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North Surrey resident Roy Griffith stands next to one of the cedar stumps left after numerous trees were cut down on Glen Avon Drive near the south end of the Port Mann Bridge.

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TREE LOSS IN SURREY CLIMBS

▶ ALMOST 2,000 MORE LARGE TREES WERE CUT DOWN IN THE CITY LAST YEAR COMPARED TO 2014 KEVIN DIAKIW

Tree cutting shot up in Surrey last year as the city experienced another billion-dollar building boom in 2015.

Land cleared primarily for homes resulted in a 28-per-cent jump in the number of trees cut down.

Figures provided by the city at the request of The Leader indicate 8,560 bylaw-sized trees (30 centimetres in diameter at breast height) were cut down in 2015. It’s an increase of 1,848 large tree cuts recorded in 2014.

It also exceeds the average annual cut of bylaw-sized trees over the last 12 years, which comes in at 7,850.

Tree cutting became a contentious issue in Surrey between 2000 and 2004, when the city was issuing permits to cut down 9,100 trees per year.

Former Surrey mayor Dianne Watts, then a councillor, referred to several areas of the city as a “moonscape” because of the scope of the tree loss.

It went on to become an issue in the municipal mayoralty race in 2005, which Watts won.

She then enacted the Tree Protection Bylaw in 2006, but it failed to slow the speed of cuts.

In fact, the number of trees felled annually continued at a greater rate, with 33,300 bylaw-protected trees coming down in three years (2006-2008) – or 11,100 annually (22 per cent higher than in years prior to the bylaw).

To mitigate the loss, the bylaw requires a two-to-one replacement of trees coming down, or the person cutting has to provide cash in lieu of replacement. continued on page 5

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Woman dies in hitand-run

Surrey’s Megan Carbonetto welcomed new baby Zipporah (left) on March 3 – same day her oneyear-old daughter Sarah died.

KEVIN DIAKIW

A 57-year-old woman is dead after being struck by a car which then took off.

The woman was crossing King George Boulevard near 83 Avenue Monday, March 14 at about 6:45 a.m. when she was hit by a car, which then fled the scene.

The woman was taken to hospital, where she died.

No suspect vehicle descriptions were available at The Leader’s press deadline Monday.

Anyone with more information is asked to contact Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or www.solvecrime. ca

Man in hospital after gun violence A man is in hospital with gunshot wounds after reports of gunplay between one car and another in Newton on the weekend.

On Sunday, March 13 at 8:32 p.m., Surrey RCMP responded to a call of shots fired in the 14200-block of 64 Avenue.

As police attended, a man showed up at hospital with gunshot wounds. He had sustained serious injuries.

The initial investigation revealed that one vehicle was firing into another. The suspect vehicle is described as a dark-coloured SUV. The investigation is still in its early stages, but initial indications are it was a targeted incident.

Anyone with further information who has not already spoken to police is asked to contact Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502 or Crime Stoppers.

Homicide in Newton Homicide investigators are now handling the probe into a suspicious death of a man found in a car in Newton.

On Friday, March 11 at about 9 p.m., police were called to 79 Avenue and 123A Street on a report of a car hitting a tree.

Police found a man inside the vehicle suffering from injuries “inconsistent with a car crash,” the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) said in a release Saturday.

A witness at the scene believed the man had been shot, but that account has not been confirmed by police. continued on page 4

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Parents face death of one child and birth of another – in one day ▼ JUST 12 HOURS AFTER SURREY MOM’S TODDLER DIED UNEXPECTEDLY, SHE GAVE BIRTH SEVEN WEEKS EARLY SHEILA REYNOLDS

A Surrey couple is dealing with an inconceivable mix of emotions after their toddler died on the same day their new baby was born.

On March 3, a pregnant Megan Carbonetto dropped her husband off for work and returned home, where she lives with her mother-in-law and sister-in-law. She put on a pot of coffee and went to wake her three daughters.

She roused seven-year-old Sian and Abigail, 5. But when she tried to wake her youngest child, Sarah, there was no response.

She rubbed her, then shook her, beginning to panic.

“She wasn’t waking up,” recalled Carbonetto.

She screamed and her relatives came running. They called 911 and performed CPR until paramedics arrived.

“I thought that when the ambulance got there, help is here, it’s going to be fixed, this is just a bad Angel and Megan dream,” Carbonetto said.

Carbonetto One-year-old Sarah was pronounced dead at the scene.

Megan’s husband Angel raced home and police arrived to investigate. When Carbonetto got up to show an RCMP officer where her child had been sleeping, she buckled over in pain. That’s when they realized she was likely in premature labour and whisked her to Surrey Memorial Hospital.

Less than 12 hours later, and seven weeks early, Carbonetto had baby girl named Zipporah.

Weighing just over five pounds, the infant is in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Surrey Memorial Hospital, where she’ll likely remain for the next two to three weeks.

For Carbonetto and her husband, the birth, on the heels of their other baby’s sudden death, brought a raft of emotions – from joy, to sadness, to guilt.

“I wanted to do everything but have the baby on that same day.

It’s so unfair for her,” said Megan. “Now, for the rest of her life, her birthday is going to be the day we mourn for the loss of her sister.”

For now, she said, she’s simply trying to take care of herself so she can feed and take care of Zipporah.

Carbonetto said plenty of family support has helped during what she calls a “bittersweet” time.

“We’re doing the best we can,” she said.

Her brother, William Carbonetto, has set up a GoFundMe account to support the family and allow Angel to take some time off work. As of Monday, about $11,920 had been donated.

Megan Carbonetto is overwhelmed by the support.

“I’m just a mom from Surrey,” she said. “I’m not anybody special. It’s so unreal.”

Sarah, she said, was an adorable, loving and demanding little girl who knew exactly ▶ “I thought what she wanted. that when the “She really won people over.

All that she wanted was to give ambulance got kisses and hugs.” there... it’s going to Her cause of death is unknown. A funeral was held be fixed, this is just Saturday. a bad dream.”

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Surrey launches ambitious 20-year shade tree plan ▶ CITY TABLES A VISION TO INCREASE TREES IN PUBLIC SPACES OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS KEVIN DIAKIW

Surrey is embarking on an ambitious plan to increase the number of shade trees in public spaces.

The 2015/2016 Shade Tree Management Plan is making the rounds through various city committees, where staff say it is being well-received.

As of last year, there were more than 95,000 shade trees in Surrey public spaces (natural forests are excluded from the count), and the city was planting 5,000 more each year, according to the study.

The draft plan calls on the city to plant 1,000 street trees and 500 in parks annually for the next 10 years.

The 51-page plan indicates for every dollar spent plant-

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“We are looking for anyone that may have

been in the area at the time of the crash to come forward with information,” said IHIT Sgt. Stephanie Ashton.

If you have information, contact the IHIT information line at 1-877-551-IHIT(4448) or email ihitinfo@ rcmp-grc.gc.ca If you wish to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers on the web at solvecrime.ca or by phone at 1-800222-8477.

ing a shade tree, the city harvests $3.18 in benefits, such as energy savings, carbon sequestration, air quality improvements, storm water retention, increased property values and other benefits.

The plan calls or a mix of species to better ensure long-term survival of the trees.

Surrey’s Manager of Parks Owen Croy said right now, the city is unevenly weighted towards using Western red cedar.

“And we’ve got more maples in our inventory than would be desirable,” Croy said. “So we want to slow down on maples, slow down on Western red cedar, and concentrate on other species.”

The report also calls for care for the city’s tree canopy cover (how much area is covered by the full bloom of the tree).

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The current canopy cover for parkland trees is an estimated 5.7 per cent.

According to a separate 2013 study, the city-wide tree canopy has dropped to 27 per cent two years ago from 33 per cent in 2001. An ideal citywide coverage would be 40 per cent for an environmentally friendly city.

Croy said the Shade Tree Management Plan was not put in place to offset any losses of canopy.

“This shade tree management plan was not triggered by that study,” Croy said.

“We look to have best management practices instituted for our municipally owned trees, which only comprise a small portion of the entire population of trees across the city.”

As this plan comes to light, other cities are calling Surrey for input into their own shade tree plans and strategies.

Croy said Surrey residents have already likely seen evidence of the greening of Surrey’s streets and parks. The plan puts an existing practice into a longer-term vision.

Croy also wants to see the creation of a shade tree advisory committee, whereby any future adjustments can be made to enhance the city’s canopy cover on public lands.

The 2015/2016 Shade Tree Management Plan is expected before city council sometime in April.

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– they’re about two-and-a-half feet across.”

City of Surrey engineering The city consistently falls staff said the trees were removed short of the two-to-one ratio as part of a drainage project for and last year, brought in $1.46 the East Bon Accord trunk sewer million cash in lieu for the tree diversion. Nearby residents, fund. staff said, were informed of the That money is collected to plant trees elsewhere in the city. coming work.

Still, Griffith was taken aback The number of trees razed or at the size of the cut. damaged without permission “Was it really necessary to dropped last year after a signifremove all those big beautiful icant two-year jump in bylaw cedar trees?” Griffith said. “I scofflaws. have to get a permit Since 2009, illegal to take a twig off my cutting has ranged ▶ “It’s a tree almost. It seems between 30 and like there’s two 140 per year, with beautiful rules.”

2014 being the green belt He argued there high-water mark for is ample alternative infractions. and these are space where the While last year city could have used huge cedar wasn’t the worst wouldn’t have year for tree cuts, trees – they’re that disrupted trees. some residents are A study commisabout twostill outraged by sioned by the city the ongoing loss of and-a-half three years ago significant trees. indicates Surrey will feet across.”

Raymond Griffith, need to pay more 72, was upset when RAYMOND GRIFFITH attention to its trees he saw a dozen large if it wants to attain trees razed at the its goal of being a end of his street on “green” city.

Glen Avon Drive, Th e 2013 report showed Surnear the south end of the Port rey is losing its tree canopy (the Mann Bridge. amount of property with tree “I was quite shocked, really.

It’s like somebody went in there cover). A canopy of 40 per cent is considered to be one aspect and just desecrated the bloody of being an environmentally place,” said Griffith, who has friendly city. lived in his North Surrey home Surrey fell short of that numfor 42 years. ber and continues to head in the “It’s a beautiful green belt wrong direction. and these are huge cedar trees

In 2001, the report showed 33 per cent of Surrey was covered by tree canopy. By 2009, that figure had dropped to 30 per cent and four years later, it had shrunk to 27.17 per cent – a decline in tree canopy of 17.66 per cent over those 13 years.

Surrey is aiming to have a 40-per-cent tree canopy by 2058, but that would require some significant changes in order to turn current trends around. (See story on page 4).

Which trees are covered

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Permits aren’t required for smaller trees.

The trees the city issued permits to cut down last year were at least 30 centimetres in diameter at breast height.

Or they were one of a number of protected species, such as arbutus, Garry oak, Pacific dogwood, Pacific yew, coast redwood, dawn redwood, giant redwood, maidenchair tree or monkey puzzle tree.

Trees such as cottonwood or alder are often referred to by council and staff as “scrub” trees. They either don’t have a long life cycle or don’t survive development well.

However, if they are 30 cms diameter at breast height, they require a city permit.

City-initiated cuts don’t require permits and therefore are not part of the count.

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Surrey is growing; trees, not so much Surrey has long been faced with choosing between a clearcut and a hard place when it comes to development in the city.

Despite a tree-preservation bylaw enacted a decade ago, the number of large trees cut down has steadily risen over the years.

This isn’t surprising given Surrey’s demographics: a rapidly growing regional centre, a population topheavy with young families, and a burgeoning real estate market that shows no signs of slowing.

In 2015, Surrey recorded more than $1 billion worth of residential construction – the second-highest value in the city’s history. The projects were equally split between single-family dwellings, houses with secondary suites and townhomes, and condos.

So it should come as no shock that 2015 was also

the year the city recorded a 28-per-cent increase over 2014 in the number of trees cut down.

More than 8,500 bylaw-sized trees (30 centimetres in diameter at breast height) fell to the axe in 2015 – an increase of 1,848 large trees cut down in 2014.

The average annual cut of bylaw-sized trees over the last 12 years amounts to 7,850, so by comparison, 2015 was not a good year for friends of the forest.

But here’s the rub: How to accommodate more people without wandering into the woods?

Residents are regularly – and rightfully – rankled when they see trees cut down en masse, particularly from one of the many unassuming pockets of green space dotted throughout the city.

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North Surrey senior Raymond Griffith was recently angered by the razing of huge trees near his home as part of a city sewer project.

“Was it really necessary to remove all those big, beautiful cedar trees?” he wondered.

It’s a valid question. While trees such as cottonwood or alder – often referred to by council and staff as “scrub” trees – usually must come down because they don’t survive development well, it’s harder to explain the need to get rid of the city’s gentle giants.

Does Surrey and the rest of Metro Vancouver need more housing? Yes. Can officials make environmentally smart decisions that better protect and/or replace existing trees? They must. It’s the only way to ensure all those new homes are worth living in.

Freeloaders welcome in B.C. BC VIEWS ▼ Tom Fletcher

As the B.C. government spends millions on an international brand campaign with the recycled slogan “Super, Natural B.C.,” another brand identity has spread across Canada.

This one’s unintentional. It hit a new peak last week with the arrival of two young men from Saskatchewan who were given one-way bus tickets to Vancouver and Victoria by burdened social services ministry staff in North Battleford.

Sorting through the blizzard of soothing sound bites and sympathetic TV clips, a clearer picture emerges.

In his initial interview with the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Charles Neil-Curly, at 23 the elder of the two, said he decided to head west when shelter staff told him his time had run out and he asked for bus tickets to B.C. “When they asked if I had a place to go, I just said, ‘yeah’,” Neil-Curly said. “I was going to the next homeless shelter anyway.”

Transients and panhandlers aren’t the only ones who say whatever they figure

will get them through another day. Politicians do it too.

Admitting she knew little about the arrivals, Premier Christy Clark suggested that both were mentally ill and deserve every support the province can give them.

B.C. housing czar Rich Coleman has also demonstrated factual flexibility as he presides over the creation of his latest single-room-occupancy drug ghetto in a residential neighbourhood in Victoria.

After quietly proposing a closed-down nursing home called Mount Edwards Court as a temporary solution to the filthy “tent city” that sprang up on provincial property last fall, Coleman abruptly announced from his Langley office Feb. 5 that the building had been bought and partly renovated for $4 million. It would house 38 people for up to a year.

I asked him if the purchase meant the conversion of Mount Edwards into permanent “low-barrier” housing for 100 people was a “done deal,” as area residents believe. “They’re wrong,” Cole-

man indignantly replied, adding there would be community consultation over the next year.

In subsequent comments to reporters, he said the province doesn’t really need city zoning, but will apply for it anyway.

(That won’t be a problem with Victoria’s far-left city council, which is keen to add a supervised injection site too).

On Feb. 24, Coleman was asked if he is concerned that the 88 housing units at two locations would fill up and other transients would arrive to take their place. By that time the tent squat appeared to have about 100 people in residence, with the usual overdoses, violence and prostitution.

Coleman assured us it hasn’t happened in Abbotsford or Maple Ridge, where tent camps have finally been cleaned up after shelters and housing were provided.

The next day, he was asked if transitional accommodations would be sufficient to end the camp.

“They’re not actually all that transitional,” Coleman replied. “We’ll take Mount Edwards through a zoning process. We’ve got about 100 beds there.

We’ve bought the building so it’s hardly transitional. We’ve permanently done that.”

Fast forward to March 11. The 38 Mount Edwards spaces are full, another 40 rooms and camping spaces at a former youth custody centre are almost full, and the province applies for a court order to clear the Victoria camp.

A representative of the advocacy group Together Against Poverty Society goes on local radio to pledge legal support for the campers. How many are there now?

At least 100, he says.

Meanwhile in Maple Ridge, where the “homeless” problem is all fixed, Coleman has just extended temporary shelter funding and paid $5.5 million for a 61room motel to fix it some more.

Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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▼ STOP THE DESTRUCTION OF TREES AND GREEN SPACE IN THE NAME OF PROGRESS I hope the City of Surrey can provide a good reason as to why at least a dozen mature cedar trees were cut down at the foot of Glen Avon Drive bordering the Port Mann Bridge.

This area borders a stream and is also home to birds and wildlife.

There is an old saying, “let it be.”

When is this madness of cutting down trees at the expense of progress going to stop?

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As someone who has to frequently and regularly take a family member for treatments at Surrey Memorial Hospital and for lab tests at the Jim Pattison Outpatient and Surgery Centre, I find the parking fees to be outrageously high and exorbitant.

It is $ 4.50 for the first half-hour followed by $3.50 for every additional half-hour. By the time all is said and done, we end up spending close to $20 in parking fees alone at the hospital for each visit.

How can the general public earning a meagre

minimum wage and the retirees who are on an unspeakably low fixed income afford a hospital visit to receive much-needed medical care?

Our politicians need to wake up, smell the coffee and start looking at the realities of real life on the nation’s streets and start figuring out how they really are going to help the people of this great country live better lives.

Oh, I forgot to mention, the parking fees include, believe it or not, a 22-percent parking tax.

If we, the citizens of Canada, are going to be continually taxed to death by our municipal, provincial and federal authorities, then is there a point in visiting the hospitals in the first place?

Bob Baro

So just why is the perfectly good George Massey Tunnel being replaced by a $3.5-billion bridge?

It is not about congestion or rush-hour gridlock. In fact the current government does not give a hoot about those issues, as recent Freedom of Information documents received by Richmond Coun. Harold Steves show.

It is about B.C. Liberals’ friends, Port Metro Vancouver and Fraser Surrey Docks lobbying the government for a bridge replacing the tunnel so they can bring larger draught ships up the Fraser to their facilities.

Silly me. I thought the Roberts Bank super port was built to service large ships, leaving the environmentally challenged Fraser alone.

Why is Richmond council worried? Simple, the new bridge will move gridlock and congestion to Richmond, as roads and highways cannot cope with more traffic.

The new 10-lane mega bridge is the harbinger of endemic gridlock in Richmond and massive development (destruction) of Burns Bog and all ALR lands in Delta as Metro Port Vancouver turns the Fraser estuary into a massive commodity port in contrary to Metro Vancouver planning.

Those on Delta council who support this bridge also support massive urban sprawl, traffic gridlock, the destruction of the ALR and new tax increases to pay for municipal infrastructure upgrades to cater to the new development.

I am tired of subsidizing B.C. Liberals’ hugely expensive vanity projects. I am tired of paying higher taxes to subsidize government insiders’ grand development plans, seemingly done on the back of an envelope.

If Port Metro Vancouver and Fraser Surrey Docks want a new bridge, let them pay for it as well as highway upgrades and a new bridge to Vancouver/Burnaby. It’s only fair.

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while reckless. He was The judge did acquitted on a second not buy Gill’s charge of discharging self-defence claim, a firearm with intent finding him guilty to wound or disfigure. on all but one The charges charge. stemmed from an Gill and Atwal incident in the Guru have had legal Nanak Gurdwara’s dealings previousparking lot near 120 ly, as Atwal filed a Street and 70 Avenue civil lawsuit and on Aug. 28, 2010 against Gill and that left Harjit Singh Radio India for Atwal with a bullet comments made wound to his leg for on air in early Maninder Gill which he required 2010. surgery.

In 2013, NDP While Gill claimed MP Jinny Sims the shooting was in self-defence was criticized after she awarded – that he fired the gun only afGill a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee ter being attacked by Atwal and medal for his charity work. two other men – Atwal argued Gill’s sentencing is scheduled he had no contact with Gill until for May 10. moments before he was shot.

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A man whose dog broke its leg when it fell into a hole on a Surrey path has lost a legal bid to have the City of Surrey pay the vet bills.

Tomas Lichy was walking the family dog, Knightley, on a cycle path at night beneath

the SkyTrain tracks near University Drive and 105A Street in October 2014 when the dog fell in a hole in the pavement.

The 35-kilogram greyhound suffered an abrasion to his chin as well as the broken limb.

Lichy sued the city in small claims court, saying it was negligent in its inspection of the path, asking for about $2,700 to cover veterinarian bills and another $200 for legal filing and service fees.

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The hole was one where a bollard blocking vehicles would usually be placed. The city’s acting manager for roads and drainage (north) testified, telling the judge how many inspectors the city has and how frequently each sector of the neighbourhood is inspected. He also noted such bollards and their brass locks are sometimes stolen and sold for the metal content.

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“There is no evidence that the City was instrumental in removing the bollard and failing to replace it,” wrote Ferriss in dismissing Lichy’s claim, adding there was also no evidence work crews had been there at the time, that inspections were done improperly or that workers failed to notice the bollard was missing.

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henaz Singh is the Pharmacist/Owner of the Shoppers Drug Mart located in the Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre. Her store, along with twelve others in Surrey and Langley, partnered with the Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation and raised $27,535 to help purchase a portable ultrasound machine for the world renowned Breast Health Clinic in the Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre.

“Working in the Jim Pattison building,” says Shenaz, “I meet patients every day that are affected by breast cancer. These brave women have brought it close to home and remind me that breast cancer can affect anyone. By supporting the Breast Health Clinic, we are helping our community and committing to improving women’s health, which is the focus of the Shoppers LOVE YOU campaign.”

have donated over $55,000 to Breast Health and other areas of need within Surrey Memorial Hospital and Outpatient Centre.

“Shoppers is a wonderful partner.

Their LOVE YOU program has made a tremendous difference for women’s health in our region.” ~ Jane Adams, President & CEO, Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation

One hundred per cent of all proceeds benefit local Women’s Health initiatives.

Shenaz has been with Shoppers Drug Mart for over ten years, and has been a Pharmacist/Owner for three years. Shenaz notes that since December 2012, they

• The national Shoppers Growing Women’s Health campaign has raised over $29 million since 2002.

• More than $88,000 has been raised at the local level for Surrey Memorial and the Jim Pattison Outpatient Care & Surgery Centre, all in support of women’s health initiatives.

• The Breast Health Clinic sees about 575 patients each month. (6900 annually) • 311 patients were diagnosed with cancer in 2014.

• In 2014, 23 per cent of patients were under 40 years old.

• 350 of these will be new referrals from a family doctor because a lump or other breast abnormality has been found or because of an abnormal screening mammogram result.

Shoppers Drug Mart is Canada’s leading drug store retailer with more than 1,300 pharmacist-owned locations from coast to coast. The Shoppers LOVE YOU campaign runs for four weeks every fall. Customers purchase and personalize a “Growing Women’s Health” icon – a leaf, butterfly, apple, or bird – which is then displayed at that store. One hundred per cent of all donations go to the local women’s health organization the Shoppers team has chosen to support.

Thanks to the help of Shoppers, their customers and other generous donors, only $24,000 remains to be raised for the purchase of a portable ultrasound for the Breast Health Clinic. The portable machine will be used exclusively for guided breast biopsies which provide tissue samples to conclusively diagnose a breast lump.

Access to this technology will reduce wait times for definitive diagnosis.

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• Between June 2011-June 2015, 51,000 patients had appointments (includes clinical exams, follow-ups, imaging, and biopsies).

• Close to 50 per cent of patients will receive a definitive diagnosis within 1 week.

Another 27 per cent will receive a diagnosis within 4 weeks.

“By supporting the Breast Health Clinic, we are helping our community and committing to improving women’s health, which is the focus of the Shoppers LOVE YOU campaign.”

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TransLink stopgap More awards for Leader to include staff at new fare gates ▶ BUSINESS BRIEFS

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The Surrey-North Delta Leader has received four more awards – this time from an organization representing 2,600 newspapers across North America – for its journalistic excellence.

The Local Media Association announced the winners of its 2015 Excellence in Local News Coverage Reynolds contest winners March 8.

Sheila Reynolds won first place in the Best Coverage of Local Education/School District Issues category, based Joseph on numerous stories she wrote about topics concerning the Surrey School District throughout the year.

Boaz Joseph took first place for Feature Photo for a photo he took of a purple paint powder-covered competitor at the Colour Me Rad run Surrey last year.

Honourable Mention also went to Joseph in the Sports Photo category for his dramatic picture of a fallen bronco rider at the Cloverdale Rodeo & Country Fair.

The Leader’s Remembrance Day issue – which featured a North Delta student’s story of travelling to European war sites where her great-grandfather fought – received an Honourable Mention for Best Front Page.

Last week, Leader journalists were also named finalists in three categories at the B.C.-wide Ma Murray competition. The winners of those will be announced in May.

Top 25 under 25 to be celebrated Nominations for Surrey Board of Trade’s Top 25 under 25 Awards are open.

The sixth-annual awards celebrate the “incredible initiatives” of Surrey youth aged 25 years and younger.

Winners are chosen based on their business or community achievements, leadership ability, community involvement, professional achievements and uniqueness of their business or

community projects.

Nominees must be business- and community-minded, and either working in Surrey or working on a business or community-related projected in or for Surrey.

Nomination deadline is Wednesday, May 4.

For more information, email brianne@businessinsurrey.com or call 604-6340347.

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Local business glitters at awards A South Surrey business is among 10 winners of the 13th annual Small Business BC Awards.

As recipient of the Best Online Marketer award, Glitter & Spice received $1,500 cash and the offer of a one-year, all-access pass to Small Business BC education resources and experts, as well as oneon-one business mentorship opportunities.

The annual awards – determined through online voting followed by a live pitch to judges – were presented last month at the Pan Pacific Vancouver Hotel.

For more information, visit www.sbbcawards.ca

TransLink is sticking to its plan to close all SkyTrain fare gates in early April, but now says it will have nearly all stations staffed most of the time to assist passengers in wheelchairs who can’t tap Compass card readers.

Minister for TransLink Peter Fassbender last week directed TransLink to not close the system entirely until there’s a solution to deal with those severely disabled passengers who have no arm movement.

TransLink said in a statement one accessible gate will be left open at stations at times when staff are not present.

A spokesman said the expectation is the vast majority of able-bodied passengers using SkyTrain from 6:30 a.m. through 7 p.m. will face a fully gated system as of April 8.

Passengers are being told they will have to have a valid Compass card or Compass ticket

within fare-paid zones starting April 4, when the closures will start being phased in.

Old pre-paid FareSaver tickets will no longer be valid then and someone who gets on through an unstaffed open accessible gate may encounter a closed gate when they try to exit SkyTrain at another station.

They’d have to buy a Compass exit ticket from vending machines in the fare-paid zone in order to open the gates.

The extra staffing will be done through the existing budget at no increased cost to TransLink, the spokesman said, but was unable to say if that means sacrificing staff hours to perform other duties.

TransLink is also proceeding with its planned station assistance service where disabled passengers

can phone for assistance. Similar assistance is provided to the visually impaired.

Also continuing, officials say, is work towards a better longterm solution for the severely disabled to open fare gates.

Fassbender said he supports TransLink’s revised interim solution to deliver unfettered access.

“I am satisfied that they have met our request that they make sure that the people who have disabilities have access the same as anyone else, and in doing that they’re treated with the respect they deserve as well.”

As for a permanent solution, he noted other transit systems have a mechanism for wheelchair users to trigger the gates using a radio-frequency enabled device, or through an app on their phones.

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Animals and Easter go hand in hand – something to think about when the Surrey Museum brings local rescue animals to its Easter Fair on March 26.

From 1-4 p.m., rescue and animal interest groups will be on site to teach children and

their parents about respectful treatment and care for animals.

Families can get up close and personal with rabbits, cats, dogs and birds.

The event will include spring crafts, an Easter scavenger hunt in the exhibit gallery, the Easter Bunny, story telling in the theatre, and an appearance by the Vancouver Rabbit Agility Club, which will show off their athletic bunnies at 2 and 3 p.m. in the museum’s plaza, weather permitting.

The museum is located at 17710 56A Ave.

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Admission is $4. Doors open at 7 p.m. For more information, call Patti at 604-581-6270.

Are you a fan of CSI, Bones, or other shows featuring forensic science?

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Wildcats tamed by Owls in Langley ▼ SIX SURREY SCHOOLS COMPETE AT B.C. HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS RICK KUPCHUK

Like the rest of the province learned throughout the season, the Tamanawis Wildcats discovered there was no way to keep up to the Kelowna Owls.

The Wildcats lost 87-72 to the Owls in the championship game of the B.C. Senior 4A boys high school basketball tournament Saturday night at the Langley Events Centre.

Kelowna led from start to finish, and with the exception of a third-quarter rally

by Tamanawis, were never challenged.

The Owls, winners of all 23 games played against B.C. opposition this season, scored the first seven points of the game and sprinted to a 22-12 lead after the first quarter. Kelowna stretched the advantage to 35-15 early in the second quarter and led by 16 at the half.

After making some adjustments at halftime, Tamanawis outscored the Owls 23-14 in the third quarter to cut the difSebastien Reid of the ference to seven Tamanawis Wildcats points, but it was grabs a rebound during a as close as they first-round game against would come. the North Peace Oscars.

“We missed a EVAN SEAL couple of easy buckets early and that rattled some of our guys. They missed some shots then jogged back on defense, so (Kelowna) got up on us early,” said Wildcats head coach Mike McKay. “We got it down to seven, then they hit two or three three-pointers in a row and we didn’t answer.

Even in defeat, the Tamanawis Wildcats made a bit of history at the tournament, as they became the first public school from the Surrey district to reach the final since the North Surrey Spartans in 1983.

“Absolutely,” answered McKay when asked continued on page 15

Trevor Cox (40) of the Vancouver Giants celebrates a goal. The 20-year-old from Surrey will conclude his junior hockey career this weekend. CJ RELKE / VANCOUVER GIANTS

Cox to finish junior career with ‘no regrets’ ▼ SURREY RESIDENT ACHIEVES SEVERAL MILESTONES DURING FIVE SEASONS IN THE WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE RICK KUPCHUK

When the Vancouver Giants take to the ice for their final home game of the season Friday night in the Pacific Coliseum, it will be the last time Trevor Cox will play a Western Hockey League (*WHL) game in front of friends and family.

The 20-year-old from Surrey is completing his over-age season in the WHL this year, one that will end Saturday night in Kelowna.

With the Giants missing the playoffs, Cox won’t have a

enjoy it because it goes by so fast. And he was right, I played five years and it went by so quick.”

Cox was just 16 when he went to Medicine Hat, chance to participate in the making the jump to Major WHL postseason Junior hockey tournament for from the BC ▶ “...I played a fifth time in as Hockey Major many seasons.

Midget League’s five years and “I have no Valley West it went by so regrets,” said the Hawks. five-foot-eight He improved quick.” left winger, who his goal total TREVOR COX was traded to each year in Vancouver from Medicine Hat, the Medicine Hat scoring 10 goals Tigers, where he played for in his rookie season, then the first four seasons of his putting up season totals of WHL career.

16, 25 and 29. His point “I just remember when I totals also went up year-bystarted, a veteran told me to year with the Tigers, and

last year had his best season as a junior with 109 points.

After scoring four times and adding four assists in six games with the Tigers this season, he was sent to Vancouver in a trade. As a Giant, he had 13 goals and 51 points in 48 games.

“The trade caught me by surprise,” Cox admitted.

“But it was good. I could go to practice in Delta, and be home with my family 20 minutes later.”

Although his numbers didn’t match those of his final two seasons in Alberta, Cox has been able to reach some milestones. He recently reached the 200-assist and continued on page 15

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▶ YOUNG TAMANAWIS TEAM HOPES TO ‘MAKE ANOTHER RUN’ NEXT SEASON from page 14

if the Wildcats were proud of the accomplishment, adding the team is poised for another run next year.

“I think the guys will be a little angry about tonight. They’ll get back to training and we’ll see if we can make another run next year.”

Only four players on the Wildcats roster are in Grade 12, including forward Gary Sahota and second-team all-star Sagar Dulay. Both players scored 16 points in Saturday’s championship game.

Among the returnees are Grade 10 point guard and first team all-star Miguel Tomley, who led Tamanawis Saturday with 26 points and 13 rebounds, six-footsix Grade 11 forward Gurman Bhangu and six-foot-four Grade 11 guard Fanta Lado.

Three other Surrey schools were also in the 16-team field at the provincial championship tournament.

Panorama Ridge edged the Holy Cross Crusaders 74-73 Saturday afternoon to place seventh, leaving the Crusaders in eighth place.

The Thunder pulled off what some observers said was the biggest upset in tournament history Wednesday afternoon.

Seeded 15th, Panorama Ridge knocked off the second-seed Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs 64-54.

Harsiman Bhullar with 17 points, Herman Sahota with 14 and Chuks Udevi with 12 paced the Thunder,

five years, it’s really starting to pick up,” said McKay. “For along time, there were a lot of transient students going from school to school and coaches not staying in one place. Now you’ve got (coaches) like Ed Lefurgy at Semiahmoo, Raj Bagry at Tweedsmuir, and Murray (McDonald) is back at North Surrey.

So I think Surrey bas-

ketball is on the rise.”

Q The Pacific Academy Breakers and Delview Raiders qualified for the provincial championship in the Senior AA category.

Neither school placed in the top nine, but Daniel Adediran of Pacific Academy won the Best Defensive Player award.

The Breakers won one of three games, the lone win on the

second day, a 7570 victory over the Westsyde Whundas of Kamloops. Adediran had a double-double in the win, scoring 36 points and adding a dozen rebounds.

Delview won two of four games, including a 70-64 decision over the Breakers Saturday afternoon. The Raiders also defeated the Kelly Road Roadrunners 7769 on Thursday.

IT’S GAME DAY! FRIDAY MARCH 18 PUCK DROPS 7:30PM Daniel Adedirans of the Pacific Acaemy Breakers looks toward the basket during a first-round game at the Langley Events Centre. Adedirans was the Best Defensive Player award winner in the Senior 2A category. EVAN SEAL who won two of four games at the tournament.

The ninth-seed Crusaders also reached the quarterfinal stage until they were knocked out of championship contention with a 92-64 loss to

the Owls.

The 11th-seed North Surrey Spartans were the fourth Surrey team in the tournament, losing in the first round 62-50 to the Kitsilano Blue Demons. The Spartans then won two

of three consolation games.

The four Surrey teams to qualify for a provincial tournament at the highest level is most ever in the 71 years of the B.C. championships.

“In the last four or

▶ GIANTS LOSE TO PORTLAND, KAMLOOPS from page 14

300-point plateaus, and is three goals shy of 100 career goals.

“I’m proud of the milestones I’ve achieved,” he said. “Whatever happens next season, I know I gave it my best.”

Next season is an unknown for Cox. Undrafted, he may be offered a professional contract at the minor league level over the summer, but for now, the final week of the WHL season is all that matters.

“I’m not worried about next season, a few things might happen, but I’m not concentrating on it.

“We have (two) games left, I’ll just go out and play the same way as always, and show

what I can do.”

The Giants dropped two games last weekend, falling 5-1 on home ice to the Portland Winterhawks Friday night the losing 2-1 in a shootout on the road Saturday against the Kamloops Blazers.

In Friday’s game, the Winterhawks led 1-0 after one period and 5-2 after two.

Owen Hardy netted Vancouver’s first goal two minutes into the second frame to tie the scored at 1-1. Cox tallied his 17th of the season on the powerplay with seven minutes to play to close out the scoring.

The Giants outshot Portland 32-29, and went one-for-four on the powerplay. The Winterhawks scored once on three

powerplay chances.

Ryan Kubic was in goal for Vancouver, making 24 saves.

The Giants earned a point in Kamloops Saturday night, taking the Blazers to a shootout before losing.

Radovan Bondra put the Giants up 1-0 midway through the second period, but the Blazers drew even seven minutes into the third period.

Kubic was again in goal, making 38 saves as the Giants were outshot 39-31.

The Giants will close out their season with two games against the Kelowna Rockets.

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74 Ave - 76 Ave, 144 St - 145 A St 76 Ave - 78 Ave, 147A St - 148 St 84 Ave - 86 Ave, 140 St - 141B St 80 Ave - 81B Ave, 134 St - 135A St 99 Ave - 100 Ave, 117 St - 119A St 97 Ave - 99 Ave, 120 St - 121 St 102 Ave - 104 Ave, 128 St - 128 St 92 Ave - 93 Ave, 122 St - Townhomes 89 Ave - 90 Ave, 132 St - 133 St 89 Ave - 90A Ave, 142A St, 144 St 88 Ave - 89 Ave, 146 St - 148 St 110 Ave - 112 Ave, 160 St - 161A St 112 Ave - 114 Ave, 157A St - 159B St 100 Ave - 103 Ave, 170A St - 172 St Berg Rd - Hansen Rd, Cowen Rd - Park Dr 90 Ave - 98 B Ave, 132 St - 132A St 109 Ave - 111 Ave, 131 St - Ravine Rd

CALL 604-575-5342 TO GET YOUR ROUTE TODAY!

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SALES

PERSONAL SERVICES

SALES

156

Inside Sales Consultant

182

FINANCIAL SERVICES

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

The Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows News has an opportunity for an Inside Sales Consultant.

Candidates for this position will possess the ability to create strong marketing programs and nurture existing clients for our print and online publications.

You will be innovative and have an entrepreneurial spirit and enjoy working independently.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 269

FENCING

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 281

GARDENING

We offer a competitive salary plus commission and the opportunity to grow your career with Black Press, Canada’s largest private independent newspaper company with more than 180 community, daily and urban newspapers in B.C., Alberta, Washington State, Ohio and Hawaii.

If you are up to the challenge, please send your resume by March 15th to: Lisa Prophet Ad Manager admanager@mapleridgenews.com No phone calls please and only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

320

.Miracle Moving 604-720-2009

AFFORDABLE MOVING 281

www.affordablemoversbc.com

GARDENING

$45/Hr

LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE

604-537-4140

HANDYMAN CONNECTION HANDYMAN CONNECTION Handyman Connection - Bonded -Renovations - Installations Repairs - 604.878.5232

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

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

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

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 203

ACCOUNTING / TAX /BOOKKEEPING

.Jim’s Mowing. 310-JIMS (5467).

HARRY’S LAWN CARE

288

7 Days / Week

Meadows Landscape Supply Ltd.

236

CLEANING SERVICES

AJP Residential Cleaning. *Insured *Licensed *Bonded. GREAT RATES Taking New Clients. 604-527-4920

257

DRYWALL

PSB DRYWALL LTD.★ All Boarding, Taping, Framing & Texture. Insured work. Dump Removal Service. 604-762-4657 / 778-246-4657

ELECTRICAL

296

317

(604)465-1311

meadowslandscapesupply.com

$30/hr. per Person • 24/7

604-999-6020

~ PRO PAINTERS ~ INTERIOR / EXTERIOR Quality Work, Free Estimates Member of Better Business Bureau

WCB INSURED

Vincent 543-7776

PRISM PAINTING CO.

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

MISC SERVICES

SBroken Concrete RocksS $25.00 Per Metric Ton SMud - Dirt - Sod - ClayS $25.00 Per Metric Ton GrassSBranchesSLeavesSWeeds

Hedge Trimming & Spring Garden clean-up. Power Raking. Bark Mulch & Soil. Call 778-383-7220

778-227-2431

20% discount on re-painting or

3 rooms $299 Free Estimates

Call Sunny,778-893-1786

$64.00 Per Ton

WALT’S YARD WORKS & POWER WASHING

Meadows Landscape Supply

604-465-1315

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

.Port Kells Nursery 604-882-1344

Ask about our

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

NEIGHBOURS ELECTRIC Licensed, Warrantied, Affordable.

Renos & small jobs. Res & comm.

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

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

All Electrical. Low Cost. Licensed.

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

Complete Lawn & Garden Maint.

Pressure Wash, Fences Excavator Bobcat Rubbish Removal 502-9198

*Pressure Washing Call Victor 604-589-0356

TO

POLARBEARPAINTING.COM Paint 3 rooms walls only for $299.

Cel: 604-866-6706

✶Dump Site Now Open✶

NOTIME SPRING SPECIALS. Sign up for season of lawn mowing & get a free lime. Starting at $25 per time. Pressure Wash, Gutters, Rubbish Removal. Visit: notime.ca Call Duncan @ 604-619-7733

DOWN

ABE MOVING & Delivery & Rubbish Removal

KITCHEN CABINETS

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

✶ Bark Mulch ✶ Lawn & Garden Soil ✶ Drain Gravel ✶ Lava Rock ✶ River Rock ✶Pea Gravel

Lawn Mowing Yard Clean up

HOME REPAIRS

A1 BATH RENO’S. Bsmt Suites, Drywall, Patios, Plumbing, Siding, Fencing, Roofing, Landscaping, etc.

Joe 604-961-9937.

Prompt Delivery Available

INCOME TAX PREPARATION MacNaughton & Ward Financial Services Ltd. Maximize your Return Reduce Tax Owed. 604-581-9121 mwfs.ca

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

Best in every way! 604-721-4555.

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

Lawn cutting & care, Spring Cleanup, Aerating Power Raking Fertilize Trimming Com/Res 604-825-5545

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

*Gutter *Roof *Window Cleaning

99

$

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CALL TODAY! 604-803-5041 www.benchmarkpainting.ca

BUSINESS

To Advertise in this space call 604-575-5555

PRESSURE WASHING RUBBISH REMOVAL

PROGRESSIVE PRESSURE WASHING

LOW Pressure SOFT Wash + Mobile Homes $99+ Gutters $ Ranchers 149 Windows + $ Cement 2 Lvl Homes 249 Insured

Deck

604-513-9543 778-549-1823

PROMPT & RELIABLE. Free Estimates.

Affordable rates.

604-897-3423

LANDSCAPING

PAINTING

Land Designs Ltd. Complete Landscape Service Specializing in landscape renos Bobcat - Excavator - Decks Retaining Walls - Paving Stones New Lawns - Irrigation - Drainage Hedging and more •30 Yrs Exp. •Fully Insured

Call Brian for a free estimate

604-773-1349

PAINTING

SCREENS

INCOME TAX RUBBISH REMOVAL PREPARATION

progressivepressurewashing.com

Oasis West

TAX PREPARATION

ABIAN

One call does it all

MACNAUGHTON & WARD FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD.

✔ Maximize your tax return ✔ Reduce tax owed

604.581.9121

“Simply the best for less” Specializing in interior & exterior quality repaints.

mwfs.ca

Eric 604-219-1513 604-576-5758

CONSTRUCTION

RUBBISH REMOVAL

PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $299 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

Dead Level CONSTRUCTION LTD.

RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • STRATA

BOB DELANEY INTERIOR/EXTERIOR

• Renovations • Shops/Garages • Additions • Tenant Improvements

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

WE DO IT ALL!

BUILDING MATERIALS

CAN-AM LUMBER MILL • Custom fit • 15 colors • Lifetime Warranty www.hightechretractablescreens.com

778-322-2249 AWNINGS

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

MOVING & STORAGE

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

260 blackpress.ca X bclocalnews.com

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

6’ CEDAR FENCING. Free est. Red Rose Landscaping.

Bhajan 604-722-2531

Special features will be an important part of your job description along with developing and prospecting new business. Your career is built on relationships with customers and you understand the importance on consulting with clients about their objectives and developing marketing solutions that help them achieve their goals.

Our environment is fast-paced and you can adapt quickly to change and work in a deadline driven environment. You may have a marketing degree or experience but your personality and enthusiasm will sell your application. Knowledge and familiarity with Mac based office programs is required.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

RUBBISH REMOVAL

Professional quality services Great Rates t "11-*"/$&4 t "#"/%0/&% 1301&35: $-&"/ 61 t :"3% 8"45& t %3:8"-t '63/*563& t %&.0 $0/4536$5*0/ %&#3*4

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604-961-3505

Aluminum Patio Covers, Sunrooms, Railings and Vinyl.

604-521-2688

www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

2X4 8’................... $2.49 2X6 8’....................$3.49 Ply. 4X8 3/8” ......$15.95 2X12 10 ...............$8.95 4X4 Treated 8’....$10.95 1X6 Cdr. 4’ ............$1.56 2X4 Cdr. 8’ ............$5.49

12’........$3.59 16’........$7.79 1/2” ...$18.95 20’......$17.95 10’......$12.49 6’..........$3.59

Landscape supply – soil, gravel U Pick Up – We Deliver

604-580-1415

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 356

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

RUBBISH REMOVAL

563

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

PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $299 2 coats any colour

(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls .Rickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rubbish Removal. Over 20 yrs in business Res./Comm./Const.

Yrd Waste. Free Est. 604-329-2783

BEST rates for all your junk removal needs. Contact 778-773-2539 or www.ryansdisposal.com

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PETS 477

338

Have unwanted or inherited firearms in your possession?

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

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

TREE SERVICES

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

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

.CAN PRO Paint and Drywall. 3 Rooms $250. 604-7717052

MISC. WANTED

Wanstalls Tactical & Sporting Arms

REAL ESTATE 640

IMMEDIATE RESPONSE No overtime charge. H/W Tanks, Plumbing, Heating, Plugged Drains, Appliance connections, Renoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, etc.

Reas Rates. Sukh (604)594-8000

Furnaces, Boilers, Hot Water Heating, Hotwater Tanks, Drain/Duct Cleaning & Plumbing Jobs.

RENTALS 706 AKITA PUPS Championship. $800 each.

Call 604-751-0191

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

~ 604-597-3758 ~

LICENSED PLUMBER Fast Friendly Affordable

Sinks, Dishwashers, Toilets Basement Suites Fully Lic & Insured ~ Free Est. â&#x20AC;&#x153; No job too big or to small â&#x20AC;&#x153;

George 604-368-4222 FIXIT PLUMBING & HEATING H/W Tanks, Renoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Boilers, Furnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

Drain Cleaning. Ins. (604)596-2841 Full Service Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service.

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

1-800-573-2928

341

PRESSURE WASHING

*Gutter *Roof *Window Cleaning

*Pressure Washing Call Victor 604-589-0356 Power Washing / Gutter Cleaning SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE Call Ian 604-724-6373

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

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

356

RUBBISH REMOVAL

APARTMENT/CONDO Cedar Lodge and Court Apts

ON CALL 24 HOURS/DAY

Renoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Repairs

736

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

CEDAR HILL: 4 bdrm home, 2 flrs, garage, fenced yrd. Nr school and transit. 778-865-6751 or 604-5973485 or 778-885-675.

CEDAR HILLS; 3 bdrm hse with view. Inc spac 1 bdrm ste, double garage. $1950/m. 604-720-0054

739

TRUCKS & VANS

â&#x20AC;˘ Autos â&#x20AC;˘ Trucks â&#x20AC;˘ Equipment Removal FREE TOWING 7 days/wk.

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

I, Gurmakh Singh s/o Sarwan Singh r/o 15681 82 Ave Surrey, BC. Change my name to Gurmakh Singh Bagri.

Effective Immediately.

WITNESS NEEDED: If you witnessed or have any information about a Hit & Run accident that occurred on January 2, 2016 at 88th Avenue and King George Blvd, Surrey BC involving a Toyota Corolla; could you please call 604-3147154. Thank you. #2016-519

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MOTELS, HOTELS

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

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2009 CHEVROLET UPLANDER XLT Ext Van. Good condition. Low kms. $6,900: 778-344-3191

HOMES FOR RENT

SUITES, LOWER

EAST NEWTON - 2 Bdrm- $850 mo incl util, cbl & net. No ldry, n/p, n/s.

Good refs. April 1. Long term tenants 778-593-8480 / 778-320-1656

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by James Barrick

FLEETWOOD 148/86. 2 Bdrm grnd lvl. NP/NS. Mar 15/Apr 1. Hydro & lndry incl. Satnam 604-518-9088

CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866 MULTI POO mini white,black,brown & tan. 4-6lbs hypo allerg, exc family pet, vet cert $1400. 604-341-1445.

TOY POODLE PUP 6 weeks old.

Cream color, female. $800. Call 604-820-4230, 604-302-7602

SURREY 14888 67A Ave. Bright 2 bdrm suite, full bath. Avail Mar 15th, N/P. $700 incl utils. (Laundry avail).

Call 604-591-5373 or 604-808-5327

Quiet community living next to Guildford Mall.

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

604-584-5233 www.cycloneholdings.ca

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

SULLIVAN. 1 Bdrm bsmt ste,. $650 incl utils & satellite. Np/ns, no laund March 15 or April 1. 604-572-6373

752

SURREY; 2 Bdrm & 4 Bdrm townhouses, $930 & $1230, quiet family complex, no pets, 604-576-9969.

SPRUCE HOUSING CO-OP

757

Kennedy Heights

520

BURIAL PLOTS

FOR SALE: 2 full size burial plots at Valley View Cemetery-Garden of Devotion. Lot 90D, #1 & 2. $3000/ ea. Mel Brough, 1-250-546-0955

523

MISC. FOR SALE

POLE BARNS, Shops, steel buildings metal clad or fabric clad.

Complete supply and installation.

Call John at 403-998-7907; jcameron@advancebuildings.com REFORESTATION NURSERY SEEDLINGS of hardy trees, shrubs, & berries for shelterbelts or landscaping. Spruce & Pine from $0.99/tree. Free Shipping.

Replacement guarantee.

1-866-873-3846 or www.treetime.ca 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. STEEL BUILDING SALE...â&#x20AC;?BIG BLOW OUT SALE-CLEAR OUT PRICING IN EFFECT NOW!â&#x20AC;?

20X20 $5,444 25X26 $6,275 28X28 $7,454 30X30 $8,489 32X34 $10,328 42X50 $15,866. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca

WANTED TO RENT

EMPLOYED Male 55 - N/S, N/P. Urgently needs 1 bdrm suite. If you can help please call (778)239-9517 Max. $550/mo.

TRANSPORTATION

SUNCREEK ESTATES

UNDER $100

small to medium full length grey suede coat with extra large fox collar. $30. 604-497-0078

560

2 Bdrm unit available. Clean, quiet, well maintained. Friendly community close to all amenities. Pets allowed.

Avail now. $880/mo, $1500 shared purchase.

604-581-6070 or email sprucehoco@shaw.ca

TOWNHOUSES

â&#x2DC;&#x2026; Large 2 & 3 Bdrm Apartments â&#x2DC;&#x2026; Insuite w/d, stove, fridge, d/w â&#x2DC;&#x2026; 3 floor levels inside suite â&#x2DC;&#x2026; Wood burning fireplace â&#x2DC;&#x2026; Private roof top patio â&#x2DC;&#x2026; Walk to shops. Near park, pool, playground â&#x2DC;&#x2026; Elementary school on block â&#x2DC;&#x2026; On site security/on site Mgmt â&#x2DC;&#x2026; Reasonable Rent â&#x2DC;&#x2026; On transit route ~ Sorry no pets

818

OfďŹ ce: 7121-133B St., Surrey

604-596-0916

2011 CHEVY CRUZE, auto, 4 dr sedan 130K, many options, silver, $6750 firm. 604-538-9257

SURREY 75/120A; 2 BDRM APT $940, quiet family complex, no pets, call 604-501-0505

Surrey

845

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

The Scrapper

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.

Max occ. 2 people. Sorry no pets.

Call Surrey Gardens Apts at 604-589-7040 to view our Elite Suites!

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CARS - DOMESTIC

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

8JMMT 1PXFST PG "UUPSOFZ )FBMUIDBSF "HSFFNFOUT Brads Junk Removal.com. Same Day Service. Affordable Rates! 604.220.JUNK (5865)

Rosalyn Manthorpe

Just right...for all your legal needs.

4USFFU 4VSSFZ #$ JUNK REMOVAL By RECYCLE-IT! 604.587.5865 www.recycleitcanada.ca

KMM Junk Removal Garbage Bin Rental Call (604)828-2806

845

TRANSPORTATION

GUILDFORD 2 bdrm, new paint, flooring. Own lndry. $900 incls utils.

Nr schools. (778)238-0098

A Gas Fitter â&#x153;­ Plumber

~ CertiďŹ ed Plumber ~

TRANSPORTATION

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

RECREATIONAL

Fully furnished 3 cabin on Westside Rd, native leased land. l_trant@yahoo.com for additional information.

PETS

PLUMBING

â&#x153;­ 604-312-7674 â&#x153;­ â&#x153;­ 604-507-4606 â&#x153;­

733 MOBILE HOMES & PADS

Have Unwanted Firearms?

www.paintspecial.com

Cloverdale High Performance paint.

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

RENTALS

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SHOCKS & STRUTS

Coupon expires April 9/2016

SPECIAL ** ** 4-WHEEL BRAKE RELINE • Installation of front pads & rear shoes • Machine front rotors if necessary & rear drums • Pads & shoes included

• Check master cylinder • Check brake hoses • Check hydraulics for proper functions

$

• Some foreign cars & vans extra

19995

From.............................................................

Coupon expires April 9/2016 Coupon Required

BC Tires

OFF

MANUFACTURER LIST PRICE

Coupon Required

FREE INSPECTION

50

%

With installation only. Lifetime warranty on parts.

• Front End • Exhaust System • Electrical System • Tires

MAINTENANCE CHECK-UP

Coupon expires April 9/2016

CHECK-UP!

149

95

CLIP & SAVE SPECIAL!

From..........................................................

$

Parts and Labour included

Coupon expires April 9/2016 Most Vehicles • Coupon Required

• Oil, Lube & Filter • Brakes • Cooling System • Fluid Levels

On Select models

CLIP & SAVE SPECIAL!

8 CYL.

INCLUDES: • Installation of Spark Plugs • Electronic Scope Test • Set Timing & Idle Speed (if applies) • Emission Check • Complete Safety Check (parts extra)

300

$

6 CYL.

Set of 4 tires

260

5995 $6995 $7995 TIMING BELT

$

4 CYL.

16” Tires

Coupon Required

BC TIRES & AUTOMOTIVE

Your Complete Auto Repair Centre ² Computer Diagnostics ² Tune-Ups ² Oil Changes ² Brakes ² Shock Absorbers ² Clutches ² Water Pumps

² Timing Belts ² Head Gaskets ² Valve Adjusting ² Headlight Aiming ² Cooling Systems ² Overheating Problems ² Transmission Service

² Exhaust Systems ² Batteries ² Fuel Injection ² Air Conditioning ² Thermostats

8971 120th Street, Delta

604-591-7396

OPEN: Mon.-Fri. 8 am - 6 pm, Sat. 8 am to 5 pm

15399 Fraser Hwy, Surrey

604-585-7396

OPEN: Mon.-Fri. 8:30 am - 5:30 pm; Sat. 9 am - 5 pm

DESIGNATED INSPECTION FACILITY Vehicle Inspection Division

FACILITY S3386