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Kyle SlavinNews staff

The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner announced this week it will hold a public hearing into alle-gations of professional misconduct against a Saanich police officer.

Complaint commissioner Stan Lowe on Monday said the hearing will look into allegations of deceit and abuse of authority involving Const. David Smit following a May 2011 incident. Smit himself requested the hearing.

While attending a report of a domestic dispute on May 20, 2011, Smit directed a man out of his home in order to arrest him for intoxica-tion in a public place.

“When questioned by his superi-ors about his actions, Constable Smit denied that he had directed the male outside in order to affect his arrest,” Lowe wrote in a release. “Consta-ble Smit subsequently admitted his actions to his supervisors and the arrested individual was released from custody as he was improperly arrested.”

Saanich police Sgt. Steve Eassie explained that being intoxicated inside a home does not constitute a public place, although being out-side does. “Once you are outside the threshold of your door, you are in a public place because you’re acces-sible to the public.”

A Saanich police investigation in 2012 proved the deceit and abuse of authority allegations, and Const. Smit was suspended without pay for seven days, and his rank was to be demoted to third-class constable.

Public hearing for improper Saanich police arrest from 2011

PLEASE SEE: Disciplined officer, Page A11

Arnold LimNews staff

It may not be popular with the pub crowd, but bumping up the minimum cost of alco-holic drinks could save lives, according to researchers at the University of Victoria.

Joint research by the University of Victoria, the University of Toronto and the University of Sheffield in the U.K. indicates boosting the average minimum cost for alcohol from about

$1.25 per “standard drink” – roughly a can of beer or glass or wine – to $1.50 would improve public safety and government profits.

“We know what impact it’s going to have on probable rates of admission to hospital on alcohol-related injuries and death,” said Tim Stockwell, the study’s principal investigator. “The government (also) collects more rev-enue and the retailers make more money.”

The research estimates 39 fewer prema-ture deaths, 244 fewer hospital admissions and more than 1,000 fewer crimes committed in B.C. after only one year, in addition to an increase of $2.8 million in provincial and $1.7 million in federal taxes.

The study looked at alcohol-related injuries and deaths, hospital admissions, crime, gov-

ernment revenue and alcohol expenditures for light, moderate and heavy drinkers.

Stockwell, who works with UVic’s Centre for Addictions Research, said their research shows heavy drinkers would be affected most with an increase of more than $200 per year, and moderate drinkers would have an increase of about $11 per year. Light drinkers would have little extra expenditures.

“The bottom line is consumption goes down a little, especially the heavy drinkers, it doesn’t affect light drinkers and moderate drinking doesn’t change much at all,” Stock-well said.

Arnold Lim/News staff

Tim Stockwell, from the University of Victoria's Centre for Addictions Research, said that an increase to a minimum alcohol price in B.C. would bring in more revenue for the government and could potentially save lives.

Paying more for beer could save livesAlcohol pricing policies linked to injury, death rates, says UVic study

PLEASE SEE: Pricing not cure-all, Page A10

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She moved to Victoria in 2000 after 27 years in film, television, and theatre, based in Vancouver.

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Just as Victoria’s Chinatown has many hidden secrets, the Royal B.C. Museum has

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“We took the image of the bricks from Fan Tan Alley,” says Tim Willis, the RBCM’s vice-president of visitor engagement and experience. “This used to be a storage closet.”

The bricks look very real, yet a quick touch to the wall finds them to be photographs.

The people who oversee the way visitors experience the decades-old museum, including CEO Jack Lohman, have also been rethinking how to connect people with the treasures in the museum’s vast collection.

Using individual artifacts or groups of pieces to tell and elicit stories of a community’s history is one way of broadening that community connection.

Future plans involve blending the larger, high-profile exhibitions that take over the museum’s second-floor temporary gallery with smaller, more intimate displays that draw on individual stories and snapshots from B.C.’s history.

“One of the things Jack has challenged us to do is focus more on our collection and our own community,” Willis says.

That not only includes displays, but “really lively programming that digs into what we have right here in this building.”

A good example of this fresh approach was the unveiling last week of an early 20th-century Chinese Freemason’s lantern, acquired in 2010 and believed to be the oldest existing lantern of its kind from Victoria’s Chinatown.

The timing for trotting out the artifact, along with conservator Lisa Bengston – her preservation work is part of a live display – was linked with last Sunday’s Chinese New Year celebration.

Perhaps more important, however, was the attendance of many of Greater Victoria’s Chinese elders at the unveiling.

Royal B.C. Museum history curator Tzu-I Chung says many of the people interviewed in conjunction with the new exhibit Tradition in Felicities: Celebrating 155 years of Victoria’s Chinatown, were on hand.

“Many of these people haven’t seen each other in years,” Chung says. “We know there are many, many stories waiting to be told.”

She acknowledges that given the ages of people around Victoria and across B.C. from generations past, it’s important to record personal accounts sooner rather than later.

“Generating a variety of cultural perspectives, then pairing those with the rich collections from the museum and archives, help tell us B.C.’s diverse stories,” Lohman says.

The museum also plans to utilize its galleries as backdrops for poets, artists and musicians who have been inspired by B.C. history.

“The museum is a trusted authority, but people don’t necessarily want to hear the museum lecture them on every topic. This is a scenario where there is a conversation, from First Nations and other (groups). It’s an opportunity for their voices to be heard.”

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Sharon Tiffin/News staff

Conservator Lisa Bengston checks a panel on a handmade Chinese Freemason’s lantern at the Royal B.C. Museum. Active preservation work on the unique lantern, likely used for festivals in the 1930s, is part of a new exhibit at the museum on Victoria’s Chinatown.

Daniel PalmerNews staff

Greater Victoria homeown-ers will begin paying for sew-age treatment this year, now that Capital Regional District directors have approved the 2013 budget for the $783-mil-lion mega-project.

The average household will see an increase of $39 in Saanich, $59 in Victoria and $65 in Oak Bay this year, according to a CRD staff report.

“What this does is smooth out some of the (financial) ramp-up on taxpayers and provides kind of a fiscal plan-ning for them, and I think that’s a positive,” said Saan-ich Coun. Vic Derman.

The decision to levy fees now will also save the CRD $3 million in debt servicing costs. The project is expected to cost Greater Victoria hom-eowners between $232 and $353 annually by 2018.

Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins, who along with

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Under the low winter sun at Gyro Park beach, the ocean radiates a definite chill. Yet, Rhyanna Bunniss and Alexan-der MacDougall storm the water with abandon, diving in for a short swim.

The two 20-year-old Univer-sity of Victoria students emerge from Cadboro Bay laughing, ignoring the full-body shock as veteran swimmers in Victoria’s notoriously crisp ocean.

On a stormy day in Decem-ber, Bunniss and MacDougall were part of the second Victory Ocean Swim, which saw about 30 hearty souls brave the water to raise food and money for the Mustard Seed.

The trick, Bunniss says, is not hesitating halfway into the water. “It was all or nothing. It was icy – an icy shock to the system,” she says, referring to the Dec. 9 swim.

She once did a winter swim off the coast of Cornwall in her native England, but Victoria is a different level of suffering. “I did an ocean swim in the snow, but it doesn’t compare to here. This is freezing.”

“I’m originally from Yellow-knife so I’m used to the cold already. But it’s still shocking and a good experience,” Mac-Dougall adds. “I don’t think I’d muster up the courage to do this on my own.”

The Victory event aims to support the Mustard Seed, but also to encourage more people to enjoy the ocean off Victo-ria. Organizer Jasmin Gerwien says for her, the cold water is the only consistent remedy for chronic neck and back pain.

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“I’m not sure what I would do if I hadn’t discovered it. The health benefit is amazing. For me it works as an antidepres-sant.”

Gerwien organized her first fundraiser ocean swim on Nov. 11 in memory of her mother, which drew 11 swimmers. The December event nearly tripled the participation, thanks to a contingent of UVic students who had been doing daily polar bear dips in Cadboro Bay.

“It was mostly running in and out,” MacDougall said. “By the end we were doing some swim-

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idea. I’d never heard of (ocean swimming) here before. It’s awe-some.”

For Sunday’s swim, Gerwien has been lobbying Saanich and Oak Bay police and fire-fighters, among other friends and colleagues. The response from business and emergency responders has been gratifying – nobody says no to donating or participating somehow, Ger-wien says.

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University of Victoria students Rhyanna Bunniss, left, and Alexander MacDougall, right, are now veteran cold water swimmers after participating in Jasmin Gerwien’s Victory Ocean Swim fundraiser in December. Gerwien is hosting her third fundraiser swim for the Mustard Seed on Sunday (Feb. 17) at 1 p.m. at Gyro Park in Saanich.

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Haleigh Miklic was just six weeks old when she underwent open heart surgery to repair a large hole in her heart.

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“We’re so proud of her. She’s just such a bright light,” Heppell said. “She’s now in a place where she’s just really driven to move forward and help other people.”

Haleigh has launched a website where she’ll post a weekly video offering “healthy heart tips,” and where people can donate to her cause.

Cordova Bay elementary has raised more than $120,000 in the past 22 years as a Jump Rope for Heart supporter.

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When the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform exploded in 2010, killing 11 people

and spewing massive amounts of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, it cost more than $40 billion to mop up the mess. In Canada, an oil company would be liable for only $30 million, leaving taxpayers on the hook for the rest. That’s just one of a litany of flaws Canada’s environment commissioner identified with the government’s approach to environmental protection.

According to environment and sustainable development commissioner Scott Vaughan, who released a final series of audits before stepping down, the federal government’s failure to protect the environment is putting Canadians’ health and economy at risk.

Vaughan says the government has no real plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and is not even on track to meet its own modest targets (already watered down from the widely accepted emission-levels baseline of 1990 to 2005). It is unprepared for tanker accidents and oil spills in coastal waters. It lacks regulations governing toxic chemicals used by the oil industry.

He noted the federal government does not even require the oil and gas industry to disclose chemicals it uses in fracking, which means there is no way to assess the risks. And despite the fact that Canada has committed to protecting 20 per

cent of its oceans by 2020, we have less than one per cent protected now and are not likely to meet our

goal within this century. “We know that there

is a boom in natural resources in this country and I think what we need now – given the gaps, given the problems we found – is a boom in environmental protection in this country as well,” Vaughan told The Globe and Mail. Not dealing with the risks will cause economic losses, he

said, as well as damage to human health and the environment, because it will cost more to clean up problems than prevent them.

This is not coming from a tree-hugging environmentalist, but from the government’s own independent office of the auditor general. It should concern all Canadians.

We have a beautiful country, blessed with a spectacular natural environment and a progressive, caring society. But we can’t take it for granted. Beijing was probably a nicer city when you could breathe the air without risking your life.

Often, the justification for failing to care for the environment is that it’s not economically feasible. It’s not a rational argument – we can’t survive and be healthy if we degrade or destroy the air, water, soil and biodiversity that make it possible for us to live well.

Vaughan shows the folly of this way of thinking on a more basic level. Beyond the high costs of cleaning up after environmental

contamination or disasters, he notes the government doesn’t even have a handle on some of the financial implications of its policies.

“The government does not know the actual cost of its support to the fossil fuel sector,” he reports. He added it has no idea how much its sector-by-sector approach to greenhouse gas emissions will cost either, even though that was a replacement for the Kyoto Protocol, which the government bailed on, arguing it was too expensive.

The government has also steadfastly refused to consider putting a price on carbon, through a carbon tax and/or cap-and-trade, even though economists point to the ever-growing mountain of evidence that those are effective ways to reduce carbon emissions.

With an expected doubling of fracking wells, from 200,000 to 400,000, and tripling of tanker traffic off the West Coast, we can’t afford such a lax approach. Our prime minister has responded mostly with slogans and platitudes, but others in government say the issues will be addressed. For the sake of our country’s future, we must demand that they keep that promise and recognize the role the environment commissioner has in analyzing Canada’s environmental practices and recommending improvements.

Given our government’s record of ignoring scientific evidence and gutting environmental laws, it will have to do a lot more to convince Canadians that it doesn’t see environmental regulation simply as impediments to fossil fuel development.

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‘This is not coming from a tree-hugging environmentalist …’

Tourism strategy must be regionalEfficiency is a buzzword around

government these days, as it is in the private sector. In B.C. that isn’t expected

to end any time soon, regardless of which party settles into office after the May provincial election.

The beleaguered tourism industry in Greater Victoria and the rest of the province continue to feel the funding restraints. With sluggish economies keeping people from spending vacation dollars, local tourism promoters must get even more creative in marketing Greater Victoria to potential visitors.

That doesn’t necessarily mean coming up with more grabby slogans – remember Tourism Victoria’s “Your search for the perfect orgasm is over” campaign? It means looking at new ways of doing more with less.

Time will tell whether the Liberals’ creation of Destination B.C. is just pre-election window dressing or a serious effort to enhance the marketing efforts of the many regional and community destination marketing organizations in the province.

In the meantime, local and regional groups can take steps to improve their own lot by teaming with neighbouring organizations to market Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland better. Rather than waiting for the post-2010 Olympics ripple to come, why not work together to remind the visitors who came to Vancouver and Whistler how great our region is?

Tourism Victoria has done a good job attracting people here from relatively nearby locales – Western Canada and the U.S. West Coast. But at a time when gaining a share of people’s limited travel budgets is more difficult, a consistent, joint action plan could attract new visitors and provide enough stimulus to help get everyone through the lean times.

We can’t expect government to lay all the groundwork for the industry and create a perfect environment for entrepreneurship.

That has to be done by businesspeople who see opportunities and work hard to create a place for themselves in an industry that continues to be one of B.C.’s biggest economic generators.

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Sewage treatment plant could work on West Shore

Chair Denise Blackwell and the Core Area Liquid Waster Management Committee recently agreed that they did not necessarily have the best plan and asked for ideas for any better strategies for the Capital Regional District.

Here’s a great one.Albert Head, a federally

owned property of more than 52 hectares has a “no restriction” land-use designation and would easily hold a secondary sewage treatment plant. Underwater, Albert Head is five to six kilometres from current pumping stations. By altering the direction of the current outflow pipes from south (to the straits) to west to the Albert Head peninsula, the controversial harbour entrance site, with its multiple risk factors, including the massive

dig under the water of the harbour entrance, is eliminated.

Also eliminated is the need for 17 km of pressurized piping through parkland, municipal and residential land and infrastructure, to the barely adequate, time-limited Hartland landfill and back.

Albert Head is a wooded, remote acreage that allows room for on-site sludge treatment/disposal and is ideally located for the cleaned water dispersal into the straits.

Engineering would ensure the proper underwater pipe-pressure requirements are fitted, plus earthquake measures and damage prevention are installed.

Plans could allow for the future construction of a sewage treatment plant that would support further growth of the

West Shore. The plans could also be designed for future innovation in the science of sewage disposal, whereby pharmaceuticals and heavy metals are removed and benefits to Metchosin are realized, by altering sewage for use as fertilizer in the crop industry in the rural ranch/farm municipality.

I believe this is a viable, cost-effective alternative using federal land effectively.

It would satisfy the many considerable complaints regarding poor land use; expensive, disruptive and massive construction; financial over-runs and future maintenance requirements for what soon could be obsolete sewage disposal practices.

Irene BrettEsquimalt

Readers respond: Mental illness, PM, Doyle

Stigma perpetuatedby mainstream media

Re: Mental illness costs sizeable (Our View, Jan. 23)

This kind of incendiary content is at the heart of the problem when it comes to the scandalous underfunding of mental health services.

“Political will” to start properly funding a “broader spectrum of care for those battling mental illness” is totally dependent on citizen engagement and pressure on governments to act.

After reading about mentally ill individuals involved in “serious attacks on others and even murder,” “murdering” mom, “incidents of violence” and “stabbing an innocent boy,” no sane person will call their MLA to demand increased funding to help these villains.

Our media is largely to blame for perpetuating the harmful and destructive myth that mental illness equals violence. These false beliefs are at the core of the terrible stigma about mental illness that keeps communities stuck in ignorance. This demonization of the mentally ill thwarts any progressive movement to get better funding, programs and services for people afflicted with debilitating illnesses.

The media must take a more reasoned and informed role in reporting about mental illness. The facts cannot be disputed: the vast majority of incidents of violent behaviour are not committed by people who are

mentally ill. And the very low percentage of people who do commit violent acts is exactly the same in the mentally ill population as in the general population, two per cent.

I would love to see more stories about the many talented, amazing people with mental illnesses who are giving so much to this community. They are the rule, not the exception.

Doreen Marion GeeVictoria

Canada’s PM hasn’t done such a bad job

Here is a message for all of those who constantly find fault with the prime minister and our Conservative government.

We give away billions of dollars every year to countries that never help themselves. Billions in wars that never end, because of the hatred warring factions have for each other’s religion. Losing young men in needless wars.

Obviously, Stephen Harper has done something right, when Canada is the only country to survive the mess in the financial world. Imagine having the NDP and how their supporters love to strike, or the Liberals who have no idea what fiscal responsibility is.

Canada cannot be responsible for every nation that continues to fight year after year. Our prime minister has taken care of Canada brilliantly.

Eileen NattrassCentral Saanich

No mixup on genderin Doyle’s comments

Re: Gender equity needed in criticisms (Letters, Feb. 1)

Auditor general John Doyle’s reappointment process was rescued by Minnie Mouse, in the form of Premier Christy Clark, who chastised the committee for its questionable behaviour. The committee played the role of Mickey Mouse, so Doyle was politically correct.

Roger LoveSaanich

Auditor generalmay be mistaken

Re: Gender equity needed in criticisms (Letters, Feb. 1)

Did auditor-general John Doyle make a “glaring error?” Perhaps he feels he is still dealing with a Gordon Cambell government.

Kathleen SullivanVictoria

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Norman Giesbrecht of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto and a co-investigator on the project, said there is enough evidence to show that strong alcohol polices can go a long way to reducing the harm for heavy drinkers.

Implementing changes wouldn’t involve any sig-nificant additional training or financing for busi-nesses or inspectors for government, he said.

“Compared to other things, such as changing the system ... pricing lends itself administratively to being efficient,” Giesbrecht said. “It is (also) much wider in scope and range than some other measures which would also be important but would be more focused.”

But Giesbrecht cautioned against considering any single solution as a magic bullet to fix alcohol-related problems.

“There are other tools in the pricing area that also need to be considered, the average price should keep pace with the cost of living,” he added.

“The pricing should (also) be linked to the strength of the alcohol. I should not be able to pay the same amount for an eight per cent beer as for a 3.5 per cent beer. It just encourages intoxication.”

While the information is out there, Stockwell said it is up to the public and the politicians to decide what is most important before making an informed decision.

“It depends on one’s priority,” Stockwell said. “Is it for saving lives and preventing people from getting injured? Or is one’s greater priority is on freedom and liberty and people having access to cheap alcohol? We have a democratic society, we are (just) doing (our) bit to put that information out there.”

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Smash-and-grab at Shelbourne Chevron gas station for cigars

Saanich police are looking for a man who broke through the glass door of a Chevron gas station this week and made off with $800 worth of cigars and smokeless tobacco products.

The incident occurred just before 1 a.m. on Feb. 12. Damage to the gas station door is esti-mated at more than $1,000.

Video surveillance from the gas station, located in the 3500-block of Shelbourne St., identified the suspect as a white man with a medium build and about six feet tall. He was wearing a three-quarter length puffy hooded coat, dark pants, black and white running shoes, and a dark-coloured balaclava.

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B.C. finance minister to speak at Chamber luncheon

Hot on the heels of the 2013 provincial bud-get announcement, B.C. Finance Minister Mike DeJong will be guest speaker at the Greater Vic-toria Chamber of Commerce luncheon Feb. 20.

The event is sponsored by the University of Victoria and Camosun College co-op educa-tion programs. The lunch runs from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Victoria Marriott Inner Harbour, 728 Humboldt St. See victoriachamber.ca or call 250-383-7191.

According to Lowe, an officer is allowed to request a public hearing in circumstances where the discipline decision is dismissal or a reduction in rank. Smit contacted the OPCC in January 2013.

Lowe has recommended retired provincial court judge Jakob S. De Villiers preside as adjudicator. A date for the hearing has yet to be determined.

Eassie says the police department won't com-ment further.

Smit has been with the Saanich police for four and a half years and is currently on administrative duties.

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Lapham, who has also served as general manager of planning, transportation and protective services for the regional district, replaces Kelly Daniels, who recently retired.

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With a career spanning more than 35 years, including touring theatre productions and voice act-ing work, working at home in Vic-toria is an exciting opportunity for actress Tracey Moore.

This is the first time in more than 10 years that Moore has worked in the city she calls home.

“I get up in the morning and walk to work,” she said with a smile. “There are no ferries, planes, long car rides. I couldn’t be more thrilled.”

Moore is part of the upcoming production at the Belfry Theatre, Helen’s Necklace, but she is no stranger to the Belfry stage.

Last year, Moore took the stage as part of Home is a Beautiful Word, and she is happy to be back on stage in Fernwood.

“There is so much to like about

it,” she said. “It’s easy to be creative because when there is stress, you have to work around the stress to be able to pull things to use for

your work. So when everyone gets along – like they do at the Belfry – you can really just get down to work.”

Helen’s Necklace takes place in a Middle Eastern city where, Helen, a Canadian, tries to retrace her steps in the hopes of finding a lost necklace. Throughout the story, Helen is brought face to face with the realities of a war-torn city and the many impacts of loss.

With characters like Sailor Moon, Share Bear from the Care Bears and Anne from Anne of Green Gables as part of her past works, Moore has found more to connect with in Helen.

“Helen, I would say, would not be foreign to a lot of women in Vic-toria,” she said. “She’s an interest-ing character in literature that we now see emerging.”

Moore said in the past female characters have typically been “maidens, mothers or crones,” but now roles like Helen portray a woman who stands on her own and experiences the world on her own terms.

Moore shares the stage with Lee Majdoub who plays Nabil.

While Moore hadn’t worked with the production’s director James Fagan Tait, she knew both Tait and the Belfry’s artistic direc-tor Michael Shamata from the early years of her career.

“(Shamata) is a long term friend and so is Tait,” she said. “We knew each other when we were all start-ing out in the east. We’d all crossed paths many times but we’ve never worked together. … Then Helen’s Necklace came up and Tait was going to direct it. I love (Tait), he’s brilliant and fun, so I jumped at the chance to come in and audition. It all worked out and I couldn’t be more thrilled.”

Helen’s Necklace runs until March 3 at the Belfry’s Studio A.

For tickets call the box office at 250-385-6815, visit 1291 Gladstone Ave., or buy online at belfry.bc.ca

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Tracey Moore, right, and Lee Majdoub run through scenes of Helen’s Necklace before opening night at the Belfry Theatre.

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Vancouver-based rapper/producer, Cityreal is back on Feb. 20 with tunes from his latest album Good Morning Blues, a masterfully crafted hip-hop/blues duet with blues veteran, Wes Mackey. Cityreal opens for The Pharcyde and The Kolsche at Club 9one9. For more information go to ticketweb.ca.

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This is a rare opportunity for singers to spend a fun and relaxed day exploring vocal and sty-listic techniques for singing Monteverdi’s madri-gals and sections of his monumental Vespers of 1610, which VPC will perform in June.

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University women raise bursary funds with song

Canadian Federation of University Women Scholarship and Bursary Society Awards Con-cert and Reception with performers Yun-Chn (Jenny) Chang, pianist and Chance Lovett, jazz vocalist. Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. at the Philip T. Young Auditorium, University of Victoria. Admission is free and donations to the CFUW scholarship and bursary fund will be gratefully accepted.

Director Christine Willes takes on Neil LaBute’s Reasons to be Pretty, an examination of the modern obsession with external appear-ance told through four 20-something blue col-lar workers. It’s also a play with great writing for women, Willes said.

“There’s beauty with the kind of generos-

ity that we all admire in human beings, like kindness and gener-osity and ethics,” she said. “We’re constantly reminded that some-body can be externally beautiful and not so nice on the inside.”

Reasons to be Pretty is on at UVic’s Phoenix Theatre until Feb. 23.editor@oakbaynews.com

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SPORTSHow to reach us

Travis Paterson 250-480-3279

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SPORTSNEWS IN BRIEF

AA basketball playoffsThe province’s No. 3-ranked Saint Michaels

University School Blue Jaguars and the No. 7 Lambrick Park Lions are the co-favourites to be in the AA boys city basketball final at SMUS, 5 p.m. tomorrow (Feb. 16).

Vernon Vipers’ Dexter

Dancs slams into Victoria

Grizzlies’ David Mazurek as

they struggle to pursue a loose

puck during BC Hockey League

action Sunday at Wesbild Centre.

Natalia VignolaBlack Press

Wild Card Game Sunday at the BearTravis PatersonNews staff

Go Kerry Park Islanders, go.That’s the sentiment to be shared when play-

ers from the Peninsula Panthers, Saanich Braves and Victoria Cougars stand in audience to cheer the Islanders versus the Campbell River Storm in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League’s first ever Wild Card Game on Sunday.

Puck drop is 1:30 p.m. at Bear Mountain Arena followed by the VIJHL’s awards ceremony.

The Wild Card Game gives the South division’s fifth place team, the Islanders, the chance to steal the playoff spot owned by the North division’s fourth place team, the Storm.

The reason the south teams will be cheering the Islanders is because the Wild Card Game will also decide home advantage in the VIJHL final.

If the Islanders win, whatever team represents the South division in the Brent Patterson Memo-

rial final gets the extra home game. And with just one regulation loss in

47 of the 48-game schedule, the defend-ing champion Cougars are the favourite to be that team.

If Campbell River wins on Sunday, how-ever, then there will be some deep breaths

coming from the Cougars’ dressing room before the day is done. “The league is looking for innovative ways to

structure the playoffs,” Cougars president and governor Gary Boyer said. “At times the league had toyed with making our all (VIJHL All-Star Clas-sic) the home ice decider for the final, just like Major League Baseball.

“I can say the (Cougars’) coaching staff and players are a lot more passionate about it than I am.”

It looks obvious that the Cougars would be against the new feature coming in for this season, as they are head and shoulder above the rest of the league, Boyer said.

“In hind sight it’s not the best news for us. But take us out of the equation and the rest of the teams aren’t that far apart in the standings.”

In other words, Boyer is supporting it for now. Perhaps a day will come again when the Cou-

gars are not the most dominating junior hockey team in Canada, in respect to their league.

As for having rival players together in the stands for Sunday’s match, the common goal should keep them all at bay. Let’s hope a win by the Storm doesn’t upset the precarious balance.

Braves draw WolvesThe Cougars will face the Panthers and the

Braves will face the Wolves in the South division’s first round playoff series.

The Cougars and Panthers game times were yet to be announced at press time.

The Braves will host Game 1 vs. the Wolves Monday, Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m. at George Pearkes Arena. Game 2 is expected to be Wednesday, Feb. 20, at Bear Mountain Arena but is to be deter-mined. Game 3 is Friday, Feb. 22, at Pearkes.

The full schedule for both series will be online soon at vicnews.com, where an update of the Braves season is also available.

A full preview of both series is coming Feb. 22.sports@vicnews.com

Island league’s wild move

The Vernon Vipers bit back at the Victoria Grizzlies with a 3-2 win in Vernon on Sunday, Feb. 10.

It was payback from the Griz-zlies’ 1-0 shutout of the Vipers in Victoria last month.

It was also the Grizzlies sec-ond regulation loss in Febru-ary, something that hadn’t happened in 2013 until Feb. 8, when the Grizz fell to the Lang-ley Chiefs 6-3.

Regardless, the Grizzlies (32-11-0-6) are 3-2-1 in Febru-ary and remain first in the B.C. Hockey League with 70 points. Next are the Penticton Vees with 67 points.

Scoring in the loss for the Grizz were a couple of ex-Vipers. Turner Lawson was stymied by Vipers goalie Danny Todoyschuk on two solid scor-

ing chances, but buried a low wrister from 12 feet midway through the second period, his sixth of the year. Pearce Eviston, who was traded by the Vipers a month ago, dan-gled and went low on a Victoria powerplay five minutes later.

Lawson played 50 games as a shut-down defenceman for Ver-non last year, and is enjoying a solid role on right wing with Bill Bestwick’s aggressive Grizzlies.

“At the start of the year, I was still kind of trying to figure out the finer things of forward. I think I’m kind of getting the hang of it later in the season here so hopefully I’ll be really good for playoffs,” said Law-son.

It’s a completely different hand of cards for the 19-year-old, who could just as easily be

on the Vipers (16-23-1-7), a team outside the playoffs, looking in. Instead, he’s atop the league.

“I’m really surprised actu-ally,” Lawson said. “I thought it was going to be a really big year for (the Vipers), especially hosting RBC next year.”

The Grizz host the Alberni Valley Bulldogs Saturday night, 7:15 p.m. at Bear Mountain Arena.

Royals swap injuriesAlex Gogolev is out but

Logan Nelson is day-to-day and could return this weekend for the Victoria Royals. The Royals are in Red Deer tonight, Calgary on Saturday and Edmonton on Sunday.

-With files from Kevin Mitchell/Vernon Morning Star

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Slowing Grizz hold first

Stingers bite Roadrunners

Parker Phillips pot-ted 27 as the Stellys Stingers (1-9) won their first game of the season, 71-65 over the Reynolds Roadrunners (1-9) on Tuesday. Justin Atwal led Reynolds with 17 points.

Liam Horne scored 25 as the Oak Bay Bays (9-1) won 65-59 over the Claremont Spartans (8-2). Erik Spaven posted 27 as his Belmont Bulldogs beat the Mount Doug Rams 71-48.

Girls and boys AA basketball city finals go this weekend with the girls at Brentwood College in Mill Bay.

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Karate’s Newells are nationals bound Travis PatersonNews staff

Karate’s Newell brothers have come a long way and they’re only getting started.

Geoffrey, 17, and Jean, 14, took up karate six years ago and from that point they’ve been focused on reaching the world championships.

“They were only three months in when we showed them a video of the worlds and they started mimicking the Team Kata movements from the black belt competition,” said mother Brigette.

Right then mom and dad, David, knew if the boys could reproduce elements of the black belt kata from the world championships, which is the highest level of the choreographed series of move-ments, then the sky was the limit.

It’s been one step at a time, but things are going fast.

The brothers are currently training 20 hours a week for the Karate Canada National Champion-ships, March 15 to 17 in Toronto.

“Team Kata takes a lot of practise, you really have to feel where the (other person) is at,” Geof-frey said.

It’s the first nationals for Jean, and the second for Geoffrey, who, as a brown belt, had to defeat

many black belts to win bronze in 2011. Jean just earned his black belt in 2012 as a 14-year-old, the minimum age, and he and Geoffray already have multiple provincial, national and international medals to their name.

Last weekend they were in Vancouver where they picked up so many medals they need mom to keep track of them all.

Geoffrey’s kata is so clean he won gold not only in his 16- and 17-year-old divisions, but in the 18 to 20 and men’s open divisions as well. He also took gold in kumite (sparring) amongst 16-and 17- year-olds for his weight class of sub-55 kilograms, and was second in the next age among the 18 to 20 year olds.

Like big brother, Jean won gold in his age and weight class for kumite and kata, and won silver in the next age group up for kumite. For those doing the math, that meant Jean lost to Geoffrey in the kumite 16-17 category. Jean also won two gold and two silver at the B.C. Winter Games in 2012.

Home schooled out of Oak Bay, the boys maxi-mize their flexible schedule by traveling twice a week to Duncan where they train and teach at the Fernando Correia School of Karate. Here in town they train with black belt Craig Devlin twice a week. At nationals Geoffrey will spar in the indi-vidual kumite against fellow 16 and 17 year olds, and the brothers will compete in the Team Kata 14- to 17-year-old division.

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Bros ready for nats

Black belt karate brothers Geoffrey,

left, and Jean Newell, have

qualified for the 2013 Karate national black

belt championships in Toronto next

month. The proteges are also the driving

force for the Island’s Zone 6 provincial region and have

already qualifed for the 2014 provincial

championships.Travis Paterson/News staff

Wrestling will be back, says coachTravis PatersonNews staff

The International Olympic Committee voted wrestling out for the 2020 Games and beyond on Tuesday. The caretakers of the Games put the sport to the curb despite it being an original part of the modern Games, which started in 1896.

It came as a surprise to most in the wrestling community. Especially with reports wrestling is unlikely to find its way back in.

The vote does have to be ratified in September, near about the same time either Istanbul, Madrid or Tokyo will be named host of the 2020 Games.

“Most of the wrestling is in Russia and the (Mid-dle East), and I can see them just going crazy,” said local coach Ed Ashmore.

As the pillar of the local wrestling community, Ashmore has kept the sport alive in Victoria, hav-ing coached it here since 1964.

He helped Victoria athletes Taras Hryb (Munich 1972) and Clark Davis (Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988) go to the Olympics, and sent multiple ath-letes to provincial and national titles.

“I’m not overly excited about the vote but my gut feeling is it will get back in again,” Ashmore said.

“The Olympics are getting too big, way too costly, and too many events. Wrestling is the original but one of the things is it needs to be more exciting. They try to make it that way, but the average joe doesn’t watch it, maybe the finals.”

Wrestling has seen better days in Victoria and there are currently only two high school wrestling teams, Esquimalt High and Reynolds secondary. Everyone else has the option of wrestling with the Victoria Commonwealth Bulldogs out of Cedar Hill middle school, a team started by Ashmore.

Among those on the Bulldogs are a pair of broth-ers, Donovan and Michael Huynh, cousins of Olym-pic gold medallist Carole Huynh. Ashmore’s hope is that the Olympic decision won’t affect wrestling numbers here in Victoria, at least in the short term. But over time, it could lead to more govern-ment cuts funding to wrestling, Ashmore said.

The high school provincial wrestling champion-ships take place in Duncan, Feb. 28 to March 2.

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SAANICH- LARGE 2000 sq ft 2 bdrm on hobby farm, lights & heat included, NS/NP. Refs. $1000 mo. 250-652-0591.

SAANICH: NEW 2 bdrm, D/W, W/D. $1300 incld’s hydro, wa-ter. N/P. (250)727-2327.

VIEW ROYAL. 2-bdrm $1100. Incls utils. NS/NP. Feb. 15. 250-474-2369, 250-217-0767.

SUITES, UPPER

FLORENCE LAKE, 2 bdrm upper suite, 2 private entranc-es & decks, 6 appls. Non smokers. Avail March 1st. $1400 utils incl. 250-391-1967.

RENTALS

SUITES, UPPER

LANGFORD- 3 bdrms, 2 bath, 1200 sq ft, fully reno’d, deck, wood F/P, 6 appls, lrg yard. Avail now. $1500, N/S, pet’s ? Ref’s req’d. 250-516-3453.

MANSION, HIGH Quadra. 2- bdrm char. $895. Living/dining room, h/w fl oors, clawfoot tub. NS/NP. Lease. (778)350-1952

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

DreamTeam Auto Financing“0” Down, Bankruptcy OK -

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

www.iDreamAuto.com DL# 7557

AUTO SERVICES

TOP CASH PAID

For ALL unwanted vehicles.

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

CARS

1988 CHEVROLET Baretta- black, w/grey velour interior, 2.8L, 5 speed standard, good cond. $950. obo. Brian, 250-999-7887, 250-886-4299.

1995 SAAB TURBO 9000- V6, 140,000 km. $3200. (250)592-2391.

TRANSPORTATION

CARS

2002 INTREPID ES, radiant red metallic. 103 km’s, all pow-er, leather interior, excellent cond, $6000 obo. 1 owner. 3.5L engine. Call (250)361-6400.

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

$50 to $1500Scrap Junk

Broken Down Cars Trucks Vans

FREE TOW AWAY

250-686-3933

SPORTS & IMPORTS

05 Toyota Matrix, 5spd, bright red, good fuel economy, 201,000 kms mostly hwy. PDL, AC, non-smoker, fi rst owner, Summer & winter tires. $7500. (250)392-6321

1979 Datsun 280ZX. Silver grey in excellent condition. 98,000 km. Appraised at $10,500, asking $7,900, will consider reasonable offers. Records available.(250) 655-4359

MOTORCYCLES

2008 DERBY Scooter, 49cc, no motorcycle licence req’d, great shape, 5000 km, w/ hel-met. Must sell (Moving). $1400 obo. (250)217-2988.

SELL IT FAST WITH CLASSIFIEDS!

250.388.3535

TRANSPORTATION

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

2003 R/T Durango, fully load-ed, leather, midnight black, fulltint package and more. Im-maculate inside and out,126,000 km. (Moving). Haveall receipts, $6900 obo. Call(250)217-2988.

VTRUCKS & ANS

1988 FORD 16’ cube Van, 176,000 KMS, good condition,$2950. Call (250)656-7132.

1997 CHEVY Suburban Van-1 owner, immaculate condi-tion, 240,000 km, V6, seats 7.$3400. Call (250)592-2391.

Mr. Scrapper

$$$ CASH $$$ FOR

CLUNKERS250-858-JUNK

MARINE

BOATS

12.5’x25’ BOAT house forsale- converted to fl oatingworkshop, small area for ten-der, fl oor can be removed, up-graded electrical panel. Moor-age at Van Isle Marina.Available for use otherwisemust be removed by Mar 31.$1500. (250)216-2835.

MOORAGE

MOORAGE AVAILABLE Westport marina has 20’ to 30’slips available. Lowest rates inthe area, annual or monthlyterms. Saanich Peninsula’smost sheltered marina. Keyedsecurity gates, ample freeparking, full service boatyard.2075 Tryon Rd. N. Saanich250-656-2832 westport@thun-derbirdmarine.com www.thun-derbirdmarine.com/westport

SERVICE DIRECTORYwww.bcclassified.com 250.388.3535

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING

ACCOUNTINGVida Samimi

Certifi ed General Accountant

Bookkeeping, Audit,Payroll, HST. Set up &

Training. E-FileTAX

250-477-4601

BLACK TIE Bookkeeping. Complete bookkeeping and payroll. (250)812-3625, stef@ blacktiebookkeeping.com

CARPENTRY

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

COMPLETE CARPENTRY Renos, additions, decks & suites, fences, sheds, I can’t be beat. Free estimates. 250-812-7626

J. Miller Carpentry Services Decks, Doors, Windows, Stairs. All your home repairs and renovation needs call Joe 250-882-1266

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

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

INSTCARPET ALLATION

CARPET, LINO installation re-stretches & repairs. 30 years exp. Glen, 250-474-1024.

MALTA FLOORING Installa-tion. Carpets, laminates, hard-wood, lino. BBB 250-388-0278

CHIMNEY SERVICES

JKG CHIMNEY. Clean, Re-pairs, Gutters, Roof Demoss, Torch On Flat. 250-588-3744.

CLEANING SERVICES

EXCELLENT CLEANING Exp. Meticulous. References. 1st Clean disc. (778)433-5389

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

MALTA HOUSECLEANING Estates, events, offi ces. BBB member. (250)388-0278.

SPOTLESS HOME Cleaning. Affordable, Exp’d, Reliable, Ef-fi cient. Exc refs. 250-508-1018

COMPUTER SERVICES

A HOME COMPUTER Coach. Senior friendly. Computer les-sons, maintenance and prob-lem solving. Please call Des 250-656-9363, 250-727-5519.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

COMPUTER SERVICES

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

CONTRACTORS

WOMAN CONTRACTOR. http://finecolorsrenovations.com. Over 20 years of experience. Call 250-888-7042.

DRYWALL

DRYWALL PROFESSIONAL:Small additions, boarding, tap-ing, repairs, texture spraying, consulting. Soundproof instal-lation;bath/moisture resistance products. Call 250.384.5055. Petrucci’s Drywall.

ELECTRICAL

250-361-6193- RENO’S, res & comm. Knob and tube rmvl. 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.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ELECTRICAL

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

NORTHERN SUN Electric Comm/Res. $40/hr. Work Guaranteed. Any size job. (250)888-6160. Lic#13981.

VAEXCA TING & DRAINAGE

BUBBA’S HAULING. Mini ex-cavator & bob cat services. Perimeter drains, driveway prep, Hardscapes, Lot clear-ing. Call 250-478-8858.

FENCING

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

STEPS, DECKS, Fence, new repairs, rot, mould, painting, concrete, brick. 250-588-3744.

GARDENING

J&L GARDENING Specialty yard clean-up and mainte-nance. Master gardeners. John or Louise (250)891-8677.

20% OFF Fall clean-ups, racking, mowing, hedge/shrub trimming. (250)479-6495.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

GARDENING

250-216-9476 ACCEPTING new clients, From the Ground Up, custom landscapes, fi nish carpentry, garden clean-ups.

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

Free estimates * WCBwww.mowtime.ca

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

ELITE GARDEN MAINTENANCECommercial and

Residential. New Year Contracts.

Clean-Ups & Landscaping778-678-2524

FRUIT TREES Overgrown? Shaping trees & roses. Black-berry clearing. Call John, 250-478-7314, 250-812-8236.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

GARDENING

NO JOB too BIG or SMALL. Pruning, clean-ups. Winter rates. SENIORS DISCOUNT. Phone Mike 250-216-7502.

PRO IRISH Gardeners; prun-ing, clean-ups, landscaping, lawn care, weekly gardening. Free est. Call (250)652-6989.

GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

250-889-5794. DIAMOND Dave Gutter & Window Clean-ing at Fair Prices!

250-507-6543. AL’S V.I.P. Gutter Cleaning, guards, win-dows, power washing, roof de-moss, repairs. Insured.

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, De-mossing, Upgrades. WCB, Free estimates. 250-881-2440.

HANDYPERSONS

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

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HANDYPERSONS

Pay No Tax Special! Big BearHandyman. For all your Homeand Business maintenanceneeds. Free Est. 250-896-6071

THE LANGFORD MAN- quality work, competitive pric-ing, licensed & insured. Fred,(250)514-5280.

HAULING AND SALVAGE

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

ALL-HAUL JUNK REMOVAL Const Debris, Garden Waste.Call John 250-213-2999.

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

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

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

GARY’S HAULING. One calldoes it all. Small demos &yard clean-up. Vehicle & metalrecycling. Call (778)966-1413.

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

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HAULING AND SALVAGE

JUNK BOX- We Do All The Loading

✭BUBBA’S HAULING✭ Hon-est, on time. Demolition, con-struction clean-ups, small load deliveries (sand, gravel, top-soil, mulch), garden waste re-moval, mini excavator, bob cat service. 250-478-8858.

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

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HAULING AND SALVAGE

SMART GUYS Hauling. Gar-den waste, junk removal, clean-ups, etc. Reliable, cour-teous service. 250-544-0611 or 250-889-1051.

HEAT, AIR, REFRIGERATION

Go With The Flow Installa-tions. All residential Heating, Ventilation & Custom Ducting. Call Tom at 250-883-8353.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

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

INSULATION

MALTA BLOWN Insulation. Attics - interior/exterior walls & sound silencer. (250)388-0278

QUALITY INSULATION blown fi berglass. Affordable rates. (250)896-6652.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

LANDSCAPING

J. ENG Landscaping Co. Cus-tom landscape & garden ser-vice. Call Jan 250-881-5680.

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

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

& MOVING STORAGE

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

A1 DIAMOND Moving- 1 ton 2 ton. Prices starting at $85/hr. Call 250-220-0734.

A2Z WRIGHT Moving. 3 ton, $80/hr for 2 men. Senior’s dis-count. Call Phil (250)383-8283

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

PAINTING

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

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

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

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Budget Compliance15% SENIORS DISCOUNT

PLUMBING

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

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

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

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

PRESSURE WASHING

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

RUBBISH REMOVAL

MALTA GARDEN & Rubbish Removal. Best Rates. BBB member. (250)388-0278.

TREE SERVICES

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

LOCAL TREE COMPANY

30 yrs exp. Buck-et truck, chipper.

We buy logs. Insured. Call

(250)883-2911.

ALL YOU NEED IN PRINT AND ONLINE

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

UPHOLSTERY

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

WINDOW CLEANING

BOB’S WINDOW Cleaning Roof demoss, gutters. Licenced 25 yrs exp. Call 250-884-7066.

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

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

WINDOWS

ALFRED, ALFRED QualityWindows Wholesale, Dis-counts! 50 years Constructionexperience. 250-382-3694.

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The Sovereign Orderof St. John of Jerusalem,

Knights Hospitaller, Victoria Commandery

on the

900th Anniversary of their

Official Founding - February 15th, 1113

The Order is a registered Canadian Charitable Organization that provides palliative care support for the sick, the needy, and the poor in Victoria. Victoria Hospice was honoured this past year to be chosen by The Order to receive $50,000 a year over the next five years to support hospice work in the community through funding for a “Closer to the Community” Counsellor.

Congratulations on 900 years from Victoria Hospice and the patients and families we serve.

www.VictoriaHospice.org

Victoria Hospice Congratulates

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To solve a Sudoku puzzle,every number 1 to 9must appear in:• Each of the nine vertical columns• Each of the nine horizontal rows• Each of the nine 3 x 3 boxes

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This Weekend’s

Check the page number below in Real Estate Victoria or visit www.revweekly.com

Find more details on the Open Houses below in the February 14-20 edition of Real Estate Victoria

Published Every Thursday

OPENHOUSESSelect your home.

Select your mortgage.

Oak Bay 250-370-7601Westshore 250-391-2933

Victoria 250-483-1360Sidney 250-655-0632

www.vericoselect.comChatterton Way 250-479-0688

205-2747 Quadra St., $199,000Saturday 12-2Pemberton HolmesAndrew Mara, 250-384-8124 pg. 6

401-525 Broughton St, $399,000Sunday 2-4Boorman’sGraham Bavington, 250-415-1931

1947 RunnymedeSaturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalSharen Warde, 250-592-4422 pg. 9

101-75 Songhees, $685,000Sunday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 6

733A HumboldtSaturday - Tuesday noon - 5 pmFair Realty Ryan Bicknell 250 883-2715 pg. 1

107-68 Songhees, $359,000Sunday 2-4RE/MAX CamosunRoland Stillings, 250-744-3301 pg. 10

206-1033 Belmont, $597,500Sunday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdRon MacDonald 250 360-6493 pg. 7

3-1070 Amphion, $349,900Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesMay Alexandria, 250-384-8124 pg. 6

409 Chadwick Place, $1,259,900 Sunday 2:30 - 4PMRe/Max CamosunKevin Koetke, 250 478-9600 pg. 24

1788 Haultain, $449,900Sunday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyRich Humphries 250 592-4422 pg. 8

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

104-405 Quebec, $399,900Saturday 2-4Royal Lepage Coast Capital RealtyRich Humphries 250 592-4422 pg. 8

401-670 Dallas Rd, $559,000Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyFred Lerch, 250-889-2528 pg. 5

302-1025 Meares St, $329,000Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyFred Lerch, 250-889-2528 pg. 5

1261 Vista HtsSaturday 2-4Fair RealtyChris Dusseault, 250-516-8773 pg. 10

501 Richmond, $689,000Sunday 2:30-4:30Re/Max CamosunDaniel Clover 250 507-5459 pg. 10

1004-1034 Johnson St, $399,900Saturday 2-4Pemberton HolmesJasmin Gerwien, 250-889-7709 pg. 10

2913 Quadra, $550,000Sunday 2:30-4SmartMove Real EstateBlair Veenstra, 250-380-6683 pg. 11

402-1122 Hilda, $199,900Saturday 11-1Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921 pg. 7

1494 Fairfi eld, $299,900Saturday & Sunday 2-4Brown Brothers Real EstateRobert Young 250 385-6900 pg. 3

205-732 Cormorant St, $217,900Sunday 1-3Sutton Group West Coast RealtyBetty ‘K’, 250-516-8306 pg. 5

11-1880 Chandler,Saturday 2:30-4:30Newport RealtyMelanie Erickson, 250-385-2033 pg. 5

101-1235 Johnson StSaturday 1-3Fair Realty LtdSean Thomas 250 896-5478 pg. 10

116-75 Songhees, $998,000Saturday 1-4Sutton Group West CoastBill MacDonald 250 479-3333 pg. 5

1655 Warren Gardens, $659,900Saturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesRick Couvelier, 250-477-0921 pg. 10

402-1433 Faircliff Lane, $283,000Sunday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyLaurel Hounslow, 250-592-4422 pg. 9

302-1420 Beach Dr, $489,000Saturday 11:30-1Sparling Real Estate Ltd.Don Sparling, 250-656-5511 pg. 11

131-2345 Cedar Hill Cross, $449,900Sunday 2-4Brown BrosRobert Young, 250-385-6900 pg. 3

987 Falkland Rd, $899,900Sunday 11-1Newport RealtySandy Berry, 250-818-8736

2625 Orchard Ave, $699,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Susan Carley, 250-477-7291 pg. 17

3072 Cadboro Bay, $789,999Saturday 1-3Century 21 Queenswood RealtyJulie Rust, 250-477-1100 pg. 11

2740 Dewdney Ave., $995,000Saturday 2-4Macdonald RealtyScott Garman 250 896-7099 pg. 5863864

5-15 Helmcken, $438,000Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Shannon Jackson, 250-474-6003 pg. 11

9-1529 Cooper RdSunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunJudy Campbell 250 744-3301 pg. 20

106 Fraser Lane, $148,000Sunday 2-4Pemberton HolmesEileen Jespersen, 250-686-4820 pg. 11

10 Parkcrest, $599,900Sunday 12:30 - 2Re/Max CamosunKevin Koetke, 250 478-9600 pg. 24

4-278 Island Hwy, $229,900Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunNoel Hache 250 744-3301 pg. 23

1052 Colville, $529,900Saturday & Sunday 2:30-4Pemberton HolmesShawn Adye, 250-384-8124 pg. 7

103E-1115 Craigfl ower, $354,900Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyShelly Reed, 250-213-7444 pg. 20

103-1000 Esquimalt Rd, $205,000Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtySaira Waters, 250-592-4422 pg. 11

613 Sturdee, $399,900Sunday 1-3Sutton Group West Coast RealtyLorraine Williams, 250-216-3317 pg. 11

303-625 Admirals, $184,900Sunday 2-4Address Realty Ltd.Rob Angus, 250-391-1893

A-1142 Craigfl ower Rd, $369,900Saturday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateGary Brown, 250-380-6683 pg. 10

11-4318 Emily Carr Dr, $539,000Saturday 1:30-3:30JONESco Real Estate Inc.Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653

1816 Seawood, $739,000Sunday 2:30-4:30Pemberton HolmesAndrew Mara, 250-384-8124 pg. 13

1213 Maywood, $459,900Saturday 2-4Brown Brothers Real EstateRobert Young 250 385-6900 pg. 3

4038 Cumberland, $499,000Saturday 3-5Pemberton HolmesJeff Shorter, 250-384-8124 pg. 13

2194 Ferndale, $679,900Sunday 2-4DFH Real Estate Ltd.Philip Illingworth, 250-477-7291

1551 Stockton Cres, $878,000Sunday 1-4Re/Max CamosunEd G Sing, 250-744-3301 pg. 11

982 Mckenzie, $324,900Tuesday-Sunday 1-3Royal Lepage Coast CapitalJames Liu 250 477-5353 pg. 5715449

3217 Shelbourne St, $449,500Saturday & Monday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.John Smith, 250-477-7291 pg. 12

5255 Parker, $1,898,000Sunday 2-4Re/Max CamosunLynne Sager 250 744-3301 pg. 23

15-830 Rogers, $499,900Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Lynnell Davidge, 250-477-7291 pg. 17

1742 Tiffi n Pl, $649,900Saturday 1:30-3:30JONESco Real EstateIan Heath, 250-655-7653

4016 Rainbow Hill Lane, $739,000Saturday & Sunday 1-4Pemberton Holmes Ltd.Chris LeBlanc, 250-478-9141 pg. 1

4105 Torquay, $569,000Saturday & Sunday 12-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyJohn Monkhouse, 250-592-4422 pg. 8

12-942 Boulderwood R, $734,900Sunday 2-4Macdonald RealtyScott Garman 250 896-7099 pg. 12

5373 Pat Bay, $649,900Saturday 2-4One Percent RealtyValentino, 250-686-2242 pg. 20

402-1580 Christmas, $280,000Sunday 12-1Brown Brothers Real EstateDylan Hagreen 250 385-8780 pg. 10

973 OwlwoodSaturday 11-1Royal LePage Coast CapitalSharen Warde, 250-592-4422 pg. 9

3935 Margot Pl, $479,000Sunday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyHiro Nakatani, 250 661-4476 pg. 23

743 Chesterlea, $509,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunMarsha Crawford, 250-889-8200 pg. 13

1687 Brousson, $529,000Sunday 12-2Pemberton HolmesShawn Adye, 250-384-8124 pg. 13

1279 Tattersall, $734,800Saturday & Sunday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Cassie Kangas, 250-477-7291 pg. 13

780 Lily, $559,900Saturday 1-3Re/Max CamosunNoel Hache 250 744-3301 pg. 23

3648 Doncaster Dr, $849,000Saturday & Sunday 1-3Sutton Group West Coast RealtyJune Wing, 250-479-3333 pg. 12

5410 Fowler, $549,900Saturday 11-1One Percent RealtyValentino, 250-686-2242 pg. 20

403-1521 Church, $295,000Saturday 1-3DFH Real Estate Ltd.Dorothee Friese, 250-477-7291 pg. 6

114-1110 Willow, $399,000Saturday 2-4Sutton Group West Coast RealtyHiro Nakatani, 250 661-4476 pg. 23

4029 Providence, $899,888Sunday 2-4Pemberton Holmes LtdDeborah Kline 250 661-7680 pg. 12

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

4294 Torquay Dr, $539,900Saturday 1-3Pemberton HolmesKent Deans, 250-686-4141 pg. 12

1905 Portway, $948,000Saturday & Sunday 11-1DFH Real Estate Ltd.Cassie Kangas, 250-477-7291 pg. 13

1701 Jefferson, $459,000Saturday & Sunday 12-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyJohn Monkhouse, 250-592-4422 pg. 8

2945 Colquitz, $449,900Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalSharen Warde, 250-592-4422 pg. 9

413 Ker Ave, $419,800Saturday 1-3Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyGina Sundberg, 250-812-4999 pg. 13

418 Ker Ave, $489,000Saturday 2-4Re/Max CamosunJason Binab, 250-744-3301 pg. 13

809 Portage, $379,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Pemberton Holmes LtdKevin Starling 250 889-4577 pg. 13

519 Leaside, $468,500Sunday 12:30-2SmartMove Real EstateBlair Veenstra, 250-380-6683 pg. 13

107-537 Heatherdale, $398,000Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast CapitalMark McDougall, 250-588-8588 pg. 2

17-7675 East Saanich, $289,000Saturday 1-2Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 14

7891 Patterson, $599,900Saturday 2:30 - 4Re/Max CamosunKevin Koetke, 250 478-9600 pg. 24

9173 Basswood, $999,000Saturday 2-3Holmes RealtyMichele Holmes, 250-656-0911 pg. 14

1851 Barrett Dr., $655,000Sunday 1-3Royal LePage Coast CapitalDave Lynn, 250-592-4422 pg. 8

1731 Orcas Park Terr, $689,000Saturday 2-4Royal LePage Coast Capital RealtyDonna Gabel, 250-477-5353 pg. 13

9708 Fifth St, $599,900Saturday & Sunday 1-3Re/Max CamosunCraig Walters, 250-655-0608 pg. 14

205-2490 Bevan Ave, $260,000Saturday 2-4Sparling Real Estate Ltd.Don Sparling, 250-656-5511 pg. 14

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cancer-free and rekindled her desire to ride with Team Spaghetti Factory, led by former boss and restaurant owner Mike Gonzales. But there was another potential hitch to the plan.

Last fall, Karen was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma and embarked on an aggressive treat-ment regimen of her own.

Stacey, in classes at Camosun College, could have put the ride on hold again. After much soul-searching, she sent Gonzalez and her teammates a simple text message: “Let’s do this!”

Stacey’s goals are simple: “I want to be able to raise money for cancer research and to help my sister. Riding now creates a whole new perspec-tive on things.”

In an Oak Bay Avenue café with her teammates, Stacey spoke of her surprise at the outpouring of support since she and Karen took their stories public. Not only has Stacey received well wishes and donations from friends and former co-work-ers, last month Oak Bay Bikes gave her a Spe-cialized road bike. “I’ve just been amazed at the humanity of people,” she said.

Gonzalez said no one expected to get the type of response the Olynyks and the team have received. Not only have Victoria media taken the story and run with it, Gonzalez has heard from Spaghetti Factory alumni around the world through the team’s Facebook page and website.

“Working at the Spaghetti Factory and the friendships and relationships you build, you don’t get that just anywhere,” Stacey said.

Team rider Jill-Marie Moreau, who currently works at the restaurant along with teammate Charlene Love, said there’s plenty of buzz about the twins and team.

“Everyone’s talking about it,” she said. “And everyone is so inspired by Stacey.”

That support shocks Olynyk. “I never thought that I could be an inspiration,” she said.

“So many people have a connection to cancer,” Love said. “They have very personal reasons for wanting to donate.”

A fund to help Karen Olynyk with expenses while she is undergoing treatment has also been set up and is available for donations.

For more information, see teamspaghettifac-tory.com or go to conquercancer.ca.

editor@vicnews.com

Tough sisters inspire Victoria road bike team

Don DescoteauNews staff

On the surface, Stacey Olynyk appears built for road bike distance riding.

Young, fit and with a beam-ing smile, the 25-year-old Victoria woman is well-prepared to tackle the Enbridge Ride to Conquer Can-cer from Vancouver to Seattle in June. But it wasn’t always that way.

Two years ago, Olynyk and her

twin sister, Karen, rushed to Sas-katchewan when their father died.

While there, Stacey encountered an itchiness all over her body that she couldn’t explain. Tests later showed she had Hodgkin’s lym-phoma, a cancer of the lymph tis-sue that can also present such symptoms as swollen glands, night sweats, fever, loss of appetite and unexplained weight loss.

Having put on hold thoughts of riding in the cancer fundraiser and still grieving the loss of her father, Olynyk put all her energy into bat-tling her own cancer. Karen, her best friend, was there every step of the way.

By mid-2012, Stacey was declared

Don Descoteau/News staff

Team Spaghetti Factory riders Jill-Marie Moreau, left, Stacey Olynyk, Mike Gonzalez and Charlene Love gather for a photo outside Oak Bay Bikes. The team will tackle the Ride to Conquer Cancer in June in support of Olynyk’s sister Karen, who is battling cancer.

Olynyk twins fight back-to-back battles with cancer

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Four Belmont film students earned a tidy sum of money for themselves and the school with a first-place movie on the dan-gers of distracted driving.

The film topped the national Allstate Just Drive Canada video contest, defeating 146 other entries. The filmmakers, Matt Girard, Gabrielle Semail, and Stephanie Clarke, all in Grade 11, were awarded $1,500 while $1,000 was awarded to Bel-mont’s drama, film and televi-sion class.

The contest challenged film students to create a public ser-vice announcement on the dan-gers of distracted driving.

The students came up with the concept of a young girl get-ting ready for a party. As she primps a narrator reveals that this is the last time she will be doing such things as having a meal, putting on makeup and saying goodbye to her parents.

As the teen drives to the party she checks a text on her cell phone and is hit head on by another vehicle.

“One second ago, her heart beat for the last time,” says the narrator as the video comes to a close.

“It makes my mom cry every time,” said Nik Neral, Grade 11, who narrated the film.

The most challenging aspect of filming for the students was using a “green screen” to super-impose the outside of the car during the driving scene.

“It was an amazing feeling to actually win,” Clarke said. “We worked really hard on it and thought it turned out really good. It was fun making it too.”

Girard hopes to go to film school after he graduates and has aspirations to be a director. Semail is most interested in the acting side of things, but hasn’t decided yet if she wants to pur-sue it professionally.

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two levels of online voting. The young filmmakers in Lori Had-don’s drama film and television class canvassed classmates, teachers, family and friends to go vote for their videos.

From there videos were judged on originality, clarity of message, style and quality of acting.

“I’m so proud. Proud that they’re reaching an audience with an important message too,” Haddon said. “It does have an affect.”

See goodhandsadvice.ca/en/distraction/just-drive-contest.kwells@goldstreamgazette.com

School video earns national award

Kyle Wells/News staff

Film students Gabrielle Semail, Matt Girard, Nik Neral and Stephanie Clarke edit a piece at Belmont secondary.

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