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Daniel PalmerNews staff

Stereotyping is the brain’s way of generalizing human behaviour, and whether we like it or not, we all do it.

Nowhere is our ability to label, categorize and cast judgment as readily apparent as it is in poli-tics, where cheerleaders and crit-ics from all political stripes rely on misconceptions and simplifi-cations to frame their opponents.

As the B.C. election ramps up, each party fights against inevita-ble pigeonholing from the public, media and their opponents, said James Lawson, political scientist at the University of Victoria.

“It’s an understated factor in recent Canadian history, the way parties in government have their agenda set by the opposition par-ties they face as much as by their own pressures,” he said.

The B.C. Liberals face the chal-lenges of any three-time incum-bent government, but they have made some policy decisions to buck the Liberal stereotype of unabashed resource develop-

ment and expansion, Lawson said.

“(Liberal leader) Christy Clark announced five conditions for the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline you could dismiss as the-atre, but they were aggressively and publicly pursued,” he said. Announced in January 2012, the conditions include a complete environmental review of the pipeline project and greater First Nations engagement.

“It would be hard to imagine her backing down from those.”

As the B.C. NDP look to oust the Liberals from power for the first time in 13 years, leader Adrian Dix has been mediating concerns about his party’s ability to man-age economic growth and keep spending contained, Lawson said.

“We’ve seen Dix spending a lot of time attending business meet-ings, emphasizing transparency about what the NDP wanted to do and playing down radical change,” he said.

The NDP’s ideological tightrope walk so far seems to be holding the support of new voters while not alienating its traditional sup-port base. The most recent Angus Reid opinion poll gives the NDP a 20-point lead over the Liberals provincewide.

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Oak Bay artist Peggy Frank with her sculpture ‘This is not a cocktail party.’ She is driving the artwork across Canada on her way to a competition in New Brunswick. Along the way she will make stops to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. See the story on page A2.

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Reyataz. Kaletra. Zerit. Norvir.The names, strange to

pronounce and numerous in variety, adorn pill bottles glued to an eight-foot sculpture of a martini-style cocktail glass.

They are all medications for people with HIV and concurrently bring life and struggle to those infected with the lentivirus.

Oak Bay resident Peggy Frank used to take 49 pills per day. She was diagnosed with HIV in 1987 after a humanitarian trip to Africa.

“I just felt like the medical nomenclature of calling the combination of drugs a cocktail was ironic,” Frank said. “It didn’t feel like a cocktail to me.”

As both an artist and an activist, Frank has constructed the sculpture out of plastic, a steel frame and hundreds of pill bottles. Frank and a friend are heading out May 1 to drive the cocktail glass across Canada, to the Kingsbrae Garden Sculpture Competition in St. Andrews, New Brunswick.

The piece is titled “This is not a cocktail party” and is one of 16 finalists at the competition.

“It’s neat for me because it recognizes the sculpture on its own, without it having to do

with health and everything else,” Frank said. “It’s neat when you think of it from that perspective but it’s neat to think it stands on its own as well.”

Thanks to advances in medical science, Frank now only has to take five medications per day.

Not all the bottles in the piece, most of which were donated, are directly HIV medication bottles, but most are related, as HIV and its medications can lead to cholesterol imbalances, heart problems, depression and a myriad of other health concerns.

“The cocktail allows people who are HIV-positive to have the joy of living. And yet it’s more complicated than that,” Frank said.

The piece also features shimmering red ribbons from Kenya, giving the piece an African connection. Frank has an organization, called positively AFRICA, for which she raises funds and awareness to help support families and orphans living with or affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa.

Different people see different messages or meaning in the piece, Frank said. Although it started out as a meditation on the number of pills people with HIV have to take, Frank said it began to take on new meaning for her as she realized the amount of plastic used to make all the pill bottles.

Frank figures she’s taken more than 2,000 bottles of pills over her 25 years with the virus. That’s a lot of plastic.

“The plastics are not easily disposed of, there’s residue of all the medications in each of those plastic bottles. What do we do with that kind of stuff?”

The cocktail sculpture will be making a series of stops in Canada along the way, where Frank will advocate for the HIV community and promote donations to her organization.

With HIV/AIDS not nearly the newsy talking point it once was, Frank said people living with the illness get somewhat forgotten nowadays. No longer a death

sentence, an HIV diagnosis still brings a lifetime of health struggles and a considerable amount of stigma, which Frank believes discourages people from talking about it and getting tested.

“We talk about criminalization of HIV, we talk about people infecting other people, and I really think that’s not the story,” Frank said. “There’s a lot of policies that are based on fear and stigma, and they create a

world where HIV is bound to flourish.”

Frank believes a vaccine is on the way in the next 10 to 20 years, and works to make the message of HIV one of hope, progress and life.

“All that research will eventually come up with some kind of resolution. I think we’re going to see a world without AIDS. I am hopeful. And then, there will be a cocktail party.”

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Oak Bay artist and HIV advocate Peggy Frank is heading out May 1 on a cross-Canada trip with her eight-foot martini glass sculpture, ‘This is not a cocktail party.’

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Did you know?n Peggy Frank’s trip across Canada is not going to be cheap and she’s accepting donations to help get the large sculpture to the competition.

n Anyone interested in supporting the journey can donate to the Cross-Canada Cocktail Tour through the Vancouver Island Persons Living with HIV/AIDS Society at vpwas.com.

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It’s hard to tell at a glance, but green-houses at the Pacific Forestry Centre are home to some stressed out trees.

A veritable forest of 5,000 Interior Doug-las fir seedlings, each in its own pot, are waiting for the hammer to drop. Half will be infected with a nasty fungus normally carried by the Douglas fir beetle. The remainder are fated to become blighted with two different kinds of often-fatal root rot disease.

Three thousand other Douglas firs have already been squeezed dry from various levels of an imposed drought. Stressing out trees at the Saanich-based federal forestry lab is an effort to find Douglas firs that will not only survive through hard times, but are genetically hearty enough to thrive.

It’s those rare genetic traits of both toler-ance and resistance that research scientist Elisa Becker is hunting for.

Facing a shifting climate over the long term and plenty of diseases and pests, zeroing in on genetic advantages will help

promote higher survival rates for tree planting, and ultimately improve timber yield and quality for one of B.C.’s most eco-nomically valuable trees.

“(Forestry managers) want trees that grow fast, but you might get less quality and get root diseases faster,” Becker says. “It’s a bit of a trade-off. We realize now (growth) isn’t the only goal. You want fit trees that can withstand stressors and have quality. We want to see if we can get everything without trade-offs.”

For the next few months, the seedling forest at PFC will be watered and grown, before fungus “lollipops” are inserted into PVC tubes that reach the roots in each pot.

After a year, each of those thousands of trees will have employed strategies to combat infection – some might stop grow-ing, while others may develop large lesions within the wood. Some, a small number, might fight off the fungus and keep grow-ing dense timber almost as if nothing were there.

Becker’s team has seen this tolerance and resistance in action in the drought phase of the study last year.

“With drought, some handled being dry and grew, and some shut down,” she says. “Normally we’d look for resistance of what the tree can survive and how it limits dam-age. But tolerance is important. If there is a lesion or damage and there’s still good quality wood, we want that.”

In terms of root rot, the PCF study plans to infect its Douglas firs with Phellinus, a coastal fungus, and Armillaria, found in the southern B.C. Interior. Root rot does just that – weakens roots in ways that are largely hidden until the tree falls in a wind-storm.

“Root disease is not like the pine beetle, which is bright red. Root diseases are underground eating trees,” Becker said. “It doesn’t impact mortality but it impacts volume, height and growth. If we can improve the quality of wood and volume, this (study) will make a differ-ence that way.”

The work builds off similar research on increasing resistance to root-rot led by forestry centre scientist Mike Cruickshank. The study led by Becker is the largest, the first to stress out the same variety of tree in mul-tiple ways.

“Trees react differently to disease, but when tree growth is affected, wood quality will be affected as well,” Cruickshank said in a May 2011 edition of Information For-estry. “This is a major issue upstream on the value chain, where people rely on con-sistent wood quality.”

Barry Jaquish, a B.C. Ministry of Forests scientist at the Kalamalka Forest Centre in Vernon, provided PFC with the Douglas fir seedlings, and is a partner in the study.

Understanding resistance and tolerance could lead to improved tree breeding for the 15 to 16 million Douglas fir seedings planted each year in the Interior, he said.

“We want to make sure the trees planted have a good chance to survive and grow. It’s not a huge problem, but it’s of economic impor-tance,” Jaquish said. “If there is Armallaria (fungus), we lose a lot of those trees.”

Building pest- and disease-resistant forests, which extends to other species like weevil-resis-tant spruce trees, is also about being prepared for impacts of climate

change within British Columbia and Can-ada. The expectation is that the overall cli-mate will be drier and more prone to tree diseases.

“It’s a challenge. We think with climate change there will be more of these host-pest problems,” Jacquish said. “We want to be proactive and responsive to these things.”

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Federal forestry scientist Elisa Becker checks on Interior Douglas firs growing at the Pacific Forestry Centre in Saanich. Becker and her team are stressing out thousands of fir trees in an effort to pin down the genetic traits that allow some trees to grow through drought and disease.Edward Hill/News staff

Search for the toughest of treesPacific Forestry Centre stresses out Douglas firs in a bid to create stronger forests

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Victoria Teen Expo hopes to capture youths’ attentionDon DescoteauNews staff

From free dirt bike rides and hands-on jousting demonstrations to a modelling competition, musical and dance entertain-ment, there’s lots to like about the inaugural Victoria Teen Expo.

Add in a diverse cross-section of close to 100 exhibitors, plus workshops and teen-oriented guest speakers and it seems there’s something for youth of all interest levels.

The keeners will no doubt get excited about the happenings scheduled for Satur-day (April 27) at Pearkes Recreation Centre. But it’s the kids who may not be as moti-

vated – the ones battling self-esteem issues or bullying, for example – that organizers really want to appeal to.

“When you’re 12 to 18, those are the tough-est years you can possibly go through,” says Ali Berman of Garman Productions, the Victoria company putting together the one-day youth extravaganza.

“Your body is changing, you’re in middle school and high school. So many of them struggle with depression or eating disor-ders or bullying and we wanted to give them resources (to help deal with their challenges).”

The exhibitors will be grouped into four distinct areas: life and education, fashion and beauty, health and wellness and the

Telus “cool stuff” area. A floor plan with a full who’s who list, as well as details on speakers and entertainment, is available at teenexpo.ca.

To encourage youth to check out the expo, Berman and company have enlisted the help of middle and high school adminis-trators and counsellors and put up posters around town to boost awareness.

Then there’s the little matter of financial incentive. “We’re donating $1,500 to the school that sends the most attendees,” Ber-man says.

The expo has a couple of other commu-nity service elements. A portion of the pro-ceeds from the show will be donated to KidSport, and attendees who bring non-per-

ishable food items for local food banks, will receive a discount on their admission ($5 for kids 10 and under, $7 for 11 and over).

Overall, the hope is to help teens expand their horizons and their knowledge of what’s available for them in the Greater Vic-toria, Berman says.

“If we can help one person connect with somebody that helps them in their life, we’ll consider it a success. It’s about connecting the youth with the right people.”

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Parc Modern furniture has doubled its space in a new location on Bay Street, giving customers more room to comfortably explore the terrific lines and products the store is known for, plus more than a few new surprises.

David and Jody Adelman opened Parc Modern Interiors on Herald Street in 2010, focusing largely on living room furnishings that suited the modern aesthetic and size requirements of today’s condos. With more and more requests from customers looking for the same style in dining room and bedroom furnishings, it became clear they needed more room, David explains.

Not only does the bright and airy new Bay Street loca-tion offer 5,000 square feet of display space – including a 50-foot illuminated chair wall perfect for inspiring new ideas – but there’s also ample free parking right in front of the store and a small warehouse on-site for easy pick-up.

“Our customers walk in and they’re just wowed by the selection and space,” David says.

Since moving at the beginning of April, the central lo-cation is also attracting many new customers who hadn’t ventured into the downtown store before, he notes.

“We have every category of furniture now – living room, dining room, bedroom and home office. We have storage beds, wood, leather and fabric beds, and the full spectrum of modern floor and table lamps, plus other ac-cessories – lots of choices now that we have the space,” David notes. “We’re truly a full-service store now.”

Creating your perfect space at home is also easier in Parc Modern’s new design centre.

Customers will enjoy relaxing with a beverage from the coffee bar while viewing the latest catalogues on the 60-inch flatscreen. The screen provides a larger view of the furnishings and accessories while ensuring homeowners are accessing the most current information. On the green front, the electronic catalogues also allowing the store to improve its environmental footprint with reduced paper consumption, David says.

Among the recent highlights at the new store is the Calvin Klein Custom Rug Program, which lets customers take home carpet samples to try in their space before ordering.

Another highlight, especially here in eco-conscious Vic-toria, is Magniflex Memory Foam Mattress from Italy. While beautiful to sleep on, the mattress also features organic covers, zero-off-gassing and are hypo allergenic, earning Magniflex the coveted Oeko-tex certification.

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While quality, stylish furnishings remain the cornerstone of Parc Modern’s philosophy, underlying everything is David and Jody’s commitment to their customers, demon-strated in the referrals and word-of-mouth advertising they enjoy.

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The investigation into a collision between a fishing vessel and a navy frigate at CFB Esquimalt will delay scheduled work at Victo-ria shipyards, but officials aren’t saying for how long.

On Tuesday morning, The American Dynasty slammed into HMCS Winnipeg, caus-ing damage to both ships as well as to “C” Jetty, where the Winnipeg was docked.

“That ship (the Dynasty) was on its way into the dock (Tuesday), so clearly that’s delayed, but assessing the impact to Victoria’s ongo-ing schedule will take some time,” said Brian Carter, Sea-span shipyards president.

The collision occurred as the 90-metre fishing trawler was being escorted by tug-boats into the Esquimalt graving dock.

Six of the 65 people work-ing on the Winnipeg at the time of impact were trans-ported to Victoria General Hospital with minor inju-ries; they have since been discharged.

No injuries were reported on the Dynasty.

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would not confirm the estimated damage to the Winnipeg, which recently underwent a massive sys-tems retrofit, but admitted there would be a delay to its scheduled operations.

The Department of National Defence owns the

Esquimalt graving dock, also known as Victoria Ship-yards.

Seaspan leases the dry-dock from DND for its Victo-ria-based shipbuilding and ship repair work, and also has operations out of North Vancouver.

The complex investi-gation is being led by the Transportation Safety Board and includes the Depart-ment of National Defence, Seaspan and American Sea-foods Company, owner of the Dynasty.

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Ship collision to delay DND, repair operationsDid you know?n HMCS Winnipeg was christened in 1994.

n Built at the Saint John Shipbuilding Company drydock in New Brunswick, one of 12 Canadian patrol frigates in the Canadian Navy, the Winnipeg is considered among the most advanced warships in the world.

n The ship is capable of anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare and anti-air warfare.

n In 2010, the Winnipeg’s crew was honoured by NATO for its success in counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. In that operation, the Winnipeg helped ensure the safe delivery of more than 5,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Somalia and disarmed five pirate ships.

n The frigate is also known for intercepting the MV Sun Sea, a Tamil migrant ship that arrived off the Canadian coast from Sri Lanka in August 2010.

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The American Dynasty, a U.S. fishing vessel, sits punctured after it collided with HMCS Winnipeg, which was docked at ‘C’ Jetty at CFB Esquimalt Tuesday morning.

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Chef wins Island honoursOak Bay Beach Hotel Executive Chef Iain

Rennie was awarded Island Chef of the Year by the Canadian Culinary Federation regional branch.

Voted on by peers in the industry, the award is presented to a top culinary professional for their contribution to the community, appren-tices and their profession.

The award is presented to a chef who, in the eyes of the membership, best exemplifies the elements of professionalism, dedication to the craft of cooking.

Each regional Chef of the Year is then pre-sented to the national convention where regional presidents vote upon choosing a national Chef of the Year. The national award-winner will be announced at the national con-vention in Edmonton on May 29.

Rennie, with his sous chef Josh Houston, recently joined the culinary team at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel.

Youth choir hosts Island UkulelesYouth Choir 61, the school district honour

choir, hosts its annual spring concert with spe-cial guests Island Ukuleles on Saturday, May 4 at St. Aidan’s Church, 3703 St. Aidan’s St. at 7 p.m.

Tickets, $10 for adults and $5 for kids 12 and under, are available at the door. For more infor-mation call 250-598-4463 or go to choir.sd61.bc.ca.

Walk like a birdA local birder will lead a walk from Cattle

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The fawn lilies are bloomingJoin Kathleen Matthews on a nature ramble.

Uplands Park springs awake with lovely blos-soms, fawn lilies follow and the trails are delight-ful. Wear gumboots, bring your camera and a smile to greet the spring.

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So the decision to cre-ate Hike for Hospice, an annual fundraising event for Victoria Hospice, was an easy one. On May 5 teams and individuals will gather at Fisher-mans’ Wharf Park and enjoy a scenic 3.5 km loop walk along Victoria’s waterfront. The hike lets families remember loved ones and encourages supporters to team up to raise funds and aware-ness for quality end-of-life care.

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Come September, your commute to downtown Victoria could be notice-ably longer or noticeably shorter – depending on your travel choices.

A report from the Victoria Regional Transit Commission, looking at short-term strategies to get B.C. Transit buses moving through traffic faster, suggests converting two lanes

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B.C. Transit buses on Douglas Street. This fall those buses could be delivering passengers much quicker on Douglas Street.

on Douglas Street to bus-only lanes during rush hour by this fall.

“We’re convinced that if you can show people that their commute can be shortened and that they can see buses going past them while they’re stuck in gridlock, the number of people who choose to take a bus increases dramatically,” said Saanich Coun. Susan Brice, chair of the VRTC.

The Douglas Street pilot project would stretch from Hillside Avenue to Belleville Street, and is deemed an inexpensive solution to alleviate con-gestion.

According to the report, released last week, the conversion wouldn’t require upgrades to existing infrastructure, and signage and paint indicating bus-only lane hours would make up the major-ity of the $600,000 cost. It’s believed the transit right-of-way would save up to four minutes on each bus trip.

“It’s a practical plan, and a relatively inexpen-sive way we think we can get some immediate gains,” Brice said.

The proposal sees the outer lanes along Doug-las Street used for buses only for two hours dur-ing the morning commute and two hours during the evening commute. The lanes would return to normal use outside of these hours.

Slightly longer-term goals, which will continue to be discussed, include creating two queue-jumper lanes in Saanich on McKenzie Avenue, at Quadra Street and Shelbourne Street, and three lanes along the Island Highway in Colwood and

View Royal. Constructing queue jumper lanes, which would

give buses priority at intersections, requires acquiring land to build out the right-of-way. “They’re right on the immediate planning docket, as well, but the answers aren’t as obvious as just setting aside lanes,” Brice said.

Saanich, Victoria, Colwood and View Royal councils, along with the Capital Regional Dis-trict’s planning, transportation and protective services committee, will look at the plans for discussion and approval. Residents will have an opportunity at the meetings to voice their opin-ions.

Meribeth Burton, spokesperson for B.C. Tran-sit, said the goal is to also host public consulta-tions by mid-June.

The short-term plans don’t change the fact the region is still looking at a long-term transporta-tion strategy that could include rapid bus or light-rail transit.

“This is incremental. As we look out into the future, Uptown will provide the hub for whatever transit system is envisioned for our area,” Brice said. “So it’s important that all these steps lead ultimately to a regional system.”

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They’re the pride and possibly the fear of any parent – teenagers who are exceedingly smart and can argue just about anybody under the table.

Two Grade 12 girls from Pacific Christian School fit that bill, and are the only students from Van-couver Island competing in this year’s senior national debate championships in Calgary.

The team of Virginia Shram, 18, and Heather Cape, 17, under the guidance of teacher and coach Ruth McGhee, plowed through strong competition in February to lock the top spot on the Island. Then out of 38 debate teams at provincials in March in Trail, the girls earned fourth, and a chance to compete at nationals.

The top five teams go to the championships. The Glenlyon Norfolk school team and 2012 provincial champions David Den-hoff and Christian Taylor came in second overall.

“We just wanted to do our best for our last year in high school,” Shram said. “It was a fun trip. But until the final round, we had no idea how we did.”

Indeed, the Pacific Christian team sat through the final debate, a banquet dinner and speeches before judges announced the rankings – it was a long few hours not knowing if they were third or

33rd.“I didn’t think we had a chance,

and then Virginia came in first place for the speaker (award),” Cape remarked, referring to Shram’s No. 1 individual ranking out of 76 competitors. “It took a while to sink in that we were going to nationals.”

“We were in shock. It made the ride back more at ease than the ride there,” Shram added.

The girls may be modest, but beyond their regular workload, which includes college-level advanced placement classes, they regularly meet with McGhee to talk about current events and learn debate strategies to pick apart opposing teams' arguments.

They also regularly brush up on current events through read-ing publications like the Econo-mist magazine and The Globe and

Mail, watching TED talks and hav-ing documentary movie nights. Like the provincials, the national debate has a predetermined topic – in this case, the issue of allow-ing doctors to prescribe placebos – and four rounds of impromptu debates, which can be any topic, but tend to touch on current events.

“I like impromptu better, it’s more like an adrenaline rush,”

Shram said. “You concoct your argument, bolster your position and then tear apart the other team.”

Shram, a veteran debater, started in the PCS debate class in Grade 8 and went to junior nationals in 2009. “I remember I liked debating in elementary school, and I enjoyed going to that (debate) class in Grade 8, and I’ve taken it ever since,” she said.

Cape joined the team last year after demonstrating natural lead-ership and debating talent in the model UN club.

“It was clear from the model UN she had the debate chops,” McGhee said. “Heather comple-ments Virginia very well. And Virginia always wanted to get to senior nationals before the end of high school.”

For the past few weeks, the girls have brushed up on their medical law and ethics, and legal precedents from other countries surrounding doctors prescribing placebos.

The senior debate nationals are in Calgary from April 25 to 29.

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Pacific Christian School secondary teacher Ruth McGhee, centre, helped coach Heather Cape and Virginia Shram through to the senior national debate championships in Calgary.

Teen debaters ready to argue at nationals“You concoct your

argument, bolster your position and then tear apart the other team.”

- Virginia Shram

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Skilled and educated workers are B.C.’s most critical resource.

Our 11 public colleges are com-mitted to producing gradu-ates with the advanced skills and education to meet the demands of B.C.’s labour market.

Our college system offers innovative, world-class education right here in our own backyard.

This is not easy or with-out cost but the payoff is worth it. A highly skilled and educated workforce will fuel our economy and enhance our competitive advantage at home and globally.

On Vancouver Island, shipbuild-ing, technology, tourism and con-struction companies are experienc-ing growing and immediate demand for skilled workers. This is where colleges play a key role.

At Camosun College work is underway to ensure that innova-tive education is not just a strategic buzzword but a reality.

Their new Centre of Excel-lence for Teaching and Learning is designed to support innovation, enhance student learning and facili-tate partnerships with communi-ties, businesses and industry.

This collaborative component ensures that programs are work-place relevant and that the supply of job-ready workers meets the growing provincial demand.

Post-secondary institutions need to adapt and innovate to meet stu-dent needs. An excellent example

is Camosun’s innovative new E-PPRENTICE Cook program deliv-ered through a blend of online and

workplace components allowing students to obtain their training and certification in a more timely and practical man-ner than traditional deliv-ery methods.

The success of the E-PPRENTICE program has led Camosun Col-lege and other colleges throughout B.C. to ask: What other innovative delivery options can be explored to better meet the needs of students and

employers? Already more than 50 per cent

of Camosun’s courses include a technological component and the college is looking at other oppor-tunities. With the recent $8-bil-lion federal shipbuilding contract awarded to West Coast-based Seaspan Marine, development is underway for the online delivery of a shipbuilding and repair entry level training program and a pipe trades program.

In B.C., more than 90 per cent of college graduates are employed within six months of graduation. Why so many, so fast?

Innovative programming means students get the skills they need in a format that works for them and employers get the skilled workers to grow their business.

To ensure this type of innovation in education is possible, our post-secondary institutions need ongo-

ing and predictable funding. The recent federal budget recog-

nized the need to address the skills gap – our provincial government needs to do the same.

Unfortunately, at a time when we should be building capacity in col-leges, many have had to do more with less. Camosun College faces higher demand and yet in 2013-14 will need to overcome a budget deficit of $2 million. Camosun is not alone. The current funding model does not adequately fund the very institutions that are able to sup-ply the job-ready graduates to fuel B.C.’s economy

Over the last 10 years the pro-vincial government has invested substantially in research and gradu-ate programs at B.C.’s research uni-versities including the University of Victoria and the University of Brit-ish Columbia. No doubt this invest-ment has served the educational needs of many British Columbians. But now we need the same level of investment in advanced skills train-ing and education at colleges to address the pending skills gap.

It is my hope that after the pro-vincial election, our provincial government will establish an invest-ment plan to help colleges meet the growing demand for highly skilled graduates to fuel B.C.’s competitive advantage.

Education is not an expense; it is an investment. It is time to make an investment in our most critical resource – a highly skilled and edu-cated workforce.

Jim Reed is the president of B.C. Colleges.

Skilled workers fuel B.C.’s economy

‘Our post-secondary institutions need ongoing and predictable funding.’

Platforms ignore low-cost child care

This week the B.C. Liberals and the NDP laid out their platforms on how they would help mould and support the youngest minds in the province.

The Liberals are offering more of what they’ve been doing, which on the whole has been a boon to young kids and their parents, at least for the past few years.

Under the Liberals, the Ministry of Education has implemented full-day kindergarten, and introduced free StrongStart programs into schools for toddlers and parents, which are overseen by early learning educators.

Leading into the election, the Liberals are pledging $34 million more for existing Success by Six programs (threatened with deep cuts in 2010) and about $10 million per year for three years to encourage more licenced day care spaces.

The NDP is looking to reroute money promised by the Liberals for registered education plans, and direct it to families, about $70 per kid per month for the lowest income bracket. It also vowed $100 million to reduce child care costs by 20 per cent.

Despite committing plenty of cash for child care, neither party (nor the Greens or Conservatives) have dared to announce anything along the lines of universal child care.

Arguably, a B.C.-wide subsidized licenced child care program would be a natural continuation of publicly funded education happening now, such as StrongStart, Success by Six, full-day K and the Grade 1 to 12 system.

As opposed to topping up existing programs or giving relatively small amounts of cash to people with kids, creating truly affordable child care could make the greatest difference in the lives of working parents.

Child care subsidies already exist for low-income families, but a universal low-cost system could finally free parents from calculating if returning to the workforce after a maternity or paternity leave is worth the typically high monthly cost of child care.

The benefits of quality early childhood education are touted by educators across Canada. The federal government has abandoned any notion of creating universal child care. Our provincial leaders need to take on the challenge.

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LETTERSBombing coverage on TV exacerbates fears

Re: Don’t let fear hold you back (Our View, April 19)

If fear is the weapon of the terrorist, it seems to me that our two main TV stations exacerbated that fear day after day by focusing on the damage done in the horror of the bombing in Boston.

There was plenty of positive news they could have better focused on from this event in Boston, as these people showed both their courage and competency in dealing with this tragedy. The Bostonians remained cool under fire.

This editorial sends the right and encouraging message – we will always be threatened by ideological nuts but the less satisfaction they get from their attacks, the less often will they be motivated to take that chance.

Andy MulcahyVictoria

Suzuki’s hollow words distract from meaningful change

Re: Energy will determine Canada’s fate (Science Matters, April 19)

David Suzuki’s words have turned me off for years, though he has nothing but admirable things to say. And the same thing again in this opinion piece.

Yes, there is a limit to growth and certainly – we cannot keep heating up our planet with unfettered fossil fuel use. Yes, our governments must stop ignoring the long-term to court short-term electoral success.

So many platitudes echoing tired truths.

All these villains and ‘shoulds’ add to the clutter of our immobilized minds.

Look closely for these villains and most vanish into us. Our governments are us and their actions and inactions, for the most part, reflect our own narrow views and priorities. Real change also involves thoughtful, deep-running, personal courage and change.

I suggest we tune out the paralyzing rhetoric of those who know better, like our well-meaning Suzuki, and exert more daily effort in caring for each other and our precious Earth.

These efforts quietly magnify and heal.Tom OakVictoria

Liberals hypocritically denouncing ‘shakedown’

Whether or not it was inappropriate for the NDP to send a fundraising letter to the Liberals’ big donors asking them for $5,000 to balance government, who is Mike de Jong or any other Liberal to call it a shakedown?

It is the Liberals who shook down the taxpayers for Mr. Basi and Mr. Virk’s $6 million legal bailout; they tried to shake down the school board to balance its budget, and then they found $11 million for Bollywood.

I also find it both funny and pathetic that Don McCrae or any other Liberal candidate question how an NDP government would pay for this or that, when it was the Liberals who spent millions of dollars trying to convince us they are doing a wonderful job.

The Liberals are also making spending announcements, all of which relies on revenue from an industry that B.C. won’t have for at least another four years, if ever: liquefied natural gas.

Ida Chong was quoted as saying there

won’t be money to improve the Malahat Highway until the economy improves. Whether or not she realizes it, she’s admitted the economy isn’t as strong as her Liberal government wants us to believe.

Andre MollonLangford

Enough reasons exist to not build sewage plant

I list seven reasons, any one of which should be enough to discredit the idea that Victoria needs a land-based sewage treatment plant. To build one would not be just an irreversible mistake but a perversion.

• A 1984 Royal Commission, examining this exact issue, stated that comparing treatment with long out falls the latter “could be environmentally preferable where conditions were suitable.” Ours are ideal.

• A motion put before the U.S. Congress to require all sea discharges to have secondary treatment was defeated in light of overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

• Those who know best are the medical health officers, the biologists and oceanographers who have been monitoring the outfalls for a generation. Not one believes we should be building such a plant.

• The environment minister’s order to build a plant followed immediately after a report by a U.S. firm that had been retained by the Capital Regional District, but the report conclusions did not specifically recommend such a plant be built. It states that where people reach different conclusions “great deference is due to the expressed will of the electorate.”

• A glance at a map shows all the waste from Greater Vancouver flowing out under Lions Gate Bridge or into the Fraser River, joined by the even greater flow from Everett and Greater Seattle and then past our front door, the relative impact of which is patently negligible.

• The impact of our sewage is negligible but the environmental health and safety impact of building and operating the plant would be substantial. I suspect the equipment exhaust during construction would be greater than our long outfall impact over a generation. Pollution has been ignored; fuel use has been ignored.

• We would rob other needs of upwards of a billion dollars. That alone would be an unforgivable step backwards.

I have been involved in this issue for half my life and it is patent that most politicians do not have the educational background to form sensible judgments on the issue.

Ted Dew-JonesVictoria

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As the Idle No More movement continues to resonate across Canada and abroad, a local conference aims to focus on practical solutions to the problems facing First Nations and the federal and provincial governments.

Singing a New Song: Creating a Renewed Relationship with First Nations takes place at the Church of St. John the Divine, 1611 Quadra St., April 26-27, and features several leading Aboriginal researchers and stakeholders who are creating real change.

“It’s an opportunity for those of us who are not First Nations to listen, to open our minds and reflect and engage with really impressive First Nations activists and scholars,” said organizer John McLaren.

The reasons behind the Idle No More movement are complex, he said, but there are practical solutions that have already reinvigorated First Nations communities and economies.

“One of the things you see in indigenous groups is tremendous poverty, but at the same time, my experience is you also see a tremendous resilience and adaptation,” said Ana Maria Peredo, the director of the Centre for Co-operative and Community-based Economy and an international business professor at the University of Victoria.

Through her years spent working with indigenous groups in Central and South America, Peredo understands how indigenous groups use economic development to benefit their family and neighbours, often at the

expense of personal profit.“They’re becoming

entrepreneurs to preserve their own way of life,” she said. “There’s a sense of concern for the collective.”

Peredo hopes attendees take away that understanding, and see that there is more than one model for a thriving community.

Other speakers include First Nations lawyer and Prof. John Borrows of the University of Minnesota, who will discuss his experiences and success fighting for Aboriginal rights in the court system, and human rights lawyer Robert Morales, a Cowichan Tribes member and lead negotiator with the Island’s Hul’quminum Treaty Group.

Tickets to the two-day event are $15 and include lunch on Saturday. For more information, call the church at 250-383-7169 or visit bit.ly/YqcSRq.

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As the Idle No More movement continues to resonate across Canada and abroad, a local conference aims to focus on practical solutions to the problems facing First Nations and the federal and provincial governments.

Singing a New Song: Creating a Renewed Relationship with First Nations takes place at the Church of St. John the Divine, 1611 Quadra St., April 26-27, and features several leading Aboriginal researchers and stakeholders who are creating real change.

“It’s an opportunity for those of us who are not First Nations to listen, to open our minds and reflect and engage with really impressive First Nations activists and scholars,” said organizer John McLaren.

The reasons behind the Idle No More movement are complex, he said, but there are practical solutions that have already reinvigorated First Nations communities and economies.

“One of the things you see in indigenous groups is tremendous poverty, but at the same time, my experience is you also see a tremendous resilience and adaptation,” said Ana Maria Peredo, the director of the Centre for Co-operative and Community-based Economy and an international business professor at the University of Victoria.

Through her years spent working with indigenous groups in Central and South America, Peredo understands how indigenous groups use economic development to benefit their family and neighbours, often at the

expense of personal profit.“They’re becoming

entrepreneurs to preserve their own way of life,” she said. “There’s a sense of concern for the collective.”

Peredo hopes attendees take away that understanding, and see that there is more than one model for a thriving community.

Other speakers include First Nations lawyer and Prof. John Borrows of the University of Minnesota, who will discuss his experiences and success fighting for Aboriginal rights in the court system, and human rights lawyer Robert Morales, a Cowichan Tribes member and lead negotiator with the Island’s Hul’quminum Treaty Group.

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Friends of Kiwanis Pavilion raise $10,000 for residents’

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Former Oak Bay Mayor Christopher Causton with Samantha Mozley.

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Friends and supporters of the Kiwanis Pavilion enjoyed an evening of camaraderie and good food in a great setting in support of the Pavilion Foundation.

Owned and operated by the Kiwanis Club of Oak Bay, the Pavilion is a complex care facility specializing in dementia care and is home to 122 residents.

The Foundation raises money to provide the things es-sential to a comfortable life for Pavilion residents that are not provided by the Health Care Authority.

More than 120 guests took part in this gala evening, enjoy-ing good fellowship and the repartee of Master of Ceremonies Christopher Causton while bidding on 53 different auction items. Thanks to their kind generosity, the event raised more than $10,000.

The gala, together with the recent Sunday Morning Break-fast at the Tea Room, which also took in $10,000, puts the Foundation well on its way toward this year’s goal of raising $100,000.

Organizers thank everyone who took part, helping make the gala a memorable event for all.

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One Tuesday last October, a gunman stormed a school bus in the Swat District of Pakistan and shot Malala Yousafzai in the head. It was a brazen attempt to silence a young girl who dared to speak out for women’s rights.

The attack on Malala made headlines around the world. The fearless 15-year-old, who wrote about life under the rule of the Pakistani Taliban survived two bullets, and after a number of surgeries, she was eventu-ally flown to the U.K. to recover. In Victoria, veteran journalist Mohsin Abbas knew this was the time to document her story for the world.

“The moment (Malala) was attacked I wanted to jump in. I know the nature of her story and the impact of her story. I knew how Canada would respond,” said Abbas, 38, and who lives in Saanich. “There was no time to wait. I just thought it up and left. I jumped on a plane and started filming the (people) in her life.”

Abbas, who was born and raised in Paki-stan and worked there as a journalist until 2002, hired a film crew in Pakistan and con-ducted interviews in and around Malala’s home in the Swat Valley, from November until March this year.

Shooting the documentary was pro-foundly dangerous work – Abbas narrowly

escaped bomb blasts at two locations dur-ing interviews. “Her enemies are enemies of myself,” he said. “It’s quite dangerous to do that work. But now I’m going back to finish the film. We have to tell the story.”

Four years ago, Malala started blogging

under a pseudonym through the BBC Urdu service. A documentary on Malala by the New York Times told her story to the wider world of a girl who defied the Taliban and regressive elements of her society. The Tali-ban had banned education for girls in the

Swat Valley in the tribal North-West Frontier Province bordering Afghanistan.

“(The Taliban) tried to blow up schools, slaughtered, murdered and flogged women in the village squares. Malala challenged them. A 12-year-old took a stand and made the statement: ‘How are you going to stop me from writing and getting an education?’” Abbas said. “Her story highlights problems in the region. She took a chance, took a bul-let and took the world stage as well. She deserves (the fame) big time, she is a bril-liant child.”

Abbas spent the past five months inter-viewing Malala’s friends, family, teachers and hardline elements around her home in Mingora in the Swat Valley, a place known as “Paradise.” Malala’s message has reso-nated through Pakistani society – in one village where generations of girls are raised as folk dancers, Abbas said mothers are now demanding their daughters receive an education. He also spoke with two girls shot in the same attack on Malala, who still live in the same area. “They are still living there and living in fear, constantly under threat from the Taliban.”

“I went to see what people think. People are optimistic, motivated by these brave girls who fight for educational rights. These people support girls’ education,” Abbas said.

Victoria man vows to tell Malala’s story

Minah Udding photo/Courtesy of Mohsin Abbas

Victoria filmmaker Mohsin Abbas, left, in the village of Mingora in the Swat District of Pakistan, where he was shooting a story about Malala Yousafzai, a teen who advocated for the education and freedom of females within the highly tribalistic and traditional society.

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Senior abuse hotline expandedThe B.C. government announced

a $1 million boost to its seniors’ abuse protection programs, including extending the hours for a hotline to report suspicions of abuse or neglect.

The bulk of the funding is to allow the Vancouver-based Seniors Abuse and Information Line to extend its hours to 12 hours a day, seven days a week. It offers information, advice and emotional support for seniors and their friends and relatives who suspect elderly people are being abused or taken advantage of.

The toll-free provincewide number is 1-866-437-1940.

family, and the topic comes up frequently as he has travelled B.C. asking seniors and their caregivers what they need from government.

Sultan acknowledged that the funding is a modest effort to bolster volunteer efforts.

“It is a beginning step, but it also re� ects the fact that this problem cannot be solved top-down,” Sultan said. “It will have to be

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Saanich councillor and former MLA Susan Brice, a volunteer with the seniors’ support organization Silver Threads, said members see cases of abuse frequently.

“It’s the elderly woman who comes to her craft class with unexplained bruises,” Brice said. “It’s the couple who lose thousands of dollars through a telemarketing scam. And it’s the quiet-speaking gentleman, who while living with family, appears neglected and uncared for.”

Minister of State for Seniors Ralph Sultan said he has encountered abuse and exploitation of seniors in his own

Saanich councillor Susan Brice, Parksville-Qualicum MLA Ron Cantelon and Minister of State for Seniors Ralph Sultan announce new funding for senior protection organizations at the B.C. legislature. TOM FLETCHER/NEWS STAFF

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realized that he will be the 12th premier I will have covered as a reporter in B.C.

Looking back over almost � ve ink-stained decades, I recalled I owe a debt of gratitude to my � rst: W.A.C. Bennett. It was “Wacky” in the hippy-dippy ‘60s who, unknowingly, gave me the green light to hide my ears under a mop of long hair.

I was a reporter for the Penticton Herald. The year was 1969. My mom and dad were visiting from back East and – I would learn many years later – alpha mom was

determined that I would have a decent haircut before she went home. Further, she was determined that mellow dad would be the parent who delivered the edict.

It wasn’t enough that I was the � rst Kieran, since the clan emigrated from Ireland, to graduate from university. Oh no … I had to look straight too. (Phew! Let it go Brian.)

Regardless, it was a sunny Okanagan Saturday in August in the middle of a provincial election campaign. That election would launch the seventh –

and last – term for Bennett who buried his rivals New Democrat Tom Berger and Liberal Pat McGeer.

Dad and I piled into my Austin A40 and headed downtown where Premier

Bennett was mainstreeting. We found Wacky hunkered down in the dusty industrial section of the Bennett Hardware store, regaling the good old

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boys with horror stories about the socialist hordes.

I received a long-lost-son’s welcome from the premier and joined the collegial scrum, notebook in hand, father in tow. Of course I introduced my dad to Premier Bennett who said: “You must be proud of your son. He’s a good reporter.” Dad, who did not meet many heads of state in the course of a day selling Goodyear Tire products, was speechless.

I knew it was highly unlikely the premier was clipping my court and police reports for bedtime reading, but Wacky never missed an opportunity to score points and I was grateful for the endorsement.

Many years later sitting around the � re at the family home in Sooke, my folks started reminiscing about their Okanagan visit. The truth came out. Upon arriving back home that Saturday, mom had immediately taken dad aside and demanded to know if he had delivered her hair cut decree.

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solved bottom-up by mobilizing many different organizations around the province.”

The B.C. government also provided $1.4 million last year to the B.C. Association of Community Response Networks, for prevention and education to reduce elder abuse and neglect.

Katrine Conroy, NDP critic for seniors, said she agrees with extra support for the information line, which is supported by lawyers

and other experts to help seniors � nd help.“Anything that’s done to eliminate elder

abuse is a good thing,” Conroy said. “The community resource networks are really good organizations.”

She added that the government’s proposed Seniors’ Advocate is inadequate, because it is not an independent of� ce and won’t deal with individual cases.

Sultan said the advocate is to help develop policies to protect seniors, and a federal study being funded partly by the program will provide the information needed to do that. ●

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Brian Beckett, 77, has owned a house in Oak Bay for 20 years. He � rst came to Victoria in 1965, and lived here off and on between 1972 and 1989. He retired from the Royal Canadian Navy in 1989 as the Base Commander at CFB Esquimalt. During his Naval career he served on 14 different ships on both coasts and spent nearly 19 years at sea.

In retirement, he and his wife bought a small sailboat in Cyprus and spent � ve years cruising in and around Europe, then crossing the Atlantic and spent another � ve years with winters in the Caribbean and summers on the east coast of the U.S. They returned to Victoria in 2000 and reoccupied their home in Oak Bay.

Since then, he has worked as a marine surveyor and has become involved in several charitable activities through the Kiwanis Club of Oak Bay. He is currently on the Board of the Kiwanis Pavilion on Cedar Hill Road and Chair the Oak Bay Kiwanis Pavilion Foundation.

Q What is your favourite Oak Bay destination or activity? Why?

A My favorite destination is the Tea Room on Willows Beach where I have looked after

maintenance for about 10 years. We have brought that place up to modern standards with new windows, new equipment and now heat.

Q What “words of wisdom” have you strived to follow from your parents?

A I have a favourite expression which I think came from my grandfather. That is “just try to do more

good than harm.” Most days I hope I achieve it.

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Q What’s at top of your bucket list?

A I no longer have a bucket list. I am very

fortunate in that I have been able to do virtually everything I ever wanted to. I am a lucky guy, which, by the way, is the name of our � shing boat, the Lucky Guy kept in Sooke.

Q What is your proudest achievement?

A Perhaps being in a position to give back

something to the communityis an achievement worthbeing proud of. I really don’t know. I am very happy about the success of the Sunday morning breakfasts at the Tea Room.

Q What are you reading right now?

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“I talked to people who are still opposed (to women’s education). But I talked to kids of Taliban commanders who support the idea of women’s education. That shows big changes,” he said.

Abbas plans to travel to Birmingham, U.K., next month to interview Malala, and then back to Paki-stan to finish shooting and editing his documen-tary, titled Malala: A Girl from Paradise. Malala, who has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, is living in Birmingham under guard, attending school and undergoing medical treatment for her injuries.

Abbas fled to Canada in 2002 after being impris-oned and tortured, he said, under the regime of Pervez Musharraf. He had worked as a journal-ist for major daily newspapers, and continued to do so in Canada. These days Abbas works as a stringer for BBC Urdu service and consults for papers such as the New York Post.

He self-funded his first round of filming Pakistan – “God bless a line of credit and a credit card.” This time around he is running an Indiegogo campaign to raise $20,000. He plans to debut the film in Can-ada this September, although it remains uncertain where. Abbas said he plans to screen it in Victoria this year.

He also said he has a “Plan B” to have the film edited and distributed in the event he is killed in Pakistan.

“No matter what happens to me, this film will come to life, it will come to the world,” Abbas said. “God forbid if something happens to me, people will see this film.”

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The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the country’s largest bank, has agreed to take part in financing a large-scale oil refinery proposed for Kitimat.

Kitimat Clean Ltd., a company owned by Black Press chairman David Black, announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding last Thursday. The agreement commits the bank to “be the Chinese financial

advisor to Kitimat Clean and cooperate in the financing of the proposed Kitimat refinery and associated pipelines and other elements,” Black said in a statement.

“Chinese companies will be involved in the engineering and construction of the refinery,” Black said. “Up to 100 per cent of the output from the refinery is planned to be sold to Asian markets, including China and India.”

He added that majority control of the businesses will remain in Canada.

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Some critics also suggest an NDP government would cause a mass exodus of corporations from the province, an idea today rooted more in myth than reality, Lawson said.

“If you are deeply invested in and see opportu-nities in the B.C. economy, are you really going to say to your shareholders you’d turn down those opportunities because of the government in power? Once you’re invested in a society, there’s a limit to which businesses can pull up roots and walk, even in today’s very light economy.”

The Greens struggle with the label of a left-wing and one-issue party, although B.C. Green policies tend to be about small-scale solutions and actu-ally encourage the free market economy and less bureaucracy, Lawson said.

Gender stereotyping also plays a role for B.C. Green leader Jane Sterk and the Liberals’ Clark, as evidenced by regular social media comments, said Janni Aragon, gender and politics instructor at UVic.

“There have been moments where (Clark) has been treated as if she’s a dumb bimbo, unfortu-nately, and moments in which her suit or the tight-ness across her chest is brought up,” Aragon said. “Would that happen if her name was Christopher Clark?”

NDP and Green female candidates tend to be sub-ject to assumptions about their feminist beliefs that their male counterparts often aren’t, she said.

“When people call someone a radical feminist, they don’t understand there’s actually a typology of feminism that has certain tenets or beliefs. Instead, they just throw it out. It’s lazy.”

Under leader John Cummins, the B.C. Conser-vatives have had a rocky year, but hope to make inroads in rural B.C. by focusing on bolstering the resource sector, Lawson said.

The Conservative platform actually bears simi-larities to the old Social Credit party, including the promotion of major reinvestments in the resource sector, he added.

Cummins wants better management of forest inventory, more forestry wardens and an increase in on-the-ground support to the resource sector, policies that aren’t intuitively conservative, Lawson said.

“But that makes total sense when you think about small town and rural support for free-enterprise parties. The Conservatives are looking to be the next natural umbrella party for the free-enterprise coalition,” he said.

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Vivien Leutz, an international student from Germany, looks ahead of her boat in the Senior A womens double with Sofia Donnecke, partially seen. They won the recent Maple Bay Regatta event by 17 seconds.

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There’s only so many tourna-ments a player can win before his name begins to catch on in the tennis community.

And that name is Aaron Diemer.

The 14-year-old from Brentwood Bay is emerg-ing as an elite junior player on the Island. He recently finished 27th out of 40 at the national indoor tennis champi-onships and was fifth in doubles play with Owen Stinson of the Mainland.

Currently, Diemer is slicing his way through the high school tennis circuit.

Considering few under-18 players on the Island can beat him, it’s no surprise the Grade 8 student is a deal breaker when he plays for the Pacific Christian School Pacers. Despite being the “young kid” in the school league, he’s undefeated in singles and mixed doubles play. The Pacers are 2-0 when he played and 0-1 when he didn’t.

“I like the school league because it gives me variety,” Diemer said. “I’m used to going to Vancouver

to play so almost all the players in school tennis I haven’t played before.”

In short, Diemer is on the rise as Victoria’s next big tennis name.

Diemer’s not taking anyone by surprise any-more, whether it’s against juniors or adults.

“ D i e m e r was 13 when I met him and already beat-ing adults,” said PCS athletics director John Stewart. “He’s a little phenom, though he’s probably 5-foot-10 already.”

Diemer acts and speaks maturely, and carries himself well.

But he’s ferocious on the court. Last weekend Diemer won the

Triple Knockout event at Pan-orama Recreation Centre, an open men’s tournament.

If there’s a challenge for Diemer at the school level, it’s being a good doubles partner, he said.

“Learning how the partner plays and how to communicate is new. We’ve won all our games

so far together, so it’s going well.”His dad Greg, a former pro in

the Netherlands before he moved here, can be credited for passing the passion on to Aaron and elder brother Daniel, 16 and in Grade 11 at PCS.

The brothers started playing competitively within a few months of each other just over three years ago. Daniel can smash the ball as well as any 16-year-old in Vic-toria. Nonetheless, he’s humbly conceded the brotherly rivalry is already in Aaron’s favour.

“Aaron hits very consistently. Even though I hit with more strength and serve harder, he has adjusted to it,” Daniel said. “Our games were pretty close until the last eight months. Now (Aaron) can beat me more often.”

It was actually Daniel, a certi-fied coach, who helped jumpstart the Pacers tennis team this season with Grade 12 Nina Radisavljevic.

“(Daniel and Nina) came to me and said, ‘Hey can we do this?’” Stewart said.

“There hasn’t been a team here for at least 19 years, and I’ve been hesitant to create one, because it’s not a recreational league. It’s pretty tough,” Stewart added.

Most school players also play outside of school and are strong, but with Daniel and Aaron, the

Pacers can take a crack at the Island championships.

Nina’s also played outside of school, and so has her sister Mat-eya, a Grade 10 student who regu-

larly partners with Aaron to form the Pacers’ mixed doubles team.

As a coach, Daniel splits his time with the team between playing on Wednesdays and instructing the 12-member team with adult coach Chris Stewart, a former golf pro with plenty of tennis experience.

“I know I don’t have as much experience as other coaches but it doesn’t affect me too much,” Dan-iel said.

“I know what I do know, that I have some knowledge, and a lot of what we work on is basics.”

The final week of school tennis wraps up next Wednesday (May 1), followed by the Lower Island championships May 6 to 8.

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Vivien Leutz couldn’t imagine going a year without rowing.

It was a key factor helping the the foreign exchange student from Frankfurt, Germany, choose to Clare-mont secondary over other schools.

But as strong as Claremont sec-ondary’s rowing program reputation has become, she had no idea there was a rowing academy. Or that it is led by world champion Kevin Light for a coach.

“I thought there was a small row-ing team which has practice some-times after school,” Leutz said.

She soon learned about the row-ing academy and changed all of her courses to make it work.

“(Students) told me Kevin was our coach, an Olympic gold medal-ist. I couldn’t believe it. I was very excited to meet him.”

Leutz crews a senior women’s double with locally produced Sofia Donnecke, who started rowing at Royal Oak middle school. They are two of the premier rowing athletes at the school. They’ve gone head

to head in the singles, finishing first and second at the Maple Bay regatta recently, and dominated in the dou-ble, winning it at the Shawnigan and Maple Bay regattas this season.

“We have not had many races yet,” Light said. “But they are both very competitive with each other in the single sculls and match up really well in the double (scull, two oars each) or pair (sweep, one oar each).”

Clearly Leutz is no slouch. A sur-prise for the Claremont academy, Leutz has competed at the German youth championships. So it goes for Donnecke, who raced to the second in the Western Canada junior wom-en’s (under-19) trials in Burnaby on Saturday.

It’s put Donnecke on the national radar.

And now Leutz and Donnecke, both in Grade 11, are hoping to peak this season at the Canadian Rowing High School Championships held in St. Catherines in June.

“I can’t wait for St. Catherines,” Leutz said.

Leutz can sometimes be shy about her grasp of the English lan-

guage and her rowing abilities which made partnering with Donnecke all the better.

“Actually it’s no big deal because I’m (originally) from Germany and speak German, and (Leutz) can already speak English well,” Don-necke said.

“Leutz is really good at rowing. In Germany they train mostly in the singles, so she has great technique. She tries hard and she’s a great per-son to train with.”

The type of attitude Leutz has brought to the academy’s daily row-ing training is more like that of a university or national team athlete, Light said.

“Leutz prefers actually rowing on the water than training on the ERG (rowing machine), as is the case with most rowers,” Light said. “But her attitude and determination has allowed her to overcome some of the fears about the rowing machine she brought with her from Ger-many.”

This weekend (April 26 to 28) is a major event, the Brentwood Bay regatta, attended by U.S. schools.

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Pacific Christian Pacer Aaron Diemer keeps his eyes on the ball during warmup at the Lambrick Park courts on April 17.

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SPORTS CALENDAR

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Seven-a-Side Island Championship

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

LEGALS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND

OTHERS RE: IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DOUGLAS GORDON FINLAYSON, formerly of #501 - 1120 Beach Drive, Victoria, BC, V8S 2N1. DECEASED.

Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Douglas Gor-don Finlayson who died on October 23, 2012 are hereby notifi ed under Section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the Executor c/o Peter Nikolich Law Cor-poration, #202 - 1006 Fort Street, Victoria, BC V8V 3K4, on or before May 31, 2013, after which date the Executor will distribute the Estate among the parties enti-tled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executor then has no-tice.Norman DouglasFinlayson,EXECUTOR

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND

OTHERS RE: IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ELIZABETH ANNE SEALE, also known as BETTY SEALE, late of VICTORIA, BC, DE-CEASED.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that creditors and others having claims against the estate of the above-named deceased are hereby required to send them to the under-signed Executor, at 2nd Floor, 1225 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC, V8W 2E6, before the 24th day of May, 2013, after which date the Executor will distribute the said estate amongst the parties enti-tled thereto, having re-gard only to the claims of which it then has notice.BMO Trust Company,ExecutorBy its SolicitorsHORNE COUPAR

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REAL ESTATE

HOUSES FOR SALE

FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

IN MEMORIAM

MAY 11, 2013 The GVHPA (Greater Victoria Horseshoe

pitching Association est. 1935) will be having a

MEMORIAL DEDICATION FOR PAST MEMBERS.We are seeking contact

information on past members, or their families

to attend this event.If you are or know someone who should be there, please call Sam at 250-727-7879 for

more info. or email us at Sam@fi shability.biz or our website www.GVHPA.org

IN MEMORIAM GIFTS

RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE BC

Help Tomorrow’s Families Today– leave a gift in your will.

[email protected]

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

COMING EVENTS

FAMILY CAREGIVERS are invited to participate in inter-views for a UNBC study of de-mentia-related behaviours. For more information, contact T. Whiteley RN at 250-413-7372 or [email protected]

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LOST AND FOUND

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FOUND ON April 13, 2013, white Nike+iPod receiver. Please call David 250-588 5728.

LOST WALKING cane, brass colour. If found please call (250)656-3774.

TRAVEL

GETAWAYS

LONG BEACH - Ucluelet - Deluxe waterfront cabin,sleeps

6, BBQ. Spring Special. 2 nights $239 or 3 nights $299 Pets Ok. Rick 604-306-0891

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HELP WANTED

HAIRSTYLIST WANTED full time/part time for First Choice Hair Cutters in their Victoria lo-cation. Guaranteed $11/hour, 25% profi t sharing, paid over-time, benefi ts, paid birthday, vacation pay, annual ad-vanced training and advance-ment opportunities. Call 250-360-1923 today for an inter-view.

P&R WESTERN STAR & FREIGHTLINER TRUCKS

requires qualifi ed Heavy Duty / Commerical Mechanic for our Duncan/Victoria locations. Possession of an Authorized Motor Vehicle Inspection ticket an asset. Excellent wage and benefi t package. E-mail resume: [email protected] or fax to 250-746-8064

THE LEMARE GROUP is ac-cepting resumes for the follow-ing positions:• Coastal Certifi ed Hand Fall-ers-camp positions• Coastal Certifi ed Bull Buck-ers • Chasers• Hooktenders• Hand Buckers• 980 Operator-Dryland sort• Grader Operator• Line Machine Operator• Heavy Duty MechanicsFulltime camp with union rates/benefi ts. Please send re-sumes by fax to 250-956-4888 or email to offi [email protected].

PROFESSIONAL/MANAGEMENT

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR We are looking for a self-motivated Pro-duction Supervisor for our busy wood post manufacturing and treat-ing facility in Princeton, BC. The successful candidate will be re-sponsible for employee training and development, quality and cost con-trol, production scheduling and safety. The ideal candidate will have a post-secondary degree or diploma in a related fi eld. Minimum of 3-5 years supervisory experience in an industrial production opera-tion, a post mill or wood production facility preferred. Must have a high degree of resourcefulness, fl exibility and adaptability; and the ability to plan, organize, develop and inter-pret programs, goals, objectives, policies and procedures, etc. Good leadership skills, and excellent in-terpersonal and communication skills with a proven track record are required. Please email your resume to [email protected]. For fur-ther information about our company visit our website at www.pwppost.com. Only those se-lected for interviews with be con-tacted.

PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

FRIENDLY FRANK

“ANGRY BIRD” kid/adult red cap, $20. Vintage oak offi ce chair $79. Call (778)265-1615.ATTENTION LADIES Callo-way Big Bertha golf club, $50. Call (250)658-8201.PERENNIAL PANSIES, small-er variety, numerous large clusters $10.all. 250-383-5390STUDENT DESK & chair, $30. Foam Topper queen size mat-tress, $25. Call 250-472-2474.

FUEL/FIREWOOD

ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fi r, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest fi re-wood producer offers fi rewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD.

FURNITURE

FRENCH PROVINCIAL matching chesterfi eld and chair (green), both in very good condition. Wood and glass coffee table, wooden legs, glass top, in very good condition. Asking $250 for all 3 items. Call (250)592-0304.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

UNIVERSAL GYM $150. Dumbbells $75. Senya fax machine $25. Please call Dean at 250-727-7905.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

NEWSPRINT ROLLENDS- $2-$10. Fridays only, 8:30am to 4:30pm. #200-770 Enter-prise Cres, Victoria. Gold-stream Press Division.

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

ANTIQUES, BOOKS, col-lectibles, furniture, china, jew-elry. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700

REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE BY OWNER

GARDENER’S PARADISE1 acre. 4-bdrm character

home, 1800 sq.ft. Wired shop, Shed. 1720 Swartz Bay Rd., $555,000. (250)656-1056.

OAK BAY. Updated home on two levels. 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, sunroom + balcony, unfi nished basement. 1766 sq ft & 956 unfi nished sq ft. $644,000. Call 250-598-6902.

HOUSES FOR SALE

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RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

1 & 2 Bdrm suites & cabins.Perched on a cliffside withpanoramic ocean vista, over-looking The Saanich Inlet. Se-rene & secure. All amenitieson-site, fi rewood. $500-$1200inclds utils. Monthly/Weekly.Pets ok with refs. 25 min com-mute to downtown Victoria.Must have references! Call250-478-9231.

ESQUIMALT- LRG 2 bdrm, $995 *1/2 month free*, W/D.55+. NS/NP. (250)385-7256.

SAANICH- 55+ furnished 2 bdrm, balcony faces SwanCreek, 5 appls, in-suite W/D.$1100, utils incld 250-479-5437

APARTMENTS FURNISHED

SOUTH OAK Bay: Walk tobeach, 1 bdrm+ den, terrace.$1095 inclusive. Avail now toDec. Flex term. 250-595-4757

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

GOLDSTREAM AREA: 1400 sq ft, newly furnished, w/d,d/w, a/c, big deck & yard, hi-def TV, parking. $650 inclu-sive. Ray 778-433-1233.

MMAP REGISTERED. Medi-cal grower has secured growsite to share. Gorge area. Po-lice check and references re-quired by responsible grower.(250)589-5675.

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RENTALS

SUITES, LOWER

COLWOOD- BRIGHT, quiet 2 bdrm, $1100 incls utils, D/W, shared lndry, A/C, int hookup, N/S, N/P. Ref’s. 250-391-7915.

ESQUIMALT, 2 bdrms, har-bour views, sunroom, $910. Avail immed. (250)474-4453.

GLEN LAKE- newly reno’d, close to bus, trails, shopping, utils incld, shared W/D. $850. N/S. Pet? (250)216-4291.

LANGFORD (Costco). Bus, shops, school. 2 Bdrm suite, fenced yard, 4 appls, water incl’d, shared laundry, $1000 mo + utils, NS/NP. Avail immed. Call (250)881-2283.

MARIGOLD AREA- 1 bdrm, shared lndry, quiet. NS/NP. $850, May 1. 250-727-6217.

REAL ESTATE SERVICES

RENTALS

SUITES, UPPER

BRENTWOOD BAY, bright 3 bdrm, 2 bath. Gas F/P, D/W, own lndry, large deck & yard. NS/NP $1500. (250)589-9997.

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

REAL ESTATE SERVICES

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

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Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals1-800-961-7022

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AUTO SERVICES

TOP CASH PAID

For ALL unwanted vehicles.

Free Towing $$$ 250-885-1427 $$$

CARS

2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded. White. 119,000 km, mostly hwy driven. On-Star. $11,900 fi rm. 250-755-5191.

WWW.MILANINORMAN.COM 150+ USED CARS & TRUCKS!! 1-888-534-4745 A+ BBB RATED

TRANSPORTATION

CARS

$50 to $1000Scrap Junk

Broken Down Cars Trucks Vans

FREE TOW AWAY

250-686-3933

SPORTS & IMPORTS

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

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

MARINE

BOATS

$$$$ BOATS WANTED $$$$ AlSO OUTBOARDS AND TRAILERS. CASH BUYER. $$$$$ 250-544-2628 $$$$$

MARINE

BOATS

TOTAL PACKAGE now! 39’ Tradewinds Asp Cabin Crusi-er, twin Cummins diesels, en-closed sundeck & bridge, 2heads sleeps 4-6. Very wellmaintained, boat house kept inNorth Saanich Marina. Asking$116,000. 50’ x 25’ enclosedboathouse available as part ofcomplete cruising and moor-age package. Ready to go!Call (250)361-7343.

GARAGE SALES GARAGE SALES

Garage SalesGarage Sales

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING

ACCOUNTINGVida Samimi

Certifi ed General Accountant

Bookkeeping, Audit,Payroll, HST. Set up &

Training. E-FileTAX

250-477-4601

CLEANING SERVICES

HOUSEKEEPER EXPERI-ENCED, reliable. References. 250-920-6516, 250-881-7444.

COMPUTER SERVICES

COMPUDOC MOBILE Com-puter Services. Repairs, tune-ups, tutoring, web sites, etc. 250-886-8053, 778-351-4090.

ELECTRICAL

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

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

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

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.

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GARDENING

(250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK Yard & garden overgrown? Aerating, pwr raking, pruning. Weed, moss, blackberry, stump & ivy rmvl. 25yrs exp.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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Bryan’s Lawn & GardenMaintenance, Clean-UpsPruning, Landscaping Pwr Washing, Irrigation

30 Years Experience Best prices Guaranteed

[email protected]

DPM SERVICES- lawn & gar-den, seasonal pruning, clean ups, landscape, power wash, etc. 15yrs exp. (250)883-8141

ELITE GARDEN MAINTENANCEClean ups, Lawn and Garden Care,

Landscaping Projects, Horticultural.

778-678-2524

1 J&L Gardening yard clean-up and maintenance. Master gardeners. John or Louise (250)891-8677.LANDSCAPE & TREE- lawns, hedges-tree pruning, garden-ing/landscaping. WCB. 18 yrs exp. Andrew 250-893-3465.


GARDENING

LAWNCUTTING~ QUALITY mowing and trimming! Aver-age size city lots around $30. Call Andy @ 250-475-0424.

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

PRO IRISH GARDENERS- Lawn & Garden maintenance. WCB. Call (250)652-6989.

SPRING CLEANups, complete maintenance. Residential & Commercial. 250-474-4373.

YARD ART Tree, Hedge & Shrub Pruning Lawn Care. 250-888-3224

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

11 DIAMOND DAVE- window, gutter cleaning, roof-de-moss, gutter guards, power washing. Free ests. (250)889-5794.

HANDYPERSONS

AL’S AVAILABLE to update your home. Kitchens, baths, basements, etc. Licensed & Insured. Al 250-415-1397.

AROUND THE HOUSE.ca ALL repairs & renovations. Call Ben 250-884-6603.

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

HAULING AND SALVAGE

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

CITY HAUL- a lot of junk won’t fi t in your trunk, you’re in luck I own a truck. 250-891-2489.


HAULING AND SALVAGE

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

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

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

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

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


HOME IMPROVEMENTS

COMPLETE HOME Repairs. Suites, Renos, Carpentry, Dry-wall, Painting. Licenced and insured. Darren 250-217-8131.

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

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

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

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

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

& MOVING STORAGE

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

1ST MOVING- 1 ton 2 ton. Prices starting at $80/hr. Call 250-220-0734.

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

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


PAINTING

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

B L Coastal Coatings. Quality, reliable, great rates. All your Painting needs. (250)818-7443

SAFEWAY PAINTING

High quality, Organized. Interior/Exterior

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

Member BBB

Peacock Painting

Commercial/ResidentialInterior/Exterior

250-652-2255250-882-2254Written Guarantee

Call for detailsBudget Compliance

15% SENIORS DISCOUNT

PLUMBING

EXPERIENCED JOURNEY-MAN Plumber. Renos, New Construction & Service. Fair rates. Insured. Reliable, friendly. Great references. Call Mike at KNA (250)880-0104.

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

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


PLASTERING

PATCHES,Drywall, skimming, old world texturing, coves, fi re-places. Bob, 250-642-5178.

PRESSURE WASHING

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

STUCCO/SIDING

PATCHES, ADDITIONS, re-stucco, renos, chimney, water-proofi ng. Bob, 250-642-5178.

RE-STUCCO & HARDY Plank/Painting Specialist. 50years experience. Free esti-mates. Dan, 250-391-9851.

TREE SERVICES

BUDDY’S TREE SERVICES-Trimming, pruning, chipping,removals, hedges, lawn care,Insured. Keith, (250)474-3697.

UPHOLSTERY

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

WINDOW CLEANING

BOB’S WINDOW Cleaning.Roof demoss, Gutters. Licensed and affordable. 250-884-7066.

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

GLEAMING WINDOWS Gut-ters+De-moss. Free estimate.18 yrs. Brian, 514-7079. WCB.

SERVICE DIRECTORYwww.bcclassified.com 250.388.3535

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607-103 Gorge Rd. E, $197,000Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyKami Norman, 250-477-5353 pg. 5

628 Cornwall, $559,900Saturday 1-3Century 21 Queenswood Realty Ltd.Julie Rust, 250-477-1100

523 Michigan, $699,000Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalMark McDougall, 250-588-8588 pg. 11

1208 Dallas Rd., $999,500Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Suzanne Mitchell, 250-477-7291 pg. 11

1765 Haultain, $459,000Saturday 2-4Century 21 QueenswoodMike Van Nerum, 250-477-1100 pg. 11

205-456 LindenSaturday 1:30-3RE/MAX CamosunDiana Devlin, 250-744-3301 pg. 10

203-1120 Fairfi eld Rd, $349,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCheri Crause, 250-592-4422

710-620 Toronto St, $308,000Sunday 2-4Macdonald RealtySandra Kamper, 250-388-5882 pg. 5

1171 Pembroke, $469,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast CapitalCheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422 pg. 12

304-330 Waterfront Cres, $399,500Saturday & Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Mike Fowles, 250 477-7291 pg. 5

101-75 Songhees, $685,000Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 7

104-2608 Prior St, $289,900Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesCorie Meyer, 250-818-3216 pg. 10

105-1220 Fort, $297,000Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyRick Allen, 250-385-2033 pg. 7

369 Arnold, $587,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jean Omelchenko, 250-474-6003 pg. 11

402-103 Gorge Rd E, $399,900Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMay Hamilton, 250-477-5353 pg. 11

401-20 Olympia, $289,000Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Dorothee Friese, 250-477-7291 pg. 6

1703-1020 View St, $799,000Saturday 2-4JONESco Real EstateMarilyn Ball, 250-655-7653

306-75 Songhees, $698,000Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 6

1790 Haultain, $459,900Sunday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyRich Humphries 250 592-4422 pg. 8

302-1040 Rockland, $249,900Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyBarbara Walker, 250-514-1212 pg. 8

8-118 Michigan, $415,000Saturday 2-4Newport RealtySylvia Therrien, 250-385-2033 pg. 17

107-405 Quebec St, $399,000Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtySaira Waters, 250-592-4422 pg. 5

1446 Pembroke, $355,000Saturday & Sunday 1-3Fair RealtyKevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091 pg. 11

113-21 Erie St, $524,000Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyAnna Bjelde, 250-592-4422

1741 Patly, $1,197,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Cathy Travis, 250-384-8124 pg. 11

406-708 Burdett Ave, $499,000Sunday 2-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Bill Knowles, 250-656-0131 pg. 5

2166 Central, $659,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdRob Garry 250 384-8124 pg. 12

2043 Milton St., $564,900Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Dorothee Friese, 250-477-7291 pg. 12

135-2345 Cedar Hill XSunday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyJulie Rust, 250-477-1100 pg. 10

2560 Orchard, $739,000Sunday 2-4JONESco Real EstateIan Heath, 250-655-7653

7-314 Six Mile Rd, $469,900Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunFran Jeffs, 250-744-3301 pg. 5

19-300 Six Mile Rd, $374,900Saturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalVicky Turner 250 592-4422 pg. 25

48 Camden, $589,000Saturday 1:30-3:30DFH Real Estate Ltd.Kevin Sing, 250-477-7291 pg. 17

21 Lekwammen Dr, $219,900Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunLee Johnston, 250-478-9600 pg. 12

16-933 AdmiralsSunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdMae Alexandria, 250-858-4623 pg. 10

402-288 ElthamSaturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunNancy Di Castri, 250-744-3301 pg. 26

15-315 Six Mile Rd, $474,900Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunFran Jeffs, 250-744-3301 pg. 10

307-101 Nursery Hill, $369,000Sunday 2-4Fair Realty LtdColin Lagadyn, 250-590-9194 pg. 12

38-118 Aldersmith Pl, $454,900Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunFran Jeffs, 250-744-3301 pg. 5

9-933 Admirals, $349,500Sunday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyMary Brookes, 250 889-2621 pg. 9

1023 Decosta, $648,000Saturday 12-2Fair RealtyRay Kong, 250-590-7011 pg. 25

924 Esquimalt Rd, $249,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Ivica Kalabric, 250-384-8124 pg. 26

20 Phillion, $699,900Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jeff Bishop, 250-477-7291 pg. 13

4-854 Caroline, $592,500Saturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyJim Russell 250 592-4422 pg. 9

5-848 Esquimalt Rd, $163,000Sunday 11-1Re/Max CamosunBrad Maclaren, 250-727-5448 pg. 12

40-477 Lampson, $189,900Saturday 11-1Sutton West Coast RealtyJonas Solberg 250-217-9970 pg. 13

A-1142 Craigfl ower Rd, $363,888Sunday 12-1:30SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683 pg. 5

1054 Colville Rd., $509,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesShawn Adye, 250-384-8124 pg. 10

2-1004 DeCosta, $610,000Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastLynn MacDonald, 250-479-3333 pg. 6

204-837 Selkirk Ave, $279,900Saturday 2-4Address Realty Ltd.Rob Angus, 250-391-1893

304-1663 McKenzie, $382,500Sunday 2-4Macdonald Realty LtdEleanor V Smith, 250 388-5882 pg. 14

4901 Sea Ridge, $610,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Fair RealtyKevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091 pg. 14

3963 Juan De Fuca Terr.Sunday 11-1Macdonald Realty LtdEleanor V Smith, 250-818-6662 pg. 14

22-899 Royal Oak, $598,800Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Frank Chan, 250-477-7291 pg. 17

1934 Waterloo, $629,000Sunday 2-4Century 21 QueenswoodMike Van Nerum, 250-477-1100 pg. 14

4568 Montford Cres, $669,000Saturday 2-4Newport RealtyLaurie Abram, 250-385-2033 pg. 14

3315 Cook St, $399,900Sunday 1-3Fair RealtyDiana Winger, 250-999-3683

3418 Calumet, $482,000Sunday 2-4One Percent RealtyTania McFadden, 250-589-0248 pg. 14

122-3969 Shelbourne St, $204,500Saturday 11-1Re/Max CamosunBrad Maclaren, 250-727-5448 pg. 13

2-909 Carolwood, $499,900Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 7

4030/4040 Borden StSaturday & Sunday 2-4Cathy Duncan & Associates250-658-0967 pg. 3

102-1660 Feltham, $339,900Friday, Saturday, Sunday 12-5Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Ivica Kalabric, 250-384-8124

909 Dale St, $369,000Saturday 2-4 & Sunday 1-4Pemberton HolmesAndrew Plank, 250-360-6106

982 Mckenzie, $299,900Tuesday-Sunday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalJames Liu 250 477-5353 pg. 7

1578/1580 Jasper Pl, $798,000Saturday 2-4Boorman’sRod Hay, 250-595-1535 pg. 13

3505 Richmond Rd, $625,000Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Dennis Guevin, 250-477-7291 pg. 15

4020 Dawnview Cres, $608,800Sunday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunEd G Sing, 250-744-3301 pg. 13

1194 Foxridge, $700,000Sunday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast CapitalVicky Turner 250 592-4422 pg. 25

3648 Doncaster Dr, $849,000Saturday 2:30-4:30Sutton Group West Coast RealtyJune Wing, 250-479-3333 pg. 13

112-1505 Church St, $184,000Sunday 2-4Boorman’sRod Hay, 250-595-1535 pg. 5

1533 Granada Cres, $549,900Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunRick Turcotte, 250-744-3301

103-3230 GlasgowSunday 1:30-3RE/MAX CamosunDiana Devlin, 250-744-3301 pg. 10

1590 Ash Rd, $1,099,000Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunEd G Sing, 250-744-3301 pg. 13

1731 Barrie Rd, $595,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunRoland Stillings, 250-744-3301 pg. 13

804 Beckwith, $529,900Sunday 2-4Sutton group West CoastKomal Dodd, 250-479-3333 pg. 14

6-3968 Cedar Hill, $319,000Saturday 2:30-4Fair RealtyRay Kong, 250-590-7011 pg. 25

1857 Fairburn Dr, $539,000Saturday & SundayDFH Real Estate Ltd.Ron Bahrey, 250-477-7291 pg. 27

3661 Darmouth, $529,000Saturday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyDon Beckner 250 477-5353 pg. 9

4541 Pheasantwood, $899,900Saturday 2-4Sutton group West CoastDeborah Kline, 250-661-7680 pg. 14

823 Gulfview, $990,000Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunLorraine Stundon 250 812-0642 pg. 26

5441 Parker Ave, 1,250,000Sunday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyRoss Breckon 250 477-5353 pg. 8

1857 Fairburn Dr, $539,000Saturday & SundayDFH Real Estate Ltd.Ron Bahrey, 250-477-7291 pg. 13

316 Brunswick Pl, $499,500Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBrad Maclaren, 250-727-5448 pg. 15

512 Crossandra, $319,900Saturday 12-2DFH Real Estate Ltd.Deidra Junghans, 250-474-6003

546 Meredith, $534,900Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Roy Stevenson, 250-477-7291 pg. 15

101 Kiowa Pl, $1,199,950Saturday 2-4Newport RealtySandy Berry, 250-818-8736

4156 Holland, $714,000Sunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesEli Mavrikos, 250-384-8124 pg. 28

301-79 Gorge, $379,000Saturday 1-3Macdonald RealtyJane Logan, 250-920-6868 pg. 6

2867 Murray Dr, $599,888Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDon Beckner, 250-477-5353 pg. 9

9619 Epco, $429,900Sunday 1-4Holmes Realty Ltd.Lorne Klipper, 250-656-0911 pg. 19

1690 Texada, $1,119,000Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Ron Bahrey, 250-477-7291 pg. 27

201-2421 Sidney, $379,000Sunday 1-4Holmes Realty Ltd.Paul Macris, 250-656-0911 pg. 19

201-2278 James White, $339,000Sunday 1-4Holmes Realty Ltd.Willy Dunford, 250-656-0911 pg. 19

8501 Ebor Terr., $619,000Saturday 2:30-4One Percent RealtyGuy Effl er, 250-812-4910 pg. 27

10500 McDonald Park, $585,000Saturday & Sunday 1-4Pemberton HolmesNicole Burgess 250 384-8124 pg. 18

8410 Alec Rd, $789,000Sunday 2-4JONESco Real EstateIan Heath, 250-655-7653

202-9938 FourthSaturday 2-4Sutton West Coast RealtyJonas Solberg 250 479-3333 pg. 18

9706 Fifth St, $599,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunCraig Walters, 250-655-0608 pg. 18

2025 Ardwell, $499,900Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyJusten Lalonde, 250-418-0613

6630 Willis Point, $898,500Saturday 2-4Burr Properties Ltd.Patrick Skillings, 250-382-8838 pg. 18

2380 Alta Vista Pl, $699,000Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunEd G Sing, 250-744-3301 pg. 18

2329 Oakville, $575,000Sunday 1-4Holmes Realty Ltd.Kent Roden, 250-656-0911 pg. 19

101-9115 Lochside, $739,000Saturday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Roy Stevenson, 250-477-7291 pg. 6

403-2360 James White, $259,000Sunday 1-4Holmes Realty Ltd.Steven Klipper, 250-656-0911 pg. 19

938 Wain, $838,000Sunday 1-4Holmes Realty Ltd.Josy Widmer, 250-656-0911 pg. 19

111-9655 First, $1,199,000Sunday 1-4Holmes Realty Ltd.Irene Dunic, 250-656-0911 pg. 19

404-9870 Second, $699,000Sunday 1-4Holmes Realty Ltd.Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 19

9776 Fourth StMonday - Wednesday 1-3Gordon Hulme RealtyDon King 250 656-4626 pg. 7

9694 Seventh, $570,000Sunday 1-4Holmes Realty Ltd.Kent Roden, 250-656-0911 pg. 19

202-2779 Stautw Rd, $149,500Saturday 2-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Eileen Jespersen, 250-686-2830 pg. 18

8723 Cordero, $779,900Sunday 1-4Holmes Realty Ltd.Vern Totten, 250-656-0911 pg. 19

753 Millington Pl, $529,900Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunLee Johnston, 250-478-9600 pg. 20

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3313 Susan Marie, $424,000Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Deidra Junghans, 250-474-6003 pg. 21

875 Wild Ridge Way, $377,900Saturday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683 pg. 21

658 Rason, $579,900Saturday 2-4Macdonald RealtyJane Logan, 250-920-6868 pg. 16

4-311A Milburn Dr., $529,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalPat Meadows, 250-592-4422 pg. 9

1091 Jenkins, $379,900Sunday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683 pg. 21

988 Wild Pond Lane, $449,500Sunday 2:30-4SmartMove Real EstateBlair Veenstra, 250-380-6683 pg. 20

110-1177 Deerview PlSaturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyInder Taneja, 250-479-3333 pg. 20

213 Carmanah, $479,900Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalMark McDougall, 250-588-8588 pg. 2

933 Step Moss Cl, $699,000Sunday 2-4Newport RealtySandy Berry, 250-818-8736

1024 Grob CourtDaily 12-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Mike Hartshorne, 250-889-4445

101-982 Rattanwood, $319,900Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastKomal Dodd 250 479-3333 pg. 24

114-842 Brock, $329,800Sunday 11-1DFH Real Estate LtdMike Hartshorne 250 889-4445

201-631 Brookside, $234,200Saturday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunJason Leslie, 250-478-9600 pg. 21

672 Strandlund Ave, $349,900Saturday & Sunday 10-12Re/Max CamosunDeana Fawcett, 250-744-3301

3395 Haida Dr, $769,000Sunday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunRoy Coburn, 250-812-1989 pg. 20

2050 Troon Crt, $949,500Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBrad Maclaren, 250-727-5448 pg. 20

596 Delora, $519,900Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunRoy Coburn, 250-812-5333 pg. 20

507 PhelpsSunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunNancy Di Castri, 250-744-3301 pg. 26

3175A Metchosin, $427,500Saturday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunJason Leslie, 250-478-9600 pg. 21

203-594 Bezanton Way, $294,000Saturday & Sunday 1-4Pemberton HolmesGreg Long, 250-384-8124 pg. 6

30-3650 Citadel Pl, $579,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunMarsha Crawford, 250-889-8200 pg. 6

2383 Sparrow Crt.Sunday 12-2Sutton Group West Coast RealtyDerek Braaten, 250-479-3333 pg. 20

991 Acadian Rd, $424,900Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunBrad Maclaren, 250-727-5448 pg. 20

29-3650 Citadel, $549,900Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunDon Burnham, 250-516-1510 pg. 10

2098 Bishops Gate, $579,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyKami Norman, 250-477-5353 pg. 20

103-982 Rattanwood, $319,900Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West CoastKomal Dodd 250 479-3333 pg. 24

406-611 Brookside, $189,000Daily 12-4Pemberton HolmesGreg Long, 250-384-8124 pg. 10

2215 Spirit Ridge, $899,999Sunday 2:30-4SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683 pg. 21

1015 Braeburn Ave. Friday to Monday 12-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Mike Hartshorne, 250-516-7772

938 Thrush, $438,000Sunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesShawn Adye, 250-384-8124 pg. 21

3547 Desmond, $614,500Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunLorraine Stundon 250 812-0642 pg. 26

3582 Pechanga, $449,000Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast CapitalGary Bazuik, 250-477-5353 pg. 8

525 Saltspring View, $589,000Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast CapitalGary Bazuik, 250-477-5353 pg. 8

500 Corfi eld, $332,000Saturday & Sunday 1-4Re/Max of NanaimoJohn Cooper, 1-866-956-6228 pg. 16

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ROYALE BATHROOM TISSUE 9 Roll - 12 RollSelected TypesLimit 4. After limit 6.99Rest of Week 6.99

PEPSI BEVERAGES 6 x 710mL Selected FlavoursLimit 4. Rest of Week 2.99+ Deposit & Enviro Levy where applicable

PEPSI or COCA-COLABEVERAGES 12 x 355mLSelected FlavoursLimit 4. Rest of Week 4.99+ Deposit & Enviro Levy where applicable

BIO*LIFE HAND SOAP (365mL), IVORY (709mL), OLAY (295mL - 400mL) or OLD SPICE (473mL - 532mL) BODY WASH Selected Types Limit 4. After limit 3.99Rest of Week 3.99

QUO BRUSHESSelected TypesRest of Week 20% off*

STAYFREE PADS (14’s - 24’s), CAREFREE LINERS (36’s - 60’s) or O.B. TAMPONS (18’s) Selected TypesLimit 4. After limit 2.49Rest of Week 2.49

MOTRIN TABLETS (150’s),TYLENOL EASY OPEN CAPLETS or TABLETSSelected Types & SizesLimit 4. After limit 9.99Rest of Week 9.99

CHEER (1.47L) orGAIN (1.45L - 1.47L)LIQUID LAUNDRY DETERGENTSelected TypesLimit 4. After limit 4.99Rest of Week 4.99

GARNIER HERBASHINE or NUTRISSE HAIR COLOURSelected TypesLimit 4. After limit 7.99Rest of Week 7.99

HUGGIES or PAMPERS JUMBO TRAINING PANTSSelected Types & SizesLimit 4. After limit 10.99Rest of Week 10.99

CANONREBEL T3 CAMERALimit 2. After limit 399.99Rest of Week 399.99While quantities last. No rainchecks+ Environmental Handling or Disposal Fees where applicable

SIMPLE or GARNIER SKIN CARE PRODUCTSSelected Types & SizesRest of Week 25% off*

SIMPLY FOOD CRACKERS (225g) orNATURE VALLEY TRAIL MIX (175g), GRANOLA (175g - 230g) BARSSelected TypesLimit 4. After limit 1.99Rest of Week 1.99

RUFFLES, DORITOS, SUN CHIPS or CHEETOS SNACKSSelected Types & SizesLimit 4. Rest of Week 2.99

These SATURDAY ONLY Specials - April 27th1DAYSALEPLUS

SATURDAY, APRIL 27TH ONLY!

20xTHE SHOPPERS

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