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It’s the year of the (gym) rat Maria Rantanen MRANTANEN@RICHMOND-NEWS.COM
“Happy and healthy” — that’s how two people from my neighbourhood recently described me within the span of a week. It’s not how my Twitter followers would describe me, and it’s definitely not how my family describes me, but I chalk that up to the hamper and my Twitter feed always being full of dirty laundry. But the truth is I am feeling a lot healthier than I was a year ago, and I can chalk that up to the treadmill at my local gym that has become my thrice-weekly challenge. More than a year ago, I wrote a story about a woman who had been a track-and-field star in high school, and, after a 20-year hiatus, went back to competing. She described, however, how much slower the process was to get back into shape in middle age. I was noticing that gravity and inertia were slowly sucking me into a negative health space. And, given my age – over, ahem, 40 – the only way forward was on a downward slope.
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Then, well, kids. No excuse, I know. So, early last spring, I started going to the gym – just a fiveminute walk from my home – and with a bulky headphone set and music programmed into my phone, I started getting my heart rate up to 150 beats per minute for half an hour at a time. I tend to do just fast-walking on the treadmill, but when I am out in the trails, I have started doing a walk/run/walk routine. It’s taken about nine months to really notice a difference – but when I caught myself skipping through the trails last week, yes, skipping! I knew I was going in the right direction. In my house, the D-word is verboten and we don’t count any units of energy being consumed because that is all about female oppression. Yeah, don’t get me started.
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But I wanted my energy back and that’s what our public recreation facilities have given me. I was thrilled to get a sneak peek a couple weeks ago of the new awesome fitness centre at the Minoru Centre for Active Living, which opened up to the public on Jan. 1. It’s 8,500 square feet in size with a 1,900-square-foot studio for fitness classes. That’s more than double the square footage of a home allowed on a farm property! The fitness centre has 37 – yes, 37 – pieces of cardio equipment, weights and two custom-built training centres for balance and core strengthening exercises – check out the suspended surfboard! There’s even some “age-friendly” equipment – a recumbent cross trainer and an “upper body arm ergometer,” which I can only describe as a stationary bike for your arms. So, if you want to be happy and healthy in 2020, I encourage you to make a New Year’s pledge and become a gym rat like me. Your doctor will thank you (did I mention my cholesterol is down?).
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“I think it’s fine for people to give birth in a country if they decide to stay and contribute to it. However, when someone decides to get a country’s citizenship and leaves to only come back for the benefits, then it becomes a problem. It is unfair for those working and paying taxes while others cheat the system.”
“I can be sympathetic in terms of people giving birth in another country, but when they do that they should be contributing to the country’s economy. For example, when someone travels to live in a place they should be paying taxes, and I don’t think that’s what’s happening with birth tourism because they leave after getting citizenship.”
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Dear Editor, Re: “Council pushes for more bike lanes,” News, Dec. 12. The activists have taken over at Richmond City Hall. It was just a matter of time until Couns. Michael Wolfe, Kelly Greene and others moved forward with their intended agenda to get council to declare a climate emergency and then get separated bike lanes in place without a thought about the cost the taxpayers — $6 million to build a 2.7-kilometres, separated bike lane on Steveston Highway, while also narrowing the existing lane by 0.62 metres. To make matters worse, we are told by city staff that the real reason for the bike lane is to force people out of their vehicles and cut down vehicle speed. Richmonites are also told of a survey which indicates that more people would start cycling. Where is the evidence of this — and I don’t mean HUB members just phoning in? (HUB Cycling is a Metro Vancouver not-for-profit organization that promotes cycling in the region.) But the kicker to this agenda is to hand over $75,000 dollars to HUB to teach kids about cycling. There are so many better ways to spend this money. Total money allocated to all the bike lanes being planned in Richmond is over $10 million.
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Editor’s note: The 2020 budget for cycling-related projects is $7.95 million.
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The City of Richmond hereby gives notice that the City intends to provide assistance to the KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY (“KPU”), pursuant to Section 21 of the Community Charter. The City of Richmond and KPU will enter into two Licence Agreements to allow KPU to operate an organic orchard for the purposes of research, demonstration and class work in support of the Richmond Farm School and the Department of Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems’ degree program, and an organic incubator farm to provide opportunities to new farmers to actively farm in an applied, cooperative and supportive manner. The Licence Agreements will commence on or about January 1, 2020 and have a term of three years each. KPU will base its operations at its main campus at 12666 72 Avenue, Surrey, British Columbia. The assistance includes certain benefits at reduced cost, which includes use of up to 5.78 acres of land at the South Dyke Agricultural Lands located at 13871 No. 3 Road and 13891 No. 3 Road. The aggregate value to be provided during the terms of the Licence Agreements is estimated at $29,438 per year for each year of the terms. Any inquiries concerning the proposed assistance may be addressed to: Paul Brar Manager, Parks Programs 5599 Lynas Lane Richmond, B.C. V7C 5B2 Telephone: 604-244-1275 City of Richmond | 6911 No. 3 Rd. Richmond BC V6Y 2C1 | Tel: 604-276-4000
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Open letter to mayor and councillors, Re: Updated: “New Richmond fitness centre opens Jan. 1,” Richmond-News. com, Dec. 14 I’m glad to hear that the new fitness centre has finally opened; that’s good news. I am disappointed, though, that the price of an annual membership is so expensive. The cost comparison to other districts is nearly double in some cases, and the facilities I’m using as an example both have 50m Olympic pools. This reminds me of the barely-used Richmond Olympic Oval’s fitness room, a facility for the rich and connected, not the working class that pays the city’s bills. Nearly three years late, and who knows how much over budget, and now you want to gouge the taxpayer? I really hope that you think this through and re-evaluate the pass pricing, particularly for youth and seniors.
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Re: “Map: Richmond pushes for more bike lanes,” Richmond-News. com, Dec. 13.
I am a daily user of the bike paths in Richmond, and I would never ride along Steveston Highway. I would be dead within a month. Even if they make a path beside the road I would not want to ride on it because of the noise of the traffic. Money would be better spent on improving the existing paths.
I have just finished reading the Thursday, Jan. 2 edition of the Richmond News. I have also been listening to the coverage of the wildfires in Australia, the floods in Jakarta, Indonesia, and the drought in Zimbabwe.
Yet, I read in the “Year in review” edition of the News that, that while campaigning in the lead-up to the federal election, Conservative candidates (now MPs) Kenny Chiu and Alice Wong “avoided green issues, and both local candidates chose not to attend an environmentfocused all-candidates meetings.” Adding a bike lane to Steveston Highway would shorten the lifespan of most cyclists, according to this reader. Google Maps screenshot
The path through Horseshoe Slough is very rough with tree roots, and the rail crossings are very treacherous. A small amount of fine crushed rock would cost very little. Also, the paths along Dyke Road through the dog parks are very rough, and to get around the industrial park is so narrow it is impossible to pass or meet anyone, especially when dogs are involved. It would be more cost effective to upgrade these paths than to spend six million on Steveston Highway. Please think before spending so much money.
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Home assessments are down 14 per cent overall this year in Richmond, but, once again, the most valuable home is located on farmland. “Ivy Manor” is the most valuable home in Richmond, according to BC Assessment, with an assessed value of $9.782 million. The luxury home, built in 1989, is at 12911 No. 3 Rd. close to Finn Road, and is 19,000 square feet in size. Like many of the top-valued homes in Richmond, this luxury home sits in the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) on 18 acres of farmland. In an online description at priceypads.com, it’s described as having extensive English gardens on half the
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The second-highest valued home, at 9431 No. 6 Rd., is also located in the ALR with a 17,600 square-foot home built in 2014. This is valued by BC Assessment at $8.295 million. The third-highest, also in the ALR, is at 12160 No. 2 Rd., valued at $7.155 million. The 11,000-square-foot home was built in 2013. The fourth most valuable home in Richmond is located in Steveston Village, a townhouse at 3531 Bayview St., assessed at $6.422 million. Overall,
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Strata units in Richmond didn’t drop as much as single-family homes. A typical strata home is assessed at $600,000 this year, down from $654,000 last year. Assessments are done based on market values on July 1 of the previous year. The City of Richmond will tax properties based on these assessments. To find a property assessment, go to BCAssessment.ca.
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A stolen U-Haul truck containing a couple’s lifetime possessions was found in Vancouver.
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According to police, the truck — which was stolen from the Travelodge parking lot in north Richmond in the early hours of Saturday — was recovered Monday morning on Willow Street, close to Oak Street and 41st Avenue.
The first baby born at Richmond Hospital this year and this decade – born early on Jan. 1, 2020, at 2:52 a.m. — was described by his father, Janali Khodadad, as a “gift” and a welcome addition to the family. The baby boy, who weighed just about eight pounds, eight onces at birth, evens out the number of children in their family to three boys and three girls, Khodadad explained.
Baby Matin was Richmond Hospital’s first baby of 2020. Submitted photo
“We are so happy — all my kids are excited,” he said. “This is a great gift for us.” The family had a few names picked out, but they landed on “Matin.”
With no complications, Merzayie was able to go home the same day to be with her family.
Fatima Merzayie gave birth to baby Matin at the hospital where she’s had all of her children.
Khodadad said baby Matin looks like his oldest son.
Khodadad said the hospital was “fantastic” and he praised the doctor and nurses for their hard work to make the delivery go well.
The Richmond family will celebrate later with a special party for family and friends as is their tradition, he added.
And, police added that some of the contents of the truck appear to be intact, although it’s not clear as yet what has been recovered. The truck and its remaining contents are currently under forensic examination. The Richmond News reported Monday how Debbie and Terry Russell’s 20-foot truck and trailer, with their car, was stolen while containing their life possessions. It was thought to have been taken around 3 a.m. from the
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to Canada recently. They had planned to put their possessions into storage on Saturday.
Around $40,000 worth of possessions — including old family pictures, years of photographic work, furniture, important papers, clothes — were in the truck.
The Toyota RAV4 on a trailer attached to the truck was also stolen, but was later recovered by police close to the hotel.
Also stored in the stolen truck were Terry’s drum sets, from his time as a drummer in Vancouver punk band Slow, which was active in the ‘80s and had a reunion tour in late 2017. The couple moved to Los Angeles for a year to start a new band, before heading back
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Richmond Coun. Kelly Greene tried to convince her fellow council members the city’s investments shouldn’t be supporting the fossil fuel industry in light of its climate emergency declaration.
A Richmond man was fined $8,000 in December for illegally shooting a mule deer doe last year. Li Tan, 54, and another man were hunting near Princeton on Nov. 6, 2018 when Tan shot the doe in the stomach with a crossbow, wounding it, said Tobe Sprado, inspector for the Conservation Officer Service for the Okanagan. The deer then fled to another property, where it was euthanized by the landowner who then reported the incident to the B.C. conservation service, said Sprado. When officers visited the scene, they determined Tan had illegally attempted to “harvest the mule deer doe,” said Sprado. The deer had two fawns with it at the time, but Sprado said he isn’t aware of what happened to them. Tan didn’t have a license to hunt the mule deer doe. He was charged on
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Reviewing the third-quarter finances of the city on Tuesday afternoon, she put forward a motion to have staff review its investment portfolios with RBC, TD Bank and CIBC. Because council has declared a climate emergency, Greene said the city is “betting against itself” by allowing its money to be invested in banks that are underwriting fossil-fuel infrastructure — without this, the projects would not be built. “We are betting that fossil fuel investments will be finan-
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If the planet is kept below the 1.5 degrees, it will mean “fossil fuel investments will have a bad return,” she added. Almost half of the city’s $1.26 billion in investments is with chartered banks. Coun. Alexa Loo argued against the motion to review investments and pointed out staff had clarified the money was put into “ethical investments.” “It seems to me, before we make ourselves into climate martyrs here, that we still want to have buses riding on our roads and those are going
Coun. Bill McNulty said that, before throwing the baby out with the bathwater, he would like to have the “total picture” of all 14 finacial institutions where the city has invested taxpayers’ money, to see if there are “skeletons” in them. “I’d like the motion to be proactive and come up with principles,” he added. Coun. Chak Au argued against the review, saying the “rate of return should be our major consideration.” The motion failed on a tie 4-4 vote with Couns. Harold Steves, Carol Day, Michael Wolfe and Greene voting in favour (Coun. Linda McPhail was not at the meeting).
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Pro-HK FB group labels businesses A pro-Hong Kong Facebook group is inviting “netizens” (avid users of the Internet) to identify the political leanings of businesses in Richmond and the Lower Mainland by colourcoding them.
founded in 2014, posted the list last month with the aim of showing support for local shops that share democratic values and stand with Hong Kong protesters, according to the group’s administrator.
Yellow indicates support for Hong Kong protesters, blue indicates support for Hong Kong police or the Beijing government and green indicates neutrality.
The administrator of the group said they generated the list based on the information provided by group members, and the list will be used as a reference.
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MLAs concerned over Asian trade office relocations Richmond’s MLAs say they are concerned about the B.C. government’s decision to shut down its independent trade offices in Asia. The move was disclosed earlier this week after Richmond North Centre MLA Teresa Wat posted on the Chinese Social Media platform WeChat that the decision wasted “all efforts made by the previous Liberal government.” B.C.’s Asian trade offices — which house teams of trade and investment professionals to provide support for B.C. companies — are located in China, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul, Manila, Jakarta, Singapore, New Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad. Under a new model, the B.C. government will no longer carry the costs of contractors and office leases at the locations.
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Instead, the trade offices are going to be “co-located” in Canadian embassies. Wat, who worked as the provincial Minister of International Trade for the B.C. Liberal government, said on a Chinese social media site she was “shocked” after hearing the news.
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“The impact was financial, emotional and, in some cases, his patients suffered pain and discomfort as a result of his substandard practice,” reads the penalty decision. “The fact that many of his patients were elderly and vulnerable makes Dr. Xu’s conduct particularly troubling.”
The college ultimately found Xu — who had a practice on Buswell Street — was incompetent and committed professional misconduct more than 70 times in three years. The last time the college had contact with Xu was in January 2017, when he voluntarily withdrew from practise at age 54. Since then, he appears to have vanished. Documents and
emails sent by the college went unclaimed and unanswered. The college even hired a private investigator to locate Xu, which proved unsuccessful. Xu wasn’t present at the recent hearings. The penalty decision follows a November hearing, where the college found that Xu “crossed a serious ethical threshold.” —Kirsten Clarke
Truck driver fined after fatal collision A Canada Post driver has been fined and banned after his truck hit and killed a nursing student in Richmond, while she crossed the road on a green light. Rajwinder Goraya, who won’t have a criminal record, was charged under the provincial Motor Vehicle Act for driving without due care and attention on Garden City Road and Sea Island Way on Dec. 27, 2017. Goraya pleaded guilty at Richmond Provincial Court and was given a $1,300
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suing Goraya and Canada Post through the civil courts. A few weeks after her death, the Richmond News reported how her friends and family were raising money to send her body back to India.
Last week, family members of Achari expressed their outrage at the sentence to CTV, adding that they couldn’t believe it wasn’t a criminal offence.
According to the GoFundMe page set up at the time by her cousin, Shathesh Kuhendrarajah, Achari came to Canada in “hopes of fulfilling her family’s dreams.”
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“It’s about building on the foundations we’ve created over the last two years and bringing even more solutions to the business community.” That’s the message from Richmond News publisher Alvin Chow, as he looks back on his near two-year reign and the newspaper’s achievements in 2019, as well as peering ahead to the challenges that lie in wait for 2020.
over, read the Richmond News,” revealed Chow.
“That’s kudos to our news team; we see stories reported really late in the evening and early in the morning. We are expected to deliver that. “We actually reach 62 per cent of the people in Richmond that identify as Chinese. If you look at the data, it means we are the number one news outlet in the community, while others are only 20 to 40 per cent.” Chow also raved about the News’ growing army of online readers at Richmond-News.com, where page views average 650,000 a month, with almost 212,000 unique visitors.
“We have invested in digital reporters and our digital platform and it’s starting to show,” he added. That’s one of reasons why Chow and the News’ sales team are keen to launch even more options in their suite of digital products for advertisers. “We will have a combination of digital and print products for businesses in Richmond, whether they want to reach the Richmond community or to a wider audience,” said Chow.
“Our sales team is prepped for 2020 with a huge challenge to help businesses to grow. And credit to our company for allowing us to look at it from an entrepreneurial viewpoint.”
Chow singled out the News’ Ma Murray Newspaper Excellence Award in the spring and the success of the News’ Feast Asian Dining Festival in the fall as the highlights of the year. “We challenged the team to get a Ma Murray Award and they did it; which reinforced that we are delivering quality journalism to the community...” said Chow. “The Feast...for me, is the bandwidth of the newspaper, in terms of how far we can reach into the community. “It’s not just reporting what’s happening in the community, it’s about being involved and being a voice for all the sponsors and partners that made Feast a great success.” Asked what he sees in store for the News in 2020, Chow cast his mind back to the hysteria 20 years ago, as the world worried over the upcoming Y2K global economic meltdown. “The world kept going and technology kept going. The way I see next year is how the newspaper can use that technology to deliver the news to our readers,” Chow explained. “This leads me to think, how are we going to integrate both the digital and print products into 2020? “Working with Google analytics and data is going to help us work out what a typical reader likes in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening. We need to cater to their needs, as well as obviously having breaking news.” And on the back of recent statistics received from Vividata – a leading Canadian cross-media consumer research agency – the combined readership of the print and digital Richmond News products actually went up. “More than six out of 10 people in Richmond, aged 18 and
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“I couldn’t believe his attitude. I was so angry and scared.”
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Zhao followed the dog and its owner, at a distance, while calling police.
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By the time police arrived, the dog owner was out of sight.
“If it was a little person, the damage could have been much worse.”
“I showed (police) a picture of the guy and gave a statement. (The owner) didn’t get into a car or anything so he likely lives around that area,” said Zhao.
Yan Zhao expressed concern for public safety as he showed off his three-inch bite wound after being attacked by an on-leash dog while landscaping in Richmond. According to Zhao, one second he was doing his job at a property near No. 4 Road and Westminster Highway on Monday morning, the next moment his arm was locked in the jaws of a big black dog on a chain. “I didn’t see the dog coming. My back was turned. It just grabbed me by my forearm,” Zhao told the Richmond News, explaining that he was working close to the sidewalk. “I struggled with it back and forth for a little bit, with my arm still in its teeth, which were so sharp they went through a couple of layers of clothes. “(The dog owner) had passed by, but the dog must have come back at me and bit me. It was on a long chain. It dragged him over, he had little control
Yan Zhao said he was landscaping and minding his own business when this black dog attacked him. over it.” After the owner finally pulled his dog away, Zhao was left shocked and bleeding. “I shouted to him that I needed to talk to him, I wanted his information,” he added. “He shouted back at me that it was my fault because I was working too close to the sidewalk and then he told me not to come any closer or he would let his dog bite me again.
A woman is warning the public to be on their guard, after her pet was savagely attacked by an off-leash dog on Richmond’s Middle Arm Dike Trail. Erin Shigeoka said “it’s a miracle” that Oreo — her little six-year-old Shih Tzu-Pomeranian — survived the attack by a German shepherd, close to Terra Nova Adventure Park.
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“If a small child was the victim, I’d be worried.” A spokesperson for Richmond RCMP confirmed it had received a report of an alleged attack by a dog. According to the police, officers did extensive patrols but were unable to locate the owner or the dog. Police say they’ve referred the incident to the City of Richmond’s bylaws department.
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She said the dog first grabbed Oreo by the head and then had him by the neck, “shaking him like a doll” for what she said “felt like forever.”
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“I want to let people know about this dangerous dog and its owner,” added Zhao, a father of two young children.
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“I was screaming. The dog’s owner fell when he tried to run to stop his dog attacking,” Shigeoka recalled. “I don’t know what he did to get his dog to release. I just thought Oreo was dead. I picked him up...he was shaking.” As the German shepherd’s owner took his dog back to his car, Shigeoka heard him say “you’ve got to stop doing this.” “He’s clearly done it several times before. He got out his car
Erin Shigeoka said it’s a miracle that little Oreo is alive after he was attacked by an off-leash German shepherd on the Middle Arm Dike Trail. Alan Campbell photo and told me he’s 60 years old and that he hurt his knee in the fall. I’m not sure if I was supposed to feel sorry for him.” Shigeoka said the man considered giving her his phone number, but then said that Oreo looked OK, before driving off in a small, blue or purple car. With the help of a woman who stopped her car to help, Shigeoka took Oreo to a nearby vet, where it was discovered that he had next to no visible injuries. “The vet gave him a real good check-over and said if it wasn’t for Oreo’s sweater and harness, he would likely be dead,” she said.
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Recent media attention has brought Richmond into the limelight as the “epicentre” of birth tourism, with an exposé on the CBC’s Fifth Estate over the weekend.
These are advertised on 58 Tong Chen, or 58 One City, a Chinese-language website with classified ads.
But birth tourism has been an on-going issue in the Richmond community for years, with local politicians and residents pushing for changes to the law of “jus soli” that allows any baby born in Canada to receive Canadian citizenship. Indeed, the Richmond News has reported extensively on the issue for the last few years. About a quarter of the women giving birth at Richmond Hospital are non-residents, and in the last fiscal year, this translated to 458 babies being eligible for Canadian citizenship even though their parents weren’t Canadian. Just weeks prior to the airing of the CBC’s piece on birth tourism, Richmond Coun. Carol Day was encouraging people to write to the new federal Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Marco Mendicino, appointed on Nov. 20, to crack down on the practise. “(The city) can only do so much — the federal government needs to step up,” Day said, adding that people who arrive via the immigration system spend years trying to get their Canadian citizenship. “Why are we handing (citizenship) out like bus passes?” Day pointed out that the cost for non-residents of caring for newborns — and other medical procedures — is listed at Richmond Hospital’s ER check-in counter. “It’s like going to McDonald’s,” she said. As a short-term solution to the birth tourism issue, Richmond-Queensborough MLA Jas Jo-
It is not illegal to be pregnant and it’s not illegal to have a short-term rentals (STR) in Richmond, so tackling birth tourism at a municipal level poses challenges, noted city spokesperson Clay Adams.
Medical costs for non-residents, including care for newborns, is listed at the Richmond Hospital ER check-in desk. Maria Rantanen photo hal would like to see the province raise the hospital cost for non-permanent residents giving birth in Canada while pushing the federal government to ban birth tourism. The higher cost might dissuade some people from coming to Richmond for birth tourism, Johal said. “Let’s make some administrative changes here that would at the very least reduce this issue significantly as we continue to lobby the federal government,” he said. Non-residents are required to make a deposit of $10,000 for a regular birth and $16,000 for a caesarean birth, according to Catherine Loiacono, spokesperson with Vancouver Coastal Health. Non-residents have to pay for all hospital stay-related costs, including care for both the mother and the baby. But, Loiacono added, every pregnancy and labour is different so total costs will differ. Increasing fees, however, would just be a temporary solution — the full solution needs
to come from the federal level, Johal said. He doesn’t think the law of “jus soli” should apply to tourists, rather it should be amended to disallow citizenship to children born to parents on a tourist visa. But he is worried that with a federal Liberal minority government in place, there isn’t the political will to tackle this federal issue. “By doing nothing, I worry that this is going to become a worse issue than it already is today,” he said. Online ads promote birth tourism and offer “confinement centres” — “yuezi” centres — for foreign women giving birth in Richmond. The “Vancouver North American Baby Confinement Center,” listed at No. 4 Road and Steveston Highway, advertises “luxury villas and apartments for mothers to choose from.” The ad continues that “Mothers who are expecting to give birth are welcome to move in. After the birth, we will help you to get all baby documents. You only need to return to China to hold a baby with Canadian citizen-
So, the city cannot regulate “birth tourism houses” per se, rather they can just regulate short-term rentals, and these are only illegal if they contravene STR bylaws or health and safety bylaws, Adams added. Complaints come to the city of pregnant women coming and going from a house, but unless the city suspects that there is a bylaw violation, they can’t follow up just based on the fact someone is pregnant. “Tracking houses with pregnant women waiting to give birth is not something we do as it is not illegal to be waiting to give birth, regardless of nationality or citizenship,” Adams explained. Johal calls Richmond the “epicentre” of birth tourism. He believes immigrants who have gone through the long process of coming to Canada legally and honestly are just as angry about birth tourism as those who have been here longer about the “global one per cent” getting a “free ride and free ticket.” “Legitimate immigrants who come here don’t have $70,000 to $80,000 to travel here, to have a child and pay for care and then go back,” he said.
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You don’t need much luck finding bubble tea shops in Richmond, but a new shop may bring you good fortune with its 50 lucky cats.
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About 50 cat figurines are perched quietly on store shelves, their paws raised as if they are signalling wealth and prosperity to shoppers. “If you’ve ever visited a Chinese or Japanese restaurant, you might have probably noticed a lucky cat sitting by the cash regis-
The co-owners explained it was difficult finding a place in downtown Vancouver because “locations weren’t ideal,” which brought them to Richmond.
While Richmond isn’t lacking in ramen, a new restaurant will bring a fruity twist to the popular dish in the new year.
Money Tea, an independent bubble tea store at Continental Shopping Centre strip mall, opened its doors two months ago. Money Tea has its own culture and beliefs — hoping to bring good fortune and luck to anyone who visits the store, said Jian Zhou, the store owner.
and help which allowed us to open Afuri here in Richmond,” said Ho.
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Money Tea has 50 lucky cats wishing customers good fortune. Nono Shen photo ter or business entrances,” said Zhou, adding that all lucky cats displayed at his store are from Japan. According to Zhou, there are different colour variations of lucky cats, and they each have a special meaning. For example, the white lucky cat symbolizes happiness and positive things to come; the gold cat will bring people wealth and the red is for success in
love and relationships. Zhou got hooked on bubble tea and fortune cats on his travels to Japan where bubble tea spots have exploded in popularity. Money Tea is now gearing up to offer milk tea with a wide selection of toppings like tapioca and jellies. The eatery also features French toast stuffed with pudding filling and honey Castella cakes. The Richmond News is currently looking for an
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Afuri Ramen & Dumpling, an acclaimed Tokyo ramen eatery, opened its first Canadian location in Richmond this week. For ramen enthusiasts, each ramen joint has a unique aspect to their menu and for Afuri, it’s their chicken broth and yuzu — a citrus fruit. Guests can expect Afuri’s signature Yuzu Shio and other chicken broth-based ramen, tsukemen, a type of cold noodle, as well as vegan and gluten-free noodle options. The menu includes different
Afuri Ramen & Dumpling. Photo submitted styles of gyoza, rice bowls, kaarage fried chicken and other side dishes. David Chan and Eric Ho, co-owners of Richmond’s Afuri location, said they are excited to bring what they believe is some of the best ramen in Tokyo to Richmond, and are glad to be able to work with the Afuri franchise. “We got a lot of support
“There are many ramen places in Richmond, but because the city is very community-based, it aligns with Afuri’s mission to bring people together through food,” Ho added. Chan said “everything comes back to the ramen” and the environment it’s eaten in. “What makes Yuzu so special is that we are the only ones in the Lower Mainland that will be making it from scratch.” Afuri Ramen & Dumpling is at 140-7971 Alderbridge Way.
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The half-million dollar lottery ticket bought in Richmond last week belongs to a man from Coquitlam. Kuljeet Singh Dhaliwal bought the ticket for Friday’s $70 million Lotto Max draw at Richmond’s Shoppers Drug Mart at Cambie and No. 5 roads. Initially, Dhaliwal wasn’t too surprised when he checked his dad’s lottery ticket and it wasn’t a winner, but he was shocked when he checked his own ticket and it turned out to be a $500,000 winner. He won after matching all seven numbers in one of the Maxmillion prizes during the Jan. 3 draw. The Coquitlam resident split the $1 million Maxmillion prize with a winner in Ontario, who had the same winning numbers. “I was telling my dad someone in B.C. had won the Maxmillion,” said Dhaliwal. “He asked me to help him check his ticket, so I scanned it, but he didn’t win. My dad then reminded me to check my ticket — I
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It’s called a Magical Bridge Playground because it allows for the magic of play while bridging barriers often faced by people with disabilities. And Jennifer Louie, a co-founder of the Jennifer and Gregory Louie (JGL) Foundation for Cerebral Palsy, would like to see one built here in Richmond. Louie, who’s also a physiotherapist, made a presentation at Richmond city council Dec. 18, hoping to motivate councillors to take on the project of being the first in Canada to have a truly inclusive playground.
“So many kids and families often feel like they are outsiders and excluded,” Louie said. “They can’t exercise or be as active in the community because there aren’t as many programs or facilities for them to access.”
According to a 2016 survey from the Angus Reid Institute, 63 per cent of people with disabilities said they encountered various physical obstacles in their local community, and they thought it would be difficult for another person with disabilities. Louie has reached out to multiple local non-profit organizations and has received written letters of support for the all-inclusive playground. More online at Richmond-News.com
Jewish community reacts to NYC attack Nono Shen NSHEN@RICHMOND-NEWS.COM
Richmond’s Jewish community was determined to not let the tragedy that took place at a New York menorah lighting dim their celebration, which marked the end of Hannukah. In fact, “the best way to combat darkness and hate is with light and love,” said Michael Sachs, past-president of Richmond’s Bayit synagogue. “We want to light up our menorah to shine a light on the fact...we are going to respond to hatred (with) love, kindness and good deeds.” On Dec. 29, dozens of members of the local Jewish community came together with Levi Varnai, a rabbi with Richmond’s Bayit synagogue, to light the eighth candle of Hanukkah, hoping to shed light during a “dark time” for the Jewish community. That dark time refers to the previous night when people gathered at a rabbi’s home in New York to celebrate the seventh night of Hanukkah. In the midst of the event, a man with a machete entered the home and wounded five people. That night was the seventh night of Hanukkah, the Jewish eight-day wintertime “festival of lights.” In response to the attack, Sachs began
Michael Sachs (second right), past-president of Richmond’s Bayit synagogue, said the best way to combat hatred is love. using the hashtag #LightAgainstHate on different social media platforms to show solidarity with, and support for, its victims. The concept has spread across North America over the last 20 hours. According to Sachs, he has received an outpouring of love and support since launching the campaign. “Every synagogue in Vancouver used that hashtag,” said Sachs, adding that the idea has also gained support from the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver. “We are hearing and reading about the hatred towards the Jewish community, but in Richmond and across Canada, many people who are non-Jewish are standing up and saying, ‘no.’”
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Scottish ‘clan’ recruits in Richmond
come. Our national president isn’t a MacLeod; her ex-husband is, though.”
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Richmond, as many locals may have noticed, is steeped in Scottish ancestry, with several schools and roads named after Scots natives.
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It’s free to join and you only have to be a wee bit Scottish.
However, as the decades have swept on, many immigrants of Scottish blood have passed away or moved on.
That’s the message from Richmond’s Ian MacLeod as he bids to bolster the membership in his Clan MacLeod Society of Greater Vancouver.
“We used to have more members in the 80s, when the movie Highlander (about an immortal MacLeod) and its TV show were big hits,” said MacLeod, who believes the local society started around 1955.
MacLeod, 70, has seen the local “clan” dwindle from a peak of more than 80 in the 1980s to around 40 last year. But — as Scottish heritage organizations prepare worldwide for Robert Burns Day on Jan. 25 — MacLeod is hoping to stir up some interest with a year’s free membership to the Vancouver society. It could be the bagpipes that stir your soul, or you could be an ancestor of the MacLeod clan, which has many so-called “septs” (smaller family groups who have been associated with MacLeod over the centuries). Surnames such as Williamson, Nicol (MacNicol), Nicholson or MacCabe were often connected to the MacLeod clan, which is thought to have been born in the early 1200s. If you have a love of Scottish culture, music and dancing or fancy finding and/or wearing your tartan, then MacLeod would be happy to hear from you. “We’ve reduced the annual membership to $25 from $35 and we’re giving away a year’s free membership to new-
“I remember one wee boy came up to me at an event, when I was in full Highland dress, and asked me if I was immortal. I said, if my head gets cut off, you will find out I’m not. The Clan MacLeod Society of Greater Vancouver, on a day out in New Westminster. comers, as a small gesture to bring new people in,” society director MacLeod, a past national clan president, told the Richmond News from his Moffat Road home. “For that, you’ll get four publications a year from the Clan MacLeod Society. And you don’t even have to be a MacLeod. “We have socials and dinners from time to time, nothing too formal. “Anyone interested in their Scottish roots will be most wel-
“But I understand people are very busy these days and some of them are getting further and further from their roots. “Seventy-five years ago, most immigrants were European, so it was a lot easier back when.” The society, which used to host Robbie Burns Suppers in Richmond every year, has teamed up with the Lord of the Isles Society to host a homage to the famous Scots poet on Jan. 18 at Centennial Lodge in New Westminster. Apparently, there will be haggis on the menu! Anyone interested in joining the local MacLeod clan or going to the Burns Dinner on Jan. 18, should email ClanMacLeodGV@Gmail.com.
Korean war Weight-loss group growing vets wanted up — the right way by students
ter than me, though. I spend a lot of energy motivating them and helping them reach their goals.
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A call is being made in Richmond and across the Lower Mainland for veterans of the Korean War to come forward. Guy Black is appealing for the veterans to contact him ahead of a group of students from Korea, who are coming over on Jan. 15 to thank them for their service. The group from Pukyong National University in Busan have been planning their annual commemoration trip for many months and will be here for just a few days. Black said they would like to “meet the people who brought peace to their country in 1953.” The students, according to Black, will bring “a unique part of their home…through their performance of traditional Korean dances and songs. “They have said their message is one of gratitude and everlasting thanks and appreciation for the great hardships endured and countless sacrifices made by our veterans.” For more information about the event, contact Black at 778-887-4402 or email Korea19501953@Yahoo.com. —Alan Campbell/Richmond News
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The group meets every Friday morning at South Arm United Church and often has educational presentations, guest speakers and a sharing of members’ weight loss journeys.
“There are some meetings when we don’t even talk about weight.” It may seem strange to some that a weight-loss support group would, on occasion, neglect to mention the very reason for being. But that’s exactly what separates the Richmond chapter of the non-profit TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) from other organizations of its kind. “We support each other a lot and we have programs that we run to encourage people to exercise more and eat healthier,” said Karen White, the Richmond leader of TOPS, which has chapters across North America and has been run locally for almost 50 years. “It tends to rotate around what we discuss at our meetings and we try to go outside the box with swimming, yoga, anything morale boosting.
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“We do have men in the group. I would encourage anyone to come along and meet the group. Come see if it will work for you. We understand that it has to be the right fit,” said White. Everyone’s first visit is free and, when a member has achieved their weight loss goal, they become a KOPS member to Keep The Pounds Off Sensibly. Every meeting starts with a private weigh-in and meetings runs 30-60 minutes after the weigh-in. For more information, email White at K.G.White21@Gmail.com.
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US skater thriving in Richmond Liam Kapeikis off to Switzerland this week for Youth Olympics Mark Booth MBOOTH@RICHMOND-NEWS.COM
There never is a shortage of upand-coming talent on the ice for Connaught Skating’s competitive training sessions, even from other countries.
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It was six months ago Liam Kapeikis joined the Richmond club on a full-time basis. Now the 15-year-old is off to Lausanne, Switzerland to represent the United States at the Youth Olympics.
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Connaught’s director of programs Keegan Murphy established a relationship with the family when he brought some skaters to the Eastern Washington town for a competition. Liam was invited to train with Connaught. The trips to Vancouver became more and more frequent as his competitive career began to take off. He now lives in the Lower Mainland with his mom and is doing online schooling for his Grade 10 year in the US high school system.
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Team USA member Liam Kapeikis joined the Connaught Skating Club on a full-time basis six months ago, He is off to the Youth Olympics in Switzerland then US Nationals in North Carolina. Photo by Mark Booth
“It’s the high level training that is offered here, how good the facilities are and coaching as well from Keegan and the other coaches. The biggest thing though is probably (the opportunity) to train with the other skaters,” said Kapeikis. “I get a lot of motivation here and it just makes it easier to train day-to-day.”
Approximately 1,880 young athletes aged 15-18 will represent more than 80 countries. There will be 16 disciplines across eight sports on the Lausanne 2020 program.
It was through points earned from summer competitions that put Kapeikis on the US team for the Youth Olympics — a multi-sport international event held every three years that combines sports performance,
The men’s skating competition is one of the first events of the Olympics which is a good thing for Kapeikis. He will be flying from Switzerland directly to the US Nationals in North Carolina.
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He earned his spot in Greensboro by finishing second in the junior men’s event at the Pacific Coast Region US Sectionals that happened to take place in Wenatchee. “It was a very big question if I was even going to go to the Youth Olympics because of the US Nationals. I was just lucky it worked out that my event (was in the first week). Otherwise I wouldn’t be going,” added Kapeikis. Murphy will be joining Kapeikis in North Carolina directly from coach-
“He’s a totally different energy to some of the other kids,” said Murphy. “It’s just great to have him on the ice. He is a good balance and he works extremely hard. Because of his background (from a small club) he really cherishes the training access he has now.” Kapeikis finished 11th in his international Junior Grand Prix debut in Latvia and is close to adding the triple axle and quad toe to his arsenal.
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The Richmond A1 Jets are Bantam AAA Division champions of the 39th annual Richmond Bantam Midget International Hockey Tournament.
The hometown Jets capped a perfect five-game run with a 5-3 victory over the Golden State Elite at the Richmond Ice Centre. It was a showdown of unbeaten teams as their California opponent entered the final with a 4-0-1 record. Veer Sadana led the way
offensively with his first hat trick of the season. “We have had a lot of one goal losses this season and lost in a shootout in Victoria in our last tournament so this was nice and to have a comfortable lead too. Not too much as it was still a close game,” said Jets head
coach Mike Ikeda. “We’re hoping this tournament is a springboard for 2020 to get us going. The final set-up well (with two unbeaten teams) and it was nice to play a team we haven’t seen and don’t know too much about. (As coaches) we had to do
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A late Storm power play goal tied the game at 2-2. A five-minute overtime session followed and South Delta appeared to have scored the game winner but the referee lost sight of the puck and blew his whistle. After a lengthy discussion, the goal was disallowed and the teams headed to a shootout. That’s where goaltender Sophie Lim-Metz came up large, making three key saves while a fourth Storm shooter fired his attempt over the net. The Jets finally ended the drama on their fourth shot. The teams had met three days earlier with Richmond rolling to a 6-1 win in roundrobin play. “Playing that same opponent in such a short span of
time can be hard. Fortunately we haven’t lost to them yet this season and we didn’t want that to happen today and it end up being our last game,” added Ikeda. Lim-Metz is part of the allfemale tandem in the Jets’ goal crease — a rarity at the Bantam A1 level of boys hockey. Lauren Mackay got the win in the championship game. The rest of the Jets roster includes: forwards — 6 Jack Campbell, 8 Kaden Nelson, 9 Ryan Tang, 10 Kevin Bhangoo, 11 Teo Lin, 12 Hayden Deemer, 14 Tyler Bradley , 15 Koen Brusse , 17 Ben Medicoff-Sander, 18 Cristiano Sebellin and defencemen — 13 Eshant Bhela, 16 Jackson Danis, 54 Quinn Orr, 58 Cody Matsuo. Rounding out the coaching staff are assistants AJ Mak and Brendan Metz. Shelley Matsuo is the team manager and Jeff Daniels the safety person.
Taylor wins weekly award Richmond native and University of New Hampshire sophomore goaltender Ty Taylor has been named the Hockey East Co-Defensive Player of the Week. The 20-year-old went 2-0-0, allowing only two goals with a 1.00 goals against average and a .958 save percentage as the Wildcats defeated Yale, 4-1, and Brown, 5-1. This is his first Hockey East weekly award of his career. Taylor made 46 saves on 48 shots over the two games. He recorded a career-best 28 saves on Friday in the win versus Yale, while he made 18 saves on Saturday versus Brown.
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Ann passed away peacefully but unexpectedly at home on December 11, 2019. She is survived by her loving family, husband, Dick; daughter, Kathryn Sykanda; son, Peter Sykanda (Liz); grandchildren, Tabitha, Sofia, Emilia, and Leif; and stepdaughters, Jennifer and Monica (John); granddaughter, Elizabeth; sisters, Margaret and Joan (Joe); and brother, John (Maureen). Ann lived her life fully − with a sense of humour, unmatched energy, and infectious vitality. Clinician, educator, researcher, hiker, photographer, and world traveller − she will be dearly missed by so many. A joyful celebration of life will be held at 5:00 pm on February 1, 2020, at the Unitarian Church of Vancouver, 949 West 49th Avenue.
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WALLACE, Daniel Robertson (Dan) Danny was born in Victoria in 1923 and died at home in Delta peacefully, surrounded by his family, on November 27 at age 96. He leaves his wife of 69 years, Joan (Charters), and two children, Diane Wallace and James Wallace (Susan Delaval). Danny grew up in Powell River and moved to Vancouver with his family at age 16. He graduated from Lord Byng High School and then spent four years in the RCAF during WWII. On his return to Canada he attended UBC for four years. In 1950 he married and joined Hallmark Cards. He spent the next 19 years moving from sales in Vancouver, Victoria, and Calgary to district manager in Winnipeg and merchandise manager in Toronto. In 1969 he returned to Vancouver, moving in 1973 to Tsawwassen where he had opened one of two Hallmark card shops. He sold the stores in the 1990s and enjoyed full-time retirement His volunteer work focused on training Sea Cadets in Winnipeg and Sea Scouts in Delta, Richmond, and the Jericho Sailing Centre in Vancouver. An ardent boater, he motored on the Trent and Rideau Canals in Ontario and the St. Lawrence Seaway to Montreal. He also sailed extensively on the BC coast and curled in the winters. His volunteer work in the business community included a successful campaign to build another bridge over the Fraser River (Alex Fraser Bridge) and he was active in the Tsawwassen Business Association. He was cremated and his ashes scattered at sea by his son and long-time friend Alan Keil. There will be no funeral or memorial service. Many thanks to his caregivers at The Waterford Care Centre. Condolences may be sent to the family at 2311345 56th Street, Delta, BC V4L 2P9.
Carolyn was a loving, wonderful, and thoughtful wife, mother, sister, and friend. Carolyn’s lifelong commitment to her saviour, Jesus Christ, motivated and inspired her to draw closer to those on the margins and to bravely pursue questions of faithful living. She was a practical woman, loved music, and had a great sense of humour. Carolyn loved to think about and discuss how God’s being and character could be experienced. Carolyn was predeceased by her father and mother, Nicholas and Elizabeth Reimer. Carolyn will be lovingly remembered and missed by her husband of 31 years, David; and her children, Nicholas (Donna), Mariel, and Matthew. She was predeceased by her sister, Linda (Ted) Martens, and will be missed by her siblings, Rose (Abe) Loewen, Marg (Les) Friesen, and Stan (Terry) Reimer; and in−laws, Russell (Catherine) Jones and Heather Jones. Many nieces, nephews, and extended family. Her friends will also remember her fondly. There will be a memorial service held at Trinity Lutheran Church (7100 Granville Street, Richmond) on January 4th, 2020, at 11:00 am. If you would like to make donations in lieu of flowers, two organizations Carolyn loved are Journey Canada and Resist Exploitation Embrace Dignity (REED).
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CANDY’S STORY
“After the ultrasound, she went home and the moment she went to take her coat off she heard the phone ring. ‘It was ovarian cancer’”
“I would just see that face, that little smiling Buddha,” says Candy. “That’s really what got me through it.”
medication. This knowledge fast-tracked Candy into a clinical trial and saved her life.
“Lachlan would pull in and say, Granny! What are you doing? Let’s have fun,” says Courtenay. “So it immediately took my mom’s mind off the dark stuff.”
“Candy has a somatic mutation in her tumour which confers the sensitivity to the drug,” says Dr. Miller. “About one-in-five of the women with the worst type of ovarian cancer would have the potential to respond to this drug based on an inherited predisposition. Candy’s not one of those. She’s not somebody that we would’ve expected to respond based on her genetic testing, but her tumour was sensitive. So, in that sense, she was lucky.”
On a cold winter’s day in 2014, Candy Woodworth was warming up in her Pilates class when she twisted her body and felt a discomfort in her abdomen, so she made a doctor’s appointment.
OVARIAN CANCER FACTS
After the ultrasound, she went home and the moment she went to take her coat off she heard the phone ring.
The OVCARE team’s goal is to decrease cancer mortality from all gynecological cancers by 50% in 20 years
“It was ovarian cancer, and it was the most aggressive kind,” says Candy. “A tumour was growing and I needed surgery. So I did some research and found out about Dr. Dianne Miller and learned she was one of the best ovarian cancer surgeons and researchers in the world. That’s who I wanted to help me.”
Different types of ovarian cancer require their own prevention and therapy needs
Dr. Miller led Candy’s surgery at Vancouver General Hospital on March 4, 2015. The tumour was extracted, and three days later Candy was discharged from the hospital. However, her long and difficult road to recovery had just begun. WORKING THROUGH CHEMOTHERAPY WITH FAMILY Candy underwent 18 sessions of chemotherapy. Every third session consisted of a heavier dose of drugs, which took a difficult toll on Candy’s body.
7 in 10 women with ovarian cancer die within five years of diagnosis
FACING RECURRENCE, BUT FINDING ANSWERS On one of her routine check-ups a year later, the medical team discovered the cancer had spread to Candy’s colon and would require another surgery. She had her second surgery in April 2016. Six months later the cancer recurred again, and Candy underwent what would be her third and final surgery — all of them led by Dr. Miller. Dr. Miller extracted the tumour and gave it to Dr. Blake Gilks, Pathologist and co-founder of OVCARE, to further test the tissue.
“I was literally crawling on my hands and knees on my third go-around,” says Candy.
“Rather than hanging your hat on a blood test to find out if you have an inherited predisposition, OVCARE has helped move it towards what we call tumour testing, where you actually test the tumour first,” says Dr. Miller.
The experience was hellish, but every session Candy’s daughter Courtenay would arrive and bring her daughter Lachlan, whose face always lit up the room.
The tumour had a mutant BRCA gene, a marker which thanks to OVCARE research has shown success for patients like Candy with a particular trial
REGAINING HER LIFE THANKS TO WORLDCLASS RESEARCH AND CARE Two and a half years later, Candy has had no recurrences with her cancer and she continues to use the trial medication. “Candy’s a force of nature,” says Dr. Miller. “She was determined to do everything possible and has done very well.” Today, Candy is able to live her best life. She is a present and active mother and wife, and always willing to play with her grandchildren. “I owe so much of this to Dr. Miller and her team,” says Candy. “We’re so very blessed. My youngest daughter’s expecting a little girl in September. I have so many things to look forward to now.” Dr. Miller was recently awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award for her work with OVCARE. Read more about their discoveries.
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