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Clockwise from above: Karmvir Kaur Purewal practises gatka ahead of Vaisakhi celebrations; before he was prime minister, Justin Trudeau speaks to the Surrey Board of Trade; Lauren Phillips performs at the Surrey Festival of Dance; Kirsten Anonby holds her daughter Joy Elizabeth Anonby in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Surrey Memorial Hospital; former Surrey mayor Dianne Watts awaits federal election results that would see her elected as a Tory MP. FILE PHOTOS

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2015: The year that was ▼ THE LEADER LOOKS BACK AT SOME OF THE STORIES THAT MADE HEADLINES JANUARY • Completion delays and hold-back of payments to builders cause a huge pile of liens against the new city hall in City Centre. The 180,000-sq.-ft. building was due to be complete by September 2013, but ran late five months.

Carolina Hurricanes, allowing two or fewer goals in his first 12 career starts.

Hammond ties a record held by Frank (Mr. Zero) Brimsek of the Boston Bruins, who set the standard in the 1938-1939 season.

APRIL

• Al Cleaver, former fire chief of Surrey who championed preserving the city’s history and heritage, dies at the age of 88. Cleaver retired as fire chief in 1986 after serving 28 years.

• Surrey School District stops offering adult education courses to graduated adults after the provincial government cuts funding to such programs.

FEBRUARY

• Surrey’s Sarbjit Bains pleads guilty to killing three people in 2013 – Delta’s Amritpal Saran and New Westminster women Karen Nabors and Jill Lyons.

He receives an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for 18 years.

• Surrey graduate Anthony Hope is named a Loran Scholar, landing him a university scholarship worth up to $100,000.

• Boxer Eric Basran is awarded the silver medal at the Canadian Youth Boxing Championships held in Quebec City.

• Second World War veterans Gerry Gaudet and John Thompson are given the Legion of Honour award at the Royal Canadian Legion’s Whalley branch from the Consul General of France as part of the 70th anniversary of D-Day celebrations.

• Ian Jarvis is ousted as CEO of TransLink in an attempt to shore up public confidence heading into the transit tax referendum. But Jarvis is kept on as an advisor at the same pay.

Mayors also recruit Jim Pattison to act as a watchdog on tax funds.

• Surrey spends between $200,000 and $300,000 on the “yes” campaign promoting a 0.5-per-cent hike in taxes to pay for improved transit in the region. The proposal goes down to defeat in July.

MARCH • The province announces Surrey Provincial Court will undergo a $24.3-million expansion that will include three additional courtrooms and two more hearing rooms. Construction is expected to start early next year and be completeD sometime in 2017.

• One final donation ends a $350,000 campaign to buy a key tool for surgeons who treat breast cancer patients.

The Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre places an order for the SPY imaging system, which provides instant images of breast tissue during reconstructive surgery.

• The Fleetwood Park Dragons win their first provincial title during their sixth try, with Jordan Taylor coaching.

The team qualified for five provincial championship tournaments in its first 20 years, but finally takes home the prize in 2015.

• Surrey native Andrew Hammond puts his name into the National Hockey League record book, as the Ottawa Senators’ netminder ties an NHL record in a 2-1 overtime win over the

• The falling Canadian dollar prompts fewer B.C. residents to cross-border shop in the Washington State. The trend is good news for B.C. businesses, especially tourism operators. By the end of the year the loonie falls below 72 cents.

• 22-year-old Arun Bains, the nephew of Surrey-Newton MLA Harry Bains, is shot and killed in Surrey.

• Surrey takes down “No TransLink Tax” signs, causing outrage from those opposing the tax. Bylaw officers confirm about 20 signs had been taken down, with Surrey’s mayor saying they were in direct contravention of Surrey bylaws.

• Surrey’s park bylaw is taken to court. Christopher Lewis says he has been warned and fined for walking in Surrey parks at night. He sues the city over the bylaw, which he maintains violates his rights.

• On the heels of a spate of shootings in six weeks, 700 people pack the gymnasium of Tamanawis Secondary School to attend a forum on crime.

Surrey’s top cop tells the crowd they should be concerned, but not fearful.

• Due to budgetary constraints, the Cloverdale Business Improvement Association announces it will nix two signature community events for the year: The Cloverdale Blueberry Festival and the annual Halloween costume parade. The Halloween event ends up going ahead in October.

MAY Yosef Jomo Gopaul is sentenced to 10 years prison for the deadly attack of Surrey mom Julie Paskall, who died after Gopaul hit her in the head with a rock during a botched purse snatching in December 2013. He also receives another two years for the violent robbery of another woman two weeks before Paskall’s attack.

• Russell Atma Bidesi is convicted of manslaughter in the shooting death of Kacey Rogers in 2012. He has yet to be sentenced. continued on page 4

Clockwise from top: Sandra Hemelspeck is greeted by a cloud of coloured powder during the Colour Me Rad 5K run at Holland Park in May; country singer Shania Twain visits Hjorth Road Elementary to launch a new school program in June; hundreds of thousands pack the streets of Surrey for the annual Vaisakhi parade; a man is killed after a Jeep slams into a bus shelter at Fraser Highway and 156 Street in October; SPCA Animal Protection Officer Leanne Thomson stands with a malnourished horse named Lacey – one of 57 animals seized from a rural property on the Surrey-Langley border in September. FILE PHOTOS

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• Cloverdale concrete contractor David Jorge wins MasterChef Canada and the $100,000 prize.

• Hot dog in car calls spike in Surrey. City officials believe the public is acting quickly and sensitively after the so-called Brookswood Six tragedy where six dogs died in a sweltering truck in 2014.

• Violent crime soars in Surrey during the first quarter of the year compared to the same period in 2014. Violent crime rises by 40 per cent during the first three months of 2015 compared to the first quarter the year before.

• Michael Wilson is named the City of Surrey’s Citizen of the Year for 2015. Wilson is best known as the brainchild behind the Phoenix Society Drug and Alcohol Recovery and Education Centre.

• Khalsa School students Mehar Kaur Sahota and Prabhleen Kaur Sandhu win 28th-annual Spelling Bee of Canada

competition in Toronto.

Sahota’s winning word was “calmative.”

• Surrey Coun. Tom Gill pitches a plan to build a truck parking facility in an environmentally sensitive area near 16 Avenue and 192 Street. The public expresses outrage at the notion trucks could be spilling oils and detergents into the fish-rich Little Campbell River nearby.

JUNE • Surrey couple John Nuttall and Amanda Korody are found guilty of planning a Canada Day 2013 bombing at the B.C. legislature in Victoria. The conviction is not entered, however, as defence lawyers argue the pair were entrapped by the RCMP. • Through a program called Tomatosphere, students at Khalsa School grow tomato plants from seeds that have been exposed to space-like conditions, to investigate the effects of space on the growth of food that could be used to support long term space travel.

• Protests over rising real estate prices reach a crescendo and Vancouver’s mayor urges the province to help by increasing the transfer tax when high-end homes are sold. By fall B.C.’s finance minster confirms that’s under serious consideration.

• Medical marijuana patients win a Supreme Court ruling giving them the right to use cannabis in cookies and other products.

• Three local athletes hear their names called at the National Hockey League Entry Draft in Sunrise, Florida. Parker Wotherspoon of the Tri-City Americans is selected by the New York Islanders, while Devante Stephens of the Kelowna Rockets is claimed by the Buffalo Sabres. Also picked is Matt Bradley, claimed by the Montreal Canadiens. Bradley was a member of the Medicine Hat Tigers.

• Country superstar Shania Twain visits Hjorth Road Elementary School to open Western Canada’s first Shania Kids Can program to help less-fortunate inner-city kids.

• A City of Surrey order for 100 new police officers quickly becomes a political football in Ottawa. The minister responsible says there are 20 new Mounties on the ground in Surrey, however a Leader investigation indicates there are no new officers. As of December, there are 75 new officers in place, according to Surrey RCMP Chief Supt. Bill Fordy.

• SFU, which has a campus in Surrey, celebrates 50 years of higher education. Surrey composer Brett Janzen helps pen anniversary song.

Michael Wilson was named Surrey’s Citizen of the Year for 2015. FILE

JULY • Cloverdale father Colin Hill, 42, is shot dead during a home invasion where he was trying to protect his family. Khouri Lamar Green is later charged with second-degree murder but has yet to stand trial.

• Just eight weeks prior to the next PACWEST (Pacific Western Athletic Conference) season, student athletes at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) are stunned to learn it could be their last. Coaches and athletes in the KPU Eagles Athletic Department receive an email which announces “important changes in the direction for KPU’s varsity athletics program.”

Minutes later, a notice on the KPU Athletics website details the changes, which mean “winding down varsity athletics’ activities” and withdrawing from PACWEST over the next year.

• Charges against Delta Police Const. Jordan MacWilliams, who shot a man during an armed stand-off outside a New Westminster casino in 2012, are dropped.

• Retired Surrey firefighter Bill McNamara, 74, returns home from the World Police and Fire Games with eight more medals, bringing his career total to 51 and giving him an induction into the first-ever games Hall of Fame.

• A fan’s facebook campaign goes viral for Surrey’s Percy Hayes, the “real” Santa Claus. Victoria’s Shawn Slavin discovers the former Guildford Town Centre Sanata lives in a retirement home and

is celebrating his 84th birthday.

• The TransLink plebiscite on an extra 0.5-per-cent sales tax in Metro Vancouver to fund transit expansion is defeated. The 62-percent rejection leaves area mayors and the provincial government at a continued impasse on how to build projects like Surrey light rail.

• Metro Vancouver bans all lawn sprinkling for the first time in a decade as the drinking water supply declines amid severe drought conditions. It follows a winter of record low snow packs and mounting concern for fish.

AUGUST A 70-year-old South Surrey woman is sexually assaulted in her home during an attack police call “repulsive.” Weeks later, Langley’s Stephen Thomas Morse is arrested and charged.

• The SPCA seizes 57 animals from a rural property in South Cloverdale, all suffering from various stages of neglect and malnutrition.

• A new French Immersion program slated to start at Surrey’s Cougar Creek Elementary is cancelled before it begins due to low enrolment, despite the fact there are wait lists for the language program in the Surrey School District.

• Vancouver Canuck players Henrik and Daniel Sedin launch Clubhouse 36 in Surrey, a program that provides inner-city students with after-school and holiday activities they might not normally be able to access.

• Surrey native Christian Covington, a former defensive lineman with the Rice Owls of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, cracks the roster of an National Football League (NFL) team and is on the field for the Houston Texans when they host the Kansas City Chiefs in the first game of the 2015 season. Covington was selected by the Texans in the sixth round of the NFL Draft in May. • Iron Soldier Capt.

Trevor Greene takes steps using a customized exoskeleton at SFU Surrey, showing the scientific breakthrough built in collaboration between SFU and Innovation Boulevard.

• Horse and cattle ranchers stock up on hay as a protracted drought and wild fires continue to cause both supply shortages and increased prices. Many farms are waiting for rains in hopes it will bring them another crop.

• Royal Westminster Regiment reservist Tajinder Aujla stands as a ceremonial guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, becoming the first baptized Sikh to do so.

• Delta Alliance for Wellness and Networking Society celebrates its 25th anniversary. The centre provides services to adults with mental illnesses.

• Surrey’s Queen Elizabeth Secondary celebrates its 75th anniversary, inviting former and current students and staff to celebrate the 1940s-era school.

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• Surrey’s Evan Archibald dies when a car smashes into a bus shelter at 156 Street and Fraser Highway.

• Additional details about the Massey Bridge are announced.

The span to replace the Massey Tunnel will be 10 lanes wide, will cost $3.5 billion and will be funded by tolls for 35-60 years. The province aims for a 2017 construction start and completion by 2022.

• Justin Trudeau’s Liberals win the federal election and capture five out of six Surrey/Delta seats. The mandate means the new government has major promises to keep, including marijuana legalization, electoral reform and a big push to quickly bring in Syrian refugees.

• TransLink finally launches its long-delayed Compass card payment system and begins closing fare gates.

Part of the shift in strategy includes a switch to one-zone payment on all bus routes.

• Surrey artist Don Li-Leger’s Encyclopedia House art installation in The Grove in Newton opens. The doorway to the one-room structure was created out of discarded encyclopedias and other texts.

• Surrey selects its first Poet Laureate. Renée Sarojini Saklikar, author of a book on Air India, will host writing consultations at local libraries.

Former Surey fire chief Al Cleaver dies. He was a champion of preserving Surrey heritage. FILE

NOVEMBER • Surinderpal Singh Hehar is killed and another man is injured in a shooting outside his home near 152 Street and 66 Avenue. Hehar, a popular member of the Surrey Field Hockey Club, is remembered by many who knew him.

• Fortis BC proposes an LNG plant on Tsawwassen First Nation land and the chief agrees to take it to a vote, which results in rejection in December.

• New Syrian refugees begin to arrive in B.C.

amid a huge outpouring of generosity in B.C. communities as local residents prepare to help the newcomers settle in. About 400 Syrian refugees are expected in B.C. in December, followed by another 1,500 in the first few months of 2016.

DECEMBER • Metro Vancouver shelves its plan to build a new garbage incinerator due to declining garbage volumes. More garbage could go to the Delta landfill once Metro stops using Cache

• Sophon Sek pleads guilty to break-and-enter and is sentenced to a year jail in connection to the 2007 Surrey Six murders. The court hears he led the killers to the apartment door where six men were executed. A manslaughter charge is stayed.

Sek is already in jail after pleading guilty to a raft of unrelated gun and drug offences in October.

• Gloria Zerbinos is sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for at least 12 years for the 2012 stabbing death of her mother, Pangiota “Yota” Zerbinos. Gloria is also charged in the murder of another inmate in 2013, while she was in prison awaiting trial for her mom’s death.

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Toll policy discriminatory

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The provincial government should get its ducks in a row.

That means it needs to have a clear and fair tolling policy in place before opening yet another toll bridge between the South Fraser region and the rest of Metro Vancouver.

The announcement that a new 10-lane bridge will replace the Massey Tunnel, and that it will be tolled, is another reminder of how hypocritical and discriminatory the government’s current tolling policy is. Work on the new bridge will begin in 2017 and it is expected to open by 2022.

Currently, there are just two tolled bridges in B.C. One is the new Port Mann, built and operated by the province through the Transportation Investment Corporation (TReO). The other is the Golden Ears, built and operated by TransLink. Both link Surrey, Langley, Delta and other south-of-the Fraser cities with those to the north.

It is important to look at tolling in its complete context. Prior to the opening of the Golden Ears Bridge in 2009, the only toll highway in B.C. since the early 1960s had been the Coquihalla Highway. It was tolled when it opened in 1986 because its construction timetable was advanced to have it ready for Expo ’86.

It remained a toll highway

for more than 20 years, with then-premier Gordon Campbell arbitrarily and surprisingly announcing the tolls were ending at the September 2008 Union of B.C. Municipalities convention. A total of $845 million was collected over 22 years – just $3 million short of the construction cost of the highway and the connecting link to the Okanagan.

The Golden Ears was planned as a toll bridge because it was the only way TransLink could afford to build it. It replaced the aging and slow ferry system which was completely inadequate for the volumes of traffic travelling between Maple Ridge and Langley.

The new Port Mann Bridge, on the other hand, replaced one of the most important and congested river crossings in B.C. It carries the Trans-Canada Highway, which is partially funded by the federal government. It is tolled to reduce the province’s costs. Yet other new provincial highways and bridges, notably the Pitt River Bridge and the Sea-to-Sky Highway, are free to use.

The province’s tolling policy since the new Port Mann and freeway improvements were announced by Campbell in 2006 says there has to be a free alternative. Theoretically, that is the Pattullo Bridge, but in fact that

aging structure cannot handle any more traffic. The South Fraser Perimeter Road is an option to bypass the Port Mann, but one of the major effects has been to put even more traffic on the Alex Fraser and Massey crossings.

If the new Deas Island crossing is also tolled, the pressure on the Alex Fraser will be enormous.

It is already badly congested virtually every weekday morning and evening. There are long line-ups to get onto it, whether off Highway 17, Nordel Way or 72 Avenue on the south, or the East-West Connector and Queensborough Bridge on the north.

Transportation Minister Todd Stone recently said he is willing to examine the tolling policy and road pricing if TransLink decides to replace the Pattullo Bridge. A new crossing there would also be a toll structure.

Residents who live south of the Fraser River deserve far more from provincial and regional officials than lukewarm promises. There must be a regional tolling and road pricing policy in place before the Massey Bridge opens.

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Passages of 2015: ‘No frills’ Bill Bennett BC VIEWS ▼ Tom Fletcher

The death of former B.C. premier Bill Bennett on Dec. 4 prompted the traditional round of polite tributes.

He was the man from Kelowna who remade Vancouver; SkyTrain, BC Place stadium and Expo ’86 put the city on the world map. He won three majority governments before handing over a smoothly running Social Credit Party to Bill Vander Zalm.

Outside B.C., obituaries defined Bennett as the “architect of financial restraint in the province.” But when Bennett unleashed his “restraint program” on the B.C. government in 1983, it was often presented as a right-wing coup on a socialist utopia.

I was in journalism school when unions organized a general strike to bring the recently re-elected government to its knees.

The Vancouver Province was a screeching banshee of the big-labour left.

“Socred hit men swoop on rights

workers,” its front page declared after 400 layoff notices were issued to provincial staff.

A bit of background: The B.C. economy was in the grip of an international recession, hitting resource industries and government revenues hard.

Bennett had ousted the Dave Barrett NDP government in 1975, but the legacy lived on. During its three-year reign, for example, education spending increased 13 per cent in the first year and 23 per cent in each of the next two.

Restraint legislation reasserted government’s authority to control the size and wages of provincial staff, reinstated the province’s ability to pay, eliminated various boards, and increased the Provincial Sales Tax to seven per cent.

Another Bill Bennett legacy was dismantling the monopoly chokehold of international unions on public heavy construction.

Growing up in northeastern B.C., I had seen the impressive pay for jobs on highway construction – about twice what I earned labouring for a non-union contractor.

Friends discovered the inside track to securing jobs on a provincially funded highway project. After joining the union, they could visit a business agent and hand over $500. Within days, the lucky winner would be “name requested” to join the crew, vaulting over those who thought paying dues and working up the seniority list would be enough.

This struggle over public construction continues today, with BC Hydro’s decision to make the Site C dam an open shop.

The main contract was awarded to a consortium working with the Christian Labour Association of Canada, an alternative union known by more colourful

names among old-line building trades.

After graduating from journalism school, I landed my first full-time job as a reporter for the Kelowna Capital News, shortly before Bennett announced his retirement from the premier’s office to finish his term as a backbench MLA. Bennett and I would sometimes arrive for work together, parking our rusty 1976 Chevrolets on Bernard Avenue, where he kept an office above the family furniture store.

I found out later that Bennett’s modest old sedan was the government-issue car he had used during his entire 10 years as premier. The party bought it for him as a humourous retirement gift and he continued to drive it.

No frills. That was Bill Bennett.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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Surrey: Thank you for being involved ▼ CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES PLAY A KEY ROLE IN MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY To the citizens of Surrey, As the year draws to a close, I would like to thank you for your continued trust and support. I would also like to share some of the work the Surrey RCMP has done to improve public safety in your neighbourhoods this year.

Our priorities of public safety, community engagement and mobilization, and organizational development have driven our work throughout the year, resulting in a number of successes and new initiatives.

With respect to public safety, our homicide rate has decreased by 47 per cent, our fatal collisions are down 23 per cent, and our property crime rate has decreased by 10 per cent.

Unfortunately, the city was plagued with a number of shootings related to the drug trade this year, driving our violent crime rate. Our investigative teams, supported by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU-BC), have made significant headway in disrupting this drug activity and the related violence by making almost 800 arrests and detentions, resulting in 290 charges. I can assure you that this continues to be our detachment’s top priority.

Some of our initiatives to pro-actively improve public safety have included a successful joint operation with Metro Vancouver Transit Police to improve safety in the Surrey Central transit corridor, and the support of more participants in the Wrap program, a partnership with the Surrey School District which helps to keep at-risk youth out of the gang and criminal lifestyle.

We have also made efforts to reach out to our diverse community in Surrey

Surrey RCMP Chief Supt. Bill Fordy says the detachment’s priorities are public safety, community engagement and mobilization, and organizational development. SUBMITTED through our participation in cultural events such as the Pulling Together Canoe Journey and Vaisakhi, and meetings with various community groups. To assist those who are new to Canada and Surrey, we created a “Newcomer’s Guide to Policing” that is now available in print and on our

website (http://surrey.rcmp-grc.gc.ca).

A significant accomplishment for us this year was the launch of the Surrey Mobilization and Resiliency Table, or “SMART.” With the help of our 10 partners, SMART is intended to address social issues before they become police problems. This model,

often called a “Hub,” has been established in other parts of Canada, but SMART is the first of its kind in B.C. I am very proud that Surrey detachment has played a key role in bringing this type of risk-driven intervention model to Surrey.

This year, we have continued to increase our efforts in community engagement and mobilization and you have responded.

More than 100 new Block Watches were created, 900 residents attended our 15 Neighbourhood Safety presentations, and 52 youth and adults participated in our Citizen and Youth Police Academies.

As our city continues to grow, a significant focus for us this year has been on increasing our establishment of police officers. Since the official approval of 100 new police officers in May, 75 of those positions have been filled. In addition, 31 municipal employees were added to support our operation. The growth of our detachment has allowed us to enhance our service delivery, particularly with respect to our uniformed first responders in general duty and youth policing.

While enforcement is a key part of policing, public safety does not improve simply by making arrests. I would like to thank every citizen and business owner in Surrey who has taken the time over the past year to call us to report a crime or suspicious event, talk to us in person, join a Block Watch group, or attend one of our crime prevention events.

The community plays an important role in all aspects of policing – from observing and reporting, to engaging with us, to protecting yourself, your home and your business.

Thank you for being involved and for caring about the safety and well-being of our police officers and this great city. I wish you and your families a safe and happy holiday season.

Chief Superintendent Bill Fordy Officer in Charge, Surrey RCMP

Massey Bridge is premier’s $3.5-billion vanity project ▶ PROJECT IS PURE ‘B.C. BLACKTOP’ POLITICS AND WON’T IMPROVE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM Beware of politicians offering $3.5-billion gifts, as they maybe mere White Elephants, haunting the taxpayer for generations to come.

If one thinks that the B.C. Liberals’ new $3.5-billion Massey Bridge, replacing the perfectly good George Massey Tunnel, will improve traffic congestion, one had better take off their rose-coloured glasses because, despite the hype and hoopla, all the $3.5-billion bridge will do is move congestion about three kilometres north to about Steveston Highway.

Why? The answer is simple math. The Arthur Laing, Oak, Knight and Queensborough bridges are at or near capacity throughout the day and the new traffic brought by the bridge will just sit idling on

Highway 99 as the larger amount of cars using the new bridge will have nowhere to go and will crawl through Richmond unless another bridge is built to Burnaby/Vancouver.

Those glad-handing this project have seemed to have slept through their math classes.

As planning for this bridge is not part of a regional transportation plan, then we must accept that regional transportation and transit planning has all but come to an end in the South Fraser region.

The real reason for this bridge is again, simple math. Fraser Surrey Docks wants to bring in massive tankers and colliers to load liquefied natural gas, dirty bitumen oil from Alberta and even dirtier Montana coal, and these massive new ships have a much deeper draft than existing ships plying the Fraser River. So deep are these ships’ drafts that the Fraser must be dredged to a depth below the existing George Massey Tunnel.

The premier’s $3.5-billion vanity project is in

reality a massive $3.5-billion subsidy to Fraser Surrey Docks and maybe they should pay for the bridge.

Like the capacity-constipated Canada Line, which is the only heavy-rail metro in the world built as a light metro having less capacity than a streetcar, this new bridge may prove to be a White Elephant for future generations, needing billions of dollars more for future improvements.

The new Fraser River bridge is pure “B.C. blacktop” politics, which will provide pricey photo-ops at election times, for it will not bring much-hoped-for improvements to our regional transportation system.

Footnote: A tolled Fraser River bridge will be the death-knell of the Tsawwassen Mills mega mall, as very few people will pay a toll to shop in Tsawwassen.

D. M. Johnston Delta

▼ MASSEY BRIDGE WILL ONLY ACCELERATE URBAN SPRAWL SOUTH OF THE FRASER Transportation Minister Todd Stone is one of the “visionaries” who will continue to build British Columbia.

How do we know this?

He told us himself. It’s a good thing, too, because we certainly couldn’t have found out through a freedom-of-information request.

Well, keep up that visioning thing, Mr. Stone.

But maybe try to envision something more useful than a bridge whose main purpose is subsidizing accelerated suburban sprawl south of the Fraser.

Jason Welch

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A Surrey woman who stabbed her mother to death three years ago will have to wait at least 12 years before applying for parole.

Gloria Zerbinos, 31, was found guilty of second-degree murder in September in the stabbing death of her mom, Pangiota “Yota” Zerbinos.

Though the conviction carries an automatic life sentence, parole ineligibility can range from 10 to 25 years.

On Monday (Dec. 21) in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, a judge set ineligibility at 12 years for Gloria, minus the three years she has spent in pre-trial custody. During a sentencing hearing earlier this month, Crown had recommended 13 years, while defence suggested 10-12 years.

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trial that Yota was dropping off clean laundry to her daughter’s basement suite on Nov. 8, 2012 when she was killed.

The mother was 43 when her then-28-year-old daughter stabbed her at least two dozen times.

Yota was discovered later that evening, a knife still protruding from her chest, her body draped in a blanket.

The court heard that after the incident, Gloria dropped off her toddler son at Yota’s mother’s home nearby, but said nothing about the stabbing. Gloria was arrested two days later at a

Vancouver strip club.

While no motive was established, lawyers agreed she suffers from a psychotic disorder and abuses drugs and alcohol.

The Crown also said Gloria has displayed delusional and volatile behaviour in jail.

In fact, she is facing a murder charge in connection with the death of a fellow inmate in November 2013, and has another assault charge from June prior, also while in prison.

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Surrey’s Bradley Michael Muscat has been sentenced to a total of eight years jail for a pair of attacks that included a violent sexual assault of a woman in the Victoria suburb of Langford in 2014.

Crown prosecutor Ruth Picha said Muscat, 21, who was arrested in Surrey in October of 2014 and had pleaded guilty to two counts involving aggravated assault, could spend more than six more years behind bars.

“This is a significant sentence for someone who has no prior criminal history,” Picha said after last week’s sentencing. “However, I was asking for 10 years, (but) the judge took everything into consideration and gave a very learned ruling.”

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The admission of facts said he hit the woman in the head, stabbed her in the side and back and stole more than $500 cash.

The sex worker eventually stabbed Muscat with a knife pulled from her bra. He was arrested after going to hospital for treatment, having matched a description given to police by the sex worker.

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“We’re just a group of kids that want to make a difference locally and globally,” said GIC member Tara Trang.

So far this year, the GIC has initiated a number of campaigns, from a memorial for the 14 women murdered in the 1989 École Polytechnique attack, to a Red Dress display that highlights murdered and missing indigenous women, to raising funds for Syrian refugees and the Surrey Food Bank.

The club has been a pillar of the Frank Hurt school community for more than 10 years and is currently co-run by teachers

Melanie Scheuer and Roxcustomed to Frank Hurt life.” anne Pope, who have recently Many of the students attriexpanded the scope of the club bute the success of the GIC to to bring awareness to various the enthusiasm and knowledge issues.

Scheuer and Pope impart on “We work very closely with them.

Free the Children, as well as “Ms. Pope and Ms. Scheuer NightShift (Street Ministries), make sure that we’re spearheadthe Surrey Food Bank, Iming all the campaigns,” said GIC migration Services Society of member Asha Khondoker. “They B.C. (ISS), the Red motivate us to do Cross, and QMuniit, and then we see ▶ “Everyone ty,” said Scheuer. how we’re actively She added that making a change.” was so GIC students have Fellow GIC memexcited to begun a Pride Week ber Aide Idemudia event in association agreed. help.” with the school’s “Ms. Scheuer and ANISHA KARAN Gay-Straight AlliMs Pope are so enance club, and are thusiastic about it,” currently working said Idemudia, “They on ways to bring awareness to just draw everyone in.” mental health issues.

While Scheuer and Pope According to members of appreciate the accolades from the GIC, the most successful their students, they know that campaign to date this school without the teens’ involvement year has been to raise funds for and ideas, the GIC would not Syrian refugees through a varihave the same reach it does ety of bake sales. The club raised now. $1,000 and has given $500 each “It’s student led, with us as to the Red Cross and ISS. mentors,” said Pope.

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Having seen friends deal with eating disorders, low self-esteem and even being bullied herself, Hui noticed a gap in the system.

“I found these types of programs were not available to help girls overcome these issues early on in life,” she said. “I know a lot of these problems start in elementary school, so if you can target them at a young age you can really make a difference.”

Through various conferences she attended or during her own speaking engagements, Hui was able to partner with young student mentors who help facilitate the classes at various schools. The mentors range in age from 16-21 and are often university students studying social sciences who are able to connect with the girls on the same level.

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Five helmets are going to each secondary school’s welding program. With a value of about $160 each, the total donation amounts to $15,000.

The CWA Foundation promotes welding industry safety and education in Canada.

From left: Gillian McLeod, manager of Delta Libraries, Slinder Balaggan, executive director for Deltassist, Brooke Reid, George Mackie Library page, Colleen Collins, finance manager for Deltassist and Frances Thomson, community librarian at the George Mackie Library. SUBMITTED

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This year, staff from George Mackie Library, Ladner Pioneer Library and Tsawwassen Library gathered together for their annual combined Christmas dinner and Auction for a Cause.

Everyone was asked to bring a hand-made item to be auctioned off to fellow co-workers. Items ranged from a live wreath, jams, apple pies, poppycock, scarves, jewelry and a quilt to a lamp made from discarded CDs. Gillian McLeod, Manager of Delta Libraries, played auctioneer, with librarians Jill Klaponski and Curtis Acton acting as back-ups.

After an evening of laughter and competitive bidding, $1,600 was raised.

All proceeds were donated to Deltassist Family and Community Services.

This was the fourth annual Auction for a Cause.

From left: Delta Community College students Yiqing Mao, Yao Hui Huang, Guanqun (James) Ding and Diogene Niyomugabo. DELTA SCHOOL DISTRICT

Students loaded for bears ▼ CRITTER CARE GETS HELP TO FEED ITS FURRY CLIENTS FROM VOLUNTEERS AT DELTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE BLACK PRESS

Last summer, there were 26 black bear cubs in the Fraser Valley area who had lost their mothers and were starving; some were even eating plastic bags and metal cans.

One by one they were taken to the Critter Care Wildlife Society, an animal rehabilitation centre in Langley.

On Dec. 11, the adult students from Delta Community College (DCC) gave these bears a Christmas present. A month prior, while in English class, a group of students saw a newspaper article about the bears.

The students were saddened to learn that four bears died within the first 24 hours of being rescued and the rest were on the brink of starvation. Touched by the story, they decided to help the bears by collecting food for them.

“First, we contacted Critter Care to get information about the food the bears needed. Then we organized a donation activity to collect apples, pears, carrots, cauliflower, and broccoli for the starving bears,” said Sumera Saeed, a student at DCC. “Many students and teachers responded with passion and compassion.”

The students packed the boxes of fruit and vegetables into a car and delivered them to Critter Care Wildlife Society. The number of bears in care had risen to 32 by this point. All of the bears have names – the smallest bear is called Tiny Tim. “As we are reading A Christmas Carol in class, we now know what this bear’s name means,” said student Yiqing Mao. The bears are now doing really well. In the spring, the plan is to relocate them back to their habitats.

“We really hope these bears will grow healthy and strong and will be able to live happy lives,” said student Guanqun Ding. “For all of us, it was an amazing experience. We feel great because our food collection and volunteer work have made a small impact on the animals’ lives.”

▼ SURREY HAMS WIN RADIO COMPETITION

▶ DODGING THE HOLIDAYS The Surrey Dodgeball League collected $8,357 for the Surrey Christmas Bureau at their second-annual Christmas Charity Dodgeball Tournament at William of Orange Christian School in Cloverdale earlier this month.

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The results have just been released and the amateur radio operators of Surrey have scored first place in Canada for the annual North American Field Day emergency communications competition.

Despite the Internet, cellphones, email and modern communications, every year whole regions find themselves in the dark. Tornadoes, earthquakes, fires, storms, landslides, ice and even the occasional cutting of cables leave people without the means to communicate.

The one consistent service that has never failed has been amateur radio.

These federally licensed radio operators, often called “hams,” provide

back-up communications for everything from community events to local emergency operations centres, and to the International Space Station.

This past June, Surrey “hams” joined with thousands of other amateur radio operators in a 24-hour exercise of their emergency communications capabilities.

The amateur radio operators assembled an emergency radio station at the former Grandview Elementary School grounds at 176 Street and 20 Avenue. Over the 24-hour period

they made more than 800 contacts throughout North America and beyond, operating using only five watts of power.

Surrey Fire Service Deputy Fire Chief Dan Barnscher, who coordinates emergency response for the City of Surrey, says “amateur radio plays an integral part in emergency communications during any major event for the city.”

To learn more about amateur radio in Surrey, visit ve7sar. net The Surrey Amateur Radio Club will be offering classes in April to obtain a radio licence. For more information, email sarc@ ve7sar.net

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▶ ARTS Join Abbotsford artist Tracie Stewart at the next Thursday Artist Talk on Jan. 7 from 7:30-9 p.m. at the Surrey Arts Centre. She will share her perspective on how much science influences us and where “magic” comes from.

Above is her work, titled ‘The Boy Dares Dream of Tomorrow.’ Admission is free. For more information, call 604-501-5566 or email arts@surrey.ca

▶ EVENTS White Rock’s Polar Bear Swim 2016 takes place Jan. 1 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 14970 Marine Dr. The swim begins at 12 noon. Music, coffee, hot chocolate, hot dogs and more. Participants are encouraged to dress in costume.

Delta’s 36th-annual Polar Bear Swim takes place Jan. 1 at 1 p.m. at Centennial Beach, Boundary Bay Park. Access is through Tsawwassen, east on 12 Avenue from 56 Street.

Registration, entertainment and children’s activities begin at noon.

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▶ SKATING IN A WINTER WONDERLAND The Cloverdale Arena (6090 176 St.) has been transformed into the Winter Ice Palace for the 18th year.

Families – including those seen here on Dec. 19 – can skate there daily until Jan. 3. Admission is $4.50. Skate rentals are $3.25 and helmets are $1.75. Hours vary. For the full schedule, visit http://bit. ly/1Yb1UhY BOAZ JOSEPH Surrey Arts Centre presents the new season of the Classical Coffee Concerts series. For the next concert on Jan. 14, pianist Sarah Hagen is joined by violinist Francois Houle. Refreshments begin at 9:30 a.m., and the concert is at 10:30 a.m. in the Studio Theatre. Tickets are from $21 at the box office (13750 88 Ave.), by phone at 604-501-5566 or at https://tickets.surrey.ca

▶ TREE CHIPPING The Surrey Fire Fighters’ Charitable Society will hold its annual Tree Chip on Jan. 2 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Newton Athletic Park, 7395 128 St. Christmas tree chipping and bottle drive in support of the Surrey United Soccer Association

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The Knights of Columbus are holding a Christmas tree chipping and bottle drive on Jan. 2, 3, 9 and 10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Parish, 16079 88 Ave. The fundraising is for local charities.

The Adams Road PAC Tree Chipping and Bottle Drive takes place Jan. 2 from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Adams Road Elementary, 18228 68 Ave. Money raised will help build a new playground.

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Emmanuel Covenant Church (17029 16 Ave.) is holding a Christmas tree chipping and bottle drive on Jan. 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Dry Grad Committee of Fraser Heights Secondary School is holding a tree chipping and bottle drive fundraising event on Jan. 3 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the parking lot of

the school, located at 16060 108 Ave. Also, for a minimum $20 donation, a representative from the school will come to your house (Fraser Heights area only) and pick up your tree. Email fraser heightsdrygrad2016@ gmail.com if you wish to have your tree picked up, or drop off your tree at the parking lot, by donation.

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The first half of the 72-game regular season began well and ended well for the Vancouver Giants.

The first three weeks of the regular season

saw the Giants get off to a 4-3-2 (win-loss-overtime loss) start to the season, earning points at a rate which would ensure the Western Hockey League team would qualify for the playoffs.

The three weeks just prior to the holiday break were even better, as they went 7-3-1.

It was a disastrous

seven-week stretch from mid-October to late November, which saw the team go 1-13-2 that has put the Giants in the hole they will need to climb out of over the final half of the season.

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Vancouver Giants goaltender Ryan Kubic makes a save against the Victoria Royals in a recent WHL game in Victoria. Kubic started all 11 games in a recent 7-3-1 run by the Giants. VICTORIA ROYALS PHOTO need to overtake just two rivals in order to climb into the top eight and participate in the playoffs. And if they can maintain their level of play over the first three weeks of December, they should be able to reach the postseason.

A much-improved defensive record is behind much of their success over the past 11 games.

After giving up an average of 4.08 goals against per game in the first 25 games of the season,

they have lowered that figure to 2.28 over the next 11.

Goaltender Ryan Kubic is one of the reasons why. The 17-yearold appeared in just 10 of Vancouver’s first 25 games of the season, losing all eight decisions (0-7-1).

In the past 11 games, he’s started all 11, going 7-2-1. His goals against average has dropped from 2.28 over the first two months of the season to 1.85 during

the recent streak. A save percentage of .878 has improved considerably, as Kubic posted a .937 mark, with three shutouts, over the most recent three weeks.

Matt Barberis has been contributing offensively all season, but his defensive numbers have improved considerably in the past month. The White Rock native is quietly putting together a solid rookie season, leading all Giants defencemen in scoring

with five goals and 13 assists. But while he was a minus-13 through the first 25 games of the season, he’s been a plus4 in the past 11.

Veteran Chase Lang, 19, and rookie Tyler Benson have stepped up their offensive production during the recent run. Lang, who had three goals in 14 games with the Giants following his trade to Vancouver from Calgary in late October, has eight in his past 11.

Benson, a 17-year-old projected to be a potential first round pick in next sumer’s National Hockey League Entry Draft, has four goals and 12 assists in the recent run, after totalling just nine appoints in the previous 15 games.

The Giants will likely need to play .500 hockey over the final half of the season to reach the playoffs. If they play up to the standard set in December, they will achieve that goal.

BLUE LINES: The Giants will have nine prospects playing in the Mac’s Midget AAA Tournament in Calgary this week. The tournament, which began Saturday (Dec. 26) and runs through to Friday (Jan. 1).

Three prospects are with the Yorkton Maulers. They include defenceman Kaleb Bulych, a 2015 second round draft pick, and forwards Kaeden Taphorn (2015 third round selection) and Tristyn DeRoose.

Goaltender David Tendeck, selected in the sixth round of the 2014 draft, will be playing with the Vancouver Giants of the BC Hockey Major Midget League.

Other Giants prospects currently on teams from the B.C. league playing in Calgary are forwards Haydn Delorme (2015 ninth round pick), forward Haydn Delorme of the Vancouver Chiefs and James Malm (2014 second round pick) of the Valley West Hawks.

Jordan Biro was picked up as an affiliate player by the Sherwood Park Kings of the Alberta Midget AAA Hockey League. The forward was listed by the Giants this past summer.

Alex Kannok-Keipert, a defenceman, will play for the Regina Pat Canadians. He was a fourth round pick in 2014.

Defenceman Austin King-Cunningham, listed this past fall, will play for the Moose Jaw Generals.

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To apply submit resume to: sunjobs2012@gmail.com or by fax to 604-607-7656

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Deliver the Vancouver Sun in Fraser Heights, Langley, Walnut Grove.

Must have reliable car.

For more info Contact Dennis at:

Phone: 604-690-4091 or doorstep@shaw.ca

260 171

ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

RELAXATION BODY CARE 604-859-2998 #4 - 2132 Clearbrook Road, Abby

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HELP WANTED

778-322-2378 Lower Mainland 604-996-8128 Fraser Valley Running this ad for over 12yrs

PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $299

(604)240-1920

(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls

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

BEAUTIFUL BATHROOM Plumbing + Drywall + Elect. + Tubs & Showers & Sinks + Toilets & Tile + Fan + Countertop + Painting = = BEAUTIFUL BATHROOM!!

Sen disc. Work Guar.17 yrs exp. Call Nick 604-230-5783, 604-581-2859

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

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GARDENING Prompt Delivery Available

7 Days / Week

Unique Taste, Unique Menus...

Gourmet, Customized Menus Tailored To Your Function...

Meadows Landscape Supply Ltd. âœś Bark Mulch âœś Lawn & Garden Soil âœś Drain Gravel âœś Lava Rock âœś River Rock âœśPea Gravel

threescocatering@shaw.ca or Visit us at: www. threescompanycatering.ca

(604)465-1311

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www.paintspecial.com

*Aluminum *Glass *Wood

263 EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE

• Home Dinner Parties • Meetings • Funerals • Weddings • B-B-Ques • Birthdays • Anniversaries

BL CONTRACTING RENOVATIONS SPECIALIST

SUNDECKS:

meadowslandscapesupply.com

HELP WANTED

RAILINGS:

A-1 CONTRACTING. Renos. Bsmt, kitchens, baths, custom cabinets, tiling, plumbing, sundecks, fencing, reroofing. Dhillon 604-782-1936.

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KITCHEN CABINETS

âœśDump Site Now Openâœś SBroken Concrete RocksS $25.00 Per Metric Ton SMud - Dirt - Sod - ClayS $25.00 Per Metric Ton GrassSBranchesSLeavesSWeeds

$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

RICHGOLD Contr. Ltd. Bsmt suites, framing, drywall, paint, decking, flooring, crown moulding & all kinds of reno’s. Sam 604-992-8474.

Johnson

604-537-4140 329 PAINTING & DECORATING NORTH STARS PAINTING www.northstars-painting.com AMAZING WORK, AMAZING VALUE! 778.245.9069

778-999-2803

ABIAN RUBBISH REMOVAL

Brads Junk Removal.com. Same Day Service. Affordable Rates! 604.220.JUNK (5865)

PROMPT & RELIABLE. Free Estimates.

(604)897-3423

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Re-Paint Specialist 15 Years Experience Interior/Exterior, stucco painting.

TREE SERVICES

PRO TREE SERVICES Quality pruning/shaping/hedge trimming/ removals & stump grinding.

John, 604-588-8733/604-318-9270

20% discount on re-painting or

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Free Estimates

Call Sunny,778-893-1786

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MOVING & STORAGE

www.affordablemoversbc.com

EXP. CARPENTER / HANDYMAN All types of work! No job too small!

Over 20 yrs exp! Ed 778-888-8603

All Rubbish, Junk & Recycling needs.

PRISM PAINTING CO.

PLUMBING

~ CertiďŹ ed Plumber ~

AFFORDABLE MOVING

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Residential / Commercial

• Respectful • Reliable • Responsible • Affordable Rates

WCB INSURED

604-465-1311

604-999-6020

RUBBISH REMOVAL

Vincent 543-7776

Meadows Landscape Supply

$30/hr. per Person • 24/7

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10% OFF WITH mention of this ad H/W Tanks, Reno’s, Boilers, Furn’s.

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ABE MOVING & Delivery & Rubbish Removal

.Jim’s Mowing. 310-JIMS (5467).

RUBBISH REMOVAL

3 rooms $299

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Vancouver International Airport (YVR)

About Us: About Us: Swissport SwissportCanada Canada Inc. Inc. isis the the leading leading Ground Ground Services Services Provider Provider to the aviation industry. industry.

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~ PRO PAINTERS ~ INTERIOR / EXTERIOR Quality Work, Free Estimates

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RAMP SERVICES AGENT

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Cloverdale High Performance paint.

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

MISC SERVICES

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Immediate Openings:

Larry 604-961-4391

2 coats any colour

QUICKWAY Kitchen Cabinets Ltd. ****Mention this ad for 10% Off **** Call Raman @ 604-561-4041.

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2 coats of any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale High Performance paint.

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

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

*Cedar *Treated *Vinyl *Trex

I WILL MEET OR BEAT MOST WRITTEN ESTIMATES

PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $299

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

287

NO PAYMENT Until the Job is Completed

778-322-2378 Lower Mainland 604-996-8128 Fraser Valley Running this ad for over 12years

NEIGHBOURS ELECTRIC Licensed, Warrantied, Affordable.

Renos & small jobs. Res & comm.

7 Days. Free est. 604-710-5758.

Kristy 604.488.9161

604-575-5555...Call Us Now!

ELECTRICAL

All Electrical. Low Cost. Licensed.

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

175 CATERING/PARTY RENTALS

Specializing in Private Events!

We Come To You! Doing It All, From Set-Up - Clean-Up.

604-315-2440 www.soullutionscounselling.com

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Anxiety, Depression, Marriage, Relationships, Addiction, TBI support, PTSP, ADHD, Mental Health, Seniors, Teens, Gender roles and more.

DESIGN

F All types of concrete work F F Re & Re F Forming F Site prep FDriveways FExposed FStamped F Bobcat Work F WCB Insured

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PSB DRYWALL LTD.â&#x2DC;&#x2026; All Boarding, Taping, Framing & Texture. Insured work. Dump Removal Service. 604-762-4657 / 778-246-4657

WE DO IT ALL!

Learn the life skills, so that you are able to recognize signs that trigger unhealthy behaviours in yourself and move forward, never looking back.

CONCRETE & PLACING

Office: 604.536.8124 Email: bob@deadlevel.ca Web: www.deadlevel.ca

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778-231-9675, 778-231-9147

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HELP WANTED 163

BOB DELANEY

ACCOUNTING / TAX /BOOKKEEPING

778 - 230 - 9057

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RESIDENTIAL â&#x20AC;˘ COMMERCIAL â&#x20AC;˘ STRATA

MOBILE BOOKKEEPING & COMPUTER SERVICES

NORDEL SUSHI in Surrey seeks a Cook. Compl. of high school, 3 yrs or more exp in cooking. Basic in English. $16-20/hr, 40 hrs/wk.

L. ROBERTS PAINTING

Dead Level

. Need Cash? Own a vehicle? Borrow up to $25,000. SnapCarCash. 604-777-5046

Waterworks Tech. School - Get certified in 6 weeks. Earn $18-22/hr. 1.250.886.3246

PAINTING

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Fax Resume Attn. Surrey 604-278-6726 or e-mail: hurstcareers@gmail.com Operated by Western Bay

Renoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Repairs

Furnace, Boilers, Hot Water Heat Plumbing Jobs ~ Reas Rates

~ 604-597-3758 ~ Full Service Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service.

Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area.

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A Gas Fitter â&#x153;­ Plumber Furnaces, Boilers, Hot Water Heating, Hotwater Tanks, Drain/ Duct Cleaning & Plumbing Jobs. â&#x153;­ 604-312-7674 â&#x153;­ â&#x153;­ 604-507-4606 â&#x153;­

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PRESSURE WASHING

All Gutter Cleaning. Window & Roof FULL HOUSE CLEANING Call Victor 604-589-0356

PETS

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

RICKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RUBBISH REMOVAL - Residential - Commercial - Construction - Yard Waste

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

IN BUSINESS OVER 20 YEARS ~ FREE ESTIMATES ~

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

P/B GERMAN ROTTWEILERS 3 males - $750 ea, 3 Females, 9 mos old $250 ea: 778-899-3326

Call Rick 604-329-2783

518 EXTRA INCOME ClassiďŹ ed ads are a direct line to extra income. Somewhere there is a buyer for the things you no longer want or need.

604-575-5555

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

BUILDING SUPPLIES

SAWMILLS from only $4,397 MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

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CALL TODAY! 604-866-7080 www.benchmarkpainting.ca

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FUEL

RENTALS 733 MOBILE HOMES & PADS

ALDER, BIRCH, MAPLE MIX. Cut up to 16’’ lengths, split, seasoned, ready to burn. $260 a 4 x 4 x 8 cord delivered. Call 604-339-9077

NEWTON MOBILE HOME PARK. 2 Large RV Pads available for mobile home. Call 604-597-4787.

RENTALS 751

TRANSPORTATION 818

SUITES, UPPER

CARS - DOMESTIC

TRANSPORTATION 845

TRANSPORTATION

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

SURREY, 9721 Townline Division.

3 Bdrms, reno’d kit, large sundeck with view, avail now. $1400/mo incl laundry. Pet neg. (604)505-9541

845

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

TRANSPORTATION 847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

#1 FREE Scrap Vehicle REMOVAL ~~ ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT ~~ $$$ PAID FOR SOME. 604.683.2200 The Scrapper

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MISC. WANTED

736

HOMES FOR RENT

752

TOWNHOUSES

FIREARMS. All types wanted, estates, collections, single items, military. We handle all paperwork and transportation. Licensed Dealer.

1.866.960.0045 www.dollars4guns.com

SURREY 139/68 Ave. 3 Bedroom townhouse, $1050. In quiet family complex,no pets.Call 604-599-0931

Have Unwanted Firearms?

SURREY 64/King George, 2 Bdrm T/H with bsmt, $1015. Quiet family complex,no pets. 604-596-1099.

SURREY 174/57 Ave. 2 Bdrm T/H. $920/mo. Quiet family complex, no pets. Call 604-576-9969

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.

2008 HYUNDAI ACCENT, 2 dr hatch, 70K, auto, a/c, p/w, p/l, black, $5300 firm. 604-538-9257

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

2009 Mazda Tribute, 2 wheel drive, some options, silver, only 40,000kms. $9000 firm. 604-538-9257

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

SURREY; 65/135. 3 Bdrm townhouse, $1000, quiet family complex, no pets, call 604-596-1099

LET YOUR SAVINGS multiply! Sell what you don’t need with a Classified ad

• Autos • Trucks • Equipment Removal FREE TOWING 7 days/wk.

We pay Up To $500 CA$H Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022

1997 CAMRY, 4 door, 4 cyl, auto, loaded, new tires, 180K, in mint cond. $3400 obo. 604-936-1270

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Call today! 604-575-5555

Wanstalls Tactical & Sporting Arms

.Hugh & McKinnon Rentals 604-541-5244.

RENTALS 706

APARTMENT/CONDO Cedar Lodge and Court Apts

Quiet community living next to Guildford Mall.

Clean 1 & 2 bdrms, Corner units avail. (some w/ensuites) Call for Availability. Cable, Heat, Hot Water incl. Onsite Mgr.

SURREY; Strawberry Hills. 4 Bdrm spacious upper lvl, 2 baths & lndry. $1500 + 1/2 utils. Jan 15/31, NS/NP Call: 778-385-9848, 778-882-9952

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LINDA VISTA Motel Luxury Rooms w/cable, a/c & kitchens. 6498 King George Hwy. Mthly, Wkly & Daily Specials. 604-591-1171. Canadian Inn 6528 K.G.Hwy. 604-594-0010

750

SUITES, LOWER

www.cycloneholdings.ca

BOLIVAR HEIGHTS - Brand New 2 Bdrm grnd level suite with nice mountain view. NS/NP, avail immed $950/mo. Call 778-320-5737.

CLOVERDALE lge updated 1 Bdrm apt $820/mo Incl heat, hot water N/P. 604-576-1465, 604-612-1960

FLEETWOOD 3 Bdrm,2bth sml pet, n/laund, avail Jan1st, $1300 incl hydro. 778-858-3143, 604-727-4823

604-584-5233

FLEETWOOD 92A/153. 1 Bdr gr/lvl.

Avail now. Ns/Np. $550 incl utils & cable. 604-582-9519, 604-910-6357 FLEETWOOD; lrg 3 bdrm bsmt ste, with master bath, plus 1 full bath & inste lndry. Avail now. $1400 incl utils. NP/NS. Call: 604-831-5569

KIWANIS PARK PLACE 12850 26th Ave. Surrey 55+ Crescent Beach

PANORAMA, 1 bdrm very clean, $600/mo. Clse to school & bus.

N/P. 778-839-3939, 604-518-6053

In the Matter of Part 3.1 (Administrative Forfeiture) of the Civil Forfeiture Act [SBC 2005, C. 29] the CFA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT: On October 3, 2015, at the 16900 block of 0 Avenue, Surrey, B.C., Peace Officer(s) of the Canada Border Services Agency seized, at the time indicated, the subject property, described as: a 2009 white Honda Civic, BCLP: 253WNE, VIN: 2HGFA16099H102590, an iPhone, and a Nokia N95, all on or about 18:00 Hours.

The subject property was seized because there was evidence that the subject property had been used in the commission of an offence (or offences) under section 131 (aiding or abetting unlawful entry into Canada) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act of Canada.

Notice is hereby given that the subject property, CFO file Number: 2015-3277, is subject to forfeiture under Part 3.1 of the CFA and will be forfeited to the Government for

disposal by the Director of Civil Forfeiture unless a notice of dispute is filed with the Director within the time period set out in this notice.

A notice of dispute may be filed by a person who claims to have an interest in all or part of the subject property. The notice of dispute must be filed within 60 days of the date upon which this notice is first published.

You may obtain the form of a notice of dispute, which must meet the requirements of Section 14.07 of the CFA, from the Director’s website, accessible online at www. pssg.gov.bc.ca/civilforfeiture. The notice must be in writing, signed in the presence of a lawyer or notary public, and mailed to the Civil Forfeiture Office, PO Box 9234 Station Provincial Government, Victoria, B.C. V8W 9J1.

Clean, cozy 1 bdrm apts.

Close to Crescent Beach, park and transit, easy transit to White Rock shopping, N/S N/P. Pick your floor and rent.

1st - $766; 2nd - $794; 3rd- $821; 4th - $838.

Call Lisa to view-604-538-9669 www.kiwanisparkplace.com

SUNCREEK ESTATES ★ Large 2 & 3 Bdrm Apartments ★ Insuite w/d, stove, fridge, d/w ★ 3 floor levels inside suite ★ Wood burning fireplace ★ Private roof top patio ★ Walk to shops. Near park, pool, playground ★ Elementary school on block ★ On site security/on site Mgmt ★ Reasonable Rent ★ On transit route ~ Sorry no pets

Office: 7121-133B St., Surrey

604-596-0916 SURREY, 126/72 Ave. 2 Bdrm apt, $945/mo. Quiet family complex, no pets, 604-543-7271.

SURREY, 135/65 Ave. Bachelor apt $555/mo, quiet complex, no pets.

Call 604-596-1099.

Surrey

Beautifully Upscale 1 Bdrm Suites - perfect for the discerning renter!

Classic suites starting at $729.

Elite suites starting at $839.

Located close to bus routes & skytrain, 20 min walk to Surrey City Centre.

The right mix of legal services in your community.

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Max occ. 2 people. Sorry no pets.

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Just right...for all your legal needs.

Manthorpe Law Offices 200, 10233 - 153 Street | Surrey, BC V3R 0Z7 Phone: 604.582.7743 | Fax: 604.582.7753 | manthorpelaw.com Centrally located near the Guildford Town Centre Mall in Surrey

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