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Three local teens star in Awkward Stage Production’s 13 The Musical, showing at the Vancouver Fringe Festival this weekend.

Richmond Sockeyes have come storming out of the gate to open the Pacific International Junior Hockey League season with a pair of lopsided wins.

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Hundreds attend Onni open house ‘I knew I would lose my view. But 12 storeys in front of me?’— resident

Cyclists talk man out of jumping off bridge BY NELSON BENNETT

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A couple of Richmond cyclists are being credited for talking a man, who was about to commit suicide, off the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge last week. Frank Robson and Kevin Hull were cycling from Richmond to North Vancouver last week and were about half-way across the bridge when they saw a shoe on the sidewalk. “Frank slammed on his brakes and said, ‘Did you see that guy?’” Hull told the News. “Frank saw a guy standing outside the rail on a cable.” Robson had been training last week for the Whistler GranFondo bike race and the trip to North Vancouver Sept. 6 and back was intended as a warm-up. Hull and Robson are both airline pilots, and Robson concedes his training may have helped. Hull said Robson took charge of the situation immediately, approaching the man, whom Hull described as “an old fellow” who was very upset. “I really think my friend Frank did an amazing job,” Hull said. “He engaged the man. He asked him his name — he befriended the guy right then and there.” Robson said the man was standing on a cable and holding onto another cable with his hands. He said he was cautious in approaching the man, as he didn’t want to do anything that might prompt the man to jump. “He was standing barefoot there,” he said. “I just approached him slowly and I kind of squatted down and talked to him through the rail.” see Robson page 4

When Mary Cohene moved to Steveston a few years ago, she knew she would eventually have a new condo building built in front of hers on Bayview Street. What she never counted on was the city moving the goalposts for the developer. And now, instead of a three-storey building, she faces the prospect of a 12storey tower going up right in front of where she lives. It would be one of two residential towers that would be built if Onni can persuade the city to approve a rezoning that would see land swapped to the city in exchange for a quadrupling of its current permitted density. “I bought there knowing full well that building would go up in front of me,” said Cohene. “I knew I would lose my view. But 12 storeys in front of me? I’ll have no sun at all.” Cohene was one of several hundred residents who crowded into the gym of the Steveston Community Centre Thursday to learn details of the proposal at an open house hosted by Onni. Many signed comment sheets, which will be forwarded to city hall, as part of the rezoning application. The land in question is 3.5 acres left over from the Imperial Landing development, which was built after Onni bought the land, rezoned, from BC Packers. The 3.5-acre strip along the water can be developed, as Onni already has a development permit to build up to six buildings, capped at three storeys, with up to 52 residential units. There is also a maritime commercial designation — something of an anachronism now, thanks to the decline of the commercial fishing sector over the last decades. see Buy it page 4

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erhaps they were satiated by an abundance of sockeye, or just tired from catching so many of them. Or maybe they have seen too many ineffective inquiries before to think anything will change. Whatever the reason, when given the chance Monday to tell Ottawa via the Cohen Commission what they think is wrong with the Pacific salmon fishery, local commercial fishermen mostly held their tongues. So did anti-fish farm activists, who handed out pamphlets but did not formally address the commission. Roughly 65 people attended a Cohen Commission public hearing at Steveston-London Secondary School Monday night. But only five addressed Bruce Cohen, a B.C. Supreme Court judge appointed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to probe last year’s Fraser River sockeye failure. One of the speakers, Vivian Krause, a former fish farm consultant, was challenged on her accusations that scientists, universities and environmental organizations have been paid by American philanthropist organizations to sway the public away from farmed to wild fish. Eric Wickham, a Vancouver fisherer who wrote Dead Fish and Fat Cats, said he found Krause’s “conspiracy” theories disturbing and countered that the Canadian public has been subsidizing the aquaculture industry. Wickham had been appointed as a “token” fisherman to AquaNet, which he said received “tens of millions of dollars” from Ottawa to support aquaculture research. “The board was controlled by the salmon farming industry,” he said, adding it became an “old boys

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Environmental groups posted signs and handed out leaflets, but none made formal presentations to the Cohen Commission which held a public hearing at Steveston-London secondary Monday evening. Local commercial fishers were also mostly silent. club” in which board members voted each other grants. Wickham documented how federal money was being spent by the group, then went public with a report which resulted in AquaNet losing its funding and being dissolved. But that hasn’t stopped Ottawa from subsidizing privately owned fish farms with public money, Wickham said. He cited the announcement last month by federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea of $637,678 in funding for six aquaculture projects in B.C., including a $200,000 grant to Sablefish Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Marine Harvest, which Wickham added is owned by one of the richest men in Norway. “Should we be giving $200,000 to a billionaire whose company is showing substantial profits right now?” he asked Cohen, rhetorically. “What I find disturbing is that

public money is going to big multinational corporations,” Wickham said. “The information is usually kept secret. It’s to do research, but nobody knows what happens. I find that disturbing.” He concluded by telling Cohen that the problem with the B.C. fishery is the way it’s managed by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. “I don’t know how you can change it,” he said. “I suggest you just shut it down and start over.” Others echoed that sentiment. Gary Williamson, a commercial fisherman, said he never fished unless DFO called an opening. “So if we’ve over-exploited the resource at some point, it’s has to be DFO’s fault,” he said. Too often fishermen have missed the chance to catch Fraser River sockeye because DFO was slow off the mark to call an opening. Williamson cited the first

three-hour opening that was called this year as an example. He said test fisheries indicated an abundance of fish, which meant commercial fishermen could have had a longer initial opening. “They seem to be just ignoring what their own observers get,” Williamson told Cohen. “Now there’s a huge run, they didn’t open it on the front end, so now they can’t open it on the back because of the coho.” Conspicuously absent Monday was John Cummins, the DeltaRichmond East MP whose lobbying efforts are partly responsible for the commission being struck. Cummins has been highly critical of some of Cohen’s appointments to the commission’s science panels, however his absence wasn’t a boycott, he said. “I didn’t feel my presence there was going to be particularly helpful, so I thought I’d just stay away for the time being,” he told the News. Although his original mandate was to probe what happened to last year’s return of just 1.5 million Fraser River sockeye (10.5 million were expected), Cohen will also be looking at this year’s remarkable rebound — about 35 million.

Steves plows lone furrow against River Road rezoning BY ALAN CAMPBELL

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Another business has successfully rezoned its property to light industrial in Richmond’s controversial River Road agricultural district. Coun. Harold Steves was the sole opponent of a move by Virdi Pacific Holdings to rezone its property so it could build a manufacturing facility in the 1,600 block of River Road. The company — which makes custom-built cabinets — will now move its manufacturing arm east from the Bridgeport area to River Road. Steves was one of five councillors on the city’s planning commit-

Councillor unhappy at more agricultural land lost to industrial tee who in July voted in favour of Quadra Coast Carriers’ bid to rezone its 16780 River Rd. property from agriculture to light industrial in order to store commercial vehicles — something the company had been doing illegally for years anyway. Steves said on Monday he approved Quadra Coast’s application because its trucks were directly connected with the local blueberry industry. “But (Virdi Pacific’s application) has nothing to do with agriculture,” Steves said.

Virdi’s application was approved by the planning committee last week and was rubber stamped by city council on Monday night, with Steves the only opposition. Prior to Quadra’s recent rezoning application, a number of businesses in the River Road area — including Quadra and Virdi Pacific — were fined by the city for repeated infractions of local zoning bylaws. The strip of River Road east of No. 6 Road, where the properties are, has a mongrel zoning. see Steves page 6

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‘Buy it’: Councillors say no way Continued from page 1 Residents who use the public walkway don’t like the existing plan because it would come to within 30 feet of the public walkway, which many feel would crowd the public space too much. But many Steveston homeowners — as well as citizens who live outside of Steveston — don’t like the idea of two residential towers on the waterfront, even if it would mean the city getting two acres of land for public use. Once residents attending Thursday’s open house were able to see the models of the two different proposals, and ask questions, many saw the merit in what is now proposed, said Onni spokesman Chris Evans. “I think the people who understand the current zoning understand the merits of the proposed zoning,” he said. Maryilyn and Michael Krygier have lived in Steveston since 1981. They live in Mariner’s Village so would not be directly affected by the two towers. However, they don’t like the precedent it would set. “I’ve seen change, and there’s nothing wrong with change,” Marilyn Krygier said. “But once you do

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highrises, you set a precedent.” She also worries about the increased traffic. “What used to take five minutes to get out of Steveston now takes 20 minutes.” “The traffic will be abominable,” Cohene agreed. The plan calls for putting parking below ground on two levels. Looking at a map of the proposed buildings, Gordon Kibble pointed to how narrow the space is between the river bank and the buildings, and wonders if the tower closest to the bank might weaken the dyke. “They’re going to have to cut into the dyke or at least come close enough to weaken it,” he said. Coun. Evelina HalseyBrandt said she sympathizes with residents like Cohene. She too lives in a condo with another threestorey building facing hers. “I would be really ticked if someone came along and put a 10-storey building in front of me,” she said. On the other hand, she said the residents who live at Imperial Landing will have to decide if the alternative is preferable — a row of three-storey buildings hugging the public walkway and a lot of vacant commercial space on the ground floor. “No building is not an option,” she said. Some residents disagree. “I’d prefer to have the city come in and buy it out,” said Michael Krygier. But even if Onni were prepared to sell, councillors

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Martin Comyn is suspicious about the orientation of the building towers in one of the models on display at an open house last week on Onni’s two-tower proposal. Another open house will be held next week. say the cost of 3.5 acres of waterfront property would be astronomical. The 3.5 acres are assessed at $6 million. But with the current zoning, the market price is more in the $6 million per acre range, according to one estimate. “We don’t have the money,” says Coun. Bill McNulty, who chairs the city’s planning committee. The city has a land acquisition plan for the city, but three acres of waterfront for Steveston isn’t on the city’s priority list, according to Coun. Derek Dang. “I wouldn’t vote for something that is going to cost the city money without a plan,” Dang said. “I don’t see us buying something that’s not even on the list of things we want.” The city’s budget for land acquisition enjoyed a massive but brief expan-

sion after the city pocketed $142 million from the sale of lands adjacent to the Richmond speed skating oval to Aspac, then spent a sizeable chunk of it to buy the Garden City lands from the Musqueam First Nation. “That pretty well blew the bank,” said Coun. Greg Halsey-Brandt, who voted against the BC Packers rezoning back in 1999, along with Mayor Malcolm Brodie (then a city councilor). He still feels the city got a raw deal. “I thought it was going to be a problem from the get-go,” he said. “I don’t think either of us felt there was enough park and open space in the project.” Onni will be hosting a second open house on its proposal Sept. 22 at the Steveston community Centre from 5 to 8 p.m.

Robson: Man had ‘troubles’ Continued from page 1 Robson simply asked the man’s name, where he lived and asked what he was doing there. He said it didn’t take much to convince the man not to jump. “I talked to him for a little while. . . telling him he probably should rethink what he’s doing and things can’t be all that bad. He did tell me that he had a lot of troubles.” He said the man’s appearance suggested he may have come from the Vancouver East side. “It didn’t take long. A few suggestions on my part and he was making the move to come over the side, so Kevin and I each

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The economic impact of last year’s BC Senior Games was worth more than $2 million to Richmond. Figures released by the City of Richmond, as part of an economic impact summary, show that the expenditure across the city directly linked to the Games was estimated at $1.4 million. But with almost 4,000 athletes competing at the Games — the most ever — the benefits to Richmond ran deeper with 1,500 participants staying in the city’s hotels; people staying an average of 3.4 nights each; an equivalent of 2,915 Richmond hotel room nights being generated. However, none of the encouraging statistics came as a shock to the Richmond 2009 BC Seniors Games Society president Jim Lamond. “No, I wasn’t at all surprised. This was the biggest Senior Games ever held in B.C. and we had close to 4,000 athletes competing. So it doesn’t surprise me that it had such a successful impact on the city’s economy,” said Lamond, who’s also chair of the Richmond Sports Council. “We did think that there would be a certain amount of benefit to the city because a lot of these 4,000 people had to book into hotels.” Of the Games’ 3,817 registered competitors, 831 were from the Lower Mainland, 758 from the Fraser Valley and the remaining 2,228 from the rest of B.C. Interviews conducted with the athletes showed that around 60 per cent of them stayed overnight away from home during the Games, with 39 per cent of them using a Richmond hotel for accommodation. The City of Richmond then calculated the expenditure and economic impact to the city by using an “industry standard” economic impact model called STEAM. Before the Games, the city invested $50,000 in cash and another $45,000 in in-kind support of the event. The estimated return to the city is around 15 times the outlay. It’s the kind of return that, according to Lamond, justifies the city’s and the local sports community’s push to host major sporting events in Richmond. “The economic benefit to the city from a big tournament can be incredible, we’ve been saying that for years,” said Lamond, who last week was at city hall to accept, on behalf of the Games society, a $24,000 cheque from the province’s Sports Legacy Fund. “Even this summer, Richmond hosted tournaments where hundreds of people came into the city just for the day. But they will be using the city’s restaurants when they come.” Lamond said the city’s desire to attract major sporting events has been helped by its investment in facilities. “We’re actually looking to bring more major tournaments to Richmond, such as a gymnastic one, which I would hope could be hosted at the oval,” he said. “For years, the city’s facilities were falling apart. Now we have Hugh Boyd and Minoru. And people have been going away this summer saying that they can’t believe how wonderful our facilities are.” Lamond added that the $24,000 will go toward starting a legacy fund for the city’s 55-plus athletes to help them with traveling expenses to compete in future Seniors Games.

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internal scoping procedures are done. Procedures done in this new room require local instead of general anesthetic as in the operating room. Availability of the new minor procedures room, according to the hospital, will free up operating room time for patients requiring sedation and major surgery. The $2.4 million sterile processing department expansion will result in more space for the sterilization/ decontamination, packaging and storage of surgical

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South Arm’s new basketball courts will be officially opened this Friday. A pre-teen basketball tournament, hip-hop dancers, opening ceremonies, wheelchair basketball and a Richmond youth basketball tournament will launch the new courts. The two outdoor courts were recently installed at South Arm Community Centre and are not traditional asphalt courts — they are made of glass

backboards. The courts also have sport court flooring, which reduces sound, allows water to drain and is designed for lateral play, reducing pressure on players’ knees. The project was jointly funded by the City of Richmond ($135,000) and the South Arm Community Association ($230,000). Official opening celebrations will be held on Friday, Sept. 17, starting with a pre-teen basketball tournament at 4 p.m.

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The second degree murder trial of a 26year-old Richmond man accused of stabbing another young man to death near a bus stop two years ago is getting under way in a Vancouver courtroom. Joshua David Berner is accused of second-degree murder in the death of Benjamin Warland, 23, who was stabbed to death in the early hours of Feb. 1, 2009 near Cambie and Dallyn roads. The trial is currently in voir dire stage, in which evidence is reviewed in the absence of a jury to determine what can and cannot be entered as evidence. That evidence is covered by a publication ban and cannot be reported on. The jury is expected to begin sitting Thursday. The trial is scheduled to last 20 days. Berner was one of two young men initially arrested, but Berner was the only one

charged with Warland’s death. Warland was stabbed shortly after midnight on Feb. 1, 2009 on Cambie Road. According to police reports at the time, the two young men may not have even known each other. Police said it appeared the stabbing followed an altercation the two young men had reportedly had on a 410 bus earlier that evening. Warland was a father with a two-year-old son. Absent in court Monday morning was Berner’s mother, Carol Berner, the 57-yearold Delta woman found guilty in an impaired driving case that claimed the life of fouryear-old Alexa Middelaer in Delta May 17, 2008. That case attracted significant media attention due, in part, to the fact police resorted to an undercover sting operation to extract a confession that helped convict her. Carol Berner was found guilty on four counts in July and is to be sentenced on Nov. 8.

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Garry Point isn’t Coal Harbour The Editor, Re: “Festival budget triples” the News, Sept. 10, 2010. As bad as the Onni proposal to build two highrise towers in Steveston is – and it is terrible – the proposal being put forward by City of Richmond staff to place pontoons, which could remain in place year-round in the ocean off Garry Point Park for the Tall Ships festival, is worse — if that is possible. Garry Point Park is perfect as it is, with its natural setting, unimpeded views of the Strait of Georgia and the islands, and sunsets that must rank among the most beautiful in the world. I, for one, do not want to see the beauty of Garry Point lost to a forest of masts and luxury yachts, anymore than I want to have Garry Point transformed into Coal Harbour South. Just like the Onni two-tower proposal, placing ship piers off Garry Point would change the nature and character of Steveston, and irrevocably harm the heritage values that make this community so special. Moreover, city council proposes to do this with no public hearing or input, just as it intends to put $6 million in city funds at risk to hold a Tall Ships festival without having consulted the people of Richmond on whether we feel this is an appropriate use of tax-payers’ money. Perhaps it’s time to determine if the provincial recall legislation applies to city councillors. If either of these proposals goes ahead, I intend to do so. Terence Davis Richmond

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It didn’t get nearly the kind of sustained news coverage it deserved, but the report by B.C. auditor-general John Doyle on the state of the province’s Agriculture Land Reserve should be cause for concern. Doyle raised two key issues that have the potential of seriously threatening the ALR’s future viability and value. First, he notes the budget for the Agriculture Land Commission has dramatically declined in recent years, thus impairing the commission’s ability to ensure preservation of land and monitoring compliance of regulations. Second, he notes that while the total amount of land in the reserve has remained relatively stable over the years, a significant amount of prime farmland has been taken out while less-valuable land in the north has been added. At a time when ensuring an ongoing food supply becomes more and more important (as climate change begins to alter agriculture practices around the world) it is critical that B.C.’s lush and precious farmland be protected. Doyle, who is quickly earning a reputation as a no-nonsense, independent watchdog of government, points out the annual budget for the commission has shrunk from almost $3 million at the beginning of this government’s first term to barely more than $2 million. That’s a cut of one-

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third and it has led to fewer staff and resources, which makes ongoing preservation of farmland that much harder to accomplish. Meanwhile, the loss of prime farmland is even more worrisome. Since the ALR’s creation, Vancouver Island has lost 13 per cent of its prime farmland, while the Okanagan has lost 12 per cent and the Lower Mainland (primarily the Fraser Valley) has lost eight per cent. The development pressures that come with population growth are mostly to blame for the loss of good farmland. When the ALR was first established, for example, places such as Surrey, Delta and Langley were barely populated compared to the number of people who live there now. Whole farms have been replaced by huge subdivisions and highway projects. (I remember a large sheep and vegetable farm being directly across the road from my grandparents’ home on Saltspring Island; a parking lot, tennis courts and a soccer field are there now.) Some of the land use fights have been memorable: the Spetifore Lands in Delta, Fantasy Gardens and Terra Nova in Richmond

and Colony Farms in Coquitlam all created a lot of headlines over the years. The picture is not entirely gloomy, however. Agriculture Minister Steve Thomson seems to get the idea that more has to be done to protect the ALR. Thomson, who comes from a farming family, is a former executive director of the B.C. Agriculture Council and he has emerged as one of the steadiest hands in the B.C. Liberal government. He has asked the new chair of the ALC, Richard Bullock, to tour the province and meet with agriculture groups and other stakeholders to get a sense of the challenges faced by the ALC. Bullock is supposed to file a report in October. Hopefully, what he discovers on his fact-finding tour will spur the B.C. government to not only restore the funding to the ALC, but to take steps to stop prime farmland from being turned into blacktop. Now, there’s no question more housing and transportation networks will have to be built in the years ahead. And it’s more than likely that some ALR land will form part of future treaties with First Nations bands. But Doyle’s report is a timely reminder that protecting our food supply should be of paramount importance. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC KBaldrey@globaltv. com.

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The mixed maritime option has Onni constructing six buildings that give them half commercial space that they won’t be able to sell or rent and half housing that will be worth a fortune. So they are stuck with very high initial construction cost and ongoing maintenance cost of the commercial space in order to get housing units they can sell. If they are, instead, allowed to build three buildings that are all housing,

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The Editor, When two Onni representatives at the Sept. 9 open house were asked separately, what on Earth had possessed them to come up with the two towers proposal, both told me that Onni had been “encouraged by the city” to propose the towers. Really? Are our councillors that out of touch with their constituents? Most of the city councillors quoted in the Richmond News since the proposal was

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The Editor, While I appreciate the fact that sustainable growth requires a certain amount of density, limiting the scope of development to two purely residential towers at the far end (and leaving the rest for the city to deal with) seems to be a cop-out solution, counter-intuitive to promises of a “complete” community.

Building a park just a few blocks from Garry Point Park is a poor use of the land, especially considering the potential that the location has for a lively waterfront promenade with restaurant patios. I’d rather see a denser version of the original scheme: 3-5 storeys with terraces, in exchange for a halfacred donation to be

used as a public building or pocket park. A contrived neighbourhood character is meaningless; lose the maritime designation, and the retail or restaurant spaces will fill up in no time. Let’s have something more original than the old highrise/townhouse podium model. Martin Chow Richmond

they get the same number of housing units at half the construction cost and no ongoing maintenance cost. They save millions without getting permission to make millions more by constructing 200 units. Onni would end up with three low-rise buildings. In return, they build a park on the remaining land and donate it to the city. John Roston Richmond

Steves lost the plot The Editor, Re: “Coun. Steves backs two-tower Onni plan,” News, Sept. 3. Mr. Steves is very smug in saying that city council should allow two highrise buildings to be built in Steveston. How convenient that his home is west of No. 1 Road. Not only has he lost the plot after fighting for years to keep Steveston the fishing village it’s meant to be, he’s also given up fighting for what’s right! Lee Haudin Richmond

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The Munk family at last year’s Terry Fox Run in Richmond. The family get their runners on every year in honour of family members lost to cancer or ones who’ve battled the disease and survived.

this Sunday.” To commemorate this meaningful milestone, Mayor Malcolm Brodie proclaimed Sept. 12 to 19 as Terry Fox Week. Meanwhile, after the run, there will be plenty of family fun. “We will have the Japanese drummers — Tara Taiko Drummers — the 195 Bicknell Branch Navy

Cadet band, bagpiper Noel Chalmers and the McNair cheerleaders,” said Young. “We will also have Terry Fox tattoos for the kids and healthy snacks for all.” This fun, noncompetitive run raises much needed money for cancer research. To that end, you can also purchase commemorative 30th anniversary T-shirts and sweatshirts, with all proceeds

going to the foundation. Lace up your runners for the 30th Annual Richmond Terry Fox Run this Sunday, Sept. 19 at 10 a.m. at Garry Point Park. Registration is by donation between 9 and 10 a.m. There will be a 5 km., 10 km. and one km family course. For more information or to volunteer, visit www. terryfoxrun.org or e-mail johnlyoung@shaw.ca.

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This Sunday, Richmond’s Jim Munk will lace up his runners and run for his father and his wife’s uncle — both of whom died of cancer in their fifties. “Dad died from lung cancer at 55. Because of money raised for cancer research through the Terry Fox Run and the advancements made in treating cancer, perhaps my father, if he were alive today, might have had more time,” said Munk. There are also connections to Terry Fox that compelled Munk to get involved seven years ago. “My mother worked at the clinic where Terry was sent for cancer treatment and Terry and I had the same doctor growing up.” All of those reasons, as well as the excellent care his family members have received while fighting cancer, have made Munk, his wife Puri and three children run in the yearly Terry Fox Run. This year marks the 30th anniversary of Terry’s legendary Marathon of Hope. “I recently had an aunt diagnosed with breast cancer and because of early detection and the therapies, she didn’t have to go through painful cancer treatments,” said Munk, who is a teacher in Vancouver and organizes the school’s yearly Terry Fox Run. “We are closer to realizing Terry’s dream because his run brings awareness and advancement in treatments.” Sunday morning, Munk, Puri, daughter Elena, 11, and sons Matthew, 14, and Michael, 10 will don Tshirts and shorts and show their support for a man they respect immensely. “He was truly someone to look up to,” added Munk. John Young, Richmond’s Terry Fox Run chair, said many Richmondites come out each year to support the run for the same reasons Munk does. “I hear all the time from participants that they are running in memory of a loved one, who either died or has fought cancer,” he said. “Last year, we raised $15,000 in Richmond alone,” said Young. “In Canada, over the last 30 years, more than $500 million has been raised. “We had our best showing ever last year with 650 participants and we hope to have even more people come out

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If I were faced with this question on an exam, I would fail Rabbit Rescue 101, which TALK is hopefully a required course at UVic by now. As with so many realworld problems, we need a little more information. First, it takes a few days for UVic staff to trap the rabbits and three or four days for the little guys to get fixed by the veterinary in Richmond. The rabbits are then transported across the border to Washington so they are out of the country within the seven-day time period set by the Ministry of the Environment who apparently “digs” getting into the nitty-gritty of abandoned petbunny management. The drive to Wild Rose Rescue Ranch is 3,869 km, and the truck from Washington State to Texas comes up infrequently. The answer: it will take about

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Tuesday

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ichmond teens David Cohen, Quinn Cartwright and Jonathan Hers beat out more than a hundred adolescents from across the Lower Mainland to snag lead roles in 13 The Musical, which opened last weekend at the Vancouver’s 2010 International Fringe Festival. “I couldn’t think of a better way to spend my summer than rehearsing for six to eight hours a day for this theatre production,” said an incredibly poised 16-year-old Cartwright. The music and lyrics for 13: The Musical, which debuted on Broadway in 2008, was penned by Tony-award winning Jason Robert Brown — from the book by Dan Elish and Robert Horn. It tells the story of a nerdy New York teenager, Evan Goldman, who gets uprooted from his home just prior to his Bar Mitzvah to small town Appleton, Indiana. It’s all about trying to fit in during those awkward teen years and all the angst and drama that go with it. The production is put on by Awkward Stage Productions Society, newly-formed nonprofit youth theatre troupe which provides real life, professional performance and production opportunities for the industry’s upcoming, rising stars. Cartwright, a McNair Grade 11 student, plays Kendra, the pretty stereotypical cheerleader who all the guys want. “She is so much fun to portray,” said Cartwright, who has performed in many school plays. “She’s a little bit of a ditz, an airhead, but she’s cute and sweet.” When Cartwright was invited to audition for the musical she thought she might have a chance at Patrice, the nerd, but was thrilled to learn she snagged a coveted lead role. “We went through five weeks of rehearsals and it was the most amazing experience ever,” she said. “To get to spend six hours a day with people my age who love musical theatre as much as I do was exciting … we all had a passion for what we were doing.” The company hopes to bridge the gap between school theatre productions and a professional career in the industry by giving teenagers a chance to obtain invaluable training in the field, said Cara Tench, Awkward Stage’s co-founding artistic associate and vice president of communications. “No matter how much training one undertakes, it’s next to impossible to launch a career in any field unless some professional experience is gained first,” said Tench. “We wanted to create a company that would lend

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Quinn Cartwright, centre, (who plays Kendra), David Cohen, left, (who plays Brett) and Jonathan Hers (who plays Archie) will star in the teen production 13: The Musical. to youth opportunities, between the training that they do, whether that’s in high school or other post-secondary education, and a professional career in theatre.” Sixteen-year-old Cohen was equally thrilled to learn he was cast in the role of Brett, the popular, albeit, manipulative and antagonistic jock. The Grade 11 McMath student only learned about the auditions a few days before they closed. “I went to the audition and sang Michael Buble’s Haven’t Met You Yet and was asked to return for a callback,” said Cohen, who is

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“I have been at Arts Umbrella (a performing arts institute in Granville Island) for a few years and my director there told me about the auditions and told me I should try out,” said Hers, also a Grade 11 McMath student. “I went and I was chosen for the junior part of Archie, who is 13 in the play.” Archie suffers from MS (Multiple Sclerosis) and needs crutches to get around. However, Archie, who is blessed with confidence, has a mad crush on Kendra and goes after her. “Archie is also very sneaky but gregarious,” added Hers. “He uses his disadvantage to his advantage.” For Hers, learning to walk with crutches and making it look convincing was the toughest part of portraying Archie. However, Hers thinks he’s got it down pat. For Cartwright, the hardest challenge was the heavy rock pop score. “I’m a classically trained soprano so I had to develop an edgier range to my voice,” she said. “This has been a wonderful chance for me to broaden my acting and voice skills.” For Cohen, coming in two weeks into rehearsals posed some challenge. “I didn’t know anyone but these two so it was super important for me to manage my time properly,” Cohen said, adding he memorized his lines while on vacation. All three agree the energy, the uplifting music and the funny lyrics are some of the reasons they love being part of 13: The Musical. “Also, it is so well written and everyone involved is terrific,” said Hers. Towards the end of rehearsals, the local teens had an opportunity to meet co-playwright Robert Horn. “He was in Vancouver and came to watch rehearsals,” said Cartwright. “This is a guy who saw the musical on Broadway and here he is watching us … we were a little nervous,” said Cohen, while Hers nodded his head in agreement. “He told the director that he really enjoyed our performances and told us we could e-mail him anytime with any question we wanted,” added Hers. “It was pretty cool.” Awkward Stage Productions presents 13: The Musical as part of the Vancouver’s 2010 International Fringe Festival at the Firehall Arts Centre. Show times are Saturday, Sept. 18 at 4 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 19 at 2 p.m. Visit www.vancouverfringe.com or www.firehallartscentre.ca. for more information.

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The Richmond Sockeyes are off to their typical scorching start under head coach Judd Lambert. With their line-up having been all but finalized in July, the Sockeyes were more than ready for the start of the Pacific International Junior Hockey League regular season and they showed it at the expense of the Port Moody Black Panthers and Squamish Wolf Pack. Richmond skated to an 8-2 home ice victory over the Panthers last Thursday then, two nights later, blanked the Wolf Pack 6-0 in Squamish. Second-year forward Jake Roder looks poised to have a breakthrough season, producing six points in the two wins, including a hat trick against Port Moody. The hosts led 3-1 in the second period when Roder notched his second of the night in the final minute of play. That seemed to set the stage for the floodgates to open in the third as Richmond added four more goals to chase starter Jordan Marling. Rookies Sam Chichak and Rudi Thorsteinson each added a CHUNG CHOW/RICHMOND NEWS pair of goals, Rookie Jessie Siemens battles with while Jeremy Hamaguchi a Black Panthers opponent. had the other. Mitchell Smith was prominent in a play making role with four assists. In Squamish, the Sockeyes took control with second period goals by Clayton Wright, Sebastien Pare and Patrick Hunter to open up a 5-0 lead. Pare finished the night with a pair to earn first star honours. Hamaguchi and and Roder rounded out the scoring. Rookie Devin Nijjer, who last season played at the major midget level with the Greater Vancouver Canadians, turned aside 22 shots to earn the shutout and his second straight win. The Sockeyes return to action Thursday when the Abbotsford Pilots visit Minoru Arena at 7:30 p.m. Icing ... • A trio of players the Sockeyes had penciled into their 2010-11 line-up have cracked opening day rosters with B.C. Hockey League teams. Troy Patterson, 17, is with the Cowichan Valley Capitals and scored in his BCHL debut, a 5-3 loss to Coquitlam. Meanwhile rookies Michael Stenerson, 17, and Troy Stetcher, 16, are with Surrey and Penticton respectively.

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where upon completion of the camp, they will head directly to Delhi. For both athletes and their coach, it has been a very busy year. Since January, they have traveled to England, Mexico, Quebec and Australia for international training camps and competitions. There have also been to numerous national training camps

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in Calgary and Burlington. Recently, at the Pacific Rim Championships in Australia, Watson and Scott helped the men’s artistic gymnastics team win bronze for Canada. Last month, Watson and Ferenc returned from the Inaugural Youth Olympic Games held in Singapore. Only one athlete from each qualifying country was allowed to compete, and Watson was selected as the sole male gymnast by Gymnastics Canada. He successfully qualified for the men’s all-around finals. His ninth place finish on

the parallel bars was a huge achievement. Since then, the trio have been working hard to prepare for the Commonwealth Games. As the only coach and athletes from B.C., they hope to help the Canadian team compete with pride and achieve success. The Commonwealth Games run from October 3-14. The Organizing Committee recently announced that with around 7,000 athletes and team officials from 71 nations and territories it will make the Games the biggest in the history of the Games.

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Sports Hirayama named to 7s team “It’s a great test for our talented Canadian squad.” Head Coach, Geraint John, says the introduction of Rugby Sevens into the Olympic program in 2016 has brought renewed energy to this fast-paced brand of rugby. He expects the Canadian squad to show well on the Commonwealth Games stage where so many top teams are competing. “Six of the seven players who started for us in the Bowl Championship (consolation final) at the Hong Kong Tournament in March will be with us in Delhi. We won that final over Wales and we’ll be carrying that momentum into the Commonwealth Games next month.” The player selection was based on the positive results created by the players over the course of five events.

Olympic Oval new home to hoop league The growing Lower Mainland based Vancouver Metro Basketball League has found a new home in the Richmond Olympic Oval. The two-year-old circuit had been based out of Vancouver College but limited gym time limited its ability to add more teams and divisions. Regular season play tips-off on Sept. 27 and will continue on Monday nights. “Knowing that the culture of Richmond

loves to play hoops, we will be catering to all levels of ability,” said league organizer Mark Starkey. “We wanted to expand to host more courts so we could accommodate division one and division two level athletes. With our old location we couldn’t offer more court time. With newly renovated Richmond Olympic Oval, we will be able to expand to both men’s and women’s divisions and have both a competitive and recreational division.

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Richmond’s Nathan Hirayama is among six B.C. athletes named to the Canadian Men’s Rugby Sevens team that will be competing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Dehli India, next month. The former McRoberts standout helped Canada capture the Bowl Championship (consolation final) at the Hong Kong Tournament back in March. Canada will be up against rugby powers like three-time defending gold medalist All Blacks from New Zealand, along with perennial medal threats from England, Australia, Fiji and South Africa amongst the 16-team tournament. “I know that the Rugby Sevens tournament in Delhi will be one of the hottest spectator draws of these Games,” said Martha Deacon, Canada’s Chef de Mission.

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June 24th, 1915 to September 6th, 2010, Passed away peacefully at Rosewood Manor, Richmond, BC, with her family at her side. Predeceased by her husband Arthur. She will be sorely missed by her daughters, Myrtle (Brian) and Eva (Gary), son Nelson (Judi), 8 grandchildren, 10 greatgrandchildren, and extended family in Northern Ireland, England, and United States. We would like to thank Dr. Patricia Wong and the staff of the Special Care Unit at Rosewood Manor for the excellent care given to our mother in her last days. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Rosewood Manor Staff Social Fund. A Celebration of Mary’s life will be held at Broadmoor Baptist Church, 8140 Saunders Road, Richmond, BC, on September 23, 2010 at 2:00pm.

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WORKING & TRAINING Trades Enjoy New Popularity Among Job Seekers

With the number of apprentices expected to double in the next year, Kent Orrock believes we’re seeing the ﬁrst steps of a renewed respect for the trades. He now entertains several phone calls a day regarding applications to apprenticeship programs and inquiries about how to get involved in this steadily growing industry.

and the hard work in construction and other heavy-industry sectors, there has been a steady increase of interest in a career in the trades. “They’re getting in at a time when they will deﬁnitely be able to [work until they] retire in this industry,” says Orrock. The federal government has recently proposed tax incentives for employers who take on apprentices, and grants for individuals who sign on for skilled trades training. Sighting a serious shortage of trades people, the federal government is now attempting to make the lucrative trade industry even more enticing to prospective employees.

“The difﬁculty Canadian employers are having ﬁnding skilled tradespeople is becoming an impediment to economic growth.”

Mr. Orrick, the human resources co-ordinator for the British Columbia Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association welcomes the interest. “It can only help recruitment efforts when it becomes a point of pride for parents to have a son or daughter who is a ‘dozer operator, pulling down as much as $42 an hour.” After decades of ﬁghting negative perceptions about the boom-and-bust nature of employment

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“The difficulty Canadian employers are having finding skilled tradespeople is becoming an impediment to economic growth,” the government said in its budget documents. “Meanwhile, many young Canadians find themselves in low-paying work, and are either not encouraged to consider the trades or are unable to do so because of financial barriers.”With measures to give employers tax credits of up to $2,000 a year for the first two years that they employ and train eligible apprentices, and as well as cash grants of $1,000 a year to eligible apprentices in the first two years of their training, the federal government is stepping up the push for more Canadians to consider a career in the trades. The federal government projects that nearly

100,000 apprentice workers will benefit as a result of the new grant and tax credit. Industry associations and community colleges have also stepped up their efforts to recruit and train the next generation of trades people.In past years, there has been a strong amount of pressure from teachers, parents and friends to go to university. Opportunities in the trades have often been overlooked. This is gradually changing, in part because of industry association campaigns and promising labour market projections. The common misconception that the impending retirement of baby boomers will open up jobs in all fields, across all sectors, is slowly being replaced by a better understanding of how the boomers’ withdrawl from the marketplace will shape the next few years. “The reality is that the most pronounced [recruitment] challenges are going to be for skilled trades and apprenticeships on the one hand, and executive management talent on the other,” says Ian Cullwick, national human capital practice leader with Torontobased managing consulting firm Deloitte. With trade shortages already affecting some sectors, employers are taking a more active role in the training and education of their future employees. The B. C. Road Builders and Heavy Industry Association, for example, has developed and launched a new program combining classroom training with on-the-job instruction to support a number of highway and port-building mega-projects currently in the works. The first stage of the program, which is being paid for by industry, is designed to teach the basics of road building and heavy construction.

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Garage Sale

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Appliances

LARGE DOG KENNEL FOR SALE $60. 604-946-9612

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Fridge $200 • Stove $150 Washer $175 • Dryer $150

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Food Products

Blueberries Birak Farms (Rmd)

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FIREWOOD, DRY 1 y.o. Cherry, cut & split, $100 cord p/u, $150 delivered. Vancouver. Call 778-233-2683 or 604-879-6019

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Fuel

Furniture

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Pet Services

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Baby/Children/ Miscellaneous

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Appliances

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Lumber/Building Supplies

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Career Services/ Job Search

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FOODSAFE

Richmond

Estate Sale! Sat. Sept 18th 9am - 4pm Sun. Sept 19th 10am - 4pm 10400 Reynolds Dr. Nr Steveston Hwy, take Gilbert to Gainsborough to Reynolds. Furn, glass ware, collectibles, household items & much more. Entire contents to be sold this weekend. No early birds.

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REG CKC ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIELS, 2 males/2 fem, 1st shots, eyes tested, 604-521-2855

Cares! CKC REG’D Rottweiller Pups, 11 wks, Champion German lines, vet chk’ed, $1000+. 1-604-287-7688

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Dogs

LUXURY PET HOTEL @ YVR airport because your pet deserves a vacation too! 604-238-Pets (2387)

DOBERMAN PUPS. Female/ Male. Tails/dew claws done. Blk/ tan. $1000-$1500. 604-607-7433 FILA/MASTIFF GUARD DOGS owners best friend. Intruders worst nightmare. all shots, $2000 each. ready now! 604-817-5957

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Birds

ALL SMALL breed pups local & non shedding $350+. 604-590-3727 www.puppiesfishcritters.com

GOLDEN DOODLES, Avail Sep 24th, $1250. 778-737-0146. www.foxycharliepuppies.com

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YELLOW/GREEN CANARIES, $35/each or white finches, $15/each. Call 604-939-5666

604-630-3300

Metaphysical

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JACK RUSSELL pups smooth, stubby, black & white, $400. Phone 604-701-1587

BROWN PITBULL, 6 mos old, spayed female, $1000, negotiable. 1st shots, 778-319-4111

MAREMMA PUPS for sale. 5 males, 3 females. Working parents. $450 each. 604-823-4797

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Business Services

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Apt/Condos

1 BR. Garden City & Westminster Hwy, incl hw, ug prkg, balc. new hardwood flrs, ns, small pet ok, $875, avail Oct 1, 604-314-7838

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BUSINESSES FOR SALE

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Condos/ Townhouses

6008-30

Surrey

Sry, 6960-120 St, Harleen Gardn New 900sf, 1 BR garden patio ste, ALL appls, f/p, sec’d parking, +. $200k incls HST! 604-690-4979

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Lots & Acreage

Real Estate

Coquitlam

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

6035

Sat & Sun, 2-4pm, 1721 Booth Ave, Coq. 4 BR hse, ste potential, lrg lot, $528,000. Call Joe, Prudential Sterling Realty 604-833-6814

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Surrey

7 BR, 1/2 Acre view lot. 10576 125B St., Sry. 2,900 sf, oak hrdw flrs, 10’ ceilings, lrg kitch, 2 BR bsmt ste, views of N. West & Mtns. $675,000. Rob Visnjak 604.531.1111. HomeLife Benchmark Realty White Rock

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DET HOUSE 3BedRm 2.5BaRm Large FamilyRm, 1849sf, Porch Garden 4CarPk ToolRm. $2200 Avail Now NO smokers/pets. 604-808-5946

6565

Office/Retail Rent

FOR LEASE

Office Space 428 sq ft in professional office bldg, 2nd flr, elevator & secure indoor prkg. 4840 Delta Street, Ladner. Ph: Gertie 1-250-247-7242 or cell 604-306-4563

6590

Rooms

SLEEPING ROOM avail, suit student, $425 incl cable laundry & utils ns, np, Williams & #5, Rosa 604-277-2419 or 604-805-0978

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Shared Accommodation

6595-55

Richmond

2 BR to share, hardwood floors, pool, $500. In Steveston Prefer quiet person, avail Oct 1, 604-272-5528 or 604-753-4874 CLEAN ROOMS, furn, male pref house quiet area, nr Dyke, patio, hotub, BBQ, all util, tv/net incl, np ns $495 & up 778-322-1023 Steveston & #1 Rd. nr dyke & amens, furn room, new home, $495 incl utils. 778-235-4330

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Auto Miscellaneous

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WANT A VEHICLE BUT STRESSED ABOUT YOUR CREDIT? Last week 9 out of 14 applications approved! We fund your future not your past. Any Credit. Want a VISA? www.coastlineautocredit.com or 1-888-208-3205

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Domestic

1999 OLDS Intrigue a/cared, winterized, well cared for grt family car. $3500. 604-946-6533

Domestic

2003 CHEV Malibu, 84K, auto, ac, dark green, 2 owners, $6500 obo, no accidents, 604-929-8834

1997 TOYOTA Camry 109K km, no acc, 4dr, auto, pwr everything, ac, air cared $5500 778-322-3314

SUDOKU #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

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Suites/Partial Houses

1 BR Suite, Steveston, private entry, mature adult only, $750 incl utils, ns, np, 604-275-4434 2 BDRM bsmt ste, Nr Ironwood Plaza & Steveston, $800 incl hydro, Avail now. 604-839-3328 2 BR bsmt suite, New, near bus, schools & shops, np, ns, $1000, no wd, now or Oct 604-377-4779 2 BR grnd lvl, newer home @ 4th & Granville, np, ns, no ldry, refs, priv ent, $850 incl heat/ hydro, suit single, couple neg. 604-244-7862 2 BR, new, W. Rmd. 1200sf, yard Railway/Granville, ns, np, $1090 incl utils & wd, 604-277-8298 3 BR ste, Ladner, upper lvl, new deck, fence, stairs. $1000 + 50% util, np, avail now. 604-946-0926 CLEAN, BRIGHT 2 BR bsmt, 1-2 people, 1 yr lse, ns/np, no w/d, $750 incls utils. 604-274-1000 RMD 3 BDRM upper lvl, 2 appl, shared ldry, 60% utils $1250 /mth, ns np 604-244-8881 avail now. RMD BRAND new bach ste np, ns, heat cbl,i/net, a/c incl, nr Hospital/bus $575 604-272-0056

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Townhouses Rent

RMD CENTRAL 4 br, 4 bath, 7731 Minaru Blvd., $1600/mth, n/p, n/s, Oct. 15th. 604-722-8833

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Mobile Homes

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BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

WRMD 1 BR 675 sf, Parksville concrete, quiet, reno’d, $960 pool, sauna ns, np 604-241-2389

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1 BR, Gilbert near Rmd. Hosp. $600, avail Sept 15, no smoking, no pets, 604-277-9747

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