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by Matthew Hoekstra Staff Reporter Patients are waiting an average of 15 minutes for an ambulance for some medical calls, according to Richmond’s fire chief, who responded Monday to province-wide changes civic leaders are calling “downloading.”

“We are seeing an increase in our call wait

times when we’re on the scene first,” Chief John McGowan told council. “We could be waiting longer and unavailable to respond to fire calls if they did come in.”

B.C. Emergency Health Services, which oversees the B.C. Ambulance Service, recently changed its response to 74 of 868 calls— downgrading 39 of them to routine, instead of a lights-and-sirens response. Those calls include everything from some minor vehicle collisions to falls.

Richmond firefighters are now first on the scene for half of the calls with a changed status, according to McGowen. Before the changes were made last October, paramedics arrived first in two out of every three such calls.

Of those calls where firefighters arrived first, the wait for an ambulance has tripled to 15.5 minutes from a year earlier. McGowen also noted that in the first four months of the change, waits of over 40 minutes were recorded 31 times, compared to just two a year earlier.

McGowen warned of possible trouble if firefighters are left waiting at scenes of lowerpriority calls.

“This could impact Richmond Fire-Rescue’s response capabilities to fire incidents, as fire apparatus would be tied up longer at medical events and unavailable for assignment to fire incidents.”

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Richmond council is calling on the provincial government to cool its heels before moving ahead with major changes to the Agricultural Land Reserve.

On Monday civic politicians backed a motion asking the province to consult with the public and local governments before Bill 24 becomes law.

Coun. Harold Steves brought the motion forward from the City of Nelson, which is seeking support from Metro Vancouver cities in its opposition to the bill.

The province wants to divide the ALR into two zones, “thereby discriminating between regions and potentially constraining their ability to achieve and sustain agricultural self-sufficiency and economic development,” reads the resolution.

“It’s opening up…major development in every community in Zone 2, which is outside the Lower Mainland,” said Steves, adding that since farmers and municipal governments are speaking out against the bill, it’s not clear who the province consulted.

At Monday’s council meeting Coun. Evelina Halsey-Brandt stressed the importance of maintaining the integrity of the ALR. “You can’t just keep on taking land out, you can’t keep making it easier and easier…” she said. “All it comes down to is everyone wants the same piece of land, and that land needs to be able to feed people, so we need to do everything we can to preserve it.”

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by Matthew Hoekstra and Jeff Nagel Black Press New grey recycling boxes will begin arriving on doorsteps of Richmond homes early next month as part of a major shift in curbside collection across B.C. The city joins the Multi-Material B.C. program May 19. Contractor Sierra Waste Services will continue collecting recyclables from local homes, but the change means the materials will be handled by MMBC in Surrey.

Residents will be required to deposit glass in a new grey box, while an expanded list of recyclables can go into the blue box. All paper, including newsprint, will be placed in a single bag.

“We believe it’s a good deal for the City of Richmond and for our residents,” said Ted Townsend, city spokesperson. “This program provides net benefits to the city both economically and environmentally because it greatly increases the amount of materials that will be recycled and diverted from the landfill.”

City hall is rolling out an information campaign ahead of the grey box and paper collection bag delivery.

The program offers a cost benefit to the city—approximately $1.27 million, according to a staff report—as more waste is recycled and diverted from the landfill.

Townsend said the program follows a pattern of shifting responsibility—from taxpayers to producers and consumers—of materials, such as with electronics and beverage containers.

But the switch isn’t being made without concern. A report at a council committee meeting April 24 noted MMBC is requiring Richmond bring recyclables to a site in Surrey near the Pattullo Bridge.

Richmond’s trucks have been delivering to Urban Impact on Knox Way in East Richmond.

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is going to drive our costs up considerably, which will reduce the net financial benefit,” said Townsend, who noted the longer delivery time would likely mean Richmond would need to deploy more trucks to maintain the collection schedule.

Richmond is also facing up to $520,000 in startup costs, which include delivery of new glass collection boxes.

Meanwhile an alliance of business groups are demanding the province halt the planned launch of the new program from MMBC, an industry-led non-profit organization. At issue are new costs businesses are being forced to assume.

Last month the Canadian Federation of Independent Business and eight other associations launched a campaign to amplify the pressure on Victoria.

The federation’s Mike Klassen predicted job losses and some business closures as a result of new regulations and fees.

“This is public policy run amok,” he said. “We are asking British Columbians to talk to the B.C. government to push the pause button on its reckless and red tape-laden program.”

B.C. Agriculture Council vice-chair Stan Vander Waal said farmers can’t readily stop packaging strawberries and blueberries in plastic clamshells, because retailers insist

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Canadian Newspaper Association chairman Peter Kvarnstrom warned the the new system will be “catastrophic” to B.C. community and daily newspapers, resulting in job losses in an already challenged industry and reduced service to communities.

Newspapers say they face a $14-million-a-year bite out of their operations because of the 20 cents per kilogram they will pay on newsprint, compared to less than half a penny in Ontario.

MMBC’s higher fees are because the organization fully finances the program and provides service

for apartments and rural areas whereas Ontario has a more limited focus, according to managing director Allen Langdon. He added B.C.’s successful container deposit system means less recyclable material to collect and sell—so fees have to be higher to cover costs.

NDP small business critic Lana Popham has denounced MMBC as a “red tape monster” controlled

by Ontario-based corporations and multinational firms that aren’t sufficiently accountable to B.C. stakeholders.

But Small Business Minister Naomi Yamamoto has defended the program as one that provides incentive to producers to reduce packaging.

Galloway’s closes store, Chapters, Black Bond also closing up shop Local foods retailer Galloway’s has closed a store. Located on Alderbridge Way, just west of No. 3 Road, the local specialty food store has already shut down its Burnaby location, and calls to the Richmond location were not answered.

According to its website, Galloway’s was purchased by the Muljiani family in 1974 from Johnston Galloway, who sold fruits and nuts from a cart in Gastown in the 1930s and had

several other locations downtown. It remained “under the watchful eye” of Annie Muljiani.

According to its Facebook page, Galloway’s has an “inventory sale” until April 30.

“Get 20 per cent off all purchases under $99.99 before tax, or 40 per cent off all purchases of $100 or more before tax.”

Meanwhile, Chapters’ Richmond location at Ackroyd and No. 3 Road is slated to close at the end of May.

Customers learned of the closure last week.

The big box bookseller has been downsizing and recently announced the closure of two stores in Toronto.

The Richmond store was the second Chapters to open in Metro Vancouver and has been on Ackroyd for more than 15 years.

It’s been a bad year for booksellers in Richmond. Black Bond Books in Lansdowne Centre is also closing its doors.

Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie said Monday he “expects” to run for re-election this fall, despite disagreeing with his council colleagues on how the election should be run.

Last week Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts announced she won’t be seeking another term in municipal elections this fall, saying she wouldn’t exceed her self-imposed time limit of three terms.

But Brodie is preparing to challenge for a sixth consecutive term as mayor on Nov. 15, telling The Richmond Review he’ll make a formal announcement in June.

This year’s election will have a different look than 2011, after council voted 6-3 to return to the approach used in 2008. That means abandoning the “vote-anywhere” method, which allowed voters to cast ballots at any one of the city’s polling stations, MAYOR MALCOLM along with scrapping unBRODIE usual polling places such as shopping malls.

Dubbed the “back-to-basics” model, the city will again be divided into 34 voting divisions.

Apart from advance polls, electors may only vote at a single place based on residence.

The model has a long history in Richmond and is the least costly to mount—$529,500, or $52,500 less than a vote-anywhere system—but it also restricts voters.

Coun. Harold Steves, one of six councillors to vote for the system, said limiting voting to designated polling stations helps build neighbourhoods.

“I think it’s important to live and work and vote in your own community, and I don’t think we need to be going across Richmond and changing the rules to do it,” he said. “The hours are long enough they can get there and vote.”

Coun. Linda McPhail said last year’s election created voter confusion and frustration, due to long waits at popular polling stations and the fact some historical voting places weren’t used.

Coun. Bill McNulty concurred: “The results didn’t justify the costs.”

Richmond’s voter turnout reached a low of 22.1 per cent in 2008, when just 27,709 residents voted. In 2011, 31,126 cast ballots, resulting in a voter turnout of 23.7 per cent.

McNulty said turnout has more to do with issues than how voters cast ballots.

“Lifestyles are changing, but I think if people are concerned about their community they will come out and respond in a positive manner.”

The mayor, along with Couns. Chak Au and Linda Barnes, couldn’t convince their colleagues to keep the vote-anywhere model.

Brodie acknowledged there was some confusion in 2011, but said it’s hard to get every detail right the first time.

“What we’re trying to do is move forward, not move back. Secondly, I don’t see the act of voting as something like a neighbourhood barbecue,” he said. “If we want a strong city we’ve got to have the maximum voter turnout that we can.”

Au said the vote-anywhere model was a success, citing the modest increase in voter turnout.

“We tried last time and even though we didn’t have a very significant increase in the turnout, it did change the trend,” he said.

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From Page 1 Mayor Malcolm Brodie said the changes amounted to a “downloading” from the province.

“Because they’re taking longer to get there…it’s a download to the city. And of course there’s no consultation, no nothing. Just there it is. So that’s what we’ve got to fight.”

Coun. Ken Johnston said when he served as MLA in East Vancouver a decade ago, ambulance wait times crept up to 23 minutes, resulting in tragic results in a handful of cases. “If there’s additional delays at these scenes in terms of the ambulance situation, even if it’s nine minutes…then that is a concern.”

But Dr. William Dick of B.C. Emergency Health Services told The Richmond Review ambulances are still being dispatched when called—only now they’re responding to the sickest patients first.

“We know we are getting to sicker patients province-wide about a minute faster than we were. And on average the wait for the least sick patients in the changed calls is about six minutes longer on average for the province of British Columbia,” said Dick, vice-president of medical programs.

Dick said his numbers for Richmond show a slight increase in wait for the least sick patients, and little change for the sickest of patients. But in other cities the change has been more dramatic. In Port Coquitlam, response to the sickest patients has improved by almost 1:45 minutes, he said. “That’s what we want to do, because if you’re having a cardiac arrest, or you’re suffering from a blocked airway, or you’re really sick—you really need somebody there now,” said Dick.

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Services, prompting the review—the fifth since 1997—were paramedics complaining of over-responding, municipalities complaining of first responder use and public concern about the number of emergency vehicles responding to minor incidents.The changes, which have no budget impact, are also meant to cut down on collisions of ambulances racing to non-urgent events, and possibly save cities money by reducing fire response.

Dick said Richmond firefighters waiting at non-urgent scenes doesn’t change patient outcome.

“They don’t provide any clinical benefit of being there,” he said. “(Comfort care) could be a benefit, but there’s absolutely no evidence of any medical outcome change.”

Dick is continuing to consult with local governments—a meeting with Richmond is planned—and insists “this is a safe and rational process” that will react if any problems are discovered.

Said Dick: “Everybody would like more of everything. Firefighters would like more fire trucks, I would like more ambulances and people would love more hospitals, but we’ve got to deal with reality.”

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by Bhreandáin Clugston Editor The Richmond Review has won two Ma Murray Awards for its Best of Richmond edition.

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by Matthew Hoekstra Staff Reporter A small crowd formed at the Steveston Fishermen’s Memorial in Garry Point Park Monday to mark the national Day of Mourning in a noontime ceremony.

Each year at ceremonies across Canada, workers, families and employers remember those who lost their lives in workplaces.

B.C. recorded 128 work-related deaths last year—39 from traumatic injury, 22 from motor vehicle incidents and 67 from occupational disease, mainly from exposure to asbestos decades ago, according to WorkSafeBC. Coun. Bill McNulty spoke at the Steveston Fishermen’s Memorial, a monument that honours local fishermen who’ve lost their lives at sea. The memorial was unveiled in 1996 with the names of 147 late fishermen and their boats engraved on it.

Dozens of other memorial ceremonies took place across the province, including at Jack Poole Plaza at the Vancouver Convention Centre, where the B.C. Federation of Labour, the Business Council of B.C. and WorkSafeBC staged a joint event.

“On the Day of Mourning, we take the time to honour those whose lives were tragically cut short, or changed forever by workplace injuries,” said Shirley Bond, Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training in a news release.

“Workplace accidents are devastating for workers, their families, their co-workers, and their communities. It is why we must all work tirelessly to ensure that we have a culture of safety that makes these kinds of tragedies a thing of the past.”

The Day of Mourning began 30 years ago. Canada was the first country to formally commemorate workers who’d been killed at work, and today the day is observed throughout the world.

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EDITORIAL: Law school fight will be good for lawyers

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he fight over Trinity Western University’s plans to open a law school in 2016 seems almost certainly destined to end up in the Supreme Court of Canada, just as was the case with the Christian university’s plans to begin teacher training.

In that case, the Supreme Court ruled that Trinity could indeed train teachers for the public school system (and other schools), despite its controversial community covenant that prospective students are asked to sign.

At that time, the B.C. College of Teachers, which oversaw the teaching profession but was indirectly controlled by the B.C. Teachers Federation, set its sights on denying TWU the ability

to train teachers. It even raised members’ dues to help finance the court case. It lost.

In the case of the law school, the ministry of advanced education and federation of law societies of Canada has approved TWU’s plans to set up a faculty of law. It would be the first private university in Canada to offer such a program. This would seem to be a useful adjunct to the current system of law faculties at large public universities. In B.C., potential lawyers can now train at the University of B.C. or the University of Victoria.

The Law Society of B.C.’s board approved TWU’s plans, agreeing that graduates could practice in B.C. That decision was challenged by a petition circulated by a Victoria lawyer, and a special general meeting will be held to

reconsider that decision.

The Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario) decided Thursday it would not allow TWU grads to practice in Ontario. Nova Scotia’s law society followed suit Friday. Meanwhile, a Vancouver civic politician is challenging the TWU law school’s certification by the B.C. government in court.

The law society decisions, no matter which way they go, are almost certain to also end up being challenged in court.

All of this will keep a good number of lawyers employed, billing various clients at hefty hourly rates. It will also tie up a number of courts. And in the end, the matter will eventually be settled by the Supreme Court of Canada, as in 2001. It will be deja vu all over again.

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Inconvenient truth of pine beetle

B.C. Views Tom Fletcher

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ast week’s column on Earth Day myths attracted a fair amount of criticism.

One tireless member of the “Alberta tar sands killing the planet” crowd scolded me for daring to mention that 60 per cent of the oil pollution in the oceans around North America comes from natural seeps. That’s eight times more than all pipeline and tanker spills combined, and it’s been going on 24 hours a day for the last 10,000 years or so.

This fact blows another hole in the carefully crafted narrative that only Canadian oil exports to Asia would destroy our delicate ecosystems.

That narrative is why the daily Alaska supertankers along the B.C. coast are ignored, as is the barbaric shale oil rush in North Dakota that can be seen from space.

U.S. oil barons are flaring off the vast volume of natural gas that comes up with the more valuable light crude, while the U.S. environment lobby obsesses over the Keystone XL pipeline.

Here’s another one that may upset people indoctrinated by our school system, media and our supposedly green B.C. Liberal government.

B.C. has large forest areas damaged by beetle infestations.

B.C.’s recent pine beetle epidemic was caused by human carbon emissions, right? Everybody knows that. Gordon Campbell hammered the point home in speeches for years.

In 2012 I participated in a B.C. forests ministry tour of facilities where hardy seedlings are grown for reforestation. Test plantings were also underway to see if the range of southern tree species is shifting northward due to climate change.

During the bus ride, I asked the province’s top forest scientists if Campbell was right. The answer? We don’t have enough evidence to conclude that. As for shifting tree habitat, those decades-long experiments are continuing.

The scientists confirmed what I already knew, which is that the most recent bark beetle epidemic is the latest of many. It’s the largest “on record,” but the record goes back less than a century.

In 2008 I interviewed Lorne Swanell on the occasion of his 100th birthday. A graduate of UBC’s school of forest engineering, Swanell began his career with the forests ministry in 1930.

After a year as a ranger, he was assigned to the Kamloops region to help deal with a pine beetle epidemic.

Conventional wisdom on the latest outbreak holds that it spread so far because of a lack of cold winters, attributed to human carbon emissions.

I grew up in northern

B.C., and my last two visits to the Peace country were both in January. In 2004 I recall changing planes on the tarmac of Prince George airport, moving briskly in the daytime temperature near -40 C. That night, and subsequent nights, the mercury dropped to -50 C. In January 2013 I returned for some discussions on the Enbridge pipeline route, and experienced a relatively balmy -30 C in the daytime. So when I hear people talk about the end of cold winters in northern B.C. because of global warming, it’s difficult to square with personal experience.

I can hear the rebuttals already. It takes long periods of extreme cold to kill the pine beetle. How

long? Longer than those ones, of course.

Similarly flexible theories are being advanced to explain the 17-year “pause” in Earth’s average surface temperature rise, the growing Antarctic ice sheet, and this past winter’s “polar vortex.”

If anyone has substantial evidence that CO2 from human activity was the trigger mechanism for the latest beetle outbreak in B.C., I’d like to see it.

But please, spare me the affirmations of quasireligious faith that often pass for climate change arguments today.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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What are the ramifications of Steveston getting UNESCO world heritage status?

Local Terry Fox Run needs a new organizer for 2014 run to go ahead

Editor: As a long time Richmond/Steveston resident and a property taxpayer, I am acutely aware of the rush by council to spend all the money we give them, and more.

However, I am concerned that not enough is known about the ramifications of achieving this UNESCO world heritage status.

What does it mean to the residents of Steveston in terms of future taxes, building codes, etc., that the status may bring?

People voicing support of

Editor: It would be a shame if Richmond lost the annual Terry Fox Run at Garry Point Park.

At this time, we have not been able to find a new volunteer run organizer for this popular Richmond event and will have to cancel the September 2014 run.

After 11 successful years, and for many years before that, the Richmond Terry Fox Run has raised over $200,000 in funds for cancer research.

the push do not speak for me.

Recommendations from the City staff to spend $20,000 on what could be best described as a “make-work project” don’t go down well with me, because I see this money as merely the tip of the iceberg.

This kind of decision should not be taken lightly.

The taxpayers who will end up footing the bill need to know more about what it is going to mean, before these decisions cost us dearly.

Far too much money is being

spent on potentially futile projects that are built on the whims of the few. Some examples include our Interurban Tram site, which is seldom open, and Branscombe House, which cost us more than $1 million and yet still has no defined purpose.

Shouldn’t we be evaluating our investments for feasibility and risk factors and assigning a practical end goal to the money being spent? This seems reasonable to me.

Anthony Turner Richmond

Book closes on Chapters in Richmond Editor: Richmond residents, do you know that Richmond's Chapters is slated to close the end of May? I found this out the

other day when I just happened to drop by the store.

I think this is absolutely awful for those who want easy access to a big selection of

real books and don't want to travel into Vancouver or further afield! Others entering the store were as shocked and saddened as I was to find

out this news. I will be contacting Indigo to voice my displeasure, and encourage others to do the same.

Janet Oakes Richmond

It is only obvious that companies would cater to people of Chinese descent Editor: Re: “Chinese crest ad draws criticism.”

I’m surprised to read about criticism with regards to Chinese language advertisement in this city, of all places.

There are about 90,000 people of Chinese descent here. It is only obvious companies would cater to them. The fact that I

can’t read it isn’t their issue here, but rather that all these people brush their teeth too!

I’m form Montreal and found much more silly the idea that “there’s parts of this country where there would be a war if it wasn’t in French!” There is alot more racism here than there, and I lived there 30 years, enough to know about

it, and 18 here, enough to know about that.

My spouse is Asian and nobody spit on us when we walked outdoors there on Canada Day, unlike here, where it happened twice.

All comments and debates welcome.

Raymond Pare Richmond

We have many experienced returning committee members willing to continue their tasks, but we need someone to lead and co-ordinate their tasks.

Yes, it is a big job – but with this big job comes big rewards for yourself and for the community. Please e-mail me at johnlyoung@shaw.ca and let’s continue the Terry Fox Run in Richmond.

John L. Young Past Terry Fox Run Richmond Co-ordinator

I shop locally Locally owned small businesses are the backbone of our community. As business owners we believe in supporting those around us, and shopping with the “little guys.” Steveston has everything we need on a day to day basis. Keeping our dollars in town helps keep our little village strong and vibrant. Why go anywhere else?

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Good Samaritan proves that kindness and generosity are alive and well in Richmond Editor: A stranger delivered my lost wallet containing all my cards to my front door on the morning of April 28.

I did not know my wallet had fallen out of my rear bicycle basket near Minoru Park. Apparently an elderly gentleman found the wallet and passed it on to my Good Samaritan “courier.” My amazed

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‘Bill 24 threatens the sustainability of agriculture’ India Cultural Centre of Canada (ICCC)’s Gurdwara Nanak Niwas has undergone major renovations recently. In addition to a new and impressive paint job, the spacious lobby has been renovated extensively. Major new attractions in the lobby are the beautiful portraits of the ten Gurus of the Sikh faith. In the centre is the Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib) as it was in 1833. The newspaper and shoe racks have been placed at the back of the Langar Hall close to the back door entry. The Darbar Hall has been well decorated with brand new chandeliers. The entire Gurdwara has a new look. Not only that, a number of activities have also kept the Gurdwara a busy place.

Nearly every Friday, Saturday and Sunday has been pre-booked for weddings and other religious functions till the fall. In addition to that, a number of other activities have been going on. These include yoga and Punjabi classes. There has been great interest in both of these areas. New students for Punjabi classes are always welcome .The Punjabi classes are held on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Interested parents should contact the Gurdwara at 604-274-7479 or me at 604-836-8976 for further information in this regard. ICCC has also been providing leadership in many other areas. For example, on Sunday, April 20, Gurdwara Nanak Niwas hosted a very successful Public Education Program focused on Hepatitis B. This free education workshop in Punjabi dealt with prevention, treatment and management of Hepatitis B. This workshop was made possible by SUCCESS with assistance from the provincial government.

Richmond is a very multicultural, multilingual and multi-religious community. Its Highway to Heaven is a unique place that is home to more than twenty places of worship representing every major religion in the world. For the past several years, Gurdwara Nanak Niwas has been hosting inter-faith bridging seminars and bringing our partners on this Highway to Heaven to-gether from time to time. ICCC has also been instrumental in the formation of the Highway to Heaven Association which meets occasionally to discuss issues of common interest. It has been a regular participant in the City of Richmond and Richmond Museum Society sponsored annual Doors Open Program. This year again, ICCC will be actively participating in this initiative scheduled for June 7 and 8. We need more volunteers to act as hosts at the Gurdwara on both days. Interested individuals should contact the Gurdwara or me.

ICCC is a proud partner with a number of other community organizations like SUCCESS, RMCS and health agencies. In this context, it will be hosting a dialogue around the expression of faith in public culture. Facilitated by Richmond Multicultural Community Services (RMCS), with CIVICUS grant, it is a great way to promote intercultural and inter-religious harmony.

This dialogue will take place on Tuesday, May 6 at 10 AM at Gurdwara Nanak Niwas. Interested individuals should contact RMCS at 604-248-0433 for registration.

Gurdwara Nanak Niwas has been working with the City of Richmond as well as the Richmond RCMP and our partners along the Highway to Heaven to celebrate our cultural and religious diversity on BC Day. The Gurdwara management welcomes any suggestions from the congregation and the community in order to serve the community the best way it can.

For further information or any suggestions please contact Mr. Chain Batth, President, at 604-306-0555 or Mr. Balbir Jawanda, Secretary at 604-649-5366.

From Page 1 The bill, which would set new rules for protected farmland in the B.C. Interior, has been met with opposition from farmers. The B.C. Agriculture Council has called for changes to the legislation, which the government announced March 27.

“It is the position of the B.C. Agriculture Council that as currently written, Bill 24 threatens the sustainability of agriculture in B.C.,” said Stan Vander Waal, chair of the council, in a statement last week.

The changes were spearheaded by Energy Minister Bill Bennett as part of the government’s “core review” of operations. They would allow consideration of more non-farm uses outside the Island, South Coast and Okanagan

regions where most of B.C.’s farm income is generated.

Bill 24 also formalizes the cabinet appointment process for the six regional panels of the Agricultural Land Commission, which oversees the ALR, so two or three local farmers make the front-line decisions on applications for permitted uses such as a secondary residence.

NDP agriculture critic Nicholas Simons has protested the legislation since it was revealed.

“The decision to protect land suitable for agriculture 40 years ago was for the benefit of future generations,” Simons said.

“Having two zones and the ‘regional panels’ make decisions about agricultural land is too political.”

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Fiction. Inspired by Freud’s mysterious lack of a Nobel Prize, author Dr. Harry Karlinsky’s new book The Stonehenge Letters weaves together fact and fiction to tell the tale of a fascinating secret competition created by Alfred Nobel to solve the mystery of Stonehenge. Those attending this presentation will be introduced

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Richmond Delta Regional Heritage Fair.

Celebrate Canadian history and heritage through student project displays and hands-on activities for the whole family. May 3, 10 am – 3 pm at Richmond Museum, 180-7700 Minoru Gate.

Minoru Chapel Opera presents Mozart to Strauss by Opera di Concertisti. Strauss said that Mozart was his greatest influence. In this concert, four opera excerpts will examine the relationship of these two great composers and celebrate the many facets of the human condition they explored. The first pair of excerpts, soprano/ mezzo duets from Cosi fan Tutte and Arabella, will celebrate sisterly relationships with a light gender bending twist.

The second pair from The Marriage of Figaro and Der Rosenkavalier, will reveal their shared mixture of comedy,

Steveston Farmers and Artisans Market: Come and enjoy the amazing artistry, plentiful produce, chef in the market and enchanting entertainers. For all enquires regarding the Steveston Farmers & Artisans Market, please contact at email: marketmanager@ sfam.ca, or call the market phone 604-729-7326.

Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site, 12138 Fourth Avenue May 4, 18 10:00 am – 4:00 p.m.

wild plot twists and near tragic moments that belie the fragility of love.

2:00 – 3:00 pm and 7:00 – 8:00 pm, May 7, Minoru Chapel, 6540 Gilbert Rd. $20/$18 students/seniors Tickets: 604-276-4300 or at door, space permitting. More info at www.richmond.ca/ minoruchapel

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Elders and Roots: Evan Lee’s exhibition Elders and Roots is a meditation on many social, political and formal phenomena that emerge out of the connections we can see among ginseng root forms and elderly Chinese women ‘making their rounds’, and the observation of manual labour carried out by people who may have emigrated from their country of origin. Richmond Art Gallery, 7700 Minoru Gate. 604-2478312. www.richmondartgallery.org

12); Children under age 6 are FREE. Tickets are available at the door or in advance by contacting 604-276-2747 or at Long & McQuade, 6760 No. 3 Rd. Info: www. roca.ca/events/25/ beethoven/

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Solidarity on Ships and Shore: Organizing the West Coast Fishing Industry. Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site exhibit opens May 1, 2014 to coincide with May Day -- the International Day of Workers. Set in a historic cannery, the exhibit examines the history of the men and women who fought to improve conditions in the West Coast fishing industry. Throughout the 20th Century, many of today’s established organizations were formed to support individuals working in the fishing industry.

From labour unions to co-operatives and credit unions, groups struggled to make the work of fishermen and shore workers safer and financially stable. The exhibit illustrates their stories through music, art and archival images. The exhibit shows daily from May 1, 2014 to Spring 2015. 12138 Fourth Avenue at Moncton, Steveston. Hours: Open daily, year round from 10am-5pm. Admission: Adults $7.80, Children (6-16) $3.90, Under 6: Free. Call 604-664-9009 for details. www.gulfofgeorgiacannery.com

ing compares to the majesty of Beethoven’s music, especially his most renowned work, his Symphony No. 5, and that famous four note introduction – “Da-Da-Da-Dum”. Relive the power of this music when the Richmond Orchestra presents this celebrated work as part of its May 3 Beethoven concert. To complement this work, the orchestra welcomes guest artist Kevin Ng to perform Beethoven’s Violin Concerto.

Premiered in 1806, Beethoven’s flamboyant and lyrically beautiful Violin Concerto has become a much loved favourite of violinists all over the world and is now considered one of the most important works of the violin concerto repertoire.

Saturday, May 03, 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. at Richmond Pentecostal Church (9300 Westminster Hwy.). Tickets: $18 Adults; $15 Seniors/ Students; $6 Child (6-

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BY CHAD FINKELSTEIN

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30

Originally published March 25, 2014 by the Financial Post

D

on’t you hate receiving unsolicited emails from businesses you’ve either never heard of, or don’t remember subscribing to for their newsletters?

Turns out the federal government’s got your back — sort of.

Canada is one of the last developed nations in the world to enact anti-spam legislation but, effective July 1, 2014, that’s no longer going to be the case.

In fact, the government seems to be making up for lost time by assembling some of the strictest and unwieldy laws yet in this area.

Generally referred to as Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL), the act is intended to promote efficiency in the Canadian economy by discouraging reliance on electronic communication for businesses to carry out commercial activities.

Unless you fall into one of the numerous exemptions, CASL broadly prohibits the sending of any electronic message that encourages participation in a commercial activity, regardless of whether there is an expectation for profit. The definition of “electronic message” casts a wide enough net to capture any means of telecommunication, including emails, text messages, phone calls, instant messaging and social media.

The biggest exception is where you have express or implied consent from the recipient to send him or her the message, but that’s not as straightforward as it might sound.

First, each commercial electronic message must include, clearly and prominently, the following

information: name and contact information of sender, whether the message is being sent on behalf of another person and an unsubscribe mechanism which enables the recipient to unsubscribe without incurring any cost and by using the same means by which the message was sent.

Certain relationships are automatically exempted from the requirement to obtain consent, including: • Friends and family (a defined term which, oddly, doesn’t include siblings) • Responding to an inquiry related to your commercial activity, or providing a quote if requested • Messages sent between employees, representatives, consultants or franchisees of the same organization • Messages sent to provide notice of a legal right or obligation • Messages sent by charities and political parties If you don’t neatly fall into one of those exemptions you need either express or implied consent from the recipient. Express consent is straightforward enough to establish, but there is a certain amount of information you’re required to provide when seeking that consent.

Implied consent is a bit murkier and can be identified where: • The sender has an existing business or non-business relationship with the recipient. Of note to most franchisors and franchisees, an “existing business relationship” includes those arising from the purchase of a product within two years before the message was sent • The recipient has conspicuously published the electronic address and the publication is not accompanied

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• The recipient has given the sender the electronic address to which the message is sent without indicating a wish not to receive unsolicited commercial electronic messages and the message is relevant to the person’s business.

CASL also prohibits sending a commercial electronic message that installs a computer program on another person’s computer system without their consent.

Franchisors also need to ensure that franchisees’ customers have consented to receiving commercial electronic messages from the franchisor head office, not just the local franchisee.

Once CASL is in force later this year, the penalties will be severe

— up to $1,000,000 for individual offenders and up to $10,000,000 for corporate offenders. I recommend vetting your contact lists now. Speak with an expert about how to ensure the recipients of your promotional emails, texts, newsletters and so forth either fit within the exemptions to getting consent, or have provided their express or implied consent. In auditing your customer and contact lists, it will be vital to keep proper records of any information showing consent, where necessary.

And, before you ask, yes, an electronic message that contains a request for consent to send a message is also considered to be a commercial electronic message.

Chad Finkelstein is a franchise lawyer at Dale & Lessmann LLP (www.dalelessmann.com) in Toronto and can be reached at cfinkelstein@ dalelessmann.com or (416) 369-7883.

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Lum top keeper at deaf hockey championship

by Don Fennell Sports Editor B.C. Rockies were winless in three tries at the 2014 Canadian Deaf Ice Hockey Championship over the weekend.

But they left Mississauga on Tuesday with a major victory nonetheless.

Danica Lum of Richmond, granted the opportunity to play at the nationals as the lone female, stood particularly tall to land best-goaltender honours. And fellow Richmondite Jim Schuck, who coached Lum in boys’minor hockey and is the head coach of Team B.C., couldn’t be more proud—or hopeful.

“I’m hoping it will open the door for more women,” said Schuck, noting Lum was granted an exception to play in this

year’s championship.

Schuck explained that the concern revolves around safety and liability. He said there are relatively few female players who grow up playing contact hockey, which is permitted at the deaf ice hockey championship. But he argues the rule should be permanently amended to allow anyone, regardless of gender, who has a hearing impairment and who grows up playing contact hockey the chance to participate.

While Team B.C.’s young lineup gained some valuable experience at nationals, it is apparent there still a lack of depth. Shuck, who has been at the coaching helm for two years now, is determined to keep expanding the roster.

Associate coach Garrett

Jones, also of Richmond, said results-wise the team was disappointed but it has made“big strides”since first participating in nationals two years ago. That perspective was supported by the many opposing players who complimented Team B.C. on its improved play.

Jones said the level of play at nationals far surpasses what many might perceive. He said Team B.C. was forced to roll six forwards up front against teams with considerably more depth. Most of Team B.C.’s players competed only once a week in men’s leagues around the province.

Going forward, Team B.C. needs to schedule more games—and against higherlevel competition, said Jones.

But the fact B.C.’s players are from all corners of the province

will make that challenging.

“There are as many players in the Greater Toronto area alone and that makes it easier for the Ontario teams to get together,” he said. “But I think the possibility of playing at a national championship or maybe even for Team Canada can still persuade a lot of players to play for Team B.C.” Jones first became aware of the deaf ice hockey program while playing Bantam hockey with his friend Mark Howitt, who has been deaf since birth.

Howitt is part of the Team B.C. program, but was unable to participate in this year’s championship.

“It means a lot to me to be part of this program,” said Jones. “I’ve enjoyed contributing to the evolution and growth and helping the pro-

gram reach its potential. I’ve always enjoyed hockey and after I stopped playing I immediately went into coaching.”

Through his participation, Jones and Schuck have also learned to appreciate the challenges deaf and hard of hearing athletes face, as well as learn basic sign language.

“I’m really proud of the players, who on the ice have to be so much more aware of their surroundings (than those without hearing impairments),”said Jones. “I think because of that they know where their teammates are earlier and faster.

So when they get to the puck they move it so much quicker.”

Schuck said with the ongoing support of the B.C. Deaf Sports Federation, he is confident the ice hockey program will ultimately prosper.

Danica Lum was the only female player at the national final.

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Scrubb this season became the first player in history to be named league MVP for the third time. The commerce student, who led Carleton in points (18.6) and assists (4.9) per game during league play, guided the Ravens to a 22-0 regular campaign and to their fourth CIS title in as many seasons.

Scrubb was one of eight national nominees to be honoured in Calgary. The one female (St. Mary’s University basketball player Justine Colley) and one male winner (Scrubb) will receive a $10,000 post-graduate scholarship, while all finalists will return home with a commemorative gold ring.

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Sports Awards finalists announced

by Don Fennell Sports Editor Many local stars of sport, both athletes and volunteers, will be honoured at the annual Richmond Sports Awards and Recognition Banquet on May 22.

Presented by The Richmond Review in partnership with the Richmond Sports Council and City of Richmond, the individuals and teams represent the best from the 2013 sports season.

They will be lauded during a ceremony at R.A. McMath Secondary. It’s fitting the awards are held at the school which bears the name of one of Richmond’s great pioneers, who served on both school board and city council. The inaugural awards, held in 1999, were dedicated in his memory.

There are up to three finalists in each category of the 16th annual Richmond Sports Awards.

•High School Female Jessica Jones, basketball Georgia Lam, track and field Anmol Mattu, basketball •High School Male Antonio Jhuty, basketball Jamie Madewan, basketball Royce Sergeant, basketball •Junior Female Amelia Crawford, soccer Jodie Gentile, ice hockey Leah Lum, ice hockey •Junior Male Carter Popoff, ice hockey Luke Reilly, swimming Joshua Start, gymnastics

•Post-Secondary Female Summer Clarke, soccer Taryn Lim, soccer Hillary Strelau, softball •Post-Secondary Male Quinton Bradley, lacrosse Tyson Popoff, baseball Philip Scrubb, basketball •Adult Female Joanne Fox, triathlon Sara Hopwood, softball Kaelan Watson, field hockey •Adult Male Caleb Clarke, soccer Evan Dunfee, race walking Toshi Uchiage, karate •Senior Male Jason Jim, badminton Danny Miller, slo-pitch •Athlete With a Disability Vince Miele, curling •Youth Female Team Richmond Kajaks Midget Relay, track and field Richmond Synergy U15, soccer •Youth Male Team Richmond Blues Juvenile A1, ice hockey Richmond Sockeyes, ice hockey Richmond United U18A, soccer •Adult Team Richmond All Blacks, soccer •Official Patti Caldwell, softball •Coach Tony Lindsay, ice hockey Ted Lorenz, soccer Ron Ng, soccer •Administrator Igor Gantsevich, fencing Erin Higashitani, softball David Weber, soccer

NBA player inspires fundraiser

by Don Fennell Sports Editor

Don Fennell photo Jason Thompson of the NBA Sacremento Kings dunks the basketball during an exhibition fundraiser Friday in Richmond.

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Jason Thompson didn’t speak at a basketball fundraiser Friday night in Richmond. But his presence spoke volumes.

In town to help a friend celebrate a birthday, Thompson, a six-foot-11 centre with the NBA Sacramento Kings, didn’t only agree to suit up for an impromptu exhibition game at Richmond Christian Secondary—with proceeds going to his foundation—he also patiently posed for photos with fans afterwards.

Clearly, the 27-year-old Thompson enjoyed playing in the game featuring several of B.C.’s university players. And he even managed to demonstrate his immense athleticism with a couple of jaw-dropping slam dunks.

“He had a good time and was thankful for the efforts and the people who showed up,” said organizer Tim Subion.

“And I, too, thought it went really well. Everyone seemed to have a blast from the players to the spectators and we raised a bit of money for the foundation. In a game like this anything can happen and I thought the guys showed well, even amongst an NBA player which I’m sure they were pumped about. “ The Jason Thompson Foundation was formed in 2010 to honour his cousin who died suddenly from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the most commonly known cause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes. The foundation raises awareness about heart disease in athletes, children and young adults.

Subion, with the assistance and support of Robert Rodriquez—a guard with Langley’s Trinity Western University Spartans and a friend of Thompson’s, hopes the exhibition game can at least become an annual event, if not held even more frequently.

“I think it’s something the whole community can enjoy and get behind,” he said. “I like the idea of supporting different causes, and since this is sports I’d like to support issues revolving around sport.”

UNITED STEVESTON UNITED CHURCH 3720 Broadway Street (at 2nd Ave.) Please join us at 10am Sunday, May 4, 2014 for Worship Service and Sunday School 604-277-0508 • www.stevestonunitedchurch.ca A caring and friendly village church

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City lawyer Kevin Westell argued before Judge Dennis Schmidt that the court didn’t have the power to grant an interim release of the dogs before a scheduled hearing on April 10 at Richmond provincial court.

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An application has been received by the Liquor Control & Licensing Branch and by the City of Richmond from

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The intent of the application is to change the hours of liquor service and to request an entertainment endorsement under the Food Primary Liquor License #187990 The current operating hours are: Monday to Sunday 9:00 a.m. to 11 p.m.

The proposed operating hours are: Monday to Sunday 9:00 a.m. to 2 a.m.

The entertainment proposed will be in the form of live bands or recorded music.

The intent of the application is to change the hours of liquor service under the Liquor Primary Liquor License #187979 The current operating hours are: Monday to Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 1 a.m.

Sunday 11:00 a.m to Midnight The proposed operating hours are: Monday to Sunday 9:00 a.m. to 2 a.m.

The entertainment proposed will be in the form of live bands or recorded music.

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Dreams Take Flight Masquerade Gala at the Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel

Jim and Shannon Donoghue.

Dancers from Samba Fusion entertained the crowd.

Amanda Oye photos Ann Senko donned a peacock-themed mask.

Dreams come true Kanae and Dave Lamb.

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room full of adults played dress-up, donning exquisite masks to help make the dreams of more than 100 kids come true at the Dreams Take Flight Masquerade Gala at the Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel last Saturday evening.

Georgia Andritsopoulou and Voula Schisnenos.

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Master of ceremonies Barry Deley and president of Dreams Take Flight Vancouver, Melissa Hance

“Everyone was excited,” said Melissa Hance, president of Dreams Take Flight Vancouver.

Even those who did not come with their own masks found themselves purchasing one at the event to join in the fun.

While at the gala, guests enjoyed din-

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ner, dancing, and performances by Samba Fusion and SideOne. “SideOne did not disappoint,” Hance said “The dance floor was packed.”

The gala, which was run by volunteers with the support of sponsors including the Air Canada Foundation, helped raise an estimated $25,000 to send disadvantaged children to Disneyland for a day.

“We have so much passion devoted to this,” Hance said.

“It has a lasting effect on (the kids),” she said.

Dreams Take Flight Vancouver will be making its 22nd trip to Disneyland on October 21.

This year, the organization is working extra hard on fundraising as they need to raise an additional $17,000 to cover the cost of fuel, which has previously been covered through sponsorship.

Amanda Oye covers the social scene for The Richmond Review.

She may be reached at amanda.oye@telus.net.

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by Matthew Hoekstra Staff Reporter Patients are waiting an average of 15 minutes for an ambulance for some medical calls, according to Richmond’s fire chief, who responded Monday to province-wide changes civic leaders are calling “downloading.”

“We are seeing an increase in our call wait

times when we’re on the scene first,” Chief John McGowan told council. “We could be waiting longer and unavailable to respond to fire calls if they did come in.”

B.C. Emergency Health Services, which oversees the B.C. Ambulance Service, recently changed its response to 74 of 868 calls— downgrading 39 of them to routine, instead of a lights-and-sirens response. Those calls include everything from some minor vehicle collisions to falls.

Richmond firefighters are now first on the scene for half of the calls with a changed status, according to McGowen. Before the changes were made last October, paramedics arrived first in two out of every three such calls.

Of those calls where firefighters arrived first, the wait for an ambulance has tripled to 15.5 minutes from a year earlier. McGowen also noted that in the first four months of the change, waits of over 40 minutes were recorded 31 times, compared to just two a year earlier.

McGowen warned of possible trouble if firefighters are left waiting at scenes of lowerpriority calls.

“This could impact Richmond Fire-Rescue’s response capabilities to fire incidents, as fire apparatus would be tied up longer at medical events and unavailable for assignment to fire incidents.”

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Richmond council is calling on the provincial government to cool its heels before moving ahead with major changes to the Agricultural Land Reserve.

On Monday civic politicians backed a motion asking the province to consult with the public and local governments before Bill 24 becomes law.

Coun. Harold Steves brought the motion forward from the City of Nelson, which is seeking support from Metro Vancouver cities in its opposition to the bill.

The province wants to divide the ALR into two zones, “thereby discriminating between regions and potentially constraining their ability to achieve and sustain agricultural self-sufficiency and economic development,” reads the resolution.

“It’s opening up…major development in every community in Zone 2, which is outside the Lower Mainland,” said Steves, adding that since farmers and municipal governments are speaking out against the bill, it’s not clear who the province consulted.

At Monday’s council meeting Coun. Evelina Halsey-Brandt stressed the importance of maintaining the integrity of the ALR. “You can’t just keep on taking land out, you can’t keep making it easier and easier…” she said. “All it comes down to is everyone wants the same piece of land, and that land needs to be able to feed people, so we need to do everything we can to preserve it.”

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