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Pre-fixed or fixing prepaid? Either way, sterilization of cats will have to be provided for before the animals are sold in Burnaby pet stores under a city proposal. The city staff recommendation, which was to be raised at Monday’s council meeting, comes after Burnaby council adopted its first-
ever set of regulations for pet stores old, the BCSPCA routinely has the in the city last November. procedure performed on cats as Some councillors had suggested young as eight weeks of age. addressing the problem of an The proposal has been designed overpopulation to fit both of feral cats by approaches—the requiring cats be sterilization of cats Kathy Powelson sterilized before would either have being sold in stores. it’s better to have it than to be done before not to have it, absolutely. However, said a the animal is sold But it’s not enough. city staff report, or the procedure while Burnaby pre-purchased to veterinarian hospitals recommended be done at a later date through a sterilization only take place when voucher system. cats are at least five to six months “Business owners would be
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“It’s better to have it than not to have it, absolutely,” said Kathy Powelson, executive director of the Burnaby-based Paws for Hope Animal Foundation, of the proposal. “But it’s not enough. To me, it’s condoning the sale of pets in pet stores.” Paws for Hope had called for a ban on the sale of live animals in pet stores, out of concern that such animals often come from “mills” where they are bred for profit under substandard and unhealthy conditions, often ending up with health and behavioral issues as a result. Burnaby changed its animal control bylaw to regulate pet stores but didn’t go so far as to ban animal sales. “It addresses the overpopulation problem, sort of,” Powelson said. “It’s not addressing the fact that many of these animals that are purchased in stores are abandoned.” She said the proposal does not protect cats bought in pet stores or affect what ultimately happens to them. “Every single shelter in British Columbia is full of cats. So to sell a cat in a pet store is so completely unnecessary.” What’s really needed are provincial regulations on the issue, Powelson said. The proposal is “not going to stop people buying a cat in Richmond and dumping it off in Burnaby because in Richmond you can still buy cats and they don’t have to be sterilized.” City staff also looked into whether or not it could limit the sale of animals in pet stores to those born and raised in B.C., in response to concerns about the practices of multinational corporations which supply such stores. It received a legal opinion that such a requirement would contravene international trade agreement provisions, the report said, making such a move not viable as part of Burnaby’s animal control bylaw.
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A school assignment and a bold suggestion put Roy Kerwood into John Lennon’s bed. And now, almost 45 years later, the Burnaby man is hoping to raise enough money through crowdsourcing to publish a book telling the tale. But this won’t be some lurid tell-all. Kerwood, 64, was a young photography student at the now-defunct School of Modern Photography in Montreal when he was assigned a class project to shoot someone at their workplace. Kerwood called Roger Scott, a disc-jockey at a radio station near his home, and asked if he could hang out in the studio for a shift. During the course of their photo session, Scott mentioned he’d be doing a live remote from a room at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel where Lennon and his new wife, Yoko Ono, were holding a week-long “Bed-In” to promote peace. It was the second such supine protest by the newlywed couple, a follow-up to their week’s stunt in Amsterdam, during their honeymoon. Kerwood, who considered himself “the most devout Beatles’ fan” swallowed his usual shyness and suggested to Scott he tag along and document the remote in photographs. Scott agreed, as long as he could get clearance from Lennon’s press agents. Kerwood called his mentor, Gerry Dieter, a Montreal fashion photographer with connections in the music industry, and explained his situation. Dieter put him in touch with a contact at Capitol Records who granted the student photographer 15 minutes in Lennon’s hotel room. “That’s how I opened the door,” said Kerwood.
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When he went in, Kerwood found the bedroom scene anything but intimate. While Lennon and Yoko Ono held court from their bed, about 100 people, including celebrities, journalists, record company executives and supporters crowded the anteroom. “Everybody was excited,” said Kerwood. “We were in the presence of one of the most well-known people on Earth.” As Scott spun records and chatted with Lennon between songs, Kerwood moved quietly about the room shooting photos, worrying more about light and composition than the company he was keeping. He quickly burned through the one roll of Tri-X black-and-white film he’d brought, and had to borrow money from a radio producer so he could run to a drugstore and get more. Kerwood’s 15-minute deadline passed unnoticed. “Once you were in, you were okay,” said Kerwood. During the course of that initial photo shoot, Kerwood said he and Lennon struck up a rapport.
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“As soon as we were introduced, it became two people talking to each other,” said Kerwood. “It was a very casual environment.” When he packed up at the end of the day, one of Lennon’s assistants asked Kerwood if he could return with contacts of the photos he’d taken. He called a friend with a darkroom, bought a box of Ilford photo paper and got to work. “I was so nervous rolling the film onto the canister,” said Kerwood, who also processed the two rolls of film he’d shot. Kerwood returned to the hotel the next morning and Lennon asked for prints of each of the frames he’d shot on the second roll of film - 36 in all. Kerwood said they’d cost $10 each and Lennon dispatched his bodyguard to get the cash from the hotel’s front desk. “It was enormous money,” said Kerwood of his payday. It was also his ticket to stick around for the Bed-In’s duration. He bought a box of Ektachrome slide film, borrowed a studio strobe that he attached to his Leicaflex
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Burnaby sporting pioneer passes on Bill Popowich, a Burnaby native who played in the first British Columbia high school boys basketball tournament and was as one of its organizers well into his retirement years, has passed away. Popowich was on the Burnaby South squad that played in the first provincial tournament in 1946, and had been part of every tourney since 1957. Along with his teaching and administrative duties in New Westminster, Popowich coached and refereed high school hoops. During that time he became involved in the running of the Bill Popowich made important sport at the zone and provincial contributions to everything from basketball to soccer to track and field. levels. Popowich was made
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Metro Vancouverites love a deal. That’s why they line up to cross the border for savings in the U.S. or drive far out of their way to cross an untolled bridge—never mind the waste of gas and lack of value they place on their time. So the key to selling higher taxes to finance more transit expansion and bridge replacements will be appealing to their wallets with some personal benefit beyond paternalistic assurances that they must sacrifice for the livability of the region. Some have suggested reducing the existing 17-cent-a-litre TransLink gas tax if a vehicle levy or comprehensive road-andbridge tolling is imposed. Here’s another idea. Imagine a $200 per year vehicle levy is imposed. But half of that – $100 – is returned to the vehicle owner in the form of a credit they can direct to either their TransLink Compass card account or their TReO tolling account. Drivers who shun toll bridges would be encouraged to cross them at least some of the time, helping unclog traffic jams on free crossings. Those who rarely commute across tolled bridges could take the Compass credit instead and have more incentive to use transit. Either TransLink or the province would get the credits eventually, so the revenue wouldn’t vanish, and the credits could be time-limited if necessary. The concept could form one of a series of value propositions that may better inspire a short-term focused me-first public that has difficulty imagining the gridlock of the future if nothing is done. There is no magic wand to solve Metro Vancouver’s transportation challenges. The reality is we will all have to pay more somehow. But it’s thinking like this that’s needed if the province remains determined to give voters the final say over TransLink expansion in an eventual referendum.
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Who provoked a school strike? VICTORIA – I made an error in a column two weeks ago about the latest court ruling in favour of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation. I referred to an “illegal” strike in 2012, and was quickly reminded that this teacher walkout was sanctioned by the Labour Relations Board. After months of withholding report cards and refusing to meet with administrators, the union went to the LRB to seek permission for a full-scale strike. They got their wish, with authorization under essential services rules for a three-day strike in the first week, and one day a week after that until the end of the school year or a settlement was reached. For the record, the last illegal BCTF strike was in 2005, in defiance of a B.C. Supreme Court order that resulted in a $500,000 fine against the union. That was the same year BCTF lawyers won a split B.C. Court of Appeal ruling allowing teachers to bring political propaganda into classrooms. Two out of three judges decided this was appropriate to preserve their
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freedom of expression. The authorized three-day strike went ahead in March 2012. Regular readers may recall my reports of students being indoctrinated in classrooms and in some cases sent out as union pickets, and of the strongarming of unionized government office staff here in Victoria to make them join a rally on the legislature lawn. This was the strike that, according to the current media and political narrative, the provincial cabinet conspired to bring about. This notion is central to the Jan. 27 ruling of Justice Susan Griffin that orders the B.C. government to attempt to reconstruct the world of 2001. Government lawyers filed an application with the B.C. Court of Appeal on Friday to suspend parts of this ruling.
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Imposing Griffin’s terms would cause “irreparable harm to the public interest of unprecedented magnitude,” they said in arguments backed up by a series of affidavits from superintendents who have to keep B.C.’s war-weary public schools running. In Surrey, returning to 2002 conditions would add $40 million to the district payroll in year one. That’s one of 60 school districts. The government’s submission includes affidavits from superintendents around the province on its likely impact. Here’s a partial list: Cancellation of specialty programs for vulnerable youth, construction of portables to meet arbitrary class size restrictions, transfer of some students to other schools, closure of daycare and Strong Start preschool programs to free up space reallocated over the years, layoff of non-teaching staff, and cancellation of school participation in the international student program. Premier Christy Clark and Education Minister Peter
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COMMENT Youths’ green activism inspires senior I was impressed by the front page article “Students rally to fight climate change” (NewsLeader, Feb. 12). It is very appropriate that this should be an issue for the younger generation as they will live to see the effects first hand. As an environmentally concerned senior, I find this initiative by our teenage generation uplifting and a cause for hope in a world filled with apathy and apathetic leaders on the issue of climate change. If the present provincial government can fulfill its main economic project—the development of a large LNG export industry—there is absolutely no hope of B.C. meeting its 2020 greenhouse gas reduction target. The increased emissions from this industry when it gets going will make all reduction efforts to date pointless. These emissions could be greatly reduced if the gas was liquefied using renewable energy such as wind turbines. The provincial government appears to have a blind spot where wind energy is concerned, and for reasons which they do not disclose. As the government is determined to fulfill its commitment on LNG, it’s time to apply political pressure to ensure that it is done in the least environmentally damaging way. The province has taken great pride in showing leadership and being an example to others in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and it is by this approach that we can best influence other provinces, states and countries to follow our example. It would be a wonderful accomplishment if these students could take their pledge campaign national and make our political leaders accountable for the world they will leave behind to these young people.
I am curious to know how many provincial Liberal MLAs signed the pledge. Patrick Keogh Burnaby
CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to BurnabyDouglas MP Kennedy Stewart on his e-petition initiative in Ottawa. I know it’s been a longterm challenge for him. Under the current arrangement, the petition process as legislated by Parliament is extremely limiting and regionally (if not locally) restrictive. Nationwide, it is hardly convenient and inclusive for all Canadians. We are therefore fortunate to be represented by a politician that recognizes the need for progress in this matter and that the future is now. George Sojka Burnaby
TOURIST ATTRACTION? If a gondola to Simon Fraser University from the Production Way SkyTrain station becomes a reality, it can pay for itself by being sold as a tourist attraction. Imagine if, after the rush hour for students is over, they charged people without a Compass card $5 each way. Tourists could pay for the construction of the gondola in a short time. I saw something similar in Portland. A gondola built for the hospital on the mountain top is widely used by a lot of tourists arriving by the busload. Thomas Ho Burnaby
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The province’s reluctance to allow comprehensive road and bridge tolling may spur Metro Vancouver mayors to instead pursue a speedier referendum just on a vehicle levy. The mayors met Transportation Minister Todd Stone Friday and emerged without any deal but predicted a flurry of further talks in the weeks ahead to negotiate new funding sources for TransLink expansion. Mayors’ council chair Richard Walton said mayors still hope to persuade the government to back tools like road pricing, a regional sales tax or a share of carbon tax. But if a vehicle levy is all the province will allow, he said, there’s no sense in delaying a referendum until mid2015 – as Stone has offered. “If ultimately it comes down to going to referendum on a vehicle levy, we could virtually have it this fall,” Walton said. He said a single source that generates relatively little money would force the mayors’ council to use the new revenue strictly to put more buses on the road and shelve efforts to build new rapid transit lines in Surrey and Vancouver.
“It depends on how many funding sources the province allows. If it’s fairly minimal, the only thing you can do is go for your first priority, which is buses.” An annual fee on each registered vehicle in Metro would be simple and easy to apply, unlike a complex road pricing system that would take years of study. Stone wants mayors
to hammer out a transit expansion priority list and the tax tools to fund it by the end of June. The minister said he does not rule out road pricing as a tool if the mayors want to discuss it. But Stone said it’s the province’s current position that any future tolls generated by provincial bridges and highways – such as the North Shore bridges,
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loved after encouragement from an officer he met while playing baseball. “I never acted on my dream because I truly believed it was just a dream,” he says. “I thought that dreams weren’t meant to be achieved.” Milmine was moved by the 2011 suicide of Ontario teen Jamie Hubley, who killed himself after years of bullying for being gay and a figure skater, to start Bullying Ends Here, a website that tells Hubley’s story as well as his own. Milmine has travelled all over Canada and the U.S. speaking to students and encouraging them to contact him if they need help. In the presentations, he shares his own story and that of Hubley, and tells the students that he understands what it’s like to be an outcast, and that he too is gay, just like Hubley. He shares this information to point out that he is no different than the people listening to him in the audience. “I never let my sexuality stand in the way of living out a dream,” Milmine says. “I never let the negativity while growing up stand in my way.” Milmine’s presentations are done on his own time and with his own money. Please see next page
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“I always wanted to ‘help’ people and today I am lucky enough to be in that position,” says Milmine. “Youth need to know that nobody can help them if they don’t speak up. You have to share, have to ask for help. Give us a chance to help.” Sixty-four per cent of Canadian children have been bullied at school at some point, according to the Pink Shirt Day campaign, and 40 per cent of Canadian employees are bullied at the workplace on a weekly basis. “Pink Shirt Day gets people talking,” Milmine says. “People are talking about it leading up to it, and on the day itself. You’re going to talk about why you’re wearing a pink shirt that day, and youth are reminded of the resources available to them.” Pink Shirt Day was started in Nova Scotia by two teenage boys who, after seeing another male student bullied for wearing a pink shirt, decided to gather their friends and all wear pink to school. CKNW AM 980 was inspired by their action, and since 2007 has raised over $650,000 for antibullying programs in B.C. through the sale of their pink shirts. You can purchase your own shirt at London Drugs or online. This year’s campaign is being presented by Coast Capital Savings, with Black Press as a media partner. For more information about Pink Shirt Day, visit www.pinkshirtday.ca. Milmine’s website can be found at www.bullyingendshere.ca.
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The website and smartphone app Ask.fm is a socialnetworking site where people can ask other users questions. It’s extremely popular with pre-teens and teens, but recently it has become well-known for facilitating cyber-bullying instead. It has been referenced in several suicide cases around the world as part of the bullying the victim experienced that led to their suicide. The biggest issue with Ask.fm is that questions can be submitted anonymously, and content is not monitored, so abuse of the service can be rampant with no repercussions to the user. Even if someone is blocked, that person can still view profiles and see other interactions, and privacy settings cannot be increased as they can on Facebook and Twitter. According to RCMP Const. Tad Milmine, the Latvia-based website also sends daily spam with messages suggesting users kill themselves and calling them ugly, among others, with no name attached. Parents are urged to monitor all social media accounts and talk to their children about their online activities in an effort to prevent cyberbullying, and remember that the terms of service of Facebook, Twitter and Ask.fm require users to be at least 13.
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Outboard. Primary duties will include maintenance troubleshooting and repair of diesel & gas marine engines. Knowledgeable in vessel electrical systems is an asset. Must have own tools and a valid drivers license. Exc. Compensation Based On Experience. Please forward resume: vancouveroutboard@ telus.net
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treasure.
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PROFESSIONALS/ MANAGEMENT
SUTCO requires a dispatcher for flat deck division, position is based in Salmon Arm BC. Working knowledge of highway logistics is a must. Experience with Qualcomm and Tailwinds Programs would be definite asset. Sutco is an equal opportunity employer and offers employees great pay, extended health benefits, and a pension plan. Submit resumes on line www.sutco.ca / fax to 250 357 2009 or email brandon@sutco.ca
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Gutter & Roof Cleaning since 1982. WCB/Liability insurance. Call Simon for prompt service. 604-230-0627
ADMINISTRATIVE Services Co-ordinator (Burnaby). Responsible for smooth operation of Italian-Canadian Social Services office. Bachelor degree; Native fluency of the Italian language(reading, speaking, writing); Advanced knowledge of Italian and Canadian pension regulations; working knowledge of Italian and Canadian income tax systems; Advanced understanding of Italian cultural norms and bureaucracy; project management and supervisory skills Must possess high level written and verbal communication skills; advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Salary $42,000/yr For complete position details go to: www.workbc.ca, Job #:112614
HELP WANTED - LOCAL PEOPLE NEEDED!! Simple, Flexible Online Work. FT/PT. Internet Needed. Very Easy... No Experience Required! Guaranteed Income! No Fees. Genuine! Start Immediately. www.OnlineHelp4Cash.com
BC Cancer Foundation Legacies accepted. 604.877.6040 or visit: bccancerfoundation.com
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AFFORDABLE MOVING www.affordablemoversbc.com
$45/Hr
From 1, 3, 5, 7 & 10 Ton Trucks Licensed ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 Men Free Estimate/Senior Discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos
LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE
604-537-4140 778-230-4150
YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899 Lic. Electrician A+, BBB member Expert trouble shooter, All types of Electrical work 24/7 604-617-1774
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ABE MOVING - $35/Hr. Per Person *Reliable Careful Movers. *Rubbish Removal. *24 Hours. 604-999-6020
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CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certification, adoption property rental opportunities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.
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EDUCATION
MOVING & STORAGE
1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Across the street - across the world Real Professionals, Reas. Rates. Best in every way! 604-721-4555.
CALL TODAY! 604-803-5041 www.benchmarkpainting.ca
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EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EA Do you enjoy working with children? D E Early Childhood Educators not only teach children, they aim to help children c develop good habits in learning and in life. d Career Opportunities: Preschools O Strong Start Facilitators O Group Child Care Cruise Ships and Resorts O Supported Child Development
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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
329 PAINTING & DECORATING
353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 356
RUBBISH REMOVAL
477
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
PETS
560
FEMALE PEKINGESE top of the line pup, reg’d. Email for more info. Video avail. $795. 604-353-8750. charlesfoyers@gmail.com
www.paintspecial.com 604.339.1989 Lower Mainland 604.996.8128 Fraser Valley Running this ad for 10yrs
FEMALE YORKIE - Micro-chipped Reg’d, cert of pedigree, video avail. health records. $795. 604-353-8750 charlesfoyers@gmail.com
PAINT SPECIAL 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.
PETS
MALE POMERANIAN registered, micro-chipped, all health records, video avail. $795. 604-353-8750 charlesfoyers@gmail.com
mikes hauling 604-516-9237
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SUNDECKS
Aluminum patio cover, sunroom, railing and vinyl. 604-521-2688 www.PatioCoverVancouver.com
RUBBISH REMOVAL
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MINI DACHSHUND puppies - born Dec.11, 2 females, unique smooth coat silver dapple, raised by 12 yr old girl in 4H dog obediance, well socialized. 1st shots and deworming, $800 (will go toward education fund) 604-820-4827 Mission 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
TREE SERVICES
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
PLUMBING
560
BRO MARV PLUMBING 24/7 Plumbing, heating, plugged drains BBB. (604)582-1598, bromarv.com Certified, Insured & Bonded Reliable & Affordable Journeyman Avail 24/7 Call 604-345-0899
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Classified Advertising
FEBRUARY STEEL OF A DEAL
PETS
CANE CORSO MASTIFF - pure bred pups, shots, dewormed, vet checked. $1000: Call 604-826-7634
bcclassified.com 604-575-5555
PRESSURE WASHING
CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866
Brad’s Bin Service 604.220.5865
Hauling Anything..
SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE
20 YARD BINS AVAILABLE We Load or You Load !
Call Ian 604-724-6373
353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS
FIVE STAR ROOFING All kinds of re-roofing & repairs. Free est. Reasonable rates. 778-998-7505 or 604-961-7505
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
bradsjunkremoval.com
GUTTER CLEANING POWER WASHING
But Dead Bodies!!
CHIHUAHUA’S - Reg’d microchipped, cert. of pedigree, health records, shots, dewormed, paper trained, $595. 604-353-8750 charlesfoyers@gmail.com
604.220.JUNK(5865) Serving Metro Vancouver Since 1988 TRAVEL with bcclassified.com
604 575 5555
DO YOU LOVE DOGS? We need loving foster homes for med.-lrg. sized dogs. 604.583.4237
KabaniAuto.ca FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED
REAL ESTATE 627
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SCRAP CAR REMOVAL
TOWNHOUSES
TRANSPORTATION
HOMES WANTED We Buy Homes BC • All Prices • All Situations • • All Conditions • www.webuyhomesbc.com 604-657-9422
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AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673 #1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200
• DIFFICULTY SELLING? •
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS
STOP RENTING! RENT TO OWN! No Qualifications! Flexible Terms! CLOVERDALE - 60th and 176th Spacious 1 Bedroom Condo. Only $880/mo. Option Fee Req’d 604-657-9422
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1/4”, 3/8” Plate. Var sizes & widths available. 7 truck loads of Plate still available. Call for lists of loads. 400,000 lbs 1/2” X 4’ wide, Coils Mild Steel 4½” ODx.337 wall & 7” ODx.317 wall x 44’ Pipe. Sea Container - 20’ $1,999 & 40’ $2,199. Call or email for further information or prices. TARGET STEEL & SEA CONTAINER SALES targetterry5@gmail.com 604-792-3434
Notice is hereby given that creditors and others, having claims against the Estate of Karl Llewellyn Johannesson, deceased, formerly of #2106 10 Laguna Court, New Westminster, British Columbia. V3M 6W3, are to send the particulars thereof to the undersigned Executrix c/o A. Katheryn Johannesson, 116 Summerhill Place, Kelowna BC V1V-1T7 on or before February 28 2014, after which date the estate’s assets will be distributed, having regard only to the claims that have been
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Need A Vehicle! Guaranteed Auto Loan. Apply Now, 1.877.680.1231 www.UapplyUdrive.ca
APARTMENT/CONDO
COQUITLAM
Welcome Home ! 1 Bedrooms available near Lougheed Mall and transit. Rent includes heat & hot water. Sorry No Pets. Refs required.
Call (604) 931-2670
Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402
Restless Leg Syndrome & Leg Cramps? Fast Relief In One Hour. Sleep At Night. Proven For Over 32 Years. www.allcalm.com Mon-Fri 8-4 EST 1-800-765-8660.
Wholesale to the public since 1992
PORT MOODY Large 1 bdrm +den, insuite laundry, 2 sec u/g pkng & storage, spacious corner balcony. Fitness room & swimming pool. April 1st. $1250/mo. 604-939-6326.
“It’s a passion for cars that I’ve had from a very young age.” NICK KABANI Founder/President
2006 FORD MUSTANG
2007 FORD ESCAPE XLT
2007 HONDA CIVIC LX
2007 HONDA FIT
M Wheels! On 95,000 kms! Stock #klc96489
On 90,000 kms! Stock #136989
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VEHICLES WANTED
Model T or Model A Pickup truck body in fairly good shape wanted. Motor not necessary but needs to be on wheels. Cash! 604-576-0181
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
2007 BMW 323i
$15,995
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BURNABY, 5559 Donovan Ave. 1/bdrm bsmt suite. N/P, N/S. Avail Now. $750/mo. incl util. & wifi. Call 778-892-7146.
RENTALS
JUNK REMOVAL By RECYCLE-IT! 604.587.5865 www.recycleitcanada.ca
We’re your #1 source for
POWER WASHING since 1982. WCB/Liability insurance. Call Simon for prompt service. 604-230-0627
STEEL BUILDINGS/ METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca
MISC. FOR SALE
DISCONNECTED PHONE? National Teleconnect Home Phone Service. No One Refused! Low Monthly Rate! Calling Features and Unlimited Long Distance Available. Call National Teleconnect Today! 1-866-443-4408. www.nationalteleconnect.com.
100% Heating & Plumbing
SUITES, LOWER
BURNABY 3053 Douglas Rd 2 bdrm ste, garage, NS/NP Incl W/D. $850+utils. Mar1. 604-765-4912
Difficulty Making Payments? No Equity? Penalty? Expired Listing? We Buy Homes! No Fees! No Risk! www.GVCPS.ca / 604-786-4663
.CAN-PRO Paint and Drywall. Over 25 yrs of quality service. 3 ROOMS, $250. Insured. 604-771-7052
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TRANSPORTATION
The Scrapper
MALE WESTIE. Top of the line pup. Registered, email for more info. Video avail. $795. 604-353-8750 charlesfoyers@gmail.com
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10% OFF if you Mention this AD! *Plumbing *Heating *Reno’s *More Lic.gas fitter. Aman: 778-895-2005
MISC. FOR SALE
SAWMILLS from only $4,897 MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.
Save-More Roofing - Specializing in New Roofs, Re-Roofs & Repairs. 778-892-1266
Roofing Experts. 778-230-5717 Repairs/Re-Roof/New Roofs. All work Gtd. Free Est. Call Frank.
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$10,995
EASY FINANCING rates starting from O.A.C.
1.9% All cars
SAFETY INSPECTED
$8,995
with warranty
2009 HONDA CIVIC LX
2004 HYUNDAI SANTA FE
2008 HYUNDAI ACCENT
2004 NISSAN ALTIMA
2009 PONTIAC VIBE
Coupe, auto, loaded! 3 to choose from! Stock #kl000387
Economical UV! 2 in stock! Stock #kl683473
3 door hatch! Economical! Stock #kl06047
2.5S! Economical family car! Stock #kl190011
5 door hatch! Stock #kl428438
$8,995
$6,995
$7,995
$7,995
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with every purchase
*At time of purchase only
2008 PONTIAC G5
2008 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA
2004 TOYOTA ECHO
2008 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER
2009 TOYOTA COROLLA
2 door coupe! Only 52,000 kms! Stock #kl303052
Loaded! Only 89,000 kms! Stock #kl101243
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1 owner! Stock #kl105995
4 door, auto, loaded! 3 to choose from! Stock #kl184066
$7,995
$11,995
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Brentwood Town Centre
Store Closing February 26 at 5:00pm 22 Years of History at Brentwood Town Centre!
Kin`s Farm Market has been honoured to serve your community.
Dear Customers, Thank you for your faithful patronage for the last 22 years! It is with great sadness that we announce the closing of our Brentwood location due to mall renovations. We will be closing our doors permanently on February 26 at 5:00 PM. While we look for a new location to best serve you nearby, we would like to invite you to visit one of our other 26 Kin’s Farm Market locations. You can find our locations list on our website: www.kinsfarmmarket.com. We look forward to serving you again soon! Sincerely, Your Manager and Staff from Kin’s Farm Market at Brentwood Town Centre
Nearby locations include:
Royal City Centre
Marine Way Market
Lougheed Town Centre
116 - 610 6th Street Across from Shoppers 604.520.9923
200-7515 Market Crossing Burnaby, Beside PriceSmart
206 - 9855 Austin Rd Beside Purdy’s 604.420.0788
OPEN same as mall hours
604.432.6199 OPEN 9 am to 7 pm everyday!
OPEN same as mall hours