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Kids need financial footing in consumer culture
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Author says allowance is key to giving children chance to learn good money sense
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Richmond’s Paul Lermitte says navigating a society under pressure to consume requires a strong financial foundation.
when they’re young, when they can make small mistakes with great decision-making, great confidence and knowledge about money.” Lermitte advocates handing out allowances on Sunday or Monday—at the start of the week—as opposed to the start of the weekend. He also suggests parents don’t use an allowance as a reward or punishment.
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Lermitte’s book, with strategies aimed at children ages five to 12, is available at paullermitte.com, Amazon and iTunes. His second book, Dreams, Dollars and Sense, is due out May 1 and is written to guide parents of teenagers. Other books are also planned: for 20-to-30-yearolds and for leaders of a family business.
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A culture of instant gratification, consumerism and easy credit has magnified the importance of teaching kids about money, says a local financial planner. “We’re trying to train these kids to be better money managers than in some ways we were taught because of the marketing madness out there for us to consume,” said Paul Lermitte, a longtime Shellmont resident. “It is scary out there.” Lermitte, 52, is author of Allowances, Dollars and Sense, originally published in 1999 and recently updated and re-released. The book aims to help parents build strong financial foundations in young children—its principles having been practised on Lermitte’s own three children. An allowance is the first step toward building a strong foundation, he contends, allowing children to learn financial sense while making their own decisions about money. “If they want to go to 7-Eleven and blow it on a Slurpee, a chocolate bar, well if it’s their money, then that’s their decision,” he said. Then, if they want to go to the movies and don’t have enough coins in the piggy bank, they learn firsthand the impact decisions around money have. “We need to arm our children
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Michael Bublé will be appearing at Richmond’s Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada celebrations at the Richmond Olympic Oval on Feb. 11. The Burnaby-born crooner, whose most recent hit album entitled Christmas was released last October, has been a huge hockey fan since he was a kid. Bublé won’t be singing at the oval, but MICHAEL will be picking up a BUBLÉ hockey stick for a 12 noon street hockey game with the likes of Vancouver Canucks legend Trevor Linden and other celebrities. Ted Townsend, senior manager of corporate communications at the City of Richmond, also announced that the Richmond Sockeyes-North Delta Devils Junior B hockey game originally slated for Delta has been moved to the oval to coincide with Hockey Day in Canada celebrations. And Mark Donnelly will be singing the national anthem. Donnelly, who regularly sings the national anthem at Canucks games, is the father of Sockeyes’ alumni Sean Donnelly. The Hockey Hall of Fame will present its Legends exhibit featuring memorabilia, interactive experiences and several NHL trophies including the Hart Memorial Trophy awarded annually to the league’s most valuable player. Doors open at 10:30 a.m., with the celebration continuing until 10 p.m. The primary focus from 7 p.m. onwards will be on the Vancouver Canucks’ game in Calgary against the Flames. Fans will be able to watch the Hockey Night in Canada broadcast on CBC on the big screen, which will be tuned into the broadcasts throughout the day featuring Canada’s other five NHL teams in action.
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New riverfront park promised in development deal Bike park would be relocated to make way for project that includes 80 apartments by Matthew Hoekstra Staff Reporter City council has endorsed a plan to flatten a city bike park to allow a developer to build an apartment complex. Oris Development (Kawaki) Corp. is proposing to rezone land at London and No. 2 roads to allow 80 apartments—including 10 live-work units—and commercial space, suitable for a restaurant, on the ground floor. Civic politicians granted the project first reading Monday, Jan. 23. A public hearing is set for Feb. 20, according to city staff. The land is partly owned by the
city. As part of the deal, the seven-year-old bike park will disappear and the city’s land will shift to the riverfront, where Oris will build a public waterfront park. According to city spokesperson Ted Townsend, city staff are now trying to determine a new location for the bike park, construction of which will be funded by the developer. In his report, senior planner Francisco Molina said the plan provides “an innovative opportunity” for improvement to the area while netting the city a waterfront park, which the city says will be 0.6 hectares (1.55 acres). Molina said the proposed project—called the Pier at London Landing—will also “reinforce the emerging village centre” in the London Landing area at no cost to the city. Talks on the project began in 2007, with city council endorsing the idea of a land swap in 2008. The site lies next to a large swath of riverfront land owned by Fisheries and Oceans Canada, containing warehouses, boat storage and repair shops.
Google Maps photo City council has endorsed a plan to level a waterfront bike park in Steveston. A location to rebuild hasn’t yet been found.
Wife charged in husband’s murder
Local chauffeur killed in head-on collision on Sea-to-Sky Highway
The wife of a 61-year-old man who died last week of a head injury, has now been charged with second-degree murder. Jo Anne Alexander, wife of John Alexander, appeared in Richmond provincial court Monday morning. She remains in custody and was ordered to undergo further forensic psychiatric evaluation. She’s next scheduled to appear in court on Feb. 15. According to Pound, John Alexander had an extensive medical history including brain surgery to deal with epileptic seizures. His 61-year-old wife was his primary caregiver. The couple have two adult children, had been married for more than 40 years, and there was no history of violence between them. Police were called to the home on the 11900 block of Aztec Street last Thursday afternoon. —by Martin van den Hemel
Shafiqur Rahman, leaves behind a wife and two sons by Martin van den Hemel Staff Reporter A married father-of-two working as a limousine driver for Richmond-based Aerocar Service was killed late Saturday night during a head-on collision on the Sea to Sky Highway. Shafiqur Rahman, 54, died when his limousine exploded and became engulfed in flames during a collision with a Ford pick-up truck that police suspect crossed the centre line. On Monday, investigators announced that the 19-year-old Calgary man who was driving the truck is being investigated for impaired driving by drug, but has been released from custody pending the results of the ongoing investigation. “Impaired driving by drug investigations are complex and chal-
Shafiqur Rahman (second from left) with his wife and two sons.
lenging,” RCMP Sgt. Peter Thiessen said. “In an effort to ensure the strongest case possible, there is more evidence to be gathered. Once that evidence is obtained investigators are confident that the investigation will move forward in a positive manner.” Doreen Ram, chief financial financial officer for Aerocar, said
Rahman was a positive kind of guy who was well liked and was always smiling. As one of the company’s elite drivers, he chauffeured VIP clients, and on the night of the tragedy, he had picked up his first fare of the evening from YVR, and brought them to Whistler, and was on his way
back when the crash occurred, Ram said. Meanwhile, Rahman’s fellow chauffeurs and co-workers at Aerocar are raising money for his family and accepting donations from the community. Rahman had been working at Aerocar Service for the past decade, and was described as “an excellent and professional chauffeur who was well liked by his fellow chauffeurs,” according to a company press release. He was the family’s sole provider, and he was in the midst of putting his eldest son, 18, through university, while a second son, 15, is still in high school. He normally worked evenings after spending time with his family, Ram said. A trust fund has been set up at the Bank of Montreal by Aerocar Service. (Transit No: 2168 Account: 1998939) Rahman’s co-workers also urged anybody who had contact with the Calgary suspect in the hours before the accident, to call investigators.
Suspected fraudster again fails to show up in court by Martin van den Hemel Staff Reporter Richmond Mounties are searching for a fraud suspect wanted on a Canada-wide warrant in connection with a 2003 investigation involving the disappearance of $90,000. James Anthony Lee, 61, was ar-
rested in Surrey in February 2006 after he failed to make a court appearance in connection with the case. Lee, previously known as Anthony Tennyson Champ and who has the birth name Tin Wing Chan, was under investigation after his employer claimed he’d taken more than $90,000 nine years ago.
Lee is described as standing five feet nine inches tall, has short grey hair, with brown eyes and glasses. Anyone with information about Lee’s whereabouts is asked to call Richmodn RCMP Const. Marco Sallinen at 604-278-1212 or leave a tip at Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-8477.
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Meet Minoru Park’s writerin-residence Vancouver author Caroline Adderson will deliver short readings, speak about her writing career and discuss her two-month residency in Minoru Park at a free event Thursday, Feb. 2. For the months of February and March, Adderson is serving as writer-in-residence to the park’s public facilities: Richmond Public Library, Minoru Place Activity Centre and Richmond Arts Centre. Thursday’s launch takes place at 7 p.m. at Minoru Place Activity Centre, followed by a short reception. Adderson is author of two internationally published novels—A History of Forgetting and Sitting Practice—two collections of short stories and three books for young readers. Her Richmond plans include workshops for ESL writers, parent-preschooler writing groups and manuscript consultations.
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by Jeff Nagel Black Press Metro Vancouver politicians are up in arms after Port Metro Vancouver CEO Robin Silvester told them more Agricultural Land Reserve farmland should be sacrificed to make way for more port expansion and the jobs that will bring. Silvester made the presentation Thursday at a special strategy session of the Metro board in Chilliwack, where he described the ALR as emotionally but not economically important to the region and said more must be done to ensure land is available for industry. Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie said it’s clear Port Metro Vancouver wants to rework the ALR
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and press ahead with further industrialization of farmland. “It puts us on a collision course,” Brodie said, noting his city is committed to preserving agricultural land. “We see things very much differently.” The port already angered Metro leaders in 2009 when it quietly bought 80 hectares (200 acres) of Richmond ALR farmland near the Fraser River next to an existing port terminal that handles automobiles and containers. Port Metro Vancouver has promised the Gilmore Farm property will continue to be farmed but Brodie said it’s clear the plan is to eventually convert it for port facilities. “If they’re successful that could compromise all the farmland in east Richmond,” he said. “It absolutely has to be stopped.” The session was the first time Metro leaders had a chance to quiz Silvester directly since Port Metro Vancouver unveiled its Port 2050 long-range vision late last year. The document warns local residents’ desire to be a “lifestyle region” may throttle the port’s poten-
tial. Regional district directors also pressed Silvester about recent statements he made suggesting the ALR is “irrelevant” in ensuring food security for the region. “What he was presenting is not an open avenue for reasoned discussion but a declaration of war on farmland,” said Richmond Coun. Harold Steves, one of the founders of the ALR, who characterized Silvester’s comments as a “very forceful” attack on the land reserve. Steves said he is very concerned more farmland is being snapped up for possible port use. He said farmers in Delta have told him BC Rail is buying land far from the railway or any of its assets. “I assume they’re buying land for port expansion,” Steves said. He noted BC Rail, as a Crown corporation, has the ability to expropriate land it wants. And he said the port authority also asserts a right to overrule municipal zoning, the Regional Growth Strategy and the ALR. “We will live to debate that,” he added. Silvester, reached for
“What he was presenting is not an open avenue for reasoned discussion but a declaration of war on farmland.” – Harold Steves comment after the session, called it a good opportunity for dialogue and collaboration. “We all recognize there are some complex issues to work through to deliver the best future for the Lower Mainland,” he said. “There are land pressures.” Silvester said Port Metro Vancouver has a “very clear focus” in making sure the 80,000 port-related jobs in the Lower Mainland
continue and the Pacific Gateway serves the needs of Canada. “If we all work together there is a win-win outcome—more trade, more jobs and more revenue for municipalities, the province and the federal government to provide all the things we need,” he said. Asked whether Port Metro Vancouver will rule out further attempts to remove land from the ALR for port use, Silvester said there are many areas of lowproductivity farmland in the region. He suggested “win-win” scenarios may be possible where such low-grade ALR land is industrialized and some of the profits are used to improve the productivity of other farmland. “We need to be thinking more than just about the ALR but in addition maybe a job-creation land reserve,” Silvester said. “Something built into the planning process that makes sure we will always have land for the economy to grow in the future. “In the long-term, we can see a challenge that just protecting one type of land isn’t going to resolve.”
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by Martin van den Hemel Staff Reporter It’s looking more and more likely that some justice will be served up to the people who beat up Tramonto restaurant sous chef Robert Mackay during the Vancouver riot last year. On Tuesday, the Integrated Riot Investigation Team announced that three people had been charged with the assault on Mackay as he was attempting to keep rioters from smashing the plate-glass windows at The Bay’s signature Downtown Vancouver store. Vancouver Police Sgt. Howard Chow said Tuesday that of the five rioters charged this week with 11 criminal counts, three were linked to the attack on Mackay. Chow said a total of 12 or 13 people attacked Mackay, and of those, three were charged this week, three others have already been identified, while six others have not yet been identified. He’s urging people to visit the new website: riot2011.vpd.ca/ Investigators have released 251 more pictures from the riot. Since the previous website’s launch, it has accumulated more than 400,000 hits. Four Surrey residents, and one from Langley, were charged this week with mischief, breakingand-enter, and participating in a riot. Of the first 100 suspected rioters, more than three quarters are from outside Vancouver. The average age of the rioters is 21, while the youngest charged is 15.
The big white bubble in East Richmond could soon be demolished to make way for townhouses. Interface Architecture Inc. has submitted a proposal to the city to rezone 4991 No. 5 Rd. to allow a 103-unit townhouse complex. The site has long been home to Sportstown B.C., an indoor sports facility home to soccer leagues, a tennis club, soccer academy and pub. To the south, Highway 91 runs parallel to the property. To the north is a neighbourhood of single-family homes. But before the application can even be considered by city council, a new home must be found for the Richmond
Gymnastics Association, according to city spokesperson Ted Townsend. A portion of Sportstown is leased to the city for the next five years on behalf of the gymnastics club, said Townsend, and a new location is needed. The club currently occupies 7,400 square feet of space in Sportstown, according to the association’s website. Townsend said the developer has held a public meeting for the neighbourhood and is preparing for a second. A Sportstown representative wouldn’t comment on the proposal Monday, but told The Review a statement was being prepared. In 2000, when the property was known as Western Indoor Tennis Centre, city council approved a plan to redevelop the site to its current multi-sport configuration.
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EDITORIAL: Put port ambitions to pasture
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he CEO of Port Metro Vancouver says the Agricultural Land Reserve is emotionally but not economically important to the region and more must be done to ensure land is available for industry. That’s what Robin Silvester told Metro Vancouver politicians last week at a special strategy session and many of them, including Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie and Coun. Harold Steves (who founded the ALR when he was in provincial politics four decades ago). Richmond is already wary of Port Metro Vancouver. The port bought up the adjacent Gilmore Farm three years ago. While the land is still being farmed, there’s suspicion that it will one day be sacrificed for future port expansion. Silvester is keen on maximizing the port’s ambitions. There are currently 80,000
Port Metro Vancouver’s Deltaport operations.
port-related jobs in the Lower Mainland. Port Metro Vancouver released its Port 2050 long-range vision last year, which warned that local residents’ desire to be a “lifestyle region” may throttle the port’s potential. Silvester also
recently mused about the ALR being “irrelevant” in ensuring food security for the region. The port authority also asserts a right to overrule municipal zoning. While it’s lovely to create greater capacity for importing
Florida cranberries, municipal politicians are correct, as Steves put it, as taking Silvester’s statements as a “a declaration of war on farmland.” The world is changing. Climate change is severely impacting areas such as California, which
B.C. has traditionally relied upon for food imports. And the price of fuel is also making imports more expensive. Besides, local produce tastes better and there is a growing demand for it. With a growing population, B.C.
needs farmland. It’s time the provincial government let its views be known. Is B.C.’s farmland worth preserving or will farms be sacrificed for port expansion? Farmland is a precious resource. Once paved over, it can’t be replaced.
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eachers in parts of B.C. wore black on Friday to mark the 10th anniversary of legislation that their union insists “stripped” their “right” to control staffing levels in public schools. This crucial management tool was abruptly taken back in 2002 by the B.C. Liberal government’s huge majority. Too abruptly, according to a B.C. Supreme Court judge last year. The court decision stemmed from a landmark
Supreme Court of Canada ruling that led to $80 million in compensation for contract-breaking in the B.C. health care support sector at around the same time. In the B.C. Teachers’ Federation case, the judge gave the provincial government a year to consult and come up with a replacement to the offending legislation, which will then cease to be in effect. That year is running out, with no more progress being made than the talks to replace the BCTF’s expired union contract. The pattern of all this is drearily familiar. The B.C. government has already tabled legislation to wrest control of teacher discipline away from the union, after an outside expert found that a convicted drug dealer and a sex offender had managed to get their teaching credentials restored. After the legislature resumes sitting, conflictweary parents can expect
to hear of new legislation to address the class size and special needs support issue. And there will likely also be an imposed contract, with the two-year “net zero” wage mandate that has already been accepted by most other government unions. After months of fruitless meetings, political posturing and work-to-rule action, the BCTF finally tabled a revised contract offer last week, typically by staging a news conference in Vancouver before sharing the offer with the government’s bargaining agent. It called for wage increases of three, six and six per cent, plus benefit improvements that tinkered with the breathtakingly extravagant demands the union tabled last year. The BCTF estimated the package would cost a mere $300 million in the first year. “Show your work,” my math teachers used to tell me, but the BCTF didn’t show its calculations.
Union officials dismissed the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association’s $2 billion cost estimate of the their initial demands as “enormously inflated,” but didn’t show how or by how much. BCPSEA crunched what numbers the union gave them in the new proposal, and came up with a firstyear cost of nearly $500 million. The BCTF, again to the media rather than at the bargaining table, allowed that its total package would cost $565 million. Again, no calculations were produced. BCPSEA estimates the union’s proposal would cost an additional $880 million over three years. And that’s not counting the union’s demand for $300 million a year to reduce class sizes and increase special needs support staff. Teachers are still being compensated under the final terms of a contract that provided 16 per cent in wage increases over
five years, in the midst of a harsh recession. And here’s a fun math fact. With percentage wage increases, three plus six plus six doesn’t equal 15. It’s closer to 16, because later raises are calculated on a larger base. So on wages alone, the BCTF wants the same in three years that it just got in five, at a time when private sector unions take layoffs and wage cuts, and the province is billions in the red. The president of the Langley Teachers’ Association went on CKNW radio and succinctly summed up the BCTF’s position. Raise income taxes across the board. Gordon Campbell cut everyone’s taxes by 25 per cent in 2001, and cut education to pay for it. They’re still fighting the 2005 election. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press newspapers. He can be reached at tfletcher@blackpress.ca.
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Untangling Richmond’s traffic problems more important than a museum Editor: I read with some interest the recent Richmond Review article (“Olympic museum still eyed for Richmond oval,” Jan. 20) about the plans for an Olympic museum at the Richmond Olympic Oval. The first thought which comes to mind is, $6 million is a lot of money to spend to display some pommel horses and jerseys. Then one thinks about the $4 billion in revenue the International Olympic Committee collects in a four-year cycle and how, if it really wanted to, the IOC could afford to locate a museum in any city in North America...except it hasn’t. Then one thinks, if sponsors are prepared to donate the money (not sure what “inkind donations” means but I suspect it means there are strings attached) and if the city
ensures a bond is posted against cost overruns and if someone offers a personal guarantee the operating costs will not be borne by taxpayers, there’s probably no reason not to go ahead. Except, the only connection the oval now has to the Olympics is the word and the rings on the outside which mainly serve a marketing purpose as there is no longer any long-track speed skating taking place inside. What if, instead, city council took those $6 million of “inkind” donations and used them to hire a qualified traffic engineer and did something about the poor state of traffic control in Richmond? Council and the property developers have many grandiose plans for increasing the resident population, for developing the lands which need developing, for building tall buildings but there are evidently
no plans to improve traffic flow from city hall to Bridgeport Road. Traffic engineering in Richmond seems limited to erecting barriers and traffic lights and pedestrian controlled crosswalks and barricades and speed bumps and scrambles. There are many traffic hotspots in Richmond: No. 5 Road and Steveston Highway, No. 3 Road and Westminster Highway, No. 3 Road and Cambie, Bridgeport and Great Canadian Way, Bridgeport and Sweden Way, Cambie and No. 5 Road, No. 5 Road and Westminster Highway, to name a few. If these $6 million in donated resources were allocated to help drivers navigate freely to their destination, perhaps the city could name some landmarks after the benefactors, maybe name the numbered roads after them. R. Pekarek Richmond
Complexes need good common areas Editor: I live in a five-year-old high-rise condominium. It has modern elevators and a pleasant, clean ambience. Its security is tight so movement is very restricted— consequently there is little opportunity to get to know one’s fellow residents and to socialize. Exchanges are mainly possible only while using the elevators. A bulletin board is not available so even this means of communication within the community is not possible. With Richmond council’s plans for densification going ahead, I hope that builders will be required to meet new regulations so that these housing towers must include suitable areas for playing and socializing and thus help to foster a community spirit within them. The complex I live in has about 350 units. That means there are at least 700 to 1000 people living in it, the equivalent of a small town. To meet the physical/social needs of this number there is a sauna, six-person hot pool, exercise room with three walking machines, two bicycles, and a weight-lifting apparatus. The common room is closed at 4 p.m. and therefore not very useful since residents are probably away during the day. The mindless exercise machines foster only the adult individual’s physical development. There is no games room (ping pong, mah jong, chess or whatever) where “people” (“people” includes children) actually play and interact with each other. There is definitely no inside place for children to run, shout, cry, chase and play with each other. Yes, there are playgrounds outside but nothing inside for the many rainy, cold day. The apartment becomes a virtual prison. I think this paucity of good common areas is a result of builders’ natural desire to maximize profits— apartments generate income, common facilities don’t. I believe, therefore, that the city should act quickly to increase the requirements for more common/play space in future densely-populated structures so that residents have spaces in which to feel part of a community, get to know their neighbours, and that meet the needs of everyone living in them. Merrill Muttart Richmond
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
arts & entertainment
Tempting Providence comes to Gateway Deidre GillardRowlings stars in show that has toured a decade by Matthew Hoekstra Staff Reporter
Deidre Gillard-Rowlings stars in the play Tempting Providence at Gateway Theatre.
Deidre GillardRowlings has done what few Canadian actors can match. The Newfoundland actor has performed the same role 463 times—not including rehearsals—and given a
script life no one thought it would have. In some ways, GillardRowlings was born to play the role, which she’ll reprise again in Tempting Providence, a Theatre Newfoundland Labrador production opening a two-week run at Gateway Theatre Feb. 3. Gillard-Rowlings is Myra Bennett, a nurse who moved from her home in England following the First World War to Newfoundland to provide the only medical services along the province’s rural northern coast. Originally intending to stay for only two years, the nurse known as the Florence Nightingale of the North, never left. She delivered more than 700 babies, extracted over 3,500 teeth and performed operations on her kitchen table by lamplight. Gillard-Rowlings read Robert Chafe’s script
once it was ďŹ nished and desperately wanted to be in it. She landed the role for the 2002 premiere and has been with the show—which has travelled the globe—ever since. No one expected the show to have the life that it has had, she said. “We have discovered through our travels that the story of Tempting Providence is a universal one,â€? she said. “A story of community, pride of place and survival together against great odds. It’s a story that anyone can relate to.â€? She grew up with her own family’s stories of battling the elements in order to survive and would frequently drive past Bennett’s house. Stories of rural nurses were familiar to her since her grandparents served as caretakers of a rural hospital for many years, giving her plenty of material to draw on when
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
sports Memories are made of this
Don Fennell photo Original Richmond Sockeyes’ captain Doug Paterson (left) shared the coaching duties for the Sockeye Alumni with Maurice Lambert at Saturday’s 10th annual Sockeyes Alumni Game at Minoru Arenas.
Matt Erhart (far right) shares a laugh with teammates on the Alumni bench. See story on Page 11, with more photos at richmondreview.com Don Fennell photo Current Richmond Sockeye Kootenay Alder covers up against the Alumni.
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sports Sockeyes Alumni retain fond memories by Don Fennell Sports Editor Brooke Odenvald is in the securities business these days, but his heart is never far from the hockey rink. A prolific scorer in his junior days, he occasionally allows himself to drift back to the early 1980s when he was a prolific scorer for the Richmond Sockeyes, then a member of the BC Hockey League. The memories came flooding back Saturday as Odenvald, 48, pulled on the old red jersey featuring the salmon crest and skated on to the familiar Minoru Arenas ice for the Sockeye Alumni.
“You find yourself kind of reflecting, and maybe wishing you’d appreciated it more at the time,” he said. “But I definitely look back on (the playing career) fondly. We had a pretty proud tradition and as a kid I always looked up to the Sockeyes, so to actually put that sweater on was special. It was the team I always wanted to play for and to see it still around and flourishing is great.” Odenvald, who picked up an assist in the Alumni’s 7-6 win over the current Sockeyes (Pacific International Junior Hockey League leaders with a 31-6-0 record) in the 10th annual Sockeyes Alumni Game in support
of its scholarship foundation, played for his hometown team from 1982 to 1984 and remembers having a lot fun—on and off the ice. “We had a close group of guys and the camaraderie was special,” he said. Now a City of Richmond employee, Brad Swanson captained the Sockeyes in the 1997-98 season when Maurice Lambert, now part owner of the team, was its head coach. Both were back in familiar roles Saturday—Swanson on the ice and Lambert behind the bench—for the Alumni, with Swanson picking up a goal and an assist.
Don Fennell photo Richmond Sockeyes Alumni goalie Sean Donnelly foils current Sockeye Clayton Wright during Saturday’s annual alumni game at Minoru Arenas. Alumni won 7-6. More photos at richmondreview. com.
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INDEX IN BRIEF FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS . . . . . . . . . 1-8 COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS . . . . 9-57 TRAVEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61-76 CHILDREN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-98 EMPLOYMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102-198 BUSINESS SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . 203-387 PETS & LIVESTOCK . . . . . . . . . . . 453-483 MERCHANDISE FOR SALE . . . . . . 503-587 REAL ESTATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603-696 RENTALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703-757 AUTOMOTIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804-862 MARINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903-920
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IN MEMORIAM
ANNE HIRSCH. November 6, 1921 - January 29, 2011. Dear Mom, It has been one year since you left us to be with Dad. We miss you a lot. Love, Pat (Gary), Donna (Bob), Evan (Gwen), Lucas (Chelsea), Josh (Allison), Kent (Jackie)
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INFORMATION
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TUERLINGS, George (Gerardus, Petrus) July 16, 1927 January 25, 2012 Born in Tilburg, Netherlands. After a short illness, George passed away peacefully in the arms of his loving wife Doris, and family at his side, in Peace Arch Hospice. Survived by his wife of 60 years Doris; his children; Toni (John) van Koll, Casey (Joanna) Tuerlings, Michael Tuerlings; Opa to 7 grandchildren Mark (Doris), Andréa (Robert), Paul, Adam (Natalie), Leslie, Kevin, Steven; 3 great grandchildren Noah, Aaron, Julia; and sister Jeanne Zundermann in the Netherlands. He will be missed by all who knew him. Special Thanks to Dr. Larry Darby and the Staff at Peace Arch Hospital. Mass of Christian Burial to be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 1, 2012, at Good Shepherd Church, 2250 150 Street, Surrey BC. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Cancer Research or The Kidney Foundation.
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COMING EVENTS
A well established rapid test kit manufacturer in Delta, BC is recruiting participants for a lay user study for Urinary tract Infection (UTI) Test Strips. The participants should meet the following criteria: 1. Able to read and write English 2. Able to spend one hour per day at our laboratory in Delta for 5 consecutive days. If you are interested, please email your name and contact telephone number to info@ind.ca and include “UTI test lay user study” in the subject line.
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AUTOMOTIVE
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIANS. Salmon Arm GM on Shuswap Lake in beautiful British Columbia requires Full-Time journeyman Automotive Technicians. Email: mikeg@salmonarmgm.com fax: 1-250-832-5314. EXPERIENCED PARTS PERSON required for progressive auto/industrial supplier. Hired applicant will receive top wages, full benefits and RRSP bonuses plus moving allowances. Our 26,000ft2 Store is located 2.5 hours N.E. of Edmonton, Alberta. See our community at LacLaBicheRegion.com. Send Resumes to: Sapphire Auto, Box 306, Lac La Biche, AB, T0A 2C0. Email: hr@sapphireinc.net.
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DRIVERS/COURIER/ TRUCKING TRUCK DRIVER
Port City Enterprises Ltd is hiring for Truck Driver. $23/hr, 40hrs/wk. Mail – 2060 Vandyke Place, Richmond, BC V6V 1X9. Fax – 604-2320255.
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AIRLINES ARE HIRING- Train for high paying Aviation Maintenance Career. FAA approved program. Financial aid if qualified- Housing available. CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance (877)818-0783
Star Fleet Trucking HIRING!! DRIVERS, FARMERS, RANCHERS & RETIREES with 2003 or newer 1-Ton duallie, diesel; pickups & 8’box to deliver new travel trailers & fifth wheels from US manufacturers to Canadian dealers. Free IRP plate for your truck and low insurance rates! Prefer commercial Driver’s License. Top Pay! Call Craig 1-877-890-4523 www.starfleettrucking.com
Become a Psychiatric Nursetrain locally via distance education, local and/or regional clinical placements and some regional classroom delivery. Wages start at $30.79/hr to $40.42/hr. This 23 month program is recognized by the CRPNBC. Gov’t funding may be available. Toll-free 1-87-STENBERG www.stenbergcollege.com
TIME TO PRESSURE WASH YOUR HOME? Browse through bcclassified.com’s Business Service section in the 200-300’s. Class 341 - Pressure Washing
INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SCHOOL. Locations in Alberta & BC. Hands on real world training. Full sized equipment. Job placement assistance. Funding available. www.iheschool.com 1-866-399-3853
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DENIED CANADA PENSION plan disability benefits? The Disability Claims Advocacy Clinic can help. Call Allison Schmidt at 1-877-7933222. www.dcac.ca
FOSTER/SOCIAL CARE
TRAIN TO BE AN Apartment/Condominium Manager at home! We have jobs across Canada. Thousands of graduates working. 31 years of success! Government certified. www.RMTI.ca or 1-800-6658339, 604-681-5456.
Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who need a stable, caring home for a few months. Are you looking for the opportunity to do meaningful, fulfilling work? PLEA Community Services is looking for qualified applicants who can provide care for youth in their home on a full-time basis or on weekends for respite. Training, support and remuneration are provided. Funding is available for modifications to better equip your home. A child at risk is waiting for an open door.
Make it yours. Call 604-708-2628 www.plea.bc.ca
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HELP WANTED All Sports Minded Individuals!!! $11 - $20/hr!
HELP WANTED
Like music and a team environment? No experience nec, no telemarketing, 10 openings available. Call Erica at 604-777-2195
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Papers are delivered to your door. No need to insert flyers either! Deliver 2x week, Wednesdays and Fridays, right in your neighbourhood. Call our circulation department for information.
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4000 Blk Steveston Hwy (inc townhomes)
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4000 Blair Dr, Fisher Gt, Howard St, Shepherd Dr
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14903051
Gamba Dr, Nicolle Pl, Tucker Ave
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15000102
Catalina Cres, Lancaster Cres, Miller Rd (Burkeville)
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14903063
Clematis Dr, Coltsfoot Dr, Larkspur Ave, Mariposa Crt
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to Every Hunter in BC! Advertise in The BC Hunting Regulations Synopsis 2012-2014 publication. Increased circulation 250,000 copies! Tremendous Reach, Two Year Edition! Contact Annemarie at 1 800 661 6335 or hunt@blackpress.ca
15000104
Wellington Cres (Burkeville)
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14903073
Gibbons Dr (6000 blk), Tiffin Cres
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14500434
8000 Blk No 4 Rd
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14903089
4000 blk River Rd (between No 1 & McCallan)
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15102996
2000 blk Shell Rd, River Dr
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14903071
Forsyth Cres, 4000 Blk Westminster Hwy
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5000 blk Gibbons Dr, Westminster Hwy
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Be Your Own Boss! Attention Locals! People req. to work from home online. Earn $500$4500+ P/T or F/T. Toll Free 1.877.880.8843 leave mess.
108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS
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9000 Blk Blundell
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14903076
14703510
7311 Minoru Blvd
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14903072
Forsyth Cres
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15102063
Beckman Pl, 9000 blk of Bridgeport
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14903064
Riverdale Dr
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14302277
8000 Blk of Railway Ave
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14203135
Fairdell Cres
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Cormorant Crt, Steveston Hwy
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14201154
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Seacote Rd, Seafield Cres
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Bisset Dr , Bisset Pl
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Mahood Dr
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JAVITA COFFEE
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Geal Rd, Groat Ave
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Dennis Cres
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Gander Crt, Dr, Pl, St. Johns Pl
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Cornerbrook Cres, St Brides Crt, Pl, St Vincents Crt, Pl
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King Rd, Kingsgrove Ave, Kingswood Dr
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Eperson Rd, Willowfield Dr
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EARN EXTRA CASH! - P/T, F/T Immediate Openings For Men & Women. Easy Computer Work, Others Positions Are Available. Can Be Done From Home. No Experience Needed. www.HWC-BC.com HOME BASED BUSINESS We need serious and motivated people for expanding health & wellness industry. High speed internet and phone essential. Free online training. www.project4wellness.com
Hospice Cottage Thrift Store
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15102040 Baydala crt, Davies Crt, Pl, Finalyson Crt, Dr Gagnon Pl, Tait Crt 133
1521- 56 St. Tsawwassen
CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certification, adoption property rental opportunities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.
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HELP WANTED
EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
MEDICAL TRAINEES needed now! Hospitals & Doctors need well trained staff. No experience needed! Local training & job placement available. Call for more info! 1-888748-4126.
EDUCATION
E-mail: mikayla. tamihilog@shaw.ca or Fax: 604-796-0318
HELP WANTED
EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
Drink Coffee, $hare & Earn Money! Check Out This Fantastic Opportunity. Sunday, Feb. 5th 1:00-2:00pm Eaglequest Golf Coyote Creek 7778 152nd. St. Surrey
First 25 registrations receive a $50 COFFEE GIFT! Jana 604.789.8149 Susan 778.888.0600
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HOME SERVICE GUIDE 24/7 HEATING & PLUMBING
CONCRETE SERVICE
• Water Heaters • Hot Water Tanks • Plumbing, Drainage, Gas Plumbing • Fireplaces & Conversion to Gas • Furnace, Boiler Repairs & Installation
• Fertilization (packages available) • Hedge trimming & Pruning • Yard clean-up • Pressure washing • Gutters
Free estimate and free design.
Fully insured. Free Estimates.
Licensed, Insured, Bonded • Same Day Service
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Call Darryn 604-339-5532
BILL GILLESPIE ** COMMERCIAL • RESIDENTIAL ** KITCHEN & BATHROOM SPECIALIST PLUS TIDDLEY THINGS
604-272-2809 or cell: 604-841-2479
Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind requires a Puppy walking Supervisor for BC on a one year contract - 8 am to 5 pm, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday. Obedience and dog training experience essential and valid drivers license. Must be prepared to travel with occasional overnights away. Training provided. Please fax resume to: 613-692-0650 or email: info@guidedogs.ca No calls please. Closing date Feb. 15, 2012
AUTOMATED TANK Manufacturing Inc. requires a Spray Foam & Paint Applicator. Must have minimum 2 years experience, and must be in good physical health. Great wages, benefits, full insurance package 100% paid by company, savings plan for retirement, profit sharing bonus, long term employment. Wages $33. - $35./hour. Join a winning team. Call 780-846-2231 for appointment or send resume to: Fax 780-846-2241 or email Blaine Ross at blaine@autotanks.ca or Basil Inder at: production@autotanks.ca
DELIVERY PERSONS
Call 1-800-661-1910 or 604-421-9171 Mon.- Fri. 8 am - 4 pm
•Backhoes •Mini excavator (rubber track) •Bobcats (forks/buckets) •Dump trucks
604-833-2103
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PORT HARDY-Available immediately, working Bodyshop Manager. Painter/Bodyman. Competitive pay, benefits and bonuses. Also looking for a Journeyman GM Technician. Send resumes to Attention Cory, klassengm@gmail.com or fax 250949-7440.
Licensed, Insured & Bonded Local Plumbers
M.S. MAINTENANCE & RENOVATIONS
HELP WANTED
Head Janitor Req’d ; Exp. 1-2 yrs; F/T, Pmt, Sal:$17.00/hr. Duties; Supervise and co-ordinate staff. Hire & train new staff. Perform cleaning duties. Inspect site. Prepare work schedule. Receive payments. Assist cleaners in performing duties. Lang: English required. Punjabi is an asset. Available: Day / Evening / Night. Contact: Ramanjit from Standard Building Maintenance at Richmond, BC. E-mail resume: sbm.raman@yahoo.ca or Fax: 604-275-7318 NU-WEST Construction Products seeks a key individual to fill the role of Customer Service Representative in our Richmond Branch. The successful candidate will be responsible for preparing quotes, orders and ensuring customer satisfaction. We offer a competitive salary to be negotiated, group benefits,and bonus program. Apply by Fax 888.853.5795 or email humanresources@nu-west.ca
Marquise Group is looking for a P/T Porter for Tsawwassen Quay. Shifts will be 2:45 pm to 10:45pm. Janitorial exp. req. Candidates will be required to complete a Criminal Record Check. PURCHASING ASSISTANT. Richmond area. $15.00 hr. Proficiency in English essential. High school diploma necessary. Previous office experience an asset. Fast accurate typing as well as good computer skills essential. Must maintain a pleasant polite manner while under pressure and be well organized. Fax resume to 604-821-2971
604-868-7062
SSL ENTERPRISES INC
Porter/Cleaner P/T Afternoon
Mature persons with car or truck to deliver Yellow Pages™ Telephone Directories in the Vancouver area.
ONLY $98
RENOVATIONS
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YELLOW PAGES PHONE BOOKS
HEATING SYSTEM SERVICE SPECIAL
COMMERCIAL ~ RESIDENTIAL
CONSTRUCTION • RENOVATIONS
HELP WANTED
• Plumbing Service & Repairs • Boilers & Furnaces • Gas Work
EXCAVATION
RENOVATIONS
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PLUMBING & HEATING
STEVESTON HOME SERVICES
5 MINUTE EXPRESS PAGING SYSTEM PLUMBING SERVICES AT REASONABLE RATES CALL 604-270-6338
HELP WANTED
Andy 604-908-3596
New fence installation • Gates & repair Roofing repairs • Powerwashing • Odd jobs • Renos • Gutters etc. Painting interior & exterior
RJ’S PLUMBING & HOME SERVICE
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HANDYMAN
PLUMBING
An earthmoving company based in Edson Alberta requires a full time Heavy Duty mechanic for field and shop work. We require Cat Dozer/Deere excavator experience. You will work a set schedule for days on and off. Call Lloyd @ 780723-5051
A+ LAWN & GARDEN
We specialize in driveway, sidewalk, patio, foundation and retaining wall, all kinds of concrete jobs. We also do fencing jobs.
604-275-8464 or 778-869-6288
EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
LAWN SERVICE
WEST CONCRETE
HIGH EFFICIENCY FURNACE – $2499 installed
EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
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Home Improvements, Landscaping, Rubbish Removal, etc... Call today to place your ad bcclassified.com 604-575-5555
•Backfilling/trenching •Ashphalt/concrete removal •Drainage •Retaining walls •Install concrete driveways/sidewalks
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HELP WANTED
WAREHOUSE WORKERS & SUPERVISORS Trans Global Reload 2008 Inc. is hiring for Warehouse Workers ($16.05/hr) & Warehouse Supervisors ($19.72/hr). Mail – 2060 Vandyke Place, Richmond, BC. V6V 1X9 or Fax – 604-232-0255.
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HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD SERVICES
Cook Req’d F/T with exp for Best Tandoori Chicken & Meat Shop Ltd Sal: $22/hr Duties: Prepare & cook complete meals; order kitchen supplies; plan menus; oversee kitchen operations; maintain inventory; English required. Punjabi an asset. Contact: Balwinder @ Email:besttandooriltd@yahoo.ca Fax: 604-304-1295 Location: Richmond, BC
SANDWICH ARTISTS Blundell Road @ Garden City Graveyard Shifts Addition Shift Bonus No experience necessary. Uniform and training provided. 1 free meal included daily.
SUBWAY. Call Param 604-244-7170
RETAIL OPERATIONS MANAGER Silver Star Ski Resort Ltd requires a Retail Operations Manager to oversee all of our Retail and Rental Operations. This position will be responsible for staffing and service, providing strategic direction and leadership with regards to productivity and customer satisfaction. He or she is responsible for managing budgets, and overseeing the retail/rental team in order to drive revenue growth, increase productivity and promote a high level of customer satisfaction. The Retail/Rental Operations Manager is also required to communicate the implementation of new programs to store level management and employees, and ensure that rules and regulations are observed by every employee in the company. Six or more years previous management experience in a retail environment with proven leadership abilities. Strong technical knowledge of both soft and hard goods as it relates to the ski/board/bike industry is an asset. Silver Star Ski Resort offers competitive salary packages, an incredible work environment, and career advancement opportunities.
Closing date: February 10th, 2012. Qualified applicants should contact Human Resources at: hr@skisilverstar.com
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FINANCIAL SERVICES
AVOID BANKRUPTCY - SAVE UP TO 70% Of Your Debt. One affordable monthly payment, interest free. For debt restructuring on YOUR terms, not your creditors. Call 1-866-690-3328 or see web site: www.4pillars.ca DROWNING IN DEBTS? Helping Canadians 25 years. Lower payments by 30%, or cut debts 70% thru Settlements. AVOID BANKRUPTCY! Free consultation. www.mydebtsolution.com or Toll Free 1 877-556-3500. GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877987-1420. www.pioneerwest.com If you own a home or real estate, ALPINE CREDITS can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is NOT an issue. 1.800.587.2161.
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CRIMINAL RECORD? Guaranteed Record Removal since 1989. Confidential, Fast, & Affordable. Our A+BBB Rating assures EMPLOYMENT & TRAVEL FREEDOM. Call for FREE INFO. BOOKLET
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NEED help tweaking your home? Call us. We’re home renovation specialists. Walls. Tiles. Floors. Kitchens. Bathrooms. Closets. freshcoatapaint.ca 778.881.3866 SMALL JOB specialist, all repairs. Carpenty & flooring. Kit. & bthrooms a specialty. Dan 604-761-9717
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EXPERIENCED DRILLERS, Derrickhands, Motorhands and Floorhands. Seeking full rig crews. Paying higher than industry rates and winter bonus. Send resume c/w valid tickets. Fax 780-955-2008; info@tempcodrilling.com Phone 780-955-5537. MILLWRIGHT JOURNEYMAN BCTQ certification mandatory. Fulltime opening @ West Coast Reduction Ltd in Vancouver. Competitive wage and benefits. Email resumes to rpretorius@wcrl.com
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HEALTH PRODUCTS
$10 CASH BACK for every pound you lose. Herbal Magic. Lose Weight Guaranteed! Call Herbal Magic now at 1-800-827-8975 for more information. Limited time offer.
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MONEYPROVIDER.COM. $500 Loan and +. No Credit Refused. Fast, Easy, 100% Secure. 1-877776-1660.
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AFFORDABLE MOVING Local & Long Distance
$45/Hr
From 1, 3, 5, 7,10 Ton Trucks Licenced ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 Men Free estimate/Seniors discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos
ACCOUNTING/TAX/ BOOKKEEPING
ACCOUNTING BOOKKEEPING Qualified, Experienced Staff. ROCKPOINT small bus. support. 604-541-9918, 604-220-6773
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CONCRETE & PLACING
JUNK REMOVAL Recycled Earth Friendly • Electronics • Appliances • Old Furniture • Construction • Yard Waste • Concrete • Drywall • Junk • Rubbish • Mattresses
On Time, As Promised, Service Guaranteed!
604.587.5865
www.recycleitcanada.ca
bradsjunkremoval.com
Haul Anything... But Dead Bodies!! 604.
SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured Competitive rates. Wknd Specials. Call Frank: (604) 435-8240
Serving The Lower Mainland Since 1988
#1 AAA Rubbish Removal 21 Years Serving Rmd. Residential & Commercial Clean Courteous Service FREE ESTIMATES Joe 604-250-5481
329 PAINTING & DECORATING
PETS
Running this ad for 8yrs
PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint. NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services. www.paintspecial.com
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PLUMBING
$36/HOUR. Local lic’d plumber. Big & small jobs. Plumbing, heating, plugged drains, call 604-755-1577
Call: Rick (604) 202-5184
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ELECTRICAL
YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899
MIN. EXPRESS PAGING SYSTEM Reasonable Rates 604-270-6338
283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS GUTTER Cleaning Service, Repairs Free Est, 20 yrs exp, Rain or shine. 7 days/week. Simon 604-230-0627
SELL YOUR CAR..
Advertise your car across the lower mainland in the 17 best-read community newspapers.
Call 604.575.5555 bcclassified.com
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HOME IMPROVEMENTS
HIGH CALIBER CONSTRUCTION • Kit. • Bath • Remodels • Finishing Reno King Since 1972 778-837-0771 AAA1 PROF HANDYMAN SERVICE Kitchen/Bath/Decks/Fences/Drywall Ceramics. Free est. Dave 778-888-6339
220.JUNK(5865)
604-537-4140
1ST CALL Plumbing, heating, gas, licensed, insured, bonded. Local, Prompt and Prof. 604-868-7062 PLACING & Finishing * Forming * Site Prep, old concrete removal * Excavation & Reinforcing * Re-Re Specialists 32 Years Exp. Free Estimates.
RUBBISH REMOVAL
RECYCLE-IT!
MOVING & STORAGE
1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Real Professionals, Reasonable. Rates. Different From the Rest. 604-721-4555.
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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
A-TECH Services 604-230-3539
Please do not call between
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Looking to relocate to the Beautiful Okanagan?
Plumbing • Electrical • Woodwork • Drywall • Bathrooms • Painting • Handyman • Textured Ceilings • FREE Quotes Door Repairs: Patio • Pocket • Bi-folds • Shower Insured / WCB and I’m a Nice Guy! Mike Favel • 604-341-2681
353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS
JASON’S ROOFING All kinds of re-roofing & repairs. Free est. Reasonable rates. (604)961-7505, 278-0375
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PETS
BEAGLE PUPS, tri colored, good looking, healthy, vet check $600. (604)796-3026. No Sunday calls
BERNESE Mountain Dog Puppies. Vet checked with first shots and ready for new homes. $1,200. 778241-5504. Langley
BLUETICK COON HOUND PUPS, born Dec 1st, females only, $350. Call: (604)856-7316
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Wildcats tame Sharks with statement win by Don Fennell The scene was a familiar one for the StevestonLondon Sharks and R.A. McMath Wildcats. For the second year in a row, the two Richmond rivals prepared to meet in the girls’ final of the Wildcats’ annual senior high school basketball tournament Saturday. Though the Sharks had crushed the Wildcats 6041 in the league opener Dec. 12 at McMath, both teams were more mindful of last year’s tournament final, a close contest also won by the Sharks. This time, the Wildcats were determined to be the victors. But Steveston-London again jumped out to an early lead which, thanks to the play of point guard Anmol Mattu (35 points), grew to an 11-point cushion at halftime. Then just
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Don Fennell photo Two McMath Wildcats, Emma Partridge (24) and Jessica Tsai (21), try to block a pass to Steveston-London’s Anmol Mattu during their thrilling 64-58 overtime win Saturday in the girls’ final of the Wildcat Classic.
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“The Alumni game is always a good night, but it’s always a little better winning than losing,” laughed Swanson, who played four seasons with his hometown team. “Being a year older and step slower, we knew we were not going to outskate them and if we traded chances we were going to lose, so we tried to let the puck do the work and be in good position.” Still, the current Sock-
eyes managed to double the Alumni’s shot total (60 to 30) and may have won if not for the outstanding goaltending of Judd Lambert (head coach of the present team) and Sean Donnelly. Doug Paterson, also back of the Alumni bench Saturday, acknowledged part of him wished he could still play but conceded father time prevented it. “What I enjoy best is
seeing all the guys come back and want to be part
of the Alumni,” said Paterson, the Sockeyes’
original captain in 1972 who spearheads the
Sockeyes Alumni. “This year there were five or
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