Richmond Review, February 18, 2015

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Summer party to have world theme City eyes Minoru Park and Lansdowne Centre mall parking lot as potential locations

by Matthew Hoekstra Staff Reporter

Matthew Hoekstra photo Ruby Louie shows the auspicious windmills available for sale at the International Buddhist Society temple on Steveston Highway.

Chinese New Year is becoming a multicultural celebration Many organizations marking start of Lunar New Year with multicultural events

by Matthew Hoekstra Staff Reporter It was an early Lunar New Year celebration hosted by a local Chinese organization with typical fare: demonstrations, food and entertainment. But the crowd of revellers was decidedly multicultural.

“I was surprised. There were people from every walk of life enjoying it,” said Coun. Linda McPhail, one of the invited guests.

A host of events, from flower fairs to formidable feasts, will mark

Chinese New Year this week in Richmond. It’s a city where half the population is of Chinese origin, but revellers in search of lucky fortune are coming from a growing number of cultural groups.

Schools and community centres are joining the festivities with events catering to a mix of cultures. South Arm Community Centre, for example, recently held a Gung Haggis Fat Choy event— combining the Scottish Robbie Burns Day with Chinese New Year.

“It’s really about getting people out, sharing a meal and sharing that conversation,” said McPhail. “You see more and more nonAsian or different types of cultures coming to these events. It’s not just a Chinese-only focused event.”

Chinese New Year is Feb. 19, marking the start of the Year of the Goat—also interpreted as a sheep or ram.

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A block party in downtown Richmond this summer is promising more than hotdogs and a watermelon speed spitting contest.

The Richmond World Block Party, proposed by city staff Monday, is a variation of the summer block party concept presented to council last fall.

“The Richmond World Block Party would be the city’s newest signature event and its first major multicultural festival. The festival would celebrate Richmond’s significant diversity through music, food and culture and cater to families and children,” noted Jane Fernyhough in a staff report.

Fernyhough, the city’s director of arts, culture and heritage services, is recommending city council approve $170,000 in spending to host the event. Sponsorships would also be sought.

At city hall Monday, councillors deferred their decision on the event, asking staff to produce more details first.

Proposed is a culturally diverse lineup of performers on multiple stages and a small army food trucks representing 30 countries.

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Proposed city summer events (and spending) •Ships to Shore, June 29 to July 1 in Steveston ($150,000) •Richmond Maritime Festival, Aug. 8 and 9 at Britannia Shipyards ($180,000) •Richmond Summer Block Party, Labour Day weekend in City Centre ($170,000)

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Language talks set to begin in Richmond Sign debate subject of upcoming forum, as city officials collect public opinions for council

by Matthew Hoekstra Staff Reporter A single public forum will explore the topic of Chinese-language only signs in Richmond, city officials announced Monday, three months after civic politicians ordered public consultation on the thorny issue.

Calling it a “multi-pronged campaign to explore the issue of language on signs in the context of community harmony,” consultation will begin with a forum characterized as a community workshop on March 12 at the John M.S. Lecky UBC Boathouse in Richmond, according to a news release.

Participants will be told of Richmond’s efforts to “promote and strengthen community harmony” while sharing their own perspectives.

“It’s a great start,” said Coun. Carol Day, who pledged to take action on the file during the fall election. “The key is to get out there and see what people think about it.”

Comments will also be welcome on the city’s online forum. City officials are also in talks with at least eight community and business groups to collect more opinions and to encourage the use of English on signs and in publications.

Experts have also been called in.

Staff from the University of B.C.’s

Language on signs consultation •SFU Centre of Dialogue will moderate a community workshop Thursday, March 12 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the John M.S. Lecky UBC Boathouse, 7277 River Rd. Free, but space is limited. Pre-register

by March 6 at signsconsult@ richmond.ca.

•Comments also accepted from March 6 to 20 at LetsTalkRichmond.ca, by e-mailing signsconsult@ richmond.ca or by sending a letter to Richmond City Hall, 6911 No. 3 Rd., Richmond, B.C., V6Y 2C1, Attn. Signs Consult.

School of Geography have been commissioned to analyze how other communities are addressing language on signs and promoting community harmony.

City staff are scheduled to table a report this spring.

Without a bylaw in place, local businesses can promote themselves in any language. Some signs and billboards in Richmond are exclusively in Chinese—particularly those on City Centre development lots.

Richmond earlier consulted lawyer Sandra Carter on how a bylaw requiring English on signs would stand up in court. Carter told city council such a law would violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but it still could be enforced if the city makes a compelling

Signs exclusively in Chinese have become commonplace in City Centre, particularly on development lots.

case for sign regulation.

That led to a unanimous vote last fall, when council approved a recommendation to consult the public and confront business owners to encourage the addition of English on signs. City staff are now dispatching multilingual staff to every business in City Centre to broach the topic of language on signs directly with owners.

“The intent of the outreach project is to achieve compliance and promote community harmony with education rather than taking a strictly regulatory approach,” according to

the news release.

Staff are also now encouraging business owners to include “50 per cent English content” on their signs when they renew business licences.

“While this message was previously included in business licence application forms, a special insert in both English and Chinese has now been produced to ensure that language is not a barrier to the message. This approach will ensure that all licensed businesses in Richmond will have received a friendly written notice within one year.”

Coun. Day has long advocated for

educational approach. As a longtime owner of a sign business Day encourages clients to use English to avoid turning away customers.

“That’s not good for business, and that’s not good for the community,” she tells clients. “As soon as you put it that way, people go: That makes logical sense.”

Day believes Richmond has the opportunity to be a leader on addressing the issue.

“Richmond is at the tip of the sword in Canada, maybe the world, for this issue” she said. “It’s so important that we get this right.”

Volunteer Richmond is now Richmond Cares, Richmond Gives Richmond Community Foundation is part of collaborative initiative Volunteer Richmond Information Services has officially began doing business as Richmond Cares, Richmond Gives.

The announcement was made at a celebration event held Monday at Richmond City Hall.

“This is an important transition for our organization,” said Elizabeth Specht, executive director of Richmond Cares, Richmond Gives. “It’s something we’ve been working towards since 2010, so we’ve reached a significant milestone. Really, though, we’re just getting started.”

Richmond Cares, Richmond Gives is a collaborative initiative of Volunteer Richmond and the Richmond Community Foundation. Together, they’ve been involved in Richmond’s non-profit sector for nearly 70 years.

The new arrangement will see the Richmond Community Foundation operating as a separate entity within the larger collaborative framework.

“Coming to an agreement on an operating model took years of internal and external discussions,” Specht said. “Board members from both organizations showed incredible patience throughout the process, and,

At a celebration event on February 16, Volunteer Richmond announced that it will now be operating as Richmond Cares, Richmond Gives, in collaboration with the Richmond Community Foundation. Pictured here, from left to right, are Richmond Cares, Richmond Gives director Pat Watson, executive director Elizabeth Specht, director Ed Gavsie, and acting foundation Chair Dave Frank.

more importantly, incredible vision. A collaboration of this scope and scale has few precedents in the non-profit world. We’re doing something innovative, because we truly believe it will allow us to better serve the community.”

Among the stated goals of Richmond

Cares, Richmond Gives are to increase the total value of the Community Foundation’s endowment funds from just under $4 million today to $10 million by 2017, and to dramatically increase the capacity of Richmond non-profits to recruit volunteers and raise money. The latter will be accomplished

through a new, state-of-the-art website that will serve as a central hub for local philanthropy, connecting donors and volunteers to the organizations they want to support.

The site, rcrg.org, will go live in early 2016.

“Volunteer Richmond’s mission has always been to connect people to their community,” Specht said. “A new name doesn’t mean our mission will change. In fact, we’re more dedicated to it than ever. Richmond Cares, Richmond Gives is our answer to the question, ‘How can we do more?’”

Volunteer Richmond’s programs and services will not be affected by the transition, and the organization’s current website, volunteerrichmond.ca, will remain active until the new site is ready to launch. Likewise, the Community Foundation’s grant and scholarship programs will continue uninterrupted, with applications available at richmondfoundation.org.

Those wanting to learn more about Richmond Cares, Richmond Gives can call 604279-7020 or e-mail info@rcrg.org.

Richmond Cares, Richmond Gives, formerly Volunteer Richmond, is a non-profit agency dedicated to enhancing the lives of Richmond residents by bringing people and services together through community information and volunteerism. The Richmond Community Foundation, which awards grants and scholarships to local organizations and students, is a collaborative partner of Richmond Cares, Richmond Gives.

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Backyard and balcony/patio composting Sunday, February 22 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

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Monday, March 2, 2015 Anderson Room, City Hall Following General Purposes Committee meeting Tuesday, March 3, 2015 Anderson Room, City Hall 4:00 p.m.

February/March environmental sustainability workshops Register for free classes These workshops will show you ways to reduce pesticide use and create a more sustainable community. The workshops are part of the City’s Enhanced Pesticide Management Program, sustainability, waste reduction and water conservation

Development Permit Panel meeting Wednesday, February 25 3:30 p.m. in Council Chambers Agenda Items: 1. 10760 Aintree Crescent DP 14-677603 - Bil Ahira - To (1) permit the construction of a coach house at 10760 Aintree Crescent on a site zoned “Single Detached with Granny Flat or Coach House – Edgemere (RE1);” and (2) vary the provisions of Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500 to allow the coach house to be located 2.0 m from the southern interior side lot line.

2. 1000 Ferguson Road - DP 14676361 - Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District To construct a 550 m2 screening and degrit building, a 20 m diameter thickener, 25 m2 thickener pump station and four 36 m2 digester mixing pump buildings (one for each of the existing digesters) at 1000 Ferguson Road on a site designated an Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA).

3. 8151 Anderson Road - DP 13645286 - Andrew Cheung Architects Inc. on behalf of 684267 B.C. Ltd.

- To (1) permit the construction of a fifteen (15) storey high-rise building and a six (6) storey mid-rise building to create approximately 111 units, and ground level commercial units at 8151 Anderson Road on a site zoned “Downtown Commercial (CDT1);” and (2) vary the provisions of Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500 to reduce the residential parking rate from the standard City wide parking rate to the City Centre Zone 1 parking rate.

2015, Saturday June 6 and Sunday June 7 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The 8th annual Doors Open Richmond is a free city-wide public celebration of heritage, culture and arts.

4. 11014 Westminster Highway - DV 14-670015 - by Lansdowne Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses - To vary the provisions of Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500 to reduce the interior side yard (west property line) from 7.5 m to 2.3 m and interior side yard (east property line) from 7.5 m to 6.9 m in order to permit the rebuild of the existing assembly hall within the same building footprint on the “Assembly (ASY)” zoned site at 11014 Westminster Highway.

This event is hosted by the Richmond Museum Society in partnership with the City of Richmond.

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Awards will be presented in six categories: Business and the Arts, Arts Volunteerism, Cultural Leadership, Artistic Innovation, Arts Education and Youth Arts.

The nomination deadline is Monday, March 16. For more information and online nomination forms, please visit www.richmond.ca/artists.

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Up to 50 cultural destinations will open their doors and offer culturally rich and inclusive experiences for free, including national historic sites, museums, places of worship, artists’ studios, galleries, city facilities and specialty businesses.

If you would like to know more about how your institution can participate in Doors Open Richmond 2015 or to register your site, please visit www.richmond.ca/doorsopen Applications close on Friday, March 6, 2015.

This program’s focus is to educate businesses in crime prevention strategies to help reduce crime. Email your business name and street address to RCMP_Business_Link@richmond.ca to receive an email alert should a commercial break and enter occur in your neighbourhood. For more information on securing your business, please visit www.richmond.ca/businesslink

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Zane Lippard, 10, and Wesley Lippard, 13, and check out the Chinese New Year decorations available at the International Buddhist Society temple on Steveston Highway.

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From Page 1 Other elements include cooking demonstrations from some of Richmond’s top chefs, opportunities to learn bhangra or Highland dance, art projects, sumo (Japanese wrestling) and shinty (Scottish field hockey) competitions and an international marketplace.

Possible locations are Minoru Park and Lansdowne Centre’s parking lot.

Party plans are part of $610,000 in recommended spending for upcoming city events, most of which are scheduled for this summer, including returning events Ships to Shore and Richmond Maritime Festival.

Together the events further position the city as a “destination for fun events in the region,” suggested Fernyhough.

The block party in particular, she noted, would “add to the diversity of events and showcase the area to thousands.”

end: Saturday at Lansdowne and Sunday at Richmond Centre. The events include the traditional Chinese lion dance, but will also have a multicultural flair with various cultural dance demonstrations and representation from a broad mix of community organizations.

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Beh said the events draw many non-Chinese people—people who return year after year.

“It’s a great exchange of culture. That’s why we have been doing it for almost 20 years.”

•Richmond Chinese Community Society’s Lunar New Year celebration at Lansdowne Centre is

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The Metro Vancouver Agricultural Advisory Committee provides a forum to discuss regional agricultural issues and advises the Metro Vancouver Board on actions to enhance local food production and protect the regional supply of agricultural land.

Interested farmers who are willing to volunteer their time and expertise, in an unpaid capacity, may submit an application and resume to the City Clerk’s Office (City Clerk’s Office, Richmond City Hall, 6911 No. 3 Road, Richmond, BC V6Y 2C1 or Fax: 604-278-5139 or email: CityClerk@richmond.ca). Application forms can be downloaded from the City’s website (http://www.richmond.ca/__ shared/assets/2015Application_AdvisoryCommittee39447.pdf).

All applications will be reviewed by Richmond City Council who will select a candidate to nominate for membership on the Metro Vancouver Agricultural Advisory Committee.

Deadline for the submission of applications is end of day, Friday, February 20, 2015. For more information, please contact Minhee Park, Planner I, in Policy Planning at 604-276-4188 or minhee.park@richmond.ca.

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New space helps children grieve at hospital Newly furnished family space offers retreat for children who have lost a loved one

by Martin van den Hemel Staff Reporter Children grieving the death of a loved one now have a place to turn to for support at Richmond Hospital.

On Friday afternoon, a brightly-lit new family space, complete with furniture, books, a television and a piano, was unveiled in the hospital’s palliative care unit.

Noele Bird, a registered clinical counsellor, said the new space—which had its furniture, television and books donated by Lasting MAGIC Society—was precisely what the community needs.

“I think what’s missing in Richmond is services that support children who are grieving.

There are those services in other municipalities, but they’re missing here in Richmond,” Bird said. “I think there needs to be some education around how we can support children’s grief, and how to include them and how to grieve as families and how to normalize death for them.”

Having books and art material will teach children that grieving is normal, and allow them to express themselves.

“Children’s language is play and metaphor, so if we can have these kinds of supports here for them so that they can process their grief, so that they can know that they’re not alone, that it’s okay whatever they’re feeling, is nor-

Martin van den Hemel photo The new family space at Richmond Hospital’s palliative care unit offers a space for children and their families to grieve.

mal and okay. And it’s okay to express it and it’s okay to talk about it,” Bird said.

This will help children feel included, let them prepare for what’s coming, and as a result they’re less scared and less anxious, she said.

Dr. Kara Schneider, a family doctor training at Richmond Hospital’s palliative care unit, said it’s really important that every community be

able to support patients at the end of life.

“Over the last few years, certainly within the Canadian public, people have an increasing awareness of how valuable the support for families is with respect to palliative care,” she said.

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he annual ritual of declaring a crisis in health care is upon us, with the B.C. Liberal government boasting that we have the best system in Canada, while the NDP and the B.C. Nurses’ Union try to portray it as the worst.

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practice, the expectation that all problems must be dealt with quickly and for free seems to grow as inexorably as the health care budget.

An emergency physician of my acquaintance provided a typical scenario for night shift at the ER. Where once nights were quiet, now there are patients waiting for hours, around the clock.

Several are drunk, and one has urinated on the floor. Surveys show as many as half of ER visits are alcohol-related, from overdoses to fights, falls, car crashes and chronic conditions.

Into this chaos comes a mother with her young child, who has nasal and chest congestion. The child’s cough led her to throw up, so off to ER they went, blithely assuming that this is where you bring a kid with a cold.

This week’s B.C. budget brings us a step closer to the moment when half of

all provincial revenues go to keep the health care system running.

In the legislature, NDP health critic Judy Darcy blasted Health Minister Terry Lake for the government’s failure to keep its 2010 promise to find everyone in B.C. a family doctor.

Lake allowed they’re still working on that, and then plugged the latest Conference Board of Canada study showing B.C. ranks third in the world in health care outcomes, second only to Switzerland and Sweden.

Darcy, a former president of the Hospital Employees’ Union, was quick to respond: “This is surely a first in question period, the Minister of Health going back to the record of the NDP government in the 1990s, because we’ve had the best health outcomes in Canada since 1993. The fact is that we exercise more, we smoke less and we drink less, and that’s to

the credit of British Columbians.”

We also have more elderly people, as Premier Christy Clark argued in 2011 when the federal government changed its financing formula.

After years of increasing transfers by six per cent per year, the late federal finance minister Jim Flaherty announced that starting in 2014, increases would be tied to economic growth, but wouldn’t fall below three per cent.

This of course was treated as a cut, rather than continued increases above inflation. But there it is, and all provinces have to deal with it.

Darcy is quite right that personal responsibility is the key, something to remember as the usual squabbling of special interests continues.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press. tfletcher@ blackpress.ca

Immunization is a ‘community’ responsibility

by Andrew Holota

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The BCNU is the last big public sector union still to settle in the latest round of contract talks. Feeding horror stories to the media is part of its strategy, and this time it was a patient at Abbotsford Hospital assigned a bed in a small shower room for a month due to chronic overcrowding. Hospital officials said his care wasn’t compromised.

We’ve seen it in Abbotsford, Surrey and elsewhere: a new hospital or expansion is built and is immediately overcrowded. We are reminded every winter that influenza season brings a wave of people into emergency, expecting treatment for a viral infection that in most cases can only run its course.

Many people still don’t understand what “the flu” is, beyond the notion that it sounds serious enough to tell the boss you won’t be in to work. And as fewer doctors choose the endless demands of family

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accinate your child against serious, potentially deadly, preventable diseases – or not? ... Really?

When we started our baby’s immunization program, the thought foremost in my mind was how thankful we can be that modern medicine has all but eradicated nasty infectious diseases like polio, diphtheria, chickenpox and measles.

That we wouldn’t protect our child against these illnesses was an utter nonstarter. We also had her vaccinated for meningitis, which was not covered under publicly funded medical coverage, but we paid the considerable fee to do so, and were glad to have the opportunity.

Frankly, at the time I didn’t really think about the larger responsibility – that being the protection of other children who would be in contact with our child and could contract an illness from her for which she was not immunized.

Yet that is a key social question, one which rises again with measles outbreaks in Disneyland and Quebec, linked to unvaccinated adults and children.

Meanwhile, health authorities state that more than 30

per cent of babies in the Fraser Health region are not getting vaccinated on schedule, many as the result of inadvertent parental non-compliance, such as forgetfulness or confusion over timing requirements. Other parents, however, withhold their kids from immunization due to ideological opposition or apprehension of side effects.

I don’t accept the fearmongering about some outdated medical study that ostensibly found a link between measles vaccination and autism. It’s been reviewed and debunked by the modern medical world.

Which raises another point: If we are to fear vaccinations, we should also be spooked – and some people are – by every other medication and medical treatment commonly prescribed by the doctors of this country, who are among the best in the world.

Of course, they’re not infallible. They make mistakes, and occasionally a particular pharmaceutical has been proven to have previously unknown ramifications, some grievous, despite extensive testing and trials.

Given the incredible complexity of modern medicine, it would be a miracle if neither ever occurred.

Yet we’re not talking about a new cancer drug therapy or heart medication here.

Some parents withhold their kids from immunization due to ideological opposition or apprehension of side effects.

Common vaccines are just that – common. Billions of kids around the world have been successfully and safely immunized against serious diseases like polio, which used to kill and cripple millions, but is expected to be wiped out around the globe with another few years of vaccination.

If there was a significant health threat posed by such programs, as opposed to their immense benefit, I firmly believe the world’s best medical minds would identify and rectify it.

And yes, I brush off conspiracy theories that major pharmaceutical companies

control all the world’s scientists, researchers, doctors, centres for disease control, and international health organizations.

No, clearly, I do not fear vaccines, just like I do not fear electromagnetic radiation from smart meters, and the effects of jet contrails. Nor do I accept an ideology that would dictate an objection to vaccination.

Those who subscribe to such theories and beliefs are free to do so, and equally free to express their views – particularly if they do so in a civil, reasonable fashion.

The vaccination issue is unique, though, in that it has

a “community” element.

Aside from the primary responsibility to shield our children from harm, we all have a shared responsibility to respect and protect the health of each other’s kids, especially when it comes to preventable, infectious diseases. I accept that. Others apparently do not.

Ontario, Manitoba and New Brunswick require children to be vaccinated before they can attend public school. In the context of the above, how long before others follow suit?

Andrew Holota is editor of the Abbotsford News.

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Sinking hopes for rabbits Editor: There is a saying that goes something like this: No matter how hard it gets pushed down, hope always floats to the surface.

I used to believe that hope will always float up. But lately, I am not feeling that way. After years of watching the suffering and pain that occurs regularly here in Richmond, and yesterday seeing the terrible damage inflicted on a small, helpless, completely innocent creature, I am sadly losing hope. Hope for change, hope for the future, and hope that humanity still exists here.

For those of you who don’t know or for those of you who have forgotten, Richmond has a problem. The problem is pet rabbits are routinely abandoned in our parks, beside our streets, and on our doorsteps. And life for those rabbits is hell on earth.

They go hungry, they are attacked, they become sick, and they live short lives full of misery.

And right next door to the mil-

lion dollar homes, the high end shopping malls, and all those new and improved public buildings, are the cemeteries of the rabbits.

One of the largest is called Minoru Park. This park is full of the dead bodies of pet rabbits. You may not always see the bodies, but they are there. Sometimes they lie out in plain view for a while before being whisked away, but more often they are hidden deep in the bushes.

That’s where the abandoned rabbits go to curl up and die slow and agonizing deaths.

Now there are those individuals who try to help the abandoned rabbits. But they are a small army fighting a quiet war in the shadows.

It is a difficult war and sadly they are losing. And you need to be concerned about this. For the problem goes deeper than failing efforts to save the lives of the abandoned rabbits and stop owners from abandoning their pets.

It’s not just the rabbits who are

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When people lose their ability and willingness to care about the suffering of the smallest and most innocent creatures, the fate of our humanity hangs dangerously in the balance.

And the price to be paid for ignoring and tolerating the inhumane suffering of our rabbits is going to be high. In the words of Albert Schweitzer: "Anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living creature as worthless is in danger of arriving also at the idea of worthless human lives."

I always believed that no matter how hard it gets pushed down, hope would always float to the surface. But now, under the weight of Richmond’s endless inhumane treatment of the abandoned rabbits, I don’t know how hope will ever float up again.

Cindy Howard Richmond

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Over the past 50 years our Maple Leaf flag, along with the Stars and Stripes and the Union Jack has become one of the three most easily recognized flags of the world and acts as a beacon to immigrants and refugees the world over as a place of peace and security where everyone is welcome and they will experience tolerance, compassion and inclusivity.

The ghosts of John Diefenbaker and Lester Pearson will know how much we all appreciate the great debate of 1965 and the decision that was made on the new identity for Canada!

Alan Halliday Richmond

Kudos to those who supported reducing tax hike Editor: I was pleased to see your the “Councillors drive down Richmond tax hike” headline (Richmond Review, Feb. 13).

This is good news for Richmond.

Thank you to the Councillors who voted “Yes.” I only wish I was surprised that Councillor Chak Au once again failed to live up to his election promises to stop tax hikes. In the lead up to the election Councillor Chak Au’s

hypocrisy was pointed out by Councillor Linda McPhail and he once again shows what he’s made of.

As for Mayor Brodie and his “bare bones” budget, I don’t think that the Mayor Brodie has ever seen a spending plan he doesn’t like.

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Two injured after boat slams into rock wall Friday night crash at Iona Jetty on sends two to hospital

by Martin van den Hemel Staff Reporter

Andree Lau photo Someone turned the fountain at The Gardens develepment at No. 5 Road and Steveston Highway into a bubble bath on Sunday.

Two people were taken to hospital with non-lifethreatening injuries Friday night when their boat slammed into a rock wall at the Iona Jetty.

Shorlty before 7 p.m., the volunteer rescue crew from Richmond’s Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue Station 10 found an injured person on the rock wall who was receiving first aid from a crew member of a commercial tug boat that had been in the area.

The second person was pulled onto a nearby pleasure vessel.

The rescue crew treated both victims who were then moved onto the Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft Moytel and transported to hospital.

Darkness and the wet/windy weather likely contributed to the collision, said search-andrescue volunteer Brian Hobbs.

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Fun Facts about Lansdowne Centre 1. Lansdowne Centre is built on the site of the old Lansdowne Park racetrack, which held thousands of horseraces between 1924 and when the mall was opened in 1977. Winston Churchill visited the racetrack in 1929.

2. There are more than 120 stores in Lansdowne Centre, most of which are independent and locally owned.

3. Lansdowne Centre was honoured with the 2014 Caring Companies Award for its ongoing support of non-profit organizations that benefit Richmond community.

4. More than 50 events take place at Lansdowne Centre each year. These range from the Dental Health Fair, the Charlotte Diamond Holiday Concert, Back to School Shopping Spree Contest, Summer Sidewalk Sale, cultural festivals, and the annual Spring Carnival.

5. 7 stores have been proudly calling Lansdowne Centre home since it opened in 1977: Bryan’s Fashion, Lansdowne Insurance (now Insure BC), Maximillion, Ming Wo Cookware, Orange Julius, Purdys Chocolatier and Shoe Renew.

Lansdowne Centre is proud of its reputation as Richmond’s community shopping centre.

Offering much more than a driver’s licence facility, where the great retail shopping experience, customer experience has never Lansdowne Centre provides a been better or quicker, TOKU wide variety of services aimed Japanese restaurant with its at meeting the everyday needs scrumptious new menu, food fair of local residents, and serves as retailer Villa Vietnamese, which is a gathering place for cultural operated by the affable owners celebrations, charity events and of Taco Luis, and Green Town fun festivals.

Nutrition which offers nutritional Every year, Lansdowne Centre supplements. opens its door to non profit But new retailers isn’t all that’s groups, charities and cultural exciting at Lansdowne. organizations, hosting annual Work has just begun on events including the Mid-Autumn updating the mall’s west Festival, Festival of the Philippines washrooms - near Home Sense and the Asian Heritage Fair. and No. 9 Restaurant.

But its committment to the SERVICES GALORE community extends far beyond It takes more than just retail the mall’s physical footprint, as stores to make a great mall.

Lansdowne Centre also sponsors Excellent services abound at the Richmond Children’s Arts Lansdowne Centre, from Bikram Festival, endows annual Yoga, which offers healthy and scholarships at SD38 and popular early Kwantlen morning and Polytechnic Offering much more than evening hot yoga University and a great retail shopping classes, to Grace supports the experience, Lansdowne Health Centre’s Richmond Centre provides a wide dental services Christmas Fund variety of services aimed Community at meeting the everyday and massage therapy from engagement needs of local residents. its location in is a civic - Bronwyn Bailey, responsibility Marketing Manager the mall’s north Lansdowne Lansdowne Centre hallway near Terra Florists.

Centre BCAA, with its embraces as it insurance, vehicle service and trip continues to be an essential part planning services, is located next of this growing city’s community. to TD Canada Trust on the mall’s UNIQUE NEW OFFERINGS south side.

Lansdowne Centre boasts more And ICBC’s new location, at the than 120 stores and 40 acres of east end of the mall, means access free parking, offering a unique and parking and the customerretail mix that includes big box service experience have never stores like Best Buy and Future been better or more comfortable Shop, to local and independent as you try to renew your driver’s shops that you won’t find licence, or apply for your first one. anywhere else.

UPCOMING EVENTS New to the mall over the past It’s the Chinese New Year, year are electronics retailer NCIX, with 2015 marking the Year which offers exemplary service of the Sheep, and that means and knowledgable staff, ICBC’s

Lansdowne Centre will be alive with cultural activities.

The Chinese New Year Festival will be held on Saturday, Feb. 21, and will feature the always popular Lion’s Dance.

Next week, aspiring engineers from local schools will be coming out to participate in the Popsicle Stick bridge-building competition.

Organized annually by the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C., registration is available at lansdowne-centre.com.

The brige building competition is held on Saturday, Feb. 28, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m..

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amusements will be bringing its annual carnival to Richmond, with the fun beginning in mall’s west parking lot on March 27, and running through the Easter long weekend on April 6.

At the same time, inside the mall, a children’s carousel and train ride will be available for children at Centre Court, near the mall’s food fair and Toys R Us. Located at 5300 No. 3 Rd., Lansdowne Centre is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays, and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays.

For customer service, call 604-270-1344.

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Celebrate your freedom to read at the library Richmond Public Library will be marking Freedom to Read Week with “The Media & Censorship – a Panel Discussion� taking place on Friday, Feb. 20.

The panel discussion, featuring Richmond Review editor BhreandĂĄin Clugston, Richmond News editor Eve Edmonds and Sing Tao editor-in-chief Victor Ho, takes place from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Kwok-Chu Lee living room at the Brighouse branch (7700 Minoru Gate).

Mayor Malcolm Brodie has issued an

official proclamation endorsing Canada’s Freedom to Read Week.

Freedom to Read Week will be celebrated across Canada from Feb. 22 to 28. Richmond Public Library will also mark the event with displays of banned and challenged books “On the heels of the recent terrorist attack in France, where 12 journalists at the satirical French magazine, Charlie Hebdo, were murdered, including editor, StĂŠphane Charbon-

nier, the topic of free speech is a very timely issue,� said library communications officer, Shelley Civkin. “The library is committed to intellectual freedom and we firmly believe that each individual has a right to choose what they read, view or listen. This does not include the right to choose for others, though,� said library board chair, Simon Tang.

The library provides community members with free access to a wide range of materi-

als in a variety of formats, and librarians are always available to offer advice on age-appropriate books and other resources. “The attitude of would-be censors who presume to know what’s best for everyone else, is a dangerous thing, and threatens the rights of all Canadians,� added Tang.

The library’s web page www.yourlibrary. ca has a Freedom to Read link where people can learn more about freedom of expression and censorship in Canada.

Practice your English at the library

MAKE THE CHOICE. ENJOY THE BENEFITS.

Richmond Public library is offering a free program for adults called English Corner on Fridays from March 6 to May 1st and on Sundays from March 8 to May 3 at the Brighouse branch. “This program is suitable for adults with ESL level 3 and up, or CLB level 3,� said library communications officer, Shelley Civkin. “The English Corner program gives new Canadians a chance to practice their English with others in a small group setting.�

Facilitator Merrill Muttart taught English for seven years through the immersion program at Language Gateway Village in China and enjoys helping people improve their English.

Classes take place from 10 a.m. to noon in the second floor Community Place room, 7700 Minoru Gate.

To register, visit any branch of Richmond public Library, register online at www.yourlibrary.ca/events or call 604-231-6413.

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Congestion costs to soar without more transit Longer commutes add up to high price for residents, business, according to study

by Jeff Nagel Black Press The cost of traffic congestion in Metro Vancouver—already estimated at $1 billion a year—will soar to $2.8 billion by 2045 without major transit upgrades, according to a study released by the Metro mayors’ council to back the Yes side in the regional transit referendum.

The study by HDR Consulting projected costs from longer commutes —including increased trip times, emissions and wasted fuel—as well as lost productivity and lost opportunities for residents, businesses and the economy.

Underpinning the study is the assumption that a million more residents will come to the region over the next 30 years, and that if the transit service remains frozen they’ll add 600,000 additional vehicles to the road system.

That would moderate to 500,000 extra vehicles if the referendum results in a Yes vote and the upgrades allow more of the newcomers to take transit instead of clogging the roads.

The difference translates into 33 to 40 per cent less in costs from congestion compared to the status quo scenario, although the study found congestion costs will increase even with the mayors’ plan to $1.7 billion by 2045.

The study led by economist David Lewis argues traffic jams raise costs for businesses and makes it harder to succeed, while hindering job opportunities because worsening congestion limits how far workers can reasonably commute.

Less time spent with family can mean higher child-care costs and other personal impacts.

“This quantified what we’re saying happens with another million people – that there’s a personal as well as financial impact to the economy that will affect all of us,” Metro board chair Greg Moore said.

Referendum ballots go out around March

The cost of traffic congestion in Metro Vancouver will soar to $2.8 billion by 2045 without major transit upgrades, according to a new study.

15 and Metro residents have until late May to mail them back with their decision—for or against a 0.5 per cent Metro-only sales tax increase to fund a $7.5 billion raft of improvements.

The mayors’ plan includes major increases in regular and express bus service, more frequent SeaBus, extra West Coast Express cars, more HandyDart service, as well as three major projects—light rail lines in Surrey, a Broadway subway in Vancouver and a new Pattullo Bridge.

Moore said a No vote will leave the region

mired in worsening congestion at an evermounting cost.

No campaign leader Jordan Bateman called the study “completely flawed” because it assumes there will be absolutely no transportation investment for 30 years.

That’s false, he said, because the province is planning a new bridge at the Massey Tunnel, the Pattullo Bridge can likely be rebuilt with tolls even after a No vote, and Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner has pledged to find a Plan B to build light rail in Surrey if necessary.

“No one thinks there’s going to be no transportation investment for 30 years with a No vote.”

Moore insisted there’s no other plan on the table that has the backing of the region’s mayors and the provincial government.

“This is the plan and this is the way we’re proposing to fund it.”

Moore said the study factored in construction of the Evergreen Line and an expected Massey Bridge, and only examined the relative effect of the projects proposed to be built with the new sales tax.

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Small business group opposes transit tax CFIB wants upgrades, just not sales tax to fund them

by Jeff Nagel Black Press An association representing small businesses says it will fight a proposed 0.5 per cent sales tax in Metro Vancouver for transit improvements after a survey found a large majority of its members are against it.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business said 80 per cent of 260 Metrobased respondents indicated they would vote No in the mail-in referendum, 17 per cent would vote Yes and three per cent were unsure.

CFIB B.C. vice-president Richard Truscott called it a clear mandate.

“We will respect that consensus and advocate against adding a half point to the sales tax in the Metro Vancouver region,” he said.

“But let me be clear, a vote against this tax is not a vote against transportation improvements.”

He said CFIB members want upgrades and believe they are definitely needed but were divided on how to fund them, if not by the so-called Metro Vancouver Congestion Improvement Tax. Sixty per cent of those surveyed believed new funding isn’t needed and improvements can be made with existing revenue, which Metro mayors and successive transportation ministers deny is possible.

Nearly a third said new funding is necessary but they were split on what mechanism to use —49 per cent of those respondents agreed with the proposed regional sales tax, 41 per cent backed road pricing, 37 per cent would raise fares and 33 per cent supported the introduction of an annual vehicle levy.

Truscott said the main concerns of business owners are the extra administrative

time and cost that would come from the 0.5 per cent added sales tax and potential lost sales.

The CFIB is the first major business organization to come out against the proposed tax.

Many others are in support and are key members of the Yes campaign, including the B.C. Chamber of Commerce, the Vancouver Board of Trade and the Surrey Board of Trade.

Other groups, including the Retail Council of Canada, praised the province’s decision this month that the extra 0.5 per cent tax will be harmonized with the seven per cent PST and not added as a separate line item to receipts.

“That clarifies and helps a little bit, but it certainly gives the impression they’re making this up as they go along,” Truscott said, adding even a harmonized transit tax will still add red tape and paperwork.

He said there’s “a lot of doubt and cynicism” as to whether more new money is really needed for TransLink.

“We think there’s plenty of money in the system, what’s needed is prioritization of money already being spent.”

Retail Council of Canada spokesperson Greg Wilson said retailers still question how the tax would be implemented.

They wonder whether the tax would be charged on items sold in Metro Vancouver but delivered outside the region, or bought outside the region and delivered back into Metro—questions the province has yet to answer.

Wilson said some business sectors—particularly banks, financial services and professionals—will largely escape the new 0.5 per cent tax on their transactions, while more pain will be felt by retailers, car dealers, restaurants and hotels.

The B.C. Restaurant and Foodservices Association, which doesn’t like the extra tax on alcohol, is adopting a “very reluctant and conditional Yes” position in the referendum, president Ian Tostenson said.

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1) Conveniently located in the heart of Richmond with ample free parking 2) Great selection of merchants, restaurants and financial services for your everyday needs 3) Established, locallyowned businesses that have stood the test of time 4) Personal services such as Silk Cuts Hair Design, Body Glo Tan, Blundell Medical Centre, Foot Solutions and Eye Station 5) Blundell Centre has been a landmark in the community for over 25 years

Blundell Centre – where good oldfashioned service is always in style Blundell Centre now has a contemporary, vibrant new look, but the secret to the community shopping plaza’s longstanding success has always been its commitment to providing a shopping experience reminiscent of the “good old days”.

Having bucked the trend toward big box retailers, the centre’s popularity with Richmond residents lies in its merchants’ commitment to exemplary customer service and paying attention to the little details shoppers appreciate now more than ever before.

More and more each day, business owners are finding that customers are seeking something more than just the cheapest prices in town. They long for the good old days, when shoppers could spend a few minutes chatting with their butcher, their baker, their banker. It’s a bit of “what’s old is new again”, with customers craving a less rushed experience and where relationships are built and fostered.

Lisa Roberts, vice president of Conway Richmond Ltd., which operates Blundell Centre, said shoppers are drawn to that smalltown feel, a trend that’s percolating through the Lower Mainland.

It’s that customer-focused experience, where locally-owned businesses offered amazing service and fresh daily products. “Shoppers want the people in their local stores

At Q2 Barbers, the prices are what to know them and to spend a few draw the customers, but what minutes chatting, not a rushed business exchange. Visitors to Blundell keeps them coming back is their commitment to service. When it Centre stores can see many examples comes to getting a haircut, a good of business people who care about barber is a like a good mechanic. personalized service, ” Roberts said.

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Blundell Dental has been helping their clients remain healthy and happy for decades. While there are some new faces, what hasn’t changed is their focus on professionalism and their commitment to providing the latest high-tech tools to ensure the most pleasant experience for their patients.

A third of the 41 stores at Blundell Centre have been there since the mall opened more than 25 years ago, including Kin’s Farm Market, Super Seafood and Dear Animal Hospital.

Blundell Centre is also proud of the work it does to support community initiatives. The shopping plaza supports Nite of Hope in its fundraising efforts for breast cancer research, Chimo Community Services, the Richmond Hospital Foundation as well as sponsoring The Richmond Review’s Ethel Tibbits Women of Distinction Awards and the Steveston Salmon Festival. Blundell Centre also supports local high schools by providing scholarships and making gift basket donations for fundraisers.

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Black Press The only way the TransLink board can be fired or forced to resign is by provincial government legislation —or at least the threat of it—from Transportation Minister Todd Stone.

A new round of finger pointing over TransLink accountability erupted last week when the NDP called on the province to fire the appointed board over its decision to replace CEO Ian Jarvis but keep him on as a paid advisor.

Stone supported the decision but at the same time stressed that Metro mayors are responsible for the management of TransLink because two mayors from Surrey and Vancouver now sit directly on the board and help make its decisions.

And he said the board of directors is accountable to the mayors’ council because the mayors approve their appointments. “The mayors’ council signs off on all other board members,� Stone told the Legislature.

But while they do sign off on appointments, there is no way for the mayors to later fire and replace the seven professional directors who still have majority control of the nine-member board.

TransLink’s legislation allows a director to resign or be removed by a vote of the board, but gives no firing power to the mayors. “We have no authority to do that whatsoever,� White Rock Mayor Wayne Baldwin said. “They’re not accountable because the mayors can’t de-appoint them,� added SFU City Program director Gordon Price, who said actual removal of the board would take a directive from Stone.

Nor is it accurate to say that the mayors appoint exactly which directors they want.

A screening panel, created when former minister Kevin Falcon restructured TransLink in 2008, actually vets hundreds of potential board appointees and winnows them to a short list of five to seven names, from which the mayors pick two or three to fill vacancies. The screening panel consists of five representatives—one each chosen by the mayors, the provincial government, the Vancouver Board of Trade, the Chartered Accountants of B.C. and the Greater Vancouver Gateway Council.

Critics have long said Falcon stacked the panel with business-oriented groups closely tied to the province to ensure no board ever strays far from the government’s agenda. But Price, who was the mayors’ rep on the screening panel, said in practice the mayors were usually on the same page as the other groups in wanting to install highly competent professional directors —typically business executives or others with specialized experience.

Another wrinkle in the system is that not every director is necessarily approved by the mayors.

If the mayors refuse to pick names from the screening panel’s list, TransLink’s legislation says the board seats go to the panel’s nominees in the order they were ranked.

Baldwin said that happened on Jan. 1, 2014, when director Brenda Eaton took her seat on the board without the approval of the mayors. The mayors had refused to make any more appointments to protest the provincial government’s refusal at that point to enact further reforms to TransLink.

The province did pass more governance changes in the spring of 2014 that answered some, but not all, of the mayors’ demands for greater control.

Another promised change to the board has not yet happened.

The province was supposed to appoint its own two directors to sit on the board by early 2015 so the mayors and provincial reps would begin jointly making

Former TransLink CEO Ian Jarvis.

decisions on TransLink’s future and hopefully gain a better understanding of each side’s concerns by sitting at the same table.

Stone, who was not available for an interview, has yet to make those appointments. “It’s par for the course,� Baldwin said, noting successive provincial governments have preferred to exert indirect control over TransLink without taking political responsibility – ever since the transportation authority was created by Glen Clark’s NDP government.

He noted the three mayors from Burnaby, Maple Ridge and West Vancouver who have refused to sign on to the Yes side staked out that position largely over the organization’s insufficient accountability and lack of control for the mayors.

Price predicts a new round of “bloodletting� and governance reforms if the referendum on the proposed 0.5 per cent regional sales tax is defeated, which he now sees as increasingly likely. “I would not say this is not winnable, but it’s looking tough,� he said.

One thing that could improve the Yes campaign’s odds, Price said, is if Premier Christy Clark promises a major restructuring to address TransLink’s deficiencies before the vote, rather than after it. “I would like to see the premier affirm that a good transit system is essential for the region,� Price said. “And further that there will be change – TransLink will be restructured and there will be accountability. That, I think, would make the difference.�

George Heyman, the NDP critic for TransLink, said Stone merely “tinkered� with TransLink in the province’s latest 2014 reform.

He said the province must fully unwind Falcon’s 2008 “failed experimentâ€? of having a secretive, appointed board running TransLink and put in place a “democratic, transparent and accountableâ€? board with elected officials holding the majority of seats. “Falcon threw out the mayors and elected representatives and replaced them with a hand-picked board that presumably the government could direct,â€? Heyman said. “I don’t think that’s acceptable to the people of Metro Vancouver.â€? •See this story online at richmonderview.com for an interactive timeline of the history of TransLink’s governance changes and the demands for reform.

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Chinese New Year

Obstacles and extremes predicted for Year of the Goat Pay attention to hygiene and watch out for home invasions, suggests fortune teller

by Matthew Hoekstra Staff Reporter

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growing gap between rich and poor, a continued economic recession and many natural disasters are all in store this lunar year, suggests Richmond fortune teller Sherman Tai. “The Year of the Goat is a year of obstacles and extremes, with a lot of disturbances,” he said. “There tends to be a lot of disagreements and gossip between people with a lot of traps and people with twisted values.”

The Year of the Goat—the eighth sign in the Chinese zodiac, also interpreted as a sheep or ram—starts Thursday, Feb. 19. Celebrations across Metro Vancouver include countdown events, lion dance shows, fairs and feasts. But for Tai, he’ll be busy looking into the future.

This year marks the 26th time the fortune teller and feng shui master is making predictions for Asia and North America.

In China, he says, the rich will get richer, the poor will get poorer. In the U.S., government will attempt to stabilize the economy through patchwork, resulting in gains for large corporations, but nothing for the lower and middle classes.

Consumer confidence will continue to decline.

Canada, he suggests, will be directly affected by the declining U.S. economy. Yet it will fare better due to a relatively conservative economic policy. Interest rates, he suggests, will be stable and low for most of the year. The winter could bring a quarter per cent increase.

The year will bring stability in Canada’s government, but reduced immigration, along with Chinese returning to their home country, will continue to weaken the Chinese market.

A decline in real estate values can also be expected, Tai predicts. In areas of B.C. with a large Chinese population—mainly Richmond and Vancouver westside—the drop could be as much as five per cent.

There will be fewer natural disasters than in the past, but climate will

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continue to “fluctuate at extremes.”

“Water fire and traffic accidents tend to be more prevalent.”

In addition to economic and political predictions, Tai also has advice for daily living in 2015.

“People should pay attention to hygiene and health care. In addition, people at work, both superior and junior, should try their best to create a peaceful environment for their own good.”

Personal safety also needs attention, he said, predicting an increase in organized gang shootings, youth violence, homicide and home invasions.

The Chinese zodiac has a cycle of 12 years, each linked with a different animal. The most popular zodiac sign is the dragon, followed by the horse, according to Tai. See Page 22

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Goats are caring people From Page 21 “That’s why people would like to have their baby before the sheep (or goat), especially so Chinese-Canadians,” said Tai, noting the persistence of superstitions. “It’s not a bad year for people born in the Year of the Goat. However, this is not a very peaceful year.”

Famous inventors Thomas Edison and Steve Jobs were goats, said to be known for creativity and perseverance.

“They have courage,” said Tai. “They can create a lot of positive things.”

They can also be stubborn and puzzling. Take the late Empress Cixi of the Qing Dynasty in China, also a goat, who has been blamed for the dynasty’s fall by putting her own interests ahead of her nation’s.

But goats are also caring—people who look after elderly parents, for example—who reward good behaviour.

“If you do some good things for them, they will return (the favour),” said Tai. This year Tai will be telling fortunes by donation at public events around Richmond during Chinese New Year. All money raised will go to charity. On the evenings of Feb. 18 to 22, Tai will be at River Rock Casino Resort.

The Goat Year •Years of the Goat: 1919, 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015.

•Regarded as an auspicious animal. Legend has it that when considering animals to be represented in the Chinese horoscope, the Jade Emperor had in mind only the ox, dragon and deer. The goat was included after it impressed him with its magnificent horns, healthy body and ability to run and jump in the most graceful manner.

•The goat is known to be extremely patient, persevering and adaptable. People born under the goat year are refined, loyal and introverted.

They also have extraordinary inner strength.

Besides being diplomatic, they are attentive and considerate towards each other.

•Those born in the goat year are unwilling to job-hop or change their way of life easily—one reason they usually shine in whatever job they undertake. Money prospects are average in youth, but things look up in middle age, when they could even become millionaires. Wellsuited for careers in music, dancing, writing and hair design.

•They look for stability in a relationship and have a deep commitment to family. Females born under the Goat sign make good wives and mothers. Males make good husbands, but tend to be chauvinistic and expect a lot from their wives.

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Richmond set to celebrate the Year of the Goat Chamber hosts Chinese New Year banquet

by Matthew Hoekstra Staff Reporter The Richmond Chamber of Commerce’s Greater China Exchange Committee will host a Chinese New Year banquet dinner Tuesday, Feb. 24.

The Year of the Goat celebration includes door prizes, networking, dinner, red envelopes and a raffle.

The evening will be presented in both English and Mandarin.

Hosted by Continental Seafood Restaurant, 150-11700 Cambie Rd., reception starts at 6 p.m., dinner is at 6:45 p.m.

Richmond is hosting many other countdown events, lion dance shows, and fairs to welcome the Year of the Goat (a.k.a. Sheep).

Aberdeen Centre will again host its Countdown Night to Chinese New Year on Feb. 18 beginning at 8:30 p.m. and ending at half-past midnight.

The mall, at 4151 Hazelbridge Way, will feature various entertainment acts, including the B.C. Chinese Music Association, Vancouver Academy of Dance, Colours of Dance Academy and Vancouver Cantonese Opera.

The International Buddhist Temple, at 9160 Steveston Hwy., is also hosting a countdown celebration that begins at 10 a.m. and continues through to midnight.

During the new year period, diners

at Richmond’s 400 Asian restaurants can expect elaborate feasts. The city’s three Hong Kong-style malls will also be in celebration mode with flower and gift fairs, along with many special performances. Richmond Centre and Lansdowne Centre will also host special events, along with the city’s Buddhist temples.

Here are a few other events that will celebrate a new year of harmony, peacefulness and lucky fortune.

•Aberdeen Centre’s Golden Dragon and Lion Dance on Feb. 19 at 11 a.m., 4151 Hazelbridge Way. With the light of firecrackers, watch the majestic dragon and lions come to life as they dance to welcome the Year of the Sheep.

•World Champion Lion Dance Show at River Rock Feb. 19 to 20, various times. Lion dance show will also feature a world champion acrobatic team from Malaysia and kung fu demonstrations. Tickets are by donation; $5 minimum.

•Chinese New Year Celebration at Canada Berries winery (formerly Sanduz at 12791 Blundell Rd.), Feb. 20 to 22 at 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The winery’s first Chinese New Year fair will feature entertainment for kids and adults, along with fireworks, face painting and cultural dancing.

•Richmond Chinese Community Society’s Lunar New Year celebration at Lansdowne Centre is Saturday, Feb. 21 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Sunday, Feb. 22, a smaller-scale celebration, featuring a lion dance and red envelope giveaways, begins at 2 p.m.

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De Jong said balancing the budget means the province is only borrowing to build assets, and the current spending plan calls for $10.7 billion more in taxpayersupported debt. One new project is planning funds for the proposed replacement of the George Massey tunnel under the Fraser River, a bottleneck for vehicle and shipping traffic.

Other projects: • Post-secondary facilities include replacement of trade buildings at Okanagan College in Kelowna and Camosun College in Victoria, a trades facility at Nicola Valley Institute of Technology in Merritt and relocation of Vancouver Community College and BCIT heavy duty and commercial transportation programs in New Westminster • New high schools including Centennial Secondary in Coquitlam, Oak Bay Secondary in Oak Bay, Wellington Secondary in Nanaimo, Clayton North Secondary in Surrey and Kitsilano Secondary in Vancouver.

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and Campbell River, Interior Heart and Surgery Centre in Kelowna and clinical support and acute care centres at Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Vancouver Expecting budget surpluses for the next three years, the B.C. government is ending the deduction of spousal child support from social assistance payments and providing modest benefits for other low-income earners.

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Community Living B.C., responsible for developmentally disabled adults, gets an additional $106 million over three years, and $20 million is added to the general budget for income assistance. Caseloads for both are expected to increase and individual payment rates stay the same.

This is also the budget that ends a two-year increase of 2.1 per cent in tax on income more than $150,000 a year. The provincial income tax rate for that tax bracket returns to 14.7 per cent, which de Jong said is part of the lowest personal income tax rates in the country.

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Don Fennell photo Richmond Sockeyes will begin the 2015 Pacific Junior Hockey League playoffs without their leading scorer. Troy Kaczynski is expected to miss at least the first two games of the first round series versus Grandview Steelers with an undetermined injury. Game 1 in the best-of-seven goes Thursday at 7 p.m. at Minoru Arenas.

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It may be the ultimate sports cliche, but Richmond Sockeyes’ head coach Judd Lambert believes it sincerely nonetheless. The long and usually arduous playoff run will be decided one game at a time.

On the eve of the opening round of the Pacific Junior Hockey League’s second season, Lambert—never one to take things for granted— leads the Sockeyes, sporting the second-best record in the league following a 32-10-0-2 regular-season campaign, into battle against the upstart Grandview Steelers who placed third in the Tom Shaw Conference with a 22-17-1-4 mark. Game one goes tomorrow night (Thursday) at 7 p.m. at Minoru Arenas.

While Lambert has to be at least cautiously optimistic, he suggests the team that is more committed to play their style of game stands the best chance of advancing. For the Sockeyes, that means skating hard and playing the majority of the game in the Steelers’ end of the rink.

“It’s important for us to capitalize on our scoring chances and fight through any of the physical play,” says Lambert.

The Sockeyes won the season series between the two teams four games to two, and it’s conceivable a similar number of games will be needed to decide the playoff outcome. But Richmond will be additionally challenged without the services of its leading scorer for at least the first two games. Troy Kaczynski, who racked up a league-high 74 points which included 41 goals, is out with an undisclosed injury. The Sockeyes will also start the series without energetic forward Ken Takahashi whose injury is likely to keep him sidelined for at least two weeks. They may also be forced to play the opening game minus reliable bueliner Jeeven Sidhu.

The injuries mean the Sockeyes will be forced

By the numbers Richmond Sockeyes and Grandview Steelers will face off in a best-of-seven opening-round Pacific Junior Hockey League playoff series beginning 7 p.m. Thursday at Minoru Arenas. Following are highlights from the six games between the teams during the regular season, with the Sockeyes winning four of them.

SEPT. 11: Richmond 6 Grandview 1 Troy Kaczynski began his march toward the Pacific Junior Hockey League scoring title by scoring a pair of goals and helping to set up three others as the Sockeyes drubbed the Steelers in the opening game of the 2014-15 regular season at Minoru Arenas. Richmond fired 45 shots at Grandview goaltender Cole MacInnes, while his counterpart Kurt Russell faced 30. Quinton Blos also had a two-goal game for Richmond, while Mac Colasimone had two assists. Daniel Oakley, Troy Paterson and Matthew Bissett also scored for Richmond, while Tim Chow had the lone Grandview marker.

OCT. 16: Richmond 5 Grandview 0 It took just 1:29 for Daniel Oakley to score the game’s first goal, and Richmond built up a 4-0 firstperiod lead, on their way to another lopsided win. While Troy Kaczynski was held to just one assist, teammate Mac Colasimone picked up the slack with a two-goal effort, a feat matched by Oakley.

Matthew Bissett had two assists and Kurt Russell made 22 saves for the shutout.

NOV. 13: Richmond 6 Grandview 2 Troy Kacznyski opened the scoring with a first period marker and Richmond again built up a healthy 4-0 lead midway through the game played at Minoru Arenas. Kaczynski capped the game with a hat trick, while Mac Colasimone and Tyler Paterson earned two assists apiece. Nathan Alalouf was the winning goaltender, but was forced to make only 20 saves.

NOV. 30: Grandview 3 Richmond 1 Richmond again opened the scoring, with Jordan Anders finding the back of the net with the Sockeyes on the powerplay midway through the second period. But just five minutes later Maximillian Fritz tied it for the Steelers, setting the stage for two third-period markers. five minutes apart, by Matteo Belmonte to lift the host Steelers to victory at the Burnaby Winter Club.

DEC. 18: Richmond 5 Grandview 2 Ken Takahashi scored the game’s first goal 2:20 into the first period, and Troy Kaczynski added a pair in the middle frame before completing his trick with an empty-netter with nine seconds to play as the Sockeyes won their fourth of five games between the teams this season.

FEB. 8: Grandview 2 Richmond 1 (OT) Grandview goaltender Cole MacInnes earned first-star honours with 39 saves and Adam Rota scored twice, including the winner with eight seconds to play in extra time, as Grandview won at Burnaby Winter Club.

to play even more of a team game, while testing their depth. But as Lambert has told his players, it’s also an opportunity for players to take on more responsibilities while seizing the mo-

ment.

“There are going to be highs and lows as there are every year,” he says. “That’s the fact of the matter.”

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Soccer tournament ushers in Year of the Goat

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Mark Wu (left) of Jade Unicorn attempts to let get a shot away while being marked by a member of the Rovers during action Sunday at the Richmond Adult Soccer Association’s Lunar New Year seven-a-side tournament at Minoru Park.

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by Don Fennell Sports Editor A little ahead of the official Chinese New Year Thursday, Richmond Adult Socer Association teams began ushering in the Year of the Goat with the league’s first Lunar New Year Tournament last weekend at Minoru Park.

And in the eyes of forward-

thinking president Steve Valenzuela, at least, the inaugural event was an overwhelming success.

“The board and I are big on trying to find ways to provide different, positive and new experiences to our players, coaches and fans,” said Valenzuela. “Giving players (this opportunity) generates good buzz in the soccer community and helps build our

brand as being a great and innovative place to play. And with that we can grow soccer in our community.”

Valenzuela said introducing a seven-a-side event enables all the teams to be at the same place at the same time. And having hundreds of people watching the action further inspires the players.

“You have a tendency to raise your game because no one wants to make a gaff,” he said.

The tournament was also the first time most of the teams have played on the new Minoru fields, which were inviting.

For the record, Club Ireland Celtic and Richmond Sockeyes emerged as the First and Second Division winners respectively. The

set the top-seeded McNeill Ravens and then the McMath Wildcats in thrilling playoff games to capture the Richmond Bantam Division title. The team is also looking forward to playing for the Vancouver and District title next week.

The dedicated Grade 10 girls’ team has been led by parent Troy Takasaki since Grade 8. The girls played strong team basketball down the stretch and throughout the playoffs and their Richmond final win over the H.J. Cambie Crusaders was the third in a row for this talented group of student-athletes, as they won the Grade 8 and Grade 9 girls’ titles the past two years.

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The provincially-ranked and hardworking Grade 10 boys’ squad capped off an undefeated regular season by defeating R.A. McMath Wildcats in a dominating final played last week at

the Shark Tank to win the Richmond junior playoff title—the second in a row for this talented group. Teacher-coach Rory Brown, a former Steveston Packer and college basketball star, has the team playing hard-nosed defence and a fast, up tempo offensive game. The boys are currently 12th ranked in the province, but have played close games with all the top-ranked teams in B.C. this year and look forward to the challenge of playing for both the Vancouver and Disstrict and B.C. titles next.

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Unlike the Seattle Seahawks, the Steveston-London senior boys’ table tennis team achieved something few teams are able to do when they repeated as provincial champions last weekend.

The Sharks went into the 2015 provincial draw as a high seed, but not the favoured team. But as they did last year, the boys stepped up and played their best when it mattered most.

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February fever is literally living up to its figurative moniker.

The always-exciting Richmond high school senior basketball playoffs last week were capped by the Richmond Colts’ unexpected march to the boys’ city championship, a 91-89 victory over the favoured Robert A. McMath Wildcats in Frdiay’s final played at J.N. Burnett Secondary. The surprising ascent by the third-place Colts (7-3 in league play) promises to make this week’s Lower Mainland playdowns equally exhilarating— and unpredictable.

The provincially-unranked Colts will try to

continue their post-season run toward the B.C. quad-A championships (March 11 to 14 at the Langley Events Centre) at the Lower Mainland zone playdowns, which begin this week at various sites. They were slated to play their first game Tuesday. Tournament continues through to the end of the month, with all games switching next week to the Richmond Oympic Oval.

McMath, meanwhile, will try to regain its composure as the No. 2-ranked triple-A team in the province begins its run at the Lower Mainland zone’s triple-A playoffs tonight (Wednesday

at 7:30 p.m.) by hosting either Richmond rival Hugh McRoberts Strikers or Gladstone Gladiators of Vancouver. Hugh Boyd Trojans were also scheduled to tip off tournament play Tuesday.

Matthew McNair Marlins, second in the Richmond league standings at 8-1 and ranked seventh in B.C. at the triple-A level, will await the winner of an opening-round game Tuesday between Lord Byng and Byrne Creek.

That game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at McNair Secondary School.

The Richmond Olympic Oval will also be the site of Lower Mainland zone

playoff action next week for teams at the singleA and double-A levels.

Richmond Christian Eagles are scheduled to play Carver Christian at 6:15 p.m. next Monday (Feb. 23), while at the double-A level R.C. Palmer Griffins open against King George Dragons at 4:30 p.m., A.R. MacNeill Ravens will meet Notre Dame Jugglers at 7:30 p.m,. and H.J. Cambie Crusaders are set to play Templeton Titans at 8 p.m.

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560

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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.

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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Valentine’s Day Tea at London Farm

Katie Lawrence photos Wilsons: The Wilsons, from L-R Zoe, Paula, and Chris, enjoyed a family day out on Valentine’s Day.

Lovely tea at the farmhouse

O

pening the farmhouse and grounds to the public for the weekend, London Farm held their annual Valentine’s Day Tea Feb. 14 and 15.

Coinciding with opening of the heritage site for the new year, London Farm administrator Mary Lou Schootman and staff welcomed around 50 people per day into the tea room to celebrate St. Valentine’s Day. “Lots of peoAround Town ple are dropKatie Lawrence ping in, lots of people with reservations,” said Schootman. “There’s a couple here all the way from Coquitlam. They brought their bikes and they’ve biked on the dyke all the way from No. 5 Road, just to discover this heritage site.

“That always really makes me happy, when people discover us for the first time. They’re enjoying themselves and experiencing this old, historic house, so if you like history, this is the place to be.”

The farm house was built back in 1880, and today the upper floor is home to a museum reflecting that era. The tea room and gift shop are on the lower level.

London Farm hosts about a dozen specialty tea events throughout the year, including the upcoming Chinese New Year and St. Patrick’s Day teas. Through February to June, the farm house is open weekends from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.

For a list of events, visit londonheritagefarm.ca Katie Lawrence covers the social scene for The Richmond Review. She may be reached at kt.lawrence10@gmail.com.

your meal idea

The entire upstairs of the farm house displays furniture and artifacts from back to when the farm was first built in the 1880s.

Daja Fajkusova (centre), visiting from the Czech Republic, had a lovely tea time with friend Nikla Lefler (left) and daughter Zuzana Fajkusova.

London Farm administrator Mary Lou Schootman was pleased with the turnout.

Emily Shaw and her mother attend the specialty tea events at London Farm a couple times a year.

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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Langley Farm Market CELERY product of California (1.08 kg)

49

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lb.

NAPPA

ASIAN CUT

SUI CHOY

BROCCOLI CROWN

product of China (1.08 kg)

product of California (2.18 kg)

49

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RED DELICIOUS

PINK

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APPLES

product of California (1.74 kg)

product of California

product of USA ($1.08 kg)

79

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Lung Kong Chicken .........................................................

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Beef Chuck Roll Boneless

Beef Chuck Steak Boneless

(10.98 kg)...........................................

(12.08 kg).............................................

$4.99 /lb.

$5.49 /lb.

GROCERY San Remo Fine Sea Salt or Coarse Sea Salt (284ml) ................................................................. .$.99 ea.

Bololoo Wafer, (156ml)....................................................2/$5.00 San Cruz Lemonade, (3L) .......................................2/$4.00

BAKERY Birdnest Cookies (300g) ........................................... $3.00 ea.

Zucchini Loaf (450g) ............................................. ...$2.85 ea.

Swiss Roll (600g) ....................................................... ...$4.50 ea.

Mango Mousse Cake (4”x8”)...........................$11.50 ea.

DELI Freybe Black Forest Ham

Freybe Hungarian Salami

Smoked Gouda Cheese

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Store Hours: Monday-Saturday 9:30am - 9:00pm Sunday 9:30am - 6:00pm

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We Are Hiring (Produce stocker / Meat Cutter / Cashier)

Prices in effect Wed. Feb. 18 - Sun. Feb. 22, 2015. While Quantities Last.