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Truck blaze sparks probe Fire near towing yard ‘suspicious’ Alan Campbell

Staff Reporter acampbell@richmond-news.com

Richmond Fire-Rescue battled a mighty blaze Sunday night at River Road and No. 7 Road, near Rusty’s Auto Towing yard. Three dump trucks were already engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived on the scene. The fire has been called suspicious. For more photos look online at www.richmond-news.com. Photo by Shane MacKichan/Special to the News

Police and fire officials in Richmond are investigating a suspicious fire that broke out shortly before midnight Sunday.

Fire crews arrived to find three dump trucks ablaze in a remote corner of a parking lot in the 15000 block of River Road, near No. 7 Road.

The crews did their best to contain the blaze, which was close to Rusty’s Auto Towing yard.

The fire was located at the far back of the huge compound and firefighters had to force the gate open to gain access.

Four units and 11 firefighters from Richmond Fire-Rescue attended the scene. Crews remained on the scene until the fire was struck down after close to two hours.

The property where the fire took place is owned by Gary Tonks Ltd and the three dump trucks were owned by Bill Power Inc. An investigation is underway and it’s understood the fire is currently being treated as suspicious.

Youth, 18, stabbed to death

IHIT believes weekend attack was the result of a ‘dispute’ Alan Campbell

Staff Reporter acampbell@richmond-news.com

An 18 year-old was stabbed to death Saturday night in the 6500block of Mang Road, near Granville Avenue and Gilbert Road, according to police.

The incident, labelled by police as

a “dispute,” has sparked the city’s third homicide investigation for 2014.

The RCMP Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) said Tuesday it is still seeking a motive for the death of David Lee, whose family has been notified of his death.

Lee was stabbed at around 7:30 p.m. and Richmond RCMP responded to the area, cordoning off both Mang Road and adjacent Comstock Road to the north.

Lee was taken to hospital, but died less than an hour after the One man is dead after a stabbing incident on Comstock Road attack. in central Richmond. Graeme Wood/Richmond News see VICTIM › page 4

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City pumps at a premium Richmond has few gas stations relative to its population and vehicle usage.

Graeme Wood

City councillors originally insisted on full-service gas stations for safety reasons and to help youth employment. File Photo

Staff Reporter gwood@richmond-news.com

Is a 48-year-old bylaw causing gas stations to go the way of the dodo bird here in Richmond?

The city has 19 gas stations, ranking ninth among Metro Vancouver municipalities, despite having the fourth largest population.

Richmond, as well as Coquitlam, is unique to the region for having a bylaw that makes full-serve stations mandatory, with no option for self-serve.

In 2003, the issue of self-serve gas pumps came before city council after gas station owners lobbied to introduce a mix of full- and selfservice. City staff supported the amendment but council denied changing the law, which was initially created in 1966 out of concerns for safety. Later on, in the late 1980s, it was believed the stations promoted youth employment. Such sentiments were echoed in 2003.

Eleven years ago, the city had 24 gas stations and since then five fewer stations are now serving close to 30,000 more residents and about 12,000 additional vehicles.

The writing was on the wall, according to real estate consultant Tim Ankenman, who helped spearhead the 2003 Equitas lobby group.

“We forecasted that when we were telling council what the industry problem was,” said Ankenman.

Among the problems is/was that at full-serve stations, customers are less likely to get out of their vehicles to purchase convenience items.

Combine this with the need to add additional employees to pump gas, and it means stations become less competitive.

Independent gas stations are few and far between in the city; other than Domo and Super Save Gas, large multinational corporations operate all of Richmond’s gas stations.

Ankenman noted gas companies based on the most recent, annual are slowly pulling out of the city ICBC passenger vehicle statistics and when faced with the prospects of recorded gas stations on bcgasprices. having to renovate. com.

“It’s one thing to continue running Vancouver has 5,400 vehicles per old gas stations, but it’s entirely gas station while Richmond has 5,263 another to invest in a new full-serve vehicles per station. Meanwhile, gas station when there’s not a return Burnaby has 3,225, Surrey, 4,600 and on investment.

Delta, 2,080 So when it comes vehicles per to renewal, When it comes to renewal, station. Maple companies are Ridge takes companies are saying saying ‘forget it, the cake for let’s just close,’” convenience ‘forget it, let’s just close.’ said Ankenman. with 1,900 - Tim Ankenman Gas stations vehicles per continue to station. maintain selfOf course, serve prices in various factors Richmond, further hurting their profit can contribute to different consumer margins, added Ankenman. needs in different regions, such as “Despite council’s decision, the proximity to workplaces and transit. service station companies didn’t want Ed Citton, manager of real estate development for Imperial Oil, to punish their customers because said various factors can play into of the bylaw. So they operate fullnot redeveloping gas stations in service at self-serve prices,” he said.

Richmond, such as high water tables, “The bottom line is…it’s far less land value, storage tank age, as well popular for a service station to be in as the municipal process.

Richmond,” he added.

“There are a number of factors and Among the 10 most populous it does include any bylaws within Metro Vancouver municipalities, place — whether that’s full-serve or only Vancouver has a higher car to split-serve — or whether I can get gas station ratio than Richmond,

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Commercial gillnet fishers were back on the Fraser River Tuesday, working a 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. shift, catching as many sockeye salmon as they can fit on their boats.

It was the fifth opening of the year for fishers. A sixth opening will happen on Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

So far, as of Monday, an estimated 5.3 million fish have passed by Mission.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is now estimating a sockeye summer run of 8 million fish but has yet to offer up an estimate of the late summer run, which is expected to be the biggest.

“Extremely high fractions of Fraser sockeye continue to emigrating via the Johnstone Strait route,” noted a DFO fishery notice on Tuesday.

Water temperatures were 1.8 degrees Celsius above average and the rivers flow was 21 per cent below average.

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a car wash, there’s a whole lot of reasons,” said Citton.

His company operates Esso stations, two of which have recently been abandoned on No. 3 Road and No. 1 Road.

So is the bylaw contributing to inconveniences?

Not according to at least three city councillors, who replied to inquiries from the Richmond News.

Coun. Linda McPhail noted there hasn’t been any complaints in her three years on council and “if it’s not broken, we may as well not go there.”

Coun. Bill McNulty and Coun.

Harold Steves noted Richmond’s aging population and the continued desire for full-serve.

Both said there doesn’t appear to be a need for more stations.

Steves said more people will be taking public transit in the future and cars are more fuel-efficient than yesteryear.

McNulty noted, “at one time gas stations provided more services than they do now.”

In 2003, Vince Miele, a community champion for disabled rights, panned the bylaw amendment proposal and has not changed his tune.

“I feel exactly the same way now.

Richmond and Coquitlam are the only two places that only have fullserve, so everyone gets treated the same,” said the chair of the Richmond Centre for Disability.

Miele noted Richmond residents still get full-service at self-serve prices. He also said split-serve gas stations elsewhere purport to offer full service but the reality is anything but.

“Try to get service at 10 p.m. You can’t,” said Miele.

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According to IHIT, a second male was injured during the incident as a result of falling down.

Media had initially reported a second stabbing.

Lee had no criminal record and police have made no arrests and have no suspects.

As of Tuesday, IHIT said it wasn’t known what connection the victim had with the suspect.

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The City of Richmond is stopping one step short of requiring new townhouses to have solar hot water panels.

In a bid to improve energy efficiency, a proposed bylaw amendment went to a public hearing Tuesday and should it pass through city council, new townhouses will need to be solar hot water panel ready and meet a minimum EnerGuide rating of 82; that’s two steps higher than the present BC Building Code rating of 80, which may soon rise to 81.

The bylaw comes amidst a development on Alberta Road promoting solar panels on some of its units. It’s believed to be the first promotion of its kind in the city.

Homes with ratings of 80-90 out of 100 are considered energy-efficient by Natural Resources Canada. Such homes aim to eliminate heat loss from your typical escape routes: walls, windows and door cracks. Also, energy efficient appliances are often applied.

Provincial regulations already require new single-family homes be “solar ready.” That means implementing certain structural needs into the home, such as anticipated load points,

braces and space for pipe conduits.

The new energy saving guidelines are tabled in a report to council from Peter Russell, the city’s senior manager of sustainability and district energy.

The bylaw’s guidelines are proposed in the context of the city’s goals to reduce community-wide energy consumption by 10 per cent and greenhouse gas production by 33 per cent, below 2007 levels by 2020, subject to senior government action.

In July, staff noted to city councillors that the Richmond Small Home Builders group and Urban Development Institute supported the move, although they expressed concerns about costs to homebuyers.

The good news for homebuilders is that townhouses are already roughly 50 per cent more energy efficient than detached homes, according to the report, citing BC Hydro.

Ergo, meeting the 82 guideline shouldn’t be too much of a challenge.

Also, it’s expected builders will be able to take advantage of BC Hydro and provincial energy rebates to meet the new standard.

The report notes construction improvements can, in a short period of time, result in energy savings to the owner that

This home, at the Jade Development on Alberta Road, already has solar panels. Photo by Houzz.com

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Solar panels, be they photovoltaic or solar water, take years to pay off (depending on their size) but once they do, they provide energy cost savings, effectively making money for the homeowner.

The report notes “more action” needs to be taken to balance out the energy consumption of rezoning and tearing down single-family homes to build townhouses along major

roads. The EnerGuide requirement will not be applied to any townhouses that are connected to a district energy utility or those which have installed proven renewable energy systems — such as solar panels — that provide at least 51 per cent of energy requirements.

According to the report, the City of Vancouver and Township of Langley have already adopted an 82 EnerGuide rating.

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“I know my kids have said to us, ‘Hey “Stuff.” We all have it; probably more mom and dad you gotta clean up your than we need; especially if we’re living in a house,’” quipped Pauls, a 77 year-old with singe-family home or large apartment but our four adult children and nine grandchildren. children are now adults and living elsewhere.

One guest speaker will be real estate agent If that’s the case, it may be time to think Sabrina Shaw, who sees a trend developing about how to make life a bit easier and more amongst aging people in the city. streamlined instead of tripping “There’s a bulk of people over all that “stuff” that’s taking who are beginning to think, There’s a bulk of ‘maybe we want to do more up an unoccupied bedroom. people who are and have less,’” said Shaw.

Well ponder no more, as CARP Richmond-Delta is She said people often beginning to hosting a free seminar on downmake the mistake of wanting think,‘maybe sizing for aging baby boomers to find a place that fits the at Minoru Place Seniors Centre dining room set, however, she we want to do Thursday at 1 p.m. others are there to assist more and have and people in considering finding “It’s the sequence of life less.’ a new set that fits their actual where you get to the point needs. where the kids leave and Sabrina Shaw you have to downsize things “Younger generations don’t and simplify things,” said want the dining room table Victor Pauls, chair of CARP or the tea sets. …And we see Richmond, a volunteer organization that people holding on to things for sentimental promotes healthy and active aging. reasons,” said Shaw.

The seminar — billed as ‘Don’t let your Shaw said people who have lost a spouse stuff keep you from moving’ — will see or those who are in a second marriage are presentations from a real estate agent, a often in need of organizational help before personal organizer and a senior residence selling their home. consultant.

“When people get to midlife — and Pauls said the target audience is anyone they’ve amassed a lot of stuff and those who is either considering moving out of their things have served them well — they come to home for a smaller place or anyone who a point where they need to do away with (the wants to de-clutter their home. stuff),” noted Shaw.

The ultimate goal is to promote a more Also speaking at the event will be Susan active lifestyle, free of the material objects Borax, a professional organizer, and Geoff that are no longer needed.

Cowman, a senior residence consultant.

“I think it will be a meaningful thing for a Among many things, Cowman will be able lot of people,” said Pauls. to speak specifically to moving into care The retired dentist also noted planning for homes for older seniors, said Pauls. retirement is much different than it was 20A second seminar takes place Sep. 18 at plus years ago. He said housing affordability McKee Seniors Centre in Ladner at 7 p.m. in Metro Vancouver is a major consideration CARP is developing a number of other for those thinking about downsizing. upcoming seminars on issues related to active He also said many people may be like him, aging. See www.carp.ca and search for the in so much that they still have children and Richmond chapter for more information. grandchildren to entertain but require help Staff Reporter gwood@richmond-news.com

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Local tour group aims to reunite bus crash victims Graeme Wood

Staff Reporter gwood@richmond-news.com

Three people remain in critical condition after a tour bus chartered by a Richmondbased company rolled over on the Coquihalla Highway last week.

The bus — contracted by Super Vacation Canada, headquartered on Anderson Road, just northeast of Granville Avenue and No. 3 Road — appeared to lose control before rolling into a ditch on the highway south of Merritt Thursday. All 56 people aboard sustained varying injuries.

A spokesman for Super Vacation (which claims to be the largest Chinese tour operator in North America) said the bus was returning to Vancouver from a trip to the Rocky Mountains when it rolled over.

Most of the passengers on the bus were tourists from the U.S. and Southeast Asia, said the company’s director of services Nick Kam, who noted his company chartered the bus from Western Bus Lines.

“I would like to emphasize this is one of the most mainstream bus companies,” said Kam, speaking to English and Chinese media from his office in Richmond.

He said he had little information on the condition of the bus driver.

“The driver is a Caucasian and very experienced,” said Kam. He said Super Vacation has since helped families reunite with one another as passengers were sent to different hospitals in the Interior, such as Kamloops and Kelowna.

“We try our own best to assist the customers,” said Kam. He said eight to 10 people were working in the Richmond offices Thursday night to find the locations of each customer. He said he has received many calls from families.

Health officials have said the victims of the crash are improving in hospital; however, three people remain in critical condition.

Two of the patients were in serious condition and 22 remained in hospital, as of Monday. Eight of them are being treated at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, while 14 are at Kelowna Hospital. The rest are scattered across Metro Vancouver hospitals.

RCMP Sgt. Brian Nightingale said the dash-cam footage, captured by a truck traveling behind the bus, indicates speed was likely not a factor, leaving human error or mechanical failure as possible causes.

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EDITORIAL OPINION

Be wary of whopper merger Burger King and Tim Hortons are merging, making a giant fast food conglomerate poised to take over the world.

And media on both sides of the 49th parallel have been making much of the fact that the HQ for this new megacorporation will be based in Canada, not the United States.

The reason seems to be one of tax savings. Money from international operations that returns to head office will now be taxed at the Canadian rate, rather than the American one.

And the Canadian rate has been lower for some years.

In fact, many western

countries have a lower corporate tax rate than the U.S. Britain is lower, Italy is lower, even France’s highest corporate tax rate is 33 per cent, below the maximum 39 per cent U.S. rate.

Several countries in Europe are actually planning to reduce their rates further in the future.

But those other countries don’t share a border and a longstanding trade pact with the U.S. So if you had to relocate your corporate headquarters, would you choose Canada, or…?

In the short run, this means (mostly) good things for Canada. Bringing corporate headquarters here means more

money for our treasury, and at least theoretically more jobs for Canadians. The threat is that this can easily become a race to the bottom.

Our world is structured so that moving corporations, and goods, and jobs, is relatively easy. But for people, flitting around the world is not so simple.

We could see a day, in the near future, when we are faced with a choice of cutting taxes again and again, or watching corporations and jobs vanish over the horizon.

It won’t be a pleasant choice for Canada, whichever way we jump.

COLUMN

It’s broken...and it needs fixing

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political systems, notably as our political InTheHouse at the provincial level. The system broken down book’s authors, Alison Loat to the point where it Staff Name and Michael MacMillan, threatens democracy itself?

Editor conducted more than 80 That grim scenario is raised in a new book that interviews with former MPs suggests the political system, to gauge what they’d learned at the federal level at least, has deteriorated from their years spent in the House of into a cynical, out-of-touch process where Commons. a tiny group of individuals exert control at It is somewhat dispiriting to discover that every turn and leave everyone else feeling many of them left federal politics feeling disillusioned and almost irrelevant. disillusioned and even embarrassed by their Titled Tragedy in the Commons: Former experiences. Many of them cite various Members of Parliament Speak Out About reasons for these feelings: the power wielded Canada’s Failing Democracy, the book over them by political leaders, “back office paints a sobering picture of a federal political forces” and the political parties themselves, arena that has increasingly, largely because a lack of resources to do their job, and the of the actions of those in it, strained its insistence they follow the party line. credibility with the very people it is supposed Now, I’ve often found that some rookie to serve. politicians who excitedly enter government While some of the authors’ conclusions (or Opposition) can quickly feel an (and solutions for fixing the problem) can overwhelming sense of disappointment when certainly be challenged, the book does raise they discover their political careers don’t turn some relevant issues for our country’s other out to be quite as they had imagined going in.

A big part of the problem is the harsh traditions and realities of our parliamentary system itself. There is little equality in it, for example, as the government side holds so much more power than the Opposition parties. As well, there are huge power gaps between backbenchers and cabinet ministers.

There is also a childish and phony nature to the system. Our MPs (and MLAs) are subject to silly forms of discipline (go sit in the back!) for daring to question the party line, and question period is often simply political theatre where politicians are more actors (some worse than others) playing to the cameras than anything else.

Finally, real naked political power resides in the leader’s office. Always has, and (unless the system undergoes profound change) it always will (at least, in a majority government). How much power often depends on the leader in the office.

There is widespread evidence of the strict controlling nature of Prime Minister Stephen Harper when it comes to not only

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But while Harper may have taken the leader’s office penchant for control to new heights (or lows, depending on your point of view), he’s hardly the first prime minister to consolidate power in his office. Pierre Trudeau, Brian Mulroney and Jean Chretien were hardly known for their magnanimous views towards the Opposition or even their own caucus (Trudeau once famously labelled MPs as “nobodies”).

While many of the assertions of the ex-MPs interviewed for his book may be dismissed as sour grapes, there’s no question that collectively they all point to an alarming erosion in the health of the country’s most important democratic institution.

The steady decline in voter turnout is further evidence of that.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC. Keith.Baldrey@globalnews.ca

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Readers weigh in on teacher debate

The Editor, It does not take an economist to figure out that teachers are losing more money than they would ever gain in a BCTF negotiated five-year contract (eight per cent over five years).

How the Premier could continue insisting that the strike is exclusively a “teachermoney” issue does not wash. It’s just what she wants the public to believe.

There is no mistaking that a two-tiered education system is taking shape in this province with private schools getting increased funding every year at the expense of public schools.

Those facts are readily available.

All taxpayers should be red-flagging

Open letter to Premier Clark, Please bring the funding and resources to the bargaining table to properly deal with the learning needs of BC students.

Please do not hold bargaining up any longer just because you don’t like the court case rulings.

Bargaining means give and take, but

this assault on the right for quality public education for all the children in this province, not just those who are in private schools.

Premier Clark is doing everything in her power (and using your tax dollars to fund it) to detract from the fact that she has lost two Supreme Court appeals and is panicking that a third loss is coming.

How is she going to pay for the inevitable big bill coming her way?

I suspect that keeping the teachers out of schools is her idea because it will put a whole lot of money into the government coffers.

She is sitting in a mess of her own making.

Janet Henri Richmond

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Shame on the Liberal government for the chaos that it has created in public education since 2002.

It thinks it is above the law and acts like a bully in the school yard.

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Disney’s latest sensation Frozen was the ironic last call for summer as part of a free, outdoor movie night on the Richmond Olympic Oval Plaza on Sunday. The event, which was a wrap-up for the City of Richmond’s “Summer PlayDays,” also had games, facepainting and emergency service displays. Photos by Gord Goble/ Special to the News.

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San Pedro wins B.C. Juvenile title in playoff Victory caps busy summer for Steveston-London Grade 11 student Richmond’s Diego San Pedro captured the B.C. Juvenile Boys Championship in dramatic fashion last week at the Royalwood Golf Course in Chilliwack.

The Steveston-London secondary student rallied to defeat Jaewook Lee in a playoff.

San Pedro’s extra a hole tee shot found the middle of the fairway, while Lee drained his into the water hazard. His opponent’s error and added stroke left the 16-year-old some breathing room despite eventually bogeying the hole.

“I knew I had a good chance (to win) because going into the final Jaewook was 4-under and I was -2, and I felt a little pumped on the first tee so that’s always a good start. It’s good to pull it off in the end,” San Pedro said.

After sitting comfortably in third place and within strokes of the lead on both days one and two, the Shaughnessy Golf Club junior made a surge for the title with just a few holes remaining to play.

He forced the playoff thanks to a final round that included an eagle and two birdies that left him tied for first at 6-under. He fired rounds of 69-73-68.

“On hole 14, the par-5, I had a chip and I told

them to take the flag out because I knew I had a chance to chip it in and it went in,” he added.

“So I fist pumped a little bit and that got me going real fast, the adrenaline started coming and I finished strong.”

Lee (72-68-70), 15, led after the second round and remained even at the turn, but applied some pressure with a pair of late-round birdies to hold on to his share of the lead and force the playoff.

Other local scores included Richmond Country Club’s Nicolas Miu (70-79-76) finishing 19th, while Michael Crisologo of Marine Drive was 20th (8272-72).

The victory capped a busy competitive season for San Pedro which began by helping StevestonLondon finish second at the B.C. Secondary Schools Golf Championships. He also placed 13th overall at the B.C. Junior Boys Championship and played for Team B.C. at last month’s 42nd annual America’s Cup which was held on his home course.

San Pedro fired rounds of 78-74-78 to finish tied for 15th in the 71-player field that included competitors from 12 western states, two Canadian provinces and Mexico.

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Sockeyes host defending champs in pre-season tune-up Richmond Sockeyes play their only preseason game Thursday night when a familiar opponent returns to Minoru Arenas.

The defending Pacific Junior Hockey League champion Aldergrove Kodiaks will be in town for a 7:30 p.m. face-off. It’s the first meeting between the two teams since the Kodiaks captured the league title with a 5-1 game seven victory at Minoru back on March 31.

The Sockeyes coaching staff, led by Judd Lambert, is busy finalizing its roster in preparation for the club’s regular season opener Sept. 11 when Grandview visits Richmond.

Some returning players already include forwards Mathew Bissett, Daniel Oakley,

Mac Colasimone and Troy Kaczynski. The blueline will be anchored by veterans Trevor Lima and Jordan Andrews. Kurt Russell gives the Sockeyes experience in net.

Expect the club to have another impressive rookie class. Last season John Wesley led the team in scoring as a 16-year-old and was named rookie-of-the-year. He has since signed with the Western Hockey League’s Vancouver Giants.

Richmond also made a trade last week, sending 18-year-old forward Carson Rose to the Langley Knights for future considerations. Rose had 19 points in 37 games last season.

The Knights are the former North Delta Devils franchise.

Head coach Judd Lambert (right) is back behind the Richmond Sockeyes bench this season.

Olympic Oval hosting first ever TAFISA World Martial Arts Games

Over 300 competitors from around the globe will be competing in the first-ever TAFISA World Martial Arts Games at the Richmond Olympic Oval this weekend The competitive portion of the event starts Friday and features martial arts ranging from the exotic – such as Xtreme, Musical, and Chinese Weapons Forms – to the action-packed grapple and point sparring forms. Athletes will compete to earn medals designed by 2010 Olympic

Games medal designer Corrine Hunt.

Before the competition begins, however, the games will open with free public participation martial arts demonstrations from 1:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Demonstrations will include Taekwondo, Sambo, Hapkido, and Jiu-Jitsu. Here participants can learn the basics of each sport from trained Masters and try their hands at activities such as board breaking.

“The City of Richmond is delighted to

host this prestigious international event,” said Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie.

“The Richmond Olympic Oval is a worldclass venue and we look forward to watching some of the world’s best compete and perform here in their chosen martial art.”

Countries competing in the event include Austria, Azerbaijan, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, India, Pakistan, Poland, South Africa, Uganda and the United States.

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Tickets to the event are $30 for a 3-day pass or $15 per day. They are available online at tickets.richmond2014.com or at the door.

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s a baby, she had spent some time in ICU and being a child with Down syndrome has meant she needs extra attention throughout her childhood development. Thanks to Variety - The Children’s Charity and resources available in Richmond, Emily has become a powerhouse martial arts student and her self-esteem flourishes with every milestone.

Funding support from Variety helped Emily to access a specialized developmental program - taekwondo lessons at Richmond’s Sirota’s Alchemy.

It’s one of the very few martial arts organizations that offer classes for children who have special needs, which are therapeutic in nature. Being involved

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in activities gives Emily the opportunities to continually stimulate her mental and physical development whether it’s improving her balance or counting skills.

Emily works one-on-one with her instructor and her mom Gina, is amazed at her progress. “Her instructor is extremely patient with her – but pushes her a little bit each time. He managed to help her to do things that she never thought she could do.”

Emily can now read some of the basic words in her favourite stories and is able to do simple addition. Her self-confidence has blossomed to the point where she feels comfortable speaking with new people she meets, helping her to become more engaged with her community.

“Variety sees the children we help as the real champions and they are achieving little victories every day,” says Bernice Scholten, executive director of Variety - The Children’s Charity, “Our funding support represents the collective support of many donors and corporate partners, so we’re all celebrating Emily together as a team.”

For close to 50 years, Variety – The Children’s Charity has provided lifesaving, life-changing and life-enriching support for families with children who have special needs in Richmond and across British Columbia. To learn more about the grant application process or how to support Variety, visit www.variety.bc.ca.

The Golden Heart Award honours B.C. individuals who have made significant philanthropic and leadership contributions in the community and is Variety’s highest mark of distinction. Learn more at www.variety.bc.ca.

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