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Our National Sport Is For Girls Too!
Giving back to Children’s By KURT LANGMANN Aldergrove Star
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Aldergrove female hockey players (from left) Sabrina Amato, Tiffany Martens, McKaylie Traverner and Taylor Belansky played for the Langley Lightning Midget C2 team at the Angels on Ice Tournament at Sportsplex Dec. 27-29. More inside this issue.
Mother leads Aldergrove’s Alzheimer walk By JANET INGRAM-JOHNSON Special to The Aldergrove Star
Brenda Reddick is very likely very unlike any 51-year-olds you might know. Like many people in their early 50s, she’s a wife and mother. As with many of her age, she’s part of a sandwich generation that has coped with juggling a job (early-childhood educator) and caring for a family. She also has a wide variety of interests and hobbies and enjoys being part of Langley’s diverse community. But Brenda also has early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. So did her father, who died at age 54, only a few years after being diagnosed with dementia. And one of her
two brothers, now 55, also has Alzheimer’s disease. Look at Brenda’s photo, and you’ll see a friendly, outgoing personality reflected in an intelligent face, not the clichéd, frail senior so often portrayed as the “typical” dementia victim. Study her photo, and you’ll wonder how someone so relatively young, so “normal”-looking, could have been handed such a terrifying diagnosis. The diagnosis is terrifying to both victims and their families because as yet there is no cure for Alzheimer’s disease. Victims and their loved ones both suffer a gradual, agonizing loss. But Brenda wants to take the fear out
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of dementia, to educate people about the disease and to help them understand and deal with victims more positively. That’s why she has decided to become the face of the very first Alzheimer Society Walk for Memories in Aldergrove on January 29. Drawing supporters from Langley and Abbotsford as well as Aldergrove, the event will kick off at noon at Rotary Fieldhouse inside Aldergrove Athletic Park. (Details at www.walkformemories.com, 1-800-667-3742 or, to go straight to website: http://www. alzheimerbc.org/getdoc/fdc38a6e-14a4428d-b158-d080f90221ef/Langley.aspx.) SEE: Page 3
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If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to clean out empty bottles and cans why don’t you take them all to the Aldergrove Bottle & Return-it Depot and donate the proceeds to the BC Children’s Hospital? That is what Jason Bunville and his family and friends have been doing and they’ve already raised several hundreds of dollars for the province’s top pediatric hospital. He is asking others to do the same and thereby help his family present a large cheque to the BC Children’s Hospital’s telethon in July. Jason’s youngest daughter, Kasey Mary will turn three years old on January 24, thanks in no small part to the life-saving treatment she received at BC Children’s Hospital. Kasey was diagnosed with leukemia in May of 2010. Monthly treatments of chemo at Children’s Hospital and Surrey Memorial Hospital’s cancer unit finished in September and her cancer is in remission. Jason and his wife, Tara, along with their five year old daughter, Kalyn, wanted to do something special for BC Children’s Hospital. So he approached the recycling centre (27482 Fraser Highway, next to Diamond Bar Equipment and the Royal Bank/ Safeway) and the operators agreed to set up an account which the public can donate the proceeds from their empties to. “Just tell the recycling centre you want to donate your empties to the BC Children’s Hospital and they will put it in that account and give you a receipt,” said Jason. “Then in July I will take the cheque from the Recycling Centre and present it to the hospital at their telethon.” And while you’re dropping off bottles and cans, feel free to dispose of your old small appliances, electronics, batteries and paint for recycling (note that there is a small fee for some items). The Aldergrove recycling depot is newly renovated and is open seven days a week. Call 604-856-2992 for information.
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Roadshow is coming to Aldergrove: 4 Days Only! TERRY INKLER Canadian Collectors Roadshow Staff Writer After very successful shows in White Rock and Langford, The Roadshow is coming to Aldergrove. So you had better search through your attics and garages, go through your lock boxes and jewellery, because you may be sitting on a small fortune and not even know it! Roadshow experts are here to examine all your antiques, collectibles, gold and silver.
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noticed a substantial increase in the amount of precious metals such as gold and silver coming to the Roadshow, which makes sense considering how high it’s currently trading at. He added, “The Roadshow is great because it puts money in people’s pockets, especially during such hard times. Lots of items that are just sitting around collecting dust in basements and jewellery boxes can be exchanged for money, on the spot!�
At another Roadshow event, a woman, named Mira Kovalchek, walked in with a tin full of hundreds of old coins that During a show near Toronto, a woman were given to her as a young child by her came in with a jewellery box that she grandfather. She finally decided to come had just inherited from her late aunt. “I in to the Roadshow and see what he don’t wear jewellery,� explained Barbara had given her. She was ecstatic to learn Engles, “so it was an easy decision to she had coins dating back to the late come down to the Roadshow to sell it�. She was very excited when she was able 1800’s, some of which were extremely rare. Roadshow consultant Perry Bruce to walk away with a cheque for over $2,100 for jewellery she was never going explains “We had uncovered an 1871 Queen Victoria 50 Cent piece, valued at to wear anyway. over $2,000!! She had a nice assortment of coins that were not rare dates, but Expert Elijah Gold explains, “We have
she was able to sell them for their silver content�. She explains, “I never would have thought that my old tin of coins was worth so much! I can finally afford to renovate my kitchen�. Perry Bruce continued, “Canadian coins prior to 1967, and American coins prior to 1964 are all made with silver, and we have noticed a large increase of customers coming to the Roadshow with coins and cashing them in for their silver value�. Experts at the Roadshow will evaluate and examine your items, FREE OF CHARGE, as well as educate you on them. The Roadshow sees hundreds of people during a one week event, and they have been travelling across Canada to different cities and towns, searching for your forgotten treasures. Trains, dolls, toys, old advertising signs, pocket watches, porcelain and bisque dolls, pretty much everything can be sold at the Roadshow. Any early edition Barbie’s are sought after by the Road-
show collectors, as well as a variety of Dinky Toys and Matchbox cars. Lionel Trains and a variety of tin toys can also fetch a price, especially if they are in their original box or in mint condition. If a collector is looking for one of your collectibles, they can always make an offer to buy it. A man brought in a 1950’s Marx Tin Toy Robot, in fairly good condition, still in its original box. They were able to locate a collector for that specific toy within minutes, and that gentleman went home with over $700 for his Toy Robot and a few other small toys. So whether you have an old toy car, a broken gold chain, or a Barbie sitting in the closet, bring it down to the Roadshow, they will take a look at it for FREE and it could put money in your pocket!
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We can’t pretend that Alzheimer’s will go away “We helped each other FROM FRONT: Walks for Memories, back then.” sponsored by the Investors “It’s best to talk about Group and backed by dementia,” Brenda says. “We Black Press, take place all can’t pretend it’s not haparound the province every pening. We can’t walk away year on the last Sunday in from the disease.” January. January Her advice is Alzheimer to anyone conAwareness cerned about Month. There are someone showno set distances ing symptoms of and walks take dementia: “Get place outdoors informed. Take and indoors. some of the fear Teams and indiout of it. viduals gather “There is no as a commublueprint for nity to fundraise Alzheimer’s, but for Alzheimer there are treatBrenda Reddick research and supments and there port, and to spread aware- is a lot of support. ness of the disease and of the “Stay healthy and eat help available for the more well. than 70,000 B.C. individuals “And help raise funding and families now afflicted. for research, so the scientists As the baby-boom genera- can do their job and that tion moves into the senior maybe one day we won’t age bracket, it is very likely have this cloud hanging over that B.C.’s dementia toll will us.” rise significantly. If you would like to help Not only is Brenda living a very brave woman help with Alzheimer’s, she has thousands of other British also survived breast cancer Columbians by funding and resulting surgery that the research needed to find went awry. But with cancer, a cure, please sign up (it’s while there is fear, more free) for the 2012 Langleyoften there is hope. For A ldergrove-Abbotsford many victims, there is remis- Walk for Memories. Set a sion, there is the prospect fundraising goal and encourof a life ahead. With cancer, age your family and friends society is generally better to do the same. If you can educated about what to do form a team — because it and say. can be fun to be part of a Brenda knows that group — you can even comAlzheimer’s can be heredi- pete with other teams to tary and what that means for raise the most cash. her two sons, now 25 and 23. The Aldergrove park She watched her father die event will be family- and and saw her mother’s friends pet-friendly, with music and “disappear — because they face-painting and a fire truck were scared and didn’t know for the kids. what to do or what to say.” The paths are wheelchairInstead of avoiding con- friendly and on clear days tact with someone with there are majestic views of dementia, Brenda says, we Mt. Baker. (The walk is set need to remember that to go ahead whether there we are a very caring, toler- are clear skies or not!) ant society. She was raised Let’s see whether our in North Delta, with two caring community can show brothers and a sister, in a its support for Brenda and civic-minded, church-going make its first-ever Walk for family. Memories a great success.
Hydro makes case for smart meters By DAN FERGUSON Black Press
First of all, the new BC Hydro smart meters can’t tell if you are using your power to fry eggs or grow pot, only the total amount of power you consume. Secondly, the wireless antennas the meters use to feed that data back to Hydro generate less radiation than your kitchen microwave. And if you really, really don’t want one, something can probably be worked out, so long as you are prepared to pay extra. That was the message delivered by Fiona Taylor, the BC Hydro deputy project officer for the public utility’s smart metering program, during a briefing with Black Press. Taylor said that as of December, Hydro has swapped about half of the old analog meters for the new digital meters in the Langley area — around 25,000. It’s a quick change that usually takes just a few minutes. The new meters simply plug into the old meter sockets. But if the sockets are in bad shape, technicians will need more time for the upgrade. “We’re on a journey to modernize our grid,” Taylor said. So far, she said less than one per cent of Hydro’s 1.8 million customers have balked at installing the new meters and most of them said yes after they had a chance to get their questions answered. One issue has been privacy, something Taylor said should not be a concern because the meters only monitor how many volts are flowing through a metre, not what they are being used for. “You really can’t tell much of anything.” In response to a Times question, Taylor said a marijuana grower who paid their bill and didn’t try to bypass the meter would likely not attract attention. “Hydro is not in the business of finding
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Fiona Taylor, deputy project officer of the BC Hydro Smart Metering and Infrastructure Program, holds a digital smart meter — an item which has been stirring up plenty of controversy since Hydro announced it would be swapping out its old analog meters. grow ops,” Taylor said. “We’re not a law enforcement agency.” The utility estimates the new meters will save about $500 million over 20 years (once the cost of the upgrade is deducted), because customers who have a more precise idea of their usage patterns will be more likely to turn off switches to save money and because the same information allows Hydro to avoid building more power plants than required. Hydro will also save money on meter readers. It outsourced that work to a private company a few years ago, and those jobs
will likely “go the way of the dinosaurs,” Taylor said. But she added other new “technologically-rich” jobs will be created, because the company will need people to manage the incoming flow of data. The biggest immediate benefit to customers will be a faster response during power outages because the meters will send an alarm when service is interrupted. “Today, we do not know if you’re out,” Taylor said. “We have to get a phone call.” The new meters will broadcast very brief signals about 50 times a day, no more than 1.5 seconds in total every 24 hours. The signal they will send is the lowest power possible to reduce drain on the grid and keep the emissions well within health limits. In fact, Taylor said, the signal from a smart meter is far lower than the emissions from a working microwave oven and a fraction of the lowest allowable limits anywhere in the world. When customers are reluctant to accept the new meters, Hydro policy is to discuss the issue with them, something Taylor said almost always leads to a change of heart. People with concerns should contact Hydro before installers show up, she suggested. Hydro has a special team on call to field questions about the new meters. If anyone still isn’t willing to accept a meter after that, Taylor said Hydro may consider moving the meters away from a residence, but the homeowner would probably have to pay to shift them the 10 feet it takes to render the signal from the meter undetectable by current equipment. No decision has been made on that so far, and Hydro appears to be hoping it won’t be necessary. For more information, email: smartmeters@bchydro.com
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A contract worth $2.6 million has been awarded to Mainland Civil Works Inc. to complete the first phase of a reclamation program for Strong Pit and Brown Pit. Both pits are located in the Aldergrove area and within the Agricultural Land Reserve. The project will rehabilitate each pit so they can once again be used as valuable agricultural
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areas of industrial lands and converts them to high value farm, park land or other potential development lands. Work has already begun and this first phase will be completed in February, 2012. Some additional work will be required to complete the final site reclamation at Brown Pit. Strong Pit is still in active production and will be progressively reclaimed over the
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Aldergrove “Champ” marked 65 years of key tags HARRY HUNT PHOTO
Langley fire fighters were chipping up Christmas trees at the Otter Co-op parking lot on Monday, with proceeds going to the Burn Unit Fund. They return with another chipping event on Saturday at the Super Store in Langley from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Local members of The War Amps Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program who recently joined the Association’s PLAYSAFE/DRIVESAFE float in the Grey Cup Parade, helped to mark a milestone: 65 years of key tags! Aldergrove’s Austin Balmer, aged six, a right arm amputee, along with the others, rode the float as a Safety Ambassador. A special sign on the float marked the 65th anniversary of War Amps key tags. Public support of key tags allows The War Amps to run its many programs such as CHAMP, which provides child amputees across Canada with funding for artificial limbs, regional seminars and programs like Matching Mothers.
Astar, the gold robot from Planet Danger was also front and centre, reminding kids that he can put his arm back on, but they can’t, so PLAYSAFE! “All of the Champs who joined the float are part of our National Safety Ambassador Team,” said Rob Larman, Director of PLAYSAFE/DRIVESAFE, who himself lost a leg at the age of 14 when friends dared him to jump a train. “This kids-to-kids approach gets the message across to children in a way that they can relate to and that they will remember.” For PLAYSAFE information or resources, call 1-800-250-3030 or visit waramps.ca
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Owners of more than 187,000 properties throughout the Fraser Valley can expect to receive their 2012 Assessment Notices in the next few days. “Most homes in the Fraser Valley have remained stable in value compared to last year’s assessment roll,” said John Green, Deputy Assessor. “Most home owners in the Fraser Valley will see minimal changes in the value of their properties.” Overall, the Fraser Valley’s assessment roll increased from $85.9 billion last year to $88 billion this year. Most of this growth was due to subdivisions, rezoning and new construction. Assessments have remained stable for most residential homes and strata properties. For example, a single family home in the Township of Langley will see typical value go from $507,000 last year to $515,000 this year. A similar home in the City of Abbotsford will go from $419,000 last year to $425,000 this year. Owners of commercial and industrial properties in the Fraser Valley will typically see changes ranging from 0% to 20%. “Property owners who feel that their property assessment does not reflect market value as of July 1, 2011 or see incorrect information on their notice should contact our office as indicated on their notice as soon as possible in January,” said Green. “If a property owner is still concerned about their assessment after speaking to one of our appraisers, they may submit a Notice of Complaint (Appeal) by January 31, for an independent review by a Property Assessment Review Panel,” added Green.
The Property Assessment Review Panels, independent of BC Assessment, are appointed annually by the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, and meet between Feb. 1 and March 15 to hear formal complaints. The Fraser Valley assessment office is located at #240 - 31935 South Fraser Way in Abbotsford. During the month of January, office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday. The telephone number is 604-850-5900 or toll free at 1-800-393-1332. For more information, please visit their website at: www.bcassessment.ca B.C. raises threshold of homeowner grant In related news, British Columbians who own homes worth up to $1.285 million may be eligible to receive the entire homeowners’ grant this year, after the Province raised the threshold to accommodate rising property values. BC Assessment estimates the value of all homes based on their market value on July 1 each year. The Province then reviews the information and adjusts the threshold of the homeowner grant to make sure at least 95.5 per cent of eligible homeowners receive the full amount. Those with homes valued above the threshold may still be eligible for a partial grant. The homeowner grant provides a maximum reduction in residential property taxes on principal residences of $570 in the Capital, Greater Vancouver and Fraser Valley regional districts and $770 elsewhere in the province. An additional grant of $275 is available to those who are age 65 or over, permanently disabled or a vet-
eran of certain wars. The government also announced in November 2011 plans to create a further grant of up to $275 for lowincome Canadian Forces veterans with more recent service in the event they do not already qualify as seniors or persons with disabilities. These details will be announced shortly. In Budget 2007, the homeowner grant program was also expanded to include eligible low-income homeowners who, but for the high assessed value of their homes, would have been eligible for the full grant. The homeowner grant is one of the ways the Province helps B.C. residents with property taxes. The Province also provides property tax deferral options for qualified individuals, including homeowners over 55, persons with disabilities, and families with children. The deferment programs are low-interest loan programs that allow qualifying residents to defer all or part of their property taxes until they sell or transfer ownership of their home, or it becomes part of an estate. Application forms are available when property tax notices are issued in spring. B.C. Minister of Finance Kevin Falcon said, “The homeowner grant is one way our government can help support families in the face of challenging economic times. Homeowners who have seen their property values rise will continue to be protected as we increase the threshold.” “We continue to see challenging economic times around the world. By maintaining the homeowner grant, we continue to help families with the costs of owning their homes.”
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‘Bystander CPR’ offers best shot at survival Rushing to David Sibley’s side and immediately starting CPR as the 79-year-old man was having a heart attack was the best move Paul Schulli could have made, says Stephen Clinton, executive director of dispatch operations for BC Ambulance Service. Even if someone has never given CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and doesn’t know how, “it’s
always best to do CPR,” he said. “It’s important for the patients in these situations to get care and treatment right away.” When someone is in cardiac arrest, the victim is four times more likely to survive if they receive bystander CPR. Dialing 911 and speaking to a dispatcher is a critical step in the process. They will go through the proper procedures with people on the scene, and ensure the victim is getting the best care possible before paramedics arrive. “I can’t emphasize how important it is to start doing CPR as soon as [cardiac arrest] happens. The quicker the heart gets assistance the better,” Clinton said. And yet, statistics provided by BC Ambulance Service show that only 15 per cent of bystanders actually provide CPR. Clinton says this is often due to a lack of training or a lack of confidence. “This is where the dispatch instructions really come into their own, because you don’t need to know, you don’t need to be trained, and they will help you with the confidence. Our dispatchers are trained to help people understand how to carry it out. “Most people who call 911 are in the most stressful situation they have been in in their entire life. We try to help them calm down so they are in a position to carry out instructions,” he said. On average dispatchers across the province receive seven cardiac arrest calls per day, and roughly 50 per cent of them occur in the home. This is why Clinton believes it is crucial for people to take it upon themselves to get trained. “I think it’s really important. It’s almost like giving blood, people should really do it, but sometimes they’re a little bit scared,” he said. “Imagine the feeling of learning CPR and being able to assist your loved one. It’s a very beneficial thing to bring to your family.” CPR training is provided by a number of organizations including St. John Ambulance and the Red Cross. For more, visit their websites at www.sja.ca and www.redcross.ca
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minute.” It’s just part of Schulli’s character to react the way he did, said Randy Harder, Shaw operations manager for East Valley. “Paul is just that type of guy — he is a family guy, good natured, jovial, conscientious, and hard working,” he said. “I was shocked when I heard what happened. I wondered to myself if I would have done the same. He made the best decision possible.” Greg Schollon, Shaw’s regional manager for Vancouver says everyone at Shaw is very proud of Schulli. “We were just so impressed that he took on a customer in distress,” he said. Schulli is also being commended by members of the Langley community. Kathleen Johnson, manager at Nature’s Fair Markets, heard of the incident from a customer and hand delivered a gift basket to Schulli’s work. “It’s an amazing story,” she said. “It’s incredible — that’s going the extra mile.” But Schulli admitted he is “a little embarrassed,” when he hears all the praise. In the heat of the moment, all he was concerned about was whether or not David would survive. “I don’t think of myself as a hero, paramedics and firefighters do this everyday, they are the real heros,” he said. “I wasn’t about to just let someone else’s husband, dad, brother die in front of me. I just did the best I could.”
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What could have been a tragic Christmas for a Langley family, remained a time of celebration and gratitude, thanks to the quick actions of a stranger. Shaw Cable technician Paul Schulli had come to David and Marianna Sibley’s home to set up a new high definition television box. But when David suddenly had a heart attack and collapsed, Schulli rushed to the 79-year-old man’s side and performed life-saving CPR. Had it not been for Schulli’s swift actions, David would likely not be alive today. And for that, his family is calling Schulli a hero. “It seems like everyone is being called a hero today, but there are heroes and then there are real heroes. Paul is a real hero,” said David’s daughter, Linda Sibley. “He didn’t panic, he just did what he needed to do.” Linda was at work in her office in New Zealand when she heard that her dad had suffered a stroke and was in a coma. She hopped on a flight that night and was by her father’s side the next day. “Paul has given me faith in humanity again. It made me feel very grateful,” she said. As Schulli arrived at the Langley residence on the morning of Dec. 20, David was telling his wife that he wasn’t feeling well. “I feel really tired, like I want to go back to bed,” Marianna recalls him saying to her as they watched Schulli set up. Minutes later, Marianna was in the kitchen when she heard someone exclaim, ‘Oh.’ She turned to see Schulli supporting her collapsed husband and lowering him to the floor. She immediately called 911 and shouted instructions to Schulli, who performed CPR for more than 10 minutes until a fire truck arrived. This was the first time Schulli, a Surrey resident, had ever performed CPR in a real-life emergency. “As soon as he stopped breathing, I knew I had to do CPR,” Schulli said. “It was a scary situation, I was scared that this guy was going to die.” David was taken to Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster where he remained in a coma for two days and on life support for three. He is still in hospital, regaining strength and on the road to recovery. “He saved my husband’s life, he is just wonderful,” Marianna said. Linda is in awe of Schulli’s actions. “So many people could have gone, ‘Holy sh**, I’m out of here,’ but Paul didn’t,” she said. “My mother was screaming the instructions at him yelling ‘faster,’ ‘harder,’ ‘one, two, three’ and Paul just kept going. “He never stopped, not for one
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Maybe we love to rebel against authority. Maybe we feel we’re our own experts, empowered by the ability to search any topic online. Maybe it’s the role of social networks, where some folks trust anything their Facebook friends tell them but refuse to believe a newspaper report. Whatever it is, too many of us seem too quick to distrust the scientists, experts and other traditional leaders of our society. Don’t get me wrong. Critical thinking is a good thing. Evidence, data, decisions and policies should be challenged. You have to be your own advocate. But it strikes me as an insult to doctors who invested years of study when we try to out-think them, armed with a quickie diagnosis from Dr. Google. Physicians, of course, weren’t the only ones fighting an uphill battle against the over-informed masses in 2011. Economists who said B.C. would be wise to keep the harmonized sales tax found their advice ignored by the majority of voters. Astronomers were still rebutting a viral email hoax that’s circulated for years, claiming a rare celestial event will make Mars appear as big as the moon. Pollution experts struggled to counter YouTube and Facebook posts claiming to expose the “real” radiation levels B.C. was receiving from Japan’s nuclear disaster. Granted there are situations where scientists disagree, or may be aligned with opposing stakeholders. The debate over Metro Vancouver’s garbage incineration plans and the possible role of fish farms in the decline of sockeye salmon spring to mind. In the case of the Fukushima disaster, nearby Japanese residents were right to disbelieve almost everything they were first told. For the most part, though, I worry for our future if too many of us engage in knee-jerk cynicism. India’s prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh (a doctor and a politician, pity him) said it well last week: “Rampant distrust of all authority imperils the foundations of democracy.” I’d say it imperils our health as well. When too many vaccination rebels refuse to get a shot to help keep serious diseases at bay, we are all put at greater danger. We saw this two years ago with the H1N1 flu vaccine refuseniks and more recently with parents holding chicken pox parties rather than have their kids submit to Big Pharma and the needle. Besides a failure to filter and intelligently assess the glut of information now at our fingertips, we seem to have a related problem: an inability to realistically assess risk. As a result, we have a low-level insurgency against BC Hydro’s wireless smart meters, despite the fact every square inch of the Lower Mainland is blanketed by wifi and cellphone signal networks. We have schools ringed with parents’ cars because of the pervasive fear that lurking pedophiles will snare our children on the walk to class – despite the fact nearly all molesters and abductors are known to their victims and families. We worry about the big C and how to avoid it because cancer rates are rising – never mind that’s largely because we’re living longer and not dropping from heart attacks as early. And we have the public’s intense fear of crime, despite generally falling crime rates, that the Harper government is exploiting to impose U.S.-style justice reforms that many experts fear will be a costly failure. I’ve run out of space, but I suspect the 9/11 conspiracy theorists, moon landing skeptics and Holocaust deniers have already tuned out. For the rest of you still with me, thanks for reading. I trust you didn’t believe a word. -Jeff Nagel is the regional reporter for Black Press in the Lower Mainland.
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VICTORIA – The B.C. Liberal government enters 2012 with the weight of its “golden decade” heavy on its shoulders. Having delivered a throne speech and a raft of legislation last fall, the government must pick up where it left off and build a February budget from the wreckage of the harmonized sales tax. This takes place as growth and revenue projections decline, and demand for government services continues to rise. The NDP opposition finds itself in a front-runner role, and now faces pressure to detail its long-promised practical alternative. A revived B.C. Conservative Party must also move beyond protest to problem solving. Here are some of the immediate problems that will face the legislature when it resumes on Valentine’s Day. Education: It seems inevitable that the B.C. Teachers’ Federation will once again have a new contract imposed. In December, school support staff joined the parade of public sector unions that accepted the two-year “net zero” wage mandate. Deficits that forced that mandate have ballooned again due to the HST mess, and the October throne speech hinted strongly that “net zero” will be extended in all but name in 2012. Little noticed amid the usual labour noise, Education Minister George Abbott has
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launched a broad plan to “transform” education. Along with “personalized learning plans” and “flexibility and choice,” the plan promises “regular teacher performance evaluation sessions.” Buckle your seatbelts, parents. Health care: Premier Christy Clark hosts the annual premiers’ conference in Victoria Jan. 16-17. The provinces divided sharply in December, as the three western ones backed Ottawa’s imposition of a new funding formula, while those from Manitoba east protested the news that six-per-cent annual increases will slow a bit in five years. B.C.’s more immediate problem is a shift to per-capita funding that phases out targeted money for things like our dedicated hip and knee surgery program. Provinces are now supposed to create such innovations for their own sake, without further federal intrusion into provincial jurisdiction. That change costs B.C. an estimated $256 million a year, starting in 2014. The B.C. Liberals have this year to find savings, or face the task in an election year. And NDP leader Adrian Dix is restricted by his vow to make only spending promises that add up. Energy and environment: As with the minimum wage, the B.C. Liberals are forced to tinker with the carbon tax. Taxing schools and hospitals to fund natural gas and cement
companies’ emission projects has to stop, as Environment Minister Terry Lake has admitted. Clark and Finance Minister Kevin Falcon must be tempted to borrow an NDP suggestion that carbon tax revenues be redirected more broadly to transit and energy-saving refits. But this means spending the money instead of reducing income taxes, as legislation currently requires, and both parties must face the fact that this entails a tax increase. A storm is about to begin up north as federal environmental hearings open on a proposed oil pipeline to Kitimat. Clark remains carefully non-committal, the NDP bitterly opposed. But the parties actually agree on liquefied natural gas exports from the same port. The NDP signaled cautious support for the plan before Christmas, with greater scrutiny of drilling and water use. We in the media do a poor job of reporting when parties agree. Debate will soon resume on B.C.’s new Family Law Act, aimed at avoiding courts and conflict, with bipartisan support. Fixing B.C.’s impaired driving legislation, to keep that out of our clogged courts, should also be expedited. B.C.’s traditional blame game won’t make the problems of 2012 go away. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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Editor: Well, thank you, Mr. Scrooge (aka Ken Hardie) for dropping yet another threat of more taxes on the poor taxpayer. Just in time for Christmas. When people shop, they go to where they can get what they want at the best price and the price that they can afford. In Aldergrove, we are blessed with the Shell Station at the corner of Station Road and Fraser Highway, where the price of gas is much lower than stations within the Metro area. Of course we are going to go out of our way for cheaper gas. It’s no different than going to a store that has lower prices for a jacket or dress or even groceries where you might otherwise pay a premium price at a higher priced store. It’s our right to shop around and get the best bang for our buck. But....Translink seems to think that they should have control of how and where we spend our money, particularly when it comes to ‘gas’. Translink appears to be having a problem with the concept of people trying to be prudent with
their hard earned cash. We can’t keep going to our employer and asking for more money to pay our living expenses. We don’t have ‘money trees’ growing in our backyard. Now Translink wants to get the federal government involved in their ‘money’ problem. Will we have to start showing ID at the Shell station, so that they can charge us a premium because we live in ‘Metro Vancouver’? What are they working on with Washington State regarding gas prices near the border? Are they going to work out a deal over the border where our licence plate automatically initiates a higher charge? And again, the vehicle levy or road pricing. How are they going to calculate these? Do we have to attach ‘Big Brother Monitors’ to our vehicles so Translink knows how much to tax us or charge us? Just another penalty for using our vehicles, living in rural areas, and having little or no option. I work hard for my money and no one has the right to tell me where to spend my money and take more money out of my
pocket because they can’t figure out how to work with the money they already receive/take from us. Perhaps if they had been proactive in dealing with fare evaders (since 1996) they wouldn’t be in this predicament. We just elected a new mayor and council, both of which just received hefty salary increases (shame on you). These people were elected by us to use our tax monies fairly and effectively. It is apparent that is not going to happen because we now have to pay for their massive salary increases. Many of the mayors voted to increase gas taxes, which ironically will now only partially help with Translink’s woes with the Evergreen Line. All these can only mean higher property taxes to pay for increased salaries, gas taxes and penalties for living in rural areas. Not too long ago, I wrote a letter to the editor, about Translink, in which I stated that it wouldn’t be long before they would have their hat out to us again. Well, here we go again. It just never ends. D. Atkinson, Langley
Health care needs even more money a warehouse nearby, not stored in the most valuable space in PAH. We are being continuously told that “there is no more money for hospitals”. This is a lie - Gordon Campbell gave his rich political backers a $1000 million annual tax reduction in 2001; they have kept this billion dollar tax break ever since. There is plenty of money in this rich province of B.C.; our annual provincial GNP is over $200 billion but there is a lack of political will to tax those who can afford it (the top 10%) to provide the public services we demand for the 90% of us who can’t fly to the US when sick. Yes, there is a Scrooge and she’s smiling at us from Victoria. Herbert Spencer, Surrey
ICBC brass sure are raking in the dough Editor: ICBC is increasing the rates because of bodily injury claims? Really? Where the money really goes: ICBC top 50 employees and their annual salaries for 2010. These people also have expense accounts and excellent benefits and pension plans. Salary: 1. SCHUBERT, Jon President & CEO 449,201 2. KIRKNER, Art V-P, Field Services 315,824 3. PRIOR, Geri Chief Financial Officer 461,710 4. HORTON, Craig Senior V-P, Claims 406,379 5. POSYNIAK, Len V-P, Human Resources 348,021 6. WING, Donnie Senior V-P, Corporate Affairs 371,382 7. EDDIN, Sheila Chief Business Transformation Officer 358,454 8. MINOGUE, Camille Chief Actuary 355,701 9. HESS, Fred V-P, Driver Licensing 319,127 10. CHAUDHRY, Anwar Corporate Controller 319,609 11. JARVIS, Brian V-P, Claims 311,707 12. IRWIN, Kellee V-P, Personal Insurance
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The figures shown above were taken from ICBC “Statements and Schedules of Financial Information.” The numbers may not include all compensation, particularly when an employee has been on paid leave, salary continuance or is receiving severance pay. Wayne Boylan, Aldergrove
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Editor: My husband was a longhaul truck driver, and this incident happened a few years back. It will always be remembered by us. It was a few weeks before Christmas and my husband, being a bit of a gourmet cook, always liked to make himself something special to eat. He didn’t want to stop at local restaurants. On this particular occasion, he had made a large bowl of spicy chicken salad to take along on his run. After a long drive, he decided to stop and rest at a pullout outside Red Deer, Alberta. He had his inside light on and proceeded to read a book while he started to eat his lunch. He then heard a tapping on his outside door. He opened the door to find a young man standing there. He looked at my husband and said “Would you share?” My husband was taken aback by the request, but said he would, but did not have any plates. “I do,” the young man said, and proceeded to take two plates out from under his coat. My husband then proceeded to fill up the two plates with all his salad. The young man said “Keep some for yourself.” But my husband told him he would be fine until the next day. The young man said, “Thank you very much, we appreciate it,” and walked back to a car that was parked beside the back trailer. When he opened the door to the car and the light came on, my husband could see a young girl in the front seat. Remember there is always someone less fortunate than you, and please remember to share. Carol, Aldergrove
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Bursting with positive energy, Adam Beach arrives on the Arctic Air set in Aldergrove with smiles and friendly greetings for everyone. The Canadian-born Saulteaux actor is known for his roles in such works as Flags of Our Fathers —
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FROM: Page 8 Beach, who was born in Manitoba and grew up with his two brothers on the Dog Creek First Nation Reserve, said he was sold on doing the show once he read the script. “When I read the script, it had it all ... it’s about family, it’s about the north and aboriginal life — it’s about people’s daily struggle to just survive, something I think everyone can identify with,” Beach says, with an infectious grin. “It was a perfect script; a perfect match. I wanted to do it and I’m still excited about it.” So is writer-producer Ian Weir, who created the fictional series for Vancouver’s Omni Productions and is an executive producer with three others on the new show. Weir, a Fort Langley man who grew up in Kamloops, said he was pleased and intrigued when Omni — which also produces the History Channel’s documentary series Ice Pilots NWT – approached him to write a pilot about flying in Canada’s north. With past works that include the teen drama Edgemont and the miniseries Dragon Boys, Weir jumped on the opportunity to “do something special.” “I fell in love with the chance to create this kind of show, especially because it’s based in the north,” Weir says. “The north has always been a part of Canada and I think it lends itself to so many ideas. It’s got action and adventure, but also drama . . . it’s different.” Beach plays Bobby Martel in the characterdriven, one-hour show about a maverick airline and the extended family of the unconventional people who run it. Beach’s character is the “headstrong business partner” who saves the airline from crashing and each week, the pilots — the actors who play pilots actually flew with the real-life pilots of Buffalo Air to get an idea of what a northern pilot’s life is really like — take on any number of flights each week, whether to secret diamond mining sites, on rescue missions or as polar bear watching guides. Inside the Arctic Air set, which is actually a massive wooden barn with soaring ceilings, there are lights, lifts,
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ducer Gary Harvey. “The food was good, but what was really great was the setting, so that was what we based this place on.” Another inspiration was Yellowknife’s Explorer Hotel, which is the Frontier Hotel in Arctic Air — a hotel lobby created in the barn that features a huge rock fireplace, an antler chandelier, animal heads on the wall, a mounted fish and a bowl of red apples laid out in front of the fire, among other detailed props. “It’s amazing to come to work every day,” says Hutton. “The nice thing about this enormous set is that it ties all the characters together and we all interact, almost like we do on the show.” Hutton is pleased to work on a Canadian production. “It’s a very collaborative effort, but beyond that, it’s a great story,” she says. Beach concurs, likening the Arctic Air cast and crew as being “the closest” to what he experienced while working on Clint Eastwood’s feature film, Flags of Our Fathers. “Everyone is thrilled to be here. It’s great to be back in Canada, and B.C. is beautiful,” Beach says. “Vancouver is a great city and it’s amazing to work here.” Work on Arctic Air has been underway for more than four months. The first episode premiers on Tuesday, Jan. 10 on CBC.
Adam Beach, star of CBC’s new drama Arctic Air, sits inside an Aldergrove barn on a set intended to re-ceate Yellowknife’s Bullocks Bistro. cables and filming-related And, Hutton chimes equipment everywhere, in, Beach is still learning yet all is neat and orga- the finer points of the nized, with everything in plane’s cockpit. its place. “When Adam’s flounThe hundreds, if not dering (in the show), he thousands, of cords and actually means it!” she cables snaking through quips with a grin. the building are contained Beach agrees goodtidily under yellow-lined naturedly and gives plates (to avoid anyone Hutton credit for her tripping over them) and plane knowledge. line the barn walls like While much of the loose wallpaper. show is filmed in the Several people on set Aldergrove barn, some chat, text, tweet or email exteriors are shot in on their cellphones; one Yellowknife. But the crew technician works on have brought Yellowknife a laptop with a sound to the Aldergrove set board in front of him. In with interiors featuring the middle of one of the the airline office, a hotel largest areas, the fuselage lobby, and a bar set which of a huge DC-3 plane is based on Yellowknife’s (brought up from the actual Bullocks Bistro. “We heard that States just for the show) takes centre stage. It even Bullocks had the best boasts a removable cock- fish and chips in North pit that rolls away, so America, so we had to crews can better film the go,” says co-executive proactors. Several other air- STORES FLYERS DEALS COUPONS BROCHURES craft are used in the show, CATALOGUES CONTESTS PRODUCTS STORES FLYERS but the DC-3 is the larg- DEALS COUPONS BROCHURES CATALOGUES CONTESTS PRODUCTS STORES FLYERS DEALS COUPONS est. BROCHU BRO CHURES RES CA CATAL TALOGU OGUES ES CON CONTES TESTS TS PR PRODU ODUCTS CTS Beach and Arctic Air STORES FLYERS DEALS COUPONS BROCHURES CONTESTS PRODUCTS STORES FLYERS co-stars Pascale Hutton, CATALOGUES DEALS COUPONS STORES FLYERS DEALS COUPONS Leah Gibson and Stephen BROCHURES CATALOGUES CONTESTS PRODUCTS Lobo (all of whom are STORES FLYERS DEALS COUPONS BROCHURES CATALO CAT ALOGUE GUES S CONTEST CONT ESTS S PRODU PRODUCTS CTS STORE STORES S Canadian; Hutton cur- FLYERS DEALS COUPONS ONS NS BROCHURES CATALOGUES rently lives in Burnaby) CON CONTES ON NT TESTS E TS PR PRODU OD O D DU UCTS CT CT TS S ST STORE ORES S FLY FLYERS ERS DEALS DEALS OU O UP PO ON O NS BROC BROC RO OCHU HUR URE UR ES S CATALOGUES CONTESTS lead media on a set tour, COUPON PRO PR P ROD RO DU DUC UC U UCTS CT TS SS ST T TORES FLYER starting with the DC-3, which gets crowded and cramped, fast. “Now, when you see the show, with 20 of us on here — including fighting — you’ll have a new appreciation for how STORES s FLYERS s DEALS much work goes into it,” COUPONS s BROCHURES s CATALOGUES Beach notes to the gathCONTESTS s PRODUCTS ered media. He finds it frustrating to work in the cockpit, because it is such a small Save time, save money. space and most of the time, it’s a green screen in Visit our other Black Press sites front of the actors. “I’ll be like, ‘Why can’t I move? I need to use body language!’” Beach says, demonstrating with his hands.
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Aldergrove brought home both the gold and silver over the holidays. Both Aldergrove Bantam C teams went head to head for the gold in the Cloverdale tournament December 27-29. With each team having multiple wins, semi-final determination had to go to tie-breakers. Each team won their pool by having the least amount of penalty minutes. With each winning their semi-final game, it was off to the final. It was 2-0 for C1 (black) heading into the last 2.5 minutes of the game. While short-handed C2 (white) scored two goals to tie the game. The shootout went to the eighth shooter, before C2 took the gold. It was a hard-fought and exciting game for the players and the fans! Congratulations to all players and thanks to all the coaching staff and managers. Special thanks go to Ryerson for great work in the final game. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Kodiaks drop one to arch-rival Pilots By KURT LANGMANN Aldergrove Star
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Aldergrove Kodiaks Colton Precourt #11 takes a shot at Abbotsford Pilots’ goal in a 3-2 loss to Abby on Dec. 23.
Heat goalie coach Sigalet can’t be stopped by MS By DAN KINVIG Black Press
Jordan Sigalet’s NHL goaltending career lasted all of 43 seconds – a true blink-and-you’ll-miss-it stint in Boston Bruins silks on Jan. 7, 2006. But that fleeting moment in time represented the high point of a remarkable journey. Nearly three years prior, after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), Sigalet was told by doctors that he’d never be able to play hockey again. So, while 43 seconds might not seem like a long time, it meant the world to Sigalet. “It was a huge honour,” recalled Sigalet, who came on in relief of injured Bruins starter Andrew Raycroft at the tail end of a 6-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. “I’d backed up for about nine or 10 games, and Raycroft came skating over to the bench, all keeled over. I’m like, ‘Oh man, I’m going in.’ The heart started racing, and I can’t even remember it at this point, it was so short. I didn’t even get a shot (on goal). But I was out there.
In their final game of 2011, the Aldergrove Kodiaks fell 3-2 to their archrivals, the Abbotsford Pilots. The two junior B hockey clubs squared off on Dec. 23 at Abbotsford’s MSA Arena. After Aldergrove’s Stephen Ryan opened the scoring, assisted by captain Jordan Pughe, Abbotsford responded with three goals to finish the period up 3-1. Samuel Ramsey got the Kodiaks within one with an unassisted short-
handed goal late in the second, but Aldergrove could not get the equalizer. Ramsay was named the game’s third star. The Pilots outshot the Kodiaks slightly with 41 to 38, respectively. The loss cut the Kodiaks lead to four points over Abbotsford atop the PIJHL’s Harold Brittain Conference. The Kodiaks sit at 40 points after 28 games (19-7-1-1). Aldergrove Kodiaks travel to Ridge Meadows Flames on Jan. 6 and Delta Ice Hawks on Jan. 10 before hosting the Richmond Sockeyes on Dec. 11 at Aldergrove Arena.
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“I can say I played the game.” These days, the 30-year-old Sigalet works as the Abbotsford Heat’s goalie coach, but he also serves as an inspiration to many people who live with MS, an inflammatory disease which affects the ability of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord to communicate with each other effectively. Sigalet’s first inkling that something was wrong came back in the spring of 2003, when he was at Bowling Green State University. After playing back-toback games on a Friday and a Saturday, he woke up Sunday morning and his left foot was completely numb. “I thought I’d slept on it funny, like how you might wake up with pins and needles in your arm or your leg,” he explained. “I went about my day and it didn’t go away – it just kept humming and buzzing every time I stepped. The next day I woke up, and it was like that from the chest down.” HARRY HUNT PHOTO After undergoing a battery of tests, Aldergrove’s Tiffany Martens of the Langley Lightning tangles with a Nanaimo Clippers player at the Angels on Ice TournaSEE: Page 11 ment, Dec. 27-29 at Langley Sportsplex. The Clippers won this game.
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‘Awareness’ is Sigalet’s message FROM FRONT: Sigalet received the gut-wrenching MS diagnosis. His first instinct was to keep the news to himself. “I’d been drafted by Boston, and I thought if they found out, they’d just drop me and forget about me,” he said. “For six months, just my family knew.” Sigalet immediately began taking medication to slow the progress of the disease, but he only sat out one game before returning to the Bowling Green lineup. “Because my hands were still numb, I had to get used to holding a stick again,” he said. In December of 2003, about nine months after his initial MS diagnosis, Sigalet decided it was time to go public. “There were times when I wasn’t feeling good when I’d hide it and say I was just sick, or had a cold,” he said. “I was kind of sick of lying, and I think people started to realize something a little more serious was going on. “It was just a burden on my shoulders, and once I told everyone, I had great support. It was a great relief to me, and let me just focus on my hockey.” The following season, Sigalet returned to the Bowling Green lineup and put together his best collegiate campaign, going 16-12-
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3 with a 2.89 goals-against average Leland Irving, the Heat’s startand a .915 save percentage. ing netminder, expressed exciteHis remarkable return was fea- ment at the opportunity to work tured in Sports Illustrated and with a dedicated position coach. Men’s Health, and he was nomi“It’s definitely a step in the right nated for an ESPY award as the best direction,” Irving said. comeback athlete for 2004-05. “Jordan’s a great goalie coach. “I didn’t win the award, but I got He’s detailed, but up-to-date with to go down to Hollywood all the modern fundamenfor the awards, got to visit tals of goaltending. He’s the Playboy mansion – a very level-headed – he’s lot of different events,” he not going to scream and said. “It was just a great yell at you, but everything experience. he says makes sense.” “Going public allowed Sigalet, who was born me to reach out to other in New Westminster and people, using hockey grew up in Cloverdale, through those publicahas taken on several fundtions, to get the word out raising projects to supJordan Sigalet about MS.” port MS research. His After three seasons in the Bruins foundation, Shut Out MS, stages a organization followed by a short dinner and charity hockey game in stint with a pro team in Vienna, Burnaby every second year, and has Austria, Sigalet retired and made the generated approximately $180,000 transition into coaching. He began for the National MS Society. teaching private lessons through “Sometimes you almost get MS Pro Formance Goalie School, then as a middle name – Jordan Sigalet was hired as the goalie coach for with MS,” he said with a wry grin. the WHL’s Everett Silvertips for the “But every time somebody reads it 2010-11 season. or hears it, it does create that awareSigalet made the jump to pro ness. hockey in August, when he was “I know when I was diagnosed, hired to be the Heat’s first full-time I didn’t even know what MS was. goalie coach. Head coach Troy I’m hoping the next time someone’s Ward said Sigalet’s presence brings diagnosed, they’ll know a little bit “a whole new level of professional- more about it, and maybe there’ll ism” to the AHL club. even be a cure by that time.”
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Mature persons with car or truck to deliver Yellow Pages™ Telephone Directories Abbotsford, Mission & Aldergrove and surrounding areas.
Fax resume to: 604-888-2987 or e-mail: hr@shadowlines.com Exp’d TRUCK DRIVER wanted for BC runs. Exc wages, benefits & equipment + weekends home. Fax or email resume & drivers abstract bcclassified.com 604-513-8004 or tridem@telus.net
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CLASS 1 DRIVERS WANTED! Sign bonus $2000 for Owner/op ph: 604-598-3498/fax: 604-598-3497
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IN MEMORIAM
Jim Nikkel
January 12, 1927 - December 28, 2008
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ELECTRICAL
MODERN 260 COW 2X milking heard dairy, looking for F/T worker. Duties incl. milking in double 12 parallel parlor 3-4 times per week, assisting in milkings in morning and afternoon, calf feeding, animal handling and field work. Previous exp. is necessary. Progressive wages, housing and benefits are avail. after proven performance and reliability. 604-490-6403 btwn. hrs. 4-8pm
ALTERNATIVE HEALTH
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FARM WORKERS
15 FARM LABOURERS required, for MYERS ORGANIC FARMS Inc . 5212-252 St. Aldergrove. March through Nov. $9.56/hr until May 1st. $10.25 after May 1st. To pick, plant, weed, load & unload. Rain or Shine. All outside work. 604-856-6310. No walk-ins.
HELP WANTED
ALBERTA earthmoving company requires a Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic. You will work in a modern shop and also have mechanics truck for field work. The job is at Edson, Alberta. We require that you have experience on Cat crawlers and or Deere excavators. Call Lloyd at (780)723-5051.
A New Year = New Career!
Rapid Advancement and Travel Opportunities Paid Weekly - up to $20/hr No comm., benefits available Positive, Outgoing, Team Oriented a must!
Call now start tomorrow! Allison 604 777 2195
PLUMBING
$38/HR!Clogged drains,drips,garbs sinks, Reno’s toilets. No job too small! Lic’d/insured. 778-888-9184
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RUBBISH REMOVAL
• Electronics • Appliances • Old Furniture • Construction • Yard Waste • Concrete • Drywall • Junk • Rubbish • Mattresses
On Time, As Promised, Service Guaranteed!
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GARDENING
WEED FREE Mushroom Manure 13 yards - $75 or Well Rotted 10 yards - $100. Free Delivery 604-856-8877
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Classified Advertising An effective way to build your business. Phone 604-575-5555
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PERSONAL SERVICES
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Three years have passed, but your memory is still fresh on our minds. Your smile & words of wisdom are spoken of often by all of us. Dearly missed by wife Tina, children & grandchildren.
LEGAL SERVICES
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Class 1 Drivers & Owner Operators
PERSONALS
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
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172 ASTROLOGY/PSYCHICS Highway – BC & AB O/O’s $1.70+ per mile Co. Drivers 44c mile
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PERSONAL SERVICES
#22047 WE LOVE SMALL JOBS All work Guaranteed. 604-220-8347 www.HighOutletElectric.ca
EDUCATION
DRIVERS/COURIER/ TRUCKING
DATING SERVICE. LongTerm/Short-Term Relationships, Free to Try!!! 1-877-297-9883. Live intimate conversation, Call: #4011 or 1-888-534-6984. Live adult 1on1 Call: 1-866-311-9640 or #4010. Meet Local Single Ladies. 1-877804-5381. (18+).
IN MEMORIAM
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HOME BASED BUSINESS We need serious and motivated people for expanding health & wellness industry. High speed internet and phone essential. Free online training. www.project4wellness.com
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EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
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27555 - 31 Ave. Aldergrove
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EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
GUTTER CLEANING Etc. Rubbish Removal. Pressure Washing, Yard cleanup & trim. Reas rates, FREE EST. Since 1990. (604)854-6469
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GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877987-1420. www.pioneerwest.com If you own a home or real estate, ALPINE CREDITS can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is NOT an issue. 1.800.587.2161. MONEYPROVIDER.COM. $500 Loan and +. No Credit Refused. Fast, Easy, 100% Secure. 1-877776-1660.
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359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL
LITTLE LOAD SPECIALIST. Sand & gravel delivered. Small orders welcome. Topsoil available. Call (604) 532-0662 days/eves.
PETS 456
1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Real Professionals, Reasonable. Rates. Different From the Rest. 604-721-4555.
AFFORDABLE MOVING
FEED & HAY HAY FOR SALE First Cut, $4.50 a bale. Call John (604)856-4888
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PETS
Local & Long Distance
$45/Hr
From 1, 3, 5, 7,10 Ton Trucks Licenced ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 Men Free estimate/Seniors discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos
BERNESE Mountain Dog Puppies. Available February 1. Vet checked with first shots. Reserve yours now. $1,200. Langley area. 778-2415504.
604-537-4140
BLOOD HOUND PUPS, CKC reg’d health chk, 2nd vac, micro chipped, 1 male, 5 fem’s. Liver & Tan. Ready to go. $750. 604-574-5788
SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured Competitive rates. Wknd Specials. Call Frank: (604) 435-8240
Cairn Terriers: shots/dewormed. Ready to go to good homes. over 20 yrs of referrals. 604-807-5204 or 604-592-5442
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CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866
A-TECH Services 604-996-8128 Running this ad for 7yrs
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MOVING & STORAGE
604.587.5865
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3 rooms for $269, 2 coats any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint. NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring, Carpet Cleaning & Maid Service! www.paintspecial.com
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GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPPIES $550: Born Sept. 26th. 1 Male, 1 Female. 604-836-6861
JACK RUSSELL pups 1 Female 1 male. Short legs, smooth coat. Dew claws done. $500. 778-883-6049 LAB cross puppies, vet checked, 1st shots, eager and social $350, 604-823-6739 afternoons/evenings.
MULTI POM puppies, 2 F, 1 M, 7 weeks old. Ready to go. All shots. $500. obo. Phone 604-825-2271.
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FARM WORKERS
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS Full Time Seasonal
Green House Workers
• Experience an asset. • Able to speak & read English. • Repetitive tasks, must be able to stand for extended periods of time. • Own transportation • $9.56/hour Mail resume to 1110 - 264 St. Aldergrove, B.C. V4W 2M8
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NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com NORWEGIAN ELKHOUND pups. Registered, micro chipped, 1st shots. Ready now. 604-823-2259 mitzvig@hotmail.ca
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HOMES FOR RENT
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STORE - IT Individual Insulated Bays All Bays Alarmed
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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE FURNITURE
• Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings 100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331
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REAL ESTATE HOMES WANTED
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SUITES, LOWER
ALDERGOVE newly reno, 1 bdrm. bsmt suite, new carpets, incl lndry. & utils. N/P. Avail Jan 15. $550/mo. 604-625-3833 or 604-615-9981
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SUITES, UPPER
1 & 2 BDRMS, kitchen units avail. to rent weekly or monthly. Please call Canada’s best value, Westward Inn @ 604-534-9238.
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ALDERGROVE. 3 bdrm T/H. 1.5 bths. Fncd yd. fam.complex. $1050 & up. Sm dog ok. 778- 551-2696.
TRANSPORTATION 806
ANTIQUES/CLASSICS
1-800-910-6402
2011 EAGLE CAP 950
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Water filter, microwave, awning, AM/FM/CD stereo, dinette slide and more! $24,483 (Stk.30833) www.fraserwayrv.com 1-800-806-1976 DL #30644
AUTO SERVICES
FREE CASH BACK WITH $0 DOWN at Auto Credit Fast. Need a vehicle? Good or Bad credit call Stephanie 1-877-792-0599 www.autocreditfast.ca. DLN 30309. Free Delivery.
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RENTALS HOMES FOR RENT
Elec. happi-jac, ext. speakers, thermopane windows, awning, microwave. $24,483 (Stk.31050) www.fraserwayrv.com 1-800-806-1976 DL #30644
DreamCatcher Auto Loans “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals
TOWNHOUSES
HOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS
5BD 4 bath up, 2 bd 1 bath down, 2 kitchens,garage.fenced yard. whole house for 2800.00..130th and 96 ave area call glenn at 778 928 8190
RECREATIONAL/SALE
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New SRI Manufactured Homes. Single Double Modulars on display. Repossessions 1974-2004. Chuck 604-830-1960.
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821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS 1994 Saab 900-S. 6cyl, 2.5 l engine. 4dr, sunroof, 5spd, green, like new. $1950. 604-541-0344 1997 MAZDA PROTEGE, 5 spd, very good cond, 170K, AirCared til 10/12. Good tires, MP3, cheap on gas. $1900. Call: 778-240-8075 2002 TOYOTA COROLLA, auto, 4 dr, 139K, p/l, A/C, C/D, spoiler, light grey. Aircrd. $4700. 604-502-9912 2003 TOYOTA Corolla, very clean, 4dr, CD player, auto, 157,000kms. $4750/obo. Call 604-588-5215. 2004 MERCEDES C230 SEDAN auto, sunroof, 47k, Gold Mist Mica over blk. leather, exc. cond. local, no accid. $13,230 (604)328-1883 2004 PORSCHE 911 C2 One owner, NCL serviced, beautiful cond! $48,000. Call 604-309-4599. 2008 HONDA CIVIC 4dr sedan auto CD, a/c, p/w. Grey. 35,000kms. $9700. 604-825-9477
MISC. FOR SALE
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AUTO FINANCING
STORAGE
YORKIE ckc reg.male 9 wk old micro chip,1st shots $1000.00 604857-0722 or 604-308-6893
MATTRESSES staring at $99
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TRANSPORTATION
6 bed/4 bath Panorama ridge house,part ocean view,landscaped yard, 2 car garage,RV parking, quiet street. sunridge dr ...call Glenn to view 778 928 8190
YELLOW LAB puppies 10 wks old $399. 5 males (1 black), 1 female. Strong & healthy (604)466-0562
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TRANSPORTATION
1966 CHEV SURBURBAN 2 door, 283 auto, p/s, p/b, disc brakes on front mag whls, black interior. $11,900 obo. Phone 604-626-4799
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CARS - DOMESTIC
1996 FORD TAURUS 4 dr, auto. AirCared, driven daily, new tires, A1 in/out, $850 obo. (604)496-3958.
WILLOUGHBY TOWNHOUSE - MOVE IN READY CONDITION! Don’t miss your opportunity to purchase a virtually new townhouse. This immaculately kept beauty has it all and is ready for you to move right in. 2 Bedrooms, 2 baths, central air conditioning, security system, and a great complex that boasts a clubhouse, pool, gym and playground. Plus loads of parking. Call Verne Stel today to book your personal showing. 604-857-1100
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Autos • Trucks • Equipment Removal
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FREE TOWING 7 days/wk. We pay Up To $500 CA$H Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022 AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673 The Scrapper
294,000.00
SALMON RIVER - HOME AND ACREAGE, ROOM FOR A SHOP
Are you looking for room to roam? There is lots of room on this nice flat acreage. Room for a shop and all your toys. Great access to Highway 1 but set far enough away for peace and quiet. The home itself boasts all kinds of updates and includes 5 bedrooms and 2-1/2 baths. All this, and on City water! Your search ends here. Call Verne Stel today to book your personal showing. 604-857-1100
23025 72 Avenue, Langley $729,000.00 CLOVERDALE - CLEAN AND WELL BUILT FAMILY HOME In need of a solid family home? This is the perfect place to start. With 3 good size bedrooms upstairs and tons of potential for your ideas down. This well cared for home has been looked after from top to bottom. Including a 3 year new roof, and six month old hot water tank. Plus don’t miss the great neighbourhood close to everything including schools, parks, ice rinks, shopping and transit. You need this one on your must see list. Call Verne today at 604-857-1100
SCRAP BATTERIES WANTED We buy scrap batteries from cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 each. Free pickup anywhere in BC, Min. 10. Toll Free Call:1.877.334.2288
6221 175A Street, Cloverdale $499,000.00 ABBOTSFORD WEST - ALMOST NEW BASEMENT ENTRY WITH ROOM FOR IN-LAWS
This is one spotless home. You will love this virtually new 4 bedroom home. From its gleaming hardwood floors to the maple kitchen this has what you need and want. Plus you will love the 1 bedroom suite for the inlaws. And don’t forget about the storage available in the crawl space. Call Verne Stel today to see this one for yourself. 604-857-1100
27691 Lantern Ave., Abbotsford $489,000.00 BROOKSWOOD - BEAUTIFUL RANCHER ON A 1/4 ACRE LOT WITH RV PARKING AND SHOP
847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES
The title says it all. How long have you been looking for your perfect rancher with no stairs? This 4 bedroom, 2 bath beauty is sure to impress. Many recent upgrades include a family room and master bedroom addition, newer roof, newer windows and a newer septic field. Plus tons of parking even room for that RV or boat. And let’s not forget the 16x16 wired workshop. Close to shopping, schools and parks. All you need is here and ready for you to move right in. Call Verne Stel today to see it for yourself 604-857-1100.
2004 FORD Escape XLS, 2L, 5 sp. Loaded. 132kms. no acc. $4500 no tax Aircared 2 yrs. 604-502-9912. 2004 JEEP GRAND Cherokee Ltd. 4x4, auto, red, 160K, $8500 firm. Call 604-538-9257
4280 204 Street, Langley $519,900.00
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TRUCKS & VANS
2006 Mazda B3000, black, 4 dr. 1 owner, 100,000 kms. Exc cond. $9888 obo. 604-562-4168.
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I Live in Aldergrove. I Sell in Aldergrove. Aldergrove. Call the Aldergrove specialist... Ready to move, when you are.
604-857-1100 m a e r D r u o y e k Ma realestate@danflokstra.com a Reality! Dan an F lokstr lokstra a .COM #106 5498 267TH ST
$329,900
Very unique situation! 1000 sq ft of 2 bedroom living quarters above 1000 sq ft of warehouse in Gloucester Estates, zoned Industrial, its all legal nothing to worry about here. Take a look you will be impressed. Quick possession possible.
Dan Flokstra
26258 - 60TH AVE.
604-857-1100
$1,150,000
Gorgeous 1628 sq. ft. rancher, has partially finished full basement, roughed-in plumbing for 3rd bathroom or in-law suite - with attached 2000 sq. ft. heated shop. Also has 1200 sq ft. modular home with its own 24 x 26 garage.
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2056 MCKENZIE RD.
604-857-1100
$309,900
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24.7 acres cleared and ready for your you ideas! Call
Very neat & clean, 3 bedroom rancher - close to town and public transportation. 3 Piece ensuite, gas fireplace, large lot - garage & separate bike room.
YA GOTTA SEE THIS ONE! - GOOD PRICE - GOOD HOUSE -
Dan Flokstra
Dan Flokstra
604-857-1100
#106 - 5498 - 267TH ST.
PARK YOUR TRUCK HERE!
$329,900
INDUSTRIAL RESIDENTIAL
935 sq ft industrial unit with 935 sq ft 2 Bdrm legal suite on second floor. Bring your business here and live here. Industrial zoned, quiet location or move your business and diversify your investments
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Dan Flokstra
604-857-1100
$369,900 LANGLEY CITY - 2 STOREY
19758 54A AVE.
ABBOTSFORD RANCHER with PARTIAL BASEMENT
Call
$579,900
27031 - FRASER HWY.
19.5 ACRES
Currently rented - about 10,000 sq. ft. - buildable and / or renovate the house to an office. Invest now and wait for redevelopment. Possibilities here?
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Dan Flokstra
Home plus large barn in great area. Property all cleared, make your offer!
604-857-1100
$548,900
27908 TRESTLE AVE.
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Check out this quality built home in West Abby. 9’ ceilings up and down - all the extras you would want. This home has a very bright suite. Full sundeck plus patio. 3 bedrooms up, 3 bedrooms down - available immediately!
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Dan Flokstra
Dan Flokstra
604-857-1100
$549,900
Fully finished up and down with 2 bedroom suite, 9’ ceilings, very clean. Great floor plan upstairs - air conditioned, fantastic ensuite, backs onto acreage. Close to schools in great new subdivision.
604-857-1100
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Dan Flokstra
604-857-1100
$1,995,000
2825 - 256TH STREET
37 ACRES – HOME PLUS LARGE BARNS Check this out, it’s all here! A large 3,700 sq ft home on a beautiful property. Large dairy barn’s plus tons of hay storage 80’x180’ clear span main barn, square piece of property with fantastic building site. Spring is coming, take a look here - property has a slight southern slope.
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Dan Flokstra
604-857-1100
$895,000
29415 SIMPSON RD.
RE/MAX ALDERGROVE
604-857-1100
SWEETHEART DEAL!
5 bedroom, 2 storey, backs on to park, on a 58’x105’ lot, on No Through Street! Close to Elementary School, new windows, new front door south exposure.
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27145 35 AVE.
LEGAL SUITE!
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604-857-1100
$1,590,000
359 - 240 ST
FANTASTIC
NEW LISTING! Call
$1,800,000
228TH-40TH AVE.
HOT NEW PRICE!
This is a knockout! 3,700 sq ft 2 storey home on 1 acre with sewer and water hook up, plus spectacular view. Completely upgraded everything including new kitchen and bathrooms, air conditioning, flooring, lighting, crown mouldings, 2” wooden blinds, plus, plus. You get the idea! Oh Yeah, plus a 25x 45 heated and air conditioned shop. Triple garage, plus, plus!
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604-857-1100
26641 FRASER HWY, ALDERGROVE • 604-857-1100
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