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PMV unveils 20-year land use plan

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Fewer investors could mean fewer luxury sales

Engineer faces off against radio towers

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New highway a danger to deer The newly opened South Fraser Perimeter Road cuts a direct path through Delta’s pastoral landscapes and alongside pristine peat forest, but the deer living along the corridor aren’t adjusting as well as their lead-footed neighbours.

According to the province’s accident reporting system at least 10 deer have been struck and killed by cars since the highway opened to great fanfare in late December. ❙ See story, A3

Huntington calls for ALR protection Delta South MLA Vicki Huntington called on the province to preserve the powers of the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) at the Food for the Future rally on the steps of the Victoria legislature on Monday.

The rally was organized by a coalition of organizations fighting to improve food security and preserve farmland. ❙ See story, A3

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Ice Hawks fall in OT to Sockeyes The Delta Ice Hawks threw everything they had at the Richmond Sockeyes net Tuesday night at home, but it wasn’t enough to eke out a win over the top team in the Pacific Junior Hockey League as the Ice Hawks fell 3-2 in overtime to close out the regular season.

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Heritage Week 2014 February 17–23

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Sail into our history at the ocean’s edge during Heritage Week 2014. All across British Columbia, people will explore and honour our province’s nautical past.

Delta’s own maritime history, culture and economy dates back 8,000 years to aboriginal settlements at the Glenrose and St. Mungo cannery sites. To this day, Delta’s marine roots are displayed in our strong fishing and seafood industry, transportation and port commerce, and charming seaside communities.

Join us February 17-23 as we navigate Delta’s heritage

Monday, Feb 17 – Friday, Feb 21 Delta Municipal Hall Tuesday, Feb 18, 2 pm Gibson Elementary School 11451 90 Avenue, North Delta Wednesday, Feb 19, 10 am McCrea’s Pool Hall 4880 Delta Street, Ladner

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Friday, Feb 21, 7 pm McKee Seniors Recreation Centre 5155 47 Avenue, Ladner Saturday, Feb 22, 10 am – 3 pm Delta Museum 4858 Delta Street, Ladner Sunday, Feb 23, 1-4 pm Cammidge House Boundary Bay Regional Park

Heritage Week Begins!

Presentation of the Heritage Award of Merit and Friends of Heritage awards

by Mayor Jackson Delta Heritage Advisory Commission display and Delta Museum exhibit on the Fraser River Estuary New Kennedy Trail sign unveiling Presentation of the Heritage Award of Merit plaque at McCrea’s Pool Hall

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Monday, Feb 17, 7 pm Delta Municipal Hall Council Chamber

Want to see your artwork on Delta’s streets? Visit www.delta.ca/heritage for information on our upcoming Heritage Banner Contest

Delta Museum hosts a talk about Captain George Vancouver, providing insight into the navigation of the northwest coast Open House and a variety of events Discover heritage displays at Cammidge House

Students! Download your Heritage Scholarship application at www.delta.ca/heritage Post your own piece of maritime history or share your favourite Heritage Week moments on the Corporation of Delta’s Facebook and Twitter!

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Delta’s newest highway a deer killer Close to a dozen deer dead despite wildlife culverts ❙ Adrian MacNair

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The newly opened South Fraser Perimeter Road cuts a direct path through Delta’s pastoral landscapes and alongside pristine peat forest, but the deer living along the corridor aren’t adjusting as well as their lead-footed neighbours.

According to the province’s accident reporting system at least 10 deer have been struck and killed by cars since the highway opened to great fanfare in late December.

Don DeMill, a biologist working as a contractor for the Corporation of Delta in Burns Bog, says the number will likely increase unless drivers slow down.

“I wasn’t happy that the highway was built and I don’t think it should have been built where it was,” says DeMill, who has been working in the bog since 1988.

DeMill recently found and photographed a deer that had been killed and dragged off the road near the culvert at the 92nd Street alignment in Tilbury. Although a threemetre-tall wildlife culvert exists at that crossing, the entrances are flooded with water and DeMill says it would “discourage” deer from entering. Even wearing his hip waders, DeMill was unable to cross the pond barring the entrance.

“This will be a great crossing for beavers only,” he says. “No deer or bear would ever go through it.”

Malcolm Smith, a biologist and

❙ Deer wander on 80th Street near the Burns Bog Ecological Conservancy. Contributed photo

❙ Malcolm Smith and Lori Leach, environmental consultants with the province’s Gateway Program, stand inside a three-metre-tall wildlife culvert near the 92nd Street alignment in Tilbury. Adrian MacNair photo

environmental advisor for the province, acknowledges the problems with the SFPR’s culverts, but says they’re still a work in progress.

There are 25 wildlife crossings along the 37-kilometre highway, and crews are planning on installing signs advising drivers of this fact in the near future.

“For the coming years we’ll be monitoring the activity of these [culverts] and how much they’re used,” says Smith.

Monitoring can come in the form of closed circuit cameras or print tracking to identify the type of mammal most frequently using the

crossing.

Along the northwestern portion of Burns Bog where the SFPR runs closest to wildlife, the province has installed several three-metre culverts for deer and other large mammals, as well as one and two-metre culverts for raccoons, coyotes, and smaller creatures.

During the planning phase of the SFPR, Smith says teams were mapping habitat values along the corridor in order to understand what types of animals were in each area and how to anticipate their movement patterns.

“The biggest areas of large mam-

mal movements was actually more adjacent to Crescent Slough because we know that the deer are moving between Burns Bog and the farm fields,” he says.

Lori Leach, an environmental coordinator with the province, says her team created hedgerows along that portion of the highway to maintain those local movements.

Sandhill cranes that roost in the bog have returned to farmers’ fields since the highway opened, as have deer and other wildlife.

In some areas the province created or enhanced wildlife habitat along the highway, including wet-

lands, snags (standing dead trees) for natural bird houses or raptor perches, nesting boxes, and bat boxes.

“It’s not that habitat was lost for bats, it was just to provide habitat,” says Leach.

Although she acknowledges the highway created a divider through natural habitat the goal on the project was to enhance the remaining ecosystems.

“So maybe you have less habitat but you have higher values of ecological diversity,” says Leach.

DeMill recommended the creation of natural wildlife corridors during his time on Delta’s environmental committee prior to the creation of the SFPR. But these corridors would have been linked to the bog via bridges and not water-logged culverts.

“Sure, it would have been expensive, but they could have done it,” he says.

DeMill is also concerned the number of deer hit by cars on the road could be much higher, pointing out many could have been hit and still limped into the bog to die.

MLA Huntington calls for province to protect ALR ❙ Adrian MacNair

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Delta South MLA Vicki Huntington called on the province to preserve the powers of the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) at the Food for the Future rally

on the steps of the Victoria legislature on Monday, The rally was organized by a coalition of organizations fighting to improve food security and preserve farmland.

A BC Liberal cabinet document leaked to the media

in December discloses Agriculture Minister Pat Pimm’s plan to reform the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR), something that does not sit well with Huntington.

The proposal would divide the ALR into northern and southern zones and transfer

authority for the northern zone into the Oil and Gas Commission.

“A lot of us, myself included, do not feel that’s appropriate,” Huntington told the Leader. “We feel the Agricultural Land Commission should be supported with

an increase in their budget rather than looking at further limiting them.”

Huntington said the leaked document flies in the face of a government promise last year to increase resources for the ALC.

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Kindergarten sign-up opens in SD37 ❙ Robert Mangelsdorf

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❙ Teachers and other government union members rally at the B.C. legislature in March 2012 during a brief strike authorized by the Labour Relations Board. File photo

Government provoked teacher strike: negotiator ❙ Tom Fletcher

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The B.C. government’s negotiator admitted in court his strategy in 2012 negotiations with the B.C. Teachers’ Federation was to provoke a full-scale strike.

NDP critics launched their return to the B.C. legislature Wednesday with questions about a transcript from the most recent BCTF court challenge over control of class size and support staff.

It shows government negotiator Paul Straszak said provoking a full-scale strike was designed to move the union from its months-long ban on extra-curricular ac-

tivities that started in the fall of 2011.

Asked by the BCTF lawyer if the strategy was to close schools with a full-scale walkout, which had been authorized by the Labour Relations Board to last up to a week, Straszak replied “I’ll say yes.”

Straszak described his briefing for John Dyble, Premier Christy Clark’s deputy minister, before a cabinet meeting.

“So what we’re talking about here is cabinet is going to be in an awkward situation in the context of a low scale strike, meaning it’s going to want to put an end to it but the public won’t nec-

essarily see the need for the legislation because the kids are still in school,” Straszak told the court.

Straszak said the teachers’ work-to-rule action “was having a really significant impact on education” and the increase in pressure was part of the “political dynamic” of the long-running dispute.

In the legislature Wednesday, NDP leader Adrian Dix called on Clark to explain the strategy and release cabinet documents that were tabled in court but not made public.

Attorney General Suzanne Anton said the Jan. 27 decision of B.C. Supreme Court

is being appealed, and refused to comment further.

NDP education critic Rob Fleming said the premier and Education Minister Peter Fassbender have commented publicly on the decision in media interviews, and in letters sent to all teachers.

In her ruling, Justice Susan Griffin concluded that the B.C. government did not bargain in good faith with the BCTF. She struck down legislation restricting teacher bargaining of classroom conditions and imposed a $2 million penalty on the government.

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Parents across the Delta School District are signing their children for public school for the very first time as kindergarten registration opens this month. Deputy superintendent Garnet Ayres says 80 to 85 per cent of kindergarten registration takes place in February.

The Delta School District offers a wide variety of kindergarten programs, including traditional schools, Montessori, and French immersion.

While parents are free to sign up their children at any school in the district, Ayres says children from a school’s catchment area are given priority.

“The local community always gets served first,” he says.

Once catchment students have been accommodated, out-of-catchment students with siblings at the school are next on the priority list, followed by out-of-catchment students without siblings. If there is any room left over, out-of-district students will be considered.

For programs that are in high demand, like French immersion, Ayres says in-catchment students with siblings are given priority over those without. If there are more applications than there are seats available, students are randomly selected by drawing lots, with the remaining put on a waiting list.

“It doesn’t happen very often, but it does happen,” he says. “We do our best to accommodate as many parents as we can.”

At South Park Elementary School in Tsawwassen, while the French immersion program is proving popular, the school’s English program is seeing low numbers this year.

Principal Elaine Greenhalgh believes that is because many local parents think of the school as being French only.

“I think there is a bit of a misconception,” she says. “We have two great programs here, and the learning outcomes are the same.”

Greenhalgh says the school goes to great lengths to integrate the two programs, with combined activities and an Engligh/French buddy system.

“It really is a blended community,” she says.

When deciding which school to enrol your child, Ayres says it’s important to do your homework.

“Call your local school, make an appointment with the principal, take a tour of the school and see what it has to offer,” he When it comes to preparing your little one for their first big day, Ayres says preschool readiness programs can help them adapt socially to full-day kindergarten.

As for preparing them educationally, that’s simple, he says.

“Read, read, read,” says Ayres. “Reading to your child is the most important thing you can do. Anything you can do to engage them in learning will benefit them greatly.”

• For more information on kindergarten registration, visit the Delta School District website at deltasd.bc.ca

ALR needs to protect farms and farmers’ families: Huntington ❙ From A3

The Liberal government is currently undergoing a core review called for by Premier Christy Clark and speculation has surrounded its impact to the ALR. According to a 2010 Agricultural Land Use Inventory conducted by the BC Ministry of Agriculture, 9,403 ha of Delta is in the ALR, which represents 53 per cent of the municipality’s area.

Of the 8,844 ha surveyed by the ministry, 6,691 ha, or 71 per cent, is farmed, though that total includes parcels not necessarily under active farming by the landowner.

Most of Delta’s parcels are less than four hectares (53 per cent), but the average size comes in at 11.6 ha, the largest average for a metropolitan area in the ALR. Huntington said one desire she

hears from local farmers is the ability to subdivide the land to give their children a place to live and an interest in continuing to farm the land.

“There’s some legitimacy to that but I think it requires the ALC to take a look at what policies should be around that,” she said.

“Are you a long-term farming family, have you been holding it for investment purposes, have your

children grown up on the farm.”

Coun. Ian Paton said in interview celebrating the 40th anniversary of the ALR last April that when a land base becomes too small to farm it can become fallow and pressure builds to have it developed for housing.

He said one of the benefits to the ALR in Delta has been the preservation of large acreages for crop farming.

Huntington is also concerned about the pressure on ALR lands surrounding Deltaport if Terminal 2 is approved by the federal government.

“This rally is just to keep in front of the public mind the fact that British Columbians generally agree with the Agricultural Land Reserve and have accepted it as very good public policy,” she said.

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Port Metro Vancouver unveils land use plan ❙ Staff writer news@southdeltaleader.com

Port Metro Vancouver is launching the final phase of its land use plan following two years of work and consultation with governments, tenants, and First Nations groups.

Public feedback will be open from Feb. 10 through April 13 to help guide the Port’s decisions about the lands and waters within its jurisdiction for the next 15 to 20 years.

Port Metro Vancouver is an amalgamation of the Port of Vancouver, North Fraser Port Authority and Fraser River Port Authority in 2008. As the Canada Marine Act requires port authorities to have a land use plan, the Port has been working to provide an updated land use plan for its properties spanning 16 municipalities and the treaty First Nation territory of Tsawwassen.

The land use plan is similar to a municipal official community plan which identifies types of uses for port lands and water, but does not include specific development criteria. However,

❙ Port Metro Vancouver is launching the final phase of its land use plan, which includes the expansion of the Roberts Bank container port. File photo

the plan does identify a range of uses that would be appropriate to develop on a given parcel of land.

To help solicit public feedback, the Port has created the website www.porttalk.ca/landuseplan.

Users can look at an interactive map, select individual parcels, and provide comment on the land use designation. The web-

site provides an FAQ and a copy of the complete draft document for review.

There will also be a presentation and discussion by Port Metro Vancouver at the Delta Town and Country Inn on Saturday, March 8, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Three webinars will be hosted as well on Feb. 18-20 from 7:30-

8:30 p.m. Users can register online before the events.

Funding available for port review participants The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency is making funding available for the next step in the environmental review of the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 project.

Funding will go to eligible individuals and groups to assist their participation in the environmental assessment, including reviewing and providing comments for the terms of reference of the review panel and the Environmental Impact Statement.

On Jan. 7, federal Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq referred the proposed Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project to a review panel, the strictest form of an environmental assessment.

Port Metro Vancouver proposes the construction and operation of twin three-berth marine container terminal located at Roberts Bank. The proposed project, to be located next to the existing Deltaport and Westshore Terminals, would provide an additional 2.4 million units of container capacity per year.

Information on the project is available on the Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry at www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca reference number 80054.

Applications must be received

by March 7, 2014. Recipients and the amount of funding allocated will be announced at a later date.

Job creation a key focus in new federal budget, MP says ❙ Staff writer news@southdeltaleader.com

Jobs a key focus in new federal budget, MP says Supporting jobs, families and balancing the budget are all key focuses of the latest federal government tabled Tuesday, said Kerry-Lynne Findlay, MP for Delta-Richmond East.

“Everyone is always interested in the tax bite, and also in jobs and opportunity. So this really is about keeping taxes low, and at the same time protecting the programs and services that we all

❙ Delta-Richmond East MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay says a major focus of the recently-released federal budget is job creation. File photo count on,” she told The Richmond Review.

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deficit for the upcoming fiscal year, while the government anticipates moving back into the black for 20152016 with a $6.4 billion surplus.

“We are on track to return to balanced budgets in 2015, which is a promise we made,” said Findlay, who serves as the Conservative government’s Minister of National Revenue.

The budget takes aim at improving the job climate in Canada, such as introducing a paid internships program and a new no-interest loan to registered apprentices in

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Estimated 45,000 Chinese millionaires barred from B.C. ❙ Jeff Nagel

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Some observers say highend homes in Metro Vancouver are in for a price drop due to the federal government’s budget move to eliminate immigrant investor visas, cutting off the path to B.C. for tens of thousands of wealthy Chinese.

New applications for immigrant investor visas had already been capped since 2012, but Ottawa’s decision wipes out a big backlog of applicants worldwide.

An estimated 45,000 applicants for the so-called millionaire visas were wealthy mainland Chinese intending to come to B.C., according to the South China Morning Post.

Vancouver immigration lawyer Richard Kurland said wiping out the backlog will suddenly deplete the number of incoming wealthy immigrants vying for pricey homes.

“Publicly you heard ‘moratorium’ or ‘no new cases,’” he said. “But that’s not what was happening because visas were still being churned out at high levels.”

Kurland estimates it’s meant a steady influx of 1,000 to 1,500 new buyers each year seeking luxury property.

“It’s a hit to the Vancouver real estate market,” he said.

“All of a sudden all of those buyers are not going to be in the market. What does that do to the supply and demand curve? The prices can only go one way and that’s down.”

Kurland said he’s watching for evidence of other Asian

owners of Vancouver property quickly moving to sell as a result of the change.

While immigrant investors tended to pay millions of dollars for top properties, Kurland suggested the drop in demand will translate into reduced prices, not just at the high end of the market, but percolating down to other price points and suburbs in the region.

Central 1 Credit Union economist Helmut Pastrick said the visa change likely means “some softness ahead” at the high end of the market.

“We’re talking west side Vancouver, West Vancouver, Richmond and potentially other areas as well, such as [Coquitlam’s] Westwood Plateau,” he said.

“I would expect over time the values will hold and gain.

But there may be some initial impact based on the announcement.”

Pastrick said foreign buyers of B.C. property have less actual impact on markets than the public tends to perceive.

“There’s this broad conception that it’s more than it really is,” he said. “In the Lower Mainland it’s a single digit percentage of total sales that are due to offshore buyers.”

Pastrick said other federal budget measures to tighten the availability of mortgage credit, including a lower limit on CMHC mortgage insurance, may actually do more to cool real estate markets than the final cut-off of the immigrant investor program.

Pastrick’s December forecast for Lower Mainland residential housing markets in 2014 called for small single-digit price gains. He said he would revise the projections downward somewhat if he were to revisit them now.

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Cara Bauck, circulation assistant at the Tsawwassen Library, encourages people to go on a blind date with a book this Valentine’s Day. Library staff have each chosen five books wrapped up in brown paper with tantalizing and teasing words written on the outside encouraging visitors to take them home. Adrian MacNair photo

❙ Datebook Friday, Feb. 14 • Philosophers’ Café at 1:30 p.m. at McKee Seniors’ Recreation Centre, 5155 47th Avenue, Delta.

You don’t have to be a philosopher to participate. All you have to do is enjoy listening to people explore interesting topics while at the same time having the opportunity to share insights and perspectives of your own. The event is free and registration is necessary. This month’s topic is: Happiness: What is it and where does it come from? monday, Feb. 17 • Do you want to learn how to knit or crochet? Are you an avid knitter, crocheter, quilter or weaver who wants to meet others and get inspiration or help? Drop by the Ladner Pioneer Library for an evening of crafting fun with Sit ‘n Stitch, Mondays until April 28,

from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Ladner Pioneer Library, 4683 – 51 Street, Delta.

• French language preschool, Lutins du Bois, is having an open house from 6-7:30 p.m.

Non-French-speaking families are welcome. 785 49th Street, Tsawwassen. Call 604-948-1222 or email lutins_du_bois@csf. bc.ca for more information tuesday, Feb. 18 • Delta Seniors Planning Team at 10 a.m. at Benediction Lutheran Church, 5575 Sixth Ave. Tsawwassen. Speaker for the February 18th meeting is Judith McBride from South Delta Stroke Recovery Club. Find out about the help and support available for path stroke recovery patients and caregivers. Everyone is welcome.

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Retired engineer leads fight against radio towers

❙ Retired systems safety engineer and Tsawwassen resident Jim Ronback has prepared a 20-page analysis of why KRPI Radio’s proposed radio tower array in Point Roberts should not be approved.

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sawwassen resident Jim Ronback pulls a document from his meticulously organized pile of folders he has been gathering on the Point Roberts radio tower array project.

From those folders of information, along with extensive Internet research, he has compiled a 20-page analysis on why Whatcom County and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should reject the radio towers.

The document includes 91 annotated references to books, websites, and research documents.

When asked how much time he’s invested in studying the issue, Ronback sucks in his breath sharply before breaking into a laugh.

“The engineering level of people understand the problem even if the politicians don’t,” he says.

Ronback says the research and level of detail he puts into his work is necessary to have a fulsome understanding of the issues. As a retired systems safety engineer for air traffic control throughout the country, he’s used to making decisions that impact lives.

He’s also used to catching small details that may be overlooked by others. Ronback noted that KRPI Radio’s FCC application provided a map of Point Roberts but showed Tsawwassen as being unpopulated.

“The thing that annoyed me the most was that they hoodwinked the FCC and Industry Canada into ignoring Tsawwassen so they could get their application approved,” he says.

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Ronback says the International Telecommunications Union, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, stipulates that no country should harm the radio-communications of another country. Those radio stations situated across a border with the intent of broadcasting to a foreign population are commonly referred to as “border blasters.”

Although the FCC already approved the application and the decision now rests with Whatcom County, Ronback and other members opposed to the radio towers found out KRPI’s license to renew expired Feb. 1.

Lawyers for the radio tower opponents have since filed a petition to deny the license renewal in Washington, D.C. One long-term safety aspect of concern to Ronback is the impact of the radio array to human health. Although Ronback acknowledges Health Canada and the World Health Organization claim that exposure to electromagnetic radiation from radio transmissions are not harmful, the long-term impacts haven’t been studied.

“It’s similar to trying to prove that tobacco causes cancer,” he says. “You need years of data, you need hordes of evidence and studies in order to make a convincing statistical argument.”

Ronback says he has no intention of waiting for that to happen before opposing the radio towers.

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editor (200 words or less) please contact us via: FAX 604-943-8619 MAIL 7- 1363 56th St., Delta, V4L 2P7 EMAIL newsroom@southdeltaleader.com PUBLISHER Alvin Brouwer EDITOR Robert Mangelsdorf

❙ Uncommon Sense

Prescription pot pretense ending

On April 1, medical marijuana growing licences expire across the country, and only licensed commercial growers will be able to legally fill a prescription for pot.

Ottawa is moving to clean up the mess it created by issuing medical licences all over the country. Since then, municipalities have complained that small-scale medical licences have been greatly exceeded, with many used as fronts for a criminal drug trade that has made B.C. infamous around the world.

How big is the problem? There are about 38,000 Canadians licensed to carry marijuana for medical purposes, and half of them live in B.C. Their permission to grow their own or buy it from designated smallscale growers is withdrawn in a couple of months.

Here’s a look at the community level. Police in the Fraser Valley suburb of Maple Ridge estimate that it alone has 500 properties licensed to grow pot. No, Maple Ridge is not a world hotspot for glaucoma or arthritis. It is historically known for its secluded properties and as a base for B.C.’s prison system and the province’s Hells Angels.

Police have only an estimate because Ottawa’s bungled medical pot scheme conceals the location of licensed growers from provincial and local governments.

RCMP Insp. Dave Fleugel told Maple Ridge council last week that his detachment will first target medical growers they know are linked to organized crime. But it’s difficult to determine which are legal and which are not.

“This has the potential to cripple the courts,” Fleugel said. “Something is going to have to take a back seat if we are going to go after all of them.”

The police and fire department have proposed an amnesty or grace period, allowing people to disclose their location and have it properly dismantled without penalty, to help deal with the volume.

This mess was created by Ottawa in response to a court ruling that forced them to make medical pot available. The Harper government remains trapped in a failed war-ondrugs mentality that prevents any innovation or even common sense.

Then there is the circus in Vancouver, where self-styled princes of pot exploit the confusion of the medical marijuana law to run an Amsterdam-style retail trade.

Cannabis Culture, the pot and propaganda empire built by Marc Emery before he was jailed in the U.S., rants about the government’s “war on patients,” amid garish ads for “pot by post” and exotic weed varieties.

“By Health Canada’s own estimate, the cost will increase from $5 per gram to $8.80 per gram – going up by nearly 400 per cent,” its website warns. Apparently smoking lots of weed really is bad for your math skills.

Dana Larsen, who spearheaded the ill-conceived and failed decriminalization petition last year, heads up the serious-looking “Medical Cannabis Dispensary.” It has done so well at its location in the drug bazaar of East Hastings Street that it’s got a branch office on Vancouver’s west side.

Its official-looking forms have a long list of conditions where only a confirmation of diagnosis is required. In addition to genuine conditions such as side effects of chemotherapy, it includes anxiety, psoriasis, spinal cord injury and even “substance addictions/withdrawal.”

And did you know you can get a vet’s note to buy medical pot for your pet?

Larsen has boasted about the exotic offerings of his stores, including “watermelon hash oil” at $150 for 2.5 grams. Wow man, that’s like 400 million per cent higher!

Fittingly, this farce goes back underground on April Fool’s Day. Medical users can only order shipments from an approved commercial producer.

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Olympics have outlived their usefulness

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o, the skiers are skiing, the skaters are skating, and the bobsledders are bobbing

in Sochi, Russia.

They may as well be doing it on the moon for all I care. I’ve given this Olympics, and the couple before it, a pass. That includes the one that intruded on the city of glass to the north in 2010.

Look, I’ll admit the core utopian idea behind the Olympics is nice. Everybody puts aside their grievances for a few weeks, democracies and dictatorships alike, and gets together in the spirit of friendly competition.

The amateur athletes, many of whom usually don’t receive the most casual of interest from their countrymen, are suddenly big stars on a big stage.

I have no problem with the sports in this global sporting event. My problem is with the Olympics.

The Olympics are a fully corporatized, trademarked, travelling oligarchy, which sets up camp in a new city every two years and proceeds to siphon money to itself and select few corporate “Olympic partners.”

Countries that have no business spending billions of dollars on temporary sports infrastructure (Russia and China come to mind) would be better served pulling their people out of dreadful poverty.

Even the successful Vancouver Olympics had its share of necessary cognitive dissonance to be enjoyed. Sure, we can afford to build an Olympic Village in the expensive real estate district of False Creek, but I’m afraid we can’t find affordable housing for our own residents. Sorry.

And then there’s the human rights issues (Russia and China come to mind). Not only do the governments of both countries rest on a foundation of unfathomable human misery and genocide, the contemporary rulers are little better than their predecessors.

Political persecution, summary executions, human rights atrocities, and open war with rebel states, to name but a few of their serious problems. It should have been enough to boycott the games when homosexuality was outlawed.

And then there’s the blatant corruption of it all. Somehow, $51 billion–a quarter of B.C.’s annual gross domestic product–disappeared into the pockets of Russian contractors. There hasn’t been a free-for-all like this since the Halliburton’s executives cheered the first air strike on Baghdad.

I know none of this will matter when Sidney Crosby and the men’s Olympic team start winning games next week and Canada begins thirsting for hockey gold. And I won’t deny the pleasure in watching Canadians excel, as my father did when some out-of-shape NHLers visited Moscow in 1972 and defeated the Red Menace in come-from-behind style.

But some pleasures simply aren’t worth the human cost. And the Olympics is one of them.

On Catch new episodes of Adrian MacNair’s TV show On Topic, which air Sundays at 6:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Delta Cable.

Letters to the editor Smart meters not so smart So what do the electric companies of Boston, MA, know that BC Hydro and the Provincial government doesn’t?

The Boston utilities are rejecting a proposed mandate to implement smart meters, otherwise called Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI). They replied to the government proposal, saying, “There is no rational basis for department-mandated implementation of AMI,”

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and that an advanced meter system is not a “basic technology platform” for grid modernization and is not needed.

Here are some of the reasons for this conclusion; no cost justification; security risks; meters do not reduce outages; and customer privacy and health concerns.

The Boston utilities also list a whole host of non-metering technologies as an alternative to smart meters to achieve reliability and optimization in real-time. It is clear that they have done their due diligence, unlike

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BC Hydro. I only hope the Boston utilities can overcome the political interference they are fighting against and prevent a horrible mess of huge debt, skyhigh bills, unhealthy radiation, compromised privacy and untold complaints and litigation.

We in BC are now suffering all of these ills and I only hope the BC Utilities Commission has the guts to provide BC Hydro customers some remedies for the smart meter disease inflicted upon us.

Jason Lewko Delta

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Anne Murray Columnist

❙ By the Bay

Amazing phytoplankton: Heritage Afloat

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he theme of this year’s Heritage Week (Feb 17 to 23) is ‘Heritage Afloat,’ and a variety of activities are planned around the community to celebrate Captain Vancouver’s voyages, fishing, and so on. These are the traditional concepts of heritage and will be interesting and fun. Yet we should also consider the natural heritage that has supported an unbroken chain of human life since the end of the last ice age.

Delta’s heritage includes the Fraser River that brings life-giving freshwater to the lowlands and deposits sediments that build up the delta landscape. It includes the salt waters of the Georgia Strait washing our shores, their ebb and flow creating the estuarine ecosystems of marsh and slough.

Afloat in all these waters are microscopic, light-loving phytoplankton, literally ‘plant wanderers’, that drive the food chain as they drift the waters of the world. These tiny organisms capture sunlight in ring-shaped molecules of chlorophyll.

During photosynthesis, the world’s phytoplankton absorb carbon dioxide from the air and release half the earth’s oxygen.

What more essential organisms could there be?

Phytoplankton thrive in the presence of certain nutrients, such as nitrate, phosphate and iron.

This is why a group from Haida Gwaii attempted, controversially, to increase phytoplankton by depositing iron into the ocean.

With good conditions, plankton proliferate rap-

idly, causing extensive blooms. These attract herbivores which are then preyed on by carnivores.

Harmful algal blooms, and subsequent death of marine life, can occur from eutrophication, the excessive nutrient enrichment caused by agricultural run-off or poor water circulation. Eutrophication is a concern on Roberts Bank, where tidal movements are affected by port and ferry causeways.

The marine food web is complex. As organisms at the lowest level, phytoplankton provide food for a host of slightly larger creatures, including zooplankton (‘animal drifters’) like jellyfish and the tiny larvae of fish, and crustaceans such as copepods and krill.

Copepods are a huge source of protein for fish, seabirds and mammals. Krill, one of the smallest animals on earth, is eaten by blue whales, the largest. Delta is a maritime community, built from the watery landscape at the mouth of the mighty Fraser river.

The lowly phytoplankton is the epitome of Heritage Afloat, as it drifts the planet’s waters, making life possible by changing sunlight into life’s breath and food. For Heritage Week events in Delta, see www.corp.delta.bc.ca • Anne Murray is an independent writer, naturalist and author of two books on the natural history of Boundary Bay: A Nature Guide to Boundary Bay and Tracing Our Past ~ A Heritage Guide to Boundary Bay, www.natureguidesbc.com. She blogs at www.natureguidesbc.wordpress.com

SFPR creates havoc for Ladner commuters I want to let you know how the SFPR has negatively impacted the daily commute of the residents of Ladner to the George Massey Tunnel. I also want to know what you plan to do about it.

Traffic heading toward the George Massey Tunnel via the old Highway 17 (now Highway 17A) was already bad as commuters from Highway 99 and 17A bottlenecked to get through the tunnel.

And they have decided to cut the cloverleaf down to one lane?

The consequences of this appallingly poor design are an added minimum of 20 minutes to our commute, which was already taxing and stressful as it was.

I cannot afford the time nor the fuel to be sitting in traffic for close to an hour every morning to go and earn a living. The added stress also impacts our health as tempers rise and we grow even more pressured for our precious time.

We’re not left with any viable options, either. Backtracking to-

ward Tsawwassen to get on to the SFPR/Hwy 17 adds time. That route backs up as well merging on to the 99 as people from 17A try desperately to cut in to get over to the farthest left lane to avoid the right lane merging on to the Steveston highway.

Oh, and to avoid all of the freight and dump trucks clogging up the lanes, too!

Transit adds time to my commute and also has me making several transfers and walking, which in Vancouver means often walking in poor weather.

I would love to take transit, but the shameful truth is that it is far too inconvenient as it currently stands.

Waiting for the new bridge? Oh, that’s only a mere 10 years a way!

The only other options are to move closer to work or work closer to home- which has always been the obvious ideal, however not currently possible. Jobs in my field are limited in Delta, and I would have to take a pay cut or

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have an even higher cost of living if moving into the city.

I feel like I don’t have to tell you any of this.

Either the engineers on this project are disgustingly incompetent or the province must have known what the consequences of this route would be for the people of Ladner, which affirms for me who this route was really designed to benefit: Port Metro Vancouver.

This whole process has been a slap in the face to the constituents of Ladner. We have had our community cut up, we’ve lost precious agricultural land, and have had invaluable natural habitat for struggling wildlife destroyed.

Our quaint little community will soon be an industrial wasteland.

The South Fraser Perimeter Road is a highway paved to hell.

What do they plan to do about this? Let me guess.... nothing?

Rebecca Jones Ladner

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A race for a better life

Ladner mom and rape survivor Norma Bastidas is embarking on the world’s longest triathlon to raise awareness about human trafficking and sexual violence ❙ Robert Mangelsdorf

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It all happened so fast that Norma Bastidas didn’t realize she was being abducted until she was already in the car, being driven off to the outskirts of Mexico City.

The Ladner mother-of-two was 17 at the time, and returning to her brother’s home after a dance course in the Mexican capital.

Having grown up in the coastal resort town of Mazatlan, she unfamiliar with the big city.

“I was at the bus stop when they approached me,” she recalls.

A car pulled up with three men in it. Two of them stepped out and began to talk to Bastidas, telling her they were there to pick her up and drive her home. Before she could resist, they grabbed her and her belongings and ushered her into the back seat of the car.

“They were good looking, and they acted very familiar, so the bystanders thought they knew me,” she says. “I didn’t realize I was in trouble until I was in the car.”

Bastidas had been raped before, when she was 12 years old. Trapped in the back seat of the car, surrounded on all sides, and driving through unfamiliar neighbourhoods, she feared the worst.

“I was terrified,” she recalls.

After a few hours on the road, the men drove Bastidas to a gated home in the rich, leafy suburbs of the capital. There they slapped her and punched her. They told her to behave, or else. They dragged her inside the mansion, and locked her in a room to await her fate.

After a few hours alone, a boy her own age came into the room.

“My brother has caused a lot of trouble, I’m sorry,” he said.

The boy took her to a hotel that night, and the next day, gave her money and put her on a bus back to Mexico City.

Bastidas was one of the lucky ones.

“I managed to escape,” she says. “Many other girls are not so lucky. It is very easy to make someone disappear.”

Bastidas didn’t go to the police. She says her captors were likely the rich sons of powerful men. By reporting the crime, they would know who she was and where she lived.

“I went home [to Mazatlan] and it became something we never really discussed,” she says. “I was so afraid to even leave my house.”

That was almost 30 years ago, and Bastidas says she now regrets not speaking out.

“I feel responsible, because I never talked about it,” she says. “You are never safe unless you speak up. The people who do this, they will keep doing it until they are stopped.”

Bastidas says she is hoping to make up for her previous silence by helping to raise awareness about the global problem of human trafficking.

Next month, Bastidas will be embarking on an epic journey that will take her from Cancun, Mexico, to Washington, DC: A Guinness World Record attempt for the longest triathlon ever completed. Bastidas will swim more than 150km, cycle more than 4,300 km, and run close to 1,200 km.

“Back then I couldn’t do anything because I was overwhelmed and scared,” she says. “But I’m doing something now.”

Bastidas escaped the violence of her homeland at the age of 19 when she accepted a modelling and acting contract with a talent agency in Japan, before settling in Canada.

❙ Above: Norma Bastidas with her family in her sister’s Ladner home. From left to right: Her nephew Taylor Brown, son Hans Christie, and nephew Salvador Trejo (Robert Mangelsdorf photo). On right: Bastidas during her 4,200-km run from Ladner to Mazatlan in 2012.

She was young and naive and looking for a completed it,” she says. better life, but also fortunate that the opporBastidas’ 777 Run for Sight helped to raise tunity she was offered her was legitimate. close to $200,000 for Foundation Fighting “I was very lucky,” she says. “For many girls, Blindness, the Canadian National Institute they have their passports taken from them, for the Blind (CNIB), and Operation Eyesight they are forced to work for nothing, often as Universal. Her efforts were featured on the prostitutes. documentary Extraordinary Moms on Oprah “They are trapped.”

Winfery’s OWN network.

Bastidas says she was inspired to speak out “When you run for two days straight withabout her own experiences after her eldest out sleep, it’s hard, it hurts everything,” she son Karl was diagsays. “But your body nosed with cone rod is capable of a lot dystrophy at age 11, more than you think.” and began to go blind.

Bastidas says the As an immigrant positive impact she single mother with a was able to have child with a disability, through her 777 Run she says it was up to for Sight made her her to make sure he reflect on her own got the best care poslife, and in 2012, she sible. decided she wanted “I started to realize to speak out about how important it was her own experiences to speak up and do as a rape survivor and everything I could to raise awareness about help him,” she says. human trafficking.

Bastidas began In April of 2012, running to cope with Bastidas embarked • To support Norma Bastidas and her stress, and found her on another epic jourfight against human trafficking, visit: solace on the roads ney, this time running http://bit.ly/1bOBwxr and trails.

4,200 km from her “I didn’t want my home in Ladner all boys to see me cry,” the way to her birthshe says. “I had anxiety and shame. Some- place of Mazatlan. Running Home: The Jourtimes I felt like I couldn’t breathe.” ney To End Violence took her three months But when Bastidas started running, she to complete. says the weight she was carrying became “I wanted to face my biggest fear,” she says. lighter, more bearable.

“Standing tall, and saying, I’m a rape survivor.”

“It’s impossible to feel depressed when you With her latest challenge, Bastidas says she are out in nature,” she says. “It’s like medita- hopes to empower survivors everywhere and tion. We’re meant to be outdoors.” demonstrate that one’s past does not dictate When she runs, Bastidas’ thoughts often one’s future. drift to her two teenage sons, Karl and Hans, “I’ve learned the lesson that a problem and that inspires her to push on. doesn’t go away if you remain silent,” she says.

“They need to see the perseverance,” she “So I’m doing everything I can.” says. “I have to show my kids these things.”

Bastidas’ world record triathlon attempt She was soon able to channel her newfound might be her most audacious challenge yet. love to help raise money for Karl and others While she says she is comfortable with the like him. running and cycling sections of the journey, In 2009, she became just the second person the swimming section is what most concerns to run an ultramarathon on all seven conti- her. That’s because Bastidas only learned to nents, and the first to do so in less than seven swim last year. months. The seven races totalled more than “I’ve been training at Winskill, and they’ve 1,400 km, and included the 100-km Antarctic been wonderful, and incredibly supportive,” Ice Marathon. she says. “I’m not going to win any races, but “It was -23C, and it took me 28 hours, but I I’m going to finish.

Bastidas has partnered with the international organization, iEmpathize, which works to eradicate child exploitation, human trafficking, and slavery. Her journey from Cancun to Washington will take her along one of the most popular corridors for human traffickers, and will be filmed by a documentary crew for the upcoming film, Be Relentless.

Along the way they will be interviewing women who have escaped lives of sexual exploitation, putting a human face on human trafficking.

But the issue of human trafficking isn’t limited to Mexico, she says.

“It’s happening here, with unpaid labourers, with sex workers,” says Bastidas. “Canada and the US are often the destination for human traffickers. We need to do a better job of protecting the vulnerable.”

A US State Department’s 2013 Trafficking in Persons Report estimates that, “only around 40,000 victims have been identified in the last year... a mere fraction [.15%] of the more than 26 million men, women, and children who are estimated to suffer in modern slavery.”

The United Nations estimates human trafficking generates upwards of $30 billion annually in illegal proceeds.

Bastidas says she hopes that through her efforts, she can change how people think about prostitution and human trafficking. In poor countries all over the world, young girls are being sold off by their families, or taken from the streets, and forced into lives as sex slaves.

“It’s not the oldest profession in the world, it’s the oldest crime against women,” she says.

And for those that do manage to escape, there is little support available.

“Their families reject them, they can’t find work, they have no support, so they end up exactly where they were before,” she says.

“Women don’t choose to become prostitutes. How bad do your options have to be to choose that life?”

While the road to Washington will be long and painful, Bastidas says the only motivation she needs is to think about who she’s running for.

“My discomfort is nothing compared to knowing there are kids locked in hotel rooms somewhere,” she says. “It’s absolutely nothing compared to the physical and emotional pain they feel.”

• To learn more about Norma Bastidas’ trek, visit berelentless.iempathize.org

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HEALTH, COSMETICS AND IMPROVING YOUR WELL-BEING

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Friday, February 14, 2014

Sculpt your body into a new you Although the holiday binging is over and the gym is filled with people committed to their New Year's resolutions, an unwelcome reminder of Christmas often remains around our midsections.

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Dr. Ray, who has practiced medicine at View Medical in Tsawwassen for 25 years, says that as a physician it's important to offer the best possible technology. The CoolSculpting technology developed at Harvard was peer reviewed by medical

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Ice Hawks close out season with OT loss ❙ Robert Mangelsdorf editor@southdeltaleader.com

The Delta Ice Hawks threw everything they had at the Richmond Sockeyes net Tuesday night at home, but it wasn’t enough to eke out a win over the top team in the Pacific Junior Hockey League as the Ice Hawks fell 3-2 in overtime to close out the regular season.

The Ice Hawks outshot the Sockeyes 4232 through 60 minutes of play, only to have the visitors take the two points in the extra frame.

Delta opened the scoring in the second period with Tanner Gattinger’s 18th of the season.

With Brent Chreptyk and Zach Ahnert

both in the penalty box for the Ice Hawks, the Sockeyes were able to even up the score on the two-man-advantage with 20 seconds left in the middle frame.

The two teams traded chances in the third period before Richmond scored with less than two minutes to play to take a 2-1 lead.

Delta polled goalie Scott Lapp with 90 seconds left to play to push for the tying goal, and with just 11 seconds left on the clock, Evan Grannary scored to send the game to overtime.

However, it was the Sockeyes who celebrated last, as Daniel Oakley scored to give Richmond their 32nd victory of the season, pushing them into first

Sun Devils tops in FV Zone 2 The South Delta Senior Secondary Sun Devils senior girls’ basketball team finished up league play in the AAA Fraser Valley Zone 2 with a solid 8-2 record.

Over the 10-game season, the Sun Devils managed 550 points for, while allowing just 392 points against.

The team’s only two losses came with a twopoint differential.

The Sun Devils were to have played Clayton Heights on Thursday night for a spot in the Fraser Valley Championships, which begins Feb. 17.

The Sun Devils are Jessica Hasker, Rebecca Dewar, Taylor Bamford, Christine Howlett, Kathryn Leymann, Kassidy Nichols, Lauren Dewar, Jasmine Crump, Jill Calvert, Julia Adams, and Miranda Schulz.

place in the PJHL. Mak Barden, Ahnert, and Chreptyk each had assists for the Ice Hawks.

Both teams spent considerable time in the penalty box, with the Ice Hawks giving up six powerplay opportunities, while Richmond gave up seven.

Despite having seven powerplay attempts, the Ice Hawks were unable to find the back of the net with the man-advantage.

The Ice Hawks dressed five affiliate players for the game, with 16-yearold Tyler Andrews earning third star honours in his eighth Junior B appearance.

The game was the final contest of the regular season for the Ice Hawks who limp into

❙ Colton Kroeker of the Delta Ice Hawks stick checks Derek Hughes of the Richmond Sockeyes during Tuesday’s 3-2 overtime loss at the Ladner Leisure Centre. Jim Kinnear photo the playoffs with just six wins in their last 19 games.

With 51 points, the Ice Hawks finish the season in third place in the Tom Shaw Conference and will face the North

Vancouver Wolf Pack in the first round of the PJHL playoffs.

The best-of-seven series gets underway this Tuesday, Feb. 18 at the Ladner Leisure Centre.

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Sierra and six of her team-mates also recently attended two international events in Hawaii and came away with First overall at the Gymnastics in Paradise competition in Honolulu on January 10, 2014. Sierra edged out competitors from all over the United States, Australia, Canada and Japan to earn the overall title and came home with a big Tiki trophy!

After BC Winter games Sierra will prepare for BC Provincial championships in Kamloops, March 15-17, 2014. honorable mentions: Caleb Richmond, Aleeah Fletcher sponsored by:

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109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES THE 5th annual WCOWMA-BC Convention & Trade Show will be held at the South Thompson Inn and Conference Centre (3438 Shuswap Road) in Kamloops on February 20 - 23, 2014. Workshops, open forum discussions, networking opportunities and door prizes. Trade show admission is complimentary. Don’t miss the only wastewater trade show and convention in BC. More info at www.wcowma-bc.com

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LEARN HOW to Operate an Excavator in as little as 6 Weeks. PCTIA registered. Women welcome. 604546-7600 www.rayway.ca

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LABOURERS MATERIAL HANDLERS

Pacific Moving & Delivery Inc, a well established company offering moving and delivery services located at Unit 46, 14838, 61 Ave Surrey B.C., urgently requires several fulltime Material Handlers. Duties incl: Load, unload & move materials and products including goods like furniture, appliances, etc, both manually and/or through the use of basic equipment, to and from the carriage trucks, organize & set up materials.

Knowledge of basic math. Salary $17/hr. Please email resumes to: sales@pacificmoving.ca

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INCOME TAX PROBLEMS? Have you been audited, reassessed or disallowed certain claims by Canada Revenue Agency? Call Bob Allen @ 250-542-0295 35yrs. Income Tax experience, 8.5yrs. with Revenue Canada. Email: r.gallen@shaw.ca C- 250-938-1944

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TRADES, TECHNICAL ALL ACCOUNTING SERVICES 15+ years experience Bookkeeping, payroll, etc

FLAGGERS NEEDED. No Certification? Get Certified, 604-575-3944

KB BATHTUB SAVERS LTD 6280 DAWSON STREET, BURNABY, BC, V5B2W4 Bathtub Resurfacer (1 vacancy), Temp, F/T, $ 22.00 Hourly, 40 Hours per week, CPP, WCB, EI. ASAP, Greater Vancouver, Education: N/A, 3 years of work experience required, must speakEnglish.Operate machines or equipment (HVLP Sprayer) to deposit metallized substances (Polyurethane) on metal or other articles to provide decorative, protective or restorative coatings. bathtubsavers@shaw.ca

Landscaping Sales & Service Opportunities Up To $400 CASH Daily

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F/T Live-In Caregiver req by retired cpl. Flex days off. Min wage. Delta Email: anitascott321@gmail.com

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Ballsam Enterprises Inc Dba Ricky’s All day grill is hiring 3 perm. kitchen helpers for its location 3189 king George Blvd Surrey B.C V4P-1B8. Duties: wash, peel and cut vegetables and fruits, Clean and sanitize kitchen including work surfaces, cupboards, storage areas, appliances, and equipment, Unpack and store supplies in refrigerators, freezers, and cupboards, sweep and mop floor etc. Salary: 10.25/hr. English language required. Exp. an asset not req..

Apply at pballsam@gmail.com J , N & Z Deli 1729 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC V5N 4A4 Pastry Baker 1 vacancy,Temp, F/T 40 hr weekly, Night shift (2AM to 10AM), $17,50 hr,CPP,WCB, EI. English & three years of work experience as a Eastern European Pastry Baker required. Duties as per NOC 6252.

Prepare and bake Eastern European pastry specialties: Hungarian buns & bread,Serbian Flat cheese Pita.... zoky_719@hotmail.com

JOURNEYMAN HEAVY DUTY MECHANICS Fort McMurray & Leduc Alberta Gladiator Equipment Ltd. has immediate positions for Journeyman Heavy Duty, off road Certified Mechanics for work in Fort McMurray and Leduc, Alberta. Excellent wages and benefits. www.gladiatorequipment.com fax 1-780-986-7051. hr@gladiatorequipment.com

MECHANIC

Required F/T for Vancouver Outboard. Primary duties will include maintenance troubleshooting and repair of diesel & gas marine engines.

Knowledgeable in vessel electrical systems is an asset. Must have own tools and a valid drivers license.

Exc. Compensation Based On Experience.

Please forward resume: vancouveroutboard@ telus.net Samy’s Rich Finishing’s Corp. #501 – 2001 Beach Avenue Vancouver, BC, V6G 1Z3 Carpenter 2 vacancy (NOC 7271), Finish carpentry, ASAP, Temp, F/T,$24,00 hourly, 40 hr weekly, CPP,WCB, EI, Grater Vancouver, Education:N/A, 3 years of work experience, Basic English. senaid2010@hotmail.com, fax: 604-515-9066

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BRANCH MANAGER & Counter Parts Person required for automotive parts, HD parts and body shop supply business in Wetaskiwin, Alberta. Parts experience required.

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Advertising Sales Representative The Peace Arch News, a twice-weekly awardwinning newspaper has an outstanding opportunity for a full-time experienced sales person.

The successful candidate will have a minimum of two years of sales experience – preferably in the advertising or retail industry. The ability to build relationships with clients and offer superior customer service is a must. The winning candidate will be a team player, a strong communicator, well organized and selfmotivated. The ability to work in an extremely fast paced environment with a positive attitude is a must. A car and valid driver's license is required.

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COMPUTER SERVICES

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MOVING & STORAGE

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

503

ANTIQUES & VINTAGE

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WANTED: BRITISH PAINTINGS. STERLING SILVER & MEDALS, ETC. CEF Est 1980. 604-727-0137

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BROTHERS MOVING & DELIVERY

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FITZ ELECTRIC. New build.

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PETS

CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

BRO MARV PLUMBING 24/7 Plumbing, heating, plugged drains BBB. (604)582-1598, bromarv.com

Gutter & Roof Cleaning since 1982.

WCB/Liability insurance. Call Simon for prompt service. 604-230-0627

Precision 1 Plumbing & Heating Licensed ~ Insured.

Hot water tanks, service, renos.

Contact Rick 604-809-6822

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PRESSURE WASHING

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS 604.889.8424

• Renovations • Painting • Repairs • Maintenance

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STEEL BUILDINGS/ METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed!

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Brad’s Bin Service 604.220.5865

Clean & Professional Brush, Rolled & Sprayed Finishes.

DRYWALL - 30 Years Exp.

Call: (778)319-6860

FERTILIZERS

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RUTHERFORD PAINTING

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

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Call: Rick (604) 202-5184

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