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Glendinning guilty ❙ robert Mangelsdorf editor Tsawwassen’s Jamiseon Glendinning pleaded guilty to three counts of indecent assault and one count of failure to appear, at Surrey Provincial Court on Wednesday. The former minor baseball volunteer was caught molesting children and subsequently fled the country. ❙ See story, P.3

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A Delta councillor is publicly questioning Delta’s share of Fraser Valley Regional Library’s budget increase, suggesting public libraries may have outlived their usefulness.

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Glendinning pleads guilty of 25 years years and six months in jail. Glendinning undergo a editor@southdeltaleader.com court-ordered psychological asTsawwassen’s Jamiseon Glend- sessment, as well as a risk assessinning pleaded guilty to three ment, prior to sentencing. counts of indecent assault and The incidents Glendinning one count of failure pleaded guilty to octo appear, at Surrey curred between 1969 Provincial Court on and 1974, and involved Wednesday. The forthree victims; two mer minor baseball boys and a girl ranging volunteer was caught in age from elementamolesting children and ry to secondary school subsequently fled the students. country.

The first of Glend“This was a welcome inning’s victims went change in circumto police in December stance,” said Crown Glendinning of 2009, and following counsel Winston an investigation by Sayson of GlendinDelta Police’s Sexual ning’s guilty plea. “There was a Offences Section, led by A/Sgt. long process of discussion with Dave Black, charges were brought defence, so it didn’t come as a against Glendinning. His arrest total surprise, but we’re very resulted in two other alleged vicpleased to not have to proceed tims coming forward afterward. [with a criminal trial].”

This past June, a warrant was Glendinning originally faced a issued for his arrest after Glendtotal of six charges relating to the inning failed to attend court in sexual offences, as well as three Surrey. He was found in Sydney, charges for breaching his bail Australia, in October, and extraconditions. As a result of Glend- dited back to Vancouver by Ausinning’s guilty plea, his victims tralian authorities, where he was will be spared having to testify in turned over to Delta Police. court.

Glendinning, 63, used to live in “They will be able to get on with Tsawwassen, and was involved their lives,” Sayson said. with the Tsawwassen Amateur Glendinning will be back in Baseball Association between court March 8 for sentencing, and 1985 and 1995, going by the name could face a maximum sentence “Rick.”

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❙ Icy conditions caused a dump truck to flip over on the Highway 17 offramp to Deltaport Way Tuesday morning. Deas Island RCMP indicated noone was injured in the accident. Adrian MacNair photo

Winter weather snarls traffic ❙ Staff writer newsroom@southdeltaleader.com

Slippery winter weather resulted in a rollover accident involving a double loader dump truck at the Deltaport offramp from Highway 17 in Tsawwassen, Tuesday morning.

Snow accumulation in South Delta along with temperatures hovering around the freezing mark has caused

dangerous driving conditions.

Delta Police officers were kept busy throughout the morning commute on Monday and Tuesday, dealing with several motor vehicle accidents and road closures.

Icy conditions caused the truck to jackknife and flip on its side at around 8:30 a.m. The truck appeared to have been empty when it overturned.

The accident caused massive backups of semi-trailers and other trucks waiting to use Deltaport Way. A Deas Island RCMP spokesman said the driver may have attempted to pass another truck and lost control. Noone was injured in the accident.

The Corporation of Delta has snow and ice advisory updates for local roads at www.delta.ca

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Students in the Delta School District are performing better than they were five years ago, according to the district’s annual student achievement contract.

The provincially-mandated report sets target areas for improving student performance, and was presented to trustees at Tuesday’s school board meeting.

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Friday, Friday, January January 18, 18, 2013 2013 South South Delta Delta Leader Leader

Councillor questions need for libraries in Delta ❙ Adrian MacNair reporter adrian@southdeltaleader.com

A Delta councillor has publicly questioned Delta’s share of the cost increase to the Fraser Valley Regional Library budget of more than $82,000 in 2013, suggesting public libraries may have outlived their usefulness.

“At the risk of having books thrown at me as I walk down the street in Ladner tomorrow, I have to wonder if libraries are going the way of the dinosaur,” he said at a municipal council meeting

Monday evening ( Jan. get of the FVRL, which 14). shares resources with Paton then wondered a dozen other regional aloud whether it makes municipalities. sense to spend mon“I’m one of these types ey on library resources that I don’t ever go into when many people have the libraries, but when I access to information do drive by the Ladner at home with personal library I say, wow, there computers and the Insure aren’t that many ternet. people in there,” he said The 2.65 per cent in- Coun. Paton in a followup interview. crease to the budget Paton said he doesn’t puts Delta on the hook think people stop to for nearly $3.2 million as its share think about how much it costs to of the just under $22 million bud- run libraries every year.

“All of a sudden I realized, wow, we’re doling out $3.2 million a year to keep our three libraries in operation, which is a pretty big chunk of change,” he said, adding the FVRL keeps asking for more money each budget.

“I’m not some library hater or anything like that. But that’s sort of your job on council, to question staff and ask if we’re getting good use out of these libraries or are there enough people using them to justify doling out $3.2 million a year.”

In the municipal report, the

$82,426 increase includes funding for a new IT systems analyst to coincide with the FVRL’s major computer system upgrades, including the Integrated Library System— a program that supports all library operations.

The entire FVRL budget is increasing 6.25 per cent in 2013, with a 20 per cent increase to Human Resources, a new library in Chilliwack, and a larger facility in Abbotsford. The library materials budget has been increased by five per cent.

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Corporation of Delta passing on water rates to farmers at cost ❙ Adrian MacNair reporter adrian@southdeltaleader.com

Delta farmers won’t notice much of a rate increase in their water bills this year, as the Corporation of Delta will pass on the Greater Vancouver water rate at cost.

According to the 2013 Utility User Rates presented to council Monday (Jan. 14), water utilities will rise 1.7 per cent in Delta, with almost no increase for farmers.

Delta will offer their agricultural water meter low rate for the first 8,000 cubic metres per quarter at the 2013 Greater Vancouver Water District (GVWD) peak water purchase rate of $0.69 per cubic metre (the cost was

$0.68 per cubic metre in 2012). After 8,000 cubic metres, the rate will rise to $1.18 per cubic metre from $1.16, while the quarterly minimum charge remains at $25 per quarter.

Coun. Ian Paton, who also sits on the Agricultural Committee for Metro Vancouver, said a couple of greenhouse growers complained about the new water rates but were not representative of farmers in general.

“We’re basically not even making a profit off it,” he said. “We’ve got to run the Corporation of Delta like a business. If you own a corner store and the guy drops off your supply of O’Henry candy bars for 68 cents, you’d be pretty stupid to sell them at 68 cents.”

Delta’s finance director Karl Preuss

pointed out that water and sewer rates used to be at par only a few short years ago, but water has since nearly doubled in cost.

“This is probably one of the lowest increases we’ve seen from Metro Vancouver for water in some time because if I remember correctly last year the increase was 14 per cent,” he said.

Another bonus for Delta farmers is that most municipalities raise water rates after the first 125 cubic metres, but in Delta it’s set at 8,000 cubic metres, a level few farms ever surpass.

Paton said he has fought for years to have a rebate program for users of large amounts of potable water on farms, but without success.

“Nobody wants to help pay to sup-

port agriculture in Delta and yet we’re providing a recreational tourism kind of industry on weekends for everybody else that lives in Metro Vancouver.”

Due to health standards in food production, Delta farmers can no longer wash vegetables in their irrigation water from ditches, which means they use far more potable water than in previous years. That includes the water cows drink on dairy farms.

Paton said Delta farmers used to be able to take crops to a facility in Richmond for washing, grading and packaging, but it has since closed down.

Water rates for residential metered homes will go up to $0.85 per cubic metre for the first 125 cubic metres

per quarter from $0.83 last year, and $1.18 per cubic metre above that level.

Tsawwassen First Nation water rates will be the same.

The bulk water meter located at Highway 17 and Tsawwassen Drive North would be allowed an additional 125 cubic metres at the low rate per quarter as this meter is now servicing 74 residences. The metered water consumption rate for the first 9,250 cubic metres per quarter would be $0.85 and $1.18 thereafter. The quarterly minimum charge would remain at $25 per quarter.

These rates are still subject to final approval by Delta council in the 2013 budget.

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Return of PST frustrates business

❙ This year’s severe flu season is prompting Fraser Health to introduce strict health protocols at care homes and assisted living facilities. South Delta Leader files

Complications over old tax system causes confusion ❙ Adrian MacNair reporter adrian@southdeltaleader.com

The provincial sales tax is set to go back into effect on April 1 following a massive public backlash and referendum on the implementation of the harmonized sales tax.

Now, less than three years after the provincial government made the switch, the return to the PST is frustrating one Delta business.

Mattias Tobias, senior project manager at International Marine Floatation Systems in Tilbury, says the process will cost them thousands of dollars.

“If we supply and install something we have to treat the PST one way and if we just supply something we have to treat it another way,” he said.

If that sounds confusing it’s probably because it is. Tobias said they’ve had issues with provincial auditors using their interpretation of each contract in a different way that makes the tax process difficult to understand.

“Our life is so easy right now because we just pass on the HST,” he said.

Under the HST companies are able to write off business inputs through their taxes—such as buying supplies or materials—whereas under the provincial

tax that expense is passed on to the consumer.

Once the PST goes back into effect, the company will have to add in the cost of the PST during an estimate.

“So, the price will go up certainly,” said Tobias. “Right now many of our clients are trying to get us to supply everything before March 31 so they can get the benefit of the HST.” One problem the company experienced under the PST was when a customer asked for a product to be supplied, but then later requested installation after they’ve already received the cost estimate. The company would then be forced with the unpleasant choice of billing the customer more or swallowing the cost of the PST. A new PST notice was issued to businesses in October providing general descriptions of transition rules for re-implementation.

The transitional rules describe how and when PST applies to transactions that straddle April 1, 2013, and should be read in conjunction with federal transitional rules for the elimination of the HST in B.C. Interactive webinars are being held from 10:30-11:30 a.m. on Jan. 22, and 24 and people can register at www.gov. bc.ca or www.PSTinBC.ca.

Masks ordered at care homes for those without flu shot Deaths abnormally high as outbreaks continue ❙ Jeff Nagel reporter newsroom@southdeltaleader.com

This year’s severe flu season is killing or hospitalizing far more elderly care home residents than usual, prompting Fraser Health to declare a health hazard and invoke special powers to protect the vulnerable.

Anyone going to a residential care or assisted living facility who hasn’t had the flu shot this year must now wear a mask and practise stringent hand hygiene while there, chief medical health officer Dr. Paul van Buynder ordered Tuesday.

The infection-prevention directive issued under the Public Health Act applies to all staff, vol-

unteers and visitors.

“We’re in the midst of an outbreak, there’s a public health risk and these are frail elderly that need to be protected,” van Buynder said.

There have been flu outbreaks at more than 20 long-term residential care homes in Fraser Health so far this year – more than twice as many as in each of the previous two years.

“The rate of people who are dying is much higher than in previous years,” van Buynder said, adding flu fatalities so far are triple the number at care homes for the last three years combined. “Well over 500 people have been ill.”

There have been more than four times the number of flu-related hospitalizations from long-term care facilities than in a typical flu season, he said.

“It doesn’t seem to be as severe in the other health authorities at

this stage. It’s a response that’s happening in Fraser because we’ve got much more activity than the others.”

Although long-term care residents are generally vaccinated against flu, van Buynder said they’re still greatly at risk because of their weak immune systems.

People who refuse to comply with the order to wear masks and wash with alcohol hand sanitizer will be turned away.

“I believe people will do the right thing,” van Buynder said.

Health-sector unions last year resisted the provincial government’s infection control policy that required workers to wear masks throughout the flu season if they refused the flu shot.

Enforcement of that initiative was put on hold for a year but Fraser Health officials say the region’s order now takes precedence.

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Friday, Friday, January January 18, 18, 2013 2013 South South Delta Delta Leader Leader

Reserve drinking water costs worry cities or forced to provide servicing to First Na- pipe and turning the tap on.” tions?”

Some Metro directors are uncomfortable newsroom@southdeltaleader.com Metro also has concerns about taking on they might be accused of opposing water Idle No More protesters aren’t the only environmental and public health liabilities, upgrades for First Nations. group opposing federal reforms to how as well as the fact it would have no powBut Daykin said most agree they must First Nations operate. er to enforce bylaws on reserves requiring pursue a fair deal on behalf of civic taxpayMetro Vancouver politicians will send water system hookups or compliance with ers. a delegation to Ottawa because they fear conservation rules.

Metro has raised concerns benew legislation will saddle local cities with There’s no date yet set for the fore over federal reforms that higher costs to provide water and sewer delegation to Ottawa but Daykin make it easier for bands to build services to Indian reserves. met with federal officials Jan. 8. condo towers or shopping cenAt issue is Bill S-8, the federal governHe was assured the bill is intres on reserve and start collectment’s proposed Safe Drinking Water for tended as a framework that must ing revenue from their largely First Nations Act. fit the entire country, and speuntapped lands.

The legislation would mandate billions cific regulations to follow will In those cases as well the conof dollars in upgrades to improve water take municipal concerns into cern is reimbursement of the quality and sewage treatment for reserves, account. cost of municipal services the where provincial water standards don’t Daykin still expects Metro to new developments would use. apply and many aboriginal families are on send the delegation before the Ralph Drew Cities want to strike compresubstandard systems.

House of Commons votes on the hensive servicing agreements The legislation applies to reserve lands, Senate-initiated bill. where bands agree to pay their but treaty First Nations can opt in – meanA federal assessment in 2009 found share of not just water and sewer, but sering it could also apply on Tsawwassen First three-quarters of B.C.’s more than 200 bands vices like firefighting, libraries, swimming Nation land or other bands that sign future had high-risk water or sewer systems. pools and parks. treaties, such as the Katzie or Tsleil WauAnd such problems are not just limited to Belcarra Mayor Ralph Drew, who also tuth. remote rural reserves. sits on the aboriginal relations committee, Metro has written to federal Aboriginal Despite being on the border of both Sur- called bill Affairs Minister John Duncan, various MPs rey and White Rock, the Semiahmoo First S-8’s goal of improving reserve drinking and other politicians arguing the bill has Nation receives water from neither – band water a “noble objective” but said Metro “significant implications” for local govern- members are on a permanent boil water and local cities must protect themselves. ment. advisory and some of their aging septic “Municipalities are more than happy to In a recent discussion paper, Metro warns fields are failing. enter into servicing agreements with First local cities could be obliged to provide waMeanwhile, Daykin notes the Kwantlen Nations, but it’s got to be on a full cost-reter and sewer to reserves with no assurance First Nation wants to hook up to water from covery basis – a level playing field,” Drew the bands would pay for the services. the City ofBCMaple Ridge and Langley said. “Municipalities do not want their taxJanuaryboth 2013 • Country Life in “We’re not going to deny anybody’s right Township to serve a band-proposed devel- payers to end up subsidizing services to to clean, safe drinking water,” said Maple opment east of downtown Maple Ridge.

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Ridge Mayor Ernie Daykin, who chairs Met“We’ve got investments in water lines, Some First Nations are also critical of the ro’s aboriginal relations committee. pumps, chlorination stations, we’ve got drinking water legislation, arguing it over“What we would like is to be consulted. people testing water,” Daykin said. “It’s not steps their aboriginal or treaty rights over Are we going to be legislated or mandated as simple as hooking up a pipe to a new their land.

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❙ Ladner artist Rosemarie Hurst has been asked to perform her album Faithfully Yours at the Chiefswood National Historic Site in honour of the 100th anniversary of the death of E. Pauline Johnson. Robert Mangelsdorf photo

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Car thefts hit South Delta Delta Police is advising car owners to exercise caution when leaving their car unattended and to remove all valuables, after a pair of car break-ins this past week.

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Hurst grew up in Ontario, and remembers visiting Chiefswood, Johnson’s home and birthplace, when she was a teenager. She says she was inspired by Johnson’s story as much as her work.

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Johnson travelled across Canada dozens of times performing her poetry live. Johnson, who’s mother was English and father was Mohawk, would perform her poems initially dressed in traditional English garb, before donning buckskin in celebration of her First Nations heritage.

“She was a courageous woman to do that at that time,” says Hurst. “It might be considered performance art today.”

Hurst says Johnson’s poems, such as The Song My Paddle Sings, both inspired and empowered her as a young artist when she was in her late teens.

tive results, and the stolen property was added to the police database.

On Tuesday, Jan. 15, a car was broken into at Ladner Trunk Road and 64th Street. Complainant called Delta Police to report her vehicle was broken into while parked on the side of the roadway. Again a neighbourhood canvass was conducted to no avail, and the items stolen were entered into the police database.

“Her writing was so romantic,” she says. “I was hooked.”

Writing music for the Johnson’s work wasn’t easy, however. Johnson’s poems don’t follow a traditional song structure, so there isn’t a chorus to work with.

Through the process of writing and recording the album, however, Hurst believes the music helped her recover from the stroke and aneurysm she suffered. “[Music] helps the brain rewire itself after it’s been damaged,” she says. Music therapy is an increasingly common treatment for neurological disorders.

Hurst was lucky enough to avoid any serious physical repercussions, and last year was presented with the Phyllis Delaney Life After Stroke Award, by Stroke Recovery B.C. • Rosemarie Hurst’s album, Faithfully Yours is available on iTunes.

Delta police continues to investigate both break-ins.

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For local artist Rosemarie Hurst, the two months she spent in hospital after suffering a stroke and a brain aneurysm in 2009 allowed her to save enough money to record an album of ballads, set to the words of famed First Nations poet, E. Pauline Johnson, entitled Faithfully Yours.

With 2013 the 100th anniversary of Johnson’s death, Hurst has been asked to perform her music by the museum dedicated to preserving and sharing Johnson’s legacy, the Chiefswood National Historic Site in Ohsweken, Ontario.

“It’s an honour,” Hurst says to have the chance to perform her work at Chiefswood this summer. “This is a

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Coal necessary, but not evil

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or more than 40 years, Westshore Terminals has been Canada’s chief coal export terminal on the West Coast. And for just as long, there have been concerns over the coal dust generated by the operation.

For good reason, too. After all, who wants to wipe off a blanket of soot from their car every morning.

Thankfully, that’s not the case. Metro Vancouver’s strict air quality guidelines require Westshore to keep the coal dust at an absolute minimum. Railcars are sprayed with a latex-water mix while roads around the terminal are sprayed with magnesium chloride. The company employs 77 ground level rain guns that will soon be replaced by 96 new units with valve control stations, a fog cannon, and six new water spray towers.

It is up to the Corporation of Delta and Metro Vancouver to be vigilant in ensuring Westshore fulfills its obligations to keep coal dust down, but the science says Westshore’s measures are working.

Thanks to Westshore’s coal dust suppression efforts and the fact it’s located four kilometres offshore, a 2005 UBC study found that coal dust from the terminal has no negative effect on the sensitive wildlife along the Roberts Bank foreshore.

But coal has a bad reputation. It’s seen as dirty and harmful, despite being non-toxic, and it seems no one wants the coal trains to run through Delta. Some want to prevent all coal exports altogether.

But are we prepared to go without the many goods that coal is used to produce, and its economic benefits?

The high quality coal exported from Westshore Terminals is used largely to produce steel used by automobile manufacturers in Asia.

That Toyota Prius in your driveway? Coal from Westshore help build that.

Then of course there’s the 200 jobs the terminal directly provides, as well as other economic spinoffs.

The fact is, Westshore Terminals in a perfect location to export coal. Because it’s in the middle of the Georgia Strait, there are no next door neighbours and it poses little threat to the environment.

Comparatively, the proposed addition of a coal terminal at the Fraser Surrey Docks, which is surrounded by residential development and adjacent to the most important salmon-spawning river in the world, makes little sense socially or environmentally.

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elta’s resident farmer on council, Ian Paton, turned heads at Monday night’s council meeting when he suggested libraries are “going the way of the dinosaur” and wondered aloud whether we need to spend $3 million each year on them.

Now, it would only be fair to fully disclose that my mother was a librarian in the City of Toronto for 15 years, even though I don’t think this biases me in any way.

And while I do not share the same passion for libraries as my mother—indeed I can see more where Paton is coming from—I have always admired her views.

The basic and fundamental principle of a free society is that the foundation to knowledge should be free. That is, access

to the wealth of information that might ordinarily be affordable only to the socioeconomically privileged be available to all.

It’s a nice principle and one I wholeheartedly agree with, which is why I believe universal public education is also a good idea.

Having said that, I can’t help but think of a joke I heard recently.

“I possess a device, in my pocket, that is capable of accessing the entirety of information known to man. I use it to look at pictures of cats and get in arguments with strangers.”

It’s funny because it’s true. Whereas libraries levelled out of the playing field prior to the invention of the iPhone, it’s a fact that practically anyone who has a smartphone can now access any information they want instantaneously. Whether they use it for practical purposes is anoth-

er matter entirely.

So, have libraries become outmoded by technology? That’s certainly up for debate.

I would argue that although the tangible benefits to libraries may seem diminishing, there is still a place in our society for their upkeep.

They provide a quiet place to visit and study for students. They allow for mothers or caregivers to get away from the house and spend time with their children in a cost effective way. And they do provide access for lower income residents and new Canadians to information otherwise not available.

But I don’t think Paton was out of line to ask whether libraries are still relevant.

Like the song goes, sometimes you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone.

❙ Adrian MacNair @adrianmacnair

Letters to the editor Public needs to get involved It was quite some time ago that the three solitudes of Delta were first recognized. It is only in recent history that our society has become polarized to the extent that it has today.

One would have to believe that we live in Delta for a reason. Whatever the reason(s) we can safely assume that we like the community and that we have hopes for the community.

Whatever those hopes may be, there will be differences in the community. However, the reasons we like or are drawn to the community would have to be for what it is or represents.

It is true that if a community does not grow it will languish. This is part of a cycle that is evident everywhere and can last anywhere from 30 years upwards. A community grows around a family cycle from parenthood through retirement. As we go through this cycle our needs from the community change. This cycle in and of itself used to be the basis for community change. Schools were augmented with senior centers and golf courses replaced tennis courts. With urban sprawl this cycle started changing, drawing people away from centers.

This can be seen to different degrees in city centers where the commercial core loses its edge to newer malls around those suburbs.

What needs to be considered in all growth is long term well-being. This is at odds with our political cycles of three to four years. As a result our growth is less based on quality of life. It is more likely based on short term financial decisions or the will/drive of a particular group/person or party.

Looking at Delta, we know there are differences in what each part of Delta represents.

As a result there will be different needs. In

the past four decades Canadians have experienced phenomenal changes. Our politicians have not necessarily been better prepared for these changes than we have ourselves. Certainly looking back we can see how bad some of these decisions around change have been.

One of the reasons is the inability of various levels of government to actually communicate as stakeholders of an overall plan.

The planned development on TFN land is a case in point. This will be a major issue with infrastructure requirements. As a result our community planning needs to be altered not only for infrastructure but subsequent issues around the needs of people populating this land. Where will they work, how will they get there, where will they shop, how and where will they be educated, etc.

What is important is that governing bodies need to be more transparent in their decision process rather than just fulfilling their legal requirements. When all or part of the community feels as though they are not heard anger flares up and polarization turns decision making into emotional arguments. Hence the Southlands argument and the debacle around the approved 37 storey structure in North Delta.

Growth is necessary. However, one needs to look at what that means for each part of the community. A blanket “growth is good” attitude is as incomplete as an attitude of “no change”. If either of these don’t take into account quality of life or community well being, that community will languish and become unhappy and thus unhealthy.

A process needs to be put in place that will honour all input without the disparaging backwash. As a community we could require

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this from our municipal council. This would avoid the general distrust and apathy we have in politics and get people really involved. Not just at the committee or public hearing levels.

A form of referendum could be required on anything as large as the Southlands or major planning decisions. If these are planned for that part of the community they involve and affect, some of our differences will be mitigated.

Lastly, we may lose half of the Council members this spring. This in itself is a situation that needs to be addressed. The way this can be dealt with is a public appeal to Council to hold off on any major decision until new councillors can familiarize themselves with the issues and process.

All this will involve expense and time. However, all major decisions incur involvement and expense. Be it consultants or staff hours or public input, these are all a part of the process. At least the process should empower the constituents, not disempower them. This will result in facilitative discussions rather than confrontational argument. It will engender trust and improve the planning process making it less costly and more effective in the long run.

This means getting involved. Getting involved means staying away from divisive language and argumentative discussion. Emotion needs to be used to create constructive dialogue. And yes, this means everyone; the press, politicians and the public! We all really want the same thing; a healthy thriving community.

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study of six northern Alberta lakes conducted by Environment Canada and other scientists was published last week, generating headlines around the world.

“Oil sands toxins ‘accumulate in freshwater systems,’” the BBC announced.

The headline in The New York Times declared: “Oil sands industry in Canada tied to higher carcinogen level.”

The study was reported with similar alarm across Canada. It looked at levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in lakebed sediment, and found levels measurably higher than natural sources since oil sands extraction began 50 years ago.

Most news reports I saw made little or no effort to put this information into context, in terms of the actual risk to humans, fish and other organisms. Some quoted people they knew would scream bloody murder, because as we in the media are taught, conflict and fear attract an audience.

As expected, U.S. environmental groups and their Canadian branch offices ramped up the rhetoric to battle their favourite villain.

At least one major Canadian newspaper, The Globe and Mail, did a responsible job. Its report on the study stated “PAH pollution level remains low – on par, at worst, with an urban lake – but is rising.”

In fact, five of six lakes tested were far below average contamination of urban lakes. PAH fallout is a daily constant of urban life, from vehicles, industry, and particularly where coal is burned for electricity.

To be clear, there are dozens of different forms of PAH. Some have been shown to increase cancer risk, and some have been linked to (but not proven to cause) infertility, immune disorders and fish mutations.

So when you drive your kids to school, stand at the bus stop, or drink a glass of water from Coquitlam Lake or any urban reservoir, you are exposed to PAH pollution from human and natural sources. The risk from this is an ongoing focus of research, but this study confirms one thing: your exposure is likely greater in any urban area than it is downwind of the Alberta oil sands.

I argued this point with B.C.’s celebrity environmentalist Tzeporah Berman, who has shuttled back and forth from ForestEthics to Greenpeace in recent years.

She took to her Facebook page to publicize a dramatic call to action from 350.org, one of the most strident climate change advocacy groups in the U.S., selectively using a quote and picture from The New York Times.

Our debate turned to greenhouse gas emissions. I argued that this PAH study mirrors the true picture of carbon dioxide emissions, which is that nearly 70 per cent of CO2 from all petroleum comes when you burn the final product in engines and furnaces. In B.C., which doesn’t burn coal for electricity, fully 40 per cent of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions are from transportation. Other sources include home heating and industry.

Berman insisted I was wrong, and claimed 70 per cent of Canada’s greenhouse gases come from “heavy industry.” I asked for her source. No response.

A 2010 report by a Royal Society of Canada expert panel calculated that 27 per cent of our country’s fossil fuel emissions come from transportation. Another 16 per cent is from fuels

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Letters to the editor Chief Spence calling Canada to account Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence with her hunger strike is fulfilling a necessary and heroic function for Canada (“Canada’s First Nations at a tipping point: Baird,” South Delta Leader, Jan. 4, 2013).

By her insistence to include the Governor General as the Queen’s representative to meet with the Prime Minister and other Chiefs, she is demonstrating the truth that First Peoples of this land through the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and pre-Confederation treaties have a nation to nation relationship with the Crown and not with Canada.

First Peoples were not partners in Canadian confederation and have never taken part in a process of entering the nation of Canada.

Instead of partnership in Canadian confederation, First Peoples were handed the Indian Act of 1876 as the ultimate colonial control of First People by Canada. How tragically ironic that the new nation of Canada achieves self-rule from colonial Britain then it acts as a colonizer to the First Peoples of this land.

Carol Vignale, Tsawwassen

The numbers game I learned something about “new math” at Delta’s December council meeting.

When staff reported the majority of communications received were against any Southlands proposal, it was revealed that the calculations included multiple submissions by individuals, which is the statistical equivalent of ballot box stuffing.

One-citizen-one-vote is still the definition of democracy and it’s important for council to know how many individuals expressed their opinion for or against, not just the totals in each type of communication. What a terrific project a new spreadsheet and accurate tally of communications would make for a

math class in South Delta! Is anyone up to the challenge? Let’s get the real facts.

Janice Wasik Tsawwassen

Delta should consider citizens’ interests Regarding the application approved

by Delta for a 37-storey highrise at Scott Road and 80th Avenue (“37-storey tower headed for North Delta,” southdeltaleader.com, Jan. 3, 2013).

It was recently announced that the Corporation of Delta’s Mayor and Council unanimously voted in favour of the profit motive and against the interests of its citizens who spoke out overwhelmingly against this monstrosity. It is very fitting that the word “Corporation” is part of the municipality’s name as it walks hand in hand with its business partners while it steps all over the little people.

Our bylaws and so-called North Delta Area Plan are no match for the shredder at city hall. This result (approval of the application) isn’t what we expected from our elected representatives who were given the task of being responsible administrators. They lack the will to represent the ordinary folk of Delta, therefore they are not deserving of being our administrators.

What they really deserve is a healthy dose of civil disobedience. When the next election comes around they won’t get my vote. Not any of them.

Jason Lewko, Delta

Port tax needed If Delta could levy a “welfare tax” or something similar to mitigate the impact on the environment, on port users, this might recoup the loss of revenue gained from the taxes previously collected from the Port Metro Vancouver.

Jim Ronback, Delta

burned for electricity. Five per cent is from oil sands operations. Berman’s figure is conveniently untrue.

Greenpeace and the rest of the environmental scare industry want you to believe that stopping Alberta’s oil sands and pipelines would save the planet.

Also wrong.

It would drive oil demand from the U.S., Venezuela’s oil sands and elsewhere, with little net effect on the climate or pollution.

• Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

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❙ Above: One of four stacker-reclaimer machines that helps Westshore Terminals manage the inventory of coal. Right: Coal cars are not covered, but are sprayed with a water-latex liquid that prevents dust from escaping. This is generally considered more effective than covering, according to Westshore’s general manager Denis Horgan. Photos submitted.

The dust up over coal Westshore Terminals says black residue found on objects is often not even coal ❙ Adrian MacNair reporter adrian@southdeltaleader.com

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he issue of coal dust in South Delta has been blowing around for a long time.

Delta councillor and farmer Ian Paton says he remembers as a kid running to the tracks to watch the first coal train rolling toward the brand new Westshore Terminals.

“The first thing we noticed was this black haze of dust coming off of each coal car as they roared through Delta on their final phase of getting to the Roberts Bank coal port,” he says.

Westshore opened in 1970 in Roberts Bank, one of the most ecologically important estuaries on the west coast of North America. The facility is a 96-hectare man-made island situated at the end of a 4.8 kilometre causeway serviced by a 20-metre deep dredged waterlot.

Paton believes coal dust from the facility is still a problem in Delta and he’s not alone.

Coal dust complaints have come as far afield as Point Roberts, and residents have complained seeing coal dust escaping the piles from the terminal in high winds, as well as the conveyor belts and returning empty trains. Paton says he used to keep his leisure boat in the Riverhouse marina but this year decided to move it to Point Roberts. Before he did, he says

people warned him he would have to clean coal dust from his boat.

“Sure enough, every time we went down to the boat each weekend, there would be this very fine film of black coal dust on the boat and you’d have to take a hose and wash it off. I thought I was dreaming but it’s really true.”

Paton says when there’s a wind from the northwest it collects coal dust from the port and deposits particles in southern Tsawwassen’s English Bluff and Point Roberts.

“You can imagine that the very fine black particles of coal dust, as the train is going through Delta or other agricultural parts of the Fraser Valley, that stuff has got to be settling on our crops,” says Paton.

Denis Horgan, general manager at Westshore Terminals, appeared before council on Monday (Jan. 14) to explain their efforts toward coal dust mitigation.

“This year has been a long, hot and dry summer which lasted into October… it pinpointed to us that there were weaknesses in our system that needed addressing,” Horgan told council.

Westshore’s dust suppression plan is governed by Metro Vancouver, which issues an air quality permit. Railcars are sprayed with a latex-water mix while roads around the terminal are sprayed with magnesium chloride.

Health officers seek voice on coal plans Medical health officers for the Lower Mainland’s two health authorities are requesting a “formal voice” in Port Metro Vancouver’s expansion plans, such as the pending decision on a proposed new coal terminal in Surrey.

The Dec. 17 letter to the port is signed by Dr. Paul van Buynder, Fraser Health’s vicepresident of public health and chief medical health officer, and his counterpart at Vancouver Coastal, Dr. Patricia Daly.

Port expansion projects can bring more air

The company employs 77 ground level rain guns that will soon be replaced by 96 new units with valve control stations, a fog cannon, and six new “Big Bertha” water spray towers at the west end of the site. Westshore will spend $7 million on those upgrades.

"Coal is a naturally occuring mineral. It is not toxic."

-Denis Horgan, Westshore Terminals Horgan says that owing to the peculiar wind patterns of the region, coal dust drift to Point Roberts can be a problem. It’s an issue Horgan says is unacceptable, but adds it isn’t harmful.

“There’s a lot of misinformation around coal. Coal is a naturally-occurring mineral. It is not toxic.”

Horgan says he’s never heard of any adverse health effects of coal dust from long-term workers at the terminal. He says the perception of coal workers are people working in underground mines and confined spaces without any ventilation when health becomes a factor.

Westshore takes the allegations of harmful coal dust seriously. David

emissions and noise, as well as increased road and rail traffic, the letter said, pointing in particular to the Fraser Surrey Docks proposal to add a new coal terminal and a proposed coal terminal expansion at Neptune Terminals in North Vancouver.

Coal trains already roll along the BNSF Railway to Westshore Terminals in Delta but more trains would go through White Rock and Delta to the proposed new terminal on the Fraser River in Surrey if it’s approved.

The letter notes Port Metro Vancouver is primarily responsible for the impacts of direct port activities, but not indirect ones, such as increased road and rail traffic in surrounding

Crook, manager of engineering and environmental services for Westshore Terminals, has been examining samples brought in by residents for decades and coal is rarely the culprit.

Using a powerful electron microscope, he has found materials are usually a combination of organic materials ranging from agricultural materials and diesel particles to fungus growth.

It’s tough to convince people that black residue isn’t coal dust because it’s a battle of perception, wrote Crook in a 1998 publication called The News Breaker.

“People see the coal piles and know the trains roll by every day and it is easy to see how the perception is that coal dust is the culprit.

“This is typically the type of result we get when we received complaints and put samples to analysis.”

Perception is often a key problem for Westshore. When their causeway was taken out by a coal freighter in a Dec. 7 shipping accident, aerial photos from media seemed to show a film of coal dust spilling into the ocean.

In fact, what people were seeing was the artificial reef created by Port Metro Vancouver as part of environmental mitigation plans for marine life.

An air quality study conducted in 2003 by the Greater Vancouver Re-

communities.

“Rail and road trafic produce air emissions, noise and risk of injury, as well as livability concerns,” the health officers’ letter says.

“The public increasingly expects health impact considerations to take a broader systems perspective.”

The Fraser Surrey Docks and Neptune proposals would boost coal shipments through Port Metro Vancouver by 14 million tonnes per year or 35 per cent.

Opponents object to the port’s ability to approve the projects internally, without consent of any other agency and with minimal public input.

gional District (now Metro Vancouver) after complaints from residents determined that inhaled particles of coal dust were well below the most stringent health requirement standards.

Air samplers set up at three locations in Tsawwassen found that coal dust makes up less than one per cent of all dust content, and was consistent with air quality measurements taken in other GVRD communities.

That study revealed most black coal-like substances put under a microscope were actually “carbonaceous particles” most likely from wood burning, or else mould, pollen, or topsoil.

Gasoline and diesel emissions from vehicles still constitutes the greatest levels of air pollution, according to the study. One theory of combating the problem is to plant more trees that absorb carbon emissions.

A UBC study conducted by Ryan Johnson and R.M. Bustin of coal dust in the marine environment around the Westshore marine terminal between 1977 and 1999 revealed the concentration of coal particles “increased substantially” from a mean concentration of 1.8 per cent to 3.6 per cent over the 22-year period. The study noted, however, that the dispersal distance of coal had not increased, only the abundance of coal in the existing sediment.

Climate activists who don’t want U.S. coal to get to market in Asia also hope to block the projects and are also fighting new coal export terminals proposed in Washington State.

Port Metro Vancouver officials aren’t yet promising any changes in response to the health officers’ request.

Director of planning and development Jim Crandles said the Neptune and Fraser Surrey Docks environmental reviews already underway consider potential risks to human health.

“The very things they talk about in their letter are being reviewed under the process,” he said.

-Jeff Nagel, Black Press

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Friday, Jan. 18 • Ladner Tri-city aglow fellowship meets at Kinsmen House (beside library), 5050 47A Ave, from 7 to 10 p.m. Speaker is Lorraine Bastien, National Director of the Israel Education and Mandate Development, Aglow International Canada, and Danyele Bloom, National President of Aglow Canada. For more info, visit www. aglow.org

• french classes for adults organized by Parent advisory Council of Public French School/ Ecole Bois-Joli in Tsawwassen begin Jan. 21.

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• Parkinson’s Support Group meets at 11 a.m. at KinVillage. The group is for those who either have Parkinson’s disease, or live/help someone who does. For more info call 604-943-8350.

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• Delta libraries celebrate Family Literacy with special guest readers from the Delta Police Department and the Delta Fire and Emergency Services participating at story time at Ladner Pioneer Library at 10:30 a.m.

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• Delta friends of the Library meets at 2:30 p.m. at the Ladner Pioneer Library, 4683 – 51 Street, Delta. The Delta Friends of the Library is an organization of volunteers who initiate fund-raising activities and lend support to the three Delta libraries as needed.

Wednesday, Jan. 23 • Learn how to load library books onto your eReader on Wednesday, January 23, 7 – 8:30 pm in a eBook Workshop at the Tsawwassen Library, 1321A 56th Street, Delta.

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“I like to put [dark] chocolate in it but that’s probably not a good idea,” she confesses, laughing.

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Granola is a particularly healthy food because almonds are fruit are high in protein and Vitamin E, Crouch says.

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Friday, Friday, January January 18, 18, 2013 2013 South South Delta Delta Leader Leader

Council approves new CUPE contract Deal made in late December approved by councillors Monday night

The deal, which was agreed to on Dec. 19 and ratified by CUPE members Jan. 9, will see salaries rise 1.25 per cent retroactive to 2012, 1.75 per cent in 2013 and 2014, and 2 per cent in 2015.

It also sets standardization of hours of work for municipal hall staff from 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. with a half hour lunch break and non-standard hours for Delta Community Animal Shelter staff in order to provide round-theclock coverage.

The wage increases negotiated for CUPE staff are the same as

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Council has approved a new four-year collective agreement between the Corporation of Delta and CUPE Local 454 that will see marginal wage increases in each of the next four years.

those reached by the City of New Westminster, City of Burnaby and City of Vancouver.

CUPE employees had been without a contract since Dec. 31, 2011, and negotiations lasted nearly all of 2012 until a senior mediator with the Labour Relations Board of B.C. was brought in to break the gridlock.

The new contract guarantees labour peace until at least Dec. 31, 2015.

CUPE 454 represents approximately 850 workers employed by the Corporation of Delta.

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Delta’s new Collection Schedule App allows users to set customized reminders in advance of their collection day as well as one-time events including spring clean-up and free compost week.

With the app, mobile device users also have access to a full range of information about Del-

ta’s residential garbage and recycling programs, including the Green Can program and the new mattress recycling voucher program.

Other special features of the app include a search function that lets residents quickly determine how to dispose of and recycle a variety of items as well as a report-a-problem function to report missed collections, illegal dumping and more.

“The new mobile app is a great way to help residents remember

their collection date and also connect with us by reporting missed collections or finding the latest information about our collection program,” said Mayor Lois E. Jackson in a press release Wednesday. “We want to make recycling and green can collection as easy as possible to encourage greater participation and we hope this app will help with that.”

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During counselling with my partner, the counsellor made reference to 4 Horses or 4 Horsemen. Our relationship has since ended & I’m left wondering what on earth Horses have to do with a relationship in turmoil?

Great question! Psychologist Dr. John Gottman used the term, “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” (symbolized in the New Testament as events occurring at the end of time) as a metaphor describing hostile communication styles that may predict the end of a relationship.

Namely: 1) Criticism: blaming, verbal attacks or negative labels on our partner’s character; 2) Contempt: use of sarcasm, cynicism or bodylanguage (i.e. eye-rolling) to indicate disgust; 3) Defensiveness: turning it back on our partner to deflect a potential truth (i.e. OUR responsibility or role in a given problem/situation, etc.); and, 4) Stonewalling: it’s more than just avoiding a conflict - it’s shutting down or shutting our partner out completely.

Gottman views Contempt as the worst of the 4 Horsemen because it signifies disdain, disgust or a deep aversion for the other person.

Contempt in a relationship blatantly indicates that one person deems the other as unworthy or undeserving of respect, often resulting in a hostile or toxic environment.

Take inventory of your own communication style in your relationships & perhaps you’ll find that one or more of these ‘4 Horses’ can be put out to pasture.

Relationship Series Part 2: To Be Continued in the February Issue

for Christmas. Will listening to music through the earbuds damage my hearing?

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Q: Do I need a Power of Attorney?

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A Power of Attorney (PoA) gives the right to someone else to manage your money and financial matters if you can’t, either because you are not physically able (out of the country) or suffering from mental infirmity. EVERY adult should set up a PoA. If you don’t and tragedy happens – an accident or illness or the onset of age-related dementia – you would be faced with a difficult problem: Either someone will have to go through an expensive court application to be appointed your representative (committee), or your finances will be taken over by the Public Trustee. A PoA is inexpensive to set up, and can be controlled so that your named representative does not get power until and unless it is needed. Your attorney should be someone who you trust, and ideally the same age or younger (younger persons can appoint their parents temporarily). It is especially important between husbands and wives who own property together; if one is unable to sign, the other cannot sell the house if they need to. We are all living longer but may lose mental capacity; a PoA is just as important as a will.

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What a wonderful question. It also brings with it more questions. So the first priorities we look at are your budget and your time constraints. Let’s break it down into how fast you want to achieve a new look and what are you willing/able to spend. Will you be doing the work yourself or hiring others to do it for you? (Perhaps some of each depending on budget and time) Sometimes all that is needed is a quick do over with fresh paint, or a fabulous accent wall of exotic wallpaper, new pillows and a few accessories. In other areas it may be a statement piece, that special something with the ‘Wow Factor’.

Jana Walker

In other instances maybe that sad old kitchen or bathroom has had their day, perhaps the master bedroom really could be turned into a welcome home refuge. In which case it’s time to renovate! Now I have mentioned this before but it cannot be emphasized enough. Please hire a professional.

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We noticed over the holidays that our grandparents could use help at home. How do we begin a discussion about assistance?

Family gatherings, like Christmas, can often be times when siblings recognize a change in their parents/ grandparents abilities.

When regular visits aren’t possible, any change may seem abrupt.

It’s key to see how they’re managing on their own – maybe slower, or differently, but are they still meeting their needs? Are they cooking, cleaning, getting out, socializing?

Timing is everything. Engaging your elders in a sensitive, respectful way is the first step to opening a positive conversation. Be mindful of the environment when initiating a dialogue to relieve any unintentional threat - pick neutral territory.

Be clear on your own motivations and gently express your concerns for their well-being. Ask them about their concerns, listen to what they have to say… and even more to what they don’t. There may be unspoken fears, like a feeling of getting “put away’ or losing their independence.

We suggest the purchase of a gift certificate to help introduce services. This allows the recipient to get comfortable with the idea and enjoy the benefits without feeling obligated. Call HoneyDo for gift certificates on sale now.

new portable MP3 player through earbuds as long as you abide by the 120/60 rule. The rule states that it is safe to listen to your music for 120 minutes a day at 60% volume which will give you half of your daily dose of music exposure. Music exposure from iPods and other MP3 players can be potentially damaging because the listener tends to raise the volume over the environmental noise. Using isolation earphones will lessen the environmental noise and allow you to keep the MP3 player volume at a safer listening level. My advice: Protect your hearing and continue to enjoy music. If you have any other hearing related questions feel free to call me at the Connect Hearing Tsawwassen clinic at 604-948-2821.

I recently injured my right knee and low back playing soccer and sustained a mild concussion. I’ve had trouble sleeping ever since and several friends have recommended craniosacral therapy. It sounds like something to do with the skull, how can this help my knee, back and sleeping problems?

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Yes, craniosacral therapy does involve manipulation of the skull and spine. Skull bones are gently leveraged in order to straighten the inner dural membrane of the skull. The dural tube which houses the spinal cord is accessed through the spineous processes. This improves nerve conduction and can be extremely beneficial for nerve pain such as ‘sciatica’ as the mobilization can help clear misalignments and pain.

CST is not limited to the spine and skull as the name suggests.

Soft tissue and bones in the entire body can be unravelled in this same gentle manner. This includes feet, hands, arms, legs and joints through out the body. It even includes the mouth, teeth and jaw.

As far as your sleep issues go, CST is similar to rebooting a computer. By shutting down the cerebrospinal fluid flow the body gets a chance to restart. The body can then leave a state of ‘fight or flight’ and transition into a calmer relaxed mode where proper sleep function is restored. Any injury, if too great for the body to dissipate will leave the body stressed. In fact any type of stress or sleeping disorders can have remarkable benefits from craniosacral treatment.

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New ID cards to prevent health fraud ❙ Tom Fletcher reporter newsroom@southdeltaleader.com

The B.C. government is rolling out its new high-tech medical services cards starting Feb. 15, in an effort to phase out millions of CareCards in the hands of non-residents.

The new cards will be combined with the B.C. driver’s licence, with a similar “BC Services Card” available to those who don’t drive. Residents will be required to re-enrol to renew the card every five years, whether they drive or not.

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Qualified residents can enrol in the Medical Services Plan at any provincial office that issues driver’s licences. There is no fee for the health services card only. The current $75 fee for a five-year driver’s licence renewal will apply to the new combined cards, discounted to $17 for seniors.

There is no requirement to get the new card until your driver’s licence needs to be renewed. The government’s plan is to change over all eligible B.C. residents between the ages of 19 and 74 to the new cards over the next five years.

To be eligible for MSP coverage, you must be a citizen or approved permanent resident of

Canada, living in B.C. at least six months of the year. Dependents must also be residents to be eligible for coverage.

The health ministry announced the new card program in May 2011, after a review showed there were up to 9.1 million B.C. CareCards in circulation. The total population of B.C. is 4.5 million.

Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid said the new card is designed to comply with B.C.’s information and privacy law, which restricts how personal data can be used and shared.

That means ICBC and police have no access to medical files, and hospitals and medical offices have no access to driving records.

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Q: What are some naturopathic considerations during the cold and flu season?

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A healthy immune system is a key aspect to cold and flu prevention.

I believe the most proactive approach involves supporting the immune system at the onset of cold and flu season with the goal of avoiding them altogether.

Common naturopathic approaches aimed at strengthening the immune response to unavoidable exposure to cold and flu viruses involve nutritional, botanical and homeopathic remedies.

The therapeutic goal of a treatment plan utilizing this naturopathic approach is to prime the immune system to fight an increased exposure to cold and flu viruses and thus prevent infection.

Another key aspect of a healthy immune response is a decrease in the frequency, duration and severity of symptoms if acquiring a cold or flu proves to be unavoidable.

Other therapeutic considerations in regards to immunity involve assessment of key physiological systems having an influence on immune health including endocrine and digestive health.

Imbalance in endocrine or digestive health could help explain why some individuals experience a less effective immune response. Resulting in an increase in frequency, duration and severity of cold and flu compared to others with similar exposure.

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Applications are not only games; they can help to enrich and personalize your smartphone by adding more possibilities. There are applications for just about every situation and task you can think of.

Social Facebook (free): See what friends are up to, share updates, photos, and videos.

Facebook Messenger (free): Reach your facebook friends on their smartphone, feature phone, or desktop computer.

Communication Skype (free): Send instant messages, voice or video calls on Skype users for free and regular numbers at a low rate.

WhatsApp ($0.99): A super popular cross-platform messaging program for instant messages, audio notes, and video messages for free to other WhatsApp users.

Productivity 30/30 (free): A simple, attractive task manager that budgets your time efficiently throughout the day.

Mint.com (free): Allows you to track, budget, and manage your money all in one place.

Google Chrome (free): Browse and search the internet fast and bring import your history and bookmarks from your home computer.

All these applications are available on either the Google Play Store or the Apple Apps Store.

For all your application questions or for information on all things tech come see us at Solution Co!

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What happens if we fail to pass a three quarter vote exempting the strata corporation from the depreciation report requirement?

A:

Normally, an exemption, if desired, would be voted on at an annual general meeting. It may also be done by calling a special general meeting.

The vote should always be conducted well in advance of the next deadline for obtaining a depreciation report. The regulation specifies three such deadlines or triggers: 1. December 13, 2013 (two years after the legislative requirement came into force); 2. Three years after your last valid depreciation report was obtained; and 3. Eighteen months after any previously passed three quarter vote to exempt.

The eighteen month time frame allows six months to complete a depreciation report if an exemption passes one year but fails at the next AGM. HOW LONG IS A DEPRECIATION REPORT GOOD FOR? The regulation specifies that a new report must be obtained three years after the last one. These subsequent reports may be less expensive than the original baseline report as some of the information and modeling will only require updating. However, the new report must still include on-site visual inspections and cover at least 30 years from that date. Be aware that, in addition to your assets having aged since the last report, interest rates, inflation rates, and the cost of items and labour will likely have changed.

Some experts advise that depreciation reports should cover the entire expected life of the building rather than the minimum 30 years required.

Such a report may be no more expensive and would give the strata corporation better information to use in planning, saving and equitably allocating costs between present and future owners.

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We currently have a wood-burning fireplace with brick facing and a mantel. We are planning to install a gas insert. What steps should we follow if we want to update the fireplace surround and mantel?

To best prepare for this project two things should happen.

First, do not remove the brick facing. This is what the manufacturers expect to be in place when they designed, tested, and approved their inserts. The existing fireplace and chimney must maintain the standards set by the Fire Code ensuring the heat generated by the new insert will be managed safely by the existing fireplace. If you have a rough rock face then speak with a mason about its removal and prepare to replace it with a standard brick in advance of finishing the fireplace.

Second, you should be ready to make a decision on the style, size, and model of fireplace insert. Having the manufacturer’s specifications for the insert will give you clearances for combustible and non-combustible materials. Plan to use tile and/or stone material on the face brick immediately around the opening while the specifications will clarify mantel details. For example, our most popular insert requires a height of 44” for a 12” deep mantel when measured from the hearth whereas choosing a less efficient unit from the same manufacturer will allow the 12” deep mantle to be at a height of 37”.

We always invite our customer to come by our showroom with pictures, dimensions and some ideas of what they would like as a finished project so that we can assist in the planning and selection of your new insert.

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The Delta Secondary Pacers downed their South Delta rivals 75-45 Tuesday night in senior boy’s basketball, giving DSS the 2-1 edge in their third meeting at the annual Stebbings-Murray Cup. Pacers’ guard Bowen Bakken shot 13 points and picked up eight rebounds on the night, while guard Andrew Jones and forward Sam Evanson chipped in 12 points each.

“I would call it a competitive game but it was pretty clear early on that they are the better team,” said Devils’ coach James Johnson.

But Johnson said their post standout Nolan Sullivan and forward Gord Nicholson played well throughout the game, giving credit to his team for their effort.

“We could have prepared better, there’s no doubt,” said Johnson. “I think if we saw them again there’s some things we would do differently, but at the end of the day they’re bigger, they’re stronger, and they’re definitely more athletic than we are.”

The two schools have an intense rivalry, said Johnson, adding it was a physi-

cal affair with quite a bit of talking back and forth, especially since most players all know one another from years of South Delta basketball games.

The Sun Devils won the first Cup, while the Pacers got even in the rubber match last year in an 80-77 overtime nailbiter.

Former coaches and Delta Sports Hall-of-Famers Bob Stebbings and Neil Murray were on hand to present the trophy afterward, which Johnson said was nice because both men are still quite active in the community and are responsible for the development of basketball in South Delta.

“They have such a strong connection with coaches that are there,” said Johnson.

“I’ve known Bob for a lot of years.”

It’s still only midway through the basketball season, with the Sun Devils still looking for their first win (0-3) in the Fraser Valley South West division, while the Pacers are sitting sixth (3-2-1) in the top half of the 11-team division.

Both teams are back in action Jan. 22, as the Pacers take on Tamanawis Secondary at home, while the Sun Devils are in North Delta.

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❙ delta ice hawk Spencer Schoen lays a hit on a member of the mission City outlaws tuesday night. Jim Kinnear photo

ice hawks thump outlaws The Ice Hawks made short work of the Mission City Outlaws at home Tuesday night, thumping the visitors by a score of 6-2.

With the win the local junior B hockey club pulls within two points of the conference-leading Richmond Sockeyes.

The Ice Hawks opened up a 4-0 lead in the first period Tuesday and never looked back as they outshot the Outlaws 44-28.

Brent Cherptyk returned from a six-game suspension, and quickly made his presence felt with a pair of goals and first star honours.

Jeremy Gossard was named the game’s second star with two goals, while Kolten Grieve was third star with a goal and an assist. Alexander Ahnert stopped 26 of 28 shots he faced.

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The first will take place on Feb. 6 at the Delta Burnaby Hotel and Conference Centre. The Legends of Housing event will include a panel of residential construction industry leaders including David Podmore of Concert Properties, Peeter Wesick of Wesgroup and Ward McAllister of Ledingham McAllister discussing where they think the housing industry is going and their experiences in the industry, followed by a question and answer session. The session will be moderated by urban design specialist Bob Ransford of Counterpoint Communications.

The GVHBA will also announce the finalists for the 2013 Ovation Awards at the event, which is also the first dinner meeting of the year. Tickets can be purchased on the GVHBA website until Feb. 4.

The next big event in the GVHBA calendar is the BC Home and Garden Show on Feb. 20 to 24. The association hosts the GVHBA Pro Renovation + Design Centre every year, showcasing before and after photos of professional renovations by member companies. You are also able to book a free consultation with a renovation or design professional.

The event will take place at BC Place, with tickets available on the day or at www.bchomeandgardenshow.com. While you’re there, you can see photos of the finalists for the Ovation

Awards, and cast your vote for the People’s Choice Award, which will be handed out for the first time this year. The ceremony will take place in April.

The show features more than 425 local experts in all aspects of home ownership, from renovation to organization, appearances by HGTV celebrities like Sarah Daniels of Urban Suburban and tons of tips for outdoor living and gardening.

The third big event of the next few months is the annual First-Time Home Buyer Seminar on March 19 at the Bell Performing Arts Centre in Surrey. The seminar is the largest of its kind in North America and is always popular. Admission is free, though preregistration is required on the GVHBA website and attendees are asked to bring an item for the Surrey Food Bank.

“Our experts will help first-time buyers consider all available options and important issues before they take that critical first step onto the property ladder,” says GVHBA CEO Bob de Wit. “Real estate continues to be a hot topic in this region, so seminar attendance is expected to be as many or greater than the 750 young people who attended last year’s event.”

The seminar will cover a wide range of topics, including

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The Greater Vancouver Home Builders’ Association will hold its annual First-Time Home Buyer Seminar on March 19. It will feature a panel of experts ready to answer your questions, above. The BC Home and Garden Show will take over BC Place next month. It will feature the GVHBA Pro Renovation + Design Centre, below, where you can see photos of gorgeous renovations.

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The Delta Secondary Pacers downed their South Delta rivals 75-45 Tuesday night in senior boy’s basketball, giving DSS the 2-1 edge in their third meeting at the annual Stebbings-Murray Cup. Pacers’ guard Bowen Bakken shot 13 points and picked up eight rebounds on the night, while guard Andrew Jones and forward Sam Evanson chipped in 12 points each.

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A Delta councillor is publicly questioning Delta’s share of Fraser Valley Regional Library’s budget increase, suggesting public libraries may have outlived their usefulness.

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