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Amazed I’ve dodged the axe EVEEDMONDS Editor

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day doesn’t go by that I don’t pinch myself to make sure I still have a job in journalism.

Wednesday was no exception as we learned Postmedia, owner of most of Canada’s mainstream dailies, is laying off 90 staff.

Postmedia also owned Lower Mainland community papers, including the Richmond News, until we were all bought by Glacier Media Group four years ago.

Ten months ago, Postmedia bought Sun Media Corp, which owned the Sun tabloid chain.

I worked for the Ottawa Sun when it launched. It was a scrappy (albeit reactionary) publication with the ridiculous Sunshine Girl on page 3 — “Marylou, who plans to go to law school but, in the meantime, works at Hooters.” I can’t say that paper was a great fit for me, but I lament many of the great people working there may soon be served pink slips.

That said, I understand Postmedia is in rough financial shape. And the fact is, any operation, be it a media conglomerate or a food co-op, has to be economically viable.

But to simply throw up our hands and say, “Well, there’s the market for ya,” is a bit of a cop out. While Postmedia is not raking it in, it is able to service its debt at eight per cent interest to GreenTree and the other hedge fund companies that own it — so those lenders aren’t hurting. Nor is Postmedia’s CEO who earns $1.7 million/year, plus bonuses.

Moreover, what are we losing when we send so many professional journalists and editors off to … writing blogs, teaching, PR jobs?

Of course, it’s self-serving to wax on about the importance of independent journalism. And, with diminishing resources, our critics ask just how critical and investigative journalists can be, anyway. However, there is still an ideal that is very often realized — journalism that informs, enlightens and helps us understand who we are.

It’s said people are getting their news from other means such as Google, blogs or social media. But much of that buzz also relies on traditional media sources; someone needs to report the story that everyone else goes crazy about on Facebook.

This is not an online versus print divide; the issue is source, and if our sources are compromised, so is our debate — as is our democracy. Some may say, I just need to get with the times and realize things such as independent journalism and liberal arts degrees are dispensable if they don’t serve the bottom line — but there is a cost to that kind of thinking, too. As a former president of Harvard University is quoted as saying, “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Ironically, (and speaking of sources) that quote first appeared in the Washington Post in 1975 in a column by Ann Landers....and the debate goes on. I’m just grateful to still be a part of it.

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City Board Property Owner and Stakeholder Information Meeting Proposed Changes to the No. 5 Road Backlands Policy Richmond City Council is proposing to incorporate the No. 5 Road Backlands Policy into the 2041 Official Community Plan (OCP) with some clarification and changes. This policy applies to lands on the east side of No. 5 Road and west of Highway 99, from Steveston Highway to Blundell Road (please see the bolded outlined area on the map below).

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The purpose of the No. 5 Road Backlands Policy is to allow institutional uses on the westerly 110m of the properties within the policy area, if the remaining portions are actively farmed. The proposed OCP amendment bylaw is to formally include the policy in the 2041 OCP. The proposed change will also provide property owners with the option to either farm the backlands, dedicate them to the City or enter into legal agreements to grant the City or its designate the ability to access and farm the backlands on behalf of the owners.

A Public Hearing for the proposed OCP amendment bylaw is scheduled for February 15, 2016. If you own a property in the area and believe your property may be affected, or you would like more information in advance of the Public Hearing, please join the discussion at the following upcoming public information session: Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 Time: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Place: Richmond City Hall, 6911 No. 3 Road Room M.2.004 City staff will provide a short presentation at 6:30 p.m. and a question and answer session will follow. Display boards and information brochures will be available.

LETTERSto the Editor

Bridge issue not about traffic

Dear Editor, Re: “Council wants new, improved tunnel,” News, Jan. 20.

I may be out in left field but my gut tells me the discussion about the replacement bridge has nothing to do with road

Dear Editor, Richmond has become a consummate example of how an obsession with and acquiescence to financial and investment capital and gain has been allowed to subsume our concern for preserving our community’s cultural capital.

Cultural capital is defined in terms of the values and traditions that people learn, acquire, and inherit from their families, friends, and their established culture. It is accumulated over time, requires constant commitment and mutual support, and is the glue that binds a viable society together. Squander or allow your cultural capital to be undermined or destroyed and you dissolve that glue and end up with a society built around individual, self-concerned priorities rather than shared values and commitments.

Richmond does not have far to go to become almost entirely an outpost of investment interests that remain entirely unconcerned about the state or preservation of our community’s cultural capital. There is only one type of capital that concerns these interests and

it is entirely centered around how Canadian communities such as ours can be exploited for their gain. While unqualified, undereducated, self-interested and disinterested politicians have ignored the need to protect and preserve Richmond’s cultural capital, an uninformed, somnambulistic citizenry has woken-up to the crisis far too late to be able to mount any effective resistance to the erosion taking place around them.

Our illustrious mayor is publicly raising concerns about the loss of farmland to industrialization. I guess it was not politically advantageous for him to show the same level of concern in regards to the transformation of our once vital residential neighbourhoods into affluent ghost towns filled with empty mega-houses owned by people who have no intention of ever becoming involved, contributing members of our community. Kind of makes you wonder which “capital” Mr. Brodie is most committed to promoting or defending, doesn’t it?

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LETTERSto the Editor

School closures troubling

Dear Editor, The school trustees do have many difficult decisions to make regarding school closures.

I was reading that Grauer elementary school, located on Blundell Road between Railway and No. 1 Road, currently has 161 students enrolled in the school.

The number of students enrolled at Grauer between 1979-1986 was bursting at the seams with more than 500 students each year.

At the time, the population of Richmond was just under 100,000.

The population today is just over 212,000.

This is a centrally located school which has the same catchment area with the same number of surrounding schools as it did in the early-mid 1980s.

In the last 10-15 years, there have been many large new houses built in the catchment neighbourhood that contain at least six or seven bedrooms.

Why has the elementary school-aged

population decreased so dramatically while the population itself has risen?

Have many families found they simply cannot afford to raise a family in this neighbourhood?

Are all of the neighbourhood kids attending private school in other parts of the Lower Mainland?

Is anyone actually living in the surrounding houses?

How can the school trustees make any sound decisions when the demographic data is so vague?

What would happen should the real estate bubble burst? Will the demographics shift suddenly again?

Once schools are closed, demolished and replaced with upscale housing developments, where are the kids going to go to school?

Will there be any families with schoolaged kids?

Ken Moffatt Richmond

‘Spendthrift’ school criticized 4071 Chatham Street 604.277.4519 w w w. t h e m a p l e r e s i d e n c e s . c o m

Dear Editor, It seems that the BC Teachers’ Federation is constantly begging for more money, yet some schools seem to waste the money they do have on useless or personal purchases.

Richmond Police Services Review 2016 The City of Richmond wants to ensure that our residents feel safe in their community and that we continue to have safe neighbourhoods and a safe environment for business.

City Council has extensively reviewed options for the delivery of police services in our community. Based on that review, public input is being sought on two options:

To provide your input: Visit www.LetsTalkRichmond.ca to see the Police Services Discussion Guide and other background materials and fill out the feedback form online.

Attend a public open house: • Wednesday, February 17, 5–8 p.m., South Arm Community Centre, 8880 Williams Road; • Thursday, February 18, 5–8 p.m., East Richmond Community Hall, 12360 Cambie Road;

1. continuing the RCMP contract for police services; or

• Saturday, February 20, 10 a.m.–1 p.m., Thompson Community Centre, 5151 Granville Avenue;

2. creating a new, independent Richmond police service, which would contract with other police forces for specialized services, such as homicide investigation, forensic service and emergency response teams.

• Tuesday, February 23, 5–8 p.m., Steveston Community Centre, 4111 Moncton Street; or

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It has come to my attention that my high school, McMath secondary, which generally has a good reputation, has made some seriously questionable decisions about how it has spent its money.

As a student, my biggest concerns are my education and my well-being, and those of my fellow students.

So, when I found out that the school has spent a significant amount of money on a system that negatively impacts all students, I began questioning its choices.

To summarize what happened, the school put in an expensive alarm system on one of the library doors, due to the staff being annoyed by too many students passing through.

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One student took the prank to the next level and tore down the custommade posters that read: “This is not an exit,” which the school claims would cost ‘several hundred dollars’ to replace.

Could they not have just used a free poster board, or got some students to make some posters for free?

In my opinion, the alarm and the expensive posters were useless purchases that in no way support us students.

The school is still not able to provide enough lockers for the growing population, forcing many students to carry everything with them all day, yet they go ahead and spend what I estimate to be more than $1,000, based on claims from the staff, on a purchase that negatively impacts all students.

I am very disappointed.

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Dumping at bins costly for non-profit Dear Editor, Re: “Donation bins to be regulated,” News Jan. 20.

The City of Richmond has proposed new bylaws to govern donation bins in Richmond.

Richmond Society for Community Living (RSCL) has three donation bins, which provide a regular job for people with a developmental disability and help fund much-needed services for children and adults with a disability and their families.

One hundred per cent of the funds RSCL receives from items donated to our bins benefit programs exclusively in Richmond.

The bylaws are intended to help regulate the distribution and placement of bins on city property.

We applaud this move as it is important the bin program is managed in a fashion that is acceptable to the community, while creating additional revenue for community non-profit organizations providing important social services and supporting environmentally friendly practices.

As has been widely reported in the media, the bylaws also respond to the significant amount of garbage that often surrounds bins.

The issue of “dumping” poses a large challenge for RSCL as we regularly have to remove garbage and large items from around the bins and dispose of them.

The cost of handling unwanted items and garbage reduces the financial benefit the bins offer.

Thank you to all our supporters who continue to make donations of clothing, household linens, toys and small appliances.

If it fits in the chute, it’s an acceptable donation, but please don’t leave larger items around the bins.

Janice Barr, executive director Richmond Society for Community Living

Dear Editor, It is time for all those responsible for public transit to upgrade the safety and security of bus passengers, as well as drivers.

Currently, there does not appear to be any policy when it comes to dedicated lighting at bus stops.

After dark, many bus stops become very obscure even to bus drivers who can easily miss a person waiting at a stop where there is no bench and/or shelter.

On dark and rainy nights, this becomes even more critical. Getting on and off the bus under such circumstances poses both safety and security risks.

I use the bus service daily.

During the day, all is well.

But after dark is when the problems arise. Buses have left me standing by a post that reads “bus stop” and nothing more.

Bus drivers have told me to wave when I see the bus coming, otherwise they will simply carry on, unless they have to stop to let a passenger off.

Often drivers do not pull up close enough to the curb and you step out onto the street level before stepping up onto

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the safety of the curb and sidewalk.

On a dark and rainy night, this can be a tricky manoeuvre and not very safe.

Also, who might be lurking at such dark and dreary bus stops with ill intentions? This also puts bus drivers at risk.

It is time all bus stops be fitted with dedicated lighting.

I notice that some bus shelters have lighting for advertisements but many others have advertisements and no lighting.

Perhaps this is simply due to a lack of maintenance.

Existing street lighting is not adequate and is not arranged to highlight bus stops. The use of blue lighting to designate bus stops is suggested.

This would not interfere with existing traffic lights or vehicle lights and could be timed to come on at the same time as the street lights. Public transportation must be safe and secure for all of those who currently use it and for those who might

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Noting the developing consensus around the predicted disappearance of personal car ownership in the driverless universe, Mr. Corcoran says, “then the driverless car regime becomes essentially a collective one controlled by government — or by government-licensed corporations. In other words, we’ll all be captives to a glorified model of public transit.” And then he reminds his readers that decades of experience have shown that, “public transportation tends to be a fiasco in most jurisdictions…billions are spent, through government control and monopolies, to achieve goals that often leave individual wants, needs and priorities abandoned at the side of the road.”

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Reportedly flanked by representatives from Google, Delphi, General Motors, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Ford, Tesla Motors, and Volvo, developers all of self-driving cars and self-driving technologies, Secretary Foxx said that automated vehicles open up possibilities for saving lives, saving time and saving fuel. He also said the agency wants to partner with automakers to make progress, not hold it back.

Most reports of this announcement have been upbeat, heralding it as “a promising venture for the federal government, and an exciting time for Detroit’s auto industry, Silicon Valley and the Department of Transportation to work together.”

But there are some prominent negative opinions.

In the National Post newspaper this past weekend, Terence Corcoran, after detailing the vision of “commuters effortlessly summoning a vehicle from home…The car [arriving] at the door, driverfree, [picking] up the commuter and [sailing] off downtown, through flows of other autonomous vehicles, guided by inter-car sensors or GPS and other readings of the environment” proceeds to critique this futurist view.

In short, Mr. Corcoran concludes that the selfdriving utopia is a mirage vision of unlimited and risk-free transportation options. The realistic priorities, he says, are “fewer (if any) road accidents, reduced traffic congestion, higher occupant productivity, fuel savings, and many, many more.

In any case, Mr. Corcoran discusses the predictions of dazzling savings and benefits thought to be associated with the driverless vehicle concept: in the US $1.3 trillion a year; globally $5.6 trillion from collision costs [not incurred], time saved, fuel consumption and congestion avoidance…

And that’s before pollution reduction, safety and the freed-up land [the benefit of compacted parking] in urban centres.” But, he reiterates, “unleashing all these benefits requires big government to take up the cause.”

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Joshua Chamanya was reported missing Tuesday morning, but has not been seen since Monday. He is is a 17-year-old African-Canadian male, 5’ 7” tall (170 cm), weighing 150 lbs (68 kg). He has short black hair and brown ! Joshua eyes.

Chamanya He was last seen wearing a black hoodie with dark skateboarder-style pants.

Anyone with information as to Joshua’s whereabouts is urged to contact their local police.

! YVR deals with ‘noisy’ complainant

One Richmond resident continues to account for the vast majority of noise complaints made to the Van-

couver International Airport Authority.

Statistics to the end of November 2015, presented to Richmond city councillors on Monday, show 126 out of 256 complaints were made by one person who lives under the floatplane route adjacent to the Fraser River’s middle arm.

However, the complainant in 2015 is a different individual than the complainant in 2013 and 2014, who was then responsible for 60 and 42 per cent of all Richmond-related concerns, respectively.

! Car sharing firm turns off ignition

Car sharing will become a lot more difficult in Richmond after car2go decided this week to scale back its operations in the city.

The car sharing company stated many of its vehicles sat idle for too long in Richmond.

“This is in stark contrast to the vehicles in the Vancouver home area, which move frequently, ensuring that our vehicles are in constant circulation, rather than occupying limited parking spaces,” noted the company via a news release.

The company will not renew about 50 parking permits, including those at every Canada Line station in Richmond, as of Feb. 1.

However, car2go will keep satellite locations available at the Pacific Gateway Hotel (Vancouver International Airport) and Kwantlen Polytechnic University.

Competitor companies ZipCar and Modo still have limited operations in Richmond.

! Fortis BC conducts two-for-one repairs

FortisBC has further explained the reasoning behind the extended closure of part of the intersection of Garden City Road and Granville Avenue, in an email to the Richmond News.

The gasworks company said during a routine inspection, it discovered a valve in the pipeline was in need of repair.

Once the pipeline was dug up, FortisBC officials discovered original welding work from 1956 that was also in need of upgrades.

“Our preference is to complete all the upgrades now rather than disrupt traffic again at a later date,” said a FortisBC spokesperson.

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Sign language concern not limited to ethnic firms Graeme Wood

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ichmond city councillor Chak Au has raised another red flag over how language is being portrayed in the city.

Not all bilingual (such as Chinese-English) signs are equally so and those making them aren’t necessarily ethnic Chinese-owned businesses, noted Au. This week, Au said his attention was drawn to a special Chinese New Year Budweiser ad on a Jim Pattison Outdoor Advertising bus shelter, in front of city hall.

The company removed the ad on Tuesday after the city notified it of Au’s concerns.

Most of the ad is translated in some form, however, the size of the Chinese writing is much larger.

“If someone doesn’t read Chinese they don’t have enough info. And people are concerned about the big Chinese lettering. I don’t think they can relate,” said Au. Such an ad would be considered a bilingual sign by city standards, despite not being entirely bilingual.

Presently, according to city spokesperson Ted Townsend, the city defines a “mixed language” sign as any sign that contains English in which “a member of the public can ascertain what the business is and what type of services it provides.”

Therefore, a restaurant sign that contains its name in English but has extra information in Chinese only is nevertheless considered bilingual.

Au said such signs “need improvement.”

In using such a definition, the city stated, last March, that 4.5 per cent of all sign permits issued since 2012 were non-English.

In 2015 there was a sharp increase in “mixed language” sign permits (58 per cent of all permits).

Equally important to Au is the fact that the city’s education campaign for inclusive and multilingual signage cannot address signage outside of municipal regulations (such as bus stops). Also, the non-Chinese business community must also become part of the campaign.

“The issue has always

been Chinese people are not respecting the mainstream — they put too many ads in Chinese only. But the other side is we have other (nonChinese) agencies doing the same. …It’s not just Chinese people,” said Au. The two-term councillor expressed frustration that Richmond continues to be divided by language. But he said the Chinese community is working to help new immigrants build bridges with the non-Chinese community, but integration will take time.

“I think when people do these things, they don’t do it to offend. They don’t know what they don’t know,” said Au, who remains opposed to a language bylaw for signs.

Au said while the city could have done a better job when language barriers became prevalent in the late 1990s, it is now on the right track.

Community activist Kerry Starchuk, who contends English must remain a common language in public, said she isn’t convinced that’s the case.

Starchuk noted a new sign inspector/educator is only temporary.

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“What we’ve got here is businesses ethnic marketing,” said Starchuk.

“My (English-speaking, ethnic Chinese) friend goes to The Bay and is handed Chinese (ad) literature. They just look at the colour of her skin. This is a dangerous route we are going down,” said Starchuk.

! This Budweiser ad on a bus stop shelter raised concern that non-Chinese businesses are posting ads with predominantly non-English lettering. Photo

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A witness told the Richmond News the driver was

an elderly woman and there was no apparent reason why she turned onto the sidewalk.

The car was driven with such force that it drove over a young tree and smashed through the One Cafe window, hitting a water main and causing it to burst.

The witness, a person who works in the area, said a panhandler who frequents the area often was struck and taken to the hospital by ambulance paramedics.

Richmond RCMP confirmed two people on the street were hit and taken to hospital in stable condition.

Police initially confirmed the accident only involved one vehicle, however, it later

stated two other vehicles were involved in an initial collision.

The witness said he saw emergency personnel tending to the elderly woman while sitting on a nearby chair along the sidewalk.

Richmond RCMP stated the 78 year-old driver was transported to the hospital in stable condition.

At least seven police cars, two fire trucks and two ambulances attended the scene and City of Richmond officials were also on hand assessing the water main.

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Police set up a large containment perimeter to catch the suspect. One witness to the incident said there were several police cars in the area and officers had their guns drawn.

Cpl. Dennis Hwang said police apprehended Richmond resident Sam Conteh, 20, a young man already known to police. On Tuesday, he was charged with one count of robbery and one count of using an imitation firearm.

Hwang said the imitation firearm resembled a pistol.

Hwang said he couldn’t say where Conteh was found, only that it took police 45 minutes to locate him.

The 47 year-old woman reported to police that Conteh, wearing dark clothing, had allegedly stolen her purse. She was physically unharmed, said Hwang.

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of the Sikh community at the India Cultural Centre on No. 5 Road collected donations for the Syrian refugees being helped by a Christian church.

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t may be asking a bit much, but a Richmond-based children’s charity is dreaming of hitting the $1 million-mark by the end of 2016.

Wigs for Kids BC, with a mission to “provide a free wig for every B.C. child who needs one,” has raised more than $875,000 in nine years of operation from its Steveston office.

And with the charity’s fundraising efforts averaging out at just under $100,000 per year, its goal is to push the limits and attract the $125,000 it needs in its 10th year to hit $1 million.

“Everything we do is volunteer-run, so all the money we raise goes to the kids,” explained Bev Friesen, of Wigs for Kids BC, adding that the majority of the charity’s fundraising events seem to be in Richmond.

“I’ll be doing my best and doing everything possible (to reach $1 million), but it’s going to be a bit of a stretch.

“I have every confidence we will get close though.”

Wigs for Kids BC’s bid to hit the marker starts next week with one of its big fundraisers, the hair salon cut-a-thon.

On Sunday, Jan. 31, at Mon Amie Hair Salon on Westminster Highway — between No. 1 and No. 2 roads — for a minimum donation of $40 for women and $20 for men, you can get a professional cut and/or style and, in the process, help B.C. kids live a better life with cancer.

The charity is encouraging people to collect pledges before the cut-a-thon and if you have raised a minimum $40 in pledges, the haircut will be free.

Or, you can always go along on the day of the event and have your hair cut and all the money will still go to the charity.

“Anyone can go along, you don’t even need to have your hair cut; it’s more about supporting the event,” added Friesen.

Wigs for Kids BC also takes its message around schools in

!R Rup K Kang gets t a bi big chunk h k off h her h hair i cutt off ff ffor Wi Wigs ffor Kid Kids BC at last year’s annual cut-a-thon at the Hennessey Salon + Spa at Richmond Centre. This year’s event is at the Mon Amie Hair Salon. File photo

the province throughout the year, explaining the importance of the wigs and encouraging students to grow their hair to then be cut off for pledges at a later date.

Lord Byng elementary in Richmond has signed up this year and students are currently growing their hair and taking pledges ahead of an April cut-a-thon.

“We’ve been doing the school thing for 10 years and we would love more schools to get involved with us,” said Friesen.

“We want every child who lives in B.C. to be able to have a wig if they need one. No one has ever been refused and we hope that continues. And it’s not just kids with cancer that need wigs; kids with serious burns and alopecia also need help.”

Appointments can be made for next week’s cut-a-thon at Mon Amie Hair Salon by calling 604-284-2643. Also go online to wigsforkidsbc.com for further information.

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he Sikh community in Richmond has, once again, reached its broad hand across religious boundaries to help Syrian refugees.

The India Cultural Centre’s Gurdwara Nanak Niwas, on No. 5 Road’s “Highway to Heaven,” has collected and donated a number of household items for Richmond’s St. Gregory’s Armenian Church, which is sponsoring around 30 families fleeing war-torn Syria in the Middle East.

And last Friday, the donations were handed over to the Christian congregation.

“Their rather small congregation must be commended for this act of kindness,” the Indian Cultural Centre’s Balwant Sanghera said of the Armenian church’s sponsorship. “(We) appealed to (our) congregation to donate any items they could. The response has been overwhelming.”

Sanghera said they expect to continue to gather donations for future hand-overs and he’s asking for donations of furniture, kitchen wares, canned foods and utensils.

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Syrian family sponsored by a Richmond church grateful for a place of refuge

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miles. Asbed Cholakian noticed the smiles.

Just over two weeks after landing in his new country from an uncertain life in Lebanon, the 40-year-old Syrian refugee of Armenian descent, his wife and two children aged 10 and seven were taken with the looks on peoples’ faces after they touched down in Canada on Dec. 31.

a place — a train or a bus — we meet some people we don’t know and they smile and sometimes they greet us.

“The Syrian people are also friendly people, but we don’t have the habit of greeting people. We don’t do that on the street,” he said. “The bus driver smiled and said ‘Hello, how are you?’

And when we left the bus he said, ‘Goodbye and have a nice day.’ People are so friendly.”

Sometimes, people will enquire where they are from, and when they learn the young family is from Syria they get an even warmer reception.

“They tell us they hope we can find a lifestyle we can enjoy,” Cholakian said.

Family sponsorship

n Refugee Asbed Cholakian (far right) with (left to right) St. Gregory’s members Vicken Movsessian, Eddie Papazian and Father Hayr Hrant. Photo by Philip Raphael/Richmond News

Strangers, new acquaintances, even bus drivers gave them a pleasant look.

Canada had rolled out the welcome mat and the Cholakians were grateful.

“The people here, they like to smile,” Cholakian said, a smile breaking out on his own face when the News interviewed him recently. “When we enter

The family, one of 15 that have so far been brought over with the sponsorship assistance of Richmond ‘s Saint Gregory’s Armenian Church and its congregation, currently live in temporary housing in Burnaby. And they have ventured out in their new surroundings with the help of church members to get their new lives on track.

There’s been trips to the driver’s licensing centre and food shopping expeditions that have resulted in some curious and welcome surprises.

“We used to hear that we wouldn’t find the types of food we ate in Syria. But when we made a tour of the shops in the market here, there is almost everything here that we had in Syria,” Cholakian said. “We even found a Syrian (cooking) oil, and even Persian and an Iranian one in the grocery store.”

But some items, such as fruits, while available here, lack the freshness of those from back home because of their lengthy journey to market.

“My wife was very worried about the food, but day by day we are finding

new items. It’s not the same taste, but we are getting used to it,” Cholakian said.

“There’s a popular food here called poutine?” Cholakian asked. “That is what I’ve heard. I’d like to try that.

“We will continue our food tradition here, but from time to time we will try Canadian food. We must try and integrate and do things the Canadian way,” he said. “My wife likes to cook foreign dishes, so I am sure she will try.”

Getting acclimated also includes the local weather.

“I like the rainy days. I also like the dark clouds,” Cholakian said. “My wife, she likes the sunshine, but she will get used to it.”

“Well you’ve come to the right place,” quipped Eddie Papazian, a member of Saint Gregory’s congregation who, in partnership with the church, co-sponsored the family.

whose body washed up on a shoreline near Turkey after his family attempted a dangerous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea, Father Hrant said.

“We knew what was going on from day one because there is an Armenian community of about 75,000 in Syria,” he said. “And at first, in 2012, we did fundraising, not to bring refugees here, but send money there because there was still hope the war would end soon.”

Local families concerned for the safety of relatives in Syria added urgency to the congregation’s actions which quickly turned to bringing families to n (Above) The Cholakian family arrive at YVR on Dec. 31 and are greeted by their co-sponsors Eddie Papazian (left) and his wife Donna (right). Photo submitted

Preserving a people Papazian said he got involved with bringing Armenian families here because of his links to the local community.

“I don’t have any relatives in the Middle East, but because I am so involved with the Armenian community here and seeing the pictures and hearing news about the civil war, your heart goes out to them,” Papazian said.

He added it’s ironic that when Armenians were forced out of Turkey about 100 years ago and relocated to Syria, it’s now many of their descendants who are again seeking refuge. Helping preserve the Armenian population — which is estimated at around 10 million globally — was another consideration.

“When you are a small nation, the danger of extinction is very high. And we have faced that danger so often that we cannot sit still and not do anything about it,” said Father Hyar Hrant, pastor at Saint Gregory’s.

Most Canadians were not aware how desperate the situation was in Syria until they heard about the tragedy of Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old refugee

(Left) Children from refugee families receive gifts for their first Christmas in Canada.

Photo by Gord Goble/Special to the News

Canada, he added.

“Since we are a small congregation, that sponsorship of families with relatives was soon exhausted. So, we decided to bring in families that had no connections,” Father Hrant said.

“To date, we have 17 families here, and roughly another 15 or so coming,” Papazian added. “Plus, we have another five families that have decided to move here from back east that were not part of our original sponsored groups.”

Time to leave For the Cholakians, the decision to leave their home in Syria was not immediate, nor was it easy.

They lived in the city of Aleppo, Syria’s second-largest, in the north near the Turkish border.

When the rumblings of a civil war started in 2011, the conflicts were being played out in other cities far from their home. So, at first, they felt leaving was not necessary — the war wouldn’t impact their lives. But as time wore on and the conflicts became more widespread, the Cholakians believed that a more stable and safe future for their sons would need to be somewhere else.

And the closest place of refuge was just over the border in Lebanon.

“We used to watch the news and see the war spreading,” Cholakian said. “Daily life in Aleppo became difficult with power cuts and lack of fresh water, heating fuel and sometimes food.

“We had our work there, our social life and family, friends, school and church. It wasn’t a very easy decision to leave,” he said. “But things were getting worse and not becoming safe, at all.”

So they left for Damascus.

“Lebanon was the best choice for us. It was the nearest and the language was the same. And we could enter the country only with ID. We didn’t need a visa,” Cholakian said. “The road from Aleppo to the airport was very dangerous. There were many snipers there, and checkpoints from both sides — the Syrian army and the rebels.”

But they made the trip safely and ended up settling in the small town of Anjar, an Armenian settlement in eastern Lebanon that was very close to the Syrian border.

There, Cholakian, a special needs childcare worker, and his wife, Mania, managed to get work running a boarding school originally established by German missionaries in the 1950s.

While life was better, there were always fears the border town would be caught up in the Syrian war. Plus, there were concerns that tightening border restrictions would not allow them to return home. More troubling was the possibility their young boys could be subjected to Syria’s mandatory military service once they turned 18.

“They could ask why are you not serving in the military and maybe they could be taken away from us,” Cholakian said. “The time came that we had to make a decision of where to live. Our kids were growing up too fast.”

That’s when the opportunity came to

connect with an acquaintance at Saint Gregory’s and the wheels were set in motion to bring the Cholakians to Canada.

The process, from first contact to arrival, took about six months.

And now, instead of worrying about safety, there are more pleasant aspects to address in their new country which they researched during the wait to leave Lebanon.

“I was very interested in geography as a teenager and I would learn the cities and capitals of countries around the world,” Cholakian said. “But with my children, I’d watch lots of YouTube videos of what life was like in Canada. I could see that Vancouver was a very beautiful city.”

They also discovered the region’s cultural diversity.

“I saw the mixed cultures here,” he said.

“There were so many kinds of people.”

And when they arrived and began to venture out, they found a certain sense of order they were not used to.

“My family, we respect the rules. So, we thought it would be nice to live in a country like Canada where people respected that,” Cholakian said.

“Now, when we cross the streets, it is the proper way on a crosswalk, waiting until it is safe and the cars are stopped.

That’s something new for us to live like this.”

Having the ability to speak English well has made the family feel more encouraged to explore.

“We’ve learned how to get the bus — the 135,” he said.

But the process of integrating is slow, mainly because of a lack of affordable, long-term housing in Metro Vancouver.

“Because everything is related to your house address, our kids right now are not going to school,” he said. “And we want them in school as soon as possible so they can begin making new friends.”

Imagining the future So, where does the family see themselves a decade from now?

“We imagine ourselves with grown up kids who are continuing their studies in what they want to do,” Cholakian said.

“That is different from Syria where the

schools decide what you study, based on what your marks are.

“Here, you can study what you want.

That’s one of the good options about Canada. Our kids will have the opportunity to decide.

“We will be adapted to life here and working hard to continue living and surviving in this community, and have many friends, either Armenians or Canadians.

“We don’t want to forget our history or our memories in Syria,” he said. “Maybe one day we will visit.”

Donations to the refugee efforts at Saint Gregory’s Armenian Church can be made by calling 604-276-9627.

n (Top photo) Refugees sponsored by St. Gregory’s gathered Jan. 10 to celebrate Armenian Christmas.

(Left) Haig Majarian, a recent arrival in Canada along with his family, is all smiles.

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KEA Richmond recently unveiled a new line of products that used to be a sweet staple of local department stores.

Somewhere between the Billy bookcases and Poäng chairs, the Swedish retailer rolled out an in-store candy shop. Gummies, sours, marshmallows, chocolate and licorice are among the 48 candy varieties customers can scoop into a bag priced by weight.

It’s in keeping with the Scandinavian tradition known as Lördagsgodis, or “Saturday candy,” that gave children a green light to splurge on a bag of sweet stuff once the weekend arrived. It’s also reminiscent of the once gloriously inviting candy counter at Richmond Square’s old Sears department store.

At Sears, customers could buy chocolate and candy off the shelf, but bulk was best for sugar searchers. Employees armed with scoops would fill white paper bags to customers’ specifications: jelly beans, green mint leaves, gumdrops, soap candy, Chicken Bones, candy sticks, you name it.

Candy was kept behind glass counters and sold by weight, and customers could buy a little or a lot. Twenty-five cents of jujubes? No problem. Five Icy Squares?

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Sears opened its first candy counter in

the 1950s when the department store was known as Simpsons-Sears. In 1964 the Richmond store opened on No. 3 Road and its candy counter quickly became a destination.

Branded under the Country Inn name in its heyday — the same name Sears gave to its restaurants and cafeterias — the candy counter was sometimes a reward for kids whose parents dragged them along shopping. For others, like Karen Paulsen, visiting the Richmond counter was a special weekly event with her mom.

“Saturday was the day I just had to spend with my mom. She worked all week. One of the huge highlights was going to the candy counter,” said Paulsen, 45. “Every Saturday we went shopping together and that’s just what happened.”

Paulsen’s favourite was Swedish fish.

Mom would buy Scotch mints.

After plastic replaced paper, mom kept an original Sears paper bag in her purse for new mints.

“When she passed, I carried that bag in my purse for about four years until it was just destroyed,” said Paulsen.

“It was just the most special thing about going shopping — getting to go there and walk around.”

In the mid-1980s, Sears wanted to dedicate more space to its core products — fashion, cosmetics and fragrances, home decor — and non-traditional department store areas were phased out.

Departments dedicated to books, re-

! The once gloriously inviting candy counter at Richmond Square’s old Sears department store, where customers could buy chocolate and candy off the shelf, but also buy in bulk with employees, armed with scoops, filling white paper bags to customers’ specifications. Jelly beans, green mint leaves, gumdrops, soap candy, Chicken Bones and candy sticks were favourites.

cords, fabrics, pets and candy all began to disappear.

“At certain times of the year the candy department became an important hub of activity. But the other side of that was that they did not generate enough traffic outside of those times to warrant the space they took up all year long,” said Vincent Power, a Sears Canada spokesperson, in an e-mail.

Christmas was one of those busy times for the candy counter. Power remembers a particular demand for fruit cakes.

“We sold them for a very good price from a quality supplier and many customers found that the time to invest in making their own just wasn’t worth it when these tasted so good,” said Power, adding customers could buy them frosted or unfrosted—an important detail for Christmas

cake connoisseurs.

After the candy counters disappeared, Sears worked with suppliers to continue selling candy at key times of the year, but gone forever were the glass counters full of colourful bulk goodies.

A year ago Sears shuttered the Richmond store altogether, although the company continues to operate a Sears Home store here and other Sears department stores elsewhere in the Lower Mainland.

Fond memories are nonetheless still with Paulsen — about shopping with her mother, about candy clerks who seemed to love their jobs and about the candy itself.

“I remember I always got Swedish fish, and since the candy shop has been gone, I have never found a Swedish fish like those Swedish fish,” she said.

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! Celebrity chef Vikram Vij will be among a group of elite chefs sharing their experiences, and cooking skills, at the From the Kitchen to the Boardroom event Jan. 28 at the River Rock Show Theatre. Photo submitted

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It was a perfect combination of Asians, Indians, and non-Asians. It was a beautiful community to do business in.

I loved it.”

As a young, up and coming chef with not a lot of cash to spare, he managed to find an affordable home in east Richmond for his parents to rent when they arrived.

“Richmond means so much to me. It’s almost like my little Singapore — it’s slightly colder,”he added.

Tickets for the From the Kitchen to the Boardroom event are $250 and include a unique dining experience put on by the four chefs, plus a question and answer session with Vij, Jackie Kai Ellis of Beaucoup Bakery, Quang Dang, executive chef at West and Brett Turner of Droski/ Turner Hospitality Management. To order tickets, visit richmondchamber.ca or call 604-278-2822.

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He explained that is a nurturing style of teaching which is effective and long-lasting.

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Vij said he is particularly looking forward to the event because it brings him back to his Richmond roots. It’s where his parents still live today after they moved from India to join him back in 1994, just as he was starting his rise in the Vancouver restaurant scene.

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SPORTS Beyond the Scores Sockeyes host Alumni Game next Saturday

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■ Richmond’s Connaught Skating Club will be well-represented at next month’s B.C. Winter Games in Penticton with Wesley Chiu, Caitlin Tai, Mary Jo Yun, Phoebe Yan, MIchelle Wang and Samantha Yeung all earning spots on the Zone 5 team. Photo by Mark Booth

Skaters headed to BC Winter Games Mark Booth

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onnaught Skating will be wellrepresented at next month’s B.C. Winter Games in Penticton.

Six skaters from the Richmond club have earn the right to represent Zone 5 (Vancouver Coastal) based on their performances at the B.C. Yukon Sectional Championships.

Caitlin Tai (12), Phoebe Yan (11) and Mary Jo Yun (13) will be competing in the Pre-Novice category. The Juvenile category will feature Wesley Chiu (10), Michelle Wang (11) and Samantha Yeung (10).

Connaught was a major force in the younger age groups of Sectionals as Yeung and Wang finished second and fourth respectively in the 26 skater Juvenile U12 category while Chiu captured the Juvenile Men’s division.

“With the way the zone (teams) are broken up, Richmond is grouped with Vancouver,” explained Connaught director of programs Keegan Murphy. “To get selected to the Games is very, very difficult. This (zone) is really the hotbed for skating in B.C. The fact we have six kids going speaks to how well they did at the provincial championships.

“This is like a mini-Olympics for them.

It’s a really nice stepping stone for all of that stuff. They all will be in the hunt for

medals in their respective levels.”

Meanwhile, two of Connaught’s senior skaters are in Halifax this week for the Canadian Tire National Championships.

Former national junior men’s champion Mitchell Gordon will be skating for the third time in the senior men’s division, looking to improve on his eighth place finish from a year ago.

Gordon earned his ticket to the Maritimes by also placing eighth at last month’s Skate Canada Challenge in Edmonton.

Joining him will be Danica Vangsgaard in the Novice Women’s Division after she placed 13th among 60 skaters at Challenge.

One of the biggest nights of the Richmond Sockeyes’ season won’t include any opponent from the Pacific Junior Hockey League.

The storied 44-year-old junior hockey franchise will be hosting its annual Alumni Game Saturday, Jan 30 (5:30 p.m.) at Minoru Arenas. The match-up features former Sockeyes taking on the current team.

The night has been a big part of the Sockeyes Alumni Scholarship Foundation since the first game was played 14 years ago. All money raised is distributed to graduating players to assist with postsecondary education.

It’s a component that makes Richmond such a desired destination for junior age players.

The game typically brings back many of the club’s recent top players and this year is no exception.

The 2016 alumni line-up includes: Forwards — Rudi Thorsteinson, Sean Thorsteinson, Jake Roder, Jeremy Hamaguchi, Eli Wiebe, Drew Spencer, Stephen Saretsky, Sam Chichak, Troy Kaczynski, Ryan Johnson, Daryl Fowler and Stephen Campbell; Defencemen — Adam Nishi, Clayon Wright, Troy Paterson, Matt Wagner, Keenan Webb, Dominic Centis, Turner Popoff and Scott Wessa.

Tickets are $10 and available at the door.

Chuckers hosting free intro session Jan. 31 Mark Booth

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egistration for the 2016 season is now well underway and the Richmond City Baseball Association (RCBA) is also hosting a special day for potential newcomers.

The RCBA’s first-ever Introduction to Baseball is set for Sunday, Jan. 31 at the all-weather Latrace Field.

The free drop-in session is scheduled to run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will be overseen by recently appointed Director of Player Development David Van Ostrand. There will be drill stations for kids to try and Richmond City Baseball executive will also be on hand to answer any questions.

Van Ostrand joined the organization last fall and has been busy overseeing winter development programs at local school gyms and the covered practice centre at Blundell Park. He will also be working with teams and coaches once the season arrives.

“This is part of bringing David on

■ RCBA’s Director of Player Development David Van Ostrand will be running an Introduction to Baseball session on Jan. 31 at Latrace Field.

board and one of the deliverables of his position,” explained RCBA president John Braaten of the Introduction Day. “It’s about bringing awareness to the community and giving kids the opportunity to come out and try the game. It’s open to all ages (18 and

under).”

Official RCBA Chuckers merchandise will be randomly given out at the event. There will also be a draw for a chance to win free registration for the 2016 spring season at the grassroots levels — Blastball, U6, U7, U8 and

U9 — only.

RCBA launched their 2016 registration back on Jan. 4 and the process continues online at richmondcitybaseball.ca A new wrinkle being introduced

by Baseball BC this coming season is six aside games from the Tadpole (U9) level down. The focus will remain on developing five key fundamental skills — hitting, throwing, fielding, running the bases and defensive plays.

“Quebec has already moved to this model,” added Bratten. “It’s like micro soccer where the idea is to enhance skill development and have kids more engaged.”

The association is coming off a productive 2015 campaign that was successful on and off the field with higher registration numbers and the U13 Chuckers capturing the provincial AAA championship. The success of that age group is expected to continue on at the Bantam age level where Richmond also captured the Fall Ball Classic wrap-up tournament in October.

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The event will feature 10 of the 11 teams in action over the two days, including the host Greater Vancouver Canadians.

The regional rep squad currently sits eighth in the league standings (12-14-4) after earning one of four points last weekend against the Vancouver Northeast Chiefs.

The visitors scored late in the third period to manage a 4-3 win at the Olympic Oval.

The teams then headed to Coquitlam and the Chiefs rallied to earn a 3-3 tie.

Greater Vancouver took a 3-1 lead into the final period on goals by Eric Bourhill, Brennan Gaytmenn and Tyson Lin. The Chiefs pulled within one, then notched the equalizer, on the power play, with just 58 seconds left.

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ichmond Devils will be looking for their fifth consecutive win when the Trinity Western University Titans return to the Richmond Ice Centre on Saturday night.

The Devils rolled to a 3-0 victory over the Titans last weekend to improve to 9-4-4 on the season in the competitive eight team circuit.

Richmond currently sits fourth in the standings but is just six points back of the league-leading Meadow Ridge Moose (134-2) with two games in hand.

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next three weeks, with the Devils on the road against the Moose next weekend, then heading to Kamloops for a key two game series against the third place Vibe (9-1-5).

Alex Yallouz led the way offensively against the Titans with a pair of goals, giving her a team-leading 10 of the season. Nicole Lim added her eighth of the campaign as the Devils did all their damage in the second period.

Katie Anderson needed to make just eight saves to hand TWU its 18th loss in 20 games. Game time Saturday is 7:15 p.m.

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