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get distracted all the time, with an alarming ease, in fact.

It doesn’t help that I have a glorious, second-floor window desk, with a balcony.

Our resident pigeons can be very entertaining and I’m often heard musing about their antics or “ooing” and “aahing” about the metallic pinks and greens around their necks.

Throw in the daily debacle that is the PriceSmart parking lot on Ackroyd Road that our office stares down onto and you can see why my attention routinely gets diverted while writing stories, such as this one.

However, the absolute worst thing that could happen — and it usually occurs most days — is that I suddenly realize it’s 3 p.m. and I have four articles still to file.

Not exactly the end of the world, is it?

Ponder then, for a moment, having a plethora of the aforementioned distractions flashing past your eyeline while being in sole charge of a potentially deadly weapon — namely, your vehicle.

If you’re having trouble picturing the scene, that’s OK. Just imagine you’re texting your wife or your buddy while doing 110 on Highway 99 about 20 feet behind the car in front.

Oh, what? You do that already? Really?

Don’t worry, though; you’re in good company in Richmond where, according to the RCMP, there was an astonishing spike in the number of violation tickets dished out for distracted driving last year — up more than 50 per cent, to 1,833 (see feature on page 11).

This is not the first, and probably not the last, time I’ve written on this subject.

But it still beggars belief how selfish and self-absorbed adults of all ages and social background can be when it comes to risking the lives of themselves and, more importantly, of others, be they unsuspecting pedestrians or innocent drivers who can follow rules.

As the psychology expert in today’s front page feature points out, we need “100 per cent of our cognitive resources” to make splitsecond, life or death decisions while driving.

Before we even get behind the wheel, that 100 per cent, he said, is eaten into by a variety of factors, including our experience (or the lack thereof), age, health and, of course, distractions of the natural kind.

So why oh why would you further deplete that proverbial bank of cognitive power by answering a call, replying to a text, checking an email or giving in to the life-altering urge to post on your Facebook timeline?

According to the psychology expert, the temptation to pick up the phone while driving is simply too seductive for mere mortals.

So I challenge you to resist the urge, let voicemail do its job, answer the text later, tweet to the twit when you’re safely home.

Test it out. See what happens. You may get a life and, potentially, save someone else’s.

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We all live within rules Dear Editor, Re: “Property rights clash with ‘city slicker’ council,” News, March 10.

With disbelief, I read the statements made by realtor Dale Badh and berry grower Ben Dhiman in the above article. Since when is Coun. Harold Steves a city slicker?

Badh is a well-known realtor and knows better than to make statements that the restrictions of home size and home plate size on agricultural land have to do with personal “property rights and respect for farmers at the forefront.”

He knows it is all about low agricultural taxes, including the mega houses that are situated on agricultural land. Every home owner’s property assessment lists the value of the land and the value of the building.

Both are not taxed at a separate rate, like some people want us to believe. Agricultural property values (land and houses) sit at about 10 per cent of regular taxes that you and I pay; this, according to my husband’s cousin, a lifelong farmer.

These low taxes and the presently almost unrestricted house sizes are the incentive for buyers to go after agricultural land. Every realtor knows that.

An acre of land may be valued for sale at $600,000, but it certainly is not taxed at this value. This pushes the prices further and further upward, making it unaffordable for anyone to really farm the land.

And that is at the crux of the issue. It opens the door for “Blueberry Hotels and Gaming Houses.”

Dhiman states “it comes down to what you

need for your family and what you build for yourself.” Not really, because every property owner in Richmond has to abide by rules and regulations, by setbacks and home size restrictions. Farmers cannot be exempt just because they are farmers. We all live with restrictions.

Blueberries are an easy crop compared to labour intensive vegetable farming. This crop receives a multitude of applications of various chemicals. Blueberries grow well in peat soil.

But, if they are grown on our valuable Richmond clay soil, sawdust is added by many so-called farmers to acidify the soil.

This practice renders the soil useless for any other crop like potatoes carrots peas and beans. It breaks my heart when I see that. It takes millennia for the river to deposit fertile soil. It takes only hours to reverse its viability.

This practice is a devaluation of the best soil.

A real farmer would never ever do that.

The main issue of house size restrictions on agricultural land is about the preservation of farmland in Richmond. It’s not about a certain culture or cultural practices. It is not about what you want to build for yourself. It has nothing to do with respect for farmers.

It is about the agricultural land that is left over once the owner puts in the fill for the home site (home plate).

Precedents have been set by other municipalities, now it’s Richmond’s turn to act. This issue and public discussion is really about the future preservation of farmland in Richmond.

That is what matters.

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Make ALR an election issue Dear Editor, If we value farmers and what they produce, then Richmond has a duty to protect its farmland, the best in B.C., from being used for other purposes or left vacant because our real estate tax regulations make it financially more attractive than farming.

To do that, Richmond needs tools that encourage owners of land in the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) to use it for farming.

Discouraging its use for palatial estates by limiting house size is an important first step, but that is not the only problem.

At the Jan. 23 meeting of Richmond City Council, a young farmer expressed her frustration at being unable to rent vacant farmland from a number of owners who are not farmers and have no incentive to allow the land to be farmed.

We need a way to make it cheaper to farm the land than to use it for other purposes or leave it vacant. The easiest way to do that is to have high municipal taxes on ALR land that is not used for farming.

BC Assessment currently puts land that is even minimally farmed in a separate “Class 9 Farmland” tax assessment class so that municipalities can set a different municipal tax rate for farms.

ALR land that is not farmed is instead put in the same tax assessment class as residential land and pays the same municipal taxes as everyone else.

However, all land in the ALR benefits from an automatic 50 per cent reduction in school taxes making it cheaper for a land speculator to hold ALR land than to hold

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To reverse that, we need to create a new “ALR Land” tax assessment class and set its municipal taxes at a much higher rate.

The power to create a new tax assessment class resides with the province.

It is a simple process because the province already knows what land is in the ALR. Since even minimally-farmed land is in the Class 9 Farmland tax assessment class, that will leave only unfarmed ALR land, with or without a home on it, in the new class.

Then Richmond can raise municipal taxes on the new class sufficiently to make speculation and other uses much less attractive.

Other municipalities that are happy with the present system can tax the new class at the same rate they use now.

Some land speculators and palatial home owners may rush out to find farmers for their land in order to get it transferred from the new “ALR Land” tax class to Class 9 Farmland. If so, we will be way ahead of where we are now.

Those landowners who simply pay the higher municipal taxes will benefit all the other Richmond taxpayers since the more they pay, the less everyone else has to pay.

City council can ask the province to create a new “ALR Land” property assessment class. If the province doesn’t do so promptly, the city can make it an election issue.

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At the lawyer’s office, Affleck’s character reads over the Will and makes this discovery, and it shocks the lawyer that the brother had not discussed it with Affleck’s character. The trouble is expressed in the rest of the film.

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LETTERSto the Editor

Are we stuck with our lot? Kudos to parents, shame on MLAs Dear Editor, constructed next to it, which is unsightly Re: “Westwind neighbourhood is falling,” and removes privacy and light.

Letters, March 15.

I had suggested at the time when the I congratulate Mr. Tarnow for submitting LUC regulation was being discussed, before his letter to the newspaper, and recognise termination, that council just leave the the pain he is feeling right now with the ruling as is. Over time, people would move construction of a three-level house adjacent out, new homes would be built, and they to his family home. would in all probability be Of course, the conbuilt in the same style, struction of said home height and size as what Who in their right mind is all legal and above is being constructed right board, and approved by would purchase an old style now in Westwind. our friends at the city, My logic for this reahome with a three-storey under the old LUC bylaw. soning is simple. I was The first thing I would previously a resident of house constructed next to ask Mr. Tarnow is, Broadmoor and lived it, which is unsightly and was he involved in the there when the first mondiscussion late last year ster homes were built. removes privacy and light. with the city when they The neighbourhood was – David Currie proposed the removal of up in arms then, because the LUC bylaws? Did he of the same issues that make any submissions to we are meeting today. the city of the proposal?

However, fast forward The reason I ask is because people in 15/20 years and all the homes in this area Westwind — who did not get involved with now look just fine. They all look the same the discussion of LUC — are now recogsize, they don’t tower over their neighbours, nising that not only was the LUC bylaw and that’s because there are very few origiterminated, but in doing so, the city also nals (built around 1950s) left. devalued their homes.

The city, in November, decided to listen I recently submitted a letter to the city to the noisy, overbearing minority led by a to reconsider the termination of the LUC very hypocritical realtor and successfully bylaw, and reinstate it for the 4,000 plus had the LUC bylaw terminated. homes that were affected by the terminaI am eternally hopeful that the city might tion. Not only do we have mega monsters do what’s right and reinstate the LUC being built beside us (some over 6,000 bylaws to the 4,000 plus folks. However, it square-feet), but of course we cannot build looks like we are stuck with our lot (excuse anything close to the sizes now being built. the pun).

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Dear Editor, Re: “Bernier put on hot seat,” News, March 15.

To the parents and other supporters of Richmond Schools Stand United, I’d like to say a huge thank you.

Thank you for standing up and fighting for the rights of the children who venture into unsafe, underfunded schools every day.

Thank you for exposing the capacity rates that the government attempted to impose during the school closure consultation process, as nothing but numbers pulled out of the air, causing school boards to stumble and scramble and parents to worry.

And thank you for shining a light on the empty, preelection campaign promises that are repeating themselves, as you questioned Minister Bernier about seismic upgrades at Cook Elementary last week.

Your hard work paid off in 2016 — a feat, I admit, didn’t think could be accomplished at the time.

How could parents make such an impact when not even our elected officials would champion the cause?

n Letter writer J. McCann applauds the actions of seismic school upgrades advocate and Richmond parent Kim Nowitsky for recently confronting B.C.’s Education Minister Mike Bernier outside Cook elementary File photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News

Seeing your grit and determination, your love and compassion for children, and your thoughtful, wellresearched arguments in the face of absurdity, I have no doubt your continued pressure on our provincial and local government officials will mean safety will become a priority for our city and our children.

To our current MLAs, shame on you for not working hand-in-hand with

concerned citizens. Listen to your constituents, work for them, not in opposition to them.

Allow parents to return to their roles as just that — parents — while you advocate for improvements.

Or perhaps it’s time we give someone else a chance to stand up for our children’s, and city’s, best interests in this next election.

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ichmond-Steveston MLA John Yap replied to a request from the Richmond News to comment on his personal dealings with lobbyists who allegedly flouted the Elections Act by misrepresenting the true source of their campaign donations to the BC Liberal party.

“I am focusing on working

hard for my constituents and talking with them about the upcoming election, including conversations at their doorsteps,” Yap told the News via Twitter.

“I know the BC Liberal Party is reviewing the issues raised by the Globe and Mail, as they (the party) are responsible for recording and receipt of donations for all ridings.”

Yap deferred questions on the subject to the BC Liberal communications department.

The Globe and Mail reported this month that some lobbyists were found to have made campaign donations in their name and

then got personally reimbursed by their companies.

Concurrently, there are calls from the BC NDP and Green Party to ban corporate and union donations amidst much criticism of “cash for access” deals between donors and lawmakers.

The BC Liberals reportedly stated this week that the government cannot reform campaign finance laws prior to the May 9 election.

In B.C., there are few limits on campaign donations and foreigners may also contribute.

Thursday was the last sitting of the Legislature before the election.

Snow bylaw to be crystal clear

n Removing snow and ice from sidewalks in front of single-family homes will be mandatory next winter. Shutterstock photo

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ity of Richmond bylaw officers will have an added duty come next winter, as they set off to enforce snow and ice clearing on sidewalks, in front of single-family homes.

The matter drew much attention among many residents and media this winter, after Richmond saw a significant amount of snow that lingered on the ground, forming ice, for weeks on end.

On Tuesday, acting manager of Community Bylaws Ron Graham tabled a revised version of the city’s traffic bylaw to include single-family home snow removal, as the bylaw had previously only included commercial, industrial and residential strata complexes.

Single-family home owners will now face a $70 fine from bylaw officers, if their sidewalks are not cleared of snow and ice by 10 a.m. each day there is snow on the ground.

Additionally, the city is changing its bylaw to ensure that snow removal fines will be part of the municipal ticketing system. To date, the city would have had to go to court against commercial and residential strata properties charged with not clearing their sidewalks.

Graham noted the new ticketing powers will make enforcement easier.

He said the city witnessed an “extraordinary” increase in snow clearing complaints from the public this winter.

Prior to 2016, the city processed about a dozen complaints per year. However, this season alone, the city processed 348 such complaints.

Graham estimated that 25 per cent of complaints were associated with single-family homes. Bylaw officers attended 242 local businesses and strata complexes in an effort to “promote compliance,” but no tickets were issued.

In September, 2015 the city aggressively went after water wasters who flouted regional water restrictions by watering their lawns. The city issued 407 violation tickets at $500 each, which did not require court proceedings.

-Graeme Wood/Richmond News

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COMMUNITYin Focus

Plentiful memories as Mah turns 100 Philip Raphael

“He went to night school 30 years ago to learn how to use a computer and he does spread sheets on everything,” said Leong, Alex’s oldest son. “All the sports, weather, all his gardening stuff, everything. It’s all on the computer.”

“All of his grocery lists are on there, too. Jerry takes him shopping once a week and dad writes the date of when he bought the goods and the price,” Doreen said.

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lex Mah was pretty busy for the past number of weeks, making lists. Meticulously done, as always, he knew from them exactly who he had invited and what they were going to eat. He even knew where they were going to sit from his seating plan.

It’s like that pretty much every year for the longtime

n Alex Mah cuts a stylish figure as he stands beside his Sunrise Grocery truck in 1935. Photo submitted

Richmond resident when he organizes a family party. But this year was extra special — the lists were for his birthday party at a local restaurant, held yesterday (March 16), to celebrate turning 100.

“It’s surprising,” Alex told the News a couple of days before the big celebration, when asked how he felt about reaching the century mark Asked if he had a secret to his longevity, Alex said, “Try to live every day without worry. Take everything easy.”

“He also keeps himself very busy and alert,” said his daughter, Doreen. “He’s on the computer every day.”

“Every morning and every evening, he’s doing paperwork and accounting. He just finished doing his own taxes.

He did my taxes,” added his son, Jerry.

“Well, he used to run grocery stores and is used to taking inventory,” Leong said.

“He’s got a great memory, better than we have,” Doreen added with a smile.

And there’s plenty to remember.

Alex was born in 1917 in Prince Rupert, just the third Chinese-Canadian born in the community where his father — who earlier had come from China to work building the railroad through the Kootenays — located the family.

Growing up during the Great Depression, Alex, along with one of his brothers, opened a grocery store (Sunrise Grocery) that supplied Prince Rupert and adjacent regions. He also bought a bakery.

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Together, they had four children, six grandchildren, six great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.

In total, 100 guests, spanning five generations, were at Alex’s birthday party.

“Dad was always very business-oriented,” Leong said. “I remember when I was a kid, he had two great, big safes. One was for the money, the other was for bookkeeping.”

When the family moved to Vancouver in 1949, Alex taught Leong how to count and be a cashier in the family grocery store on Semlin Drive in East Vancouver, above which the family lived.

“I was so young that I couldn’t even reach the counter, so he gave me a Coke box to stand on,” Leong said.

In October 1955 Alex moved the family and put down roots in Richmond, in the area of Steveston Highway and Number 4 Road, one of the community’s first subdivisions where he still lives in the same house today.

n Alex Mah (seated) turned 100 on Thursday. Among the 100 or so helping him celebrate were his children (left to right) Doreen, Rennie, Jerry and Leong. Photo by Philip Raphael/Richmond News

“Despite living outside of Vancouver, Alex still maintained a string of business interests there. In addition to the grocery store he ran a five and 10-pin bowling alley, a pool hall and a barber shop.

“He also had a franchise to sell outboard motors,” Leong said. “But when people started getting TVs, it was time to sell the bowling alley at Hastings and Clark Drive

in Vancouver.”

Through it all, Alex maintained a high work ethic.

“He worked seven days a week, with 12-hour days, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.,” Doreen said.

And even when he was past retirement age and sold his businesses, Alex went to work for Cara duty free on Sea Island in 1986.

“He did their inventory at the airport,” Leong said.

“That was pretty much the only time he didn’t have his own job,” Doreen said, adding her father’s dedication to supporting his family has been admirable.

“All of our friends and relatives say he’s an inspiration,” Doreen said. “And that’s not only because of what he’s done in business. He’s also been family-orientated, not only for our immediate family, but others, as well.

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neighbourhoods.

In tentatively approving the development, Steves took the opportunity to note Richmond has a large amount of old, affordable proposed 120-unit townhouse complex housing stock, but little has been built by in Richmond’s Hamilton neighbourhood senior levels of government in the past three is set to include six, rent-controlled housing decades. units, after city councillors asked the devel“In the 70s and 80s, we built scads of oper to not contribute cash to the municipalco-op housing and affordable housing in ity’s affordable housing reserve fund.

Richmond,” said Steves.

The move highlights some changes the Dang said the city’s policy is nevertheless City of Richmond is exploring as it relates helping. to obtaining affordable housing from new “There are strides, as small as they are, developments. there are strides to provide affordable housUnder existing housing policy, townhouse ing,” said Dang. developments are required to contribute Richmond’s Hamilton neighbourhood is $4 per built square foot. This development, growing, thanks to a revised Official Comwhich will head to a public hearing on Monmunity Plan in 2014. The city expects the day, would have drawn in $573,520. population to double, to about “We’re looking for contribu12,000 residents, by 2034. tions that are not cash,” said The increased housing denCoun. Bill McNulty, at a council sity is considered by planners meeting last month.

We’re looking for to help the neighbourhood Coun. Derek Dang, a debecome more self-sustaining, contributions that veloper of such housing and as a higher population will betcommercial real estate profesare not cash. ter support shops, a school and sional, noted the city’s existing community centre.

– BILL MCNULTY policy only requires built units To help pay for new city (five per cent of total floor area) services, such as parks, the city for condos with more than 80 has levied an amenity charge units, but that city planners are on developers. For its 120 exploring changes. townhouses, developer KaiCondos under 80 units provide $6 per manson Investments Ltd. will pay $939,139 square foot for the affordable housing ($6.55 per square-foot). reserve.

The 120 units will average 1,194 squareMcNulty has repeatedly stated he wants feet in size and be built on six, large, to increase the built units to 15 per cent of wooded single-family lots. total floor area and examine lowering the The development is in an odd part of 80-unit threshold.

Richmond, situated on the east side of Last year, the city doubled its townhouse Highway 91 and next to Boundary Road, fees, from $2 to $4 per square foot. But it alongside New Westminster’s Queensbordid not change the policy on built units. ough neighbourhood.

As in this case, developers and the city, Elementary children will pass over the sometimes by way of council, are able to nehighway’s pedestrian bridge to get to school. gotiate built units in townhouse complexes.

There has been some talk between each In the past, critics of the cash-only policy, city’s school districts to establish a joint high including Coun. Harold Steves, have stated school in the long term. that it leads to aggregating low-income Until then, Hamilton’s high school stuhouseholds under one roof, instead of dents are to attend Cambie secondary. spreading them out, to build more diverse Staff Reporter gwood@richmond-news.com

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YVR notches historic win

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ancouver International Airport (YVR) has been voted Best Airport in North America for the eighth consecutive year at the Skytrax World Airport Awards.

Recognized as the global benchmark of airport excellence, the awards were voted on by 13.8 million passengers worldwide.

YVR is the first and only airport to receive the accolade for eight consecutive years.

“This impressive accomplishment is shared with the 23,000 people who work and volunteer at YVR as well as our amazing community, passengers and partners,” said Craig Richmond, president and CEO, Vancouver Airport Authority.

“On behalf of YVR, I thank you and offer you a big congratulations. I am so proud of the YVR team for breaking our own record of most consecutive wins. This is particularly meaningful this year as we saw 22.3 million passengers come through our terminal — two million additional passengers

from the year before.”

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This is the world’s largest independent airport customer satisfaction survey.

YVR was also voted in the top three for Best Airport Staff Service in North America.

In addition, the Fairmont Vancouver Airport Hotel was voted Best Airport Hotel in North America.

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new master plan for Vancouver International Airport will result in a lot more unwanted aircraft noise for Delta residents.

That’s the concern included in a municipal staff report about the YVR plan, which outlines how the airport would meet the needs of its stakeholders through to 2037. Of particular concern is the plan for increased aircraft movements over Delta.

As far as current peak day aircraft movements, in 2015 the sky over North Delta had 97 while Tsawwassen had 58. By 2037, that’s projected to increase to 247 over North Delta, up 154 per cent, and 312 over Tsawwassen, a 438 per cent jump.

In 2016, YVR had 280,124 runway movements and 22 million passengers, annual figures that are projected to reach 327,730 runway movements and 35 million passengers by 2037.

The report to Delta council notes the airport

has confirmed this increase in air traffic is associated with anticipated arrivals originating from destinations to the south and east.

“Staff is concerned because Delta residents are already exposed to a significant number of daily aircraft movements because of their proximity to the approach at YVR. This forecasted increase will have a tremendous impact on the community, regardless of the height of the aircraft,” the report notes.

Mayor Lois Jackson will send a letter to Craig Richmond, president and CEO of the Vancouver Airport Authority, outlining Delta’s concerns.

A decade ago, NAV Canada, the privately run, non-profit organization that operates Canada’s civil air navigation service, allowed flight path changes that saw planes fly low over the southern edge of North Delta and Tsawwassen without public consultation, prompting hundreds of complaints to pour in.

A number of adjustments were subsequently made and measures, including noise monitoring, undertaken.

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The City of Richmond is hosting an information session to give the community a brief overview of the City’s Tree Protection Bylaw and the criteria used by staff to assess trees.

The information session will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the following location: Thursday, March 23: Hamilton Community Centre, 5140 Smith Drive There will be a presentation from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., followed by a question and answer period from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

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Walsh signs off after 65-year radio career

Walsh, 85, launched his career in 1951 in Cornwall, praphael@richmond-news.com Ontario and later worked in his hometown of Montreal he number you have for 15 years before moving reached is not in serto Vancouver in the early vice.”

1970s, joining CHQM. He There’s no mistaking the moved over to News 1130 voice if you’ve happened to when it switched to an allmisdial a telephone number. news format in the 1990s.

It literally booms across the And he signed off from there phone line with a blend of at the end of a mid-morning authority and warmth. newscast last month with And it belongs to Richa characteristic, humble mond (Seafair) resident Andy goodbye.

Walsh, who, on Feb. 13, “I think it was the best day retired from a 65-year-long of my life at the radio stacareer in radio. tion,” he said, “in the sense that I was up for it and everything went so meticulously well.

And yet, I’ve enjoyed every day in broadcasting.”

And there have been many since he decided to give radio a try as a youngster working at an advertising agency in Montreal that was populated by a host of former broadcasters who, when they heard his velvet tones, encouraged him to send an n Andy Walsh at the mic in the 1950s audition tape around for CJAD in Montreal. Photo submitto see if he could get ted Philip Raphael

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some interest.

Radio also beckoned Walsh as he followed his beloved Montreal Canadiens with the play-by-play call of Doug Smith.

“Back in the ‘40s, way before TV, I would listen to Doug doing the play-by-play and realized that radio was something I would like to try,” he said.

So, Walsh put together a tape and the response was almost immediate when a radio station in Cornwall, called him back.

“It was almost like, ‘When can you start?’” Walsh said.

“I didn’t think about how quickly it happened, to be honest. But I wanted to do something in radio and I guess it worked because I was hired.”

The only problem was that he came with a family name – Woloshen that was deemed hard for the average listener to digest.

“It wasn’t good to the ear of the guy I was working with, who asked me how to spell it,” said Walsh. “And he told me listeners would have trouble with it and it would have to change.”

So, since then he’s gone

professionally by the surname Walsh.

“That’s what it’s been on air,” he said.

Along the way in his career Walsh has lent his voice to a number of other things than radio, such as the Telus “not in service number clip.” One was being the announcer at the appearance of Pope John Paul II at B.C. Place Stadium in 1984.

“They asked me to emcee his arrival with thousands of people there. The event just filled me with wonderful feelings.”

He was also present when Mother Theresa made a visit in 1988.

“I saw her coming down the aisle in this darkened place with thousands people watching. She was this tiny little figure who I had just introduced. And she was illuminated by this single spotlight. It was quite a sight,” said Walsh, who also used to be a regular scripture reader during masses at St, Joseph the Worker Catholic Church on Williams Road.

“I’m still getting called to do some things. In fact, I have to do an event at St. Joe’s in a month or two,” he

n Andy Walsh (right) was inducted into the Canadian News Hall of Fame in Toronto in 2012. Photo submitted

said. “People ask you to do all kinds of things and you do them, if you can.”

Walsh said he plans on remaining active in his retirement, using a small, home studio set up to record his voice.

“It’s a computer with a nice microphone, so it’s pretty convenient,” he said, adding he still hears his voice on some commercials aired on CHEK TV in Victoria where one of his sons work as a

producer.

“There’s work out there in a number of places, so I could probably stay pretty busy.”

But after six and a half decades behind the mic, he welcomes the rest, but quickly admitted he already misses the routine.

“No question, I loved what I did. That’s why I stayed so long in the business,” he said. “Plus, there was really nothing else I wanted to do.

“It’s been a fun ride.”

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They will see you, they will fine you

Police taking no prisoners when it comes to tackling distracted drivers ALANCAMPBELL Staff Reporter

ACAMPBELL@RICHMOND-NEWS.COM

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he number of violation tickets issued for distracted driving in Richmond has exploded by more than 50 per cent in the last year, from 1,170 to 1,833.

Despite increasing the penalties last summer to a $368 fine and four penalty points, distracted driving — namely use of an electronic device — still contributes to more than one quarter of all car crash fatalities in B.C., with an average of 78 people killed every year, with 26 occurring in the Lower Mainland.

These startling figures now afford distracted driving with the unenviable title as the second-leading cause of motor vehicle fatalities in the province, behind speeding, at 89, and narrowly ahead of impaired driving, at 66.

Despite the overwhelming evidence, most of us can walk through the centre of Richmond for 10 minutes or drive a few blocks of No. 3 Road and run out of fingers to count the number of distracted driving offenders.

And while the News observed two uniformed members of Richmond RCMP’s Road Safety Unit in action last week at the intersection of Alderbridge Way and No. 3 Road, the phrase “shooting fish in a barrel” was never

more apt.

In the first 10 minutes, the officers — who appeared from behind a hedge at the intersection, before strolling past stationary vehicles — had waded into the traffic waiting for the lights to change and pulled over half a dozen very surprised “distracted drivers.”

Some of the drivers were male; some female, some young, some old; some in luxury vehicles, some in basic sedans.

All of them are now facing a $368 fine after the mini-blitz, which was part of Distracted Driving Month — run in conjunction with ICBC and the B.C. government.

The fact that the practice still appears to be disturbingly prevalent and socially acceptable among motorists was not lost on Sgt. Rob Quilley, who heads up Richmond RCMP’s Road Safety Unit.

“How many years did it take for impaired driving to (become socially unacceptable)? 30 to 40 maybe?” Quilley told the News.

“Only in the last 10 years or so have we seen a huge movement in the number of drunk drivers.

“I don’t know if (distracted driving) is going to get better or worse and we now have a generation that has grown up with their cellphones; it’s very much part of their lives.

They have a really difficult time not looking at their phone.”

n An officer from Richmond RCMP’s Road Safety Unit wades into the vehicle line-up, waiting at the lights on Alderbridge Way and No. 3 Road, after spotting a driver using his cellphone. Photo and front page photo by Alan Campbell/Richmond News

But it’s not just the millennials and teenagers who are the problem, added Quilley. Case in point, being the short exercise at Alderbridge and No. 3 last week.

“We still get lots of women in their late 40s to 60s and lots of businessmen, especially realtors, who are so used to always being on their phones,” he said.

Richmond, you may or may not be glad to know doesn’t, despite its lowly reputation across the region, doesn’t have the monopoly on dangerous driving habits, according to Quilley.

“From a personal perspective, I travel back and forth into Richmond and I think it’s about the same elsewhere,” he said.

“It doesn’t matter where you go, it can be in Richmond or heading south on the 99 to South Surrey and you will pass a semi-truck

driver on his phone.”

In terms of the evolution of police tactics in catching the offender, not too much has changed in the last couple of years, said Quilley, noting that said drivers are usually too absorbed in their devices anyway.

“We have started using unmarked SUVs on the road,” he said. “They give us a little bit more height. From an enforcement point of view, to be able to look down and actually see what they’re doing is very valuable.”

Off and on for the rest of March, Quilley’s team, along with “cell watch” volunteers will be out and about in Richmond, keeping a close eye on drivers.

And on March 28, “Operation Hang Up” will see a province-wide barrage of enforcement out there, with four locations, complete with 20 members, in Richmond.

Death, by distraction: A game of deadly odds Alan Campbell

Staff Reporter acampbell@richmond-news.com

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ou’ve done something 100 times and nothing bad has ever come of it.

Kind of like, say, texting or checking your emails while you’re driving, right?

But all that fate requires to deal a deadly hand — either for yourself or an innocent other — is that one chance in 100.

That one moment when your attention on the road is diverted just enough to deter you from swerving to miss an errant child or avoid a head-on collision with an equally distracted driver, who has trouble stopping on red lights.

It’s at those rare, but pivotal, junctures on the road that we need “100 per cent of our cognitive resources” to, essentially, preserve our own life and that of others, according to Farhad Dastur, a member of Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s (KPU) psychology faculty.

“Distracted driving is very similar (to impaired driving), in so much that both lessen the cognitive resources that we can pull on when needed,” said Dastur, who specializes in human factors and ergonomics, traffic safety, sensation and perception.

“Imagine that we need 100 per cent of cognitive power to safely carry out driving tasks.

“Certain things eat into that 100 per cent; such as age, inexperience, distractions and impairments.

“All those factors are going to be a problem when we need that 100 per cent in times

n A Richmond Mountie issues a ticket for distracted driving Photo by Alan Campbell/Richmond News

of an emergency. Seasoned drivers can sometimes pick up on what might be about to happen. Is someone about to change lanes?

“But throw inexperience, impairment and distraction into that equation and you now have a problem.

“If you do it 1,000 times, you might get away with it 999 times. It perversely re-enforces the sense that this is a safe practice. But it is that one time that can be fatal.”

Driving, said Dastur, is a “very cognitively demanding task.”

“I don’t think enough people understand

that,” he said. “Depending on your experience, a lot of the driving tasks do become automated and second nature.

“However, driving is a very unpredictable environment and we sometimes have to make high-level decisions. We get lulled into a false sense of security but, now and then, you have seconds, or even milli-seconds, to make a potentially life-saving decision. Do you stop, do you speed up, do you swerve?

“It’s at those points that the cognitive pressure is going to be at its highest. There’s also eye-hand co-ordination, but a lot of it is placed on the brain to act accordingly.”

And, according to Dastur, the aforementioned familiarity of cognitive tasks, breeds complacency, giving people a false impression that they’re more in control than they actually are.

“We say to ourselves, ‘Nothing has happened in all of the 100 times I’ve texted while I’m driving so, obviously, I can handle this,’” he said.

Using your cellphone while driving is still — unlike the relative disdain for drunk driving — socially acceptable, lamented Dastur, because of the “amount of people still doing it on a daily basis.”

“There’s also lots of social baggage that comes with alcohol that doesn’t come with checking that text or the update on Facebook.

They’re in very different categories when it comes to social acceptability. And there is the safety in numbers factor, as well.”

And it might take many years, admitted

Dastur, before distracted driving gets anywhere near the pariah status that now comes with getting behind the wheel while impaired.

“It will be harder (to get to where drunk driving is),” he said.

“We can get to a better place, but it will require a big change in behaviour and even stiffer fines, perhaps.”

Oh, and although you’re safe, legally, if you use remote Bluetooth to make those calls in the car, you might want to think again.

“It makes little difference,” said Dastur. “It’s not just about the eye-hand co-ordination, it’s about that depletion of cognitive resources.

“If it’s an important conversation, more of that aforementioned 100 per cent of cognitive ability could be sucked away.”

So why, despite all the statistics and the increasing fines, do so many drivers still roll the dice with death?

“There’s a list: They don’t know it’s unsafe or, they know it’s unsafe, but don’t think it applies to them; they’ve done it for so long and nothing has happened,” said Dastur.

“It’s an infrequent event and the mind struggles with that being classed as a danger.

“We live in a very demanding environment, we’re so busy and here we have this great communication tool at our disposal. We have a lot of time pressures and the ease and availability of the phone is simply too seductive for many people.”

The answer, joked Dastur, is simple.

“Fully autonomous vehicles. Then we can talk and text all we want.”

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n Young chess players came out to hone their skills Saturday at the Richmond City Centre Community Centre during the K-12 Scholastic Chess Tournament 2017. The event was open to beginners and unrated players squaring off for 40-minute games. Photos by Gord Goble/Special to the News

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nTeams from Richmond’s sea cadet group excelled at the recent first aid and leadership skills tests held in Surrey. (Left photo) Members of the 195 RCSCC (sea cadets) placed first in the junior and senior categories of the First Aid Competition. Cadets are assessed based on their knowledge and application of first aid skills and receive medals in recognition of their achievements. The senior team included (above left, from to right) Maj. Anthony Bone and cadets Samantha Tsang, Rosanna Tsang, Joe Lee and Matthew Yin. In the junior category, the team included (above right from left to right) Maj. Bone and cadets Alissa Chen, Ryan Yin, Matthew Dichupa and Matthew Andrews. Photos submitted

n Friends of the Richmond Library volunteers were busy this week sorting, pricing and packing more than 25,000 English and Chinese books in preparation for the coming Spring Whale of a Book Sale on March 25 and 26 at Thompson Community Centre.

All proceeds benefit Richmond Libraries. Photo submitted

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HEALTHin Focus

Richmondites living longer, but lonelier

VCH survey says less than half of us have four or more people to confide in GRAEMEWOOD

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ichmond residents continue to rise above the rest of their Lower Mainland counterparts when it comes to life expectancy, but there’s still room for improvement, according to Vancouver Coastal Health’s (VCH) Dr. Meena Dawar.

Dawar, the city’s public health officer, recently published an update for population health priorities, based on a number of Richmond-based health surveys and studies, including VCH’s My Health My Community survey.

While Richmondites now live, on average, to 85.5 (as opposed to the rest of the region, where life expectancy is 84), Dawar has three priorities she’d like to focus on to improve overall health for residents: Active living; mental and physical wellness; and a sense of belonging.

She’d also like to see Richmondites eat more fruits and vegetables; presently only 21 per cent of residents eat five or more servings per day, whereas the regional average is 25 per cent.

It’s noted that access to fresh produce is critical in increasing these rates.

Dawar assessed Richmond’s “neigh-

bourhood food environment” and showed that in many parts of Richmond there are more “less healthy” places to access food, such as convenience stores, than there are green grocers (which tend to fall on the exterior of the residential neighbourhoods, nearby farms).

Despite the lower rates of adequate produce consumption, Richmond still has low obesity rates, even though locals walk or cycle for errands far less (12 per cent) than their friends in other municipalities (28 per cent).

Reasonable proximity to services is a key factor, Dawar noted.

In fact, despite Richmond’s natural surroundings and many community centres and parks, residents were found to participate in physical activity (150 minutes or more per week) less n Dr. Meena Dawar, Richmond’s public health officer, than their counterparts in any would like to see locals eat more fresh fruits and vegetaother community. bles, citing the fact that many neighbourhoods across the Equally concerning is the drop city don’t have easy access to such produce. File photo by in physical activity between Grade Graeme Wood/Richmond News 3 and Grade 7 students, where the only 44 per cent of the former physical activity. and 33 per cent of the latter The car remains king in Richmond, as participate in 30 minutes of vigorous daily

64 per cent of residents choose to drive to work or school, whereas the regional average is 55 per cent.

Driving rates were higher among those age 40-64 (72 per cent) compared to those age 18-39 (57 per cent).

Only 10 per cent of Richmondites walk to work or school.

Naturally, these rates were highest in the City Centre, where the Canada Line exists.

Social connectedness remains slightly lower in Richmond than other parts of the region, noted Dawar.

It is important to have “full and equal participation in social, cultural and political institutions for all members of a community,” her report noted.

Fifty-six per cent of people from the survey indicated they had a “strong sense of belonging” in Richmond.

Only 42 per cent of residents said they had four or more people to confide in or turn to for help, a matter Dawar sees as critical to mental and physical wellness.

The regional average is 48 per cent.

Richmond’s high life expectancy is no doubt helped by the low rate of obesity, smoking and binge-drinking.

As well, 87 per cent of Richmond residents reported having a family doctor, according to the survey.

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Sharing smiles, brushing up on education Inaugural event at Richmond Centre for Disability helped members, UBC students n RCD members received some dental advice (left and below) during an event organized by UBC’s dentistry program students. Photos submitted

“I’d never, ever been shown; I guess the dentist just assumes that I know how to do it.”

Staff Reporter Close to 30 UBC dentistry students orgaACAMPBELL@RICHMOND-NEWS.COM nized the event, supported by their dean and professors, as well as many sponsors.

And, according to RCD’s community outs a 42-year-old adult, Sheri Friesen was pretty confident she knew as much as she reach coordinator, Dave Thomson, between 40 and 50 RCD members turned out for the needed to know about her oral health. event.

That was until she took part in the Rich“The dentistry school at UBC approached mond Centre for Disability’s (RCD) inaugural us about their education Sharing Smiles event last program for lower income week, which was run in who maybe don’t conjunction with UBC’s “I’d never, ever been shown people, get to the dentist that dentistry program. much,” explained Thom(how to brush teeth); I Despite having good son. oral health and visiting the guess the dentist just as“It’s designed to expose dentist every six months, students to different people Friesen — who lives in sumes that I know how to who have different chalcentral Richmond and is a do it. lenges when it comes to bevolunteer and member of ing seen by a dentist, such RCD — said she had, until – Sheri Friesen, RCD as bad dry mouth spasms, Sharing Smiles, never been member, volunteer autism and those who’re shown how to brush her non-verbal. teeth properly.

“And anything that helps “It was pretty fun, it totally our members has to be a good thing.” wasn’t what I was expecting,” said Friesen, Thomson said RCD is planning to expand who took part in the event, which was led by out into the universities more as “getting out UBC dentistry students as part of their comthere and reaching the student population munity education program. is vital; they are our future volunteers and “I was expecting everyone to be sitting donors.” around a table and watching something on The plan for next year may be to involve TV. Instead, there were games, interactive more local dentists and perhaps introduce things and demonstrations on how to brush some sensitivity training into the program. your teeth properly.

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e each need inspiration to move us through this life — to awaken from routine, meet life’s challenges and reach for our potentials.

Inspiration gives us vision — opening windows to new possibilities; showing what you can do with this life. It is a lens that transforms what we see in the mirror, in the face of another and our hope for the future.

It can give us courage — to persevere in the face of illness, misfortune, failure and loss; and to do what we know to be right.

What would life be without inspiration?

Imagine childhood without magic, families without love, working without meaning and living without passion. We’d be diminished by age with each passing year, surrender to illness, be defeated by disability and leave this life with a whisper.

There would be no path to follow, no beacon to guide us, and no hope to climb higher. There would be no reason to find that little extra within our hearts and give more of ourselves to the rest of the world.

Treat yourself to one of the seven wellsprings of inspiration.

• Heroes: Growing up, my role models were Superman, Batman and Spider-Man. Superheroes and the bigger than life characters of mythology and our great religions reflect the human journey through life. Their stories reflect the challenges we face and the call to have courage, find our unique voices and do what is right.

• Models of human achievement: During my school days, I spent many hours at the McGill branch of the Burnaby Public Library inspired by the great figures of history who showed us what a human being can achieve. The words and actions of Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi continue to inspire generations.

• Everyday heroes: Heroes walk among us.

They are the ordinary people like you and me, who choose to do extraordinary things; they express courage and perseverance in the face of overwhelming adversity and perform selfless acts of generosity and compassion.

• The inspiring people in your personal life: My greatest inspiration remains my mother.

Though she passed away nearly 14 years ago, she continues to set my standards for morality and compassion.

• Those we serve: My patients have made me a better doctor. Their trust and confidence in me inspired me to be the best physician I can be. My golden rule of medicine is to treat each patient with the care I would expect for my family. My children have taught me humility and what matters most in life. Becoming a parent inspired me to be the best person I can be.

• Your calling: Joseph Campbell called this “following your bliss” and it is your gift to the world. Your calling is where your unique passions, talents and values intersect with the needs of the world.

• Love: Love, kindness, compassion and goodwill come in many forms. I measure success by how well I have loved others. At the end of the day and at the end of life, that’s all that really matters.

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“It’s can, perhaps, be a ‘flu buster’ which would focus on doses of vitamin C, B complex, zinc and selenium – nutrients that improve the immune function and help fight off and even prevent infections, whether they are viral of bacterial,” Jheeta said.

Then there are IVs designed more as a revitalization tool.

“It’s used in cases where patients need to replenish and rehydrate,” Jheeta said, adding, those formulations are often referred to as the ‘pre-or post-Las Vegas IVs and gets them revitalized after maybe partying too much.

“Those ones are predominantly hydration-based, so they contain a lot of water, vitamin C and trace minerals you tend to lose when drinking too much alcohol,” Jheeta said.

“A lot of key vitamins and nutrients are depleted during times of overindulgence.” ou’ve seen them used in countless TV medical dramas.

Then there’s IVs, which can help with seasonal And you may have even been on the receiving end of one allergies, something to note as allergy season approaches. in hospital.

“A lot of people suffer from allergies to dust, They are IV’s (intravenous), or drips. grass, pollen, dogs and cats,” Jheeta said, “so, Now, treatment using them is becoming more there’s an IV drip where we use magnesium, mainstream and therapeutic. And longtime, local vitamin C, B5, B6, which are essential nutrients naturopathic physician Dr. Raj Jheeta is offering his that help control allergies. And that would be patients the benefits of the procedure through his used for those patients who want to avoid drugs, such as practice, Richmond Naturopathic Family Clinic. antihistamines and decongestants.”

He’s been offering it for the past 15 years or so, Sufferers of migraine headaches can also potentially get but the treatment is just now starting to become a some relief with the IV treatment. popular trend as more people discover its potential “The specific formula we use there is an alternate to benefits.

Dr. Raj Jheeta pain medication,” Jheeta said.

“The IV therapy that is becoming increasingly Then there’s other IVs containing amino acids that can popular now is for naturopaths to use specific nutrients that target relieve anxiety. specific types of ailments,” said Jheeta, who is board-certified “There’s ones we use for insomnia, too,” Jheeta said. to conduct IV therapy. “It’s essentially vitamins, minerals and And even patients seeking help with weight loss can try IVs, nutraceuticals. So, there’s no pharmaceutical drugs, chemicals or which address a person’s metabolic rate. toxic agents in the formulas.

“We have in our clinic the options for people to choose what “It’s just that we are using therapeutic levels of vitamins, type of IV therapy they want,” Jheeta said. minerals, amino acids, nutraceuticals and focusing them on But what are the overall benefits of using an IV instead of targeted health concerns.” traditional methods of consuming vitamins or administering One of the areas the IVs treat include age management to medications? reduce the impact of the environment and the aging process.

“The main factor is the nutrients are delivered directly in to the “People use it to esthetically look and feel better,” Jheeta bloodstream,” Jheeta said. “So, the effectiveness is better. Plus, said, adding one of the components in the IV is glutathione, an dosages, particularly vitamin C, can be tolerated better. With antioxidant, which is added to a base of nutrients and minerals. vitamin C, if you were to take it orally, after a certain dosage some Other IVs focus on boosting the immune system. people can get an upset stomach, irritation, loose stool or diarrhea.

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“But if we introduce significant amounts of vitamin C in a therapeutic dose via a drip, there is no upset. And you retain a lot of those nutrients and greatly benefit from the rehydration. It’s a good delivery method.”

And those who have a needle phobia, Jheeta said staff at his clinic are trained to make the IV process as comfortable as possible.

“We have topical anesthetics for the needle injection site that we let sit for 10 to 15 minutes, so there’s no discomfort at all,” he said. “But the IV needles are so small that the situation for those patients is usually psychological rather than physical. And we can coach people through that.”

But before anyone seeks an IV therapy session, they should do their homework and assess the level of competency the person administering the IV has.

“You have to make sure they are qualified, trained and have the equipment at their disposal to intervene if there is a problem, such as an allergic reaction,” Jheeta said, adding he’s heard of some therapeutic IV services making hotel room calls in places such as Las Vegas. “I’m not a big fan of those. IV therapy is powerful and works. So, people want access to them. But you need to be sure the process is safe.”

At Richmond Naturopathic Family Clinic, all patients undergo a full health check and assessment for possible drug conflicts prior to receiving IV therapy. Jheeta is a member of the British Columbia Naturopathic Association and is board certified and licensed by the College of Naturopathic Physicians of British Columbia.

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Cycling route is barking mad

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parks are great and sorely needed in this day and age.

But the reason I now avoid the area, is fear.

See, when I used to ride through there ne day in 1978, I was playing tag outside years ago, there was no problem. Then, the (remember those area was designated as an days?) with the neighbouroff leash dog park a few hood kids. years ago.

We were at my best ... it’s the occasional dog that Once in a while, a dog friend’s house and his dog would run up playfully will either lunge towards was playing with us. She and run beside me with was great! me, or take off in full sprint a big grin on his/her face If she was tagged, she’d before peeling off and gofrom far away barking like run after us trying to tag us ing back to play with other with her nose. I’d known mad and, in my opinion, try dogs, and that was fine her for years. and would even make me to bite me.

Then she bit me. smile.

She bit me and then ran But it’s the occasional out onto No. 4 Road, was dog that will either lunge hit by a car and, within the towards me, or take off hour, was put to sleep. in full sprint from far away barking like mad I saw her when they brought her off the and, in my opinion, try to bite me. road and I’ll never forget that. I’ve been unAt least, that’s what I think is going on comfortable around dogs ever since that day. when a dog is running beside me, barking What does this have to do with cycling? madly and snapping at my legs and feet.

Well, last year I finally gave up on riding in All cyclists, runners, dog owners and dogs a part of Richmond that I’d enjoyed for years. should be able to enjoy this park, like any In fact, I had ridden there occasionally other park, and no one should be excluded since 1986. The reason I’ve given it up, is because of the behaviour of any person or dogs. animal.

I want to clarify something before I name As a public space, there has to be a the area. The route I’m talking about is a des- minimum level of acceptable behaviour by ignated bike route by the City of Richmond. everyone visiting there — and scaring off You can find it on the city’s bike maps people or animals isn’t it. available on their website, as well as TransGeordie McGillivray is an avid Richmond Link’s. cyclist. His Saddle Up column appears reguI’m talking about the (now) off-leash dog larly in the Richmond News park at the end of No. 3 road. I think dog

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hese days, food and nutrition myths run rampant, making it hard to separate fact from fiction.

From conflicting health headlines to confusing labels, choosing the right foods for you and your family can be a challenge.

As a registered dietitian at Richmond’s Loblaws CityMarket on No. 5 Road at Steveston Highway, I help my clients decipher the truth from the latest food craze by debunking common myths.

Here are the facts behind three common myths: • Myth: Natural sugar is better than white sugar.

Sugar provides calories but very few other nutrients, which is why it’s recommended to have no more than 10 per cent of your calories come from sugars, including natural sugars. Even honey and maple syrup contain similar amounts of carbohydrates as refined sugars. The key for a healthy diet is to limit all types of added sugar.

• Myth: Supplements are required for good health.

Despite what many people might believe, the majority of healthy adults in Canada do not require supplements to meet the daily vitamin and mineral requirements. However, Health Canada recommends supplementation for specific groups, such as prenatal vitamins

during pregnancy and vitamin D drops for breast-fed infants. It’s best to speak with a registered dietitian to discuss whether you need to take any supplements, especially if you have a medical condition that may increase your needs for specific nutrients.

• Myth: Eating gluten-free will help you lose weight.

While following a gluten-free diet is necessary for some people, like those who have celiac disease or a gluten intolerance, most people do not need to avoid gluten, even if they’re trying to limit calories.

Gluten-free does not necessarily equate to good health.

In fact, many gluten-free products are actually lower in important nutrients, such as fibre, iron and folate, and may contain more added sugars. Instead, opt for whole grains and complex carbohydrates, such as oats, barley, and quinoa.

While this is just the tip of the iceberg, it’s important to do your research before jumping on any fad diets.

As part of National Nutrition Month, Dietitians of Canada launched a threestep campaign to help spot the problem, get the fasts and seek support.

With the help of a registered dietitian, you can take the fight out of food and discuss what should be on your plate.

Brittany Thomas is a registered dietitian. She is part of a Canada-wide network of more than 70 dietitians that provides free services such as one-onone consultations, assisted shopping, school tours and recipe ideas.

Richmond Firefighters Association donates to support new Acute Care Tower at Richmond Hospital Richmond Firefighters Association is taking a philanthropic leadership role by directing a $250,000 donation towards a new Acute Care Tower at Richmond Hospital. Each member has personally pledged through payroll deduction towards the donation.

As first responders who are often first on scene helping with medical emergencies, Richmond Firefighters Association are true champions of local health care. Richmond Hospital’s original tower, more than 50 years old, needs to be replaced. Opened in 1966, the building is seismically unstable with obsolete and deficient facilities, and is unable to meet the needs of Richmond’s dramatic growth, including the number of seniors, the fastest growing in all of B.C. Richmond Firefighters Association, whose own facilities have been upgraded to withstand earthquakes, represents all of Richmond’s 215 firefighting, training, investigation, fire prevention, public education and mechanical staff who work around the clock to keep the citizens of Richmond safe.

Richmond Hospital Foundation thanks the Richmond Firefighters Association and its members for their leadership and generosity to improve health care here at home, now and in the future.

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Italian wines make a splash ERICHANSON Sips Happen

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hat’s not to like about Italian wines?

Not only are they delicious and go well with food, but there are 440 indigenous varieties, many of them made nowhere else.

No wonder Italy is known as Enotria, the Land of Wine.

And this weekend, three new Italian wines are being poured at the Ironwood Signature LDB store. Much more exciting than Pinot Grigio is the 2015 Fontanavecchia Falanghina del Sannio Taburno ($21.99).

In fact, it was an award winner in Italy’s best wines competition, the Gambero Rosso’s Tre Bicchieri for 2017.

Made from Falanghina grapes grown in the Taburno region of the Apennines in southern Italy, this wine gives you the rare opportunity to try a wine that was being made before Hannibal crossed the Alps on elephants.

With a gleaming golden colour, the Falanghina has a bouquet of fresh spring flowers along with pears and cream.

On the palate there are tropical fruit salad flavours of pineapple and mango. This rich and ripe personality is kept in balance with the acid and minerality and closes with a long dry finish.

It was a perfect complement to the Quebec Sorcier cheese I enjoyed from Benton Brothers Fine Cheese on Granville Island. Two other semi-soft cheeses to go with this white would be the French Morbier and the Italian Taleggio.

Another new Italian listing is the Casale del

Giglio 2015 Petit Manseng ($26.99) from the Lazio Region, just south of Rome.

In 1985, the winery began a research project whose philosophy was “the future of Italian viticulture relies not only on consolidating the image of its traditional wine producing zones but on its ability to produce top quality wines at favourable prices in areas whose potential is still relatively unexplored.”

After careful research, they discovered the Petit Manseng, a French grape whose home is in the Pyrenees and transplanted it in Lazio.

Made from very ripe grapes, this dry white is golden with a floral and stone fruit bouquet and a delicious apricot and nectarine flavour.

Well balanced with a very long, dry, fruity finish. When I sipped it with some Mont Jacob soft cheese from Quebec, the sweet fruit was really amplified. What a treat!

Its sister red, the Casale Del Giglio 2013 Cesanese ($23.99) is native to the Lazio region around Rome and worthy of seeking out.

Much like a French Beaujolais, this is a medium bodied fresh and fruity red, with strawberries, rose petal, and vanilla. On the palate, the wine is smooth with velvety tannins and a dried fruit and chocolate. This would be excellent with veal saltimbocca with prosciutto and sage leaves.

You can enjoy a free sample of these wines at the Ironwood liquor store today (March 17) from 3-7 p.m. and tomorrow (March 18) from 2-6 p.m.

Next week, the free tasting will be at the Brighouse BCLDB on Ackroyd Road on March 26 from 1 to 5 p.m. Come and taste the Italian excitement!

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Three things to do this weekend Suspense enough to keep the pages turning HELENVARGA Book Club

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he Husband’s Secret was an unexpected choice for me as I don’t usually seek out mystery and I’m always wary of it getting too dark and creepy.

Luckily, Liane Moriarty filled the bill on a great, suspenseful read.

A mysterious sealed letter from her husband — to be opened after his death — sends Cecilia Fitzpatrick’s ordered life into a tailspin.

Does she open it? Why does her husband act strangely when she mentions it? Doesn’t she know everything about her husband?

Moriarty effectively entwines the lives of three women: Cecilia, Rachel and Tess.

Cecilia is the one who thinks she has it all: the put-together stay-athome society mom with the perfect family: Rachel, still grieving the loss of her daughter 20 years ago, is consumed by the need to solve the murder and regularly shares her suspicions with the police; Tess, mother of one, is the owner of her own company and running away from her husband’s betrayal.

We learn about each woman in her own voice, from her own point of view.

It seems unlikely that these three women would have any connection to each other, that they would be any more to each other than old school friends, or

casual community acquaintances — and especially unlikely that they would be those who are ultimately affected by the secret contained in the letter.

However, as the story unfolds and the women discover the secret, they become unexpectedly connected to each other.

They each face up to the secrets and lies they individually have been holding onto and learn some unexpected truths about themselves and those around them.

Their lives are forever changed by the secret: it is simultaneously freeing and confining, and demonstrates how the consequences of our actions affect not only ourselves, but also those around us.

This is a good read for mild mystery seekers. It is full of suspense and unexpected turns that keep you guessing…even when you think you have it all figured out.

For other popular reading suggestions check out Richmond Public Library’s web site at YourLibrary.ca/GoodBooks/.

Helen Varga is a library technician at the Steveston Branch of the Richmond Public Library.

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West Coast Amusements Carnival: Saturday and Sunday, March 18 - 19: It’s spring break and the carnival rides are back in town at Lansdowne Centre (5300 No. 3 Road) until March 19. West Coast Amusements has brought a variety and set them up in the northwest corner of the parking lot.

Ride wristbands are available on site. The fun runs from 12-11 p.m. Please note, hours are dependent on weather and customer attendance and my close earlier than posted.

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Steveston Interurban Tram: March 18:

Come discover more about the restoration of Tram Car 1220 the Steveston Interurban Tram – during a restoration open house on Saturday March 18 from 1-3 p.m. at the Steveston Interurban Tram Building (4011 Moncton Street). View current work and speak with a conservation expert to learn more about future restoration plans. The Steveston Interurban Tram is the largest artefact in the City

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of Richmond’s collection and is a unique piece of our local history. The Tram is currently undergoing restoration to preserve the legacy of Richmond’s transportation heritage. Talk with a local historian about interurban travel in Richmond.

Watch as skilled restoration volunteers showcase their individual projects. Free crafts will be offered during the event.

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Confluence with artist Meryl McMaster: Sunday, March 19: Confluence

is the first survey of artist Meryl McMaster’s distinctive self-portraits, which draw on the practices of sculpture, performance, and photography will be showcased on Sunday March 19 from 3 – 5 p.m. at the Richmond Art Gallery (180 - 7700 Minoru Gate).

McMaster is an artist who comes from mixed Plains Cree and EuroCanadian heritage and her work references, subverts, and re-envisions Indigenous representation through an exploration of self.

London: Something rather more than a Starbucks Peter Neville-Hadley

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rom Piccadilly Circus the long, straight boulevard of Piccadilly leads to some of the most distinguished names in British retailing, such as Hatchard’s booksellers of 1787 and venerable victualler Fortnum & Mason, on the same site since 1840.

Ancient arcades to either side contain tiny premises selling handmade hats, shoes and gentlemen’s waistcoats with an alarming lack of marked prices.

A slightly blank building to one side of Christopher Wren’s St. James’s Church has windows too high up to see through, but displays on a simple sandwich board at its entrance the enticement “Books, Gifts and Café,” which those who push through the heavy wooden doors soon discover to be rather coy.

Maison Assouline discreetly offers rather more than the equivalent of a Starbucks in a big-box bookstore. It’s out to elevate your experience of life with an injection of culture.

In the high-ceilinged former banking hall, built by the doyen of 20th-century British architects, Edwin Lutyens, long lines of shelves crammed with substantial art books look down on a comfortable sitting room scattered with objets d’art which is a café in the day and a cocktail bar at night.

“We have plenty of people who come here because of the bar. For them, this is a beautiful cocktail bar that has a lot of books around it,” says manager Martyna Dargiewicz.

“Then we also have customers who are big fans of Assouline as a publishing house and who collect the coffee-table books. They come here for the books and the bar is a secondary experience once they’ve seen the new things we have to offer.”

The Piccadilly premises are in fact the flagship outlet of Assouline publishing, which also has shops in New York, Paris, Venice, Geneva, Rome, Seoul, Lima, Santiago and Mexico City.

In addition to books, they sell stationary, prints and other items to back the Assoulines’ claim that culture is the finest acces-

n In Maison Assouline, the flagship shop in London’s Piccadilly street of publisher Assouline, a visitor can sit among objets d’art while browsing coffee-table books and sipping a cocktail. Photo by Peter Neville-Hadley/Meridian Writers’ Group

sory of a luxury lifestyle.

London’s is the only shop with a café and bar, though.

In 1994 ,Prosper and Martine Assouline published their first book, a glossy tome celebrating their favourite hotel, La Colombe d’Or near Nice, a watering hole

in the 1970s for a generation of cultural icons from David Niven to Picasso and from Jean-Paul Sartre to Roger Moore.

The book was well-received and the couple continued producing books they could not find elsewhere, pleasing as physical

objects and both elevating and comforting.

In a little more than 20 years their list has grown to range from small books on Dadaism to a vast and waterproof volume on the British Antarctic Expedition, weighty enough to make any coffee table groan; yours for merely US $4,500.

The linking theme is style expressed in travel, art, food and fashion.

The Assoulines will also design and stock a personal library or can have your treasured books rebound.

But while you consider all this there’s the choice of exotic afternoon tea sets or a mean Charlie Chaplin or two, and the pleasure at having found somewhere rather different, hidden in the middle of London.

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Open Road Lexus Richmond is helping rollout success on two wheels after announcing last week it will be sponsoring the H&R Block Pro Cycling Team during the 2017 season. Speaking to Canadian Cycling Magazine, Mark Ernsting, H&R Block Pro Cycling team owner, said, “We see a really strong fit with the Lexus brand because they are already associated with the national team and being a team that is endorsed by the national program, we see this a good transition into the professional series in North America. Using these two vehicles is a game changer for (the team) on how we can support the riders in the races and also have a real professional look.” Open Road Lexus will be supplying the team with cars, initially for a one-year commitment with a vision toward the future.

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f necessity is indeed the mother of invention, when you have a team of mothers working towards a common goal, it’s almost inevitable that you create success.

That’s what is happening for Eleanor Lee and Angel Kho, twin sisters from Richmond, who, along with their seven-person team of employees — who are all moms themselves — run Loulou Lollipop, a designer and producer of high-quality baby goods, teething jewelry and toys.

Since starting the business full time two years ago, the pair of 38-year-olds, who came to Richmond from Hong Kong with their parents 20 years ago, have their products in more than 150 stores across North America and carried by stockists in Taiwan and Europe.

But while their days are now filled with meeting deadlines to ship orders to waiting customers, things before the company got off the ground weren’t always that rosy.

A few years ago, Lee, an interior designer by training, was working for a residential construction company in Vancouver that went bankrupt while she was eight months pregnant with daughter, Kinsley.

Her upcoming maternity leave from work was now going to be permanent if she couldn’t find another job to help raise her daughter.

“It was a double whammy,” she told the News. “It was just before Christmas and they called the 20 or so of us into a meeting to say the company was closing down. It was brutal news.”

n Loulou Lollipop’s donut soother is one of their best-selling products which has sparked several copycats. Photo submitted

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“Angel was working as a database manager for a mining company and I convinced her to start this business with me,” Lee said. “And now she’s full-time here.”

The benefits of working with her sister are twofold. First, they share a common design sense. And second, the fact they are twins provides some unique efficiencies.

“A lot of the time we don’t even need to talk to one another — we know what the other one is thinking,” Lee said.

Currently, all of the design and manufacturing is done in their east Richmond facility where four workers produce the food-grade silicone products and two others handle the shipping.

“All of them are moms,” Lee said. “And we even have a grandma in there working with us.”

Since there are patents pending on their designs, copycats have been quick to try and tap into the twins’ success by making knockoffs.

Most noticeable were copies of their signature silicone, donut teether that features a mint blue-coloured donut ring with raised sprinkles that are designed to help ease teething discomfort.

“At first, it was upsetting to see that,” Lee said. “But then, we started to see how that was really a big compliment, as well, since they (counterfeiters) had taken their time to try and replicate exactly what we had created.

“But it’s like other goods that are ripped off, people usually end up going back to the real thing because the quality is much better,” she added. “Plus, there really is more than enough room out there in the marketplace for pretty much everyone.”

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So, faced with the prospect of no job she drew on her skills, interests and needs to spark a business idea.

“I love wearing accessories, but I knew I couldn’t wear them when I had a baby who could play with them and possibly swallow something,” Lee said. “So, I started to do some research on the Internet and found there really wasn’t anything out there that was stylish or didn’t come in anything but neon colours.

“I wanted something that looked nice and had a nicer palette that used pastel colours,” she said.

That’s how Loulou Lollipops was conceived as Lee enlisted her sister’s help to get the ball rolling on designing and marketing their products that this year earned them a top-five

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Monday, March 20 8 a.m. Kelowna vs. Juan de Fuca 10:45 a.m. Abbotsford vs.

Prince George 1:30 p.m. Tri-Cities vs. North West 4:15 p.m. Richmond vs. Juan de Fuca 7 p.m. Kelowna vs. Abbotsford ■ Greater Vancouver Canadians captain Scott Atkinson is tripped up during game one of his team’s quarter-final series against the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds at the Richmond Olympic Oval. Photo by Gord Goble

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The visitors rode the outstanding goaltending of Boston Bilous to a late 2-0 lead when Greater Vancouver scored twice in the final three minutes. Captain Scott Atkinson put his team on the board, then set-up Sasha Mutala for the tying goal with just 45 seconds remaining.

The comeback was completed when Michael Araki-Young buried a Mutala feed at the six-minute mark of overtime.

The Canadians carried the momentum of the huge win into game

two Sunday night and there would be no drama this time.

The hosts opened up a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes on goals by Owen Williams and Mutala. Henry Rybinski and Samuel Pouliot doubled the advantage before Fraser Valley finally got on the board in the late stages of the second. Third period goals by Daniel Pearson and Atkinson iced the win.

“Three minutes left in game one and the whole momentum changed even though Boston was outstanding for them,” continued Alalouf.

“The guys came into today were focused on getting the job done.”

The semi-final series features a pair of high-scoring teams with plenty of top end talent. The last time they met back in January ended in a series split by scores of 8-5 and 7-6.

The Canadians’ first unit power play includes three top Western Hockey League prospects — 16-year-old Atkinson (Edmonton) and 15-year-olds Mutala (Tri-City) and Rybinski (Medicine Hat). It looked dangerous on every opportunity in Sunday’s clincher.

Richmond returns to provincials for 10th straight year T

he Richmond Ravens head to Vancouver Island this weekend looking to continue their dynasty in Midget “A” girls hockey.

The defending champions are seeking their fifth title in six years when B.C. Hockey’s provincial championships gets underway on Sunday in Parksville. It also marks the 10th consecutive season head coach AJ Sander has guided a Richmond team to the showcase event and this time it was hardly a certainty.

Only two teams from Pacific Coast Amateur could advance and the Ravens were in a tight battle all season with Surrey and Vancouver. In the end, they locked up a spot with a 4-1 win over Vancouver — their only win in the three-team home-andhome playoff format.

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■ Another successful season for the Richmond Midget “A” Ravens will conclude next week at the provincial championships in Parksville.

be edged 2-1 by Surrey in the PCAHA playoff final. Both rivals depart for the Island with PCAHA banners after a late surge gave the Ravens regular season honours with a 9-4-2 record — two points better than Surrey and three ahead of Vancouver.

“They have been our nemesis all year,” said Sander.

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he Greater Vancouver Canadians are still looking forward to a playoff trip to Prince George, it just may happen a week later than they expected.

The Canadians have advanced to the B.C. Major Midget Hockey League semi-finals after sweeping a pair of games from the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds last weekend at the Richmond Olympic Oval. Had the entire quarter-final round gone to form, the No. 4 seed’s next stop would have been up north to take on the regular season champion Carbioo Cougars.

However, that changed when the sixth-place Vancouver Northwest Giants defeated the third-place Okanagan Rockets. The upset set the stage for the Canadians to head to Coquitlam this weekend for a best-of-three match-up with the second-place Vancouver Northeast Chiefs. Game one goes tonight and the series continues Saturday and, potentially, Sunday.

“We don’t want to go to Prince George just yet but would be more than happy to do so in another week,” smiled Greater Vancouver head coach Phil Alalouf. “I was actually sending text messages to (Giants head coach) Aaron Wilbur throughout their game.”

The Canadians were expected to have their hands full with the No. 5 seeded Thunderbirds and they certainly did in the series opener last

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The rivalry goes back to last season when the Ravens pulled out a dramatic 4-3 overtime win in the provincial semi-finals. Another chapter next week isn’t even a certainty.

They are in opposite pools

with Richmond grouped with Fort St. John, North Island and Kamloops. The other side also features Williams Lake, South Island and Kelowna. Two from each group advance to the semifinals.

The Ravens roster features a mix of 10 third-year players, three second-years and six rookies.

They include: goalies — Shannon Wilson and Alicia Narain; defensemen: Samantha Gazley (captain), Montana Lewis (assistant), Kiana Tsui (assistant), Leigh Bourque (assistant), Erika Palmiera, Aishreet Sander; forwards Jenna Proulx, Lauren Howlett, Justin Goobers (assistant), Megan Wilson, Hannah Shihundu, Mahara Gibson-Zeinoun, Melissa Phillips, Alexandra Strandt, Kyra Kuramoto, Ashli Forbes and Amanda Phillips.

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“Our reason for attending is two-fold,” explained club co-founder and coach Stephanie Kennedy. “One, it provides an amazing and memorable team bonding experience for the athletes who travel down with their coaches, for some, their first experience away from home and a step forward towards learning independence, self-sufficiency and team building skills.

“The second reason is that it is the first time our routines get the fresh eyes of American judges who provide invaluable feedback to our coaches. All-star cheerleading is a highly competitive, judged sport in which teams are always striving to gain more and more points on their score sheets every time they hit the mat.”

The Richmond-based club entered four teams and the highlight of the weekend was the performance turned in by the junior level 2 squad — the “Generals.”

They competed in a very tight division of clubs from all over the Pacific Northwest and ran two outstanding routines to earn the title of national champions.

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Major supermarket competitors are determined solely by us based on a number of factors which can vary by store location. We will match the competitor’s advertised price only during the effective date of the competitor’s flyer advertisement. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES (note that our major supermarket competitors may not). Due to the fact that product is ordered prior to the time of our Ad Match checks, quantities may be limited. We match identical items (defined as same brand, size, and attributes) and in the case of fresh produce, meat, seafood and bakery, we match a comparable item (as determined solely by us).

We will not match competitors’ “multi-buys” (eg. 2 for $4), “spend x get x”, “Free”, “clearance”, discounts obtained through loyalty programs, or offers related to our third party operations (post office, gas bars, dry cleaners etc.).

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MSRP $28,415** includes freight and PDI.

*Limited time weekly lease offer and all other offers are from Honda Canada Finance Inc., on approved credit. #The weekly lease offer applies to a new 2017 CIVIC 4D L4 LX 6MT FC 2E 5 HE/ACCORD 4 D L4 LX 6 MT CR 2E 3 HE/CR-V LX 2WD CVT RW1H 3 HES for a 60-month period, for a total of 260 payments of $55.95/$66.97/$78.94 leased at 1.99%/0.99%/3.99% APR based on applying $200/$75/$350 “lease dollars” (which are deducted from the negotiated selling price after taxes). ‡Down payment of $0.00, fi rst weekly payment and $0 security deposit due at lease inception. Total lease obligation is $14,547/$17,412.20/$20,524.40. Taxes, license, insurance and registration are extra.

120,000 kilometer allowance; charge of $0.12/km for excess kilometers. ß$1000 lease or finance dollars available on transactions from Honda Finance Services (“HFS”) on approved credit only, on 2017 Accord Sedan and Hybrid models only. ß$750 lease or finance dollars available on transactions from Honda Finance Services (“HFS”) on approved credit only, on 2017 Civic Sedan and Coupe models. Offer excludes 2017 Civic hatchback models. All bonuses are deducted from the negotiated selling price after taxes. **MSRP is $20,885/26,285/28,415 including freight and PDI of $1,595/$1,695/$1,725. */#/**Prices and/or payments shown do not include a PPSA lien registration fee of $30.31 and lien registering agent’s fee of $5.25, tire/battery tax of $25, or air conditioning charge (where applicable) of $100, all of which are due at time of delivery. Additional charges for waste disposal fees, environmental fees and handling charges (all of which may vary by dealer and/or vehicle) may apply. Dealer may sell/lease for less. Dealer trade may be necessary on certain vehicles. Offers valid only for British Columbia residents at BC Honda Dealers locations. Offers subject to change or cancellation without notice. Terms and conditions apply. Offer valid March 1-31, 2017. Visit www.bchonda.com or see your Honda retailer for full details. €None of the features we describe are intended to replace the driver’s responsibility to exercise due care while driving. Drivers should not use handheld devices or operate certain vehicle features unless it is safe and legal to do so. Some features have technological limitations. For additional feature information, limitations and restrictions, please visit www.honda.ca/disclaimers and refer to the vehicle’s Owner’s Manual. ¥Only compatible with certain devices and operating systems. Cellular data and/or voice charges may apply, including roaming charges and/or other amounts charged by your wireless carrier. Apple CarPlay™ and Siri are trademarks of Apple Inc. For Apple CarPlay™ data use and privacy policy, see Terms and Privacy policy for Apple CarPlay™ or contact Apple Inc. at www.apple.com.