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the new westminster boardwalk was alive with people of all ages on sunday as the annual terry fox run kicked off from the river Market.

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New Westminster’s Terry Fox Run on Sunday raised $7,200 for cancer research.

Organizer Kathy Jones said it was the “best run yet” since she took on its organization.

She said more than 240 people participated in the run, which started at the River Market and included courses of varying length along the city’s waterfront esplanade

to Pier Park. They were supported The New West run was one of by 36 volunteers as well as more than 800 Terry Fox donations by vendors like Tre Runs held across Canada on Galli, Pamola Bakery, Great Sunday, 112 of them in B.C. Wall Tea, Donald’s Market and the Yukon. and Uptown Market as well The fundraising effort as Save-On-Foods. began in 1980, in the wake A crew from St. John of Terry Fox having to end joNeS Ambulance tended to his cross-Canada Marathon injuries and an instructor of Hope because the cancer from Dynamic Fitness warmed the that had cost him his right leg had runners up with a series of stretches recurred. and exercises.

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Jones said it’s encouraging for the New West run to be a part of such a monumental effort.

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New Westminster reached into its past to celebrate the future at the opening of the new Anvil Centre on Sunday.

City historian Archie Miller referenced the long history of blacksmith shops and the role they played in building New Westminster in a speech punctuated by three loud blasts from the anvil battery, another venerable tradition.

Miller said the blacksmith shops run by Chinese and Japanese craftsmen, the livery stables, and the forges along the waterfront that produced implements and tools for heavy horses and the railroad were vital to New West’s early growth as a frontier town, just as the gleaming $41-million Anvil Centre will be a catalyst to the city’s future growth.

“It will be a building that will fill a central role,” said Miller. “(It will be) a building that will tell the many stories of the city, a building that will present in many ways the position of an anvil, its strength, determination and creativity.” see FeStivitieS, a3

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CITYPAGE THE BUSINESS OF BEING A WRITER Being a successful writer means more than getting the words down. Learn about the Business of Being a Writer at the New Westminster Public Library on Tuesday, September 23 at 6:30 pm.

Success in writing comes from treating yourself and your creative works with respect. This means being organized in practical ways. Record keeping may be time consuming at first, but it soon pays big results. Bernice Lever will cover various business aspects of writing including budgeting, public and private resources for writers, contracts, files to create and keep, scheduling, the media and networking.

The Business of Being a Writer is presented by the Royal City Literary Arts Society and co-sponsored by the New Westminster Public Library. Pre-register at 604-527-4667 or secretary@rclas.com.

AN EVENING OF POETRY THE ROYAL CITY REMEMBERS Thursday, September 25, 2014 6:00 - 7:30 pm Cultural Studio 411 Anvil Centre, 777 Columbia Street Please join us for a public poetry reading hosted by Renée Sarojini Saklikar.

Inspired by the photograph Wait for Me, Daddy, many of the poems are on display in downtown New Westminster as part of the Poetry Walk. The project is a collaboration between the City of New Westminster and the Royal City Literary Arts Society, and references the themes of the photograph such as love, loss and loyalty. Admission is free.

MCBRIDE-SAPPERTON RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION MEETING Wednesday, September 17, 2014 7:00 pm Knox Presbyterian Church Agenda items include updates on the RCH site redevelopment and the Brewery District development.

For more information, please visit mcbridesapperton.org.

DEMENTIA-FRIENDLY NEW WEST Did you know that cognitive impairment and dementia are present in about 20% of the elderly population?

Undetected dementia places elderly people at risk of disorientation and severe confusion, which can contribute to financial difficulties, medication errors and motor vehicle accidents.

Learn more at www.alzheimerbc.org Contact information • Dementia Helpline: 604-681-8651 • Alzheimer Resource Centre: 604-298-0780 For information about Dementia-Friendly New West, contact John Stark, Senior Social Planner, 604-515-3777.

UPCOMING

COUNCIL MEETINGS

Pursuant to section 26 of the Community Charter, the Corporation of the City of New Westminster hereby gives notice of its intention to sell to City Point Real Monday, Estate Development Company Limited, for a purchase September 22, 2014 price of $155,033.96, fee simple title to those parcels of No Council Meeting land located at 39 and 41 McKenzie Street and legally Please note that council described as Parcel Identifier: 015657752, Parcel 2 meetings are now video (Bylaw Plan 84300) Lot 17 Block 13 Plan 2620, and Parcel streamed online at Identifier: 015657833, Parcel 3 (Bylaw Plan 84300) www.newwestcity.ca.

Northerly 25 Feet Lot 17 Block 13 Plan 2620 Having a Frontage of 25 Feet on Mackenzie Street with a Uniform Depth of 65.96 Feet and Adjoining Lot 10. As additional consideration for the disposition, the purchaser will grant the City a statutory right of way for roadworks and underground utilities.

DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Wednesday, September 24, 2014 7:00 pm Holy Trinity Church, 514 Carnarvon The agenda will include guest Chief Constable Dave Jones who will hold an open forum, as well as a presentation from the Masons regarding the renovations planned for the heritage building.

We welcome nominations from the community for positions on the Board and on committees of interest. For more informaton, please email president@nwdra.org.

WEST END RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION MEETING Tuesday, September 23, 2014 7:00 pm Unity in Action Church, 1630 Edinburgh St. Agenda items include the upcoming city elections, Queen’s Park proposed stadium alterations, and a report on the Residents’ Association Forum held on September 10, 2014.

Please bring your questions, ideas and concerns to the meeting and find out what’s going on in your neighbourhood. For more information, please contact Elmer Rudolph at 604-521-3346 or visit mywestend.blogspot.com.

JOIN A BOOK CLUB AT THE LIBRARY Part of the enjoyment of reading is discussing the book with someone else. So why not join a book club? The New Westminster Public Library offers several book clubs that appeal to different ages and tastes.

The adult Book Club is held the third Thursday evening of the month at 7 pm from September to June. Beginning Thursday, September 18, the club will read a variety of fiction and non-fiction throughout the year.

New Moms and Dads need brain stimulation, too! The Bring Your Baby Book Club offers adult books and adult conversation in a baby-friendly environment.

Suggested ages for babies are 0 to 24 months. The club meets the third Tuesday afternoon at 1:00 pm beginning September 16.

Register for these book clubs at 604-527-4667 or listener@nwpl.ca. At the first meetings, you are invited to share a book you read and pick up the reading list.

Kids who like to talk about books can join the Young Readers’ Book Club, which begins the third week in September. There are clubs at both the Main Library and the Queensborough branch. Call the Children’s Room at 604-527-4677 for information and to register.

The New Westminster Public Library is at 716 6th Avenue & 920 Ewen Avenue; www.nwpl.ca; 604-527-4660.

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OpenIng wIth a bang More than 7,000 visitors went through the doors at the new Anvil Centre at its grand opening on Sunday. They got their first look at the civic and conference centre’s striking features like the towering glass atrium that creates an interesting play of light and shadow across the third-floor entrance to the theatre (above). The new building and its adjoining Merchants Square office tower are reflected in Curtis Oakes’ sunglasses (above right). Dancers from the Royal City Youth Ballet Company prepare to perform in the dance studio. Local politicians and dignitaries join members of city council to cut the ceremonial ribbon to officially open the new building.

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Miller was joined on the stage, set up on Columbia Street at the foot of Eighth Street, by local politicians and dignitaries, all of whom spoke glowingly of the new structure. They then gathered to unveil a brass plaque that will be mounted on the centre’s stone facade and cut a bright red ribbon to symbolize its official opening.

They kept on cutting as people bolted from their seats to claim a piece of the ribbon as a souvenir of the day’s events.

It’s that kind of enthusiasm for the new facility that motivated

more than 7,000 people to walk through the doors and into the expansive glass atrium for official guided tours or just a chance to nose around, according to Blair Fryer, New Westminster’s manager of communications and economic development. In fact, people were so excited to get into the Anvil Centre, they started lining up before the doors opened at noon.

Once inside they were able to enjoy performances by dancers, singers, poets and even a comedian in the ballroom and demonstrations by artists,

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musicians and dancers in the cultural studio spaces on the fourth floor. Performers from the Donna Fishwick Ensemble and Royal City Musical Theatre helped show off the new 364-seat theatre.

The were lineups of people keen to check out the new home of the New Westminster Museum and Archives as well as the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

Curator Oana Capota couldn’t wipe the smile off her face as more than 1,300 people toured the new exhibits. It would have been more, she said, but fire code

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“It was very crowded,” said Capota.

She said many of the visitors were new faces who she’d never seen at the old museum on Royal Avenue.

“People were just astounded,” said Capota. “For a pretty small city they weren’t expecting this sort of thing.”

That praise was the payoff for her team of staff and volunteers who spent countless hours preparing the new museums for

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Even Jack Lubzinski, the 91-year-old creator of the giant scale model of the Pattullo Bridge he built when he was a schoolboy in Richmond, was on hand Sunday, answering questions and talking about his fascination for the old bridge.

The celebration of the Anvil’s opening was so big it couldn’t be contained by the building.

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A New Westminster parent is looking for volunteers to help teachers get organized for the coming school year.

When that school year finally starts.

Natalie Lawy is using social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and Wordpress to fuel her effort. So far Lawy’s Facebook group, New West School Setup Volunteers, has signed up 44 members. It was just started on Thursday.

Lawy said the effort was borne from conversations in her New West moms’ group, some of whom are teachers. They expressed worry about being able to get their classrooms in order when their monthslong labour dispute with the provincial government is finally resolved.

“No matter anyone’s opinion on the strike or negotiations, we all want our children to walk into a classroom that’s ready for them,” said Lawy on her Wordpress site soliciting volunteers.

Grant Osborne, the president

of the New Westminster teacher’s union, said his members are appreciative of the parents’ initiative to help out. He said because the labour dispute started in the closing weeks of the last school year, a lot of loose ends were left behind. That includes compiling equipment lists, organizing labs.

“A lot of things that would have been done at the end of June weren’t,” he said.

Osborne said he expects when the labour dispute is resolved, teachers and students will be expected back in the classrooms quickly. That could pose challenges for teachers who’ve changed schools, or those moving into new ones, like the new Qayqayt elementary.

“We’re going to need to come together pretty quickly,” said Osborne.

He said his union would work together with members of CUPE to ensure any duties taken on by parent volunteers don’t conflict with their work.

“There’s always things that can be done,” said Osborne.

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“It’s nice for teachers to be thinking about what it will look like when they get back to work,” he said.

That message of encouragement also gladdens the school district’s superintendent, John Gaiptman.

He said the volunteer effort is a great way for parents to show their appreciation of teachers.

“It’s a message that says we missed you, we’re glad to have you back,” said Gaiptman.

And that will go a long way to soothing any bad feelings from the protracted dispute.

“If we can work as hard as possible to put this behind us and go forward, it bodes well for the district,” said Gaiptman.

Lawy said her plan is to connect volunteer parents with teachers who’ve requested help.

“This is a concrete way that parents can make a difference,” she said on her Facebook site.

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QUESTION OF THE WEEK:

Looking back on 25 years

LAST WEEK:

A lot has changed in 25 years.

Not the least of which is the newspaper industry itself.

When the News—as we were then called—first hit your doorsteps, mailboxes and front stoops in 1989, there was no Internet. The paper was thick with pages of classified and display ads.

Then along came the Internet and Craigslist, eBay, Facebook, Twitter. They’ve had a profound effect on our business.

But what they haven’t changed is our desire to tell you the stories of Burnaby and New Westminster, to tell you about your neighbours, the new business down the street, the machinations of City Hall, the triumphs and travails on the local soccer pitch.

Because frankly, if we don’t tell those stories, who will?

In 1989, the News didn’t really know what it was. Its pages featured stories and photos from Burnaby and New West, but also Maple Ridge, Coquitlam and Port Moody.

That’s because many suburbs immediately east of Boundary Road were still trying to forge their identities, emerge from the shadow of Big City Vancouver.

Over the years each has emerged with its own distinct character: Burnaby is the welloiled civic machine; New West is the grand old dame that’s been a little worse for wear but has now caught its second wind.

We’d like to think we had a role in helping create those identities.

Because cities are only lines on a map, signs on street posts.

Community is created by the people who choose to live within those lines, their passions, their interactions with each other, their values.

It’s those people - you - who end up in the pages of our newspaper. By being the vehicle to share your stories, we help slowly build, layer by layer, a sense of identity for the community.

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Off to school, and to court VICTORIA – Whatever ceasefire emerges from the latest round in the war for control of B.C.’s public school system, the next court battle is ready to proceed.

Lawyers for the provincial government and the B.C. Teachers’ Federation have filed their written submissions to the B.C. Court of Appeal. At issue is whether legislation removing union contract terms that dictated class size and teacher staff levels was a violation of members’ constitutional rights to freedom of association.

When B.C. Supreme Court justice Susan Griffin found that it was, the government changed legislation again. The same judge ordered that struck down and the 2002 contract language reinstated retroactively for every contract since then, imposed or negotiated.

The government says that would create chaos as well as billions in expenses, pushing out full-day kindergarten and other allocations of space and money that have proceeded since union control was removed.

Griffin’s order is stayed pending this appeal. If you think the latest strike has been

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disruptive, you don’t want to see what this judge’s vision would look like.

Government lawyers argue that the BCTF’s constitutional right claim is “wrong in law” and amounts to a veto that blocks the province’s ability to legislate in response to changing conditions.

“According to the BCTF, legislation may improve on collective agreement entitlements but cannot remove them over the objections of the union without violating [the Charter of Rights and Freedoms],” the government’s submission says.

“On the BCTF’s theory, collective agreement entitlements become constitutionally protected in perpetuity.”

What that would mean to voters is when they throw out an NDP government that handed the keys to the treasury to public sector unions, the unions

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can veto that too. And when mandated minimum teacherlibrarians sitting in rooms full of paper books become the equivalent of buggy whip weavers, they must remain as long as the union wants.

BCTF’s lawyers submit that the government is wrong in fact as well as law. Its arguments are technical, dwelling particularly on the fact that the government didn’t appeal Griffin’s first ruling.

For instance, there have actually been two negotiated deals since 2002. The one in 2006 provided five years of raises and a bonus to get the government past the 2010 Olympics, and in 2012 there was a pre-election truce negotiated with the help of mediator Charles Jago.

The government argues that re-imposing 2002 conditions would overturn other contracts that were agreed to by the BCTF. BCTF’s lawyers say, in effect, the deleted terms covering working conditions weren’t there to negotiate.

The Coalition of B.C. Businesses has entered the case as an intervener, arguing for the supremacy of elected governments when providing

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public services.

Its submission notes that unlike private disputes, the right to strike is often curtailed in the public sector, and sometimes eliminated as in the case of police and health care.

“When critical aspects of public policy are jeopardized by employee demands, those aspects could be legislated; where a fiscal downturn or inflationary pressures required austerity measures, they could be implemented through legislation; where strikes jeopardize important public services, the legislature could pass back-towork legislation, and so on.”

It’s been obvious for many years that the BCTF doesn’t function like a normal union, and isn’t much interested in starting to do so.

Its leadership sees itself as an agent of “social justice,” a belief demonstrated by its promotion of flawed poverty statistics and pronouncements on everything from U.S. labour law to conflict in the Middle East.

Its decades-old instruction to government is blunt: raise taxes and give us the money. tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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COMMENT

City has amazing teachers Recently, I had an experience that I think needs to be shared with your readers.

I witnessed one of our teachers from our POWER Program buying breakfast for a student who seemed to be in need of a proper meal.

It was a stark reminder that too many of our students live in conditions that don’t meet their basic needs.

A teacher buying a student breakfast is an impressive story on its own.

What makes this story even more remarkable is that this student, knowledgeable that schools were not in session, still went to her school to seek out her teacher. For so many of our students, it will always be the adult in the classroom that students turn to when they are in need of help.

The other reason that this story is so compelling is that the teacher, in the midst of a prolonged strike, still bought the student breakfast and offered the student a compassionate ear.

My reason for writing this letter is not to add one more voice to what seems like an overcrowded debate regarding the current labour impasse.

I think I wrote this letter to remind everybody how fortunate we are in New Westminster to have the quality of teachers that will always put the needs of students first and to remind myself that I am very fortunate to be able to work with such amazing teacher colleagues.

John Gaiptman Superintendent of Schools School District No. 40 (New Westminster)

Wright’s time done I would prefer it if Mayor Wright left office. His mandate has gone stale. All this mayor is interested in are his empire building mega projects. When I first moved to New Westminster 15 years ago, we had a pleasant livable city.

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I agree with Coun. Jonathan Coté that the city needs a new direction. We also need a mayor who will address the concerns of the residents of the city, something that does not happen under the current administration.

I hope on civic election day that the residents also agree that change is really needed and give Mr. Coté a chance to bring a breath of fresh air to the stagnant atmosphere that now prevails in the city of New Westminster.

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But, said Lowrie, such a plan would require a comprehensive traffic management plan to accommodate the truck traffic that normally uses the route.

They would likely be diverted to Royal Avenue and Columbia Street.

The shorter timeframe would also be the cheapest, at $3.3 million, said Lowrie’s report.

Another option would be to close Front Street only on 10 consecutive weekends which would allow demolition work to occur 24 hours a day from 7 p.m. Friday to 7 p.m. Sunday.

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But, said the report, that timeframe would be more disruptive to residents and businesses in the area.

A third option would allow a lane of alternating traffic on Front Street while demo proceeds over the course of 30 weeks. But such a plan could cost as much as $5.5 million due to extra costs of traffic management and reduced productivity by demolition crews. That’s more than the city has allocated from its Parking Reserve funds for tearing down the parkade. The additional money would have to borrowed or reallocated from elsewhere.

Lowrie’s report recommends the shorter, cheaper option as it would cause the least disruption for residents and businesses. But it also recommends the Downtown Business Improvement Association and the Downtown Residents Association be consulted before a final decision.

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GVHBA to hold Fall Home Renovation Show next month

By Kerry Vital If renovations are on your to-do list, you can’t miss the Greater Vancouver Home Builders’ Association Fall Home Renovation Show on Saturday Oct. 4 and Sunday Oct. 5 at the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver Theatre in Coquitlam.

Presented in partnership with the Better Business Bureau, the free show will focus on professional renovation information and education. The collaboration between the GVHBA and BBB aims to bring homeowners the largest one-stop source of Vancouver’s top professional builders and renovators. The show is completely devoted to renovations, and the popular Ask a Pro booth will be onsite and providing complimentary 30-minute one-on-one consultations to homeowners

looking for assistance. The consultations are first come, first serve and signup will take place at the show.

Free 20-minute seminars are also scheduled throughout the show, covering topics such as Kitchen Design Trends, Renovating versus New Build, Heritage Renovations and Designing for Small Spaces, among many others. A full list of seminar topics and schedules will be posted online.

“Advanced planning and working with experienced professionals will be your best protection,” says GVHBA CEO Bob de Wit. “Considering you are renovating one of your greatest investments, your home, it makes sense to only work with the pros.”

De Wit notes that Metro Vancouver homeowners will spend about $3.8 billion renovating their homes this year, making it extremely important to hire a professional RenoMark renova-

tor.

“The RenoMark designation assures consumers that the renovator they are dealing with has completed industryleading education requirements and are part of a professional network apprised of the latest technologies and designs,” says de Wit. “As well, all RenoMark holders have committed themselves to a code of business ethics and offer warranties on the work they do, offering peace of mind to home owners that RenoMark professionals stand behind the work they do.”

The event is free, but pre-registration is encouraged and attendees are asked to bring a non-perishable food item for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society. For more information and to register, visit www.gvhba.org or call 778-565-4288. The show will take place between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Oct. 4, and 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Oct. 5.

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By Kerry Vital Vancouver’s Shaughnessy neighbourhood is full of heritage-style homes nestled in lush greenery. Many of the homes take their inspiration from the history of the area, and one of Teragon Developments and Construction’s recent renovations is no exception. The home, which blends Tudor architecture with Art Deco, also offers modern amenities that no one would have imagined when the original home was built in 1928.

“This was an intense renovation,” says Lars Van Linge, president of Teragon Developments, adding that it took place over two and a half years, and includes an entirely new foundation for the home to allow for an increase in ceiling height and usable space.

The original home was the same size as the finished product (approximately 10,000 square feet), but was old and out of date. The family of four brought in Van Linge and his team to build a home that can truly be considered a luxury estate. Now known as The Mayfair, the home is seriously stunning. The curb appeal is incredible, with leaded windows, wood beams, brickwork and a travertine and natural stone walkway. Tudor arches are featured throughout,

including on the ceilings, fireplaces, doors and room entrances.

“The homeowner generally left it to the designers and us,” Van Linge says. Teragon worked with architect Stefan Weidemann to design the four-level home, which also features a three-car garage, botanical garden, a pool-side cabana and a private putting green, among other amenities. A wood-fired pizza oven is just one feature of the outdoor kitchen.

Inside, the home is one of the most technologically advanced in North America. In fact, it won an award for Best Overall Integrated Home from the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA).

“This home has everything,” says Van Linge. “It can be controlled anywhere in the world.”

Integrated audio and visual systems are throughout, including outdoors. The lighting for inside and outside the house is so state-of-the-art that it required its own architect.

“We installed very advanced lighting for the owner’s art collection,” Van Linge says. “His collection is worth about $4 million; he has original works by Emily Carr, for example.”

To protect the artwork, the home has a built-in humidification system that will keep everything at the optimal temperature, along with multi-zone climate control.

You enter through the formal entry on the main level, with its formal living room, study, formal dining room, kitchen and casual dining room and living room. There you have access to the outdoor dining terrace and covered lounge.

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The top level has another bedroom, as well as a sitting room, library, play room and laundry room.

Teragon also expanded the basement of the home, from half crawl space and half basement to a basement with 10-foot ceilings throughout. That basement now holds a games room, home theatre, wine cellar and gym, making the home an entertainer’s paradise.

The home has plenty of heritage-style touches, such as walnut panelling and flooring laid in a herringbone pattern.

The bronzed railing on the sweeping staircase was inspired by an art noveau railing from Brussels, Belgium, and was handforged. Custom millwork, five fireplaces, custom stained glass and natural stone elements are just a few of the other luxurious aspects of The Mayfair.

Van Linge himself is a journeyman carpenter, noting that he enjoys bringing those old-fashioned elements to his work.

“Something that sets us apart is our eye for detail,” he says.

“You can’t execute these kinds of ideas without being able to see the (small) details.”

The renovations were completed last year and the owner has since sold the home, but Van Linge and his team are still involved with the new owners, assisting them with the operations of the house.

“We’re still working with them to maintain and service the exterior paint and the HVAC system, for example,” says Van Linge.

For more information about The Mayfair and Teragon Developments, visit www.teragon.ca.

The original home, above, was built in 1928 and required an upgrade. Among the new features are a home theatre, below left, a hand-forged bronzed railing on the staircase, left, and a gourmet-quality kitchen, below.

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By Kerry Vital Fall is a time of transition. A new season begins, the fall colours start to arrive and it’s time to consider what you want your garden to look like next year.

“Fall is a great time to prune your shrubs and trees,” says Jeremy Miller, owner of Houston Landscapes. “You can rejuvenate your beds with manure, mulch and soil. It’s a good time for planting, potting and soil amendment.”

Soil amendment is something added to soil to improve an element of it, such as drainage or water retention. You want to ensure that your soil will keep your plants fertilized and healthy throughout the winter.

Fall is not usually the time for blooming flowers, but it is certainly the time for gorgeous foliage.

“Enjoy the fall leaves; they’ll be beautiful,” says Miller. “It’s also a time to look at what you want in your yard. If you’re looking out the window now and you want to see those beautiful red leaves, now is the time to engage with a landscape designer to discuss what you can do for next year.”

Fall is the perfect time to plant larger trees and shrubs, as the increased moisture in the soil will contribute to a better growing environment for them.

“There are a number of large trees that aren’t even available in the summer,” Miller says. “You can bulk up your garden in the fall.”

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Winter vegetables such as kale and cauliflower are great things to plant now in preparation for the colder months. Herbs like sage and thyme are also good things to start planting in the fall. If you want to grow something from seeds, try carrots, lettuce or radishes.

Now is also the time to plant bulbs to flower next year. Your local nursery will have plenty of options, from easy-to-grow varieties that even the worst gardener will be able to handle to flowers more suited to experienced green thumbs. Bulbs that you can plant right now include tulips, daffodils and hyacinths, among many others.

However, you don’t necessarily have to wait until spring to see some blooms. Miller notes that winter pansies, for example, are able to withstand the colder weather, as their name states. Other potted plants that can create visual interest for fall include autumn crocuses and mums.

Fall is also the time to plan ahead for when spring and summer return.

If you spent the summer outside thinking about new paving stones or raised garden beds, start putting those plans into effect.

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Automating your home with the touch of a button

By Kerry Vital Phone applications are a way of life now. You can check the weather, catch up on social media, play games and chat with friends, all in the palm of your hand. Some of the newest apps include ones that can control your home, even when you’re not there yourself.

Home automation companies such as Control4 offer phone apps as part of their system, allowing you to turn lights on or off, control a thermostat and check the status of your security system, among other options. This gives homeowners peace of mind in knowing that their home is fine even while they’re on vacation, as well as the convenience factor of being able to turn your phone into a command centre for your entire home.

It connects directly to your Control4 system, and is available for Apple iPhones and iPads and Android smartphones and tablets.

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thermostats, wall switches and dimmers, just to name a few, but can be an easy way to integrate automation into your home.

If security is an important consideration for you, investigate downloading an app that turns an old phone or tablet into a motion detector camera. You can then set it up to turn on when it senses motion and record what’s going on around it.

There are also apps on the market that allow you to control your locks. A lock that is compatible with your phone is necessary, but allows you to lock and unlock your home with your smartphone, as well as give “keys” to friends and family. No more having to give out spare keys that might get lost!

Technology is an integral part of most homeowners’ lives, whether it’s through their television, computers or phones. The ability to control your home from afar is just the latest innovation.

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Being able to tell the story of someone at the beginning of their career, and then see them fulfill their dreams is one of the great things of being a community newspaper. We tell their story first, before the rest of the media world gets ahold of them.

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ew Westminster’s Justin Morneau was just a slender 18-year-old catcher in 1999 when he was selected in the third round of baseball’s annual amateur draft by the Minnesota Twins. He was the first Canadian selected, the 89th player overall.

That alone would have made him noteworthy in the pages of the NewsLeader.

Three years later, as Morneau continued his progression through the Twins’ minor league system, he was pegged by baseball insiders as one of the game’s top prospects.

Morneau, who’d been converted to a first baseman with a knack for hitting home runs, took the praise in stride. “it’s nice to be mentioned and everything,” he told the NewsLeader, “but it matters most what you do in the field.”

A year later his bat was doing his talking for him in the big leagues, when he was called up in June by the Twins. In his first two games, he hit five-for-eight as the Twins designated hitter against the Colorado Rockies.

The following July the Twins traded their regular first baseman to create an everyday spot for Morneau.

He didn’t let them down.

Morneau was a four-time all star with the Twins, and the American League’s Most Valuable Player in 2006. He helped the team win division titles. He played for Canada at the World Baseball Classic three times.

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Now 33 years-old and playing for the Rockies after a few difficult seasons battling injuries, Morneau is contending for his first career batting title.

While few faces that have appeared in the NewsLeader’s pages over the past 25 years have achieved those kind of heights, they’re all special and noteworthy. Even if it’s just for doing something unique while the photographer happened by, or helping in some small way to make our community a better place.

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Community connection—some things don’t change 1989 was a great year.

Brian Mulroney was Prime Minister, the Free Trade Agreement came into effect, Wayne Gretzky became the leading scoring in the NHL, Woodstock rocked our world and most importantly, the Newsleader was born.

I remember it well, for I was employed with our company back then.

There was a passionate excitement about the launch of our new paper.

Designers worked tirelessly developing a new logo, editors created story Jean Hincks ideas and photo layouts, advertising representatives hummed around with the exhilaration of a new challenge and the circulation department faced the task of finding carriers to deliver our shiny new product to all the homes and businesses in our communities.

The newspaper business was a vibrant business in 1989.

Twice a week we pumped out huge page counts, delivered millions of flyers and provided stories about everything you could image.

Things were different back then, we faxed each other sometimes (and not very often as the quality wasn’t very good).

We never had email.

We couldn’t text, tweet, or Facebook anybody. It was all done with good old-fashioned face-to-face talking. People would stop in the office everyday just to keep us up to date on local affairs.

25 years later we have progressed.

Everything we do to publish our paper is done electronically.

Now, we use email, Twitter, Facebook to communicate with our readers. The only thing that has stayed the same is the way we deliver our paper. We still use a carrier force, which I think is remarkable.

We want to thank our advertisers who have supported us during our 25 years.

Without you we never would have made it this far.

Also, we have to thank our readers. We put our heart and soul into our paper every week.

Each and every one of us takes such pride in the work we do and we appreciate you taking the time out of your busy day to read our print and online products.

Thanks for following us on Twitter and sharing your views on our Facebook page.

One of the first editions of the ‘News’—as the NewsLeader was then called—on Sept. 20, 1989 featured the local Terry Fox runs.

Yes, things have changed.

But one thing is constant and that is the love for our communities and the people in it.

Thank you for being our friends for the last 25 years.

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A look back over a time period like 25 years can give one the sense that the big issues often don’t change much. In 1989, the ER at Royal Columbian Hospital was in a crisis. The rental market for apartments in New West was the “worst in 10 years,” with a vacancy rate of just O.4 per cent, and meantime, there was an unprecedented building boom on. The Salmonbellies won the Mann Cup for their third time in the ‘80s.

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New West experienced its third car-train crash in seven months after two men were killed when their Jeep went down an embankment off Columbia Street and hit a moving train, becoming lodged between the train and retaining wall. By the end of the year teacher contract negotiations were at a standoff after New Westminster school trustee Brent Atkinson said the board offered six per cent a year for two years, plus three per cent in benefits. But the union wanted eight per cent a year plus other concessions such as increased prep time.

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Pictured above, the 1989 Salmonbellies win the Mann Cup.

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land deal for a piece of property on New West’s riverfront was causing fits for many local politicians.

The province sold the industrial brownfield (today’s Westminster Pier Park) to a numbered company for $2.2M. On the same day, according to the NewsLeader’s story, it was resold to Westminster Pier Development Corp. for $10.5M. The owners planned eight, 25-storey towers and applied to city for development permit. Twenty years later, in 2009, the City of New Westminster bought the 9.5-acre property stretching from the foot of Sixth Street to the foot of Elliott Street from Brookfield Investments Corporation for $8M. A piece of irony is that the city owned the property many years ago, and in 1953 sold it to the New Westminster Harbour Commission for $1.

n February, New Westminster council voted to restrict new buildings on Columbia Street to three storeys. Two months later, following a five-hour public hearing at Queen’s Park Arenex, it invoked an emergency bylaw to downzone Sixth Street between Queen’s Avenue and 5th Avenue from high rise to low rise. That meant a proposed 13-storey tower (originally proposed as 24 storeys) by Taina Developments at Sixth Street and Blackford would be limited to three storeys. One resident said if the taller tower were allowed “we might as well say hello New York and goodbye New Westminster.” Mayor Betty Toporowski said the only reason council hadn’t thought to change the zoning before the controversy was because they never imagined those heights possible in the area. In June, there was a shootout at New Westminster courthouse between the emergency response team and an armed Pak Chee Wu, 38, who had taken four hostages. Wu was a fisherman who had been in court to appeal a six month jail term for possessing undersized crab. He was sent to hospital with critical injuries but later died.

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It was year of ups and downs in New West in 1991. A new shopping mall went up in Uptown as the first phase of Woodward’s Place was opened on March 27. And Royal Columbian Hospital was putting the finishing touches on its new patient tower.

But after a boom year in 1990, housing construction in the city was down in 1991 as several planned projects waited for better economic conditions. On May 21, the province announced it would close Woodlands and sell the property.

1992

1991

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New Westminster was “not green enough” and taxes “went through the roof” in 1992. Trees and green space were hot council agenda items, and property tax increases were pegged at 7.7 per cent, which was labeled as not so bad because it was an election year. These days supporting such an increase would kill a councillor’s political career. And Royal City Centre was built at Sixth and Sixth.

Pictured above, armed robbers are arrested after a chase from Burnaby into New West.

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he province’s decision to close Woodlands was just a line in its May 21 budget. But the announcement would reverberate for years to come, changing the city’s landscape and opening old scars for former residents of the 100 year-old mental institution. Finance Minister John Jansen said much of the 60.7acre site would be sold, with proceeds going into a “legacy fund” for community-based housing for the mentally ill. The announcement caught the city off guard, which hadn’t even started negotiations into future uses of the land or received a preliminary application to rezone the site.

Mayor Betty Toporowski said city council would have appreciated prior notice of the government’s intentions.

She said nothing would happen on the land until after “adequate community input.”

New Westminster MLA Anita Hagen said, after the fiasco surrounding the sale of the old Expo lands to private developers, the province couldn’t be trusted to decide appropriate uses for the Woodlands site.

ackling crime consumed New Westminster in 1992. The 1991 statistics showed “New West continued its notorious reputation as being the most crime-ridden municipality in the Lower Mainland.” It was a reputation new police chief Jack Fordham was determined to change. He had officers walk the beat en masse. He started with a foot patrol on Columbia Street in January, where the crime was most prevalent, and opened up storefront community offices Downtown and Uptown. The moves were deemed a success. They reportedly cut crime Downtown by as much as 50 per cent and there was a noticeable reduction in drug activity around the SkyTrain station, according to the police. It was, however, a reputation that was to linger for about a decade longer. It wasn’t until early in the new century before Downtown’s ‘ick factor’ went away and the area’s revitalization began.

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1993

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It’s not going to get any better than what we have now.

Queensborough residents were alarmed by plans to double the community’s population as outlined in MacMillan Bloedel’s plan for Port Royal Village on its former mill site.

Heritage advocates called on council to act on the heritage management plan and get input from the heritage advisory committee when deciding on demolition permits. Teachers and the New West school board wrangled over funding for special needs students. Queensborough said goodbye to septic tanks after a $3-million sewer line infrastructure project was announced. Larco Investments won approval to build a five-tower, 1,000-unit, $100-million development at New West Quay. The project was expected to bring 1,600 new residents.

In all likelihood it’s going to get worse.

Renate Ehm City Traffic Engineer Pictured, the official opening of Herbert Spencer elementary.

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t may come as no surprise, but traffic was an issue in New Westminster in 1993. NewsLeader reporter John Wawrow took a drive around New West with traffic engineer Renate Ehm. “The streets of New Westminster are getting more jammed every day and there appears to be no solution in sight,” Wawrow wrote. Said Ehm: “It’s not going to get any better than what we have now. In all likelihood it’s going to get worse.”

Meantime, the new $5 million Herbert Spencer elementary opened in April, the Paramount Theatre went alcohol-free and offered top-free dancing in June, and in July plans were unveiled to build the Justice Institute. Woodward’s department store was in the process of winding down operations across B.C. In January the company announced 800 layoffs province wide, shut its discount Woodwynn shops soon thereafter and by May, Hudson’s Bay took over many of the stores. Perhaps seeing an opportunity, city planner Lisa Spitale (now the city’s CAO) wrote a report suggesting the city purchase the iconic 1955 “W” sign

from the Vancouver location for installation at Royal City Centre (then Woodwards Place). Council rejected plan. “It wouldn’t bother me if it was flashing,” said neighbour Marguerite Skinner. “It’s been a landmark for years.”

A January story begins: “Construction could begin on a new New Westminster secondary school as early as 1995, depending on results of studies now underway. The existing school, which includes the Massey and Pearson buildings as well as the school board offices and Massey Theatre, is the subject of no less than 14 provincial government-funded studies to determine its future.” The new school was estimated to cost about $20 million but they were also looking at the option of putting $15 million into preserving the existing school. Today, everyone knows how that turned out, with a new high school still three or four years away.

Pictured, 12th Street residents confront prostitute working the 12th Street/Kingsway strip.

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he city cracked down on 12th Street prostitution following complaints from residents. It set up a task force to look into the problem and investigate feasibility of opening a community police office. In a police sting over one week, 28 men were charged with prostitution-related offences. Residents banded together to form a “shame-thejohns” patrol to deter the sex trade. A similar campaign in South Burnaby was believed to have pushed the problem into New West in the first place.

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Everything new is old again.

New Westminster in 1995 sounds a lot like the city in 2014. Traffic was an ongoing issue, an architect proposed a new plan for the Front Street parkade and a developer wanted to expand Queen’s Park Arena to accommodate a Western Hockey League team.

1996

1995

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New Westminster got a new mayor, Helen Sparkes, and a new MLA, Graeme Bowbrick of the NDP in 1992. Sparkes took over from retiring Mayor Betty Toporowski, beating out challenger Cal Donnelly. A new five-tower development was supposed to be built by Larco on the waterfront after getting council approval. Today, a new plan for the property is in the works at city hall.

Pictured above, Helen Sparkes was elected mayor, beating Cal Donnelly.

Pictured above, the city was concerned about dispensing of methadone at local drug stores.

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ired of its reputation as a hotbed for petty crime and drug dealing, New West worked hard to clean up its act in 1995. City and transit police announced a four-month campaign of zero tolerance around the city’s SkyTrain stations and New West police increased their vigilance in the areas around the Columbia and Eighth Street stations. The Downtown BIA, which was in the process of creating a new vision for the city’s commercial core, was especially critical of methadone clinics in the area, which it said attracted undesirable clientele.

But as scrutiny increased Downtown, trouble moved Uptown. Residents along 12th Street complained at a town hall meeting that street prostitution was getting worse. A pregnant woman and her husband were severely beaten in Moody Park, and a 15-year-old youth was stabbed to death outside the Dairy Queen on Sixth Avenue.

Ironically, all of this happened as the Justice Institute opened its new campus on McBride.

he Russians were coming in 1996! Or at least a Russian submarine. A group of investors calling themselves Russian Submarine B.C. Ltd., led by Vancouver entrepreneur James Corlett and Stan Sherman invested about $1 million, three years and countless hours decommissioning a Russian Foxtrot (U-521). They docked it along the Fraser River boardwalk (in front of the Larco property) and opened it up for visitors. The sub had patrolled the coast of southeast Asia, including Vietnam, in the 1970s. At one point the Cold War sub even made it over to the west coast of Vancouver Island before being shut down by the Russian navy in 1993. It remained as much a fixture—and conversation piece— along the riverfront as the Tin Soldier, the Samson V and the dearly departed Royal City Star paddlewheeler for more than a decade.

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A joint venture company out of Coquitlam, Fraser RiverBoat Corp. pitched the city a plan to base a Mississippi-style riverboat destination casino on the New West riverfront. Council approved the idea at a December vote 4-3, which eventually brought the Royal City Star to town. Concerned about drug culture in the city, council passed a resolution preventing more drug stores in commercial zones, due to concerns about (legal) methadone dispensing programs. In August, the city put a protection order on the 1888 Gas Works building on 12th Street. The building is owned by the province, who wanted to demolish it and build residential. And in October, Qayqayt First Nation Chief Rhonda Larrabee performed a smudging ceremony as the New Westminster group embarked on its first fishery in 75 years.

1998

1997

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After meetings attended by hundreds of residents, the province announced the alignment of the new SkyTrain extension in New Westminster. It would run along the Fraser foreshore, affecting the view of Fraserview residents, not the tunnelled option under East Columbia Street favoured by those who attended the public forums. The line was eventually built, as was Sapperton Landing park alongside it which gives people access to the riverfront in that area.

Pictured above, Graeme Bowbrick and Arthur Griffiths consult on the proposed route of a new SkyTrain line through New West.

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n September, New West hosted the BC Seniors Games bringing 2,500 athletes aged 55 and over to the Royal City. In addition to filling up hotels in town and around the region, many athletes were staying in RV parks, including an impromptu one set up on the grounds of Scott Paper (today’s Kruger Products).

The event included 1,000 volunteers and had an opening ceremony with a parade of athletes and a torch lighting. Mayor Helen Sparkes won gold as part of a 4 x 100m relay team, becoming first host mayor to compete in 10-year old games.

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ew West teen Jared Dion, 15, was shot and killed while leaving a house party in Surrey.

His friend, Glen Panjanaban, was critically wounded. Dion was the fourth Royal City student killed in the previous 28 months, the third since August 1997. The nightmare of the leaky condo continued for many Quayside residents despite years of repair work, lawsuits, stress and anger. Repairs to the seven-year-old, 145-unit Lido totalled about $3 million or $40,000 per unit. New West council introduced a new public nuisance bylaw as part of efforts to fight drug dealing around the Downtown, 12th Street and the 22nd Street SkyTrain station. The province announced a riverboat casino would come to New Westminster, the only Lower Mainland municipality to allow a destination casino. The boat would include 30 gaming tables, 300 slots, restaurant, entertainment and create 210 permanent jobs. Close to 1,200 people attended a forum to protest removal of surgical services at St. Mary’s Hospital, which was eventually closed and sold. Today, the former hospital site is home to the new Qayqayt elementary school.

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It was a year of closures in New West. Royal Columbian Hospital closed 30 beds to save $2.8 million. The Royal and TD banks closed their Downtown branches, leaving Scotiabank as the remaining financial institution on the former Golden Mile.

Aragon Group closed a deal to acquire the last 45 acres in Port Royal so it could build a new residential community worth more than $170 million. And the city closed Kits Cabaret on Front Street after recurring problems like fights and vandalism. It then banned nightclubs from ever opening again on Front.

2000

1999

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Spring was the Royal City Curling Club’s time to shine as the team skipped by Greg McAulay won the world men’s championship. A big reason why was New Westminster’s Brent Pierce who played third. In the news, Glenbrook middle school opened its doors in September, allegations of abuse at Woodlands came to a head, and the riverboat casino began to experience financial trouble.

Janet Grant, the principal at the new Glenbrook Middle School, gets ready to welcome her new students with open arms.

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ew Westminster’s waterfront was languishing.

The Public Market had seen better days. A Russian submarine that was brought in for public tours filed for bankruptcy and was put up for sale.

So in the hope of revitalizing the area, city council granted rezoning for a new riverboat casino. The Royal City Star casino boat was a refurbished 66-metre Mississippi paddlewheeler. The project also included the construction of a new building and gangway that would serve as the entrance to the casino boat as well as provide space for a new museum about the Fraser River.

When it opened in October, the BC Lottery Corporation touted it as the province’s first destination casino.

But within weeks the bloom was already off the rose, as merchants in the public market complained about a slowdown in business due to the lack of parking created by patrons heading to the new casino.

he New Westminster schools project saga continued to be a long-running soap opera in the Royal City. The plot really thickened in 2000. In February, council kiboshed one idea to put an elementary school in Moody Park and convert Kelvin elementary next door to a middle school. There were no shortage of suggestions. Some of those floated out included building a new, bigger school at Connaught Heights while redeveloping Lord Tweedsmuir into a middle school; redeveloping New Westminster secondary to include a middle school; building a new middle school at Grimston Park; and buying land to accommodate variations on those themes. The school board decided to ditch the Moody and Grimston park concepts and focus on buying seven acres for a new middle school or replacement elementary. The province said no way, refusing to fund a site purchase in 2000.

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2002

2001

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In 2001, a $110-million casino project was proposed for Carnarvon Street between 10th and Eighth streets. It would include a hotel, convention centre, office tower and two residential towers and would be contingent upon the Royal City Star and Royal Towers casinos relocating to the site. In September, however, the province rejected the proposal, which had been touted as key to revitalizing downtown. The province stood by its policy to not allow casinos to be merged or located together.

The City of Coquitlam opened its United Boulevard Connector, which would send traffic through the Braid industrial area, without informing New Westminster city hall. The Royal City responded by blockading the road, sparking legal action by Coquitlam. U.S. tariffs against Canadian softwood lumber exports continued to hit local mills hard. International Forest Products’ Queensborough mill shut down for weeks at a time. The New Westminster parks department warned residents of a new turf pest popping up in the city, the European chafer beetle. The provincial government stripped teachers’ contract limits on class sizes and the numbers of special needs students per class. The province funded only the first year of the 7.5 per cent over three years wage increase, forcing school districts to cover the rest.

Smokey Smith, the only living winner of the Victoria Cross, is honored by students at Herbert Spencer Elementary, where he went to school as a boy. The school dedicated the gym in his name.

Pictured above, Sandra Pinkerton plays with her border collie Chelsea at the offleash area at Hume Park.

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report by B.C.’s former ombudsman, Dulcie McCallum, determined the abuse at Woodlands school, which closed in 1996, was “systemic.” New West council approved a rezoning and a master plan for the site’s redevelopment, which would include more than 1,500 housing units and a 22.5 acres of parkland.

Crowds flocked to view the collection of the now-defunct Cap’s Museum, which was put up for auction by the family of the late Gerald “Cap” Hobbis of bicycle store fame.

In a major election night upset, two-term incumbent Mayor Helen Sparkes was defeated by her lone challenger, fudge-store owner Wayne Wright, by a total of 18 votes. A judicial recount changed nothing. Ernest “Smokey” Smith, 88, then the only living recipient of Canada’s highest medal of bravery, the Victoria Cross, was honoured by his alma mater, Herbert Spencer elementary. In a special assembly attended by the war hero, the school named its gym Smokey Smith Gymnasium.

After a five-hour public hearing, New West council approved a rezoning to allow a big-box store to be built in Queensborough on the Adesa auto auction site. Opponents feared it would bring Walmart to the city and harm other local businesses. Then when a technical error is found in the legal description of a property involved, they did it all over again with a new public hearing, also more than five hours long, only to reach the same result. It eventually became home to a Walmart.

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The biggest beneficiary of 2003 was Queensborough. The island community was announced a new home for a new Walmart that would anchor a 400,000-square foot shopping complex at Queensborough Landing. And in December Gateway Casino announced it had acquired a 23-acre site to build a new destination gaming centre. To get to those new amenities, the province announced it would build new interchanges to improve the connections to the Queensborough Bridge at both ends.

2004

2003

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Seniors and hot topics don’t always go together, but they did in 2004 when a fight over the Royal City Christian Centre unfurled. The seniors wanted a care facility, the heritage lovers wanted the site returned to its natural state.

The seniors won. Next door, the province said it would give $34 million for a new NWSS. A decade later, New West residents are still waiting.

A worker checks his weld as he installs a six-foot fence around the now-closed St. Mary’s Hospital.

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t. Mary’s Hospital began 2003 clinging to life. By the end of the year, the province had all but pulled the plug.

Months after Health Services Minister Colin Hansen announced an independent review of a plan to keep the hospital open despite a loss of $29 million in funding, Fraser Health Authority reached an agreement to keep some acute surgical, medical and other services based at St. Mary’s. But the hospital would have to fund other sources of funding, like contracting with other health authorities, to balance the books.

The Friends of St. Mary’s thought their rallies and 28,000-signature petition had won the day. But for 84 of the hospital’s 600 staff, it was a hollow victory as they were issued layoff notices. The struggling hospital was dealt another blow when Fraser Health decided to move orthopaedic services to Eagle Ridge Hospital in Port Moody.

And in November, Hansen ordered the health authority to stop funding St. Mary’s altogether because the province’s review had determined its business plan wasn’t viable.

ew Westminster and the B.C. Liberals have had their fair share of fights over the years, but one of the most epic had to be over the closure of St. Mary’s Hospital in May 2004. The province decided in late 2003 to cut funding to the hospital run by the Sisters of Providence.

The order felt it had no choice but to sell the structure off of Royal Avenue, and closed the doors for good on May 20. “I’m left with a depressed empty feeling inside—it’s like a part of my life has now expired,” said long-time volunteer Rose Cyr. The closing became a recurring symbol for provincial health critics especially with nearby Royal Columbian Hospital overflowing with patients.

The Sisters sold the land to Embassy Developments which got approval to redevelop the site for two 32-storey towers. But that never happened, and now the brand new Qayqayt elementary sits on the property.

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Ten years of planning had already gone into a new New Westminster Secondary, but the school district had to re-assess its plans after bids for the project came in much higher than anticipated. The lowest bid of $90 million in $19 million more than the district had financing for. That bidder gave New West an extra month to appeal to the province for more cash for the 2,400-student school.

2006

2005

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Kyle Turris, a 17-year-old New Westminster native playing for the Burnaby Express was lighting it up on the scoreboard, making headlines for all the right reasons heading into his draft year. In the 2005-2006 season, he scored 72 points in 57 games. The St. Thomas More Collegiate student would eventually be chosen third overall by the Phoenix Coyotes, coached by Wayne Gretzky. He currently plays for the Ottawa Senators.

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Young protesters made their feelings known about New Westminster’s decision to close Kiwanis Pool at a rally on the front steps of City Hall.

Guy Ciprian of the Sapperton Merchants Association expressed his hopes the redevelopment of the Labatt brewery would create a new gateway to the area.

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ew West city hall announced the 1945 Kiwanis Pool at Moody Park would close due to structural and safety problems, sparking public outcry. It was eventually repaired, as a temporary fix, but it highlighted concerns about the city’s aging infrastructure the lack of money to replace what needed replacing. The replacement of the aging New Westminster secondary was still being studied by the school district and education ministry. This after construction tenders exceeded the project’s budget by about $20 million.

The relocation of the Windsor Hotel liquor store to 12th Street wound up in court. The sale of the Columbia Street hotel to developer Ballenas was contingent on its owner, Nirmal Walia, getting a city rezoning to move the storefront. While council did give third reading to the move, it rescinded it after Walia spoke to council about the rezoning after the public hearing, a definite no-no. It rejected the rezoning after a second public hearing early in 2007.

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evelopment was taking off in New West in 2005, and 2006 was poised to surpass that. There was approximately $160 million in projects in 2005, and Downtown was getting a lot of attention with one developer floating plans to build residential towers over top of New Westminster SkyTrain station. In October, a mix of residential, retail and medical services was proposed for the former Labatt site in Sapperton. Local politicians and the Sapperton Merchants Association were optimistic about the positive impacts of the proposal.

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The chair of the New Westminster school board vowed construction of a new high school would begin by the late summer of 2008 and be completed by 2010. Students, and the rest of the city, are still waiting. And Kyle Turris rounded out a year in which he was named the Canadian Junior A player of the year by getting picked third overall in the NHL entry draft by the Phoenix Coyotes.

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lmost two years after it began, the trial of pig farmer Robert Pickton on six counts of second-degree murder ended in New Westminster Supreme Court on Dec. 9.

No sooner had Justice James Williams pronounced the jury’s verdict that Pickton had killed six sex trade workers he’d lured to his ramshackle farm in a rural enclave of Port Coquitlam when the pent-up emotion of years of uncertainty and dread for the family members and friends of those who were killed and 20 others Pickton was suspected of killing, spilled onto the courthouse steps. Media from all over North America had covered portions of the trial. At times, the streets surrounding the courthouse on Carnarvon Street resembled a high tech forest of microwave masts and TV camera tripods. The trial not only painted a picture of one man’s sadistic perversions, but also of society’s neglect of disenfranchised sex trade workers and police indifference to their fate, matters that would later become the subjects of the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry. Two days after the verdict, Pickton was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 25 years.

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The baseball diamond at Moody Park got a new name, after New West’s own Justin Morneau, who was on hand for the christening.

The Westminster Quay Public Market got a new owner, who solicited ideas from the community about what the moribund market should become. People were quick to express their dismay about a new pay parking system.

And after a series of minor arson fires in the old Woodlands Centre Block worried residents of nearby condos, a huge conflagration destroyed the historic building in July, pictured right.

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he Garfield Hotel likely wasn’t the kind of place to earn a star rating on Trip Advisor. In fact, it’s hotel days were long behind it when the Salvation Army acquired it in 2004 to turn it into an emergency shelter for homeless men. On April 1, the ramshackle building, bowed in the middle, was torn down. But the downtrodden men who called it home weren’t forgotten. In January the College Place hotel on Carnarvon Street was bought by BC Housing, with plans to convert it to transitional housing for the homeless. The sale also meant the closure of two nightclubs on its ground floor, Chicago Tonight and Mugs ‘N Jugs. Those closures made New Westminster police particularly happy, as they put a dent in highest per capita licensed bar seats of any municipality in the province. “We don’t have to be the overall host for young people whooping it up on a Friday or Saturday night,” said Ivan Chu, of the New West police.

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Nicely timed as the city celebrated its 150th anniversary, New West received a commitment of $16.6 million in matching funds from the provincial and federal governments to convert the 9.5-acre Westminster Pier property on the river from an industrial brownfield into a park.

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The Russell Housing Centre, formerly the College Place Inn, officially opened. The former nightclub and exotic lounge was renovated and is now home to 15 shelter beds and 40 supportive housing units. Hopes were high for the Brewery District – a multiple-stage master-planned community slated for the nine-acre property that was occupied by Labatt for more than 125 years. Barry Buckland bought the Burr Theatre from New Westminster city hall for $850,000 with plans to restore it as a new home for his Lafflines Comedy Club. Eva Markvoort, the former Miss New Westminster whose brave battle with cystic fibrosis brought international attention to the importance of organ donation, died at age 25. The Royal Towers Hotel was closed and the building converted to rental suites. New Westminster became the first city in Canada to apologize to the ChineseCanadian community for past discrimination. New West council endorsed the replacement of Massey Theatre with a new 1,000-seat performing arts centre to allow for a replacement New Westminster secondary to be built on the theatre’s current site.

Pictured, Eva Markvoort

Don Benson arrives in New We s t m i n s t e r ’s Queen’s Park to light the Olympic cauldron at the torch relay community celebration.

As the project manager for the new Westminster Pier Park, Dugal Purdie was in charge of transforming the desolate industrial site into a new waterfront park.

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he Royal City Star was towed away from the New Westminster waterfront for good. The saga of replacing New Westminster secondary continued, as residents are told either Mercer Stadium or Massey Theatre would have to be bulldozed to make way for a new school. She’d already served as MP, and in May, Dawn Black was elected as the city’s MLA. River Market had received some small renovations and almost all the tenants from the old Westminster Quay market days were gone. But residents were getting impatient for something good to come to the market.

The city approved plans to build Westminster Pier Park, with a tight timeline—completion by March 2011. Events to mark New West’s 150th anniversary were held throughout the year—including a community picnic on the city hall lawn, heritage trolley tours and a gala.

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he Olympic torch arrived in New Westminster to huge fanfare, starting its local route on Royal Avenue. Spectators lined the street anticipating its arrival while waving Canadian flags and their cellphone cameras poised to capture the occasion. They cheered when New West’s first torchbearer, Gary Hilton, received the Olympic flame from the flamekeeper. He slowly made his way along Royal accompanied by his mother, wife and their two kids, and a large police escort. As he came up Third Street, he passed the flame to another torchbearer, leading to more cheers. The torch run made its last stop in the Royal City at a celebration held in Queen’s Park. New Westminster’s last torchbearer, Don Benson, lit a small community cauldron eliciting the loudest cheer of the morning from the crowd of 2,000.

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In 2012, Vancouver condo king Bob Rennie came to New West and delivered a speech suggesting we scrap the “Royal City” moniker. Time to spice things up, he said. The cool reception highlighted that no matter how much people were embracing the positive changes in the city, there were historical and heritage aspects considered sacred.

Meanwhile, New West’s Jon Cornish had his biggest breakout yet in 2012. The Calgary Stampeder running back earned the CFL’s Most Outstanding Canadian award, and was runner-up for its most outstanding player. Plans to build the new Qayqayt elementary, on the St. Mary’s Hospital site, were approved.

2013

One local politician took on a new challenge, while another turned it down. New Westminster MLA Dawn Black took the interim reins of the provincial NDP for three months after Carole James stepped down. But after some initial interest, MP Peter Julian said he had no wouldn’t put his name forward as the party’s new provincial leader.

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The New Westminster School Board grappled with some serious deficits in 2013, and were struggling to find a way out of the mess, not just for now, but into the future as well. By the time the school year was over, the district’s accumulated debt was more than $5 million and the board was making major cuts. The affairs of the Hyack Festival Association resembled a sort of civil war in 2013, as the termination of executive director Douglas Smith pitched two factions of the group against each other. Special meetings were held, there were resignations and many recriminations. The city got involved, and by the end of the year, Hyack’s future was on shaky ground. Meanwhile, the city was still holding its collective breath, seeking a buyer for the Merchant Square office tower, in order to recoup its investment.

Developer Robert Fung, right, and architect Mark Ostry review plans to turn the historic Trapp Block into condominium apartments.

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fter years of false starts and shattered visions, the revitalization of Downtown New Westminster finally got some momentum. In January the city unveiled the design for the new civic centre and office tower it would be building at the corner of Columbia and Eighth streets. The design, by architecture firms Hughes Condon Marler and Musson Cattell Mackey, would eventually inform the name of the new structure—Anvil Centre. But with the project now a tangible reality, residents started offering suggestions to make it even better, including moving the loading bays and adding a day care and fitness centre. Encouraged by the city’s commitment to Downtown, The Salient Group also announced it would finally go ahead with its condo project at the Trapp Block after being dormant for years. The development company acquired the historic building, which was once a department store that anchored the city’s “Golden Mile” shopping district, in 2005. The building had been vacant since 1977. But Salient had experience with similar projects in Vancouver’s historic Gastown district and redevelopment of that area had transformed it from a tacky tourist trap to a trendy destination for restaurants and boutique shops. Salient’s president and founder, Robert Fung, said he saw similar potential for New West’s Downtown.

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erves were jangling—big time—in New West in 2012 as the city decided to go it alone and build a Downtown office tower above the Anvil Centre, on its own dime. Or rather, the taxpayers’ dime. The plan required city council to authorize borrowing “up to” $59 million.

The majority of council supported the idea, though Coun. Chuck Puchmayr voted against it. Then resident James Crosty, a former mayoralty candidate and past president of the Quayside Residents Association expressed concerns about the risk, and led a petition campaign to force a referendum on the borrowing decision.

A total of 4,528 signatures were needed, but the campaign only reached about 2,000. But the message was clear enough. Even those who supported the borrowing and the idea that an office tower would bring much-needed employment and activity to Downtown were nervous.

Firefighters tackle the Oct. 10 blaze.

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Firefighters responded to reports of explosions in the E.L. Lewis building in the pre-dawn gloom, and by the time the embers cooled later that day it was a pile of debris. The Hamley Block was so damaged it had to be torn down as well. More than 30 businesses were displaced, including Norm’s Barber Shop. And the iconic Copp’s Shoes storefront, which had just closed months prior, was gone forever.

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Creating texture with mouldings and millwork

By Kerry Vital A plain painted wall can be boring and tired.

Adding interior finishings can not only raise the value of your home, but also add some visual interest and distinction to a space.

“For too long in this industry, it’s been difficult to pull together beautiful designs because selecting and purchasing moulding, trim elements and interior doors has consisted of a complicated process,” says Jan Rutgers, Director, Product Development for Metrie. “With our new Finishing Collections, gone are the days of rummaging through bins to find the best casing to match the dimensions of your baseboard.”

Now, you can find pretty much everything on the market.

“A few trends we are seeing include painting trim and walls the same colour,” says Rutgers.

“We’re also seeing a trend of designers using unique wood stains for signature looks.”

Changing up the look of your room can be as easy as installing Materials differ, but certain woods are still crown mouldings or interesting millwork. It will give you a big classic and used most often. impact on a lower budget.

“The mainstays are oak, poplar and maple,” Photos supplied by Metrie says John Hutton of Westcoast Moulding & Millwork. “Really any wood can be shaped into Another thing to keep in mind is the a moulding, but really soft species such as cotsize of the room. If you have high ceilings, tonwood don’t shape as easily and are more easily damaged.” a wider moulding might fit perfectly, but He also notes that exotic woods such as batu, cherry from you wouldn’t install that same moulding in North America or Brazil and black walnut are also coming a room with a lower ceiling as it can make onto the market. it look smaller. You want to keep the size of When choosing what type of trim to install in your home, moulding in proportion with the size of the it’s best to consult a professional. room and height of the ceiling.

“We look at the style of your home and recommend opOne of the great things about interior fintions,” says Hutton. “Everyone is different, and we have differishings is its ability to transform your space. ent products to suit them.”

“Create texture within a room by simply Hutton’s biggest tip is to do your research and know what adding trim to your walls,” says Rutgers. you’re looking for. He also recommends choosing a moulding “Simple panel moulding can give a big that will fit the space and the other items you’ve chosen. impact without having to invest in expensive “You want to keep it symmetrical,” he says. “You don’t want art.” a huge moulding and small baseboards.”

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A stylish wardrobe starts in a well-organized closet

By Kerry Vital An organized closet will save you time and headaches in the morning, whether your wardrobe is large or small. No longer having to search for that sweater you wanted to wear as the weather gets chillier is just one of the benefits of installing a custom closet.

“Regardless of how small or large a space, designing a custom storage solution that maximizes every inch of space can make a world of difference in helping people get organized and reclaim their environment,” says Paige Adams, sales and marketing assistant for California Closets.

She points out that there is no one-sizefits-all approach to a closet. Instead, the final design can be tailored to a client’s needs.

“Options are endless when it comes to creating custom closets,” Adams says. “They are completely unique to each client and their specific needs.”

Accessory items for closets include tie racks, belt racks, scarf racks, pull-out mirrors and pull-out hampers, Adams says.

“Clients are often looking for the most innovative and highly functional design solutions that are both beautiful and unique to them,” she adds.

Are you obsessed with shoes? Built-in shoe racks that hold boots, high heels, flats, dress shoes and everything in between are easy additions to a custom closet.

You don’t have to do it alone however.

“Hiring a professional is extremely beneficial in the development and creation of custom closets,” says Adams.

Closet organizers have come a long way since the plain white wire shelving that many people grew up with. Adams notes that there are options for every budget.

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or contemporary design, or something in between, we work with each individual to discover their needs and design aesthetic to come up with a custom storage solution that is perfect for them,” she says. “The possibilities are endless.”

As with your clothing, there are many things to keep in mind when choosing what to include in your closet design.

“It is important to keep in mind that before designing a custom closet, homeowners should have a good idea of how the closet will function and the items that will be going in

it,” Adams says. “This is important in creating a design that maximizes the space and best suits the client’s needs.”

Do you have a few things you haven’t worn in several years but can’t bear to get rid of? Now is the time to think about whether it’s really worth keeping that pair of jeans that are too small.

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We walked around our charming, 1903 Vancouver home and wrote down all of the areas that needed work. We decided on practical upgrades that would make the home healthier and more comfortable to live in including insulation in our attic and those upgrades that would create a more modern, aesthetically pleasing, and user-friendly home such as a new fireplace.

Next, we finalized our list of home upgrades that we wanted to complete. Unfortunately, we encountered a rather large hiccup – we had a tight budget of $X, and a wish list total of $X x 10.

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A mostly complete upgrade at Metro Vancouver’s wasteto-energy incinerator in south Burnaby has already sharply reduced emissions that contribute to smog.

Metro Vancouver solid waste manager Paul Henderson said there’s been a more than 25 per cent drop in nitrogen oxides released and those emissions should drop by nearly another third by the end of the year to less than half of the 2013 average.

The $7-million emission control system upgrade is the latest improvement at the region’s Waste-To-Energy Facility, but the Fraser Valley Regional District has challenged the plant’s operating certificate renewal, demanding the province impose much tighter emission limits and monitoring requirements.

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D TEbook EvEnTs P reve n t i n g B re a s t Cancer: Bonnie McCoy of the Cancer Prevention Centre gives a free talk for women and breast cancer survivors on preventing the disease through healthy l i f e s t y l e ch a n g e s .

Presented by the Up Front Breast Cancer Support Group. When: Monday, Sept. 22, 7-9 p.m. Where: 7591 Gray Ave. (near Rumble), Burnaby. R e g i s t e r : lilysopal@gmail.com or 604-430-6003.

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Miniature Train Rides: Ride scale-model trains on over 2 km of track. Also available for birthday parties and private functions.

W h e n : S a t u rd ay s , Sundays and holidays from Good Friday until Thanksgiving, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: 120 N. Willingdon (at Penzance Drive), Burnaby. Cost: $2.50 per ride, ages two and under free. Info: burnabyrailway.org.

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Metropolis at Metrotown Retail Job Fair: The mall holds its seventh annual retail job fair. Over 30 retailers will be looking to fill over 500 positions for the busy holiday season. Candidates are encouraged to bring several copies of resumes, know which retailers they’re interested in visiting, and be prepared and

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Burnaby Rhododendron and Garden Society: Next meeting will feature Margaret Nakahara demonstrating her magic with floral art.

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When: Wednesday, Oct. 1, 7 p.m. Where: Discovery Room, Burnaby Villag e Museum, Canada Way at Deer Lake Ave. (Sperling), Burnaby.

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When: Third Saturdays of the month, Sept.

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21 ELEMENTS: Exhibition of oil paintings by artist Lam Wong explores our perception of art—the mysteries of memory and perception as they relate to art objects and their viewers.

When: Sept. 2-27, 1-5 p.m., closed Mondays.

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children 6 months to three years. When: Thursdays, 10 to 11 a.m. Where: New Westminster Salvation Army. Info: 604-5225524.

Saturdays, etc. Info: Doris at dorisfriend39@ gmail.com, or 604492-4638 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Web: www. burnabynewwestmin sternewcomers.com

Burnaby-New Westminster Newcomers and Friendship Club: Club welcomes women who are new to the area, as well as longtime residents.

Meet women of all ages and cultures to make new friends. When: Dinner meeting the second Wednesday of each month plus various events including book club, craft group, social

Social Dance: Practice your dancing skills at these weekly dances.

Come with a friend or on your own and have a memorable time. When: Fridays, 1-3:30 p.m., Saturdays 2-4 p.m. and Mondays 12:45-2:45 p.m. Where: Edmonds Community Centre for 55+, 7282 Kingsway, Burnaby.

Cost: $1 member, $2 other. Info: 604-2974400.

Preventing gang activity in BC ▾ MYTH: Gangs are only a “lower-class”, ethnic, or male problem: Reality: Gang members in B.C. come from every socio-economic background and all ethnicities. While racial, ethnic, and gender composition can vary by locality or type of gang, gangs are often as diverse as our communities and many do not restrict who joins as long as they can make money for the gang.

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1615 MacDonald Ave (E.1st Ave)

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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!

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Commercial Transport & Diesel Engine Mechanics Required for Cullen Diesel Power Ltd. and Western Star and Sterling Trucks of Vancouver Inc. Positions available in Surrey.

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PARKVIEW TOWERS Grange St & McMurray Ave Deluxe 1, 2, 3 bdrm rentals Fitness centre, pool, close to Metrotown Skytrain AVAILABLE NOW! Call or e-mail: 604.433.5321 / parkviewtowers@ bentallkennedy.com www.rentparkview.com

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Packed with Healthy Varieties

Serving our local community since 1986

Vancouver Hastings Vancouver Commercial Dr New West River Market 2342 East Hastings St. 2279 Commercial Drive #130 - 810 Quayside Drive 604-254-3014 604-255-1440 604-525-3331

OKANAGAN MCINTOSH APPLES Product of BC

PRODUCE AISLE FOUR O’CLOCK ORGANIC FAIR TRADE TEA Assorted Varieties 16 tea bags Product of Canada

59¢ /lb

OKANAGAN GALA APPLES Product of BC

59¢ /lb

275 ea

SAMBAZON ACAI JUICE BLENDS

Select Varieties 310mL Product of USA

275 ea

NATURE’S PATH ORGANIC FROZEN TOASTER WAFFLES

NATURE’S PATH ORGANIC BOXED CEREAL

Assorted Varieties 210g Product of USA

Assorted Varieties Assorted SIzes Product of USA

275 ea

from

3

25 ea

NATURE’S PATH PURE OATS AND LOVE CRUNCH GRANOLA

Assorted Varieties Assorted SIzes Product of USA from

325 ea