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5 top stories of 2016

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THE STENCH: While Harvest Power had been stinking up Richmond for quite some time, the tipping point in this story came when the composting company was issued a new air quality permit on Sept. 30. While the most obvious issue is the crippling odours, what also became apparent was government’s response, or lack thereof. Cue resident Arnold Shuchat, who formed the Facebook group Stop the Stink Richmond, which aims to shut Harvest Power.

2017 outlook: How often will Harvest Power be forced to stop taking waste?

Grassroots action percolating for 2017

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SCHOOL CLOSURES: Dubbed by one letter writer as the three “mama bears,” Kim Nowitsky, Emma Dyck and Kelly Greene helped form the group Richmond Schools Stand United, taking it upon themselves to organize several public rallies to oppose the school closures process, as well as shed light on education funding, which they deemed to be the root cause of the closure proposals. School trustees ended the process after interpreting a letter from local Liberal MLAs — that outlined their financial commitment to seismic upgrades — to be the “golden ticket” that no schools will be forced to close.

2017 outlook: Back to the drawing board after election?

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RACIST FLYERS: The U.S. presidential election of businessman Donald Trump, who often failed to denounce racist supporters, catalyzed widespread outbursts of racism across North America. In Richmond, this reality took hold when doorto-door flyers took aim at Chinese immigrants for driving up real estate costs and not speaking English. Community members gathered, however, and took to the streets in protest against the flyers.

2017 outlook: Will there be more effort to live in harmony?

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FOREIGN BUYERS: A nine-week collection of data on foreign home ownership by the provincial government revealed one in four homes in Richmond being sold to overseas buyers, largely from China.

This not only led to some racist sentiment but also, in more reasoned circles of dialogue, serious concerns about affordable housing, taxation and Richmond turning into a “ghost city.” Numerous media reports pitted Richmond in the middle of matters such as: vacant homes, capital gains tax evasion, shady real estate transactions and speculation of farmland.

2017 outlook: Will the foreign home buyers’ tax prove ineffective? Is there a bubble? How big is it? And will it pop?

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BYLAW VIOLATIONS: Richmond residents continued to voice frustration over a lack of bylaw enforcement, or lack of bylaws all together.

Resident Cindy Lee formed the Facebook group Save Richmond Trees and took her concerns to city hall after finding mature trees were falling to mega homes. Lee contends existing bylaws do little to save trees. Furthermore, trees are being cut down illegally.

Meanwhile, illegal house-hotels operating in the city reached an all-time high, at least according to citizen complaints. One such hotel on Lancing Road was investigated by the Richmond News where it was revealed 19 guests were staying in 10 bedrooms.

2017 outlook: Will the city strengthen bylaw enforcement?

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2016 month-by-month n January • Retired mailman Ken Brodie, 74, receives praise from the community for intervening in a vicious dog attack on twin sisters Jessi and Kati Mathers and a young child. Brodie was honoured by Richmond RCMP this year and was a nominee for the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission medal.

• New Richmond Animal Protection Society CEO Eyal Lichtmann begins a new chapter for the animal shelter.

• Richmond city council votes 7-2 in opposition of the George Massey Tunnel replacement bridge and in favour of a twinned tunnel. Couns. Alexa Loo and Ken Johnston find themselves on the outside and in favour of the bridge plan.

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Richmond resident Cindy Lee creates the community group Save Richmond Trees on Facebook to counter destruction of trees caused by oversized homes • Controversy over Chinese language-only signs continues, this time with Coun. Chak Au objecting to a Budweiser bus stop ad.

• Rampant spitting in Richmond’s pool facilities prompts city officials to post signage condemning the behaviour.

• The City of Richmond and Canadian Race Relations Foundation host a town hall on race relations and intercultural harmony.

n In February, Mary Wilson co-founded Richmond’s first Black History Month event.

n February • Anti-poverty advocates gear up to find solutions on how to address housing unaffordability among seniors.

• Richmond Hospital celebrates its 50th anniversary. The first baby born at the facility, Bob de Boer, returns to mark the occasion.

• Steveston resident Mary WIlson sparks Richmond’s first Black History Month event.

• Development firm Onni hosts open houses to sway public support for rezoning of Steveston’s Imperial Landing boardwalk. The site would subsequently remain empty for a fourth straight summer.

• Once Upon a Time marks its 100th episode filmed in Steveston.

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the environment. Proponents contend the bridge will foster economic development and is safer than a new tunnel.

• The new Mary’s Barn at the Sharing Farm is named after community leader Mary Gazetas.

Sixteen schools are shortlisted for closure in Richmond as the Ministry of Education aims to achieve 95 per cent capacity across the school district in order to approve seismic upgrades.

Upset parents form the activist group Richmond Schools Stand United. to record-level real estate prices.

development by demolishing two homes on Blundell Road to pave way for the 15-unit complex dubbed Shangri-La. • A Richmond driver causes waves after being caught distracted driving for a 14th time.

• City council decides to keep Richmond RCMP after review.

•Richmond firm New Coast Realty falls under supervision of the Real Estate Council of B.C. for shadow flipping.

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• The proposed jet fuel facility gets its permits from Port of Vancouver.

• A Globe and Mail investigation on shadow flipping exposes the seedy underbelly of real estate transactions in Richmond.

• The public art process in Richmond once again falls under criticism from the public and even Coun. Harold Steves, who suggests developer contributions to art should be transferred to affordable housing.

• Kwantlen professor Dr. Kent Mullinix, director of the university’s Institute for Sustainable Food Systems, raises red flags over speculation and foreign ownership of

n Parents rallied in June to hold the Ministry of Education accountable for the school closures process.

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n March • Local provincial MLAs announce designs for a new Richmond Hospital south tower.

• International students reach record levels in Richmond School District, with one in 20 coming from overseas.

• Federal government eases language requirements for immigrants as ESL wait lists grow in Richmond.

• More peer-reviewed research by UBC geography professor Dr. David Ley links Richmond’s high rate of investor-class immigrants and outflow of capital from China

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farmland, as the price per acre in Richmond reaches $300,000.

• Couns. Derek Dang and Ken Johnston become joint partners in a townhouse

• Canada’s Auditor General determines federal agencies are not adequately detecting and preventing citizenship fraud, a matter that hit close to home when one of the largest schemes was uncovered at the Richmond-based immigration consulting firm of Xun “Sunny” Wang, who pled guilty to eight charges in 2015.

• City of Richmond launches an affordable housing survey, with a focus on increasing housing supply. The city also launches consultation on further densification of arterial roads.

• Richmond city council calls on federal government to redo environmental assessment of a jet fuel facility and pipeline project. MP Joe Peschisolido indicates he is opposed to the project, but no action is taken and construction continues.

n June • Queue-jumping accusation fly at the sales centre for Polygon’s Kingsley Estates townhouse development on No. 2 Road.

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• Richmond realtor Layla Yang plans a lawsuit against man who accused her of threatening him with Chinese mobsters.

• Prominent Richmond-based developer Amarjit Singh Sandhu is killed in the Coppersmith shopping centre parking lot. IndoCanadian media link Sandhu to controversial temple politics.

• Lingyen Mountain Temple gets green light to expand with a smaller, revised design after more than a decade of rezoning applications.

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2016Year in Review From page 5 • Self-proclaimed missionary and charity leader Alan Lau, of the Canadian Low Income Seniors Affordable Housing Society, is deemed to have committed fraud by the B.C. Securities Commission after taking $40,000 from a local resident.

•Popular Steveston resident Kay Sakata passes away at age 100.

n July • An acupuncture clinic operating illegally out of a home is shut down by Richmond RCMP. • Controversy swirls around Richmond Hospital’s maternity ward, with foreigners now accounting for one in six births and underground baby houses being marketed in China.

• Wann The Th Bellezas B ll reported t db being i dering bumped from Richmond Hospital’s maternity ward.

Pokemon Go players prompt safety warning from police.

• John Chang, president of Lulu Island Winery, is held in custody in China on smuggling charges.

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n August • A nine-week window of newly-collected data reveals one in four homes in Richmond being purchased by foreigners, with roughly 90 per cent of buyers coming from China. A new 15 per cent tax is introduced on such purchasers.

n Some Steveston merchants organized Oktoberfesteveston as an inaugural grassroots event. n Art Knapp owners (son and mom) Pat Van Hest and Liz Van Hest closed shop after 50 years.

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• The benchmark price of a detached home peaks in 2016 at $1.71 million. n Real estate prices peaked in 2016 as a foreign buyers’ tax was imposed.

• Ron Mahy takes part in second memorial motorcycle ride in Richmond to honour his late daughter Christy Mahy, who was killed by a wayward vehicle July 30, 2014 while cycling on Russ Baker Way. Police continue their investigation as the Mahy family expresses frustration at delays in charges.

• City of Richmond staff head to Rio de Janeiro to promote the Richmond Olympic Experience.

• Realtor Morning Yu files a lawsuit against New Coast Realty for unpaid commissions.

• A 101-year-old Richmond resident, “Nippy” Nihal Gill, takes gold in the Americas Masters Games in Vancouver for the 100-metre dash with a time of one minute,

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Social service agencies and anti-poverty advocates signal alarms over growing homelessness in Richmond.

• City of Richmond requires English on its bus stop advertisements.

•WorkSafe BC upholds $280,000 in fines to Richmond-based Seattle Environmental Consulting Ltd. for improper asbestos removal.

• Steveston-Richmond East MP Joe Peschisolido’s law firm named in lawsuits accusing Richmond immigration consultant, businessman and socialite Paul Oei of a $6.9 million fraud scheme.

• A Richmond News investigation reveals the booming illegal house-hotel industry growing in.

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• A settlement between residents at Wellington Court falls apart and a B.C. Human Rights Tribunal case over the right to have English spoken at strata council meetings is reignited.

• Chinese immigrants face-off against proCommunist Chinese immigrants celebrating the 40th anniversary of Chairman Mao’s death.

• Steveston businesses successfully host the first OktoberfeSteveston event.

• An elderly man dies in a house fire.

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n October • MP Joe Peschisolido criticized for wearing a Communist China red scarf at Chinese flag-raising ceremony in Vancouver.

• City of Richmond expresses concerns over new Harvest Power permit.

• Metro Vancouver launches anti-grease campaign in Richmond.

• Goodlife Family Autism Hub on Sea Island opens.

• School closure process temporarily halted.

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• Citizens appeal new Harvest Power permit and City of Richmond follows suit.

Harvest Power appeals new enforcement measures in new permit.

• A petition — with nearly 9,000 signatures — against birth tourism started by Kerry Starchuk is tabled to Parliament by MP Alice Wong.

• Richmond resident Timothy Hsia celebrates his winning Canada 150 toonie design.

n Timothy Hsia and his award-winning design for the new toonie.

n Hundreds of parents and children came to a special school board meeting that saw trustees end the closures process.

• Listeria outbreak shuts down Foody World.

• Vancouver International Airport CEO Craig Richmond voices concerns over federal government’s airport privatization report.

• Protest over Harvest Power reaches record levels with thousands of complaints pouring into Metro Vancouver’s hotline.

• Walmart opens in Richmond.

• Cyclist Brad Dean is killed on River Road, prompting widespread debate over

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Racist flyers distributed in neighbourhoods prompt community rallies.

Resident Edward Liu becomes a lead organizer for many of the rallies that are aimed to combat anti-Chinese sentiment and bring people together. cycling safety in the city.

• Students demand LGBT policy in Richmond schools and receive unanimous support from trustees.

• Reports reveal MLA Teresa Wat had been stranded in China with a broken hip.

• Racist flyers distributed in neighbourhoods prompts community rallies.

• Coun. Harold Steves calls on city council to restrict mega mansions on farmland after a Globe and Mail investigation exposes the extent of farmland destruction and tax loopholes related to such homes.

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• Richmond records its first significant snowfall in nearly three years.

•Hundreds stand for unity against racist

n December • Realtor Steve Saretsky reveals nearly half of all condo sales in City Centre are of vacant properties, noting there is likely a correlation with the high rate of foreign home ownership.

• Creep-catching crusade comes to Richmond. Police voice concerns despite broad

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n A tragic River Road accident killed Brad Dean.

n Stop the Stink Richmond members.

Residents unite on Facebook, against Harvest Power, to form the group Stop the Stink Richmond. More than 1,000 people to date have signed a petition to shut down the composting facility.

n Rallies were held to oppose anti-Chinese flyers. Pictured above, Edward Liu.

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• B.C. Law Society takes over practice of Hong Guo after $7.5 million disappears from her trust account intended for real estate purchases by Chinese investors.

• Richmond city council passes new bylaws to further densify arterial roads with more opportunities for townhouses, rowhouses and coach houses. Coun. Carol Day objects in a 6-1 vote.

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Taxes should be based on last year's assessments Dear Editor, It makes no sense to base the 2017 residential property taxes on the July 2016 inflated housing market peak when prices have clearly since dropped and are expected to fall even further in 2017.

As reported, the 2016 exceptional peak assessment was a blip and significantly reduces the home owner grant, as well as widening the gap between single family and townhouse/condominium dwellings.

The 2017 assessments bear little resemblance to the current property valuations and are just not fair and are distorted between dwelling types.

This assessment situation is predominately penalizing longterm single-family residents, including a lot of senior citizens on fixed incomes.

It would make more sense for Richmond city council to step up and request the BC assessment office to reissue the Richmond assessments based on the previous year’s property tax assessments, as they did a number of years ago when a similar volatile housing market peaked and distorted the assessments that would have put the home owner grants out of reach of many citizens.

Further, the insatiable appetite Richmond City Hall has for the annual tax increases, which are far beyond the cost of living index, seems out of control.

Citizens do not want to hear, yet again, that most of the annual increases are beyond the city’s control. It should be incumbent upon the city to control costs and trim whatever is necessary to live within the cost of living index like most individuals and businesses have to do for survival.

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Tax hike makes no sense to this homeowner Dear Editor, I think it is time homeowners say no to endless condo construction, when our taxes keep going up.

We must endure years of construction and road delays and as a reward, our taxes go up. While, at the same time, we are adding tax payers to our community.

None of this makes any sense to me and I would think to most Richmond homeowners.

Cory Winkelmans Richmond

n With unprecedented growth, one would think city coffers would be full. So why a 3 per cent tax increase?

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Dear Editor, According to Statistics Canada (2016), the consumer price index increased by 1.5 per cent between 2015 to 2016.

Our property tax is expected to rise by three per cent this year, which leads me to conclude that property taxes are growing faster than the rate of inflation this year.

At the same time, there has been rampant growth in the number of building permits that have been granted and properties that have switched hands over the past few years.

If the population is growing and there is a high level of activity in the residential market, the city must be collecting more property taxes than prior to the housing boom.

Densification also means more people, and more property taxes collected per city block.

Where is all of this money going? Is it an issue of funding or an issue of expenditure?

Instead of simply dealing us the bad news of increasing property taxes, at least do us the courtesy of explaining the major issues underlying this

Assessments shouldn't determine property tax Dear Editor, Re: “Assessments way too high,” Letters, Dec. 21.

Andy Hobbs is correct when he says property assessments are too high.

But let us not lose sight of the real problem, which is that our property taxes are too high. This is because property taxes are driven by the sky-high property assessments. They increase in lock step with the assessments.

This funding model is wrong and needs to be changed. Why should taxes be driven by the price of a piece of property? Taxes need to be assessed based on the cost of services each citizen receives from the city government, not by the unrealistic price tag attached to our homes.

While our taxes have increased by far more than 50 per cent in recent years, the fact remains that our ser-

vices have not improved by anywhere near 50 per cent in the same time frame. In fact, they have been reduced.

Garbage collection is now bi-weekly where it used to be weekly. Our street lights still burn out at the same rate. The swimming pools and tennis courts are still the same. The grass in the parks doesn’t grow any faster.

What in blazes does the city need these unconscionable increases for?

Until the city can come up with a tax model that is fair and not based on worldwide real estate prices, they need to pass a law that restricts homeowner tax increases to the rate of inflation.

Any candidate for council that runs on that platform will get my vote, and Mr. Hobbs will be first in line.

Marilyn Baker Richmond

year’s budget. It’s a very ominous sign to think our city has no choice but to raise property taxes. Residents are nervous that there was no other way of managing the city’s growth.

What does this mean? Is our growth not sustainable? Is the city trying to do too much and invest in more capital projects than it can afford?

It goes up by three per cent this year, and it could easily go up again next year, or the years to come. What’s stopping that?

Jackie Law Richmond

Mega home hardly meant for farming Dear Editor, We have a new neighbour on the corner of No. 4 Rd. and Steveston Hwy. The sixacre parcel of ALR land was recently purchased for more than $3 million. Pretty darn pricey for land that could be leased for farming for less than $10,000 per year.

The new construction is now visible. My call to the city of Richmond informed me that a 25,000-square-foot “home” (single family residence ) was given approval. There is no requirement to farm the land.

A question comes to mind for our mayor and council.

Could you explain how this decision fits into the city plan to provide sensible housing zoning in Richmond, while protecting farmland in the ALR ?

I look forward to be enlightened.

John Baines Richmond

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Gateway aims to attract English and Chinese-speaking audiences Dear Editor, Re: “Gateway Theatre’s Chinese outreach gets funding boost,” News, Dec. 24.

In regards to your article on Dec. 24, regarding funding for Gateway Theatre, I would like to clarify that the funding we have received is to connect with ALL our audiences, both English-speaking and Chinese-speaking. We fear that some comments made in the story may leave the wrong impression. z Gateway’s English-speaking audience is not declining, as the article suggests.

In fact, our 2015/2016 productions (in English and in Cantonese) attracted the largest audiences at Gateway for several years. z The same sentence goes on to say that there is “a gap in filling the seats with new Chinese-speaking patrons,” suggesting that we hope to replace our current, mostly English-speaking, audience with a Chinese-speaking audience. Nothing could be further from the truth. Gateway aims to bring as many Richmond residents to theatre as possible to share our love of the performing arts; we are not trying to substitute one audience with another.

Gateway’s long-term plans are to grow both our English and Chinese-speaking audiences with distinct programming in each language. This funding from the city is to help us do that, using market research and community consultation expertise so we can best serve Richmond’s dedicated theatre-goers and continue

n Jovanni Sy, artistic director of Gateway Theatre, says the 2015/2016 season was the best in several years. File Photo

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“The (blitz) is an annual project where the Richmond RCMP Quick Response Team (QRT) partners up with loss prevention officers (LPOs) in the central business district of Richmond to fight theft,” said Cpl. Ray Basi, head of the QRT. “As a bonus, our Bike Section officers lent us a helping hand this season.”

During the festive season, some of the suspects, according to police, conducted their “Grinch-like activities” alone, while others were observed working in organized teams.

As a result of the 16 arrests, charges are forthcoming, say police, including one suspect, who was discovered with several pieces of identification, none of which belonged to him.

“The partnership between QRT and the LPOs is a strong one,” added Basi.

“This is my third year with this project and it is our most successful year thus far.

The arrests came largely from recognizing subtle differences and unique body language.

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ing these signs. Similarly, since LPOs work at several locations across different municipalities, they are able to recognize suspects that don’t normally come into Richmond.”

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“One theft group was affectionately referred to as the Lego Gang, as they had an affinity for procuring the popular building block toy,” said Richmond RCMP’s media relations officer Cpl. Dennis Hwang.

“It was likely that their activities were spurred by orders for certain types of Lego.”

What was also apparent was the crossover in some of the retail theft suspects.

“This speaks to the level in which crime crosses over — a suspect who may break into mailboxes, vehicles, or residences may also be engaged in retail theft. We are seeing those shifts,” added Hwang.

“We caution people to be cognizant of what they are buying through popular online buy and sell sites and forums. Sometimes that good deal might not be such a good idea. We have had success in tracking down stolen merchandise and returning them to their owners.”

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motion to have City of Richmond staff examine a City of Vancouver report on empty homes was defeated by Coun. Bill McNulty and Mayor Malcolm Brodie at a planning committee.

Coun. Carol Day tabled the motion last month to have Richmond planners examine how Vancouver was approaching the matter, as it has recently passed a new tax targeting some home owners who leave their homes vacant.

McNulty said he opposed the motion because Vancouver’s assessment and subsequent tax proposal is unique to Vancouver and not applicable to Richmond.

“What Vancouver does is by themselves.

Vancouver does a lot of strange things, what with their charter. It’s often not in sync with what we do,” said McNulty.

Vancouver does, in fact, have special authorities under the provincial Vancouver Charter, whereas Richmond — like all other municipalities in B.C. — must abide by the Community Charter, which guides municipal taxation and bylaws. However, authorization from the provincial government was still required for Vancouver to implement its empty homes tax plan, much like it would be required if Richmond were to choose to do the same thing.

“Council has not asked staff to consider such a tax, which would require approval by the provincial government, as was the case in Vancouver,” said Day. “My purpose was to get staff to look at how, and if, the vacancy tax could work for Richmond, but council had no appetite for that, so they would only agree to send the report to staff for information,” added Day. “If we were to analyze anything, let’s look at what we have at home,” said McNulty, who acknowledged, when asked, empty homes are a problem in Richmond.

The issue is seen by some as one piece of the affordable housing puzzle in the region, as homes left empty by real estate investors/ speculators limit housing supply.

Aside from Day, only Coun. Harold Steves has openly indicated support for such a measure, or, at least, examination of the scope of the problem in Richmond.

Brodie has stated he doesn’t think the tax will work, as enforcement may prove difficult.

n Richmond is reluctant to follow Vancouver’s lead on taxing vacant homes. File Photo

Steves said he agrees, at first glance.

“I think there could be problems with it. But at least let us examine it,” said Steves.

Vancouver’s tax has a series of limitations. It attempts to address matters such as snowbirds who may leave Vancouver for six months at a time, thus making their homes appear empty, when, in fact, they are not.

Many empty houses are reported in West Richmond, and numerous condos in City Centre also appear empty. MLS sales data shows close to half of all sales in Brighouse were of apartments listed as “vacant,” according to Richmond realtor Steve Saretsky.

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“Lonely Homes is a group of friends who are concerned about affordability in Greater Vancouver and decided to take action to drive positive change,” said Christine Boehringer, founder of Lonely Homes, via a statement.

“All we ask is for people to monitor their own neighbourhoods and take two minutes of their time to report lonely homes. This information will help our local governments take action,” she said.

Boehringer contends lonely homes inflate housing prices, raise property taxes, increase theft and vandalism, contribute to homelessness, and lead to loss of natural areas through urban sprawl. “If renters could move into these lonely homes, it could help relieve the tight housing situation,” she noted.

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revenues peaked in 2014, at $21 million.

Last year, revenues fell to $19.5 million.

For 2016, the city budgeted for $18 million.

The city’s share of revenue for the second quarter of 2016 was down 12 per cent, compared to the same period in 2015.

According to a report from Richmond’s finance department, the dip in revenue is mainly attributed to a decrease in high-limit gambling, such as Chinese baccarat.

Some high rollers also appear to be spooked by a new British Columbia Lottery Corporation policy.

Late last year, BCLC, as part of an antimoney laundering initiative, set new conditions for VIP players, including a requirement for high rollers to demonstrate the source of funds used to purchase gaming chips.

The report noted the casino’s overall revenues decreased by 14 per cent in the second quarter of 2016, compared to last year.

Since River Rock opened in 2004, the city has received $167.8 million from gaming revenues.

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There are preliminary discussions between the Corporation of Delta and the B.C. Lottery Corporation to locate a new casino at the foot of the planned bridge to replace the George Massey Tunnel, where the Town and Country Inn presently rests. Nothing has been confirmed and a casino may, instead, be located in the Nordel area of north Delta.

The new casino would be a relocation and expansion of the Gateway Casinos and Entertainment community gaming facility in Newton.

“Any casino in Delta should be located sufficiently away from Richmond, so as not to negatively affect the City,” notes a report this month from the City of Richmond’s general manager of planning Joe Erceg.

At issue are annual $18-20 million cheques the city has been receiving from the River Rock as a host city. Another stated concern is related to policing costs and highway/ bridge traffic that any such casino would bring to south Richmond.

The City of Richmond is reminding Delta, via a letter, that Richmond should be fully consulted, under the Gaming Control Act, with any decision to place a large casino near the Highway 99 crossing.

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n Members of the Ignite The Warmth team and volunteers (above and right) arrive on the Downtown Eastside with their packages for the area’s residents. (left) An Ignite The Warmth member hands over one of the packages that the former Richmond high school students helped organize and put together as part of their ongoing community project. Photos submitted

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group of Richmond high school grads organized and delivered more than 400 packages of winter essentials to residents of the Downtown Eastside before Christmas.

The Ignite The Warmth (ITW) team — made up mainly of Steveston-London alumni — with the help of volunteers, sorted the packages of blankets, clothes and toiletries at their former school on Dec. 22 before delivering them by hand in Vancouver the next day.

ITW’s eight-strong crew was formed three years ago after members of the

group witnessed first-hand the plight of the homeless community during their own blanket drive while attending StevestonLondon.

As well as providing some much-needed comfort to the community, ITW’s mission includes combatting ignorance of the homeless on three fronts: facilitate, educate and communicate.

It also helps other groups assist the homeless, guiding them through the channels required to set up events, such as blanket drives, a popular tool used in the colder months to bring comfort to the people living rough.

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At the December 21, 2016 Council meeting, three readings were given to Business Regulation Bylaw 7538, Amendment Bylaw 9639, which amends Schedule A of the Bylaw to include the premises at 8160 Park Road, Unit 105 and the premises at 4351 No 3 Road, Unit 160, among the sites that permits an amusement centre to operate with more than 4 amusement machines. Further, removing sites from Schedule A that are no longer active amusement centres.

Those persons who consider themselves affected by the proposed bylaw are invited to make written submissions to Council c/o the City Clerk at 6911 No 3 Road, Richmond BC V6Y 2C1 or by fax at 604-278-5139 or by email to: cityclerk@richmond.ca; or make a verbal presentation to Council by appearing as a delegation at the January 23, 2017 Council meeting.

All written submissions received prior to the proposed bylaw adoption on January 23, 2017, will be forwarded to Council for consideration. A complete copy of the staff report is available on the City website at www.richmond.ca (City Hall>City Council Agendas & Minutes>General Purposes Committee>2016 Agendas & Minutes>December 19, 2016> Agenda & Staff reports>Item # 2) For more information on the proposed Bylaw Amendments, please contact the Business Licence Division at 604-276-4328.

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Your happiness and the value of New Year goals DAVIDICUSWONG

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t’s the time of the year when I’ll be expecting patients coming in with new goals to improve their health. Many will be keen on starting a new exercise routine, eating a healthier diet, reducing alcohol or quitting smoking.

But for the rest of us, it will be business as usual.

Most of the patients I care

for will present one or more problems to be diagnosed, investigated or treated.

These could be physical symptoms, relationship difficulties or challenges in their life circumstances.

Our brains are attuned to identifying problems. We see more of what’s wrong than what’s right. This negativity bias is part of our

evolution. Our ancestors survived because they were able to detect problems and dangers early.

For most people today, our negativity bias is not such an advantage. In fact, it can lead to dissatisfaction and conflict in our relationships. Who wants to live with someone who can’t get anything right, and who can live with one who always finds fault?

Whereas appreciation and gratitude bring greater

satisfaction and happiness, seeing the cup half full brings misery.

All of us want to be happy, but most of us look for it in the wrong places.

If your happiness depends on getting everything you want you may never find it or you won’t be able to keep it. The trick is to be happy with what you have and engaging with the world to achieve your positive potential.

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being and seeing — being present and seeing with appreciation even that which does not last.

Consider the quick passage of the past year; life and all that we experience are fast and fleeting. Opportunities arise and pass away, and so do people, including ourselves and those we love.

I love the work I do, helping my patients solve their problems, but my patients and I are most engaged when we turn those problems into goals. Problems can make us feel like helpless victims of life. When we transform them into our personal goals, instead of running from or struggling against what we don’t want, we move towards what we envision.

When a patient is struggling with anxiety, I may ask, “What is your goal?

What does happiness look like to you?”

“Is it seeing yourself managing and mastering the challenges of each day?”

“Is it experiencing a sense of abiding peace and calm?”

When one is depressed, the goal may be to see

one’s self and life with acceptance and gratitude, and to be engaged in meaningful activity.

Consider your values and your greatest virtues, and

I love the work I do, helping my patients solve their problems, but my patients and I are most engaged when we turn those problems into goals.

set your goals. Visualize with all your senses what success and happiness look like.

Create a plan of action to get from here to there, and take at least one firm step each day in the direction of happiness.

Davidicus Wong is a family physician and his Healthwise columns appear regularly in this paper. For more on achieving your positive potential in health, see his website at DavidicusWong.Wordpress.com.

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n 2017, Canada will be 150-years-old.

And, to celebrate, the occasion will be honoured at Richmond’s Children’s Arts Festival on Monday, Feb. 13 — Family Day — with a day full of art, artists and Canadiana.

This year’s festival will offer children of all ages the opportunity to attend a truly Canadian birthday celebration.

The festival will feature CircusWest’s newest show, Glowing Hearts.

This special presentation was designed especially for this year’s festival as a heartfelt, circus exploration of the true north and a showcase of young circus artists celebrating Canada.

The festival takes place at the Richmond Cultural Centre and surrounding areas and is presented by Lansdowne Centre.

“Through the Children’s Arts Festival, we are excited to host a birthday party in celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday” said Mayor Malcolm Brodie.

“The (festival) is renowned for providing hands-on and interactive opportunities for children and families to explore the arts and work with artists and authors, and we will do so with a focus on Canadiana this year.”

The entire family is invited to celebrate with hot dogs, clowns and balloons, while they dance the day away with local band Vintage, discover magic with ever popular Magic on the Go, get their sillies out with Tickle me Pickle and

create their way through the many Canada-inspired Imagination Stations.

General festival admission is $5 and includes access to more than 10 Imagination Stations for hands-on, creative fun.

Advance sales of general festival admission passes are now available at Lansdowne Centre; visit customer service during mall hours to purchase (cash only).

The first 200 general festival admissions purchased in advance at Lansdowne Centre will be guaranteed to make one of the festival’s limited edition commemorative Canada 150 t-shirts.

Artist-led Creativity Classes will give participants access to a handson interactive class led by a professional artist, or create together in one of the parent and child classes.

Creativity Classes include: Acting for Stage and Screen; Animation; Beaded Bone Bracelets; Clay Creations; Fairy Tale Dancing; Fused Glass Necklaces; Rhythm and Rhyme and more.

Registration online is required for all classes and the fee includes general admission.

Register through Richmond.ca/Register or by calling the Registration Call Centre at 604-276-4300.

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Enjoy the festive season until Dec. 31 at the Steveston Festival of Trees, daily from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site (12138 Fourth Ave.). The cannery will be brightly lit by Christmas trees decorated by local merchants and organizations from Dec. 1 - 31. During this time, each visitor will be given a token to vote for their favourite tree.

Until Jan. 2, lace up your skates and enjoy the Winter Wonderland Skating at Minoru Arenas (7551 Minoru Gate). Skate around the winter splendour of thousands of lights, real snow banks, festive trees and much more.

For times, visit online at Richmond.ca/Arenas. Price: Regular admission rates apply.

The popular Holiday Charity Horsey Ride is back for its third year at Aberdeen Centre (4151 Hazelbridge Way). Bring your little ones out from 1 – 4 p.m. until Jan. 1 for some jolly good fun and rock the horses around the Christmas trees in the Central Artrium. All proceeds to benefit the Richmond Christmas Fund.

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New year, new commitment? Walk Richmond is providing a reason to get up and out on Jan. 7 with the South Arm Park Resolution Walk. From 10 – 11 a.m., discover this park up close with its beautiful trees and greenery and sports amenities that include soccer fields, baseball diamonds, basketball and tennis courts and an outdoor swimming pool.

Meeting spot: The basketball court to the west of the South Arm Community Centre, 8880 Williams Road.

The Clan MacLeod Society of Greater Vancouver presents its 27th Annual Robbie Burns (mid-day) Dinner, on Jan. 29, 2016 from 11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Richmond Curling Club (5540 Hollybridge Way). Adults: $37.50, children aged 6 - 12: $20 and children

under 6 free. Great way to celebrate Scottish heritage, with traditional Burns stories and toasts, haggis, “taters and neeps”, buffet dinner, piping, dancing and music.

Don your tartan (if you have it)! Invite your friends and family. RSVP by Jan. 10 to clanmacleodgv@gmail. com or by calling Ian at 604-273-4238. Prepayment, by cheque or money order, required by Jan. 15, to Clan MacLeod, c/o 855 Grover Avenue Coquitlam BC V3J 3E4.

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Dust off your sneakers and get 2017 off on the right foot at the Steveston Ice Breaker 8km Run on Jan. 15 from 8:30 – 10 a.m. at Imperial Landing Park (4000 Bayview St.). It is the first race in the Lifestages Lower Mainland Road Race Series. If you’re looking for a fun, flat and fast race to start your year, register now. The route takes runners through the historical Steveston Village for a scenic run along the mouth of the Fraser River. And enjoy post-race festivities that incude hot soup and pizza. For information regarding event pricing, team and individual registration, visit online at Events.RunningRoom.com/ site/?raceId=13729 .

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t one time, forests, seemingly endless and eternal, covered much of North America.

These forests were occupied by Aboriginal people who understood the symbiotic relationship between humans and the forest ecosystem.

As the Europeans arrived, wood became more than a source of shelter and heat; it became a commodity.

Annie Proulx’s Barkskins is the story of the rise of the lumber industry and the subsequent decline of the forest.

When Charles Duquet and Rene Sel arrive in the New World in 1693, they are indentured servants.

They are immediately confronted with “dark vast forest, inimical wilderness.”

They must work for the cruel Claude Trepagny for years before acquiring land to work as their own.

Sel works diligently, chopping trees and clearing the forest, waiting for his promised land. Eventually, he marries Mari, a Micmac woman, producing several children.

Duquet, however, will not be subject to Trepagny’s whims and disappears into the forest, eventually joining the fur trade.

Duquet shows himself to be a skilled businessman, driven by ambition.

Unlike those around him, he sees an opportunity in the infinite forest that surrounds him.

He starts his own logging business: Duquet and Sons.

Over the years, it becomes Duke and Sons, taking the English name to reflect the changing times.

Duquet, like other Europeans, has no qualms about removing the forest; it is an endless and renewable resource.

Sel’s descendants, part French and part Micmac, lose their Micmac heritage over time.

European ideology becomes the predominant way of thinking: Land is there for the taking and humans must bend it to our will.

It is the white man’s duty to cut down the savage forests and subjugate its inhabitants.

Fast forward to today and Sel and Duquet’s descendants, still working in the woods, become biologists and activists.

Even those in the lumber industry finally begin to understand that the vast ecosystems of old growth forests can never be replaced.

Of course, there is much more to this 700page story. At its heart, Barkskins is a family saga.

Generations of Sels and Duquets are born, grow, marry, have children (often with each other) and die.

It is also a history, not only of logging, but ideology. Proulx explores the idea of man versus nature, and asks whether the two are indeed in conflict.

Perhaps, as the first peoples of this continent believed, we are one.

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N Richmond Chinese Community Society donates $1000 to the Richmond Christmas Fund!

RCCS President Alex Wong,V.P. Nancy Lai and Executive Director Henry Beh present the Cheque to Rob Howard Chair of the Christmas Fund.

Brian Williams, President, Ashton Mechanical Group and Rob Howard, Chair, Richmond Christmas fund offer a heartfelt thank-you to the Richmond Home Builders and Contractors who collectively donated Over $7,000.00 to the Richmond Christmas Fund! (Missing from the Picture is Kyle Shury, Platform Properties and Paul Tam, Intelli Group both of whom also contributed generously)

avigating my way through the mire of holiday consumerism, I’m struck by a thought: why is it that only once a year advertisers and the media focus on the idea of giving to others in need?

Think: “Drop off a new, unused toy to (insert store name here) during December for those in need.”

Do they really think that people who don’t have enough food to eat or clothes to wear suffer these indignities only in December?

Surely not. So why do they put all their efforts into hyping charity during the holiday season?

Our culture has forgotten that if you take away the “i” in holiday and substitute it for another “y,” you get “holy day.”

It’s not about which holiday — or holy day — each of us celebrates.

It’s about remembering that there are people every single day of the year that need help.

If only advertisers and the media used their powers for good to promote campaigns such as food, clothing and toy drives each and every month, the world would be a better place. Time to make a resolution.

My personal New Year’s resolution is to give on a weekly basis. Or maybe even daily.

Remember, giving doesn’t just mean giving money. It also means giving of your time to volunteer at a food bank.

Or, gather unused clothes to deliver to a

homeless shelter. Or, ask a sick friend if they need a ride to a doctor’s appointment.

There are lots of synonyms for charity.

Social conscience is one of them.

So is benevolence, which is defined as “goodwill toward or love of humanity, and generosity and helpfulness especially toward the needy or suffering.”

Okay, here’s an exercise for you. Can you pick out the salient words in those two definitions?

Let me give you a hint: “social conscience,” “love of humanity,” “needy” and “suffering.”

News flash: These concepts are not constrained by time or place.

They exist 365 days a year. That’s why our society, which is endowed with an embarrassment of riches, ought to broaden its concept of charity.

Visiting the sick is an act of benevolence.

So is offering to grocery shop for an elderly neighbour.

Shoveling the snow from a neighbour’s walkway shows a love of humanity. Buying a hot chocolate for a homeless person is an act of social conscience.

There are infinite ways to give and do charity. You just have to want to.

One thing is certain; we will all get old.

And many of us may need help from others.

So, why not get into the habit of helping others now. Maybe your acts of kindness and charity will inspire your kids and grandkids, friends and co-workers.

One can only hope.

Shelley Civkin is a retired communications officer with the Richmond Public Library n Giving to charity should be a year-round activity, according to columnist Shelley Civkin. File photo

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Seasons Greetings n There are several options in Richmond to recycle your Christmas tree, including the annual Richmond Firefighters Association tree-chipping event (above and left, last year) at Garry Point Park parking lot. File photos

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s you undeck the halls after this holiday season, help support fire prevention, reduce waste and turn rubbish into resources by recycling your Christmas tree.

Recycling your Christmas tree helps return it to nature and create new resources — but make sure you remove all decorations and tinsel before doing so.

The City of Richmond offers the following tree recycling options: • Residents with curbside Green Cart collection may cut up, bundle their tree and place it at the curbside on their regular collection day.

The tree should be cut and bundled to a maximum size of three feet by two feet and four inches in diameter.

• The city’s Recycling Depot, located at 5555 Lynas Lane, accepts trees between

9 a.m. and 6:15 p.m. from Wednesday to Sunday. Please note the depot is closed on statutory holidays.

• Drop off at Ecowaste Industries, which is located at 15111 Williams Rd. For hours of operation, call 604-2771410 or visit EcoWaste.com.

You can also keep the holiday spirit going by bringing your tree, as well as a donation, to the Richmond Firefighters Association’s annual Christmas tree chipping event.

Firefighters will be accepting trees from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 7 and Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017, at Garry Point Park parking lot on the corner of Moncton Street and 7th Avenue.

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Diners will come to know these chefs intimately, as they share their personal stories of adversity and triumph and prepare some of their favourite dishes. Fine wine and scintillating conversation will be accompaniments to the five course feast.

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From The Kitchen to the Boardroom 2.0 Menu Reception Appetizers:

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Four top chefs from Vancouver (from left to right) Angus An, David Hawksworth, Lucais Syme and Franck Point, will delighting the palates of those attending the From the Kitchen to the Boardroom 2.0 event on Jan. 12 at the River Rock Show Theatre. Photo submitted

Chef David Hawksworth - Salad: roasted winter squash salad, brown butter, burrata, bacon, white balsamic Chef Lucais Syme - Second dish: Baked celeriac, wheat berry gremo lata, house made lardo, hazelnut mayonnaise Chef Angus An - Third dish: Seafood Curry, red turmeric style curry, lobster, crab meat, mussel, grilled albacore Chef David Hawksworth - Main: yarrow meadows duck breast umami glaze, sun choke, brussel sprouts, mandarin

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hether you are celebrating or not doing much this New Year’s Eve, Operation Red Nose has something to offer both.

“If you are celebrating, we encourage you to call us and book a ride to take you and your vehicle safely back home,” said Carlene Lewall, coordinator of Operation Red Nose Delta-Richmond.

“The service is open that night between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. and we recommend you call 30 to 45 minutes in advance of your desired pick-up time.

“If you don’t have a lot planned, we invite you to consider volunteering and celebrating New Year’s Eve in grand style with a fabulous dinner and start your 2017 hearing a lot of stories from revellers and receiving a lot of warm and thankful hugs.

“This year, we are offering a fun and free night for volunteers’ kids that are participating that night without worrying about finding and paying for a babysitter.”

Children of New Year’s Eve volunteers are invited to enjoy a night of fun, indoor play in a gym, with snacks, crafts and movies and then snuggle into their sleeping bags until their parents are finished with their driving shift.

To use Operation Red Nose, call 604-9430460 to arrange a ride. Clients must have a vehicle to use and donations or tips are greatly appreciated. All proceeds are directed to amateur sport to benefit children and youth in Delta and Richmond.

While Red Nose operates in the Delta/Richmond area, transfers can be arranged to and from other regions where the service is operating, allowing people to get home to all areas of the Lower Mainland, except Vancouver.

n Rudy (centre) with two Red Nose drivers.

However, if you will be partying in Vancouver, Red Nose can meet you at the Canada Line, where you may have left your car.

With eight of the nine nights completed, Delta-Richmond’s Red Nose has provided more than 400 rides with 350 volunteers participating.

Navigators and escort drivers must be 19 years old or older and designated drivers must be 21 or older.

“Each of these nights, we have sent out our mascot Rudy to visit many Christmas parties.

Our latest reports show that Rudy joined a conga line, sang to rap tunes at a karaoke party, took selfies on an elevator, played pool and visited a party at the penthouse suite of a beautiful hotel and casino,” added Lewall.

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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, Bike Club, Spanish Club, Activities include registered programs, cribbage, other card games and more. out trips, special events and support Passes are valid one year from date of groups. Plus, with an annual Facility purchase.

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

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

Call the centre for more information. The 2017 parking stickers are now available.

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

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Heading into a year of Turbulence?

(This is not a Horoscope) I have been in practice over 33 years now, and in all those years, my feeling is that this year was one of the toughest. We lost many outstanding artists and athletes. World Politics (and with them, economies) are changing and will continue to change in 2017. Closer to home, the real estate market appeared to peak in 2016 and although forecasts for the next year are negative, nobody can really be sure how things will go.

How important are relationships – ways!

With that said, let thereme are acount numberthe of things to watch for in the

coming year. Here they are, in my humble opinion:

This discussion is not a variation of Elizabeth Browning’s famous poem.

It is about the tragedy described in the case Brown Pensions v. Pearce Estate (whose reasons for judgment were recently released).

Theyet caseseen is a claim for variation of a mother’ Will2017. by I have not the updated pension figures sfor her son, theannounced Plaintiff. in December, it appears the figures have Normally not yet been released. The present maximum CPP benefit is Background $1,092.50 and I expect it will rise to an amount over $1,100.00.

The late-2012.

She had and I amdeceased sure wedied will in find out shortly.

The married same willtwice apply forhad the aOAS common law relationship.

In her first marriage, she had two benefit and likely for the Guaranteed Income supplement children, one “enhanced” of whom wasCPP, the Plaintiff. marriage ended in as well. The agreed toThat earlier this year, does divorce, and in 1973, the deceased remarried. not come into effect for a long time yet.

Her second husband had a child from a previous relationship.

Realchild, Estatea Title planning That daughter, died tragically in a car accident in 1989.

After that incident, the deceased’s second marriage eventually In B.C., real estate title disputes have been litigated for years ended in 1995. and the potential is there for even more in 2017. There are In 1999, theofdeceased a relationship which wasOur happy, two types propertyentered ownership the law recognizes. land until the husband died unexpectedly in 2004. that and that registration system, however, only deals withAfter one type relationship, she declined depression and alcoholism, and is causes confusion.

The lawinto recognizes legal ownership, which died age our 68. land registration system shows (when you look also at what at a eldest copy of a title land). The recognizes beneficial Her child, thetoPlaintiff, was law bornalso in 1965 and married in ownership which generally arisesInfrom contribution(s) 1990.

That marriage ended in 1993.

1995, the he started living with a person registered owner or had not)amakes to who the his second (whether wife (they amarried in 2001).

They daughter property.

Fordeceased. example, That a married couple live in a house never met the marriage endedmay as well. where title is registered in the husband’s name only. But the The s relationship withpayments. his motherShe wasmay poor,periodically though wifePlaintiff’ may make the mortgage seemingly as poorIf as his evidence.

He wife testified clean the not property. thedescribed marriageinwere to end, the may to an abusive relationship, including having enough choose to claim an interest in thenot property.

The lawfood in this when he was young never being appreciated. situation likely willand recognize a beneficial interest she has in the property.

The relationship seemed to end in 1995, when the deceased moved out of her house to end her second marriage. The Over theasked years, Estatetoplanning, property owners deceased theinPlaintiff help her, and when he arrivedhave considered transferring their titles to various family members at the house, he started moving things out onto the front lawn, (typically) so the thatdeceased. their properties do not fall into their Estates embarrassing on their death. That avoids the exposure to Probate fees as well The ensuing fight seemed to cause considerable frustration on as other expenses and “inconveniences”.

As real estate prices both andover the Plaintiff have lost interest havesides, climbed the pastseemed 20 plustoyears, these costs,inastheir well relationship.

There(inwas onlyinstances, sporadic contact afterward, which as capital gains some depending on the types caused theowned) deceasedhave considerable sadness. activating various of assets become significant, forms of2005, planning.

Around the deceased sold her home and gave the Plaintiff’s sister $200,000 of the proceeds. She did not give the In my opinion, what needs to be done is title planning at the Plaintiff anything and, in her Will, bequeathed him $10,000. The time the property is purchased. Years later, “planning” is more Plaintiff sought to vary her Will. likely cleaning up some kind of mess or potential mess. In 2016, Court’s decisionthe requirement of reporting any title transfers CRA imposed of principal residences otherwise).

How theyofwill be The Court heard evidence(sale fromoreight witnesses, several whom handled from a tax perspective remains to be seen. contradicted the Plaintiff’s evidence -- including his sister, who testified thatwhat they observed no shortage of estate food invalues the household.

Regardless happens with B.C. real in 2017, we have into in which title planning The Courtevolved analyzed thean lawenvironment of Wills Variation, referring to the is essential, whether any givenv.property is beingand purchased for most important case (Tataryn Tataryn Estate) subsequent investment or as a residence. cases, and discussed the obligations of a Will maker with respect to their legal and moral duties toward children.

Transitional Care – failure to adapt to our aging population?

The Court considered the abuse the deceased endured, and the Plaintiff’ s apparent to have a relationship her This problem is oneunwillingness of elderly hospital patients, instead with of being over some years. transferred to care facilities, waiting in acute care beds. There is across shortagesof care facility It the is not The Courtthe heldcountry that theadeceased’ reasons for notbeds. leaving a new problem.

However, the problem hasand worsened Plaintiff a more generous bequest were valid rational.because Since the numbers of such patients have risen dramatically thenot last their estrangement was the Plaintiff’ s fault, her bequestinwas few years.

Beds which”should occupied acutehim carewas patients “unjust or inequitable, and herbemoral dutyby toward are occupied by, for sexample, patients. negated.

The Plaintiff’ claim wasdementia dismissed, and theThat Will causes stood. increased wait times for persons needing surgery and other Summary hospital treatments. The Globe & Mail published an article last weekend one asuch individual, who waited six months The Courtabout delivered thorough and thoughtful analysis of a in a Halifax hospital before a bed availabletheinPlaintiff a local care family’ s tragic circumstances.

On came the evidence, facility. thougha relationship families across chose notIttoappears have orasrekindle withthe hiscountry now will have to lobby theirThe MPs (and MLAs deceased mother. reasons are notpresumably) wholly clear,and butotherwise are make their voices heard in an effort to expand home care as well probably complex. as increase the availability of care facility beds.

The Will gave reasons for the modest bequest, and due to the nature relationship, the Plaintiff had aissues difficult These of arethe 3 of what will surely be several we case these inthe will to bemeet, facedand withheinfailed.

2017.In May wecases, all be and up to many ways, relationships are an important factor for challenges. the Court in deciding whether to vary a Will.

A healthy, happy new year to all.

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Top five Richmond sports stories in 2016 T

he Richmond News looks back at five of the biggest sports stories in 2016:

■ Racewalker an Olympic hero

There is no greater advocate for his sport and on a hot August day in Rio Evan Dunfee provided race walking the kind of recognition it has never had in Canada before.

The 26-year-old Richmond native showed tremendous athleticism, courage and sportsmanship in finishing fourth in the Olympic Summer Games men’s 50 km event.

Competing for just the fifth time in his career over that distance, Dunfee was the surprise leader for much of the race after overtaking medal favourite Yohann Dinitiz. As he passed the struggling Frenchman, Dunfee slowed down to pat him on the back and offered him words of encouragement to continue.

■ McMath Wildcats became the first Richmond senior girls basketball team to reach a provincial championship game in 19 years.

■ Evan Dunfee’s courage and sportsmanship in the Rio Olympics 50 km racewalk drew world-wide recognition.

Dunfee was eventually reeled in by a chase group that included gold medalist Matej Toth of Slovakia, silver medalist Jared Tallent of Australia and Hirooki Arai of Japan. He was sitting fourth before making a late surge to pass Arai, only to bumped by him and lose his stride.

Dunfee never could recover and barely reached the finish line in fourth place — smashing the Canadian record by over two minutes.

A successful appeal by Athletics Canada put Dunfee in the bronze medal position. However, Japan submitted a counter appeal and the medal was awarded back to Arai. Athletics Canada had one other appeal route but Dunfee wanted the process to end, content with the ruling and his performance.

“I will sleep soundly tonight, and for the rest of my life, knowing I made the right decision. I will never allow myself to be defined by the accolades I receive, rather the integrity I carry through life,” he said.

■ From Richmond Minor to the Canucks

Just how many rep hockey players have come through the Richmond and Seafair minor hockey associations in the past decade chasing the dream of one day playing in the NHL? Troy Stecher not only chased it down, he is doing it for his

hometown team.

It’s been a remarkable year for the 22-year-old who has spent much of his life proving you don’t have to be north of 6-feet and over 200 pounds to be a dominant defenceman.

He did it for Richmond Minor, the Greater Vancouver Canadians, the B.C. Hockey League’s Penticton Vees then at the NCAA Division level at the University of North Dakota where he helped the Fighting Hawks win the national title last spring.

As an undrafted free agent, Stecher was a hot commodity. He skipped his final year of collegiate eligibility and signed with the Vancouver Canucks. Considered a relative longshot to make the roster, he Troy Stecher had an impressive training camp and immediately became a fan favourite.

After starting the season with the Canucks’ American Hockey League affiliate in Utica, he was called up in late October and has been a fixture on the blueline since, averaging over 20 minutes of ice time per game.

■ March Madness returns in a big way

Richmond high school basketball returned to the provincial map in a big way in 2016.

It started at the B.C. AAA Girls Championships where the McMath Wildcats reached the provincial title game, marking the first time that had happened for a Richmond school in 19 years. The Wildcats did lose to the No.1 ranked Brookswood Bobcats but in many ways these girls had already fulfilled their five-year dream just by being on the game’s biggest stage. Seniors Jessica Jones, Bobbi-Jo Colburn and Jessica Zawada have all gone on to play at the university level.

The depth of talent in the Richmond Senior Boys Basketball League was reflected in three teams reaching their respective provincial tournaments. The Steveston-London Sharks were joined by the McNair Marlins in the ‘AAA’ tier and the Cambie Crusaders competed at the ‘AA’ level.

The Sharks were the class of the city all season and continued their roll all the way to the provincial final before dropping a 78-71 thriller to the No. 1 ranked Southridge Storm. Grade 11 post Fardaws Aimaq turned in a spectacular 40 point and 32 rebound performance in a losing cause.

■ Run to nationals for Richmond FC

It was a 13-month journey that nearly resulted in a national title for Richmond F.C. The senior women’s soccer team was a force right out of the gate in the Metro Women’s Soccer League’s Premier Division.

Richmond F.C. took a 19-1-1 overall record into the provincial final and rolled to a convincing 4-0 win over rival North Shore Renegades. The result sent the girls to the Canadian Championships in St. John’s Newfoundland in October — marking the first time a Richmond team had reached the national stage since 1986.

The locals continued their strong play in the Maritimes, advancing to the gold medal game before dropping a 2-0 decision to Quebec’s Royal-Select Beauport.

■ From gold medals to being a Golden Bear

When it comes to the hammer throw, Camryn Rogers is ahead of her time and it ultimately led to a lucrative scholarship deal south of the border.

The Grade 12 student at McMath Secondary and Kajaks member turned heads last spring when she shattered the Canadian youth and junior records with a toss of 59.73. It happened to take place in her own backyard — the Richard Collier Throws Fest at Minoru Park, named after her late coach who had meant so much to her career.

Despite her young age, Rogers was suddenly in position to represent Canada at the IAAF World U20 Track and Field Championships in Poland. She secured her team spot with another strong showing at nationals in Edmonton — winning the junior hammer and shot put events.

Already with plenty of university interest, Rogers’ rising stock got the attention of the University of California Berkeley. She was invited down for an official visit this fall and eventually signed with the renowned Pac 12 school.

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The host team will be taking plenty of momentum into the new year, losing just once in its last six games to climb within three points of the Grandview Steelers for second place in the Tom Shaw Conference.

Richmond (16-9-2) came through with a big 6-3 road win over the Abbotsford Pilots on Dec. 23 thanks to three unanswered goals in the final period.

Local product Alex McLeod scored twice to lead the outburst. Brodie Crawford added some insurance with a late power play goal. Arjun Badh and Brett Gelz also scored for Richmond, while Merek Pipes made 29 saves for the win.

The Sockeyes also rallied one night earlier for a 3-2 home ice win over the Mission City Outlaws. Connor Alderson tied the game at 2-2 early in the third period, setting the stage for Crawford’s second of the night and game winner midway through the period.

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The format is ideal for scouts from junior and university programs who get to see all of the league’s players at the same venue.

“We are committed to making this an annual event; we’ve signed an agreement with the City of Richmond for five more years,” said PJHL Winter Classic chair and Sockeyes co-owner Doug Paterson. “Even though it’s two league games, we have three games back-to-back-toback and it gives you that feel of a tournament and the enthusiasm that goes

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STEPHENS, BESSIE November 7, 1918 – November 27, 2016 Our loving mother passed away peacefully at the age of 98 with family by her side. Bessie was predeceased by her loving husband of 67 years, James (Jimmy) Stephens (2009) and her brothers George and Norman Fawkes. Bessie will be lovingly remembered by her 3 daughters, Donna (Brian) Davies, Laurel Steen and Kathryn (Allan) Wright, 6 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren, her sister Mary Lloyd, and many nieces and nephews. Mom was born and raised in Vancouver. In 1942 she joined Jimmy in Whitehorse where they were married and resided for one year. After leaving Whitehorse, they lived for 2 years in Burkeville (Sea Island) then moved to Vancouver. In 1968 they moved to Richmond. During mom’s life she was a Brownie Leader and a volunteer with the Richmond Hospital Auxiliary. Mom played bridge for many years and loved going to the Arts Club Theatre. She was an avid baker and loved to entertain. For 20 years mom enjoyed trips to Hawaii with her sister Mary and travelling to many places around the world with dad.

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體驗天堂聖境

Travel to celestial realms to experience magical and magnificent kingdoms, where flowers of blessing for all of humankind are scattered by heavenly maidens. Their beauty, purity, and grace will touch your heart and soul with joy.

穿越宇宙時空，進入浩瀚蒼穹，體驗神奇宏 偉的天國世界：天界中，仙女散花，賜福人 間；仙女們美麗、聖潔又優雅，令人心生祥和 與喜悅。

“If heaven is the way we saw it tonight, count me in!”

「如果這就是天堂，請把我帶進去！」

Travel Back to Grand Dynasties

穿越時空回到偉大的朝代

The two-hour Shen Yun performance consists of about 20 pieces, moving from one story, region, and dynasty to the next. Stunning animated backdrops, exquisite handmade costumes, high-flying leaps, and thunderous battle drums all serve to transport you to another world.

兩個小時的神韻演出包括20個節目，邀你領 略大江南北的民俗風情、體驗歷朝歷代的文 化、欣賞妙趣橫生的動人故事。引人入勝的 動態天幕，精美絕倫的手工服飾，運步如飛 的翻騰跳躍，聲如雷鳴的威風戰鼓，完美的 演出將帶你進入另一個世界。

“An amazing experience!

Exciting to watch and really inspirational!”

「令人讚歎的體驗！精采而且鼓舞人心！」

— Nathaniel Kahn, renowned filmmaker

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Myths & Legends Come to Life Timeless stories from ancient records and classics told through classical Chinese dance are not only fun to watch, but also celebrate traditional values like loyalty, filial piety, compassion, selflessness, and tolerance, bringing joy and inspiration to children and adults alike.

“A visually dazzling tour of 5,000 years of Chinese history and culture.”

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Experience a Divine Culture

體驗神傳文明

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千古的經典，不朽的傳奇，透過中國古典舞 再現舞臺，不僅妙趣橫生，而且讚頌著傳統 的價值觀：忠、孝、善、忍與無私，無論大人 孩子都能盡享歡樂與心靈啟迪。

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choreography...”

「天籟妙音，交織的旋律 尤為引人注目。」

「難以置信…… 引領創新!」

「很美…… 完美的技巧。」

「精妙絕倫的 編舞……」

「恢弘壯麗…… 令人震驚!」

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中國古老樂器演奏華美樂章 神韻交響樂團的獨到之處在於將中國樂器 的獨特聲響與西方交響樂團融合得天衣無 縫。評論家們認為神韻的原創音樂令人耳目 一新，是古典音樂的重大突破。

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an extraordinary experience for us and the “It was

children. The level of skill, but also the power of the archetypes and the narratives were startling. And of course it was exquisitely beautiful.”

Cate Blanchett, Academy Award-winning Actress 奧斯卡最佳女主角獲獎者 “The show is absolutely beautiful … It has become this one big poetic event. It was so inspiring, I think I may have found some new ideas for the next Avatar.”

“Spectacular—absolutely 「 超 越 凡 塵！無 以 言 the greatest of the great! 表……絕對是優秀中的

「絕妙之美！帶給我們與 孩 子 一 個 非凡 的 體 驗。 不僅僅是演員們的技術水 平高超，神韻的角色定位 和故事情節的衝擊力，讓 人震驚。真的，她精湛並 美麗。」

Really out of this world!

最優秀，所有的一切都精 There is no word to describe it 彩、美妙。如果非要選一 ... if I had to, the words might 個詞，那只能是『神聖』， be ‘divine,’ ‘reborn,’ and ‘hope.’ 『重生』與『希望』。」

You have to see it to believe it.”

Christine Walevska, master cellist, renowned as the “Cello Goddess”

被譽為『大提琴女神』

the profound, quintessential end of entertainment, there is nothing beyond this. I was

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「神韻是我這輩子所看過 的最美、最好的演出。演出 展現出人的精神、尊嚴、力 量，還有愛……從演員身上 in tears, because of the human 散發出來，令人震撼……演 spirit, the dignity, the power, 出內涵深遠，令演藝界嘆為 the love, coming out of those 觀止。沒有任何演出能與之 媲美。沒有！」

「絕對美麗，令人深受啟 發！我想我已為下部《阿 凡達》電影找到了一些靈 感。」

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神州文明再現輝煌

古老的中華大地被稱為神州，承載著輝煌 燦爛而博大精深的神傳文化，人們敬天信 佛、重德行善。中國五千年文明中仁義、 善良、正直等傳統文化的核心道德觀從來 不會隨著改朝換代而消失，可是在現代社 會，一切都發生了改變。

神韻通過純正而歷史悠久的中國古典舞、 東西合璧的交響樂、栩栩如生的動態天幕 和巧奪天工的傳統服飾，生動地將古代的 神話傳說展現在全世界的舞台上。 五千年歷史文化蘊含的神聖之美，是您一 生中不容錯過的奇觀。

people was astounding. ”

Jim Crill, producer, saw Shen Yun three times 製片人，曾三次觀看神韻

“Five stars... The top!

I have reviewed over 4,000 shows, none can compare to what I saw tonight."

“The orchestra is phenomenal.

「 我 看 過 約 4000 個 演 出，沒有任何一場可 與我今晚看到的演出媲 美。五星級、頂級！」

They are very, very on top.”

「神韻交響樂團不同凡響， 他們非常、非常頂尖！」

Roger Tallman, Seven-time Emmy Award–winning composer/producer

Richard Connema Renowned Broadway critic 百老匯著名評論家

七次艾美獎獲得者，著名的作曲家和電影製作人。

Wherever Shen Yun Goes Theaters Are Packed

Some people fly from other countries or drive hundreds of miles to see it. Others see the same show five or six times.

Why? Many say there are no words to describe it—you have to see it with your own eyes.

為何神韻演出座無虛席？

有的觀眾從其它國家乘飛機專程來看演出，有的情願驅車幾百英里 而來，還有的觀眾連續反復購票看同一演出達五、六次之多。為什麼 神韻演出如此受歡迎？觀眾們說的最多的是：無法用語言形容！您還 是親身來體驗一下吧！

“Absolutely the No. 1 show in the world.”

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「絕對的世界第一秀！ 」

— Kenn Wells，前英國國家芭蕾舞團領舞。

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