Richmond Review, January 01, 2014

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Hockey town Ryan Hart (21) of the Richmond Midget A1 Blues earned four assists in his team’s 6-5 Richmond International Bantam Midget Hockey Tournamentopening victory over the Burnaby Bulldogs Thursday at Minoru Arenas. See page 15 for more on the tournament.

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Pair charged in brazen robbery of passenger Armed bandits target passenger on Canada Line

by Martin van den Hemel Staff Reporter Two Richmond men have been charged with a brazen armed robbery aboard a Canada Line train earlier this month.

Around 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 12, Rich-

mond Mounties were called to the Brighouse station of the Canada Line after a man reported being assaulted and having his belongings stolen.

According to the victim, two men wielding a gun assaulted him while robbing him of his cellular phone and other personal belongings.

The suspects were tracked to the area of Westminster Highway and Cooney and were taken into custody.

Charged are Abdullah Cogo, 21, and Mahamed Halane, 23, both from Richmond.

Investigators seized items belonging to the victim, who suffered minor injuries, as well as other merchandise that was also stolen, including a cellular phone located on a blacklist.

The investigators used the website www. protectyourdata.ca, which may lead to more charges being laid against the two suspects.

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Pot and pipelines: A 2013 B.C. news quiz 1. When Premier Christy Clark took the stage after her upset election win May 14, the first thing she said was: A: I'm going to Disneyland!

B: Well, that was easy!

C: Oh no, now I have to pay off the debt!

D: Socialism is dead!

2. How many proposed liquefied natural gas export proposals are there on the B.C. coast, according to the premier's latest estimate?

A: four B: six C: eight D: ten 3. After winning $25 million in the lottery, Terrace construction worker Bob Erb gave six-figure donations to: A. Local anti-poverty and other community groups B. Pay for $300,000 in dental work for locals who couldn't afford it.

C. Provide cars and trucks for people he considered needy.

D. Sensible BC marijuana legalization campaign E. All of the above

Mark Brett/Penticton Western News A deer appears defiant while wandering the streets of Okanagan Falls.

5. What admission to U.S. border guards did some B.C. residents find can be deemed a "crime of moral turpitude" and result in America barring your entry?

A. Atheism B. Past use of marijuana C. Past conviction for impaired driving C. Past or present membership in the NDP

ing for ice to melt 10. What did Metro Vancouver mayors propose in 2013 as a new way to raise money for cashstrapped TransLink?

A. $5 toll at the border on all vehicles heading south to the USA B. Regional sales tax of up to 0.5 per cent C. Adding magnets to new SkyTrain fare gates to suck loose change out of pockets D. Forcing SeaBus passengers to row to help save on fuel costs E. Installing slot machines in SkyTrain stations

6. Which of the following wasn't proposed in B.C.'s liquor law review?

A: Licensing alcohol sales at farmers' markets B: Letting children into pubs with their parents C: Serving alcohol for slot players on BC Ferries D: Selling hard liquor in grocery stores

11. The government is considering spending $6 million to stop the B.C. legislature dome from: A: Cracking B: Peeling C: Twisting D: Sinking

7. Burnaby's Tung Sheng (David) Wu was convicted and jailed for performing illegal: A. Proctology B. Taxidermy C. Electronic waste recycling D. Dentistry 8. Since his triumph in the HST referendum, former premier Bill Vander Zalm has campaigned against: A: An alleged secret global surveillance system using smart meters B: An alleged secret global climate control scheme using "chemtrails" C: An alleged secret European Union plot to control world

Tom Fletcher/Black Press Premier Christy Clark and her son Hamish make a campaign stop at a Vancouver Island seniors home, May 2013.

finance through consumption taxes D: All of the above 9. What's the Transportation Ministry's solution to prevent the new Port Mann Bridge from dropping more ice bombs onto cars?

A. A system of scrapers and brushes along each cable to remove ice B. Aerial drones that spray the cables with de-icing solution C. A flock of seagulls trained to peck loose ice chunks D. Closing the bridge and wait-

12. Which was not a 911 call received by E-Comm operators who begged cellphone users to be more careful about declaring emergencies?

A. Asking who won the hockey game B. Broken TV set C. Big spider in living room D. Politician breaking election promise 13. B.C. pharmacies were ordered by their regulating body to stop doing what?

A: Offering wine tastings at the pharmacy counter B: Issuing reward points or

other "kickbacks" to customers buying prescription drugs C: Refusing to sell prescribed medical marijuana D: Refusing to act as supervised injection sites 14. In 2013, the B.C. government approved: A: Enbridge's Northern Gateway oil pipeline to Kitimat B: Twinning Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain oil pipeline to Burnaby C: A pipeline to carry fuel from tankers on the Fraser River to Vancouver airport D: A pipeline to transport glacial water from Garibaldi Park to Squamish for export 15. The poaching of what prompted Vancouver Island aboriginal groups to post a $25,000 reward?

A: Roosevelt elk B: Abalone C: Seals D: Easter eggs 16. Which B.C. municipal council fended off a court challenge (and death threats) over its deer cull program?

A: Oak Bay B: Cranbrook C: Invermere D: Penticton

Answers: 1-B, 2-D, 3-E, 4-D, 5-B, 6-C, 7-D, 8-D, 9-A, 10-B, 11-C, 12-D, 13-B, 14-C, 15-A, 16-C

4. How has the province said it would raise money to pay for a promised new bridge to replace the Massey Tunnel?

A. Tax increases B. Toll like the Port Mann Bridge.

C. Small tolls on all Metro Vancouver bridges and major roads D. It hasn't

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Canada Line airport surcharge to hit more riders TransLink wants $5 YVR fee added to Compass card users

by Jeff Nagel Black Press TransLink wants to make many more passengers pay a $5 surcharge to ride the Canada Line branch from Vancouver Airport to Bridgeport Station in Richmond.

The YVR AddFare is currently charged only for Canada Line riders who pay in cash to take the rapid transit line off Sea Island.

But with the introduction of the Compass card in 2014, TransLink is proposing to apply the same $5 additional fee to Compass cardholders who pay with stored value.

The YVR AddFare was approved in 2010 to generate extra cash to help cover TransLink’s shortfall in funding the Canada Line to Richmond and YVR. TransLink officials say large numbers of people who now pay in cash at the airport are expected to switch to Compass cards next year, resulting in a $1.4-million drop in annual revenue if nothing is done.

Extending the AddFare’s reach to more people is forecast to generate an extra $1.7 million.

Many savvy transit riders dodge paying the $5 surcharge by instead buying a day pass or a booklet of FareSaver tickets from a retail outlet at the airport, instead of paying at the station ticket machines.

But they’ll be out of luck once the Compass cards roll out and FareSavers are discontinued.

TransLink also proposes to charge the AddFare on day passes sold on Sea Island either by retailers or from the ticket vending machines.

The machines at Sea Island stations are currently disabled from offering day passes but TransLink says riders want to have the option

file photo Canada Line passengers who avoid a $5 surcharge on trips out of Vancouver Airport by paying with FareSavers will be out of luck next year if TransLink is permitted to apply the charge to those who pay with Compass card stored value.

to buy them there and are willing to pay the premium.

YVR employees and Sea Island residents would be exempt from the revised AddFare, as would holders of monthly passes, U-Passes, B.C. Government bus passes and

CNIB passes.

The AddFare hasn’t been generating as much revenue as TransLink originally expected – the cumulative shortfall was $5.4 million at the end of 2012 and that’s forecast to grow to $12.2 million by the end of next year with-

out changes.

TransLink’s Commissioner Robert Irwin will make a final ruling on the application and has asked for public comment by Jan. 31.

Comments can be emailed to info@translinkcommission.org.

Richmond Mountie banned from driving for one year Antonious Alexander Bernard pled guilty to dangerous driving in 2011 Delta incident

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by Martin van den Hemel Staff Reporter A Richmond RCMP officer who was involved in a hit-and-run incident on the 5400 block of Highway 17 in Delta in September of 2011, was banned from driving for one year after pleading guilty in Surrey provincial court.

The Richmond Review received an e-mail late last month from a curious reader, who was wondering what happened in the case involving Richmond RCMP Cpl. Tony Bernard, whose full name is Antonious Alexander Bernard.

A complainant reported to the Delta Police Department on Sept. 15, 2011 that he’d been sideswiped by another vehicle, and managed to jot down the licence plate of the vehicle and followed it.

A Delta Police officer was able to locate the vehicle and pull it over.

Bernard was driving his personal vehicle at the time, according to RCMP Cpl. Annie Linteau.

Originally charged with impaired driving, refusing to provide a breath sample, dangerous driving and failing to stop at an accident scene, Bernard pled guilty to dangerous driving, and was sentenced on Feb. 26, 2013.

Though there are no bans on publication, Bernard’s name is for some reason omitted from the Court Services Online website (tinyurl.com/BCcourtservices), a publicly-accessible database of court cases, including criminal and traffic court, which includes details on charges, participants, court appearances, sentences and outcomes.

The Richmond Review has inquired about why Bernard’s name has been omitted from the database.

“Good question... I have forwarded to our contact at Court Services for clarification and investigation,” wrote a client support analyst with B.C. Online Help Desk for Access Point Information Canada Ltd., in an e-mail.

Aside from the driving ban, Bernard received a one-year term of probation and was ordered to pay a victim surcharge of $1,500.

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White Spot staff raised $10,228 on Christmas Day The staff and management at White Spot’s Richmond Centre location made Christmas day a little brighter for a good cause.

Employees volunteered their time, donated their tips and the restaurant chipped in with proceeds from sales, to raise $10,228, which will be donated to the Richmond Hospital Foundation.  “The gift of good health is precious to all of us here in our community,� said Prakash Ganatra, owner of White Spot Richmond Centre. “We are so fortunate to have such dedicated staff members and guests of the restaurant who, in true community spirit, choose to help raise funds for Richmond Hospital Foundation to improve health care for their families, friends and neighbours.�

More than 50 staff participated on the day of the

17th Annual Richmond Aquatics Fitness Challenge.

Staff at Richmond Centre’s White Spot location donated their time and tips, while management and the restaurant chipped in by donating sales proceeds to the Richmond Hospital Foundation.

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Tourism up in 2013 Richmond continues to grow as a tourist destination, according to Tourism Richmond.

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Richmond is also seeing more tourists from China, a market that is seeing double-digit growth. Tourism Richmond’s director of sales went to China three times in 2013. Chinese visitors are staying in Richmond due to the city’s close connection with their culture.

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Also getting Richmond plenty of attention was Tourism Richmond’s 365 Days of Dining.

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fter a season of over-indulging, many Canadians will wake up Jan. 1 and say this is the year they get hearthealthy.

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That wake-up call to become more active and eat better can’t come a moment too soon, according to the Canadian Medial Association. The association’s latest report on the nation’s heart health says we’re not doing very well — in fact, we’re almost on life support.

Across the nation, fewer than 10% of Canadian adults meet the criteria for “ideal” cardiovascular health, which means most still don’t get enough exercise (at least 30 minutes of walking per day), and most don’t eat properly (consuming five or more servings of fruits and vegetables a day). People are getting heavier and we see this everywhere, and in our own waistlines, which seem to expand with each passing year.

But adults aren’t alone in risky health behaviours. According to the study, only about 20% of kids between 12 and 19 years are making lifestyle choices to keep them healthy — including being active for an hour or more a day.

Where is all this heading? The bad news is unless people’s habits change, there will be more incidences of diabetes, hypertension, cancer, heart attacks and stroke. If you think our hospitals are crowded now, imagine what the wards will be like a few years from now.

The sad part is that many baby boomers are planning for long lives, Unless they make changes now, however, they will be sick or disabled for 10 of those years, according to a Heart and Stroke Foundation report released in 2013. Ironically, most boomers think they are healthy but in fact many are stressed, sedentary, eat poorly and drink too much alcohol.

Could this be the year Canadians change those statistics and turning this unhealthy ship around?

Pass the veggies while we think about it.

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A hopeless wish list for 2014

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Fewer than 10% of Canadian adults meet the criteria for “ideal” cardiovascular health, which means most still don’t get enough exercise (at least 30 minutes of walking per day).

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ere are a few things I’d like to see in B.C. political life in the coming year, but won’t.

An orderly schedule of legislature sittings, one in the spring and one in the fall.

I canvassed this topic with Premier Christy Clark in our year-end interview, and got the usual runaround about how it’s always been optional since old Gordon what’s-hisname set the schedule of sittings and elections more than a decade ago. Spring is for the budget and MLAs

sit in the fall if they need to discuss legislation.

They need to all right, but what governments want to do is ram it through as fast as they can, so that’s what they do. The last couple of years of this have been a sham worthy of a South American banana republic, with three chambers running simultaneously and opposition members trying to prepare as they run down the hallways.

It leads to mistakes in new laws and adds to the public’s cynicism about the whole business, but it gets things done with minimum exposure of the government to criticism. Stephen Harper would approve.

A political debate about real issues, rather than just a competition to score points in an endless election campaign.

I appreciate that this is hopelessly naive, but setting aside enough time to consider issues could, at least in theory, lead to that happening occasionally.

Certainly the hastily staged mock combat of our legislature today isn’t winning new friends for

any political party. The main growth area today is people who have given up on the whole thing.

An opposition with ideas.

The B.C. NDP will have another leadership contest in 2014, and they’d better bring more modern policy to the table than they had in the last one.

Remember the big issues in that pillow-fight? Me neither. I had to look them up. Health care? Local organic carrots into the hospital food. Forest industry?

A job protection commissar to force the mills to stay open. Resource development? They’re for it, unless you’re against it.

These guys need a Tony Blair-type makeover. They need to be for something, and they need to leave the past behind.

Media that care about more than conflict.

News organizations are in bad shape these days, and the competition for a rapidly fragmenting audience is having some ugly effects.

One thing that needs to go is obsessive coverage of

Whether it’s the government’s fantasy figures on job creation or the opposition’s arithmetic-challenged child poverty claims, serious problems can’t be understood, much less solved, without defining them accurately

who’s winning and who’s losing. If the news media are going to be interested mainly in the gaffes and gotcha moments, is it any surprise that’s what politicians try to provide?

The Canada Post announcement that it has to wind up home delivery offers a recent example. Is it really so outrageous for the CEO to suggest that walking to the corner is good exercise? When there’s a 24-hour news cycle to fill, it’s a scandal!

How many people know that Canada Post’s unfunded pension liabilities amount to $6.5 billion, as it continues to pay a dwindling workforce to hand out mostly advertising flyers? Should they just keep doing that until they run out of cash? Are taxpayers really expected to maintain another two-tier service that’s only available to selected urban people?

Facts to go with opinions.

Whether it’s the government’s fantasy figures on job creation or the opposition’s arithmeticchallenged child poverty claims, serious problems can’t be understood, much less solved, without defining them accurately.

Submitting government advertising to scrutiny by the Auditor General to make sure it is accurate and non-partisan would be a good place to start.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalNews.com Twitter:@ tomfletcherbc E-mail: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Resolving not to make New Year’s resolutions

by Angelica Poversky

You see, not having a resolution at all is a very easy way to eliminate the stress of wanting to achieve something that requires a lot of work.

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Hugh Boyd Interacters (from left) Alicia Arnsdorf, Delaram Yazdi, Shana Slater join Covenant House Vancouver staffer Amy Cotton.

Hugh Boyd warms up holiday for needy teens Interact Club donates more than 1,000 pairs of new socks to Covenant House Vancouver

by Anushka Kurian Youth Reporter On an icy December night, a warm pair of socks can be a soft mercy to the feet of an underprivileged youth.

Thanks to Hugh Boyd Secondary’s Interact club, 1,055 pairs of brand new socks, courtesy fundraising efforts, were handed over to Covenant House Vancouver on Dec. 23, with the hope of offering aid to local teens and young adults in need.

For over a month, Boyd Interactors were split into teams of approximately 20 multi-age students in or-

der to compete against one another to fundraise and purchase the most socks.

Entirely student led, the mass charity event originally had a goal of 500 pairs of socks.

“We initially thought it (500 pairs) was a reasonable goal for our interact club of over a hundred students,” said Interact Club treasurer Shana Slater. “It’s amazing that a group of teenagers were able to collect over a thousand socks in a such a short amount of time.”

The winning team comprised 20 Grade 11 boys, who worked relentlessly to produce a total of 334 pairs of socks to contribute to the club total.

“We knew that any amount of socks donated would make a difference, which was always our goal,” said club co-president Melissa Chao.

Chao believes the club accomplished something great in bringing cheerful feelings for the holiday season.

“We’ve provided teens like us a good start for the new year,” she said.

Border toll could raise millions for TransLink

by Jeff Nagel Black Press A Seattle think tank estimates a $5 toll on drivers crossing the U.S. border could raise $30 to $45 million a year for TransLink.

Researcher Clark Williams-Derry of the Sightline Institute crunched the numbers in response to a controversial proposal by Vancouver transportation planner Eric Doherty, who argued a border toll would raise new money to fund transit, help stop TransLink’s loss of gas tax money, reduce border congestion and deter crossborder shopping.

Williams-Derry estimated $38 million in revenue would be raised from a $2.50 toll charged each way at the five crossings from Point Roberts to Sumas, assuming 20 per cent fewer vehicles cross the border to buy gas as a result of the toll, with less dramatic decreases in other trips.

He said another $4 million could come from more fuel instead being bought in B.C., with 17 cents per litre in tax going directly to TransLink and another 10 cents collected by the federal government that also flows to TransLink for capital projects.

If Americans were exempted from the toll – something

Doherty recommends so U.S. tourists aren’t dissuaded from coming north – Williams-Derry said the take from tolls might be 20 per cent less, as that’s the rough share of U.S. motorists crossing the border.

“For a transit agency scrambling for every dollar they can find, this would certainly be one way of shoring up their finances,”Williams-Derry said.

But he cautioned the extra revenue from border tolls might decline quickly if the Canadian dollar weakens further and makes cross-border shopping less of a bargain.

No B.C. politician is championing the notion of border tolls, which is deeply unpopular with the many Lower Mainland residents who regularly nip across the line to save money on gas and other goods.

But Doherty insists it deserves serious consideration.

He said it would be easy to implement – using the same electronic tolling system as the Golden Ears and Port Mann bridges – and would immediately inject new revenue to expand transit.

“Think of what that would fund for bus service south of the Fraser,” he said. “I’d like to see us become a transitoriented region instead of having this strange situation where people drive out of their way, burning gasoline to buy gasoline for a little bit cheaper.”

en. Nine. Eight. Seven... Happy New Year!

Instantly that moment of panic has hit. Exercise. Eat Healthy. Get good grades. All the to-do list items that need to be accomplished before the clock hits January 2015 seem to bombard us instantly. There is so much anticipation for problems to be resolved as soon as the ten seconds tick away that it’s easy to get caught up in hectic goalachieving procrastination.

This is why I have decided to come up with the ultimate New Year’s resolution: to not have a resolution.

But that’s an oxymoron and makes no sense at all!

You see, not having a resolution at all is a very easy way to eliminate the stress of wanting to achieve something that requires a lot of work.

That way that constant selfloathing of not realizing a goal is completely erased.

This method is fool-proof, obviously. I mean sure, there might not be as much fun without that so-called effort, but this way there is much more time to explore the depths of 9GAG (the image-based social media website).

Eating chips while catching up on The Bachelorette is a much more mentally and physically healthy alternative to resolutions anyways.

Just thinking of the freedom of not having any direction and doing nothing daily is tranquilizing.

Replacing the hustle and bustle of living inside of to-do lists with eating cereal in my underwear is a solid lifestyle that I recom-

mend to all the stressed out important suit and tie, briefcase holding people of the world.

Though by 2015 I might not have “progressed as an individual” or “achieved anything noteworthy” at least I had a grand time not even trying. Parents might be angered and say things like, “Try your best! Get out in the world and keep going!” Or worse, teachers might share their deranged theories, “Take small steps to achieve your aspiration. Keep persevering.”

It is clear that at this point I have no choice but to completely tune them out with a Cheeto in each ear and go back to being fascinated by the crumbs on my shirt.

Sure, I’ll admit—maybe by August 2014 with more than half of the year completely gone— I’ll feel the self-efficacy and confidence going down, or hear people using the L-word (lazy), or even worse, some individuals will think it’s their crucial purpose to repeat motivational talks on not giving up.

So in those 10 seconds counting down before the sparkling apple juice is distributed there were two thoughts going on in my brain: I can either rethink how I’m going to live 2014 or I can hibernate until 2015.

Opportunity to Comment on YVR Add Fare Variance The South Coast British Columbia Transportation Commission, the independent regulator of TransLink, is seeking public comment on TransLink’s recent application to vary the YVR AddFare.

Specifically, TransLink wishes to apply the YVR AddFare to DayPasses purchased on Sea Island and single fares purchased with Compass Card Stored Value for trips leaving Sea Island.

Customers travelling with monthly passes (and certain other passes) will be exempt from the YVR AddFare. TransLink also intends to exempt airport employees and Burkeville residents.

If approved, customers travelling from any of the Sea Island Stations (and beyond) using Stored Value from a Compass Card or a DayPass purchased at a Sea Island Compass Vending Machine or from a Compass Retailer on Sea Island will be charged the YVR AddFare of $2.50, collected as a return fare premium of $5.00 payable at a Sea Island Station.

Deadline for submissions is January 31, 2014.

Comments can be emailed to info@translinkcommission.org or mailed to TransLink Commission, PO Box 82, Sooke BC, V9Z 1A0.

For more information, visit What’s New at translinkcommission.org.

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by Jeff Nagel Black Press Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore will serve a third term as chair of the Metro Vancouver board.

No challenger opposed Moore in a Dec. 13 election and Vancouver Coun. Raymond Louie was also returned as vice-chair by acclamation.

Moore said key decisions facing regional politicians in 2014 include how to respond to Kinder Morgan’s application to twin the Trans Mountain oil pipeline, the search for a referendum-approved solution to TransLink’s financial needs, as well as the next procurement choices as Metro aims to build a new waste-to-energy plant.

“We’ve also asked for more information on the impacts of the Massey Tunnel replacement and how that affects the rest of the region and air quality,” he said.

Metro is also awaiting a decision by the province on whether its bylaw banning out-ofregion garbage exports will be approved. That’s opposed by waste haulers who avoid Metro’s high tipping fees by trucking waste to Abbotsford for transfer to a U.S. landfill.

Moore said the regional district will be pressing for senior government contributions to its proposed new Lions Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant. That’s the first of two sewage treatment plant replacements expected to cost $1.6 billion.

Two major water projects to serve South of Fraser residents that are already underway are a $250-million water tunnel under the Fraser River to replace an old one vulnerable to earthquakes and river scour, and an ultraviolet water disinfection plant at the Coquitlam reservoir.

Metro spans 22 municipalities, unincorporated areas within Electoral Area A and the Tsawwassen First Nation, which gained a seat on the board as part of its treaty.

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books A frothy little novel from Elinor Lipman

Book Club Shelley Civkin

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or a light romp through the rocky landscape of the divorced, widowed and single, check out The View From Penthouse B by Elinor Lipman.

It’s a frothy little novel featuring Margot, who’s philandering convict husband has left her with a beautiful New York penthouse apartment (the Batavia), but whose bad investments with Bernie Madoff have left her Ponzischeme poor.

Needing the extra cash, she rents a room to her recently widowed sister Gwen, to supplement the rent.

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Her ex-husband Charles is a well-known gynecologist who specialized in artificial insemination, but as Lipman writes, “sometimes it’s not so artificial.” You can see where that’s going. Having been thrown in prison for his illegal, to say nothing of sleazy indiscretions, Charles is newly released and living in… hold on to your chair… the Batavia. He’s renting the basement bachelor suite, and spares no expense trying to ingratiate himself back into Margot’s life. But she’s not having any of it. At first.

Sister Gwen brings her gloomy two-year old widowhood status to bear on the proceedings in Penthouse B, much to the despair of Margot and Anthony.

They keep trying to pull her out of her depressive slump and encourage her to enter the dating world again, but Gwen is reluctant.

When she finally agrees to online dating, she gets more than she bargained for.

Realizing that the online dating world contains more than its share of characters ranging from the sleazy

to the slightly ‘off ’, Gwen is ready to throw in the towel. Until she decides to give it one last go. After posting an ad entitled “Nervous”, she gets a response.

But the response from a woman writing on behalf of her single fifty-plus son, Eli Offenberg. What transpires is a deliciously chaste yet compatible relationship. Until Gwen decides that she wants more, and emails Eli:

kind of way. The library also has Lipman’s other novels My Latest Grievance; The Family Man; The Ladies’ Man; and Isabel’s Bed. Shelley Civkin is communications officer with Richmond Public Library. For other popular reading suggestions check out Richmond Public Library’s Web site at www.yourlibrary.ca/ goodbooks/.

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Charles, the not-soartificial-inseminatorgynecologist is a piece of work. But at least he’s single-minded now that he’s out of the big house.

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Get your Christmas tree chipped this weekend Richmond Firefighters’ Society accepting donations Jan. 4 and 5

by Martin van den Hemel Staff Reporter The Richmond Firefighters’ Society will be welcoming donations this weekend as they recycle Christmas trees at two Richmond locations.

The annual charity chipping events will be held at two locations on Saturday, Jan. 4 and Sunday, Jan. 5 at both Garry Point Park (corner of Moncton Street and 7th Avenue) and South Arm Community Centre, at 8880 Williams Road.

But those aren’t the only locations where locals can recycle their trees.

For those with curbside green cart collection, they can cut up and bundle their tree (to a maximum size of two feet by three feet) and place it at the curb on their regular collection day.

Residents can also drop off their Christmas trees at the Recycling Depot, 5599 Lynas Lane, from Wednesday to Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6:15 p.m., or at Ecowaste Industries, 15111 Williams Rd. (call 604-277-1410 for hours).

White packaging styrofoam, as well as takeout containers, foam plates, meat trays and drink cups, are now being accepted on a regular basis at the Recycling Depot.

The styrofoam must been clean and free of contaminants, and only white styrofoam is being accepted.

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Beat Jack Frost while staying active in the winter

A Runner’s Mind Christine Blanchette

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t this time of year, the chilly embrace of Jack Frost can feel as unwelcome as a wet blanket, eating snow cones on a frozen pond or a long hug from your great aunt that you haven’t seen since you were five.

It goes against human nature to deliberately turn off the fireplace, get out of your comfy clothes and into layers of moisture wicking, water proof gear so you can venture outside to the bone-chilling tundra,

and this will help you stay in shape during the cold months. Curling is another Canadian winter pastime which can lead you all the way to the Olympics if you’re good enough.

Winters are much more enjoyable when you’re dressed properly, which may be obvious to most but the ones who get sick or frost bite are still there to remind us. If you happen to be a fair weather runner like so many who love the summer sun, you may be pleasantly surprised to discover just how invigorating it feels to run on a crisp, cold winter day while getting your healthy dose of vitamin D in the process.

To help inspire you to get off your comfy couch and into the spirit of exercising outdoors, here are the top five ways to stay active during winter: After each activity reward yourself by

having a cup of hot chocolate or eggnog and then cozy up by the fireplace —the feeling being much more gratifying after a workout.

Building a snowman can be fun for the whole family. All you need is your imagination. The bigger the snowman the bigger the workout you get.

According to sources, every hour you will burn 285 calories.

This is based on a 150 pound person.

Shoveling snow is a good workout activity and sometimes can be a chore. You can make it fun by having the family take part in the activity and having music play in the background. You will burn 273 calories per hour based on a woman who is 120 pounds.

Snowshoeing—like cross-country skiing— is a good cross trainer for running and an enjoyable outing for the whole family. Hit

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participate in it and burn calories while having fun.

No matter which activity you choose, you can be sure to feel more alive afterwards.

Whether it be from having a snowball fight to finding a good hill for spending the afternoon sledding, your fun will keep you fit. If you’re a runner, mix up your routine by doing some snowshoeing or winter hiking.

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the trails or slopes and enjoy Mother Nature at her best. You can burn 380-plus calories based on a woman who weighs 120 pounds. Cross country skiing can help you burn over 400 calories.

Ice skating can be fun for the whole family and is great for your core and upper body. Many community centers have ice rinks while some families enjoy the convenience of having their own backyard rink, depending of course on regional climate.

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of which only polar bears and ice sculptors are acclimatized.

Perhaps I exaggerate just a smitten but no one should minimize how biting Canadian winters can be. The trick is to take what Mother Nature offers and make the best of it by staying fit.

How do you break this cycle of not feeling motivated when winter has settled in across our Great White North with sub zero temperatures, and less sunlight? For some lucky mammals, they just hibernate. For the rest of us, we need compelling reasons to push ourselves out the door to go for that run or walk, hike or skate.

Living in Canada winter can be, however, an enjoyable experience with the number of activities we participate in like tobogganing, building a snow man, igloo or ice cave. Take advantage of a winter sport or activity like hockey

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One-hour oil spill response urged for Burrard Inlet Area mayor says Kinder Morgan’s improved plan still falls short

by Jeff Nagel Black Press Kinder Morgan’s proposal to speed up oil spill response times is still inadequate to protect the sensitive environment in Burrard Inlet, says one Metro Vancouver mayor.

Belcarra Mayor Ralph Drew was responding to the pipeline firm’s pledge to dramatically improve the emergency response as part of its application to twin the Trans Mountain pipeline.

“What they proposed is a big picture generic plan, which is a big improvement over the previous one,” he said. “But what I’m looking for are specific plans tailored for specific locales.”

Kinder Morgan’s Dec. 16 application to the National Energy Board calls for five new spill response bases to be established around southern Vancouver Island and at Roberts Bank. Two or three of them would be staffed around the clock.

It also calls for several additional response vessels and an increase in the number of staff from 30 to more than 90 at the Western Canada Marine Response Corp., an industry-funded spill response cooperative.

Kinder Morgan says the improvements together would cut spill response times from six hours to two around Port Metro Vancouver and from 18 hours to six hours beyond the port through the southern Gulf Islands and up the west side of Vancouver Island.

Drew said he thinks the maximum response time should be one hour in Burrard Inlet, not two, since WCMRC is based right there and the inlet has a unique combination of sensitive habitats, recreational and tourism values, as well as important fisheries.

He said a one-hour response guarantee could be achieved by pre-staging containment booms and other spill response gear at key points around the inlet.

“Those basically let you rapidly draw the curtain to protect specific areas while you proceed to skim and do the mop up,” Drew said. “Otherwise the tide’s going to deposit that oil all over the sensitive intertidal zone within hours.”

Drew said he believes WCMRC is reluctant to commit to tailored strategies because that would make it more harder to meet targets in those areas on a 24/7 basis.

He noted a federal report released two weeks ago that was critical of the current spill response capability indicated there was a need to examine specific sites with a view to developing specific strategies.

WCMRC claims it was on scene in one hour in 2007 when a backhoe hit the Kinder Morgan pipeline in Burnaby and caused a spill of oil that partly reached the inlet.

Drew said that response time has been disputed, but added it was in the middle of the day in summer in ideal conditions.

He said responders must assume the next accident – whatever it is – will come at the most difficult possible time.

“It could happen in dark and stormy weather on a winter weekend, maybe Christmas Eve, with everyone on vacation and nobody responding to the callout.”

Kinder Morgan’s pipeline project would mean a seven-fold increase in shipments through the inlet, to about 400 oil tankers a year.

Belcarra will likely seek intervenor status so it can press for improvements in the plan at National Energy Board hearings expected next year.

Kinder Morgan’s proposal calls for WCMRC to have equipment on hand that can clean up what it calls a credible worst-case loss to sea of 20,000 tonnes of oil – the contents of two of a tanker’s loaded tanks, or about a quarter of its capacity.

Kinder Morgan’s application calls for escort tugs to accompany tankers all the way from the Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby to open ocean at the entrance to Juan de Fuca Strait, instead of on just portions of the shipping route.

The pipeline firm has also proposed a moving bubble zone around tankers that other vessels couldn’t enter as an additional safety measure to prevent collisions.

“It could happen in dark and stormy weather on a winter weekend, maybe Christmas Eve, with everyone on vacation and nobody responding to the callout.”

— Ralph Drew

Drift cards model oil spill flow Two environmental groups that dropped wooden drift cards to model the flow of oil from a spill in Vancouver Harbour say the initial results demonstrate how quickly local beaches could be fouled.

Raincoast Conservation and the Georgia Strait Alliance dropped 1,644 cards six weeks ago at nine locations and asked people who found them to report the locations and times.

Cards dropped off Point Grey and at the Second Narrows washed ashore very quickly, the groups say, suggesting oil

spilled in the harbour could reach Vancouver and West Vancouver beaches within 24 to 48 hours and continue to wash up there for weeks.

Those cards eventually circulated to the San Juan Islands, the Sunshine Coast and other locations, sometimes travelling 200 to 300 kilometres.

The preliminary report of the Salish Sea Drift Card Study says it’s likely oil spilled at any of the test sites would reach much of the south coast of Vancouver Island from Sidney to Tofino, the San Juans, the southern Gulf

Islands and the north coast of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula.

Project coordinator Andy Rosenberger said that’s a broader spread than Kinder Morgan estimates as a result of a spill of an oil tanker in the area filed in its application to twin its Trans Mountain pipeline.

About 28 per cent of the dropped cards have been recovered so far.

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An oil tanker is loaded at the Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby. Belcarra Mayor Ralph Drew says a one-hour guaranteed spill response time is required in Burrard Inlet.

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sports Richmond Sockeyes’ captain Adam Nishi’s steady play has been instrumental in the young team’s ascent to the top of the Pacific Junior Hockey League’s Tom Shaw Conference.

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Sockeyes back atop their division Rookies leading the way for Richmond

By the numbers

by Don Fennell

RICHMOND SOCKEYES INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS As of Dec. 27, 2013

Sports Editor While good teams rebuild, great teams simply reload.

So, perhaps it should be no surprise that as the calendar turns, the Richmond Sockeyes seemed destined to again challenge for Pacific Junior Hockey League supremacy.

After 28 games, and despite featuring 10 firstyear players, Richmond leads the Tom Shaw Conference with a 19-4-2-3 record.

Certainly the coaching staff led by Judd Lambert deserves considerable credit for keeping the young team focused. But it’s the ongoing efforts of longtime general manager Richard Petrowsky that ensures the Sockeyes have a steady stream of incoming talent.

After a Cinderella-lke 40th anniversary season in 2012-13 which was capped by the Sockeyes winning the Keystone Cup as Western Canadian Junior B champions, it seemed highly probable the Sockeyes would be hard pressed to be title contenders again. But like the Boston Bruins, who are consistently among the elite in the NHL, the Sockeyes are the model franchise in junior hockey.

They just keep finding ways to succeed.

Ironically, it is the rookies who lead the Sockeyes.

Of their five leading scorers, four are first-year players led by John Wesley who has 15 goals and 33 points—tied with second-year player Liam Lawson who has a team-high 21 assists. Rookie Ayden

Rookie John Wesley leads the Richmond Sockeyes in scoring with 33 points in 28 games.

MacDonald already has 20 goals and 29 points in his first 28 games.

The Sockeyes also remain solid in net, a position that is always among the most important in hockey. Veteran Kootenay Alder has won 14 of 21 games and sports a stingy 2.24 goals-against average and a .929 save percentage—both best in the PIJHL. And rookie Kurt Russell has won five of his first seven starts and has a .901 save percentage.

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Don Fennell photo Mason Rai and his Richmond Midget A1 Blues teammates held on for a 6-5 opening-game victory over Burnaby Bulldogs at the Richmond International Bantam Midget Hockey Tournament Thursday at Minoru Arenas.

Don Fennell photo Hardarshan Hoonjan made several big saves to preserve Richmond’s win over the Bulldogs.

Teamwork makes tournament possible

by Don Fennell Sports Editor Just as it takes a village to raise a child, it also takes a dedicated team of volunteers to make the annual Richmond International Bantam Midget Hockey Tournament a reality.

Without the team, which numbers well over 200, the tournament sim-

comes back year after year.

There are others, like Harry Eng, whose dedication is equally important.

“I think they come back, one, because they love the sport, but also because they feel a kinship to tournament,” says Steadman. “And I think they know it can’t be done without evryone pitching in.”

ply wouldn’t be possible, says Wendy Steadman, co-chair of the 33rd annual classic which attracted 61 teams from around North America to Richmond Dec. 26 to 31.

“I was thinking (the other) morning of all the longtime volunteers whose commitment is exceptional,” says Steadman, referring to individuals like scorekeeper Lou Fuchs who

The number and scope of things that need to be done is significant.

There is scorekeeping, timekeeping, 50-50 sales, raffles, and even sandwich making. And that’s just a small sample.

Organizing the tournament never stops either.

“In the week leading up things really pick up,” says Steadman. “There’s

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preparing packages for all the players and coaches, and making sure everything is ready to go. There’s a lot of wok that goes on behind the scenes that nobody ever considers or sees. But it’s all needed.”

Each year, the committee holds a wrap-up meeting at the end of January but by March is already planning for next year.

UNITED STEVESTON UNITED CHURCH 3720 Broadway Street (at 2nd Ave.) Please join us at 10am Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014 for Worship Service and Sunday School 604-277-0508 • www.stevestonunitedchurch.ca A caring and friendly village church

Richmond United Church 8711 Cambie Rd. (near Garden City Rd.) 604-278-5622 Come for 10am Sunday Worship and Children’s Sunday School and after-service coffee and fellowship.

Rev. Dr. Warren McKinnon Founded 1888. Richmond’s Oldest Church

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C A L L F O R N O M I N AT I O N S

Richmond minor hockey grad Troy Stecher and the University of North Dakota (featuring 15 NHL draft picks) will play in the Great Northwest Hockey Showcase hosted by Simon Fraser University

Return of the hoops

(featuring ex-Sockeye Mike Ball) Jan. 3 and 4 at Bill Copeland Sports Centre. UBC and Princeton are also participating.

Tickets are $10 and $20 at www.GreatNorthwestShowcase.com

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Don Fennell photo A.R. MacNeill Ravens are building quite the formidable basketball program. The junior girls’ team is currently 1-1 after opening the season with a 68-31 victory over H.J. Cambie Crusaders and then dropping a nailbiter to the J.N. Burnett Breakers. Play resumes Jan. 13 with Hugh Boyd Trojans visiting MacNeill at 3:30 p.m.

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Richmond high school basketball resumes Jan. 7, following the annual holiday break.

But, already, a few teams have gained the upper hand.

R.C. Palmer Griffins and A.R. MacNeill Ravens are both off to 3-0 starts in the senior boys’ league, while StevestonLondon Sharks are 2-0 atop the senior girls’ standings.

In junior hoops, Palmer and Hugh McRoberts Strikers are both 2-0 to share top spot in the boys’ division,

while R.A. McMath Wildcats are 2-0 in the girls’ division.

McMath is also 2-0 in the juvenile boys’ division and 3-0 in juvenile girls’ play.

Steveston-London’s Grade 8 boys’ team is a remarkakble 4-0 atop the Bantam Division standings, while McMath is 3-0. And in the girls’ division, Matthew McNair Marlins and A.R. MacNeill Ravens share top spot after each winning their first three games of the season.

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Richmond Colts J.R. Rivera, Tristan Ordonez and Cory Pidhaichuk presented non-perishable food items to the Richmond Food Bank on Dec. 23. The items were collected at their high school senior boys’ basketball game versus Delta just prior to the Christmas break, drawing one of the biggest crowds in years.

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Organizers of the Lingyen Mountain Temple’s Give Where You Live campaign dropped off hundreds of vegetarian food items last month destined for the Richmond Food Bank. The temple also presented a $5,000 cheque to food bank executive director Margaret Hewlett, pictured with, at left, food bank volunteer Chris Morris and former Vancouver Canucks goalie Kirk McLean. Organizers says the campaign will be held monthly, to address the growing need for assistance by local families.

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

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On December 20, the snowiest day of the year, two members of Richmond Firefighters Local 1286 braved the weather and made their way to the Richmond Christmas Fund office to donate three boxes of toys.

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