Richmond News January 27 2016

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City of Richmond’s demands if a bridge must be built: ! Zero or positive impact on farmland ! Region-wide mobility pricing (a fair toll) ! Alleviate Oak Street Bridge congestion ! Improve local road network at no cost to city ! Ensure bridge is compatible with regional growth strategy ! Pedestrian and cycling access to overpasses/ interchanges ! Iconic bridge design ! Ensure new transit stops supplied by TransLink bus routes

demonstrate outside of the hotel that was hosting the only open house in Richmond for the Massey Tunnel Replacement Project. Photo

by Alan Campbell

NEWS: Historical society supports city’s decision to axe trees 4

NEWS: Block Watch captain wonders who’s minding the ship 5

Residents rally to ‘Stop the Bridge’ Alan Campbell and Graeme Wood Staff Reporters gwood@richmond-news.com

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grassroots group of Richmond farmers and residents weathered the rain Tuesday to protest outside of the city’s only open house on the proposed Massey Tunnel Replacement Project.

The group, called Farmwatch, was trying to make its presence felt outside of the Sandman Signature Hotel on Edwards Drive in north Richmond with its “Stop the Bridge — Rally for the Massey Tunnel.”

Ironically, the B.C. government’s open house was being hosted at a hotel in the shadow of the Oak Street Bridge, where all concerned — project proponents and naysayers — have admitted the current traffic bottleneck will get worse if the new, 10-lane, $3.5 billion toll bridge is built further south on Highway 99.

Farmwatch, which is concerned about the degradation of farmland and farm ecosystems, is backing Richmond city council’s now vehement opposition to the bridge.

“So many questions about the bridge project remain unanswered and, as usual, there has not been proper public consultation,” said Farmwatch spokesperson Kimi Hendess.

Hendess wasn’t confident of getting any more answers at Tuesday’s open house, adding that, “so much of what is out there already is just lies.”

“There is simply no logical traffic rationale for the bridge and the information that’s out there is totally skewed.”

Hendess said it was clear from FOIs the group obtained that there have been email conversations between Port Metro Vancouver and the provincial government.

“It’s clear that the port is behind this project,” said Hendess.

“The (Massey) tunnel is the gatekeeper for the river. If that gets taken away…”

Hendess said a twinned tunnel is the only way forward and dismissed the B.C. government’s claim that there will be an actual net gain in farmland in Richmond as a result of the 3.5-kilometre bridge being built.

“There are no details on this supposed net gain, but it looks like we’re set to lose an entire swathe at the back of No. 5 Road,” said Hendess.

B.C.’s transportation minister, Todd Stone, said at a press conference in December there would be a gain of farmland in Richmond, but couldn’t provide any specifics as to how that was going to happen.

A second open house for the project is being held today (Wednesday), Jan. 27 in Delta, from 2 p.m. to 8p.m. in the Delta Town

& Country Inn, 6005 Highway 17A.

" Council debate bridge option

Prior to the protest, at a meeting on Monday night, Richmond city councillors debated the project, with accusations of conspiracy theories rebounding around city hall.

Councillors Alexa Loo and Ken Johnston support the proposed bridge while the majority of council prefer a new or improved tunnel. Coun. Chak Au said he wanted more information to compare the two options.

However, council unanimously approved a set of demands if the bridge is built.

One of the demands is for improved traffic flow along the Oak Street Bridge. However, achieving this likely means having to get support from the City of Vancouver, whose council has generally taken measures to restrict the flow of traffic into its city, rather than ease it.

Richmond’s council is asking Vancouver to address congestion at the intersection of 70th Avenue and Oak Street, which is thought to be a major contributor to the bridge’s northbound bottleneck.

“We need to be working together,” said Coun. Linda McPhail, but Coun. Bill McNulty expressed scepticism that Vancouver would get on board.

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Mall re-development planned Boy describes gun pointed at dad’s head

Graeme Wood

Staff Reporter gwood@richmond-news.com

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he first phase of a new development that aims to transform downtown Richmond could break ground as early as two to three years from today.

Jim Cox, executive vice-president for Vanprop Investments, said his company is in the early stages of presenting a plan to the City of Richmond, to redevelop the 50-acre Lansdowne Centre site it owns.

“We expect to build several phases while the mall stays open,” said Cox of the plan that is expected to take up to 20 years to complete.

“Eventually, the mall will be replaced but we’ll have as much retail in the new development as we have now,” said Cox. The basic concept of the development is outlined in the city’s Official Community Plan to 2041.

Cox said the idea is to create a development that acts as the “heart for Richmond.”

The site will accommodate commercial retail as well as high and medium density residential developments.

Cox said the company is willing to work with the city to build a new, 10-acre park (in exchange for densification), as well as a large public plaza.

“It will be much more street-oriented,” said Cox, who expects the site to be divided by two new north-south roads (likely extensions of Cooney Road and Hazelbridge Way) as well as a new east-west road, connecting No. 3 Road and Kwantlen Street.

Cox said the idea to divide the site with more streets is to provide for more transportation, but also to promote a more pedestrian-friendly area.

One of the things we’re really trying to do is create a place where people go out and explore,” said Cox. Vanprop Investments and city planners will have to look into the future when creating a master plan for the site.

For instance, Cox noted automobile use could change; cars could be automated or use of them could fall, particularly in and around the site, which is adjacent to the Canada Line.

Keith Fraser

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" A concept map shows how new roads — in purple — would access a re-developed Lansdowne Centre site, making it more pedestrian friendly. The green marks park area. Photo submitted

The redevelopment will serve as an important link for Richmond residents as Lansdowne Road, which runs along the southern portion of the site, is to act as a transit and pedestrian link between the Garden City Lands and the Richmond Olympic Oval, as well as a planned waterfront park.

Lansdowne represents one-sixth of the downtown, or City Centre area where the city projects to have 31,000 residents living by 2041.

The city’s 2041 conceptual (OCP) area plan shows the park along Lansdowne Road, residential towers to the west, and medium-density developments in the central and eastern portions of the lot.

Cox said the OCP is a guide and some details could change.

Last January, city spokesperson Ted Townsend called the plan “conceptual” and said that how the site is specifically developed will depend on the rezoning process.

Pedestrian dies after Steveston crash Alan Campbell

Staff Reporter acampbell@richmond-news.com

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he 69-year-old pedestrian, struck by a car in Steveston last Tuesday morning, has died in hospital.

Richmond RCMP released a statement on Friday morning saying that the man had “succumbed to his injuries.”

“Our thoughts are with the man’s family and friends at this difficult time,” said police spokesperson Const. Adriana Peralta.

Mounties are not naming the victim, citing privacy laws.

The accident happened as the man walked across Dyke Road, just a few yards south of the intersection with London Road, at around 11 a.m.

The car involved, a Chevrolet sedan, was being driven by a 77-yearold and appeared to be travelling

north at the time.

According to Richmond RCMP, the driver stayed at the scene and has been cooperating with police. Speed and alcohol are not factors in the incident.

At the time, police said the pedestrian was rushed to hospital with “life-threatening injuries.”

There is a construction site to the west side of the crash scene, but it’s unclear whether the sidewalk is fully accessible and whether it played a part in the incident. Anyone with information on this collision is asked to contact Const. Jenkins at 604278-1212.

" Teen still missing

The Richmond teen who was last reportedly seen on Jan. 18 near the intersection of No. 3 Road and Westminster Highway, remains missing.

Joshua Chamanya is a 17-year-old

African-Canadian male, 5’ 7” tall (170 cm), weighing 150 Lbs (68 kg).

He has short black hair and brown eyes.

“Our investigators have been following a number of possible leads and sightings,” said Const.

Adriana Peralta on Friday.

Joshua was last seen wearing a black hoodie with " Joshua dark skateboarder Chamanya style pants.

Cpl. Dennis Hwang, of the Richmond RCMP, says, “Joshua is a good student and this behaviour is out of the norm for him. His family, friends and police are concerned for his well-being.”

seven-year-old boy on Monday testified behind a screen in court in the case of two men accused of kidnapping the Richmond youngster and his father.

The boy, who was five years old at the time of the August 2013 incident, sat beside his grandmother as he gave testimony in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver.

Under questioning from Crown counsel Jeremy Hermanson, the boy, who can be identified only by the initials J.L. due to a publication ban, told a jury that he was telling the truth when he gave a statement to police shortly after the incident.

In the videotaped statement, which was played for the jury, the I was feeling that Daddy boy is seen telling a female police officer was going to be killed.” that at the time of the – --  incident, he and his father were leaving his father’s Richmond hotel to get some food.

In the parkade of the hotel, the boy says in the video, some guys sneaked up on them and then his father opened the door of his parked Mercedes SUV. “One of the guys was holding a gun and aiming at my dad,” the boy said.

Asked by the officer later in the interview how he felt when the gun was being pointed at his dad, the boy replied: “I was feeling that Daddy was gonna be killed.”

The boy told the cop that after the gun was pointed, his father was put in the back seat with him and that he himself was put in the car seat.

One of the “bad guys” got behind the wheel of the vehicle and drove it out of the parkade, but police soon arrived, said the boy.

Asked what he thought when the police arrived, the boy said: “The bad guys were going to jail.”

Under questioning from Hermanson, the boy told the jury that when he and his dad were confronted by the men, his dad’s hands were handcuffed behind him.

“Who was handcuffing your dad?” said Hermanson.

“One of the robbers,” the boy told the jury.

The two accused, Donald Stalker and Raymond Truong, have pleaded not guilty to several kidnapping-related charges.

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Wedge told the jury not to draw any negative inferences either against the boy or the accused for the boy testifying behind a screen in court.

At the time of the abduction, the boy’s father, who can be identified only by the initials B.L., was in possession of $300,000 in cash.

Several versions of what the money was for were offered during B.L.’s testimony in court last week.

In one version, he said he had picked up the cash from a money exchange in Richmond, money that had been transferred to Canada from a man in China.

At the time of the alleged kidnapping, B.L. said, he was transporting the money to the Chinese man, who he said was in B.C. and wanted the cash to do some gambling.

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Conspiracy talk raised From page 1 Richmond councillors have taken issue with the limited information provided to the city and council, to date.

Brodie and other councillors, in concert with the protestors, have also expressed scepticism that the bridge is only intended to alleviate traffic congestion. It has been suggested the Ministry of Transportation and Port Metro Vancouver have ulterior motives for the bridge related to opening the Fraser River up to deep sea ships. Coun. Derek Dang suggested “someone from the Ministry of Transportation is sitting on the Grassy Knoll writing this report.”

To which Johnston replied: “I don’t believe in conspiracy theories,” and suggested anyone who does, should be watching X-Files.

Johnston, a former BC Liberal MLA, and president of a delivery company, said, “maybe they’re interested in (a bridge) because it has nothing to do with ship traffic but that it has to do with getting the trucks through.”

Johnston also questioned environmental concerns, given the bridge will alleviate idling at the tunnel (for 20 years).

Coun. Harold Steves countered that there is no plan to alleviate northbound idling at the Oak Street Bridge and the bridge is an attempt to “Richmondize” Delta by opening up

the South Fraser region to development. He added that there would be little incentive to add a light rail system within 20 years as it would undermine tolling revenue.

Loo espoused the virtues of the new bridge, saying the toll would be less than $10, the current minimum wage, and, on average, a driver will save over an hour each day by using the bridge.

“Time is money. …At the end of the day, you’re further ahead,” said Loo. Steves said the option to build a bridge only came to fruition over the last few years, after the port began lobbying the province for it.

One issue at large is earthquake readiness.

Steves contended the existing tunnel could be retrofitted for seismic upgrades. But Loo said a bridge makes more sense in an emergency.

At the council meeting, Alex Nixon, of the Richmond Poverty Response Committee, said his organization opposed a bridge toll that would disproportionately impact low-income Richmondites.

John Terborg, a water systems engineer, told council the bridge project appeared to lack a connection between regional transportation planning and land-use planning.

Council also agreed to send a letter, however symbolic it may be, to the Canadian government to express its opposition to the project.

Society supports city axing trees " Some trees in Steveston Town Square Park have been removed to accommodate a re-developed landscape with a new garden theme.

Graeme Wood

Staff Reporter gwood@richmond-news.com

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he Steveston Historical Society is backing up the city in its response to concerns about tree removal in a small, but cherished, park on Moncton Street next to the Steveston Post Office.

Steveston Town Square Park is in the midst of being redeveloped to incorporate a Japanese garden featuring a garden ornament known as a suikinkutsu.

But some residents have voiced concern about changes to the park, including trees being cut down.

The society suggests, via its website, that four trees were removed: one large tree at the front, as well as a cherry, apple and maple tree in the back.

According to the City of Richmond’s arborist’s report, the large tree was found to be in “poor condition;” the apple and cherry trees had “suppressed growth” and were also found to be in “poor condition,” while the cherry tree was also “susceptible” to a beetle infestation; and the maple tree would not have survived the redevelopment (grade change).

This supports the city’s assess-

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ment of the trees which were examined in conjunction with the redevelopment.

The society also addressed how the park redevelopment came to be.

“The rebuilding of the garden has been done in conjunction with the Steveston Historical Society Building Committee, City Staff and Japanese Master Gardeners.”

Unlike other recent park redevelopments, such as Lang Park — a small park in City Centre — the town square park never had public consultation.

City of Richmond spokesperson Ted Townsend said the town square park plan was a minor project. He added that it was approved by Richmond city council last June and the public had an opportunity to speak to the plan at that time.

The plan presented to council showed a landscape architect’s

overlay of the park park. There was no mention of an arborist report in the report to council. Months later the city went ahead with the tree removal.

Loren Slye, president of the society, said the redevelopment was a result of the recent renovation of the Japanese Fishermen’s Benevolent Society building adjacent to the park.

He said the three aforementioned groups decided a Japanese garden was befitting of the park.

He noted the English rose garden and picket fence along Moncton will remain, to compliment the post office, while the back of the park will feature the suikinkutsu — a special Japanese ornament that drips water to create sound — to compliment the Japanese building. The society noted Coun. Bill McNulty procured the ornament on a council-related trip to Japan.

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Who’s watching Block Watch?

Graeme Wood

Staff Reporter gwood@richmond-news.com

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o you have a Block Watch captain on your street or in your apartment building? The odds are you don’t, but even if you do, it’s unclear if that person is active in the citizen-led, anti-crime program. Furthermore, it’s unclear who is in charge of Richmond’s Block Watch program.

That’s the position of Block Watch advocates Graham Boyle and Ken Frail, a retired Vancouver Police officer.

“Who is picking up this responsibility?” asked Frail.

Last January, the two Seafair neighbourhood residents organized a town hall meeting at Richmond City Hall after 2014 marked at least a five-year high for residential break-ins.

At the time, promises to close substantial gaps in the Block Watch program and increase participation were made by the City of Richmond, city councillors and the Richmond RCMP, said Boyle.

Since then, little seems to have changed and the two told the Richmond News they’re frustrated that there appears to be a communication gap between the police force and the city.

“Who sees to it that residents are connected to police?” asked Frail.

“I still don’t see any initiatives to expand the program. It appears they (the city and police) don’t even meet to talk about it,” added Frail.

Richmond’s Block Watch program has not improved in the past year. File photo

Boyle said he has two major concerns.

First, despite his advocacy over the last year, he’s uncertain who, if anyone, is administering the program from the city’s side of things. Second, while he said one RCMP officer is doing a “great job” on the Block Watch program, there is a fear that he may be transferred.

Furthermore, other than that one officer, there was a turnover of other officers in and out of Block Watch meetings.

“We haven’t been extremely happy with what’s been going on with city council, but the RCMP has been cooperative,” said Boyle.

Coun. Derek Dang told the News “there seems to be a hole in the system.”

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Dang said he wasn’t sure who the eexact point-person is for Block Watch but believed it was with the RCMP. He acknowledged the program needs a “kick start” and in doing so an inventtory of organizers and participants is important.

Coun. Bill McNulty, chair of the city’s ccommunity safety committee, said he w wasn’t sure who is in charge of Block W Watch.

“I think the RCMP thinks they are, but I don’t really know,” said McNulty.

Following last year’s town hall meeting, tthe RCMP has reported participation sstatistics to the city’s safety committee.

As of November, the city had 9,677 Block Watch participants in 409 groups.

Last January, the city estimated the program had about 400 groups (typically a small street or portion thereof). Also, the program has 540 Block Watch captains and co-captains.

Frail is one of those captains but he’s been waiting for a long-promised survey to see just how many of the captains are active, or even still living in Richmond.

McNulty said he’s been asking for such details every meeting.

“All I can do is ask. …We need an updated status,” he said.

Understanding the scope of Block Watch activity is only the first step, said Frail, who said he would preferably be working on improving and expanding the program, such as finding synergies with emergency response plans.

“Why does it take so bloody long for the leadership to respond?” asked Frail.

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Domestic violence in the spotlight at conference Alan Campbell

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conference shining the light on how culture intertwines with domestic violence is being hosted in Richmond on Wednesday.

The Richmond-based Chimo Community Services is hosting Our Voices Against Violence 2016, which will explore various social and cultural considerations when working with victims of family violence and abuse.

Keynote speaker at the conference — being held Jan. 27 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Executive Airport Plaza Hotel, 7311 Westminster Hwy — will be Surrey’s Kamal Dhillon, domes-

tic violence counsellor and author of Black & Blue Sari, an autobiographical account of her life with an abusive spouse.

Dhillon has been acclaimed as an inspirational speaker on domestic violence and her book is an autobiographical account of the abuse and torment she suffered at the hands of her husband after her marriage.

Her story recounts the cost of leaving a toxic relationship and how the transition can empower you.

Since the release of her book in 2009, Dhillon has made appearances on both radio and television and she has been the speaker and workshop facilitator at numerous venues including secondary schools, community events,

places of worship, and conferences.

A mother of four and grandmother of two, Dhillon has been described as “an individual with the ability to encourage both men and women to action” and has been the recipient of numerous awards.

Chimo hopes the conference will increase awareness and understanding of how family violence affects individuals and the community of Richmond at-large, as well as exploring the culturally-sensitive and appropriate intervention strategies.

For more information on Chimo Community Services or the Our Voices Against Violence Conference, call 604-279-2077 go online to chimoservices.com.

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LETTERSto the Editor Loo out of Bridge puts farmland at risk

touch on tunnel replacement

Dear Editor, With all due respect, we had a real sense of “deja vu” when reading that Coun. Alexa Loo voted to support the bridge replacing the Massey Tunnel, against the wishes of more than 90 per cent of voters who do not support it.

To quote Loo, “….(it) is going to be tremendous in terms of economic growth by getting more cars moving.”

What?

Tremendous because cars will now be moved a few miles down the road to a new Oak Street bottleneck?

And how does “moving cars” a few miles down the road equate to “economic growth”? Economic growth? Where? How? It looks more like $3.5 billion of my tax money flushed down the toilet when it could instead go to schools, health care and social services.

Is Loo aware that the bridge is nothing but a gateway for handling jet fuel, coal, and LNG which are deadly, explosive, carcinogenic materials?

While an argument may be made that Loo has no idea what the issues are concerning the bridge, one thing is certain, she is certainly out of touch with voters — again.

Interesting thing in B.C. though, voters have a long memory.

J.J. West Richmond

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Park decision just plain wrong Open letter to Mayor Brodie and Council: The letters by Kathleen Beaumont (Heritage plans need an update,” Letters Jan. 8) and Ray Arnold (Killing trees no way to kill a garden,” Letters Nov. 27, 2015) in the local paper regarding the little park beside the (Steveston) post office is in my opinion, shared by many local residents.

I’m sure if the public had been consulted, they most certainly would not have given approval to allow the destruction of this once beautiful park.

My banking is done at the Royal Bank across the street and each time I’m in the area the feelings of anger and disgust for the officials who gave permission for this devastation surfaces once again.

I had written a letter to Coun. Carol Day on this subject and had stated there were other options for the old building that had been jammed

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Steveston is the largest commercial fishing harbour in Canada, one spill and that is all over.

Sure, the port will hire more people but ports are now very automated and they do not require a lot of workers.

At the end of the day we risk more jobs than we gain and the motorists and taxpayers pay for the bridge so that the Port Metro Vancouver can make greater profits.

I suggest the increase in port operations be moved to Prince Rupert. It is the third-deepest port in the world and they are already expanding.

Prince Rupert requires no bridge, no dredging and the commerce will benefit the Canadian economy.

The difference is simply money in the pocket of the Prince Rupert Port Corporation versus the Port Metro Vancouver.

Why risk our jobs and farmland? Why would we pay for a bridge to line the pockets of the Port Metro Vancouver when there is a safer alternative?

Scott Stewart Richmond

in this beautiful little park; it could have been moved to Third Ave. beside the old court house building.

Whoever made the decision to put this old building in the present location should certainly be banned from ever making decisions regarding Richmond parks!

Geraldine Wray Richmond

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Dear Editor, By now it should be obvious to even the casual observer that without improvements to the corridor through Vancouver the George Massey Bridge will not improve motor vehicle traffic flow, indeed the intent is to improve marine traffic flow in the Fraser River.

The new bridge will allow oil tankers for the airport fuel farm, coal barges and ocean-going cargo vessels.

Imagine the tourists in Steveston enjoying a coffee as the great tankers and coal barges pass.

The dredging that will be required to deepen the channel will allow greater salinization of the river.

Presently, farmers use the river for irrigation.

With more salt in the water that will come to an end.

So, there will be job loss in the farming community too. Prices at the green grocer will climb if the farmers are forced to use metered city water on their crops.

What impact will the increase in heavy marine traffic have on the fishing community? Presently,

Digging deep

T

he “Port Metro Bridge” is a dubious gift and Richmond council has resolved that it, “prefers a new or improved tunnel rather than a new bridge.”

That would give priority to Richmond needs in the misnamed “George Massey Tunnel Replacement Project.” (Most of its scenarios wouldn’t replace the tunnel.)

The Garden City Conservation Society agrees with council. After thorough research, we’ve proposed action that features an added two-lane tunnel tube on the upstream side within the tunnel corridor.

At first the new tube would take traffic from the existing tunnel to enable efficient renovation. Later, the tube would enable better transit, possibly as light rail.

The most likely use for the tube would be two, new northbound lanes so that the sixlane tunnel could have a bus/HOV lane in each direction.

At least the bridge project seems ready to finally improve the Highway 99 interchanges. But it ignores the remaining part of an

earthquake-readiness project that’s been unfinished since 2007. At that time, the first of two planned stages — strengthening joints between tunnel segments — was completed.

The second stage, at a similar cost, was planned to increase stability, limiting the risk of earthquake liquefaction. However, the project leader tells me the process is itself too risky. That’s odd, since it was included in the project’s three tunnel/bridge “scenarios” that retained the existing tunnel.

The reality is one way or the other. One way, the sand and silt supporting the tunnel in the riverbed can in fact be stabilized so that it’s safer in an earthquake than pretty much any structure in the area.

The other way, the public was consulted on five options when three of them had been ruled out, leaving only the bridge and an unfeasible replacement-tunnel scenario.

In that case, the bridge had been chosen from the start.

To clear up the confusion, the project should fund independent expert studies about the level of earthquake safety after all steps to improve it.

This brings us to an elephant in the room.

Bridge promoters swear that “Jumbo” isn’t there, but he smells a lot like Port Metro Vancouver. It has trumpeted for years about a deeper channel for larger ships after the tunnel is removed.

“As a federal body here at Port Metro Vancouver, we have supremacy,” said its president, Robin Sylvester, recently. The supreme leader will soon be dredging if the bridge is built. It could be aptly called the Port Metro Bridge.

The deeper ship channel would lead to heavier waves, more erosion and a bigger flood threat.

The salt wedge (ocean water) would flow further up the channel; irrigation water that Richmond farms obtain from the river (via pumping stations and the ditch system) would become too salty.

On the bright side, if we’re stuck with the bridge, we’ll get a lovely westbound off-ramp to Steveston Highway, zipping us from the bridge to the No. 5 Road stoplight car-jam.

For only $3.5 billion.

Or some of those billions could go to better transit.

Jim Wright is president of the Garden City Conservation Society.

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LETTERSto the Editor

Local police a costly option for what gain?

Dear Editor, Re: “Why local policing is best for Richmond,” Opinion, Jan. 20.

We all want a safe community. But is replacing the RCMP with a local police force the right option for our city?

At an estimated $20 million to pay for start-up costs, and an additional $2 to $4 million per year in ongoing costs (dollar amounts provided by a city council report), creating a local police force is an extremely expensive proposition for taxpayers.

In his guest column, Mr. Hobbs appears to be recommending a solution to a problem which is not properly defined or clearly understood.

Is there really a policing problem in Richmond?

Is the city being underserved by the current model of policing?

Does either proposal (local police force or RCMP) make our city safer?

At a time when the economy is stagnant, is it wise to raise taxes and spend millions of additional taxpayers’ dollars on replacing the RCMP in our community?

Richmond’s crime rate is comparable or less than most surrounding communities, and our “cops per resident” ratio also compares very favourably.

Does city hall have some other reason for proposing an expensive switch?

Extensive public education and discussion need to take place for the public to feel confident in any decision

made.

In my opinion, adopting a cooperative, joint working approach with the public, the city and the RCMP to better understand and address residents’ concerns about safety and security needs to be undertaken before we consider making changes to our police force.

Everyone should feel safe where they work and live, everyone deserves peace of mind.

The question is, would the expenditure of millions of dollars, as proposed

by Mr. Hobbs, significantly improve community safety in Richmond?

Rob Howard Richmond

Proposed ‘Boundary Highway’ a better route Dear Editor, I think the George Massey Tunnel Replacement Project is not the right way to go at the current time.

But, we sure need to improve the traffic in this region.

I propose a new plan to merge the traffic pattern at the maximum efficiency for the commute, that is the Boundary Highway Plan!

The Boundary Highway (I named it) not only adds a new

highway, but also reduces the traffic jam on the Highway 99 and the Alex Fraser Bridge.

This highway connects Boundary Road and the Highway 17 with an intersection at Highway 91.

Hopefully, my idea would be considered.

The attached picture is the idea of my Boundary Highway Plan, which is marked as red.

Vincent Li Richmond

" Map showing the proposed Boundary Highway Plan.Photo submitted

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To provide your input: Visit www.LetsTalkRichmond.ca to see the Police Services Discussion Guide and other background materials and fill out the feedback form online.

Attend a public open house:

City Council has extensively reviewed options for the delivery of police services in our community. Based on that review, public input is being sought on two options:

• Thursday, February 18, 5–8 p.m., East Richmond Community Hall, 12360 Cambie Road;

1. continuing the RCMP contract for police services; or

• Saturday, February 20, 10 a.m.–1 p.m., Thompson Community Centre, 5151 Granville Avenue;

2. creating a new, independent Richmond police service, which would contract with other police forces for specialized services, such as homicide investigation, forensic service and emergency response teams.

• Tuesday, February 23, 5–8 p.m., Steveston Community Centre, 4111 Moncton Street; or

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The YMCA is helping seniors, creating its Active Seniors Program following a two-year UBC research project. This program is unique as it is specifically designed for those folks over the age of 55.

Richmond resident Nina Graham, an unstoppable senior in her mid-80’s, participated in this study just to see how she compared with her contemporaries.

Not only did she participate in the study, but afterwards she enrolled in a further course, attended classes, studied hard, passed the test and became a volunteer fitness instructor for this physical activity and wellness program (I told you she was unstoppable).

The Active Seniors program, along with Nina, are changing lives.

Although physical activity is important in aging well, so is socializing and this program provides both.

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Another physically active Richmond senior (also in his 80’s) is George Ing. You may see him walking throughout Steveston or riding his bicycle several times a week, rain or shine, north on Railway headed to the Oval for a workout. George has been active throughout his life, and doesn’t let chronological age slow him down.

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The Richmond Public Library is hosting a “Community Education series” on addiction-related topics. The program runs on Wednesdays from Jan. 27 - Feb. 24 from 3 - 4:30 p.m. in the Community Place Room at the Brighouse (Main) Branch, 7700 Minoru Gate. Interested participants can register for one or all of the topics; however those who attend all five sessions will receive a certificate upon completion. The series is suitable for adults and teens. To register, come in to any Richmond Public Library Branch, call the library at 604-231-6413 or register online using the library’s Event Calendar.

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If you participated in the Harvest Full Moon project this past July, August, and September, or if you only heard about it you are cordially invited to City Centre Community Centre (5900 Minoru Bvld.) on Jan. 28 from 7 - 8:30 p.m. for a community reunion and premiere screening of the Harvest Full Moon Celebration short film.

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Hadwin’s Judgement, the cinematic adaptation of John Vaillant’s Governor General Award-winning novel The Golden Spruce will be screened from 7 - 9 p.m. on Jan. 29 at the Richmond Cultural Centre. It follows ex-logger Grant Hadwin who mysteriously disappeared into the dark waters of Hecate Strait. The film recreates the events that lead up to Hadwin’s decision to cut down Kiidk’yaas, an ancient Golden Sitka spruce sacred to the Haida people. The screening is followed by a question and answer session with Vaillant, Tickets: $12 adults, $10 students/seniors. $10 each for groups of four or more when made in one transaction.

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Richmond Public Library is hosting an informative workshop on funeral arrangement preparation called “Preparing my Final Wishes” Feb. 2 from 7 - 8:30 p.m. in the Community Place Room at the Brighouse (Main) Branch, 7700 Minoru Gate. The workshop will be presented by Frederick Margel, of First Memorial Funeral Service and Dignity Memorial. To register, come in to any Richmond Public Library Branch, call the library at 604-231-6413 or register online using the library’s event calendar.

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Get back to nature with the whole family Feb. 6 at the Richmond Nature Park (11851 Westminster Hwy.) from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Explore the bog through special scavenger and treasure hunts. For more information, call 604-718-6188 or email nature@richmond.ca.

Bring one and all to the Family Fun at West Richmond Community Centre (9180 No. 1 Road) and enjoy activities such as inflatables, gymnastics zone, arts and crafts and a free pancake brunch on Feb. 6 from 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. For More information, call 604-238-8400 or email westrich@richmond. ca.

Ever wanted to be “immortalized” in a cookie? Well, you have that chance Feb. 6 from 1 - 4 p.m. at Branscombe House (4900 Steveston Highway) with the assistance of artist in residence Rhonda Weppler. Budding artists of all ages are invited to drop by to make cookie self portraits by sculpting and painting cookie dough with edible food colour paints and markers.

The Richmond Public Market (1880 - 8260 Westminster Hwy.) will be having a Chinese Calligraphy event on Feb. 6 from 12 - 3 p.m.

Master Wang Feng Ling, vice pPresident and knight of CBCA will be in attendance to demonstrate the Chinese Brush Calligraphy technique.

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ith a cultural background that includes Scottish and Vietnamese ancestry, chef Quang Dang has plenty of heritage to draw on when creating a dish as executive chef at West restaurant.

The Calgary-raised Dang is also an advocate of sustainability and champion of West Coast cuisine, a role he continues to undertake in defining his approach to modern cookery.

His talents and personal take on food will be showcased as one of four renowned chefs at the From the Kitchen to the Boardroom event Jan. 28 at the River Rock Show Theatre.

Dang will kick things off on the menu that evening with the first course — a carrot and beetroot salad with farmhouse chèvre (goat cheese), endive and dijion vinaigrette.

The creation displays the culmination of Dang’s ability as one the city’s top chefs, a status he did not have totally in his sights when he originally moved to Vancouver in 1998.

Back then, he was more focused on finishing his engineering degree and fulfilling his other dream — playing elite field hockey for Canada’s national side.

But a series of part-time positions in the hospitality industry helped sway him as he traded the pitch for the kitchen where his culinary career started to bloom.

Dang graduated to compete in numerous international food competitions, including the prestigious Bocuse D’Or in Lyon, France, the National Chaine des Rotisseurs in Winnipeg and the 2011 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels, Belgium where he represented

" Quang Dang will be one of four of the city’s top

chefs taking part in the From the Kitchen to the Boardroom event Jan. 28 at the River Rock Show Theatre. Photo submitted

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Dang has been at West since 2011 and is thrilled to be back home leading what he considers to be one of the finest culinary and service brigades in the country.

At the From the Kitchen to the Boardroom event — presented in by the Richmond News and Richmond Chamber of Commerce — Dang joins Brett Turner, of Droski/Turner Hospitality Management, Jackie Kia Ellis, of Beaucoup Bakery and Vikram Vij, one of the Canada’s top celebrity chefs.

Together, they will serve up helpings of business experiences and fine food in a unique environment. Tickets are $250 and can be ordered through the chamber at richmondchamber.ca.

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Dr. Peter Froese, executive director of the Federation of Independent School Associations of B.C. (FISABC), was reacting to weekend media reports that enrolment at private schools was dropping, to the benefit of the public system.

Froese pointed to a significant increase — more than 5,000 — in last year’s student enrolment into the private sector, due, in large part, to the teachers’ strike in B.C. “The sector that really grew for us last year was online education, as parents wanted their kids enrolled in a class during the strike,” explained Froese, who is preparing for FISABC’s 50th anniversary conference, where 5,000 people from across the industry are expected to attend.

“So, we expected to see some sort of adjustment this year, once the strike was resolved, especially from those that were doing online education and were able to go back to “brick and mortar education” (an actual building, as opposed to online).

In fact, Froese said the “head count” of students in private schools actually went up last school year, from 80,783 to 81,659.,

because some students may be taking a couple of classes at private school, although not enrolled full time.

Where there was a slight drop-off was in the FTE (full-time equivalent) numbers, down from 79,348 to 79,046.

“It’s negligible and I’ve no doubt there has been some retention after the teachers’ strike as well; our information shows that when a student moves from public to private, the parents tend " Peter Froese, FISABC to leave them executive director. in private. The “brick and mortar” effect is quite profound,” added Froese.

After dropping for nearly 20 years, the number of public school students in B.C. is up this school year.

About 5,000 more students enrolled in public school this year than last year, due to families moving to B.C. from other provinces, students returning to the public system from private schools, and higher than expected international immigration, the Education Ministry said in a statement last Friday.

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s the Canadian dollar continues its decline and agriculture imports strain under poor climate conditions, the cost of the food on your plate is continuing to rise.

And we’re not just feeling the pinch on our home budgets. Nowhere is this price pinch felt more acutely than on the bottom line of restaurants.

Statistics Canada reported last week that Canada’s ingation rate is at its highest in more than a year.

That rise is due to the price of fresh fruit and vegetables in particular.

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more for food last December than they did in December 2014.

Chef Brett Turner, owner of Cocktails & Canapes, Ed’s Daily and Droski/Turner Hospitality Management knows the ins and outs of the industry.

“We dehnitely see the increase in some of the costs related to food.

A lot of the industry is feeling the same thing,” he explained.

“Anytime we see something like cauligower hitting $8 a head, it affects what we put on our menu.”

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Happy hour extends condo owners’ social circle They introduced some speakers on security and health care at the get togethers, but it Staff Reporter wasn’t until the group came up with the idea ACAMPBELLRICHMONDNEWS.COM of a happy hour in the 18-year-old building’s amenities room that their little social group hey canvassed their entire 128-condo really took off. building about getting together for a coffee “We did movie nights once a month and and a chat, but only two people expressed an coffee mornings with smaller numbers, but interest. we kept plugging away,” said Pratt, who came Suffice to say, Rae Dalgarno and Jane Pratt up with the idea of a social group after visiting didn’t hold out a lot of hope for their bid to a communal party at a form the Southwater Social n neighbouring complex.

Group at their Steveston “But when we did the strata three years ago. h happy hour, we got a great “I noticed at a strata re response; the vibe was AGM that there was a bit vvery good.” of a disconnect between Soon, the numbers were council and residents and u up to the 25 to 30 mark that’s when I talked to aand they’re continuing Jane and suggested we w with their movie nights in start a social group,” said th the winter and bocce and Dalgarno, who moved into ccroquet in the summer. the four-storey low-rise “It’s just as well it wasn’t complex between Trites to too popular; the room only and No. 2 roads in 2010. h holds 35,” joked Pratt, " The Southwater Social organis“We surveyed the resiwho had been placing ing group, from left, Jane Pratt, Tony dents with a flyer through flyers on the building’s Whitney, Lynn Sagorski, Rae Dalgarno every door but only two notice board and on the and Brian Phillips. Photo submitted people replied. community bookshelf in “We weren’t too hopeful, the basement. but we went through with it anyway and at “I have generated an email list, but one or the coffee morning, the attendance was very two don’t have email,” added Pratt. sparse.”

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“We pride ourselves on this being a very social group and we make a point not to discuss " Members of the Southwater Social Group enjoy a drink at the strata complex’s happy hour, organized by a group of residents to build community spirit in their neighbourstrata hood. Photo submitted issues; we have a makes for a more friendly community.” great council. “We are just trying to generate Tony Whitney, a member of the group and a friendly atmosphere and avoid isolation and Southwater strata council member, said he it’s great being able to recognize new people felt compelled to join the social circle because that move into the building. It’s about neighof past condo-living experiences. bours getting to know neighbours.”

“I’ve lived in a few buildings and there was Sensing they were onto something good, never any social group or anything,” said about 18 months ago, the Southwater socialWhitney, who is the “projector man” when it ites reached out to two neighbouring stratas on their block, where they had mutual friends, comes to group’s movie nights.

“So when someone started one up here, I to invite them to join in the fun. really wanted to support it. Many people I’ve “If someone needs to get to hospital or met are now friends.” needs help with the groceries or moving furniture, being part of this little community helps,” explained Pratt.

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t’s not quite a midlife crisis Ma-Anne Dionisio has been battling recently.

It has more to do with getting a line on the right melody and memorizing plenty of songs for her upcoming role in Gateway Theatre’s musical production of Closer Than Ever, which debuts locally Feb. 4 and runs until Feb. 20.

Still, the singer who vaulted to stardom onstage in the Toronto run of Miss Saigon has found herself burning the candle at both ends since arriving in the Lower Mainland from her home in Toronto a couple of weeks

ago in an anxious quest for perfection.

“The show’s a beast,” she exclaimed last week as rehearsals got underway. “It’s definitely one of the most challenging pieces of theatre I have ever decided to take on.”

Rehearsals have been running from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. every day, but Dionisio admitted she has been putting in extra time.

“I’ve been up until 4 a.m. just looking through my bits before I come in at 10 a.m.,” she said. “Then, at night, even through I am wiped, you kinda review what you

did during the whole day just to get it into your body and brain more.

“This has to be the toughest I have encountered in my whole career,” she said. “A lot of the shows I have done like West Side Story, Les Miserables and Miss Saigon, the melodies are a lot easier to follow.

“These melodies are very conversational, very storytelling. It’s hard to describe sometimes. It’s just different and requires a different learning skill from my part.”

Luckily, she has been able to draw on personal experience to help back herself up as she plays a variety of roles in the ensemble cast that includes Kevin Aichele, Danny Balkwill, Chris D. King and Caitriona Murphy.

“The whole show is basically about people going through the middle age part of their lives,” she said. “It’s basically personal challenges and how they respond, react and move on from them.”

At 42, it’s somewhat unfamiliar, but welcome onstage territory for Dionisio.

“Well, technically I didn’t have to do any research,” she said, “because I’m middle aged.”

That was another reason she decided to take on the production.

“For the most part in my career, because of the way I look, people tend to cast me as the romantic ingenue, the younger part. But I am really excited to play something that’s closer to my age.

“It’s a gift for me to have

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here are few things that I love more than being curled up under a blanket on a rainy day enjoying a large cup of tea and a good mystery. However, lately I haven’t had much luck finding a compelling who-dun-it until I stumbled upon Hanging Hill by Mo Hayder.

This engrossing British mystery details the lives of two estranged sisters brought together by the horrific murder of a teenage girl.

Sally and Zoë Benedict couldn`t be more different. Sally is a recently divorced housewife trying to make ends meet. She has always been a bit of a dreamer, soft spoken and used to letting

others direct her life. Zoë, on the other hand, is a hard-as-nails police detective.

Fiercely independent, with a sarcastic biting wit, Zoë has convinced herself that she needs nothing and no one in her life. I enjoy reading about characters that are flawed, and Sally and Zoë certainly fit the bill.

They go through life like most of us do; just trying to do their best with the cards they have been dealt.

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course there are challenges, but there’s a certain comfort that everyone goes through it. And everyone manages to find the other side. It’s a part of life.

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Ransom & Kong, as the performance is being billed, sees William Ranson and Yinzi Kong combine for one of the WMA’s biggest concerts of the year.

Ransom was a scholarship student of William Masselos at The Juilliard School in New York and he also worked with Theodore Lettvin at the University of Michigan and Madame Gaby Casadesus at the Ravel Academy in France.

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And while some midlife issues can be dour, Dionisio said this story is uplifting.

“The goal is to say that things will be alright,” she said with a laugh. “Yes, of

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Tsang standing tall for McRoberts Mark BOOTH

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T

ia Tsang finds herself among some elite company.

Maren Corrigal, Julie Little and Katie Miyzaki were universitybound basketball talents that played in relative obscurity on average Richmond high school teams. Now, Tsang will be looking to take the McRoberts Strikers as far as she can before heading to Simon Fraser University next fall.

The Grade 12 guard was among five players locked up by SFU back in November in what head coach Bruce Langford described as his “most talented” recruiting class ever. While Tsang’s future teammates, including McMath star Jessica Jones, will be trying to win championships with their respective school teams, she is content on just reaching next month’s Lower Mainland playoffs.

The Strikers are enjoying modest success with a limited schedule that should carry them to the city title game. After that, all bets are off.

McRoberts would be up against powerhouse McMath in the Richmond final, then head to a very competitive Lower Mainland AA playoff tournament.

The Strikers have produced five easy wins in league play but also got a taste of the elite level when McMath handed them a 71-20 loss last week.

“We just weren’t ready for that pace,” said Tsang, following her team’s win over MacNeill Monday night. “They just basically ran around us. They have a lot of practice and concentrate on basketball.

“Once our rotation and movement improves, we will be better. It would be nice to compete a bit at (McMath’s) level and maybe go to the Lower Mainlands and see how it goes.”

Tsang had her chance to join her good friends across town at McMath and go for provincial glory but she is right where she wants to be.

She not only gets to graduate with her lifelong classmates, but was a key part of a talented McRoberts volleyball team that was among the best in B.C. this past season.

It was Tsang’s decision to stay that brought longtime McRoberts teacher and volunteer coach Trish Nicholson back to guide the senior team. Nicholson also coached volleyball, making it one massive commitment since September.

It reunites her with a basketball group that did show promise with a fifth place finish at the Grade 9 provincials. Tsang was also the star player back then but not all of her teammates stuck with hoops.

“I’m here for her. I would rather

■ High-flying SFU bound guard Tia Tsang led the McRoberts Strikers to another league win over the MacNeill Ravens on Monday night. Photo by Mark Booth

be at home right now,” laughed Nicholson. I do feel bad that what we started (three years ago) didn’t evolve. It just wasn’t their thing and basketball is hard (to commit and compete at the elite level). But Tia also loves volleyball and we happen to be better at it.

“It’s tough for her when I’m having to go over fundamental stuff for

the kids that don’t play. She is out there on the court giving them no look passes and doing other stuff.”

Tsang is still getting to work on her game for the next chapter of her career. She credits her time with 3D Basketball for taking an already superb shooting stroke to another level. Tsang also has benefitted from being in Nicholson’s

Strength and Conditioning class.

“I just feel stronger out there and more durable too,” added Tsang.

“Everything just seems much easier for me this season.

“Last summer really helped me be more of a scorer on my club team. We shared the ball more and had more rotations. I had a lot more opportunities to shoot.”

#2 Wildcats not done with pesky Seycove just yet Mark Booth

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fter a steady January diet of the Seycove Seahawks, you would figure the McMath Wildcats have seen enough of the North Vancouver school. However, the sudden rivalry will have one final chapter next month.

The senior girls basketball teams have agreed to play an exhibition game to serve as final preparation for their respective provincial tournaments in early March.

The Wildcats are currently ranked No. 2 at the AAA level, while Seycove sits at No. 4 among AA teams.

The Wildcats began the new year by easily winning the Seahawks’ own tournament, including a 71-47 victory over the hosts in

the championship game. A week later, they squared off again, this time in the quarterfinals at the Centennial Top 10 Shootout.

Seycove blitzed McMath for 30 points in the opening quarter and went on to post an 84-64 upset win. The Wildcats bounced back to capture a pair of consolation games to finish fifth.

This past weekend, the teams met in the semi-finals of the St. Thomas More Tournament. Unlike the previous battles, this one was close from start to finish with the Seahawks coming out on top again in a low scoring affair.

“They are just a good match up for us of what we need to work,” said Wildcats co-coach Paul Jones of the additional game added to the schedule. “The strength of their team is their two ‘bigs’ and we addressed that the first time. But it was their

guards that surprised us in that second game. We didn’t expect that and were were playing catch up the rest of the game. When you have a short bench like we do it can be awfully difficult, burning a lot of energy.”

McMath trailed the third meeting 48-44 with three minutes to go but would not score again in what proved to be a tough shooting night.

“It was just one of those days where we were missing a lot of outside shots and unfortunately we do most of our scoring from the perimeter,” continued Jones.

McMath plays its final tournament of the season at their own Wildcat Invitational in what will be a break from seeing elite competition.

The six team round-robin event will feature a steady diet of unranked opponents.

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p.m.), then Killarney on Saturday (9 a.m.).

The final is set for 3 p.m. Saturday with McRoberts, GP Vanier and McNair on the other side of the draw.

“We will keep asking the girls to do things they are not accustomed to doing, the same way we approach our league games,” Jones added. “It may be working on press breaks by advancing the ball up the floor quicker than we normally do. The only stats we actual keep track of are turnovers and rebounds.”

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cNair Marlins are out to prove it’s not how you start the season but rather how you finish.

Back in early December, the Marlins were simply outclassed in a 19-point loss to McMathin their the Richmond Senior Boys Basketball League opener. Since then, a squad that features just one Grade 12, has made steady progress. Their improvement was reflected last week in a big win 75-63 win over RC Palmer and a second place finish at their own Marlin Classic.

Suddenly, McNair (4-2) is in a good position to take a run at least a third place finish in the Richmond league and a favourable seed for next month’s city championships.

“After our first two games at the Gladstone tournament, I thought we were in for a long season,” laughed co-coach Jessy Dhillon who is sharing the duties with Ranj Sangara.

“Honestly though, we have turned it around pretty quickly. We were an inexperienced team but guys are now stepping up and getting more comfortable at the senior level.”

A year ago, the Marlins went to provincials with mainly a senior squad and a short rotation. This season, they are much deeper including four Grade 10s who are logging plenty of minutes.

The lone senior on the roster — Ryan Angala — has grasped the leadership role and developed chemistry with impressive junior age guard Nathan Schroeder who is back in the line-up after missing a month with a wrist injury.

“Ryan has really stepped up and he and Nathan are really gelling together,” added Dhillon. “Having Nathan back and healthy is big. He is probably a 15 to 18 point difference when he

■ Grade 10 guard Nathan Schroeder has provided the Marlins a spark since returning from an injury. Photo by Mark Booth

is not playing for us.

“Last year, we had the big three that we really relied on where this year all five guys on the floor can move which is always helpful when you’re pressing. We always have guys on the bench who want to play and can contribute.”

Angala poured in 37 points in McNair’s 92-62 tournament opening win over Tupper. The Marlins then exploded in the second half to beat McRoberts 89-71 in the semi-finals.

The teams were tied at 36-36 at the break when the hosts cranked up their full court pressure to produce a number of turnovers — going on a 12-0 run to start the third quarter.

McNair played the final without Angala and Schroeder who had previous commitments. That helped King George roll to a 79-51 victory.

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The Sharks had opened the tournament with a 78-61 victory against Salmon Arm. No. 8 McMath also made its way to Abbotsford, falling 83-66 to Byrne Creek in the quarter-finals.

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