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Channel Ridge Fetches $6.6 Million $ 25 Election Q&As Legion life 1(incl. GST) Islands Trust & CRD Lots of action at Branch 92 PAGES 15-20 PAGE 13 GULF ISLANDS Wednesday, October 29, 2014 — YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1960 54TH YEAR ISSUE 44 HISTORY Documents reveal past islander as key MI5 spy Eric Roberts infi ltrated pro-Nazi Britain BY ELIZABETH NOLAN DRIFTWOOD STAFF The man responsible for reporting the most valuable information on Fifth Column activities in WWII Britain was revealed Friday as being Eric Roberts, a resident of Salt Spring for 15 years at the time of his death in 1972. Documents released by the British National Archives in February determined that a single MI5 agent had played a cru- cial role in uncovering pro-Nazi acts while PHOTO BY JEN MACLELLAN posing as an undercover Gestapo agent YOU’D BE SCARED TOO: Getting ready for Halloween this Friday are Salt Spring youth participating in Sunday’s Zombie Walk: from called Jack King, but the name of the indi- left, Emma Thomas, Nora Lesosky and Ezra Daws-Knowles attacking Chloe Haigh. The Halloween Spook House at Mahon Hall will also have a vidual was not released. That information fi nally became pub- zombie fl avour. See our page 12 story about this year’s Spook House and other Halloween activities. lic on Oct. 24, surprising even his family members. “Obviously for a family’s sake BUSINESS you have to tell them some things for everybody’s safety. But I was only told as much as one would tell a child,” Roberts’ daughter Crista McDonald, who now lives in Qualicum Beach, said during a phone interview. Channel Ridge fetches $6.6 million Born in 1907, Roberts was working for the Euston Road branch of the West- Court-ordered sale sees investors left hanging minster Bank when he was recruited to join military intelligence in 1940. Media BY SEAN MCINTYRE director, in an interview from the Edmonton The sale is well below the original list price reports have made much of his manager’s DRIFTWOOD STAFF airport. “I feel sad for the people who invest- of $17.5 million and considerably lower than surprise after receiving a request to release The Supreme Court of British Columbia ed and lost. A development of this kind can an Oct. 7 appraisal, which valued the property Roberts before his scheduled military call- approved the sale of more than 800 acres of involve all kinds of unforeseen things. at $9 million. up later that year. land on Channel Ridge to Kelowna-based “Their loss is an opportunity for me.” The property has been in receivership to “He did do the banking but it was a cov- Viewpoint Enterprises Inc. on Friday after- Viewpoint Enterprises Inc. has agreed to pay Ernst & Young Inc. since April 2013. er-up,” McDonald explained, implying the noon. $6.6 million for the Channel Ridge develop- Lovig said it’s too soon to discuss plans for reason Roberts didn’t make much of an “I like the island. Certainly it’s a wonderful ment. The price is based on plans to build 243 the property. Viewpoint Enterprises was incor- impression at his day job was because it place and I took this to be an opportunity,” said housing units in a combination of single family porated on Oct. 7. was never his real focus. Brian Lovig, who is listed as the company’s sole homes and duplexes over the next 15 years. CHANNEL RIDGE continued on 2 ERIC ROBERTS continued on 2 Protect INSERTS INDEX your • Country Grocer GARTH HENDREN, CRD DIRECTOR GARTH HENDREN, ..................... CRD DIRECTOR WEALTH • Ganges Pharmasave Arts ..................................................................... 12 People & Community 14 DRIFTWOOD • Thrifty Foods Classifieds ................................................... 21 Sports & Recreation .......................... 24 • The Source AD PROOF • Staples Editorial ............................................................ 6 What’s On.................................................... 16 TAXI, TOURS VOTE! 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GULF ISLANDS Driftwood YOUR COMMUNI T Y N EWSPAPER SIN C E 1960 DRIFTWOOD AD PROOF IMMEDIATE response required Please proof this ad carefully and reply ASAP with your approval or changes. If you have changes, please respond ASAP thus allowing the production team time to make the changes indicated. If we do not receive a response by MONDAY AT 5 PM this ad goes to press in this format. Thanks very much. GULF ISLANDS Driftwood YOUR COMMUNI T Y N EWSPAPER SIN C E 1960 DRIFTWOOD AD PROOF IMMEDIATE response required Please proof this ad carefully and reply ASAP with your approval or changes. If you have changes, please respond ASAP thus allowing the production team time to make the changes indicated. If we do not receive a response by MONDAY AT 5 PM this ad goes to press in this format. Thanks very much. GULF ISLANDS Driftwood YOUR COMMUNI T Y N EWSPAPER SIN C E 1960 2 | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2014 NEWSBEAT www.gulfislandsdriftwood.com GULF ISLANDS DRIFtwOOD GANGES SEWER Ganges sewer commission puts out referendum hopes Upgrades predicted to cost The commission will host a public event in According to information presented at the possible.” Failure to undertake upgrades will late November or early December to discuss meeting — and available on the CRD’s website cause infrastructure to fail, “creating one emer- $3.9 million why upgrades are needed and what financial or from the Portlock Park office — the com- gency after another,” reads part of the Oct. 17 implications ratepayers can expect. mission needs to borrow $3.9 million for an staff report. BY SEAN MCINTYRE Preliminary cost estimates, outlined in an upgrade. The Ganges system provides sewer service DRIFTWOOD STAFF Oct. 17 staff report, say ratepayers can antici- Most of these elements need to be replaced to approximately 419 taxable properties within Some 400 property owners connected to the pate to pay an additional annual parcel tax of within two years, according to CRD staff. the downtown core. Ganges sewer system face nearly $4 million in $979 over 15 years to cover borrowing costs. The “The plant is 30 years old, and components The commission expects to hold a referen- upgrade costs for work needed during the next GSLSC’s 2014 parcel tax was $128. are at or near their end of life,” said Gary Utter, dum in 2015 to seek ratepayer approval for the five years. Bell was the only commissioner who voted chair of the GSLSC. “Our challenge is to main- borrowing of funds. “Obviously doing nothing is not a viable against the meeting’s timing, arguing a Novem- tain the plant at levels that satisfy the operating During Thursday’s GSLSC AGM, commis- alternative,” said Kevin Bell, a Ganges Sewer ber or December date is too soon for people to requirements.” sioners set the 2015 parcel tax at approximately Local Services Commission member and past contemplate a matter of such importance. CRD staff concerns about a potential infra- $151, up from $128 in 2014. The GSLSC com- president of Mouat’s Trading Company. “We “The decision to spend $4 million is so infre- structure failure have prompted commis- prises Kevin Bell, Louis Pepin, Rod Scotvold, have to think [the public education process] quent that nobody will know what to ask,” Bell sioners to pursue public engagement about John Sprague, Gary Utter and Salt Spring CRD through very carefully.” said during a meeting of the GSLSC. a potential referendum question “as soon as director Wayne McIntyre. Receiver says Channel Ridge development now viable CHANNEL RIDGE in 2006 for a multi-zoned Channel have yet to be received or approved The sale price falls $3 million short and clear of all encumbrances of Ridge village, the project was signif- by the Islands Trust, said Salt Spring of the money owed to first-rank cred- every nature or kind whatsoever and continued from 1 icantly downscaled by receivers at regional planning manager Leah itor Paradigm, formerly called Mis- howsoever arising.” Ernst & Young to reflect current mar- Hartley on Tuesday morning. sion Creek Mortgage Ltd. Under the oversight of former Lovig is a businessman and politi- ket conditions. “The revised development con- Channel Ridge Properties Ltd company president Bryce Chap- cal commentator who has owned Gone is the plan for more than 300 cept contemplates a modest phased amassed more than $37 million in man, who lives in the area, Channel livestock auction markets, machin- homes, up to 75,000-square-foot of development approach consisting debt before the 2013 foreclosure Ridge Properties Ltd. was responsible ery markets and conducted hun- commercial space and 8,600 square primarily of single family freehold order. The company’s debt includes for a 950-acre development on Salt dreds of onsite sales. According to feet of community amenities. These and strata subdivisions,” reads part of $30 million to Equishare, which com- Spring’s north end. Although there information on Businessweek.com, have been replaced with a proposal the third report of the receiver, pub- prises 400 investors and Channel has been “minimal development” he has held unreserved real estate to build 209 housing units in a cen- lished on Oct.
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