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NEWS: Another dog owner files complaint against kennel 5 n Despite the record snowfall in Richmond and across the region, people still found a way to negotiate the West Dyke Trail. Photo by Eric Harvey

Snowfall causes chaos

Record dump of white stuff brings vehicles, trains to a halt Graeme Wood

Staff Reporter gwood@richmond-news.com

wo days of record snowfall, a weekend of flurries highlighted by thunder snow and a freak storm during Monday’s rush hour in Richmond challenged the best of drivers, shut down the Canada Line and kept city crews working around the clock. And worse may be on the way. All in, YVR recorded 31 centimetres of snow since Friday. On Friday and Saturday, the airport recorded 12 and 10.6 centimetres, respectively, breaking the previous daily records of 10.7 and 5.8. Trains on the Canada Line became stuck heading north on Friday and Monday nights. On Monday night, TransLink shuttled passengers over the Oak

Street Bridge with buses. Some passengers chose to walk across the bridge, between Bridgeport and Marine Drive stations. Richmond News’ director of advertising, Rob Akimow, was in the stalled train. He said TransLink staff kept passengers well informed, people remained calm and, within 90 minutes, a rescue train had arrived to pull his train back to Bridgeport. However, Akimow said no assistance was offered once passengers disembarked. On Friday, the Canada Line was shut down when, according to one passenger, sparks could be seen from the windows as the train headed north from Aberdeen station. At Bridgeport, passengers were told to disembark and that buses would take them to Downtown Vancouver; however, the wait

n This driver got fed up and took matters into his own hands at the railway crossing on Alderbridge Way and Shell Road.

was extremely long and many took cabs. The snow also hampered car traffic in and out of the city Monday, with accidents on the Alex Fraser and Arthur Laing bridges

causing major delays. Adding to the confusion on Tuesday morning, commuters were blocked from crossing the train tracks near Shell Road at Alderbridge Way, when lights began flashing and barriers came down, despite the fact no train was coming. After a lengthy delay, some people began lifting a barrier to let others through, while others directed traffic through the flashing lights. Despite calls to 911, there appeared to be no authority taking charge of the situation. This is the second time in a week that lights were flashing and a crossing was blocked for no reason during rush hour, with the intersection of Westminster Highway and Shell causing issues. See Snow page 3

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House hotel ban goes forward

Protesters raise a stink Some considering suing stakeholders if odours persist Graeme Wood

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ichmond city councillors are moving ahead with an aggressive, new regulatory regime to ban unlicensed, short-term rentals and streamline bed and breakfast licensing. Proposed bylaws would mean no condo or townhouse units would be able to legally list daily or weekly rentals with online sites such as Airbnb.ca, Booking.com or Expedia.ca. Furthermore, limitations will be placed on single-family home listings. At a committee meeting on Monday, licensing manager Carli Edwards tabled the report, which outlines new guidelines for bed and breakfast operators, increased fines and a temporary bylaw enforcement plan. If followed, the city would have some of the most restrictive measures in North America against shortterm rentals, which have proven to be a nuisance for many residents in single-family home neighbourhoods and adversely affected rental stock in a city with a vacancy rate below one per cent. Edwards told councillors that staff are monitoring online sites and will soon be sending out letters to homeowners who appear to be violating existing bylaws. The bylaws should make it clear that short-term rentals will be banned in Richmond, unless a homeowner obtains a $162 bed and breakfast licence, which allows for no more than three rental rooms and a maximum of six guests. Condos and townhouses will be excluded from licensing, thus banned from short-term rental opportunities. Coun. Harold Steves said staff have reported that some strata complexes have been overtaken by short-term rentals. He said a blanket ban makes for zero discretion on the matter. Secondary suites will also be barred from such rentals. Speaking to committee, realtor Lyn Terborg said the report was “watered down.” She noted some regulatory bed and breakfast measures that once existed under Tourism BC guidelines were omitted from the new bylaws. Councillors, hence, told Edwards to shore up certain details that they felt would be necessary. First, Mayor Malcolm Brodie suggested any newly licensed bed and breakfast obtain insurance. Second, Coun. Steves wanted to ensure that operators are the listed owners and permanent residents of the home. Third, Coun. Bill McNulty asked to have the new applicants undergo a re-zoning process, which would allow the city to regulate how many operations exist in one neighbourhood. Steves said it will be important to limit the number of bed and breakfasts under the new bylaws. Speaking at the committee meeting, community activist Kerry Starchuk, who lives next to a house hotel, said she was pleased with council’s directive. Enforcement will be a key component of the regulations. Edwards notes enforcement has proven difficult in other jurisdictions (such as San Francisco). Starchuk told the Richmond News her neighbour’s house was recently relisted on Airbnb after a News investigation found “Lancing House” illegally operating as a hotel on Booking.com. Steves said the city will need to monitor other websites as well, such as Craigslist and Chineselanguage classified sites. The city has diverted three existing bylaw officers to the issue and is in the process of hiring four additional temporary bylaw officers.

fter taking a 21st century digital approach to social activism, Richmond residents, upset at the constant odours being produced by the Harvest Power compost facility in east Richmond, dialed it back to the 20th century with a good old-fashioned protest at Richmond City Hall Saturday afternoon. Braving cold weather and icy roads, members of the Facebook activist group Stop the Stink in Richmond brought signs to the corner of No. 3 Road and Granville Avenue to muster up support to shut down the beleaguered compost facility. Trust in Harvest Power and elected officials to solve the problem appeared low amongst the crowd of two dozen or so protesters. “We’re grossed out about it. It doesn’t seem like the mayor is doing much and Harvest Power has been lying,” said James Jesney, who moved to Richmond in December, only to discover that the outside of his home constantly stinks. “I feel sorry for people who have lived here the past six years,” he said. Jesney said he would have reconsidered moving to Richmond, had he known the odours would be this bad. As such, there is a growing concern amongst some that property values may begin to be adversely affected by the stink; Realtor Arnold Shuchat said he’s considering a class-action lawsuit, if the odours persist. For most, the issue has become that of quality of life. Alisa Streat, a 17-year resident near No. 4 and Francis roads, said family life has been affected.

n Protestors gathered outside city hall Saturday to display their displeasure with the continued odours emanating from the Harvest Power composting facility. Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News

“I had my three grandkids over and sent them outside one day. Within three minutes, they were back in saying, ‘Grandma, it stinks.’ If I can’t put my grandkids out, then what?” stated Streat. Lily Lam, an 18-year resident on Moffatt Road, also said the odours have, at times, prevented her from playing outdoors with her grandchildren. “The government should be able to shut them down. The fact that they can’t divulge certain things is incredible,” said Lam. Lam’s Moffatt Road neighbour, John Campbell, was of the opinion that no politicians seem accountable for the problem. Protesters raised signs asking for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Premier Christy Clark and Mayor Malcolm Brodie to “stop the stink” and shut down Harvest Power. The federal and provincial governments

have stated the issue lies with regional government Metro Vancouver to enforce air quality regulations. The News asked Metro Vancouver on Monday for clarification on why Harvest Power has not been or cannot be shut down, but did not receive a response by Tuesday’s deadline. Presently, Metro officials have stated they are increasing odour monitoring via a new air quality permit, issued Jan. 1. Harvest Power maintains it is improving its facility. The company is, however, also appealing the new permit, asking it to be nullified on jurisdictional grounds (it leases federal land from Port of Vancouver). MP Joe Peschisolido has stated the federal government has no official role to play in the matter. He did, however, recently hold a town hall meeting to facilitate dialogue.

Snow: More bad weather could be coming From page 1

n A snowman iin th the W Westwind t i d area puts a festive touch on the recent snow storms that have snarled traffic in and around the Lower Mainland since last weekend. Photo by Karen Kielbasa

Prior to the snowfalls, City of Richmond crews began working around the clock to salt the main arterial roads. Their efforts proved successful for most of the weekend and were helped by temperatures hovering just above freezing on Saturday. As pockets of warmer air masses were reported by Environment Canada, many Richmondites were intrigued and/or surprised by a brief episode of thunder snow. Many people reported on social media a bright bolt of lightning east of the Garden City Lands. Monday night’s short blizzard reset streets to sheets of ice, but crews again worked around the clock to clear them by Tuesday morning. Side streets remained icy. The city deployed 10 plows with salters to cover 240-kilometres of first and second priority roads. Residents lauded the works crews online. Meanwhile, schools remained opened in Richmond but closed in many eastern Lower Mainland municipalities that saw more than double the snowfall, thanks to colder temperatures. By Monday, Chilliwack was reported to have received 80 centimetres of snow. The city reminded residents on social media

n The city has put its fleet of 10 snow plows into service to help keep roads clear. Photo submitted

to clear their vehicle lights of snow. This advice may prove relevant once again on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, as heavy snow is in the forecast. “The last Pacific storm this week is expected to arrive late Wednesday in the form of a strong warm front. The front will move in from the south and spread warmer, moist air into the region Wednesday night. With Arctic air in place, there will be heavy snow initially Wednesday night along with a good chance of freezing rain. This will be followed by significant rainfall on Thursday,” stated Environment Canada.

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updating the Richmond Zoning Bylaw to regulate single family residential development, to improve Richmond is preparing a submission to Parks Canada to have Steveston’s Waterfront single family house design, house massing, and landscaping. District designated as a National Historic Site of Canada.

The City has held three public open houses at various locations in Richmond and will be hosting three

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ne of Richmond’s airport hotels is stepping up to help people affected by U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban on some Muslim nations. Accent Inns, on St. Edward’s Drive near Highway 99 and Cambie Road, is offering free lodging to Vancouver International Airport (YVR) travellers from the Muslim-majority countries affected by Trump’s recent ban. Although U.S. authorities have rolled back the controversial travel ban — after a judge temporarily suspended it — Accent Inns is standing by the offer it made last week, to provide free accommodation for up to three nights to travellers who have been stranded due to the travel ban. The offer, said Accent Inns, will last for the 90 days that the original travel ban was supposed to be in place. Upon check-in, travellers need to show the YVR airline ticket they were not able to use and a passport from the affected countries: Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. “We, at Accent Inns, are saddened by any sort of discrimination,” said Mandy Farmer, CEO of Accent Inns. “We want to take a stand for what’s right and help anyone who might be affected in our community. Accent Inns welcomes diversity, always.” Accent Inn’s Vancouver Airport Hotel has a 24-hour, free shuttle service to YVR. Stranded travellers can use the courtesy phone in the baggage area of YVR to contact the hotel’s front desk.

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More complaints for kennel Alan Campbell

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nother dog owner has filed a neglect complaint with the B.C. SPCA against a Richmond kennel. Paul Bhullar decided to speak out after reading media reports recently about an owner who alleged his dog was neglected and starved during a three-week stay at the BC Canine Training Centre at the foot of No. 3 Road, near Dyke Road. Bhullar said he phoned the kennel every few days of his six-month-old Italian mastiff Drogo’s two-week stint of in-board training at BC Canine at the end of December. He said he was told that everything was “going well;” but when he arrived to pick Drogo up at the end of his two weeks, Bhullar said he was “shocked” to see the bones of his dog’s ribs. After expressing his concern with kennel staff at the time of picking up Drogo, he was told that it was “normal,” given the change in the dog’s environment and that Drogo had been eating his food. When Drogo, however, did nothing but sleep, vomit and pass diarrhea during his first day back at the family’s No. 5 Road home, Bhullar took his pet to an animal hospital in Vancouver. And after being assessed by a vet, Drogo was put on an I.V. before x-rays showed an obstruction in his stomach. “The vet said Drogo was severely

n Paul Bhullar, with his Italian mastiff Drogo and son, Daya, 2. Photo submitted

dehydrated and I needed to find out what had happened at the kennel,” said Bhullar. Bhullar said he called BC Canine owner Phil Moriarty, looking for answers. “I was told that I need to stop blaming him,” Bhullar added. “There was no accountability, no concern. I just wanted to know what had happened. He said ‘show me the vet records and then we’ll talk.’” The vet told Bhullar he could either do surgery to remove the object from Drogo’s stomach or wait until he vomited it or passed it. “He said he would hate to do unnecessary surgery on such a young dog that had lost so much weight,” explained Bhullar.

“He estimated, given the weight loss, that Drogo had to have swallowed the object four or five days earlier.” Thankfully, Drogo passed the object, although, given the number of bowel movements, staff couldn’t determine what the object was. “Almost straight away, he was eating again,” said a relieved Bhullar. In the days and weeks after getting Drogo home, Bhullar said he has repeatedly tried to contact BC Canine via email and the phone, with no response. “I was advised to at least get the vet bills paid ($940) and refunded the kennel fees ($775),” said Bhullar. “Last week, after seeing the story about the other dog, I decided to report it to the SPCA.” Marcie Moriarty, BC SPCA’s chief prevention and enforcement officer, told the News that, prior to both complaints, there has been “no investigation of BC Canine.” After the first complaint at the end of January the B.C. SPCA has “received subsequent calls,” said Moriarty. “Any complaint we receive is fully investigated.” Moriarty said Bhullar’s complaint has been assigned to an SPCA officer. The News tried to reach Phil Moriarty at BC Canine, but was told he was in a meeting. He has yet to return the call. A 29-year-old Vancouver resident filed a complaint with the SPCA two weeks ago, alleging BC Canine neglected and starved his dog.

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or 10 years, Harvey Gill couldn’t put his finger on who was dumping their household garbage bags outside of his house. Language barriers and a frequent rotation of landlords or tenants rendered it nigh impossible for Gill to communicate with the culprit neighbours of his detached home on Cooper Road, near Garden City and Francis roads. All the while, the dumpers were leaving their trash in front of his property, often on non-collection days, which led to crows ripping into the bags and forcing Gill to clean it all up. But it wasn’t until he spotted new neighbours on CCTV footage dumping their garbage outside his home — and then finding evidence in the trash — that he was able to confront them. “I think they didn’t know what to do with their garbage and it’s been happening for all of the 10 years before them,” said Gill. “I have tried to communicate with the landlords every time, but, even when I do track them down, there is a language barrier. “This time, however, I found airline tickets with their address on it in their garbage at the front of my house; so this time I had evidence, as well as the camera footage.” Even after confronting the family, which Gill believes to be of Chinese ethnicity, language problems were again a problem. He quickly went back to his house and grabbed the City of Richmond’s multi-lingual garbage collection brochure. “I gave it to them and they seemed to understand.” It wasn’t until last week, however, that Gill knew for sure that the message had been understood. “I noticed the other day, they have their cans (from the city) and they were out on collection day,” said a happy Gill.

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Nancy Yurkovich talked of her and her husband living in Richmond when the population was just 8,000 and how giving back has been a way of life for the couple and their family. “There was a Croatian community, Anglo Saxon, a few Chinese people,” she said. “This was the Richmond of long ago…but change is inevitable; the interurban tram is housed in a shed in Steveston. “We are gathered here today to create a sense of purpose and community and we need the help and skill of everyone. “There is fear of change and discontent (in Richmond)…let’s strive to get beyond that. “Richmond of Tony’s youth has changed and so has the hospital. Let’s set a course for the future.” The couple’s daughter, Susan, spoke of how her father, as a doctor, always called little boys “tiger” and little girls “princess” and how he would always answer the phone in the middle of the night, in case someone needed his help. “Mom is the fixer and also a nurse and a teacher. She is a passionate advocate of patient-centred care,” she added. “Together, they are an amazing pair and See Mayor page 7

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Mayor: MLAs must step up n Retired Richmond doctor Tony Yurkovich and his wife Nancy unveil the new name for the current north tower at Richmond Hospital, after their record donation to the hospital foundation. Photo by Alan Campbell

From page 6 have never been driven by materials. (Tony) only took business class for the first time on a flight, age 80, for back reasons. “They always taught us to give back…they have largely given back quietly, but today is out of their comfort zone. “They have now made a strong commitment and we need everyone else, including those in government, to help, as well.” Moments earlier, Mayor Malcolm Brodie also directed his comments towards the provincial government, including Richmond’s three MLAs — Teresa Wat, Linda Reid and John Yap — who were all in attendance Friday. “(The new tower) cannot come soon enough,” he said. “The seismic risks are too great and I’m calling upon our MLAs to be the champions

for it. “The time for this commitment is now!” Natalie Meixner, president and CEO of the hospital foundation, said the Yurkovich family has a “great vision for how to bring a community together, regardless of where one is from or how long they have lived in Richmond. We believe this will be the catalyst for change in our community.” While the Yurkovich’s gift ranks among some of the largest donations made to a hospital foundation in B.C., the couple remained modest and asked for the amount of the donation to be kept private. The plan for the new tower has been approved by Vancouver Coastal Health and forwarded to the provincial Ministry of Health, which will make the decision regarding when the project will move forward to the business case stage of planning.

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Dear Editor, I’d like to thank the very thoughtful person who found my cellphone in Steveston on Jan. 31 around dinner time. They handed it in to Ichiro Japanese restaurant. I would have liked to thank them in person, however they didn’t leave their information with the owner. Thank you, thank you! Without your kindness, I would have been lost. It’s nice to know there are still good, honest people out there. Forever greatful. Leslie Minovitch Richmond

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n Those attending a prayer vigil last Friday at the Az-Zahraa Islamic Center were encouraged to write inspiring messages to remember the victims of a Quebec City shooting inside a mosque. For more photos fromn the vigil, see the Pulse section on page 14. Photo by Gord Goble/Special to the News

Thank you for standing united Dear Editor On Sunday night, Jan. 29, a terrorist went into a Quebec City mosque during evening prayers and shot six people while they were in prayer. It disheartens me that anybody can desecrate a place of worship and take innocent lives, especially here in Canada. After hearing this news,

on Monday afternoon, as I arrived home and came out from my car, my teary-eyed neighbour approached me with flowers and a card. She said she was thinking about us during this time. It was so thoughtful of her to take the time to tell me she was thinking about us and she would stand with us during this difficult time.

I wanted to thank all the Canadians who are supporting and standing in solidarity with the Muslims, other minorities, and oppressed peoples. It really means a lot to see the compassion in people, and their courage to show it! So proud to be Canadian! Fatema Rashid Richmond

ALR mega homes aren’t farmhomes Dear Editor, I attended the city council meeting last week, wherein most elected members chose to hold a public consultation before proceeding with house-size limiting bylaws on farms. We can debate and consult on this until the cows come home, but I guarantee that the cows are not coming home this time, because the owners forgot to build a barn into their speculative land dreams. The cows are not coming home, because there is just a seven-car garage instead, for the Maserati, the Porsche, the Bentley, or for the hotel guests. These are not farmhouses. We are being taken for fools by the ultra-rich. Taxing won’t work because some owners do not even need the tax break because money is not an issue. They are too wealthy to effectively tax. Nonetheless, now you, the public, can have your say. So, stand up and be counted and help put a stop to this land-gobbling craze when the consultation happens in a month. Several presenters at last week’s meeting spoke persuasively and emotionally, from direct experience, or with facts and figures, regarding the misuse of fertile agricultural land for homes/yards with excessively large footprints. Many spoke mournfully of having witnessed the changing farmscape over decades of loss. A few defended the large, non-farm-use buildings for extended families. Some addressed the inability of farmers to find leasable land, let alone being able to afford buying it. Farmland is not affordable for those wanting to get into farming these days, as the speculation-driven “real-world” market is pushing up farmland costs. As one woman at Monday’s meeting mentioned, some owners don’t allow lessees to raise livestock. No livestock…on “farmland?” Maybe we should

start calling it “Farmlandland,” or “Virtual here. Perhaps we would instead be living in Fantasy Farmland” as if to say: it looks like a much denser Vancouver, eating a lot more farmland, but it doesn’t smell or function like local food, and gazing onto the green Richfarmland. Anyone who eats food can tell us mond flats at market gardens and pasturing that eating is one of the few activities left that animals. Looking at the map of Canada, it is cannot be done virtually. easy to see that B.C. is mostly mountains — Let’s not forget history: We are extremely the province least-equipped to feed itself, fortunate that, in spite of the prior losses of should the day ever come when, for whatever farmland on these fertile unforeseen cause, we can islands we call Richmond no longer import 95 per (ground zero for topsoil cent of our food from thoulost to development), some sands of miles away. We are being taken for fools wise provincial leaders saw We have reached and by the ultra-rich. Taxing the necessity of creatsurpassed “peak topsoil.” ing the Agricultural Land And we are still growing in won’t work because some Reserve in 1973, during population. In spite of what owners do not even need the the property speculators, a brief but crucial window of progressive land-use technocrats and industrialtax break because money is thinking and lawmaking. izers of farmland would Subsequent governments have us believe, I would not an issue. They are too have seen fit to keep this argue that fertile topsoil wealthy to effectively tax. idea and most of this land and clean water are the intact. two most essential land – Glen Andersen However, land speculacommodities for humantors, including the Port of ity’s survival. Vancouver, are now sitting We can live without cars. on a lot of this land, having acquired it when We can live without the Internet, but we can’t the guards were down. Their aspiration is live without food. simple: Wait it out or lobby levels of governThese are worst-case scenarios to be sure, ment until “their” land is freed up for further but these are the scenarios we must consider development/subdividing/industrialization. with regard to food security. All great civilizaThus a lot of the massive “farmhouses” we tions thrived and or collapsed according to see are just placeholders for the day that I the availability of local food. Just because the hope will never come; that is, if we the citipresent food system has, for now, displaced zens are vigilant to protect what little is left of the need for comprehensive local agriculture, the best farmland in the province. we are not immune to famine. We are no difThe volume of that farmland is already ferent from the “great” civilizations before us. severely compromised, having been signed Glen Andersen over to development almost 60 years ago. It is Richmond interesting to consider, if that latter error had (Editor’s note: For the full letter, go online at not happened, most of us would not be living Richmond-News.com)

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'Private club' on the ROX?

Dear Editor, Re: 65 people visit ROX per day;Oval, News, Feb. 3. The headline writer at the News surely missed a great opportunity on this story. Just think, it could have read “Richmond council on the ROX”. This would probably be accurate, considering the amount of taxpayers’ money wasted on the thing. I didn’t realize how true my tag of the “Big Owe-Val” would become, and certainly didn’t visualize the length to which Richmond council would go! If 65 visitors a day justify another million

dollar expenditure, why did the same council cut our library allocation? The attendance there is probably a hundred times that of the ROX! In addition, they claim membership at approximately 6,500. Well, whoop de do, does this justify the past huge expenditures? Since when does Richmond fund a “private club?” Of course, having the top dog at city hall as the boss of the Owe-Val doesn’t hurt either. Seems to be a case of the tail wagging the dog! Terrence Murphy Richmond

Monster homes need taming Dear Editor, We live on Bird Road on the east side of Shell Road. Our neighbourhood is changing. Most of the lots on our side of the neighbourhood come close to 1/2 acre lots. On the other side of the street, our neighbours have smaller lots but are being sold with adjoining properties in order to get monster homes built. One of the reasons I used to love my neighbourhood was the simple fact the old timer homes remained and so did the neighbours. Everyone knew each other. Not anymore! Our older homes are being encroached on by monster homes exceeding 4,000-squarefeet and we are feeling the squeeze. Many of these homes are being taxed as a single residence, however, they contain many suites that are rented out. We simply do not know our neighbours and the old timers are leaving. Wake up, Richmond City Council. Do something now. You have known long enough, time is a-wasting. More mega homes are being built as we speak, before the new

zoning gets approval. Stop allowing these monster homes to overtake our neighbourhoods. Grandfather the mega homes that are in the process of being built and take action today. Drastically limit home size and height restrictions in areas where older 1,600 - 2,400-square-foot homes exist. Allow more flexibility in your zoning bylaws to allow two, smaller homes, congruent with the older homes already there, to be built on lots between 70-100 feet. Let’s stop the massive homes being built, which clearly encroach on the older homes. Stop taxing these monster homes as a single residence as they clearly have rental suites in them. I am encouraged to hear the city might be considering to not allow homes of certain sizes to be built. I hope it’s not empty promises. L.P Cheet Richmond An open house on house massing will be held at Richmond City Hall Feb. 9. Residents can also voice their opinion via an online survey at Let’sTalkRichmond.ca

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Few benefit from home grant Dear Editor, Was the homeowner grant increased because of NDP MLA David Eby’s overflowing townhall meeting last summer and the upcoming provincial election? Our Liberal MLAs have congratulated themselves on increasing the threshold from $1.2 million to $1.6 million. While this increase may benefit 91 per cent of homeowners in B.C., it does not

benefit most single-family dwellings in Richmond. In July 2016, the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver reported the MLS home price index benchmark price in Richmond as $1.717 million. Therefore, many homeowners here will not receive the grant. Keep in mind, this grant is paid from your provincial taxes, and about 50 per cent of your Richmond prop-

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n Kevin McNulty turns in a powerful performance as Edouard in Gateway Theatre’s You Will Remember Me, also starring Sereana Malani as Berenice. Photo submitted

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Madeleine, played by Patty Allan, projected onto the back drop, giving an interview to a reporter about living with Alzheimer’s disease. We soon hear the voices in double, then see the two actors at the front of the stage continuing the interview, live. As they speak to the camera (us), we see Edouard’s public face — the intellectual, Quebec separatist, professor. But we also see the strain, mainly in the barely repressed panic of his wife/caregiver as she tries to set the record straight, to let people know that there’s another side to all this — we don’t see what she sees. In the next scene, the two enter their daughter’s home and Madeleine announces she’s had enough. Caring for her husband has become more than she can bear, and it’s time for their daughter to take over. What follows is a curious and evolving potrayal of family dynamics and how memory and identity plays into that. What emerges are some touching and unexpected connections. On one level, this is a play about a specific family dealing with dementia, but it also speaks to a wider social phenomenon. Edouard is a separatist. He idolizes Rene Levesque and relives the night Levesque’s Parti Quebecois was elected, as well as the night it lost the referendum. He’s horrified that the only thing that his young caregiver knows about Leveque is the fact he was short and smoked. What does it mean for a society to have a kind of collective dementia when it comes to its own history? Archambault offers no answer, but he leaves us with memorable questions.

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t’s an apt title — You Will Remember Me — because there’s a good chance you will remember this play, currently playing at the Gateway Theatre, long after the curtain falls. You Will You Remember Me, written by Francois Archambault and translated by Bobby Theodore, does a masterful job of exploring questions of memory, identity and dementia. But don’t panic, Archambault doesn’t abandon you in some depressing, long-term care facility. This tale is told with humour, love, passion and even intrigue. The story centres around Edouard, beautifully played by Kevin McNulty. Edouard is a retired university professor, who still has a fiery intellect but is losing his mind to Alzheimer’s disease. Clearly, there’s nothing funny about that — except there is. Edouard is witty and sarcastic, at least when he’s not scared and confused. And even his confusion can make us chuckle, which in itself says a lot. The fact we can comfortably laugh at an old man’s dementia speaks to the rich humanity and deep compassion with which he’s portrayed. McNulty plays this character with truth and subtlety. He transitions from one extreme to another — one moment launching into a brilliantly sarcastic rant about young people’s obsession with social media, the next running into the woods crying for his wife — in a way that is entirely believable and so compelling. The play opens with Edouard and his wife,

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nas, Minoru Seniors’ Centre and even the adjacent swimming pool. Asked why the event has been so successful since it started in 2008, Tobin said, “I think it’s because we always put the kids first. We started with almost nothing — about 200 kids, $2,000, two people to organize it and two days to get it ready. And now we are closing in on the 100,000 mark for total attendance.” Tobin said that the event’s success, which is helped by an army of 150 volunteers, is also related to the quality of activities laid on for the children. “There’s 11 drop-in activities this year and seven shows you can see, all for $5,” Tobin said, adding that for an additional $12 you can also take in a specially designed performance by CircusWest called Glowing Hearts. As for the birthday cake, it will be served up at 12:30 inside the Richmond Cultural Centre. Tobin has ordered 1,000 cupcakes in addition to the four by eightfoot sheet cake that will be designed to resemble the Canadian flag.

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The Richmond Photo Club’s annual exhibition of members’ photographs will take place until Feb. 12 in the Food Court Rotunda of Lansdowne Centre (100-5300 No. 3 Road). The exhibit is open from 10 a.m. – 9 p.m. Wednesday to Sunday. Members of the club will be on hand to greet the public and answer questions. The Riverside Art Show watercolour and acrylic painting show runs until Feb. 9 at the Richmond Main Library (7700 Minoru Gate) rotunda.

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Welcome the Year of the Rooster at the Fairchild Radio Spring Festival Gala at the River Rock Show Theatre (8811 River Road ) starting at 8 p.m. on Feb. 10. The event intermingles songs, martial arts, acrobat, Chinese opera, as well as traditional

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WE’VE GOT OUR FINGERS ON IT CANDLELIGHT VIGIL n Last Friday (Feb. 3), people of all faiths and backgrounds gathered at the Az-Zahraa Islamic Center, on No. 5 Road’s ‘Highway to Heaven,’ to take part in a prayer circle and candlelight vigil to honour the victims of the attack at a Quebec City Mosque. Photos by Gord Goble/Special to the News

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n Hennesey Salon staff present Bev Friesen (centre) with a cheque for $30,000 for the Wigs For Kids fundraiser held on Jan. 15. Wigs For Kids BC helps provide assisatnce for children dealing with cancer or other life-threatening illnesses, as well as providing a free wig for every B.C. child who needs one. Photo submitted

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n The B.C. Registered Music Teachers’ Association’s Richmond Branch recognized its students who earned first-class honours with a recital Jan. 15 at South Arm United Church. Those achieving high marks in the August 2016 Royal Conservatory of Music exams performed and medals were presented to those receiving top marks in each grade. Photo submitted

n Margaret Hewlett, manager of the Richmond Food Bank Society, receives a cheque for $5,000 from ANAF 284’s Doug Zeron. Unit 284 is a long-standing supporter of the food bank, having donated each year since its inception in 1983. Photo submitted

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f the Richmond Bantam championship game is any indication, the future of girls basketball in the city is a very bright one. The Steveston-London Sharks capped a perfect run in Richmond play with a 58-31 victory over the McMath Wildcats last Thursday. Both teams will move onto next week’s Vancouver and District Championships and have a very good chance of going to the Grade 8 B.C. Invitational Tournament, hosted by Pitt Meadows in early March. The senior girls level has been dominated by McMath in recent years. They are expected to cap another unbeaten season when they host the Richmond final Wednesday night. However, some level of parity looks to be on the horizon. Steveston-London Grade 8s are enjoying an exceptional campaign with a roster that features loads of talent. McMath shows plenty of promise while McRoberts and Hugh Boyd are also putting competitive teams on the floor. What all these programs have in common is players who have come through the Richmond Youth Basketball League (RYBL). “The community of Richmond has done a great job of building the basketball culture,” said Sharks head coach Rob Urquhart. “It started with the club teams and now you see

the level of excitement among the schools. “I’m so proud of these girls. They have worked so hard for me all season long and have done everything I have asked of them. They are such a pleasure to coach.” The opposing coach in the city final didn’t have to be reminded the impact club basketball has made in developing talent. Tim Carkner mentored a number of girls from both schools since as early as Grade 3 in the RYBL program. His teams not only did well at the provincial club championships but brought home two medals from the 2016 B.C. Summer Games as well. “This was kind of a funny game. If all these kids ended up at one school (that team) would have been very scary,” laughed Carkner. “The one great thing a program like RYBL has been able to do is we have three or four (alumni) kids playing at different schools. The level is pretty good right now (in Richmond) and it’s only going to get better. “Every time I go into the gym, there is usually two to three faces on the other team that I have coached over the years. Then you have Trish Nicholson building the program at McRoberts. I think you are going to see things really change over the years with some great rivalries developing. By Grade 10 it should be pretty intense.” Carkner has helped lay the foundation the same way his late father did. Bob Carkner launched a mini-

■ Steveston-London Sharks capped a dominating run in the Richmond Bantam Girls Basketball League with a 58-31 win over McMath. Photo by Mark Booth

basketball program on Lulu Island in the early 1970s that led to provincial powerhouse teams for boys and girls at Richmond High and Steveston. “Kids got hooked on it and loved it,” continued Carkner. “By the time they reach Grade 8 they already got some of the fundamentals. That leads to a pretty high level of

■ McMath slipped past MacNeill 51-48 in the Richmond Bantam boys final.

that would have sent the game to overtime. The result was similar to the regular season meeting between the two teams, just nine days earlier, that saw the Wildcats prevail 58-54 to complete an 8-0 run in league play. The Ravens finished at 7-1.

Sports Shorts SCOREBOARD High School Basketball Richmond Senior Boys GP W L McMath 8 7 1 Steveston-London 8 7 1 Cambie 8 5 3 McNair 8 5 3 Richmond High 8 5 3 MacNeill 8 4 4 Palmer 8 2 6 Boyd 8 1 7 McRoberts 8 0 8

basketball. “Losing the final today was disappointing but the best part is seeing these kids I coached still loving basketball and playing a sport. All these teams had 15-20 kids at tryouts. Hopefully as the years go on, Richmond basketball will be really strong.”

Wildcats hold off Ravens to win Bantam boys city title

cMath Wildcats capped a perfect run through city play to be crowned Richmond Bantam boys basketball champions, but not before one more terrific battle with their biggest rival. The Wildcats held off host McNeill Ravens 51-48 last Friday in front of a near capacity crowd. Both teams head to next week’s Vancouver and District Championships on the North Shore. Third place finishers Steveston-London can also advance if they win a wild card game on Feb. 14. The final was a see-saw battle from start-to-finish with McMath overcoming a two-point halftime deficit to take a 41-36 lead into the fourth quarter. Twice, the Ravens missed threepoint attempts in the dying seconds

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The road to the city title also included a 60-46 semi-final win over Steveston-London, while MacNeill advanced by holding off the Richmond Colts, 52-47. The Wildcats roster includes: Travis Hamberger, Jacob Araujo, Nick Kennedy, Josh Higo, Ben Falk, Kenneth

Wong, Justin Zhang, Rio Hintchful, Aiden Hintson, Michael Kitka, Estanley Angeles, Miguel Vargas, Elias Khan and Aaron Bhatti. The team is coached by Bik Chatha with assistants Garth Anderson and Mark Vargas. Chatha now has won four city basketball titles during his coaching career — two at Bantam, one at Juvenile and another at Senior girls. He also enjoyed an impressive run with the McMath senior boys. McMath also captured the Richmond Juvenile boys title last week, completing a perfect run with a 75-49 win over the Richmond Colts in the title game. Both teams head to the V&Ds next week in Burnaby/New West. Third place finisher MacNeill will play a wildcard game to try and advance as well.

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Steveston Kendo hosting 55th annual tournament T

he Steveston Kendo Club will welcome competitors from throughout North America for its 55th annual Steveston Kendo Tournament on Saturday (Feb. 11) at McMath Secondary School. According to head sensei Ray Murao, the event will feature 350 participants, representing 35 dojos from Toronto, Hawaii, California, Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest region. The tournament has earned a reputation as one of the premier competitions on the continent and is on the “must attend” list for many kendo practitioners. Club president Kelvin High noted how the tournament is benefitting this year as a recipient of a Richmond Sport Hosting grant that will enhance many of the activities that are associated with an event of this size and complexity. Higo went on to state that it is only fitting that the Steveston tournament is one of the largest competitions in Canada, held in a community that is the birthplace of kendo in the country.

■ The 55th annual Steveston Kendo Tournament will take place on Saturday at McMath Secondary School.

The first recorded kendo activity was in 1914 and has led to a flourishing local club since then. Another interesting fact is that since the beginning of kendo in Steveston, there have only been four head sensei (instructor) and two of them, Akune-sensei and Muraosensei have been inducted

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into the Richmond Sports Wall of Fame. Anyone interested in viewing the ancient sport of kendo is encouraged to arrive at McMath at 10 a.m., with the competition getting underway after the parade of participants and opening welcome are completed. Admission is by donation.

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