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Sonja Curry is horrified at the prospect of losing her lock to scissors and clippers wielded by Sarah Thomas, Heidi Clarkson and Robyn Murrell. They’re all members of the B2B women’s business network in New West, promoting their first health and wellness fair to be held at the River Market on April 13.
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Spring is all about renewal, rebirth and cleaning. The women of New West B2B, a network of business women and entrepreneurs, is making it possible to achieve a total life makeover in one visit to Spring Cleaning, a health and wellness fair featuring local businesses and organizations to be held at the River Market on Saturday, April 13, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. The fair will feature displays, demonstrations and interactive consultations on everything from fitness to all-natural beauty
products to reorganizing and redesigning your home to make it more organized and less stressful. All the exhibitors will be based in New Westminster says organizer Heidi Clarkson. “We want to showcase what people have in their backyard. They don’t always have to go into Vancouver. The event is the first initiative by the fledgling B2B group, which was formed informally last October over beers and nachos and has now grown to include independent businesses from a wedding planner to a property stager to an
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esthetician to a pub to three home decor shops. All the members are women. By collaborating, sharing resources, knowledge, experience and mentoring each other, Clarkson says the group hopes to help everyone be successful. “We’re almost like a sounding board,” says Clarkson. “It’s helpful to work together.” They’re also hoping to convince everyone of the value of shopping local, keeping money and jobs in the community. “There are so many hidden gems right here,” says Clarkson. “We need something like this to support
shopping locally.” Among the interactive displays at the fair will be a chance to try pole dancing, a mini makeup consult by Sarah Thomas, even a fitness assessment by Robyn Murrell of Zhoosh - Fitness by Design. Some brave visitors, or those just in need of a drastic hair cut, can even get their head, or beard, shaved by a team of hair experts to help raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society. For more information about Spring Cleaning, or to volunteer your head for shaving, contact Heidi Clarkson at hbclarkson@shaw.ca.
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A decision could be made as soon as next Monday about the work of art that will grace Hyack Square and memorialize the second-most recognizable photo in Canada’s history. New Westminster city Coun. Lorrie Williams said the original list of 15 artist submissions has been narrowed down to just two by the “Wait For Me, Daddy” task force. The two finalists will be reviewed by council in a closed meeting on Monday, at which time the successful artist could be chosen. The city has set aside $300,000 for the sculpture that will mark the photo that was shot by The Vancouver Province photographer Claude P. Dettloff on Oct. 1, 1940. The photo features the British Columbia Regiment marching down Eighth Street near Columbia. While the photo was being taken, a boy, Warren “Whitey” Bernard broke free from his mother and reached out for the hand of his father, Private Jack Bernard. Please see iCONiC, a3