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Charles Dixon’s experience was a disturbing reminder that attacks on bus drivers are all too common. What can be done?
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Charles Dixon, a TransLink driver for 25 years, has been off work since last February when he was attacked while driving the 106 bus at Edmonds SkyTrain station.
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NOTICE TO RESIDENTS In the coming weeks, the 2012 Curbside Collection Calendar and Single-Stream Recycling carts will be arriving at your door. Be sure to keep your calendar handy all year round as it contains important information with respect to collection programs, including the new Single-Stream Recycling program. Should you not receive one by the end of December, or find you need another, calendars will be available at the following locations: City Hall, Library, Community Centres, Recycling Depot, and Tow Yard/Animal Shelter.
CITYPAGE PATTULLO BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT Recently, TransLink announced that planning for a new Pattullo Bridge has begun. In early 2012, Translink will announce dates for public information sessions to gather feedback on the project. In the meantime, please visit the website at www.translink.ca/pattullo for background information, timelines and frequently asked questions in preparation for the upcoming sessions.
You can also view the calendar online at www.newwestcity.ca by clicking on the garbage calendar icon.
SENIOR PEER COUNSELLING TRAINING Starting January 20, 2012 at Century House Are you interested in the well-being of others? Are you someone that others seem to know will listen? If yes, you might be interested in becoming a Senior Peer Counsellor. The Senior Peer Counsellor Program is once again offering free training for seniors interested in helping seniors help themselves. In this twenty-week training you will learn basic communication skills, with a focus on listening. Classes will be held weekly on Friday mornings in the Oak room. For more information, please call 604-519-1064, or drop into the SPC office Mondays or Wednesdays and speak to Jan Greenhow or Robin Macdonald. Applications can be picked up at the Century House Office.
MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATE The City of New Westminster has recently started to update its Master Transportation Plan. The City’s existing Long-Range Transportation Plan was developed in 1998 and recommended improvements for all modes over the next 20 years. Since the existing Transportation Plan was adopted, there have been a number of changes to land use patterns and the transportation network within New Westminster. The updated Master Transportation Plan will guide decision-making for transportation over the next 25 years and beyond. The updated Master Transportation Plan will recommend improvements for all modes of transportation, including walking, cycling, public transit, goods movement, and vehicles. This process is important to ensure that transportation investments work towards achieving the City’s strategic goals, make the best use of our tax dollars and help shift towards a more sustainable future. Please visit our website for more information and to have your say by filling out the online survey. This survey closes December 16.
26 WEEKS TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, ARE YOU PREPARED? For the 26 weeks leading up to Emergency Preparedness Week May 6, 2012, the City of New Westminster’s Emergency Management Office will be providing weekly tips on how you can make your own emergency kit and emergency plan. Use our list to add small items to your emergency kits every week. This can make the job of creating a complete kit a little less daunting and intimidating; and remember – most items can be found in your home. The City of New Westminster’s Emergency Management Office is encouraging everyone to be prepared by knowing the risks, making a plan and getting a kit. For more information on preparedness tips, please visit the City’s Website, www.newwestcity.ca and click the Public Safety Links button.
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FRANK GOODSHIP PHOTOS OF POST-WAR NEW WEST NOW AVAILABLE The New Westminster Museum and Archives is very pleased to announce that it has received financial support from the Government of Canada through Library and Archives Canada, administered by the Canadian Council of Archives, to complete the processing of the photographs of Frank Goodship. The collection consists of over 2000 negatives and a small number of colour slides. Almost 1500 of these images are now online. Visit www.newwestpcr.ca/culture/museum_and_archives to access the archives and get a glimpse into a part of New Westminster’s rich history.
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In search of a safer ride Although the number of assaults reported by bus drivers is down from 2006, cases like Charles Dixon’s suggest a need for change Grant Granger
Auto Workers local 111, which has its of¿ce on 12th harles Dixon’s legs are Street in New Westminster. shaking as he stands He says frequently drivers for the first time at the are the target of ominous same Edmonds SkyTrain bus warnings of “I’m going to loop stop since having his face get you, I know where you punched in by a passenger on work” or getting spat on. Feb. 15. “Those can be more Dixon has been a bus driver insidious than getting for 25 years; he wants to keep punched because then doing it, but the assaults on you’ve got to deal with drivers are too common, and contracting hepatitis or any though he has been assaulted other disease,” says Davies. before, this latest one was “They never know when unnerving. they’re going to run across When Dixon, a Burnaby these people. The threat of North graduate whose parents potential assault weighs still live in the house he grew heavily on our operators.” up in, pulled his 106 New CAW and Coast Mountain Westminster Station bus up Bus Company (CMBC) to the loop that day about 40 MARIO BARTEL/NEWSLEADER formed a joint committee Veteran bus driver Charles Dixon has been off work since he was attacked last February while driving the to tackle and monitor the people were lined up waiting 106 bus. Although the experience has left him traumatized, he hopes to transition back into part-time to get on. As they ¿led through problem. work soon. the front doors, one line jumper “The company views it as wiggled his way on board through the one assault is too many,” says CMBC my head and the left side of my in place, and he still has no feeling back doors where people were getting spokeswoman Catherine Melvin. head ended up on the driver’s side in the right side of his nose and right off. She says fare disputes are one of the window,” says Dixon. upper lip. Dixon says he politely asked the primary issues as well as belligerent or He straightened up half expecting “I feel like I’ve had a cold for the man to exit and wait his turn. intoxicated passengers, congestion and more punches, and told his 24-yearlast 10 months,” he says. “Instead of listening to me, he overcrowding on routes. old son Aaron—who was riding along Dixon was so distraught that for 10 ran up the aisle, turned to me and to spend some time with his father—to weeks he took a taxi from his home NOT DIXON’S FIRST ASSAULT confronted me,” recalls Dixon during get some others and follow the in Langley to a back treatment clinic The punch was not the ¿rst physical an interview in which two drivers assailant and to call 911. They tracked in Surrey because going by bus on assault Dixon has suffered. That came came over to give their best wishes to him down, but not before Aaron, a his ¿rst visit was too traumatic. He on Feb. 13, 1987 when he asked a him and their two cents on the subject Simon Fraser University student, was couldn’t handle the noise and motion of violence against bus drivers. hit with a piece of wood. of the bus so he rode with both ¿ngers young man to stop spitting sunÀower seeds on the Àoor. The response was a Last month Del in his ears and his eyes closed. punch to the nose. Louie, 21, pled ASSAULTS A CONCERN: UNION Between the ¿rst and last assault guilty to assault Gavin Davies, Canadian Auto Workers, Local 111 causing bodily Although Dixon’s damage is there were 10 others on Dixon, and They never know when they’re going to run across harm and assault dramatic, incidents like it are not that doesn’t count an incident that these people. The threat of potential assault rare. Operator assaults had been on a almost killed him. with a weapon. His weighs heavily on our operators. downward trend from the 242 reported On the night of April 5, 2005 he was sentencing hearing in 2006 to 118 last year. But they’re on driving the 135 Burrard bus that goes He asked him again, but the man resumes Friday (Dec. 16). the rise again with 136 and counting in to SFU. didn’t leave. The damage to Dixon was severe. 2011 as of Nov. 30, and though it’s not Two young men and three young He asked a third time, and the With one blow he got a concussion, at historic highs, the bus union says women got on. Two paid, three didn’t. passenger replied, “Go ahead, press mild to moderate brain damage and it’s still a serious problem. He walked back and told them they your little red button for help.” an orbital bone broken in two places. “There are days where I open up had pay and he headed back to his Dixon got back in the drivers seat In March, he had a plate inserted seat. and didn’t see it coming—a punch that below his eyes with two screws on the my email and there are two or three assaults in one day,” says Gavin crunched the right side of his face. bone to secure it. In May, doctors put Please see STORY, A4 Davies, vice-president of the Canadian “He hit me so hard it twisted another two screws in to keep his eye ggranger@burnabynewsleader.com
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An effort by the city to save Downtown New Westminster’s oldest house was not successful. The city’s planning staff has recommended a demolition permit be issued for 832 Royal Ave., which was built in 1887 and barely survived the 1898 ¿re that wiped out almost all of downtown. Because of its historical value the building, which currently has 10 rental units, was placed on the city’s heritage register in 2004. However, a townhouse project has been proposed to be built in the block. The city worked with Nu-Gen Projects to ¿nd a way to keep either the house on-site or move it somewhere else, “but none of the options were realistically workable for this site or agreeable to the applicant,” said a report by city heritage planner Julie Schueck. The report said the cost of seismically upgrading the house would be high even if only the top portion
was retained. Keeping the house would have meant losing about 10 parking spaces. If only the top was kept no spots would be lost, but two or three townhouse units would be. Moving the entire house would be extremely dif¿cult if not impossible, because of the way it tucks into the slope of Royal Avenue. Advertisements offering the house for free only resulted in two serious inquiries, and neither was successful. “There is no doubt that the heritage value of this house is very high and the loss of it will be signi¿cant in terms of the city’s historic fabric and continuity,” wrote Schueck. On Nov. 29, the city’s Community Heritage Commission decided “the realistic decision is to allow the demolition,” but it also recommended the historic wood windows, a piece of baseboard trim and any other historic artifacts be salvaged for the city’s museum and archives. Schueck also recommended council require an interpretative panel be designed and placed on the Royal Avenue edge of the property by the developer.
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from PAGE A3 they need to be to provide a police When they began to approach service for a transit system.” him, one of them menacingly Says Dixon, “the ultimate solution wielding a skateboard, Dixon would be to put us in cages.” phoned for assistance and pushed the However, that idea doesn’t go over button to activate an audio tape to very well with Dixon’s colleagues. record the encounter. Davies says a survey of bus Dixon says he saw the skateboard operators showed more than 60 per coming down on him, but before cent opposed a partial barrier, and it struck he told the youth the tape over 55 per cent were against a full was on and the conversation was cage because they like the interaction being heard at the dispatch of¿ce. with passengers. Although the youth stopped before “Locking us up behind cages is hitting Dixon, he got really angry at not taking care of the problem,” says that point. Davies. “The four friends stood between Even though he says many buses The assault on Dixon broke his him and me and dragged him off the orbital bone in two places. He in Europe have cages there are still coach. By that time I was shaking has required several screws and assaults over there. “If someone a plate to keep his eye in place. wants to get at a bus driver they’ll from head to toe. I literally was a basket case. I couldn’t ¿nish my get at a bus driver, they’ll just wait shift,” says Dixon. until the end of the line.” After the passengers were put on another bus, he Davies also points out it would be dif¿cult to tried to drive back to the Burnaby depot but had to retro¿t most of the company’s Àeet. be taken to St. Paul’s emergency because of chest One alternative, he says, is an educational pains. He was released, but a day later he was in the program to teach operators how to diffuse situations. intensive care at Langley Memorial Hospital where For many drivers like Dixon, says Davies, the last he stayed for ¿ve day and then had an angiogram at piece of training they got was 20 years ago. Vancouver General. “Many members may have the opportunity to The cardiologist said to him, “Mr. Dixon, you disengage and not even realize it,” says Davies. really should have died.” A YEAR OF LIFE, STOLEN It took him 13 months to return to work. The Back at the Edmonds loop, Dixon shrugs his skateboarder got six months probation. shoulders when asked why he wants to continue STRONGER SENTENCES? driving buses. To reduce incidents like those, Dixon, Davies “I enjoy it. Imagine all the wonderful people that and the company want the federal government board our buses,” says Dixon. to legislate minimum sentences for assaults on “I thought everybody was nice, but it’s not the workers, not just bus drivers. Davies says violence case. It’s a small section of society that do what they against bus drivers in U.S. cities is not as great as want when they want. They don’t care about the here because there’s a penalty there. implications.” “We have passengers who absolutely beat our Although he’s scheduled to undergo a third drivers. They don’t do jail time, they’re just told not surgery to ¿x his nose, Dixon is aiming for a partto take a bus,” says Davies. time return to work soon. Even though there are calls for increased police “Eventually I want to come back in this loop as a and security presence on transit, and both would transit operator driving my bus,” says Dixon. “With welcome it, Davies realizes it may not be the one punch this kid has taken one year of my life solution for a couple of reasons. away and he’s changed my life forever.” “The problem is the security is as toothless as we He says 25 years ago, his father told him not to are,” says Davies while acknowledging there’s a not become a transit operator. cost factor. “Their numbers are nowhere near where “I guess he knew something that I didn’t.” continued
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woman had a ¿ve-minute conversation with my wife it would all be over.”
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Vince Metcalfe has acted on the stage in London’s famed West End, but it’s the West End of New Westminster, Connaught Heights to be precise, where he lives. Metcalfe, 60, grew up in New West and ¿rst got involved in theatre at NWSS. He’s gone on to do theatre and ¿lm work all over North America and Europe, but about 12 years ago he decided to move back to the Lower Mainland. CHRIS VANDER SCHYF/CONTRIBUTED “I just love New West, but don’t tell anyone Vince Metcalfe (left) enjoys a bit of Old Love. because other people will move here,” laughed the ebullient Metcalfe as he walked his dogs along education in what Europe and England are all about. the SkyTrain path last Thursday morning. He’s also done some television work closer to In the afternoon, he hopped the SkyTrain to home, including the opening episode of the X-Files. downtown Vancouver and then the SeaBus to When director Jay Brazeau, a character actor North Vancouver where he’s starring in Old Love, a who frequently appears in ¿lm productions made story that spans three decades about a relationship in Vancouver, asked him to do Old Love he didn’t between a salesman and his boss’s wife, until Dec. hesitate. “He’s a fantastic actor. He’s one of my 18. Despite the vagabond life of a thespian, Metcalfe faves, and when he called and asked me to do this I has managed to cobble out a career that’s enabled he said, absolutely,’” said Metcalfe. “It is very funny, and his wife of 30 years to raise two daughters, one and it is very tender. It is a really judicious mix of son, two dogs, a cat and a turtle. both. And it really is a very good production. I’ve “I’ve had a pretty interesting career for someone worked around the world and done lots of plays and that’s not really well known,” said Metcalfe. “I’ve I’m telling you [co-star Suzanne Ristic] is one of the got a wife, dogs, a house, the full catastrophe. I’ve best actresses you’re ever going to meet.” been lucky. I’m poor, but happy.” The other thing he likes about the play is even Metcalfe said he’s done everything from being kids can relate to it. His offspring came with some a toy soldier at Eaton’s to high-end productions in friends and they’re all going back to see it again, London. “It’s a lot of fun when you’re doing it. It’s said Metcalfe. a terrible career when you’re not working,” said One time Brazeau said, “Oh, I love that guy” Metcalfe. referring to Metcalfe’s character. A woman who Much of his overseas work was in ¿lm and overheard said emphatically, “No, no I love that television so his children have received a good guy.”
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A gift to the banks
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In this frenzied Christmas shopping season, as consumers hurry from store to store seeking the perfect gift for everyone on their list, there appears to be a port in the storm. Gift cards are wildly popular. They’re easy to send in the mail or stuff in a stocking. They show at least a semblance of thought was given to the recipient’s desires yet still empower that recipient to get something they truly want. Canadians spend about $6 billion a year on gift cards. A survey last year by Maritz Research suggested almost half of Canadians were hoping to ¿nd a gift card under their Christmas tree. They’re also popular with retailers. Statistics Canada says more than 80 per cent of large Canadian retailers offer gift cards. For those shoppers still having a hard time making a decision at the gift card display, the credit card gift card issued by a number of banks seems like the perfect solution. But beware the ¿ne print. There’s lots of it. Most of which works against the consumer to devalue the worth of the card. Gift cards issued by retailers are regulated by provincial consumer laws. In B.C., that means they can’t have expiry dates and consumers can’t be charged fees to acquire or maintain the cards; what you buy is what you get. But bank credit card gift cards are regulated by Ottawa, which has yet to act to protect consumers against extra fees or expiry dates. Those fees can quickly chip away at the full value of the gift card, from a transaction fee to actually buy the card, to monthly maintenance fees to charges to have the bank check the balance remaining on the card. And if the card does expire, the bank will gladly issue a new one for a substantial fee, and in some cases adding a cancellation fee equal to the balance still on the card. It all adds up to make a credit card gift card seem more a gift to the banks than the recipient. It’s time the federal government created rules for those cards in line with those that apply to retailer gift cards.
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The Sinterklaas celebration was cancelled in New Westminster this year due to concern the Black Peter characters resemble the blackfaced racist depictions of old-time minstrel shows. What should be done?
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Justice system’s weak third leg VICTORIA – Attorney General Shirley Bond is coming off another busy week, announcing new sheriff and clerk training for B.C.’s constipated court system. Then Bond joined Premier Christy Clark to introduce B.C. to another kind of sheriff, the former Los Angeles district attorney best known for busting up one of the biggest nests of crooked cops in U.S. history. Richard Rosenthal went on to clean house as independent monitor of police forces in Portland and Denver, and now he takes on B.C.’s troubled police patchwork, which has been losing the public’s con¿dence along with the courts. Bond’s other ministry, Public Safety and Solicitor General, announced its senior of¿cials had selected the next commanding of¿cer for the RCMP in B.C. It is unprecedented for a province to do that, but as B.C. gets ready to sign a new 20-year contract with the federal force, Bond and Clark are trying to demonstrate that they, not Ottawa, are now wearing the pants in this relationship. We’ll see. As the police and court legs of
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B.C.’s justice system were being strengthened, Auditor General John Doyle released his latest report on the shaky third leg, corrections. In a masterpiece of understatement, Doyle’s of¿ce headlined its news release “Opportunities for improvement in community corrections.” You have likely heard about the overÀowing B.C. jail system, where even segregation inmates are now being doubled up, as the long wait continues for a new jail in the Okanagan. But as Doyle’s report sets out, nine out of 10 convicted adult offenders aren’t in custody. They’re on house arrest or probation, many with court-ordered conditions to report their whereabouts, stay away from their victims, stay sober and complete various rehabilitation programs. Many are violent. There
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course. The NDP deplores all of this and has decades of practice doing so. The part about offenders not completing their rehabilitation reminded me of Dave Barrett in the late 1960s. In his autobiography, Barrett tells how he got into politics because prisoners in B.C. jails weren’t able to complete vocational programs. Barrett was a social worker at the old Haney Correctional Institution. By 1970 he was Opposition leader, demanding that the W.A.C. Bennett government shut down Haney, by then notorious for trades training that prisoners weren’t locked up long enough to ¿nish. Each inmate was costing B.C. more than $4,000 a year, a huge sum wasted, Barrett thundered in the legislature. Today, Doyle calculates B.C. jails cost $71,000 per inmate per year, or $194 a day. Community supervision spending works out to $7 a day. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com.
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A view through the looking-glass Re: B.C. a playground for eco-stunts (BC Views, NewsLeader, Dec. 7) In his column condemning efforts to stop the massive Enbridge plan to build a tar sands gunk pipeline across B.C., Tom Fletcher appears to have passed through the looking-glass into a bitumenblessed wonderland of his own making. His mirror seems to show him a wide range of environment-concerned organizations who must be ignored because they fail to welcome the invitation to almost certain oil spill disaster. Nothing in the glass about Enbridge, under orders by the U.S. Environment Protection Agency, now entering a second winter trying to clean up the mess made in July 2010, when an Enbridge pipeline ruptured in Michigan, sending an estimated 819,000 gallons of greasy gunk into the Kalamazoo River. According to Fletcher, such a thing could never happen (for some unexplained reason) in British Columbia. It just wouldn’t dare, I suppose. Nothing upsetting about the pack of Enbridge reps rushing around like blind dogs in a meat-house trying to coax First Nations bands into making a deal with Enbridge’s Northern Sludgeway instead of ¿rmly opposing it. And the best answer he could ¿nd in his lookingglass about efforts to also head off expansion of the Kinder Morgan gunkline to feed oil tankers in Burnaby? Why, oil tankers already are heading out under Lions Gate Bridge; all the expansion would do, ha ha, is make the existing situation worse. But Fletcher sees a bogeyman in the fact that a few local environmental protection groups receive some funding from U.S. organizations. This is obviously unfair, since Big Oil in the U.S. would never consider being involved in a Canadian pipeline dispute. Well, maybe some millions here and there, but... There in looking-glass land, it seems that free speech is okay, as long as it speaks in favour of reinforcing the toxic grip Big Oil has on the world. Tony Eberts New Westminster
PONDERING A WORLD WITHOUT OIL Recently it seems as though you can’t go more than a few days in Canada without hearing about oil or pipelines or something related to petroleum, and how it will bene¿t our economy and hopefully our personal pocketbooks to keep exporting the stuff as much as we can. A couple of recent decisions will have quite a bit of an impact here in Burnaby. The National Energy Board recently decided to allow crude oil suppliers to make long term commitments to foreign oil producers. This will have the effect of allowing an increase in oil tanker traf¿c into the Burrard Inlet and into Vancouver harbour. While there is an argument to be made that this will have an economic bene¿t for the region, there are also many underlying concerns about the environmental impact this could have, especially since the track record of the oil companies is not as good as it could be, when talking about the likelihood of a spill and its effects on the environment. We all remember the Kinder Morgan spill in 2007, and how much of the Westridge community was covered in oil from the accidental spill. The judge
presiding over this case has ¿nally rendered her verdict, and it appears that each of the companies involved will be forced to pay a small ¿ne, and also to donate a more signi¿cant amount of money to an environmental fund. The ¿nal cost to each company will be $150,000, on top of any other costs they have accrued cleaning up the spill and paying for property damage. I do understand it. The way our economy and the economies of the world are structured, oil and petroleum products are a net bene¿t and do contribute to keeping people in good paying jobs. Maybe it doesn’t have to be this way, and maybe it shouldn’t be this way. The world has only a ¿nite amount of petroleum that we can use, and we will eventually need to shift to a new source of energy. Perhaps more importantly, the use of petroleum products has been proven to release many of the chemicals that are contributing to global climate change. As a society, we need to do better and expand what we consider to be essential to our energy needs. It doesn’t take a genius to ¿gure out that renewable technologies could work if we simply developed the technology to the same degree that we developed oil re¿neries. A simple look towards the coastal mountains can show us that it’s possible to use new technologies. It can be done cheaply, ef¿ciently, and without waste. We just need Canadians with the entrepreneurial spirit and the desire to innovate, and the funding to help them succeed. Let’s challenge ourselves as a nation to innovate again and to build the energy technologies of the future. Just think, then we wouldn’t have to worry about oil spills or toxic chemicals being piped under our homes. Trevor Ritchie Burnaby
WHY QUESTION SINTERKLAAS NOW? I ¿nd it odd that the Sinterklaas festival was cancelled because it was considered “racist” by a certain minority group. The black community has been established in New Westminster for many years? How is it that they haven’t considered the event “racist” for the last 25 years? Ian Robertson New Westminster •••••
The cancellation of the Sinterklaas event is disconcerting. Again it seems it’s one community against another. Roger Jones, an African-Canadian, truly did really succeed this year. As I see it he knew full well that Dutch communities in Canada are very accommodating to others and he would likely have success because the Dutch have integrated extremely well as Canadians and tend to accommodate to all races and nations around the world. Go to the Netherlands and see for yourself what the Dutch have done for north Africans. If you are going to be feisty then remember that we also have reasons and rights. Sadness at not having our event made us feisty too. Grief is a strong emotion that is long remembered. Jon Mills, Burnaby
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Xmas concert cancellation not due to job action: district Assistant sup’t says notice ‘unfortunate’ Grant Granger ggranger@newwestnewsleader.com
Despite a published report stating the contrary, this year’s Christmas concert at Herbert Spencer elementary was not cancelled due to teacher job action, according to the New Westminster school district. A story that appeared in the 24Hours commuter newspaper last week, quoted a parent at the school as saying her daughter was upset because the Christmas play had been called off due to the current dispute between the B.C. Teachers’ Federation and the provincial government. District assistant superintendent Al Balanuik said a notice was mistakenly sent out by the school’s music teacher earlier this year connecting the two. “It’s unfortunate that it was braced that way because the job action did not lead to the cancellation of the Christmas concert,” said Balanuik. “She’s feeling very badly about this.” He pointed out the job action did not prohibit several other schools in the district from
presenting a Christmas program. He said instead of doing one big production frequently schools, like Herbert Spencer and Queen Elizabeth in Queensborough did this year, will opt for other ways to showcase their students’ talents. Balanuik said instead of a big Christmas concert at Massey Theatre, several smaller shows are being scheduled for Spencer’s students throughout the school year. “What may have been maybe an hour concert will end up being a series of concerts,” said Balanuik. It’s up to individual schools to decide what they want to do in terms of performance opportunities, said Balanuik.
Adopt a bear Adopt a bear and help out kids at the same time. That’s what New Westminster’s Cartwright Jewelers is hoping happens this Christmas. For the 12th consecutive year, the Uptown store is raising money to support the CKNW Orphan’s Fund, which they have managed to do to the tune of $84,000 in the previous 11 years. This year they’re offering an
“adopt-a-bear” kit for $10 each. The kit contains a plush toy with all the stuf¿ng which can be sewn together in a few simple steps. They come in designs of tan, beige and white. The bears can be bought at 639 Sixth St., with all money going to the fund. Purchasers can also enter a draw to win a $3,000 diamond ring.
Aragon’s $100K goes to QCC hub The latest amenity contribution of $100,000 from Port Royal Village Developments will go toward supporting an early childhood development hub in Queensborough. The city is proposing to put $50,000 toward new equipment for Meagan’s Place playground, $40,000 for furnishings and equipment for the child care facility and pre-school program at Queensborough Community Centre (QCC), $5,000 for outdoor storage at QCC, and $5,000 on resource material. Lenny Moy, owner of Aragon Development Corporation, presented the cheque to council Monday to coincide with the issuance of a building permit for a 22-storey, 164-unit residential project.
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The city has come up with solutions to reduce nuisance activity and crime around 22nd Street SkyTrain station but is having dif¿culty implementing them due to TransLink resistance, says an area resident. Back in June, Kris Taylor, who lives across the street from the station, went public with complaints of urination, defecation, drug dealing and outdoor parties surrounding the station. Bylaw of¿cer Veronika Metchie, in a report to council, suggested a port-a-potty could be put up until a longer-term solution could be found. She also wrote that fencing should be installed along the guideway underneath the tracks. “The city did all the heavy lifting. TransLink, on the other hand, has been a
bureaucratic nightmare,” said Taylor, who sat in on a recent meeting between Metchie and TransLink. “There was not a whole lot of will on TransLink’s part to do anything immediately. I was quite annoyed with the whole bathroom thing.” The report notes TransLink policy is no washroom facilities at stations, which Metchie said may work in commercial areas, but 22nd Street is in the residential Connaught Heights neighbourhood. A portable washroom would be the quickest solution, but a longer-term one could be self-cleaning units similar to those being put up in Vancouver, or to have retail space with washroom facilities. The report also suggests fencing be installed from the BC Hydro substation below the SkyTrain to 20th Street. That would cut off access to an area which New Westminster Police have identi¿ed as an area frequently used for consuming alcohol and drugs, sexual encounters, physical
violence and access to homes for breakins. To make it happen, however, requires cooperation from the city, TransLink and the Southern Railway of B.C. which holds the right-of-way rights for the dormant rail tracks underneath SkyTrain. Metchie also suggests consideration should be given to converting the unused land for a positive use such as an area for taxis or passenger drop-off and pick-up. According to the report, calls to police from the area have decreased by 30 per cent since 2006, and is lower than most SkyTrain stations. But she notes nuisance activity has a greater impact because it’s in a residential-only area. “Determining who is responsible for various (security) aspects of the station is challenging,” wrote Metchie. SkyTrain staff, transit police, TransLink Security and bus drivers all have a role, but it is New Westminster Police who respond when 911 is called.
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Ideas abound for budgetfriendly holiday meals With so many people looking for alternatives to costly holiday fare, newspapers, magazines and online cooking sites are overĂ&#x20AC;owing with great ideas. But the key to hosting a successful seasonal meal is not simply Âżnding interesting recipes and purchasing lower-cost foods, but in creating and organizing a menu that works from start to Âżnish. The easiest way to do that? Make a plan and stick to it. SHARE THE COOKING AND THE COST
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Another option is to build your menu around a few dishes that can be prepared ahead and frozen. Cooking ahead saves money by spreading out food expenditures and avoiding last-minute shopping, which often leads to spending more money. GO MEATLESS
Vegetarian dishes can be far less expensive, especially when feeding a crowd. Consider replacing the turkey or roast with a pasta or risotto dish, roasted vegetable tart or veggie lasagna. Great sources of vegetarian recipes include vegkitchen. com, epicurious.com, vegetariantimes.com, and allrecipes.com.
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CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS EVENTS Treasure Room sale: The Arts Council of New Westminster 26th annual sale of work by Lower Mainland artisans including jewellery, raku, pottery, scarves, woven shawls, unique tree ornaments, Victorian inspired decorations and books by local authors. When: Until Dec. 23, 1-5 p.m., closed Mondays, or by appointment. Where: Centennial Lodge, Queen’s Park, New Westminster. Info: 604-525-3244 or artscouncilnewwest.org.
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Tiny Tim, played by Matt Parsons, is thrilled at the prospect of Christmas swan, but the rest of the Crachit family, played by Jordan Spanjers, Emma Leigh Hillier, Karen Woorad and Jordan Earle, don’t seem quite so sure in a scene from Vagabond Players’ production of Mrs. Bob Crachit’s Wild Christmas Binge. The play is a comical retelling of Charles’ Dickens classic tale. MARIO BARTEL/NEWSLEADER
When: Dec. 15 to Jan. 7—8 p.m. Dec. 15-17, 21-23 28, Jan. 5-7; 2 p.m. matinees Dec. 18, 26 and Jan. 1. Where: Bernie Legge Theatre, behind the Arenex in Queen’s Park, New Westminster. Tickets: $13 to $15, cash only please. Reservations: 604-521-0412 or reservations@vagabondplayers.ca. Info: 604- 521-0412 or www.vagabondplayers. ca.
Hotel Bethlehem: Ruby Slippers Theatre presents a raucous new Christmas farce by award-winning playwright Drew McCreadie answers the pressing question: What actually happened at The Inn that fateful, silent night? Audience members are playfully invited to consider another interpretation of what happened that night. When: Dec. 14-18, 8 p.m., Dec. 17-18, 2 p.m. Where: Studio Theatre, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby. Info and tickets: shadboltcentre.com or 604-205-3000.
A Child’s Christmas in Wales: A concert celebration of traditional and original words and music with New Westminster residents Russell Roberts and Colleen Winton and friends, accompanied by Brian Tate’s gorgeous original score. In support of the Street Meals Scholarship Fund. When: Sunday, Dec. 18, 7:30 p.m. Where: Canadian Memorial Church, 15th and Burrard, Vancouver. Tickets: $15 and $10 at the door, cash only. Info: 604-253-1707.
The Nutcracker: Royal City Youth Ballet presents The Nutcracker. When: Sunday, Dec. 18, 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Where: Massey Theatre, 735 Eighth Ave., New Westminster. Tickets: Adult $29, Children under 14 $24, Senior $24. Tickets and info: 604521-5050 or www.masseytheatre.com.
Choral service: The 25-member senior choir, under the musical direction of Rachel Alflatt, will present a choral service and will perform many pieces on the magnificent 45 rank Casavant Freres Pipe organ. When: Sunday, Dec. 18, 10:30 a.m. Where: Queen’s Avenue United, Queen’s Avenue and 6th Street, New Westminster.
Musica Intima: Holiday concert, featuring New Westminster-based alto Melanie Adams as soloist. Showcasing intima’s hallmark Christmas piece, Angels from Heaven Came, and many more. When: Wednesday, Dec. 21, 7:30 p.m. Where: Knox Presbyterian Church, 403 East Columbia St., New Westminster. Tickets: Adults $33, Seniors $28 and Students $10, available at musicaintima.org or 604-731-6618.
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A happy, fiscally sound Christmas season As global economic woes continue, holiday spending remains dif¿cult to predict. In 2010, holiday spending rose more than ¿ve percent from the year before, according to MasterCard AdvisorsTM SpendingPulseTM. That increase surprised forecasters, many of whom predicted holiday spending would decline for the ¿fth straight year. With the holiday season on the horizon once again, no one truly knows what consumer response will be. But many consumers ¿gure to exercise some restraint this holiday season, sticking to a budget when buying gifts for family and friends. While budgets are good ways to limit spending, a holiday spending budget doesn’t mean shoppers can’t still put a smile on their loved ones’ faces. In fact, with a few tips, holiday shoppers can stick to their budgets and still enjoy a happy holiday season. GET CREATIVE
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Holiday gifts don’t have to be bought at the local mall or from an online retailer. Gift-givers with unique talents can create their own gifts and save some money along the way. For example, shoppers skilled at woodworking can create a personalized wood carving for a friend or family member. Good at knitting? Knit a scarf, mittens or even a
blanket for a loved one who lives in a cold weather region. Such personalized gifts are often especially meaningful to their recipients, who appreciate the time and effort such keepsakes take to create. BE PATIENT
Nowadays, many families are so spread out geographically that they don’t always get together on Christmas Day. If that’s the case and you won’t be seeing your family until a few days after Christmas, take advantage of the special sales offered in the days after the actual holiday. Items are often heavily discounted, and if you can stay patient, your patience might just pay off with substantial savings. SET SOME GROUND RULES
Establish spending rules with family members before the shopping season begins. In an effort to reduce some of the ¿nancial burden of the holiday season, many families have begun to place spending limits on holiday shopping. This saves everyone money and ensures no one ¿nds themselves with substantial debt come the new year. EXCHANGE THE WEALTH
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Going big and bright It takes a lot of work and hydro for Joel DuPlessis to erect his annual Christmas light extravaganza Mario Bartel photo@burnabynewsleader.com
It started with a mechanical sleigh and reindeer cobbled together by Joel DuPlessis in the basement of his family’s Vancouver home from plans in an old woodwork book. Today it’s a light and sound extravaganza that consumes the front of DuPlessis’ home at 8222 Burnlake Dr. in Burnaby. DuPlessis’ epic Christmas display is a labour of his love for all things built with wood and metal, and linked with complicated wiring. It helps that he’s a grad of BCIT’s electronic technologist program and works for BC Hydro. Although, he’s quick to point out, that doesn’t mean he gets free power. And 20,000 lights use a lot of it. They also required him to upgrade the electrical service to his house, create custom panels to run the display and balance the distribution of electricity so breakers wouldn’t keep tripping. Setting up the show takes about 10 to 14 days beginning around Remembrance Day, says DuPlessis, 43. He even takes ¿ve days off work to put in long hours past midnight to get everything ready. But the effort is worth it. “I get the Grinch grin each time I light up one of my new features,” says DuPlessis, who’s been setting up a Christmas display for 25 years now. From that original wooden sleigh scene in which Santa’s arms and the reindeer’s legs were moved by a motorized wheel, he progressed to a giant Season’s Greeting sign, seven green trees, 12 miniature trees and a Santa that popped in and out of a chimney. All but the chimney are still incorporated in his current display. When DuPlessis, now married and with a young family of his own, moved to Burnaby in Jan., 2000, he confronted the challenge of ¿lling the front yard and front of his new house head on. He designed the lighting scheme for a huge tree on his computer and a friend devised a custom circuit to control its animated light show. With donated wood and speakers, he built new features and synchronized everything to music. When he plugged everything in for the ¿rst time, he says he wasn’t sure how his neighbours would react. “There was no round of applause or anything, but each year you get more honks and positive comments as people pass by,” says DuPlessis,
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In fact, he says, some of the neighbours seem to have caught the bug, as more of them are erecting brilliant light displays of their own. If they’re ever inclined to take it to the next level, he says the best advice he can give is to ¿gure out how to store it so it can be easily disassembled and reassembled year after year. The DuPlessis’ house and yard are lit up every night through the Christmas season. They accept donations for the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation, splitting the proceeds between the Autism Fund and Diabetes Fund.
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customers who have moved away from a nearby lot to maintain their support for Aunt Leah’s. T o find out more about Aunt Leah’s, or to order a tree online, follow the links at www.auntleahs.org
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How not to be a target of charitable fraud prone to report the fraud. But seniors should know that con artists don’t discriminate when it comes to their victims, and people of all ages are victimized each and every year, particularly during the holiday season when men and women most commonly donate. Before donating to charity this year, older donors should take the following precautions to reduce their risk of being victimized by con artists posing as charities. GET OFF THE PHONE
Seniors are commonly victimized by con artists over the phone. No reputable charity
will want you to donate over the telephone. Instead, the charity will want you to familiarize yourself with their mission and history and then make a donation based on your research. If a caller wants you to donate over the phone, simply request they mail you information about the charity and then hang up. If they’re a reputable charity, this should not be a problem. If the caller continues to pressure you for a donation over the phone, just hang up. A caller soliciting a donation might be a con artist, an employee of a for-pro¿t fundraiser or an employee of the charity itself.
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resources as well as a dishonest way to solicit donations. Seniors should not feel compelled to donate because they received free mailing labels.
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Con artists are especially good at impersonating a reputable charity, sending e-mails with a well known charity’s logo but a link that directs donors to a different Web site entirely. Never make a donation without ¿rst verifying a charity’s information, including how your donation will be used and how much of the charity’s budget goes toward the services and programs it provides. Charity Navigator, a nonpro¿t organization dedicated to helping givers make smart donating decisions, recommends donors give to charities that direct at least 75 percent of their budget on programs and services related to their mission. To avoid donating to a fraudulent or unworthy charity, research the charity and make sure your money will be going where you intend it to go.
No reputable charity pressures prospective donors into making contributions. That’s because they don’t need to. A reputable charity can afford to keep its lights on and its programs running with or without your donation. If a caller or a letter is pressuring you to donate, don’t succumb to that pressure and kindly decline to donate. DON’T LET ‘GIFTS’ PRESSURE YOU
Another tool employed by con artists or even less reputable charities is to send “gifts” to prospective donors. These can include mailing labels or cards. The hope is that recipients will feel pressured into donating once they receive a gift. However, a charity that is worth a donation does not need to resort to such tactics, which are a waste of
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Ultimately, if you decide to make a donation, don’t do so over the phone. Instead, send that donation directly to the charity to ensure the charity receives the entire donation, instead of a portion going toward a fundraiser.
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Donating money to charity is one of the most selÀess things a person can do. Unfortunately, criminals can easily prey on these selÀess acts, using a person’s desire to help the less fortunate for their own personal gain. Seniors should be especially mindful of fraud schemes. That’s because seniors are considered easy targets for criminals for a number of reasons. Seniors are most likely to have a nest egg and an exceptional credit rating, making them very attractive to criminals. What’s more, seniors are more likely to be ashamed if they feel they have been victimized and therefore are less
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: My parents are having some challenges managing their multiple medications. Do you have some suggestions for handling this issue and keeping them safe?
A: As we age, making sense of medications can become complicated. Many of us are taking multiple medications for various reasons and this can often lead to confusion. Two-thirds of all seniors take at least one medication each day and 25% take three or more. Because of the seriousness of this issue, I want to take some time to offer up some tips that can help seniors with their medications.
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While this sounds simple, it is common for seniors to fail to take their medications, or take them at the wrong times or in the wrong amounts. Be sure you understand how and when to take all your medications. Have directions written down rather than just communicated verbally.
Keep your medications in a cool, dark and dry place. The cabinet in your bathroom is, in fact, not a great choice. Try a dresser drawer in stead.
Wendy Scott is the co-owner of the Burnaby, New Westminster & TriCities Nurse Next Door franchise. For more information on Nurse Next Door’s services, call 604-268-6262.
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Hobbies arthritis sufferers can enjoy Individuals with arthritis are often stuck between a rock and a hard place. Doctors want people to exercise to keep up the range of motion in affected joints. However, even some limited movements can cause pain and suffering to those with arthritis. Furthermore, individuals with arthritis may shy away from the activities they once enjoyed because the pain is simply too overwhelming. Instead of simply sitting on the couch watching television, there are a number of different things arthritis sufferers can do to pass the time and reconnect with past hobbies and Container gardening is a hobby arthritis interests. It might just take a sufferers can enjoy. little re-out¿tting of the tools and bending associated with that are needed to participate. traditional gardening. With GARDENING containers, individuals can place Gardening is a popular pastime the containers on a counter or for people of all ages. But the table and do all the work at a repetitive motions of digging comfortable height. and tilling as well as gripping a Choosing low-maintenance multitude of tools can take the plants is another option. Plants joy out of the hobby. People with that don’t require as much arthritis can make some changes. pruning or repotting are good for Raised garden beds or container those with arthritis. Also, look gardening eliminates the stooping for tools with larger grips and
handles to be easier on arthritic hands. CRAFTING
Many people with arthritis ¿nd the ¿ne-detail work they grew accustomed to is not very comfortable with arthritis. Instead, there are many other crafts that can be practical. Ceramics are one craft where the activity can also be the exercise. Using a pottery wheel or hand-molding doughs and other modeling media can be a way to stretch and work the hands and ¿ngers. Using paintbrushes equipped with wider grips can make painting possible. Mural painting is another option. Again, those with arthritis can choose tools with wide handles to make grasping easier. Large designs on walls or canvases will be easier to handle than smaller pieces. COOKING
Cooking and baking is an art form that can be enjoyed by anyone. Furthermore, with ergonomic spoons, ladles and other kitchen tools, it has never been more convenient or less
Care providers propose improvements to senior care Black Press
In the wake of recent media reports and debates in the B.C. legislature regarding challenges facing care providers, seniors and their families, the BC Care Providers Association has taken action to try to help. The association recently released a series of proposals to provincial and regional health authorities aimed at improving the quality, transparency and ef¿ciency of the B.C. seniors care system. “These proposals reÀect ideas from front-line care providers and advance speci¿c strategies to further improve the quality of care seniors in B.C. deserve,” said BCCPA president Mary McDougall. Proposals include: • Wait times: establishment of a maximum time for seniors to wait hospitals for community residential care or home support services • Prevent elder abuse: improve the B.C. Care Aid Registry to better protect seniors • Standardized reporting: patient satisfaction surveys across B.C. for residential care should be improved and based on Fraser Health Authority model
• Disclosure: release complete funding levels for residential care facilities in B.C., including health authority-operated sites • User fees: ensure that 100 per cent of new B.C. user fees for seniors are reinvested in residential care and to improve staf¿ng levels across the province • Red tape: simplify and improve multi-levels of reporting, licensing, accreditation, quality assurance and inter-RAI MDS processes • Value for taxpayers: strengthen fairness and effectiveness of public tendering process for new residential care beds to ensure maximum value for taxpayers • Human resources: promote the use of nurse practitioners in seniors residential care facilities and best practices to improve retention of care aides • Family councils: enhance the use of resident/ family councils to improve communication at facilities and quality of care “We look forward to working in the coming year with the Minister (of Health) and health authorities across the province to strengthen our seniors care partnership and addressing oncoming challenges associated with the aging of our society.
labor-intensive to be an accomplished home chef. Baking and pastry creation is one area where people can show off creative skills. For those who love to bake but have trouble kneading and working dough, food processors, bread machines and kitchen stand mixers can take the work out of those
processes. Cooking is not only a rewarding hobby, but also an activity that can bene¿t the household. Having arthritis doesn’t mean a person has to give up on the activities he or she enjoys. It merely involves a few tweaks that can still make these hobbies enjoyable.
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HARWOOD FORD SALES, needs Licensed Automotive Technicians, 1 ´ hours from Calgary, Alberta, New Millenium Ford Dealership, state-of-the-art technical equipment. 14 service bays, unlimited flat rate hours, in the heart of oil country. Send resume Joel Nichols, Fax 403-362-2921. Email: j-nich70@dealeremail.com; gregharty09@gmail.com.
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All CDL Drivers Wanted: Excellent mileage pay + bonuses. Require valid passport. Deliver new & used vehcles long haul in U.S. & Canada. Piggyback training available. Toll-Free 1-855-781-3787.
GREENHOUSE WORKER Seasonal. Starts Feb. $9.56/hr, 40 hrs/week. Duties incl: transplanting, pot filling, some heavy lifting and bending. Outdoors. W.I.G. Greenhouse 6151 Thorne Ave, Burnaby. Fax resume to: 604-521-3178
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$17.00/hr to work in Langley lubricants plant doing mfg., warehouse work & shipping/receiving. Must be capable of physical labour, computer usage, & be meticulous & reliable. Experience in manufacturing and warehousing preferred. A minimum of 5 years work experience with references req’d. We offer a longterm career with a financially successful co. + benefits + RRSP plan. Send resume to:
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SALES PROFESSIONAL - Courtenay, BC Torry and Sons Plumbing & Heating is seeking a full time Sales Professional with 3-5 years of experience with proven success in direct sales. The ideal candidate would have Residential HVAC and Plumbing experience. Responsibilities include building customer relationships, meeting sales targets, educating customers, builders and contractors, and preparing pricing and proposals. For a complete job description and contact info, check out our website at www.torryandsons.com.
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BUSY, well equipped, positive Canadian Tire Service Centre in beautiful Fernie BC is hiring licensed Red Seal AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE TECHNICIANS. We offer competitive wages and benefits. Contact Jason Hayes @hayes.cantire@hotmail.com or 250-4234222.
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Serving The Lower Mainland Since 1988
CHOCOLATE LAB PUPS. Vet checked. 1st shots. Parents both registered. $550. 604-309-2390. COCKER SPANIEL / CAVALIER X, adorable males born Oct 6, vet chk, 1st shots, $599, 604-532-6380 ENGLISH BULLDOG, CKC reg. 6 wks old, shots, microchip, vet ✔ Healthy, happy, gorgeous. Health gurant’d. $2800. Call 778-895-8453
NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com NORWEGIAN ELKHOUND pups. Registered, micro chipped, 1st shots. Ready now. 604-823-2259 mitzvig@hotmail.ca RED NOSE PIT BULL - 9 months old. $1000: (Best offer) 604-5341094, 729-3990
HOME REPAIRS
Call Robert 604-941-1618 OR 604-844-4222 INTERIORS: Baths (renos/ repairs) specializing in drywall, doors, flooring, tiling, plumbing, painting, miscellaneous, etc. VERSTILE! EXPERIENCED IN OVER 30 LINES OF WORK! * Quality work * Prompt Service * Fair prices For positive results Call Robert SERVICE CALLS WELCOME
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MOVING & STORAGE
1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Real Professionals, Reasonable. Rates. Different From the Rest. 604-721-4555. ABE MOVING - $35/Hr. Per Person *Reliable Careful Movers. *Rubbish Removal. *24 Hours. 604-999-6020
RECYCLE-IT! JUNK REMOVAL Recycled Earth Friendly • Electronics • Appliances • Old Furniture • Construction • Yard Waste • Concrete • Drywall • Junk • Rubbish • Mattresses
On Time, As Promised, Service Guaranteed!
604.587.5865
www.recycleitcanada.ca
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TREE SERVICES A1-TRI-CRAFT Tree Serv. Dangerous tree removal, spiral pruning hedge trimming, stump grinding, topping. Insured, WCB Free Est Arborist Reports
Andrew 604-618-8585 $ Best Rates $
APARTMENT/CONDO
BURNABY
Super Clean ONE Bedrooms Quiet & well maintained bldg. Includes heat & hot water. On site manager. Cat okay. AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY Secure parking available. For viewing call:
New West. Crown Manor 430 – 9th Street. 1 bdrm apart, on site ldry, 1 prking spot. Close to shop ping, all amens. Heat & hot water incl. $760/m. 604-451-6676 NEW WESTMINSTER
Colonial House 435 Ash Street 3 Story bldg in great location. 1 bdrm stes from $760. Covered pkg, lndry rm, landscaped common area. Close to park, transit, shops. Heat & hot water incl’d. For more info & viewing call
Rozario 778-788-1849
DORIC MANOR 236 - 8th St. Bachelor, 1, 2 & 3 bdrm suites for rent. Includes heat / hot water and cable. Close to Massey Theatre, Douglas College, Royal City Mall.
Phone: 604-522-9153
BUILDING SUPPLIES
NEW WESTMINSTER
Large newly renovated 1 & 2 bdrm apts available in well-kept concrete building. New floors and appl’s. Freshly painted. Patio and large storage room inste. 3 laundries in bldg. Rent incl’s heat & hot water. Sauna & jacuzzi. 5 min. walk to skytrain, Douglas College & New West Quay. Close to all amenities. Please call 604-834-1756 www.aptrentals.net PORT COQUITLAM
CEDARWAY APT Bright & Clean 1 & 2 Bdrms D/W, Heat and hot water included. Close to schools, shopping & public transportation.
Call 604-837-4589 www.aptrentals.net
750
CLAREMONT TERRACE
** 6960 ELWELL ST ** Near HighGate Mall (formerly known as Middlegate) Quiet, spacious 2 & 1 Bdrms & Bachelor suites. Newly reno’d. Incls: Balcony, prkg, heat & h/wtr
604.465.3122
604-525-2661 BURNABY
752
BURNABY
Well maintained 2 bdrms with 1.5 washroom. Includes cable, heat & hot water. Secure parking avail. On site manager. AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY Quiet & well maintained bldg., walk to Highgate Mall & transit. Cat okay. For viewing....
TOWNHOUSES
PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1030/mo - $1134/mo. Shares req’d. No subsidy available. Orientation 2nd & 4th Sun. 2 pm & 3rd Tues. 7 pm each mo. 19225 119th Ave., Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 2B2. Leave msg 604-465-1938
TRANSPORTATION 810
1YR Seasoned Alder Birch Maple Clean, Split, DRY & Delivered. Family Operated for 20 yrs. (604)825-9264 BEST FIREWOOD 32nd Season & 37,000 Cust Deliv. Fully Seas. Maple, Birch, Alder 604-582-7095
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• Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings 100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331
1993 Chrysler Dynasty LE - exc. shape in & out. 6 cyl auto, loaded. air cared. $1400: 778-893-4866 2000 FORD FOCUS, standard trans., blue, 4 dr. sedan, CD, Air Cared. $1995 obo (604)826-0519
#1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200 AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673 2003 Cadillac CTS. Black on black, leather, sunroof. Must see! $10,500, Mint. Phone 604 809 6235 2005 CHRYSLER SEBRING convertible, silver, 84 k’s. auto. Mags. $6795/obo. (604)826-0519 2006 FORD FUSION, 4 dr, 39,000 kms, V6, all options, $7,950 obo. Phone 604-780-8404 2009 CADILLAC DTS, black, grey leather, mint cond, 47K. Must sell! $25,000 obo. Call 604-805-4545.
1991 MAZDA 626, 4 dr, auto, 175 kms, aircared, clean, great shape, $1200. Phone (604)937-0916 2002 DODGE NEON R/T standard trans., white, sunroof, used eng., new timing belt & clutch. CD stacker $3295 obo. (604)826-0519 2003 VOLVO V40, S/W, Blue, loaded 155,000 kms. auto. new tires. $5700 firm. Phone 604-538-9257. 2004 MERCEDES C230 SEDAN auto, sunroof, 47k, Gold Mist Mica over blk. leather, exc. cond. local, no accid. $14,230 (604)328-1883
Welcome Home ! 1 Bedrooms available near Lougheed Mall and transit. Rent includes heat & hot water. Sorry No Pets. Refs required.
Call (604) 931-2670
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CHECK CLASSIFIEDS bcclassified.com 604-575-5555
847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES
1999 CHEVY BLAZER, black, mags 2” lift 4x4, Air Cared, std. new clutch $4795 obo 604-826-0519 2004 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 4X4, auto, all options, dark green, 125 km, $9,300 firm. 604-538-4883.
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TRUCKS & VANS
1991 FORD F150, XLT Lariat 4x4, V8 auto, reg cab, 8’ box w/liner & canopy, new brakes, Aircared, more 210K. $2700/obo (604)820-8218 2004 GRAND CARAVAN, 36,000 KMS, v6, loaded, seats 7, $7950 obo. 604-780-8404
MARINE 912
BOATS
ALUMINUM BOAT WANTED, 10’, 12’ or 14’, with or without motor or trailer, will pay cash, 604-319-5720
828 COMMERCIAL VEHICLES 2001 Ford Diesel Ambulance. Approx. 270km. 10K worth of med. supplies incl’d. Earn up to 1000 per day. Leaving Province, will sacrifice for $23,999, no reasonable offer will be refused! 1-604-703-3934 OBO
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RECREATIONAL/SALE
2003 21’ WILDWOOD 5th wheel, light weight, a/c, awning, slide-out beautiful cond. $16,500 obo. Call 604-287-1127
2011 LAREDO 302LT
Elec. awning, elec. stab jacks, “family-sized” dinette, power tongue jack, LCD TV. $26,483 (Stk.30530) www.fraserwayrv.com 1-800-806-1976 DL #30644 FORD, 4 X 4 XLT LARIAT truck & Okanagan camper, very good cond., $3,500. Call (604)820-8218.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Notice is Hereby Given that creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Jacob Willem Breedyk, otherwise known as Jim Breedyk, formerly of 1801 - 1245 Quayside Drive, New Westminster, British Columbia, V3M 6J6, Deceased, who died on May 30, 2008, are hereby required to send the particulars thereof to the Executors, Ingrid Kanters and Laurens Elmendorp, care of Ingrid Kanters, 113 28 Richmond, Street, New Westminster, British Columbia, V3L 5P4, on or before the 10th day of January, 2012, after which date the estate’s assets will be distributed, having regard only to the claims that have been received.
SCRAP CAR REMOVAL
SCRAP BATTERIES WANTED We buy scrap batteries from cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 each. Free pickup anywhere in BC, Min. 10. Toll Free Call:1.877.334.2288
CROSSWORD ANSWERS
Call 604- 521-3448
FURNITURE
MATTRESSES staring at $99
The Scrapper
AUTO FINANCING
COQUITLAM
FUEL
FREE TOWING 7 days/wk. We pay Up To $500 CA$H Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022
1990 PONTIAC 6000, Air Cared, loaded, new winter tires, white, 4 dr., $995 obo (604)826-0519
MAPLE RIDGE WEST
Large newer ground level 2 Bdrm, New appl’s, inuiste W/D, Large modern layout, Patio, alarm, N/S, N/P Jan 1st $1000 incl’s heat, elec, H/W/cable, net
SCRAP CAR REMOVAL
Autos • Trucks • Equipment Removal
CARS - DOMESTIC
BURNABY, Edmund Stn. 1 bdrm bsmt suite. $600/mo. NS/NP. Avl. Jan.1.Incl prk/hydro.(604)936-2257 Burnaby:
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1987 CHEVROLET Celebrity Clean, 166,00 kms, $1000. obo Call 604-619-8596
SUITES, LOWER
STEEL BUILDINGS END OF SEASON DEALS! Overstock must go make an offer! FREE DELIVERY to most areas. CALL TO CHECK INVENTORY and FREE BROCHURE - 1-800-668-5111 ext. 170
545
818
821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS
www.aptrentals.net
518
AUTO FINANCING
NEW WESTMINSTER
Call 604-421-1235 WANTED, a caring older couple to adopt an affectionate Golden Retriever, 4 year old spayed F. Loves to go for daily walks, adores car rides, obedient, very protective. Call 604-541-0344
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TRANSPORTATION
WANT A VEHICLE BUT STRESSED ABOUT YOUR CREDIT? Treat yourself this Christmas to $500 cash back. We fund your future not your past. All credit situations accepted. www.creditdrivers.ca 1-888-593-6095.
Professionally managed by Gateway Property Management
Call 604- 522-5230
1 Bdrm Apts starting at $950 2 Bdrm Apts starting at $1200 Heat and hot water included. Dishwasher, fridge, stove, balcony, shared laundry. Avail Immed. Close to amen, schools and mall.
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE If I can’t do it It can’t be done
706
MAPLE PLACE TOWERS
★ Disposal ★ Renovations Debris ★ Construction ★ Drywall Pickup ★ Demolition ★ 7 days/week ★ Free Estimates ★
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RENTALS
GERMAN SHEPHERD Pups & young adults. Quality German & Czech bloodlines. 604-856-8161. MALTI / SHIH-TZU / POODLE X. Pups/adults. Non-shedding. Chocolate, white & beige. 604-820-9469
APARTMENT/CONDO
TRANSPORTATION
HOMES WANTED
www.dannyevans.ca
★ ★CALL NOW★ ★ LOW COST RUBBISH REMOVAL
Isaac 604-727-5232
BIG BUILDING SALE... “CLEARANCE SALE YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS!” 20X26 $4995. 25X34 $6460. 30X44 $9640. 40X70 $17,945. 47X90 $22,600. One end included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-6685422. www.pioneersteel.ca.
Homelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley
CHINESE SHARPEI PUPS MINI’S/TOYS-MALES -$1200.00 www.wrinklesrus.com 604-315-8774
706
MAPLE Ridge Downtown. 1 Bdrm . Clean, quiet bldg. Adult oriented. NP/NS. Heat, h/w, internet incl. $680 mo. Phone 604-463-7172.
615 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
HOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS
German Sheperd 21/2 yr old f, good temp., exc. family watch dog $500, 4 yr old f. beagle, exc. family pet $100 no Sunday calls 604-7963026
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
Burnaby Condo $455,000 ESPRIT North #1408 - 7325 Arcola Condo w/ mountain view. 2 BR - 2Bath -2 Pkg stalls, storage. sauna and exercise rm. Income $1650 Brookside Rlty Dave 604-240-3523
660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVE
50% Off Labour Winter Special
RENTALS
APARTMENT/CONDOS
WE BUY HOMES Damaged House! Older House! Difficulty Selling! Behind on Payments! Need to Sell Now? NO FEES! NO RISK! QUICK CASH! Call us First! 604.657.9422
PLUMBING
FIXIT PLUMBING & HEATING H/W Tanks, Reno’s, Boilers, Furn’s. Drain Cleaning. Ins. (604)596-2841
609
627
MILANO PAINTING. Int./Ext. Prof. Painters. Free Est. Written Guar. Bonded & Insured. 604-551-6510
Lic., Insured. Experienced/friendly service. Clogged drains, garburators, leaks & more. Sm jobs OK. Call Anytime 604-805-2488
PANASONIC KX-T7433C DIGITAL PHONE SYSTEM; Complete with 19 handsets. Excellent Condition, perfect for start-up office. Will accept best offer. Phone 604 3631397.
REAL ESTATE
(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint. NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services. www.paintspecial.com
Call Ian @ 604-724-6373
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CAN’T GET UP your stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help! No obligation consultation. Comprehensive warranty. Can be installed in less than 1 hour. Call now 1-866-981-6591.
3 rooms for $269, 2 coats any colour
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MISC. FOR SALE
• Tree & Stump Removal • Certified Arborists • 20 yrs exp. • 60’ Bucket Truck • Crown Reduction • Spiral Pruning • Land Clearing • Selective Logging ~ Fully Insured • Best Rates ~
CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866
A-TECH Services 604-230-3539
560
Tree removal done RIGHT!
Cane Corso Mastiff, 1 female, 3.5mo, vet checked, dewormed, docked, $600 obo. (604)845-2395
CRIMINAL RECORD?
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
Can’t Get Up Your Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift! Call 1866-981-5991
BORDER COLLIE PUPPIES P/B. Males $400, fem. $450. Vet chk, 1st shots Call 604-250-4360
LEGAL SERVICES
1-8-NOW-PARDON (1-866-972-7366) RemoveYourRecord.com
TREE SERVICES
Local & Long Distance From 1, 3, 5, 7,10 Ton Trucks Licenced ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 Men Free estimate/Seniors discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos
604-777-5046
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AFFORDABLE MOVING
MONEYPROVIDER.COM. $500 Loan and +. No Credit Refused. Fast, Easy, 100% Secure. 1-877776-1660.
✓ Do you Own a Car? ✓ Borrow up to $20000.00 ✓ No Credit Checks! ✓ Cash same day, local office www.REALCARCASH.com
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
DreamCatcher Auto Loans “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals
1-800-910-6402
www.PreApproval.cc FREE CASH BACK WITH $0 DOWN at Auto Credit Fast. Need a vehicle? Good or Bad credit call Stephanie 1-877-792-0599 www.autocreditfast.ca. DLN 30309. Free Delivery. Searching for your dream home or selling it? This is the location. BCCLASSIFIED.COM listings include everything from acreage, farms/ranches to condos and waterfront homes.
A28 NewsLeader Wednesday, December 14, 2011
BIGGEST
SALE OF THE
YEAR!
‘07 MAZDA 5 GT
‘07 MAZDA CX 7
MP1020 • ONLY 45K KMS • WAS $19,995
MP1021
15,896
17,900
$
$
‘09 MAZDA CX 7 MP1024 • GS, AWD • WAS $26,995
22,896
$
HURRY 13,496
$
‘07 MAZDA 3
‘09 MAZDA 3
B00155A
MP1040
SPORT ‘09 MAZDA 3 MP1047
ROLLA ‘09 TOYOTA CO B05359A
‘08 MAZDA 5
ATRIX ‘06 TOYOTA M MP1049
IBUTE ‘05 MAZDA TR MP1050
X-5 ‘05 MAZDA M
‘07 MAZDA 3
MP1033 • 88K KMS • WAS $11,995
10,896
$
MP1055
MP1014
‘05 MAZDA 3
‘07 MAZDA 3
MP1053
PREZA ‘02 SUBARU IM
B80234A
‘07 MAZDA 3
MP1048
ONTIER ‘00 NISSAN FR
MP1042
‘07 MAZDA 3
MP1009A
‘08 MITSUBISHI LANCER GTS
MP1003A
$
RAV4 1998 TOYOTA
MP1039
‘07 MAZDA 3 MP1041
‘07 PONTIAC 6 MONTANA SV 11412A
MP1031 • BCAA APPROVED • WAS $16,995
MP1054 • 86K KMS
14,995
FINANCING AVAILABLE
ALL 2011 MAZDAS MUST GO!
FOR BEST
SELECTION
THESE PRICES D O O G O O T ARE TO PRINT:
‘08 MAZDA 3 GS
the new 1595 Boundary Road, Vancouver | 604 294 4299 | Service Direct 604 291 ZOOM (9666) (Boundary near First Avenue)
Open 24/7 at www.newmazda.ca!
*vehicles not exactly as shown