School district needs to convert space at Qayqayt school into classrooms to cope with growth
JulieMacLellan
jmaclellan@newwestrecord ca
NewWestminster Family Place is looking for new space after finding out it will need to va cate its current premises at École Qayqayt Ele mentary School
For the past 15 months, the organization which provides programs and support for fam ilies with young children has been work ing out of designated community space at the downtown school The Neighbourhood Learn ing Centre (NLC) space was built under a provincial funding program that allows school districts to build new schools with extra space dedicated for community use
Now, however, School District 40 is facing a space crunch It needs to convert that NLC space to classrooms to help deal with rapid enrolment growth at the school which has grown from 522 students in 2020/21 to 614 this fall. When it opened in 2014, it had just 400 stu dents
School board chair Gurveen Dhaliwal said it’s tough to displace an organization that has helped “thousands and thousands” of New West families
“This decision obviously is a difficult deci sion because we are in a really big bind of ca pacity and needing to make sure students can go into their neighbourhood schools,” Dhali wal said at the board’s Oct 4 operations
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Infrastructure, housing, and crime and safety are top of mind concerns for candidates seeking seats on city council
Twelve candidates are in the race for six coun cil seats: one independent, five NewWest Progressives and six Community First NewWest candidates
“Housing security and affordability are the city’s top issues,” said Hender son, a first time candi date, who is running with Community First New West “We need to prior itize protecting our exist ing rental stock, push to increase the number of af fordable units required in new multi family devel opments around transit, and streamline permitting processes to accelerate the construction of ‘missing middle’ housing for young working families, like lane way homes and town houses ”
Henderson, a city plan ner, said she’d like to ex plore more innovative and bold ideas, such as devel oping a Community Land Trust model
Daniel Fontaine, a New West Progressives candi date who placed seventh in the race for six council seats in 2018, said housing affordability and choice is one of theTop 3 issues in NewWest
“Despite the best of in tentions at city hall, New Westminster is facing an unprecedented housing af fordability crisis,” he said “Even before inflation ary concerns, rental costs were skyrocketing while monthly mortgage pay ments were on the rise Notwithstanding all the new towers under con struction, many of our youth are being forced out of the city to find their first home ”
Incumbent councillor Nadine Nakagawa, with Community First New West, said NewWest minster is in a deepening housing crisis
“We need to continue to do our part to ensure that all residents of NewWest have appropriate housing where they feel comfort able and are able to build a future in this community,” she said. “This is impor tant for seniors, for fam ilies, for renters, for the disabled, and everyone in between.”
Ruby Campbell, a first time candidate with Com munity First, said the city needs to prioritize afford ability, especially secure housing for working peo ple, marginalized commu nities and those with com plex care needs
NewWestminster’s in frastructure is another top concern for candidates.
“Population growth brings with it additional strain on existing city in frastructure and services,” said incumbent Chinu Das, part of the Commu nity First NewWest team.
gaps in local sports and recreation facilities as well as work with the broader community to create a re newed vision for the Anvil Centre ”
Street, also lists crime and safety as a top concern
“Safety underpins the feeling of well being, and without that safety on a day to day basis, qual ity of life suffers,” he said “I hear from of my neigh bours in downtown that they live in fear of being attacked when they are out and about town. Staff of many businesses have ex perienced physical and verbal attacks and there is damage to property on a regular basis Living in fear of being attacked is a com mon experience of resi dents and business owners in downtown ”
Several NewWest Pro gressives candidates cited crime and safety as a top concern, including Bud hwani.
“We will need to maintain and enhance our current levels of services and infra structure Senior govern ments must provide finan cial support for this.”
An “infrastructure def icit” is cited as a top con cern by candidates run ning with the NewWest Progressives
“Infrastructure manage ment appears not to be a priority for this city coun cil,” said NWP candidate Paul Minhas. “Streets and sidewalks are in disrepair, and some key facilities have experienced unex pected permanent closure. The city has grown; how ever, investment in com munity infrastructure has not kept pace with popula tion growth in the city”
Fellow NWP candidate Karima Budhwani said investment in commu nity infrastructure hasn’t
kept pace with population growth in the city.
“Due to rapid popu lation growth and a lack of new investments, get ting accepted into some community programs is akin to winning a lottery,” Fontaine said. “The fact so many moms and dads are struggling with some thing as basic as getting their child registered into a swimming program is very problematic ”
Campbell said she sup ports enhancing the city’s community infrastructure, public amenities and green spaces in a way that priori tizes equitable access
“This includes increas ing accessible green public spaces throughout the city to ensure all residents have access to shade natural spaces,” she said. “We also need to work with sports communities to identify
Community First New West candidate Bereket Kebede also named infra structure improvements as one of his top three issues in NewWestminster The Queensborough resident, who works in public trans portation, said increasing transit service in under served neighbourhoods, and expanding partner ships with local organiza tions are top issues he’d like to pursue if elected.
Daniel Ampong, a local businessman and the lone independent in this year’s council race, is one of sev eral candidates who con sider crime and safety a top issue
“The safety of this city needs to be a priority es pecially aroundWestmin ster station and Colum bia station, the crimes have escalated in these areas,” he said
Minhas, who owns a business on Columbia
“Residents all over New Westminster are express ing that they do not feel safe on the streets in our city, and this feeling is shared by residents of all ages and across gender lines,” she said “Partner ship with the police de partment is needed to find creative approaches or solutions that allow the police to do their job and make residents feel safe.”
NWP candidate Jiayi Li McCarthy said many citizens, especially women and seniors, aren’t feel ing safe on city streets af ter dark
“Our police need to be well funded, and we need more of them on the street,” she said “We also need to open a new com munity policing office in Queensborough to address the concerns of this neigh bourhood that has, for far too long, been ignored by city council ”
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It is not often that crime and public safety surfaces as a top of mind issue with the public, but that is what seems to have hap pened in recent weeks.
And that is potentially bad news for the BC NDP gov ernment, which has shown a curious inconsistency when it comes to tackling street crime In fact, it is conflicted with opposite views from within government on just how bad the problem has become
The first few question periods of the fall legisla ture session had the NDP back on its heels as the Opposition BC Liberals sensed a vulnerability on the ruling side We have not seen that dynamic very often since the NDP took power
in 2017.
Taking a tough stance on crime is a better fit for the BC Liberals, who have coined their own pet phrase (“catch and release”) to describe the seemingly revolving door of chronic offenders who com mit violent crimes and then are released back into their community in relatively short time
The NDP has bristled at this approach Premier John Horgan has accused the BC Liberals of coming up with “bumper sticker slogans” and nothing else to solve the problem but it seems to be effective, even if it can be misleading
All of which brings us to the seemingly contradictory views of the problem held within government
On the one hand, assis tant deputy attorney general Peter Juk (he is responsible for the prosecution service) recently released a sev en page letter suggesting problems in the justice sys tem were nowhere near as bad as recent accounts and criticisms would suggest
That is all well and good But then the government commissioned its own re port from a former police chief and university profes sor and it came to almost the opposite assessment
The authors, Doug LePard and Amanda Butler, concluded there is a serious lack of resources in the pros ecutorial side of the system and there is not enough con sultation with police when it comes to dealing with re
peated offenders and people with complex issues.
While overall crime rates may be lower, the authors found that “violent” crime rates are up sharply, par ticularly in Vancouver and Victoria, where random stranger assaults are up a whopping 35 per cent from a few years ago
I get the sense the gov ernment is leaning towards LePard and Butler’s take on things But the proof of that will be revealed in next spring’s budget
Given the whole issue has given the government pause, I’ll bet on some changes coming
Goodness knows the sta tus quo is not working
Keith Baldrey is chief po litical reporter for Global BC
“What I’d actually like to see for a change is no more
new
plans or models Novel idea: Let’s just properly fund and resource what we have bet it would work!”
“I concur All smoke and mirrors. Too many academics with no concept of reality
Editor: It’s municipal election time again, and all of us want the best outcome for our city
The number of people who are unhoused, mentally and socially different, has increased exponentially and, in general, the social prob lems have become so complex that in spite of efforts, the problems simply get worse People are dying on the streets, and the number of unhoused seems to grow each day because of economic or health reasons So, what would I like to see?
The mayor and council of New Westminster form a strong and collaborative allyship with the provincial and federal governments This relationship has the potential to bring housing to the city because municipalities do not have the financial resources to create housing The provincial and federal governments bring the money; we provide the land, zoning and infrastructure We also work with the agencies to provide wrap around services when needed We, the voters, have a major role to play; we want the unhoused off the streets and, given the scarcity of land, that new house might be next door; support is needed to make this happen Everyone mentions “affordable” housing I am not sure what the means anymore Land is scarce, materials and labour are expensive The houses might be built, but can the tenants afford the rent? Given the current economy,
even some people who are working are finding it difficult to keep up with rent increases So, this city has the ability to be a leader and work with other levels of government to make rents afford able Perhaps the Residential Tenancy Act needs a major revision
In the late ’80s and ’90s, there were many treatment centres There was Pacifica on the corner of Royal Avenue and Eighth Street in New Westminster, a huge one in Maple Ridge and of course Riverview and a detox centre were there I believe treatment should be available to those who want it. If there are no treatment centres, there will be no incentive to seek help when needed, and where would the mentally and socially different go to get help? We need to work with other levels of government: to bring back treatment centres to truly address the housing crisis perhaps the police are enforcing antiquated laws perhaps the courts and interpreting anti quated laws
We need help from the provincial and federal governments. When the unhoused increase daily, the number of people dying on our streets increase daily and people are getting attacked at SkyTrain stations at two o’clock in the after noon, we need to envision a different and safer future New Westminster could be the leader in these changes
Angela SealyPlease include a contact phone number Send letters to: The Editor, #201A 3430 Brighton Ave , Burnaby, B C , V5A 3H4, email to: editorial@newwestrecord.ca (no attachments please) or fax to: 604 439 2694 Letters to the editor and columns may be reproduced on the New West Record website, www newwestrecord ca
Glenbrook Fire Hall, 1 East Sixth Ave
Saturday, Oct 15, 2022 | 10:00 am 2:00 pm
This is an exciting opportunity for the residents of New Westminster to join New Westminster Fire and Rescue Services for an interactive, behind the scenes look at the services we provide for the community and the agencies that we work side by side with, as well as gain more information on home safety The event includes live demonstrations, equipment displays, fire and community safety booths, Sparky the Fire Dog, and the New West Firefighters' Charitable BBQ by donation (all proceeds to New Westminster
It’s that time of the year when the entire city turns into a giant art gallery artists open their homes for people to take a sneak peek of their creations, co working spaces shape shift into walk in art stu dios, and breweries morph into places where custom ers chug a beer while star ing into large canvases.
NewWest’s 19th an nual Cultural Crawl, orga nized by the Arts Council of NewWest, is set to take place Oct 15 and 16 The event will dot the city’s map with 25 spots that art enthusiasts can waltz in and out of as they please, between 11 a.m. and 5 p m
NewWest residents will get a chance to enjoy art works by both emerging and professional artists, not just in pin drop silent galleries but also in a lively coffee shop, or, as it turns out, a church
Here are five spots that are not a gallery or a studio to check out at this Cultural Crawl:
Browsing through art in the quiet halls of a gallery can sometimes be intimi dating But looking at art with a beer mug in hand and a group of friends to clink it with seems more like a social out ing, doesn’t it? And who
knows swilling down a glass of lager might even give some a new perspec tive on those seemingly random brush strokes
Head to the newly built Art Department at An other Beer Co , a new en trant in the Cultural Crawl list, to look at artworks curated by the brewery which, by the way, has its creative labels designed by local artists
Where: Unit 10, 30 CapilanoWay
The co working space in Sapperton will pivot from being a place where people tap away on their laptops or huddle for serious meetings, to a free walk in gallery space for two days thanks to the 2022 Cultural Crawl.The Off ish will feature a solo exhibition by NewWest based artist Danielle Bo bier
Take time to browse through works themed around abstracted land scapes and atmospheric optics curated by for mer Arts Council exec utive director Stephen O’Shea
Where: 102 129 East Columbia St.
Kick start the Cul tural Crawl with a break fast of a lumberjack wrap and ice mocha, while sit ting back and looking at dreamy paintings of
crows, ravens, humming birds and NewWest’s Pat tullo Bridge Artist Janet Kvammen’s works will feature on the walls of the cafe that’s located in New West’s downtown a walkable distance from the other Cultural Crawl ven ues such as the Anvil Cen tre and River Market
Where: 102 900 Car narvon St
You might be frequent ing this local craft brew ery for its German pilsner, or for a late evening hang
with running enthusiasts, but here’s another reason why you should drop by the neighbourhood water ing hole on the weekend to check out artist Me lissa Burgher’s oil paint ings.
The artist, who de scribes herself as a “vi sual, spiritual and physi cal explorer of nature and humanity,” is inspired by Canadian landmarks and animals to make art as mentioned on her web site Grab a veggie Party Pocket from the brewery and let the artworks make
you ponder nature’s resil ience and the impact of your consumption
Where: 1319Third Ave.
At this Cultural Crawl, walk into the Holy Eu charist Cathedral (the cathedral of the New Westminster Eparchy of the Ukrainian Cath olic Church), to look at the stained glass win dows, murals and paint ings within the building Three Ukrainian iconog
raphers were flown into B C in 2018 to work on the images and patterns (that use artificial gold leaf and mimic Ukrainian em broidery) that you see in the cathedral today.
Where: 501 Fourth Ave
Find the list of all 25 venues at newwestculu turalcrawl.com.You can also sign up as a volun teer for the event by send ing an email to mail pro grams@acnw ca or calling 604 525 3244
Laser beams and Sparky the Fire Dog will be part of the fun when NewWestminster Fire and Rescue Services opens its doors to the community for Fire PreventionWeek
In celebration of Fire PreventionWeek, which runs from Oct 9 to 15, NewWestminster Fire and Rescue Services is hold ing an open house at the Glenbrook fire hall on Sat urday, Oct 15 from 10 a m to 2 p m It’s the first time NewWestminster Fire and Rescue Services has held its open house since 2019
“It’s a really nice free community event,” said Christie Bruce, fire protec tion officer “Who doesn’t
like seeing a fire truck?
All the fire trucks will be out in front and kids can go in them There’ll be tools to look at and dif ferent things. It’s going to be a bit more interactive this year We’re trying try a couple different things.”
Attendees will get a be hind the scenes look at the some of the services provided by the fire de partment, and other city departments will have booths and vehicles at the event Folks will be able to get information about fire and community safety, check out some equip ment displays, visit with Sparky the Fire Dog, en joy a (by donation) bar becue put on by the New Westminster Firefighters’ Charitable Society and watch demonstrations
“We have our live auto extrication demonstration once again,” Bruce said “And we will also be offer ing fire extinguisher sim ulator demonstrations. Those will be done about every hour or so It’s a dig ital simulator so there’s no live fire, and people can actually practise it It’s en vironmentally friendly It works with like laser beams It’s a really cool piece of equipment that we were able to borrow from the Burnaby Fire Department ”
This year’s open house also includes a temporary tattoo station and a chance to help create a mural for the fire hall. G&F Finan cial will be providing pop corn and Starbucks at Royal Square is donating hot chocolate.
Even as you figure out the closest polling station from your home, take a minute to map out the best route to browse works of local artists at the NewWest Cultural Crawl 2022 Besides the usual cohort of galleries and studios, the annual art event will allow art enthusiasts to visit artists’ private homes, and discover art in everyday hangout spots such as breweries and a café You can discover art in an array of styles and mediums, from painting, photography and printmaking to sculpture, jewelry and decor (Check out the story on page 11 of this edition )
This year’s crawl is the 19th annual event, and it’s presented byVan Dop & Associates and the Arts Council of NewWestminster
WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 15 and Sunday, Oct. 16, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
WHERE: venues around New Westminster
MORE: See www.newwestculturalcrawl.com for a map and full details.
The spookiest day of the year is just a cou ple of weeks away Now is the perfect time to delve into the haunting stories from the past that are set in the city As part of the night tour led by paranormal investigator Amanda Quill, you might get to see what you only saw in your nightmares disembodied voices and phantom footsteps The tour starts at Hyack Square (800 Columbia St ), and tickets are priced at $20.11 per person.
MORE: www.eventbrite.ca (search for Ghosts of New Westminster)
It’sVoting Day in NewWestminster, as folks head to the polls to choose a new mayor, city council and school board You can head to any polling station between 8 a m and 8 p m For a full list of polling sta tions and all the details, check out the city’s Voter’s Guide that was delivered in the mail (or find it online) You can also see candidate Q&As, video interviews with mayoral can didates and more at our civic election page online, www.newwestrecord.ca/ 2022 civic election information
MORE: www.newwestcity.ca/elections
If home safety is your top priority, head to the Fire & Rescue Open House (1 East Sixth Ave ) this Saturday between 10 a m and 2 p m This event promises to give a behind the scenes look at the services that the NewWestminster Fire and Rescue Services provide to the community While at the event, partake in NewWest Firefighters’ Charitable BBQ and meet Sparky the Fire Dog. (No parking available on site, so walk ing, wheeling or transit encouraged)
MORE: www.tinyurl.com/FireHall2022.
NewWestminster Hyack Festival Association is turning 50! Here’s a chance to celebrate the organization that has been be hind many community events and festivals for the last five decades. Join the cake cut ting, dinner (a set menu consisting as many as seven entrees to choose from) and dance at Stefanos Restaurant (315 Columbia St )
between 6 and 11 p.m. Each ticket is priced at $55
MORE: See www.eventbrite.ca (search for Hyack Festival)
End the weekend with aWestern classical music concert. Let the works of legends such as Franz Schubert, Maurice Ravel, and Felix Mendelssohn wash over you this week end Listen to musicians Henry Kramer, Yoojin Jang and Matthew Zalkind perform at an event presented by theVancouver Chamber Music Society at AnvilTheatre (777 Columbia St ), at 3 p m Tickets are priced between $25 and $35 plus service charge
MORE: See www.vancouverchamber music.com or book tickets online through ticketsnw.ca.
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committee meeting “(Family Place) is such a valuable service to our city, and we are so lucky to have them. It is aw ful that we can no lon ger house them within our schools ”
Dana Osiowy, executive director of NewWestmin ster Family Place, recog nizes the school district’s urgent need for the space
“I do understand It’s an actual crisis right now,” she told the Record “It’s obviously painful for us and the school board ” NewWestminster Fam ily Place formerly occu pied a rented office at Sixth and Cunningham streets, but it moved out after its lease came up during the COVID 19 pandemic because it wasn’t possible to meet COVID guidelines there, Osiowy noted.
Then School District 40 stepped up and offered the Qayqayt space.
“It’s just been like a dream,” Osiowy said Not paying market rent freed up more of the or
Moving Family Place out of Qayqayt is just one part of a multi faceted plan by School District 40 to deal with an ongoing space shortage in its schools It’s undertaking a capacity review to come up with other solutions while it awaits funding for, and construction of, a new elemen tary school on the Fraser River Middle School site.
Other ideas in the works are a proposal to move infant toddler daycare spaces out of Fraser River Middle School and Qayqayt to other sites; a review of programs of choice (French immersion, Montessori and Home Learners) to determine where they should be located; and a consultant’s review to determine how best to maxi mize space at New Westminster Secondary School
A report will come back to the board in March 2023.
ganization’s budget to pay staff for full time hours, with benefits. And the space itself has been ideal for housing its office and running programs for kids and parents.
“It’s beautiful It has a commercial kitchen it’s just a gorgeous space that has been so wonderful for us,” Osiowy said
Being located right in the school has also al lowed the families com ing to their programs to develop connections to the school; former Fam ily Place kids who are
now in kindergarten con tinue to have relation ships with Family Place staff It also builds rela tionships between the ed ucators on both teams, as Osiowy’s staff work along side school staff to pro mote early learning
“It creates that inter connected kind of feel ing, where it’s really happy and healthy for kiddos,” Osiowy said. “We’re really creating this hug of early year services in NewWest It’s painful for all of us to have to rejig ”
Osiowy said the de
mand for services for New Westminster families is greater than ever
“The need of families right now is weighing very heavy on our hearts,” she said.
Family Place programs at Qayqayt will continue for the 2022/23 school year, but Osiowy and her team are looking for a solution for next fall and beyond
Family Place has a con tinuing partnership with MasseyTheatre, where it runs four days of pro gramming at the Eighth and Eighth arts space and demand for those programs continues to grow
But Osiowy said the or ganization needs down town space as well, and that’s what she’s on a mis sion to find.
She’s flexible on what kind of space that is It needs to have a room with capacity for at least 75 people, plus storage space and enough office space for two staffers to work In Osiowy’s “dream world,” it would also have a kitchen.
Family Place is plan ning a fundraiser for later this fall: a silent auction and dance party at Cen tennial Lodge onTuesday, Nov 29
They’ll also be doing community consultation, meeting with their part ners and trying to figure out what options are avail able for a long term solu tion
In the meantime, Osiowy also welcomes anyone with a space that might be suitable to con tact her they can email info@newwestfamilies ca, message her onTwitter (@ danaosiowy) or call 604 520 3666
“When we get our new space, we’ll be able to of fer even more program ming and resources for families,” she said “There is nothing more joyful than to be able to support babies and little kids ”
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