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Saanich school’s first grad ceremony happens tonight

Travis PatersonNews staff

When Discovery School stu-dent Emily Aylward steps onstage tonight to make her valedictorian speech, it will be directed at Saan-ich’s most intimate Grade 12 class.

But she’ll be speaking to a big crowd.

The friends and families of all four graduating students – Ayl-ward, Brandon De Melo, Max Dan-ielson-Lyons and Troy Comber – will be in high spirits, as the

37-year-old Discovery School hosts its inaugural graduation cer-emony.

“It was eight years ago we decided to grow beyond Grade 9 and add Grades 10 to 12, and here we are,” said Discovery principal Sherri Ko.

It took a couple of years, but the campus eventually moved to an expanded site on Wilkinson Road that allowed the school to add the higher grades.

Discovery is an independent school with a focus on special education, though Aylward’s aca-demic resume rivals that of any high school valedictorian.

She’s been at Discovery since Grade 7 – she attended South Park elementary and Monterey

middle schools before that. She has overcome diagnoses of dys-graphia (inability to write), dyscal-culia (inability to do arithmetic) and developmental co-ordination disorder (fine motor skills).

“Emily is an example that 25 per cent of our students are gifted, they just have a hard time access-ing it,” Ko said. “Special needs are often invisible. Our students are very bright and we help them with verbal struggles, or written out-put.

“(Discovery) prepares students for the transition into the commu-nity. ... We adapt to what each stu-dent needs or asks for.”

Aylward is finishing with a 91 per cent average in her Grade 12 classes. Outside of school,

the Fairfield resident plays soc-cer, rides horses and sings. She organizes food drives, initiated a fundraising campaign for Jeneece Place, and volunteered in Peru during spring break.

“Coming to Discovery helped all of it. I don’t face those challenges any more,” Aylward said. “Before we moved to Wilkinson we were in a house, and it still feels like we’re in a house, just bigger.”

Her plan is to complete Camo-sun College’s early childhood edu-

cation program. She’s also waiting to find out if she’s been accepted to attend an additional year of high school at Canadian College Italy. In that case, she would study an extra year of high school with CCI in Lanciano, immersing her-self in Italian language and culture, then attend Camosun in 2015.

Discovery’s 2015 grad class will more than double, with 10 stu-dents enrolled. The school has 70 students in Grades 3 through 12.

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First-class students Principal Sherri Ko, right, stands with Emily Aylward, valedictorian of Discovery School’s first-ever graduating class.Travis Paterson/News staff

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Observatory to host public viewings throughout summerTravis PatersonNews staff

The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory will continue its centennial season with a limited number of Saturday night public viewings this summer.

The Victoria Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada has announced its members will be at the otherwise-closed Saanich observatory for seven dates, July 5, 12 and 19, Aug. 2, 9 and 16, and Sept. 6. The public is welcome to attend each viewing, from 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

RASC members will use telescopes to show visitors the moon, planets, stars and other objects in the sky. As well, the evenings will include audio-visual presentations and astronomy lectures on the historic Plaskett Telescope, rain or shine.

The National Research Council ended its funding for the observatory’s Centre of the Universe educational centre programs in September 2013, citing financial reasons – it cost about $32,000 to operate the facility and $245,000 for employee wages, with only about $47,000 per year coming in per year in revenue.

But the success of RASC’s Astronomy Day in May has prompted NRC to allow RASC to run the summer viewings.

“Astronomy Day drew more than 200 people to the Plaskett Telescope despite poor weather that prevented any observing that night,” said Nelson Walker, president of the Victoria Centre of the RASC. “We would like to thank the NRC for their co-operation, which makes all these activities possible.”

The Centre of the Universe will also be available this summer for space-themed camps for youth in Grades 3 to 8, and will be run by the Science Venture program from the University of Victoria.

“We are pleased that our members will be on Little Saanich Mountain again this summer showing the wonders of the universe to members of the public,” Walker said. “Our history of public outreach at the DAO goes back decades.”

After the closure of the Centre of the Universe facility at the end of last summer, various community groups met with NRC officials to examine ways of continuing public access to the DAO. This year, Science Venture and the Victoria Centre of the RASC are offering programs, and it is hoped that in the coming months a new organization will be established to operate programs in the long-term at the Centre of the Universe.

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Youth homelessness an ‘unseen’ crisisKyle SlavinNews staff

There’s a certain assumed stigma associated with home-lessness. Many people think of drug addicts and aggressive panhandlers, but the people who walk through the doors of Threshold Housing Society know that’s not an entirely accurate picture of homeless-ness in Greater Victoria.

Graham Webber is 21. He was living on his own in Sooke after his mom passed away. Admittedly lacking certain life skills, after six months he decided to look for a place to live that felt like home and where he could build up that skill set.

“It was really lonely liv-ing by myself,” he said. “My social worker suggested that I come and check out Mitchell House, and it sounded really awesome. I wanted to live somewhere where I could get help with things like cooking because I didn’t know how to cook. And being around lots of people with lots of support was good.”

Katherine Crane is also 21. Having spent her childhood in foster homes, she was on the verge of being aged out of care at 19 years old, with essen-tially no other housing options available.

“Most of our youth right now are on the cusp of being aged out of care,” said Mark Muldoon, executive director of Threshold, which oper-ates Mitchell House and Holly House, two low-rent homes that provide nine beds total to youth who are at-risk of home-lessness in Greater Victoria. “Out of all the kids in foster care who are aged out at 19, half will end up on the street in two years. It’s an unseen, unrecognized, unacknowl-edged crisis going on.”

There are only 17 beds total in all of Greater Victoria that provide a place for youth.

“For Mitchell House we had 60 referrals last year, and 37 referrals for girls. The demand outweighs supply by a huge margin,” Muldoon says.

Youth that are lucky enough to get a bed at either Mitchell or Holly House say it’s truly a life-changing place to live.

“I grew to be more comfort-able. I wasn’t really outgoing or extroverted, but I’m not as panicky anymore, I guess.

I’m really sarcastic and can be really bitter, but I’ve light-ened up a fair bit since (I first arrived),” said Crane, who stayed at Holly House for nearly two years before tran-sitioning to Threshold’s sup-ported independent living SHY Program (Safe Housing for Youth). “Because of all the help from Holly House, I’m bet-ter equipped to deal with the world.”

Youth in the Threshold’s programming take part in self worth classes, to help build life skills by focusing on self worth and self care.

The average length of stay for a youth in the semi-inde-pendent Mitchell or Holly House is 8.5 months for boys, and five months for girls, though Muldoon says some stay for a couple of years before being ready to transi-tion into the SHY Program or move out on their own.

“SHY is very similar to Holly House, but it’s a little more hands off,” Crane says of her new living situation. “Like when you’re learning to ride a bike, Holly House is when your parents is still holding onto the back and you’ve got training wheels, and then the SHY Pro-gram is just training wheels but your parents have let go.”

Muldoon says Threshold is so appreciative of the com-

munity support they receive, and says that support pays off; ignoring youth homeless pop-ulation today simply means they’ll grow into the adult homeless population.

The Home Depot is cur-rently raising money nation-wide through The Orange Door Project to help reduce youth homelessness. Money donated through the purchase of a $2 paper orange door at the Shelbourne Street and Millstream Road stores goes to Threshold Housing Society.

“This is a great opportunity for us to give back to our com-munity,” said Tobin Fearon, store manager of The Home Depot in Saanich. “We feel that Threshold is an excellent orga-nization that really supports the community.”

“Youth don’t want to become stigmatized,” Mul-doon said. “These are youth who are really paralyzed out of fear of not knowing where they’re going to live. Our attempt is to make them included in a community and build life skills. We give them a home, get them stabilized and prepare them for a better life.”

The Orange Door Project runs until July 2.

To learn more about Thresh-old Housing Society, visit thresholdhousing.ca.

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“We give (youth) a home, get them stabilized and prepare them for a better life.”

- Mark Muldoon

Graham Webber, left, Ken Hillaire and Katherine Crane, all of whom were once

youth at risk of being homeless, sit on the

steps of Mitchell House. Threshold

Housing Society operates two homes

in Greater Victoria – Mitchell House

and Holly House – providing long-term

semi-independent housing for youth.

Kyle Slavin/News staff


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Reduce, reuse, recycle, reforest

Kyle SlavinNews staff

A family of ducks swims to the edge of a freshwater pond and waddles up a slight embankment to enter a growing forest of Douglas fir trees. The air smells clean, as a light breeze passes through the expansive site in rural Saanich.

This isn’t the land surrounding Prospect Lake or a daylighted section of Tod Creek – these are the grounds occupied by Hartland

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feet is 40-plus years worth of garbage – 50 metres deep and 4.5 million cubic metres of it. But you would never know it from the surface.

This is Phase 1 of Hartland landfill. When it was filled to capacity in 1998 it was closed and covered up. Now it’s in the process of being transformed back into a forest.

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saanich police hunt suspect in rash of vehicle break-ins

At least 22 vehicles were targeted overnight Saturday in Saanich by someone looking to get their hands on loose change.

Saanich police received nearly two dozen reports on Sunday (June 15) of cars being entered on side streets along Blenkinsop Road and Maplewood Wood, on the north and west sides of the Cedar Hill Golf Course.

Sgt. Steve Eassie says money – and not portable electronics or other valuable items – appears to be the only thing the thief or thieves were targeting.

All of the vehicles were either left unlocked or had windows that were left open. Most vehicles were parked on private properties, and none were damaged to gain entry.

Police are asking anyone with information about these incidents to call 250-475-4321.

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OUR VIEW

Landfill more than a ‘dump’

Who knew going through the trash could be so fascinating?

It’s one thing to get your annual property tax bill, see the line for garbage collection, pay what you owe and forget about it until next year. But it’s an entirely different experience seeing exactly where your money goes by taking a tour of Hartland landfill.

This is where every piece of garbage thrown away in the Capital Region ends up.

But Hartland is not a dump. It used to be, back in the 1950s, a pit where you’d go and dump your trash. Now, this is an engineered, sanitary landfill.

This weekend’s Hartland Happening event at the landfill is a great opportunity for our region’s residents to not only get a lesson on what happens to our garbage, but to appreciate just how the Capital Regional District is managing to reduce the environmental impact of the landfill on our land, in our water and in the air we breathe.

That latter component of the landfill’s operations is quite impressive, and something we in Greater Victoria should be proud of. Not every landfill has procedures to prevent greenhouse gas emissions coming off the pile of garbage from entering the atmosphere, or screens that prevent rainwater from seeping through the soil and down deep into the rotting waste to become hazardous leachate.

It’s also slowly returning to its former state as a native forest, thanks to a reforestation plan that will eventually see the entire landfill become – on the surface – nothing more than thriving plants and animals.

With all the ongoing heated discussions surrounding the CRD’s future plans on managing and treating our liquid waste, it’s nice to see our solid waste is in really good hands.

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Education radically changes the course of a child’s life. In Canada, we believe all Canadian children have the right to a quality education and that an educated population creates a thriving Canada.

Around the world, 57,000,000 primary school aged children are not in school. Countries with higher primary schooling rates, for boys and girls, tend to enjoy greater democracy and stability.

If our children have the right to a quality education then all children share this right. It also follows that if education supports democracy and stability, all countries will benefit from an educated population.

The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) has successfully supported education for 22 million children in poor and conflict-affected countries.

I urge our federal government to pledge generously to this organization because their model works. Our world future requires an educated population if we are to deal successfully with the challenges to come.

Frances BeckowVictoria

To our victims: ‘It’s not you, it’s us’

Re: Aboriginal education or victim studies? (B.C. Views, May 21)

This article by Tom Fletcher

prompts me to say this to our victims – it’s not you, it’s us. We were rotten to everybody. We rejected a shipload of Jews desperately trying to evade the Holocaust, we treated our native people cruelly, we put a head tax on the Chinese and we incarcerated our Japanese citizens and I believe we rejected a ship from India once.

You were a white Christian or you were dirt. The good news is we have grown since then and are now aware of how terrible we had treated our fellow humans and regret it deeply.

Now let’s keep on growing.Andy Mulcahy

Victoria

Indigenous people will have final say on pipeline

Rigorous construction standards and management of any pipeline is a must. The assumption that there will be failures is also a must. A standing capacity to address major issues is a must.

More importantly, my experience tells me that the only way for the Northern Gateway to be a safe pipeline is with transparency, trust, co-operation and investment among all stakeholders. Chief among the Northern Gateway’s stakeholders are the indigenous people of B.C.

If the indigenous people of B.C. can be shown that the

Northern Gateway pipeline is safe, economically valuable to them, and in their long term interest, then there is sufficient evidence for me to believe the pipeline can be built and operated safely.

Conversely, if the indigenous people say in the end, ‘No’ then there is likely not enough management transparency to build a safe pipeline.

Notwithstanding what I know about economics, incident management, and project management, the bottom-line for the fate of the Northern Gateway currently is – and should be – the judgment of the indigenous people of B.C. I stand with their “nay” or their “yah.”

Transparency and trust among all stakeholders is the most critical litmus test of the safety of any major project.

Eugene ParksVictoria

What do you think?The News welcomes your opinions

and comments. Letters to the editor should discuss issues and stories that have been covered in the pages of the News. Please keep letters to less than 300 words. Email comments to: [email protected]. All letters must include your name, phone number and address.

Education is universal right


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OUR VIEW

Landfill more than a ‘dump’

Who knew going through the trash could be so fascinating?

It’s one thing to get your annual property tax bill, see the line for garbage collection, pay what you owe and forget about it until next year. But it’s an entirely different experience seeing exactly where your money goes by taking a tour of Hartland landfill.

This is where every piece of garbage thrown away in the Capital Region ends up.

But Hartland is not a dump. It used to be, back in the 1950s, a pit where you’d go and dump your trash. Now, this is an engineered, sanitary landfill.

This weekend’s Hartland Happening event at the landfill is a great opportunity for our region’s residents to not only get a lesson on what happens to our garbage, but to appreciate just how the Capital Regional District is managing to reduce the environmental impact of the landfill on our land, in our water and in the air we breathe.

That latter component of the landfill’s operations is quite impressive, and something we in Greater Victoria should be proud of. Not every landfill has procedures to prevent greenhouse gas emissions coming off the pile of garbage from entering the atmosphere, or screens that prevent rainwater from seeping through the soil and down deep into the rotting waste to become hazardous leachate.

It’s also slowly returning to its former state as a native forest, thanks to a reforestation plan that will eventually see the entire landfill become – on the surface – nothing more than thriving plants and animals.

With all the ongoing heated discussions surrounding the CRD’s future plans on managing and treating our liquid waste, it’s nice to see our solid waste is in really good hands.

YOUR VIEW

Questionof the week? Last Week

we asked you:

Is public will enough to stop the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline project?

Answer online at www.vicnews.com

Will your child cross picket lines if bargaining talks go nowhere and teachers launch a full-scale strike?

YES 48% NO 43% MAYBE 9%

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Education radically changes the course of a child’s life. In Canada, we believe all Canadian children have the right to a quality education and that an educated population creates a thriving Canada.

Around the world, 57,000,000 primary school aged children are not in school. Countries with higher primary schooling rates, for boys and girls, tend to enjoy greater democracy and stability.

If our children have the right to a quality education then all children share this right. It also follows that if education supports democracy and stability, all countries will benefit from an educated population.

The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) has successfully supported education for 22 million children in poor and conflict-affected countries.

I urge our federal government to pledge generously to this organization because their model works. Our world future requires an educated population if we are to deal successfully with the challenges to come.

Frances BeckowVictoria

To our victims: ‘It’s not you, it’s us’

Re: Aboriginal education or victim studies? (B.C. Views, May 21)

This article by Tom Fletcher

prompts me to say this to our victims – it’s not you, it’s us. We were rotten to everybody. We rejected a shipload of Jews desperately trying to evade the Holocaust, we treated our native people cruelly, we put a head tax on the Chinese and we incarcerated our Japanese citizens and I believe we rejected a ship from India once.

You were a white Christian or you were dirt. The good news is we have grown since then and are now aware of how terrible we had treated our fellow humans and regret it deeply.

Now let’s keep on growing.Andy Mulcahy

Victoria

Indigenous people will have final say on pipeline

Rigorous construction standards and management of any pipeline is a must. The assumption that there will be failures is also a must. A standing capacity to address major issues is a must.

More importantly, my experience tells me that the only way for the Northern Gateway to be a safe pipeline is with transparency, trust, co-operation and investment among all stakeholders. Chief among the Northern Gateway’s stakeholders are the indigenous people of B.C.

If the indigenous people of B.C. can be shown that the

Northern Gateway pipeline is safe, economically valuable to them, and in their long term interest, then there is sufficient evidence for me to believe the pipeline can be built and operated safely.

Conversely, if the indigenous people say in the end, ‘No’ then there is likely not enough management transparency to build a safe pipeline.

Notwithstanding what I know about economics, incident management, and project management, the bottom-line for the fate of the Northern Gateway currently is – and should be – the judgment of the indigenous people of B.C. I stand with their “nay” or their “yah.”

Transparency and trust among all stakeholders is the most critical litmus test of the safety of any major project.

Eugene ParksVictoria

What do you think?The News welcomes your opinions

and comments. Letters to the editor should discuss issues and stories that have been covered in the pages of the News. Please keep letters to less than 300 words. Email comments to: [email protected]. All letters must include your name, phone number and address.

Education is universal right


Retirement has come early for B.C. teachers leaving the job at the end of the school year, but it was due to hap-pen. It was just going be in another two weeks.

Instead, the entrance to Rick Griffin’s house is packed with boxes and memorabilia he has yet to make room for in the house stor-age.

“It was rather quick, packing up with the strike looming,” he said this week.

After 33 years as a teacher, 27 of which were at Saanich schools – 16 of them at Arbutus middle school and the last 11 at Mount Doug-las secondary, Griffin is moving on to the next phase of his life.

“It’s a weird end-ing with the strike, but not one I’ve put any energy into,” Grif-fin said. “I can’t worry about it.” The man affectionately known as “Griff” coached girls basketball most of his career, including to two provincial junior cham-pionships at Mount Doug.

They’ll go down as his career highlights, 1996 in particular, when his daughter Rae sunk a buzzer-beater to win the B.C. title.

“I was a dad at that moment, not a coach. To have your daughter win it at the buzzer, you can’t beat it.”

He was well-liked by his players and his stu-dents, as he taught Eng-lish, leadership, coun-selled and was a vice-principal for a year.

“They identified with him and appreciated his honest approach, in teaching and in basket-ball,” said fellow Mount Doug teacher Bernie Kidd. “It was his philos-

ophy to give back and to invest in students, and it showed.”

“I’ve been lucky with the kids I’ve coached, and the parents,” Grif-fin said. “In coaching I always used the man-tra, ‘It’s more than just basketball, it’s a vehicle to make relationships. It’s a journey.’ And it was true.”

It all came full circle at the Mount Doug alumni game held in May. Nearly 70 former players returned, some from up-Island from when he taught in the Comox Valley, and one all the way from Geor-gia.

“It was my idea of a retirement party. It was about everyone, not me, and we raised $1,700 in donations for KidSport,” Griffin said.

As for the future ahead, Griffin will keep busy with a few differ-ent projects.

He hopes to volun-teer with Encounters for Canada, the pro-gram that brings youth from across Canada to Ottawa for a week at a time. It will give him a chance to visit with his daughter and new grandson, Jasper.

He’s also looking to mentor student teach-ers and will help out with his son’s business,

Teacher’s retirement comes earlyRespected educator ends lengthy career on picket line

Quails’ Nest Daycare, which is run out of the Griffin home.

And a busy home it is.

They’ve hosted inter-national exchange stu-dents for 20 years. In fact, the upstairs was overrun this week by a group of Mexican stu-dents who gathered

to watch their coun-try play Brazil to a 0-0 draw in the World Cup on Tuesday.

Griffin’s wife Shari is also in education, as a teacher at Braefoot elementary school, and their daughter Rae is also a teacher.

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Rams left in good hands The Rams’ are in good hands with former

UVic Vike and Camosun Charger Carmen Lapthorne assuming the head coaching role of the senior girls team after three years as an assistant. Likewise, Chris Ball will take over the senior boys team after Ted Ander-son, the Rams’ longtime boys coach, is also retiring.

“Anderson is a character and he will be missed,” Kidd said.

“School, sports, and basketball were all very good to me and had a huge impact on my life so it was just natural for me to give a little back,” Anderson said. “My style was not very 21st century. One of my closest friends may have described it as ‘somewhat crude but effective.’ I tried to do what I thought was best for people, myself and community.”

Rick Griffin, who spent the better part of his 33-year education career working in Saanich schools, says it’s “weird” ending his career with schools closed and teachers striking.Travis Paterson/News staff


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The reforestation is a long-term project that began at the landfill in 2004. In the decade since, more than 25,000 native trees and plants have been planted on the site.

“Eventually when everything’s closed, you’re not going to know this was a landfill,” says Monique Booth, supervisor of communications and education for Capital Regional District environmental services.

The goal is for the landfill footprint to eventually blend seamlessly with the forested area and Mount Work Regional Park that shares a border with the property.

Hartland landfill is divided into two phases. All of the Capital Region’s garbage that’s sent to the landfill today (and since April 1997) is deposited in Hartland Phase 2.

It’s that phase that’s

currently slated to be full – 10.3 million cubic metres of garbage – by 2049. But Booth says that deadline could potentially be pushed back indefinitely if people follow the three Rs: reduce, reuse, recycle.

“It might not ever be full; if diversion rates keep going up. But I think once it’s full and closed, we’re going to be transitioning back to the natural environment surrounding the site,” she says. “Right now we’re in the middle of our solid waste management plan, and that’s something we’re going to look to the community on. We really feel like this is our region’s landfill and it’s our region’s decision on what happens to it in the future.”

This weekend, the landfill hosts Hartland Happening, a behind-the-scenes event that gives residents in the Capital Region a better understanding of where their garbage goes and what’s going

on at the landfill.“I like to think of it

as, ‘Come say hello to away.’ People throw away so much stuff, and it really doesn’t go that far away,” Booth says. “If you grew up in Victoria, everything you’ve ever thrown away you can go and wave to at Hartland. From your diapers when you were a baby to that plastic bag last week.”

Visitors to Hartland Happening will be able to take a guided bus tour of the landfill, and there will be info booths on site to learn about all the projects at Hartland. Kids will be able to play in a giant sandbox and see a live hawk up close. (The bird of prey is brought to the landfill nearly every day to scare away seagulls,

preventing them from treating the active landfill site as an easy food source.)

Hartland Happening aims to be a zero-waste event, and encourages all visitors to bring a reusable water bottle. Napkins, plates and cutlery that will come with food sold at the

event – courtesy of Mr. Tube Steak – are all compostable or recyclable.

“Nothing used on the day will actually go up to the landfill,” Booth says.

Parking at the landfill

is limited, but the CRD offers a frequent shuttle bus service from parking lot 5 at Camosun College’s Interurban campus (4461 Interurban Rd.).

Hartland Happening runs from 10:30

a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday (June 22) at 1 Hartland Ave.

For event info, or to reserve a spot on a shuttle bus, visit crd.bc.ca/[email protected]

Landfill aims to blend in with forested surroundings“If you grew up in Victoria, everything

you’ve ever thrown away you can go and wave to at Hartland. From your diapers when you were a baby to that plastic bag last week.”

- Monique Booth

Did you know?• The two-inch piping underground that Fafard mentioned is part of a vacuum system that

collects methane produced by the decomposing organic waste. The gas is sent to an on-site plant that burns the methane, converting it to electricity. That electricity is sold to BC Hydro and helps power 1,600 Greater Victoria homes annually.

• When the province introduced a new blue box recycling program earlier this year, the Capital Regional District removed a $6 entrance fee to recycle certain items at Hartland, including Styrofoam blocks, paint cans, batteries and small appliances. The fee still applies to items like ferrous and non-ferrous metals, tires and large appliances.

While there won’t be active landfilling happening Sunday, Hartland landfill opens its doors for a behind-the-scenes look at our region’s landfill.Saanich News file photo

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Question of the WeekFour-time F1 champ Sebastian Vettel got behind the wheel of a kart when he was just three-and-a-half years old and was racing at age eight. Should we encourage teens to follow that example, as a way of learning about vehicle speed and control before getting their first license at 16?

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Hot laps with F1 World Champ Sebastian VettelBOWMANVILLE, Ontario. Four-time Formula One world champion Se-bastian Vettel has been driving since 1991 – 20 years less than yours truly.The Infiniti-Red Bull Racing Team lead man was only three-and-half years old when he took the wheel on a kart in his native Germany. He began racing four years later at the ripe old age of eight. He has a few years under his safety harness but he’s always up to learn from his elders.Last year, the 26-year-old wunderkind showed off his driving skills to me and buddy Brian Makse – a man also with racing pedigree – in an Infiniti FX50 Vettel Edition FX on the Paul Ricard Circuit in the south of France. We both figured his cornering needed work. Seb’s seat time with us clearly paid off as thereafter he won his fourth straight F1 championship. It came as no surprise then that he would jump at the opportunity to take the wheel again alongside me. Brian wasn’t available but I headed here to the Canadian Tire Motorsport in Ontar-io to work the magic again. The affable young guy has had a tough start to the F1 season, battling with the new hybrid technology.I put in some time first with retired F1 driver and now ace BBC TV F1

commentator David Coulthard on an auto cross track, laid out in the shape of the Infiniti logo. As I finished my turn at the wheel of the Infiniti Q50, the Scot sent me off to Seb with the words: “No cones were hurt in this filming . . . ”I’ll take that as a compliment for my error-free drive.Buckled up in anoth-er Q50S ($47,450), I wondered if Seb would demonstrate an improved cornering technique as we did a hot lap together around the reputedly fast 3.95-kilometre track. He

greeted me warmly, I thanked him for a hat he had kindly autographed, which I recently auctioned off. He was pleased to hear it had raised hundreds of dol-lars to help send local leukemia-strick-en teen Ryan Fagnan and his family on a last vacation, shortly before he died. We roared out of the pit lane through the first turn and continued to accel-erate downhill – close to 170 km/h – towards the second turn. Locals told me the stretch to the turn features a number of camber changes down to the second turn, scene of most of the track’s fatal crashes. Gulp.Obviously, nobody had cautioned him as he whipped the family sedan effortlessly round, talking about how he relaxed as we drove. Movies with happy endings apparently. Ah, the same conclusions he likes to F1 races.

“There haven’t been too many of those lately,” he joked, pressing harder on the metal, perhaps to make a point. As Infiniti Director of Performance, Vettel is truly playing a role in the development of future road products, rather than merely offering his name as a celebrity endorsement. He talked enthusiastically about the new com-pact, performance-oriented Q30, which should see the light late next year in Europe and a little later in Canada. The 328-horsepower 3.7-litre V6 Q50S we were riding in also benefitted from a little of his input. He’s clearly looking forward to Infiniti giving the go-ahead to the Q50 Eau Rouge concept, which features the Nissan GT-R’s growling 560-horsepower twin-turbo V6. Another corner loomed and I leaned into the door, as he barely slowed from the rapid pace we had zipped along the straight. “Your cornering has improved since last year,” I offered cheekily.

“Thank you, I think I’ve got the apexes about right,” he grinned. Hours earlier, it’s doubtful he had even heard of the tricky track, nevermind driven it. Harkening back to his references to happy endings, I reminded him that after driving with me last year he had enjoyed nothing but success.“That’s right . . . it’s all down to you,” he said with what I believed was a thoroughly genuine smile of appreci-ation.The end was nigh. Time flies when you are having fun: our hot lap and friendly chat took less than four minutes.Last Sunday, he enjoyed only his second podium finish of the year taking third place at the Montreal Grand Prix. You’re welcome, Seb. Same time next year, in the Eau Rouge?

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Enbridge pipeline opposition far from silencedDaniel PalmerNews staff

The federal government may have approved Enbridge’s Northern Gateway oil pipeline project, but widespread opposi-tion in B.C. means the road to completion is fraught with chal-lenges.

The decision is still subject to 209 conditions recommended last year by the National Energy Board’s Joint Review Panel, as well as five conditions set by the B.C. government, but public buy-in simply doesn’t exist, said Vic-toria MP Murray Rankin.

“There’s no social licence to proceed on this project,” said Rankin, who along with Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cul-len spoke at length against the pipeline approval in the House of Commons.

Rankin said B.C. residents can now voice their opposition most strongly at the ballot box in the 2015 federal election.

“One concrete action that can be done is we can defeat the 21 Conservatives in B.C. who hid

from the people they represent,” he said.

There are more than 130 First Nations across B.C. opposed to the project, and ensuing legal battles on the pipeline route are likely to drag through the courts for years, Rankin added.

“The pipeline route goes under salmon-bearing rivers, and it’s going to cut right through one of the herds of endangered moun-tain caribou. Those are both the subject of lawsuits,” he said.

Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA Weaver said the provincial government has the authority to grant or deny doz-ens of construc-tion permits for the 1,177-kilome-tre pipeline, and Premier Christy Clark can echo public opinion by opposing the project.

“The fact is, Kitimat is opposed to this project. First Nations are opposed to it. British Columbi-ans are opposed to it. It’s time for the provincial government to draw a line in the sand,” said Weaver, deputy leader of the B.C. Green Party.

Clark has set five conditions for Northern Gateway that include world leading marine and land spill protections, res-

olution of aboriginal concerns and a share of benefits for B.C.

Environment Minister Mary Polak said the decision means the project meets the first of those five conditions, a success-ful federal review.

“We recognize the benefits that the Northern Gateway proj-ect may bring, but they will not be at the expense of our environ-ment,” Polak said.

Rankin said Clark would be “hypocritical” not to oppose

construction of the $6.8 billion project.

“This is the fight of our generation,” he said. Rankin

also promised the NDP would set aside the pipeline approval if elected to a majority in 2015. “I’m a lawyer and I’ll help in any way I can. I’ll stand beside our aboriginal citizens in any way I can. … Bottom line: this pipeline will never be built.”

The twin pipelines would carry 525,000 barrels per day of diluted bitumen from the oil sands west to Kitimat and send condensate to act as a thinning agent east to Alberta.

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Saanich politicians voice Northern Gateway concerns

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Saanich teen Aline Dumalski will be in Que-bec next week competing in the National Final of the Canadian Music Competition.

This is the third year in a row the 13-year-old violinist has earned a spot in the finals. This year she competes in the 13 and under category.

“I started playing violin when I was four years old,” Dumalski told the News in an inter-view last year. “I love performing. There’s something about getting all dressed up with the fancy dress and being in front of all those people.”

This year she’s chosen to play the first movement of Violin Concerto in D Minor by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.

“It’s about 18 minutes long and it’s got to be by memory,” she said. “I find it’s a very dark piece. It’s not happy. I like to think of it like it’s in Iceland. I just imagine a real serene, dark night, and the moon in the sky. It helps me to envision the piece. It’s very difficult, but it’s very beautiful.”

This year, 268 musicians – instrumentalists and singers – between the ages of seven and 30 will compete from June 21 to July 3 for more than $100,000 in music education schol-arships.

“I’m feeling pretty good, I have to say. I’ve worked hard throughout the year to get here,” said the Saanich student, who will enter Grade 9 at Mount Douglas secondary in the fall.

In 2012 Dumalski came in first for her age group, and last year she placed fourth.

Dumalski is one of 22 young British Colum-bians taking part in the competition, and the sole Vancouver Island entrant.

Described by organizers as the “Olympics of classical music,” the CMC is the country’s pre-miere showcase of up-and-coming musicians.

“I just love CNC. The people who are all there are there for the same reason: we work hard and we’re all there to compete,” Dumal-ski said. “I love coming together with people who share the same interest as me.”

For more info, visit cmcnational.com.- with files from Daniel Palmer

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Saanich violinist competes on national stageMemorial concert honours talented young artist

Greater Victoria’s music community comes together this weekend to celebrate Naomi Derksen, a talented young pianist who passed away last year.

A concert in her honour will be held at 8 p.m. on Saturday (June 21) at Saanich’s St. Aidan’s United Church (3703 St. Aidan’s St.).

Acts include Forrest Kinney, Kevin Helppie, Diane Berry, Katherine Russell Koch, Christie Morrison and performers from the Canadian College of Performing Arts, where Derkson taught and performed.

All proceeds goes towards training the students of the Canadian College of Performing Arts with partial proceeds going to the Naomi Derksen Memorial Endowment Fund.

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Saanich teen Aline Dumalski will compete at the National Final of the Canadian Music Competition.

GUEST COLUMN

It all began so simply.“Would you like to participate

as a special guest rider in the 2014 Tour de Rock?” That was the question posed to me this past December.

Yes. I would like to. It would be an honour. Sure. How hard could it be?

I know I can ride one kilometre. I was pretty sure that riding more than that was just like riding one kilometre and then doing it again.

Okay, I didn’t really think it through.

It took all of one training session for me to realize that what was required was a serious skill set and a more serious work ethic.

On our first day of training back on March 2, we rode 16 kilometres. That’s about 15 kilometres further than I’d ridden in the last 40 years.

Now, we ride three times a week: hill night, speed night and endurance rides on Sundays. And I stretch three times a day – all morning, all afternoon and all night.

The skill-set learning curve was, and continues to be, as steep as an Observatory Hill climb.

Since those first few days I have made some strides, but not without help. What kind of Herculean effort is it

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Frankly, I don’t know that I could do this ride without any of them. In short, I’m lucky to be surrounded by this amazing team of selfless people.

Speaking of those who do amazing things, I love how young people up and down the Island are so connected to this cause. At its core, my connection to the Cops for Cancer campaign comes from kids.

At Reynolds, where I teach, the level of commitment for this campaign runs deep. It’s woven into the fabric of the school’s culture. For the past

nine years, in the last two weeks of September, the school has a singular focus. Put simply, the staff and students raise buckets of money for a cause that we seem to feel in our bones. In the past nine years, these two-week campaigns have raised more than $470,000 at Reynolds. This year, our tenth anniversary, we might actually surpass the half-million dollar mark.

Why do so many young people put so much energy into this campaign? Cancer is a disease that resonates with most everyone, and to be blunt, pediatric cancer is beyond horrible. I’ve been teaching students for more than 30 years so it comes as no surprise to me that kids are passionate about changing the world through their actions.

Kids helping kids; is there a more powerful image than that?

I understand that I am riding because what the students at Reynolds and at many other schools up and down Vancouver Island have done and continue to do is something awe-inspiring. It’s a responsibility, as a Tour ambassador for Vancouver Island schools, that I do not take lightly. That’s why I continue to face the challenge that training presents to me on a weekly basis, one kilometre at a time.

Dean Norris-Jones is vice-principal of Reynolds secondary school in Saanich, and a special guest rider on the 2014 Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock team.

Training a teacher for Tour

Dean Norris-JonesTour de Rock rider


With Velox Rugby Club’s move to the West Shore now official, the organization can take solace in the fact that they will soon have one of the best, instead of the worst, rugby pitches in town.

West Shore Parks and Recreation made Velox’s long-rumoured move to the West Shore official on Tues-day morning, as the two have an agreement in place to house Velox permanently in the Juan de Fuca clubhouse starting in September 2015. Velox will install rugby posts on the Juan de Fuca grass pitch, making it an exclusively rugby field. And Velox will turf the interior, vacant area of the West-shore Velodrome.

It means this is the last summer Velox volun-teers will complete the annual summer ritual of seeding and watering the grass-challenged Gordon Head rugby turf in hopes of restoring it by Septem-ber. Its hard surface has long been the subject of sideline mockery by visiting teams.

“You know, it’s funny, you become attached to things like (that pitch),” said longtime Velox mem-ber and former Canadian rugby international team player Mark Wyatt, who was part of a core of UVic Vikes to join Velox in the late 1980s. “There was so much time and effort put into that pitch and to the clubhouse, countless hours from so many mem-bers, and it will be a difficult transition emotion-ally, but also a time to move forward.”

Velox has successful mini and youth rugby pro-grams, and one of only two premier women’s sides.

The bulk of Velox’s programs will play one more year in Gordon Head, though the organization has great numbers in place with the satellite youth programs it started on the West Shore two years ago.

Velox officials never confirmed the rumours about leaving Saanich, though the writing was on

the wall as its lease with the Univer-sity of Victoria ends after the 2014-15 season.

“Rugby is a loyal game; we’ll retain our players who are wed to

the club, and we’ll gain others,” Wyatt said.

Please see: Rugby club seeks sustainability, Page A21

Velox rugby departing saanich after 45 years

The Velox Rugby Club won’t have to worry about its grass-challenged Saanich field much longer, as the club moves to the West Shore next year.

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Raindrops scribe circles in the slow-moving water off Wallace Drive. Paige Erickson-McGee points to a lush island of tall green grass in the middle of Tod Creek that, to the untrained eye, looks fresh and green and amaz-ing.

It’s killing the ecosystem. The invasive, non-native reed

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Native plantings added along the privately owned segment of the creek a few years ago are evi-dent, but not all survived. Adding more and pulling killer grass, will be likely priorities as HAT returns its focus to this segment of the creek, the site of the first Good Neighbours Project in 2001.

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“This is the first time we’ve come back to a watershed. There’s been a lot of development. The number of new residents (in this area) is dra-matic.”

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Conservation Trust Foundation. “HCTF has supported the Good

Neighbours program for many years, and have helped to make the program a success,” says Tay-lor.

The foundation has donated roughly $80,000 to date into vari-ous HAT projects, says Brian Springinotic, HCTF chief execu-tive officer.

“Our mandate is to sustain fish and wildlife habitat. HAT has a long history on the ground, and they simply can do things we can not,” says Springinotic.

The strong trust network built with neighbour-hoods and residents, in this case sustained since the 2001 project, brings maximum impact to proj-ects, he says.

Please see: Watershed conservation work ‘critical’, Page A21

Christine van Reeuwyk/News staff

Brian Springinotic, left, CEO of the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation; Paige Erickson-McGee, community and development co-ordinator for Habitat Acquisition Trust (HAT); and Adam Taylor, executive director of HAT, celebrate the return of Good Neighbours project to Tod Creek in an area fenced from harm on a private property near Wallace Drive.

Restoration returns to Tod Creek

“The way these landowners care for their land has a huge impact on the creek … and the integrity of the riparian ecosystem. They’re going to impact the way we live, as well as the way wildlife lives.”

- adam Taylor


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Strong Healthy Smiles Start With UsGood Neighbours Project revisits Saanich waterway to improve natural healthChristine van ReeuwykNews staff

Raindrops scribe circles in the slow-moving water off Wallace Drive. Paige Erickson-McGee points to a lush island of tall green grass in the middle of Tod Creek that, to the untrained eye, looks fresh and green and amaz-ing.

It’s killing the ecosystem. The invasive, non-native reed

canarygrass sucks the nutri-ents from the habitat, explains Erickson-McGee, community and development co-ordinator for Habitat Acquisition Trust.

Native plantings added along the privately owned segment of the creek a few years ago are evi-dent, but not all survived. Adding more and pulling killer grass, will be likely priorities as HAT returns its focus to this segment of the creek, the site of the first Good Neighbours Project in 2001.

“(Through the Good Neighbours Project) we offer events, workshops and home visits to help people learn about their conservation values of their land and find solutions to problems like inva-

sive plants. We teach them how to reduce or elimi-nate use of artificial fertilizers and pesticides that end up polluting waterways,” says Adam Taylor executive director of HAT.

“This is the first time we’ve come back to a watershed. There’s been a lot of development. The number of new residents (in this area) is dra-matic.”

Each year, Good Neighbours focuses on a dif-ferent area of the Capital Region. The Tod Creek project is one of 13 Vancouver Island projects to receive a portion of nearly $500,000 from Habitat

Conservation Trust Foundation. “HCTF has supported the Good

Neighbours program for many years, and have helped to make the program a success,” says Tay-lor.

The foundation has donated roughly $80,000 to date into vari-ous HAT projects, says Brian Springinotic, HCTF chief execu-tive officer.

“Our mandate is to sustain fish and wildlife habitat. HAT has a long history on the ground, and they simply can do things we can not,” says Springinotic.

The strong trust network built with neighbour-hoods and residents, in this case sustained since the 2001 project, brings maximum impact to proj-ects, he says.

Please see: Watershed conservation work ‘critical’, Page A21

Christine van Reeuwyk/News staff

Brian Springinotic, left, CEO of the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation; Paige Erickson-McGee, community and development co-ordinator for Habitat Acquisition Trust (HAT); and Adam Taylor, executive director of HAT, celebrate the return of Good Neighbours project to Tod Creek in an area fenced from harm on a private property near Wallace Drive.

Restoration returns to Tod Creek

“The way these landowners care for their land has a huge impact on the creek … and the integrity of the riparian ecosystem. They’re going to impact the way we live, as well as the way wildlife lives.”

- adam Taylor


Tod Creek runs through Saanich to Tod Inlet, meandering through private farms and yards along the way.

“The way these landowners care for their land has a huge impact on the creek … and the integrity of the riparian ecosystem,” Taylor says. “They’re going to impact the way we live, as well as the way wildlife lives.”

Landowners earn a plaque, iden-tifying them as property owners willing to commit to maintaining their land to benefit wildlife.

Another Saanich project receiv-ing funds from the foundation is a project examining the feasibility of enhancing fish habitat in Elk Lake through a water quality improve-ment program.

Most of the money the foundation uses to fund these projects comes from conservation surcharges on fishing and hunting licences.

“Few people realize how much of the critical conservation work tak-ing place in this province is funded by anglers, hunters, guide outfit-ters and trappers,” says HCTF chair Harvey Andrusak. “We all benefit. These projects improve conditions for a tremendous range of species, not just those targeted by contribu-tors.”

Learn more about the foundation online at hctf.ca.

[email protected]

Watershed conservation work ‘critical’ to long-term health

Did you know?Reed canarygrass is invasive and can quickly out-compete other species of native vegetation. It is particularly threatening to disturbed sites where it can single-handedly transform stream dynamics, preventing the establishment of deep-rooted trees and shrubs.


Facility rentals at Gordon Head, which are still available through Velox this season, have been helpful financially, but are too few and far between.

“Running the Gordon Head facility long-term just isn’t sustainable for the club. There aren’t many organizations who do it that way,” Wyatt said. “We wanted certainty going ahead so we started looking at every possibility on the South Island, and Colwood really came forward.”

At Juan de Fuca, Velox will have new dressing rooms and the use of the main floor of the pavilion that overlooks the Juan de Fuca Golf Course, where they can hang photos of the club’s history.

“It’s hugely beneficial for the club, first-class facilities and Colwood will end up with a brand new artificial turf (in the velodrome),” Wyatt said.

The dimensions inside the velodrome are too small for a full-sized rugby field, but will provide an additional all-weather practice surface.

In it’s 45-year history Velox’s top men’s side has been in and out of the B.C. premier division. By tapping into the growing pipeline of Western Communities rugby players, and moving just 10 minutes down the road from Rugby Canada’s Langford facility, Velox hopes they can soon return to the CDI Premier League, while continuing to challenge for the top women’s trophy in B.C.

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Rugby club seeks sustainability outside Saanich

Did you know?Over time Velox played at Lambrick Park and Mount Douglas secondary schools, with a clubhouse on the old Hume farm near the current Gordon Head home, where Velox moved in 1989.

The CRD is seeking public comment on a proposal to the District of Saanich to connect the sewer line from Elk/Beaver Lake Regional Park washroom facilities to the community sewer system.Residents are invited to drop in to meet CRD staff, learn more about the proposal and provide comments.

Wednesday, July 2, 4-7pm Saanich Commonwealth Place, Arbutus Room, 4636 Elk Lake Drive

Find more information at crd.bc.ca/parks.

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Temporary ReporterVictoria News The Victoria News, a twice-weekly publication, has an immediate opening for a temporary full-time reporter. Reporting to the editor, the successful candidate will provide top-quality work on a range of news and feature stories covering a range of beats.

A key attribute will be an ability to work well as a self-starting member of a competitive newsroom. You will be expected to contribute to regular newsroom meetings and bring your creative talents to readers through concise, accurate and entertaining writing. The successful candidate will show keen attention to detail, work well under deadline pressures, and willing to learn in a fast-paced environment.

Knowledge of Canadian Press style is important, as is the ability to take and carry out instructions in a timely fashion. Basic photography skills are required. Must have a valid driver’s license and working vehicle. Knowledge of InDesign and Photoshop CS3 would be considered an asset.

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LEGALS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND

OTHERS RE: THE ESTATE of JANET LILY WOO, DECEASED.

NOTICE is hereby given that creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Janet Lily Woo, deceased, formerly of 1221 Clovelly Terrace, Victoria, BC, are hereby required to send the particulars thereof to the undersigned Executor, c/o Horne Coupar, 612 View St, 3rd Floor, Victoria, BC V8W 1J5, on or before the 25th day of July, 2014, after which date the estate’s assets will be distributed having regard only to the claims that have been received.

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PERSONALS

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LOST AND FOUND

FOUND. CAR Key w/remote starter, Tues. June 17, Lock-side trail, at Mattick’s Farm. Claim at Adrienne’s Cafe.

FOUND KEYS at bus stop corner of Esquimalt & Head St. Call 250-590-9296 or 778-433-0207.

FOUND KEYS, June 16th, on Fort St between St Charles & Belmont by bus stop, with se-curity code. (778)432-3204.

FOUND SET of keys- 3 keys on double ring on Oakland Ave, please call to claim, (250)595-2361.

FOUND SUNGLASSES Royal Blue on Dallas Road. Call to claim, 250-381-3096.

FOUND THUMB port Belford and the Gorge. Call to claim (250)475-6242.

LOST: HEARING aid, on Pat Bay trail, between Tapping & Munro. June15. 250-889-4103

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIP-MENT OPERATOR SCHOOL.NO Simulators. In-the-seat training. Real world tasks.Weekly start dates. Job board! Funding options.SignUp online! iheschool.com 1-866-399-3853

HELP WANTED

An Alberta Oilfi eld Company is hiring experienced dozer and excavator operators, meals and lodging provided. Drug testing required. 1-(780)723-5051.

MEDICAL/DENTAL

ORAL SURGERY offi ce needs CDA with DAANCE cer-tifi cation for 1-2 days/wk. Call Dr. Elizabeth Johnstone. (250)370-1900.

TRADES, TECHNICAL

PLUMBERSJourneyman & Apprentices

(1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th)Respected Mechanical Contractor req. Journeyman & Apprentice Plumbers for all aspects of Com-mercial Institutional Mechanical work (New Construction). Previ-ous experience is an asset. Team Environment. Long Term Opportunities Avail.

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Fax: 604.576.4739 or E-mail: [email protected]

VOLUNTEERS

VICTORIA WOMEN’S Transi-tion House, seeking board members. http://www.transi tionhouse.net/news-events/

OFFICE SUPPORT CLERK

VOLUNTEERS

MUSIC FOR Youth Works So-ciety is looking for a volunteer assistant for their Music Ex-plorers Program. Connect with other volunteers while helping bring music education to youth! Call Volunteer Vic-toria at 250-386-2269.

PACIFIC ANIMAL Therapy Society is looking for volun-teers with gentle therapy pets to provide companionship to seniors, and mentally and physically disabled persons. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.

VICTORIA INTERNATIONAL Buskers Festival is looking for volunteer information booth at-tendants to help assist visitors and spectators between July 18th-27th. Volunteers are asked to commit to at least 3 four-hour shifts. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.

PERSONAL SERVICES

MIND BODY & SPIRIT

KRIPALU MASSAGE, Reiki, Acupressure, Chair Massage. I have relaxed clients that have been with me for 5-12 years. See testimonials on website. Women only. Call 250-514-6223 or visit online at: www.andreakober.com

HOLISTIC HEALTH

Trager® Bodywork allows you to move more freely with less pain and

tension. You’ll feel deeply relaxed & have greater mental clarity.

Rae BilashCertifi ed Trager PractitionerWomen only, call for appt.

250-380-8733www.raebilash.ca

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FINANCIAL SERVICES

BANK DECLINED LOAN?WE APPROVE.

Now you can get up to $3.5M business/personal consolidation loan with rate starting from 1.99% with min. of $35K. Bad credit or Bankruptsy welcome. Apply now at 1-866-249-1055

OFFICE SUPPORT CLERK

PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB.

1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEO

RETOUCH, RESTORE, Edit Photos. Home Movies to DVD. Also, Portraiture, Baby, Family + Maternity. 250-475-3332. www.cwpics.com

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

UNDER $200

NEW MENS Bicycle Raleigh, $150. New Ladies Raleigh bi-cycle, $150. Chest freezer, $129. (250)477-2947.

HELP WANTED


FREE ITEMS

FREE: QUEEN size bed, good cond., clean, you pick up. Call (250)656-0859.

FRIENDLY FRANK

3-SEATER GARDEN swing with canopy, $65. Call (250)656-1271.

4 lbs of candle making wax. $15. (778)351-3215, Sidney.

NEW GRAIN Master Mill, $89. (250)477-2947.

POLAR WATER cool-er, hardly used, like new cond. $50. fi rm 778-351-1955

FUEL/FIREWOOD

ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fi r, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.

FURNITURE

BEDROOM SUITE. Queen bed frame with head/foot boards. 9-drawer dresser with mirror, armoire and two night stands. Solid oak. $1,000 obo. Please see usedvictoria.com ad #21580893. 250-881-8833.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

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

PROWLER 3410 Mobility scooter, like new, 1 yr old. $1800. (250)381-9858.

HELP WANTED


MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

HUGE DOWNSIZING SALE- 30% off all plants. 7th to 30th June. Brentwood Bay Nurser-ies, 1395 Benvenuto Ave, Brentwood Bay.

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

OFFICE CORNER computer desks. 2 desks, beech and green laminate with keyboard tray, fi ling drawer and station-ary drawer. 24” x 72”, formerly used in professional offi ce but would also suit home/student use. Excellent condition. Ask-ing $150 each or $250 for both. Call Jim at 250-656-1151, ext.126.

TRUCKLOAD Mattress Sale,All siz-es, All models ON SALE! Bedroom Living and Dining Room both New and Used! Blow Out Sale on Now. Sidney Buy & Sell 9818 4th St. Sid-ney. sidneybuyandsell.ca

VARIETY OF offi ce furniture, etc including desks, fi ling cabi-nets, tables, steno chairs. Go-ing cheap, make us an offer! See at Peninsula News Re-view, call for an appointment. 250-656-1151, ext. 126.

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

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

REAL ESTATE

SELLING?I charge far less commis-sion. For example only $6,900 on a $600,000 Sale. A Full commission realtor would cost you $21,000 at 6 and 3.• Distress Sales• Bank Foreclosures• Fixer UppersFree list with Pictures & addresses at:

www.JimParsons.comCall me now at250-508-0739.JIM PARSONS

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REAL ESTATE SERVICES

HOUSES FOR SALE

UPGRADED Bi-level home, 5-6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms ona large lot in Brentwood Baywalking distance to 3 schools,perfect place to raise a family!Call Shelly direct to view orcome to our next open house.Visit web; www.shelly-reed.com for more info or calldirect 250-213-7444.1222 Ma-rin Park Close $589,900.

Garage SalesGarage Sales

GARAGE SALES

4207 BLENKINSOP Rd., Sat., June 21, 9am. (4) Therm. win-dows approx. 41x59 & misc...

LAKE HILL- 996 McBrier Ave, Sat, June 21, 9-2pm. Multi-family with kid’s and house-hold items, furniture, books and kitchen ware.

MULTI-FAMILY GARAGE & HOT DOG sale. Saturday June 21, 10am-1pm. 7701 Central Saanich Road.

NORTH SAANICH. Sat. June 21, 9am-1pm. Tools, tools, tools! 9588 Ardmore Drive, park on road, walk down steep driveway.

SIDNEY- 2427 Amelia Ave, Sat, June 21, 9-1pm if raining sale will be on Sunday.

SIDNEY- HARBOURSIDE Strata 2235 Harbour Rd, Sat, June 21, 9-1pm. Multi-family! Wide variety of quality items!

VIEW ROYAL- 42 Kingham Place, Sat, June 21, 9-2pm.

GARAGE SALES

WEST SAANICH: Layritz Plc, Sat., June 21, 9-3. Multi family sale; vintage glass, silverplate, children’s clothes, books and games. Rain or shine!

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HOUSES FOR SALE

AFFORDABLE AND quiet. 55+ community in Ladysmith. Home of the famous Festival of Lights!!!! Carefree manufac-tured homes on easy care lots for as low as $119,700. Low monthly lot fee. On transit. Close to parks, community centre, pool and amazing trails. Only 50 minutes from Victoria and less than 20 min-utes to Nanaimo. New Home Warranty. Contact Duck Pater-son @ 250-246-0637 or email: [email protected]

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

FRASER TOLMIEAPARTMENTS

1701 Cedar Hill X Road (at Shelbourne St)

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RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

SIDNEY- SMALL quiet Bldg. Sunny, 2 bdrm, 2 balcony con-do, view overlooking Sidney Island & Mt. Baker. 2nd fl oor, no elevator. Small kitchen with stainless F/S, D/W. Access to W/D. New carpet, fl oors, paint. NS/NP. Walk to all amenities & bus. 25 min commute to downtown Victoria. $1300. Ref’s req’d. (250)658-8591.

STEPS TO Sidney Waterfront, seaside park. Water/ Marina views. Desirable, safe, secure, quiet concrete bldg. Large, bright, fully updated 1-bdrm condo. Dbl balcony w/entrance from bed and living rooms. In-suite laundry, extra storage. Secure parking. On site mngr., guest suite. Ref’s req’d. $1300/mo.Msg (250)652-7909

UNDER NEWMANAGEMENT

Bright lg Bach 1,2,3 br. UnitsFully reno

5 min drive to DT Victoria Full time on site manager

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HOMES FOR RENT

SOOKE LARGE Home on acreage upper-3 bed, 2 bath, sunroom. Lower: Full suite, 2 br, 1 bath, 8 appliances, effi -cient heat pump, $1900/m + utils. N/S, pets neg, Refs Req. 250-642-2015

TRANSPORTATION

RENTALS

SEASONAL ACCOMMODATION

LOG HOME Lake Cowichan, water access, (250)745-3880. view: nissamrealty.com.

SUITES, LOWER

ESQUIMALT 2-BDRM, Har-bour views, sunroom, $900. 961 Esquimalt Rd (rear). Avail immed. (250)474-4453.

SUITES, UPPER

MAYFAIR- 3 BDRMS, yard, patio, NS/NP. $1400. Call (250)479-4112.

AUTO FINANCING

CHEVROLET Cavalier Z24, 3.1 Litre. Only 70,000 km on rebuilt motor. Newer Luc High Performance clutch, 5-speed trans, near new Yokohama tires. Red, sun roof, mint interi-or, power doors/windows (new motors and regulators). Pio-neer stereo w/iPod adapter, Pioneer 6x9 3-way speakers. Original owner, have all re-ceipts. $2500. Chris, 250-595-0370 leave message.

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO ACCESSORIES/PARTS

AUTO SERVICES

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

CARS

TRANSPORTATION

CARS

$50 to $1000Scrap Junk

Running or Not!Cars Trucks Vans

FREE TOW AWAY

250-686-3933RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

FOR SALE

2007 QUANTUM 365 BHTS. 2 bdrms, 1.5 baths; located at Oceanside RV resort. Fully skirted, 2 decks, shed. $42,900. Dave (778)676-1150.

VTRUCKS & ANS

1998 GMC SAFARI Passen-ger Van, 164,000 km, inspect-ed. $3000. Call Tom at Esso Hillside & Shelbourne, 250-592-2455.

MARINE

BOATS

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

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING

ACCOUNTINGVida Samimi

Certifi ed General Accountant/ CPA

Bookkeeping, Payroll, HST.

Set up & Training. E-FileTAX

250-477-4601

CARPENTRY

BENOIT CONSTRUCTION. Reno’s & Additions. Windows, Doors, Decks. 250-479-0748.

DECKS, STAIRS, Interesting projects. 30 yrs exp. (250)477-3315. [email protected]

JOURNEYMAN CARPENTER with 32 years exp in renova-tions, new construction+ all re-pairs. . Frank, [email protected]

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

CLEANING SERVICES

EXP. HOUSECLEANER and home care, bondable, have own supplies except vacuum, $20/hr. Call (250)220-4965

CONCRETE & PLACING

BARBER CEMENT Finishing; Driveways, sidewalks, patios, form work. Free est. 40 yrs exp. Call (250)704-9053.

RBC CONCRETE Finishing. All types of concrete work. No job too small. Seniors dis-count. Call 250-386-7007.

COURIER/DELIVERY SERVICES

WESLEY’S ONE Hour Courier Service. Starting at $7.00 up. Call 250-920-9024.

DRYWALL

BEAT MY Price! Best work-manship. 38 years experience. Call Mike, 250-475-0542.


ELECTRICAL

(250)217-3090.ELECTRICIAN Lic. #3003. 30yrs exp. Renos, Knob & Tube Replacement. Sr.Disc.No job too big or small

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

250-858-7004; COMPETITIVE rates. Res/Comm. AA Clarke Electric Ltd. Lic#100789

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

GNC ELECTRIC Res/Comm. Reasonable rates for quality work. #43619. 250-883-7632.

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

VAEXCA TING & DRAINAGE

EXCAVATING, Grading, ditch-ing, stumps, hauling, demoli-tion, hoe ram. (250)514-8553.

FENCING

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

FURNITURE REFINISHING

U-NEEK SEATS. Hand cane, Danish weave, sea grass. UK Trained. Fran, 250-216-8997.

GARDENING

20% OFF! Mow, Rototill, Hedge/Shrub Trim, Clean-ups, PowerRake. (250)479-6495.

(250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK Yard & garden overgrown? Lawns have weeds & moss? Aerating, pwr raking. Blackber-ry/Ivy removal, landscaping.

250-216-9476; LANDSCAPE carpentry design and build. BBB/Insured. Accepting new contracts. www.ftguland.com

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


GARDENING

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AURICLE- Spring cleanups, lawns. Call for all your garden needs. 250-882-3129.

GARDEN OVERGROWN? Weeding, lawn cuts, clean-ups, pruning. John Kaiser 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.

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

LANDSCAPE & TREE- lawns, hedges, tree pruning, garden-ing, landscaping. WCB. 18 yrs exp. Andrew 250-893-3465.

MIKE’S LAWN and Garden. Clean-ups, weeding & More. Senior’s discount. Free esti-mates. Mike 250-216-7502.


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250-507-6543. AL’S V.I.P. Gutter Cleaning, guards, pow-er washing, de-moss, Insured.

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

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BIG BEAR Handyman. Decks, Painting, Repairs. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071.

HANDYMAN- Light Mainte-nance & Repair. Call for esti-mate. (250)818-2709.

HANDYMAN SERVICES. Small renos, fences, hauling, lawns, etc. (778)977-5854.

STUCCO, Hardy Plank siding, painting, carpentry & roofi ng. Free est. Dan 250-391-9851.

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

JUNK BOX- Junk Removal Company. Local guys. Low rates. Call (250)658-3944.

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

PETE’S HAUL A DAY- Junk removal. Airforce guy. Call 250-888-1221.

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In any industry, it’s natural for people who’ve been around for a long time to feel they have the edge on someone new to the business.

In real estate sales, the same sce-nario applies. But is it as simple as saying experience is everything? Perhaps not.

Technology has definitely changed the way Realtors do busi-ness, especially from the standpoint of forwarding information about new listings to potential buyers, or moving the appropriate paperwork back and forth between agents and legal professionals.

But some things haven’t changed, say Deborah and Roy Coburn, a hus-band and wife team who have been in the business for 26 and 24 years, respectively.

“We’re a person-to-person ser-vice,” Deborah says. “That’s always the way we’ve operated.”

While she admits most buyers today get their first glimpse of a home online, she says, it still comes down to working with clients in per-son to really get a handle on their real estate needs.

She cites three separate out-of-town client couples who found “the perfect home” online in Greater Vic-toria, only to arrive and discover in a showing that the property wasn’t at all what they had in mind or envi-sioned.

“In some ways, technology can only go so far,” she says.

While many listing agents send information on homes to buyer’s agents via email, Roy finds it help-ful to pick up the phone and call

his counterparts to chat about “the nuances of a home” that one might not pick up in a photo.

At the other end of the scale, Taylor McMullen, 24, is in his fifth month as an agent. He’s enjoyed some success already, partially due to building a new Internet market-ing program for himself and his father, longtime Victoria-area Real-tor Michael McMullen.

Taylor, who also speaks Manda-rin, has tapped into the Asian immi-grant market, largely through his online work.

In that respect, he views technol-ogy as something not to be feared, but to be embraced, a character-istic he says he shares with other younger professionals.

“I think the difference between (younger and older Realtors) is

we grew up in a period of change. Everything is changing so quickly and we’re easily able to adapt to change,” he says. “There’s still lots of risk-takers out there, but I’d say the average young person is more likely to take risks and change.”

While taking full advantage of technology to secure and work with clients can work well, McMullen admits it’s just one tool at his dis-posal.

But he admits much of his busi-ness has come from referrals, door knocking and cold calling: good old-fashioned personal contact.

“Real estate’s all about relation-ships. The majority of your business will come from referrals no matter how much marketing you do,” he says.

The Coburns couldn’t agree more.

Deborah chuckles at a fringe strat-egy making the rounds lately, that of giving home evaluations without setting foot on a person’s property.

Whether representing clients look-ing to buy or sell, agents’ respon-sibility is huge, she says, given the need to know everything about a house.

“When it comes down to it, it still requires a relationship with us.”

One thing agents of any age may find today more so than in past years, McMullen says, is that younger buy-ers tend to be less patient and more focused on saving money than being loyal.

“I find younger people are always chasing the better deal or the quick response (from a Realtor). You’ve got to be so quick with everything.”

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There’s no substitute for personal contact Are you a self-

starter? – If you’re good at time management and

don’t mind doing a lot of legwork before getting paid, you may be right for

the profession.

Do you have enough savings to cover your learning curve? – It’s recommended that new agents have two years’ income put away when

they start in the business.

Do you like to learn? – The education process for Realtors is ongoing

and mandatory. Courses on a variety of topics are regularly offered by the

Victoria Real Estate Board.

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Deborah and Roy Coburn have been selling real estate more than 20 years. While technology has changed the way Realtors operate, they stress the importance of face-to-face communication.


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VICTORIA161 South Turner St., 839,900Sunday 1-4 RE/MAX CamosunMark Lawless, 250-744-3301603-250 Douglas St.Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jandy Gruhn, 250-477-7291302-1536 Hillside Ave.Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jandy Gruhn, 250-477-72911540 Bank St., 659,900Saturday 11-1DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jandy Gruhn, 250-477-7291502-250 Douglas St.Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Lynnell Davidge, 250-477-72911792 Rockland Ave., 264,500Saturday 12-1:30One Percent RealtyGuy Effler, 250-812-4910404-331 Burnside Rd E., 190,000Saturday 11-1Pemberton HolmesRick Couvelier, 250-477-0921206-1040 Rockland Ave, 249,800Sunday 3-4:30Macdonald RealtyNiels Madsen, 250-388-5882202 & 401-1070 Southgate St., From 64,700Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCheri Crause, 250-592-4422

57 Dock St., 609,000Saturday 1-3 Royal LePageCoast Capital RealtyDave O’Byrne, 250-361-6213

733A Humboldt(200 Douglas)Saturday, Sunday & Monday 1-4Macdonald Realty Helene Roy, 250 883-2715

2966 Irma St.Saturday & Sunday 1-3Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Jerry Mireau, 250-384-8124

308-797 Tyee Rd., 369,000Sunday 1-3Pemberton HolmesBruce Warburton, 250-893-0117

OAK BAY2701 Burdick Avenue, 649,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Robyn Hamilton, 250-216-7366

1648 Wilmot Ave., 639,000Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Cassie Kangas, 250-477-7291

VIEW ROYAL2136 Meadow Vale Dr., 634,900Saturday 11-1DFH Real Estate Ltd.Jenn Raappana, 250-474-6003

55 Kingham Pl., 737,000Saturday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunRoy Coburn, 250-812-1989

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SAANICH EAST105-2829 Arbutus Rd., 695,000Sunday 2-4 Pemberton HolmesRick Couvelier, 250-477-0921812 Rainbow Ridge Ln., 879,900Saturday 1-3 RE/MAX CamosunMark Lawless, 250-744-33011581 Mileva Ln., 999,000Sunday 2-4 Newport RealtyLaurie Abram, 250-812-17711060 Quailwood Pl., 639,900Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyShelly Reed, 250-213-74447-1063 Valewood Trail, 569,900Sunday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunBrad Gregory, 250-744-3301

4049 Nelthorpe St., 983,000Saturday & Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyHiro Nakatani, 250-661-4476

5-5156 Cordova Bay, 419,900Saturday 1-3 RE/MAX CamosunBrad Gregory, 250-744-3301

4155 Rockhome Gardens, 599,000Saturday 2:30-4 One Percent RealtyRay Kong, 250-590-7011

313-3277 Glasgow Ave., 199,888Sunday 11-1 Pemberton HolmesArran McLellan, 250-384-8124

1263 Mckenzie Ave., 479,900Sunday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMaggie Thompson, 250-889-5955

2600 Arbutus Rd., 629,900Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyMike McCulloch, 250-592-4422

4794 Cordova Bay Rd, 749,900Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesKathleen McInnis, 250-384-8124

37-4318 Emily Carr Dr., 589,900Saturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesRick Couvelier, 250-477-0921

3-909 Carolwood Dr., 619,800Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyCheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422

3434 Bonair Pl., 899,000Saturday 2-4JONESco Real Estate Inc.Ian Heath, 250-655-7653

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2935 Queenston, 499,900Sunday 2-4Cathy Duncan & Associates Ltd.250-658-0967

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3795 Burnside Pl., 539,900Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Mike Hartshorne, 250-474-6003

4310 Hermes Close, 534,900Saturday 2-4Century 21 Queenswood RealtyPeggy O’Connor, 250-477-1100

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10190 Third St., 499,900Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyPaul Holland, 250-592-4422

1287 Verdier Ave., 358,800Saturday & Sunday 11-1Pemberton HolmesAllen Tepper, 250-686-6325

8770 Pender Park Dr., 899,900Sunday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunCraig Walters, 260-655-0608

24-1287 Verdier Ave., 358,800Saturday 11-1Macdonald RealtyJane Logan, 250-920-6868

2485 Shoreacres Rd., 359,900Sunday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunJudy Campbell, 250-744-3301

4-9650 Second St., 565,000Saturday 12-2Macdonald RealtyKevin Wensley, 250-388-5882

960 Dogwood Rd., 939,000Saturday 2-4JONESco Real Estate Inc.Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653

9591 Canora Rd., 424,900Sunday 1-3Holmes Realty Ltd.Steven Klipper, 250-208-3922

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1729 Texada Terr., 885,000Sunday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunCraig Walters, 250-655-0608

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8843 Langara Pl., 659,500Sunday 2-4DFH Real EstateRobin Lewis, 250-656-0131

WEST SHORE 3555 Sun Hills, 615,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesRick Couvelier, 250-477-0921

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3464 Blue Sky Pl., 529,000Sunday 1-3RE/MAX CamosunLee Johnston, 250-478-9600

2915 Pickford Rd., 579,000Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesKent Deans, 250-686-4141

3236 Hawkeswood Pl.Saturday 2-4Macdonald RealtyNiels Madsen, 250-388-5882

3126 Antrobus Cres., 509,900Sunday 1-3Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Cheryl Ashby, 250-478-9141

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613 McCallum, 356,000Saturday 2-4Kroppmann RealtyDale Kroppmann, 250-478-0808

128-710 Massie Dr., 314,800Saturday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunDale Sheppard, 250-478-9600

2518 Mill Hill Rd., 424,900Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyHayley John, 250-474-4800

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Get your motor running and head out to Gyro Park this Sunday (June 22) for the ninth annual All Japanese Car Show ’n Shine.

Classic Japanese cars from the ’60s and ’70s will be on display next to the high-performance cars of today. The show is open to all makes and models of Japanese vehicles.

Admission for spectators is free, but vehicles pay a $15 entry fee to be shown. Best in show trophies will awarded to the best Nissan, Honda, Toyota, Subaru and Mazda entries. Registration begins at 9 a.m.

The show runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Gyro Park in Cadboro Bay.

Invasive pull at Playfair Park

Soak up the sun and community spirit with an invasive species pull at Play-fair Park on Monday (June 23).

Volunteers will be on hand to pull Daphne, English ivy, blackberry and other non-native flora from the popular Saanich park. Interested vol-unteers are asked to bring gloves, pruners and any other garden tools.

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The three-day Aboriginal Cultural Festival taking place this weekend highlights a thriving tourism indus-try in B.C., organizers say.

B.C. is likely “leading the world” in aboriginal tourism development, and the industry grew 22 per cent

Victoria aboriginal festival highlights growing industry

in 2013 alone, said Keith Henry, CEO of Aboriginal Tourism B.C.

“People really want to know the story: what is the real history of this province before 1867,” he said.

Aboriginal Tourism B.C. numbers show the indus-try resulted in $45 million in direct spending last year. Henry and his col-leagues are working with nearly 150 First Nations to develop tourism draws for their individual com-munities.

“We’ve got another 192 businesses in develop-ment. It’s significant for jobs and for real revenues for the communities.”

Henry said the accep-tance of tourism in some First Nations communi-ties has been slow on the uptake, but many are real-izing their culture can be presented honestly to the benefit of all.

Songhees Nation Chief Ron Sam, a sponsor of this weekend’s festi-val, said he’s never seen

so much collaboration between provincial and regional partners to fos-ter aboriginal tourism and to celebrate First Nations culture.

“(This festival) is some-thing I have wanted for a long time,” he said. “We want to make this an annual event.”

Sandy Pratt, the Royal B.C. Museum’s vice-presi-dent of business develop-ment, said the museum is hosting the festival on its grounds to support a “shared vision” of aborigi-nal partnership.

The coinciding launch of RBCM’s Our Living Languages exhibition this weekend highlights the 203 First Nations, 34 languages and 61 distinct dialects that make up the collective B.C. aboriginal culture.

The Aboriginal Cultural Festival takes place today and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on the Royal B.C. Museum grounds. [email protected]


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