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Best of Richmond Readers’ Poll We asked you what your favourite things were in Richmond and here are your answers in our annual Best of Richmond Readers’ Poll. Look for the coveted Best of Richmond sticker in the windows of winners.

People & Places Best Citizen 1. Harold Steves 2. Dr. Doug Nielsen 3. Jim van der Tas/ /Rick Hansen (tie) Best Community Event 1. Steveston Salmon Festival 2. Richmond Night Market 3. Volunteers are Stars Best Community Group 1. Steveston Community Association 2. Richmond Cares, Richmond Gives 3. South Arm Community Association Best Local Fundraising Event 1. Richmond Christmas Fund DriveThru event 2. Nite Of Hope 3. Terry Fox Run

Best Letter to the Editor Writer 1. Ray Arnold 2. Scott Stewart 3. Bob Niles/Balwant Sanghera (tie)

Best Local News Story 1. Jada Bal raising money for B.C. Children’s Hospital 2. Onni development/Chinese language only signs (tie)

Best Local Politician 1. Harold Steves 2. Malcolm Brodie 3. Linda Reid

Best Local Tweeter 1. Richmond Cares, Richmond Gives, @rcaresrgives 2. Erich Harvey, @erichharvey

Best Memory of Old Richmond 1. Garry Point sand dunes 2. Lansdowne Racetrack 3. Skookum slide

Best Neighbourhood 1. Steveston 2. Terra Nova and Westwind (tie) 3. Seafair

2. Gulf of Georgia Cannery 3. Garry Point Best Playground 1. Terra Nova Adventure Play Environment 2. Steveston Park 3. South Arm/Garden City (tie) Best Reason to Live in Richmond 1. Steveston 2. Food 3. Friendly People

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2. Heringers Olde Fashioned Quality Meats, 12231 No. 1 Rd. 3. Amron’s Gourmet Meats, 1708180 No. 2 Rd.

2. Heringers Olde Fashioned Quality Meats, 12231 No. 1 Rd. 3. Loblaws CityMarket, 12339 Steveston Hwy.

Best All You Can Eat Restaurant 1. Richmond Sushi, 1488-8388 Capstan Way 2. Ninkazu Japanese Restaurant, 4231 Hazelbridge Way 3. Kisha Poppo, 1060-11660 Steveston Hwy.

Best Chef 1. Danillo Ibarra, Blue Canoe, 1403866 Bayview St. 2. John Lim Hing, Hog Shack, 160-3900 Bayview St. 3. Sushila Narain, Steveston Seafood House, 3951 Moncton St.

Best Dessert 1. Sweet Spot Bakery, 110 - 12000 First Ave. 2. Diplomat Bakery, 6111 London Rd. 3. Beard Papa, Aberdeen Centre and Richmond Centre

Best Banh Mi 1. Pho Ten, 130-11080 No. 5 Rd. 2. Pho An Nam, 6820 No. 3 Rd. 3. Green Lemongrass, 8180 Westminster Hwy./ New Asia Deli, 3779 Sexsmith Rd.

Best Chinese Food 1. Danny’s Wun Tun Restaurant, 11666 Steveston Hwy. 2. Kirin Restaurant, 7900 Westminster Hwy. 3. Shanghai River Restaurant, 7831 Westminster Hwy.

Best Dim Sum 1 Kirin Restauraunt, 7900 Westminster Hwy. 2. Continental Seafood Restaurant, 11700 Cambie Rd. 3. Fisherman’s Terrace, Aberdeen Centre

Best Bakery 1. Diplomat Bakery, 6111 London Rd. 2. Broadmoor Bakery, 10111 No 3 Rd. 3. Rising Sun Bakery, 11700 Cambie Rd. Best Beer Selection (Pub or Restaurant) 1. O’Hares Gastropub, 5031 Steveston Hwy. 2. Pumphouse Pub, 6031 Blundell Rd. 3. Hog Shack Cook House, 3900 Bayview St. Best Breakfast or Brunch 1. Cora, 170-11380 Steveston Hwy. 2. Cimona Cafe, 3791 Bayview St. 3. IHOP, 6780 No 3 Rd., 10551 St. Edwards Dr.

Best Chocoholic Experience 1. Sinfully the Best, 13-3993 Chatham St. 2. ChocXO Chocolate Cafe, 11220 Horseshoe Way 3. Chocolaterie Bernard Callebaut, 8120 No. 2 Rd. Best Cocktail Lounge 1. Chop, 10251 St. Edwards Dr. 2. Gudrun Tasting Room, 3500 Moncton St. 3. Cactus Club, 5500 No. 3 Rd. Best Coffee Shop (Chain) 1. Starbucks, numerous locations 2. Waves, 120-12231 First Ave. & 5951 No 3 Rd. 3. Blenz, various locations.

Best Coffee (Independent) 1. Village Books and Coffee, 12031 First Ave. 2. Bean and Beyond, 120-12420 No. 1 Rd. 3. Steveston Coffee Company, 3511 Moncton St.

Best Newspaper Carrier 1. Josh & Sean Booth 2. (tie) Steven Wade and Tadashi 3. Daniel MacHolm

Best Buffet 1. The Buffet, River Rock Casino Resort, 8811 River Rd. 2. Veggie Bunch Vegetarian Restaurant, 6611 Buswell St. 3. Himalaya Restaurant, 4011 No. 5 Rd.

Best Place to Volunteer 1. Richmond Cares Richmond Gives (formerly Volunteer Richmond) 2. RAPS Richmond Animal Protection Society 3. Richmond Hospital Auxiliary

Best Burger 1. White Spot, 5880 & 6551 No. 3 Rd. 2. Kove Kitchen, 3900 Bayview St. 3. Cactus Club, 5500 No. 3 Rd.

Best Comfort Food 1. Hog Shack Cook House, 3900 Bayview St. 2. Zee’s Grilled Cheese, 12420 No 1 Rd. 3. White Spot, 5880 & 6551 No. 3 Rd.

Best Place to Take a Tourist 1. Steveston Village

Best Butcher Shop 1. Seafair Gourmet Meats, 8671 No. 1 Rd.

Best Deli 1. D - Original Sausage Haus, 13012000 First Ave.

Best Filipino 1. Kumare Restaurant and Bakery, 8130 Park Rd. 2. Little Ongpin, 4093 No. 5 Rd. 3. GoodAh Grill!, Richmond Centre/Cucina Manila, 9-6340 No 3 Rd. (tie)

Best Greek 1. Kisamos Greek Taverna, 3420 Moncton St. 2. Felicos Restaurant, 8140 Leslie Rd. 3. Mad Greek Restaurant, 7260 Westminster Highway Best Indian 1. Tandoori Kona, 170-11700 Cambie Rd. 3. Himalaya Restaurant, 4011 No. 5 Rd. 3. Ginger Indian Cuisine, 1403031 Beckman PI. Best Italian 1. Paesano’s Restaurant, 25012240 Second Ave. 2. Italian Tomato, 8380 Bridgeport Rd. 3. Tramonto, 8811 River Rd. Best Japanese 1. Mega Sushi, 100-3131 Chatham St. 2. Ichiro Japanese Restaurant, #110-12011 Second Ave. 3. Takeya Sushi, 17 -8647 No. 1 Rd.

Best Fine Dining 1. Tapenade Bistro, 3711 Bayview St. 2. Steveston Seafood House, 3951 Moncton St. 3. Chop, 10251 St. Edwards Dr.

Best Kebab 1. Daddy’s Delight, 4020 No. 5 Rd. 2. Afghan Chopan, 6652 No. 3 Rd. 3. Chicago Subs, 140-12560 Bridgeport Rd.

Best Fish & Chips 1. Pajo’s Fish & Chips, 3500 Bayview St. and Garry Point Park 2. Dave’s Fish and Chips, 3460 Moncton St. 3, Friendly Banners Restaurant, 10151 No. 3 Rd.

Best Kid Friendly Restaurant 1. White Spot, 5880 & 6551 No. 3 Rd. 2. Boston Pizza, 8100 Ackroyd Rd., 2000-11662 Steveston Hwy. 3. Cora, 170-11380 Steveston Hwy.

Best Food Court 1. Richmond Centre, 6551 No. 3 Rd. 2. Aberdeen Centre, 4151 Hazelbridge Way 3. Lansdowne Centre, 5300 No. 3 Rd.

Best Korean Restaurant 1. Haroo Korean Homestyle Cuisine, 8580 Alexandra Rd. 2. Hanok Korean Restaurant, 8400 Alexandra Rd. 3. Dai Jang Kum, 3088 St. Edwards Dr.

Best French Fries 1. McDonald’s, various locations 2. New York Fries, Richmond Centre 3. Pajo’s Fish & Chips, 3500 Bayview St. and Garry Point Park

Best Late Night Munchies 1. #9 Restaurant, 812-5300 No. 3 Rd. 2. G-Men Ramen, 1160-8391 Alexandra Rd. 3. McDonald’s, various locations

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Best of Richmond Readers’ Poll Best New Restaurant 1. Kove Kitchen, 3900 Bayview St. 2. Smokehouse Sandwich Co., 5188 Westminster Hwy. 3. Zee’s Grilled Cheese, 12420 No 1 Rd. Best Patio 1. Blue Canoe Waterfront Restaurant, 140 - 3866 Bayview St. 2. Flying Beaver, 4760 Inglis Dr. 3. Kove Kitchen, 3900 Bayview St. Best Pho 1. Steveston Village Vietnamese Restaurant, 120-12480 No. 1 Rd. 2. Pho Ten, 130-11080 No. 5 Rd. 3. Pho Lan, 6950 No. 3 Rd. Best Pizza 1. Steveston Pizza Co., 3400 Moncton St. 2. Boston Pizza, 8100 Ackroyd Rd., 2000-11662 Steveston Hwy. 3. Round Table Pizza, 8780 Blundell Rd., 8120 No. 2 Rd. Best Place to go for Afternoon Tea 1. Adorabelle Tea Room, 12051 Third Ave., www. adorabelletearoom.com 2. London Heritage Farm, 6511 Dyke Rd. 3. Fairmont Vancouver Airport, 3111 Grant McConachie Way Best Place to go on a First Date 1. Blue Canoe Waterfront Restaurant, 140 - 3866 Bayview St. 2. Steveston Village 3. Garry Point Park Best Place to Watch the Game 1. Legends Pub, 9031 Blundell Rd. 2. Boston Pizza, 8100 Ackroyd Rd., 2000-11662 Steveston Hwy. 3. Blue Canoe Waterfront Restaurant, 140 - 3866 Bayview St./ O’Hares Gastropub, 5031 Steveston Hwy. (tie) Best Pub Food 1. O’Hares Gastropub, 5031 Steveston Hwy. 2. Flying Beaver, 4760 Inglis Dr. 3. Legends Pub, 9031 Blundell Rd. Best Restaurant to Celebrate an Anniversary 1. Blue Canoe Waterfront Restaurant, 140 - 3866 Bayview St. 2. Tapenade Bistro, 3711 Bayview St. 3. Steveston Seafood House, 3951 Moncton St. Best Restaurant with a View 1. Blue Canoe Waterfront Restaurant, 140 - 3866 Bayview St. 2. Flying Beaver, 4760 Inglis Dr. 3. Kove Kitchen, 3900 Bayview St. Best Seafood Restaurant 1. Steveston Seafood House, 3951 Moncton St. 2. Blue Canoe Waterfront Restaurant, 140 - 3866 Bayview St. 2. Kirin Restauraunt, 7900 Westminster Hwy. Best Sushi 1. Mega Sushi, 100-3131 Chatham St. 2. Sushi Han, 6020 Blundell Rd. 3. Takeya Sushi, 17 -8647 No. 1 Rd.

Richard Lam photo BEST COFFEE SHOP (Independent): Angela Hill at Village Books & Coffee House

Best Thai/Malaysian 1. Thai House, 4940 No. 3 Rd. 2. Kari House, 3900 Bayview St. 3. Tropika, Lansdowne Centre

2. Juan’s Auto Service, 8580 River Rd. 3. Seppo’s Automotive, 3611 Moncton St,

Best Wine Selection 1. Gudrun Tasting Room, 3500 Moncton St. 2. Tapenade Bistro, 3711 Bayview St. 3. Blue Canoe Waterfront Restaurant, 140 - 3866 Bayview St.

Best Barber Shop 1. Steveston Barbers, 120-3880 Chatham St. 2. Richmond Barbers, Richmond Centre, 6551 No 3 Rd. 3. Q2 Hair Salon & Barber, Blundell Centre, 8120 No 2 Rd.

Shopping Best Appliance Store 1. Trail Appliances, 3388 Sweden Way 2. Budget Appliances, 3831 Moncton St. 3. Sears, 110-2633 Sweden Way Best Auto Body Shop 1. Fastrack Autobody, 105-11820 River Rd. 2 Craftsman Collision, 7931 Alderbridge Way 3. OpenRoad Richmond Auto Body, 2691 No 5 Rd. Best Auto Detailer 1. Bashir’s Auto Cosmetics, 5751 Minoru Blvd.

2. BMS Auto Haus, 8128 Westminster Hwy. 3. OpenRoad Toyota, 13251 Smallwood Pl, Best Auto Mechanic 1. Eric Yue, Carma Automotive, 15012871 Clarke Pl. 2. Juan Recaverren, Juan’s Auto Service, 8580 River Rd. 3. Jackson Ma, Minit Tune, 4280 No. 3 Rd. Best Auto Service Shop 1. Carma Automotive, 150-12871 Clarke Pl.

Best Children’s Clothes 1. Steveston Village Maternity, 110–3911 Moncton St. 2. The Children’s Place, Richmond Centre 3. The Gap, Richmond Centre.

Best Chiropractor 1. Sean Graham, Satori. 12004 No. 1 Rd. 2. Bonnie Chuter, Richmond Family Chiropractic, #230 – 7340 Westminster Hwy, 3. Colin McKay, Precision Health, 430-6091 Gilbert Rd. Best Condo Development 1. The Pier at London Landing 2. Copper Sky 3, The Village at Imperial Landing Best Consignment/Thrift Store 1. Value Village, 8240 Granville Ave. 2. Richmond Hospital Auxiliary Thrift Shop, 3731 Chatham St. 3. Bon Retour, 3806 Moncton St Best Customer Service 1. M&M Meat Shops, 7020 Francis Rd. 2. Tao Day Spa, 115-3900 Bayview St. 3. Brio Integrative Health Centre, #223 - 11020 No. 5 Rd., Best Daycare

1. Core Education & Fine Arts Jr. Kindergarten, 160-10811 No. 4 Rd., 13700 International Pl. 2. Creative Art Montessori School, 12551 Jensen Dr. 3. Gentle Steps Child Care, 9080 Francis Rd.

12031 Second Ave. 3. Forever 21, 1105-6551 No. 3 Rd.

Best Dentist 1. Dr. Doug Nielsen and Dr. Michele Nielsen, Steveston Smiles, 3951 Steveston Hwy. 2. Dr. Ryan Kaltio, 500-6091 Gilbert Rd. 3. Dr. Maureen Piche, Harmony Dental Studio, 3700 Moncton St.

Best Flower Shop 1. Super Grocer, 12051 No. 1 Rd. 2. Blundell Blossoms, 172-8180 No. 2 Rd. 3. Touch of Class Flowers, 1188011 No 1 Rd,

Best Dollar Store 1. Dollarama, 9751 Bridgeport Rd. 2. Dollar Max, 6680 No. 3 Rd. 3. Dollar Smart, 100 - 4811 Hazelbridge Way Best Dry Cleaners 1. Easy Care Dry Cleaners 1928120 No. 2 Rd. 2. Busy Bee, 105-6100 Buswell, 10111 No. 3 Rd. 3. Courtesy Cleaners, 8980 No 3 Rd. Best Ethnic Grocery Store 1. T&T Supermarket, 8181 Cambie Rd. 2. Exotic International Market, 110-11331 Coppersmith Way 3. Super Grocer, 12051 No. 1 Rd. Best Facial 1. Tao Day Spa, 115-3900 Bayview St. 2. Raintree Wellness Spa, 12513020 No. 2 Rd. 3. La Cachette Spa, 110-8240 Lansdowne Rd. Best Fashion 1. Violet Hill Clothing, 108-12211 No. 1 Rd. 2. Jet Lag Travel Boutique, 110

Best Financial Institution 1. TD Canada Trust/Coast Capital Savings (tie) 3. Royal Bank

Best Gardening Store 1. Prickly Pear, 12311 No. 1 Rd. 2. Art Knapp Plantland, 7780 Alderbridge Way, 11020 No. 4 Rd. 3. Phoenix Perennials,, 3380 No. 6 Rd. Best Hair Salon 1. Ask Hair Studios, 150-3900 Bayview St. 2. Suki’s, 8311 Westminster Hwy. 3. Design Tech Hair Studio, 150 – 8980 No. 3 Rd. Best Home Decor Store 1. HomeSense, 100-5300 No. 3 Rd. 2. The Spotted Frog Furniture Co., 110-12480 No. 1 Rd. 3. Pieces Giftware, 100-3580 Moncton St. Best Home Improvement Store 1. Home Depot, 2700 Sweden Way 2. RONA, 7111 Elmbridge Way 3. Rod’s Building Supply, 3471 Moncton St. Best Hotel 1. River Rock Casino Resort, 8811 River Rd. 2. Fairmont Vancouver Airport Hotel, 3111 Grant McConachie Way. 3. Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel, 7551 Westminster Hwy. See Next Page

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Best of Richmond Readers’ Poll 3. Victoria Warfield

Best Jeweller 1. Juvelisto Design, 120-3500 Moncton St. 2. Seafair Jewellers, 178-8120 No. 2 Rd. 3. Prestige Jewellers, 205-6700 No. 3 Rd.

Best Once Upon a Time Character 1. Captain Hook 2. Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold 3. Regina Mills/Evil Queen

Best Lawyer 1. Jeff Froh, Campbell Froh May and Rice LLP 2. Patricia Fleming, Fleming and Associates 3. Jason Tarnow, Tarnow Criminal Law Best Lingerie Store 1. Bare Basics, 3871 Moncton St. 2. Victoria’s Secret, Richmond Centre and YVR 3. La Senza, 1762-6060 Minoru Blvd.

Best Liquor, Beer and Wine Store 1. O’Hares Liquor Store, 5031 Steveston Hwy. 2. Kingswood Pub, 9371 No 5 Rd, 3. B.C. Liquor Stores, 8100 Ackroyd Rd., 3170-11666 Steveston Hwy./Steveston Hotel (tie) 12111 3rd Ave Best Local Farm 1. Richmond Country Farms, 12900 Steveston Hwy. 2. Urban Edibles, 7200 Steveston Hwy. 3. CanWest Farms, 13051 Blundell Rd. Best Manicure/Pedicure 1. Tao Day Spa, 115-3900 Bayview St. 2. Perfectly Polished, 5-3740 Chatham St. 3. Raintree Wellness Spa, 12513020 No. 2 Rd. Best Mortgage Broker 1. Chris Pughe, Verico Complete Mortgage Services, www. chrispughe.com 2. Gord Pipkey, Real Mortage, www.realmortgage.net 3. Tyler Wilson, Invis, www. tylerwilson.ca Best Movers 1. Two Small Men With Big Hearts, 2251 No. 5 Rd. 2. Salmon Transfer, 100 – 9500 Van Horne Way. /Rainforest Moving and Storage, 8211 Sea Island Way (tie) Best Naturopath 1. Dr. Raj Jheeta, Richmond Naturopathic Medical Clinic, 2308211 Ackroyd Rd. 2. Dr. Jeffrey Lee, Brio Integrative Health Centre, #223 11020 No. 5 Rd. 3. Dr. Carin Matsushita, Brio Integrative Health Centre, #223 11020 No. 5 Rd. Best New Business (2 years or less) 1. Perfectly Polished, 5-3740 Chatham St. 2. Living Cafe, 12240 Second Ave. 3. Loblaws CityMarket, 12339 Steveston Hwy. Best Notary 1. Nancy Schick Skinner, 6505900 No. 3 Rd. 2. Tammy Morin Nakashima, 3740 Chatham St. 3. Gail Maida, 155-8040 Garden

Best Place to Spot a Celebrity 1. Steveston 2. Vancouver International Airport 3. Aberdeen Centre

Sports & Rec Best Coach 1. Gary Poole, Richmond Stringrays 2. Natalie Stewart, Richmond Rockets Speedskating Club 3. Glenn Wheeler, Richmond Minor Hockey

Richard Lam photo BEST BARBER SHOP: Steveston Barbers’ Iain MacKelworth.

Best Optometrist 1. Dr. Lloyd Ho Optometry Centre, Richmond Centre 2. Dr. John Kim, Ironwood Optometry Clinic, 8020-11688 Steveston Hwy.

Best Preschool 1. Core Education & Fine Arts Jr. Kindergarten, 160-10811 No. 4 Rd. 2. Terra Nova Montessori 3760 Moresby Dr. (inside Quilchena Elementary School) 3. With Our Own Two Hands, 3871 Moncton St.

Best Pet Groomer 1. Christine’s Grooming Studio, 2633 Viking Way 2. Doggy-Six Grooming, 3900 Steveston Hwy. 3. Richmond Animal Hospital, 9220 No 3 Rd.

Best Produce 1. Kins Farm Market, various locations 2. Richmond Country Farms, 12900 Steveston Hwy. 3. Langley Farm Market, Lansdowne Centre

Best Pet Supply Store 1. Tisol, 5431 No. 3 Rd. 2. Bosley’s, 160-11700 Steveston Hwy., 130-3675 Westminster Hwy. 3. Pet Smart, 9751 Bridgeport Rd.

Best Real Estate Agency 1. ReMax WestCoast, 110-6086 Russ Baker Way 2. Macdonald Realty, 203-5188 Westminster Hwy. 3. Steveston Real Estate ReMax Westcoast 12235 No 1 Rd,

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Best Pharmacy (chain) 1. Shoppers Drug Mart 2. London Drugs, 5971 No. 3 Rd. 3200-11666 Steveston Hwy. 3. Pharmasave, various locations.

Best Pharmacy (independent) 1. Steveston Pharmacy, 3811 Chatham St. 2. Super Grocer, 12051 No. 1 Rd./ Medicine Shoppe, 3993 Chatham St. (tie) Best Place to Buy a Car 1. Richmond Auto Mall, 13460 Smallwood Pl. 2. Richmond Honda, 13600 Smallwood Pl. 3. Dueck Richmond, 12100 Featherstone Way Best Place to Hold a Birthday Party 1. 4Cats Studio, 160 – 8040 Garden City. 110-12031 First Av., 2. Silvercity Riverport, 14211 Entertainment Way/Extreme Air Park, 14380 Triangle Rd. (tie) Best Plumber 1. Ashton Service Group, 4631 Shell Rd. 2. AB Tech Plumbing & Heating, 8191 Dalemore Rd. 3. RJ’s Plumbing, 14251 Burrows Rd.

Best Realtor 1. Sean Lawson, Remax WestCoast, 12235 No. 1 Rd. 2. Shafik Ladha, Remax WestCoast, 110-6086 Russ Baker Way 3. Jess Baxter, Remax WestCoast, 12235 No. 1 Rd. Best Shoe Store 1. Aldo, Richmond Centre 2. Ronson’s, various locations 3. Stepin’ Out, 3991 Moncton St. Best Shopping Centre 1. Richmond Centre 2. Lansdowne Centre 3. Blundell Centre Best Specialty Furniture Store 1. The Spotted Frog Furniture Co., 110-12480 No.1 Rd. 2. IKEA, 3320 Jacombs Rd. 3. The Brick, 150-3100 St. Edwards Dr. Best Tailor/Alterationist 1. Lawson Tailor & Fashion, 10111 No. 3 Rd. 2. All Season Tailoring, 12251 No. 1 Rd. 3. Walter the Tailor, 7900 Westminster Hwy. Best Tattoo Parlour 1. Steveston Tattoo Company,

110-12020 First Ave. Best Toy Shop 1. Splash, 140 - 3580 Moncton St., 2. Toys “R” Us 5300 No. 3 Rd 3. Urban Value, 150-11380 Steveston Hwy. Best Travel Agency 1. Flight Centre, various locations, 2. Marlin Travel, 6551 No. 3 Rd. 3. TST Travel, 6720 No. 3 Rd. Best Veterinarian 1. Dr. Michael Schaufele, Richmond Animal Hospital 2. Dr. Pal Wraich, Companion Animal Clinic 3. Dr Robert Galloway, Dr, Teresa Millar, Steveston Veterinary Hospital

Entertainment Best Community Arts Group 1. Gateway Theatre 2. Tickle Me Pickle Improv 3. Richmond Singers Best Dance Instructor 1. Gabriela Moutal, Gabriela’s Movement 2. Rishell O’Brien, Defy Gravity, 3. Stephanie Sy, Pur Movement Best Indoor Entertainment 1. Time Escape Canada, 3471 No 3 Rd. 2. Extreme Air Park, 14380 Triangle Rd. 3. Zone Bowling Centre, 15014200 Entertainment Blvd.

Best Karaoke 1. Millennium Karaoke, 201-4451 No. 3 Rd. 2. Mix-2 Karaoke, 130-8400 Alexandra Rd 3. Party World KTV Family Karaoke, 8711 Alexandra Rd. Best Live Entertainment 1. River Rock 2. Gateway 3. Tickle Me Pickle Improv Best Music Teacher 1. Anna Vavilova 2. Jeannette Dyck

Best Golf Course 1. Mayfair Lakes, 5460 No. 7 Rd. 2. Country Meadows Golf Course, 8482 No. 6 Rd. 3. Quilchena Golf & Country Club, 3551 Granville Ave. Best Gym 1. Russel Sean Fitness, 9-12491 No. 2 Rd. 2. True Conditioning, 12071 First Ave. 3. Richmond Olympic Oval, 6111 River Rd. Best Local Sports Team 1. Panther Cheer Athletics 2. Richmond Sockeyes 3. Richmond Rapids Best Martial Arts Studio 1. Sirota’s Alchymy, 12280 Trites Rd. 2. Apex Martial Arts, 12351 Bridgeport Rd. 3. Richmond Martial Arts, 12011331 Coppersmith Way

Best Meditation Centre 1. Bodhi Mediation Centre, 1507740 Alderbridge Way 2. International Buddhist Temple, 9160 Steveston Hwy., /YYoga, 1027731 Alderbridge Way (tie) Best Personal Trainer 1. Russel Sean Favel, Russel Sean Fitness, 9-12491 No. 2 Rd. 2. Gary Dhillon, U RISE Personal Training, 140A-6351 Westminster Hwy. 3. Sophie Manfredi, True Conditioning, 12071 First Ave. Best Sports Facility 1. Richmond Olympic Oval, 6111 River Rd. 2. Minoru Park 3. Richmond Ice Centre, 14140 Triangle Rd. Best Sporting Goods Store 1. Sport Chek, Richmond Centre 2. Ice Level Sports, 8060-11688 Steveston Hwy. 3. Canadian Tire, 3500 No. 3 Rd., 11388 Steveston Hwy. Best Yoga Studio 1. YYoga, 102-7731 Alderbridge Way 2. Bikram Yoga Richmond, 1055300 No. 3 Rd. 3. Perfect Hearts Yoga, 12151 First Ave.

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A bit of rain followed by a warm day is a perfect growing medium for mushrooms. One of the best places to spot them is along the trails of Richmond Nature Park.

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The rebate is available to Richmond residents for pre-qualified clothes washer purchases and installations done from May 1 to June 30, 2015.

This program is a joint initiative between the City of Richmond and BC Hydro Power Smart. The City is matching BC Hydro’s rebate to provide a total reimbursement of $100 or $200. In order to qualify, Richmond residents must provide BC Hydro with the following specific items within 60 days of washer purchase and installation: • Completed rebate application form • Sales receipt copy • Before and after photos of the old and new clothes washer in place Before purchasing your new clothes washer, please view full eligibility and rebate submission details at www.richmond.ca/savewater.

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Cycling is fun, an opportunity for healthy, low impact exercise, and a reasonably practical and cost effective way of getting around the city. That it is also a pollution free activity is almost, now the icing-onthe-cake even though, ironically enough, this was one of the key motivators for the nascent cycling movement back when our collective infatuation with the car began to wane.

Challenges remain, however. Cyclists are amongst the most vulnerable of all road users and, perhaps, the least ‘appreciated’ of all road-sharers.

Mix cyclists with drivers and the tensions on both sides—provided drivers even see the cyclists—are palpable; mix cyclists and pedestrians on dedicated/ restricted pathways—cyclists can be menacing in their own right.

Hence the growth of volunteer organizations like Vancouver’s HUB Cycling—formerly the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition—dedicated to making cycling much safer and therefore more enjoyable and thereby more appealing to those who otherwise continue to rule it out as a viable transportation mode for them.

HUB Cycling has related organizations in cities

throughout British Columbia, which, in turn, belong to an umbrella organization, the British Columbia Cycling Coalition (BCCC). BCCC’s stated goal is “to enable more people to ride bicycles more often for transportation, recreation and tourism.”

To achieve its’ goal HUB works with cycling groups, governments, businesses and organizations across the province to secure more funding for cycling paths, protected bike lanes and better cycling facilities on highways; to ensure that new and existing road and bridge projects include cycling facilities; to encourage the implementation of provincial cycling education initiatives; to build support for updating the Motor Vehicle Act to ensure it reflects best practices regarding cycling safety; and to support provincial initiatives that support cycle tourism.

HUB Cycling’s website—bikehub.ca—and BCCC’s website—bccc.bc.ca—are both exhaustive sources of information about their respective organizations, the promotional events and efforts they sponsor, including Bike to Work Week on the HUB website, and bike safety in general. The ‘Resources’ page of HUB’s website under ‘Bike Smart’ links to the Bike Sense Manual— bikesense.bc.ca/bikesensemanual— developed by the Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition (GVCC).

At 36 pages in pdf format, the Bikesense manual covers the following topics: equipment, visibility, cycling and traffic skills, who to call with bicyclerelated safety concerns and issues, public transit, what to do in case of a traffic accident, the most common cycling collisions, cyclists and the law, bicycle security, and cycling advocacy. This manual is said to be essential reading for anyone currently contemplating taking up the challenge of the Spring 2015 Bike to Work Week, indeed for anyone who may have opted, gamely, for a work commute by bicycle.

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Martin van den Hemel photo Coun. Harold Steves isn’t just a farmer, councillor and environmentalist. He’s also a teacher, and on Wednesday was leading a group of Capilano University Students out on a guided tour of Richmond that included Steveston and the waterways, as well as the Gulf of Georgia Cannery.

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Any politician will tell you that being an elected representative of the people is an around-the-clock job and that they earn every penny of their annual salary.

But Coun. Harold Steves somehow seems to go above and beyond what his annual salary calls for, and on Wednesday, he added teacher to his resume by leading an annual tour

by Capilano University students of historic Steveston and its surrounding waterways.

It’s a yearly gig, he says, after telling more than a dozen students and their instructor about the history of Richmond, and taking them on a guided tour of the Gulf of Georgia Cannery.

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Best glass half full Whether it’s having two CEOs, out-of-commission fare gates or malfunctioning SkyTrains, TransLink makes it easy for its critics, providing plenty of targets.

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Take East Richmond, for example. Twenty-five years ago, waiting for a bus was like waiting for Godot. In some areas, it was difficult to tell if bus stop signs represented actual stops or were a practical joke.

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We’re not saying Richmond is defined by its drivers, but they’ve certainly achieved a certain notoriety unparalleled in Metro Vancouver. Richmond Learns to Park is a Facebook page that serves as a critic of our culture, sharing photos of the most dreadful of parking jobs in our city. The page administrator admits that it's possible some of the submitted photos are staged—they’re that

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So peeved of motorists blocking bike lanes, Richmond cyclist Rob Reid resorted to creating a pretty descriptive Twitter hashtag #BlockingRichmondBikeLanes.

The problem is particularly acute around Canada Line stations on No. 3 Road, where some motorists give the finger to designated drop-off points and make their own.

But plenty of other drivers are making life

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How many kids cycle to school these days? We don’t claim to have any reliable data source here, but we’re willing to bet it’s only a few. Think of all the kids who will never experience riding with hockey cards in their spokes! And how about university students? The cycling percentage probably drops even more.

Kwantlen Polytechnic University, however, has given its students a little more incentive to start pedalling. The institution recently installed a tool station where cyclists can tighten cranks and pump up tires. The concept is simple and could easily be adopted by larger workplaces too.

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lenge is to donate the cost of a cappuccino each day for three months. If just 33 people committed to donating $3.33 a day, donations would total $10,000.

Dhiman’s supporters have already contributed $8,000 toward the naturopath’s goal.

To many of us, a cinderblock building with wood benches and chalkboards is no big deal.

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Richmond naturopathic doctor Neetu Dhiman is turning 40 this year. There, the secret’s out. Bring on the lavish party, a fancy dinner out and even a trip to a tropical destination. Uh uh. Dhiman is doing something other than drawing up a gift wish-list. She’s partnered with Change Heroes and Feed the Children to raise $10,000 to build a school in India—a sustainable school that can educate 1,000 children who otherwise wouldn’t be afforded the opportunity. The chal-

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Best use for the empty Branscombe House It's all spiffy now that Branscombe House— a fully restored heritage house owned by the city on Steveston Highway at Railway Avenue. Trouble is, it doesn't have much use. It was a worthy restoration project, but it's time the city do something with it. A call for expressions of interest to use the house left the city empty-handed. So staff are now pursuing an artist-in-residence program for the house. If that doesn't work—we're just

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thinking ahead here—how about a politician-in-residence program? Every year a call would be issued for a citizen to serve a oneyear term on council. It wouldn't be a paid position, but the randomly-picked winner would get to stay in the newly-renovated Branscombe digs, get invites to council meetings and receive unlimited use for one year of a works yard pickup. We're trying to be helpful is all.

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These rats are looking for a loving home.

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There’s Zucchini, poking his head through faux grass, Watermelon peeking out of a teacup, and Peach playing in a tube. Yes, Richmond Animal Protection Society has cats and dogs that need forever homes—but remember these resplendent rats.

Richmond’s fine health inspectors are quick to simply label them “rodents”—often in the context of a restaurant closure order—but the Richmond Animal Protection Society sees rats with rose-coloured glasses.

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Richmond-Steveston MLA John Yap marked his return to the legislature with a selfie. Fellow MLA Jane Thornthwaite also got in on the selfie act.

Let the mind wander and it might think about politicians, those folks we all pay for to represent our voices in government. Are they really working for us? What exactly are they doing anyway? Enter @John_Yap, the Twitter account of Richmond-Steveston’s finest, and only, MLA, who has mastered the selfie. Perhaps Oxford felt compelled to include the word in its lexicon because of Yap, who chronicles his work of the people for the people through photographs of himself on social media. So well-known are Yap's selfie skills, that when he returned to the legislature post heart surgery in April, fellow MLA Jane Thornthwaite tweeted her own selfie with the words: “So pleased to have my friend and neighbour back in the house today @John_Yap #hearthealthy #selfies.” Naturally, Yap had already posted a selfie before entering the people's house.

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City council has been sounding the alarm over Port Metro Vancouver’s hunger for farmland to expand industry. Port bosses have already been salivating over the green fields in East Richmond, buying up one farm and calling it a special study area. Do special study area veggies taste different?

We digress.

The threat to farmland is also alive and well courtesy of investor-courting realtors. A publication by Richmondbased New Coast Realty, obtained by Coun. Harold Steves, declares, “Agricultural land possesses great potential in real estate investment.” Terra Nova, it says, is an example of farmland that’s now residential. True. It also states rezoning farmland “is a much longer and more complicated process.” Also true.

But their next point is up for debate: “Even though this process consumes a lot of time and effort from the city government, the government would still opt to do it because more land for residential housing is in demand as the city population grows.”

Best new sister city candidate It might be bold of us to suggest Abu Dhabi become Richmond’s newest sister city.

After all, Richmond has been busy in recent years courting metropolises in China as potential mates. And United Arab Emirates isn’t exactly a hotspot for immigrants—just 15 from 2006 to 2011, according to the latest National Household Survey.

But they’ve got something big in common: Lulu Island. Off the coast of Abu Dhabi is a

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Look at how quickly the tall towers of Abu Dhabi took shape. Go for the sister city exchanges, stay for the beaches.

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The biggest new facility coming to us is the Minoru Complex, which is replacing the Minoru Place Activity Centre (MPAC), Minoru Aquatic Centre (MAC) and the Minoru Pavilion (MP). For a time, this future facility was known as the Multipurpose Complex in the Minoru Civic Precinct.

Somehow that was shortened to the Minoru Complex, or MC. But some hip-hop artists, we’re thinking MC Hammer, might take issue.

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New public facilities bring us new acronyms, for better or for worse. There’s the Richmond Olympic Experience—we're told it's going to open sometime—which the cool people at city hall and the Richmond Olympic Oval (or ROO, also the name of the young kangaroo in Winnie the Pooh) call the ROX. Also coming soon is the City Centre Community Centre, giving us the clumsy CCCC acronym. But shortening it to C-4 is just too explosive.

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Best investment by the city in the future Richmond City Hall’s parks department really took a swing for the fences when it came up with a milliondollar plan for a playground at Garden City Community Park. C'mon, a playground for that kind of dough when you can buy a few swing sets at Costco? Yes indeed. And it was a great idea. So too was the grandiose play environment concept that came to life at Terra Nova Rural Park late last summer.

Both playgrounds have become magnets for kids and families. They represent a new way of approaching play—letting kids be kids.

Letting creativity be a child's guide helps build critical thinking and problem solving skills, along with promoting emotional wellbeing. Terra Nova has experienced a hiccup—vandalism in the secluded park closed the tall-as-trees treehouse for a few months—but the important investment made here far outweighs such risks. And besides, spending millions on playgrounds is much more fun than spending the same on garbage carts.

The Terra Nova Adventure Play Environment is proving to be popular.

Best addition to the tall ships festival Since 2002, when a modest tall ships festival at Garry Point turned into a nautical version of Woodstock, Richmond has been eager to host the classically-masted vessels to its Steveston shores during the summer. Due to the ships busy schedules, it’s not always easy to get them, but thanks to Port Metro Vancouver, the South Arm of the Fraser could soon very well get an armada of tall ships--well, at least ships that are tall. With the Massey Tunnel and

lots of farmland soon to be replaced by a big bridge, Port Metro Vancouver is eyeing the South Arm as a route for liquid natural gas tankers. The port people have been lobbying the province to building a higher bridge to accommodate the tankers. So, in future when you head out to Steveston to watch tall ships, you could enjoy the sturdy beauty of LNG carrier Galea, amongst the likes of HMCS Oriole, Adventuress or Lady Washington.

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City of Richmond Archives photo The Minoru Sports Pavilion opened in 1964. It was flattened last summer to make way for a new pool and seniors centre.

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It was booked solid for six months prior to opening day in 1964. That early excitement no longer surrounded Minoru Park Sports Pavilion in its later years, but it was a shame to see it go last summer, 50 years after it opened. It was demolished to make way for a new $80-million building that will house a new pool and seniors centre. What architect Frank Tofin designed was a modernist, functional building that had an unusual style, with contemporary block walls and rooflines

that showed Japanese flair. A lot of sports sweat was spilled on the lower floor and many memories made on the upper floor, whose banquet hall hosted weddings and special events. The building is now gone, but there's sun on the horizon. The city will host a new festival in the park on Labour Day weekend. We see it as an ode to the once popular Richmond Days celebration, during whose parade the ribbon for the pavilion was cut in 1964.

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The Massey Tunnel: Sometimes it takes a while to get through.

Best road route to avoid Richmond’s river crossings are rarely kind to motorists during rush hour. But traffic tie-ups at the George Massey Tunnel landed the Fraser River crossing on the B.C. Automobile Association's more recent 10 Worst Roads list.

The annual list, determined by the association through a survey, only had two other Lower Mainland routes on it: the Pattullo Bridge and Maple Crescent in Maple Ridge.

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spot No. 5. A perfect argument to build a new multi-billion-dollar bridge, isn’t it?

Construction on a bridge to replace the tunnel is supposed to start in 2017, if you believe the province's highway signs. But so far, there's little public information about the bridge, other than it’s necessary to feed the desire of our Conservative MPs (Alice Wong and Kerry-Lynne Findlay) and Liberal Premier (Christy Clark) for a further industrialized Fraser River estuary.

Best place for a model airplane park Hobbyists have been buzzing ever since the city introduced a bylaw banning remote control aircraft from city and school parks.

The bylaw won’t take effect until Aug. 1, giving time to staff to come up with a possible place for these hobby planes, and maybe even drones, to fly. But the best place for a model airplane park might be

Surrey. Transport Canada safety guidelines state unmanned aircraft of all kinds must not be flown within nine kilometres of an airport, making much of Richmond—sandwiched between Vancouver International Airport and Boundary Bay Airport—a no-fly zone.

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8 Road and the Hamilton neighbourhood. But Hamilton’s roster of parks is short, so turning one into a model airplane airport would hardly be fair to Richmond’s eastern most residents. Unless the city can find a cranberry farmer willing to turn over a field to flyers, placating hobby pilots in Richmond won't be easy.

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These two little houses on Cambie Road, right across from the Shoppers Drug Martanchored Cambie Plaza strip mall were sitting ducks. Small houses on large lots across from a commercial centre with density potential.

Sure enough, recently a developer plunked a sign on the properties, and the city approved demolition permits.

On one hand, you can’t fault someone for trying to maximize the value and use of the land. But flattening these houses is a shame.

In some cases old houses are uncared for and dilapidated, and change is welcome. But in this case, these two houses were neatly maintained. They stood out because few similar examples remain. But alas, this is Richmond, Island City of Change.

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Best citizen to tackle ghost houses Amid recent debates on Chinese-only signs, threestorey houses and multimillion-dollar mansions pricing locals out of the market came the issue of "ghost houses." These are nice, new homes that no one lives in—for any number of reasons, but foreign investment is eyed as the main culprit.

In last fall's civic election, independent candidate Janos Bergman made many of these issues central to his meagre campaign.

Bergman, an immigrant from Hungary, said he wanted to force nonresidents to sell homes they don't live in, prohibit foreign investment in real estate (other than for a

primary residence) and compel foreigners to reside in Canada for one year before being allowed to buy property. While such issues may not be the jurisdiction of city council, such a councillor still might have affected change for challenges that have led to the #donthave1million campaign.

Best reason to cast your ballot A record number of citizens came forward to put their names on the municipal and school election ballot last fall. Maybe it was a sense of duty or the knowledge that a bunch of sitting politicians weren't seeking re-election that got people interested. Still maybe it was the promise of holding office for four years, not just three. In the old days local government elections were held annually. It was a practice that held for over a

century until a longer term was introduced.

The province has now decided the term should match that of provincial and federal politicians. People who didn't bother voting in the past might have felt the wait is short until the next election—that payback for a dumb decision is close at hand. But now that a term is four years—four long years in the case of some politicians, perhaps—we've all been given another good reason to vote.

Best event to spark creative kids Richmond’s Children’s Arts Festival has become a pretty big deal.

Pop in to the Richmond Cultural Centre when the February event is on, and the expressions on kids’ faces say as much.

This year was the event’s seventh, marked by an appearance of children’s author Barbara Reid. She’s famous for her plasticine style illustrations popularized in titles like The New Baby Calf and The Party.

Last year, the festival brought in author, storyteller and musician Eric Litwin, known for authoring four Pete the Cat books.

The event has grown into a multi-day affair, drawing many organized groups during school days, and kids and families on Family Day. Here kids are encouraged to do what they do best: put their imagination to work and get creative.

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Best wall decor that should be refrigerated boasts over 300 cheese varieties from around the world. Local Canadian products is one of their specialties. Cheese is available by full wheel, half wheel or chunk. Loblaws' cheese chefs (that's a real thing, isn't it?) will even cut a piece of cheese to the size you want, and offer a little one-on-one cheese chat if a customer has a taste for such sharp conversation.

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“Keeping beer weird." That's the slogan of the Fuggles and Warlock Craftworks, a microbrewery whose humble home brew beginnings have apparently been gaining popularity. They boast bottles in over 200 private liquor stores in the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island. Some of their non-traditional beers are even being poured on some taps. But their "geek culture" brews—their words, not ours—will soon be crafted right here in Richmond.

To announce plans for the Ironwood-area brewery, they made a YouTube video that, like their beer, keeps it weird. In it, two brewmasters battle with beer-tap-handled lightsabers when they disagree on recipe.

That part comes after we're treated to scenes of them walking through the forest in Star Wars costumes. We're told when these dudes get along, the result is "liquid magic." This weirdness is scheduled to land in Richmond this fall.

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Best reminder that summer is near Good ol' Bob Featherstone, that South Richmond strawberry grower whose fruit stand is proudly perched at the edge of Steveston Highway. He also has some colourful signs like "BOB FEATHERSTONE FRESH PICKED STRAWBERRIES" that stay up year round. Trouble is, his B.C. strawberries are only available for a short time in early summer. For travellers on Steveston Highway, seeing these signs in the dead of winter is

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These guys tempt us all year with their own strawberry-themed signs. Thankfully the delicious fruit is ready early this year. At W&A, for example, pickers started loading up their roadside stand last Friday, and U-pick starts Saturday, May 30.

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If Canada is going to succeed as a multicultural country, it needs Richmond’s night markets.

That might be overstating things a tad, but the annual summer food frenzies at Richmond Night Market and International Summer Night Market have become creative culinary spectacles of culture. Take vendor Eugene Loh, whose Asian ethnicity has stopped him from making roti—an flatbread of Indian ori-

gin—with a twist. Among his menu offerings at the Richmond Night Market is the Italian-influenced Cheesy Roti—roti filled with macaroni and cheese.

At the International Summer Night Market, there’s an Asian ode to Steveston of sorts, in the Ice Cream Fish Bun. The menu board is short on details, only revealing that it’s a “new invention of ice cream and fish bun.” We’ll call this a multicultural coup.

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This idea from Richmond's own lifelong politician, Coun.

Harold Steves: “Plant a vegetable garden.”

The chafer beetle is moving into a growing number of Richmond neighbourhoods—and their grubs are causing problems. These little larvae feast on the fibrous roots of grass. No harm done, until a murder of crows, a gaze of raccoons or a squad of skunks show up to tear up the turf for the tasty morsels.

Steves said he's already been busy converting his flower beds into cauliflower beds. Indeed, turning an entire lawn into a vegetable garden will eliminate one problem. But it might lead to others.

Like strawberries stolen by a steady stream of squirrels, lines of lettuce destroyed by junior while testing soccer skills or inadvertent dirt baths while sunbathing between the spinach.

The chafer beetle might have us beat.

Good automotive service consumers are regularly bringing their wheels to their friendly Richmond Auto Mall dealership for tinkering, er tuneups. The reward for dropping off the jalopy early is breakfast at Fenders Restaurant. Corned beef hash and coffee isn't included in the service price, but this hearty breakfast is reasonably priced, and service is friendly as one might expect in a retro diner. The food? You'll find your eggs done right and the coffee hot. It seems Fenders has been around forever, and coming here is like a warm, greasy hug.

It's a much better way to spend a morning than pacing a dealership lobby. If you get here after 11 a.m., your omelette odds are nil. But a voluminous lunch menu has everything from a roast turkey dinner to Chinese food.

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Bhreandåin Clugston photo Nirvana Foods’ Jaeriah Tay and Danilo Passari.

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Bhreandåin Clugston photo Thanks to changes in B.C.’s antiquated liquor laws, the whole family can now come to O’Hare’s GastroPub.

Best new liquor law

The province's rewrite of the Liquor Control and Licensing Act included a change last year that ushered in new opportunity for pubs. Liquor-primary establishments—such as pubs and

legions—can now apply to B.C.'s liquor regulator to allow patrons under age 19. The change allows families to enjoy a meal together at a place they never could before. O'Hare's GastroPub in

Despite having piles of delicious pie crusts to fill, Nirvana Foods doesn’t make apple pie. That’s probably because the Richmond food company’s savoury pies are so good, it’s unlikely you would have room for dessert. The business, a spin-off of Nirvana Organics market in London Landing, has five flavours so far, with more on the way. The company also has soups and curries and is branching out into pasta.

Best Bettman burger Steveston was among the first establishments to get approval. A major soccer team (in Vancouver), fish and chips and kids in pubs—we're becoming more like England every day.

When the Vancouver Canucks lost the Stanley Cup to Boston, National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman had a late meal at the Flying Beaver before flying out of town. Bettman was on TSN 1040 radio recently and recounted about how the salmon burger at the Beaver was delicious. We agree with him on that.

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BEST COMMUNITY GROUP: Robin Eder-Warren and Jacqueline Ko of Opera Mariposa inside Gateway Theatre, Gateway was voted Best Community Arts Group in this year’s Readers’ Poll.

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Best of Richmond Arts & Entertainment Best name we had no choice but to write a haiku about Our beloved city council got into a bit of a bind in the past year.

They faced perhaps their biggest test since the November 2014 election— choosing a name for a new multicultural-themed fair. You say hyperbole, we say hogwash.

This new one-day event will be fun for families, but only because of all the heavy lifting by our

Oh Lulubaloo Minoru so beautiful Sun in memory

vocabulary-vexed civic politicians. It began as the Richmond World Block Party.

That wasn’t good enough.

They later passed on the HotPot World Festival, Pearl in the Park—and even Lulubaloo—in favour of Richmond World Festival, which the city paid a communications consultant to help figure out. Yet Lulubaloo has so much potential. Now it’s just a haiku: Oh Lulubaloo Minoru so beautiful Sun in memory

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The ShowStoppers already have made a name for themselves. But when the group gets to team up with legendary singer Barry Manilow, that's reason to sing "Looks Like We Made It." Led by Richmond lawyer Perry Ehrlich, the young singers performed some of Manilow's hits with the man himself at his May 26 Rogers Arena concert in Vancouver. Manilow performed more than 400 concerts in Las Vegas from 2005 to 2011, and since then has limited his concert

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If we're to believe the 71-year-old singer's tour name, this was a one-andonly chance for the ShowStoppers group, none of whose teenaged members were alive when Manilow first charted his 1975 mega song "Mandy."

And kudos to Manilow, who made tickets accessible with a starting price of $19.75 (OK, actually $25.35 with service fees) in honour of that 1975 song.

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Best of Richmond Arts & Entertainment Best reason to pave Minoru Park with gold

The city and its contractors did a remarkable job in reinventing the sports fields at Minoru Park in preparation for the new Minoru Complex facility. And since these professionals are already working in the park, we’ve got another idea: a yellow brick road.

Let us explain. Gateway Theatre is producing the much-loved musical The Wizard of Oz in December.

The play is famous for its yellow brick

road that Dorothy follows, along with pals Toto, Scarecrow, Lion and Tin Person (yes, in the spirit of equal opportunity Gateway is casting for a Tin Person, not the Tin Man).

Imagine a yellow brick road through the park connecting the theatre with Minoru Complex.

Maybe our idea is somewhere over the rainbow, but we’re sure the Munchkins would be proud.

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Wednesday, July 1st - Steveston Salmon Festival Parade at 10am - Opening ceremony at noon Enjoy our famous barbecued wild sockeye salmon! www.stevestonsalmonfest.ca

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Detention was among the plays from last year’s inaugural Pacific Festival at Gateway Theatre.

Gateway Theatre launched its first Pacific Festival last summer. It was bold to import Hong Kong plays and stage them in Richmond during the height of summer.

It started small, and thankfully that early enthusiasm showed by organizers hasn’t waned.

The festival is returning this year at a better time, September, and free events are making it more accessible. The first show

“ Thank you Richmond for another year in support of our World Class educational program ”

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in the festival lineup, beginning Sept. 3, will take place outside in Gateway’s plaza.

Admission is free.

Ticket prices have also dropped for other shows, which showcase some original art on stage, including a play involving cooking on stage. Richmond residents are already treated to a host of Chinese cultural experiences. Now theatre has arrived.

Book your tour online!

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We’re honoured to be on your “Best of” list in the “Best Shopping Centre” category

Congratulations to the following Blundell Centre merchants, also voted top finalists in Best of Richmond 2015: Amron’s Gourmet Meats Blundell Blossoms Chocolaterie Bernard Callebaut Easy Care Dry Cleaners Kin’s Farm Market McDonald’s Q2 Hair Salon & Barber Seafair Jewellers Shoppers Drug Mart Starbucks Sushi Han TD Canada Trust

“Best Butcher Shop” ”Best Flower Shop” “Best Chocoholic Experience” “Best Dry Cleaners “Best Produce” “Best French Fries” and “Best Late Night Munchies” “Best Barber Shop” “Best Jeweller” “Best Pharmacy - Chain” “Best Coffee Shop - Chain” “Best Sushi” “Best Financial Institution”

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Best of Richmond Arts & Entertainment Best date on Valentine’s Day

For those who found themselves without a date on Valentine’s Day this year, Richmond Public Library offered some help. Librarians volunteered to treat book lovers to dinner? Not quite. Instead, they offered dates of another kind—with books.

The library neatly wrapped individual books with paper and tied them with a ribbon. Library staff called them “blind

dates with a book.” The only hint of what was inside the surprise packages were heart-shaped notes that described the book in a few words. “Rapid fire thriller,” “spectacular and captivating” and “engrossing, disturbing, illuminating” are a few examples.

One other note perhaps best described a typical blind date experience: “laugh, cry, believe.”

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June Specials at Blundell Centre JUNE BEST BUYS

Peller Estate & Jackson Triggs wines, Miller Lite & Pabst 15 cans along with Lamb’s Rums & Polar Ice Vodka Great selection of craft beers and ciders for the summer!

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COBS Bread Hamburger & Hot Dog Buns are BAKED FRESH DAILY with no preservatives.

Visit COBS Blundell and make our buns and fruit danishes a part of your summer!

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We are proud to be your go-to place for vitamin D and to be giving you a beautiful glow.

The Borealis String Quartet will be performing at Kwantlen Polytechnic University June 6 and 7.

Best ensemble to keep doors opening

Doors Open has offered locals a chance to enter many places in Richmond that were previously a wonder.

The annual event—set for June 6 and 7 this year—opens the doors on dozens of cultural and heritage institutions, places of worship and art studios, allowing visitors to peek inside and learn something new without paying admission fees. What renews interest each year are new doors to open and new events to participate in.

This year Kwantlen Polytechnic University

is blowing its doors off with the help of two musical acts.

The Borealis String Quartet and the Richmond Delta Youth Orchestra will perform at the school's Richmond campus (in the Melville Centre for Dialogue) on June 6.

The music begins at 1 p.m. A "musical petting zoo" will precede the show—from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.—where children and adults can try a musical instrument. Kwantlen will also be offering campus tours throughout the day.

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Thankfully, the Richmond Hospital Foundation gave us something much more appetizing at its last charity event. Last year’s ritzy Starlight Gala featured Johnny Reid, the Scottishborn country rock star who admits to enjoying a haggis and beer, but thankfully hasn’t sung about the exotic entree of his heritage.

Reid put on quite a show at the foundation’s signature white tie event, which has raised nearly $4 million for hospital equipment and programs since its inauguration in 1999.

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Best show of faith in the future Many musicians from the Richmond Orchestra and Chorus Association are well beyond their teenage years. But they’re still committed to nurturing the talents of our youth.

Each year the orchestra leads a concert entitled Rising Stars, which features a handful of young local talents. This year several top prize winners from the Richmond Music Festival joined the seasoned orchestra pros on stage: pianists Eric Xi Xing Liang, Athena Deng and Maria Orlenko, along with cellist Olivia Cho. Sharing music with Richmond is something the Richmond Orchestra and Chorus Association has done well for 29 years. And sharing the stage with budding artists is helping develop musicians of the future.

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We appreciate your support and encourage those who haven’t heard of this exciting waterfront development to visit us and learn more about the first class finishing and details, pedestrian-friendly plaza, public waterfront park, and see for yourself what makes The Pier the “Best of Richmond”.

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@ChrisCYuen photo via Twitter Coming to a plinth near you.

Best celebration of a four-legged menace Richmond has plenty of pests. Or friends of the urban forest, if you prefer. We've got raccoons with special green-can vision, trespassing rats and lots of plucky rabbits.

We also have beavers, which the city is planning to celebrate—at least temporarily—in public art. Despite their treechewing, dam-building ways, SkyDam is scheduled to be installed this year on the

art plinth at the Canada Line terminus on No. 3 Road. The artwork will feature painted driftwood arranged to resemble a beaver dam. Beavers sculpted from rigid foam are included in the design.

Keen-eyed observers can still spot the real nickel-famous animal near the river in Richmond. There's no telling what they'll think of the art. Our guess is it'll get a Scout-style Beaver Salute.

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Ensuring expert care, close to home requires strong leadership, good governance and the generous support of donors. Richmond Hospital Foundation is pleased to welcome these new members to our Board of Directors. This generous group of volunteers gives of their time, financial resources and expertise to help raise funds for vital state-of-the-art medical equipment and hospital facilities to provide the very best care for you and your family, right here in Richmond.

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BEST BARBER SHOP: Steveston Barbers’ Iain MacKelworth gets a close shave from Ray Tsuji (left) and Jared Provost (right).

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Best of Richmond Shopping & Services Best splash of colour

Garden master Gary Lewis of Phoenix Perennials in Richmond recently treated a Steveston family’s garden to a plant party. A blooming bash of sorts. It was a $5,000 garden makeover, awarded to the winner of a Miracle-Gro contest and documented by CityTV’s Breakfast Television on May 25. Lewis added veggies, fruit trees

and bushes, mixed in some new containers— including carnivorous plants—and redid the family’s perennial beds with tons of colour. You can be sure these plants got a hearty helping of Miracle-Gro. Lewis also planted some cedars to add a sense of privacy in the backyard where a towering townhouse complex looms next door.

Best place to celebrate low interest rates

How does a median selling price of a detached home climb nearly 20% in a single year? The mysteries of real estate are real in Richmond, where the median selling price of a house jumped to $1.18 million in April. Condo and townhouse sale prices also rose sharply. Now imagine if a world—many of Richmond’s older

residents can—with the high interest rates of 25 years ago, say 12%, instead of the much more reasonable 3%. Investors with deep pockets are undoubtedly driving this seven-figure real estate market, but for those who are just squeaking into the market with a massive mortgage, imagine if rates were more akin to those of 1990.

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Well known Richmond Professionals, Chiropractor Dr. Bonnie Chuter and RMT Garth Glowa, both serving Richmond clients for over 15 years, would like to welcome RMT Kelly Masuhara to their team.

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Best big thank you Vancouver Airport Authority likes to win awards. Their people are good at it.

Sometimes aircraft fly a little too low, a little too late or a little too loud, but all is forgiven with free chocolate.

Airport brass recently celebrated their sixth consecutive win at the Skytrax World Airport Awards, which named YVR the No. 1 airport in North America.

The awards are based on votes from over 13 million passengers around the world. So in April airport staff celebrated the sweet victory by handing out 3,000 chocolate airplane lollipops, 2,500 YVR chocolates and 3,000 YVR lollipops to employees and passengers.

We're told airplane lollipops were first to go—all gone by Vancouver Airport Authority photo lunchtime.

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Thank you for your votes!

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Not bad for an eight year old. To learn more about her cards, go to the “Creatively Crafted by Jada” on Facebook.

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Jens Hertha at D Original Sausage Haus got into the spirit during World Cup.

Best soccer celebration

It culminated with an epic business battle in Steveston—a sausage store versus a bike shop. D Original Sausage Haus and its bratwurst and salami went head-tohead against Village Bikes and its two-wheeled wonders.

The two village shops were the final stores standing in a one-of-a-kind World Cup event in Steveston last summer, in which 32 businesses adopted a country ahead of the soccer championship. In the end it was the sausage shop’s German squad (OK, the team isn’t really theirs) that bested the bike store’s Argentina team. The event helped get a city in hockey-mad Canada into the soccer spirit. It was also a boost for businesses and a fundraiser for the Rick Hansen Foundation to make Steveston’s playground accessible. While we haven’t heard of anything similar for the Women’s World Cup, which Canada is hosting in June, we’re still excited. Olé!

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Things are real quiet at the old For Real Foodmart store.

Best Richmond retail graveyard

This prize belongs to a building in North Richmond that's hard to miss.

It's a big box store at 3000 Sexsmith Rd., built in 2005 for Rona.

The home improvement retailer moved out after three years. Apparently not even its cool rooftop parking deck or outdoor garden centre offered enough cachet for customers.

Liquidation World tried the space, but its LW store didn’t last long.

The latest victim is For Real Foodmart—for realz, as the kid say— which closed in May after being

open for less than a year. Owners had envisioned the store becoming Canada’s largest Asian supermarket.

Their website still proudly declares: “We’re always trying to improve, always moving forward, to become a store that you can count on!” Well count on it no more, because this experiment didn’t work.

Once the towers of Capstan Village are complete, a retailer might find success here. But until then, only the ghosts of Bridgeport School—one of Richmond’s first schools, which once occupied the site—remain.

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It was a frenzy of desperate creatures tracking their prey at any cost. Well, not quite any cost. More like 30 per cent off.

Target’s announcement that it was pulling out of Canada offered Richmond some water cooler banter, mostly focused

on the prospect of a liquidation sale. Customers dreamed of deep discounts and door crasher sales. But most items started at a mere 10 per cent off. That didn’t stop some shoppers from putting their animal instincts on display by turning the store

inside out. At times during the drawn-out sale the Lansdowne Centre store looked like a war zone. Some customers turned into rabid dogs, laying organized aisles to waste. The sale is now done, and another major retail space empty.

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Best of Richmond Shopping & Services Best sign that the times are a changin’

Best Steveston social media fodder

Those vacant buildings at Imperial Landing in Steveston still throw some folks into a tizzy.

The concrete construction, riverfront views and plaza spaces are nice and all, but the ground-level floors are empty.

Since 2013. The developer, Onni, could put them up for lease, but they're not excited about the would-be tenants—machine shops, boat builders, fish markets—which have to fit the site's mixed-maritime zoning.

The developer was unsuccessful in trying to rezone the site before constructing its six buildings.

So it built them anyway, and is now trying for rezoning again.

A case of a disingenuous developer or unyielding politicians? (We're not saying it’s Onni’s fault, but it’s Onni's fault.)

The debate continues in coffee shops, letters pages and social media—and appears to have no end in sight.

Simpson-Sears in the early days when it was part of the old Richmond Square. Sears has since closed its Richmond Centre location.

Retailers come and go but Sears was supposed to stay. At least we’d like to think so. Since 1964 the department store served as a Richmond institution, but this year—50 years after Richmond Reeve Henry Anderson cut the ribbon—the store once known as Simpson-Sears shut down.

The brand still exists, including in North Richmond in the form of Sears Home, but the closure of the Richmond Centre department store proves that times are indeed changing.

The bright side is few retailers endure a half century. And Sears outlasted other department stores here, including Woodward’s, Eaton’s, Zellers and more recently Target.

Blame online shopping, and some shoppers’ preference for receiving packages by mail. Somewhat ironic perhaps, since Sears began as a mailorder catalogue company.

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The soon-to-open McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Vancouver Airport mall was promised as B.C.’s first “luxury designer outlet centre” offering 35,000 square metres of “luxury, designer and lifestyle retail” near the Templeton Canada Line Station. When the mall people dished us a list of the first 46 stores to open in this Sea Island retail destination, some questioned what the word “luxury” really means.

After all, it was just a year ago that mall brass cited a list of brands the McArthurGlen company is known for at its European malls: Prada, Armani, Burberry, Gucci, Hugo Boss, Ralph Lauren, Salvatore Ferragamo, Ermenegildo Zegna and Michael Kors.

But just two of those brands (three, if you count Ralph Lauren’s cousin Polo) will help open the mall. And 12 of the brands are already at Richmond Centre.

But we—who still consider Levi’s a luxury—are not complaining.

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Those in the know call it “the new part” of Aberdeen. But let's get technical. It's Aberdeen Square, next to Aberdeen Station, adjacent to Aberdeen Centre.

Inside is a store that should smell, but it's name doesn't allow it to.

Stay Fresh is a sneaker consignment shop. But it's not what you might think.

Erase from your mind images of treadbare Converse kicks and think old but collectible Air Jordans you’re willing to skip a car payment to afford. So cool are these shoes, the store takes the time to arrange professional photo-shoots for

Erase from your mind images of tread-bare Converse kicks and think old but collectible Air Jordans you’re willing to skip a car payment to afford. each pair.

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Richmond has 19 stations, according to Gasbuddy.com, fewer stations per capita than all neighbouring cities. Chalk that up to higher operating costs due to a city bylaw requiring full-serve pumps. Take your photos now, because when they’re gone, they’re gone for good.

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Best way to spend a summer day Take in all ball game!

There aren’t a lot of things better than relaxing on a glorious summer day at the ball park. And in Richmond we’re fortunate to have some of the prettiest in the game, including

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Dedicated and determined to take fencing into the mainstream of sports, Igor Gantsevich and his dad Victor have earned so much respect in their field that many of the events they organize through the Dynamo

Fencing Club routinely attract some of the best fencers in the world.

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Altruism was on full when the Connaught Skating Club hosted a fundraiser for Canadian skating legend last spring at Minoru Arenas.

Volunteers, many of them parents of the club’s skaters who performed in the inspiring two-hour show,

stepped up to offer their talents as spotlight operators, costume makers and venue decorators.

Tragically, the now 62-year-old Magnussen is in the fight of her life after her lungs were burnt from the inhaling gas after she escaped a North Shore rink,

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The show raised $12,000 for Magnussen, the world ladies’ figure skating champion in 1973, who is forced to endure an almost-constant struggle with rheumatoid arthritis and other serious, degenerative health issues.

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Playing a little beach volleyball with local seniors was just one of the ways Richmond’s Panther Cheer Athletics athletes reached out to the community in 2015.

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Panther Cheer Athletics is known for its profiency in competitive cheer, but the Richmond athletics organization is equally deserving of kudos for stepping up and giving back.

Last year, co-owners and lead instructors Stephanie Kennedy and Dawn Silver introduced a campaign designed to teach its athletes the importance of giving back. The club began its 11th season by asking each of its seven competitive teams to host a philanthropic event at various points during the year.

From the inaugural campaign which saw the Immortals, one of the senior groups, take up

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the cause in support of leukemia and lymphoma at the annual Light the Night fundraiser to participating in a blood drive to hosting a collection of blanket and winter clothing.

“We truly believe that our primary purpose at Panther Cheer is to nurture and develop amazing young people and we do this through many ways,” Kennedy said. “We wanted to take our previous involvement in the Light the Night Walk and really practice what we preach by giving our teams the opportunity to take on a leadership role and give back in a meaningful way.”

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Through 60-odd years of golfing, Jack Harada never gave up on his dream to shoot a hole-in-one. And sure enough the popular Steveston resident finally realized the elusive feat a couple of weeks ago at the age of 95. Proves there’s a lot of truth in a couple of old adages: age is but a number, and good things come to those who wait.

The ever-energetic Harada tees it up with good friends Kaoru Minato and Grant Ikuta every week during the extended West Coast golf season at the Richmond Pitch and Putt for a little fun on the links, which for the past three years has become a Thursday morning tradition. But to accommodate organizer’s Ikuta’s other commitments the trio played a day ahead of schedule when Harada came up with the memorable shot.

The round started well enough, with a par here and there, but nothing really out of the ordinary. Then as they approached the fifth tee box, Harada said, “Sure would be nice to get a birdie.”

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At the age of 95, Steveston’s Jack Harada shot a hole-in-one at the Richmond Pitch and Putt recently.

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Pat and John Korenic deserve more than kudos, they deserve medals.

The Richmond couple has always shown great commitment and aptitude when it comes to organizing hockey events. From their days in girls’ hockey to spearheading the launch of a women’s team, the couple continue to dedicate much time and energy to the advancement of female hockey. They recently helped to host a successful inaugural South Coast Female Hockey League all-star game, followed by an equally successful

provincial championship.

Having completed it sixth year of play in the nine-team circuit—the top competitive senior league in B.C.—the goal of the Richmond-based team continues to be for its players to achieve their potential and have a great competitive experience. As the backbone of the team, the Korenics have in a few short years built a club that can be equally proud of its on-ice product and its commitment to giving back the community off it.

Now that’s leadership.

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Best of Richmond Sports & Recreation Best way to start your college career

Be a consummate team player with a knack for rising to the occasion.

That’s what Leah Lum did throughout her freshman season with the University of Connecticut Huskies women’s ice hockey team, earning the 18-year-old defenceman from Richmond recognition on the Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team.

Along with assistant captain Caitlin Hewes the only freshman to make the Huskies’ starting lineup, Lum played on her team’s top defence pairing and earned at least a point in 14 of UConn’s 36 games.

She also played a key role on special teams, both as a powerplay specialist and in a shutdown role when the

Leah Lum was the fourth in scoring on the UConn Huskies women’s hockey team in her freshman season.

team shorthanded.

Lum got her first season started with a particularly

auspicious debut, scoring a goal and adding two assists against Minnesota Duluth.

Best reason to dive in Ever year, Richmond hosts an annual aquatics fitness challenge at Watermania designed to encourage regular physical activity through fun. By participating in a series of activities—from aquasize to cardio training to swimming to weight training— an average of two to three times a week

over three months, contestants are eligible to receive a free fitness challenge t-shirt and win a variety of great prizes.

In 2014, nearly 1,500 people signed up for the challenge with 165 Speedy Gonzalezes completing the exercise in the short time possible—30 days straight.

Don Fennell photo Coun. Ken Johnston, serving as acting mayor, helps longtime Richmond Kajaks coach Richard Collier (right) unveil a plaque Saturday marking the naming of the throws facility in Minoru Park in Collier’s honour.

Best example of a deserving tribute Richard Collier got a well-deserved surprise Saturday. Instead of dinner at his favourite Steveston restaurant, he was treated to a visit with many of his greatest admirers at Minoru Park.

They were on hand to see the longtime

throws coach of the Richmond Kajaks Track and Field Club received a rare civic honour with the recently re-constructed throws facility where he spent so much of his time during the past 25 years being renamed the Collier Throwing Centre.

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Best of Richmond Sports & Recreation Best old school song

Dating all the way back to 1977, Boston’s “Long Time” has stood the test of time. At least at Richmond High.

It’s a good bet that none of the current students, and most of the staff as well,

had ever heard the timeless tune until arriving at the school. But they’ve come to recognize it as something of a school anthem which is cranked up before each and every Colts’ basketball game.

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Don Fennell photo Through fundraisers such as their annual alumni game, the Richmond Sockeyes have raised more than $175,000 for scholarships which are distributed annually to graduating players to assist with their post-secondary studies.

Best scholarship program The Richmond Sockeyes are closing in on a milestone, but it has nothing to do with on-ice performance. Rather, this benchmark speaks to the Pacific Junior Hockey League’s flagship franchise’s ongoing committment to its players.

Reflective of the team’s “once-a-Sockeye, always-a-Sockeye

philosophy,” the club annually steps up to offer financial support to many of its graduating players.

Since the inaugural alumni game was held in 2004, the club has raised more than $175,000 in scholarships which are distributed to assist the players with their post-secondary studies.

Best reason to ‘Wait ‘til next year’ “Wait ‘til next year” is a popular refrain in sporting circles, but there’s every reason to believe the 2015-16 basketball season will dish up several memorable moments and rewards for Lulu Island high school teams.

Four Richmond teams earned berths in last year’s provincial boys’ champion-

ships, including a predominantly Grade 11 team representeing R.A. McMath Secondary School. The fact the lads very nearly pulled off the upset of the triple-A tournament just prior to spring break, only to lose a 78-75 semifinal playoff heartbreaker to Fleetwood Park, strongly suggests the Wildcats will be

even more formidable when most return as seniors.

The story is similar when it comes to McMath’s senior girls’ basketball team.

While placing fifth at the 2015 provincial tournament, the lady Wildcats showed everyone why they’ll be a favourite to challenge for top honours in 2016.

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Exercising Your Options When are Condo Amenities a Good Investment?

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f you’re like most people, that fancy gym membership you bought at the start of the year, and the pledges you made to go three times a week, have already gone by the wayside. But what if your exercise facilities were inside your building or development – would you get better value?

Amenities in today’s new condo market have reached new heights, with full-size fitness centres, pools, rooftop patios with barbecues, lounges with chef ’s kitchens, guest suites and other common-use areas expanding your home beyond its four walls. Developers are selling more than just homes – they’re selling a lifestyle.

But amenities don’t come for free – they can add to your purchase price and strata fees. So when is it a good idea to purchase a home with lots of extras and when are you better off sticking with that local fitness centre membership?

Hani Lammam with Cressey Development Group advises buyers to purchase homes where there are as

many amenities as possible – provided they can afford the asking price and the associated strata fees.

“There is a maintenance cost associated with amenities,” he says, “but they can also protect your resale value.”

Cressey is currently conducting presales on Beverley in White Rock, which will include a two-storey club featuring a fitness centre, steam room and pools. The development also includes a lounge, guest suite, garden, patio and playground.

“It’s difficult to say how much the fitness centre adds to the [purchase] cost of each unit at Beverley,” says Lammam, “but it’s a very small percentage because it is spread out among all the owners. It’s likely less than five per cent. In terms of additional monthly fees, it depends on what’s included.

‘Wet’ amenities, such as hot tubs and pools, can add 15 per cent to your strata fees.”

With the price of a high-end annual gym membership running around $1,000, taking that hit to your monthly

strata fees can be a good investment, according to Katie Dunsworth-Reiach, personal finance expert and co-founder of Smart Cookies. Strata fees for larger units run around $5,300 a year, with 15 per cent (about $800) paying for amenities. That’s substantially less than a private club. And with an estimated 60 per cent of annual gym memberships purchased in January going unused by mid-February, Dunsworth-Reiach notes it is also important to consider longterm value.

Cressey isn’t alone in offering a wide array of amenities to attract potential buyers.

Shato Holdings and Talisman Homes’ Tsawwassen Springs will include a golf course, wellness centre and clubhouse.

The developers aim to keep strata fees low by using a pay-as-you-go system for things like green fees and the fitness centre.

In downtown Vancouver, the 333-unit Tate Downtown by the Bonds Group of Companies will offer residents a concierge, a private theatre, lounge,

billiards room, library, yoga and pilates studio and fitness centre.

And the owners at Anthem Properties’ Station Square in Burnaby will enjoy almost an acre of elevated private green space along with community garden plots, a Tai Chi area, a fullyequipped gym and yoga studio, steam room and infrared sauna, plus a lounge with a gourmet kitchen and shared electric cars.

Empty-nesters downsizing from detached homes to condos can find amenities especially appealing – and cost effective. With a guest suite in your building, there’s no need to spend extra on a unit with an additional bedroom.

Common areas such as lounges and kitchens provide entertainment spaces for larger events, something your new living space may not allow for.

“Amenities add to the value of your home and can save you money,” says Dunsworth-Reiach. “Buyers need to determine what these add to the strata fees and compare that to their bottom line.”

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Best of Richmond Sports & Recreation Best show of spirit

Following 17 years training hundreds of local gumshoe athletes, the Richmond Spirit Runners embarked on a successful 18th year journey last fall with a half and full marathon clinic.

A huge tip of the hat must go to fitness instructor extraordinaire Lynn Walters, and a very experience group of leaders, who keep things light and fun.

Walter helped to start up the Spirit Runners and alongside Linda Walton, both experienced mara-

thoners as well as registered B.C. Recreation and Parks Association fitness leaders, has helped to lead many of the clinics which have covered all aspects of long distance running and health, warm up and stretching exercises, a variety of running routes, pace group leaders, cool down exercises, and support and motivation. A long-sleeved t-shirt, fun and camaraderie have also been traditionally a part of the package as you achieve your personal goals.

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Don Fennell photo Every year, the Richmond boys’ and girls’ soccer associations join forces to host a massive Thanksgiving tournament. With an emphasis on fun, it’s a popular tradition for both local teams and out-of-town sides.

Best Thanksgiving tradition

Celebrating its 22nd year in 2014, the annual Richmond Thanksgiving Soccer Tournament is one of the longest-standing sports traditions in the city.

Hot on the heels of the World Cup in Brazil, last year’s tournament—a joint effort of Richmond FC and Richmond Girls’ Soccer— featured 1,656 players and 276 coaches and managers representing teams from both local associations and throughout the

province—from as far as Nelson in fact. All told, there were 174 games played in three divisions on 18 fields featuring 66 boys’ teams and 26 girls’ teams from under-13 to under-18.

A testament to the ongoing efforts coaches and managers, it is also because of the unwavering support of parents through the years that the exemplary event continues to stand tall.

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So what if it’s not really new because it sure seems like it is.

The facelift, makeover, or re-build of the fields at Minoru Park is something all residents can be proud of.

Central to the upgrade is a new artificial baseball

field that can also accommodate soccer. While the players are still getting used to it, in time it’s sure to give the Richmond teams a true home-field advantage.

Additionally, the new throws facility, which last weekend was dedicated to

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Best dynamic duo Forget Batman and Robin or Jordan and Pippen, Philip and Thomas Scrubb are as good a pair as any dynamic duo as there’s ever been.

The Richmond brothers put the finishing touches on what may best be described as phenomenal college basketball careers by leading Carleton Ravens to its 11th Canadian university men’s hoop title in March.

With the Ravens’ victory over crosstown rival Ottawa Gee-Gees in the final, the Richmond brothers became just the fifth and sixth players in history to win five national titles.

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Don Fennell photo Richmond Ravens Bantam AAAs joined forced with arch rival Surrey Falcons to participate in the longest game last fall at the Richmond Olympic Oval. The event was part of the International Ice Hockey Federation’s third annual World Girls Hockey Weekend.

Best hockey celebration Richmond Ravens and Surrey Falcons are respected rivals on the ice most of the time, but early last season the two Bantam AAA girls’ hockey teams united forces for the International Ice Hockey Federation’s third annual World Girls Hockey Weekend.

Awarded the opportunity to host one of the

Hockey Canada segments, Richmond invited Surrey to join in the longest game which was played continuously through all the provinces across the country. The Ravens played the 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Pacific time portion at the Richmond Olympic Oval, which was followed immediately by the next segment in Prince George.

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These properties do not come along very often and the chance to live along side the Fraser River with all that scenery is very special.

Hamilton has schools, rec center and their own fire department.

This is a great community to settle down in with the whole family.

Best ongoing show of hospitality Initially the aim was for the Pacific International Cup to be the premier curling event in the world for the development of the sport at the grassroots. But thanks to the efforts of its incredible organizing committee, the PIC has become much more.

Continually demonstrating an unsurpassed level of hospitality, the hosts have made playing in the PIC as prestigious as any event on the curling calendar. As a result, players and teams from around the globe yearn for the opportunity to return.

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September 24, 1930 - May 29, 2004 Days of sadness still come over us.

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From your loving family LERRO MARRY QUINN Sept 29, 1929 - May 29, 2014 We can hardly describe how we feel this day The sorrow and hurt, since our mother passed away One year on from her eternal sleep As her loving children, in her memory we weep They say that times a healer And maybe that is so No longer our mother in our lives Is a loss to us all, I know

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CRAWFORD, Kenneth (Ken) Douglas ~ Richmond, BC ~ It is with deep sadness that Ken’s Saskatchewan family announces his sudden passing at his home in Richmond on May 11th, 2015 at the age of 64 years.

He is predeceased by his father Len in 1980 and his younger brother Bill in October of 2014.

He is survived by his mother Madge and his 2 sisters Joan & Patricia, 5 nieces, 2 nephews, 5 great-nieces & 11 great-nephews.

We would like to thank Ken’s many friends in Richmond & Hope for their many kindnesses and love given to Ken over the past 40 years, you truly became his family, it was a pleasure to have met some of you.

Ken was a one of a kind guy, a real “Diamond in the Rough” and he will be missed by us all.

Ken will be laid to rest with his dad Len during a family graveside service in Regina, Saskatchewan at a later date.

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KOEHN, Miriam Jane It is with sadness we announce the sudden passing of Miriam Jane Koehn on May 20th, 2015, at the age of 86. Jane was pre-deceased by her husband Frederick, her brother, Maynard, and sister, Arlene. Jane leaves behind her 2 children: her daughter Tami Beales (Russell); her son William (Yvonne); her grandchildren, Joel, Kaylee, Alyssa, Lauren, and Rebecca. She will also be remembered by her niece, Debra Kezar (Chip).

Born on October 18th, 1928, to Verna & Orrin Colburn, Jane grew up in Newport Vermont. Jane worked as a telephone operator with AT&T for 11 years. She loved her job and had many memories of her time spent working in both Vermont & Florida. In her younger years, Jane was an avid water skier and snow skier, as well as an accomplished golfer. She had a bit of a wild streak that attracted her to car racing. She was one of few female competitors racing on the dirt track, winning many accolades for her efforts.

In 1956, Jane married Fred Koehn and the young couple eventually moved to the wide-open spaces of Canada. As a railway man’s wife, Jane experienced life in many different places –Toronto, Ottawa, Schreiber, North Vancouver, and Prince George –but she never lost her love for Vermont.

After Fred retired, he and Jane moved to Richmond where both would live out their days. Here, Jane re-discovered her passion for bridge and was a regular at Minoru, West Richmond, and Steveston Community Centres.

We would like to thank Dr. Morris Gordon for his wise and tender care over the many years Jane has been his patient. And a very special thank you to Jane’s fellowship of bridge players. You were there for her always and your friendship gave her great joy.

A celebration of Jane’s life will be held on Saturday, May 30, at 10:30 a.m. at the Richmond Funeral Home, 8420 Cambie Road, Richmond. A reception will follow. Jane will be returning to her beloved Vermont where she will join her family.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society.

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Plourde, David “Dave” Was taken from us very suddenly on Monday May 25, 2015 at the early age of 60.

Leaving behind is his beloved wife Carol; daughters, Charmaine (Scott) and Danielle (Patrick). Papa to Kain and Jaxson, Survived by his Mother Geraldine, Sisters Majella (Danny), Pauline (Danny), Brenda (Paul) and Brothers Gerald, Yvon (Laurie), Paul (Joanne) and Roger (Corinne), and many Nieces and Nephews. Dave will now be reunited with his Father Prime and Mother in Law Alma Bourgeois. His spirit, presence and friendship will be sorely missed by all. There will be a viewing at 6:00pm on May 31, 2015 at Henderson’s Funeral Home in Chilliwack, BC. Also a Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 am Monday June 1, 2015 at Lady of Good Hope 671 Water Avenue, Hope, BC V0X 1L0. Please visit Dave’s webpage to offer condolences to the family www.hendersonsfunerals.com Henderson’s Funeral Home (604) 792-1344

It is with great sadness we announce the sudden passing of Rory Cornell Slater on May 17, 2015 at Richmond General Hospital.

He is survived by his sister, Dawn & Bob Arksey, neice, Lorna & Matt Brown, nephews, Preston, Tyrin, and Carter.

Also sadly missed by close friend Joanne, and pet Kelly.

He will be forever missed by all those whom knew and loved him.

Funeral services to be held at: Richmond Funeral Home, 8420 Cambie Road, Richmond on Saturday, May 30, 2015 @ 1:00 PM.

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Must have a clean driving record & be in good physical condition as regular lifting is required.

Please email your resume to: rbsadmin@shaw.ca

Newspaper Promoters Required.

Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal location. Early morning shifts.

Monday - Saturday.

Please call Marilou at 604.542.7411 or email: marilou@blackpress.ca

PRODUCTION STAFF K-Bro Linen Systems P/T Evening Positions Available 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm Starting fr: $11.03 - $13.02 Ability to work weekends is req.

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

8035 Enterprise St., Burnaby June 5, 2015 between 9:30 am – 4:00 pm

Roofers & Labourers needed.

MUST BE RELIABLE.

Call Dave (604)690-9404.

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS GUTTER & ROOF Cleaning/Power Washing since 1982. WCB/Liability insurance. Simon, 604-230-0627

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HANDYPERSONS

RENOVATIONS, Bathroom/Kitchen Remodeling, Drywall, Tiles. Free estimates. 604-518-8460.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

VECTOR RENO’S Specializing in all interior & exterior home renovations & additions Call 604-690-3327

With late model diesel engine experience req. for Cullen Diesel Power Ltd. Positions available in Surrey. Detroit Diesel & MTU engine exp. considered an asset.

Factory training provided.

Central Creek Construction Refinishing floors, no dust, tiles & crown mouldings & baseboards.

604-773-7811 / 604-432-1857 centralcreek@gmail.com

Union Shop - Full Benefits

Required by Richmond Building Supplies Co. Ltd.

Brad 778-552-3900

MECHANICS

Fax Resume: 604-888-4749 E-mail: ars@cullendiesel.com

FULL TIME TRUCK DRIVER

•Lawn Cuts/Trim •Aerating •Leaf Cleanup •Power Rake •Hedge & Shrub Trimming •Pruning Trees •23 yrs. exp.

•Insured •Free Estimates

RILEY’S REPAIR SERVICES Home Repair Specialist Call Jeff (604)323-4630

Commercial Transport & Diesel Engine

August 18, 1936 – May 20, 2015

15% SENIORS DISCOUNT A+ Rating with BB Bureau

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Work Today, Daily or Weekly Pay Apply 9AM to 2PM at: 118 – 713 Columbia Street

JAREGO, Sofia Alonso de Carvalho

Richmond Funeral Home, Arbor Memorial Inc. 8420 Cambie Road, Richmond BC, V6X 1K1 T: (604) 273-3748

TRADES, TECHNICAL

Commercial Transport Apprentice

New West 604.522.4900

In 2012, Sofia suffered a stroke that left her unable to walk, and she was moved to the Weatherby Pavilion at Peace Arch Hospital, where she was loved by all her caregivers. No service by request. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or the SPCA would be appreciated. The family would like to thank the nursing staff at Peace Arch Hospital for their compassion and care of Sofia in her final days and to Dr. Antonio Benitez-Gomez, and the staff at Weatherby Pavilion for the care they provided to Sofia while she lived with them and the support shown to the family while she was in hospital.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

FARM WORKERS

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our mother and grandmother, Sofia Jarego, in the early morning hours of Wednesday May 20, 2015 at the age of 78. She is survived by sons Joe (Kelly) of Red Deer, AB, John (Sonia) of Milton, ON and the lights of her life, grandsons Ryan (her “Periquito”) of Red Deer and Thomas Walton of Canmore as well as numerous cousins and friends in Spain and Portugal.

She is predeceased by husband Manuel (2009) and brother, Manuel (2012). Sofia was born August 18, 1936 in Vigo, Spain to Jose Carvalho and Rosa Alonso. She spent most of her life in Portugal. As a young woman, she taught school in Lisbon before marrying her husband Manuel and moving to Montreal, where she began her career as an Immigration Officer. A move to Vancouver in 1975 had her transferring to YVR where she made many friends, until health issues forced her to retire early. She and Manuel loved to travel the world.

Their favourite destination was Hawaii. It was after their last trip to Honolulu in 2009 that Manuel was diagnosed with cancer, which took him from her later that same year. As much as she enjoyed travelling, her greatest pleasure was spending time with her grandsons.

MEDICAL/DENTAL

REGISTERED NURSE

GREENHOUSE WORKER (35)

OBITUARIES

HOUSE CLEANERS/ JANITORS

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

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New West 604.522.4900

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HOME CARE/SUPPORT

Apply Weekdays Between 9AM to 2PM at: 118-713 Columbia St

CHILDCARE WANTED

Business Purchase Opportunity Expanding In Richmond!

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PERSONAL SERVICES

IN-HOME Cargiver Needed in White Rock - Elderly Lady. 2 years Contract, HS+2 years experience, $10.33/hour/40 hours, BC Medical & CPP. English, Cantonese & Mandarin a must. Required Chinese cooking, personal care etc. Live In optional and not a condition of employment. Please contact : Sin Lai janesmlai@hotmail.com 604-9168216

REQUIRED NOW PAY $12-15 PER HOUR

CHILD CARE, $10.25/hr, 40 hrs/wk; High School Completion & 1 yr exp req’d. Room & board provided.

Contact Inderpaul Nahal by email: resumes_nahal@yahoo.ca or mail at: 6131 No. 6 Rd, Richmond BC V6W 1C7.

Includes Training...

OBITUARIES

EDUCATION

CHILDREN

Call Dave for a Presentation 778.996.0369 www.bc.abuyerschoice.com

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WAREHOUSE

WAREHOUSE / CUSTOMER SERVICE, F/T Metal Supermarkets Richmond Clean/valid BC driver’s lic.

Fluent English required. $20/hr plus bonus & benefit package.

No phone calls or drop-ins please Email to: adminbc@ metalsupermarkets.com

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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.

Call Anytime 1-800-639-2274 or 604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca

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LANDSCAPING

TRIPLE Five Quality Wood Inc. TOPSOIL / BARK MULCH / SAND GRAVEL / ROCKS - NOW OPEN 12716 King George Blvd, Surrey Delivery & Pick up 778-867-2275 www.triplefivebulkproducts.ca

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MOVING & STORAGE

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

MIRACLE MOVING 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

604 - 720 - 2009 ~We accept Visa & Mastercard~

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING Across the street - across the world Real Professionals, Reas. Rates.

Best in every way! 604-721-4555.

AFFORDABLE MOVING www.affordablemoversbc.com

$45/Hr

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

LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE

604-537-4140 329 PAINTING & DECORATING STEFANO PAINTING Exterior Summer Special 10% Off FREE Estimates (604)720-1390

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HOME SERVICE GUIDE Only $89 including free hot water tank service!

Insured / WCB

Licensed, Insured & Bonded Local Plumbers www.1stcallplumbing.ca

Mike Favel • 604-341-2681

PLUMBING/HOME IMPROVEMENTS

To

Call George 778 886 3186

Plumbing * Heating * Electrical * Carpentry * Painting * Tiling All Types of Home Renovations, Maintenance or General Repairs around the house Guaranteed, with Free Estimate www.westwindhome.ca Fully Licensed, Insured, WCB

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

BESTWAY PAINTING

ARBUTUS ROOFING & DRAINS Ltd

Benjamin Moore Accredited

Interior Special $150 OFF Exterior Special $250 OFF

www.paintspecial.com 604.339.1989 Lower Mainland 604.996.8128 Fraser Valley

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RICHMOND Moving Sale. Sun. May 31, 10-3 p.m. 10875 Springmont Gate. Everything must go!

RICHMOND, Sat. May 30, 10-2.

9910 Tuttle Ave. (Cls to # 4 & Cambie) Computer desk, misc hshld etc

FIVE STAR ROOFING

RUBBISH REMOVAL

STEVESTON UNITED CHURCH

BIG SPRING SALE

2-10yr Shih Tzu siblings need a forever home. Both fixed, well loved. No toddlers or other large pets. Never been apart, need to be placed together. $200 re-homing fee, home check, family vet reference. 604-793-5914.

SAT. MAY 30TH, 10am-1pm *GARAGE SALE *PLANTS *BAKE SALE • • •

Running this ad for 10yrs

PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $299

PERENNIALS & HERBS HOME BAKING NEW-TO-YOU-TREASURES 3720 Broadway St (at 2nd Avenue in Steveston)

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

TOWNHOUSE COMPLEX GARAGE SALE! Sat. May 30, 10-3, 11100 No. 1 Road

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

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2 coats any colour

Have unwanted or inherited firearms in your possession?

Don’t know how to dispose of them safely and legally?

Contact Wanstalls and we will come and pick them up and pay you fair value for them.

Wanstalls has been proudly serving the Lower Mainland firearms community since 1973.

We are a government licensed firearms business with fully certified verifiers, armorers and appraisers.

Painting PIT BULL PUPS- born Feb 24th.

Blue/Blue Brindle. Shots. Wormed. $850-$1250. 604-376-0920

Call Bob 604-277-6576

Purebred CAIRN TERRIER Pups Shots, dewormed. $800. House pets. 604-854-1978, 604-807-5204

Ronaldo’s Painting Insured/WCB/Free Estimates Ronaldo, 778-881-6478 Visa/Mastercard

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GARAGE SALES

Call today to set up an appointment 604-467-9232

ABBOTSFORD

Wanstalls Tactical & Sporting Arms

FLEA MARKET

RENTALS

Abbotsford Exhibition Park TRETHEWEY @ MACLURE AVE

~ SUNDAYS ONLY ~ 6 am to 4 pm

JUNK REMOVAL By RECYCLE-IT! 604.587.5865

#1 AAA Rubbish Removal 26 Years Serving Rmd.

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Residential & Commercial Clean Courteous Service FREE ESTIMATES

PLUMBING

LOCAL PLUMBER $45 Service Call Plumbing, Heating, Plugged Drains.

Mustang Plumbing 778-714-2441

Joe 604-250-5481 372

SUNDECKS

Phone 604-859-7540 MOVING GARAGE SALE! Sat May 30, 9am-3pm 9533 Thomas Drive [Williams & Railway] Couches, Coffee table, Dining set, Bed, lots of household items. For more info call 604-961-4764

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TRANSPORTATION 821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

MOVING SALE; Sat/Sun May 30 & 31, 9am-1pm, 5931 Kittiwake Drive, Rich. Camping gear, furniture, etc.

1999 TOYOTA COROLLA

Driving school car with dual steering, gas & brake petals.

New tires & battery. 178K.

POWER WASHING GUTTER CLEANING

Sat, May 30th, 8am-2pm

(east of Garden City)

COME CHECK IT OUT ~ RAIN OR SHINE ~

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

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE

604-908-3596 6 04-9 -908-3 -3596

TAKE NOTICE THAT Harvest Fraser Richmond Organics Ltd., 7028 York Road, Richmond BC has applied to the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District (“Metro Vancouver”) pursuant to the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District Municipal Solid Waste and Recyclable Material Regulatory Bylaw for a Licence to: 1.

Operate a Brokering Facility at 7028 York Road, Richmond BC where pre-consumer packaged food, beverage and other organic waste would be received and the packaging separated from the organics. The separated packaging would be recycled and the separated organics anaerobically digested or composted. These activities will reduce the volume of waste destined for disposal.

2.

Operate within the boundaries of the land or premises with the legal description of: PID 007-793-553 Lot 3 Sections 13 and 14, Block 4 North, Range 5 West, Plan 74529, New Westminster District.

3.

Operate 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM Monday to Saturday

4.

Ensure no more than 570 tonnes of Recyclable Materials would be on the site at any one time.

It should be noted that this application is at a preliminary stage and has not gone to the Solid Waste Manager for his consideration. Therefore, aspects of the proposal may change as the application proceeds through the review process.

This Notice is published pursuant to the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District Municipal Solid Waste and Recyclable Material Regulatory Bylaw 181 as amended. A person who may be adversely affected by the granting or amending of the Licence described in this notice may, within 30 days of its publication, notify Metro Vancouver’s Solid Waste Manager in writing stating how that person is affected. The Solid Waste Manager may take into consideration any information received after 30 days only if the Solid Waste Manager has not made a decision on the Licence.

Please note that submissions in response to this notice may be made available to the public as part of the public record, subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Metro Vancouver Attention: Ray Robb, Solid Waste Manager 4330 Kingsway, Burnaby B. C. V5H 4G8

The Scrapper

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

PETS

Call Ian 604-724-6373

POWER WASHING since 1982.

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

845

9300 Westminster Hwy.

SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE Power Washing, Gutters, Windows, Maintenance, Res/Comm. Lic/Ins’d.

Free Est. Call Dean 604-839-8856

Commercial Inspection good until March 2016. Good condition! $3000. Call 604-375-6131.

HUGE GARAGE SALE

PRESSURE WASHING

HOMES FOR RENT

RICHMOND. Spacious newly reno’d 3 bdrm rancher, 4 appls, wall-towall, blinds, cov patio, storage, garage, prkg, fenced. $1650/m. N/P. Avial immed. 604-833-2103

Richmond Pentecostal Church MIN. EXPRESS PAGING SYSTEM Reasonable Rates 604-270-6338

• Pressure Washing

BROKERING FACILITY NOTICE

MISC. WANTED

Have Unwanted Firearms?

Richmond

Serving Richmond since 1988 : Quality workmanship at low prices. : Free Estimates

• Aeration / Power Raking

GARAGE SALES

RICHMOND. Moving/Garage Sale.

Bargains on furniture & hshld items.

Sat. May 30, 9-12noon. 9751 Ashwood Drive.

www.arbutusroofing.com

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

PETS

604 - 259 - 2482

All kinds of re-roofing & repairs.

Free est. Reasonable rates.

778-998-7505 or 604-961-7505

• Hedge Trimming / Pruning

email: adcontrol@richmondreview.com

Residential / Strata

778-881-6737

• Edging

• Trimming

advertise in the Home Service Guide Call 604-247-3700

We specialize in: F Shingle Roofing F Flat Roofing F Re-Roofing & Roof Repairs

for all early bookings.

Drywall Repairs. Laminate install, starts at $1.45/sqft.

WorkSafe. Fully Insured.

15 Yrs exp. Free Estimates.

Call John,

• Residential / Commercial • Complete Fertilizing Programs • Rotary / Reel Cutting

Plumbing • Electrical • Woodwork • Drywall • Bathrooms • Painting • Handyman • Textured Ceilings • FREE Quotes Door Repairs: Patio • Pocket • Bi-folds • Shower

Heating System Service Special

IMPROVEMENTS

LAWN SERVICE

M.S. MAINTENANCE & RENOVATIONS

• Plumbing Service & Repairs • Boilers & Furnaces • Gas Work

HOME

REVIEW

RENOVATIONS

PLUMBING & HEATING

604-868-7062

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CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

Mr. Side Walk Power Washing Sidewalks, Driveways, Patios Strata, Comm. Res. 604-802-9033

CKC Reg Sheltie Puppies sable CH bred-N.B. contract. $1500. Riverwind Shelties-Laura. 604-793-6768.

SPECIAL SUPER SALE Gutter windows skylights siding for $375. (under 2500sf) We use soap WCB Insured.............604-861-6060

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

NEIGHBOURHOOD GARAGE SALE Hollywood Drive, Richmond Saturday May 30th 9am to 2pm RICHMOND

2 Family Garage Sale Sat, May 30th, 9am-2pm 8820 Greenfield Drive Small furniture, light fixtures & lamps, rocking chair, chairs, tent canopy, kitchen, household, toys, budgie cage, kids / adult clothing, wheel barrow, tools & more.

Phone: (604) 432-6200 Fax: (604) 436-6707 Email: regulationenforcement@metrovancouver.org

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Martin van den Hemel photo Richmond High’s Alexandra Yu, 16, Alice Liu, 17, and Susan Bai, 16, created an anti-bullying anti-harassment video entitled Being Nobody that won them the 10th annual WorkSafeBC Student Safety Video Contest. They will split the $1,000 cash prize, while Richmond High will get $2,500, which Bai hopes will be used for the school’s information technology program.

Best video to combat bullying Richmond High trio combine to craft a winner

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n anti-bullying video (tinyurl.com/ WorkSafeBullyVid) that incorporated animation has earned three Richmond High students the top prize in a WorkSafeBC student safety video contest.

Susan Bai, Alice Liu and Alexandra Yu spent about a week brainstorming, conceptualizing, researching, writing and creating the video, entitled “Being Nobody” and which focuses on empowering bullying victims.

Bai said the team considered who to direct the message to: the bully, the witnesses to bullying, or the victims themselves.

They chose the latter.

“It affects the victims the most, and they should get the most help,” Bai said.

The video urges “the victims to stick up for themselves, be confident of who you are,” she said.

Yu said she drew some inspiration from a friend’s bullying experience. While Bai came across some bullying when she was younger, that didn’t prompt her involvement in this contest.

Asked about her reaction to learning they’d won, Bai, 16, said: “It was really surprising at first because we got to see all the other videos. I think

MAY

MADELINE GILLIS Forced to deal with her dad’s fight against cancer, Richmond’s Madeline (Maddog) Gillis nearly gave up the game of softball.

But her commitment to attend a spring camp hosted by the University of Washington Huskies reignited her passion and led her to accept an opportunity to play this season for a touring girls’ softball team based in Bellingham, Wash.

The Richmond Review is proud to recognize Gillis as the Athlete of the Month for May.

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they had a lot of potential as well.”

The contest drew 55 entries involving 138 students from 21 different schools across the province, according to WorkSafeBC’s Brett Mineer.

Bai viewed the other school entries, and said “everyone did a great job on this video competition.”

It was interesting, Bai said, to see the different perspectives other students had on the same topic in this year’s contest, which had the theme: No bullies at work—my right to a safe and respectful workplace.

The trio won $1,000 to split betweeen them, and the school will receive $2,500.

Asked what they plan to do with the money, Bai said they’re considering investing it and learning from that experience.

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