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Friday, November 7, 2014 NewsLeader A1

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This Remembrance Day we mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, and the 75th anniversary of the start of World War Two. See Page A32

Air, noise to be tested around schools

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For years Joe Knight wondered about the photo of a barren hillside in the Shetland Islands that was one of his dad’s most prized possessions. It’s only after John Knight died that his family learned the real significance of that photo, where he had been the only survivor of a plane crash in WWII.

Crash survivor never forgot his crewmates Mario Bartel

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John Knight just wanted a few moments’ peace to smoke a cigarette.

The 26-year-old retired to one of the dome blisters along the fuselage of the RCAF Canso bomber in which he was a flight engineer and machine gun operator.

The aircraft was part of a squadron that patrolled the North Sea between Iceland and Scotland during the Second World War, on alert for German submarines.

Knight and his seven crew mates

had just returned to their At some point along base in Reykjavik from a their 58-mile flight to couple weeks’ rest back Wick, the bomber was home in Canada. instructed to fly instead It was their first patrol to Stornoway, in the of their three-flight Outer Hebrides of rotation out of Tain, in Scotland. the Scottish Highlands, But the heading they before they’d return to were given was faulty and Iceland.

John Knight survived a sent them on a course harrowing plane crash towards Foula, one of It was stormy and in 1944. foggy that afternoon the remote Shetland of July 29,1944. So foggy Knight Islands off Scotland’s north coast. couldn’t see the end of the plane’s Foula’s barren landscape is wings from his perch in the glass dominated by Hamnafield Hill, an bubble.

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moss. The Canso’s altimeter was at 920 ft. when it slammed into the hill.

The aircraft burst into flames, fuel tanks and ammunition exploded.

Wreckage tumbled down the mountain.

Knight was knocked unconscious by the impact. When he came to, he was able to push open the blister and drop to the ground where he crawled behind a rock to shield himself from the flames and flying shrapnel.

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Has increased truck traffic made noise and air pollution worse around two of our city’s schools?

That’s the question city council hopes to answer.

To that end, they’ll seek funding in future budgets for independent assessments near Glenbrook middle school and the new Qayqayt elementary.

Glenbrook is next to McBride Boulevard and Qayqayt is beside Royal Avenue—two of the city’s Pattullo Bridge-related rush hour choke points.

Both McBride and Royal are feeder truck routes for the Pattullo.

New Westminster maintains truck traffic has increased since the new tolled Port Mann Bridge opened with truckers taking the Pattullo to avoid the fee.

A staff report to council said how much the noise and air pollution assessments will cost isn’t known yet.

Metro Vancouver is responsible for air quality monitoring in the region, and has a permanent station in Sapperton Park.

A Metro Vancouver mobile unit has been deployed on Front Street and Royal Avenue in recent years. twitter.com/newwestnews

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MOODY PARK OFF-LEASH DOG AREA SURVEY

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2015 Community Member Recruitment for Advisory Committees, Commissions, Boards, and Panels **The deadline to receive applications has been extended to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, November 28, 2014** New Westminster City Council will consider appointments to Advisory Committees, Commissions, Boards and Panels for the year 2015.

Access Ability Advisory Committee (formerly Special Services and Access Committee)

6 – Community Members 1 – Student residing in New Westminster, or persons who may address the perspective of a youth with disabilities

ACTBiPED (formerly Bicycle & Pedestrian Committee)

8 – Community Members 1 – Student residing in New Westminster

Advisory Planning Commission

Community Members

Arts and Culture Grant Committee

Community Members

Board of Variance

Community Members

Community Grant Committee

Community Members

Community Heritage Commission

Community Members

Community and Social Issues Committee

Community Members

Downtown New Westminster Parking Commission

Community Members

Economic Development Advisory Committee 6 – Community Members 1 – Representative from the Queensborough business community Emergency Advisory Committee

Community Members

Environment Advisory Committee

6 – Community Members 1 – Post-Secondary Student residing in New Westminster

Family Court Committee

Community Members

Heritage Grant Program Committee

Community Members

Multiculturalism Advisory Committee

Community Members

Neighbourhood Traffic Advisory Committee

Community Members

Parks and Recreation Committee

6 – Community Members 1 – Community Member with a background or interest in museums and archives

Public Arts Advisory Committee

2 – Artists of recognized standing 2 – Urban Designers 1 – Developer 3 – Arts Professionals

Railway Community Advisory Panel

3 – Community Members 1 – Community Member representing Queensborough

Remembrance Day Committee

Community Members

Seniors Advisory Committee

Community Members

All applicants must submit an application, along with a brief personal resume.

To apply online or download an application form, as well as for additional information regarding each Committee, including the length of term and mandate, please visit www.newwestcity.ca.

Drop-off or Mail: Attn: City Clerk Legislative Services Department City Hall 511 Royal Avenue New Westminster, BC V3L 1M9 Fax: 604-527-4594 Email: committees@newwestcity.ca For further information, please contact the Legislative Services Department at 604-527-4523 or by email at committees@newwestcity.ca.

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The City of New Westminster is seeking input from Moody Park users and other community members to assist in the selection of an appropriate location for the Moody Park Off-Leash Dog Area new Moody Park off-leash dog area. The attached map shows the three locations being considered. Please visit each location and then take a moment to vote on your preferred site.

To place your vote, visit www.newwestpcr.ca, drop by the Parks, Culture & Recreation office or Century House before November 21, 2014. For further information please contact Parks, Culture & Recreation at 604-527-4567.

2014 REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONIES The 2014 Remembrance Day Ceremonies will commence at 10:00 am on Tuesday, November 11th at the Royal Westminster Regiment Armouries. All members of the public are welcome to attend, however indoor seating will be limited. The doors to the Armouries will be closed at 9:45 am. The site is wheelchair and stroller friendly and accepts those people wishing to attend with their sight assistant dogs.

The memorial address inside Armouries will be delivered by Colonel (Ret’d) Bill White Cd. At approximately 10:40 am, following the ceremonies in the Armouries, all members of the public can join a parade to the Cenotaph located in front of City Hall, where the two minutes of silence will be observed at 11:00 am. That will be followed by a special message from Mayor Wayne Wright, reading of the poem ‘In Flanders Field’, the wreath laying ceremony and then a procession led by the Royal Westminster Regiment along Royal Avenue.

This year the ceremonies will be in tribute of Honourary Remembrance Day Committee member, Freda Hogg.

Please note: As decided by the City of New Westminster, there will be no overflow seating at Queen’s Avenue United Church.

Royal Avenue will be closed from McBride Boulevard to Eighth Street between 7:00 am and 1:00 pm. No traffic will be able to access Royal Avenue or the Pattullo Bridge between these hours, including residents. All trucks wishing to access the Pattullo Bridge will be diverted to the Port Mann Bridge via Front Street from Stewardson Way and Royal Avenue.

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Friday, November 7, 2014 NewsLeader A3

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OPINION page 6 | LETTERS page 7 | DRIVEWAY page 18

‘Cheaper’ for city to run Santa parade Grant Granger

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The city will drive Santa’s sleigh down Columbia Street again this year instead of the Hyack Festival Association.

New Westminster council has decided city staff will run the Santa Claus Parade, to be held Dec. 6, for the second consecutive year because it’s cheaper.

Hyack had handled the event until last year. But the city took it over in 2013 when the association became embroiled in controversy following the firing of executive director Douglas Smith.

Coun. Chuck Puchmayr said Hyack’s proposal to do the parade again was more expensive with a huge chunk going to administration.

“It’s way more, way more cost efficient. All of that stuff we’ve listed as our costs, those are our costs whether we do it or they do it,” said Puchmayr in an interview Tuesday.

He was referring to costs such as providing fire, police and set up/clean up as well as city administrators participating in event planning meetings.

A staff report to council pegged the city’s out-ofpocket costs at running the 2013 parade at $18,383.

Community organizations and businesses chipped in with $31,662 in in-kind sponsorship contributions.

And Puchmayr said sponsorships for this year’s parade already exceed $20,000 more than last year.

Puchmayr said the

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The city will again organize this year’s Santa Claus Parade on Columbia Street.

numbers put to rest the rumour the parade cost the city $100,000 to stage without Hyack’s involvement last year.

“That’s simply false,” said Puchmayr. “This is

definitely a more efficient way of doing it. That’s not to say Hyack can’t come back in some day. I think a logical step would be for Hyack to use one of these events and solicit marketing

and sponsorship, and then come to the city and they would just put this on, and they would benefit from the revenue of sponsorship.”

Coun. Betty McIntosh, a staunch supporter of Hyack, isn’t as convinced as Puchmayr of the benefits.

McIntosh said Hyack proved it was on the top of its parade game when it put on its annual parade in May. “I’m not sure the city should be in the business of doing a parade because we have other entities in the city that are qualified in doing parades,” said McIntosh, who is not running for re-election Nov. 15, at her final council meeting. “The next council should look at who should be developing this type of activity in the city.”

Mews beautification to follow parkade demo: City Downtown group upset beautification portion of parkade demolition not part of budget Grant Granger

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Downtown businesses are afraid the City of New Westminster is going to demolish the Front Street parkade and leave beautifying what’s left until later.

But the city says not to worry.

Work on deconstructing the parkade is scheduled to begin in January. But the Downtown New Westminster Business Improvement Association (DNWBIA) says it was told by the city the “Front Street Mews” portion of the plan is not part of the project’s budget, nor has a timeline been set to do the

beautification plan. the deconstruction without the In a letter to council, DNWBIA beautification would be useless. president Shelagh Anderson said the After initially opposing the concept, mews is important because “it will the association officially threw its be seen as a light at the end of the support behind it a year ago. tunnel for those Downtown “The Front Street Mews merchants, and in particular was definitely a selling feature, Front Street merchants, and definitely what persuaded who have to endure the us to give our blessing to the deconstruction process.” deconstruction project,” said She “strongly encouraged” Johnston. council to approve the Mews But city engineering JOHNSTON plan and come up with a director Jim Lowrie said budget and timeline for its while they’re still working completion. Without a guaranteed out the exact budget and timeline future for the improvements after details the beautification will be the deconstruction “our fear is that done after the western portion our business area will suffer as a comes down. result,” Anderson wrote.

Lowrie said the initial work will DNWBIA executive director involve doing rehabilitation to the Kendra Johnston said from her east end of the parkade so it is ready organization’s perspective, doing to handle all of the impact when

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the demolition begins. The western half is expected to come down starting in the early spring, he said.

The beautification work would be done immediately after that’s done, which Lowrie estimated will start in September and take to the end of 2015.

The deconstruction will be another in a long list of projects Downtown merchants have endured in 2014. They include the new Anvil Centre, the Trapp+Holbrook development, the Fourth Street pedestrian overpass connection to Westminster Pier Park and underground infrastructure work.

“It’s been a challenging summer and fall. There’s been a lot of Front Street road closures,” said Johnston.

Correction The Oct. 31 NewsLeader’s real estate insert included a story, “Determining the authenticity of heritage homes” that contained some errors and requires some clarification regarding the Heritage Register and Heritage Designation. Being listed on a Heritage Register does not mean the property is protected or that it cannot be altered; rather, it is a list that recognizes that the place has heritage value to the community.

Formal heritage protection is achieved with a Heritage Designation Bylaw or through a Heritage Revitalization Agreement, and both of these come with legal obligations for the property owner, including getting permission from City Council to make exterior changes.

The article also incorrectly states local governments get their heritage tools from the Heritage Conservation Act, when in fact these tools come from the Local Government Act. To find out the proper definitions of heritage conservation terms, refer to the City’s heritage website (www.newwestcity. ca) or the Heritage BC website (www. heritagebc.ca).

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ART IN THE LIBRARY The art at the New Westminster Public Library in November celebrates nature as well as art created by Canadian veterans.

Celebrating the Art of Our Veterans is on the Ramp Gallery on the Main Floor. Organized by George Derby Centre in honour of Remembrance Day, the show features artworks by a group of WWII veterans. These original artworks, which include acrylics on canvas, mixed media, watercolours, fabric painting and weaving, were all created in 2014 in Artworks Studio at George Derby Centre.

On the upstairs Art Panels nature is displayed in its various moods and attitudes. In Disposition of Nature, Nina Shenton uses art as a window into the natural beauty of British Columbia and includes works that range from a close-up view of the forest floor to a vast panorama of lakes and mountains. Using various media, Nina displays the bold and the subtle, the intricate and the sprawling, the bright and the subdued.

The art can be viewed at any time during library hours until November 30. Find more information at www.nwpl.ca or 604-527-4660.

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CITY OF NEW WESTMINSTER REPORT

Urban Academy’s plans to demolish an eight-unit rental apartment building to make room for the school’s expansion is an example of losing affordable housing for the city that Coun. Jaimie McEvoy is worried about.

Seeking solutions to affordable housing Candidates for council call for options for New Westminster Grant Granger

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A few years ago Mike Folka wanted to move his family to New Westminster where he had an idyllic childhood playing street hockey in the city works parking lot.

Going home, though, came at a price. The sticker shock caught him by surprise. The candidate for city council in the Nov. 15 civic election knows firsthand about New Westminster’s affordable housing problem.

There was no way Folka, 32, and his wife could afford a house in his old hometown.

Even a townhouse in the new Victoria Hill neighbourhood was too pricey. His family, which includes three pre-school aged boys, eventually bought a townhouse only a couple of blocks away from his parents’ place in Glenbrooke North.

“We were looking at buying, either taking a smaller space or a townhouse here, or purchasing a house in Port Coquitlam. We need to have a better selection of houses here,” said Folka, a Shaw Cable installer. “We do want to encourage families and people to come here but we need it to be affordable. It’s really not. It’s a big struggle.”

Folka’s experience house hunting is a big reason why he decided to run.

He believes his family’s past in New West that dates back to the 1920s and his youth is a good combination. He cites laneway housing and row houses as possible solutions to the housing issue.

He liked what council did recently by setting in motion a plan for some family-friendly regulations for developers. The new rules will require a minimum 20 per cent of their units to have at least two bedrooms and another 10 per cent three bedrooms.

For more information, please visit www.newwestcity.ca/elections or call 604-636-4484.

Please see ELECTION 2014: AFFORDABLE HOUSING, A10

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New Westminster Mayor & Council All-Candidates Meeting Monday, November 10, 2014 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm (meet & greet candidates from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm) Moderator: Daniel Fontaine New Westminster Evangelical Free Church, 7895 Canada Way, Burnaby (10th Avenue & Canada Way) Park at New Westminster Secondary School lot kitty corner to church The MPRA is also very excited to announce that we are partnering with NewWest.tv who will provide a live video stream of the allcandidates meeting to the web.

The live broadcast will be available through NewWest.tv at www.newwest.tv and their URL that presents the live video stream will be www.newwest.tv/election Viewers will also be able to comment about the event live on Twitter through #newwestdottv

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Friday, November 7, 2014 NewsLeader A5

Coat drive family tradition

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Doling out warm winter coats to people who need them in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is a holiday tradition for Roni-Lyn Sanders.

It’s also a family tradition.

Sanders’ father Gordie started the first coat drive 20 years ago at his SPCA Thrift Store in Richmond. The coats he collected filled the family car.

Roni-Lyn picked up the coat mantle at her own SPCA Thrift Mart on 12th Street and it now takes a three-tonne truck to deliver them to the Downtown Eastside. Some also go to local charities in New West.

Many of the volunteers that help make the coat drive happen have also made it part of their holiday traditions, said Sanders.

Like the group of Girl Guides from Richmond who make soup that will be ladled out when the coats are distributed on Dec. 10. Or some of her store’s longtime customers who first heard about the coat drive as they rummaged through the racks of used clothing and household items and decided to give back a little by helping out.

Sanders doesn’t just hand out the coats.

She turns the distribution into a day-long event that not only warms people with new outerwear, but also fills their bellies with hot soup and baked goods and warms their heart by giving them a respite from their daily challenges, even for a short time.

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We are seeking several PSWs to perform janitorial tasks at Canada Games Pool. Duties will include cleaning, minor maintenance of fitness equipment and swimming pool area and some painting.

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Roni-Lyn Sanders, of the SPCA Thrift Mart on 12th Street, is hoping to fill a truck with coats and jackets.

Successful applicant must be able to pass and maintain a criminal and police record check.

Visit www.newwestcity.ca for full posting details.

Sanders said it’s important to respect the people receiving coats, not make them feel like charity cases. She does that by properly sorting the coats according to size and styles, as they might be in a department store. She also ensures all the coats are of good quality, ones that she’d actually wear herself.

“It’s important to make people feel good,” said Sanders.

Everyone gets a kind word. Regulars check in with updates about their families, their own lives.

Sanders started collecting coats at the beginning of October.

They can be dropped at her SPCA Thrift Mart, 615 12th St., the Jolly Coachman Pub in Pitt Meadows as well as two locations in Coquitlam, Mundy Road elementary school or at 2622 Gage Ave. Coats should be specified for the coat drive.

For more information, contact Roni-Lyn at 604-540-7722.

The position works 7 hour shifts between 10:00 pm and 6:30 am 2-3 times per week.

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Burnaby resident Ted Marchant caught this photo of his cat Rua. reaching out to a squirrel on an outside bird feeder. ‘It happened to be low enough that the squirrels could jump onto it,’ Ted says. ‘It was after watching them carefully that he decided to see if he could actually touch them. As you can see the squirrel wasn’t the slightest bit concerned.’

Pause to remember Remembrance Day services on Tuesday will likely feel a little different this year.

On Oct. 22 Canadians were shocked when a lone gunman ended the life of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo as he stood guard at the National War Memorial in Ottawa.

The gunman, Michael ZehafBibeau then went to the nearby Parliament buildings and the nation held its breath as he stormed in only metres from parliamentarians holding their weekly caucus meetings.

The attack happened two days after two other Canadian soldiers were run down in Quebec by another troubled young man. One of the soldiers died.

In the days that followed, veterans and cadets across Canada took up Cirillo’s watch at their own local cenotaphs. It was their way of thanking the young reservist for his selfless duty that ended up costing him his life.

As investigators worked to determine whether the two incidents were linked, and perhaps new manifestations of homegrown terrorism, soldiers were cautioned to keep a low profile, refrain from wearing their uniforms in public.

That won’t be the case on Tuesday.

Veterans, current military personnel, reservists and cadets will pull on their snappy, pressed uniforms, don their caps and berets, pin their medals to their chests, and put one last glean on their polished shoes.

They’ll parade down streets across the country to gather in city squares, around cenotaphs and memorials to remember those who served before them and lost their lives.

And we’ll thank them with our applause, handshakes and pats on the bank.

Because it’s their dedication, hard work and sacrifice that has kept the fright and destruction of war from touching most of our lives directly.

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Hot gases spew from legislature VICTORIA – The climate debate, which all left-thinking people insist is over, has erupted in the B.C. legislature over our nascent liquefied natural gas industry.

Chilliwack-Hope B.C. Liberal MLA Laurie Throness heated things up by announcing that he’s “agnostic” on the subject of human-caused global warming.

The religious terminology is intentional, he said, because this is how climate change is currently discussed – deniers, believers and so on.

Throness mentioned the inflated elephant in the room, 18 years with little or no average global surface temperature rise, even as greenhouse gas emissions keep rising around the world.

Needless to say, Green Party MLA and climate scientist Andrew Weaver was aghast at this heresy. And NDP MLAs lined up behind former Sierra Club high priest George Heyman to ridicule Throness, inadvertently proving his point about their rather nasty religious zeal.

I’m also skeptical on global

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warming, as regular readers will know, and so are many voting adults in Canada and elsewhere.

And I agree with Throness’ main point that B.C. shouldn’t sacrifice its energy economy while the jury is still out.

Most politicians who presume to decide the fate of this vital and threatened industry have at best visited a well or plant site, and media information about the industry is often from questionable protesters. So today I’d like to provide some background on the natural gas industry, as someone who grew up with it and worked in it in northeastern B.C. Natural gas is mostly methane, the main ingredient in farts. It is many times more potent than carbon dioxide as a heat-trapping gas in the atmosphere, which is one reason it is often flared rather

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than vented if it isn’t captured for use as fuel.

Raw natural gas may contain carbon dioxide, a key plant food and component of exhaled breath that has been rebranded as pollution. Gas from the Horn River Basin, one of B.C.’s largest deep shale formations, contains 10 per cent or more CO2, more than conventional gas.

B.C.’s most lucrative gas field is the Montney shale around Fort St. John, which contains nearly CO2-free gas as well as light petroleum liquids.

(This is similar to the Bakken shale in North Dakota, where American roughnecks continue to burn off vast amounts of gas to get at the more valuable light liquids. Oddly, President Obama and former Canadian singer Neil Young don’t notice this.)

Weaver and the NDP are correct in their main objection, which is that the B.C. government’s new limits on CO2 from LNG production are a sham. As much as 70 per cent of the total greenhouse gas emissions from the gas industry occur before the LNG stage,

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which is the only thing the new rules regulate.

CO2 that comes up with gas is extracted and vented. A government-subsidized pilot project to capture and store CO2 at Spectra Energy’s operations at Fort Nelson seems to be going nowhere. Restricting LNGrelated emissions is mostly a cosmetic gesture.

Environment Minister Mary Polak correctly notes that gas producers pay carbon tax. Yes, but only on the fuel they use, not “process emissions” such as flaring. Big LNG proponents plan to burn more gas to compress and cool LNG, and their greenhouse gas emissions beyond a certain limit will force them to buy carbon offsets or pay into a technology fund.

If LNG investment isn’t scared away by protests and piled-on taxes, it surely means B.C.’s greenhouse gas reduction targets are history. The question now is how much that actually matters.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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Let’s not forget the whole issue of the Pattullo Bridge.

That descended into a mess that lacked any cogent leadership from City Hall. In the end, TransLink and others will do as they please.

This civic election shouldn’t be about pretty window dressing on Columbia Street, it’s about responsibly managing city finances and taxes, fixing infrastructure, and supporting the education of our children and young adults.

Mike Walmsley New Westminster

THIS IS HOW YOU GET RESULTS The traffic woes facing our city are no secret, nor is the fact that people are worn out and fed up.

But I can’t help but be amused at the assertions of some city council and mayoral candidates that their “leadership skills” or “having what it takes” or “working smarter” are somehow going to magically solve the problem, while being dismissive of the governance process as so much red tape and a waste of time.

Such sentiments may sound good in a campaign ad, but in reality they are naïve, dangerously simplistic and will only lead us down the garden path to nowhere.

Just how, exactly, would “leadership” make any difference, and what does “working smarter” mean in real, practical terms?

None who claim the value of these vague generalities is able to say with any degree of clarity.

Perhaps it’s because, as anyone who’s been involved in the process or paid even a modicum of attention to the issue over the past number of years could tell you, the solutions we seek lie largely outside the city’s control—with TransLink and the provincial government—and simplistic clichés aren’t going to get us anywhere.

Nor is walking into the offices of TransLink CEO Ian Jarvis or Transportation Minister Todd Stone and demanding action, which is the sort of strategy implied by some candidates’ bold language.

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For the past two years I have sat on the executive of the Queen’s Park Residents’ Association (QPRA), as well city’s Neighborhood Traffic Advisory Committee (NTAC) as the QPRA’s representative.

I have also attended TransLink and city open houses on matters such as the Pattullo Bridge and our Master Transportation Plan.

I have listened, asked questions and learned… and it is clear to me that the ONLY reasons we don’t have a six-lane Pattullo bridge being built right now and on our way to carrying even more of the region’s traffic load than we already do, are the community stood up to say “no” and the city’s engineering staff and forward-thinkers like Jonathan Coté, Jaimie McEvoy and Patrick Johnstone have spent countless hours working within the established, agreed governance process to get real results.

It may not be sexy, but it’s working.

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Re: The dilemma of choosing a mayor (Column, NewsLeader, Oct. 22) I’m greatly alarmed by Chris Bryan’s opinion piece about mayoral candidates Wayne Wright and Jonathan Coté, and who the heck is Sylvia Clarke and why does Bryan think I care about her opinion?

I don’t need anyone to tell me what my own opinion should be.

Wright’s comments so far have sounded like a desperate man needing yet another term in office to feather his retirement nest egg and tax the city into oblivion. And then there is Coté, an elected big shot paying for his fancy, much lauded SFU degree on what I assume is our dime.

The media acts like he is the only one capable of working and studying at the same time, something the rest of us do as a matter of course!

Can we forget the Anvil Centre? During the last civic election it was kept quiet that New Westminster’s business partnership was quashed by the business partner because of what it described as “improprieties” on the part of the city with regard to the construction of the yet to be named Anvil Centre.

Then without a business partner to share the risk there was a shell game with city finances to pay for the majestic tower that stands over the Anvil Centre, so yes, your tax dollars have gone to building real estate that largely constitutes mismanagement of funds with no real value added to the city unless taxpayer-financed empty office space adds value.

I thought Wright was supposed to be our mayor, not a land developer at the expense of my tax dollars that were intended for normal use, not developing ego projects.

Then there is the gridlock traffic that cripples the city on a daily basis which seems to create more backbiting than any real developments or solutions within city hall. Think I’m wrong? Just ask anyone that has been privileged enough to sit through one of the city’s traffic committee meetings.

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Since then I’ve watched Jonathan and his wife Alix start a family, become heavily involved in the community, and admired Jonathan’s drive to further his education with a Masters in Urban Studies.

Leadership can manifest itself in many ways.

Jonathan’s leadership style is to be accessible, to listen, and to build consensus resulting in solutions that move this city forward.

Under his quiet persona is a man who is passionate about the city he lives in, has a clear vision for its future, the resolve and intestinal fortitude to defend that vision when challenged.

He is ideally situated to take our city to the next level and that’s why I’ll be voting for Jonathan X. Cote for Mayor on Nov. 15.

Andrew Murray New Westminster

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Due to overwhelming response to the previous clinic, Barbara Chapman is coming to BURNABY, WED. NOVEMBER 26th to outfit you with the best possible bra for your body. Chapman said she will be seeing clients on a one-on-one basis, explaining the benefits of good bras and measuring their bodies properly.

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the crazy scheme to ship trainloads of dirty U.S. coal through Fraser Surrey Docks to plants in Asia.

That’s why I’m shocked to see David Brett wants to become a New West city councillor.

I’ve learned by the information Mr. Brett has made available to voters that he’s a cycling enthusiast,

plays hockey and the guitar. All well and good, but New West voters deserve to know more.

Mr. Brett’s writing shows an enthusiastic appreciation for things other than pedalin’, skatin’ and strummin’.

In one of his blog posts titled “Banning coal simplistic, unreasonable and unwise,” he criticizes

Vancouver for opposing U.S. coal shipments from our ports, like Surrey Fraser.

By supporting these dirty U.S. coal shipments it’s clear Mr. Brett is not listening to the people he wants to represent.

Let’s send people to city hall who share our values and concerns.

On election day say

no to dirty coal exports and to candidates like David Brett who support them.

Joe Foy New Westminster

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RE-ELECT MAYOR WAYNE WRIGHT Saturday, November 15

On November 15, Let’s Finish What We Started!

As Mayor of New Westminster for the past 12 years, I remain passionate about the City and excited for its future.

I believe that now more than ever the City needs to maintain the momentum of the past several years. I believe the citizens of New West need an experienced, independent Mayor with a track record of delivering as promised.

If re-elected as Mayor, I will continue our Council’s focus on completing existing projects and delivering new jobs, increased economic activity and a better quality of life for our community.

Future Initiatives: Westminster Pier Park A day marina and improved access via a new pedestrian overpass from 4th Street

Coal Dust I will continue to fight against the coal terminal at Surrey Fraser Docks

The Q2Q Bridge A new pedestrian crossing connecting Queensborough to Quayside

New West Secondary A high-school rebuild is a top priority in my next term

Royal Columbian Hospital A billion-dollar expansion in the heart of Sapperton

Brewery District Completion Significant office, retail and residential units in Sapperton, bringing new jobs and strengthening New West’s economy

A Dark Fibre Network A City-owned broadband catering to the digital economy

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I encourage you to vote for proven leadership in this coming election.

Please join me. Together, we have more to accomplish! facebook.com/votewaynewright @votewaynewright

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I wanted to start a farmers market in New West. It felt daunting almost to the point of paralyzing me with uncertainty.

What kickstarted the idea into action was a very progressive document called the Green Action Plan put forward by a young city councillor named Jonathan Coté.

On the first page it called for every city to have a farmers market and to promote local food to increase food security. I called Jonathan about my idea, we met for coffee, and he listened.

He committed to me at the end of that meeting that he would work within city hall to bring the various departments together for the approvals that would be needed.

He delivered, and eight years later New West has one of the finest markets in the Lower Mainland with

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McEvoy said laneway housing The family-friendly policy is and secondary suites are important something Coun. Jaimie McEvoy, components to New Westminster’s who lives in a townhouse across affordable housing solution. They McBride Boulevard from Folka’s, not only help the renters, but also believes is a step in the right aid the owners in being able to direction for the city. afford property in the city.

“We’re going to see more and “If you have a house, it would more people living in condos and help a lot of people to have some staying in condos. I’m one of those laneway housing or legal basement people,” said McEvoy. “You have to suites as a way to help pay the have options so you can stay in New mortgage,” said McEvoy. “That’s Westminster. You’ve got to have a going to take some neighbourhood range of those options (from studios consultation, and maybe not to three bedrooms), so whatever every neighbourhood will feel the (wages) people are making they’re same way. It’s going to take some going to be able to find the housing discussion.” they want.”

First-time candidate Tracey Block McEvoy also supported and her husband moved to council’s rental housing New West’s West End 20 years incentive to developers which ago because it was affordable. has resulted in about 1,000 Since then their property’s rental units coming on stream. value has quadrupled and While those initiatives create there’s no way a young family new affordable housing like theirs would be able to MCEVOY stock, he’s worried about afford it now. losing the existing stock.

“Growth is inevitable “There’s going to be a challenge and we’ve seen that in the last two in preserving the affordable housing decades for sure,” said Block. “With we already have. We see that with the expansion and growth in New the Urban Academy situation where Westminster we should keep our eye they bought an existing apartment open to affordability and options for building with the intention of people to live here.” demolishing it to expand,” said While she believes the city has McEvoy. done a good job in recent years she Along with the battle to keep wants to see more of a variety of the city’s existing rental buildings, affordable housing. there’s also the fight to make sure “We have to look at three they’re safe and not health hazards. bedroom-and-up housing so we’re As part of the open data policy he’s not catering to a niche market,” said proposing, renters would be able to Block. “We need to ensure we look go online and see a rental building’s at maintaining a range of options. history with the city.

“We need to not just look to “You could go online and see if council [for answers] but make there’s been bylaw infractions to see sure we look to public input about if there’s something wrong with the what those options should be. Very building you’re moving into,” said often we get our best ideas from the McEvoy. residents of New Westminster.”

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New Westminster has set in motion improving its translation services.

City council recently approved a translation policy framework presented by city social planner John Stark.

“When you come here is when you’re most vulnerable and need the most help,” said Coun.

Chuck Puchmayr.

A 2013 survey by the city showed the information most cited as needing translation related to finding employment and housing. Many suggested updating and translating the Your New West Newcomer’s Guide because it has information on those topics as well as banking, child care, education health, recreation, transit and volunteering.

Stark’s report to council noted Burnaby, Coquitlam, Richmond, Surrey and Vancouver also have large immigrant populations but have different ways of providing municipal information to recent immigrants and refugees. It said Burnaby translates key

documents on an ongoing basis, census pegged 33.4 per cent Coquitlam publishes a guide of the city’s population being to municipal services in four immigrants with 21 per cent languages, and Surrey offers of them having less than five free phone translation services. years in Canada. The staff Stark said updating the report noted about five per cent newcomers guide would cost of refugees coming to B.C. in $1,500. The city would work 2010 and 2012 settled in New with organizations like Westminster.

Mosaic and SUCCESS The 2011 census put to assist in translating 32.8 per cent with a the material. Many of mother tongue other than the other costs would fall English or French. The within departmental top five were Cantonese budgets, he said. or Mandarin (19.5 per mcevoy His report cent), Tagalog (11.9), recommended developing a Punjabi (11.8), Spanish (5.1) municipal services guide similar and Korean (4.8). to Coquitlam’s translated into Coun. Jaimie McEvoy’s the most common languages in motion to get a report from hard and electronic formats. staff on translating its archives The city also wants to enhance was also approved. He would its language bank, make greater like to see translations done on use of translation technology historical Chinese Benevolent and translate key documents.

Society documents, as well as As far back as 2011, the city’s those related to early pioneer multiculturalism advisory immigrants in New Westminster committee talked about the need and how they dealt with for a translation policy. discrimination.

The 2011 census showed “After that length of time immigrants made up 61.3 per it’s important to get those cent of New West’s population documents translated and bring growth from the previous to light [those times],” said census in 2006. The latest McEvoy.

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Community@Crossroads Help us put life into days Crossroads Hospice Society provides compassionate support and honours the dignity of those affected by the end-of-life experience.

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Labour consumes most new tax dollars cities collect UBCM president calls CTF findings unsurprising

growth in property taxes in Vancouver, West Vancouver, Delta, North Vancouver City and Jeff Nagel West Kelowna.

Black Press “Every single new cent plus more went to Rising property taxes charged by B.C. paying for labour in those cities,” Bateman said. municipalities have mainly gone to cover higher Bucking the trend was Langford, where labour costs, rather than expanding civic municipal labour costs actually declined services, according to an analysis by the slightly since 2009.

Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

Bateman said that was due to the local It found B.C.’s 30 biggest cities brought in council’s “pretty aggressive” contracting a combined $490 million more in 2013 than out of municipal services to private firms, five years earlier through a combination of which the CTF broadly supports. property tax rate hikes, higher assessments “We think it’s better to put services in BatemaN and growth, while they spent $345 million the hands of the private sector, where more on municipal salaries, wages and there’s competition and efficiency.” benefits over the same period.

The CTF analysis excludes all contracted That means 70 cents out of every new property labour costs, including RCMP policing services, tax dollar generated since 2009 was eaten up by although policing costs are included in cities with labour costs, CTF B.C. director Jordan Bateman municipal forces. said.

Union of B.C. Municipalities president Sav “It seems most of this money is going to fund Dhaliwal, a Burnaby city councillor, dismissed raises for existing executives, existing managers the findings as unsurprising. and labour contracts,” he said, although he “A great portion of our operating costs conceded in some cases the higher labour costs have always been salary and benefits of our have added additional employees to provide employees,” Dhaliwal said. expanded services.

“The services we provide are labour intensive “The Township of Langley, for example, is – road, public transit, protective services, clean adding more firefighters,” he said. drinking water – all these require people to deliver Rising labour costs actually exceeded the entire those services.”

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Teens delay trying booze, pot or sex: Survey McCreary study finds adolescent health improving Jeff Nagel Black Press

Fewer teens South of the Fraser are drinking or taking drugs than five years ago, according to a comprehensive new study that paints a generally improved portrait of adolescent health in B.C. The McCreary Centre Society surveyed 30,000 B.C. students in grades 7 to 12 in 2013 and released its detailed report Tuesday on the Fraser South region, which includes Delta, Surrey and Langley school districts.

On substance use, the survey found fewer youth in Fraser South had ever tried alcohol (37 per cent), marijuana (21 per cent) or tobacco (16 per cent) compared to 2008, when those rates were 48 per cent, 26 per cent and 23 per cent, respectively.

In 2008, 74 per cent of students surveyed had their first drink of alcohol before turning 15, but that dropped to

61 per cent in 2013. Fewer also reported usually because they didn’t want their binge drinking. parents to know.

The survey found 14 per cent of “It’s great to see so many positives in students have had sex (other than oral terms of risky behaviours such as binge sex), down from 18 per cent in 2008 and drinking,” said McCreary executive below the provincial average of 19 per director Annie Smith. “But as with the cent. rest of the province, girls’ mental health Among youth results were who have had particularly sex, most did so concerning.”

Annie Smith, McCreary Centre Society for the first time Eleven per cent It’s great to see so many positives in terms of at age 15 or 16. of students had risky behaviours such as binge drinking. But Fraser South been physically as with the rest of the province, girls’ mental students were abused and eight health results were particularly concerning. more likely to per cent had been feel safe at school sexually abused and less likely to at some point, feel bullied, the report says. rates that were both down from 2008.

But the findings were more troubling on Four per cent of Fraser South girls issues related to mental health. were classified as obese, up from two per Eight per cent of girls reported cent in 2008, while the rate of obese boys attempting suicide, up from six per cent in remained eight per cent.

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In Fraser South, five per cent of boys and two per cent of girls reported carrying a weapon like a knife or bat to school in the previous month, below the B.C. rate.

A report on Fraser East communities including Abbotsford and Chilliwack was also released for the first time last month.

It has no comparable figures from 2008 because 2013 was the first time the Abbotsford School District participated.

But many of the trends were the same.

Among the Fraser East findings: • 24 per cent of girls reported being cyberbullied in the past year, more than the B.C. rate of 19 per cent.

• 20 per cent of girls considered suicide – more than the provincial average of 17 per cent – and 11 per cent had actually attempted.

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Fun, Learning & You (FLY): The Lower Mainland Purpose Society offers this program for children aged 18 months to five years and their parents or caregivers.

Free to New Westminster residents. Join us for circle times, preschool readiness and play in a rich thematic program.

Parent information sessions include speech & language,

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When: Every Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., until Dec. 9. Where: Lower Mainland Purpose Society, 40 Begbie St., New Westminster. Info or to register: Elizabeth or Stella, 604-526-2522.

Burnaby International Folk Dancers: Learn folk dances from around the world in a friendly club environment.

New dances taught every night; all levels welcome, no partner needed, $4 drop-in,

first night free. When: Every Tuesday, 7-9:30 p.m. Where: Charles Rummel Centre, 3630 Lozells, Burnaby. Info: 604-436-9475.

Line Dancing: Line dance with Georgie. Beginners welcome. When: Mondays, 10 a.m. Where: Deer Lake United Church Hall (rear entrance), 5135 Sperling Ave., Burnaby. Info: Georgie, 604-522-5647.

Burnaby Hospice Society: For anyone who has suffered the loss of a loved one, the coming holiday season is often a challenging and difficult time. The society provides free grief counselling and grief group support programs including, the “Finding Hope - Surviving the Loss of Parent” weekly support group, and the bi-weekly spousal/partner loss group “Surviving the Loss of a Love.” All services are free-of-charge

to Burnaby residents. Info: 604-520-5024 or mchute@ burnabyhospice.org.

Parent-Child Mother Goose Classes: Join us to learn a repertoire of songs and stories to share with your child. Free, for caregivers and children 6 months to three years. When: Thursdays, 10 to 11 a.m.

Where: New Westminster Salvation Army. Info: 604522-5524.

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 Saturdays, etc. Info: Doris at dorisfriend39@gmail.com, or 604-492-4638 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Web: www. burnabynewwestmin sternewcomers.com

Fraternal Order of Eagles: Aerie No. 20 New Westminster hosts a fundraising meat draw, sponsored by Thrifty Foods. Three meat draws per day, 50/50 draw includes dinner and breakfast. When: Fridays, 5 to 7 p.m. and Saturdays, 3-5 p.m.

Where: Fireside Pub, 421 East Columbia St., New Westminster.

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Heritage Uke Club: Organized by Gord Smithers (Guitarist for Deadcats, Swank, ReBeat Generation & Wichita Trip), learn to play the ukulele, beg inners welcome.

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New We s t m i n s t e r Family Place: Parents and grandparents of children under 5 can come to Lord Kelvin Elementary school for playtime, art, songs, stories and snacks.

Have fun with your children, meet other parents and learn about other resources in the community. Where: In the green portable facing Seventh Avenue, 1010 Hamilton St. When: Thursdays and Fridays 9- 11 a.m. (Note - this program is closed when the school is closed).

Friday, November 7, 2014 NewsLeader A17

Live awakening from a bad dream Sarah Massah Black Press

When Harriet Fowler woke up in a hospital bed in the winter of 2007, she felt as though she was still dreaming. Her muscles felt weak, her throat was parched and she was soon told she had lost months of her young life.

“I thought I was in a spaceship,” Fowler told Black Press. “I was confused at first. I couldn’t move, I had no muscle, I was basically a lump…

I honestly thought I was having a bad dream and I was going to wake up in my own bed and pyjamas.”

It’s been seven years since Fowler, now 25, was in a horrific car crash in New Westminster.

The Elgin Park graduate, who is currently looking to publish her memoir, You are my Sunshine: The journey though my recovery of a traumatic brain injury, was driving with her brother and her mother when a dump truck T-boned their car. Fowler was sitting in the rear

passenger seat.

“I hit my head on the window, and the window behind my mom had closed up so much, it was right beside me,” Fowler recalled.

“I became non-responsive with my eyes half-open, because I have visual memory of it.

“My brother was in shock and my mom’s head broke the glass. So she was stuck with her head embedded in the glass of her window.

“That was her saving grace, though, because my brain, the white and gray matter, sheared against each other, so that’s how my (brain) injury created itself.”

Fowler was rushed to Royal Columbian Hospital, where she underwent neurosurgery. The then18-year-old was put into a drug-induced coma for a week, but stayed asleep long after.

Waking up 3½ months later, the cerebellum was most affected.

“I had to reteach my self to do everything – from

blinking, to eating, to swallowing, to talking, to walking,” Fowler recalled.

With the support of her parents, Dawn and Simon Potts, her brother, Joseph Fowler, and longtime boyfriend, Tyler Ronaghan, the former ballerina began to rebuild her life.

“They’re just all amazing people. I think some inner personal strength, as well,” she said. “When you’re stuck with ‘be a vegetable for the rest of your life or get out of bed and do something,’ you get out of bed and do something.”

The South Surrey resident was encouraged by her mother to write her thoughts down – a difficult task at first, as she was only able to use the index finger on her left hand and she couldn’t keep her energy level up.

That changed, however, when Fowler went to visit a friend at Royal Columbian Hospital.

Her mother suggested she return to the unit where she was in a coma, to visit the caregivers.

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Harriet Fowler underwent neurosurgery at Royal Columbian Hospital after being involved in a car crash in New Westminster in 2007.

“I said that I wasn’t going to remember anyone, but she said, ‘they’ll remember you and they’ll be happy to see you,’” Fowler said, noting that the last time she was seen

by the hospital staff, she was in a coma. “Now, I was walking with a walker, and all of a sudden, all these faces looked up at me and said, ‘wow.’”

A young boy, in his teens,

was sleeping in the bed Fowler had occupied. A nurse introduced Fowler to the boy’s father, who was looking over him “with a look of hell on his face.”

“The nurse turned to him and said, ‘she was in this bed,’” Fowler said.

“He said, ‘what? Five years ago?’ And the nurse told him it hadn’t even been a year.

“He was shocked.”

The father immediately called his wife and told her about his experience meeting Fowler.

“The look on his face was so touching. I knew then I had to make my writings into a book.

Because if I can add that much positivity to someone from just seeing me, imagine what I could do if I wrote about it,” she said.

“You’re told all these bad things. Doctors always tell you the worst, but the thing you have to remember is to not give up, no matter what doctors tell you.”

For more of Fowler’s story, visit www. harrietrose.org

A18 NewsLeader Friday, November 7, 2014

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TestFest puts green machines and gas-guzzlers through their paces wider, the all-new seventh-generation You gotta love a competition that pits Volkswagen Golf is my pick. It’s an a small, zero emissions 74-horsepower even more refined hatchback and I loved (Smart Car) electric vehicle against a its new base turbocharged 1.8-litre 707-horsepower, tire-smoking (Dodge engine.

Challenger Hellcat) muscle car. That’s Price (base/as tested): what’s on the cards if both vehicles win $19,995/$24,295 their categories in this edition of the Acceleration 0 to 100 km/hour: Canadian Car of the Year Competition.

8.4 seconds This was the second year in a row that Same-day, back- Braking 100 to 0 Km/hour: 41.4 metres TestFest was held in Niagara Falls, OnFuel economy (city/highway): 9.3/6.5 tario, and once again, the Niagara Parks to-back vehicle L/100 km Commission, at the Legends on the Nicategory assessments agara Golf Course, hosted it. No golfing Family Car - Over $30,000: for Automobile Journalists Association of are performed, Hyundai Sonata, Subaru WRX & Canada (AJAC) members, who converged using both specially Toyota Camry Hybrid. Bob’s Pick: on the place in droves, but lots of oppor- prepared evaluation The ultra reliable Toyota Camry Hytunities to fill out score cards on the fifty brid is a great value package. Nearly ev2015 model year vehicle entries arranged courses and on public ery exterior surface has been redesigned roads…during the six and the interior has been upgraded. It into fifteen categories.

Same-day, back-to-back vehicle category day TestFest event. now comes with 10 standard air bags assessments were performed, using both and a clever new feature allows it to Bob McHugh specially prepared evaluation courses recharge a smart phone wirelessly. and on public roads by the invited Price (base/as tested): journalists during the six day TestFest event. So, until $28,410/$34,500 the official category winners are announced December Acceleration 0 to 100 km/hour: 8.0 seconds 2, here are my picks in seven categories, in which I Braking 100 to 0 Km/hour: 43.9 metres evaluated all the entries: Fuel economy (city/highway): 5.7/6.1 L/100 km

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City Car: Kia Soul EV & Smart ForTwo Electric Drive. Bob’s Pick: Both entries are small electric vehicles and they’re close in terms of performance, but the Kia Soul EV is my choice. It seats five (instead of two), has more cargo space and rides nicer, making it a more practical everyday car.

Price (base/as tested): $34,995/$34,995 Acceleration 0 to 100 km/hour: 10.5 seconds Braking 100 to 0 Km/hour: 43.4 metres Fuel economy (city/highway): 2.0/2.6 Le/100 km Small Car - Over $21,000: Mini Cooper, Kia Forte5 & Volkswagen Golf. Bob’s Pick: The winner of this category should be a strong contender for the overall car of the year title. Lower, longer and

Luxury Car - Over $50,000: Acura RLX Hybrid, Cadillac ATS Coupe, Hyundai Genesis & Kia K900. Bob’s Pick: My clear winner here is the Acura RLX Hybrid, a large all-wheel drive luxury sedan that’s fun to drive, yet very easy on fuel. It uses a 3-motor hybrid powertrain with a front electric motor & twin rear motors. The drivetrain also includes a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission.

Price (base/as tested): $49,990/$69,990 Acceleration 0 to 100 km/hour: 6.0 seconds Braking 100 to 0 Km/hour: 44.3 metres Fuel economy (city/highway): 8.0/7.5 L/100 km Sports Performance - Over $50,000: Dodge Challenger, Ford Mustang GT & Volvo

V60 Polestar. Bob’s Pick: Priced well below the other two entries in this category, the new Ford Mustang GT provides excellent bang for the buck and looks awesome.

Price (base/as tested): $42,499/$51,899 Acceleration 0 to 100 km/hour: 6.2 seconds Braking 100 to 0 Km/hour: 39.5 metres Fuel economy (city/highway): 15.2/9.3 L/100 km SUV/CUV - $35,000 to $60,000: Chevrolet Tahoe, Lincoln MKC, Mercedes-Benz GLA 250 & Toyota Highlander. Bob’s Pick: Big can be beautiful, as Chevrolet Tahoe has evolved into a more drive-able vehicle that offers a supremely comfortable ride, can pull a (3863 kg) mountain and the new EcoTec 5.3 litre V8 engine provides decent fuel economy, especially on the highway.

Price (base/as tested): $57,245/$59,460 Acceleration 0 to 100 km/hour: 8.0 seconds Braking 100 to 0 Km/hour: 42.1 metres Fuel economy (city/highway): 14.9/10.1 L/100 km SUV/CUV - Over $60,000: GMC Yukon XL, Mercedes-Benz GLA AMG & Porsche Macan. Bob’s Pick: A performance utility vehicle that actually can go off-road, the Porsche Macan came with an optional (height adjustable & self levelling) air suspension. On a paved road…it’s a Porsche!

Price (base/as tested): $54,300/$64,030 Acceleration 0 to 100 km/hour: 5.2 seconds Braking 100 to 0 Km/hour: 38.1 metres Fuel economy (city/highway): 13.7/10.3 L/100 km

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Something of interest is the preference Canadians have for the GMC brand over the Chevrolet trucks, which are the most popular in the United States. More Canadians go for GMC and the US loves Chevrolet, the complete reverse. Regardless, all of these GM trucks represent the majority of fullsize truck sales in Canada.

GM kind of has a lock on big vehicles able to move a large The smooth engine and quiet ride makes the Tahoe feel like a big, luxury sedan, says Zack Spencer. family, tow a trailer and now do it with much greater half of the cylinders to help save fuel. doors wrap into the roof to help shut efficiency. These are all based on the There is a small indicator light on out road and wind noise. The next award winning full-size the instrument cluster that tells the big advantage is the Chevrolet Silverado driver when the engine is running on attention to detail in and GMC Sierra pickup the front cabin. There is just 4-cylinders. This helps the driver trucks that arrived in feather the throttle to keep the engine a big screen, front and 2014. GM has taken centre, with easy to use in this fuel saving mode as long as much of what made possible. When more power is needed, and access rotary dials those some of the most the engine automatically reverts to all and switches. There are comfortable vehicles to eight cylinders for maximum power.

USB plugs along with drive and baked it into These tricks help improve city fuel regular power outlets More Canadians the Tahoe and others. by seven percent and highjust under the radio go for GMC and the and more USB plugs in- economy way consumption by ten percent.

Looks US loves Chevrolet, side the glove box and In the Chevrolet family the complete yet another behind the Verdict the Tahoe is the short radio screen that slides The Tahoe tested was the top LTZ trim reverse. wheelbase version up and away to reveal with the magnetic ride control, the and the Suburban is Zack Spencer a hidden compartment. same system used in the Corvette the longer wheelbase The back seats have an Stingray. This system monitors the model, with much more available flip and fold road condition up to 1000 times per cargo space behind the feature that automatisecond and adjusts the shock absorbthird row of seats. Some might find cally lowers or raises the second and ers up to 100 times per second to the new design direction from GM to third row of seats. What is surprising improve ride and handling. This along be a bit too slab-sided, with squarer is the lack of cargo space behind the with the smooth engine and quiet ride edges and boxy shapes but I prefer the third row when it is in use, the bigger makes the Tahoe feel like a big, luxury modern take on the classic design. The Suburban might be the way to go for sedan. It is no wonder that people Tahoe sits very high off the ground so really large families. who have these big trucks love them. the power side step is a wonderful adOne thing to consider when choosing dition along with a power tailgate and which truck to buy is the available Drive backup camera. How did we ever live engine. The GMC Denali and Cadillac The two-wheel drive Tahoe is the without these amenities before? The Escalade trucks have a larger 6.2L value leader in the GM line of full-size biggest change is the front lighting V8, which is much quicker and more trucks, starting at $51,900-- the GMC package GM has used on this Chevrocomes with a $2000 premium over the capable. This Tahoe is just part of the let. LED daytime running lights make a full-line of trucks from GM that domiChevy. Yes, this is an expensive vehicle statement and the monster grille with nate the market, and for good reason. but keep in mind that towing is a big the big Chevrolet bowtie looks rough These are well-designed, well-made reason why people purchase such and ready. and supremely comfortable vehicles big trucks. With a towing capacity of for a large family.

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École Qayqayt Elementary is now open, and the new Fraser River Middle School is underway. We continue to work with the Province and the City to finalize a plan for a new high school.

This is priority one.

Protecting and improving public education I have a proven record of standing up for public education and fighting for the resources our students need. We must work together to ensure the Province fully funds public education.

Providing the programs and services our children need

We provide a great education, with neighbourhood schools and diverse programs. Our students have complex learning needs, and we need to ensure better staff support and technical infrastructure in their classrooms. We need to inspire our staff to expand their teaching practices to meet the changing needs of our community.

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The wait for improved public transit could get much longer if a TransLink funding referendum is defeated, despite the many campaign promises by municipal election candidates.

Transportation promises: A campaign trail reality check Jeff Nagel Black Press

A raft of municipal election promises to improve transit and unclog traffic jams are being floated by candidates across Metro Vancouver to win the votes of frustrated commuters.

The most ambitious projects are the $3-billion Broadway subway backed by Vancouver’s big two civic parties as well as a $1.8-billion light rail network in Surrey.

If those weren’t enough, Vancouver mayoral contender Kirk Lapointe has proposed to use counterflow lanes to reduce congestion on major arterials in Vancouver, while former Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum wants to create HOV lanes on King George Boulevard, 152 Street and Fraser Highway.

North Shore politicians want TransLink to increase SeaBus frequency.

A Langley city council contender wants the old Interurban rail line reactivated to carry passengers between Surrey and Abbotsford.

And in New Westminster, the reluctant crossroads for much of the region’s traffic, some candidates want a bypass tunnel built between Highway 1 and the Queensborough Bridge so the big trucks their residents hate can literally be stuck where the sun never shines.

“Yes, I would like hover cars too,” says Jordan Bateman of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. “There’s lots of shiny baubles being thrown around and promised with nobody offering any kind of plan to pay for them.”

He and other observers say the sometimes wacky ideas

often make for better politics than a real action plan.

“Congestion is so personal and so individual it’s kind of irresistible for candidates to make these proposals,” SFU City Program director Gordon Price said.

Many of the transportation campaign promises – particularly big projects – would require the support of TransLink or the province and possibly both.

Neither Lapointe’s counterflow lanes – which Price calls an “absurd” idea – nor McCallum’s HOV lanes could be implemented without approval of TransLink, which controls the Major Road Network and could also veto a truck ban on the Pattullo Bridge – another idea from New Westminster.

McCallum would dig up the median and otherwise widen corridors like King George to create additional bus/HOV lanes, rather than barring most vehicles from one existing lane.

SURREY COULD GO IT ALONE

As for Surrey’s light rail lines, McCallum – a former TransLink board chair – is prepared, like other Surrey mayoral candidates, to directly lobby for federal and provincial money.

He expects the TransLink funding referendum next spring will fail, leaving Surrey to go it alone.

“It’s probably a low probability it will pass,” McCallum said, declining to say if he as mayor would campaign for the ‘Yes’ side until he sees a finalized question on what new taxes would be levied. “I don’t

support going to referendum at all.”

Observers like Price say it’s not out of the question for Surrey to go its own way – he says Surrey’s light rail system clearly should get priority ahead of Vancouver’s Broadway SkyTrain extension – but it’s unlikely to get senior government funding without being part of a broader regional transit solution.

“There’s nothing to stop Surrey from seceding from TransLink and funding its own rail system, but there’s no money to pay for that,” adds SFU political science professor Anthony Perl.

Ultimately, the provincial government exerts great control over what happens with major transportation projects and there’s little mayors and councillors can do to defy Victoria’s will.

“They don’t have a lot of levers or cards to play,” Perl said. “They have to follow the golden rule, which is those that have the gold make the rules.”

Perl says if municipal leaders want to improve transportation using powers they actually wield, they might start by creating bus-only lanes on major streets by banning on-street parking, even if that riles merchants and motorists.

ROAD TO REFERENDUM

As for the TransLink referendum, there’s still no deal between the province and the current mayors’ council on whether their full $7.5-billion 10-year vision can be put to voters next spring.

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HOW TO APPLY: Please visit www.newwestcity.ca or email santaparade@newwestcity.ca for an application.

ALL PARADE APPLICATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED AND RETURNED BY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21st, 2014. #2 CALL FOR PERFORMERS 11am – 4pm Performers and performing arts groups (e.g., choirs, carolers, and children’s performers) living in or connected to New Westminster are invited to submit proposals to perform before, during and after the parade. The theme for this year’s parade is “A Child’s Christmas” and we are seeking acts that are family-oriented and will engage children of all ages. Performances will take place at various locations in the Downtown area including Shops at New West, Fraser River Discovery Centre, River Market, Hyack Square, Anvil Centre and various street locations. Performers are sought for the following areas: 1. Entertainers who have require no technical support and can perform (15-20min) in either an indoor or outdoor location.

2. Choirs of any size to sing 3-5 songs in either an outdoor or indoor location.

3. Roving entertainment HOW TO APPLY Please include: • Description of act or group • Length of performance • New Westminster performance history

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Nor is the tax source settled – the options The transit system is stretched to the still on the table are a regional carbon tax, limit, but more new residents arrive each a vehicle levy or a regional sales tax. And year, increasing demand. the province has yet to commit its requested Planning experts like Price say failure one third. means fast-growing new neighbourhoods Re-elected and newly elected Metro won’t get the transit service they need, mayors will once again meet in December forcing their residents to be car-dependent, in hopes of hammering out an agreement with bad results for urban development. with Transportation Minister Todd Stone.

Compounding that, he says, is the That’s when Price and Bateman expect province’s penchant for building freeways the political fireworks to resume over and bridges. the referendum, which they say has A new six-lane bridge to replace not been a major issue during local the Massey Tunnel is being designed campaigns. by the province and will be built “Nobody really wants to talk with or without a solution to expand about it much,” Bateman said, transit. adding he’s surprised. “It’s not a Like the Port Mann Bridge, the PRICE winning issue for mayors to talk Massey rebuild never went to a about regional tax increases. They want to referendum and even Bateman criticizes get in for four more years first.” the province for promising the new bridge To Price, the fact that “this dog did not without a business case to properly assess if bark” is cause for optimism that incoming it’s really needed. councils will stay united behind the transit Another project that’s also expected to expansion plan and that public support is go ahead no matter what is TransLink’s growing. replacement of the Pattullo Bridge, even Most mayors on principle oppose the though it is ostensibly listed in the 10-year referendum, which Premier Christy Clark vision. made a condition for provincial approval of Both new bridges are expected to be any new tax for TransLink. tolled, which Stone has admitted would If it’s defeated or shelved, transit users force some type of tolling reform. can forget about an broad increase in That’s another topic few politicians are bus service that all city councils have talking about. jnagel@blackpress.ca demanded.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NOMINEES OF THE 2014 PLATINUM AWARDS!

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being a force of nature ...

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.

- George Bernard Shaw

Chamber Vice Chair, Jean Hincks (left) with Cori Lynn Germiquet, President of the Chamber How lucky we are in New Westminster to have people that live by this mantra, who view service to the community both a great purpose and a great joy. It’s people like this that drive our community forward. Congratulations and thank you to our nominees!

The Platinum Awards honour businesses and individuals for their contribution to the betterment of the community. This can only be achieved through the support and admiration of their customers, friends and colleagues, which speaks volumes about their characters.

This group of people have shown resilience in the face of adversity, innovation in their dreams and passion in their professions.

All nominees are winners, and should be proud of this recognition from the community.

Thank you to the businesses and residents for all of your encouragement and support of the New Westminster Chamber of Commerce’s annual Platinum Awards.

THANK YOU NEW WESTMINSTER We are proud to have been nominated for Corporate Community Spirit Award

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Stone said Tuesday that BC Ferries should consider whether it still needs both ferry terminals at Nanaimo, a legacy of the NDP government’s decision in the 1990s to build Duke Point.

BC Ferries calculates that its Nanaimo runs have higher costs and lower ridership than the main Tsawwassen-Swartz Bay run that serves Victoria.

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However, the completion of the South Fraser Perimeter Road through Delta and expensive refits required at the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal in North Vancouver could result in a shift of some mainlandto-Nanaimo ferry traffic to the Tsawwassen terminal in the coming years.

BC Ferries has released a new major route strategy that proposes ending the Horseshoe Bay-Nanaimo run and putting the traffic on the TsawwassenDuke Point route, which has had sailings cut due to low

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Stone also ruled out BC Ferries’ suggestion to consider a passenger-only ferry from Departure Bay in downtown Nanaimo to Horseshoe Bay. Horseshoe Bay has congestion problems on the water as well as on land, where vehicles line up along the highway before stacking up in a two-level “transfer deck” to board the ship. That dock structure is due for replacement at an estimated cost of $200 million.

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COURAGEREMEMBERED Remembrance Day: Off to war severe effect around the world but to varying degrees locally.

Burnaby citizens elected as its reeve William Pritchard, the first socialist elected in the province which Wanda Chow sent shudders among the wchow@burnabynewsleader.com right-wing Liberal provincial A century after the start government, Wolf said. of the First World War, it’s He helped provide relief hard to imagine masses of to the almost 700 men who men rushing off to enlist in a were out of work in 1930, flurry of patriotic fervour. more than half of them with But that’s just what families to feed. happened in Burnaby and Pritchard’s administration New Westminster in 1914, allowed the men to work for said Burnaby heritage their taxes so they wouldn’t planner Jim Wolf. lose their homes.

At the time, the two cities With the city’s tax base were “a very English place,” shrinking, the provincial with most of the local government declared immigrants having come Burnaby bankrupt in 1932, from England, Scotland and “even though it wasn’t,” and Wales.

PHOTO COURTESY NEW WESTMINSTER ARCHIVES (37814) took over control of the city.

First World War soldiers in New Westminster’s Queen’s Park, at the Third Avenue entrance.

As a result, when Britain Over in New Westminster, declared war on Germany “By 1936 the worst of the A i r R a i d Pa t r o l on Aug. 4, 1914, “they felt it was Depression seemed to be over; mining, construction and practice in New an attack against them and not a export markets returned and the farming. By 1911 Burnaby had Westminster in 1941. distant foreign land,” Wolf said. city was enjoying a remarkable three Interurban rail lines running “The response was immediate.” increase in port activity and through it. All the activity in turn Men enlisted as soon as the general prosperity,” Wolf wrote in fueled the need for schools, and military would take them in B.C., his book. other services. And it set property with some even travelling to King George VI and Queen speculation into overdrive, with Eastern Canada to sign up earlier. Vancouver being touted as the Elizabeth visited the Royal City “Work came to a standstill,” on May 31, 1939. The Royal Visit “Liverpool of the Pacific.”

Wolf said, noting the lumber mill “created such a sensation of local So while the economic collapse PHOTO COURTESY NEW WESTMINSTER on Barnet Beach lost so many patriotic fervor that citizens fell in 1913 was global, it was this ARCHIVES (21318) workers to the military “they had into a near state of delirium. speculative bubble that made the to board it up.”

“This royal visit had been a situation that much worse for salmon to pile up and agriculture war, with Britain and its allies But it wasn’t all about flagcarefully orchestrated prelude people in Greater Vancouver. production to languish,” said destined to defeat Germany in waving, King and country. to the oncoming war, an effort “Everything came to a Wolf in his book, Royal City: short order.

Some of the enthusiasm for war standstill,” Wolf said. Some saw to ensure that Canada would A Photographic History of New “There was no sense of the was also about jobs and being answer the call of duty everyone their property values plummet by Westminster. impending doom that was about able to earn money to send home knew was coming. When war was 75 per cent overnight. Many lands So with families going hungry, to come,” said Wolf, a New to struggling families. declared on September 10, 1939, ended up being turned over to the promise of money and a dose Westminster resident. It wasn’t By 1914, Greater Vancouver municipalities after their owners of adventure by going off to until months later that reports got New Westminster was ready.” was in the throes of economic Yet, unlike the 1914 war, couldn’t pay their taxes. war appealed to many. In British back of the slaughter that was collapse following several the Second World War against Thousands of men were left Columbia, one-third of all men happening at the front. boom years that saw Burnaby’s Nazi Germany was met with unemployed. Municipalities tried aged 18 to 45 enlisted. In Burnaby SECOND WORLD WAR: IN SOME population rocket from 750 dampened enthusiasm, Wolf said. to help by offering relief projects, alone, 1,200 of its population of WAYS, A DIFFERENT STORY people in 1901 to 13,000 by 1911, People needing work signed paying men minimum wage to 13,000 signed up.

Fast forward 25 years to 1939 he said. up, but it was a much smaller build roads and clear land.

Huge crowds went down to the and the situation seemed to be The influx of immigrants from proportion of the population.

In New Westminster, “the New Westminster train station to repeating itself.

Europe fueled a demand for collapse of the shipping industry see their loved ones off for what Please see ‘PEOPLE WERE MORE The Great Depression had a workers in the logging industry, caused lumber and canned was believed would be a quick PREPARED’, A38

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NEW WESTMINSTER REMEMBERS

Our Fallen Heroes WORLD WAR I Abbott, V.H.C. Adamski, S. Aitcheson, Joseph Aitken, William Allison, Roderick W. Anderson, G.F. Anderson, Robert A. Anderson, Robert G. Anderson, William Angelo, A. Annandale, T.S. Jr. Ashworth, Henry Barber, George R. Barnes, A. Bate, Douglas S. Bateman, M.G. Beattle, Reg. Bernays, L.A. Birt, G.W. Blackmore, Charles Blair, J.F. Bowden, Christopher Bowden, Fred Bower, W.A. Boyd, John Bristow, Samuel Bristowe, Frank L. Broderick, J.B. Bruce, A.M. Bruce, John Buchan, G.W. Buckly, S.C. Bundy, L. Burnett, Harry Burr, W.R. Butcher, Alfred J. Callahan, J. Callanan, J. Calman, W.M. Cameron, James S. Campbell, Hugh Campbell, K.M. Canning, George Caple, L.N. Carpenter, F.H.G. Carruthers, W.B. Chessell, Fred Church, Norman Clapp, Charles E. Clarke, R.M. Cleghorn, W.S. Clitheroe, Percy Collins, Gerald Combe, R.W. Connoly, T.A. Cook, J.E. Corbett, E.C. Coutu, Thomas Craighead, W.J.P. Crandell, James G. Creighton, A.R. Cullington, Arthur H. Cunningham, F.B. Curtis, Leslie W. Curtis, T.D. Dailey, Alfred T. Dailey, G. Day, W.M.L. Day, William Deacon, C.H. Denniston, James Douglass, Wallace Dunford, E.T.

Eastman, Edwin F. Edgar, Robert Fell, R.J. Ferguson, T. Flumerfelt, E. Forrest, Leonard Foster, John A. Foubister, Robert Gaudin, H.E. Gladstone, Robert Gordon, G.C. Gordon, Oliver Gordon, W. Gough, E.B. Gray, Alfred Gray, John A. Gray, L. Gray, T. Greveny, William K. Gunn, B.B. Gyotoku, Tomoki Hamilton, William Happer, A.D. Harper, J.A. Harris, Fred Harris, H. Harvie, H. Hawkes, H. Henderson, John Hepworth, A.H. Huggard, Kenneth H. Hume, Arthur E. Hunter, John W. Hurford, C.H. Irvin, Charles A. Irvine, E. Ishihara, Iudo Jagger, Herbert Jagger, Louis James, Albert James, Joseph Johnson, Henry C. Jones, Hugh L. Kean, Stanley, W. Keary, William O’ B. Kelly, Frank W. Kelly, William Kenny, N. Ketcher, Bert.

Knox, Matthew Laird, J.M. Lamont, A.R. Lane, Stanley Law, John Leamy, Hubert Leslie, W. Levy, Alfred J. Lewis, E. (Nurse) Linn, J. McK. Lusier, Howard Lynn, John MacKenzie, A.D. Mackenzie, Archie MacKenzie, James Mackie, Alex John MacQueen, T.H. Manby, C.S. Manley, C.S. Markland, B. Marshall, Robert Martin, J.E. Martin, John Marwood, W.M. Mayers, Frank M. Mayers, J.C.F. McAllister A.B. McCabe, Frank E.

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Bryant, James A. Buckingham, Arthur V.

Germain, Louis Gibson, Joseph E.

Robb, Thomas G. Robertson, Clifford W. Robinson, Henry E. Robson, Donald M. Roe, Arthur E.

Larkin, Mark Richard

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Lee, Arthur G.

Rowell, Lloyd G.

Lee, John J.

Rutherford, Thomas

Liddle, Stanley M.

Rutherford, William B.

MacDonald, Roderick M. Davis, Kenneth

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CEREMONIES - at The Royal Westminster Regiment Armouries PARADE TO CENOTAPH - in front of City Hall LAST POST - The Royal Westminster Regiment TWO-MINUTE SILENCE, MAYOR WAYNE WRIGHT REMARKS, IN FLANDERS FIELD, WREATH LAYING, THE ROYAL WESTMINSTER REGIMENT LEADS PROCESSION ON ROYAL AVENUE

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Tuesday, november 11, 2014 remembrance day services in burnaby: The royal canadian Legion branch #148 - north burnaby North Burnaby Cenotaph, Confederation Park Willingdon Avenue and Penzance Dr. Parade begins at 10:30 a.m. from Safeway parking lot, 4440 Hastings Street Ceremony begins at 11:00 a.m.

The royal canadian Legion branch #83 - south burnaby South Burnaby Cenotaph, Bonsor Park Imperial Street and Nelson Avenue Parade begins at 10:30 a.m. from Legion #83, 5289 Grimmer Street Ceremony begins at 11:00 a.m.

For more information, please go to www.burnaby.ca/remembers

In Flanders Fields In Flanders Fields was written during the First World War by Canadian physician and Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae. It is said that he was inspired to write the poem May 3, 1915, after the funeral of friend and fellow soldier Alexis Helmer, who died in the Second Battle of Ypres.

In Flanders Fields In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead.

Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. —Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae

Friday, November 7, 2014 NewsLeader A35

COURAGEREMEMBERED

A family goes off to war

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n the western edge of New Westminster City Hall property stands a granite monument to Timothy Mahoney, known as Tim to all the boys he had coached in the game of basketball at the old YMCA on Royal Avenue. Five of those boys were Sangsters—

Walker, Rufus, the twins Lewis (my father) and Philip, and George, the youngest. Under Tim’s expert coaching the five Sangster brothers (no substitutes) began to beat all local comers.

Talk of war was in the air. All five boys were in the reserves, so they, along with their coach moved their practices to the armories and became the Westminster Regiment official basketball team, The Hustlers. They were hot. Their father, Alex Sangster, became their manager and the Sangster boys won the seven-team Inter-City League.

The provincial tournament was on the horizon and the Westminster Evelyn Benson Regiment team was the touted favourite when suddenly war broke out, and Walker, who was Quartermaster for the Regiment, was soon on his way to France.

In the early weeks of World War I, Captain Walker Sangster, centre on the Sangster brothers’ team, was killed “going over the top” by a German sniper as he led his troops out of the trenches. Combatant officers in WWI, by order, wore all their identifying insignia on their tunics and they carried only a pistol! They were easy targets for snipers and officers on the front lines often didn’t last long. My Uncle Walker’s body was never found.

And that was the end of the basketball team.

The four other brothers tried to enlist immediately. They rejected George—too young.

Rufus was talked out of it as he had a wife and child. Philip was signed up immediately, but Lewis was rejected because of ingrown toe nails.

Dad was devastated. He went directly to his family doctor and had painful surgery on his feet.

As soon as he healed, he too was signed up.

The twins, Lewis and Philip, made a pact. They swore never to accept a promotion but always remain “Buck Privates.” They joined different regiments so the likelihood of them fighting in the same battle would be a remote possibility. They made these decisions in the hope of sparing their mother another tragic telegram.

During the fighting in France, the twins tried to keep track of each other’s regiment. During a lull in the fighting, Dad heard that Philip’s group was just down the road.

Carefully slipping away, he located one of Philip’s sergeants and inquired of his whereabouts. The sergeant stepped to the entryway of a nearby bunker and yelled, “PRIVATE SANGSTER… REPORT!” No answer. So Dad stuck his head into the bunker and yelled, “ILIP-PHAY”! Immediately he heard a voice reply, “EWIS-LAY!” Their childhood use of Pig-Latin brought the brothers together in a bear hug. It was Oct. 30, 1916— their 26th birthday!

Later in the war, Dad heard that Philip had been wounded on a nearby battlefield. Dad was a battalion scout, so running through hostile territory was nothing new. He searched for hours on the battlefield with no luck until he met a soldier who said Philip had been captured. It was later confirmed that Philip had been wounded, taken captive, operated on without anesthetic and eventually “exchanged” along with other

CHOICEquotes They rejected George—too young. Rufus was talked out of it as he had a wife and child.

Philip was signed up immediately, but Lewis was rejected because of ingrown toenails.

He went directly to his family doctor and had painful surgery on his feet. As soon as he healed, he too was signed up.

Canadian prisoners for German prisoners. Uncle Phil was left with a permanent limp.

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In Flanders Fields John McCrae, May 1915

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

We stand with all Canadians to remember and honour the men and women who have served our country and paid the ultimate price.

This Remembrance Day marks a hundred years since the beginning of World War One. We recall the sacrifices of all who have served in the past and pay tribute to them on this day.

In Flanders fields.

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COURAGEREMEMBERED LEST WE Story revealed decades later

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REMEMBER NOVEMBER 11TH WHY THE POPPY PROGRAM? There are four good reasons for the Poppy Program.

1. To remind us of the dreadful cost of war and to encourage us to settle further disputes by non-violent means.

2. To keep alive the memory of those who sacrificed their lives for peace.

3. To remind Canadians of our responsibilities to those who died, to the disabled, and to dependents of those who served.

4. To provide funds to assist ex-service people and their dependents in time of need.

THE POPPY FUND The General By-laws of The Royal Canadian Legion provide that poppy funds may be spent for the following reasons: a. Assisting ex-service personnel and their dependents in necessitous circumstances. b. Payment of the expenses of operating a Service Bureau. c. Payment of the expenses of the poppy fund campaign. d. Assisting other poppy funds where resources are depleted and contributing to the Central Poppy fund, administered by the Provincial Command. e. Purchase, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, renewal, repair, furnishing or refurnishing of housing accommodation or care facilities for elderly or disabled persons, and their dependents are to receive priority of such housing accommodation or care facilities. f. Purchase of community medical appliances or donations for medical research. g. Day care centres, meals on wheels, transportation and related services for veterans, their dependents and the aged.

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Growing up in Winnipeg, Joe Knight and his three brothers heard little of their father’s wartime experiences. They knew he was the lone survivor of a plane crash somewhere in Scotland, and they knew he didn’t wear shorts or shortsleeved shirts because of scars from his injuries.

John Knight belonged to the Royal Canadian Legion, but he didn’t participate in parades or other activities.

“He didn’t complain, he didn’t brag about himself,” A cairn, with the plaque that was installed said Joe of his father. island of Foula.

“He wouldn’t be drawing Second World War. attention to himself.”

A Norwegian naval unit In fact, it was only after John Knight passed away in 2006 that based at another port in the the full story of his survival and Shetland Islands escorted fishing vessels and transported life-long dedication to his fallen refugees. A few of the islands’ crewmates began to emerge. lighthouses had suffered air AWAY FROM THE MADNESS strikes.

OF WAR But otherwise, the war barely The island of Foula was registered in the daily life of far removed from most of the Foula’s 23 residents. madness that had engulfed It was afternoon tea time the rest of Europe during the when Knight’s Canso bomber

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in October on Hamnafield Hill on the

crashed into Hamnafield Hill with a dull thump.

Three locals, David Gear, Foula’s postmaster Peter Gear, and a senior who had stopped at the island’s post office to retrieve his pension cheque hiked up the mossy hillside, dodging wreckage and burning fuel.

They found John Knight badly injured. His pelvis was broken, his arms and legs seared from the flames. The men loaded the airman onto a stretcher and descended the steep hill as gently as they could.

As they reached the bottom of the hill, David Gear’s daughter Vida offered Knight a bottle of water.

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NORTH BURNABY Parade starts at 10:30 am from the Safeway underground parking lot at Hastings & Willingdon and goes east on Hastings and up to Confederation Park to cenotaph.

Service begins at cenotaph at 10:55 am.

We honour those who sacrificed for our freedom

SOUTH BURNABY Parade starts at 10:15 am from the Legion #83 at 5289 Grimmer Street.

Service begins at cenotaph (Imperial & Nelson) at 11 am.

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More than 60 years later, after John Knight’s funeral, Joe Knight was bequeathed his father’s framed photo of Foula Island and the barren Hamnafield Hill.

Joe hung it in the den of his New Westminster home where’s he’s lived the past 26 years, unaware of the photo’s significance.

The family had always assumed the fading colour photo was a souvenir of a trip their parents took to Scotland—though they never understood why anyone would travel to such a stark landscape.

He found himself wondering why that cliff of rock and moss meant so much to his dad.

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John Knight spent most of the next year recovering from his injuries at various hospitals in England and Canada. At one point doctors thought they would have to amputate one of his arms, but a chance visit by the King of England’s doctor got him the care he needed to save the limb.

John and his wife, Vina, had five more children after he CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Joe Knight (centre) with his brothers Bob and Mike at the cemetery in Lerwick in returned from the September. war, adding to the one sent the link to the family. boy they’d had before “Then we really started to the conflict started. think this wasn’t a garden Two children died in variety crash,” said Joe. childhood.

As Joe learned the story During his post-war of his dad’s survival, about career, Knight worked the people who helped with the Department him, and about his friends of Veterans Affairs for who perished in the crash, 22 years, and another he vowed to find a way to 11 on hydro projects honour them. in Northern Manitoba In September, Knight and and Newfoundland, his two surviving brothers, helping First Nations’ along with their wives, locals land jobs at the travelled to Lerwick to meet sites. He was an elected the man with whom their councillor. father had struck up a longHe never forgot his distance friendship. fallen crewmates.

Henry, now well into “I now think Dad felt his 80s, had saved most he had to pay back for PHOTO COURTESY MIKE HARVEY of their correspondence. the fact he survived and Pictured are the Fallen 7 and lone survivor John When Knight read some of his comrades didn’t,” Knight. Front Row: WO2 Robert Densmore Harvey, said Joe of his father’s F/S Elliott Courtney Watson, (Survivor) WO2 John H. the letters, he swelled with public service.

Knight, F/S Robert Wilford Ernest Townsend. Back emotion.

Row: F/O Abram Hildebrand, F/O Willis Hilson Lloyd, “He was a young man, In 1989, Knight F/O George Gordon Bradshaw, P/O James Edwin full of life, caught up in a received a letter Bowler. big adventure,” said Knight from the government of his dad. records branch of the National in Lerwick. They also visited The family had commissioned Archives of Canada advising John Henry, who gave his a brass plaque memorializing him they’d been contacted by a Canadian friend the framed the crash and the heroics of man named John Henry, asking colour photo of Foula.

Foula citizens to save John’s life. about the plane crash’s sole “It will be kept in a place of They hoped to place it on a survivor. prominence in our home,” wrote cairn atop Hamnafield Hill.

Henry’s wife was Vida Gear, Knight in a thank-you letter.

But with only one weekly the young girl who’d helped ‘FATHER AND HIS COMRADES quench a stricken soldier’s ARE TOGETHER, ONCE AGAIN’ flight to the remote island because its airfield didn’t have thirst all those years ago. He Meantime, Joe and his a fire warden, and a local boat was researching the story of the brothers had been curious about tour operator shut down for a plane crash; it had been part their parents’ choice of holiday family emergency, the timing of Shetland Islands’ lore for destination but didn’t probe. didn’t work out. decades.

“Their visit to Lerwick was a Instead, David Gear’s Within a week, Knight bit of a surprise to our family,” daughter-in-law, Sheila, penned a long letter to Henry. said Joe. “We didn’t think to ascended the trail to the hilltop He recounted his memories of question Dad on why Lerwick, on a sunny Wednesday at the the crash and told of his life why now? It should have been a beginning of October and since then. bit of a clue, but we missed the mounted the plaque on the Their correspondence boat.” cairn. continued through the years, The pieces of the puzzle “It’s a great comfort to our and they exchanged family started to fall into place a few family knowing it’s there,” said photos and Christmas cards. years after John’s death. A Joe. In 1995 John and Vina friend of Joe’s brother, Bob, “Our father and his comrades travelled to Scotland to pay discovered a website about the are together, once again and their respects to the fallen crash that had been created by a forever.” aircrew who were all buried at photo@newwestnewsleader.com nephew of one of its victims. He the Commonwealth Cemetery

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“A lot went into this knowing full well what was awaiting them,” he said. “The mood was quite a bit different.”

People were “committed to fighting what they thought was a real threat … I think people knew they were facing a much more formidable obstacle in terms of winning the war.”

The investment in the war machine, in troops and supplying the front, helped the government end the Depression.

But the increased media presence— more newspapers, radio, war-themed movies, newsreels—made the warfront much more immediate and spread fear about the enemy.

There was rationing, and blackouts to prevent cities from being targeted in nighttime bombing raids. People weren’t

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Plywood for Mosquito aircraft is manufactured at the Pacific Veneer and Plywood Co. in 1943. Workers were encouraged to work hard with signs like ‘Birch rolls in, Veneer rolls out. Employees stay home, no Mosquitoes fly out.’

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Where to pay respect New Westminster Remembrance Day ceremonies will begin at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Armouries before a march down Sixth Street to the Cenotaph in front of City Hall.

The program concludes with a march past along Royal Avenue.

In North Burnaby, veterans will parade from the Safeway parking lot at 4440 Hastings St. at 10:30 a.m. to the Cenotaph in Confederation Park where the traditional ceremonies begin at 10:45 a.m.

In South Burnaby, a parade begins at 10:30 a.m. from Legion Branch #83 on Grimmer Street. It will take veterans to the Bonsor Park Cenotaph on Imperial Street and Nelson Avenue for the traditional ceremonies that start at 11 a.m.

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BUR NABY R E M E M BE R S

Our Fallen Heroes World War I anderson, a. anderson, Goldie. f. ashworth, henry Beattie, reginald Blackman, Walter t.

Blair, George Boggust, William L. Bournes, William h.

Bowker, Osbourne h. P. Breakwell, thomas J. Burton, William M. Buxton, Leopold G. campbell, findlay c. campbell, h. campbell, James L. campbell, William W. chaffey, charles r. clark, Peter c. collins, Gerald cook, John e. cope, roy e. craig, William c.

Dawson, albert Diss, frank Drummond, robert a. elliot, fred f. elliot, George W. evans, alexander e. exworthy, albert fuller, William Glen, robert B. Glover, George a.

Godwin, arthur G. h.

Goodwin, William h.

Gordon, charles W. Grant, frederick c.

Greenhalgh, samuel Greenwood, harry a. harris, frederick hart, Kingsley c. henry, (Lieut.) holdom, charles e. humphreys, stanley al. hunter, Leslie Keam, stanley G. Kitcher, Bertram

Knox, John Leisk, John G. lf lfred J. Levy, alfred Lidiard, frederick h.

Lowe, thomas B. Lusier, William h.

Maclean, Donald thur V. c.

MacPherson, arthur Marshall, arshall, alexander Marshall, George h.

Mccartney, cartney, eugene V. Mcintosh, ntosh, John W. McKenzie, albert e.

McLelland, cLelland, James McLelland, John c.

Murphy, urphy, edward dward e.

Padmore, arthur Peacock, allan r.

Penny, herbert s.

Peterson, frank Pettigrue, thomas P. Philpot, John e.

Plumridge, George Powys, edmond i. O. ramsay, albert e. rawlings, harry G. reid, James D. M. rigby, Walter ross, alexander G. ross, John ross, William L. rumble, harold J. smith, herbert J. smith, robert spilling, thomas h. strain, richard sutton, alfred e. svendsen, conrad sworder, Malcolm sworder, Norman taylor, albert e. telford, William W. thornton, Joseph h. topping, John townley, Max M. Walker, John Walker, robert c.

Walters, ernest W.

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clark, James e. clark, James clay, Gilbert f. allen, reginald a. h. coe, reginald c. anderson, harry D. connolly, John e. anderson, howard f. connor, George r. anderson, sydney L. cook, allan andrews, henry L. cooper, albert N. Barker, John h. cosh, robert M. Bennett, cecil J. cowell, richard B. B. Berg, Gilbert L. O. crehan, Maurice J. Berkey, George r. cullen, clifford L. Bing, Gerrard r. cumming, John W. Bishop, John P. currie, James Black, Gervase e. custance, John P. Blunt, Walter L. Davenport, frederick c.

Bonnett, alwynn L. Davidson, William D. Borrett, William f.

Davidson, Gerald h.

Boyd, James Deacon, Kenneth W. Boyde, John h.

Dolter, francis W. Bradshaw, arthur r.

Douglas, James W. Brambleby, James e.

Douglas, James f.

Bratherton, Wilfred Dowler, Norman N.G.G. Brookman, stanley B. Drury, robert W. Brown, Walter h.

Duffy, ernest Bryant, James a.

Buckingham, arthur a.V.M. eddy, howard e. fensome, Peter J. campbell, Donald L. ferguson, John t. campbell, alexander h. fernquist, Virgil J. cary, earl s. fisher, John e. chamberlain, John L. fitzgerald, John e. chappell, harold forster, John J. W. chaykowski, Mike

fothergill, charles freberg, Philip G. freeman, henry G. Gandy, Peter J. Gillender, hunter Gillis, Norman M. Goodman, arthur h.

Gracie, William Greenwood, frederick W. halfpenny, Bob hallding, ernest c. halpenny, robert M. hardy, John e. hardy, James t. harper, James r. harrison, arthur J. harrison, robert M. haslett, robert hayward, Morris e. herder, Wayne holdom, Jim e.B. house, robert a. L. irving, James e. irving, Walter N. Jackson, Duncan J. Johnson, thomas O. Jones, Douglas e.

Keep, albert r.

Kemp, hubert P. Knezovich, Wallace a.

Lang, robert s.

Leighton, Lee P.

Liddle, stanley M. Lindemere, richard W. Litchfield, ralph f.

Loranger, Walter G. Loranger, Norman a.

Ludington, Leroy h.

MacDonald, Donald a.

MacDonald, ian P. MacDonald, alistair K. MacGregor, Gordon f. r MacGregor, rob r.

MacKay, William B. MacMurray, William a.

Manson, harold M. Marshall, Gordon D. McBride, thomas h.

Mccombie, Otway c.

Mccormack, John Mccormack, robert J. Mccutcheon, William a.

Mcintosh, charles L. McKay, John c.

McKennie, Gerald B. McKercher, William D. c.

McLachlan, Percy a.

McNie, Donald c.

McWilliams, James W. McWilliams, frank c.

Middleton, charles G. Mills, frederick J. Morrison, Boyd Moss, henry L. Moss, Kenneth L. Muckle, stuart J. Mullen, albert L. Murie, James M. Nesbitt, Wesley V. r.

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Norris, Peter V. North, Jean a.

Northey, robert a.

O'connor, ronald c.

Owen, William Peardon, Lloyd G. Phillips, Jack Physick, francis G. Power, John G. Power, John M. Powley, David a.

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D TEbook EvEnTs The Marvelous Wonderettes: Footlight Theatre Company presents the fun-lovin’, bubblegum-sweet musical phenomenon, The Marvelous Wonderettes by jukebox musical maven Roger Bean.

This off-Broadway smash hit takes audience members on an incredible journey down memory lane through the smooth harmonies of the ‘50s and ‘60s girl group sound. When: Nov. 6-8 & 13-15, 8 p.m., Nov. 8-9 & 15, 2 p.m. Where: Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby. Tickets: $25, at tickets.shadboltcentre.com or 604-205-3000. Info: footlight. ca Celebrating the Art of Our Veterans: Organized by George Derby Centre in honour of Remembrance Day, the show features artworks by a group of WWII veterans.

These original artworks, which include acrylics on canvas, mixed media, watercolours, fabric painting and weaving, were all created in 2014 in Artworks Studio at George Derby Centre.

When: Until Nov. 30. Where: Ramp Gallery, main floor of New Westminster Public Library, 716 6th Ave., New Westminster. Info: www. nwpl.ca or 604-527-4660.

Email newsroom@newwestnewsleader.com The Art of the Memoir: Margaret Caldwaldr will cover the process, challenges and rewards of memoir writing, drawing on her experience helping veteran George Reid write his memoir. Sponsored by the Royal City Literary Arts Society in partnership with the New Westminster Public Library. When: Thursday, Nov. 6, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Where: Location: New Westminster Public Library, 716 - 6th Ave., New Westminster. Preregister: secretary@rclas.com.

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New Westminster Puffers Club: Monthly meeting.

Anyone with COPD or other breathing problems are welcome to attend.

When: Monday, Nov. 10, 12:30 to 2 p.m. Where: New Westminster Library, 716-6th Ave., New Westminster.

Life After High School Youth Workshops: Looks at labour market trends, volunteer and co-op opportunities. MOSAIC is a multilingual non-profit organization dedicated to addressing settlement issues that affect immigrants and refugees. When: Monday, Nov. 10, 6-8 p.m. Where: Tommy Douglas Burnaby Public Library, 7311 Kingsway, Burnaby. Info: Angel, 604-4388214 ext. 104.

How To Start Your Small Business: Hosted by MOSAIC, a multilingual non-profit organization dedicated to addressing settlement issues that affect immigrants and refugees. When: Wednesday, Nov. 12, 1–3 p.m. Where: MOSAIC Burnaby Centre for Immigrants, 5902 Kingsway, Burnaby. Info: Mika, 604-2549626 ext. 484.

A Great Service: Chor Leoni Men’s Choir performs in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the First World War along with readings

by Christopher Gaze of the wartime poems an stories of Canada’s Robert Service.

This year’s music, featuring guest organist Ellen Ay-Laung Wang and pianist Ken Cormier, ranges from Gustav Holst’s stirring setting of Walt Whitman’s texts to the tranquility of Paul Mealor’s recent work for male choir and clarinet, I Saw Eternity.

When: Saturday, Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m. Where: Queen’s Avenue United Church, 529 Queens Ave., New Westminster.

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Craft Sale & Tea: Century House Association offers an afternoon tea and browsing the white elephant area, bake

sale, books, jewelry, pottery, crafts, quilting and raffles.

When: Saturday, Nov. 8, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Where: Century House, 620 Eighth St., New Westminster.

St. Peter’s Catholic Women’s League BAZAAR: Silent a u c t i o n , b a k i n g t abl e, jewellery booth, knitting and sewing booth and Christmas booth. When: Saturday, Nov. 8, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Where: Parish Hall, 330 Royal Ave., New Westminster.

Christmas Tea and Bazaar: When: Saturday, Nov. 8, 12:30 to 3 p.m. Where: Knox Presbyterian Church, 403 East Columbia St., New Westminster.

Good Old Fashioned Church Rummage Sale: Come and choose from a huge assortment of items up for sale, with everything from household items and clothing to baking and canning to jewellery and collectables.

There will also be a children’s fish pond for a special surprise. When: Saturday, Nov. 22, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Mark David Smith is about to publish his first novel for young adults.

It’s an audience he knows well.

Smith is an English teacher at Byrne Creek community secondary school.

Smith’s novel, Caravaggio: Signed in Blood, is historical fiction. It tells the story

of the swashbuckling painter’s relationship with Beppo, a young protagonist who escapes a life of indentured servitude during the Italian Renaissance.

Even though the novel is set 500 years ago, Smith is confident its themes and non-stop action will connect with his youthful readers.

So will its

presentation.

Smith said he was able to apply his years of experience in the classroom to a writing style that keeps the narrative moving at a breakneck clip.

“It changes the structure and the pace,” said Smith of writing for younger readers, mostly boys. “I have to keep it simple. I can’t lose the reader by the end of a sentence.’

Smith said he’s also hopeful the ribald life of Caravaggio, wining, wenching and battling his way even as he produced some of the most influential art of the Renaissance, will attract readers.

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researching and writing the novel. He read biographies of Caravaggio and books about daily life during the Renaissance.

He studied Italian history and art. He virtually walked the ancient streets of Rome, Naples and Malta, using Google Streetviews to get a feel for the neighbourhoods his characters inhabited.

He even took sword fighting lessons at Academie Duello.

Smith said he’d be delighted if even just one reader was so inspired by his book to seek out even more stories about the Renaissance.

“Historical fiction is like killing two birds

with one stone,” said Smith.

But his students at Byrne Creek can rest easy for now.

Smith said his novel won’t be appearing on their required reading lists.

“I would feel too weird,” he said.

Caravaggio: Signed in Blood will be officially launched at Byrne Creek community secondary school on Friday, Nov. 7 at 4 p.m. In addition to readings and signings by the author, there will also be a chance to do a little sword fighting in a workshop put on by Academie Duello.

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Classic style comes through in black and white The classic look of black and white will never go out of style, which is why the 107 brand new townhomes in Burquitlam are the perfect blend of location, opportunity and price.

With three storeys, two colors and endless possibility, the Black+Whites on Foster are located on a quiet residential street near several parks and schools, while remaining conveniently close to Highway 1 and Lougheed Town Centre.

Director of Sales, Barrett Sprowson ensures that with the growing and changing neighborhood, including new shopping, new transit (Evergreen Line) and new amenities, this is the kind

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With a focus on detail, Black+Whites combines an architectural design that is sophisticated, timeless, elegant and tailored.

The exterior is highlighted by formal manicured hedges, rich detailed brick and hardi-board cladding combined in strong color contrasts; creating visual appeal from the very first glance.

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“In every master ensuite, we include a motion-censored under-cabinet light, allowing you to comfortably use the bathroom at night without needing to find a switch or experience bright lighting,” says Sprowson, on one of the many details synonymous with the Intracorp name.

“Other features I love are the large oversized windows, allowing lots of natural light in, large family sized kitchen with islands, stone countertops in the kitchen and bathrooms, quality stainless steel appliances and real wood cabinetry,” says Sprowson.

The three-bedroom Black+Whites townhomes built by Intracorp, start from the low $500,000s, while the four-bedroom homes start from $590,000.

Right now, they are offering a special “Neighborhood Program” that allows for early purchasing opportunities before the public launch.

The Sales Centre (when open) will be located at 548 Foster Avenue in Coquitlam. To register for more information, visit www.blackandwhites.ca

Tsawwassen Shores: Oceanside living without compromise Tsawwassen Shores is one of Greater Vancouver’s most livable communities; just moments from endless amenities and oceanside living.

The 270-acre masterplanned community is thoughtfully designed, from spacious single-family homes, starting at $499,900 and perfectly suited for a growing family, to well-appointed ranchers that offer flexibility of lifestyle, to multifamily condominiums offering comfort and convenience.

With personalized homes, sound construction, scenic yards, exquisite interiors, refined kitchens, luxurious bathrooms and bedrooms, and plenty of upgrade features available, it’s no surprise that there are only 12 homes remaining of the 29 homes in Phase 2.

Buyers can choose from one of 18 exterior designs and eight exterior color schemes, as well as three unique interior color schemes to customize the contemporary West Coast homes. The spacious floor plans range from 1,225 to over 2,600 square feet.

The homes are built with quality construction and durability, including fibre cement board siding on the front side of the house and quality vinyl siding on the sides, and protective rain screen technology that provides

Minutes from endless recreation, a thriving town centre, and exceptional education. Two superb golf courses. A top ranked elementary and secondary school.

Spas, restaurants and cafés — plus all the essentials and so much more — it’s the perfect setting to set your roots.

a moisture break and air space to prevent water from being trapped. The entire space is constructed to improve energy efficiency.

The interior boasts nine-foot ceilings in the main living areas, with up to astounding 18-foot ceilings in the great room. There is laminate wood floor in all main living areas and oversized, long-lasting double-glazed vinyl windows that provide ample natural light, as well as a gas fireplace.

In the kitchen, one will find shaker-style wood or flat panel cabinet doors, quartz countertops, a full-height walk-in pantry with built-in wire shelving, and a stainless steel appliance package that includes a fridge, slide-in gas stove, hood fan, dishwasher, and microwave.

The luxury continues into the bathroom, with porcelain tile in the bathrooms and low-pile carpet with premium underlay in the bedrooms. The master ensuite includes ten millimeter tempered glass shower enclosure with chrome finish and a separate bathtub for ultimate relaxation, quartz countertops, double sinks, electric in-floor heating and a spacious walk-in closet in the master bedroom.

These homes come with plenty of modern comforts, and are roughed-in for a security system and a central vacuum system, a fire sprinkler system and carbon monoxide detectors on all floors. Telephone and cable TV outlets are available in all bedrooms and dens for easy access, with rooms wired for highspeed Internet.

Gaze out the window and enjoy picturesque

ocean and mountain views with miles of sandy beach trails and paths. Explore nearby cafés and restaurants as well as several beautiful golf courses, with easy access to downtown Vancouver, YVR, the US border, and the BC Ferry terminal, and a proposed 1.8 millions square foot outdoor shopping centre within walking distance.

Located in one of the Lower Mainland’s most beautiful landscapes, Tsawwassen Shores is a place to build a home, set down roots and enjoy the picturesque settings of the ocean and nature everyday. It’s the perfect time to begin living a life tailored to you.

The presentation centre and show homes are located at 1875 Tsawwasen Drive, open daily 12-5 p.m., except Fridays or by appointment.

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FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS 6

IN MEMORIAM GIFTS

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS 42

LOST AND FOUND

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION 115

EDUCATION

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION 130

HELP WANTED

FOUND: KEYS in Columbia Square pkng lot, Oct 31st, nr Boston Pizza area. Call to identify 604-526-8883

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ANNUAL STARTING REVENUE $24,000 - $120,000

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• ORDER PICKERS & COUNTER SALES • DRIVER / WAREHOUSE PERSON

A Great Janitorial Franchise Opportunity

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LEVEL 1 – EXPERIENCED AUTOPLAN AGENT Permanent, PT, 3 days per week.

Wednesday: 4-10pm = 6 hrs & Thursday & Saturday = 6-8 hrs. Fast paced work environment. Must be able to do all types of auto transactions & be able to multi-task. Good computer & communications skills a must. East Richmond, need a vehicle for transportation. Please forward resume to christina.smith@patand.com

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

• Minimum investment as low as $6,050 required • Guaranteed Cleaning Contracts • Professional Training Provided • Financing Available • Ongoing Support A Respected Worldwide Leader in Franchised Office Cleaning.

Coverall of BC 604.434.7744 info@coverallbc.com www.coverallbc.com

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

Required for Gregg Distributors.

Langley warehouse distributor of industrial & automotive supplies is looking for self-motivated, energetic people to join our team.

Knowledge of automotive and trucking industries is an asset.

COMPETITIVE SALARY & BENEFITS PACKAGE Fax Resumes: 604.888.4688 or Email: info@greggbc.ca or Visit:www.greggdistributors.ca

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

AutoCad Dradting Technician BRIGHTON COLLEGE - Earn $26.79/hr. 604.901.5120

HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD SERVICES

FPT/FT positions available FHourly pay rate $10.72 - $12.80 FAbility to work weekends is req.

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

RING UP with bcclassified.com

Apply in Person

Call 604-575-5555 Traditional Swedish Goods and Current Desirable Items: for Family, Home, Celebrations and Gift Giving

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FREE ADMISSION FREE PARKING swedishculturalsociety.ca

COMING EVENTS

ANTIQUE SHOW Sunday, Nov 9th Admission $1.75 703 Terminal Ave. Vancouver 8:30am to 4:30pm Over 80 tables of antique & collectible treasures.

Join us on Facebook For info 604 685 8843 Always buying Antiques & Collectibles

TABLES ONLY $35 www.vancouverfleamarket.com

INFORMATION SOAR is Pacific Coastal Airline’s in-flight magazine. This attractive business & tourism publication is published bi-monthly (6 times/year).

Great impact for your BC Business. More than 280,000 passengers fly Pacific Coastal Airlines.

Please call Annemarie 1.800.661.6335 or email fish@blackpress.ca

WITNESSES NEEDED To a hit & run accident at approx 11:15pm on August 14, 2014 at 8th Ave near McBride in New Westminster btwn a dark coloured Ford F150 pick up truck and a Chev Tracker.

If you have any information please call 778-384-3562.

WOULD Sharon Morrison that bought a better home at the private sectors expense phone Barry Cope.

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SALES ADVISOR DIGITAL PRODUCTS

SCANDINAVIAN COMMUNITY CENTRE 6540 Thomas St., Burnaby Almost 30 local vendors, live entertainment and Swedish Cafe with open sandwiches, Christmas porridge, pastries, cookies, coffee, milk, juice, hot dogs and Glögg.

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8035 Enterprise St., Burnaby Nov. 14th, 2014 between 9:30 am – 4:30 pm

Are you confident enough to develop business conversations?

Black Press publishes the Surrey Leader, Langley Times and Peace Arch News along with 150 other publications.

We will develop individuals with an ambition to succeed whether they have deep post-secondary credentials or not.

This is an exceptional opportunity if you are adept at making successful calls and highly rewarding to those that maintain the required pace.

We have an immediate opening for a Sales Consultant on our Digital team representing our highly successful online recruitment platform LocalWorkBC.ca.

DRIVERS WANTED

AZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 w/ Airbrake • Guaranteed 40hr. Work Week & Overtime • Paid Travel & Lodging • Meal Allowance • 4 Weeks Vacation • Excellent Benefits Package Must be able to have extended stays away from home. Up to 6 months. Must have valid AZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 with airbrake license and have previous commercial driving experience.

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

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CARRIERS NEEDED YOUTH & ADULTS

F/T CLASS 1 DRIVERS Pick-Up & Delivery Van Km’s Group of Companies requires FT class 1 drivers for the Surrey area. Applicants must have LTL & P&D driving experience and must be familiar w/the Greater Vancouver region.

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

Call Christy 604-436-2472

for available routes email

Email circulation@burnaby newsleader.com

$1000 Hiring Bonus & Above Average Rates To join our team of professional drivers please send a resume and current drivers abstract to:

careers@vankam.com or Fax: 604-587-9889 We thank all applicants for your interest!

Van-Kam is committed to employment equity and environmental responsibility.

COMMON Exchange Jewellery & Pawn Position available for motivated, retail oriented, bondable individuals that are interested in a rewarding career. We provide on the job Pawnbroker training that covers pawning and buying skills. We offer competitive wages and benefit plan.

Please email resume to: hiring@commonexchange.com or drop off to: Personnel Manager, 10595 King George Blvd., Surrey, BC

CONSTRUCTION SITE In your NEIGHBOURHOOD

Req: Carpenters, Helpers Labourers, CSO’s/OFA’s TCP’s, Cleaners $11-28/hr Work Today, Daily or Weekly Pay Apply 9AM to 2PM at: 118 – 713 Columbia Street

New West 604.522.4900

Primary Focus: • Contact prospective business clients via phone and email • Develop trustworthy and informative relationships • Maintain a strong volume of calls with the assistance of our CRM system Qualifications: • Strong telephone skills • Marketing and/or creative mindset • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment • Basic computer skills • Strong command of English, both verbal and written It is also an asset if you have a good knowledge of BC communities.

This is a full time position based in Surrey, BC. Black Press offers competitive compensation, a team environment, benefits and opportunity for career advancement.

Please forward your resume with a brief note on why you are a great candidate to: Kristy O’Connor, Digital Sales Manager koconnor@bpdigital.ca

Collections Clerk (Surrey Head Office) Van-Kam Freightways has an opening for a Collections Clerk working out of our Surrey head office as part of the Account Receivable team dealing with soft collections. This detail oriented position will be accountable for ensuring past due accounts over 45 days are collected in a timely manner. This position will also be responsible for customer service enquires, processing credit card transactions, and cash application.

Applicants should have at least two (2) years of collections and customer service experience working in a results oriented environment. An intermediate knowledge of both Microsoft Word and Excel is a necessity.

Van-Kam is committed to Employment Equity and Environmental Responsibility.

K-Bro Linen operates a large modern commercial laundry facility located within a short walk from Lake City Skytrain in Bby.

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Excavator & Backhoe Operator Training. Be employable in 4-6wks. Call 604-546-7600. www.rayway.ca

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Interested candidates should attach an updated resume and cover letter to: careers@vankam.com or fax: 604-587-9889

K-Bro Linen Systems

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EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

Food Service Supervisor Rozzini’s Restaurant Ltd. located at A211 Ewen Ave. New Westminster V3M 5B3 seeks a F/T Food Service Supervisor.

Duties include: Supervise, coordinate and schedule the activities of the restaurant staff, train restaurant staff with their respective job duties in particular sanitation and safety procedures, monitor inventories and estimate and order ingredients and supplies, ensure that food served and service provided are meeting control standards, resolve work-related problems & customer complaints, processing payments, completing and analyzing shift end sales and weekly sales. Spoken, written English & completion of Secondary School is required. Wage is $14 per hr. Email your resume to rozzinisrestaurant@gmail.com

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PART-TIME

Production Workers Black Press, Canada’s Largest independently owned newspaper group, is currently looking for part-time production workers to work at our Delta - Vantage Way 24/7 production facilities.

This position is an entry-level, general labour position that involves the physical handling of newspapers and related advertising supplements.

Requirements: • Prior bindery experience is preferred but not required • Motivated self-starter willing to work in a fast-paced environment performing repetitive tasks • Must be able to lift up to 35 lbs. and stand for extended period of time • Ability to work cooperatively in a diverse, team-based environment • Demonstrate on-the-job reliability and dependability • Excellent communication skills and detail oriented • Completion of high-school • Must have your own transportation The applicant must be available to work afternoon and graveyard shifts (Monday to Friday) as well as be able to work on a weekly schedule with short notice.

If you are interested in this position, please e-mail your resume referencing “Production Worker” in the subject line to: jobs.vantageway@gmail.com

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EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION 142 OFFICE SUPPORT/CLERKS

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION 160

TRADES, TECHNICAL

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 260

ELECTRICAL

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 329 PAINTING & DECORATING

Low Cost. Same Day. Licensed.

Res/Com. Small job expert. Renos Panel changes ~ 604-374-0062

Customer Service Coordinator Req. for Fuchs Langley. Will take customer calls, emails & faxes, enter orders using SAP, send releases to warehouses,invoicing & expediting of orders. Must be very efficient, detail oriented, organized, capable of multi-tasking, and experienced in customer service work & computer entry. $18.00/hr. Plus Profit Sharing Bonuses. Mon.-Fri. 40 hrs./wk.

Fax resume: 604-888-1145 or e-mail: dwoo@fuchs.com

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SALES REPRESENTATIVE

Req. for Westcoast Moulding & Millwork, a building product supplier in Surrey. Previous sales experience in related field required. Existing established territory with solid customer base.

Training provided to help achieve your full potential.

Commercial Transport Journeyman Mechanic (Surrey Terminal) Van-Kam Freightways Ltd. requires two (2) full-time Commercial Transport Journeyman Mechanics to work out of our Surrey Terminal located at 10155 Grace Road. One (1) position is an afternoon shift starting at 3:30PM and working until midnight and the other position (1) has an 11:30PM start working until 8:00AM.

Seize this opportunity to work for one of Western Canada’s largest regional freight carriers.

For more information, call Derek, at 604-587-9818 or 604-968-7149 Interested candidates should attach an updated resume and cover letter to: careers@vankam.com or fax: 604-587-9889

Van-Kam is committed to Employment Equity and Environmental Responsibility.

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Commercial Trailer Journeyman Mechanic (Surrey Terminal) Van-Kam Freightways Ltd. requires two (2) full-time Commercial Trailer Journeyman Mechanics to work out of our Surrey Terminal located at 10155 Grace Road.

Applicants should have an inspectors ticket, a minimum of 2 years of related experience, a positive attitude and able to work in a team environment. Experience in a freight fleet environment would be preferred as this is a busy facility providing service to a large fleet of Company Owned Trucks and Trailers.

Seize this opportunity to work for one of Western Canada’s largest regional freight carriers.

For more information, call Derek, at 604-587-9818 or 604-968-7149 Interested candidates should attach an updated resume and cover letter to: careers@vankam.com or fax: 604-587-9889

FINANCIAL SERVICES

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed?

Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com LARGE FUND Borrowers Wanted Start saving hundreds of dollars today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts.

We don’t rely on credit, age or income.

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AUTO FINANCING

• All Prices • All Situations • • All Conditions • www.webuyhomesbc.com 604-657-9422

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

CLASSIFIEDS AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO BUILD BUSINESS.

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

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PRESSURE WASHING

HOMES WANTED WE BUY HOMES BC

PLUMBING

10% OFF if you Mention this AD! *Plumbing *Heating *Reno’s *More Call Aman: 778-895-2005

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SUNDECKS

www.galaxyloans.ca

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SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

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GUTTER CLEANING SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE

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Call Ian 604-724-6373

GARDENING

Excavators, Backhoes, Bobcats & Dump Trucks for hire

RENTALS

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS 706

604-531-5935

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

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

HOME IMPROVEMENTS Carpentry, painting, drywall, tiles Quality work - reasonable price Martin 778-355-5840

RENOVATIONS Complete Kitchen & Bathroom Renovations. QUALITY WORK Call Rick 778-552-6227

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PETS

CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866 CHAMPIONSHIP AKITA PUPS with papers. $1,800. Call 604-751-0191 CHIHUAHUA, FEMALE, 2 yrs old, very friendly, $500. Call (604)7947347

. FREE Scrap Metal Removal. .FREE Scrap metal removal. Appls, BBQS, exercise equip, cars, etc. 604-572-3733 ww.tkhaulaway.com

Chihuahua pups, playful, cuddly, family raised, vet check, 1st shots, avail now. $525. 1-604-794-5844 MINI DACHSHUND PUPPIES born Aug. 30, 2 males, unique smooth coat silver dapple and black & tan piebald, raised by 13 year old girl in 4H dog obediance, well socialized.

1st shots & deworming, $850 (will go toward education fund) 604-8204827 Mission MULTIPOOS. Under 8 lbs. 5 weeks old. Beautiful & fluffy. Velcro dogs.

Can email pics. Vet checked, 1st shots. Guar’d. $800. Can hold for Christmas. 604-302-6647 Brads Junk Removal.com. Same Day Service. Affordable Rates! 604.220.JUNK (5865)

PATRICK’S RUBBISH REMOVAL *Landscape *Trimming *Yard Clean *Const. Clean. *ANYTHING!!!

1 Ton Truck. Call Patrick for Prompt Quality Service @ 604-808-1652.

$45/Hr

LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE

604-537-4140

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

SHEPHERD/LAB/Retriever X puppies f/m, vet checked, $350. (604)794-5953 Chwk

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

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Across the street - across the world Real Professionals, Reas. Rates.

Best in every way! 604-721-4555.

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mikes hauling 604-516-9237

Shop from home, take a walk through the CLASSIFIEDS! www.bcclassified.com

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

HOMES FOR RENT

BURNABY Fulton Ave. 3 Bedroom rancher, 1000 s/f, with lrg workshop & car shed. Newly painted interior, new flooring & windows throughout, large front yard, $1800/mo. Strictly no pets. Call 778-865-5155.

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SUITES, LOWER

BURNABY 2 bdrm ste very clean, nr Metrotown, incl ldry, ns/np. Avail now. $800 +1/3utils. 604-430-8144 NEW WEST, Queensborough area brand new 2 bdrm 2 lvl bsmt, 1.5 bath, sep laundry, D/W, $1200 utils incl. N/P, N/S. Avail Dec 1st. Call: 778-388-2027 amandhillon@live.ca

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TOWNHOUSES

NEW WESTMINSTER 3 bdrm, $1350/mo, quiet family complex, no pets, call 604-522-4123.

PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1108/mo - $1211/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

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BUILDING SUPPLIES

FOOD PRODUCTS

HANSRA FARM MARKET: FREE RANGE EGGS + ORGANIC Eggs, Frozen Blueberries & Raspberries for sale. 18266 Old Dewdney Trunk Rd. Pitt Meadows (604)459-9393

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SCRAP CAR Removal TOP CA$H PAID on the spot. Local Business. www.a1casper.com 604-378-2029

847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES 736

NEW PLYWOOD, 48” x 40”....$5.00 2x4’s - short & long....various prices bring truck ~ 604-522-0290

MOUNTAIN-MOVERS.ca

604 - 720 - 2009

PETS 477

From 1, 3, 5, 7 & 10 Ton Trucks Licensed ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 Men Free Estimate/Senior Discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos

~We accept Visa & Mastercard~

Certified crime free clean quiet building for mature adults only. 1 bdrm, gas f/p. No smokers No pets $600 + utils.

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

MOVING & STORAGE

Licensed - Bonded - Fully Equip.

Residential Commercial, 1-3 Men BIG OR SMALL MOVES Start $45/hr ~ All size trucks Free estimate/Senior Discount www.miraclemoving.ca

Maple Ridge Central

COMPLETE ROOFING + Repairs & gutters. All Roofs - Cedar, Shingles, Torch-On, Flat. WCB, BBB, Reas guaranteed. Sr Disc. 604-725-0106

INTERIORS: Baths (reno’s/ repairs) specializing in drywall, doors, flooring, tiling, plumbing, painting, miscellaneous, etc.

VERSATILE! EXPERIENCED IN OVER 30 LINES OF WORK! * Quality work * Prompt Service * Fair prices For positive results Call Robert SERVICE CALLS WELCOME

MIRACLE MOVING

604.540-2028 or 778.714-7815

All kinds of re-roofing & repairs.

Free est. Reasonable rates.

778-998-7505 or 604-961-7505

If I can’t do it It can’t be done

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

TREE SERVICES

FIVE STAR ROOFING

HOME REPAIRS

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

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AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

Reno’d 2 & 3 Bdrm Townhomes 2 Level, Private Enclosed Yard, Laminate Flrg, Huge Storage Rm Nr Sperling Skytrain & elem schls Pets Ok! From $1300/mo.

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

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APARTMENT/CONDO

Burnaby NELSON PLACE TOWNHOMES 2701 – 2755 Bainbridge Ave.

TOPSOIL & GRAVEL

www.affordablemoversbc.com

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

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Aldergrove SxS Duplex, 4 suites 8500s/f lot, full renod, new siding/ windows, rent $3400. $579K or $295K each side. 604-807-6565

(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

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

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Van-Kam is committed to Employment Equity and Environmental Responsibility.

FOR SALE BY OWNER

Running this ad for 10yrs

DRAIN Tiles, Sewer, Water Video Inspection, Jack Hammering, Hand Excavating Call Tobias 604.782.4322

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Van-Kam thanks you for your interest, however only those being considered will be contacted.

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PAINT SPECIAL

ZIGGY’S RENOVATIONS. All types int/ext. Quality work. Free Est. Best prices! (604)931-4224 or 992-4146

Please e-mail resume: jobs@westcoastmoulding.com or fax: 604-513-1194

RUBBISH REMOVAL

TRANSPORTATION

www.paintspecial.com

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Van-Kam thanks you for your interest, however only those being considered will be contacted.

Excellent Remuneration Package & Full Benefits.

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REAL ESTATE

604.339.1989 Lower Mainland 604.996.8128 Fraser Valley

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

Applicants should have an inspectors ticket, a minimum of 2 years of related experience, a positive attitude and able to work in a team environment. Experience in a freight fleet environment would be preferred as this is a busy facility providing service to a large fleet of Company Owned Trucks and Trailers.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

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