POKING ITS NOSE out of the ditch is a 1974 Dodge
Challenger, after an 18-year-old Victoria man lost
control and entered the ditch along the Pat Bay
Highway near Island View Road, about 2 p.m. Satur-
day. Central Saanich police said the man apparently
swerved to avoid hitting a vehicle which was stopping
for a red light. Little damage resulted to the Challenger
and its driver was not injured.

Seeing a pretty picture of a
housing complex is one thing. But
after council approval, the result-
ing development sometimes looks
completely different.

That is, unless there is a land-
use contract in place.

In Central Saanich, council sup-
ported a request from the City of
Victoria to write to the Ministry of
Municipal Affairs that land usc
contracts should be re-introduced
through Bill 80.

Planning and zoning committee
chairman Ald. Arlene Box
strongly supported lobbying for
land use contracts.

“You can sec a beautiful picture
on a board and what we get is
completely different,” Box said.
“The orchard property on the
highway is one good cxample of

» Runaway truck

A five-ton truck parked on an
Oldfield Road hill was okay for
about 45 minutes during the after-
noon of Feb. 1.

Then the emergency brake gave
es way and allowed it to roll downhill
into a 1986 Buick four-door,
parked in the 6700-block Oldfield.

* Central Saanich police esti-
mated damage at $3,000 and said
no charges will be laid against
Benson Industries, the owner of a
1980 Chev five-ton truck.

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dent.

In an earlier statement to police,
given after the Aug. 31, 1988
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reserve, James claimed Williams
struck 26-year-old Harvey Charlie
with a barbell.

The victim testified that he,
Harvey and Williams had been
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“birthdays. He did not remember
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that.

“11 would be good to get land-
use contracts back (because) it
would allow us some certainty of
what we would get after rezoning
is granted.””

Council decided to write to the
Ministry of Municipal Affairs, the jj :
Association of Vancouver Island —s
Municipalities and the Union of | DOUG
B.C. Municipalitics, requesting
support for the return of land use
contracts.

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