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Kendra WongVictoria News
The City of Victoria's decision not to regu-late the sale of edible pot products at medi-cal marijuana dispensaries means more chil-dren could end up in hospital after acci-dentally ingesting the product, according to Island Health.
Last Thursday, council voted to allow the sale of edible pot products in medical marijuana dispensaries, despite health and safety concerns raised by the province's medical health officer, Dr. Perry Kendall.
Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps said it's not the city's job to regulate what goes into the products.
“We're already doing the work of the fed-eral government. I am very loathe to take on the work of the provincial government,” Helps said. “It's clearly not our job. We don't regulate prescription drugs, we don't see what's in each and every pill, that's not our job. It's not our job to say what’s in brown-ies that are sold in retail outlets in our city.”
However, with no restrictions around the sale of edible pot products, Island Health's medical officer Dr. Murray Fyfe said it increases the likelihood that children will get their hands on the products.
“A child is naturally attracted to things like cookies, candies and brownies and they're not going to be able to tell the differ-ence between one with medical marijuana and one that isn't,” Fyfe said, adding the City of Vancouver recently restricted the sale of edible products.
Kendra WongVictoria News
Flying thousands of feet in the air in a Helijet helicopter overlooking Greater Victoria, Janice (Jay) Nelson was the happiest person in the world.
“It's such a weird feeling (being in a helicopter),” said the 54-year-old Esquimalt woman. “It's so awesome.”
While a helicopter ride may only seem like a means of
transportation for some, for Nelson, it meant the world.
Three months ago, Nelson was diagnosed with hepatocel-lular carcinoma, a form of liver cancer, and was told she has until December to live.
She had been having back pains for months, but thought it was due to the hip replace-ment she had years earlier. She visited five doctors in three months, but no one was able to properly diagnose her.
But in March, Nelson went to the hospital for a bladder infection and was given an MRI, at which time doctors found two tumours — one roughly five to seven centime-tres and another roughly two centimetres.
“I was shocked. I cried my eyes out,” she said.
Nelson, the second young-est of five siblings, originally grew up in Squamish and moved to Victoria in her
senior year of high school, graduating from Vic High. Shortly after, she moved to Calgary for work and years later, eventually moved back to Victoria.
She built a life for herself on the Island, even marrying her partner of 11 years, Susanah Knight.
Dying woman checks off bucket list Kendra Wong/Victoria News
Esquimalt’s Janice (Jay) Nelson (middle) had the opportunity to go on her first helicopter ride from Victoria to Vancouver last Thursday with first officer Jamie Madden (left) and Capt. Matt Ellis.
PLEASE SEE: “This is what I’m going to
see,” Page A3
Island Health warns against edible pot products
PLEASE SEE: More children could ingest, Page 4
Kendra WongVictoria News
The wheels are in motion for the City of Victoria’s multi-million dollar Biketoria project aimed at implementing an all-ages cycling net-work by 2018.
Council approved the first phase of the Bik-etoria project during a meeting last Thursday.
Phase one of the
project will include three priority bike lanes downtown beginning with Fort Street (Wharf to Cook streets), Wharf and Humboldt streets (Pandora Avenue to Cook Street), and Cook Street (Pandora Avenue to Pakington Street),
It would add 5.4 kilo-metres of bike lanes with an estimated price tag of $7.65 million.
Following the
completion of the above lanes, phase two would include the construction of corri-dors along Kings Road (Government Street to Fifth Street), Govern-ment Street (Pandora Avenue to Bay Street), and Vancouver Street (from Pandora Avenue to Kings Road) for an additional three kilome-tres of lanes.
Phase three includes connecting communi-ties towards Saanich and Camosun College and phase four will focus on the comple-tion of the priority cor-ridors.
Council is also mov-ing forward with the construction of the city’s first fully-pro-tected bike facility on Pandora Avenue. The 1.2-kilometre two-way protected lane will begin construction in June and be com-plete at the end of the November.
Some proposed bike lanes still need work, however. Com-munity consultation will continue regarding bike lanes on Oak Bay Avenue, Government Street, and Cook Street Village and James Bay, due to a number of concerns from the public such as loss of parking, impacts on sidewalks, parking and traffic congestion.
Mayor Lisa Helps said while there has been a bit of push back from the community, most of the feedback the city has received has been positive.
“For the next gen-eration, there will be transportations options that haven’t been available to this generation,” said Helps. “Biketoria is about making sure that future generations of Victorians will grow up with transportation alteratives. So that by the time they turn 16, they might not even consider getting their driver’s licence.”
Edward Pullman, executive director of the Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition, said they’re happy to see the project move for-ward.
“We’re very happy to see (council) mov-ing forward and we’re really looking forward to working with the city to ensure the comple-
tion of phase one of the network by 2018 and identifying improve-ments to the proposed network and also iden-tifying new sources of funding to build the rest of it, ” he said.
Ray Straatsma, also with the coalition, said phase one is the start of a new era in cycling infrastructure and investments in Victoria.
“Right now, there’s not many bike lanes and there’s lots of traf-fic, lots of intersections.So focusing on those routes first is wise. In the end, the level of design, the quality bike routes that they’re intending to build, we’re quite certain will generate growing rider-ship, and make people who are riding now and also potential cyclists and visitors more com-fortable and feel safer and make it more con-venient and fun to be riding a bike in town.”
However, not every-one is excited about the plan.
Members of the Cook Street Village Business Association said one of the bike lanes, which will be running through the Cook Street Village, is going to have a sig-nificant impact on busi-nesses.
Bart Reed, a mem-ber of the association, called council’s deci-sion “extremely disap-pointing.”
“One-hundred busi-nesses, that’s 50 busi-nesses, every single one of us have said do not put them through the Cook Street Vil-lage. They’re danger-ous, you’re removing parking, you’re going to cause pick up and delivery problems with the removal of the mid-dle turn lane, and the congestion is going to get worse,” Reed said, adding he estimated the village will lose 11 of their 50 parking spots.
“Everybody com-plains about parking as it is and people often tell us that they drive down here, if they can’t see a parking stall, they go away.”
He admitted there is nothing that can be done now, but said the association will be active in the planning of the community plan for the area. [email protected]
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After coming to terms with her diagnosis, Nelson and a few friends were chatting, when her friends asked if there was any-thing special she'd like to do in the her last few months.
Only one thing came to mind for Nelson — she'd never been on a helicopter before.
“I've lived a good life. I'm ful-filled. I have no resentment and I'm happy, I'm not going to let this take me out sad,” said Nelson, who used to deliver newspapers
for Black Press. “It's reality. I just didn't expect it to be this quick.”
A Black Press employee heard about Nelson's diagnosis and wanted to help fulfill her dream of riding in a helicopter. Last Thurs-day, Nelson got her wish.
She boarded a 12-person Helijet helicopter and flew from Victoria to Vancouver and back.
“What I was thinking was this is what I'm going to see when I go to heaven. The ground leaving and me leaving and how beautiful it is to look at,” Nelson said. “It put my mind at ease for being scared (to
die) a little.”Knight said it's a ride Nelson
will never forget.“She's a very giving person,
very generous. I think in her heart, when she goes, she's going to go much more peacefully now that she's gone up in a helicopter,” she said. “It's the best present ever.”
The last few things Nelson would like to do before she passes away is go whale watching, since she's never seen whales before, and see parts of Canada, such as Niagara Falls.
COMMUNITYNEWSIN BRIEF
Nanaimo man charged with Victoria man’s death
A Nanaimo man has been charged with manslaughter in the death of Shaun Alexander McGregor, who was found dead in his Victoria apartment last year.
On April 9, 2015, Victoria police responded to an apartment in the 1500 block of Begbie Street, where McGregor was found dead.
Last Friday, the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit and the Nanaimo RCMP took Colin Lamontagne, 40, into custody. A woman who was also arrested at the time was released without charges.
Lamontagne’s arrest and charges come one year after investigators initially announced McGregory’s death was a homicide.
IIOBC investigating actions, inactions of Victoria police officer
The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. (IIOBC), a watchdog for officer-related incidents, is looking into the actions or inactions of a Victoria police officer after an incident in Esquimalt Sunday night.
Police were investigating a domestic disturbance in the 900 block of Carlton Terrace when a man was injured.
The office wouldn’t comment on the injuries the man sustained.
The office’s initial focus is on the connection between the actions of the officer and the man who was injured.
The investigation is still in the initial stages.
Tim CollinsVictoria News
An ad from a clas-sified site reads: “I am looking for a rental with (sic) immediate posses-sion as my daughter and I have been stay-ing in a tent for three days now.” It goes on to state the person posting the ad has excellent references and a stable income.
The ad is perhaps an extreme indicator of the desperate Vic-toria rental market where the vacancy rate has effectively become zero (it's estimated at 0.6 per cent), but according to Kaye Melliship of the Greater Victo-ria Housing Society (GVHS), the ad's des-perate tone is not an aberration in today's market.
“With a zero per cent vacancy rate, it's a hot and unfriendly
market out there right now. Everyone is aware of the situa-tion but there's very little advice I can offer to anyone look-ing for accommoda-tions. We're doing our best to add more rental units to the market but it's a long process and it's not going to happen overnight,” said Mel-liship.
The GVHS is a non-profit society dedicated to provid-ing affordable, stable housing in the City of Victoria. It currently owns 16 properties with 765 rental units — all of them occu-pied.
Other non-profits, like the Pacifica Housing Advisory Association, have also seen the impact of the tight rental market. Pacifica is an organization operat-ing 850 units with another 108 currently under construc-tion, and expected to come available in December.
Dean Fortin, Paci-fica's executive direc-tor, remains opti-mistic that solutions to the rental crisis can be found, but acknowledges that
his organization has a waiting list of 1,500 individuals looking for affordable hous-ing.
For Julius Gus-man and his partner Devie, the search for rental accommoda-tions was a six-week ordeal during which they spent several hours a day scour-ing rental ads and attending viewings and interviews with prospective land-lords.
“It was very frus-trating at times,” said Gusman, who moved to Victoria from Courtenay to take advantage of job opportunities as a carpenter. “We would respond to an ad that had been posted 25 minutes earlier only to be told there were already 16 people signed up to view the property.”
He added the
viewing and inter-view process was often a “cattle call” where up to 30 other prospective tenants were herded through a property and found themselves compet-ing for consideration as tenants.
“It really is a competition where landlords are ask-ing for bank state-ments, references, credit checks, and even the make and model of your car,” said Gusman. He and his partner had sold their own home to move to Victoria and, as a result, didn't have previous rental references, a situa-tion that disqualified them from consid-eration in several instances.
Other factors, such as family makeup can have a serious impact in a search for housing.
“I'm a single mom with a six-year-old daughter and the number of times I've been told I won't even be considered with a child is amaz-ing,” said Nichole Makiewicz, whose own search for a rental home is now entering its fourth week. “I answer ads where they ask if I have children and don't even get a response. One guy told me that he wouldn't consider kids under seven in the same way he wouldn't consider dogs or cats.”
Pets or large fami-lies also tend to have a chilling effect on qualifying for a rental property, according to Melliship. Both she and Fortin said their organizations exist in an effort to bring affordable housing to Victoria, but both acknowl-edge that there are no quick fix solu-tions.
As for Gusman, he and his partner man-aged to find accom-modations in an older property near downtown.
“We found it through word of
mouth,” said Gus-man. “A friend of a friend was moving out of a place and recommended us to his landlord. I met the gentleman before he had even adver-tised the vacancy and managed to get the place. I think that it might have been the only way we were ever going to get a place to live.”
What I was thinking was this is what I’m going to see when I go to heaven. The
ground leaving and how beautiful it is to look at. It put my mind at ease for being scared (to die)
a little.
—Janice (Jay) Nelson
“This is what I’m going to see when I go to heaven”
Rental market “hot and unfriendly”
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Market especially challenging for pet owners and families
It really is a competition where landlords are asking for bank statements, references, credit
checks and even the make and model of your car.
— Julius Gusman
Devis Gusman
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More children could ingest pot products: Island Health
Fyfe said there has been research out of the U.S., where a num-ber of states have legal-ized medical marijuana, increasing the avail-ability of edible pot products. As a result, there has been a large increase in the number of children ending up in the emergency depart-ment or intensive care unit due to cannabis intoxication.
“That's a big concern that we might see some-thing similar here if the edible products become more available,” Fyfe added.
Island Health also has concerns about the potency of edible pot products. When eating pot products, it could take anywhere from three to four hours to feel the full effects of it, which could cause peo-ple to ingest more than
needed.“When it does hit
them, they're going to be extremely intoxi-cated from it,” Fyfe said. “When you inhale it and it's a very strong dose, you can tell very quickly and basically inhale less. You can't do that with ingested products.”
In a separate motion during Thursday's meeting, Helps plans to write to the chief medical officer of Island Health request-ing it ensures food safe requirements and medi-cal considerations are met for the sale of edi-ble marijuana products.
But Fyfe said that isn't within Island Health's jurisdiction. The health authority can monitor how the kitchen oper-ates with respect to hygiene and cooking practices, but staff don't have the ability to look at marijuana that might go into some of the
products because there are no standards around non-medical cannabis.
City staff also brought forward other recom-mendations to regu-late medical marijuana-related businesses.
As part of the regula-tions, storefront retail-ers must not be opened between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m., no individuals under the age of 19 are allowed, no advertising to promote the use of marijuana to a minor is allowed, and health and safety warning signs must be posted on the premises. Marijuana must not be consumed on the premise as well and the cost to obtain a businesses licence would be between $4,000 to $5,000. It also keeps marijuana busi-nesses 200 metres apart from each other.
The bylaws will be brought forward to council again in June.
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More children could ingest pot products: Island Health
Fyfe said there has been research out of the U.S., where a num-ber of states have legal-ized medical marijuana, increasing the avail-ability of edible pot products. As a result, there has been a large increase in the number of children ending up in the emergency depart-ment or intensive care unit due to cannabis intoxication.
“That's a big concern that we might see some-thing similar here if the edible products become more available,” Fyfe added.
Island Health also has concerns about the potency of edible pot products. When eating pot products, it could take anywhere from three to four hours to feel the full effects of it, which could cause peo-ple to ingest more than
needed.“When it does hit
them, they're going to be extremely intoxi-cated from it,” Fyfe said. “When you inhale it and it's a very strong dose, you can tell very quickly and basically inhale less. You can't do that with ingested products.”
In a separate motion during Thursday's meeting, Helps plans to write to the chief medical officer of Island Health request-ing it ensures food safe requirements and medi-cal considerations are met for the sale of edi-ble marijuana products.
But Fyfe said that isn't within Island Health's jurisdiction. The health authority can monitor how the kitchen oper-ates with respect to hygiene and cooking practices, but staff don't have the ability to look at marijuana that might go into some of the
products because there are no standards around non-medical cannabis.
City staff also brought forward other recom-mendations to regu-late medical marijuana-related businesses.
As part of the regula-tions, storefront retail-ers must not be opened between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m., no individuals under the age of 19 are allowed, no advertising to promote the use of marijuana to a minor is allowed, and health and safety warning signs must be posted on the premises. Marijuana must not be consumed on the premise as well and the cost to obtain a businesses licence would be between $4,000 to $5,000. It also keeps marijuana busi-nesses 200 metres apart from each other.
The bylaws will be brought forward to council again in June.
Continued from Page A1
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Tim CollinsVictoria News
Canstruction is returning to Victoria and the organizers of the unique fundraising project, the Dahlia Society, are confident this year's competition will once again inspire and amaze while simultaneously raising record donations for the Mustard Seed.
Canstruction is a charity con-cept responsible for raising more than 40 million pounds of food since its inception in 1992. Origi-nating in New York City, the con-cept was the brainchild of the Society of Design Administration (SDA) and involved profession-als in the design and construc-tion industries who joined with dedicated volunteers to create innovative and colossal struc-tures using canned food as the primary building material (tape and cardboard serve as the nails and cement for the structures).
The project now operates in 155 cities worldwide, and this will be its third year in Victoria.
Last year’s theme was Movie Magic which featured Canstruc-tions such as R2D2 from Star Wars, and scenes from the Wiz-ard of Oz and the Lego Movie. This year’s theme is blast from the past.
The structures are not only imaginative, they are massive, explained Christopher Mavrikos, the executive director of the Dahlia Society. The final creations can be two-and-a-half metres high
and three metres square at the base, constructed completely of canned goods.
This year, nine teams, includ-ing Sysco, Fairway Markets (two teams), Seafirst Insurance, Linott Architecture, St. Michaels Univer-sity School, Megson Fitzpatrick Insurance, Low Hammond Rowe Architects, and Knappet Proj-ects, will compete for prizes for the best structures. Read Jones Christopherson, Lowe Hammond Rowe, Finlayson Bonet Architec-ture, and Stellar Architects will provide additional technical sup-port to teams.
“That's one of the rules for the competition,” said Mavrikos. “Each team has to have a design professional working with them...
to ensure the structural integ-rity of what can become very large and intricate creations.” He added, to date, none of those cre-ations have ever collapsed.
The competition runs until May 16 at Mayfair Mall where the public is invited to marvel at the creative structures. Through the donation of either $2 or two non-perishable food items, members of the public can also vote for their favourite creations in the people's choice category.
To date, Canstruction Victoria has raised nearly 60,000 cans of food, which combined with cash donations, have a value of more than $163,000, all donated to the Mustard Seed.
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City stance on edible pot products is right
Last Thursday, the City of Victoria took a firm stance on edible pot products sold in local medical marijuana dispensaries.
While the city is in the process of introducing new bylaws regarding medical marijuana dispensaries (these include shorter hours of operation and no advertising the use of pot to people under the age of 19), Mayor Lisa Helps was vocal and firm about the fact that it is not the city’s job to regulate edible pot products, in the same way that it’s not the city’s job to regulate what’s in prescription drugs.
“We’re already doing the work of the federal government. I am very loathe to take on the work of the provincial government,” Helps said during the meeting. “It’s clearly not our job . . . It’s not our job to say what’s in brownies that are sold in retail outlets in our city.”
But the city’s stance not to do anything about edible pot products has Island Health concerned about children getting their hands on products such as pot brownies, ingesting them and becoming intoxicated. They’re also concerned with the potency of such products, as there is no way to regulate it.
It’s a tricky topic, as the city is stepping into somewhat new territory as the country waits for the federal government to draft legislation to legalize marijuana by spring 2017 (or so they say).
But for now, mayors, councillors and staff have their plates full with other local time-sensitive issues — the Biketoria project, homelessness, and the Johnson Street Bridge — to name a few.
The city’s stance is a concrete reminder of where the city’s jurisdiction ends and the federal government jurisdictions begins.
While it might not make everyone happy, the line has already been drawn in the sand and it doesn’t intend to, nor should it, change anytime soon.
Disagreements persist on the extent of humanity’s role in the current changes to B.C.’s climate, and our ability to influence it, as many readers have told me in the past week.
But almost everyone seems to agree that growing more and healthier forests is a good strategy. I would add that harvesting and building with wood preserves its captured carbon, a fact not much discussed in emotional appeals against logging.
The B.C. government is finally spending some money on community fuel load removal projects this year, after an initial flurry following the Kelowna fires of 2003 faded in hard times. But the effects of decades of fire suppression in a fire-dependent forest system remain, as northern B.C. and Alberta are showing us again.
There is some positive news here. A Victoria-based government research team has published a study that calculates B.C.’s pine beetle-damaged forests are regenerating more quickly than expected.
Warmer temperatures, increased precipitation and the “fertilizer effect” of more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are factors.
“By 2020, the enhanced growth due to climate change and increased CO2 more than compensates for the carbon loss from dead, rotting trees,” said lead
researcher Vivek Arora of the Canadian Centre for Modeling and Analysis.
This recovery even overcomes the projected increase in forest fire loss that comes with gradually increasing temperatures and drier periods.
The federal government is still working on its plan to meet greenhouse
gas reduction targets agreed to in Paris last year. But the forest industry has stepped up with its own goal.
I spoke last week with Derek Nighbor, president of the Forest Products Association of Canada, after he announced his industry’s “30 by 30 Climate Change Challenge.”
That’s a goal to reduce the industry’s net carbon emissions by 30 megatonnes a year by 2030. That would be 13 per cent of the Canadian
government emission target.One of the main strategies is salvage
harvesting and developing more products that use wood.
“It’s basically trying to use every part of the tree,” Nighbor said. “In forest operations right now, this is where we see a big part of the opportunity. Instead of the residual branches and whatnot just being left aside and slashing and burning, bring more of that out and turn it into something.”
That something might be a console in a luxury car constructed with wood fibre, or an 18-storey wood student residence building planned for the
University of B.C.The other is improving forest growth.
Logging operations have long been required to replant areas they cut, not just in B.C. but across Canada.
Another way to improve forest carbon capture is with more productive species, with genetic techniques that increase resiliency as well as wood mass.
A background paper from the B.C. forests ministry responds to common misconceptions about forest carbon, including the idea that logging should be stopped to maximize storage.
“Maximizing carbon storage in the ecosystem would make sense only if society stopped building new homes, acquiring new furniture and consuming in general,” it says.
“If the flow of forest products stops, society will turn to other products with higher greenhouse gas footprints, e.g. plastics, metal or concrete. In addition, if harvesting stopped and we continued to suppress natural disturbances, there is increased potential for larger catastrophic disturbances in the future.”
If Canada wants to make a bigger contribution to reducing greenhouse gases, forests are a good area to focus on. At 348 million hectares from the B.C. coast to Newfoundland, they represent nine per cent of the world’s forests.
Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @tomfletcherbc
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For Daniel Poisson, a rock isn’t just a rock, but a piece of treasure that can be turned into art.
Even as a child, he found rocks fascinating. He would skip, throw, stack and collect them whenever he could. Poisson’s father would take him and his siblings to different volcanic regions in the province and areas they knew there would be gold for panning and sluicing.
He would find jade in the rivers, platinum, quartz crystals, jasper, agate and geodes, a round rock that contains a hollow cavity lined with crystals.
“We used to find geodes and cut them ourselves,” Poisson said. “I’ve always loved being outdoors, hiking rivers, climbing hills, playing in the dirt and digging holes. It’s something that’s never left me.”
As he grew older, he shifted his focus to art. Poisson began his artistic career as a fine art painter, putting on
his first exhibit at 18 years old, and painting hundreds of works over a 15-year-period.
More recently, Poisson has returned to his childhood hobby and has traded his paint brush for a hammer and chisel as a stonemason and sculptor.
“I wanted to get out of the two-dimensional realm and branch out
to 3D, so I went to learn the art of stone through stonemasonry and carving,” said Poisson, who has a home studio in Fernwood. “I was ready for a life change and I consciously thought of things I liked as a child . . . and I haven’t looked back.”
His designs come from his own imagination and are
often mandala-style designs carved into flat pieces of stone, such as marble and basalt, where he starts at a central point and works his way out.
Poisson and dozens of other Greater Victoria artists’ work will be on display as part of the second annual Arts Victoria Now exhibit from May 14 to 23.
As part of the exhibit, 65 works from emerging and local artists including a range of subject matters such as landscapes, abstract, figurative work, sculptures, textiles and mixed media works, will be
available to the public.“We just asked
people to create work which they felt reflect Victoria in our time and place, so rather than being derivative of other
work, be creative and feel inspired by the local Victoria culture, atmosphere and landscape,” said Stephanie Eisenbraun, executive director of the Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria, that is putting on the exhibit.
“We hope that (people) see the diverse range of artists that are creating here in Victoria.”
Two of Poisson’s works will be on display at the exhibit — one carved from
Vancouver Island marble called Moon on Earth, which is roughly 24 inches wide, and one carved from basalt from the Squamish Valley called Tower of Dreams,
standing at roughly five-feet-tall.
“He uses a very unique media and detailed carvings. I think people appreciated the technical skill he used in creating those carvings,” Eisenbraun said of Poisson’s work.
The exhibit is free and takes place at the Atrium on Yates Street. It runs from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on [email protected]
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Fernwood’s Daniel Poisson carving “Orcas in the Passage.” Poisson’s work will be on display at the second annual Art Victoria Now exhibit from May 14 to 23.
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Door knocker leaves memory of Esquimalt homeJesse LauferVictoria News
When Nicole Smith was driving past her grandmother’s old house in Esquimalt, she decided that her and her five-year-old daughter should stop to wander around the house her grandparents lived in for 50 years.
Boarded up and ready for demolition, the two looked around the perimeter of the property. Nicole was wondering if something could be salvaged from the house before it was removed once and for all, leaving only memories.
Then Nicole noticed the old doorknocker.
“I thought awe, I remember that door-knocker,” Nicole said. “It was very emotional, it was just knowing that everyday we would walk in there, Grandpa always had his tea ready for us.”
The doorknocker was a gift Nicole’s mother, Elaine, gave to her parents 25 to 30 years ago. Until last month, it sat in its place on the front door. Elaine grew up in the house with her two siblings, and her raised her first son, Andrew, there. She hoped to buy the
house after her mother left, but it wasn’t to be. She hasn’t been by her old home in the five years since her mother moved to Oak Bay.
Nicole asked her if she wanted anything. At first, Elaine declined.
“(Nicole) said ‘Mum, what about the doorknocker?’” Elaine said. “I said ‘that would be perfect.’ We had kind of a little personal tune, that we’d always use when we knocked on that door.”
Nicole tried to remove the doorknocker herself, but failed.
She noticed the real estate sign on the front lawn with Ray Murray’s name and number on it. She phoned the local real estate agent from the front steps and told him her story. Murray was captivated by it, and immediately agreed to make sure they could keep the door knocker. He went to the property himself and got it, giving it to Elaine, Nicole, and Nicole’s children.
Since neither Elaine nor Nicole currently own homes, the doorknocker will be given to Elaine’s son Andrew, who lives in Barrie, Ontario. “Knowing my brother
I’m pretty sure he’ll have something engraved in it that’ll be in memory of them (their grandparents),” Nicole said.
“Every time we left we always went out that same front door. They were always standing there together, waving us off. Grandpa would always have chocolate bars in his pockets, and he’d say to my brother and I, ‘pick a pocket,’ and we’d get a chocolate bar.”
Now that it’s been recovered, the doorknocker will move amongst the family’s homes. The knocker might stay the same from generation to generation, but each knock will have its own personal tune. [email protected]
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“It wasn't any surprise based on last week's committee of the whole meeting. The whole thing is extremely disappointing,” said Bart Reed, a member of the Cook Street Village Business Association.
The association believes the bike lane running through the Cook Street Village is going to have a profound impact. “They're
dangerous, you're removing parking, you're going to cause pick up and delivery problems with the removal of the middle turn lane, and the congestion is going to be extreme and you're going to make it difficult for people with mobility issues,” Reed said, adding he estimated the village will lose 11 of their 50 parking spots. “Everybody complains about parking as it is and people often tell us that they drive down here, if they can't see a parking stall, they go away.”
Reed said all 50 businesses, and more than 2,500 Cook Street Village residents have signed a petition to put the bike lanes on Vancouver Street instead of running directly through the village. The petition was for putting the bike lanes on Vancouver Street, not eliminating them. This is very important. “Emotions and misinformation led people to believe that we are against bikes”, said Reed. “Not true. We’d be
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“The North Park Village (further up on Cook Street), has exactly, to a tee, every single issue that we have and nothing different. They have their five lanes, the middle turn lane. The staff recommendation was to go around the North Park Village and that's the plan. We're exactly the same, yet we have two different recommendations,” Reed said. “Vancouver is a single, straight shot the entire length.”
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Door knocker leaves memory of Esquimalt homeJesse LauferVictoria News
When Nicole Smith was driving past her grandmother’s old house in Esquimalt, she decided that her and her five-year-old daughter should stop to wander around the house her grandparents lived in for 50 years.
Boarded up and ready for demolition, the two looked around the perimeter of the property. Nicole was wondering if something could be salvaged from the house before it was removed once and for all, leaving only memories.
Then Nicole noticed the old doorknocker.
“I thought awe, I remember that door-knocker,” Nicole said. “It was very emotional, it was just knowing that everyday we would walk in there, Grandpa always had his tea ready for us.”
The doorknocker was a gift Nicole’s mother, Elaine, gave to her parents 25 to 30 years ago. Until last month, it sat in its place on the front door. Elaine grew up in the house with her two siblings, and her raised her first son, Andrew, there. She hoped to buy the
house after her mother left, but it wasn’t to be. She hasn’t been by her old home in the five years since her mother moved to Oak Bay.
Nicole asked her if she wanted anything. At first, Elaine declined.
“(Nicole) said ‘Mum, what about the doorknocker?’” Elaine said. “I said ‘that would be perfect.’ We had kind of a little personal tune, that we’d always use when we knocked on that door.”
Nicole tried to remove the doorknocker herself, but failed.
She noticed the real estate sign on the front lawn with Ray Murray’s name and number on it. She phoned the local real estate agent from the front steps and told him her story. Murray was captivated by it, and immediately agreed to make sure they could keep the door knocker. He went to the property himself and got it, giving it to Elaine, Nicole, and Nicole’s children.
Since neither Elaine nor Nicole currently own homes, the doorknocker will be given to Elaine’s son Andrew, who lives in Barrie, Ontario. “Knowing my brother
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“Every time we left we always went out that same front door. They were always standing there together, waving us off. Grandpa would always have chocolate bars in his pockets, and he’d say to my brother and I, ‘pick a pocket,’ and we’d get a chocolate bar.”
Now that it’s been recovered, the doorknocker will move amongst the family’s homes. The knocker might stay the same from generation to generation, but each knock will have its own personal tune. [email protected]
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Last week, council approved the first of the four-phase multi-million dollar Biketoria project that will include three priority bike lanes downtown along Wharf and Humboldt Streets (Pandora Avenue to Cook Street), Cook Street (Pandora Avenue to Pakington Street), and Fort Street (Wharf to Cook Street).
“It wasn't any surprise based on last week's committee of the whole meeting. The whole thing is extremely disappointing,” said Bart Reed, a member of the Cook Street Village Business Association.
The association believes the bike lane running through the Cook Street Village is going to have a profound impact. “They're
dangerous, you're removing parking, you're going to cause pick up and delivery problems with the removal of the middle turn lane, and the congestion is going to be extreme and you're going to make it difficult for people with mobility issues,” Reed said, adding he estimated the village will lose 11 of their 50 parking spots. “Everybody complains about parking as it is and people often tell us that they drive down here, if they can't see a parking stall, they go away.”
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For one Victoria volunteer, a trip to Africa as part of a local aid organization’s efforts has been a life altering experience.
“You have no idea of how deeply it will affect your heart (until you go),” said Laurie Mueller. “When I was done and leaving there, I felt as though I left a little bit of myself back there, and I know I want to go back. I hope that I can.”
Mueller’s saga began with a chance meeting with Ruth and Erich Schultz on the ferry from Vancouver to Victoria.
“We started chatting about the work they were doing in Africa and by the time the ferry arrived and I was heading to my car, I knew I had to go to there (Africa) to help,” said Mueller.
The organization the Schultz’s introduced
to Mueller is called For the Love of Africa. Based in Victoria, it was founded in 2004 after a group of 14 local volunteers travelled to Dodoma, Tanzania where they helped in the construction of the Kizota Student Centre.
The organization now has more than 50 active members and has logged seven trips to Africa, each time in support of a different project.
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Please see: School will help alleviate some poverty, Page A11
For the Love of Africa has grown to more than 50 members
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Recently, Mueller was able to fulfill her desire to lend her support to the organization when she and a group of 11 Victorians travelled to Nala, Tanzania, where they spent a month aiding in the construction of the Dodama Technical Institute, a school now teaching marketable trade skills to area residents. It’s a $180,000 project which, without the assistance of the aid group, would simply be out of reach to area residents.
“You have no idea how poor these people are,” said Ruth. “I asked one young person who was helping with the project what his most
valued possession was and he proudly showed me a pencil, telling me that it belonged just to him and he didn’t have to share it with anyone. In the evening you often see children beating the tall grass, searching for mice...they use them to supplement their diet and provide some protein to their diet.”
The school that Mueller helped construct will help alleviate at least some of that poverty. It’s set to teach masonry and tailoring right now and other trades are going to be added as things progress.
“Those skills can be life altering for the young people in the community...we made
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Despite being back in Victoria for now, Mueller’s work with the For the Love of Africa organization hasn’t stopped. Upon her return home she joined the executive of the organization and now helps in fundraising while simultaneously spreading the message about the group’s work.
School will help alleviate some poverty Continued from Page A10
I asked one young person who was helping with the project what his most valued possession was and he proudly showed me a pencil.
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A conversation he heard on National Public Radio a couple of years ago got Oak
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“I had only been in Canada for six months and didn’t speak English,” Jensen recalled. “My second grade teacher, Miss Hayami, a Japanese
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Although he put up with his fair share of teasing from classmates because of his limited language skills, the classroom became his sanctuary thanks to Hayami’s tireless efforts, Jensen said. So he decided to try and contact her to let her know how much he appreciated her help, prompted by the radio program.
“It was a pivotal time in my life, and I will never forget how much she helped me,” Jensen said. “I wanted to impress her with what I learned and she really motivated me. Her endearing qualities were her kindness and how she nurtured self confidence, instilled a love of learning, self esteem and a love for others.”
It took some effort to get a hold of Hayami’s contact information, but once he did, Jensen spent
a couple of hours crafting a letter he emailed to her.
“She called 10 minutes after I sent the email and asked if I was the little Danish boy who couldn’t speak English,” said Jensen, who shared her classrooms for grades two, three and six. “She said she was very moved by my letter and I told her how much she had influenced me.”
Her overwhelming kindness didn’t prevent Hayami from doling out discipline when required. “We used to try and throw pee wee footballs around the class when her back was turned and I had to wait until the end of the year before I got mine back a couple of times,” he recalled with a chuckle.
Jensen’s life took another major turn in high school when a teacher made chemistry so engaging that he was inspired to earn a degree in chemical engineering, a career
path he pursued for a number of years before deciding to get a law degree to do something more involved with helping people. A career in law nurtured a love for teaching, which has been a part of his life on and off for more than 20 years.
“The students’ enthusiasm is a great reward,” said Jensen, who is looking forward to teaching at the University of Victoria again in the near future.
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Wrestler to compete at international champsTim CollinsVictoria News
A local wrestler will represent Canada at the up-coming USA Cadet Pan-American Championships.
Erin Geddie will compete at the Cadet level because of her age, but her next step will be the senior level competition which serve as an Olympic qualifying event in the sport of wrestling.
Geddie, who lives in Esquimalt, has shown extraordinary dedication to her sport, even going so far as making a daily trek to Campbell River so she could attend a high school with a more developed wrestling program.
She’s been wrestling for six years, after initially joining the Esquimalt High School wrestling team in Grade 8. Since then she has honed her skills to the point where she is considered a rising star in the wrestling community. Her personal goal is to represent Canada in the Olympic Games.
In April, Geddie competed in the Cadet/Juvenile Canadian Wrestling Championship in Calgary where she captured silver in free-style wrestling, despite competing with a sprained ankle. The victory earned her a spot on the Cadet National Team, locking in her participation in the Pan American Games in Lima Peru, from July 1 to 3, and the Ontario Cup in Guelph, Ontario on July 10.
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Geddie’s participation in the sport has already garnered her the
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those offers right now and trying to decide what my best move will be. I need a school with a great program, because in the long run, I want to represent Canada in the Olympic Games...it’s my dream,” said Geddie.
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top of my game,” said Geddie.
To cover the costs the training, Geddie established an internet crowdfunding site where she has posted a goal of $7,000. To date, she has had about $2,400 donated by friends, family and supporters of her efforts to represent Canada in wrestling.
“Wrestling isn’t a sport traditionally associated with girls, but I love it and I’m proud to be able to represent my country in these competitions,” said Geddie. “It’s opening the door for some amazing opportunities for me, and even though it’s a lot of work, I’m just so thrilled to be out there, doing my best.”
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Erin Geddie proudly displays the gold medal she won during a recent competition in Las Vegas.
Wrestling isn’t a sport traditionally associated with girls, but I love it and I’m proud to be able to represent my country in these competitions.
— Erin Geddie
Three members of the Victoria Royals have picked up WHL awards.
Head coach Dave Lowry has won the Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy after he was chosen as the league’s coach of the year for the second time in the last three seasons. Lowry is only the 11th coach in WHL history to have won the award two or more times.
Now in his fourth year with the club, Lowry guided the Royals to a WHL best 106 points and 50-16-3-3 record, along with the franchise’s first
Scotty Munro Memorial trophy. Victoria’s Tyler Soy was
named most sportsmanlike player, and Matthew Phillips picked up rookie of the year.
Soy wrapped up the season second in team scoring with 85 points and only 27 minutes in penalties. He also led the team in goals with 46 and broke the Royals’ record for most markers in a single season.
Phillips finished the season first in points with 76 and 37 goals among all WHL rookies. He also finished in a tie for first in the league in game-winning
goals (10) and tied for second in powerplay markers (16).
In addition, the Royals were recognized with the WHL marketing/business award. Victoria is one of nine franchises in the league to average attendance figues of more than 4,500 per game in each of the past five seasons.
The Royals season came to an end in the second round during Game 7 when they lost to the visiting Kelowna Rockets 3-2 in overtime.
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FurlaniGarlic Toast638-720gr599599
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California GrownFresh Strawberries1lb clamshell
CalbeeSnapea Crisps93gr
Santa CruzOrganic Lemonade946ml
699699
Sunrise FarmsWhole Frying Chicken4.39 per kg
199199
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5$105$10for
2
Grain Fed Free Run
Locally Raised BC Poultry
Pork Side Ribs6.59 per kg
299299PerLB
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2$62$6for
While the stark images of devastation coming from the Fort McMurray region are coming in full force, the stories of courage, heroism and people helping people are beginning to trickle in.
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Our thoughts are with everyone affected directly and indirectly by this unimaginable situation, and we are encouraged by the spirit shown by those in the face of these challenges.
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Quick Meals Made Easy
499
699PerLB
Canadian AAAInside Round Oven Roast11.00 per kg
349PerLB
499PerLB
Canadian AAABoneless Cross Rib Roast11.00 per kg
Canadian AAAInside Round Marinating Steak11.00 per kg
CanadianStewing Beef11.00 per kg
499PerLB
CatelliGluten Free Pasta340gr
No YolksEgg White Pasta340gr
CatelliSmart Pasta340-375gr
299 299499
PerLB
499PerLB
Fresh GourmetPremium Croutons128-142gr
Renee's GourmetDressing & Dip350-355ml
EmmaExtra Virgin Olive Oil1lt
599
SwansonSteamfresh Vegetables269-340gr
VHSteamers283-298gr
TexanaRice2kg
Healthy ChoiceGourmet Steamers276-306gr
SwansonHungry-Man Dinner300-455gr
2$5 399
Canadian AAA Inside Round Rouladen15.41 per kg
Center Cut Single or Double Loin
Pork Loin Chops7.69 per kg
3$5for
2$7for
2$5for
2$5for
2$5for
A $7.48 value for $4.99
FREEOffer in effect May 9-15, 2016
Get 1HeinzYellow Mustard 375ml
Buy 1HeinzTomato Ketchup 1lt
Buy 1
Meat
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Local Grocer, International Flavour
3$5for
3$5for
349JanesPubstyle Chicken800gr
OlypmicPork or Dinner Sausages7.69 per kg
$10
Golden DragonChinese Style Soy Sauce455ml
Golden DragonHawaiian Style Teriyaki Sauce or Light Soy Sauce455ml
Sunrise FarmsChicken Wings
1kg Pack
Golden DragonSauceSelected, 455ml
Sunrise FarmsBone In Chicken Thighs
7.69 per kg
PerLB
HarvestNaturally Smoked Wieners450gr
89¢ 89¢
Sapporo IchibanJapanese Style Noodles100gr
TaipanWhole Young Corn398ml
TaipanAuthentic Chinese Noodles397gr
TaipanSauce350ml
TaipanWater Chestnuts or Bamboo Shoots227ml99¢
HengstenbergSauerkraut or Cabbage400gr
HengstenbergOriginal German Mustard200ml
BechtleEgg Pasta350-500gr
799 349 499
Jane'sBreaded Fish580-615gr
999
Light Soy SauceLight Soy SauceLight Soy SauceLight Soy SauceLight Soy SauceLight Soy SauceLight Soy Sauce
4$5for
3$5for2$4for
2$4for4$5for
Grain Fed Free Run
Locally Raised BC Poultry
299
PerLB
Grain Fed Free Run
Locally Raised BC Poultry
U P S T A I R S I N S I D E Q U A L I T Y F O O D S I N :Comox v Powell River v Qualicum Foods v Courtenay v View Royal Offer is in effect May 9-15, 2016
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PRIMO PRODUCTS AT PRIMO PRICES
NOTHING STAX UP TO THESE DEALS
4$5for
3$5for3$5for
4$5for
Minute Maid or Five alive100% Juice10x200ml
CadburyChocolate Bar90-100gr
QuakerCrispy Minis Rice Cakes127-199gr
San RemoArtichoke Hearts398ml
Hidden ValleyThe Original Ranch Dressing & Dip473ml
Hellman'sDressing & Sandwich SpreadCarefully crafted, 710ml
499 299
299
399
299
399QuakerDipps or Chewy Granola BarsSelected, 130-196gr
2$4for
QuakerCrispy Minis Rice Chips100gr
Lay'sStax Potato Chips155-163gr
Simply Orange100% Pure & Natural Orange Juice2.63lt
Chapman’sSorbet or Gelato1.5-2lt
Chapman’sSlice Cream Ice Cream1.5lt
Chapman'sLollyAssorted Sizes
Chapman’sOriginal Ice Cream Gluten Free2lt
399
Black DiamondProcess Cheese Product450gr
Black DiamondCheese Strings336gr
HeinzPicnic Pack3x375ml
VlasicDill Pickle Spears946ml
Black DiamondCheddar or Mozzarella Cheese400-450gr
DelissioThin Crispy Crust Pizza555-630gr
DelissioPizzeria Vintage or Rising Crust Pizza519-888gr
PlantersCashews225gr
KraftBBQ Sauce455ml
499 499
PrimoThick & Zesty Pasta Sauce680ml
Coke or Canada Dry20x355ml
Mr. Freeze or CrushFreeze Pops100's
Black DiamondShredded Cheese340gr
Hi I'm Skinny Sticks or G.H. Cretors Popped Corn170-227gr
2$4for
499
ChristieRitz Crackers350gr
PrimoTomatoes796ml
StaggChili425gr
2$5for 399
DasaniSparkling Water12x355ml
ChristieMr. Christie's Ice Cream Cuplets or Cones66-75gr
499
299NestleBites180-246gr
San RemoOrganic Beans398ml
599
499299
299
San RemoRipe Olives398ml
San RemoMediterranean Sea Salts1kg
399399399
Smucker'sToppings250ml
3$5for3$5
399 399 399
299 599DoleSparklers Real Fruit Beverage or Juice12x340-355ml
PrimoPasta900gr
99¢ 99¢
ChristieSandwich Cookies or S'mores287-303gr
2$5for
5$10for4$5for
4$5for4$5for 399
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A
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A
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NesteaIced Tea Mix640gr-1kg
PLUS
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PLUS
A
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PPLICABLE FEES
Quality Foods an Island Original BETTER TOGETHER - $13 value for $8
Receive
2$8for
2 FREEBUY ANY 2Lay’s Party Size Potato Chips 425gr
Pepsi, 7-up or Mountain Dew 2lt
SAVE $5 PLUS
A
PPLICABLE FEES
Prices in effect May 09 - May 15, 2016
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SCOOP UP THE FUN!THE VERY BEST DAYS ARE SUNDAES!
PRIMO PRODUCTS AT PRIMO PRICES
NOTHING STAX UP TO THESE DEALS
4$5for
3$5for3$5for
4$5for
Minute Maid or Five alive100% Juice10x200ml
CadburyChocolate Bar90-100gr
QuakerCrispy Minis Rice Cakes127-199gr
San RemoArtichoke Hearts398ml
Hidden ValleyThe Original Ranch Dressing & Dip473ml
Hellman'sDressing & Sandwich SpreadCarefully crafted, 710ml
499 299
299
399
299
399QuakerDipps or Chewy Granola BarsSelected, 130-196gr
2$4for
QuakerCrispy Minis Rice Chips100gr
Lay'sStax Potato Chips155-163gr
Simply Orange100% Pure & Natural Orange Juice2.63lt
Chapman’sSorbet or Gelato1.5-2lt
Chapman’sSlice Cream Ice Cream1.5lt
Chapman'sLollyAssorted Sizes
Chapman’sOriginal Ice Cream Gluten Free2lt
399
Black DiamondProcess Cheese Product450gr
Black DiamondCheese Strings336gr
HeinzPicnic Pack3x375ml
VlasicDill Pickle Spears946ml
Black DiamondCheddar or Mozzarella Cheese400-450gr
DelissioThin Crispy Crust Pizza555-630gr
DelissioPizzeria Vintage or Rising Crust Pizza519-888gr
PlantersCashews225gr
KraftBBQ Sauce455ml
499 499
PrimoThick & Zesty Pasta Sauce680ml
Coke or Canada Dry20x355ml
Mr. Freeze or CrushFreeze Pops100's
Black DiamondShredded Cheese340gr
Hi I'm Skinny Sticks or G.H. Cretors Popped Corn170-227gr
2$4for
499
ChristieRitz Crackers350gr
PrimoTomatoes796ml
StaggChili425gr
2$5for 399
DasaniSparkling Water12x355ml
ChristieMr. Christie's Ice Cream Cuplets or Cones66-75gr
499
299NestleBites180-246gr
San RemoOrganic Beans398ml
599
499299
299
San RemoRipe Olives398ml
San RemoMediterranean Sea Salts1kg
399399399
Smucker'sToppings250ml
3$5for3$5
399 399 399
299 599DoleSparklers Real Fruit Beverage or Juice12x340-355ml
PrimoPasta900gr
99¢ 99¢
ChristieSandwich Cookies or S'mores287-303gr
2$5for
5$10for4$5for
4$5for4$5for 399
PLUS
A
PPLICABLE FEES
PLUS
A
PPLICABLE FEES
NesteaIced Tea Mix640gr-1kg
PLUS
A
PPLICABLE FEES
PLUS
A
PPLICABLE FEES PLUS
A
PPLICABLE FEES
Quality Foods an Island Original BETTER TOGETHER - $13 value for $8
Receive
2$8for
2 FREEBUY ANY 2Lay’s Party Size Potato Chips 425gr
Pepsi, 7-up or Mountain Dew 2lt
SAVE $5 PLUS
A
PPLICABLE FEES
Prices in effect May 09 - May 15, 2016
Available at select stores only.
599
Frozen or Previously FrozenNew Zealand Blue Cod Fillets
Frozen or Previously FrozenRaw Red Argentine Prawns21/25 size
169
299
12 Piece California Rolls
8 Piece Happy Tuna Rolls or 16 Piece Maki Platter
799
499
FreshHalibut Steaks
199Per100 gr
Per100 gr
Sunrise Roast or Smoked
Turkey Breast
169
ViennaRoast Beef or New York
Style Corned Beef
LilydaleKentucky Chicken Breast
799 199
Per100gr
Continental Honey Ham
Per100gr
149
2 Piece Crispy Chicken Snack Pac
• Greek• Traditional Potato• Sweet Bean
$7
299
99¢
399
Natural PasturesBrie or Camembert Cheese
CanadianCreamy HavartiCheese
Tequila Lime Candied Salmon Nuggets
199MediumDeli Salad
Organically YoursOrganic Walnuts150gr
599
Quality FreshFamily Favourites Mixed NutsDeluxe Roasted & Salted with 45% Cashews, 175gr
Quality FreshFamily Favourites Cranberry Cocktail Mix500gr
499399Per100gr
NestleSmarties
Per100gr
Per100gr
per 100gr
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1095
MediumAlmond Chicken Chop Suey
MediumSweet & Sour Chicken Balls
995
LargeChow Mein
750
Per100gr
Per100gr
Deli & Cheese
Seafood • Quality Foods
Sushi
Available at select stores only.
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2$3for
Two LayerCake
Cheese BunsRaisin or Chelsea Bread
2$4Mini Apple or Cherry Strudels
Bob's Red MillGluten Free ProductsSelected, 453-907gr
Cake Donuts
349Muffins Cream Filled Strudel
SpongetowelsPaper Towels6’s
599
for3693496 pack
Dempster’sBagels6’s
2$6for
Dempster’sSignature Bread600-680gr
2$6for
ScottiesSupreme White Tissue Nature Inspired Collection 3 Ply, 65's
CashmereUltra Luxe Bathroom Tissue12's
White SwanNapkins100's
499
Ty PhooOrange Pekoe Tea80's
999
• Chocolate• Vanilla
Go PureGranola Bars175gr
Earth's OwnAlmond Fresh Beverage1.89lt
399399
599
299
599
Coffee Cake
499
449
SnowcrestPremium Organic Frozen Fruit600gr
JordansCereal450-500gr
499
6 pack
8 pack
6 pack
3$599¢
MelittaWorld Harvest Coffee400-454gr 399
for
Bakery
Quality Foods • Taste for Life
Household
4" Flowering Standard Gardenia
California GrownOrganic Cello Cauliflower999 California Grown
Organic Baby Cut Carrots1lb bag
California/Arizona GrownOrganic Broccolettes
4” VegstarterSelected
2$4 2$7for2$5for
California Grown 399for
Pe C C
B.C. Grown "Hot House"Beefsteak Tomatoes3.72 per kg
169169PerLB
Washington Grown US Extra FancyJazz Apples4.39 per kg
199199PerLB
California GrownGreen Bell Peppers3.28 per kg
149149PerLB
Mexican GrownCaribbean Papaya3.28 per kg
149149PerLB
for
2$72$7Vancouver Island "Hot House"Long English Cucumber
2$32$3for
California FreshPeaches & Cream Corn
5$55$5for
YOUR CHOICE!
2$42$4for
California GrownFresh Celery
2$52$5for
California GrownCello Spinach283gr
Mexican GrownBlueberries6oz clamshell
California/Mexican GrownRaspberries6oz clamshell
California/Mexican GrownBlackberries6oz clamshell
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