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There’s a stellar lineup of musicians planned for RiverFest, which comes to New West’s waterfront this weekend.

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City eyes truck route trim Mario Bartel

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Karen Matychuk pins a button to her colleague Kamaljit Atwal at a rally outside Royal Columbian Hospital staged by support workers who cook and prepare meals and perform housekeeping duties to draw attention to their labour dispute with their employer Aramark. See Story, Page A11

Wharf in need of ‘highest priority’ repair Mario Bartel

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The Timber Wharf area of Pier Park needs more than $4 million worth of repair and maintenance work before it can be fully developed for recreational and community needs, states a report presented to city council on Monday.

The report, based upon a structural review of the yet-tobe-developed portion of Pier Park carried out by engineering consultants WorleyParsons last

summer, said the paved wharf area needs $193,000 worth of work done “over the next few months to address the condition of the wharf.”

That work includes the removal of driftwood and debris from underneath the wharf, the replacement of two pile caps and the installation of circular metal plates over holes in the deck. The review said this work is of “the highest priority.”

Additionally the review recommended lower priority work estimated to cost $384,000 be

completed over the next year.

Another $3 million worth of repairs and maintenance will then be required over the next five years to allow regular vehicle access to the entire structure.

The Timber Wharf represents about 60 per cent of the entire Pier Park. It was left undeveloped but made accessible to the public until more funding could be found. Since Pier Park opened in June, 2012, the city has been consulting the public for ideas to use the space.

Ideas include sports courts, a

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A design concept with an estimated cost of $650,000 has been developed and will be built over time as funding permits. The first phase, a pair of beach volleyball courts in the northwest corner of the tarmac, was installed in August.

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Sapperton and Massey Heights residents could soon be spared the rumble and exhaust of constant truck traffic.

Meantime, those who live along Royal Avenue may have to wait a little longer.

A New Westminster city staff report has recommended the city ask TransLink to remove East Eighth Avenue and East Columbia Street north of Brunette from the regional truck route network.

The report also suggests the city notify TransLink of its longterm objective to restrict truck traffic on Front Street and Royal Avenue. The recommendations follow a review of the city’s east-west truck traffic commissioned as part of New West’s Master Transportation Plan process.

The review, conducted by consultants Halcrow/ CH2M Hill, looked at the types of freight moving through the city and the impact removing truck routes would have on that freight, residents and surrounding cities.

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A2 NewsLeader Wednesday, September 25, 2013

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING September 30, 2013 6:00 pm

CITYPAGE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING September 30, 2013 6:00 pm Council Chamber, City Hall 511 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, BC V3L 1H9 TEXT AMENDMENT ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 7614, 2013 Purpose: The purpose of this bylaw is to amend the NR-1, NR-5 and RT-1A Zoning Districts to use the existing grade, rather than the finished grade to determine whether the floor area is deemed to be a basement or a cellar.

The bylaw will also establish retaining wall regulations for all single detached dwelling and duplex districts. Further details regarding the changes can be reviewed on the City website at: www.newwestcity.ca/gradetransition Queries: Development Services Department: 604-527-4532 Inspection of Documents: A copy of the proposed bylaws, supporting staff reports and relevant background documentation may be inspected at the Development Services Department (Planning), City Hall, 511 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, British Columbia, Monday to Friday inclusive (except statutory holidays) between 8:30 am to 4:30 pm from September 13, 2013 to September 30, 2013.

Public Participation: All persons, who believe their interest in the property is affected by the proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard, or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaw prior to the close of the Public Hearing.

Written submissions must be addressed to Mayor and Council, and submitted through one of the following methods: Email: clerks@newwestcity.ca Fax: 604-527-4594 Hard Copy: Legislative Services Department 511 Royal Avenue New Westminster BC V3L 1H9 Submissions received for the Public Hearing will be included in the public information package for Council’s consideration, which will be available on the City of New Westminster website (www.newwestcity.ca), with other associated information.

No further information can be considered by Council after the conclusion of the Public Hearing.

Jan Gibson, Acting Corporate Officer This meeting will be broadcast over the internet and/or television.

MASSEY VICTORY HEIGHTS RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION GENERAL MEETING

Council Chamber, City Hall 511 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, BC V3L 1H9 TEXT AMENDMENT Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 7622, 2013 Purpose: The purpose of the proposed bylaw is to amend text in Zoning Bylaw No. 6680, 2001 to permit lounge endorsement areas for breweries, distilleries and wineries as an accessory use to the manufacturing of liquor in industrial zoning districts and in commercial zoning districts through a rezoning process. The bylaw amendment would include: a) Amending the definition of Liquor Primary Licensed Premises to include the accessory manufacturing of beer, wine or liquor for consumption within the establishment. This would then allow for ‘brew pubs’ to be approved through the rezoning process in commercial areas and for existing liquor licence facilities in commercial areas to add the accessory manufacturing component. b) Allowing for lounge endorsement areas as a permitted use accessory to the manufacturing of liquor up to an occupant load of 30. Lounge endorsement areas over 30 people would not be permitted in industrial zoning districts. c) The zoning bylaw text amendment would also include clarifying that the manufacturing of liquor is also permitted in the M1, M2 and M4 zoning districts.

Queries: Development Services Department 604-527-4519 Inspection of Documents: A copy of the proposed bylaws, supporting staff reports and relevant background documentation may be inspected at the Development Services Department (Planning), City Hall, 511 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, British Columbia, Monday to Friday inclusive (except statutory holidays) between 8:30 am to 4:30 pm from Friday, September 13, 2013 to Monday, September 30, 2013.

Public Participation: All persons, who believe their interest in the property is affected by the proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard, or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaw prior to the close of the Public Hearing.

Written submissions must be addressed to Mayor and Council, and submitted through one of the following methods: Email: clerks@newwestcity.ca Fax: 604-527-4594 Hard Copy: Legislative Services Department 511 Royal Avenue New Westminster BC V3L 1H9 Submissions received for the Public Hearing will be included in the public information package for Council’s consideration, which will be available on the City of New Westminster website (www.newwestcity.ca), with other associated information.

No further information can be considered by Council after the conclusion of the Public Hearing.

Jan Gibson, Acting Corporate Officer This meeting will be broadcast over the internet and/or television.

Thursday, September 26, 2013 • 7:00 pm at Mount Zion Lutheran Church (basement entrance), 930 Cumberland Street Chief Constable Dave Jones and Deputy Chief Constable Laurin Stenerson will attend to discuss concerns/issues regarding crime and safety in our neighbourhood. For more information, please visit www.masseyvictoryheights.com

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013 NewsLeader A3

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Plenty to see and experience on 2nd floor

Front and Royal next? ⫸

My River My Home may be the showpiece christening the second floor of the Fraser River Discovery Centre (FRDC), but three other exhibits will also educate and entertain visitors.

Visitors will be greeted by two giant maps. The first is a straight-up depiction of the watershed, marked with all its communities and geographical highlights.

Across the way is a more whimsical representation of the river and its many stories. The colourful mural, by local designer Luyi Wang, may take some liberties with scale, but its many scenes tell about the history and economy of the Fraser, from a smiling Fin Donnelly setting out on his two epic swims down the river, to Rosie the cow who survived her own perilous plunge through the rapids at Hell’s Gate to the ancient pictographs discovered at Harrison.

Visitors will also get a chance to learn more about the ecology of the Fraser at Aliens Among Us, a traveling exhibit from the Royal BC Museum that examines invasive and non-native species that have made the Fraser River watershed their home.

“It will get people thinking about the impact of non-native species on the Fraser,” said Ouellet-Martin.

The exhibit runs until Dec. 9.

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The analysis assumed provincial highway improvement projects like the South Fraser Perimeter Road and the Port Mann Highway 1 projects are completed.

The effects of truck traffic diverting to the Pattullo Bridge to avoid tolls on the new Port Mann are being reviewed by the province, TransLink and adjacent communities as part of the Pattullo Bridge review process.

The review concluded that removing trucks from either East Eighth or East Columbia would just shift trucks to the route still open, so both should be restricted.

Doing so would reduce noise, visual and air pollution, and would imporove safety in New West while having a minimal impact on surrounding communities and the trucking industry, the report stated.

Keeping trucks off Royal and Front is more problematic.

Most trucks going through New West are traveling between the northeast sector communities of Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody and Pitt Meadows and warehousing, distribution and logistics facilities in Richmond, Annacis Island, south Burnaby and south Vancouver. Diverting traffic to the South Fraser Perimeter Road through Surrey and Delta would increase travel distances, time and expenses, concluded the report.

Closing all those routes to trucks would also have a significant spillover to surrounding communities like Burnaby and Delta, said the report.

To achieve peace from truck traffic for embattled residents along Royal Avenue, as well as get trucks off Front Street as part of the city’s long-range vision for the waterfront, the report recommends the city begin a dialogue with stakeholders and TransLink to come up with ways to make that happen.

The staff report also recommends the city request TransLink and Port Metro Vancouver develop strategies to move goods through the region more efficiently while minimizing trips through urban neighbourhoods.

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Kathleen Bertrand welcomes visitors to the My River My Home exhibit.

FRDC goes to new level Mario Bartel

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The Fraser River Discovery Centre is going to a new level.

My River My Home is the centerpiece of a new exhibit that occupies the centre’s expansive second floor.

It’s also the first time the centre has been able to secure the funding to launch a full-scale project worthy of the area that once served as the entryway to the old Royal City Star riverboat casino but has been largely unoccupied since the old paddle wheeler sailed away.

“All of a sudden we’re a complete centre,” said Catherine Ouellet-Martin, FRDC’s executive director.

Getting there has been a threeyear process that really started to come together when FRDC formed a partnership with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the University of the Fraser Valley in their ongoing examination of the world’s great rivers, like the Yangtze in China, the Amazon in South America, the Congo in Africa.

Initially the FRDC’s role in the

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project was going to be a show of children’s art, but it quickly evolved into a fusion of art, science and fun that will educate and entertain visitors young and old, as well as give them a whole new appreciation of the muddy waters flowing just below the picture windows.

The idea, said Kathleen Bertrand, the centre’s exhibit coordinator, is to create a personal connection to the Fraser, which ranks amongst the world’s greatest rivers as well as one of its most endangered.

After entering through a blue door set into the clapboard facade of a typical Fraser Valley farmhouse, visitors can learn about the Fraser’s place in the globe’s rivers through a series of informative panels and photographs.

They’re then invited to create their own interpretation of what the Fraser means to them by assembling dioramas of pebbles, pinecones, twigs and trinkets in mason jars that will be displayed on book shelves.

Science stations will allow visitors to learn hard facts about

the river by giving them a chance to test the water’s temperature, turbidity, PH and oxygen levels through a series of simple, hands-on experiments.

“It’s all designed so people can do it on their own,” said Bertrand, adding there will be interpreters and volunteers on hand to help, as well as explain some of the data they discover.

The final component of My River My Home is Disrupted Currents, a multimedia area that uses X-Box Kinect technology to give visitors a chance to interact with the Fraser in a new, high-tech way.

Standing in front of a screen, they’ll be projected into a tableau of sights, sounds and facts about the river that they can manipulate with the sweep of a hand or flick of a finger.

“All of the science, all of the data, now comes back to being personal,” explained Bertrand.

“We have a very big influence on the health of the river, we have an impact on the scientific data.”

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING September 30, 2013 6:00 pm

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING September 30, 2013 6:00 pm Council Chamber, City Hall 511 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, BC V3L 1H9 TEXT AMENDMENT ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 7624, 2013 Purpose: The purpose of the proposed bylaw is to amend text in Zoning Bylaw No. 6680, 2001 to alter the regulations governing through sites occupied by single detached dwellings that would avoid unnecessary development variance applications.

The bylaw amendment indicates that where a residential property’s adjacent neighbours have their back yard function (garage, parking) facing in one direction, then that property would also be permitted to orient their rear yard function in that same direction. This would allow a through lot property to have reasonable vehicular access to their property and to allow appropriate siting of a garage, while still respecting the established development pattern.

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The purpose of this bylaw is to rezone the subject property from Single Detached Dwelling Districts (RS-2) to Comprehensive Development District (326 Hospital Street) (CD-39) in order to allow the development of four ground oriented townhouse units.

Inspection of Documents: A copy of the proposed bylaws, supporting staff reports and relevant background documentation may be inspected at the Development Services Department (Planning), City Hall, 511 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, British Columbia, Monday to Friday inclusive (except statutory holidays) between 8:30 am to 4:30 pm from Friday, September 13, 2013 to Monday, September 30, 2013.

Public Participation: All persons, who believe their interest in the property is affected by the proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard, or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaw prior to the close of the Public Hearing.

Written submissions must be addressed to Mayor and Council, and submitted through one of the following methods: Email: clerks@newwestcity.ca Fax: 604-527-4594 Hard Copy: Legislative Services Department 511 Royal Avenue New Westminster BC V3L 1H9 Submissions received for the Public Hearing will be included in the public information package for Council’s consideration, which will be available on the City of New Westminster website (www.newwestcity.ca), with other associated information.

No further information can be considered by Council after the conclusion of the Public Hearing.

Jan Gibson, Acting Corporate Officer This meeting will be broadcast over the internet and/or television.

Queries: Development Services Department: 604-527-4532 Inspection of Documents: A copy of the proposed bylaws, supporting staff reports and relevant background documentation may be inspected at the Development Services Department (Planning), City Hall, 511 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, British Columbia, Monday to Friday inclusive (except statutory holidays) between 8:30 am to 4:30 pm from Friday, September 13, 2013 to Monday, September 30, 2013.

Public Participation: All persons, who believe their interest in the property is affected by the proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard, or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaw prior to the close of the Public Hearing.

Written submissions must be addressed to Mayor and Council, and submitted through one of the following methods: Email: clerks@newwestcity.ca Fax: 604-527-4594 Hard Copy: Legislative Services Department 511 Royal Avenue New Westminster BC V3L 1H9 Submissions received for the Public Hearing will be included in the public information package for Council’s consideration, which will be available on the City of New Westminster website (www.newwestcity.ca), with other associated information.

No further information can be considered by Council after the conclusion of the Public Hearing.

Jan Gibson, Acting Corporate Officer This meeting will be broadcast over the internet and/or television.

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Paul Forseth, who Paul Forseth, former Conservative MP In recent months, represented New The Senate is a precious insurance policy the scandal has Westminster in Ottawa of protection in reserve for the nation. involved questionable for the Reform Party expense claims for and the Conservatives, living expenses by Joyce Murray, a federal said the scandals are an Conservative senators Mike Liberal MP in Vancouver “embarrassment and damaged Duffy, Pamela Wallin and Quadra who once represented reputations.”

Liberal senator Mac Harb, New Westminster in the He said senators should be as well as the arrest of Tory provincial Legislature, said elected at the same time as senator Patrick Brazeau for the Senate “is an important Members of Parliament, their assault and sexual assault. institution that has an term limited to nine years, and These are a “watershed,” important function when that the number of senators pointing to the fact the Senate done properly,” but individual should be weighted according to has outlived its usefulness and senators, who are appointed by the population of each province. relevance, said Peter Julian, the the sitting government rather “It does function as a sober NDP MP for Burnaby-New than elected, need to be more second thought, even though Westminster. accountable. some claim otherwise,” said “People want to see the “It’s part of a larger Forseth.

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A6 NewsLeader Wednesday, September 25, 2013

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QUESTION OF THE WEEK:

Democracy denied?

LAST WEEK:

Out front of the big stone building in Victoria’s Inner Harbour is where tourists snap pics, where the annual marathon has its finish line and where concerts are held on Canada Day. The grounds of the legislature are busy, except as a place of work for our 85 elected provincial representatives. With another fall sitting cancelled, MLAs will have sat in the chamber for 36 days this year. Good work if you can get it.

Cancelling legislative sessions has become the norm for the B.C. Liberals. House leader Mike de Jong has repeated the script four times now—he has announced the cancellation of the fall sitting in 2013, 2012, 2008 and 2006.

Each time, the NDP opposition registered its outrage with the media, declaring the cancellation an abdication of democracy and accusing the Liberals of trying to avoid tough issues and questions.

Premier Christy Clark points out the legislature sat in the summer after the spring election and that the government will get more work done not being in session. The government apparently can’t walk and chew gum at the same time.

The province is facing big questions about the direction of its energy policy, the shrinking provincial budget surplus (or increasing deficit, depending on who you talk to), increasing B.C. Hydro rates and our role as a Pacific Rim economy.

No matter your political stripe, B.C. residents should be skeptical of the claim the government has no pressing legislation or issues to discuss through the fall.

City councillors and mayors normally don’t get the luxury of cancelling public meetings.

Other than promoting liquefied natural gas as a future cash cow, the Liberals’ priorities for the next four years remain unclear.

For a full public accounting of our rising provincial debt and struggling budget, stay tuned, five months from now.

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Regulator’s reading on smart meters VICTORIA – Despite efforts to keep the smart meter “controversy” alive by repeating imaginary health claims, the end is near.

Energy Minister Bill Bennett has made what sounds like a final offer to holdouts. You want to keep your old mechanical meter, fill your boots. It’ll cost you an extra $35 a month, starting in December. If you insist on a “radio off ” wireless meter, there will be a setup fee of $100 and a monthly fee of $20 to have someone collect the readings.

These charges are to be reviewed by the B.C. Utilities Commission, the independent panel that smart meter opponents want to review BC Hydro’s whole smart grid project.

As it happens, the BCUC recently did just that for an application by FortisBC to install wireless meters for its Okanagan and Kootenay customers. The meters were approved, and the findings are instructive.

The BCUC report notes that it received “many” complaints about smart meter signals being added to existing radio frequency

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(RF) sources. Some used familiar scare rhetoric about “toxic microwave radiation” that’s promoted by people trying to make money by exploiting fear.

One of the experts retained

by FortisBC was Dr. Yakov Shkolnikov, an electrical engineer with advanced degrees from Princeton and Cornell Universities. His testimony was not challenged by any of the lineup of opponents. A sample of his findings illustrates the absurdity of this whole discussion.

Shkolnikov calculated that a cell phone in use generates radio signals that reach 10 per cent of the international safety code limit. A microwave oven generates 2.3 per cent of the safe limit. A cordless phone: 1.25 per cent.

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A wi-fi signal: 0.0045 per cent.

A bank of smart meters, not separated by a wall, registers 0.0019 per cent. The natural background RF level is 0.013 per cent. Note the decimal place. The level in the middle of a wilderness is more than 10 times that received from a bank of meters.

BCUC staff added, for comparison, the radio signal level emitted by a human body. It’s 0.018 per cent. What this means is your spouse snoring beside you is a stronger source of RF than a whole wall of smart meters.

Experts put up by opponents didn’t fare so well. One was Jerry Flynn, a retired Canadian Forces officer from Kelowna who travels around taking readings, talking to elderly people about alleged hazards of meters, and making claims to the media about what he has called the single biggest threat to human health today.

The BCUC found his military experience not “relevant,” and his evidence frequently “incorrect, exaggerated and/or unsubstantiated.”

Then there was Curtis Bennett, who described himself as “chief

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science officer” for a company called Thermoguy. He spoke on behalf of West Kootenay Concerned Citizens. In a 2012 letter to the B.C. energy ministry, Bennett warned of the danger of smart meters triggering “molecular earthquakes.”

The BCUC panel wrote: “While Mr. Bennett has an electrician’s knowledge of electrical systems, it is clear that he is unqualified to give expert opinion evidence on the health effects of RF, exposure standards for RF, engineering, physics or geological phenomena such as earthquakes.”

Citizens for Safe Technology put up one Dr. Donald Maisch, who claimed to have experience with this issue in Australia.

The panel noted that Maisch runs EMFacts Consultancy, and agreed with FortisBC’s argument that “Dr. Maisch’s consulting livelihood depends upon public fears and concerns about RF exposure.”

Would you like this circus of quackery to be restaged over BC Hydro’s program, at your expense?

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CHANGES COULD SAVE A LIFE Re: Just bulges, crosswalks and blame (Letters, NewsLeader, Sept. 18) With due respect, James Crosty does not have the facts right.

For as long as I can remember there has always been a two-way left turn lane eastbound from Columbia Street to Royal Avenue.

The only difference now is that both lanes are dedicated left-turn lanes, whereas before the right lane had the option of going straight. I drive through this intersection several times a day and have observed many serious accidents that I would have to think were due to the confusing optional left turn/ right lane configuration. I am sure this is one of the worst intersections in New Westminster for collisions if not the worst.

I don’t think there will be an increase in traffic using Royal Avenue due to this improvement, as people used to continually use both lanes to turn left, especially during rush hour.

I think the new dedicated left turn lanes will in all likelihood make a dangerous intersection safer for the general motoring public.

It might even save a life.

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YOUR HOME SHOULD BE YOUR SANCTUARY Re: Truck traffic I sympathize with Royal Avenue residents bombarded with trucks avoiding Port Mann tolls and heading to Pattullo Bridge instead.

The truck noise is just as bad on East Eighth Avenue.

Our family home, built by the family and in the family for three generations, rattles and shakes all day from the trucks.

Here on the hill, trucks use their engine brakes. I have heard engine brakes as late as 11 p.m. at night—long after the truck route is “closed” to trucks.

For everything there is a tipping point—and this is it.

In order to hear oneself think, one has to wear industrial earmuffs. Our walls have been soundproofed to little avail as the trucks shake the entire house.

Your home should be a sanctuary—not a noise torture chamber. One would hope the city could come up with a solution.

Lori Pappajohn New Westminster

WHAT WILL WE TELL OUR CHILDREN? You may think concerns about the Fraser Surrey Docks coal port are just about shipping filthy coal around B.C. with all the inevitable pollution that creates.

Port Metro Vancouver (essentially the federal government) argues they will take every precaution not to harm the environment but that is simply lip service and deception to make you believe

your concerns actually matter.

Ask yourself this question: how can you take the lowest possible grade of coal from Montana and Wyoming, ship it via B.C. and burn it in China and not harm our environment?

I can say definitively that neither the federal government nor its authoritative lackey will take that into account.

Scientists worldwide are united in stating that CO2 emissions from burning coal and other fossil fuels are causing climate change. Scientists worldwide have publicly stated that unless we curb CO2 emissions, the very existence of humankind on this planet is at risk—some fear it is already too late.

Is that the lasting gift you would choose to leave your grandchildren?

I think not.

We are already witnessing changes in our climate and consequently our weather, not just here in New Westminster but worldwide. The legacy of catastrophically worsening conditions for future generations is fast becoming a reality.

However, you can lessen those effects for your grandchildren by opposing this coal port facility and telling the federal government that Canada will not support the use of fossil fuels but rather encourage the use of renewable energy sources.

As adults, we need to set the example otherwise what will you tell tomorrow’s children?

Gavin Wishart New Westminster

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How safe will it be for them to cross the street, never mind concerns about air quality.

What about the huge hill those massive diesel trucks have to climb, thus causing even more traffic back up?

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING September 30, 2013 6:00 pm

CITYPAGE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING September 30, 2013 6:00 pm Council Chamber, City Hall 511 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, BC V3L 1H9 ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 7623, 2013 Purpose: The purpose of this bylaw is to amend the Queensborough Neighbourhood Residential Dwelling Districts (RQ-1) and Queensborough Residential Dwelling Districts (Small Lots) (RQ-5) to clarify requirements for covered decks at the main floor of single detached dwellings.

Queries: Development Services Department: 604-527-4532

Council Chamber, City Hall 511 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, BC V3L 1H9 TEXT AMENDMENT ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 7615, 2013 Purpose: The purpose of this bylaw is to clarify requirements for outdoor storage and storage of shipping containers in industrial zoning districts. In particular, this bylaw would • amend the permitted uses dealing with outdoor storage in industrial zoning districts by removing dated terms and conflicting uses; • allow outdoor storage to be permitted as an accessory use only in the Heavy Industrial Districts (M-2); • apply various siting, height and screening requirements to outdoor storage uses; • allow shipping container storage to be permitted as an accessory use in both the Light Industrial Districts (M-1) and Heavy Industrial Districts (M-2) • apply various siting, height, screening and number of container requirements to shipping container storage uses.

Inspection of Documents:

Queries:

A copy of the proposed bylaws, supporting staff reports and relevant background documentation may be inspected at the Development Services Department (Planning), City Hall, 511 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, British Columbia, Monday to Friday inclusive (except statutory holidays) between 8:30 am to 4:30 pm from September 13, 2013 to September 30, 2013.

Development Services Department: 604-527-4532

Public Participation: All persons, who believe their interest in the property is affected by the proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard, or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaw prior to the close of the Public Hearing.

Written submissions must be addressed to Mayor and Council, and submitted through one of the following methods: Email: clerks@newwestcity.ca

Inspection of Documents: A copy of the proposed bylaws, supporting staff reports and relevant background documentation may be inspected at the Development Services Department (Planning), City Hall, 511 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, British Columbia, Monday to Friday inclusive (except statutory holidays) between 8:30 am to 4:30 pm from September 13, 2013 to September 30, 2013.

Public Participation: All persons, who believe their interest in the property is affected by the proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard, or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaw prior to the close of the Public Hearing.

Fax: 604-527-4594

Written submissions must be addressed to Mayor and Council, and submitted through one of the following methods:

Hard Copy:

Email: clerks@newwestcity.ca

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Submissions received for the Public Hearing will be included in the public information package for Council’s consideration, which will be available on the City of New Westminster website (www.newwestcity.ca), with other associated information.

Hard Copy: Legislative Services Department 511 Royal Avenue New Westminster BC V3L 1H9

No further information can be considered by Council after the conclusion of the Public Hearing.

Submissions received for the Public Hearing will be included in the public information package for Council’s consideration, which will be available on the City of New Westminster website (www.newwestcity.ca), with other associated information.

Jan Gibson, Acting Corporate Officer

No further information can be considered by Council after the conclusion of the Public Hearing.

This meeting will be broadcast over the internet and/or television.

Jan Gibson, Acting Corporate Officer This meeting will be broadcast over the internet and/or television.

QUAYSIDE TO QUEENSBOROUGH PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE CROSSING STUDY A pedestrian and bicycle connection between Quayside and Queensborough has long been an important City objective. To help facilitate a crossing, $6.2 million in Development Assistance Compensation from the casino was dedicated towards the project.

The City and Southern Railway of BC have had preliminary discussions on a crossing on or near the existing rail bridge. Two options have been developed, both with a raised causeway from the boardwalks on each side of the river leading to a movable centre span. One span option is connected to the existing rail swing bridge and the other span option is a separate ‘bascule bridge’ (i.e., a draw bridge).

The City would like to know what you think about these two options, and invites you to visit the Hot Topics section of the city web site at www.newwestcity.ca to review the options and provide feedback. A link to a questionnaire can be found on the City’s website, or you can send comments via email to carmanini@newwestcity.ca by October 16, 2013. Mailed questionnaires can be sent to Carolyn Armanini, Development Services, 511 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, BC, V3L 1H9.

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013 NewsLeader A9

NOTICE OF DISPOSITION OF LAND Whereas the City Council of the Corporation of the City of New Westminster wishes to sell the following properties in Queensborough which consist of land only;

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And which lands are available to the public for acquisition; Therefore, the Corporation of the City of New Westminster hereby gives notice subject to Section 26(1) (2) and 94 of the Community Charter:

NWPD VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES The New Westminster Police Department is accepting applications for the following two volunteer opportunities: Reserve Constables

(a) The lands are more particularly described as: 26 East Royal Avenue Parcel Identifier: 026-688-972 Lot 9, District Lot 115, New West District, Plan BCP24033 Group 1 (b) The nature of the disposition:

Application deadline: October 6, 2013

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(c) The process by which the lands may be acquired:

Reserve a seat at our public information session on Thursday, September 26, 2013 at 6:30 pm at the Justice Institute of BC, 715 McBride Blvd.

Call 604-529-2525.

For more information concerning this sale, please contact

For more information on these opportunities and to download application packages, please visit www.nwpolice.org

Morgan Dyer, Senior Vice President, Colliers International 604-661-0882 | morgan.dyer@colliers.com.

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2013 TAX SALE The annual Tax Sale by the City of New Westminster will be held Monday, September 30, 2013 at 10:00 am at City Hall, 511 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, BC. The following properties have delinquent taxes and are subject to sale unless the delinquent taxes, with interest, are sooner paid.

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Hospital workers rally at Royal Columbian The behind-the-scenes workers responsible for making and delivering food and cleaning up rooms at local hospitals stepped out of the back corridors last Thursday to let the public know about their labour dispute with their employer, Aramark.

Members of the Hospital Employees’ Union from Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH), Burnaby Hospital and Eagle Ridge Hospital rallied in front of RCH during their lunch break to hand out pamphlets and bolster morale as they take strike votes, the results of which will be announced Oct. 3.

CHOICequotes Neil Monckton, HeU We can’t keep up with the work.

Neil Monckton of the HEU said the 4,400 support staff at dozens of hospitals in the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast have been without a contract for a year, and they’ve received no wage increase for two years.

Monckton said staffing cuts over recent years have reduced the workforce by almost half.

Many of them are women and recent immigrants.

“We can’t keep up with the work,” said Monckton, adding many of the workers are already paid less than unionized hotel workers.

If the workers do return a strike mandate and elect to exercise it, they’ll still have to maintain essential service levels.

That will further increase the strain on services, said Monckton.

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The Senate’s role is to review and debate legislation after it passes through the House of Commons and makes recommendations about changes that might be needed before being adopted into law.

“The Senate is a precious insurance policy of protection

in reserve for the nation.”

Julian said the Senate is more like a warehouse for the ruling government to reward loyal supporters and store failed candidates.

“The Senate is full of entitled senators abusing taxpayer dollars,” said Julian. “It enhances cynicism.”

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Proposed coal facility still a worry to council

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A number of new proposals by Fraser Surrey Docks to alleviate public concerns about coal dust blowing into New Westminster from its new coal export facility just 2,000 metres across the Fraser River from the city’s waterfront may not go far enough.

Yet. Fraser Surrey Docks recently commissioned an environmental assessment by consulting firm SNC-Lavalin, to be completed by the end of September.

That assessment will be submitted to Port Metro Vancouver, which has said it will

a topping agent onto loaded rail cars to minimize the escape of dust, and a suppression and binding agent will be applied to the coal at Fraser Surrey Docks as it’s loaded onto the barges. give local governments, health authorities and First Nations groups a chance to comment.

Fraser Surrey Docks has also eliminated its plan to stockpile coal at the terminal when there aren’t enough barges available.

It has committed to supplying additional

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A few of the highlights of the New Westminster Chamber of Commerce Communications include: • A NEW Website • Monthly newspaper features in the New Westminster Newsleader • A social media strategy • Monday Memos sent weekly to 2300 businesses • Regular Surveys and Polls • Pattullo Bridge Dialogues, Focus Groups and Research • New West WINS Research Document • Networking Sessions • 130 Reasons to do Business in New Westminster Campaign • Doing Business in New Westminster Magazine

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A New Westminster city staff report to city council recommends the city review the additional proposals and explore how they address concerns about coal dust, which has been found to be a factor in lung disease if higher concentrations are inhaled over a period of time.

The proposed terminal will transfer four million tonnes of thermal coal brought by train from Montana and Wyoming to barges bound for Texada Island where they will be transferred to large ships bound for Asia.

The capacity is expected to eventually double to eight million tonnes.

In May city council formally opposed the Fraser Surrey Docks’ plan, saying it didn’t have enough information about the health or environmental implications of the project. Residents also rallied, speaking out at town hall meetings and collecting thousands of signatures on petitions opposing the facility.

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Designing an exhibit that is fun and educational for kids, as well as engaging for adults required a delicate balance, said Bertrand.

The activities are targeted at a Grade 6-8 level and were put together to fit the school ciriculum.

“There is learning, but its underlying focus is on fun,” said Bertrand. “We try to let people have as personal an experience as possible, but we hope they’re also engaged on a scientific level.”

Ouellet-Martin said the new exhibit, which will reside on the second floor for the next three years, is the first tangible realization of the centre’s potential.

“There’s more content, more engagement with real science,” said Ouellet-Martin, adding there’s already been some preliminary discussion about adapting it for a traveling display that would visit communities up and down the length of the Fraser. “It’s a different level for us, and it’s not just because we’re on the second floor.”

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Mainland – to come join us in the festivities. It The mighty Fraser River has been vital is a true “family affair”, with educational, to not just the development of our city, but cultural and environmental exhibits, food the whole province of British Columbia. and beverages, live entertainment, and lots Its role is more important than ever today, of fun and activities for the kids to enjoy. as the Fraser remains a vital goods and I hope you will join us on the materials transportation corridor, the Westminster Quay Boardwalk to recognize leading salmon river in the province, and and remember the social, environmental WRIGHT a rich source of cultural and recreational and economic importance of our Fraser significance for all of us who live, work or River, as well as other rivers across BC play along its banks. and around the world.

We’re proud to once again be a partner in Enjoy!

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Port Metro Vancouver is excited to be back again this year as presenting sponsor of RiverFest. We are proud to participate in the celebration of the living and working river in honour of BC and World Rivers Day. RiverFest’s free, fun, family friendly event is just one of over 45 community events throughout the lower mainland that our community relations staff attend each year.

During RiverFest visit us just outside of the Fraser River Discovery Centre to meet our seagull mascot, Salty, learn about the cargo moved through the Port and our environmental efforts through fun games, activities and interactive displays.

Port Metro Vancouver is Canada’s largest and busiest Port, handling $172 billion worth of cargo each year and generating 38,200 direct jobs in BC. Our business is not just to manage the movement of goods; it’s to do it in a good way.

We identify areas of importance for our neighbours and work to build strong relationships to share the benefits of trade.

Visit portmetrovancouver.com to learn more about how we bring goods to you in a good way.

To book a free, interactive presentation with our Community Relations team, contact: community.relations@portmetrovancouver.com or 604-665-9179.

Message from the Arts Council of New Westminster Arts Council of New Westminster has, since and special guests like Cory Hawthorne, a New 1967, assisted and developed the work of artists Orleans style local jazz group called RazzMaJazz of all categories. This year we have concentrated and the up and coming indie group, Derrival. our efforts on the music and musicians of We also invite you to bring the kids and New Westminster in a partnership with make a lantern, have fun in the lantern Fraser River Discovery Centre and in parade or watch artists make their art celebration of B.C. and World Rivers Day along the boardwalk at the quay. through RiverFest.

We are proud of all of the local arts We are proud to participate and offer community and what better way to say an afternoon and evening of music from thank you than a wonderful moment of CARSWELL local artists on Friday from 4 to 9 p.m. as music and song and art to be held along part of this growing and exciting festival the Fraser River on Friday, Sept. 27 and event in Metro Vancouver. We are featuring Tiger Saturday, Sept. 28.

Exhibit, a fantastic jazz ensemble from New Have fun, Rick Carswell, President West Senior Secondary along with local choirs

Message from the Fraser River Discovery Centre The Fraser River Discovery The Fraser River Discovery Centre is happy to celebrate Centre is the Voice of the B.C. and World Rivers Day Fraser River in presenting the with you again this year. stories of the river and their The Fraser River is at contributions to the life, the heart of everything we history and future of do and a constant source British Columbia. of inspiration and energy And now with the for our organization. opening of our second Stretching almost 1,400 floor this weekend km from the Rocky including three new OUELLETMountains to the Pacific interactive exhibits and MARTIN Ocean, the mighty an orientation gallery, Fraser is unparalleled in our visitors will have British Columbia for its natural ample opportunities to get to beauty, economic importance know their river better. and human diversity.

With our partners and

supporters we are very proud to bring you RiverFest, a true celebration of the Fraser that is sure to inspire you and hopefully bring you a renewed appreciation and understanding of the economic, environmental and social importance of this unique resource.

On behalf of the Fraser River Discovery Centre we invite you to come, play, explore and discover….

Sincerely,

Catherine Ouellet-Martin Executive Director

Wednesday, September 25, 2013 NewsLeader A19

B.C. and World Rivers Day:

Local origins to an event that’s now worldwide five rafts, fishing out any debris they came across along the way.

The result was a massive pile of garbage that even included a few cars, and Mark realized Every year on the last Sunday that it would take more than in September, millions of people a single day’s work to keep the come together at hundreds of Thompson healthy, safe, and events across the country to clean. celebrate river systems B.C. Rivers Day and promote water was born out of this stewardship. Rivers Day realization. Over the has been endorsed by next few years, the the United Nations and event rippled across the is a truly international province. The provincial celebration, but it has government officially ANGELO a special connection to declared the day and British Columbia; Rivers dozens of communities Day began right here in our participated in a variety of province. stream clean-ups, habitat Before Rivers Day became enhancement, educational the worldwide occasion that it outings, and riverside artistic is now, it started out as a simple celebrations. shoreline clean-up initiated by The new millennium marked Mark Angelo. an increased international He gathered 40 of his friends interest in Rivers Day. and they floated down the The United Nations declared Thompson River together on 2003 the International Year of “Our rivers really are the arteries of the planet; they are lifelines in the truest sense.”

— Mark Angelo

Freshwater and launched the “Water for Life Decade.” Mark then approached the UN about expanding B.C. Rivers Day into World Rivers Day, and in 2005, Rivers Day was officially declared around the world.

Decades after the original shoreline clean-up, Mark continues to play an important role in river conservation.

In 2009, he was named as the First Chair in River Ecology for the Rivers Institute at BCIT, allowing him to maintain his tireless efforts in bringing attention to rivers around the world, including our very own Fraser River.

Rivers Day is now annually celebrated by up to 100,000 participants across the province of B.C., and it has been embraced by millions of people in close to 30 countries around the world. That number is expected to grow to nearly 70 countries this year.

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Their newest release drops summer 2013. The bands feels it is their most innovative work yet, New Westminster quintet RazzMaJazz will wrap up the evening’s music on compiled of songs from the last Friday, Sept. 27 on the New West waterfront. few years and encompassing in its entirety the theme “Youth”.

6 to 7 p.m. – Cory Hawthorne Band (coryhawthorne.com) With his love of classic country and rock, this accomplished guitarist loves to entertain with the six-string. With the release of his debut solo album, “The King of the Broken Hearts”, described by one music journalist as “a treat from beginning to end”, was nominated for a 2012 BC Country Music Association “Album of the Year” award and has been enjoying airplay in Canada, Europe and in the U.S.

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A few festival highlights Lantern Workshop & Parade, sponsored by the Arts Council of New Westminster Create a lantern out of recycled bottles and then when the sun sets over the Fraser help light up the boardwalk by showing off your lantern in the Lights of the Fraser parade Friday evening. Not making a lantern? Then make sure you grab a good spot on the boardwalk when the sun begins to set so that you can get a clear view of these beautiful glowing lanterns passing by.

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Family Fun

RiverFest hosts a variety of age-appropriate games and craft stations to provide entertaining, interactive educational experiences for both children and adults. All exhibitors at the festival are required to provide hands-on activities that either promote artistic endeavors or environmental stewardship, or relate to river heritage. Education about the Fraser River is a key activity for promoting an understanding of the value of a healthy, productive river, and we make learning fun!

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The annual Artists on the River market on the boardwalk supports local artists and artisans who produce original pieces focusing on or influenced by the Fraser River. Over 30 artists will display and sell their work on the boardwalk.

RiverFest’s Kids Zone at RiverFest will be open all day Saturday on the boardwalk between the Fraser River Discovery Centre and the river.

This area will be packed with activities the whole family can enjoy.

Build a Tugboat, presented by Vancouver Maritime Museum Back by popular demand!

Learn about the important role tugboats play on the Fraser River while building your own model wooden tugboat to take home.

Inaugural Salmon Chowder Cook-Off, sponsored by the River Market

Come to Donald’s Market patio for RiverFest’s inaugural Salmon Chowder Cook-off on Sept. 28. Teams from River Market will serve their tastiest chowder creations for a shiny first place trophy. The action begins at 9:30 a.m. Judging and People’s Choice Voting begins at 11:30 a.m. For a minimum donation of $4 you can taste what these talented teams whip up. Your donation supports the Fraser River Discovery Centre.

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Lots to see and do on Saturday More activities

Saturday

Fraser River Tours, sponsored by Port Metro Vancouver:

(11 a.m. to 6 p.m.)

11:00 — Holly Arntzen, Kevin Wright & the Wilds – YVR Stage 11:00 — Unnatural History of Aquatic Invasive Species in BC – Discovery Centre 11:30 — Salmon Chowder Cook Off Taste Test – River Market 12:00 — Westcoast Harmony Chorus – River Market Patio 12:15 — Ribbon Cutting Ceremony – Discovery Centre 12:30 — Port Authorities & Urban Dev’t – Discovery Centre 12:30 — Salmon Chowder Cook-off Champion & People Choice Awards – YVR Stage 12:45 — Adam Woodall Band – YVR Stage 2:00 — Lucille Johnston Workboat Parade – Fraser River 2:30 — NWSS Choir – River Market Patio 3:00 — Message from North Pacific Gyre – Discovery Centre 3:00 — The River and The Road – YVR Stage 4:00 — Bodhi Jones – YVR Stage 5:00 — ByStarlight Band – YVR Stage 12 to 4 p.m. — Tours on the Samson V 12 to 4 p.m. — Fraser River Tours, sponsored by Port Metro Vancouver (last departure at 4 p.m.)

11 a.m. to 5 p.m. —Thrifty’s Kids Zone – Face painting, Stream of Dreams, Explore a Green World, crafts and fun!

11 a.m. to 6 p.m. — Art and Environmental Displays along the Boardwalk

Between noon–4 p.m., join one of the tours exploring the river aboard the MV Native, a replica paddlewheeler used to move cargo and people at the turn of the 19th century. The tour will be narrated by the Port Metro Vancouver’s Community Relations team and local historian Archie Miller from A Sense of History Research Services. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children (3 – 12) and free for toddlers (2 and under). Purchase tickets at the Discovery Centre until Friday, Sept. 27 or on the boardwalk under the Inn at the Quay during RiverFest.

Presentations in the Discovery Centre Canyon Theatre:

Headlining on Saturday at RiverFest is ByStarlight, an electronic pop band signed with Vancouver record label 604 Records. They have performed across the country, including as an opening act for Carly Rae Jepson. On June 4 they released their first single, “Here’s to the Times,” which was produced by Josh Ramsay of Marianas Trench.

EVENTS RIVER MARKET FOOD SWAP

HAVE TOO MUCH JAM? THEN SWAP IT! FOOD SWAPS ARE ABOUT MEETING YOUR NEIGHBOURS & ENJOYING FOOD TOGETHER. ALL ITEMS MUST BE HOMEGROWN, HOMEMADE OR FORAGED BY YOU. WEDNESDAY, SEPT 25 (7pm - 9pm) FREE ADMISSION. PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. VISIT rmfoodswap.eventbrite.ca FOR INFO.

ARTISAN FAIR

OUR MONTHLY WEEKEND MARKET IS A GATHERING OF LOCAL MAKERS. COME MEET THE ARTISANS AND SHOP UNIQUE, BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED PRODUCTS. SATURDAY, SEPT 28 (12pm - 5pm)

Come to Fraser River Discovery Centre’s Canyon Theatre to gain a stronger understanding about the importance of our river systems. The first presentation at 11 a.m. sees Dr. Melissa Frey of the Royal BC Museum discuss the role invasive species play in native ecosystems.

At 12:30 p.m., Peter Brown, an expert in city planning and the author of America’s Waterfront Revival: Port Authorities and Urban Redevelopment, will explain how the decline of traditional cargo activities affects the demands on waterfront authorities. Finally, at 3 p.m. Jan Vozenilek will talk about how Midway Atoll has come to represent a horrifying environmental tragedy, and explain the steps we can take to help the millions of albatrosses who call it home.

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IN NEW WESTMINSTER

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Affordable housing, accessible transportation and a strong public infrastructure make the community appealing to both residents and commuters. (Source Invest New West)

The city is optimally located to enjoy all of the benefits of living in a major metropolitan coastal region, while maintaining the charm and lifestyle of a smaller urban centre.

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The City of New Westminster Electrical Department runs the oldest continuously - operating electrical utility in British Columbia. Today the Electrical Department distributes electricity to 25,000 commercial and residential customers and maintains the electrical systems in City.

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Premier critical of recycling rollout Small business group calls on province to ‘reset’ MMBC program Jeff Nagel Black Press

Premier Christy Clark is criticizing the rollout of a new recycling agency that has caused alarm among municipalities and businesses across the province.

Multi Material BC is slated to take charge of blue box pick-up next May when it becomes responsible for collecting and recycling all packaging and printed paper – at the provincial government’s direction.

“I recognize this wasn’t done well,” Clark said of the planned producer-pay system. “It’s been far too bumpy a ride. There is a lot more work to be done.”

The premier spoke to reporters Friday, a day after local politicians at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention passed a resolution demanding more time to negotiate acceptable contracts with MMBC to avert higher costs and the potential erosion of existing recycling services.

Clark agreed more time and flexibility is needed “so that local communities have a little bit of leverage in trying to put together the

best deal that works for them.”

She said MMBC, a stewardship group formed of retailers and other packaging producers, must ensure its board includes British Columbians, not just industry representatives in Toronto.

Mike Klassen, B.C. director of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, urged the premier to go further and “push the reset button” on the entire stewardship program for packaging and printed paper in light of widespread concern.

“Not only is it local government and public sector unions not happy with it, small business has very, very big concerns,” he said.

Any business that puts packaging or printed paper in the hands of B.C. residents and ultimately the waste stream must register with MMBC as stewards.

Some small businesses were unaware of the program until they were warned by MMBC they could face fines of up to $200,000 if they fail to register.

Small businesses are worried about unknown costs and the onerous workload they may face under MMBC’s model, Klassen said.

A $33,863 DENT IN HUNGER. Our 2013 Making a Dent food drive raised a record $33,863 in cash and items for the Salvation Army food bank, including matching donations by Craftsman Collision.

Thanks to the hundreds of donors and volunteers who helped pitch in to this most worthy cause.

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SPORTS

Hyacks rammed

by Mt. Douglas Ouch.

The New Westminster Hyacks fumbled the opening kickoff and it was all downhill from there in a 51-0 loss to the top-ranked Mt. Douglas Rams in Victoria on Friday.

The Rams scored on their first play after recovering the fumble and they needed only three offensive plays to run their advantage to 21-0.

“We were not ready to play this game and it showed,” said Hyacks head coach Farhan Lalji. “When we got down early the kids simply didn’t respond and that was the disappointing part. You could see how deflated we got whereas in previous weeks we kept fighting.”

The Hyacks were down 28-0 after the first quarter, and 35-0 at half time.

Star running back Marcus Davis led the Rams with 169 all-purpose yards while quarterback Ashton MacKinnon completed six of his 10 passes for 107 yards and two touchdowns.

Defensively, the Hyacks couldn’t gain any ground against Rams’ defensive end James Nichols who had three tackles and two sacks while Christian Krause recorded three tackles to go with his one sack.

“People assume it’s all Marcus, but what really makes them special is their line on both sides of the ball,” said Lalji. “I’ve said all along that this Mt. Douglas team is the clear number one team in B.C. and one of the best I’ve ever seen in our province.”

The loss was the Hyacks’ first after opening the season with three exhibition wins. They’ll try to bounce back when they host Belmont at Mercer Stadium on Friday at 5 p.m.

• The Junior Varsity Hyacks fared better as they shut out Seaquam 34-0 in North Delta on Wednesday.

They travel to Mt. Vernon, Wash. for an exhibition game on Wednesday.

STICK PLAY New Westminster defender Andrea Sarbansur battles Langley Thunder forward Alexis Spargo for control of the ball in the second half of their Pacific Coast Lacrosse League U-15 game, Saturday at Queen’s Park.

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CENTRE STAGE · 11:30 am – 12:00 pm: Century House Singers · 12:00 pm: Greetings from New Westminster Mayor & Council and dignitaries · 12:30 - 1:30 pm: Ralph Shaw-King of the Ukulele · 1:30 - 2:00 pm: Tara Stevens, Youth Artist performing 60s & 70s music · 12:30 - 2:30 pm: Rod Boss-Roving Magician energetic and entertaining

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D TEbook EvEnTs World Rivers Day Celebrations: For the first time, mark World Rivers Day at Burnaby Vi l l ag e Museum, home to Deer Lake Brook, an ecologically significant stream that runs through the site. Community groups and activities w i l l b e f e a t u re d .

When: Sunday, Sept.

29, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Where: Burnaby Village Museum and surrounding site, 6501 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby.

Cost: Free admission, carousel rides $2.21.

Info: b u r n a b y. c a / worldriversday.

Email newsroom@newwestnewsleader.com

RiverFest: Celebrate BC and World Rivers Day on the Fraser with a free family event including d i s p l ay s by art, artisan, environmental and r i v e r- r e l a t e d conservation groups, live entertainment, the work boat parade and a salmon chowder cookoff at River Market. When: Friday, Sept. 27, 4 to 9 p.m. and Saturday, Sept.

28, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Where: Boardwalk, Westminster Quay, New Westminster. Info: www.facebook.com/ RiverFestNewWest Walk for Wildlife: 5-km walkathon fundraiser around the south shore of Burnaby Lake for the Wildlife Rescue

Association of BC raises money for food, medicine, equipment and housing for the animals it helps each year. In support of the community, this year WRA will donate 5 per cent of proceeds to Edmonds Community School. When: Sunday, Sept. 29, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Where: Burnaby Lake Rugby Club, 3760 Sperling Ave., Burnaby.

Cost: $25 adults, $15 seniors, $10 youth (under 18) and $60 for a team of 4. Register: www.wildliferescue. ca or sign up on the day of the event. Info: 604-526-2747 or info@ wildliferescue.ca.

Wo r k s h o p on Interview Skills: Free employment workshop hosted by MOSAIC, a multilingual non-profit organization dedicated to addressing settlement issues that a f f e c t i m m i g ra n t s and refugees. When: Thursday, Sept. 26, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Where: Bob Prittie Metrotown library branch, 6100 Willingdon Av e . , Burnaby. Info and register: 604-436-5400.

B eaut i ful : B ro o ks, Birds and Beasts: Exhibition of works by the Burnaby Artists Guild in celebration of International Rivers Days, the World Wide Bird Art Event, and

the Animal Ceramics, which will be installed in Shadbolt Centre.

When: Opening r e c e p t i o n , F r i d ay, S ep t . 2 7 , 8 p. m .

Where: Encourse G a l l e r y, S h a d b o l t Centre for the Arts, Burnaby. Info: www. burnabyartscouncil. org.

Printmaking Workshop: Local artist Gillian Worsley hosts a printmaking workshop in tandem with her solo exhibition, From Darkness Comes Illumination. When: Saturday, Sept. 28, 2 - 4 p. m . W h e re : Burnaby Arts Council Deer Lake Gallery, 6584 Deer Lake Ave,

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Retail Job Fair: Open to job seekers looking for part-time, fulltime, entry-level, or managerial positions at more than 25 retailers which are looking to fill up to 500 positions for the upcoming holiday season. Candidates are encouraged to bring several résumés, make a list ahead of time of the retailers they are interested in visiting and dress appropriately for potential on-thespot job interviews.

When: Saturday, Sept.

28, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Where: Metropolis at Metrotown mall, Atrium & Grand Courts, Burnaby. Info: www.metropolis@ metrotown.com.

U k ra i n i a n Pe ro g y Supper: When: Friday, Sept. 27, 5 to 8 p.m.

(Perogy sales 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.) Where: Holy Eucharist Church Hall, 4th Ave. and 5th Street, New Westminster. Info: 604-526-0988 or Hall 604-522-7711.

CALL NEW WEST: 604.520.3900 CALL 310.HIRE (4473) OR VISIT SPROTTSHAW.COM OR VISIT SPROTTSHAW.COM

Mushtari Begum Festival of Indian Classical Music & Dance: Four of the finest Canadian and Indian artists will showcase their explosive talents including New Westminster’s Cassius Khan singing Ghazals while playing the tabla, Kathak dancer A m i k a Ku s h wa h a , vocalist Kamaljeet Gill and Bharatanatyam dancer LaxmiNarayan Ganesan.

When: Saturday, Sept. 28, 6:30 p.m. Where: Massey Theatre, corner of 8th and 8th, New We s t m i n s t e r. I n f o and tickets: www. masseytheatre.com.

Volunteers Needed: The Alzheimer Society of B.C. needs Burnaby volunteers who can f a c i l i t a t e m o n t h ly support groups for people who care for family members in various stag es of dementia. It also needs administrative volunteers to handle a variety of office work.

Info: Lori Kelly, 604298-0780 or lkelly@ alzheimerbc.org.

September 27, 28 & 29, 2013 Celebrate creativity in Burnaby!

September 27

6-8pm ..................Ceramic Artist Lecture at Shadbolt Centre (registration required) 8-9:30pm .............Arts & Ceramics Exhibition with Reception at Shadbolt Centre

September 28

11am-2pm ...........Art on the Spot at Shadbolt Centre 11am-4:30pm ......Culture Days at Burnaby Village Museum 2pm .....................Tour of the current exhibition at Burnaby Art Gallery 7-9pm ..................Dutch Films in the Sky at Civic Square, Bob Prittie Library (Metrotown)

September 29

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SUNDECKS

PETS 477

PETS

LAGOTTO ROMAGNOLO PUPS, perfect family dogs, non-shedding, stable, intelligent & loving, $1900. www.lagottinokennels.com MUNCHKINS KITTENS, born Sept 11, ready Nov 14. 2 Fem, 1 Male. $400 - $700, shots, dewormed & vet chkd. (604)543-1828 Aluminum patio cover, sunroom, railing and vinyl. 604-521-2688 www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 374

TREE SERVICES 560

MISC. FOR SALE

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PETS 477

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ITALIAN MASTIFF (Cane Corso)

STEEL BUILDING - SIZZLING SUMMER SAVINGS EVENT! 20X22 $4,188. 25X24 $4,598.

30X36 $6,876.

32X44$8,700.

40X52 $12,990. 47X70 $17,100.

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REAL ESTATE 612 BUSINESSES FOR SALE CREPE restaurant in New Westminster for sale. Asking price $ 65,000. We are selling this business because we are expanding our business to catering. The 270-square feet restaurant is located in a renovated shopping centre with a lease until 2016. Gross sales from 2012 is greater than $100,000.

Information will be provided only to qualified buyers. Before replying , please be willing and prepared to provide your qualifications. Please contact us by e-mail at newwestbusiness88@yahoo.ca

RENTALS 706

PRIME LAKEVIEW LOTS FROM $140,000 Also; Spectacular 3 Acre Parcel at $390,000

6985 Walker Ave Bright large 1br for rent fully reno, available immediately very clean quite building.

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736

HOMES FOR RENT

MAPLE RIDGE - 1,100sf. 2 bdrm. rancher. Private fnc’d 10,000sf. lot.

Updated kit. bath, new windows & roof. A/C in suite lndry. & D/W. Lots of parking. Small pet nego. w/ pet deposit. No smoking! $1400 plus utilities. Avail. Oct 1st. No calls after 7:30pm. 604-790-1710 Duane

748 SHARED ACCOMMODATION NEW WESTMINSTER: room avail, top floor of house with great view.

Share bthrm & kitchen. Avail Oct1. $550/mo. Call (604)780-0048.

RENTALS 706

APARTMENT/CONDO

CLEAN SPACIOUS SUITES Fully Renod 1 & 2 Bd Suites Centrally Located, 5 min walk to Metrotown Mall On-site caretaker Extra large patios

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627 P/B blue males Ready to go. 1st shots & tails/dew claws done.

ULTIMATE FAMILY GUARDIAN $800. 604-308-5665

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750

SUITES, LOWER

2 BEDROOM basement for rent. 2 minute walking distance from 22nd skytrain station. House is only 8 years old. Very convenient location. $900 per month including basic utilities. Call Sandy for further information - 778-834-9070.

750

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NEW WEST. 828 Royal Ave. 2 Bdrms, 2 bthrms, 1 secured prkg. $1450/mo. Avail now. TJ @ Sutton Proact (604)728-5460 PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1097/mo - $1199/mo. Shares req’d. Close to WCE, schools & shopping. No subsidy available.

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Call (604) 931-2670

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TOWNHOUSES

MAPLE RIDGE. Brookside Garden.

Reno’d attractive 3 bdrm. N/S. Oct. 1st. Call 778-835-0748

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SUITES, UPPER

Spacious units, in a safe, family oriented community on beautiful Burnaby Mountain. Enjoy nature and the great outdoors, with all the city amenities such as schools, shopping and SFU nearby on the bus line and close to Production Way sky train. Pet friendly (some exceptions apply).

If your gross household income (before deductions) is between $40000.00 and $61,200 CALL 604-451-6075 to view.

NEW WEST 621 COLBURNE St. Avail now. 1 Bdrm, newly reno’d, very quiet. Starting at $735/mo.

No pets. 1 Blk to Canada Games & Queens park. Call: 604-454-4540

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2000 35’ LANDAU Tritan 10, 58K, full side, solar syst, immac, N/S, $25,000 firm. Ph: (604)464-2757

SURREY Bridgeview. 3Bdrm upper, 2 balconies, RV pkng, priv laundry, ns/np, avail Oct 1st. $1300 +utils.

778-574-4621 or 778-388-4623.

Coquitlam Harbour Chimes 1 bdrm brand new, incl heat alarm granite counters NP $950 604-788-1275

N. BURNABY: 1 Bdrm inc heat, hydro & cbl. Priv entr. parking. n/s, n/p. $800m. Avl now. 604-299-1724

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RAN BEAMISH PLACE – 8750 MAPLE GROVE CRES. BURNABY

LARGE 2 Bdrm Bsmt Canada Way/Imperial. $850 incl. utils w/shared W/D. N/S, N/P. 604-5245065

810

NEW WESTMINSTER - 2 bdrm. garden suite $1200 & 3 bdrm. w/ garden view $1300. Deluxe units.

W/D & D/W. H/W flrs. Cls. to 8th street skytrain. N/P N/S Avail. Now. Must See! 604.524.5494

BURNABY, Edmund Stn. 1 Bdrm bsmt suite. $600/mo. N/S, cat ok.

Avail Oct 1st. (604)936-2257

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Galloway’s F I N E F O O D S P E C I A LT I E S

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Cranberries

If you are looking for the finest baking ingredients, Galloway’s Fine Food Specialties is the place to visit.

Dried, Soft & Moist

$0.66/100g

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Dried Blueberries $1.76/100g

7 99

$

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Dried Pitted Prunes California.

$0.66/100g

2

$

99

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Thompson Raisins Seedless. U.S.

$0.44/100g

1

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Golden Raisins Seedless. California

$0.57/100g

2

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59

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Turkish Apricots Sundried

$0.66/100g

2

$

99

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Medjool Dates California

$1.32/100g

5

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Red Glaced Cherries $0.73/100g

3 29

$

/lb

Deluxe Fruit Cake Mix No Peel

$0.64/100g

2 89

$

/lb

Cut Mixed Peel Orange, Lemon & Citron

1

$0.57/100g

PLACE 2013

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This unique old fashioned Scottish style small shop has a wide variety of healthy natural products for almost any recipe and a fine selection of vitamins, gluten-free products, organic grains and natural treats to make Galloway’s part of a healthy lifestyle choice.

❤❤❤ Green Glaced Cherries $0.73/100g

3

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29

Sesame Seeds

1 99

$

/lb

Mince Meat (No Suet) $0.62/100g

2

Black. 100% Gluten Free.

79

9 99

$

/lb

Walnut Halves & Pieces $1.32/100g

5

9 89

$

99

/lb

2 69

$

Slivered. California

$1.21/100g

5

49

/lb

Natural Sliced Almonds

5 49

$

1 39

$

2 99

Raw. For Baking. U.S.

10 99

$

/lb

Blue Poppy Seeds

2

$

/500ml jar

Natural Avocado Oil

/lb

Green Pistachios $2.41/100g

Sri Lankan. Glass Jar.

7 99

$

Raw. Vietnam

$

/800g box

Organic Virgin Coconut Oil

/lb

Cashew Pieces $0.66/100g

/800g bag

Cream of Wheat

U.S.

$1.21/100g

/454g bag

Seven Grain Cereal

Blanced Almonds $

/454g bag

Hemp Seeds

California

$

/400g bag

Chia Seeds

Jamaican Rum

$

Hulled. Raw.

Australian

29

Glass Bottle.

1 0 99

$

/375ml bottle

Kidd Bros. Honey

Alfalfa Clove, Dandelion, Fireweed & Cream.

Plastic Bottles.

6 99

$

/1kg jar

/400g bag

Sale starts Wednesday, September 25th, ends Friday, October 4th

Galloway’s

702 SIXTH AVENUE, NEW WESTMINSTER

Tel. 604.526.7525 Fax. 604.526.7523 Check our website: www.gallowaysnewwest.com/ Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/GallowaysFineFoodNewWest Reviews on Yelp: www.yelp.ca/biz/galloways-fine-food-specialties-new-westminster

STORE HOURS: Monday - Thursday 9:00am - 5:30pm • Friday 9:00am - 9:00pm • Saturday 9:00am - 5:30pm • Sunday 12noon - 4:00pm • Stat Holidays - Closed