BUSINESS A24 CALENDAR A10 CLASSIFIEDS A27 COMMUNITY A9 COPS AQ GARDENING Al6 OPINION Al SPORTS A21 OUTDOORS A3 BEYER AZ GRENBY A24 HAMPSON A3 LANG A16 ‘TOP OF THE PILE A7 WINNING BODYBUILDER Provincial competion is next for a woman who siopped rowing and starled bodybuilding Page A22 zi WHY DO THEY RUN? Keeping fit and staying in shape is more popular Page BI POLICE CONSOUDATION A former police chief tells the Chamber that one ceniral police force is the way of the future See D1 Audited Circulation 12,762 A Victoria Weeklies Publication Wednesday, May 6,1992 50¢ ‘by Randy Allen The Review sidney rescinds freeze on development Sidney council broke from its scheduled committee meeting Monday to hold a special council meeting in order to reconsider two resolutions that froze develop- ment. Mayor Marie Rosko used her executive authority as chairman to have the items brought back to council after recent legal advice suggested the resolutions were illegal. The two resolutions, passed April 13, were: “That all future development within and without the Town of Sidney that increases flows to the sewage treatment plant be frozen until the treatment plant can handle present and future volumes in such a manner that is in keeping with the guidelines laid out by the Ministry of Environ- ment.” The motion further said “a freeze be placed on all re-zonings until the Official Community Plan review 1s completed and a decision made on a course of action for sewage upgrade.” Monday, Rosko said “I am ask- ing council to eliminate the approved course of action. It is vague and limiting in its scope.” Earlier, while in committee, Rosko moved that council go in camera for the meeting as she felt further discussion in public would make them look disorganized. Ald. John Calder spoke against the motion saying that going in camera would have a further nega- tive effect. “This has been discussed in Continued on Page A2_ Peninsula population up 21 percent since 86 An increasing number of Can- ada’s 27.2 million residents are settling on the Peninsula, accord- ing to figures from the 1991 cen- sus. The population of the three Peninsula municipalities climbed by 5,907 or 21 per cent between the 1986 census and the tally taken June 4 last year. Total population in 1991 was 33,611 compared to 27,704 in 1986. The population of Central Saa- nich increased to 13,884 from @FLYERS e Shoppers May 5 to 9 e Pharmasave* May 5 to 10 ¢ Woolco ends May 10 e Chamber of Commerce e Woodwyn May 6 to 17 e Panagopolus* *select areas Review Office Hours The Review office, at 9726 First St in Sidney, is open from 9 am. until 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Mail to Box 2070, Sidney, B.C. V8L 355. Canadian Publications Mail Sales Product Agree- |’ nt # Pending. 11,475; Sidney increased to 10,082 from 8,982 and North Saa- nich increased to 9,645 from 7,247. By percentage, Central Saa- ‘nich’s population increased by 19 per cent; Sidney by 12 per cent and North Saanich by 33 per cent. Population density was highest in Sidney, with 2,008 people per square kilometre. Central Saanich has a population density of 321 people per square kilometre and North Saanich has a population density of 263 people per square ‘kilometre. Central Saanich is the 44th larg- est municipality in the province. Sidney and North Saanich are the 64th and 65th largest municipalit- ies, respectively. At 13.8 per cent, British Colum- bia recorded the second largest percentage increase in population in the country. Almost half of the province’s residents live in the Greater Van- couver regional district. By population, the Capital Regional District, which includes the Peninsula, is the second largest in the province. The Victoria area was noted as the fifth fastest growing area in Canada, with an overall increase of 12.8 per cent. The City of Victoria has the second highest population density in the province at 3,793 people per square kilometre. Vancouver has the highest popu- lation density at 4,172 people per square kilometre. Total population of the province is 3.2 million, 12 per cent of the total population of the country. The population figures were released April 28. Teachers decline attendance at lrustee’s pre-bargaining meefing Saanich Teachers’ Association members will not attend a pre- bargaining meeting suggested by the Saanich School board, associa- tion president Vincenza Cameron told the board Monday. The school board had suggested the meeting to allow the board and the association to review the signi- ficant issues for upcoming con- tract negotiations. The present contract between the board and the teachers expires at the end of June. Trustee Marilyn Loveless said she had hoped the meeting would help all trustees better understand the issues facing teachers. Usually, only the trustees on the bargaining committee see all the issues, she noted. Cameron said association mem- bers had met with the board to discuss education issues before the 1992-93 budget was finalized. Yet Cameron felt the board did not address the problems raised by teachers in the final budget. “Based on that, I could not see we could have a very fruitful - Meeting at this time,” she told the - board. Anne Johnston, chairman of the board’s bargaining committee, said she hoped communications will remain open and added trus- tees will be happy to meet with the teachers’ association in the future.