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he federal election campaign may have started almost two months ago, but only now does it feel like it’s heating up, at least in Richmond.

The flurry of all-candidate meetings is part of the reason.

McMath students set the bar when they grilled Steveston-Richmond East candidates at a meeting at their school last week. Next Wednesday, the Richmond News will co-host an all-candidates meeting with the Richmond Chamber of Commerce. The Canadian Association for Retired Persons (CARP) will hold and all-candidates meeting the next day.

The following week, Gilmore United Church along with Richmond Poverty Response Committee will host one Monday, Oct. 5; Richmond Centre for Disability will team up with the Minoru Place Activity Centre for an all-candidates meeting Oct. 7; Kwantlen University will hold one Oct. 14. (See page 9 for details about each meeting.)

What I like about this line-up is that it represents diverse sectors of society.

Each meeting will have its unique flair, reflective of its host. The organizers of the Gilmore event, for example, aim to keep the questions focused on social justice.

Kwantlen, is bound to ask about education; RCD, disability; the Chamber, the economy and small businesses. At the Richmond News, we’re aiming to keep our questions local, to illustrate how federal policies play out on the ground in Richmond.

When it comes to federal elections, people vote for one, or a combination, of three things — the leader, the party or the candidate.

Whatever you think of the leader is beyond our control. Whatever you think of the party is somewhat up to us, but party platforms are already out there and easily accessible.

What the local paper and local events can do is shed light on the individual candidates, their ability to articulate (as opposed to parrot) their party’s platform and illustrate how those priorities translate into local reality. It’s also a chance for us to learn how well each candidate understands local issues and their ability to advocate for them in Ottawa; it is, after all, a two-way street. The cynic would argue that politics is so centralized these days, the job of most MPs is simply to sell you the government’s agenda. I don’t doubt there’s truth to that, but individuals always matter and that goes for MPs, as well. This is why it matters that we know who and what we’re voting for.

During elections, there’s usually a big “get out the vote” campaign. I agree it’s important to vote, but just ticking a box without informing ourselves only serves to prop up a facade of democracy. One can be cynical about elections, but it is still a way to have a voice.

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It also marks the Thanksgiving season, when we traditionally celebrate food, family, and community. In Richmond, the B.C. Thanksgiving Food Drive has grown from yielding almost 9,000 lbs. in 2013 to more than 14,000 lbs. this year, with many more bags still being delivered.

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and productive drive. We thank the many volunteers from the LDS, Richmond Food Bank, Tzu Chi Foundation, and Knights of Columbus of the Parish of St. Paul who folded and attached notices to more than 18,000 donation bags, delivered them to houses throughout Richmond, and then collected the filled bags and delivered them to the Richmond Food Bank, where they sorted the donations in preparation to give to our neighbours in need.

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LETTERS to the Editor

Racist tones thinly veiled Dear Editor, Re: “‘Exclusionary signage’ still prevalent,” News, Sept.

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Quebec regulates language on signs. Those of us Anglophones would find that uncomfortable if we suddenly ended up living there.

Let’s stop the racism — as veiled as some try to make it.

I encourage more interaction and understanding between language groups, but I certainly don’t want to legislate it.

This issue is being blown out of proportion.

Our world is changing quickly. Let’s tolerantly try to accept the time lags in cross-cultural understanding that are associated with rapid change.

A generation or two from now, we will be a multi-lingual community and much richer for it.

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Intercultural harmony a myth Editor, Re: “Exclusionary signage still prevalent,” News, Sept 23.

I don’t know where Ms. Kerry Starchuk gets her enthusiasm, drive and patience to continue her fight, on our behalf, to have the “Chinese-only signs” situation resolved.

She gets much more attention and respect from foreign media than she ever has from Richmond council.

City hall seems perfectly capable of getting quick action when it wants to but seems incapable of quick responses to Chinese signs and monster homes.

To those issues, there is a standard reply of “these things take time.”

They have dodged and weaved and come up with one excuse after another as to why they cannot, instead of any why they can. If it wasn’t for councillors Carol Day and Harold Steves, we citizens who care about our city would have no voice at all.

The frustration is growing exponentially and most councillors are either unaware, or simply do not care, that the fabled “Richmond intercultural harmony” is a complete

Question of the Week

“I have always wondered what the big painted cement blocks scattered around Thompson Community Centre Park and playground are. They remind me a bit of big Lego blocks.

What are they, and why?”

— Stephanie Nomellini The cement blocks were originally placed as a preventative measure to protect the outdoor court lighting. Thompson Community Association Art Committee, in partnership with the City of Richmond, had volunteers and staff paint the blocks to make them more visually appealing.

It is a happy coincidence that they look like Lego blocks!

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myth. If ever it was a reality, it certainly isn’t now.

As the photograph with Ms. Starchuk and Mr. Whiting shows, Chinese-only signs are still proliferating. Despite all the promises of education from Richmond city hall and other groups, complete inertia is what is occurring.

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man has been arrested after allegedly posing as a student to sexually assault a teenage girl on Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s (KPU) Richmond campus last week.

On Wednesday, Sept. 16, shortly after 8:30 p.m., the victim claims she was approached by a 24-year old male, posing as a massage therapy student conducting a survey.

Upon completing the survey, the 19-year-old female told police she was awarded a complimentary mas-

sage by the man. Instead, the victim was allegedly sexually assaulted by the male.

Richmond Mounties arrested a suspect on Tuesday, Sept. 22. He is not known to police, nor is he a student at KPU. The RCMP said it pursued a “number of investigative avenues in this high priority case including the expertise of the LMD Forensic Identification Unit. We are thankful for the assistance from our community partner at KPU.” Police were not able to say where on the Lansdowne Road campus the incident took place.

“We are obviously very interested in knowing if there are any additional victims out there,” said Cpl. Eric Baskette.

“We also wish to alleviate any concerns by other students or the public. We mobilized quickly in making this arrest.”

If you are a victim or have any information about it, contact Const.

Chu of the Richmond RCMP at 604-278-1212.

To leave a tip on this crime, email Richmond_Tips@rcmp-grc. gc.ca or to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

Men wanted for alleged Indian drug ring N ine Canadians, including two Richmond men, are wanted for drug smuggling in India in a highprofile case linked to a former Punjabi cop and wrestling champion.

This week, Interpol issued red notices — similar to international warrants — for the Canadians, including Ranjit “Dara” Aujla, a Richmond man and the former president of the B.C. Kabaddi Federation.

Aujla told The Vancouver Sun Wednesday that he’ll go to India “to fight the case.”

He said he’s innocent of the allega-

tions, which have been swirling as rumours and occasional news reports since the 2013 arrest in Punjab of Jagdish Bhola, the former cop and wrestler.

At the time, Indian police alleged Bhola was the kingpin of a billiondollar network supplying heroin and methamphetamine to North America and Europe through Canadian contacts.

Aujla said Wednesday that he has never met Bhola, though once saw him wrestle when he was on a Canadian tour. “I swear on my kids’ lives I

am innocent...” Aujla said.

Another Richmond resident listed on Interpol’s most wanted list is 60-year-old Parminder Singh Deo. Deo told The Sun Wednesday that he’s innocent and doesn’t know Bhola, who reportedly implicated the Canadians.

Deo, who is retired, said he has hired a lawyer in Punjab to get more information about the case.

He said he hasn’t been in India in four years and doesn’t know Aujla or the other Canadians charged.

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Cities back enviro bill Graeme Wood

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slim majority of municipalities have endorsed the City of Richmond’s proposal that the provincial government enact an environmental bill of rights.

The proposal was endorsed at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Vancouver Wednesday.

The bill would recognize the right of every citizen to live in a healthy environment with clean air, water, food and a vibrant ecosystem. It would also provide for more transparency and democratic process in environmental decisions, as well as whistle blower protection.

Coun. Harold Steves introduced the bill as “an idea whose time has come.”

A report from the city indicates Ontario has a similar bill.

The proposal was developed at the same time the David Suzuki Foundation has been pressing for a national law to protect the right to a healthy environment, via the Blue Dot Tour.

Some municipalities called the proposal redundant to B.C.’s existing laws, while others, in more rural areas, said it could hinder

resource development.

The three-day convention wraps up today.

Also on the agenda, from the city, is a call to both the provincial and federal governments to restrict federal port authorities from purchasing protected agricultural land.

Richmond has also called on port authorities (ie. Port Metro Vancouver) to establish “meaningful consultation processes,” according to the UBCM resolution.

At the Sept. 14 city council meeting Mayor Malcolm Brodie noted he has been stonewalled in his efforts to meet with the port’s board.

The port told Brodie the board is a governance board and doesn’t meet with municipal council members.

“I’m sure if the grain authority of Saskatchewan wanted to meet with them, they would get a meeting,” quipped Brodie.

At the conference on Thursday the City of Richmond took home the Community Excellence Award for Partnerships for the Kiwanis Towers affordable housing project, which opened in July.

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The City of Richmond’s Engineering and Public Works Department and Canadian National (CN) Railway have scheduled joint demand rail crossing maintenance and paving on Alderbridge Way east of Shell Road.

To safely facilitate the work, a complete road closure is required at the rail crossing on Alderbridge Way, just east of Shell Road, from 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 3 until 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 4, 2015.

Alternative routing will be in place. Every attempt will be made to minimize disruptions, however delays may occur.

We regret any inconvenience this may cause.

The work will be rescheduled in the event of inclement weather.

Work hours will be 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on weekdays and weekends. Night time work hours will be from 7:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. (typically).

For more information, please contact A.J. Morris, Engineering Design and Construction, at 604-276-4028 or visit the City’s This work is weather dependent and dates are subject to change without notice.

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See your dealer for complete details. *Cash Purchase Price for the new 2015 Optima LX AT (OP742F)/2015 Optima Hybrid LX (OP74AF) is $20,702/$24,752 and includes a cash discount of $5,750 including $750 Celebration Bonus/$7,000 including $6,000 cash discount and $1,000 ECO credit. Dealer may sell for less. Other taxes, registration, insurance and licensing fees are excluded. Cash discounts vary by model and trim and are deducted from the negotiated selling price before taxes. ≠Representative Leasing Example: Lease offer available on approved credit (OAC), on new 2016 Sorento 2.4L LX FWD (SR75AG)/2015 Soul 1.6L LX+ MT (SO553F) with a selling price of $29,332/$20,632 is based on monthly payments of $286/$163 for 60/60 months at 1.9%/0%, $0 security deposit, $2,550/$1,600 down payment including $750/$750 Celebration Bonus and first monthly payment due at lease inception. Total lease obligation is $17,163/$9,758 with the option to purchase at the end of the term for $11,431/$9,275. 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The Kia Sorento received the lowest number of problems per 100 vehicles among midsize SUVs in the proprietary J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Initial Quality StudySM. Study based on responses from 84,367 U.S. new-vehicle owners, measuring 244 models and measures opinions after 90 days of ownership. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of U.S. owners surveyed from February to May 2015. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com. The 2015 Rio/2015 Forte/2015 Rondo were awarded with the Clef d’or “Best in Class” by L’Annuel de l’automobile 2015. Visit www.annuelauto.com for all the details. The 2016 Sorento/2015 Optima/2015 Sedona/2015 Soul were awarded the 2015 Top Safety Pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) for model year 2016/2015/2015/2015. U.S. models tested. Visit www.iihs.org for full details. Government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov). 2015 Kia Soul awarded ALG Residual Value Award for highest resale value in its class. Based on ALG’s residual value forecast for the 2015 model year. ALG is the industry benchmark for residual values and depreciation data, www.alg.com. The all-new 2016 Kia Sorento was awarded the ‘iF Design Award’ for its outstanding design. The ‘iF Design Award’ is one of the world’s most important prizes for excellence in design, www.ifdesign.de. Information in this advertisement is believed to be accurate at the time of printing. For more information on our 5-year warranty coverage, visit kia.ca or call us at 1-877-542-2886. Kia is a trademark of Kia Motors Corporation. DL#31149.

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Fri: 6–8pm | South Arm Community Centre, 8880 Williams Rd.

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Sat: 9:15am–12:30pm | Richmond Cultural Centre, 7700 Minoru Gate

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Plenty of political campaign talk on tap W

ith the Oct. 19 election finish line in sight, political talk in Richmond is going to gather pace in the coming weeks with a series of all-candidates meetings taking place.

Here’s a rundown of what’s on tap.

Richmond Chamber of Commerce all-candidates’ debate When: Wednesday Sept. 30. Meet and greet reception 5:30 - 6:45 p.m., debate 7 - 9 p.m.

Where: Richmond Country Club (9100 Steveston Hwy.) Kicking things off on Sept. 30 will be the Richmond Chamber of Commerce all-candidates’ debate at the Richmond Country Club.

“The Richmond Chamber of Commerce is very pleased to now have two federal ridings exclusively on Lulu Island,” said Matt Pitcairn, executive director of the chamber. “On Sept. 30, in partnership with the Richmond News, we have the privilege of asking the eight federal candidates from both ridings, their stance on the issues that matter most to our membership and the community-at-large.

“In addition to the traditional debate format, for the first time in Richmond, we are excited to introduce a new interactive engagement tool called Pidgeon Hole Live, which will allow every attendee to participate live, via their smartphone.”

By entering an event passcode provided at the debate, the audience can send their questions for the candidates, and also vote their support for questions from other audi-

ence members that will be displayed on a large video screen.

“The questions that receive the most votes will appear at the top of the list and will be asked by the event moderators,” Pitcairn said. “This interactive platform will allow everyone to participate and will ensure that the most popular questions in the room are raised.”

Help will be on hand for those without access to a smartphone or who need assistance asking their question.

Interspersed among the Pidgeon Hole Live questions will be those queries on a number of topics including the economy, as well as issues important to chamber members, Pitcairn said.

While the debate portion of the event from 7 p.m. is open to the public, a meet and greet session with the candidates beforehand requires ticket purchase — $10 for chamber members and $20 for nonmembers. Space is limited and advanced registration is required by calling 604-2782822.

CARP all-candidates meeting When: Thursday Oct. 1, 1 - 3 p.m.

Where: Pioneer Church at South Arm United Church (11051 No. 3 Rd.) As you might expect, issues affecting seniors will be at the forefront of questions at CARP’s (Canadian Association of Retired Persons) all candidates meeting Oct. 1 inside the Pioneer Church on the grounds of South Arm United Church.

“We will be touching on a number of

hot button issues,” said Geoff Cowman, chairman-elect of the Richmond group.

“Among them will be some major financial concerns, such as old age security, and the way seniors are forced to collapse their savings into an RRIF at 71 when many people are still working beyond that age. Then there’s healthcare and generally how the government will handle this grey tsunami that is coming. And then there’s the matter of death with dignity.”

The event will precede CARP’s annual general meeting.

Members of the public are welcome to attend the all-candidates portion, but only CARP members will be permitted to ask questions.

Compassion and social justice all-candidates meeting When: Monday Oct. 5 at 6:30 p.m. (meet and greet) 7 - 9 p.m. (all-candidates meeting) Where: Gilmore Park United Church (8060 No. 1 Rd.) Looking to broach issues beyond the economy and delve into social justice and Canada’s role is what is planned at the all candidates meeting in the sanctuary of Gilmore Park United Church on Oct. 5.

“Canada is known as a caring country and we wanted to view the meeting through that lens,” said De Whalen, chair of the Richmond Poverty Response Committee which is helping organize the event along with Gilmore Park United Church, the Richmond chapter of Amnesty International, and KAIROS, an umbrella group of Christian

churches and religious organizations. “We also want to ask the candidates what their vision is for Canada as a caring and compassionate country.”

Whalen said the format of the event will feature written questions from the audience.

There will not be an open mic.

Organizers will also ask candidates questions based on the theme of the meeting, including: violence against women and children, affordable housing, healthcare, national poverty reduction strategies and Canada’s role in international development.

RCD all-candidates meeting When: Wednesday Oct. 7. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.; meeting 6 - 8 p.m.

Where: Minoru Place Activity Centre (7660 Minoru Gate) Richmond Centre for Disability gets into the debate action with its own event on Oct. 7 at Minoru Place Activity Centre, formerly known as Minoru Seniors’ Centre.

“There will be a focus on issues of disability, such as potential changes to the RDSP (Registered Disability Savings Plan), and disability acts across the country,” , said Ella Huang, RCD’s executive director.

“But we will also welcome questions on any topic, although we expect that since we are holding this event at Minoru Place Activity Centre which delivers services and activities to the senior population, a good number of their membership will be on hand to ask questions about seniors’ issues.”

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Coasting is easy, cancer is not: Mountie ALANCAMPBELL Staff Reporter

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’m getting pretty tired and we’ve had some challenges with the weather. But I’m just out riding a bike; it’s not that difficult really when you consider what people with cancer are going through.”

With just 24 hours of the nine-day, 900-kilometre Tour de Coast left to cycle, Quinn Provost offered a spoonful of perspective when asked how his legs were holding up.

Moments earlier, Provost, a constable in Richmond RCMP’s serious crime unit, and his 19 fellow Cops for Cancer riders weaved their way, with the help of police motorcycle outriders, through the chaos of lunchtime traffic for a pit stop at Boston Pizza on No. 3 and Ackroyd roads.

“When you’re facing a tough hill, I just think of (my sister-in-law) and Taylor,” said Provost, who had never ridden a road bike prior to training for the annual cycling expedition, which raises money for cancer research while navigating the Sea to Sky corridor, from the Sunshine Coast to the North Shore and from Maple Ridge to Richmond.

Provost was referring to his sister-in-law, who died of a brain tumour aged 26, and an elementary student called Taylor, who Skyped the Tour de Coast team live from hospital, where she’s being treated for cancer.

“Yesterday, one of the schools beamed a live Skype feed (of Taylor) onto the gymnasium wall…It was very powerful,” added Provost, who, along with the rest of the Cops for Cancer team, had just ridden about 85 kilometres from Ridge Meadows and would have tipped the 100-mark by the end of Wednesday’s Richmond tour.

“If you’re starting to feel it a bit, all you need to think about is that young kid in the hospital, that’s all you need to keep going.”

Provost’s Richmond colleague, Cpl. Dean Etienne, of the bike squad, was also a firsttimer on the fundraising tour.

As well as the stories of suffering and

! Richmond RCMP members Dean Etienne (left) and Quinn Provost say inspiration to continue the Cops for Cancer ride comes from those lives that have been touched by the disease.

Photo by Alan Campbell/Richmond News

bravery he’s heard and witnessed during the trip, Etienne said he’s driven by the memory of his late father, who died of cancer while the officer was working in Richmond during the Olympics.

“Cancer has touched me and my family quite deeply,” said Etienne, an avid cyclist.

“It’s very easy (to keep going); especially when you go to the schools; there’s always someone there that’s been touched by cancer or is dealing with it in their family at that time.”

The team’s various stops in Richmond included sponsors across the city, such as Coast Capital Savings and the Investors Group.

They also stopped by the RCMP’s Richmond detachment to present a special plaque for its participation in this year’s ride.

So far, Etienne has raised more than $7,200 for the Canadian Cancer Society and Provost more than $9,000.

Other B.C. tours took place on Vancouver Island, Northern B.C. and the Fraser Valley.

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RICHMOND CENTRE

Name: Jack Trovato Party: NDP Profession: Educator Education: B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed Achievements: 2003 Prime Minister’s Award

Name: Alice Wong Party: Conservatives Profession: Educator Education: Ph.D (curriculu m and instruction) Achievements: Member of Parlia ment (Richmond)

for Teaching Excellence Theme Song: Rise Up by Parachute Club Three Priorities: 1. Launch $15/day childcare progra m. 2. Modernize, not privatize, healthcare.

3. Meet Canada’s climate change commitments

We need fairness all-round

Should the New Democrats win in Richmond Centre it would mark a monumental shift in voters’ intentions and aspirations within the riding.

Candidate Jack Trovato would stand to be at the helm of that — here comes that word — change.

“People want change,” says Trovato, a Burnaby high school teacher, born in Argentina and raised in Richmond.

He came to Canada as a toddler and says, growing up, he witnessed a caring society that helped his family grow.

“The big thing for me is fairness, accessibility and equality,” said Trovato.

Asked what got him in-

volved in politics at age 51, Trovato said it was the increasing cuts to the school system by the BC Liberal Party (he ran unsuccessfully to become a school trustee last year).

So what is it about the federal Conservatives, then? “Oh boy. Well.

There’s a lot,” replies Trovato, who says under Prime Minister Stephen Harper the country’s fundamental democratic values have eroded.

If Trovato hopes to win, he, like all challengers who have not formed government, will have to be convincing and trustworthy.

On the NDP’s platform, Trovato maintains it is a fully balanced fiscal plan.

He says his party’s pledge to create jobs via hightech manufacturing will be helped by reducing small business taxes and “reprioritizing” subsidies away from the fossil fuel industry.

According to the NDP, its promise to raise corporate taxes and cut income splitting should generate some revenue.

Trovato affirms his party will divest from oil sands production but notes the NDP will not “turn off the taps” as that would be “ridiculous.”

Trovato is also hoping to implement his party’s $15/ day daycare plan to help young families. He says he sees poverty in the schools where he works.

2008, 2011; Minister of State (Seniors) from 2011 Theme Song: Oh Canada Three Priorities: 1. Promote international trade in Pacific Rim. 2. Fight elder abuse. 3. Keep marijuana illegal, prevent drug injection sites locally

Build economy, keep taxes low Behind and to the left of Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Parliament, has sat Alice Wong for years, supporting her leader’s announcements and retorts to opposition attacks.

Wong has confidence in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s leadership and cites it as a reason to re-elect the Conservatives.

Canada, she says, needs strong leadership and NDP leader Thomas Mulcair has no plan, while Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, is, “just not ready.”

Wong is Richmond’s most experienced federal politician running in this election, and for over four years she has served as Minister of State for

Name: Lawrence Woo Party: Liberals Profession: Chartered accountant Education: B.Sc., CA Achievements: Queen’s dia mond jubilee medal;

community service award Theme Song: We Can Work it Out by The Beatles Three Priorities: 1. Repeal citizenship law Bill C24.

2. Revert OAS/GIS age from 67 back to 65. 3.

Promote dialogue and mutual understanding.

Count on centre median Woo

Sure, he’s up against two respected educators and an ambitious student, but Lawrence Woo, an accountant, can count well.

And for Woo, voting for the Conservative’s social policies or the NDP’s untested economic plan, just doesn’t add up.

Woo says he is a “middle-of-the-road” kind of guy.

“I don’t believe we should give handouts for those that ask. Like the old saying I’d rather teach someone to fish than give them a fish. That’s the main difference between us and the NDP,” says Woo, who is a founding member of S.U.C.C.E.S.S, a charitable organization

for immigrant settlement services that is also funded by the government.

Naturally, running in Richmond where the vast majority of citizens are new immigrants, one of Woo’s focuses will be on improving settlement services.

“How are we going to treat all these new immigrants after they come in? I think that’s more important. When I was with S.U.C.C.E.S.S we found this to be a very big problem. …The so-called ‘after sales product’ has been ignored,” says Woo. He says the highly scrutinized, now defunct, Immigrant Investor Program isn’t necessarily a bad thing, if it’s done properly.

“It brought in a lot of investments and a lot of talent. But there were shortcomings, so we need to address those, like whether the investment was being invested in a proper manner and how it can it bring better returns to the country,” says Woo. He notes slapping taxes/ restrictions on foreign investment in real estate could be heavy handed before fully understanding the issue.

His Liberals have said they will return the mandatory long-forum census (something Woo was unsure about in July) and improve data collection.

seniors.

“The passion is there and I’m in excellent shape health wise,” says Wong, who has worked to enforce stiffer laws against senior abuse in her time in Ottawa. Not without controversy, she also helped usher in higher age limits for seniors receiving benefits (OAS and GIS).

And to clear the air over another controversy, Wong, when asked, confirms she would eat shark fin soup again, but only if a guest were to offer it.

Despite international criticism, “Canada has a strong environmental record,” claims Wong.

The 67-year-old also supports her government’s

decision to reform environmental assessments for projects by leaving many of those assessments up to the provinces. “We don’t want anything to be redundant,” she says.

Similarly, she says there is no need for a national housing strategy (axed by the Liberals in the 1990s), as the provinces are given funding from Ottawa for projects, says Wong.

But to have more money, especially in individual pockets, one must build the economy by keeping taxes low and investing as needed, says Wong.

Thankful for her supporters, Wong says this election will be a tight one, unlike her win in 2011.

Name: Vincent Chiu Party: Greens Profession: Student Education: High school Achievements: 2013 Richmond Student Leadership

Council chair 2015 U-Roc leadership award

Theme Song: What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong Three Priorities: 1. Reduce youth unemployment.

2. Improve transparency with whistler-blower protection. 3. Let government scientists speak freely.

Chiu not afraid to take on PM

Among the represented parties in Ottawa, Vincent Chiu is one of the youngest federal candidate in this election.

A recent high school graduate, Chiu already has a long resume of volunteer work in the youth community.

The 18-year-old now attends the University of B.C., taking three courses as he campaigns for the Greens.

Chiu hopes to obtain an arts degree in interdisciplinary studies, focusing on the communication aspects of economic, social and environmental sustainability.

He wants to foster better collaboration between

people and chose the Greens because they aren’t whipped.

Chiu is not afraid to challenge Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

“Right now Parliament is confrontational. Before the Harper government, within committees, there was more collaboration,” says Chiu. He calls the government’s security agenda “absurd.”

“Forty years ago the idea of freedom was that your kids could pursue their dreams. Nowadays freedom is more about security, whereas security right now is a non-issue when it comes to domestic terrorism,” says Chiu.

He says the prevail-

ing practice of reducing deficits by increasing exports ignores the need to decrease imports.

“There are industries where we waste a significant amount of money on what we buy, like apparel.”

On energy, Chiu says the Greens will divest from fossil fuels to clean energy, but it will “take some time.” On immigration, “we don’t really need economic immigrants, we need high-skilled workers because with baby boomers retiring we will have a skilled-worker deficit.”

On keeping marijuana illegal, Chiu said prohibition funds organized crime, and costs the government money to jail people.

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STEVESTON-RICHMOND EAST Name: Kenny Chiu Party: Conservatives Profession: Senior software development manager Education: BSc Achievements: Queen’s golden and dia mond

Name: Joe Peschisolido Party: Liberals Profession: Lawyer Education: BA (Hons) and law degree Achievements: Volunteering legal expertise to

local environmental, animal and civil rights groups Theme Song: Beautiful Day by U2 Three Priorities: 1. Help middle class by investing in education, infrastructure. 2. Invest in public infrastructure to create jobs. 3. Grow economy

Put more into middle-class

On pledging to help families, especially the middle class, Joe Peschisolido said, “People have to have money to make sure everything works well. We are going to change the Family Benefit plan; we’re going to have one benefit, rather than a variety.”

This change, claims Peschisolido, will give from $400 to $1,500 more to families, depending on each circumstance (income, number of children).

“And we’re also going to eliminate the incomesplitting on tax returns, (which he claims will generate around $2.1 billion). Only 15 per cent of the population benefit

from the current incomesplitting rules.

Peschisolido said seniors will also benefit from a move to bring the age of retirement back down to 65 from 67. However, he offered no details on how much that move would cost the government and where that money might come from, other than “As Justine Trudeau has said, we are going to have to run a small deficit, of around $8 - $10 billion. But in a $2 trillion economy, that’s not a big amount.”

As far as investing in infrastructure, Peschisolido said a Liberal government would plunge in $60 billion over 10 years and

would leave the decisions on how that cash is spent to the provincial and municipal governments, as they are the “best decision-makers… for these kind of projects.

“The federal role is not to micro-manage; these are decisions for local politicians, while the role of the federal government is to provide the funding.”

Peschisolido said that tax cuts for the middle class, amounting to $2.1 billion, will be siphoned by introducing a new, highincome tax bracket (33 per cent).

“It’s the middle class that spends the majority of the money in this country,” said Peschisolido.

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Theme Song: Young at Heart by Michael Bublé Three Priorities: 1. Job creation. 2. Putting children

first, protecting them from harm. 3. Supporting local agricultural, fisheries and industrial producers

Chiu: Jobs, children come first *Each candidate was asked by the News to complete the above profile and then conduct a brief interview to elaborate on their three priorities. Despite several emails and phone calls, the News was unable to reach Kenny Chiu.

Instead, we’ve published an earlier interview with Chiu, below: Kenny Chiu, the rookie Conservative candidate for Steveston-Richmond East, is a former Richmond school trustee He was joined by pediatric orthopedics surgeon Hon. Dr. Kellie Leitch, an MP from Ontario to kick off the opening of his campaign office on Park

too important an estuary to risk.”

As for maintaining a “healthy economy,” Shaw focused on the frailties of the statements emanating from the mouths of her main rivals.

“The recession is off or on, depending on which party you’re listening to,” she said.

And you “can’t go into an election saying you have a surplus while (formerly federally funded) programs are dying,” added Shaw, referring to the Conservative Party.

Shaw said her party would structure a

minimum living wage to ensure every household had at least $20,000 coming in annually.

“I know it’s very modest, but it’s a start.”

In terms of enhancing food and job security, Shaw wants more emphasis placed on local production and reducing transportation.

“We need to encourage small farms, which have decreased by 70 per cent between 1931 and 2006,” said Shaw.

“And we would reverse that by helping young people get into farming and by investing more funding in farming education.”

He said the Chinese community is particularly concerned.

Chiu said marijuana in China is considered a “poisonous material” and there is deep-seeded distrust for drugs given the country’s history of opium wars.

He questioned whether marijuana legalization would be a slippery slope to legalizing hard drugs.

currently a small business owner Education: Diploma Achievements: Canada Decoration with two bars, two Police Board Commendations for bravery Theme Song: Tomorrow (Annie) Three Priorities: 1. Protect Richmond’s environment.

2. Improve affordable housing in Richmond.

3. Treat Canada’s veterans with dignity and respect

2011, 2013 for community service Theme Song: I a m Woman by Helen Reddy Three Priorities: 1. Protecting our coast and Fraser River 2. Healthy economy 3. Food security and jobs

It may not come as a surprise to read that Laura-Leah Shaw’s first priority has an environmental undercurrent.

In saying she would “work to protect the coast and the Fraser River,” the Green’s candidate for StevestonRichmond East said her party is the only one that’s come out against all of B.C.’s proposed pipeline projects.

The companies behind the projects, said Shaw, tend to “abdicate their responsibilities when something goes wrong. If you can’t fix it, why would you start it?

“The Fraser River is

Road.

Leitch said marijuana reforms (with the Liberals and Greens proposing to legalize and regulate while the New Democrats aim to decriminalize) would put more of the drug in the hands of children, which could lead to health issues such as development problems and schizophrenia.

When asked why he made marijuana the primary issue in his news release, Chiu said he has been hearing, via doorknocking, that ethnically South and East Asian constituents, for the most part, are concerned about reforming the drug laws.

Name: Scott Stewart N PParty: NDP Profession: Retired police officer,

Name: Laura-Leah Shaw Party: Greens Profession: Realtor Education: Diploma and ongoing UBC courses Achievements: REALTORS Care Award 2002,

Pipelines are off-limits: Shaw

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Housing, veterans need help

Scott Stewart, while out knocking on doors and meeting the public during his campaign, feels there are more undecided voters than he’s ever known in the run-up to a federal election.

“This may go down to the last ballot box,” said the NDP’s Richmond-Steveston candidate Stewart, when the News called to ask him to elaborate on his three priorities.

On his pledge to “work tirelessly” to protect the environment in Richmond, Stewart said the federal government needs to study, in more detail, the potential effects of development, specifically on or

around the Fraser River, before any major decisions are made.

“Proper, rigorous and independent environmental studies need to be carried out. Mr. Mulcair has promised to bring more federal studies back in; but those studies have to be independent, otherwise it’s a case of the fox guarding the hen house.”

On his affordable housing promise, Stewart said his party would implement its “national housing strategy,” which equates to $2 billion in funding for co-ops and social housing by 2020.

Stewart couldn’t offer specifically where that $2

billion was coming from, but added the key was in finding “stable funding” and offering incentives to builders.

On Canada’s war veterans, Stewart said they’ve been “ill-treated” for too long by previous governments and if the NDP is elected, it will support the veterans and their families with a $454 million investment over four years.

“We would return the funding to Veterans Affairs that’s been dipped into by previous governments,” said Stewart.

“Applications to Veterans Affairs take a horrendous length of time and that has to change.”

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nlike in the B.C. provincial elections where voters can vote at any polling station, in the federal election voters must go to the polling location that has been assigned to them.

Personalized Voter Information Cards (VIC) that contain personalized polling location information are currently being sent to registered voters’ homes. VICs identify each voter’s poll number and location for election day, Oct. 19, and the one for advanced polling days (Thanksgiving weekend Oct. 9-12 from noon to 8 p.m.)

Voters who haven’t received their VIC

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Election: Candidates to speak From page 9 Kwantlen Polytechnic University allcandidates meeting When: Oct. 14. at 6:15 - 6:55 p.m. (candidates meet and greet), 7 - 8:30 p.m. meeting.

Where: Melville Centre for Dialogue (KPU Richmond, 8771 Lansdowne Rd.) Those candidates in the Richmond Centre riding will get one more chance to state their case for local voter support as the Kwantlen Student Association and KPU’s Department of Political Science host an all

candidates meeting on Oct. 14.

A moderator will kick-off the question session and written questions from the audience will be encouraged.

“The local candidates’ debate is at the heart of what representative democracy is supposed to be,” said Greg Millard, chair of KPU’s department of political science.

“Candidates are putting themselves forward to speak for all of us in our national debates; and there is no better way to compare their styles, skills and ideas than to gather them together to engage with us, and with each other.”

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erry Propersi remembers how glorious it felt swimming in rain at Centennial Pool as a kid. Later, as a teenaged lifeguard and swimming teacher at the open-air pool, the rain wasn’t as pleasant.

“I had to remember that feeling because it was pretty cold and miserable being out on deck while the kids were all warm and toasty in the water,” she said.

Built in 1958, Centennial Pool was once Richmond’s only public pool. Still one of the city’s biggest, the pool is now enclosed and part of Minoru Aquatic Centre, which soon will likely only be a memory.

A new pool facility is now under construction steps away in Minoru Park. Scheduled for completion in two years, the pool will be housed inside the $79.6-million Minoru Complex. Two separate, six-lane pools stretching 25 metres are planned, as is an expansive leisure pool and two hot pools.

In a small way it will pay homage to Richmond’s first openair pool with a sculptural raincloud periodically showering swimmers, just as real rainclouds did at Centennial.

Centennial was the city’s first major recreational development, made possible through the purchase of land that’s now Minoru Park. The outdoor pool was so popular when it opened that kids had to swim in shifts.

Propersi, who worked at Richmond’s pools in the ‘70s and ‘80s, remembers parents sitting in lawn chairs watching their kids from behind a chain link fence. On the last day of swimming lessons, each nervous young swimmer would climb the high diving board as their parents looked on.

Not all had the courage to jump.

Centennial was a big part of childhood for many locals.

Swimming lessons started at the chilly hour of 7 a.m., and treats like sponge toffee and Roman nougat bars could be had from the concession post-swim. In the early 1970s, admission to the pool was just 15 cents for kids, and the entire pool could be rented for $20 an hour.

A flood of memories from the pool’s early years have spilled onto the Facebook group “You grew up in Richmond, BC if you remember...” In one post, Brenda Wilson remembers getting 25 cents from her parents—15 for admission, 10 for goodies. “I think my parents thought it was a good trade off for a day’s babysitting. I, or we if my brothers came, would be dropped off at opening time and picked up in the afternoon.”

In another post, Lisa Devitt said she took early morning lessons at the pool: “Then, I waited and played in Minoru Park until the pool opened for public swimming, where I stayed all afternoon. That was my summer daycare while my single mother worked.”

Civic politicians were keenly aware of the pool’s popularity.

In its first dozen years, Centennial was the only pool in town, apart from wading pools at King George Park, South Arm Park, Steveston Park and Minoru Park, along with school parks at Gilmore and Dixon. There was one other, but it was small and in the basement of the former Mitchell elementary school building at No. 5 and Cambie roads.

In 1968 politicians commissioned a study of swimming facilities. Unsurprisingly, the study found a need due to a rising population and growing leisure time.

A new outdoor pool arrived at Steveston Park in 1970, according to Bill McNulty’s Steveston: A Community History. In 1972, the city built another at South Arm. Its official opening included a ceremony that featured “three young charmers,” according to archives records: South Arm Sardine Queen Miss Debbie Pelech, First Princess Miss Leanne Skinner and Second Princess Miss Andrea Price.

Minoru Park’s pool facility grew in 1977 with the opening of the Minoru Aquatic Centre, built for $1.88 million that included a $100,000 contribution from the Woodward’s department store chain. In 1984, an enclosure was completed for Centennial Pool as part of a $1.3-million upgrade project.

Watermania arrived in 1997, and, starting in 2017, the Minoru Complex pool is scheduled to welcome swimmers for the first time. Its “Errant Rain Cloud,” designed by artists Germaine Koh and Gordon Hicks, should also be ready to offer an intermittent shower of rain—and maybe even a memory or two.

! The indoor pool in the basement of the former Mitchell Elementary School building, which was torn down nearly a decade ago.

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! In 1984, the city celebrated the opening of a newly enclosed Centennial Pool. City of Richmond Archives photo

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nstead of buying a new computer or smart phone when your old one can’t keep up with your needs, wouldn’t it be great if it had the limitless ability to upgrade its own hardware and software to meet the demands of the moment?

Your own brain already has this ability.

At birth, we are born with approximately 86 billion neurons and as they die, one by one, they are not replaced.

This has led to the common assumption that our brains and therefore our capacity for thinking and remembering decline throughout adulthood. Associated with this assumption is the belief that we are less capable of change as we age. That’s the way the majority of adults think and behave.

With time, we get stuck in habits of behaviour and thought; it gets harder to change our routine and how we see ourselves.

Although the actual number of neurons (nerve cells) does not increase with age, up to adulthood, the human brain can increase to five times its size at birth. The increase in volume is due to myelination (the outer insulation of nerve fibres) and the growth of connections (or synapses) between neurons.

The principle of “use it or lose it” applies to your brain as well as your body. We know muscles that aren’t challenged will atrophy and become weaker. If we don’t move through a full range of motion, we become stiff, and if we limit our activity, we lose our agility and balance.

How your brain adapts and evolves over a lifetime, depends on how you use it because the brain is capable of creating new synapses (connections between neurons) at any age. Frequently used connections are reinforced and become stronger and more

efficient. Seldom used connections are lost.

This creates habits of thought, which beget habits of behaviour and habits of feeling.

If we reinforce habits of drinking, smoking or using drugs when we are stressed or in response to particular situations, those habits become more entrenched over time as we strengthen the corresponding synaptic connections.

But if we stop the cycle, try out a new and healthier pattern of behaviour, and repeat that pattern repeatedly over time, we can reinforce an alternate neural pathway. The more we travel along this new connection of neurons, the more we strengthen the synapses until we have adopted the new and healthier habit.

The same principle applies to how we think about our selves, others and our world.

It’s simpler and more efficient to hold onto assumptions and beliefs about others and our world, but too often it doesn’t keep up with the reality of change.

If we think of ourselves as being stuck in our ways, addicted to our attachments or incapable of positive change, we will live this self-fulfilling prophecy. Too often we limit our capacity for growth and happiness by our prejudices and unexamined assumptions; we see only evidence to reinforce our beliefs and are blind to evidence that show them to be false.

Certain patterns of thought reinforce particular emotional states, and once in these states, those patterns are reinforced.

Thoughts focussed on negativity, judgment, blame and hopelessness reinforce feelings of anger and sadness. Thoughts of appreciation, personal empowerment and a positive purpose beget happiness.

With a healthy brain that can literally change itself, each of us is capable of positive change. Which free upgrades will you choose?

Dr. Davidicus Wong is a family physician.

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here will be plenty of fantastic deals on offer at the Mid-Autumn Charity Dating Auction at Aberdeen Centre this Sunday (Sept. 27).

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Join in and wave that auction paddle to compete for a long list of goods, services, and all-expense dinner dates.

And when the auction deals start at just $20, you’ll see that Aberdeen Centre will be the place to be, especially since the event is a fundraiser for the Richmond Food Bank.

Maybe it’s the $1,000 of labour from Ashton Service Group to help maintain or repair your air conditioner or furnace.

And who could resist having five firefighters at your beck and call for a total of five hours. Make them run errands, make them clean your house or tidy up the yard. This auction item has plenty of scope — just use your imagination.

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Up first is the Labour category with five great items, including Ashton Service Group’s package, that will be sold to the highest bidder.

At around 1:50 p.m. another five items in the Health category will be up for bids.

One of the highlights in that group is a custom home-gym package, valued at more than $500 from Flaman Fitness.

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Items in the Wisdom category go on the block at around 2:25 p.m. Among those up for bids will be one-on-one personalized golf lessons with club pro Taylor Hull, and a round of golf at Mayfair Lakes.

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ately, Volkswagen’s newsworthiness has been all about heralding its climb to ‘world’s biggest automaker’ with reports detailing its ‘sprawling empire’ encompassing Audi and Bentley luxury cars, Porsche and Lamborghini sports cars, Scania and MAN heavy trucks, and Ducati motorcycles. …But now this. Big trouble.

Recent tests conducted by the International Council on Clean Transportation on diesel vehicles that included testing a Volkswagen Jetta and Passat reportedly found a discrepancy between their ‘real world’ emissions and lab test results, which, in turn, revealed they contained a “defeat device”— software that turns on the full emission control system only when emission testing is underway.

Without these pollution controls, diesel engines provide increased torque and better acceleration, and are more fuel efficient, and durable. But they also emit nitrogen oxide, an air pollutant said to be linked to asthma and other respiratory diseases.

On Sunday September 20, 2015, speaking before the start of the International Motor Show in Frankfurt, Martin Winterkorn, Volkswagen’s CEO did not contest the notice of violation issued by the US Environmental Protection Association [the EPA] alleging that many models of Volkswagen ‘clean’ diesel cars are equipped with this software. This means that while being driven normally, these cars spew as much as 40 times the pollution allowed under the US Clean Air Act. Mr. Winterkorn is reported as saying he is:

“personally … deeply sorry that we have broken the trust of our customers and the public…[and] we will do everything necessary to reverse the damage this has caused.”

California having issued its own notice of violation, reports say that the EPA, the US Justice Department, and California will together be investigating these allegations. Recalls could cover 4-cylinder diesel Volkswagen and Audi vehicles from the model years 2009 to 2015, including the Volkswagen Jetta, Beetle, Golf, Passat, and Audi A3—roughly 482,000 diesel passenger cars in total.

Volkswagen spokesman, John Schilling said that immediately the company will stop selling 2015 and 2016 Volkswagen and Audi models equipped with 4-cylinder turbo diesel engines, which the company has marketed as “clean diesel.” The company will also stop selling certified pre-owned or used cars with these engines. While the actual number of unsaleable vehicles is unclear, in early September 2015, Volkswagen said 23% of new cars sold in the US in August were diesels or 7,400 vehicles.

Volkswagen is facing a fine under the US Clean Air Act of up to $18 billion based on a $37,500 fine for each recalled vehicle. Reports also say the company has heard from the US Justice Department, which the EPA has said, “could pursue criminal prosecution.” Mr. Winterkorn, having only recently survived a power struggle with the chairman of Volkswagen’s supervisory board, Mr. Ferdinand Piëch, is expected to be further weakened by this.

There are also some predictions that this case “could damage all German automakers, which have tried to build acceptance in the United States for diesel engines, a sector in which they believe they have a technological lead.” Still, we might guess that this crisis, so called, is more a matter of excitement in the press than a lasting concern to the motoring public.

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Minoru Out Trip Located at the corner of Minoru Boulevard and Granville Avenue, across the plaza from the Brighouse Library and Richmond Cultural Centre, MPAC offers an inviting, active and friendly environment for those 55 years and older. This one level, fully accessible facility is set in beautiful Minoru Park and is near many other City facilities

in the area. Minoru Place has a number of multipurpose rooms, a large hall with a stage, a billiards room, cafeteria and an excellent woodworking shop.

Activities include registered programs, out trips, special events and support groups. Plus, with an annual Facility Pass you can choose to join any of the 40 Clubs and

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For more information • Pick up a copy of the Minoru Place Newsletter from the Minoru Place front desk to find out about special events, upcoming trips and the latest news • Drop by or call 604-238-8450 • Visit www.richmond.ca/seniors

Minoru Place Activity Centre Facility Passes

The annual fees cover participation in fabulous activities including dancing, singing, Bike Club, Spanish Club, cribbage, other card games and more. Passes are valid one year from date of purchase.

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Wills Variation – the kitchen sink I have not seen the statistics but I would venture to say that 2015 may prove to be the busiest ever in the area of Wills Variation litigation. Well, in light of the ever increasing property values in the Lower Mainland, as well as the increasing awareness of this area of law, it is not necessarily a surprise.

A child (biological or adopted) and a spouse (married or marriage-like) of a deceased person are legally eligible to seek a variation of that person’s Will, where they believe that they were not left an “adequate, just and equitable” portion of the Estate, in the Will.

How important are relationships – let me count the ways!

As you might expect, these cases tend to change (perhaps the better word is

This discussion is not a variation s famous “terminate”) a family’s dynamics.

They of canElizabeth be complexBrowning’ and, understandably, some family members tend todescribed feel that a Will reflects wishes of the poem.

It is about thewill tragedy in the casethe Brown maker and so should reasons not be disrupted or changed. cases are also v.Will Pearce Estate (whose for judgment wereThe recently expensive toThe litigate leavefor an Estate muchofless valuable.s Will by released). caseand is acan claim variation a mother’ her Plaintiff.

Lastson, week,the reasons for judgment were released in a case called Kong v. Kong.

That case involves a family in a very acrimonious situation. The litigation Background among the member children (both parents have passed) does not start nor The deceased died in late-2012.

She had twice and had end with the Wills Variation case. However, it ismarried worth examining. a common law relationship. In her first marriage, she had two The Facts one of whom was the Plaintiff. That marriage ended in children, divorce, andfrom in 1973, remarried.

The parents, China,the haddeceased seven children (six of them sons) and though they started very modestly, they achieved great business success in Hong Her second husband had a child from a previous relationship.

Kong. Four of their children studied in England, fully paid for by their That child, a daughter, died tragically in a car accident in 1989. father. The parents retired to Vancouver. Though the reasons do not provide After that incident, the deceased’s second marriage eventually great detail about the extent of the parent’s assets, they did own a home in ended in 1995.

Burnaby and they had funds in the bank as well.

In thebecame deceased entered relationship was happy, The1999, mother ill around 2010,a was moved intowhich a care facility and died until the2012. husband dieddied unexpectedly 2004.

After that in early The father not long after,in also in 2012. relationship, she declined into depression and alcoholism, and The children were in different circumstances. One was disabled and lived died at age 68. in China. Another was a retired Engineer who lived in Switzerland and Her eldest child, theStill Plaintiff, bornasina 1965 and married in retired to Vancouver. anotherwas worked Custodian, while another 1990.

That marriage ended in 1993. In 1995, he started living with was unsettled. his second wife (they married in 2001). They had a daughter who In 2009, there was litigation surrounding a Committeeship for their mother. never met the deceased. That marriage ended as well.

The father sought Committeeship, as did the eldest child (a son). The son was Plaintiff’ named Committee,

by Court That maywas have beenthough appropriate The s relationship withOrder. his mother poor, legally but itnot leftas thepoor father and hurt.

In evidence. the years following, many seemingly asangry described in his He testified of an theabusive children relationship, were estrangedincluding from the father and when the mother to not having enough fooddied, some of attend her appreciated. funeral. The father contracted when hethe waschildren young did andnot never being cancer years before his death. It was successfully treated but it returned in The seemed to end inhe1995, when the deceased 2011.relationship Not long before the father died, added his youngest son (as joint moved outa bank of heraccount househetohad, endthen hergifted second The in his tenant) to thatmarriage. son a half interest deceased asked the aPlaintiff help her, and when hethe arrived home. After, he made new Will,toleaving his entire Estate to same son. atThe theevidence house,and he started moving things out onto the front lawn, decision embarrassing thethedeceased.

It is clear from the Court’s reasons that the evidence was quite difficult to The ensuing fight seemed to cause considerable frustration on consider. There seems to have been a lot of contradictory evidence, children both and the Plaintiffevidence, seemedand to have interest their givingsides, somewhat inconsistent some lost evidence that in appeared relationship. contact which to have been There untrue was and only other sporadic evidence to which afterward, the Court gave little caused deceased considerable sadness. weight. the In the 2009 application for Committeeship, the son who sought Committeeship some strong against Around 2005, made the deceased soldallegations her home and the gavefather the and those were referred by the Court in of thisthe case in its determination whether Plaintiff’ s sister $200,000 proceeds.

She did not give to thevary the Will. anything What the evidence did Will, show, bequeathed in my opinion, is that the family Plaintiff and, in her him $10,000.

The were extremely divided, angry, bitter and hurt. Several of the children were Plaintiff sought to vary her Will. estranged from the parents.

Court’s decision The Court decided to vary the Will to a small degree. The Will disinherited six ofCourt the seven children.

In Wills Variation cases, the Court first of examines The heard evidence from eight witnesses, several whom whether the deceased owed any legal obligations to the his person seeking contradicted the Plaintiff’ s evidence -- including sister, whoto vary the Will. were none no here.

The nextof consideration the Court testified that There they observed shortage food in theforhousehold. is whether any moral duties are owed to the person(s) seeking to vary the The thechallenged, law of Wills to thewas Will.Court Of the analyzed four sons who the Variation, disabled son,referring in Hong Kong, most caseAnother (Tataryn v. who Tataryn Estate) and subsequent given important 5% of the Estate. son, did not understand English well cases, and discussed the obligations of ofa Will maker respect and who had some need, was also given 5% the Estate.

Ofwith the other two to their moral toward children. sons, thelegal Courtand found that duties the deceased owed no moral duty to them and the evidence established that the reasons the deceased had for disinheriting The Court considered the abuse the deceased endured, and the them were valid as well as rational.

Plaintiff’ s apparent unwillingness to have a relationship with her The Court decided that the Will itself was not the result of undue over some also years. influence and the deceased was not coerced into making that Will. Also, The Court held that the deceased’s reasons for not leaving the the transfer of the house was held to be made when the deceased had the Plaintiff a more bequest andthat rational.

Sinceto capacity to decide generous and do it. Finally, thewere Courtvalid decided with respect their estrangement was theset Plaintiff’ fault, wasintend not the joint account the deceased up withsthe son,her the bequest deceased did “unjust or inequitable, ” and her moralwhen dutythetoward him Therefore, was that the son have the funds in the account father died. negated.

The claim dismissed, and the Willwhen stood. the son did notPlaintiff’ hold the sfunds in was any trust for the father’s Estate the father died. So the chosen son was permitted to keep the funds, the interest Summary in the house, and the other assets of the father’s Estate.

The Court delivered a thorough and thoughtful analysis of a Summary family’ s tragic circumstances. On the evidence, the Plaintiff Given the level of acrimony in the family, it is possible thatnow some of the chose not to have or rekindle a relationship with his Plaintiffs will appealThe this reasons decision. are I will on that I hear deceased mother. notreport wholly clear,as but areof it. In the meantime, this case, bitter a picture though it paints, did not seem to probably complex. be a difficult one for the Court to decide. It seemed straightforward for the The Will gave reasons the duties modest bequest, due theThe Court to conclude that nofor moral were owed to and two of thetosons. nature the relationship, the strong Plaintiff hadarea. a difficult evidenceofagainst them was fairly in that It may case to meet, andwhere he failed. cases,discord, and in the be that in families thereIn is these considerable many relationships are antime important for Court ways, may have a somewhat easier reaching factor a decision the Court in deciding to vary a Will. about the legal and moralwhether duties owing (or not owing) and thus whether to vary a Will.

Visit our website (www.WillPowerLaw.com) or call us at (604)233-7001 to discuss your Wills, Estates and Seniors’ questions.

Jack Micner

SPRY HAWKINS MICNER LAWYER

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October 2015

MINORU PLACE ACTIVITY CENTRE Parking Passes

2015 Parking Passes are available to Minoru Place Activity Centre members for $11 each.

Parking in the MPAC lot is reserved Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm for members with a valid parking hanger displayed.

Cafeteria

MPAC has a great eatery that features delicious and nutritious meals six days a week with member discounts. Menus can be viewed online at www.richmond.ca/parksrec/seniors/ minoruplace/minoru.htm.

Hot meal service begins at 11:30 am Mon – Fri with soup and sandwiches available on Saturdays.

Fall Hours of Operation (Sep 8–Dec 23) Mon – Thu...........................8:30 am – 4:00 pm Fri .......................................8:30 am – 7:00 pm Sat ....................................10:00 am – 2:00 pm Sun .......................................................Closed Hot Entrees Members .........................Lunch $5, Dinner $7 Non-Members.................Lunch $7, Dinner $9 Dinner Fri ............................................ 4:30 – 6:00 pm

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MINORU WELLNESS FREE Wellness Clinics Have your blood pressure checked by a retired volunteer nurse and pick up information on programs, services and support available to seniors in the community. Holistic health appointments and manicures and pedicures are available for a fee. The clinic is offered the third Wednesday of each month. Call 604-2388450 to book an appointment.

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Socialize, enjoy local community performances and join in a variety of activities that include Karaoke and Name That Tune. Call 604-238-8450 or visit the centre for more details.

Fridays, 6:00 – 8:00 pm .. $2 (Drop-in) Watercolour Painting Apply newly learned techniques in Platinum Players this beginner class. No experience Join this group that entertains local required. Supply list provided. Spots seniors’ groups and community may still be available for October members at various Richmond events sessions. Call 604-238-8450 for including teas, civic events and other details. celebrations. If you have a sense of Nov 5 – Dec 17, Thu 3:30 – 5:30 pm fun and a little imagination, drop $75.05/7 sess (1066969) in on this group that meets at the MPAC every Tuesday from 2:00 to FITNESS 4:00 pm. For more information, call FREE Jazzersize Elaine at 604-276-9993.

Rock it out in this dance-based Tap Dancing—Beginner Tap into some fun and get some great cardio, strength and pulse-pumping exercise. No dance experience required. routine that uses muscle momentum Wed 9:00 – 10:00 am ...............$6.05 (no hopping) for a great total body (Drop-in) workout.

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Local history on film is the subject of A Capture of Memories at Britannia Heritage Shipyards National Historic Site (5180 Westwater Dr.) Sept. 25 - 27. It explores the Japanese Canadian experience through the memories of the Murakami

family at Britannia. Show times: 12 - 4 p.m. This new addition to the exhibits at the Britannia site was a joint effort between local filmmaker Susanne Tabata, Murakami family members, the City of Richmond and the Britannia Heritage Shipyard Society.

Richmond Public Library is hosting an author talk by Filipino psychologist Dr. Margie Holmes on the topic of Love, Lust and Relationships Sept. 25 from 1-3 p.m. at the Brighouse Branch (7700 Minoru Gate). Dr. Holmes will discuss defining values about women, men and intimacy.

Join artists, musicians, dancers, writers, photographers, artisans and other creative individuals during the sixth annual Culture Days weekend Sept. 25 - 27 at the Richmond Cultural Centre (7700 Minoru Gate). Activities take place in various locations around the city and

include visual arts demonstrations and workshops, various forms of dance classes, film screenings, open discussions and more.

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How diverse is Richmond?

You can see the differences, and some similarities, as you embark on a cross-cultural temple tour with Dr. David McLauren. On Sept. 26 from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. visit a Sikh temple, Hindu temple, Muslim mosque and a Buddhist temple. Registration is $39 and includes lunch.

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Join Public Art specialist, Eric Fiss and guest artists Deanne Achong and Faith Moosang on a free public art bus tour that will showcase the newest additions of public artworks around Richmond Sept. 25 - 27 from 1:15 - 3:30 p.m. All ages are welcomed and refreshments will be provided. Registration can be done at richmond.ca/ register. Enter 1126408 for Saturday’s tour or 1126458 for Sunday’s tour or by email at wwong2@richmond.ca.

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If you enjoyed the British music invasion of the 1960s and want to sing along with the chart-topping hits of that era, follow volunteer DJ Frankie Neilson from the Beatmerchant Record Store on Sept. 27 for a two-hour trip through the decade. The British Invasion Sing-Along presented by the Richmond Women’s Centre will take place at the Buck & Ear pub (12111 3rd Ave.) from 12:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 and include a buffet lunch. Proceeds benefit the Richmond Women’s Resource Centre.

Come enjoy the MidAutumn Festival Celebration Sept. 27 at Lansdowne Centre from 12:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Essentially, this is Thanksgiving for Chinese people as the event is a celebration of kinship and charitable love.

This year’s celebration will include multicultural performances such as lion dance, folk dance, Chinese calligraphy and game booths.

Richmond Public Library is offering an “Aging-In-Place” series with the first workshop — Do’s and Don’ts of Downsizing — on Sept. 27 from 2 - 3 p.m. at the Brighouse branch. This workshop, covering the practical as well as emotional side of downsizing, is suitable for adults and seniors. Registration is required for each of the workshops. The remaining two take place on Oct. 11 and 18. For more information on these workshops, check out the Richmond Public Library’s event calendar.

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COMMUNITYin Focus

Jamboree brings world of opportunity Philip Raphael Staff Reporter

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ichmond’s Chris Cheng is used to analyzing the environment in his consulting job.

So, it was natural for the atmospheric sciences grad from UBC to be part of a factfinding group of scouts that travelled to Yamaguchi, Japan this summer to see what goes on at a World Jamboree.

Cheng, 24, is a lifelong scout with the 32nd Richmond Scout Group. His mom signed him up at age seven as a way for him to experience the great outdoors.

Indeed, it opened up a whole new world for him.

Now, as a senior leader, a Rover Scout, he wants to pass that opportunity on to youngsters in his local group at the next world jamboree.

“They are held, like the Olympics, every four years,” Cheng said. “And the next one is 2019 in West Virginia.”

But to help organize that trip, Cheng needed to experience what it’s like when around 34,000 scouts gather in one place for two weeks to share knowledge and kinship.

! Richmond’s Chris Cheng (far right) with other leaders at the opening of the World Jamboree in Japan. Photo submitted

“We wanted to have the experience ourselves and know exactly what we’d be up against in terms of planning before taking the initiative to bring our kids.

“That’s something we are definitely looking forward to doing.”

One of the biggest takeaways from the event was an appreciation for the opportunity to meet scouts from around the world.

Activities at the jamboree involved learning about the culture of the host nation, as well as those other participating countries.

Hopes are to take as many as 14 youngsters to the next jamboree. And Cheng, along with other leaders, is working

on devising a means to select those deserving a chance to go.

“It’s a big commitment.

First, the youth will have to show initiative,” Cheng said.

“They really have to want to go on this trip because it’s relatively expensive. And that means quite a bit of fundraising and commitment.”

But the payoff is considerable, Cheng added.

“Being a scout has been a wonderful experience,” he said. “Essentially, it’s been a second family to me. Also, I enjoy helping youth develop their own leadership qualities, become more responsible and eventually become successful adults. It just brings me great joy.”

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BBQ experts smoke rivals

! Jiffy Lube’s Shaun Hussman (left) says hiring Aaquil Datoo was done without any concerns about his learning disability.

What counted was Datoo’s enthusiasm for helping promote the business. Photo by Philip Raphael/Richmond News

Removing workplace barriers PHILIPRAPHAEL Staff Reporter

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s there a level playing field for disabled workers competing for a job in today’s marketplace?

While many like to think so, attitudes fashioned by fear and a lack of education about what it actually takes to have a disabled employee as part of the workforce can provide very real barriers.

That was part of the discussion around the Richmond Centre for Disability’s gathering with a small group of local employers on Monday, designed to promote and bring awareness to hiring people with a disability.

One person who has experienced just about every reaction during job interviews was Eileen Kalshoven, RCD’s executive assistant since 2001. Some interviews have been good.

Others have been awful. In the end, she said the advice her parents gave her to be as independent as possible has been good counsel.

Kalshoven contracted polio when she was 18 months old, leaving her with a lifelong disability. She has used canes and now a wheelchair for mobility.

“But all of my working life I’ve had a job,” said Kalshoven, 61. “But it’s not easy getting a job when you have a disability.

“My parents told me that just because I was disabled, don’t expect people to look after you. You’ve got a brain in your head, use it.”

One of her negative experiences involved a job she applied for in her 20s in her native Zimbabwe.

“I remember the place where the job interview was, there must have been about 30 steps to the front door. “But I made it,” she said, adding at that time she walked with the use of canes.

“The gentleman who interviewed me said, ‘I don’t really have a job for you, I just wanted to see what you looked like,’” she said. “I said to him, I don’t have horns growing out of my

head, and even if you did have a job for me, with your attitude I wouldn’t want to work for you anyway.

“I’m cheeky that way. But you’ve got to have a thick skin when you have a disability, because if you think everybody is going to be nice to you, forget it.”

Other interviews showed an understanding for what disabled people face.

At a different workplace interview, where a series of steps were a challenge, Kalshoven told the employer they were going to be a bit of problem for her.

“And he told me, ‘Look, I am not interviewing you to find out if you can get up the steps, I am interviewing you to see if you can do the job.”

Generally, the public can have a fear of the unknown when it comes to the needs of the disabled worker, Kalshoven said.

Fuelling part of that fear is a variety of myths about the extra costs disabled workers bring to a potential employer.

Louise Gaudry, RCD’s career development facilitator told the audience among the concerns is an anticipated rise in WorkSafeBC rates.

“This is not true. In fact, insurance rates for employers are determined by health and safety risks from the type of business, the size of payroll and the health and safety record of the company,” she said. “The level or ability or disability of an employee has no impact on insurance rates.”

Also untrue is the cost of accommodating a disabled employee in the workplace, Gaudry said.

“Research cited in the Conference Board of Canada’s tips for hiring people with disabilities indicates that less than eight per cent of people with disabilities who are employed need any form of accommodation. In many cases, an employee already has the special equipment they need. If not, there are government programs available to assist them with these costs.”

As for potential wage gaps for disabled

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workers, that usually depends on the level of education an individual has, said Ian Yeung RCD’s career development facilitator.

According to Conference Board of Canada data this country is given an “A” rating for having the income of people with disabilities pegged at 87 per cent of that of people without disabilities.

That 87 per cent figure is significantly higher than that in Australia (68 per cent) and the U.S. (69 per cent), but lower than in Sweden (93 per cent).

But regardless of the job and wage, whether or not to hire a disabled person often comes down to attitudes of employers.

One who managed to see through an invisible disability was Shaun Hussman who runs the Jiffy Lube location on No. 3 Road across from Lansdowne Centre.

For the past three years he’s employed Aaquil Datoo, who has a learning disability, to promote the oil change business by parading up and down the sidewalk with a sign.

“I was looking for someone who was enthusiastic about doing the job of holding the sign and he was really excited about it,” Hussman said. “I didn’t have any problems working with someone with a disability. I knew there’d be some hurdles, but honestly, there weren’t any with him.

“Aaquil, he’s my eyes and ears. He really is.

I wouldn’t give him up.”

Another employer keen to provide work for challenged workers is Owen Barclay who runs Accessable Home and Property Services Ltd. which specializes in renovating living spaces for disabled and aging people.

Barclay said he makes a point of hiring people with addiction problems.

“I think that people with disabilities offer some tremendous advantages to employers,” Barclay said. “The big thing for the employer, though, is to not hesitate to interview people.

And if you’re unsure of their abilities ask them questions that can explain they have the skills to do to the job, or not.

“Treat them as you would anybody else.”

A Richmond trio of barbecue specialists walked away with the top prize amid sizzling competition in a recent cooking competition in Langley. The team of Scott Graham, John Lim Hing and Joel Whitmore from the Hog Shack BBQ took home first place overall in the10th Annual BBQ Off the Bypass championship on Sept. 13. The event attracts the best competitive barbecue teams from throughout the Pacific Northwest for competition in five categories: chicken, brisket, ribs, pork butt, and an open choice category. The teams had to cook all five items in order to be eligible for the Grand Championship. And the Hog Shack won by 0.046 points in all categories.

! The Hog Shack’s (from left to right) Scott

Graham, John Lim Hing and Joel Whitmore display their trophies after winning the 10th BBQ Off the Bypass event. Photo submitted

Cowell begins expansion plan Friday (Sept. 25) marks a new era in the life of the Richmond Auto Mall as Cowell Auto Group hosts a groundbreaking ceremony for its all-new Audi of Richmond and Jaguar Land Rover of Richmond dealerships. According to the longtime local dealer, the expansion will provide the most luxurious and customer-friendly shopping experience possible. Each state-of-the-art facility will cover more than 100,000-square-feet with multi-level showrooms, and covered customer parking. The estimated investment for these two dealerships is more than $60 million.

! An artist’s image of the new Land Rover dealership. Photo submitted

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

TRAVELQuebec

! Come for the

croissants, stay for the poetry.

Québecoise poet Véronique Cyr reads from one of her books during the “Goûter-poésie” event at the Nys Pâtissier in TroisRivières, part of the city’s annual Festival International de la Poésie. John Masters/Meridian Writers’ Group

Taking poetic license John Masters

Contributor Meridian Writers’ Group

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o, I’m part way through my Scotch one night in this scruffy basement bar, the Zénob, when a guy next to the battered piano gets to his feet and starts reciting poetry: when every man jack lit up no-one expected worse he shouts, a shortness of puff dry hoarst fingers stained lino brown A hush falls over the room.

But it’s not the hush of patrons readying themselves to clock the speaker and end this nonsense. Most, in fact, have come for the nonsense.

This is one of more than 300 events at the 10-day Festival International de la Poésie, among the largest — and certainly most unusual — annual poetry festivals in the world. A hundred poets from two dozen countries will rise, three or four times a day, in bars, cafés, restaurants and bakeries and declaim, just as Scotland’s Brian Johnstone is doing now at 11:30 p.m. in the Café Bar Zénob.

The Zénob is half-a-block from the home and law office of Maurice Duplessis, TroisRivières’ most famous citizen. ! Hundreds of

poems, written by schoolchildren and the general public, flutter on “poem lines” in Parc Champlain in downtown Trois-Rivières during the city’s annual Festival International de la Poésie. Visitors are welcome to add theirs. John Masters/ Meridian Writers’ Group

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Quebec’s premier in the 1950s, he was a man known for his iron will, not his poetic spirit. In fact, there’s precious little anywhere in the pulpand-paper, blue-collar past of Trois-Rivières — on the St. Lawrence River halfway between Montreal and Quebec City — to suggest it has artsy credentials.

What it does have, though, is Gaston Bellemare. The writer, teacher and editor started the festival in 1985 and, at 72, was still running it on its 30th anniversary in 2014 with his wife, Maryse Baribeau. The 2015 edition takes place Oct. 2-11.

Bellemare wanted to return poetry to the realm of popular culture. So, while there are poetry seminars and a handful of events in classrooms and theatres, the vast majority take place in more than a dozen eating and drinking establishments within walking distance of each other in downtown Trois-Rivières. You can have breakfast, lunch, dinner and a nightcap with poets. Each poet — another singular feature of this festival — may speak only for three minutes at a time, no more.

It’s an odd, but successful, formula. Depending on the year, between 25,000 and 40,000 people will attend

events. The festival kiosk will sell more than $25,000 worth of poetry books. In 2006 Québecor, the province’s huge media company, joined as a sponsor, and contributes $500,000 in goods and services.

“We never asked,” says Bellemare proudly. “They came to us.”

All invitees get the same deal, so it’s rare to see stars.

“Are there bad poets here?

No,” says Montreal poet Denise Desautels, a member of the Order of Canada and a Governor-General’s Award winner. “But there are many kinds.”

The festival has become international, yet still shows its parochial roots. All poems are recited in French, as well as in their original tongue.

And while there will be poets from places like Italy, Uruguay, Sweden and Ukraine, more than half each year are from Quebec.

It helps, then, to have some knowledge of the language of Molière — or perhaps just an appreciation of the transcendence of poetry.

! If you go

For more information on the Festival International de la Poésie de Trois-Rivières visit its website at www.fiptr. com.

ARTHRITIS EDUCATION EVENTS: RICHMOND 1. MANAGING CHRONIC PAIN

Improve your understanding of the principles of pain management and its treatments, explore the different methods to cope with chronic pain and learn how to take an active role in your own pain management. Remember:“No Pain, No Gain”doesn’t apply when you have arthritis! This education event is free.

DATE: Sunday, October 4, 2015 | TIME: 1:00 pm– 3:00pm VENUE: Richmond Public Library Brighouse Branch, 100 – 7700 Minoru Gate REGISTER: Richmond Public Library at 604.231.6413 or Arthritis Society at 604.714.5550

2. TIPS, TRICKS AND TOOLS FOR JOINT PROTECTION

Arthritis can make daily activities difficult and painful. This interactive workshop provides information about the many tools, gadgets and techniques to help make daily tasks easier to do and less painful. Learn tips to help you reduce the impact of arthritis on your activities. This education event is free.

DATE: Sunday, October 18, 2015 | TIME: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm VENUE: South Arm Community Centre – Front Multi-Purpose Room, Richmond REGISTER: Call 604-238-8060, online www.richmond.ca/register (Barcode #1124673)

3. UNDERSTANDING ARTHRITIS

Get a clear picture of what is really happening in your body when we talk about Arthritis. This will aid you in understanding the importance of self management (pain management, medications, exercise and complementary therapies, etc.) and learn about the many tools and aids you can use to make life easier. This education event is free.

DATE: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 | 10:00 am – 11:30 am VENUE: West Richmond Community Cetntre, 9180 No 1 Road, Richmond REGISTER: 604-714-5550 or the Community Centre at 604-238-8400 (Course #1068408)

4. SLEEP AND ARTHRITIS

Getting a good night’s sleep can be difficult when you live with arthritis. Join us for a free interactive discussion about the physiological and psychological benefits of sleep and learn useful, practical tips to help you get a good night’s sleep.

DATE: Tuesday, November 3, 2015 | TIME: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm VENUE: Richmond Public Library Brighouse Branch, 100 – 7700 Minoru Gate REGISTER: Richmond Public Library at 604.231.6413 or Arthritis Society at 604.714.5550

5. NUTRITION AND ARTHRITIS

Join us and learn more about the various types of arthritis, the relationship of diet and weight management to arthritis, and healthy eating strategies. This education event is free.

DATE: Sunday, November 15, 2015 | TIME: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm VENUE: South Arm Community Centre – Front Multi-Purpose Room, Richmond REGISTER: Call 604-238-8060, online www.richmond.ca/register (Barcode #1124676) We acknowledge the financial assistance of the Province of British Columbia

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The Q50 features flowing body panels which gives a premium feel to its athletic proportions. Having the “expected” four-doors and rear-wheel drive configuration allows it to compete in the luxury sport sedan market.

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An advanced hybrid powertrain is also available. Featuring Infiniti Direct Response Hybrid system with Intelligent Dual Clutch Control, this powertrain combines a 3.5-litre V6 with a 50 kW electric motor. Total system output is 360 hp and is designed to put performance first, while not sacrificing fuel economy.

Regardless of the powertrain, all Q50’s come with a 7-speed electronically controlled automatic transmission with a manual shift mode. The Q50 is also available in rear-wheel drive and Intelligent All-Wheel Drive with both powertrains.

If you are doing any long distance commuting, the Q50 is a very comfortable car to drive. Very little wind noise enters the cabin and noise cancelling software neutralizes engine drone.

The suspension also does a decent job of handling road imperfections.

The Q50 also deals with corners well. It has lots of grip and very little body roll.

Sadly, the Infiniti Q50 is still not as great as the BMW 3 Series or Audi A4 when it comes to the handling feel. The main culprit is its somewhat numb steering character.

The Q50’s standard speedsensitive steering lacks road feel although Infiniti’s Direct Adaptive Steering steer-bywire system is available as an option. This allows you alter the weight and response of

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Festival gets RGSA off on the right foot Mark BOOTH Sports Editor

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t was a fun-filled afternoon for Richmond Girls Soccer as the association officially kicked off the 2015-16 season last Saturday with Ombrelle Active Start Festival and Chevrolet Skills Event at Hugh Boyd Park.

Overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association, the Ombrelle Active Start Festival is an internationally recognized youth development program targeted at children under the age of 12.

The objective is to introduce the sport of soccer to youth through a fun-filled event for both children and their parents.

The term Active Start comes

from Canadian Soccer’s long-term player development (LTPD) model, which is the training philosophy that provides the foundation for the Canada Soccer Pathway.

Also in a partnership with the CSA is the Chevrolet Skills program which focuses on five of the beautiful game’s core skills — dribbling, running with the ball, juggling, passing and shooting.

On this day, the RGSA divided its micro program into a couple of afternoon age group sessions with youngsters going from station to station which featured different themes.

“It’s a great way to start our

■ Not only did volunteer coaches help with the RGSA’s Ombrelle Active Start Festival, so did current players as the afternoon sessions featured the club’s micro age divisions. Photos Mark Booth

■ Small-sided games were part of the activities at Richmond Girls Soccer’s Ombrelle Active Start Festival at Hugh Boyd.

season,” explained RGSA chair Mandhir Punia. “The neat thing is everyone gets involved — our executive, volunteer coaches, parents and even kids from our older teams who want to help out. The emphasis is on fun and that is the number one priority for our young players.”

Punia is beginning his third season on the RGSA executive and second as chair. As a lifetime resident who enjoyed plenty of success as a player coming through

Richmond Youth Soccer’s Metro program, he is enthused with the momentum the RGSA is building and what the future holds.

“One of the things we decided as a executive is cut the costs of administration and spend more money on our players and their development,” he explained. “We have done that by providing more professional coaching.

“Now, each and every one of our players is training with a professional coach at least one session

per week. “On top of that, our paid coaching staff is also working and educating our volunteer coaches.

“You can already see how our players are reaping from the benefits of this. We are very excited about our future.”

The club is now busy preparing for its long running Thanksgiving Tournament which is co-hosted with Richmond F.C. RGSA will also be hosting its annual Winter Classic — Jan. 2-3.

Richmond fencer competing in Canada Cup at Olympic Oval this weekend

ichmond’s own Dylan French is among the highlighted athletes competing at this weekend’s Canada Cup fencing competition at the Olympic Oval.

This prestigious event will host over 300 of the best athletes from across Canada

and the US; 84 of which are from B.C. French was a bronze medalist at the 2014 Cadet World Championships, and was named Canada’s flag bearer at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China.

He will be competing in Junior Men Epee on Friday afternoon (1:30 p.m.); and again in the team competition Saturday at 1 p.m.

Also scheduled to compete is 2015 Pan Am Games gold medalist - Eleanor Harvey.

SEPTEMBER Richmond’s Summer Clarke is off to an outstanding start in her junior season with the Louisiana State University women’s soccer team. The talented striker currently ranks second in team scoring with seven goals and three assists in 10 games as the Tigers are nationally ranked for the first time in two years — sitting at No. 18 in the most recent poll.

Summer had a pair of goals in LSU’s 5-1 win over Marquette on the weekend. She earned a full-ride scholarship to the NCAA Division One school after a standout youth career.

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he Greater Vancouver Canadians regular season home opener is this weekend at the Richmond Olympic Oval and the entire B.C. Major Midget Hockey League will be on display too.

The Oval is hosting the first of two Showcase Weekends planed for this season that will 10 of the 11 teams in action.

The second takes place in January.

The Canadians will take on the Kootenay Ice in a pair of games. The opener is slated for 12:15 p.m. on Saturday and the finale goes at 11:15 a.m. Sunday.

Typical for the regional development league that features 15-to-17-year-old talent, the Canadians begin the campaign with a large turnover of their roster. The only returning players at this point of the season for head coach Phil Alalouf defencemen EJ Shaw and Thomas Van Schoenberg, forward Matheson Kroeker, and goaltender Matteo Paler Chow.

Kroeker has been named team captain.

Greater Vancouver’s line-up features seven players from Richmond — including 15-year-old Michael Araki-Young selected in the ninth round by the Kootenay Ice in last spring’s Western Hockey League Bantam Draft.

The Canadians opened their season last weekend on the Island by splitting a pair of games with the Royals.

Kroeker had a goal and two assists in a 5-1 victory last Saturday. Brennan Gaytmenn, Noah Kelly and Michael Matson each chipped in with a goal and an assist. Chris Douglas also scored.

■ The Hammerheads slipped past the Young Bloods 2-1 in Richmond Senior Soccer League Second Division action last Sunday at South Arm Park. Photo by Mark Booth

Quarterback crunch for Trojans Mark Booth

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he quarterback position has officially been added to the endangered species list at Hugh Boyd Secondary School.

The Senior Varsity football season is not even a month old and the Trojans are already on their third quarterback. A season-ending knee injury took returning starter Tyler Moxin out of the equation before Boyd’s first game was even played.

The team seemed to have caught a break in Grade 12 North Delta transfer Taylor Pencer who had experience at the community football level. While he was getting comfortable with the playbook, the coaching staff and school administration worked diligently on his eligibility appeal process with B.C School Sports.

It was at last approved and Pencer started in Boyd’s 22-20 win over the Seaquam Seahawks last Friday night.

However, soon after, he informed the team he had a change of heart and was transferring out.

Throw in some minor injuries and another out-of-

catchment drop-out and what looked like a rather healthy roster last spring was down to just 17 players for this weekend’s exhibition game on the Island against Ballenas. The coaching staff had no choice but to inform the Parksville school the game had to be postponed.

“That’s the first time I have had to do that in 40 years (of coaching),” said Boyd head coach Bill Haddow. “We had a players meeting today and 17 put their hands up but really only 14 or 15 were available and we just don’t want to put our kids in that situation.”

The Trojans have nearly three weeks to get healthy until their next game when they open conference play Oct. 10 against Frank Hurt.

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“He’s a good athlete and said ‘coach I am willing to do whatever you want me to,’” added Haddow. “Another positive is he is in Grade 11.”

Senior Gabe Saklofsky has played the position before, including two weeks ago against South Delta. However, he was a provincial all-star at tailback last season and the move would negate their biggest offensive threat.

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Barbara Dixon B.Ed, M.Ed. was an inspired and dedicated teacher, and a specialist in early childhood reading. She spent over a decade teaching in Kindergarten/Grade 1 in the Richmond School District, with much of that time spent at Rideau Park Elementary. She taught with kindness and enthusiasm, and used many new and innovative approaches to learning in her classrooms. It is because of this she may be remembered by many of her students and colleagues. After returning to the UK, she went on to teach for many years at North Riding College of Education (Hull University) Scarborough, helping to inspire other generations of wonderful teachers. It is with sadness that we − her husband Keith, her daughters Ruth (Rob), Helen and Sarah (Garvin), and her grandchildren Rosie, Edward and Sara − announce her death on September 17th, 2015 at age 85. Enquiries to: sarahfdixon@icloud.com

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