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A Newton-area business group is pushing Surrey City Hall to put the brakes on plans to build Newton Community Centre on a vacant lot on King George Boulevard, at 70A Avenue.

Newton Business Improvement Association (BIA) suggests the estimated $100 million might be better spent on redeveloping existing recreation facilities and lands located just a block northeast of there, off 72nd Avenue.

“The Newton Arena, Wave Pool, Recreation Centre, Senior Centre & Library need a comprehensive plan for revitalization, not a political promise that does not fit into the Official Community Plan,” the BIA says in a news release.

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The Newton Community Centre project was revealed in 2020 by then-mayor Doug McCallum and council. By 2022, drawings of the project’s first phase showed a 10-lane, 50-metre lap pool, leisure pool, lazy river and other water attractions on the site, which is about a half-kiloContinued on A3

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$100M facility a project of previous council Continued from A1 metre from the neighbourhood’s existing wave pool.

Philip Aguirre, executive director of the BIA, says it’s time to “rethink the project,” now that city hall has a new council led by Mayor Brenda Locke.

“I’m hopeful we can find new efficiencies or better results by re-imagining the project,” said Aguirre, who ran for council last fall with mayoral candidate Jinny Sims’ Surrey Aguirre Forward party.

“Newton already has a functioning community centre, which is well-used but it’s definitely older and needs renovations, for sure, like the arena, but maybe Strawberry Hill could use a facility of that size, instead of putting it across the street from an existing community centre.”

The Now-Leader has reached out to Locke for her thoughts.

Aguirre’s comments echo those of his in May 2021, when he questioned why the King George site was chosen for a community centre when the area’s “civic core” is located across the street, where an existing recreation centre stands.

Aguirre, who operates Old Surrey Restaurant on 72 Avenue, said he had a meeting scheduled Tuesday (Jan. 24) with staff of the city’s recreation department.

“The biggest thing for us is that we want a comprehensive, long-

A quick look at some of the news in the community you might have missed. Send your news tips to newsroom@ surreynowleader.com A 46-year-old Surrey man, David Allen Lucas, has been sentenced to one day in jail, one year of probation and a fiveyear weapons ban for assaulting passengers on a BC Transit bus in Abbotsford in April 2022.

Fence on the site of the planned Newton Community Centre, on King George Boulevard at 70A Avenue, about a half-kilometre from the neighbourhood’s existing wave pool and other recreation facilities. (Photo: Tom Zillich) term plan for the Newton Town Centre, and without that, how can we make decisions? What are the plans for the existing community core and the wave pool?

If there are no long-term plans there, how can we build across the street? Will we sell the arena land and wave pool to developers and build social housing and highrises? We don’t know these things, and we need to know.”

The planned community centre sits on the site of a former Rona store, demolished in 2021. “The new facility is expected to be open to the public by the end of 2024,” city hall said at that time.

Today, no construction work

has started on the now-vacant lot, although crews have changed the alignment of 70A Avenue, now curved near the intersection of King George Boulevard.

“We need to slow this down,” Aguirre said. “I could be convinced that this is the right area, the right plan, but nobody’s been able to show me any details, and that’s concerning. I think this is a great opportunity for this new council to revisit this plan. We’re telling city hall that Newton and the business community wants to get it right the first time, and can’t afford to make mistakes with $90 million or $100 million.”

Plans for the 75,000-squarefoot community centre involve “multiple components,” including a library, recreation and culture programming similar to Clayton Community Centre, according to a corporate report to council in 2020. “Parks amenities” are also planned on the site.

In October 2020, city council unanimously authorized city staff to purchase 16 adjacent parcels of land in Newton for future parkland, road alignment and civic projects. The move involved 7.24 acres, part of which embraces the former site of the Rona store, which closed permanently on Jan. 26, 2021.

On Tuesday, Surrey RCMP released a security-cam photo of man suspected of groping a woman the day before (Monday, Jan. 23), at 10:53 a.m in the area of King George Boulevard and 102 Avenue, in the hopes that someone might recognize him.

Surrey’s schools, along with those in the rest of the province, will introduce a new action plan to address racism in B.C.’s educational buildings, an issue that was acknowledged as a concern in the Surrey school district in 2021.

Announced by Blueprint Events and Live Nation Canada on Tuesday, headliners of the 2023 edition of Surrey’s FVDED in the Park music festival will include Kentucky-raised rapper Jack Harlow and Bellingham-area duo ODESZA, along with dozens of other electronic, dance and hip-hop artists, on the festival’s new dates of June 23-24 at Holland Park.

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variety of activities together.

Due to the lack of volunteers, the charity has had to stop accepting Surrey children into the program.

Gurtej started volunteering as a Thirty Surrey kids are waiting to mentor with Big Brothers of Greatbe matched up with a mentor. In er Vancouver (BBGV) four years ago when Andrew, his mentee, was Surrey, it can take up to two years to be matched with a mentor once seven. Gurtej understands the importance of having a positive male approved for the program. This is role model at a young age, especial- almost double the amount of time in neighbouring cities. To keep up ly when raised in a single-parent with the demand, they need at least household.

30 male-identifying volunteers for “There’s obviously statistics around how you’re supposed to end their community programs and 38 up,” said Gurtej. “And if you don’t adults in total.

Mandy Wong, manager of develend up that way, I almost view it as a duty to show other kids that they opment and marketing at BBGV, said in a press release on Jan. 17 don’t have to either.” this is the most urgent need she’s Andrew is growing up in a home seen in the five years she’s been without a dad, so Gurtej has bewith the organization. come a safe connection for his “It’s unfortunate. We’ve had to mentee to ask questions. They meet stop accepting new families who’d on a weekly basis and do a wide

Gurtej and Andrew spend their weekly time together doing a wide variety of activities.

(Photo: bigbrothersvancouver.com) like to be paired with a Big Brother in Surrey because of the lack of volunteers applying,” she said.

The organization pairs volunteer with kids and youths aged seven to 17 years old. Volunteers spend about an hour each week with their mentees doing fun activities.

Volunteers must be 18 or older and make a one-year commitment to meet weekly with their mentee for two to four hours.

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Editors note: For privacy, we have left out Gurtej’s last name and the mentees’ name.

NOTICE DOWNTOWN SURREY BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA (BIA) TAKE NOTICE THAT: The Council of the City of Surrey proposes to renew for a further five-year period, a Business Improvement Area (BIA) for the City Centre area. The purpose of the BIA is to promote, stimulate and improve the economic viability of the area.

The BIA is to be funded by a local service tax levy on Commercial and Industrial properties prescribed as Class 5 (Light Industry) or Class 6 (Business or other) within the shaded area shown on the map below. The estimated total cost of the levy is $7,198,431 over the following five years: 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 and 2027. The affected property owners will pay 100% of the cost. The estimated levy of $0.35 per $1,000 of assessed value, will be included on your 2023 tax statement and must be paid in full by the tax due date.

FURTHER, TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to Section 213 of the Community Charter, S.B.C. 2003, c.26, as amended, the BIA may proceed unless Council receives sufficient petition against the service within 30 days after the second date of this publication. A sufficient petition must: 1.

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be signed by the owners of at least 50% of the parcels that would be subject to the local service tax, and the persons signing must be the owners of parcels that in total represent at least 50% of the assessed value of land and improvements that would be subject to the local service tax.

This notice will appear in the Surrey Now Leader on January 19, 2023 and January 26, 2023.

Owners desiring to petition against the undertaking of the renewal of the Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Area must do so by submitting their petition, in writing, within 30 days of the second date of publication of the ‘Notice of Intention’. The final date for the acceptance of petitions will be Monday, February 27, 2023 at 4:30 pm.

Affected property owners who have not received a petition by mail, may obtain a replacement from the Office of the City Clerk, telephone (604) 591-4132, or email: clerks@surrey.ca.

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For a fifth year, TEDxSurrey returned as a forum for technology, entertainment and design (the “TED”) and talks were delivered by a dozen interesting people, each in 18 minutes or less.

The speakers were chosen from more than 60 applicants.

Hundreds attended TEDxSurrey on Saturday (Jan. 21) at Bell Performing Arts Centre, including Surrey mayor Brenda Locke.

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Terri Fisher, a Fleetwood resident, enjoys attending the event every year and hearing the different speakers.

“It’s just exciting, it is usually something that you have thought about, or a different way to think about something,” Fisher said.

To start off the day, the MEI Screaming Eagles marching band’s performance was a lively way to kick off the event.

The two youngest speakers at this year’s TEDxSurrey were students at Fraser Heights Secondary: Grade 12 student Muhaddisa Sarwari and Finn Liu, Grade 11.

Liu spoke about their coming out as a transgender, and Sarwari spoke about her experience with prejudice as a Hazara refugee from Afghanistan while immigrating to Canada three years ago.

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MAID A ‘COMPASSIONATE OPTION’

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efore Don Findlay got sick, he was full of life.

In fact, his wife Bonita called him “an Energizer Bunny.”

“He could run circles around me,” she said.

But after undergoing treatment for more than a decade, his cancer progressed in the spring of 2018.

Don was becoming more fatigued and his medical options were dwindling. The Findlays, who married later in life, had previously discussed their end-of-life decisions and both of them were open to the idea of using medical assistance in dying (MAID). Don decided he wanted to use MAID services. At that point, Don’s cancer was untreatable and he also had a cardiovascular and respiratory illness.

They approached their family doctor to start the process of applying for MAID. Their doctor was supportive of Don’s decision but was not able to help. Unsure of where to turn, they contacted Dying with Dignity Canada, based out of Ontario. They pointed the Findlays to Fraser Health.

From there, they started the application process. During his first of two assessments, the doctor asked Bonita what she thought of Don applying.

“I’m not happy with this,” Bonita remembers saying.

“I’m saddened by it. I’m not ready for this, but I totally understand. This is his decision.”

Bonita said she knew it was her job to be supportive. And all of

Surrey’s Bonita Findlay supported her husband through the process of medical assistance in dying. It may have been a heart-wrenching roller coaster ride of emotions but in the end, she was glad he had the choice to go on his own terms. With Bill C-7 looming, people with mental disorders will soon have access to MAID — and the government is treading carefully, as ‘not everyone is ready.’

their children – both had children from previous marriages – were supportive of Don’s decision.

At the time of his death, the law required that the individual must be able to consent right before using medical assistance in dying.

Don was worried that his mental state would decline, so he wanted to go on his own terms sooner rather than later.

“I wonder sometimes if he had felt confident that he could have had it delayed that he might have waited longer,” Bonita said.

In 2021, an amendment was made to the law where a waiver of final consent could be signed under specific circumstances.

actly when Don died. She pushed underneath her arm and put her nose on Don’s arm. Brûlée stayed with Don until the funeral home came to transport his body.

Don was 81.

Bonita describes MAID as “a compassionate medical option for people who want to choose how they end their life.” She stressed the importance of it being a compassionate option and a choice.

“So providing the option to people to say when they’ve had enough, and they want to go this way, their choice, is awesome.”

THE OPPOSITION Alex Muir, chair of Metro Vancouver’s Dying with Dignity Canada, said people must remember it THE PROCESS The time was less than two weeks is a person’s choice. The individual must make the request, meet the from the day Don was approved medical criteria, and undergo two to the day he passed. He decided he wanted to die at home in South independent medical assessments Surrey with only Bonita by his side. to ensure eligibility.

MAID first became legal in CanThat day was Aug. 28, 2018. ada in 2016.

A nurse was the first to arrive.

In recent years, Muir said most She asked Don if this was someof the controversies surrounding it thing he still wanted. are related to people with disabil“Yes,” he said. ities. Poll findings from a survey Then, two doctors arrived. One was there to learn from the doctor conducted by the Angus Reid Institute and released in November performing MAID (the Findlays 2020 found 65 per cent of Canadihad agreed to this). The doctors ans polled were concerned about explained what the medication the elderly and disabled being able would do and how he would go peacefully. The doctors asked Don to access MAID. They are worried that some peoone final time if he consented. ple would use it to avoid burdening “Yes, absolutely,” Bonita recalls others. him saying.

“Some people argue that you The doctors administered the shouldn’t allow people who are medication.

Brûlée, the Findlays poodle, was disabled to access MAID and in the room when Don passed. Bo- that’s not fair,” Muir said, adding it’s important to remember that nita recalled that Brûlée knew ex-

those people must also meet the medical eligibility requirements and go through the same steps to be approved.

According to Health Canada, the number of British Columbians who used MAID in 2021 was 2,030, which is 1,836 more than in 2016.

Eighty per cent of Canadians polled in the Angus Reid survey said it should be easier to make their end-of-life conditions. Of those polled, 33 per cent were supporters of MAID, while the remaining 67 per cent were either cautiously supportive or against it.

The survey also found that those who opposed it entirely were often religious, visible minorities or born outside Canada.

Some health-care providers will not perform MAID due to how it conflicts with their personal beliefs. The government of B.C. said in these cases, “health-care providers must not discriminate against people who make this request (for MAID) and must provide an effective transfer of care if they choose not to offer that care themselves.”

Faith-based hospitals and hospice societies remain exempt from the requirement to deliver medical assistance in dying, including St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver.

THE NEXT CHANGES On March 17, 2023, Bill C-7, the law surrounding who can access MAID in Canada, will change again. After this date, those with a mental disorder as their sole medical condition will be able to access MAID if they meet all the eligibility requirements. The government

formed an expert panel on MAID and mental disorders that released 19 recommendations in May 2022.

These recommendations will assist the government in deciding how to best support the goal of delivering MAID safely and compassionately.

Carolyn Bennett is Canada’s Minister of Mental Health.

“I feel the weight of ensuring that the government moves forward with MAID for persons with a mental disorder in a way that is consistent with the goals of autonomy, equity, and respect,” she said.

Despite an expert panel determining that the proper safeguards are in place, the federal government announced in mid-December it intends to legislate further delay.

It has not indicated for how long.

“Not everybody is ready,” Justice Minister David Lametti said.

The House of Commons and Senate are adjourned and are expected to resume sitting at the end of January.

Madeline Li, a cancer psychiatrist who sits on several MAID-related panels, says the Liberal government is still working on developing the practice guidelines around cases with patients whose only underlying condition is a mental disorder. As of December, she said, a draft of the guidelines was still under peer review.

Once they are finalized, Li said they will be sent to provincial and territorial bodies to be incorporated into regulations, and then built into professional practice through medical colleges.

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— just come on down and hopefully everyAfter 46 years, pub operators announced one will have the chance to get in,” Mahony on Jan. 18 they would be pouring the last said. “But if not, we’re open Friday, Sunday, pint at the end of January.

“We were hoping to do a 50-year anniver- Monday, Tuesday… so if you don’t get in Saturday come back and I’d love to have one sary in a few years, but we just couldn’t get last pint with everyone.” to that finish line,” said general manager The Delta Lion opened in 1977 as a small Greg Mahony.

British-style pub located across the street “Financially, we can’t make a go of from where it is now. The pub has been in it,” Mahony added. “We’re just not busy the Mahony family for 38 years, after Greg’s enough, revenues aren’t there like the old father Peter bought it from then-owner days. There’s a lot of factors… [but] essentially, COVID recovery was not there for us.” Harry Beck in 1985.

In 1996, the Lion moved to its current “It’s been a good run, but like a lot of home at 11186 84th Ave. businesses these days, getting past COVID Mahony said it’s going to be sad to see the and being able to stand on your own two pub close its doors for the last time, but offeet without those subsidies has been very fered a glimmer of hope for the future of the difficult for us. And with the selling of the establishment. mall last summer, we just thought it was “It might be reincarnated soon, another time to say goodbye and move on.” operator might come in and operate it, but The Lion’s official last day of operations that’s to be determined.” will be Tuesday, Jan. 31, but the big night James Smith Black Press Media

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“I have been hearing noises too Trans Mountain pipeline conand thought I had something in my struction in Surrey is “progressing crawlspace lol,” posted another. well,” the company says, with “sigOn transmountain.com, an innificant” milestones ahead. teractive map shows the pipeline But for some, the “trenchless route in Fraser Heights, along with construction” noise of hammering project advisories. and vibration isn’t going over so The existing pipeline follows well. a path further south, along the On the northern edge of Fraser Trans-Canada Highway to GuildHeights, along Fraser River, the exford and Whalley, then north pansion project involves twinning under the Fraser River. the existing pipeline, which runs Trans Mountain project “milefrom a site near Edmonton to storstone” events ahead include the age terminals in Burnaby.

Fraser Heights Direct Pipe InConstruction in Fraser Heights is stallation (DPI) and South Fraser expected to be complete this fall.

Perimeter Road Horizontal DirecThe project website warns of Construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline in the Fraser Heights area of Surrey. tional Drill (HDD), the company noise from trenchless construction, (Submitted photo courtesy Trans Mountain) says. “We have completed six of or Direct Pipe Installation (DPI), the 18 bores within Surrey,” a where appropriate, to minimize and a sound barrier to reduce the and a video on Youtube explains surface disruptions,” notes the let- Trans Mountain spokesperson impact on the community.” the work. wrote in an email to the Now-Leadter, from Shawna Deagle, a Trans A letter to residents says that Noise is generated from sheet piler. Trans Mountain declined a site Mountain community liaison. starting in January, construction ing, casing, heavy equipment and visit “at this time.”

On Facebook, some people on construction activities in the entry of the trenchless construction There are two trenchless crossthe “Fraser Heights Community” and exit sites, the website explains. will occur Monday to Sunday, 24 page complained about the noise in ings in Fraser Heights including hours a day, and is planned to be “In recognition of the expected “an HDD where sheet piling is alone post, since deleted. complete by April. “Trenchless noise that this work will generate, most complete, and equipment and “I can definitely hear it more in construction techniques are used, we are installing noise monitors

materials will continue to arrive onsite,” the spokesperson added.

“The DPI trenchless crossing casing continues to be installed, the rig is set up and the pilot hole is underway. The drilling for these crossings will begin February 2023.”

Also, work is nearing completion for pipe installation under 179 Street which will complete the work from 182A Street through to 176 Street, with anticipated completion in spring. The next bored crossing in Surrey will be under 176 Street, the company rep added.

“Work on access and grade is ongoing north of the Golden Ears Connector, and Golden Ears Way intersection is underway followed by a trenchless crossing with work in the area to be completed in Fall 2023. The westbound lane on 98A Avenue towards 192 Street is temporarily closed with detours in place until Spring 2023 to complete the construction activities.”

As well, “pipe installation is complete under Leoran Brook Creek, and the creek banks have been restored.”

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Surrey Pride president ‘honoured’ in receiving Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal her passing I had known no other Surrey Pride Society president monarch on the Commonwealth Martin Rooney was awarded the throne,” he said Friday (Jan. 20).

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal on “I was honoured to be among such Jan. 19 for his contributions to the and wonderful array of recipients.”

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Rooney was among about a dozen Surrey MP Randeep Saria prepeople who on Friday received a sented the medal to Rooney, who is Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal, is the third member of the Surrey which is a commemorative medal Pride board to receive it. Vice-prescreated to mark the 70th anniversaident Jen Marchbank and director Rooney ry of Queen Elizabeth II’s accession of diversity, Annie Ohana, have in 1952. previously received the medal.

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lue Monday is behind us, so we might as well see if we can set about feeling better. At some point, someone decided the third Monday of January should be the saddest day of the year and enough other people decided that sounded about right.

Supposedly, it’s a time of year when people are feeling down because of the weather, the post-holiday blahs, debt, New Year’s resolutions that have already failed, etc.

Maybe Blue Monday was a rough one again this year, but we got through it. This week, we had Bell Let’s Talk Day on Wednesday (Jan. 25), another notable date on our mental health calendar.

And in this week’s issue, you will find stories related to mental health, and for good reason. According to the Canadian Mental Health Association, one in five Canadians will experience a mental health problem or illness this year. One in 20 Canadians are

affected by major depression and one in 20 are affected by anxiety disorders.

The winter blues can feel very different to each of us.

Maybe we made small talk about the weather on a rainy Blue Monday last week. Maybe someone we know desperately needs a more meaningful talk this week.

When it comes to mental health, talk is good. Let’s keep the conversation going.

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It’s 2023, so why are we still protesting drag queen storytimes? change people’s minds, we are all entitled to our opinions. Where I draw the line is when those opinAnnaLog ions hurt other people. It is one thing to not want to take your Anna Burns child to a drag-queen storytime, but completely something else to Imagine taking your child to the protest at them.

Surrey Pride Society president local library to hear a Disney prinMartin Rooney told the Now-Leadcess read to them. er that what is often not discussed The princess is decked out from is how potentially upsetting those head to toe and looks exactly like your child’s favourite princess. The protests are for the children attendprincess reads children’s books on ing the storytime. These kids come fairy princesses, families and bears. to the library expecting to be entertained. Instead, they are met with Suddenly the storytime is interanger and often hatred. rupted by a noise from outside.

Rooney said families often go You turn your head and see a group of people yelling angrily and to pantomimes where the lead character is normally in drag, and holding signs outside the library. everyone has a good time, and They are protesting the storytime. there are no protests. It is seen as This is not likely to happen at entertainment. The same should be a Disney princess storytime, but there have been several protests re- for drag-queen storytime.

“It is their form of art and their cently in Canada outside of dragqueen events that include children. way of uniting a community and offering the kind an opportunity to Some would argue that there simply be a kid,” said Rooney. is a difference between a Disney There needs to be a shift in thinkprincess reading to their child and ing in how people view drag – it is a drag queen. I am not here to

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a form of theatre and entertainment, Rooney added.

The topic of grooming is often brought up in connection to these storytimes. Some say drag queens are grooming and recruiting children. But Rooney said you could not recruit someone to be gay.

Chilliwack’s Kile Brown told the Now-Leader that drag queens are reading to kids simply because they want to encourage them to read.

Brown has been a drag queen for 12 years and has taken part in many storytimes. In his experience, kids love these storytimes. The reaction from the kids is similar to seeing their favourite Disney princess, he says.

“There’s always, you know, the ignorant people that think that we’re trying to groom the children by teaching them to not judge their neighbour who’s got two dads,” said Brown. “I push reading like people think we push grooming.”

These storytimes are a great time for kids to have some fun while listening to someone dressed up in beautiful and child-appropriate

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clothing. I think children will be a huge part of normalizing what society has thought to be “off ” or wrong for so long.

Whether you are a drag queen, straight, gay, trans, bi, non-binary or questioning, it should be normal. These storytimes can help show kids that they can grow up to be whoever they want. The possibilities are endless, and that is OK. But we have a ways to go.

Any time we post a story on the Now-Leader’s Facebook page about this, our comment section explodes within minutes. For example, last week, after posting a story on a Kelowna drag queen, we had to turn off the comments on that post in less than 30 minutes because they were getting so hateful.

Why is it in 2023 that people are so vocal about a drag queen reading children’s books to their kids?

As Rooney told the Now-Leader, I think it is time for protesters to take a good hard look at the why.

Why are they protesting, and is there evidence to support their reasoning? For example, do you know

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a drag queen who is grooming children? Or does this event just go against what you might be used to and the status quo?

Surrey Pride is planning to have a drag-queen storytime of its own.

It is expected to take place in a public space in Surrey during Pride month.

Jenny Fry, director of programs at Surrey Libraries, stated in an email to the Now-Leader that the Guildford branch offered Drag Queen storytime in 2017, but the staff planning the event were targeted online with hateful comments. They have also hosted Rainbow Storytimes over the years.

These are LGBTQ+-themed storytimes organized by LGBTQ+ staff. This stopped due to the pandemic, but they are exploring bringing this back in 2023.

How about you, would you take your child to a drag queen storytime or rainbow storytime?

Anna Burns is a staff writer with the Now-Leader. Email her at anna.burns@surreynowleader.com

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Did. Didn’t. The power of an apostrophe and two letters that create a completely opposite meaning.

This is a very human story of Lynea Kingsborough, an employee of London Drugs in South Surrey, who rescued the n’t to save an online coffee table book I was making for my partner.

In March, my father inlaw, Didar Heer, died at the age of 95. He had endured a six-year relationship (will not use the word battle) with advanced dementia. Originally from Punjab, India, near the end, his constant refrain: take me back to the village.

My partner, Preet Heer, his oldest daughter, cared for him with compassion during the various stages of the dementia process. As she explained, she did not see the requirements of care – dosing medication, bathroom rituals (supporting both one and two), listening again and again with patience, monitoring his wandering around late at night, making sure he did not escape the house (to find the village) – as in any way a chore.

Rather, she would look into his deep beautiful eyes, catch many smiles, and know that she wanted to be there with him – not from a place of duty but from a place of deep love.

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A few hours later the phone rang. I did not recognize the number, and as many of us do these days, contemplated not answering.

But something told me to pick up, and am glad I did.

Lynea, a kind voice from London Drugs, was on the other end of the line. She told me she thought the book was beautiful, but she had just one question: when talking about Preet taking care of her dad, did I really mean to say, “she did see this as a chore,” or did I mean to say “didn’t?”

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almost made such an egregious error, and our phone call ended too quickly. I wanted to say more by way of thanks.

After, I got to thinking about what an amazing gesture of human kindness Lynea made to me directly, and to Preet and her dad indirectly. That she took the time to recognize a missing apostrophe and two letters for me is a gift for the ages.

She could have mailed it in, finished the rendering with little notice, but she did not.

Lynea’s mindful presence to her job had such a profound impact.

I also recognize that in our online world there are people, kind and good people, in the back shop of the process.

We click here, submit there in the seemingly impersonal world of online shopping.

But in my case, there was Lynea, a behind-the-scenes gift, who gave me a call and made sure my screw-up did not see the light of day.

Did. Didn’t. Lynea didn’t let me fail. Thank you.

And the book? The final picture is of Mr. Heer visiting his village. He has made the final trip home.

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Retail-robbery suspect wanted by Surrey RCMP arrested in Regina Beau Simpson beau.simpson@surreynowleader.com

A man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for robbery and other offences, including forcible confinement, has been arrested in Saskatchewan, Surrey

RCMP say.

Police say Jaden Kahnapace-Newton remains in custody in Regina while the Surrey RCMP Robbery Unit is “actively liaising” with Crown Counsel.

In September, Kahnapace-Newton was released from custody while await-

ing trial on 14 charges stemming from three robberies that took place nearly a year earlier, in October 2021.

“He was released by a judge on strict conditions, which included electronic monitoring, by an ankle bracelet,” according to a Surrey RCMP news release

at the time.

The warrant was issued Dec. 1 for the arrest of Kahnapace-Newton, who allegedly “tampered with or removed his electronic monitoring device and fled,” say police.

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Journalist is spy, protesters claim Tom Zytaruk tom.zytaruk@surreynowleader.com

Well, they’re back.

A Guildford neighbourhood is experiencing a most unwelcome déjà vu after protesters re-invaded their street Friday, following a two-year hiatus, to target a local man whom they claim is a spy for the Chinese government.

Bingchen (Benson) Gao, the subject of the protest, is a journalist who files for a Chinese-language newspaper in Vancouver and comments on YouTube. He does not speak English well but his wife, Alice Zheng, said Friday that their neighbours “feel very angry.”

“Even the police asked us to keep safe, not go outside,” she said. The protesters’ claims, she said, “are very ridiculous.”

“My husband has criticized CCP (Chinese Community Party) over 30 years,” she said.

“That’s why he immigrated here.”

Gao later sent an email to the Now-Leader urging police “to pay attention to this matter and protect the safety of my neighborhood.”

Surrey RCMP Const. Sarbjit Sangha said police are watching.

“We are monitoring that it stays a peaceful protest,” he said.

At the height of the pandemic, protesters showed up in the 9700-block of 149 Street, some marching up and down the road in blue bubble suits, and others carrying placards, to the consternation of Gao’s neighbours. The first round of protesting began on Sept. 14, 2020 and dragged on for 77 days.

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Shiliang Yin, who received a seven-month conditional sentence for assaulting Gao’s friend Louis Huang in Gao’s cul-de-sac during the 2020 protest, told the Now-Leader the protesters intend to stick around for at least 15 days this time around.

“I believe this guy’s CCP spy,” Yin said of Gao. Roughly 15 members of the New Federal State of China were there Friday, sitting at the edge of a small park across from Gao’s place. Equipped with placards that read “Defend Canadian Democracy” and to “expel” Gao, they had a tract that begins with “Dear Neighbours” and alleges Gao began a spy mission in Canada in 2008 “in cooperation with” the Chinese Communist Party’s Jiangsu State Security Department.

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Several MPs, MLAs and municipal councillors from the affected area and surrounding communities were among those in support in the 250-plus crowd. Also there to speak in favour were members of the Heppell family, which leases and farms part of the land in question, as well as industry stakeholders, other farmers and area residents.

The ALC’s proposal is to include 123.6 ha (305 acres) of land in South Surrey in the ALR – including a 220-acre parcel of land located at 192 Street and 36 Avenue – that Tyler Heppell’s family has leased from the federal government and farmed for half a century.

Tyler Heppell speaks in Langley Monday in support of including South Surrey farm land – which his family has farmed for 50 years – into the provincial Agricultural Land Reserve. (Photo: Tricia Weel) Speakers noted how unique the land is – sandier and less mucky than other areas, allowing the Heppells and Sahotas, who also farm some of the land – to farm up to 10 months out of the year, and how important it is to food supply and security.

The land produces some of the country’s earliest crops, including potatoes, cabbages, carrots, parsnips and squash, and many noted how a 2021 flood in Abbotsford’s Sumas Prairie affected local food production and supply.

‘We are so fortunate to have this land right here in Surrey,” Surrey Coun.

Linda Annis said when it was her turn to speak, noting that Surrey council unanimously passed a motion in support of including the land in the ALR. The Heppell farm pro-

duces 30 to 50 million servings of vegetables each year and isn’t only important to B.C. but to Western Canada and all of Canada, she said.

When Tyler Heppell spoke – his grandpa Ron among those gathered – he told the crowd about how he left the family farm at 18. He knew firsthand how hard it was, he said, having seen his father lose all of his crops in 2010 and “my grandfather still labouring in his 70s.”

A fifth-generation farmer, he noted the average age of a Canadian farmer is 57 and younger people aren’t embracing it as much as they used to, having seen the struggles their parents have undergone.

“I want to tell the next generation of farmers – it’s worth it,” he said, noting that protecting farmland

is important in providing local food security.

“Our actions today matter now more than ever.”

A petition launched in the summer of 2022 to save Heppell Farm from becoming developed into industrial buildings had more than 75,000 signatures by Monday night, noted one speaker.

The subject land is comprised of five contiguous properties owned by the government of Canada.

Approximately 89 ha (220 acres) of the lands are currently leased to local agricultural producers for field crop production.

“The Government of Canada is considering disposition of the properties, which may leave the lands vulnerable to future changes in land use,” the ALC proposal states.

“Given the longstanding agricultural use and productivity of the properties, the Commission considers that the lands may be suitable for inclusion to the ALR.” Of 365 written submission received by the ALC, 363 were in favour of including the land in the ALR, commission land-use planner Mike Bandy noted at the start of the meeting.

The ALC is expected to make its decision in the next few weeks.

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In court

Surrey man found drunk in taxi with rifle spared prison

House arrest for Surrey impaired driver

Tom Zytaruk tom.zytaruk@surreynowleader.com

A Surrey provincial court judge sentenced a man with an “extremely aggravating” criminal record to two years’ house arrest and probation after police stopped a taxi in Whalley and found an empty bottle of vodka and unloaded modified SKS rifle inside his backpack.

The court heard Owen Reginald Bitternose, 43, had been drinking and “hanging out” with some people outside a hotel on 104 Avenue in Surrey on Nov. 7, 2020.

“One of the men he was hanging out with decided to go with him to his place to hang out and continue to drink,” Judge Valliammai Chettiar noted in his Jan. 10 reasons for sentence.

A Surrey Mountie doing traffic patrol at 105A Avenue and King George Boulevard spotted a taxi that was stopped, with its hazard lights on, checked it out and the cabbie told the officer there was an intoxicated man in the backseat, yelling racial slurs and punching the glass divider. The Mountie arrested Bitternose and found the unloaded rifle and bottle, but no ammo.

Bitternose pleaded guilty to possessing the gun without a licence and possessing – while already under two lifetime firearms bans – a modified SKS rifle which the defence noted is not a restricted weapon, although its length was shortened.

The Crown sought a federal prison term of two years and a lifetime firearms ban, while the defence argued for two years less a day of house arrest followed by two years’ probation. Chettiar sentenced him to the latter and a third lifetime firearms ban.

The court heard Bitternose’s sister was murdered in 2019, his mother died in 2000 or 2001 from cirrhosis as a result of chronic alcoholism, and his father died in 2021 from COVID-19.

“Multiple generations of Mr. Bitternose’s family attended the Gordon’s Indian Residential School, including his grandparents, parents, brother and himself,” Chettiar noted, adding Bitternose spent a “significant part” of his adulthood in federal prison in Quebec, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Chettiar noted the courts must take into account “such matters as the history of colonialism, displacement, and residential schools and how that history continues to translate into lower educational attainment, lower incomes, higher unemployment, higher rates of substance abuse and suicide, and of course higher levels of incarceration for Aboriginal peoples.

“These matters, on their own, do not necessarily justify a different sentence for Aboriginal offenders,” the judge continued. “Rather, they provide the necessary context for understanding and evaluating the case-specific information presented by counsel.”

Vikki Hopes Black Press Media

A Surrey woman has received house arrest and a three-year driving ban for a head-on impaired-driving crash in Abbotsford in which she hit speeds of 197 km/h.

Anureet Dosanjh, 24, was sentenced Jan. 19 in Abbotsford provincial court after previously pleading guilty to two counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm.

Judge David Silverman sentenced Dosanjh to a conditional sentence order (house arrest) of two years less a day.

The crash occurred May 24, 2021 at around 8:15 p.m. in the area of Whatcom Road and North Parallel Road in Abbotsford.

they both ordered food and a flight of beer.

The pair then drove to a local restaurant, where Dosanjh had five alcoholic drinks and RB had four. As they were leaving, RB said she was too intoxicated to drive, and Dosanjh got beThe head-on collision occurred May 24, hind the wheel.

2021 in Abbotsford. (File photo: Curtis The pair then travelled to a Kreklau/South Fraser News Service) cannabis dispensary, where RB bought and consumed marijuaAn agreed statement of facts between the Crown and defence na. Macgowan said, on the way to the dispensary, a photo was lawyers was read in court by Crown counsel Rob Macgowan. taken – and posted to Dosanjh’s He said that on the day of the Snapchat account – of the dash of the vehicle, showing she had crash, Dosanjh was picked up reached a speed of 197 km/h. in Surrey by her good friend, Meanwhile, a couple driving RB, in a Honda Civic owned by RB’s dad. (Black Press Media is a Volkswagen Jetta had stopped using only her initials to protect at the Tim Hortons location at Whatcom and North Parallel her identity.) with their two young daughters The two women went to an – ages seven months and six Abbotsford brewhouse, where

NOTICE SURREY CLOSE AND REMOVE THE DEDICATION OF HIGHWAY OF PORTION OF LANE ADJACENT TO 9039 – 152 Street and 15145 to 15161, 15167, 15181 Fraser Highway BYLAW, 2023, NO. 20783.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intention of the City Council of the City of Surrey, pursuant to Section 40 and Section 94 of the Community Charter SBC 2003, c.26, to “Surrey Close and Remove the Dedication of Highway of Portion of Lane Adjacent to 9039 – 152 Street and 15145 to 15161, 15167, 15181 Fraser Highway, Bylaw, 2023, No. 20783” at the Regular Council – Public Hearing meeting on the 30th day of January, 2023.

A bylaw to remove the dedication of a 298.2 square metre portion of unopened road allowance to facilitate consolidation with the southern parcel which comprises a portion of the adjacent lands of Fire Hall No. 6. In accordance with the Community Charter, SBC 2003, c.26, as amended, approval of the disposition of the road will be considered

by City Council at a later date.

years – in the vehicle.

Macgowan said, as the family was driving away, they turned eastbound off Whatcom onto North Parallel Road, and the westbound Civic being driven

by Dosanjh crossed into their lane and smashed into them head-on.

Macgowan said analysis of the crash by investigators determined that Dosanjh was travelling at a speed of between 197 and 199 km/h five seconds before the crash.

The two children were not injured in the crash, but all four adults suffered injuries, the most extreme being to the two passengers.

Dosanjh’s driving ban is effective immediately, and she must also complete 50 hours of community service.

COMMUNITY CHARTER S.B.C. 2003 CHAPTER 26 NOTICE OF INTENTION TO SELL CITY LANDS Pursuant to Sections 26 and 94 of the Community Charter S.B.C. 2003, Chapter 26, as amended, the City of Surrey hereby gives notice of the intention to dispose of the following City lands: Legal Description:

PID: 031-862-268, That Part of Section 8 Township 2 New Westminster District Shown as Parcel A on Plan EPP63022

Civic Address:

A 668.7 m² portion of road at 6370 and 6362 – 131A Street, 13174 – 64 Avenue, 13190 – 64 Avenue and 6365 – 132 Street.

Property Description:

The property is a portion of redundant road. It is designated Urban in the Official Community Plan. It is currently zoned Single Family Residential (RF) and Local Commercial (C-4).

The City is selling this 668.7 m² portion of the road for consolidation with adjacent properties.

Purchasers:

581947 B.C. Ltd.

Nature of Disposition:

Fee Simple

Selling Price:

Nine Hundred and Twenty-One Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty Dollars and Ninety-Six Cents. ($921,320.96)

Should you have any concerns or comments you wish to convey to Council, please submit them in writing, by fax or email to the City Clerk, 13450 - 104 Avenue, Surrey, BC, V3T 1V8, Fax: (604) 501 7578, email: clerks@surrey.ca, no later than Monday, January 30, 2023 at 12:00 pm. There will also be an opportunity for persons wishing to do so, to make representations to Council at the January 30, 2023 Regular Council – Public Hearing meeting. Please note that this is not a Public Hearing item. https://www.surrey.ca/ Copies of the bylaw and related documents may be viewed in person or online at surrey.ca commencing Tuesday, January 17, 2023. Any inquiries relating to property issues should be referred to the Realty Section (604-598-5700) or for inquiries relating to traffic issues contact the Transportation Planning Section (604-591-4146), Monday through Friday (except statutory holidays) between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm.

J. FICOCELLI City Clerk

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Further information can be obtained from the City of Surrey, Realty Services Division, Engineering Department, 13450 – 104 Avenue, Surrey, BC V3T 1V8.

Phone (604) 591-4896.

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Royal LePage Brent Roberts Realty

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Online home evaluations are quick and easy but they generally aren’t very accurate as they don’t take the finer details into account. It’s better to have a knowledgeable Realtor do a walkthrough so they can see your home firsthand.

The CMA report, which is usually complimentary and comes with no obligations, is essential to setting a competitive asking price. The right price is crucial to achieving a successful sale and is also helpful during negotiations as concrete facts will help justify your asking price.

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If you’re thinking of buying or selling a home, be aware of 2 major changes in the law that came into effect on January 1st, 2023.

The first major change is that non-residents of Canada have been banned from buying residential property for the next 2 years. If a company is buying a residential property, and any foreign shareholder owns or controls at least 3% of that company, then the company is considered a foreign buyer and is disqualified from purchasing residential property in Canada for the next 2 years. There are several exemptions from the ban, including Canadian citizens and permanent residents, refugees, and some international students, among others.

The second major change is the introduction of a 3-business day “cooling-off period”.

During this cooling-off period, a buyer can rescind its offer and back out of the deal for any reason, even if their offer has been accepted. The cooling-off time is intended to help buyers fully consider whether a purchase is right for them, even in a hot market. If a buyer changes their mind, they must pay a rescission fee of 0.25% to the Seller, amounting to $2,500 for every $1 million of the purchase price.

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Generally, child support is based upon your situation as an individual, not as a couple.

The amount of child support you pay is based upon how much you earn, how many children you are supporting, and where you live (because it costs more to raise a child in Vancouver than in Charlottetown). Your assets are only taken into account if they affect your income.

If you make a claim of undue hardship, then the income of everyone in the household is considered, including your partner. While this may change the amount of child support you pay, it doesn’t make your partner responsible for paying child support.

However, if your new partner takes on the role of a step-parent to your children, and the two of you separate, then he or she may be responsible for paying child support for the children you share with your ex. This is not very common as it occurs when a court determines that adequate support cannot be obtained from you or your ex.

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What is Akanksha Gopal’s role at KidsPlay Foundation?

Akanksha Gopal is pursuing her studies in Psychology at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Akanksha has been a part of KidsPlay Foundation since 2018 as a Youth Programs Coordinator. She is very passionate about the work she performs at the organization. One of her favourite programs is the KidsPlay Summer Camps. Through these camps, she works with youth from all across the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley regions and engages them in positive constructive outlets all summer long.

From being a participant years ago, then becoming a volunteer to now taking a leadership role and overseeing large scale projects, Akanksha has worked hard to build herself up and loves working in the community. All the kids absolutely love her!

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INFORM Transportation

Province reveals bidding teams for Surrey-Langley SkyTrain construction Tom Zytaruk tom.zytaruk@surreynowleader.com

The provincial government has taken another step toward getting the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain line built.

“The Government of British Columbia has invited two pre-qualified bidding teams to participate in the request for proposals (RFP) stage to design, build and finance the elevated guideway, roadworks and utilities,

as well as active transportation elements of the Surrey Langley SkyTrain,” according to a Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure bulletin issued earlier this month.

A request for qualifications, posted through BC Bid, closed on Nov. 1 and the government expects to announce contract awards in the fall. Teams in the running in the RFP stage are: • South Fraser Guideway Connectors • Proponent: Aecon Infrastructure Man-

agement Inc., Acciona Infrastructure Canada Inc., Pomerleau BC Inc. • Design-build contractor: Aecon Infrastructure Management Inc.; Acciona Infrastructure Canada Inc., Pomerleau BC Inc. • Design contractor: Parsons, Inc. • SkyLink Guideway Partners • Proponent: Dragados Canada, Inc., Ledcor Investments Inc • Design-build contractor: Dragados Canada, Inc., Ledcor Mining Ltd.

• Design contractor: SYSTRA International Bridge Technologies Inc. Meantime, the province issued a separate request for qualifications in October to build eight SkyTrain stations, including “active transportation elements,” such as cycling and walking paths and issued a third RFQ in November for the “systems and trackwork contract, including design, installation and integration of electrical systems and the supply and installation of the trackwork.

Newton Council awards $5-M contract for work along King George Tom Zytaruk tom.zytaruk@surreynowleader.com

Surrey council has awarded a nearly $5-million contract for arterial paving and intersection improvements along King George Boulevard in Newton.

Scott Neuman, Surrey’s general manager of engineering, in a corporate report on Jan. 16 recommended council award to Crown Contracting Limited a $4,856,219.03 contract, with a maximum spending limit of $5,342,000.

Neuman’s report noted this is for the installation of bus queue-jumper lanes along King George, between 72 Avenue and 74 Avenue, to permit buses to bypass traffic queues waiting at intersections, construction of a new signalized intersection at 73 Avenue, repaving King George, and converting on-street bike lanes to “off-street facilities through the intersections.”

Construction with be permitted between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. Monday through Friday, to begin in February and be completed by July.

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CELEBRATING SHF’S 2022 COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS!

THANK YOU TO OUR 2022 COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS! Our Community Champions have supported many impactful achievements over the last year, including:

SURGICAL VITRECTOMY SYSTEM Retinal diseases and conditions are quickly becoming the number one cause of blindness in the developed world. To support this increasing demand, Surrey Hospitals Foundation’s donors funded a $243,000 state-of-the-art Surgical Vitrectomy System, the first of its kind in BC. The Surgical Vitrectomy System provides significant improvement to the surgeons’ field of vison and outcomes. It also extends a surgeon’s career by offering an ergonomic option that spares their backs.

Thanks to donor support, patients like Chip Barrett were able to have their eyesight restored at Surrey Memorial Hospital. Read Chip’s full story here: SurreyHospitalsFoundation.com/chip

VISIONARIES

LEADERS

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BMO Financial Group CIBC McQuarrie Legal Services Pacific Blue Cross Health Foundation Peterson Scotiabank Surrey Firefighters Charitable Society TELUS The Open Bible Chapel Foundation Yitung Buddhist Temple

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PEDIATRICS

INNOVATION

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Integrated OR System for all surgeries

•

Opened newly renovated pediatric oncology unit

Innovative Sim Lab equipment including:

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Spinal Navigation System for orthopedic surgery

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Neopuff resuscitators providing assisted respiratory breaths

•

Resuscitation simulators

•

Ultrasound simulators

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Sonosim trainer simulator

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TD Canada Trust Tim Hortons Advertising and Promotion Fund (Canada) Inc. Van Gogh Designs Van Kam Freightways Ltd. Village Church Wanson Group

ACHI CHIEVERS

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SURGERY

Atwal’s Insurance and Financial Centre Inc. Drive for the Cure Foundation ELM Foundation First West Foundation Fleetwood International Development Corporation Jax and Lennon Clothing Co. KPMG Chartered Accountants Krahn Engineering Ltd. Loyal Protestant Association Neptune Palace Seafood Restaurant Newton’s Hi-Quality Meats Ltd. Royal Canadian Legion #6 Saint Mary’s Health Foundation of New Westminster Second Cup TB Vets Charitable Foundation

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After February Studio Ltd. B.C. Muslim Association Canada Youwin Health Canadian Boys Transport City Wide Truck Repair & Disposal Ltd. D.C. Smith Transport Ltd. Dave’s Poultry Farm Ltd. Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation Everything Wine Inc. Grace Hanin Community Church HAP Transportation Group Ltd. Hello Money International Investment Limited Heritage Office Furnishings Ltd. International Muslim Academy of Canada Jim Pattison Toyota Surrey Lineage Properties Lions Club of North Surrey London Drugs Foundation Lovely Cloth House Ltd. Major Labour Contractor Ltd. Masjid Al Noor Mosque of Lights MingDe Education Centre

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Nana’s Kitchen & Hot Sauces Ltd. Newway Concrete Forming Ltd. NIKLS “One Call” Property Services NorLand Limited Otter Co-Op Patsy Hui RE/MAX Westcoast Pro Max Trucking Ltd. Prospera Credit Union Richards Buell Sutton LLP Royal Canadian Legion #229 Whalley Branch Searay Foods Inc. SIA Immigration Solutions Inc. Stein Lumber Corp.

Sukhmani Sahib Society Guildford Tays Forest Products Ltd. Trans Mountain Pipeline Twiga Construction Ltd. Vancouver Bullion & Currency Exchange Ltd. Wesmont Foundation Western Coast Insurance Services Ltd.

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CELEBRATING SHF’S 2022 COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS!

THANK YOU TO OUR 2022 COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS! Our Community Champions have supported many impactful achievements over the last year, including:

SURGICAL VITRECTOMY SYSTEM Retinal diseases and conditions are quickly becoming the number one cause of blindness in the developed world. To support this increasing demand, Surrey Hospitals Foundation’s donors funded a $243,000 state-of-the-art Surgical Vitrectomy System, the first of its kind in BC. The Surgical Vitrectomy System provides significant improvement to the surgeons’ field of vison and outcomes. It also extends a surgeon’s career by offering an ergonomic option that spares their backs.

Thanks to donor support, patients like Chip Barrett were able to have their eyesight restored at Surrey Memorial Hospital. Read Chip’s full story here: SurreyHospitalsFoundation.com/chip

VISIONARIES

LEADERS

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BMO Financial Group CIBC McQuarrie Legal Services Pacific Blue Cross Health Foundation Peterson Scotiabank Surrey Firefighters Charitable Society TELUS The Open Bible Chapel Foundation Yitung Buddhist Temple

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PEDIATRICS

INNOVATION

•

Integrated OR System for all surgeries

•

Opened newly renovated pediatric oncology unit

Innovative Sim Lab equipment including:

•

Spinal Navigation System for orthopedic surgery

•

Neopuff resuscitators providing assisted respiratory breaths

•

Resuscitation simulators

•

Ultrasound simulators

•

Sonosim trainer simulator

• • • • • •

TD Canada Trust Tim Hortons Advertising and Promotion Fund (Canada) Inc. Van Gogh Designs Van Kam Freightways Ltd. Village Church Wanson Group

ACHI CHIEVERS

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SURGERY

Atwal’s Insurance and Financial Centre Inc. Drive for the Cure Foundation ELM Foundation First West Foundation Fleetwood International Development Corporation Jax and Lennon Clothing Co. KPMG Chartered Accountants Krahn Engineering Ltd. Loyal Protestant Association Neptune Palace Seafood Restaurant Newton’s Hi-Quality Meats Ltd. Royal Canadian Legion #6 Saint Mary’s Health Foundation of New Westminster Second Cup TB Vets Charitable Foundation

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After February Studio Ltd. B.C. Muslim Association Canada Youwin Health Canadian Boys Transport City Wide Truck Repair & Disposal Ltd. D.C. Smith Transport Ltd. Dave’s Poultry Farm Ltd. Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation Everything Wine Inc. Grace Hanin Community Church HAP Transportation Group Ltd. Hello Money International Investment Limited Heritage Office Furnishings Ltd. International Muslim Academy of Canada Jim Pattison Toyota Surrey Lineage Properties Lions Club of North Surrey London Drugs Foundation Lovely Cloth House Ltd. Major Labour Contractor Ltd. Masjid Al Noor Mosque of Lights MingDe Education Centre

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Nana’s Kitchen & Hot Sauces Ltd. Newway Concrete Forming Ltd. NIKLS “One Call” Property Services NorLand Limited Otter Co-Op Patsy Hui RE/MAX Westcoast Pro Max Trucking Ltd. Prospera Credit Union Richards Buell Sutton LLP Royal Canadian Legion #229 Whalley Branch Searay Foods Inc. SIA Immigration Solutions Inc. Stein Lumber Corp.

Sukhmani Sahib Society Guildford Tays Forest Products Ltd. Trans Mountain Pipeline Twiga Construction Ltd. Vancouver Bullion & Currency Exchange Ltd. Wesmont Foundation Western Coast Insurance Services Ltd.

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‘Music City’ stage for Surrey talent

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Tom Zillich tom.zillich@surreynowleader.com

Surrey-based musicians will perform during a special concert at Surrey Arts Centre on Saturday night (Jan. 28).

The “Music City Surrey Showcase” concert will feature many of the artists featured during the pandemic-era online shows presented by FUSIONpresents and Surrey Board of Trade’s Music City Centre project.

From 7 to 9:30 p.m., each of the musicians will perform at least two songs live, including Ben Dunnill, Kylie V, Colin Samkey, Ashley Pater, Ranj Singh, Wilona Joy, Kaushal Deo, A-Slam and others.

“This will be a night to remember,” said Anita Huberman, avid concert-goer and CEO of Surrey Board of Trade. “This amazing musical event will showcase many incredible Surrey-based artists.”

Tickets are $25 on the online box office, tickets.surrey.ca, or call 604-501-5566. The arts centre is at Bear Creek Park, 13750 88 Ave., Surrey.

Two years ago, Music City Surrey Showcase was launched as a pandemic-era project to spot-

Ranj Singh is among performers at the Music City Surrey Showcase on Saturday at Surrey Arts Centre, and then stages his own solo show Feb. 3 at Surrey City Hall’s Centre Stage theatre. (Submitted photo) light Surrey-area musicians in a series of videos. Posted to YouTube, the Showcase involved a 10-episode look at Surrey-based artists and educators, in 10- to 16-minute clips co-produced by FUSIONpresents and Face the Music Entertainment.

“It was all a real success,” said Sami Ghawi, director of FUSIONpresents, at the time.

“There’s so much talent in Surrey.”

Months earlier, in July 2020, Ghawi and Ranj Singh were among those who performed “Digital Stage” concerts in Surrey while the pandemic shut down concert venues. Surrey Civic Theatres rolled out the online concert series, which offered local musicians paid gigs at a time when few were available to them.

Days after this week’s “Music City Surrey Showcase,” Singh

will stage a concert of his own at Surrey City Hall’s Centre Stage theatre. Tickets are $24 for “An Evening with Ranj Singh,” on Friday, Feb. 3.

Singh got his start in music in 1983, after a friend took him to an Indian concert that offered new sounds to a guy raised on Credence Clearwater Revival and Meatloaf. He said when the curtain went up and he saw the stage full of Indian musicians, he felt as if he’d been tricked. But 30 seconds later, after the musicians began to play, “That was it, I was hooked,” Singh recalled.

Years later he toured with the bhangra-rock band Dal-Dil-Vog, around B.C. and also in India, where he recalls seeing huge billboards advertising the band in Mumbai. “We were treated like royalty during that five-week tour,” Singh said. “It is a highlight of my musical career that I’ll never forget.”

As a solo act these days, Singh plays songs from the 1960s right through to hits of today, as well as originals, accompanied by his two alternate-tuned 12-string guitars. His concert promises sing-along songs, stories, humour and a subtle blend of East meets West.

‘Straight to Drag’ fundraiser to feature 7 community leaders Surrey Pride Society is hosting a fundraising gala to kick off Pride month, where seven community members will be transformed from straight to drag.

The seven community leaders will arrive at the venue a few hours before the gala starts to begin their transformation.

Surrey Pride president Martin Rooney said they are taking on a challenge for charity.

Each community leader is raising money for a charity of their choice. The final amount raised will be announced at the gala.

Attendees will vote for the winner.

Surrey Pride Society will match up to

$5,000 of the funds the winner raises to a charity of their choice. Any remaining net profits will go towards the 2023 Surrey Pride Festival.

Attendees are encouraged to dress in the style of the Met Gala fashion. There will be a prize for the most outrageous and original costume.

Tickets go on sale Jan. 31 for the event, to take place May 27 at XBa Dance Studios in South Surrey.

The gala will include a silent auction, appetizers and a no-host bar.

The gala will include a drag show with

Myria Le Noir, Carlotta Gurl and Jolene Queen Sloan. As well as live entertainment by local musician Richard Tichleman.

Rooney stated in an email to the Now-Leader, the word “straight” in the event title is not referring to heterosexuality but to someone who has never “undertaken the art of drag.”

The first event of its kind happened in 2005 and has been a tradition since.

Earlybird tickets, for $100, go on sale on Jan. 31 and can be purchased on Eventbrite by searching “Straight to Drag- The Gala.”

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BUSINESS

“Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me, But Banjos Saved My Life” at Surrey Arts Centre’s Main Stage on Saturday, Feb. 11.

“Keith Alessi shares his exceptional true story of leaving the corporate world behind to follow his true passion—playing the banjo! When faced with a cancer battle, his lifelong dream becomes the key to saving his life.” Info: Tickets.surrey.ca, 604501-5566. A Surrey Civic Theatres presentation.

BC Transportation Minister Lunch Tuesday, Jan. 31 with Rob Fleming, hosted by Surrey Board of Trade, noon at Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel (15269 104 Ave., Surrey). “Hear all about B.C.’s transportation and infrastructure plan, specifically as it relates to Surrey and the region, and how it plays a role in BC’s economic recovery.” Tickets/ info: businessinsurrey.com.

COMEDY

GALLERIES

Yuk Yuk’s comedy club at Elements Casino Surrey, with shows Friday/ Saturday at 17755 60 Ave., Cloverdale. For calendar and tickets, visit yukyuks. com/surrey or call 1-800899-9136, ext. 0. Jan. 27-28: Yumi Nagashima.

Snowed in Comedy tour show Thursday, Jan. 26 at Surrey Arts Centre’s Main Stage, 7:30 p.m., featuring Dan Quinn, Erica Sigurdson, Paul Myrehaug, Pete Zedlacher. Info: tickets. surrey.ca, 604-501-5566.

“Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience” immersive art show at the Agriplex at Cloverdale Fairgrounds from Feb. 1 to March 5, produced

by Paquin Entertainment Group. Tickets/info on vangoghsurrey.com. Venue: 17798 62 Ave. Surrey Art Gallery: Multiple galleries at Bear Creek Park, 88 Ave./King George Blvd. 604-501-5566, Surrey.ca/artgallery.

“Cindy Mochizuki: Autumn Strawberry (Dance Film),” to April 30; “Keerat Kaur: Panjabi Garden” and “Through the Lattice,” both shown from Jan. 21 to March 26.

LIBRARIES Historical Photo Detective: Roadshow! event Friday, Feb. 17, 10 a.m. to noon online. “Have an old family photo in your album that you can’t date or place? Old photos are full of clues if you know how to read the evidence. Join us online with “The Photo Detective” Maureen Taylor to learn how to analyze old photos. Registrants will be able to submit their own photos for analysis in this Roadshow-style program (10-15 photos

TALKS Sheikh Mishary Alafasy: Evening of Inspiration: “Join Penny Appeal Canada and world-renowned Qari Sheikh Mishary Rashed Alafasy for an evening of melodious recitation and inspiration in support of our Cold Days, Warm Hearts program,” on Jan. 27 at Bell Performing Arts Centre.

Tickets/info: 604-507-6355.

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Brian Regan’s show to fill the Bell Tom Zillich tom.zillich@surreynowleader.com

Haven’t heard of Brian Regan? You probably haven’t been paying attention.

The Florida-raised comedian started doing standup in the 1980s and has since made a career of profanity-free performances on stage and screen.

Regan, 64, has twice appeared on Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” show and has released three Netflix comedy specials. On what seems like a non-stop tour, he books close to 100 show dates every year.

This winter he’s touring U.S. and Canadian theatres, with a stop scheduled at Surrey’s Bell Performing Arts Centre on Thursday, Feb. 2.

Tickets range from $47.50 to $168, plus fees, on bellperformingartscentre.com, or call 604-507-6355.

Last we checked ticketmaster.ca, only a few dozen seats remain for Regan’s show at the 1,000-seat Bell theatre, at Sullivan Heights Secondary.

Comedian Brian Regan will perform in Surrey on Thursday, Feb. 2.

(Photo: Friedman Bergman) In a Netflix special a year ago, he tried to understand the absurdities around him – with animals, people, dinner parties, Reiki healers, and his recent realization that he has O.C.D. Over the years Regan has become one of America’s most respected comedians, with Vanity Fair magazine

calling him “the funniest stand-up alive,” among other accolades in the media.

“The perfect balance of sophisticated writing and physicality, Brian fills theaters nationwide with fervent fans that span generations,” raves a post on Regan’s website, which includes links to social media sites and very old YouTube videos (from 10 years ago and beyond).

Among other comedy shows at Surrey’s Bell, Montreal-raised comedian Sugar Sammy will return on Feb. 17, followed by Gerry Dee on April 27. A week later, on May 5, The Comic Strippers male-stripper improv troupe has booked yet another show there, after performing a laugh-a-minute Bell date just a couple months ago, in November.

Next fall, on Nov. 4, the character Im Hussein returns in a new scripted comedy, “My One and Only,” written and performed by Lebanese-American actor Najee Mondalek for his Ajyal theatre company.

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Film

Surrey’s new Sundar fest seeks ‘beautiful’ films Sher Vancouver has begun accepting submissions for its inaugural Sundar Prize, launched in tandem with a new film festival planned in Surrey.

Billed as “an international film awards competition,” the Sundar Prize involves more than $10,000 in cash prizes for the top five films, in categories of best feature, documentary, short, animation and student film.

The winners will be announced 18 months from now, in June 2024, ahead of screenings at either Surrey City Hall or the adjacent City Centre Library (venue pending) over two back-to-back days on a weekend, before a live audience.

The Sundar Prize seeks to recognize “beautiful films that uplift our world through impactful and informative storytelling about social causes and social issues that have a social impact,” says a call for submissions.

Sundar means “beautiful” in the ancient Sanskrit language.

“Films with any theme are welcome but we encourage filmmakers who showcase the following communities and causes to submit their films,” says the post, noting themes of human rights, immigration and refugees, social justice issues, Indigenous communities, people of colour, LGBTQ+ community, vulnerable and marginalized peoples, environmental and climate change and education.

The festival manager is Alex Sangha, an award-winning social worker and documen-

Vinay Giridhar, left, and Alex Sangha are planners of the new Sundar Prize and Film Festival in Surrey.

(Submitted photo) tary film producer. He produced the documentaries “My Name Was January,” about transgender people of colour, and “Emergence: Out of the Shadows,” about coming out in the South Asian community of Metro Vancouver.

The festival director is Vinay Giridhar, who directed “Emergence: Out of the Shadows” and is a graduate of an animation program at Vancouver Film School.

Films for the Sundar Prize and Festival can be submitted online at filmfreeway.com/ sundarprize.

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B.C. is investing fresh dollars into getting retired nurses back to work and internationally-educated ones into the health-care system.

Premier David Eby has announced the province is working to reduce both the time and cost it takes for nurses to get registered, in an effort to fill the 5,264 vacancies currently seen across B.C. The largest lump sum is $1.3 million, which will go to expediting the process for internationally-educated nurses (IENs).

First announced in September, the fund aims to reduce registration wait times from up to three years to four to nine months.

Eby hasn’t offered a timeline on that goal, but said the new process will launch by the end of January.

Another major barrier IENs face is the cost of getting licensed in B.C. Speaking at a news conference on Jan. 9, IEN Jennie Arceno said it cost her $40,000

for all the applications and exams required to become a registered nurse in B.C. Going forward, the province will cover IENs’ initial application and assessment fees, which cost more than $3,700. That’s on top of $12 million announced last April, which was intended to help cover up to $1,600 in individual costs for 1,500 IENs. B.C. is offering even greater funds to convince B.C. nurses who have left the profession to return. Those nurses can apply for bursaries up to $10,000 to cover the cost of any additional education required to get back to work.

Eby said he believes they’ll have up to 2,000 new nurses working in B.C. in the next 90 days. He said that’s how many are currently making their way through the province’s registration process.

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‘Scary’ nursing-staff shortages concern clinical counsellor Tom Zillich tom.zillich@surreynowleader.com

“I’m in touch with other group practice owners in the Lower Mainland and we’ve all been saying the same thing, that it’s hard to It’s no surprise, really, that busy know even where to refer people clinical counsellors like Lindsay Faas have been much busier during to because everyone that everyone knows is full. Even in the last year, the COVID-19 pandemic, talking to an increasing number of first-re- it’s been really intense still, although it’s slowed down just a little sponders and frontline workers. bit in recent months.”

“Oh yes, it’s been a crazy few Faas started working as a counyears,” confirmed Faas, director of ThriveLife Counselling & Wellness sellor in 2010, as a trauma therapist in the area of domestic vioin Fort Langley, and a frontline lence, but has since focused more worker herself. on being an advocate and teacher “Our clinic, in that first year of for first-responder and frontthe pandemic, we saw triple the intakes when we were already bor- line-worker wellness – for police derline full, so it’s been a real chalContinued on A25 lenge,” she elaborated.

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These moments where people feel like officers, firefighters, paramedics, emergency they’re put into difficult positions like that, they are really risking public safety and dispatch, nurses and others. risking their careers, and yet they have no The work surprised her in a way. choice.

“Going into my early sessions I thought “We see the ads on TV,” Faas continued, we would be talking about traumatic calls “and the conversation I have with a lot of and processing traumatic experiences, but that ended up being a very small amount of frontline workers is this fear that in order for things to fundamentally change, somewhat was needed,” Faas recalled. thing almost catastrophic has to happen to “What I learned quickly was that the exgarner enough attention, which is terrifying. periences of first responders and frontline Nobody wants that, and the workers are just workers paralleled my own: you got into it trying to keep things afloat. We are burning knowing that the calls would be hard but out some really incredible people who work knowing it would feel fulfilling – it’s the as nurses, I can tell you that, because of other crap that sinks you.” staffing shortages.”

Nursing has become a huge area of conIn 2020, during the first year of the cern, Faas said, with the “dangerously high” staffing shortages happening in B.C. hospi- COVID-19 pandemic, Faas and other clinical counsellors were deemed frontline tals right now. response in B.C., so they could continue z See THERAPISTS, page 26 in-person sessions where needed. She says it was an “easy-ish” transition to online “I get that from every nurse I talk to right sessions for some, and some of that virtual work continues. now, that if the public knew how bad it is, Also online, Faas has launched a “Behind there would be more change happening,” the Line” podcast as a way to help frontline Faas revealed. “Like, if my kid got sick, workers and first-responders deal with burnI’m not sure exactly where I’d go, because out, workplace dynamics, managing mental I know how bad it is. It’s a scary level of health, balancing family life and more. staffing shortage. There’s been a couple of “Unfortunately, the reality is that the borderline hospital shutdowns I’ve heard stats aren’t great,” says the website where about.” the podcasts are posted (my.thrive-life.ca/ Early in the pandemic, one nurse told behind-the-line). her about the time she was forced into a “Whether you look at divorce rates, mensenior-staff position in the emergency department of a hospital, after only two years tal health concerns, or the very unfortunate suicide data, first responders and frontline on the job.

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Course aims to fill gap by training therapists on needs of veterans, first-responders about that stuff. Neither do suicide bombers.”

McKenna’s experience speaks to what experts say is a problem that It wasn’t until psychologist many veterans and first-responders number three that retired warrant face when trying to find help for officer Brian McKenna was able to find someone who, in his words, psychological injuries and illnesses: a lack of understanding about “had a clue.” their unique challenges and needs.

McKenna, a veteran of the war “There are many veterans out in Afghanistan now living in Vanthere seeking mental-health care couver, had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and with a range of providers across Canada, and this is a recognized had been trying unsuccessfully knowledge gap among many profor years to find a mental-health professional who could understand viders,” said MaryAnn Notarianni of the Atlas Institute for Veterans and help him.

“A lot of the questioning coming and Families in Ottawa.

Many veterans, first-respondout of the practitioner was more ers and other trauma-exposed to the effect of: ‘Well, if you got blown up this day, why did you go professionals already struggle to seek mental-health assistance. For back out next day?’” he recalls of example, some continue to worry his first stab at finding assistance. about the potential impact on their “They were approaching it from careers, or even of being judged by a shift workers’ point of view their peers. where you’ve got a union backThe concern is that if they do ing you up and all these health meet with a health-care professionprotocols that say what you can and cannot do. Rockets don’t care al and that person doesn’t underLee Berthiaume The Canadian Press

stand where they are coming from, to work with such clients.

Maxwell said nearly 800 healthor how to help them, it will drive the veteran or first responder away. care providers have accessed the Scott Maxwell, executive director online course since it was launched last May with financial support of Wounded Warriors Canada, from the Atlas Institute. which offers support proHe hopes others will folgrams for veterans, first low suit. responders and their famThe course is particilies, has seen the effect ularly topical now as firsthand.

Veterans Affairs Canada Maxwell said having a only recently signed a conmental-health professiontract with a company that al who understands the boasts a network of 9,000 needs of veterans and first health-care professionals responders – and how to across the country to work relate to them – can have Maxwell with veterans in different a hugely positive effect. communities.

“When you find the The contract has been controright people and they know how to speak and work with these people, versial for several reasons, but one question has been the degree to it changes their lives,” he said. which those professionals are acIt was in that context that tually trained and cognizant of the Wounded Warriors turned to Dr. special needs of veterans.

Tim Black, one of Canada’s leadWhile post-traumatic stress dising experts on mental-health support for veterans and first respond- order and other psychological injuries have become better understood ers, to develop a course to train mental-health practitioners on how in recent decades, Black said the

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training that mental-health professionals receive contains a blind spot when it comes to veterans and first responders.

“That’s the biggest complaint we hear is civilians just don’t get it.”

Black said therapists have been trained for decades to be very gentle at the start of their work with patients, which includes speaking softly and tentatively and treating them with kid gloves to make them comfortable and help them open up.

One of the first lessons that he wanted to convey in the course was that such an approach often doesn’t work with people who are exposed to trauma on a regular basis, and that it can even turn them off.

“That’s just one example of how we would do it is speaking in sort of very matter-of-fact terms,” he said. “And being super transparent and clear about what we are and aren’t able to do, and what we are and aren’t going to be doing.”

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Lack of human connection during pandemic hit hard at non-profit that helps local women more people were abusing substances, and there was a hike in anxiety and depression.

During the pandemic, some of Atira’s services operated 24 hours a day instead of the At the height of the pandemic and lockdowns, Kagowa Kuruneri and her colleagues usual 12.

Kuruneri said there was also could not work from home. an increase in domestic violence They were frontline workers, produring that time. viding essential services to women “There were some women who in need in Surrey and Vancouver’s actually did make a decision to Downtown Eastside. go back to their abusive partners Kuruneri was a lawyer before during that time, because they joining Atira Women’s Society, a didn’t want to isolate alone.” non-profit that aims to help end The group Mothers for Recovery violence against women. was also hit hard. Staff were not As it did with many people, the able to interact with the mothers pandemic provided a time for KuKuruneri and their babies. Kuruneri said this runeri to make a career change. lead to an increase in anxiety and When a position opened up at Atira depression. During that time, a big challenge in Vancouver, it seemed like the right fit. was to navigate taking care of their staff and Kuruneri worked in Vancouver until February 2022, when she transitioned to the job ensure they did not burn out while providing of director of transitional housing for Atira services.

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Report shows B.C. has honoured pledge to deliver pandemic-postponed surgeries: Dix He said the New Democrat government’s surgical renewal commitment involved delivering surgeries that were postponed due to Almost every surgery postponed by multi- the pandemic, and booking and delivering ple waves of COVID-19 in British Columbia surgeries that had gone unscheduled.

The surgery report came as the governhas been completed, according to a recent ment faced ongoing criticism about long report which Health Minister Adrian Dix wait times at hospitals, shortages of doctors, described as “breathtaking.” nurses and paramedics, and too few family A report shows 99.9 per cent of patients doctors for B.C. residents. whose surgeries were postponed during the The report says that as of November 2022, first wave of COVID-19 have now had their 99.9 per cent of the 14,783 patients whose procedure, while 99.2 per cent of surgeries surgery was postponed during the first stalled by the second or third waves of the COVID-19 wave have had their procedure. virus have also been completed, Dix said It says 99.2 per cent of 3,166 patients during a late-December news conference. whose scheduled surgery was postponed The report on surgery volumes demonstrates the strength of B.C.’s surgical system because of COVID-19’s second and third waves have had their surgery, and 98 per cent despite facing the ongoing challenges of of the 6,620 patients whose scheduled surCOVID-19, the overdose crisis and the flu gery was postponed because of waves four outbreak, he said.

“Prior to COVID-19 we had about 92,000 and five have also had their surgery.

Dix said the numbers were achieved by people on wait lists, and we actually reduced increasing the numbers of operations, exthe number of people on wait lists, in a pandemic,” said Dix. “This is breathtaking, tending operating room hours and adding more surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses and this kind of achievement of the health-care medical processing technologists. system.”

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Local 97 has been working to provide a highly-skilled labour force through formal government apprenticeship since 1958.

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Teen puts motorcycle racing on radar Surrey’s Jack Roach is first Canadian to win British Superbike support race Tricia Weel Black Press Media

When people think of Canada, sports that come to mind usually include hockey and lacrosse.

Football? Maybe. Basketball? Not so much. Soccer? Sometimes.

But motorcycle racing?

A fiercely competitive sport that is rarely on the radar in Western Canada, the world of racing motorcycles is much more entrenched in the United Kingdom, the United States, Europe and other parts of North America.

When South Surrey’s Jack Roach, 19, became the first Canadian to win a British Superbike Championship (BSB) support race last August in the U.K., it made headlines in the racing world on the other side of the pond.

Here? Not even a whisper.

But it’s not something Jack, who spends most of his free Sundays teaching younger riders how to race safely, does for accolades from media outlets.

His passion for motorcycles and riding started when he was about 11 years old travelling in Austria, and he could hear motorcycles “ripping up and down” a huge valley.

His father, John, is a also former

Ninja 400.

“We couldn’t have done it without (manager) Jason Moody,” Jack said.

Affinity has direct links to Kawasaki, and Jack plans to return to the U.K. and the Affinity Sports Academy this year, in order to move up to the Junior Superstock series on a ZX6R (600 series).

“Testing (the bikes) is in February in Spain,” he said.

Junior superstock bikes can have a lot more modifications than the bikes he’s previously ridden, Jack said, and he’s looking forward to trying out the new bike and hopefully, racing in the 2023 season on it.

But he’s concerned about being able to afford it.

While he is on the team, competing in motorcycle racing at Jack’s level can be a challenge for someone living in South Surrey.

Not only because the sport itself – the equipment, fuel, maintenance, gear and travel required – can be Jack Roach with just some of his many trophies, medals, plaques and awards in his South extremely expensive, but the sport is under-appreciated and simply, not Surrey home. (Photo: Tricia Weel) as popular on TV in Western Canaprofessional racer in the United loves so much, collecting countless da as it is in the U.K. Kingdom. trophies, medals and plaques along “Fundraising has been really hard “For my 13th birthday there was the way. to do in Canada – no one here really a bike sitting in the garage,” Jack After the 2021 Moto America knows the sport,” Jack said. remembered with a smile. season on a Yamaha YZF-R3, “In England, you’ll see superIt was his first-ever road bike, a where Jack came close to the podi- bike ads during football. You’ll get 125 Kayo.

50,000 to 70,000 people at these um on several occasions, the teen Competing on mini bikes for the events in the U.K and Eurosport was invited to race in England by first two years, he graduated from former British Superbike champion will be there to cover it. Here, it’s racing miniature motorcycles to Leon Haslam – the Haslam family just not that popular.” full-size bikes at 15, with the Chuck- is described as “racing royalty in The superbike is Jack’s eventual goal, as Affinity has plans to comwalla Valley Motorcycle Association the U.K.” by those familiar with the sport. pete in the Superbike series.

(CVMA).

Joining the Haslam’s Affinity While Jack has a helmet sponsor Competing in MotoAmerica’s Sports Academy team led to his (LS2) and a leathers sponsor (AnJunior Cup class, Jack was often conducting his school studies while huge win in August 2022, when he tham Racing), he and his father are became the first Canadian to win a hoping Canadian sponsors might be on the road travelling throughout BSB support race, on a Kawasaki the United States for the sport he interested in helping him reach his

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“We’re hoping for some homegrown support and sponsorship,” John said.

“We’re on the cusp of Jack not being able to ride, without (sponsors) getting on board.”

Although it’s a high-risk sport with racers travelling at high speeds close together, Jack says his focus is only on riding when he’s competing.

“When you’re on the track, you’re just thinking about racing and nothing else,” he said.

He has started his own training academy, JR 12 – JR for Jack Roach, and the number 12 is the number he wears when competing, and a number John also wore during his racing days.

“He’s creating a pathway, or common ground, for younger motorcycle riders to succeed,” John said.

Training young motorcycle riders to race safely is key, Jack said, especially because of the high speeds and risk involved.

Having broken seven bones and experienced multiple injuries because of racing helps make it all the sweeter when there’s a trip to the podium after a successful race.

“It’s nice when you win,” he said with a grin.

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THE BOATING EVENT OF THE YEAR IN WESTERN CANADA!

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It was another dramatic Classic finish at Surrey’s RCMP-sponsored boys basketball tournament on Saturday afternoon (Jan. 21).

In the Junior division, Sullivan Heights won the all-Surrey championship with a basket by Nick Baxter with just two seconds left in the game, to break a tie with Tamanawis and win 51-49 at Enver Creek’s gym.

“It was crazy, very exciting,” said Sullivan coach Tyler Ram. Tamanawis had a late chance to tie the game, but missed their heaved shot.

“We had to battle back, and were down nine at the half,” Ram noted. “We were down pretty much the whole game until the fourth quarter.”

For Sullivan, it was the school’s very first RCMP Classic tournament title.

Baxter scored 22 points

Sullivan Heights juniors with Surrey RCMP Classic banners and trophies Saturday at Enver Creek gym. (Photo: twitter.com/Surrey_classic) for Sullivan, 20 of those in the second half. “He had a big second half for us,” confirmed Ram, a volunteer coach at the school since graduating there in 2010.

So far, it’s been a solid year for his junior team.

“We won a Brookswood tournament in the first week of the season, came second in our tournament where we lost to Van College by six, and we’re undefeated in

our league right now,” Ram noted. “We’re heading to Victoria for another tournament this weekend, before playoffs start.”

In the Senior bracket of the tournament a week earlier (Jan. 14), in the final three seconds of the game, Enver Creek Cougars guard Ajaypal Hayer hit a three-pointer to win the Classic championship over Fleetwood Park, 69-68.

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Surrey Eagles’ BCHL all-stars shine in Penticton games. The Mainland team topped Team Courtnall’s Island division players in the championship game, with Coquitlam Express forward Mirko Buttazzoni earning Most It was a winning weekend for the two Valuable Player honours.

Surrey Eagles players at the BCHL’s all-star In the skills event, other winners were event in Penticton on Saturday (Jan. 21).

Mateo Dixon of Coquitlam Express in the Goaltender Eli Pulver won the breakFastest Skater competition, Nathan Mackie away-save competition, stopping five of six shooters, and then backstopped Team Turris of Salmon Arm Silverbacks in Puck Control Relay, Josh Nadeau of Penticton Vees in Acto the 3-on-3 tourney championship, with Eagles teammate Jake Bongo also on the win- curacy Shooting and Bradley Nadeau of the Vees for Hardest Shot. ning Mainland division team.

The action took place as snow fell on an After a two-week break, Surrey Eagles are outdoor rink in Penticton, where the league back in action Saturday (Jan. 28) on the road celebrated its 60th-anniversary All-Star in Chilliwack, followed by a pair of home Weekend. games at South Surrey Arena, first on Sunday The 3-on-3 tourney involved four teams of against Cowichan Valley and then Friday, six skaters plus a netminder in round-robin Feb. 3 against league-leading Penticton Vees.

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IN THE MATTER OF: Avinger V. Pedersen A hearing regarding Trail, Default, and Motion for Entry of Default Judgment of Divorce will be conducted by the court on March 23, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. in the 6th Judicial Circuit Court, Family Division, 1200 N. Telegraph Rd, Pontiac, Michigan, 48341 before honorable Amanda J. Shelton.

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It is therefore ordered that Nicolai Pedersen personally appear before the court at the time and place stated above. This hearing may result in entry of a Default Judgement against you pursuant to Michigan Court Rule 2.603. This posting is being presented pursuant to Michigan Court Rule 2.106

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