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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING — City of Langford (Bylaw No. 1756)

The City of Langford has received an application to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 300 by means of proposed Bylaw No. 1756. All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw will be afforded an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the Bylaw at a Public Hearing to be held in the CITY OF LANGFORD COUNCIL CHAMBERS, Third Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue, Langford, BC, on Tuesday, 3 April 2018, at 5:30 pm. Please be advised that no representations may be received by Council after the close of the Public Hearing and any submissions made to Council, whether orally or in writing, will form part of a public record.

Proposal: The purpose of Bylaw No. 1756 is to amend the City of Langford Zoning Bylaw No. 300 by amending the zoning designation of the land that is the subject of Bylaw No. 1756 from the CSI (Service Commercial) Zone to the C8A (Community Town Centre Pedestrian A) Zone to allow for future redevelopment of the site.

Applicant: Robin Waugh, Keycorp Consulting Ltd

Location: The land that is the subject of Bylaw No. 1756 is 721 Station Ave as shown shaded on the plan.

COPIES of the complete proposed Bylaw and other material that the Council may consider in relation to the Bylaw may be viewed from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday (holidays excluded), from Monday, 19 March 2018 to Tuesday, 3 April 2018, inclusive, at Langford City Hall, 2nd Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue, Langford, BC, V9B 2X8. Please contact Sarah Herring in the Planning Departtnent at 250-478-7882 with any questions on this Bylaw.

Braden Hutchins
Director of Corporate Services

Pets and Health

Estelle Shelley, RN
Nurse Next Door — South Island

Our family just added anew puppy to our lives. We lost our old husky-border collie in January and while we have another geriatric cat and dog our young kids were desper￾ate for a puppy. My husband and I had an opportunity to research how this new pack member would positively im￾pact our family. We knew that it was going to take a heck of a lot of work We were going to lose shoes to a puppy and we were sure that a few stuffed animals may need to have reparative surgery. Sleepless nights, spot cleaning and kennel training. Lots of negatives, but what about the positives? That's what I started to research.

Dogs, cats, puppies and kittens, rabbits, birds, our furry and feathered friends make us feel better. Its not just a feeling though, over the years, many studies have been done over the years that suggest that our fluffy buddies are good for our mental and physical health. Our pets offer us companionship, acceptance, affection even love. They provide us with an emotional bond and have a calming effect.

Pets affect your heart — they help by lower stress when we feel joy. Oxytocin, a positive neurochemical is released during the joy/happy periods when we are with pets and the stress hormone cortisol is decreased. The decreased stress helps to naturally lower high blood pressure events.

In 2013 the American Heart Association (AHA) looked over numerous studies that examined the connection between pets and heart health. The theory is that pets, dogs in particular, help to reduce the risk of cardiovascu￾lar disease and increase survival rates of their humans (I don't like the term owner!).

Pets are good for your body—Want to get fit? Get a dog. Studies have show that people who have a dog are 54% more likely to hit their recommended daily levels of physical activity. People who have dogs also walk almost double what people without dogs do on average. Increased exercise helps to decrease cholesterol and social isolation while increasing fitness, stamina and self-esteem.

Pets help to relieve chronic pain — Petting our furry and feathered buddies can help with relieving pain by re￾leasing endorphins. Endorphins are strong naturally-pro￾duced pain relievers. Chronic pain can also be positively influenced by ongoing exercise and increased fitness.

Pets can make you happier — Pets can reduce depres￾sion and feelings of isolation. Pets are non-judgmental and love unconditionally which can boost self-esteem. Pets can increase feelings of belonging and meaning.

Pets can strengthen our families — Learning to love and care for another being is a wonderful lesson to teach children. Kindness and responsibffity are often lessons that children learn through having a family pet The necessity of having to exercise or play with a pet also al￾lows for a natural schedule of exercise which encourages physical and mental fitness in kids. When our pets get old we can teach our kids another set of bittersweet lessons. We can teach our kids how to care for our pet-friends when they get unwell or sick, to show our pets love and affection in their latter days. We can walk our children through the experience of a pet passing and the grieving process.

In the end, we love our new guy, we miss our old friend. Our old cat and dog are tolerating the young pup, barely. Adding a new pet has had more positives than negatives for our family, we are looking forward to loads of outdoor activities as the weather continues to get nicer!

Grocers collaborate on local food awareness initiative

Watch for 'Island Good' signs at Quality Foods and Thrifty Foods

The Vancouver Island Economic Alliance (VIEA) has launched a new initiative aimed at increas￾ing the strength of the local food economy.

Titled "Island Good," the initiative will run March through mid-September in Quality Foods, Thrifty Foods, Country Grocer, and 49th Parallel stores.

In all stores of the participating grocers, shoppers will be alerted to Vancouver Island-produced food products through a specially-designed wordmark and in-store signage as well as external advertising campaigns in print, radio and television.

"It is our belief that more people will pur￾chase these quality food products made or grown close to home if they are more aware of these products and can find them more easily in stores," said VIEA president George Hanson. "We believe this will lead to increased demand, which can lead to increased potential for export trade and better balance in our Island economy."

VIEA is an organization working to help the Island make its mark on the global econom￾ic stage. A report released by the alliance in October 2017 shows that, while the Canadian economy is 70 per cent services and 30 per cent goods, the Island economy is 80 per cent services and only 20 per cent goods.

That statistic supports the organization's decision to create an ambitious goal.

"We want to have every product from po￾tatoes to airplane parts marked 'Grown' or 'Made on Vancouver Island,'" said Hanson. "As people around the world continually see Island-produced goods, this, we believe, will spur interest in Vancouver Island as a great place to invest as well as to live, and shift that 20 per cent to a much higher value."

VIEA plans to compare same product, same store, same month sales activity during the March-September Island Good pilot project with sales records from 2017 to demonstrate the effect of improved product awareness. This information will be used to encourage food producers to mark their products "Made on Vancouver Island" or "Grown on Vancouver Island," thereby further promoting these local products and building demand.

"Living is good on Vancouver Island. Food is good on Vancouver Island. It's good to buy local — for a whole host of reasons. It's 'Island Good,'" said Hanson.

Learn more at Islandgood.ca.

View Royal residents to see minor tax increase

Kendra Wong — News Gazette staff

The less than one per cent increase is significantly lower than projection

Residents in View Royal will only see a minor increase in taxes this year.

Property taxes are set to go up by 0.92 per cent for 2018, way below the eight per cent tax increase staff projected when it first presented the draft financial plan to council last month.

"We worked hard to bring the increase down and it's still a good budget. We're still investing in the Town, but we've managed to keep the increase minimal," Mayor David Screech said.

"We're very happy to be able to keep the tax increase that low."

Non-core projects — those initiatives that represent one-time costs or changes in levels of service — make up a significant part of the total tax increase, such as election expenses in October, a study to review the Town's development cost charges bylaw to ensure it's up to date, as well as the replacement of the roof on the main building at Centennial Park and repainting of Parson's Bridge.

Last year's tax increase was 0.42 per cent.

To read the full financial plan visit viewroyal.ca.

kendra.wong@goldstreamgazette.com

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING — District of Highlands (Bylaw No. 402)

Notice is given that all persons who believe that their interest in property may be affected by proposed Bylaw No. 402 will be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the proposed Bylaw at a Public Hearing to be held at the School House, 1589 Millstream Road, Highlands, BC on Tuesday, April 3, 2018 commencing at 7:00 p.m.

1927 Millstream Road is the subject of the proposed Zoning Bylaw Amendment. Location is shown in bold on the map below.

"Highlands Zoning Bylaw, 1998, Amendment No. 39, (R8 - 1927 Millstream Road) Bylaw No. 402, 2018"

General Purpose: To create a new zone, Rural 8 (R8) and to add 1927 Millstream Road to the Rural 8 Zone. The new zone allows for a principle use of "daycare" at 1927 Millstream Road. Other currently permitted principle uses include (single family) residential and agriculture.

For any person wishing more detailed information, the proposed Bylaw and other related material may be inspected between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday excluding holidays, from Wednesday, March 7, 2018 to Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at the District of Highlands Municipal Office located at 1980 Millstream Road, Victoria, BC V9B 6H1. You can mail or deliver your comments on this Bylaw to the Municipal Office or by fax to 250-474-3677, or email to LBeckett@highlands.ca to be received prior to 12 p.m. on the day of the public hearing.

Please note that all correspondence submitted to the District of Highlands in response to this Notice will form part of the public record and will be published in a meeting agenda when this matter is before the Council or a Committee of Council. This includes being published on the District's website. The District considers the author's address relevant to Council's consideration of this matter and will disclose this personal information. The author's phone number and email address are not relevant and should not be included in the correspondence if the author does not wish this personal information disclosed.

For convenience only, some of the documents may be viewed on the District's website at: www.highlands.ca.

Loranne Hilton,
Chief Administrative Officer

PUCK BATTLE

A player with the JDFMHA midget (2 left) team battles with a Nanaimo midget team player during the 9th Annual Debbie Cooper Memorial Tournament at Westhills Arena. Twenty-jorpegwee and midget realms fr

Overtime loss ends Grizzlies' season

lindsey.horsting@goldstreamgazette.com

The Victoria Grizzlies' season has come to an end.

Victoria lost in overtime to the Powell River Kings 4-3, in Game 5 of the best-of-seven series. The win puts the Kings on top of the Island division.

The Grizzlies made a historic comeback in the first round against the Alberni Valley Bulldogs, to take the series 4-3.

Victoria's distribution of points was spread, Cameron Thompson was the top goal scorer throughout the playoffs and had seven goals and three assists. Ethan Nother scored five goals and had four assists and Alex Newhook had three goals and six assists.

The Kings move on to the semifinals to play the winner of the series between the Surrey Eagles and Prince George Spruce Kings.

lindsey.horsting@goldstreamgazette.com