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Accused priest testifies in own defence Warning: The following story contains graphic testimony of a sexual nature that could be upsetting to some readers.

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Phillip Jacobs took the stand in his own defence Monday afternoon by explaining how, when he was a young priest in Columbus, Ohio, he took teenage boys on overnight trips, intent on teaching them how to masturbate. “The goal was for the person to become normal with this physiological act under my direction,” Jacobs, 63, told Justice J. Miriam Gropper

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during questioning by his defence lawyer Chris Considine. “I would ask them what they know about their bodies ... whether they were curious ... eventually, if I could get some sense of curiosity, I would ask ‘How much do you trust me? Can I explain it?’” Jacobs said there were at least three, maybe more, teenage boys he took on these 18-hour “packages,” that included golf, swimming, fishing, pool, dinner and TV in the mid-1970s. Eventually the Catholic Diocese of Columbus received complaints regarding these trips, and the church sent Jacobs to the Institute of Living in Hartford, Conn., where he underwent a ninemonth counselling program.

In addition to regular therapy there, Jacobs told the court about sitting in on group therapy sessions involving sexual assault victims. “There was clearly some part of me that knew (my) actions … had been harmful, but there was another part of me that was seeking to rationalize it,” Jacobs said. He told the court how it was during these “painful” sessions that he realized the gravity of what he’d done. “You can’t go back and you can’t undo (what you’ve done,)” Jacobs said, wiping tears from his eyes. PLEASE SEE: Witness describes, Page A9

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Saanich police car crash sends three to hospital A police-involved crash Saturday night sent two Saanich officers and another driver to hospital. Saanich police say the crash occurred around 11:45 p.m. on Dec. 15 at Blanshard Street and Ravine Way, near Uptown. The police cruiser was travelling southbound on Blanshard when another vehicle, travelling westbound, entered the intersection at Ravine, resulting in a collision. “It looks like what happened was the light changed (to green), our guys enter the intersection and they got beamed,” said Sgt. Dean Jantzen. Paramedics transported the driver of the second vehicle and both Saanich officers to Victoria General Hospital with non lifethreatening injuries. All three were quickly released. Jantzen said the two officers suffered wrist and head injuries. Members of the Victoria police crash team were brought in to investigate the crash. Jantzen said it doesn’t appear as if alcohol or drugs were factors in the crash.

A Saanich police officer uses a burlap sack to haul marijuana leaves out of a house on Genevieve Road in the North Douglas area of Saanich. Police say that for several months the house was used purely as a grow-op and nobody lived at the residence. Officers seized between 600 and 700 plants in various stages of cultivation. Edward Hill/News staff

Bad smell, empty home gives up grow-op Edward Hill News staff

It’s an unremarkable 1970s-era home on a tidy property – it wouldn't rate a second glance from somebody passing by. Except, as neighbours noticed, people came and went at odd hours, nobody seemed to live there and it occasionally stank up the neighbourhood with the sticky-sweet smell of marijuana. It was only a matter of time until the Saanich police tactical unit came knocking, which was last Friday morning with a battering ram. What the grow-op lacked in subtlety, it made up for in volume. After a two month investigation, Saanich police executed a search warrant on 766 Genevieve Rd., at the corner of Lark Road, and found an empty home, except for about 700 pot plants spread between three rooms. Officers in white hazmat suits and purple-capped respirators hauled out loads of marijuana leaves in conspicuous “Guatemalan coffee” burlap sacks. Sgt. Dean Jantzen remarked that big sacks are hard to come by, and are donated by local fish and chips shops. Unlike plastic bags, burlap prevents quick rot from setting in. Nobody was home at the time of the 9:25 a.m. raid and police haven’t made any arrests related to the grow-op. One neighbour said an older man

would occasionally show up to do yard work and to keep the exterior tidy. A younger man with a truck and his face obscured by a hoodie usually showed up at night and left in the morning. Jantzen said the house has an absentee owner and had been rented. People running the grow-op weren’t stealing electricity and paid their hydro bills, he said. “This is a sophisticated commercial operation,” Jantzen told the media. “I’m told they are well tended plants. Someone cared for them on a daily basis.” As officers removed plants, the pungent smell floated over Genevieve Road. “It was painfully obvious nobody lived there. Every two months there was an overwhelming smell,” said neighbour Mike Cox. “I’ve got kids, there’s an elementary nearby, it’s a tight neighbourhood. I’m surprised they picked this house.” Kids walk by from nearby Rogers elementary school every weekday, he noted, and even his 13-year-old son had an idea what was happening at the neighbour’s house. “From what I learned every once in a while there would be a venting process,” he said. “In the summer (there were days) we couldn’t open our windows ... it was brutal.” Cox admitted he was nervous about telling police about the suspected grow-op, out of fear of angering a criminal

gang. “I was hesitant to get involved. It could have been a teenager being stupid, or an organized level of crime I would not want to be involved with.” In this case, Jantzen said an off-duty officer from a neighbouring agency happened to smell the poorly concealed but sizable grow-op, and helped initiate the investigation. Investigators are seeking the renters and plan to investigate the level of culpability of the owner to potentially seize the house. In any case, Jantzen said the home will need extensive cleaning and repairs to make it habitable. “The level of protection (officers are wearing) goes to show these grow-ops are serious threats to people who occupy these homes,” Jantzen said. “This house will need remediation. The basement is a mouldy, damp, toxic environment.” Jantzen also reiterated that despite its widespread use and general acceptance, this kind of indoor grown marijuana can be laced with insecticides and other dangerous chemicals. “The amount of chemicals we find with these operations is dramatic. Gallons and gallons of caustic chemicals,” he said, speaking about grow-ops in general. “(Marijuana) might be natural when grown outdoors. These are indoors and (growers) worry about pests. We’ve seen where they spray Raid (insecticide) on plants.”

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Church seeks gifts for homeless Arnold Lim Minister for the Shelboure Street Church of Christ Travis Hutchinson hopes their partnership with Homeless Partners will help less fortunate with a Christmas gift.

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The Shelbourne Street Church of Christ hopes to give the gift of giving. The Saanich church is helping the homeless and less fortunate tell their personal stories and receive gifts on Christmas by joining forces with the Homeless Partners Christmas Wish List Program. “It puts a face on each person, it tells a story for each person,” said Minister Travis Hutchinson. “It lets them be recognized as people, more than just a problem to be solved, they are a person to be loved. That is the root of what Homeless Partners is about, that is why I think it is so important.” Recipients for the gifts are found through Cool Aid Society's Sandy Merriman House, Next Steps Transitional Shelter and Rock Bay Landing, where each person is interviewed to give them an opportunity to tell their story – if they so choose – and offer a short list of items they would like for themselves or their loved ones. Gifts range from equipment to help them get them started on getting a job, clothing to keep

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them warm over the winter to gifts for their children and posted at homelesspartners. com. “A lot of time in fixing the problem we tend to lose sight of the person. It is about the person, not the issue of poverty,” continued Hutchinson, who recently relocated from Colorado. In 2011, the church interviewed 117 people and 115 received one or more gifts on their list. This year they expect a similar number, but this time they hope every single one will have at least one wish fulfilled before the Dec. 22 deadline. A support worker at Rock Bay Landing and Street Link for

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here are more than 5,000 seniors in the Greater Victoria area who may have been victims of abuse. It’s a shameful statistic and one that deserves our attention. A good start would be to dispel the myths surrounding the issue. The most dangerous of these myths would have us identify “stranger danger” as the main problem. It’s somehow easier to assume that senior abuse is primarily economic and that the problem rests with dishonest tradesmen, con artists and other outsiders who prey on the elderly. It’s the same sort of fuzzy thinking that for years, had us looking out for strangers as the culprits behind child abuse. The disturbing truth is that the vast majority of abuse for both seniors and children arises from individuals whom they know, love and trust. That raises the uncomfortable question of why people who are close to seniors might become abusers. In part, it appears that it’s based on a misconception of seniors as people who have lost the ability to make their own decisions or comprehend what’s going on around them. That infantilizing is insidious, yet it’s propagated even within mainstream media. One well-known series of commercials features two elderly men so befuddled with the world that, they question the day of the week when they see a bank open on a Sunday, for example. While some seniors do have a loss of cognitive skills, the vast majority do not. They may slow down physically, and they may process information at a slightly different rate, but they do not lose the right to selfdetermination. When friends, family and loved ones begin to take away the right to make decisions about finances, relationships, diet, travel – the basics of life – the cycle of abuse can begin. It’s a complex issue, but the answers can’t be found in the the duplication of programs designed to halt child abuse. Seniors are not children or even child-like. Perhaps that realization is the first step to addressing the harm to which some of them are subjected. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@saanichnews.com or fax 250-386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The Saanich News 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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remier Christy Clark has understand the total number of completed the traditional ships that are out there plying our round of year-end interviews coast right now. Because all of with legislative press them have fuel in them, gallery reporters. Here and some are cargo ships are excerpts from my that are big enough to discussion with her, have enough [bunker] dealing with the Enbridge fuel as a mini-tanker oil pipeline proposal and would. the balanced budget her Part of this is trying government has promised to understand where to present in February. our level of Coast Guard TF: On the Enbridge protection needs to be project, are you getting today, in order to protect the answers you want on us, should there be a Tom Fletcher spill, from the existing safety? B.C. Views PCC: No, we’re not. traffic. We’ve set out our position. TF: Balancing the The five conditions need to be met, budget: the finance ministry’s current period. projections call for an upturn in [B.C.’s conditions are “worldnatural gas royalties in the coming class” land and marine spill year. With the current glut of gas, prevention and response, isn’t that kind of far-fetched? meeting legal obligations for PCC: It is going to be difficult to aboriginal consultation, passing present a balanced budget, but I federal-provincial environmental think, because we’re going to build assessment and a “fair share” of in some [forecast] allowance, as financial benefits.] we always do, and because we’re PCC: We need the oilpatch going to be completely transparent producers, the Alberta government about the assumptions that have and the federal government to led us there, and because we come to the table. aren’t going to fiddle with any of We’ve been cross-examining the assumptions that we receive Enbridge. We have not been getting from the experts in the Ministry any of the answers that we hoped of Finance, it’s going to be quite to get. We haven’t gained a lot of clear that we have done it. We comfort from that process. And have come by a balanced budget none of the other conditions are honestly. even close to being met. So when it comes to natural gas, We are doing our own study you know that the assumption of marine traffic. We want to we use in the budget is based on

a fairly complex formula that the Ministry of Finance has relied on for probably a decade now. We don’t fiddle with that. There are those who would say we should artificially lower the [revenue projection] number that we use. But if you artificially lower it, what’s to stand in the way of artificially raising it? You either accept the advice of your experts or you don’t. And they’re the experts, not the politicians. TF: Right now we have a deficit gap of more than a billion dollars. Can that be closed without significant spending cuts, or tax increases, or both? PCC: You will see when we get to the budget. And it will be absolutely transparent how we got there. [Laughs] Nice try. TF: If the B.C. Liberals form a government in May, will the election date be changed so we don’t have to have this discussion about questionable spring election budgets? PCC: It’s not part of the plan today, but I’m sure it’s a discussion we’ll have in the next four years. I know that people have talked about it. I’m open to it. I’m not wedded to this particular date. Next week I’ll have highlights from my year-end interview with NDP leader Adrian Dix. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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LETTERS Impaired driver sentence not enough Re: Driver who killed motorcyclist given single day in jail, (News, Dec. 12) Recently, someone who killed someone else while driving impaired on cocaine and alcohol learned their fate. One day in jail, which means walking in, signing a few papers and then going home. She also received a 10 year driving ban, but there are lots of people driving with no licences already. One of the reasons cited by the judge was that she had been in rehab since then and was a different person than she was on the day that she took an innocent life. As disadvantaged as this woman’s life might have been, she has been addicted to intoxicants since she was 15 years old, probably imperiled many lives over the last 20 years and when she does finally kill someone she’s miraculously a completely changed person? Another reason cited is because she had the cognitive ability of a nine-year-old. Our girl was once nine and I can assure you she wouldn’t know how start a car and get it into gear let alone navigate it to a predetermined destination. She knew what she was doing and she knew it was against the law, just as nine-year-olds know impaired driving is against the law. I wonder if a sentence by a jury of her peers would impose the same sentence as the judge or if it would be more in line with societal expectations. Bob Broughton Victoria

Majority ignored on sewage project After hearing 25 people speak out against the viability of Capital Regional District’s proposed sewage treatment project on Nov. 14, speaking time at board room meetings is now officially limited to three minutes. CRD directors referred to the overwhelming voices of opposition as “the vocal minority.” At

the next board meeting on Nov. 27, the board voted against all motions to delay or analyze the project. Directors decline invitations from the community to discuss its impacts. The fact is that board members are afraid to speak in public because there really is no justification for this. They are hiding behind a smoke screen created by the perception that this is the right thing to do. The CRD board might be a democracy within itself, but the sentiment of the majority outside the boardroom is being ignored. Lingxia Li Saanich

Sewage questions need answering When the proposed secondary sewage treatment plant is completed, a large volume of sludge carrying toxic metals and chemicals will end up at Hartland. There appears to have been little discussion about what will happen to that poisonous brew except that it will be treated. The following questions needed to be addressed with specific and detailed answers. 1. Has a method of treatment been selected? 2. If so, what method is contemplated and has it performed as planned in many sewage treatment facilities? 3. Will the treatment method guarantee that absolutely no contaminants find their way into the ground, water and atmospheric environments? Until these questions are answered in a positive manner, there is absolutely no justification for proceeding with the Mclaughlin Point facility and its related pipelines. Donald Rutherford Saanich

Truth a shaky commodity in gov’t In his column, “Will truth die on Deficit Hill?” Tom Fletcher states integrity of public financial information is the next vital

step in democratic reform. This is a good first step but along with this we also need to protect the integrity of the individual. In the article concerning the View Royal councillor it states Ron Mattson was fired for allegedly passing confidential information to a University of Victoria researcher. The thing to note here is that what is alleged is not proven fact and is based on hearsay information from an anonymous person. The ministry says Mr. Mattson was fired for passing on confidential data. Mr. Mattson states all he did was to submit an application to have the researcher added as an approved user of a database. If Mr. Mattson did as he said he did then this document should exist along with the name of the person who did or did not approve the addition of the researcher to the user list. These are simple facts to verify except government will say this is confidential information and not allow us to see them. We see from Mr. Fletcher’s column that having put millions into TV adds that insist the 2013 budget will struggle into the black, we find a comment made by the premier saying “the current year deficit forecast jumped above $1 billion, largely due to a glut of natural gas.” Note how they say one thing to make it appear, as though and when the facts come out, they say another. They then defect attention from themselves by laying blame on something else. If we look into other statements made by governments and heads of Crown corporations we find this to be a common practice. It is this that is destroying democracy. Jim Bates Saanich Send your letters to: Mail: Letters to the Editor, Saanich News, 818 Broughton St., Victoria, B.C., V8W 1E4 Fax: 250-386-2624 E-mail: editor@saanichnews.com

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Art in progress Libby Wray attaches a spout to a teapot at the Art Centre at Cedar Hill. Wray has done pottery for about six years and spends many hours in the studio making plates. The art centre has drop-in and set classes for ceramic arts.

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Volunteer Today Tis’ the Season for Shopping! Spending time experiencing the fun of holiday shopping can be enhanced by giving your time as a Companion Shopper. Our clients are looking for an extra hand to help navigate the shops this season so if shopping is on the list of things you like to do, why not use that time helping out someone who needs a little assistance in getting their shopping list ﬁlled? What an easy way to make someone’s day! Coffee and a chat: If you are looking to make a difference in the lives of a neighbour or community member it can be as easy as going for a coffee and a chat, (or if you prefer a stroll and a cuppa tea.) Being a Companion Visitor is a rewarding way to spend some time learning about someone new. You may be visiting with a person who faces mobility challenges and who would enjoy you popping by to chat or play a game or two. We will match your common interests to our clients so that you can have a wonderful time chatting about things that tickle your fancy. Thank you to everyone who attended our Christmas open House on Dec 6th, what a great way to celebrate the generosity of spirit that our volunteers share and to reconnect with each other. A special thank you to our Santa and pianist for their festive contribution to the event. If you live in Saanich and wish to volunteer for these or many other tasks in our community please contact us 9:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri. at 250-595-8008 for more information or go to our website www. saanichvolunteers.org or like us on Facebook. From all of the Staff, Board and many Volunteers at Saanich Volunteer Services Society we wish you the best of the Holiday Season and a very Happy New Year!! Community Partners:

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Ferry service expands for shipyard workers A

ll it takes for Barry Hobbis to realize the value in his company’s Baseline commuter ferry service is to drive back to town from Colwood during morning rush hour. Hobbis, founder and vicepresident of operations for Victoria Harbour Ferry Inc., has occasion to check Don Descoteau on things at Baseline’s West Shore dock at D jetty on Biz Beat Department of National Defence land. “It’s been bumper-to-bumper just trying to get back to my office downtown,” he says. “It still amazes me that that kind of traffic exists. And it continues to get worse.” Baseline was introduced in May as a private venture, when CFB Esquimalt cancelled its Blue Boat shuttle for naval and Dockyard personnel who live on the West Shore. The company recently expanded its service to include Victoria Shipyards workers, instituting runs leaving Colwood at 5:40 and 5:50 a.m. to accommodate the early shifts. Baseline’s daily passenger load has grown to more than 500, without being open to the general public. Currently, all passengers must have DND security clearance. “Studies have shown that 48 per cent of (base and shipyards workers) live on the West Shore,” Hobbis says. Of the company’s three 40-passenger boats, two operate continually and the third is used when the demand calls for it. That has been more often lately, as the popularity of the service grows. With Seaspan due to ramp up its operations soon at the Esquimalt Graving Dock, more capacity will be needed, Hobbis says. “We have to be very aware of capacity,” he says. “The last thing we want to do is leave people standing on the dock.” The company has been actively looking for a larger boat for the past six months, in places as far flung as Texas and Greece. While the Colwood Crawl – a more appropriate name today might be the West Shore Wait – continues to fuel calls for light rail, the success of the water commuter service makes more and more sense, he adds. Victoria Harbour Ferry is also among the groups looking into possible commuter service from the Royal Bay development in Colwood to downtown Victoria.

Island auto veterans make inroads in Victoria After finalizing the purchase of long-time Victoria dealer Ensign Chrysler in the summer, the Harris family has made its presence known more visibly on its lot at the corner of Cook and Yates streets with new window signage. Harris Auto Group, known more for its

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Seniors care firm ramps up care for December As a way of giving back to the community, Janie Apostolakos and her staff at Luxcare Lifestyle are this month volunteering one hour per senior – to a total of 50 hours – to assist with Christmas shopping, decorating, writing Christmas cards, gift wrapping, cooking, party planning or simple companionship. Call 250-5901689 if you or someone you love could use a little Christmas help. Visit luxcarelifestyle.com.

Names in the business news around Greater Victoria After 16 years with Frontrunners Footwear, Mark Nelson has parted company with the locally owned specialty running store to operate and run Race Day Timing Services and RaceOnline Registrations. He sold his shares in Frontrunners Westshore to business partner Nick Walker, and bought Walker out of his position in the other two companies … Local public relations firm Trapeze Communications has added staff to meet growing demand. New permanent staff include senior art director Laura Prpich, account planner Marc Coderre and production artist/ graphic designer Jennie Dixon. Send your business news to editor@vicnews.com

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up-Island dealerships across many name plates, and locally, for its cellphone business, purchased its first Chrysler Dodge Jeep operation in July. The dealership is run by general manager Dave Meyerink. Find them online at chryslerdodgejeepramvictoriadealer.ca.

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Witness describes ‘awkward’ touching incidents Continued from Page A1

Jacobs began his testimony by outlining his sexual history as a teenager and young adult. He told the court about feeling bullied by fellow classmates into committing “the sin of self abuse” at age 15, as it was a major topic of conversation among male students at his Catholic high school in Columbus. After earning a master’s degree in theology from University of Innsbruck in Austria, he returned to Ohio as a 26-year-old, where he ultimately had a series of inappropriate experiences with teenage boys. “There was some part of me that had never gotten past being 15 years of age. I had become focused on this first experience of masturbation,” he said. “There was a part of me that was still acting like I was back in high school.” Jacobs is charged with sexual assault, two counts of sexual interference of a person under 14 and touching a young person for a sexual purpose. The charges involve three minors under the age of 14, with alleged incidents spanning September 1996 to June 2001, all within Saanich. He resigned from his post at St. Joseph the Worker parish in Saanich in 2002 after the incidents from Ohio came to light.

house, but then moved to the couch, where Jacobs suggested the witness lay back on the couch with his legs over the priest’s lap. The witness testified that Jacobs’ right hand would slide up and down the boy’s left thigh over his pants – “he went from

my knee to my groin back and forth ... the back of his hand touched my genitals.” “I definitely felt awkward. I told myself at the time he was being absent minded,” he said. “It happened over a few occasions, the same each time.

Considine, Jacobs’ defence attorney, pointed out the witness remained friends with Jacobs for years after, and then suggested the witness only accused him of wrongdoing after hearing the Ohio allegations and speaking to fellow students.

“Over time I came to my own thoughts and conclusions. I thought he was absent-minded. I never discounted what I felt at the time,” the witness said. For updates on the trial this week see saanichnews.com. –with files from Edward Hill

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For three weeks, Shelley Fillipoff has been walking in the shadow of her missing daughter – to use her own words. “I go to the coffee shops where she went, I go to the parks where she went so it’s kind of like I’m shadowing her,” said Fillipoff. “It’s not a nice feeling; it feels weird.” On Nov. 28, Fillipoff flew to Victoria after receiving distressed phone

calls from her 26-year-old daughter. She arrived at 11 p.m. expecting to find her at the women’s shelter where she had been staying for six months. She was too late. Emma left the shelter that morning and was last spotted only a few hours earlier, walking barefoot on the street by the Fairmont Empress Hotel. “I spend days on the street talking to homeless people,” said Fillipoff. “I’m staying at the Quality Inn because she was staying at the

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Putting a dent in the international drug trade HMCS Ottawa plays key role in Central American enforcement operation Daniel Palmer News staff

Local singer-songwriter Vince Vaccaro wrote his hit “Costa Rica” to illustrate a tired man yearning for a fresh start along the shorelines of the picturesque Central American country. “Can I lose my name, be someone new, and I’ll throw my troubles into the wild blue,” Vaccaro sings. For the crew aboard a Costa Rican fishing vessel last month, the lyrics couldn’t have resonated more, as the HMCS Ottawa emerged out of the rain and fog of the Pacific Ocean. Cmdr. Scott Van Will, commanding officer of the Ottawa,

directed U.S. Coast Guard members onto the fishboat, where they discovered more than 1,000 kilograms of pure cocaine beneath the deck. “We seized more more than $145 million in illicit drugs,” Van Will said at the celebratory return of Ottawa to CFB Esquimalt on Friday (Dec. 14). Van Will led the Canadian component of Operation Caribbe, a U.S.-led multinational effort to combat narco-terrorism and stem the cocaine supply routes between cultivating areas in South America and the transportation hubs of Central America. “Generally, (traffickers) head from Colombia or Ecuador north to drop it off in Guatemala, Costa Rica or Mexico for onward distribution to the U.S. and Canada,” Van Will said. Ottawa was at sea for nearly two months. It was the first time a Canadian ship was involved in a large drug bust in the international operation, Van Will said. “The U.S. were very happy

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If the jury that is social media can be trusted as an authority, the community is pretty evenly divided on the issue of guard rails on the Ogden Point breakwater. One thing is crystal clear, however: everyone has an opinion. “Maybe fill in the water area around the breakwater with soil, and then put cushions out to soften any falls,” wrote David Coney on the Vic News Facebook page, with just a hint of sarcasm. “And we could have chaperones for everyone. And helmets and lights and pre-walk safety information sessions. With maps incase anyone gets lost. and a full medical team on 24 hr standby of course.” While many fellow commenters bemoaned the encroach of the nanny

state, a slight majority celebrated the announcement by the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority of its intention to install the new safety feature. “Great idea!” wrote Tiffany Haarsma. “I fell off when I was about 5. Great opportunity for people with disabilities, elderly who may feel a bit unstable, and anyone with a disability more access. Parents with small children won’t need to worry so much ... they can just enjoy the walk.” The diving community also sees the plan as a boon. “They’re considering putting in a staircase at the end,” said diving instructor Keelan O’Connell at Ogden Point Dive Centre. Right now, divers lower themselves onto the granite blocks below the breakwater. Early in the new year, he GVHA will begin the work, which will shut the

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Lifelong Bach enthusiasts Michael Drislane and David Barss will bring the legend to life with a Christmas concert at St. John the Divine this Saturday. The Victoria Bach Ensemble features violin, cello, flute, trumpet, keyboards, bass and a pair of voices as they bring the season to life with a Bach Christmas. “We’re lucky because Victoria has a lot of good musicians. So it’s a great experience to work with people who really want to play,” Drislane said. “It’s one of those great music, great players scenarios that should be fun for all involved.” The ensemble the pair started about a year ago likes to keep it clean and simple – one player per part. No conductor required, each player becomes a single voice. “It leads to a very pure uncluttered sound,” Barss said. “It’s more of an intimate experience because you can hear every

“Rachel Fenlon is very, very well regarded in the musical community nationally,” Barss said. “She’s a first-call A-list player.” Fenlon was chosen to be part of the Vancouver Opera Association’s Yulanda M. Faris Young Artist Program in its inaugural year. Among other roles, she will appear as “Mabel” in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance. The concert will include Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, chorale prelude Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland and selections from Christmas Oratorio, Cantatas 36, 51, and 140 Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, Art of the Fugue. “The only one that maybe isn’t advent or Christmas is the Brandenburg Concerto,” Barss said. “My musical partner Michael Drislane who’s a brilliant musician, he’s doing the Brandenburg

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David Barss on trumpet and Michael Drislane on piano, co-created the Victoria Bach Ensemble that will bring A Bach Christmas to Victoria Saturday, Dec. 22 at Church of St. John the Divine. voice, with one cello you can hear the cello’s voice.” “The first half is a lot of instrumental, we don’t have the singers

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Stephen McBean, Pink Mountaintops leader, relaxes before a tour which brings the band to the Upstairs Cabaret, 15 Bastion Sq., on Friday, Dec. 21.

Pink Mountaintops return to Victoria Pink Mountaintops will be performing at the former Harpo’s, now the Upstairs Cabaret, 5 Bastion Sq., Dec. 5 – a place where the group’s leader Stephen McBean cut his teeth performing with his thrash band Mission of Christ in the late ‘80s. Pink Mountaintops is Stephen McBean, the eccentric, psychedelic genius behind the Vancouver-based band Black Mountain. McBean has been in numerous groups over the last two decades. As a 13-year old, he was in the legendary band Jerk Ward, playing hardcore influenced by the Neos, Discharge, Crucifix and whoever else was the fastest. His other bands to date have been straight out punk: a crusty punk/metal band, and of course, Black Mountain. From the release of their debut album – a psych-tinged

maximal rock assault – Black Mountain has been at the forefront of the new psychedelic movement, capturing heaps of critical acclaim resulting in tour dates with Coldplay and others around the world. Their most recent CD Wilderness Heart reached No. 94 on the Billboard top 100 and was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize. McBean’s more experimental and electronic side project has been described as a thumping, buzzing, blissful haze, at various parts sounding like the Velvet Underground, Spacemen 3 or the Jesus and Mary Chain circa Psycho Candy. This concert is the second in a series of semi-annual events that will reunite the beloved venue with some of the revered groups who were part of its glory days – all in support of

local charities and not-for-profit groups. These events will be curated by the same people who brought groups like Sarah McLachlan, Pearl Jam, John Lee Hooker, Green Day, The Neville Brothers, No Doubt and thousands more to Victoria in the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s. The Pink Mountaintops concert is a benefit for The Victoria Society For Children With Autism and the local families that depend on it for support, information and respite funds. Tickets for the benefit show on Friday Dec. 21 are $15 and are available at Ditch and Lyle’s Place. Doors open at 7 p.m., show begins at 10 p.m. There will be more donation opportunities at the venue. For more information go to victoriaautismsociety.com. llavin@vicnews.com

Les Amusements de la Chambre debuts Les Amusements de la Chambre is excited to launch its debut season in Victoria with a performance of Jean Philippe Rameau’s Pièces de clavecin en concerts for harpsichord and two violins. The concert takes place at the Church of St. John the Divine, 1611 Quadra St., on Saturday, Jan. 5 at 8 p.m. with a matinee at 3 p.m. Les Amusements de la Chambre, comprised of harpsichordist Katelyn Clark and violinist Emily Redhead, is delighted to welcome guest artist Hannah Burton on violin for this charming program of baroque chamber music. Les Amusements de la Chambre is a Canadian chamber ensemble specializing in the performance of music for early keyboard and strings. Founded by Clark and Redhead at The Banff Centre in 2010, the ensemble explores repertoire from the 17th

century to contemporary works of today. Les Amusements has distinguished itself through creative presentations of the 18th century concert experience. Based in Victoria and Montréal, the ensemble collaborates with a variable pool of musicians in concert and frequently performs and commissions works by Canadian composers. Les Amusements was recently awarded a grant by the Canada Council of the Arts to commission a new work for harpsichord and violin by Linda Catlin Smith, which premiered at the Toronto Summer Music Garden. Tickets are $10 for students, $15 for seniors and $20 general admission. They are available at the door, or in advance at Ivy’s Bookshop, 2188 Oak Bay Ave., and amusementsdelachambre.com. llavin@vicnews.com

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Victoria Foundation takes pulse of region’s youth Daniel Palmer News staff

Youth in Greater Victoria feel less connected to their community and worry about housing, homelessness and education. That’s according to the results of an annual Victoria Foundation survey. The Youth Vital Signs report asks people aged 15 to 24 about 13 issues critical to their quality of life, including housing, transportation and the environment. The report has been produced for two years as a supplement to the all-encompassing Vital Signs report, and helps to educate donors and create awareness of youth issues, Richardson said. Of the roughly 200 young people surveyed, 75 per cent are female and 25 per

cent male. Roughly half of respondents volunteer, live with their parents and have lived in the Capital Region all their lives. The number of youth who reported feeling “very connected” or “somewhat connected” to their community fell from about 88 per cent in 2011 to 71 per cent this year. Young people who felt “hardly connected” rose from 10 per cent of total respondents to 26 per cent over the same period. The reasons behind that change are more difficult to pinpoint, Richardson said. “Maybe there are more students living away from home, but I hope the report provides an opportunity to delve deeper into that.” Carina Pologer and Fairahn Reid, both Grade 12 students at Vic High, would be considered very connected, as both volun-

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South Island Royals forward Jordan Martin, right, puts pressure on Greater Vancouver Canadians forward Sean Gillespie during B.C. Major Midget League play at SaveOn-Foods Memorial Centre, Sunday (Dec. 16). The Royals lost 3-1 but won 5-1 on Saturday. Travis Paterson News staff

Royals settling into new Memorial home Major midget team under Royals brolly Travis Paterson News staff

Just past the halfway point of the season, it’s safe to say the South Island Royals of the B.C. Major Midget League have settled into their new home with relative success. The Royals (7-11-5) hosted and split the weekend’s two game set with the Greater Vancouver Canadians (11-8-2) at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, winning 5-1 on Saturday afternoon and losing 3-1 on Sunday morning. The win is the Royals’ seventh, which is more than double last year’s three-win season. “Compared to last year we’ve taken some strides, the guys are feeling good about what we’re doing,” head coach Geoff Grimwood said. “Saturday was a tremendous team effort from the goalie out. (Sunday) we had a tough time breaking through, we felt if we got the second one we would have broke it open.” Goalie Jesse Jenks played both games for the Royals, getting his fifth win on Saturday. He was supported by goals

from Brodie Smith, Ethan Waitzner, Jordan Martin, Cole Pickup and Brandon Tutte. Pickup scored the only goal in Sunday’s 3-1 loss. “We ran into a hot goalie today,” said Smith, a 15-year-old who scored the first goal on Saturday, his first game back after three weeks off due to an infected foot. “(Saturday) we got one first and got the momentum in our hand. (Sunday) everyone was pumped again, but they scored first and it just felt like we were playing from behind.” Sunday also marked the last game for the Royals before the holiday break, though the group will practice all this week. “We spent some time talking to the guys (Sunday) and let them know the improvement from four months ago is significant,” the coach said. Grimwood’s first season heading the high performance program of 15 to 17 year olds (he served the last two seasons as an assistant coach with the Powell River Kings of the B.C. Hockey League) is also the first season of the new relationship between the Western Hockey League Victoria Royals, and the major midget Royals, previously known as the Thunderbirds.

Part of the relationship is Grimwood’s dual position, as both the head coach of the midget team and an assistant coach with the WHL Royals. The biggest change within the partnership is the midget Royals access to Memorial Centre. Until this year, the Thunderbirds played and practised in arenas from North Saanich to Duncan. Now the program is transitioning from a nomadic existence to a junior A mentality. “The new partnership is a real advantage, it’s given us a team dressing room, a team gym facility and a chance to build a program in a home, which has been lacking in the past,” Grimwood said. The South Island Royals season returns with a road trip against the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds in Chilliwack on Jan. 5 and Abbotsford on Jan. 6.

WHL futures Pickup (13 goals, 28 points in 22 games) leads the team in scoring. He and Waitzner are property of the WHL Prince George Cougars. Smith and goalie Markus Daly, a fellow Racquet Club product, are both in the WHL Royals system, while Haydn Hopkins is a Saskatoon Blades draft pick. sports@vicnews.com

Last week’s rule change that is meant to minimize and eventually remove fighting from box lacrosse is being met with resistance. The Western Lacrosse Association is not ready to give up fighting and is looking for more information regarding the Canadian Lacrosse Association’s change to Rule 45. The rule change states that any player deemed a willing combatant in a fight will be assessed an automatic ejection from the game. Initially the WLA stated it would abide by the rule change. But on Thursday the WLA board of governors held a teleconference meeting. Contrary to one report, the teleconference was not a “yay or nay” vote to accept or reject the rule, said commissioner Casey Cook. Rather, the league instructed the commissioner and assistant commissioner to gather more information, so as to make recommendations on how Rule 45 can be applied in a more effective manner, Cook said. “Let’s not kid ourselves, the league is looking at its options. We’re in information gathering mode to see what we can do to see a better way to introduce the rule.” The 2013 season starts in May and there’s plenty of time to iron out the rule, or find a way around it. One of the greater concerns at the moment is that the ejection rule does not do enough to eliminate fighting, which will simply evolve into a more timely element of the game. “We want to get this rule change out of the way to know where we’re headed, but to say we’ve got a gun to our head to do that would be characterizing it incorrectly,” Cook said. The rule also applies to the junior and intermediate levels of box lacrosse in Canada. sports@vicnews.com

Oak Bay set for Gary Taylor tourney Travis Paterson News staff

The Oak Bay Bays open the 2012 Gary Taylor Invitational boys basketball tournament against the Lambrick Park Lions Thursday (Dec. 20) at 2 p.m. It’s going to be three days of elite high school basketball with AAA No. 10 ranked Vancouver College, AA No. 1-ranked St. Michaels Blue Jaguars, and two of Saskatchewan’s top teams, Aden Bowman and Campbell Collegiate, as well as Belmont and Cowichan. This year’s Bays squad has big hopes, with Team B.C. players Liam Horne and Matt Hampton leading the way in their senior year. The duo is surrounded by a strong and athletic squad, Bays coach Chris Franklin said. Running the table undefeated this weekend will be a huge test for the Bays. “The Saskatchewan teams are bringing some of the top players in their province and are highly ranked,” Franklin said. If the Bays can get past Lambrick, ranked No. 7 among AA schools in B.C., they’ll face the winner of Van College and Belmont. St. Mikes will also face a big test as they draw Aden Bowman at 4 p.m. tomorrow. The Gary Taylor is one of the few chances for the AA Blue Jags and AAA Bays to meet, though it’ll have to be in the final. sports@vicnews.com

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Banged up Braves visit Cougars Travis Paterson News staff

Rookie Seamus Maguire stepped forth with two goals on Sunday as the injury depleted Saanich Braves downed the Campbell River Storm 5-2 in at Rod Brind’Amour Arena. The win was the latest triumph by the shrinking Braves (22-40-2) team, which showed up to the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League game with just 13 skaters to the Storm’s 18. Things won’t get any easier for the Braves as they’ll be down to 12 regulars without Sean McBride for Thursday’s (Dec. 20) tilt against B.C.’s No. 1 ranked team, the Victoria Cougars (29-1-0-1). Puck drop is 7 p.m. at Archie Browning Sports Centre. “It’s going to be tough,” said Braves coach Brad Cook, who hopes to challenge his team. With 19 goals each, 20-yearold forwards Josh Gray and Max

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Seamus Maguire chipped in with two goals on Sunday as the Braves continue to win despite injuries. Mois are among the key players unavailable to the Braves. The team continues to hurt on defence without Brandon Parmar, Jordan Groenhyde and Tom Dakers, also out to injury, though all the above are expected back before the season ends. Cook said to expect a handful of affiliates when the Braves visit

the Cougars for the fifth meeting of the season between the top two teams in B.C. In the first four the Braves and Cougars eight-game regular season series, the Cougars lead with 3-2 and 6-2 regulation wins, a 3-2 shootout win 3-2, and a 3-1 loss. The Cougars are coming off a 6-2 win over the Westshore Wolves on Thursday and a 6-1 win over the Peninsula Panthers on Friday. Leading the Cougars is captain Brody Coulter with 29 goals and 59 assists for 83 points in 31 games. It’s eight more points than Braves captain Ty Jones totalled last year as he shared the league’s top scorer award. Thursday is also First Nations Night, free to anyone with First Nations identification. The Cougars visit the Wolves tonight, 7:30 p.m. at Bear Mountain Arena. On Friday the Braves host the Peninsula, 6:30 p.m. at Pearkes. sports@vicnews.com

Royals stumble, Grizz rumble into break The Victoria Royals could have drawn an easier foe than the Edmonton Oil Kings to face prior to the holiday break. The defending WHL champs handled the visiting Royals without much challenge on Saturday (Dec. 15) in a 5-2 win. The night previous was a game that got away as the Royals showed well on national TV, losing 3-2 to the Red Deer Rebels in a shootout. Defenceman Jack Walker scored his first WHL goal on Friday, a cross ice tap in from big brother Ben. Logan Nelson scored in regulation and in shootout but the Rebels scored on all three shootout attempts. Tyler Stahl and Steven Hodges scored in Saturday’s loss. From Edmonton the team went their separate ways for the holiday break, seven of them already

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Complaints prompt review of charity canvassing Victoria reviewing bylaw that regulates street fundraising downtown Roszan Holmen News staff

Do you have a minute to talk? This is a typical greeting from one of the young people wearing a brightly coloured vest bearing a charity’s name. For some passersby, the question launches a conversation and maybe even a monthly donation. For others, it causes discomfort and a whole host of avoidance techniques: crossing the street, ruffling through the purse, or simply speeding up while staring at a point in the distance. Professional canvassers are a common sight in the downtown for the past several years. For charities, they offer a costeffective way to raise funds and awareness. But they aren’t without controversy. Faced with a number of complaints – coming from various sources – Victoria city council took action: it recently voted to review its canvassing bylaws. “We’ve heard concerns, so let’s review it,” said Mayor Dean Fortin. On the one hand, canvassing is a legitimate form of fundraising; at the same time council must make sure it is not detracting from the downtown, he said. Victoria enacted its current streetscollection bylaw in 1977, which sets out the need for organizations to obtain permits, and for canvassers to have identification.

“Because the bylaw is now 35 years old it is time that it be reviewed,” reads the successful motion put forward by Fortin and Coun. Shellie Gudgeon on Nov. 15. “Instead of having four (canvassers) on every corner, do you say one, so people who actually don’t want to speak to them can have a corner to choose to avoid them if they wish?” asked Fortin. Don Schaffer, manager of legislative services, receives a small number of complaints through his office every year. “I imagine there is some pushback from people who not only get the phone calls at night but (are asked for money) when they are downtown as well,” he said. Over the years, Schaffer has developed regulations outlining where canvassers can stand. In response to a request from Tourism Victoria, for example, he banned canvassers from standing on Government Street during tourist season. “These people are being paid to do a job, and they are doing it ostensibly for a good cause so there is a balance you have to strike,” said Schaffer. Being asked for money – whether by panhandlers or canvassers – is the second most common complaint by tourists, according to recent exit surveys done by Tourism Victoria. “Not all canvassers are the same,” said Tourism Victoria president Rob Gialloreto, who noted that some are very polite while others can be unduly aggressive. “We have visitors from all over the world and it can be quite shocking for someone to basically step in your way as you are walking down the road with a clipboard and begin to talk to you about a cause

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Employees with charity contractor Public Outreach Fundraising stand on Fort Street hoping to talk to people about the charity Because I Am A Girl. that you just don’t have an interest in discussing.” If this review results in significant restrictions, or even a total ban, what’s at stake for the charities? Save the Children Canada has in the past contracted with Public Outreach, the main professional canvassing company in Victoria since 2005. So-called “face-to-face” fundraising is more cost effective than television or online ads, said Cisely McWilliams, senior advisory for the charity. “I think face-to-face provides an opportunity for people to be engaged in a way that makes them aware of not only what the charity is doing but also the

broader issues, whether that’s poverty eradication or whether that’s child survival around the world,” she said. Should a canvasser be overly aggressive, a complaint to the company or charity should resolve the problem, McWilliams said. “I think that you don’t want to be in a situation where the exception to the rule is an avenue to shut down charitable organizations.” Turning to professional fundraisers makes sense for many charities, added Greg Thomas, director of research for Charity Intelligence Canada. “The unfortunate thing for most professional fundraising organizations is the ones that make the news are those ones that are not cost efficient,” said Thomas “They are the minority, certainly. I know some do a wonderful job and are well-needed in the sector.” Public Outreach guarantees its clients a minimum return of $2.50 for every dollar invested, said managing director Bryan McKinnon. Fundraising staff are well-trained, knowledgeable and passionate about the issues that people in Victoria care about, he said. “There is no commission and there is no bonuses, even,” McKinnon said. “I believe strongly that incentivizing people with cash to sign up donors creates aggressive behaviour.” People don’t need to cross the street to avoid a canvasser, he added. “They don’t want to talk to you if you don’t want to talk to them. If you just said ‘no thank you,’ that’s it. They are not going to block your way or chase after you.” rholmen@vicnews.com

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has never been concerned about the use of marijuana for medical purposes. “Our focus is on how medical marijuana is grown,” he said. “The fact is, medical marijuana has typically been grown in a residential setting, which is not suitable or safe for growing marijuana.” Under previous regulations, medical marijuana grow operations operated without their local municipal government’s knowledge or approval, and were not subject to health, fire, building or plumbing inspections. Research indicates that both criminal and medical residential marijuana grow operations result in similar health, fire and safety hazards associated with unsafe electrical work, structural changes and excessive moisture. Taking marijuana production out of homes and into a licensed commercial environment is a step in the right direction, Garis said.

The federal government is poised to eliminate licensed medical marijuana grow-ops in homes that have long been criticized over safety concerns and connections to the illegal drug trade. Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced Sunday a planned shift to a new system of federally regulated commercial producers of medical pot who will supply authorized users who have a prescription from their doctor. “Under our new rule, only facilities that meet strict security requirements will be able to produce marijuana for medical purposes,” Aglukkaq told a press conference in Maple Ridge on Sunday. The new system – which also ends government production of medical pot – is expected to come at a sharply higher price for the nearly

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RTA ALBE ED RAIS

219

per lb 8.73 kg

IAN

Lobster Tails

999

Prev. Frozen

OROWEAT

Bread

English Muffins

570 g

ay Same Dry 250-477-6513 Delive Mon-Fri Excluding Holidays

Asst.

Orzo & Wild Rice Salad

396

86¢

per 100 g

FRENCH BISTRO

GIZELLA

Baguette

Pumpkin & Cranberry Cheesecake

186

996

each

500

200 g

Asst.

376 + dep

1.89 L

Jellied & Whole Berry

MCLARENS

CLOVERLEAF

Pickles & Olives

Smoked Oysters or Mussels

196

136

375 ml

Reg. or Lemon

NATURAL & ORGANIC

Asst.

1.7 kg

1.65 L

ROYALE

ALCAN

Serviettes

Aluminum Foil

196

396

120’s

348 ml

85 g

C Classics Ice Cream

ISLAND FARMS IS

LOCAL

Dishwasher Detergent

Cranberry Sauce

12”x100’

PACIFIC FOODS

Organic Chicken Broth Reg. or Low Sodium

Triscuits Asst. 2255 g

36 6’s

CHRISTIES

HOMEPRIDE

100% Cranberry Juice Blends

3.4 oz Tails

BAKERY

White or 60% Whole Wheat

Potato Chips

CASCADE

D CANA

per 100 g

OCEAN SPRAY

Asst.

Beef Stew

396

Sockeye Salmon Fillets

Cambazola

OCEAN SPRAY ALMOND BREEZE

OLD DUTCH

Asst.

per 100 g

BONELESS

per lb 7.855 kg

OCEAN WISE

Prev. Frozen

LEAN

per 100 g

GROCERIES

16/20 COUNT

MADERE O IN-ST

GOURMET CHEF

125 g

MEAT

Previously ly Frozen

GERMAN

800 g

Black Forest Ham

946 ml

FARMERS MARKET

NATURES PATH

Organic Pumpkin

Organic Instant Hot Oatmeal

136

250-477-6513 • 3829 Cadboro Bay Rd. www.peppers-foods.com

We reserve the right to limit quantities. Some restrictions may apply on certain promotions.

397 g

Asst.

296

320-400 g

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