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ne more sleep and it’s Canada Day. Time to break out the red and white and head into Steveston for Richmond’s biggest festival of the year.

And, of course, this isn’t just any Canada Day — it’s the big 150.

Now, there are some who would quibble about the date. And, in fact, what happened in 1867 was not really the birth of a nation but more a realigning of British colonies.

The passage of the Statute of Westminster in 1931 was actually a bigger deal in terms of gaining independence. And, of course, full independence didn’t happen until the Canadian constitution was repatriated in 1982.

But, whatever. Why let some pesky historical details get in the way of a party?

And speaking of historical details, in honour of the big day, we (actually, reporter Graeme Wood) have combed through the Richmond archives to piece together a feature that looks back (way back to 10,000 B.C. in fact) to highlight 150 moments that have brought us to where we are today.

So what have we found?

There was a time when the island that is now Richmond simply didn’t exist. Well, I guess it did in some form, deep in the ocean.

By 3,000 B.C., however, indigenous peoples were living here, hunting and fishing, primarily in the summer. By the late 1790s, the first explorers arrived, then came the early settlers. By the 1920s, it was a boom town, by the 1970s, a bedroom community, and by the 2010s, a bustling municipality.

Richmond’s history, like much of Canada’s, is filled with remarkable feats, dark tragedies, but, in the end, is resplendent with memories.

CBC Radio has been asking listeners to tell of a moment they felt most proud to be Canadian.

For me, it was when I was 18 and hitchhiking along the Sinai Peninsula (don’t try this today, kids) with a couple of girls I’d met on an Israeli kibbutz — one from Scotland another from Spain.

We happened to stop at a restaurant/ hotel where there was a huge map of North America on the wall. I pointed out my home town of Calgary and was surprised at the surge of pride I felt. Until then, I’d thought of Canada as just a less-cool America.

Shortly after, I was travelling with a young Welsh woman, and self-proclaimed feminist/ socialist. She challenged me on my nationalism, saying it leads to the likes of Hitler.

There’s no doubt many lives have been destroyed in the name of nationalism.

There is no doubt that the colonization of land in the creation of Canada has come at an horrific price for indigenous people.

But there is still something that defines me as a Canadian. Something that is far from perfect but something I’m proud to celebrate.

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It will take years to plan a new design, while thousands of new homes are being built south of the tunnel adding more commuters.

Our community would love to bike into Richmond and Vancouver, just as we did in our early years, living in Richmond.

Young people want to bike to work both sides of the tunnel and the TransLink busses just do not provide that kind of service.

Sixty per cent of vehicles end their trip in Richmond.

Think about that.

Everyone is in a daily traffic jam at the south and north end of the tunnel, not at the Oak Street bridge.

If we have an emergency, and the tunnel is jammed, how do you think we can get to a hospital in Vancouver or Richmond.

What about the airport if the tunnel is jammed with an accident?

You are not going to stop progress so please take our concerns into consideration and start to think of the future and support our good mayor, Lois Jackson, in her cause for our citizens.

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As I’m a former Richmond citizen and someone who remembers the day the Queen and Prince Phillip opened the tunnel in 1959, I find it odd that you are against a bridge.

Richmond has five bridges. South Delta and commuters south have one tunnel with four lanes, handling 80,000 vehicles a day.

When the Lions’ Gate Bridge was built with three lanes, they did not forecast population growth and you could say the same was true with Delta, and the whole lower Fraser Valley.

If you don’t live in Tsawwassen or Ladner, then you should spend a couple of weeks in our local hotel and experience the different ways we travel daily.

Try riding a bicycle or walking through a tunnel. Take the bus in rush hour when it can take 90 minutes to get to Downtown Vancouver, or midday, when the buses drive through rural Ladner, adding another 15 minutes to the commute, or attend a concert downtown and wait an hour at the Richmond Bridgeport depot for a bus home after 10 p.m.

TransLink is cancelling one of our express buses out of Tsawwassen and, overall, has ignored the citizens of South Delta.

They are trying new routes solely for the benefit of the new mall just built on the Tsawwassen First Nation Lands.

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Treasure what we have

n Canada’s big birthday is a time for Canadians of all stripes to come together, according to letter writer Shehan Salgadoe. File photo

Dear Editor, On the eve of Canada’s celebration of 150 years of her existence, I wish to express my thoughts not only on this big day but also on the future of this land.

As an immigrant of 30 years myself, as the majority are, we may have had our challenges and struggles and may continue to face more going forward.

I would like to remind everyone that we are comprised of different races, faiths and customs and need to be tolerant and continue to find ways to co-exist peacefully.

More so, as we look around the world today and observe the destruction due to the very reasons we need to stand firm in our resolve that the same should never happen in this land.

I wish to remind Canadians of all colours that we are blessed to live in a country like no other and need to make the extra effort to keep it that way.

Shehan Salgadoe Richmond

Thanks for provoking thought Dear Editor, Re: “What would you spend on a party?” Voices column, June 23.

A well-written piece that draws the reader in.

A thought-provoking reflection on the importance of community.

A timely reminder that no person is an island to themselves.

Each person stands in relationship to many others and our personal accomplishments owe much to the community that nurtures us.

Your thoughtful, kindhearted reflections on how society recognizes a person’s value enrich our celebrations of Canada’s 150th birthday.

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Thrown speech has holes Hospice association passes Dear Editor, Christy Clark had ample opportunity to demonstrate her determination to 1) eliminate big donations from politics, in exchange for her favourable decisions, 2) to raise child welfare rates and BC’s minimum wage, 3) to protect B.C.’s coast from spills of petroleum products and 4) to pay teachers a fair wage and allow teachers to have class sizes which are practical in terms of strong learning outcomes for all students.

But Christy Clark demonstrated that she did not ever intend to make these policies and she has created great harm instead. Please do not trust her with further governance. Her legacy is despicable. Thank you.

Gwynne Thompson Richmond

Dear Editor, Nowhere in Christy Clark’s throne speech was there a promise to eliminate the huge regional disparities in the services provided by the government.

In particular, the speech ignored the fact that our South Fraser region gets less than half the adult and post-secondary learning opportunities than the rest of the province. Some of the government’s $2.2 billion surplus must go to Kwantlen Polytechnic, so it can offer our region the same access people throughout the rest of B.C. have had for years for adult basic education, English language training, trades training, and undergraduate programs.

This needs to happen so our neighbours, and their children, no longer face the current inequitable barriers to improving their education and their ability to contribute to our economy. Please urge our new MLAs to make this a priority.

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Dear Editor, Since then, their goal has been to ensure Today, June 30, the Richmond Hospice a smooth transition of services so hospice Association (RHA) will cease operations clients and families continue to receive care and the responsibility for Hospice resourcfrom qualified and compassionate volunes, services and programs will transition to teers. the Salvation Army Rotary Hospice House.

After this transition, volunteers will This transition will facilitate continue to provide a streamlined centralizasupport to hospice tion of resources which families through the will better serve hospice Salvation Army Rotary After this transition, families and the volunteers Hospice House. While volunteers will continue to who care for them. the Richmond HosFounded in March pice Association will provide support to hospice 1986, the RHA has been be winding down, the providing emotional and families through the Salva- efforts of volunteers to social support for patients assist hospice patients tion Army Rotary Hospice and family members copwill carry on. ing with a life-threatening In addition, the House. or life-limiting illness in the Richmond Hospice Richmond area.

Association’s volunteer The Association has procoordinator and their vided training for volunteers who visit clibereavement counsellor will continue to ents in a variety of settings, including in the support volunteers and hospice clients home, hospital, hospice and community as team members of the Salvation Army care facilities. Their services have included Rotary Hospice House. personal visits, bereavement support and We are proud of our volunteers and education to promote an understanding of the work that they have done under the death as the final stage of living.

RHA for 31 years in this community. This In addition, RHA provided counselling centralization of hospice services and and group support to those who have lost a resources in Richmond will better serve the loved one. community in the years ahead.

The RHA Board of Directors concluded Janice Saunders earlier this year that the RHA mandate was RHA president, completed and they made the unanimous Pat Miller decision to close down the organization.

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Wedding death now alleged manslaughter W

hat first appeared as a death from natural causes at a wedding celebration is now being treated as a case of manslaughter.

Detectives from the Vancouver Police Department’s Major Crime Section have charged a 28-year-old Richmond man with manslaughter after a 10-week investigation.

Around 11:30 p.m. on April 15, police and the BC Ambulance Service were called to the Fraserview Hall in South Vancouver after 41-year-old Richmond resident Pardeep “Terry” Dulay was found deceased by party guests.

Police say it originally appeared that Dulay had died of natural causes, but information collected at the scene allegedly shows the victim had been involved in a physical altercation just before his death.

Twenty-eight-year-old Aneil Sanghera, also from Richmond, was arrested June 28 and has been charged with manslaughter.

No additional information can be provided at this time as the matter is before the courts.

This is Vancouver’s tenth homicide of 2017.

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Foreign buyers still investing in real estate Sam Cooper

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oreign buyers accounted for six per cent of the value of residential property purchased in B.C. over the past year, according to the latest data released Wednesday by B.C.’s Ministry of Finance.

The figures show the government took in $102 million in revenue from the foreign buyer tax from Aug. 2, 2016 to March 31, 2017, figures show.

The government started collecting foreign buyer data in June 2016, and abruptly introduced a 15-per-cent tax on the purchase of residential real estate in Metro Vancouver in August 2016.

Despite the tax, the majority of B.C. foreign buyer transactions from June 2016 through May 2017 — $3.27 billion worth — happened in Metro Vancouver.

However, a detailed accounting of how much foreign money is actually invested in B.C. homes is not possible due to obscure ownership structures, critics and industry experts said.

The share of sales volume involving foreign buyers plunged from 16.5 per cent in Metro Vancouver in June 2016 to four per cent in January 2017.

In Richmond, 27.2 per cent of total sales involved foreign buyers in June 2016. The figure plunged to 1.3 per cent in August 2016 and bounced back to about 10 per cent per month through most of 2017.

From June 2016 to May 2017, the cumulative value

of all property purchases in Richmond involving offshore buyers was 12.6 per cent, about $610 million.

But that is only for the offshore buyers the government knows about, NDP MLA David Eby said.

Eby said a 2016 Transparency International study showed 50 per cent of the top 100 most expensive properties in the City of Vancouver are owned through obscure methods such as offshore trusts, shell companies, or students or housewives represented on land titles.

The prevalence of these ownership methods in Vancouver suggests the government can’t detect many offshore buyers in luxury markets across B.C., Eby said.

A number of real estate industry experts said buyers have found creative ways around the foreign buyer tax.

Last August, while sales crashed across Metro Vancouver, Langley realtor Danny Evans predicted to Postmedia a swift bounce back in “under the table” sales from offshore buyers arranged through “side deals for the people that are going on the title (as owners).”

“The Chinese market is still very strong and the prices have held,” Evans said Wednesday. “The Chinese buyers are very adaptable, and I think people are using companies to buy homes now.”

David LePoidevin, the founder of a Vancouver portfolio management firm, said he believes recent sales and price increases in Metro Vancouver’s housing market

could be attributed to foreign buyers who returned to B.C. after Ontario introduced its own foreign buyer tax in April 2017.

“I talk to realtors in Richmond, and they are saying the foreign buyers are back.

The clients are saying ‘If I’m going to pay a tax in Ontario, I’d rather buy here.”

Richmond realtor Steve Saretsky said he believes the true amount of offshore purchases in that city is much higher than the latest government data shows.

“I think 25 per cent is on the low side, and there is no way that it is 12 per cent.”

“The way (the government) is tracking it, it has loopholes,” Saretsky said.

“I think you have to track where the money actually comes from, and not the passport of the buyer.

People have family members in B.C. go on the title, or they have a permanent residence card.”

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Signwriter unveils Canfisco's latest work of art in Steveston

n Murray Gibbs, of Murray’s Signs, put the finishing touches to his latest work of art in Steveston, at Canfisco’s net shed west of the Gulf of Georgia Cannery, on Tuesday. Gibbs’ handywork can be spotted all around the village at various stores and restaurants. Photo by Alan Campbell

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ou may not know Murray Gibbs’ face, but you will almost certainly have seen his fingerprints all over Steveston.

To be more precise, it’s Gibbs’ talented brushstrokes that are conspicuously crafted all over the village, on restaurants and stores.

In fact, if you’ve paused to admire a particular hand-painted business sign in Steveston, there’s a good chance it came courtesy of Murray’s Signs.

But it’s his latest creation, which was hung on Tuesday afternoon, that’s giving him a lot of pleasure, not least because he designed and painted it over the six Canfisco wanted weeks it took to something unique, complete.

“It’s been a and I think they labour of love got it. for sure,” Gibbs told the Rich– Murray Gibbs mond News of his new, 12 feet by 32 feet

mural on the side of Canfisco’s net shed in Steveston.

“I am very proud of it as I kind of got a free rein from Canfisco; although they obviously had to approve the design. But yes, I’m very happy with it; I think I’m getting better with age.”

The hand-painted mural — which was commissioned by fish processor Canfisco for Canada’s 150th birthday and is made of 12 crezon plywood panels — depicts three very specific, Steveston fishing ves-

sels plying their trade.

The artwork replaced the old mural, which was also created by Gibbs and was commissioned by Canfisco, in 2002, for the Tall Ships Festival.

“I remember (the old mural) went up that very day of the festival, with the hordes arriving,” recalled Gibbs, who moved his business from Bridgeport and No. 3 roads in 1994 to Langley. “(The mural) was of a cruising tug boat and a huge can of salmon. That one

didn’t take as long as this one, maybe only two to three weeks; there was less detail.

“This one is more elaborate; I had to really concentrate on the vessels.”

The boats in the painting — a gillnetter and two seiners — were selected by Canfisco, said Gibbs, who actually went down to Steveston to take a photo of the gillnetter.

“I hand-painted the sky, the sea, the whole background,” he said of the process.

“I then projected images of the boats on top, which I then drew on. Then there are snap lines and vanishing points; it has incredible detail. “(Canfisco) wanted something unique and I think they got it. I could have just done a digital print.”

Gibbs used Nova paint to complete the job, which is a “special outdoor mural paint that’s very tough.”

With a little help, it took Gibbs five to six hours to mount.

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pparently, he doesn’t smile too often, but it has been difficult to wipe the grin off Horton Lai’s face this past week or so.

And it’s little wonder, considering the Grade 12 Burnett secondary student got 100 per cent on a North American chemistry exam.

Horton got all 40 questions correct in the University of Waterloo test, which 2,186 students sat, including his classmate Kittie Lam, who placed 60th in the continent.

To put Horton’s achievement into perspective, only 470 students out of more than 198,000 who have written the exam over 47 years have matched the humble 18-year-old.

“I told (Horton) on the phone that I had something to tell him and then, when he came into the class, I laid out the (certificates) in front of him,” Horton’s chemistry teacher, Robbie Kailley, told the Richmond News.

“Probably for the first time in two years, there was this look of extreme joy; the biggest smile came across his face.

“As a teacher, just watching that, to see how much he’s...grown. It was special.”

Horton said he only studied for the test, which was taken locally, for a few hours, as he had a biology exam that day.

After sitting Waterloo’s chemistry test, however, Horton had a feeling it went rather well.

“We were checking answers with each other and I thought, ‘I didn’t get anything wrong.’”

Kailley said he had intended to keep Horton’s incredible score as a surprise for the school’s valedictory ceremony on Thursday.

n Horton Lai (right), pictured with is Burnett secondary teacher Robbie Kailley, got 100 per cent in a North American chemistry contest.

“I realized I wanted to give him some time to reflect and experience the amazing results and to share it with his classmates,” he said.

“I’m so happy for him; he’s a really hardworking kid and really humble.”

As well as the recognition of being one of the top chemistry students in North America, Horton’s prize included a research award for those attending the University of Waterloo.

However, he’s off to study science at UBC, with a special focus on biotech and DNA. Horton was set on Thursday night to receive top awards for chemistry at the ceremony.

As for his parents, they had no idea about the 100 per cent — until Thursday evening.

“I’m going to surprise them at the valedictory ceremony,” Horton said.

“I hope they will be proud of me.”

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From Aboriginal villages displaced by European settlers, to Canada’s 25th largest municipality, Richmond defines change. Here are 150 moments etched into the city’s history that will also shape its future

n Coast Salish set the stage

10000 B.C. – Indigenous people settle in the region, known as Solh Temexw. The mouth of the Fraser River is one of two major settlements. But Richmond’s islands don’t exist.

5000 B.C. – (First traces of) permanent dwellings established along the Fraser River.

4500 B.C. – The Cheam Slide bends the Fraser River north in the Fraser Canyon and the eastern tip of Lulu Island (Queensborough) begins to form.

4500 B.C. – Sea levels stabilize to present day levels. Salmon increase in abundance in the Fraser River.

3000 B.C. – Coast Salish communities advance with more social structure and improved hunting and fishing tools.

Halkomelem language is the common language.

1782 – A smallpox epidemic, originating from Spaniards in Mexico, kills two-thirds of Coast Salish people.

1791 – Explorer Jose Maria Narvaez explores Strait of Georgia, notes mouth of Fraser River.

1808 – Explorer Simon Fraser reaches Sea Island.

1830 – Pioneer John Sexsmith is born in Richmond, County of Lennox, Ontario; the origin of one of four competing theories for the name Richmond.

n Steveston defined

1882 – The first cannery (Phoenix Cannery) is built in Steveston.

1883 – Pioneer Tomekichi Homma arrives in Richmond, later establishes Japanese Fisherman’s Association (union).

n British Empire moves in

1858 – Captain George Henry Richards performs detailed charting of the islands that would become Richmond.

1859 – John Trutch surveys Richmond for the British, paving the path for European settlers to purchase land from the Crown, with no consideration of Indigenous Coast Salish p people.

1860 – Lulu Is Island gets its n name after Colonial G Governor Colonel M Moody attempts to impress actress L Lulu Sweet by n naming it after her.

1861 – Hugh M McRoberts begins farming on Sea n European pioneer Island and builds a Samuel Brighouse.

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n Japanese pioneer Tomekichi Homma [ca 1908]. Richmond Archives photo.

1883 – First Chinese labourers contracted to build roads and ditches.

1884 – Lulu Island post office built at London’s Landing.

1885 – A head tax is introduced on Chinese entering Canada, under the Chinese Immigration Act of 1885.

1885 – A provincial letters patent leaves Queensborough outside of the municipal boundaries.

n Women and children in a dugout canoe on the Fraser River in 1890. Sloughs offered perfect campsites for families. City of Vancouver Archives photo.

1886 – First church built on Sea Island.

1889 – The Marpole and Eburne bridges are built, establishing a reliable commercial route between Richmond and Vancouver.

1891 – The first telephone is installed in Richmond, in a small building in Steveston.

1893 – White fishermen unionize but exclude the Japanese.

1894 – The Sockeye Hotel, which still stands today as the Steveston Hotel, is built, marking a wave of development along the Steveston boardwalk.

1894 – The Gulf of Georgia Cannery replaces the Garry Point Cannery, establishing what is now a national heritage site.

1895 – Ling Chung Lam opens Hong Wo Store on Trites Road, in Steveston. It is considered Richmond’s first “supermarket.”

1901 – Colonial Cannery purchased

by Kwong Mon Tai Company, the only Chinese-owned cannery at the time.

1902 – Railway built by Canadian Pacific to Steveston.

1905 – A flour mill opens at River Road and No. 5 Road. The Easterbrook Flour Mill is now remembered by the naming of Rice Mill Road.

1906 – Banking comes to Steveston, with the opening of the Northern Bank (eventually sold to Royal Bank).

1906 – South Arm United Church is built.

1906/1908 – School board established; Mitchell school built.

1907 – Steveston is ravaged by a massive fire.

1908 – William Bridge elected reeve (mayor) for nine years.

1909 – Minoru (Brighouse) horseracing

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n Maturing in war era

1914 – First World War begins, reshaping family households, as men leave and women take on more labour.

1919 – After 26 Richmondites die in the war, the Soldier Settlement Act provides returned veterans with loans to purchase farmland and equipment.

1919 – Richmond’s present-day town hall site is established at No. 3 Road and Granville Avenue.

1924 – Lansdowne Park Racetrack and grandstand built for horseracing.

1924- Stevston Buddhist Temple built, making it a central gathering spot for Japanese residents.

1925 – Richmond gets its first board of trade, the precursor for the Richmond Chamber of Commerce.

1926 – Hide Hyodo becomes first Japanese-Canadian teacher hired in B.C., at Byng elementary.

1927 – One of the chief developers of Richmond’s subdivisions, Eugene Greczmiel, settles in Richmond.

1930 – Rudy Grauer elected reeve (mayor) for the next 20 years.

1931 – Vancouver airport opens on Sea Island, establishing what would become the city’s single-largest employer.

April 1, 1932 – Free press comes to Richmond, with the Richmond-Marpole Review’s first weekly edition.

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to do so. He is originally from Richmond, New South Wales, Australia; the origin of one of four competing theories for the name Richmond.

1864 – Samuel Brighouse purchases 697 acres on Lulu Island.

1866 – Hugh Boyd settles on Sea Island.

His wife is from Richmond, Yorkshire, England; the origin of one of four competing theories for the name Richmond.

1866 – W.D Ferris begins farming on Sea Island. He is originally from Richmond, Surrey, England; the origin of one of four competing theories for the name Richmond.

1877 – Manoah Steves establishes a homestead in southwest Lulu Island.

Nov. 10, 1879 –Township of Richmond created.

Jan. 12, 1880 – Hugh Boyd becomes first warden/reeve (mayor) of Richmond.

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n Vancouver Airport Administration Building in 1936. The airport altered Richmond in many ways, such as employment, building form and livability. Richmond Archives photo 1997 5 15

From page 10 1939 – World War Two begins.

1939-1945 – WWII claims lives of 36 Richmondites, results in construction of Burkeville for airport workers.

Dec. 1, 1941 – Japan bombs Pearl Harbour, resulting in the internment of Richmond’s Japanese-Canadians, who have their possessions (boats) effectively stolen by the government. The Japanese community in Steveston is fractured and displaced, but many still return after the war.

July 20, 1942 – The Veterans’ Land Act passes, forming thousands of small 1-2 acre plots of farmland for veterans, setting the table for future “hobby farms.”

1947/1948 – Post-war leisure life booms with building of the Steva Theatre and Lulu Theatre in Steveston and Brighouse,

respectively.

1946 – Steveston Community Society forms, organizes first Salmon Festival.

1949 – Japanese and Chinese people gain right to vote.

1950 – RCMP take over policing in Richmond 1953/1954 – Richmond Hospital Fund is created and ratepayers associations form the Richmond Hospital Society, setting the table for the township’s own facility.

1954 – A wave of subdivision applications hits town hall.

1957 – Rod’s Buildings Supplies opens in Steveston. n Both world wars 1957 – The tolled had a significant Oak Street Bridge impact on the Richopens, complementmond community, not ed by the Moray unlike all other places Channel Bridge, to in Canada. Pictured replace the Marpole as a little boy, right, Bridge. A rush of during WWII is longdevelopment follows. time alderman/city 1958 – The councillor Harold electric MarpoleSteves. Photo by HarSteveston Interurban old Steves collection Tram makes its last trip, sealing the deal for a car-centric culture.

1958 – Town purchases Brighouse racetrack, turns it into Minoru Park.

n Growth spurt

July 15, 1959 – Travel south of the Fraser becomes much more convenient as the Deas Island Tunnel is officially opened

by Queen Elizabeth II replacing a ferry II, s service.

1960 – Henry A Anderson, who w worked for G H A Anderson and Sons c construction firm, is elected reeve (t switched to (title m mayor in 1968), m marking a new era o development. of 1960 – Queensb borough Bridge is b built.

1960 – Horse ra racing ends at L Lansdowne Park.

1962 – Despite a failed referenn Lansdowne Park, seen here in 1926, became a central hub for leisure gathdum, town council

erings in Richmond until 1960. Richmond Archives photo 1987 92 1

purchases the 528-acre Brighouse Estates (now City Centre/Oval Village) for $1.45 million to implement a master plan, leading to much of the area developed for low-density commercial and light industrial.

1962 – Athletics excellence bolstered as Kajaks Track and Field Club is founded by Doug and Diane Clement.

1963 – Richmond Square Shopping Centre, the precursor to Richmond Centre, is built with Simpsons-Sears as its anchor tenant.

1964 – Minoru Pavilion opens, to become a key community gathering spot.

1965/1968 – Steveston Buddhist Temple and Martial Arts Centre open, to play important roles for the Japanese community.

1965 – Richmond Gardens subdivision is completed.

1966 – Richmond Hospital opens, offering

commercial developer to build Lansdowne Centre, featuring Eaton’s and Woodward’s.

n Recognizing needs

1973 – The $4.5 million Lulu Island primary treatment sewage plant opens.

1973 – In response to growing threats to farmland, the Land Commission Act is introduced by the provincial government.

MLA Harold Steves plays an important role in forming the Agricultural Land Reserve.

1974-1976 – Richmond’s road network expands with Knight Street and Arthur Laing bridges.

May 14, 1976 – Richmond Public Library opens.

Sept. 14, 1977 – Lansdowne Shopping Centre opens.

1978 – Mylora Farms becomes a golf course.

n The Oak Street Bridge, above, was constructed to open in 1957, around the same time the Steveston tram shut down, marking a new era of transportation in Richmond. Richmond Archives photos

important healthcare to Richmondites.

1968 – Farming advocate and environmentalist Harold Steves is first elected to Richmond city/town council. After serving one term as an MLA, in 1973, he has served on council continuously, since 1977, making him the longest serving council member by a long shot.

1968 – A new airport terminal opens, marking a significant expansion for Vancouver International Airport, leading to building height limits.

1968 – Minoru Park is transformed, with opening of first cultural centre and a new location for the chapel.

Oct. 18, 1970 – Hugh Boyd Park Complex opens, providing residents with an alternative to Minoru Park.

1972 – Three high-rise rental apartment towers are erected next to Minoru Park.

1972-1974 – South Richmond farmland is industrialized with creation of Fraser Wharves and Riverside Industrial Park.

1973 – Gilbert Blair takes over the mayor’s seat until 1990.

July 16, 1973 – Richmond becomes sister city to Wakayama, the first such international agreement.

1973 – After racing ended in 1960 at Lansdowne Park, the site is sold to a

1979 – Steveston Museum opens on Moncton Street, thus preserving a building that had also served as a post office and bank.

Nov. 10, 1979 – To mark its Centennial anniversary, Richmond adopts the “Child of the Fraser” coat of arms, replacing the old seal, a cornucopia.

1979 – Ted Lorenz is named Richmond’s new fire chief. Lorenz goes on to make valuable contributions to the city in many areas.

1981 – Nova Transition House, for women facing domestic abuse, opens.

April 1, 1981 – Kwantlen College opens, to mark the first post-secondary education institute in Richmond.

1982 – London Farm restored by the Richmond Historical and Museum Society and opened to public.

1983 – Jim Kojima, also known as “Mr. Judo,” named to the Order of Canada for over 40 years of community involvement.

1983 – The federal government purchases the B.C. Packers harbour, soon to be known as the Paramount Harbour, to accommodate 700 fishing vessels.

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City grows up, literally, with Canada Line From page 11 1983 – The Quen Yim Temple, located on Steveston Highway, near No. 4 Road, is consecrated, marking an important hub for Richmond’s Buddhist community.

1983 – The Nanaksar Gurwara Gursikh Sikh temple opens on Westminster Highway, marking an important hub for Richmond’s Sikh community.

1984 – The Steveston Packers defeat the Richmond Colts in the B.C. High School Basketball Championship, marking decades of intense rivalry between the schools.

n No. 3 Road traffic in 1985. Richmond Archives photo

Sept. 29, 1984 – Gateway Theatre opens, declaring a new era for performing arts.

March 21, 1985 – Rick Hansen, and his Man in Motion tour, passes through Richmond 1986 – Richmond adopts its first Official Community Plan.

1986 – Richmond gets its present day civic flag, featuring three salmon.

1986 – The Alex Fraser Bridge opens to more easily connect Richmond with Delta and Surrey. Town council endorses the Highway 91 interchange.

1987 – Richmond hosts the B.C. Special Olympic Games.

1987 – Richmond is put on the hockey map as the Richmond Sockeyes win the Abbott Cup and Centennial Cup, to become national Junior A champions.

1988 – Kwantlen College announces plans to expand on Lansdowne Road.

June, 1988 – A bid by developer Milan Ilich to develop Terra Nova’s farmland results in 11 public hearing sessions. Town council decides to grant Ilich zoning, despite massive public outcry.

Sep.6 1988 – Steveston Landing gets a development permit in another controversial move by town council. The Landing reshapes Steveston’s waterfront.

1989 – Garry Point Park opens, after long being an industrial site with sand dunes. It was initially an Aboriginal settlement, prior to Europeans, Japanese and Chinese arriving in Steveston.

May 25, 1989 – Bridgeport Market opens but its quick failure paves the way for River Rock Casino and Resort.

n Chinese immigration

1989 – Fairchild Developments constructs Abderdeen Centre, featuring 10-pin bowling and Asian restaurants, marking the first of many Asian-focused malls on No. 3 Road. It would later triple in size by 2003.

1990 – The Steveston Harbour Authority is established.

1990 – Gil Blair loses the mayor’s seat, largely viewed because of his support for the Terra Nova development.

1990 – Greg Halsey-Brandt elected mayor

LLobbying until 2001. eefforts by the 1990 – G The City of Garden City C Richmond is Conservation S formed with a Society mean th letters patent, the city would p after alderman preserve the la Bob McMath land as a park, aas opposed presented the to developing concept in h 1988. half of it into a tr March 20, trade centre, aas initially 1991 – Ground p breaks on planned. The $ Brighouse $60 million n Fish sales near Steveston Landing. File photo Library and came from the Cultural Censale of land at tre, to form the the Oval site – present-day community hub. the remnants of Brighouse Estate.

1992 – Britannia Shipyards is designated February, 2010 – Richmond hosts the Wina National Historic Site. ter Olympics, as the host city for long-track Sep.11, 1992 – Construction begins on speed skating. The O Zone features Holland the $39 million No. 2 Rd. Bridge, which is House at Minoru Arenas. funded mostly by municipal taxpayers.

June, 1994 – Yaohan Centre opens – the n Global issues beginning of Richmond’s “Golden Triangle” 2011 – Richmond’s demographic statistics of Chinese-centric shops and restaurants in continues to show the city is a popular magnorth Richmond. net for Chinese immigrants, as 47 per cent June 18, 1994 – Caring Place opens, of the population is ethnic Chinese, while 29 marking an important legacy for social serper cent is white; eight per cent South Asian vice agencies in the city. and seven per cent Filipino.

July 1, 1997 – Hong Kong is returned to 2013-2017 – Richmond city council deChina, marking the impetus for tens of thoubates implementing a bylaw to ensure Engsands of Hong Kong-Chinese immigrants to lish is visible on business signs. The majority come to Richmond in the preceding years. of council decides not to pass a bylaw.

1997 – Watermania and the Riverport September, 2014 – The average price of a Entertainment Complex open in southeast detached Richmond home reaches one milRichmond. lion dollars, fueled by low interest rates and 1998 – Commercial fishing continues to decline in Steveston. Discussions begin on what to do with the soon-to-close (2001), 44-acre BC Packers site. Council decides to re-zone the site for residential purposes in exchange for keeping the waterfront portion publicly accessible. No historic buildings are spared.

May 20, 2000 – A new Richmond City Hall opens, ushering the city into the new century.

2001 – Malcolm Brodie elected mayor.

n An Olympic moment

2002 – City council deliberates on supporting the Vancouver-Whistler Olympic bid and decides to contribute $500,000, the first local government to make such a contribution to the organizing committee, VANOC. 2002 – The first of many tall ships festivals comes to Steveston.

2003 – The Richmond Night Market opens, becoming a popular beacon of Richmond’s Asian influence.

June 25, 2004 – The River Rock Casino and Resort opens north of Bridgeport Road. The facility now results in upwards of $20 million annual dividends to municipal coffers, allowing the city to build several facilities with little taxpayer investment.

Aug. 17, 2004 – VANOC announces Richmond would be the site of the Olympic speed skating oval.

Dec, 12, 2008 – The Richmond Olympic Oval opens and becomes a corporate subsidiary of the City of Richmond, as it enters into a longstanding partnership with the International Olympic Committee.

Aug. 17, 2009 – The Canada Line rapid transit rail line opens, with seven stations, thus eliminating daily bus travel to Vancouver. A development boom occurs along the line.

2010 – The purchase of the Garden City Lands by the City of Richmond is complete.

n Class and culture clashes have marked Richmond in the 2000s. File photo.

domestic and overseas demand.

October, 2014 – Largely a result of developer donations, Richmond’s total civic election campaign contributions top one million dollars in the midst of a building boom.

2015 – Sears closes its doors at Richmond Centre, marking a questionable time for big-

box retailers in the Internet-shopping age.

July, 2015 – Richmond Review prints last edition.

August, 2015 – Steveston High is demolished to clear way for condos; a symbolic moment marking a continued decline in the city’s school-age children, despite population growth.

September, 2015 – Richmond hosts its first Richmond World Festival to celebrate multiculturalism.

August, 2016 – A foreign homebuyers’ tax is implemented by the provincial govern-

n Teacher Len Kay saluted Steveston High in 2015, before demolition. File photo.

ment as the latest data shows about one in four homes being bought by Chinese nationals eager to move money out of China’s economy.

November, 2016 – Richmond creates the Richmond Sports Wall of Fame at the Olympic Oval.

2016 – Construction gets underway for the new Minoru Centre for Active Living, a pool and seniors centre that will replace the old Minoru Aquatic Centre and Older Adults Centre. This is one of many civic projects funded by gambling at the River Rock.

2016 – Construction gets underway for a jet fuel terminal on the South Arm of the Fraser River.

2016 – The newest census shows Richmond’s population is aging and households are shrinking in size.

May, 2017 – City council resolves to limit the size of homes on farmland, as real estate speculation and mega mansions make land too unaffordable to farm.

Bonus: July 1, 2017 – Richmond celebrates Canada Day in Steveston with one of the biggest civic celebrations in history, marking Canada’s 150th anniversary.

This feature was largely compiled by sources at the Richmond Archives. Sources available online at Richmond-News.com

n In 2009, the Canada Line ushered in a wave of development in City Centre and changed the way we commute to Vancouver. File photo.

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Sampling a slice of Chinese celebration cake The Richmond News 'crashes' party for 14 Asian golden weddings

n A local Chinese friendship society held a party to celebrate 14 golden and diamond weddings among their senior members. The Richmond News was invited along to observe and partake of the festivities, with the aid of Coun. Chak Au (below) as a translator. Photo

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s they were being corralled for a photo, the scene descended into relative chaos, with an abundance of fingerpointing, arm-waving and, dare it be said, shouting.

After a few minutes, somehow order emerged and the 14, lovely couples — no younger than 80 and who were celebrating either golden or diamond wedding anniversaries — were in perfect formation, aside from the Richmond News’ urgings, through translation, for the pairs to get closer, almost as if they liked each other.

What they didn’t need help with was their collective grins, as wide as the clubhouse of the Canada WenZhou Friendship Society, tucked away on a residential street in the shadow of Aberdeen Centre, which boasts 1,000 senior members and around 20,000 across Metro Vancouver.

About 15 minutes earlier, the News, having been invited as a guest of Coun.

Chak Au, entered the converted, detached home to find around 100 people buzzing around, shouting at each other, pulling each other one way and the next, while serious faces exploded into huge

smiles, usually followed by rapturous laughter.

No one was speaking English, but they seemed very excited to hear the News was here. Although a few, given that the News is an English-language publication, seem surprised by our presence.

“It’s unusual for people in the Chinese culture to share this kind of celebration outside of their families,” Au explained to the News, en route to the party.

“But different cultures are very similar in so many ways. In fact, the vast majority of the things we do are the same; we have much more in common than we don’t have.”

Through translation from Au, the News

heard from various society speakers at the event about the “Chinese tradition of marriage being a lifelong commitment.”

They also spoke of “expressing love for

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“They had to practice a lot for that,” smiled Au when it was over.

Another speaker told of “14 very different stories of neighbours, schoolmates and colleagues falling in love.

“50 years of ups and downs, changes and hardships, stormy waters, but still holding hands and living up to the commitment of marriage.”

One such couple, Ximing Chen and Ming Chao, who were celebrating their golden wedding, told the News (via Au) that their secret to marital longevity was the fact they had “faced so many challenges and changes together.

“Doing those things together makes us stronger each time,” they said.

Golden couple Ding Runtao and Han Wenxiu said they were classmates 60 years ago in university, graduated together and worked in the same place, Tianjin University.

“And we never argue,” they laughed.

“We also dated for 10 years before getting married.”

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Minoru Place Activity Centre

7660 Minoru Gate, Richmond, BC Phone: 604-238-8450 • Fax: 604-718-8462 email: seniors@richmond.ca www.richmond.ca/seniors

JULY 2017

Hours of Operation:

Monday to Friday: 8:30 am – 9:00 pm Saturday: 8:45 am – 4:00 pm Sunday: noon to 4:00 pm Call for holiday hour changes

COME VISIT US AT MINORU PLACE ACTIVITY CENTRE (MPAC)

CLOSED: June 30, July 1 – 3

Pass you can choose to join any of the 40 different activity groups that meet regularly. Complimentary honorary memberships are available to those 90+ years of age. Spouses of members are welcome and encouraged to join in the fun even if under the age of 55. Come and experience the benefits of recreation!

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

many other City facilities. Minoru Place has a number of multipurpose rooms, a large hall with a stage, billiards room, cafeteria and an excellent woodworking shop.

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

Minoru Place Activity Centre Facility Passes

The annual fees cover participation in fabulous activities including dancing, singing, weekly biking and walking Activities include registered programs, groups, a variety of card games and out trips, special events and support much more. Passes are valid one year groups. Plus, with an annual Facility from date of purchase.

Membership Pass (for 55+ years) Annual Pass................................ $22 (Free for 90+ years) Additional Passes (Annual Pass must be purchased in addition) Woodworking Pass.................... $22 Table Tennis Pass ....................... $30 Woodcarving Pass ..................... $22 Billiards Pass............................... $28

MEMBERSHIP Membership makes a thoughtful and unique gift at any time of the year for friends and neighbours that live in Richmond. Consider giving a Gift Card redeemable for a membership that gives recipients access to activity groups as well as discounts on delicious food from the MPAC cafeteria.

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

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Cafeteria

MPAC has a great eatery that features delicious and nutritious meals six days a week with member discounts. Join us for a hot meal, or stop by for coffee and some delicious baked goods. Homemade soups are featured daily, and the public is welcome.

Menus can be viewed online at www.richmond.ca/parksrec/seniors/ minoruplace/minoru.htm.

The cafeteria accepts cash only.

During the summer, enjoy "Sensational Salad Wednesdays" and BBQ lunches on Thursdays.

Summer Hours of Operation Mon – Thu................................ 8:30 am – 2:00 pm Fri ............................................ 8:30 am – 7:00 pm Sat ......................................... 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Sun .............................................................Closed Hot Meal Service: 11:30 am–1:00 pm (Mon–Fri only) Friday Night Dinner: 4:30–6:00pm Saturdays: Soup and assorted sandwiches

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This service offers access to local shopping at reasonable rates with pickups and drop offs at nine different independent seniors housing locations.

Mondays ......... Blundell Centre ($2 per round trip) Thursdays .......Lansdowne Mall ($2 per round trip) Walmart, Garden City ($2 per round trip) Only purchases that can be carried are accepted as bus storage is limited. For a full schedule of designated pick up locations and times, call 604-238-8456.

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Broadening our definition of ‘Spouse’ When the Wills Estates and Succession Act was put into force in B.C. in March 2014, the definition of “spouse” was widened for Estate purposes.

It is not directly related to the definition of “spouse” for matrimonial purposes. The Act not only defines “spouse,” but also specifies when a person stops being a “spouse.”

Section 2 defines a “spouse” as one of two married people, or two people who live with each other in a “marriage-like” relationship for at least two years. Then, people are said to cease being spouses when (in a marriage situation) an event occurs that triggers an interest in family property to arise. For a marriage-like couple, one of the people just has to terminate the relationship for it to end.

Still in Section 2, the Act defines a “separation” as well. For many people, this set of definitions can be important. There are now thousands of people in marriage-like relationships across Canada, and in Estate situations, whether a person is a spouse will probably have some effect on what they inherit (or adon’t).

This discussion is not variation of Elizabeth Browning’s famous poem. is about the tragedy in theaspect case Brown I have Italways considered that described a fundamental of the spousal is that the couple actually live together. v.relationship Pearce Estate (whose reasons for judgment wereHowever, recentlyearlier this month,The thecase B.C.isSupreme considered significant released). a claimCourt for variation of athis mother’ s Willissue. by Reasons for judgement her son, the Plaintiff. were released in the case of Re Connor Estate, which is worth a look.

Background Facts The deceased facts of thisdied case in arelate-2012. critical for She the Court, because there no legally The had married twiceisand had list of aspects of a relationship that “automatically” adefined common law relationship.

In her first marriage, she establishes had two a spousal relationship. children, one of whom was the Plaintiff. That marriage ended in Here, theand applicant, spouse of the deceased divorce, in 1973,thethesurviving deceasedwould-be remarried. woman (who died in early-2015, aged 65), applied for an Order that he besecond declared the “spouse” the deceased.

The relevance in this case Her husband had aofchild from a previous relationship. is thatchild, the deceased appears not have in made a Will (or, itincould That a daughter, diedtotragically a car accident 1989.not be found).

After that incident, the deceased’s second marriage eventually If the applicant ended in 1995.is not a spouse, he would stand to inherit nothing from the Intestate Estate of the deceased. If he is a spouse, he will inherit the In 1999, the deceased entered a relationship which was happy, entire Estate. until husband diedthree unexpectedly Aftertothat The the applicant swore affidavits in of 2004. his own support his application, and 12 others from people who were friends andand knew relationship, shefiled declined into depression and alcoholism, of theatrelationship. died age 68. The deceased was a Lawyer practicing in Vancouver.

The surviving gentleman worked in a local airport, having previously Her eldest the Plaintiff, was 1965 The and gentleman married inwas retired fromchild, his other career. The twoborn met in in 1993. married, the relationship continued Hisstarted two children left 1990.

Thatbutmarriage ended in 1993. Inanyway.

1995, he living with home by 2010, he separated Divorce was granted his second wifeand (they marriedafterward. in 2001).AThey hadOrder a daughter who in 2015.

Histhe relationship deceased ended continued until the death of never met deceased.with Thatthemarriage as well. the deceased.

The Plaintiff’ s relationship with hiswas mother wascouple poor, though What was perhaps most important that the never lived seemingly notdeceased as poor as described in his evidence.

He testified together. The lived in Vancouver; the gentleman lived in Mission and inrelationship, 2012, after hisincluding separation, moved to Maple Ridge. to an abusive not having enough foodOne reasonhe they not live together thatappreciated. the deceased appears to have when wasdidyoung and neverwas being been a hoarder.

The seemed end the in 1995, whenanthe deceased But relationship their relationship was,tofrom evidence, intimate one and moved outsoofthroughout her houseits to 22 endyears. her second marriage.

The shared remained They travelled together, meals together not daily), andher, spent many weekends together deceased asked(though the Plaintiff to help and when he arrived well.house, They he referred to moving each other on trips “husband” andlawn, “wife.” atasthe started things outasonto the front They kept theirthe finances separate, though the deceased often paid for embarrassing deceased. their trips. The deceased eventually permitted the surviving gentleman to have accessfight to her bank accounts. gave him afrustration key to her home The ensuing seemed to cause She considerable on (a condominium), and helped him financially at lost the time of hisindivorce. both sides, and the Plaintiff seemed to have interest their She designatedThere him aswas beneficiary of her RRSP. Sheafterward, apparently which said that relationship. only sporadic contact she made a Will, but it was never found. caused the deceased considerable sadness.

They had engaged in several discussions of their future together a Around theher deceased sold her home the from his few years2005, before health declined, after heand hadgave retired other career.

Her$200,000 health started to proceeds. decline in the 2014, Plaintiff’ s sister of the Shesummer did notofgive theand continuedanything through the thatWill, year.bequeathed She suffered ahim brain hemorrhage Plaintiff and,fallinofher $10,000.

The in early-2015, andtopassed awayWill. shortly after.

Plaintiff sought vary her The decision Court’s decision The Court examined the applicant’s affidavits filed in support of his application, the other who opposed the of applicant The Court heardthough evidence from people eight witnesses, several whom filed very little material. The affidavit material seemed to say that the contradicted the Plaintiff’ s evidence -including his sister, who applicant gentleman and the deceased were a couple, were in love, and testified that to they observed shortage food in the household. were devoted each other andno trusted each of other.

The Court opponents said that it isofimpossible to have referring a marriedtoperson The analyzed the law Wills Variation, the enter important a marriage-like The Court disagreed, stating that most case relationship.

(Tataryn v. Tataryn Estate) and subsequent the legislation does notthe require a divorce intowith a marriagecases, and discussed obligations ofbefore a Willentry maker respect like relationship. A person could, under the legislation, have more than to their legal” and moral duties toward children. one “spouse.

The Court Court also acknowledged that the the applicant had The considered the abuse the deceased deceasedand endured, and the separate sresidences finances. Buttothe Court also said thatwith “no her two Plaintiff’ apparentand unwillingness have a relationship casessome are alike, ” and sought to assess the evidence as a whole. The Court over years. found an intimate relationship, lasting more than 20 years. The applicant gentleman to deceased’ live with the deceased, home the was so The Court had heldwanted that the s reasons forbut notherleaving cluttered aasmore to prevent it. The Court were also noted deceased had Plaintiff generous bequest valid that andthe rational.

Since designated the surviving gentleman assbeneficiary of her RRSP. The their estrangement was the Plaintiff’ fault, her bequest was not deceased also helped him financially during her lifetime. “unjust or inequitable,” and her moral duty toward him was In the last main paragraph of its Court “Like negated.

The Plaintiff’ s claim wasjudgement, dismissed,theand the stated: Will stood. human beings themselves, marriage-like relationships can come in many and various shapes. In this particular case, I have no doubt that such a Summary relationship existed between (the deceased and the gentleman) for many The delivered a thorough and thoughtful analysis of a yearsCourt and that it continued to exist right up to the date of her untimely family’ s tragic On evidence, death in Januarycircumstances.

2015.” With that, thethe Court declaredthe thePlaintiff gentleman as the deceased’s spouse. chose not to have or rekindle a relationship with his now Summarymother. The reasons are not wholly clear, but are deceased probably complex.

To me, this is a major case. It is the first I have seen that holds that a couple who do not share the same residence can still be “spouses” under The Will gave reasons for the modest bequest, and due to the our legislation. nature of the relationship, the Plaintiff had a difficult People should be careful to make sure that if they are in case to meet, andaherelationship, failed. In these cases, in ” or enter into such they may be and a “spouse, many relationships are an important which ways, will carry with it several implications.factor One for of the Court to varycovering a Will. assets them may inbedeciding whether whether an Agreement would be prudent.

How important are relationships – let me count the ways!

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

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SOCIAL

Social activities can enhance mood and improve cognitive function while reducing loneliness and isolation.

There are a variety of social activities offered at Minoru Place Activity Centre with many of them included in the Annual Facility Pass. Stop in to speak with a staff member about all of the opportunities available.

FREE Hangin’ With The Guys Connect with other men and share good laughs and camaraderie while discussing topics that include hobbies, sports, philosophy and music. Offered the first Friday of each month, these sessions include light refreshments and stimulating conversation.

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Enjoy local community performances and a variety of activities that include Karaoke and Name That Tune. Social and engaging, it’s a great way to wrap up the week. Call 604-238-8450 or visit the centre for more details.

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Learn the basic steps of the Jive, Cha Cha, Waltz and Foxtrot. Singles and pairs welcome.

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Breathe in the fresh air while getting an all over body workout that focuses on fitness, strength and agility.

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Tue, Jul 4 – Aug 22 ...... 5:15 – 6:15 pm $33.60/8 sess. (#1878888)

Practice beginner steps and learn more advanced ones for the Tango and waltz along with popular variations of other dance forms that further FITNESS develop musicality. Singles and pairs A range of registered and drop-in very welcome in this social setting. Prefitness classes are offered at MPAC for requisite: Intermediate ballroom dance seniors of all ages, fitness and skill levels. experience.

Find a full list of all fitness activities at Sat, Jul 8 – 15 .............. 1:45 – 3:15 pm www.richmond.ca/parksrec/seniors/ $14.20/2 sess. (#1986938) minoruplace/program.

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Walking is one of the simplest and safest aerobic exercises you can do. It will help strengthen your bones, control your weight and condition your heart & lungs. Being consistent in your walking exercise routine is one of the most important factors in developing a healthy physical activity program.

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Register for one or more leisurely day trips throughout Metro Vancouver, featuring fine dining, live theatre, festivals and more. Spaces are limited, so register early. Find a full list of trips and tours by visiting the centre or viewing the Parks, Recreation and Culture Guide at www.richmond.ca/ guide.

Lynn Canyon Walk and Ecology Centre Trip

Experience this amazing ecosystem on a guided interpretive canyon walk. Learn about BC's natural history and local environmental issues though interactive exhibits in the ecology centre and enjoy the beauty of this temperate rainforest.

Bring or buy lunch. Price includes transportation and tour.

Thu, Jul 13...........10:00 am –3:00 pm $26.15/1 sess (#1980539)

Theatre Under The Stars—Mary Poppins

Experience the summer tradition of outdoor theatre with this production in Stanley Park's Malkin Bowl.

Price includes transportation and admission. Home drop off ($3) available.

Mon, Jul 17 ...............6:00 –11:00 pm $50.75/1 sess. (#1980540)

FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 2017

EVENTS FREE Summer Plaza Series Experience a variety of musical entertainment 7:00 –8:00 pm in the Minoru Plaza

Jul 10: Richmond Community Concert Band—a community favourite Jul 25: Ukulele Jam—Bring a ukulele to join in this musical celebration of summer

Annual BBQ Picnic

Celebrate summer and this tradition under the trees adjacent to Minoru Place savouring a delicious barb-q lunch that includes a choice of burger or smokie, salad, dessert and entertainment. Register early as this popular event sells out each year.

Registration required.

Wed, Jul 12 .........11:30 am –1:30 pm $12/1 sess. (#1926988)

Summer Garden Party in the Plaza

Celebrate Canada coast-to-coastto-coast with light refreshments, trivia and entertainment. Show your Canadian spirit by wearing red and white and joining in the fun at this popular summer party. Hosted by Senior Services, City of Richmond.

Registration required.

Thu, Aug 10 ................1:30 –3:30 pm $12.50/1 sess. (#1927288)

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Volunteers play an integral role at the centre. Discover the opportunities available and ways to support the Society by contacting Jacqui at 604-238-8452 or joostergo@ richmond.ca for more information.

Cafeteria Cashiers in the Minoru Place Café Seeking a personable, detail-oriented person to help for one shift per week.

Some cash handling experience preferred, and the ability to stand for a 2 ½ hour shift (9:00 – 11:30 am or 11:15 am – 1:45 pm).

Registration

The Summer 2017 Parks, Recreation and Culture Guide is available online (www.richmond.ca/guide) with a paper version available for pick up in all City facilities.

3 ways to register 1. Online: www.richmond.ca/register 2. By phone: 604-276-4300, Mon – Fri, 8:30 am – 5:30 pm 3. In person: at the Minoru Place Activity Centre front desk Minoru t-shirts and golf shirts are available! Get your “Movin’ Still Groovin’” shirt and support this Minoru Seniors Society fundraiser.

T-Shirts $15/ Golf Shirts $35 available now at the Minoru front desk.

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Our efforts have created a real sense of community. When our employees are able to take on leadership roles and engage in activities that support organizations which are personal to them, you can see the joy in their faces.”

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“Health care touches us all,” says Cheung. “We’ve all had someone close to us who have gone through health-related situations or had a serious illness and needed to go to the hospital. My daughter was born at Richmond Hospital and last fall, my mother was in the hospital for surgery and the care we received was excellent.”

Last year, their staff of more than 300 employees, 40 percent of

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“It takes a whole year of planning and countless volunteer hours to make it happen,” says Cheung.

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Olivia, who’s now 14, spent several weeks creating the period poster which urged women of the time to come to a meeting and express their right to vote.

The teenager, who’s schooled at her Cambie and Bridgeport home by mom Tamara, even missed several social events on the last weekend before the competition closed to perfect her design.

Her dedication, however, paid off – her “Women of Steel” poster beat hundreds of entries to win the Historica Canada “Votes for Women” contest in the Grade 5-8 section.

“We were at home in front of the computer when the email came through,” said her mom.

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n Olivia Blaze Richert won a national drawing contest about women campaigning for the vote. Photo submitted

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n Tiana Lee (right) won the Richmond News’ Salmon Fest colouring contest, which attracted more than 100 amazing entries for a prize packed with gifts and tickets.

Pictured with Tiana is News publisher Pierre Pelletier. Photo by Collin Neal

July to September

or no apparent reason, I’ve taken to pondering the imponderable. For instance, you know when you take bottled water on a plane and by the end of the trip the bottle is all sucked in and misshapen?

Well, imagine what it’s doing to your intestines.

Just saying.

Having “retired librarian” written all over me, I was recently asked what the collective noun is for librarians, so it prompted me to do some digging.

I found the answer, and along the way, I also found other bizarre collective nouns. Check these out: A conflagration of arsonists A flamboyance of flamingoes A fidget of altar boys An iamb of poets A number of mathematicians (a giveaway) A conjunction of grammarians A spawn of umbrellas A tabernacle of bakers An eloquence of lawyers (that one could be argued) An ambush of widows A superfluity of nuns A rash of dermatologists A shrivel of critics A spread of nymphomaniacs And my favourite…a stack of librarians. (I’ve also heard a shush or catalogue of librarians.)

This led me to become even more obsessed with words, and I came across a few websites that pose

a plethora of ingenious imponderables, like these: Why isn’t phonetic spelled the way it sounds?

Do you need a silencer if you’re going to shoot a mime? Why is it so hard to remember how to spell mnemonic? Is it true that cannibals don’t eat clowns because they taste funny? Why is there an expiration date on sour cream? What’s a synonym for thesaurus? If corn oil comes from corn, where does baby oil come from? Why are there five syllables in the word “monosyllabic”? Why do they sterilize needles for lethal injections? And finally, If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?

I’m not saying I have too much free time on my hands…but there are some slow days at “the office” when you’re retired.

Words, however, can be a never-ending source of entertainment. If you’re so inclined. To me, writing and words are an endless wellspring of.…. what’s the word I’m looking for? Oh yeah, delectation. Not to be confused with lactation. Ever.

Watching the Scripps National Spelling Bee the other day, I was utterly gobsmacked to see a sixthgrader win, having correctly spelled arcane words like ’tchefuncte,’ ‘gifblaar,’ and ‘zeaxanthin.’

Surprisingly, the word that won her the $40,000 cash prize and trophy was ‘marocain.’

Seriously? Bah. I could spell that word while in a state of somnolence. Okay, maybe not.

Lover of words that I am, I’m still shaking my head over President Trump’s use of the fake word “covfefe.”

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■ Camryn Rogers is off to next week’s Canadian Track and Field Championships in Ottawa then will head to Peru a couple of weeks later for the Pan Am Junior Championships. Photo by Gord Goble

ties with competitions so far and I think it would be nice to get a little bit of time to relax,” said Rogers.

“It would give me some time to decompress than get back at it.

It’s just good for my recovery and mental state (before going to Cal).”

Rogers closed out her high school career in style at the recent B.C. Championships in Langley, breaking her own meet record in

the hammer throw and also winning gold in shot put. She was named the meet’s Most Outstanding Female.

She was deservedly featured in the Vancouver Province’s recent 2017 Head of the Class special section that recognized top graduating high school student athletes in B.C. There have also been regular articles written on her and she

agreed to participate in the News’ Best of Richmond feature section.

“The fact all these super nice people want to talk to me and know my story means a lot to me,” she said. “For throwing events, we are a very small community. The more people can know and understand, the more interested they become and, hopefully, the more people want to join.”

14-year-old Chan invited to U18 provincial camp atie Chan will be the youngest player attending the upcoming B.C. Hockey U18 Team B.C. Selection Camp in Shawnigan Lake but she is hardly an underdog story.

The 14-year-old standout, who played for the Richmond Ravens top Bantam team last season, earned her way to Vancouver Island by showing why she is one of the top up-and-coming talents in the province.

Chan was the leading goal scorer at the Female

Program of Excellence Identification Camp held in April in Salmon Arm. She will be joined in Shawnigan by four other Richmond players, including a pair of returnees from last year’s team that won bronze at U18 Nationals — defensemen Courtney Vorster and Kate Reilly.

Vorster, 17, went on to play for Canada at the U18 World Championships last January. She will be wearing Team B.C. colours for a third straight

year this November.

Both Vorster and Reilly, 16, attended ShattuckSt. Mary’s Hockey Academy in Minnesota this past season.

Also heading to the Island is blueliner Hannah Green and forward Katrina Lannard. Green, 17, played for the Greater Vancouver Comets of the B.C. Female Midget “AAA” Hockey League, while Lannard, also 17, attended the Delta Hockey Academy in Tsawwassen.

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t’s going to be a hectic month for Camryn Rogers before she gets set to begin the next chapter of her life at the University of Cal-Berkley.

Fresh off her Grade 12 graduation ceremony at RA McMath Secondary, there is plenty in store for one of the top up-and-coming throwers in the country.

Rogers will be heading to Ottawa next week for the Canadian Track and Field Championships where she will be competing in her specialty event — hammer throw — along with shot put.

The Kajaks Track and Field Club standout, who works with head coach Garrett Collier, is then expected to be named to the Canadian team going to Trujillo, Peru for the Pan Am Junior Championships, starting July 23.

“Being in the capital city for Canada’s 150th. What more could you ask for,” smiled Rogers of her pending trip to nationals. “Then the opportunity to travel to Peru. It’s pretty exciting.”

Rogers was initially hoping to also be in Winnipeg in early August for the Canada Summer Games. Now that she has a better idea of when she has to be at school in California and what’s expected of her, she had to regrettably decline being a member of Team B.C. Rogers is going to the renowned Pac-12 school on a lucrative fullride scholarship.

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“It’s outstanding participation given the fact that is when the weather is best and kids should be outside being active!” said Richmond City Baseball president John Braaten. “That’s one of the big differences between B.C. Baseball and other organizations when their seasons generally wind down at the end of May.” The all-star season will culminate with various provincial championships and RCBA has taken on two of the showcase events.

Blundell Park will be site of the 15UAAA Championships which will feature outstanding ball at the venue’s two diamonds. That tournament runs from July 27-30.

For the second straight year, the association is welcoming teams to the Palmer/ Garden City diamonds for the 11UA Championships from August 3-6.

RCBA will also be hosting player evaluations for the Toronto Blue Jays T12 B.C. team on July 14 at Latrace Field.

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Already this season, Richmond hosted B.C. Baseball’s John Main 13U AA Tournament.

The 16-team event featured entries from around the province and the Chuckers more than held their own — reaching the semi-finals.

The association’s inaugural team in B.C. Baseball’s elite College Prep League is enjoying an impressive season with a third place record of 16-10.

Among the highlights thus far was taking on the Cloverdale Nationals at Nat Bailey Stadium back on June 13.

The game attracted over 200 RCBA players and parents to the historic venue.

Even with the success at the older elite levels, it’s the grassroots where RCBA continues to gain ground.

The organization has enjoyed steady growth the past four seasons — adding 125 players since 2014. Much of that gain has come between the 5U and 11U age groups that features 70 percent of the entire registration.

Braaten says there have been several key factors in baseball’s growing popularity including the recent success of the Toronto Blue Jays.

The association also offers a “Just Play Ball” free community program to spark children’s initial interest and is working closely with other

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ichmond’s Bryan Abrey will suit up for Team Canada this weekend as the men’s national fastpitch squad tunes up for next month’s World Championships in Whitehorse.

The defending world champions will be one of five international squads at the Bob Law Memorial Challenge at Vancouver’s South Hill Park which starts Friday.

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RCBA follows Baseball Canada’s structured programming at the 5U to U9 entry levels with a real emphasis on skill development to enjoy the game. It includes moving to six-a-side games two years ago.

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