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including a handful whose complaints ranged from lateevening filming and noise disruption, he says the overall community benefit outweighs the inconvenience. “We appreciate that there is Arnold Lim dislocation involved both in News staff residential and business, but you have to step back and look at the Gracepoint productions has overall picture, and this is good only been here four months, but for the region,” Jensen says. “The Oak Bay could be cashing in for Gracepoint people have reacted years to come. graciously and courteously and With less than a month before reached an accommodation with the cast and crew of Gracepoint the neighbours. If there is going pack up and leave Oak Bay and to be excessive disruption they many other filming locations will offer financial benefit or put across the South Island, the economic spinoff the municipality them in a hotel for the night.” Victoria Film will enjoy may be “The economic commissioner greater than was Kathleen Gilbert foreseen. impact has been was excited to “It is a rising tide quite positive, it has host Gracepoint in lifting all economic boats throughout the put us on the map a Greater Victoria and said the amount region,” says Oak Bay little bit in terms of film producers Mayor Nils Jensen. spend in any region “When you look at exposure.” should not be the region they are - Isa Hosein underestimated. real and substantial. “The film company The estimate I have purchases things that every seen for the economic boost will family purchases, so if you can, be probably something in the imagine the things you use area of $10 to $15-million injected throughout the year from gas and into the local economy.” hair styling products, to propane He says parking and permits to clothing. They buy a lot of in Oak Bay alone could approach clothing in a movie,” she says. $20,000 going into municipal “They have spent $2 million on coffers and the budget for the accommodations alone.” series approached $250,000 Isa Hosein has seen some of the per day. While there are real economic benefit. The co-owner disruptions for some residents,

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Kevin Rankin, as Paul Coates and Sarah-Jane Potts who plays Gemma Fisher rehearse a scene in the Oaks Restaurant which was used as a location for Fox TV’s Gracepoint. of the Oaks Restaurant on Oak Bay Avenue has been closing his entire restaurant for two days at a time, renting the facility to the Gracepoint crew as a filming location. He’s excited about the prospect of more rentals and the additional traffic the show has created for his restaurant. “The economic impact has been quite positive, it has put us on the map a little bit in terms of exposure,” Hosein says. “Everyone knows what is going on with Gracepoint around here and on days we close … those days are always challenging for us, (but) over the long term it will be a total benefit.”

He learned in December 2013 that the Oaks would be turned into the Crestview Rooms and Pub for the high-profile Fox television show and has already been paid for 12 full-day rentals and expects more as the show continues. “Oak Bay Ave. is going to be portrayed on network U.S. TV as Gracepoint, we all know what that does for us come tourist season. Everyone wants to come see where it all happened,” he says. “The best part hasn’t come yet. The best part is when it airs and the whole world gets to see.” Gilbert agrees and the former location manager is hopeful

the economic benefit for the community will continue well beyond May, when the entirety of the 10-episode first season’s principal photography will be complete. “For Oak Bay … I don’t think you can underestimate the power of film tourism when it comes to a show like this. It’s a very popular film and the (show) it’s based on has resulted in film tourism in the city it was filmed in in the U.K. I don’t see why it would be different here,” she said. “If you Google Oak Bay now you get a lot more hits than you did before Gracepoint started filming.” alim@vicnews.com

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Like many professions, teaching has changed a lot over the years. As Black Press continues our Great Teachers series, a celebration of educators presented with partners Staples and Thrifty Foods, we look at some of the positive changes that have affected how our children learn and look at the world. Diane McNay, the jovial president of the Lower Vancouver Island Retired Teachers Association, began her career in 1968 and retired “young” in 2002 at 56. She taught at several schools around Greater Victoria, including the last 20 at Arbutus Junior High in Saanich. Teachers today are, on average, younger, she says, and have learned a system of education that focuses less on such unglamorous topics as English grammar and more on exploring the ideas of

free thought and critical thinking. “I think what has changed the most has been curriculum development,” McNay says of the switch from an emphasis on memorizing facts and figures. “In social studies, which was my area, that was the best change that was ever made. It really made you think about what you would be doing and gave you more scope (to teach) more meaningful things that would make a lot of difference to the kids.” Changes to the way topics are approached has paralleled advances in technology and access to information. Parents whose children have graduated in the past several years, for example, have seen differences. They’ve come through an era in which assignments went from being written out – in some cases researched in library books – to being written and researched on a computer and printed

Celebration time n Black Press, Staples and Thrifty Foods encourage you to nominate a grade school teacher whom you feel is making a difference in the community. From all nominations, one teacher each from the elementary, middle and secondary levels will be honoured at a gala in June. To nominate your favourite teacher, visit vicnews.com/contests/ and click on Great Teachers. All nominators are entered to win a $50 Thrifty’s gift card.

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Retired school teacher Diane McNay stands next to a framed Steve Nash basketball jersey at École Arbutus Global Middle School where she taught Nash in junior high. out. That in itself has helped make things easier for everyone: students, parents and teachers. Tom White retired here in 2005 after 33 years teaching music and, late in his career, Internet-based computer classes. He says he enjoyed helping his

students get a handle on the emerging technology. “My technology students prolifically created movies, websites and Powerpoint shows,” he says. “Social networking was at the infant stages and (unlike today) only a few students were

using cellphones.” McNay says the Internet has been both a blessing and curse for educators, who have had to keep themselves up to date on what’s out there in cyberspace and how it might relate to students’ assignments. “There is a tendency

among students to sort of leap to Wikipedia the minute they want any information on anything,” she says. “But if the school has a really good teacher-librarian, they can teach students and teachers about databases and things that will make teaching more effective.” Penny Sakamoto, group publisher for Black Press, notes teachers from past generations were bound by a more strict establishment and formality that

wasn’t nearly as open. “And, I think the schools really include input from the community very effectively today,” she says. “The high school job experience program is a very good example of that and the programs where students interact with residents of seniors homes, for example shows a real understanding of today’s community based learning.” ddescoteau@vicnews. com

Oak Bay has plans for new planner Arnold Lim News staff

Oak Bay’s budget is out and a planner is in. The municipality finalized its budget at a council meeting April 28 and a 2.99 per cent raise in property tax will be accompanied by the addition of three new staff members. The long wait for the only municipality in Greater Victoria without its own full-time planner appears to be over. “Throughout the Capital Regional District communities our size or smaller all use the services of an in-house planner,” said Mayor Nils Jensen. “It was felt it would be more efficient to have a staff planner than have a contract planner. That was important to continuity of decision making.”

Oak Bay council met over three days debating final discretionary budget items, also adding an Internet Technology technician to maintain and update the website and an executive assistant for Oak Bay Chief Administrative Officer Helen Koning. The three additional staff will cost the municipality approximately $43,000 in 2014, a number lowered by introducing them later on in the year and by capitalizing on efficiencies, including no longer contracting planners that cost the municipality $15,752 in 2013. “I have been pushing (for this) since I was elected,” said Coun. Michelle Kirby. “The cost to the community in the long run by not having a planner puts us more at risk than paying that salary.” Despite the additions, the property tax hike will be less than 2013’s 3.42 per cent increase for the average

household, not including the solid waste charge. The solid-waste charge does however come in higher than last year, swelling from $210 to $249.50 in 2014, due in large part to curb-side pick up for the kitchen organics program expanded in January. Total municipal taxes to be collected in Oak Bay is approximately $19,194,748 for 6,454 residential properties which includes 5,483 single-family dwellings, 745 stratas or condos, 226 classified as other and 231 business properties. “We always keep in mind we want to provide excellent quality service for the resident while not overburdening with taxes,” said Jensen. “When you compare to other increases in the region, we are in the middle. That shows the kind of job council has been able to do culminating in this budget.” alim@vicnews.com

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Creative gardener will be missed I’m mostly a fair weather Bike to Work rider, and for the last few years I’ve suffered the start of my early spring rides with the cold wind tunnel of Cadboro Bay Road. Along the way I’ve frequently thought to myself ‘Ooohhh, the bus looks good now.’ But then, I’d pass Oak Bay High and approach the intersection at Foul Bay Road where I’d see work had been done on the garden bed there. This gave me cause to pedal on, for curiousity is a powerful motivator. I would arrive at the traffic light, and get my first glimpse at this year’s creation. What would it be? A Crash Landed Alien? A Spider? A Cadborosaurus? A Fire Truck? If I was early enough, and Michelle Kirby Oak Bay Parks Department Foreman Horticulturist Dan Bell was still there working on the beds with his coworker, I’d have my first crack at a guess. I’d usually snap a photo on my phone and take a few more as it changed over the days and weeks ahead. It was fun. I loved guessing, as much as I loved how it was talked about on the bus, and got people talking to each other. It was inclusive, inexpensive public art and it made me smile every day for months as I went by. My kids especially loved the alien. We kept hoping he might return on the fire truck last year. It’s not everyone that makes you smile every day, but Dan Bell certainly made an effort that will be missed. He retired this spring as Oak Bay’s horticulturist. I hope he enjoys as many smiles himself as he created for others. He will certainly by missed, and deserves a very happy next chapter. Michelle Kirby, councillor Oak Bay

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Big wheels must stop at the red octagon “But this is Oak Bay!” I haven’t before entering the intersection, at Stop means stop. Really, we figured out the relevance of this the point nearest the intersecting mean it. last one, but I replied, “Yes, you highway from which the driver has It is the simplest of all traffic a view of approaching traffic on the are correct, this is Oak Bay and the control devices and traffic laws – traffic laws are the same as they intersecting highway. the stop sign. Stop. It’s one of the are in Vancouver, By law, the wheels of first words we learn in childhood: Prince George and the vehicle Stop teasing your sister; Vanderhoof.” must cease stop jumping on the bed; It would appear motion entirely. stop your complaining. that many people Every day we It shouldn’t be difficult By law the seem to feel that stop see drivers in to understand but most wheels of the signs are merely a our community drivers don’t seem to perform the grasp the notion that vehicle must cease suggestion, and not a law. rolling stop stop means stop. Not motion entirely. Our community which doesn’t slow down, or roll expects to be safe in count when through, but come to a all respects, traffic it comes to full stop. Under Section safety is essential for all of us and 186 of the BC Motor Rick Anthony road safety and traffic coming to a complete stop at a enforcement. Vehicle Act “186 … if On The Road stop sign is a traffic law that will Failing to stop there is a stop sign at an be strictly enforced to ensure that completely is a threeintersection, a driver of accidents, injuries and fatalities can point demerit and $167 fine. Some a vehicle must stop (a) at the of the excuses we’ve heard include: be avoided. marked stop line, if any, (b) before “Well, it was almost a stop.” entering the marked crosswalk on Const. Rick Anthony is “I thought it was more of a yield the near side of the intersection, Community Liaison Officer with the at this intersection.” or (c) when there is neither a Oak Bay Police Department. And the best one I’ve heard, marked crosswalk nor a stop line,

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Cattle Point. They later confirmed the pair were husband and wife who lived together in the Saanich residence. Police have not released any names or ages. The Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit and the Saanich Police Detective Division are investigating the two sudden deaths. Police have not released any names or ages by Oak Bay News deadline. reporter@saanichnews.com

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most knocked-off vehicle of all time, inspiring the likes of the Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser, Nissan Patrol, Suzuki Samurai, etc., not to mention, of course, the current Jeep Wrangler. Jaguar E-Type: The E-Type was one of the prime influences for the above-mentioned Toyota as well as the famous Datsun 240Z. Its extreme long hood, short rear deck design and covered headlight styling cues also continue to show up in Jaguar’s own products like the XK8 and the new F-Type. After all, it was by rival Enzo Ferrari’s own admission the most beautiful car in the world.

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There are many different ways to get on the open, or dirt, road. I’ll suggest some new makes and models to consider but by no means are these the be-all-end-all of choices. Cruisers Cruisers have mass appeal because of their low seat heights, generally comfortable ergonomics and ability to get you from point A to B in style. Some models have the foot pegs stretched forward, some don’t. They might not be the most nimble bikes around but they certainly do have mass appeal. Better yet, they come in all different sizes, shapes and displacements making it even more accessible to riders. Bikes: Honda CTX700, Yamaha Bolt, Harley-Davidson Superlow 1200T, Suzuki Boulevard C50 Sport Tourer Want a sportier edge while still maintaining comfort while riding for extended periods of time? Consider a sport touring motorcycle. They’re generally not as heavy or as elaborate as a full on touring bike, so you get the best of both worlds. Bikes: BMW K1300S, BMW K1600GT, Yamaha FJR1300, Honda VFR1200 Touring When asked how I’d describe a touring bike I say – not small. These machines are typically heavy, but come equipped with the technology and luxuries that can take you across the country and further. Their fuel tanks are generally much bigger so you can keep going for longer. Furthermore, storage compartments, relatively speaking, are quite generous. Bikes: Harley-Davidson Electra Glide/Ultra Limited, Honda Goldwing, Suzuki Boulevard C90T B.O.S.S. Dirt Playing in the dirt has never been so much fun. Whether

you’re young or young at heart, dirt bikes are a great way to enjoy the outdoors. Dirt bikes are restricted to the dirt, meaning, unless you have a dual sport bike that has a license plate, you can’t ride them in the road. That said, they’re generally quite affordable and are extremely durable. Since there are so many different kinds to choose from,

I’ll list the manufacturers that make them. Bikes: Honda, KTM, Yamaha, Husqvarna, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Aprilia Sport These are bikes generally designed with the racetrack in mind but are street legal. They have more horsepower than you’ll ever need and harness the engineering prowess of the best of the

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WAREHOUSEMANâ€™S LIEN ACT Notice is hereby given that Kustom Towing, (2009) Ltd, 3297 Douglas St, Victoria, BC, V8Z 3K9 will be selling: 2005 HONDA SHADOW JH2RC5056M100280 Owner G. Ditomasso 1992 DODGE DAKOTA 1B7GG23X4NS673397 Owner R. Carter 1992NISSAN PATHFINDER JN8HD18Y7NW018155 Owner M. Quirk Will be sold on May 9, 2014. At 647B Dupplin Rd, Victoria, BC between 10am-2pm.

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

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QUALITY TILE and STONE Installations. Good references. Call John (250)884-8976.

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HomeFinder Find a place to call home

ENERGY EFFICIENCY AT HOME Natural Resources Canada provides more information on the following resources at nrcan.gc.ca/energy/ efficiency/housing. EnerGuide ratings – An EnerGuide rating shows a standard measure of your home’s energy performance. It shows you (and future buyers) exactly how energy efficient your home is. R-2000 homes – Bestin-class energy-efficient homes, R-2000-certified homes include high levels of insulation, clean air features and measures to help protect the environment, built to the R-2000 Standard developed by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan). ENERGY STAR homes – An ENERGY STAR® qualified new home is on average 20 percent more energy efficient than a home built to code, a practical choice for homeowners looking for a new home that is energy efficient and environmentally friendly. Do you have a homebuying or selling story you’d like to share with us? Email ddescoteau@ vicnews.com To advertise in Homefinder, contact Oliver Sommer at: osommer@black press.ca

BAY NEWS

GREATER VICTORIA MARKET UPDATE » AS OF APRIL 29/COURTESY VICTORIA REAL ESTATE BOARD

613/615 » 1,465/1,408 » 4,415/4,585 »

NET UNCONDITIONAL SALES, MONTH-TO-DATE/APRIL 2013 NEW LISTINGS THIS MONTH/ TOTAL FOR APRIL 2013 TOTAL ACTIVE RESIDENTIAL LISTINGS/PEAK, APRIL 2013

DID YOU KNOW? The Woodland Creek community in Sooke is powered by geothermal heating and cooling.

Is your dream home a green home?

Trendy and sensible, energy efficiency has never been more valuable

Mark and Rob Bernhardt built Vancouver Island’s first “passive house,” an ultraefficient home that seals in heat and uses sophisticated ventilation to keep the home at a comfortable temperature, while using almost no power. The team has applied to build a sixunit passive condo unit in Victoria. Here Mark holds a prop that shows the triplepaned windows in the home.

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Mark Bernhardt had high expectations of his new home. He expected Vancouver Island’s first “passive house,” a home he built with his father Rob Bernhardt at Bernhardt Contracting to be 60 to 90 per cent more efficient than standard house construction to perform well. He wasn’t expecting the level of comfort he experienced upon moving in last May. And though he knew his energy bill would be low, he wasn’t expecting it to come in at about $200 for an entire year. When the air-tight, 3,800-squarefoot Saanich home with six residents can require such little use of its hot water radiator, it means even body heat is a vital source warmth. That 60 watts per person makes a difference, Bernhardt says. “My two kids probably run a little hotter than everybody else,” he adds with a laugh. As gratifying as all the energy efficiency savings have been, it’s the environment inside the home that has the builder most enthused. “There’s no cold spots, no drafts; the noise from outside has been really reduced. A house like this on a busy street would be really quite amazing to live in. You just wouldn’t hear the traffic. With the fresh air, we know that allergy symptoms are reduced.” This spring the Bernhardts applied to the City of Victoria to build a six-condo passive home unit on Queen Street. The North Park Passive House, designed by Hughes Condon Marler Architects, has the same estimated construction costs

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as a standardly-built project of the same size. Whether the units are rented or sold, Berhardt says they’ll come with a reasonable price tag. “It will have all the comfort features of a passive house, but with the style of housing that we think is more valuable to the city right now. It doesn’t need to have the bling-y things that you see in some of the penthouses in some of the new condos around.” Ultra energy-efficient homes are a trend for those educated enough to know what’s happening in other countries, where energy is more expensive and less green, says Peter Johannknecht, principal architect with Cascadia Architects. Johannknecht specializes in energy efficient design and worked on the Berhardts’ home in Saanich with Cascadia co-founder Greg Damant. “As a trend, Victoria and B.C. in general have a very strong community of green builders and designers

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and architects sharing and making these homes ready for the next 50 to 100 years,” Johannknecht says. Currently, experiences are shared within this community via channels such as the Canadian Passive House Institute, located in Vancouver, and their social media sites. While most of the interest in passive homes in Canada is here in B.C., the idea is spreading throughout North America. “What’s really missing or lacking is some provincial or federal support to help this trend develop quicker and faster, so that the benefits on the climate and the new homes would be faster,” Johannknecht says. “Europe is way ahead of us with the governments, local and provincial and especially federal governments sets their demands very high and the industry has to follow. And it does. Suddenly the high standard becomes the norm. That’s exactly what needs to hap-

pen here.” While we may be lagging in terms of standards, buyers of all kinds have long since concerned themselves with efficiency costs. “What’s the heating bill like?” is a question Victoria Real Estate Board president Tim Ayres has heard for years. Now, buyers are able to view a home’s EnerGuide rating, if the seller has sought one, on the MLS home listing service. “Buyers have already started to consider energy-efficient homes over older homes. If you’ve don’t the energy-efficient upgrades, you’re going to have a much easier time selling and you’re probably going to sell for a bit more than you would if you hadn’t done it. It’s becoming more and more important going forward,” says Ayres. “Any amount that you do spend extra tends to recoup itself in a short amount of time.” nnorth@saanichnews.com

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Select your home. Select your mortgage.

974 Fir Tree Glen, $799,900 Saturday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Craig Walters, 250-744-3301

OPEN HOUSES

- 1690 Poplar, $204,900 | MAY 2 - MAY 7, 2014 #219 Saturday 2-4

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3326 University Woods, $1,428,000

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

VICTORIA

203-1110 Oscar St., $299,900 Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Philip Illingworth, 250-477-7291

Saturday 1-3 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Clifton Mak, 250-479-3333

VIEW ROYAL

55 Kingham Pl. $778,000 Saturday 11-1 RE/MAX Camosun Roy Coburn, 250-812-1989

757 Front Street, $528,900 Saturday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd David Dand, 250-477-7291

Sunday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Robert Hahn, 250-744-3301

ESQUIMALT

848 Esquimalt Rd, $128,800 Saturday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Velma Sproul, 250-213-2858

OAK BAY

307-1083 Tillicum Rd., $244,900

606 Speed Ave, from $235,000 103-1665 Oak Bay Ave, $189,000 Saturday & Sunday 1-3

Saturday 10-12 Pemberton Holmes Greg Long, 250-384-8124

1535 Edgeware, $469,500

2580 Landsdowne, $1,467,000

Saturday 3-4 Mark McDougall Royal Lepage, 250-483-3562

Sunday 2-4 Newport Realty Julie Rust, 250-385-2033

Victoria Harbour

BOAT SHOW

486 Fraser Street, $549,900 Sunday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Deanna Noyce, 250-744-3301

513 Head Street, $1,800,000

SAANICH EAST

4009 Cedar Hill, from $489,900

Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast James Gardiner (250) 507-4333

10-4030 Quadra St., $229,900 Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jean Omelchenko, 250-474-6003

1795 Forest Road

Saturday 12-2 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Ltd. Gray Rothnie, 250-744-7034

Saturday 11-1 Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921

Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Scott Munro, 250 477-5353

Saturday 12-1 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Justen Lalonde, 250-418-0613

Sunday 2-4 JonesCo Real Estate Marilyn Ball, 250-655-7653

205-1040 Rockland Ave, $257,000 A13 Jedburgh Pl. $449,900

Saturday 11-1 Fair Realty 108-545 Manchester Rd, $165,000 Kevin Ramsay, 250-217-5091 Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast 1057 Bank Street, $599,900 Realty, June Wing, 250-479-3333 Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty Jack Petrie, 250-385-2033 818 Queens Street, $559,900 Saturday 2-4 Boorman’s Real Estate 1638 Pembroke St, $489,000 Jane Lewis, 250-595-1535 Saturday 12-2 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. 733A Humboldt (200 Douglas) Jens Henderson, 250-858-5367 Saturday, Sunday & Monday 1-4 Macdonald Realty , Helene Roy, 250 883-2715

712 Luscombe Pl

1-1182 Colville Rd, $393,000 Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Goran Tambic, 250-592-4422

312- 1680 Poplar Ave, $164,900

Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Suzanne Mitchell, 250-477-7291

Pemberton Holmes Real Estate David Rusen, 250-413-7594

3934 Cedar Hill X Rd, $834,900 Saturday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Patricia Kiteke, 250-384-8124

3731 Blenkinsop Rd, $549,900 Sunday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Corporation Ann Watley, 250-474-6003

4090 Tuxedo Drive, $629,000 Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Eamon Coll, 250-479-3333

313-3277 Glasgow Ave.,

Saturday 11-1 Pemberton Holmes Arran McLellan, 250-884-3980

107-3880 Quadra St., $310,000 Saturday 2-3:30 One Percent Realty Ray Kong, 250-590-7011

1234 Union Rd., $606,000 Sunday 1-3 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Ltd. Gray Rothnie, 250-744-7034

3317 Cedar Hill Rd., $499,000 Saturday 12-1:30 One Percent Realty Ray Kong, 250-590-7011

2491 Cadboro Heights Lane Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty Julie Rust, 250-385-2033

316-1620 Mckenzie Ave, $370,000 Saturday 2-4, Pemberton Holmes Rick Couvelier, 250-477-0921

402 - 1550 Church, $279,900 Sunday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Deborrah Robertson, 250-592-4422

112 - 4394 West Saanich Rd, $259,900

3712 Kootenay, $599,000

Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital - Chatterton Alli Munro, 250-477-5353

4091 Dawnview Cres., $700,000

Saturday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Lynne Sager, 250-744-3301

205-1010 Bristol Rd, $208,800

Sat + Sun 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Ed. G. Sing, 240-744-3301

Sunday 2-4 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Cheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422 Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Macdonald Realty Ltd. Eleanor Smith, 250-818-6662

4155 Oakridge Cres, $475,000

2490 Cadboro Heights Lane, $1,188,000

Sunday 1:30-3:30 Lighthouse Realty Eric Britz, 1-866-426-7653

638 Lambie Drive, $719,000

3434 Bonair Pl., $989,000

202-3244 Seaton St., $215,900

Saturday 2-4 JonesCo Real Estate Ian Heath, 250-655-7653

#12 - 3255 Rutledge, $274,900 Sunday 2-4 Sutton Group West Coast Realty, Hiro Nakatani, 250-661-4476

203-940 Boulderwood, $429,900 Sunday 2-4, RE/MAX Camosun Deb Coburn, 250-812-5333

3-909 Carolwood Dr., $619,800 Saturday 1-3 Royal LePage Coast Capital Realty Cheryl Bejcar, 250-592-4422

SAANICH WEST

177 Little Eldon Pl, $469,000 Saturday 11:30-1:30 Newport Realty Sandy Berry, 250-818-8736

1020 Burnside, $579,000 Sunday 2-4 Pemberton Holmes Ltd Corie Meyer, 250-384-8124

Saturday 2-4 Newport Realty Sandy Berry, 250-818-8736

Saturday 11-1 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Deidra Junghans, 250-474-6003

3795 Burnside Pl, $539,900 Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Corporation Mike Hartshorne, 250-590-3921

SAANICH PENINSULA

4009 Cedar Hill, from $489,900

Saturday & Sunday 1-4 Sutton Group West Coast James Gardiner (250) 507-4333

10-4030 Quadra St., $229,900

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

BAY NEWS

1795 Forest Rd.

Saturday 12-2 Century 21 Queenswood Realty Ltd. Gray Rothnie, 250-744-7034

312- 1680 Poplar Ave, $164,900 Sunday 1-3 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Suzanne Mitchell, 250-477-7291

974 Fir Tree Glen, $799,900 Saturday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Craig Walters, 250-744-3301

2321 Island View Road, $412,000

Friday - Sunday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Craig Walters, 250-655-0608

8770 Pender Park Drive, $984,900 Sunday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Craig Walters, 250-655-0608

2391 Moore Pl., $599,900 Saturday 2-4 DFH Real Estate Ltd. Jeff Shaw, 250-474-6003

2090 Rennie Place, $467,000 Saturday 2-4 RE/MAX Camosun Linda Egan, 250-655-0608

2485 Shoreacres, $379,000 Saturday 1-3 RE/MAX Camosun Judy Campbell, 250-744-3301

8555 Lochside Dr, $760,000 Saturday 1-3 Sutton Group West Coast Realty Colin Walters, 250-479-3333

2524 Fielding Pl, $599,900

Saturday 1-3 Pemberton Holmes Ltd. Debbie Hanselin, 250-891-8891

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