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It’s a good year for New West residents who’ve made new year’s resolutions to quit smoking.

As of Jan. 1, changes to local bylaws mean smoking is now banned on restaurant and pub patios, and within 15 meters of outdoor sports facilities, playgrounds, off-leash dog parks and picnic areas in city parks.

“The reality is that if you are constantly surrounded by people who are smoking, it will be harder for you to stick to your new year’s resolution to quit smoking,” said Fraser Health medical health officer Dr. Lisa Mu in a press release. “Through our Healthy Community Partnership Committee with the City of New Westminster, we can support you to quit smoking and discourage others from even starting, by creating more smoke-free environments.”

The new bans, passed in April 2014, were nearly two years in the making, after the Fraser Health Authority asked the city to amend its smoking control bylaw in 2012.

Council couldn’t agree on how to handle the issue, with some councillors supporting complete bans in all public areas and others voicing concern about how the changes would affect people in parks or attending functions at facilities such as Queens Park Arena.

Then-councillor Jonathan Cote said in April the amendments were a “compromise solution” that would allow the city to move forward. Under the new bylaws, business owners are required to display prominent “no smoking” signs, remove ashtrays and take steps to make sure smoking doesn’t take place on their premises.

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Southern Railway of B.C. (SRY) employees are picketing outside the company’s headquarters on River Drive in New Westminster after being locked out in the midst of an unresolved collective bargaining process. The union responded by issuing a strike notice.

The stalemate comes after more than six months of contract negotiations between Southern Railway and CUPE local 7000, which represents 126 employees.

“We are extremely disappointed in the outcome of these negotiations,” Frank Butzelaar, Southern Railway president, said in a media release. “SRY believes in the collective bargaining process.

Unfortunately CUPE has not shown similar commitment.”

The company came to the lockout decision after extensive discussions and mediation with the B.C. Labour Relations Board’s Grant MacArthur, according to the release.

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New West resident Andrea Mears, who lives at Surrey Street and 10th Avenue, hung a unique Christmas light display this year.

Her ‘Stop Harper’ lights garnered attention from passing motorists and pedestrians through the holidays. On Dec. 30, however, she came home to find someone had cut the power cord to the lights.

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BY CAYLEY DOBIE REPORTER cdobie@royalcityrecord.com

One New Westminster woman came home from the holidays to a rude surprise – someone had cut the power cord to her “Stop Harper” Christmas light display.

Disappointed that she wasn’t going to get a new prime minister for Christmas, Andrea Mears, who lives on the corner of 10th Avenue and Surrey Street, wanted a way to voice her displeasure with Harper and the Conservatives.

“I want to live in a Canada that believes what I do; peace, preserving the environment and reducing the gap of income inequality,” she said. “All the things I want to say are super long, so I thought ‘Stop Harper’ is much shorter.”

On Nov. 28, she hung a string of Christmas lights on her fence (at the top of Cariboo Hill, in the Cariboo Road and 10th Avenue intersection) that read “Stop Harper” in bright red lights.

It was meant to be a festive expression of Mears’ political beliefs, but someone must not have been of the same festive spirit as Mears, because less than a week after she hung the lights she received a phone call from a New Westminster bylaw officer.

“He said that there had been four calls from motorists saying they were distracted or confused by the lights and thought it meant they had to stop,” Mears told The Record.

Not wanting to prompt any more complaints, Mears changed the setting of the lights from flashing to fade, hoping this would be less distracting for motorists.

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Bah humbug: Above, a note left by the vandal who cut Mears’ ‘Stop Harper’ lights. Right, the note Mears tacked on top of the note left behind by the vandal after she replaced the cut power cord.

Two days later, however, Mears came home and the lights had been unplugged – strange, yes, but she didn’t think much of it and continued on with her life.

Shortly before Christmas, Mears and her family went out of town for about a week.

When they got home on Dec. 30, the ‘Stop Harper’ lights were out, again, but this time someone had cut the power cord and left a note that read, “On behalf of the neighbourhood, I’m shutting you down for Christmas.

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“I was totally shocked. I couldn’t believe somebody would cut, would vandalize, somebody else’s property, and the fact that there was a note led me to believe that this person had … set out with intent,” she said.

Mears, who has two young children aged three and six years old, was upset. She told The Record she teaches her children that it is OK to disagree with other people, but that it’s

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Accused killer returns to court next week

BY CAYLEY DOBIE REPORTER cdobie@royalcityrecord.com

The man accused of killing an addictions support worker in September will be in court next week to set a date for his trial.

Jason Collet, an employee of the Last Door Recovery Society, was killed Sept. 16 at one of the society’s facilities in the 1100 block of Nanaimo Street.

The following day, 25-year-old Steven Rogers was arrested.

Rogers was formally charged several days later with seconddegree murder.

He remains in custody at this time, and he is scheduled to be in court on Jan. 12 to set a date for his upcoming trial.

While police haven’t discussed any details regarding what led to Collet’s death, investigators said in September that he and Rogers knew each other, and neither were known to police prior to the incident.

Further details won’t likely be disclosed until the case goes to trial.

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current collective agreement with CUPE 7000,” Butzelaar stated.

“We believe our offer is fair considering the current economic circumstances.”

The company will do its best to minimize the impact on customers, with its 34 managers looking after operations during the job action, Butzelaar told The Record in a phone interview.

CUPE Local 7000 is part of the same union that represents SkyTrain workers.

The union isn’t accustomed to listening to private sector companies when it comes to contracts, Butzelaar said, adding that Southern Railway doesn’t

have the government’s deep pockets.

“We are a small local company,” he said. “We believe our offer is fair.”

One of the sticking points, he said, is the company’s desire to pull back on post-retirement benefits for new employees.

Current employees who have the benefits would retain those after retirement, so the contract change would only impact new hires, Butzelaar said.

The change is necessary, he said, because Southern Railway, which moves goods through the Lower Mainland, is competing with local and long-distance trucking companies.

The raise offer from the comMeanwhile, CUPE Local 7000 president Bill Magri said the pany is 1.5 per cent for the first union and the company have four years, 1.9 per cent afterward, and a $1,500 only met a dozen signing bonus. times in six months.

The term of the “They came to agreement (six years) the table with con- “It’s a bad time and overall staff cessions every time,” for this to be reductions also conMagri said in a phone cern the union, Magri interview with The happening, but Record. we are prepared.” said.

“Generally they The union received (union contracts) are the lockout notice BILL MAGRI three years – four last Wednesday, then CUPE Local 7000 right now would be issued a strike notice president considered a longish two days later, Magri agreement,” he said. said.

In a show of support, the railThe company is offering wage increases that are less than infla- way’s office workers, represented by COPE 378, are also on the tion, Magri said.

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important to listen and respect what they say.

“I don’t want them to think that destroying their neighbour’s property is appropriate for opposing political beliefs,” she added.

Mears replaced the cord and on top of the note left behind by the vandals, she tacked her own note, which read, “To whoever cut my lights, you may not agree with what they say but surely you agree I have the right to say it. Please don’t vandalize my property again.”

Mears took the display down on Sunday and still has no idea who cut the cord or left the note. She’s spoken with her Block Watch captain and her next-door neighbour, and neither were bothered by the lights.

In fact, her neighbour actually found the message amusing and had witnessed several people taking photos (a sight this reporter also witnessed).

“My Block Watch captain said, ‘What kind of person would assume to speak on behalf of the neighbourhood?’ Nobody spoke to him about it, so

that was also very strange,” Mears said.

The “Stop Harper” lights are gone for now, but Mears is already trying to think of ideas for another display, possibly something Valentine’s Day themed.

The Record contacted the New Westminster Police Department, but calls were not returned by press time.

line with the CUPE members.

“It’s a bad time for this to be happening, but we are prepared,” Magri added.

Union workers will receive strike pay and health benefits coverage, he said.

The railroad is a major transporter of freight in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley.

Almost one-half of the traffic the company handles originates or terminates on Annacis Island, where major automobile and forest product distribution facilities are located.

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Helping hands: Emma Desnatis and Keira Bailey help Sean Lowden during the firefighters’ tree chipping event held Jan. 3 and 4 at the Canada Games Pool parking lot.

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Fond farewell to Christmas New Westminster firefighters chipped hundreds of Christmas trees under soggy skies.

The New Westminster Firefighters’ Charitable Society held its annual tree-chipping event on Jan. 3 and 4 in the Canada Games Pool parking lot.

“Saturday was a real great day – lots of people stuck around because of the weather. It was a wet cold,” said firefighter Glen Bailey. “Sunday was a downpour. We had very few people hanging around.”

Along with helping people dispose of their Christmas trees, the tree-chipping event gives community members a chance to enjoy a barbecued hot dog, listen to some live music and watch some tree-burning and extinguisher demonstrations.

Firefighters accept donations for the charitable society, which funds a variety of projects in New Westminster.

“All in all, weather considering, it was still a really good event,” said Bailey, a past president of the chari-

table society. “The guys organizing it did a really good job. We have to thank the citizens of New Westminster for supporting us, allowing us to use the facility and supporting the event.”

Firefighters chipped more than a bin of Christmas trees, which was later hauled away.

Local Scouts held a bottle drive at the same time as the tree chipping.

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Construction of the much-anticipated Bailey bridge is a step closer to completion.

One of two new crossings has been completed, but construction of the second bridge was delayed because of complications related to the piles supporting the structure.

“The piles are completed,” project manager Keith Whiteley told The Record Dec. 23. “We finished that this morning.”

Pedestrians and cyclists have been able to travel over the bridge that’s already in place, but it’s off limits to vehicles until the second crossing is complete.

“We are looking at the first week of January to have the bridge contractor in there installing the bridge,” Whiteley said.

As soon as the bridge is complete in January, the City of New Westminster needs to do some road adjustments to accommodate the two lanes that will now connect New Westminster and Coquitlam through the Braid industrial area.

New Westminster and Coquitlam sparred over the fate of the Bailey bridge for much of 2014. The one-lane crossing was closed to vehicle traffic in March 2014 when an engineering inspection deemed it to be structurally unsound.

While New Westminster embarked on plans to have a new single-lane structure installed, Coquitlam and the province’s transportation minister pressed for two lanes.

An arbitrator sided with Coquitlam and agreed the area would be best served by a two-lane crossing.

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Some modest hopes for a new year in the city The year has barely stepped out on the add) about our changing city.

Business in New West: Small busistage and we’re already pondering our nesses are launched by brave men and hopes for what it will deliver. women in this city. They deserve local Citizen engagement: We hope to see support and encouragement. We’d like more ways for citizens to connect with to see as much energy put into their local government and helping local small businesses get involved in 2015. Only 23 as the energy spent on luring per cent of New Westminster THE RECORD larger businesses to move here. voters went to the polls last Policing: New West is forNovember – given that there tunate to have a local police department isn’t another election for four years, it’s that tries very hard to reflect the diversity imperative that citizens stay in touch and in the city. It’s a model for other departpoliticos keep citizens informed (and ments in many ways. In 2015 we’d like to newspapers keep close tabs, we might

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see more cops on foot and visible in some of the parks and streets in the city.

City second-looks: Everybody wants everybody to use less transit and bicycle and walk more in the city. But the city evolved over time with a mish-mash of strange street layouts and poor pedestrian crossings – if any. Some of these are impossible to fix, but others can be changed and improved. For 2015 we’d like to see a special effort made to improve pedestrian access and walkways.

Arts galore: In 2014, we were once again impressed with how much this

small city can offer in the way of live entertainment and events. In 2015, we’d like to see more folks tuning in to the city’s live arts and culture scene and turning off their TVs. And, if you’re wondering how you can find out about the arts scene in the city – well, just check out our arts coverage in these pages.

Good news: Folks email and call us with heartwarming stories, but we know there are a lot more of them to share. In 2015, we’d like to hear from more readers with good news to share. There can never be too much of those in a year.

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f you’re like me, you are probably tired of reading or watching all those lists of the Top 10 news stories from the past year. Yes, yes, I know: the teachers’ labour dispute was a big story, but do we need to be told that again and again?

Instead of looking back, let’s look forward and try to figure out which stories we’re all going to be talking about so much in the coming year.

There will be unpredictable events, of course, that will garner a lot of headline coverage: major crimes, political controversies, spectacular accidents, cute animals that go missing (really), and the like.

But some big events in the political arena are predictable and are sitting right there on the horizon, just waiting to take over the water cooler conversation.

I can think of several separate, distinct events or issues that will get a lot of news coverage in the coming year, and all of which have a direct impact on the lives of most British Columbians.

Get ready to read and hear a lot about these in 2015: ! 1. The transit plebiscite in Metro Vancouver in March.

By the time you get your

mail-in plebiscite ballot, you won’t be able to look at so much as a transit bus without thinking about expensive transportation projects and how they should be paid for. That’s because you are about to be inundated with all kinds of information (from stories in newspapers, radio and television, to pamphlets and advertising) expressing support for both sides of the plebiscite question.

Those advocating the “yes” answer to whether the sales tax should be boosted a half point will be just as aggressive – and loud, and non-stop – as those pushing the “no” response to the proposed tax hike. You won’t be able to turn on a television newscast, radio or open a newspaper without running smack into people like Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore (an ardent Yes advocate) and Jordan Bateman of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, making their pitches, over and over again. ! 2. The federal election in October.

The federal vote may not be until the fall, but the campaign is now starting in earnest. The Conservatives have begun running new ads featuring Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and will continue to run ads that attack and mock federal Liberal leader Justin Trudeau (and the federal government will continue to air ads praising its economic policies, with taxpayers footing the bill for them for

Dear Editor:

I watched the local news New Year’s Day, in regards to those who went to downtown Vancouver to celebrate and how they where stranded for hours by not being able to get a taxi.

There seems to be something terribly wrong when you can’t get a taxi when needed. As someone who has lived around the Metro Vancouver area for many years, I can say that 20 years ago there was no problem as there is now.

This situation is not acceptable. I don’t buy all the excuses the taxi companies give in regard to licensing.

I think it is sheer greed.

Recently a company called Uber was going to provide some sort of transportation service, of course all the taxi companies where crying foul.

To me, I feel they have some monopoly going on and of course they don’t want competition.

They claim that these taxi drivers have some kind of training. Well, I saw an example of that training the other day at a shopping mall where an elderly lady waited for her cab.

When it approached her, she was pushing a walker full of groceries and the driver just sat on his behind while she struggled to open her door. He finally got out and helped a bit.

We do not want to encourage drinking and driving, but we do nothing to discourage it either.

TransLink is hopeless also, as it does not run all night. It would pay to have more transportation on the roads all over Metro Vancouver as it would also benefit business, such as bars in restaurants.

So, if the taxi companies cannot supply reasonable transportation service, then I say bring on Uber.

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much of the year).

All parties are well into their riding nomination processes, and candidates should start filling those positions in increasingly large numbers in the weeks ahead. The three main party leaders will step up their travel schedules – look for all three to make more and more swings through B.C., which has six extra seats up for grabs this time around – as their pace will become frenetic.

The latest polls suggest Harper and the Conservatives are hanging onto their base, while the Liberals have made an impressive recovery with the voters, and the NDP has slipped back into its traditional territory of the

distant third-place.

But polls can be wrong, of course (hello the 2013 B.C. provincial election).

Still, don’t count Harper out: his base, being older, is more likely to actually vote than those of his chief opponents. ! 3. Pipeline protests.

You didn’t seriously think these were over because the one on Burnaby Mountain ended?

Come on, we’re just getting started here folks.

A great divide is beginning to take hold in this country, and it’s going to play out in B.C. like nowhere else in the country. That divide is over energy policies, as a vocal minority wants to end all oil shipments from Alberta’s vast oil sands project.

! 4. The Site C dam construction.

B.C. Hydro says it is aiming to begin construction in July. But that seems optimistic at best, given how many legal challenges against the dam have been filed, with more on the way.

All four of these issues are linked by the fact that all of them contain some element of political protesting, which is fitting, given that protesting is almost a British Columbian’s birthright.

And you’re going to see a lot of it this year, whether it’s targeted at a transit tax hike, an oil pipeline or a federal political party, or a hydroelectric dam.

Welcome to 2015!

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

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Firefighters spread Christmas cheer AROUND TOWN

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ew Westminster firefighters spread a little Christmas cheer among kids at Royal Columbian Hospital.

Several members of the New Westminster Firefighters Charitable Society dropped by the pediatrics ward on Dec. 19 to deliver nearly $1,200 worth of gifts. Toys, colouring supplies, DVDs and Xbox games were among the gifts delivered to the ward.

“It’s no fun being in the hospital at any time – it’s even less fun being in at Christmas,” said firefighter Glen Bailey. “We have always tried to help out the kids as much as we can. We try and make their stay as comfortable as possible.”

Bailey, a past-president of the charitable society, said firefighters have previously donated items including TVs and DVD players to the ward.

“We try and help make kids’ lives a little bit happier and help out the staff,” he said. “They have a constant need.”

In the past, the charitable society has also contributed to the construction of an indoor playground, as well as an outdoor play area for the pediatrics unit.

“It’s in our backyard,” Bailey said of Royal Columbian Hospital. “We do pride ourselves on trying to help out kids as much as we can.”

Cote changes up council meetings

New Westminster’s new mayor is changing up the way city council reports on activities around town.

Mayor Jonathan Cote recently introduced a change he hopes will modernize the council reports section of regular meetings of city council. Anyone who has tuned in to a council meeting in the past 20 years may have noticed the “council reports” section of the meeting where councillors and the mayor talk about events or conferences they’ve attended or comment on assorted

items impacting the community.

Instead of having council members “go through our diaries” for up to an hour at the end of meetings, Cote proposed changes to speed up the reports and make them more topical. Meetings will include an announcements section where council members can do thank you’s, announce upcoming events or offer condolences on a need-to basis.

Cote would also like to give councillors a chance to do five- or 10-minute reports at different times to address specific issues they’re working on or provide information gathered at conferences.

Council considered Cote’s proposal at the Dec. 8 meeting and supported the change.

Look at the past

The New Westminster Historical Society is starting off the new year with a look at some images from the city’s past.

The topic of the Wednesday, Jan. 21 presentation is An Evening of Miscellaneous New Westminster Historical Images. It’s being held at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium

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Tiny treasures: Baby Beckett had a visit from New Westminster firefighters on Dec. 19, when they dropped by Royal Columbian Hospital. From left, Trevor Tougas, Rob Dick, Jay Zimmermann, Fire Chief Tim Armstrong, Ryan Blatter, Glen Bailey and Joga Hayre. of the New Westminster Public Library at 716 Sixth Ave. The presentation features a collection of miscellaneous photos and stories, including local orphanages, city sites and buildings, as well as images relating to upcom-

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1915 – 100 years ago.

The program is free and everyone is welcome.

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◗ ON THE TOWN

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Six-stringed sounds: Above, Maneli Jamal is part of this year’s International Guitar Night tour, which is making a stop at the Massey Theatre in New Westminster on Thursday, Jan. 22. He’s joined on stage by Diego Figueiredo (above right) and Brian Gore (at right)., along with Andrew York.

They’ve got the world on a string – or six You can enjoy the sounds of some of the world’s top guitarists – right here on the Massey Theatre stage.

The International Guitar Night tour is returning to the city for a Thursday, Jan. 22 performance.

San Francisco’s Brian Gore, a renowned finger-style guitarist and founder of the tour, will be on stage along with three top international performers.

Gore has two solo releases –

Legacy and Path of Least Resistance – as well as two multimedia releases that combine music and imagery: Santa Cruz in Song and Image and Wine Country: A Pairing of Music and Art. Taking to the stage with Gore will be acoustic guitarist and composer Maneli Jamal, who has lived in Iran, Belarus, Germany, U.S.A. and Canada, and whose artistic style draws upon his nomadic life experiences.

Also on the bill is Andrew York, recognized as one of today’s most visible and innovative classical guitar composers.

He’s recognized internationally as a performer of both classical and jazz music.

Rounding out the bill is Diego Figueiredo, considered one of the most talented guitar players in the world today. He has released more than 19 albums and is the winner of several important com-

petitions, including the Montreux Jazz Competition and the VISA Prize.

Gore founded International Guitar Night in 1995 as a forum for the world’s finest guitarists and composers to play their latest original songs and share musical ideas with their peers in concert.

The concept evolved to critically acclaimed tours in the U.S. (starting in 2000), Canada (starting in 2006) and the U.K. (starting

in 2007).

You can find out more about the musicians and the tour at the International Guitar Night website, www.internationalguitar night.com.

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Monday movies are back for a new year THE LIVELY CITY JULIE MACLELLAN

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appy new year!

Hard to believe that we’re ushering in a new year already.

Fortunately for film buffs, that also means that the next instalment of Last Mondays at the Movies isn’t too far away.

The Arts Council of New Westminster is continuing its film series at the Massey Theatre on Monday, Jan. 26, with a 7:30 p.m. screening of The Trip to Italy.

The film follows the adventures of a restaurant reviewer and his friend as they set off on a tour of Italy. It’s described as “a savoury mixture of character comedy, spectacular landscapes (and) interaction with the surroundings using ancient history as rich comedy fodder.”

Want to check it out?

Just pop in to the Massey Theatre (735 Eighth Ave.) on movie night. You can buy your $9 ticket at the door.

Time to sing

If you love to sing and you’re parenting a young child, then this may be just the place for you.

Music Box Music and Theatre Academy is hosting a new community choir for adult amateur singers. The non-auditioned group doesn’t require any prior musical knowledge – just the desire to sing in a group.

Children and babies are welcome to come along (and sing along, too).

Everyone interested is invited to check it out, by donation, in the month of January. It will meet on Mondays at 10 a.m. through January (and longer if there’s enough interest), in the food hall at River Market.

And a reminder to parents of young kids – Music

Box also hosts a free dropin mini-music class for wee ones from babies up to five-year-olds. Caregivers join in the singing, stories, instruments and other fun, while kids of all ages can learn from each other.

That’s on Fridays at 10 a.m.

Check out www. musicboxnw.ca for more details.

Writing workshop

Have you always had a hankering to write? Or are you already a writer but just looking for some advice on getting better at your craft?

You might want to check out an upcoming workshop to get you pointed in the right direction.

The Royal City Literary Arts Society is offering up The Stuff of Stories, with facilitator Lois Peterson, on Saturday, Jan. 17.

Peterson has taught creative writing at the community, school and college levels for more than 20 years, and she has had numerous articles and short stories published internationally – not to mention her seven books for children and youth.

Her interactive workshop will look at the classic advice of “show, don’t tell,” exploring the tangible, concrete elements of stories as a way to incorporate metaphor and expand possibilities and connections.

There will be discussion, writing and list-making, and participants should bring along the first three pages of a piece of fiction or memoir.

The workshop runs from 1 to 3 p.m. in the MLA’s office at 737 Sixth St. There’s free parking behind the building; enter from the back. Check out www.rclas. com for all the details.

Sharing stories

And another one for the writers out there – if you want to share your work with other folks, why not check out the Royal City Literary Arts Society’s short story open mike nights?

The sessions are hosted

by Margo Prentice, and

they run on the second Wednesday of the month at Renaissance Bookstore at 43 Sixth St. Writers can bring short stories or excerpts from books or journals to read, and storytellers are also welcome. Everyone is also invited to just pop in to listen.

You can email secretary @rclas.com if you want more info – or just stop in to enjoy. Check out www. rclas.com for more.

Poetry Wars

Interested in poetry?

The Poetry Wars study group is continuing for the new year, with its next meeting coming up on Saturday, Jan. 10 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Renaissance Bookstore.

Carol Shillibeer leads the group, which explores Canada’s literary environment. Group members meet monthly to discuss poems, reviews, texts and commentary – all with an eye to becoming better poets.

Email Carol at shillibeer@tailfeather.ca or just show up at the meeting to check it out. Renaissance Bookstore is at 43 Sixth St., downtown, and the drop-in is free.

Artists sought

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The Arts Council of New Westminster is inviting artists to submit applications for its 2015/16 season of exhibitions.

Artists will be considered for both the main arts council gallery, at Centennial Lodge in Queen’s Park, and for satellite galleries.

The exhibition season runs from March 2015 to November 2016, and applications must be in by Feb. 15.

Artists must fill out an application form, provide eight to 10 slides or photos or a DVD of their work, plus an artist’s statement, along with a CV. Call the office at 604-5253244 or check out the website at www.artscouncil newwest.org for more information.

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◗ IN THE GAME

A1 Royals gold at House ◗P12 Field hockey forward to Chile ◗P12

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OT beats Giants in Mac’s semifinal

BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

Overtime proved a period too far for the Northwest Giants.

The B.C. major midget team missed a chance at a fifth Mac’s AAA midget hockey tournament final following a 3-2 doubleovertime loss to the secondplace Saskatchewan league Regina Pat Canadians last week.

The Giants, two-time winners in 2009 and 2012, also finished runners-up at the Macs in 2007 and ‘08.

“It really does (mean something), especially to the boys who have been there before,” said Giants head coach Clint Thornton.

“They know what to expect. It’s a tough tournament.”

The competition was made even tougher when the flu hit the Giants locker room hard early in the tourney.

Team captain Keegan Jones led the Giants with three goals and two assists at the Mac’s, including an assist and the go-ahead marker in the four-goal middle period in the semifinal matchup against the Pats at the Max Bell Centre in Calgary on New Year’s Eve. Both teams played shutout hockey through the first, third and opening period of overtime before Regina’s Conner Chaulk got the puck behind Beck Warm in the fifth minute of the second overtime period.

Shane Kime also scored his first goal of the tournament to tie the game 1-1 early in the second period.

But the gutsy effort put forth by the team in the

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Ready to go: The Northwest Giants warmed up for the Mac’s AAA midget hockey tournament with a recent thre-point outing over the second-place Okanagan Rockets last month. quarter-finals was something to build on for the remainder of the season, said Thornton.

“It said it all when our (ill) captain Keegan Jones came off the ice unstrapping his helment so he could be sick into a bucket and then looking up, said, ‘I’m good to go.’ It showed the others what they can accomplish when they really want it,” Thornton added.

In the quarter-finals, David Tendeck helped hand the Calgary Northstars their only loss at the Mac’s, registering a 4-0 shutout.

Affiliate Brady Chin got credit for the game winner as the Giants scored

twice in both the first and third periods against the Southern Alberta club.

Jones, Josh Latta and Brett Didyk also scored.

The Giants won Pool 2 with an unbeaten 3-01 record. The Burnaby Winter Club-based club opened the tournament with a 1-1 draw against the Calgary Flames. Chin scored the Giants’ only goal.

Warm registered a 30 shutout against the Saskatoon Contacts, while Callahan Brebner, Jones and Jason Village – into an empty net – all scored in an 11-minute span of the third period to knock off the fourth-place Saskatchewan midget league club.

The Giants got key outings in a pair of 3-2 wins to lock up top spot in pool play.

Tendeck made 47 stops to register the victory over the Northern Alberta league leader CAC Gregg Distibutors, while Latta tallied the game-winner from affiliate Kyle Kaufman with three minutes left on the clock.

In the Giants’ final pool game, Kaufman scored the game-winning goal with his first goal of the tournament in a 3-2 win over the New York Jr. Islanders.

Kaufman and Chin proved key contributors for the Giants, with four and three points, respectively.

Justin Wilson and Latta led the Giants in scoring with six points apiece, while Latta and Jones both posted a team-best three goals.

Austin McQuay became the second consecutive Giant to be named one of five scholarship winners at the Mac’s. Last year, Quinn Thompson earned the honour for the Giants.

The B.C. league-leading Cariboo Cougars defeated Regina 2-1 in double-OT to win their first-ever Mac’s title.

The competition all augurs well for the Giants’ return to league play this weekend. ◗Hockey Page 12

Local rinks nipped at juniors Eight proved an unlucky number for Team Daniels at the B.C. junior women’s curling championships.

Last year’s national silver medallist lost its only game of the provincials 8-2 to the Corryn Brown rink from Kamloops in the title game at the Parksville Curling Club on Jan. 3.

The combined Delta Thistle and Royal City clubs rink of skip Sarah Daniels, third Marika Van Osch, second Dezaray Hawes and lead Megan Daniels won seven straight games in the round robin, including a 10-3 victory over Team Brown in Draw 4 on Dec. 30.

But unlike the team’s earlier seven-end win over the Kamloops foursome, the final was all Brown.

The 2013 provincial and Canadian junior champs stole a single in each of the second, third, fourth and fifth ends, before claiming a game-breaking triple in the seventh.

With last rock in the ninth end, Brown made a successful double takeout to sit one.

In the junior men’s final, Royal City club’s Brayden Carpenter finished just short of a spot in the playdowns with a 4-3 record.

Victoria’s Paul Henderson won the provincial men’s title 9-8 over Cody Tanaka from Abbotsford.

The Canadian junior championships will be held Jan. 24 through Feb. 1 in Corner Brook, Nfld.

Record sister paper team wins velodrome 4Day

BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

The Burnaby NOW made news at the Burnaby Velodrome 4Day bike race.

The Burnaby NOW-sponsored team of American riders Jacob Duehring and Daniel Holloway rode away with the top prize after four nights of exciting indoor track racing before record crowds at the Barnet Highway bubble on Dec. 30.

Going into the final races up a lap and trailing Team Canada’s Zach Bell and Jacob Schwingboth on points, Holloway claimed the elimination sprint over Bell, setting up the California pair for a winning ride in the final 140-lap Madison.

Duehring, a U.S. team member to the upcoming world championships, and Holloway, the reigning U.S. Elite criterium champion, lapped the field to claim the top podium at the 4Day. The California pair made a break from the pack with

38 laps to go and kept the hammer down all the way to the finish.

“I’m glad we won for Burnaby,” said the 29-year-old Duehring. “It was a risky decision. If we ended blowing up, we could have ended up losing. But we knew we both had enough experience to put in a big dig.”

In the women’s elite division, hometown favourite and Olympian Jasmin Glaesser took top honours over World Cup medal winner Stephanie Roorda and eight-time New Zealand national champion Joanne Kiesanowski.

Holloway, who won a 6Day title with Colby Pearce at the Burnaby Velodrome in 2011, dedicated the win to everyone who had lost a loved one while cycling over the Christmas holidays.

“I want to dedicate it to all those families,” said the 27year-old 6Day regular.

“It’s not just your run-of-the-mill bike race. We have tactics to follow. We have to evolve and change with the racing, with how we feel,” Holloway added. “It’s what makes this sport so great.”

Photo courtesy of John Preissl

The NOW team: Daniel Holloway, left, and Jacob Duehring rode for the Burnaby NOW team.

Holloway, who has competed in more than 20 multiday track events, will be going to 6Day competitions with ◗Cycling Page 12

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◗ HOCKEY

Royals medal at the House

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BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

The New Westminster Royals started the new year with a perfect run at the annual Herb House midget hockey tournament.

The host A1 Royals won all six of their games, including an emphatic 8-0 victory over Ridge Meadows A2 in the gold-medal final at Queen’s Park Arena on Dec. 30.

Player of the game Ben Manville scored a pair of goals for the Royals in the tournament final.

Garett Hoffard opened the scoring with two backto-back tallies from Taylor Seganfreddo that sparked a four-goal scoring spree in a five-minute span midway through the first period.

Ryan Spencer also counted a pair of goals in the win, including a pretty backhander off a rebound

New Westminster ’s Brenden Bissett was selected to the Canadian men’s national field hockey tour team to Chile.

The touring team is made up of 22 players selected from the men’s national and senior development teams. The tour to Chile is in preparation for the World League 2 event in February.

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Cycling:

Sharpshooters: The New Westminster A1 Royals won the Herb House midget tournament title. that made the score 3-0.

Tucker Binning posted the shutout in goal for the Royals.

New Westminster blanked the opposition in the championship round, advancing to the goldmedal final with a 4-0 win over North Vancouver A2.

Ridge Meadows got by

Surrey A2 3-2 in the other semi.

In the C level division, New Westminster C1 claimed the bronze medal following a 7-3 win over Langley.

New West C3 settled for the silver medal against eventual tournament champion Pt. Moody.

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Hockey: Giants on Island this weekend ◗ continued from page 11

“It will be a good competition. Our guys are learning how we have to play to win,” Thornton said. “Mac’s was a good example of how we need to play. I believe we have two of the best goalies in

the province, if not Western Canada, and we’re going to build out from there.”

The third-place Giants are on Vancouver Island this weekend for a two-game set against the South Island Royals. tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

Forward named to Chile team

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Sky High: The New Westminster Hyacks tip off the new year at the Winston Churchill tournament this week.

Duehring in Berlin and Copenhagen in the coming weeks in preparation for the outdoor racing season in the early spring.

The two met on the track and make a solid pairing.

“We’re both kind of spinny,” Duehring said, meaning the two racers have similar good leg speed.

But both cannot deny their likeness for how the sport of Madison cycling brings people together to everyone’s mutual enjoyment.

“I like the sense of community it brings to the sport,” Duehring added.

“It’s unique.”

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