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City to chase dog owners for licences Grant Granger

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A First Nations drum group performs during the Idle No More event held at Douglas College’s New Westminster campus on Tuesday.

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The Idle No More First Nations movement arrived at Douglas College’s New Westminster campus on Tuesday. At a rally organized by the Douglas Students’ Union, speakers called for the federal government to abandon its omnibus Bill C-45 that many First Nations leaders believe

Dangeli grew up in Metlakalta, do to First Nations rights and Alaska on Annette Island just south lands, as well as to the environment. of Ketchikan while her husband It has spread across the country Mike was raised a short distance and also received international away on land that straddled the attention with solidarity protests U.S.-Canadian border. They now supporting the cause in the United live in Burnaby. States, Stockholm, London, Berlin, “These huge (omnibus) bills bury Auckland and Cairo. the issues,” said Mique’l. “It took meticulous reading The Idle No More Movement by those four women to realize was started in Saskatoon in the implications,” Dangeli told November by Jessica Gordon, the audience of about 200 in the Sylvia McAdam, Sheelah McLean Douglas College atrium. and Nina Wilson to call attention 4x1.25_bottle_depot_ad_final.pdf 1 12-03-05 1:20 PM to the damage the legislation could see ‘THEY’RE SELLING OUR LAND’, A3

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will pave the way for pipelines and other infringements on native land, native rights and the environment throughout the country. “This act is pretty much going to erase all of our strides as aboriginal people,” Mique’l Dangeli, a UBC doctoral student doing a PhD in First Nations studies, told the gathering. “They pretty much clear the way for Enbridge to exploit our lands without consultation with the First Nations especially on our reservations.”

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New Westminster is going to sic some extra staff on canine owners to increase dog licence revenue. City council has approved a request from its staff to hire four people from May to September to canvass residences to sell licences to those dog owners who don’t have them, as well as educating them and collecting data. Engineering manager Jim Lowrie told council during Monday’s budget discussions, the city estimates about 34 per cent of households in the city have dogs that are licensed, which is low compared to other municipalities in the region. The extra workers are budgeted to cost $51,000 and bring in $67,000 for a net gain of $16,000. In addition to the extra revenue, by canvassing the city expects it will be able to get a better handle on the actual dog population and its composition. Coun. Chuck Puchmayr thinks other less costly methods to increase dog licences could be used instead. He suggested “aggressive” signage in dog parks, putting peer pressure on dog owners and “bold” mailings sent to homes and newspaper ads. Please see THREE, A3

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LOWER TWELFTH STREET DESIGN GUIDELINES OPEN HOUSE Detailed design guidelines for Twelfth Street (from Stewardson Way to Fourth Avenue) have been prepared, focusing on future improvements to sidewalks, parking and traffic lanes, landscaping, street furniture, transit facilities, lighting, utilities, bicycle lanes and Greenway and Gateway features. The detailed design guidelines were endorsed in principle by Council in November 2012 and can be accessed from the Twelfth Street link at: www.newwestcity.ca/neighbourhoodplans Paper copies of the report can also be made available on request. To learn more about the design guidelines, and to provide us with your feedback, an Open House will be held: Date: Thursday, February 28th, 2013 Time: 6:00-8:00 pm Information Displays: 6 pm / Presentation and Discussion: 7 pm Location: Calvary Worship Centre (Front Entrance) 260 Twelfth Street, New Westminster

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Currently, Puchmayr said, many dog owners with licences are too intimidated to say anything to those who don’t have them. “I don’t support going door to door. It would be cheaper to do [signage and mailings] now and then look at somebody physically going around in 2015,” said Puchmayr. “We need to seriously look at whether this is really important right now.” But he was alone in that sentiment on council. Coun. Betty McIntosh said there are so many unlicensed dogs in the city it is necessary to have the one-toone contact to get the compliance rate up. Although that got the green light, another request from the parks, culture and recreation department to hire a public art coordinator was shot down. While public art has been part of the city’s arts strategy since 2008, most of the work has been

done off the side of staff desks, “with a wing and a prayer,” to some degree of success, said department head Dean Gibson. “Attempts to move forward have been somewhat frustrated because we don’t have the staff to move forward on those issues,” Gibson told council. He said the efforts of arts and culture development manager Greg Magirescu and another staff member are limited because there’s not enough hours to devote to it. “It’s not sustainable over the long term,” said Gibson. Staff proposed the money come out of the public art reserve which is about $135,000 a year. But no councillor would back the request.

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A proposal to hire a public art coordinator in the city has been turned down by city council, so the city’s arts and culture manager Greg Magirescu and another staff member will continue to work on public art along with their other duties.

“I can’t support this right now in view of everything we already have going on in the arts area,” said Puchmayr. Gibson was asked by council to report back on the implications of their decision to defer the position to future budgets. Council also approved a $55,000 cost of hiring another custodial person for the police building. Although the new office is nearly twice the size of the previous one there has been little increase in its cleaning services. “[While it] can survive for a period of time at a reduced level, it is not sustainable in the long run and crucial areas will begin to suffer,” said a report to council. The police also got a positive response to a proposal to add an

information technology position, a forensics officer and another officer to work with a mental health team. The three positions would cost $257,000, but since the city has had a reduction of $217,000 in its Integrated Homicide Investigation Team fees, the net hit to the city’s budget for the three jobs would only be $40,000. Finance director Gary Holowatiuk told council annual revenue from digital billboards, which will become operational in 2013, are expected to range from $1 million to $1.6 million. What to do with that money in the long run is still to be determined, but council did decide any revenue from 2013 would go toward debt repayment. Before the city’s five-year financial plan is adopted, the public will have a chance to comment on it at an evening council meeting in March with final approval in late March. twitter.com/lonegrangerbnw

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Dangeli’s husband Mike, an artist, carver, dance group leader and business manager, said the legislation should concern everybody because Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government wants to be able to make moves however the Conservative majority sees fit. “They’re getting rid of protected lakes and streams to make way for pipelines,” said GRANT GRANGER/NEWSLEADER Mike, whose powerful voice and Organizers of the Idle No More event at Douglas College’s New Westminster loud drum boomed throughout campus, Madison Paradis-Woodman, the cavernous atrium as he spoke, Sheena Wong and Sonia Keshane. and performed a traditional

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While the New Westminster Chamber of Commerce applauded the provincial government committing to a balanced budget for 2013, the city’s MLA wasn’t clapping her hands. Finance Minister Mike De Jong presented the budget in the legislature on Tuesday which included raising the corporate income tax from 10 to 11 per cent and an increase in personal income tax for those earning more than $150,000 to help balance the books. The chamber was happy with De Jong’s commitment but with a reservation. “We are pleased to see that our small business community will not see an increase in taxation,” said incoming chamber president Christine Conway in a press release.

“What concerns us if it were in power. more [than the one “We’ll see. It would per cent corporate tax be a goal over a hike] is the financial lifetime of an NDP impact the return to government, but there [a provincial sales tax are services that need on April 1] will have to be maintained for on our businesses and people, and we’ll be the lack of any costing them mention of it in out,” said Black. today’s budget.” She went on to The balanced say the Liberals budget are a tired pronouncement government gave New who has run black Westminster out of ideas MLA Dawn Black a with a priority of feeling of déjà vu from getting reelected and four years ago. not meeting the needs “I reflect back on of New Westminster the 2009 pre-election and British Columbia budget when they residents. The budget, said there was only Black said, seriously be a maximum $495 underestimates the million deficit and expenditures needed to then right after the pay for health care and election we discovered education. there was a $2 billion “That’s how they deficit, so it’s pretty come up with hocus hard for the Liberals to pocus to say they have have credibility on a a balanced budget,” balanced budget,” said said Black. “There is the Black, who will not no effort to address job run in the scheduled training, no reinvesting election in May. in land base such as Black couldn’t say forestry to make up if the NDP would aim for lack of action and for a balanced budget nothing to address

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OPINION NEWSLEADER’S VIEW:

Tax hikes echo NDP The BC Liberal government’s plans to boost income taxes on business and high-income earners takes a page out of the NDP opposition’s plans, and makes sense. The NDP plan called for the corporate tax rate to go to 12 per cent, where it stood in 2008. The BC Liberals are boosting it to 11 per cent on April 1. The provincial government also will impose a higher personal income tax rate on individuals with incomes of $150,000 or more. Their provincial income taxes will rise 2.1 per cent to 16.8 per cent, as of Jan. 1, 2014. Both tax increases are necessary at this time, given the province has been running large deficits, at least partly because of much lower natural gas prices, which have affected government revenues. The province is claiming it will balance the budget in 201314, largely because it plans to sell more than $600 million in surplus property. Given that the real estate market has softened somewhat, that is probably an optimistic figure. There is nothing wrong with selling surplus properties, but there are probably too many properties on this list. The province is also boosting MSP premiums again next year. This is completely unfair to moderate income earners, who don’t get the exemption from paying premiums that goes to lowincome people. This will be the fifth year in a row for increased premiums which will have jumped 28 per cent since 2008. This budget is crafted with the May 14 election in mind, and while its revenue assumptions may be sound, as economist Tim O’Neill asserted on Monday, it is very much a political document, designed to convince wavering voters the BC Liberals are competent money managers. By adopting part of the NDP platform, the Liberals may have unintentionally telegraphed that the NDP too has good fiscal ideas. ~ Black Press

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In praise of a wandering spirit I met a young woman named Faye the other day. She was enchanting, but not in the way you’d think. We were outside the River Market and she was unlocking the bike next to mine. We chatted. Nice day, isn’t it? Yes, yesterday was even sunnier. She said she’d contemplated a ride out to Abbotsford the day before and I asked, in a roundabout way, what would possess you to do that? The sun, for one thing, she said. But this is her life. She wakes up in the morning and decides where to ride her bike, who she’ll visit. Occasionally she’ll pick up a little work while she’s there— landscaping and the like. She has lots of friends scattered around the region, she said. And, judging by her easy smile and the way we fell into a comfortable conversation, I’m sure she makes new ones wherever she goes. To look at her, she isn’t scruffy in the way you might imagine someone riding a bike around

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the region might look. Yet she is doing something we’re more accustomed to scruffy folks doing. Wandering. Now that’s a loaded word. “Driven” is a word we use to flatter. “Wandering” sounds inefficient, lost even, or at least off course, right? Faye says people get anxious when they hear about her lifestyle these days. But where are you going? they ask. She shrugs. How long are you going to do this for? Another shrug, and a sweet, mischievous smile that kind of says ‘crazy, I know.’ She admits she’s not immune to the pull of this mindset too, the push to get back into the grooves society digs for us—the pursuit of the house, the car, the career

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track, the kids—the grooves that, some days, feel more like ruts. And can you believe it, she’s not even blogging about her experience! So what’s it all for, then? What is “driving” her to, um, not be driven? Faye says she’s been doing this about a year. Before that she took a trip to Costa Rica and like many young people before her, she saw a way of living that challenged everything she’d grown up with. The people there had so little, materially, yet seemed to have so much in terms of community. They spent a lot more time focused on coming together, she told me, and less time working and stressing about achievement and our ideas of success. When I was in my 20s the idea of doing what Faye is doing would have made me queasy. I’ve always liked to know where the path is. The plan. Exploring? Sure. But wandering? Yikes. But meeting people like Faye can be energizing and stimulating. Her journey, her courage and her willingness to

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embrace the unknown—are inspiring. She admits she won’t be doing this forever. One day her wandering will cease. And yes, she’s 20-something, and to a degree wandering is something many of her peers do. Few take it this far, though. When Faye and I finished chatting down by the river, I encouraged her to call if she passed this way again. Maybe we could have coffee and talk more. About a week later I returned to my office after an interview. She’d left a message. “At the River Market again, until three thirty. Come out if you’d like to meet up.” I’d missed her. And maybe that’s for the best. The image I’d created in my mind of Faye’s life would remain intact. One of romance and adventure, and continuous discovery. No fears or anxieties about making money for food. No blisters, and no nagging questions about where it will all lead in the end.

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is adequately fed and living in a warm home with intellectual nourishment. It would eliminate the rat race that most people suffer; it would be much quieter and more civilized. The same billions of dollars that the oil and gas industry wants to spend on oil and gas could get us to this state, and provide lots of “green” jobs in the process. This will require government to provide leadership and incentives since the neo-liberal policies so loved by the plutocracy will not get us there. Who is willing to lead us there? David Huntley, Burnaby

Not deliberately excludiNg victims Re: Woodlands cutoff date is at current government’s discretion (Letters, NewsLeader, Feb. 13) I wanted to address a letter from the NDP’s Dawn Black in which a choice was made to use personally negative attacks against me, rather than accept my appeal to stop putting victims of abuse in the middle of political agendas. This appeal came in the wake of NDP leader Adrian Dix’s press conference in New Westminster regarding the ongoing Woodlands residential school class-

action lawsuit where, instead of offering a clear vision for British Columbia’s future, he attempted to rewrite the past and broke his promise to rise above petty politics by questioning the morals of the current government’s cabinet. One of the key points in his language that day was to falsely claim that the current government is deliberately excluding some victims from joining the suit—this is simply untrue. What is true however, is that in order to finally move the class-action forward in the courts, clarity regarding the jurisdiction of the law being applied to was required. A panel of five judges all agreed that the BC Crown Proceedings Act, which happened to be authored by an NDP government, was written with the clear intent of excluding claimants’ cases which happened prior to Aug. 1, 1974. To them, there was no debate in the way to apply the law when cases such as this come before the courts. That said, there have been out-of-court settlements reached in older cases, such as the ones Jericho School for the Deaf students opted for. Hector Bremner BC Liberal Candidate for New Westminster

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Who will chart green future? Last week a gathering of practising engineers and UBC engineering students were addressed by Jim Shepard, former CEO of Canfor, who in June 2011 was appointed as senior policy advisor to Premier Christy Clark. His first message was that when a system is not functioning properly one first finds out what its present state is, and then determines what you would like its state to be. Then you figure out how to get there. Applying this to the current situation, we find our climate is one that is heading out of control, and that what we want is to return to previous conditions and a sustainable environment. Expanding the oil and gas industries and building oil and gas pipelines are exactly the wrong thing to do. They will hasten global warming and will make the oceans even more acidic. The money spent on them will be billions of dollars and those putting in that investment will expect to get profits for many decades to come. The long-term jobs they would bring would be few, raising the employment level by perhaps 0.1 per cent, an amount that is barely significant. The society we want is one which has a long-term sustainability, one that uses far less oil and gas, one in which everyone

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Construction of the Evergreen Line will begin in west Port Moody to build a tunnel entrance for the tunnel boring machine (TBM). The TBM will be used to construct the two-kilometre tunnel starting from the Port Moody side and emerging north of Como Lake Avenue at Clarke Road in Coquitlam. Bored tunnel construction means there is no disruption to residents, businesses and traffic on the surface above. Work will begin in late February at the following locations: • • • •

Traffic pattern changes on Barnet Highway at View Street. The current number of lanes in both directions on Barnet Highway will be maintained to minimize traffic impacts Construction of a staging area to the east of Barnet Highway at Vintner Avenue Traffic pattern changes along View Street and Clarke Road, west of Barnet Highway Changes to the intersection at Charles Street and Clarke Road

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VICTORIA – Finance Minister Mike de Jong unveiled his government’s promised balanced budget Tuesday, bolstered by Crown property sales, increased income tax rates and economic growth expected to continue for three years. De Jong’s projections call for spending to increase by 1.5 per cent overall in the coming three years, with health care spending increases of 2.3, 2.7 and 2.2 per cent over the same period. “This is not enough even to maintain existing health care services, given the cost of population growth and inflation, not to mention what’s needed to make needed improvements,” said Debra McPherson, president of the B.C. Nurses’ Union. “As a result, health authorities will be forced to continue jamming hospital patients into offices, lounges and other areas not designed B.C. Nurses’ Union president Debra McPherson for patient care, as well as using hallways to take up the slack.” the latest in a series of increases paid by De Jong argued that the government individuals or their employers for basic has already established a track record of medical care. containing the rise of health care funding Business organizations are concerned in recent years. His budget also adds a about a one per cent increase in corporate four per cent increase in Medical Services income tax, on top of the carbon tax on Plan premiums to take effect next January, fossil fuels and the end of the harmonized

A children’s education fund set up by the B.C. government in 2007 is being distributed to parents, with a suggestion that they add to the fund for their kids’ education. Finance Minister Mike de Jong announced in Tuesday’s budget that payouts of $1,200 will be made from the fund for each child as they turn six years old. To qualify, registered parents have to open a Registered Education Savings Plan and apply for the grant before their child turns seven. Eligible children are those born on or after Jan. 1, 2007, resident in B.C. with an RESP account set up by Feb. 28, 2014. The budget also provides $32 million over three years for new childcare spaces, and a new early childhood tax benefit for families with young children, to take effect in April 2015. It would provide up to $55 per month for children up to age six, administered through the Canada Child Tax Benefit system. De Jong noted that an RESP is applicable to vocational, trade and college programs as well as university.

sales tax that provided input tax credits. Rick Jeffery, president of the Coastal Forest Products Association, said the return of the provincial sales tax amounts to a $140 million tax increase to his members. The forest industry understands the financial pressure and the revolt against the HST, but now needs regulatory reform and skills training from the government to keep it competitive, he said. The Canadian Restaurant and Food Services Association applauded the end to the HST, projecting a year of growth for B.C.’s 12,000 restaurants once the sales tax on prepared foods drops by seven per cent on April 1. Finance officials say 16 Crown properties to be marketed this year are expected to produce a net return of $260 million. They include a former hospital site on 152 Street and two vacant lots on 192 Street in Surrey, a vacant lot near Victoria General Hospital, and the former location of North Saanich Middle School. The government expects to finish the current fiscal year with a deficit of $1.2 billion, the fourth straight deficit since the global economic meltdown that unfolded before the 2009 election.

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Royal City Humane Society: Annual general meeting. When: Saturday, Feb. 23, 2 p.m. Where: New Westminster Public Library Auditorium, 716 Sixth Ave., New Westminster. Arts Council Oscar party: Join the Arts Council of New Westminster and watch the Oscar presentation live! Have your photo taken on the red carpet, vote for your favourite movie and actor plus e n j oy a f ab u l o u s gourmet dinner. When: Sunday, Feb. 24, 5 p.m. Where: The Columbia, 530 Columbia St., New Westminster. Tickets: $85 per person or book a table at $80 per person, available at the Arts Council office in Queens Park (Centennial Lodge). All proceeds in support of Arts Council

Programming in our community. Info: 604525-3244 or www. artscouncilnewwest. org. Book Club: The New Westminster Public Library’s Read with Us Book Club offers a chance to read a book and join a lively discussion. This month the club is reading The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel by Deborah Maggoch. Copies of the book can be borrowed f ro m t h e l i b ra ry. W h e n : D i s cus s i o n on Thursday, Feb. 28, 7 p.m. Where: New Westminster Public Library, 716 6th Ave. Pre-register: 604-5274667.

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bright environment. Donation accepted but optional. When: Every Thursday, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Where: Spruce Room, Century House, 620 Eighth St., New Westminster.

Sunday Afternoon Dances for 55+: Live music each week – come join us. When: Sundays, 12:45 – 3:45 p.m. Where: Century H o u s e, 6 2 0 - E i g h t h St., New West. Cost: $5 members, $6 nonmembers. Info: 604519-1066.

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MiRanda GaTHERCOLE/BLACK PRESS New Westminster’s Nathan Stewart (21) tries to prevent Langley Thunder’s Jacob Taylor from getting downfield during their under-19 tier 1 round-robin game Saturday at Langley’s Willoughby Community Park. The Thunder went on to win the game 10-7, but on Sunday the Salmonbellies prevailed 10-5 to take third place in the tournament.

Baby ’Bellies capture crowns in field lacrosse Two New Westminster Minor Lacrosse Association squads captured provincial field lacrosse championships on the weekend. The under-16 Salmonbellies boys team downed Port Coqutilam 11-4 in the final at Victoria on Monday. In the round robin they scored victories over Victoria (14-8), PoCo (6-4) and Pacific Rim (12-5) while tying Surrey (6-6) before losing their final round-robin match Monday morning to Coquitlam, 5-2. Nikolas Lund-Murray of New West was named the division’s most valuable player. In Langley, New West’s under-12 girls team cruised to a provincial title culminating with an 8-3 triumph over a combined Burnaby/Ridge Meadows. En route to the title they defeated Langley (9-7), Burnaby/Ridge Meadows (14-3), Coquitlam (7-5) and PoCo (8-4). The under-12 boys team went through the round robin undefeated but finished second in Victoria losing 5-3 to Coquitlam in the final, a team they had beaten 4-3 earlier in the tournament. The Salmonbellies squad also

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the McRoberts Strikers. The junior girls (Grade 10) squad came second in the league after losing the final to Burnaby Central 28-26. Madi Lee and Halsey Hanna were named to the league all-star team. On Tuesday, they were eliminated from the district championships with a 52-15 loss to North Vancouver’s Handsworth Royals. The junior and juvenile boys team also

came second. The Burnaby South Rebels downed New West 63-38 in the junior final, while the juvenile boys were beaten by the Byrne Creek Bulldogs in the final. The junior boys team has already been eliminated from the V&D championship after losing 63-54 to Handsworth on Tuesday. In the juvenile tournament, the Hyacks were eliminated Tuesday with a 73-47 loss to the R.C. Palmer Griffins of Richmond.

Clan close out season in the pink The Simon Fraser University women’s basketball team will host their annual Pink Zone game this Saturday to raise funds for the B.C. Cancer Foundation’s breast cancer research. The Clan are encouraging everyone to wear pink to the game and for every person who comes to the game, a donor will contribute a dollar to the cause. In addition, a portion of the proceeds from ticket sales that will be donated. “As a team, we have been doing this fundraiser for a long time,” said senior guard Carla Wyman. “Breast cancer impacts so many people’s lives and we make it a team goal every year to try and do

something to help.” There will also be a silent auction, pink T-shirts for sale and Clan freshman Belce Yoruk, who is from Kesan, Turkey, is collecting donations for promising to shave her head after the game. “My sister had cancer when she was 13 and it was very emotional time for me and my family,” said Yoruk in a SFU press release. “It’s one of the worst diseases in the world and to watch my sister have to go through that, to see her lose her hair, especially at such a young age, it was difficult. I was 10 at the time so I couldn’t do a lot to support her but when I came

here and found out people cut their hair to raise money for cancer research, I thought it was something I could do to support her now.” It is also senior’s night, the last home game for graduating players Nayo RaincockEkunwe, Kristina Collins and Wyman. The Clan will take on the Northwest Nazarene Crusaders at 7 p.m. in a game with Great Northwest Athletic Conference postseason implications. Heading into the clash the Clan holds a one-game lead over NNU. The Crusaders recently defeated the Clan when they visited Nampa, Idaho.

Hawkins hot SFU softball pitcher Kelsie Hawkins has been named GNAC pitcher of the week and shortstop Danielle Raison player of the week. Hawkins tossed two shutouts in three starts last week blanking Brigham Young University-Hawaii 8-0 and Chaminade 8-0. She had a 2.19 earned run average for the week allowing 16 hits and five runs and striking out 18 in 16 innings. Raison had seven hits in 19 at bats for the Clan. She also hit two home runs, drove in six runs and scored seven as SFU went 4-2 during their Hawaiian trip.

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COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT & DIESEL ENGINE MECHANICS Required for Cullen Diesel Power Ltd. and Western Star & Sterling Trucks of Vancouver Inc. Positions avail. in Surrey. Cummins, Detroit Diesel and MTU engine experience considered an asset.

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PLUMBING

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PETS 477

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REAL ESTATE 625

FOR SALE BY OWNER SURREY.

House on 1/2 Acre Lot. GOOD INVESTMENT. 13690 Bentley Rd. $695K. By Owner. Call 604-324-0655

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Running this ad for 8yrs

PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $299, 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 & Maid Services.

Recycled Earth Friendly HOT TUBS ARE NO PROBLEM! On Time, As Promised, Service Guaranteed!

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YORKIE, miniature, p/b female, beautiful, 8 weeks old, $1000. Call 604-316-7775

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RENTALS 750

APARTMENT/CONDO

SUITES, LOWER

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AUTO FINANCING

COQ. off Brunette, nr Schoolhouse. Large bright grnd level 2 bdrm ste. W/D, patio under balcony. N/S, N/P. $1050/mo incl utils. Avail Mar 1st. (604)524-0218, (778)772-9655.

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COQUITLAM Westwood Plat. 2bdr 1700 s/f, 5 appls, ns/np, avail now. $1100/mo incl utils. 604-944-1177.

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1-800-961-7022

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Port Coquitlam, 1 bdrm ste, inc heat & light. w/d. Own driveway. n/p. n/s. $800mo Avail Mar1 (604)942-4785

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TOWNHOUSES

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RENTALS 706

TRANSPORTATION

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

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TRANSPORTATION 810

• Autos • Trucks • Equipment Removal

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NOTICE OF ABANDONMENT Wendeb Properties, 108-1025 St Andrews, New Westminster, BC, V3M 1W4. Bikes currently stored at 1025 St Andrews St, New West will be sold on or after 30 days of this notice unless registered owner Nathan Basic takes possession, establishes a right to possession or makes application to the court to establish the right.

430 – 9th Street. 1 bdrm apart, on site laundry, 1 parking spot. Close to shops, all amens, great loc. Heat & hot water incl. $775/m. 604-451-6676

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POCO - furnished bdrm. shr’d kit. & living area. Quiet house. No Smoke $400/mo. incls. lndry. 604.941.2959

STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

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