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WorkLink survives funding shakeup

Fate of Lagoon bridge in voter hands Sam Van Schie News staff

help fund that organization,” De Luca said. “Our funding includes a lot of money to fund everyone else.

“For our clients though there should be very little difference.

We’ll still be here to help with employment counselling, with the resource centre,” she said.

“If someone needs a job, we will determine the services needed to get a job.”

The key change for WorkLink is shifting to a “fee for service” model instead of block funding, meaning the society gets paid for each service rendered, such as building a resume, job training and career planning.

Colwood plans to ask residents to decide the fate of the aging and ailing Esquimalt Lagoon bridge — eventually.

At a Jan. 9 council meeting, council agreed to start planning a referendum question, regarding whether or not to invest public money into saving the bridge, for at the next municipal election in three years.

Coun. Teresa Harvey proposed the referendum and said, while the next election is a long way off, it will give council time to educate the public on the complexities of maintaining the bridge over the long term.

“If we can lay out the options and the cost on a referendum, people can make an informed decision,” Harvey said. “Ultimately we need to ask the public if they want to spend money on this.”

In the meantime, council stayed the course of its predecessor, advising City staff to make no increase to the maintenance budget for the Lagoon bridge.

Given this, Colwood engineering director Michael Baxter said the bridge might not last until the next election.

Piles that form the foundation of the 80-year-old timber trestle are rotting and being consumed by shipworms. Land under the north and south approaches is being eroded away.

The next scheduled structural evaluation for the bridge is in 2013, and Baxter said that’s likely to result in load restrictions, either barring vehicles from the bridge or limiting traffic to one lane.

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Long-running WorkLink in Colwood, a nonprofit led by executive director Jennifer De Luca, secured one of 73 provincial contracts to keep providing employment assistance on the West Shore, Sooke and Port Renfrew.

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West Shore job agency secures major contract Edward Hill News staff

Come April, the big job board at WorkLink will still be layered with dozens of help-wanted ads, all offering hope of gainful employment or a fresh career.

But behind the scenes, the West Shore’s main employment centre will be in transition, if not mild turmoil, as it works out the operational kinks under a new provincial funding model.

WorkLink is one of several dozen agencies in B.C. awarded a provincial employment assistance contract in December, a major victory for the 33-year Colwood-based service.

The new funding plan consolidates some 400 employment service providers under the umbrella of 73 geographicallyorganized outfits — WorkLink’s catchment covers the West Shore to Port Renfrew.

“We feel fortunate we got the contract,” said Jennifer De Luca, executive director of the non-profit WorkLink Employment Society. “If we hadn’t bid or hadn’t got the contract, we would close.”

Indeed, employment organizations such as Spectrum Job

Search in downtown Victoria will be replaced.

GT Hiring Solutions was awarded five contracts in B.C., including for Victoria and Saanich. Beacon Community Services will manage employment assistance for the Saanich Peninsula.

For WorkLink, the contract means its budget is tripled to about $3.3 million per year, but about one quarter of that will flow to 12 subcontractor social service agencies, such as Victoria Disability Resource Centre, Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre, the John Howard Society and PEERS. “If a client living in Langford needs immigrant services, we send them to that and

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Police recommend Malahat patrol Dedicated unit comes with $1M price tag Erin McCracken News staff

Sgt. Graeme LeBlanc was patrolling the Malahat Drive last summer when a call came in over the radio that shocked him.

Another officer had clocked a vehicle at 180 kilometres an hour. Despite their efforts, police weren’t able to nab the hazardous driver.

“If something does happen ... how long is it going to take them to stop? Is there something wrong with them? Are they drunk? Are they high? Are there mentalhealth issues?” said LeBlanc, a Victoria police officer with the Capital Regional District’s Integrated Road Safety Unit.

“Why are they endangering the public? At a certain point we’re just at a loss for an explanation.”

It makes a strong case for the need for a police road safety unit dedicated to enforcing the rules

of the road along the Malahat Drive, a notorious 24-kilometre stretch of highway between Langford and Mill Bay. That’s is one of the recommendations that came out of last summer’s “Making the Malahat Safer” two-month campaign. Those findings were released Wednesday.

From July 6 to Sept. 7, officers from the CRD’s Integrated Road Safety Unit , the Saanich Police Department’s Traffic Safety Unit, and RCMP detachments, including South Island Traffic Services and West Shore RCMP, kept up a constant vigil along the Malahat.

An average of 22,000 vehicles travel the Malahat daily, climbing to about 36,000 per day during summer months.

Their goal was to reduce the number of vehicle crashes by 25 per cent, preventing fatalities and serious injury, and to reduce speeding.

Police say their efforts worked — 35 impaired drivers taken off the road, and risky driving behaviour was curbed. But Insp. Ray Fast, head of the RCMP’s Island District Traffic Services, said it would be “unrealistic” to ask for

Malahat Drive by the numbers ■ The Malahat Drive has an average of 58 collisions per year.

■ 44 per cent of these collisions result in injury and 75 per cent lead to closing one or two lanes of the highway.

■ Two to four people perish each year due to collisions on the Malahat.

■ During Making the Malahat safer campaign, police issued more than 1,200 speeding tickets.

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With the RCMP’s Air 8 hovering behind, Const. Robert Figueiredo, of the CRD Integrated Road Safety Unit (front) helped lead the Making the Malahat Safer campaign last summer. dedicated Malahat patrol unit.

But the RCMP will ask the province for additional police resources for the Island, which, in part, could boost police numbers on the Malahat, Fast said.

A feasibility study would be needed to look at the value of

placing photo radar equipment, for example, on the highway.

“It is significantly less (cost) than the amount of resources used to deploy a full-time traffic unit,” Fast said.

Police also identified a need to work with the Ministry of

Transportation to create pullouts where police can set up radar traps, in particular on two southbound lane locations between south Shawnigan Lake and Bamberton. editor@goldstreamgazette.com

Bowling a booming business in Langford Charla Huber News staff

If anyone is keeping score, it seems Langford Lanes started its first frame with a strike.

The bowling centre has become an overnight success, with lanes reserved months in advance and drop-in bowlers often having to wait two to three hours for a lane.

The overwhelming popularity and pent up demand for bowling has taken management by surprise.

“We never expected to be this busy,” said Corey Barager, Langford Lanes general manager.

“We definitely anticipated a huge need for a bowling alley,” said Laynia Palubeskie, director of marketing. “But, we didn’t anticipate it to be this busy.”

The 20-lane facility is packed with a combination of public bowling, league play and private bookings.

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Laynia Palubeskie, director of marketing at Langford Lanes, said the facility never expected to be so busy. The centre is already booking bowling lanes into February.

The 18 leagues at Langford Lanes — populated with men’s, women’s, mixed, youth and special needs teams — have about 500 active members, with another

500 on waiting lists.

Su Brock, Langford Lanes league and tournament manager, isn’t surprised with the numbers.

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With the popularity of leagues, the bowling centre is looking into adding more league play on some nights. The centre offers two 20-week leagues during the year and the next league season is starting in March.

Langford Lanes is also looking into opening a high school league that will run weekdays after school.

Leagues operate nearly every day, but Brock said the centre has tried to create an equal balance for all bowlers. Many lanes during high-volume weekend times remain open to the public.

Staff try to keep walk-in times available, but it can be tough to roll a few frames without booking in advance.

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Any given Saturday has about 300 bowlers walk through the doors, and weekends often have wait times of several hours. Lane reservations are booked solid until February.

“The slowest times (for public bowling) are weekdays in the late afternoon,” Barager said. “We do try to save some room for dropins.”

Barager is glad to be managing such a popular facility. His advice to people who want to come play is “show up early.”

Barager loves bowling, but even he hasn’t had much time to knock down pins.

Langford Lanes is the first 10-pin bowling alley in the region since Mayfair Lanes closed in 2006. Before the centre opened, the closest 10-pin bowling alley was in Duncan.

When anything new opens there is always a bit of novelty, but Barager said, “I think it’s going to stay pretty steady.”

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One ultra rare dime, an 1894S Barber, sold for a record $1.9 million to a collector in July of 2007. While that is an extreme example, many rare and valuable coins are stashed away in dresser drawers or lock boxes around the country. The ICC and its collector members have organized a traveling event in search of all types of coins and currency. Even common coins can be worth a significant amount due to the high price of silver and gold, says Helms.

Washington quarters and Roosevelt dimes can be worth many times their face value. Recent silver markets have driven the price up on common coins made of silver. Helms explains that all U.S. half dollars, quarters and dimes made before 1970 contain 90% silver and are sought after any time silver prices rise. Right now it’s a sellers market he said.

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Temporary business park near Langford lake given OK Langford Landing project remains in planning phase Edward Hill News staff

Prime development property on Langford Lake will temporarily become a business park.

Langford gave the OK for Turner Lane Development Corp. to use 9.8 acres wedged between Langford Lake, the E&N rail line and Kettle Creek Station as a business park while its larger development plan unfolds.

The property, called Landing

on Langford Lake, is planned for about 350 residential units spread through homes, townhomes and condominiums. The waterfront portion of the property has been given to Langford as parkland.

Langford’s planning committee approved a temporary use permit for the property to house storage, light manufacturing and mechanic workshops in warehouse type buildings.

Council needs to approve the permit.

Turner Lane president Les Bjola said planning for Landing on Langford Lake is still going forward in terms of looking different configurations of homes.

“No matter what, develop-

ment takes time. Nine acres is a big project. It’s not going to happen fast,” Bjola said. “We are looking to generate revenue to pay property taxes.”

Bjola said the temporary business park will be similar to the existing business park in the Goldstream Meadows area on West Shore Parkway. “It’s nothing fancy,” he said.

Rachael Sansom of Turner Lane said people have inquired about storing RVs or other large vehicles on the Landing property. “The land is worth a ton,” she said, making any business park a short-term venture.

“It’s not going to be broken down old cars,” she said.

“Certainly it won’t be a ton of

Gravel sales steered away from council Edward Hill News staff

Langford will no longer bring land developer requests to sell gravel before council or committees, but has delegated decision-making to staff.

The city planner will authorize the sale of gravel from development properties, which can become stockpiled during the process of clearing land and blasting rock.

Since 2009, Langford issued two temporary use permits, one for property on Walfred Road and one on Happy Valley Road, to allow the developer to sell excess gravel.

Permit requests were brought

before Langford’s planning committee, where incensed neighbours complained blasting and crushing gravel was too disruptive and noisy.

“When it was brought to committee, people thought they could stop the blasting or crushing, when they couldn’t.

It was a false process. We were getting the public in here who didn’t understand the process,” said Coun. Denise Blackwell, chair of the planning committee.

“We kept explaining that we can’t stop the blasting and crushing. All we are doing is letting them sell (gravel) to get it off the property.”

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such as crushing and blasting rock, is regulated by the province and WorkSafeBC. Langford officials point out that temporary use permits allow the City to regulate the scope of the operation, such as time of day and weekends.

Among the list of Langford’s regulations for rock sales, blasting is limited to 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays and Saturday, and crushing and rock removal is limited to 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Crushing can’t take place within 20 metres of a residential property.

Neighbours around a potential rock sales site must still be notified in writing three weeks before the permit is issued.

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Bridge repair options expensive Continued from Page A1

The cost to rehabilitate the bridge is estimated at $750,000, but there are bigger problem facing the Coburg peninsula.

A heavy storm at high tide could generate waves that cut through the peninsula and make travel along Ocean Boulevard, a popular commuter route, impossible.

“This could happen tomorrow or two years from now, we can’t predict these things,” Baxter said.

Strong storms have already been known to throw logs onto the road, and wave activity will increase as sea level rises.

“I wouldn’t bet on there still being a peninsula there in 50 years,” said Coun. Judith Cullington, noting that most large capital investments in infrastructure should last longer than that.

The last consultant report the City received on the lagoon was from Seabulk Systems in 2008.

It offered multi-million dollar options to protect the Coburg peninsula from wave damage.

The City could spend $2 million every five to 10 years

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Worms and erosion continue to weaken pilings holding up the Esquimalt Lagoon bridge. Colwood is planning a referendum on whether to spend tax dollars on repairing the bridge. replenishing the beach with sand or build small breakwaters called groynes to stop the sediment from migrating down the shore for $5 million to $12 million, depending on the design.

The previous council deemed these costs unreasonable, and this council made no move to further explore those options.

Public consultation in 2010, prior to a temporary closure of the Lagoon bridge for improvements to the north approach,

found no clear opinion on whether residents wanted the bridge to remain open — a third of respondents wanted the bridge open, a third wanted it closed and a third wanted the City to decide.

The future of Coburg Peninsula has been in jeopardy since the Royal Bay gravel mine closed in 2007, bringing an end to the supply of sediment that originally built up the sand spit. news@goldstreamgazette.com

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Some clients might need a few hundred dollars worth of employment assistance, some might need multiple programs worth thousands.

“Funding could help pay for tuition, and a living allowance and job retraining,” said Janice Booth, assistant director of WorkLink.

“For some people it could be $1,000 per month. So $3.3 million doesn’t go that far.”

De Luca said this contract is risky for the society, as it remains unclear if it will cover costs for the expected 1,800 clients per year.

In April, WorkLink will likely layoff some of their 36 staff as a consequence of the new model, as the workload is spread to the other 12 sub-agencies.

“Our board of directors thought long and hard (about seeking the contract). It’s much risker for us, but they believe in this place and the staff we have,” De Luca said.

“We’ve been in business a long time and we will continue to provide good services.

We won’t cut corners.

The organization has a value system that won’t change.”

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Results released for Gazette reader survey Laura Lavin News Staff

The numbers are in from the Goldstream News Gazette reader survey held last fall.

In a comprehensive survey conducted in the papers and online, Black Press papers in more than 70 communities across the province took a closer look at what readers want from their community newspaper.

The goal of the survey was to get a better understanding about what readers want to see and to allow advertisers a peek into who is leafing through our pages.

“We really value our readers’ input,” said Goldstream News Gazette publisher Penny Sakamoto.

“We want them to know that they matter. Our readers deserve our best and we work hard to give them the detailed, lively, informative and timely coverage that they are looking for.”

Our survey asked questions to find out our reader demographics, favourite sections of the paper and keyed into some of their preferences and purchase intentions.

On the West Shore the bulk of our readership falls into the 50 to 65 age category, with those aged 36 to 49 following close behind. Most readers follow the Gazette regularly, at least once a week.

More than 98 per cent of Gazette readers said breaking news was most important, followed by stories on local events, local people and local businesses. A high percentage are also reading our pages looking for local deals or items on sale.

Grocery flyers were a big winner with readers across the province, with 92 per cent saying they use grocery flyers. The West Shore followed suit.

West Shore readers love to dine out — 95 per cent of Goldstream News Gazette readers enjoy letting someone else do the cooking. Following closely behind was shopping for clothing, shoes and accessories, then movies and entertainment.

“This survey helped us see that our advertisers are getting great returns for their investment with Black Press,” said Sakamoto. “Our readers are taking advantage of local deals and high-end items.”

Most said they have plans to travel in the next six months and 18 per cent plan to purchase a car.

Across the province, 89 per cent of readers try to shop locally. On the West Shore, the trend is slightly higher.

“This survey will help us serve our community better,” said editorial director-Greater Victoria, Kevin Laird. “Print media is relevant only as much as it reflects its audience. Our goal is to cover the stories and issues readers want to know about.”

A total of 12,361 reader surveys were completed between September and November of 2011. Information was submitted online and in paper format and compiled to provide one of the largest data sets in British Columbia. editor@goldstreamgazette.com

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Heals Range is located west of the junction of Willis Point Road and Wallace Drive, in Saanich, BC. The coordinates are 48° 32’ 40” North, 123° 27’ 00” West.

Le champ de tir Heals est situé à l’ouest de la jonction du chemin Willis Point et Wallace Drive, à Saanich, CB. Les coordonnées sont 48° 32’ 40” Nord, 123° 27’ 00” Ouest.

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Dedicate police to Malahat Drive I

t’s difficult to put a price on saving lives. But that’s essentially the choice we face, according to a report released Wednesday that wants the province to fund a new traffic enforcement unit focused on the Malahat.

The sheer volume of traffic that crosses the Malahat every day — an average of 22,000 vehicles and as many as 36,000 in the summer months — means that even an insignificant fender-bender can cause unreasonable delays.

Of the 58 collisions that happen on the Malahat on average every year, 75 per cent shut down either one lane or the entire highway.

Last April’s fuel spill, caused when a tanker truck driver lost control, kept some people trapped on either side of the highway for 22 hours.

At its worst, the highway can be a killer. The twists and cliff faces are unforgiving for anyone unfortunate enough to lose focus even for a moment. Every year, two to four people will die on the road, while almost half of the annual collisions end up with someone in hospital.

Things improved last summer when a co-ordinated effort by regional police departments succeeded in lowering the number of collisions on the Malahat.

More experience could only further improve the effort, which makes us curious about why this approach hasn’t been tried before.

Much has been said about the need for alternative routes. It always comes back to cost, whether to extend ferry service from Mill Bay to Brentwood or to somehow expand the existing road.

Installing more median barriers to help prevent head-on collisions and a strong police presence is a sound alternative.

The barriers are a relatively cheap and quick solution to save lives (two people perished separate head-on collisions in October and December). A 15 member dedicated patrol unit would come with an estimated $1 million annual price tag.

It seems like a lot of money unless you’re talking to those who have lost someone on the highway.

What do you think? Give us your comments by email: editor@goldstreamgazette.com or fax 250-478-6545. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification.

The Goldstream News Gazette is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council.

Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

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Patience key to solving traffic woes I

look at each community’s problems don’t want to admit it, but I’m and the best possible solutions, one of those drivers who gets given how the multitude of other annoyed by a slow cyclist inconissues are set out to be managed veniencing a lane of car traffic. simultaneously.

“His inability to bike at a The key to this plan is decent speed is adding 30 setting both short- and seconds to my motored long-term transportation commute!” goals.

It’s an inconsiderIf some of the region’s ate, selfish way to drive, recent infrastructure but I’m not alone in my projects are any indicaactions. Most drivers are tion (a new Blue Bridge; egocentric, and it’s the a new Craigflower Bridge; reason the transportation upgrades and widening issues plaguing the Capital to the Island Highway in Region are far from resoKyle Slavin View Royal ), car travel is lution.

The Gen Y Lens forecast to be here for a Sure, we’ll let our fellow long while. motorists merge into trafWe can’t throw all our attention fic, but if we don’t get that thank(and money) at rapid transit and you wave… expect the roads to change overDuring the November municinight. An LRT line along the Transpal election, I chatted with many a Canada Highway isn’t going to politician (and would-be politician) make a noticeable difference in the about how they want to make our number of vehicles headed to the transportation network – involving University of Victoria on any given drivers, cyclists, transit-users and day, or how many Gordon Head pedestrians — a more fluid system. residents use Shelbourne Street to Most appreciable solutions drive downtown. revolved around transit improveThat’s because it’s only one part ments: creating bus and HOV lanes, of a very large puzzle that won’t be increasing service levels, providfinished for decades to come. ing incentives to take transit, and This puzzle will ultimately include building that billion-dollar light-rail pieces of rapid transit that serve project from downtown to the West the Swartz Bay ferry terminal, VictoShore. ria International Airport, UVic, and But where do we begin? It has to CFB Esquimalt. But these pieces are start with planning things out at a still years away from the planning region-wide level, because our curstages. rent system isn’t working.

The long-range solution also We need a regional transportation includes more bike lanes and trails, authority, likely at the CRD, where improved sidewalks and pedestrian all 13 stakeholder municipalities environments, and probably even can have a say.

This will give us a comprehensive better roads for those who will still

use their cars.

Short-term goals are harder to pinpoint and solve quickly — but work needs to be done collaboratively so all municipalities are moving in the same direction.

That’s what a comprehensive transportation plan looks like.

When the complete puzzle is built, most if not all Greater Victorians should be able to get to their destination faster, cheaper or easier than they would if they drove themselves. But patience, for the timebeing, is key.

The current LRT system being floated around won’t even be built until 2019 at the earliest.

Even as a Gordon Head resident who won’t get any use out of the first LRT line, I won’t complain when a gas tax is implemented or more of my property tax is directed toward financing light-rail along the Trans-Canada instead of closer to my home.

That’s because I know I have to be patient. My neighbourhood will eventually be served by rapid transit, but it has to start somewhere — and Gordon Head, Esquimalt, Sidney and Oak Bay all drew the short straw.

Until that time I will probably continue to drive to work and I’ll probably continue to get annoyed by the cyclists hogging my lane.

But I am trying hard to be a more patient road user. Because patience is the only thing that’ll help the region get from A to B in the smoothest way possible. kslavin@saanichnews.com — Kyle Slavin is a reporter with the Saanich News.

‘We can’t throw all our attention at rapid transit and expect change overnight.’

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Northern Gateway, profit vs. environment T

tures and massive subsidies to he battle lines are drawn, the fossil fuel industry, not to and Northern B.C.’s prismention foreign owntine wilderness is ership of tar sands the latest front. operations and lobWith hearings underbying by foreign way into the proposed companies, Canadi$5.5-billion, dual 1,172ans are not enjoying kilometre Enbridge the real benefits of Northern Gateway our oil industry. pipeline project to Thanks to the transport bitumen government’s supfrom the Alberta tar port for the fossil sands to Kitimat and fuel industry, ours is imported condensate David Suzuki a petro dollar that to dilute it from the rises and falls with coast back to Alberta.

Science Matters the price of oil. The The fossil fuel high price of oil has industry and its supincreased our dollar’s value, porters have stepped up the and that has hurt the more rhetoric. Environmentalists and labour-intensive manufacturing people in towns, rural areas sector, which relies on exports. and First Nations communities Not only have hundreds of in B.C. have lined up in opposithousands of manufacturing tion. jobs been lost over the past few It’s not just about potential years, Canada has also been damage from an oil spill along missing out on opportunities to the pipeline route or from a join the boom in production of supertanker plying the precarirenewable-energy technology. ous fiords and waterways along Industry adherents have our northern coast. The larger come up with many arguments issues are about our continsupporting the Northern Gateued reliance on polluting fossil way project. fuels and the economic impact Take the jobs argument. Even of rapidly exploiting and sellEnbridge admits that most ing our resources and resource would be in short-term conindustries. struction work. Only about 35 It’s about Canada’s national to 40 long-term jobs would be interest. With lax royalty struc-

created at the Kitimat marine terminal, with some additional jobs in pipeline maintenance. It hardly seems worth risking tens of thousands of jobs in tourism and the fishing industry, among others, for a few short-term and even fewer long-term positions.

Most economic benefits from increased tar sands production would go to the companies and their shareholders, including firms from the U.S., Korea, and China. In fact, state-owned PetroChina, which already operates in the tar sands, has just bought 100 per cent of the MacKay River project.

The Northern Gateway project, and much of the recent and pending tar sands expansion, will help companies owned by the government of China dig up the bitumen and send it there for refining and use.

The ethical oil folks admit that China is a police state, so why do they support selling them our industry and resources?

The only real argument for Northern Gateway is it will increase profits for the oil industry, and hand over more of our resources, profits and jobs to China. The arguments against it are so numerous we’ve barely touched them here.

Racism is a social pathology.

Whenever it raises its ugly head, we see diseased and sick people responsible. It can be targeted at Jews, as happened recently in Victoria, or it can aim at certain Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, First Nation people, or any identifiable group of people.

Who the victim is matters less than the fact that somebody allows his or her sickness to be displayed publicly.

They must stop and perpetrators must be rehabilitated to decency and core values at the heart of any civilized society. That is the core tenant of the Victoria Multifaith Society — an organization of Bahais, Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Jews, Muslims, Sikhs, Unitarians and First Nations people.

We abhor racism in all its many forms and raise core values central in all our faith traditions.

Our intention and hope is to foster a more caring, compassionate and loving society, which can bridge differences with respect,

without giving license to racism and intolerance.

We invite people of all spiritual traditions to join with us in this ongoing work.

Dale Perkins, Victoria Multifaith Society

Boltgun cull of deer cruel Re: Boltgun not a kind death for deer, Letters, Jan. 11, 2012.

I am in complete agreement with the writer of the letter about boltgun killing of deer not being a kind death.

It is horribly cruel and barbaric to inflict such suffering upon an animal.

Furthermore, humans are encroaching on wildlife territory with all the developments and expansions of our cities.

What gives us the right to kill an innocent living creature for no apparent reason except for the fact that there are too many of them?

Should people also be shot and killed because there are too many of us?

Anyone who is of the opinion that killing an animal isn’t a big deal is a cruel, evil human being.

Tamara Shiels Langford

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Keep dogs on a short leash Listen up, dog owners.

Sooner or later your pet will get out of your house, yard or off its leash.

I repeat, will. It is not natural for them to be cooped up and restrained, it is natural for them to defend, so they will keep trying to get free to defend their property by attacking people — unless you train them well.

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TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL 45 View Royal Ave, Town Hall APPOINTMENTS TO VIEW ROYAL BOARD OF VARIANCE The Town of View Royal is now accepting applications from interested residents wishing to serve on the View Royal Board of Variance. The Municipal Council will be appointing three members with three-year terms to begin on March 1, 2012.

The Board of Variance is an autonomous body with the power to vary regulations in situations where compliance with respect to the siting, dimension or size of a building or structure would cause a person undue hardship. The Board of Variance may not vary the density or use of land. In addition, the Board may grant minor variances, with limitations, to the provisions of the Tree Protection Bylaw and to requirements under Sections 911(5) and 938(1)(c) of the Local Government Act. The three member volunteer Board meets as required (typically monthly). In addition to this time commitment, members undertake site inspections prior to the meeting. All meetings are open to the public and involve the weighing of information and evidence to determine if variances are to be approved or declined.

For more information about the Board of Variance, please contact Lindsay Chase, Director of Development Services, at 250-479-6800 or via email to info@viewroyal.ca.

HOW TO APPLY: View Royal residents interested in being considered for the Board of Variance must submit a one page covering letter with resume to the Clerk’s Office by 4:30 p.m., Friday, February 3, 2012. Our address is: Town of View Royal, 45 View Royal Avenue, Victoria, BC, V9B 1A6, fax 250-727-9551 or email to info@viewroyal.ca.

Residents submitting applications are requested to include the following information in their application: name, address, postal code, home and/or business telephone number, e-mail address, occupation, history of community involvement, other relevant history, technical or special expertise, and reasons for seeking appointment. Short listed applicants will be requested to provide references prior to interviews.

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The difference among dogs I see is amazing.

Some are well-trained, others hardly. Some are friendly, others eager to attack. Some smart, others dense.

Training advice and services are available from many sources. If you care about your dog, you’ll expend the effort. If you don’t, society will curb both of you through the justice system.

If your dog attacks someone riding a bicycle or tending their garden, which has broken my friends’ bones, I consider you knowledgeably negligent.

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Re: Grinches stole Christmas from birder population, Letters, Jan. 4, 2012.

The Grinches who removed the bird feeders from the Galloping Goose trail may have been squirrels.

Over Christmas, I saw them knock down and take away a suet feeder from our backyard.

There are many squirrel-proof feeders that you can buy, but the best way I have found to prevent this is to use a suet mixture that does not include nuts.

Geoff Stagg Victoria

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This is unlikely to Please read the entire application package and pay special attention in reading the minimum eligibility criteria for all successful applicants to the program. change in the future, as Ensure that you have received a Pre-Mortgage Approval that you can submit with the governments are your application. notoriously in denial.

In addition, are the Planning staff at the City of Langford are happy to assist you in completing the thousands of illegal application process. weapons that have Please submit applications to: ended up on the black market. Maybe it is Leanne Taylor, MCIP, Senior Planner time for a re-think?

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Hot ticket: Victoria Symphony’s Enigma Variations, Royal Theatre, $11-$66

Experience the Enigma Variations, the piece that finally secured Elgar’s place as an international composer and one of the most popular pieces in the classical repertoire. Jan. 16, 8 p.m.

Seafaring moves beneath the surface Roszan Holmen

of Ocean Networks Canada. “People say, ‘wow, we hear you’ve got this fantastic facility, can we come In launching its biggest exhibit tour it?’”

This partnership with the to date, the Maritime Museum of B.C. has expanded its mandate museum provides just that public from seafaring history to include face, he said. The exhibit, which launched Jan. 12 and runs through ocean exploration.

August is called Its move to showLies Beneath. case cutting-edge “Everything we What The ocean covers ocean science comes at a good time for do sits on the bottom 72 per cent of the earth but less than both the museum of the ocean …” five per cent of it and its exhibit part- Rick Searle has been explored, ner.

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The museum Through a number of cenis keen for a higher profile after recently announcing its intention sors, cameras, hydrophones and to pursue a more prominent loca- robotic arms, VENUS and NEPtion on the Inner Harbour. Its part- TUNE are able to track water salinner, Ocean Networks Canada, is ity, pressure, oxygen and other also keen to raise its public pro- factors in real time. The purpose file for its world-class underwa- is to better understand the ocean, ter observation stations. Called such as whether dead zones, or VENUS and NEPTUNE, these sys- oxygen deprived zones, are man tems are located off of Vancouver made or natural.

Oceans are endangered by Island, and employ 800 kilometres of fibre optic cable which brings many different threats, Searle said. power and internet access to the “What we need to be focused on is how can we turn this situation depths.

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Tatiana Robinson, Acting Curator of the Maritime Museum of B.C., adjusts some of the screws on a salvage diving suit, part of the museum’s new temporary exhibit, What Lies Beneath. general public and to inform public policy, he said.

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than highlight these research projects, however. It also presents the history of ocean exploration,

starting with a reed for breathing below the water’s surface and ending with remotely operated vehicles on the bottom of the ocean.

For viewing is a recovered early dive suit and an Aqua-Lung, the first free-swimming breathing set from the mid nineteenth century.

What we can learn from the past is “that spirit of exploration, wanting to learn about an environment, which as humans were not particularly well suited to stay under water,” said acting curator Tatiana Robinson. “They show the stepping stones to where we are now.” rholmen@vicnews.com

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Mentors present vocal jazz night The Universal Jazz Advocates and Mentors Society reprises its popular Vocal

Night at Hermann’s Jazz Club on Wednesday, Jan. 18, at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $10/$5 for UJAM members and students/participants free.

Contact Linda Billings at lindabillings@shaw.ca or Dave Paulson at 250-658-0346 for more information or to reserve your spotlight.

Celebrating 50 years of tuba performance

Looking back over 50 years of playing and performing on the tuba, Eugene Dowling is celebrating with an anniversary performance.

Join Dowling, with guests Tzenka Dianova, piano Stephen Brown

Scott celebrates new CD Triple threat Aurora Scott may be many things, but superstitious is not one of them.

Going against centuries of tradition, the Nova Scotia born and Victoria bred vocalist has chosen today, Friday, Jan.13, at 8 p.m. at Hermann’s Jazz Club to celebrate the release of her CD Dance With You. It is fitting that the charismatic singer would choose a traditionally unlucky day to celebrate the culmination of a lifetime of hard work – so far, luck has just not been part of the equation.

As a teen Scott honed her skills in musical theatre, starring in productions across Canada and as far away as Thailand, but after nearly a decade on stage she made the difficult decision to focus on being a singer exclusively.

After graduating from the Jazz Studies program at the Victoria Conservatory of Music she gathered some of Victoria's finest musicians and began recording her debut CD. On Dance With You Scott slinks from jazz to soulful R&B with

& The Bastion Jazz Band at the Phillip T. Young Recital Hall Jan. 14, 8 p.m. Admission: $17.50 & $13.50.

Get fit for bringing a pet home

Hiline Videoworks and Island Pet Source, 106-751 Goldstream

Ave., in Langford, present free screenings of What You Need to Know Before You Get a Pet, Jan. 22 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. See the DVD for a donation of pet food for the food bank and receive a $5 coupon for Island Pet Source.

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Vocalist Aurora Scott celebrates the debut of her CD Dance With You at Hermann’s Jazz Club tonight at 8 p.m. ease, belying her relatively young age. Like the Northern Lights after which she was named, Scott's voice has a luminous quality that seems to hang in the air long after it has disappeared.

For her Friday the 13th show, Scott will be joined by some of Vic-

toria’s finest jazz musicians: Thomas Kinzel, piano; Ryan Tandy, bass; and Damian Graham, drums.

Join Scott and some of Victoria's best musicians at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St. Tickets $17 at the door, $15 for VJS members. llavin@vicnews.com

A tale of two worlds The Center for AsiaPacific Initiative is hosting a launch of Grant Hayter-Menzies’ new book The Empress and Mrs. Conger: The Uncommon Friendship of Two Women and Two Worlds on Jan. 18.

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Hickman bldg 110, University of Victoria.

Hayter-Menzies is the author of Imperial Masquerade: The Legend of Princess Der Ling, as well as the first biographies of stage and screen stars Charlotte Greenwood and Billie Burke. He lives in Sidney where he is working on the first biography of Lillian Carter, mother of President Jimmy Carter.

The Empress and Mrs. Conger: The Uncommon Friendship of Two Women and Two Worlds tells the tale of two women from two different worlds who joined hands, and made his-

tory.

Middle-aged Iowan Sarah Pike Conger came to China in 1898 knowing nothing of its people or its culture, its temples or its halls of power. Yet she left seven years later one of China’s most sympathetic defenders, bringing to its women and its most famous woman, the Empress Dowager Cixi, forbidden foreign aspirations toward education, autonomy and international sisterhood.

Using unpublished letters, diaries and photographs, and benefiting from the cooperation and assistance of relatives of Sarah Conger and the Empress Dowager, the book recreates a world of the past while celebrating a friendship between East and West for the present and future to aspire to. llavin@vicnews.com

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From 3 to 5 p.m., savour pairings of Silk Road Tea with items from the Spinnakers’ menu, selected by tea master Daniela Cubelic and executive chef Ali Ryan.

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Victoria’s interfaith community launches flavourful New Year

Start the New Year with some flavourful new ideas, thanks to a new series from local cultural community, Food, Faith & Community Interfaith Bridging Project.

Hosted by the Victoria Multifaith Society, South Island Dispute Resolution Centre and Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria, the interfaith cooking classes and open house events invite participants to come cook cultural dishes and learn about foods prepared by different faith groups. It’s an opportunity to share a meal, celebrate and learn, while at the same time promoting understanding and building new relationships.

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The colourful history explores the bakers, butchers, N grocers, coffee makers and other suppliers of food and O R G drink in Victoria’s early days. The talk gets under way at 7:30 p.m. at the James Bay New Horizons Centre, 234 Menzies St. and Image courtesy RBCM all are welcome. For more details, email victoriahistoricalsociety.bc.ca O KE AN D G RIF FIN

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Learn about foods and cultures of local faith groups through a new cooking program.

First up in the series is a Sikh Cooking Class & Open House this Sunday, Jan. 15, at the Sikh Temple, 1210 Topaz Ave. The cooking class will run from 3 to 4:30 p.m., with a shared meal and open house from 5 to 7 p.m.

Additional sessions coming up include: • Hindu Cooking Class & Open House, Sunday, Feb. 12 at the Hindu Temple 1934 Cultra Ave., with the cooking class from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the meal and open house from 1:30 to 3 p.m.

• Muslim Cooking Class & Open House, Sunday, March 4 at Spice Jammer Restaurant, 842 Fort St., with an 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. cooking class, followed by a 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. meal and open house with the Victoria Multifaith Society.

• Jewish Cooking Class & Open House, late March at the Jewish Community Centre, 3636 Shelbourne St. All ingredients and instruction provided for the free cooking classes, however separate registration is required for each class and open house event, and space is limited.

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Managers settle into local Save-on-Foods stores Greater Victoria’s two Save-on-Foods stores welcomed two new managers this past fall, and both are enjoying getting to know their new stores – and communities.

Ted Pigeon heads up the Westside Village location after 10 years in Prince George. Pigeon had worked on the Island in the Courtenay store 20 years earlier and the Williams Lake native was looking for an opportunity to return to the Island, he says.

Managing a staff of about 100, he appreciates the “fresh and friendly� store’s community feel within the busy Vic West setting. “I like the fact that it feels like a small community store but we’re in the middle of the city,� he says.

The enthusiasm of staff and community allow the store to contribute to the local food banks and continue its relationship with CFB Esquimalt, in addition to the BC Children’s Hospital, which Save-on-Foods supports both locally and at the corporate level.

Langford Canadian Tire supports SPCA Recognizing that when times are tough, human family members aren’t the only ones who need a little help, Canadian Tire Langford took the initiative for our furry friends this holiday season.

Through December, the Langford store operated its first Pet Food Bank, which concluded with Santa delivering a truck of pet food to the local SPCA. Even better, customers were also invited to donate $2 at the till throughout the month in support of the SPCA, and thanks to their generosity, the store will be also be writing a check for $5,125 in support of local animals. “Canadian Tire’s Langford customers really do care about pets!� says the store’s Janet Curry, shown here with ‘Santa’ picked up Pet Food Bank donations from Soleil “the wonder dog.�

Canadian Tire Langford’s Janet Curry with Soleil.

not for profit Jan. 13 – Capital Regional District Arts Development Project Grant deadline. FMI: 250-360-3215, www.crd.bc.ca/arts or artsdevelopment@crd.bc.ca Jan. 14 – Victoria Genealogical Society Workshop with Pat Acton: How to utilize WORD to compile and write your family narrative, 10 a.m. to noon at 947 Alston St. Members $10; non-members $15. Register 250-360-2808. FMI: www.victoriags.org Jan. 17 – Victoria Evening Newcomer’s Club For Women dinner meeting at Cafe Boulevard, 642 Johnson St. next to the Best Western, 6:30 p.m. Dinner registration closes on Jan. 13. Membership is $25/year.

FMI: membership@victorianewcomers.ca Jan. 19 – Saanich Newcomers Club for women meets, 11:30 a.m. at Cedar Hill Golf Club. A guest speaker from the Maritime Museum will follow the meeting. FMI: www.saanichnewcomers.com Jan. 19 – The Native Plant Study Group presents Recent Trends in Botanical Field Research in BC with plant ecologist and taxonomist Dr. Terry McIntosh, 7 p.m. UVic, MacLaurin Bldg, Rm D116. Non-member drop-in fee: $3. FMI: www.NPSG.ca Jan. 25 – The Royal Oak Community Association AGM, 7 p.m. in the Royal Oak Middle School band room. Guest speaker is: Coun. Vicki Sanders. All welcome. FMI: 250-479-8975 or roca2011@shaw.ca Jan. 27 – Toastmaster’s Night Hawks Club hosts a Humour Workshop, 8 to 10 p.m. at Paul’s Motor Inn, 1900 Douglas St. FMI: Heather, 250-220-4668 or Dawn, 250-656-5620, or nighthawks.freetoasthost.cc/ Submit your non-profit events to Jennifer Blyth at jblyth@telus.net

Today, Pigeon and his family are taking advantage of the region’s mild weather to get out and about, exploring local parks.

In Saanich, the region’s first Save-onFoods store welcomed manager Lionel Gjerde this past fall.

It was a “coming home� of sorts for Gjerde, who had actually worked at the Saanich store at its grand opening 25 years ago!

In all, Gjerde brings 33 years of experience with the company, and returns to Saanich from his most recent position in Campbell River. Today, he oversees about 170 staff at the 54,000-square-foot store. With Gjerde’s son attending the University of Victoria and his wife originally from Victoria, it was a good time to return to the city, he says.

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Hesjedal to lead attack in Giro d’Italia Busy year for Canada’s top cyclist Travis Paterson News staff

He was already named Canada’s cyclist of the decade, but 2012 could be the biggest of Ryder Hesjedal’s career so far.

Team Garmin-Cervélo has opened the door for Hesjedal to lead the attack at the Giro d’Italia in May, the first of the Grand Tours, with France in July and Spain in August.

Last week, Hesjedal, who grew up on the West Shore, was in his hometown to promote the second running of Tour de Victoria. After which, he explained where he fits in with his team’s strategy for the upcoming race season.

The already hectic year includes the London Olympics in early August, should Hesjedal earn Canada’s only spot.

The Tour de Victoria gran fondo event has been moved to June 24, just a week before the Tour de France. Not surprisingly, Hesjedal broke the news he won’t be part of this year’s Victoria race.

“But I’ll be watching to see if anyone can come close to my hill time (on the climb at Munns Road).”

Newly appointed title sponsor GoodLife Fitness isn’t worried about the event’s popularity lagging without Hesjedal’s presence.

Organizer Seamus McGrath, a Colwood resident and Olympic cyclist himself, is working to attract other big name cyclists to join the ride.

Hesjedal, too, offered a glimmer of hope that he might make

it after all. “I’m not counting myself totally out, you never know in cycling,” Hesjedal said.

Hesjedal’s best season on the Tour de France came two years ago when he finished seventh overall.

He hasn’t raced the Giro since 2008. The demanding threeweek ride is similar to France.

“It’s humbling to actually have a world-class team tell me, ‘you’re the rider for our world tour ambitions,’” Hesjedal said.

Last season Hesjedal finished the Tour de France 18th overall, helping Garmin-Cervélo win the team trophy, while legging significant miles at the front of the peloton.

This year, should things go right, those duties will be performed for Hesjedal, who aims for a top finish.

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Graham Watson photo

Canadian Ryder Hesjedal on stage 18 of last year’s Tour de France.

The top Canadian rider will lead the attack for Garmin-Cervélo in Italy, which will set the stage for the Tour de France.

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Victoria Bulldog Gurdeep Sihota, right, wrestles Campbell River’s Dawson McKay at the U15 wrestling tournament at the Esquimalt High gymnasium on Saturday. Results below.

Sports stats

3rd: Donovan Huynh 38kg Vic

Wrestling

Results from the Island Under-15 wrestling tournament at Esquimalt High, Jan. 7 Place Name 3rd: Taylor Ethan

Class 48kg

1st: Michael Huynh 54kg

Vic

5th: John Fayad

Vic

1st: Nolan Mitchell*

45kg Cow

3rd: Amrit Sihota

57kg Vic

2nd: Liam Leippi

74kg Vic

3rd: Gurdeep Sihota Lt. Hwt. Vic 1st: Jordan Merrick

Team Vic

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Hockey

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*Mitchell from Victoria Boys team standings 1st: Abby Wrestling Club 2nd: Alberni District 3rd: Victoria Bulldogs 10th: Esquimalt High

SPORTS NEWS

Pts. 72 66 51 12

Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League Standings (Jan. 11) North GP Comox Valley 32 Oceanside 31 Campbell Riv. 31 South GP Victoria 32 Saanich 30 Peninsula 28 Kerry Park 30

W 17 15 10 W 26 14 13 12

L 12 15 20 L 5 12 13 16

T OL Pts 0 3 37 0 1 31 0 1 21 T OL Pts. 0 1 53 0 4 32 0 2 28 0 2 26

Scoring GP G A Pts Brody Coulter (VIC) 32 25 32 57 Ty Jones (SAN) 24 26 27 53 Jackson Garrett (COM)29 23 29 52 Steve Axford (VIC) 31 20 30 50 Cole Peterson (KPI) 24 18 30 48

Royals, Grizzlies move top scorers at deadline

IN BRIEF

Photo by Garrett James

Saanich-raised Wade Murphy is now a Penticton Vee.

Kevin Sundher will likely end his junior days as a Brandon Wheat King.

Wade Murphy will end his as a Penticton Vee. The two were the top scorers for their respective Victoria junior teams, Sundher with the WHL Royals and Murphy with the BCHL Grizzlies.

Royals general manager Marc Habscheid traded Sundher to the Wheat Kings on Monday night for 18-year-old Jordan Fransoo and 17-year-old Dakota Conroy, as well as a firstround draft pick in the 2012 WHL Bantam Draft.

It was the only deadline move for the Royals, while Grizzlies GM Vic Gervais accepted defeat for this season and moved his core of top scorers. Murphy goes to Penticton for forward Mark McLellan (1994-born) and future considerations.

Goalie Jamie Tucker and forward Mike Collins went to the Dauphin Kings, Mike Moran went to the Spruce Grove Saints, and Jarryd Ten Vaanholt went to the Prince George Spruce Kings, all for future considerations.

Youth ball hockey registration at arenas this weekend, next

Don Denton/News staff

Kevin Sundher adds depth to the Brandon Wheat Kings.

Registration dates for the Greater Victoria Minor Ball Hockey league’s spring season are upcoming.

Over the next two Saturdays and Sundays (Jan. 14, 15, 21 and 22), the Victoria ball hockey league is holding registration at three different venues, Pearkes Recreation Centre, Eagle Ridge Community Centre and Panorama Recreation Centre, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The season runs April through June for kids aged 5 to 17.

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Oak Bay 250-370-7601 Victoria 250-483-1360 Westshore 250-391-2933 Sidney 250-655-0632 Chatterton Way 250-479-0688 www.vericoselect.com

Published Every Thursday

Find more details on the Open Houses below in the Jan. 12 - 18 edition of

1636 Pinewood Ave., $649,000 Saturday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Fred Lerch 250-889-2528

2239 Shelbourne St, $389,000 Sunday 2-4 Boorman’s Real Estate Rod Hay, 250-595-1535

20-934 Boulderwood, $579,900

pg. 13

10 Helmcken Rd

121 Paddock, $459,000 pg. 13

405-951 Topaz Ave, $327,000 Saturday & Sunday 3:30-4:30 Re/Max Alliance Karen Love, 250-386-8875

pg. 12

402-1055 Hillside, $237,000 Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Mette Pedersen 250 744-3301

pg. 10

809-620 Toronto St

Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes David Hale, 250-812-7277

Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Goran Tambic, 250-384-7663

pg. 13

Saturday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Bill MacDonald 250 479-3333

pg. 11

Sunday 2-4 MacDonald Realty Lorraine Stundon 250 812-0642

pg. 31

Saturday 11-1 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291

Sunday 2-4 Newport Realty John Bodnar 250-385-2033

pg. 5

202-1807 Oak Bay Ave, $349,000 Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Robert Nemish, 250-744-3301

Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Murray Lawson 250 385-9814

pg. 7

pg. 6

pg. 11

401-1146 View, $269,900 pg. 30

pg. 12

Saturday 2-4 Fair Realty Ray Kong, 250-590-7011

pg. 11

pg. 8

pg. 26

pg. 14

205-2095 Oak Bay, $219,000 pg. 17

3520 Upper Te, $939,900

Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Lynne Sager 250 744-3301

pg. 14

pg. 13

pg. 6

807-100 Saghalie, $849,900

pg. 31

pg. 9

Saturday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Luisa Celis, 250-477-1100

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Andrew Holenchuk 250 744-3301

pg. 15

Sunday 1-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Pat Meadows, 250-592-4422

3720 Winston, $529,000

pg. 18

4173 Buckingham, $684,000

pg. 15

pg. 14

3205 Kingsley

Saturday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Andrew Mara 250 384-8124

Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291

Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Shane King, 250-661-4277

pg. 13

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Pat Meadows, 250-592-4422

pg. 8

Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Goran Tambic, 250-384-7663

pg. 19

Saturday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Gay Helmsing 250 655-0608

pg. 30

pg. 18

pg. 5

pg. 19

pg. 12

pg. 18

Saturday 3-4 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

pg. 12

Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Rick Shumka 250 384-8124

pg. 19

pg. 15

pg. 15

pg. 19

pg. 19

pg. 14

116-866 Brock, $265,000

pg. 8

3310 Hazelwood Rd., $449,900 Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Ross Casey 250 384-8124

pg. 22

2433 Prospector Way, $679,000 Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Realty David Scotney 250-384-8124

pg. 20

946 Gade Rd., $659,500 pg. 19

Sunday 12-2 Re/Max Camosun Brad MacLaren 250-727-5448

pg. 20

563 Brant Pl., $624,900 pg. 23

Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes David Hale 250 595-3200

pg. 22

2945 Andre Rd, $398,000

pg. 27

Saturday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Realty Donna Gabel, 250-477-5353

pg. 22

662 Goldstream Ave., $249,900 pg. 1

Thursday - Sunday 1-4 Kahl Realty Jason Kahl 250-391-8484

Sat 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Thomas Krumpic, 250 478-9600

2008 Hawkins Pl, $475,000 pg. 30

Saturday 1-3 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Derek Braaten, 250-479-3333

pg. 7

pg. 18

Saturday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Shane King, 250-661-4277

pg. 32

pg. 28

Friday-Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Alliance Karen Love, 250-386-8875

pg. 5

3298 Hazelwood Rd., $399,900 pg. 20

604 Stewart Mtn Rd, $729,000 Saturday 2-4 Fair Realty Kevin Ramsay 250 217-5091

pg. 21

119-2733 Peatt Rd, $374,900

1826 Millstream Rd., $699,900

4126 Santa Anita, $509,900 Sunday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Mark McDougall 250 477-5353

pg. 1

2698 Silverstone Way, $519,900

982 Meadowview, $674,000 Sunday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Eamon Coll 250 479-3333

304-611 Brookside, $219,000

Saturday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Realty Kellie Elder 250 384-7663

pg. 30

618 Baxter, $524,500 Sunday 3-4:30 Victoria Classic Realty Shaun Lees 250 386-1997

pg. 21

Thursday - Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Greg Long, 250-384-8124

310-10459 Resthaven, $379,000 Saturday 2-4 Duttons & Co Real Estate

pg. 3

2186 Stone Gate, $664,900 Saturday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Shirley Zailo 250-478-4828

313-10459 Resthaven, $399,000 pg. 31

pg. 21

Saturday 1:30-3 Ocean City Realty Suzy Hahn 250 381-7899

104-7701 Central Saanich, $146,500

Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Cloverdale Ken Lorenz 250-888-3434

pg. 22

586 Stornoway, $509,800

6265 Springlea Rd., $599,000 pg. 18

pg. 20

pg. 27

B-10470 Resthaven Dr., $529,000 Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Judith Gerrett 250-656-0131

Sunday 12:30-2 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown 250-380-6683

Saturday 1-3 Coldwell Banker Slegg Realty Barbara Scott 250-383-1500

2051 Ardwell, $469,000 Saturday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Roland Stillings 250-744-3301

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Brad MacLaren 250-727-5448

687 Daymeer Plc., $429,900

741 Jasmine, $489,000

1817 Rossiter Plc., $614,900 Saturday 2-4 One Percent Realty Valentino Prundaru 250-686-2242

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. John Smith 250-477-7291

Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Cloverdale Ken Lorenz 250-888-3434

33-610 Mckenzie Ave, $359,900 pg. 15

Saturday 1-2 Holmes Realty Michele Holmes, 250-656-0911

pg. 22

201-3220 Jacklin, $299,900

6265 Springlea Rd., $599,000

4030 Zinnia

Saturday 12-2 Re/Max Camosun Dale Sheppard 250-478-9600

pg. 19

3-2365 Henry

1-4140 Interurban pg. 26

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty May Hamilton, 250-477-5353

Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty May Hamilton,250-477-5353

Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Cheryl Macmillan 250 507-2435

pg. 21

3134 Wishart Rd., $449,500

63-1255 Wain Rd

4029 Providence Pl., $949,900

Sunday 1-2:30 Victoria Classic Realty Shaun Lees 250 386-1997

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Goran Tambic, 250-384-7663

101-10421 Resthaven, $399,900

pg. 14

4659 Lochwood, $819,900

305-1375 Newport, $519,900 Saturday 1-3 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Tom Croft 250 592-4422

Sunday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Ruth Stark 250 477-1100

Saturday 2-4 One Percent Realty Vancouver Island James Andersen 250-213-3710

973 Shadywood Dr.

2596 Dunlevy Ave., $749,000 pg. 13

pg. 12

1929 Casa Marcia, $619,900

4451 Majestic Dr, $679,800

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes David Scotney 250-384-8124

pg. 16

2051 Brethour Pkwy, $428,900

219-1009 McKenzie, $193,000

223-1680 Poplar, $159,900

pg. 12 Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty John Bodnar 250-385-2033

pg. 18

Saturday 11-1 & Sunday 1-3 One Percent Realty Valentino Prundaru 250-686-2242

952 Lyall

Saturday 12-1:45 Fair Realty Ray Kong, 250-590-7011

Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Shirley Zailo 250-478-4828

1976 Jeffree Rd, $529,900

4971 Dustin, $849,888

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Cheri Crause, 250-592-4422

Saturday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Ruth Stark 250 477-1100

Sunday 2-4 Newport Realty Marc Owen-Flood 250-385-2033

pg. 22

3326 Blueberry, $379,900

Sunday 12:30-2 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown, 250-380-6683

102-820 Short, $364,900

203-1020 Esquimalt Rd, $225,000

Saturday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Claire Yoo, 250-858-6775

3155 Westdowne, $948,000

71 Government St

Saturday 1:30-3:30 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Sharen Warde 250 592-4422

pg. 35

pg. 13

5-290 Superior, $354,000

Sunday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Anke Venema, 250 477-1100

Sunday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Mike Van Nerum, 250-477-1100

Sunday 2-4 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Luisa Celis, 250-477-1100

1446 Fairfield, $869,000

Saturday 1-3 Newport Realty Marie Blender, 250-385-2033

Friday, Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Nicole Burgess 250 384-8124

pg. 18

Sunday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Donna Gabel, 250-477-5353

2794 Lakeshore, $492,000

23-901 Kentwood Ln., $459,000

3175 Midland, $1,499,000

Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Peter Crichton 250-477-7291

126-75 Songhees, $959,000

Saturday 4-5 Pemberton Holmes Stacey Dewhurst 250 384-8124

Saturday 2-4 Sutton West Coast Hiro Nakatani 250 661-4476

Sunday 1-3 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Tom Croft 250 592-4422

101-75 Songhees, $698,000

Sunday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Bill MacDonald 250 479-3333

pg. 26

pg. 15

5042 Wesley Rd., $610,000 pg. 28

306-520 Foster, $230,000

23-4391 Torquay, $398,800

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Alliance Jason Binab 250-360-1929

Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Karen Scott 250 744-3301

Sunday 2-4 Fair Realty Ray Kong, 250-590-7011

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Wendy Herrick 250-656-0131

205-2125 Oak Bay, $357,000

303-935 Johnson Street

Saturday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Bill MacDonald 250 479-3333

Saturday 2-4 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Mark McDougall 250 888-8588

3463 Yorkshire Pl.

409 Conway, $619,000

5-881 Nicholson St., $549,000

Saturday 2-4 Burr Properties Ltd. Mike Janes, 250-382-6636

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291

3362 Henderson, $795,000

109-11 Cooperage, $929,900 Sunday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Lynn MacDonald 250 479-3333

401-1083 Tillicum Rd, $339,900

pg. 5

3-828 Rupert Terrace

pg. 18

Saturday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast Eamon Coll 250 479-3333

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Cheri Crause, 250-592-4422 Saturday & Sunday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Kevin Starling 250 889-4577

937 Mesher, $859,900 pg. 13

Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Bruce Hatter, 250-744-3301

pg. 11

1255 Glynn

4942 Cordova Bay, $1,049,000

934 Craigflower, $449,000

#2-1200 Richardson St., $569,000 pg. 5

pg. 14

102-520 Foster St., $199,900 pg. 26

Sunday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Roland Stillings 250-744-3301

Saturday 11-1 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Rick Couvelier, 250-477-7291

4582 Seawood Terr, $819,000

604-75 Songhees, $698,000

2657 Cedar Hill, $519,900 pg. 12

pg. 14

pg. 12

23-60 Dallas, $494,900

304-356 Gorge Rd E, $299,900 Sunday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Sonya Conn, 250-592-4422

401-1012 Pakington St, $315,000

Sunday Jan 22 2-4 Jonesco Real Estate Roger Jones 250 361-9838

pg. 9

973 Shadywood Dr, $849,900

6 Governors Point, $628,000

pg. 13

301-50 Songhees, $549,000 Sunday 2:30-4 Re/Max Camosun Daniel Clover 250 507-5459

Saturday 1-3 Macdonald Realty Ltd. Lisa Nohr 250-882-0729

Saturday 12-1:45 Fair Realty Ray Kong, 250-590-7011

309 Kingston, $769,000 Saturday & Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Cassie Kangas 250 477-7291

Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Wendy Herrick 250-656-0131

102-2647 Graham, $277,700

233 Superior, $579,000 Sunday 2-4 Macdonald Realty Scott Garman 250 896-7099

pg. 2

pg. 5

S1006-737 Humboldt St., $868,800

210-3180 Albina, $209,900

1663 Bisley, $619,000

Daily noon-4 Pemberton Holmes David Hale 250 812-7277

2614 Scott St, $469,000 Sunday 2-4 Fair Realty Kevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091

Saturday & Sunday 1:30-3:30 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Sharen Warde 250 592-4422

pg. 12

205-936 Fairfield Rd, $324,500 Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Shaunna Jones, 250-888-4628

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

Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Ross Casey 250 384-8124

2390 Echo Valley Dr, $684,900 pg. 20

Saturday & Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Alliance Dennis Jabs, 250-882-7393

pg. 22

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Daily 1:30-4:00 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Ltd. Sheila Christmas 250-477-1100

994 Dunford, from $359,900 Daily 1-4 Kahl Realty Lyle Kahl 250-391-8484

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Daily 1:30-4 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Ltd. Sheila Christmas 250-477-1100

Saturday 3-5 Ocean City Realty Suzy Hahn 250 381-7899

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3334 Myles Mansell Rd., $449,000 pg. 21

Saturday & Sunday 12-2 SmartMove Real Estate Blair Veenstra 250-360-6683

Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Ross Casey 250 384-8124

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Saturday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun George Wall 250-744-3301

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907 Dawn, $579,000 pg. 20

Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Jim Fields, 250-384-8124

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Sunday 1-3 Gallie Realty Barbara Gallie 250-478-6530

Park Place, $339,900

Saturday 1-3 Royal Lepage Coast Capital Dave Lynn 250 592-4422

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Friday, Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Re/Max of Duncan Kim Johannsen 250 748-7200

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957 Shawnigan Lake, $319,900

549 Delora Dr., $599,000

723 Windover Trc., $879,000

Sunday 2-4 Kroppmann Realty Hans Hegen 250-858-0424

pg. 20

Thurs & Fri 1-4, Sat & Sun 11-4 Coldwell Banker Slegg Realty Daniel Weiss 250 383-1500

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3348 Sewell, $599,900 pg. 21

Saturday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Fran Jeffs, 250-744-3301

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3019 Dornier pg. 22

2798 Lakeshore, $599,900 Sunday 12:30-2 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown, 250-380-6683

Saturday & Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd Ted Tyrrell, 250-477-7291

507 Outlook, $779,900

2779 Lakehurst, $484,900 Saturday & Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Ted Tyrrell, 250-477-7291

Find more details on the Open Houses below in the Jan. 12-18 edition of

2779 Lakehurst Dr, $484,900

472 Terrahue Rd., $454,900 pg. 3

Saturday 1-3 Re/Max Camosun Shirley Zailo 250-478-4828

Sunday 2-4 Re/Max Camosun Brad MacLaren 250-727-5448

3314 Hazelwood Rd., $515,000

3363 Mary Anne Cres., $515,000

103-996 Wild Ridge

Saturday & Sunday 2:30-4:30 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown 250-380-6683

pg. 7

539 Stornoway, $476,899

1075 Costin

Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Jean Omelchenko,250-474-6003

987 Ironwood Crt., $749,500

Saturday & Sunday 2:30-4:30 Pemberton Holmes Greg Long, 250-384-8124

101-608 Fairway Ave., $299,900

3306 Hazelwood Rd., $449,000 Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Ross Casey 250 384-8124

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

108-644 Granrose Ter pg. 5

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Daily 12-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd Mike Hartshorne 250 889-4445

pg. 6

3735 Ridge Pond, $619,900 pg. 21

Sunday 2:30-4 SmartMove Real Estate Gary Brown 250 380-6683

4556 Royal Island, $639,900 pg. 21

Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Tom Muir 250-477-7291

pg. 24

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Enquiries can be made by calling Mr. Michael Baxter, City Engineer, or Ms. Jenn Preston, Collector, at 250-478-5999.

Pursuant to the Community Charter, a person may make a complaint to the parcel tax review panel with respect to a parcel tax roll on one or more of the following grounds only: 1.There is an error or omission respecting a name or address on the parcel tax roll; 2.There is an error or omission respecting the inclusion of a parcel; 3.There is an error or omission respecting the taxable area of a parcel; or 4.An exemption has been improperly allowed or disallowed.

Pursuant to the Assessment Act, any notice of complaint must:

A copy of all PARCEL TAX ROLLS is available for inspection at Colwood City Hall, 3300 Wishart Road, between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday, except holidays.

Jenn Preston, CA Collector / Acting Deputy Director of Finance

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

Remember no number can occur more than once in any row, column or box.

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1. clearly identify the property in respect of which the complaint is made, 2. include the full name of the complainant and a telephone number at which the complainant may be contacted during regular business hours, 3. indicate whether or not the complainant is the owner of the property to which the complaint relates, 4. if the complainant has an agent to act on the complainant’s behalf in respect of the complaint, include the full name of the agent and a telephone number at which the agent may be contacted during regular business hours, 5. include an address for delivery of any notices in respect of the complaint, 6. state the grounds on which the complaint is based under the grounds noted below: a. there is an error or omission respecting the name of a person in the assessment roll; b. there is an error or omission respecting land or improvements, or both land and improvements, in the assessment roll; c. land or improvements, or both land an improvements, are not assess at actual value; d. land or improvements, or both land and improvements, have been improperly classified; and e. an exemption has been improperly allowed or disallowed 7. include any other prescribed information.

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Calls resume for Esquimalt to release details of RCMP bid Erin McCracken

would cost for the RCMP to police Esquimalt, as well as projected capital costs, the number of Mounties needed in the township, types of programs and its proposed governance and community relations structure.

Council is expected to discuss the issue at its next meeting, on Monday (Jan. 16), said Hodgins, who requested the details be made public by March 1.

The number 1 issue the new councillor said he encountered during the November municipal election was policing,“and people wanting to know, ‘Where are we at and where are we going to be?’

“And of course at that time all we could say with confidence was that there’s a recommendation to go to the RCMP,” Hodgins said. “People are wondering why.”

Meanwhile, the province has ordered a mediator to review problems plaguing the Victoria Police Board. That report is expected to be submitted to the Ministry of Solicitor General and Public Safety by the end of January.

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An Esquimalt councillor is following through on his election campaign promise to press municipal council into releasing details of the RCMP’s proposal to police the community.

“Public safety and security — it’s fundamental to everything we do — so if we’re going to make a significant change in how we protect people and their families and their homes, what is that?” asked Coun.

Dave Hodgins. “Let’s give them details.”

The RCMP’s bid and that of the Victoria Police Department have never been publicly disclosed because of confidentiality clauses built into the paperwork, Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins has long said.

That didn’t sit easy with several residents, a sentiment heard on the campaign trail.

At Monday night’s special council meeting, Hodgins said the public deserves to know how much it

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Coho ferry sold to senior managers pany was initially placed in a longterm trust with the intent of preserving its culture and commitment to its employees and the region.

The company’s management team includes Burles; CEO Capt. John Cox; senior vice-president of finance David Booth; district manager Rian Anderson, and marketing director Ryan Malane.

Burles joined Black Ball in 1981 as a dock hand.

“I don’t feel any difference between managing and owning,” said Burles. “I still have a lot of pride and respect for it. My original boss was like a mentor and second father to me, and Mrs. Acheson was a straight person who cared about the employees and passed on a legacy that I am truly honoured to continue.”

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The executive managers of the Black Ball Ferry Line have bought the company.

The Black Ball Ferry Line, which operates the M.V. Coho ferry between Port Angeles, Wash., and Victoria, announced Tuesday the company’s executive management team agreed to purchase it from the Oregon State University Foundation.

The line was bequeathed to the foundation in 2004 by former owner Lois Acheson as part of a $21-million gift of her estate to establish an endowment in OSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine.

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