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Green light for Clive Christopher Sun News staff
really looking forward to it.” Sidel will compete with the Canadian team at the Tiger Bowls tournament in Hong Kong on March 16 and 17 and then the China Open in Shenzhen from March 18 to 21. Knowing she is close to becoming a fullfledged, national team member means a lot of pressure to do well and impress.
Redeveloping the Clive apartment building is a go after Oak Bay council voted six to one in favour of the project after a packed public hearing on Tuesday. Almost 50 of the 200 in attendance addressed council during the threehour public hearing held at Monterey Centre. The vast majority spoke in favour of the project, which will see the current eight-unit, two storey building replaced with a 17-unit, John Herbert three storey one. A fourth and final reading is expected next month, ensuring the units are for rentals only, are available to families and that no units are rented to carowning tenants once all parking stalls are allocated. Developer Nicole Roberts first proposed redeveloping the Clive in December 2012. The Oak Bay native expected resistance and to negotiate with neighbours, but this particular project has been the most intense for the experienced developer, who has primarily worked in Arizona. “I expected it would be an uphill battle,” Roberts said. “I grew up in Oak Bay and I believe in investing in it. I do know residents love Oak Bay because many harken back to yesteryears, but this is a needed change to our community.”
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Lawn bowler Jaymee Sidel is in China this week to compete with the Canadian national team.
Playing with the pros Junior bowler takes a chance at national stage Christopher Sun News staff
Oak Bay lawn bowler Jaymee Sidel is seeing if the grass is greener in Asia as she competes there with the Canadian national team this week.
This will be the 22 year old’s first overseas trip as a competitive lawn bowler after being named to the Canadian development team last November. The honour stems from Sidel winning gold in the U25 championships in Fredericton last summer. She is one of three under 25’s on the development team, which is viewed as the final step to making it onto the coveted national team. “I’ve been invited to play with the pros,” Sidel said. “It’s going to be interesting, I’m
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