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Terrorism cops visit city senior

BY JENNIFER MOREAU REPORTER editorial@royalcityrecord.com

A New Westminster senior wants her name scrubbed from a database tracking national security threats following an incident close to the Burnaby Mountain tank farm.

Lesslie Askin, a 71-year-old grandmother and retired systems analyst, was taking pictures on Aug. 3 of oil storage tanks at a Shell facility just across the street from Kinder Morgan’s tank farm. Askin sparked the interest of Kinder Morgan security staff, who arrived on the scene as she was leaving.

“They were looking at me, and I actually smiled and waved, because I’m actually quite a friendly person,” Askin told The Record. “I didn’t want to go over because I couldn’t be sure who they were.”

Ten days later, police were knocking on her door in New Westminster, asking questions. Askin said security must have written down her licence plate number, because police said that’s what they used to find her. Askin explained she was just taking pictures to send in with her letter of comment to the National Energy Board for the Kinder Morgan expansion hearing.

Afterwards, Askin looked up the name of one of the officers online and discovered he worked with the Integrated National Security Enforcement Team, which includes CSIS, the Canadian Border Services Agency and the RCMP. The team’s primary goal is to monitor

“By what mechanism does a private company call a national security division (on) someone like me and report an incident like this?”

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Why me? Lesslie Askin is questioning why she was of interest to the Integrated National Security Enforcement Team.

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New West heads to court over coal facility

BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

The City of New Westminster is heading to court to try and thwart plans to build a coal facility across the river at Fraser Surrey Docks.

Ecojustice, a non-profit environmental organization, has launched a federal court challenge of the facility on behalf of two local residents and two B.C.-based organizations, Voters Taking Action on Climate

Change (VTACC) and Communities and Coal.

The city is getting on board by filing intervener status in support of the court challenge initiated by Voters Taking Action on Climate Change and Communities and Coal.

Coun. Chuck Puchmayr said New Westminster city council met Monday morning and agreed to proceed with intervener status in the court challenge.

“Intervener status can be filed either pro

or con, in favour of a submission or you can also file opposed to it,” he said. “We would be filing in favour of what Ecojustice is supporting in the courts.”

In August, Port Metro Vancouver approved the permit that would allow Fraser Surrey Docks to build a coal transfer facility that would see four million metric tonnes of coal from the United States placed on barges and shipped to Texada Island and then Asia.

In a press release, Ecojustice lawyers said

the permit issued by Port Metro Vancouver that would allow Fraser Surrey Docks to build a coal transfer facility on the Fraser River must be quashed on grounds of procedural fairness and failure to consider climate impacts.

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First day: Qayqayt parent advisory council member Tim Mercier, with his daughter Sarah, a Grade 2 student, at the opening day of what is expected to be the first of three new schools in New Westminster. The next to be built is a new middle school on the former John Robson site, and the hope for many families in the city is that there will be the promise of funding for a replacement high school.

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New school gets its first students

BY NIKI HOPE REPORTER

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It was a historic first day of school for students at École Qayqayt Elementary, and not just because it marked the end of a long-awaited return to the classroom due to labour unrest.

The school, built on the former Saint Mary’s Hospital site, opened its doors this week, marking the beginning of the first of three new schools planned for New Westminster.

Soggy weather couldn’t dampen the excitement of students and staff at the school, even as construction crews were still putting finishing touches, including siding in one cordoned-off portion, on the new building.

“It’s a bit hectic,” Qayqayt parent advisory council member Tim Mercier said while students lined up on a field beside the school, “and that it’s still under construction doesn’t help.

“There are still things to finish up, and it would have been great if everything was completed before the students returned to school, (but) it is going to be an amazing facility when

completed,” the father of three told The Record.

“I am very excited with the future of the school and am proud to have my girls attend Qayqayt elementary.”

The interior of the school is mostly finished, though landscaping and playgrounds are yet to be completed. Construction fencing surrounds parts of the exterior, though there is an allweather field and concrete area where kids can play until the remainder of the outside is built.

The spacious school has wide hallways, tons of light, sweeping south-facing views and communal learning spaces located just outside of classrooms.

The open areas enable students from multiple classes to learn in groups, superintendent John Gaiptman said during a tour of the new school.

“They’re not attached to the seats anymore, those days are gone,” he explained. “It’s really what 21st-century learning is about.”

The classrooms are spacious, which Gaiptman said is unusual with new builds.

There will be at least four kindergarten classes at Qayqayt and approximately 400 stu-

dents in grades Kindergarten to Grade 7.

A new middle school for students living on the west side of the city is being built on the former John Robson site and will house students in grades 6 to 8 when it opens next fall.

The teachers’ strike meant staff only had last Friday – and over the weekend, if they chose – to set up their classes. Despite the tight turnaround, most of the classes, including teacher Mimi Camillo’s kindergarten room, were thoughtfully arranged. Camillo taught in the Robson building for 17 years and said it took her many hours to get the classroom ready at her new school.

About 10 bright-faced Grade 1 students sat on a carpet on the floor as Camillo welcomed them back to school and a new building.

One of the happiest faces belonged to principal Karen Catherwood, who was beaming on the first day of school.

She acknowledged there was a “little sadness” to leave the old school behind, but she was excited for their new space.

“I’m looking forward to tomorrow,” she said, smiling.

Police still looking for passenger who robbed driver Police are still searching for the identity of a man who allegedly robbed a taxi driver back in July.

The taxi driver picked up the suspect at about 4 a.m. on July 27, according to a release from New West police.

He was instructed to take the man to an

undisclosed place in New Westminster but when the driver arrived at the location, the suspect allegedly threatened the driver with a knife and demanded money.

The suspect is described as a Caucasian man, 20 to 25 years old and six feet tall with a thin build. At the time of the alleged robbery,

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Murdered recovery worker ‘inspirational’

BY CAYLEY DOBIE REPORTER cdobie@royalcityrecord.com

New Westminster’s recovery community is in mourning in the wake of a murder at a transitional house on Nanaimo Street last week.

Jason Collet was a father, a son, a brother, an uncle, a co-worker, a friend, and a beloved member of the city’s recovery community, read a statement posted on the Last Door Recovery Society’s Facebook page. Originally from Prince George, 38-year-old Collet had battled his own dependency issues and was working as an addictions support worker at the Last Door Recovery Society’s adult program facility on Eighth Street.

By day, Collet was a crane operator and had recently joined the Surrey Search and Rescue team, according to the statement.

“He was a musician, a logger and will be especially remembered for the time he spent helping others with kind words, an appreciative ear and keen insights,” the statement read. “In the end, New Westminster as a whole has lost a valued community member. A hardworking man who could fall a tree and who had the soul of a poet. We will miss Jason’s warmth and his twinkling eyes.”

In the statement, the Last Door Recovery

Society expressed shock at the events that took place on Sept. 16, citing that for more than 30 years the society had had a peaceful existence in the city.

Comments on the organization’s Facebook page described Collet as a happy and caring person – a man who will be surely missed.

“Rest in Paradise brother. You touched so many lives in such a positive way. You gave back to me, and so many others, selflessly and for that I am eternally grateful,” Aaron Kazimirski wrote.

“Jason was the kind of man who would always say hi. He always had shares that were inspirational and positive. I will miss his posts here on Facebook, as everything he said was with a love for life, people and recovery,” Jennifer McCoy wrote.

Collet’s murder has sparked discussion in New West about the anonymity of the Nanaimo Street transition house, which was relatively unknown compared to the society’s Eighth Street facility.

Coun. Chuck Puchmayr, who lives near the Nanaimo Street house, said that just goes to show how well it was run.

“It was completely integrated into our community,” he said. “You didn’t even know it existed.”

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Missed: A memorial service for Jason Collet will be held on Oct. 4 at the Serbian Cultural Centre in Burnaby. recovery program can stay until they get back on their feet, Puchmayr added, “It has been flawless in our community. There has been zero impact from it,” he said.

Three days after Collet was killed, the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team

announced charges had been laid in connection to the murder. Steven Rogers, 25, was arrested at a home in New Westminster on Sept. 17.

He appeared in court Friday where he was formally charged with second-degree murder.

This was not a random attack, as Collet and Rogers, who is not known to police, knew each other prior to the incident.

Further details aren’t being released at this time and likely won’t be disclosed until the case goes to trial.

Rogers is scheduled to appear in court on Oct. 8.

A memorial service for Collet will be held on Oct. 4 at 2 p.m. at the Serbian Cultural Centre at 7837 Canada Way in Burnaby.

Collet’s family is asking that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Last Door Recovery Society through its website at www.lastdoor.org or at the service. “(Collet) leaves behind a large grieving family who have appreciated the overwhelming love and support the New Westminster community has shown them,” the Last Door statement read. “(His family) is pleased to know that others saw and appreciated Jason as much as them.”

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terrorism and threats to national security.

“At this point, I’m thinking holy cow,” she said.

Alarmed by the incident, Askin contacted the office of Burnaby-Douglas MP Kennedy Stewart, whose staff followed up and discovered her name was entered in a database, as she was a suspicious person, but that the file had been closed. Askin has since filed an Access to Information request, hoping for more answers.

“By what mechanism does a private company call a national security division (on) someone like me and report an incident like this?” she asked.

Stewart raised the issue in the House of Commons Friday, asking the government to apologize to Askin and ensure there was nothing permanent on Askin’s record.

“It could cause a lot of trouble for the crossing borders and whatnot,” Stewart said, adding he knows of one other case of police following someone connected to the pipeline expansion hearing.

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(According to Askin’s description of where she was on Underhill Avenue it was actually the Shell facility.) Askin told The Record that she thought she was taking pictures of the Kinder Morgan tank farm.

According to Kinder Morgan, security approached the person who then fled the scene, and the incident was reported to the RCMP. Kinder Morgan has had similar incidents at other terminals in B.C. and Alberta where the RCMP have followed up with an investigation, the company stated.

“Our top priority remains the security and safety of our operations, staff and the community. It is our security protocol to record and file an internal report of any suspicious activities surrounding our facilities and to inform the RCMP of the incident.

Any matter reported to RCMP is to ensure the security and safety of our facilities and the surrounding community is maintained,” the statement reads.

Kinder Morgan also plans to reach out to Askin and answer any questions she has about the facility.

As for fleeing the scene, Askin said that was a “complete crock.”

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No ‘Plan B’ because there is no ‘Planet B’ “bring on climate change faster” wagon The secretary-general of the United instead.

Nations was one of an estimated 300,000 Here in B.C., we see the push for the people who marched in New York Kinder Morgan pipeline in Burnaby Sunday during the People’s Climate increasing, while Port Metro Vancouver March. recently approved a coal transBan Ki-moon said climate fer facility in Surrey. Both, by change must be stopped the way, are being built just to because there is no “Plan THE RECORD export the fuel. This despite B” as there is no “Planet B.” scientific evidence – and just Meanwhile, Canada’s prime plain common sense – that tells us fossil minister decided to skip the climate change summit. Stephen Harper skipping fuel is unhealthy and unsustainable.

But shortsighted political leaders the summit doesn’t surprise us. Harper, apparently don’t care about the future of in fact, seems to be jumping on the

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the planet.

They might, however, care about their political futures. Folks may take their time in waking up to the dangers of climate change, but they are waking up to it. And they won’t blame their next-door neighbours or China. They will lay the blame clearly where it should be – on Harper-like politicians who will sell out their children’s futures and the planet’s for a quick buck.

As one expert said, “We are rushing headlong into catastrophic tipping points in our climate system.”

The most recent survey in Burnaby on residents’ views on the Kinder Morgan pipeline reveals that opposition numbers are growing. Will this stop Kinder Morgan or coal promoters or plans for fracking? Probably not. Port Metro didn’t take local opposition into account when it approved the coal transfer facility.

The next generation may well look back and shake their heads that here in B.C. in 2014 folks were debating pipeline routes and coal facilities at all. It may be akin to Nero fiddling while Rome burned.

Is B.C. facing a nurses’ dispute?

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ill The Great Teachers War of 2014 be followed by The Great Nurses War of 2015?

There is a distinct possibility that could indeed be the case, and if so, the B.C. government may find itself in a tougher fight with the B.C. Nurses’ Union than it faced with the B.C. Teachers’ Federation.

The BCNU’s contract expired at the end of March, and negotiations for a new one have barely begun. No specific issues have been addressed, as the two sides are discussing concepts more than anything else.

But the nurses do indeed have some specific issues, not the least of which is working conditions.

It is not unusual for some nurses to work 16-hour days, since the nursing shortage is so acute.

The government had promised, in the last contract, to create about 2,100 new nursing positions. Only about a third of them have been created, leaving an enormous gap still to be filled (and most of the new positions went to one specific place – a new tower at Surrey Memorial Hospital – which did not alleviate things elsewhere in the prov-

ince).

The union says health facilities have failed to honour a requirement set out in the last contract to call in additional nurses when patient demand requires it, instead of just making nurses work buckets of overtime.

Here is the contract language: “in instances where patient demand exceeds the normal capacity of a facility or a unit within a facility, the employer will call in additional nurses as necessary to meet patient care needs.”

The situation varies from region to region, of course. Some shortages are more acute in some places than in others (and the employer disputes the shortage is as bad as the union portrays).

But there clearly aren’t enough specialty trained nurses in areas such as emergency rooms, cardiac units, ICUs, operating rooms and mental health.

The BCNU’s 42,000 members are expecting a wage increase, and the government will likely insist – as it did with the BCTF – that any settlement follows the “pattern” among other public sector union settlements.

But the government may have a harder time dealing with the BCNU’s demand that more nurses are urgently needed. The union will argue, understandably, that a lack of nurses poses a genuine threat to proper patient care.

However, the nursing shortage – particularly when it comes

Dear Editor:

Re: Ask about candidates’ health, Letters to the editor, The Record, Sept. 19.

I’m sure I’m not the only one who finds Gavin Palmer’s comment that “aging affects good decision-making and is a detriment for the long hours our elected officials need to remain alert and effective” offensive. To suggest that someone’s age or the fact that they might have had a joint replacement makes them a less than capable member of council is ludicrous.

Wisdom, vision and good leadership are personal traits that are not determined, or limited, by age. I have met many strong and capable leaders in their 20s and 30s when many might say they are too young to be effective. At the same time, try and tell Jim Pattison, Joe Segal or the many other ◗Nurses Page 7 “seniors” who continue to provide strong leader-

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ship to organizations in our communities that they should no longer be considered worthy of sitting on a city council because of their age. There is value that comes from experience and the strongest teams are made up of individuals (young and old) with diverse skills and backgrounds.

Health issues are private matters that unfortunately can negatively impact any candidate, regardless of age, at any point in time.

Let’s be wise enough in this upcoming election to choose capable individuals who have passion and a strong vision for the future of our city and not judge their abilities by the grey in their hair.

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editor, The Record, Sept. 19.

I am amazed! This letter has so many flaws it is nearly unbelievable. It is such a thinly veiled attempt to discredit certain members of our current council and possible contenders that it borders on laughable.

First of all, by law it is generally speaking unacceptable for even employers to ask a person’s age or health status when interviewing in the hiring process. It is considered discriminatory.

A person’s age and health are private issues and should be left that way.

According to Mr. Palmer, all voters should ask each candidate these two questions before deciding whether they think a candidate will be able to last for a fouryear term on council. What does he think should be done with the usual 15 to 20 candidates? Line them up in Anvil Centre so the masses can come and check each and every one to make a determination if they are suitable to stand for election. Or perhaps waste the time during all-candidates meetings.

Given his logic (or lack of), we should also check and see if they drive too fast, cross streets, take flights, eat fatty foods or any number of activities that could possibly affect their ability to complete their terms.

I certainly hope Mr. Palmer does not seek a seat on council again this year as I will be the first to ask about his health, especially his mental health,which according to his letter would be fair game.

So sad!

Vance McFadyen, New Westminster

Past time to rebuild NWSS Dear Editor:

On Friday night I attended the NWSS homecoming football game, which was an incredible affair, with the stands and running oval packed, skydivers, music, balloons, fireworks, food and, most importantly, people from the community.

There were young and old: students,

parents, volunteers, teachers, city councillors, all paying recognition to and enjoying the highly successful Hyack football program of some 50 years, albeit interrupted from time to time.

The head coach of the Hyacks had to schedule a vacation day so as not to conflict with his regular TSN job covering the B.C. Lions home game versus Toronto.

Peter Battiston and Lorne Bohn, fresh from strike duty, along with countless volunteers, including Mary Lalji, spent from early afternoon until after midnight, setting up, announcing and breaking down the event.

I was sitting on a folding chair on the skateboard end of the playing field taking in the festivities when a man asked me where I got my chair, which I had commandeered from the alumni reception tent. He also remarked, “This is amazing, where do you see anything like this going on nowadays?” He said he grew up in Windsor, Ontario, and remembered high school events similar to this one.

It was great to see the mayor of New Westminster out to the game, and we had a brief, friendly, non-partisan chat.

However, I forgot to mention to him that although Mercer Stadium and the surrounding fields are wonderfully well maintained, it is a shame that the tired old public high school, slated for replacement over 12 years ago, appears to have fallen through the cracks.

It does seem unfortunate that a facility that houses and educates thousands of city youths and adults every year appears to have dropped so far down the priority list. Since 2002, two or three Burnaby secondary schools and two New Westminster schools have been built or are under construction, but this, I suppose, is not really the mayor’s bailiwick.

Nevertheless, as a welcoming entrance along Canada Way, the public high school is an eyesore – an extremely unattractive introduction to the city of New Westminster.

In my opinion, the sooner we tear down and rebuild this outdated and embarrassing structure, the better.

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to specialty-trained nurses – is not confined to B.C. It is a national problem, which means finding enough bodies to fill the positions may prove to be elusive.

The nursing shortage provides the BCNU the kind of leverage the BCTF lacked at the table.

As well, the prospect of a nurses’ picket line around a health facility is a more worrying prospect for any government compared to a picket line around a school.

While that health facility would remain open, staffing would be at essential service levels, which are likely to be substantially lower than normal.

Patient care – and patient access – would therefore deteriorate.

Public sympathy for nurses will likely outweigh that directed toward teachers (a series of polls dur-

ing the teachers dispute showed half the populace did not back the BCTF), making it harder for the government to deal with them.

The government was steadfast in its determination not to impose a contract on teachers.

However, it may find itself having to do just that in a dispute with B.C.’s nurses, if The Great Nurses War of 2015 does indeed break out. !

Readers of this column will know I’ve been fairly critical of the BCTF leadership over the years, particularly over its inability to negotiate contracts for its members.

But kudos have to be extended to BCTF president Jim Iker, who presided over a tough slog of negotiations and emerged with an actual deal.

Iker didn’t get anywhere near what the BCTF

was looking for going into negotiations, but he got the deal that was available, and he avoided keeping his membership on the picket line, losing pay cheques for another two or three weeks.

The six-year deal is a historic breakthrough, and it will be interesting to see if the BCTF local union presidents and local school superintendents can jointly administer the new education fund for hiring specialist teachers.

If they can, that bodes well for improving the often dysfunctional relationship between the union and its employer.

If they can’t, the next contract round may be just as problematic as the one just finished (although I’ll be surprised if BCTF members ever for vote for an open-ended strike mandate again).

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

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Waterfront towers up for public hearing

BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

River Market is sandwiched between two major developments being considered at an upcoming public hearing.

The public is invited to comment on a number of rezonings at the Sept. 29 public hearing in council chambers, including the plan for the Larco site at 660 Quayside Dr. and the Bosa site at 1000 Quayside Dr. The city will consider a zoning amendment for the Larco site in order to establish a master plan to help guide future development of the site. The Larco site is currently home to a parking lot between River Market and Westminster Pier Park.

The master plan being proposed for the Larco site includes a new two-acre park, three highrises (rather than the five that were previously proposed), underground parking, an extended waterfront esplanade, and mix of residential and commercial land uses, including child care and provision for a 100- to 200-room hotel.

Last year, city officials approached Larco Investment Ltd. about the possibility of reconsidering the density and scale of the previously approved development plan for the site. The city worked with Larco to develop a new vision for the site, that proposed 1,000 residential units in five towers built on top of a three- to fourstorey above-grade parking podium.

Over at 1000 Quayside Dr., the city will consider the creation of a comprehensive development zoning district and the rezoning the site, where Bosa Properties is seeking to build 10,000 square feet of com-

mercial space and 519 residential units in two towers. The proposal would see a 23and a 28-storey tower built on a four-storey podium, with townhouse built facing neighbouring residences on the 10th Street side of the site.

Representatives from Westminster Landing Housing Co-op, which is located to the west of the Bosa site, recently appeared before city council to voice opposition to the proposal.

A number of other project are also to be considered at the Sept. 29 public hearing: " 508 Agnes St.: New Westminster Masonic Holdings has applied to retain and restore the front façade of the Masonic hall in exchange for increased density and building height, relaxations for building with and site coverage. " 1110 Ewen and 240 Jardine: The applicant wants to rezone the site to allow a 32-unit townhouse development on the Queens Hotel site. It would also allow a wider range of commercial uses. " 402 to 408 Eighth St. and 809 Fourth Ave.: The applicant wants a heritage designation bylaw and heritage revitalization agreement, which would allow the to retain and restore the three heritage houses on the sites in exchange for zoning relaxations. " 620 Salter St.: The applicant wants to rezone the site and the adjacent 33 feet of undeveloped right-of-way on Boyne Street for a 54-unit townhouse development. " 1026 Cornwall St.: The applicant proposes to rezone the property in order to allow the subdivision of the site and the construction of two new houses. www.twitter.com/TheresaMcManus

Coal: City joins call for judicial review ◗ continued from page 1

Kathryn Harrison of VTACC said in a press release. “Allowing this project to proceed could lock us into another 30 years of coal exports and be yet another black eye for Canada’s environmental record and reputation as a climate laggard.”

In a statement to The Record, Port Metro Vancouver stated it had received a notice of application for a judicial review of the permitting decision for Fraser Surrey Docks’ direct coal transfer facility.

“We will review the information and be assessing our next steps going forward,” said the statement.

“It is important to note – a judicial review is a regular avenue available to any person or party that wishes to challenge a regulatory decision of this nature.”

According to Puchmayr, Ecojustice has submitted a “pretty explicit” document that details issues such as bias on the part of Port Metro Vancouver’s approval of the permit.

“We have filed for intervener status. We are cer-

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tainly going to lobby our counterparts. The deadline to file a court action is today, but the deadline to file an intervener status, now that the court action is filed, is lengthier,” he told The Record Monday. “We have asked our staff to file earlier rather than later.”

Several city council members are attending this week’s Union of B.C. Municipalities’ convention in Whistler. While in Whistler, Puchmayr hopes he’ll be able to convince council colleagues in other cities that will be “adversely affected” by the coal facility to come on board and file intervener status.

“We feel that the board is biased and have displayed bias in their actions and the decision should be overturned,” he said.

Last fall, Port Metro Vancouver requested additional measures from Fraser

Surrey Docks regarding the facility, including: working with the rail provider to address the issue of potential dust migration from rail cars; revising its proposal so temporarily stockpiling on the Surrey site isn’t required; ensuring that coal dust doesn’t migrate from barges at the terminal and along its route to its destination; and requiring Fraser Surrey Docks to undertake an environmental impact assessment about the project.

“I have no confidence in that whatsoever,” Puchmayr said. “Port Metro calls all the shots. What they said upfront to try and put some sugar to the medicine upfront – they can change that with a stroke of a pen. I am worried once the public is exposed to it and their economic needs are greater than that, that could be really severe.”

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Broken track derailed train

BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

A broken track has been determined to be the cause of a five-car train derailment at the Quay in July.

The city’s railway community advisory panel got a verbal update about the July 21 incident at its September meeting. During the incident, trains were off the track in the area near the McInnes Street overpass, temporarily blocking vehicle traffic at the Begbie Street crossing to the Quay.

“It was caused by a broken track,” said Coun.

Chuck Puchmayr, co-chair of the committee.

Puchmayr questioned railway officials why the train engine didn’t stop sooner, noting it didn’t stop until it was 100 metres from the break in the track. He said some of the track “flipped” over so the train cars didn’t immediately leave the track.

“Some of the train was actually riding on the side of the tracks – so it would have not given the impression that there was a derailment,” he explained. “The locomotive may not have reacted to it as quickly because of that.”

Puchmayr said it’s unclear whether the train that derailed broke the track or if it had broken earlier.

“That track was inspected that week, a visual inspection,” he said. “They run along it and they do a visual on the track.”

Southern Railway, which operates on some of the tracks in New Westminster, has purchased a machine that is pulled or pushed by a train and X-rays tracks to assess their condition. Puchmayr hopes it will be used on track systems in New Westminster.

Residents’ group starts a conversation Time to decide

Cote has launched an “Ideas” page on his campaign website as he believes Want to run? it will provide an opportunity for New Westminster voters will be The Massey Victory Heights New West residents to contribute their electing one mayor, six councillors and ideas on how to build a brighter future Residents Association is anticipating seven school trustees in the Nov. 15 a lively discussion at its September for New Westminster. He’ll use the civic election. meeting. feedback to help develop his policy The candidate nomination period The residents association has platform. begins on Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 9 a.m. invited all candidates who have “I believe strongly in community and closes on Friday, Oct. 10 at 4 p.m. declared they’ll be running for office engagement and I wanted to make Nomination forms are available on in November’s civic election to attend sure my campaign provided residents the city’s website or at the reception its Sept. 25 meeting. As of The Record’s an opportunity to participate in my desk at New Westminster city hall. press time, the group said mayoral platform development,” he said.

Anyone who is a Canadian citizen, 18 candidates Jonathan Cote and Wayne The page – located on www.vote Wright were set to attend, as cote.ca – includes questions that was council candidate Patrick cover a broad range of topics Johnstone and school board including affordable housing, candidates Jonina Campbell transportation, the local econoand James Janzen. and community facilities.

N E W W E S T G O E S T O T H E P O L L S myAlong Jason Lesage, president of with seeking input the residents association, said from community members, Cote he’s emailed all of the current elected is also urging people to keep an eye years of age or older on general voting out for the Cote Mobile Version 4.0. officials to inform them that he’s invitday, a resident of B.C. for at least six ed all declared candidates to speak Cote’s car is sporting a new logo and months immediately before the day at the meeting. If they declare before wrap, which was produced by local nomination papers are filed and hasn’t company CanWrap.

Sept. 25, they’re welcome to attend. been disqualified from being an elect“Just for some context, we’re not As part of his bid to be mayor, ed official or holding office (under the holding a debate. I’m framing this as Cote has launched a social media Local Government Act or any other a “conversation” with residents,” he campaign where residents can “Spot enactment) is qualified to run. wrote in an email to The Record. “Each the Cote Mobile” and tag sightings in For more information, visit the candidate will say a few words of welthe community on Twitter, Facebook city’s election website at www.new come and their vision for the city (two and Instagram with #cotemobile. The westcity.ca/elections or call 604-636or three minutes max), and then it’s Cote campaign is encouraging people 4484 or 604-636-4485. over to the residents to ask questions. to show their support for the Cote I’m going to moderate to ensure that campaign by taking a picture of the no one hogs the airtime and that the Cote Mobile and sharing the image on conversation isn’t just focused on one social media. issue.” ◆ Mayoral candidate Jonathan X. Prior to running for city council, Do you have an election item for Cote is on the hunt for ideas about many candidates are involved in their The Record?

Send it to tmcmanus@ how to improve the Royal City and on local residents association. royalcityrecord.com the move around town.

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‘What can you do? Write a poem’ Iconic wartime photo inspires Poetry Walk and reading night in New West

BY JULIE MACLELLAN REPORTER jmaclellan@royalcityrecord.com

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or Carla Evans, the iconic Wait For Me, Daddy photograph has always resonated in a personal way.

The Second World War photograph, taken by Province newspaper photographer Claude P. Dettloff in 1940, shows five-yearold Warren “Whitey” Bernard running after his father as a line of soldiers marches down Eighth Street in downtown New Westminster, heading off to war.

“That photo has always been with me, it’s always spoken to me,” says Evans.

The Dutch-born Evans moved to New Westminster as a child in 1951, when her parents decided to leave Holland after the war. Evans’ aunt was a war bride who married a soldier from New Westminster, so the whole family decided to come to Canada to start a new and better life.

The war was always part of the backdrop of her family’s story, so when the Royal City Literary Arts Society announced a call for poems inspired by the photograph, Evans was instantly sold.

She’s pleased to have not one but two of her poems included in the Wait For Me, Daddy Poetry Walk – which has 13 different poems displayed at nine locations Photos by Larry Wright/THE RECORD around downtown New Westminster. A The power of words: Carla Evans, above, outside the upper level at River Market, where her poem adorns a window as part of line of each poem is displayed prominently the Wait For Me, Daddy Poetry Walk. Below, Franci Louann has work in the window of the New West police station. Both poets in the window of each participating business or office, with a copy of the entire will be taking part in a reading night on Thursday, Sept. 25. poem in poster form next to it.

The Poetry Walk is one of a number of Evening of Poetry at the new Anvil Centre projects surrounding the upcoming Oct. 4 on Thursday, Sept. 25. unveiling of Wait For Me Daddy – it was Though she confesses to being somealso the inspiration for the inaugural art what nervous about sharing her work exhibition at the Anvil Centre theatre (on – she’s not accustomed to reading in public now), and a War Stories literary evening is – she’s no stranger to the world of writing. coming up Oct. 3 at the Anvil Centre.

“It’s always been in me, I’ve always The idea arose during a brainstorming wanted to write,” she says, adding with a meeting, when Royal City Literary Arts smile, “I have a journal from when I was Society member Janet Kvammen threw 12 years old still.” out the idea of a poetry walk and putting Also part of the Poetry Walk and readpoems in shop windows. ing evening is Franci Louann, a familiar “Many ideas were presented at that city face with the Royal City Literary Arts meeting, and I am thrilled this was one of Society from her work coordinating the those that came to fruition,” she said in an Poetic Justice reading series on Sunday email to The Record. afternoons. Her poem Waiting To see a map of for Daddy is on display in the Poems from society memthe Poetry Walk, bers were chosen by a blind scan with Layar window at the New West judging panel, including police station. or see www. two of Kvammen’s: Letting Though the war isn’t as royalcityrecord. com Go, on display at the New intimate a part of her family’s Westminster Optometry Clinic story – she had an uncle in at 201-88 10th St.; and Waiting for the world the Air Force, but he wasn’t in active comto change, on display at Twisted Lime at 610 bat in Europe – she felt drawn to explore says.

Columbia St. the stories she sees in the line of soldiers in she says, adding that means understandFor Evans, poetry is one small way to ing other cultures and other religions. “It’s Kvammen credits the City of New the photograph. our global community, we have to live and share some of her feelings about the need Westminster and the participating down“I thought about other kids waiting for for the world to find better solutions to its work with other people.” town businesses, along with the hard work their daddies who aren’t going to come problems.

Both Louann and Evans agree that of the society’s interim president, Kyle home,” she says, noting that in real life, “I wanted my poem to get a message McKillop, for making the Poetry Walk a many of the men in that photograph didn’t poetry is one way to give voice to stories across,” she says. that too often aren’t discussed. reality. come back. “I tried to make it relevant to Louann, too, says there’s a need for Evans notes that in her family, the war The walk includes poetry in a variety of today’s world.” was rarely talked about – until the children society to rethink the way it handles constyles, all inspired by the themes of love, Louann defines herself as a pacifist and flict, but she admits to feeling somewhat were teenagers and started asking quesloss and loyalty – but all approaching them comes out strongly against war. overwhelmed by the scope of the world’s tions about it. She notes that many people in different ways.

“What good is it? What does it do? problems.

“That is the power of the photograph,” What difference does it make?” she asks. “I today, especially in the younger genera“What can you do?” she says. “Write a tion, simply don’t understand war and its Evans notes. “It says something different don’t like to think about war.” poem.” consequences. to everyone.”

Evans shares some of the same sentiThe Royal City Remembers: An Evening She shudders a little at the fact that her Evans has Pattern Breaks on display at ments. of Poetry is set for Thursday, Sept. 25 from 6 15-year-old grandson has said he’d be the the Shops at New West Station, and Endless “I don’t like war, but I see the need for to 7:30 p.m. at the Anvil Centre, in Cultural first one out there signing up if a world March at River Market. defending ourselves from what we have Studio 411. Admission is free. war were to happen today.

She’ll also be one of the poets taking today. I would like to see us come together Check out www.rclas.com for information.

“They don’t really understand,” she part in The Royal City Remembers: An and find better solutions than violence,”

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Literary evening looks at war stories THE LIVELY CITY JULIE MACLELLAN

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ait for Me, Daddy is inspiring art of all kinds in New Westminster.

The iconic Second World War photograph – the inspiration behind a soonto-be-unveiled sculpture in Hyack Square downtown – has also provided the inspiration for a community art exhibition at the new Anvil Centre, as well as a Poetry Walk of downtown businesses (see story page 11).

The city has just announced a War Stories Literary Gala, set for Friday, Oct. 3 at the Anvil Centre.

The gala will feature a live reading and panel discussion moderated by Calvin Wharton, chair of the creative writing program at Douglas College.

Featured authors are Annabel Lyon, J.J. Lee, Marilyn Norry and Kathryn Para.

The four authors will reflect on ideas, themes and emotions inspired by the photograph, and they’ll also have a panel discussion and Q-and-A with the audience.

A reception will follow, with musicians from the Douglas College music program offering entertainment, plus a cash bar hosted by Truffles.

Tickets are $12.50 regular, or $10.40 for students and seniors (all service charges and fees included).

You can buy tickets online at tickets.masseytheatre. com or call 604-521-5050, or pay cash at the door.

For more on the War Stories gala, check out www.newwestpcr.ca.

For more details on all the Wait for Me, Daddy events, check out www. anvilcentre.com and www. newwestpcr.ca.

New media exhibition on

And while we’re on the subject of the Anvil Centre, don’t forget to stop in to the New Media Gallery on the third floor to check out its inaugural exhibition, MUSICIRCUS. “MUSICIRCUS rings together a small but extraordinary group of artists who continue to explore and deconstruct the language of music; creating works that capture a constantly evolving relationship with media and technology,” notes a write-up about the exhibition.

The exhibition features works by Jean-Pierre Gauthier, Christian Marclay, Tim Lee and Signal-to-Noise (Oliver Wilshen and Niall Quinn).

Want to find out more?

You can pop in to the New Media Café Series on Thursday, Oct. 2 to discuss MUSICIRCUS and future projects with the gallery curators.

There will also be an artist talk with Lee at a to-be-announced date in October, as well as a related performance in the Anvil Centre theatre on Nov. 14.

Check it all out at www. anvilcentre.com/events/ musicircus.

Album art

And yet more news from the Anvil Centre – the Arts Council of New Westminster is calling for submissions for a new exhibition in the centre’s community art space.

The project? To create

“FAKE” album covers – art that exemplifies the style of album covers of the past few decades.

The group’s hope is to draw from all segments of the artistic community – younger and older, emerging and more established, including students from New West Secondary, Douglas College and the CG Masters School of 3D Animation and Visual Effects.

Artists will be required to create 12-by-12-inch pieces of work, and the arts council will provide a wood board for each piece.

Submissions will be subject to jurying.

Artists must provide a jpeg of the proposed work, plus a short statement and a current CV or short biography. The deadline for submissions is Nov. 7 at 5 p.m., with delivery of work to the arts council office by Nov. 18 and the exhibition opening on Nov. 20.

Check out www.arts councilnewwest.org or email info@artscouncil newwest.org.

Film series set

Movie lovers, are you eagerly awaiting this year’s Last Mondays at the Movies series?

The Arts Council of New Westminster is continuing its popular film series on the last Monday of the month at the Massey Theatre.

Coming up Monday, Sept. 29, you can catch Our Man in Tehran, a documentary exploring Canada’s involvement in the Iranian hostage crisis in 1979 – particularly the role played by ambassador Ken Taylor.

On Monday, Oct. 27, it’s Don McKellar’s Canadian comedy The Grand Seduction, about a small Newfoundland fishing village that must convince a

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New media: Henry Slama of Burnaby checks out Battements et Papillons by Jean-Pierre Gauthier in the New Media Gallery at Anvil Centre during the centre’s grand opening. The work is part of the new MUSICIRCUS exhibition. young doctor to take up residence in the town.

Movies screen at 7:30 p.m. in the Massey Theatre.

Tickets are $9, and you can buy at the door.

Check out www.arts councilnewwest.org for all the details.

Artisans wanted

Local artisans, take note: Place des Arts is calling for

artisans to take part in its Christmas Boutique.

Artisans who create fine-art quality items such as wooden boxes, mouthblown glass, silver, pottery, leather products and more are invited to apply to take part in the boutique.

New artists must submit up to five unique items to be juried, along with a registration form.

Place des Arts is at 1120 Brunette Ave. in Maillardville, Coquitlam.

Check out all the details at www.placedesarts.ca under Galleries & Shop, Christmas Boutique.

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

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Bloudell said the renovated sanctuary accommodates up to 120 people and has a large stage, so it’s a great location for weddings, concerts, recitals, plays and other events.

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Students in the Sport Science program have challenged varsity athletes to take part in the “Go Shoeless” fundraiser, with those who accept the challenge taking off their shoes for an entire game or class, photographing their experience and helping bring in donations. For more information, visit douglas college.ca.

Do you have an item for Around Town? Send ideas from the community to Theresa McManus, tmcmanus @royalcityrecord.com, or find her on Twitter, @TheresaMcManus.

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Tej Kainth joins the race for city council New West native says she’s ‘crazy in love’ with the city

BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

New Westminster native Tej Kainth is aiming to “spark the vote” in the 2014 civic election.

Kainth, executive director of Tourism New Westminster, has announced she’ll be running for a seat on city council in November’s election. Along with her role at Tourism New Westminster, the New Westminster native has spearheaded a number of initiatives in the city including Quest New West, the Key to the City, NEXT New West and the Next Up awards.

“I’m running because I love this city and I’m excited about all the opportunities

ahead of us,” she said in a press release. have. She’d be a great asset at city hall.”

Tourism New Westminster, now based “New West is built on a rich history, but there’s an exciting vibe with a lot of new at the Anvil Centre, receives a grant from people and businesses moving here, and I the City of New Westminster.

Kainth said she’s looked into want to help keep the momentum the issue of conflict of interest and going.” has been given the green light to Kainth said Tourism New run for council.

Westminster fully supports her “There is no conflict. I am decision to run for city council. not a city employee,” she said.

“I’ve seen firsthand the dedi“Obviously, when tourism issues cation and commitment Tej has arise I will step back and be aware to everything she does,” Tourism of that.”

New Westminster president Kathy If elected, Kainth wants to MacKerricher said in a press spark conversations and projects release. “She is New Westminster’s around issues of family support, biggest champion and works dili- Tej Kainth smart growth, economic develgently developing the city’s prof- in council race opment, community engagement, itable, business connections and sense of community. She’s a great listener transportation planning and youth leaderand has her ear to the ground to find out ship. She also wants to ignite an interest in what concerns, interests and needs people getting more people to vote – many for the

Brett takes a Great Sex run at city hall

BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

Longtime New Westminster resident David Brett hopes to highlight traffic and economic issues in his run for city council.

Brett, president of the Queen’s Park Residents’ Association, has announced he’ll be running in November’s civic election. His priorities include: reducing the impact of heavy truck traffic and rush-hour congestion; lowering residents’ tax burden by growing the business sector; attracting knowledge-based employers and employees to New Westminster; and increasing city hall’s efficiency and citizen satisfaction through improved collaboration and communication.

“After much thought and reflection, as well as support and encouragement from my family, friends and community members, I have decided to run for New Westminster city council,” he said in a news release. “I’m excited about this opportunity.”

David Brett Brett believes his business and in council race finance background can help shape a more balanced and effective city council. He has been very active and vocal about issues that matter to New Westminster citizens, such as heavy truck traffic, the Pattullo Bridge, crime and safety and protecting heritage.

“Solving New Westminster’s major challenges, such as heavy truck traffic, is going to take a solutions-focused approach,” he said. “A collaborative, win-win attitude towards our regional partners needs to replace the adversarial and antagonistic approach we see so often on council.”

Brett has served on the community policing committee and the Queen’s Park neighbourhood heritage study working group. He’s also a director with the Hyack Festival Association and is involved with NWSS Hyack Football’s sponsorship program.

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“I always knew I was going to do it one day. I just didn’t think I was going to do it at the age of 33,” she said. “I am ready for this.”

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Thaddeus and Quinntin, at home after six months in Royal Columbian Hospital’s Variety neonatal intensive care unit.

Smaller than a pound of butter... at home with surrey’s miracle micro-preemies, a year after their birth at royal columbian This year has been hectic for Surrey’s Christine Ashton, but she would not want it any other way.

The Surrey mother of twins Thaddeus and Quinntin has embraced family life since arriving home with her boys this past spring. It was just before Easter that she left Royal Columbian Hospital’s Variety neonatal intensive care unit for the first time with her babies, who had received care for six months as some of the tiniest premature babies ever seen by the neonatal team.

“Since then, it’s been so busy with medical appointments,” says Ashton. “But the cuties are doing well and are getting bigger and wider.”

Ashton was only 23 weeks pregnant when she was rushed to Royal Columbian Hospital with contractions last October. Thaddeus was born first, weighing only 405 grams, or as Ashton puts it, “less than a pound of butter.” Quinntin was born two minutes later, at 570 grams.

As one of four hospitals across the province prepared to handle the most fragile newborns, Royal Columbian Hospital cares for hundreds of tiny ones each year. But twins as premature as Thaddeus and Quinntin are rare.

“I was in shock,” says Ashton. “Especially not knowing if they were going to survive, and knowing their chance of survival wasn’t very high. I just wanted to give them a chance.”

“Here we had a situation where we had micropreemies at less than 24 weeks, and on top of it, twins,”

notes neonatologist Dr. Zenon Cieslak. “The outcomes are not generally good.”

In the neonatal intensive care unit, Thaddeus and Quinntin were supported by specialized equipment like Giraffe Omnibed incubators and a jet ventilator, which » continued page 2

Thaddeus shown next to a pencil, illustrating his small size at birth.

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A letter from the chair doug eveneshen Christine Ashton’s compelling story on the front page serves as an incredible reminder of the awe-inspiring skills of our health care professionals, along with the gracious generosity of our donors whose gifts result in lifesaving equipment to Royal Columbian Hospital. The combination makes for quite an impressive team.

It is my pleasure, as newly appointed Chair of Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation, to present the fall

2014 edition of Your Health Matters. The stories in here are meant to offer a glimpse into the important role Royal Columbian plays in the province. I am grateful to the people who have agreed to share their experiences with us.

I am also very proud to introduce the Foundation’s new President and CEO, Jeff Norris. Jeff is highly regarded and has spent many years making a difference in a number of charitable endeavours. His arrival to Royal Columbian comes at a time when the hospital prepares to undergo one of the largest redevelopments in Canada.

I cannot thank you enough for the ongoing support.

With your help, we continue to be there for those who rely on Royal Columbian in their time of need, like Christine and her precious boys.

Yours sincerely,

Doug Eveneshen, Chair, Board of Directors

New Foundation President & CEO introducing jeff norris He’s worn many hats over the years, but it was during a time when Jeff Norris was wearing a bicycle helmet that he discovered a passion for philanthropy.

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While at university, he was hired to co-ordinate a cycling fundraising event. The experience opened his eyes to the world of non-profits.

Jeff has made a positive impression on a number of organizations since then. This includes seven years with St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation, where he helped grow its Lights of Hope campaign.

He comes to Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation from Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU), where he worked since 2006 as Chief Advancement Officer and also served as CEO of the KPU Foundation and executive director of the KPU Alumni Association, a group he was involved in founding.

In 2012, Jeff was awarded a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Club of Ladner for his community work. In 2014, he was recognized by Business in Vancouver with a “Forty Under 40” Award for his business accomplishment.

Married with two daughters, Jeff is also active in his community and regularly contributes as a volunteer and board member of various associations. ■

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Smaller than a pound of butter... donors like Variety – the Children’s Charity of BC and the TB Vets Charitable Foundation have helped to fund.

Despite a number of challenges, Ashton noticed gradual improvements in her boys’ conditions. And after 188 days, she was finally able to bring them home.

Ashton can’t believe the twins will soon be celebrating their first birthdays. She says they enjoy going out for walks with her around the neighbourhood and are fascinated by other children playing. And despite the constant attention infants like Thaddeus and Quinntin require, Ashton loves every minute of it. ■

Board of Directors 2014-2015 Doug Eveneshen – Chair President & CEO of Community Savings Credit Union Meldy Harris – Vice-Chair Certified Financial Planner, Sun Life of Canada Steve Osachoff – Treasurer and Secretary Portfolio Manager, RBC Dominion Securities John Ashbridge – Director Community Volunteer Frank Butzelaar – Director President & CEO of Southern Railway of British Columbia Jason Cook – Director (non-voting) Site Director, Royal Columbian Hospital Tom Corsie – Director Vice President, Real Estate, Port Metro Vancouver Sharon Domaas – Director Community Volunteer Judith Hockney – Ex officio Executive Director, Clinical Programs and Operations, FH Cardiac, Surgery, Trauma and RCH Larry Kozak – Director Integrated Solution Executive, TELUS Erin O’Halloran – Director Therapeutic Specialist – HCV, Gilead Sciences Gary Pooni – Director President, Brook Pooni Associates Dwight Ross – Director Lawyer Dr. William Siu – Director Neurointerventional radiologist, Royal Columbian Hospital Helen Sparkes – Director Community Volunteer Dr. Laurence Turner – Director Surgeon, Royal Columbian Hospital Your Health Matters is published twice annually by RCH Foundation. If you have any questions or story ideas you would like to share with us, please contact our office at 604.520.4438 or e-mail info@rchfoundation.com. Articles by Jason Howe. Design by Paula Heal. Photography by Jerald Walliser unless otherwise noted.

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The meaning of moments coquitlam woman is thankful for the care given to her father

Roy Fawcett and his wife Phyllis in the backyard of their Chilliwack home more than a year after his heart valve replacement. Foundation photo.

The way to a beating heart royal columbian hospital performs milestone 100th ever minimally-invasive heart valve replacement For Roy Fawcett of Chilliwack, a summer camping adventure with the grandchildren was just as much about creating memories as it was about enjoying the outdoors. And he’s thankful he had the energy to do it.

It was a different story just a couple of years ago.

Back then, Fawcett could hardly move from one room to the other in his house without having to take a break. Fawcett suffered from aortic stenosis, a common condition that occurs when the heart’s aortic valve leaflets get calcified and become immobile. It was leaving him very short of breath.

Fawcett says Royal Columbian gave him his life back. That’s because the hospital is one of three in the province able to perform a minimally-invasive procedure called a transcatheter aortic valve implantation

– or TAVI for short. Royal Columbian is also the designated centre for open-heart surgery and minimally invasive cardiac procedures in Fraser Health.

This past summer, Royal Columbian conducted its 100th ever TAVI, which is the option for patients whose health or medical history make them at highrisk or unsuitable for open heart surgery. Without TAVI, those patients could suffer heart failure and sudden death.

TAVI replaces the aortic valve in a beating heart by carefully threading a catheter (a thin flexible tube) that contains the new valve, usually from the groin artery to the heart.

Fawcett says the change in his health was almost instantaneous. Since undergoing TAVI last year, Fawcett is able to garden with his wife again. And he has the energy to spend quality time with his grandchildren again.

“The team at Royal Columbian Hospital has given me back a quality of life that I thought was lost forever,” says Fawcett. “My family and I are thankful beyond words”. ■

A health crisis is difficult for any family.

In these moments, a grieving daughter has discovered the small gestures can be as significant as the expert care.

For Coquitlam’s Juliana Kim, it started when her father Mike had a stroke in early 2012.

Juliana Kim thanks the hospital for its He was rushed to support. Foundation photo.

Royal Columbian Hospital, where he spent a week before he was able to return home.

The family would find itself back in the hospital a year later, when Mr. Kim was again admitted, this time for persistent coughing. It would be diagnosed as stage 4 lung cancer.

Over the next several months, Mr. Kim would be admitted to RCH two more times. He passed away in late September, 2013.

After struggling with the uncertainty over her father’s health last year, Juliana now recognizes and appreciates the care at Royal Columbian.

She remembers a doctor’s words of encouragement during an especially challenging time trying to juggle school and helping care for her father. Juliana says the physician’s advice helped her focus heading into graduation.

She also credits a conversation with a nurse for giving her father the strength to carry on during treatment. These are among the personal exchanges that make Juliana grateful for the efforts of the health care professionals who looked after her dad. ■

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Report to donors: your gift is critical to the care we provide Four life-saving letters → By the time Tsawwassen resident Peter Rogal walked into an emergency department last fall, a rare bacteria had filled his lungs and brought him Peter Rogal is connected to the portable version of ECLS as he is brought to Royal Columbian. to the brink of death. Health Submitted photo. professionals induced a coma and told his family the 50-year West Vancouver and Ralph & Florence Winkler of Langley old had one last option: Royal Columbian Hospital’s – contributed more than $120,000 combined to support extracorporeal life support (ECLS). the program.

The equipment takes over the function of the lungs or Rogal was kept on ECLS for close to a week and awoke heart while a patient’s organs recover. A team from Royal from his coma ten days after being induced. Having now Columbian transported Rogal to the hospital’s intensive recovered from a form of Legionnaires’ disease, Rogal is care unit with a mobile version of ECLS, which donors had thankful ECLS was available for him. “I am the luckiest guy funded just weeks earlier and is the only one of its kind in in the world,” he says. ■ BC. In particular, two families - Ray & Ruth Wesenberg of

Monitoring a baby’s brain

Peter Rogal, back home after being released from Royal Columbian.

→ Sometimes, seizures in premature newborns are so subtle, they can only be confirmed through use of a neonatal brain monitor.

That’s one reason this equipment is important for the care of our smallest and most fragile patients.

Because premature babies are not yet fully developed, they face a number of possible complications and require specialized care from skilled medical professionals in the neonatal intensive care unit. The risks include damage to the brain from lack of oxygen or bleeding.

In both cases, early diagnosis is critical to minimize long-term effects. Special thanks to the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation of Canada and the Elks Club of New Westminster, whose gifts

Financial Summary In 2013/14, the Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation granted a total of $ 1,400,838 to RCH. These funds went to priority equipment needs, facility enhancements, and education. Our fundraising and marketing costs were 18 per cent of total revenues, and our administration costs were 17 per cent. ■ Revenue Donations Investments Other Income Total

$ 3,441,729 990,903 840,337 $ 5,272,969

Grants and Expenses Grants to Royal Columbian Hospital Fundraising and Marketing Administration Total

$ 1,400,838 972,214 901,593 $ 3,274,645

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have helped our Variety neonatal intensive care unit diagnose and monitor these very serious, lifethreatening conditions and ensure our tiny patients get treatment as quickly as possible. ■

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← Chest pain. Nausea. Dizziness. Thousands of patients come to Royal Columbian Hospital each year with these symptoms, fearing the worst. Each receives an electrocardiogram (ECG) test to measure the electrical activity of the heart. This fast, safe, non-invasive test provides a wealth of information in a variety of circumstances—it can determine the rate and regularity of heart beats, the size and position of heart chambers, and confirm or rule out a heart attack. And all in about five minutes.

As ECG machines are one of the most frequently used pieces of equipment at the hospital, new ones are much appreciated.

Donations from RBC Foundation and a number of other gifts helped us purchase two this past year. ■

← Colon cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer in Canada.

Our donors have helped the hospital combat the disease by funding a colonoscope for Ambulatory Care.

With a high definition colonoscope, our physicians can detect polyps in the colon before they become cancerous and remove them right then and there, thereby eliminating the risk of colon cancer.

Kingston Construction made a donation towards this equipment to honour the memory of its founder Ben Backman, who passed away in 2009 after a long battle with colon cancer.

Royal Columbian Hospital is the major referral centre for the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal (GI) disorders in the Fraser Health region.

Our physicians perform over 3,300 colonoscopies each year. ■

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This allows pathologists to consult each other as well as discuss cases with residents, clinicians, and allied health professionals in order to arrive at the correct diagnosis for each patient. A number of donations have helped the Foundation purchase a new one. ■

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An original Canuck on love and healing at Royal Columbian vancouver canuck alumni make royal columbian a charitable recipient of annual golf classic Back in 1970, Eddie Hatoum had to cancel a date with his girlfriend when he separated his shoulder and underwent surgery at Royal Columbian Hospital.

That’s okay though. They’re married now.

At the time, Hatoum was preparing for the Vancouver Canucks’ inaugural 1970/71 season, after the team claimed him in the NHL Expansion Draft.

Unfortunately, the smooth-skating forward suffered a bad injury during training camp. He fell while trying to get by the two defencemen and knew right away he was in trouble.

“I was about to hit the ice with my head,” recalls Hatoum. “So I turned and landed probably about 190 pounds on my shoulder, and that’s when it separated.”

One of the team’s trainers put him in a van, and off they drove to Royal Columbian Hospital. After a bumpy and painful ride from the arena to the hospital,

Former Vancouver Canuck Eddie Hatoum and fellow alumnus & Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation board member John Ashbridge.

a doctor quickly realized Hatoum would need to go to the operating room.

Hatoum was out of action for several weeks before finally rejoining his teammates and playing in 26 games for the Canucks that first season. Today, Hatoum is a member of the Canuck Alumni and plays a number of benefit hockey games and golf tournaments across the province.

Hatoum reflected on his experience at Royal Columbian Hospital during this past spring’s annual Canuck Alumni Golf Classic. Royal Columbian Hospital

Foundation is a charitable recipient of the event, which saw members of the 1970 team reunite for the day with other former players.

Along with being grateful for the care he received at Royal Columbian, Hatoum fondly remembers the daily hospital visits from then-girlfriend Frances, with whom he had apologetically cancelled a planned date.

“She came out to Royal Columbian every day from Vancouver, and the rest is history,” says Hatoum, who married her after the two reconnected decades later. ■

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A mother’s grief Yes, I believe my care is critical.

Here is my gift of: $200 $100 $50 Other $ (please specify) Enclosed is my cheque made payable to: Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation Or charge my credit card: VISA MasterCard Card # Expiry Date Signature Marilyn Dowsett credits Royal Columbian Hospital for helping her after her son’s death.

seeking mental health care at royal columbian Gregory Dowsett wasn’t supposed to live as long as he did. Right from the start, he faced some complicated health problems, including being born with only three heart chambers instead of four. Greg underwent a few surgeries and suffered a stroke shortly after turning one year old.

But mom Marilyn says her son lived life to the fullest and travelled extensively to places like South Africa, Australia, and England, where he enjoyed spending time with relatives.

In late September, 2003, Greg was rushed to hospital after falling ill. He was kept in an induced coma until he passed away several days later, at the age of 25. His death devastated Marilyn.

“He was the first thing, the last thing, most of the things I ever thought of,” says the Port Coquitlam woman about her son. “I never thought about doing anything without first thinking of Greg.”

The grief was overwhelming, and Marilyn describes

having regular panic attacks. “We went to a barbecue once, and I actually stood in the middle of this backyard and screamed at the top of my voice,” she recalls.

Marilyn was referred to Royal Columbian Hospital psychiatrist Dr. Anson Koo, who eventually admitted her. “I was terrified,” says Marilyn. “But my husband took me and knew it was the best thing, because I wasn’t doing very well. I wasn’t coping at all.”

Marilyn spent five weeks at Royal Columbian Hospital, followed by 13-weeks in an outpatient program.

“I met the most caring, the most compassionate people you could ever meet in your entire life,” recalls Marilyn. “I was also amazed at who else was in the hospital with me. How many young people, how many ordinary people, people that didn’t seem different.

They were just struggling with life.”

Over time, Marilyn learned coping techniques that she says have helped her enormously. She continues to see Dr. Koo during follow-up visits.

“My life has changed completely since Gregory died,” she says. “I am 100% a different person. I just feel so fortunate that I was where I was at the right time in order to be able to get this long-term support.” ■

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Engaging Education Key to Academic Success A growing body of educational research indicates students in Kindergarten are far more creative than students in Grade 12 – even going so far as calling Kindergarteners ‘creative geniuses’. Any parent trying to navigate through the imaginary play of their five year old can likely attest to that!

Sir Ken Robinson, an international expert on education, addresses the conundrum of ‘teaching out’ creativity in one of his TED Talks titled ‘ Do Schools Kill Creativity’?

The unfortunate data seems to indicate that yes, this is in fact what may be taking place in many schools today.

In response, arts-infused learning, an approach to education that allows students to tap into their creativity to better connect with their subject matter, is gaining momentum across Canada.

Urban Academy, a Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12 private school in New Westminster is a leader in this approach to education. “Arts-Infusion means that we teach using the arts – drama, music and fine arts – as tools through with students can connect to the core curriculum,” explains Mrs. Cheryle Beaumont, Urban Academy’s Head of School.

A Queen’s University Study ‘Learning Through The Arts’ concluded that involvement in the arts contributed to student achievement as much as 11 percentile points higher in math than their peers, as arts experience helps develop more complex neural networks in the brain. Beyond simply the academic achievement, a creative learning environment can impact the way students think and problem solve and it also increases self-confidence, all skills that will serve them well as they continue through post-secondary education and into their careers. With the world changing at such a rapid pace, it is the responsibility of the school not only to teach the required curriculum, but to equip students with the ability to think creatively, and approach challenges with the critical skills that will allow them to thrive in the future.

Urban Academy is rising to this challenge by educating students with interdisciplinary linkages.

Math and Art are taught through projects such as Pythagorean spirals, Social Studies and Media Arts are combined resulting in historical screenplays, and French is taught using the performing arts to

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Parents are finding their way to Urban Academy, excited about what the future holds for their children.

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Christian education reaches for the head, heart and hands: we are educating the whole child.

Enabling Capacity, Character and Care What is Christian education? Books on our teachers’ shelves have informative titles: Educating Toward Wisdom, Good Teaching Comes From the Inside, Educating with Heart and Mind. Christian education is not church with the three R’s tacked on, nor is it school with a bible class slipped in occasionally. Christian education reaches for the head, heart, and hands: we are educating the whole child. At Carver Christian High School, our goal is to foster life-long learners, men and women of godly character for a life of transformation and service to others and God. Our certified professional teachers take that challenge seriously and are themselves lifelong learners. Those educators facilitate learning that produces strong positive results on provincial exams, enables university enrollments and, through BC Ministry school evaluations, confirms Carver as a school with a strong academic culture.

A partnership of two elementary schools, Vancouver and John Knox Christian schools, Carver has begun its tenth school year and celebrates the many successful graduates going on towards a wide range of professional vocations: medicine, engineering, law, education, business and the Arts. Many of those graduates began their post-secondary journey with healthy scholarships.

At Carver, BC Education courses are taught with a distinctive Christian perspective, challenging teenage students to discover their unique talents while developing solid skills and literacies for life.

Carver’s smaller classes, meaningful parent involvement and strong communication systems together form a deep sense of authentic community.

There are ample opportunities for student leadership as well as excellent academic development with the Honors Wings and AP (advance placement) programs.

With smaller student body and class sizes, students from diverse backgrounds are able to thrive and develop intellectually, socially and personally. The high school years are transformative.

Boys and girls enter grade 8 as children and graduate as young adults; Christian education is an investment well worth considering.

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Driving all of this is a vision of learning as engaging, active, responsive and personalized so that each student can work towards meeting their potential and stretch beyond.

What makes a one-of-a-kind school?

One answer to this question is to look at Choice School for the Gifted, an independent school located in Richmond, BC. Established in 1985, this school has provided and continues to provide a learning environment specifically tailored for elementary gifted learners. The program offered at Choice is unique. While meeting the requirements of delivering the BC Ministry of Education curriculum, it also draws on a large body of research and best practices for the provision of appropriate learning for students who have identified gifts and talents.

British Columbia, as with many educational jurisdictions, recognizes gifted learners as having special needs that require provision of learning opportunities and a flexible environment tailored to students who learn at a faster pace, who possess extensive background knowledge, and who are innovators and creators, problem solvers and critical thinkers. To do so, class sizes are limited, staff are experienced in working with these students and the curriculum is designed to provide for the opportunities to explore and express the interests that drive their students.

A day spent at Choice might find grade 2 and 3 students learning chemistry or how to count in Greek because their curiosity has taken them there. In every corner books abound, intense discussions are underway, investigations are undertaken as questions about current events, how something is made or change of seasons ignite interest and exploration. As part of the regular weekly schedule, students undertake challenges in areas of interest not normally available in schools such as calligraphy, robotics, rocketry, needlework or cooking, creating instruments or distinctive and complex works of art – all driven by their interests and all circling back into the learning outcomes of science, social studies, language arts, music, art, and mathematics.

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” “ Help your children make new friends In addition to a new curriculum, new teachers and about This is Brockton!

A school where students are inspired to inquire new schedules, kids also might make new the world around them and encouraged to achieve theirfriends true potental as onceand a school begins. active learners globalyear citizens.

-Mrs. Alison Wall

Students learn lessons each day. While many of these lessons pertain to their coursework, kids pick up much more than book smarts from school, where kids first learn to cultivate friendships and build relationships. In addition to a new curriculum, new teachers and new schedules, kids also might make new friends once a school year begins. While some familiar faces carry through from grade to grade, chances are youngsters will meet new students who will soon become good friends. While many kids find it easy to make new friends, others might need some assistance to make the most of opportunities to socialize and form friendships.

Offer opportunities for socialization - Children should be given the opportunity to explore friendships outside of the classroom where peer pressure might not be so prevalent.

Establish a carpool or invite a classmate over for a play date - Unstructured time to play or get to know each other is a great way to establish friendships.

Invite new children over to see which friendships are the strongest, but make sure you are not pushing a friendship on your child.

Discover common interests - One of the quickest ways to build friendships is through common interests, says Kirk Martin, a behavioural therapist and author. Encourage your child to join a club or sports group where he or she can meet other kids with similar interests. Sometimes finding reasons to talk other children is the most difficult step to making new friends. Sharing a common interest removes this barrier.

Teach proper manners - Children who are polite, well-mannered and know how to follow direction are better equipped to attract friends. Children who misbehave may be shunned by other kids and their parents who do not want the hassle of an unruly youngster coming over to play. Respectful children who are honest, trustworthy and capable of sustaining eye contact and making small talk may find it easy to make friends.

reinforce the value of friendship to your children.

Boost confidence levels - As a parent you can talk to your children about their strengths and positive attributes. Emphasizing kids’ best traits will increase their self esteem, and that sense of self-worth can make it easier for them to make friends. A child who is shy and insecure may retreat when meeting new people, but a child who can proudly stand behind his or her accomplishments may attract friends easily.

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◗ HEALTH

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magine an iceberg. All that we see is the fraction above the surface, but 90 per cent of its bulk lies in the depths of the ocean.

In health care, most of our attention is drawn to acute hospital care with less given to the bulk of care within the community: in ambulatory clinics, primary care practices, residential and home care.

But really, who provides over 90 per cent of your health care?

Hint: It’s not doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. Where do actions have the greatest impact on your present

and future health?

Your personal medical and family histories are important in identifying particular areas of your health that demand special attention. Yet by far the greatest predictor of your health tomorrow are the habits you practise today.

Some bad habits and their negative effects on our health are obvious.

Smoking shortens life and its quality through accelerated atherosclerosis (narrowing and progressive damage to our blood vessels), thereby increasing our risks for premature dementia, strokes, heart attacks and kidney disease. It increases the risk for cancers including the lung, oral cavity, throat and bladder. It progressively damages the lungs, leading to emphysema or chronic lung disease.

Excessive alcohol (more than two or three drinks on any day) contributes

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trol over one’s own life, to high blood pressure, body and emotions. Drug progressive liver damage and alcohol (leading to cirdependence rhosis and liver impairs mood, failure), ulcers judgment, and impair“The quality of driving safety, ment in the work, school quality of work, your daily liferelationsocial and famstyle is a pow- and ships. ily life.

The quality Mood and erful predictor of your daily mind altering of your future lifestyle is a street drugs, powerful preincluding mari- health. You dictor of your juana, lead to future health. dependence and really are what You really are addiction. They you eat.” what you eat. are a form of What you conchemical coping DAVIDICUS WONG – similar to the physician and columnist sume provides the energy and use of short-actbuilding blocks ing prescription for the cells and organs of tranquilizers and sedayour body. You wouldn’t tives. They are ultimately build a car with defective disempowering; they take parts and fill the tank with away one’s sense of con-

obesity, high blood pressure, kidney disease, diabetes, heart disease and strokes.

Three other key areas of self-care are (1) physical activity, (2) emotional management and (3) healthy relationships.

These will be the focus of upcoming columns that will include practical tips to achieve your goals in healthier daily living.

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contaminated fuel.

For most of us, our bodies thrive on a variety of fruits and vegetables, which provide the vitamins and anti-oxidants we need for healthy cellular function. We need adequate protein to rebuild and repair muscles and other tissues. We also need adequate but not excessive calories and fats (such as fish oils) in our diet. In general, we should avoid excessive animal fat and processed food.

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◗ IN THE GAME

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Homecoming high for the local Hyacks

BY JENNIFER THUNCHER REPORTER editorial@royalcityrecord.com

Every year the Hyacks senior varsity football homecoming game at Mercer Stadium is a spectacle to behold, and this year was no exception.

On the turf the AAA Hyacks beat the West Vancouver Highlanders handily 54 to 8, helping the Hyacks improve to 3-0 in the season, but there was a story off the field as well, so more on the game in a bit.

In spite of the labour dispute between teachers and the provincial government, which kept New Westminster Secondary students out of school and away from Hyack in-school homecoming announcements prior to the game, the stands were packed with 1,800-plus energetic Hyack fans of all ages, who were egged on throughout the game by the ever-passionate junior and senior Hyack cheer teams.

The weather did the Hyacks a favour, and just before the even-

ing events kicked into full gear, the clouds parted and the rain stopped, right on cue.

As always, the British Columbia skydiving team wowed the crowd as they delivered the homecoming game ball.

The New Westminster Secondary players had a lucky charm in their new chrome helmets, donated by Hyacks alumnus Dave Sidoo (Hyacks 1977– ’78).

OK, back to the game.

Minutes after kickoff, the No.

5 ranked Hyacks were on the board when a 35-yard run by Matt Seymour ended with a fouryard touchdown by running back Jordan Guzman, making it 6-0 Hyacks. Guzman got his second touchdown of the game with nine minutes left in the first and Wayne Palmer’s extra point made it 13-0 Hyacks.

The West Van boys had lots of passion but couldn’t make it happen thanks to a series of fumbles deep in their own end.

“I think the strike impacted

them more than it impacted us,” said New West head coach Farhan Lalji.

“Those fumbles and those kind of errors is usually indicative of a team that isn’t that far ahead yet … So we got some free ones, but our kids also made plays,” he said.

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Rough weekend on the pitch for winning Royals

BY JENNIFER THUNCHER REPORTER editorial@royalcityrecord.com

It was a weekend the players from both Douglas College Royals soccer teams would probably like to forget.

Both men’s and women’s teams failed to pull out a win in the two games apiece they played.

The women went into their game on Sunday after a 2-1 loss Saturday to Kwantlen Polytechnic University, but facing Quest University – a team they had already beaten earlier in the season (2-1 on Sept. 7).

The opening 45 minutes of play at home on the Royals’ Cunnings Field was

a see-saw back and forth battle with neither team finding the back of the net. The Royals did put on the pressure, including a volley from midfielder Michelle Wells just outside the box, but not enough to get on the board.

It was a pair of zeroes at halftime.

Douglas’ 5-9 keeper, Rebecca Mainardi couldn’t stop the women from Quest in the second. Quest opened with two rapid-fire goals, making it 2-0 early in the second half. Only luck kept it from being 3-0 when Quest hit the crossbar in the 75th minute. Douglas increased the pressure as the clock ran down, but it wasn’t enough.

Final score was 2-0 for Quest.

“We just have to keep working hard

and keep believing in what we’re trying to do,” said Douglas coach Chris Laxton, in a press release. “ I don’t think we’re as bad as an 0-2 weekend. We’ll just regroup, refocus and have another good week of training,” he said.

The Royals men’s team went into their Sunday game after a 1-0 loss to Kwantlen Saturday. Sunday’s game against Quest, a team the men had beaten a couple of weeks ago (1-0 on Sept. 7), started off badly for the Royals. Six minutes in, Quest was on the board. The 1-0 score stuck into the second half.

Finally, at minute 73, Burnaby Central alumnus Spencer Deboice tied it up.

Neither team could find the back of the

net after that. The final score was 1-1.

Royals’ assistant coach Nour Fathy looked for the silver lining in the tie.

“I think we’re still trying to get into the groove of things. It’s just a matter of the guys doing the right things and buying into the system that we’re trying to implement. The good thing is we’re not even halfway through the season and we’re still in the top half of the group. It’s about taking the positives and moving forward with that,” he said.

In spite of the losses, Douglas’ women are still in first place in the PacWest standings and the men in third. Both squads will take on Vancouver Island University and Capilano next weekend.

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Football: Hyacks already looking ahead to next game against Kelowna “What I take from it is everyone got to remaining in the first. With Palmer’s extra play, it is homecoming and a full stadium point it was 20-0 Hyacks. … it was nice that everyone got to take And that wasn’t it for the first quarter. part on the field and feel good about it,” Seymour got the touchdown and Palmer Lalji added while munching on popcorn got the extra point to make it 27-0 for the with his players after the game.

Hyacks.

A smiling Seymour agreed.

The first quarter ended with “We had a big lead, it was a 54-yard touchdown run by great to have everybody play quarterback Jamie Shiho, and and have everyone have a part the extra point by Palmer made “What I take of a great experience, so it was it 34-0 for the Hyacks. from it is, every- a great game,” he said.

In the second half, Julian Julian Ramirez said the win Ramirez made a six-yard touch- one got to play, was a nice, early birthday presdown and Palmer kept up the it is homecoment – his birthday was Sept. 22 pace with the extra, making it – but he was already focused ing and a full 41-0 at the half. on the next game against In the third, Guzman got Vancouver ’s Notre Dame stadium …it a 20-yard touchdown and Regional Secondary.

Palmer’s extra made it 48-0 was nice that “I am going to work on takgoing into the fourth. ing it back to the house next everyone got to week and hopefully have a It was too late, but the Highlanders picked up some take part on the good game too,” he said. steam as the evening fog The Hyacks take on Notre started to close in. West Van’s field and feel Dame in conference play at Charlie Welsh scored on a 40- good about it.”

Burnaby Lake, Friday Sept. 26. yard run from quarterback Finn Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m.

Morales.

In other AAA league news, FARHAN LALJI The pair also earned a two- head coach, it was a homecoming vicpoint conversion to make it 48- senior varsity Hyacks tory for the St. Thomas More 8 with five minutes left in the Collegiate boys as well, with game. a 42-0 win over Coquitlam Centennial Hyacks running back Brian Cagampan’s Secondary at Burnaby Lake. touchdown made it 54-8 and game over.

Next game is at Burnaby Lake, Friday “I thought we played well,” said New Sept. 26 against Kelowna’s Rutland Senior West’s head coach.

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