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Heritage rail fleet now a trio Vancouver Interurban gifted to Surrey’s heritage rail By Jennifer Lang ster in 1905, and was part of the B.C. Electric Railway, a passenger and A century-old Interurban railcar has found a new home in Cloverdale, freight service that operated to the early 1950s, shuttling commuters and where the Fraser Valley Heritage goods from Vancouver to Steveston, Railway Society welcomed the new New Westminster and the Fraser arrival early last Thursday morning. Valley, where the line ran as far east The 110-year-old as Chilliwack. car was transported by For most of its life, road from Vancouver to Surrey in the middle of “It’s going to look old Car 1207 ran on the Marpole-Steveston line, the night. like a million bucks.” a route fondly known as It was loaded onto a the “Sockeye Express” flat-deck trailer at False - Ron Powers, because many of the Creek at around 2 a.m. commuters were cannery FVHRS director Jan. 28 and arrived safely workers. at the FVHRS’s car barn The Reporter was at 176 Street and Highinvited to take one of the way 10 at 3 a.m. first looks inside 1207 last “It went extremely well,” Ray Hudweek, just hours after its arrival. son, communications director for It’s in beautiful condition, boasting the Fraser Valley Heritage Railway polished brass fittings and grained Society, said of the historic move. wood, along with two working enIt was owned by Bryon and Diane gines. The seating capacity is 32 reguCole of Seattle, who had leased it lar seats and 24 seats in the smoking to the City of Vancouver. They’ve section. The 19th century style roof donated it to the FVHRS, and were on hand during the transfer. See SOCIETY/ Page 3 The car was built in New Westmin-

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Society wants to put rail car to work in Cloverdale From page one

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Hazelgrove Elementary School opened in 2009, and has six portables, making it a symbol of overcrowding in the Surrey School District.

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Seattle’s Diane and Bryon Cole owned BCER Interurban Car 1207 and helped oversee last week’s move to Cloverdale.

Metro News. Car 1207 was in storage, out of sight, while a new home was sought. “We made it quite clear that we wanted it,” Hudson said. In Cloverdale, the volunteer railway plans to press it into service

this spring, joining BCER 1225 – restored here several years ago to working condition after thousands of hours of labour – at Surrey’s heritage rail operations. “It’s going to look like a million bucks,” said society director

Ron Powers. The society is also working to complete restorations on Car 1304, the last Interurban to make the run through Cloverdale to Chilliwack before the electric railway shut down.

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A family-friendly Family Day The Cloverdale Arena at 6090 176 Street hosts a free skate from 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. The Fleetwood Community Centre at 15996 84 Avenue hosts a family photo booth, crafts, fitness samplers and games, including floor curling and face painting. There will also be a Zumba sampler and family Bollywood aerobics sampler, too. From 10 a.m. to noon. The Surrey Sport and Leisure Complex at 16555 Fraser Highway also offers a range of free, family-friendly activities:

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elementary schools are planned, even though the provincial government hasn’t announced capital funding for the projects. Additionally, the Clayton North Secondary School project – originally supposed to be completed by fall 2017 – is now expected to be complete by the end of 2018. Work began last month. Boundary adjustments to school catchment areas because of overcrowding mean some families won’t be able to take their children to the nearest schools in their neighbourhoods, adding to the frustration, he said. “We need to see real action from Christy Clark and her government, not more unrealistic promises and photo ops,” he said. Hammell said Hazelgrove symbolizes the overcrowding problem in Surrey schools. Built in 2009, it has six portables, and 600 students. An expansion in 2011 boosted capacity to 450 students. “When you overcrowd schools, you reduce the teachers’ effectiveness and the overall school community’s effectiveness to deliver the extras or the variety or the diversity of programs,” Hammell said. “They get reduced to

just managing under stress and under crowded circumstances.” She said the Liberals have had 12 years to deal with the issue. Meanwhile, “The Surrey School board has put budget after capital budget in front of them. What they get in return is paltry compared to their needs.” Bains said the Surrey School District is one of the most efficient in B.C. “They’ve cut everywhere and they’ve made the whole system so efficient.” The school district spends $4 million annually to service 300 portables, money that would be better spent in the classrooms, Bains said. “Going back to their past record, parents should be worried, because this government isn’t very good at planning,” Bains said. “This population growth isn’t something that dropped on them accidentally, they knew for the past 30 years that the population growth in Surrey will continue for the foreseeable future.” “I think that’s what’s really frustrating parents and teachers,” he added. The MLAs spoke a few hours before a district Parents Advisory Council meeting they planned to attend. According to organizers, the city’s Liberal MLAs were also invited to the Jan. 27 Surrey D-PAC meeting.

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Insurance cheats cost us all We all pay a hefty price to insure our vehicles, and cheaters increase our rates

o doubt your mom or dad (or perhaps a teacher, a wise old friend or a kindly stranger) once told you that when you cheat at something, you’re only cheating yourself. It’s a popular old adage; if only it were true. Their point, obviously, was that by cheating, you lose out on both the opportunity to learn to do something properly and the satisfaction that comes from a job well done. Or — if you have a working conscience — you risk subjecting yourself to an unnecessary bout of guilt. So, sure, you’ve been cheated. But it’s with the word “only” that I take exception. Last week, ICBC released its top six fraud files of 2015 and revealed that, collectively, cheaters are costing the insurance provider more than $600 million per year. That, they say, translates to about $100 added to every customer’s annual bill. I don’t know about you, but

that’s $100 I’d far rather be spending on something else. Anything else. For that added cost in 2015, we can thank the guy who boarded a bus after it had already crashed and claimed an injury. Happily, security cameras caught him in his lie. And then there was the woman who tried to cover up the fact it was her own son who had stolen her car and not some unknown individual. A combination of eye witnesses, phone records and security cameras led to her downfall. And let’s not forget the man who claimed he’d been too badly injured in a crash to so much as help with the dishes at home. Investigators collected footage of him lifting box after box of heavy floor tiles at his work site. These are the people whose antics are costing us all. For a lot of folks, I suppose, it’s a game. “How much can I get away with?” For others — who no doubt feel like they’re being fleeced

ver woman who’d claimed she by insurance companies — it’s was too injured to work could probably a form of payback. sneak away to her job and effecBut the truth is, it isn’t the insurer who ultimately pays. It’s tively collect two paycheques. you and me. She made the list, too. In 2015, ICBC Yes, it costs a lot opened approxito properly insure mately 7,500 fraud a vehicle in B.C. — investigations. even with a clean driving record. Those who are caught and conI was stunned victed are fined and when I moved back otherwise punished. to the province in the late 1990s, after But for every cheater who is spending time in nabbed — whethAlberta and Saser it’s thanks to katchewan (where a Brenda Anderson new-fangled few hundred dollars would give you basic technology or old-fashioned sleuthing — just coverage for the year) to see my think of how many likely don’t rates skyrocket. get busted. They’re out there, Yes, B.C. has more dangerous “cheating themselves,” left, right winding mountain roads, and denser pockets of population and centre. And the rest of us are left and we all pay for the added risk paying the price. these conditions create. Whether that’s fair is another conversation. – Brenda Anderson is editor of the So why, then, do I also need Langley Times, a sister paper to the to cough up an additional $100, Cloverdale Reporter so that, for example, a Vancou-

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Surrey property tax bills on the rise The city’s $100 levy for recreation remains, though finance chair Coun. Tom Gill dismisses idea of increasing it dog licences and recreation centre fees. In Surrey’s last five-year financial plan, council aimed to increase property taxes by 2.9 per cent this year. The current plan bumps that up by one per cent. Utilities, including garbage, sewer and water, will increase by $27.50 per home – half of which is a result of Metro Vancouver increases. The new $100 recreation and culture levy announced weeks after the election in 2014 will remain in place this year. Gill had considered increasing it, but has since dismissed that idea. “The emphasis on this budget is (meeting the obligations for) some of the capital projects that we have,” Gill said. Those include a new North Surrey arena ($45 million), ice rinks in Cloverdale ($30 million), recreation and library facilities in Clayton ($40 million) and about $10 million for the next phase of the museum in Cloverdale. Surrey is also struggling with the ongoing cost of hiring 100 police

Gang info session for parents Cloverdale parents are invited to an upcoming session at Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary called End Gang Life, presented by the school’s Parent Advisory Council on Feb. 11. The hour-long presentation will include Cst. Jordan McLellan, an experienced gang investigator and gang enforcement officer. He’ll explain the myths and realities of the gang lifestyle. Former gang member Jordan Buna will also speak, sharing his life story and choices. The evening will wrap up with a question and answer session. Parents of children attending local feeder elementary schools, as well as those attending Clayton Heights and Lord Tweedsmuir secondaries are invited to attend. It starts at 7 p.m. in the theatre at Lord Tweedsmuir, 6151 180 Street. The End Gang Life website at cfseu.bc.ca/homepage-politics/end-gang-life/

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ta, officials are looking at a 3.5-per- for a new fire hall, and 0.5 per cent officers last year. “That’s probably the biggest item cent increase in taxes, which will each for new police officers and a in terms of how we should move represent about $75 on the average turf field. forward with the balance of the home in that municipality valued Delta will be considering that plan,” Gill said in November. at $650,000. budget on Monday, Feb. 1. About one per cent of that is for Gill added the challenge is not – Black Press only the cost of obtaining new offi- municipal services, 1.5 per cent cers, but also increases in salaries, benefits and “other cost pressures” – such as accommodating the new police with office space – that is presentHOME • LIFE • AUTO • TRAVEL • BUSINESS ing a predicament this year. The RCMP received about a 2.5-per-cent increase in pay this year, he said, and an boost in benefits that were retroactive. “That was not known a year ago,” Gill said. He added the city is lookSAME COVERAGE • BETTER RATES ing at hiring even more police HOUSE INSURANCE officers next year, possibly as many as 17. Those 17 officers PREMIUM *PRE YEAR HOUSE CONTENTS LIABILITY would cost the city just over $218 $350,000 $280,000 $1 Million $2.5 million. $346 $550,000 $440,000 $1 Million The Surrey budget will be considered by the finance $467 $750,000 $600,000 $1 Million committee on Feb. 10 at Sur*Call for details rey City Hall. CLOVERDALE Over in neighbouring Del7421003

By Kevin Diakiw Surrey and Delta residents should brace for an increase in their property taxes this year as respective councils grapple with how to balance the budgets. Surrey Coun. Tom Gill told Black Press the finance committee has met to discuss some of the city’s capital plans and costs, and how those can be met. He said he’s planning a 3.9-percent property tax increase. That amounts to $70.28 in taxes added to the average home worth $671,000. Add to that a one-per-cent road levy ($18.02), and the hike becomes $88.30. The levy was introduced in 2007 as a temporary five-year measure. It has increased by one per cent since then and now represents $110 for the average home. If Gill’s property tax proposal is passed as recommended, the road levy will amount to $128 on the average tax bill. In addition, the city is looking at a 3.9-per-cent increase in fees and charges, such as business licences,

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Conservation group ‘here for the long haul’ Land set aside for A Rocha Canada includes Little Campbell River and three heritage buildings on rural acreage By Melissa Smalley A local conservation group has found a permanent home after being gifted an 18-acre heritage property in South Surrey last month. The land and buildings at the 19353 16 Ave. property – valued at $4.1 million – were donated to A Rocha Canada by the Neufeld family, according to David Anderson, director of A Rocha’s Brooksdale Environmental Centre. “In the non-profit world, these kinds of gifts come along infrequently,” Anderson said, noting the organization had been working with the Neufelds since 2008 when a representative of the family first approached the organization about utilizing the land. Prior to last month’s donation, A Rocha – an international conservation group with projects in 19 countries around the world – had been operating out of the property since 2010 on a year-to-year lease agreement with the owners.

The volunteer-driven group has three main areas of focus in South Surrey – conservation science, environmental education and sustainable agriculture – and Anderson said the property donation will open many doors to expanding their current programs. “Being on title means we’re well established to serve the wider communities around us for decades to come,” Anderson said. “And we’re here for the long haul.” The property – which Anderson described as “magnificent” – includes three heritage buildings, a portion of the Little Campbell River, garden plots and a “substantial” forested area. According to a news release from A Rocha Canada, the property was formerly owned by Sam and Greta Brooks, who created a riding estate on the land in 1933. The property was then purchased by Arnold and Elizabeth Neufeld in 1972, when it was being used as a care facility for people with mental illness and disabilities.

Over the past few decades, the family worked to “fulfi ll a dream” of Arnold’s to have the property utilized by a non-profit that would honour the many years of work that had taken place there. “One of the things I’ve been struck by is the vision and steadfast commitment of the Neufeld family,” Anderson said “It’s been a lot of work getting to a place where this gift could take place.” Plans are now in the works to renovate a 1932 barn on the property to turn it into a year-round education centre, where students of all ages will be able to learn about environmental conservation. A Rocha will be working to raise $450,000 over the next year to go towards that project, Anderson said. To find out more about the organization’s programs, visit www.arocha.ca

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Work had been underway since 2010 to strengthen the span against a major earthquake. The latest work focused on the north side to improve the quake resistance of the ground and bridge footings. Earlier phases strengthened the columns and beams, replaced deck joints, stabilized slopes and installed a new seismic restraint system as well as cycle railings.

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Ban upheld on pharmacy reward points By Jeff Nagel Major supermarket chains have lost a court battle to continue offering their pharmacy customers loyalty reward points on prescription drugs in B.C. A B.C. Court of Appeal ruling Wednesday upholds the power of the College of Pharmacists of B.C. to enforce its two-year-old ban on incentive programs like Air Miles and other loyalty rewards. The decision, which overturned a B.C. Supreme Court ruling last year that initially struck down the ban, says inducements from pharmacists are “a matter of public interest and professional standards” for the college, which can

prohibit incentives without clear proof of harm to customers. The pharmacists’ regulatory body, which imposed the ban in late 2013, had argued loyalty points are a powerful lure for consumers that can alter their medication buying habits and potentially harm their health. “The College considers the provision of incentives like redeemable points to be unethical, unsafe and unprofessional,” registrar Bob Nakagawa said. “Pharmacists are medication experts, and sometimes the right thing for them to do is not dispense a drug. A patient’s motivation to collect redeemable points

may inappropriately encourage drug use and can put their health at risk.” One of the objections raised by the college was that insured patients who don’t pay out of pocket might continue to refill a prescription after they no longer need it just to collect more points and the unneeded drugs may be abused or diverted to the illegal drug trade. The case included anecdotal evidence that the top priority of some customers was to find out how many points they’d get filling a prescription rather than information on proper use or health effects. There were also allegations of

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EVENTS FUNNY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE Surrey Little Theatre presents Funny Little Thing Called Love, a comedy about that four-letter word: L-O-V-E. Runs Jan. 28 to Feb. 27 with 8 p.m. performances Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, half price preview nights Thursday, Jan. 28 and Friday, Jan. 29, and three Sunday matinees on Feb. 7, 14, and 21, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15. Pre-purchase online at brownpapertickets. com, or reserve by calling 604576-8451, or at reservations@surreylittletheatre.com. Surrey Little Theatre is at 7027 184 Street. Four stories of love under a full moon, featuring four scenes spanning the globe by four directors. Featuring 13 actors in 28 roles. OLD TIME DANCE Surrey Old Time Fiddlers host an Old Time Dance, Thursday, Feb. 4 at Clayton Hall, 18513 70 Ave., Surrey (1/2 block north of Fraser Hwy on 184 St.). From 7:30-10:30 p.m. Admission $4. For more info call 604576-1066. AUDITION CALL Surrey Little Theatre is holding auditions for its upcoming production The Last Lifeboat,

INTERESTED IN GARDENING? Why not join the South Surrey Garden Club. Visitors welcome: a $3 drop in fee may be credited towards an annual membership of $20. The next meeting is Feb. 24. The club meets at 7:30 p.m. every fourth Wednesday except August and December at St. Mark’s Anglican Church, 12953 20 Ave. We have a very active and full program with great speakers, field trips and workshops. For more information, call Kathy at 604-2501745. ANNOUNCEMENTS MT. VIEW HIGH SCHOOL REUNION A 50th reunion is planned for Mt. View High School in Victoria. Grads from 1966 please send contact info to mtv1966@gmail.com or call Dave Hutchings at 250-477-4505.

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Upper West Side Story, a scene from the Surrey Little Theatre’s new comedy, Funny Little Thing Called Love, stars Brent Flink (left), Richelle Martin, Holly Zonneveld, Kris Dewar, Michael Powell, Pete Godard, Elyse Raible, and Denise Brookson (on the couch). The Canadian premiere of the play runs to Feb. 27 on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights with two Sunday matinees. See listing at left in the Clover Valley Calendar.

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potentially West Coast Express could be added as part of the pending rollout. “Stay tuned,” McLay said. “We’ll also be offering things like plug-in stations so you can actually power your devices on the system.” McLay said the move reflects a broader TransLink strategy to

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by Luke Yankee, and directed by Dale Kelly. This will be the Canadian premiere of a play that tells the untold true story of the Titanic and builder J. Bruce Ismay of the White Star Line. Auditions take place Sunday, Feb. 7 and Monday, Feb. 8 (7 p.m.) at Surrey Little Theatre, 7027 184 St. Men and women of all ages and levels of experience required; some actors will play multiple roles. The audition will be a cold read from material that is not from the script. For more information visit surreylittletheatre.com or contact Mike at Mikbus@telus.net.

directors dedicated for the mayors council chair and vicechair. Serving on the TransLink board brings more time commitments and roughly $50,000 a year in extra pay. Robertson called it a “dubious honour” and said he hopes 2016 proves to be a turnaround year for TransLink after last year’s failed transit tax plebiscite and a further decline in transit ridership. Robertson and Hepner were first elected mayors’ council chair and vice chair for 2015 in large part because Vancouver and Surrey had the most at stake in the plebiscite, which failed to deliver new funding for rapid transit expansion.

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Giants back in the chase to playoff race By Rick Kupchuk The Vancouver Giants snapped out of a slump last weekend, posting two impressive victories to gain a bit of ground in the Western Hockey League;’s (WHL) playoff race. The Giants, who had lost six of their previous seven games following a run of 11-5-2 (win-lossovertime loss), edged the Kamloops Blazers 4-3 in overtime Friday night in Kamloops, then doubled the league-leading Le-

thbridge Hurricanes 4-2 Saturday night in the Pacific Coliseum. Vancouver is now six points back of the Spokane Chiefs in a race for a wild-card playoff position in the Western Conference. The Giants took the lead three times in regulation time against the Kamloops Blazers, but each time their B.C. Division opponents tied the game. Vancouver opened the scoring with a goal from Ben Thomas nine min-

Woman of influence A Delta Member of Parliament has once again been recognized for her leadership in sports. Carla Qualtrough, who was elected as Liberal MP in Delta last year, has made the Most Influential Women List for 2015 from the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS). This is the sixth time Qualtrough has received the honour, and she and seven other women who have received it five or more times will be inducted into the new CAAWS Wall of Influence. The award honours recipients who have made a significant impact in sport and physical activity and are role models for future generations. “After an exciting year of sport in Canada, we have seen some very positive shifts with women taking on more leadership roles that influence

utes into the game, with the Blazers responding three minutes later to tie the score. Chase Lang tallied at the 17-minute mark of the second period by deflecting a point shot from Brennan Menell, but the lead lasted just 95 seconds before Kamloops knotted the score at 2-2. In the third period, Surrey native Trevor Cox netted his ninth goal of the season, tipping in a Menell shot 75 seconds into the third period. The Blazers again drew even

six minute later. In overtime, neither team could score in the five-minute, three-onthree session until Ty Ronning scored on a pass from Lang with just two seconds remaining. Ryan Kubic picked up the win in the Vancouver goal, stopping 36 of 39 shots. The Giants fired 44 pucks at Kamloops netminder Connor Ingram. On home ice Saturday night, the Hurricanes had built a 2-0 lead 15 minutes into the second period, but it was all Gi-

sport at the highest level, and female athletes showing their influence on and off the field,” said Karin Lofstrom, executive director of CAAWS. As a swimmer, Qualtrough won three Paralympic and four World Championship medals. She volunteers with the International Paralympic Committee, the Toronto 2015 Pan and Parapan American Games, has been president of the Canadian Paralympic Committee and chair of the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada. She’s also on the board of the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, and is vice-chair of the Delta Gymnastics Society, as well as being the federal Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities. Twenty-eight women in total made the CAAWS list this year. For more information, check www.caaws.ca

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Team B.C. takes bronze No sad thoughts, says coach, adding the boys ‘played great all week’ Tyler Tardi of Cloverdale skipped Team BC to a bronze medal at the Canadian Junior Curling Championship in Stratford, Ontario last week. Tardi was joined on the team by brother Jordan, who played second, and his father, coach Paul Tardi. Other members of the team were third Daniel Wenzek and lead Nick Meister. Team BC was a perfect 7-0 (win-loss) late in the round robin portion of the men’s tournament, but lost three in a row to place third in the standings. They then fell 8-3 to eventual champion Manitoba, skipped by Matt Dunstone, in Saturday’s semifinal. “It’s been 10 years or something like that since B.C. got on the podium in men’s (Tyrel Griffiths won silver in 2006),” said Tardi. “So I’ve got no sad thoughts, I’m pretty proud of the boys. They played great all week. Matt can make some pretty great shots. It’s hard to stop a team like that, but you have to have respect for it.” Tardi, 17, won the B.C. Junior Men’s championship Jan. 3 in Kamloops, going 7-0 in the round robin before topping Matthew McCrady 8-3 in the championship game.

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ants after that. Cox scored a powerplay goal to get the home team on the scoreboard two minutes after Lethbridge’s second tally, then Alec Baer tied the game two minutes later. In the third period, Vancouver outshot Lethbridge 15-5, and got a winning goal by Lang at the 10-minute mark. Me-

nell added an insurance goal into an empty net with 35 seconds to play. Menell also had a pair of two assists, running his season total to 30, second among Giants scorers and ninth among WHL defencemen. The Giants will play three times on home ice at the Pacific Coliseum over the next five days,

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