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Arrests made in assault, armed robbery Theresa McManus

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One of the suspects sought a recent assault and armed robbery was allegedly in possession of a loaded handgun when arrested by police.

On July 13, the New Westminster Police Department made a public appeal for CCTV footage following an assault and armed robbery near the corner of McKenzie and Clarkson streets. At that time, police reported that two people had approached a group of three people at the corner at about 8:30 p.m. on Monday, July 11.

“One suspect pointed a firearm at one of the victims and struck him in the face before taking the victim’s bag,” said the July 13 press release. “As the suspects walked away from the group with the victim’s bag, they pointed their firearms at another person Continued on page 3

PERSISTENT PROBLEM: Housing affordability, opioids and COVID-19 have set back efforts to fight homelessness.

New West embarks on homeless plan City’s homelessness action strategy includes 46 actions for addressing the problem Theresa McManus

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It’s estimated the number of homeless people in New West has tripled in the past few years — and the city is taking action to change that.

City council recently endorsed in principle a

new New Westminster Homelessness Action Strategy, a five-year vision and plan to address homelessness and related issues in the city. Developed with the support of the New Westminster Homelessness Coalition Society, the Community Action Network (a local

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emerged, and this resulted to reverse some of the gains made in addressing unsheltered homelessness,” she said.

“These include, for example, a housing affordability crisis, an opioid epidemic, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Up Front Arrest follows threat with imitation gun Jess Balzer

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One person has been arrested in NewWestminster after threatening a man with an imitation gun.

On Friday (July 22), the NewWestminster Police Department (NWPD) received a report at roughly 2 a.m. by someone who said an unknown man held a firearm against his neck and threatened to hurt him.

The caller fled the Hyack Square area and then provided police with a detailed description of the suspect, which allowed police to quickly find the person involved.

When police arrested the suspect, they found an imitation firearm in his

possession.

“This victim did the right thing which included fleeing the area and calling 911,” Sgt. JustineThom said in a news release.

“Being threatened with a weapon is extremely serious and we encourage anyone who finds themselves in that kind of a situation to call 911 without delay.”

The department will be recommending charges of assault with a weapon contrary to Section 267 (a) of the Criminal Code of Canada; one count of uttering threats contrary to Section 264.1 of the Criminal; and one count of failing to comply with a probation order contrary to Section 733.1 of the Criminal Code.

REPLICA WEAPON: Imitation handgun seized by New West police.

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Suspicious car fire spreads to nearby properties

Bright lights, barking dogs and tires popping alert Sapperton residences to blaze Theresa McManus

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A suspicious car fire has created a bit of a nightmare for longtime New West resident Lorrie Williams.

Around 4 a.m. on Thursday, July 14,Williams’s dogs started barking. As she woke up, she saw a light shining into her bedroom, which faces the lane behind her home.

“I went outside and I could still see the car because it wasn’t totally engulfed in flames yet,” she said. “And then, each tire blew up.You should hear those tires go. It’s like a loud explosion, seriously.

It was almost like a bomb going off.”

Williams, who was the first resident to notice the fire, said the sounds of the tires blowing up alerted her neighbours to the fire.

She said the “nice Mercedes” was soon was the engulfed in flames.

“I went out and I stood on my sundeck. And then

it got hotter and hotter and I had to retreat,” she said. “It blistered the paint on my house. I have artificial turf, and that’s all ruined. My plants are covered in foam and a couple of trees I’m sure have died or will die.”

In response to 911 calls, firefighters soon arrived to extinguish the vehicle fire, which had quickly spread.

According to Williams, one of her neighbours lost part of their fence, and a couple of neighbours lost their garbage and recycling bins.

“They melted from the heat,” she said. “They didn’t catch fire, they actually just melted.That’s how hot that thing was.”

The car was set on fire directly behind Williams’s home, which suffered significant damage.The fire damaged her cedar fence, garage and clothesline and destroyed a shed where she’d been storing the belongings of her aunt who had passed away.

Fully involved: A suspicious car fire in lower Sapperton on July 14 spread to Lorrie Williams’ garage, shed and fence. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED/LORRIE WILLIAMS

“The whole shed is gone, and everything in it,” she said. “And it was packed to the gills.”

A spark from the fire

also made its way onto the cedar shingles on her home’s roof.

“Somebody noticed smoke coming out of my

roof,” she said. “It was burning, so they scaled up the ladder and took their axes and chopped a hole in my roof and poured water in.”

For now,Williams’s home is surrounded by security fencing and her roof is patched with plywood and tarps.

Williams said she hasn’t yet received an estimate on the amount of damage caused by the fire, but said it’s going to be “quite the insurance claim.” She noted the house has suffered water damage and may have also suffered some damage to its electrical.

“It’s a shock,” she said.

“It’s horrible to watch your stuff burning.”

Williams said she was interviewed by police, but told them she hadn’t seen anyone – just the beginnings of the car fire.

“There was obviously an accelerant because I’ve never seen anything burn that quickly and that hot,” she said.

Suspect arrested with loaded firearm, police Continued from page 1 who was walking down the street and asked this person what valuables they had on them.”

Police later told The Record that the victim who had been assaulted was transported to a local hospital, treated and released. He sustained a large laceration to his face.

The NWPD now reports that its patrol officers soon identified two suspects, at which time the major crime unit assumed conduct of the investigation.With the assistance of the street crime unit, gang suppression unit and crime reduction unit, police say two suspects were located and safely arrested.

“A number of different specialty units worked together to identify and arrest these two suspects,” NWPD spokesperson Sgt. JustineThom said in a news release.

According to the police department, at the time of the arrest, one of the suspects in the alleged assault and robbery was in possession of a loaded handgun.

Danielle Levesque, a 33-year-old New West resident has been charged with robbery with a firearm and assault with a weapon. New West resident Eugene Cottrelle, 36, has been charged with robbery with a firearm, assault causing bodily harm, assault with a weapon, and possession of a loaded firearm.

Police said that more charges are anticipated as a result of the investigation by major crime and street crime units.

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Look at cause, not just symptoms: city official Continued from page 1 And we also shouldn’t forget that the extreme weather events impacted the unsheltered homeless as well.”

Work on a new homelessness strategy included input from a working group, which included representation from the city, businesses, faith-based and non-profit organizations, resident groups, senior government ministries and people with lived and living experience of homelessness.

John Stark, the city’s supervisor of community planning, said three UBC students assisted in all aspects of strategy development, including engagement and research that helped with the development of the 46 proposed actions. He said three areas emerged out of the re-

search, with the first being the need for housing.

“The research found that stable and secure housing is essential to transitioning people out of the cycle of homelessness and poverty,” he said.

Stark said “systems change” was identified as another major issue.

“The research confirmed the importance of addressing the underlying causes, and not just the symptoms of homelessness, but taking a holistic and systematic, systemic perspective,” he explained.

“And the third area was collaborative implementation.The research highlights that homelessness is a complex and multi-jurisdictional issue and requires all interests working together to address it, including the senior levels of government.”

Stark said the strategy also recognizes the complex and multi-jurisdictional nature of homelessness, and the fact that not no one organization or level of government can have success on its own.

The 46 actions proposed in the strategy have been grouped into five categories: co-ordination and partnership; shelter, housing and tenant supports; income, employment and financial literacy; services and supports; and communication engagement and involvement.

Because homelessness has a provincial and regional implication, Stark said the strategy calls on the city to advocate that the provincial government mandate that the municipalities have homelessness plans and that regional districts be given more re-

sponsibility for the coordination of such plans across municipalities, tying senior government funding decisions to municipal responsiveness.

“This recognizes that the city, to be effective in addressing homelessness, requires a co-operation of neighbouring municipalities and it also requires financial assistance from senior levels of government to address underlying root issues of homelessness,” he said.

Now that the new strategy has been developed, the City of NewWestminster and the Homelessness Coalition Society will take primary responsibility for the implementation of the homelessness action strategy. A homelessness action strategy implementation working group will be established and will be co-

chaired by the city and the coalition.

A report to council notes that staff will prepare an annual monitoring report that will summarize key indicators related to homelessness and will provide a progress update on implementing the annual action plan.That will include indicating, for each action item, whether it’s been fully, partially or notat-all achieved.

At its July 11 meeting, council approved a staff recommendation to approve the homelessness action strategy in principle.

“The reason for this is because the proposed actions that involves the city, city resources have not been costed out and there has been no detailed work plan created yet,” Stark explained. “And so, prior to the implementation of any

action requiring city resources, council will be provided with specific costs and work plan details and information, and council approval will be required.”

COUNCIL APPROVES PLAN Mayor Jonathan Cote said he was on council when it approved its previous homelessness strategy, which outlined goals and actions to take and had some really positive outcomes in the community.

“I recognize there’s a lot of recommendations that really speak to what we can do locally, and I think that’s an important component of that,” he said.

“But … we also need to recognize there are a lot of other players and a lot of other things that are out of our control.”

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CEO’s firing sends signal to BC Ferries The recent firing of BC Ferries CEO Mark Collins is further evidence the BC NDP government intends to exert more influence over the beleaguered ferry service.

However, the dismissal of Collins will likely do little to solve the ferry service’s most pressing problems: a chronic lack of properly trained mariner staff and the ongoing staff shortages caused by the lingering COVID-19 virus.

Collins’s dismissal should come as no surprise to those who have been watching the increasingly tense dance between his administration and the NDP government.

The relationship took a turn for the worse at the beginning of the pandemic and has not improved since.

In April 2020, BC Ferries laid off more than 1,000 employees and arbitrarily eliminated sailing routes or greatly reduced service levels on them.

Both moves — which were politically tone deaf, to say the least — angered the provincial government.

Although almost all employees eventually returned to work and service levels were restored, the moves left the provincial cabinet wondering what shoe was going to drop next.

It didn’t help matters when an independent arbiter found that BC Ferries committed unfair labour practices when it laid off all those workers. A rather embarrassing moment for the labour movement-friendly NDP government.

Indeed, problems began to plague the ferry service. It was fined almost $700,000 by WorkSafeBC after one of its employees died on the job. A ferry rammed into a dock, and rising staff shortages led to more and more sailing cancellations.

In the last legislative ses-

sion, the government tabled a bill that would establish a new governance model that gives the British Columbia Ferry Authority the power to make “binding directions” to BC Ferries that are in the “public interest.”

The bill will either be called for debate during the fall legislature sitting or die on the order paper.

Indeed, the bill may not even be required given the swift action taken by the new BC Ferries board of director, whose chair — former NDP cabinet minister Joy MacPhail — personally informed Collins of his fate.

The relationship between BC Ferries and the provincial government has long been an arm’s-length kind of arrangement.

But the new board’s decision to oust the CEO may signal the length of that arm in that relationship may be getting shorter.

In judging whether the NDP government is indeed trying to wrest more control over the company, a few potential moves by the provincial cabinet would be the tip-off.

For example, will the government insist the 160 senior officer positions that were made management positions in 2010 be returned to the ferry workers’ union?

The NDP does not want BC Ferries to return to Crown corporation status, because that would transfer a lot of ferry debt onto the government’s books (not to mention the government would then be directly responsible for things like reduced sailings).

But make no mistake: the government has no intention of letting the quasi-private company do as it pleases. In the meantime, look for continued sailing cancellations as the search for a new CEO begins.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.

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Time to move on from ‘Royal City’ nickname Editor: Re: Royal City name and crown logo From the heated responses, you’d think it was the name of the City itself that was being changed instead of the downplaying of a nickname and its related symbol. Not every local identifies strongly with ‘Royal City’. I was born and raised in Vancouver, have worked/ lived in New West since 1984, and in all that time the term Royal City never seemed more than quaint and by-the-way to me. (And while I think a figurehead monarchy is useful, I didn’t care for the crown symbol being around so much. This was Canada after all, not Old Blighty. The logo seemed out of place even on that ground alone.)

However, the reaction is understandable since people were apparently blindsided by the news. I agree with council’s intentions, but the way they went about it seems high-handed. There would be some strong opposition whichever way it was handled, but more communication beforehand might have helped reduce nervous upset and been

more respectful of interested parties. Still, it seems they will have some influence. My understanding is those parties will have a say in forging a less exclusive civic symbol.

That said, the City no longer using the nickname doesn’t mean others have to stop using it if they like.

Many historic links carry on (for centuries even) without having to be part of the government bureaucracy.

I understand people having a fond attachment to such a longstanding tradition, but it is time for those symbols to go from official matters.

Considering the many horrible aspects of colonialism, they are an offensive association for government to use (especially that logo on the City’s website and correspondence).

Rebranding is a chance for New West to set a good example instead of being an insensitive stick-in-the-mud.

New Westminster should create a more balanced city symbol connecting its past to its present. Besides, the official Royal City link will live on nicely, if more discreetly, via New West’s floral emblem, officially registered internationally as the “Royal City Rose.”

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City Firefighters back cancer coverage expansion Theresa McManus

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New West firefighters have to battle fires as part of their employment – but they’re grateful they no longer have to fight to prove some cancers are related to their jobs.

The province has announced it’s amending the Firefighters’ Occupational Disease Regulation under the Workers Compensation Act (WCA) by adding three cancers to the existing list of 13 that firefighters are at risk of developing. If a firefighter develops one of the listed cancers after a certain period of employment, it is presumed that the cancer arose from their employment.

Shane Poole, president of the New Westminster firefighters’ union, said

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the decision is “fantastic” news for all firefighters in B.C. He thanked the provincial government for its hard work in advocating to WorkSafeBC to get these cancer presumptions in place.

“There are so many chemicals in smoke,” he said. “When we go into house fires, car fires, dumpster fires, all that sort of stuff.That is what is killing firefighters.”

In September 2020, New Westminster firefighters spent days putting out the Westminster Pier Park fire.

“The Pier Park fire – burning creosote, that’s as bad as it gets right there,” Poole said. “Horrible, horrible stuff.”

At fire scenes and upon returning to the fire halls, firefighters have to decontaminate (de-con) their

turnout gear to prevent exposure to chemicals, Poole said.

“Everything we own is basically petroleum based or plastic of some sort.

When it burns, the chemicals that come off it are deadly.There is no way around it,” he said. “We really push de-conning ourselves.We will de-con ourselves on scene – hose ourselves down to get all the chemicals off our gear.

Back to the hall, wash all our gear, clean turnout gear and all that kind of stuff because the chemicals will off-gas for hours after, and that’s something we will be around and absorbing into your skin and that sort of thing.”

Poole said the BC Professional Fire Fighters’ Association urged firefighters across the prov-

“There are so many chemicals in smoke.... That is what is killing firefighters.”

ince to talk to their MLAs about the need to amend the WorkSafe Act to have more cancers deemed presumptive so they can get tested and be covered if they get sick on the job.

According to the province, the changes mean B.C. firefighters will soon have easier access to workers’ compensation benefits and support services in recognition of their higher risk of developing work-related can-

cers.

“It goes without saying that firefighters face a lot of hazards in their work,” Harry Bains, Minister of Labour, said in a news release. “When it comes to the workers’ compensation system, they shouldn’t have to prove that certain long-term illnesses are work-related in order to access supports.

B.C.’s firefighters have been asking for this protection, and I am proud to support these people who do so much to keep British Columbians safe.”

As part of the changes, ovarian, cervical and penile cancers are being added to the list of work-related cancers. In addition, firefighters won’t have to work as long before they become eligible for coverage for testicular, colorectal and esophageal

cancers, which are already covered.

“The other part of the new legislation is the acceptance of cervical cancer,” Poole noted. “This also is a big step forward in protecting our female firefighters, who face the same dangers.”

In 2005, the province first recognized certain cancers as occupational diseases associated with long-term employment as a firefighter.With these changes to the WCA, 16 cancers are now presumed to be associated with the profession.

“We still lag behind some of the other provinces and territories in Canada – there are some that are up to 21 presumptive cancers,” Poole said. “Our goal is to make it the same across Canada for everyone.”

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City Hundreds sign petition to save ‘Royal City’

NewWest Progressives council candidates say they’ll reverse decision to end city’s regal nickname

Theresa McManus

tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca

The New West Progressives council candidates are pledging to reverse city council’s decision to ditch the Royal City moniker.

At its July 11 meeting, council approved a motion

by Mayor Jonathan Cote to begin the process of updating the city’s logo and phasing out the use of the “Royal City” moniker in its branding.The motion also calls on the city to develop a plan to engage with the community in the development “of a new brand identity that is inclusive and allows for collective pride in our city.”

“This issue has come out of left field, and rather quickly it’s become the

number one topic of discussion on the doorsteps when we’re canvassing,” said NWP city council candidate Daniel Fontaine. “There was no meaningful consultation with the citizens of New Westminster, including Indigenous Peoples. Sadly, a lack of consultation and proper engagement has become the hallmark of Community First politicians over the last four years. Far too often they simply act first, then consult later.”

The New West Progressives are calling on city council to reverse its decision to drop the Royal City moniker as part of the city’s longstanding brand.The NWP plans to present the petition, which

Sign of the times: New Westminster city council’s decision to ditch the Royal City moniker and crown logo has sparked a petition that’s been signed by more than 400 people opposed to the plan. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR/THE RECORD

had amassed more than 820 signatures within one week, to council in September Cote’s motion says New Westminster is committed to building a community that is equitable, inclusive and welcoming.

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It goes on to say that the city embraces reconciliation as a path forwarding to charting a new relationship with Indigenous people and Nations.

When speaking to his motion, Cote said it’s about recognizing that

there are many other parts of the community and other parts of our histories that also need to be to be highlighted and reflected in the city branding.

The New West Progressives, however, say that none of the 94 recommendations made by the federal Truth and Reconciliation Commission speak to issues like the rebranding of cities or removing the names on streets, public buildings and structures.

The NWP press release goes on to quote Senator Murray Sinclair, chair of the TRC, who told the Globe and Mail in 2017 that “the problem I have with the overall approach to tearing down statues and buildings is that is

counterproductive to ... reconciliation because it almost smacks of revenge or smacks of acts of anger, but in reality, what we are trying to do, is we are trying to create more balance in the relationship.”

At its July 11 meeting, council voted 6-1 in favour of the motion.

“If they’re so confident in what they’re doing, given the election is only a few months away, why not just include a pledge to remove Royal City as part of their platform?” NWP council candidate karima budhwani said in a news release. “This would provide voters with an opportunity to decide at the ballot box whether it’s time for us to begin this costly rebranding process.”

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City Group opposes removal of Sixth Street parking Uptown Business Association supports bike infrastructure but says area is the wrong location Theresa McManus

tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca

The Uptown Business Association isn’t keen on the city’s plan to replace parking with a separated bike lane on a stretch of Sixth Street.

The City of NewWestminster has been engaging with community members and businesses about uptown active transportation improvements, which includes plans to make upgrades to the Rotary Crosstown Greenway on Seventh Avenue and to create a new cycling connection to NewWestminster Secondary School.

Construction of the project, which aims to make it easier for people of all ages and abilities to cycle, wheel or walk comfortably and safely in the uptown, is expected to begin in the summer and fall.

The Uptown Business Association has voiced concern about the project’s plan to create a separate bike lane in the 700 block of Sixth Street.

“We are not opposed to bike infrastructure. In fact, we very much support investing in bicycle infrastructure.We just don’t believe that this is the right location to do it,” Bart Slotman, chair of the Uptown Business Association, recently told city council. “It has a very negative impact on the retailers.

On balance, the impact on those retailers, in our opinion, far exceeds and outweighs the benefit of providing this link at this location.”

Slotman said the proposed separated bike lane in the 700 block of Sixth Street would eliminate parking on one side of the street. He said there are

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a number of small, local convenience businesses like an ice cream shop and a barber or hair shop in the area that rely on on-street parking.

“They are highly, highly dependent on that quick in and out for their customers to reach them,” he said.

“Removing these parking stalls will negatively affect those retailers, and that’s

at a time when everybody is struggling to regain their business in a post-COVID world, staying above the water line with regard to higher staffing costs and rental costs and taxation.

This is not an easy time to be a retailer.”

Slotman said the Uptown Business Association is “very supportive” of the vision the city had devel-

oped for the uptown area, which focused on supporting a pedestrian-friendly retail district and urban realm improvements.

“The bike lanes, in our opinion, are in direct conflict with the city’s own vision for uptown,” he said.

“The uptown vision includes wide sidewalks, retail stores, parklets, sidewalk cafes.Then there is a vision that the parking lane is reutilized for a variety of uses, like some parking, some drop-off, some car-share, loading zones, handicapped parking, all of those things. But that vision does not include removing all parking and allocating 100% of the curb lane to bikes.”

Coun. Patrick Johnstone said the city’s plan is to install the bike lanes in a protected way, but in a temporary-measure format.

“It is being installed with the idea being we may be adjusting what we build there based on how it works,” he said. “We are not investing the full amount of money on the installation right now; we are doing a temporary install in order to provide a little more information on how it works.”

While the city has ways of measuring whether the transportation aspect of the plan works better or not, Johnstone said it will be important for businesses to provide feedback on how it works from their perspective. He said studies from across North America and the world have shown that the installation of bike lanes in retail areas doesn’t have negative impacts on local-serving retail areas, but it will be important for the city to have local data.

Bridge work to affect Burnaby-New West SkyTrain service Theresa McManus

tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca

If you’re travelling on SkyTrain, you may encounter some delays between NewWest and Burnaby in the coming weeks.

TransLink is advising

customers to build extra travel time into their schedules if they’re travelling on the Expo line between Surrey and New Westminster. Delays are expected while upgrades take place along parts of the SkyTrain tracks of the SkyBridge.

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“During construction, Expo Line trains will use one side of the SkyBridge tracks only, so crews can work safely on the opposite tracks,” said a notice from TransLink.

According toTransLink, work is planned for the following dates:

Sunday, July 31 to Sunday, Aug. 7: Impacts between Scott Road station and Columbia station during all service hours Saturday, Aug. 13 to Saturday, Aug. 20: Impacts between Scott Road station and NewWestminster station during all ser-

vice hours “Customers travelling through affected stations should plan for around 20 minutes of extra travel time to account for any delays,” said the notice.

“Customers travelling between NewWestminster and Surrey are encouraged

to travel outside of peak hours, if possible, to reduce overcrowding.”

TransLink will be providing additional SkyTrain staff at affected stations to customers. Signage and digital way-finding will also be placed in stations to help customers.

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Community Spotlight on: New Westminster Pride Week 2022

NewWest Pride Society has planned wide variety of events for PrideWeek, which runs Aug. 5 to 13 Theresa McManus

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The New West Pride Society has planned a wide variety of events for Pride Week, which runs from Aug. 5 to 13.

An eclectic lineup of events have been planned for Pride Week 2022 in New West, including a karaoke and costume contest; a drag show; a queer family and transgender swim; a Rainbow Chorus sing-along; Pride trivia nights; a Pride Hoe Down at Century House, and much more. A Pride Week flag-raising event will take place at New Westminster City Hall at 12:15 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 8.

Other events include:

Drag Queen Storytime at the main branch of the New Westminster Public Library; a youth pride event at Anvil Centre; the Pride Edition of the New West Farmers Market.

A screening and discussion of Emergence: Out of the Shadows takes place at the Douglas College Aboriginal Gathering Place on Thursday at 2 p.m.

Pride Week activities on Friday, Aug. 12 include the Fridays on Front Pride Edition, the Dandy Musical and the Pride boat cruise with Paddlewheeler Riverboat Tours.

These are just a sampling of the Pride Week fun that’s being planned, so go to www.newwestpride.ca to information about all of the week’s the

Positive message: Crowds flocked to Columbia Street for the New West Pride street fest in 2019, and it’s returning in 2022. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER/FILES

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garden, vendors, a kids’ area and more. It runs from 3 to 8 p.m. on Columbia Street, between Fourth and Eighth ave-

nues.

That’s also same day of Untoxicated, a substance-free event at Anvil Centre. Clean Sober and Proud: Drag Stars Live features: Naomi Smalls; Brooke Lynn Hytes;Yvie Oddly; Aquaria; Jaylene Tyme; Alma Be;The Brat Pack; Kendall Gender; Gia Metric; Synthia Kiss; King Fisher; and Dj Lejos.

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CleanSoberandProud. com Pride Week 2022 wraps up on Sunday, Aug. 14 with a Pride worship service at 11:30 a.m. at St. Barnabas Anglican Church and a Pride Week wrap-up brunch at Begbies’s Tavern from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Community New West now has an official pickleball club

Newly formed club invites public to join upcoming tournament, meet players and play a round or two

Naveena Vijayan

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No doubt that there’s a surge in interest around the world for the modest pickleball.The Kardashians were seen playing it, and celebrity host Ellen DeGeneres is obsessed with it.

It’s safe to say that the game has come a long way from being just a sport that three dads invented to keep their children from getting bored, back in 1965, inWashington state, (as per USA Pickleball) to one that’s competitively played around the world.

Here in NewWest, the sport has its loyal followers.

Head to Moody Park in the mornings between 9 a.m. and 11.30 a.m., and you are sure to find about 20-odd people who are ready to play the game with you. And that is the scene not just on the weekends, but six days a week, confirms Debby Morgan, an avid pickleball player.

Plans are made ad hoc among the roughly 280 members in the Pickleball NewWestminster Facebook group; those who are interested to play on a particular day drop a message in the group, and based on the number of players, and the weather, they decide where to serve and smash.

Game on: New Westminster’s Pickleball Club plays at Moody Park, Queensborough Community Center, among other locations. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

The group plays at Moody Park, Queensborough Community Center’s indoor court, besides other locations.

None of these courts, however, is a dedicated pickleball court.

In fact, said Morgan, “NewWest is the only municipality or city that does not have one place, either indoor or outdoor, where you can truly play pickleball at pickleball courts and with pickleball nets on a legitimate pickleball court size.”

Right now, they adjust by playing on tennis courts, though for pickleball, which is a hybrid of tennis, badminton and ping pong, the net has to be lower, and the court size smaller.

“So we are really at a true disadvantage in New Westminster,” Morgan added.The lack of a dedi-

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cated court was one of the reasons that pushed Morgan and a group of core players from the Pickleball group to start an official club for the game four months ago.

Now, NewWestminster Pickleball Club is part of Pickleball BC and Pickleball Canada.

PICKLEBALL POSITIVES Having the voice of more people reach the city’s Parks and Recreation department through a registered club would help matters better, they hope, “as opposed to individuals trying to fight for the same thing.”

Previously, members have tried to approach the department on their own to improve the facilities that allow people to enjoy the game, said Morgan.

But no one was able to get anything accomplished.

Being an official club would also allow them to apply for grants and funding, said Marion Bonner, a member of the club who started playing pickleball in 2016 after retirement.

More importantly, people can now easily reach out to the club if they want to, given it’s registered under Pickleball Canada.

“It’s a welcoming and fun group,” said Bonner.

A majority in NewWestminster play the sport for

fun. “When you play pickleball, you’re even cheering for your opponent.

That’s what’s really unique about it.”

What Bonner finds particularly striking about the game is that it allows people to look past the differences in language and culture — sometimes players who don’t speak the same language end up playing

for hours together. Little else matters as long as they can keep the score, and know how to have a wonderful time.

FUNDRAISER TOURNAMENT Though a fledgling club, the NewWest Pickleball Club is organizing a tournament to raise money for Refood, a food rescue

charity that focuses on the issues of food waste and food insecurity, on Aug. 6, at Queensborough Community Center.The tournament will include 48 players, and will be split into two sessions between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

To register, email nwpb_refood@yahoo. com. Registration fee is $30 (lunch is included).

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We don’t often hear the words salmon and carrot used in the same sentence.

But Living Tree Foods, the relatively new vegan retail store in New Westminster, offers a plant-based alternative to smoked salmon that’s made with crunchy carrots.

They call it Slammin’ Lox. In fact, it was this carrot-based ‘seafood’ that gave Emily Wilson and Kyle McKay the final push to start a business selling vegan products.

Wilson, who became a vegan at the age of nine, had been experimenting with creating vegan products for years. But the idea of turning it into a business didn’t take off until 2020 when she had her partner McKay (the duo started dating that year) taste some of her plantbased creations.

“He was shocked at how delicious vegan food could be, and at how incorrect many peoples’ preconceived notions are that it is a subpar replacement for animal-based products,” said Wilson.

The Slammin’ Lox especially blew his mind, and played a key role in setting things in motion business-wise .

At that time,Wilson was in her final year at law school and Kyle was working as a corporate lawyer at a top firm. Besides the excitement of showcasing their vegan grub to the

TAKING A DIP: Everything but the Bagel Dip and Nacho Dip made using Living Tree Foods’ vegan products. PHOTO SUBMITTED world, the pandemic also nudged them to rethink their future plans.

“With our job prospects and more traditional career paths seeming a bit more uncertain, we decided to create something of our own,” said Wilson.

Living Tree Foods started in the midst of the pandemic.They created their products out of a commissary kitchen and sold them online.

It took them two years to launch their own retail store — the one with a bright blue storefront on Royal Avenue.

The space also has a production facility where the duo strive to create creative alternatives to animal-based food, which, as Wilson said “contribute to climate change, health issues, and (of course) animal suffering.”

A 2020 study by American Society of Nutrition showed that chronic dis-

ease is associated with consumption of animal products. And, a 2021 study published on Nature Food stated that animal-based foods contribute to 57 per cent of greenhouse emissions.

So Wilson and McKay took it upon themselves to break down some of the barriers to eating a plantbased diet, like “lack of great taste, inconvenience, price, and more.”

“So far, our products have mostly focused on the taste barrier - we’ve created products that are even tastier than their animal derived counterparts, while remaining at a reasonable price point given their premium nature.”

While the positive feedback has been enough validation for the founders, they also recently won Gold in ‘Outstanding New Product’ at the From the Ground Up trade show.

At the store, you can find 10 different varieties of cream cheese. Garlic & Chive Alive (tastes like Boursin), Death by Garlic (garlicky as in the name), Holy Smoked! (tastes like smoked gouda), and Jala-Bueno ‘Cheddar’ (a cheesy nacho flavour with a bit of heat), are the bestsellers.

The one that took the most effort though is Hot Tropic, said Wilson.

The “complex” cheese is sweet (from pineapple and mango), spicy (from cayenne and crushed red pepper), and tangy (from lime juice), with a hint of ginger, paprika and onion.

More recently, the store inventory has expanded to include yogurt, and a chocolate hazelnut spread that, per Wilson, tastes like Nutella. Only,Wilson’s product doesn’t use oil or refined sugar (maple syrup, maple sugar and/ or date sugar is used instead).

Besides creating their own alternatives to non -vegan food, the brand also stocks a curated selection of products from other brands. “We don’t see other vegan companies as competition - there’s room for everyone,” said Wilson.

Living Tree Foods is located at 1025 Royal Ave. The store also stocks its products at New West Farmers Market every Thursday between 3 and 7 p.m. at Tipperary Park.

Check out Living Tree Foods website for their market schedule.

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Community Chalk artist is creator of those cute tiny monsters Naveena Vijayan

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Remember how the augmented reality game Pokémon Go had people wandering the streets in search of little critters?

Now, New West residents have something even more fun than that going on for them.

Small, adorable creatures have been showing up as chalk artworks on the sidewalks — be it a tiny green lizard carrying a jar of hearts at Hyack Square, a mini blue dinosaur getting ready for flight on Seventh Avenue at Sixth Street, or a lemon yellow dinosaur striking a hammer on Agnes Street.

These chalk artworks are by artist Elizabeth Cartagena, who was commissioned to juice up the streets of New Westminster as part of Downtown

New West Business Improvement Association’s public space activation program. Between May and July, the artist has created around 10 works on sidewalks, parks and streets of the city.

Unfortunately, they all have a temporary life; they are often washed out by the rains within a few days of being created.There is little hint of any artwork ever having rested on the New West streets.

But, the impermanence that this medium allows is what excites Cartagena about it, she told The Record over a phone interview.

“I like that it’s there one minute, and gone the next,” she said.

Sometimes passersby warn her about the impending rain even as she is midway through her art.

But despite the absolute

STREET CREATION: Artist Elizabeth Cartagena has been painting on New Westminster streets as part of the city’s public space activation project. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

knowledge that her painting would have a moth’s life, Cartagena likes to complete it anyway. For the artist, it’s not about how long it’s going to stay, it’s about the joy of creating it.

She either uses chalk directly on the pavement,

or with water. Sometimes, she uses a smudging tool, or an additional layer of tempera paint to allow for an ombré effect.

One time, the rain washed away her art even before it was finished; and another time, the sun bleached a painting from

orange to yellow to a pale white over a week.

And that’s OK. What happens to her art once it’s done matters little. For Cartagena, the satisfaction comes from being able to put a smile on someone’s face through her art, or to have people come to her and say that her art made their day — “it’s the feeling that I have touched somebody today [through art]”.

Cartagena, a self-taught artist, who has been creating art her “whole life” using a variety of mediums including pen and pencil, colour pencils, acrylic paint, oil paint, chalk and oil pastels, plaster of paris, paper mache, and more, got serious about chalk art during the pandemic.

She had found a box of colourful chalks lying at her home around Halloween 2020, and had de-

cided to paint a dragon, and a full moon with an invisible witch using the chalk bits.

Even as she was about to walk away from her work, she saw a couple of passersby stop and strike a conversation about it.

This was a particularly pleasant experience for Cartagena, who, like anyone else during the pandemic, was deprived of face-to-face public interactions.

Ever since that day, she painted often across the streets in her neighbourhood, and beyond. Soon, she got commissions from Massey Theatre,Vancouver Dental,Vancouver Dyke March and Festival Society, City of Pitt Meadows, and City of New Westminster to create more work.

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Many steps seniors can take to beat the heat Margaret Coates

The long-awaited summer has arrived in the Lower Mainland.

It is a time to shake off the inactivity of the winter and rainy spring months.

Warm days and nights provide a wonderful incentive to get out and enjoy walking, hiking, gardening, or doing an outdoor activity like going to the park for a picnic or playing pickleball.

Last year, as we know, was complicated by a heat dome which posed serious health and safety issues for seniors, and in fact caused heat-related deaths.While we might not have a serious or life-threatening heat wave this year, it does pay to be smart about the heat.

If the weather is sunny

and warm, but not unbearable, we still need to be aware of how warmer temperatures can affect us.This is the time of the year when risks of becoming dehydrated and sick from the heat are the greatest for older people.

Dehydration occurs when you use or lose more fluid than you take in, and your body doesn’t have enough water and other fluids to carry out its normal functions. If you don’t replace lost fluids, you will get dehydrated.

Older people are at higher risk of dehydration because as we grow older our bodies have less ability to hold on to water and to feel thirsty. So, it is advisable to drink water (best form of liquid) throughout the day. It has

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been suggested that for a 150-pound person, about eight glasses of water should be consumed per day.We should also avoid sugary drinks and alcohol.

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it can lead to heat stroke, also known as sunstroke.

Heat stroke is a life-threatening medical emergency.”

HealthLink BC suggests calling 811 (available 24/7) for health advice.

Isolated seniors or peo-

ple who live alone in poorly ventilated environments or without air conditioning are very susceptible. According to Health Canada, symptoms of heat illness can include dizziness or fainting, nausea or vomiting, headache, rapid breathing and heartbeat, extreme thirst, and decreased urination with unusually dark yellow urine.

Health Canada suggests, “If you have any of these symptoms during extreme heat, move to a cool place and drink liquids right away.”

If we have a heat dome event such as the one we experienced last year, we’ll need to rely on more ways to avoid heat-related illness in Continued on page 23

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Housing challenges persist for vulnerable groups

Seniors living alone are among those most at risk, according to recent Statistics Canada report Claire Wilson

Despite fewer households in Canada’s 10 province’s living in unaffordable housing, there still remain significant challenges for vulnerable groups.

According to a recent Statistics Canada report, household shelter costs rose seven per cent since 2018. B.C. saw the most increases, 13.6 per cent, in costs such as rent, mortgages, utilities and property taxes.

In addition, prices for homes rose 20.6 per cent from 2018 to 2021.

“Even with higher housing costs, the share of households that spent 30 per cent or more of their

income on housing — a key measure of affordability — declined from 22 per cent in 2018 to 19.5 per cent in 2021,” said the study.

Rises in cost are felt most keenly by vulnerable populations like lone seniors and racialized groups. Data indicates that a senior renter living alone is more likely (49 per cent) to be in unaffordable housing than a senior who owns their home (18.8 per cent).The report also indicates that households led

by Black persons are most likely to experience economic difficulty. Forty per cent of those households reported economic hardship with two-thirds reporting COVID-19 as the

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reported waiting for two years or longer compared to 76,000 who had to wait less, representing twice as many.

However, core housing needs decreased in all 10

primary reason.

Many households also stayed on the social and affordable housing waitlist for significant periods. For those on a waitlist, 148,000 households

provinces in 2021 with 1.4 million compared to 1.6 million in 2018. Statistics Canada said that households are in core need when they live in “unsuitable, inadequate or unaffordable dwellings.”

According to Dr. Thomas Davidoff, an associate professor and director of the UBC’s Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate, rethinking zoning may be the key for vulnerable populations to access adequate housing.

“It’s so profitable to build homes that the only thing that’s stopping people is zoning,” Davidoff said. “So if you loosen zoning, and take money from the developer in exchange for that, and then take

the money and give it to low-income people, that’s a real win for renters.”

Young British Columbians will not be surprised to hear that younger populations reported decreasing satisfaction with housing affordability. For owners who made a move between 2018 and 2021, their levels of satisfaction were lower in B.C. (44 per cent) than Atlantic provinces who ranged at about 57 per cent.

“Among young adultled households, 60 per cent reported being satisfied with dwelling affordability, whereas 80 per cent of households led by seniors were satisfied,” stated the Statistics Canada report.

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Health checks during heat waves can help seniors A new health check guide developed by the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health (NCCEH) and University of Ottawa helps to identify people most at risk during an extreme heat event and provides guidance on how to keep cool.

Climate change is leading to more frequent and intense extreme heat events across Canada with certain groups, like older adults, more vulnerable to the impacts of extreme heat.

“Some people are at higher risk of experiencing heat-related illness. Regularly checking in with susceptible people to see how they are coping can dramatically reduce heat-related illness and death,” B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix said in a re-

lease.

NCCEH, housed at the BC Centre for Disease Control, in collaboration with Dr. Glen Kenny at the human and environmental physiology research unit of the University of Ottawa, developed the new, plain-language guide for doing in-person and remote health checks.

In addition to providing information on how to identify susceptible people, the guide offers actions for reducing body and indoor temperatures, and how to recognize heat-related illnesses.

“Regular health checks are one of many tools we can use to keep people safer during extreme heat events,” said Dr. Sarah Henderson, scientific director of the NCCEH and Environmental Health Services at the BC Cen-

tre for Disease Control.

“Many susceptible people may not recognize when they are overheating, but another person can help identify a risky situation with some careful questions and observations.

Check in as often as possible. At least twice a day and once in the evening when it is hottest indoors.”

Extreme heat events can lead to dangerous indoor temperatures in homes without functioning air conditioning. Depending on the building and location within the city, indoor temperatures can be even hotter than outdoor temperatures due to heat absorbed by the surrounding environment, building materials and sun shining through the windows.

For people who are susceptible to heat, sustained indoor temperatures over

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26C can pose a risk to health, and sustained temperatures over 31C can be dangerous.

“Heat-related illness can occur following prolonged exposure to hot

environments where the body’s ability to dissipate heat is overwhelmed, leading to potentially dangerous increases in body temperature,” Kenny said.

“Severe heat-related ill-

ness, conditions such as heat exhaustion or heat stroke, are more likely to occur in older people and those with medical conditions.”

The NCCEH guide can be used as a resource by anyone doing health checks during heat waves.

The health checks during extreme heat events guide provides: · A rapid risk assessment checklist · Information on how to recognize and respond to heat-related illness · How to do in-person health checks · How to do remote health checks · Information on body and indoor temperatures The health check guide is available in English and French, and additional language translations are being prepared.

Wear protective, breathable, light fabric in the heat Continued from page 21 the hot weather.You might need to find air-conditioned spaces like libraries, community centres and recreation centres to hang out in for parts of the day. Or you could go to cooling centres which will be stationed at various locations

in the Lower Mainland.

Be aware of other simple strategies to beat the heat.These include dressing for the weather (wear protective, breathable and light fabric), avoiding the direct sun, wearing sunscreen and a hat.

If you have an outdoor area, fill up a kiddie pool

and plunge your feet in, or indoors you could fill a large container with water and stick your feet in.

Take a cooling shower when you feel overheated.

Exercise wisely, without getting overheated.

Staying cool and trying to stay active might involve combining activi-

ties like walking along the sea wall where it is generally cooler. Or you could go on a forest walk under a canopy of trees. As we know, the Lower Mainland has many fantastic walks by the ocean and in the forest that often combine a tree canopy and water. If you can get to

the Shipyards at the bottom of Lonsdale, for instance, join the kids at the water park — there’s no reason you can’t dip your toes in.

Enjoy the summer, but be heat smart.

Margaret Coates is the co-ordinator of Lionsview Seniors’ Plan-

ning Society. She has lived on the North Shore for 51 years and has worked for and with seniors for 26 of those years. Ideas for future columns are welcome — email lions_ view@telus.net.

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