South Delta Leader, January 17, 2014

Friday, January 17, 2014

Jet fuel furor ❙ A4

Questions remain about spill response

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Grow-op crackdown ❙ A4

Face to face ❙ A5

New law lets municipality regulate growers

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Ladner dredging gets approval The federal government has green-lighted in-river disposal of dredging silt from Ladner’s waterways, meaning the project could begin as soon as a couple of weeks. A report by the human resources and planning department advised Delta Council on Monday that Environment Canada has issued permits for in-river disposal of 200,000 cubic metres of dredged silt from Sea Reach, 250,000 cubic metres from Ladner Harbour, and 75,000 cubic metres from Deas Slough. ❙ See story, A3

Port says review won’t slow down T2

The extra step in the environmental assessment for Deltaport Terminal 2 in Roberts Bank won’t impact Port Metro Vancouver’s schedule according to the port authority. Federal Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced last week that the project would be referred to a review panel under new, stricter environmental regulations created in the 2012 Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) by the Harper government. ❙ See story, A3

New direction for Jr. B Ice Hawks

After a six-week losing skid that saw the team fall from first in the Pacific Junior Hockey League to fifth, the Delta Ice Hawks have replaced their head coach in hopes of turning their season around. ❙ See story, A12

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Long-awaited dredging of Ladner Harbour could start by next week Ottawa approves in-river disposal of dredged silt ❙ Adrian MacNair

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The federal government has green-lighted in-river disposal of dredging silt from Ladner’s waterways, meaning the project could begin as soon as a couple of weeks.

A report by the human resources and planning department advised Delta Council on Monday that Environment Canada has issued permits for in-river disposal of 200,000 cubic metres of dredged silt from Sea Reach, 250,000 cubic metres from Ladner Harbour, and 75,000 cubic metres from Deas Slough.

Port Metro Vancouver is now working with the contractors, Vancouver Pile and Dredge and Fraser River Pile and Dredge, in preparation for the start of dredging of Deas Slough and Sea Reach by the third week of January.

There has been some delay as a result of Environment Canada’s decision to undertake additional consultation with First Nations. While the staff report notes there is no requirement to consult with First Nations regarding maintenance dredging, Port Metro Vancouver has nevertheless met several times with local First Nation groups.

❙ The silt-clogged Ladner Harbour will get some relief after the federal government gave the green light to the dredging project. File photo Dredging will stop at the end of March when the freshet raises the level of the Fraser River and fishing season begins, but will reconvene at the end of August.

Phase 2 of the project will continue again next fall and winter with expected completion by the spring of 2015.

In-river disposal of silt is a much cheaper alternative than what was originally proposed by Environment Canada, which was barging the silt to Point Grey in Vancouver. That would have added $1.4 million in unbudgeted expenses to the project.

The Fraser River brings about 32 million cubic metres of sediment down the river every year, with an estimated 10 per cent settling in the lower channels. In-river disposal takes the silt back to the main channel and allows it to wash out to the ocean as happens naturally.

Dredging had been the responsibility of the federal government through the Canadian Coast Guard for 100 years until 1999, when the responsibility shifted to Port Metro Vancouver and the focus moved only to shipping lanes. Dredging of local channels around Ladner and Steveston ceased at that time and

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The extra step in the environmental assessment for Deltaport Terminal 2 in Roberts Bank won’t impact Port Metro

Vancouver’s schedule according to the port authority.

Federal Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced last week that the project would be referred to a review panel under new, stricter environmental regulations created in the 2012 Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) by the Harper government.

The timeline set by Aglukkaq means it will be a minimum of two years from the time the assessment begins before the port receives approval to add another deep sea terminal off Roberts Bank. Those two years could drag on even longer if the review panel decides it needs more information than has been provided by the port.

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an estimated 670,000 cubic metres has filled in Ladner waterways.

On Dec. 17, 2012, a $10 million joint commitment was made by Port Metro Vancouver, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, the Corporation of Delta and the City of Richmond to undertake local channel dredging around Ladner and Steveston. Of that total, $6.5 million will be allocated for Ladner’s channels.

However, the project had been held up by Environment Canada to study the effect of in-river disposal on the Southern Resident Killer Whale Critical Habitat, protected under the federal Species at Risk Act by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

In November a delegation from Delta that included Coun. Ian Paton, Mayor Lois Jackson, and chief administrative officer George Harvie visited Ottawa to speak with several cabinet ministers, including Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq about the dredging situation.

During that meeting Delta requested that it be allowed to use in-river disposal and that additional fees of $500,000 for ocean disposal fees be waived. While the disposal has been approved, the municipality will send a letter to Aglukkaq thanking her and asking that the fees also be waived.

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Port says Terminal 2 review won’t impact schedule Environmental review to take at least two years

Southlands moves forward

for infrastructure delivery at Port Metro Vancouver, said prior to that phase the port has to release its own environmental impact statement, which won’t be completed until late 2014 or early 2015.

But Stewart said they always anticipated the completion of the environmental process by the summer of 2017 or 2018.

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Leona Aglukkaq

The Southlands application moved a step closer to being heard

by Metro Vancouver on Monday, as Delta Council approved a draft letter and supporting materials be forwarded to the regional government. Delta is seeking an amendment to the Regional Growth Strategy following its third reading approval of the Southlands application in November, but will require approval from the Metro board.

The 14-page report included a letter to Metro board chair Greg Moore, along with an overview of the proposal, process, local and regional context, commentary from council, supporting information, and a request to appear as a delegation.

Coun. Sylvia Bishop, who voted against third reading in November and also against forwarding the report, seemed confused by the commentary section in the report, calling them subjective statements.

Declaring she had no intention to “reopen debate” she was nevertheless taken aback by a statement that the development would provide Tsawwassen with a more “complete community.”

“I think the people of Tsawwassen would be surprised to learn that they do not have a complete community in light of the housing available, the amenities that are already there,” she said.

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Bishop said there were more instances of subjective wording in the report, including the words “this application is an unbelievable deal for agriculture.”

But Mayor Lois Jackson pointed out that the statements listed on page five of the report aimed to reflect comments made by the members of Delta Council when making their decision to approve third reading.

Deputy planning director Marcy Sangret said the report was intended to provide Metro Vancouver and its board chair with an overview of the proposal, a summary of the process that has been taken up to this point, and excerpts of commentary taken from the council minutes reflecting its opinion.

“We have taken liberties of pulling out some of the council commentary that we felt was relevant to the regional question,” she said. “It’s certainly not all of the comments that have been made by council.”

Sangret said Metro Vancouver will receive all previous information on the Southlands, including the full minutes and video tape of council’s discussion, so that Metro staff and its board can see exactly how everything occurred.

Delta is seeking to amend its Regional Context Statement through Metro’s Regional Growth Strategy by changing the land use designation of approximately 27 per cent of the Southlands from Agricultural to General Urban, and then adding these lands to the Urban Containment Boundary. It will also seek to change the regional land use designation of approximately 19 per cent of the land from Agricultural to Conservation and Recreation.

The Southlands application aims to put 950 homes on 20 per cent of the 217 hectares, and transfer the remainder to Delta to be rezoned A1 Agriculture. If the application proceeds past Metro, some members of council have previously floated the idea that the land would be returned to the Agricultural Land Reserve from which it was removed in 1981.

Friday, January January 17, 17, 2014 2014

Delta still uncertain about jet fuel emergency response ❙ Adrian MacNair

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❙ The Corporation of Delta wants to know how the proposed fuel facility and loading dock in Richmond for the Vancouver Airport Fuel Facilities Corporation will respond to a fuel spill or a fire. File photo

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Delta is seeking answers as to how the company behind a $93-million jet fuel delivery system will handle a spill or fire response inside the municipality’s boundaries.

The Vancouver Airport Fuel Delivery Project has received conditional federal and provincial environmental approval to build a marine terminal and fuel receiving facility at an existing industrial site in Richmond on the south arm of the Fraser River. An underground fuel pipeline will connect the marine terminal to Vancouver International Airport.

Eighty per cent of the aviation fuel is currently transported via the Trans Mountain pipeline from Burnaby, while the rest comes via 35 tanker trucks per day from Cherry Point in Washington State. Those trucks pass through Delta, travelling over the Alex Fraser bridge before going along the East-West Connector.

The new proposal would have tankers transport the fuel along the Fraser River to the marine terminal, but that still puts Delta at risk of dealing with a spill or fire.

Coun. Sylvia Bishop expressed concern during Monday’s council meeting following a staff report outlining those risks. According to that report, Delta’s Emergency Management Committee met on Jan. 7 to review the conditional approval of the project and have learned

through third party sources that the Vancouver Airport Fuel Facilities Corporation (VAFFC) project director Adrian Pollard expects Delta’s Fire Department to respond to emergencies.

“Where are we drawing the line in the sand between responsibility,” said Bishop. “[Pollard] seems to think that we will and Delta has said in the environmental assessment that we don’t have the capacity.”

Chief administrative officer George Harvie said not only does Delta not have the resources for emergency response, it doesn’t collect taxes

from the company which will be delivering the fuel since it’s located in Richmond.

“We’re quite concerned with regards to that if there is a spill they have to have people there during the loading operations and that’s what we’ll be following through with insofar as their commitments under their environmental certificate,” he said.

Condition No. 50 in the table of 64 conditions requires the preventive deployment of a protective boom across Ladner Reach during offloading of jet fuel at the marine terminal

so that this area is protected in the event of a spill.

During the environmental assessment, concerns were raised by Delta regarding potential impacts to commercial and recreational vessel navigation through this area. The condition requires VAFFC to have a spill response vessel on standby in Ladner Reach or nearby the marine terminal during the fuel offloading process.

Delta Council approved a letter to be sent to VAFFC reaffirming concerns raised by Delta during the environmental assessment process.

New marijuana laws give more power to police, cities ❙ Adrian MacNair

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Delta is determined to keep a short leash on marijuana grow-ops within the municipality, thanks in part to a new federal law that will provide better transparency to police and cities.

As of April 1, an estimated 11,500 legal marijuana grow-ops run by licensed users authorized by Health Canada are supposed to either shut down or apply for a business license within the municipality in which it operates.

On Jan. 6, Delta Council directed staff to bring forward amendments to the Delta Zoning Bylaw to prohibit all aspects of the growing, production, manufacturing, testing, storage and sales of medical marijuana within its boundaries. Businesses wishing to establish medical marijuana grow-ops in Delta will be required to apply for site specific zoning, which has yet to be determined by council.

It’s a marked change from the old laws, which allowed grow-ops to exist in a practically clandestine

manner with approval required only from the federal government.

“One of the things that we noticed very early on was that the old legislation created some difficulties in the neighbourhoods in which they were going to be placed mainly because there was going to be no checks or balances,” said Delta Mayor Lois Jackson.

She said that sometimes the municipality would only learn about these locations after police investigations were launched into homes suspected of usage as a grow-op.

Currently, Delta has permitted one legal marijuana grow-op to operate within an industrially-zoned area of Delta. Jackson said Delta and other municipalities are reluctant to permit marijuana grow-ops on farmland or in residential areas because of the risk of violence and criminal elements associated with the narcotic.

“It’s kind of funny because Vancouver has said, well we will only allow them in agricultural areas,” said Jackson. “But they don’t have any agricultural areas.”

Delta Police Chief Const. Jim Cess-

ford welcomes the fact police will no changes. Growers would be required longer be “kept in the dark” about to apply for a business license from where grow-ops are located in the the municipality, while Delta Police will provide criminal community. Under the old background checks on aplaws, they would usually plicants to assess whether find out about a grow-op the business poses a risk only by calling Health Canto public safety. ada after investigating the “With these grow-ops home for unusual electricsometimes they present ity consumption or neighthe opportunity for crime bourhood complaints. so sometimes you get “We would call them and those home invasions or say we have authorization business invasions so one to execute a search warof the things that we’ll be rant at this location,” he Jim Cessford really, really looking at said. “Can you tell us if it’s a registered grow-op. Sometimes closely here is the security arrangethey’d say yeah, and obviously when ments,” he said.

Cessford said grow-ops with they said no then we moved ahead.”

Sometimes, police would still alarms, walls, or security cameras execute a search warrant on a reg- present a lower likelihood criminals istered grow-op if there was suspi- will target the home or business. cion the facility was in possession of The new law will allow police the more plants than it was licensed to opportunity for inspections of legal grow-ops to make assessments on produce.

The new law will require medical security.

“But I think it’s fair to say right now marijuana producers to notify local police and government about their there are more unanswered quesintent to grow. Cessford said he has tions than answered. There are still already received a half dozen notic- a whole lot of things out there that es from growers in advance of the we’re unsure about.”

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❙ Face to Face Robert Mangelsdorf Editor

Fast times at Delta Secondary

❙ DSS shop teacher Casey Mynott with his class’s electric junior dragster.

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“The formal timelines are new under CEAA 2012 but when we had looked at a range of other large projects in the last decade in Western-Northern Canada it seemed as though it was about four years in total,” he said.

The timeline for the review panel to be established in pre-panel phase is 150 days from the date of referral of the project up to the establishment of the panel. Then the panel has 430 days to submit its report, after which Aglukkaq

D

elta Secondary School teacher Casey Mynott’s automotive shop would make any gear head jealous, so it’s no wonder his classes have become so popular with students there. From the ventilated paint room, to the parts washer, to the half dozen hoists, there’s very little difference between this functioning classroom and a professional automotive shop. Except of course, for the fact that no shop in Canada has ever produced the kinds of vehicles Mynott’s students have.

In Sept. 2011, Mynott and his students debuted their first electric vehicle: a Toyota pickup truck capable of running the quarter-mile in 12 seconds.

“All good automotive programs have a drag racer project, but we wanted to do something different,” he says. “To most peois allowing another 150 days to make a decision statement. Stewart said that the changes to the CEAA adds an extra stage to the process but the fundamentals haven’t changed.

“The work is really all the same in terms of the proponent and the various regulatory departments, people like DFO (Department of Fisheries and Oceans) and Canadian Wildlife Service and Transport Canada and so on,” he said. “The difference is that once the proponent and all of those groups have done all of

ple, electric cars are golf carts. But I wanted to get the kids interested in the technology.”

Of course, Mynott had never built a drag racer before, let alone an electric one.

“I tell [the students] that if a person built something, and you’re a person, you can build that too,” he says. “As long as you’re willing to take the time to understand how things work” This year, Mynott’s students are preparing to race their electric junior dragster, El Zapato, at Mission Raceway. The pint-sized land rocket features a state-of-art custom lithium battery pack weighing just 60 pounds, but capable of supplying close to 450 horsepower to the dragster’s electric motor.

“It is the world’s most powerful junior dragster,” says Mynott, adding that it will never be run fully-powered up for safety reasons. “This is pretty cutting edge.”

Despite the ambitious projects he and his students take on, like many shop teachers, Mynott is not a ticketed tradesperson.

“I was the kid in high school that was way their work then it goes to the next step, which is that it’s reviewed by an independent panel.”

Roger Emsley, a member of the group Against Port Expansion and the Port Community Liaison Committee, said an independent review panel is the only way the project can receive a proper assessment.

Emsley said the port will now be required to conduct a proper study on the biofilm covering rocks on the shore of Roberts Bank which sustains local seabird populations. He said

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Mynott studied chemistry at SFU, but in his final year of his bachelor’s program, he decided he had enough.

“I started to really hate what I was doing,” he said. “I was more interested in working hands-on, manipulating my own environment.”

So he decided instead to attend BCIT shop teacher’s program, and in 2006, came to Delta Secondary School to take over their automotive program.

Mynott says projects like the electric vehicles help keep his students interested in automotive technology. But without the financial support of the community, none of it would be possible he notes.

“We’ve had lots of support from the school, the parents, local businesses here in Ladner, the whole community basically,” he says. “We couldn’t do it without them.”

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❙ Editorial

Delta should cash in on cash crop

M

arijuana can be a polarizing subject. To some, it is a harmful drug, produced and distributed by organized criminals, providing a gateway to illegal activity and addiction.

To others, it is merely a misunderstood plant, a life-saving medicine and harmless hallucinogen that has fallen victim to decades of negative propaganda.

One thing both sides can agree on, however, is that marijuana is a cash crop.

Pot advocate Dana Larsen, the man behind Sensible BC’s campaign to get marijuana legalized in this province, estimates the black market marijuana industry is worth close to $4 billion to the B.C. economy.

All of that is untaxed, of course.

While the US states of Washington and Colorado have recently approved the recreational use of marijuana, here in B.C. it still limited to medical use.

Currently, there are 11,500 legal marijuana grow-ops across the country licenced

by Health Canada to produce the drug for medicinal purposes. However, many of these facilities have been found to be in possession of more plants than they were licenced to produce.

Last June, the federal government passed legislation requiring legal marijuana grow-ops run by licenced users to apply for a municipal business licence or shut down. The new law will also require medical marijuana producers to notify local police and government about their intent to grow.

The law, which goes into effect April 1, will mean local municipalities can con-

trol where the grow-ops will be located, and local police will know where they are.

Earlier this month, Delta Council took steps to prohibit the growing, production, manufacturing, testing, storage and sales of medical marijuana locally. The plan is to get businesses wishing to establish medical marijuana growops in Delta to apply for site specific zoning, which has yet to be determined by council.

Currently, Delta has permitted one legal marijuana grow-op to operate within an industrially-zoned area of Delta. Jackson has said Delta and other municipalities are reluctant to permit marijuana grow-ops on farmland or in residential areas because of the risk of violence and criminal elements.

Of course, no one wants a marijuana grow-op opening up next door in a residential neighbourhood.

And open growing in fields would not be secure. However, allowing for largescale marijuana production, either in greenhouses or indoor industrial facilities, would keep grow-ops out of residential neighbourhoods and generate significant tax dollars for the municipality.

Being located so close to a major metropolitan area, as well as the US border, with a wealth of agricultural and industrial land at its disposal, Delta is uniquely positioned to become a centre of production for this cash crop. Delta Council should embrace the industrial cultivation of medicinal marijuana, and reap the rewards it will bring.

-South Delta Leader

Adrian MacNair Reporter

❙ Uncommon Sense

Time has come to privatize Canada Post

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rivatization has become something of a dirty word in Canada, mostly for reasons nobody can articulate without forgoing logic.

Despite rising health care costs, a public broadcaster whose own revenues represent just two thirds of the taxpayer subsidy it receives, or a monopolistic mail service, people hold fast to the idea that public ownership is always in the public interest.

Yeah, but here’s the thing. It isn’t.

While there are some institutions which shouldn’t be privatized for obvious ethical reasons (education and corrections come to mind), others could really use a shot in the arm from the private sector.

Back when television was a new concept and even the guys who had lost fingers in sawmill accidents could count the number of channels on the air, it made sense to subsidize the CBC. But in the year 2014 with satellite TV, streaming Internet feeds, and alternative media it doesn’t make any sense to pretend that dumping $1 billion a year into a single broadcaster is a wise investment.

Similarly, when in 1867 our postal service was administered under the newly founded Dominion of Canada, it was a means of connecting a vast country of sparse settlements.

Prior to rural mail delivery, Canadians in little towns like Ladner would have had little contact with the outside world. When the first free rural mail service was instituted in Canada in 1908, it ushered in a host of infrastructure improvements, including road and rail projects.

That was all well and good. But let’s fast-forward once again to 2014. In the face of declining mail volumes and

rising costs, Canada Post is on pace to post a $1 billion loss by 2020. And with a powerful public sector union which refuses to make reasonable concessions such as lowering the starting wage for untrained postal workers from $24 an hour, the Crown Corporation has little recourse but to stop home delivery service and raise the costs of stamps to a price that will send even more people to e-commerce.

I have a better idea. Sell it. Sell it all.

With a market value of $17 billion, the federal government could balance its own fiscal deficit and have some left over to put into paying down the sizable debt it has accumulated since 2008.

More importantly, selling off Canada Post piecemeal could be much like the wireless spectrum auctions and provide some competition in areas of Canada where it’s sorely needed.

It’s not like it’s unprecedented. The Royal Mail in the United Kingdom, established in 1516, got the ball rolling in that regard in late September 2013 following a public bailout of its £10-billion pension deficit.

Mail delivery is an information service, like your cable, Internet, and phone bills, and as such it should be subject to fair play to the forces of the marketplace.

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Letters to the editor Council needs more info from BNSF A recent proposal by BNSF to install a siding track to accommodate the storage of coal trains between 64th and 72nd would appear to premature to the fact that the Fraser-Surrey Coal Port facility has not been approved to date, or has it?

Council’s reluctance to approve of Coun. Jeannie Kanakos’s motion to seek further information on the impacts this would have on the surrounding environment and quality of life of the people in the vicinity puts

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in question the previous motion that you unanimously adopted to require a full independent environmental and health impact assessment before any further proposed coal transportation was approved in the Lower Mainland.

Did Council not remind them of this fact? If not, why not? It would appear that they are so confident that they will be approved to proceed with the Fraser Surrey Coal Port or they would not be proceeding at this point. I quote from an the article in the South Delta Leader, dated Jan. 10, 2014: “Safety is paramount to the railroad and it makes (us) nervous when people are traversing our tracks in different ways.”

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One has to ask what about the health and safety of the people and their environment when their tracks traverse our communities.

I ask that Council inform them and the Port Metro Port Authority of its previous motion and that it will not cooperate in any fashion until the full independent environmental impact assessment has been undertaken along with any approvals that might be forthcoming after such an assessment.

Anything less would not be in the best interests of Delta or the surrounding municipalities.

Douglas Massey Delta

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What makes this photo special? This image has won multiple awards, including 2nd place in the Colour Category of the 2012 Delta Photo Inspirations.

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I would like to briefly explain to your readers why the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Canada and other unions support – not oppose – the Fraser Surrey Docks expansion proposal.

Our union respects the right of residents such as Paula Williams of Communities and Coal to disagree, but our members believe this is a safe project that will create the jobs and investment that help fund needed health care, education and other social programs.

Perhaps most importantly, I can tell your readers that if our members’ health were adversely affected by coal or exposure to dust, we would know – and we would be the first to demand action. Safety is a primary concern for the ILWU Canada and we believe that measures taken to limit and reduce coal dust exposure to far below levels established by government ensure that our members have safe workplaces where coal is loaded.

We can say with certainty that coal dust and exposure have simply not appeared in our members as a health issue – even though they are the workers closest to the coal-handling process. Many of our over 3,000 members in B.C. and their families are also residents of White Rock, Surrey and Delta who live near the rail lines and port facilities where they work.

We agree with the Fraser Surrey Docks environmental impact assessment, by experts such as Dr. Leonard Ritter, professor emeritus of toxicology at the University of Guelph’s School of Environmental Sciences. That study shows that many complaints by environmental groups and others are misinformed or exaggerated.

The study states: “The project is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental, socio-economic or health effects, taking into account the implementation of the main risk-mitigation measures described above, in addition to mitigation measures, construction and operation management plans, best management and standard practices.”

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The coal sector provides good, family-supporting jobs for thousands of workers who, along with their employers, pay municipal, provincial and federal taxes. Overall, coal creates 26,000 direct and indirect jobs, $3.2 billion in economic activities and $715 million in tax revenues for the province and B.C. municipalities every year. Our union, the United Steelworkers, the International Union of Operating Engineers, the BC Building Trades and other unions involved in the coal sector have all supported the Fraser Surrey Docks project. Together we represent more than 50,000 workers in B.C. When those who oppose the project are quoted, it would be helpful that those who are in support are also recognized and asked for comment in the future.

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❙ Above: Tsawwassen Alliance Church staff member Rhoda Brooks was one of many local volunteers who have worked with the Place of Rescue AIDS Centre and Orphanage in Cambodia.

On right: Place of Rescue founder Marie Ens takes part in a celebration at the orphanage.

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A helping hand a world away Tsawwassen Alliance Church host Marie Ens, founder of Place of Rescue AIDS Orphanage in Cambodia

or children growing up in Tsawwassen, there is little worry they will be abandoned by their parents, sold into sex slavery, or be left all alone after their family dies of AIDS. But that is the sad reality for many children growing up a world away in Cambodia. In the past 40 years, the South East Asian country has been ravaged by war, genocide, and poverty.

Yet hope exists, and as the country struggles to rebuild itself, humanitarian projects such as the Place of Rescue AIDS Centre and Orphanage outside the capital of Phnom Penh offer a chance for the country’s abandoned children to build a life for themselves, and escape the cycle of violence.

Founded by former missionary Marie Ens in 2003, Place of Rescue is home to 426 children, 23 destitute grannies and 27 AIDS families. When the facility was founded more than 10 years ago, it consisted of 15 houses for families dealing with AIDS. Place of Rescue now has three campuses as well as three university dorms housing 40 former orphans now attending post-secondary school.

Ens, along with a group of dancers from the school aged eight to 10, will be visiting the Tsawwassen Alliance Church on Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. to perform “Celebrate,” and share their story.

It’s a story Tsawwassen Alliance Church staff member Rhoda Brooks knows well.

She was one of the two dozen local church members who travelled to Cambodia in 2012 to volunteer with Place of Rescue.

“It’s like a breath of fresh air,” she says of the facility. “It’s an amazing place amongst the chaos and poverty around it.”

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In addition to fundraising for Place of Rescue, Brooks and the other members of the church volunteered teaching English classes at the orphanage’s primary school.

“I found it really humbling,” she says of her experience. “If this doesn’t change you, there’s something wrong with you.”

Despite the fact that everyone of her students had experienced horrific trauma in their lives - two girls in her class had even witnessed their father murder their mother - Brooks said she was surprised at how resilient the children were given everything they had been through.

“The kids are just kids, the same as you’d see here,” Brooks says. “There’s the mischievous types, the princess types, and the smart alecks.”

Tsawwassen Alliance Church has been helping to raise funds and raise awareness for Place of Rescue ever since Ens first visit the local church close to five years ago.

Brooks said the church had been looking to focus its humanitarian efforts on just a few select foreign projects, and Place of Rescue was the perfect opportunity for them to make a difference.

“When you try to do so many things, you don’t see the progress,” she says. “But when you focus on one project, you can see tangible results.”

The local church is currently fundraising to send another group of volunteers to help with the orphanage.

Ens, reached by Internet video chat from Cambodia, said she was grateful for all the help the Tsawwassen community has contributed over the years.

Ens first came to Cambodia in 1961 to do missionary work with her husband Norman, after a seven-week voyage on a ship

❙ Nita is a resident at the Place of Rescue AIDS Centre and Orphanage in Cambodia.

Rhoda Brooks across the Pacific Ocean.

“You rarely saw a beggar in those days,” she says. “The terrible slums we have now didn’t exist.”

That changed after Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge reduced Cambodia to the Stone Age, forcing the population to work on communal farms, known as the “Killing Fields.”

Between 1975 and 1979, more than 2 million Cambodians died - close to 25 per cent of the population.

After being evacuated form the country 1975, Ens and her husband worked with Cambodian refugees in France. When her husband died, Ens returned to Cambodia “I was quite scared in a lot of ways,” she

says. “I was quite nervous being there by myself without Norman, but God really dealt with my fears at that time.”

After retiring from missionary work, Ens founded the orphanage after recognizing that there was no where for the many children left parentless from the AIDS epidemic that infected as many as three per cent of Cambodians at its height.

“There was absolutely no where for these children,” she says. “So we decided it was up to us.”

Of the children coming to Canada: two are from the AIDS Centre where they live with their HIV positive mothers, one is an abandoned child and seven are orphans.

Some have been at Place of Rescue since they were babies; all have come from tragic circumstances. At Place of Rescue they have a new kind and loving “house mom” and new siblings (nine other children living together in a house). Their lives have changed dramatically and they now have every opportunity for a good future.

“Your heart is never really the same after an encounter with Marie and kids from Place of Rescue,” says Brooks. “We are very excited about having the children come to share their dances and stories with us.

Place of Rescue is an amazing place and we look forward to celebrating with them.”

Place of Rescue has been invited to perform their program of traditional dances at Missions Fest 2014 in both Vancouver and Winnipeg and will be touring and sharing their story while in Canada. There is no admission fee for the event on Jan. 23, and donations will be accepted.

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Corporation of Delta takes control over ‘party barn’ ❙ Adrian MacNair

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Call them victims of their own success.

The Kirkland House Foundation which maintains Hawthorne Grove Park is turning over the responsibility for events to the Corporation of Delta due to the volume of bookings.

The foundation met with the municipality in late October to indicate that the popularity of the Harris Barn since opening last May has generated more work than it can handle.

“It was becoming too onerous for a volunteer organization, it’s a fullscale operation to deal with that barn,” said Delta’s director of parks, recreation and culture Ken Kuntz.

Kuntz said the municipality was also concerned about the operational impacts of the barn, particularly the effect it was having on neighbours making noise complaints for weddings held there

during the summer.

Tara and Rick Sudbury, whose backyard faces the barn, have filed an application for judicial review with the Agricultural Land Commission, claiming that the “party barn” is in non-compliance for allowed uses on the property.

In a staff report endorsed by Delta Council on Monday, an amended license agreement will aim to reduce complaints from neighbours by shifting the use over time to encompass broader activities.

The report says the barn offers excellent opportunities for community programming, including instructional and community recreation programs, such as photography, dance and fitness. A copy of the report will be forwarded to neighbouring residences along Arthur Drive.

Delta originally entered into an agreement with the foundation in 2005 for the purpose of allowing them to provide heritage programs and services. Although the foun-

dation has restored the house, developed community gardens and a gazebo, in more recent years it has become a popular venue for weddings.

The foundation has already committed to approximately 72 rentals in 2014, which effectively has filled capacity for the barn for the entire year. The new rental protocol could make it more difficult for weddings to book at the venue, shifting to a first right of use for not-for-profit groups, and putting a moratorium on new private bookings until March 31.

That news has upset some wouldbe brides and grooms, many of whom come from all over the Lower Mainland and beyond to get married at the picturesque locale.

In an email to the Leader, Mani Dhaliwal said she and her fiancé met with Kirkland House Foundation president Colin Campbell in August to discuss a wedding in 2014.

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❙ The Kirkland House and Harris Barn have become a popular venue for weddings in Delta.

File photo to plan and finding a venue that fits your childhood wedding dreams of perfection are rare,” she said. “I knew instantly after the months and months of searching this was the perfect place.”

But after hearing that the foundation was turning over responsibility for bookings to the Corporation and learning about the neighbour-

hood petition to prohibit weddings on the property, she said she felt like someone had “pulled the carpet right out from under me.”

Kuntz said the report and recommendations to council were vetted

by Delta’s parks, recreation and culture commission and shifting the focus to heritage and community recreation programs are more in keeping with the original purpose for the Harris Barn.

“We didn’t really build it as a wedding venue. The reality is it’s always going to be used to some degree as a social place, but there’s lots of opportunity for us to use the barn in many other ways.”

Kuntz said that weddings won’t cease to happen there but that the selection process will be a little more careful.

The Corporation will manage bookings for both the heritage Kirkland House and the Harris Barn, though the foundation will continue to maintain the grounds and facilities.

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Tsawwassen prodigy wows international virtuoso ❙ Adrian MacNair

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When piano teacher Bernard Duerksen talks about Tsawwassen's Joshua Tromans the word "prodigy" is used without hesitation.

The nine-year-old, who was featured in the South Delta Leader's Top 20 under 20 in September, was one of four pianists invited recently to perform at a masterclass held by internationally-renowned piano virtuoso Yefim Bronfman. Also present was British conductor and composer Maestro Branwell Tovey.

"He played so well that Bronfman immediately offered him the opportunity to play another piece," says Duerksen. "And I don't know if you know what that means but that hardly ever happens in the entire world. It was really astonishing."

Duerksen says that a master pianist at that level will listen to a student and then offer guidance and advice about their errors. Tromans played so flawlessly that he was offered the opportunity to play another piece, which is a great honour and a sign of respect.

The piece he played was Chopin's Nocturne Op. 27 No. 1 in C-sharp minor, which involves the sort of difficult fingerwork one would expect from a concert pianist. Two of Duerksen's adult colleagues came

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Tromans is also an accomplished violinist, despite having just picked up the instrument two short years ago. In 2013 he performed at the Roedde House Museum in the West End of Vancouver, where he played in front of paying patrons, including many well-respected violin teachers.

He has also played the violin in a number of festivals and public events, including the Gala Showcase at the Vancouver Orpheum, where he was one of the youngest performers.

Since Tromans was last profiled in the South Delta Leader, he received a result of 90 per cent on his Royal Conservatory of Music Grade 10 Piano Practical Exam.

Tromans received the highest honours for his performance, "First Class Honours with Distinction".

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❙ Tsawwassen’s Joshua Tromans is a skilled pianist as well as a violinist, and recently achieved first honours with distinction on his Royal Conservatory of Music Grade 10 piano practical exam. Adrian MacNair photo Izawa if he could learn to play the piano. Although she told him he was too young to learn, a year later the toddler wept when he heard Chopin's Etude Op. 10, No. 3 and begged her again.

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Receiving high praise from a living legend like Yefim Bronfman only reinforces how Tromans' practice and dedication to improvement is paying off.

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New direction for Delta Ice Hawks Junior B hockey club notches two wins since coaching change ❙ Robert Mangelsdorf

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After a six-week losing skid that saw the team fall from first in the Pacific Junior Hockey League to fifth, the Delta Ice Hawks have replaced their head coach in hopes of turning their season around.

The Ice Hawks announced last Friday that Derek Chichak would be taking over from Roger Ross as the team’s head coach.

General Manager Peter Zerbinos said the decision to replace Ross was a tough one, but had to be done.

“Our team became stagnant over the last six weeks,” he said.

“There was not a lot of improvement, and that’s what we need.”

While the Ice Hawks managed to

hold on to first place in the PJHL through the first three months of the season with 18 wins in their first 25 games, that six-week span saw the team go 2-8.

Injuries and suspensions have plagued the team this season, with not a single player on the team having dressed for all 37 games.

Making matters worse was the departure of leading scorer Marc Letourneau, who left the team mid-season to attend the University of Ottawa.

“Since September, we’ve had maybe two games with our entire roster,” said Zerbinos.

“I’ve haven’t seen anything like it in the past five years.”

The Ice Hawks have also had to contend with personal struggles off the ice.

The team will be wearing a commemorative patch on their jerseys for the remainder of the season in honour of Kevin Ahnert, the father of goalie Alex Ahnert and defenceman Zack Ahnert,

❙ Derek Chichak (above during Tuesday’s win over North Delta) replaced Roger Ross as head coach of the Delta Ice Hawks junior B hockey franchise last week. Jim Kinnear photo who passed away last month.

Despite the challenges this season, Zerbinos said the team is capable to playing better, and he believes Chichak is the right bench boss to make that happen. Chichak was the head coach of the Seafair midget AAA team, as well as the South Delta

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juvenile team.

“He brings a winning atmosphere and he holds players accountable,” said Zerbinos.

Chichak said while it is always difficult taking over a team mid season, the Ice Hawks have a lot to work with.

“This is a very good team,” he

said. “I felt they were the best team [in the PJHL] last year, and they are still frontrunners this year.”

The biggest thing Chichak said he’ll be focussing on is rebuilding the team’s confidence.

“It’s strictly a mental thing,” he said. “There’s a lot of talent here, but when you get into a tail spin, it can be hard to get out of it.”

The Ice Hawks wasted no time getting back into the win column, with a pair of victories in Chichak’s first two games behind the bench.

Delta topped the North Vancouver Wolf Pack 5-4 on the road on Saturday, before returning home Tuesday night to stomp the North Delta Devils 6-2.

With just seven games left in the regular season, Chichak said the team’s goal is to secure home ice advantage for the playoffs. To do that, they will have to catch up to the Wolf Pack, who hold a threepoint lead and two games in hand.

“We are where we are,” he said.

“We can’t change the past, so we have to move forward.”

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Normally, an exemption, if desired, would be voted on at an annual general meeting.

It may also be done by calling a special general meeting. The vote should always be conducted well in advance of the next deadline for obtaining a depreciation report. The regulation specifies three such deadlines or triggers: 1. December 13, 2013 (two years after the legislative requirement came into force); 2. Three years after your last valid depreciation report was obtained; and 3. Eighteen months after any previously passed three quarter vote to exempt.

The eighteen month time frame allows six months to complete a depreciation report if an exemption passes one year but fails at the next AGM. HOW LONG IS A DEPRECIATION REPORT GOOD FOR? The regulation specifies that a new report must be obtained three years after the last one.

These subsequent reports may be less expensive than the original baseline report as some of the information and modeling will only require updating. However, the new report must still include on-site visual inspections and cover at least 30 years from that date. Be aware that, in addition to your assets having aged since the last report, interest rates, inflation rates, and the cost of items and labour will likely have changed.

Some experts advise that depreciation reports should cover the entire expected life of the building rather than the minimum 30 years required. Such a report may be no more expensive and would give the strata corporation better information to use in planning, saving and equitably allocating costs between present and future owners.

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Bottom right: The Delta Pacers take home the 2014 Stebbings-Murray Cup. Bottom left: Erik Lister of the Delta Pacers attempts a lay up against Steven Yin of the South Delta Sun Devils.

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The shifts for this part time position are 1.5 hours per day on those days that the students are in attendance. Incumbents are expected to follow the same vacation schedule as the school. In addition to excellent communication and interpersonal skills, applicants must have experience supervising groups of adolescents and elementary school-aged children.

First Aid and other related training, such as connict resolution or non-violent crisis intervention, would be preferred. The rate of pay is $21.01 per hour, which includes 4% holiday pay.

Applications are available at the School Board ofmce between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. or online.

Please submit a completed application form with a recent resume along with proof of courses. We also require email addresses of two past supervisors as professional references.

Please quote competition #E-NHS-001-14 and apply by 4:00 p.m. on January 31st, 2014 to:

Human Resources Department School District No 38 (Richmond) 7811 Granville Avenue Richmond, BC V6Y 3E3 If you have submitted an application within the past six months, you need not reapply. We appreciate the interest of all applicants but only those being considered for interviews will be contacted.

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Friday, January 17, 2014

Bananas Imported

58

EXTRA MEATY!

¢

Pork Baby Back Ribs

lb

We leave over twice the meat on the bones compared to back ribs sold in other stores!

3

98

Red Seedless Grapes

FRESH Strawberries California grown.

1 lb pack

3

Rancher's Choice Extra Lean Stewing Beef

California grown

2

each

4

88

lb

lb

FRESH Green Onions

ORGANIC Garlic

FREE RANGE Lamb Shanks

Mexico Grown.

Bunch

California grown.

3-pack

Pasture-fed without the use of growth hormones.* Best when braised and slow-roasted.

48

1

ea

each

California Grown.

98

lb

*Govt. laws prohibit the use of growth hormones in all lamb sold in Canada.

7

98

ea.

Tsawwassen Shopping Centre Tim Hortons

12 Ave

Ph: 604-943-7374 Open 7 days 8am -8pm

each

Prices in effect Jan. 16 – 22, 2014

1202 - 56th Street, Delta

7 #1

56 St

y

454g Bag

¢

¢

lb

ORGANIC Raw Almonds

Head Lettuce

Delta grown.

Hw

98

Iceberg

LOCAL Red Beets

78

5

98

¢

Pork Tenderloin Fork-tender & delicious!

Bite-size cubes of tender beef completely trimmed of excess fat.

48

98

lb

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www.meridianfarmmarket.ca Also conveniently located in Port Coquitlam • Maple Ridge • Langley • White Rock

from the farm to our stores... from our family to yours

4

48 lb

Maple Bourbon

Salmon Fillets BC WILD Boneless, in our maple bourbon marinade.

Also available plain or Teriyaki.

2

58 100 g

Natural

Black Forest Ham

Gluten-free.

Nitrate-free.

No additives of any kind.

1

58 100 g