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QUEENSBOROUGH RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION MEETING Tuesday, December 6 at 7:00 pm in the Queensborough Community Centre. Meet the folks from the new Medical Clinic and the recently opened Chinoy’s Supermarket.
CITYPAGE 26 WEEKS TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, ARE YOU PREPARED? For the next 26 weeks leading up to Emergency Preparedness Week May 6, 2012, the City of New Westminster’s Emergency Management OďŹƒce 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 OďŹƒce 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.
GOVERNOR GENERAL’S LITERARY AWARD NOMINATED AUTHOR TO SPEAK AT NEW WESTMINSTER PUBLIC LIBRARY New Westminster author and nominee for the Governor General’s Literary Award JJ Lee will talk about his new book The Measure of a Man - part personal memoir, part social history of the suit - at the New Westminster Public Library on Thursday, December 1 at 7:00 pm. As space is limited, pre-register at 604-527-4667. JJ Lee is the menswear columnist for the Vancouver Sun and broadcasts a weekly fashion column for the CBC Radio in Vancouver.
NEW BUSINESSES The City of New Westminster would like to welcome the following new businesses to the City in October 2011. A/X Armani Exchange ............................................................................... F120-805 Boyd St Aqua Market .................................................................................................. 722 Carnarvon St Centered Lifestyle Services .................................................................... 544 Columbia St Coast Mountain Pizza Company ........................................................... 465 E Columbia St Dr Jagdeep Ubhi Inc................................................................................... 401-223 Nelson’s Cres Enterprise Rent-A-Car ............................................................................... 1321 Third Ave Jiy Move ....................................................................................................... 400-604 Columbia St Jolene’s Natural Handmade Soap ......................................................... 810 Quayside Dr Kay Family Sushi Inc ................................................................................... 270 E Columbia St Kjm Urban Gardens Ltd ............................................................................ 101-810 Quayside Dr One Stop Outlets ........................................................................................ 30-800 Mcbride Blvd Pamola Bakery & Deli Inc ......................................................................... 117-810 Quayside Dr PJJ Crafts & Stu ........................................................................................ B-707 Front St Sarpino’s Pizzeria ......................................................................................... 789 Carnarvon St Steve’s Comics .............................................................................................. 437 E Columbia St Take Five Cafe .............................................................................................. 202 E Columbia St TD Canada Trust .......................................................................................... 280 E Columbia St Thrifty Foods ................................................................................................. 270 E Columbia St
Baljit Johal will present his development (311 Johnston Street) requesting a frontage variance.
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.
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The updated Master Transportation Plan will guide decisionmaking 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 ďŹ lling out the online survey.
SNOW REMOVAL NOTICE Property owners and occupants in New Westminster are reminded that the City’s Street and TraďŹƒc Bylaw requires snow and ice to be removed from sidewalks abutting their property by no later than 10:00 am of the day following a snowfall event. Please clear the sidewalks of snow and ice to the full length and width and down to bare concrete. Please do not shovel snow onto the street. Please do not use salt as it will damage the surface of the sidewalk. De-icing products are available for purchase at local retailers. Seniors who are unable to clear their sidewalks due to physical limitations or health issues, and who have not been successful in acquiring assistance from neighbours, family or friends, may wish to contact the Seniors Services Society at 604-520-6621. For more information on snow removal and the City’s priority response routes, please visit www.newwestcity.ca.
NOTICE TO RESIDENTS In the coming weeks, the 2012 Curbside Collection Calendar will be arriving at your door. Be sure to keep it handy all year round as it contains important information with respect to collection programs and other City related info. Should you not receive one by the end of December, or ďŹ nd you need another, calendars will be available at the following locations: City Hall, Library, Community Centres, Recycling Depot, and Tow Yard/Animal Shelter.
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iving high up on Burnaby’s South Slope means plenty of sun to warm a home. It also means hot real estate prices, and the thermostat is being turned up, to a large degree, by foreign buyers. Their effect on the overall market has also brought about some heat for politicians to consider foreign ownership restrictions. ReMax realtor Phil Moore, who along with his wife Doris Gee runs www.realestateburnaby.com, has seen prices in certain areas of Burnaby rise dramatically recently because of buyers from Asia. In the past couple of decades, foreign Asian buyers have driven up the prices in the west side of Vancouver and Richmond. But ever since Japan was hit by a devastating earthquake and an ensuing tsunami in March, many have been reluctant to buy in Richmond, a community that is below sea level. So they’ve been seeking higher ground, in many cases, in Burnaby, says Moore. “Burnaby always gets a trickle effect, but now with Richmond not getting anything at all Burnaby is getting the gains,” he says.
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While prices have soared in New Westminster, it’s nothing compared to Burnaby, where the rise has been stratospheric. This house at 7070 Dow Avenue in Burnaby sold for $375,500 in 2001, and recently sold again for $1.16 million.
years for the owner who purchased it in August 2001 for $375,000. However, go down the hill a few blocks and the price slides. That happens in many locations. On one three-block stretch in upper Deer Lake, many of the lots on one side of the street with unobstructed views of the North Phil Moore, realtor Shore mountains have Burnaby is very attractive because it is up high expansive rebuilt homes and for its proximity to Metrotown for the on them, while the other Asians. side, which is well below street level has just one. “There are two areas of Burnaby “It’s really street by street,” said that are really, really hot and those Moore. “[Foreign Asians] do like are Metrotown, and an area north of the view, they like the high side of Metrotown known as Forest Glen.” the street, they like streets that have In September, Gee and Moore sold a sidewalks, streets that have back lanes South Slope house near Metrotown for and streets that have newer houses on $1.16 million. That more than tripled them ... They don’t like to go down to the Dow Avenue abode’s value in 10 your front door, they like to go up to
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Just a few SkyTrain stops away in New Westminster and it’s a different story, at least when it comes to houses. Although much of New West is high on a slope, it hasn’t seen the same pressure from foreign buyers. It has for the city’s residents, though. Steve Goodwin of Park Georgia Realty recently listed a Queen’s Park area home for $1.6 million. Only two of those expressing interest didn’t have a New Westminster connection. Potential buyers already lived in the city or grew up there. “It’s amazing how many people that have left and come back,” says Goodwin, who has been selling in New West for 15 years after 10 in Langley. “That includes myself.” Please see MANY RESISTANT, A10
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Greg Passmore of Santa’s Brass Band warms up his trombone prior to the start of last year’s Hyack Christmas Parade of Lights. The event returns on Saturday.
Parade adds sponsor CIBC to be handing out goodies during Parade of Lights; title sponsor hoped to be beginning of more corporate contribution in future Hyack Events
how much we can elevate the status of our major sponsors, they will notice a difference right away,” said Smith, who would not reveal how much CIBC is contributing. With the new sponsorship also comes a new poster, logo and banner for the parade, which starts Saturday at 4 p.m. More than 50 entries will begin Grant Granger ggranger@newwestnewsleader.com at Columbia and Fourth Street and go west on Columbia to Eighth Street. The lighting of a 21-foot It may be the 25th annual Christmas Parade of Christmas tree will follow the parade at Hyack Lights rolling down Columbia Street on Dec. 3, but Square starting at 5 p.m. it will be the ¿rst with a title sponsor. The Hyack Parade Committee has named Alan CIBC, which will be opening a new branch at DeGenova as its honourary parade marshall. the New Westminster SkyTrain station in DeGenova spearheaded the drive to build December, has added its name to the of¿cial Honour House, a residence for military and title of the event. It’s a deal departed Hyack ¿rst responder personnel and their families to Festival Association executive director stay while receiving medical treatment. Melanie Vogel worked out. Free parking will be available in the Her successor, Douglas Smith, said now Downtown Parkade, although access will it’s his job to make sure CIBC receives be closed between 3:30 and 5 p.m. for the SMITH “tremendous residual value for their parade. investment. Hopefully we can turn this into The festivities will also require some a long-term sponsorship agreement. It’s very much traf¿c diversions. Westbound traf¿c on Columbia in keeping with what I’m trying to achieve for our Street from the Pattullo Bridge to Fourth Street events.” will be closed from 1 to 6 p.m., except for traf¿c Smith said the CIBC plans to have 65 staff accessing the bridge. Eastbound traf¿c will Àow decorated with lighted Christmas hats giving until 3 p.m., when it will then be sent to Stewardson out goodie bags during the parade, which is Way and onto Front Street until 6 p.m. co-sponsored by the Downtown New Westminster Access to Columbia from Fourth, Sixth, Eighth, Business Improvement Association and the city. Begbie and Alexander streets will be closed from 3 If CIBC gets the value it’s looking for it will help to 6 p.m. Smith attract title sponsorships for other events. Eighth will also be closed form Columbia “I think that’s the way to go. If we can to Carnarvon Street during those hours while demonstrate during the Christmas parade just Carnarvon will be closed between Eighth and Sixth.
Plaza 88 stores about to open Safeway Àrst to open Dec. 8 The retail zone of the Plaza 88 project is about to open just in time for Christmas shopping. Safeway will be the ¿rst to open its doors with an opening ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 8, at 4 p.m., according to a report going before city council on Monday. The multi-level commercial project, at Eighth Street and Columbia will be called The Plaza@ New Westminster and will have 221,000 square feet in the retail area. It is the fourth building in the complex to go along with three apartment buildings. A ¿fth phase involving another apartment building
is being contemplated for the parking lot area at 901 Columbia. According to the report, the day after the Safeway opening, CIBC, Shoppers Drug Mart, the Level 3 parking garage and the Level 5 main concourse at the SkyTrain ticket level will be opened. Dec. 9 is also the target opening date for Wind, Westland Insurance and Yogabody. A dental clinic, Subway and Togo Sushi are expected to open Dec. 12 with other stores opening up by the end of December. Other openings are expected to occur in February with the Landmark Cinemas and bus loop scheduled to be up and running in April. ggranger@newwestnewsleader.com
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Organizers of New Westminster’s Sinterklaas celebrations have decided to eliminate using “Black Petersâ€? in the Dutch festival in response to opposition from the black community. Roger Jones complained to organizers about the character, Zwarte Piet or Black NEWSLEADER FILE Peter, who accompanies Sinterklaas. Sinterklaas arrives at New Westminster Quay aboard the MV Native. Those playing the Black Peter role Sinterklaas is a Dutch tradition based upon a real bishop, St. Nicholas, would apply black makeup to their faces who was known as a protector of sailors, merchants and children which for Jones conjured up images of in Turkey in 300AD. He also had a reputation for secretly giving out gifts. American minstrel shows that used the technique to portray African slaves. At Âżrst organizer Tako Slump, owner to look at the other side,â€? said Slump, who of the Holland Shopping Centre, said he wanted acknowledged he might meet some resistance from to keep the Black Peters because they are part of a those of Dutch heritage. centuries-old tradition and have been a big part of “The Âżrst initial opinion is going to be no, but the New Westminster celebration since it started in that’s not going to be an option.â€? 1985. If the community is unwilling to adjust, Slump said he would stop putting the festival on. Jones said he told Slump that he admired his integrity and would help in any way he could to Casey Cook ensure they still have a great celebration. It’s not defendable. You simply cannot win this “Let’s revisit this after the weekend and hope that in the court of public opinion. everything works out,â€? said Jones in an email. Casey Cook, a New Westminster school trustee of Dutch descent, said he has a fond attachment But he changed his mind after doing some to the Sinterklaas tradition, but thinks the Dutch research and has now said there will be no blackface community needs to allow the celebration to move in this year’s celebration and future ones as well. with the times. “We will not be having any Black Peters ... we “It’s not defendable,â€? Cook said of the inclusion will not have anything that is insulting to other of blackface characters. communities,â€? said Slump on Friday. “You simply cannot win this in the court of public “From the last 43 years I never thought about it opinion.â€? at all, but as of last week I’ve been forced to think Sinterklaas will be held on Saturday, Dec. 3., with about it. I’ve acknowledged their concerns and see his arrival on a paddlewheeler at the Westminster where they are coming from.â€? Quay at 10 a.m., followed by all day activities at the Slump is soliciting ideas for how the character can Holland Shopping Centre on East Columbia. be replaced in time for the Dec. 3 celebration. “Now it’s our task in the Dutch community —with Âżles from Chris Bryan
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could physically walk through the room.â€? Anderson said many of the buyers had visited the presentation centre Âżve or more times, so they immediately identiÂżed which Ă€oor plan Âżt their needs, whether it be for living there or as an investment. “Being the Âżrst version, call it 1.0, we never knew how it would translate because we never had an opportunity to test it in a sales environment,â€? said Anderson. “I can see it changing the way presentation centres are done in the future.â€? He said the equipment, labour and intellectual property cost nearly $40,000, but it was worth it to be able to sell 75 homes in 42 minutes. Pilothouse is now looking to improve the concept. One possibility is being able to project the colour of the rugs on to the Ă€oor. Another is to use sheer drapes to provide the potential buyer with virtual walls. “It would be even more of a 3D experience,â€? said Anderson. “We found it so much of a good tool we want to take it to another level.â€?
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Court system close to collapse VICTORIA – One of the last exchanges in the B.C. legislature’s fall session was over the state of the court system. Drug dealers are walking free, NDP leader Adrian Dix reminded Public Safety Minister Shirley Bond in the ¿nal question period. Dix referred to a Prince George case this fall where a convicted cocaine dealer racked up more traf¿cking charges while he was on trial, and then was released because he couldn’t be tried in a timely fashion. The NDP was picking up on an unusually political speech last week by B.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Bauman. Speaking to the annual B.C. judges’ conference in Las Vegas, Bauman warned that funding cuts have the B.C. court system “going over a cliff in slow motion.” The cuts are real. By next year, court service budgets are expected to be down 10 per cent since 2008, and staff down 15 per cent. The provincial court is down 17 judges from 2005. There aren’t enough clerks. And the federal government is about to push through new
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sentencing guidelines that will add more inmates to B.C.’s overÀowing prison system. Bond, the overworked B.C. Liberal minister doing double duty as Attorney General, replied that some of the budget cuts are being reversed. More sheriffs have been trained, and 14 provincial court judges have been hired in the past two years. (Meanwhile, provincial judges are suing the de¿cit-laden government, demanding a six-percent raise.) Bond also pointed to long-term strategies being implemented to relieve the Àood of court cases. It’s this kind of systemic change that has the most potential for longterm reform of our archaic system. Right now there are an estimated 2,000 cases in provincial court
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challenged as an infringement of the right to go to court and try various drunk-driving defences. A judge will soon decide if the hazards of impaired driving justify such an infringement. Justice Bauman acknowledges that courts have to clean up procedures too. Set aside the baseless conspiracy theories around the Dave Basi-Bobby Virk saga, and you have two smalltime crooks whose lawyers were allowed to spin the case out for seven years in a tangle of evidence disclosure demands. As the legislature adjourned, Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson joined previous mayors, from Conservative Party member Sam Sullivan to Mike Harcourt, in calling for marijuana to be legalized and regulated. Not on my watch, replied Prime Minister Stephen Harper. So instead, we’re getting de facto legalization of crack cocaine. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press.
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Black Peter tradition must be understood Re: Sinterklaas celebration upsetting (newwestnewsleader.com) I was surprised to read your article about opposition to the Dutch Sinterklaas celebrations at New Westminster Quay. The Sinterklaas tradition and with it the character of Black Peter has transformed over the years and has long since shed any racist overtones that it may have had in a distant past. The celebration is televised nationally in The Netherlands with a full complement of Black Peters, who basically run the show on behalf of an affable, but these days rather scatterbrained old man with a long white beard. I understand the connotations that the blackface appearance may have for Canadians and Americans of African descent. But just a cursory look at the ¿gure in his 17th century Spanish out¿t will make it obvious that he bears no relation to the minstrel shows and vaudeville acts of the early 20th century in North America. These are clearly separate traditions. The suggestion to remove Black Peter from the tradition is about as realistic as suggesting that Santa Claus shed the reindeer and the sleigh or that the Easter Bunny should stop hiding eggs. The Black Peter ¿gure is much too intricately linked with the celebration in the minds of the several hundred little Dutch-Canadian children that usually line the New Westminster Quay to have him removed. And should you ask those little children why Black Peter is black they will most likely answer: “Because he comes down the chimney, silly! He’s covered in soot!” Black Peter is actually not a ¿gure of fun, but a much admired skilful hero. Many young Dutch kids aspire to become a Black Peter, regardless of their own skin colour. I commend the organizers of the event for offering to enter into conversation with the people who think they should feel offended. But it might help if those people did a bit more research on the tradition and the way in which it has transformed itself over the years. This is a happy celebration, also in multicultural Holland, also among its ethnic communities. I would suggest that as a usually very quiet and subdued minority in Canada we should be allowed to celebrate our own traditions in our own way, within our own community, once a year for a mere few hours. For the rest of the time we are proud, new, thoroughly integrated Canadians who have made many positive contributions to society. If the protesters feel otherwise, maybe they could simply look the other way, as they have apparently done since 1985 when we ¿rst celebrated Sinterklaas in New Westminster, and allow us to express our otherwise rather restrained ethnic identity. This is the only typically Dutch tradition that is celebrated here. Understanding and acknowledging the sensitivities of the opponents of this tradition, with all due respect, this is not their tradition and it should not be their right to take it away from us and our children, not in an inclusive multicultural society. Tom Bijvoet Publisher, Dutch, the Magazine and Maandblad de Krant Penticton ••••• Every year we celebrate the birthday of Sinterklaas in Holland. We moved to Vancouver in January and we like to celebrate Sinterklaas in Vancouver with our two children. It is important to note that the Zwarte Pieten (Black Peters) are
black because they bring the presents through the chimney. They become black because of the soot. It is an innocent child-oriented festivity. It is not racist. Irene & Richard Grootscholten, via email ••••• As a Dutch mother of four kids who look forward to the Sinterklaas celebration in New Westminster for months, I am shocked and angry that a few people demand we celebrate this without the Black Peters. The Black Peters are so important to the Dutch that without them the celebration would not make any sense. We always travel to New West from the Interior for the festival and stay a few days. Without the Peters we would not come. It would be impossible to explain to the kids. Black Peters are black because they climb through the chimneys to bring gifts and goodies to the Dutch people’s houses. Nobody sees this as racist because it is not racist. The Netherlands are well known for being a nonracist, welcoming country for all cultures, who all have their own customs and celebrations. Canada also takes pride in being a multicultural society, so the Dutch should be able to celebrate this tradition one day a year without being harassed by some individuals who don’t understand the tradition. Petra Schutte, Penticton
BLACK PETER IS HURTFUL When we know better, we do better. That has been the response to the practice of past traditions. When we learned that they are degrading, humiliating, hurting and maintaining an incorrect stereotype of persons, we eliminate those traditions or practices. For example, we now use the term First Nations, Inuit or Metis to describe Aboriginal persons here in Canada. We do not use the terms Native or American Indian. In addition we honour the contribution of the Chinese to the nation, and do not mock or ignore it. The Dutch tradition of Sinterklaas is one such tradition that, as a newcomer to Canada and a person of colour, I am extremely concerned about. What this tradition does is maintains the stereotype that black persons are servants, evil or to be made fun of. By having persons paint their skin black and use red paint or lipstick to portray their lips as larger than what they are, they continue the stereotype of black persons that is degrading and hurtful to us. By using these characters, this maintains the stereotype that black persons are to be made fun of or are only servants. Our community is and has been making positive contributions at all levels of the Canadian society. I would like to encourage the local group to stop this tradition. Persons of colour continue to face hurtful messages shouted at them or being stereotyped as “not as good as the rest of Canadians.” I face this daily. When we know better we do better. Now that you know how this tradition is degrading, humiliating and hurtful to one section of the community and that its continuation will harms persons, will your conscience allow you to continue with it? Judith P. Gibson Burnaby
A CALL FOR ELECTORAL CHANGE The status quo result in the New Westminster civic election Nov. 19 is largely due to our “amazing” electoral system which allows one-sixth of a vote to be counted as one full vote. This is the system which, on one hand, gives each elector six votes for city council, and on the other hand places
such usage restrictions that only some electors can bene¿t from having multiple votes. Voters who vote for a “slate” can effectively use all their multiple votes. But voters who support only one candidate can effectively use only one of their votes, and have their remaining votes go to waste through random picking. In addition, slate voters who bene¿t from all their votes are more motivated to actually vote than the other voters, which explains the low
voter participation. Is this democratic? What can we do? Can we convince the province to remove vote usage restrictions so voters may use all their multiple votes among any number of candidates, including giving all their votes to one candidate? Alternatively, it could completely democratize our civic election system by changing it to a “one person, one vote” system. Period. Vladimir (Key) Krasnogor Former and (maybe) future election candidate
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However, Goodwin has noticed many of the South Asian builders that buy land in Burnaby to construct big homes and sell them, are now targeting New Westminster’s West End for its big view lots. When it comes to condos, though, there’s more interest from outside the country in buying in New West. Pilothouse Marketing’s Craig Anderson has been project manager for three recent new developments that went on sale in the city—Brickstone Walk, 8 West and 258, and he estimates 35 per cent of the buyers for the last two were mainland Chinese. “New Westminster is now being realized as a hidden gem,” says Anderson. “You go to Burnaby, as the crow Àies four miles away, and the difference between a townhome there and a townhome here is $100,000.”
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How it’s handled elsewhere If there’s an appetite for the application of restrictions on foreign ownership of real estate in the Vancouver area, it will be difÀcult to determine what might work. In a Business in Vancouver column, former Vancouver councillor Peter Ladner pointed out several provinces—Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island—have foreign ownership real estate restrictions. However, all involve rural or recreational land. Some restrictions include living on the property and working it as farmland. In Florida, non-residents, which usually means snowbirding Canadians, pay higher property tax. Ladner says higher property transaction taxes or higher capital gains taxes on foreignowned residents could also be solutions. Time restrictions on re-sales to prevent Áipping are also a possibility. In Australia, after Sydney became the second most unaffordable city in the world, restrictions were imposed. They included non-residents only being able to invest in new projects, and only for 50 per cent of the units. If they buy a lot they must build within 12 months, and temporary residents have to sell when they leave the country. In Switzerland and Austria, potential buyers have to obtain permits from local authorities. Other countries with restrictions are China, Japan, Thailand and Indonesia.
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Rose Ternes wishes she could harness an ability to predict what’s popular from one year to the next. This Christmas the hot items in her store, Cadeaux Gifts and Home Embellishments in New Westminster’s Sapperton neighbourhood, seem to be Àying out the door as quickly as she can bring them in. Anything with owls has been big this year, from necklaces, earrings, ornaments, pyjamas, wallets and novelties are “huge,” she said, noting last year’s trendy theme was MARIO BARTEL/NEWSLEADER penguins. “I’m Àoored.” Lindsay Schwartz shows off a pair of gloves with special holes so the wearer can keep texting on their cell phone even in the cold. The gloves are available Also popular with customers at Cadeaux in New Westminster. is the stiletto heel theme, from ornaments to wine bottle holders. Ternes said this year customers seem to be which have been popular likely due to the high price choosing more, less expensive items and spending of gasoline. about the same as in the past when they’d buy fewer, And customers seem to be attracted to some items pricier items. which she wasn’t sure whether to bring into the store Bucky Balls, a cube of 216 small marble-shaped at ¿rst—namely, those that carry rude messages. rare earth magnets, have also been a big seller as Such messages are on novelty chewing gum, they can be transformed into different shapes or just which she’s sold out repeatedly, and greeting cards. squished like a stress ball. Of the latter, she noted, “So many people are There are also gifts that come with in-jokes, such drawn to this. Christmas isn’t always a happy time as red ceramic piggy banks shaped like jerry cans, and this seems to express it.”
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LOC LÁ DYRXU Spreading the word Johanna Rundell’s New Westminster B&B has enjoyed a big boost thanks to online reviews
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aving worked in the hospitality industry for many years, Johanna Rundell knows the importance of good word of mouth. But when she opened her Lavender House bed and breakfast in June, in New Westminster’s Moody Park area, she hadn’t counted on word of mouse. Sharing her home with visitors is a dream she’d had since she and her husband acquired the heritage home on 10th Street in the mid-1990s. For 11 years they boarded foreign ESL students. But after overcoming a series of health issues and getting a leg up on renovations, Rundell decided the time was right to take in tourists and visitors to New Westminster looking for a more personal experience than they’d get staying in a hotel. While her first guests were mostly referrals from longtime New West bed and breakfast proprietor Rose Nadon, who sold her home to travel for a
year, Rundell realized she’d eventually have to generate her own clients. That’s when she learned about the power of Trip Advisor, a website where travellers post reviews of MARIO BARTEL/NEWSLEADER Johanna Rundell runs Lavender House B&B in the Moody Park neighbourhood. their adventures, the places they’d stayed, the sights they’d experienced, the meals flowing in her favour. know what I’d do if I got a really bad they’d eaten. Guests told her they’d Now, when guests check out, she review.” booked their stay at Lavender House shows them where and how they can If and when that day comes, she’s because of positive reviews they’d post their own review. She’s in the confident she’ll be able to learn from read on the website. process of adding a widget to her it to make the experience even better She checked them out herself, and Lavender House website that will for the next visitor, like offering to sure enough they were glowing. But allow visitors to link directly to Trip do the makeup for a woman staying further research showed her that bad Advisor reviews. with her to attend a wedding, and then reviews can be devastating. So far she’s got eight glowing loaning her her own pearl necklace “I’m very aware of how powerful recommendations which are helping when she forgot to pack her own and how dangerous the Internet is,” generate business. But she realizes jewelry. says Rundell. “It’s so subjective and at some point somebody will be “You have to meet expectations that anyone can say anything.” dissatisfied about something. guests don’t even know they have,” So she contacted Trip Advisor for “I’m really excited when I get a says Rundell. advice on how to keep the kudos good review,” she says. “But I don’t BEST BUY – Correction Notice On the November 25 flyer, page 1, a 16GB Class 10 Professional SDHC Memory Card was incorrectly advertised with the Canon T3 DSLR Camera (WebCode: 10164165). Please be advised that the memory card is in fact not included - the camera alone is priced $499.99, Save $100. Also, on page 6, please note that the
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011 NewsLeader A21
LOC L tweets @BoomTownBill This article by @NewWestNews has reported the voter turnout numbers. @hectordbremner Wow, <24% turnout.... brutal. @jenarbo I am really really disappointed. How can we make it easier? How can we make more care? @hectordbremner 1st thing is to get candidates that the public responds to - Cote/Phelan/Campbell good example.
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who will present an analysis of the report to the outgoing board of education Tuesday. “It’s a very strong completion Grant Granger rate pro¿le we’re pretty pleased ggranger@newwestnewsleader.com about,” said Woudzia. The New Westminster school “Everybody’s efforts paid off. district had a dramatic rise in its It’s not unusual to see those sorts of graduation of students in 2010-11. improvements, you’ll also see some According to a report on sixdrops of three, four or ¿ve per cent year completion rates released by over a year.” the Ministry of Education, New Woudzia credits implementing Westminster’s ability to graduate a universal design for learning students within six years of them approach which allows students entering Grade 8 was 80.8 per cent. to present their work in a variety In the previous four years, its rate of ways, as well as offering an ranged from 78.7 in 2008-09 down increasing range of apprenticeship to 74.1 per cent in 2009-10. options, online opportunities and strong secondary alternate programs. “Overall we’re very proud and John Woudzia, Superintendent of Schools It’s a very strong completion rate proÀle we’re pleased,” he said. pretty pleased about. The district’s aboriginal completion rate of New Westminster’s rate 62 per cent exceeded the provincial was slightly above that for the public school average of 54.1 while province’s public schools of 80.3 ESL Learners at 86.9 per cent was per cent, but below the provincial higher than the provincial average average of 81.0 when independent of 83.3. schools are included. Although the district’s 46 per The girls completion rate in New cent completion rate for those West jumped from 76.4 in 2009-10 with special needs is below to 85.1 per cent in 2010-11. the provincial average of 52.7, That’s above the public school Woudzia is buoyed by the fact it average of 82.9 and the overall has gone up each year since 2007provincial average of 83.4. 08 when it was 31.5. The boys rate in New West All of New West’s numbers, went up from 72.0 to 77.0 per cent however, are lower than Burnaby which was below the public school except for the Aboriginal average of 77.9 and the overall completion rate (49.0). average of 78.7 per cent. The district’s trend to constant improvement is a positive thing ggranger@newwestnewsleader.com for superintendent John Woudzia,
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Shelter cats put down Sixteen cats were euthanized last Thursday at the New Westminster Animal Shelter to prevent further spread of an infectious feline viral disease. The week prior, shelter staff discovered a particularly deadly strain of the calicivirus that has a 70 per cent mortality rate. Nine were euthanized last week and another died while blood tests were being carried out. The tests revealed all the cats carried the virus and a team of veterinarians recommended they all be put down. “The decision to euthanize the cats at the shelter was not taken lightly,” said Dave Cole, supervisor of animal services in a City of New Westminster press release. “We took this action on the advice of our veterinarians to prevent spread of the virus to other cats in the community.” The shelter has been closed since Nov. 9 and will remain closed for up to three more weeks while staff decontaminate the facility. “We won’t re-open the shelter until we are certain it is safe to do so,” said Cole. “While it’s been a very tough couple of weeks for our staff and volunteers, we look forward to getting back to normal and providing animal services to the community.” ggranger@newwestnewsleader.com
NWEP TO HOST FORUM A forum on energy resiliency and energy transition planning is being put on by the New Westminster Environmental Partners (NWEP) on Monday, Dec. 5. Doing the speaking will be transportation engineer Stuart Ramsey, who has focused on urban transportation issues in Metro Vancouver, and Steven Bishop, a building energy instructor at Douglas College and an accredited professional LEED sustainable building advisor. Their talks are expected to start about 6:30 p.m. at the New Westminster River Market. They will be followed by a question and answer session, and preceded by the NWEP’s annual general meeting and election of 2012 directors. ggranger@newwestnewsleader.com
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An end to anonymous commenting online Newwestnewsleader.com is joining the trend away from anonymous comments on our site. Dec. 1, we switch to Facebook’s Commenting platform For the last few years, as newwestnewsleader.com and the Black Press family of websites have garnered more attention, some readers have raised concerns about one issue in particular—the fact we allow visitors to post anonymous comments. The policy has led to some unpleasant and mean-spirited postings. It’s also raised an inconsistency in our Black Press brand. Our community newspapers don’t print anonymous letters, yet we’ve allowed our websites to become a place where people can hide their identity while occasionally taking shots at one another. Starting Dec. 1, that policy will change. People will only be able to comment by using their Facebook account, which means their name, often even their photograph, will be linked to the statements they post. Newwestnewsleader.com is not alone in making this shift. Several media companies, equally troubled by the vitriolic trend of anonymous
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Port wary of roadblocks to growth Two ‘frightening’ scenarios in future outlook
terminals and warehousing. The port authority projects container traf¿c through B.C.’s West Coast will Jeff Nagel double over the next 10 to 15 years and jnagel@blackpress.ca nearly triple by 2030. Port Metro Vancouver now recognizes It has proposed a second three-berth it might face low-growth scenarios where container terminal at Deltaport to handle the massive infrastructure upgrades the expected growth. underway to move goods through the Silvester, in a Nov. 25 speech to the region may not pay off, but it so far Vancouver Board of Trade, gave no continues to bet on stronger trade growth. indication the Port 2050 ¿ndings will alter The authority unveiled its new Port the port’s present course. 2050 vision Friday, predicting what may But he warned the ¿nancial crisis in lay ahead over the next 20 to 40 years. Europe means some of the changes and It includes two low-growth scenarios volatility the port expects in the decades that president and CEO Robin Silvester ahead may come sooner than predicted. calls “frightening.” He stressed the importance of the One dubbed “Local Fortress” details 129,000 port-related jobs in the Lower how local residents’ choice to become Mainland in weathering any economic a “lifestyle region” throttles Metro storm and said policies and programs may Vancouver’s potential as a global hub, need to be revised to preserve and expand compounding the damage of a slow global those jobs. PORT METRO VANCOUVER economy. It may be time for a single West Coast A container ship docks at Deltaport, near the Tsawwassen ferry terminal. That scenario ends with a region port authority, he said, that takes in both attractive to tourists, retirees and the Port Metro Vancouver and the Port of afÀuent, the report says, but one that Prince Rupert to ensure the two compete pushes away industry and jobs at a cost to the of the increasing challenge of climate change bottom line accounting to reÀect the economy with U.S. ports but not against each other. region’s character, vibrancy and diversity. and “resource wars” over commodities. and social needs. And it still anticipates a He also repeated the port’s concern about A second scenario is dubbed “Missed the It anticipates a one-metre rise in sea level relevant port because rising oil prices make conÀict over land use and the declining Boat”, where supply chain problems and lack by 2040 and temperatures four degrees shipping and rail more competitive than supply of industrial land in the region. of community support for the port leaves warmer, as the impacts of climate change trucking. “Perhaps it’s not just an Agricultural Land Metro Vancouver unable to fully tap growth arrive decades sooner than expected. Gateway critics have long argued port Reserve that’s needed in British Columbia, in emerging markets. Industry then opts to He said “Rising Tide” may be just a expansion harms the region’s residents, its but a Jobs Land Reserve,” Silvester said. use other ports. precursor on the way to a fourth outlook environment and food security. “A reserve where land that is critical to the More likely, according to Silvester, is a called “The Great Transition” – a rapid shift They accuse the port of driving the Lower jobs we have, and the new jobs that we will third “Rising Tide” scenario of continued to a post-industrial, post-carbon world. Mainland’s freeway and bridge building require over the next 30 to 40 years, allows growth but one that is more volatile because It anticipates a global carbon tax and triple- binge and buying up farmland for new them to grow and Àourish.”
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TOWARDS TUITION
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338
AFFORDABLE MOVING
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MOVING & STORAGE
329 PAINTING & DECORATING
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RECEIVE UP TO
320
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
LEGAL SERVICES
GUTTER Cleaning Service, Repairs Free Est, 20 yrs exp, Rain or shine. 7 days/week. Simon 604-230-0627
OF EDUCATION
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
RUBBISH REMOVAL
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
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PETS 477
PETS
BOXER PUPPIES ready now. Tails docked, vet checked & dewormed. $850. 604-845-0355 (Chilliwack) Carin Terrier X - 6 month male, all shots done. Comes with crate, toys, food, $550. Call 604-996-8895 CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866 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 CHUG beaut pups (chihuahua/pug), 8 wks, 1 F, 3 M, vet chk, deworm, 1st shot, $575, (778)231-2023. CKC REG BLOOD HOUND pups, 1 male, 8 fem. Liver & tan, ready to go end of Nov. (604)574-5788 COCKAPOO Puppies ~ 9 wks old, looking for loving/caring home, all shots, $500 neg (604)476-2420 Maple Ridge 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 PUG & BOSTON Terrier cross, 14 weeks. Brindle. Vet ✓ & first shots. $650. Call 604-302-7454.
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PETS
SHIHTZU- Bichon Puppies 7 wks, vet checked, dewormed. Ready to go. $500/each. (604)581-8354
RENTALS 706
APARTMENT/CONDO
Burnaby:
RENTALS 706
WHEATEN TERRIER pups, perfect family dog. $1400. Meet your pet! Call (604)825-3966
CEDARWAY APT
BUILDING SUPPLIES
DO-IT-YOURSELF STEEL BUILDINGS Priced to Clear - Make an Offer! Ask About Free Delivery, most areas! Call for Quick Quote and Free Brochure - 1-800-668-5111 ext. 170.
545
FUEL
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
548
FURNITURE
MATTRESSES staring at $99 • Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings 100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331
560
604-525-2661
www.aptrentals.net
REAL ESTATE 615 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY 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.
HOMES WANTED
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
636
MORTGAGES
Mortgage Help! Beat bank rates for purchases and refinances, immediate debt consolidation, foreclosure relief, and equity loans. Free, fast, friendly, private consultations. Call 1-888-685-6181 www.mountaincitymortgage.ca
FOR SALE CABIN FROM THE FOUNDATION UP ONLY: Cabin must be moved from its current location at Brooklyn, BC. Please call after 5:00 250-365-6371 or email jbalfour@shaw.ca for details. Open to offers
660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVE
BURNABY
Call 604-421-1235
Do you want to live in the security of a family community?
Villa Del Mar 6630 Telford Ave.
Bright large newly reno’d 1 and 2 bedroom suites for rent. Freshly painted, new hardwood floors, huge balcony. Only 2 min walk to Metrotown Mall. Please call 604-715-1824 to view. Move in TODAY!
6985 Walker Ave
BURNABY
HIGH VOLTAGE! bcclassified.com 604-575-5555 COQUITLAM
Welcome Home ! 1 Bedrooms available near Lougheed Mall and transit. Rent includes heat & hot water. Sorry No Pets. Refs required.
Call (604) 931-2670
NEW WESTMINSTER
Call 604- 522-5230
RECREATIONAL/SALE
2011 AUTUMN RIDGE 264RKS
604-519-1930 750
SUITES, LOWER
COQUITLAM: 2Bdrm, close to Coq. centre & bus. Incl elec/gas. wireless int. N/P. $900m. 604-945-6328 aft 3
751
752
DSI water heater, A/C, microwave, awning, 3 burner range, outside shower. $19,483 (Stk.30630) www.fraserwayrv.com 1-800-806-1976 DL #30644
SUITES, UPPER
2011 LAREDO 266RL
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 Elec. awning, elec. stab jacks,LCD TV, 2 slides, microwave and much more! $32,483 (Stk.30916) www.fraserwayrv.com 1-800-806-1976 DL #30644
TRANSPORTATION 806
810
ANTIQUES/CLASSICS 845
Need A Vehicle! Guaranteed Auto Loan. Apply Now, 1.877.680.1231
SCRAP CAR REMOVAL #1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200
AUTO FINANCING www.UapplyUdrive.ca
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
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
AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673
Rozario 778-788-1849 Professionally managed by Gateway Property Management
Autos • Trucks • Equipment Removal
DreamCatcher Auto Loans “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals
DORIC MANOR 236 - 8th St.
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
FREE TOWING 7 days/wk. We pay Up To $500 CA$H Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022
1-800-910-6402
NEW WESTMINSTER
BURNABY
AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY Secure parking available. For viewing call:
838
1989 MERCEDES 420 SEL, Air Cared, 117,000km. Black w/gray lthr. int., pw., ps., a/c, $3900 obo (604)997-4045
APARTMENT/CONDO
Quiet & well maintained bldg. Includes heat & hot water. On site manager. Cat okay.
2011 5th Wheel 32’ Gooseneck Cargo Trailer, triple axle, 4000lb ramp, electric brakes, roof vents, 36” side door, like new, $12,500. Call 604-842-8009.
E.BURNABY newer 3bdrm. 2baths, jacuzzi, h/w heat, h/w floor, nr. schools, $1900mo 604-861-8819
Phone: 604-522-9153
Super Clean ONE Bedrooms
828 COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
1 bedroom handicapped / wheelchair accessible suite. $741.00 per month shares are $1500.00 no subsidy Available December 1.
Please call 778-994-2334
Call 604- 521-3448
2009 SUZUKI SWIFT PLUS - 5 dr, 39,000k. Good shape. Like new. $8888: Call Don (604)581-3613
NEW WESTMINSTER CO-OP 1050 Keyside Drive
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.
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....
2007 Honda Civic DXG 5 speed standard, 2 dr., grey, 130K, p/w, p/l, a/c, am/fm/cd, no acc. $9,500 604-793-3819
NO SUBSIDIES AVAILABLE Orientation: Sunday, December 4th 1:30 p.m. at 51A-8740 Forest Grove Dr. Phone 604-420-2442
Walker Manor
RENTALS
www.dannyevans.ca
Woodland surroundings, on Forest Grove Drive. Good location, close to schools, SFU and Lougheed Mall. No subsidies available. $10 application fee. Maximum housing charges; 2 bdrms only avail. $911/mo. Shares $2500.
BURNABY
Homelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley
HOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS
CO-OP RENTALS
WHATTLEKAINUM HOUSING CO-OP ORIENTATION
Bachelor, 1, 2 & 3 bdrm suites for rent. Includes heat / hot water and cable. Close to Massey Theatre, Douglas College, Royal City Mall.
706
711
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.
RECREATIONAL
640
Call 604-837-4589
MAPLE PLACE TOWERS
MISC. FOR SALE
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. 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
627
D/W, Heat and hot water included. Close to schools, shopping & public transportation.
BURNABY
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 518
(formerly known as Middlegate) Quiet, spacious 2 & 1 Bdrms & Bachelor suites. Newly reno’d. Incls: Balcony, prkg, heat & h/wtr
BURNABY
821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS 1992 VOLVO 940 4 dr. sedan, auto, low mi., leather int., gray, Air Cared. Good cond. $3700. (604)351-7704 1993 MAZDA 626 auto, 4 cyl. well maint. Trans rebuilt 2 yrs ago. Incl 2 winter tires. $1800: 604-463-2069 2002 DODGE NEON R/T standard trans., white, sunroof, used eng., new timing belt & clutch. CD stacker $3995 obo. (604)826-0519 2003 VOLVO V40, S/W, Blue, loaded 155,000 kms. auto. new tires. $6000 firm. Phone 604-538-9257.
Bright & Clean 1 & 2 Bdrms
www.aptrentals.net
Yorkshire Terrier pups, CKC, 2M, tails dock, dew claws, micro. Ready to go. $1000. (604)858-9758
APARTMENT/CONDO
PORT COQUITLAM
CLAREMONT TERRACE
** 6960 ELWELL ST ** Near HighGate Mall
TOY FOX TERRIER PUPPIES Avail. Dec.12/11. Aver. adult 5-10 lbs. Happy. lively, inquisitive, friendly, attach to family, easily trained, litter box train. Enjoy agility, Exc. for children 5+ yrs.,elderly & apt. Family raised w/children. CKC reg., vet ✓, 1st shots, dewormed, tattoo, 6 wks health ins. & puppy kit. INQUIRE KAREN: 250-656-9696. Restoretobalance@telus.net
TRANSPORTATION
www.PreApproval.cc The Scrapper
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. INSTANT AUTO CREDIT We can finance your auto loan in minutes, you Drive Home Now, or we can deliver to you. www.DriveHomeNow.com 877-758-7311 or 250-751-5205. WANT A VEHICLE BUT STRESSED ABOUT YOUR CREDIT? Christmas in November, $500 cash back. We fund your future not your past. All credit situations accepted. www.creditdrivers.ca 1-888593-6095.
818
CARS - DOMESTIC
2000 FORD FOCUS, standard trans., blue, 4 dr. sedan, CD, Air Cared. $2995 obo (604)826-0519 2005 CHRYSLER 300, grey, V6, auto, loaded, leather, 108 km, $9,500 obo. Phone (604)241-2530. 2005 CHRYSLER SEBRING convertible, silver, 84 k’s. auto. Mags. $7895/obo. (604)826-0519
847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES 1999 CHEVY BLAZER, black, 2” lift, 4x4, Air Cared, standard, new clutch. $5995 obo (604)826-0519 2008 JEEP PATRIOT - North Edition 5 spd, 40,000 kms. Warranty. $16,000/obo. (604)525-3508
851
TRUCKS & VANS
2005 CHEVY UPLANDER, grey, 7 pass., V6 auto, fully loaded, 93 km, $6,500 obo. Phone (604)241-2530.
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CHECK CLASSIFIEDS bcclassified.com 604-575-5555
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