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Patient info intended for medical clinic repeatedly sent to home fax machine

City man receives hundreds of patient records in errorDaniel PalmerNews staff

A Victoria man is fed up after receiving at least 200 faxes that contain private patient information to his personal fax machine.

David Mason said medical imaging requests that contain full names, birth dates, phone numbers, addresses, per-sonal health numbers and doctors’ names of patients have been sent in error to his home for nearly a decade. Two of

those documents con-tained patient infor-mation of 111 people, he said.

“Almost all these forms are to do with breast imaging and many of them are time-sensitive,” Mason said.

One digit separates Mason’s fax number from that of a well-used medical imag-ing clinic in Victoria.

Privacy guidelines established by the College of Physi-cians and Surgeons of B.C. require physicians’ offices to include a cover sheet with clear instructions to contact the sender if the fax is received in error, said Susan Prins, the college’s communications director.

The college instructs doctors to investigate any privacy breach, contact affected patients in most scenarios and develop long-term safeguards to ensure breaches don’t reoccur.

Mason, a retired B.C. government records researcher who dealt with Freedom of Information requests daily, said he always follows up with senders but that some medical office staff seem lackadaisical about the seriousness of the privacy violation.

“The proper procedure is that the fax number is pre-pro-grammed to avoid misdialing,” he said.

PlEASE SEE: Misdirected faxes, Page A4

Don Denton/News staff

David Mason holds up a medical record, now with concealed details, that he received on his home fax machine.

“The only positive aspect of all of this is that the faxes came to me and not to somebody with malicious intent.”

– David Mason

B.C. public school teach-ers have voted 89 per cent to give their union author-ity for strike action in three stages.

B.C. Teachers’ Federation president Jim Iker said there is no set schedule on when work-to-rule action would begin.

“There will be no job action tomorrow; there will be no job action next week,” Iker said after the vote results were tabulated.

“It will depend entirely on what is happening at the negotiating table and whether or not the govern-ment and the employers’ association are prepared to be fair and reasonable.”

After a year of bargaining sessions with an expired contract, the BCTF still has not presented a specific wage and benefit demand. Education Minister Peter Fassbender urged the union to present its opening posi-tion as negotiation sessions resumed last week.

Union members were briefed before the vote on the initial wage offer deliv-ered by Peter Cameron, chief negotiator for B.C.’s 60 school districts. It describes pay increases totalling 6.5 per cent over six years.

Fassbender reiterated that class size and composi-tion are up for negotiation as well as wages and benefits.

More than 29,000 teach-ers voted, with 26,000 say-ing yes to the strike option that can be activated on 72 hours’ notice for 90 days.

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Former deputy superintendent Sherri Bell officially took the helm of the Greater Victoria School District last Thursday (March 6).

Her promotion to CEO/superintendent of schools replaces John Gaiptman, who retired in February after 12 years on the job. She was named interim superintendent after he

stepped down.“I am honoured to be

appointed as the super-intendent of schools for the Greater Victoria School District,” said Bell. “This is an exciting time in education with the changes in curricu-lum and the focus on personalized learning. I look forward to work-ing with our education partners to ensure that all of our students are

engaged and successful in their learning.”

Bell was hired by the Greater Victoria School

District in 1996 as the principal of James Bay community school.

She was previously a teacher in Calgary and Cranbrook, an instructor and practi-cum supervisor for the University of Victoria, and a principal in Lake Cowichan. She also worked as a contractor for the Ministry of Edu-cation in curriculum and assessment provid-ing support to over half the school districts in the province.

In 2001 Bell was the district principal responsible for recon-figuring the Greater Victoria School District to implement the new K-5, 6-8, 9-12 structure. Since 2002 she has held a senior leadership positions in the district.

“I am pleased that someone with so much talent, knowl-edge and experience in the Greater Victoria School District and the province will be lead-ing our District as we face the many chal-lenges ahead” said Peg Orcherton, GVSD board [email protected]

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For the past 17 summers, Norman (Jay) Seagrave-Peel has created and sold thousands of his signature spray-painted artworks along the Inner Harbour’s lower causeway.

But last week, Seagrave-Peel was told he would be suspended this summer for what the artist called minor infractions: plugging into city power, playing music and rollerblading on the causeway.

“I’ve been there for 17 years without one complaint from the public or City of Victoria, or any run-ins with police,” said the 35-year-old artist.

In 2005, the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority assumed management of 29 visual artists, 27 musicians and nine street performers in the lower causeway from the City of Victoria. (The Songhees Nation

controls vendor licences along the southern area of the lower causeway.)

The GVHA refused to comment on Seagrave-Peel’s suspension, but in a statement said unclaimed or suspended licences are awarded to new performers by a jury of staff and artist representatives.

“Each performer has a licence with GVHA which includes agreed business terms, a code of conduct and, in the event of disagreement between the parties, a dispute resolution process,” said Curtis Grad, GVHA president and CEO.

Seagrave-Peel said he’s willing to serve his suspension, but worries he won’t get his prime performance spot back in 2015.

“The city allocated the spot I use for one reason: because it’s such an open spot and there are fumes from spray can paint,” he said. “I made a couple of mistakes, and I’m willing to own up to them. But I don’t think I should be punished like this.”

Visual artist licence fees have increased dramatically since the GVHA took over the program, from about $500 in 2005 to $1,425 this year.

“The licence fee for artists has increased

gradually and modestly over the years and is comparable to fees charged by other vendor markets in neighbouring areas,” said Grad.

Seagrave-Peel said he regularly does spray-painting in Kelowna and White Rock, where the annual licence fees are $45 and $150 respectively. In Vancouver’s English Bay, artists pay about $420 for the April-to-September season.

Costs paid by Inner Harbour causeway performers are used to cover repair and maintenance like the replacement of slate tiles and heritage lighting, Grad said.

The GVHA’s stated objective is to achieve market rate for all its operations, which leaves Seagrave-Peel skeptical about securing such a large Inner Harbour space next year.

“It definitely seems like it’s one sided for the GVHA to make maximum profit out of the area,” he said.

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Norman (Jay) Seagrave-Peel at work along the Inner Harbour’s lower causeway.

Victoria residents will be able to buy B.C. wine from gro-cery stores by early next year, with some stores connected to liquor stores that offer full selection including hard liquor.

The provincial government released its framework for a major overhaul of liquor pol-icy Thursday. It proposes a small number of new licences for Vintners’ Quality Alliance (VQA) wine sales from gro-cery store shelves, with future expansion to include B.C.-made craft beer under the same licences.

Changes to take effect by this summer include licensing B.C. wine and beer sale and tast-ing at farmers’ markets, per-mitting “happy hour” drink dis-counts at licensed businesses and removing the requirement for fenced beer gardens at approved outdoor festivals.

The government is adopting a recommendation from pro-vincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall and other health offi-cials to tie prices to alcohol content, in an effort to reduce over-consumption.

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Victoria council approved a four-storey residential building in the 1000-block of Rockland Ave.

The 14-unit Abstract Devel-opments Inc. building will include 28 bicycle storage spaces and five car-share mem-berships for new owners.

Some residents took issue with only 12 off-street parking spaces for the new develop-ment, but council agreed the site is ideally situated between transit and walking-distance amenities.

Coun. Geoff Young voted against the rezoning applica-tion, citing concerns of over-crowded on-street parking on Rockland. The site was approved, however, as an opti-mal example of what council envisioned when creating the city’s new Official Community Plan.

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Obviously there’s a lot of doctors’ offices that have not been adhering to this,” he said. “Had this happened in the office where I used to work, there would have been an in-depth investi-gation.”

When the patient records first began arriving at his home, Mason said he delivered them to the Office of the Information and Privacy Com-missioner of B.C. for safe destruction. (Cara McGregor, privacy commis-sioner spokesperson, was unable to confirm specific case information. She said anyone who continues to receive personal documents in error should notify the privacy commissioner so that a formal investigation can be launched.)

Mason now destroys the forms when they arrive after notifying the originating medical office, but said doctors need a 21st century method of sharing patient information.

In 2007, the B.C. Ministry of Health launched a 10-year program to do just that by building networked and secure electronic health record systems.

The province has since spent about $258 million on an online lab results database, medical tele-consulting technology and electronic medi-cal record systems used internally

by about 4,300 B.C. physicians, said Kristy Anderson, B.C. Ministry of Health spokesperson.

Anderson said the provincial Health Ministry was unaware of Mason’s case, but in general terms said: “We would encourage the private prac-tices involved to work with their employees to review their processes and provide training to employees to ensure that such incidents didn’t hap-pen again.”

Record-sharing agreements between doctors and imaging clin-ics are often self-directed, while the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. provides general ethical guide-lines. For example, physicians can use email to send patient information with the patient’s consent, but only when both parties are using encryption technology.

Mason hopes that by going pub-lic, doctors will re-evaluate and bet-ter enforce their faxing policies, and that the Ministry of Health will cre-ate a more secure and standardized e-health record-sharing system.

“The only positive aspect of all of this is that the faxes came to me and not to somebody with malicious intent,” Mason said. “Had this been my own medical information going astray, I would be extremely upset.”

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Obviously there’s a lot of doctors’ offices that have not been adhering to this,” he said. “Had this happened in the office where I used to work, there would have been an in-depth investi-gation.”

When the patient records first began arriving at his home, Mason said he delivered them to the Office of the Information and Privacy Com-missioner of B.C. for safe destruction. (Cara McGregor, privacy commis-sioner spokesperson, was unable to confirm specific case information. She said anyone who continues to receive personal documents in error should notify the privacy commissioner so that a formal investigation can be launched.)

Mason now destroys the forms when they arrive after notifying the originating medical office, but said doctors need a 21st century method of sharing patient information.

In 2007, the B.C. Ministry of Health launched a 10-year program to do just that by building networked and secure electronic health record systems.

The province has since spent about $258 million on an online lab results database, medical tele-consulting technology and electronic medi-cal record systems used internally

by about 4,300 B.C. physicians, said Kristy Anderson, B.C. Ministry of Health spokesperson.

Anderson said the provincial Health Ministry was unaware of Mason’s case, but in general terms said: “We would encourage the private prac-tices involved to work with their employees to review their processes and provide training to employees to ensure that such incidents didn’t hap-pen again.”

Record-sharing agreements between doctors and imaging clin-ics are often self-directed, while the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. provides general ethical guide-lines. For example, physicians can use email to send patient information with the patient’s consent, but only when both parties are using encryption technology.

Mason hopes that by going pub-lic, doctors will re-evaluate and bet-ter enforce their faxing policies, and that the Ministry of Health will cre-ate a more secure and standardized e-health record-sharing system.

“The only positive aspect of all of this is that the faxes came to me and not to somebody with malicious intent,” Mason said. “Had this been my own medical information going astray, I would be extremely upset.”

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Armed with video cameras, big hearts and a want to make a difference, students from Spectrum com-munity school are con-ducting random acts of kindness throughout Greater Victoria.

The surge of good deeds comes as the school aims to put a positive spin on a dangerous social media trend, known as neknominations.

“Neknominations work by you video-taping yourself doing something stupid and then you nominate other friends to do something equal or worse, basically,” said Spectrum teacher Nick Van Iersel. “So we call ours SpecNominations, and the challenge is really straight-forward: do something that will leave the world in a better place than you found it.

“It came out of a con-cern of ours around neknominations; we knew some of our kids had been nominated.”

Van Iersel launched SpecNominations on Feb. 17 with a video of him paying for a coffee and muffin for five peo-ple at McDonald’s.

“That is the nicest thing ever,” the McDon-ald’s employee tells him of his $8.35 purchase.

Within two days of Van Iersel posting his video to YouTube stu-

dents began spread-ing positive change and posting their own exploits to social media.

“One thing that really spoke to us was help-ing the less fortunate,” said Grade 12 student Pius Cuizon. He and friends Sage Barlow-Young and Jenna Lan-caster were nominated by Van Iersel, and the first students to accept the nomination.

The trio, along with Cuizon’s sister Eurica who filmed their good deeds, purchased 10 hamburgers and a large pizza, and offered hot food to Victoria’s home-less on a cold February night.

“At first I thought it wasn’t a big deal, but I realized at the end of it that a little really does go a long way,” Cuizon said. “As long as you give the best you pos-sibly can and have a heart and want to help others, you can make a difference.”

At the end of their video, the Grade 12 stu-dents nominated their entire grad class to take on the challenge.

Less than two hours

after seeing the video, Kat Gosselin and Rahim Khan had approached half a dozen homeless people and bought them more than $150 worth of food, sweat-ers, shoes, socks and a sleeping bag.

“We just asked them what they wanted; if there was anything that they needed,” Gosse-lin said. “They seemed stunned at first. They were so thankful and so happy. It made my day. I was getting jitters buy-

ing all the stuff because I was excited to see their reactions.”

Victoria police Const. Paul Brookes is involved with the Greater Vic-toria school district’s Youth for Change and Inclusion group. It was during a meeting of that group when Van Iersel first pitched the idea of SpecNominations.

“Everybody under-stands the philosophy of giving, but so often they don’t go out and do it. And this kind of

movement is giving that extra push to move kids out of their comfort zones and discover how gratifying, how wonder-ful these kinds of things are,” Brookes said. “It sets them up for life to be those change agents in our community.”

Cuizon said he came away from the expe-rience with an even greater understanding of generosity. It doesn’t matter how much or how little you have to give, everyone has the potential to make a pos-itive difference in their community, he said.

“I find that people over-think giving a lot. You don’t need to be rich to help. We’re all students right now. Just because you don’t have a lot of money shouldn’t stop you from helping other people,” he said. “It feels great to trigger

something onto some-one to do something different, do something good.”

Since launching two weeks ago, SpecNomi-nations have extended to individuals outside of the school’s hallways. Students from other Saanich schools are taking up the challenge, as are Saanich police officers. Gosselin even nominated a friend in the United States.

“It just seemed like it

was a such a great idea to put a positive spin on neknominations. I have my opinions on how those are unnecessary – it’s really kind of a stu-pid act. But I thought this would be a great way to make someone’s day,” Gosselin said.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGTAKE NOTICE THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING commenced on February 18 and 19, 2014, will be continued on Thursday, March 20, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the Curling Rink, Archie Browning Sports Centre, 1151 Esquimalt Road, Esquimalt, B.C., to allow the public to make representations to the Municipal Council respecting matters contained in the following amendment bylaw:

Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, Amendment Bylaw [No. 208], 2013, No. 2805

Zoning Bylaw, 1992, No. 2050, Amendment Bylaw [No. 208], 2013, No. 2805 substantially amends the provisions of the McLoughlin Point Special Use [I-3] Zone, and related provisions of the Zoning Bylaw and provides for a change in the zoning designation of two small portions (Lots 1 and 2, Plan VIP87823 shaded on the map below) of the lands known as “McLoughlin Point” (337 Victoria View Road) from Marine Navigation [M-4] zone to McLoughlin Point Special Use [I-3] Zone:

Site Location: a. PID 000-336-491 Lot A, Section 11, Esquimalt District, Plan 25322 b. PID 000-336-505 Lot B, Section 11, Esquimalt District, Plan 25322 c. PID 000-336-513 Lot C, Section 11, Esquimalt District, Plan 25322 d. PID 000-336-521 Lot D, Section 11, Esquimalt District, Plan 25322 e. PID 000-336-530 Lot E, Section 11, Esquimalt District, Plan 25322 f. Lot 1, Plan VIP87823 g. Lot 2, Plan VIP87823

Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2805 permits a variety of uses, including a wastewater treatment plant further to a revised density-bonusing-for-amenities scheme. The maximum base density regulations are: 0.15 floor area ratio, 15% site coverage, and 675 m2 of floor area. The density could be increased on the provision of the following amenities (which are more limited in number than the amenities currently contained in the McLoughlin Point Special Use zone) to maximum: 0.35 floor area ratio, 75% site coverage, and 4,500 m2 of floor area:

(i) Design Guidelines:

Development consistent with conditions identified in the document entitled “Design Guidelines – McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Plant” prepared by CitySpaces Consulting Ltd. (Revised May 2013), (called the “Design Document”) a copy of which is attached to Official Community Plan Bylaw 2006, Bylaw No. 2646 as Schedule H;

(ii) Road Upgrades:

Reinstatement of all roads (including but not limited to paved areas, sidewalks, boulevards) affected by establishment of a Wastewater Treatment Plant described in the Design Document to a condition equal to or better than that which existed before construction;

(iii) Lyall Street Enhancement:

An upgraded pathway and bikeway system along Lyall Street, having a value of up to $950,000, including upgrades and connection to the West Bay Walkway via the trailhead located at 537 Head Street;

(iv) Education and Interpretive Centre:

Provision of a meeting room and interpretive space on-site having a minimum floor area of 75 m2, to be available for students and the public to learn about wastewater treatment and management, made available at no charge to and for use by schools, government bodies, non-profit organizations and individuals as requested during normal hours of operation;

(v) Public Access and Public Walkway:

Design of building and development of site to incorporate public pedestrian walkway secured through a statutory right of way of 2.25 metres average width and in any event not more than 3 metres nor less than 1.5 metres in width at any point along the waterfront in favour of Esquimalt for and on behalf of the public to the respective boundaries of the property to permit future public walkway connection to West Bay if access through abutting Department of National Defence lands is permitted;

(vi) Boat Moorage:

(A) Temporary boat moorage, or other similar facility of sufficient size to permit the removal of excavated material and the provision of concrete and aggregate during the excavation and major concrete phase of the Wastewater Treatment Plant by barge or other marine transport; and

(B) A dock or other similar watercraft landing structure to permit emergency and employee access to the site and at least seasonal public use secured by a statutory right of way in favour of Esquimalt for and on behalf of the public.

(vii) Public Open Space:

Public open space on the site to include a public observation point connected to the public pedestrian walkway;

(viii) Public Art:

Public art on the site having a value of $100,000.00 to include heritage interpretive signage;

(ix) Public Open Space Improvements:

At least 3 benches to be installed in public open space referred to in paragraph (vii); and

(x) CRD Facilities Visual Upgrade

Aesthetic improvements to the exterior of the Macaulay Point Pump Station to a standard of quality and finish at least equivalent to the Craigflower Pump Station, the Currie Road Pump Station and the Trent Road Pump Station, recognizing the prominent location of the Macaulay Pump Station in an important waterfront park.

The McLoughlin Point Special Use [I-3] Zone as amended deletes references to rate of discharge of effluent and plant capacity from density regulations and also contains detailed regulations concerning: grade (height measurements start at 7m geodetic for tsunami protection purposes); heights of buildings and structures (maximum 15 m, with variations for setbacks and use); setbacks (minimum 2m from High Water Mark, 4.5 m from the most northerly lot line and zero (0) metres from Victoria View Road); screening and landscaping; parking; an additional development permit guideline; and interpretation, severability and satisfaction provisions. The above regulations are for the proposed wastewater treatment plant use and other uses have different regulations.

Related documents include:

1. S.219 Covenant further limiting building setback encroachments into the area 7.5 metres from the High-Water Mark,

2. “Host Community Impact 5-Year Agreement”, and

3. “Community Impact Mitigation & Operating Agreement”.

AND FURTHERMORE TAKE NOTICE that copies of the proposed Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2805, the related documents and other relevant background documents may be inspected at the offices of Development Services, Municipal Hall, 1229 Esquimalt Road, Esquimalt, B.C., anytime between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. [excluding Saturdays, Sundays and Statutory Holidays] from the date of publication of this notice until March 20, 2014.

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Nowadays when one thinks of a photograph the likely association is a duck-faced selfie taken on an iPhone with no print life beyond an Instagram posting.

For some though, this simply will not do.

Victoria’s Luz Stu-dios is in the business of making the old new and the new old, using seemingly antiquated techniques to add an old-fashioned spin to modern photography.

Through own-ers Quinton Gordon and Diana Millar’s own work, as well as through workshops run by the couple, the studio strives towards bringing a hands-on relationship back to the process of captur-ing images.

“It was the frustra-tion of the digital age taking it further and further away from being physically con-nected to what you’re doing,” Gordon said of the idea behind found-ing the studio. “There’s muscle memory in all of it. It’s what crafts-manship is, it’s you have to develop a hand and an intuition for it, as well as a technical knowledge.”

One of the main

techniques the studio uses is the collodion process, a wet plate photographic process developed in the 1850s and used during the American Civil War. Specifically, the pair work in tintype, a col-loidal process which creates a direct posi-tive image on metal.

The process itself is one of speed and precision. The photog-rapher has about 10 to 15 minutes to prepare the plate, take the pho-tograph and develop the image, or else it simply will not work.

Despite the notable clarity and detail of the image, the nature of the process was seen as a major limitation and it fell out of favour when the new, more convenient gelatine dry plate technology came along.

“We’re drawn to the characteristics of photography that originally were seen as its limitations,” Gor-don said. “The need to work with that imme-diacy.”

Millar said the pro-cess is also unusual for the person being pho-tographed, in the case of a portrait.

“There’s a slowness in there and you actu-ally get to connect and relax,” Millar said. “There’s that one pic-

ture and you can be part of that process almost from start to finish.”

The pair run work-shops on a variety of photographic mediums and have run tintype workshops in locations such as schools and a farm in Saanich. They have built portable dark boxes which can be used in the field to develop photos.

Workshops are often geared towards youth, but also adults who are interested in try-ing their hand at some old time plate and film photography. For some youth especially, the old technology can be quite a shock.

“One of the boys comes up to me and is like ‘I think broke the camera,’ and it was actually the film rewinding, that sound. He had no idea,”

laughed Millar. “We know the excitement we get from mak-ing this art, and so the workshops are a great way to filter that down.”

For more informa-tion on the studio, memberships for access to darkrooms and workshops visit [email protected]

Shedding new light on an old ideaStudio reconnects with lost art of photo developing

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Quinton Gordon and Diana Millar are making what's old new through their photography business Luz Studios. The couple uses many seemingly antiquated photography techniques to put a unique, old-fashioned spin on modern photography.

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Proceedings here at the B.C. legislature were briefly thrust into the spotlight last week, firing up the radio talk shows and Twitter feeds.

No, it wasn’t the B.C. Liberal government forcing through legislation to allow industrial “research” for things like pipeline routes in provincial parks, or the debate on sanctioned wolf and grizzly kills. It wasn’t the teacher strike vote, as the scripted motions of that ritual combat are well known to weary parents.

It was muffins. More specifically, “free” muffins in a newly relocated and equipped MLA lounge, and a rack installed to hold the said muffins at a cost of $733.

This was portrayed as part of a spending spree by Richmond East MLA Linda Reid, elected Speaker last summer. In fact it’s just the latest phase of a strikingly expensive refit to provide wheelchair access, which Reid has championed.

The new MLA lounge replaces a seldom-used one at the top of steep stairs high in the 1898 stone structure. The new lounge is served by a ramp near the chamber exit to another under-used room in the library, and equipped with big-screen TVs to follow proceedings, similar to those installed in the legislature chamber last year.

Everything done here is expensive, from matching ornate woodwork to upgrading ancient plumbing and wiring. But the

public, conditioned by media to expect corruption and scandal, would rather be outraged about free muffins.

Prior to this, MLAs had to troop down to the basement dining room to put muffins and coffee on their expense accounts, or have an assistant fetch them. The outraged talk shows didn’t mention that. There are access issues in the dining room too, a fact more difficult

to ignore with Children and Family Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux, Paralympian Michelle Stilwell and former Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan now elected to serve using their wheelchairs.

A costly new outside access ramp assisted Kenny Michell, who visited last week to tell his harrowing story of the Burns Lake sawmill explosion that nearly burned him to death in 2012 and left him in a wheelchair.

The NDP brought a delegation of survivors and family members of the dead from sawdust explosions in Burns Lake and Prince George. They supported the opposition’s demand for an independent inquiry, although their own demands ranged from counselling for long-suffering wives to seeing someone

punished for alleged negligence.The scandal pushed in this tragic

story is that some evidence was not protected by WorkSafeBC and wouldn’t have been admissible in court. Prosecutors also said they had enough evidence for charges, but the companies or executives would be able to show “due diligence” that would likely result in acquittal.

What that means in English is that the explosion risk of extra-dry dust and air wasn’t fully grasped by either mill operators or WorkSafeBC. All B.C. mills are now subject to more scrutiny, and a coroner’s inquest will be calling witnesses this fall to see what lessons can be learned.

Back to pipelines through parks. This may seem like a scandal to urban B.C. residents who already fret about the possibility of the 60-year-old Trans Mountain pipeline, or one of several proposed gas pipelines, intruding on a park.

It’s not as well known that Trans Mountain completed a major twinning and upgrading project on the Alberta side in 2008. It crosses Mount Robson Provincial Park and Jasper National Park, without incident or scandal to date.

But back to muffingate, as it’s become known around here. I don’t know why people are so cynical and uninterested in serious issues. I wish I was.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

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Ferry service not dead, yet

B.C. Ferries is digging its own grave with a shovel handed to it by the provincial government.

With nearly $19 million in service reductions about to take place, not only residents will be left to mourn – it’s being buried in a coffin called

tourism.Right on the front

page of hellobc.com – B.C.s official tourism site – are three featured places to go, two of them on Vancouver Island.

A visit to the site’s transportation page lauds the fringe benefits of ferry travel: “a deck-side view of breathtaking scenery not accessible by land and a high probability of spotting marine wildlife.”

Great. If you can get on board and in a timely fashion.

With reductions on dozens of routes, the elimination of some 7,000 round trips a year, the cut to the seniors’ discount, and with $4.9 million more in cuts to come, your chances of getting where you want to go are beginning to look dicey, if not pricey.

The tourism site touts the Inside Passage route as a cruise through spectacular scenery. But at a cost of some $1,200 for a family of four, that one-day trip really takes a bite out of the typical family’s overall vacation budget.

Tourism is a major industry in British Columbia, surpassing some of our more traditional revenue sources, and if the provincial government takes it seriously, it will want to take a closer look at how it is planning to not only attract visitors, but move them around the province.

Cutting the already overpriced service is bad economics. It affects commuters, distribution of goods and services and makes it more difficult for visitors to take advantage of areas outside the Lower Mainland.

Christy Clark puts a big emphasis on her BC Jobs Plan with tourism at the forefront, but cuts and rate hikes on B.C. Ferries can only cause job loss province-wide.

The provincial government is responsible for both transportation and tourism – top priorities for all of us – but the government has an absence of vision for the management of B.C. Ferries, unless that vision is to stand by and watch as the ship is sinking.

Tom FletcherB.C. Views

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Reader appreciates ‘truly human story’

I would like to thank you for writing the truly human story: Love stays strong as memory fades (News, Feb. 28).

It was touching, realistic and informative.

As a community, we need to learn more about and reach out to persons either in our families or our neighbourhoods that are struggling with what unfolds in life.

Thank you Christopher Sun, you have a gift. Keep writing.

Kim CreallyVictoria

Putin no worse than Ukraine fascists

Re: Russian military justified in entering Ukraine (Letters, March 5)

If anyone studies the history and geography of Ukraine, he would know that the new opposition parties of West Ukraine are now dominated by extremists (similar to what has happened in Syria). Those in power are known for their fascist views and behaviour.

There is on record the fact that the new West Ukraine leadership has used snipers on its own citizens (the Estonian foreign minister gave evidence of this); that it has destroyed synagogues and hired oligarchs to rule.

We do not like Putin, but he is no worse than West Ukrainian fascists.

Furthermore, parts of Europe will suffer from a loss of Russian-supplied energy (natural gas etc.) if the U.S., supported by Canada, creates a war.

Christine and Melville Johnston

Victoria

Caution urged in cycling plan

Re: Cyclists urge city to go big on two wheels (News, March 5)

With all due respects for Tom Berkhout’s cycling infrastructure campaign, as a cyclist of nearly 80 years and a resident of Greater Victoria for half that time, I urge the City of Victoria to exercise great caution in spending on “cycling infrastructure.”

What makes a city “bicycle friendly” is largely cyclists who understand traffic law, abide by it and are visible and courteous.

Undoubtedly there is the odd place where some street alteration would help, but putting bike lanes all over the place would be a huge waste of money or worse.

For example, bike lanes extended into intersections (and in and across driveways) are a real hazard, encouraging cars to make right turns from

the middle of the street, which can easily cut off cyclists.

If the public schools would use some physical education time for cycling instruction and encouragement, such as cycling to school, instead of promoting activities which have little adult carry-over, then the benefit would be of great help while not incurring extra public expense.

Robert McInnesVictoria

Re: Families await the return of warship’s crew (News, March 5)

As a taxpayer – training exercise or not – I am completely mystified why 17 members of the public and family members were onboard this vessel.

It’s even more disturbing that the public or media don’t seem to be raising the issue.

Who paid for their flights to Hawaii? Who paid for their

transportation and food on board? If there’s an accident, who pays the costs of medical care? Did looking after family in any way contribute to the fire that occurred through lack of attention or direct action?

What happens in medical emergencies or if the ship is surprisingly attacked?

Did any public members suffer injuries during this particular incident?

Who came up with the idiotic

idea to have family aboard a warship?

The headlines could easily have read, “17 family members killed at sea.” The crew sign on for this work and if they can’t deal with long deployments, there’s other jobs available.

A bushel of Freedom of Information requests are needed to shine a light on this stupidity.

Stan BartlettVictoria

Taxpayers dollars sunk at sea

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Boston Early Music Festival brings back 1600s

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A couple of points stand out when considering the impact and significance of this week-end’s baroque opera perfor-mances in Victoria by the renowned Boston Early Music Festival.

Not only is it the first time in recent memory that the city has staged an opera based on 17th-century music and dance, Victoria is one of just two places the Boston group will perform French composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers (The Descent of Orpheus into Hell) and La Couronne de Fleurs (The Crown of Flowers) on its current mini-tour.

The other? New York City.“This is a huge event for

us,” says James Young, artis-tic director of the Early Music Society of the Islands, which is co-producing the two-night event along with Pacific Opera Victoria. “This is the kind of event you will normally only see in a much larger centre like Boston or New York.”

While listening to and watch-

ing baroque opera performed by musicians and performers from one of the world’s leading early music ensembles will be a treat, what else might audience members notice?

“There’s never been anything staged and performed here in the style of the (1600s), which is what the Boston Early Music Festival specializes in,” Young says.

Not only is dance more prev-alent in 17th-century French opera, the combination of voice and movement is a “very much more stylized and formal kind of performance, he says. “It’s an adjustment to see it, but I think when it’s done properly it can really engage an audience.”

People will also notice a dif-ference when they look into the orchestra pit, Young adds.

Besides such period instru-ments as baroque guitar, violin, recorder, oboe and harpsi-chord, the ensemble includes a theorbo, a multi-headed, 14-stringed, lute-style instru-ment which produces soft mel-low sounds not unlike a harp; and a viola da gamba or viol, which is larger and deeper sounding than a violin and can be plucked or bowed.

Bringing in an ensemble of the stature of the Boston Early Music Festival presents a financial risk for the local baroque group, one it could

not have taken on its own without the help of a company such as Pacific Opera Victoria, Young says. He has other ideas brewing for concerts involv-ing guest performers and as such, the success of this week-end’s shows will go a long way toward planning future special events.

“Pacific Opera Victoria is

interested in doing another co-production,” he says, noting that such a partnership makes sense. “If you look at baroque music, the highlight of it is opera.”

The concerts happen at 8 p.m. Friday (March 14) and Saturday at the McPherson Playhouse. Pre-performance lectures by Boston Early Music

Festival musical directors Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs precede both nights’ shows, starting at 7 p.m. in the the-atre’s upstairs lobby.

Tickets are available in advance at rmts.bc.ca, at the theatre box office at 1 Centen-nial Sq., or at earlymusicsoci-etyoftheislands.ca.

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Reaching back for baroque with rare operatic treat

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The Boston Early Music Festival brings a 17th-century music and dance exclusive to Victoria when the ensemble hits the McPherson Playhouse Friday and Saturday (March 14-15).

EvEntsSun. March 16Persian new Year - Persian food, music, dance and theatre will fill Centennial Square from 11:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. in celebration of Nowruz, Persian New Year. The event is presented by The Iranian Students Association.

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Fri. March 14OLD Man LueDeCke - Jordie Lane accompanies Luedecke at St. Ann’s Auditorium. Tickets, $20, at Lyle’s Place, Ditch Records and ticketweb.ca.

BOstOn earLY MusiC FestivaL The Early Music Society of the Islands and Pacific Opera Victoria present the Boston Early Music Festival’s inaugural Victoria performance, a double-bill of operas by baroque composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier, La Descente d’Orphee aux Enfers and La Couronne de Fleurs. At the McPherson Playhouse. rmts.bc.ca. Until March 15.

tOwer OF DuDes - Celebrate the release of T.O.D.’s record, along with he Revolutionary Cyborg Wedding Band Mobile Unit, The Cavaleros, and Clunt and The Scrunts. 8pm at Lucky Bar, 517 Yates. $12 advance at Lyle’s Place and Ditch Records.

Sun. March 16ChiCaGO - The first American rock band to chart Top 40 albums in six decades is still at

it and brings the horn-infused harmonies to Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. Tickets, from $56.50 at 250-220-7777.

stagEWed. March 12the GraDuate - Langham Court Theatre offers up an evening of impure theatrical delight with the adaptation of the novel and infamous coming of age ‘60s flick. Tickets, from $16, langhamtheatre.ca. Until March 22.

ThurS. March 13unitY (1918) - UVic’s Phoenix Theatre closes out their season with a piece penned by Kevin Kerr, associate writing professor at the university. And it happened to win a Governor General’s Award. Tickets, from $14, 250-721-8000. Until March 22.

Fri. March 14BaLLet Du GranD théâtre De Genève: rOMéO et JuLiette - In this 2009 version of Shakespeare’s classic tale of love and loss, choreographer Joëlle Bouvier has abstracted the Prokofiev score and concentrated on the story’s essential turning points, allowing the medium of dance to speak directly to the

audience’s hearts and emotions. At the Royal Theatre. rmts.bc.ca.Until March 15.

Mon. March 17sPark FestivaL - The Belfry Theatre presents its annual SPARK Festival,with 40 free events, readings and mini-plays. Check out the full schedule of offerings at belfry.bc.ca. Until March 30.

visuaL aRtWed. March 12CarOL wainO - Newly honoured with a Governor General’s Award, Toronto-based painter Waino speaks as a part of a free visiting artist talk series at the University of Victoria. Hear her March 12 from 8 to 10 p.m. in room A162, Visual Arts Building, UVic.

SaT. March 15 wiLL MiLLar - Step into “Scenes from my Irish Rovings” at Winchester Galleries (2260 Oak Bay Ave.) just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. Millar will be there to present his new selection of paintings, as will members of the Victoria Single Malt Club for an Irish whiskey tasting at the opening reception from 1 to 5 p.m. The show runs until March 29.

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Governor’s choiceUniversity of Ottawa visual arts professor Carol Wainio, one of eight recipients of the Governor General’s Awards for Visual & Media Arts, speaks at UVic Wednesday (March 12).

The Merry McKen-tys, an eight-piece fam-ily band have brought their folk tunes from the Kootenays to Cor-tes Island, Europe and back. This week, they’ll pack their instruments aboard a ketch and set sail for Victoria.

The six adult sib-lings and their parents, with fiddles, guitar, accordion, mandolin, banjo, and cello, play a selection of cheerful Canadian, Irish, Scot-tish and Scandinavian tunes, adding impro-vised fiddle harmonies

and upbeat accompani-ment to favourite tradi-tional melodies.

The Merry McKen-tys recorded their first studio album, Out of the Woods, at Dove Creek Studios in Courtenay last fall.

Check them out at The Cornerstone Cafe March 13, the Spiral Cafe March 14, and the Hillside Moka House March 15 (and a con-tra dance at St. Aid-an’s United Church on March 22). Visit mer-rymckentys.com for more on the band.

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The Capital Regional District is leasing an Esqui-malt industrial property it purchased last year back to the building’s current tenant.

The 4.2-acre Viewfield Road site, in Esquimalt’s light industrial park, was purchased last March for $17 million as a potential alternative to Hartland landfill for a biosolids plant, part of the CRD’s $783-million sewage treatment program, Seaterra.

The proposal was eventually axed after over-whelming opposition from surrounding residents and local politicians. But the site’s current tenant, Wilson Foods, wasn’t meant to vacate the space until next September when the CRD takes posses-sion.

Instead, Wilson Foods will pay $1.3 million to stay at the site for another year with the option for renewal.

The lease agreement will cover temporary loan interest, operating costs, insurance and property taxes and help the CRD pay down mortgage prin-cipal, said Andy Orr, CRD spokesman.

The CRD board has a three-month lease termi-nation clause to vacate about 20,000 square feet of the 126,000 square-foot site if it finds a more suit-able use for the property, Orr said.

The Viewfield property is valued at $13,950,000 in 2014 by B.C. Assessment.

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First signs of springCity of Victoria parks worker Bob Hilchey holds a silver falls plugs in the Beacon Hill Nursery in Beacon Hill Park. Parks Department orders the seedlings for the hanging baskets that start arriving in March. The seedlings (about 3,500 of each type of plant) are replanted in trays and nurtured in the greenhouses until the first week of May when a crew of about six start constructing the more than 1,600 baskets that are put up in June on the City's signature lampposts. The hanging baskets have been a tradition since 1937 and signals the official beginning of summer in the Downtown area.

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The Maritime Museum of B.C. is inviting nominations for the Beaver Medal, an award that recognizes outstanding contributions to the marine sector.

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Nolan Mitchell has gold on his mind.

Never mind that he cap-tured his third straight B.C. High School Wrestling Cham-pionships gold medal recently in Prince George.

The gold he’s mining for is the reward for a national champion.

Mitchell, a 17-year-old grap-pler who attends Claremont secondary in Grade 11 but trains in Duncan with the Cowichan Valley Wrestling Club, will compete for Team B.C. at the 2014 Asics Juve-nile Canadian championships April 4 to 6 in Guelph, Ont.

“I love the trip and the com-petition, but I want to bring back the gold,” said Mitchell, who competed in the past two national tournaments and fin-ished third both times.

He expects to see many of the same opponents, but has a good feeling about his chances this time around. “I think they’re pretty good, but it always depends on who comes,” he said.

That modesty somewhat matches his style on the mats.

Wresting for the 48-kilogram division gold medal at the B.C. high school tournament, Mitchell fell behind 2-0 after the first of two rounds, having been pushed out of bounds twice by opponent Navdeep Toor of Rick Hansen second-ary in Coquitlam.

Not one to get flustered, Mitchell stuck to his strategy

of looking for openings, strik-ing quickly and keeping con-sistent pressure on his oppo-nent and came away with an 8-5 win.

“It all depends who I’m wrestling, but I always like to stay a little bit conservative,” he says. “I wasn’t letting him control the match and the movement.”

The win was Mitchell’s fourth (fifth) without a loss in

the double-knockout draw.The nationals feature the

same format, with wres-tlers who lose an early first match being forced to take a long route back to the medal round.

One other Greater Victoria wrestler made top five at the provincials. Mitchell Keeping from Esquimalt High placed fifth in the 74-kg division.

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Claremont secondary’s Nolan Mitchell, left, maintains a firm grip on opponent Navdeep Toor of Coquitlam’s Rick Hansen secondary in the 48-kilogram provincial final. Mitchell captured his third gold medal in as many years with an 8-5 win over Toor.

In the battle for Saanich basketball supremacy, Lambrick Park Lions defeated St. Michael’s University School Blue Dev-ils at the B.C. high school boys champion-ships on Saturday.

The Lambrick senior boys beat SMUS 70-64 in the AA division final at the Lang-ley Event Centre on Saturday.

Matt Neufeld (Lambrick) earned dual titles as both best defensive and most valuable player of the tournament.

Ishmael Abdulahi (Lambrick), Jason

Scully (SMUS) and Calvin Somers (Lam-brick) were named to the first all-star team. Graeme Hyde-Lay (SMUS) was named to the second team.

Also last weekend in Langley, Oak Bay’s senior Breakers girls posted a 67-66 upset of No. 2 Holy Cross in the AAA semifinals before losing 64-57 to the No.1-ranked Brookswood Bobcats of Langley.

Breakers star Lauren Yearwood was named most outstanding defensive player of the tournament and joined

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Claremont’s senior girls finished 11th in the tournament.

The Island champion Oak Bay junior girls, initially barred from the provincials due to a clerical error, finished ninth over-all in their tournament.

Claremont’s senior boys compete in the 4A boys provincial championships starting today (March 12) in Langley.

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fi [email protected]

ANYONE WITNESSING an accident in Blanshard Street shopping mall, on Oct. 1, 2013 pm., pls call (250)595-1949.

Denied Long-Term Disability Benefi ts or

Other Insurance?If YES, call or email for your FREE LEGAL CONSULTATION

and protect your right tocompensation. 778.588.7049 Toll Free: [email protected]

PERSONALS

REAL PEOPLE, Real Chat, Real Discreet Try FREE! 18+. Call 250-220-1300. Or visit on-line at: www.livelinks. com

LOST AND FOUND

HANDICAPPED SENIORasks that the person that found my wallet at Wal-mart Sat, Mar 1 returns my person-al identifi cation, especially im-portant are my BC Gold Medi-cal Card, St. Jude registration card for my heart pace maker and a prosthetics card they are needed urgently. Call 250-478-7041.

LOST: PAIR of glasses, Tilli-cum Mall. Metal wings, pro-gressives. Reward. Call (250)479-2709.

TRAVEL

GETAWAYS

LONG BEACH - Ucluelet - Deluxe waterfront cabin,

sleeps 6, BBQ. Winter Special. 2 nights $239 or 3 nights $299Pets Okay. Rick 604-306-0891


TRAVEL

TIMESHARE

CANCEL YOUR timeshare. NO risk program stop mort-gage & maintenance pay-ments today. 100% money back guarantee. Free consul-tation. Call us now. We can help! Call 1-888-356-5248.

AUTOMOTIVE

EXPERIENCED PARTS per-son required for a progressive auto/industrial supplier. Hired applicant will receive top wag-es, full benefi ts and RRSP bo-nuses working 5 day work week, plus moving allowanc-es. Our 26,000ft2 store is lo-cated 2.5 hours N.E. of Ed-monton, Alberta. See our community online at www.Lac LaBicheRegion.com. Send re-sume to: Sapphire Auto, Box 306, Lac La Biche, AB, T0A 2C0. Or by email to: [email protected].

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

$1000 A week mailing bro-chures from home! Helping Home-Workers since 2001. No experience required. Start Im-mediately! Visit us online: www.mailingnetwork.net

BE YOUR Own Boss Learn toOperate a mini-offi ce outlet from home. Free on-line train-ing.www.freedom-unlimited.info

EUROPE, AUSTRALIA, or New Zealand: Live and work on a dairy, crop, beef, or sheep farm. AgriVenture in-vites applicants 18-30 for 4-12 month 2014 programs. Apply now! www.agriventure.com or call 1-888-598-4415

GET FREE vending machines. Can earn $100,000 + per year. All cash-retire in just 3 years. Protected Territories. Full de-tails call now 1-866-668-6629. Website www.tcvend.com

HELP WANTED - Local peo-ple needed! Simple, fl exible online work. FT/PT. Internet needed. Very easy. No experi-ence required! Guaranteed in-come! No fees. Genuine! Start immediately. Visit online at: www.OnlineHelp4Cash.com

UP TO $400 cash daily FT & PT outdoors, Spring/Summer work. Seeking honest, hard working staff. Visit online at: www.PropertyStarsJobs.com


BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

HOME INSPECTIONCOMPANY expandinginto the Capital Region.~All Training Included~

Call Dave for Franchise Presentation. 1.855.301.2233www.bc.abuyerschoice.com

MAKE A FORTUNE with $5000, we know how! Free info pack. Call (250)590-9634.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

PUT YOUR experience to work - The job service for peo-ple aged 45 and over across Canada. Free for candidates. Register now online at: www.thirdquarter.ca or Call Toll-Free: 1-855-286-0306.

CARETAKERS/RESIDENTIAL MANAGERS

EXPERIENCED COUPLEneeded to manage mobile home park in Port Hardy. Some small equipment experi-ence necessary. Home provid-ed+ $3000/mo. Send resume:[email protected] 33010 5th Ave, Mission, BC, V2V 1V5.

RESIDENT MANAGERExperienced residential man-ager couple required for mid-sized building in Campbell Riv-er. Min 5 yr exp.

Email: [email protected]

DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

DRIVERS WANTEDAZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 w/ Airbrake

• Guaranteed 40hr. WorkWeek & Overtime

• Paid Travel & Lodging• Meal Allowance

• 4 Weeks Vacation• Excellent Benefi ts Package

Must be able to have extended stays away from home. Up to 6 months. Must have valid AZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 with airbrake license and have previous commercial driving experience.Apply at:www.sperryrail.com,

careers & then choosethe FastTRACK Application.


DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

Emergency Road Service Drivers

Totem Towing is looking for drivers for Victoria and Westshore areas. Must have knowledge of Victoria, good driving record, mechanical knowledge and customer relation skills. No towing experience req’d. Shift work with potential of $40,000+/yr. Benefi ts after 6 months.

Please apply in person with drivers abstract

at 3333 Tennyson.

HELP WANTED

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

HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD

Sandwich Artist req’d F/T orP/T for Broiler Foods dbaSubway $10.50/hr. Takecustomers’ orders. Portion,assemble, wrap food andpackage take - out food.Present bills and receivepayments. Must be fl uent inEnglish. Please Contact: Aman [email protected]: 250-590-4066. Address:Unit #7 - 4144 WilkinsonRoad, Victoria BC

Sandwich Artist req’d P/T& F/T for PG Ventures Inc.dba Subway $10.50/hr. Takecustomers’ order. Portion,assemble, wrap food andpackage take-out food. Present bills and receivepayments. Must be fl uent inEnglish. Contact: [email protected] Fax:250-590-4066 Address: 2935Tillicum Road Victoria BC

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


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TRADES, TECHNICAL

ENSIGN IS looking for Assist-ant Drillers, Drillers, Night Tour Pushes, and Rig Managers for our Australian Division. Re-cruiter’s will be in Nisku, Alber-ta, March 31 - April 9 to con-duct interviews. If you want to hear more about our Interna-tional opportunities please contact our Global group and apply online at www.ensign jobs.com. Call 1-888-367-4460.

VOLUNTEERS

ESQUIMALT EMERGENCY social services is looking for new volunteers join them in training and preparing for times of emergencies and dis-asters. Group meets one Mon-day a month. Training is pro-vided. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.

MS SOCIETY of Canada is looking for someone to help set up and take down point of interest stops along the Cow-ichan Valley Grape Escape bike route. Must be available for at least one committee meeting prior to event and the mornings and afternoons of July 5th, and 6th 2014. Call Volunteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.

PARKS CANADA is looking for volunteers to help remove invasive species from our re-gion and assist in the native plant nursery in order to help protect our natural heritage, and over 100 rare and endan-gered plant species. Call Vol-unteer Victoria at 250-386-2269.

PERSONAL SERVICES

MIND BODY & SPIRIT

Natural Instincts Massage: Intuitive, Nurturing, Afternoons 250-519-1018.

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 Practitioner

call for appointment 250-380-8733

www.raebilash.ca* Also Hot Stone Massage

FINANCIAL SERVICES

ANNACIS ISLAND Pawnbrok-ers open ‘till midnight 7 days a week. 604-540-1122. Cash loans for jewellery, computers, smartphones, games, tools etc. #104-1628 Fosters Way at Cliveden. annacisislandpawn brokers.com.

PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

DROWNING IN debt? Cut debts more than 60% & debt free in half the time! Avoid bankruptcy! Free consultation. www.mydebtsolution.com or Toll Free 1-877-556-3500 BBB Rated A+

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

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.

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

FIREARMS

WANTED: FIREARMS. All types wanted, estates, collec-tions, single items, military. We handle all paperwork and transportation. Licensed Deal-er. 1.866.960.0045 website: www.dollars4guns.com.

FRIENDLY FRANK

BLACK & DECKER food pro-cessor, new, $10. Call (250)652-4621.


FRIENDLY FRANK

(MAD) DOLL $20., emergency refl ectors $20., old Boccie balls $20. (778)265-1615.

FUEL/FIREWOOD

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

FURNITURE

BEDROOM SUITE. Beautiful dark oak wood: bed frame, dresser with mirror, second dresser, 2 night stands. $2000 obo. Chuck or Su-sanne: 250-881-8833. Seeusedvictoria.com ad# 21580893

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 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

STEEL BUILDING sale. Big year end clear out continued! 20x20 $3,915. 25x28 $4,848. 30x32 $6,339. 32x34 $7,371. 40x50 $12,649. 47x68 $16,691. One end wall includ-ed. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca


MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

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 at: www.crownsteelbuildings.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

COMMERCIAL /INDUSTRIAL

COMMERCIAL BUILDING for sale; central location in down-town Victoria. 3000 sq ft of re-tail space on main fl oor + 3000 sq ft on upper fl oor (4 storage) or art studio. $879,000. Priced for quick sale. Call (250)813-2458.

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

BEAUTIFUL WATERVIEW house, approx 3500 sq.ft. level entry, 2 fl oors w/self-contained 1-bdrm in-law suite in sought after area in Gordon Head. Lrg living rm, 4 bdrms, 3 fi replac-es, formal dining rm, family rm, large rec room, lrg dbl garage, 4 full baths. $829,000. 4453 Houlihan Court. Open House Sat & Sun 1-4. (250)744-7129.

CAMPBELL RIVER: 2 bdrm + den, 2 bath Bare-Land Strata patio home on Golf Course. Gated adult comm. with min. maint. Small pet ok. $345,000. W/C acc. (250)286-1719

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

CHECK CLASSIFIEDS! 250.388.3535 or bcclassifi ed.com✔

REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE BY OWNER

QUALICUM BEACH Ocean view 1600sqft built 2010. 2bdrm 3 bath 3 levels walk totown beach. 20x12 shop car-port, RV parking low mainthigh effi cient home $485,000.Call 250-228-4623.

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

AFFORDABLE AND quiet.55+ community in Ladysmith.Home of the famous Festivalof Lights!!!! Carefree manufac-tured homes on easy care lotsfor as low as $119,700. Lowmonthly lot fee. On transit.Close to parks, communitycentre, pool and amazingtrails. Only 50 minutes fromVictoria and less than 20 min-utes to Nanaimo. New HomeWarranty. Contact Duck Pater-son @ 250-246-0637 or email:[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/ CPA

Bookkeeping, Payroll, HST.

Set up & Training. E-FileTAX

250-477-4601

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.www.jeremiahscarpentry.com

CLEANING SERVICES

AFFORDABLE! SUPPLIES & vacuum incld’d. All lower Is-land areas. 250-385-5869.

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.

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


GARDENING

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

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

PND SOIL & GRAVEL MART. Garden manure/compost. Self pick-up, we load. $25/ yard. 1119 Finney Rd 250-478-3322

SHADY TREEMaintenance, Clean-UpsPruning, Landscaping Pwr Washing, Irrigation

30 Years Experience Best prices Guaranteed

[email protected]

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.

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

HANDYMAN- Light Mainte-nance & Repair. Call for esti-mate. (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.

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

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

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

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


HOME IMPROVEMENTS

JACK NASH, serving Victoria over 30 yrs. I do it all! Free es-timates WCB. 250-881-3886.

LANDSCAPING

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

ANDREW’S GARDENING and Landscaping. Clearing, weeding, pruning, rock work, carpentry, lawns. 20 yrs exp. Ins. Call 778-967-1246

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

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


PAINTING

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

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

STACYANN SCHIFFNER Painting & Colour Design. WCB + Ins. Professional Guar-antee. Free est.250-213-1054.

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.

LICENSED. QUALITY work guaranteed, great rates, WCB. Free est’s. Seniors discount on labour. Norm (250)413-7021.

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.

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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 or250-886-2574.

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.

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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RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

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

FRASER TOLMIEAPARTMENTS

1701 Cedar Hill X Road (at Shelbourne St)

Deluxe 1 & 2 bdrm suitesBeautiful grounds with resort

style amenitiesINQUIRE TODAY: 250.477.6323 or

[email protected]

www.frasertolmie.caProudly Managed By

Bentall Kennedy Residential Services

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

JAMES BAY- spacious 1 bdrm, $815+ utils. N/S, no dogs. Available now. (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.

UNDER NEWMANAGEMENT

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

5 min drive to DT Victoria Full time on site manager

Move in today250-588-9799

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

ESQUIMALT- 2bdrm, 1 level, in suite W/D, 4 appls, oak fl rs, deck, near ocean schools, bus. $985. 250-216-2991.

HOMES FOR RENT

SIDNEY: 2 bdrm rancher, completely remodeled, close to town. NS/NP. Avail now. $1200.+ utils. 604-836-5407.

SOOKE. 3BDRM + den, 3 bath, newer half duplex. Fully fenced big yard, deck, garage, gas fi replace. Bright kitchen with DW, F/S. W/D in sep. laundry. Nice views, forest, trails across road. $1550 incls weekly garbage pickup and water. Avail April 1 or 15. 250-508-4064. [email protected]

RENTALS

HOMES FOR RENT

VIC WEST- Avail now or April 1st. Bright, sunny, 3 bdrm, near ocean, sunroom, newly reno’d bath, W/D. 5 appls., NS/NP. Refs req’d 1 yr lease. $1650+ utils. 250-383-8800.

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.

www.resortonthelake.com250-754-1975 or

[email protected]

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

VICTORIA HOUSING. $475- $575. neg. Students, disability, working. 778-977-8288.

SUITES, LOWER

GLANFORD- 1 bdrm, lrg living rm+ kitchen. W/D. $825 inclds utils. N/P. (778)350-2446.

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

and paint. Shared laundry. Secure, covered parking. FREE hydro, cable & wifi .

N/S, No Partiers. $750/mo. 250-756-9746

QUADRA/ MacKENZIE: 2 bdrm, 2 bath bsmnt. $950. + utils. small storage, street prkg Avail now. 250-516-5556.

SAANICHTON- 1 bdrm bsmt suite. Avail now. NS/NP. $850 inclds utils. (250)652-1730.

SUITES, UPPER

ROCKLAND- lrg 2 bdrm, 2 bath, lving/dining/eating area in kitchen, new carpets, deck,etc.$1355.(250)216-2991

TOWNHOUSES

LAVENDER CO-OP is accept-ing applications for a quiet, bright 2 bdrm townhouse, W/D hookup, inside/outside stor-age, backyard. $912/mo. Share purchase $2500. Gross income $42,000 +. Applica-tions available in the glass case outside the Community Hall at 10A-620 Judah St.

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A 50-year-old Victoria resident is the latest vic-tim of the “nephew” scam, after someone imper-sonating a relative in trouble successfully bilked the victim out of $2,000 last week.

This time, the scam was initiated by a man who claimed to be the victim’s nephew, followed by a call from another man pretending to be a lawyer.

The callers claimed the victim’s nephew had been arrested for drinking and driving in Ontario, and that they needed bail money.

After the victim wired the money, the real nephew was contacted which revealed the fraud.

“To help minimize your chances of falling vic-tim to one of these elaborate scams, do your research,” said Det. Dawndra Tolsma of VicPD’s financial crimes section. “Check with other family members, ask questions that only the real family member would know … or call local police depart-ments. The best person to lookout for you is you.”

VicPD is reminding residents to educate them-selves during Fraud Prevention Month in March. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre is Canada’s lead-ing online resource for scams.

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‘Nephew’ scam snares another victim

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Shirley Willis travels along Dallas Road on her scooter. Willis, who has had the scooter for about a month uses it for short trips instead of walking, and finds the pirate flag a good way of being noticed by cars and pedestrians – even bringing smiles from passerbys.

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House sales pick up heading into spring

Home sales in Greater Victoria are follow-ing their annual trend with a slight improve-ment over last year as the busy spring and summer sales season approaches.

February sales were up 4.6 per cent from one year ago with 412 sales, while the benchmark price for a Capital Region home dropped about $7,000 from February 2013

to $483,400.The sale of David Foster’s $5-million condo

at Shoal Point in Victoria was the most lucra-tive sale of the month, while eight waterfront dwellings traded hands.

The benchmark home price was $534,000 in Victoria, $396,900 in Vic West and $412,900 in Esquimalt for February.

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