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Broadcast news veteran Hudson Mack left CTV Vancouver Island this week after more than 30 years on the air.

On Monday, Mack confirmed his unexpected departure and said the time is right to pursue other opportunities.

“Tomorrow (Feb. 25) is my 54th birth-day,” he said. “This has always been a significant milestone for me because when I was 14 years old my dad died at the age of 54. It has helped me realize the time is right for a change.”

CTV announced Mack’s departure in a statement Monday morning.

“For the past decade, Hudson has demonstrated a tireless commitment to delivering the news to our community,” said Kevin Bell, CTV Vancouver Island general manager. “We thank him for his years of dedicated service, and wish him continued success in his future endeavours.”

Bell Media wouldn’t provide further comment.

Mack has served as senior anchor and news director at CTV Vancouver Island, and its predecessor A Channel News, since 2004.

Andrew Johnson will anchor the sta-tion’s nightly newscast until a perma-nent replacement is named. Heather Kim, the station’s assistant news direc-tor, will assume the responsibilities of news director on an interim basis.

Mack has been covering news on the Island since 1985. Prior to joining CTV, he spent 19 years as senior anchor and assistant news director at CHEK TV.

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Technology buffs program their futureVictoria Computer Club celebrates 30 yearsKyle WellsNews staff

Laptops the size of suitcases, floppy discs and green-text screens were all the rage when the Victoria Computer Club set up shop more than three decades ago.

Also known as Big Blue & Cousins, a name they are shying away from due to its outdated slang for an IBM computer, the club has brought together an estimated

6,000 people, from computer newbies to experts, over its impressive history.

“We’ve helped that many people in the last 30 years in the Victoria area,” said presi-dent George Bowden.

While an interest in computers unites all members, modern subsections have formed including digital photography, gene-alogy research, WordPress web design and Linux operating systems.

One mandate of the club is to teach seniors how to become more computer-savvy. Club member John Carruthers teaches seniors for two hours a week on all aspects of computer use. A recent class

taught attendees nine ways to open a web-site.

“You can put the shortcut on your favou-rites bar, you can drag the favourite icon on down and put it on your desktop. You can drag it down, put it on your task bar,” he said.

Troubleshooting computer problems is another mandate of the club and mem-bers are there to help others with security issues, viruses and a wide variety of other concerns.

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“This is a critical first step to enhance the efficiency and

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Daniel PalmerNews staff

A 10-storey residential building slated for down-town Victoria is set to be the first test of a controver-sial city policy that develop-ers say increases the sale price of condos.

The city’s bonus density program was created in 2011 to allow developers to build more floors than pre-scribed in downtown zon-ing, in exchange for cash.

That money is used for public realm improvements and seismic upgrading of heritage buildings, a model adopted by many modern North American cities.

But the policy doesn’t sit right with developer David Chard, who is bring-ing forward a proposal for a residential building in the 800-block of Broughton St., across from the downtown YMCA/YWCA.

“As a developer, we basi-cally flow through all of our costs to the end user,” he said. “The more these costs, whether they are payments such as bonus density or permit charges, those fees are added to the cost of a unit.”

Chard has built more than 300 residential units in and around the downtown core since 2006 including the Corazon and Juliet build-ings, and The Sovereign on Broughton.

Chard’s latest applica-tion is the first the city has processed since the stan-dardized bonus density rules came into full effect Jan. 1. As part of the policy, an independent economic analysis is done to calculate the contribution to city cof-fers for developments that exceed the allowable limit of floor space.

“We have no idea if we’ll stand to benefit one dol-lar or a million dollars,” said Coun. Pam Madoff. “I

think the numbers will be extremely modest once we get the analysis back.”

Casey Edge, executive director of the Victoria Homebuilders Associa-tion, said developers have been adamantly opposed to bonus density since it was first proposed.

“All bonus density schemes do is apply a sig-nificant tax on development without the municipality taking the risk,” said Edge, whose association advo-cates on behalf of about 100 developers in the Capital Region.

“The City of Victoria, aside from bonus density, has the worst reputation in the region for development

processes. It’s also the most costly place to do busi-ness,” he said.

Madoff acknowledged city hall has been slow to demonstrate “surety” in its dealings with developers in the past. But she said bonus density provides “a quanti-fiable, predictable” fee for new developments, instead of on-the-fly amenity deal-ings at the council table.

“Overarching this all is the importance for coun-cil to let these applications go through and see what the costs will be,” she said. “The policy was adopted for very good reasons.”

Chard’s development application for Broughton Street will be sent for public consultation later this year. In the meantime, he’ll wait to see how much he owes for the extra storeys on his residential plans.

“There is so much dis-cussion in the city on hous-ing affordability. And this (bonus density policy), in my opinion, goes counter to that,” he said.

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Don Denton/News staff

Developer Dave Chard has purchased three properties in the 800 block of Broughton Street including the building at 818 Broughton Street and the parking lot which comprises 836 and 838 Broughton Street. Chard hopes to bulding condo buildings on the parking lot.

“All bonus density schemes do is apply a significant tax on development without the municipality taking the risk.”

– Casey Edge

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Saanich woman killedin high-speed crash in Victoria

A 20-year-old Saanich woman is dead after a high-speed car crash in Victoria early Sunday morning.

The driver of the vehicle appeared to have lost control while travelling south-bound on Blanshard Street around 12:30 a.m. and slammed into a light standard at Bay Street at approximately 130 km/h, said VicPD Const. Mike Russell.

“Attending officers immediately went to the vehicle and noted that a female who was had been seated in the pas-senger seat appeared deceased at the scene,” Russell said. “This was con-firmed moments later by paramedics.”

The driver, a 24-year-old Saanich man, was sent to hospital to non-life-threat-ening injuries. Police noted he appeared intoxicated at the scene.

Charges are being investigated but

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Three youths arrested after Esquimalt store robbery

Three minors were arrested Saturday night after a “violent, take-over style robbery” in Esquimalt.

Around 7:30 p.m., a business in the 1300-block of Esquimalt Rd. was robbed by three people brandishing what appeared to be a handgun and bear spray.

The trio made off with cash and escaped before VicPD arrived.

Around 10 p.m., a patrol officer spot-ted three people in near Nelson Street and Esquimalt Road matching suspect descriptions. The suspects, all in their late teens, are facing charges under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

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VICTORIA POLICE NEWSIN BRIEF

Five individuals who have worked to promote inclusion, cultural and economic diversity for blacks in Greater Victoria are being honoured for their actions.

The first-ever Black History Month Recognition Awards happen Friday (Feb. 28) at 5 p.m. at the Vertigo Lounge in the University of Victoria’s Student Union Building.

The stated aim of the awards pro-gram is to honour “distinguished residents of Victoria and surround-ing cities who have made significant contributions to the social, political, religious, intellectual, and economic development of blacks in Victoria.”

The honourees include UVic human rights education advisor Moussa Magassa, B.C. Black History Awareness Society volunteer mem-bers Ron Nicholson and Valin Mar-shall, Wontanara Drum and Dance founder Mohammed Duranteau and Victoria Ska Fest founder Dane Rob-erts.

The awards program is a joint ini-tiative between the Victoria African

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The all-ages gala is a by-donation event and dress code is black-tie for-mal. For more information, call Boma Brown at 250-858-6576 or email [email protected].

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Socializing is the other main draw. The club hosts potluck dinners at holidays and monthly meetings involve food and gath-ering. “The social part is a big part of it,” Bowden said.

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The club is also looking for another community group to share its clubhouse.

Bowden estimates the space is only used about 40 per cent of the time, leaving the location readily available for classes, clubs or other groups in need of a computer classroom for instruction.

Anyone interested is asked to send an email to [email protected]. For more information on the club, visit [email protected]

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George Bowden, president of the Victoria Computer Club helps Julia Wren, the club’s publicity director, with a tablet during one of the club’s gatherings in their space at 85A Burnside Road West.Sharon Tiffin/News staff


Special Olympics needs a new leaderChristinevan ReeuwykNews staff

Special Olympics Victoria is looking for a volunteer co-ordinator.

The two-year commitment requires roughly 20 hours of work per month from September to June. Special Olympics Victoria and its 150 volunteers help 250 athletes participate in 19 sports over all seasons.

“It’s a high level of commitment, high engagement in the community. It’s hands on … you guide people on the board and you also get involved in the doing,” said Chantal Brodeur, who is currently in the job.

“It’s a lot of troubleshooting.”

The organization is looking for someone experienced working with youth and adults with intellectual disabilities, with leadership or management background and an understanding of the not-for-profit culture.

Brodeur compared the position to that of an operations manager or CEO. “It’s a great opportunity to put your own skills to work … to shape an organization, make it grow,” she said.

“It’s a great place if you like a diversity of tasks, and work with a diversity of people. It’s infused with diversity.”

The athletes and volunteers come from around Greater Victoria, but Brodeur said the position offers an opportunity to engage with even more athletes in the region.

“The organization needs to grow as far as capacity. The organization has grown significantly. Now I think it’s time for someone else, new energy, so we can continue to grow.”

Visit victoria specialolympics.com for more about the program. To apply for the position, email Margot Tubman at [email protected].

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A little-noticed protest tent sprouted up on the rain-soaked B.C. legislature grounds earlier this month.

Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver spoke, asking whether B.C. residents would tolerate trophy hunting of killer whales. That would be a federal matter, but the point is vividly made about the onset of B.C.’s traditional spring grizzly bear hunt.

It’s bigger this year, with Kootenay and Chilcotin wildlife management regions reopened after closures were enacted to preserve grizzly populations. In all, more than 1,000 grizzly bears are up for grabs. As with limited-entry hunts for deer and other animals, only about a third of those hunts are successful in an average year.

The rally was sponsored by the Coastal First Nations Great Bear Initiative, the partnership with U.S.-directed environment groups Sierra Club, Greenpeace and ForestEthics that has become so influential in B.C. affairs. It produced a survey showing that 88 per cent of B.C. residents oppose trophy hunting, and its California experts calculate a 10-fold increase in value when bear hunting gives way to bear watching.

The Raincoast Conservation Society has bought half a dozen guiding territories on the remote B.C. coast. Combined with government restrictions, more than half the coast is now off limits to

bear hunting. Naturally, activists want the whole province shut down.

Wildlife management is the responsibility of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson. He’s heard plenty from all sides and he maintains that bear watching and bear hunting will continue to coexist in B.C.

Thomson has just introduced legislation to permit hunting guide territories to be operated by corporations as well as individuals. This is a long-sought change, allowing

First Nations companies and others access to bank loans to expand the industry.

Non-resident hunters are required to hire a licensed guide-outfitter. Resident hunters pay $32 for a one-year hunting licence and $80 for a grizzly bear tag. Non-Canadians pay $180 for the licence and $1,030 for a chance at a grizzly.

Hunting in general is making a comeback in B.C. Ministry data show hunting licenses had declined to 85,633 in 2006, but recovered to reach 97,828 by 2013.

Thomson credits the work of the B.C. Wildlife Federation, which runs hunter training courses. Another program, Becoming an Outdoor Woman, has helped revive hunting and camping as a family activity, he said.

Growing up hunting in northeastern B.C., I was taught not to shoot anything I’m not

prepared to eat. I also remember the struggles to protect caribou and other endangered prey species that at one time had B.C. biologists resorting to shooting wolves from helicopters.

The reopening of grizzly bear territories is marketed to urban residents as a horrible crime against nature. In fact, it’s a sign of increasing population.

Problems in B.C. wildlife these days include the fragile mountain caribou herds of the Kootenays, which have been subject to intensive management including relocation of animals.

The ministry has also begun a five-year study of declining moose populations across a vast area of the Interior subject to salvage logging in the wake of the pine beetle epidemic.

Vancouver media recently highlighted a grizzly hunt by NHL journeyman Clayton Stoner. Typically, U.S. enviros promoted the deceased bear by name, “Cheeky,” and photos showed its carcass stripped to the skeleton by scavengers after Stoner left with the hide, paws and head.

They don’t mention that the same fate awaits animals that die of starvation or other natural causes, which increase when animals overpopulate. As with many B.C. issues, there’s a cartoon version sold to impressionable city dwellers, and then there’s the truth.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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Larger fines are not enough

Greater Victoria’s urban deer population seems to be somewhat in hiding these days, but the animals remain in the spotlight in Oak Bay.

The one regional urban municipality that has chosen to do a small cull of deer is looking at raising the fine for feeding the critters, from $100 to $300 for a first offence and $500 for subsequent infractions.

Oak Bay’s bylaw enforcement officer, who admits he hasn’t issued a fine in five years on the job, says educating the public about why feeding deer isn’t a good idea is the goal of the proposed change.

But we wonder how much good such a change would do.

Regulations aimed at preventing certain actions, including the feeding of deer and other wildlife, are in place around the Capital Region.

In Victoria, for example, bylaws prohibit jaywalking or feeding birds in certain areas and in many neighbourhoods, residential parking only signs abound. The Capital Regional District has its smoking bylaw, enacted to keep people from lighting up within a certain distance of doorways.

Then there’s the provincial regulation requiring cyclists to wear a helmet when riding on public streets or highways.

All of these infractions have fines attached to them. The problem with most of these rules is they have no teeth – either to compel people to abide by them or educate the public – without dedicated enforcement.

Outside of the bike helmet law, generally enforced only during police crackdowns or when cyclists break other rules as well, these regulations are complaint driven. That means someone must observe the infraction and hope a bylaw or police officer is nearby to administer a ticket.

Either way, such bylaws rely on the threat of fines to keep people in line more than real, observable policing of the rules.

Until jurisdictions take enforcement as seriously as they take the creation of rules, people will continue to push the boundaries, knowing the chances of getting caught are slim.

Tom FletcherB.C. Views


The Capital Regional District is stifling democracy in an attempt to once again force through their flawed sewage treatment plan and save face.

The current CRD plan is a bulky, old fashioned plant with few benefits outside of checking off a bureaucratic box indicating that Greater Victoria provides basic secondary sewage treatment, and the provision of short-term jobs and contracts. That is not enough.

The threats of the Seaterra Plan to our community are great and far outweigh these benefits.

They include:1. Inappropriate use

of prime waterfront.2. Technology that

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CRD has unnecessarily escalated costs with a disorganized, reckless, fast-forward approach, setting criteria to limit project choices, confining research, refusing independent project assessment and jumping into land procurement, hiring and contracts before solidifying project plans and approval processes.

Such poor project management does little to instil public confidence in Seaterra’s ability to control costs. More frightening still, a large centralized plant lacks the flexibility of a more

modular design.If Seaterra is allowed

to start building at McLoughlin Point, the project quickly becomes too big to fail no matter what the costs.

This plant is a bad investment and does not provide value for money spent. I am angry about this plant and the CRD process around it. It has left me feeling disenfranchised.

The CRD promotes sewage treatment as improving Victoria’s public image. But as more people become aware of the size, unlimited cost risks and threats to our harbour, public concern and anger will undoubtedly grow.

A bulky, flawed sewage project at the harbour entrance would be a very visible, long-lasting, public embarassment for the community, the region and the province.

Norma BrownEsquimalt

Politicians’ debate juvenile

Last week I watched question period in our legislature relating to the Supreme Court of B.C. decision on our provincial government vs. the B.C. Teachers Federation.

Speakers on both sides of the House were pounding on their desks and cheering as, in this case, NDP leader

Adrian Dix and Justice Minister and Attorney General Suzanne Anton defended their respective positions. Anton repeated the same message at least four times.

We all have seen this happen on the federal side of politics as well. But seeing it in our own provincial legislature imprinted on me how juvenile and time-wasting this

whole cheering section is to our democratic process.

This is not a high school basketball game. Can our elected representatives not behave as the adults we thought we were electing to the highest offices in our province and country?

What would it take to eliminate this whole silly exercise?

Shirley StirrettLangford


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Jennifer BlythBlack Press

Many people would agree that finding solutions to homelessness makes sense for a healthy, caring society, but what’s less understood is that housing the homeless makes financial sense as well.

The fact is, it costs far less to care for someone who is housed than someone who is homeless, explains the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness.

A partnership of all levels of government, service providers, business members, the faith community, post-secondary institutions and private citizens dedicat-ed to ending homelessness in Greater Victoria, the Coalition’s mission is to end homelessness by 2018.

What does that mean? That by 2018, all people facing homelessness in our com-munity will have access to safe, afford-able, appropriate, permanent housing, with support if they require it.

“It’s important to note that while a lack of housing is a primary driver of home-lessness, there are other factors to consider – poverty, domestic violence, challenges facing on- and off-reserve Aboriginal persons, untreated mental illness and addiction,” says Andrew Wynn-Williams, executive director of the Coali-tion.

“The creation of hous-ing should be consid-ered in the context of a broader strategy.”

According to the Housing and Home-lessness in Greater Victoria report, studies from North America have consis-tently found that the direct and indirect cost to society of managing an individual experiencing a homelessness crisis far outstrips the cost of housing them.

Here in Greater Victoria, the average annual per-unit cost of new supportive housing, including operation and provid-

SpeakerS Bureau giveS perSonal StorieS a voiceWho better to discuss the myriad issues surround-ing homelessness – and the solutions – than someone who has expe-rienced it themselves? That’s the message be-hind the Coalition to End Homelessness Speakers Bureau, putting a face – and voice – to homeless-ness in Greater Victoria.

Professionally trained through funding provided by the United Way, speakers can discuss a variety of homelessness issues, such as mental illness, drug addiction, domestic violence, dis-ability issues and unemployment. They’ll also discuss the solutions to homelessness and relate the stories of their personal successes.

“When I tell my story, it’s so personal,” ex-plains speaker Bernice Kamano, a member of the Kwakwaka’waka Nation who has lived and worked in the Victoria area for the past 20 years. As a single mother raising her daughter, food banks and secondhand stores were often the only options in the struggle to keep food on the table and a roof over their heads.

Also an active community member, Bernice was one of the first Legal Advocates trained by the Together Against Poverty Society office, was a founding member of M’akola Housing Society and works as a Native Employment Counsellor for United Native Nations. Kamano has sat on the Native Friendship Centre’s Board of Directors and various First Nations agencies in Victoria.

“Even though you know homelessness is a real-ity, when someone is standing in front of you and talking about it, it comes back to you that these are people,” Kamano says.

Hearing her story, “people come up and say ‘Your life is incredible. It’s amazing what you’ve gone through and you’re still standing,” she says, pointing to the many strengths homeless people have. “To be homeless is to be incredibly resil-ient.”

More people are currently being trained as speakers, further adding to the diversity of voices. “We support each other, which is really, really important. It is difficult to stand in front of a room full of people and bare your soul.”

At the same time, Kamano believes in its value. “It’s really important for the community to under-stand that the homeless people are real people.”

To book a speaker or for more information, visit www.victoriahomelessness.ca/speakersbureau

ing a range of supports, is estimated to be almost $17,000, while the annual cost of a rent supplement including supports is estimated at $6,800.

Both are significantly less than the average annual cost of a shelter bed of $25,000.

The financial argument doesn’t end there.

The estimated annual hospitalization cost of a homeless person is al-most $2,500 compared to approximately $525 for a housed person, and homeless psychi-

atric patients cost about $1,060 more per admission than housed patients.

Not only are those who experience homelessness more difficult and ex-pensive to treat, the longer someone is homeless, the more health challenges they face and the more health care resources they consume.

For example, the average financial

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cost of a homeless adult with severe addictions or mental illness in $55,000 per year; when adequate housing and supports are provided, that tally dips to $37,000 per year.

“Not only does it make sense finan-cially for our community to end home-lessness,” says Eric Jordan, Coalition Co-Chair, “but it’s also the right thing to do.”

Bernice Kamano

Affordable housing, like Hope Centre in Sooke, makes financial sense compared to the costs of homelessness to the community.

Photo courtesy Sooke News Mirror



Marie Jennings has always loved horses, but never found the opportunity to pursue that passion.

Until, that is, retirement brought the free time to combine life-long interests with a desire to contribute to her community. As a volunteer with the Victoria Riding for the Disabled program, Jennings walked alongside the horses while keeping the riders safe in the saddle.

At the same time, Jennings recognized that the skills she had mastered in her years as a school secretary with the Greater Victoria School District could also be put to good use in the community, and today she is a valuable volunteer receptionist with Saanich Volunteer Services Society and a long-standing vol-unteer with Thrifty Foods’ Sendial program.

Jennings’ experience is a prime example of the diversity available to volunteers of any age. “This is your time to do what you’re pas-sionate about.”

Following her retirement in June 2003, “by September it was time to go back to work, so I needed something to do,” Jen-

nings recalls. “I’ve always liked to help and be supportive to people, especially people who are going through a difficult time.”

For many retirees, transition-ing from career to retirement can bring isolation – that built-in peer group is gone, along with the structure that defined each day. Volunteering, however, can help people remain active socially, intellectually and physically. They can choose to contribute in a way that works for them, accord-

ing to their interests, skills, com-fort level and availability. Those uncomfortable broaching new experiences might initially look for something closer to their com-fort zone – like Jennings calling on her secretarial skills as a vol-unteer receptionist.

Retirees can indulge a passion there hasn’t been time for during the busy years of career and fam-ily. Love animals? Help out at the local animal shelter. Want to be active? Youth sports teams are

always looking for enthusiastic coaches.

“There’s no pressure,” says Jennings, married for 49 years to husband Jim, another active vol-unteer; together they have two children and four grandchildren. “The other volunteers probably started off with the same con-cerns and trepidations, and really, everyone is just so grateful you are there.”

According to the latest (2010) Statistics Canada Survey of Giv-ing, Volunteering and Partici-pating, Canadians volunteered nearly 2.1 billion hours in 2010, the equivalent of close to 1.1 mil-lion full-time jobs. “This desire to give back, and make a difference, doesn’t stop when people retire,” says Lori Elder, Manager of Com-munications at Volunteer Victoria which is celebrating its 40th anni-versary.

“In fact, we find that once peo-ple have retired, they look for-ward to their new-found free time and come to us seeking opportu-nities to connect with their pas-sion, and their community.

“However, today’s retirees are not like their parents before them. They often have family in various parts of the world, want to travel and often still do consulting work. Therefore, they

prefer to give their time to more project-based or episodic oppor-tunities and volunteer roles that allow them the flexibility to incor-porate volunteering into their busy lives.”

Volunteer opportunities are as diverse as the people who fill them. For more ideas, scan Volun-teer Victoria’s lengthy list of open positions or narrow the search by organization, type of position and time-frame.

For Jennings, the ability to make a difference in someone’s life is very rewarding.

“I have people who call (Saan-ich Volunteer Services) on Mon-day morning just to talk because they need a friend,” she reflects. “The skills I had as a secretary have fed into this perfectly.”

At the same time, she also remains engaged and active in her community, and is meeting new friends.

“It’s so incredible what so many of these people have done and seen and accomplished. I enjoy every minute of it.”

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I resort to this self-deprecating admis-sion when I’m being lectured by a self-service checkout terminal at the supermarket (“Place item in bag.”) or when I try the tap function on a debit card reader or attempt to navigate the apps on my smartphone. (There is a reason why only 13 per cent of Canadian seniors own a smartphone.)

This past week I realized, finally, it is no joke. I bought a new computer and tried to set it up myself.

For those of you taking notes, the computer is the latest HP all-in-one desktop model. HP stands for Hewlett Packard. I believe Mr. Packard is a billionaire who lives in a penthouse in Hong Kong with his French mistress. All his calls are forwarded to his VP of technical support, Vijay, who occupies a broom closet at a call centre in Mumbai. Calls to Vijay take a day to be routed through and usually get dropped after two min-utes.

The computer’s operating system is Windows 8.1. The chap at the computer store says this is a good thing because Windows 8 was one brick shy of a load.

My challenge was getting HP and Windows 8.1 to talk with my Canon printer/scanner. Remem-

ber the good old days … these pieces of equip-ment would be connected by actual cables. Everything worked unless the dog ate through one. Today it’s all elegantly wireless. In theory, HP talks to the wireless router blinking omi-nously 20 feet away in the spare bedroom. It, in turn, talks to the printer which is one foot away from the computer and playing hard to get.

Every time I attempted to get Windows 8.1 to tell Canon to print, HP started bonging, like a call to prayer at a Buddhist temple. My wife in the distant kitchen said: “That sounds nice, dear.” HP also informed me ad nauseum: “You are an idiot. Printer drivers cannot be installed” … or something to that effect. These are not drivers like ‘Driving Miss Daisy;’ these are nebu-lous black holes that the Canon website refused access to unless I bought a “driver manager” that threatened to enslave my entire system. I would not be sucked in. Born at night, but not last night.

After being trapped in protocol hell for a day and a half I called in my brother-in-law, Lorne, an electronics genius. He’s my 63-year-old version of Sheldon Cooper on the Big Bang Theory.

Lorne had everything synchronized and talk-ing non-stop in about 20 minutes and he had only two system requirements: A glass of brandy and no Brussels sprouts for dinner. My biggest fear is that the fix was as easy as he made it appear.

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“Upon retirement in 1994 my wife suggested I needed a hobby,” he says. “She recalled I had done some coloured drawings in my youth, so introduced me to her hobby of water colouring. Finding it intriguing, I began to take courses from local teachers and found I had a truly satisfying retirement hobby.”

Girard is a featured artist for Goward House’s March watercolour exhibit, along with fellow artists Anne Millar and Pat Routh.

Q What is your favourite Greater Victoria place or activity?A Goward House – Painting groups.

Q What words of wisdom from your own parents have you tried to follow?A Read and educate yourself.

Q What’s at the top of your “bucket list?”A To paint well, especially pictures of local marine life and of humorous animals.

For the bookwormThousands of new old books

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Timothy Gosley pulls a yellow fleece puppet from the ingredients and slides it over his hand.

“The manipulation of these things is a bit like playing the blues, where it’s not very difficult to know the technique, but you can sure see somebody who can put the soul into it. It can be very rigid and people can still be into it, then there’s the real, refined subtlety.”

This puppet, much-loved and losing stitches, is a rare piece the puppeteer is able to admit he likes, for its simplicity. Its head cocks to the side.

“Yup,” the little guy says. “People kinda like me!”

The master Muppeteer has taken on a full spectrum of roles related to puppetry and after a career in television spanning four decades, he’s finally able to confirm his strength “may possibly be in perform-ing.”

In 2005 Gosley returned to his home-town buying a house in Fairfield, minutes

from where he grew up. It happened to come equipped with a 50-seat the-atre (where he and his wife, actor Petra Kixmöller, regularly stage shows of all vari-eties) and ample space in the garage for Muppet-making workshops.

“I rejected the Muppets for a while because it seems kind of commercial, but then I came back here a few years ago when I was doing my (Muppet-esque

donkey, “Tim’s ass”) in front of a bunch of old people, you could hear an audible: ‘Awwww,’” he says. “Being in a live audi-ence made me realize that people actually need the Muppet, fuzzy, heavy, extreme character sort of thing. It’s just as cultur-ally as important as doing an esoteric artsy, fartsy sort of thing.”

He does both.Gosley began honing his craft as a

builder for The Smile Show, a long-running vaudevillian/British music hall offering hosted by his late father, Jerry Gosley, through the 1970s. Though Gosley claims no particular talent emerged backstage at the show, he remembers enjoying the work before he left Victoria post-high school to attend “serious acting school” at the University of Alberta. Where acting presented challenges for the shy performer – a good actor when not intimidated working for good directors, he says – pup-peteering was a natural progression from his work with Daddy. For the three stu-dents at his university interested in the art form at the time, it was also, apparently, a poor choice.

“I think we were called the three crazies and two of us got thrown out,” Gosley said. “I was put on probation, just because the university didn’t think we were cut out to be professionals. Of the class, we are the three working people.”

Another of the so-called crazies was Theatre Inconnu’s artistic director Clayton Jevne, who landed Gosley his first puppe-teering gig in Alberta. The two toured with Patchwork Puppets, an Edmonton-based company aimed at teaching children about the law through puppets.

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The friends, each producing their own shows, moved quite literally in different directions, with Jevne headed back to Victoria where he would build independent theatre and Gosley to Toronto, there working with a full spectrum of productions before The Muppets came along. Gosley worked with The Muppets, Fraggle Rock and Sesame Park, the Canadian Sesame Street, where he per-formed as Basil the Bear for nine years.

“Performing with camera-men, that’s your audience. You’re entertaining them, but you don’t have a great concept that there are tons of little kids

at home (watching),” Gosley says. “We’d goof around and it’d be great, but it wasn’t until you got out and were with other humans that you felt the power.”

Gosley likens a puppet to an iceberg, with the majority of it hiding below.

“You’re trying to make an inanimate object look like it’s

imbued with life. The nature of that is odd.”

In a world of computer gen-erated imagery, Muppet mov-ies continue to bring puppets to the silver screen and in the live world, Gosley says, they’ve always survived.

“What’s comforting to people with hands-on puppets is that the audience can see how it’s done. They get wrapped up in the magic of it. … In conjunc-tion with the highly technical world we have, the puppet world keeps us in check with terra firma.”

For more information on workshops contact [email protected] or 250-598-7488.

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Devils win SMUS-Lambrick showdown Last-second basket gives visitors Island AA boys hoops title

Basketball fans who clam-bered into the stands Saturday night at the Lambrick Park sec-ondary gym likely had a good idea what they were in for.

The home court Lions and the arch-rival St. Michaels University School Blue Devils – ranked No.

1 and 2, respectively, among the province’s AA high school boys teams – had five close battles previously this season.

The weekend’s Island final was no different. The teams swapped lead changes throughout, before SMUS standout Danny Wu layed in a basket at the buzzer for the winning points in a 74-72 game.

With the teams tied at 72 with five seconds left, a shot by Lambrick guard Ismail Abdulahi rimmed out.

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SMUS was led by tournament MVP Jason Skully with 21 points, followed by tourney all-stars Wu and Graeme Hyde-Lay with 19 and 18 each.

Lambrick was paced by Matt Neufeld, with 25, and Abdulahi, with 24. Both were named to the all-star team.

Both teams had already quali-fied for the provincial champion-ships, which go March 5 to 8 at the Langley Events Centre.

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Chargers womentake volleyball bronze

The Camosun Chargers women’s volleyball team ended their PACWEST season on a winning note Saturday, beating University of Fraser Valley 3-2 for the B.C. bronze medal at Capilano College.

The Chargers were coming off a 3-0 semifinal loss to Van-couver Island University.

The Chargers men fell 3-2 to College of the Rockies in the bronze medal match that afternoon, after dropping their semifinal 3-0 to VIU.

Greater Victoria skiermedals at B.C. race

Cross-country skier Amelia Wells of Victoria grabbed the silver medal at the Teck B.C. Midget Championships in the

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One of the first family-friendly community running events of the spring season will wind its way through Esqui-malt next month.

The seventh annual Life-Mark Health Esquimalt 5K and 1K Kids’ Fun Run gets un-der way at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, March 22.

With a scenic route through Saxe Point and Macaulay Point Parks, the race serves as both an active way for families to celebrate the warmer spring weather and a mid-point train-ing marker for those prepar-ing for one of the season’s later 10K races, explains Esquimalt fitness programmer Gabriel Bosworth-Rumm.

“We adjusted the route last

year to really show off what we think are some of the best parts of Esquimalt,” Bosworth-Rumm says.

Last year’s route change proved popular with partici-pants, so organizers have kept it the same, including a turn-around at Saxe Point Park and a long section through Macau-lay Point Park.

Attracting a wide range of walkers and runners, “it’s a fun run but it still has a competitive component.”

Organizers are hoping for about 700 runners and walk-ers, plus those participating in the 1K Kids’ Fun Run, who are thrilled to receive racing bibs and cross the same finish line as the main race, Bosworth-Rumm says.

Both events start and end at the Esquimalt Rec Centre

on Fraser Street, where par-ticipants can also enjoy prizes, free mini-massages from Cen-tric Health LifeMark, children’s activities, a marketplace and refreshments.

Registration, available on-line or through the rec centre, is $23.10 for the 5K, or $5.25 for the 1K Kids’ Run. Race day registration is $29.40 (or $5.25

for the Kids’ Run.) Online reg-istration closes at noon Thurs-day, March 20.

Registration includes event entry with chip timing, plus draw prizes, refreshments, an event tradeshow and more.

Race package pickup takes place from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, March 21 at Esquimalt Rec Centre.

Strollers and baby joggers are welcome in the race, but please leave dogs, rollerblades, bikes and skateboards at home.

Can’t race but still want to participate? Volunteers are also needed for this popular commu-nity event – contact Vicki Klyne at Esquimalt Parks & Recreation at 250-412-8511 for details.

“Save the date – Saturday, March 22!,” Bosworth-Rumm says. “Bring the family and walk, run or cheer at our scenic Esquimalt 5K.”

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Wednesdays – Esquimalt TOPS weightloss support, 5:30 to 7 p.m. FMI: 250-384-1908 www.tops.org/FindAMeeting.aspx

Fridays – Esquimalt Walking Group hosts free social, community walks leaving from the rec centre foyer at 10 a.m. year-round, rain or shine.

1st Thursday – The Esquimalt Garden Club meets (except July & Aug) at 7 p.m. in the annex at Esquimalt United Church. New members welcome. FMI: Paul, 250-385-6049 or [email protected]

1st & 3rd Tuesdays – Esquimalt Lions Club meets, 6 p.m., Esquimalt Legion Hall, 620 Admirals Rd. FMI: Brian Morin, [email protected]

2nd & 4th Mondays – Esquimalt Photography Club meets, 7:30 p.m., Esquimalt United Church hall. New members and all levels welcome. FMI: www.esquimaltphotoclub.org

2nd Fridays – Taizé Service, a quiet meditative service of prayer through song, 6 p.m. at Esquimalt United Church, 500 Admirals Rd, with simple meal following. FMI: www.esquimaltunited.com

Feb. 27 – Lego at the Library, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Esquimalt Library for ages seven to 10. Info & registration: 250-414-7198 or www.gvpl.ca

March 2 – Kids Stuff Gigantic Garage Sale, 9 a.m. to noon at Esqiumalt Rec Centre. FMI: www.esquimalt.ca

March 3 – Esquimalt Council meets, 7 p.m. at Municipal Hall. FMI: www.esquimalt.ca or 250-414-7136.March 8 – Pacific Mobile Depot’s Community Recycling Depot, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Archie Browning Sports Centre rear parking lot. For details about accepted materials and fees, visit www.pmdrecycling.comMarch 10 – Esquimalt Committee of the Whole meets, 7 p.m. at Municipal

Hall. FMI: www.esquimalt.ca or 250-414-7136.March 13 – Captain Underpants and the Loopy

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March 17 – Esquimalt Council meets, 7 p.m. at Municipal Hall. FMI: www.esquimalt.ca or 250-414-7136.

March 19 – Esquimalt Chamber of Commerce Annual General Meeting, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Songhees Wellness Centre. Tickets $35; reserve at 250-590-2125.

March 20 – Storyteller Shoshana Litman: Monsters and Dragons, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Esquimalt Library for ages five to eight. Info & registration: 250-414-7198 or www.gvpl.ca

March 22 – LifeMark Esquimalt 5K Fun Run/Walk and 1K Kids’ Fun Run, from Esquimalt Rec Centre. FMI: www.esqiumalt.ca

March 27 – Lego at the Library, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Esquimalt Library for ages seven to 10. Info & registration:250-414-7198 or www.gvpl.ca

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Youth between the ages of 14 and 24 who live, learn, work or play in Esquimalt are invited to participate in a United Way ini-tiative designed to enhance and strengthen community.

Hosted in partnership with Coast Capital Savings, Youth in Action will have local youth develop neighbourhood-based projects that will be “for youth, by youth.” Teams will be active in both the Esquimalt and Hillside-

Quadra communities until early 2015.

Participants are strengthening community connections, build-ing leadership and project devel-opment skills, and taking a key role in addressing issues affecting their neighbourhood.

A series of “community en-counters” are allowing the youth to meet with community members to gather information about the neighbourhood, map

resources and assets already in place and identify focus areas for which they can create youth-developed and neighbourhood-focused solutions.

Esquimalt has more than 1,900 youth residents and a strong his-tory of area residents creating and participating in community-driven events and projects.

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To book space please callKelly Somerville at 250-480-3228

Parish ofSt. Peter &St. PaulRev. Lon Towstego

Sunday Service 8:30 am and 10:30 am Sunday School at the 10:30 service,

best suited to children 5-12 years.

St. Paul’s Historic Naval Garrison Church

1379 Esquimalt Rd. 250-386-6833

www.stpeterandpaul.ca

Expires: March 15, 2014.

Buccaneer Coffee910 Esquimalt Rd.

778-433-1331www.buccaneercoffee.ca

Expires: March 15, 2014.

Tues, Weds or Thursday, 8:00 am to 11:00 amBuy one breakfast get second breakfast free*.Must purchase two beverages.*of equal value or lower on second breakfast

Tues, Weds or Thursday, 8:00 am to 11:00 am2 for 1 BreakfastMust purchase two beverages.*of equal value or lower on second breakfast

Buccaneer DaysESQUIMALT

• Buccaneer Days are June 13, 14 & 15, 2014 • Dance on Saturday night, tickets on sale at Len Fraser Barber/Stylist, Vic PD West Division @ $10 advance and $15 at the door

• Buccaneer Arts and Crafts Show and Sale Sat. & Sun. Coordinator Irene Coell [email protected].

• Parade entry forms and Registration form for Buccaneer Arts & Crafts Show are available on the Municipal Webpage www.esquimalt.ca and on Esquimalt Buccaneer Website esquimaltbuccaneerdays.ca

GENERAL MEETINGSAll organizations who wish to operate food stalls or be

involved in any way in this years event should attend theGeneral Meeting being held on

Thursday, April 24, 2014at 7:00 p.m. in the Curling Lounge atEsquimalt’s Archie Browning

Sport Centre

www . esquimaltBuccaneerDays . ca

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT WORKER/ SOCIAL SERVICESAs a Community Support Worker, you will be able to provide rehabilitation, support, and other forms of assistance to children, youth, and families while supporting social workers and health care professionals. Train in this rewarding career.

Career Opportunities: Child and Youth Care Worker Women’s Shelter Worker Family Place Worker Settlement/Newcomers Service Worker Teen Pregnancy and Parenting Support Worker

On December 18, 2013, at the 1300 block of Esquimalt Road, and on December 20, 2013, at 2925 Tillicum Road, both in Victoria, B.C., Peace Officer(s) of the Victoria Police Department seized, at the time indicated, the subject property, described as: $555 CAD, on or about 22:58 Hours on December 18; and $5,605 CAD, on or about 12:46 Hours on December 20. The subject property was seized because there were warrants authorized by the court pursuant to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act of Canada (CDSA) to seize evidence in respect of an offence (or offences) under section 5(2) (Possession for purpose of trafficking) of the CDSA and/or evidence that the money was otherwise obtained from offences pursuant to section 5(2) CDSA. Notice is hereby given that the subject property, CFO file Number: 2014-1940, is subject to forfeiture

under Part 3.1 of the CFA and will be forfeited to the Government for disposal by the Director of Civil Forfeiture unless a notice of dispute is filed with the Director within the time period set out in this notice. A notice of dispute may be filed by a person who claims to have an interest in all or part of the subject property. The notice of dispute must be filed within 60 days of the date upon which this notice is first published. You may obtain the form of a notice of dispute, which must meet the requirements of Section 14.07 of the CFA, from the Director’s website, accessible online at www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/civilforfeiture. The notice must be in writing, signed in the presence of a lawyer or notary public, and mailed to the Civil Forfeiture Office, PO Box 9234 Station Provincial Government, Victoria, B.C. V8W 9J1.

In the Matter of Part 3.1 (Administrative Forfeiture) of the Civil Forfeiture Act [SBC 2005, C. 29] the CFA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT:

MANAGEMENT and HAIR STYLIST positions available. Full time/part time for First Choice Hair Cutters in their Victoria location. Must have

hairstyling qualifi cations. Guaranteed $11/hr, benefi ts,

vacation pay, 25% profi t sharing, paid overtime, paid birthday,advanced training and annual advancement

opportunities For an interview call

866-472-4339

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN ACT

Notice is hereby given that Kustom Towing, (2009) Ltd, 3297 Douglas St, Victoria, BC, V8Z 3K9 will be selling:

2001 ISUZU RODEO4S2DM58W114700832

Owner T. Bradley2005 HYUNDAI ACCENTKMHCG45C15U632276

Owner S. Dunn2004 CHEVROLET SILVER1GCGK23U04F254636Owner W. Dudoward

1996 HONDA CIVIC2HGEJ6580TH904260

Owner D. Kennedy2011 SMART FORTWOWMEEJ3BA0BK467597

Owner T. Hunt

2008 FORD RANGER1FTZR45E58PB17505

Owner D. InglisWill be sold on March 5, 2014. At 647B Dupplin Rd, Victoria, BC between 10am-2pm.


COMING EVENTS

CALL FOR ENTRIES12TH ANNUAL

Kitty Coleman WoodlandArt & Bloom Festival.

Fine Art and Quality Crafts Juried Show.

Presented in a spectacular outdoor setting

May 17, 18 and 19Applications for Artisans

are available at woodlandgardens.ca

250-338-6901

Metchosin Co-Op Preschool Invites You

To APUB NIGHT &

SILENT AUCTIONFriday, March 7th from

6-9pm atThe Six Mile Pub

(494 Old Island Hwy)

Please join us for a night of fun, food and friends,

dozens of fantastic items will be up for grabs to the

highest bidder.

*All proceeds go to the Metchosin

Preschool Building Improvement Fund.*

LEGALS


COMING EVENTS

St Patrick’s Church CWLGOOD USED

CLOTHING SALE Friday Feb 28th &

Saturday March 1st 9:30 am - 2:00 pm

2060 Haultain StreetAmple Parking

Wheelchair Accessible

UKRAINIAN PEROGY SUPPERFriday, Feb 28th, 5-8pm

Ukrainian Cultural Centre3277 Douglas Street

Sponsored by St. George’s Ukrainian

Church

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EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLSEDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

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EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS


LOST AND FOUND

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LOST KEYS, brass balloon key tag, perhaps Quadra/ Glanford/ Hwy 250-889-0448.

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TRAVEL

GETAWAYS

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TIMESHARE

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AUTOMOTIVE

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DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

J. RYBACHUK & Sons TruckingLTD has an immediate openingfor a logging truck driver in theSparwood/Elko area. Previousquad logger experience required.Fax resume to 250-425-0505or e-mail to [email protected].

HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD

ADRIENNE’S RESTAURANTand Tea Garden at Mattick’sFarm has the following job po-sition open: Exp. Cashier,Server and Dishwasher. Please apply by email: [email protected]

SANDWICH ARTISTS F/T (3) (Subway) - #100-1633 HillsideAve. Victoria. No exp. No Edu.Eng. $10.68. Tel: 250-598-0900

RETAIL

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TRADES, TECHNICAL

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QUEEN BED and matching side tables; pine, sleigh-bed style. Includes like-new Tem-perpedic mattress $400 obo. Call 250 544 2224.

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]


VOLUNTEERS

THE CANADIAN Breast Can-cer Foundation-Victoria is looking to add a member to their event committee. Help raise funds for those in your community facing breast can-cer. Experience with MS Word and spreadsheets an asset. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.

THE CANADIAN Diabetes As-sociation is looking for a volun-teer to help educate the public about diabetes and assist with events. This is an on-call posi-tion. Speaking arrangements run from 1-5 hours depending on the event. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.

YOUTHSPACE.CA is actively recruiting people to become Emotional Support and Crisis Intervention Volunteers. Pro-vide anonymous, supportive “listening” to youth facing mental and emotional hardship through Text-Messaging and online services. Professional training is provided. Minimum commitment of one year and three hours of service a week is required. Call Volunteer Vic-toria at 250-386-2269.

PERSONAL SERVICES

MIND BODY & SPIRIT

Kripalu full body massage. Over 13 years experience. Acupressure and Reiki. Wom-en only. Professional. Call for Feb specials. $50/hr. New cli-ents only. Call 250-514-6223, www.andreakober.com

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HOLISTIC HEALTH

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

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Rae BilashCertifi ed Trager Practitioner

call for appointment 250-380-8733

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FINANCIAL SERVICES

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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.

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PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s that simple. Your credit / age / income is not an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

HOME CARE SUPPORT

BETH’S HOME Care. House-keeping services. I can help accomplish any task. Elizabeth Prince 250-893-5064.

LEGAL SERVICES

CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certifi -cation, adoption property ren-tal opportunities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.

PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEO

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

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

AUCTIONS

NEW Restaurant Equipment Dispersal Auction - New Stain-less Steel Equipment, Sinks, Tables, Shelving, Appliances, Campbell River Auctions - www.CRAuctions.ca - Thurs-day, March 6th @6pm


FREE ITEMS

FREE: tent, old chest, child’s life jacket, 2 bikes, mirrored shower door, wine-making kit, carpet shampooer, Xmas & Halloween decorations, 4x8 plywood table, old ping pong table, patio swing, wicker chair older stereos (some in need of repair), wood paneling, old highchair. Call (250)386-3025.

FRIENDLY FRANK

METAL CAR Cover, no trap, $50. Call (250)386-3025.

SACRIFICE; STAINLESS steel built in dishwasher, exc. cond., $75. (778)433-4939.

TONGUE AND groove cedar siding, random lengths, good cond. $45 obo. (250)384-9051

FUEL/FIREWOOD

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

GARAGE SALES

JOIN US for our fantastic annual KIDS SALE, SundayMarch 2! Find great deals on toys, clothes, baby stuff & sports equipment, from more than 20 booths. Doors open at 9am. No early birds please. Esquimalt Rec Centre 527 Fraser St.

FURNITURE

SMALL ADS, BIG DEALS!www.bcclassifi ed.com


MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

DOWNSIZING

Hand & Electric Tools10 x 5 Billiard Slate Table

100 lb Lino Roller Carpet Cutter 2 briefcasesWine Carboy Lifter6”x 20” Timber Steel RollersLrg.Cap. Sawdust VaccumTooled Saddle, Mens jewellryAnd more!(Coombs) 1-250-248-4495

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

SAWMILLS FROM only $4,897 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & DVD: www.NorwoodSaw mills.com/400OT or call 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or visit us online: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

STEEL BUILDING. “The big year end clear out!” 20x22 $4,259. 25x24 $4,684. 30x34 $6,895. 35x36 $9,190. 40x48 $12,526. 47x70 $17,200. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 or visit online: www.pioneersteel.ca

TIMESHARE FOR sale; weeks 49 & 51 at Panorama BC Ski Resort. Available for ownership at only the cost for legal fees. Deed property. Call (250)995-2992.

WHITE DAY bed w/trundle in-cludes cover & 3 shams. $275. Call (250)656-7716.


MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

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

REAL ESTATE

DUPLEX/4-PLEX

OPEN HOUSE- Sat & Sun, every weekend, 1-4pm. New Duplex’s For Sale, Duncan, BC at 5909, 5911 Stone Haven Rd in Stone Manor Es-tate’s (behind Hospital) both properties are 1850sq ft 3 bdrms, 4 bath, 5 appls and much more, $309,000 includes gst. New Home For Sale: 5887 Stone Haven Rd, 2050sq ft, 2 bdrm+ den+ rec room heat pump, 5 appls, built-in vac, $384,000 includes gst, on bus route near hospital. Call Gord (250)710-1947.

REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE BY OWNER

COLLEGE HEIGHTS, Nanai-mo. Beautiful ocean/city views.4bdrms w/2bdrm suite. Ownerwill carry mortgage/reasonabledown payment. Also LADY-SMITH 3bdrm w/1bdrm suite,dble garage +1000 sq.ft. stor-age area. $25,000 down. 250-753-0160

HOME AND Business for sale at 6666 West Saanich Road inBrentwood Bay. Don’t miss outon this once in a life time op-portunity to live and work athome on 5 fabulous acres.Call John at 250-514-5646.www.doyleandbond.ca

SIDNEY 9805 2nd St- Largesouth facing 1 bdrm apt.Ocean view, lrg full length bal-cony, in-suite laundry, guestsuites, underground parkingpet free, secure concretebuilding w/monitored entrance.No rental restriction, low con-do fees. (778)426-0007. Ex-cellent investment [email protected]

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING

ACCOUNTING & INCOME tax. Year ends, GST, PST, payroll, T4s & consulting. Per-sonal returns from $49. Avail weekends. Mike 250-888-4652

ACCOUNTINGVida Samimi

Certifi ed General Accountant

Bookkeeping, Audit,Payroll, HST. Set up &

Training. E-FileTAX

250-477-4601

BUSINESS SERVICES

Curve Communications

CARPENTRY

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

JEREMIAH’S CARPENTRY- Repairs, fi nishing work, cus-tom built gazebo’s, decks & sheds. Call 250-857-1269.


CLEANING SERVICES

ABSOLUTELY CLEAN. Family owned business. Free estimates Janis 250-857-5364.

DRYWALL

ARAM’S RENO’S Drywall, taping, texture. Insured/bond-ed. Free est. 250-880-0525.

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.

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.

FENCING

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

FURNITURE REFINISHING

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

GARDENING

(250)208-8535 WOODCHUCK Yard & garden overgrown? Lawns have weeds & moss? Aerating ($75 special), pwr raking. Blackberry/ivy removal.

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


GARDENING

250-479-7950FREE ESTIMATES

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

www.hollandave.ca

(250) 858-0588- Tree Service - Landscaping- Lawn & Garden Clean ups- Hedge trimming & Pruning- Pressure washing - Gutters

Free estimates * WCBwww.mowtime.ca

FRUIT TREES Overgrown? Pruning, clean-ups, garden maintenance. John Kaiser, 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

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.

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

HANDYPERSONS

12% OAP Discount. Paint, Plumb, Carpentry. Power saw, etc. Don (250)661-1588.


HANDYPERSONS

AROUND THE HOUSE.ca ALL repairs & renovations. Call Ben (250)891-7395.

BIG BEAR Handyman. Paint-ing, household repairs. Free estimate. Barry 250-896-6071.

HANDYMAN- Light mainte-nance. Leaky taps, caulking, stain fabric/fl oor removal, elec-trical outlets & switch. Call (250)818-2709.

HAULING AND SALVAGE

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

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

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

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

PETE’S HAUL A DAY- Junk removal. Airforce guy. Call 250-881-1221.


HAULING AND SALVAGE

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

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, kitchen/bath, wood fl oors, tiles, plumbing, renos 250-213-6877

JACK NASH, serving Victoria over 30 yrs. We do it all! Free estimates WCB. 250-881-3886

LANDSCAPING

250-216-9476 ACCEPTING new contracts; landscape and carpentry. BBB/Insured. Res /Comm. www.ftguland.com

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

BILL’S MASONRY. Brick, tiles, pavers. All masonry & Chimney re-pointing. F/P re-pairs. 250-478-0186.

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

DONE RIGHT MOVING $70/hr. Senior Discount. Free Est’s. No travel time before or after. BBB accredited. Call Tyler at 250-418-1747.

PAINTING

HAMLYN PAINTING WCB + Ins. Guaranteed satisfaction. Free est. Call 250-213-1054.


PAINTING

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

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

NORM’S PAINTING- Why wait till Spring? Reasonable, Reliable. Ref’s. Over 25 yrs experience. 250-478-0347.

OLD TIMER. Quality old fash-ioned service. Great rates. Ex-cellent references. Call Al at 250-474-6924, 250-888-7187.

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, match the textures, coves, fi re-places. Bob, 250-516-5178.

PRESSURE WASHING

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

ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

LONGVIEW ROOFING re-roofi ng, repairs, new construc-tion. Over 25 yrs exp. Ins, cer-tifi ed, WCB. Free written est. Call Neal at 250-652-4976 or 250-886-2574.


ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

RUPE’S ROOFING: Torch onshingles or metal. Fully in-sured. References; ticketedroofers. Call Rupe 250-415-7130 or Mike 1-250-533-9410.

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

STUCCO/SIDING

PATCHES, ADDITIONS, re-stucco, renos, chimney, water-proofi ng. Bob, 250-516-5178.

TELEPHONE SERVICES

DISCONNECTED PHONE? National Teleconnect HomePhone Service. No one re-fused! Low monthly rate! Call-ing features and unlimited longdistance available. Call Na-tional Teleconnect today! 1-866-443-4408. or visit online:www.nationalteleconnect.com

TILING

SHAWN THE Tile Guy- Res/ Comm/ Custom/ Renos. Freeest. Call 250-686-6046.

TREE SERVICES

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

WINDOW CLEANING

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

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REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE BY OWNER

SPACIOUS 1800 sq.ft. 2-bdrm + den, 2 bath townhouse. $479,000. Complete new in-terior. #1-10045 5th St. Just 2 blocks to Sidney’s main street. Open House Sat & Sun. 1-3pm. 250-516-0104.

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

1 & 2 Bdrm suites & cabins. Perched on a cliffside with panoramic ocean vista, over-looking The Saanich Inlet. Se-rene & secure. All amenities on-site, fi rewood. $500-$1200 inclds utils. Monthly/Weekly. Pets ok with refs. 25 min com-mute to downtown Victoria. Must have references! Call 250-478-9231.

1 Bdrm Suitesin Sooke

From $675 per moRefs required.To view call 250-642-1900

ESQUIMALTUnique Building

Must see

1 BDRMVery quiet, ocean views, Clean, well maintained.

Laundry, Sauna, Elevator, Hot Water, Heat. (250) 388-9384

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APARTMENT/CONDO

JAMES BAY- spacious 1 bdrm, $815+ utils. N/S, no dogs. Mar. 1. (778)430-2116.

TILLICUM: NEAR mall. Bright 1 bdrm, 3rd fl r, 55+ bldg. Appl’s, coin laundry, balcony, rec rm, $720 incld’s heat. N/S, 1 pet ok. Call (250)245-5707.

COTTAGES

PARKSVILLE- MOTHER in law cottage. Mins to ocean boardwalk, shopping. NS/NP, $600 May-Oct. (250)248-4902.

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

SIDNEY- NEWLY reno’d 3 bdrm, 1.5 bath, W/D, F/S, Refs req’d, fenced yrd, NS/NP. $1375+ utils yearly lease (250)656-4003.

UPPER QUADRA- lrg 1 bdrm suite, all utilities included. In-side cat or small dog ok. Quiet location. $800. 778-350-9303.

HOMES FOR RENT

HIGHLANDS. 3-BDRM, 2 bath, F/P, 5 appl’s, carport, lrg deck, small pets. Immediate. $1500. Call (250)478-6385

PARKSVILLE- FURNISHED 2-bdrm, mins to beach & shop-ping. Nice area. May 1 - Sept. NP/NS. $750. (250)248-4902.

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RECREATION

RV RESORT ON THE LAKE

Spots available at Great Rates. Daily, weekly,

monthly. Pool, Hot tub, exercise room, laundry, putting green, hiking,

fi shing, Pickle Ball Court. Free coffee in one of the best clubhouses on the island. Nanaimo area.

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ROOMS FOR RENT

FAIRFIELD ROOM- walk to Cook St Village and amenities. NS/NP. Women only. Call 250-382-6681.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

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

SUITES, LOWER

BEAR MTN area- suite in new house, 2 bdrms, ground fl oor. Laundry. $1150. inclds utils. Great views. 250-886-7755.

BRENTWOOD BAY: 2 bdrm, non-smokers. Off street park-ing, own yard area, walk to all shops and bus. Avail. now. $750+ shared util’s. Call (250)652-0250 after 5pm.

LANGFORD 1-BDRM grnd fl oor suite, own patio, full kitch-en, F/S, D/W, built-in vac, in-suite laundry. Utils incld. Close to shops, Galloping Goose, Royal Roads, golf course, bus route. NS/NP. $850. (Immed). 250-474-0079.

NORTH NANAIMO: 1bdrm private suite. New fl oors & paint. Shared laundry. Secure, covered parking. FREE hydro, cable & wifi . N/S, No Partiers. $775/mo. 250-756-9746.

WATERFRONT. NORTH Saa-nich. Large 2-bdrm, 2 bath. $1800./mo inclds utils. Pos-sibly small boat moorage +. Pet OK. N/S. (250)656-5999.

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AUTO FINANCING

AUTO SERVICES

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

CARS

1982 GRAND Prix LJ, only 29 original km on car, 350 4 bolt Vette motor and 350 Turbo trans installed in 1985. Seals done in 2008. A.C. works, New head liner 2014, a true time piece. $5,900 obo. Must Sell. Call Terry 250-478-1426.

1990 CHEVROLET Cavalier Z 24, 3.1 Litre. Only 70,000 km on rebuilt motor. Newer Luc High Performance clutch, 5- sp trans, near new 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. Same owner since 1990, have all receipts. $2500. Chris, 250-595-0370 leave message.

2009 KIA SPECTRA- 36,000 km, under warranty, 4 cyclind-er, 5 speed, detailed, spoiler, great looking car in mint condi-tion, $8500. (778)426-3424.

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CARS

2009 PASSION for 2, exc cond. New brakes/ring tone/back window struts. Heat-ed seats, A/C, sunroof, P/W, fog lights, side mirror defog-ger, rear window wiper. Good on gas, exe parking dwntwn. 108,000km. (778)425-4287.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE

1998 TRAVELAIRE 5th wheel. Exc. cond. new hot wa-ter heater, circuit board in fridge, toilet wheel bearings packed tires & electrical brake system checked. In fl oor heat-ing privacy screens, rubber roof vinyl siding water purifi ca-tion kit, 24x12 outdoor mat. Full winter storage shroud with breathable sides & rubber roof. $10,000. 250-652-9660.

VTRUCKS & ANS

1986 NISSAN pick-up truck, 2 wheel drive, 6 cylinder, stan-dard, 204,000 km. Good run-ning condition. $1500 obo. Call (250)812-6565.

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12 HOUR on 50 HP motor, 14’ boat, depth sounder transmit-ter and receiver. $5,000 obo. Call (250)652-1725.

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