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City wades into pool project Current Canada Games Pool could be rehabilitated or new facilities may be built

By Theresa McManus

tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca

WHAT’S ON BOARD? New Westminster residents are raising renewed concerns about what kind of goods are being carried on trains parked in the local railyard, after a fire at the Vancouver port that sent toxic fumes into the air. PHOTO FILE PHOTO

Fire ignites railway concerns NewWestminster resident is documenting what hazardous goods are being transported by rail through the Quayside area

By Theresa McManus

tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca

A New Westminster resident who has a deep interest in railway safety says a Port Metro fire last week underlines her concerns.

Lene Tonnisen was cycling in Vancouver last Wednesday, when she smelled some of the chemicals that were burning at the container yard. She’s worried about the threat that trains containing hazardous materials pose when they’re stationed near her Quayside home.

“It should not be stored here, even for a few hours,” she said. “Get off your duff – do what is right, do what is safe. Money

usually wins out over safety.”

Rail safety is an issue near and dear to Tonnisen’s heart, as she was a passenger in a vehicle that crashed with a train when she was 18.While the car’s driver died in the crash,Tonnisen was in a coma for 10 days and suffered a brain injury and a shattered cheekbone and nose.

Today,Tonnisen continues to monitor the hazardous goods passing through her neighbourhood.

“I am taking pictures, I am documenting it,” she said. “I want to document it so they know I know what is going through our yards.”

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goods being parked at the rail yard for extended periods of time – concerns that were renewed when a container at the Vancouver port containing a hazardous organic compound (trichloroisocyanuric acid) caught on fire and sent toxic fumes into the air.

The terminal in Vancouver was shut down, some areas were evacuated and people as far away as Burnaby smelled the burning chemical.

Mayor Jonathan Cote has reached out to MP Peter Julian and would like to discuss the matter with him.

“Certainly the incident in Vancouver last week has heightened some awareness to some of the issues regarding some of these hazardous materials, which we do know get transported through our region.The residents at Quayside have raised the issue,” he told the Record. “Unfortunately it is Continued on page 8

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New Westminster is wading into plans that will lay the foundation for the redevelopment of the Canada Games Pool.

Staff has presented council with a series of process, design and financial principles related to the project, which will consider the redevelopment of the Canada Games Pool and Centennial Community Centre facilities.The city has yet to determine whether this would involve rehabilitation of the existing facilities or construction of new amenities.

“It’s these principles that are going to help us make that decision when it comes forward,” said Mayor Jonathan Cote.

Dean Gibson, the city’s director of parks, culture and recreation, said the March 9 staff report is intended to lay out an approach for how work will unfold on this “very important” project for the city.

A feasibility study done in 2010 considered a number of different scenarios for the Canada Games Pool and Centennial Community Centre, including minimal upgrades to existing buildings and demolition and replacement of existing buildings with new facilities on the sports field/ recycling depot site (including a new 10lane, 52-metre pool, a separate leisure pool, a 20,000-square-foot fitness centre, new change rooms, multi-purpose rooms, food concession and support spaces.) At the time, consultants indicated the projects ranged from $15 to $55 million.

Jennifer Wilson, assistant director of parks, culture and recreation, said staff will “refresh” information gathered in 2010.

Part of the process will be looking at the city’s needs, as well as identifying barriers that prevent people from using the facilities today.

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Up Front

Capturing the raw truth of grief

By Julie MacLellan

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There is nothing decorous about it.

It’s physical. Raw.Visceral. It manifests in tears, in lethargy, in sleep and sleeplessness, in nightmares, in searing pain and numbing cold, in the disconnection of mind and body.

Yet we, as a society, try to avoid it.We speak of it only in hushed tones and do our best to ignore it, as if by avoiding it we can will it out of existence altogether.

We will never win.

Grief will get in, with or without our help.

All we can do is survive.

Catherine Owen knows all of this. She can smile now, even laugh, as she shares her story. But the truth of it, the raw reality of the journey she’s been on, is evident in her controlled tone and in the earnest, honest eyes that look across the table at the Heritage Grill.

Owen is an artist, the creative force behind the art that surrounds us on the warm orange walls.The exhibition of photos is called Skins (of grief), representing three stages in Owen’s journey to deal with the grief of losing her spouse, Chris Matzigkeit, in April of 2010.

He was 29 when he was found in his truck on the side of the road in downtown Edmonton, dead from a crack-induced heart attack.

They had been together for eightand-a-half years, years of intense love and companionship, of creating music together, building a life together.

At first Owen could do nothing but sleep and cry and cry and sleep some more.

Not only was she dealing with the grief of an unexpected death, but with all the associated guilt and stigma attached to the fact that drugs were involved – and that, despite her love and her support, Chris hadn’t been able to overcome his addiction.

She sees, now, what a fragile person he was; she understands, after years of reading, more about the complexity of addiction and the enormous uphill battle of overcoming it.

“It’s so hard when you love somebody to give up that kind of hope,” she says.

She got through it with the help of those who reached out to her – with small gifts that reminded her of Chris, or by coming over to watch a movie, or order a pizza, or just cry with her.

But Owen learned how the world at large seemed to want her to just let it go and move on, to quit talking about Chris, to quit

dwelling on his loss, as if somehow the very act of grieving was holding her back.

That reaction, she’s come to understand, is the product of a society that no longer in any real way acknowledges death – unlike in past times and in other cultures, where death has been surrounded by ceremony and ritual.

“We’re so not used to seeing the dead anymore,” she says. “We don’t wash them, or dress them. … We may not even see them.

They are just disappeared. I don’t know how you can connect to loss if you can’t even process that they’re dead.”

It’s particularly true for those who, like Owen, have no connection to organized religion – those who must create their own rituals to help process the reality of their loss.

Owen knew that, for herself, she needed to confront her loss and her grief in the best way possible – through art.

She recruited the help of her best friend, Karen Moe, a photographer whom she’s known since university.

Together, they embarked upon the photo shoots that were to become Skins (of grief).

For the first, they took a hike out into the forest. It was July 11 – exactly three months since Chris’s death and, as it happened, Owen’s own birthday. She carried with her Chris’s ashes. She covered herself with them – first on her face and neck, while wearing her chosen black velvet dress; later on her unclothed skin.

It was a way to connect physically with Chris, with his loss, with her own grief.

She buried the rest of the ashes then, under the cedars in her parents’ front yard. It was one step forward, one step to moving on.

The second step – and the second photo shoot – helped her to deal with the inevitable process of getting rid of the loved one’s belongings.

She took some of Chris’s clothing and wore it for the photos, wrapping herself in the feel and smell of him one last time.

After that, she says, she could put them in storage; she didn’t feel the compulsion to hang onto them, to sniff them again looking for his scent, to wear them to bed at night.

It was another step forward.

The third and final photo shoot in the series was designed to embrace the moving forward of their relationship. She put on some leather clothing Chris had made for her and, again with Moe behind the lens, shot a series of erotic photos to celebrate that relationship – the acknowledgement that, as has been said, death ends a life, not a relationship.

THE ART OF MOURNING Catherine Owen’s grief after the loss of her husband inspired the exhibit Skins (of grief), now hanging at the Heritage Grill. Below are three of the pieces from the exhibition, shot by Karen Moe. PHOTO LARRY WRIGHT

“There’s still this evolving relationship.There’s still this desire to connect in a new way,” she says.

“They’re still present for you.”

For each of the shoots, Owen

It wasn’t something you were schooled in from early on, that people are going to die and you’re going to have to deal with it.

told Moe what she wanted to achieve; Moe, she says, served as the “midwife” to the creation of the art.

“She was unafraid, and that’s

what was crucial,” Owen says.

Each of those three shoots allowed Owen to move through her grieving journey and to deal with what she needed to do in order to move forward in life.

At the same time, they became a powerful statement for her as an artist.

The photographic works of art that resulted became part of Visualelegies:Art,Act,Artifact, a group exhibition of grief art that ran at Vancouver’s ARC Gallery in 2014.

Owen is thrilled to have the chance to show them again – in an expanded exhibition that now covers the walls of the Heritage Grill’s main room.

She’s grateful to owner Paul Minhas for allowing them to be shown, recognizing that the work may not be what some expect to see over drinks and food.

Owen acknowledges that the work has raised a variety of reactions from people.

“I’ve dealt with everything, from welcoming this expression of grieving to just hatred, real anger that I was doing this,” she says frankly. “I have definitely faced opposition, but I have faced more support.”

Each time the art is seen, she says, there’s an opportunity for people to connect to their own personal stories of loss and grief.

For many people, she notes, death and loss are things they never consider – until it hits them, often unexpectedly.

“It wasn’t something you were schooled in from early on, that people are going to die and you’re going to have to deal with it,” she says.

What she knows, now – with the wisdom that comes from five years of coping and creating and reading about death and loss and grief – is that each person dealing with loss must confront it head-on, in whatever way works for them.

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City News

Kiwanis Club on brink of closing after 96 years

Past president issues a desperate call for new members in an effort to save the community organization

By Tereza Verenca

editorial@newwestrecord.ca

After 96 years of service, declining membership could force New Westminster’s Kiwanis Club to fold in the next two weeks.

Past president Marge Ashdown told the Record numbers have been extremely low over the years, causing the board to consider shutting down the organization.

“We’re scraping the bottom of the barrel right now.

Our membership is half of what is mandated by the B.C. Gaming Commission,” she said. “We are appealing

to the younger demographics, as well as others, to step up to the plate and assist in keeping the club alive.”

The Kiwanis Club serves kids around New West by funding various initiatives.

The list includes school breakfast and lunch programs, $15,000 towards the new playground at Qayqayt Elementary and several bursaries for local high school students.

“There are so many other worthy efforts, far too extensive to lose in our community,” Ashdown said.

The club receives roughly $25,000 a year from the B.C. Gaming Commission,

with the stipulation that it maintains a steady roll call.

Ashdown blamed the lack of interest on economics and an aging membership.

“It takes two to bring in an income in order to afford a house, so both are working. I think it’s harder now to volunteer when you’re doing it for free, or you have no time,” she added. “Illnesses have arisen, some have moved out of the city and some are just too tired.”

The fee to join the Kiwanis Club is $135 for the year, with the option of paying that amount on a monthly basis. Duties include helping out during

fundraisers and deciding how the $25,000 pie is split.

An issue Ashdown has run into has been new

We are appealing to the younger demographic

members joining, but not volunteering.

“We’ve had a lot of people do that, signing up as a member, but when we had

the fundraisers, there’s no one to help us.We do appreciate the time, as well as the membership fees,” she said.

The shortage of helping hands has also meant the group’s annual hangingbasket sale has been turned over to the New West chapter of the Fraternal Order of Eagles.

Ashdown said while the club has until September (the end of the fiscal year), to make a decision about closing up shop, the decision will probably be made in the next couple of weeks.

“There’s a lot of winding down that has to be done if that’s the case, and that con-

sists of writing letters to the schools, saying, ‘I’m sorry, but we can no longer contribute,’” she said.

A meeting is scheduled at Ashdown’s home this Thursday for anyone interested in joining.

You can call 604-8382675 or email marjorieam@ shaw.ca to request further details.

“We need your help now.

If you can see yourself helping our community wellbeing, please call me,” she said.

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$100,000 dishwasher not as advertised

City budget item included the whole area where the dishwasher is to be installed in the centre

By Theresa McManus

tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca

A plan to tackle dirty dishes at Anvil Centre isn’t going to cost $100,000.

The City of New Westminster’s 2015 capital plan included $100,000 for a dishwasher for the catering services at Anvil Centre.

Mayor Jonathan Cote contacted staff and verified the plan included a $100,000 dishwasher after being called about the item by the Record.

“It turns out the dishwasher isn’t that expensive.

I wish I had been told that before I talked to you,” Cote later told the Record. “The dishwasher is actually quite a bit cheaper.”

Cote has heard a few comments about the pricey appliance while he’s been out and about around town.

“I don’t even think there is a dishwasher made anywhere that costs that much money,” said Vali Marling, general manager of Anvil Centre. “When you look at

the Vancouver Convention Centre, they are huge and so much larger than we are, and I am quite sure their dishwasher is no where near that amount of money. It is just the way it was labeled in the budget.”

Although the capital budget included $100,000 for a dishwasher for catering services at Anvil Centre, the project includes other items, including HVAC (heating, ventilation and air condition) systems.

“In the budget, this whole

area we have to develop was identified as ‘dishwasher’.

The actual dishwasher is a fraction of that. It’s $10,000 or $15,000,” Marling said.

“Everything was lumped into one budget. For whatever reason, it was labeled as a dishwasher.”

Anvil Centre, the city’s conference and community facility, opened at 777 Columbia St. in September 2014.The kitchen already has a dishwasher, bit it’s not meeting the conference centre’s needs.

“The dishwasher that we currently have, the capacity is no where near what we need to wash dishes.We will have breakfast, lunch and dinner and two coffee breaks each day for a conference.We just literally cannot get the dishes through the dishwasher fast enough,” Marling said.

“The dishes start piling up, and you get to the point where you are almost running out of dishes.”

According to Marling, it’s not unusual for each per-

son attending an evening reception or dinner to require 12 to 15 pieces of glassware and dishware.The new dishwasher will be used for china, glassware and silverware, while the existing dishwasher will clean pots and pans and dishes used for food preparation.

“We don’t need the super heavy dishwasher to wash the pots and pans,” Marling said. “The other dishwasher will be china, glassware and silverware.That’s where we are challenged.”

Anvil centre is pulling in weddings, conferences The general manager of Anvil Centre is pleased as punch with the status of conferences at the local facility.

The City of New Westminster opened the $44-million conference and community facility at 777 Columbia St. in September 2014. Along with providing a the-

atre, city museum, Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame and arts spaces, the facility also provides space for conferences.

“I am so happy with our bookings.We are just inundated with calls. It’s been great,” said Vali Marling, the centre’s general manager. “We are much busier than

we had anticipated, which is wonderful.”

Marling attributes the centre’s success to a number of things, including its central location in Metro Vancouver, proximity to SkyTrain and buses, and onsite parking.

“It’s an absolutely stunning

building. It’s beautiful so clients want to come to a beautiful building, particularly if they are doing some type of reception with their business partners or clients,” she added. “We also have a really experienced staff here, so they bring a lot of experience from many different event venues. A lot of the

event clients follow people from facility to facility. It’s combined to work very, very well.”

Anvil Centre has been a hot topic at city council during the 2015 budget deliberations, with councillors asking questions about Continued on page 9

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Opinion MY VIEW LAURA JONES

When Cadillac taste meets a Chevy budget Can we have improved transit without raising taxes?Yes, but we might need to settle for the proverbial Chevy instead of the Cadillac transportation plan.

As one small business owner put it on our recent survey: “I am in the midst of purchasing a new machine.

I have two from which to choose.The $30,000 model or the $145,000 model.

While I’d like the expensive one, I’ll get the cheaper one because that’s what I can afford.”

The survey found that over 80 per cent of small businesses are opposed to TransLink’s proposed new regional sales tax. Small business also firmly rejects the frame that theYes side is putting around the debate – that voting No is anti-transit, or worse.

Small business owners do not feel that transportation must be supported at any cost.Their position is most accurately summed up as: Transportation yes, new taxes no.This common sense view is supported by a comprehensive TransLink efficiency review done a few years ago by Shirocca Consulting: “Compared to Canadian peers,TransLink exhibits an abundance of equipment and staffing levels that help to explain its generally higher costs and lower efficiency and effectiveness than most of the

peers, even after taking into account the challenges of its large service area … it is important that TransLink ensures that every dollar spent gets maximum value.To do so, it should tighten budgets to encourage fiscal tension and discipline in how it delivers its services.”

TransLink is collecting and spending a lot of money already. It collects gas taxes, property taxes, hydro levies and fares, and spends $1.4 billion a year.TransLink would like to boost annual spending from $1.4 billion to $2.2 billion a year, an additional 57 per cent increase over current levels.

As TransLink thinks about affordability, it would do well to remember that there is only one taxpayer.

Forty-three per cent of the money we earn, on average, goes to government taxes. Is it narrow-minded of anyone in this region to want their tax dollars to be spent wisely and to feel that they already pay enough to fund transportation and our many other priorities?

Voting No is not a vote against transit.Voting No is a vote for an affordable transit plan and a reminder that we already pay a lot in taxes and we expect those tax dollars to be spent respectfully.

Laura Jones is executive vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.

OUR VIEW

Who’s going to get blamed?

The ballots haven’t even entered the mail stream yet and the blame game has already begun.

We speak, of course, about the transit plebiscite.

With polls leaning heavily towards the No side, theYes side is pounding the pavement, promising to have Jim Pattison watch over the funds, and generally launching every gladhanding politician at every SkyTrain lineup hoping to move the vote.

When the plebiscite was first discussed, the provin-

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cial government tended to catch the heat. After all, if the province was managing things properly, why would it even come to this? And then the Mayors’ Council looked like the ones to blame. After all, how had they let things get stalled like this? Why couldn’t the mayors agree on anything?

And then there’s TransLink – whatever that really is.The average Joe rightfully looks at the golden deals of bigwigs at the organization, the fitness facilities for staff, and the broken plans

In March, Dawn Black announced she was running for the federal NDP nomination in the newly created riding of New Westminster-Coquitlam-Burnaby. Motivated by her anger with the ruling Liberal party led by then Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, disappointment with Preston Manning’s Reform party, and her desire to return balance to federal politics, Black decided to run for the NDP nomination.

“Jean Chrétien says he cares about Main Street, and that’s very nice. But he listens and acts on behalf of Bay Street. His most notable accomplishment is putting a human face on the inhuman policies that were invented by Brian Mulroney. Mr. Chrétien’s language is more gentle, but his policies are just as harmful to ordinary men and women,” Black told the Record.

Black would go on to win the federal NDP nomination, but lost the riding to Conservative candidate Paul Forseth (to whom she’d lost against four years earlier). Black would eventually avenge her losses in 2006, before breaking into provincial politics in 2009.

Black retired as New Westminster’s MLA in 2013.

In total, Black’s political journey lasted 25 years. Between the years she spent as a parliamentarian, Black worked for global economic and social development, in addition to her many community endeavours in New Westminster.

for – well, a lot of things – and thinks someone in that mess has to be to blamed.

And now, yes, now, the over-55 set are getting blamed. Everyone with a car and a carport and some grey in their hair is already getting blamed for voting No and scuttling a future filled with shiny new buses, better bridges and a SkyTrain system that actually runs.

The baby boomers are apparently, when polled, leaning towards No because they don’t use or

need transit, they hate paying more taxes and spend a lot of time in Arizona or in their La-Z-Boy recliners hissing at Mulcair when he is on the news. Unfortunately, some of this may be true.

But what we know for sure is that no one under 50 or over 50 who is not an elected politician or a TransLink executive or board member is to blame.

If the plebiscite, as predicted, fails, there’ll be a lot of blame to go around.

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Downtown needs public amenities

Should the city move Canada Games Pool?

Dear Editor As New West expands and towers rise up, council needs to consider more of the amenities that make a city livable and attractive to families. Aside from condo towers with three bedrooms, parks and transit, there needs to be easier access to things like a pool and library.

Towers are going up in Sapperton, and eight more are planned for downtown: a total of five near the water, one on Carnarvon Street across from Marinus, another at Sixth Street, and one more at 900 Carnarvon. Trapp-Holbrook isn’t even completed yet.

With the high number of people this will bring, the pool off McBride and the small library uptown are not practical or even accessible for many.

I believe the perfect spot for a visionary council to put amenities like a pool and library would be 900 Carnarvon. Frankly, its proximity to the SkyTrain, bus loop and fitness centre in the mall make it ideal for this.

Considering many of the good decisions council has made in the past (the Anvil Centre, Pier Park, the Fourth Street walking bridge), I know this is possible.

Mathew Styranka, New Westminster

Parkade could be a real asset to the city Dear Editor Regarding the Front Street Parkade, I must confess to have done a complete flip on this one. Many years ago I hated the parkade; to me it looked like a monument to the ’50s car culture.

Now a few years later, the parkade has become my friend. I often walk from Fourth Street down to the River Market along the top deck.

The view is spectacular. I meet other people who enjoy walking and exercising on the parkade. People encouraged me to open my mind to the possibilities.

I did some research, and found some truly beautiful linear parks built on structures like our parkade. High Line Park in New York is one example. A group called Friends of High Line Park formed together and revitalized a raised train trestle. It’s funky, fun and loved by the citizens of New York. It even has a community garden.

High Line Park is much bigger than the parkade, but then New York is much bigger than New West.

City council has decided the west side of the parkade needs to come down. I have been told that Larco won’t build their three towers unless it does. So, we are given a choice of a funky linear park that ties to Pier Park and allows easy access to the waterfront, or three towers, but not both. Why not both? I believe that Larco would see the benefit to their project of a nearby elevated linear park.

By the way, the cost to the taxpayer to tear down the parkade is $10 million. However, to turn it into a simple linear park is about a quarter of that cost.

A rally is planned for March 20th at noon on the Fourth street ramp to the Front Street Parkade.

Come out and see if your mind can do a 180 like mine did.

The parkade can always come down later if that’s what future residents want.

Sharon Kurtz, New Westminster

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Ironically, the recent modest expansion of the dog park area plan that is causing Ms. McKenzie concern was a direct result of the input by dog-owners during the extensive consultations around the new park.

The nature of public consultation is that we try to find a solution that balances the variety of opinions on how public amenities should be delivered, however it is no guarantee that all users are satisfied with the result.

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Residents say railyard rules need changing Continued from page 1 outside the city’s jurisdiction, but I’m hoping to have a conversation with our Member of Parliament and see what opportunities might exist on a federal level.”

Quayside resident Brian Allen believes the incident should be the “second wakeup” call for local politicians about the need to address the storage of hazardous, toxic and explosive goods in an heavily populated residential area.

“The one in Lac Mégantic was one,” he said of the 2013 rail disaster in Quebec that left more than 40 peo-

ple dead and destroyed part of the town’s downtown.

Allen would like Burnaby-NewWestminster MP Peter Julian to raise the issue with the NDP and push for changes to federal legislation.

“What I would like is a very clear definition in the hazardous goods act that companies cannot store, stage or otherwise leave stationary explosive, hazardous, flammable or toxic substance within 300 metres of residential area,” he told the Record.

Allen has long believed the rail yard in Port Coquitlam is a better spot for this

type of rail activity to be occurring, as it away from residential buildings.

“Something can always be done. If you can put men on the moon, you can do anything,” he said. “It’s the fact that the rail companies do not want to change any of their systems or processes, and they don’t want to give up any of their rights.They will only do something if it is for their benefit.”

Allen would like the City of NewWestminster to join Julian in pressing for changes to the hazardous goods laws. He believes railways will only act on residents’ concerns if forced by the

federal government.

“In past dealing with rail companies it became very evident to me that it’s a lot of delay. At the end of the day they place the burden

They will only do something if it is for their benefit. of responsibility on a complainant to prove that there’s an issue or a problem. At the end of the day it’s far easier and more direct just to have the legislation in

place,” he said. “Clear and simple, this kind of stuff shouldn’t be stored in close proximity to residences.

Tonnisen is on board with the idea of prohibiting the storage of hazardous goods at the rail yard on the waterfront. After another resident raised the concern at a community meeting last year, she’s been photographing trains carrying hazardous goods, such as sulphuric acid and petroleum gas, at the yard near her home.

“Why would they store it 10 metres from thousands of people?” she asked. “It’s a safety thing.”

While chemicals are need-

ed by industry and are regularly transported through communities by train and truck, Allen thinks anything that contains hazardous, explosive, flammable or toxic substances that could be dangerous to humans shouldn’t be staged, stored or left sitting in a rail yard near residences.

“Those containers in the Port ofVancouver were stationary.They weren’t even moving.What it says to me, … is that the rules and laws surrounding the regulation of rail companies are antiquated and need to be changed to be brought into modern times.”

Should city consider another location for pool?

Continued from page 1 the city to have a closer look at what’s being offered in neighbouring communities and what can be done to make sure costs don’t escalate beyond what the city can afford.

“I have to look at it as someone saying, can we re-

ally afford it, especially with the other things we are building in New Westminster,” he said.

Fiscal responsibility, said Wilson, is one of the key principles of the guiding principles developed by staff.

Coun. Patrick Johnstone

said he’d like discuss whether the East Sixth Avenue site is the right location for a pool and community centre, or whether it would be better suited to a different location in the city. Cote said the default location is the existing site, but it’s worth discussing whether a differ-

ent location would be better.

The principles developed by staff address issues such as innovation, community and stakeholder engagement, consistency with the city’s strategic directions, community need and fiscal feasibility and account-

ability.

Cote said he’d like staff to develop some principles related to financial sustainability, particularly around the operational costs of operating the facility.

Gibson said staff will bring the principles back to city council for its consider-

ation at its next meeting. He said the work being done now is really important to building a foundation for a very significant project that has financial and community impacts.

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News ‘That’s the beautiful, terrible price of love’ Continued from page 3 “So much pain comes out of not being able to find closure,” she says.

And that means people shouldn’t fear talking about it, or immersing themselves in grief – as she did with her art, not just the photography series but with poetry, non-fiction, music.

“For awhile I thought, ‘This is it, my whole art work is going to be consumed with death work,’” she says with a wry smile.

“But it hasn’t been. If you don’t deal with it, it’s always going to sit in you, as the stone within. …

“It doesn’t mean you’re going to be sitting around depressed all the time.

You’re just propelled by that loss.

“You have much more to fear about not talking about it.”

And she doesn’t wallow in self-pity that she has had to cope with such loss at her stage in life.

Rather, she accepts loss as one of the possible consequences of choosing to love.

“You just love somebody, and you have a life with them, you have no idea what it’s going to bring you,” she says. “That adventure can turn any way.

That’s the beautiful, terrible price of love.”

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Bailey bridge should be reopened soon John Kurucz

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A more than two decade long saga between New Westminster and Coquitlam may soon be water under the bridge, albeit with a slight last-minute hiccup.

New Westminster Mayor Jonathan Cote told the TriCities Now (the Record’s sister paper) Tuesday that the Bailey bridge replacement should be finalized by the end of this month.

A leaky water main pushed back the work timelines last week, leading to paving crews having to dig up parts of the road on the New Westminster side of the municipal crossing.

“We’re at the very end of the project, and we’re hoping that even by the next

week or two that the project will actually be completed once the paving work is finished,” he said.

Built in 1994, the bridge has been the subject of repeated delays, provincial arbitration and even a court case between the two cities. Despite all those historic barriers, Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart said he’s optimistic that the two single-lane bridges will actually open this time around.

“I believe (New Westminster) is motivated,” Stewart said. “If there was a barrier toward getting a timely completion, I think that barrier has been removed.”

Last week’s development came almost one year to the day of the last prolonged closure of the Brunette River crossing. Structural de-

Bridging the divide: The Bailey bridge replacement should be finished by the end of March, according to New Westminster Mayor Jonathan Cote. PHOTO RECORD FILES

Cote said. “I think there’s been more complications than when we first started that we didn’t realize. Certainly I’m looking forward to, and I know the mayor of Coquitlam is looking for-

ward to, this project being completed.”

Despite the delays, Stewart said he believes New West’s latest promise to see the project through to its final completion.

Anvil Centre working to boost local economy

Continued from page 4 the facility’s revenues, expenses and business plan.

Marling is in the midst of compiling information for a report for council and senior staff.

“Our mandate is to fill the building, ensure that we are not costing money,” she said, “but the bigger man-

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Anvil Centre seeks clients that will not only use the conference space in Anvil Centre, but other locations in the building, such as the

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Along with large and small conferences, Anvil Centre is also set to host some weddings this year.

“We did a wedding on NewYear’s Eve and we have several weddings booked for this year,” Marling said.

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It was the subject of another long-term closure in February 2013.

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B.C.’s oldest library marks 150 years NewWestminster Public Library celebrates a milestone occasion Niki Hope

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“It was a dark and stormy night” – so begins the often-parodied phrase written by the English novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton, who also happens to be the person who chose the books that were sent over to New Westminster with the Royal Engineers.

They were the group sent by the British Government to maintain law and order among gold seekers and to establish a capital for the new colony.

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the New Westminster Public Library, which has been over the many years, a centrepiece of learning, engagement and connection in this city.

It was started all of those years ago by new immigrants, and continues in a large way to be a place where new Canadians gather for information and understanding.

“So they set off in 1858 to establish the city,” explains community services librarian Debra Nelson.

“When the Royal Engineers disbanded in 1863, some of them stayed on and the collection of books stayed with them, and the idea was that some of them would establish a library or a reading room.”

The library got an early boost from Queen Victoria, when she decided she wanted to send a copy of her late husband’s (Prince Albert) speeches to the public libraries of her more important colonies.The New Westminster Public Library was opened in 1865 in anticipation of the book of speeches.

Amazingly, the library still has that text, which managed to avoid getting sizzled in the Great Fire of 1898 because it had been at the home of an alderman during the fire.

In those early days, the library had books by authors still beloved today – Mark Twain, Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens.

“It’s funny how those names are so common now,” says deputy chief librarian Susan Buss.

The first modest library was set up in the former Mint and Assay building.

Eventually, it was time to expand.

By 1892, residents managed to get enough funding to open a new civic building that included a place for the library, along with government offices and a mechanics institute.

Then tragedy struck six years later.The Great Fire of 1898 swept through downtown New Westminster, decimating the area, including the library.

But from the ashes arose a new building with an interesting connection.

Around the turn of the century, high-profile philanthropist Andrew Carnegie was giving out funds to help build public libraries. Carnegie had a rags-to-riches story and credited libraries with helping him find education, says Buss.

“Because public libraries were so important to him and his learning, he saw this as a way to give back to the community,” she says.

“And so the Carnegie libraries are famous throughout North America.They all kind of look the same – had a style he wanted them to look like.”

With the Carnegie funds, a new library was built in 1903 but didn’t open until 1905, because it took time for the city to come up with the operating funds.

Today, there is still the Carnegie Community Centre at Main and Hastings in Vancouver and, of course, the famous Carnegie Hall in NewYork City.

The Carnegie building served as the city’s library in downtown New Westmin-

Royal touch: Librarians Erin Watkins, left, and Debra Nelson with a book of the speeches of Prince Albert – a gift to the library from none other than Queen Victoria. The library was opened in 1865 in anticipation of the gift. PHOTO LARRY WRIGHT

ster.

“It was there until the 1950s, but then we had outgrown the space,” Nelson says.

A civic campaign was launched in the 1950s and the new building was built uptown, an area that was just beginning to blossom as a retail centre with the opening of Woodward’s.

The library opened in 1958 (it was later renovated in 1978).

“And that was significant because the library was downtown before then, and they made the decision to move it uptown,” Nelson says, noting the significance of the move from the then bustling downtown to quieter Sixth Avenue.

But it wouldn’t stay quiet for long. Eventually, uptown became a more prominent commercial area for many years.

The library remains in

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that location today, where it serves thousands of residents looking not just for books, but for music, films, computers, language support, historical information, and, and on, and on.

They are still here asking different questions that they themselves can’t find on the Internet.

Today, the library is what it has been since it opened in a forest near the banks of the Fraser River – a place to go and learn, engage and gain understanding.

With the advent of the

digital age, some people question the future of libraries, but Nelson and Buss say New Westminster’s library has embraced and even thrived in this era by offering e-books, computer classes and access to computers to help with digital literacy.

“Our one-on-one (computer training) sessions are full all of the time,” Nelson says.

On Sunday mornings, when the library is closed and the computers are available “which is not that often,” Buss says, seniors and teens come together.The students teach the seniors some digital skills.

Library reference staff, who were the original Google, once fielded all the obscure questions that we now just type into a simple search engine.

But people are still turning up to the library; it’s just

that what they are asking for has changed.

“They are still here asking different questions that they themselves can’t find on the Internet, or they don’t have computers at home and they want us to do it, or they come in and they have to fill out a form, and it has to be done online, so they come in and use our computers, so we are doing a lot of working helping people on the technology side,” Nelson says.

New immigrants are also taking advantage of the resource-rich library.

According to a recent survey, the library is one of the top places new immigrants go to get information, Buss says.

But books are still the heart of the operation.They still draw people in, captivate them and have kept them coming back for the last 150 years.

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Community Event industry pros set to descend on Anvil Centre Theresa McManus AROUND TOWN

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Folks working in the event industry will soon be soaking up the ambience of Anvil Centre.

TheVancouver chapter of the International Special Events Society is holding a “hot topic debate” event at Anvil Centre onWednesday, March 25 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

The event is geared towards people connected to the event industry, including those offering venues and hotels, caterers, designers, event technology, décor, and event and wedding planners.

A panel of experts will be offering their two cents about trending topics in the event world. Panelists include: Angela Braun,West Jet’s regional manager in planning and development; Corinne Kessel, principal at Greenscape Design and Décor; Eileen Bistrisky, vice president of Erickson Coaching International; Shelley Johnson, president at SLJ Productions; Darren Dreger, director of sales and events at B.C. Event Management; and Christopher Jodoin, president and creative director of Christopher J Designs. Jodoin may also be familiar to some locals as he once ran Favourite Things Art and Giftware on Columbia Street.

Anvil Centre is a member partner in the International Special Events Society.

PAGEANT DAY APPROACHING Hyack Ambassadors are a step closer to the crowning of Miss NewWestminster.

The 2015 Hyack Ambassador candidates recently presented their finished speech project to the Thornbridge Garden community as a bit of a “dry run” for the pageant weekend festivities.

The Miss NewWestminster Hyack Ambassador pageant weekend kicks off with speech and talent presentations on Friday, March 27 at 7 p.m. at Bernie Legge Theatre in Queen’s Park.

Tickets are $20 and will be available at eventbrite.ca.

A night later, the Miss NewWestminster Hyack Ambassador pageant and awards presentation takes place at 7 p.m. at Anvil Centre.Tickets are $20 and available at the Hyack office at 204 Sixth St. or at www. ticketsnw.ca.

DebWardle, who’s involved with the program,

notes that visiting ambassadors from Nanaimo,Vernon,White Rock, North Thompson, Summerland, Oliver and Osoyoos will be attending the pageant.The retiring 2014 Hyack Ambassadors have planned a weekend of showing off our Royal City to the visiting ambassadors.

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS An upcoming event will provide details about all kinds of resources in the Royal City.

MOSAIC is holding a free community resource fair that features lots of family fun and giveaways. People will be able to access in-

formation about English conversation circles, youth programs and summer camps, job search programs and continuing education, volunteering and recreation programs, seniors’ activities and family programs, with information being available in a variety of languages.

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Community Connections fair is taking place on Saturday, March 28 from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Royal City Centre, 610 Sixth St. SAVE THE DATE The NewWestminster Museum and Archives is preparing a hairy history of NewWestminster.

April 23 is opening day for the museum’s next exhibit: Hair Apparent – A Hairy History of NewWestminster.

The exhibit will run from April 23 to June 21 at the NewWestminster Museum and Archives in Anvil Centre, 777 Columbia St.

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NWDRA members (Save Our Parkade initiatives).

SATURDAY, MARCH 14 Job search skills for newcomers with basic English skills, 10 a.m. to noon, New Westminster Public Library, 716 Sixth Ave. Newcomers with limited or basic English skills can learn how to search for a job and prepare for an interview at a free program at the library. The workshop will cover resumés, cover letters, interview skills and strategies, and labour market information, in English with translation available in French. If you have a permanent resident card or landed immigrant documents, please bring them. Co-sponsored by the library and SUCCESS. Register in person or phone the library at 604-527-4667 or SUCCESS at 604-4301899.

THURSDAY, MARCH 19 Building a better story: writing workshop, 6:30 p.m., New Westminster Public Library, 716 Sixth

MONDAY, MARCH 16 Tillicum Toastmasters, meets 7:20 to 9:30 p.m., Unity in Action Church hall, 1630 Edinburgh St. Do you want to overcome your fear of public speaking?

Do you want to learn the how-tos within a supportive environment? Do you want to nail that upcoming interview for your dream job? Take the first step and join us at our next meeting and see what we’re all about.

No obligation to speak or sign up.

TUESDAY, MARCH 17 Fraternal Order of Eagles No. 20, St. Patrick’s Day celebration, fundraiser dinner for Sky Wright and her challenge to send 45 kids with cancer to Camp Goodtimes. Features buffet dinner, toonie toss, auction, 50/50 and Irish dancers. Tickets are $30 and include tax, gratuity and $10 donation to Skye’s Challenge. Meet and greet at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m., Castle Neighbourhood Grill, 101-319 Governors Court.

For tickets, call John at 604-657-5600 or email ashdowneagle@shaw.ca.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 New Westminster Downtown Residents’ Association general meeting, 7 p.m., Holy Trinity Church, 514 Carnarvon St. Features three speakers: Coun. Bill Harper (fibre optics and Intelligent City); Coun.

Chuck Puchmayr (mayors’ transportation plan); and 9

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Ave. Get writing tips from author Sylvia Taylor, who will discuss how a great query letter is your key to unlocking the publishing world. Participants are invited to come with a query draft or specific project in

mind. This free workshop is presented by the Royal City Literary Arts Society and sponsored by the library.

Register in person, at 604527-4667 or listener@nwpl. ca. The New Westminster Public Library is at 716 Sixth

Ave., www.nwpl.ca, 604-5274660.

FRIDAY, MARCH 20 SFU Café Scientifique series, Boston Pizza, private room, 1045 Columbia St., 7 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Paul Tupper,

an associate professor of mathematics, will take a skeptical view of Big Data, looking at the techniques used in data mining. Info: http://www.sfu.ca/science/ outreach-program/cafe_ scientifique.html.

today’sdrive 20 15 Lexus

New Westminster RECORD FRIDAY March 13, 2015 15

Your journey starts here.

NX

A Bold New Crossover

BY DAVID CHAO

Lexus is the latest manufacturer to enter the ever-growing luxury compact SUV segment. By creating a stylish, this-lookslike-a-transformer vehicle called the NX, it’s trying to make a real impact in this fiercely competitive market.

The NX is eye-catching, comfortable and comes with Lexus’ reputation for reliability. Rivals include the Audi Q3, BMW X1 and the Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class, though the NX is actually bigger and roomier than most of these cars.

The NX is available in two models: the NX 200t which is the first Lexus with a turbocharged engine, and the NX 300h which has a sophisticated hybrid system.

Design

The Lexus NX is loosely based on the Toyota RAV4 mechanically, but the design is much more dramatic and it is so different from the RAV4 that you can’t see any resemblance from inside or out.

The first thing you notice about the NX is the gaping trapezoidal front grille. Lexus’ trademark “spindle” grille dominates the front, which protrudes quite far ahead of the front axle but it’s actually surprisingly appealing.

Intricately detailed LED headlights sit high on the NX’s shoulders. The separate daytime running lights are sharp and accent the striking grille.

Moving along the side, the doors are nicely sculpted and the rounded roof gives the NX a balanced appearance.

At the back, the three-dimensional taillights add some drama; the edge of the lights actually stick out from the body making the car look wider than it really is.

The spoiler over the window and dual exhausts make it look aggressive.

The cabin is driver-focused and available with an impressive level of onboard technology.

Passengers will appreciate how spacious and comfortable the NX is in comparison to other compact SUVs. Those who want an extra “spice’ thrown into the NX can add the F SPORT package, which includes an even more menacing front grille, F SPORT badging, aluminium sport pedals, a g-force meter, and liquid injection foam F SPORT seats.

Performance

As mentioned, the NX 200t is the first Lexus with a twin-scroll turbocharged engine. The 2.0-litre Atkinson cycle four-cylinder delivers 235 hp and 258 lb-ft of torque which is pretty good but not class-leading.

Being an all-new engine, it is packed with modern technology which includes the turbo that is built into the exhaust manifold – this helps reduce turbo lag to almost unnoticeable levels.

Mated to a six-speed automatic transmission, the NX 200t offers sporty dynamics with all-wheel drive and a lock-up torque converter. A three-setting Drive Mode Select system (Sport, Normal and Eco) allows drivers to modify vehicle responsiveness.

Since the NX 300h weighs more and has less power, it feels less peppy than its stablemate. The Lexus Hybrid Drive system is built around a 2.5-litre Atkinson cycle four-cylinder and delivers 194 total system horsepower and 152 lb-ft of torque.

Mated to an electronically controlled continuously variable transmission and all-wheel drive, the NX 300h provides smooth acceleration yet 7.4L/100km combined fuel efficiency.

Also, this is the first Lexus Hybrid Drive to feature a kick-down function to improve acceleration. And, the hybrid battery is split into two separate pods for better weight distribution.

While the handling is crisp and linear, there is something absent from the NX’s driving characteristic. Perhaps its ride is too smooth; perhaps the steering is too numb – not sure the exact reason but the NX excites its drivers from the outside but not so much when it’s driven.

Environment

The cabin of the NX has a lot going for it and feels more expensive than the price suggests.

The dash is covered in stitched material and nearly every other surface is soft and/or padded with a high level of accuracy.

Interior measurements of the NX are very similar to the RAV4. However, as with the

exterior, the NX is more sport-minded as indicated by the tighter seats and wide centre console. The front seats are very supportive and comfortable.

To provide further comfort and versatility, the rear seats split 60/40 and they even power recline and power fold. These are nice-to-have features that soon become must-have items.

Not only is the NX quiet and comfortable, but it’s also filled with intelligent technology. For example, it’s available with a Wireless Charging Tray and a 6.2-inch head up display – the largest in the Lexus range.

The new optional Remote Touch Interface controls the navigation, climate control and connected devices. It works better than older designs found in other Lexus models and uses Haptic feedback when the cursor is over one of the on-screen buttons. Still, just give us an actual touch panel because no matter which automaker attempts to make these more user friendly, they are awful to use in general.

The cargo capacity in the NX is less than the RAV4, thanks to its sloping roof. Capacity is 0.5 cubic metres in the NX 200t, and 0.475 cubic metres in the NX 300h.

Features

The NX 200t has a starting price of $40,950, and the NX 300h starts at $58,850.

Standard equipment includes a leather-wrapped steering wheel, heated front seats, dual-zone climate control, heated exterior mirrors, auto dimming rearview mirror, backup camera, smart key system, and Bluetooth capability.

Additional features, available as options or on higher trims, include ventilated front seats, heated steering wheel, clearance and backup sensors, dynamic cruise control, lane keeping assist system, blind spot monitoring, pre-collision system, rear cross traffic alert, rain-sensing wipers, and auto high beam.

Fuel efficiency numbers (L/100km) for the NX 200t are 10.8 city, 8.8 highway and 9.9 combined. The NX 300h returns 7.1 city, 7.7 highway and 7.4 combined.

Thumbs Up

The new design certainly turns heads. Also, the new turbocharged engine is exciting and provides strong performance and admirable fuel economy.

Thumbs Down

The engine is raspy and the steering is numb, making the new NX a good performance vehicle but not a great one from a handling perspective.

The Bottom Line

If you are looking for a unique, high-tech-oriented and reliable crossover that is also eye-catching, consider the Lexus NX.

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today’sdrive ‘Green’ lawsuit for Apple?

LAWSUIT SUGGESTS APPLE HARD-CORE INTO EVS: Fashionable computermaker Apple is fast-building its industrial lithium-ion battery capabilities, reports the Reuters news service, adding to evidence that the iPhone/iPad/iMac maker might be developing its own car. Apple is building its own battery division, claims a lawsuit filed against it by battery maker A123, which says the Silicon Valley-based firm “poached” five of its top battery engineers last year.

All told, the five engineers from A123 have filed for 23 new patents, says an analysis

by Thomson Reuters, three times what Apple has on its own.The former A123 employees hired by Apple have expertise primarily in battery-cell design, materials and development and manufacturing engineering, says the analysis. Apple did not comment.

COMPRESSED-AIR CAR MIGHT LAUNCH IN HAWAII THIS YEAR: Indian automaker Tata has reportedly joined with Luxembourg-based Motor Development International to put a compressed air car on sale in Hawaii before the end of this year, through franchisee Zero Pollution Motors.The tiny AirPod, said to seat three adults and one child, has a top speed of about 80 km/h, while its onboard tanks will hold enough compressed air to give it a range in excess of 190 zero-emission kilometres.Tata tested prototype compressed air-powered cars in 2012, but has said little about them since.

Several other companies have experimented with compressed-air cars in recent years but they, too, have gone quiet. Refilling the tanks will require special compressed-air stations.

JAGUAR MIGHT BE PLANNING ITS FIRST ELECTRIC TALL WAGON: The upcoming F-Pace could also be the luxury automaker’s first electric vehicle.The new tall wagon is expected to launch in 2016,

but the internal-combustion models could be followed in 2018 by an all-electric version, says British auto magazine Autocar.This version would reportedly have a range of nearly 500 kilometres per charge, giving Jaguar a competitor to the new Tesla Model X, due to go on sale this year. American vehicle website MotorAuthority adds that in addition to luring away Tesla buyers, the electric F-Pace could help Jaguar compete in California and other states that have adopted a zero-emission-vehicle mandate. Eight U.S. states plan to put 3.3 million electric cars on the road by 2025.

GM AIMS TO SPARK EV SALES IN MARYLAND: General Motors will sell its 2015 Chevrolet Spark EV in Maryland this spring, making it the first East Coast state to offer the electric minicar. Maryland will be only the third state in which GM has sold the vehicle, the other two being California and Oregon where, collectively, 1,145 units were sold last year.

The Spark EV has a connection to Maryland, reports the alternative vehicle website Green Car Reports: both its electric motor and drivetrain are manufactured at a GM plant in White Marsh. For 2015, the Spark EV has a claimed maximum range of 82 miles (130 kilometres) per charge and is powered by a lithium-ion battery pack with cells from GM’s longtime battery supplier, LG Chem.

SHIFT POINTS • Toyota has opened its thousands of hydrogen-related patents to advance fuel-cell technology, allowing rival companies to use its research royalty-free.Toyota, the auto industry’s primary proponent of hydrogen, believes that sharing technology can boost interest in fuel cells, helping hydrogen become a viable alternative to fossil fuels.That would serve to strengthen its own business case.

• The Cal State L.A. Hydrogen and Fueling Facility is the first fueling station in that state to sell hydrogen.

Until now, hydrogen was provided free to fuel-cell vehicle owners because of the lack of an accurate metering system.

• Volkswagen has called on American legislators to

do more to encourage electric vehicle sales and electric-vehicle infrastructure development.The automaker is also putting its money where its mouth is, announcing it will invest US $10 million in EV infrastructure in the United States by 2016.

Your journey starts here.

Electric Jag: Jaguar’s new tall wagon, called the FPace (based on this concept vehicle), could spawn the company’s first fully electric vehicle, but that won’t likely be until 2018.

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B/W

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2011 CHEV AVALANCHE “LT”, LOADED WITH EXTRAS #84-76061

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2014 CHEV TAHOE LT

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217

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B/W

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$

SLE, CREWCAB 4X4 #85-09631

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22,900

2009 CHEV TAHOE

2012 GMC CANYON

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19,900

B/W

181

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275

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B/W

232

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B/W

268

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B/W

137

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$

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B/W

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$

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$

31,900

$

17,900

B/W

119

$

B/W

247

$

2008 CHEV COLORADO LT, CREW CAB #N8-82271

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$

13,999

B/W

157

$

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2014 BUICK ENCLAVE

2012 GMC TERRAIN SLE, ALL-WHEEL DRIVE #72-89091

$

B/W

2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE

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2013 CHEV TRAX

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Community

Main street memories part of city’s heritage Dale and Archie Miller

editorial@newwestrecord.ca

This year’s Heritage Week’s theme of Main Street drew lots of local attention as people enjoyed seeing the buildings and other sites that historically defined the central places in a community. Many suggestions have been forthcoming about B.C. towns to visit to experience “main street” examples, such as Nelson, Ladysmith, Kaslo, Greenwood and Barkerville.

We know these places well and have also spent some wonderful times combining imagination with a ghost town’s ruins or reminders to “see” an earlier community with its shops, buildings, houses, squares, parks and so on. A few ghost towns that stand out are Quesnelle Forks, Bullion, Sandon, Granite Creek, Phoenix and Fort Steele (prior to its restoration).

New Westminster’s “main street,” Columbia Street,

before the massive fire of 1898, had many structures – large and small – that truly identified the period.There were buildings on the street that had been in that area since the town’s first years.

Others echoed the city’s evolution as an important place. Following the fire of 1898, the city was rapidly rebuilt with features that once again provided character to the street.

Two major buildings downtown that survived the fire and remain to this day, allow us to look back at wonderful reminders of an earlier “main street.”

Located at Fourth Street at Columbia, the Queens/ Guichon Block (on the corner) and the Burr Block (today’s Met Hotel) are captured in many photos, some very dramatic, over the decades.

What aspects of New Westminster’s “main street” today in 2015 are your standouts? There have been lots of comments along this

Books inspire great television Tammie Mercado

editorial@newwestrecord.ca

With successful series like Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead, it seems like the popularity of television shows adapted from books is at an all-time high. It’s worthwhile to remember that many adapted books have also been acclaimed or popular in their own right.

Read some of these other noteworthy novels that have recently been adapted for television. All are available through the New Westminster Public Library.

Craig Johnson’s long-running Walt Longmire mysteries have been adapted into A&E’s Longmire. Starting with The Cold Dish, there are currently 18 books in this series about a mysterysolving Wyoming sheriff.

Tom Perrotta’s The Leftovers was recently adapted for HBO.The book tells the story of a Rapture-like event from a secular standpoint, where two percent of the world’s population has disappeared without explanation and the survivors are left to make sense of it all.

Written by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, The Strain trilogy (The Strain,The Fall, and The

Night Eternal) was developed as a television series for FX.The story gives a decidedly grotesque take on vampire mythology, steering away from recent trends that portray them as romantic leads or heroes.

Diane Gabaldon’s Outlander is the inspiration for a new Showcase series of the same name. There’s a bit of something for everyone in this eight-book series: romance, history, adventure and science fiction/fantasy.

Blake Crouch’s Wayward Pines trilogy (Pines,Wayward, and The Last Town) has been adapted for a FOX television series.This is another genre-bender likely to appeal to many different readers as they try to figure out the secrets of a small town in rural Idaho.

Elizabeth Strout’s Olive Kitteridge was adapted on HBO. Set in Maine, it’s an intimate look at the friends, family and acquaintances of the title character.The book is a collection of stand-alone short stories that share common characters and themes and won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

For more suggestions, visit the library at 716 Sixth Ave.

line of discussion as the Heritage Week theme has truly encouraged people to have a look at where they live as far as its downtown central place.

In no particular order, the suggestions include the following – how do they compare with your thoughts on this?

Up-to-date examples have included the Anvil Centre, the Wait For Me,

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Examples of older buildings and sites include the old Bank of B.C. reminder at Sixth and Columbia, the former Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the Westminster (Trust) Block, the old Columbia Theatre, the Paramount Theatre, the Masonic/Oddfellows Block at Lorne St, the former CPR Station, the BCER interurban/streetcar station, and smaller reminders like

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CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE IRISH ROVERS, who are performing at Massey Theatre. Fans will be treated to classics like The Unicorn, Black Velvet Band and Wasn’t that a Party when the Rovers take to the stage on Friday, March 13 at 7 p.m. at Massey Theatre, 735 Eighth Ave.Tickets are $54.50, available at www. ticketsnw.ca.

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TRY OUT SOME OLD-TIME GAMES AND TOYS at the New Westminster Museum on Saturday, March 14 from 1 to 2 p.m., in the Anvil Centre at 777 Columbia St. Admission is by donation.

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GO GREEN FOR AN EARLY ST. PATRICK’S DAY when the

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will participate in an afternoon of music that gets underway at 2 p.m.Tickets are $10 at www.ticketsnw.ca or 604-521-5050.

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CHECK OUT THE ART AT THE NEW WESTMINSTER PUBLIC LIBRARY. Eileen Pick’s Travel B.C. show in the upstairs art panels features painting in a variety of styles and media representing her travels through the province.

Linda Johner presents If Walls Could Talk, a photographic journey of

old, abandoned buildings and deactivated workplaces.

You’ll find her works On the Ramp Gallery.The art can be viewed at the New Westminster Public Library, 716 Sixth Ave., during regular library hours.The exhibits run until the end of March.

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Spring break a good time to open a book Annie Boulanger READER’S CORNER

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With spring break upon us, will your family find time for the quiet enjoyment of good books?

If you and your children are going to read during this holiday break, then here are some new titles to entertain and inform you.

Books about our own province include: ! Echoes of British Columbia –Voices from the Frontier, by Robert Budd (Harbour Publishing): A must-have for any B.C. history buffs. It’s wonderful to hear the actual voices of early pioneers telling their stories on the CDs included with the printed book of their stories, illustrated with archival photographs. ! Poachers, Polluters & Politics – a Fishery Officer’s Career, by Randy Nelson (Harbour Publishing):With wit and wry humour, Nelson tells of his life as a fishery conservation officer in short, sometimes hilarious, entertaining and always informative chapters. ! The Boreal Feast – A Culinary Journey Through the North, by Michele Genest (Harbour Publishing):This beautifully illustrated book, of northern scenery and prepared dishes, is full of recipes that utilize the bounty of the North but can also be prepared with local ingredients. Reminiscences of the North begin each chapter. ! The Elusive Mr. Pond The Soldier, Fur Trader and ExplorerWho Opened the Northwest,

by Barry Gough (Douglas & McIntyre): A fascinating, enigmatic man who lived and travelled in the late 18th century, when the fate of Canada was being shaped. Peter Pond ex-

plored, traded, influenced political decisions, paved the way for famous explorers, then was almost forgotten, till Gough’s excellent book. ! Fortune’s a River:The Collisions of Empires in Northwest America, by Barry Gough (Harbour): This narrative of the ambitions and voyages of the British, Americans, Spaniards and Russians, focusing on our own B.C. coast, as well as Alaska and the U.S., brings alive the fascinating early history of our region,

all the things we never heard about in school. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. ! The Sea Among Us – The Amazing Strait of Georgia, by Richard Beamish & Gordon McFarlane (Harbour): A complete overview of all parts and inhabitants of the Strait of Georgia, the shorelines, the water, the weather, its precontact and post-contact history, all illustrated with gorgeous photos, graphs and art. ! ThatWent By Fast: My First HundredYears, by Frank White (Harbour): Humorous and entertaining,White’s book reads like listening to an old friend give a fascinating account of the past century, as seen through the eyes of a hardworking and thoughtful raconteur. ! The Cougar Lady – Legendary Trapper of Sechelt Inlet, by Rosella Leslie, Caitlin Press. Asta Bergliot (“Bergie”) Solberg never went to school, and her lifelong passion was hunting and trapping in the wilds of the Sunshine Coast.

This is the story of the unorthodox lifestyle of one of B.C.’s real characters. ! The RightWay On:Adventures in the Klondyke of 1898, Memoirs ofW.H.T. Olive (Timberholme Books).The author wasn’t a gold seeker but was sent to theYukon to build boats to carry the wouldbe miners to the diggings.

So his story is an entertaining, on-the-spot reporting of what it was like in those hectic years. ! Vancouver Light: Photography by David Nunuk (Harbour):Vancouver has never looked so good as in these vibrant photographs, many spanning both pages of this large, eye-catching coffee Continued on page 28

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Community Crack open a new book: Some of the reading suggestions offered up by book columnist Annie Boulanger, with a focus on B.C.-based reading.

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Get reading Continued from page 27 table book. ! Closing Time – Prohibition, Rum-Runners, and BorderWars by Daniel Francis, (Douglas & McIntyre): From coast to coast, American prohibition was the making of some of our local fortunes and created an era of modern-day piracy.With fascinating stories.

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And one last offering, just for fun ... ! O Canada Crosswords, Book 15, by Gwen Sjogren (Nightwood Editions): Another in this bestselling series of crosswords with Canadian content. It’s just the thing for your crosswordloving friends and family members (or yourself).

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The recent 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War and this year’s 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War are commemorated by some excellent books. ! From theWest Coast to theWestern Front, by Mark Forsythe and Greg Dixon (Harbour): A wellresearched compilation of first-hand accounts (first heard on CBC’s B.C. Almanac) and on-site photographs of the men and women who participated in the First World War. ! ForgottenVictory: First Canadian Army and the CruelWinter of 1944-45,

by Mark Zuehlke (Douglas & McIntyre):The 11th in this series chronicling Canadian Forces’ roles in the Second World War. It’s little known that Canadian expertise and valour probably brought the war to a quicker end. Zuehlke’s book is a step-by-step, hour-by-hour retelling of the battles, with maps and photographs.

of preparation and the characters of our Canadian astronauts, new explorers of the unknown, with exceptional photography. ! Cardboard Ocean – a memoir, by Mike McCardell (Harbour Publishing):Well-known broadcaster, writer and raconteur McCardell’s recollections of five years of his childhood growing up in a rough area of NewYork City is portioned out in short, self-contained short stories, with the detail, humour and undercurrent of bittersweet that he has made his own. ! WritingWith Grace – A Journey beyond Down Syndrome, by Judy McFarlane (Douglas & McIntyre):While the author tells of helping Grace achieve her dream of becoming a writer, she also discovers truths about herself, how she and the rest of us view people with disabilities, and how different that is from reality. ! High Clear Bell of Morning, by Ann Eriksson (Douglas & McIntyre).

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Jr. B Steelers in a hard place EDC Grandview hockey club finds itself down 3-1 in PJHL best-of-seven conference final Tom Berridge

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The Grandview Steelers have a hard playoff road ahead of them.

The Jr. B hockey club dropped a 3-1 decision to the regular-season champion North Vancouver Wolf Pack and now stare elimination in the face in its best-of-seven Pacific Junior Hockey League playoff series. “(North Van) definitely has the momentum winning three games, but we’re just going to come out and work harder. I have no doubt we’re going to come out and win the next game,” said Grandview captain Michael Willms after the game.

Grandview scored first on an opportunistic wrist shot from out in front by rookie Quinn Thompson.

North Van had its chances in the opening period but Steelers’ goalie Cole MacInnes and a little puck luck kept Grandview in the lead.

North Van captain Brodyn Nielson had the Wolf Pack’s best chance but missed a gaping open net in the final minutes of the period.

The Wolf Pack finally got on the scorebard on a power play in the second periood.

Nielson shook off his first-period miss, tallying his first of two extra-man goals, including the deciding score at the six-minute mark of the third period on

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Need for three: Grandview Steelers’ Timothy Chow, in white, currently leads all Pacific Junior Hockey League playoff scorers with 11 goals. But down 3-1 in the series to North Vancouver, Chow will need several more markers to help his team back. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

a marginal, mid-ice slashing call.

“Those power play goals definitely hurt us a bit,” said Willms. “Our work ethic has got us here. It showed in the first game.

We’ve got to capitalize on our opportunities.We’ve just got to get more pucks on the net.”

The Wolf Pack could wrap up the series tonight (Friday) at the Harry Je-

rome rec centre at 7:45 p.m.

The Steelers gave back the series’ advantage to the Wolf Pack, falling 3-2 at the Harry Jerome rec centre last Saturday and 5-3 at home the following night.

On March 7, Peter Matthews tied up the contest 2-2 in the second period, but following a scoreless third frame,Wolf Pack defenceman Connor Pasco of

Burnaby tallied the game winner in overtime to even the series.

In Game 3, both teams evenly shared six goals in a wild opening first period, but two markers in the middle frame, including the go-ahead counter from affiliate Christian Gacina, stood up for North Van. Timothy Chow, who currently leads the playoffs with 11 goals, counted a

pair on the power play less than a minute apart that temporarily tied the contest at 2-2.

But Willms said the Grandview club is not going down without a fight.

“It’s going to go all the way to Game 7 and bring this one home,” he said.

If necessary, Game 6 is back at the winter club on Sunday at 4 p.m.

Major midget Giants fall in opener Tom Berridge

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The Northwest Giants had their B.C. major midget hockey post season uncharacteristically cut short by the South Island Royals last week.

The B.C. league runnerup dropped Game 3 of the best-of-three first round playoff 2-1 in overtime to the upstart Royals at the Burnaby Winter Club on Sunday.

The Burnaby-based Giants held a precarious 1-0 lead for most of the contest – on a short-handed, dump-in goal from captain Keegan Jones that took a

wins again

lucky bounce past the Island keeper.

But South Island’s Cam Thompson erased the deficit with less than four minutes left in the game to send the deciding game into a third consecutive overtime.

Kayden Peck got the upset winner after seven minutes of extra time.

For the goal-challenged Giants it was shades of things to come.

The Giants were just the sixth highest scoring club in the 11-team major midget league this season, averaging less than four goals per outing over the 40game season. In compari-

son, South Island scored six more times but had eight less victories than the Giants.

“That was one of our biggest issues this season,” said Giants head coach Clint Thornton, who also struggled to field a healthy lineup for most of the year.

In fact, the Giants played just three games all season with a healthy 20-man roster, while forced to play 50-affiliate man games this year.

“It was a tough year, but to finish in second place with these types of challenges was a compliment to the players,”Thornton added.

The Royals gave notice in Game 1 they were not going to go down easily in the quarter-finals.

South Island, the seventh-place finishers during the regular season, took a two-goal lead on a pair of second-period goals less than three minutes apart and then prevailed in OT to take the opening game 3-2 at the winter club on March 6.

The Giants got single goals from Desi Burgart and Carter Stephenson, with the game-tying counter in the late in the third period.

In Game 2, the Giants got off to a better 2-0

start, with goals from Mateo Coltellaro and Josh Latta, before the Royals drew even with a pair of counters in the final frame.

Nash Dabb got the game-winner for the Giants early in overtime.

The Royals move on to the semifinals against the regular season champion Cariboo Cougars.

Cariboo had a tough time in its quarter-final as well, finishing off eighthplace Fraser Valley in three games.

The Greater Vancouver Canadians and the Northeast Chiefs both moved on to the semifinals with 2-0 wins in their series.

EDC FC Burnaby moved into a three-way tie for fourth place with Langley and Coquitlam MetroFord in Vancouver Metro Soccer League premier division last week.

The Burnaby-based soccer club rattled off its fourth straight league win following a 4-2 victory over Croatia SC last weekend.

“These guys just keep turning it up a notch every week,” said EDC head coach Claudio Ramirez.

“We fell behind in the first 10 as Croatia was pressing our outlet passes from the defence and we made a mistake on one of these – they intercepted and buried it.We made a couple of adjustments and then took over the game at about the 15-minute mark.”

Chris Kydd knotted the score with a fantastic strike that beat the Croatian keeper to the top corner.

Then, just before the half, Hussein Ibrahim tallied the go-ahead marker – that had all the trappings for goal of the year – with a full bicycle kick on an Eric Ray cross from inside the 18.

In the second half, Ducivan Desouza, with a sure free kick, made it 3-1 with about 30 minutes left in the contest.

Kydd, with his second goal of the game, scored on another long-range strike to seal it.

Croatia got one back near the end to make it 4-2.

“We gained some more confidence going into the Metro-Ford game, which is always one of the toughest opponents in the league,” Ramirez said about Saturday’s afternoon matchup at Town Centre Stadium.

“The team is playing close to its potential and the collective effort of the group is fantastic, everyone is working together thinking about the big picture.We are playing well, the guys can feel something special is happening and we will continue to take things one game at a time. … they’ve picked a perfect time to peak.”

Saturday’s kick off is at 3 p.m.

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Tournament time: Tyler Chiew helped the New Westminster atom C2 hockey team to a 2-2 draw with North Vancouver at Moody Park Arena at the Bobby Love tournament on Monday. Carter Donnelly scored both goals for New West. The Royal City squad went on to win a bronze medal at the tourney, edging Port Coquitlam 4-3 in overtime. Luke Phelan scored four times for New West in the third-place final, including the game winner 15 seconds into extra time. PHOTO LARRY WRIGHT

Blazer sips from Cup

Kaleigh Fratkin celebrated a Clarkson Cup with the Boston Blazers of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League on March 7.

The Burnaby defenceman helped the Blazers to a 3-2 win in overtime over the Montreal Stars to claim Boston’s second cup title in three seasons.

The Blazers advanced to the final with earlier back-to-back 3-0 and 7-3 wins over the Toronto Furies in a best-of-three semifinal series.

Fratkin, a plus-two player for Boston in

the playoffs, had an assist in the opening playoff shutout over Toronto on March 4.

The last time Boston and Montreal faced off in a Clarkson Cup final was two years ago, when the Blades beat the three-time defending champions Stars 5-2, to win their first-ever women’s hockey title.

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Favourites advance at B.C.s STM ekes out win, South KOsWalnut Grove

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District favourites Burnaby South Rebels and St. Thomas More Knights both moved on at their respective B.C. high school boys’ basketball championships.

South overcame a 12point deficit in the third quarter and outlasted No. 11 Walnut Grove 83-76 in the Rebels’ opening quad A boys’ matchup at the Langley Events Centre on Wednesday.

In an otherwise closely played contest, South came back to outscore the Gators 22-19 in the pivotal third quarter.

South star guard Jermaine Haley led all scorers with

33 points and 11 rebounds, while guards Tyus Batiste and EJ Mabone chipped in with 23 and 14 points, respectively.

South’s offensive was very efficient from the floor, making good on 49.3 per cent of its 52 shot opportunities.

The Rebels were equally good from the charity stripe, with a plus-73 per cent success rate.

South played No. 3 Kelowna in the quarter-finals on Thursday (after Record deadlines).

In 3A hoops, STM survived a scare from No. 10 Wellington 52-50 in its opening game on Wednesday.

The defending AAA pro-

vincial champions shot less than 30 per cent from the floor and were five of 30 from three-point land, but took its largest lead of the game following a 17-9 third period.

Playing with a short, seven-man bench, the Knights got 14 points from senior J.J. DesLauriers and 12 from guard Edward Ju. “We need to be way better,” said STM head coach Aaron Mitchell.

The Knights took on No. 2 Fleetwood Park in the quarter-finals on Thursday (after Record deadlines).

Final placement games for all divisions will be held all day Saturday, with the AAA final at 6 p.m. and the 4A final following.

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2.99-4.49

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Simply Pure Cheese

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assorted varieties

St. Patrick’s Day Cake, Cookies or Cupcakes

340g • product of Canada

product of Canada

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5.99

assorted sizes

30% off

25th Anniversary Premium Giveaway for March

Vitamix Blender Prize Pack

14.99 10 capsules 38.99 30 capsules 69.99 60 capsules

assorted sizes and varieties

3.49-4.99

6.49

Botanica Dr. Ohhira’s Probiotics

Vega One All in One Shakes

regular retail price

assorted varieties and sizes

FROM

2.99-3.29

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90 capsules

25% off

St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes or Cookies

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product of Canada

1.89L • +dep+eco fee

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assorted varieties 300g • product of USA

250-320g

Earth’s Choice Organic Apple Juice

5.99 each

Earthbound Farm Organic Frozen Fruit

assorted varieties

WELLNESS * Sulmedol

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23%

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200g

3/6.00

Steaz Iced Tea or Energy Berry Drink

assorted varieties

10/10.00 12.00-15.00

Happy St. Patrick’s Day Blarney Castle, Reserve Cheddar, Wexford Mature Cheddar

assorted varieties

26%

Nature’s Bakery Fig Bars

While quantities last. Not all items available at all stores. We reserve the right to correct printing errors.

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