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Local poet nominated for prizeNorth Saanich resident Pamela Porter is in the running for a CBC poetry prize, page 3

Centre for Plant Health updateOne year after being threatened with closure, the centre is enjoying success, page 5

PENINSULA R E V I E WNEWS

Devon MacKenzieNews staff

The B.C. Thanksgiving Food Drive raised over 20,000 pounds of food for the Sidney Lions Food Bank last weekend.

The initiative, which is orga-nized all over the province annually, is coordinated locally by the Sidney Church of Jesus

Christ of Latter-Day Saints and sees the Sidney Lions Food Bank shelves stocked each year.

“This was an amazing year, we had 21,000 pounds of food donated to us,” said Bill Fos-ter, the president of the Sidney Lions Food Bank.

“Volunteers from the church handled everything,” he added,

including collection bag hand outs the week prior, the col-lection of the food from homes all over the Saanich Peninsula, the sorting of the food at the church as well as providing a flatbed truck and driver to get the palettes of food over to the food bank.

“It is really amazing, it was almost double the amount of

food that they collected last year. We are so thankful to the volunteers who helped out,” he said.

The Sidney Lions Food Bank serves over 1,200 clients, many of them children and seniors, on the Saanich Peninsula each month.

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Thanksgiving food drive successful

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From left, Chuck Nesbitt, Bill Foster, Donna Bramsten, Don Ferrier and Noel Bramsten of the Sidney Lions Food Bank took a moment to pose for the camera before they got back to sorting food collected during the B.C. Thanksgiving Food Drive this past weekend. The food drive raised over 21,000 pounds of food for the local not-for-profit service.

David Foster wants your barbecueFoundation launches scrap metal collection program

Over 20,000 pounds of food collected for local food bank

Kyle SlavinNews staff

The David Foster Foundation wants your old barbecues, pots and pans and car parts to help support Canadian families who have a child in need of an organ transplant.

A new partnership between the charity and Schnitzer Steel will allow for donations to come in the form of scrap metal. Schnitzer will give the cash value of donated metal to the David Foster Foundation.

To launch this new partnership, four Greater Victoria RBC locations – another foundation partner – are hosting scrap metal drives this weekend (Sept. 27 and 28).

“With the change in the economic environment, the foundation is really reaching out to its national and regional partners for unique donations, ... rather than simply asking for cash donations,” said foundation spokesperson Brian Cant.

Greater Victoria residents are urged to drop off their scrap metal – unwanted appliances, cables and wires, even old cars – between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the Uptown, Broadmead, Esquimalt or Westshore RBC branches on Friday and Saturday. All ferrous and nonferrous metals are accepted.

“I don’t think a car is going to fit in one of the recycle bins, but we’ll gladly accept it,” Cant said with a laugh. “If somebody does have a scrap car they want to bring, we’ll connect them with Schnitzer to assist them with that.”

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Crystal Awards finalistsSIDNEY — The Saanich Penin-sula Chamber of Commerce announced the finalists for their 7th Annual Crys-tal Awards on Tuesday. Check penin-sulachamber.ca for a full list of finalists. The winners will be announced at the Chamber’s gala event on Thursday, Oct. 3 at Butchart Gardens.

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A local poet is in the running for a CBC Poetry Prize.

North Saanich resident Pamela Porter was shortlisted for the prize and will find out the results Monday, Sept. 30.

Porter’s long list of achievements includes winning the Malahat Review 50th Anniversary Poetry Prize, the Prism International Grand Prize in Poetry and the Gwendolyn MacEwan Best Poem Prize.

Her novel in verse, The Crazy Man, also won the 2005 Governor Gener-al’s Literary Award for children’s lit-erature.

Porter was nominated for the 2013

CBC Poetry Prize for her poem, Bore-alis, which she said was derived from a memory many years ago.

“The idea for the poem came from when my first born, my daughter, was very small,” explained Porter.

“We lived on a ranch east of the rockies and my husband travelled a lot so I was often alone. My daugh-ter got pneumonia one winter and

I remember having to drive her out to the hospital in this blizzard and it turned out the hospital was full so I decided to turn around and go

home and take care of her there. In that moment I felt so vulnerable and that’s one of those memories that you never let go of. The memory lay

buried for years and years and came out during the creative process.”

Porter has been interested in poetry since she was 15-years-old and really found her stride later in life.

“It took me a very long time to write long enough to really get into it and it took me even longer to get a book published — 29 years. Now I get to go to schools and writing circles and talk to people about writ-ing and the creative process.

I always tell people, whatever your dream is, never give up. If I’d given up at 15 years of writing I would have never seen any success,” said Porter, who has been shortlisted for the CBC award twice 16 and 17 years ago.

Porter’s third poetry collec-tion, Cathedral, was also shortlisted for the 2011 Pat Lowther Award and her fourth collection, No Ordinary Place, was shortlisted for the 2013 Raymond Souster Award.

The other four English-language finalists are: James Scoles of Winni-peg for The Trailer, Cassidy McFadz-ean of Regina for On Naming and the Origin of Pity and Robin Richardson of Toronto for Sit How You Want, Dear; No One’s Looking and Alison Smith of New Germany, N.S., for Blue-grass.

If Porter wins, she will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and will have her story published in Air Canada’s enRoute magazine and on the Canada Writes website. She would also be awarded a two-week residency at The Banff Centre’s Leighton Artists’ [email protected]

Local poet nominated for CBC prizeNorth Saanich resident Pamela Porter finalist in 2013 CBC Poetry Prize running

“I always tell people, whatever your dream is, never give up. If I’d given up at 15 years of writing I would have never had any success.”

– Pamela Porter

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Pamela Porter stands with one of her horses at her North Saanich home.


Central Saanich was named as one of seven B.C. communities hon-oured this year with the B.C. Small Business Roundtable’s Open for Business Awards.

The award, includ-ing a $10,000 grant, was presented as part of the Union of British Columbia Municipali-ties (UBCM) Annual

Convention in Vancou-ver last week.

“We are really excited. At this point we have a few ideas but we haven’t decided just yet how we’re going to use the money to best promote and sup-port the small business community,” said Cen-tral Saanich Council-lor Carl Jensen, adding that a decision by stafff and council will be made in coming weeks

on how the money will be put to use.

The Open for Busi-ness Awards recognize local policies, projects and programs that sup-port small business.

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This year, the B.C. Small Business Round-table received submis-

sions from a record 39 communities and short-listed 15 final-ists. Award evaluations were based on local measures that make it easier to do business in that community, includ-ing enhancing small business competitive-ness, recognizing the contributions of small businesses to the com-munity and promoting the principles of the B.C. Small Business

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ria reflected the Accord by recognizing that when small businesses are celebrated and sup-ported by their com-munities, they are more likely to be competitive and innovative.

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— With files from the Ministry of Jobs, Tour-

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Science being assaulted: MP

Tim CollinsContributor

Last year’s proposed closure of the Cen-tre for Plant Health in North Saanich was only one in a long line of wrong-headed deci-sions regarding scien-tific research in Can-ada, says Saanich-Gulf Island MP Elizabeth May.

“The Harper govern-ment is only interested in science that is busi-ness-led and industry-relevant,” said May in an interview with the PNR.

“With that sort of mentality, it isn’t surprising that they barged ahead with closing a facility that they viewed as being involved in ‘non-pro-ductive’ science.”

She says she sus-pects that “someone, somewhere, thought it would be a good idea, and just ran with it.”

“It was part of the government’s assault on science,” continued May adding that “it’s been going on for years and the problem is that it’s all being done in an atmosphere of

secrecy.”That alleged secrecy

has been decried by scientists, academics, journalists and envi-ronmentalists across Canada and, on Sept. 18, those concerns led to nation-wide protests by a group calling itself Evidence for Democ-racy.

Their rallies, dubbed Stand Up for Science, were held in 17 cities to draw attention to increasingly strict com-munication policies that prevent research-ers and scientists (like those at the Centre for Plant Health) from relaying information to the media or the public.

Lu Zhao, the orga-nizer of the Vancouver Stand Up for Science rally said that the ral-lies were meant to draw attention to the fact that at the same time as the federal govern-ment is making “absurd and obscene” cuts to basic science, they are

engaged in a system-atic muzzling of scien-tists in their employ so that the public remains unaware of the situa-tion.

“It’s an assault on our basic rights to know what’s happening,” said Zhao.

It’s a sentiment shared by Elizabeth May.

“It’s all very Orwellian,” said May.

“For example, the proposed closure of the Centre for Plant Health was rumoured to come from some sort of weird interagency rivalry between the Cana-dian Food Inspection Agency and the more business oriented Agri-Food Canada. But no one would talk about that.”

May said that the fed-eral government has increased the number of information officers who manage the mes-sage of scientists by 15 per cent.

“It’s unprecedented and antithetical to democracy to silence or intimidate scientists in this way,” said May.

“It seems that the Harper government is allergic to transpar-ency.”

When the News Review originally requested an interview with scientists at the Centre for Plant Health, the interview was not granted. It required ten days of phone calls and emails to the Media Relations Office in Ottawa for the News Review to be granted a brief interview.

More details on the Stand Up for Science rallies can be found at evidencefordemocracy.ca.

Proposed closure of Centre for Plant Health was only one in a long line of wrong-headed decisions

Elizabeth May


NOTICE is hereby given of a PUBLIC HEARING to be held in the Central Saanich Municipal Council Chamber, 1903 Mt. Newton Cross Road, Saanichton, BC, at 6:30 p.m. on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2013 with regard to the following proposed Bylaw to amend Land Use Bylaw No. 1309, 1999.

CENTRAL SAANICH LAND USE BYLAW AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 1818, 2013(1700 BLOCK VERLING AVENUE & SEAN HEIGHTS)

In general terms, the purpose of the proposed Bylaw is to amend Appendix A of the Central Saanich Land Use Bylaw No. 1309, 1999 to rezone the lands legally described as Lot 7, Section 15, Range 2 East, South Saanich District, Plan 1495, Parcel Identifier 007-242-140, and That Part of Section 15, Range 2 East, South Saanich District, Included in the Heavy Outline on Plan 40356, Parcel Identifier 000-740-594 (located in the 1700 Block of Verling Avenue and Sean Heights), as shown shaded on the map below, from I-2 Extraction Industrial to I-1 Light Industrial.

The intent of the proposed bylaw amendment is to facilitate the development of a proposed business park on the subject property with vehicular access from the western end of Sean Heights.

Copies of the proposed Bylaw, staff reports and other related information that may be considered by Council, may be inspected at the Office of the Municipal Clerk, Central Saanich Municipal Hall, 1903 Mt. Newton Cross Road, Saanichton, BC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, excluding holidays, from the date of this notice to 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, October 2, 2013 inclusive. For more information, please phone the Planning Department at 250-544-4209.

All persons who believe that their interest in property may be affected by the proposed Bylaw shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing, either in person, by representative, or by written submission, on all matters contained in the proposed Bylaw at the above mentioned time, date and place.

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In May of 2012 the Centre for Plant Health, a facility operated near Sidney by the Cana-dian Food Inspection Agency, was destined for closure due to budget cuts included within the Harper Gov-ernment budget.

Now, just over a year later, the Centre is still operational and its future is solid, thanks to a review conducted in the wake of protests and a petition pre-sented to the Federal Government.

“I’m pretty confident that that analysis will be the justification for keeping (the Centre) open for the foresee-able future. I’m talk-ing the next 20, 30, or 40 years,” said Keith Campbell, the Execu-tive Director for the Western Laboratory Network of the Cana-dian Food Inspection Agency.

Campbell said that the proposed closure was part of a secret budget process in which cuts are pro-posed without an in-depth review of their impact.

Once that review was conducted, it was apparent that placing a plant virus quarantine facility in the heart of the Okanagan “was dif-ficult to manage” said Campbell, and that the ramifications might not have been fully thought out.

The research sta-tion’s operations were slated to go to the Pacific Agri-food Research Centre in

Summerland, where they would have been merged with that Agri-culture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) facility.

The move was report-edly lauded at the time by Hans Buchler, the chair of the BC Wine Grape Council, repre-senting some of the growers whose imports of grapevines and fruit trees might have been streamlined by the clo-sure of the Vancouver Island facility.

Guy Gravelle, a Food Inspection Agency spokesperson was also reported as stating that the move would pro-vide “enhanced capac-ity” to the work of the Summerland Center.

Elizabeth May, Green

Party MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands did not agree and was instru-mental in launching the petition campaign to save the Centre.

“The closure was a completely ridiculous

concept from the out-set,” said May.

May is also credited with drawing the atten-tion of Gerry Ritz, the Minister for Agricul-ture, to the issue.

“I have to give Gerry Ritz full marks for lis-tening to our concerns and conducting a fair and rationale review of the proposed closing. It never made sense, after all,” said May.

The Centre is now enjoying its hundredth year of operation and the roughly thirty-five professionals who con-tinue to work there have gained interna-tional acclaim for their work.

They are currently engaged in the next gen-eration of research on plant viruses, employ-ing DNA sequencing and analysis to stream-line the process.

“Quarantines and controls are far more

complex for plants than they are for animals,” said Campbell.

“The process can take up to three years as the viruses may be unknown and may only manifest themselves for one or two weeks

during the entire grow-ing season.”

“The Centre staff has a well deserved inter-national reputation for excellence. They are world-renowned,” said Campbell.

“I’m happy to say that

their future is solid.” For more information

on the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, visit www. inspection.gc.ca.

editor@peninsula newsreview.com

Local Centre for Plant Health has a healthy futureDespite threats of closure last year, facility operated by CFIA still useful according to review


The Centre for Plant Health in North Saanich faced closure last year due to federal budget cuts. Now, one year later, the facility is still operational and employs 35 people.

“The closure was a completely ridiculous concept from the outset.”

– Elizabeth May

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Civic finances put under microscope

Smoking banextension moot

Guess how many individuals or businesses have been fined in recent years for violating rules around smoking less than three metres from an enclosed space in Greater Victoria?

Exactly zero. On the surface that tells us the Capital Regional District has done a good job at changing people’s behaviour around smoking in public places.

The CRD has clearly taken an educational approach to the issue rather than one that is punitive. Some might argue that aggressive enforcement, with frequent fines for violators, is the best way to change behaviour on this issue. But the numbers would indicate the CRD’s experience of using a kinder, gentler approach has proven effective.

Besides the absence of fines against smokers or establishments – bylaw enforcement officers at the Vancouver Island Health Authority, actually have very limited authority to ticket individuals – the smoking rate in Greater Victoria has been reduced to 11 per cent, compared to 15 per cent provincially.

That said, extending the three-metre ban to seven metres, as the CRD is considering, seems an overreach. The accompanying proposal to create no-smoking zones in parks and playgrounds makes sense, but a seven-metre rule would be like pouring salt in a wound already destined to be lethal.

We shouldn’t be surprised at this gradual expansion of the space in which people can be free from breathing secondhand smoke. Health authorities and other regulatory bodies have made it their goal to squeeze smokers into as small an area as possible and reduce their numbers to limit their impact on public health.

The new distance rule, if passed by the CRD board, will further isolate smokers, to the point where only roadways and parking lots in downtown Victoria, for example, will be “legal” areas to light up.

Unless the CRD is prepared to ban smoking outright – an unlikely notion now, but one many would support – it should look to other ways of educating the public about the hazards of lighting up rather than creating unenforceable rules that further pad the bureaucracy.

The Union of B.C. Municipalities approved a paper on B.C. local governments’ finance system at their convention this month. I was pleased to be one of the authors of this report, which evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of our current tax system.

We found the current situation is sound, but has some weaknesses due to a dependency on property taxes, which is less responsive to economic change and distributes costs unfairly across income groups. These weaknesses will become more apparent over the next 10 to 20 years as infrastructure pressures continue to mount.

The report recommends taking action on both sides of the fiscal equation – revenues and expenditures. Titled “Strong Fiscal Futures,” it sets out five key directions for change: resiliency, value, responsiveness, fairness and excellence.

Resiliency: we want to safeguard the effective elements of the current revenue system. Programs such as the federal gas tax fund, federal/provincial infrastructure programs, and provincial traffic fine revenue sharing and small community grants will be critical to the local government system in the decades ahead. Quite simply, the report urges that existing revenue streams not be lost.

Value: improve value to taxpayers by tightening the management of local-provincial mandates. We

want to make sure that the benefits of new regulations exceed their costs. And it’s about working together to find ways to manage costs of joint mandates such as policing and emergency response.

Responsiveness and fairness: the report urges local governments to partner with the province to improve the economy, and begin a dialogue towards fairer, more

responsive revenue tools.A key component of our proposal

would see revenues delivered to the local government system in years of high economic performance – revenue that could be used to build communities. This will help reduce reliance on the property tax – a tax that does not adequately reflect changes in the B.C. economy – by providing revenues that do respond to economic growth.

This specific proposal is the only significant new revenue proposed for local government. It does not advocate that the province transfer existing revenues – this would be unrealistic as they seek to balance their budgets in challenging economic times.

Nor does it advocate for more taxes from existing taxpayers – taxpayers are also facing these same challenges. What it does

propose is for local governments to work with the province to grow the economy, create new taxpayers and new tax revenue – and when revenues are above average that a portion be shared with an Infrastructure and Community Development Bank for local governments in B.C.

Excellence: lead an initiative to help local governments learn from each other to build tools and resources that support spending and taxing decisions. The initiative can build on excellence already in the system, develop innovative and collaborative mechanisms to achieve greater efficiencies, and deliver critical information like business taxation benchmarks and indicators.

These priorities respect the intention of the province for balanced budgets and institutes measures that can reduce local government costs, help avoid further reliance on the property tax and bring needed economic activity to the province and our communities. Later, as the economy improves, we will be ready to implement these improvements, including a local government share of economic growth.

We expect this report to attract considerable attention, questions and quite likely some debate – not only within the membership of the UBCM, but from citizens and business groups at large.

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Terry Fox, politicians, Dean Park Estates Community AssociationReaders respond: Don’t forget Terry Fox

Over thirty years ago, my family and I were at the first Terry Fox Run and we have supported his cause every year since.

We all want to see the end of cancer but let’s not forget the young man who was the first to pioneer for the cause.

How sad is it that some of the runs in this country had to be cancelled this year due to a lack of volunteers?

There is only so much financial support a person can give and there always seems to be more and more charities asking for money. Volunteering time is another option.

Millions of dollars have been raised for the cause by the Fox family in Terry’s mem-ory. Let’s not forget.

Eileen NattrassSaanichton

Association is non-partisan

Re: Lack of respect, PNR, Aug. 30

In Sheilah Fea’s letter to the editor she stated that the “Dean Park Association” supports

North Saanich Mayor Alice Finall.

She likely meant the Dean Park Estates Community Associa-tion, often referred to as the DPECA.

This volunteer group, which exists to support and inform the 780 households that comprise the Dean Park Estates subdivi-sion, does not support, endorse or oppose any Mayors, Councillors or electoral candidates in the District.

The DPECA execu-tive has no mandate from the membership to engage in the parti-san activities and does not do so.

Despite Sheilah Fea’s incorrect insinuation to the contrary, we want to assure our member-ship and the public that as an association, DPECA continues to uphold this policy.

Richard NordlundPresident, DPECA

Smart meters a tough sell

I know the smart meter issue has been hashed to death but a thought just crossed my mind.

If smart meters are as great as B.C. Hydro is claiming they are, why aren’t they try-

ing to sell them to us instead of ram-ming them down our throats?

“Get your new smart meter, it’ll save you money and make your life easy. No money down and just a few easy payments!”

Christopher StoferBrentwood Bay

Politicians should take serious oath

Are we, the people, expected to punish wrongdoing political bad guys and gals only by voting them out of office? And how could we do that if they are Senators or a retired Prime Minister?

Brian Mulroney for example, in spite of his moral and other trans-gressions, has suffered not at all in any notice-able way. Unbelievably he is still classified as honourable.

There has been much news lately about Mike Duffy and Pamela Wallin and their abuse of privi-leges. Let’s face it, their claims appear to be

less than honest, but I predict Prime Minister Harper will do nothing, letting time pass and the issues as well.

As there is not a meaningful oath taken by our politicians, only a promise to be loyal to the Crown, this must be changed.

Politicians must pledge to be hon-est and resign when proven dishonest.

Even my Boy Scout oath was much more meaningful than the oath taken by our poli-ticians.

MP Elizabeth May is proving to be a power-ful political force, but both we and she need many more honest, dedicated people of democratic principles in our governing bod-ies.

More than ever we need a leader of the people for the people, not a leader in it for selfish personal power or being a lobbyist for corporate greed.

True democracy can only be achieved when people have ref-erendums designed to know their desires and

expectations. D.R. Mills

Sidney

Less debate, more facts

Enough already with the grandstanding rhetoric and innuendo which has replaced fact in North Saanich.

Recently the PNRhas printed numerous letters filled with chest pounding statements such as Ms. Stocks’ rant about her long ethical civil service.

Mr. Weisenbergers’ letter was grandstand-ing in the worst way and full of innuendo.

He claims unneces-sary intervention by certain members of council, but offers no evidence of any such interference.

Another recent let-ter writer stated that the CTQ consultants ignored input from 3,500 respondents to the questionnaire cir-culated by the North Saanich Ratepayers Association.

Since the actual number of respondents was a mere 350, this

statement can only be regarded as a gross mistake on the part of the speaker.

Letter writer David Olsen cites so many obsolete and dubious points that it is clear the last decade has passed him by.

He writes that two new schools have recently been built in North Saanich. What he doesn’t acknowl-edge is that those two schools replace four obsolete schools.

Our middle school and high school serve both North Saanich and Sidney. The enrol-ment stats show that Sidney kids outnumber North Saanich kids two to one, yet Sidney and

North Saanich have the same population.

Simple math destroys Mr. Olsen’s claims that North Saanich hosts more children in the 10 to 19 year age group than any other municipality in the CRD. A genuine fact which emerged from the CTQ report is that North Saanich has the oldest per capita populace in the coun-try.

Mr. Olsen, our democracy is founded on majority rule, and if you don’t like it, you can seek to elect oth-ers. But at least try to be factual in your com-ments.

John UpwardNorth Saanich

Public health officials not supporting residents

A s an affected Tanner Ridge resident, I have had my own health upset by the 24/7 onslaught of noxious odours from the “suspended” compost-ing operation across the highway. Commercial composting is well known to

give off acetone, ammonia, ketones, sulphides, carcino-gens such as benzene and methylene dichloride, plus quantities of a peculiar little spore known to cause a debil-itating disease nicknamed Farmer’s Lung.

However, with absolutely no air testing by either VIHA or the Ministy of Environment, I have been assured by both that the toxic cloud which spreads from Hunt to West Saanich Roads is completely harmless. These assur-ances came to me in the shape of form letters from VIHA and Minister of the Environment. VIHA has stated in writing that they “do not have a role in air quality testing or sampling”, yet in the same letter, they tell me that the air is safe. How can they come to this

conclusion without testing? Likewise, Ministry staff are also blessed with the ability to glean information without testing. It appears that our public health officials are also part-time psychics. Government agencies charged with protecting taxpay-ers health are completely failing us and hiding behind form letters rather than taking action.

KM Fry Central Saanich

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What Should You Do if Someone is Having a Heart Attack?

It has been widely talked about for many years so it doesn’t come

as a big surprise... heart disease, strokes and heart attacks are at an all-time high, affecting millions of Canadians. In fact, about 8 out of 10 Canadians are at risk of developing cardiovascular disease -a devastating illness that 74,000 people die from each year.

What exactly is a heart attack?

When the blood supply to the heart is slowed or stopped because of a blockage, a heart attack occurs. Atherosclerosis, the narrowing of coronary arteries due to plaque buildup, causes more than 90% of heart attacks. A heart attack may also occur when a coronary artery temporarily contracts or goes into a severe spasm, shutting off blood flow to the heart.

Not all people who have heart attacks experience the same symptoms or experience them to the same degree. Many heart attacks aren’t as dramatic as the ones you’ve seen on TV. Some people have no symptoms at all, while for others, the first sign may be sudden cardiac arrest. Still, the more signs and symptoms, the greater the likelihood that person may be having a heart attack. The severity of heart attack symptoms can vary too. Some people have mild pain, while others experience severe pain.

A heart attack can occur anytime — at work or play, while you’re resting, or while you’re in motion. Some heart attacks strike suddenly, but many people who experience a heart attack have warning signs and symptoms hours, days or weeks in advance. The earliest warning of a heart attack may be recurrent chest pain (angina) that is triggered by exertion. Angina is caused by a temporary decrease in blood flow to the heart.

Common symptoms include:• Pressure, tightness, pain, or a squeezing or aching sensation in the chest or arms. It may also spread to the neck, jaw or back.• Nausea, indigestion, heartburn or abdominal pain• Shortness of breath• Sweating or a cold sweat• Feelings of anxiety or an impending sense of doom• Fatigue• Trouble sleeping• Light-headedness or dizziness

What to do if you see someone having a heart attack?If you encounter someone who is unconscious from a presumed heart attack, call for emergency medical help If you have received training in emergency procedures, begin cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This helps deliver oxygen to the body and brain.

According to the American Heart Association, regardless of whether you’ve been trained, you should begin CPR with chest compressions. Press down about 2 inches (5 centimeters) on the person’s chest at a rate of about 100 a minute. If you’ve been trained in CPR, check the person’s airway and deliver rescue breaths after every 30 compressions. If you haven’t been trained, continue compressions until help arrives.

If you are experiencing any warning signs, you should call 9-1-1 or your local emergency number right away, or have someone call for you. Stop all activity and sit or lie down in a position that is most comfortable and try to remain calm until help arrives.

What can you do to improve your heart health?Dr. Linus Pauling, two-time Noble Prize winner, reported 25 years ago that humans do not make their own Vitamin C. He also found that Vitamin C is needed to manufacture healthy collagen, the glue that holds coronary cells together, just like mortar is needed for bricks. Lysine, like steel rods in cement, makes collagen stronger. Dr. Pauling also found that taking several thousand milligrams of Vitamin C a day can help to remove artery blockages and help to prevent a heart attack. Prevention is your best strategy for a strong and healthy cardiovascular system.

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Home Hardware nets grant


Cy Hampson park in North Saanich got a little greener this week after Home Hardware Sidney was able to plant a slew of Garry Oak trees thanks to a grant.

The local business, owned by Bob Haney, received the $2,000 grant from Tree Canada after applying for it in the spring.

“The application comes up every year so this year I finally applied for it and we got it,” explained one of the store’s managers, Siobhan Furlong.

“We sent in our application in April and we found out we got the grant in July. It’s great to be able to plant something in our community that will last and add to the green space,” she said.

On Wednesday, Sept. 25, which also happened to be National Tree Day, Home Hardware Sidney managers, North Saanich parks staff, parks board members and Mayor Alice Finall, employees from Bartlett Tree Experts and members of Tree Can-ada were on hand to help plant the trees in the north east corner of Cy Hampson park.

“We’re really happy to be able to support this initiative,” said Furlong.

Garry Oak meadows host more plant species than any other terrestrial ecosystem in Canada and are often inhabited by rare or endangered species.

“It’s no wonder this initiative was supported by so many people,” said Finall during the planting.

National Tree Day is an initiative that was started in 2011 through a private group and endorsed by Tree Canada.

The day was also locally celebrated by Parkland students who planted trees on Wednesday morn-ing with a little help from Russell Nursey in North Saanich.

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A large group gathered in Cy Hampson Park on Wednesday morning to help plant Garry Oak trees which were obtained by Home Hardware Sidney through a $2,000 Tree Canada grant.


We want every person on the peninsula to feel that the Saanich Peninsula Hospital is their hospital. After 29 years of work, we think that there is a strong sense of ownership; because of our donors, the Saanich Peninsula Hospital Foundation has been able to fund no less than 8 major renovation or construction projects and purchase hundreds of pieces of equipment.

My rst year as President has been productive. Revenue grew again, to a new high of $3.5 million and our contributions to equipment and projects at the Saanich Peninsula Hospital topped $3 million.

In the past year, thanks to our donors, the Foundation was able to:

• Purchase equipment that would not have otherwise been purchased. A new ECG machine for the Laboratory, more new equipment for the Extended Care Unit, and beds (lots of them) to replace older electric beds that according to one sta� member, “barely functioned”.

• Renovate. Renovations are ongoing on the “South Unit” and are just starting on Extended Care Unit 1. Come January of 2014, renovations to the old Operating Room will begin, and we can look forward to having comfortable, private and modern pre- and post-operative facilities.

• Educate. Each year, the Foundation makes small grants to individual sta� members to improve their on-the-job skills and funds training of volunteers and Palliative Care sta� . � ese are important investments that this come back to us all, in the form of more capable and compassionate sta� . It’s our hospital. I hope you will join us in building its future.

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Music experiences in palliative care include listening, songwriting, improvisation, singing and playing instruments. Talent and skill, on the part of the patient, are not required for the therapy to be successful.

Music therapy can help lessen feelings of isolation and loneliness or provide opportunities to confront fear and discuss concerns. In its most powerful moments, music can contribute to resolving long-standing and signi� cant personal issues. Music has been found to reduce feelings of physical pain, also reducing the need for pain medication.

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There’s a foundation for health care on the Saanich Pen-insula, consisting of a group of volunteers and community supporters whose purpose is to meet the needs of people in local neighbourhoods.

Their job, for nearly 30 years, has been to improve the Saanich Peninsula Hospital - its facilities, equipment and as a result, its overall service to the community.

Since the early 1990s, the Saanich Peninsula Hospital Foundation (SPHF) has been a fundraising arm for the health care facility. Consisting of a volunteer board of direc-tors and an office of two paid staff, the SPHF has co-ordi-nated donations and bequests and turned them into hos-pital improvements and expansions that facilitate better health care delivery to Peninsula residents.

Karen Morgan is the SPHF’s executive director, one of the two paid office staff. Her role is to bring donors and the hospital together, to ensure the facility has what it needs to deliver the best possible care and supplement funding from the province and Capital Regional District.

Since 2000, when Morgan began as the Foundation’s fourth executive director, the SPHF has raised nearly $24 million. That money has been - and is being - used for projects such as new operating rooms, new palliative and extended care rooms, a new chapel, therapeutic gar-dens, music therapy program, a new CT scanner and most recently the effort to turn the old operating rooms into a pre-and-post-op area. It’s a big job the Foundation performs. It stems from a community desire to improve health care on the Peninsula and to support the dedicated doctors, nurses, specialists and staff in the hospital.

“The Foundation wants to help. It’s the front line of health care in this community,” Morgan said.

Maintaining that front line are residents, volunteers and the business community that share the same values for health care, close to home. Over the years, said Morgan, their support has been constant and key to ensuring the

hospital keeps up with the times.Over the years, Morgan said, the population of the Pen-

insula has changed. In the 1970s, when the hospital was built, the general population was younger. Since then, more retirees have moved to the area and their health needs are a lot different. Growth to the hospital’s extended and pal-liative care facilities has been the result - enhanced by the fundraising efforts of the SPHF.

Overall care for all of the Peninsula’s residents has not

been forgotten, of course, but with new rooms, programs and gardens for elderly patients and residents, the services have adapted to local needs.

That’s one of the Foundation’s major roles - to help ensure local care needs are met in the local hospital. And to get there, the Foundation garners a lot of support from the community through its fundraising efforts. It’s this sup-port, said Morgan, that makes sure local care is top of mind at the hospital.

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Don Macnamara lives in Sidney by the Sea and, despite the sparkle of wry amusement in his eyes, one might be forgiven for not taking any particular notice of him as you pass him on the street or bump into him at one of the town’s book-stores.

Yet Macnamara, 79, is slated to travel to Ottawa on Nov. 8 where he will attend a gala dinner held in his honour at the Canadian War Museum.

There he’ll be receiving the Conference of Defense Associations Vimy Award, an honour that, since 1991, has been bestowed on a select group of Canadians who have made a significant contribution to the defense and security of the nation and the preservation of democratic values.

Previous Vimy Award winners include General Rick Hillier, Major General Romeo Dallaire, and Gen-eral John de Chastelain.

Macnamara is a retired Canadian Air Force Brigadier General who spent 37 years in the Canadian Forces. His

various roles in the military caused him to be interna-tionally recognized as a spe-cialist in national and inter-national security affairs. He has advised both the most senior levels of government and the military on these issues.

But his work didn’t stop when he retired from the military in 1988.

Macnamara joined the faculty of Queens University where he was involved in a plethora of roles involving international relations and business management.

Macnamara said that he strongly believes that very clear commonalities exist between the need for stra-tegic analysis and interna-tional understanding in both the military and busi-ness worlds.

“In either case, we need to learn about what is hap-pening in other parts of the world and how we can act to protect and promote our own values,” said Macna-mara.

“You need to develop a 40,000 foot view of the world, and then bring it down to a 4,000 foot view and finally a 4 foot view. That’s where what you do

has an impact, but it can only be done within the con-text of a global appreciation of the issues.”

Macnamara fears that the public doesn’t do enough to educate themselves about world events.

“Fewer people are read-ing newspapers or seeking real understanding of the issues,” he said.

“Too many people get their information from 140 character tweets and thirty second sound bites.”

He said that without a global appreciation of the dangers and challenges out there, citizens are leaving the decision making to an ever decreasing number of people who are informed.

“That can pose a real danger to the principles of democracy,” said Macna-mara.

Macnamara has other opinions based on his own informed world view and a keen appreciation of his-tory.

On warfare: “We are no longer fighting easily iden-tifiable enemies. One has to look at strategies like troop deployments and the use of drone strikes through a dif-ferent lens.”

On returning veterans: “We have this host of well trained, disciplined men and women coming out of the military who are this

tremendous resource, and we’re not using them. We owe them more than that.”

“In some ways I think that some executives are afraid

of military men applying for jobs. Afraid of their compe-tence. Scared that they’ll take over.”

On Canada’s changing military role: “The pub-lic perception of the blue berets was always a myth. During Suez and afterward, it was in our best interest to act in a way that helped prevent nuclear war.”

“After the wall came down we had a different role. But we’ve always been able to fight for what’s in the best interest of international and national security.”

On military spending on the F35’s and naval vessels: “(It’s) been neglected and the bureaucrats and politi-cians don’t seem to realize the consequences of not being able to safeguard our own sovereignty. We have massive points of entry and entry to Canada is also entry to the USA.”

Despite his retirement in Sidney, Macnamara contin-ues as a national security analyst and commentator.

He has been to Afghani-stan twice and is a member of the Air Command Advi-sory Council. He continues to lecture periodically at the Royal Military College.

Sidney resident set to receive Vimy Award Don Macnamara will travel to Ottawa on Nov. 8 to attend a gala dinner at the Canadian War Museum

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Don Macnamara is headed to Ottawa on Nov. 8 where he’ll receive the Conference of Defense Associations Vimy Award.


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Parents at Claremont secondary have to dig into their pockets a little deeper than their counterparts at other Saanich high schools when it comes to paying for dry grad events for Grade 12 students.

The Saanich School District (SD63) hasn’t, for the last dozen years, participated in the Liquor Distribution Branch’s Support Dry Grad Campaign. (Claremont is the only Saa-nich high school in SD63, all others are in the Greater Victoria School District.)

“It’s just a stupid thing. It makes me so mad,” said Cindy Nairn, a Claremont parent

who has helped organize the school’s dry grad events for five years, and who is lobby-ing the school district to change its policy.

“It’s getting tough out there to get dona-tions from people, everybody’s tightening their purse strings. Eventually what will happen is if we can’t get the money, dry grad programs will shut down.”

Since 2001, B.C. Liquor Stores province-wide have asked customers to donate $1 to the dry grad campaign when they purchase alcohol at the till. Money raised is given to that store’s local school board to allocate to their high schools’ dry grad programs.

But the Saanich School District has his-torically said it won’t accept the money.

“We currently have a policy on external funding through donations that have a guid-ing principle that says there won’t be any funding received from sellers of tobacco or alcohol,” said SD63 trustee Tim Dunford, chair of the district’s policy development

committee.Last week Dunford served a notice of

motion to the board to remove that prin-ciple from district policies, to allow the LDB to donate to Saanich-based dry grad pro-grams.

He stressed that the money does not come directly from the sale of alcohol, but from a separate donation made by custom-ers of a store that sells alcohol.

“I, and some of the other trustees, see no harm in receiving these donations from the LDB. It seems to me that the argument can be made that this is not supporting liquor sales or supporting the sale of alcohol to minors,” Dunford said. “This is a good-faith gesture from the LDB promoting dry grad and promoting abstinence. It seems to me there’s a good argument, and we should seriously look at that.”

Of the three B.C. Liquor Stores within SD63’s catchment area – Broadmead Village,

Trafalgar Square and Sidney – the Broad-mead location is the only one that currently participates in the campaign. However, the donated money is given to the Greater Vic-toria School District, as Saanich refuses it.

During 2013, the Broadmead Village store collected $1,496 in donations.

“Generous people are opening their wal-lets and donating their money to a great cause, and yet (Claremont has) no access to that money,” Nairn said.

Of the province’s 60 school districts, Saa-nich is one of only five that doesn’t partici-pate in the LDB campaign, and it is the larg-est and only non-rural district of the quin-tet. The others are in areas such as Arrow Lakes, Stikine and New Aiyansh.

Dunford says the school board will spend two months reviewing and researching the potential policy change, and a decision will be made at the Nov. 13 meeting.

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Myles and Gerry Fitzgerald celebrate a goal with Rory Maguire, centre, and Nick Charif, No. 24, against the Salmon Arm Silverbacks during the BCHL Showcase in Chilliwack on Saturday (Sept. 7). The Grizzlies won 5-4 in overtime.

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Home again, home again, jiggity-jig.

The Victoria Grizzlies are happy to be back practising and, as of today (Sept. 27), play-ing in Bear Mountain Arena.

Tonight is the Griz-

zlies (3-3)seventh game of the B.C. Hockey League season and first at home, as the win-less Alberni Bulldogs (0-7) visit. Puck drop is 7:15 p.m. Tomorrow the Salmon Arm Silver-backs visit at the same time.

When you’re home is arguably one of the nic-est arenas in the prov-ince – dressing rooms aside – it’s good to be back.

“Being on the road, it was good for us to

build as a group and build teamsmanship, but there was some adversity playing the second game on the road in two nights,” assistant head coach and general manager Craig Didmon said.

“We’ve done well to come out of it 3-3.”

The past two Friday games were wins for the Grizzlies, in Pow-ell River and Nanaimo. But each was followed up with a loss the next night.

“Saturday we didn’t bring our best perfor-mance. We have a lot of new players who’ve come in and who’re ready to be good play-ers in the league, just need to learn the way the league is and we’ll be one of those teams that continues to get better as the year goes on,” Didmon said.

Fans can expect to see the same dazzling moves from the Fitzger-ald brothers Gerry, who leads the team in scoring with four goals and five assists, and Myles and Leo.

Didmon says the team is even more offensively dynamic up front than last year, but it will take a while to see it consistently.

“We’ve (also) got some raw defencemen who have great skills and puck moving skills. Again, it takes time to figure out the league.”

Engineering a deal

The Grizzlies are happy with its goal-tending duo of local boys Nic Renyard, the starter, and Alec Dillon, the backup.

On Saturday Dillon committed to an NCAA scholarship offer from the Rensselaer Poly-technic Institute Engi-neers in New York.

Dillon starred for the Westshore Wolves junior B team last year.

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THE ARTSComing up in arts and entertainment• Get your Coun-try On dance featuring The Steel Toe Boots happens Satur-day, Oct. 5 at 8 p.m. at the Mary Winspear Centre. Come dance to all your country favourites. Tick-ets ($25) avail-able through the Mary Winspear box office by calling 250-656-0275 or visiting www.marywin-spear.ca.

• The Greater Victoria Police Chorus concert happens at the Saanich Penin-sula Presbyterian Church Satur-day, Oct. 5 at 2 p.m.Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 school age children and are available at the church office (250-656-2241 or 250-656-4537) and at the door.

• Sidney Concert Society 2013/14 season starts this November at St. Elizabeth’s Church in Sidney (10030 Third St.) On Friday, Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m. is Violin Virtuosity featuring Soloist Nancy DiNovo. Friday, January 31, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. is A Clus-ter of Concertos Brandenburg No. 2 featuring four soloists. Sunday, March 2 at 2 p.m. the Young Soloists & The Sidney Classi-cal Orchestra perform and on Friday, April 4 is Romantic Piano in the Classical Era Featuring Jamie Syer on piano. Tickets for all shows are $20 for adults, $10 for students and youth under 19 are free. Save by purchasing seasons tickets (four concerts) for $65 (at the door). Single tickets avail-able at Tanners Books, Russell Nursery and at the door.

VICTORIA — The Blue Bridge is soon to be just a ghost in Vic-toria’s Inner Harbour, but if Vancouver-based comic Dan Quinn has anything to say about it, its legacy will live on.

Quinn is hosting the second annual Blue Bridge Comedy Festi-val, a bigger and bet-ter version of the fes-tival that kept Victori-ans laughing for a week straight last September.

This year’s iteration runs until Sept. 29.

The pinnacle of last year’s festival was the gala show, hosted by Brent Butt at the Archie Browning Sports Cen-tre.

But Quinn decided to take a different approach this time around.

Instead of one big show with a large capacity, this year’s festival offers many shows, in smaller, more intimate venues.

Lucky Bar, the Cop-

per Owl, Esquimalt High, the Victoria Event Centre, Ecole Victor Brodeur, Heck-lers, Upstairs Cabaret, Club 9one9 and the Fleet Club are all host-ing shows this time around.

Venues range from a few dozen seats to a several hundred.

And the shows range in content, too.

“The Big Show is the biggest names, people you see on TV, while the Dark and Dirty Show is more edgy. If you’re married with a couple of kids, this show prob-ably isn’t the one for you. If you don’t want to be offended, we’ve got shows for you, too.”

There’s the Fairly Clean Show, Ratfish Lounge, the Best of Victoria Show, the Young Guns, the Out and About Show, pod-cast tapings, a head-liner series featur-ing the likes of Mike Wilmot, Pete Zedlacher,

Graham Clark, Brian Posehn and Elvira Kurt and even a nightly talk show — hosted by actor, comic and cre-ator of CTV’s hit sitcom Corner Gas, Brent Butt.

“I hosted the gala show last year and I was envious of all the guys who got to hang around all week and see the other shows. It’s a really fun festival with a great crowd,” Butt says.

Butt’s nightly talk show at the Victoria Event Centre will fea-ture some standup, some prepared bits and

some different comedic guests each night, but most of the show will be off the cuff.

“It’s always a lot of fun. The format allows for fun for the audience and the performers. It’s a hybrid between a talk show and a TV show.”

The best part, says Butt, is that it’s in such a small room. “There’s nothing that compares to playing a small

venue. While there’s magic in playing a big theatre, a small venue with a low ceiling and 200 people — that’s ideal.”

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$$$ TOP CA$H PAID $$$. For ALL unwanted Vehicles, any condition. Call (250)885-1427.

CARS

$50 to $1000Scrap Junk

Broken Down Cars Trucks Vans

FREE TOW AWAY

250-686-3933

TRANSPORTATION

CARS

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

MARINE

BOATS

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.

MARINE

BOATS

18FT FIBERGLASS hull andoak and ash wood fi nish ca-noe with paddles and life jack-ets is suitable for exploring thecoast or for more extended ca-noe trips where carrying ca-pacity is required. To inspectplease phone 250.665.6537Asking price, $750.

BE SURE to see First Lady before haul out Sep 30 (winterstorage). Diesel 36’ cruiser,sleeps 5, hyd’s, elec’s & invert-ed AC. Grand wheelhouse$145,000. Ph/Fx 250-248-4495.

$$$$ BOATS WANTED $$$$ ALSO OUTBOARDS ANDTRAILERS. CASH BUYER. $$$$$ 250-544-2628 $$$$$

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING

ACCOUNTINGVida Samimi

Certifi ed General Accountant

Bookkeeping, Audit,Payroll, HST. Set up &

Training. E-FileTAX

250-477-4601

CARPENTRY

JEREMIAH’S CARPENTRY Specializing in small indoor and outdoor jobs and repairs. 20 yrs exp. Licensed, insured, registered. (250)857-1269.

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

CHIMNEY SERVICES

JKG CHIMNEY. Clean, gut-ters, demoss, repairs, fence, yard clean. 250-588-3744.

ELECTRICAL

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.

FENCING

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


FURNITURE REFINISHING

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

GARDENING

22YRS EXP Clean-ups, weed-ing, hauling. $25/hr. All areas of city. Dave 250-656-7045.

(250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK Fall clean-up, hedge & tree pruning, weed & moss repair on lawns, blackberry/ivy re-moval, gutter repair/cleaning.

250-216-9476 ACCEPTING new clients, From the Ground Up, custom landscapes, fi nish carpentry, garden clean-ups.

250-479-7950FREE ESTIMATES

• Lawn Maintenance• Landscaping• Hedge Trimming• Tree Pruning• Yard Cleanups• Gardening/Weeding • Aeration, Odd JobsNO SURPRISES NO MESS

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AURICLE BSC lawn, garden shrubs, irrigation & blow out fall C/up p wash 250-882-3129

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

PREPARE YOUR Lawn & gar-den for fall & winter. Glenwood Gardenworks. 250-474-4373.


GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

20% off. Excellence Gutters. Insured, Reliable! Gutters, skylight cleaning, roof de-mossing. 250-999-2088.

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

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

HANDYPERSONS

BIG BEAR Handyman. Decks, Stairs, Painting, General household repairs. Free esti-mate. Call Barry 250-896-6071

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

HAULING AND SALVAGE

$20 & Up Garbage & Garden waste removal. Senior Disc. Free estimates. 250-812-2279.

CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.

FAMILY MAN Hauling. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-920-8463.

FRANK’S HAULING. “Our business is picking up”. Yard waste, furn,reno 250-727-7311

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


HAULING AND SALVAGE

JUNK BOX- We Do All The Loading

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

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

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

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

FLOORING SALEOver 300 Choices

Lowest Prices Guaranteed!Laminates - $0.59/sq ftEngineered - $1.99 sq ftHardwood - $2.79 sq ft

Overnight Delivery in most of BC!www.kingoffl oors.com1.877.835.6670

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


LANDSCAPING

JAKE’S RAKE & CO. Gut-ters, hedging, lawns, clean-ups. WCB. (250)217-3589.

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

& MOVING STORAGE

(250)383-8283. WRIGHT Bros Moving. $80/hr, 2 men/4 ton. Seniors discount. Call Philip.

(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.

FAST ARRIVAL Moving and Delivery. Serving Vancouver Island. Call 250-813-0987 or [email protected]

PAINTING

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


PAINTING

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

DALE’S PAINTING Int/ext. Prompt, courteous, 25yrs exp $25/hr Free est. 250-516-2445

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

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.

SAFEWAY PAINTING

High quality, Organized. Interior/Exterior

Residential/Commercial Jeff, 250-472-6660 Cell 250-889-7715

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15% SENIORS DISCOUNT


PLUMBING

FELIX PLUMBING. Over 35 years experience. Reasonablerates. Call 250-514-2376.

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

PRESSURE WASHING

DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates.250-744-8588, Norm.

ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

SHORELINE ROOFING. Re-roofi ng specialist. WCB / BBBmember. Quality & satisfactionguaranteed. 250-413-7967.shorelineroofi [email protected]

UPHOLSTERY

UPHOLSTERER NEEDS work. Your fabric or mine.250-480-7937.

WINDOW CLEANING

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

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

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3551 Uptown Blvd #K02(250) 385-8000

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Donate today and help support women’s health in your community.Every September, Shoppers Drug Mart® stores across Canada

set up a Tree of Life in support of women’s health, with 100%

of all proceeds going directly to women’s health initiatives in your

community. Over the years, you’ve contributed over $20 million

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EventsSt. Mary’S ChurCh

on Cultra Ave. is having a thrift sale on Saturday, Sept. 28 from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Everyone is welcome and there is good parking.

new to Curling? If you are interested, try it free on Sunday, Sept. 29 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Glen Meadows Curling Club (1050 McTavish Rd.) Coaches and instructors will be on hand to assist. Call and register at 250-656-3136.

SaaniCh Pioneer SoCiety Talk and Tea Series at the Log Cabin Museum (Polo Park in Saanichton). Sunday, Oct. 6 at 2 p.m. is Stories from the Graves: The 2013 Holy Trinity Cemetery Tour with Diana Chown. Talk will be followed by tea and goodies, admission is $5 for members and

$7 for non-members. For more information call 250-652-6111 or visit www.saanichpioneer society.org.

the baSSet hound picnic happens Saturday, Sept 28 at 11 a.m. at Dominion Brook Park in North Saanich (East Saanich Road). Entry is $5 per dog and includes a blessing of the pets and a games raffle. Bring finger food.

griPPing yarnS Knit and Crochet Circle at the Sidney North Saanich Library. Bring your projects or borrow needles and yarn from us and learn some basic stitches. Skilled knitters will be on-hand to answer questions; knitting and crochet books will be available. For all ages and experiences. Thursday, Sept. 26 to

Dec. 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Drop-in. For information, call 250-656-0944.

the Centre for active living 50+ in Brentwood Bay (1229 Clarke Rd.) is gearing up for an active winter season. Join the fun. Several new programs have been added for you to try something different. Phone us at 250-652-4611 between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m or visit www.central saanichseniors centre.org.

SaaniCh PeninSula Presbyterian Church (9296 East Saanich Rd.) is having a garage sale Saturday, Sept. 28 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Everyone welcome.

CoMe try out PickleBall, North America’s fastest-growing sport. Drop in sessions for all levels at North Saanich Middle School

gym Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. starting Sept. 12. This is a Panorama Recreation event. Regular admission rates apply. For more information, call Marilynne at 250-655-0313.

danCing iS fun! Join the Sidney International Folk Dancers for two hours on Monday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. Sessions start second Monday in September and run until June. Excellent teachers, circle dancing. No partner needed and only $5 for the evening (first time free!) Meet at St. Andrews Church Hall in Sidney (9691 Fourth St.) For further information, call Linda at 250-652-5818 or Karen at 250-655-0654.

MeetingsSaaniCh PeninSula

toaStMaSterS meets every Tuesday from 7:30 p.m. at the Sidney North Saanich library in the Nell Horth room. Do you want to develop better speaking skills, learn to think quickly and clearly on your feet and build strong leadership skills? Contact Gwen at 250-656-3738 for more information.

the PeninSula garden Club will meet on Monday, Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. at the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney. The guest speaker is Diana Cooper who will talk about The Care of Tropical Houseplants and Tender Succulents. Diana, who is an archeologist by profession, spent five years in tropical Australia and was able to view these plants in their native habitat. Visitors and new members are

always welcome.the PeninSula

StroKe Recovery Club meets Mondays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Seventh Day Adventist Church on Willingdon Road in Sidney. Speech and exercise therapies offered. Spouses, caregivers, everyone welcome. Pleased bring a bag lunch. Contact Pat Brown for more information at 250-656-4753.

JuSt Moved to the Saanich Peninsula? Why not join the Peninsula Newcomers Club and make new friends and explore the community. We meet for lunch on the second Thursday of every month in Sidney with an invited speaker. Share in a variety of interests and activities organized and run by our members. For more information check our website:

peninsulanewcomers.ca.

Volunteersare you in the Mood

for some serious fun and maybe even a bit of mystery? We are looking for volunteers for the first ever Sidney Literary Festival being held Oct. 4, 5 and 6. Please contact Sharon at 250-655-1062 or Wendy at 250-656-0137 or visit sidneyliterary festival.com for more information on the event.

be well CliniC, a non-profit group, hosts blood pressure clinics at the SHOAL Centre in Sidney Mondays from 1 to 2 p.m. If you are an RN or LPN with an hour to spare, one or two Mondays a month, please call Maureen at 250-656-2489 for information on how to get involved.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR


Sunrise Farms

Chicken Breasts

Seasoned, Boneless, SkinlessIce Glazed, Frozen

4kg BoxWorks out to:

$3.06/lb, $6.75/kg

Campbell’s

SoupCream of Mushroom, Chicken Noodle, Vegetable or Tomato284mlSingle,5 for $4

THIS WEEK ONLYKraftOriginal Pasta DinnerSelected225gSingle, 5 FOR $4 2699

On Sale

Each

599On Sale

Case of 12

799On Sale

Case of 12

Bergen Farms

BlueberriesUnsweetenedFrozen

8lb Box

Compliments

Cheddar CheeseAssorted

907g

999On Sale

Each 2399On Sale

Each

Specials in Effect till Tuesday, October 1st, 2013

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