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Friday, August 5, 2011
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Recording the dayArtist Matt Haider catches attention during the annual Plein Air Paint Out in Sidney by holding up his old 45 record. Haider claims peering through the holes in the record allows him to see the true colours. The record must be a Beatles tune — in this case Yellow Submarine — in order to produce the best vision.
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Verdict delayed in horse trialCase adjourned to September, final decision to come in October Lauren CoulterNews staff
The trial for two men accused of starving and hanging a horse came to an end this week with the decision to adjourn the verdict until Sep-tember.
David Whiffen of Brentwood Bay was charged with hanging his 25-year-old horse Jalupae from an excavator on Sept. 15, 2009. That charge has
been stayed.Whiffen and co-ac-
cused Clayton Cunning-ham also face charges of causing unnecessary pain and suffering to an animal and failing to pro-vide the horse with the necessities of life.
During the four-day trial, neither of the accused took the stand in their defense. However, the court heard from multiple witnesses, including veterinarian Dr. Geoff Gaunt.
Gaunt testified that he had visited Whiffen’s Brentwood Bay property on Sept. 10, 2009, as a result of a SPCA order to check on the horse.
“Its ribs were showing, hip bones were show-ing,” recalled Gaunt. “This was obviously thin to anyone that looked at him.”
Gaunt told the court that upon further investi-gation, he found that Jalupae’s molars had been worn down to the gum line, with sharp edges that could’ve dug into the horse’s cheek, causing pain. He said the horse would not be able to eat with teeth in that condition, most likely contrib-uting to his low weight.
Gaunt recalled telling Whiffen that the only treatment for this would be a strict feed regime, to which Whiffen responded “I don’t want to do that.”
It was then, Gaunt said, that Whiffen suggested putting the horse down. “Sadly, I agreed with him,” said Gaunt.
Christine van ReeuwykNews staff
On a sunny Friday afternoon Jim Tweedhope fiddles with with a broken rail on the back of a Sidney fire truck.
“I like working with my hands, I don’t mind sitting in the office but if my paper-work’s done I’d rather be out here on the floor,” he explained. “I don’t like to
be idle.” It’s something he and now former chief
Dan Holder have in common — an ability to repair the little things that go wrong around the Sidney Fire hall.
After 19 years as chief, Holder is offi-cially retired and Tweedhope is taking the lead at Sidney Fire.
Over 35 years Holder led a number of changes to the department during
his years and is leaving the department stronger and more capable of serving the community.
“It’s been good, he’s certainly open-minded … We’ve become good friends over the years too,” Tweedhope said. “Dan (Holder) really has changed the
PLEASE SEE: Future reflects the past Page A3
PLEASE SEE: ‘No pain’ says witness, Page A5
“Its ribs were showing, hip bones were showing,”- Dr. Geoff Gaunt
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department from what it was to what it is today. Now the focus is making sure the firefighters are well-trained … The most valuable resource is our volunteers and safety is built into every bit of training we do.”
Tweedhope was promoted from his position as deputy chief to replace Holder.
“We will miss his leadership in the fire department and wish him the very best in his retirement,” said Sid-ney Mayor Larry Cross in announc-ing the leadership change, made offi-cial on Aug. 1.
“Jim has prepared himself well for the position of fire chief and I look forward to working with him,” Cross said. “He will bring strong direction to the town’s volunteer fire depart-ment enabling us to continue a high
level of service to our community.”Tweedhope started as a volunteer
with Sidney Fire and got his first job with the fire department in 1997, as fire prevention officer. Over the years other titles followed includ-ing fire captain; local assistant fire commissioner and deputy municipal emergency coordinator. He’s been actively involved in the training of new recruits.
Throughout his career, Tweedhope has proven his outstanding leader-ship, Cross said, has an extensive background and specialized training in all aspects of fire department oper-ations which he will be able to draw on as chief.
“We need to look ahead to the future, there’s got to be lots of plan-ning,” he said. “I would like to see us be the best trained fire department.”
Christine van Reeuwyk/News staff
Fire Chief Jim Tweedhope makes a minor repair on one of the trucks at the Sidney Fire hall. He took over as chief officially on Aug. 1.
Future reflects the past Continued from Page A1
Shelley LipkeNews Staff
A memorial service is planned for this Sunday for the 57-year-old taxi driver killed after a crash outside the Victoria Inter-national Airport last week.
Ramesh Sharma had worked for Yellow Cab for the past 25 years. He died on July 29 after a car drove into him and several colleagues at a picnic table out-side the airport.
“He was a wonderful man,” said Yellow Cab president Kuljit Nagra. “We are going to miss him big time. He had no enemies and everyone thought very highly of him.”
Yellow Cab employees are saddened by the loss of their friend, Nagra said, and have pooled donations to help sup-port his memorial service, set for 11 a.m. at First Memorial on Falaise Drive in Saanich.
The bizarre incident involved a car driven by an 82-year-old woman.
“Around 14 or 15 people were on a break having lunch and playing cards and five or six people sat on one bench,” said Nagra who was moments from sitting at the picnic table him-self. “Suddenly the car went out of control and we had less than two seconds before it hit the table. Only the people standing had time to move. People lay on the ground crying and I called 911,” he said.
Police are still investigating how the white car drove over the curb from the short term parking lot, across the airport entry road, over a raised green area where it struck the group of
cab drivers at a picnic table, hit a taxi, clipped a baggage carrier storage structure, and crossed another stretch of pavement before hitting the security build-ing. The woman driving the car and seven others were taken to hospital. Sharma died in hospi-tal that evening.
Police have not released any more information on the driver of the vehicle.
Seven Yellow Cab employees were injured, Nagra said. Two are still in hospital.
“We don’t know when they will be released. Santokh Sahota has three broken ribs and a broken leg and is waiting for an opera-tion and Baljinder Sandhu can’t move his head properly and has broken collar bones on both
sides,” Nagra said.The crash has deeply affected
many of the staff at Yellow Cab.“Quite a few people are very
sad from what they saw. They can’t sleep and are taking sleep-ing pills. They don’t want to stop at the airport to take calls as they are very upset about this accident.”
The memorial service is open to the public and will be followed by a second service at approxi-mately 1 p.m. at the Sikh Temple at 1210 Topaz Road.
Sharma had two daughters, 17 and 24, and a son, 23.
“I speak to his family every day,” said Nagra. “We are trying to help his family. Everybody is supporting him.”
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Above: The picnic table and taxi struck in the July 29 accident at Victoria airport.
Left: Kuljit Nagra explains what he saw in the crash that killed one of his close friends, and long-time Yellow Cab drivers. Laura Lavin/News staff
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Gaunt offered to deliver the lethal injection then and there, but Whiffen refused, saying he needed time.
The men had arranged for Gaunt to come back the follow-ing Monday, Sept. 14, but on the day, Gaunt was told by Cun-ningham that Jalupae had been moved, and that they were going to try the feed regime. No fur-ther appointment was made.
Prosecutor Catherine Murray then questioned Gaunt on the possibility of hanging being a quick and painless death for a horse.
“Horses’ necks do not snap,” pointed out Gaunt.
He said death would likely be caused by asphyxiation by strangulation, and it couldn’t have happened in less than 60 seconds.
He also added that the final moments leading up to his death would be very stressful for the horse, as the horse would try to fight against the noise of the excavator and the raising of the rope.
The same day that Gaunt took the stand, the court heard from the defense’s first witness of the trial, Stephen Oulette.
Oulette, 51, is a friend of Whiff-en’s who was present at the time of the hanging.
As well, Whiffen had taken in a horse of Oulette’s and, as Oulette testified, he was confident in the care the horses were receiving at the farm.
“He loves animals, [he] wanted them to be happy,” said Oulette of Whiffen.
Oulette testified that he went to the farm on Sept. 15 after Whiffen called him in distress over what he said was an SPCA order to have Jalupae eutha-nized by 9 a.m.
Whiffen was very frustrated, but thought that hanging would be quick.
Leading up to what Oulette called “the finale,” he tried to calm the horse, telling Jalupae that his time had come.
“I accepted it as closure that what we were doing was right,” he said.
Cunningham had tied a rope around Jalupae’s neck, then attached that rope to an exca-vator. However, Oulette remem-bered, Cunningham walked away, saying he couldn’t do this to the horse he loved.
Whiffen had gotten into the cab of the excavator, but was hesitant at first.
“I told him ‘it has to be done, David’,” said Oulette.
Whiffen then raised the bucket quickly, which raised the horse by the neck.
“There was no kicking, no fighting, it just went slack,” said Oulette. “It does sounds barbaric but really it was effective.”
“The key questions is is there pain,” asked defense lawyer Bill Heflin. “Did you observe that horse in pain?”
“Not at all,” replied Oulette.The case will be adjourned
until September to give the defense time to close their final submissions, with the final deci-sion made by Judge Sue Wishart in October.
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‘No pain’ says witness“There was no kicking,
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Cancer clobbers both Oprah and Obama in a Google fight.
It’s more powerful than Kevin Bacon.
It can take up to six degrees to connect to Bacon; most people can link to cancer in one fell swoop.
The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon is a 1990s trivia-type game where any actor can be linked through film roles to fel-low actor Bacon within six steps.
If cancer had an equa-tion like the game about the Footloose star, I would need only a single step. So would most people I know.
There’s a one in three chance of developing cancer on this planet; dicey odds and it’s not a surprise that most people are linked by a loved one and, at the most, by a friend of a friend.
In the game of cancer research I’m also a one — separated by only one degree in a pair of cancer research fundraisers. When Tour de Rock rolls into Sidney on Oct. 6, fellow Black Press employee Chris Bush, a photographer for the Nanaimo News Bulletin, will be among the spandex-wearing riders.
Technically, I think my second con-nection is twice as strong, or is that
half? I’m not sure since it involves my twin cousins.
At family gatherings it takes a few minutes to decipher which twin is Marika, which is Simone. Noting their outfits helps; at 21 each twin is def-initely an individual, they don’t even attend the same post-secondary institution, but recently they spent a weekend cycling together. Marika and Simone, a pair of former competitive swim-mers who haven’t hopped on a bike since childhood, cycled from Vancouver to Seattle in The Ride to Con-quer Cancer, in memory of their mother. The twins are
part of an inspiring tale of hope amid the devastation of cancer.
They were just four years old when their mom, my Aunty Diana, lost her two-year battle with liver cancer in September 1994.
They have only fleeting memories of her; a trip to visit relatives in Sin-gapore and her glowing smile. But she planned ahead for her children, leaving behind VHS tapes and photo albums, plus her memory in oth-ers who knew her. But their cancer connection doesn’t end there, years later, another family close to theirs lost their father to a brain tumour.
The similarities brought the two families close.
Their parents formed a bond, mar-ried and added a ninth sibling to the family.
It says something that two 20-something university students were willing to dedicate all that time in training, and the oh-so-valuable June weekend, to cycling for cancer research.
The sad truth is that the youth of today know the illness better than my generation ever did.
I didn’t deal with cancer until I lost my uncle and then my grandfather when I was 15.
At just eight-years-old, Kynan Smith will be among those need-ing toques this fall after shaving his head as the Tour de Rock wraps in Centennial Square in Downtown Vic-toria.
The KELSET elementary student just wanted to help other kids and the odds are he won’t be alone; he may not even be the youngest.
The funds raised by Cops for Can-cer Tour de Rock go to pediatric can-cer research and programs for chil-dren with a history of cancer.
The Ride to Conquer Cancer bene-fits the B.C. Cancer Foundation with the goal to “accelerate the conquest of cancer.”
In other words they’d like “cure” to beat “cancer” in a Google fight.
Christin van Reeuwyk is a reporter with the Peninsula News Review
Cancer clobbers Oprah
Good time to be better neighbours
In the rather unremarkable wake of what had been made out to be a rather remarkable crisis, many Canadians are feeling awfully smug about how good we look compared to life across the border. Our dollar is strong, our government is solvent and our politics, for the moment, don’t seem as divisive or imprudent. But we’re fooling ourselves if we waste this time boasting. After all, we know firsthand what it’s like to suffer the same indignities currently facing the U.S.
Which is why now is the time to stop grinning and start acting like better neighbours.
Like most cities in this country, Greater Victoria has deep connections to the U.S.
From early immigration to the border politics that define our geography to our reliance on American tourists, we have always had a close relationship with the U.S. people as well as their government.
Four decades ago, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau uttered his famous line comparing Canada-U.S. relations to a mouse sleeping next to an elephant. Since then, we’ve been jostled by many little twitches and grunts, while constantly reminded how dependant we are on our super power next door. That might explain why a dislike of America has become so palpable among our population.
Yet Canadians have also experienced tremendous growth in our self-confidence as a nation. We’re no longer worried about looking small or incompetent in the eyes of our massive neighbour. In fact, we’re empowered by our success at overcoming significant obstacles.
For example, history will be good to Paul Martin, a forgettable Prime Minister who deserves much more recognition for his work as Finance Minister. Martin helped tame Canada’s growing debt and made our current economic strength possible. That strength helped heal cultural divisions, at least for the time being, that once dominated federal politics.
Americans might not bother to learn the lessons from Canada’s recent history but they will no doubt recover from their self-made crisis.
We have little to gain from being smug now and much to win from reminding our neighbours they have an old friend in their corner.
Christinevan Reeuwyk
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With the famine in Somalia a new threat to millions of lives, it might seem an unlikely time to call for increased spending on HIV/TB co-infection.
But the disaster in the Horn of Africa has been years in the making, in no small part due to global neglect. It’s the old thumbs twiddling while Rome burns. Much could have been done, but wasn’t, and now the world is responding after the fact, when countless lives have already been lost and aid much more difficult to provide.
As in Somalia, there is another long-term disaster stalking Africa that is the result of neglect. But unlike Somalia, it is absurdly simple to solve.
It is estimated that of the millions of individuals being treated for HIV infection (at a cost of hundreds of dollars a year per person), less than five per cent have been screened for TB, which is the primary killer of those living with HIV.
This despite the fact that screening is very simple – eight questions are asked, and if the results are positive the patient is given a medical test. Treatment is less than $20 per year.
It is estimated that two million HIV survivors will die from
preventable TB in the next three years.
Somalia is an example of what happens when the world looks the other way, and given the violent politics of the region, easy or quick solutions to the crisis are not available.
Recently the federal government committed $50 million in assistance and promised to match dollar-for-dollar any donations made by Canadians. This is laudable, but at the same time, Canadian funding for HIV has decreased, and spending on TB has been stagnating for years.
We have a choice: we can bury the bodies after the fact, wasting millions of dollars in the process, or we can be proactive and easily save lives.
TB might be less dramatic than dust storms and packed refugee camps, but the results are the same.
Nathaniel PooleVictoria
Is Pamela Martin’s job of any value to taxpayers?
Re: Pamela Martin’s new job irks reader (Letters, July 22)
R. Boothman is right to be irked, if not incensed.
Pamela Martin has now been on
the job as the premier’s director of outreach for about a month.
At her salary of $130,000 per year, this means taxpayers have already given her more than $10,800 ($70 per hour). Can the premier, with her new open government policy, please tell us what value we got for that money?
Roel HurkensVictoria
Parking cops keep ‘outlaws’ under control
I want to thank those responsible for parking enforcement policy in Victoria for keeping our sidewalks clear from overcrowding by shoppers.
When recently driving down Johnson Street, I counted three parking officers within two blocks. You just don’t find that kind of service these days.
Several store owners I spoke to cited hyper-vigilant parking enforcement as their biggest impediment to profitability, scaring away customers. Shame on them.
Potential parking crimes are deserving of the high level of resources allocated to combat them.
Take my own example. In a
two-hour parking zone I was over the limit by almost five minutes when quick action ticketed my wrongdoing.
Mine was the only car parked on the entire length of the block at the time, however if someone had needed to park, say, a line of circus wagons, I would have hindered their lawful efforts.
I carry my shame with head hung low.
The terrible menace of parking outlaws and economic vibrancy is being successfully kept in check in our fair (fare) city.
Ron StefikVictoria
B.C. Transit creates recipe to kill ridership
I am delighted to hear of the increased ridership for B.C. Transit.
I wonder if the increase in ridership in Victoria had to do with the two-way transfer which would allow for a return ride and a shopping trip.
Unfortunately, this excellent addition has now been cancelled.
Perhaps we’ll see a decrease from now on?
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Cancer clobbers both Oprah and Obama in a Google fight.
It’s more powerful than Kevin Bacon.
It can take up to six degrees to connect to Bacon; most people can link to cancer in one fell swoop.
The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon is a 1990s trivia-type game where any actor can be linked through film roles to fel-low actor Bacon within six steps.
If cancer had an equa-tion like the game about the Footloose star, I would need only a single step. So would most people I know.
There’s a one in three chance of developing cancer on this planet; dicey odds and it’s not a surprise that most people are linked by a loved one and, at the most, by a friend of a friend.
In the game of cancer research I’m also a one — separated by only one degree in a pair of cancer research fundraisers. When Tour de Rock rolls into Sidney on Oct. 6, fellow Black Press employee Chris Bush, a photographer for the Nanaimo News Bulletin, will be among the spandex-wearing riders.
Technically, I think my second con-nection is twice as strong, or is that
half? I’m not sure since it involves my twin cousins.
At family gatherings it takes a few minutes to decipher which twin is Marika, which is Simone. Noting their outfits helps; at 21 each twin is def-initely an individual, they don’t even attend the same post-secondary institution, but recently they spent a weekend cycling together. Marika and Simone, a pair of former competitive swim-mers who haven’t hopped on a bike since childhood, cycled from Vancouver to Seattle in The Ride to Con-quer Cancer, in memory of their mother. The twins are
part of an inspiring tale of hope amid the devastation of cancer.
They were just four years old when their mom, my Aunty Diana, lost her two-year battle with liver cancer in September 1994.
They have only fleeting memories of her; a trip to visit relatives in Sin-gapore and her glowing smile. But she planned ahead for her children, leaving behind VHS tapes and photo albums, plus her memory in oth-ers who knew her. But their cancer connection doesn’t end there, years later, another family close to theirs lost their father to a brain tumour.
The similarities brought the two families close.
Their parents formed a bond, mar-ried and added a ninth sibling to the family.
It says something that two 20-something university students were willing to dedicate all that time in training, and the oh-so-valuable June weekend, to cycling for cancer research.
The sad truth is that the youth of today know the illness better than my generation ever did.
I didn’t deal with cancer until I lost my uncle and then my grandfather when I was 15.
At just eight-years-old, Kynan Smith will be among those need-ing toques this fall after shaving his head as the Tour de Rock wraps in Centennial Square in Downtown Vic-toria.
The KELSET elementary student just wanted to help other kids and the odds are he won’t be alone; he may not even be the youngest.
The funds raised by Cops for Can-cer Tour de Rock go to pediatric can-cer research and programs for chil-dren with a history of cancer.
The Ride to Conquer Cancer bene-fits the B.C. Cancer Foundation with the goal to “accelerate the conquest of cancer.”
In other words they’d like “cure” to beat “cancer” in a Google fight.
Christin van Reeuwyk is a reporter with the Peninsula News Review
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Good time to be better neighbours
In the rather unremarkable wake of what had been made out to be a rather remarkable crisis, many Canadians are feeling awfully smug about how good we look compared to life across the border. Our dollar is strong, our government is solvent and our politics, for the moment, don’t seem as divisive or imprudent. But we’re fooling ourselves if we waste this time boasting. After all, we know firsthand what it’s like to suffer the same indignities currently facing the U.S.
Which is why now is the time to stop grinning and start acting like better neighbours.
Like most cities in this country, Greater Victoria has deep connections to the U.S.
From early immigration to the border politics that define our geography to our reliance on American tourists, we have always had a close relationship with the U.S. people as well as their government.
Four decades ago, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau uttered his famous line comparing Canada-U.S. relations to a mouse sleeping next to an elephant. Since then, we’ve been jostled by many little twitches and grunts, while constantly reminded how dependant we are on our super power next door. That might explain why a dislike of America has become so palpable among our population.
Yet Canadians have also experienced tremendous growth in our self-confidence as a nation. We’re no longer worried about looking small or incompetent in the eyes of our massive neighbour. In fact, we’re empowered by our success at overcoming significant obstacles.
For example, history will be good to Paul Martin, a forgettable Prime Minister who deserves much more recognition for his work as Finance Minister. Martin helped tame Canada’s growing debt and made our current economic strength possible. That strength helped heal cultural divisions, at least for the time being, that once dominated federal politics.
Americans might not bother to learn the lessons from Canada’s recent history but they will no doubt recover from their self-made crisis.
We have little to gain from being smug now and much to win from reminding our neighbours they have an old friend in their corner.
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FRIENDLY FRANK
2 RATTAN Baskets- $5 & $8.New tapestry wool, over 100skeins. $30. (250)652-3136.
BIRKENSTOCK GARDEN clogs, mens, black, size 10,Euro 43. $99. (250)361-9443.
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Oliver SommerDirector, Advertising Sales, Black Press818 Broughton Street, Victoria BC V8W 1E4e-mail: [email protected]: 250-386-2624 Phone: 250-381-3633 ext. 236
Advertising ConsultantCorporate AccountsPublished twice weekly in print and online with a full complement of specialty supplements and features, our focus on local communities has produced positive relationships with both readers and advertisers.
Black Press Greater Victoria is seeking an experienced, driven individual with a proven record of performance in corporate sales. You will represent all Black Press media properties in Greater Victoria including our six community newspapers, the Victoria News Daily, Monday Magazine, Real Estate Victoria and the corresponding websites.
Your responsibilities include managing and growing the account list, developing contacts at multiple levels within each customers organization, creating compelling presentations and proposals, trouble shooting when issues arise and prospecting to support national account sales efforts.
You are creative, strategic, organized and strive in a competitive market. Ideally your experience includes media and/or retail management. You bring exceptional organization and time management skills. Sales experience in publishing/advertising/fl yer distribution would be a strong asset.
You are creative, organized and thrive in a competitive market.Black Press is Canada's largest independent newspaper group with over 150 community, daily and urban papers located in BC, Alberta, Washington State, Hawaii and Ohio.
You can expect a supportive work environment, competitive compensation package including full benefi ts and unlimited opportunity to grow your career. A valid drivers license and a vehicle in good working condition is required for this position.
Reply in confi dence with resume by Wednesday, August 10, 2011 to;
www.blackpress.ca
Black Press Greater Victoria Newspapers, including Victoria News, Saanich News, Oak Bay News and Goldstream News Gazette, requires a Permanent Full Time Administrative and Marketing Assistant.
A creative and organized individual, you will coordinate various marketing activities while playing an important role in the administration of our sales and creative team. From coordinating events to managing projects through our talented creative department, your focus on the importance of timelines is complemented by general administration expertise. Our ideal candidate enjoys the creative and administrative function of marketing and is always willing to pitch in to get the job done. Together with general marketing duties, you will also provide administrative support to the management team. You are organized, upbeat and thrive in a fast pace envi-ronment. You have a passion for the advertising business and work well in busy sales and creative environment. You have experience with Microsoft Offi ce including Word and Excel. Most of all, you have a high level of energy and bring a positive attitude to your job every day.
Black Press is Canada's largest independent newspaper group with over 150 community, daily and urban papers located in BC, Alberta, Washington State, Hawaii and Ohio.
Resumés with cover letter should be forwarded by August 19, 2011 to: Oliver Sommer, Advertising Director818 Broughton St. Victoria BC V8W 1E4e-mail: [email protected]: (250) 386-2624Thank you for your interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Administrative andMarketing AssistantGreater Victoria Newspapers
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
FRIENDLY FRANK
EXECUTIVE style offi ce chair $20. Adjustable king/ queen bed frame $15. 250-590-0030.
FLATWARE 54 pieces, silver plated $35. Coffee table, $25. Call 250-881-8133.
MOVING - 2 cardboard ward-robes with metal rods, $18. Call Mike (250)220-9048.
FUEL/FIREWOOD
ARBUTUS, CYPRESS, fi r, hardwoods. Seasoned. Call 250-661-7391.
SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest fi re-wood producer offers fi rewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords, fast delivery. Help restore your for-est, Burndrywood.com or 1-877-902-WOOD.
FURNITURE
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HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?
MISCELLANEOUS WANTED
ANTIQUES, BOOKS, col-lectibles, furniture, china, jew-ellery. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700
BOOKS BOOKS & antique paper collectibles. Qualifi ed appraisers. House calls for large libraries. Haunted Book-shop (Est. 1947)250-656-8805
HELP WANTED
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
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REAL ESTATE
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FOR SALE BY OWNER HOUSE IN COAL
HARBOUR. SEMI-WATER FRONT, GREAT VIEW. 3
BDR. 2 1/2 BATH, LARGE SUNDECK. APRX. 1800 SQUARE FEET. 2 WOOD STOVES, ELEC. HEAT, 2
GARAGES TALL ENOUGH FOR MOTOR HOME, PAVED DRIVEWAY.
PHONE 250-949-9515. $265,000 O.BO.
HOUSES FOR SALE
GREATER VICTORIA area character 3 bdrm updated home, lrg fl at yrd, bsmt suite, on dead end tree lined street. Could be excellent income property. Multi-family zoned. $675,000. 1-604-505-4957. No realtors please.
SIDNEY: 2 bdrm Rancher, completely remodeled, nice yard & patio, close to town, $430,000. Call (604)836-5407.
HELP WANTED
REAL ESTATE
HOUSES FOR SALE
THIS HOME HAS IT ALL! This 16 year old custom built 3600 sqft, 3 storey home fea-tures 4 bdrms, 4 baths, fabu-lous kitchen, roomy living room, natural gas fi replace, master bdrm with 4 pce en-suite. Great rec room (31x14) in fi nished basement. Com-pletely fi nished 40x57 deluxe shop with separate bath. Prop-erty is 2.26 gorgeous, well kept acres.
Visit www.albernihomes4u.ca for more information on this
“one of a kind” property.Asking $649,000
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LOTS
VICTORIA CITY level lot, 50’x120’, multi-family zoned on nice tree lined dead end street. $550,000. 1-604-505-4957. No Realtors please.
HELP WANTED
REAL ESTATE SERVICES
SAVE ON COMMISSIONSell your home for $6900
or 1% plus $900 feesFULL MLS SERVICE!
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HELP WANTED
REAL ESTATE
MOBILE HOMES & PARKS
Canadian CSA Modular, Manufactured, and Park Model Homes @ US factory direct wholesale prices. Starting @ 39,824 better features + more options = best value. The Home Boys 877-976-3737 or 509-481-9830 www.hbmodular.com We will beat anyone’s price. Guaranteed!
MORTGAGES
Mortgage Help! Beat bank rates for purchases and refi -nances, immediate debt con-solidation, foreclosure relief, and equity loans. Free, fast, friendly, private consultations.
Call 1888-685-6181www.mountaincitymortgage.ca
PRIVATE MORTGAGE Lend-er. Funding smaller 2nd, 3rd, & also short term mortgages. No fees! Please call George 604-736-6914 (Anytime) or grpacifi [email protected]. Courtesy to agents.
RECREATIONAL PROPERTY
RARE OPPORTUNITY: wa-terfront property on beautiful Jim Lake, 0.83-acre with 360 sq ft insulated cabin, located near Green Lake/Watch Lake. Rare privacy, only three lots on the lake, good fi shing for rainbows to 10 lbs, nice swim-ming, surrounded by crown land. Great trails for hiking, ATV and snowmobile. Sea-sonal 10-km back road access in 4x4 or pick-up. FSBO. $230,000. 250-395-0599. (Please see bchomesfor-sale.com/70mile/frank.)
RENTALS
ACREAGE
82.8 ACRES, 300’ lakefront, S Cariboo. Beautiful, pastoral, private, rural setting. Borders crown land. Adjacent 80+ acre parcel available.
www.bchomesforsale.com/view/lonebutte/ann/
APARTMENT/CONDO
BEAR MTN. 2 bdrm condo, 2 bath, large deck, Sept. 1, $1300 incl utils, 250-213-5204
HELP WANTED
RENTALS
APARTMENT/CONDO
FERNWOOD AREA Apt, large 2 bdrm, $900 mo. Avail now. Call 250-370-2226 for viewing.
MALAHAT 1 & 2 Bdrms- Panoramic views. Serene & secure. All amenities on-site, fi rewood. $700-$1200 inclu-sive. Monthly/Weekly. Pets ok with refs. 25 min commute to downtown Victoria. Must have references. 250-478-9231.
THETIS LAKE ESTATES large 1 bdrm or can be 2 bdrm suite, all utils+ cable/high speed internet, laundry, gar-bage, private parking, close to all amenities, quiet rural set-ting. Refs, small pet ok. $1100./$1300. 250-220-4718, 250-516-7622, 250-812-4894.
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RENTALS
APARTMENT/CONDO
HOMES FOR RENT
BRENTWOOD: 3 bdrm, 2 bath, large yard, $1650 + util’s,avail. Aug. 1st. (250)[email protected]
NORTH SAANICH. 1700 sq.ft. lower suite. 2-bdrm, 1-bath.One acre fenced lot. Privateentrance, separate laundry, allappliances. New reno. $1495plus utilities. 250-812-4447.
NORTH SAANICH. Beautiful 2100 sq. ft. main fl oor of homeon fenced 1 acre lot. New car-pet, hardwood fl oors. 3-bdrm,2 baths. New reno. $1995 plusutilities. 250-812-4447.
SOUTH SHAWNIGAN Lake-new 2 bdrm waterfront home,private wharf. $1500. Minimum1 year lease. (250)883-0475.
SUITES, LOWER
1-BDRM, SIDNEY. Quiet, NS/NP. Close to beaches &amenities.$675. 250-655-1863
CORDOVA BAY: 2 bdrm, W/D, hydro incld’d, avail. Aug.15th. $910/mo. (250)658-4760
C. SAANICH, 2 bdrm, shared lndry, quiet area, N/S,N/P,$1100, (immed) 250-858-4645
HIGH QUADRA self cont 2bdrm grnd lvl, w/d ns/np$1050 utils incl (250)479-4254
LANGFORD: 2 bdrm, W/D,F/P, NS/NP. $1000 incld’sutil’s. Call (250)220-5907.
MARIGOLD AREA, 1 bdrm,shared lndry, quiet, N/S, N/P,$750, (immed), 250-727-6217.
GARAGE SALES
BRENTWOOD. SAT. Aug. 6, 9am-3pm. Bathroom fi xtures, treadmill, woodworking tools, misc. 1029 Nakini Place
COLWOOD, 3095 Brittany Dr., Sat, Aug 6, 9am-3pm. Furn, books, dishes, clothes & more.
HAWTHORN VILLAGE- (south on Mt. Newton Rd) 7570 Tetayut Rd, Sat & Sun, Aug 6 & 7, 8:30-3:30. Multi-family Sale!HOUSE moving garage sale Sat. Aug 13th 9-4 pm 1429 Honeysuckle Pl. North Saanich
SATURDAY, AUG. 6th. 10am-noon. 9591 Iroquois Way. Ear-ly birds pay double.
SIDNEY, 10011 Fifth St., Sat, Aug 6, 8AM. Tools (Crafts-man, Stanley) shop equip, BBQ, Honda scooter, house-hold items much more.
GARAGE SALES
SIDNEY, 2319 Brethour Ave., Sat & Sun, Aug 6 & 7, 9am-2pm. 3 Family Garage Sale!
Garage SalesGarage Sales
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RENTALS
SUITES, LOWER
SIDNEY- 2 bdrm bsmt suite, 1 bath, priv ent, $1150 utils incl, Sep. 1. NS/NP. 250-665-6987.
SIDNEY 2BDRM. Quiet, NS/ NP, $875. Reduced rent for quiet, single. 250-655-1863.
SUITES, UPPER
BEAUTIFUL LEGAL Indepen-dant 1-bdrm, Central Saanich. 5 appl’s, full cable TV & inter-net. N/S, pets OK. Avail. Sept. $1100. (250)652-6343.
SIDNEY: 9595 Canora Rd., 3 Bdrm, 2 Bath main fl oor suite. F/S, D/W, W/D. Close to shop-ping on Beacon Ave. & bus routes into Victoria $1695 mo.Call Shelley at Complete Residential, 250-370-7093.
WANTED TO RENT
HOST FAMILIIES needed for Inter-national High School students at-tending Parkland Secondary. Must reside in school catchment area. Remuneration $800/mth. Contact Michelle at 250.385.0583 or [email protected]
TRANSPORTATION
AUTO FINANCING
BEATERS UNDER $1000
CARS
$50-$1000 CASHFor scrap
vehicleFREE
Tow away
858-5865
TRANSPORTATION
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CASH PAIDFOR ALL VEHICLES in
all conditions in all locations
250-885-1427Call us fi rst & last, we pay the highest fair price for all
dead & dying vehicles.Don’t get pimped, junked or
otherwise chumped!
TRANSPORTATION
CARS
2002 HONDA Civic EX. 4-door, 5-speed, sport pack-age, silver with grey interior. One owner, all service records avail. Power windows/locks, air. 111,000 km. $8500. 250-884-2295.
SPORTS & IMPORTS
1995 BUICK RIVIERA- fully loaded, regularly serviced, 28,000 km. Lots of recent work done. $2500 obo or trade. Es-quimalt, 250-361-0052.
OKANAGAN’S Largest Used Car Super Store. Always open online at: www.bcmotorproducts.com 250-545-2206
RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE
1990, 34’ Bounder Class A, 85,000km, rear queen bed, with separate exit & full bath, F/S + more. New awning, $6,000, as is. (250)203-2018, before 8pm.
‘95 LUXURIOUS Camper van (19’ Leisure Travel), exc cond, $19,000 obo, 778-433-4974.
TRANSPORTATION
RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE
2004 30.5’ 5TH WHEEL Prowler Regal. Living room & bed slide. Fully loaded- new carpets, furniture etc. $26,000 obo or trade. Esquimalt, 250-361-0052.
VTRUCKS & ANS
$0-$1000 CASH For Junk Cars/Trucks Will tow away any car or truck in 45 mins. FREE!
TowPimp.com 250-588-7172
toll free 1-888-588-7172
MARINE
BOATS
$$$ BOATS Wanted. Any size. Cash buyer. Also trailers and outboards. 250-544-2628.
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING
ACCOUNTINGVida Samimi
Certifi ed General Accountant
Bookkeeping, Audit,Payroll, HST. Set up &
Training. E-FileTAX
250-477-4601
PENNIE’$ BOOKKEEPING Services for small business. Simply/Quickbooks. No time to get that paperwork done? We do data-entry, GST, payroll, year-end prep, and training. 250-661-1237
CARPENTRY
ABSOLUTELY THE BEST! New, reno’s, historical, decks, driveways, etc. WCB/Member of BBB. John, 250-658-2656.
INSTCARPET ALLATION
MALTA FLOORING Installa-tion. Carpets, laminates, hard-wood, lino. BBB 250-388-0278
CLEANING SERVICES
MALTA HOUSECLEANING. BBB. Best rates. Residen-tial/Comm. 250-388-0278
COMPUTER SERVICES
A HOME COMPUTER Coach. Senior friendly. Computer les-sons, maintenance and prob-lem solving. Des, 250-656-9363, 250-727-5519.
COMPUDOC MOBILE Com-puter Services. Repairs, tune-ups, tutoring, web sites and more. Call 250-886-8053.
CONTRACTORS
ABSOLUTELY THE BEST! New, reno’s, historical, decks, driveways, etc. WCB/Member of BBB. John, 250-658-2656.
CARPENTRY, DRYWALL, kitch/bath, wood fl oor, tiles, plumbing, renos 250-213-6877
REDSEAL JOURNEYMAN Carpenter. Simple hourly rate. (250)886-1596.
DRYWALL
MUD on the RUN. Small drywall repairs, textures and renovations. (250)812-4879.
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ELECTRICAL
AT&T ELECTRIC. Renova-tions. Residential & Commer-cial. Knob & tube replacement. #26125. (250)744-4550.
KENDRA’S ELECTRICAL Co. #86952. No Job too Small. Kendra, 250-415-7991.
WATTS ON ELECTRIC, Resi-dential, Commercial, Renova-tions. #100213. 250-418-1611.
FENCING
AAA. NO job too small. Fenc-es, decks, installation & repair. Glowing References. Insured. Affordable. 15+yrs. experience Call Les at (250)880-2002.
ALL TYPES of fencing, re-pairs. Reliable, on-time. Free estimates. Call 250-888-8637.
MALTA FENCING & DECKS. BBB member. Best rates. (250)388-0278.
FURNITURE REFINISHING
FURNITURE REFINISHING. Specializing in small items, end-tables, coffee tables, chairs. Free pick-up & deliv-ery. References available. 250-475-1462.
U-NEEK SEATS. Hand cane, Danish weave, sea grass. UK Trained. Fran, 250-382-8602.
GARDENING
10% OFF! Yard Cleanups, Mowing, Pruning, Hedge & Shrub Trim. 250-479-6495.
21YRS EXP Garden clean-ups weeding, etc. All areas of city. $25/hr. No tax. 250-656-7045.
250-208-8535 WOODCHUCK: specializing in Lawn (Sod & Seed), Landscaping, Tree & Stump, Hedges, Blackberry, Ivy removal, Yard Cleanup, 23 yrs exp. WCB.
250-216-9476From the Ground Up
• Lawn & Garden• Seasonal & year round
maintenance• Accepting New clients• Specializing in Low maintenance Landscapes
AURICLE LAWNS- Hedge, beds, irrigation, commer, stra-ta. 25 yrs. Insured. 882-3129.
BIG JOBS or small, we do it all. Weekly or monthly visits. Commercial & Residential. Call (250)885-8513.
JAKE’S RAKE & CO. Lawn care, hedging & tree pruning. (250)217-3589.
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
GARDENING
J.ENG LANDSCAPING Co. Custom landscaping design. Rock gardens, water features, pavers. Jan, 250-881-5680.
MAINTENANCE, RENO’S, creative design installation. Ponds to patios, res. and comm. Call (250)474-4373glenwoodgardenworks.com
NO JOB too BIG or SMALL. SENIOR’S SPECIAL! Prompt, reliable service. Phone Mike (ANYTIME) at 250-216-7502.
PROFESSIONAL LAWN gar-den maint, Spring clean-up. Hammer & Spade accepting new clients. 250-474-4165.
GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS
DIAMOND DAVE Gutter cleaning, gutter guard, power washing, roof de-mossing. Call 250-889-5794.
GUTTER CLEANING, repairs, de-mossing. Windows, power washing. 250-478-6323.
GUTTER CLEANING. Re-pairs, Maintenance, Gutter-guard, Leaf traps. Grand Xteri-or Cleaning Services. WCB Insured. Call 250-380-7778.
PERIMETER EXTERIORS. Gutter cleaning, repairs, up-grades, roof demossing. WCB, Free est. 250-881-2440.
HANDYPERSONS
Aroundthehouse.caALL, Repairs & Renovations
Ben 250-884-6603
ACTIVE HANDYMAN Reno’s, drywall, decks, fencing, pwr-wash, gutters, triming, yrd work, etc. Sen disc. 595-3327.
AL’S AVAILABLE to update your home. Kitchens, baths, basements, etc. Licensed & Insured. Al 250-415-1397.
ASK ROB. Carpentry, decks, landscaping, bobcat work, ma-sonry and renos. Free Esti-mates. Call 250-744-4548.
HANDYMAN SERVICES. Lawns, fences, pruning, fl oor-ing, painting, drywall, small re-nos. Mike/Chris 250-656-8961
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
HANDYPERSONS
�REPAIRS/RENOS. Painting, plumbing, electrical, etc. Free estimates. Call 250-217-8666.
MALTA HANDYMAN. BBB member. Best rates. (250)388-0278.
SENIOR HANDYMAN - Household repairs. Will assist do-it yourselfers. Fred, 250-888-5345.
HAULING AND SALVAGE
CLEAN-UP SPECIAL. You load bins, size 12 yard $100 plus dump fee or we do it all. Call 250-361-6164.
FAMILY MAN Hauling. Prompt, Courteous. Call Chris for all your hauling needs. 250-386-1119.
SMART GUYS Hauling. Gar-den waste, junk removal, clean-ups, etc. Reliable, cour-teous service. 250-544-0611 or 250-889-1051.
TRASH TALK Hauling & Junk Recycle. 30 yrs exp. Will clean you out! (250)818-4978.
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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
HAULING AND SALVAGE
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
ABSOLUTELY THE BEST! New, reno’s, historical, decks, driveways, etc. WCB/Member of BBB. John, 250-658-2656.
MALTA HOUSE Renos & Re-pairs. BBB member. Best rates. (250)388-0278.
M&S OXFORD Home/Com-mercial Reno’s & Painting. Patio’s, Decks, Sheds, Hard-wood and Trim. 25 yrs exp. Quality Guar. 250-213-5204.
INSULATION
MALTA BLOWN insulation & batting. Removal. Best rates. BBB member. (250)388-0278.
MALTA DRYWALL & Paint-ing. Residential/Commercial. BBB member. (250)388-0278.
MASONRY & BRICKWORK
C.B.S. MASONRY Brick, Stone, Concrete, Paving, Chimneys, Sidewalks, Patios Repair. Renew. Replace “Quality is our Guarantee” Free Estimate & Competitive Prices. Charlie 294-9942, 589- 9942 Licensed Insured & WCB
THE STUCCOMAN. Chimney repair work. Free estimates, 20 year warr/guarantee. Sen-ior discount. (250)391-9851.
& MOVING STORAGE
2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on lo-cal moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)686-6507.
DIAMOND MOVING. 1 ton 2 ton, 5 ton. Prices starting at $75/hr. 250-889-5794.
MALTA MOVING. Best Rates. BBB Member. Residential/ Commercial. (250)388-0278.
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
PAINTING
ALFRED, ALFRED Quality Painting. Wholesale, Dis-counts! 50 years experience. 250-382-3694.
A PROFESSIONAL WOMAN painter. Karen Bales Painting & Wallcoverings. Over 22 yrs exp. Free est. 250-514-5220.
BLAINE’S PAINTING- Quality workmanship. $20 hr, 20 yrs exp. Blaine, 250-580-2602.
DRYWALL REPAIRS & HOUSE PAINTING. Free esti-mates. If you, your family or friends need any of the above give Joseph Bronson a call 250-686-0663. Reasonable rates in a tight economy. I take pride in the end results.
LADY PAINTERServing the Peninsula for over 20 yrs. Interior/exterior. Call Bernice, 250-655-1127.
SAFEWAY PAINTING
High quality, Organized. Interior/Exterior
Residential/Commercial Jeff, 250-472-6660 Cell 250-889-7715
Member BBB
TOP NOTCH Painting Over 25yrs exp. Interior/Exterior Residential Reliable, Rea-sonable and Friendly Service. Call Brad 250-580-5542 paint
Peacock Painting
250-652-2255WRITTEN
GUARANTEEBudget ComplianceOn-Time Completion
15% SENIORS DISCOUNT
PLUMBING
FELIX PLUMBING. Over 35 years experience. Reasonable rates. Call 250-514-2376.
KERRY’S GAS & PLUMBING SERVICES- Repair, mainte-nance & install. 250-360-7663.
PRESSURE WASHING
DRIVEWAYS, WALKWAYS, Decks, etc. Reasonable rates. 250-744-8588, Norm.
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS
FOUR 12 ROOFING Licensedinsured. BBB member. Re-roofnew construction. 250-216-7923. www.four12roofi ng.com
SHORELINE ROOFING. Re-roofi ng specialist. WCB/BBBmember. Quality & satisfactionguaranteed. 250-413-7967.shorelineroofi [email protected]
RUBBISH REMOVAL
MALTA GARDEN & Rubbish Removal. Best Rates. BBBmember. (250)388-0278.
STUCCO/SIDING
RE-STUCCO & HARDY Plank/Painting Specialist. 50years experience. Free esti-mates. Dan, 250-391-9851.
SUNDECKS
TILING
A1. SHAWN The Tile Guy- Res/ Comm/ Custom/ Renos.250-686-6046
UPHOLSTERY
UPHOLSTERER NEEDS work. Your fabric or mine.250-480-7937.
WINDOW CLEANING
BLAINE’S WINDOW WASH-ING. Serving Sidney & Brent-wood since 1983. Averagehouse $35. 250-656-1475
DAVE’S WINDOW Cleaning.Windows, Gutters, SweepingRoofs, Pressure Washing,Roof Demossing. Call 250-361-6190.
WINDOWS
ALFRED, ALFRED QualityWindows Wholesale, Dis-counts! 50 years Constructionexperience. 250-382-3694.
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CopsforcancerAll pumped up
ON TOUR: This year’s Tour de Rock begins in Port Alice on Saturday, Sept. 24 and ends Friday, Oct. 7 in Victoria. Tour de Rock raises funds and awareness for pediatric cancer research and programs.
HELP OUT: Donations to Tour de Rock can be made at www.copsforcancer.ca.
FIND OUT: To catch up on all the Tour de Rock news, including rider profiles, please go online to: www.tourderock.ca
Sam Van SchieBlack Press
When the 22-person Tour de Rock cycling team rides across Vancouver
Island this fall, they need to do more than just pump out 1,000 kilometres in two weeks.
After a grueling day in the saddle, they still have school children to talk to and fundraisers to attend.
“We need to get to the point where cycling 100 kilometres feels easy, so we don’t just want to go to bed after a ride,” said Island District RCMP Const. Manon Chouinard who, before qualifying for this year’s team, had never ridden a road bike.
Since March riders have spent about eight hours per week on their bike
with three mandatory weekly training sessions focusing on hills, speed and distance. If anyone misses a ride, they have to make it up on their own.
“You don’t want to fall behind. Every week we’re building on what we did the week before,” Chouinard said.
A recent hill-training included powering up Mount Washington, a steep 20-kilometre climb.
When the training gets tough, West Shore RCMP Const. Rod Fraser said he just thinks about the reason he volunteered for the tour.
“It’s all for the kids with cancer. We’re doing this by choice, but they don’t get an option to be sick or not,” said
Fraser, who as a teenager lost his father to cancer.
Money raised by the Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock goes to pediatric cancer research. Since it started in 1998, the annual ride has raised more then $15 million.
Riders set their own fundraising target and organize events to bring in donations. Island District RCMP Const. Sandi Swanson has fundraisers planned almost every weekend to meet her goal to raise $12,000.
“I’m either at a fundraiser or planning a fundraiser,” Swanson said.
Many of her fundraising ideas,
from barbecues to garage sales, come from colleagues who did the ride in previous years. The ride has a roster of business sponsors who give in-kind donations to aid fundraisers.
“We get nothing but support at every turn,” Swanson said. “Being a cop, we work long hours and see a lot of hard things. Seeing the other side, the generosity, and being able to give back, it’s an amazing opportunity.”
Officers are only allowed to participate in Tour de Rock once in their career, which is extra incentive to give it their all. Fraser is hoping to raise $15,000 and Chouinard is aiming for
$20,000.In the next two months,
there will be many fundraisers throughout the region with proceeds going to Tour de Rock.
Swanson is holding drop-in jazzercise at the Pacific Institute for Sports Excellence in Saanich, Aug. 6 from 1 to 5 p.m.
Fraser has a pancake breakfast and garage sale at the West Shore RCMP station in Langford, Aug. 13 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Chouinard hopes to see 400 people attend her “Tank-top, Flip-flop Hop,” a beach-theme dance party for all ages, at the Bay Street Armoury in Victoria, Sept. 20 at 7 p.m.
The Tour de Rock demands total commitment from its riders – both on and off their bikes
Special feature
Black Press newspapers on Vancouver Island will publish this special feature page spotlighting police officers taking part in this year’s Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock.
Black Press photo
Island District RCMP Const. Sandi Swanson, left, West Shore RCMP Const. Rod Fraser and Island District RCMP Const. Manon Chouinard are representing Victoria-area Mounties on this year’s Tour de Rock.
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