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Ask and ye shall receive. Okay, city council’s decision Tuesday evening to ban a number of single-use plastic items may not have been a direct response to my column on plastic last week. Actually, I’m pretty conﬁdent it wasn’t a response, direct or otherwise, but we can dream.

Last week, I wrote about the devastating impact of plastics in our oceans, the challenge of sorting plastics for recycling and the questionable policy of sending our plastic trash to developing countries to sort and, hopefully, burn for fuel. The upshot, really, was that we need to deal with our own waste and while individuals can, and should, reduce, reuse and recycle, much more should be expected of big industries that are responsible for the vast majority of our plastic waste. Lo and behold, city councillors unanimously voted to not just ban a number of plastic items but pivot towards a “circular economy.” (See story page 7) That’s the big breakthrough. The notion of a circular economy has actually been around for a while, although, initially, it wasn’t called that.

In 1966, Kenneth Boulding wrote a ground-breaking essay “The Economics of the Coming Spaceship Earth.”

In it, he refers to a closed versus open economy. An open economy is what we have now, one in which there are unlimited resources (or so it’s thought) that can be used to make an unlimited number of products, which we will dump in an unlimited amount of space once we’re done with them. The life cycle of any product is one directional and the more production and consumption, the stronger the economy. A closed, or circular, economy is one in which every product is created from an earlier product — as in nature. An old tree falls in the forest, it decomposes, it becomes the nutrients for more life, including new trees. But Boulding uses a spaceship analogy, which is so apt. I remember watching one of those documentaries about life at the International Space Station, and it’s truly astonishing how much they reuse. Not to make you gag, but even their urine and sweat is recycled and reused as, wait for it, drinking water. No kidding.

Point being, there are a gazillion ways we can turn our economy into a circular one — we have the technology. The challenge is, and has always been, developing the mind-set. And it’s not all in the head. There are also large ﬁnancial forces bent on keeping the system as it is. The city’s plan to ban plastics and orient towards a closed economy when it comes to procurement of goods and services is a great step forward. Some may scoff and accuse the city of making some environmental tweaks with one hand while giving the go-ahead to unprecedented development with the other. That’s a valid point. But no one’s a stranger to compromise. Let’s still give credit where it’s due. As the saying goes, perfection is the enemy of progress. And the city’s decision to adopt a spaceship mentality is a decidedly progressive move.

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Lots of agencies need you Dear Editor, Re: “Richmond’s homeless need our help now,” Letters, April 18. Mr. Howard Kao can rest easy. Our hardworking mayor and council are on the job, as are a number of social agencies and churches. Elsewhere in this paper (April 18) there’s information on the 40-apartment TMH on Alderbridge which provides 40 homeless (a start) with a safe secure and affordable self-contained apartment, as well as 24/7 access to counselling and services from on-site staff.

Meals are provided, so malnutrition can be a thing of the past. For the other approximately 80 homeless, there are outreach workers ensuring they eat and receive any needed medical interventions. Contact Turning Point or Salvation Army with your much appreciated offer to help. Likewise the food bank can always use an extra set of hands. Call 211 to ask for names and contacts of Richmond agencies who are working to alleviate poverty.

of Richmond is a good central place to get involved and to understand the current needs. I’m involved with several agencies, and check up on a few homeless people I know. It’s so joyful to see the pain gone when they announce they got housing! Helping is a team (community) effort. Caring is step one. Thank you from a now employed family man who has lived homelessness and the problems that go with it. It’s not too late to bring life out of despair.

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Sechelt was home to Carol until she made the move to The Maples in 2012. “I like the village atmosphere and being so close to the water, the location is so easy for walking and there is lots to do, have a coffee, drop into the shops or browse around the heritage sites on my doorstep.” Carol is a photographer who enjoys capturing the scenery and wildlife in the area. Some of

There were many things that contributed to Carol’s move here to Steveston. “Having my family close by was most important, being able to walk into the village. I love the building, in fact I know the Architect. I have a beautiful corner suite with lots of windows that offers me views and lots of fresh air.” “I have made new friends and we enjoy lots of laughs.” Words of wisdom: Carol says “When moving into a new home like the Maples, be prepared to visit with people, take part in the activities and make friends.”

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The on-going problem of birth tourism needs immediate attention of the lawmakers in Ottawa. It is totally inappropriate and unacceptable that a number of unsavoury characters are exploiting Canada’s hospitality and lenient laws.

My current city water and waste bill has a charge of $160.61 towards annual ﬂood protection — drains and dikes. Not much information is available on the bill or on the city ﬁnance site.

Recent ads promoting this practice are proof that it is about time for our federal government to wake up and bring in strict measures to stop this exploitation and abuse of our compassion and leniency. Richmond seems to be the most affected community of this misuse/abuse of our hospitality so far as birth tourism is concerned. It sends a wrong message to the rest of the world.

Shouldn’t this be a city expense like lights and road repairs rather than billing recovery from residents? The city site lists the following and it is a bit much in my opinion to start passing on city expenses to residents.

We are telling the world that if you have money you can buy Canadian citizenship. A lot of countries in the world have already banned birth tourism. It is time for Ottawa to take action and stop this practice.

What next for Richmond residents, city staff overtime? How about photocopy paper? Taxes are very high in Richmond and the city does well with its annual revenue collections and reserves, it may want to give the residents a break in these items.

In order to get Canadian citizenship for a child born on Canadian soil at least one of his/her parents should be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident. It is as simple as that.

What goes into your utility bill? Water supply and treatment; sewer collection and treatment; grease management; solid waste and recycling collection; environmental protection; ﬂood protection (drainage and dikes).

To their credit, both of Richmond’s MPs — Alice Wong (Conservative: Richmond Centre) and Joe Peschisolido (Liberal: Steveston-Richmond East) are on board to plug this loophole. Also, Richmond East-Queensborough MLA Jas Johal has been spearheading a campaign to put a stop to birth tourism.

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Bags, straws, foam to be banned City council aims to move Richmond towards a ‘circular economy’ Maria Rantanen MRANTANEN@RICHMOND-NEWS.COM

Foam cups and containers, single-use plastic bags and plastic straws will all be banned in Richmond if city council has its way. Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to plan and implement all three bans by Jan. 1, 2020. At the committee meeting, Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie compared bringing in the ban on these single-use items to the switch made years ago to mandatory green bin collection and garbage pickup reductions, saying there was a “concerted effort” to consult and educate the public so everyone was familiar and comfortable with the plan. “The success with these kinds of bans is largely dependent on the amount of notice we give and the education we give and the public awareness of the situation, and hopefully it will be a success,” Brodie said. Funding in the amount of $300,000, coming from the sanitation and recycling budget, was also approved to help implement the foam ban – council also asked staff to come

He added there are no simple solutions to the environmental issues the city is facing, but he is in favour of phasing in what can be done now and doing further consultation. The city buys goods in ﬁve main areas: construction, professional services, vehicles, maintenance, repairs and operations and IT.

COUN. CHAK AU up with a budget and plan to implement the other two bans as well. Exceptions for the foam ban would be put in place for hospital and care facilities and charitable organizations, and a grace period would be allowed for stores that have stocked up on plastic bags. In addition to the single-use item bans, council also approved a work plan to start integrating a “circular economy criteria” into city purchasing. The report to council quotes the Ellen McArthur Foundation which deﬁnes a circular economy as “an economic and industrial system that is restorative and regenerative by design.” This is an alternative to “the take-make-

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A circular economy is one in which all products are reintegrated back into economy. Graphic from WRAP waste” model in which we “take” resources from the ground, “make” products, then throw them away, rendering them “waste.” Coun. Chak Au, who ﬁrst asked for a ban on single-use plastics earlier this year, said he was impressed by the level of detail in the reports and how all these initiatives are coming together.

Staff are recommending establishing a framework to integrate criteria speciﬁc to Richmond, developing ways to measure results and impacts, assess costs, look for innovative solutions within the departments at city hall and engage vendors and local businesses to let them know about the circular economy initiatives and expectations, engage stakeholders in the process, and work with industry so staff can learn about solutions. Staff will come back in a year with policy changes to support a circular economy including cost, toolkits and how to implement the policy. The cost of the circular economy initiative was estimated at $150,000.

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When should you shut down those digital assets? Without computers, we would no longer be able to function in most of our jobs. We use them for so many activities, including booking trips, restaurant reservations, ordering books, doing our banking and so forth. The number of websites in existence cannot be counted. It is fairly well known now that when a person dies, their Executor sometimes has trouble closing down digital assets such as e-mail accounts and electronic money transfers. The question is whether the person has the legal authority to request it from the service provider.

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Advisory Committee and Board Appointments Richmond City Council wishes to fill the following vacancies: Agricultural Advisory Committee: Farming Representative (1 opening) Candidates for this 2-year volunteer appointment must derive a majority of their income from farming and have an interest in agricultural issues. Volunteers are required to attend weekday meetings as needed (typically Thursday evenings). Community-at-Large Representative (1 opening) Candidates for this 2-year volunteer appointment must have an interest in agricultural and food security issues. Volunteers are required to attend weekday meetings as needed (typically Thursday evenings). Advisory Committee on the Environment (1 opening) Candidates for this 2-year volunteer appointment must have an interest in matters related to achieving a sustainable environment, surrounding climate change issues and initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Candidates with environmental project management and/or related work experience in this area are an asset. Volunteers are required to attend a monthly weekday evening meeting. Vancouver International Airport (YVR) Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC) (1 opening) Candidates for this 2-year volunteer appointment must have an interest in sustainability and environmental issues arising from the development and operation of the airport. Candidates with environmental project management and/or related work experience in this area are an asset. Volunteers are required to attend a weekday daytime meeting every quarter (i.e., 4 total meetings a year). Appointees to the YVR EAC also become members of the City of Richmond’s Advisory Committee on the Environment. Child Care Development Advisory Committee (3 openings): Candidates for this 2-year volunteer appointment will have an interest in the development and delivery of Child Care in Richmond. Parents, early childhood educators, school age care providers, teachers or community members with experience in child care are encouraged to apply. Meetings are held the first Wednesday of the month from 7-9pm at City Hall. Gateway Theatre Society Board (1 opening): Candidates for this 2-year volunteer appointment must have an interest in the Gateway Theatre and the performing arts in general, along with past experience working on a board of directors, with positive connections to Richmond and its business community. Volunteers are required to attend board meetings approximately once per month usually on the second Tuesday evening of each month, as well as serve on a committee of the board. Persons interested in serving on these Advisory Bodies are invited to submit an application, along with a resume, to the attention of the City Clerk’s Office no later than Thursday, June 06, 2019. Please visit our website at www.richmond.ca/cityhall/council/boards/advisory to view additional information on the respective committees/boards/commissions: 1. The purpose or mandate; 2. Terms of Reference (if applicable); and 3. Staff Liaison contact information. Application forms can also be obtained at the Information Desk, Main Floor, Richmond City Hall, 6911 No. 3 Road, or on the City website at www.richmond.ca/cityhall/council/ boards/advisory City of Richmond | 6911 No. 3 Rd. Richmond BC V6Y 2C1 | Tel: 604-276-4000

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Richmond city council wants to strengthen its network of historic sites and ﬁx them up before launching into a new museum construction project. At Tuesday’s committee meeting, council looked at three options laid out by staff: a national museum, which would be a regional, national and international destination, a city museum, that would be a gathering space telling the story of Richmond and a community museum, an interpretive hub that shares local stories and links with other historical sites in the city. But the majority voted to ﬁrst ask staff to report back on when all the historic sites in Richmond, including the Britannia Shipyards and the Phoenix Net Loft would be completed, and then to consider a museum larger than a “city museum” but not one as large an international destination museum. Instead, a city facility telling the “Richmond Story” in a community gathering space is what staff was recommending council en-

dorse as they plan a new museum. The current Richmond Museum and Archives is 2,325 square feet. Coun. Harold Steves argued against a large museum that attracts major external exhibits, like King Tut, rather he said the eventual new museum should be a destination museum that tells the story of Richmond. However, he added, before that, renovations on existing heritage sites need to be finished. He asked for a referral on the museum, and, instead moved a motion that rotating exhibits that are displayed at city hall are circulated at different heritage sites and that the existing heritage sites be finished first. Steves said the museum was taking out of the five-year plan “for a very good reason.” “The reason was we said, let’s finish Britannia, London Farm, Steveston Museum, the museum sites we’ve got now, and when we’ve finished those, then we can decide what kind of central museum we want,” Steves said. Coun. Alexa Loo voted against the referral and instead argued to get “the ball rolling” to create a masterplan on the museum project. “While we have some great assets out along the water and elsewhere,

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The Richmond hotel and associated restaurant at the centre of last week’s norovirus outbreak is now returning to normal service.

considers the outbreak to be over.

Last week, the News reported how at least 80 people — 40 guests and 40 staff — were hit by a suspected norovirus outbreak. The neighbouring Hilton hotel also closed its Cavu bar and restaurant as a precaution, after one of its staff, who also worked at the Sheraton, reported signs of the virus.

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) conﬁrmed to the Richmond News on Tuesday that the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel on Westminster Highway began a graduated return to operations over the long weekend for both guest rooms and food services.

Both hotels were deep-cleaning the food and beverage areas last week.

VCH also conﬁrmed that, although tests for norovirus proved positive from samples provided by both hotel guests and staff, it now

Norovirus is a group of viruses that cause acute gastroenteritis, an infection of the digestive tract (stomach and intestine).

However, Sanjeet Sadana, general manager at the Hilton, said last week there was “no reported guest sickness.”

Museum costs outlined I don’t think their plan should be in absence of a bigger plan for a museum,” Loo said. Instead of ﬁrst renovating the heritage sites, Loo said the central museum should be planned and built, rather than having orphaned facilities throughout the community.

The capital cost outlined in the report of the three museum models varied dramatically — a national museum would cost $53 million, a city museum $17 million and a community museum, $3.4 million. Each model, however, would have an added cost or $3.5 million for a museum network linking historical sites. City staff explained, however, these three models were just points on a continuum, examples of the types of museums that could be developed, and council could direct the size and scope they wanted. While city staff was recommending the city

museum model, Richmond resident John Roston argued for a national museum, saying this was the model favoured by the public in a consultation process in 2012. In a written response to the proposal by staff, Roston suggests co-locating a museum with a hotel, which he envisions would help with the capital costs as well as the annual operating costs.

The national museum model would have an operating budget of $4 million, but Roston argues it’s the only model that will attract federal and provincial funding. The city is undertaking a cultural precinct study, which was approved in the 2019 budget, looking at long-term plans for cultural facilities in Minoru Park. The current museum was built in 1992. The museum also has four off-site locations for storage, totalling 12,000 square feet. There are 45,000 visitors annually to the museum.

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four or ﬁve things in the same place. I like to make sure they go home with a handful of stuff,” said Thomson.

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You don’t have to suffer in secrecy or in silence.

“We will have ﬁve zones (at the event) and we will have lots of gadgets for people to try as well, such as a weighted blanket.

That’s the advice of Dave Thomson, the Richmond Centre for Disability’s (RCD) community outreach coordinator, ahead of his charity’s ninth annual nod to raising awareness of invisible illnesses.

“It’s wonderful, it gives the feeling of being hugged and is very, very comforting.”

Help is out there, said Thomson, with a great deal of advice, techniques and tricks being packaged into one afternoon, this Saturday, called “Shine a Light,” hosted at RCD’s Lansdowne Shopping Centre ofﬁce.

“Just look at PTSD diagnoses, for example. And the isolation is one of the big things that hit you ﬁrst,” he added.

The theme this year will be centred around the isolation of chronic illness and being able to communicate with people the scale of pain you’re going through at any given time. “I’ve realized, through my own chronic condition, that it’s very helpful to have

Now in its ninth year, Thomson said the event is as important as ever, given the incidents of invisible illnesses increasing.

“When it happened to me, I was 35, but I felt like I was 75.” Thomson said there’s no set time for any of what’s on offer this Saturday, with the event running from 1 to 4:30 p.m and door prizes for those who register ahead of time at RCDrichmond.org. Anyone needing assistance from their vehicle should contact dave@rcdrichmond.org ahead of the event.

1. 7000/7002, 7020 Williams Road and 10060 Gilbert Road - DP 17-776441 Bismark Consulting Ltd. - To (1) permit the construction of 15 townhouse units with two secondary suites at 7000/7002, 7020 Williams Road & 10060 Gilbert Road on a site zoned “Medium Density Townhouses (RTM3)”; and (2) vary the provisions of Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500 to reduce the minimum exterior side yard setback to Gilbert Road from 6.0 m to 4.5 m. 2. 6551 No. 3 Road - DP 17-768248 - GBL Architects - To (1) permit the development of a two-phase, high rise, mixed use development at 6551 No. 3 Road and the construction of the development’s first phase including the removal and replacement of part of the existing CF Richmond Centre shopping mall with a combination of mall- and street-oriented commercial uses, 1,166 dwellings (including 79 affordable housing units), and new streets and public open space on a site zoned “Downtown Commercial (CDT1)”; and (2) vary the provisions of Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500 to (a) reduce the minimum permitted front yard setbacks for Phase 1; (i) for balconies adjacent to the Minoru Boulevard/Murdoch Avenue corner from 2.0 m to 1.2 m at Levels 3 to 14; (ii) for towers adjacent to the proposed City street at the site’s south edge from 3.0 m to 2.0 m at Level 1 and from 3.0 m to 0.5 m at Levels 2 to 14; and (iii) for parking located below finished grade from 3.0 m to 0.0 m along the site’s Minoru Boulevard frontage and the proposed City street at the site’s south edge; (b) reduce the minimum parking requirements inclusive of transportation demand management parking reductions; (i) for Phase 1, for affordable housing residents from 64 spaces to 30 spaces; and (ii) for Phase 2, for affordable housing residents from 0.81 spaces per unit to 0.375 spaces per unit and market rental housing residents from 0.72 spaces per unit to 0.6 spaces per unit. Please call 604-276-4395 for further information.

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Richmond city council is not pushing for an extra empty-homes tax, but they are going to ask the province to return the tax it collects on vacant homes to municipalities. Coun. Kelly Greene brought a motion to council’s committee meeting on Tuesday asking for council to push the Union of B.C. Municipalities to allow cities to levy an empty-homes tax, on top of the speculation tax already imposed by the province. Greene argued that being able to collect a tax on empty homes would allow Richmond to create affordable housing, and bring it in line with what Vancouver is doing. “It would level the playing ﬁeld for investors parking their money, and it would have a huge impact on what we can do for affordable housing,” Greene said. Coun. Linda McPhail pointed out a similar motion was passed at the recent Lower Mainland Local Government Association, which means it would automatically go to UBCM.

Coun. Alexa Loo said everyone is supportive of affordable housing, but questioned how this would be different from the current speculation tax. She said this just adds another tax, which she doesn’t support, and asked whether this empty-homes tax would be a “new head tax.”

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Coun. Bill McNulty argued that there should be incentives to encourage investors to build rental housing, instead of roadblocks. “We’ve got to try to encourage affordable housing and I don’t think the punitive method is to do it,” McNulty said. Coun. Chak Au voted against the emptyhomes tax motion saying after the meeting it was “redundant.” But he moved that Richmond council ask for the province to return its speculation and vacany tax to municipalities. The empty homes tax motion was only supported by Greene and Couns. Carol Day, Michael Wolfe and Harold Steves, but the motion to ask the province to give the current tax back to cities was passed.

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Further, the report said that one-third of the total number of deaths from motor vehicle incidents between 2008 and 2016 involved drugs and/or alcohol.

In a news release, the Coroners Service said that 314 people, including drivers, passengers and pedestrians, died last year, up from 299 fatalities in 2017.

According to the report, women were more likely than men to have been wearing a seatbelt at the time of a crash and, over the past decade, more than two-thirds of crash victims were men. For motorcycle-involved fatalities, the service says 51 people died last year alone, a 50-per-cent increase over the previous year.

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The data in the report also revealed that nearly 30 per cent of drivers and passengers who died in a car crash between 2011 and 2016 weren’t wearing a seatbelt.

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Pursuant to Sections 98 and 99 of the Community Charter, City of Richmond Council will receive delegations to provide the public an opportunity to submit and ask questions concerning the 2018 Annual Report. Monday, June 24, 2019 7:00 p.m. Richmond City Hall Council Chambers 6911 No. 3 Road Richmond, BC Copies of the 2018 Annual Report are available for public inspection via: • the City website at www.richmond.ca (City Hall > Finance, Taxes & Budgets > Budgets & Financial Reporting > Annual Reports) and the City’s Facebook site (www.facebook.com/cityofrichmondbc). • electronic copy via email to finance@richmond.ca • printed copy, available for viewing at Richmond City Hall – Information Counter, Monday through Friday between 8:15 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. For more information, please contact the Finance Administration Section at 604-276-4218. City of Richmond | 6911 No. 3 Rd. Richmond BC V6Y 2C1 | Tel: 604-276-4000

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Richmond’s 13-year-old yo-yo star Terrance Wang is the national champion in the open division for the second year running.

for 5 minutes & walk 10 metres (even with a walking aid)

Terrance, a DeBeck elementary Grade 7 student, followed up his win in Toronto last year by retaining his title in Vancouver over the long weekend at the Canadian National Yoyo Championships. Last year, Terrance, at age 12, was the youngest yo-yo player to hold the Canadian national championship title. He began yo-yoing when he was seven-years-old and learned most of his skills and tricks on his own.

Small group classes: 4 participants max to 1 instructor. Learn more at: www.fameexercise.com Terrance Wang (centre) receives his prizes for winning the national yo-yo title again. Photo submitted

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All activities are geared towards those aged 55 and older and are designed around the theme “let’s do more together — explore the possibilities.” “We are proud to be hosting this year’s opening ceremony at the new Minoru Centre for Active Living,” said Mayor Malcolm Brodie. “Seniors Week is a chance for the city to acknowledge and recognize the contributions of the growing and diverse population of seniors in Richmond.” Some scheduled activities include: Monday, June 3 – 55+ Activate! Health and Wellness Fair Minoru Centre for Active Living – Seniors Centre 7191 Granville Ave. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Visit the Information Fair with over 40 booths, 21 workshops, presentations and Try-It activities with a focus on transportation, mobility, health and safety. A free wellness clinic service includes blood pressure checks, bone density scans and prize draws. Tuesday, June 4 – Story Walk Richmond Public Library –

7700 Minoru Gate 1 – 2 p.m Stroll through this active, outdoor reading experience that takes place over one-kilometre of paved footpaths. Wednesday, June 5 – Presentation by Isobel McKenzie, B.C. Seniors Advocate

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From Monday, June 3 to Sunday, June 9, seniors can join a pop-up book club, try ballroom dancing, attend a painting social and sing at a karaoke marathon.

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Painting a picture with your garden Lynda Pasacreta Sometimes I look out at my gardens and imagine looking at a painting of a landscape. All the bright colours mixed in with many shades of green bring to mind some of the pastoral scenes we have lingered over in paintings seen in many art galleries we have visited. Now my garden beds are not perfect, far from it. They are just what I have created from my own visions and my love of colour (and reading a lot of garden design books). It is kind of like taking a lump of clay and creating a piece of art that may only please you. I was recently reading a garden design article that spoke to creating art in the garden. The author, Pam Penick, had some great tips on creating gardens that “make you feel like you’re in a gorgeous piece of artwork.” Now that is my kind of garden space! Think about approaching the design of your gardens as if you were going to paint a beautiful landscape. It was recommended to incorporate native plants into your design and use shades of green to add to your colour palette. The article offered some tips on helping to create your work of art in your garden.

Over the years I have had to convince myself to buy more than one plant of my very favourite plant at that time. For example, I love pasque ﬂowers, Pulsatilla, which is in full bloom right now in my garden. One plant. Only one. Imagine if I had 10 plants of this gorgeous shades of purple ﬂower throughout my garden beds. To create a feeling of a heavily textured piece of artwork, you need to have masses of plants in your space.

garden. Hubby and I purchased a solar set of mini white lights which we wrapped carefully around our red twig dogwood shrub, Cornus, which adds a level of delight to our garden after dark. Lighting in your garden should softly highlight only what you want to showcase; a favourite plant or structure. Give your garden a sense of depth by adding plants, shrubs and trees that you can see through. Plants like a big potted bamboo has your eyes moving up and also gives you the sense of seeing right through the plant.

The article suggested that if you have ﬁve or six species of plants in your design, you would use 10 of one type, 20 of another and 100 of small ground cover plants. This would even work in a small garden design. You would have to do your homework on choosing the right plants. It brings home the importance of starting your own seeds well before planting time or propagating and dividing existing plants. It would certainly help save money on acquiring the needed plant material. We have a very small garden which has encouraged us to grow vertical as much as we can. A small garden feels much larger if your eyes are focused up with heavy ﬂowering vines or tall columnar trees in the background. Another tip is create a long view in your gardens, even in a small space. Instead of creating meandering paths through your small garden, the author suggests creating a straight

Gardening columnist Lynda Pasacreta has some great advice for those renovating their gardens. Photo submitted path with dramatic focal points at each end. Incorporating native plants into our gardens has become a trend this year. Many of our native plants attract our declining pollinators and are much more resilient to pests and diseases. Native plants contribute to the health of your garden and to our environment! Lighting is also a nice feature for your artistic

Water-wise water features are important additions to our gardens for providing a lovely habitat for our pollinators. The sound of running water is also so peaceful in a garden space. We have a small waterfall structure in our garden. We purchased it several years ago and, of course, have been working on creating a garden around it so it just becomes part of the garden. We have done a great job once the plants ﬁll in for the summer but it does become a bit of an eyesore in the winter when most of the plant material has died down. This is our challenge this year. The water feature should look just as good dry as when the water is ﬂowing. Hopefully, you are painting a beautiful landscape in your mind to move outdoors to your garden as we move through planting season. Lynda Pasacreta is the current president of the Richmond Garden Club.

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Memory of mom spurs ALS walk After a year, she was ﬁnally diagnosed.

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“Then another three years to take her away. She lost her muscle function, she lost the use of her hands, legs and then it progressed from there.”

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Once her mom was diagnosed, Garrido called the ALS Society in B.C. and they said to get “her here as soon as you can…everything is available to you and we will help you out as much as we can.”

Sitting on a wall with her two young kids in Richmond city centre’s tiny Lang Park, Susanna Garrido tries to recall the sound of her mother’s voice. But it’s not there and, no matter how deep she delves, Garrido just can’t place it.

“After losing my mom, I started to get more involved with the society,” said Garrido of her decision to volunteer for the society nine years ago.

Her mom, Maria Garrido, was lost to her family almost 10 years ago at the hands of the debilitating disease, ALS, but she lost her ability to speak several years before that.

“I needed to just give back. (At the society) we’ve all lost someone to ALS and it’s such a close community,” she added.

“It’s an illness that kind of makes the whole family feel like it has it,” Garrido told the Richmond News.

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food for my community. We deﬁnitely feel lucky to be farming on this incredible land.”

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Kareno Hawbolt (pictured) and Kimi Hendess have been farming on leased land for about six years in Richmond. Photo submitted

Pairing up landless farmers with landowners is like being a matchmaker. As land prices remain out of range for many aspiring farmers, a provincial program that introduces farmers to property owners who want to lease their land is growing with the ﬁrst match already operating in Richmond. Darcy Smith, land program manager with Young Agrarians, keeps a database of people in B.C. who want to farm and people who want to lease their farms. When she thinks she’s found a suitable match, she takes the farmer out to meet the prospective landlord, introduces them, lets them tour the farm, chat and get to know each other.

Kimi Hendess and Kareno Hawbolt cycled all over Richmond, dropping off flyers and door-knocking, before they were able to secure a five-year lease on a farm in Steveston, which they are now renewing year by year. Before leasing the property, Hendess and Hawbolt did research into lease agreements in the U.S. An agreement should clarify the owner’s expectations and the roles and responsibilities of each party, Hendess said. When they got the property, a good chunk of the first year went into getting the land ready to be planted. “We spent a lot of time weeding and weeding and weeding, and preparing the soil and setting up systems,” Hendess said. Her advice to farmers is to try to secure a long-term agreement — this will help with crop planning and stability.

start “dating,” Smith will talk extensively with the farmer to make sure he or she has the right vision for farming, a business plan and the education and experience to run a farm operation, as well as to the landowner so they know the expectations of the farmer. When they ﬁnally tour the farm, they can decide if the match is a good one. “The farmer will see, will this property work for me, and the landowner sees, is this someone I want to have on my property,” Smith said. When a match is found, Young Agrarians, which is a Canada-wide network for young, organic farmers, will help with the terms of the agreement, including details such as the length of the lease, the rent, a termination clause and clear stipulation as to who can come on to the property and when. The agreement will be reviewed by a lawyer.

“Everything you’re doing has the next season in mind,” Hendess said.

With another $375,000 from the province in place for next year, the matching program will continue to be free for farmers and landowners.

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Sweet Digz Farm has three acres under cultivation, growing 45 varieties of vegetables, and they harvest enough produce for 300 to 400 families per week. They also run a Saturday market at the end of No. 2 Road throughout the summer.

ﬁes them for a tax break. Many aspiring farmers want to stay in the Lower Mainland, explained Caroline Chiu, manager of Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Farm School program, located in Richmond. The market is bigger and they can ask higher prices for food. Graduates from the Farm School who have bought agricultural property have done so outside the Lower Mainland, for example, on Vancouver Island. So, a program like the land matching one is valuable for those wanting to stay here but face barriers because of high land costs, Chiu said. “The struggle is the affordability,” she said. Hawbolt grew up in Richmond, but she is not from a farming family. In her 20s, after learning about global industrial food systems, she wanted to learn about organic farming, to be part of the solution. “So I headed rural, apprenticed and worked on farms,” she said. “I fell in love with it. It’s really amazing to come back home and be able to lease land and grow

The study gives other examples of how one acre could employ one person to 1.5 full-time people and generate between $22,000 and $45,000 in profit. But Smith points out that, like any small business, farmers might not see a profit in the first couple years. Some farmers take on part-time work. The land-matching program supports farmers in developing a business plan and this includes cash-flow budgets, financial documents and market research. “It’s an important piece of setting farmers up for success and long-term farm viability,” she explained. They also have a business mentorship network pairing up new farmers with a mentor who can help with production and business planning. Smith said she knows of more established farmers in the region who are grossing more than $100,000 per acre. Farming, though, is not a “get rich quick” scheme, Smith pointed out, but, she added, time, passion and hard work can lead to success.

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“We could be feeding so much of Richmond with small, intensive agriculture,” Hendess said, adding there’s a need for “a more visionary approach to help keep farming alive.”

A KPU study — “Surrey’s Underutilized ALR lands” — shows that small-scale farms, between half an acre and two acres in size, with a diverse mix of annual vegetables and perhaps some free-range hens could possibly generate between $50,000 and $100,000 in yearly revenue.

“People say it’s a bit like a dating service,” Smith said. Before the land-matching service was in place, two Richmond farmers did a lot of legwork ﬁnding a farm they could lease to grow produce for the local market.

With high real-estate prices, she and Hawbolt don’t have any hope of buying land locally. She believes there’s a demand for organic produce and wishes there was more support for farmers to grow in Richmond for the local market.

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