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Budget is bad for city MLA Judy Darcy blasts Liberals saying budget will hurt health care and could undermine NewWest schools

By Theresa McManus

tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca

dishwasher arose out of the city’s decision to include a full-service catering kitchen in the facility, rather than the warm-up or servery kitchen that was initially proposed.

“The staff that we have hired to run the convention centre strongly advocated to make those changes, saying that it would be far more beneficial to the centre and it is a lot easier to run as an operation and would lead to a better catering deal,” he said. “The argument seemed to make sense.”

Staff has told the mayor it would take people three days to wash all the dishes

New Westminster MLA Judy Darcy is disappointed that the 2015 provincial budget doesn’t address the crisis in hallway medicine at Royal Columbian Hospital and could undermine the school district’s efforts to balance its books.

On Tuesday, the provincial government introduced a balanced budget that aims to build toward a strong and more diversified economy and provides additional supports to British Columbians who are most in need.The province is forecasting a $284 million surplus in 2015/2016.

“It was like the throne speech – it is entirely lacking in any clear direction,” Darcy told the Record. “I really worry about it for New Westminster. I worry about it especially for education.”

Darcy said she’s heard clearly from parents about the province’s need to invest in public education.

“Funding for public education has flatlined,” she said.

According to the province, it’s increasing the Kindergarten to Grade 12 funding by $564 million over three years to meet its funding commitments for collective agreements negotiated in this sector, including a 33 per cent increase to the learning improvement fund. School districts across B.C. have also been told they’ll need to cut administrative costs by $29 million in 2015/2016 and $25 million in 2016/2017.

“It’s kind of like giving with one hand and taking away with the other,” Darcy said.

Darcy said she’s really worried that School District 40 is going to struggle after making “such great efforts” to balance the budget and pay back its debt to the province.

“Our school district is really lean,” she said. “It has gotten to the point where parents are speaking out and saying, we get

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$100,000 for a dishwasher NewWest’s 2015 capital budget includes several items for the Anvil Centre adding up to more than $1,750,000

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A $100,000 dishwasher in Anvil Centre kitchen will get dishes shiny and clean after big bashes at the conference centre.

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“I had no idea a dishwasher could possibly cost this much,” said Mayor Jonathan Cote, when asked about the appliance.

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PLAYING WITH HEART: New Westminster under-12 girls field lacrosse players take on the Coquitlam Adanacs in a January

match-up. The Salmonbellies organization says having a lacrosse academy at New Westminster Secondary School would benefit both male and female lacrosse players in the city. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

Lacrosse takes a shot

Salmonbellies want to help school district develop lacrosse academy

By Niki Hope

nhope@newwestrecord.ca

The Salmonbellies organization is taking a shot at helping the school district develop a lacrosse academy at New Westminster Secondary School.

The school board recently passed a policy that would make it easier for sports and arts programs to score specialized academies that would be part of students’ curriculum at the high school.

“In New Westminster, with the oldest lacrosse franchise in the world, it just makes so much sense that frankly I’d be shocked and I’d be disappointed if New Westminster did not proceed with a lacrosse academy at the new high school,” said Ross Guthrie, equipment manager for the New Westminster Minor Lacrosse Association.

The organization plans to present its proposal to school trustees on March 3,

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minor Salmonbellies president Darren Flintoff told the Record.

Lacrosse would be an ideal fit at the high school, not just because of the city’s lengthy history with the game (126 years), but because it is a sport that both girls and boys are active in, Flintoff said.

“We think more so than football or hockey it has advantages for our female athletes, who have already been getting scholarships,” he said, “so let’s encourage that even more so.”

Minor lacrosse has started reaching out to the school community by providing lacrosse sticks to all of the elementary schools so they could teach the sport.

In terms of how the program will be rolled out, Flintoff said it’s still early days, though at this point he believes the program would be open to all interested students, and there would be no tryouts,

How does a sports academy at a high school work?

In an academy, a student’s courses will include two electives related to the sport or arts program they specialize in.

though there would be some charges involved.

“Lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in North America,” noted Guthrie.

The island transplant said he never even saw a lacrosse stick until he made the move to New Westmin-

Lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in North America.

ster, which has the highest per capita rate of lacrosse players in the region. His New West neighbours told him to get his kids involved in the sport.

The game is entrenched in the city’s culture, Guthrie said. Having the academy, which would be an addition to the extra-curricular program the high school cur-

When could we see a sports academy start at NWSS? As soon as September … If the school thinks this is a good idea and there is a teacher who would oversee the program.

rently has because it would be part of their school curriculum, will make local players even more competitive.

It’s getting to the point, he said, where cities need academies to even be a competitive force in the game. He cited the success of Claremont Secondary School in Victoria, which has a lacrosse program.

New Westminster’s superintendent John Gaiptman made the move to the city from Victoria, where he was superintendent. He is supportive of the concept of academies, saying they bolster students’ desire to attend school, which improves performance overall.

He also said if the district does introduce any academies at the high school, they would have to be initiated by a grassroots movement from the community.

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Would my daughter/son have to try out to get in the program?

No, (but) they would have to make certain commitments … and have a love of the game - superintendent John Gaiptman

The majority of New Westminster school trustees back theYes vote in the upcoming transit referendum.

The school board held a last-minute meeting Thursday to vote on whether to join the local coalition fighting for a transit expansion plan that includes a 0.5 per cent PST increase to pay for $7.5-billion in transit upgrades and road improvements.Trustees voted sixto-one in favour of aligning with the City of New Westminster in its bid to get the referendum passed.Trustee MaryAnn Mortensen was the one to oppose endorsing theYes position.

“I really feel that encouraging people to vote (either way) is really not the role of school trustees,” she told the Record. “We are not transportation experts …

it’s a discourse I would have rather seen us step aside from.

“I think telling the public how to vote, that’s where I draw the line,” she added.

The board held the emergency meeting to make the decision in time for a City of New Westminster press conference, which was held on Monday, pushing for a Yes vote. Mayor Jonathan Cote requested the board join the chorus of local agencies calling for theYes camp to win.

School board chair Jonina Campbell said they are looking at the endorsement on behalf of families, students and staff in the school district.

“There needs to be a plan, and this is the best option out there,” Campbell said The transit plan will meet the needs of the increasing population, she added.

MLA pushes for ban on products New Democratic health critic Judy Darcy is taking another crack at getting flavoured tobacco products banned in B.C. The New Westminster MLA has re-introduced a private member’s bill that would amend the Tobacco Control Act to ban the sale of tobacco products flavoured like fruit, chocolate and other flavours that she says make them attractive to children and teenagers.

“Tobacco companies know that when people start smoking young, they are more likely to get addicted and therefore are more likely to be life-long smokers,” Darcy stated in a press release Tuesday. “Stopping the sale of these flavoured tobacco products is one step toward reducing the prevalence of tobacco-related cancers in British Columbia.”

Darcy first introduced the bill last April, arguing tobacco companies needed to be stopped because their marketing strategy targeting youth was working.

She cited a 2012/13 University of Waterloo national youth smoking survey that found 53 per cent of youth

tobacco users (over 30,000 students) in B.C. had used flavoured tobacco products.

Tobacco is still the leading cause of death and disease in B.C., according to the Canadian Cancer Society, killing over 6,000 British Columbians every year, and the majority of new tobacco users are under 18.

Health Minister Terry Lake said a year ago the province was working with the federal government to enhance national restrictions on flavoured tobacco, arguing provincial legislation would create a “patchwork of standards across the country.”

But Lake said the province would act if the federal government didn’t move forward.

He reiterated that position in an emailed statement Tuesday.

“The Premier has given my ministry a mandate to work with the federal government to regulate the sales of e-cigarettes and flavoured tobacco to minors in British Columbia or in the absence of a federal strategy, move to introduce legislation,” Lake wrote.

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City to tackle traffic on Alberta Street

By Theresa McManus

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An oversized commercial vehicle recently sped down Alberta Street taking down cable lines along the way.

That’s just one of the reasons why area residents are appealing to city hall to address traffic volumes and speeding on the narrow Sapperton street. On Feb. 2, residents presented council with a petition signed by 47 Alberta Street residents, who are asking that the city immediately design and install traffic calming measures.

With about 59 children living on Alberta Street,Wes Kinna said families need the city to address the “significant” problems with traffic volumes and speeds of ve-

hicles on the street. He said his neighbours’ two sons were allowed to walk to a friend’s house on Simpson Street three years ago, but that’s no longer the case because of safety concerns related to traffic volumes and speeding motorists.

Danielle Connelly said access in and out of the Brewery District development is something that needs to be addressed.

While they’re leaving it to engineers to decide how to best handle the traffic problem, residents want the city to consider right-in, rightout movements from Alberta Street, removal of the light at Alberta and East Columbia streets (near the Brewery District development) and speed bumps.

He said residents want the

city to address the traffic concerns, and ensure it isn’t just redirected to neighbouring streets.

A light at the foot of Alberta Street makes it easier for motorists to make left turns onto East Columbia Street. Because it’s the only traffic-controlled intersection near the Brewery District, it’s also a convenient place for motorists to access that site.

Coun. Patrick Johnstone said there is “no excuse” for commercial trucks to be traveling on Alberta Street at any time. “That’s not an acceptable situation.”

Jim Lowrie, the city’s director of engineering services, said staff expect to report back to council on the issue in March.

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Balanced budget cold comfort for many

For the third time in three years, the province (arguably) boasts a balanced or surplus budget.

As expected, there’s give and take in all directions.

Monthly MSP premiums are going up for the sixth time in five years. At the same time, a higher tax on those making more than $150,000 per year is being rolled back to 2013 levels. Families on disability or income assistance will no longer have their payments

clawed back if they received child support.

And though the total dollar amount going into health and education is going up, we can say right now that in 2015/2016 both sectors will continue to feel the strain as demand on the system grows.

It’s important to remember the human costs here.

News of a balanced budget will be cold comfort for someone struggling to get access to mental health

care.The same goes for school boards, which will have to find $29 million in “efficiencies” to keep the lights on.

As Judy Darcy, New Westminster’s NDP MLA, is quick to point out, given this school district’s challenges, any budget that does not effectively increase ongoing funding issues has to hurt students.

As Darcy says, “Our school district is really lean.

It has gotten to the point

where parents are speaking out and saying, we get that you have really focused on classroom learning, but we also need to make sure we have computers, we have books and we have people who know how to take care of our finances.”

As the NDP health critic Darcy is acutely aware that there are major problems with delivering health care in the province. “Hallway medicine,” where patients reside in corridors in-

stead of rooms, seems to be an almost acceptable practice now.

But our current government did not campaign and win on making sure the government met the needs of every disadvantaged group.

So thinking they would produce a budget that would consider those groups, is, of course, pretty ridiculous.

Thankfully, B.C. isn’t hurting the way Canada’s other provinces are, especially Alberta with its for-

tunes tied so tightly to a plummeting barrel of oil.

But we also aren’t seeing any of the “trillion dollar” LNG bonanza that was the Liberals’ raison d’être in its 2013 provincial election campaign.

All in all, it’s a budget that promises more of the same – and for many folks that’s both a curse and a blessing.

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MY VIEW PAUL KERSHAW

A generation is being squeezed A new study published by Generation Squeeze finds that governments combine to spend $33,000 to $40,000 per retiree, $14,000 to $15,000 per person age 45 to 54, and less than $12,000 per person under age 45. One key question all Canadians should be asking is whether this age distribution is fair?

The answer depends on how different age groups are doing. In previous research, we’ve shown that Canadians aged 55-plus enjoy increases in household income that surpass those under 45, who are squeezed by lower earnings, less time and higher housing costs compared to a generation ago. High housing prices generate big wealth gains for those age 55-plus, while weighing down those under 45 with large debts.

Retirees now report the lowest rates of low-income status of any age group, yet more than a quarter of Canadian children start kindergarten vulnerable in ways that make them more likely to fail in school, commit crimes and fall ill. Canadians in their 40s and younger also inherit larger government and environmental debts than did their parents a generation ago.

Younger generations need to become a greater priority for policy adaptation by Canadian governments.When new investments are being made this budget season, younger Canadians should receive at least as much as

retirees. Unfortunately, the new Task Force on Aging suggests that the premiers are prioritizing population aging.This narrow focus risks overlooking generational equity.

Our new study shows that governments spend $150 billion annually on medical care – nearly half of which goes to the 15 per cent of Canadians age 65-plus. The same age group receives another $40 billion in Old Age Security (OAS). Medical care and OAS come from general taxes each year, dwarfing spending on families with kids.

Provincial and federal governments can and should budget equitably for aging parents and grandparents, as well as for their kids and grandchildren.

Fortunately, Canadians in their 40s and under are getting better organized to make this happen. Under the banner of Generation Squeeze, we’re squeezing back by building Canada’s most overdue lobby. It will match the good work of the Canadian Association of Retired Persons, which has lobbied on behalf of Canadians 50-plus for decades.

So long as older Canadians have a strong lobby, younger Canadians deserve one too … so that provincial and federal budgets work for all generations.

Dr. Paul Kershaw is founder of Generation Squeeze (gensqueeze.ca), and a UBC policy professor in the School of Population Health.

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Working together to help seniors in B.C.

City paying $20K to boostYes vote

Dear Editor At a recent seniors’ care forum put on by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) and the B.C. Health Coalition at the Hilton Hotel in Metrotown, both the ombudsperson, Kim Carter, and seniors’ advocate, Isobel Mackenzie, were the keynote speakers.

The B.C. Ombudsperson report, with its 176 detailed recommendations, few of which have been acted upon, provides a road map to address the seniors’ problems in our home and community care for seniors.

Our seniors’ advocate, Isobel Mackenzie, referred to the many meetings she has attended with seniors around the province and her commitment to ensuring B.C. seniors have the best possible care and support. This has to be of some comfort to all seniors in this province needing help. I know it was to me, just knowing that we have a dedicated advocate who thanked the grassroots efforts of people around the province for all they have done to raise the issues and concerns on behalf of the over 700,000 seniors in our province.

It will be up to all of us to see that the wind is at Isobel Mackenzie’s back to ensure that when her final report and/or recommendations come down, they are acted upon by our representatives in Victoria and, for that matter, Ottawa. Enough is enough. It is time that seniors in this province have the best possible care and support.

How do we in New Westminster express our concerns in a climate in which a recent federal survey of 15,000 seniors found that 34 per cent of seniors 65 and over are at risk of being undernourished, or that an analysis by the Conference Board of Canada states that the poverty rate for seniors in the last 15 years has increased from 2.9 to 6.7 per cent, or a 131 per cent increase? And that figure is climbing.

The Seniors Planning and Action Network (SPAN) is holding a Seniors’ Forum, Wednesday, Feb. 25, from 9 a.m. to noon, at the Centennial Lodge in Queen’s Park to address Aging in New Westminster: What is Our Future?, featuring Isobel Mackenzie. To attend, register by calling 604-515-1718, or email Mariam Larson at manage@mariamlarson.org .

William Zander, New Westminster

Rail tanker safety is a real concern Dear Editor Re: Parked rail tankers raise concern, the Record, Feb. 11. The Quayside resident that raised the concern about parked rail tankers has every right to be concerned about what products are being stored in that neighbourhood. The reason why those tank cars are parked for extended periods right now is because Southern Rail has locked out the crews that would normally be moving those cars through the neighbourhood. The management staff that are attempting to operate the railway cannot keep up with the demand.

I find Mr. Biln’s comments interesting, to say the least. Southern Rail routinely handles non-odourized liquefied petroleum gas and a host of other dangerous goods, not just chlorine as Mr. Biln states. If Mr. Biln is including faulty and leaking valves in his statement about “minor venting,” then his statement would be true.

Bill Magri, president, CUPE 7000

@_gumba maybe #NewWest should spend the money on monthly transit passes for those in need @Crostyca Have they provided $’s to the no side? @canuck4liberty Is anyone really surprised when a mayor/council uses taxpayers’ $$$ 2 try 2 sell them on giving up more? #NewWest #VoteNo @PJNewWest If a YES vote means safer streets and reduces even a single fatal accident, #NewWest taxpayers come out ahead. @PJNewWest If a YES result reduces traffic enough to save 0.7% of the #NewWest paving budget for 1 year, we will save money overall. @kev #newwest needs a YES vote, I’m worried! @PJNewWest If #NewWest needs to build 1 less parking space because of a Yes result, we will have saved money overall.

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Tell us how you really feel about TransLink Bo Xilai Pay Freeze? The CEO of Translink makes twice as much as the Premier and heads of much larger transit systems such as New York. Translink needs a major overhaul and approving the 0.5% PST increase will just signal approval of “more of the same” for Translink. Translink already gets revenue from a gas surcharge in Metro Vancouver, A property tax levy, 21% parking taxes and an electricity levy ON TOP of all fares from bus and LRT. I can’t stand apologists for a broken and disfunctional system like Translink.

Kisai Picking at the CEO’s salary is a distraction and counts for less than 1/1000th of the budget. The CEO of Translink has to manage 2-3x the number transportation systems than anyone else. You can’t go “oh look NYC is bigger, and pays less” without pointing out that their transit system doesn’t cover their roads.

The MTA (which is what covers only the buses and subways of New York, and half of the bridges) is not comparable except in how much revenue it recovers which is identical to Translink. The MTA is also super-expensive to build in.

Kind of like Metro Vancouver.

I say again, nobody has magically found a way to get 250 million dollars out of “existing” revenue. The waste identified by the CTF counts for less than 1%. Translink is actually well run compared to any American Transit system.

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News MLA questions budget Continued from page 1 that you have really focused on classroom learning, but we also need to make sure we have computers, we have books and we have people who know how to take care of our finances. If you are too lean on well-qualified people to administer a school district, you can run into a lot of difficulties, which has happened in New Westminster.”

Darcy, the NDP health critic, was disappointed that MSP premiums are continuing to go up.

“They hurt people who can least afford to pay them,” she said. “They are a flat tax.You pay the same amount regardless of where you are on the income scale.”

Most disturbing, said Darcy, is that “hallway medicine” continues to take place in hospitals like Royal Columbian.

“One of the reasons we have hallway medicine is because people end up in emergency rooms, who don’t necessarily need to be

there. People end up taking up hospital beds when they could be cared for elsewhere,” she said. “I think it would have been really smart – and cost-effective – for the government to say, ‘We are going to do more investment in home support so that people can live independently longer, we are going to do more investment in residential care beds so that people aren’t taking up a hospital bed at Royal Columbian.’They keep saying, ‘We are holding the line on health spending,’ but we’ve got a big crisis in hallway medicine.”

Darcy said the plan to redevelop Royal Columbian Hospital has “inched forward” since last year’s budget, when the government was proceeding with a business case for the redevelopment.

“This year, it does say the business plan for the first phase of redevelopment of RCH is complete and is pending review by government. Following approval of this plan, procurement will

commence,” she said.

The provincial government states that it’s increasing funding to health care by $3 billion over three years, with funds supporting hospice services for children and adults.The province will also provide up to $12.5 million to the Canadian Cancer Society toward establishing a world-class cancer prevention centre in Vancouver.

According to Darcy, heath is 42 per cent of the province’s budget, but B.C. is second or third lowest in per capita spending on health care in Canada.

On the upside, Darcy was pleased that the budget responded to concerns from anti-poverty activists and the NDP about its policy of clawing back on child support payments that parents on income or disability assistance get from an ex-spouse.Those parents will now be allowed to keep their support payments.

“That was good news,” Darcy said.

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Facts, please: City council has asked staff for more information about the costs, revenues and work plan associated with Anvil Centre. A number of funding requests in this year’s budget relate to the civic and community facility. PHOTO RECORD FILES

Plan includes new Massey Continued from page 1 generated by an event attended by 300 to 400 people, but they would be done on the day of the event with an industrial dishwasher.

“I am comfortable with that,” Cote said. “I’m not looking forward to the headline: $100,000 dishwasher, but I think it’s valid.”

Anvil Centre, a civic and conference facility, opened at 777 Columbia St. in September 2014.The 2015 capital budget includes other expenditures related to Anvil Centre, including $1 million for a restaurant; $100,000 for a potential property acquisition (details on this item weren’t clear at the Record’s presstime); $149,000 for creating workshop space in Anvil Centre for working on and preparing museum exhibits; and $450,000 for construction of a corridor between the Anvil Centre lobby and the office tower lobby.

According to Cote, a corridor between Anvil Centre

and the Anvil Centre office tower has been in the budget for a while, but wasn’t something that was included in the building’s original design.

While in negotiations about the sale of the building, he said the purchasers required that a corridor be created between the restaurant, office tower and Anvil Centre lobby spaces as it would make the building operate more efficiently.

“That corridor wasn’t there before we had the purchaser,” Cote said. “This was something we discussed during the negotiations to sell the building. One of the conditions for them to buy the building was that this corridor be put in.”

As part of this year’s budget process, staff presented council with the long-range capital plan that includes $47.7 million in projects in 2015. City council generally supports the capital plan, but voiced concerns that this year’s plan included

funds for a replacement for Massey Theatre and a new animal shelter.

“Both of those projects are still strongly supported by council,” Cote said, “but I think there was wanting to be a bit of a reality check in terms of when that should actually be put into our capital plan, given that both of those projects are most likely not going to be moving forward in this calendar year.”

The plan included $1 million to partner with the school district to reconstruct Massey Theatre as part of the NewWestminster Secondary School replacement project and $1.2 million to relocate and construct a new animal shelter and tow yard. Council passed a motion asking staff to review the capital budget plan and move the projects into the five-year capital plan to better reflect a more realistic timeline for their implementation.

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A journey to the darkness within NewWest actor brings one-woman show to Firehall Feb. 24 to 28 That darkness is part of Tina Milo’s world is no surprise.

The New Westminster resident, Serbian by birth, has performed against the backdrop of war in her home country.

So it seems fitting that her first solo theatre creation in Canada should look at the darkness within the depths of our minds – and the depression that accompanies it.

Milo is onstage in The Village at the Firehall Arts Centre, Feb. 24 to 28.

“TheVillage is about an actress auditioning for the role of a depressed woman,” a write-up about the production explains. “By using the audition form for film and TV, and the audience as her ‘judges,’ the actress explores why women give up on who they really are, their dreams and hopes, seeking an answer to what transports us from emotional darkness to extreme happiness.”

Milo unveils “the village” of different women who have given up on their hopes and dreams – mothers, daughters, brides, lovers.

As a mother herself, Milo understands first-hand how traditional gender roles can both define and confine women; she suffered from

Into the darkness: Tina Milo of New Westminster is bringing her solo show The Village to the stage at the Firehall Arts Centre, Feb. 24 to 28. The show delves into the world of depression, through the character of an actress auditioning for a role as a depressed woman. PHOTO UNA SKANDRO, CONTRIBUTED

mild postpartum depression following the birth of her child, which coincided with moving to Canada and disconnecting from her family and home.

The production is described as a “unique and darkly humorous fusion of

acting, physical theatre, live music and film.”

Milo brings to the stage more than 10 years of experience performing and touring with various European theatre companies, including as an actor, composer and producer with Bel-

grade’s Dah Theatre.

She conceived and created TheVillage, as well as composing its music, Direction and dramaturgy is

by Dijana Milosevic, with set and video design by Nesa Paripovic, costume design by Maria Markovic

and light design by Milomir Dimitrijevic.

TheVillage is onstage Feb. 24 to 28, with Tuesday to Friday shows at 8 p.m., and Saturday shows at 3 and 8 p.m.

There’s also a paywhat-you-can matinee on

Wednesday at 1 p.m.

The Firehall Arts Centre is at 280 East Cordova St., Vancouver.

See www.firehallarts centre.ca for information and tickets.

Last Mondays film series continues at Massey Film lovers, it’s nearly the last week of the month – and that means it’s Last Mondays at the Movies time again.

The Arts Council of New Westminster film series is continuing at Massey The-

atre Monday, Feb. 23, with a screening of the Israel Horovitz film My Old Lady.

My Old Lady tells the story of a down-on-his-luck NewYorker who inherits a Parisian apartment from his estranged father. But when

he arrives in France to sell the apartment, he discovers it may not be that easy – since it’s already being occupied by a refined retiree and her daughter.

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Arts & Entertainment Strings in the spotlight at Queens Kevin Park is no stranger to the local stage – some 13 years ago, he was the featured cellist in an On the Rise concert in the Music at Queens concert series in New Westminster.

Now he’s bringing a group of top-notch professionals together to present the next concert in that very same series.

Bridge Musicians International is in the spotlight on Saturday, Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at Queens Avenue United Church.

In 2012, Park formed Bridge Musicians with a mission to bring classi-

cal music to new audiences in the Vancouver area.

The musicians, both local and international, perform concerts around the Lower Mainland, exposing audiences to classical chamber music.

The Music at Queens concert will feature Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor and Schumann’s Piano Quartet in E-flat major.

Park will be joined by fellow cellist Luke Kim, along with violinists Ken Lin and Ji In Kim, pianist Scott Meek and violist Manti Poon.

Park, a New Westmin-

ster resident and graduate of Burnaby South Secondary School, began his early musical training in Seoul, South Korea, and pursued his degree in music performance at the University of North Texas.

His biography notes that he has since pursued an international career as a soloist and orchestral cellist, serving as principal cellist for such ensembles as the B.C. Music Educators Association Orchestra, the Winspear Opera Orchestra and the Pilgrim Orchestra.

He is also a faculty member and teacher at schools

Chamber music: Violinist Ji In Kim is part of the Bridge Musicians performance this Saturday at Queens Avenue United Church, part of the Music at Queens concert series. The program will feature piano quartets by Brahms and Schumann.

including the Pacific Coast School of Music in New West and Concordia International in Coquitlam.

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Tickets for their Music at Queens concert are $20 regular, $15 for students and seniors, or $10 for children.

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Magic and words join forces A celebrated author from New Westminster will be making literary magic at the Chan Centre next week.

Steven Galloway is the author of four novels, including The Cellist of Sarajevo and, most recently,The Confabulist. He’ll be taking to the stage with master magician David Gifford on Thursday, Feb. 26 as part of the Beyond Words series at the Chan Centre’s Telus Studio Theatre.

The event will pair readings from The Confabulist – which traces the life and sudden death of turn-ofthe-century magician Harry Houdini, along with the story of the person who killed him – with live illusions pre-

sented by Gifford.

“It’s neither a reading nor a magic show, but a hybrid of the two,” said Chan Centre programming manager Wendy Atkinson in a press release. “Our hope is that while the audience observes the magic tricks performed in front of their own eyes that they will delve deeper into some of the themes that gracefully unfold in Steven’s book, such as the limitations of memory, reality versus imagination and the scam of spiritualism in the early 20th century.”

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Kia tends to be often ignored in the marketplace, simply because people don’t talk about this brand often. However, every model in its lineup is worth consideration in its respective market segment thanks to the fact that their products have been updated continuously.

On that note, if you need a practical family sedan that has amazing styling, the Kia Optima deserves a thorough examination.

The Kia Optima has the styling that turns heads, but it has more than just good looks. It boasts a lineup of efficient and powerful engines, a comfortable and premium-looking interior – all for a non-premium price.

To be fair, there are many worthy competitors in the midsize sedan segment. To highlight a few, rivals include the Ford Fusion, Toyota Camry and Honda Accord.

Significantly refreshed last year, the 2015 Optima receives subtle interior updates and upgraded tech.

Design

The Kia Optima shares its architecture with the Hyundai Sonata, though the Optima has unique styling inside and out. The exterior lines of the Optima are cleaner and more crisp compared to the Sonata.

The Optima’s cross-hatch front grille and long sweptback headlights give it the impression of a “moving vehicle” even when it’s not. A strong shoulder line flows smoothly into the wraparound tail lamps and tie the look of the whole vehicle together. The blacked out roof works well with all colour combinations and hides the available panoramic sunroof.

A similar approach was taken inside the cabin as it is

very driver focused and cleanly laid out. While some of the materials in the base model are not up to the same quality as its rivals, it does come with some premium standard features like heated side mirrors and Bluetooth phone connectivity.

The front seats are very comfortable and are well bolstered. All but the base model come with leather seats, which can be finished in a classy quilted look.

In the rear seats, passengers will find plenty of legroom.

However, due to the Optima’s sharply raked roofline, taller people will find headroom to be lacking.

Performance

Most Optima models will have a 2.4-litre four-cylinder under the hood. This motor is rated at a respectable 192 hp and 181 lb-ft of torque.

Those seeking more performance can opt for a 2.0-litre twin-scroll turbocharged four-cylinder. Producing 274 hp and 269 lb-ft of torque, this engine is capable of delivering a thrilling 0-100km run, yet still return admirable fuel economy.

Aiding the turbo’s surprising economy is the fact that Kia only recommends regular unleaded gasoline, saving the cost of high octane fuel. One drawback is that there is some noticeable turbo lag under hard acceleration.

A separate Optima Hybrid is also available. This uses a 2.4-litre Atkinson-cycle four-cylinder creating 159 hp.

That is boosted 46 hp by an electric motor to improve both efficiency and off-the-line acceleration.

Mated to both the base and hybrid motors is a sixspeed automatic with Sportmatic clutchless manual shifting. The turbo still uses a six-speed auto, but the gear ratios are closer and it adds steering wheel mounted paddle shifters.

Regardless of which powerplant you choose, the Optima provides smooth and quiet driving. The suspension is calibrated more for comfort and highway cruising than hard cornering. The steering is light and doesn’t give enough feedback for a spirited drive. In general, the driving character is uninspiring but it feels predicable and sensible nevertheless.

Unlike some of its rivals, the Optima is only available in front-wheel drive. However, those concerned about winter driving can purchase the LX AT Winter Edition, which includes a set of winter tires.

Environment

The cabin of the Optima is quite welcoming - especially in the upper-end trim levels - and would not look out of place in a premium automobile. Some upscale features include heated and cooled front seats, a massive dual-panel moonroof, and a voice activated navigation and infotainment system.

There is also plenty of cargo capacity for all your luggage or sporting equipment. All 437 litres of trunk space is also easy to access with three ways to open the trunk lid – a button on the key fob, a button on the drivers door, and a release above the licence plate.

Most models run the next-generation UVO eServices infotainment system. This system has features to keep the owner informed about the vehicle, whether they are behind the wheel or remotely via a smartphone. Also, new parental controls are included such as Geo Fencing, Driving Score, Speed Alerts and Curfew Alerts.

Features

Starting prices range from $24,795 to $35,895 as the Optima is available in five trim levels. The Optima Hybrid comes with two trim choices and starts at either $30,095 or $33,695.

Standard equipment includes heated front seats, power driver seat, power windows and locks, steering wheel mounted controls, automatic headlights, cooling glove box, and keyless entry.

Additional features, available as options or on higher trims, include air-cooled front seats, heated rear seats, heated steering wheel, smart key, remote start, push button ignition, fully automatic dual zone climate control, auto dimming rearview mirror, LED daytime running lights, rain sensing windshield, and a rearview camera.

Fuel efficiency numbers (L/100km) for the 2.4-litre engine are 10.2 city and 6.9 highway, and the Turbo returns 11.7 city and 7.7 highway. The Optima Hybrid LX is rated at 6.6 city and 5.9 highway, while the EX model is 6.7 city and 6.1 highway.

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Despite the exterior styling being a few years old, the Kia Optima still looks fresh and new. All three engine choices are powerful and efficient.

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If you want the added security of all-wheel drive, you will need to look elsewhere. Also, if you are looking for something that has a great driving character, this car may not be the answer.

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The 2015 Kia Optima offers all the practical elements needed in a family sedan, while still providing classy looks and premium features.

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today’sdrive

Your journey starts here.

Electric vehicles could one day power buildings electric-drive technology.

These include in-wheel motors that can handle gradients up to 21 per cent, making it suitable for hilly areas while providing a claimed range of almost 290 kilometres, all while carrying a load of 120 passengers.

CARS POWER BUILDINGS DURING PEAK HOURS Several Japanese automakers, Nissan chief among them, are exploring electricvehicle-to-building systems to power homes and offices in the event of outages.With just six all-electric Leaf sedans, Nissan has shown it can power the company’s Advanced Technology Centre in Atsugi City, Japan.

Nissan says the technology’s main purpose could be used to reduce energy use at times of peak demand.

When power is cheaper during off-peak times, the cars are charged and the building receives power as normal, writes alternative vehicle magazine Green Car Reports. As electricity costs shoot up during peak hours, the building starts to draw power from the electric cars.

BATTERY-ELECTRIC BUS IS WORLD’S LARGEST While others are using electrification as a means to improve fuel economy and eliminate or reduce emissions, China-based auto and battery maker BYD is going the other way, recently unveiling what it claims is the world’s largest battery electric vehicle: a city bus.

The Lancaster eBus looks like any other articulated bus, reports emerging technologies magazine Gizmag, but it hides some advanced

NEW DUDS FOR THE FORTWO A YEAR OUT Mercedes-Benz’s Smart division will bring its newly designed ForTwo coupe to buyers this year, but the Electric Drive version will carry on wearing the outgoing model’s body parts until late 2016 as a 2017 model.The gasoline-powered ForTwo will arrive in showrooms this summer.

More than a year later, the redesigned ForTwo Electric Drive is scheduled to go on sale, presumably with an updated drivetrain as well as sporting the new look. Smart USA general manager, Mark Webster, said the Electric Drive accounts for about a quarter of Smart’s U.S. sales totals.

Buyers, he said, aren’t buying them just to save money on fuel. “It’s not just an economic thing; (it’s) an emotional reason.”

FORD FACILITY CHALLENGES OTHERS Announcing it will open a research-and-development centre in California’s Silicon Valley makes Ford just the latest automaker to set up shop there, in the backyard of California electric car startup,Tesla Motors.The new facility, called the Ford Research and Innovation Center, will be in Palo Alta, less than three miles from Tesla’s

For the record

In the article “Close call sparks pedestrian forum,” which appeared in the Jan. 28 issue of the Record, it mentioned that Bosley’s pet store at Columbia Square

sold wearable reflective strips – it does not.

The store does, however, sell flashing lights that can be attached to jackets, purses or bags.

headquarters at Stanford University. Industry watchdog Automotive News says Ford has posted job listings for 16 positions at the centre, primarily for engineers, researchers and programmers. Ford Motor Co. CEO Mark Fields says the facility reflects the

importance of Silicon Valley to future development in electronic autonomous (driverless) cars and in-car computing.

CVTS COULD HELP GM MEET EMISSIONS TARGETS General Motors is in the late stages of developing an

in-house continuously variable transmission (CVT) for use around the world, to meet ever-tightening fuel economy and carbon-dioxide emissions. Industry trade journal,WardsAuto, says the CVT will find its way into several high-volume products by 2019, in-

cluding some U.S. models.

It will be mated to the company’s new family of smalldisplacement three- and four-cylinder engines rolling out this year.

CVTs cut improve efficiency since there’s no power-robbing torque converter.

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City Beat

6

1

THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND Theresa McManus

editorial@newwestrecord.ca

Laughter, music and cold nights

ENJOY A MUSICAL PERFORMANCE by New West cellist Kevin Park and other musicians with Bridge Musicians International, who are performing Brahms and Schumann piano quartets in the Music at Queens concert series. It’s taking place on Saturday, Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at Queens Avenue United Church, 529 Queens Ave. Parking is available one half block down the hill at city hall.Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors/students and $10 for children, and are available at the door or online at www.queensavenue. org. For more info about the musicians, visit www. bridgemusicians.com.

Comedian David Alan Grier (of In Living Color fame) is onstage at Lafflines this weekend – you can catch him Friday and Saturday nights, with two shows each night. He’s one of our top picks for fun in the city this weekend.

2

GET INSPIRED at PechaKucha New West Volume 8 – the global edition, in which about a hundred similar events are taking place around the world on Friday, Feb. 21. Drop by the food hall at River Market starting at 6:30 p.m. and mingle and chat with other guests (and purchase dinner from Longtail Kitchen or Re-Up BBQ and enjoy beer from Steel & Oak Brewing, if you’re so inclined) before presentations get underway at 8 p.m. PechaKucha features speakers on a range of topics.

The event was sold out at press time, but if you don’t yet have a ticket, you can still waitlist yourself – see www.pechakucha.org/ cities/new-westminster.

River Market is located at 810 Quayside Dr.

3

YUK IT UP with comedian David Alan Grier when he takes to the stage

at Lafflines Comedy Club.

Grier (of In Living Color fame) follows up his Feb. 19 show with weekend shows on Friday, Feb. 20 (8 and 10:30 p.m.) and Saturday, Feb. 21(7 and 10 p.m.) at 530 Columbia St. For tickets, visit www.lafflines. com.

4

SUPPORT HOMELESS SENIORS in the Coldest Night of theYear, a fundraiser being hosted by Seniors Services Society.The fun, family walk of two, five or 10 kilometres takes place on Saturday, Feb. 21 from 5 to 8 p.m., with all walks starting and finishing at River Market.

Registration gets underway at 4 p.m. and the opening ceremony is at 5 p.m.

The goal is to raise $25,000 to help house homeless and at-risk seniors in Metro Vancouver. For more information, visit www.coldest nightoftheyear.org/location/ newwestminster.

5

CHECK OUT A DIVERSE LOOK AT CITY LIFE that’s on display at the New Westminster Public Library until Feb. 28.

Visual historian Katherine Freund-Hainsworth is displaying Main Streets Revisited, which gives a historical view of main street New Westminster

through mixed-media art accompanied by written history.

In the ramp gallery, Katherine and Richard Klyne are displaying some of their photographs of cityscapes, including the world’s tallest tin soldier and some florals.

The art can be viewed anytime the library is open at 716 Sixth Ave.

6

CELEBRATE HERITAGE WEEK by taking a heritage walking tour in one of the city’s neighbourhoods.The city’s website offers walking tours that you can download for the Brow of the Hill, Downtown, Sapperton and Queen’s Park neighbourhoods. Go to www.newwestcity.ca and

search “heritage walking tours” to find details.

Email your Top 5 ideas to calendar@newwestrecord.ca or tmcmanus@newwest record.ca.You can also check out our full arts and events calendar listings online at www.newwestrecord.ca.

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Community

Canada’s Online Lifestyle Magazine

Unleash your inner child Jenny Zhang

editorial@newwestrecord.ca

If you’re feeling overworked or overwhelmed, remember that it’s important to take time for yourself. Relax, let your imagination run wild and unleash your inner child with these books that are available at the New Westminster Public Library.

If you always dreamed of having a treehouse, Be in a Treehouse by Pete Nelson is the ultimate book to devour.

Nelson shares his own treehouse creations and adds breathtaking examples from Europe, Africa and the U.S. Whimsical designs as well as practical information on construction will appeal to casual enthusiasts and professionals alike.

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Did you know that the greatest fear amongst all artists is failure? Local craft blogger KimWerker urges readers of Make it Mighty Ugly to take the plunge and make something ugly to overcome creative fears.

Her prescription offers a mix of inspiring exercises and thought-provoking anecdotes. Similarly, Art Journal Courage by DinaWakley provides techniques to stop worrying and embrace your unique DIY style. Unleash your creativity and get crafty!

NEW EATS: THE RAMEN BUTCHER

Take your taste buds down memory lane with TreatYourself. If you loved Ring Dings,Twinkies, and orange Creamsicles as a kid, you will adore Jennifer Steinhauer’s homemade renditions of classic sweets from your childhood. Indulge in over 70 sweet and savoury snacks, cookies and frozen treats all over again.

Finally, How to be Idle by Tom Hodgkinson proclaims that you should do absolutely none of the above.Take a break from this fast-paced, work-centered culture and discover the happiness that comes from taking a long nap, staying in and lounging around. Sometimes, it is perfectly OK to do simply nothing.

We visited Chinatown’s newest ramen joint and, within two minutes of being seated, the place was bustling, with a line spanning the block (we recognized a couple of local chefs-a good omen).

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ASK A COUNSELLOR Goodbye and Thank You

This will be my last column in Ask the Experts. Thank you for all your emails and responses I’ve received over the last year. As I approach retirement with 20 years of counselling experience, there are a few things I’ve learned that I’d like to share with you.

I wish: • Couples would go for pre-marital or relationship counselling before they get married or move in together. Instead, I usually work with couples on the brink of breaking up with topics that could have easily been discussed at the beginning of their relationship.

Mary Longworth • Couples would get “tune ups” on their relationship to make sure things are going well.

• Children would learn conflict resolution skills before the age of eight to reduce bullying and to be able to succeed in friendships and future work and love relationships.

• Children would have financial education before the age of eight to be able to succeed in that area of their lives.

• Physicians would prescribe counselling for their patients suffering from depression, anxiety and stress (some do but not all).

• Counselling services were covered under our medical system so that services would be available to all.

• That we would all be patient and forgiving of each other.

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Why does my pet need anesthetic for dental work?

The main reasons people turn to anesthetic-free dentistry (AFD) for their pet is because they think they are receiving a valuable service that costs less and is safer without the anesthetic. Unfortunately, AFD comes with its own risks and leaves many pets suffering silently from unrecognized dental pathology.

Many times any anesthetic risk is due to lack of pre-surgical screening to identify underlying problems, not using IV fluids, Dr. Hasselaar and Dr. Gibson substandard monitoring or outdated anesthetic protocols.

When humans receive a dental cleaning, we generally give our total cooperation for around an hour. No dog or cat will cooperate adequately to enable a sufficient cleaning. While AFD services state they will refer patients if they find pets requiring further treatment, they often don’t realize there is a problem until a tooth has become loose. By the time a tooth has become loose, it has usually been pathologic and painful for years. Many other common problems should be noted and addressed during the cleaning which require dental x-rays to fully assess the pathology and guide treatment planning. Professional dental cleaning includes scaling the crowns of the teeth above and below the gum line. AFD only provides improvement to the appearance of the teeth due to the removal of visible calculus below the gumline. Without going above the gum line, periodontal disease has not been addressed and provides minimal health benefits. Good quality subgingival cleaning cannot be performed without anesthetic – it is too painful! Call us for further information.

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Gardens bloomed from the city’s earliest days Archie and Dale Miller

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We recently were part of a Royal City Farmers’ Market meeting along with two other speakers, all presenting information on the role of the Fraser River in the past, present and future of B.C.’s agriculture.The following is from that presentation.

When people think of the early days of New Westminster, they often imagine a place surrounded by wilderness, where residents worked hard to clear areas for habitation and would not be interested in the “niceties” of gardening.While this assumption makes sense, it is in er-

ror. A local advertisement from 1864, in the rough and ready five-year-old town, illustrates what was available.

On a walk downtown to the small business area on Columbia Street of 1864, you would have found the store of Robert Hall. More than just a person interested in horticulture, Mr. Hall was a professional gardener, and his ad in the British Columbian newspaper pointed out his business aims.

The ad’s title captures the reader’s attention: Fresh Garden Seeds! Fruit Trees and Ornamental Shrubbery! The rest of the advertisement clearly shows Hall’s enthusiastic ap-

How to develop emotional health Dr. DavidicusWong HEALTHWISE

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When considering health, most of us focus on physical well-being.

I see emotional wellness as a deep sense of meaning and purpose, an abiding sense of peace, the ability to manage the stress and transitions of life, awareness of your thoughts and feelings and the ability to manage them.

Your emotions matter.

Emotions influence your behaviour, your relationships and your thinking.

When we’re angry, we regress and aggress.We don’t think clearly or logically.We can’t see any other point of view but our own.When depressed, we withdraw; we think negatively about ourselves, others, our world and the future.When anxious, we freeze; we overestimate danger and challenge, and we underestimate our ability to cope.

You might see your emotions as products of genetics, physiology and luck. But it’s crucial to recognize your own resources and ability to cope with them. In fact, gaining mastery in key emotional health skills can bolster resilience to life’s challenges.Three key emotional health skills: ! 1. A meditative practice.

Prayer, yoga, formal meditation and mindfulness are all effective ways of calming the mind, centring thoughts and reflecting. By deliberately pausing, breathing and slowing your thoughts and actions, you become less re-

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Begin each day with a prayer of thankfulness.

Count your blessings before you even get out of bed.

This can prime the pump to allow you to see the good that you have and your ability to make a positive difference in your life. As you retire at the end of the day, reflect on the blessing of the day and its lessons. ! 2. Choose your thoughts.

You can’t control the weather, traffic lights, the behaviour of others or luck, but you can choose your thoughts. Cognitive therapy is one method of becoming aware of your thoughts, recognizing how they affect your mood or anxiety level, and gaining control over your emotions by choosing more efficacious thoughts. ! 3.Turn your problems into goals. Instead of replaying the past or ruminating on the negative, think about what you want.

When you are most relaxed, visualize yourself having achieved your goal, experiencing a sense of peace, and living a life rich with purpose and meaning. How do you feel?What do you see?What do you hear?

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If the effects of stress, anxiety, mood or other psychological symptoms are having a significant impact on your performance at school, work or at home; your relationships, your self-care or your enjoyment of life, see your family doctor.Your emotions are an important aspect of your health.

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“The subscriber has made arrangements for keeping on hand a full and varied assortment of all kinds of fruit trees, ornamental trees of every description, currant bushes of all kinds, rose bushes, grape vines, honeysuckle and other running vines, garden seeds of every variety, rhubarb and flower roots, and, in fact, everything in the horticultural line.The season’s stock will be open for inspection on or about the

20th inst.” From the date of the paper in which the advertisement was published, this date would have been in May of 1864.

The ad, at the top of a newspaper column, continued: “The subscriber, being a professional gardener, will keep nothing which he cannot recommend, and will at all times be happy to afford his customers any information or directions respecting the planting of seeds, treatment of plants, &c.”

This kind of information

is a valuable addition to the collection of facts and figures that make up the story of a town.There were other gardeners in the city providing this kind of product who also notified their clients through the papers that certain shipments were to arrive soon.

There are references to several businesses that imported goods from around the world who would bring in particular horticultural items on request. It makes us wonder when reviewing

early city images that show non-native plants, trees, shrubs and so on, grown on some of the city’s earliest residential properties, how these examples got here.

And while we are thinking of such historical things, might there still be in the city, some plants, many generations along that trace their “roots” to the early decades of the Royal City?

Some family’s tree might just have an interesting “family’s tree.”

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Soccer trio to u-17 qualifier Whitecaps residents in tough pool at CONCACAF championships in Honduras Tom Berridge

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Three Burnaby soccer players will be looking to put their collective feet forward towards qualifying Canada for the under-17 world championships.

Former u-15 national team players forward Terran Campbell and defender Matthew Baldisimo will join goalkeeper Luciano Trasolini, who made his u-17 national team debut last month, at the CONCACAF u-17 soccer championships in Honduras next week.

The three Vancouver Whitecaps FC residency products were officially named members of Canada’s 20-man national squad on Tuesday for the upcoming world championship qualifier set to begin on Feb. 28, when Canada takes on Haiti.

“I’m excited, very excited. I just kept thinking about my dad and grandpa, that’s who I’m doing it for,” said Trasolini. “They’ve been so involved in my future.”

Campbell and Baldisimo, who both made their national team debuts in Mexico at u-15, agreed it’s always a good feeling to put on the Maple Leaf jersey.

The Canadian team also has dates against Costa Rica on March 3; Mexico on March 6; St. Lucia on March 9; and Panama on March 12.

The Burnaby boys prepared themselves for the task ahead on Canada’s pre-qualifying camp to Central America in January, where they played games against Guatemala and El Salvador.

“I’ve come a long way from when I first started,” said Campbell. “I’m getting

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We three: Matthew Baldisimo, top, Terran Campbell, right, and Luciano Trasolini, below, will be looking to qualify the Canadian national men’s soccer team to an unprecedented third straight under-17 world championship.

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a lot more comfortable putting the jersey on.”

Baldisimo also displayed a similar confidence.

“I know I was going up against two of the best countries in the world. I thought I played pretty well against them. I was chosen. It’s like a sense of pride mixed with nervousness.”

Canada qualifed for the last two u-17 world championships.They also had back-to-back appearances at the worlds in 1993 and ’95.

But winning three consecutive appearances at the worlds has so far eluded the red and white.

“It’s going to take a very disciplined, committed team effort,” said Canada’s head coach Sean Fleming in a Canada Soccer press release. “We know with the qualifying procedure

how difficult it will be with games every third day with the heat. And we know the quality of the opponents.

It’s a very tough group compared to the other group, in my opinion.”

The two group winners advance to the final, while also earning a berth into the worlds.The secondand third-place teams play off for the two remaining spots at the worlds.

“We have a great group of players. I have confidence we’ll qualify,”Trasolini said. “Yeah, I’m going to take (the opportunity). I just got to be myself.”

Campbell agreed.

“You want to get into the game and just play your game,” Campbell said. “I hope our squad can do the best we can.There is a lot of pressure. Every single player on our team wants that, and I know we can achieve it.”

Baldisimo, who at 5-8 is used to defending against bigger and taller opponents, is equally ready to take on this challenge.

“It’s like a whole country not just a city,” he said. “I step on the field and it all comes back to me, doing all the right things. …

“It’s more like willpower, it’s a mental game.

Clan women win four medals on mats Tom Berridge

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Simon Fraser University picked up four medals and finished in fourth spot at the Women’s College wrestling national championships.

Freshman Abby Lloyd was a runner-up at 109 pounds, while Clan senior Bailley Halvorson, ju-

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nior Darby Huckle and freshman Payten Smith all picked up bronze medals at the nationals in St. Louis, Missouri last weekend.

Lloyd, ranked third in the tournament, won her first four matches and was leading on points in the final before she was caught in an attempted throw and pinned in the first round

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ma City University in the championship final.

Lloyd upset second seeded Breonah Neal of King University in a narrow decision in the semifinal.

Halvorson, the No. 2-ranked wrestler at 155 lbs., was upset in the quarter-final by Diaysha Moore of Lindenwood University, but came back to earn the bronze with a 7-3 decision

over Alexis Porter of Mckendree University.

Huckle also won bronze at 101 lbs. in her third consecutive All-American showing at the women’s nationals. She lost to the eventual titlist four-time champion Emily Webster of Oklahoma City by a technical fall in the semifinal.

Huckle went on to defeat Tayler Resuriz of Mcken-

dree by a 3-0 decision before taking the bronze on a forfeit.

Smith was a surprise of the nationals, earning SFU’s third bronze medal despite coming into the tournament ranked ninth at 191 lbs.

Smith won five of her six matches at the nationals by a fall. Her lone loss came in the quarter-finals.

EDC FC Burnaby moved into the quarter-finals of the Vancouver Metro Soccer League Imperial Cup. The premier division club blanked first-division opponent Rino’s Vancouver A 3-0 at Point Grey turf last Sunday.

Brendan Djambarov, with an unstoppable first-half strike from 20 yards out off a Chris Kyd corner kick, scored what proved to be the game winner.

Michael North and Tarek Yassing tallied second-half counters for EDC, while Hugo Vasquez registered the shutout in goal.

Leading team scorer Rizal Ganief did much of the work on the second marker, winning a couple of battles at the top of the box before passing off to North, who went man-on-man with the Vancouver keeper.

Ducivan Desouza set up Estrella de Chile’s 3-0 goal in the 18-yard box with Yassing beating the charging keeper to the ball with a sliding score.

“Rino’s came out very strong and were really working hard – a little more effort than skill – But we played a very sound match and our experience showed in the end,” said EDC head coach Claudio Ramirez.

Chile has a tough quarter-final test against league second-place ICST Pegasus in the third round of the Imperial Cup. The Burnaby-based Chiliens defeated Pegasus 4-2 in a league meeting a few weeks back, but Ramirez has no illusions that Friday’s meeting will be nothing less than a very tough matchup. “(Pegasus) plays a similar brand and like to keep the ball on the ground.They have a very experienced team and extremely organized.We like playing them because of those reasons and have built a very good rivalry with them,” Ramirez said. “We look forward to challenging them and giving them a solid run.”

EDC and Peg play off at Newton Athletic Park today (Friday) at 8:45 p.m.

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SFU beats TWU, last up UVic

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It’s Grandview against Richmond, again.

The two Pacific Junior Hockey League foes met in the opening round of junior B playoffs this Thursday (after Record deadlines) following the Grandview Steelers’ 5-0 victory over the Delta Ice Hawks in the final game of the regular season at the Burnaby Winter Club on Sunday.

Cole MacInnes kicked out all 40 Ice Hawks shots to post his second shutout of the season and earn the game’s first star.

“From the beginning of the season, the No. 1 thing we had is our defence,” said MacInnes after the game.

Grandview jumped on the Ice Hawks early, scoring three times on the team’s six first-period shots, including Lucas Santucci’s shorthanded marker midway through the frame.

Sean Northey also scored later in the period, as did Peter Matthews, with the first of his two counters.

Matteo Belmonte fired a wrister to the back of the cage on a power play late in the game to complete the Steelers’ scoring.

The win came following a 3-3 draw against league champion North Vancovuer Wolf Pack the night before.

“Pride-wise we wanted that third-place victory. It’s also good to keep that streak going into the playoffs,” MacInnes added.

Grandview will open its best-of-seven playoff in Richmond on Thursday at 7 p.m. The two teams are back at the Richmond Arena for Game 2 on Saturday at 5:45 p.m.The Steelers will host games three and four at the winter club, beginning this Sunday at 4 p.m.

“We just got to keep doing what we’ve been doing defensively,” MacInnes said.

Blazing a trail: Burnaby/New Westminster’s Ratana Wang, with ring, and Saralynn Lai, left, helped the 13-4 Blazers post a 7-2 win over Vancouver in Lower Mainland u-12 ringette play last Saturday. The BNW ringette association is hosting a freee Come Try Ringette event at Moody Park Arena on Saturday, March 14 from 3:15 to 4:30 p.m. The event is open to children aged five to 14, including beginners. For more info, contact Yvonne at promotions@bnwr.ca or register at www. cometryringette.ca PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

Andrew Parent was named the B.C. Intercollegiate hockey player of the week, stopping all 24 shots to backstop Simon Fraser University’s hockey club to a 3-0 win over first-place Trinity Western last weekend.

Josh McKissock and Jono Ceci scored first-period goals, while Tyler Basham also tallied in the middle frame for the Clan.

The two teams match up again at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre this Saturday at 7 p.m. SFU closes out the season next Saturday at home against Victoria.

Lady Knights to AA hoop final Zion Corrales-Nelson led a fourthquarter charge that put St.Thomas More in the final of the B.C. high school girls’ AA Lower Mainland basketball championships.

Trailing by six points to Independent No. 3 Notre Dame with for min-

utes left to play, STM went on a final 14-4 run to win 63-59 and advance to the championship final at STM tonight (Friday) at 5:30 p.m.

Corrales-Nelson netted 13 points, including 11 in the second half, including the go-ahead point on a free

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Nadime Stewart hauled in two key rebounds in the final minute.

Notre Dame’s Jolene Robinson led all scorers with 27 points.

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22%

30%

227 - 340g • product of BC

23%

plain or vanilla

assorted varieties

3.99

SAVE

33%

650g product of BC

SAVE

34%

2/7.00

SAVE FROM

33%

170g product of USA

SAVE

30%

SAVE

3.99

FROM

3/7.98

31%

product of USA

30%

500g • product of USA

Blue Monkey Coconut Water

2/6.00SAVE 2/7.00 %

40

370 - 430g product of Vancouver, BC

2/4.00

product of Italy

assorted varieties and sizes

40% off

regular retail price

assorted varieties

7.99

SAVE

32%

BULK

325g

Almonds

product of Canada

assorted varieties bins and bags

20% off

4.49-5.99 150g

regular retail price

product of Canada

xxx BAKERY

DELI

Mineral Fusion Make-Up

L’Ancetre Organic Cheeses

assorted varieties

7.49-7.99 250-750ml

520ml • product of Thailand +deposit + eco fee

22.99 30ml

500ml – 1L product of USA

Raincoast Trading Albacore Tuna

assorted varieties

Enerex Black Oregano Oil

product of USA

assorted varieties

5.99-7.99

Berio Oil

with or without pulp

20.99 75 softgels or 30ml

50g

Imagine Organic Soup

assorted varieties

2.99-5.59

2/4.00

SAVE

12.99 230g Shaker 23.99 454g

Enerex Orega More

assorted varieties

85g

product of USA

t Grea d Sala r! e Topp

Solo Gi Energy Bars

assorted varieties and sizes

assorted varieties

Prairie Naturals Organic Seeds

9.99

Frontier Organic Spices

Organic Meadow Frozen Organic Vegetables

WELLNESS 500-600g product of Canada

Rocky Mountain Flatbread Artisan Frozen Pizzas

The Daily Crave Veggie Sticks or Chips

8.99lb/ 19.82kg

375ml product of Canada

Endangered Species Chocolate Bars

Olympic Krema Greek Yogurt

SAVE

6.99

SAVE

6.99-8.99

assorted varieties

6.99lb/ 15.41kg

Uncle Luke’s Maple Syrup

assorted varieties

SAVE

Choices’ Own Chicken Sausages

Aspen Ridge Outside Round Baron of Beef

GLUTEN FREE

xxx • product of xxx

Muffins

Happy Days Soft Goat Cheese assorted varieties

mini or regular, assorted varieties

1.00-1.50

2.49-3.99

each off regular

retail price 140-150g

Choices’ Own Organic Turkey

Habibi’s Hummus and Dips assorted varieties

3.99

smoked or cooked

4.99/100g

Lemon Tarts or Nutty Fudge Brownies

Squares assorted varieties

4.99

2.99 100g

package of 3

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