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ACCIDENT

Cyclist waiting at traffic light dies Driver appears to have lost control, killing 36-year-old woman Graeme Wood

Staff Reporter gwood@richmond-news.com

A cyclist was killed Wednesday afternoon at the corner of Russ Baker Way and Gilbert Road after an SUV struck her as she stood waiting at the light.

The vehicle was travelling northbound on Russ Baker at around 3:50 p.m. when the driver appeared to lose control of the SUV, before colliding with the 36-year-old victim.

Out of respect for the victim’s family, police did not disclose her name.

“The cyclist was taken to hospital with life threatening injuries and at 4:22 p.m. ... (she) succumbed to those injuries,” said Cpl. Stephanie Ashton, spokesperson for Richmond RCMP. The driver remained at the scene and, according to Ashton, speed is being considered as a factor in the crash.

“She wasn’t riding at the time, she was stationary, so that in itself is certainly unexpected,” said Ashton.

The SUV rolled to a stop in a field about 30 metres away from the intersection. No charges had been filed by Thursday.

Mounties, left, sealed off the scene of the tragic accident at Russ Baker Way and Gilbert Road. Above, the vehicle involved in the collision ended up in a nearby field after hitting a cyclist waiting at the intersection Wednesday afternoon. Photos by Graeme Wood/Richmond News

CRIME

Shots fired at homes Graeme Wood

Staff Reporter gwood@richmond-news.com

Mounties are searching for suspects in a pair of related drive-by shootings Monday night, in which the shooters are believed to have initially targeted the wrong home.

Police also say one of the shootings was initially misreported as firecrackers, leading to an unsecured crime scene for about 15 hours.

Richmond RCMP’s Cpl. Stephanie Ashton said the at-large suspects shot at a home in the 3600-block of Williams Road around 10:30 p.m. Monday. One hour later, police believe the same suspects shot at another home on Bamfield Drive in the

Mounties collect evidence at the scene of the Williams Road shooting. Photos by Graeme Wood/Richmond News Cambie neighbourhood, believed to be the intended target.

“Based on our evidence it’s believed the suspects had the wrong address on Williams,” said Ashton.

In what Ashton describes as a “confusing” twist, the

Bamfield shooting was accurately reported by neighbours as gunshots and investigated as such.

However, the first incident on Williams was initially reported as firecrackers. As a result, police left the scene after not finding anyone using firecrackers.

The next day, neighbours along Williams (between the West Dyke Trail and No. 1 Road) awoke to find bullet casings littering the sidewalk and road in front of the home. The witnesses then called police who then arrived on the scene around 2 p.m.

No one was hurt in both shootings, said Ashton.

On Tuesday, the News spoke to one man who lives next door to the apparent mis-targeted home on Williams.

While wanting to remain anonymous, he said he heard what sounded like firecrackers at around 10:30 p.m. while watching a movie with his children. He said he stood up to look out the window, but was pulled down by his quick-thinking son.

After calling police, he said officers attended his home. He told police he saw a van speed off west on Williams and that the officers got back in their car and sped away quickly. ! Full story at richmond-news.com.

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OWL’s Bev Day with Richmond ‘s Joel Sagar whose passion for birds resulted in a donation of $4,000 to the Deltabased, wildlife organization. Photo supplied birds,” says Sean Sagar.

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Double trouble for car thefts Philip Raphael

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Looking for a cellphone or laptop? Richmond’s city core area seems to be the place to pick one up — if you’re a thief.

According to the RCMP, the number of thefts from cars has almost doubled in the first five months of this year, compared to 2013, with electronics topping the list of pilfered goods. And often, the items have been left in plain view inside the owners’ vehicle.

That’s why the RCMP launched a blitz at the end of July to make the public aware of how inviting they have made their vehicles to thieves.

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The blitz is getting increased attention in high incident areas of the city.

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“For a lot of people in our programs, this is the first place where they’ve ridden a horse or swung a sword,” Boorman said, adding how involved the sessions get depends on a number of factors.

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OPINION

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EDITORIAL OPINION

Better safe than sorry

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here’s nothing quite like the August long weekend to inspire some serious, warm weather enjoyment.

Sure, Canada Day gets us out in patriotic droves, and Labour Day closes out the summer nicely, but this weekend is all about enjoying the dog days of summer in all their B.C. glory.

So, take advantage of the extra time off – if you get it – and the fantastic weather, and find a patio, park, beach, boat or other locale to enjoy some summer relaxation.

Every year around this time, we urge readers to get out and enjoy what this region has to

offer … but we’d be remiss if we didn’t issue a safety reminder at the same time. Long weekends – and summer generally – come with their own dangers.

For example, according to the Canadian Safe Boating Council, 40 per cent of boating-related fatalities are linked to drinking.

Driving and alcohol are a deadly mix as well, of course – and alcohol tends to come out during long weekend barbecues and gatherings.

Open windows in homes can lead to accidental falls for children, or robberies; closed windows in cars can lead to death or serious injury.

There’s a summertime spike in accidents related to motorcycles, bicycles, rollerbladers, skateboarders and, yes, even pedestrians – there’s just more of them out and about this time of year.

And it wouldn’t be summer if we didn’t hear about an unprepared day hiker caught out in the woods without sufficient supplies and lost overnight.

It all sounds a bit dreary and, yes, perhaps even morbid, but the truth is that a little precaution, planning and common sense will go a long way in keeping you and your family safe – and enjoying the summer.

COLUMN

City working hard to expand parks, trails network

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of projects. Already popular, ichmond’s parks and the relocated bike terrain park trails are often cited to CityScene explain why Richmond recently opened in its new is a great place in which to live.

Mayor Malcolm venue at Garden City Park.

The city has won awards An accessible playground Brodie for innovative design and is being built at King George overall excellence.

Park.

The popularity of the new Railway Work is also progressing on the relocation Greenway is the most recent example of our and expansion of the playfields in Minoru creative parks and trails planning.

Park, which will include Richmond’s first combined baseball/soccer field to have an allCity Council fulfilled its long-held vision for the area after it refused to allow residential weather artificial turf surface. development on the corridor and instead Another new park is under development in partnership with the private sector in the provided a linear park for the enjoyment of rapidly-growing Capstan Village area. all.

In our City Centre, you will soon see some Pedestrians, bicyclists and skaters have interesting changes. A realignment of River enthusiastically enjoyed travelling the full length of the Greenway from the Middle Arm Road to connect with Gilbert Road east of the Oval is nearing completion. Once that new to Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site roadway is open, the section of the existing on the South Arm. River Road immediately east of the Oval will As our community grows, the need for new parks and outdoor public amenities will be closed to feature a new park with a public expand with it. City Council is working hard pier. to address this demand.

A number of other waterfront properties This summer, we will complete a number further along River Road will eventually

become the 40-acre Middle Arm Park. These amenities will add immeasurably to our quality of life since they are connected to our rapidly growing City Centre.

In south-east Richmond, a new park will soon be located on the former Fantasy Gardens site. As part of redevelopment, the city secured 12 acres for parkland.

The new park promises to restore elements of the site’s original botanical gardens along with other recreational, agricultural and heritage features.

Later this summer, the city will open a new play environment at the Terra Nova Rural Park. Featuring a variety of fun and creative play elements from slides, swings and ziplines to climbing structures, a maze and a rope ferry, we look forward to these imaginative additions to this unique and diverse park.

Yet the most important new jewel in the crown may well be the Garden City Lands, a 136-acre open space located at the edge of our City Centre.

In June, city council approved a legacy plan which provides a combination of recreational,

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wellness and cultural uses along with urban agriculture and environmental preservation in keeping with its inclusion in the Agricultural Land Reserve.

As with Terra Nova, time will be taken to implement the park plan so that it adds significantly to the quality of our public space.

One of the first features to be completed should be a perimeter walking trail to enable residents to enjoy the site as it matures.

These are some of the components of the city’s 2022 Parks and Open Space Strategy adopted last Fall (available on the City website at www.richmond.ca/parks/about/ planning).

In that document, City Council set the priorities for our network of parks and trails to meet the needs of our community over the next decade. All residents of Richmond can enjoy diverse outdoor recreation and wellness opportunities while celebrating our natural environment.

Summer is here; enjoy our ever-expanding parks and trails network!

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The Editor, Re: “Pool size woefully inadequate,” Letters, July 30.

I am writing in response to the letter by Chris Neale. I disagree with him.

I am the chair of the Aquatics Services Advisory Board, and have been a board member for almost 10 years.

We have had wide ranging consultations, with the general public, with City Hall staff and with City Council since at least 2007 – at some point, enough should be enough!

I know that there are some who would like a 50-metre pool, but for at least seven years the advisory board has recommended that 25metre pools better meet user needs.

A 50-metre pool would be great for younger and competitive swimmers (the demographic that Mr. Neale would have most served at UBC), but not so much so for the multitude of other user groups.

We already have a 50-metre pool at Watermania to serve competitive swimmers.

We need something that is functional, not some pretty design. We need flexibility, based on user demand, City Centre demographics and the aging population.

We need: more lanes for swim lessons; a

teach pool; space for therapeutic programs and seniors’ aquasize classes.

We need the flexibility to have warmer water tanks for the young children and seniors. Most of all, we need more pool space.

The proposed design provides 12,648 square feet of pool space, up from 7,860 now, so an increase of 61 per cent more water space, and configured into two or three pools, including a 5,383 square foot leisure pool.

Under the options considered, a 50 metre pool could be accommodated, but the leisure and hot pools would be much reduced in size, the teach pool lost, and most importantly, much flexibility in serving the needs of a wider user groups would be lost.

Anyone interested in reading the staff recommendations can find them at richmond. ca/plandev/city-projects/minoru-precinct and the link in the “Multi-Purpose Complex” section.

It is always easy to criticize public servants, but when they do a good job, they often get taken for granted. While today (at least), I say “thank you.” Now, it is time to get on with it.

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Re: “Brothers ‘share’ success,” News, July 25.

Has something with politicians changed? It used to be that elected officials would show up to events, and have their picture taken presenting some over-sized cheque.

In the picture presented, I see Alice Wong, MP, not only presenting no cheque for this community project, but then asking all levels of government to contribute.

Hold on! Did she forget her cheque in Ottawa?

Usually, those coming to fundraisers show up with funds?

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Sturgeon Banks eroding at an alarming rate Government agencies meeting to discuss action plan

that will encourage more sand to fall on the bottom of the river. Of course, that fills up the excavation and they have to drill it all over again,” said Church.

With less sediment reaching the Banks the ocean’s tides and waves become deeper and stronger, respectively, and slowly pull the land away from the shore and into the sea, Church explained.

“Those are my judgments and that’s my speculation,” said Church.

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rather dejected looking Otto Langer looks past the latest anti-jet fuel sign he’s nailed to a post on the West Dyke Trail and stares toward Sturgeon Banks.

A short distance away, two massive cargo ships pass along Steveston Jetty and Sand Heads to his left — as if they were plowing through the green marsh itself — as scores of Richmondites cycle and walk behind him.

“Basically this is the bulrushes, the cattails and further out, the carex marshes. It’s sedge,” said Langer, a retired Department of Fisheries and Oceans marine biologist and local environmental activist, referring to Sturgeon Banks, a strip of marshland and mudflats that run the length of the West Dyke Trail.

The sun sets across Sturgeon Banks, which runs the length of the West Dyke Trail.

Experts warn that action needs to be taken now, rather than later, to stop the Banks from disappearing. Photo by Roger Corbin/@rogercorbin

“That’s basically the engine that drives the Fraser River Estuary and makes this piece of land all the way from UBC to Point Roberts one of the more productive estuaries in the world. So, every year, the plants convert solar energy into useful carbohydrates and sugars and they’re eaten by the insects and break down. In the spring you have billions of insects in the river, and when the (juvenile) salmon come down the river — you might have up to a billion in one year — that’s what they feast on. This is their nursery ground.

Without the marshes we are a little bit lost,” said Langer

and flood protection for the city.

In the last 20 years scientists believe the Banks — part of the largest estuary on Canada’s west coast — have eroded at an alarming rate of 10-15 metres per year, on average.

The width from the dike to the marsh’s foreshore edge is about one kilometre, on average. Widely accepted (possibly conservative) estimates have sea levels rising about 1.2 metres by 2100, meaning waves could be crashing against the dike by that time, especially if the erosion continues.

While industrialists are lining up, along with Port Metro Vancouver (PMV), to make their case for expanded riverfront infrastructure and deeper dredging of the Fraser River, environmentalists and scientists, like Langer, are sounding old warnings.

According to Langer, about 20 years ago “the old Fraser River Harbour Commission got upset at a big conference when I said the harbour authority, and the then Department of Public Works, as well as the (Canadian) Coast Guard were basically robbing the river of sand for cheap fill from dredging the channel.”

Despite his and others’ warnings, it is presently unclear who is ultimately responsible for managing and protecting Sturgeon Banks. Also, how it’s being managed seems to be by an

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As Brent Gurd, wildlife biologist for the B.C. Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources — which manages the wildlife in the 5,100 hectare marsh and intertidal mudflat — notes: “At some point we will have to act because not acting is not an option.”

Gurd and the ministry, along with the City of Richmond, Environment Canada, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), First Nations groups and others have met with PMV four times this year in preliminary, feasibility talks on what to do about the erosion.

Dredging causes erosion At issue, largely, is the fact dredging the Fraser results in less sediment (earthy particles smaller than sand) reaching the Banks.

Michael Church, a professor emeritus of geomorphology specializing in river stability, says further dredging of the Fraser will result in greater marsh degradation.

By dredging deeper “you increase the crosssections and decrease velocity of the river and

According to an engineering report from the City of Richmond issued last week, in 1960 the draft of the main channel of the Fraser was 8.7 metres.

By 1976 it was 10.7 metres. Presently, Port Metro Vancouver is tasked to dredge the Fraser to a depth of 11.5 metres.

Each year, the port excavates about 2.5 to three million cubic metres of sediment. Church estimates only about 1.3 million cubic metres reaches the delta.

The port sells the material to developers to use in construction in order to subsidize the costs of dredging, which — before 1998 — was the financial responsibility of the federal government.

This year Surrey Fraser Docks expressed interest in dredging to a depth of 13.2 metres.

A recent report from the Richmond Chamber of Commerce noted 18-metre shipping hulls may soon need to be accommodated.

But how deep the port will go is undetermined, notes Harbour Master Chris Wellstood.

“There are a lot of impediments that restrict us from dredging deeper. The George Massey Tunnel is the big one. There are also lots of utility crossings that prevent us from going deeper. We’ll have to solve all those issues before thinking about going deeper,” said Wellstood.

When asked if digging deeper is necessary to stay economically competitive, Wellstood acknowledged it would be but was “hesitant on giving a number.”

But, dredge too deep and parts of the river and the city land could collapse inward, warned Langer.

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hypothesis” for the erosion, but also notes the marsh may be weakened by human-driven nutrients, a result of sewage and agricultural discharge.

He says the additional nutrients in the water may be weakening the roots of plants, as they’re not required to dig deeper for food. As a result, the plants may be more susceptible to being uprooted in storms. Furthermore, it’s believed the Steveston Jetty diverts fresh river water, making the Banks saltier, thus limiting growth.

“So you get a number of factors working together ...Even if we solve the sediment issue, we still may not see return of the marsh to a level that we think could occur,” said Gurd.

Why save the Banks?

For Richmond residents, the interest in saving Sturgeon Banks is at least three fold: One, the West Dyke Trail provides recreation space for people and is an iconic tourism destination.

Two, it’s an important ecological system, host to fish and at least 47 bird species in addition to small mammals; the Banks are part of the Pacific Flyway and without them the city’s community parks may be even more inundated with geese in the fall.

And, following a recent “eruption” of visiting snowy owls, Gurd said sandpipers were recently found feasting on a thin layer of biofilm in the mudflats.

“The mudflat doesn’t look that important, but there’s lots going on,” said Gurd.

Three, by absorbing storm surges, almost like a sponge, the Banks provide the city flood protection for one of the longest, most vulnerable stretches of dike for the city.

“We worry a lot about flood protection.

Sturgeon Banks provides wave energy dissipation,” said Lloyd Bie, manager of engineering planning for Richmond.

The Wild West Over the course of his 77 years Coun. Harold Steves, worried about the rate of erosion, says he’s slowly watched the waters approach his home, across from the dike.

When asked who is in charge of protecting the land, the longtime city councillor is stumped.

“Nobody. Nobody,” said Steves.

“Basically it’s zoned agriculture by the city.

DFO has a major say over it from a fisheries point of view. It’s a wildlife management area, which is a joint federal/provincial designation, and it’s protected by the (United Nations) Ramsar agreement, which is an international agreement for wetlands protection. But there’s no one authority. They can all overrule each other, which is the case of the port. It’s difficult to say whom. Oh, and Metro Vancouver has some jurisdiction over it,” said Steves.

Langer echoes Steves’ concerns.

“It’s hard to figure out. Even for me and I spent my life on it. Federal fisheries has no field offices anymore on the Fraser,” said Langer.

The longtime Richmond resident is concerned

Biologist Otto Langer, left, says the erosion of Sturgeon Banks is symptomatic of the increasingly unguided, reactive management of the Fraser River caused, in part, by government cuts to programs and the scientific community. Richmond city councillor Harold Steves, right, has grown up next to Sturgeon Banks his entire life. His cows are the last remnants of agriculture on the land, which is quickly eroding.

Photos by Graeme Wood/Richmond News about the lack of proactive, organized efforts at all levels of government to effectively mitigate the destruction of wildlife and fish habitat along the river.

“We’re into a lot of hypocrisy and double speak in government. I just think that’s how they’ve been trained,” said Langer.

Costly credits?

Langer says there is a misguided approach to the river’s management taking place. He particularly takes issue with DFO and what is known as the Habitat Management Program, which sees PMV receive credit for rebuilding or enhancing wildlife habitat, in order to develop projects elsewhere along the river, such as the Terminal 2 expansion of the Roberts Bank port facility in Delta.

Carrie Brown, PMV director of environmental programs, said the port is looking at Sturgeon Banks as a possible spot to gain credits.

“It’s a preliminary concept for habitat restoration. …It’s part of the port’s habitat enhancement program,” said Brown.

“It’s one of the sites that has been considered and in its early preliminary concept phase,” said Brown.

“Environmental stewardship is core to us.

We know the relocation of Fraser River sediment has changed the dispersion patterns of sediment coming out of the river,” added Brown.

Langer thinks the port ought not to be credited for saving the Banks as it’s the one primarily responsible for its demise.

“Port Metro Vancouver is probably the biggest threat to the estuary,” he said.

According to DFO spokesperson Carrie Mishima, via email, the habitat offsets “should not address environmental damage for which another person or organization is clearly responsible to rectify.”

It remains undetermined whether restoring

Sturgeon Banks would result in PMV credits.

(Read more about the habitat credit program online at Richmond-News.com)

Gutting relations The apparent gutting of DFO has made strange bedfellows between Langer and Tom Siddon, the Progressive Conservative Minister of Fisheries and Oceans from 1985 to 1990, who said the recently passed Bill C-38 “made a Swiss cheese out of the federal Fisheries Act” and “significantly” reduced the principles of an integrated co-management system for riparian areas.

Indeed, the highly regarded Fraser River Estuary Management Program, which reviewed development projects and coordinated intergovernmental cooperation, was shut down in 2013 due to budget cuts.

“It was probably not a good move but not a surprising move considering how governments want to save money,” noted professor Church.

It ensured agencies were talking. Now it’s up to individuals to talk to one another; it reduces the chance you get a well-managed management process for the river,” The closure has also largely put the port in charge of environmental approvals; something Langer says is a conflict of interest.

Brown disagrees.

“We’re all part of the global circle. The port tries to offset the impacts of port development.

The habitat enhancement program is a proactive measure to try to provide a balance between development and healthy environments,” said Brown.

The cuts could mean a more cumbersome way of getting things done on Sturgeon Banks, noted Gurd.

“It’s always a challenge for agencies to get together in the face of ongoing cuts to resources and increasing demands to deal with other people’s plans, like development, that

cause us to be more reactive, than proactive,” he said.

The meetings this year between the interested agencies has seen each party express their concerns.

“I think most of us at the feasibility table were surprised at the rate (of erosion). We did not know if there was an annual survey or whose role and responsibility it was to understand the dynamics of the edge of the bank,” said Lesley Douglas, Richmond’s manager of environmental sustainability.

Finding solutions One of the ideas proposed within the group is to dump piles of sediment in front of the Banks’ intertidal mudflat so it can gradually build the marsh and mudflats back up.

Agencies will need to assess issues like sediment particle size, location and mobility in the water.

Other ideas include putting rock sea berms in the Georgia Strait and installing pipes across the Banks to pump out sediment.

There are various factors that need to be considered, namely the hydrology of the area, not to mention cost and who pays for it all.

Gurd noted the changing nature of winter storms is another factor that needs to be considered.

“It’s the storms that can cause a lot of change in a very short period of time. They’re (increasingly) unpredictable,” he said.

At any rate, who is doing what and what is being done is a massive question that will need to be answered sooner, rather than later.

Langer is far from convinced.

“It’s not a simple thing to tinker with and a lot of things they’re rationalizing to improve nature, I think, is a smokescreen to rubber stamp the industrialization of the Fraser…How many fingers do you have to have, to fill how many thousand holes in the dike?”

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McNarland gig for house Terrain park opens

By Christopher Sun Special to the News

With numerous projects on the go and money scarce, the Steveston Historical Society is holding a dinner and show fundraiser next Saturday evening with music by Juno Award-winning musician Holly McNarland.

Monies raised will benefit the society, which is currently restoring the pre-1900 Japanese Benevolent Society house, located in the back of the Steveston Museum and Post Office, explained society chair Loren Slye.

“We’re almost finished with the outside of the Japanese house and we need to do the inside,” Slye said. “We’re also putting in a Japanese garden, which will have a suikinkutsu, a Japanese water harp.”

The garden and water harp is estimated to cost between $100,000 and $200,000.

“There won’t be much profit made from this [the McNarland show],” Slye said.

“It’s really a payback to the community, a thank you. We will be doing more fundraisers after this.”

Slye was able to get McNarland thanks to a family connection — his son is a musician and is friends with McNarland.

Tickets are $25 and includes a burger and beer at Steveston’s Buck and Ear Bar & Grill, starting at 6:30 p.m. Show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets available at the Buck and Ear, 12111 3rd Avenue, or 604-7819266.

The new bike terrain park at Garden City Comunity Park opened on Wednesday. Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News Steveston Historical Society’s Loren Slye, above, stands outside the Japanese House behind the Steveston Post Office and Museum. Left, singer Holly McNarland will play at the Buck and Ear. Photo above by Christopher Sun/ Special to the News

The City of Richmond unveiled the Garden City Bike Terrain Park Wednesday.

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“The Bike Terrain Park was designed with safety at the forefront and features jumps, tracks and skill elements that appeal to bikers of all ages and skill levels,” noted a city news release.

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Field hockey trio wearing Team B.C. colours A trio of Richmond Field Hockey Club standouts are wearing Team B.C. colours this summer.

Dakota Chan, Rachel Kwan and Delaney Booker all earned the opportunity to represent their province following a lengthy evaluation process which began back in December.

Chan, who is entering her Grade 9 year at McMath secondary in September, helped B.C. win silver at last weekend’s U16 National Championships at Rutledge Field in West Vancouver.

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She played for the RFHC’s U17 Pelicans this past spring. She will be entering Grade 12 at McMath next month.

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Richmond athletes bring home medals Richmond athletes brought home their fair share of medals from the recent B.C. Summer Games in Nanaimo.

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Athletics Boys 100 metres (bronze): Egidio Cantarella; Boys 200 metres (silver): Egidio Cantarella. Boys 300 metres: Nathan Loewen (silver). Girls 300 metres (silver): Georgia Lam. Boys 800 metres (bronze): Nathan Loween. Boys high jump (silver):

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Provincial silver for Islanders Richmond Islanders will be hoping for another impressive run when they conclude their season at the upcoming U14 National Championships at Softball City in South Surrey.

The rep “A” girls fastpitch team is coming off an impressive silver medal finish at the provincial championships in Victoria.

The event featured plenty of parity as seven of the 13 teams finished roundrobin play with 2-2 records, including the Islanders. Based on their run differential, Richmond was seeded fifth for the double knockout playoff round and rallied for an exciting 3-2 win over the No. 4 Delta Heat.

The locals began play Sunday with a loss to the White Rock Renegades, sending them to the loser’s side of the bracket.

Improved defence and hitting, along with outstanding pitching, produced three straight wins over the Langford Lightning, Ridge Meadows Pride and Surrey Storm — setting up a rematch with a rested White Rock team in the final. A well played game saw the Islanders take an early lead, only to have the Renegades jump out in front in the fifth inning. Richmond pulled even an inning later before White Rock produced the game winning run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh.

Coached by Troy Latrace, the Islanders’ roster includes: Georgia Hoar, Annie Morrison, Emilie Sherritt, Harper Gibson,

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format at this age level, are scheduled for Aug. 6-10.

Meanwhile, the 2002B Islanders also went the long route to earn a silver medal at the U12B Provincial Championships.

Richmond opened the 16-team tournament by going 3-1 in round-robin play to secure fourth place in the eight team double-knockout championship round.

The girls opened the playoffs by losing in the sweltering heat to Ridge Meadows, setting the stage for a long journey back to the final.

The Islanders eliminated the Langley Extreme, Poco Raves, Ridge Meadows and the Coquitlam Classics to finally meet up with the No. 1 seed North Vancouver Stars for the gold medal.

Richmond got off to a good start, knocking in three runs in each of the first two innings, but it was the well-rested Stars who eventually took the gold medal.

The weekend was a huge success for the Islanders who scored more runs than any other team in the tournament, including being accountable for five of the 11 “over the fence” home runs that were hit.

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