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Bailey bridge ‘blackmail’

BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

B.C. Transportation Minister Todd Stone is “blackmailing” New Westminster by only allowing the city to borrow a temporary replacement for the Bailey Bridge if it agrees to accept a second crossing.

The City of New Westminster has been in talks with the Ministry of Transportation about borrowing one of its bridges until a permanent solution is found regarding the controversial crossing that provides a link between New Westminster and Coquitlam via the Braid industrial area. On Thursday, the city received a letter from Stone stating that his ministry has agreed to lend the city a temporary replacement for the Bailey Bridge – but only if it installs a second crossing at the site to allow for “crucial” two-way traffic flow.

“We are being blackmailed here,” said Coun. Chuck Puchmayr.

Puchmayr said the ministry was going to lend the city a temporary bridge so it could provide access to the area, but now it’s being told it can’t borrow the bridge unless it supports a second crossing at the location.

“This is very peculiar in a world that should be as professional as the top level of politics,” he said. “To have this kind of response from a minister and also not allow us to mitigate the safety (issues) that exist in the guise of their safety concerns is very, very alarming to me.”

The Bailey Bridge has been closed to vehicles since the beginning of March, after engineers deemed it to be structurally unsound. Before the bridge was closed, it had been subject to weight restrictions that prevented heavy trucks from crossing.

On Monday, city council voted to write to the transportation minister and ask him to reconsider his demand for a second crossing and await the results of binding arbitration between Coquitlam and New Westminster, which will decide whether a permanent crossing at the site should be one or two lanes.

Mayor Wayne Wright said the minister’s request is “very strange” as an arbitrator may rule that a one-lane crossing is preferable at the location. Rather than wait until that process concludes, he said city staff had been working to borrow a bridge from the ministry of transportation to allow movement through the industrial area.

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Pickers’ paradise: Value Village Queensborough manager Todd Pols is getting ready for shoppers to descend on the 30,000-square-foot store when it opens on Thursday (tomorrow).

Nothing shabby about this second-hand store

BY NIKI HOPE REPORTER

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About 100,000 second-hand items are ready to be scooped up from the sales floor at Value Village in Queensborough when it opens on Thursday.

The almost 30,000-square-foot recently built location is stocked with everything from clothes, shoes, jewelry to books, housewares, toys and more.

“We have great stuff in here,” store manager Todd Pols tells The Record during a recent preview of the spacious store.

Sweeping his arm around the

housewares department, Pols says, “I’m most excited to let the customers into this department.”

The shelves of housewares include coffee makers, rice cookers, plates, pots, Tupperware, glassware, kitschy goods, blenders, microwaves, and on and on.

Showing off armful of old silverware sets, Pols says, “We’ve get a really-good selection of high-end products here.”

One could spend hours taking in the visual feast, and though there is much to look at, the store is laid out in a way that doesn’t feel cluttered and randomly-thrown together like thrift stores typically do.

“We are set up like any retail store,” Pols says. “Shoppers are able to target in on an area and find what they are looking for.”

Thrift-store shopping isn’t just for penny-pinchers anymore, according to Pols, who says their customer base is evolving.

Second-hand shopping has become more mainstream and appealing to those who want to purchase quality used goods for 10 to 30 per cent less than what they cost if they were new, he says.

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Fed up with ratrunners on First

BY CAYLEY DOBIE REPORTER editorial@royalcityrecord.com

Residents on First Street say their once peaceful neighbourhood has become the latest commuter thoroughfare thanks to ratrunners using the park street as a shortcut.

Following recent success by Victoria Hill residents over ratrunners using their small community as a shortcut to the Pattullo Bridge, Romeo Di Pietra is speaking out about problems he and his neighbours are facing on First Street.

“First Street has become like a thoroughfare now, and it’s especially worse between 3 and 6 p.m. with people bypassing Royal (Avenue) and coming down First Street to get onto the bridge,” he said.

What was once a quiet residential street, used mostly by residents and pedestrians accessing Queen’s Park, is now a bustling street for commuters looking to jump the line on to the Pattullo Bridge, Di Pietra told The Record.

While most commuters were discouraged from using Victoria Hill as a shortcut when the city installed a “no left-hand turn” sign at Memorial Drive and McBride Boulevard, Di Pietra says the solution to First Street residents’ problem isn’t that easy – there’s already a “no left-hand turn” sign at First Street and Royal Avenue.

“Even though it has a ‘no lefthand turn’ (sign), that doesn’t mean anything, they still make left-hand turns,” he said.

According to the sign posted at the bottom of First Street – which Di Pietra said has been there for about five to seven years – it is illegal to make left-hand turns onto Royal Avenue between 3 and

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Not on my street: Romeo Di Pietra is not happy with the commuters sneaking down First Street to make

illegal lefts turn on to Royal Avenue in order to beat the traffic lining up for the Pattullo Bridge.

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But commuters don’t seem to care, Di Pietra said.

“When we first moved in there was no stop light, and I don’t know why in God’s Earth they actually ever put a stop light in there. It’s ridiculous,” he said.

On a daily basis, commuters cut down First Street and make the illegal left turn onto Royal, allowing them to flow easily onto the Pattullo Bridge. When The Record visited Di Pietra at his home one afternoon, car after car

made the illegal turn as if it were no big deal.

“Most of the time there’s a lineup. Occasionally it’s a stream of cars whizzing by,” he added.

“The other thing that, especially in rush hour, is what they’re doing is people going down McBride and then they can’t cut into the bridge (traffic), they come over and drive up to First Street, turn into my driveway and go through the light and onto the bridge.”

Di Pietra said he and his wife, Gail, have contacted the City of

New Westminster and the New Westminster police about the problem, but no one has provided any solutions.

The couple sees police officers out ticketing people, but it’s not on a regular basis, so it doesn’t stop many drivers, Di Pietra said.

According to Staff Sgt. Trevor Dudar, the officer in charge of New Westminster police’s traffic section, the department is “wellaware of the issue at First Street” and they have done enforcement.

Parents want school funds now

BY NIKI HOPE REPORTER

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They’re tired of waiting and want answers now – that’s the feeling from frustrated local parents who are sending a letter to the Ministry of Education calling for immediate funding for the long-overdue replacement of New Westminster Secondary School.

Alarmed by recent reports in The Record that the project, which has been in talks for well over a decade, is being held up because of site issues, F.W. Howay Elementary parent Paul Johansen drafted the brief letter calling

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for the immediate approval of the project.

The district parent advisory council passed Johansen’s letter at its meeting on Monday.

“We just want to put the pressure up because I think they are waffling on the funding,” Johansen said. “We need to make this a priority.”

If the funding isn’t approved immediately, Johansen’s letter, which will be sent to both the Ministry of Education and Premier Christy Clark, requests that the ministry advise on the criteria required to get funds for a new school.

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Fassbender told them that he wanted to talk further with his director of capital about the expensive and complicated project and then they would talk again, Gaiptman told The Record.

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our board chair was very clear,” Gaiptman said. “She outlined everything that we had done to this point, which is substantial and then said … Mr. Minister, please let us know when we can expect the funding so we can put shovel to ground or, if not, will you please let us know exactly what we need. We also invited the director of capital projects to a board meeting so that he can let us know.”

The minister told the New Westminster delegation that his ministry needed more time to discuss the project and said they’d get back to the district, though he didn’t want to commit to a date, Gaiptman said.

The recently hired superintendent applauded the local parents for sending a letter to the minister.

“I think it’s great,” he said. “I think that this is not just about New Westminster Secondary School, it’s about our community, and I applaud them for sending the letter.

“I think that people have to know that this is bigger than just a school. When you have one school in a goodsize community, one high school, it becomes what you hope schools will be, and that is the central point for so many things that are occurring in the community, and so for parents to take the time and to send the letter, oh my, I applaud them.”

Parents in the city have waited years for a new high school. The current school – the only high school in a city of more approximately 60,000 people – is more than 60 years old and looks its age with chipped paint, rotting wood and the occasional rat sighting.

The ministry has funded construction of two new schools in New Westminster – an elementary school and a middle school, which are currently being built.

The plan all along has been to build those two new schools first and then the replacement high school.

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keep that bridge open. We have spent tens of thousands of dollars to put the bridge in,” Wright said. “It’s very difficult right now, the situation that this has put us in and our backs to a wall, but we will do the best we can for our citizens and for the Braid industrial area and will, in actual fact, help Coquitlam.”

Lois-Leah Goodwin has been appointed as the arbitrator who will be ruling on the matter of whether a two- or multi-lane crossing is appropriate for the site. A decision is expected in July.

“This is really supposed to be an impartial process for municipalities to be able to resolve their disputes,” said Coun. Jonathan Cote. “Once again, it’s very unusual that a few months before that process is to be completed, the minister of transportation is sending a letter like this. I just have concerns it is really not upholding what this process is to be about.”

Coun. Bill Harper said it’s “unforgivable” that the minister is taking this action while the process is under-

informed about the issues New Westminster is raising in the arbitration process, Cote said.

“Certainly we have expressed numerous times about increasing the capacity of the Bailey bridge with the rail lines that are a few blocks away, and the major intersection of Braid and Brunette,” Cote said.

“Simply putting in a twolane bridge is not going to address the issues, and in many cases we anticipate, will create numerous safety concerns and increase congestion to the area, and will not solve any of the issues the City of Coquitlam, I guess, is hoping would be achieved by this.”

Coun. Jaimie McEvoy expressed concern about safety issues posed by increasing vehicle access to an area subject to 42 to 60 train crossings each day.

“What is apparent is the minister didn’t even examine that. He simply took comments coming out of the mayor of Coquitlam as gospel,” he said. “We need a professional approach by the provincial government

way. He said the minister is siding with Coquitlam’s support for a two-lane crossing even though the process hasn’t been concluded.

“He is actually taking sides,” he said. “I think that is completely inappropriate.”

Stone said he’s willing to lend the city two temporary bridges, but he’s not prepared to participate in a one-lane temporary solution. In addition to being an important corridor for commuters and goods movement, he said the route through the Braid industrial area is important because it allows people to get to Royal Columbian Hospital in a timely fashion.

“The truth is, if there is someone who is critically ill and has been involved in some kind of traumatic incident, there is a helicopter – you don’t use the road,” said Coun. Betty McIntosh, who worked as a nurse in emergency at Royal Columbian Hospital for many years.

The transportation minister’s letter to the city suggests he isn’t well

and not a partisan one.

I think there is a need to speak to the minister and follow up.”

Members of New Westminster city council expressed shock about the way in which they learned of Stone’s letter and offer to the city, with most being alerted through media or press releases.

“I first read the letter on Twitter,” Cote said.

“I don’t think New West council should be receiving or hearing it in the media or through social media. It should be a more personalized contact between our city and the provincial government. I think it was done a little bit unprofessionally and I think that is unfortunate.”

Stone said his ministry’s offer is a “tremendously good deal” for New Westminster because it’s getting $2 million in value

for two temporary bridges.

He said New Westminster wouldn’t have to pay any costs related to installation of the second crossing because Coquitlam has offered to contribute up to $800,000 towards those costs.

“I’m pleased with the letter,” said Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart. “I think it’s a responsible approach to make certain that the windows are fully open to clear up this long-standing traffic nightmare.”

Stewart said the minister’s proposal opens up two lanes of traffic and relieves

some of the bottleneck at the Brunette overpass by getting some of the trucks back onto the United Boulevard, which is the truck route.

“I think even New Westminster expects that the arbitration decision would be a two-lane bridge because this is two, fourlane truck routes,” he told the Tri-Cities NOW. “This is a long-standing and absurd situation.”

Stone believes a twolane crossing should have been installed years ago and doesn’t think the additional lane will increase traffic through the area.

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and unusual weather patterns discernFor years we’ve been told that climate change is going to be the unfortu- ible to even non-scientists in our lifetimes. nate legacy we leave to our children.

As the report makes clear, the chanBut it turns out we don’t have to wait ges are borne out by science. They are that long. As a new report by more caused by human activity than 300 top scientists made generating greenhouse gases clear this week, climate and they are happening fastchange is already here.

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in some parts of North America and drought in others.

On the West Coast, reduced snow pack, rising sea levels and ocean acidification, storm surges and forest infestations are just some of the challenges likely to get worse in the future.

Those West Coast scallops you love?

Kiss them goodbye soon as they are already unable to survive here as coastal waters become more acidic.

The question remains, what are we willing to do about it? Despite

widespread acknowledgement of concern, Canada’s own efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions remain inadequate. Oil and gas production is one of our country’s largest contributors to the problem. Yet our government largely refuses to recognize this, much less move to mitigate it.

As the report this week makes clear, however, the time to act is now.

Because a dramatically altered planet will soon be everyone’s problem.

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Site C plans face steep obstacles IN THE HOUSE

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he issues that swirl around B.C.’s biggest-ever megaproject aren’t going away: jobs and a secure, “clean” energy supply versus environmental damage and ignoring some First Nations rights.

Those were among the issues at play when the first huge hydroelectric dams were built on the Peace River in the 1960s, and they remain attached to the latest dam – Site C – envisioned for the same waterway today.

The recent, mammoth (450page) report by a joint review panel flagged all those same issues but didn’t side one way or another on whether the dam should be built. There is a lot of on-the-one-hand-but-on-theother-hand reasoning in the report, which can be used by either side in the debate to bolster its arguments.

But there is one big, important difference between the debate or legalities of today compared to the 1960s: the First Nations now have very real, court-upheld constitutional rights that weren’t a factor in the construction of the first dams, but which could ultimately block Site C’s construction today.

And the panel devoted more than 30 pages in its report addressing First Nations issues, an indication of the importance it attaches to how those interests must be weighed in the eventual decision for the project.

The dam would have a “significant adverse effect” on local First Nations’ “traditional use” of the land, including hunting and trapping, the panel found.

We’re not talking here about the court-mandated requirement to “consult and accommodate” First Nations that impact so many land use decisions. These rights run far deeper and are entrenched in section 35 of the Constitution.

Further, the valley to be flooded by Site C encompasses Treaty 8 territory, which affects 21 different First Nations bands.

Treaty 8 specifically gives those First Nations the right to “pursue their usual vocations of hunting, trapping and fishing throughout the tract” of land in question.

So, unless the panel’s analysis and conclusions on this one issue are completely off the mark, the Site C dam seems to be facing one heck of a steep mountain to get over before construction could begin.

As is so often the case, much of the controversy over Site C has focused on other issues over the years. For example, there are those who bemoan the potential loss of valuable agricultural land if Site C was built. ◗Site C Page 7

Help needed with school name

Re: Teachers expect too much, Letters to the editor, The Record, May 9.

It is true that other provinces in Canada are currently in contract negotiations with their teachers.

It is also true that teachers in other provinces are ratifying agreements offering lower wage increases than what teachers are seeking here in B.C. What Mr. Sawchuck conveniently fails to mention, however, is that not only are B.C. teachers coming off three years of zero wage increases, but most of the other provinces in this country already pay their teachers more than B.C. does, even though B.C. has the highest cost of living in the country!

Parity with other teachers in the country, and respect for the fact that teaching is a difficult job, should not be too much to expect.

Way back when the new school on the old Saint Mary’s Hospital site was named (April 2013), you indicated how to pronounce the hard-to-spell name.

Since then there has been plenty of mention of the school but no reminder that we can recall as to how to pronounce its name.

We suspect there are others in the city who, like us, don’t know what to call the school – other than “the school where Saint Mary’s used to be.” Perhaps it would be a good idea to put the pronunciation in parentheses when the school is talked about?

After all the controversy about John Robson school being renamed and a policy being developed to name schools by location, what happened in the case of École Qayqayt Elementary?

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Saint Mary’s Park OPEN HOUSE

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Teacher requests are fair Dear Editor:

Re: Teachers expect too much, Letters to the editor, The Record, May 9.

Insofar as wage fairness is concerned, that is certainly cause for thought.

Considering that our last raise was in July 2010 and our last contract expired in July 2011, and we were legislated back to work with a stripped contract for a while after this and with no raise, then if our government is proposing 7.25 per cent until 2019 right now … what they are really offering, spread over nine years (from 2011, the end of our last contract, to 2019), is a mere 0.8 per cent wage increase for each year since the last teacher salary increase … and this comes at the price of contract concessions.

We can put this in perspective of other numbers that are out there.

For example, human resources consulting outfits, like JOUTA, were forecasting a three per cent salary increase to labour this year in Canada. As per B.C. stats, the projected salary growth for people in B.C. has fallen to 2.3 per cent for 2014 (a projected “fall” that ironically WAY beats the yearly 0.8 per cent offered to teachers) … whereas it was 2.5 per cent in 2012 and 2.4 per cent in 2011 (and whereas B.C. teachers got zero per cent for these years).

Further, B.C. public sector unions have successfully negotiated three to five per cent salary increases between 2011 and 2013 (over three years), with many close

to about 1.5 per cent per year, and some as much as three per cent for 2013 alone.

Another comparison would be that the 10-year average increase for the UBC pension plan has been 1.7 per cent (yes, even pension plans get fair increases). Also, the cost of living adjustment increases by about three per cent per year.

It’s been less lately, it has varied from a high of just below four per cent in 2011 to a low of about 0.5 per cent in 2012.

What the BCTF has on the table right now is a fair wage increase of 11 per cent over a four-year contract, including a costof-living adjustment formula.

But really, this should be seen in the perspective that we have not received a wage increase for a while, so it would mean about 1.8 per cent for each year since our last increase.

So, looking at these numbers, and in the spirit of a “fair wage increase,” wherein people whose business it is to analyze trends say that a three per cent yearly increase is an expectation, wherein the cost of living goes up by about three per cent yearly, and wherein yearly salaries in the public sector are increasing by about 1.5 per cent or more in practice … B.C. teachers’ salary proposal certainly falls within what should be called fair … whereas calling fair the government offer of 0.8 per cent per year is a little bizarre. In fact, it is not even close to what seems to be a reasonable expectation.

Yves Laforest, teacher, New Westminster

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Thursday, May 15, 2014

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5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

LOCATION: City Hall Foyer 511 Royal Avenue The City is holding a second and final public open house to present options and receive feedback on a preferred plan for Saint Mary’s Park, located at 205 Agnes Street. The park options being presented were developed from the input provided by the community at the first open house in June 2012. We invite residents, students and staff of Qayqayt Elementary and other people who have an interest in the community to attend this open house.

For more information on plans for Saint Mary’s Park, visit the New Westminster Parks, Culture and Recreation website at: www.newwestpcr.ca

Site C: First Nations’ land rights pose a huge obstacle to plans ◗ continued from page 6

The dam would indeed flood about 3,800 hectares of potential agricultural land, but the panel found that would have an “insignificant” impact on crop production because the land isn’t terribly suited to high-end crop production.

In fact, the annual loss in terms of crop production would amount to a measly $220,000.

Opponents of Site C have also seized on the argument that it would greatly harm all kinds of wildlife and disrupt or destroy various migratory patterns. Not so, found the panel, at least when it came to moose, elk, deer or bears, the dominant species in the region (however, some bird, bat and fish habitats would indeed be adversely affected).

The panel expressed doubts about various arguments put forth by B.C. Hydro in advocating for the dam, on everything from cost estimates to the timeline for future energy needs. In fact, in its closing summary, the panel specifically concluded that B.C. Hydro had not made the case that Site C was needed in the near future.

But the panel also acknowledged that B.C.’s energy needs will increase over time and therefore more power generation will be needed.

The question is not “whether” a new power facility (Site C or some other one) should be built, but “when.”

This conclusion alone is likely enough to convince the B.C. Liberal government to give the project

the green light when it ultimately makes its final decision this fall. But as with so many major land use decisions, the government may find that ultimately First Nations’ rights can thwart all kinds of political desires.

Legendary Premier W.A.C. Bennett was able to dismiss all kinds of protests when he ordered those other dams to be built, and a government can continue to successfully ignore environmental and agricultural objections when it comes to things like dams.

But ignoring First Nations’ rights? That’s a very different proposition, and even Wacky Bennett wouldn’t get away with that today.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C.

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The Value Village thrift-store chain is owned by the Bellevue, Wash.-based, forprofit corporation Savers Inc. The company has a partnership with Clothesline, which supports the Canadian Diabetes Association among other groups, and pays the organization a portion of store donations.

Pols, who’s worked for the company for seven years, is proud of the company’s recycling efforts.

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Items that aren’t sold or that are donated but don’t make it to the sales floor go to sellers in developing nations, Pols says.

The Queensborough store manager notes that the new location on the other side of the Fraser River is not meant to take over the Burnaby Value Village in Edmonds.

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Around Town: Movie filming hits city hall ◗P17 Sports: ’Bellies juniors win fourth in a row ◗P19

Aunt Martha puts the ‘fun’ in funeral

BY JULIE MACLELLAN REPORTER jmaclellan@royalcityrecord.com

Chances are you’ve never been to a funeral quite like this one.

Then again, you may never have had a dearly departed who was quite as much of a character as Aunt Martha.

Laughter Zone 101 Presentations is staging Aunt Martha’s Funeral, May 23 and 24 at Shiloh-Sixth Avenue United Church.

The interactive play – think Tony ‘n’ Tina’s Wedding, but with more black garb – is taking to the stage under the direction of Margo Prentice, with producer Janice Bannister.

“It’s so much fun,” says an enthusiastic Prentice, who’s been on a roll with rehearsals since January. “ It’s fun, fun, fun, laughter, laughter, laughter.”

The first act begins, fittingly enough, at Aunt Martha’s funeral in the church.

“Her dysfunctional, crazy family is there, and everything comes out,” Prentice says.

No spoilers shall be given, but you can expect to see some oddball relatives, a strange minister and a unique eulogy, among other action.

Aunt Martha, you see, was a bit of a character and died in a skydiving accident, so you can expect a less-than-traditional occasion.

Various participants will appear around the church – such as friends of Aunt Martha’s from her favourite charity, the Helmet Use is Really Terrific Society (HURTS), in their helmets – and attendees should keep their eyes open for the “crazy guy.”

For the second act, the audience moves downstairs into the church gym for the reception, where the cast will serve up tea and coffee and continue to mingle, in character, with the members of the audience. A fight will also break out over the reading of Aunt Martha’s will.

Prentice notes that audience members are encouraged to get into the spirit of the occasion, as much as they’re comfortable with.

“I encourage people to come as a relative, or somebody that might have known

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Interactive fun: From left: Gail Norcross, Marjorie Russell, Modi Jiao, Kent Polich, Bette-Anne Wilson, Kris Michaleski, Michael Anthony, Muriel Groves and Ed Fong star in Aunt Martha’s Funeral. The Laughter Zone 101 production is being staged at Shiloh-Sixth Avenue United Church on May 23 and 24.

Aunt Martha,” she says.

And if you just want to watch and enjoy, that’s OK too.

Regardless, Prentice says, it’ll be an entertaining play for anyone who’s age 12 or so and older.

“We have laughed our heads off all through rehearsal,” she says.

They’ve even added local references and some political jokes to the plot, special to New Westminster.

The script came to Laughter Zone

courtesy of the Fraser Valley Gilbert and Sullivan Society, though they haven’t been able to track down who the original author was.

But Prentice loves the combination of scripted action and improv, and she promises audiences will be entertained.

“It’s fun, hilarious, interactive,” she sums it up.

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Aunt Martha’s Funeral is on Friday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, May 24 at 1:30 p.m.

Tickets are $15. Buy at Renaissance Books, 43 Sixth St., or online through laughterzone101.com/auntmartha.

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s tap dance an old-fashioned art form? No way – not for the members of the West Coast Tap Dance Collective.

The collective is holding its annual Tap Day celebration on May 24 at Massey Theatre. All That Tap takes to the stage at 7:30 p.m., featuring 150 dancers from around the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island.

“This year we are honouring Peggy Peat, a wonderful dance teacher who has touched the lives of so many,” the group wrote in an email to The Record.

Among the performers will be alumnae from the Peggy Peat School of Dance.

Guest artists include Jennifer Bishop, Joel Hanna, Jim Hibbard, Lisa LaTouche, Troy McLaughlin, Susan Nase, Paula Skimin, Lindsay Sterk, Dayna Szyndrowski and Barbara Vargas.

The evening will be MC’d by Jeff Hyslop.

Tickets are $25 general, or $20 for members of the West Coast Tap Dance

Collective.

Call the Massey Theatre at 604-521-5050 or buy through www.massey theatre.com. Check out www.westcoasttapdance. com or www.facebook. com/westcoasttap for more details.

For the poets

Here are a couple of reminders for the poets and poetry lovers out there.

Poetic Justice sessions – which include readings by featured poets, plus an open mike – run Sundays from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Heritage Grill’s backroom.

Check out www.poetic justice.ca for a full schedule and details.

And, for those who may be interested in a study group, don’t forget about The Poetry Wars, with Carol Shillibeer.

The next session of the monthly study group is on Saturday, May 17 from 4 to 6 p.m. in the back room at the Heritage Grill.

Email shillibeer@ tailfeather.ca for details.

Writing workshop

It’s billed as a workshop for “anyone who seeks a deeper understanding of their true, creative potential.”

The Royal City Literary Arts Society is offering a Writing and Healing workshop on May 31, with host Sherry Duggal.

A press release notes that the workshop, which runs from 1 to 5 p.m., will explore ways to differentiate between the right and left side of the brain, understand the physiological changes that happen in your body as you delve into the creative process, experience and understand the link between writing and healing and identify key elements of good writing.

Participants must bring a journal and pen.

It’s taking place at 7373 Sixth St. – enter from the rear entrance.

It costs $35 for nonmembers or $20 for members, and seating is limited. Pre-register by email-

ing secretary@rclas.com.

New media team

The city has announced the team that will lead the New Media Gallery at the Anvil Centre.

Sarah Joyce and Gordon Duggan will be the new director/curator team at the gallery – which will focus on contemporary art that uses new media and technology, including video art, sound art, light art, robotic art and web art.

A press release from the city notes that the two bring a wealth of national and international experience and education in ◗Lively City Page 10

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Lively City: New Media Gallery set to open at Anvil Centre this fall ◗ continued from page 9

museums and galleries – including working in new media art at the prestigious Tate Gallery and Lisson Gallery in London. Sarah notes in the press release that artists have always been innovators in using the latest technology to reflect the human story.

“Forty thousand years ago we were making images on cave walls using unconventional materials,” she said.

“Today, new media artists continue to experiment with new materials and technology. The history of art is really the history of creativity and innovation.”

The New Media Gallery is set to open at the Anvil Centre in September.

Youth choir sings in city

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an upcoming concert.

A choir from St. Mary’s Catholic Fine Arts Academy in Medicine Hat, Alta., will perform on Thursday, May 22.

They’re set to perform at 7 p.m. at Holy Eucharist Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, 501 Fourth Ave. The choir includes Grade 8 and 9 students, who study drama, choir, dance, art and band at school. Many of the members are also taking private acting classes and private vocal lessons.

Their performance will be by a freewill offering.

For more information, call Joyce Vermeulen at 604-944-1971.

Do you have an item for Lively City? Send arts and entertainment ideas to Julie by email, jmaclellan@royalcityrecord.com. You can also find her on Twitter, @juliemaclellan.

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35th Annual New Westminster

Home Tour

Sunday May 25, 2014 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tickets are $40, NWHPS Members $35

You won’t want to miss this year’s outstanding line-up of beautiful homes.

Thanks to our sponsors and homeowners who make this tour possible!

How it all began In 1980, a small group of NewWestminster residents incorporated the NewWestminster Heritage Preservation Society, in direct response to the demolition of many beautiful heritage homes throughout the city. This new society was not always cordially welcomed, but it was a brash new voice for the growing and important heritage conservation movement in the Royal City.

At the time, the idea behind the tour was a simple one: Open up several beautiful heritage homes to public viewing and inspire and educate residents and visitors

Guidelines for tourgoers

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or us to make the tour a success for you, and respect the wishes of our homeowners who have kindly agreed to open their special homes, here are some guidelines. Ask our fantastic volunteers if you have questions. Have a great tour!

• The tour is self-guided—the map in the centre of this program will help you make your way to each home.

• You may visit each location once in any order between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Your ticket includes a light tea (see map for details). Please note: The tea is NOT a full lunch. It includes a scone, fruit, cheese and choice of juice, coffee or tea.

• While the use of a car or bike is advisable, New Westminster is not a big city. You can easily enjoy the day and walk.

• You will be required to present this program at the door of each destination to gain entry, so keep it with you at all times.

• Wearing slip-on shoes with comfortable socks is extremely wise.

Some of our homeowners may require visitors to remove their shoes at the door to protect fragile carpets and floors, especially in the event of rain.

Remember that this tour has been planned for a limited number of people.

Your “ticket” can only be used ONCE. • Please ask the volunteers on duty before taking pictures. Some homeowners may prefer that you don’t photograph the interior of their home.

• Public washrooms are available at the Justice Institute (the tea venue) and New Westminster Museum & Archives (next door to Irving House). See tour map in the centre of this program for details.

alike that these architectural gems should be saved ... not bulldozed. Without much fanfare, the first tour was launched on May 24, 1980, as part of the Hyack Festival. There were a few hundred tickets sold at $3.50 each and just five homes on the tour.

Thirty-five years later, we can look back with justifiable pride at how the homes tour has grown into one of B.C.’s major showcases of architectural heritage, inspiring other cities to organize similar events in the past few years. The New Westminster Homes Tour is Canada’s longest-running event of its kind, and has brought thousands of visitors to the Royal City to learn about its history and get a glimpse into years past.

A. 1025 Eighth Avenue The Arthur and Ethel Hamilton House (1925)

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icket sales help preserve and protect our heritage as well as to enhance our community. In 2014, NWHPS supported: •The New Westminster Heritage Foundation, a non-profit society co-funded by the City of NewWestminster, to financially assist owners of municipally designated heritage homes. The Foundation’s goal: encourage voluntary municipal heritage designation and to assist homeowners in their restoration efforts through the Foundation’s house grants program.

• Tourism New Westminster to promote the Royal City’s great attractions, festivals and history.

• Queen’s Park Healthcare Foundation to raise funds to enhance the quality of life for the residents of QP Care Centre and William Rudd House.

• NewWest Cultural Crawl to raise awareness of the Royal City’s writers and artists.

Tickets are on sale online www.newwestheritage.org or at at these locations: GardenWorks at Mandeville 4746 SE Marine Drive, Burnaby 604 434-4111 Royal City Colours 700 12th Street, New Westminster 604 521-5209 Irving House Museum Offi ce 302 Royal Ave., New Westminster 604 527-4640 Cadeaux Gifts & Home Embellishments 467 East Columbia Street, 604-521-5269

The Hamilton House was built in the Craftsman-style (late period). It can be identified by the jerkinhead, or half-hipped roof, and the deep overhanging eaves supported by decorative brackets. The house was built by Peter Bilodeau in 1925, who lived in it just long enough to complete and sell it in 1927 to Arthur and Ethel Hamilton. Arthur Hamilton was the son of Sir James and Lady Hamilton of Yorkshire, England. He arrived in Canada in 1910 and Ethel came later in 1912. While the families knew each other in Great Britain, the couple actually met and married in New Westminster in the Episcopal Church on Seventh Street and Royal Avenue.

They resided in this home for 40 years. After joining the New Westminster Regiment and serving overseas during WWI, Arthur was instrumental in forming the city archives. He worked as a poultry farmer in the Cloverdale area and delivered eggs to St. Mary’s Hospital and city restaurants, but after a bout of pneumonia he opened a hardware store, and later a variety store specializing in china. Daughter Muriel (Hamilton) Crump and her husband Charlie Crump and small son moved in with Arthur after the death of Ethel in 1958.

The present owners purchased the home in 2003 when it was being operated as a bed and breakfast. The present owners have focused on the outdoors. In 2006, the talented New Westminster designer Geoff Woods worked with the owners to create a woodland garden and ‘outdoor living room’. Of particular pleasure to the owners is the swing bench under flowering vines – best suited to watching the night sky on warm summer evenings.

homes tour committee 2014 tour chairpersons: Catherine Hutson & Kathleen Langstroth official homes tour photographer: Paul Fuoco creative coordination: Jim Hutson homes tour articles: Anna Camporese, Sheilah Harris, Lori Fralic, Katherine Freund-Hainsworth additional research: New Westminster Museum and Archives

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Home Tour

B. 905 Dublin Street

The Henry and Mary Gosse House (1912)

This handsome 1912 home was designed by local architect E.J. Boughen in the Queen Anne Revival style, evident in the asymmetrical facade, corner turret and inviting verandah.

Earlier that year this area of Dublin Street was subdivided, so that every other house on the block was built in either 1912 or 1913; the houses in between were built around 1926. The 905 Dublin home was built by Henry Gosse, a contractor and owner of Reliable House Movers, who lived here with wife Mary and their six children until the late-’20s.

The present owners bought the home in 2002 and are gradually restoring and transforming it. The interior walls had been gutted, insulated and drywalled by a previous owner who then disposed of all the wood trim, replacing it with a plainer version.

That trim is now being replaced by copying the woodwork in a neighbouring house of the same vintage.

This pretty painted lady of Dublin Street wears a palette of age-appropriate paint colours on her exterior, but inside she’s a delightful reflection of her owners’ flair for celebrating old and new, and transforming frumpy into fresh and family-friendly.

C. 735 Eighth Avenue

Home Tour

INSET for House “N”

F. 529 Queen’s Avenue Queens Avenue United Church (1959)

C. 735 Eighth Avenue

A. 1025 Eighth Avenue

Open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

B. 905 Dublin Street

Queens Avenue United Church has a history connecting deeply within New Westminster right from its start.

The First Nations, pre-colonial New Westminster observed their own spiritual and faithful unity surrounded by nature’s formidable forests. Then, at 11 a.m. on April 3, 1859, the first ‘new-world’ formal Christian church service took place at the banks of the Fraser River, also surrounded by nature under a spiritual protection of the large coastal trees in the “forest city” that became New Westminster. It was a congregation of 50 men and one woman, led by the Methodist Minister Reverend Edward White. Today, the church occupies the corner of Queen`s Avenue and Sixth Street, purchased to replace the downtown Mary Street property after the church was destroyed in the 1898 great fire.

The 1950s’ congregation believed the Queen’s Park property was in need of replacement. In 1958, the new adjoining facilities were completed and on Dec. 6, 1959, the current sanctuary was dedicated to commemorate the centenary of Queens Avenue United Church. The sanctuary, by architect Will Wilding, is a first-class example of the mid-century modern style. The tall narrow blue-stained-glass windows on both sides of the sanctuary are representative of a shimmering blue river, and the gold-stained glass at the front the power of the sun. The extremely high false ceiling is dressed with blue-draped angulating boards bringing in the gentle movement of the waves of the Fraser River.

Today, the sanctuary, with its grand indoor space, shows how nature can be enclosed as a place of worship while still emulating the spiritual expanse of Rev. White’s “forest city” in 1859.

Take a break for Tea & Lunch at the Justice Institute 715 McBride Blvd Enter Parking Lot from McBride Blvd. or 8th Ave.

F. 529 Queen’s Avenue

D. 308 Ash Street E. 131 Eighth Street

Massey Theatre (1949)

Post-WWII New Westminster experienced rapid growth in population that strained the city’s three existing and aging junior high schools. The school board trustees’ drew up a 1946 master plan to replace old facilities and construct a junior and senior high school on Eighth Street land the federal government had ceded to the city.

With $1.5 million in joint funding from the province and the school board, the New Westminster Junior High School (NWJHS) was built.

Newly built, NWJHS was the city’s first and finest example of Moderne architecture: stuccoed wall surfaces minus traditional details like cornices; flat roof lines emphasizing the horizontal; streamlined details of horizontal banding; round windows and large expanses of glass.

Entering through the stage door, note the original dressing rooms, and then enter the vast storage area directly beneath the theatre. Here the ceiling is made of 2 x 4 timber on-edge to support the theatre’s weight.

Above are the trapdoors actors use to magically disappear from the stage. Hidden behind the large metal ductwork are the two openings where musicians would have entered the old orchestra pit when it was lower than the audience. Upstairs from the basement are the scene shop and loading dock that are still in use. The backstage, or upstage in theatrical terminology, is of a height and scale allowing sizable theatre productions by educational, community and professional theatre and musical groups for the past 65 years. Using a rope system relying on similar skills and techniques employed by sailors of old, multiple, full-sized stage backdrops move up and down during a theatrical production, making Massey one of the last “hemp houses” in western Canada!

J. 125 Bonson Street

You may start your self-guided tour at ANY venue on the route.

Venues are open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

G. 508 Agnes Street

H. 302 Royal Avenue

I. 125 Second Street

The Roy and Vera Henderson House (1940)

D. 308 Ash Street In 1918, Roy G. Henderson, an electrician, married Vera Cooper, whose mother Margaret was a member of the city’s prominent Galbraith family. Roy worked at an auto electric repair business at 831 Carnarvon Street, and by 1950 was president of Henderson Auto Electric. In 1940, he and Vera built this house in the Minimal Traditional style, popular after the Great Depression.

Sadly, Vera died four years later. Roy eventually remarried, and he and new wife Violet May had a son, Grant, who lived in the house up until the present owners bought it in May 2012.

The owners were determined to reuse and recycle materials from their home in the renovation.

Thus the fir flooring taken from the basement (which now has a heated concrete floor) was reused upstairs where closets were added or refinished and where the master bedroom was bumped out. The clear, edge-grained cedar siding that was removed when the tall kitchen windows and French doors were installed was re-used on the upstairs bedroom and bathroom dormers, as well as on the garage, which is original to the house.

The renovation began in earnest that September. The house was raised 18 inches to allow for a higher basement. It was gutted and outfitted with new electrical, plumbing, heating, insulation, drywall and windows.

The owners’ unique vision for their home, completed in an environmentally conscientious effort, makes this house a standout.

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Freemasonry has been part of British Columbia’s history since 1860, when the first Lodge was established in Victoria. The second oldest (but first in the Lower Mainland) was established in 1861 at New Westminster – then then-capital of the new Colony of British Columbia.

The current Freemason’s Hall was designed and built in 1911 by Gardiner, Mercer and Gardiner. This prolific architectural firm featured the talents of the British-born Gardiner brothers (Francis and William) and Scotsman Andrew Mercer, who practised together as well as on their own. These architects were also responsible for other notable buildings such as the Normal School in Vancouver and the Westminster Trust Building in the Royal City.

Inside, one of the most outstanding interior features is the main hall (the blue room) on the second floor, with its coved plaster ceiling, magnificent pipe organ (unfortunately inoperative at present) and the restrained opulence of the Masonic ceremonial furnishings. Adjoining it is a gallery of Masonic memorabilia and historic photos.

Note: The Masonic Lodge is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Hugh and Jane Galbraith House (1892)

E. 131 Eighth Street One of the province’s finest examples of the Queen Anne Revival style popular during the late Victorian era, Galbraith House exhibits all the classic elements of this period, including the various textures of the wall surfaces of shingles, siding, brackets, trim, roof cresting and the prominent corner turret. Built circa 1892, this is one of the most well-recognized landmark heritage buildings in New Westminster.

Ron and Marie Jang — the owners of Tanex Industries Ltd., specializing in reproducing historic mouldings — took on this massive restoration project from the foundation up. They were awarded the B.C. Heritage Society’s award of honour for their efforts. The Jangs sold the home in 2005 to its current owners, who have named it Galbraith Manor and rent out space to several offices and businesses.

In 1884, Hugh Gabraith and family moved to New Westminster via Victoria. Shortly after arriving the family purchased a lot at the corner of Douglas Road (renamed Eighth Street in 1891) and Queen’s Avenue and lived in a small house on the site. Finally, after saving enough money, the Galbraith family began their own business, Galbraith and Sons Sash and Door Company, in 1891 and built their new home to showcase their work. (Wife Jane Galbraith died in 1893 at age 49.)

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Home Tour Irving House K. 101 Queen’s Avenue (1865)

H. 302 Royal Avenue

Irving House is the oldest intact house in the Lower Mainland. It is still on its original site and when Captain William Irving had it built in 1865, it was the fanciest house in the city. It is owned by the City of New Westminster and is operated by the New Westminster Museum and Archives (NWMA.) Captain Irving was born in Scotland in 1816, went to sea and eventually became a captain with his own ship. After coming to the West Coast during the California Gold Rush, he met his wife-to-be, Elizabeth Jane Dixon, in Portland, Oregon, in 1851.

They were married that same year and later had five children. In 1859, the family moved to Victoria during the Fraser River gold rush and Captain Irving began operating sternwheelers on the Fraser River. Captain Irving had this house designed and built by T. W. Graham.

In 2009 to 2010, a restorative study of the interior of Irving House was conducted. This included the wallpapers, ceiling papers, wood finishes, paint colours, carpets etc. The aim is to accurately restore the house to the glory of a bygone age. In the fall of 2010, restoration began with the ceilings in the dining room, lower and upper halls and master bedroom being restored or replastered. We hope that you will come often over the next several years to watch our progress as the house is restored to the splendour of yesteryear.

NOTE: Public washrooms are available at the Museum and Archives behind Irving House.

I. 125 Second Street

The Captain William S. and Alice Wooster House (1912)

Across the lane from the beautifully renovated Victorian-era home on Bonson Street on this year’s tour is an intact Arts and Crafts treasure fronting Second Street which was built in 1912. This lovely bungalow was built for newlyweds William Somers Wooster and his bride Alice Anderson Jacques who were married in the city on July 4, 1912.

The home was designed and built by local architect and building contractor Edmund J. Boughen (who was very busy that year…see House B, 905 Dublin Street) at a cost of $3,000. Captain Wooster, who was a river pilot, guiding ships from the ocean up the Fraser River to New Westminster’s port, lived here with his wife and four children until the Great Depression.

The owner has painstakingly removed the asbestos shingles that covered the house for many years, revealing wood shingles and horizontal siding in relatively good shape, and has painted the exterior in lovely earth tones. Another completed project since the home last tour was the building of new front steps that were faithful to the original.

The Wooster house is a solid and faithful tribute to the Arts and Crafts movement in New Westminster and is a fine example of Boughen’s deft touch at blending his own sensibility and that of his sea-faring homeowner.

J. 125 Bonson Street

The Robert W. and Minnie McIntosh House (1891)

From The Weekly News-Advertiser July 1, 1891 p.5: WESTMINSTER NEWS - NEW BUILDINGS Among the handsome buildings for residence purposes which have recently been constructed, that of Mr. R.W. McIntosh on Bonson Street between Park Lane and the residence of Mr. H.V. Edmonds on Queen’s Avenue, which has only recently built and furnished is a gem of its class. Only three months since where Mr. MacIntosh’s now stands was a fine collection of stumps, roots and rubbish. Today the lot which is located with a fine view of the country in all direction is graded and the house which is a double-story modern, is planned quite from the owner’s imagination of the fitness of things temporal, and is a model of elegance and convenience. The house proper is 26 x 30 feet with addition 15 x16 feet , standing in an enclosure 72 x 150 feet, with double bay windows and a full front double verandah and an observatory enclosed by an ornamental railing from which can be seen the upper stretches of the Fraser, the long silvery streaks of the outer Gulf and the Semiahmoo Bay. Mr. MacIntosh is justly proud of his fine property and intends to plant ornamental trees both upon the lot and along the street front. It might be said in this connection that Bonson Street people have been promised a threeplank sidewalk by the City Council. They expected to have got a walk wide enough for perambulators and lovers, but as the promise bears a months date they are getting impatient. They would rather have one plank at present and a good walk later on. The carpentry work was done by Phil Harmon, the painting by C.F. Pretty and the plastering by H. Langley.”

The double verandah and the observatory with ornamental railing may have been lost to history, but this delightful home in the Italianate style — popular in Mr. MacIntosh’s native Nova Scotia — gained a new lease on life when the present owners took possession in December 2010.

Originally built with its front porch just two steps from the road, the house has been moved 16 feet back, allowing for a proper front garden. The old exterior siding was saved wherever possible and a palette of historically accurate paint colours now highlight the charming and original detailing on window casings and below the soffits. These details were carefully copied on the new addition.

It’s been 123 years since R.W. McIntosh built his house, and the present owners have polished this gem ‘til it sparkles. Perhaps it’s finally time for that long-promised three-plank sidewalk!

Byron “Boss” Johnson was born in 1890 in Victoria, B.C. After a short stint as a professional lacrosse player in the Royal City, Boss and his brother John started a successful construction supply company.

He was first elected a Liberal MLA in 1933, was defeated several years later and returned to politics in 1945 as a popular member of the Liberal-Conservative coalition. He was elected Premier in 1947, serving until 1952, when W.A.C. Bennett and his Social Credit party were swept to power. Byron Johnson is known politically for introducing compulsory provincial hospital insurance and the

provincial sales tax. He died in 1964.

He is remembered locally for working with renowned architect P.A. Berwick in the construction of this impressive 1939 home, built at the corner of First Street and Queen’s Avenue. Built in the Tudor Revival style, the house has a massive roof, with a large front gable backed by a cross-hipped section with hipped dormers and wide eave overhang. Many hours have been spent stripping the light cream colour (popular in 1950s and `60s) that covered almost everything in the house, including the walls and the wood mouldings. The house is arguably the finest example of 1930s’ period detail in its lighting, kitchen and bathroom fixtures. The “pink room” — an ensuite off the master bedroom — harkens back to the movies of the ‘30s and ‘40s. The current owner is of the mindset that to practise sustainability one must not rush to replace or renovate but to restore and make do with what was there.

Previously on the Heritage Homes Tour in 1985 and 2007, this Queen Anne cottage is one of three remaining labourer’s homes of five that were built on this street. The cottages were on land subdivided from a larger property owned by William Renton Grieg, co-owner of a local painting firm. The five homes were built during the great Victorian building boom and were sold to investors and rented to new residents of the Royal City.

It is not clear who originally built this particular house. City records indicate that that the plot of land at what is now 316 Arbutus Street was purchased around 1890 by investor William Wolfenden who, with his cousin George, owned and operated W & G Wolfenden Grocers on Columbia Street.

Originally, the house ended at what is now the back wall of the living room. The basement shows evidence of external siding still clinging to the joists. In 1920, then owner John Lees altered the size and shape of the house with the addition of a kitchen, an upstairs master bedroom and a six-foot cellar. The 1970s and 80s saw other alterations such as the enclosure of the front porch, the installation of the gas fireplace and the reconfiguration of the fixtures in the bathroom. Apart from these, though, the interior arrangement of the house has changed very little since its construction.

The Mary Ann and Edmund Traves House (1905)

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If you had the opportunity to tour this Queen Anne-style cottage on the 2012 tour, be prepared for even more changes in this ongoing and ambitious renovation, courtesy of the homeowner’s meticulous carpentry and construction skills. When bought by the current owners eight years ago, it was hard for them to appreciate its vintage beauty. Sure, it had some lovely period touches – a bay window and gable dormers – but it had endured muddled renovations since 1905, when it was built for Edmund Traves, a manager for the Pat Burns and Co. meat firm, his wife Mary Ann and their son Edmund.

The original fir floors were covered in layers of carpet and linoleum. The 10-foot ceilings had been obscured by dropped ceilings. The home had no foundation and was sitting on rotted posts and beams – you could almost ski down the sloping living room floor. The exterior was clad in stucco and most of the interior heritage fittings had been sacrificed during a late1970s renovation, which saw the removal of the original wood windows, doors, baseboards and casings. In fact, when the house was on the market in 2006, neighbours and house hunters alike thought the home was a teardown. Most of the work has been done by the homeowner, a self-taught master carpenter who began by having the house lifted and adding a new foundation to allow for a twobedroom basement suite to be built, where he, his wife and two young daughters lived while the two storeys above were worked on.

Sufficed to say this home is no longer a teardown, but now has been brought back to its original splendour, and is one of the most beautiful houses on the block.

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The Archibald and Johnann Hogg House (1911)

This house was built by Archibald (Archie) Hogg, a local contractor and builder, who later served as a city councillor from 1924 to 1930. Its design was likely from a builders’ plan book. Other homes on Hospital were also built by Hogg. He married Johnann (Joan) Fergusson in 1912 and they moved to Eighth Street in the late-’20s. When the owners purchased the house in 1998, each floor had been converted into a twobedroom suite (probably in the ‘70s.

The house exterior is a typical Edwardian cottage with a half porch supported by Classical Revival-style columns, and a hint of Arts and Crafts in the over-eaves. The cobblestone pathway recently replaced a vertiginous concrete walkway. The new stair railing was crafted to match the existing porch railing.

As with most older homes, the bedrooms had no built-in closets. The master bedroom closet was created where the 1970s’ upstairs suite kitchen had been. The drawers and cupboards built into the eaves were done recently to take advantage of unused space. The panelled wainscoting is new and in the same style as in the main floor bathroom.

The upstairs bathroom has also been redone since the house was on the tour. The stained glass window was custom made to replace a 1970s aluminum window and hexagonal tiles installed to evoke a period look.

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Run For Your Life, a TV movie staring Amy Smart, filmed at New Westminster City Hall on Saturday, May 10. Filming took place in the driveway in front of city hall, the lobby area and council chambers, which was

The society is getting set to launch its seventh season, when it moves to strengthen its advocacy work and increase participating in the community.

Proceeds from the May 21 fundraiser will contribute to the market’s mandate to do food-positive actions such as offering a bursary to New Westminster Secondary School graduates entering food-based fields and helping the market become a more inclusive space for seniors.

Royal City Farmer’s Market returns to Tipperary Park for the summer season beginning June 5.

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Park. Prior to moving to Vancouver, he served as executive chef of cuttingedge London restaurants First Floor and 192, along with the private Groucho Club, where he cooked for high-profile celebrities,” states a press release. “For one night only guests will experience the true taste of the farmers market in the hands of a master chef.”

Wild West Coast Seafoods, Outwest Ranch, Golden Ears Cheesecrafters and Rockweld Farms are among the market vendors who have donated products toward the evening’s menu. A silent auction featuring locally made wares will be hosted by Patrick Johnstone, the city’s 2013 Citizen of the Year.

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Actor in the spotlight in a rural Ontario town – and A New Westminster actor is what happens when fear begins taking to the stage in an upcomto pervade a place where no one ing Touchstone Theatre produclocks their doors. tion.

Norry will be onstage with Marilyn Norry is in the cast Emma Slipp, Jillian Fargey, for The Concessions, playing at the Sebastian Kroon and Alec Willow.

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Burnaby Lake’s premier women’s rugby team took peaking at the right time to a whole different level.

The Lakers saved their best outing for the Gordon Harris Memorial Cup stage, dominating the unbeaten regular season champion Velox Valhallians 20-7 at Klahanie Park on Saturday.

National team back Julia Sugawara ran in a pair of tries for the double blue, the first coming in the first half, giving Burnaby its second consecutive provincial title and B.C. Rugby record seventh all-time.

With Burnaby ahead 8-7 at the interval, Sugawara snuck through a gap on the side of a ruck to tally her second of the game.

Catherine Ohler booted a first-half penalty kick and converted front row forward Carolyn McEwen’s try that put the game away for Burnaby.

“It’s the same every season.

You get to that level, or not,” said longtime women’s head coach Walt Brandl. “It’s so clichéd, but they were willing to put the work in. … Julia (Sugawara) is the heart and soul of that group. … and Carolyn (McEwen) keeps pushing everybody. You’re going to hear of her. She’s going to play for B.C. and pretty soon Canada is going to have to take a look at her.”

In what most considered a dominating performance against the 8-0 Velox XV in the final, Brandl said he could feel it coming.

“Two weeks ago, I wouldn’t have, but when I saw what we

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Up front: Burnaby Lake Rugby Club prop forward Carolyn McEwen, with ball, scored a try in a 20-7 win over unbeaten spring league champion Velox in the B.C. Rugby premier women’s final on Saturday. did to United (in the semifinal) who beat us earlier, I was feeling pretty good.”

Another Burnaby Lake veteran Laura Harmse was also enjoying that feeling in her last official game with the club after 20 sea-

sons of service.

“We have heart and we wanted it,” said Harmse, who officially retired from competitive rugby after the match. “Every final is another game. Last year, I was extremely calm, but this year, I

had a lot of nerves – bittersweet, happy and sad, but I love this game. It’s given me so much.”

The win was Burnaby’s third title in four consecutive appearances against Velox in the cup final.

New boundaries won’t affect team, says coach

BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

The Northwest Giants should still be a team to be reckoned with following the announcement of zone boundary changes to the Major Midget Hockey League by B.C. Hockey last week.

The defending seven-time regular season champs, which draws players from Burnaby, the North Shore, the Sunshine Coast and up to and including Whistler, will see New Westminster and players from East Burnaby moved over to the Northeast Chiefs catchment area next season.

“It’s not going to affect much of the zone,” said Giants head coach Clint Thornton, who

’Bellie draft seeing Stars in AHL playoffs

Juniors win fourth in a row

believes postal codes bordering the municipality of Coquitlam and all of New West will be those directly affected by the boundary changes.

“It’s a tough situation, but something did need to change. I don’t know if changing the zones is the answer,” he said.

Other announced changes included North Delta association players now affiliated with the Valley West zone and Langley moved to the Fraser Valley zone.

On Vancouver Island, the Cowichan Valley association, which last season helped populate the South Island Royals, has been divided in two with affected players being moved to the North Island Silvertips.

“The changes were made to enhance the

New Westminster ’s senior Salmonbellie draft Brendan Ranford is seeing stars in the American Hockey League playoffs.

The first-year winger of the Texas Stars was named the first star in Saturday’s 4-0 victory over the defending Calder Cup champion Grand Rapids Griffins.

Ranford scored two goals in the win, including the eventual

opportunities for more elite players to compete in the B.C. Major Midget League,” said managing director Joe Downing in a B.C. Hockey press release.

But Thornton is unsure whether boundary changes alone is the sole answer.

“I would like to see the best 220 players in the province playing major midget regardless of boundaries. If this is the first step, great, but I think more has to happen,” Thornton said.

That something more could include clubs being able to select from those players who are unable to make the 25-man rosters on other major midget teams, Thornton added.

The Giants will hold an evaluation camp in early August. The 2014/15 season is scheduled to begin in September.

game-winning tally that came in the final minute of the opening period.

Ranford also notched his fifth goal of the playoffs in the third period.

The 22-year-old forward also scored a goal in the Stars’ 5-0 victory over the Griffins in Game 1 of the best-of-seven AHL Western conference semifinal playoff series.

Ranford is currently 10th in playoff scoring with six points in five games.

He was a seventh-round draft pick of the Philadelphia Flyers in 2010 NHL entry draft but did not sign by the June 1 deadline.

Ranford signed a professional tryout contract with Texas in 2013, following a five-year career in the Western Hockey League with the Kamloops Blazers.

Connor Robinson had a field day in the Capital City on Saturday.

The second-year lefthander scored five times to help lead the New Westminster Salmonbellies to a 17-8 victory over the Victoria Shamrocks at the Q Centre on May 10.

Robinson, who currently leads the B.C. Junior Lacrosse League in scoring with 27 points in his first four games, recorded a game-high eight points in the Salmonbellies’ third win on the road.

Johnny Pearson, who opened the scoring in the first minute of play, also had a big afternoon, scoring twice while chipping in with five helpers.

Jeremy Bosher added a goal and five assists, while Chris Nasato notched his second straight hat trick in a five-point outing.

Ross Bowman also had another strong outing, turning aside 32 shots to make the scoreline appear more one-sided than was otherwise the case.

The shots on goal were almost equal with New West outshooting the junior ’Rocks 49-48.

New West jumped out to an early 4-1 lead in the opening six minutes and held a 7-3 lead heading into the middle frame.

Victoria closed the deficit to a pair of goals, but the visitors finished the period strongly leading 116, aided by Jakob Doucet’s first of two shorthanded goals in the game.

New Westminster played Port Coquitlam at home on Tuesday (after Record deadlines).

The junior ’Bellies play the slumping Delta Islanders in Ladner on Saturday.

In other weekend matchups, the Burnaby Lakers doubled last season’s total win output, scoring the club’s second straight junior A victory with a 10-9 decision over the Islanders at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre on Mother’s Day. Aged-up intermediate Tyler Vogrig led the Lakers with a career-high seven points, including a firstever junior A hat trick.

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◗ CYCLING

Equal winnings for women and men at this year’s Superweek Superweek announced that equal prize money will be paid to the top three men’s and women’s podium finishers at all nine races in this year’s series.

Additionally, the overall prize money for the series is up $10,000 to $120,000 from last year.

Montreal’s Lex Albrecht, who is a member of the TWENTY16 Pro Cycling Team and the defending women’s champion of the Delta criterium and the Tour de White Rock, finished first in the hill climb and was second in the road race at the Tour de White Rock in 2013.

Albrecht sees the advent of equal prize money at this year’s series as huge for women’s cycling.

“Inequality between men’s and women’s cycling is a hot button issue these days. In most cases, the gap between prize money offered to men and women is exceptionally, and unjustly, significant,” Albrecht said in a press release.

The decision to offer

equal prize money to both men and women by Superweek is to assist in elevating the sport event when looking to surpass the minimum requirements set by minimum Union Cycliste Interntional requirements.

“B.C. Superweek organizers have stepped up to offer equal prize money to the top three finishers of both fields, showing their support for gender equality – which is important not only in professional bike racing, but in all aspects of life,” Albrecht added. “I’m proud to see such a great event like this at home in Canada.”

Superweek race director Mark Ernsting says every race during the series is proud to be a part of promoting equality for men and women in cycling.

“Equality in the sport is very important for us to foster,” said Ernsting in the release. “We couldn’t ignore the increase in women’s participation and quality of performance

over the last two seasons – and equal prize money to the top three men’s and women’s podium finishers is a great step to continue to recognize the growth of women’s cycling.”

In addition to the $120,000 in prize money, each of the nine races features thousands more in crowd primes available to the riders.

Online registration is available on the new Superweek website, with early registration discounts in effect until June 6.

Discounts are also available to riders entered in all stages, and teams that sign up six riders for the entire series can register an additional three riders at no cost.

Superweek runs from July 4 to 13, and is made up of the Tour de Delta, UBC Grand Prix, the Gastown Grand Prix, the Giro di Burnaby on July 10 before ending with the Tour de White Rock.

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