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Times Colonist, 3 January 2026

Times Colonist3 January 2026p. A5JDF SAR era

Times Colonist, p. A5, 3 January 2026 ref-only

Summary

A community listing under LANGFORD: "Slegg Lumber, 1210 Childlow Connector. Jan. 3, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tree chipping and bottle drive, by donation to Juan de Fuca Search and Rescue."

Written from the article text only. Where the scan is hard to read, the summary was taken from the page image rather than the OCR.

Details

Publication	Times Colonist
Date	3 January 2026
Page	A5
Section	Community listings
Era	JDF SAR era
Document type	listing or classified
Original article	ProQuest — the scanned page in the Times Colonist digital archive ↗
Source	ProQuest Digital Times Colonist via GVPL (bulk export 2026-07-16)
Accessed	2026-07-16
Licensing	ref-only
Record confidence	confirmed

Archivist's note

One of five Christmas tree-chipping fundraiser notices in the archive spanning 2019 to 2026 (2019-01-04 D5, 2019-01-05 D7, 2020-01-03 A2, 2024-01-05 A6, 2026-01-03 A5). Taken together they are the archive's only continuous record of the team's own fundraising, and they document a long-running relationship with Slegg Lumber. The venue moves from 2901 Sooke Road, Langford to 1210 Childlow Connector between 2020 and 2026.

The clipping

Scan of Times Colonist, page A5, 3 January 2026 — the catalogued article — The article as printed. source scan is already a single-article clipping (551 words on the page), so the full scan is the article - no crop needed.

Read the original online

ProQuest — the scanned page in the Times Colonist digital archive ↗ subscription or library card
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Files

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Archive notes

Listings page, headed VANCOUVER ISLAND, carrying dozens of unrelated Christmas tree-chipping listings for other organizations across Greater Victoria; the summary quotes only the JDF SAR entry. This page is the one whose ProQuest bulk OCR file, ocr_bulk-012.txt, is the zero-byte file flagged in Phase 1; the page is held here as a scan and OCRs cleanly at 0.93. A bottle drive is added to the tree chipping by this year. OCR quality 0.93.

Record id 2026-01-03-times-colonist-pa5-tree-chipping-jdfsar. Original file in the project archive: 02_articles/2026-01-03_times_colonist_pA5_tree_chipping_jdfsar.pdf.

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In the timeline

3 January 2026A community listing under LANGFORD: "Slegg Lumber, 1210 Childlow Connector.

Places

Slegg Lumber, 1210 Childlow Connector, Langford

Topics

community outreach and fundraising