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More than 500 tons of debris removed from beach west of white rock
Section of White Rock Promenade reopens Aaron Hinks Staff reporter
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Fiona McDiarmid awaits the opening of a section of the White Rock Promenade near the iconic pier late Thursday morning. The popular walkway, closed since a devastating windstorm blew through the Lower Mainland on Dec. 20, was scheduled to reopen at noon.
After more than a month of heavy lifting, the City of White Rock has reopened a stretch of the beach and promenade. While East Beach is still closed, a section of West Beach, from near the white rock to the pier, has been opened to the public. According to the city’s website, more than 500 tons of logs and garbage were removed from that section of the waterfront by city staff and BNSF Railway. Hazardous materials such as fuel tanks, batteries, metal fragments and boat components were also removed. Beach access has been restricted since a Dec. 20 storm caused havoc on the city’s waterfront. “I am so pleased to hear that we will be reopening this area of the promenade, two days ahead of schedule,” Mayor Darryl Walker said in the city’s post. “Staff and our partners have been working hard to clean up the debris, garbage, and hazardous material since the December 20, 2018 storm hit our waterfront.” Continued on A4
Cutting of hundreds of trees related to sewer and water project, Chief Harley Chappell confirms
SFN infrastructure project begins with tree removal Aaron Hinks Staff reporter
Semiahmoo First Nation is in the process of removing what appears to be hundreds of trees from reserve property. Several piles of cut trees were laid out at the corner of Beach Road and Highway 99 Wednesday morning. A spokesperson for SFN told Peace Arch News Wednesday morning that the trees were being removed for an “infrastructure project,” but would neither confirm nor deny whether the project is related to a servicing agreement between
Last Summer, Chappell and then-Surrey SFN and the City of Surrey. However, after PAN published an article mayor Linda Hepner signed an agreeonline about the trees being removed, ment which could result in connection SFN Chief Harley to sanitary-sewer infraChappell confirmed via ❝It’s taken almost 40 years structure and water for Facebook that the work for us to get to this point. fire protection for the is pre-work for water/ first time in the nation’s It’s historic for us.❞ sewer infrastructure, history. Harley Chappell which is scheduled to “It’s huge – it’s monuSFN chief break ground within the mental,” Chappell told next few months. PAN in July. “Our late Aaron Hinks photo “Trees are removed prior to March 1st uncle, Grand Chief Bernard Charles, to ensure bird nesting window is protect- started the process of negotiating a con- Piles of trees rest near the Beach Road and Highway 99 intersection ed,” Chappell wrote. Continued on A4 Wednesday morning.
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Elections BC figures show White Rock and Surrey candidates who spent the most did not get elected
Cash didn’t equal success in civic campaign Alex Browne Staff reporter
Candidate spending didn’t necessarily spell success at the polls in the 2018 civic election. Democracy Direct candidates swept the field over White Rock Coalition candidates in the October ballot, taking five of seven seats on council, despite the latter group outspending them by close to one and a half times the amount, according to Elections BC disclosure documents released this week. It was much the same story in Surrey, where the Safe Surrey Coalition, led by now Mayor Doug McCallum, took eight of nine seats on council while spending far less campaigning than former powerhouse civic coalition Surrey First. In White Rock, overall election expenses for Democracy Direct were $64,864.71, while the previously dominant White Rock Coalition spent $96,082.10 overall. Independent incumbents Helen Fathers and David Chesney, who topped the polls, spent a total of $3,499.59 and 4,428.65 respectively. White Rock Coalition councillor candidates, none of whom were elected, spent $7,971.94 each on their campaigns, while the group’s
unsuccessful mayoral candidate, Grant Meyer, spent $15,943.83. By contrast, Democracy Direct councillor candidates Scott Kristjanson, Christopher Trevelyan, Erika Johanson and Anthony Manning spent $2,529.52 each on their successful electoral bids, while Mayor Darryl Walker was elected after spending a total of $5,182.96 on his campaign. In the Surrey election, Safe Surrey, as a group, spent $237,418.14 on the campaign, with further spending by candidates amounting to $9,871.34, for an overall total of $247,289.48. Surrey First – which elected only Coun. Linda Annis – spent more than three times as much, for a total of $817,136.65. The splinter group Integrity Now, made up of former Surrey First incumbents Bruce Hayne, Barbara Steele and Dave Woods, spent $224,915.77. A change in election finance rules meant that political hopefuls relied on individual contributions, unless they raised funds ahead of Oct. 31, 2017, when new rules took effect that prohibit corporate and union donations and limit individual donations to $1,200. – with files from Amy Reid
Dollars spent campaigning didn’t translate into success at the polls in White Rock and Surrey’s 2018 civic election races.
Two counts of trafficking laid in connection with May 2018 bust in White Rock
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One man is facing drug-trafficking charges – including one related to fentanyl – in connection with an incident last May in White Rock. Navjot Cheema appeared in Surrey Provincial Court Wednesday (Feb. 6) and is set to return on March 6. Officials with the Public Prosecution Service of Canada told Peace Arch News last month that two charges were sworn against Cheema on Jan. 16 – one for the possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and the other for possession of fentanyl and a derivative of fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking. Officers arrested a 31-year-old man and seized nearly a kilogram of cocaine as well as “17 street doses” of fentanyl on May 20, 2018, while responding to a report of a break-and-enter in the 800-block of Stayte Road. Project funded by Cooper Pacific Mortgage Investment Corporation
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Seventeen ‘street doses’ of fentanyl were discovered during a drug bust last May. Const. Chantal Sears said at the time that police arrested a suspect who was seen running from the residence, and that it was determined the home in question “was being used for criminal activity for a long period of time.” RCMP’s Clandestine Synthetic Drug Laboratories unit was called to assist with the investigation,
and the two-storey white house remained surrounded by yellow police tape for 24 hours. It took nearly eight months for charges to be laid due to the “pretty complex” nature of the file, Sears said after charges were confirmed. “Everything has to go to the Health Canada lab to get analyzed,” she explained.
A pair of crashes brought emergency crews to the same stretch of Highway 99 in South Surrey twice in three days. Luckily, neither incident resulted in serious injury. One driver in his 50s, however, lost his right to drive for the next three months, after failing two roadside breath tests at the scene. Cpl. Mike Halskov with the RCMP’s traffic services unit said an impaired driving investigation began after police were called to a single-vehicle collision on the highway, south of King George Boulevard, at approximately 1:45 p.m. on Saturday (Feb. 2). The crash, involving a southbound driver, scattered debris, including tires, across the highway and left passersby with the impression that more than one vehicle was involved. “It was a single-vehicle collision, but
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in… 18 months.” Then-White Rock mayor Wayne Baldwin later described the termination as a “possible outcome… if we can’t come to some sort of negotiated agreement (surrounding the provision of services) that makes sense.” In June 2017, the SFN was announced as one of 33 communities that would be receiving federal funding to assist with water infrastructure.
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Continued from A1 Walker said that much more work needs to be done, “but we are hopeful that we can share more good news with our community about the progress we’re making around waterfront restoration efforts.” The city and its partners will continue to work on cleaning East Beach, which remains closed until at least the end
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e don’t write editorials urging people to stop smacking themselves in the forehead with a ball-peen hammer. Nor do we advise people to not stab themselves in the foot with a pitchfork as they putter around in their backyard. The wisdom of avoiding such self-destructive behaviour we hold to be self-evident truth, simply not requiring editorial comment. And yet, here is this reminder to all that when you step into traffic with your attention focused on your digital screen, you might as well be stepping off a cliff. Which, incidentally, has happened. On Christmas Day 2015, a man from Indiana walked off a cliff in San Diego, falling nearly 20 metres to his death because he was looking at his electronic device instead of paying attention to where he was going. Not the smartest thing one can do with a smartphone. To compound the tragedy, this victim was the father of a young boy. Surrey police said a 22-year-old woman was rushed to hospital Sunday night, suffering from head injuries, after she stepped out into traffic while using her cellphone and got hit by a taxi. Police say she was attempting to cross the busy road mid-block, which is never a good idea under any circumstances. While pedestrians should always cross at crosswalks, in cases like this, it wouldn’t really matter if you’re not paying attention to traffic. Do we really have to say it? Cars can hurt you, and trucks, even worse. Keep your eyes on oncoming traffic before you step off the curb, and while you are in the process of crossing. Surely, for your own safety, you can peel your eyes away from your precious cellphone for at least those seconds it takes to cross the street, no? After all, you’re worth it. We suspect Sunday’s unfortunate pedestrian would agree.
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or decades, we Canadians have the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion, struggled with our national identity the divide between Alberta and B.C. has and what we see as our place in obviously grown in recent years. But, you the world. Despite never having know what? This, too, shall pass. Brenda Anderson come up with a solid answer, Eventually, one imagines, we’re now being asked to drill Ottawa will do something to down a little further and define peeve us both off and we’ll once ourselves as Western Canadians. again have each other’s backs. A recent Angus Reid Institute Then, the two provinces will poll asked what it is that makes join voices in some version of Westerners unique and with ‘Let the Eastern bastards freeze in whom do we most closely the dark!’ identify. We “Western whiners” have to The more noteworthy results stick together, after all. to come from the survey indicate These lines of demarcation exist there is a growing rift between within B.C., too. Talk to people Canada’s two westernmost in the Lower Mainland and many provinces, and that B.C. sees will say they identify with our itself as more closely aligned with Pacific Northwest neighbours. Vancouver Washington and California than with and Seattle do have a lot in common – just Alberta. ask anyone who’s filmed a set-in-Seattle, Of course, it’s never as simple as made-for-TV movie in the past 10 years. collecting and comparing numbers. The Okanagan residents, on the other hand, who, what, where and when questions are might well feel more of a kinship with valid, of course. But more important, I California – identifying with its desert would suggest, is ‘why?’ climate and expansive vineyards. The issues that bind or divide us depend However, if you live up north in largely, I suspect, on what’s happening Dawson Creek, where the Alberta border at any given time. With the dispute over is a 15-minute drive away, you might be
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less inclined to look south for common interests. Canada is like a family with 13 siblings who fight and make up for reasons that don’t always make perfect sense. When mom and dad in Ottawa make us angry, we might threaten to go down the street and live with our cool neighbours, or strike out on our own entirely. Some might feel slighted or suspect one sibling is getting more than their fair share of attention. Let’s face it, we all know who mom’s and dad’s favourites are. I’ve lived in B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan at different stages in my life and there was never a time I felt like an outsider. Because I grew up (mostly) in Dawson Creek, I suppose I was a bit of a Prairie girl at heart. Generally speaking, we share plenty with our siblings to the east, whether it’s pride in our universal health care or a general desire to live peacefully within a cultural mosaic. But our Western ties are special. We may never be able to pry our way into the tight relationship shared by the Prairie triplets, but B.C. will always be that slightly offbeat (but undeniably beautiful) sibling Albertans don’t quite understand, but still make time to visit every summer. And when they do, we’ll roll our eyes and make up the spare bed. Because when you’re family, that’s just what you do. Brenda Anderson is editor of the Peace Arch News. Peace Arch News is a member of the National Newsmedia Council, which is an independent organization established to deal with acceptable journalistic practices and ethical behaviour. If you have concerns about editorial content, please contact: brenda. anderson@peacearchnews.com or 604-5427402. If you are not satisfied with the response and wish to file a formal complaint, visit the website at mediacouncil.ca or call toll-free 1-844-877-1163 for additional information.
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Bus rider owed an apology Editor: I am writing in support of the mother attempting to use our public-funded TransLink services and the abysmal reception she received at the hands of a bus driver, around her double stroller for her twins, as reported on Jan. 27. A reminder to drivers who are essentially public servants, that the respect expected towards drivers, is certainly expected towards passengers. We have bus capabilities of lowering the bus entrance, we have priority seating for those who need it. The public deserves consideration and kindness in using our public services. A few caring words would go a long way, as folks use public transit, and a reminder that it’s a good thing to have people on buses, it means one less car on the road and less pollution. Will TransLink follow up on this driver’s behaviour and offer an apology ? Judith Brook, North Vancouver
flipping tax, but that’s another subject. I’ve sent three emails to White Rock politicians, but no response. I’d say the honeymoon is over. Taxes will be going up, property values will be going down. Bruce Fraser, White Rock
Dogs, beach are a bad mix Editor: I believe animals are awesome – including dogs – and that humans should be guardians of domestic and wild animals while managing how their lives intersect. One can’t control whether a racoon wanders into the back garden of their home, but we can control where we allow dogs and train them.
We need to care for the planet, and mend our ways to protect the environment and wildlife. Boundary Bay Wildlife Management Area includes White Rock beach and is an important rest stop and feeding ground for migrating birds. We finally realized the damage done to the planet by animal agriculture, especially cattle. As we learn how our pets impact the environment, we must adjust our thinking about how to be a “good citizen pet owner.” The Independent reported that, “Pets have the same environmental impact as 13.6 million cars.” Better dog food from human-consumption meat is growing carbon-dioxide emmissions from production beyond the current amount of 64 million tons a year, and is contributing to global warming. Responsible pet ownership entails
more than feeding and walking Rover. Society and governance needs to adopt and implement new pet ownership policies and start putting the environment and wildlife first. I implore the councillors to step back and apply a reasonable amount of skeptical scrutiny on this matter – they have the facts. In doing so, they can only arrive at the same conclusion – that dogs in the beach area is a bad idea for all parties. I also encourage responsible dog owners to think outside the box and put nature, the environment, safety and the collective well-being of their community first and foremost. Do the right thing and vote no. Will leashed cats be permitted? Out of fairness they should, but instinct will be the result. Adrian Brown, South Surrey
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Tax is out of line with B.C. Editor: Bad news, it looks like we might have traded one bunch of scoundrels in for another. For all of his faults, it could be said of ex-mayor (Wayne) Baldwin that he was focused on bringing in new tax dollars through growing the community’s vibrancy and tax base. If only he’d respected the OCP he might have gotten a pass. Now we have a new bunch of leftists in charge who are keen to tax “empty” homes at an exorbitant, unique-to-White Rock, rate of five per cent (Vancouver is one per cent). Except for Vancouver, no other jurisdiction in the province has implemented this tax, although Victoria would like to. Although this doesn’t hit me directly, it will put White Rock way out of line with all other communities in the province and will certainly affect property values in the city, in an already declining market. So if a person purchases a property for $500,000 and uses it three months a year, the tax will be about $25,000 per year, plus basic property tax. Then there’s the 2.5 per cent anti-
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Editor: The RCMP did a superb job in apprehending the accused Surrey transit shooting suspect. They were thorough, professional and efficient in the way that they did it. I am sure that mayor and council were kept apprised and updated of all progress and developments during their search. Police also did a good job last week of capturing the alleged USA murderer at the Peace Arch Hospital. Kudos to them. The RCMP are doing, and have always done, a great job of keeping us safe in Surrey. We do not need, nor do we want a different police
force in Surrey, whatever your personal motives may be in wanting to change them out for a muncipal force more subservient to you, Mr. Mayor. Leave them be and let them get on with what they do a great job of. Give them the resources, finances and manpower that they both need and ask for in order for them to maintain and improve on the services that they provide us. There are a growing number of our Surrey citizens that are of the same mindset as I and will oppose all attempts by you to remove the RCMP from Surrey. Ivan Michael Scott, Surrey
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Popular White Rock singer-songwriter Richard Tichelman is one of the competitors in the CBC Searchlight 2019 contest. The first round of voting in the yearly hunt for “Canada’s undiscovered musical talent” closes Feb. 14. The pop-folk-country performer and his band, featured recently at Vancouver’s Railway Club and The Roxy, are in the running for his original song Big House. Members of the public are allowed to vote online once per day in the contest, which is judged by a combination of audience voting and a panel of Canadian music industry celebrities. Prizes include a Juno Award master class, a week recording at the National Music Centre in Calgary and a chance to perform at the 2019
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Murder leads to random acts of kindness Aaron Hinks Staff reporter
Riopel said of her sister, who still lives in Edmonton. andom Act of Kindness Week, which Riopel said that her sister started a program is now celebrated around the globe, in her school called Kids for Kindness. was first introduced in Canada after a Students were rewarded for acts of kindness random act of violence. and were assigned projects that promoted Barb Danelesko was murdered in kindness. Edmonton in 1994 in the middle Riopel, who was also a school of the night while her husband teacher in Alberta at the time, ❝The game plan and children were asleep. It was was simply to bring said kids started to positively a home invasion gone wrong. respond to the curriculum. awareness and Colleen Ring, a Grade “We could see that when you optimism and action put 2 teacher at the time at the emphasis on kindness to the public.❞ Edmonton’s Mary Hanley and positivity, there’s a change in Catholic Elementary (a few the students. Then, the parents Debbie Riopel blocks away from the murder would say there’s a change in the scene), saw the impact the murder had on kids when they came home. That, really, kept the greater community and the students in us going,” she said. her classroom, her sister Debbie Riopel, a In 1996, Riopel and her sister approached White Rock resident, told Peace Arch News the then-mayor of St. Albert, Anita Wednesday. Ratchinski, to ask for a week to be While many people responded to the proclaimed as “Random Acts of Kindness crime by increasing their home security, Week,” the first of its kind in Canada. Ring “chose to respond to a random act of “The game plan was simply to bring violence with a random act of kindness,” awareness and optimism and action to the
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kindness for the launch of Random Act of Kindness Week Feb. 11. The Gogos, which is a charity group that raises funds for grandmothers taking care of orphaned children in Africa, will donate books and give thanks to the Write to Read volunteers in South Surrey. Write to Read, which stores boxes of donated books in five storage units in South Surrey, works to build libraries in remote rural First Nations communities. Libraries are housed in donated portable trailers, modular buildings and repurposed buildings. Since 2015, the organization has built 10 libraries. Although the Gogos act of kindness is one that is planned, Riopel offered some suggestions for those who might be curious about what constitutes a random act of kindness. It can be as simple as holding a door open for someone, or, she suggested, scrolling to your oldest text message and reaching out to that person. “It’s all about people connecting,” she said.
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BC Children’s Hospital Foundation has started selling tickets for its 2019 Choices Lottery, which includes three grand-prize package options in South Surrey. The winner of the lottery, to be selected after ticket sales end April 11, will be allowed to choose one of eight prize packages. The local prize packages include a six-bedroom home (located at 3088 144 St. in South Surrey), and the option of a 2019 BMW X4 Drive 30i or $50,000; or the option of taking two homes, including a four-bedroom home located at 16538 25A Ave. and a two-bedroom, lake-view home in Kelowna, plus $150,000 and a 2019 BMW X5 xDrive 40i; or, a four-bedroom home at 16542 25A Ave., $70,000 in furnishings, a BMW X3 xDrive 30i and $1 million. Other grand-prize packages include a two-home package in Squamish/Vancouver, a
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home in Victoria and a home in Kelowna. The winner also has an option of choosing a $2.2 million cash prize. The Choices Lottery supports the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation. Money raised goes to fund research that can lead to innovative discoveries and treatments. “The funds raised help to enhance care for the one million kids across B.C. and the Yukon who count on us,” Teri Nicholas, president of BC Children’s Hospital Foundation, said in a news release.
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City of White Rock Committee Volunteer Opportunities Volunteering is a great way for residents to get involved, provide input and expertise on important issues and make a positive contribution to our community. The City is currently accepting applications to fill vacancies on the committees below. Arts and Cultural Advisory Committee The Arts and Cultural Advisory Committee (previously known as the Cultural Advisory Committee) has been established by Council to collaborate with stakeholders in the community to develop and implement the City’s next Cultural Strategic Plan. Up to thirteen (13) community members are sought for appointment until December 31, 2020. Environmental Advisory Committee The Environmental Advisory Committee discusses and advises on environmental matters that have been referred to the Committee by Council and/or the Chief Administrative Officer. The Committee will also review the City’s Integrated Storm Water Management Plan and the Environmental Plan. Up to seven (7) voting members are sought for appointment until December 31, 2020. Application Criteria • Applicants must not be employees of the City of White Rock. • Applicants who live in the City of White Rock will be considered first (unless otherwise noted in the terms of reference). • Applicants should be able to serve for the full term of the appointment. A full terms consists of two years, unless stated otherwise in the Terms of Reference. Application Process • Carefully review the mandate for each select committee and task force and identify which ones interest you. • Complete the application form available online at www.whiterockcity.ca/committees.
• All applications should include a resume or cover letter. • Applications should be marked to the attention of the Director of Corporate Administration. The information submitted will be considered by Council as part of the appointment process. Once the decisions have been made, all applicants will be contacted with respect to their submissions. Applications can be submitted via any of the following methods: Complete applications are due by 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 28, 2019. Email to: clerksoffice@whiterockcity.ca Mail or hand delivered to: Corporate Administration, City of White Rock 15322 Buena Vista Avenue White Rock BC V4B 1Y6 *Note: Copies of all applications will be made available to White Rock City Council and required staff for the sole purpose of making appointments and communicating with the Boards, Committees, Commissions and Panels. Your information is collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for this purpose and for contacting appointed persons with information regarding meetings. For more information please contact Corporate Administration at: • clerksoffice@whiterockcity.ca or 604.541.2127.
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Extreme Weather Response Learn about the provincial Extreme Weather Response (EWR) program which provides people experiencing homelessness with access to a warm, dry place to sleep during extreme weather conditions. surrey.ca
We’re Hiring for Summer 2019! Start your Summer Job Search Today Gain valuable experience and learn new skills while doing meaningful work that impacts your community. surrey.ca/careers
Autonomous Shuttle Rides in Civic Plaza February 9–10, 13–17 | 10am–4pm | Surrey Civic Plaza (13450 104 Ave.)
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Experience a self-driving shuttle ride in Surrey as part of the Smart Cities Challenge bid. Rides take approximately five minutes and can accommodate wheelchairs, scooters and strollers. surrey.ca/events
Monday, February 11
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Monday, February 25
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February 10 & 17 | Various times and locations Help shape the new community-curated Punjabi exhibit taking place this fall at the Museum of Surrey by sharing your stories, mementos, pictures and other items that highlight the Punjabi culture from a local perspective. surrey.ca/events
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February 13 | 6–8pm | Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre (13458 107A Ave.)
Healthy Hearts Day February 14 | 6am–9:30pm | Newton Recreation Centre (13730 72 Ave.)
Volunteers Wanted! Make a Positive Impact in Your Community Enjoy enriching, fulfilling experiences as a City of Surrey volunteer. There are many opportunities to suit your skills and interest. Find a complete list of opportunities on our volunteer page. surrey.ca/volunteers
Clean Sweep Leader Gather a group and organize a clean-up in your neighbourhood between April 13 and 22. Pick up your supply kit and enter to win prizes. surrey.ca/volunteer
Committee Member Make a positive impact in your community through the Parks, Recreation and Culture Committee. Send a brief resume with cover letter by email, fax, or in person to the Office of the City Clerk, on or before Monday, February 25, 2019 at 4:30pm. surrey.ca/cityclerk
Enjoy 2-for-1 admission including access to the fitness centre, drop-in sports, fitness classes and swimming. surrey.ca/events
Geocache Outdoor Treasure Hunt February 16 | 10am–2:30pm | Crescent Park (2585 132 St.) Celebrate Family Day weekend with Surrey Parks on a treasure hunt like no other! Search for hidden caches by navigating to specific GPS coordinates. Pre-registration required. surrey.ca/events
Learn Water Safety: Open Water Activities February 17 | 1:30–3:30pm | Newton Recreation Centre (13730 72 Ave.) Drop in for a public swim (regular admission) and learn how to stay safe around water this summer in an interactive way from our trained staff! Topics including boating safety and life jacket techniques. surrey.ca/events
Family Day Activities
Surrey International Children’s Festival
February 18 | Various times and locations
Help inspire young hearts and minds this May 23–25. Lead hands-on art, face painting and storytelling activities or offer behind the scenes support. Email volunteer@surrey.ca to learn more. surrey.ca/childrensfestival
Celebrate Family Day with free, fun activities for the entire family! Visit our community events page to find activities at Historic Stewart Farm, Museum of Surrey, Surrey Nature Centre and our local recreation centres. surrey.ca/events
Winter is Here
Surrey Youth Stewardship Squad: Invasive Plant Removal
Surrey’s Snow Removal Plan
February 23 | 10am–12pm | Hazelnut Meadows Community Park (14069 68 Ave.)
Be a good neighbour and clear snow from sidewalks around your property before 10am after a snowfall. Download the snow and ice priority routes map. surrey.ca/snow
Be part of our squad to enhance our parks and raise awareness about environmental stewardship. No experience required. Ages 13–17. surrey.ca/parks
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February 28 | 3:30–7:30pm | South Surrey Recreation & Arts Centre (14601 20 Ave.)
Recycling Contamination Survey Take our five- to 10-minute survey to help us better understand your recycling approach, and to provide feedback on City of Surrey resources and programs related to curbside recycling. surrey.ca
VISIT SURREY.CA/EVENTS FOR COMPLETE CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.
Semiahmoo Town Centre Open House Share your knowledge and perspectives to help shape the Semiahmoo Town Centre plan. City staff will be on hand to listen, discuss, and answer questions. surrey.ca/events
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Historic White Rock images celebrate a waterfront icon
Pier-ing into the past Alex Browne Staff reporter
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hite Rock’s pier has always been as much an idea as an entity, said city archivist Hugh Ellenwood, of White Rock Museum and Archives. And in the upcoming photographic exhibit at the city’s Landmark Pop Uptown Gallery at Central Plaza, Our Pier: A Retrospective he traces the pier’s history, both in concept and reality, from its beginnings in 1890 up to the disastrous windstorm of Dec. 20 that led to the washing away of a middle section of the structure. The show officially debuts Valentine’s Day (Thursday, Feb. 14), with a free 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. gala opening at the gallery, and runs until March 23. It’s a valentine of sorts to the waterfront icon from the White Rock Youth Ambassador program – members of the keenly community-aware 2018-19 team were busy organizing an online fundraising effort to help refurbish the pier almost as soon as word spread that it had been seriously damaged. That initial effort has evolved into the current campaign, in which reproductions of historic photos and paintings in the display will be sold to help pay for such items as arches, lighting and benches to enhance a rebuilt pier. Teaming with the ambassadors are several city departments, including recreation and culture, and communications and government relations, along with the museum. All were enlisted for the project by cultural development manager Elizabeth Keurvorst. Keurvorst said the exhibit will also feature artists’ interpretations of the pier over the years to accompany the historic photos. “When we put out a call for sponsors, we weren’t expecting that artists would donate work to the project – but some have,” she said, adding that the exhibit will feature paintings by Elizabeth Hollick and Lisa Westendorf, along with others selected from the city’s collection of work by late painter Voja Morosan. In addition to pop-up space sponsor Landmark, the show has also received support from Telus, which will match sales up to $2,000 and donations up to $10,000 for
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the run of the show, and also Morgan Creek Dental Clinic. “And Ric Wallace is donating 10 per cent of sales of his postcards of the storm and the damage to the pier,” Keurvorst added. What Ellenwood and the museum have brought to the project is a selection of evocative photographs covering the decades of the pier, along with captions that concisely convey the historical context of each image. While the historic photographs themselves are easily located in the archives’ comprehensive database, Ellenwood said he always enjoys the process of selection and storytelling background that goes along with an exhibit of this kind. He said that even though earlier incarnations of the pier survive only as relics of piles and decking salvaged by White Rock
Top: among many other uses, the pier has often served as a viewing platform, as in this occasion during the 1953 Sea Festival when crowds gathered to watch a waterskiing demonstration; above, people and cars long mingled on earlier incarnations of White Rock’s pier, as in this photo from 1918; left, city archivist Hugh Ellenwood has assembled historic photos from the collection of White Rock Museum and Archives for Our Pier: A Retrospective which opens Feb. 14 at the Landmark Pop Uptown Gallery at Central Plaza. residents – and frequently turned into home decor over the years – the idea of the pier has become unshakable in the community’s sense of self. “It’s the idea of the pier that lasts,” he said. “I’m reminded of the Greek legend of Jason and the Argonauts. After his lengthy voyage, during which he’d had to replace everything on the Argo, plank by plank and spar by spar, he was left with the question: was it the same ship?” It remained, Ellenwood said, because the concept was essentially unchanged – and he thinks of the pier the same way. “The structure out there – the pilings and the planks – doesn’t go much further back than the 1990s,” he said. “But the idea goes back to the 1890s, and the desire to have fairly large vessels moor here.”
Not only was there a need for the pier after the city became an official port of entry in the early 1900s, local business boosters of the time had grandiose dreams of White Rock becoming a major port. Those interests lured federal marine minister J.D. Hazen to White Rock in 1913 and – according to local legend – ensured that, when he disembarked from the yacht that brought him, he would have to navigate the only pier-like structure offering access to the town, a not-too-stable floating plank walkway (a picture is included in the exhibit), at high tide. Not surprisingly, Ellenwood said, the minister soon declared “this town needs a substantial pier.” The irony is, Ellenwood said, that by the Continued on A18
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Pier has needed repairs each decade, says Ellenwood Continued from A17 time the pier was constructed in 1914, business schemes for a port facility were already foundering. “It almost immediately became a recreational pier – and it’s stayed that way ever since.” The exhibit covers the many recreational uses of the pier that have lingered in the consciousness of residents and visitors over the
a legendary White Rock restaurant and gathering place, The Dolphins, until it, too, burned in 1970. It’s a fact of life that the pier has needed serious repairs in almost every decade of its history, Ellenwood said. “It always seemed to be on the verge of falling down in the ’30s and ’40s,” he said, noting that it had to be completely rebuilt in the
decades, including the years when cars were allowed on the pier, or when the city’s veterans built a Legion Hall on pilings next to the pier which became a hub of community activities. “It was so valuable to the community that, when it burned down in 1935, it was soon rebuilt,” Ellenwood said, adding that the new structure ultimately became home to
late 1970s after being “saved” by yachting enthusiast Art Bates and his Save The Pier Committee. The city has owned the pier since that time, Ellenwood said, while adding that it originally declined ownership in 1971 when it was offered by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. “Enjoying the pier is one thing – maintaining it and paying for it is
another,” he observed. At the same time he has no doubt that the pier will make yet another comeback from its current disrepair. “It’s got too much history with us – it’s too well-cherished,” he said. The gallery is located at 15140 North Bluff Rd. and is open Thursdays and Fridays, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
FAITH on the Semiahmoo Peninsula
Anglican Church of the Holy Trinity 15115 Roper Avenue (at Foster St.) Ph: 604-531-0884
Sunday Communion Services “Ye were created to show love one to another and not perversity and rancor. Take pride not in love for yourselves but in love for your fellow-creatures. Glory not in love for your country, but in love for all mankind.” Baha’u’llah Devotions Sunday 11am-12pm (604) 536-4477 Fireside Tuesday 7pm-9pm (778) 294-7503 www.whiterockbahai.ca
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Sarah Formosa is part of the Wen Wei Dance company for new piece Ying Yun
Dancer featured in experimental work Alex Browne Staff reporter
Sarah Formosa says she knew from the time she was three years old that being a dancer was her path in life. Now 22, the White Rock-raised, former Spiral Dance student – a 2014 Semiahmoo Secondary grad – is carving a career for herself in Vancouver as a company dancer with several highly regarded troupes, including Judith Marcuse Projects, Vision Impure (directed by Noam Gagnon) Raven Spirit (directed by Starr Muranko), the response (directed by Amber Funk-Barton) and TWObigsteps Collective (where she works with Marissa Wong). On Feb. 19 she will add to her growing resume of professional gigs with Ying Yun, an intensely personal choreographic project for director Wen Wei Wang and his Wen Wei Dance company, with whom she has been working since last year. For the piece, which runs until Feb. 23 at the Scotiabank Dance Centre, (677 Davie St.) Formosa is a part of a fivemember, all-female company working in close collaboration with Wang. “I’ve been dancing from the age of three,” she said. “At such a young age, being able to find my passion was extraordinary. “It’s amazing to be able to do what I love, especially in a city so close to where I grew up.” She’s still close to White Rock, she said – that’s where her parents and their friends continue to live – and she still has many friends from school, with whom she makes a point of getting together two or three times a year. “They’re all really supportive and super-excited whenever I talk about a new project.” While dancing is her first love, Formosa said she recently registered for
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Sarah Formosa (left) in this company scene from Wen Wei Dance’s Ying Yun, which debuts at Vancouver’s Scotiabank Dance Centre on Feb. 19. an acting class. “I wanted to experience a different art form – that’s something that really interests me,” she said. She says she feels that acting can also inform her work as a dancer. “I find that’s the beautiful thing about acting and dancing (at the same time), it’s about bringing yourself to your dance, being in touch with yourself. I have so much training in dance that sometimes you can get stuck in the technical aspect – that’s something I like to think about. “In my off-time I will also take a hiphop class for fun, to get myself out of my head after rehearsing intensely for a few weeks.”
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Bringing a personal element to dance is very much what her work on Ying Yun is about, Formosa said. The piece is named for and dedicated to Wang’s mother, who passed away with ovarian cancer four years ago. It’s a work about being a young woman, in which he has given interpretive licence to his dancers in depicting his mother’s story and experience. “Wen Wei’s mother was very involved as part of his artistic life – she always wanted to be an artist,” Formosa said. “When she was alive he felt he was living out his artistic life because she couldn’t.” Unlike some other dance pieces, Ying Yun is very much based in bringing
out the differences in the dancers, she added. “He’s not interested in making us unified – he’s making our differences unify us, which is really amazing. “Wen Wei is really good at pulling things out of you that you didn’t know were possible,” she said. “He’s not trying to put any of us in a box. He’s allowing us to do and feel and helping us find ourselves. “He pushes us beyond our comfort zones, but he’s not afraid to guide us.” Performances are at 7 p.m. Tickets are $37 general admission, with discounts for Dance Centre and CADA members. For tickets and information, visit wenweidance.ca
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Special Council Meeting COUNCIL STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FACILITATED SESSION Establishing a long-term vision and strategic plan for the City is a top priority for City Council and your feedback is an important part of Council’s decision-making process. On Friday, February 8, 2019, Council will be meeting to review the feedback provided by residents and business owners, and discuss their strategic priorities for their 2018 - 2022 term. Date: Friday, February 8, 2019 Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Location: Council Chambers in City Hall 15322 Buena Vista Avenue Please note: the public are welcome to attend the meeting but will not have an opportunity to provide input. Watch online at whiterockcity.ca/councilmeetings For more information, visit whiterockcity.ca/priorities
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Tara Wallack part of young Semiahmoo hoops squad that’s finding success on court
Totem ‘has something you just can’t teach’ Nick Greenizan Staff reporter
Semiahmoo’s Tara Wallack is a key member of the school’s top-ranked senior girls basketball team, which later this month will aim to improve on last year’s fourthplace finish at provincial championships.
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ince bursting onto the senior girls hoops scene last year as a primarily Grade 9 team – eventually finishing fourth at provincials – the Semiahmoo Totems have, because of their relative youth, received plenty of attention in high-school basketball circles. This time around, the South Surrey squad – which features just one senior starter in University of Florida-bound Faith Dut – has rolled through much of their older competition both in Surrey and further abroad, and have had a stranglehold on the No. 1 ranking among B.C. triple-A teams since the season tipped off in the fall. Grade 10 star Tara Wallack has been a big reason for that success. The six-foot-one guard – who, like many of her teammates, is a multisport athlete – has been one of the Totems’ key cogs this season, which comes as little surprise to her coach, who has had a front-row seat for far longer than the last two seasons. “I’ve had the chance to watch Tara as an athlete since she was five years old, because she’s the same age as my daughter,” said Semiahmoo coach Lori Pajic, whose daughter Nicole is also part of Semiahmoo’s current hoops squad. “They started playing soccer together… and I’ve been able to watch her since then, which is pretty unique.” Even then, Wallack’s natural athletic ability was evident, as was her competitiveness, Pajic said. “Tara is one of those kids who you could recognize had (talent) right away. Out on the soccer pitch, she could one, see the gaps (in the opposition defence), and two, she wanted the ball – she wanted to make a play. “She had an innate competitive nature that you just can’t teach somebody. She had it even at five, and it’s what has helped elevate her to the level she’s at right now. It’s something you just can’t teach.” At least some of Wallack’s competitive spirit likely comes from growing up in a house full of talented athletes. Her parents, Maureen and Dave, were both university-level athletes themselves, and Wallack’s two older brothers also currently play at an elite level. Her oldest brother, Brian, is a
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former Semiahmoo basketball star himself – he was the school’s senior athlete of the year in 2017 – who now plays for the UBC Thunderbirds, and her other brother, Riley, is currently in his rookie season with the BC Hockey League’s Langley Rivermen. “I’ve learned a lot from both of them,” the youngest Wallack said. “Especially Brian, because we play
the same sport.” The Wallack house, Tara explained, had a basketball hoop that faced into a cul-de-sac, which provided plenty of space for sibling shoot-arounds. Even now, Tara and Brian will get together when they can to work on their game. “He’ll tell me different drills to do – ball-handling drills, especially,” she explained.
“And when he’s home on weekends, we’ll go to the rec centre and he’ll rebound for me.” Wallack said she hopes to one day follow in her oldest brother’s footsteps and play at the university level, though a decision on what sport she ultimately decides to play will come one day down the road. In addition to basketball, Wallack also plays volleyball and runs track
at Semiahmoo. She only recently gave up soccer, she said, because juggling multiple sports “was just too much.” Though she no longer plays, Wallack and Pajic’s daughter, Nicole, are not the only two members of the Totems team whose roots date back to those youth soccer days. When the two soccer teammates were in the second grade, Pajic said her husband was coaching basketball and thought he’d try to put an all-girl youth team together. At a soccer practice one day, he asked if anyone wanted to learn basketball, “and the Wallacks put their hands up because they’re keen for having their kids try just about everything.” That team – which featured a handful of future Totems – eventually merged with another allgirls squad in the city, thus forming the nucleus of Semiahmoo’s current squad. “They haven’t all stuck together, but at some point they all played together (before high school). That’s where they met,” Pajic explained, adding that in all her years of teaching and coaching she has never seen a team this young be ranked No. 1 in the province. Wallack – one of six Grade 10s on the roster – has been at the centre of it all, Pajic said. Though she may not lead in a typically boisterous, vocal manner, Wallack, her coach explained, simply has a way of making her teammates around her better. “From Day 1, she’s always been the kid who wants the ball in a tough situation. She wants to make the last shot, wants to make the big play. But what’s great about Tara is that she’s also extremely humble…. When you watch her play, it’s not about her – she’s not wanting to make the big play to make herself look good. She genuinely wants to be the person who does the best she can for her team,” Pajic said. “Part of the reason we’ve won as much as we have is because of that Continued on A24
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Semiahmoo Peninsula-based Coastal FC is just weeks away from opening an indoor soccer facility – something the organization’s executive director called a ‘legacy piece’ for the organization and a boon to the community as a whole. As well, it will go a long way to keeping players – and spectators – warm and dry during the fall and winter season. The BMO Coastal Soccer Centre has been under construction in the northeast corner of South Surrey Athletic Park since the fall, and is scheduled to open for spring programs on April 1, Coastal FC’s Chris Murphy told Peace Arch News Wednesday. The $5-million project – which is fully funded by Coastal on land leased to them long-term by the City of Surrey – will feature an indoor playing surface that will be about 110 yards long and 35 yards wide, which is about half the size of a normal field, but will be perfect for the club’s youngest players, who don’t play on full-size fields. The facility has been discussed “strategically and conceptually”
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for four or five years, Murphy said. It’s hoped that the indoor fields – which will have space for 80 to 100 players “per playing hour” – will help boost youth interest in soccer, which Murphy says has been waning across the province in recent years. “When we started looking at it, we recognized that there’s a few key problems in keeping younger players in the game, and probably the biggest ones we hear about are (playing) in the cold and the rain, because our playing season runs in the winter months,” he said. “We wanted to try and take control of an area that had been a barrier for younger players, and we wanted to find a centralized venue – not just school gyms scattered across the city – to give our young members a
chance to play in a weather-controlled environment.” When complete, the centre will be just one of two indoor facilities in the Lower Mainland that are run by soccer clubs themselves, Murphy said – an indoor facility owned and run by the North Shore Girls Soccer Club is the other. Though a perfect fit for Coastal’s youngest members – players aged two to eight years old – Murphy said the 33,000-sq.-ft. facility will be used by players of all ages, for training, drop-in or other programs. Additionally, the club will look to rent the facility to other community groups who may be able to make use of it – from other sports associations to seniors groups or schools. “We want kids to play soccer, of course, but we want them to be healthy and active more than anything else,” Murphy said, adding that it’s easy to envision the finished product while at the under-construction site. “You can really appreciate its possibilities when you stand underneath the canopy and imagine it filled with 100 five-yearolds who are all safe and dry and warm and playing soccer.”
Team ‘together a long time’ Continued from A21 – because of Tara’s innate ability to be competitive. “People are drawn to it, and she’s helped elevate everyone else’s game. When you see someone working as hard as Tara does, and see someone as committed as she is, you want to be good for that person. She makes everyone good around her, and that’s
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“We’ve been together a long time… we’re more confident now,” Wallack said. The Totems will hit the court for Fraser Valley championships next week – on their home court – against a yet-to-be-determined opponent. Provincial championships are set for Feb. 27-March 2 at the Langley Events Centre.
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CREDIT SPECIALIST (SURREY)
We’re currently looking for an energetic team player to join our fast-paced accounting office. This is a high volume position, with several key deadlines each month. Strong Excel skills are a must. Candidates must be detail-oriented, possess excellent keyboard skills, have excellent customer service skills, and be skilled in the use of Excel, Word, e-mail, and internet.
MULTI-MEDIA COORDINATOR (LANGLEY)
Langley Times is currently seeking a Multi Media Coordinator to assist our sales representatives with collection of copy, proofing and support with digital and print proposals. This is a supportive role to our sales team and requires attention to detail, the ability to multi-task, prioritize and work under timelines. If you want to be part of a great team, we’re looking for you!
APPLY today WITH YOUR RESUME AND COVER LETTER TO CAREERS@BLACKPRESS.CA, BE SURE TO REFERENCE THE JOB AND LOCATION YOU’RE APPLYING FOR. PLEASE NOTE ONLY SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED. For more information on these vacancies and other regions throughout BC visit: www.blackpress.ca/careers
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PSB DRYWALL LTD. All Boarding, Taping, Framing & Texture. Insured wrk. Dump Rem. Serv. 604-762-4657 / 778-246-4657
Peace Arch Appliance Service Repairs to fridges, stoves, washers, dryers & dishwashers. Reasonable. Call Mark (604)536-9092
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Handy Persons AT YOUR SERVICE. Carpentry, Concrete, Painting, Rubbish Removal Call Dave (604)999-5056
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Home Improvements North Bluff Contracting 40 years experience Seniors Discount 10% • Bathrooms • Decks • Fences • Concrete • Floors • Doors • Stairs Insured and WCB call Steve Campbell 778-554-9411 VECTOR RENO’S Interior & Exterior Additions repairs/strata improvements Also fences, decks, sheds, garages & wood planters. Call 604-690-3327
Home Repairs HANDYMAN Home Repair Services. Call or Text Henry 604-868-5441 .Performance Computers 604-531-1413
Concrete & Placing SCHAFER CEMENT (1973) Prep & Place ~ Driveways, Patios & Walkways. Call 604-218-7089 SEMI-RETIRED contractor sm concrete jobs Patio’s sidewalks driveways Re&re old or damaged concrete Ken 604-307-4923
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White Rock, new modern 2bd/2bth g/l ste w/walk out patio/yard. S.facing courtyard, quiet side of building. Granite, 9ft ceilings, S/S apps, gas stove, inste lndry. prkg, strge, free Telus TV for 1year. Clubhouse w/gym, pool, hot tub, media room, kitchen, party room. NO SMOKING, sm pet considered. Mar 1 $1,800mo. 604-828-7266
Pets CATS GALORE, TLC. For adoption, spayed/neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388
Real Estate LORIS GACIC Your Local Painting Contractor Professional Services done right Interior & Exterior House Painting New Construction. Insured, great refs. Free est. BBB A++ rating. WWW. ELMAPAINTING.COM
Real Estate Pilar Osing Realtor 604-619-6408 In the market for a new home? Let me help. Call today. Experienced - Local Professional Valuable experience that is free to you. Info@PilarOsing.com Hugh & McKinnon. White Rock. Personal Real Estate Corp.
White Rock Sunset Villa 1 bedroom Apartment for Rent - 650sf. Includes HEAT & HOT WATER. 2nd floor of a 7 floor high rise. Small yard. New carpet & paint through out. New appliances incls. D/W. $1225 a month. Available Now!
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Ocean Park, Clean 3 bdrm 1.5 bth, new kitchen & bth, garage, fenced yard, sm pet OK. N/S. $2700/mo Avail. now. 604-728-1436
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House for Rent on Acreage 3 bedrooms, 2 bath 3000 sq. ft. $3500/month + utilities. Available Now.
Call 604-779-9090 WHITE ROCK 3 bdrm 2 bath, newly reno’d. NP/NS Ref req.Lease. $2200. 604790-4370, 604-532-4370. White Rock. 3 bdrm 2 bath top floor garage walk to beach senior discount $2000 604-308-9952 WHITE ROCK Furnished Oceanview home clean bright 2 bdrm, 2 bath, garage $2750. 604-220-9188
Office/Retail OFFICE SPACES WHITE ROCK SQUARE *327sq/ft - $740/mo 1480 Foster Street To view: 604-536-5639
3 furnished private offices currently available, each approximately 120 sq. ft. Includes reception area, board room, office TV, 2 washrooms, free parking and an office printer (pay per print). $1000 / month + utilities To view and further discuss please contact Sheelagh at 604-538-3525
Storage S. SURREY 40 ft storage container on private property. $400m. 604-538-1440
Suites, Lower EAST BEACH, large, quiet 2 bdrm suite, 1/2 blk from beach. F/P, D/W, new W/D. Mature couples only. N/S, N/P. $1600/mo. Mar 1st. Call (604)531-5553
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Morgan Creek Area 3 bedroom brand new basement suite, insuite dishwasher, shared laundry, 2 car parking, close to Morgan Creek Elementary. $1900/month plus utilities N/P N/S Available Now! Call or Text (604)307-2246 Willoughby/Langley Basement Suite 2 Bedroom, full bath 800 sq ft with d/w in suite washer/dryer. Utilities inc. $1,100 / month. n/s n/p Available now 604-725-2789 julierod@telus.net
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Trucks & Vans 2008 CHEV UPLANDER VAN 7pass LOW 135,000K,
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Legal Legal Notices Well equipped, auto, 20,000 KMS. $8800 firm. 604-538-4883 or 604-341-7955
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• Autos • Trucks • Equipment Removal FREE TOWING 7 days/wk. We pay Up To $500 CA$H Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022
LEGAL NOTICE I, Chris Musil and my wife Tara Janine Musil have separated from each other as of August 7, 2018. I will no longer be responsible for debts incurred by her from that day forward.
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