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Some of the instruments Jeremie Tucker uses in her music therapy sessions at Queen’s Park Care Centre are made by the patients themselves. MARIO BARTEL/NEWSLEADER

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Music therapy has an uncanny ability to enliven people of all ages—whether it’s a child with autism or a senior with Alzheimers. Yet its practitioners say their work doesn’t always get the respect it deserves

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A2 NewsLeader Wednesday, February 15 , 2012

VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION FOR YOUTH

CITYPAGE PUBLIC PROCESS FOR THE DRAFT 2012 - 2016 FINANCIAL PLAN The City of New Westminster has completed its draft 2012 — 2016 Financial Plan. As part of the public consultation process, the City will be presenting the draft Financial Plan during the Regular Council Meeting in Council Chambers at City Hall on Monday, February 20, 2012 at 6:00 pm. (please note the revision of time to 6:00pm from the previously posted time of 7:00 pm.) The public is invited to attend the presentation, and afterwards may ask questions and provide comments regarding the draft Financial Plan during the open delegation session of the Council meeting. A budget information package including the draft 2012 - 2016 Financial Plan, a staﬀ report and a comment sheet will be available on the City’s website and for pickup from the Finance and Information Technology Department at City Hall (511 Royal Ave) on Monday, February 13, 2012. Residents may submit written comments regarding the draft Financial Plan to the Finance and Information Technology Department: Attention:

Director of Finance and Information Technology

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Deadline: February 24, 2012 The draft Financial Plan incorporates a proposed 2.25% property tax increase for 2012. This increase is required to fund a number of budget challenges in 2012, including collective agreement increases, operational and inﬂationary increases. Utility operating budgets for 2012 include the Electrical, Water, Sewer and Solid Waste Utilities. Utility rate increases are 5.9% for Water, 7.7% for Sewer and 4.0% for Solid Waste to address the increases in the 2012 Metro Vancouver rates charged to the City. The Electrical Utility rates for 2012 will be set in March/April and will follow BC Hydro’s rate increases to the City. The proposed General Fund capital budget for 2012 is $55 million and the capital budgets for the Utilities total $16.3 million.

GRADE 6 STAY ACTIVE PASS Students of Grade 6 age have now all been issued their application forms for the new Grade 6 Stay Active Pass. Forms were distributed through all local schools in early January. All Grade 6 students are eligible to apply for a Stay Active card that will give them 10 FREE admissions to any drop-in recreation program oﬀered by the Parks, Culture, and Recreation Department. IMPORTANT DATE: Students have until Friday, March 16th to apply for this pass. Applications will not be accepted after this date.

CITY PARKING PERMITS All city residential and visitor parking permits expire on March 31, 2012. Renewal fee for the year is $5.00 per permit. Please note: ICBC Vehicle Registration must be provided for residential permits and Proof of Residency must be provided for visitor permits. All permits can be renewed at City Hall. Please bring in your existing parking permit hangers when renewing. For more information, please contact the Engineering Department at 604-527-4592.

Information session for youth interested in volunteering with New Westminster Parks, Culture & Recreation Date: Saturday, February 25, 2102 Time: 10:00 am to noon Location: New Westminster Youth Centre 620 Eighth Street (Fir Room) Registration: Free, but pre-registration is requested. Call 604-519-1066. Additional info: - Students will receive two hours volunteer credits for attending - Orientation is mandatory for youth interested in volunteering with New Westminster Parks, Culture & Recreation - Orientation will provide information on volunteering at the Youth Centre @ Moody Park, Queen’s Park Petting Farm, Moody Park Arena, Century House, Queensborough Community Centre as well as at other facilities and general special events Contacts: Ruby Campbell, Volunteer Coordinator 604-519-1023 or rcampbell@newwestcity.ca Sandon Fraser, Youth Services Coordinator 604-515-3775 or sfraser@newwestcity.ca

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EVENTS Wednesday, February 15 1:00 pm Family Court Committee Committee Room #2 Monday, February 20 3:00 pm Working Session of Council Committee Room #2 6:00 pm Public Hearing Council Chamber

QUEENSBOROUGH RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION MEETING Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 7:00pm at the Queensborough Community Centre Agenda: - presentation from Stanley Paulus for St. Joseph’s new community hall and church on Ewen Avenue as well as our formal approval for a frontage variance for 240 Philips St Email qbresidents@yahoo.ca for more information.

ILLEGAL DUMPING Each month, many property owners, including the City, are faced with the high cost and burden of properly disposing of items that have been illegally dumped on unsuspecting property owners or on City property. If you are unsure of how to dispose of unwanted items such as old furniture, electronic devices and other household items, call Engineering Operations at 604-526-4691 and they can offer several ideas for proper disposal, including arranging a Special Pick Up Service for a small fee. There are also recycling centres that will take used TVs, computers and other electronic devices for free. If the items are usable, there are a number of charity organizations that will arrange a pick up for you. Please see the City’s website at www.newwestcity.ca under the garbage and recycling pages for more information. For property owners who fail to dispose of discarded items from their property in a timely fashion, even if such items have been illegally dumped, the Unsightly Premise Bylaw No. 5969, 1991, may be enforced, resulting in fines and other fees. Individuals caught illegally dumping items may be faced with a fine of $200 and/ or other enforcement action. If you observe someone illegally dumping on City or private property, obtain as much information as possible, such as a description and licence number, and call the Bylaw Department at 604-527-4657.

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Music therapy keeps them humming Association raises concern about potential cuts

‘IT BRINGS EVERYONE TOGETHER’

At Queen’s Park Care Centre in New Westminster, an elderly Wanda Chow Chinese lady taps happily on a wchow@burnabynewsleader.com drum. She may not speak English, eaghan Jackson sees but she can still participate in minor miracles at her sessions with music therapist job on a regular basis. Jeremie Tucker. A music therapist at St. Tucker, who has been plying Michael’s Centre in Burnaby, her trade since 1978, said music she regularly works with “bypasses all the grey matter” and extended care residents with can stimulate emotions, memories dementia. and motivation. “We have residents who are One lady resident couldn’t see unable to speak or who can’t or hear very well but could still tell you their name, or can’t play violin and piano. Tucker remember who I am or can’t arranged for a keyboard to be remember who they are. The placed in her room to allow her to minute I start singing they practise and perform concerts. start singing along as well and “She just blossomed,” Tucker smiling and interacting. It’s MARIO BARTEL/NEWSLEADER said. “She said to me one day, Meaghan Jackson works with Mary Johnson, one of her music therapy clients at St. Michael’s Centre ‘If I don’t do this, I wouldn’t do really quite amazing to see.” in Burnaby. Jackson said her work is anything.’” aimed at improving the quality of life the ones it did have, so no one had it, Another woman started mostly in It’s all work that Jackson, like most of everyone involved, and can assist Summers said. bed and isolated, and “now she’s the other music therapists, does through a patients’ health from physical, social, “They said, ‘we’ll have volunteers life of the party.” part-time position. cognitive, emotional and spiritual come in and play CDs,’ which is Tucker also leads group songwriting But there are some that feel even perspectives. insulting let alone they haven’t a clue sessions where residents can unload those part-time jobs are under threat Centre staff have noticed that frustrations. by health regions’ restructuring efforts. what we do. following music therapy sessions, “In general, music is so pervasive, A large lyric sheet on the wall of a NOT ALWAYS residents are in better moods, less people kind of get the idea of the recent work highlights this: “If you A VALUED PROFESSION agitated and require less medication therapeutic aspect but they don’t want to know what it feels to be me, The last major round of job cuts and attention. always know it’s a trained profession,” Start rolling around in a borrowed affecting music therapists in B.C. took said Summers, who teaches at Jackson does vocal and mouth wheelchair, Even though I’m in this place in 2002, said Susan Summers, exercises with some patients to Capilano University, the only provider chair, I have true feelings too...” president of the Music Therapy improve their swallowing abilities, of music therapy training in B.C. Resident Trudy Barnes, 93, is a big Association of which can be Fraser Health has not announced fan of the music therapy program. B.C. impaired due any cuts to music therapists, she “It’s not the easiest place to live, But about two to a stroke or stressed, but the association remains with the different types of people that years ago, the dementia. She Trudy Barnes, 93 concerned nonetheless because are here,” she said. Without music Interior Health helps mount an It’s not the easiest place to live, with the health authority appears to therapy, “it would be very lonesome in the different types of people that are Authority cut annual musical be considering the same sort of a way. It brings everyone together.” here. It brings everyone together. music therapists production, standardization as its Interior Even people who aren’t already in a restructuring counterpart. so “residents musical can participate, with the that the association found unsettling. have an opportunity to shine in the Music therapists assist people hand-chime class allowing residents to It decided to standardize its services through the entire life span, from birth perform according to numbered cues. spotlight,” performing in roles that so that each hospital has the same suit their abilities. to death. It can be effective in treating “Some of them look like they’re staf¿ng levels, Summers said. Unlike And for residents at St. Michael’s autistic children and people who can’t sleeping, then all of a sudden out it nurses, who usually number in the Hospice, she teaches relaxation speak, to people with behavioural comes,” Barnes said with a laugh. hundreds, if there is a music therapist techniques to help terminally-ill problems, dementia patients and • The Music Therapy Association in a hospital there’s usually only one patients sleep and to express pent-up people nearing the end of their lives. of B.C. is hosting a screening of the emotions, even say goodbye to friends working part-time. “We meet people where they’re at,” documentary, The Gift of Music: “We’re not everywhere.” and family. One way she does that is she said of music therapists. Stories of Music Therapy, at the So instead of hiring more music to help the patient write and record “They don’t have to have language, Vancity Theatre in Vancouver on therapists to ensure all hospitals had a song, which serves as a legacy for cognition or a verbal response.” March 29, 7 p.m. Info: www.mtabc. the service, Interior Health cut all their loved ones. com/page.php?177.

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A copy of the proposed Queensborough Road Closing Bylaw No. 7509, 2012 may be inspected at Legislative Services Department at City Hall, 2nd ﬂoor, 511 Royal Avenue, during business hours of 8:30 am to 4:30 pm from Monday to Friday daily, except holidays, from February 10, 2012. Please be advised that submissions received will be published on the City of New Westminster website, with other associated information.

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NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD Notice of Intention to Close Portions of City Lane and Exchange the Lands and Notice of Opportunity to be Heard Monday, March 5, 2012 7:00 pm The Corporation of the City of New Westminster gives notice of its intention to close to traffic: 1. That 251.8 square meter portion of laneway between the 200 block of Phillips Street and Hume Street, identified as Parcel C and Parcel D on the reference plan prepared by Christopher J. James, BCLS, certified correct on October 28, 2011, a reduced copy of which is attached hereto as Schedule “A” ( the “Lane Lot A”); 2.

That 112.6 square metre portion of the 200 block of Hume Street shown outlined in bold and identiﬁed as Parcel 1 on the reference plan prepared by Gene Paul Nikula, BCLS, certiﬁed correct on August 29, 2011, a reduced copy of which is attached hereto as Schedule “B” ( the “Hume Street Lot A”); and

That 142.4 square metre portion of the 200 block of Hume Street shown outlined in bold and identiﬁed as Parcel 1 on the reference plan prepared by Gene Paul Nikula, BCLS, certiﬁed correct on December 7, 2011, a reduced copy of which is attached hereto as Schedule “C” (the “Hume Street Lot B”).

The Corporation of the City of New Westminster further gives notice of its intention to dispose of those certain parcels of land described above and consolidated with the adjacent property in exchange for an equal area of the adjacent property which is to be dedicated as road or lane, as the case may be, as shown on the subdivision plan(s) shown in Schedule D, E and F.

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Schedule B – Hume Street Lot A

Schedule C – Hume Street Lot B

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Schedule F

Legal Description of Lands: a) Parcel A Portion of Parcel One (H94075E), Lot C, District Lot 758 Group 1, plan 6883 and Parcel B Portion of Lot 9, Block D, Lot C, District Lot 758, Group 1, Plan 2620, in exchange for the dedication to the City as “highway” of that 252.0 square metre portion of Parcel 1 shown outline in bold and referenced as “Road Being Dedicated Shown Unhatched” (Schedule D); b) Lot 58 Plan 26499 and Parcel 1 both of District Lots 757 and 758 Group 1, in exchange for the dedication to the City as “highway” of that 112.6 square metre portion of the lands shown outline in bold and labeled “ROAD” (Schedule E); and c) Lots 47 and 48 Block 17A plan 2620 and Parcel 1 All of District Lots 757 and 758 Group 1, in exchange for the dedication to the City as “highway” of that 142.4 square metre portion of the said lands shown outlined in bold and labeled “ROAD” (Schedule F). There will be an opportunity for persons who consider they are affected by Queensborough Road Closing Bylaw No. 7509, 2012 proposing to close the subject portion of laneway to traffic and removing its dedication as highway, to make representations to Council with respect to the closure of these portions of lane at the Opportunity to be Heard scheduled for Monday, March 5, 2012 at 7:00 pm, Council Chambers, City Hall, 511 Royal Avenue. Written submissions will be accepted by the Corporate Officer until the close of the Opportunity to be Heard. All persons who prefer to have their submissions available to Council members in advance as part of the agenda package must deliver their submissions to the Legislative Services Department at City Hall by 12:00 noon on Tuesday, February 28, 2012.

ART IN THE LIBRARY In the Reference Department, mixed-media artist Katherine Freund-Hainsworth tells tales of ﬁsh while integrating historical moments, elements of design, and combinations of colour with shape. On the Ramp, Harvey Tuura takes an historical look back with paintings of his experiences in marine and construction work. Bianca Jones prefers abstract painting in acrylic. The art can be viewed at anytime during library open hours at 716 6th Avenue.

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Wednesday, February 15, 2012 NewsLeader A5

Pattullo plans rankle

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Six-lane bridge will add more trafÀc onto already crowded New West streets: Bremner

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Hector Bremner got a sneak peak at TransLink’s plans to rebuild the Pattullo Bridge. He was not impressed. Bremner, who hopes to become the BC Liberal nominee for the New Westminster riding, attended a stakeholders meeting in Surrey last Thursday where TransLink revealed its options to replace the aging structure. Five options were presented, he said, all with slight differences in positioning, for a six-lane bridge including two lanes designated for commercial movement. On the north side, traf¿c would Àow on and off the bridge to McBride Boulevard, Royal Avenue and Columbia Street. Several aspects of the presentation bothered Bremner. Expanding from the current four-lane span to six would clog up the routes leading up to the bridge even more than they already are, he said, and there is no room to widen any of those streets. A six-lane bridge would be

safer and nicer, “but once it goes to the north side of the river, where does it go? It doesn’t go anywhere now, so what’s going to happen then,” said Bremner. “It’s just the reality of the way the city was laid out.” Bremner called for a broader transportation plan to be developed for the region that would incorporate more public transit, including adding light rail in Surrey, instead of a piecemeal approach of simply replacing the bridge because it’s deteriorating. “We have to better plan our communities so they can live and work in their community,” he said. “There are practical solutions here. These plans are being ignored, and we’re being told shut up and pay the bill ... Nobody’s debating these infrastructure improvements aren’t valuable, but they’re only valuable if they’re part of an overall regional plan. We’re just patching at this point.” Attendees at the meeting were told there were 13 options considered before being narrowed down to ¿ve. “I would have liked to have seen the other eight,” said Bremner. In 2008 there were calls for angling the bridge from North Surrey to Sapperton Bar so it

would connect with Brunette Avenue and the Highway 1 corridor. TransLink says it isn’t considering that option because it would be about twice as costly as the $800 million to $1 billion options near the current alignment, and it wouldn’t serve the traf¿c demand between New Westminster and Surrey. Bremner believes it should be considered. “It makes more sense to connect with that Highway 1 corridor.” “The team that’s handling this exercise is the same team that did the [United Boulevard Extension] outreach exercise. I feel the same issues that existed then exist during this exercise,” said Bremner. New Westminster city council has decided against participating in the stakeholder and public consultation process in favour of the city working on its own master transportation plan. Another stakeholders meeting is scheduled for New Westminster on Feb. 15 at Centennial Community Centre. That is also where the ¿rst public showing of the plans will be made on Feb. 21, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Another will be held at the Inn at the Quay two nights later.

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Saturday was World Happy Day. You’re excused if you missed it. Because it wasn’t marked on the calendar, or recognized in the United Nations. In fact, it was really just a publicity stunt to promote a new documentary ¿lm, Happy, that tries to answer the age-old question; what makes people happy? Canada ranks as the 10th happiest nation in the the most recent database of happiness, compiled by Erasmus University in Rotterdam. On a 10-point scale, Canadians rate their general satisfaction with life at 7.8. That’s about the same level of happiness felt by Swedes and Panamanians, but a bit worse than Costa Ricans, who rate themselves the most satis¿ed, happiest people on the planet. And pity poor Togo, who wallow in their lowly satisfaction score of 2.6, the most miserable place on earth, sadder than Benin, Congo and even Haiti. Curiously, North Korea did not participate in the study; although given that totalitarian country’s prohibition on individual thought, it’s hard to say whether North Koreans would consider themselves deliriously joyous or profoundly depressed. Their answers would probably hinge upon who was looking over their shoulder as they completed the survey. Of course any measure of happiness is completely subjective. One man’s happiness could very well be another’s misery. Like David Choe. Who? He’s a graf¿ti artist who was commissioned in 2005 to do some paintings for the walls at Facebook’s ¿rst headquarters. Instead of cash, he opted to take his payment in stock. He’s now worth an estimated $200 million. But he’s not happy about it. “I can never buy back my privacy,” he told a TV interviewer. Which just goes to prove the old adage, money can’t always buy happiness.

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Floating on a sea of gas VICTORIA – Premier Christy Clark’s recent fanfare about developing a natural gas export industry in northern B.C. included a major change in electricity policy. Last year Clark’s government forced BC Hydro to trim its operations and keep its next two annual rate increases below four per cent. Part of the savings will come from rede¿ning former premier Gordon Campbell’s climate strategy, which required BC Hydro to be self-suf¿cient in even low-water years, with no net electricity imports. The target is now self-suf¿ciency in average-water years, limiting expansion of independent power projects. It also means B.C. will import more gas-¿red electricity in the coming years, and burn some of its own abundant gas to generate new power up north. North America ¿nds itself Àoating on a sea of shale gas. Campbell’s plan entailed using B.C.’s big dams to stabilize and store power from new intermittent sources of hydro and wind, building the Site C dam on the Peace River and exporting clean

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energy at a premium in a carbonpriced North American market. Both the carbon market and the export market have evaporated. While B.C. was developing run-of-river to sell to California, the U.S. west coast built new capacity, much of it gas ¿red, after an electricity crisis that caused brownouts more than a decade ago. Today, Washington state producers are actually paying BC Hydro to take their excess power because they need to move it into the grid, and B.C. is the only place that can store it using dam capacity. NDP energy critic John Horgan is celebrating this change in BC Hydro policy. He says the government made a multi-billiondollar miscalculation by assuming California’s electricity shortage would continue inde¿nitely, and

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surplus power would be pro¿table. He says independent power contracts are part of BC Hydro’s current ¿nancial problems, but political interference in planning is the bigger issue. Horgan would not endorse the Wilderness Committee’s call to cancel electricity purchase contracts BC Hydro has signed for more run-of-river developments. Additional projects are planned for the Upper Lillooet, Upper Toba and Harrison Rivers in southern B.C., and the Kokish River on northern Vancouver Island. Most are aboriginal partnerships. Energy Minister Rich Coleman told me no contracts will be cancelled, and he rejected my suggestion that BC Hydro could end up with too much power in the wrong places and at the wrong time of year. BC Hydro can move power around as well as store it, and that ability will improve when the smart grid is completed. Independent power doesn’t end there. It shifts to northern B.C., where three lique¿ed natural gas projects will need output equivalent to two and a half Site C

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dams to operate. Coleman con¿rmed that at least one modern gas-¿red power plant will be needed to develop LNG, which is expected to be in business before Site C could be built. That powerhouse will likely be built by the LNG developers, and used to back up new intermittent sources of offshore and land-based wind and any river or geothermal sites available along a new northwest power line. B.C. will likely have a second gas-¿red power plant in the northeast corner, to supply the Horn River shale gas development and processing plant now underway. Coleman says that plant should be able to capture carbon dioxide and sequester it deep underground. Fort Nelson and points north will remain off the BC Hydro grid. Even with carbon capture in the northeast, Campbell’s greenhouse gas targets look to be the next part of his legacy to be abandoned. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press

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A different way of looking at school Re: Teachers work more than 9-3 (Letters, NewsLeader, Feb 10) Ms. Tomsics clearly demonstrates what is wrong with our public school system in her response to my suggestion that teachers work parents’ hours. This closed-minded thinking on the part of the BCTF, this rigidity and inability to see better and alternate ways of doing things is exactly what leads to this supposed “job action” every time collective bargaining begins. She also shares some sweeping generalizations that are just wrong. My father was a teacher for 40 years in the B.C. school system. I myself have taught summer courses for teachers during the summer break, bringing them up to speed on technological issues. So her Àippant dismissal, “Kris Taylor obviously has no idea what goes on in a school” merely con¿rms my worst suspicions: the BCTF is out of touch with the real world. Let me demonstrate how “out of the box” thinking works. A 2006 study by the Select Standing Committee on Health

determined that direct and indirect costs to the province of childhood obesity totals $1.2 billion per year. The province also spends an aggregate $219 million per year on child care operating funding and subsidies for a total of $4.4 billion over three years. In comparison, the BCTF’s contract demands would cost the province $880 million for a 16 per cent wage increase over three years, as well as $900 million for funding to reduce class sizes for a total of $1.78 billion over three years. Rather than giving teachers a 3-6-6 wage increase for more of the same, I propose something a bit more simple: a single 32% wage hike in exchange for an additional three and a half hours of instructional time per day, along with a one-time, $5,000 signing bonus to get the job done in time for next school year. This would cost the province $3.35 billion over three years—saving the province $1.05 billion per year. Enough money to nearly balance the budget. Ms. Tomsics cries out about

teachers volunteering their time for free after school in activities like school sponsored sports teams. However she obviously did not comprehend what I was suggesting to do with this extra three and a half hours of instructional time—a mandated two hours per day of physical activity. Perhaps she has dif¿culty imagining a school system that operates differently, but could school sports teams not be done during two hours of mandated physical activity? Perhaps she has a different de¿nition of physical activity than I do. She also crows about how impossible it would be for a single teacher to manage 60 students; does she not realize that B.C. has a glut of substitute teachers waiting for full time work; could a few physical education teachers per school not be hired so that the teachers could do their marking during this time? The KIPP school program in the US has shown excellent, immediate results with extended school days, and an independent

Mathematica study has found that students at nearly every KIPP campus outperformed their peers in traditional schools. Perhaps it is possible to still get your marking done with an extended school day; KIPP campuses have students in school for nearly ten hours per day. Surely our BCTF teachers are capable of similar performance. This banter by the BCTF and teachers like Ms. Tomsics clearly illustrates that there is little regard for their fellow British Columbians or students welfare in their activist thinking. I have demonstrated how our province can balance the budget, improve student academic achievement, have teachers paid for their extracurricular work, and wipe out childhood obesity all at the same time. Yet they say my proposal is “nonsense,” which is little more than a red herring. The BCTF is just greedy—and out of touch with reality. A new model is needed. Kris Taylor New Westminster

CREATE LASTING JOBS Re: Questioning U.S. ‘environmentalists’ (NewsLeader, Jan. 25) In his column about foreign interests contributing to Canadian organizations opposing the proposed Enbridge pipeline, Tom Fletcher acknowledges that foreigners also fund proponents of the pipeline. However, he writes, the distinction is that foreign oil companies “create jobs. Professional protesters destroy them.” This calls to mind Noam Chomsky’s maxim that when people of a certain ideological bent say the word “jobs,” one can substitute “corporate pro¿ts” to ascertain their true meaning. If we were really concerned about Canadian jobs, we would re¿ne the bitumen here, rather than pipe it out of the country in its raw form. Better yet, we could leave the bitumen in the ground and build up the Canadian renewable-energy sector, creating more jobs than anything we could possibly do with the tar sands—jobs that won’t be gone as soon as the oil runs dry. Greg DePaco New Westminster

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Absenteeism from school has the May Day committee contemplating eliminating Grade 6 and 7 students from participating in the New Westminster tradition that is more than 140 years old. District parent advisory council chair Wendy Harris is upset the district is considering excluding the older children at the Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Park Stadium ceremony. She said the committee, of which she is a member as the DPAC representative, should be looking at making May Day more relevant to the children who skip out. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Apparently 200 (Grade 6 and 7) kids from Glenbrook didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come to school,â&#x20AC;? said Harris, who also revealed those not attending from Lord Tweedsmuir was 46 per cent last year. When Harris, 52, grew up in New Westminster she looked forward to the excitement of May Day, even skipping high school classes to attend the ceremony she loved as a kid. In those days there was lots of anticipation, with the May Queen draw broadcast by CKNW and over every schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public address system. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was the only opportunity where you see all the kids in the district together, and each section would cheer for their rep. As a child, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re anticipating through the early years, canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait until Grade 5 or 6 and try out. It was pretty special,â&#x20AC;? said Harris. She said there are several reasons students are playing hookyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;one being boredom. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the same every year, the sound system is poor, and most people are seated far from the action. Bad weather has also plagued May Day, often prompting the cancellation of the school relay races. Harris said contingencies for an alternate day or an inside location could be made so students donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get wet. She said because many children must walk from their school to Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Park, some schools are telling their students to eat their lunch at 10 a.m. before they leave and are then hungry at 1 p.m. With all this, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no wonder they decide not to come, Harris said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fix the problems, engage the kids. Fix the problems and then see. Cutting out a big huge block of kids is no way to Âżx the problem,â&#x20AC;? she said, pointing out that kindergarten and Grade 1s were excluded about a decade ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would spell the end of May Day. The kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; perspective is being overlooked here. They have to be having some fun, they have to be getting something from this more than being trotted over.â&#x20AC;? One suggestion she makes to enhance May Day is, rather than requiring the girls to be in dresses and the boys in dress pants, to have them wear the cultural dress of their heritage, or even a T-shirt with a Ă&#x20AC;ag of their country of origin. She said she realizes money would be saved by not having to provide transportation for the two grades. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It can save a lot of money if thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no May Day period. Instead of a slow and painful death, sucking the life out of May Day by all the decisions being made, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time the community see this beloved tradition, a lot of people love it and lot of people havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen it,â&#x20AC;? said Harris. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of traditions that do change and do stop. Just because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been going on for 141 years it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going

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Chargehand In addition to performing Pest Control/Heat Treatment Operator functions for the upkeep of Commission properties, you will use your organization and problemsolving skills to direct, train and assign work to a team of pest control staff while ensuring safety and deadline compliance.

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An earthmoving company based in Edson Alberta requires a full time Heavy Duty Mechanic for field and shop work. We require Cat Dozer/Deere excavator experience. You will work a set schedule for days on and off. Call Lloyd @ 780723-5051 BBD is seeking an experienced person to join our Finance team full time, in the Port Coquitlam office. You will be accountable for the coordination and completion of all the financial day to day duties and responsibilities. The successful candidate must have Strong/Solid AP and Current Software skills; Closing Date: Feb 17, 2012 (www.bbd.ca for full posting) submit resume in confidence to: hr@bbd.ca

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Required for Maple Ridge Truss in Pitt Meadows. Must have a min. of 5 years exp. in the building construction industry. Wood frame construction knowledge is an asset.

Mature persons with car or truck to deliver Yellow Pages™ Telephone Directories in the Vancouver area.

Call 1-800-661-1910 or 604-421-9171 Mon.- Fri. 8 am - 4 pm

Skills Required; • Proficiency in reading Blue Prints • Ability to visualize in 3D • Must be computer literate • AutoCAD exp. an asset • Attention to detail a must • Ability to work in a team environment

DIRECT SALES REPRESENTATIVES. Canada’s premiere home automation and Security Company is NOW hiring AprilAugust. No experience necessary. Travel Required. E-mail resume: kkurtze@vivint.com Visit: www.vivint.ca LOGGING TRUCK DRIVER’S NEEDED IMMEDIATELY for Interior and Vancouver Island for well established Company (Kurt Leroy Trucking Ltd). Full time for 12 months. Please fax resume and drivers abstract to 250-287-9914. NO PHONE CALLS!!!!

Salary commensurate with experience. Group Benefits Plan.

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EXPERIENCED DRILLERS, Derrickhands, Motorhands and Floorhands. Seeking full rig crews. Paying higher than industry rates and winter bonus. Send resume c/w valid tickets. Fax 780-955-2008; info@tempcodrilling.com Phone 780-955-5537.

Community Skills Centre

EXPERIENCED Lane Closure Tech’s and Traffic Control people req’d. immediately. 604-866-9925 or email Traffic_King@shaw.ca

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INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SCHOOL. Locations in Alberta & BC. Hands on real world training. Full sized equipment. Job placement assistance. Funding available. www.iheschool.com 1-866-399-3853

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Inside Sales Specialist Black Press Digital has an outstanding opportunity for an Inside Sales Specialist to join their Digital Online Deals Team. This position involves interaction with markets across BC with focus on outbound calls and responsibility for identifying, qualifying and closing sales. You must be articulate and able to cultivate relationships with businesses and online advertisers. You will actively track and manage lead pipeline, and ensure 100% customer satisfaction. You will also educate prospects on all Online Advertising opportunities with over 110 Websites in the family of Black Press Digital. Qualifications: • Previous telesales experience preferred especially in advertising or directories • Exposure to formal sales methodologies • Knowledge of computer usage in a web-based environment • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Maintain records of correspondence • Excellent organizational and time management skills • Excellent interpersonal and client interaction skills with strong attention to detail and accuracy • Must possess a calm/professional telephone presence • Solid analytical and technical skills • Able to assume responsibility and work autonomously in a professional manner • Ability to remain focused and flexible during rapid change Black Press Group Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all applicants are given equal consideration. We will only respond to those applicants who most closely match the job specifi cations and requirements. We thank you for your interest in our career opportunities. Please forward you resume by Feb. 20, 2012 to: pwogan@blackpress.ca Attn: Paul Wogan www.blackpress.ca www.blackpress.ca

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EXPERIENCED HYDRAULIC Technical Salesperson; Great Wages & Co. htihyd@gmail.com

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HYDRAULIC Technician Trainees; Must have 3+ yrs as Mechanic; A Great Career; htihyd@gmail.com

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Martial Arts Instructor. Min. of 5 yrs. of teaching exp. in Taekwondo 5th Dan, Hapkido & Gumdo 2nd. Dan Black belts. $17/hr. Teaching Taekwondo, instruction using standard & innovative techniques. Give students feedback. Korean language an asset. Oriental Martial Arts College, 842-12th St. New Westminster. Fax: 604-526-2321. RECEPTION/BOOKKEEPER needed for busy auto repair shop. Some exp req’d. Resume to dino@marksautobody.com.

UP TO $20/HR We need 12 CSR reps now!

JOURNEYMAN HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC - required at HMI Industries, a growing metal recycling company based in Red Deer. Please fax or email resumes to 403.346.3953 resumes@hazco.com

JPK CONTRACTORS requires rough carpenters/joiners as soon as possible. Responsibilities: framing walls, roof structures, windows, doors, assemble and join wood components, install floor beams, follow blueprints. Full-time, $24.50/hour, Metro Vancouver job sites. Ideal candidate with high school completion and at least four years experience as joiner/carpenter. Please contact us at jpkcontractorsca@gmail.com. WELDER FABRICATOR ASSEMBLY LINE WORKERS A well established truck & trailer company has immediate openings for several experienced positions at their location in Surrey. These are permanent positions, wages are negotiable. Candidates who fulfill the requirement should: Fax resume 604-596-3106

PAID training. F/T Hours Benefits after 6 months Must be outgoing!!! ERICA @ 604 777 2195

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HEALTH PRODUCTS

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LEGAL SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 287

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

CRIMINAL RECORD?

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RUBBISH REMOVAL

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

SUNDECKS

ACCOUNTING/TAX/ BOOKKEEPING

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HOME REPAIRS If I can’t do it It can’t be done

PLACING & Finishing * Forming * Site Prep, old concrete removal * Excavation & Reinforcing * Re-Re Specialists 32 Years Exp. Free Estimates.

Call: Rick (604) 202-5184

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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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

AFFORDABLE MOVING Local & Long Distance

$45/Hr

From 1, 3, 5, 7,10 Ton Trucks Licenced ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 Men Free estimate/Seniors discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos

TREE SERVICES A1-TRI-CRAFT Tree Serv. Dangerous tree removal, spiral pruning hedge trimming, stump grinding, topping. Insured, WCB Free Est Arborist Reports

CLEANING SERVICES

CONCRETE & PLACING

• Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings 100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331 Queen Pillow Top Mattress & Box • 720 Coil 2.5’’ Pillowtop • Brand New • 10 yr. warranty • Your Price $490 604.807.5864 The Mattress Guy

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MISC. 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

615 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY

LICENCED & INSURED Cleaning Service. Res./Comm. Wkly/Bi-Wkly Free Quotes. Call 604-363-2475.

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FURNITURE

MATTRESSES staring at $99

RENTALS 706

APARTMENT/CONDO

BURNABY

MAPLE PLACE TOWERS 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.

Call 604-421-1235 www.aptrentals.net

Andrew 604-618-8585 $ Best Rates $

PETS 477

PETS

AMERICAN Terrier Pitbulls purebred. $1,000. negot. Vet ✔, 3 wks old. Reseve now. 604-217-2983 BEAGLE PUPS, tri colored, good looking, healthy, vet check $400. (604)796-3026. No Sunday calls Cairn Terriers: shots/dewormed. Ready to go to good homes. over 20 yrs of referrals. 604-807-5204 or 604-592-5442/604-854-1978

STEEL OF A DEAL - BUILDING SALE! 20X24 $4798. 25X30 $5998. 30X42 $8458. 32X58 $12,960. 40X60 $15,915. 47X80 $20,645. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca

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HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOMES BC The OLDER. The DIRTIER. The BETTER. Flexible Terms. Quick Closing. Call us First! 604.657.9422

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TOWNHOUSES

ABBOTSFORD. TOWNHOUSE in 55+ complex. 1200 sf, 2 bdrm. 1.5 baths, large living room, oak kit, 2 decks. Small pet ok. Walk to shops. Quiet area. Moving ~ must sell. $184,000. 604-308-0451 8am-7pm.

660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVE HOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS

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Homelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley

329 PAINTING & DECORATING Interior Painting. Drywall Repairs. Textured Ceiling Repair. Free Estimates. Call (778)709-1081

ARCO DRYWALL Ltd. Board, Tape Texture, Frame. New & Reno’s. 20 yrs exp, free est Mike 604-825-1500

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$36/HOUR. Local lic’d Plumber. Big & small jobs. Plumbing, heating, plugged drains, call 778-245-7646

ELECTRICAL

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

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283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS GUTTER Cleaning Service, Repairs Free Est, 20 yrs exp, Rain or shine. 7 days/week. Simon 604-230-0627

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PLUMBING

www.caliberwest contracting.com 604.764.9594

AUTO FINANCING

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

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

JUNK REMOVAL Recycled Earth Friendly

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Mr. Cleanup Disposal SAME DAY SERVICE Seniors Discount

Call Andrew (778)868-3374

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

Please call 778-994-2334 COQUITLAM: 2 bdrm 2 bthrm- 996 sf. Cls to shopping, Douglas College & amen. March 1. N/s, N/p. $1350/mo. Call 604-941-3259

847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

2004 JEEP GRAND Cherokee Ltd. 4x4, auto, green, 126K, $8800 incl. tax. Call 604-538-4883

Coquitlam Centre Area

Avail March 1, n/s, bright, spacious corner. Luxury 2 bdrm, 2 bath, 6 appl’s, F/P, ground level, priv fncd patio/yard. Located in prestigious Silver Springs complex. Whistler style clubhouse, 2 sec parking + storage Cat OK. $1375. + hydro

Donna 604.202.8485

COQUITLAM, low rise concrete bldg, 2nd flr, 2 bdrm, 2 baths, undg sec. prk, gas F/P, balcony, $1150. Avail. immed. Call (778) 889-3731.

DORIC MANOR 236 - 8th St.

Phone: 604-522-9153

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CEDARWAY APT Bright & Clean 1 & 2 Bdrms Chihuahua pups, born news years eve, dewclaws, deworm, 1st shots, 1 m/2 f, sable, $750. (604)796-8685 Dble. yellow head Amazon parrot w/extra large cage. Exp. lrge bird keepers only.$1400. 604-823-6782.

DreamCatcher Auto Loans “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

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WANT A VEHICLE BUT STRESSED ABOUT YOUR CREDIT? Christmas in February, $500 cash back. We fund your future not your past. All credit situations accepted. www.creditdrivers.ca 1-888593-6095.

Call 604-837-4589

2005 CHRYSLER SEBRING convertible, silver, 84 k’s. auto. Mags. $6795/obo. (604)826-0519

CO-OP RENTALS

NEW WESTMINSTER

QUEEN’S PARK CO-OP 3 Bdrm Townhouse $979/mo. Avail. April 1st Share cost $2000. Must participate.

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

For eligibility proof of income mandatory.

POMERIAN Teacup loving babies, 1st shots, dewormed, dew claws done $650 + (604)581-2772

Please bring to orientation notice of tax assessment and last 3 months of pay cheques.

Samoyed Pups Champion Sired, Vet chk/ vac. $1200: 604-630-7788 www.summerhillsamoyeds.com

No subsidy. 386 Ginger Drive Fax: 604-520-9713 Call: 604-520-3886

Yorkshire Terrier, 10 wks M&F Shots & dewormed. Vet checked Black & tan. $900. 778-708-7932

Orientation: Friday Feb. 17 @ 7 p.m.

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AUCTIONS

Auction Water/Wine Bottling Line, Bottling Line, s/s tanks, filtration system, restaurant equipment & more. Feb 25, 11AM, West Kelowna, BC, View photos at (Special Auction) doddsauction.com 1-866-545-3259

BUILDING SUPPLIES

SAWMILLS from only $3997 MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800566-6899 Ext:400OT. STEEL BUILDINGS FOR ALL USES! Spring Deals! Make an offer on sell-off models at factory and save thousands NOW! Call for FREE Brochure - 1-800-668-5111 ext. 170.

CARS - DOMESTIC

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS 1998 TOYOTA COROLLA, $1,000. 120 Km, runs well, good cond. Fairly new tires. (604)944-6356. 2003 CHEVY MALIBU, 110,000 km., auto, V6, Air Cared, good tires, $4300 obo (604)531-3251 2004 MERCEDES C230 SEDAN auto, sunroof, 47k, Gold Mist Mica over blk. leather, exc. cond. local, no accid. $12,230 (604)328-1883

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AUTO SERVICES

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.

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ENGLISH BULLDOG PUPPIES Male/Female, shots, micro-chip, vet checked, health guarantee. $2400. Call 604-970-3807.

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RENTALS 706

APARTMENT/CONDO

Burnaby:

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

604-525-2661

HOMES FOR RENT

Coquitlam - Totally Reno’d 3 bdrm rancher. Cls to schools & shops. Priv bkyrd. $1650. 604-913-7785 PITT MEADOWS. 2 & 3 bdrm. in family complex. Close to bus, schools & shopping. Ref’s req’d. Small pets okay, $1030/$1134/mo. Avail. immed. 604-465-1938.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS NOTICE is hereby given that creditors and others having claims against the Estate of: Detlef Gerhard Schroeder, deceased, formerly of #102 – 74 Miner St. New Westminster, B.C., are required to send full particulars of such claim to the undersigned Executrix at 2094 Topaz St Abbotsford B.C. V2T 3W6, on or before the 10th day of March, 2012, after which date the Estates assets will be distributed, having regard only to claims that have been received. Executrix Johanna Roy NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Notice is hereby given to Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Claire Yvette Graziano, late of #707 – 25 Clute St., New Westminster, BC that the particulars of their claim should be sent to the solicitor for the estate at #235 – 550 Sixth Street, New Westminster, BC, V3L 3B7, on or before the 23rd day of February, 2012, after which date the solicitor for the estate will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the executor then has notice. To: the Defendant Sarbjit Bains

2000 Suncruiser 35U

Dual pane windows, awning, 6000 watt generator, heated tanks, fantastic fan and more! $47,983 (Stk.30951A) www.fraserwayrv.com 1-800-806-1976 DL #30644

2011 AUTUMN RIDGE 264RKS

TAKE NOTICE THAT on 02/Nov/2011 an order was made for service on you of a Notice of Civil Claim issued from the Vancouver Registry of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in proceeding number M105001 by way of this advertisement. In this proceeding, the Plaintiff claim(s) the following relief against you for damages resulting from a motor vehicle accident which occurred on October 13, 2008 at or near the intersection of Cariboo Road and Storemont Avenue, in the City of Burnaby, the Province of British Columbia. You must file a responding pleading/response to petition within the period required under the Supreme Court Civil Rules failing which further proceedings, including judgment, may be taken against you without notice to you.

SUITES, LOWER

NEW WESTMINSTER, Massey Hts. Brand new large bright 2 bdrm bsmt executive suite in clean quiet home. Nr Douglas College, SFU, shops/transit. Lrg living, bdrms, full bathrms, W/D, new appls. NS/NP. $1,600/mo. 778-237-7753.

2004 F350 LARIAT CREW CAB, 4X4, long box, 180K, full load $15,500/obo. 604-812-1278

RECREATIONAL/SALE

POCO: Very clean 2 bdrm SXS duplex, big yard, garden, garage. NP/NS. $1200/mo Avail. immed. 604-942-5492 & 778-865-1555.

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1999 CHEVY VENTURE, white, auto, rebuilt trans, head gasket, new brakes, $2495. (604)826-0519

NEED A VEHICLE? EASY FINANCE!! Low Payments! $99 Delivers 24 Hour Approval. We Deliver! 3,000 Vehicles to choose. Call Now! Marty 1-800-916-1737 Big Discounts! www.eagleridgegmc.com

D/W, Heat and hot water included. Close to schools, shopping & public transportation.

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TRUCKS & VANS

1992 PLEASURE-WAY Dodge van, 318 engine, 4 spd., no rust, many upgrades, mint cond. $20,900 obo (604)853-2427

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RUBBISH REMOVAL

RECYCLE-IT!

Need A Vehicle! Guaranteed Auto Loan. Apply Now, 1.877.680.1231 www.UapplyUdrive.ca

1/2 mo. Rent FREE! Bright, large 1 bedroom for rent in a newly reno’d building. Large balcony, freshly painted with hardwood floors. 2 Min walk to Highgate Mall & all major transit.

HOUSES FOR SALE

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 356

Autos • Trucks • Equipment Removal FREE TOWING 7 days/wk. We pay Up To $500 CA$H Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022

Walker Manor

Move-Allowance

CAVALIER King Charles Spaniels, vet checkd, vaccinated. Champion Sired. (604)630-7788

MINI SCHNAUZER pups. 1st shots, dewormed, tails docked, vet ✓ $800/ea. Call 604-657-2915.

• Estate Services • Electronics • Appliances • Old Furniture • Construction • Yard Waste • Concrete • Drywall • Junk • Rubbish • Mattresses & More!

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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

The Scrapper

Bachelor, 1, 2 & 3 bdrm suites for rent. Includes heat / hot water and cable. Close to Massey Theatre, Douglas College, Royal City Mall.

Andy’s Pressure Washing & Driveway Sealing (778)868-3374

CUSTOM HOMES

Since 1972 Dan 778-837-0771

TRANSPORTATION

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL #1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200

BURNABY

CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are Spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977

GOLDEN Retriever puppies, born Jan. 7th, family raised, very well socialized, 1st shots & deworming included. Mission 604-820-4827.

High Caliber Construction Repair, Replace, Remodel...

A-1 CONTRACTING. Renos. Bsmt, kitchens, baths, custom cabinets, tiling, plumbing, sundecks, reroofing. Dhillon 604-782-1936.

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Move-In Incentive. Bright, large newly reno’d 1 and 2 bedroom suites for rent. Heat & h/w incl’d. New hardwood floors, huge balcony. Only 2 min walk to Metrotown Mall. Please call 604-336-4638 to view. Move in TODAY!

CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

PRESSURE WASHING

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

• Basement, Kitchen & Bath Remodels • Room Additions • Drywall • Paint • Texture • Finishing • Floors & More

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

Villa Del Mar

604-537-4140

DRYWALL

752

TRANSPORTATION

BURNABY

NEW WESTMINSTER

626

SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured Competitive rates. Wknd Specials. Call Frank: (604) 435-8240

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RENTALS

6630 Telford Ave.

30 years experience, Business, Non-profit Organizations, Housing & Personal taxes, payroll. Gilles 604-789-7327, 604-946-0192 www.scorpio-consulting.com

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REAL ESTATE

ACCOUNTING BOOKKEEPING SERVICES

RTA Accounting - Corporate & Personal Tax - Full Cycle Bookkeeping - Payroll, T4s. Call 604-889-0410

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

Sleeps 4-6, DSI water heater, A/C, ext. speakers, microwave, 3-burner range and more! $19,483 (Stk.30630) www.fraserwayrv.com 1-800-806-1976 DL #30644

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SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

You may obtain, from the Vancouver Registry, at 800 Smithe Street, Vancouver, BC, a copy of the Notice of Civil Claim and the order providing for service by this advertisement. This advertisement is placed by the Plaintiff whose address for service is Suite 1103 - 475 Howe Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 2B3. Phone 604-681-9344, Fax 604-682-3844 and email mak@kazlaw.ca

A20 NewsLeader Wednesday, February 15 , 2012

VOTED BEST INDIAN RESTAURANT 7 YEARS IN A ROW

PLACE

LUNCH BUFFET

$10.95

ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT

D EXCELLENCE E U N TI N O C F O S R 13 YEA HVIR BAINS! WITH OWNER, LAK

Per Person, Mon. to Fri. 11:30 am - 2:30 pm

MENU Appetizers

Lamb Specialties

Rice Specialties

All Dishes Cooked with Ginger & Garlic Alu Mater Samosa Alu Tikka Bhajia Paneer Pakora Fish Pakora Chicken Pakora

All Dishes Cooked with Ginger & Garlic Lamb Curry Rogan Josh Lamb Vindaloo Bhuna Gosht Lamb Palak Lamb Shahi Korma Lamb Makhani

All Dishes Cooked with Ginger & Garlic Plain Basmati Rice Vegetable Biryani Chicken Biryani Beef Biryani Lamb Biryani Prawn Biryani

All of the above dishes are served with chutney

Vegetarian Specialties All Dishes Cooked with Ginger & Garlic Mater Paneer Kofta Curry Saag Paneer Saag Alu Chana Masala Chana Saag Vegetable Curry Eggplant Bhartha Gobi Alu Paneer Shahi Korma Vegetable Korma Malai Kofta Dal Turka/Dal Makhni Ask for mild, medium or hot

Chicken Specialties All Dishes Cooked with Ginger & Garlic Chicken Curry Chicken Vindaloo Chicken Tikka Masala Chicken Palak Chicken Josh Chicken Malai Butter Chicken Chicken Korma Chilli Chicken

Ask for mild, medium or hot

Beef All Dishes Cooked with Ginger & Garlic Beef Curry Beef Vindaloo Beef Madrasi Beef Palak Beef Bhuna

Seafood Specialties All Dishes Cooked with Ginger & Garlic Fish Masala Fish Vindaloo Fish Curry Prawns Masala Prawn Vindaloo Prawn Malai

Indian Breads All Dishes Cooked with Ginger & Garlic Tandoori Roti Naan Garlic Naan Vegetable Naan Chicken Naan Paratha Alu-Paratha Shahi Kulcha

Accompaniments Papadam Mango Chutney Spicy mixed pickles Dahi Raita Garden Fresh Salad

Clayoven

Desserts

All Dishes Cooked with Ginger & Garlic Chicken Tandoori Half Seekh Kabob Chicken Tikka Lamb Tikka Indian Star Special Dinner

Rasmalai Galab Jamun Mango Ice-Cream Kheer

Ask for mild, medium or hot

WE PAY THE HST

Pick up only. With coupon. Expires February 29, 2012.

Tel: 604-516-0649 Fax: 604-515-0639

420-6TH ST, NEW WESTMINSTER www.indianstarrestaurant.com CATERING NOW AVAILABLE Open : Mon. - Thurs. 11:30 am - 10 pm, Fri. & Sat 11:30 am - 10:30 pm, CLOSED Sunday

FULLY LICENSED • EAT IN • TAKE-OUT • DELIVERY • OPEN MON-SAT

DIRECT PAYMENT