they will get (resolved).”
Canada Post has the
final authority on loca-tions and Screech said he has heard of poten-tial locations across View Royal including one close to 62 View Royal Avenue and the other on Prince Robert Drive and the Island Highway. Canada Post communications state the first areas to be affected have been cho-sen based on neigh-bourhoods “near or similar to communi-ties” where they have been delivering to com-munity mailboxes for many years.
“Canada Post has the authority to place them where they want to, but having said that they have com-mitted to working with the jurisdiction to help
resolve issues and con-cerns,” Screech said. “My understanding is they’ve been good and respectful in work-ing with our staff and I hope that continues.”
He said even his own house will eventually have one as well and he has reservations about implementation for his Burnside Street home, including uncertainty on where it would be safe to pull over and collect mail, especially with little in the way of street lights in his area. He has not yet been informed of where his neighbourhood’s will be going.
“I would encourage residents if they have concerns to bring them forward,” Screech con-
tinued. “It is important for us to hear what the concerns are, and if they do the town will endeavour to work with Canada Post to address (them).”
Canada Post’s Anick Losier said the conver-sion initiative on Van-couver Island began with Victoria, Lang-ford, Colwood, Saanich, Esquimalt, View Royal, Songhees 1A, Sidney, North Saanich and Campbell River. She said communications started with an online survey for residents to provide preferences and concerns.
“From there, we planned sites and worked with city offi-cials to finalize the location,” Losier said.
“We also knocked on the doors of residents’ whose property would be adjacent to a pro-posed site to gather more feedback.”
She said modifica-tions based on feed-back, where it was war-ranted, is already tak-ing place and residents have been kept in the loop through letters for
each milestone. The next step will be instal-lation of the sites, and that is en route for the coming months.
“Overall, we have seen a high level of engagements from resi-dents throughout Van-couver Island. We have received a lot of feed-back which was very useful to selecting site
locations,” Losier said. “Our work continues and we invite anyone who may have con-cerns or questions to contact us directly.”
Anyone can call 1-844-454-3009 if they have any questions about the Canada Post conversion program.
The sight of an ambu-lance in a ditch raised concerns among morn-ing commuters driving along the Trans Canada
Highway on Aug. 27.No patients were on
board and no patients were left waiting because of the incident, said a statement from B.C. Emergency Health Services.
The ambulance driver apparently backed into the ditch beside the highway between the Helmcken overpass and the exit to the Old Island Highway. The crew was respond-
ing to a non-emergency request for assistance, which was covered by another ambulance in the area. No one was injured and the ambu-lance wasn’t damaged.
Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett spent much of last week in Alaska, trying to assure local fishermen and environmentalists that B.C.’s mine approval process is “basically the same” as Alaska’s.Bennett visited an aban-doned mine in northwest B.C. that continues to leak acid and metal pollution into the Taku River, vow-ing to supervise cleanup by a new operator. He noted that one of B.C.’s proposed new mines includes a 23-km pipe sys-tem to move ore out of the shared watershed for processing.This is typical of the discourse between B.C. and our American cousins. Only our industry is ques-tioned.Meanwhile in Colorado, the latest mine spill disaster was blamed on a mistake by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. And in Alaska as in the rest of the U.S., new metal mines such as the giant Pebble proj-ect depend on the same engineer-ing and testing as ours.Here in Victoria, the Fantasy Island dialogue about oil continued, with Green Party leader Elizabeth May calling a news conference to announce she is (brace yourself) opposed to pipelines and tankers on the B.C. coast. She stood at Clo-ver Point, where daily Alaska crude tankers sail past, many on their way to vast refinery complexes just out of sight at Anacortes and Cherry Point in Washington. A good por-
tion of B.C.’s gasoline comes from there.Without a drunk-captain incident since 1989, these tankers load up at
the terminus of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. Let’s take a closer look.For 47 years, the pipeline has pumped huge vol-umes of oil across Alaska from the charming north-ern outpost of Deadhorse to Valdez in the south, just east of Anchorage where cruise ships dock.In his new book, Rust: The Longest War, science writer Jonathan Waldman calls it “the biggest, bad-
dest oil pipeline in the world.“From Prudhoe Bay to Prince Wil-liam Sound, the Trans-Alaska Pipe-line System stretches 800 miles, which leaves engineer Bhaskar Neogi accountable for one of the heaviest metal things in the West-ern Hemisphere, through which the vast majority of Alaska’s economy flows,” Waldman writes. “Daily, the four-foot steel tube spits out $50 million of oil.”It was once the largest private infrastructure in the U.S. Today it’s the most regulated pipeline in the world, with planes flying infrared sensors to detect leaks of warm oil and “line walkers” looking for soft spots in the permafrost.And this isn’t low-fat, shade-grown oil for Seattle fuel-sippers. It strug-gles to flow, with a black asphalt bottom and thick wax that has to be scraped out of the pipeline by the ton with giant “pigs” that clean
and monitor walls for corrosion.The five Prudhoe Bay oilfields have been declining in production for 20 years, to the point where the Trans-Alaska pipeline now carries about a quarter of its design capacity. It’s expected to run out around 2040, but for now Valdez still loads more than a tanker a day.Waldman writes that when North America’s largest oilfield was dis-covered in 1968, companies first considered extending the Alaska Railroad up to Deadhorse. But they would have needed 63 trains a day of 100 cars each. Trucks, cargo planes and even nuclear-powered submarines running under the Arc-tic ice were briefly considered.Since we had a bit of hand-wringing last week about a small earthquake near Fort Nelson that may or may not have been triggered by hydrau-lic fracturing, it’s worth noting that Trans-Alaska oil also causes notice-able tremors as it rushes down the Chugach Mountains to a sudden stop at Valdez. But those are Ameri-can earthquakes, so no story there.
Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twit-ter: @tomfletcherbc Email: [email protected]
Alaska sits in judgement of B.C.
Much needed rain is in order
It may appear that the winter rains are upon us. But, it’s not winter although it is almost the end of summer. All summer long we have been basking in the sunshine, heading to the campgrounds and onto the water.
Along with this blissfully sunny summer there comes a huge price tag. The province has spent countless millions on fighting fires, many of them human-caused. Not to forget the human cost through the loss of homes and animals. It is heart-breaking to hear the losses suffered by so many because of the actions of a few. No matter how many times you tell people to butt out safely, they don’t. Perhaps now with the rains, the fires will die down and the firefighters will get some respite. The rains are something to be appreciated right now, and the sun will come out again and give us a spectacular autumn.
It is expected to be rainy for the next while with some sun predicted.
We are thankful for the rain, the trees and plants seem to be drinking in the moisture and the creeks and waterways are seeing some relief from the summer-long drought. And drought it has been. We hope this is not a sign of things to come, but some say it is. The last thing we want is to be in a position like California is now. We need to be mindful of our water usage whether it is raining or not. It seems we cannot count on the snow pack as we have in years past because this dry climate may become the norm rather than the rare. The wet coast isn’t so wet these days.
The weekend before school begins is supposed to be sunny with temperatures in the 20s. It is usually a time when families go camping and travelling on the last long weekend of the summer. The campfire bans have been lifted in most areas, but caution is still required.
Let’s enjoy these days whether it is raining or not, because both sun and rain are needed. Be careful on the highways and bring everyone back safe.
Tom FletcherB.C. Views
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Christine Scott PublisherDon Descoteau EditorPenny Sakamoto Group Publisher
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Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGThe City of Langford intends to make an application to the Provincial Agriculture Land Commission to remove lands as shown on the map below from the Agriculture Land Reserve. All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Proposal will be afforded an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the Proposal at a Public Hearing to be held in the CITY OF LANGFORD COUNCIL CHAMBERS, Third Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue, Langford, BC, on Tuesday, September 8 2015, at 7:00 pm. Please be advised that no representations may be received by Council after the close of the Public Hearing and any submissions made to Council, whether orally or in writing, will form part of a public record.
Location: The lands that are the subject of the block application are as shown shaded on the plan.
The intent of the application is to implement the South Langford Agricultural Plan by excluding from the Agricultural Land Reserve those lands with low agricultural capability, small size or other factors which limit their use for agriculture. The City of Langford intends to provide agricultural infrastructure support to those lands remaining in the Agricultural Land Reserve as outlined in the Langford Agricultural Plan and the Offi cial Community Plan. Because of the large number of parcels involved, a Block Exclusion Application by the City of Langford was deemed the most effi cient way to implement the Plan.
COPIES of the complete proposed Proposal and other material that the Council may consider in relation to the Proposal may be viewed from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday (holidays excluded), from Monday, August 24 2015 to Tuesday, September 8 2015, inclusive, at Langford City Hall, 2nd Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue, Langford, BC, V9B 2X8. Please contact Matthew Baldwin, Director of Planning in the Planning Department at 250-478-7882 with any questions on this Proposal.
In June of this year Metchosin municipal council quietly passed bylaw 620 to remove park status from Spell-man Park, with the ulti-mate goal of selling the land for two residential lots. Council claims that they will put the proceeds into a fund for an as yet unidenti-fied future parkland purchase. They have done this by using the controversial “Alterna-tive Approval Process”, a method where resi-dents have to mount a campaign to pre-vent an action, rather than seeking citizen’s approval first. This was done during the quiet summer months when there is a gap in the local newspaper dis-tribution during July and August, and while many residents are away on vacation.
The Alternative Approval Process requires that 10% of eli-gible voters of Metcho-sin sign an “Elector Response Form” and that these be submit-ted to Municipal Hall by September 4 of this year ? either by mail or in person. Electronic submissions are not accepted. So far more than 260 such forms have been filled out toward the required 377, despite almost no one knowing that this is occurring. To date every resident as well as non-resident of Metchosin has been shocked at the very concept of destruction of any park, much less one that was donated for that sole purpose in the 1970s.
The park in question, at the corner of Lind-holm Road and Spell-man Place, is about 4.5 acres in size and is con-tiguous with Blinkhorn Nature Park. Together they form about 50 acres of natural area and wildlife corridor, vital for protection of many species and their habitats. Part of Spell-man Park is a seasonal wetland, and home to a population of salaman-ders as well as many other wildlife species.
For detailed infor-mation please contact long-time Metcho-sin resident and well-known biologist Dr. Anna Hall. savespell-
You are right, we need to remove the stigma and have access to mental health care, as the tragic events at the Millstream/Trans-Canada Highway over-pass prove.
But it needs to be effective mental health care. It’s possible the person who felt they needed to end their life had received counsel-ling, but like many of us had not found it to be effective.
One therapy has been proven to be effective with up to 80 per cent of clients with severe mental trauma, with permanent and lasting results obtained in only three ses-sions. But many coun-sellors aren’t aware of it.
Even non-life-threat-ening events such as divorce and unem-ployment can gener-ate PTSD symptoms in people. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), developed in the 1980s, is the number one treatment proven effective for helping heal mental trauma. It’s recommended by the APA and the World Health Organization for treating trauma, after decades of careful sci-entific studies.
I wish that the per-son who had felt they had no other choice but to end their life had
received effective men-tal health care and sup-port. Hopefully their death may help other people who are suffer-ing find out that there are effective options.
If any of the first responders who wit-nessed that event would like to discuss how EMDR might help them, please send them my information. It would be my privilege to do a complimentary session for them to pro-cess the trauma from this event.
Thank you for bring-ing community aware-ness to this crucially important topic.
Kimberley Hop-wood, B.Sc. Psych., M.
Couns.Victoria
Vehicles should be taken away
There have been countless incidents on our roads that have produced frightening experiences and/or led to collisions.
There have been countless advertise-ments and warnings in all forms of media. These warnings on TV are just treated by a lot of people like another beer commercial, it’s just on until their show returns, or skipped over in the newspa-pers.
Some people with bad/aggressive driving habits are probably in self denial and blame their outbursts on other drivers.
Driving fines, even if raised, will not lessen bad attitudes. Giv-ing out tickets is done
after the crime has been commited, so that doesn’t work. As children, when you did something you were told not to do with your bike, it was taken away for a period. Gee, no bike for a month! Bingo, no bike incidents for a month. Therefore, if drivers cannot behave on public roads, and get caught, I say take the vehicle away for a month, plus suspend the guilty person for the same period so they cannot use another vehicle. Should they then be found driving during that period, it’s off to the crowbar hotel, ie: go to your room, you’re grounded.
With cell phones now equipped with video capability and dash cams becoming popu-lar, maybe more inno-cent drivers who are abused by those who need an attitude adjust-ment, will capture their harrowing experi-ences and send them to police websites. The police could then fol-low up with a visit to the perpetrators home to see if they need a ‘time out.’
This problem will only get worse if a solu-tion is not forthcoming.
Ken LevertLangford
Some ideas just won’t work
Forcing a mix of resi-dential and retail space failed in Seattle.
Unless there are many retail businesses in an area, most peo-ple will have to go to a shopping area anyway. I don’t see Wale Road being a good location, as parking and access are awkward.
The very small shop-ping areas in View Royal east of Helmcken seem to be another fail-ure, given store turn-over.
One use that sounds attractive is medi-cal offices, provided there’s critical mass.
And Lloyd Wans-brough should talk to his grandparents about mixing residential and retail. Vancouver used to have many corner stores, whose propri-etors lived behind or above the store. One of those was in southwest Saanich for 80 years –
Brookman’s store. But political control freaks were against that for decades.
BTW, as far as a cafe near the Goose Trail, there’s probably a modest market for that and even some over-night accommodation
(something lacking in View Royal anyway). But the notion of the fool mayor of Esquimalt that bicyclists would stop and buy paintings along trails was bizarre.
Keith Sketchley Saanich
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Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett spent much of last week in Alaska, trying to assure local fishermen and environmentalists that B.C.’s mine approval process is “basically the same” as Alaska’s.Bennett visited an aban-doned mine in northwest B.C. that continues to leak acid and metal pollution into the Taku River, vow-ing to supervise cleanup by a new operator. He noted that one of B.C.’s proposed new mines includes a 23-km pipe sys-tem to move ore out of the shared watershed for processing.This is typical of the discourse between B.C. and our American cousins. Only our industry is ques-tioned.Meanwhile in Colorado, the latest mine spill disaster was blamed on a mistake by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. And in Alaska as in the rest of the U.S., new metal mines such as the giant Pebble proj-ect depend on the same engineer-ing and testing as ours.Here in Victoria, the Fantasy Island dialogue about oil continued, with Green Party leader Elizabeth May calling a news conference to announce she is (brace yourself) opposed to pipelines and tankers on the B.C. coast. She stood at Clo-ver Point, where daily Alaska crude tankers sail past, many on their way to vast refinery complexes just out of sight at Anacortes and Cherry Point in Washington. A good por-
tion of B.C.’s gasoline comes from there.Without a drunk-captain incident since 1989, these tankers load up at
the terminus of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. Let’s take a closer look.For 47 years, the pipeline has pumped huge vol-umes of oil across Alaska from the charming north-ern outpost of Deadhorse to Valdez in the south, just east of Anchorage where cruise ships dock.In his new book, Rust: The Longest War, science writer Jonathan Waldman calls it “the biggest, bad-
dest oil pipeline in the world.“From Prudhoe Bay to Prince Wil-liam Sound, the Trans-Alaska Pipe-line System stretches 800 miles, which leaves engineer Bhaskar Neogi accountable for one of the heaviest metal things in the West-ern Hemisphere, through which the vast majority of Alaska’s economy flows,” Waldman writes. “Daily, the four-foot steel tube spits out $50 million of oil.”It was once the largest private infrastructure in the U.S. Today it’s the most regulated pipeline in the world, with planes flying infrared sensors to detect leaks of warm oil and “line walkers” looking for soft spots in the permafrost.And this isn’t low-fat, shade-grown oil for Seattle fuel-sippers. It strug-gles to flow, with a black asphalt bottom and thick wax that has to be scraped out of the pipeline by the ton with giant “pigs” that clean
and monitor walls for corrosion.The five Prudhoe Bay oilfields have been declining in production for 20 years, to the point where the Trans-Alaska pipeline now carries about a quarter of its design capacity. It’s expected to run out around 2040, but for now Valdez still loads more than a tanker a day.Waldman writes that when North America’s largest oilfield was dis-covered in 1968, companies first considered extending the Alaska Railroad up to Deadhorse. But they would have needed 63 trains a day of 100 cars each. Trucks, cargo planes and even nuclear-powered submarines running under the Arc-tic ice were briefly considered.Since we had a bit of hand-wringing last week about a small earthquake near Fort Nelson that may or may not have been triggered by hydrau-lic fracturing, it’s worth noting that Trans-Alaska oil also causes notice-able tremors as it rushes down the Chugach Mountains to a sudden stop at Valdez. But those are Ameri-can earthquakes, so no story there.
Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twit-ter: @tomfletcherbc Email: [email protected]
Alaska sits in judgement of B.C.
Much needed rain is in order
It may appear that the winter rains are upon us. But, it’s not winter although it is almost the end of summer. All summer long we have been basking in the sunshine, heading to the campgrounds and onto the water.
Along with this blissfully sunny summer there comes a huge price tag. The province has spent countless millions on fighting fires, many of them human-caused. Not to forget the human cost through the loss of homes and animals. It is heart-breaking to hear the losses suffered by so many because of the actions of a few. No matter how many times you tell people to butt out safely, they don’t. Perhaps now with the rains, the fires will die down and the firefighters will get some respite. The rains are something to be appreciated right now, and the sun will come out again and give us a spectacular autumn.
It is expected to be rainy for the next while with some sun predicted.
We are thankful for the rain, the trees and plants seem to be drinking in the moisture and the creeks and waterways are seeing some relief from the summer-long drought. And drought it has been. We hope this is not a sign of things to come, but some say it is. The last thing we want is to be in a position like California is now. We need to be mindful of our water usage whether it is raining or not. It seems we cannot count on the snow pack as we have in years past because this dry climate may become the norm rather than the rare. The wet coast isn’t so wet these days.
The weekend before school begins is supposed to be sunny with temperatures in the 20s. It is usually a time when families go camping and travelling on the last long weekend of the summer. The campfire bans have been lifted in most areas, but caution is still required.
Let’s enjoy these days whether it is raining or not, because both sun and rain are needed. Be careful on the highways and bring everyone back safe.
Tom FletcherB.C. Views
GOLDSTREAM NEWSGAZ E T T E
Christine Scott PublisherDon Descoteau EditorPenny Sakamoto Group Publisher
The Goldstream News Gazette is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council.
Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.
What do you think? Give us your comments by email: [email protected] or fax 250-478-6545. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification.
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Life isn’t always full of elaborate sets, beau-tiful music and audi-ence fanfare.
Terry Rowsell dis-covered it can be about the challenges of learn-ing to live with not much more than the clothes on his back. In debt and homeless, he showered and left his school books at school because he had no place for books while living through a St. John’s, Newfoundland, winter outdoors.
“I spent my last year of university liv-ing on the streets and sleeping in the winter under a park bench in the snow,” the Lang-ford actor said. “I was so poor I didn’t have any winter boots so I had two pairs of wool socks (stuffed) in rub-ber boots.”
After losing all his belongings in a divorce he said cost him every-thing he had, and no
family to help support him through challeng-ing times, the homeless English literature major endured by finding sol-ace in the arts.
“Theatre has given me a unique perspec-tive on life... You get to explore those char-acters and life expe-riences... it is kind of enriching,” he said. “The greatest thing is even in a tragedy peo-ple are able to go away entertained... This is a nice feeling.”
After discovering a park bench was the only shelter he had, his theatre family began to rally around Rowsell, finding him a couch to sleep on when they could, his fellow cast and crew members slowly helping re-brick his life back together. With their help, Row-sell eventually found his way to the opposite side of Canada where he continues to create Terry and give back at the Four Season’s Musi-cal Theatre where he
is board president. It is here he met someone else who found shel-ter there during dark
times. “I would argue at one
point theatre saved me as well. When I first
got involved two of my friends died in a house fire,” Lara Oberg said of the Johnson Street fire that claimed three lives, including that of her friends Emily Morin and Mark Mitchell in February of 2013.
“I didn’t know the people at Four Seasons at the time… But the two hours a couple of times a week, it allowed me to step out of my head.”
Oberg said she was extremely happy and honoured to be work-ing with Rowsell and the rest of the Four Seasons team dur-ing those times and stressed their commit-ment helped her face her challenges.
“When people get together when they do something they love and by and large it is something that is extracurricular or vol-unteer… That’s the spirit that brings peo-ple together,” Oberg said. “When people take certain roles there is time when you need to step outside your-self and that makes you vulnerable, that puts
you on an equal footing that can be a place for more authentic connec-tions.”
She said the commu-nity is tight because of the trust they place in each other and those they collaborate with on stage, and that is a connection that can be seen at the Fringe Festival where Woman with Horns continues Sept. 3, 5 and 6 at the Intrepid Theatre. Row-sell and Oberg take the lead in a decades-old piece Rowsell wrote when going though the toughest stretch of his life.
“If you see someone in the street that looks poor don’t just write them off. I have done okay, I have a good job, a good career, a good family and a nice home in Langford,” he said. “You get to meet peo-ple sometimes who can help you in ways you never expected and what comes around goes around.”
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The Sooke Philhar-monic Chorus is look-ing ahead to a excit-ing season of classical music from Handel, Bach and Mozart. This season the chorus will be led by Nicholas Fair-bank, who replaces conductor Wade Noble.
The Sooke Philhar-monic Chorus is seek-ing new singers to join the 25 already in the choral group.
“We sing a classical repertoire, we’re not singing Kumbaya” said Bob Whittet, president of the Sooke Philhar-monic Society. “We want to tap into the growing population on the West Shore, we
want to recruit them into our choir.”
Recruiting on the West Shore should be a little easier as the chorus will be rehears-ing at Church of the Advent in Colwood and at St. Rose of Lima in Soke. First rehearsals begin at the Church of the Advent on Septem-ber 19. Rehearsals take place from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The cho-rus is seeking soprano, alto, tenor and bass voices.
“We want to increase our chorus substan-tially,” said Whittet.
The Sooke Philhar-monic Chorus is one of the few choruses on Vancouver Island that has the oppor-tunity to sing with a philharmonic orches-tra. The orchestra is conducted by Maestro Norman Nelson and the chorus by Nicho-las Fairbank. Fairbank will conduct the cho-rus for two concert series with the orches-
tra. Festive Harmony on December 5 and 6 will feature highlights from Handel’s Mes-siah with guest soloist Nancy Washeim. Then in March the chorus will join the orchestra for Maestro Mozart’s Vesperae Solemnes de Confessore. This sacred work was Mozart’s final choral work composed for the Salzburg Cathe-dral. It was composed in 1780 for liturgical use.
“It is shaping up to be another wonderful season of music,” said Whittet.
The choral concerts in 2015-16 will be held at the Sooke Baptist Church in Sooke and in the Quarterdeck Ball-room at Royal Roads University. The Sooke Philharmonic Orches-tra’s concerts will be held in Sooke at the Sooke Community Hall and at the theatre in the new Royal Bay second-ary school in Colwood.
The Sooke Philhar-monic Chorus was formed in 2000 when Norman Nelson, con-tacted a women’s choir in Sooke and asked them to form the
nucleus of a full choir interested in singing classical music with the orchestra.
Nicholas Fairbank was born and raised on Canada’s west coast, and now lives and works in Victo-ria, BC. He divides his time between his vari-ous musical activities as composer, collab-orative pianist, harpsi-chordist, organist, con-ductor, adjudicator, cli-nician and teacher. Fair-bank holds diplomas from the Royal Conser-vatory of Music and the Royal Canadian College
of Organists, and Mas-ters degrees from both the University of Paris and the University of Victoria. In addition to his responsibilities with the Sooke Phil-harmonic, he conducts the Via Choralis cham-ber choir and is music
director of First Unitar-ian Church of Victoria.
Singers interested in joining the Sooke Phil-harmonic Chorus can call Lynda Rose at 250-642-3536 or email: [email protected].
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A good education for your child includes good schools, good teachers and good vision. Your child’s eyes are constantly in use in the classroom and at play. When his or her vision is not functioning prop-erly, learning and participation in recreational activi-ties will suffer.
The following are the basic vision skills used atschool:
Near vision: The ability to see clearly and com-fortably at 10-13 inches.Distance vision: the ability to see clearly and comfortably at arm’s reach and beyond.Binocular coordination: The ability to use both eyes together.Eye movement skills: The ability to aim the eyes accurately, move them smoothly across a page and shift them quickly and accurately from one object to another.Focusing skills: The ability to keep both eyes ac-curately focused at the proper distance to see clearly and to change focus quickly.Peripheral awareness: The ability to be aware of things located to the side while looking straight ahead.Eye/hand coordination: The ability to use the eyes and hands together.Disruption to any one of the above skills will
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Symptoms include: losing their place while read-ing; avoiding close work; holding reading material closer than normal; tending to rub their eyes often; complaining of headaches; turning or tilting head and appearing to use one eye only; making fre-quent transpositions of letters or words when read-ing or writing; omitting small words when reading; consistently performing below the level of their peer group.
Since vision changes can occur without anyone noticing, children should visit the Optometrist at least every two years. More frequent visits may be necessary if speci� c problems or risk factors exist. The doctor can prescribe treatment if needed.
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West Shore Parks and Recreation Society (WSPRS), working in cooperation with School District 62, will shortly be installing the planned � eld lighting at the new Royal Bay High School. � is facility, made possible by funding from the City of Colwood, WSPRS and Juan de Fuca Soccer Association gives the community a high quality all-weather arti� cial turf � eld that can be shared between daytime student use and evening playing time for the greater community.A public information session on Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at the West Shore Parks & Recreation Kinsmen Fieldhouse at 6:30-7:30 p.m. will provide interested residents with a visual summary of the project.
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The cars may have been put back in the garage but the votes have been tallied and the results are in.
This year’s Langford Show and Shine (Aug. 16) saw more than 160 entries and 251 ballots cast for the coveted people’s choice award.
The City of Langford announced the results last week. The winners are:
In third place, Don Hutton with his red 1958 Cadillac Biarritz.
In second, Phil Crha with his black 1952 Chevrolet 3100 pickup truck.
And the top prize went to Anthony McGuire with his silver/grey 1967 Chevrolet El Camino.
Some other notable mentions that caught
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-Mike King’s 1969 Chevy Camaro
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A Langford company is still looking for participants in it’s annual charity golf tournament.
Falcon-Software’s 6th Annual Charity Golf Invitational, tak-ing place Friday, Sept. 11 at the Olympic View Golf Club, is hop-ing to fill their roster with 72 participants in the nine-hole golf tournament. Besides bragging rights, there will also be prizes to be won at every hole, includ-ing a new car.
If golf isn’t your sport, tick-ets are still available for the
evening’s event. But organizers urge interested parties to move quickly as seating is limited for the banquet dinner, a West Coast-themed buffet complete with wine.
The evening’s entertainment will get started with cocktails at around 5:30 p.m. and finish with local high-energy Irish Celtic band, Black Angus. The evening will also include silent and live auctions with a piece from local award-winning artist Richard Hunt.
Falcon-Software hopes to raise more than $15,000 for Wounded Warriors Canada, a not-for-profit organization that provides pro-grams and services for Canadian Armed Forces members, retirees and their families.
Tickets are $125 for the full day of events, $65 for golf only, or $75 for just the evening’s activities.
For more information or to register for the event, contact coordinator Kristen Eisenstein at [email protected].
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Looking for a rewarding volunteer opportunity?Become a Colwood Advisory Committee member.
City of Colwood volunteers play a key role in decision making by providing important local knowledge, experience and advice to Council through the following advisory committees:
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Council policy regarding permissive tax exemptions and application detailsare available on the City’s website www.colwood.ca and at City Hall, 3300 Wishart Road, Colwood BC, V9C 1R1
Applications for exemption must be received no later than September 14th, 2015.
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It’s a great time to try out a new recreation activity
Have you ever wanted to try a spin class, get tangled up in yoga or bench press your own weight?
Is the fear of com-mitting to a fixed class schedule or a long-term pass keeping you from trying something new?
Well, West Shore Parks and Recreation has the solution to those problems. They are offering residents a chance to try a new activity – or several – with a fall fitness week.
Between Sept. 8 and 14, a total of 46 free classes will be offered, led by some of the best instructors on the West Shore. With classes ranging from fitness bootcamps to cycling to yoga, there’s bound to be something you’ve always wanted to try.
After you’ve attended a free class, don’t forget to enter the draw for a three-month pass or a prize package. Space is limited so register ahead to avoid disap-pointment.
For more informa-tion, flip to page 47 of fall/winter Activity Guide. Registration is now open for all West Shore Parks and Rec-reation programs, with
sports and leisure activities available for all ages. Sign up or find more details online at
westshorerecreation.ca.
Serving the residents of the West Shore of
Victoria, B.C.West Shore Parks &
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variety of recreational opportunities includ-ing Juan de Fuca Rec-reation Centre, The Q Centre, Juan de Fuca Par 3 Golf Course & Centennial Centre. Whether you enjoy a stroll in the park, a swim in the pool, play-ing soccer with friends, or a round of golf, West
Shore Parks & Recre-ation has programs and facilities for everyone. West Shore Park & Rec-reation is governed by the West Shore Parks & Recreation Society’s Board of Directors made up of represen-tatives from the City of Colwood, the City of Langford, the District of
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FIRST OPEN Heart Society of B.C. is looking for a secretary to serve on its board of direc-tors. The ideal individual would have strong organiza-tional, public relations and communications skills. The so-ciety is a non-profi t, charitable organization dedicated to sup-porting open heart and cardio-vascular patients and their families, supporting heart-re-lated medical equipment and education. The board meets monthly for 1.5 - 2 hours. Please call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.
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VOLUNTEER RECRUIT-MENT Fair: Are you looking to engage in the community? Would you like to fi nd that per-fect volunteer fi t for your skills, interests, and availability? Mark your calendar for Thurs-day, October 1 and attend Vol-unteer Victoria’s Volunteer Re-cruitment Fair at UVic, in the Student Union Building. Please call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.
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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
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FREE 3 seater sofa, you pick-up. Call (250)477-7819.
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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
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FREE METAL garage shelv-ing, 2 racks, 58”hx30”w, 7 shelves. (250)658-4242.
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2592 SQ FT on ground fl oor at 231 Dogwood St (next to Stei-nar Bakery). Heavy traffi c area with lots of parking. Back alley way for easy delivery. $10sq ft. Contact 1(250)923-8085.
4578 SQ FT on the 1st fl oor at 231 Dogwood St (next to Stei-nar Bakery) includes wash-rooms/showers. Heavy traffi c area with lots of parking. $7sq ft. Contact 1(250)923-8085.
COTTAGES
METCHOSIN: 1 bdrm cottage. $900/mo includes cable, W/D. Utils not incld’d. NS/NP. Avail. Sept. 1. Call (250)478-8438.
MISCELLANEOUS FOR RENT
PARKING SPACE near Lans-downe Camosun College. 3 min. walk to campus. Only $75/mo. Save $55/mo (more with reduced rate for two vehi-cles). Chris, 250-595-0370.
SHARED ACCOMMODATION
GOLDSTREAM AREA- 1400 sq ft, newly furnished. W/D, D/W, A/C. Big deck & yard, hi-def TV, parking. Working male only. $650 inclusive. Call Ray 778-433-1233.
SUITES, LOWER
DEEP COVE: lrg 1 bdrm, acreage, hot tub. W/D, cats ok, N/S. $850+. 250-656-1312
TRANSPORTATION
AUTO SERVICES
FREE REMOVAL of all vehi-cles, cash paid for some. Any condition. Call (250)889-5383
CARS
2010 CHEVY Cobalt LT, 4 door, black, power everything, auto, A/C, less then 73,000km, $9000 with full tank of gas! Call 250-634-8586.
We Buy Cars!Scrap Junk
Running or Not!Cars Trucks Vans$50 to $1000FREE TOW AWAY
250-686-3933
MOTORCYCLES
2008 HONDA Motorcycle, 919 (red). Only 22,000 km. Just serviced. No drops. $4,900. Call (250)361-0052.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE
2013 34’ Keystone Cougar 293SAB Fifth Wheel. Immacu-late, only used 4 weeks. 5 year warranty available. 3 slide outs, rear room with bunks, 2nd bathroom, alumi-num frame, bike rack, electric awning. Lots of extras nego-tiable. $35,500. 250-882-6707.
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING
AFFORDABLE, EFFICIENT bookkeeping or Payroll Servic-es avail. Call (250)858-5370.
JUNK REMOVAL 7 days / wk.Fast Service, Best Prices!! Free quotes. (250)857-JUNK.
PARRY’S HAULING We haul it all - FREE estimates. Call Wes 250-812-7774.
PETE’S HAUL A DAY- Junk removal. Airforce guy. Call 250-888-1221.
Refuse Sam✓Garbage Removal
✓O.A.P RatesAttics, Basements,
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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
HAULING AND SALVAGE
SAVE-A-LOT HAULING Furniture, appliance, garden waste, we take it all! Always lowest rate, senior discount. Brad 250-217-9578.
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
FULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, re-liable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1-800-573-2928
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