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Stopping shopping out of town BY ANDREW FLEMING REPORTER afleming@royalcityrecord.com

By now, many people have heard of The 100-Mile Diet: A Year of Local Eating, the bestselling book written by Vancouver authors Alisa Smith and J. B. MacKinnon that gave sustenance to a growing movement toward eating locally. The concept of the 100-mile diet has also given birth to something called the “100mile rule,” where people only purchase things, including food, produced within 100 miles of where they live. Local freelance writer and editor Sheila Keenan is taking it one step further. Starting Oct. 1, Keenan plans on putting her money where her house is by shopping only within the borders of New Westminster – call it a seven square-mile diet – and sharing her experiences through her blog, My Year of Shopping Locally (www.new west-localshopper.blogspot.com). ◗Local Page 8

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A year of shopping locally: Sheila Keenan, a local blogger and freelance writer, will be recording her efforts to shop only within the boundaries of New Westminster for one year, starting Oct. 1.

College enrolment at all-time high

BY NIKI HOPE REPORTER

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Douglas College is right in line with the booming enrolment trend at colleges and universities across the province. According to the Ministry of Advanced Education, a record number of students – more than 440,000 – were enrolled in 25 public post-secondary institutions last year, and those figures are expected to increase this year. At Douglas College, which has campuses in New Westminster, Surrey and Coquitlam, enrolment this year is the highest it’s ever been, Dave Taylor, director of

marketing and communications, told The Record. It’s up almost six per cent, Taylor said. Taylor believes the economic downturn is partially the reason for the post-secondary boom. “Generally, around slow economic times people re-tool,” he said. Another enrolment draw, Taylor said, is that an increasing number of people want to upgrade their skills to be more competitive in the job market. “We are looking at a bit of a change in education. People are finding it’s not enough to go to school and get a degree,” he said, adding that education is becoming

a lifelong process because of the rapidly changing times. “We are looking at changes in the way we communicate, changes in business and marketing and technology changes also. People want make sure to advance their career, that they have the skills,” he said. Under the direction of Douglas College president Scott McAlpine, who took over the position a year ago, the college recently crafted a five-year plan. One of the areas of focus will be attracting more students to international education. The number of international students – more than 24,000 – at B.C. public post-secondary institutions has also risen to a record number.

At Douglas College, there are more than 800 international students currently, Taylor said. “Douglas College is seen as a friendly and welcoming place for a lot of international students because it’s not as intimidating as a large university, the classes are smaller and there is a lot more personal attention,” Taylor said. The school is also focusing on providing more hands-on training and greater flexibility, by offering more night classes, online classes and more opportunities to transfer classes when a student switches programs or schools. An estimated 20,000 students are enrolled at Douglas College.

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NEW WEST WALKS NEIGHBOURHOOD WALKS – FALL 2010 New Westminster Parks, Culture and Recreation continues to build on creating Active Communities through organized neighbourhood walks. Join our enthusiastic walking leaders as they guide you on the path to physical health and well-being. Walking is the most accessible and most widely enjoyed activity in Canada and participating in a walking program can help you gain physical strength, stamina and coordination. A variety of FREE neighbourhood walks are being offered this fall. Please arrive on time for the walk, bring water and wear appropriate footwear. For more information about any of the walks being offered, please call 604-777-5103. Approx. Day & Date Time Walk Location & Where to Meet Distance Sunday 1:00 pm Sapperton Neighbourhood & Sapperton Landing Park 4 km September 26 (Front of Richard McBride School/Richmond St) **some steep hills Tuesday October 12

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Job Search Online Looking for a new job? Stop by the New Westminster Public Library for some tips on how to search for jobs online on Thursday, September 30 at 7:00 pm. In a one-hour presentation, learn how the library’s web links and online resources can help with your career development and job search needs. The program is part of the Tech Thursday series and is held in the Auditorium. As space is limited, pre-registration is requested. Call 604-527-4667.

West End Residents’ Association AGM The West End Residents’ Association Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 28 at 7:00 pm in the Lord Tweedsmuir School library. Agenda items include the Election of Ofﬁcers and the appointment of directors, and a presentation by Kristian Davis from the City of New Westminster on the new automated waste collection service and green cone compost system. We will also discuss meeting room rental charges and insurance. Please bring your ideas, questions and concerns to our meeting and ﬁnd out what’s happening in your neighbourhood. Everyone is welcome. For more information, please call Elmer Rudolph at 604-521-3346.

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Moody Park Residents’ Association Meeting The Moody Park Residents’ Association will meet on Thursday, September 30, 2010 at 7:00 pm in the New Westminster Library, Plaskett Room. Agenda items include presentations from Kristian Davis with the City of New Westminster on the new automated waste collection program and Green Cone project, the NWPS on crime concerns in the Moody Park area, committee reports, and next year’s Neighbourhood Trafﬁc Advisory Committee. The Moody Park Residents’ Association’s boundaries are 6th Ave to 10th Avenue, and 8th Street to 12th Street. If you reside in this area please email your concerns to Andrew Baker moodyparkra@gmail.com or John Ashdown ashdowneagle@shaw.ca or call 604-657-5600.

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Starting October 1, 2010 , a new feature of the automated collection program will be the opportunity to include kitchen scraps (cooked and uncooked food including meat and dairy) and food soiled paper into your Greens cart. This means a new cleaner, greener curbside service along with our blue box recycling program! For more information on the new system, please visit www.newwestcity.ca/autowaste.

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Top three salaries in district BY NIKI HOPE REPORTER

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School districts are required by law to disclose the earnings of the chief executive officers and the next four highest paid executives where these positions hold an annual base salary of $125,000 or more. In the New Westminster school district they are: superintendent John Woudzia, who earned $150,989 last year; assistant superintendent Al Balanuik, who earned $132,032; and secretary-treasurer Brian Sommerfeldt, whose salary was $130,213.

On your marks

The district has produced prototypical examples of marking standards – called exemplars – for writing that teachers can use for marking to ensure consistency from school to school across the district. The district has also developed marking exemplars for reading. Elementary and middle school teachers will start using the marking standards this fall, Sandra Pace, the district’s director of instruction, told trustees at a recent board of education meeting. The district is also selling the marking exemplars outside the school district and has orders already waiting for them.

New committee

The New Westminster school district will reestablish a district advisory committee to enable community representatives to advise the school district on new policies and to provide feedback for the district. The committee will meet in October.

Asya, an 11-year-old Russian blue cat, is awaiting adoption. She came to the shelter after her family moved back to Russia.

Sledge, a Rottweiler cross, needs a home. His previous owner was evicted from his apartment, and he was abandoned.

Sonic, a neutered male, is available for adoption at the New Westminster animal shelter.

Buddy, a pit bull cross, has the cutest ears – one ear up and one ear down. He’s looking for a nice home.

Luna, a tortoiseshell cat, has been at the shelter the longest and is looking for a good home. She’s cuddly and sweet.

Putting a show on for critters City holding animal fest in Queensborough BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

New Westminster Animal Services is reaching out to the community through an event that’s meant to be educational and fun. The city is holding an animal festival at the Queensborough Community Centre (920 Ewen Ave.) on Sunday, Sept. 26 from noon to 3 p.m. “It’s for us to be out there to gain exposure, to have the residents come,” said Denise Beeder, animal services officer with New Westminster Animal Services. “It’s for us to have a fun day for the residents of New Westminster.” The event includes guest speakers on a variety of topics, such as training dogs, as well as a kids’ table and face painting. “We will be having police dog demonstrations,” Beeder said. “Lots of rescue groups are coming.” The event will provide information about wildlife, which will help residents understand what they should do if they encounter sick or injured wildlife. “We generally deal in domestic animals, not so much with wildlife,” Beeder said. “Of course, if they are injured we will help.” In 2008, council adopted a number of staff recommendations concerning animal control services. One of those was to host an animal forum that would bring together city council, animal services staff, animal advocates and others. “We had a forum last year. We thought we would try something a little different this year,” Beeder said. “It will be fun.” In addition to information about the animal shelter and wildlife, one of the speakers will address the topic of reptiles. The animal shelter doesn’t accept reptiles but

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Here kitty-kitty: Animal Services officer Denise Beeder visits with Puss, a female tabby who’s a little timid. The shelter is reaching out to the community with an animal festival this weekend in Queensborough. redirects unwanted reptiles to other facilities. “It’s not just about dogs and cats,” Beeder said about the festival’s offerings. “There’s lots of information and different things.” Back in 2008 the city also implemented a volunteer program at the animal control shelter in Queensborough. The shelter welcomes volunteers who can help provide extra attention and exercise to the animals. “It’s in full swing,” Beeder said about the volunteer program. “It’s really great. We have probably about six volunteers that regularly come on a weekly basis, walking the dogs, sitting with the cats, sitting with the bunnies, brushing the cats.”

In addition to helping the animals, volunteers can provide people with a chance to see if they want to get a pet. “Really do your research,” Beeder advises people considering getting a pet. “Potentially a cat will live 18 to 20 years. Are you prepared for that?” Tending to the animals in their care is a big part of the day for New Westminster’s animal control officers. They feed the animals, clean their living and play areas, let the dogs run in the yard and ensure everyone gets some outdoor time. Because they spend so much time with the animals in their care, staff at the shelter know the nuances of each animal’s behaviour

and can help provide input that will ensure the animal adopted is a good fit for its new owner. “Make sure when you get a pet, you know what you are dealing with,” Beeder said. “Make sure there are no allergies, make sure you’re not going to move.” Animal control officers also respond to complaints, which can include dogs running off-leash or at large, cats not being spayed or neutered, or dogs barking. The shelter recently received a complaint about a cat peeing on car tires. For more on this story, visit Theresa McManus’s Only in New West blog. Go to www.royalcityrecord.com, click on Opinions and then Blogs, and then Only in New West.

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Cops recommend charges in attempted robberies

A 22-year-old New Westminster man may be facing robbery charges after a series of Monday afternoon incidents. Just before 6 p.m., New Westminster police officers responded to a 911 call from a woman saying a man with a knife had demanded money from her in the 600 block of Victoria Street. She gave the police a description of the

man as Caucasian, in his early 20s, with a stocky build and blue eyes, wearing a grey hooded sweat top. While officers were attending to that scene, they received another 911 call that a woman was accosted by a man with a knife in the 600 block of Agnes Street. The man matched the same description. In both incidents, the victims refused

to give the man any money and the man fled. Using a witness tip, the police looked for the man in an apartment building in the 600 block of Agnes Street. After New Westminster police gained access to the apartment and obtained a search warrant for a suite where they believed the man to be, they arrested a

22-year-old New Westminster man and seized a number of articles. “The suspect was cooperative with police and was transported to police headquarters,” said New Westminster police spokesperson Sgt. Gary Weishaar in a prepared release. “Police are recommending charges of robbery.” www.twitter.com/AlfieLau

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING October 4, 2010 - 7:00 p.m. Council Chamber, City Hall 511 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, B. C. V3L 1H9

ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 7411, 2010 Location/s: 1109, 1117, 1129 and 1135 Ewen Avenue and 301 and 307 Gifford Street (shown hatched on sketch plan) Purpose: The purpose of this bylaw is to rezone 1109, 1117, 1129 and 1135 Ewen Avenue and 301 and 307 Gifford Street from Queensborough Neighbourhood Residential Dwelling Districts (RQ-1) to Multiple Dwelling Districts (Low Rise) (RM-2A). The applicant proposes to develop 61 townhouse units. City Contact: Development Services Department at (604) 515-4588. Inspection of Documents: A copy of the proposed bylaw may be inspected at Legislative Services. Details and materials may be inspected at the Development Services Department (Planning), City Hall, 511 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, British Columbia during normal office hours being 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive (except Statutory Holidays) from September 13, 2010. Public Participation: At the hearing, the public shall be allowed to make representations to the Council respecting matters contained in the proposed bylaw. All persons who believe their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard, or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaw. Written submissions can be submitted to the Corporate Officer until the close of the Public Hearing. All persons who prefer to have their submissions available to Council members in advance as part of the Public Hearing agenda package, should deliver their submissions to Legislative Services, 511 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, B.C. V3L 1H9 (Fax #: (604) 527-4594), by 12:00 noon on Tuesday, September 28, 2010.

The City of New Westminster annually appoints a Ministerial representative to be the Presiding Minister for City events and offer prayers at City functions. New Westminster City Council will consider this appointment for a one year term ending November, 2011 at its meeting on November 29, 2010. The appointee would attend the following events: • Inaugural Meeting of City Council (December 6, 2010) • Committee Appointments and Committee Recognition Dinner • May Day Banquet • Canada Day Celebration • Citizenship Ceremony • Remembrance Day Ceremonies If you wish to be considered for appointment as the Ministerial representative, please submit your application with your resume. Applications must be received by mail, fax 604-527-4594, email nhassanali@newwestcity.ca or hand delivered to Mayor’s Ofﬁce no later than Monday, November 15, 2010. For more information, please call Naseem Hassanali, Mayor’s Ofﬁce at 604-527-4522 or email nhassanali@newwestcity.ca.

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Massey Victory Heights Residents’ Association Meeting The Massey Victory Heights Residents’ Association will meet on Thursday, September 30, 2010 at 7:00 pm at Glenbrooke Middle School, room 208. Agenda items include information on the new automated waste collection and green cones, and a discussion on one-way streets in the Massey Victory Heights neighbourhood to control trafﬁc. Share your thoughts at the meeting, contact a Director, or complete the survey on our website www.masseyvictoryheights.com.

Gogos Go to Africa: Stories of African Grandmothers In light of the AIDS pandemic, African grandmothers shine. As their adult children succumb to AIDS, these grandmothers are parenting again in their 60s, 70s and 80s as they take on the care of their grandchildren. Their stories are heartrending and inspiring. Also inspiring is the support Canadians have offered through the Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign (Gogos) founded by the Steven Lewis Foundation. Janine Reid of the Royal City Gogos will bring stories and images from the gathering at a presentation at the New Westminster Public Library on Wednesday, September 29 at 7:00 pm. To register, call the library at 604-527-7667.

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Blaze destroys vacant home

BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

An early morning fire has pretty much destroyed a vacant home in Queensborough. New Westminster Fire and Rescue attended a home in the 300-block of Pembina Street in Queensborough about 4:10 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 23. “It had already extended into the roof by then,” said John Hatch, the department’s division chief of public safety and fire prevention. “It went up the south most side wall because of the vinyl siding. It had started on the main floor on a exterior wall.” Hatch said fire moves rapidly when exposed to vinyl siding. “Vinyl is very combustible,” he explained. “If you take a milk carton or anything plastic like that, it would begin melting right away. It wouldn’t burst into flames.” Hatch said the house was vacant, and a For Sale sign was posted in the front yard. “Nobody was injured,” he said. “Certainly the neighbouring property was concerned. You are only a distance of 12 to 15 feet apart. The heat would have extended to their house.” Hatch said the first crew to arrive on scene from the Queensborough fire hall would have kept the fire

under control and protected the neighbouring house. That crew was soon joined by firefighters from other halls in the city. “On a confirmed structure fire, it is all hands on deck,” he explained. “We do a call-out to man up the spare engine with four extra men – they would be covering the rest of the city.” In total, 16 city firefighters fought the blaze. They remained on scene for about three hours, which included extinguishing the fire and ensuring no spot fires burned or spread into walls or attics. “It’s more than 75 per cent damaged,” Hatch said about the house. “It would be very close to having to be rebuilt. That is a guesstimate.” Hatch estimates the fire caused about $300,000 damage. The cause is under investigation, but investigators know it originated in an outside wall, between the drywall and exterior furnishings. “We have got a good idea,” Hatch said. “We are still pursuing it.” New Westminster police were also on scene to do interviews and work alongside fire officials. “We are trying to rule out all the responsibilities until we come up with a cause,” Hatch said. He noted there has been “extensive damage” to the interior and roof. “It is going to need a lot of work.”

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Aftermath: Top, a ﬁre inspector checks out the home on Pembina Street that was gutted by ﬁre Thursday. At left, Peter Butcher with Belfor Restoration boards up the house. Above, a view inside.

A06 • Saturday, September 25, 2010 • The Record

Protecting rivers means protecting ourselves Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, is the World Rivers Day is on this weeklargest salmon-producing river in the end in B.C., and to celebrate, the Fraser world. Its estuary, which stretches from River Discovery Centre is holding its Maple Ridge to the Strait of Georgia, is annual Artists on the River exhibition one of the biggest on the west on Saturday, from 11 a.m. to coast of North America. 4 p.m. This year marks the highThere are lots of reasons THE RECORD est return of sockeye on the to celebrate and even more to take up the torch and protect Fraser in nearly 100 years, a stark contrast to last year’s dismal our local waterways. In New Westminster, we have a close return. But even with strong numbers coming back, experts are warning that relationship with a very notable river. the sockeye are still not in the clear The Fraser, which runs from the Rocky

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and more needs to be done to protect wild salmon. Fish are an important and integral element of the Fraser’s eco-system. Salmon stocks depend on decent water quality, hospitable habitat and a healthy environment. Rivers Day is a chance to do more than celebrate our local history and culture so closely tied to the Fraser. It’s an opportunity to partake in stream cleanups and educational activities to learn more about our environment, and, more importantly, how we can protect it.

All it takes to wipe out the work of countless volunteers is someone pouring a toxic cleaning agent down a storm drain to kill an entire creek’s fish population – proof that more public education needs to be done. So get out to Rivers Day this Sunday, not just to celebrate, but to get involved in the countless local projects to keep our waterways vibrant and full of life. When we care for the natural world around us, we are ensuring our own survival and that of future generations.

New West’s growing rap rep IN MY VIEW

ANDREW FLEMING

ast night Douglas College helped kick off the opening of the annual Hip Hop 4 Peace Festival, a free, all-ages event now in its sixth year, the first time the city has joined the Vancouver-area party, which also takes place today outside the Vancouver Art Gallery and tomorrow at Surrey’s Chuck Bailey Rec Centre. New Westminster isn’t exactly known for its vibrant hip hop scene. New West, on the other hand, most definitely is. For Record readers not overly familiar with rap records or African-American urban youth subculture in general, the term “New West” has become part of the common language of hip hop – and, no, it wasn’t coined to describe the newly humble Kanye West still reeling from his career suicide attempt at last year’s VMA awards. Plug it into your Google machine and you’ll turn up a slew of results that have absolutely nothing to do with the Royal City. It’s the same reason so many shout-outs to and from rappers and n-bombs are riddled

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through the #newwest hashtag stream on Twitter – because for millions of people around world, New West means a rising hip hop scene centering around California-based artists rather than the original capital of British Columbia. Fo’ shizzle. The history of rap music is inexorably linked with a long and bloody rivalry between West Coast and East Coast rappers. It’s sort of like America’s answer to Canada’s two solitudes, only with more rhyming, doo-rags and bling. The western contingent, largely connected with Death Row Records, include a variety of high-profile MCs who have now either gotten rich (Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, etc.) and/ or died trying (2Pac, Mac Dre), but well-established veterans that have been embraced by the (white) mainstream are no longer really considered part of the left coast scene. It’s tough to maintain your Compton street cred when you’re a middle-aged, mansion-dwelling millionaire. (I’d like to think these old school rappers would now be known as the Old West if country music hadn’t already taken it, but I digress.) The best known example of the New West scene is the topselling artist formerly known as The Game (now just Game), but it also includes up-and-comers like Crooked I, Nipsey Hussle, Bishop Lamont, Jay Rock (not

Water ban has a hidden agenda Dear Editor:

Record reporter Niki Hope has nicely encapsulated the discussion that took place at the Sept. 14 New Westminster school board meeting regarding bottled water (Bottled water brouhaha stalls, The Record, Sept. 22). As it happens, I was also present during the board’s bottled water discussion and I was able to watch it unfold in all its nuance. Trustee Lori Watt’s CUPE-led crusade to ban bottled water from the New Westminster School District is actually something I’ve been watching with interest ever since it first reared its head in the district last January. Although some people may be unaware of it, banning bottled water is a major CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees) agenda across Canada with direct monetary implications for the union and the workers it represents. ◗New West Page 7

Just check CUPE’s website. The union clearly sees bottled water as unwanted competition for the CUPE workers who manage Canada’s municipal and regional tap water supplies, which explains why Lori Watt’s motion only sought to ban bottled water and not all bottled beverages. Moreover, CUPE’s local New Westminster president, Marcel Marsolais, has spoken about banning bottled water at more than one school board meeting in the last year – typically under the guise of concern for the environment – and each time, CUPE’s singular interest in water, as opposed to all bottled beverages, has been evident. In fact, Marsolais spoke on the bottled water subject at the Sept. 14 school board meeting, further underscoring the fact that CUPE has a major monetary interest in seeking to have bottled water banned. But what I find most troubling in all of this is

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the direct involvement of trustee Lori Watt in the effort to ban bottled water in the New Westminster School District: Watt is also an employee of CUPE, and she works in CUPE’s B.C. head office as a confidential secretary to CUPE president Barry O’Neill. It was Watt who brought forward the original motion to ban bottle water in the school district, and it was Watt who seemed most distressed at the Sept. 14 board meeting by the medical health officer’s advice to ban sugared drinks before considering any ban on a healthful beverage like bottled water. The parents of New Westminster have clearly indicated that they don’t want to see bottled water banned from New Westminster schools. The medical health officer likewise

doesn’t want to see bottled water removed as a healthy beverage option for our children. And as far as I am aware, practically every recyclable beverage container in every New Westminster school is collected up in bins and recycled, which means the New Westminster school district is not actually much of a contributor to the supposed avalanche of empty water bottles that Watt claims are inundating our municipal landfills. In my eyes, Watt is clearly acting in the best interests of her CUPE employer in pursuing a bottled water ban when she should be acting in the unfettered interests of the children of the New Westminster school district. There is a serious conflict of interest going on here, and it’s one that Watt does not seem willing to recognize. I find that very disturbing. And I’m certain that many others do as well. Patrick O’Connor, New Westminster

THE BEST FROM OUR BLOGS The following is an excerpt from a post this week in one of our online blogs, Time-out Corner, available on our website. The parent group for the Langley School District would like the Ministry of Education to oust the current trustees. The Langley Advance is reporting that the district parent advisory council would rather see an appointed bureaucrat at the helm of the school district. The troubled school district has faced a barrage of problems since last year, when a more than $13 mil-

lion shortfall was discovered. A recently released report from the auditor general partially blamed the board’s dysfunction as a reason for the district’s woes. On Sept. 29, the PACs will be asked to vote on a motion demanding that the provincial government remove the current school trustees and put an appointee in place to run the district until the next school election in November 2011, the Advance is reporting. The New Westminster school district learned last week that the auditor

general would oversee its budget process and would be undertaking an audit of the school district’s controversial business company, which oversees a school in China. The district has invested almost $1 million in the oversees school (which is holding its annual general meeting on Monday, Sept. 27, 5 p.m. at the New Westminster Secondary School library). For the rest of this blog posting, check out reporter Niki Hope’s blog at www. royalcityrecord.com. Look for blogs under Opinions tab on The Record’s website.

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the one from Trailer Park Boys) and Ya Boy, who are all trying to separate themselves from the original gangstas and build their own beefs with the East. Of course, none of this has much to do with this weekend’s hip hop fest. Although commercially overshadowed by the antics of gangsta rap-

pers, the real heart of hip hop music has always been more in tune with social justice and fighting oppression. (Well, that and breakdancing.) The performers and participants of the Hip Hop 4 Peace Festival, organized by the activist group Mobilization Against War and Occupation, would probably all much rather

give peace a chance than bust a cap in anyone’s ass. It’s much more Canadian, after all. Andrew Fleming is a Record reporter who’s a big fan of rhymes, although he is so hopelessly white his favourite rappers are Buck 65 and the Beastie Boys. Contact him at afleming@ royalcityrecord.com or www. twitter.com/flematic.

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City served with strike notice BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

The City of New Westminster and the union representing its electrical department employees will meet in early October to designate essential services. On Sept. 17, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 213 served the City of New Westminster with strike notice. According to a press release from the City of New Westminster, this notice would have permitted the union to stop work as early as Sunday, Sept. 19, but the B.C. Labour Relations Board received direction from the provincial Ministry of Labour to work with the city and the union to designate essential services. Any work stoppage will be delayed until the essential services designation has been agreed upon. Employees represented by IBEW maintain the city’s electrical distribution system, which supplies electrical power to customers in New Westminster. The union and the city have been in negotiations for three months, working toward a new con-

tract for 12 employees with the City Spokespersons for the city and union of New Westminster Electric Utility. couldn’t be reached by The Record’s “The city has made an offer of set- deadline. tlement to the IBEW which it believes Blair Fryer, the city’s manager of is fair and reflects the realities of the communications, said city and union current economic climate,” said the representatives will meet with the press release. “It is important that the Labour Relations Board in early city continue to increase the efficiency October regarding the designation of of the utility while managing costs essential services that would be needin a responsible manner to ed during any work meet the needs of 30,000 stoppage. Once that’s residential and commercial done, he said the union customers.” has the option to issue IBEW Local 213 has 72-hour strike notice. about 5,000 members in According to the This story first appeared on www.royalcityrecord.com British Columbia and city’s website, the City Greater Vancouver. of New Westminster At its Sept. 8 meeting, the IBEW electrical department runs the oldLocal 213 received a report from est continuously operating electrical assistant business manager Scott utility in British Columbia. Initially Ashton stating that negotiations with referred to as the Light Department, the City of New Westminster had hit the city began generating electricity an “impasse” after the city tabled for streetlights in 1891. changes to the agreement. Today the electrical department “The membership has rejected the distributes electricity to commercity’s offer, and the two sides are cial and residential customers and slated for mediation Sept. 15,” said maintains the electrical systems in the newsletter. city-owned recreation centres, arenas, The Record was unable to confirm pools, streetlights, traffic signals and whether that mediation had occurred. city hall.

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bit of an ace up her sleeve in that she lives not far from Wal-Mart, although she said she doesn’t intend to let the experiment turn into My Year of Shopping at Wal-Mart. Another temptation for the stay-at-home worker to resist is relying too heavily on her husband, who works in downtown Vancouver. “I do most of the shopping for groceries anyway, and we’ve agreed that I can’t say to him, ‘I need this, this and this.’ He’s not technically doing it with me and will carry out his normal routine.” She said she’s noticed her shopping habits have already been affected just gearing up for the October start date. “My original idea was for September to shop quote unquote ‘normally’ but, really, once I decided to do it, that’s gone right out the window. I don’t think I’m shopping normally at all. I’m usually the type

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Back to the future: Barry Dykes in the New Westminster Archives, displaying a photo of the old city post ofﬁce. The archives is balancing traditional methods of preserving its records with the digital age – including the launch of a Facebook page and a new online public access database, in progress now.

Taking the past into the future High-tech projects meet tradition in the Royal City’s museum and archives BY JANAYA FULLER-EVANS REPORTER jfuller-evans@royalcityrecord.com

Now you can check out New Westminster’s history while looking at your best friend’s honeymoon photos and playing Farmville. That’s right – the New Westminster Museum and Archives has a Facebook page, which launched at the beginning of the month. But an online presence isn’t the archives’ first priority, according to archivist Barry Dykes. It is a balancing act to make sure material is collected, preserved and protected, as well as promoting the archives to the

public, Dykes says. “We have a duty to preserve the records we do have,” he says, adding the archives is also trying to take advantage of available technology, to preserve material and show people what’s available. The Royal City archives still uses traditional methods of preservation, such as microfiche, but has also been digitally scanning photos since the mid-’90s, like many archives, he says. However, it is difficult to stay current with preservation techniques as software and hardware are constantly changing, and material needs to be preserved in perpetuity. The archives is moving to the multi-use facility on Columbia Street once it is built, Dykes says, which he hopes will have a more up-to-date, sophisticated reading room for those who come to do research onsite.

He would like the archives to be more interactive, and encourage more community involvement, but resources are limited, he says. However, in addition to the Facebook page, the New West Archives is planning to launch a new website for the museum and archives by the end of the year. While the website will be simple in structure, it will contain online exhibits, as well as the archives’ online public access database, which is also set to be completed by the end of the year. Dykes hopes the projects are completed around the same time, so the two can be launched together. “If it can all come together at the same time, that would be great,” he says. However, he points out that New Westminster Archives is a smaller organization – he is the sole archivist and works four days a week, whereas Burnaby has

two on staff – and must keep preserving and indexing material as its priority. Burnaby’s archival online presence is through the Heritage Burnaby website, which launched last February. Neither of the archives has a Twitter account as of yet. HeritageBurnaby.ca is a collaboration between Burnaby’s community heritage commission, the heritage planning program, the archives, the Burnaby Village Museum and the Burnaby Library. The site contains online exhibits, links to history websites, historic photographs, information on artifact and text collections, heritage landmarks, and library collections. Burnaby’s city archives shook off the image of archives as dusty, dark rooms filled with microfiche with its Charting Change online atlas project.

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corn roast is raising funds for the Arts Council of New Westminster today. The arts council is “husking for dollars” at the River Market on Saturday, Sept. 25 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Members of the Arts Council of New Westminster, in partnership with the River Market, the Paddlewheeler Pub and the new Donald’s Market, are hosting a corn roast. Located outside the newly renovated River Market along the promenade, the public can buy an ear of corn for $2 to help support the efforts of the Arts Council of New Westminster. The roast will also coincide with the Artists on the River event that’s being held at the Quay and Fraser River Discovery Centre. Quayside Community Board volunteers have agreed to provide additional staffing for the corn roast. The Arts Council of New Westminster has a number of ongoing programs and special projects. It advocates for the arts at all levels of government, fosters and supports artistic and cultural endea-

City staffers help United Way

City of New Westminster staff launched their United Way fundraising campaign with a “cookout kickoff” event at city hall last week. On Sept. 17, city employees raised funds for the United Way through a chili cook-off. Winners were selected in a number of categories including People’s Choice, Judges Choice and Best Booth. Barry Waitt, a senior planner at city hall and chair of the city’s 2010 United Way campaign, said a bake sale, a book sale and a pancake breakfast also helped city employees raise funds. For $20, city staff can enter a raffle for two round-trips to Honolulu, plus $500 in spending money and a day off with pay. Along with a United Way official, Barry recently appeared before city council to inform them of the campaign. “You can see the difference right here in your own backyard,” he said. “I learned a lot about preparing this for council.” Barry notes that the United Way focuses its efforts on three areas: children aged zero to six years; children aged six to 12 years; and seniors. While the United Way

used to mainly be a distributor of funds to organizations, he said it now does research and lobbies government about social needs. During the 2009 United Way campaign, city employees raised $25,206. In addition to the various events, employees contribute financially through online donations and payroll deductions. “We aim to equal or better,” Barry said of this year’s fundraising goal. A committee of about 20 city employees has been working on the campaign, with various individuals working on the different events. In addition to raising awareness and funds for the United Way, the goal is also to have a little fun at the same time.

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New West Walks is kicking off its fall 2010 neighbourhood walks program with a walk through the Sapperton and Sapperton Landing Park. The walk, which gets underway in front

of Richard McBride Elementary School at 331 Richmond St. at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Sept 26, is about four kilometres and includes some steep hills. People are advised to arrive on time for the walk, bring water and wear appropriate footwear – and maybe an umbrella. The event is part of the city’s Active Communities program that seeks to get people active through organized neighbourhood walks. Future walks include the Queensborough neighbourhood (Tuesday, Oct. 12 at 6 p.m.), the West End (Sunday, Nov. 14 at 1 p.m.) and the Jingle Bell Walk through the Queen’s Park neighbourhood (Wednesday, Dec. 15 at 6 p.m.) More information about the walks that are being offered is available at 604777-5103.

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A New Westminster resident is among the 21 Vancouver Community

College fashion arts graduates who will soon highlight their collections in a special year-end show. New Westminster resident Ludmila Agacinska will join her fellow fashion graduates in showing designs at the Wednesday, Sept. 29 event at the Rocky Mountaineer Station. “These graduates live here but bring influences from around the world,” says Sal Ferreras, the college’s dean of design. “Each one brings his or her unique blend of background and creativity and we get to sit back at Fiat Mode and enjoy the results.” Recent VCC graduates are working at top design houses including Aritzia, Nike and Oscar de la Renta. Information or tickets are available at www. vcc.ca/fashionshow.

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Artists on the River is returning to the New Westminster boardwalk for its seventh year. In celebration of B.C. River’s Day, the event is

being held on Saturday, Sept. 25 (today) from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. outside Fraser River Discovery Centre at 788 Quayside Dr. It includes an art show and sale, musical entertainment, creative family art projects and environmental displays and activities Doghouse will perform renditions of traditional Celtic and folk songs, while GoGo Bonkers, a high-energy children’s group, will perform on the main stage. The boardwalk will be lined with local artists and organizations providing a wide variety of art style and media. Family Services of Greater Vancouver is putting on Explore a Green World, an environmental, multicultural, and educational program that educates young children and families about the importance of recycling and contributing to a healthy environment. They do this through interactive activities, creative crafts, and fun games.

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Area proposed for park A developer is proposing to dedicate the Fraser River foreshore portion of its site to the city for park use. The city has received an application to rezone 42 South Dyke Rd. to multiple dwelling district and park districts. The proposal is to build 36 townhouse units and to dedicate the foreshore portion of the site for park.

“There would also be property dedication for the widening on South Dyke Road and Wood Street,” said the staff report. “South Dyke Road and the west half of Wood Street would be constructed to city standards.” A public hearing will be held in council chambers on Monday, Oct. 18. tmcmanus@royalcity record.com

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Masonic mystery? OUR PAST

ARCHIE & DALE MILLER

e have a number of favourite buildings in New Westminster that are filled with stories and historical features. One of these structures is the Masonic Temple on Agnes Street. This building is the most recent Masonic Hall (1911/12) in the city, following at least four other major sites and possibly a few interim locations. Archie’s memories of this building go back to the 1950s, when the Christmas season included a group of children meeting Santa Claus, who to their great delight, had presents and treats for all to take home. Other memories from the period of the late ‘50s and into the ‘60s link to wandering around the building, poking around in some “really neat stuff” and finding some truly wonderful and eminently mysterious spaces in which things

seemed to be hidden. In time, his involvement with this particular place has led to ongoing research and interest in the entire Masonic story, both local and general. This includes determining formal Masonic locations in the city, tracking down details about the cemetery (then Masonic, now part of Fraser), describing background stories and information about some early Masons and their funerals, as well as preparing and presenting talks (illustrated or not) on the history of local Freemasonry. Today, members of that same Lodge are carrying out some detailed searching of their premises in order to identify what they have in terms of their history, how it relates to this town, and how it is interconnected with the history and collection that makes up the Provincial Masonic Grand Lodge. We are pleased to be involved with this “search” and have been able, by reviewing our own Masonic collection, to assist with information and some identification. This is all quite dusty, often tedious, often frustrating, but always exciting.

One find was an old register that listed plot purchases in the Masonic Cemetery that now forms part of Fraser. The book was intriguing, not so much for what it listed but for what it did not. Why aren’t certain names in this book? Why do some lists seem incomplete? Why are some names in this book when you wouldn’t expect them to be there? Who are some of the people who purchased early groups of burial plots? We know most but a few are quite mysterious. A simple conclusion after a lot of consideration, is that there was a second volume – maybe still to be found somewhere. This is but one search example. This building has a great story, as do the members of the various Masonic groups of the Royal City. You will hear much more in the next couple of years as they move to a major 150-year anniversary, and we are pleased and honoured to be there with them, helping to fill in their historical knowledge as well as add to our own. This fascinating search goes on – stay tuned.

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Archives: Digital presence growing ◗ continued from page 11

Charting Change: An Interactive Atlas of Burnaby’s Heritage tied with a Smithsonian Institute project last month for ArchivesNext’s award, Best repurposing of digitized data. “We’re so excited,” city archivist Arilea Sill says, adding it is great to be acknowledged, as the Burnaby Archives is a comparatively small organization. The project started 10 years ago, she says, with a poster of four historical maps of Burnaby, and one current map. The online project, which allows visitors to Heritage Burnaby’s website to click on and learn about historic locations on each of the maps, launched last February. The city’s gaming funds, and a Department of Canadian Heritage grant, funded the project. Technology is also being used to preserve documents, Sill says. “It’s opening a lot of new windows to us,” she says, adding the archives can kill two birds with one stone by digitally scanning photos to preserve them, and providing access to the public by uploading the photos online. The archives are also exploring crowdsourcing, primarily with a comment feature on the historical photos on the site, so people can discuss photos or provide additional information.

“We’re gathering a great deal of information,” Sill says. One woman who saw family in photos on the site was able to provide historical background back to England. “It’s everybody’s history, and personal stories add to it,” Sill says. “The resources of the public can be so vast.” The archivists’ primary job is to collect records from the community, and preserve and index the material, says Sill, who has been the city’s full-time archivist since 2002. Posting online comes second. Vancouver Archives, which has more financial and staff resources than the smaller cities’ archives, has had a strong online presence for years. Vancouver has a Twitter account, VanArchives, and has had a YouTube channel for its digitalized videos since 2008. The city has its own digital archivist, Sue Bigelow. The archivists continually update the online database and are proponents of open data access, using open source software to preserve records and material. But Vancouver archives manager Heather Gordon agrees it is impossible to digitize everything and put it online, even with the Vancouver Archives’ resources. “For heavy duty research, they pretty much have to come in,” she says.

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appropriate footwear. More informacan drop by the Quay and take in tion about the walks being offered is an art show and sale, musical enteravailable at 604-777-5103. tainment and family art projects. 5. Get eating some real poutine The fun all takes place on Saturday, and famous maple twist ice cream, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Quay among other Quebecois offerings, boardwalk and in the Fraser River at Anny’s Dairy Bar Discovery Centre at 788 uptown (on Sixth Street). Quayside Dr. The poutine is scrump4. Get walking with New tiously bad for you, and West Walks, which is the maple twist keeps on kicking off its fall 2010 winning rave reviews for neighhbourhood walks good reason. with a walk through the 6. Get cheering for the Sapperton neighbourhood peewee Hyacks footand Sapperton Landing ball team, who host the Park. Westside Warriors at The walk, which 11:45 a.m. at Ryall Park gets underway in front (or more) in Queensborough. That of Richard McBride Elementary School at 331 Things to do game is followed by the Richmond St. at 1 p.m. this weekend junior bantam Hyacks taking on the Burnaby on Sunday, is about four Lions at 1:30 p.m. kilometres and includes some steep E-mail your Top 5 ideas to calendar@ hills. royalcityrecord.com or send them to The event is part of the city’s alau@royalcityrecord.com. You can also Active Communities program that check out our full arts and events calenseeks to get people active through dar listings on our website’s homepage organized neighbourhood walks. at www.royalcityrecord.com. People are advised to arrive on time – compiled by Alfie Lau, staff reporter for the walk, bring water and wear

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Question: Three of us purchased Clematis armandii between May and September last year. All three died. All had grown in pots to about four to five feet in height. I planted mine in early October on the northwest face of my garage. It died in April after growing along the south side of the garage and reaching 15 feet in length. Is there some inherent defect with this type of clematis? Could you suggest another flowering, evergreen climbing clematis that would grow in the location described? Helen Hunt, Vancouver Answer: Clematis armandii is

commonly sold here, but it’s not 100 per cent hardy. It needs a sheltered, warm location. I don’t know the full situation with the other two, so I’ll focus on your clematis. It’s very likely the same factors apply to all of them. October planting is very risky with not-quitehardy evergreen plants. Spring planting allows them a longer time to settle in until winter cold hits again. If fall planting is essential, it’s crucial to mulch roots and the base of the stem before winter. Leaves or straw held in with wire would make a good mulch. Also, the southwest wall of your garage would have been a better planting choice. You can always position a bushy plant in front of the clematis to give its roots the shade it likes. But it’s important for all the stems to be in sunlight to harden and mature

before winter arrives. Your northwest location was probably not sunny enough, and later windchill from the north froze the roots and lower part of the stems. Yet another point is the importance of the region where your clematis was grown prior to reaching the nursery. If your clematis spent its early life in California, it would need extra protection while it got acclimatized to our winters. The only other evergreen clematis that’s available here is C. cirrhosa, which has creamy bells in late autumn/early winter. It’s not as spectacular as C. armandii, but the flowers are very welcome at that time of year. It needs exactly the same situation and care as C. armandii. Question: I keep my basil in pots in a protected garden area.

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My problem is with little bites and nibbles on the leaves. How can I eliminate the unseeable pest? Gay McMillan, by e-mail Answer: Basil is loved by almost every pest under the sun. But my top suspect would be slugs. Sometimes slugs live in the drainage holes at the bottom of pots. Since the bites are small, it might be a very young, small slug. You can protect your basil by sticking a copper tape, which slugs won’t cross, around the pots. Garden centres sell this tape. Question: Two years ago I bought a nice little Maltese Cross plant, and it got lost in the shade behind much bigger plants. This year it struggled to bloom, and the blooms came up not red, but white. Have you seen or heard of this kind of thing? Diana Jewell, Mission Answer: Some Maltese Cross plants do have white flowers. But if they were red when you bought it, the white form could have grown from a seed already in the soil. Maltese Cross is a perennial. It needs moist conditions. If bigger plants were keeping it very dry, the original could have died but the seed germinated when conditions were right. Anne Marrison is happy to answer garden questions. Send them to her by e-mail, amarrison@shaw.ca.

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◗ Calendar of Events ◗TO SEPTEMBER 26

2010 Shanghai Expo Photo Exhibition, Royal City Centre, free admission.

◗SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 Knox Presbyterian Church thrift sale, 403 East Columbia, between 9 a.m. and noon. Info: 604-524-6712.

◗MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 Tillicum Toastmasters, public speaking is a great skill to have. 7:20 to 9:30 p.m. Unity in Action Hall, 1630 Edinburgh St. Info: http://tillicum. freetoasthost.ws or call 778822-9212. New Westminster Lions meeting, Boston Pizza at Columbia Square, 6:30 p.m. Newcomers welcome, bring a friend. Info: 604-525-4477.

◗TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 Canadian Club of New Westminster and the Fraser Valley, presents guest speaker Shelley Fralic of the Vancouver Sun. Justice Institute, 715 McBride Blvd. Meet and greet at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m., Fralic speaks at 8 p.m. Info: Earl: 604-520-3889 or www. ourcanadian.blogspot.com.

◗WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 Janine Reid of the Royal

City Gogos, will tell stories about the Grandmothers campaign in Africa. 7 p.m. New Westminster Public Library, 716 Sixth Ave. Register by calling 604-527-7667. Canadian Parents for French, annual general meeting, 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Lord Tweedsmuir school library, 1714 Eighth Ave. Everyone welcome.

◗THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 Online Job Search, New Westminster Public Library, 716 Sixth Ave. 7 p.m. Part of the Tech Thursday program. Space is limited, pre-register by calling 604-527-4667.

◗FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1 Codependents Anonymous Freedom Group, 12-step program for men and women who want more functional relationships. 7:30 p.m., Sherbrooke Centre, 260 Sherbrooke St. in the main floor lounge: Info: Sue: 604-580-8889 or info line at 604-515-5585.

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Sensibly) Group B.C. 612, meets at RCH Sherbrooke Centre, Monday evenings, 6:30 to 8 p.m., dedicated to taking off pounds sensibly through basic food exchange program and moderate exercise. Call Judi at 604-525-0613 for more information. Sapperton Pensioners, meet on the third Wednesday of the month at 318 Keary St. New members welcome. Info: 604724-9722. Netherlands Association, speak Dutch with others and celebrate your heritage. Visit www. dutchnetwork.ca or contact Edie, ediebijdemast@telus.net or 604-536-3394. Royal City Communicators, meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at the Cameron Recreation Centre, 9523 Cameron St., Burnaby, helping those who are afraid to speak in public. Information: 604-939-5088. Al-Anon and Alateen, help those whose lives are affected by someone else’s drinking. Call 604-688-1716. Free beginners’ computer tutoring, one-on-one, for lowincome women, Tuesday or Thursday evenings from 6 to 8 p.m., Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m. and Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m., at the Elizabeth Fry Society

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Heavy Equipment Mechanic

GLobal Agriculture TransLoading Inc. a well established Trans-Loading/ transportation company located at 11678 130th Street, Surrey, B.C. urgently requires full-time qualified Heavy Equipment Mechanic. Duties include: Inspect & check heavy equipments ie., conveyors, tractors, trolleys, mobile cranes, forklifts, etc., to detect faults & malfunctions, adjust, repair and/or replace damaged parts & components of heavy equipments, perform regular maintenance. Minimum 4 years experience. Knowledge of Punjabi an asset. Salary $28.00/hr.+ Benefits.

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Long-Haul Truck Drivers GLobal Agriculture TransLoading Inc. a well established Trans-Loading/ transportation company located at 11678 130th Street, Surrey, B.C. urgently requires full-time qualified Long-Haul Truck Drivers. Duties include: Drive & operate straight or articulated trucks to transport goods and materials to customers, conduct preliminary trip inspection, Perform minor/emergency roadside repairs, record trip & cargo information, and oversee safety and security of truck and cargo. Minimum 3 years experience and clean driving abstract is required. Knowledge of Punjabi an asset. Salary $24.00/hr.+ Benefits. Fax resume to 604-580-2786

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Tim Stephens' Astral Reﬂections Aries March 21 - April 19: The weeks ahead feature relationships, opportunities and opposition, relocation, contracts, negotiations, litigation, agreements. In general, others will have the upper hand, so diplomacy/compromise is your protection, and eagerness to join is your opportunity. Your sexual side works overtime (right through December,but most strongly through late October) – excitement, attraction are certain, but don’t overstep social boundaries. True love could occur! Financial partnerships, agreements and investments that arise will grow to a November climax. Chase romance Saturday p.m. Taurus April 20-May 20: Work and health concerns ﬁll the weeks ahead. Your drudgery will be amply relieved, though, by an unusual run of exciting meetings, attractions and exotic temptations. One particularly intriguing person, adventure or opportunity will “stick with you” right into early 2011. Still, don’t neglect chores. Your energy and charisma get a nice boost Sunday/Monday – Sunday could trigger one of those exotic attractions! Chase money Tuesday (easy, stable) and Wednesday (minor glitches). Communications, paperwork, errands irk you Thursday, succeed with ease Friday. Home, kids bless Saturday. Gemini May 21-June 20: Lie low Sunday/Monday: contemplate, plan for the future, attend to duties. Be charitable, spiritual. Your energy and charisma surge back Tuesday/Wednesday – romance is a definite possibility, if you chase it. Three factors characterize romance until October 2012: one, your affections mingle deeply and successfully with sexual and financial currents; two, there might be an age difference. Three, romance will be slow to develop, perhaps because others doubt your loyalty. (Or find you too old or young). You’ll have to “prove” your love. Money caution Thursday, luck Friday.

Cancer June 21-July 22: This week and the next few, settle into family, property, security, retirement prospects, Mother Nature, soul, the basics of your life and business. Despite this accent on home and soul – or perhaps due to it – romance wanders into your life (more like strolls, for it seems pretty intent) – if not now, then soon. (The influence lasts to next January.) If you’re happily married, the same influence enlivens and brings success to your dealings with children and/or creative projects. Hopes, optimism, social delights early week. Retreat Tuesday/Wednesday. Your energy returns Thursday onward. Leo July 23-Aug. 22: The weeks ahead are generally easy, without “high stakes” pressure. But you’ll be busy – a flurry of travel, paperwork, details, errands and communications arrives. You might change homes, or renovate/decorate. This (or some other domestic adjustment) brings strife and affection – the strife lasts only through October, the affection through December. (Which hints at a splendid outcome.) You might sign legal papers involving property. Be ambitious Sunday/Monday. Social delights, wish fulfilment, light romance visit you midweek! Retreat, live cautiously Thursday/Friday. You shine Saturday! Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22: Chase money, buy and sell, seek new clients or a pay raise during the next few weeks. Money isn’t easy for you to earn now through October 2012, but it can increase through creativity, art/beauty, judicious speculation/risk, pleasure fields such as vacation, recreation, camping, etc., and “indulging children” (e.g., toys, kids’ fashions). You might be busy chasing after or talking to a romantic/ sexual interest this autumn/winter – if you keep it light, you’ll succeed. Sunday/Monday are mellow, tickle your romantic antennae. Be ambitious midweek. Caution Thursday, joy Friday!

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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22: Your energy, charisma and effectiveness reach a yearly peak now, Libra – charge ahead, insist on your way, start important new ventures or give a strong heave to ones that you need to complete. You’ll attract attention, but in a quiet way. Money will ﬂow swiftly to you through late October, but you’ll be tempted to spend carelessly, especially with a partner, or in an attempt to attract a person or opportunity – slow down! Wait until November/December, when you’ll spend more wisely, and luckily. Sexy stuff Sunday/Monday. Love, wisdom midweek. Don’t push higher-ups Thursday. Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21: You’re weary but your sexual, partnership and romantic magnetism rises. Is that a good thing? Who knows? A moderate approach is best: don’t overwork, and keep your intimate clinches honest. Don’t embrace anyone you suspect could become a burden in future. (You hardly need this advice, anyway.) You face heavy travel, paperwork or communication duties now to late 2012. Ah, well, grin and bear it. Sunday/Monday spark an attraction: show humour! Intimate temptations come Tuesday (good) and Wednesday (iffy to suppertime, good late night). Careful (legally, ethically) Thursday. Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21: Entertainment, light romance (heavy stuff would burden you in future) popularity, optimism and happiness – these pay a month-long visit! You might be held back by a nagging health problem (related to sugar?). This health influence lasts to January 2011, so take care of it now. If nothing “shows up” Sunday/Monday or Thursday, you’re fine. Tackle chores early week. Exciting meetings or opportunities arise Tuesday/ Wednesday – say Yes – don’t insist that it be “your way.” Be careful with finances, health, intimacy, commitments Thursday (Friday’s lucky here). Gentle love, joy Saturday.

Sept. 26 - Oct. 2 Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19: Be on your toes – ambitions rise, and so do pressures to perform. The accent is on prestige relations, dealings with higherups. Your social side grows active – a light romance might be brewing. Be alert, though – don’t let an attraction interfere with (or smudge) your ambitions or reputation. Sunday/Monday are romantic, creative. Tackle chores Tuesday/Wednesday. (Tuesday best – get an early start.) Be cautious in relationships Thursday – agree to nothing, but alienate no one. Friday offers success in the same zone. Saturday starts a weekend of mystery, desire, investigation. Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18: A gentle, philosophical, loving mood comes upon you for a few weeks. Intellectual, legal, educational, cultural, religious, fartravel and international involvements are favoured. If you started an “angry communication” in 2009, it can be solved now. You might be surprised to find that you’re loved – or not! Bosses, parents and other “high-ups” continue to treat you with impatience and affection: maintain humour and you’ll maintain the affection. (The impatience will fade before November; the affection lasts to 2011.) Home, family Sunday/ Monday. Romance midweek. Caution Thursday! Pisces Feb. 19-March 20: Mysteries and investigation, subconscious urges, lust, large finances, lifestyle changes, commitments and consequences fill the weeks ahead. Be careful with legal, cultural and ethical zones – your impatience to get things done could stir up costly antagonism. (Despite this, these areas, as well as international travel and higher education, yield rewards right into January.) Tackle errands, paperwork – and meet a sweet friend – Sunday/Monday. Be domestic, restful Tuesday/Wednesday. Romance and speculation call you Thursday, but need much caution – try these Friday instead. Chores Saturday. timstephens@shaw.ca • Reading: 416-686-5014

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REAL ESTATE RENTALS Real Estate Services

6005

★ RENT TO OWN! ★ If you have a small down payment, I have a nice home for you! Less then perfect credit OK. Call Kim 604-628-6598

6008

Condos/ Townhouses

6008-04

6020

6030

Houses - Sale

6020-32

Sat & Sun 2-4pm 11800 Mellis Dr 3700sf, 6br, 7 bath, $1.359,000 Rick Bowal Team Macdonald Realty Westmar 604-537-5792

Seller Motivated! VIEW! Reno’d 1 BR, pets/rentals allowed, wlk to L’heed Skytrn/Mall. $228K, Mala, Sutton, 778-859-4458

6008-34

Vancouver East Side

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING LOT, New Westminster. $75,000 in services paid! 33’ x 130’. No HST! $324,888. Call 604-726-0677.

6035

Mobile Homes

#86 - 7850 King George Blvd, Sry. 2 BR. 55+ years old. 1 pet ok! $37,900. Lorraine Cauley, Royal Lepage North Star, 604-889-4874

FEATURED HOMES 6050

Out Of Town Property

Cntrl Loc, Top Flr, 2 BR + 2 dens, 2 baths, inste w/d, lam flrs, new paint, wlk to transit/shops, $325K, Mala @ Sutton 778-859-4458

6020

Real Estate

uSELLaHOME.com

$99 can sell your home 574-5243 Agassiz spotless 924sf 2br mobile home 55+ park $69,900 604-823-4710 id5221 Delta Bargain 450sf condo, 19+ complex, pool, park, $104,900 597-8361 id4714 Harrison Hot Springs immaculate 1650sf 3br, 2ba rancher $389K 604-796-3531 id5222 Maple Ridge drastically reduced 4.9ac serviced vu acreage $440Kobo 722-3996 id4694 Maple Ridge executive 2446sf 4br 3.5ba tnhse, fabulous view $423K 467-0275 id5226 Mission, Owner Retiring, profitable framing store & gallery $47,000 826-7993 id5176 Mission acreage secluded 2325sf 4br 3ba home 2.33 ac lot $589K 820-7222 id5225 Sry E Newton 1 acre lot with 2600sf 6br 2.5ba bungalow $479,900 778-549-2056 id5198 Sry Open House Sun 2-4, 15210-82 Ave. Fleetwood huge 4542sf 8br 6ba on 6965sf lot with 2 suites $799K 507-0099 id5219

Apt/Condos

BACH & 1 BR, nicely done, cls to shop & transit, secured, incls heat, h/w, prkg, Start @ $675. 604-325-1385 www.remirealty.ca SALISBURY APARTMENT 7111 Salisbury Ave Bby Highgate 1 BR rent incl heat & hot water. NS/NP. Call 604-526-5584 N. WEST 1 - 2 BR apt, nr Douglas Col, skytrain, balcony, n/p, n/s, n/d, $700 & up. 604-839-8156. BBY. BRENTWOOD GATE. NEW, top flr, low rise, Deluxe, 1 BR & Den, 6 appls, prkg, storage. Oct1 $1250/mo. NS/NP. Please contact Sanj 604-779-9490 BBY METROTOWN 1 & 2 BR avail Immed, Clean, quiet bldng. Inc heat/hot water. 778-788-1867 BBY METROTOWN 1 BR avail Immed, Clean, quiet bldng. $700 Inc heat/hot water. 778-994-2334 BBY METROTOWN 1 BR avail Immed, Clean, quiet bldng. Inc heat/hot water. 778-323-0237 BBY METROTOWN 1 BR avail Immed, Clean, quiet bldng. Inc heat/hot water. 778-848-1790

Houses - Sale

6020-01

6508

A unique 12 unit strata, shared riverfront 1050 sq.ft.+ Starting at $309,900 HST included. Open House Satuday October 2, 2010, 10 AM to 4 PM. ReMax Lake Cowichan 250-749-6000 www.pennylaneriversidecottages.com

6008-18

New Westminster

HILLSIDE TERRACE #108, 1040 - 4TH AVENUE, NEW WEST.

Ne Reducedw Price $

229,900

Priced to sell!!! Spacious 2 BR corner unit, centrally located in uptown New West. Features new laminate ﬂooring in LR and bdrms., new tile in bath and kitchen, insuite laundry, gas ﬁreplace, security system, secured u/g park, extra locker & more. Gas heat & hot water incl. in strata fee. Great loc., walk to schools, SkyTrain, bus, New West. Quay & all amens.

HURRY . . . This Won’t Last Long!

DILMA HORTELANO • 778-867-3657 Amex-Fraseridge Realty

BBY, NORTH. 2 BR, 20th floor. 2 full baths, 6 applis, 2 balc, u/grd prkg, gym & pool. Near Skytrain. $1500/mo. Oct 1st. 604-420-9228 BBY S. 1 & 2 BRs. $710 & $795 - $835., ug prkg, hw, WiFi, cat ok, Metrotown, 604-818-1129 BBY SIMON FRASER APTS, 7175 Pandora St, close to SFU, shops & transit, 1 Br $875, 2 Br $1000 incl heat/hw, hardwood, new paint, 1 yr lease, np, Call Lorne Dorset Realty 604-299-0803

COQ. 1 BR, $750. 2 BR, $850, 3 BR, $1050. Now/Oct 1, Incl d/w, ht, 778-990-7079, 604-521-8249

AMBER ROCHESTOR 545 Rochester Ave, Coq

Expired Listing, No Equity, High Pymts?

Until Your Property Is Sold. No Fees. Call Kristen today (604) 786-4663

office: 604 936-3907

We Will Take Over Your Payment www.HomeBuyingCenter.ca

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www.HomeBuyingCenter.ca ★ WE BUY HOUSES ★ Foreclosure Help! Debt Relief! No Equity! Don’t Delay! Call us First! 604-657-9422

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6020-04

Burnaby

Time to Get Your Own Place? Find your answer in the Classifieds – in print and online!

2420 NORCREST CT, Sat, 2-4pm, Beautifully Reno’d 5 BR, 3 baths, mortgage helper, Must Sell. Mala, Sutton, 604-710-9030 OPEN HSE Sun, Sept 26, 2-4pm, Highgate, 6855 Noelani Pl, $529K, 2182sf, 1/2 dplx, 5 BR incls 2 BR ste, nr amens, Kerry 604-763-4638, www.sandrin.com Royal LePage Coronation West

6020-14

Langley/ Aldergrove

3 BR, 3bath, 2000sf, Remodelled, hrdwd/tile flrs, ss appls, 2 f/p, lrg dbl garg, bltin vac, cov patio, gard shed, f/yrd. 5015 - 201A St, Lang. $575,000. 604-514-8803 to view.

Apt/Condos

1-BEDROOM A PT. Move in tomorrow. Affor dable monthly rent.

COQ AUSTIN & BLUE MTN. 1 BR, $720, Avail Oct 1, incl h/w, Bldg w/d. 778-865-6696 COQ BRAND New 1 BR & Den apt, top flr, nr schl & shops, $1200. Avail Now. 604-939-3122 COQ WW Plateau, 2 BR, 2 bath, $1325/mo, Quay Pacific Property Mgnt Ltd. Call 604-570-2786

COQ/BBY, CORA Towers. NEW, 1000+sf, 2 BR, 2bth, appls, Gym, Media, 2 sec prkg. Close to SFU/skytrain. $1600(rent) +$400 (credits) /mo. Dave 604-787-1413 N. WEST, Lrg 1 BR $895 & 2 BR $1095, hdwd flrs, heat hot/water & cable. Cat OK. Nr transit, quiet bldg. Av now. Jim 604-728-2086

CALYPSO COURT 1030 - 5th Ave, New West Near Transportation & Douglas College. Well Managed Building.

office: 604 524-8174 cell: 604 813-8789 CARM-ELLE APARTMENTS

815 - 5th Ave, New West 1 BR apartments. Includes heat, h/w & cable. U/grnd prkg avail. No pets. Call 604-521-2866 or 604-619-5323

COTTONWOOD PLAZA 555 Cottonwood Ave, Coq

Large units some with 2nd bathroom or den. On bus routes, close to S.F.U. & Lougheed Mall.

NEW WEST, 3rd Ave/10th St. 2 BR condo. Clean & quiet bldg. 3 appl, gas f/p, u/grd prkg. $1,100/mo. Ns/np. Refs req’d. Avail immed. 604-521-8445, 526-5329 after 7pm & weekends

PORT MOODY, Newport Village. 2 BR + den, concrete bldg, 2 full baths. F/p, in-suite w/d, h/wd flrs, granite counters, S.S. applis, 2 u/grd prkg, gym. No pets. Ocean & mountain view! $1,850/mo + util. Avail immed. 604-469-9261

EL PRESIDENTE

220 7th St, New West 1 BR $700. 2 BR $850. Rent incls heat & hot water, reno’d suites with big patios. By shops, banks, skytrain & college. U/grd prkg available. Call 604 519-1382 Managed by Colliers International

NEW WEST

St Andrews Street 1, 2 or 3 BR Apt, Large balcony, updated, nr transit & amens. Avail Oct 1, small pet ok with pet deposit.

Call 604-540-9300 VILLA MARGARETA 320-9th St, New West

GARDEN VILLA

401 Westview St, Coq

office: 604 937-7343 cell: 778 848-5993

Large Units. Near Lougheed Mall. Transportation & S.F.U.

office: 604 939-2136 cell: 604 805-9490

ARBOUR GREENE 552 Dansey Ave, Coq

Extra Large 2 Bedrooms. Close to Lougheed Mall & S.F.U.

office: 604 939-4903 cell: 778-229-1358

MASSEY PLACE on McBride Blvd

FALL SPECIALS Rent prices slashed. Largest Apts in New West. Rents starting $795 for Oct!

CALL (604) 524-5840 www.masseyplace.com

Family Living 1 BR, (80% adult bldg), $750. 2 BR fr $925. 3 BR fr $1100.

Updated Studio & 1 BR Apts. Rental Incentives Offered. Rent includes heat and hot water.

● Spacious apartments ● Heat, h/w, prkg, indoor pool ● Ball court, daycare avail. ● Near Skytrain, shopping & kids park. Sorry no pets.

leasing@burnabycentre.com

604 939-0944

BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

Age 55 or over. Beautiful view. Bach high rise apt. Close to trans & shopping. Rent incl all utils. Refs req. Contact Ana Cell: 778-859-0798 Bayside Property Services Ltd.

ROYAL CRESCENT ESTATES

22588 Royal Crescent Ave, Maple Ridge Large units. Close to Golden Ears Bridge. Great view of River

office: 604 463-0857 cell: 604 375-1768

SUNSET PARK Close to Bus & BCIT STUDIO & 1 BDRM ★ Quiet park-like setting ★ Newly Reno’d ★ Heat/hot water incld 604-291-8197 www.sunsetparkapt.com

SKYLINE TOWERS 102-120 Agnes St, N.West

Hi-Rise Apartment with River View & Indoor Pool. 1 BR & 2 BR Available. Rent includes heat & hot water. Remodelled Building and Common area. Gated undergrd parking available. References required.

CALL 604 525-2122 BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

6510

Co-ops

Queens Avenue 136 10th St, New West

Email for application

6515

Duplexes - Rent

BBY, TRINITY St. 2 BR ste lower in 4plex, newly painted, incls cable & laundry, prkg. $825. Avail Oct1. N/S, Cat OK. 778-227-4431

6540

Houses - Rent

2 BDRM, 1 bath, Central Maple Ridge, near Elementary & Secondary Schools, big landscaped yard. large lot, $1300. Oct 1st, 604-897-0512 or 604-729-4907 2 BR rancher, N.W., new reno, h/wood, storage, nr amen, $1100. Oct 1, np ns 604-521-7773 BBY N, 3 BR, great hse, gd loc, lrg lot, h/w heating, N/s, $2200, Denis 604-838-4661 after 5pm BBY NORTH; VIEW, UPPER , 2 BR & Den, 2 bath, sh’d W/D. $1350+ utls. Lower 2 BR, $850 + utls OR Whole house $2050. N/P. 121 Nth Warwick. 604-299-0403

COQ 2 BR lower suite with large fam room. $800/mth. Close to Coquitlam Centre and bus stop. 778-899-8823.

COQ, Blue Mtn / Como Lake. 3 BR upper floor, 1.5 baths, 6 appl., big sundeck. $1,550/mo + 2⁄3 utils. Ns/np. Avail Oct 1. 604-939-6077

MONTECITO TOWERS 99-7360 Halifax St, Bby Bach, 1 BR & 2 BR www.montecitotowers.com

Apt/Condos

Refreshingly Clean Meticulously Maintained

Surrey Gardens Apartments It’sFrom time to$690.00 discover

or Bayside Property Services Office: 604-432-7774

5870 Sunset Street

604 420-5636

6508

Contact Natalie 778-230-9037

WHITGIFT GARDENS

BURNABY CENTRE Metrotown Area - Bby

BONSOR APTS Renovated high rise, concrete building. Penthouse, 1 BR & 2 BR available. Very close to Metrotown, Skytrain & Bonsor swimming pool. Rent includes heat, hot water. Reference required.

1010 6th Ave, New West

1 BR & 2 BR Available. Beautiful atrium with fountain. By shops, college & transit. Pets negotiable. Ref required.

ROTARY TOWER 25 Clute St, New West

Close to Transportation, Schools & S.F.U.

SILVER STAR APTS 6425 Silver Ave. Bby. Across St from Metrotown & skytrain, clean, quiet, near bus & shops, 1br $825 heat hw incld, ns, np, 1 yr lease Dorset Rlty.. John 604-439-9602

qacoop@gmail.com

BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

1300 King Albert, Coq

AMBER (W)

PT MOODY, Tides at 300 Klahanie Dr, g/flr, 2 BR, green belt, patio, 2 prkg, Canoe Club amens. N/s, N/p, $1365. 604-469-1985

CALL 604 715-7764

Close to Lougheed Mall, all Transportation Connections, Schools & S.F.U.

office: 604 939-8905 cell: 604 916-0261

Apt/Condos

Bach & 1 BR Available. All Suites Have Balconies. Undergrd Parking Available. Refs Required. Small Pet Ok.

CALL 604 715-7764

415 Westview St, Coq

6508

3 BR Townhouse, $1218 includes heat & hot water, w/d hookup & common laundry & u/grd prkg. $1200 share purchase.

JUNIPER COURT

for your new one bedroom home www.GreatApartments.ca

Go to http://classified.van.net or call 604-444-3000.

Apt/Condos

COQ 1 BR & Den apt, 18th flr, great view, ss appls, $1195 + utils, Now, ns/np. 604-649-6500

KING ALBERT COURT

CALL (604) 438-4544

FOR RENT

6508

NEW WEST. Reno’d 1 BR New Appl’s etc. No Pets, From $775 inc. HT/HW 604-724-8353

office: 604 936-1225

Close to Lougheed Mall, S.F.U. & Transportation.

● DIFFICULTY SELLING? ●

6508

1 BDRM APT, M.Ridge, balcony, internet, shrd w/d, Oct 1, $650 incl heat/hotwater, Call 778-389-3551

Richmond

Burnaby

$25,000 REDUCTION OWNER MOVING Sparkling clean, 2 BR high-rise condo, beside Metrotown. 2 baths, 2 balcs (21 feet long) 1,066 sq ft. Landscaped gardens. Hot tub, gym & clubhouse. #401 4830 Bennett St. Try offers in mid $400’s. Joe Pal, Sutton Group Medallion Realty. 604-572-1211

Lots & Acreage

Owner Managed Sorry, No Pets

Call for details! 604-589-7040

1MONTH FREE*

COQ CTR. 3 BR, 1.5 baths, 5 appl, fenced yard, garage. Ns/np. $1,300/mo. Oct 1. 604-537-7015 COQ, MAILLARDVILLE, 3 BR, 2 lev, all appls, carport, new reno’d. Oct/Nov. $1500. 604-913-7785

COQ, WEST. Charming character home, 2 BR & den, main flr. Big private yard & patio. Jacuzzi tub. Near Skytrain. $1,250/mo + 2 ⁄3 util. Avail now. 604-931-4051

Rentals

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RENTALS

6540

Houses - Rent

SRY, NEWTON. 4 BR, 2 lvls, $2,200/mo + util. No pets. Immed. Also: Two 40 x 40’ steel barns, 2 storeys. Concrete flooring. Parking. Good for fabrication, storage or hobby cars. $2,800/mo for both barns. Call 604-626-7441 STOP RENTING-RENT TO OWN No Qualification - Low Down CHILLIWACK - 9557 Williams, 3 bdrm, 1 bath, cozy HOUSE on 49x171’ lot, excellent investment property in heart of town..... $888/M VANCOUVER - 558 Taylor St, 1 bdrm + den, 2 level TOWNHOME, nr GM Place & Costco…$1,288/M CLOVERDALE - 6965-192nd St, 6 bdrms, 5 baths, NEW HOUSE, 3 suites equal BIG income, new appliances, gas f/p. ......$2,688/M

Call (604)435-5555 or (604)786-4663

www.HomeBuyingCenter.ca

6450

Miscellaneous Rentals

GATED PARKING AVAILABLE New Westminster

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

COQ. LRG 1 BR ste, Executive home, sep laundry & entry, f/p. Nice view. Suits quiet mat person. $850. NS/NP. 778-882-3959

BBY 7769 Gilley St. 2 BR bsmt suite. $850/mo incls util & W/D. N/s, n/p, Avail immed. 604-522-8833 or 604-786-1860

COQ, Mariner Way. 2 BR. 1 bath h/wd flrs, priv w/d. $825/mo + 1⁄3 util. Ns/np. Immed. 604-521-5642

BBY CARIBOO HEIGHTS, 2 BR bsmt ste, n/s, n/p, no w/d, $800 + utils, Avail Now, 604-528-6036 BBY, Deer Lake. 2 BR, sh’d w/d, carport. Suits 1 or 2. $995/mo incl hydro. Ns/np. Now. 604-521-6120 BBY, E. 13th Ave/4th St. 2 BR g/l. 1,200 sf. Sh’d w/d, f/yrd. Ns/np. $875 + util. Nov 1. 604-290-2181

BBY Edmonds area, 1 BR bsmt, W/D, $800 incls utils. Refs. No smoke. No pets. 604-936-0630

BBY, Edmonds/Canada Way. 1 BR. $750/mo incl hydro. Ns/np. Laundry. Suits mature person. Immed. Refs req’d. 604-522-9380 BBY N, Nr BCIT/skytrn/schl, 1 BR gr lvl. NS/NP. Oct 1. $500 incl util. 604-299-8687 or 604 473-5049

Office/Retail Rent

BBY N., nr Sperling skytrain, 3 BR g/l, N/s, N/p, avail immed, $1300/mo + 50 utils. Emily 604-433-9738 or 778-869-0103

6565

BBY CONVENIENCE STORE FOR LEASE, Newly Reno’d 1700 sqft, high traffic location, over 40 yrs in operation. 604-808-3457 BBY METROTOWN $7.70 sqft for 850 sqft Office, $550/month, incls com cost, utils, secured u/g prkg, Call Natalie 778-230-9037

6595

Shared Accommodation

6595-40

New Westminster

NEW WEST. Furn’d, Room $440 incls sh’d kitch & bath & utils. 604-767-3863 or 778-397-2102

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

2 BR, M.Ridge, g/l ste, COZY, NS NP, own w/d, cable/utils incl, nr bus, Oct 1, $800. 778-227-1503

COQ WESTWOOD PLATEAU 2 BR bsmt ste, n/p, n/s, $800 incls utils, Avail Immed. 604-552-8832

MAPLE RIDGE, 223rd St. New 2 BR, 2 full baths, balc, f/p, 7 appl, granite counters, h/wd flrs, u/grd prkg. $1,150/mo + utils. Ns/np. Avail Oct 1st. Call 604-365-6733 N. WEST 1 BR 19th St/Dublin, sh’d w/d, ns, np, $800 incl util., Oct. 1, walk to skytrain, 604-219-9376 N. WEST Queensborough. 2 BR, sh’d W/D. $1000 incls utls. Quiet. NS/NP. Avail now. 604-729-1435 NEW 2 bdrm bsmt suite, sep entry, laundry, large fenced yard, n/p, n/s, close to all amenities (school/bus/shopping) $800 + util avail Oct 1 604-725-8874 or 604-725-9030 NEW WEST. Large 1 BR. Ns/np. $650/mo incl hydro. Avail Oct 1st. 604-240-9067 or 604-521-1575

BBY NORTH, Lrg 2 BR g/lvl, 5 appls, priv prkg, $1200 incl utils, cble & net, Oct 1. 604-570-0556 BBY ROYAL Oak/Rumble, Brand New Main flr 3 BR ste, 2 bath, Nr bus/school. NS/NP. Avail Now $1200 + util. Also 2 BR ste avail, $900 + utils. 604-375-4261

NEW WEST Queens Park, 2 BR bsmt ste, sh’d W/D, newly renod. Avail now. $900 incls ults. NS/NP. 604-520-5772 or 604-589-6231 POCO LINCOLN PARK 1 BR mn flr ste, lrg liv rm, f/p, $750 incls hydro/cbl. Oct 1. 604-464-9485 POCO, Stafford/Shaughnessy. 1 BR ste. $775 incl heat & elec. Avail Now. 604-941-8344

BBY, SOUTH Slope. 2 BR bsmt. $800/mo incl hydro/cbl/internet. Ns/np, no laundry. 778-867-9715 COQ. BRIGHT, clean, 1 bdrm, 1 bath bsmt suite in River Heights. Prime quiet location close to Coq Ctre & schools. In-suite laundry, gas fireplace, new floors, own entrance and private yard, parking spot, no pets, n/s. Available Oct 1, $825 including utils. Call 604-722-2294.

Townhouses Rent

WESTWOOD PLATEAU, 2030 Sq Ft T/H, 3 BR, 2 1/2 bath, double Garage, Hardwood floor, w/d, $1850, Big rec room in bsmt, Family neighborhood, Close to greenbelt, Golf club. N/Pets. 1 yr lease min. credit check & refs req’d. Call 604-464-4409

BAINBRIDGE PLACE

3 BR, 1½ baths, fridge/stove, laundry hook-up. $1,250/mo + utilities. Near Skytrain, schools and Lougheed Hwy in North Burnaby. Family-oriented complex. Immed. N/s, no dogs. ★ Cats are welcome! ★

Call 604-420-0763

BBY SOUTH 2 BR T/H, Clean & Quiet, End Unit, 2 lvls, 945sf, u/g prking, 1 bath, Family Complex. Must have one child only. Nr Skytrain, schls/shops. Gross annual income requirement btwn $38K & $56K. Avail Nov1st. $975/mo + heat, NS/NP. For eligibility requirements & application please call 604-431-9225 or 604 517-8722

WOODLAND PARK

TOWNHOMES Professionally managed family townhome complex on 28 acres located in beautiful Port Moody. Spacious 2 BR & 3 BR units, 5 appls, inste w/d, walk out bsmt, 1 parking. Cat friendly. woodland@rentmidwest.com

6620

Warehouse/ Commercial

BBY 6994 Greenwood St, Brand New approx 1800sf W/H with finished office, clean, large O/H door, 3 phase power, avail Now. Call 604 929-9493 www.westrockproperty.com

PORT MOODY 2 BR g/lvl ste, carport, big yd, utils incls, $850. n/p, no w/d, Oct 1. 604-936-6533 QUEENSBOROUGH. 1 BR. $550/mo incl util/sat tv. Sept 1st. 604-515-7875 or 778-829-7675

PT MOODY Moray/St. Johns, 2400 sf shop plus mezzanine Suit auto/warehouse, wholesale, boatshop, etc. 604-525-8839

SRY. Brand new, big 2 BR. H/wd flr. Nr SFU & S/train. $980/mo incl util. ns/np. Oct 1. 778-227-6028

6605

Alarm/Security

ALARM 604-463-7919 Systems Ltd.

8020

Blinds & Draperies

WINDOW BLINDS SALES & SERVICES All Blinds up to 75% Off 1” & 2” Venetians, Verticals & Rollers • Repairs & Cleaning Free Estimates & Installation

Call Joseph @ Metro Decor

778-995-0295

8030

Carpentry

8030

* RENOS * Bsmt refinish * Drywall * Bath Tiles * Windows * Doors * Stairs. Call Norm 604-437-1470

8055

COQ WW Plateau, 3 BR T/H, 3 bath $2195/mo. Quay Pacific Ppty Mgmt Ltd, call 604-570-2786

Cleaning

8060

Concrete

All Concrete/Asphalt Removal Disposal incls Quality Guaranteed, Free Estimates. Comm/ Res. 604-540-6567

8073

Drainage

7010

Personals

KITTENCLUB.CA 604-299-0872 near 2nd Narrows Bridge - $100 Special. ‘All we wear is lingerie’

A.S.B.A ENTERPRISE Comm/ Res, Free Est, $20/hr incls supplies, Insured, 604-723-0162 EXP CLEANING ladies avail 7 days/wk. Bonded. Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond 604-928-0025 Exp. Reliable European Cleaning, Move In or Out, Res/ Comm★ Call 604 760-7702 ★ Honest, Reliable Cleaning Lady will make your home sparkle! $25/hr. ★ Call 604-436-1362 ★

Computer Services

Computer REPAIR: PC, Internet, Network, Home/Office maint. Ink & Toner. •Simon •604-999-0815

DRAIN TILES & WATER LINES Without Digging a Trench 604-294-5300 DRAINAGE, SEWER & WATER Call Tobias 604 782-4322 Mia Casa − Drain Tile/Sewer Line Water Line Repairs / Replacement & Cleaning. Vince 604-941-6060, Al 604-783-3142

8075

www.crownresidentialrooﬁng.com

RESIDENTIAL DIVISION LTD. SPACE Tried & True Since 1902 BOOKING For: PAQUETTE, DERRICK • BBB • RCABC • GAF/ELK Master Elite Contractor • Residential Rooﬁng • Liability Coverage WCB • Designated Project Managers • Homes & Strata Rep:and LBampton • Third Party Ad#: Inspection 1269031 • Installations & Repairs

Call 604-327-3086 for a free estimate • 24 Hr Emergency Service Quote code 2010 for a 5% discount www.crownresidentialrooﬁng.com

HOME SERVICES

8080

Electrical

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 service call. Insured. Lic # 89402. Fast same day service guaranteed. We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

8087

Excavating

# 1 BACKHOE, EXCAVATOR & BOBCAT

one mini, drainage, landscaping, stump / rock / cement / oil tank removal. Water / sewer line, 24 hours Call 341-4446 or 254-6865

8090

Fencing/Gates

DIRECT FROM THE MILL 6x8 Fence Panels from $27, Siding, Decking, Roofing, Shed, Split Rail, etc... We Install Chain Link & Cedar Fencing. Free Est. 7753 Edmonds St, Burnaby Call 604-520-7792 Timberlandforestproducts.com

Drywall

ALL WORK GUARANTEED

J.A. CONSTRUCTION

Specializing in drywall & textured ceiling repairs, drywall ﬁnishing, stucco repairs, painting. Fully insured.

604-916-7729 JEFF

8125

West Coast Cedar Installations Custom fencing, decking & more 604-244-8824, Cell: 604-788-6458

8105

Flooring/ Refinishing

Gutters

Drywall

Residential & Strata Prompt Service. WCB Insured

*Drywall * Taping * Texture * Stucco*Painting * Steel stud framing Quality Home 604-725-8925

8125

Gutters

Electrical

#1167 LIC Bonded. BBB, lrg & sm jobs, expert trouble shooter, WCB, low rates, 24/7. 617-1774. ABACUS ELECTRIC.ca Lic Elect

Contr 97222. 40 yrs exp. 1 stop! Reas. rates! BBB. 778-988-9493.

COXWELL ELECTRIC Comm/Res, Install & upgrades, Maint. Lic #98075, 604-340-8700 GENSON ELECTRICAL Licenced & bonded. EC #102722 Ind/Comm/Res. 604-763-7021

Lic Electrican, Res/Comm. Reno’s & panel changes, low cost, 604 374-0062, lic # 06951

Full Seamless Gutter Installation/Repairs Sofﬁts All jobs Guaranteed. Fully insured/WCB covered Will beat any competitors price

604-439-9417 EDGEMONT GUTTERS

• Sales & Installation of 5’’ Continuous Gutter • Minor Repairs • Cleaning

604-420-4800 Established 1963

Able Boys Landscaping Ltd. bobcat/lawn/cedar fence/paving stones, trim trees. 604-377-3107 ★ AMAZING TOUCH LAND’G ★ Paving, retaining walls, turfing, planting. Call 604-889-4083

RAIN CENTRE LTD.

COMPLETE YARD Redevelopment. Jackhammer. Hedge Install, Removal and Trim. Returfing and Drainage. Call Tobias 604 782-4322

(since 1968)

4", 5" & 6 " continuous gutters Vinyl & aluminium siding soffits Install repairs and cleaning. Free Estimates! 604-874-8158 Check us out with the BBB

A1 Steve’s Gutter Cleaning & Repair from $98. Gutters vacuumed/hand clean. 604-524-0667

★ OPERA LANDSCAPING ★ Retaining walls, irrigation, paving, patios, fences, etc. 778-688-2444

8160

Lawn & Garden

LOW COST maintenance free gutters, best price in town. 604-600-2554 PRESSURE WASHING, Gutter Cleaning and Repairs Call George, 778-859-7793

Handyperson

TRUSTED HOME IMPROVEMENTS

604-878-5232

• Residential and Commercial Lawn Maintenance •Aeration • Yard Cleanup • Lawn Repairs • Gardening • Hedge Trimming • Tree Pruning

Free Est 604-779-6978

WILDWOOD LANDSCAPING Hedge Trimmimg & Tree Pruning & Hedge Removal Fall Clean Up Chaffer Control & Lawn Restoration. Comm/Strata/Res Aerating & Power Raking. Free Estimates. 604-893-5745

A Gardener & A Gentleman Lawn, garden, tree svcs. Pruning, yard clean-up, rubbish. 319-5302

SINCE 1997

ACE HANDYMAN SERVICE Pressure washing, painting, lawncare, rubbish. Joe, 604-657-0346 HANDYMAN - framing, decks, tiles, hardwood, roof repair. Total additions & basements. Ken 778-773-6251 or 604-455-0740

#1113 Low Cost Electric 522-3435 Comm/Res/Panel change Heating/Appl Repair. Lic & Bonded.

Landscaping

604 936-2808

grantshomemaintenance@shaw.ca

Refinish, sanding, install, dustless 604-219-6944 We cover the HST Golden Hardwood & Laminate Prof install, refinishing, sanding, and repairs. 778-858-7263

8155

Grant’s Home Maintenance Complete Gutter Cleaning & Repairs: We also do pressure washing & window cleaning .

Artistry of Hardwood Floors

ARCO DRYWALL. Board, tape, texture, frame. New & renos. 16 years exp. Mike, 604-825-1500

8080

#1 QUALITY Cleaning Service Homes & Business. Senior Disc. Low Rates. 604 724-8998

8058 HOME IMPROVEMENTS Renos to Handyman’s Service Call Ray 604-418-4208

Carpentry

• BBB • RCABC • GAF/ELK Master Elite Contractor • Residential Rooﬁng • Liability Coverage and WCB • Designated Project Managers • Homes & Strata • Third Party Inspection Installations & Repairs Call 604-327-3086 for a free estimate •• 24 Hr Emergency Service Quote code 2010 for a 5% discount

8130

HOME SERVICES

8010

RESIDENTIAL DIVISION LTD.

Tried & True Since 1902

Townhouses Rent

3BDRM, ONLY 3 yrs old, 3 bath.1400 sqft. Near Lougheed Mall and skytrain, 604-671-9949 COQ CTR. Very clean, big 1 BR. Sh’d W/D. Ns/np. $750/mo incl util/’net. Nov 1st. 604-464-1085

6605

Contact 604 939-0221 NEW WEST, Quay. 1,214 sf. Furnished 1 BR & den. Short term Nov 1st - Mar 31st. Ns/np. $1,650/mo incl util. 604-524-0804

2BR BBY N spac g/lvl, newly painted, w/d, nr amen, sky/tr, priv yrd, ns/np. $975. 604-420-6339 2BR MAIN floor, bright and clean. $1175 Includes util, cable, internet and laundry. Avail Oct 1st. 604 727 2382

Suites/Partial Houses

BBY 11THAVE/CUMBERLAND. NEW 2 BR ste avail Oct 1. $800 incls utls. NS/NP. 604-540-4554

CALL 604 723-8215 BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

6602

CALL THE EXPERTS

8155

Landscaping

FORTRESS RETAINING WALLS & LANDSCAPES

• Driveways • Sod • Topsoil • Sand • Gravel • River Rock • Bark Mulch • Fencing & Woodworking • Arbours • Pergolas • Bridges

Lawn & Garden • Clean-ups & Disposal, Gutters/Press Washing Seniors Disc. Al @ 604-783-3142

LAWNS CUT, yard and garden clean-up, hedge trim, rubbish removal & gutters. 604-773-0075 T. TRAN-604-723-2468, new lawn & garden bed maint, pruning, weeding, cleanup .. Reliable.

Home Services

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Need a Gardener?

• Retaining Walls • Patios • Walkways • Interlocking Paving Stones Certiﬁed by The National Concrete Masonry Association

CHRIS SPRUSTON 604-908-1258

Find one in the Home Services section

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HOME SERVICES

8175

Masonry

Moving & Storage

8185

604-603-2576

tymerstonework.com CONSTRUCTIVE Landscaping paving stone, masonry, rock walls decks cedar fence 604-250-7824 constructivelandscaping.com

8180

TWO BROTHERS MOVING & Delivery. Local & Long Distance; Best Rate! Joseph 604-720-0931

Painting/ Wallpaper

8195

BE COOL!

Kraft Painting & Decorating Residential, Commercial,Apartments

EXPERTS OF ALL ASPECTS OF PAINTING Brush

Roller

Fence & Gates Stainless Steel Door Window & Door Replacement Patio Covers & Sunrooms Andy: 604-719-8689 #158-11782 River Rd., RMD

8185

Moving & Storage

Fully Guaranteed, Worksafe Covered

RUDI 604-939-0697 or 778-838-2666

Magic Star Painting Top Quality Quick Work 3 ROOMS

Call Now: 780-6510

D&M PAINTING Many Years Experience Fully Insured Top Quality, Quick Work Free Estimate

1, 3, 5, 7 or 10 Ton $ From

604-724-3832

FAIRWAY PAINTING

We accept Visa, Mastercard & Interac

Seniors Discount

604-537-4140 www.affordablemoversbc.com

AJK MOVING LTD. Moving • Storage • Deliveries Local & Long Distance Movers Residential • Commercial Industrial

Also Special Truck for Clean-Ups Garage • Basement • Backyard

604-875-9072, 604-873-5292

B&Y MOVING Experienced Movers ~ 2 Men $50 ~ • Includes all Taxes • Licenced & Insured • Professional Piano Movers

604-708-8850

$30 P/HR. Abe Moving & Delivery & Rubbish Removal. ★ Available 24 hours. Abe at: 604-999-6020 A MOVING EXPERIENCE WITH L & D ENTERPRISES !!! Fast & Dependable Special Rates Seniors Disc. Call 604-464-5872

Renovations Big or Small. Water Lines without Digging Broken Water Mains & Sewer Mains. Hot Water Tanks, Plugged Drains, Toilets, Tubs, Leaky Faucets & Broken Pipes, Irrigation Sprinkler Systems. 24 / 7 Emergency Service Fully Licenced & WCB.

Fully Insured 20 years experience Call 604Free Estimates INTERIOR & EXTERIOR SPECIALS

7291234

JB’s PAINTING SPACE • 99/room – Int/Exterior

BOOKING •Professional, Reliable For: JB PAINTING • Licensed Insured Rep: &NMather • North Shore co. est. 2001 Ad#: 1269202 $

604-773-4549 PRIMO PAINTING Interior & Exterior

* EXCELLENT PRICES * Free Est./Written Guarantee

No Hassle Quick Work Insured /WCB

604-723-8434

Kitchen, Bathroom, Basement Custom Cabinets & Countertops

DAN (604) 339-2759

kradan@telus.net Licensed, Insured, References A1 RENOVATIONS. Kitchens & baths, bsmt stes & additions. 25 yrs exp. Free est. 604-720-2911 Additions, renos & new const. Concrete forming & framing specialist. Call 604-218-3064 Complete Bathroom Reno’s Suites, Kitchens,Tiling, Skylights, Windows, Doors, 604 521-1567

Plumbing, Drainage, Repairs & Installation

RAINBOW RENOS, 26 yrs exp. We do it all - basements, kitchens, baths, additions 778-885-0771

Main sewer lines, water lines, camera inspections, plugged drains, hot water tanks and drain tiles. 24/7 Emergency available Sat/Sun/Holidays Licensed, Insured, Bonded

604-618-4988

10% Off with this Ad! Aman’s Plumbing Service, Lic. Gas Fitter, Reas. Rates. 778-895-2005

8250

SUMMER SPECIAL SAVE THE HST

Have Your Roof Done Between Now & Sept 30 A+

PLUMBERS

Water Lines (without digging) Sewer Lines (without digging) Install. Drain tiles. 604-294-5300

604-984-9004

B-Cheema B-Cheema Roofing Ltd Roofing Ltd

Free Estimates

LICENSED PLUMBER & Gasfitter. BBQs, ranges, etc. Repairs, renos. VISA ok. 604-830-6617

SPECIAL $250 Discount

PACIFIC ACE PLUMBING INC. •Repairs •Installation •Insured Free Est. Call • 778-836-8835

bcheemaroofing.ca

8225

Power Washing

604-773-4549 Fall Cleanups Driveways, walkways, etc. Get rid of that moss & mess around your home or work.

8240

Renovations & Home Improvement

TOTAL HOME RENOVATIONS Since 1983

FROM DESIGN TO FINISH

Specialties Include: Kitchen & Bath Improvements We Also Do: • Roofing • Sundecks • Door & Window Replacements

Call Bill

All Types of Rooﬁng & Repairs - Insured All Types of Roofing & Repairs - Insured

Call (604) CaPaul ll Pau l (604722-3600 ) 722-3600 Quality work by Qualiﬁed Professionals. Free Estimates 24 Hour Repairs Skylights Gutters Cedar - Duriod - Torch-On Systems All work Guaranteed!

(604) 299-8131

MACROOFING.CA

Residential & Commercial Tar & Gravel to Torch On Conversion Shell Busey’s Referral Network ★ Govt Certified ★ 20 yrs exp Visa & MasterCard

778-237-ROOF (7663)

10% off ALIN Maintenance •Roof •Chimney •Skylight Repairs •All Leak Problems! 604-319-2229

woodysgallery@hotmail.com

604-783-0979

A Eastcan Roofing & Siding Ltd Re-Roof, Repair. Ins. WCB. BBB. 604-961-0324 or 604-562-0957 Alive & still roofing after 50 years!! RCABC Certified Roofers. BILL the Roofer • 604-522-8516

MATCO DESIGN Renovations Additions

604-432-1857 or 604-773-7811

matco@telus.net

AMI MOVING ★ 3-5 ton cube. Starting at $39/hour. Local & long distances. 24/7 ★ 604-617-8620

Good Day Painting Fully Insured, Quality Work, Res/Comm, No Payment till Job is Completed! Call Thomas 604 377-1338

Seniors 15% Disc • 27 Yrs Exp. • BBB Member WCB • 5 Year Guarantee • Free Est. Refs.

MILANO Painting 604-551-6510 Int/Ext. Good Prices. Free Est. Written Guar. Prof & Insured.

604-720-1564

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

www.renorite.com

Topside Roofing 604-290-1650 Quality Workmanship. Prompt, Prof Service. Insured. Call Phillip

Save Your Dollars

✓ RenoRite 778-737-0800

BATHS * KITCHENS * SUITES & MORE

POPEYE’S MOVING TOP Painting & Pressure Wash Res/Comm. Best Rate / Free Est Top Quality! Joe 604-782-1377

A1 CONTRACTING. Bsmt, bath, kitchen cabinets, tiling, painting & decks. Dhillon, 604-782-1936

8255

Rubbish Removal

ALL JUNK

★ Rubbish Removal ★ Residential & Commercial ★ We do almost anything ★ Nobody beats our price. ★ $15.00 off with this ad 604-537-8523..Free Estimate Accepts Visa & M/C

Collectibles & Classics

9155

Sport Utilities/ 4x4’s/Trucks

CHEAP CHEAP

604-RUBBISH 782-2474

* We Remove & Recycle Anything*

Free Est’s • Large or Small Jobs

10% OFF WITH THIS AD www.604rubbish.com

Green Monster Waste We Recycle All Types of Waste

1986 ROLLS-ROYCE, 1-owner, only 56,000 km, as new. $30,000. 604-987-3876. D24627

28th ANNUAL SWAP MEET Sunday Oct. 3rd 8:00 am - 2:00 pm

★Cars ★ Parts ★ Collectibles★ Maple Ridge Fair Grounds ( 105th & Lougheed Hwy ) Admission $2.00 Free Parking Jake 604-941-7791

Eco-Friendly Disposal of Your Unwanted Clutter

Best Rates & Service

604-562-9960

9125

Domestic

’06 CHEVY Aveo 5. Only 38Kkms. “Total Plus” plan (60/60)till 07/11/11. $7,500. 604-765-4252. 99 DODGE Intrepid 210K, good shape, needs brakes, $1200 obo. Sold as is. 604-463-3254

Student Works

Disposal & Mini Bins

Trips start at

$49

9145

Scrap Car Removal

2007 RANGE Rover Sport HSE, 43,000mi, stormer wheels, +tires studded $45,000, 604-728-7221

9160

Sports & Imports

1982 MERCEDES 300SD, turbo, power pak, ac loaded, alarm new battery. $3200, 778-279-8856 1990 TOYOTA Tercel, 2 dr h/b, white/blue, auto, 11,000 km on eng rebuild $1200. 604-732-7974 1990 TOYOTOA COROLLA, 4 dr, sedan, auto, blue, 200k, good cond, $800. 604-294-9396

2000 HYUNDAI Elantra wagon, 5 spd, 80,000 kms. Fun, economical, air care, new tires, $4250.00 Call 604-988-6666

B i n s f ro m 7 - 2 0 y a rd s a v a i l .

John 778-288-8009 We Recycle =)

$30 P/HR. Abe Moving & Delivery & Rubbish Removal. ★ Available 24 hours. Abe at: 604-999-6020 A.J.K. Moving Ltd. Special truck for clean-ups. Any size job. Lic# 32839 604-875-9072 873-5292 ALL JUNK - remove for res. & Comm. Free est. 7days/wk. $15off. w/ad. 604-537-8523 BEN’S RUBBISH REMOVAL $50-$150 a load. Yard clean up. Bby/N West/Vncr. 778-859-8760

BIG TRUCKS: Same day service. Rubbish removal, curbside, starting at only $40. 604-780-4614

NO WHEELS, NO PROBLEM

2004 ACURA RSX type S 89 k looks grt, 2nd owner, maint, no accid. 12,900. 604-765-5299

Removal FREEScrap/Car No Wheels No Problem

HOUR 2Service From Call

Family Owned & Operated

(604) 209-2026

2004 HONDA Civic coupe, std, 54 k, pwr pkg, ac, clean, no accid, 1 owner $10,000. 604-812-4314 2005 HYUNDAI Accent GREAT cond. Red,auto,2drs,hatchback. 1 owner/all papers.No accidents. 60,000kms $7000 778-628-0059

Pays $150 minimum for Full-Size Complete Vehicles. Free Removal! 2-Hr. Service in Most Areas

$50-$150 FULL TRUCK LOADS Rubbish & Lawn & Garden Work fast service Patrick 604-808-1652

8300

Stucco/Siding/ Exterior

J. PEARCE STUCCO CONTRACTING. Residential / Commercial. 604-761-6079

8315

Tree Services

$ BEST RATES $

Dangerous tree removal, pruning, topping, hedge trimming & stump grinding. Fully insured & WCB

Jerry 604-618-8585 Andrew 604-618-8585

A-1 TRI CRAFT TREE SERVICES (EST. 1986)

Treeworks 15 yrs exp. Tree/ Stump Removal, Prun’in & Trim’in & View Work 291-7778, 787-5915 www.treeworksonline.ca

All Work Guaranteed

9110

Rubbish Removal Seniors discount. 604-807-0198

Quality Home Improvement ★ Stucco ★ All Kinds. No Job Too Big or Small. 604-725-8925

www.chrisdalehomes.com

• Framing • Flooring • Finishing Carpentry • Painting • Drywall • T i l i n g Senior discount

Rubbish Removal

Family owned & operated since 1989

604-298-1222 M&S HANDYMAN

8255

Roofing

Call AFFORDABLE QUALITY ROOFING LTD.

Quality Work * Ref’s avail

www.popeyesmovingbc.com

AFFORDABLE RENOVATION

RED SEAL

INTERIOR & EXTERIOR Book by Oct. 1 & Save 15%

604-783-6454 Vancouver 604-377-2503

Renovations & Home Improvement

DAN THE HANDYMAN. Reno’s & Home Repairs, 20 yrs Exp. Free Estimates. ★ Call 604 715-3979

AAA ADVANCE MOVING Experts in all kinds of Moving, Storage & Packing. Different from the Rest. 604-861-8885

MOVERS FROM $25 per hour. Licensed, Insured. 604-437-0073 www.rapidexmoving.com

8240

Interior/Exterior Specialist

1 to 3 Men

FREE ESTIMATES

299

for Free Estimates

AFFORDABLE MOVING

Licenced & Insured Local & Long Distance

PLUMBING, HEATING & DRAINAGE

Spray

INTERIOR & EXTERIOR

LUCKY METAL WORKS

BBM

Drainage & Plumbing Inc.

CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING

24 HOURS 1-800-4-MY-HOME • (1-800-469-4663)

Plumbing

604-729-3864

Talk to Someone You Trust.

604-299-5511 ext 213

8220

TwoGuysWithATruck.ca Moving, Storage, Free EST 604-628-7136. Visa, OK

Home Services

Sears also installs ROOFING, WINDOWS, WINDOW COVERINGS & CARPETING

Paving/Seal Coating

ALLEN Asphalt, concrete, brick, drains, foundations, walls, membranes 604-618-2304/ 820-2187

STONE WORK

Retaining walls, facing, cultured stone.

8205

AUTOMOTIVE

Wildwood Tree Services, Exp Hedge Trimming and Removal & Tree Pruning. Free Est. 604-893-5745

8335

Call 778-316-3217

SCRAP CAR & TRUCK REMOVAL

2006 HONDA Civic DX Coupe $11,900. Auto, dark blue, PWR Locks/Windows, heated mirrors, digital dash, 4 new tires, new brakes. Honda Serviced. NO Accidents. 100k. Great on gas, +extras. Coq. ★ 604-868-3128

604-790-3900 OUR SERVIC

NEED CHEAP AUTOBODY ? www.cheapautobody.ca 604-341-7738

THE SCRAPPER CASH FOR ALL VEHICLES 2H

#1 FREE Scrap Vehicle Removal Ask about $500 Credit!!! $$ PAID for Some 604.683.2200 AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $100 cash paid for full sized vehicles. 604-518-3673 ★ FREE TOWING ★ up to $300 CASH Today!

604-728-1965 John

9155

Sport Utilities/ 4x4’s/Trucks

2005 NISSAN Xterra SE 4wd, 1 owner 122 k, no accid, winter tires, $19,950. 604-880-0542

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Fraserside Community Services Society

ANNUAL REPORT 2009-2010 LETTER from the President and Executive Director W O R K I N G

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Fraserside Community Services Society builds stronger communities by creating opportunities and partnerships that make a difference in people’s lives.

Every year staff from across the agency take time out of their ‘normal’ work schedule to get together and make something happen! This year’s group got together to paint the outside of Fraserside’s Hunter Heights building.

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Fraserside was recently named the recipient of the Readers’ Choice Award for Best Community Service in New Westminster for the fifth year in a row. For an agency that was once known as the best kept secret in New Westminster, it is heartening to have become widely known and appreciated for the services we provide. Fraserside is a Community Service and as such, it is about people interacting with people. We are graced with a staff and volunteer team that embody our values of respect, dignity and innovation. Every day they are finding ways to make a difference to people who are experiencing difficulties in our communities. Eighty-five of the staff employed at Fraserside work directly in New Westminster. Over thirty (30) Fraserside employees live in New Westminster. Their understanding of the community provides valuable insight into the strengths and challenges of New Westminster. This knowledge combined with our staff’s creativity has resulted in Fraserside being able to add many new, innovative programs to our list of services. The most recent additions being: a vegetable garden project called “Biggest Little Garden in Town’, a ‘Healing

Touch’ component in our addictions counselling service and a recycling program called “One Good Return Deserves Another”. Stories on these projects and more are included in this annual report. I encourage you to read the stories and see the faces of the Fraserside on the next few pages. In this past year, we have seen a significant increase in job seekers, individuals and families seeking shelter and assistance as they deal with poverty. Our staff and volunteers continue to demonstrate our values of respect, dignity, accountability and innovation as they help individuals to find solutions to address these challenges. We continually survey the individuals who use our services and the most frequent comment we receive is praise for the staff: ‘I couldn’t have done it without them’, ‘She was so patient with all my questions’, ‘They made me feel good during a difficult time’. Fraserside is grateful for the dedication and passion of our employees and volunteers who make our communities a better place to live. Caroline Bonesky, Executive Director Peter Goodwin, President

HOMESHARING – a family opens its heart Dedication and commitment are not just words to this couple. Jason and Kerry Petty have opened their home and their hearts to provide Family Care to a gentleman who has been in ‘the system’ for over 50 years. Fifty-two years ago Will was diagnosed as ‘profoundly handicapped’. He was born with Down’s Syndrome, is unable to communicate verbally and needs assistance with basic life skills. Will has no known family and spent the ﬁrst 33 years of his life in Woodlands; an institution in New Westminster that housed people who were mentally handicapped. In the late 1980s when the trend of care provided for individuals with developmental disabilities moved from institutions into more home-like settings, Will was moved into a new group home operated by Fraserside. It was in this group home where Will met Kerry Petty. Little did he know that this meeting was going to change the course of his life. Kerry started working at Fraserside in

1995. Jason joined the Fraserside team in 1999. In 2002, they married and everything started to change and fall into place simultaneously. Kerry wanted to be at home to be with their growing family while at the same time Home Sharing became a new model and option of support for individuals within community living. Kerry easily found the balance between family and career when Will was invited to ‘come home’ and become a part of the Petty family. When Will joined the Petty family he The Petty family enjoys a quiet evening together. got the ‘whole package’. He was welcomed by a dog, a cat and two children. The youngest child, four years with excitement.” Kerry and Jason’s this means making new friends, enjoyold at the time, was an expert at the extended family and friends have also ing the ﬁrework displays at community art of verbal communication, and took accepted Will openly and wholeheart- fairs, spending days at the beach and it upon herself to try to teach Will how edly. Will gets Christmas gifts from the being part of an extended family and to speak. Much to Will’s pleasure, the ‘in-laws’. He attends family barbeques community. For the Petty family, this means taking the home sharing concat decided that Will’s new bed was the and birthday parties. cept to heart and leading by example. The story of Will is reﬂective of the most comfortable place in the house. Jason says “Will loves noise and action. story of community living. Individuals Jason and Kerry have made it posSo when the kids are yelling, throwing who were originally kept apart from so- sible for Will to be loved and respectballs and being chased by the dog, Will ciety are now being accepted and en- ed and to live in a place he can call can be found laughing and squealing couraged to participate fully. For Will, home.

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Fraserside Community Services Society

ANNUAL REPORT 2009-2010

What a GREAT idea!

Creating opportunities to overcome challenges requires innovation, flexibility and creativity. As an agency, Fraserside does not create new ideas or find solutions to problems; it is the staff who work in our programs and services that make things happen. Our communities benefit from the creative energy they bring to work every day.

The Biggest Little Garden in Town just keeps on growing! A few years ago, it was brought to Fraserside’s attention that low-income residents in New Westminster were having trouble obtaining fresh vegetables. The food bank provided non-perishable items but fresh produce was not readily available. After a few thoughtful moments, Diane, a Fraserside staff member asked, “Why not teach people how to grow their own vegetables?”. Sounds simple, but there were some barriers that needed to be overcome. People didn’t know how to garden, others had mobility issues and most lived in apartment buildings. But all of those challenges were dealt with in the Biggest Little Garden in Town (BLGT) program. The Biggest Little Garden in Town delivers a three-tiered, cedar garden box with soil, plants, seeds, fertilizer, tools and a handbook to all of the BLGT gardeners. Today there are currently 250 gardeners in the city of New Westminster. Twice a year, workshops are offered where gardeners can ask questions, share their challenges and successes and learn new skills. If you would like more information on this program or would like to become a member visit www. BiggestLittleGarden.com

A young BLGT member would like to share a fresh, ‘just off the vine’ tomato with you.

Organizational Values

Healing Touch is a non-physical, non-invasive form of relaxation therapy.

Easing Into Recovery Fraserside’s Alcohol and Drug Counselling program, Perspectives Addictions Services, noticed that a trend was developing in their services. Individuals would make the initial call to set up an appointment but then would not show up. Fraserside counsellors are very aware of the courage it takes to make that first step in the recovery process. Often people are afraid of what they may be asked to do; worry about how much they will need to share or how much commitment they will be required to make. When the day comes for the first appointment some just decide they are not ready and don’t show up. The question was – what can be done to help people feel comfortable taking that first step? Patrick, the program coordinator, came up with an idea that had not previously been tried. Clients were offered ‘Healing Touch’ (HT) sessions prior to seeing a counsellor. The idea behind the HT experience is to put clients at ease, to remove barriers or blockages in their energy fields and to assist them to move forward in the recovery process. Research has shown that clients who participate have better results making changes in their lives which reduce their use of alcohol and drugs. During the past year, over 100 Fraserside clients have participated in HT sessions. The following client comments speak to its success: “I feel at peace more often.” “It showed me how to be kind to myself.” “I felt my stress melt away.” “I recommend this service to everyone!” For more information on Fraserside’s FREE, Addiction Counselling Services or to book an appointment to see a counsellor call 604-522-3722 x101.

Over 30,000 bottles have been converted into hours of fun and recreation.

One Good Return Deserves Another Staff at Horizons, Fraserside’s Community Living Day Program wanted to take their clients out into the community more often, but spending money was limited. Michelle, Jackie and Jocelyn answered that challenge by creating a recycling project called ‘One Good Return Deserves Another’. Flyers were delivered throughout the community and interested community members were given large, labeled plastic bag to fill with refundable bottles. When these bag are filled Horizons clients pick up the bag, sort the bottles and take them to the bottle depot. Just under $2,000 has been raised so far! Clients participate in meaningful community activities and fewer bottles end up as land fill. It is a win- win all the way around! If you would like to have your refundable bottles put to good use, call Horizons at 604-526-6811.

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Fraserside Community Services Society

ANNUAL REPORT 2009-2010

30 years and still going strong In a time when it is not uncommon to have many careers in one lifetime, it has become rare to find someone who has spent their whole working career with one agency. But Fraserside has such a person. This year, Patricia St. Pierre will be celebrating her 30th year with Fraserside Community Services Society in New Westminster. Pat works in the finance department. She remembers handwriting pay cheques, then advancing to the world of typed cheques, but now efficiently uses direct deposit! In the days of handwritten cheques Pat remembers having to tell staff not to cash their cheques right away, as they would bounce if everyone cashed them all on payday. What amazes her now as she looks back at that time is that no one seemed to mind. Pat notes that the one thing that hasn’t changed over the years is the compassion and dedication of the people who work at Fraserside. The driving force for her and for the people who work in the not for profit world is the desire to help other people. Pat knows how important a helping hand can be, as she was one of the people the agency helped many years ago. She was a young mother of three and had very little support or financial security. She recalls that even though her children are in their forties, they still reminisce of the summers they spent at camp, thanks to Fraserside’s camping subsidies.

The Giving Equation… it is a beautiful thing. People Give - People Receive. For 38 years Fraserside has been in the privileged position of being a place where these two sides meet. We have seen thousands of people receive the support they need (whatever that may be) when they need it. We have also seen thousands of people give. Just because they can!

Last December, Fraserside held its ﬁrst “Celebration of Giving” concert. The curtains opened to the New Westminster and District Concert Band’s music soaring to the rafters. The Paciﬁc Handbell Choir’s unique sound added to the festive atmosphere. There were two local soloist who also let their Christmas spirit shine on stage. The night was topped off with the VIVO Children’s Choir singing their hearts out and then inviting the audience to join in a sing-a-long. Over 600 people attended and a good time was had by all - so we are going to do it again! On Thursday, Dec 2, 2010 at the Massey Theatre in New Westminster, Fraserside will be hosting its 2nd annual “Celebration of Giving” Christmas concert. Anyone who has ever given or received through a Fraserside program is welcome to attend the concert. Whether you are staff from a funding agency, a business that made a donation, a person who sponsored a family at Christmas etc., you are invited. If you have every participated in a Fraserside service, whether it was housing, camping, public computers, mental health club house, community kitchen, etc you are also welcome to join us! In November 2010, please connect with the program you were involved with and pick up your tickets. They are only $1.00 each, so don’t forget to pick up some tickets for your family and friends. They are welcome too.

Thirty years ago, Pat was very unsure of herself and felt she had little to offer any employer, but the women who founded Fraserside believed in her; took her under their wings and taught her everything she needed to know. She ﬁrst worked as a volunteer. When a paying position became available, Pat was too nervous to apply for the job. With a helping hand from Jean and Margaret (two of Fraserside founders) , Pat got the job and hasn’t looked back since. When asked how she feels about working in a place where everyone is younger than her, she replied “I love it. I love the energy and laughter young people bring to their work.”

Fraserside’s Finance Department Team (left to right) Pat St. Pierre, Paul Sangalang (Director of Finance), Shanille Rai Samra, Kattia de Granados.

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Peter Goodwin, Lawyer, Goodwin and Mark Lorne Hill, Senior Director, Business Intelligence and CRM, Fiver Media Christina Cepeliauskas, CGA Chief Financial Ofﬁcer, Eurasian Minerals Inc, Wendy Parry, Co-ordinator, Classroom and Community Support Program, Douglas College Chris Robinson, Retired – Formerly Performing Arts Dept. Head, Eric Hamber Secondary School Leann Buteau, Consultant, Learning and Development, Vancouver School Board Betty McIntosh Registered Nurse, Royal Columbian Hospital – Emerg. Care Michael E. Brown, Portfolio Manager, Inhance Investment Management Wayne M. MacDonald, President, Birkman Properties Inc. Joanna Whalley, BA, CHRP, Certiﬁed Human Resources Professional, Westminster Savings Credit Union