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Steveston’s lure is greater than its coffee shops With planners keen on preserving history of Steveston Village, change comes carefully Part of a monthly series looking at Richmond’s neighbourhoods.

by Matthew Hoekstra Staff Reporter

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ts signature product was once what came from the Fraser River—now it’s more likely from Guatemala.

Richard Lam photo Steveston is home to many of Richmond’s tourism destinations, including the Steveston Tram Barn.

Steveston, beloved by its residents and tourists, hasn’t lost its seafood shine, but coffee shops are quickly becoming king. All the big purveyors of pumpkin spice lattes are now in the village, doing business alongside longtime haunts and new trendy coffee cloisters like Rocanini.

Tucked away in the southwest corner of Richmond, Steveston has the feel of a distinct neighbourhood. Just over 25,000 people live

here—13 per cent of the city’s total—and residents and visitors alike are drawn to its history and waterfront.

“People just love the waterfront atmosphere,” said Coun. Harold Steves, a politician since 1968.

“That’s what people like. A lot of people go down to buy a fish, but even if they don’t just to walk along the waterfront to watch the boats there that are bringing fish in, just the whole atmosphere of the harbour and waterfront is a tremendous draw.”

Steveston boasts many of Richmond’s favourite sites: a waterfront village, unique shops and services, Garry Point Park, Gulf of Georgia Cannery, Britannia Shipyards, Steveston Park and dyke trails. It’s also a place where Richmond’s early history is rooted.

Harold Steves’ great-grandfather Manoah Steves, and wife Martha Steves, were the first settlers in the area. They came by way of New Brunswick, purchasing 162 hectares (400 acres) in what is now Steveston.

Harold Steves continues to farm a portion of that land today.

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On September 22nd, nearly 100 people braved the weather and hiked Grouse Mountain for the inaugural Grind for the Mind in support of Mental Health Services at Richmond Hospital. This event was envisioned by Ampri Group’s CEO Paramjit Sandhu as a way to share his passion for hiking while raising funds for Richmond Hospital Foundation. Grind for the Mind was organized to bring awareness to mental illness and mental health services in our community as well as to promote healthier living through exercise.

Through the support of our sponsors, Ampri Group was able to raise $30,000 for the Richmond Hospital Foundation! The funds raised through this event will go towards a new initiative that Richmond Hospital is leading, called Patient and Family Centered Care. This new model will help families in supporting and promoting the wellness of their family member affected by a mental illness.

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Richmond Review · Page 3

Traffic patterns support new Deas bridge Transit surprisingly strong through Massey Tunnel

by Jeff Nagel Black Press The provincial point man in charge of replacing the Massey Tunnel with a new bridge is rejecting criticism that the megaproject will merely shift the Highway 99 traffic jam north to the Oak Street and Knight Street bridges.

Geoff Freer, executive director of the Gateway Program, said traffic data gathered so far shows most of the northbound tunnel traffic doesn’t enter Vancouver—60 per cent of motorists using it go between Richmond, Surrey, Delta, the U.S. border or the BC Ferries terminal in Tsawwassen.

In the past, he said, replacement of the tunnel with a higher capacity crossing was ruled out on the basis it would just move the bottleneck.

But traffic patterns have changed greatly, Freer said in an interview following the premier’s Sept. 22 announcement of the new bridge.

“I was surprised,” he said of the findings, but added it reflects strong economic growth in the three cities.

Another key change is the Canada Line, which opened in 2010 and now draws many Vancouver-bound commuters through the tube to Bridgeport Station in Richmond who previously drove over the Oak Street Bridge.

Freer said TransLink counts show 50 per cent of all people travelling through the tunnel in the morning rush hour do so aboard buses.

That reflects the ability of buses to speed past congested rush hour traffic using bus-only lanes and queue jumpers—which he said are working well.

Even the day-long average mode share of trips taken by transit through the tunnel is strong at 26 per cent, he said.

Adding to the numbers are BC Ferry passengers who increasingly walk on and ride a bus from Tsawwassen.

Critics have warned the new bridge could set back transit, making it easier to drive instead, while sucking away billions of dollars that could otherwise build new SkyTrain or light rail lines.

But Freer argued it will improve transit by giving buses dedicated transit lanes so they no longer merge with regular traffic to enter the tunnel.

The project would also be designed for future rapid transit, although there’s no timeline or plan for adding it.

“There are an awful lot of people who can never use transit for various reasons,” Freer said, listing trades people, goods movers and others making multiple stops.

He confirmed the project could cost on the order of $3 billion, in line with the Port Mann/Highway 1 Project, but it’s too early to narrow that down.

As for whether the new bridge would be tolled like the Port Mann,

Some 60 per cent of motorists using it go between Richmond, Surrey, Delta, the U.S. border or the BC Ferries terminal in Tsawwassen.

Rendering of what the new Massey bridge could look like.

Freer said more work is required to decide that.

Adding tolls would affect use of the bridge—Freer confirmed that will have to be explored as part of detailed traffic modeling—but he said that won’t happen before next spring.

Engineers will consider upgrades along the length of Highway 99 right from the U.S. border to Bridgeport Road in Richmond.

Freer doesn’t anticipate the addition of more highway lanes, but rather interchange upgrades and lengthening on-ramps for safer merging.

The biggest changes would be to the interchanges on either side of

the tunnel.

A provincial government video depicted the bridge as having 10 lanes, but Freer said more work is needed to decide the number of lanes.

He predicted there will be “very little impact if any” on agricultural land and Metro Vancouver’s Deas Island Regional Park, where bridge piers would be placed, could actually grow in size because of the removal of the tunnel approach.

Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie has raised concerns about the loss of farmland for a giant new bridge and questioned whether the bottleneck now at the tunnel will just move towards the Richmond-Van-

couver border.

Freer said the tunnel is the region’s worst pinch point because it’s the only one where rush hour traffic is cut to a single lane in the off-peak direction for hours at a time.

The old tunnel would be removed to allow larger ships passage upriver.

Freer said keeping it makes no sense.

It would cost “millions” to rehabilitate beyond its current 10-year useful lifespan, he said, and it will never meet modern standards for lane widths, emergency responder access or earthquake protection.

Coun. Harold Steves said a high

level crossing would allow more ships on the river and lead to further industrialization of the estuary.

“The only reason for replacing the tunnel with a bridge is to allow massive coal ships, Panamax supertankers carrying jet fuel and crude oil tankers to go up and down the river,” he commented following the announcement, adding that such ships can currently navigate over the tunnel for just one hour a day at high tide.

Steves wants to restrict truck traffic through the tunnel at rush hour to alleviate congestion, and build a second tunnel that would provide light rail transit through to White Rock.

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An Evening of Music for Global Pathways 4 Change Sat 7:00–10:00 | Richmond Baptist Church

Children Drawing Competition Sun 12:00–4:00 | Lansdowne Centre

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Richmond Review · Page 5

Richmond is now recycling 68 per cent of its waste Just two months into the City of Richmond’s green cart and large item pick up programs, Richmond residents in single-family homes are already surpassing their past recycling records with 68 per cent of waste being recycled.

That’s two per cent shy of the city’s goal to reach 70 per cent by 2015 and up by about seven per cent from last summer.

Richmond council is building on green cart program for recycling food scraps and yard trimmings by approving the launch of a new pilot program to reach the remaining 40 per cent of residents who live in apartments and multi-level townhomes. The City of Richmond is focused on implementing food scraps recycling programs for all residents prior to the anticipated ban on food scraps disposal in 2015.

“We are extremely impressed with how our residents have taken the initiative to use our programs to keep recyclable materials out of the garbage,” Mayor Malcolm Brodie said in a statement. “We are proud to support their efforts by delivering convenient programs, and we will continue to look ahead to the next opportunity to trim our waste.”

Over the past two months, which are a busy season for yard trimmings, over 3,700 tonnes of yard trimmings and food scraps were recycled and will be used to create compost. Before the green cart and earlier green can service were offered, yard trimmings and food scraps went into the garbage. This resulted in nearly 10,000 tonnes of these recyclable materials going into landfills each year.

Richmond’s next step with the green cart program involves testing service options for apartments and multi-level townhomes by trialing different approaches to collecting and transferring food scraps to communal recycling areas along with green cart maintenance options. The city is working with a number of commercial and mixed-use complexes to explore recycling and garbage service options to

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create cost-effective service packages that align with their business model and operational needs. The current green cart program is provided to residents in single-family homes and townhomes with city garbage and/or blue box service.

“The reality is that in the past, more than 80 per cent of what went into our garbage cans was recyclable material that could be turned from waste into a resource through recycling processes,” Brodiesaid.

“Today, there is a greater awareness that this type of waste of resources is unacceptable. We can all do our part to reduce, reuse and recycle to create a sustainable lifestyle that’s good for us today and for future generations.”

Richmond delivers an annual progress report each year to provide an overview of garbage and recycling services and diversion rates in the community, along with a convenient guide with tips and resources for recycling, take back programs and dealing with hazardous waste. The city recently released its most recent annual report, Report 2012: Expanding Services to Achieve our Goals.

See www.richmond.ca/recycle to obtain a copy.

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Premier critical of new recycling agency rollout

City Board Asphalt paving advisory September 15th to October 31st, 2013 The City of Richmond has contracted Imperial Paving Ltd. to grind and pave the following locations in Richmond from September 15th to October 31st: • 8000 Block of Williams Road • 9000 Block of Williams Road • No. 5 Road from Steveston Highway to Dyke Road –S.B. Only • Dyke Road and No. 5 Road to 300m west • 9000 Block of Leonard Road • Hammersmith Gate (Shell Road to Hammersmith Gate ) • Hammersmith Way (Horseshoe Way to Coppersmith Way) • Coppersmith Way (Horseshoe Way to Hammersmith Way) • Jacombs Road (Westminster Highway to Jacombs Road Overpass ) • 6000 and 7000 Block South Dike Road • Westminster Highway (Maclean to Gilley Road) • Cambie Road – E.B. only from 9320 Cambie Rd to No. 4 Road

Small business group calls on province to ‘reset’ program

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Work hours will be 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on weekdays, and 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on weekends.

Traffic will be reduced to single-lane and there may be temporary lane closures. Delays may occur. The use of an alternate route is strongly encouraged.

This work is weather dependent and dates are subject to change without notice.

Questions may be directed to Wasim Memon, Supervisor, Engineering Inspections, at 604-276-4189, or visit the City’s paving program webpage at www.richmond.ca (City Services > Roads, Dykes, Water & Sewers > Construction Projects > 2013 Paving).

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Multi Material BC is slated to take charge of blue box pickup 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 Multi Material BC 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 Multi Material BC, a stewardship group formed of retailers and other packaging producers, must ensure its board

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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 Multi Material BC as stewards.

Some small businesses were unaware of the program until they were warned by Multi Material BC 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 Multi Material BC’s model, Klassen said.

“Imagine what it would be like for a small restaurant with their name on the pizza box—they have to track all the weight and the amount of paper that they distribute with those pizzas they deliver and remit fees on a regular basis.”

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Klassen said part of the problem is that Multi Material BC’s board consists of big business representatives who aren’t taking smaller firms’ needs into account.

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The regional district’s zero waste committee voted Monday to let member cities exempt specific apartment buildings when the organics disposal ban in place for regular houses extends to multifamily residential.

Diverting organic waste is a key plank in Metro’s plan to reach at least 70 per cent recycling but local cities increasingly admit it’s too difficult for older apartment buildings without space for specialized bins.

The recommendation, which still needs Metro board approval, is part of a proposed bylaw to block garbage exports that regional planners have revived after a previous version was rejected Sept. 5.

Residents in exempted multifamily buildings would continue to toss their food waste in the garbage, which would be taken to a material recovery facility that would use various technologies to extract the organics and other recyclables.

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that will otherwise be dumped or incinerated, so Metro has agreed to let private firms build and run the automated plants.

“Eighty five per cent of the plastic, metal and paper that could be recovered isn’t being recovered,” Vancouver Coun.

Andrea Reimer said.

She sees material recovery facilities as critical to quickly diverting more material to recycling so that Metro doesn’t build a bigger garbage incinerator than necessary.

The region is in the midst of procuring a controversial new waste-to-energy plant and Reimer has been exploring ways to minimize its size or avoid building it altogether.

“Once the incinerator is built there will be no way to go to more source separation,” she said.

If apartment waste is diverted for now to a material recovery facility, she said, it won’t be calculated as part of the garbage needing disposal in determining the final size of a future WTE plant, currently estimated at 370,000 tonnes

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“We don’t see the (material recovery facility) concept as damaging our ability to source separate in the long term.”

The proposed waste control bylaw would require all garbage to go to regional facilities, blocking shipments to out-of-region landfills where tipping fees are far lower and Metro bans on dumping recyclables don’t apply.

Metro planners say a trickle of waste now being trucked out of region threatens to turn into a flood, bleeding the regional district of tipping fee revenue that underpins the entire garbage and recycling system.

The retooled bylaw, expected to come back before Metro in the weeks ahead, will plug one loophole that would have let residue from material recovery facilities be dumped outside the region.

Metro will also ask the province for the power to ticket material recovery facilities for rule violations.

Pitt Meadows Mayor Deb Walters previously

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Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan said the multifamily organics exemption, which would be reviewed after five years, is an acceptable compromise to stop garbage flowing east.

“That’s the price I’m willing to pay to avoid the bypassing of waste out of our region to facilities that are simply landfilling it.”

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Rick Glumac opposed the changes. He said the enforcement provisions are too vague and predicted no material recovery facilities will be built under the rules.

“I don’t think we have any idea of the unintended consequences that are going to come of this,” added North Vancouver District Coun.

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Guest editorial: Bring on four-year terms

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number of interesting motions and discussions arose from last week’s annual Union of B.C. Municipalities convention, including a proposal calling for extending terms of office for mayors and city councillors from three years to four.

Anyone who has regularly watched municipal politicians in action or has

served on such a board knows the avalanche of information the newest members must absorb.

On top of learning the history of past decisions and choices to create the proper context for making good decisions, rookies must try to memorize the process and learn how best to work within those confines to be the most effective.

In our estimation, it takes between one and two years minimum for an

elected official to reasonably understand how to do the job. Therefore, this only leaves about one year of a three-year that they’re sufficiently proficient to best represent the people who put them into office.

Extending a term by another year will give residents better bang for their tax buck, reduce election costs and council turnover, and put municipalities in sync with provincial elections.

This timing would aid in limiting the costs some

municipalities have had to accrue once a current mayor or councillor wins a provincial election, which, obviously, triggers costly byelections.

The proposal passed with a 60 per cent approval rate, with one rural delegate stating the idea came from “professional politicians” in the Lower Mainland, where pay is higher.

While that may be true, it doesn’t change the fact that this is an idea whose time may have come and it

should be pushed forwarded as soon as possible.

And it’s not as though there isn’t precedent for this in Canada. If such a plan is enacted, B.C. would fall in step with every other province except for the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

Overall, we would be better served by having longer terms, both in terms of effectiveness of politicians and money saved by having fewer elections.

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Walmart mall can end our legacies or wow us Walmart mall can’t fathom why a city would buy a central park jewel in a priceless setting and then let the setting be disfigured.

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pponents,” said a Richmond Review headline, “worry about loss of Garden City Lands viewscape.”

True, but even friends of a right-sized

Keep in mind that the mall would border Alderbridge Way for much of the long block from Garden City Road to No. 4 Road.

On a clear day, someone well south on the lands might spot mountain peaks above the mall, but that’s no viewscape.

In the existing forest on the north side of Alderbridge, “protected” trees have been killed despite the tree bylaw. An ESA, an “environmentally sensitive area,” became a wasteland, buried in sand. And the project plan would get rid of more ESA and wipe out every tree from Alderbridge to Alexandra Road.

Mall signs will face Alderbridge to catch our eyes.

It’s like a billboard 1400 feet long and up to 57 feet high, trashing a legacy, nature’s viewscape.

As seen from the west entrance to the Garden City Lands, that viewscape is almost continuous, since the Alderbridge traffic flows behind a grassy berm.

At the Ideas Fair on the Garden City Lands this summer, people got the chance to envision the Walmart mall in the viewscape. Many were horrified.

Better news: Thanks largely to alert citizens and Councillors Chak Au, Harold Steves and Bill McNulty, council’s planning committee has sent the mall project back to staff.

Kudos! This stage, not a later one, is the time to fix what can be fixed. Skipping to a public hearing would be a copout. Council was

elected to safeguard our legacies—for us and all to come.

What’s needed?

First we need to save the ESA (environmentally sensitive area) all along Alderbridge. It got slipped off the books last year, but it’s grandfathered: it already applied to the project, so it still does.

The ESA/wildlife corridor would need to be at least 20 metres wide, roughly at street level, with restoration monitored by someone like Michael Wolfe.

The narrow strip of forest will need new evergreens to fill in gaps. With care, the forest will still act as a screen that’s not too high—so it doesn’t block the mountains or get uprooted by winds.

Also, any new buildings north of the Walmart mall should respect the viewscape, not jut up into it.

To reduce flood risk, the whole mall area would be raised a metre or so. We’ll want drainage on the mall level, with walkways well back from the forest of the wildlife corridor.

The mall has reworked its design to please a big nearby developer, Polygon.

Likewise, the owners might embrace the chance to conserve our legacies and wow us all, their would-be patrons. Let’s ask.

Staff may bring the Walmart mall back to council planning at 4 pm on Tuesday, Oct. 8. Watch for updates on the Richmond’s Garden City Conservation blog, which includes a filled-out version of this column.

Jim Wright is president of the Garden City Conservation Society. His blog is at GardenCityLands.wordpress. com

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Support hospital during Community Cares Day this Saturday Editor: Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, Richmond Hospital and its staff are there for us to ensure we can live happy and healthy lives. On Saturday, we have a special day for our community to say thank you and give back.

Richmond Hospital Foundation’s sixth annual Community Cares Day is this Saturday, Sept.

28. It’s a feature event across our city that highlights the needs of our hospital and brings our diverse citizens together to improve local health care.

While government funds some of the essentials at Richmond Hospital, the ability to purchase advanced new medical technologies, to provide additional

comforts for seniors in residential care, and to upgrade facilities, relies on the generosity of people like you. That’s where Richmond Hospital Foundation comes in. They raise awareness of our local health care needs, and act as a catalyst for your support.

And there’s no bigger day for our health care community than Community Cares Day. Saturday’s all-day event features more than 100 volunteers at prominent supporter booths at local shopping malls (Richmond Centre, Lansdowne Centre, Aberdeen Centre, and Ironwood Plaza), a call centre to receive donations, and a street team waiving signs outside a donation drive-thru at Richmond Hospital. In addition, an exclusive

City centre doesn’t need another big shopping centre Editor: Re: The proposed Walmart/Smart Centres mall.

I am a resident of City Centre. We have Target just opening and two other major malls in the area, not to mention three lesser ones. There are lots of dollar stores and other discount stores, and there’s already a Walmart just down the road in Queensborough.

I don't think we need another big shopping centre on Alderbridge.

If council does approve Walmart, they will lose my support. But if they do approve it, I want them to please P-L-E-A-S-E tone it down so they leave at least a 15- or 20-metre green strip of what is now growing there. I would really like more of the forest in the area of No. 4 Road and Alderbridge Way maintained too.

I am one of those who really enjoy having the Garden City lands there and I don't want to be at the lands and looking across the street at a mall.

Imagine doing that at Stanley Park or Garry Point!

Council is reviewing this proposal again on Oct. 8. If you share my concerns, please let them know how you feel by calling or writing them. Sometimes as few as 30 pages of correspondence can change things.

Lorne Brandt Richmond

The streets were alive with plein air artists Editor: Well, Mark Glavina of Phoenix Art Workshop did it again. He took “the arts” from the back of the bus and put it in the driver’s seat.

The fourth annual Grand Prix of Art spread itself around the streets of Steveston on Saturday, Sept.

21. Contrary to the weather forecast, the sun shone, bringing out the largest number of artists thus far.

We had 85 artists draw their locations, get shuttled to their spots and when the Gulf of Georgia Cannery's whistle blew, load their brushes. Three hours and many paint strokes later, they put down their brushes when the cannery whistle blew at 1 p.m.

Back to Britannia Shipyards where their work was hung, judged and winners announced before the public filed through the gallery in the Chinese Bunkhouse. A lot of the art has been sold but most of it will hang until Sunday.

The bunkhouse will be open noon till 5 p.m., except Sunday, when it will be noon to 4 p.m. It is a great opportunity to pick up an original piece of Steveston art!

It took a mighty team of volunteers to pull off this amazing event and I would like to thank all the volunteers for a job so very well done!

Mary Lou Rossiter Volunteer Coordinator Grand Prix of Art

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Breastfeeding support – it takes a community imagined that I would have been asked to join a breastfeeding advisory group.

Green Scene Colin Dring

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hen I first returned to Richmond after studying abroad and working on the east coast, I never would have

Coming into my second year with this group and reflecting on the past year I realize how much I have learned and also how supported I have been; that my opinions and questions are met with encouragement and interest.

Good food access for all requires an engaged focus on those who are most helpless and unable to fend for themselves. Breastfeeding is an expression of good food access that promotes

the strong, healthy development of babies into well-functioning and able adults. Almost all mothers can breastfeed, provided they have accurate information, the support of their family, the health care system and society at large.

Many mothers are off to a strong start, breastfeeding their babies. However, after a few weeks to months post delivery, breastfeeding starts to decline. The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding for up to six months of age, with continued breastfeeding along with appropriate complementary

foods up to two years of age or beyond.

In order to sustain breastfeeding, mothers need to be supported.

Traditional support has come from the family unit. However, as societies change, a broader set of formal and informal supports are needed (e.g. health workers, lactation consultants, community organizations, friends and family). This year’s World Breastfeeding Week—Breastfeeding Support —Close to Mothers runs from Sept. 30 to Oct. 7 and brings attention to the need for formal (healthcare, workplace and employment, government) and informal

(family and friends, community groups) supports to sustain breastfeeding.

There are multiple opportunities to support breastfeeding within our existing institutions particularly the health care system and the workplace. Within our health care system, postnatal care can facilitate bonding and optimal infant feeding.

Health care workers are also trained in a variety of counselling skills to provide advice and guidance. Workplaces can be more supportive of breastfeeding mothers by facilitating and encouraging breastfeeding and storage of breast milk.

As well, the provision of paid maternity and paternity leave is also proven to benefit families by reducing stress and increasing family

support.

Husbands/partners/ fathers, grandparents, extended family and friends are a mother’s immediate and continued support network.

These family members are critical in the emotional, mental and physical well-being of mothers. Support during and after pregnancy reduces stress, empowers women and increases mother’s confidence in her ability to breastfeed over months. Helping out with tasks like making supper, caring for baby so mom can sleep, make a big difference for mom. Community can also support women by removing judgement and encouraging breastfeeding activities within public and private spaces.

The key to ensuring that breastfeeding

rates are sustained over the optimal time period is continuous daily supports for mothers. It takes a community of people to create safe, inclusive spaces where mothers can do the best for their children.

To learn more, visit the Richmond Public Library’s Brighouse branch on Sept. 30, Oct. 2, or 3 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 or talk to your healthcare professional.

Colin Dring is with Richmond Food Security Society, which works to ensure that all people in the community have access to safe, nutritious, culturally appropriate foods that strengthen our environment and society.

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letters Don’t cross in the middle of the block Editor: My heart goes out to the families, friends and classmates of the girls who were in the tragic accident near their high school in Surrey last week.

As a commercial driver, I am on the road a lot and this is not just a one-off incident. I see this happen on a daily basis and it is not just restricted to the Surrey School

District.

In fact I was by the scene of this accident not 24 hours later and still some students are crossing in the middle of the block.

Students from many Richmond schools also choose to cross the roads wherever they find it convenient to get to where they are headed, whether it be Richmond Centre or Broadmoor mall.

Traffic does not move at a snail’s pace on these routes, and students who choose to jaywalk to get to their destinations should take notice and reconsider what they are about to do. In car versus pedestrian, the car wins every time.

The amount of time it takes to cross at the nearest crosswalk far out weighs the chances of being hit

Council has now decided to get tough when dealing with developers Editor: I find Richmond city council’s collective indignation towards Walmart and the proposed SmartCentre development laughable.

While they've willingly turned a blind eye to the destruction of entire neighbourhoods with the spread of stucco mansion ghettos and were seemingly neutered in their ability to deal with Onni’s bait and switch on the Steveston

waterfront, now they’ve decided to get tough when dealing with developers?

Given their poor record in urban planning to date and the hodgepodge that is our City Centre, I would think they’d welcome the jobs, investment in infrastructure, and future revenue through taxes that come with this type of project.

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Some reported studies show three ways of defining speeding: technical — driving any amount over the posted limit — the most conservative and rarely self-applied definition; relative — driving too fast for conditions — the definition that most closely approaches dangerous driving and hence also rarely self-applied; and absolute — driving a specific amount over the posted limit, e.g. 120 km/h in a 100 km/h zone.

When it comes to blaming, we may try to fault the police, criticize the rules, and look down on slow-poke drivers. Feeling deserted by good fortune may be as close to home as some of us will ever get in their ‘thinking’ about their speeding ticket or tickets.

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Touchstone Family Association’s 30th anniversary

‘Strengthening family and building community’

by Don Fennell Staff Reporter

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s Touchstone Family Association begins its fourth decade this week “strengthening family and building community,” the executive director of the Richmond non-profit service agency reflects fondly on its successes while maintaining optimism for future inroads.

“While we haven’t changed legislation we’ve at least created (greater) awareness (of family services),” said Michael McCoy. “We’ve always been an agency that has looked at presenting issues and trying to grow a service and keep it contemporary.

And I think we’ve raised an awareness that all families deserve a fair chance.”

Since 1983, Touchstone’s services have focused primarily on preserving and enhancing family relationships. And in doing so, the association has tried to promote the importance of prevention.

The Front Porch Program is an example of barrier-free counseling and support services for families as needed, minus the red tape often associated with referrals.

By being proactive, the goal is to provide solutions to issues before they become unmanageable.

“A lot of times families we saw, or are seeing in chaos didn’t need to be. All they needed was a kind of road map and reassurance that it was OK,” said McCoy. “We decided families need to know they’re not alone in dealing with stuff.”

Touchstone Family Association is celebrating 30 years of serving the community.

McCoy said it’s easy for families to be overwhelmed by such things as hockey lessons or tutoring which can cost up to $300 an hour. He said they often try to make do even when they can’t afford it.

“Families can be complex emotionally,”

he said. “And it’s not about rich or poor, there is a commonality between everybody. It’s absolutely democratic.”

That said, McCoy were like to see consistent fixed funding for the ministry of children and family, which oversees services

such as those provided by Touchstone.

“I’d like to see a realistic budget just for the health of society,” he said. “And we need more than just a family day. We need government to take a very realistic approach to funding services.”

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Touchstone’s 30th anniversary

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Touchstone’s 30th anniversary

photo Eating Together, which has become a popular annual event organized by Touchstone, returns for a third year this February.

Eating Together makes a positive community impact

by Don Fennell Staff Reporter What started out around Family Day has grown into one of Touchstone Family Association’s most successful fundraising efforts.

With numerous participating restaurants on board, and support from various local community businesses, Eating Together has become a major source of support for the Front Porch Project.

“One of the most imporant things a family can do, as far as self help if you will, is to ensure they eat dinner together,” says Touchstone Family Association executive director Michael McCoy. “Eventually, the idea turned into a campaign and has carried on about three or four years now while raising a lot of capital.”

McCoy says the program will be continued, likely to start again around Family Day in mid-February 2014 with a traditional Family Day breakfast in partnership with Richmond Family Place.

Eating Together encourages families to eat together through a series of activities such as community meals, cooking classes, restaurant participation and the distribution of awareness information. Organizers point to research that shows families that regularly share meals connect more effectively, have fewer problems and stay together.

Congratulations Touchstone Family Association on your 30th anniversary of serving our community.

The City of Richmond is pleased to partner with Touchstone in making our community a better place to live for all.

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Steveston

Preserving Steveston’s character

City of Richmond Archives photos Second Avenue in Steveston, looking north from the dike.

John D. O’Neil, Walter Billy Steves and Manoah Steves with horses and carts standing outside The Palace Livery Stage and Sale Stables.

]The Hepworth Block as it appeared more than a century ago.

From Page 1 “We don’t know why they came to B.C. All that’s been passed down in family history is that Manoah had bad heath and he came to B.C. for a more healthy climate,” he said.

Manoah and Martha chose the Steveston area in particular because the marshland was similar to what they were used to in Moncton, New Brunswick.

“He understood how to dike and drain marshland and farm it, and he knew that alluvial soils were the best types of soil,” said Harold Steves. “He came out here, got a map of the islands and delta, and marked a spot on the map he wanted.

There was nobody else here except for the First Nations people, and he chose this spot.”

That was the fall of 1877—two years before Richmond was incorporated as a municipality. Harold Steves still has the map scrawled on by his great-grandfather.

Pioneers in the Steves family saw canneries begin to sprout up and soon realized the area would become a major point of interest in the future. In an early editorial of the now defunct newspaper Steveston Enterprise, they wrote, “At the mouth of every great river there’s a major city.”

Steveston soon became the fastest area of growth in Richmond. That continued into the 1950s, as Steveston offered more affordable land than Vancouver, while

still being connected to downtown by an interurban tram.

Today, most of Richmond’s growth is in City Centre. Growth in Steveston is projected to be modest due to constraints on available and developable land. And the growth that is taking place is being carefully planned to preserve its unique heritage character—particularly in the historic Steveston Village.

Richmond’s 2041 Official Community Plan calls for higher density in Steveston Village, while conserving heritage. City officials are also encouraging new waterfront connections and public access to the waterfront.

City officials also want to maintain and enhance the visitor appeal of Steveston, by retaining waterfront commercial uses and adding attractions. And, where appropriate, encourage mixed use projects that include an employment component.

Change is inevitable on riverfront lands owned by the Steveston Harbour Authority. Its industrial lands are still used by the fishing industry, and although the fishing fleet and fish processing operations may still be thriving, the industry isn’t what it once was.

Preserving Steveston’s character has long been on city officials’ minds. As canneries started to be boarded up in the ‘80s, a heritage study was ordered, and born was the idea of serving more tourists while maintaining the area’s charm.

The Steveston waterfront in the 1920s.

In 1918 Steveston was declared the Salmon Capital of the World, boasting the largest port in the world, said Harold Steves.

“Rotterdam was the largest in tonnage, Steveston was largest in vessels. That gives you an idea of how it developed. So we thought if we can capture that aspect of it and carry on with that vision, then the town and the community will survive, and it looks like it’s doing pretty well.”

The Gulf of Georgia Cannery was saved, then Britannia Shipyards. Other projects aimed at preserving heritage are ongoing. The city is restoring the Japanese Fishermen’s Benevolent Association building, which was added to the Steveston Museum’s site in the heart of the village in 2010.

The building, due to open next year, will contain exhibit and rental space and will tell the story of the Japanese Canadian experience in Steveston. And yesterday (Thursday), the city officially opened the restored Seine Net Loft at Britannia Shipyards.

As canneries started to be boarded up in the ‘80s, a heritage study was ordered, and born was the idea of serving more tourists while maintaining the area’s charm.

Waterfront lots owned by the city between Britannia and No. 1 Road could also bring change to Steveston in the future. Steves recently travelled with senior staff to Mystic, Conn. for ideas.

The historic east coast waterfront village could serve as a model for future development here.

Said Steves: “It’s a mecca for anybody interested in waterfront redevelopment in North America.”

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Steveston

Reflections on a changing community

Tales of Steveston Erin Hanson

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s a Steveston resident, I’ve watched waves of change wash over our neighbourhood.

I’ve heard the questions people ask in response to these changes: is this gentrification, revitalization, or a loss of history? These questions often elicit different reactions from different people.

I’ve seen slogans that proclaim “Save Steveston!” as if it’s under some kind of attack, but I’ve also seen this development celebrated.

These conversations have caused me to reflect on the multiple identities of Ste-

veston over my lifetime.

When I was a kid, my parents would tell me stories of their childhood in this place.

“Richmond was ‘the sticks,’” my mom would tell me, thinking back to the 1950s and ‘60s. It was all farmland then. Steveston in particular was a working-class village at the end of the line, one of several distinct communities on Lulu and Sea Islands.

Back then, Steveston was considered a dead end, my parents tell me. A dead end that stunk like fish. People didn’t always want to come here—at least not to live.

My experience is slightly different to theirs. I’ve never considered Steveston a dead end. I’ve always viewed it as a gateway to the majestic Fraser River, to the Gulf Islands and the Salish Sea, ringed by the North Shore mountains and the Cascade range.

I think of it as an inspiring, welcoming, warm place with a big personality. Some of my most favourite people live here. It’s home.

At the same time, I’ve noticed an underlying irony as Steveston’s economic base and entire reason for exis-

When we were kids, my sister and I used to tell our friends, “Did you know that Steveston was the wildest town in the West?” tence, the fishing industry, has declined, with condos appearing where canneries once stood. Those very condos are then advertised as being in the heart of a “fishing village.”

When I recently told a friend I grew up in Steveston, they reacted as if I had said I was from Beverly Hills. I was surprised at this new reputation. But this community has worked hard to bring people here, to share what a special place this is.

I remember when the Steveston Landing was built, and the way it showcased the waterfront to a public that we weren’t sure would come. How the sand dunes at Garry Point were gradually seeded and tamed into a public park for beach days, bonfires, and ice-skating. I

remember the closure and demolition of BC Packers, the sudden lack of fishscented summers, the first fast food chain, the first coffee chain, and the questions we were all asking ourselves—would we recognize Steveston in five, 10 years?

Of course, with a history as colourful as Steveston’s, there’s bound to be some unease with change. Historians boast how many hotels, theatres, and saloons once lined the streets.

This history has inspired poetry, visual art, numerous books, and even theatre, including an entire production, Salmon Row that transports audiences straight into Steveston’s pre-war boomtown days.

Every summer, enthusiastic tour guides recount stories of Steveston’s rowdy past.

When we were kids, my sister and I used to tell our friends, “Did you know that Steveston was the wildest town in the West?”

I was talking with a longtime Steveston resident one day, someone who has been involved in the community his entire life.

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By $1 donation to the Tourism Richmond Endowment Fund, you can sample a slice of the city’s best pies as local restaurants and bakeries compete for bragging rights of best crust, most creative and best overall pie.

From Page 17 I straight-out asked him, “Does all this change make you nervous about Steveston’s future? Are we losing the history of this community with all this rapid development?’”

I’ve often thought about his response, which I loved. He thought for a moment, then answered thoughtfully: “We know Steveston’s history as a busy fishing town. But the history that I’ve seen was one of decline. Forty years ago, no one else wanted to live here. Oh sure, we loved it here, but the people that lived here worked hard in an uncertain industry. This town, at times, was a ghost town. And now look at it. It’s vibrant. It’s busy. It’s bustling. If anything, Steveston’s vitality is returning. I see it as a cycle. Steveston is, once again, an exciting place to be.”

His answer has given me perspective. As I’ve watch our “historic fishing village” grow, I’ve thought about his words many times. Perhaps we are witnessing history repeating. In any case, despite so many changes on the surface, some things do remain constant. Steveston, at least to me, has remained its friendly, invigorating, beautiful, quirky self. Steveston is still home.

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Historic Britannia building opens The Seine Net Loft is the last structure in the area built for the fishing industry City officials took the wraps off the newly-restored Seine Net Loft at Britannia Shipyards yesterday (Thursday) in Steveston.

The building becomes the city’s newest publicly accessible and programmable community space.

“The Seine Net Loft is an important historic remnant of Steveston’s working waterfront and the fishing industry which was key to the growth and development of Richmond and our province,” said Mayor Malcolm Brodie in a statement.

“The newly-renovated net loft building will be a prominent feature of the Britannia Shipyards, which is a significant resource for the public and community as a waterfront park and dynamic interpretation centre for Richmond’s maritime heritage.”

The city staged an opening celebration Thursday night at the National Historic Site’s building, which will soon be home to a variety of unique maritime exhibits, special events and community programs.

The net loft is a significant part

of Steveston’s Cannery Row, which included 15 canneries stretched along the Steveston waterfront between today’s Garry Point Park and London Heritage Farm.

This massive building overhangs the Fraser River’s intertidal marshland on wooden pilings and, in conjunction with the buildings around it, contributes to the historical appearance of the once continuous row of impressive cannery structures.

The city calls the building “an important example of an evolved cultural landscape shaped through the fishing and boatbuilding industry.”

Clues of former fish net storage fixings can be found inside the building, adding to the interpretational and educational value of the structure.

This building also forms a cluster together with the Japanese Duplex and the First Nation’s Bunkhouse connected by the historic boardwalk, illustrating the socio-cultural depth of this unique heritage ensemble.

Constructed in 1955 as part of the Phoenix Cannery for the Anglo British Columbia Packing Company (ABC Packing Co.), its initial use was as a large industrial fishing net storage shed, or net loft.

Net lofts were built at cannery sites all along the Steveston wa-

terfront to store and repair fishing nets. Their location on piling over the water made it easy for fishermen to load and unload their nets directly from their boats.

The building’s large size and cavernous interiors were designed to enable large nets to be hung up to dry.

The Seine Net Loft is the last building in this particular area constructed for purposes of the fishing industry.

In 1969, the ABC Packing Co. sold the Phoenix Cannery and the Britannia Shipyard property, including the Seine Net Loft building, to the Canadian Fishing Company (CanFisCo).

In 1979, BC Packers purchased both the Britannia Shipyard and the Phoenix Cannery and in 1989 sold parts of the complex to the Triple R Lands Corporation.

The developer transferred 3.29 hectares (8.14 acres), including the Britannia Shipyard and the Seine Net Loft, to the City of Richmond to obtain a density bonus.

Since the transaction, the loft has been used for artifact storage and temporary exhibits.

Funding for the restoration came from the City of Richmond and Western Economic Diversification Canada through the Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund.

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and services that call Steveston home.

The historic neighbourhood now boasts numerous restaurants, one-of-a-kind retailers and unique service providers. It’s a place where shoppers can find a boutique and marine supply shop on the same block.

Local businesses even have their own advocacy group—the Steveston Merchants Association. The association is committed to promoting Steveston as a year-round destination to help increase sales and keep its member businesses busy throughout the year.

The association hosts various events throughout the year, including the upcoming Steveston Scarecrow Crawl, the Steveston Scarecrow Hayday, Halloween trick-or-treating, Girls Night Out, Festival of Trees (in partnership with the Gulf of Georgia Cannery) and Christmas in Steveston Village.

Lam’s Hong Wo business did, however, offer something today’s merchants don’t. The store, perched over piles, was built to serve customers on both land and water, and much of its business came from fishermen who could tie up right outside and stock up for the coming sockeye harvest.

Today, Steveston’s businesses front pedestrian-friendly sidewalks and boardwalks, making it a completely walkable neighbourhood.

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Steveston

Staring at death on the Fraser On the 25th Anniversary of the Redress made to the thousands of Japanese Canadians who once lived in Steveston and vicinity before and after the Pacific war, former resident Edward S. Yoshida dedicates this article to their pioneering spirit.

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City of Richmond Archives photo Gillnets being made ready in Steveston in the 1920s.

He also was a herring spotter for the Kasho herring camp on one of the Gulf Islands. He was one of the elite hi-liners who owned the latest four-cylinder BURU-BURU Grey marine engine on his gillnetter. His fishing experience goes back to “America Mura” in Wakayama-ken. He left school after Grade 4 to join the local fishing industry. He came to Canada at age 19, in 1919. He started to fish first on a sailing boat and pulled his net by hand on the Skeena River. But most of his fishing career was spent on the Fraser River. In the early years those sail boats were towed by a motor-driven collector boats to their designated fishing spots at the mouth of the Skeena.

After the family’s evacuation to Grand Forks, B.C., in 1942, he began farming as a farm hand.

He worked for nine hours a day

and was paid $2 for the day.

He cycled to his farm from a Doukhobour-owned home in West Grand Forks. Later, he and two other associates teamed up to contract a farm as sharecroppers, but their net profit was not that much better.

When the announcement came for all Japanese evacuees that they are now free to return to the coast, he quickly grabbed at the first opportunity to return, only this time he changed his fishing company from Gulf of Georgia to B.C. Packers under Shin Matsuo. 1950 was his first year back at gillnetting after the war and that with a rental cannery boat. But he had enough profit from his first year to buy his own used boat, which was named Sarah Jane, and was able to put a substantial down payment on his own house located on Fourth Avenue.

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pected to be a good year with the sockeye harvest. He now had his own boat ad he invited his eldest son (this author) to be his partner on the same boat. Early in June, 1950, this son (finishing his Grade 11 in Grand Forks High) joined his dad to live on the boat for the summer season. Thus when occasional invites would come from the Okano family for an ofuro (Japan style bath), the pair got quite delirious. Usually, they paid 50 cents for the use of the bath at the Steveston Hotel.

It was during this season that the incident of “Staring at death on the Fraser” happened. Among the Nikkei gillnetters there was a saying that when Takoma Fuji (Mt. Baker, Wash.) was clearly seen, a strong westerly wind would blow at the mouth of the Fraser. Since dad was an Issei, he never had a radio for weather forecasts on his boat.

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A harrowing night on the Fraser River the wharves of Steveston, it would give him more chances to catch more sockeye.

Early that morning, as

when waves would slap the stern of the boat. He boastfully added that as more “nervous” gillnetters would scramble to

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veston harbour one by one. We were one of the few remaining boats at the mouth of the river.

The waves became so strong that the nets would be taut with tension between the drum & the remaining net still in the water.

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The caulking inside of the boat’s bottom got loosened by the pounding sea, and it started to seep in water.

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What a fishermen’s story we could tell in the days to come. Needless to say the author attended his church the very next Sunday, and his unbelieving father ended his complaints about a “lazy” son, who would be taking his Sunday mornings off to worship this Christian God.

Japanese made big contribution to fishing Murakami. Kishi. Nishi.

Yamazaki. People acquainted with Steveston’s history may link these names with the town and the fishing industry.

Indeed, the Japanese contribution to fishing on the West Coast is profound, as Mitsuo (Moe) Yesaki showed in his book Sutebusuton: A Japanese Village on the British Columbia Coast.

It was an industry where the Japanese immigrants could participate, and also, earn an equal wage.

Yesaki was six when his family was forced to leave the coast during the Japanese internment of the Second World War. When they returned to the coast in 1950, they rented a house owned by the Pacific Coast Cannery, near Britannia Shipyard.

Aside from the significant social tragedy of the internment, an incredible engine was stopped dead in its tracks when Japanese land and fishing boats were seized in 1942, Yesaki says.

In 1949, after families spent years in the Interior and on the Prairies working on farms and in labour camps, the fishermen returned. The canneries lured them back with loans to buy new boats, and offered housing for a reasonable rate.

But the land had become too expensive and the Japanese role in farming never recovered.

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1. Where did you grow up? “I grew up in the remote fishing village of Kyuquot, accessible only by boat or seaplane. It’s a special place I try to get back to at least once a year to unwind—off-the-grid, so to speak.�

2. A favourite university class? “Photography. I practically lived in the darkroom at art school.�

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Channelling a party-goer’s inner Jackson Pollock is just one birthday option offered at 4Cats, a new franchise that now boasts over 70 locations in Canada, the United States, Mexico and Australia.

Kayra grew up in the remote fishing village of Kyuquot, a tiny community on the west coast of Vancouver Island. A desire to explore led her to far-away studies.

She completed her visual arts education at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University in Halifax, and University of New South Wales in Australia, with majors in photography, media arts and fashion.

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A MONTHLY LOOK AT WHAT’S NEW AND NEWSWORTHY AT YVR.

I S S U E N U M B E R 12 SEPTEMBER 2013

YVR: BY THE NUMBERS You probably already know that YVR is one of Canada’s busiest airports. You may have even heard that we offer more weekly flights to China than any other North American airport. But did you know that we manage and maintain B.C.’s largest building? Or that the number of employees working at YVR is double the population of Terrace, B.C.? Read on for more fun facts that quirkily illustrate the complex, modern airport that we’re so proud to operate.

YVR WELCOMED 17.6 MILLION PASSENGERS IN 2012, more than the entire population of Holland (16.5 million).

AT 300,000 SQUARE METRES,

YVR’S AIRFIELD IS LIT BY

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YVR’s main terminal building is

runway light was supplied by car

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almost eight BC Place Stadiums

would respond to radio requests

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or 205 NHL hockey areas.

for assistance when aircraft

FIELDED A WHOPPING 778,000

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MILLION KILOGRAMS OF WASTE

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locations throughout the airport.

PRODUCED AT YVR, the equivalent

Together, they pour about 9,104

weight of seven Boeing 747 jumbo

YVR’S CLOSEST NEIGHBOURS LIVE IN BURKEVILLE ON SEA ISLAND.

cups of coffee each day. That’s

jets. Of that 1.25 million, 630,000

Originally built to house the families of Boeing manufacturing plant

roughly one cup every 10 seconds.

kilograms was paper towel from

workers, the community was named after Boeing’s then-president Stanley Burke.

our washrooms.

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YVR

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Friday, September 27, 2013

Richmond Review · Page 25

A MONTHLY LOOK AT WHAT’S NEW AND NEWSWORTHY AT YVR.

I S S U E N U M B E R 12 SEPTEMBER 2013

YVR: BY THE NUMBERS You probably already know that YVR is one of Canada’s busiest airports. You may have even heard that we offer more weekly flights to China than any other North American airport. But did you know that we manage and maintain B.C.’s largest building? Or that the number of employees working at YVR is double the population of Terrace, B.C.? Read on for more fun facts that quirkily illustrate the complex, modern airport that we’re so proud to operate.

YVR WELCOMED 17.6 MILLION PASSENGERS IN 2012, more than the entire population of Holland (16.5 million).

AT 300,000 SQUARE METRES,

YVR’S AIRFIELD IS LIT BY

OR 3.3 MILLION SQUARE FEET,

6,000 LED LIGHTS. In yesteryear,

YVR’s main terminal building is

runway light was supplied by car

large enough to accommodate

headlights. Helpful local drivers

almost eight BC Place Stadiums

would respond to radio requests

YVR’S CUSTOMER CARE & GREEN COAT VOLUNTEER TEAMS

or 205 NHL hockey areas.

for assistance when aircraft

FIELDED A WHOPPING 778,000

landed in the dark.

CUSTOMER ENQUIRIES IN 2012,

WE’VE GOT COFFEE LOVERS

OR AN AVERAGE OF 88

COVERED AT YVR, with six

IN 2012, WE RECYCLED 1.25

ENQUIRIES EVERY HOUR.

Starbucks and five Tim Hortons

MILLION KILOGRAMS OF WASTE

THAT’S A LOT OF DIRECTIONS.

locations throughout the airport.

PRODUCED AT YVR, the equivalent

Together, they pour about 9,104

weight of seven Boeing 747 jumbo

YVR’S CLOSEST NEIGHBOURS LIVE IN BURKEVILLE ON SEA ISLAND.

cups of coffee each day. That’s

jets. Of that 1.25 million, 630,000

Originally built to house the families of Boeing manufacturing plant

roughly one cup every 10 seconds.

kilograms was paper towel from

workers, the community was named after Boeing’s then-president Stanley Burke.

our washrooms.

Read up on other facts & stats online at www.yvr.ca, or tweet us your question @yvrairport

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The main character is Yunior, a young man

from the Dominican Republic, whose macho, hard shell exterior, doom his search for lasting love. Never mind that he seems to pick impossible women, or women who find him impossible. The stories have a dominant recurring theme—that of the cheating, crude Dominican male who wonders why he can’t find and keep a true love.

Diaz uses a lot, and I mean a LOT, of Spanish slang, that just becomes annoying to the reader. And most, if not all of it is just plain crude and vulgar.

Now I’m no prude, but how many times can a reader abide a laundry list of Spanish swear words and synonyms for whore, in a 213 page book? Basta! Ya es suficiente!

I supposed the author was trying for the ‘boy from the ‘hood’ kind of talk, where men of colour find nothing wrong with calling each other the “N” word.

Once or twice might be acceptable within the context of stories

about Dominican men and women. But to see the “N” word over and over and over again, is just plain tiresome, and could well be offensive to some readers. The swearing and machismo get in the way of what could have been interesting stories with fascinating characters.

Even though some of the writing is poetic and evocative, more of it is not. I didn’t find a whole lot to recommend this book. Diaz has written a novel called The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao—maybe that one is better.

I needed a palate cleanser after reading This is How You Lose Her, so on a completely different note, I picked up Weird Inventions: Bizarre Gadgets You Can’t Live Without. Part of the Uncle John’s Bathroom Series, this odd little collection of miscellanea is….well… the perfect bathroom read. Each page-long chapter highlights a different invention, and includes things like the Banana Suitcase, the

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Some of the other books in this series include: Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Zipper Accidents (ouch!), Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Nature Calls, Uncle John’s Endlessly Engrossing Bathroom Reader, Uncle John’s Fully Loaded Bathroom Reader, and Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Plunges into California. If these tickle your fancy, try the subject heading “Curiosities and wonders” in the library’s catalogue for more of the same.

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There will be special tours at Gateway Theatre, Richmond Cultural Centre, historic Steveston, Richmond Museum’s artifact storage facility, Richmond Art Gallery and the Gulf of Georgia Cannery.

The Richmond Cultural Centre will be a major hub for Culture Days; Brighouse Library, Richmond Museum, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond Media Lab, Richmond Arts Centre Studios and Rooftop Garden are all participating venues.

For more information about Culture Days and the complete list of activities planned in Richmond, see last Wednesday’s Richmond Review, pick up a brochure at the Richmond Cultural Centre and visit www.culturedays.ca.

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Richmond is a national leader in embracing Culture Days with a record number of activities planned throughout the city. This year, visitors can expect a wide range of cultural offerings in Richmond including: •Youth Art Mart at the Richmond Cultural Centre: Come check out the first-ever Youth Art Mart in Richmond where young vendors will be selling their creative wares: music, art, crafts, photography and more. •PechaKucha Night at the Richmond Cultural Centre: On Saturday, Sept. 28 from 6 to 9 p.m., enjoy an evening of creative and thoughtprovoking presentations from ten artists who will speak to the theme of New Worlds.

Presented by the Richmond Art Gallery. •Writer-in-Residence Nancy Lee at the Richmond Public Library: Meet Richmond’s 2013 Writer-in-Residence,

Nancy Lee. Enjoy short readings, hear about her writing career and learn about the range of free public programs she will present during her two months in residency at the Richmond Public Library. •BC Rivers Day at Britannia Shipyards: Take part in interactive activities to help ensure the sustainable future of BC’s waterways, and learn fun facts about Richmond’s historic relationship with the waterfront. •Crime Fiction Writing at the Richmond Public Library: Check out this writing workshop for adults and teens, presented by local mystery writers Robin Spano and Eric Brown. They will break down the essentials of what makes a crime novel work, from initial concept to plotting and character development. •Resident Art Group Showcase at the Richmond Culture Centre: Experience some of the best of Richmond’s arts and crafts in a vibrant showcase of work and demonstrations by the Richmond Art Centre’s Resident Art Groups. •Funtastic Artastic Day for Kids at the Thompson Community Centre: Presented by the Community Arts Council of Richmond, bring the whole family and enjoy all types of hands-on art activities such as playing with clay, making a mask, painting a rock and more.

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Top 10 outdoor activities to keep you fit in fall

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or those privileged enough to have travelled extensively across our Great White North, you will know that Canada always dresses herself up to the nines in the fall to unabashedly show off her splendour and charm as only she can.

It is a lovely and picturesque season as the summer gives way to cooler temperatures and shorter days while the cycle of

life continues before our busy, unseeing eyes. It’s time to pull out your woollies for your walk in the trails—to dress warmly for your favourite activity. The cool crisp air in the early morning is invigorating and will make any outdoor activity easier, minus the heat of a summer sun and the accompanying humidity. Indeed, the onset of fall is an opportunity to maintain your fitness gained during spring and summer, by performing tasks you may not even think of as ‘good for your body’ exercise.

To get a jump start on your autumn workout routine, we hereby present the top 10 outdoor activities to keep you fit as a fiddle for fall: •Raking leaves can be a good workout and the bonus is your yard work gets done. It helps build upper body strength, as

well as core strength and strength in your back and stomach according to Barbara Ainsworth, an exercise epidemiologist at San Diego State University. Before you start raking, dress in layers, with a water bottle nearby. Wear a hat to keep your head warm or if it rains. There are many other outdoor chores, such as cleaning your windows or painting your house, garage, etc.

•Hiking – is a good way to keep fit while exploring beautiful trails close to your own back yard.

Spend the day with family or friends and make sure to bring some snacks and water with you. If you are beginner, start with easy terrain. Bring a map or know your route and figure out how long the hike will be. Dress warmly and bring an extra change of clothes. Wear hiking or trail running shoes to avoid slipping or falling.

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•Try yoga outdoors and enjoy the beautiful scenery around you. Bring a mat or blanket and dress for the conditions. Bring your favorite music with you and water.

•Consider washing your car once a week.

This will help keep you in shape and you get a clean car. All you need is a pail, wash cloth and soap.

Don’t forget to wash the tires – it will work those muscles. Waxing your car afterwards can be a good workout too.

•Golfing can be a good workout. Consider walking the course instead of using the cart. Autumn can be a good time to practice your golf game as well as invest in some gear. Dress in layers and keep hydrated.

•Trail running in the fall is more enjoyable because of cooler temperatures and beautiful scenery. Start with an easy trail until your fitness improves. Know the route so you will not get lost.

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Christopher Mast photo Richmond’s Brayden Low sets up a scoring chance for the Everett Silvertips during their Western Hockey League home opener Saturday night versus the Prince George Cougars. Switched to the wing from centre this season, Low had two assists as the Tips defeated the Cougars 8-3. Low and the Tips face off against the Vancouver Giants tonight (Friday) at 7:30 p.m. at Pacific Coliseum.

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by Don Fennell Sports Editor With two assists in the Everett Silvertips’ season opener last Saturday, Brayden Low’s 2013-14 campaign is off to a strong start offensively.

And the Richmond native hopes to keep it going tonight (Friday) when he makes a rare homecoming as the Tips face off against the Vancouver Giants at Pacific Coliseum. Game time is 7:30 p.m.

“I’m looking forward to it. I don’t get to play at home very often,” said Low, 19, who along with teammate Tyler Sandhu will be re-acquainted with fellow Richmondites Anthony Ast and Carter Popoff of the Giants.

“I grew up watching Giants games and always said to my dad,‘I want to play here one day.’ It’ll be a cool feeling playing against those guys I grew up with. Obviously you want to play hard every night, but coming back to play in front of friends and family there’s a little extra incentive.”

Putting points on the board is something the six-foot-two, 210-pound centre from Richmond is hoping to do more of this Western Hockey League season. But Low is also well aware his ticket to pro hockey will need to include a strong defensive game, something he fortunately has been known for.

“I’ve never been a top goal scorer,” he acknowledges.“I’ve always wanted to take care of my end (of the ice) first and hopefully go and play a little offence. The No. 1 way a coach is going to trust you is the way you can play away from the puck.”

This season Low finds himself playing for a coach known to put a premium on discipline.

And so far, at least, Low is delighted to be playing for Kevin Constantine, a former NHL bench boss (San Jose, Pittsburgh and New Jersey) who is be-

ginning his second stint as head coach of the Tips.

“This (WHL) is a big, strong, physical league and Constantine really emphasizes being smart so we can get on the powerplay and score some goals,” explains Low. “It’s one of the key points because special teams can win or lose you games.”

But Constantine also wants the Tips to be physically aggressive on the forecheck, and has ratings for everything in the game including for hits and blocked shots. Low hopes to excel at the latter two.

“He wants guys who play games hard. He says if you’re not blocking shots or hitting you’re not in the game,” says Low. “If you’re not doing those things you’re not going to play a lot. You’ve got to get your nose dirty. Having a guy like him here is great. He knows what it takes to get guys to the next level and it couldn’t be a better fit. I want a coach who wants to win and help the players advance. And winning teams are usually the ones that have the most guys that go places.”

A natural centre, Low has been taken out of his comfort zone by playing the wing on a line with 20-year-old Vancouverite Manraj Hayer in the middle and Carson Stadnyk, 18, of Saskatoon on the other wing. But there’s been instant chemistry among the trio.

“We tend to know where each other are,” says Low. The harmony is further fuelled by the fact Hayer and Low billet together and even sit side by side in the dressing room. They also often hang out off the ice along with Stadnyk.

Low prepared for this hockey season like no other.

Seemingly at a crossroads after suiting up for three different teams in 2012-13, his billet encouraged him to sign up for a gruelling 18-hour

“He’s always been responsible without the puck, but he went home in the spring knowing what he had to and really addressed some of his shortcomings, in particular the skilled end of his game, and in the pre-season and first game demonstrated an ability to do more with the puck.”

— Gary Davidson exercise challenge last summer in Bellingham hosted by former navy seals. He didn’t really know what he was getting into, but it turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

“It’s by far the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” he says emphatically. “You can put together all the training for hockey for a year and it wouldn’t come close to what they do on a daily basis. I have the utmost respect for the marines and seals and everyone involved in that. Initially, I was kind of like why did I just do that. But to accomplish something like that makes you feel you can overcome anything. It’s so excruciating on your mind.

Honestly, words can’t describe how it feels.”

Though he’s always been known as hard worker, Low arrived at Tips’ training camp in August with an greater resolve and focus. And it showed on the ice and on the scoresheet as he amassed nine points in six pre-season games and a plusfive rating—both second-best on the team. He also found himself earning extra ice on special teams.

The diligent offseason work hasn’t been lost on the Tips, and certainly not general manager Gary Davidson.

“He’s always been responsible without the puck, but he went home in the spring knowing what he had to and really addressed some of his shortcomings, in particular the skilled end of his game, and in the pre-season and first game demonstrated an ability to do more with the puck,” said Davidson, who first saw Low’s potential as a Richmond Bantam and drafted him while GM of the Portland Winter Hawks.

“He’s filled out to be a good-sized player and we moved him to wing this season which may be more suited to the type of game he’s capable of bringing,” continued Davidson. “And he’s playing a very good two-way game for us.”

While it’s wise to be cautious of pre-season numbers, Davidson hopes Low will continue to take at least small but consistent steps throughout the season and into the playoffs. But he stressed Low is going to have to work hard every day to continue to make those little strides.

“Some players take big steps and others no step at all. They flatline,” said Davidson. “I’m not sure (Low) is the classic late bloomer, but rather a guy who has continued to take little steps in his development. If he (can continue to improve) he’ll be a very important part of our organization.”

Low is set on rewarding Davidson’s faith by having a strong season. He’s also hoping it will help lead to an opportunity in the pros.

Low takes inspiration from players such as Andrew Shaw. Drafted as a 19-year-old in the fifth round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks, Shaw made the NHL on hard work and was a key player in last year’s Stanley Cup playoffs.

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by Don Fennell Sports Editor The dark ages come to light this weekend in Steveston.

Celebrating Richmond Cultural Days, Carosella 2013—Friday through Sunday at Red Colt Equestrian Farm Co-op (12320 No. 2 Rd.)—revisits the medieval period when mounted skill at arms was revered and jousting commonplace. “(Swordplay) is something I’ve been enthusiastic about since I was a kid,” says Devon Boorman, cofounder and director of Academie Duello which is hosting this weekend’s extravaganza.

Carosella 2013 •Medieval martial arts is being celebrated this weekend at Red Colt Equestrian Farm Coop, 12320 No. 2 Rd. •Workshops, lectures and interactive demonstrations are being held Friday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

•The Green Spur Tourney, featuring mounted skill at arms, will be held Sunday from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

“We’re a school that practices medieval and renaissance swordplay, and finding that there is a community around the world (also) doing it has certainly allowed us to be

connected in this historical martial art.”

A series of workshops, clinics, lectures and interactive demonstrations will make up most of this weekend’s activities.

The events are for all skill levels, from the ultimate beginner to experienced riders and martial artists.

Free to spectators, Sunday’s Knightly Games Tournament will put a wrap on the fun.

“If you go to any renaissance fair one of the biggest draws is always the equestrian events,” says Boorman.

“And jousting is really straightforward. I think the combination is really neat to watch as the riders maneuver the horses around the ring and one another. And when you see two high-level riders in action it’s pretty exciting.”

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Don Fennell photo Under the watchful eye of coach Judd Lambert, the Richmond Sockeyes worked on improving their game during a regular practice session Sunday at Minoru Arenas. Despite a roster featuring 11 rookies, the defending Western Canadian Junior B champions are again in the thick of the race early in the Pacific Junior Hockey League season.

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Richmond’s soccer talent is standing tall early in the Pacific Western Athletic Association season.

Kevin Taheri stands at the head of the class.

Playing for Kwantlen Polytechnic University, he sports the best goals-against average—1.0—in the men’s

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In addition, veteran sports mind Lee Powell will be joining the proceedings. With 35 years of local experience, Powell’s knowledge and credibility run deep.

Richmond Rugby Club kicks off 2013 season Saturday Richmond Rugby Football Club will host United in its 2013 B.C Rugby Union home opener Saturday at King George Park. The third 15 will kick off play at 11:30 a.m., followed by the second 15 at 2:30 p.m. and the First Division match at 2:30 p.m.

Richmond is scheduled to host Seattle Sept. 29 before entering into a two-week bye over Thanksgiving. They’ll renew their schedule Oct. 20 versus the Rowing Club at King George Park.

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Beginning Sunday, Sept. 29 at 9 p.m., Sportstalk returns to the airwaves on Richmondbased AM 650.

Sportstalk was the first program of its kind in Vancouver. Dan Russell debuted the market’s first-ever sports talk show on CJOR back on Oct. 15,1984, balancing news and opinions with a chance for fans to make their voices heard.

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Having practised martial arts for more than 20 years, Boorman discovered western swordplay through the Society for Creative Anachronism which connected him with an expanding community of martial artists and scholars studying historical European martial arts. He has won more than 40 European martial arts competitions and worked on both stage and screen as a stunt person and choreographer.

An expert in traditional Italian swordplay, he has taught workshops and seminars throughout the world and opened Academie Duello in downtown Vancouver in 2004.

The largest western martial arts centre in the world, Academie Duello boasts about 200 active students and is growing steadily.

About half of those are engaged in the mounted combat or cavaliere program which operates out of the Red Colt Equestrian Farm Co-op.

“Our members are from all different backgrounds,” says Boorman. “In our mounted combat program we have teens to people in their 50s, all with diverse interests. Typically though all participants have at least some interest in horses.”

While it hasn’t been hard to sell, participating in either swordplay or mounted combat does take skill—especially to become proficient.

“It’s not something you can get good at in just a couple of lessons,” says Boorman.

But learning to wield a sword, draw a bow or ride a horse into (make believe) battle need not be overtly expensive. Boorman says

you can get started for around $100.

At all times, safety is stressed and practised.

“We primarily use a synthetic sword but with the right weight and balance as real swords,” explains Boorman. “And we hope to maintain a strong emphasis on safety throughout the growth of the sport.”

Carosella 2013 will afford dedicated knights (experienced riders) an opportunity show off their skills in a mounted games tournament Sunday. Advanced equestrians and students of mounted martial arts will also be able to participate in longsword, grappling and spear workshops, horseback archery and a mounted duelling tournament. There will also be opportunities this weekend for beginners to learn the various arts.

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Don Fennell photo After a bye week, Darby Kwan (31) and the Richmond Raiders return to action this Sunday playing host to Vancouver Trojans at Minoru Park. A victory in the Bantam nine-man game, set to kick off at 12:45 p.m., will give the Raiders top spot in the Vancouver Mainland Football League. Richmond’s other three teams are also in action— the flag team versus North Delta at 10 a.m., the Peewees at 11 a.m., and Junior Bantams at 2:45 p.m.

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SOLO District soars above Burnaby with Altus

By Kerry Vital

Appia Developments is reinforcing its reputation for amazing homes with Altus, the second phase in its SOLO District neighbourhood. Altus will be the tallest building in Burnaby at the equivalent of 55 storeys tall, with office space on the first 14 floors and residential from 200 feet up.

“The views start from the bottom (residential) floor,” says Appia Sales and Marketing Manager Lisa Murrell.

With condominium homes ranging from approximately 516 to about 1,700 square feet in a variety of floorplans, it won’t be hard to find your perfect home. Something that sets Altus apart are the choices it offers for three-bedroom units, which is something buyers have been asking for and Appia is happy to be able to provide in the newest phase of SOLO District.

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SOLO District will eventually be comprised of four residential towers and over 1,400 homes. The community will also include Burnaby’s first Whole Foods, commercial opportunities, office space and tons of green space.

“There are several other exciting anchor tenants to be announced,” says Murrell. “This is a very, very cool community.”

Walkability was one of the more important aspects, Murrell says.

“There’s everything you could possibly need here,” she notes.

“It’s been really well-received by the community.”

SOLO District is perfectly situated for transit, shopping, education and leisure activities. The Brentwood Skytrain station is just steps away, along with Brentwood Town Centre.

Golf courses, parks and fitness facilities are also nearby.

Homes at SOLO District start at $293,900. For more information about Altus and SOLO District, visit www. solodistrict.com or call 604-298-8800.

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North Burnaby is a vibrant place full of things to do, from rowing on Burnaby Lake, above, to shopping at Brentwood Town Centre, right. If it’s higher education you’re after, Simon Fraser University, above right, has been rated as one of the top universities in Canada.

North Burnaby a thriving neighbourhood

By Kerry Vital

North Burnaby is a rapidly growing region, with plenty of opportunities for shopping, dining, education and recreation, from golf courses to rowing to swimming. The area is an exciting place to live and is becoming a major urban centre in its own right. Never boring and always busy, North Burnaby is becoming the place to be.

North Burnaby, also known as the Brentwood area, is about 20 minutes from downtown Vancouver via SkyTrain, and about 30 minutes from the Vancouver International

Airport. This contributes to the popularity of the neighbourhood with young professionals; about 39 per cent of the population in the area is between the ages of 20 and 44. Among the notable developers who are building in North Burnaby are Appia Developments, Ledingham McAllister, Bosa Development and Embassy Developments.

It is hard to be bored in North Burnaby, with its selection of parks, art galleries, museums and theatres.

If it’s a bit of culture you’re looking for, you can start up on Burnaby Mountain at the Simon Fraser University Art Gallery. It’s open to the public free of charge and the displays change every few months.

Simon Fraser also houses the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, which showcases artifacts from around the world.

There are several parks in Burnaby, so outdoor activity is never far away.

Burnaby Lake Regional Nature Park surrounds the lake. The park includes a dog off-leash area, the Burnaby Sports Complex,

the Burnaby Equestrian Centre and several walking and cycling trails. However, its biggest draw is the lake itself, which has a rowing course for canoeing, kayaking and rowing training.

Confederation Park is also an activity hub, with walking trails, a skate park, a lacrosse box, a running track, a community centre, several picnic sites and playgrounds, baseball diamonds and other playing fields. It’s also home to the McGill branch of the Burnaby Public Library and the Eileen Dailly Leisure Pool and Fitness Centre.

North Burnaby is also full of opportunities for all levels of education.

The largest institution is Simon Fraser University, just a few minutes from the centre of North Burnaby on Burnaby Mountain.

The British Columbia Institute of Technology also has its main campus in Burnaby.

North Burnaby is a well-connected city, with several options for public transportation, walking or cycling if you feel like leaving your

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#304 - 5800 Cooney Rd., RMD $295,000 Karen Will 604-838-9900

Visit SEAFAIR OPEN HOMES. COM Sutton Group - Seafair Realty . #550 - 9100 Blundell Road . Richmond, BC . V6Y 1K3

Karen Will 604-838-9900

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Bob Schmitz W E S T M A R

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BOYD PARK ~ 4571 COLCHESTER DRIVE ~ $918,000 8318 CHELMSFORD PL. • CHILLIWACK MOUNTAIN • • • • • • • • •

SERVICE IS KEY!

• $768,800

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Over 1 acre of landscaped paradise on Chilliwack Mtn. Panorama river view • Custom-built, 6 years young, over 3,000 sq. ft.

4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms • Media room and billiards room Central air, 9’ ceilings on both levels • Private paved driveway with gate Also a covered patio deck with hot-tub • Huge fenced veggie garden with arbour Espresso maple cabinets • Wideplank and tile flooring GREAT room has barrel ceiling • Huge wrap-around deck Over-sized garage with workshop and bench seasonal creek with waterfall Windows galore, RV parking and much, much more! • MLS#H1301312

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9-13 HL12

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Garry Lane Townhome ~ A Steveston Gem This well maintained 3 bdrm and den family home is located in one of Richmond’s most convenient locations. The Boyd Park area offers all levels of great schools, recreation, shopping, and easy access to transit. Short walk to the west dyke trail as well. And Steveston Village is only minutes away. This home offers some fairly recent updates including kitchen, mechanical, roof so you don’t have any big ticket costs to worry about.

Nice open layout with entertainment sized living and family rooms. All this opens out to a very large rear yard. Lots of parking both in and out with the attached double garage. There are no ditches. It is all curb and gutter.

Take a drive by and call for your private viewing.

Come & experience the village charm in this fully detached 3 bedroom town home. Over 1,840 sq.ft. Fully updated with hardwood Áoors, kitchen, lighting & stainless steel appliances. Lovely private west-facing yard & 2 parking. Only 16 homes in this family community. Walk to Steveston Village. All schools close by. This really is a great place to call home. Early possession! Call Trevor today.

Asking $679,000 MLS# V1026300

Detached

It’s The Experience! ~ 30 years of experience

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STORNOWAY CONDOS • RICHMOND’S BEST KEPT SECRET!

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Annual space and water heating costs*

$1,677 BUILDING LOT! INVESTMENT ASKING $1,050,000

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Natural Gas

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Before buying compare space & water heating costs When you’re house-hunting, choosing a home with natural gas for space and water heating can save you money.

Believe it at fortisbc.com/calculator. *These are approximate savings based on the difference between annual natural gas and electricity costs for space and water heating of a 2,300 square-foot house with average insulation and four occupants in the FortisBC Lower Mainland service area. Calculation compared standard-efficiency natural gas furnace and large storage tank water heater with electric furnace and equivalent water heater and is based on FortisBC natural gas rates as of May 2013 ($9.35/GJ) and electricity rates in the service area identified (Tier 1 and 2: $0.071 and $0.109 per kWh). Actual savings may vary.

Savings do not include potential rebates and/or incentives.

FortisBC uses the FortisBC name and logo under license from Fortis Inc. (13-168.1 05/2013)

Stornoway known as one of Richmond’s premiere adult complexes. 4 buildings on 4 acres next to South Arm Park!

Large rooms insuite Laundry, Storage locker Secured Parking, Mtn fee includes heat, hot water & city water/sewer bill. Easy access to community centre, Broadmoor Shopping Centre and transportation. Problem free building with large contingency fund. No pets or rentals for quiet owner-occupied lifestyle. Adult 19+. Announcing>>> NEW LISTING ALERT! COMING 2 BDRM, LOADS OF UPDATES, OPEN KITCHEN AND NICE OUTLOOK.

PRIME CORNER BUILDING LOT 66 X 132, Build your dream home in one of Richmond’s top areas. 2 bdrm bungalow presently tenanted month to month. Address can be changed to Lancing Road. North facing with south back yard!

SOLD! #203-10220 RYAN ROAD NEW LISTING! Asking $248,800

#304-10240 RYAN ROAD NEW LISTING! Asking $279,800

This 2 Bdrm end unit with 1 & 1/2 baths is 1,036 sq.ft. features an extra window in the dining room BONUS! Newer carpets/flooring, very bright & nice & clean.

Rarely available! top floor beautiful 2 bdrm southern outlook includes some nice updates. Dining room window can be installed for added brightness plus extra parking available.

2 BUILDING LOTS in Sunny Tsawwassen 2 building lots in the Pebble Hill area. Rare chance to design and build your dream home on Georgia Wynd, popular subdivision on the Canada US border.

Lot (a) asking $648,800, 7457 sq.ft. cleared and level building lot.

Allows a 3200 sq.ft. home plus full height basement, and Lot (b) asking $778,800, 11,624 sq.ft Allows up to 4250 sq.ft. home plus full height basement.

OPEN SUNDAY 2-4

11882 RAILWAY AVE $1,288,800

BRAND NEW! Stylish, contemporary & quality offering 2600 sf of living space. Huge bdrms, high ceiling, crystal lighting, imported Italian tiles, wok kitchen, A/C, HRV. Steps to Steveston Village!

SOLD!

#107-8580 GENER CURRIE GENERAL ASKING $209,000

SOLD!

#58-6300 LON RD. LONDON ASKING $429,800

No neighbors to the rear — just a green belt and Point Roberts Golf Course. Ownership includes gated beach access.

Ready to go lots call for more info Randy 604-290-2650. #205-10160 RYAN RD $$259,800

SOLD!

SOLD!

#2 #209-10220 RYAN RD. $179,800

74 74-11491 SOLD! 77TH AVE. ASKING S G $$499,800

7788 RAILWAY AVE ASKING SOLD!$2, $2,888,800

EDGEWATER PARK! AASKING SOLD! $4$499,000

Please call Randy Larsen at 604.290.2650 • 30 Years Experience!

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CARDS OF THANKS

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AUTOMOTIVE ..............................804-862

The Esson family would like to express their heartfelt thanks and deep appreciation to their many friends, neighbours, relatives and colleagues for their words and deeds of comfort, love & support following the death of our beloved father Robert ‘Bob’ Esson.

Thank you to the Nursing and Medical staff at the Richmond Hospital, Ward 2South & 3South to SN Transport, Richmond Fire and rescue, Healthlinc, and the Richmond Funeral Home for doing what you do with sensitivity, caring & understanding.

MARINE .......................................903-920

The Esson Family

TRAVEL.............................................61-76 CHILDREN ........................................80-98 EMPLOYMENT .............................102-198 BUSINESS SERVICES...................203-387 PETS & LIVESTOCK ......................453-483 MERCHANDISE FOR SALE...........503-587 REAL ESTATE ...............................603-696 RENTALS ......................................703-757

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ASPELEITER , Adolf August 18, 1942 September 15, 2013 Our hearts are saddened to announce the peaceful passing of “Scotty” on Sunday, September 15, 2013 in Richmond, B.C. His battle with cancer ended shortly after celebrating his 71st birthday. He will be lovingly remembered by his family & friends, giving special notice of his love for his three grandchildren Braeden, Kayla and Amaya. At his request there will be no memorial service, but rather a private gathering of family. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the B.C. Cancer Society.

21 HUBERT, George Frank George Frank Hubert Sr. passed away on Friday, September 13, 2013 at the age of 83.

His wife, Irene, says goodbye to her husband of 63 years; her lifelong best friend.

George is survived by eight children and their beautiful families. His daughter Dianna left us in 2011, and is waiting for her dad in that final, peaceful place. Words from our hearts and with love, to Dad: Feisty, Unstoppable, Soft Hearted, Determined Provider, Popeye!, Loyal Friend, Persistent, Proud of his Children, Fearless, Devoted. George’s passion was the sea. His heart was his family. His spirit, a friend to everyone.

In lieu of a formal service, his choice of farewell was for all to smile in his memory. And then pass it on.

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THE BARN FALL ANTIQUE SHOW OCTOBER 5 & 6 The Former ANTIQUE EXPO AT TRADEX HAS MOVED… CLOVERDALE RODEO & EXHIBITION GROUNDS 17763 62ND AVE. SURREY BC V3S 4L5 SATURDAY 9 AM - 5 PM SUNDAY 10 AM - 4 PM ANTIQUE APPRAISALS FOR SHOW INFO

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LOST in Richmond- Keyless remote fob - Mazda insignia - on the Queen Way from Granville Ave to Garry St on Sat. Sept. 21st. Pls call 778-9886026

An Alberta Oilfield Company is hiring dozer and excavator operators, Lodging and meals provided. Drug testing required. Call (780)7235051Edson,Alta

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

ARE YOU A TEAM PLAYER, SELF-MOTIVATED and ABLE TO HANDLE PRESSURE? Would you like to contribute to a fast-paced, team culture environment? QUADRA CHEMICALS LTD. is a dynamic, nationally recognized, high-performance distribution company seeking an experienced WAREHOUSE PERSON for our Delta BC facility. We offer a full and competitive benefits package, performance based compensation, on-the-job training and room for advancement.

REQUIREMENTS: High School graduate / Minimum 3 years’ experience shipping & receiving / Ability to operate forklifts / Good physical condition / Available to work overtime if required ASSETS: WHMIS & TDG experience, good computer skills. Submit your resume via email to resume@quadra.ca or by tollfree fax to (866) 424 9458. Please include Reference: Delta Warehouse. One of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies & a Best Small & Medium Employer

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A Great Janitorial Franchise Opportunity

• Annual Starting Revenue of $12,000 - $120,000 • Guaranteed Cleaning Contracts • Professional Training Provided • Financing Available • Ongoing Support • Low Down Payment required A Respected Worldwide Leader in Franchised Office Cleaning.

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Become a PLEA Family Caregiver.

PLEA provides ongoing training and support. A young person is waiting for an open door... make it yours.

604.708.2628 caregiving@plea.bc.ca www.plea.ca

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CARETAKER

HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD SERVICES

Food Counter Attendant

Resident Caretaker/Maintenance required for multi site complex in the City of Langley. Competitive wages with an excellent benefit package.

Hiring 1 full time, permanent food counter attendant at Taj Enterprises Ltd Dba Subway Unit 3740 Chatham St. Richmond BC, Salary $10.30/hour.

Basic English language and High school education required, Experience an asset but not really required. Please forward your resume to: tajsubway@hotmail.com

FAX resume to 604 530-7104

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HOME CARE/SUPPORT

DRIVERS/COURIER/ TRUCKING

CLASS 1 DRIVER W/ AIR To conduct deliveries for international lubricants co. in Vancouver area, Seattle-Tacoma, Prince George, Okanagan & Edmonton.

Pay $20/hour, mileage, bonus, profit-sharing & full benefits.

Apply with resume by emailing custservpacific@fuchs.com or faxing to 604-888-1145

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EDUCATION

INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SCHOOL. NO Simulators. In-the-seat training.

Real world tasks.

Weekly start dates. Job board!

Funding options.

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HEALTH CARE ASSISTANT Our HCA program is for students with

110 strong wills and warm hearts. Learn how -

to work with a team of health care professionals to identify and address the unique needs of each unique client.

Career Opportunities: Community Health Worker O Care Aide Home Support O Acute & Complex Care

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TRADES, TECHNICAL

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CONCRETE & PLACING

Trailer Mechanic

BENEFIT PACKAGE! Please contact Mike e-mail: mike@megacranes.com or Fax: 604.599.5250

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DRYWALL

DRYWALL - 30 Years Exp. Reliable Work - Res. & Comm.

PERSONAL SERVICES

Mike 604-789-5268

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YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

Discover the power of Energy Readings by Angela

FITZ ELECTRIC. New build.

Residential. Tenant Improvements.

Com Reno’s, Lighting rebates. work 778-231-8332, www.fitzelectric.net

SOLVE ALL PROBLEMS OF LIFE.

Lic. Electrician A+, BBB member Expert trouble shooter, All types of Electrical work 24/7 604-617-1774

40 Yrs Exp.. She’ll tell you Past, Present & Future

Mega Cranes Ltd. an industry leader is seeking an energetic, aggressive self starter for a full time position. Required immediately. Must have inspectors ticket and Red seal. Will have hydraulic experience and must be able to read electrical and hydraulic schematics.

Specializing in *Palm, *Tarot Cards, *Crystal Ball Readings.

BENEFIT PACKAGE!

604-653-5928

Reunites Loved Ones

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SPECIAL $20 All Readings

One visit will amaze you!

CALL TODAY FOR A BETTER TOMORROW.

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DEMOLITION EXCAVATING - DRAIN TILE Old Garage, Carport, House, Pool, Repair Main Waterline, Break Concrete & Removal Free Estimates!

FINANCIAL SERVICES

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

DBathrooms DKitchens DCountertop Replacement DEntrance Doors DFrench Doors DSiding DSundecks DLaminate Floors DEnclosures DCeramic Tile DCustom Mouldings DReplacement Windows DInterior Painting

WE GUARANTEE no-hassle Service Backed by Professional Installation and our no-nonsense Home Improvement Warranty CALL FOR A FREE IN HOME ESTIMATE

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LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE

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HOME REPAIRS

SMALL & GENERAL REPAIRS FOR YOUR HOME & APARTMENT In Richmond only Call Reynaldo 604-339-9402

320 A+ Lawn & Garden - Residential & Commercial services. 604.908.3596

WE are looking for experienced erectors for pre-engineered steel buildings. fax to 250-717-5751, hr@mscsteel.com

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

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MOVING SALE, Saturday Sept 28, 8am-12noon, 5426 Jaskow Dr. Desk, cabinets, tools & kitchenware

ABBA MOVERS & DEL Res/comm 1-4 ton truck, 1 man $35/hr, 2 men from $45. Honest, bsmt clean up.

25yrs Exp. 24hrs/7days 604-506-7576

MULTI FAMILY GARAGE SALE

GARAGE SALES

Richmond

MOM’S UNITE (Kids Stuff) SWAP MEET

Sunday, Oct 6, 10am-1pm Free Admission - Over 75 Tables Southarm Community Centre 8880 Williams Road Ph: 604-718-8060

Sunday Sept 29, 8:30-2:00

5451 Garrison Rd Near Thompson Community Ctr.

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MOVING & STORAGE

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Across the street - across the world Real Professionals, Reas. Rates.

Best in every way! 604-721-4555.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

PRESSURE WASHING

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POWER WASHING GUTTER CLEANING

www.paintspecial.com 604.339.1989 Lower Mainland 604.996.8128 Fraser Valley

Call Ian 604-724-6373

Running this ad for 8yrs

But Dead Bodies!!

3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour

604.220.JUNK(5865)

(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services.

Serving Metro Vancouver Since 1988

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JUNK REMOVAL

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PAVING/SEAL COATING ASPHALT PAVING

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ASPHALT PAVING • Brick Driveways • Retaining Walls • Foundation Repairs • Sealcoating 604-618-2304

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Hauling Anything..

20 YARD BINS AVAILABLE We Load or You Load !

PAINT SPECIAL

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RUBBISH REMOVAL

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10% DISCOUNT. MG Roofing & Siding. CB. Re-roofing, New Roof Gutters.

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GARAGE SALES

LARGE MOVING SALE Sat & Sun Sept 28 & 29, 8-6pm 8520 Granville Ave. Furniture, appliances, strollers, etc. EVERYTHING MUST GO!!

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

GARDENING SERVICES 21 yrs exp. Tree topping, pruning, trimming, power raking, aeration, cleanup. $15/up. Michael 604-240-2881

Send your resume’ to gtasker@acrgroup-ca.com

HELP WANTED

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$45/Hr

From 1, 3, 5, 7 & 10 Ton Trucks Licensed ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 Men Free Estimate/Senior Discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos

AAA PRECISION PAINTING. Quality work. 778-881-6096.

GARDENING

We also have a Company Paid RRSP Plan. You must be willing to join the union ( CEP).

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COMPLETE Handyman Services.

Tile, drywall, carpentry, paint, flooring. All repairs. Dan 604-761-9717

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Daryl 604-817-3028 287

MOVING & STORAGE

AFFORDABLE MOVING

Small carpentry jobs WELCOME! * Over 40yrs. woodworking exp.*

•Licensed •Insured •WCB

As a F/T Machinist you will qualify for Health, Dental, Vision & More.

Hours are 7:30am - 3:30pm Monday to Friday as well as some overtime. Wage will depend on qualifications.

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Semi-Retired w/ workshop • Custom Cabinet Design • Cabinet & Furniture Repair

ELECTRICAL

SPIRITUAL

Psychic Healer

Heavy Duty Diesel Mechanic

ACR Group located in south Richmond seeks a F/T worker to perform machining on rubber, urethane and some metal. Candidates should have exp. in operating various lathes and be able to read various measuring devises.

Candidates with a fourth class boiler ticket will be considered first. A forklift ticket or experience driving a forklift is also preferred.

Call: Rick (604) 202-5184

Required Immediately.

DON’T LET TIME & DISTANCE STAND IN YOUR WAY.

JOURNEYMAN MACHINIST WANTED

PLACING & Finishing * Forming * Site Prep, old concrete removal * Excavation & Reinforcing * Re-Re Specialists 34 Years Exp. Free Estimates.

Mega Cranes Ltd. an industry leader is seeking an energetic, aggressive self starter for a full time position.

TRADES, TECHNICAL

Please contact Mike e-mail: mike@megacranes.com or fax 604.599.5250

HANDYPERSONS

RICHMOND RESIDENT

Salary: $18/hour. Email: alive7918vancouver@gmail.com attn: Ruby Ye

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MORE THAN HANDY

MEDICAL SECRETARY Needed for Alive Sports Injury Chinese Medicine Center, 7918 Granville Street, Vancouver. You will provide secretarial support, schedule and confirm medical appointments, prepare confidential medical reports and correspondence; prepare meeting materials and take minutes; maintain electronic scheduling and booking patient referrals; administer and maintain financial records; maintain a variety of databases.

You need to have a college education, excellence in communication and interpersonal skills within a professional environment, ability to meet deadlines and priorities.

Experience is a strong asset.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

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PATTAR ROOFING LTD. All types of Roofing. Over 35 years in business. 604.588.0833

*Appliances *BBQs *Exercise Equip *Cars/Trucks/Trailers *Hotwater Tanks *Furnaces * Restaurant Equipment All FREE pickup!

PLUMBING

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CRESCENT Plumbing & Heating Licensed Residential 24hr. Service

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• Hot water tanks • Furnaces • Broilers • Plugged Drains 778-862-0560

ALWAYS! GUTTER Cleaning & Roof Blowing, Moss Control,30 yrs exp., Reliable! Simon 604-230-0627

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NEWSPAPER

CARRIERS WANTED to deliver Richmond’s #1 Community Newspaper

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MIN. EXPRESS PAGING SYSTEM Reasonable Rates 604-270-6338

GL ROOFING. Cedar/Asphalt, Flat roofs, WCB Clean Gutters - $80.

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PRESSURE WASHING

POWER Washing,Gutters,Windows Maintenance,Resi/Com. Lic/Insur Free Est: Call Dean 604-839-8856 Lenting Property Service Hot water power washing Call John 604-802-9033

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RUBBISH REMOVAL

#1 AAA Rubbish Removal 21 Years Serving Rmd. Residential & Commercial Clean Courteous Service FREE ESTIMATES

Joe 604-250-5481 A & B JUNKERS Junk & Garden waste removal.

Worksafe & Insured. (604)202-3893

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CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866 CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977 LAGOTTO ROMAGNOLO PUPS, perfect family dogs, non-shedding, stable, intelligent & loving, $1900. www.lagottinokennels.com

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MUNCHKINS KITTENS, born Sept 11, ready Nov 14. 2 Fem, 1 Male. $400 - $700, shots, dewormed & vet chkd. (604)543-1828

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ITALIAN MASTIFF (Cane Corso)

778.297.7302

10751 River Drive, Richmond pacificpowerwashing.ca โ ข info@pacificpowerwashing.ca

RENTALS 715

TRANSPORTATION 810

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

AUTO FINANCING

RICHMOND, Broadmore/Southarm updated 2 bdrm lower. NS/NP. Shrd lndry. Near shops & bus. $1000/mo.

Avail now. Call: 604-377-9617

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HOMES FOR RENT

RICHMOND 4511 Shell Rd. Richmond 604-270-8827

$1700: 3 BDRM/1.5 BR. No utls.

Pets ok, NS. Avail Oct 1. Pls call Mike 604-618-4656 DESIRABLE West Richmond. 3 bedroom upstairs and 1.5 baths newly renovated home for rent. $1400. Call 604-617-6535.

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2010 VENZA: Like new, only 20,000 kms, fully loaded, automatic, 6 cylinder, dvd system. $22,800. 604-575-5555.

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GERMAN Shepherd Puppies For Your Consideration Evans Training Centre and Blacklion Kennels, produce dogs with powerful, athletic bodies with sound, stable minds.

No hype- Just good dogs honestly presented. Find us @ www.blacklionkennels.ca or call 250.989.4397 Inquiries invited and appreciated.

Ask about our Purchase - to - Train bonus.

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RENOVATIONS

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

ULTIMATE FAMILY GUARDIAN $800. 604-308-5665

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 533

FERTILIZERS

WEED FREE Mushroom Manure $160/13 yds or Well Rotted $180/10 yds. Free Delivery Richmond area. 604-856-8877

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MISC. FOR SALE

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

REAL ESTATE 627

HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOUSES! Older House โ ข Damaged House Moving โ ข Estate Sale โ ข Just Want Out โ ข Behind on Payments Quick Cash! โ ข Flexible Terms!

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RENTALS 706

APARTMENT/CONDO

NEW WESTMINSTER- 2 & 3 bdrm. pri. secluded, fencโ d property. Video surveillance. Gas F/P. Skylights, patio, deck & views. D/W & Fridge w/ ice maker. Counter top stove.

Cls. to 8th street skytrain. N/P N/S Now. Must See! 604.524.5494

RICHMOND 3251 Francis, walk to the dyke. 3 Bdrms up, 1 bdrm & den down, big bkyrd. Nr all amens & schl. $2000. Oct 1. 604-916-8712 Richmond 4 bdrms, 2 baths, new paint & floor, great family home.

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SUITES, LOWER

RICHMOND - 2 BDRM suite. Avail.

Oct 1st. Inc hydro, cable & lndry. $900/m. n/s, n/p. Good location cls to Shopping, airport, Canada Line nr Bridgeport & # 4 Rd. For more info call Bud 778-227-1700 RICHMOND #5 Rd/Cambie. 2 bdrm NS/NP. $900, incl sh lndry & utils.

Suit adults. 604-277-1234 eves

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SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673 The Scrapper

RICHMOND Blundell / between Shell & #5 Rd. 2 Bdrm ste. N/P, N/S. $750/mo + 1/3 utils. Avl now.

604-272-5199 / 604-202-6305

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151 James Jerome Howcroft 11420 Kingfisher Drive, Richmond, B.C. 196 Kayla Danae Brown 8111 Ryan Richmond, B.C. 366 Mitchell Coubrough 16805 57A Avenue, Surrey, B.C. 585 Brent Cornwall 4511 Shell Road.

Richmond, B.C. A sale will take place at the storage location on Friday, October 4, 2013.

Viewing 10:00AM 12:00PM. Sealed bids will be opened at 12:30PM. Room contents are personal/household goods unless noted otherwise.

Bids will be for entire contents of each locker unit.

SUITES, UPPER

RICHMOND: 3 Bdrm upper, nice & clean. F/S, W/D, L/R. Avail now.

NS/NP. Nr school. (604)241-1831

TOWNHOUSES

RICHMOND QUEENSGATE GARDENS Conveniently Located Close to schools & public transportation. Spacious 2 & 3 bdrm townhouses. 6 Applโ s., balcony, 2 car garage, 2 full baths, gas f/p. 1 Year lease required. No Pets.

Professionally Managed by Colliers International Call (604) 841-2665 TERRA Nova RMD. 2BR, 2.5bath, 2prkg, 5appls, Clubhouse fclt, ns, np, $1700/mth. Oct 604-729-2001

TRANSPORTATION 810

RICHMOND 4099 Stolberg St. 5th Floor Studio apt in Brand NEW building, insuite laundry, 1 sec u/g pkng, gym, $900 incl heat/h.water & air cond. NS/NP. 778-881-9193.

RICHMOND, 7280 Lindsay Rd. 1 Bdrm- $850 incl heat, h/w, 1 prkg.

604-285-0668 or 604-321-9095

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Claims a Landlords Contractual Lien against the following persons goods in storage at 4511 Shell Road, N. Vancouver B.C.

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

RICHMOND 2 bdrm 1/2 duplex, stove/fridge, NS/NP, garage, $1050/mo. 604-535-6115 AUTO CREDIT - Guaranteed Auto Loan. Apply at: uapplyudrive.CA or Call toll free 1.877.680.1231

AUTO FINANCING

In the Matter of Part 3.1 (Administrative Forfeiture) of the Civil Forfeiture Act [SBC 2005, C. 29] the CFA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT: On March 7, 2013, at the 5900 block of Ferguson Road, Richmond, B.C., Peace Officer(s) of the Richmond RCMP seized, at the time indicated, the subject property, described as: $5,000 CAD, on or about 16:30 Hours.

The subject property was seized because there was evidence that the subject property had been obtained by the commission of an offence (or offences) under section 354(1) (Possession of property obtained by crime) of the Criminal Code of Canada.

Notice is hereby given that the subject property, CFO file Number: 2013-1732, is subject to forfeiture under Part 3.1 of the CFA and will be forfeited to the Government for disposal by the Director of Civil Forfeiture unless a notice of dispute

is filed with the Director within the time period set out in this notice.

A notice of dispute may be filed by a person who claims to have an interest in all or part of the subject property. The notice of dispute must be filed within 60 days of the date upon which this notice is first published.

You may obtain the form of a notice of dispute, which must meet the requirements of Section 14.07 of the CFA, from the Directorโ s website, accessible online at www. pssg.gov.bc.ca/civilforfeiture. The notice must be in writing, signed in the presence of a lawyer or notary public, and mailed to the Civil Forfeiture Office, PO Box 9234 Station Provincial Government, Victoria, B.C. V8W 9J1

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The Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup’s 20th anniversary provincial kick-off event was held at Iona Beach last Saturday. Vancouver Airport Authority is the provincial sponsor and had a team of 65 people out at the event helping keep our local shorelines clean.

Kudos is a weekly feature showcasing announcements, achievements and good deeds happening around town.

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Feed-U-Cate 38 - Nutrition for Learning aims to ensure that every student in Richmond’s School District No. 38 starts the day with a full stomach to promote better learning and wellbeing. Schools spend thousands of dollars annually to feed hungry students. Sutton Group – Seafair Realty is pleased to contribute the proceeds of its recent golf tournament to this important cause. On Sept. 6, 60 realtors, office staff and real estate suppliers raised $1,100 for Feed-U-Cate 38.

River Rock Casino Resort has made a generous donation to Volunteer Richmond Information Services. Last week, River Rock general manager Jim Wall (centre) and assistant general manager Rishi Khaira stopped by the Richmond Caring Place to present a cheque for $8,000 to Elizabeth Specht, Volunteer Richmond’s executive director. Also pictured are Volunteer Richmond general manager Jocelyn Wong (left) and program co-ordinator Sydney Kuo (right). This past April, for the first time ever, River Rock hosted the Volunteers Are Stars Awards, and will do so again on April 16, 2014. It’s never too early to mark your calendars!

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