March 14, 2014

FORMER ATHLETIC DIRECTOR GAIR DIES

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WHAT MAKES TEENS GET MESSY AGAIN?

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RIVER HEALTH page AND THE ECONOMY

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Pattullo pitch hits the road Grant Granger

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Kelly Slade-Kerr, pictured with her daughter, Sophie, says the group Parents for Public Education will seek candidates to support in the next school board election.

Parents step up to help schools Group says they decided to get organized, to help school district; plan to play role in next election Grant Granger

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A group has formed to give parents a voice in the New Westminster board of education election in November.

New Westminster Parents for Public Education (P4PE) spokeswoman Kelly Slade-Kerr said the group got its start two

months ago. A bunch of friends middle school. “It’s no secret the were chatting about what they’d community has lost confidence in been reading in the our school district. newspaper about the And that’s been district’s financial highlighted by the problems. deficits and the Kelly Slade-Kerr It’s no secret the community budgets and the “We thought we has lost confidence in our should get a bit cuts that are in the school district. more organized works,” she said. instead of talking “There’s a need about it on a sidewalk outside for renewal.” of a school or in a living room,” During civic elections, the district said Slade-Kerr, a lawyer who parent advisory council (DPAC) has children at Herbert Spencer usually holds an all-candidates elementary and Glenbrook meeting.

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“We see our goals as going a little bit further than DPAC,” Slade-Kerr said.

One of the goals is to have parents more involved and have a voice in the election.

“But we want to go a step further and bring forward a strong field of candidates with the skills and the motivation, and the passion to run for school board.”

She added P4PE has about a dozen members.

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New Westminster’s Pattullo Position Paper tour premiered in Burnaby this week.

City councillors are taking turns telling city councils in the region that New West wants any new Pattullo to be a tolled, four-lane structure.

Coun. Bill Harper spoke to Burnaby council on Monday and got a mixed reception.

Mayor Wayne Wright held a well-attended press conference last week to state the city’s position. But there’s still a need to take the message on the road, Harper says.

“We think it’s that important,” said Harper. “We’ve been reticent in the past to put out a position in a forceful manner.

We decided to take the bull by the horns.

We want to make sure everyone in the region knows our position.”

Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan said some people in his city think even four lanes is too generous for the Pattullo.

There’s already a lot of congestion on his streets as drivers connect between the bridge and the freeway, he said.

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CITYPAGE ART IN THE LIBRARY The New Westminster Public Library is displaying two unique exhibits in March.

On the Ramp are Esther Johnson’s watercolours. Esther, who is legally blind, started painting at age 90 at the George Derby Artworks Studio. At first painting from memory, her boats and flowers are joyful and colourful. Her art is a way to express her creativity and help her access her memories and share them with others.

Upstairs on the Art Panels is Through the Lens in New West, the winning photographs from the WINS (Welcoming and Inclusive New Westminster) Photography Contest. The contest invited photographers to show their visions of New Westminster as a welcoming and inclusive place to live, play and work.

The art is available for viewing at any time during the Library open hours.

The New Westminster Public Library is at 716 6th Avenue; 604-527-4660, www.nwpl.ca.

BE COYOTE AWARE THIS SPRING Spring is denning season for coyotes living in the Vancouver area. Coyotes build their dens in concealed locations like secluded parts of parks, behind thick blackberry bushes, and if given the opportunity, underneath abandoned buildings. With new pups to protect, coyotes may become aggressive if approached near denning sites for the next couple of months.

If you come across an active den site or notice coyote pups, please report it to the coyote information phone line, 604-681-WILD, and avoid the area.

Please also keep dogs on leash in and around parks, as curiousity can lead to unnecessary conflicts between coyotes and pets.

It is also advised to remove potential coyote attractants from yards and parks.

Garbage, yard fruit, bird feeders and pet food will attract opportunistic coyotes.

From April to July, young coyotes will be learning the skills they need to survive in the city. By reducing attractants, coyotes will learn to hunt for their own favourite food, small rodents such as mice and rats, rather than learning to depend on people for food.

For more information or to report a coyote sighting or den site, please call 604-681-WILD.

FRASER CEMETERY SPRING CLEANING Please be advised that beginning March 24, 2014, the staff at the Fraser Cemetery will begin removing items placed near grave markers in preparation for this season’s grounds maintenance.

Items such as boxes, shells, toys, tripods, trees, shrubs and plants are not permitted as per the Cemetery Bylaw 7068, 2006, and will be removed.

Please call the Fraser Cemetery if you have any questions at 604-522-1323.

The City of New Westminster is currently seeking a resident from Queensborough to serve on the Railway Community Advisory Panel (RCAP) for a term ending January 31, 2015. RCAP provides a forum for the exchange of information between the railways operating in New Westminster and the City, and an opportunity to discuss plans, concerns or issues and assist in finding resolutions to these concerns and issues.

This volunteer opportunity allows citizens to contribute their expertise, experience and ideas in relation to important community issues.

UPCOMING

COUNCIL MEETINGS Monday, March 17 3:00 pm Committee of the Whole Council Chamber 6:45 pm Regular Meeting Council Chamber Please note that council

Committees are created by Mayor and Council to meetings are now video streamed online at consider information concerning specific issues which www.newwestcity.ca. would otherwise absorb the time and attention of Council. By fulfilling this role, committees enable Council to perform its legislative function more effectively and efficiently. A committee must therefore operate in accordance with the specific mandate and terms of reference or bylaw approved by Council. The Local Government Act provides that all proceedings of a committee are subject to the approval of Council (except if certain powers are delegated by bylaw).

If you wish to be considered for appointment, please submit your application with a brief personal resume of your background and a summary of your interest in serving on the Panel. You may apply online or download an application form at www.newwestcity.ca. Applicants may submit their hard copy applications by: Drop-off or mail: Committee Clerk Legislative Services Department, City Hall 511 Royal Avenue New Westminster, BC V3L 1M9 Fax: 604-527-4594 Email: committees@newwestcity.ca For further information, please contact the Legislative Services Department at 604-527-4523 or by email at committees@newwestcity.ca.

Applications must be received by the Legislative Services Department no later than 4:00 pm on Friday, March 21, 2014.

660 QUAYSIDE DRIVE REZONING: OPEN HOUSE The City of New Westminster has initiated the rezoning of 660 Quayside Drive in order to establish a Comprehensive Development Master Plan for future development of the site. The Master Plan is in support of the new Waterfront Vision Concept Plan. Information boards will be available, and staff will be present to answer any questions.

Open House The open house will be drop-in format: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Front Foyer, City Hall 511 Royal Avenue

QUEENSBOROUGH RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION MEETING

At 6:30 pm the City’s Advisory Planning Commission (APC) will be considering the rezoning of the site. Members of the public are also invited to attend this meeting and provide input to the Commission. The APC meeting will be held in Committee Room #2.

Tuesday, March 18, 2014 7:00 pm Queensborough Community Centre

For more information visit: www.newwestcity.ca/waterfrontvision or contact Barry Waitt, Senior Planner, at 604.527.4512 or bwaitt@newwestcity.ca

Agenda: Presentations on developement for 728/734 and 746 Ewen Street The Queensborough Residents’ Association has officially launched its website at www.qbresidents.wordpress.com, where you can find news about upcoming meetings, city events and electronic copies of the Queensborough Life and Times.

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They’re the Royal City’s Royal Family Grant Granger

52 years later when she went to city hall March 3 to find out what They are the Royal City’s place in the suite Tecklenborg, version of the Royal Family. who’d been chosen by her When Cassidy Tecklenborg schoolmates at F.W. Howay, became the 2014 May Queen it would get. followed a family tradition.

Having a third-generation May Both her grandmother Susan Queen in the family seemed to Sage and her aunt Carrie Nichol be too much to expect. The odds have led the May Day Royal weren’t in her favour. The 2013 Suite.

May Queen came from Howay Sage was and the law of chosen May averages would Queen in 1962 suggest McBride when the draw is long overdue.

Cassidy Tecklenborg happened during It’s been my dream for a long Nichol was the time so to have that happen last May Queen the day and was is really exciting. broadcast on from that school CKNW. in 1989, and she Children huddled anxiously by was the first McBride May Queen the radio in their classrooms to since her mother. hear Bill Hughes call the school With each school name pulled names, drawn one by one for the from the hat during city council’s Royal Suite positions. evening meeting, the tension Sage’s school, Sir Richard mounted for the family.

McBride, came last which meant They looked at each other and she would be May Queen. said, “Oh my gosh, this could “I was very excited. I had really happen.” always gone to May Day,” recalls “We all had our fingers Sage in the Victory Heights home crossed,” says Sage. where she grew up and still lives.

The tactic must have worked.

“It was very big.”

Howay was the survivor school, She felt the same excitement which meant Tecklenborg will be

girl in 1986.

Another aunt of Tecklenborg’s, Stacey Nichol, was the second maid of honour in 1995.

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Susan Sage (left) and Carrie Nichol have been May Queens. And now, Cassidy Tecklenborg will join in the family tradition, after being chosen in the draw at city hall on March 3.

May Queen. Classmate Peyton Arndt will be her Royal Knight and carry the school’s banner.

“It’s been my dream for a long time so to have that happen is really exciting,” says Tecklenborg.

“Just to carry on the tradition, it’s really important.”

Sage has donated her May Queen outfits and other gear

to the New Westminster Museum and Archives. But she has recorded her family’s participation in the Royal Suite in large scrapbooks. That history dates back to 1932 when Sage’s mother, Annie Bennie, was a May Day participant.

Also, Tecklenborg’s mother, Leslie Nichol, was a third flower

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They plan to identify and support people thinking of running for school trustee. But the group has not discussed who they would support, including current trustees.

“We’re planning a parents meeting (for mid-April) to mobilize a broad group across neighbourhoods and across schools to determine those things such as what skills and type of people we want on our school board,” said Slade-Kerr.

“We’re very excited about it.”

The parents in the group tend to stay under the radar, said Slade-Kerr.

But “the trustees know who I am.

Instead of writing letters to the editor I go straight to the sources.”

She claimed the P4PE parents are not affiliated with any political party or position.

“The common denominator is we’re all parents who want a renewal in our district. There’s been a crisis of

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“People can’t just sit back and watch it unfolding. If we want change, we have to be the masters of that change. I believe there are a lot of parents out there waiting for this platform where they can be involved in this way rather than just talking on the sidewalk or in the living room.”

The group is working on a Facebook page. Its current contact info is P4PENW@gmail.com.

The 144th May Day celebration is at Queen’s Park Stadium on May 21 beginning at 11:15 a.m.

The rest of the Royal Suite draw results from the chosen Grade 5 students were: First maid of honour — Hume Park: Misha Dilshad, Nolan Common Second Maid of honour – Queensborough Middle: Nadya Raza, Tejan Singh Medal bearer – Lord Tweedsmuir: Ella Foster, Michael Paul Register bearer – Connaught Heights: Emma Sneep, Praniel Surgrive First flower girl – Lord Kelvin: Asia Cornelius, Ethan Ginogino Second flower girl – John Robson: Teadora Kadonoff, Manaf Al-Jawadi Third flower girl – Herbert Spencer: Anna Rose Machuik, Teodor Petkovic Fourth flower girl – Richard McBride: Moira Young, Sean Chesman

For the record The column “So: Was it a good deal” (NewsLeader, March 7) about the city’s sale of the Merchant Square office tower missed an important piece of context. In comparing the $36.5M sale price with a recently sold Uptown office tower property, the cost required to prepare the building for tenants was not noted. The RBC building in Uptown is already leased and tenantready. The Downtown property is not. The “fit-out” for this property was estimated by the city to cost $9.5M. Hence the price per square foot would be $335 sq. ft. for Merchant Square and $472 sq. ft. for the Uptown RBC building.

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Page as Bone, Blood as Ink will be held on Tuesday, March 18 at 7:00 pm.

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Fraser River chosen name for new school Fraser River Middle School will be the name of the new school to be built on the site where John Robson elementary currently sits.

The New Westminster board of education unanimously approved the choice at its meeting on Tuesday.

A committee struck by the board had recommended last year the new school keep the John Robson name.

But trustees opted to maintain consistency in naming middle schools after their location and not people.

Also, Robson, a former B.C. premier who represented New Westminster, had a reputation for being anti-Chinese.

Fraser River narrowly edged out West Side Middle School in a community survey as the top choice for the new name.

Construction of the new school is to begin in April.

Crews are to move Robson’s

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This image shows the design for the school district’s administrative offices, to be built in conjunction with the Fraser River Middle School.

portable classrooms to the playing field during the twoweek spring break that begins this weekend.

Classes will continue until the end of the school year, when construction begins.

The old Robson site will be demolished this summer.

Students will go to the new

Qayqayt elementary school on Royal Avenue in September.

A new district administrative office building is also being built on the middle school site, next to the new school. Yellowridge Design Build, the company building Qayqayt elementary, is building the middle school and the board offices.

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Long-time NWSS hoop coach dies Bob Gair left legacy of basketball, administration Grant Granger

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Bob Gair, New West’s first secondary school athletic director and founder of its girls basketball program, has died.

Gair collapsed near the 15th tee at Northview Golf and Country Club in Surrey on Monday. He was 77.

Gair swam for Vancouver Burnaby Canada in the- 1954 Commonwealth

Bob Gair the first high school athletic director in New Westminster, and made a significant impact in this city during his three-decade career.

Games in Vancouver in New West in the and went to Ohio State early 1960s where he University on a swim remained until his scholarship. retirement in 1994.

He returned to the Under Gair’s New News Leader LowerWest Mainland and guidance, the Hyacks taught high school senior girls basketball

squad were B.C. champs in 1974, 1992 and 1994.

The news of his death hit the NWSS athletic department hard this week.

Particularly for longtime teacher Ken Bowman.

He saw Gair on March 2 when Gair delivered a eulogy at the memorial for former NWSS principal and high school boys basketball organizer Bill Popowich.

“He looked exactly the same, and was still the fun-loving guy,

still a great guy, and then this happens,” said Bowman. “We’re just devastated. Totally devastated.”

When Bowman sat down for a job

interview Bob Gair in 1979, the man asking the questions blew him away.

“His passion was unbelievable in that meeting,”

said Bowman. “You couldn’t help just feel I’ve got to try and be as good as this guy because his passion is unbelievable.

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Kicking the habit Admitted problem gambler Joyce Ross said her lawsuit against the BC Lottery Corporation was not about recouping her own losses, but exposing flaws in BCLC’s voluntary-exclusion gamblers program to protect others in future.

But with all due deference, it’s hard to see the North Delta woman’s recent lawsuit, in which she alleged she lost $78,000 at Surrey’s Fraser Downs and Langley’s Cascades casinos between 2007 and 2010 – in spite of having signed herself into the voluntary exclusion program – as more than another gamble that failed to pay off.

It is churlish to want to crow at another’s misfortune. Addicted gamblers deserve empathy.

However, B.C. Supreme Court Justice John Truscott – in finding the casinos were not negligent – was right to conclude that gamblers, like Ross, who volunteer for self–exclusion and then try to cheat the system by avoiding detection, should not be given special treatment.

He said it was Ross’ primary responsibility to stay out of the casinos. In a practical sense, as he pointed out, to award her money because she was in the self-exclusion program would only encourage other gamblers to join the program to make similar claims.

Rather than suing BCLC, Ross’ best hope of changing the system would be to run for provincial office on an anti-gambling platform.

Then she would participate in a forum directly with the unseen partner in all problem gambling scenarios, and the biggest problem gambler in B.C. Principal enabler and beneficiary of problem gambling, liquor and tobacco consumption among the people of B.C. is the provincial government – and it seems unwilling, and unable, to kick the habit of the revenues it gathers from others’ addictions.

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Seeking a return to order of things As the father of a female teen, I have many questions.

And I know there are even more questions that I don’t even know about yet.

I also know that there are questions to which I probably really don’t want to know the answers.

However, I do have one question in particular.

I’d like to know why a neat, clean and highly organized child loses those attributes in alarming escalations upon entry and progression through teenhood.

Apparently, tidy habits are recovered upon exit from the teen years, but I have yet to personally witness this.

Can one wish upon a strand of DNA? I am aware and somewhat buoyed by the knowledge that this descent into environmental chaos is not a unique phenomenon.

I have spoken to many parents with teens, and they confirm similar experiences, e.g.: The teen arrives home. Once through the door, apparel begins

Andrew Holota to drop off the young body.

One shoe disembarks its foot in the foyer, lonely and adrift.

The other is cast off mere metres short of the hall closet.

The jacket may find a stair railing, perhaps the top of a bureau, but it is definitely not mated with a clothes hanger.

The trail continues down to the teen’s room.

Pullover, shirt, socks, pants and underwear are all added to previous items already carpeting the floor, discarded along the shortest route to the shower.

The room itself ? Imagine a cyclone striking an American Eagle warehouse and you’d have an appropriate visual.

What lurks under those multiple mounds of clothes? Lost treasures? My missing frying pan? One of the resident cats? Is

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that meowing I hear?

One thing for sure does exist somewhere in there—the laundry basket, long overwhelmed and buried by the blizzard of garments.

And what else? Who knows?

Who dares to check?

This once was the beloved space occupied by a meticulous youngster, with everything in its place, and a place for every thing.

It is now occupied by a hormonal human puzzle factory, which litters its lair with cast-off clothing like bones in a dragon’s den.

Some of it is unfamiliar, since it apparently belongs to friends.

Apparently, these kindred spirits frequently share fashions, and have no qualms in littering each other’s rooms—perhaps in some sort of friendly territory-marking ritual.

Upstairs, the mayhem continues. Textbooks are spread akimbo on the kitchen island, coffee table, couch, or any other horizontal surface.

Bags, rags, rings, things and other assorted detritus—spun off

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by the teen tornado as it churned through the house on some essential mission, frequently involving a snack.

Don’t get me started on that …oh never mind, I’m already there.

Previously proud, gleaming pots fester in the sink—gooey and glued with unrecognizable foodstuffs.

The stainless steel refrigerator doors bear the fingerprints of the guilty, and the stove is covered in spits and spatters from culinary calamity.

To this I return each day. Daily, I issue decrees and heated threats of dire consequences, to no avail.

The teen has shed and fed.

It moves on... ... until Sunday afternoon, when a stunning transformation takes place. The teen cleans, sorts, tidies, launders and folds.

The condition is fleeting.

However, there lies hope in the universal order of things.

Andrew Holota is editor of the Abbotsford News.

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COMMENT

We’re trying to preserve livability in our city Most New Westminster residents, including Mayor Wayne Wright, prefer the fourlane and tolling of the Pattullo Bridge as viable solutions to the increased traffic on Royal Avenue and nearby areas.

But Surrey does not agree and favours six lanes.

Surrey City Coun. Barbara Steele says a six-lane Pattullo would decrease congestion and increase the number of trips.

Surrey City Coun. Barinder Rasode also commented that the province should intervene and force a solution to replace the Pattullo if there is farther delay or resistance to a new bridge from New West.

What does Surrey want from us?

Just take whatever they throw at us?

How would they feel if the province forced Surrey to agree to a four-lane Pattullo Bridge?

We are not blocking, resisting or delaying any viable solutions.

This is our home and we will do and fight however and whatever is necessary to maintain our livability and safety for everyone.

The six-lane bridge will cost more. The Surrey-Coquitlam option might be one of the solutions to help the residents of all cities involved.

Surrey’s population is increasing. More population equals more cars equals more traffic equals more congestion.

Catalina Trinidad New Westminster

Let’s not be dense about this Before New Westminster City Council approves any more high-rises we need to consider the consequences of earthquake.

The report by the Insurance Bureau of Canada (Vancouver Sun, Oct. 30/13) reviewed several recent studies of the Cascadia subduction zone off southwest B.C. and found that we are not prepared for “the big one.”

The IBC review estimated damage in B.C. from an earthquake and tsunami at $75 billion, not counting injury and loss of life.

“There will be damages to buildings in Vancouver, Richmond and New Westminster…”

During earthquakes, the process of liquefaction can turn loose wet soil into quicksand.

High rises and high density development on the floodplain come to mind. We need to consult the scientists who did the studies to assess what we need to do. (These first studies in 20 years and the scientists who did them are detailed in the book Full Rip 9.1 by Sandi Doughton).

The more people and buildings the more damage.

How many people would all the proposed high-rises add to our population? How many people on average are we adding to the city each year?

How many people live in Queensborough today? How many do you expect when the new Official Community Plan is built out? Do we have an emergency plan?

How many people live in the rest of the city now? How many do you expect when the new OCP is built out? What total population do you have in mind for the city?

Why this rate of growth?

Hildegard Bechler New Westminster

access is aLready avaiLabLe Regarding ACORN protestors who want a $10 flat fee for Internet access for low income earners, I have this to say...

We live in a culture of entitlement, it’s sad to say.

The New Westminster Public Library offers free Internet access. So unless people have mobility issues or live in a remote area where they can’t get to the library, it’s difficult to have sympathy for them.

Lisa Finnigan New Westminster

Men need heLp too A new approach to mental health is long overdue, including health care for men.

Too many men are falling through the cracks and end up homeless, alone and in need.

Where can he get help?

If there was a men’s health center, staffed by male counsellors to provide medical and emotional support.

All too often, men receive the blame and guilt, but nothing else.

Where can he go? We have youth centres, women’s centres, seniors centres and pet centres.

But no health centres for men to come and ask for help, most importantly for domestic violence issues.

Give him a chance to stop the violence, before it starts.

Because by then it could be too late.

The best way to get through the tense moments is to be coached by somebody who has been there already.

More than 80% of all suicides in Canada are men.

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The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada notes that Canadians’ “Asia competency” is lacking with 60% of Asia practitioners noting the difficulty of finding qualified Canadians with sufficient Asia knowledge to help their companies succeed in Asia.

A Mandarin-speaking person has a great advantage in the job market and in the business world, on account of Chinese being spoken by more people than any other single language in the world and it being the second most prevalent language of business, after English.

For over 30 years Edmonton school board has had a Mandarin bilingual program that has 2,000 students enrolled spread over 12 schools.

And Edmonton, unlike New Westminster, is not even on the Pacific Rim with China as a neighbour.

For the past couple of years, a Mandarin bilingual program (MBP) has technically been available to all students in B.C,, but unfortunately not in New Westminster.

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Col. Moody’s photo album acquired by Royal B.C. Museum A 150-year-old photo album owned by one of New Westminster and the province’s earliest builders has been acquired by the Royal B.C. Museum.

The album, which has drawings as well as photos, highlights the work and travels of Col. Richard Moody who commanded the British Royal Engineers based in New Westminster.

It was bought online from an English auction house in December for just over $26,000.

Friends of the BC Archives, a non-profit organization, contributed $10,000 toward the purchase, with the rest coming from the museum and the museum foundation’s acquisition funds. A museum spokesperson said it was put up for sale by a former member of the U.K. Royal Navy who found it in a flea market in the 1970s.

There are more than 90 photos, including four believed to have been taken in 1859, and there’s also a pencil sketch of Moody’s home in New Westminster.

“The album’s historical value is unquestionable, as these five images expand our knowledge of what life looked like in colonial British Columbia,” said Don Bourdon, a museum curator.

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Pedestrian struck on E. Eighth A female pedestrian suffered minor injuries after being struck in a crosswalk at East Eighth Avenue and Cherry Street last Thursday evening (March 6).

Police said she was struck by a vehicle going approximately 30 km/h just before 7 p.m. She was taken to Royal Columbian Hospital where she was treated and released three hours later.

Police say charges are being considered against the driver, although alcohol is not believed to be a factor.

The photos in the album include a shot of the Moody children (far left) and a photo of Col. Moody with an unidentified man (left).

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The museum believes the album will complement a collection of letters by Mary Moody, the colonel’s wife, donated by Moody family descendants in the 1970s, because it shows the places and people she referred to in her letters home.

Moody commanded the Columbia detachment of the British Royal Engineers in the colony of British Columbia and was chief commissioner of lands and works

from 1858 to 1863. Moody Park in New Westminster and the city of Port Moody is named after him.

The album was put on display at the Royal BC Museum on March 4 and remained there until March 10 before being moved into the archives.

The museum plans to digitize the photographs and eventually make them available to researchers by appointment. ggranger@newwestnewsleader.com

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“You can tell most of us are worried about the impact of that traffic coming to our city,” Corrigan told Harper. “I’m very sympathetic to the position that it’s a tolled four-lane bridge. And an option to restrict truck traffic (on the Pattullo) is appropriate.”

Corrigan also said Surrey’s support for an untolled, six-lane replacement contradicts its plan for a thriving city centre on the south side of the Fraser River.

“The only way they’re going to create their own Surrey Centre is to make it difficult to get to Vancouver,” said Corrigan. “We need another city centre on the other side of the Fraser River, and Surrey is that place.”

Coun. Paul McDonell said he’d like to see the Pattullo demolished— not replaced.

“I honestly don’t think we need that bridge,” said McDonell. “If they’re going to build a bridge then ban the trucks. There’s no reason for the trucks to come in there at all.”

Coun. Sav Dhaliwal said a new four-lane bridge would add traffic because the crossing would be safer than it is now and more vehicles will spill onto Burnaby streets. He added he wouldn’t support a new bridge unless a tunnel is built to connect the Pattullo to Highway 1.

Burnaby council directed its city staff to come up with a report before it decides its position on the Pattullo.

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Cracking Canada’s small car conundrum likely to adopt the same numeric GENEVA, Switzerland - Small moniker. The concept vehicle has cars are huge here in Europe, if an all-new 1.5-litre SKYACTIV-D not in size certainly in numbers. diesel engine.

Everywhere you turn, it seems Citroen no longer sells in North there is either a Ford Fiesta America though periodically or an Opel Astra (the General we hear rumours of a return by Motors subsidiary) about to the French manufacturer and its cross your path. If it is not those home rivals, Peugeot and Reexamples, there are any number nault. Their lines are so different of other similar sized economy While there is a to the often indistinguishable cars from the likes of Citroen, greater acceptance of small cars we get. Some of the VW, and Peugeot buzzing by.

Micro cars such as the tiny smaller vehicles in our French creations are positively and I found myself gawSmart, with which we are facities, people outside funky ping at such an example in the miliar, and even smaller vehicles urban areas have new Citroen C4 Cactus. It’s zip into roadside parking spots where previously only a motormore ground to cover designed to challenge the likes of the Ford Focus and the VW Golf. cycle would park. and so are tempted It uses lightweight materials exMy two-prong mission at the by larger vehicles. tensively, including an aluminum Geneva Motor Show was to hood, which means it sips gas. view small cars we might see Keith Morgan The rubberized pads along the sometime soon and others we side would be perfect for people never will see but wish we who regularly have close encounters with could! Then ponder whether small cars will garage doorframes! ever catch on here in the way they have in General Motors looks to penetrate the difficult Europe. younger buyer marked with its Opel/VauxThere was something familiar about the first hall Adam. It’s dressed up in interesting car I encountered in the giant Palexpo show colours but it’s what is under the hood that buildings. Ah yes, a European version of the makes it really interesting. It has a variety trusty Honda Civic – Canada’s hottest seller of bigger engines as options but its smallest in that market segment. I am sure Honda engine is a new 1.0-litre, three-cylinder gas Canada would sell more if they resembled the engine, mated to a six-speed manual transvery hot Type R concept, which is destined to mission, with the pulling power of 1.6-litre be a racer. Yes, the new North American Civic power plant. Fuel consumption is expected is sportier than the last generation but the to be a miserly 4.5 L/100 km (combined city Euro versions always seem that bit sharper in highway). It may show up here in some form design. but right now GM has more than its fair share Next up was the Mazda Hazumi hatchback, of small cars. expected successor to the current Mazda2 and

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So far, I’ve looked at econo cars at the lower end of the market. No point in me offering price details because all Euro cars are substantially more expensive than the same examples sold here in Canada.

Finally, I cast a close eye over the Audi S1, which is a hot sportback version of the popular A1.

It comes with a 228hp 2.0-litre turbocharged gas engine capable of hitting 100 km/h in less than six seconds. I will reveal it will sell for more than $40,000 in the UK. It’s fast, it’s a premium offering and I’ll eat my hat if it shows up here.

All of the above have great fuel economy going for them and most are competitively priced. The common keys to their success likely come down to two key factors. Impressive fuel consumption numbers matter because fuel in Europe is substantially more expensive than here. And Europe is crawling with folks going about their daily duties on often far less land and road space.

While there is a greater acceptance of smaller vehicles in our cities, people outside urban areas have more ground to cover and so are tempted by larger vehicles, especially as a first family vehicle.

And the truth is that the advances in fuel saving technology means there’s not a massive difference between the econo-cars and small family sedans. And perhaps a bigger factor is for “an extra $20 a month, madam, you could have the roominess and utility of this car.” A line heard in most dealerships, most days. And the sales people are not wrong. keith.morgan@drivewaybc.ca

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The diminutive Fiat 500 goes big The Fiat 500 is cute but might not be the most practical choice as a family vehicle.

Sure, it has room for four, a peppy personality (even with its base 101 horsepower engine,) but accessing the rear seats isn’t the easiest and the cargo room is minimal.

Enter the all-new-for-2014 Fiat 500L: The “L” stands for “large” so those interior volume deficiencies listed with its pint-sized sibling are no more.

Dimensionally, the L is 27 inches longer, 6 inches taller in height and in width and there’s an extra 42 percent when it comes to inside space.

But wait, there’s more.

Literally.

The L comes with two additional doors to allow for easy access to the rear

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Perhaps what really stands about this compact car is just how much people room there is inside.

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Alexandra Straub

seats. And room for five passengers.

It loses a little bit of its pinch-the-cheeks cuteness but its practicality makes up for it.

In the driver’s seat, you have an almost unadulterated outward visibility. The 500L features a segment-

exclusive glass from the A- to D-pillars that provide nearly 360-degree panoramic views.

Parking is easy because you can pretty much see out of all four corners. And the 500L – even with its “large” designation – still fits comfortably into urban settings.

Driving the 500L, I noticed it doesn’t have quite the same amount of panache as the 500 Turbo. Granted, it’s a heavier vehicle.

But to still keep some of the driving fun behind the wheel, Fiat has outfitted it with a 1.4-liter MultiAir Turbo engine that provides 160 horsepower, 184 lb-ft. of torque.

It’s also is available with two transmission options.

Firstly, there’s a 6-speed manual. Then there’s an available 6−Speed Euro

Confessions of a Curber I was itching to sell another car. I‘d spent my first cash quickly. The new TV looked great in my living room.

So I scrounged the dealer lots in my neighbourhood. I found the perfect car at a small dealership not far from my house.

Gray with four doors. Everything was still intact, but it was priced low. The dealer gave me the car’s history right away. It had been in three accidents over its lifetime. Nothing too major, but damage was done and repaired.

I couldn’t spot the repairs. So, I happily bought it and registered it.

I didn’t want my wife and kids to know what I was up to, so I parked it around the block. I knew it would be gone in a few days.

This time, I used Kijiji and Craigslist.

“Car for sale. Served me well, but wife wants a new car. Accident and damage free.

Looking to sell fast, low price. Cash only. Call cell for info.”

I got a text message from a woman across town.

I told her I’d meet her at a nearby gas station and would throw in a free tank of gas. She was thrilled.

When I met her, she told me that she needed a cheap, dependable vehicle to get to her new job. She’dd been taking the bus for weeks and was tired of her commute.

To my annoyance, she wanted to check the vehicle thoroughly. So I distracted her. I told her I was sad to let “my baby” go, but I

wanted to keep my wife happy. She nodded sympathetically.

As she handed me the money, she asked if the vehicle was in any accidents.

Now, I’m not a good liar. So I simply said, No. It’s her fault for not asking for a CarProof or ICBC vehicle history report.

That seemed to do it. She was pleased and drove away with a smile on her face. As for me, I went home with a fat wallet.

A few days later, I got a text: “Got CarProof report. Three accidents?!?!?

Need money back now!!!”

I panicked. But not for long.

I was getting good at this. I just got a new cell number. She didn’t know my name – that old fake ID worked great. And she had no idea where I lived. Finding me would wear her out.

I was in the clear. But will I be so lucky next time? *Curber – An individual posing as a private seller, but selling vehicles for profit as a business. A curber often misrepresents the history and condition of a vehicle. Curbers offer none of the protections the law provides for purchases from a Vehicle Sales Authority licensed dealer. aler.

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Alexandra Straub says the Fiat 500 never felt cramped during her time testing it out.

Twin Clutch “automatic.”

The latter of the two costs an additional $1,450 and came equipped on my 500L Lounge trim.

To be honest, this dual clutch transmission was my least favourite part of the vehicle. It felt as though the gearing was off or it had some sort of gremlin inside causing a raucous to disturb the smooth functionality of what I would have expected.

On the flip side, there’s nothing that I felt was fundamentally wrong with it.

The transmission changed gears, got the car moving and did exactly what it was supposed to do. It also just felt weird/awkward to me

and unlike any other dual clutch transmission, I’ve operated. Perhaps it is one of those features I would just need to get used to over time but our time together wasn’t long enough for me to embrace its quirks!

There were, however, other highlights of the 500L. The Lounge trim comes standard with leather trimmed bucket seats and front heated seats, perfect for those chilly mornings.

An upgraded item that was optioned on the L was the Uconnect system with a 6.5-inch screen (the standard is a 5-inch screen) complete with Bluetooth, Sirius satellite radio and a Beats Premium Audio

System ($500.) If you’re a music lover, this is a great to add to a Fiat.

Besides, I find that the Uconnect media interface is one of the most intuitive infotainment systems to work with in the industry.

Electronic Stability Control (ESC,) Hill Start Assist and 4− Wheel ABS brakes are part of its DNA along with a ParkView rear back−up camera, dual zone climate controls and steering wheel mounted audio controls.

When cruising along at highway speeds, road noise is kept to a minimum, which allowed me to enjoy the music via the Beats stereo system a little more.

In corners, the 500L doesn’t have as tight of a setup as the 500, so don’t push it too hard since body roll is more evident.

Perhaps what really stands about this compact car is just how much people room there is inside. I never felt cramped nor did my passengers. Not to mention the 633L (22.4 cubic feet) of storage behind the second row seats.

• The MSRP of the 2014 Fiat 500L Lounge is $25,995. With the options and destination, the price as tested comes to $30,850.

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Classic lookalikes sell at (almost) bargain prices

By Rob Sass

some tuned by the famous American race shop Holman The Pebble Beach auctions are and Moody. About 400 Italias generally not the place for barwere built, and they’re not gain hunters. It’s nothing unusual cheap (RM Auctions sold one for $300 million in automotive in 2007 for $44,000). merchandise to change hands 1965 Jaguar XKE with some lots bringing more coupe/1973 Triumph GT6: than $10 million and a staggering The Jaguar XKE is gener100-plus cars capable of cracking ally accepted as one of the the $1 million mark. prettiest cars of all time. And Just 20 or 30 years ago, many The 1973 Triumph GT6 could be mistaken for a 1965 its great looks don’t come of these cars were attainable to Jaguar XKE. cheap. The first and most people of ordinary means. So examples of this V-10 powered car can desirable series of the XKE what’s an ordinary mortal whose be had for less than what Cobras cost or E-Type now regularly brings more been priced out of the Ferrari and 30 years ago. than $100,000. But few people know Cobra market to do? Look at some that fellow British sports car company alternatives that provide 90 percent of 1967 Ferrari 275 GTS/4 N.A.R.T. Spider/Intermeccanica Italia: One Triumph made a three-quarter scale the bang for 5 percent of the buck. example recently sold for around $17 near-replica of the E-Type, the Triumph Here are some of our favorites: million. But unknown to most people, GT6 that was also powered by a 1963 Shelby Cobra/1992 Dodge it has an American-powered near smooth and throaty straight six (albeit Viper: Everybody loves a Cobra. Cardoppelganger that costs a fraction of one that was half the size). About 10 roll Shelby’s idea of stuffing an Amerithe price. Back in the 1960s, Canadian grand buys a Triumph GT6 many will can V-8 in a lightweight British sports Frank Reisner dreamed of building mistake for a Jag. car was an instant hit. Trouble is, if Ferrari-like GT cars with American Rob Sass is the vice-president of you didn’t buy one in the early 1980s V-8 power.

His Intermeccanica Italia content for Hagerty Insurance. for about $30,000, your chances of roadster hit the mark in terms of Hagerty is the world’s leading acquiring one are pretty slim for less Ferrari-like style — the bodies were specialist provider of classic car than a million. So, instead of a Cobra even built in Italy — but in place of and boat insurance. Learn more replica you’ll always have to make a complex and expensive V-12, most at hagerty.ca and you can email excuses for, why not buy its spiritual had small-block Ford V-8 power, with rsass@hagerty.com successor, the Dodge Viper? Early

Friday, March 14, 2014 NewsLeader A17

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Refreshed RX350 ups the sportiness factor

Looks Over the last several years, Lexus has taken a more aggressive design approach with its latest introductions. The front grille is more dynamic, designed to mimic a spindle used in a fabric loom. This is a tip of the hat to the origins of the Toyota Company as a textile maker. LED marker lights and a deeper chin spoiler frame the more aggressive grille. The larger 19-inch wheels come in a smoked satin finish and the suspension is tweaked for more performance. Around back, all RX 350 models come with a power rear lift gate. One of the reasons the RX is so popular is the aggressive starting price.

The base model, with the same engine as this F-Sport, starts at $46,150 making it a very attractive alternative to buying a spendy German SUV. The F-Sport model is $55,400 but comes almost fully loaded, with only two options available, the Intuitive Parking Assist and Heads up Display, which brings the price to $58,850

Inside The 2014 RX is a mid-cycle refresh of the model that was introduced in 2010.

Unfortunately, Lexus didn’t refresh the inside of the cabin at all, keeping the updates to the exterior and driveline. Not to say that the inside is a disappointment, rather that some things could be tweaked. I’ll start with the positives.

The cabin has plenty of room for a family of four with a big back seat and

Verdict The RX350 is the best seller in the Lexus line for good reason. It offers the

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is thrown off-centre the top heavy nature of the RX shows its head, the centre of gravity feels much higher than some of the other sporty models in this class.

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The Lexus RX350 F-Sport offers the same interior space as a mid-sized sedan but sits higher for greater outward viability, comes standard with allwheel drive and has a high resale value.

Zack Spencer

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lots of legroom. The materials used are of the highest order and the RX put together well. The controller for the communications and navigation system is unique in the industry, mimicking a computer mouse. It feels very natural and the driver rarely needs to take their eyes of the road.

The array of buttons and their less than logical layout could do with an update.

The F-Sport comes which heated and cooled seats but it took me about five minutes to locate the switch in the centre armrest. The dial for the tuner is as far away from the driver as it could be and the seating position is very high.

Drive At the heart of all RX 350 models is a very versatile 3.5L V6 engine with 270hp. The F-Sport is made sportier by the inclusion of an 8-speed automatic transmission instead of the regular 6-speed unit. By adding two more gears this new model really jumps away from a stop and pulls very well to highway speeds. Two extra gears make a world of difference, helping to bring the engine to life and improving fuel economy.

The suspension has also been modified to include a sport tuned dampers and springs. I could certainly tell this RX is different, in some city conditions, the ride can be very choppy and not what typical Lexus buyers would expect. The up side is that open road driving is much more sure-footed and dynamic. When the RX

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Toyota is known for building high quality cars with fantastic resale value and has grabbed more Canadian Black Book “Best Retained Value” Awards than any other manufacturer.

In the Lexus line of cars and SUVs, the best seller by far is the RX 350 midsized SUV. Built using parts common to other Lexus and Toyota products, it represents a lot of what Toyota/Lexus is doing right.

The engine is powerful but still thrifty enough for most families, the space is generous and the design is elegant. For buyers that are looking for a bit more performance from the RX, the F-Sport package adds visual and emotional punch.

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Potential buyers would be well advised to drive both the regular model and this sportier version to see if you can live with the choppy ride, it really is dramatic.

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While you’re not looking, this is what’s happening to BC’s world renowned recycling program.

Well, lookie here.

One minute you have a perfectly good Blue Box recycling program. The next, something new and rather questionable is being put in its place. And they thought they’d get away with it right under your nose, without telling you or asking your opinion.

That’s definitely not democracy in action.

The BC Government, elected by us to represent our best interests, has decided to offload the costs of recycling to big multi-national corporations. To implement this new plan, they’ve set up an association that doesn’t really seem to hold the environment, local jobs, or the municipalities that run the Blue Box program, close to its heart.

Perhaps that’s why some of our local elected officials are using the word “scam” to describe how the new program is being set up. It’s also perhaps why several of BC’s municipalities refuse to jump on board.

That’s gotta tell you something.

Now it’s your turn to let Premier Christy Clark know what you think. Contact her today to say that dismantling an already-working recycling program to replace it with something that few people think will be as good, is a bad idea.

What’s going on here?

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understand everything the Fraser River is about.

But it isn’t easy for anybody, including me, to get the Or socio-cultural concerns? sustainability balance right, or to Or is it the other way around? Do explain it well. It would be much we put the economic drivers last? easier to only advocate for one of Truth is, it is not an “either/or” the pillars. We could be only an question. environmental organization, for Industry, environment and the example. socio-cultural aspects of the river Only focused on protection of are its three pillars of sustainability. the environment. Or we could And when looking side with industry, at any issue from and only emphasize a sustainability job creation and perspective, we must economic growth. consider all three. This But most issues balanced approach related to the Fraser Catherine that considers all three River are never black Ouellet-Martin pillars is tricky to and white. And a achieve, but essential. rigid opinion that My goal in writing fails to consider this monthly column is to share the all perspectives rarely leads to a philosophy behind the work the workable solution.

Fraser River Discovery Centre does Especially in the context of the to promote the many values of the urban area of river basin we live in.

Fraser River.

The three pillars of sustainability The Fraser is a vital trade and are in perpetual coexistence, and transportation corridor. A food often in conflict. source. A place to live. And of Our view is that fact-based course, one of the largest salmon dialogue, which considers all facets spawning rivers in the world. and layers of an issue is more likely It is a source of many jobs, and an to succeed than looking at just one important tourism and recreational side or another. destination.

And as an educational Every month, my column—like organization, that is the direction we the centre’s educational exhibits, have agreed to take. programs and events—aims to show The standard of living we enjoy the diversity of the river. It also is directly related to a sustainable, aims to advocate for a balanced thriving Fraser River. approach to help us appreciate and Whether that be economic

f economic growth and industrial activity on the Fraser River are important, does that mean we ignore environmental concerns?

activity, environmental fitness and socio-cultural opportunities.

Whatever your final opinion on any issue related

to the river turns out to be, please ensure to consider all three pillars of sustainability with an open mind first.

Lace up for someone you love

Catherine Ouellet-Martin is executive director of the Fraser River Discovery Centre.

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supply of electricity to this vital business and commercial neighbourhood.

You are invited to attend a BC Hydro Open House for the Big Bend Substation Project.

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Police stay tough on pot shops Crossroads Hospice Society provides compassionate support and honours the dignity of those affected by the end-of-life experience.

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The New Westminster Police Department intends to remain tough on medical marijuana dispensaries after new laws take effect April 1. Health Canada is introducing new rules to facilitate dispensaries, but the NWPD issued a release saying they “will continue with business as usual” in the face of the amended laws.

Medical marijuana dispensaries will remain illegal in New Westminster after April

1, said the statement.

“Marijuana dispensaries are not granted business licences and therefore can be shut down for a variety of reasons,” said the release. “Those employed at the dispensaries can be subject to criminal charges for the possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking and for trafficking in marijuana.”

The police pointed out they’ve taken action in the past and will do so again if

the public is at risk or if they find out marijuana is being dispensed without a doctor’s prescription.

Last summer, police raided the NICE Dispensary on 12th Street and shut it down.

Operators Justin Cleveland, Matthew Lee and Kevin Lee were charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking, while the two Lees were also charged with trafficking in a controlled substance.

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“Any kind of question you needed answered, he had answers for. He was an unbelievable coach … a wonderful man. He did so many great things. He always put the kids first.”

Upon his retirement, the school’s annual boys and girls basketball tournaments, and the NWSS weight room were named for him.

Gair also received the B.C. High School Sports Coaching Award of Excellence and was an honourary member of the B.C. Girls Basketball Association.

Current NWSS athletic

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director Peter Battistin said he still uses Gair’s points formula for determining athletic award winners at the end of the school year.

Some of Gair’s administrative philosophies and policies are still in use two decades later.

“He was the role model on how things were to be run,” said Battistin, who added Gair was always in contact with the department. “He was out of the system but he was still a mentor.”

Gair also coached the Earl Marriott Mariners senior girls team, which included his niece, to the Surrey school’s first

provincial title in 2003.

In retirement, golf became the Crescent Beach resident’s new love, said Gair’s former spouse Carole Gair, a longtime White Rock swim coach.

“He was out golfing with his best friends, so if you have to go, I guess that’s the way you would want it,” she said, adding that he had a history of heart trouble.

Gair is survived by his second wife, also named Carole, as well as two children, Tracy and Troy, and two grandchildren, Nick and Kailey-Rae. – with files from Nick Greenizan

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DRIVERS/COURIER/ TRUCKING

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DRIVERS/COURIER/ TRUCKING

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION 130

HELP WANTED

TRAVEL.............................................61-76

BAKERY WORKERS

CHILDREN ........................................80-98

Bakery located in Burnaby is looking for Bakery Workers.

EMPLOYMENT .............................102-198 BUSINESS SERVICES...................203-387 PETS & LIVESTOCK ......................453-483

HIGHWAY OWNER OPERATORS $3500 SIGNING BONUS

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE...........503-587 REAL ESTATE ...............................603-696

DRIVERS WANTED

RENTALS ......................................703-757

AZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 w/ Airbrake • Guaranteed 40hr. Work Week & Overtime • Paid Travel & Lodging • Meal Allowance • 4 Weeks Vacation • Excellent Benefits Package

AUTOMOTIVE ..............................804-862 MARINE .......................................903-920

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Advertisers are reminded that Provincial legislation forbids the publication of any advertisement which discriminates against any person because of race, religion, sex, color, nationality, ancestry or place of origin, or age, unless the condition is justified by a bona fide requirement for the work involved.

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COMING EVENTS

To join our team of professional drivers, email a detailed resume, current driver’s abstract and details of your truck to: careers@vankam.com or Call 604-968-5488 or Fax: 604-587-9889 Only those of interest will be contacted.

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109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

All-West Glass is currently looking to hire a Retail Glass Manager for our Grande Prairie location.

Within this role, you will spearhead and coordinate the efforts of all production personnel throughout the entire project life cycle. From the time contracts are secured through to final billing. This is a unique opportunity to play a significant role in implementing corporate wide initiatives throughout the organization. This will involve guaranteeing that projects finish on schedule, on budget, and according to specifications.

You will represent All-West Glass to various interest groups and stakeholders (including trade shows) and will maintain and upkeep the condition of building and premises.

You should have thorough knowledge of the tendering process including design / build and LEED certified projects as well as being proficient in contract administration and computers (Microsoft Office).

Experience in finance, human resources and marketing an asset. This position includes a company vehicle and requires travel. Employees of AWG will receive a highly attractive salary to be negotiated with the successful candidate, PLUS the following outstanding benefits: • Possible equity in the company • Profit sharing

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• Full Health Plan Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision) • Company cell phone

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A Great Janitorial Franchise Opportunity

• Annual Starting Revenue of $24,000 - $120,000 • Guaranteed Cleaning Contracts • Professional Training Provided • Financing Available • Ongoing Support • Low Down Payment required A Respected Worldwide Leader in Franchised Office Cleaning.

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• Paid training costs, seminar attendance and course enrollment • 3 weeks vacation (negotiable) to start • Relocation Assistance All-West Glass is a privately owned, family-oriented company and hosts a welcoming environment with an open door policy, and encourages brainstorming new ideas in order to further the company. At All-West Glass, you will join a culture of collaboration, mutual respect and care for employees and associates.

Please forward resume to: Laura Stanton, AWG Northern Industries Inc. P.O. Box 850, 3424 Highway 16 E., Smithers, BC, V0J 2N0 • PHONE: 250-847-9211 • FAX: 250-877-7610 • E-MAIL: lauras@awgni.com

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HELP WANTED KITCHEN HELPERS

Experience preferred but is not a requirement as we will train.

Must be energetic, hardworking, enthusiastic and a team player.

Must be able to communicate in English. If interested, please call 604-298-5000.

CARRIERS NEEDED YOUTH & ADULTS Deliver newspapers (2x per week) on Wednesdays and Fridays in your area. Papers are dropped off at your home with the flyers pre-inserted!

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

Batta Holdings Ltd DBA as Taco time is hiring 2 permanent kitchen helpers for its location 4820 Kingsway, Burnaby, B.C V5H 4J2.

Duties: Wash, peel, and cut vegetables and fruits. Clean and sanitize kitchen including work surfaces, cupboards, storage areas, appliances, and equipment.

Receive, unpack and store supplies in refrigerators, freezers, and cupboards.

Sweep and mop floors etc.

Basic English required.

Experience an asset but not required. Must be willing to work in evenings and weekends. Salary $10.25/hr.

.Flagpersons & Lane Closure Techs required. Must have reliable vehicle. Must be certified & experienced. Union wages & benefits. Fax resume 604-513-3661 email: darlene.hibbs@shawbiz.ca

Apply with resume to: rajivtacotime@gmail.com

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HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD SERVICES

BAKER/SWEET MAKER Wanted Namaste Indian Restaurant (2012) Ltd., a full service Indian Restaurant located at 2883 Shaughnessy St, Port Coquitlam, B.C. needs fully qualified F/T Indian Baker/Sweet Maker (Mithai). Duties will include Sweet making for retail & banquets, training of helpers, labour & food cost control. 3 Years of experience.

Knowledge of Hindi or Punjabi an asset. Salary $17/hr. Fax resume to 778-216-1052.

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

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21st Century Flea Market. Mar 16th 10am-3pm. Croatian Cultural Ctr. 3250 Commercial Dr. Adm $5.

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Advertise across the Lower Mainland in the 18 best-read community newspapers and 1 daily.

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Must be able to have extended stays away from home. Up to 6 months. Must have valid AZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 with airbrake license and have previous commercial driving experience.

Apply at:www.sperryrail.com, careers & then choose the FastTRACK Application.

Van Kam’s group of companies req. Highway linehaul owner operators based in our Surrey terminal for runs throughout BC and Alberta. Applicants must have winter and mountain driving experience/training.

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

EXPERIENCED Lane Closure Tech’s and Traffic Control people req’d. immediately. 604-996-2551 or email Traffic_King@shaw.ca

Landscaping Sales & Service Opportunities Up To $400 CASH Daily

FT Head Baker, Kam Mun Bakery, Burnaby, 3y Korean,Western baking exp. $18-25/H, 604-809-2576, mannabakeryltd@gmail.com

F/T & P/T Outdoors. Spring / Summer Work. Seeking Honest, Hard Working Staff. www.PropertyStarsJobs.com

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HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD SERVICES

RESTAURANT STAFF Indian Bombay Bistro, a new and modern Indian Restaurant at 7558 - 6th Street, Burnaby, B.C. requires following F/T staff RESTAURANT MANAGER Plan budgets, direct restaurant operations, be responsible for staff development & schedules, make sure that compliance with employment standards, safety and health procedures are met, handle customer complaints. Minimum 2 years experience. Salary $18.50/hr

PERSONAL SERVICES 182

FINANCIAL SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 287

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Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 372

SUNDECKS

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 560

Decks, Patio, Stairs, Siding, Framing, Finishing, Skylights, Tile & Laminate, Drywall.

Install Doors & Windows, Painting & much more.

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Competitive rates.

TREE SERVICES

TANDOORI COOK prepare all variety of Tandoori dishes for the restaurant & catering, menu design & planning, supervision & training of kitchen staff, labour & food cost control. Salary $17/hr.

INDIAN SWEET MAKER / BAKER make a full variety of Mithai items for retail and banquets, supervision and training of kitchen staff, labor & food cost control. Salary $17/hr.

Knowledge of Hindi or Punjabi an asset for all positions.

Fax resume to 604-553-1720

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Fashion Sales Associate part-time position available to work 4-5 WEEK days, no weekends and no evenings.

Approx. 5 hrs/day for a mobile clothing service Job requirements are: * have sales experience * enjoy working with seniors * have own transportation * ideal position for semi-retired sales people. email resumes to: Cocosclothestoyou@shaw.ca

JOB SEARCH - MADE EASY

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AUTOMOTIVE Technician needed immediately in Vernon BC. We are a busy independent shop doing all types of diagnosing, maintenance and repairs. Wages are $25/hr but negotiable. We are located in the desirable North Okanagan. obcauto@gamil.com 250-545-3378

. Expert Power Washing. Gutters cleaned & repaired. www.expertpowerwashing. Mike, 604-961-1280 MIKE 604-961-1280

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Mike 604-789-5268

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A renowned Surrey based company. Requires experienced & new Wood Cabinetry Installers.

Training will also be provided to the suitable candidates.

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PETS

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MOVING & STORAGE

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Searching for your dream home or selling it? This is the location. Listings include everything from acreage, farms/ranches to condos and waterfront homes.

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ABE MOVING - $35/Hr. Per Person *Reliable Careful Movers. *Rubbish Removal. *24 Hours. 604-999-6020

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A Dream Landscaping. Lawn mowing, aerate, power rake, trim, prune. Res/Com. Special disc. for Townhomes/Plaza 604-724-4987.

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS Gutter & Roof Cleaning since 1982.

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

284 HEAT, AIR, REFRIGERATION

• Furnaces • Gas Fitting • Hot Water Tanks Winter Special! $2500 FURNACE $725 HWT Licenced-Bonded-Insured

Chihuahua pups, vet check, 1st shots, male/female, very cute, $650. march 14. 604-794-5844

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ULTIMATE FAMILY GUARDIAN Pet homes. $1000. 604-308-5665

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NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com

329 PAINTING & DECORATING www.paintspecial.com 604.339.1989 Lower Mainland 604.996.8128 Fraser Valley

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

Running this ad for 10yrs

PAINT SPECIAL

533

3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

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

FERTILIZERS

WEED FREE Mushroom Manure 13 yards - $160 or Well Rotted 10 yards - $180. 604-856-8877

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JUNK REMOVAL By RECYCLE-IT! 604.587.5865 www.recycleitcanada.ca

GARAGE SALES

MOVING MUST SELL

338 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

700

604-572-3733

604-461-0999 287

ITALIAN MASTIFF (Cane Corso)

RENTALS

.Brothers Moving -604-720-0931

NATURAL AIRFLOW HEATING LTD.

REPAIR & INSTALL

CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977

bcclassified.com

FREE! Scrap Metal Removal...FREE!!!

Difficulty Making Payments?

No Equity? Penalty? Expired Listing?

We Buy Homes! No Fees! No Risk! www.GVCPS.ca / 604-786-4663

PETS

BERNAISE MOUNTAIN DOGS CROSS TIBETAN MASTIFF PUPS Bundles of fun. $700. No Sunday calls 604-794-7633, 604-819-3349

Call Robert 604-941-1618 OR 604-844-4222

263 EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE

- Must have class 5 license & minimum grade 12.

Wood Cabinetry Installers

If I can’t do it It can’t be done

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

• Trailer Mechanic • Yard Person

Please fax resume 604-599-5250

• DIFFICULTY SELLING? •

ABC TREE MEN Pruning, Shaping, Tree Removal & Stump Grinding. 604-521-7594 604-817-8899

All kinds of re-roofing & repairs.

Free est. Reasonable rates.

778-998-7505 or 604-961-7505

HOME REPAIRS

Reliable Work - Res. & Comm.

apprentice with experience.

Pension Plan & Extended Benefits Included

FIVE STAR ROOFING

WHITE WALL DRYWALL INC. SteelStud*Boarding*Taping*Texture Free Estimates. 604-936-9601.

AUTO FINANCING

autocredit

639 REAL ESTATE SERVICES

604-812-9721

DRYWALL - 30 Years Exp.

• Heavy Duty Diesel Mechanic - Will accept 3rd & 4th year

Positions available immediately for a local Industrial company!

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

Need CA$H Today? Own a vehicle? Borrow up to $25,000. Snapcarcash.com 604-777-5046

HOMES WANTED We Buy Homes BC • All Prices • All Situations • • All Conditions • www.webuyhomesbc.com 604-657-9422

.A East West Roofing & Siding Co. Repairs, new roofs, torching, gutter services. 10% off. 604-783-6437

CURRY COOK menu design and planning, back cooking for banquets, labour & food cost control and kitchen staff supervision and training. Salary $17/hr.

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2.7 all useable acres 1 km from Kamloops city limits. River and mnt views all studies complete, ready to build $299,900 (250) 318-8868

627

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AUTO ACCESSORIES/ PARTS

ACREAGE

603 Aluminum patio cover, sunroom, railing and vinyl. 604-521-2688 www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

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DRYWALL

809

REAL ESTATE Roofing Experts. 778-230-5717 Repairs/Re-Roof/New Roofs. All work Gtd. Free Est. Call Frank.

Call Mike 778-867-0841

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MISC. FOR SALE

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

FOOD SERVICE SUPERVISOR Supervise & coordinate the activities of workers, train staff, schedule catering activities. Secondary School & 2 years exp. in food preparation or services is req’d. Salary $15/hr.

SEVERAL KITCHEN HELPERS Work closely with cooks & other kitchen staff, especially in the tasks of preparing meat, vegetables & fruits for cooking, also wash & maintain work tables, cupboards & appliances. Min. 6 months of exp. as a Kitchen Helper. Salary $12/hr.

TRANSPORTATION

PLUMBING

10% OFF if you Mention this AD! *Plumbing *Heating *Reno’s *More Lic.gas fitter. Aman: 778-895-2005 BRO MARV PLUMBING 24/7 Plumbing, heating, plugged drains BBB. (604)582-1598, bromarv.com

Brad’s Bin Service 604.220.5865

100% Heating & Plumbing

bradsjunkremoval.com

Certified, Insured & Bonded Reliable & Affordable Journeyman Avail 24/7 Call 604-345-0899

Hauling Anything..

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PRESSURE WASHING

But Dead Bodies!!

20 YARD BINS AVAILABLE We Load or You Load !

604.220.JUNK(5865) Serving Metro Vancouver Since 1988

POWER WASHING since 1982.

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

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EDUCATION

Hide-a-bed couch, green blue burgandy print, $50; CD’s, TV (32’’) & stand, Lawn mower Craftsman 6.25 HP $135, 24’ ladder $75, side table, magazine rack, book shelves, DVD cabinet (wood) coffee table glass & metal 36 x 36 $50. Small freezer $55, Grizzly 10 x 14 tent $45, Mtn Bike, older great condition $50. Giant Road bike 2008 $500.

North Delta 604-591-9740

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EDUCATION

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION Do you enjoy working with children?

Early Childhood Educators not only teach children, they aim to help children develop good habits in learning and in life.

Career Opportunities: Preschools O Strong Start Facilitators O Group Child Care Cruise Ships and Resorts O Supported Child Development

CALL NEW WEST: 604.504.3323 OR VISIT SPROTTSHAW.COM

WE’RE ON THE WEB www.bcclassified.com

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1.800.910.6402

To arrange a viewing, call Carol at 604.319.9499 436 - 7th Street New West. 1 BR, Very Clean & Quite, Extra Storage, Secured Parking, Top Floor. Near Westminster Mall, Library, and Medical Buildings. Includes Heat and Hot Water, N/S, N/P. $695/mo.

Call Dan at 604-306-9111 Burnaby NELSON PLACE TOWNHOMES 2701 – 2755 Bainbridge Ave Renv’d 2-3 Bdrms Townhomes 2 Level, Private Enclosed Yard, Laminate Flring, Huge Storage Rm, Near Sperling Skytrain & Schools. Pets Ok!!

From $1,200.00 604.540-2028 or 778.714-7815

Auto Loans. All Credit Approved. Bad Credit Guru. www.badcreditguru.com or call 1.844.843.4878

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COQUITLAM

Welcome Home !

1 Bedrooms available near Lougheed Mall and transit. Rent includes heat & hot water. Sorry No Pets. Refs required.

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL #1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200

The Scrapper

Call (604) 931-2670

WALKER MANOR 6985 Walker Ave Bright large 1br for rent fully reno, available immediately very clean quite building.

Please Call

604-358-9575

EDUCATION 750

SUITES, LOWER

COQUITLAM N: newly reno’d 2 bdrm+den g/l, 1.5bths, priv entr, lrg patio, w/d, 5app. n/s, n/p. $1075m inc util. Mar 15. 604-552-3307 NEW WEST 2 bdrm grnd level suite Avail Mar 15th or Apr 1st. NS/NP. $900/mo incl util, heat, basic cable 604-527-0599 or 604-562-7855

752

TOWNHOUSES

GUILDTOWN HOUSING CO-OP 10125 156 St. is now accepting applications for 3 bdrm Market units www.Guildtown.com for info and application, email request at: info@guildtown.com, or pick up application outside office door.

PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1097/mo - $1199/mo. Shares req’d. Close to WCE, schools & shopping. No subsidy available.

19225 119th Ave. For more info & to book an appt. call 604-465-1938

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS NOTICE is hereby given that Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Ravina Sharma, who died on the 11th day of November, 2013, are hereby required to send them to the Executor, c/o #208 - 1899 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5C 5T1, on or before the 31st day of March, 2014, after which date the said Estate will be distributed among the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims that have been received.

By: Adam Shee Barristers & Solicitors Hawthorne, Piggott & Company #208 - 1899 Willingdon Avenue Burnaby, BC V5C 5T1

A28 NewsLeader Friday, March 14, 2014

SAQIB NIAZ

KAREN NICHOL

OUR GOAL FOR YOU IS TO...

Karen Nichol graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy in 1999. She is a member of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association as well as the Physiotherapy Association of B.C. Karen previously worked at New West Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Centre until 2013.

Saqib Niaz graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Masters Degree in Physical Therapy in 2012. He received his Bachelor of Human Kinetics from UBC as well in 2010. He is a proud member of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association as well as the Physiotherapy Association of B.C.

Karen has always worked extensively with sports teams at various levels. These include Premier Rugby, Jr A Football, Canadian Field Hockey, as well as Sr A and Canadian Lacrosse.

She is currently the head therapist for Coquitlam Adanac Sr A’s and served as chief therapist for Team Canada’s lacrosse team during both the 2007 & 2011 World Indoor Lacrosse Championships. She served as a head therapist for several years with The On-Field Clinic, specializing in sports specific rehab of pro and amateur athletes. Karen is consultant and head therapist for the Police Academy at The Justice Institute of B.C. since 2004.

Saqib was raised in New Westminster and graduated from New Westminster Secondary School. He has been around sports all of his life. He began playing soccer at the age of four, was a proud member of the Hyacks, Royal City and played at Langara College from 2005-2007.

He helped lend a hand during the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, the Special Olympics, Reebok Crossfit Regionals, CCAA Soccer Nationals, UBC Varsity Volleyball and Basketball as well as the BC Summer Games.

Karen enjoys staying active in her free time with running, hiking, biking, swimming and yoga.

In his free time, Saqib enjoys playing soccer, running, hiking, weight lifting and taking specialized post-graduate courses to better assist his patients.

101 - 450 E. Columbia Street New Westminster, BC Tel: 604-553-1203 Fax: 604-553-1204

contact@royalcityphysio.com MONDAY-FRIDAY 6.30AM - 6.30PM SATURDAY 7.00AM - 1.00PM