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LICELADIES NewWestminsterparent volunteers SukhiPlessis, left, andGinaGriffiths, right, checkLordKelvinElementarySchool students for liceandnits aspart of a routine roundof inspectionsafter everymajorbreak. PHOTOCORNELIANAYLOR
Anvil Centre is seeking $100,000 to helpdim the lights in the ballroom.
The city’s 2016 capital budget includesa request for $100,000 to upgrade the ball-room lights so they can be dimmed duringevents in certain locations of the room foraudiovisual presentations. Anvil Centre staffsay clients often request the lights dimmedfor presentations or speakers, but that’s cur-
rently not an option.“The system currently does not meet
conference standards, so to ensure that cli-ents are receiving the best possible experi-ence – we are actually climbing on a lad-der and unscrewing lightbulbs,” saidValiMarling, general manager of Anvil Centre.“What we are proposing is that the wiringis redone. It wasn’t wired the way I guess Iwould have had it wired.”
When Anvil Centre gets requests fordimmed lights in the ballroom, the city
rents a scissor-lift so staff can unscrew lightsto fulfil the client’s needs.The budget reportnotes that “it is unusual” for a conferencecentre ballroom not to be able to accommo-date clients’ lighting requests.
According to Marling, staff is workingwith the contractor to determine if thereare ways to “significantly decrease” the costof work needed to implement the lightingchanges.
The city’s 2016 capital budget includestwo other items related to Anvil Centre:
" Anvil Centre restaurant work corri-dor and private dining area: $400,000.Thiswould involve the construction of a corri-dor and some ancillary spaces between theAnvil Centre lobby and the lobby of the of-fice tower." Anvil Centre restaurant leasing and ten-ant improvements: $395,000.This work isbeing done so the city can lease out the res-taurant space that’s located at the corner of
Dimmerswitchlightswillcost$100,000
NEWS3Cyclist killed on Brunette
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The lice ladies have arrived at LordKelvin Elementary School.
Armed with a binder of class lists, thetwo NewWestminster moms – SukhiPlessis and Gina Griffiths – march acrossthe school’s courtyard and set up in ahallway outside their first class.
Students know the drill.Two at a time, they plunk down on un-
dersized chairs and offer up their hair– brown, blonde, bright orange, frizzy,sleek, curly, pony-tailed, corn-rowed andbrush-cut – to the expert hands and eyesof the lice ladies.
The two women work their waythrough the kids’ hair in quarter-inch sec-tions, focusing on the two inches closestto the scalp.
The brush-cut boys are done in lessthan a minute and even the girls aren’tthere for long.
But, after a few heads, Plessis lingersover one long set of locks, running herfingernails along a few strands of hair.
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For the second time thisyear, there’s been a fatalityon the roads in NewWest-minster.
A cyclist fromVancouverwas killed on Friday aftercolliding with a semi-truckat Brunette Avenue andSherbrooke Street.
The incident, which hap-pened during the rush hourcommute just before 3:30p.m., is now being investi-gated by NewWestminsterpolice’s collision analysts todetermine what led up toand caused the crash.
NewWestminster PoliceDepartment spokespersonacting Sgt. Jeff Scott said in-vestigators are looking ata number of different as-pects of the crash, includingweather conditions, the me-chanical conditions of thetruck and bicycle and theroadway where it happened.
Police haven’t determinedif the cyclist, who has notbeen identified, was com-
muting at the time.“I’m not sure what his
background is, or whatbrought him to BrunetteAvenue.We don’t have theanswer to that quite yet,”Scott said, adding the roadis a major thoroughfare witha lot of traffic at that time ofthe day.
The driver remained atthe scene and is cooperatingwith police.
NewWest Coun. PatrickJohnstone said he was sad-dened to hear about the in-cident but without knowingall the details, he isn’t suremuch could be done to im-prove cycling safety alongthe specific stretch of road.
“There’s no room on thatroad to really build cyclinginfrastructure,” he told theRecord. “That road is un-fortunately not a good placeto be on a bicycle.”
Johnstone said instead,the city is trying to providealternative routes, pointingout the CentralValley Gre-enway runs by the area.Thecouncillor noted the city’s
waterfront vision includesdeveloping another low-lev-el greenway to run along thewaterfront and Brunette.
Johnstone also said themunicipality is trying to de-velop a transportation mas-ter plan with the safety ofpedestrians and cyclists as atop priority.
However, AndrewFeltham, with HUB NewWestminster, a cycling ad-
vocacy group, suggested theincident is a reminder of themany gaps in the region’scycling infrastructure, add-ing the practical alternativesto Brunette are “incompleteor circuitous.”
He said the Brunette cor-ridor is an important region-al route for everyone, yet itdoes not provide any dedi-cated space for cyclists andcan’t be considered a “safe
route.”“It is legal for cyclists to
use this route, and so bothdrivers and cyclists must beaware of each other’s pres-ence and act accordingly,”Feltham said in an email.
As for the crash, NewWest police indicate it couldtake months to complete theinvestigation.
In the meantime, Scottsaid police are looking for
any witnesses and ask-ing anyone with informa-tion about the crash to callthe department at 604-525-5411.
In January, a pedestrianwas hit by a car and killednear Royal Columbian Hos-pital.The driver of the vehi-cle was headed east on EastColumbia Street when ithit the pedestrian, who wascrossing the street.
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DEADLYRIDE: Acyclist fromVancouverwaskilled last Friday (Feb. 5) after collidingwitha semi-truckatBrunetteAvenueandSherbrookeStreet. AndrewFeltham,withHUBNewWestminster, said the incident is a reminderof themanygaps in the region’s cyclinginfrastructure. PHOTOSHANEMACKICHAN
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The tragic death of a cyclist has put thespotlight on Brunette Avenue – should theroute be closed to all cyclists?
A three-month joint in-vestigation into a drug traf-ficking ring by NewWest-minster police and BurnabyRCMP has resulted incharges against five people.
NewWestminster PoliceDepartment’s street crimeunit started the investiga-tion back in October 2015.
While police couldn’t di-vulge specific details on theinvestigation, acting Sgt.Jeff Scott, spokesperson forthe local department, con-firmed that in December,two search warrants wereexecuted – one at a home inNewWest and another at ahome in the 4200 block ofGrange Street.
Investigators seized threeimitation firearms, cocaine,crack cocaine, heroin, meth-amphetamine, $100,000 incash, multiple cellphonesand three vehicles, accord-
ing to Burnaby RCMP.Following the searches,
four people, all NewWest-minster residents, were ar-rested and charged withvarious drug-related offenc-es, including drug traffick-ing and possession of a con-trolled substance. Chargedare Gary Gurinder SinghDhami, 26; Sukhatj SingKang, 22; Kiearah AyishaAtwell, 21; and Kelvin JohnMadden, 24.
Fifty-three-year-old MilesDennis Sparks was arrestedon Feb. 3 and charged withtwo counts of trafficking.
All accused have been re-leased from custody withconditions. Sparks is sched-uled to appear in NewWest-minster provincial court onFeb. 17. Dhami, Kang, At-well and Madden are ex-pected in court on March 2.
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Convicted animal killerKayla Bourque may havebeen granted an order forunsupervised trips into thecommunity, but that doesn’tmean her activities will beany less monitored, accord-ing to NewWestminster Po-lice.
Three years ago, Bourquepleaded guilty to killing orinjuring an animal, causingunnecessary suffering andpain to an animal and pos-sessing a weapon for a dan-gerous purpose.
While on probation, shebreached one of the con-ditions of release and wasordered to serve an addi-tional two months in pris-on. She came to live in NewWestminster last Septem-
ber, following that stint be-hind bars.
Last week, nearly fivemonths after she moved tothe Royal City, Bourquesought and was granted un-supervised day trips – butthese trips aren’t withoutconditions.
“It’s one of those thingsshe’s been granted, and sheis still being monitored veryclosely.There’s a numberof requirements of that daypass that she needs to abideby that are all laid out in herorder,” acting Sgt. Jeff Scott,
spokesperson for the NewWestminster Police, told theRecord.
Bourque is required toabide by electronic moni-toring and is only allowedto take part in un-supervised out-ings onThursdaymornings be-tween 9 and 11a.m.These outingsmust be approvedin advance by herprobation officer,and she must ex-plain her plans forthe two-hour win-dow: where she willbe, and the routeshe will take. She must alsosign in and out from herresidence.
The 25-year-old is alsorequired to carry with her,at all times, a letter of per-
mission from her probationofficer while she is unsuper-vised.
“She needs to work close-ly with her probation officerand her case management
team,” Scott said.Among the
members ofBourque’s casemanagement teamis a detective withthe local policeforce, Scott con-firmed.
“She is veryclosely monitored.She has to workclosely with herprobation officer
and abide by, still, all of herother conditions that shehas, so there is very closemonitoring of where she is,”he said.
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YOUR FUTURENEIGHBOURHOODSaturday February 1311:30pm - 2:30pmConnaught Heights School Gym2201 London StreetWe are hosting drop-in workshops that willdiscuss growth and housing. Neighbourhoodsdiscussed in this workshop are: ConnaughtHeights andWest End. Your feedback willhelp guide the future of your neighbourhood!All of the information gathered will informthe new Official Community Plan - thedocument that guides growth in the city. Afood truck has been invited and a discountwill be offered for a tasty lunch. Childmindingwill be provided, so let us know if you willbring your kids along.Call 604-527-4532 to register.
DOG LICENSE RENEWAL2016 dog licenses are now available forpurchase and renewal. Get yours beforeMarch 1st to qualify for the discountedrate. Licenses can be renewed online atnewwestcity.caPlease visit City Hall or the NewWestminsterAnimal Shelter at 231 Ewen Ave to licenseyour dog. For more information, please visitnewwestcity.ca or call 604-519-2008.
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CALL FOR ARTISTS:THE LIVING ARCHIVENewWestminster Museum and Archiveslocated at Anvil Centre is seeking twelveemerging contemporary visual artistsaged 17-24 to participate in The LivingArchive. Sculptors, painters, printmakers,photographers, and mixed-media artistswill work collaboratively to put togetheran exhibition inspired by the Museum’scollection in the feature gallery space in June.
Artists must be able to commit to allThursday evening meetings and additionalexhibition installation time in June asscheduled. This is a unique opportunity towork alongside fellow emerging artists, createin a professional context, and learn valuablenew skills and techniques. Participatingartists will receive a small honorarium uponcompletion of the project. Submissiondeadline is March 27, 2016.
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FEBRUARY 15 – 21, 2016This year’s theme for Heritage Week is“Distinctive Destinations: Experience HistoricPlaces”. As part of this year’s celebration, therewill be two contests open for NewWestminsterstudents:
Kindergarten to Grade 3:Heritage colouring contest (11” x 17” format)Download the entry form at newwestcity.ca orcontact Development Services to obtain a copy.
Grades 4 & 5:Submit a heritage drawing, photograph or acombination of both, that recognizes this year’stheme of “Distinctive Destinations: ExperienceHistoric Places” (max. size of 11” x 17”).
Entry deadline is Monday, February 22nd, 2016.Submissions can be forwarded to students’respective schools (for pick up) or to:Development Services Department,Planning Division511 Royal Ave, NewWestminster, BC V3L 1H9Prizes will be awarded on Monday April 4, 2016during the 5:30 pm Regular Council Meeting.Winners and their families will receive advancenotification and will be invited to attend. Themeeting will be televised on Shaw Cable TV(Ch 4). The City of NewWestminster alsoprovides streaming video service of RegularCouncil meetings at newwestcity.ca
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WatermeteringneedstostartnowWater meters, you say?We’ll drink to that – a
nice tall drink of cold, freshwater.
Word that the City ofNewWestminster is consid-ering a water metering pro-gram comes as welcomenews to those residents whohave long been on the con-servation bandwagon.
Under the existing flat-fee system, there’s no finan-cial incentive for residentsand homeowners to use wa-ter responsibly.You can take
every environmentally re-sponsible step possible andstill end up paying the sameamount for your water useas the guy down the blockwho insists on watering hislawn every day, leaving histaps running unattendedand spraying his hose fullforce to clean his car andsidewalk.
NewWestminster En-vironmental Partners hasbeen lobbying the city toimplement a voluntary wa-ter metering program for
single-family homes – a planthat was floated eight yearsago but didn’t catch on atthe time.
This time out, we’reguessing the idea is goingto gain traction with morethan just the green crowd.
Having just come off thedriest summer in the re-corded history of BritishColumbia, and having livedthrough months of restrict-ed water use, the issue ofwater conservation is top ofmind for most of us.
More than ever before,we understand that the wa-ter we use each and everyday is precious.We under-stand that there are ways touse that water more respon-
sibly. And, above all, we un-derstand more clearly thanwe ever have that water con-servation starts with smallsteps taken in each and ev-ery one of our homes andgardens.
All of which meansthere’s no better time to dowhat should have been doneyears ago.
We get that there’s a costattached to implementingwater meters.
But there’s a far biggerlong-term cost attached to
not using our water resourc-es responsibly.
We hope the city willchoose to move ahead withthe Environmental Partners’suggestion and start watermetering sooner rather thanlater. It simply makes senseto make us all aware of wa-ter use – and there’s no bet-ter way to raise awarenessthan by hitting us square inthe wallet.
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ARCHIVE1987There goes the golden girl
MYVIEWANNEO’SHAUGHNESSY
Q2Qbridge isjustabadplan
I seem to be a bit late tothe table, but I would likemy objection to this Q2Qbridge monstrosity record-ed. (Much good will it dome. I have the feeling thatminds are already madeup.)
I have seen the renderingsof this horror and am ap-palled at the willingness ofthe city to embrace uglinessand vulgarity. (The elec-tronic billboards are a goodexample. Also the lightingon theWait for Me Daddybronze statue.)
Don’t ruin the view of theriver – one of the best fea-tures the city enjoys.We livealong the Queensboroughside of the Fraser and takegreat pleasure in lookingacross it to enjoy the pictur-esque view.We’re not alonein that.This monstrosity isgoing to stand 30 feet in theair, totally destroying theQuay area’s classic water-front charm with its moder-nity. (Not to mention thejarring sight of its elevator inthe middle of a pleasant andpeaceful riverside path, northe intrusion of its bulk intohomes on either shore.)
The point has been madethat this thing is going tolink the two parts of NewWestminster. How?Theshops and restaurants at thequay, plus the “easy” accessto the SkyTrain, are at leasta mile away, even for us whoare right at the proposedQueensborough terminal.
We already have conve-nient access to the Sky-Train and downtown. It’scalledTransLink. (It would
be a stretch for most peo-ple to walk to the Quay, letalone carrying any purchas-es back.)
You are a new councilwith a fistful of new casi-no money. Use it wisely. Upuntil now you have been un-able to afford proper main-tenance and improvementon existing projects – espe-cially if you are consider-ing raising taxes to do them.Rather than adding some-thing new (and inappro-priate) to the list of thingsto maintain, consider im-proving on the beautifica-tion program you’ve alreadystarted.
Plant trees. Restore theurban forest, the loss ofwhich you’re mourning.Here’s the money you’vebeen lacking.You may evenbe able to forgo the tax in-crease!
If you want to make theresidents of Queensboroughfeel a part of the main city,then make our area a specialpart.Try:
1. cleaning up the river-side path by removing the20 or so inches of rock edg-ing, taking out the unwant-ed grass and weeds that aregrowing through it and re-placing the rocks so it lookslike someone cared for it;
2. replacing the blacktopsidewalk along Ewen Streetwith a proper sidewalk.If concrete doesn’t work,then use brick.Take the ex-tra step.Think “first class.”Plant the new boulevardthere with trees along withthe shrubs already in
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’TWASSAIDTHISWEEK...
That road is unfortunatelynot a good place to be on a
bicycle.
Patrick Johnstone, story page 3
A brazen daytime theft was suspected after a two-foot,100-pound female sculpture dubbed Gold Girl disap-peared from Royal City Antiques and Fine FurnishingLtd. on East Eight Avenue in September.
Police figured several individuals working togetherhad pulled off the heist, with some in the group occupy-ing the sales staff while others made off with the $2,800bronze statue.
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There’snobettertimetodowhatshouldhavebeendoneyearsago.
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Downtown NewWestis just a ‘disaster’Dear EditorDowntownNewWestminster isa disaster. It has bars, then theWhiteMile ofbridal shops and thebigwhite elephant at theend, the Anvil Centre, plus a few loan sharksand jewelry shops.Youget a girlwith a fewdrinks, then, if
youdon’t stopbyShoppers for some familyplanning, you then visit bridal shops and tuxcentres.Nogreat businesses live in thedowntown;
with parkingmeters everywhere, peopleshopuptownwhere there is free parkingor atMcBride at the Safeway there.DowntownNewWestminster,with no free
parking, is a deadend.Then some real dumbpeople bought con-
dosnext to a railway and complain about thenoise; it is likemovingnext to anairport andcomplaining about airplanes.If no trains, no trucks, no traffic problem,
but no jobs and sono food for the stores,wecould all sit in silence and starve todeath.RogerReimer, by email
Time for smallergovernment in cityDear EditorRe: Time to start slashinghighlypaid city jobs, Inbox, theRecord, Feb. 4.I agreewith thewriters of that letter. New
West paysmuchhigherwages andbenefitsthanmost of its inhabitants ever dreamedofmaking,whilemanyare on fixed incomes.Comeon council, howabout smaller gov-
ernment?Weonly have 70,000 residents; let’scut the taxes.B.Kromm,NewWestminster
TRENDINGReaders respond onthe Q2Q bridge issue
Dennis BlaauwAs aQueensboroughresident I really hope this couple hashad theopportunity to comeover hereand seewhatwehave tooffer andunderstand the terrific link that thiswill create.My guess is nobridge, nomatter howunobtrusive, is going tosatisfy a small groupofNIMBY’s on theQuay.We live in aurban landscape thatincludes high rises…bridges, bargesandotherworking river items that areconsidered “not attractive”.Wemovedfrom theQuay toPort Royal becausetheQuaydidnot have thehousingoptionsweneededandweandmanyotherQueensborough residentswouldlove access theoneofNewWestmin-sters greatest destinations. Sopleaseconsider others in this equationbeforemoaning about a change in your view.Instead, consider how thiswill connectthe twogreat communitieswe live in.
JenniferMcdonald I used to live rightbeside that train bridge andwouldhave loved tohave access to apedes-trianbridge.My gfwho lives directlyacross in queensboroughby the trainused to joke thatweneededa zip linebetweenour places.
JasmineMengedeAs aQueensbor-ough (andPort Royal specifically)resident, I can’twait to be able towalkinto theheart of the city for a coffee,tomeet friends, or grababite to eat,especially during 3-6 rushhourwhenthe traffic canbe terrible. This bridgewill be awonderful link for all NewWest residents, albeitwith some initialgrowingpains. I’ve beenwaiting for itever since Imovedhere.
BrigetteMayerReally, residents oftheQuay? Arewenowpitting one sub-sectionof residents against another inour fair city? Just because youboughton the river doesnotmean youown it.Port Royal residents don’t think thatway, even thoughwehave riverfrontaccess aswell.
SunnyAellenThis is aGOODproject,and theCity needs to support it. Ifpeople have complaints, they shouldbedirected towards themarineauthoritieswhoare throwingupunrea-sonable barriers to this proceeding inanaffordable and community-friendlyform.Don’t let this process get derailedbyNIMBYismand fear-mongeringprotectionism.
JasonLesageThis really comesdowntowhether or not youownyour viewwhenyoupurchased your home,regardless ofwhere you live inNewWestminster (orMetro Vancouver forthatmatter). I have a viewof the FraserRiver frommyhouse inMassey VictoryHeights, but itwill be “interrupted”when the condo towers besideBraidStation arebuilt for the SappertonGreenproject. And, I’mokaywith that.
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place.This extra money is a golden oppor-tunity to do something everyone can enjoy– not just the very few that can easily ac-cess, or want to use, this new bridge affair;
3. replacing the trees and shrubs de-stroyed in the drought last summer, or dis-eased by insects;
4. repairing the small bridge betweenthe entrance road and the QueensboroughCommunity Centre. It’s been unsafe andbarricaded for over a year.
These suggestions represent only thedeficiencies that I see every day. I’m surethere are many other ways to improve ourarea that require only money and imagina-tion (appropriate imagination).
Extra funds come rarely. Please don’twaste them on what will be an unused(when the novelty wears off) and minimal-ly maintained eyesore. If the investmenthas to be a new one, then at least make itattractive.
This Q2Q bridge will be sitting thereforever. Don’t let it be a lasting testamentto this city administration’s bad judgmentand bad taste.Anne O’Shaughnessy is a Queensborough
resident.
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Wordlessly she gestures toGriffiths for a second opin-ion and soon gets the nod.
“There’s usually twoor three at least every runthrough,” Griffiths says aftersending the girl on her waywith a carefully folded noteto take home about how todeal with head lice.
Griffiths and Plessis comeinto the school after everymajor break and check ev-ery one of the 460 studentsfor the pesky parasites andtheir eggs.
“I find the biggest timeis September when theycome back after the sum-mer, and then quite oftenwe can have up to six kids,”Griffiths says, taking a breakbetween classes.
Her lice-lady days startedabout 10 years ago.
Parent advisory council(PAC) volunteers were al-ready checking the kids pe-riodically back then, shesays, but the approach hasbecome a lot more system-atic over the years.
Sukhi joined up in 2008.Their kids have long ago
moved on to NewWestmin-ster Secondary, but the liceladies keep coming back.
“It’s a big communitything,” Plessis says. “We’vegot another connection with
the school now.”The hands-on nature of
their work also creates alasting bond between themand the students, they say.
“We have the Grade 12snow still stopping us on thestreet, saying ‘Hi! How yadoing?’” Plessis said.
As for getting up closeand personal with theschool’s lice and nits, thetwo women are unfazed.
“I think a lot of peo-ple are actually scared toget down and do this,” saysGriffiths, who has hairdress-ing experience, “but be-cause of my backgroundand stuff, it’s not really a bigdeal for me to sit here anddo that. It’s like, I’ve seenit in the salon; I’ve seen ithere.”
The says the stigmaaround lice is misguided,since being in the wrongplace at the wrong time isall it takes to get them.
She remembers her sononce getting up from a briefsit down on a bench in themall and a friend spotting alouse that had caught a ridemaking its way into his hair.
“It’s that easy,” Griffithssays.
That’s a story Ken Mil-lard – back at the school of-fice – knows all too well.
The Kelvin principal’s
daughter got lice once inGrade 4.
“When you see themmoving on your kid’s scalp,that’s probably the worst,when you’re looking andyou see one and it runsaway,” he says.
Millard says Plessis andGriffiths have been a god-send to his school, wherelice are a persistent prob-lem.
“I don’t know if we’veever had every single childlice free at one time,” hesays.
But regular checks keepthe outbreaks at bay, hesays, and that’s a big plusfor teachers who then havefewer students distracted bythe itchy scalps and socialfallout that usually comewith having lice.
“We are definitely fortu-nately, because there’s not alot of people or parents thatare willing to take the timeto look through hundredsof kids’ heads to find lice,”Millard says.
At other schools, he sayshe’s had to hire profession-al lice-removal contractorsto help.
When asked if they’veever considered marketing
their considerable experi-ence for a profit, Plessis andGriffiths both say no way.
“That would take the funout of it,” Plessis says.
Columbia and Eighthstreets. A staff report statesthat additional costs arerequired, such as tenantallowances and real estatefees, and landlord work isalso required to be com-pleted prior to the tenantoccupancy.
Anvil Centre, whichopened in September2014, is home to confer-ence facilities, the NewMedia Gallery, the city’smuseum and archives, theCanadian Lacrosse Hallof Fame, cultural spaces, atheatre and a café operat-ed byTruffles Fine Foods.
GinaandSukhi’slice tips
Avoiding lice:Whetherit’s curly or straight, liceprefer longhair. Don’tshare combs, coats orhats. Keep longhair tiedup.
Checking for lice:Checkmonthly. Start kids youngandmakea routineofit, checkingwhile theywatchTV. Go throughhairin quarter-inch sections.Check the two inchesclosest to the scalp. If youfind “eggs” further down,they’re likely debris leftover from lice that havealreadyhatched.
Getting rid of lice:Ginalikes ZAP, a spray lotion.Focus on the two inch-es closest to the scalp.Throwbedding and stuff-ies into ahot dryer for anhour or into aplastic bagin a freezer for 24hours.
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The city is working to an-swer the “million-dollarquestion” of how to recon-cile the needs of residents,cyclists and marine carri-ers and still accomplish itsgoal of building a pedestri-an bridge from the Quay toQueensborough, says May-or Jonathan Cote.
Last January, the city de-termined that a drawbridgewas the best plan for linkingthe two neighbourhoods.After further talks with ma-rine carriers (tug boat op-erators), Port MetroVan-couver andTransportationCanada, the city had to re-vise the location and heightof the Q2Q crossing.
“Although those organi-zations had been informedfrom the very beginning interms of our discussions, itwasn’t until that point thatthey started to become veryvocal in terms of their in-terest and their concernswith the project,” Cote said.“Given their importantrole in terms of maintain-ing shipping access throughthe area, they do carry a lotof weight in terms of whatcould be approved and al-lowed to be built in thearea.”
Instead of being locat-ed near the submarine parkand existing railway bridge,the Q2Q has moved furtherdownstream. In addition,the plan now includes eleva-tor towers on the Quaysideesplanade and Queensbor-ough boardwalk that wouldtake cyclists and pedestriansup to the bridge.
While the conceptu-
al drawings were creat-ed to give people a sense ofthe scale of the proposedQ2Q bridge when viewedfrom the boardwalk or wa-terfront condos, Cote saidresidents on both sides ofthe river have voiced con-cerns about the visual im-pacts of the elevator tow-ers. He said cyclists haveexpressed concern that thecrossing “may not be as use-ful” as previously contem-plated as they’ll now have touse an elevator to access thebridge.
Mark Allison, the city’smanager of strategic issuesand sustainability, said thenext steps are to finalize thedesign specifications for thebridge, including design cri-teria related to appearanceand neighbourhood impactsand to consult with thecommunity on these speci-fications.The city will alsoseek updated cost estimatesin light of recent bridgecode amendments and theheight and width requiredby Port MetroVancouverandTransport Canada.
“I have never shied awayfrom stating that I havebeen a strong advocatefor building that perma-nent connection betweenQueensborough and Quay-side, and really see the tre-mendous recreational, butalso transportation, bene-fits of being able to connectour neighbourhoods thatway,” Cote said. “Havingsaid that, I’m not preparedto write a blank cheque forthis project.”
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The City of NewWest-minster’s 2016 capital bud-get includes a number ofinitiatives related to newschools.
The capital plan includes$1 million for MasseyThe-atre in 2016, with an addi-tional $4.5 million going tothe project in 2017 and an-other $4.5 million in 2018.The city has agreed to part-ner with the school districton reconstruction of MasseyTheatre as part of the con-struction of a new highschool.
Coun. Bill Harper saidthe school plan is awaitingapproval from the province’sTreasury Board, which “issupposed to be any daynow.”
As part of redevelopmentof NewWestminster Sec-ondary School, the city mayrelocate the existing skatepark.
Dean Gibson, the city’s
director of parks, cultureand recreation, said the2016 capital plan includes$1 million for the skatepark, which includes deter-mining an alternate loca-tion, design and construc-tion. “The wildcard is in thetiming, as this work is some-what connected to the time-frames involving NWSS re-construction, which is stilluncertain at this time.”
Coun. Chuck Puchmayrsaid the skate park may notactually be located on thefuture high school’s foot-print.
Whether or not the skatepart needs to be relocat-ed, it will require work, saidGibson, as the city has onlybeen doing minor patchesand repairs of the amenityin anticipation of relocatingit elsewhere in the city.
“With respect to alternatelocations, that’s part of ourwork plan for this year.Thatis part and parcel in termsof locations and design ele-ments,” he said. “Irrespec-
tive of whether the skatepark is relocated or not, ifit were able to remain in itscurrent location, that is thecity’s first and oldest skate-board park and it is wellpast its prime, so it wouldrequire some level of invest-ment regardless of whetherit stayed there or went else-where.”
The city’s 2016 capitalplan also includes $500,000for a gymnasium and wash-room expansion at EcoleFraser River Middle School,which is now under con-struction.
“The city and the schooldistrict have a long-standingpartnership on enhancingschool facilities as they’vebeen constructed,” Gibsonsaid.
Puchmayr said the cityhas helped fund larger gym-nasiums, when it’s some-thing the province shouldbe funding.
“It’s an offload to localgovernment,” he said.
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Can you tell us a littlebit about yourself?
I’m mid-20s, just movedto NewWest about sixmonths ago. My dad ownsa construction firm, so I dosales and reports for that.
How didThe RoyalCity come about?
I had an idea, a concept,when I came to NewWest.I just saw that there was agap on social media and sawan opportunity to get peo-ple excited about what wasgoing on, things that werehappening.That’s part ofthe reason I moved to NewWest myself was I saw there
(were) a lot of things chang-ing. I wanted to be part ofan up-and-coming area.
Do you have a focuson Instagram that you’reaiming for?
Yeah, I’m trying to con-nect with local businesses.I want to try and promoteevents, get people talkingabout development, com-munity gathering stuff. I tryto get people talking and in-creasing engagement.
The tagline is ‘the cityyou thought you knew’ –what’s that all about?
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NewWest, and how muchit’s changed. I think a lotof people outside the citydoesn’t really know that,at least with my friends. Ilived inVancouver before– they’d come out and say,
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Your account is called
The Royal City. For somefolks, the Royal City isa stodgy old name.Whydid you choose that?
I kind of wanted to drawthe roots, too.That’s why inthe description I have “the
city you thought you knew”– I just wanted to tap intothe heritage of it and mod-ernize it, if you will.
Do you have favourite
INSTAGURUMathewAbney’s viewofNewWestminster on Instagramhasattracted13,000 followers. Abney isdrawn to the city’s heritageandgetspeople talkingaboutdevelopmentand their communities .PHOTOJENNIFERGAUTHIER
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MathewAbney
Sincemoving to downtownNewWestminster sixmonths ago, MathewAbneyhas become a booster forthe Royal City. As the guybehind The_Royal_City feedon Instagram, he’s garnereda following ofmore than13,000 followerswho view
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things you like to photo-graph and post on yourInstagram feed?
I like historic buildings,the waterfront, Pier Park,River Market – typical spotswhere a lot of people like tospend time.
You also post a lot ofother people’s shots.Whyare you doing that?
It’s part of the sharing ofinformation and photos. Alot of content gets sent tome.There’s just so manybeautiful photos. I try tochoose the best ones I get.Any given week I’m proba-bly getting 50 to 100 tags ofdifferent photos. It’s reallygotten bigger since I startedto share and communicatewith other people in NewWest. That’s really what’sbeen driving the growth of ittoo. Every time you do thatyou are connecting withnew people and sharingtheir content. It’s the snow-ball effect.
It really has snow-balled, hasn’t it – you’vegot more than 12,000 fol-lowers.Did you ever
think that would happen?That’s huge.
I honestly never thoughtit would get that big. I con-nected with the BusinessImprovement Associationin downtown NewWest. Iwas invited to a few of theirevents.They were asking fortips. It’s crazy how quickly itsnowballed like that.
Do you have any goalswith the IG account?
I’m not really sure whereI want to take it yet. I justwant to continue connect-ing with businesses and get-ting people talking.
Why are you doingthis? Is it just a pastime?
My background is inmarketing, that’s what mydegree is in. It was sort oflike a pet project and thenwhen I saw there was an ap-petite for this I just sorted ofwondered where this couldgo. It’s almost like a chal-lenge for me.
You’re highlightingsome beautiful imag-es of NewWest on Ins-tagram, but as some-one new to NewWest are
there things you’d like tosee change or offered inthe city that aren’t herenow?
It’s not just about beingpro development either andincreasing densification. I’dlike to see a better businesscommunity in NewWest,more retail storefronts,more stuff so you can stayand not have to go outsideof NewWest. I think there’sa gap or a void in what’savailable right now.
Have you always beeninto photography?
It’s a hobby. A lot of thegood shots do come fromlocal photographers in NewWest, who I am sure aremuch more experiencedand do that for a living.That’s why I like to sharethose ones.
Living in NewWest,what’s a perfect day foryou in the Royal City?
In the summertime I liketo spend a lot of time atthe waterfront, grabbing acoffee in the morning andlounging, just enjoying it.
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The city’s transporta-tion section is proposing todo work around five themesarising out of the mastertransportation plan adoptedby city council in Septem-ber 2014, including achiev-ing master transportationplan “quick win and short-term priorities.”These in-clude:
! Prioritizing and con-structing curb ramps, acces-sible bus stops and transitshelters.! Completing school travelplans for two schools.! Designing and imple-menting interim improve-ments to a section of theCrosstown Greenway be-tween Fifth and Eighthstreets.! Developing engineeringspecifications for parklet in-stallations.
! Conducting a Sapper-ton neighbourhood trans-portation study, in partner-ship with the Fraser HealthAuthority, and developinga neighbourhood transpor-tation safety and livabilitystrategy.! Designing crossing im-provements for Steward-sonWay.! Updating signs and pave-ment marking standards forschools.
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The Food+ grant wascreated to raise awarenessfor all the ways food canbe obtained, such as start-ing a garden, purchasing itat the farm, participatingin a community support-ed agriculture (CSA) pro-
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Are you ready to go all infor the arts?
The Arts Council of NewWestminster is holding itsRoyal Flush fundraiser onTuesday, Feb. 23 from 6 to10 p.m. at MATCH Eateryand Public House.
The fundraiser is billed asa “celebration of the arts”and will include a silentauction, live painting by lo-cal artists Danielle Bobierand Pierre Kaufman, mu-sic created by local musicianHARGOW (Wes Koop-mans) and visual projec-tions by local artist Tet-suomiAnzai.
Money raised at the eventwill be used to help the artscouncil’s outreach and edu-cation programs includingthe new ArtsToGo programand LitFest NewWest.
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Here’s one for local artistsand art groups.
The Community ArtSpace at Anvil Centre is ac-cepting group proposals forits 2017 exhibition sched-ule.The space is open toemerging and establishedartists who live in NewWestor have a studio practice inthe city, working in two-di-mensional media.
Groups of three or moreartists are invited to maketheir proposals for a two-month exhibition in 2017.Exhibitions can also includea chance for outreach pro-grams, such as artist talksand workshops.
Submissions are chosenby a jury, and the deadlineto submit is March 7. For
details, check out www.tinyurl.com/AnvilCentreProposals.
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They’re building the nextgeneration of theatregoersin the best possible way – bybringing kids in to have fun.
The MasseyTheatre justhosted a huge day of work-shops for local kids, led byperformer Charlotte Dia-mond and her son Matt –who were in town over theweekend for a CD launchconcert at the Massey.
More than 900 preschooland primary students werepart of the fun lastThurs-day, with a workshop at10:30 a.m. for the preschoolcrowd and 1:30 p.m. for theprimary kids.
Participating classes gotsongbooks, CDs and co-louring sheets three weeksin advance so they could allget ready for the occasion –and the Massey’sAndréeSt.Martin reports it was agreat success.
Artistic community:TheAnvil Centre’sCommunityArt SpaceduringanexhibitionbyNewWestArtists lastyear. Thegallery space is calling forproposals for its 2017exhibition schedule. PHOTORECORDFILES
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“All the students were fa-miliar with the songs andhad a great time in the sing-along with Charlotte andher son Matt,” St. Martinwrote in an email to the Re-cord.
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GLAMOROUSVALENTINE
Looking for a way to cel-ebrateValentine’s Day inglamorous style?
Damask Burlesk is re-turning to NewWestmin-ster for a special Hearts andGarters performance at theColumbiaTheatre on Satur-day, Feb. 13.
The show is described asa “fun, funny and roman-tic burlesque romp forVal-entine’s Day. A perfect nightout with your loved one in aglamorous showroom withamazing performances.”
The lineup includessuch performers as Cher-ry onTop,Audrey Hip-turn,HellaTang, RubySlickeur,Mr.Yoyothrow-er and the ladies of DamaskBurlesk – Minnie Peron,Luna Essence and Dia-mondMinx. Advance tick-ets are $30 forVIP or $20regular. At the door, tick-ets can be bought (regularonly) for $25.
ARTSATONE
Do you love music? Areyou in or near downtownNewWest at lunchtime?
You may want to swing byDouglas College for the freeArts at One concert series,which features 1 p.m. con-certs in the Laura C. MuirPerforming ArtsTheatre.
The next concert, comingup Feb. 18, is CaféTerraceat Night: French Melodies,featuring mezzo-sopra-no MelanieAdams, tenorClinton Stoffberg and pia-nist Alyssa Stoffberg, withartwork by Isaiah Karesa.
On Feb. 25, it’s Intavol-atura, featuring GuzmánRamos on classical gui-
tar and theorbo (and what’sa theorbo, you ask?Well, Iasked, too, and it turns outit’s a long-necked instru-ment in the lute family.Youlearn something new on thisjob every day).
On March 3, it’s time forEspaña, with Barrie Bar-rington on piano.
The season is set to windup with a series of studentconcerts – Douglas Collegeensemble concert on March24 and student showcaseconcerts on March 31 andApril 7. Douglas College isat 700 Royal Ave., and thetheatre is in Room 4100,fourth floor north.
GETWRITING
OK, writers, sharpenthose pencils and boot upthose laptops, because theRoyal City Literary Arts So-ciety’sWrite On! Contest isback.
The annual writing con-test is open for submissionsuntil April 1, and writerscan contribute work in threecategories: fiction, non-fic-tion and poetry.
Fiction and non-fictionentries are limited to 1,500words and poetry to onepage, single-spaced at max-imum. Entries are $10 persubmission for members or$20 for non-members, witha maximum of three sub-missions per person in total(across all categories).
Prize money is available:$100 for first, $50 for sec-ond and $25 for third.
All judging is anonymous,
and last year’s three winners– Elizabeth Schofield infiction,Alan Girling in po-etry and ChristinaMyersin non-fiction – will be thejudges.
Winners will be an-nounced April 15. First-place winners are invited toread at LitFest NewWest,and winners and honour-able mentions will be pub-lished in the society’s e-zine,Wordplay atWork.
See www.rclas.com.
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You can get some insightinto what catches an editor’seye and what can turn aneditor off your story – and,once it’s accepted, whatsteps it will go through tobecome a published work.
The workshop is limitedto 12, so register ahead byemailing [email protected] workshop willtake place at the MLA’s of-fice at 737 Sixth St.
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One of the best perks ofworking at the library is be-ing able to keep abreast ofthe latest titles to come outon DVD.With a huge se-lection of new and classicfeature films, documenta-ries andTV series, the NewWestminster Public Libraryis sure to have something tocatch your interest.
Along with many titlesthat cater to mainstream au-diences, the library also car-ries many lesser-known butcritically acclaimed titles,such as festival favouritesand topical documentaries.
Here are a few of my fa-vourite films that have hitthe shelves of the NewWest-minster Public Library overthe past year.Match features Patrick
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Want to become a worldfamous jazz musician?Whiplashmight make youthink twice! J.K. Simmonsis terrifyingly brilliant as aruthless musical instructorwho pushes his students totheir breaking points in or-der to achieve greatness. Apromising young drummerappears destined for star-dom, but can he withstandhis instructor’s abuse?TheTrip to Italy is a fol-
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Arts & Entertainment
Take a walk along B.C.’sshorelines in a new exhibi-tion at the Plaskett Gallery.
The gallery is featuringwork by Sheila Page un-til Feb. 27, in an exhibitiontitledThe Beach BeneathOur Feet.
TheVancouver-raisedPage developed a lifelongconnection with the forestand the sea thanks to child-hood experiences in HoweSound in the 1950s.
“In this series of paintingsI would like to draw atten-tion to the importance andcomplexity of the naturalworld beneath our feet,” shesays in a press release. “Thehumble natural objects onthe beach have been shapedby waves and weather intoarrangements that reflectthe power of their environ-ment.”
Page’s acrylic work is onlarger canvases, which, shesays, “has enabled me tocompose and paint withincreasing freedom andvigour.”
The Plaskett Gallery is atMasseyTheatre, 735 EighthAve.
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Coloursof the coast:AcrylicworkbySheilaPage is ondisplay inanewexhibitionat thePlaskettGallery atMasseyTheatre. TheBeachBeneathOur Feet runsuntil Feb. 27at thegallery. PHOTOCONTRIBUTED
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A NewWestminster manis helping residents take atrip down memory lane aspart of the Rogers Home-town Hockey tour.
With thousands of folksexpected to flock to Queen’sPark Arena for the Feb. 13and 14 event,Vince Kreiserthought it was an ideal timeto redo a NewWestminsterBruins’ display he set upin the arena’s foyer severalyears ago. Along with a bitof history about the teamonce based out of Queen’sPark Arena, the display heand son Mathew created in-cludes assorted memora-bilia.
“It will be a reminder topeople coming through thebuilding that day that therewas some oldtime hock-ey there,” he said. “I usedto drive in from Abbotsfordevery Sunday. I was manag-ing two rinks out there, butevery Sunday I’d come in towatch.”
Those were the dayswhen players like Cliff Ron-ning suited up and hit the
ice for the NewWestminsterBruins. In earlier years, StanSmyl, Barry Beck and coachErnie “Punch” McLeanwere part of the storiedhockey franchise.
“You don’t get the feelfor it because there’s onlya couple of displays up,”he said of the Bruins’ his-tory in Queen’s Park Are-na. “I’ve got lots of colour-ful stuff that I’m puttingup – pennants, calendars, alot of pictures, some of theold programs. I used to goaround at the end of thenight, when nobody waslooking, and pick them outof the stands because noone wanted them.”
With the Rogers Home-town Hockey tour com-ing to Queen’s Park, Kreisermade arrangements to res-urrect the display.
He’d love to have RonMacLean interview some-one in front of the displaybut knows that’s unlikely tooccur.
“When people are com-ing down for hockey day,they will realize it was apretty unique team inthere,” he said. “There were
actually three reiterations ofthe Bruins.”
The Rogers HometownHockey tour features a jam-packed weekend of free funin Queen’s Park on Satur-day and Sunday.
In addition to the Be aBroadcaster booth, the Rog-ers NHL game centre andother interactive activities,the event includes an out-door viewing party of anNHL broadcast hosted byMacLean from the Sports-net mobile studio on Sun-day afternoon.
The NewWestminsterMinor Hockey Associationwill kick off the weekendwith a hockey pep rally atQueen’s Park Arena featur-ing a performance byTheHockey Circus Show onFriday, Feb. 12 from 3:30 to4:30 p.m.
That will be followed byactivities from 4:30 to 7:30p.m., including an openskate for minor hockey play-ers and coaches, prize give-aways, a barbecue, a hock-ey challenge and a bantamgame.
LocalmanrelivesglorydaysofhockeyinNewWest
In the spotlight:NewWestminsterresident VinceKreiser andsonMathewhavecreatedadisplayabout theNewWestminsterBruins to coincidewith theupcomingRogersHometownHockeyevent atQueen’sPark.Thedisplay inQueen’sParkArena includesabit of historyanda lot ofBruinsmemorabilia.PHOTOJENNIFERGAUTHIER
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Community
NewWest native JustinMorneau may be playing inthe big leagues, but he hasn’tforgotten his hometown.
Morneau, a free agentwho most recently playedwith the Colorado Rockies,has made a $35,000 dona-tion to the NewWestminsterchapter of KidSport.Thefour-time All Star and 2006American League MostValuable Player downplayshis donation.
“I didn’t do this to receiveattention,” he said in a pressrelease, “but if it can inspireothers to donate or help outwith charitable causes, thenI guess it’s worth the mediaattention.”
Morneau’s donationmeans KidSport NewWestcan help more than 100 lo-cal children get off the side-lines and into registeredsports.
“Justin’s donation comesat a time when we reallyneeded it,” said Jen Arbo,the group’s registrar. “Kid-Sport NewWest has seen asignificant rise in number offamilies applying for fund-ing. In 2015, wesaw a 33 per centincrease in totalvalue of grants giv-en out comparedto 2014. So farthis year, we are ontrack to see a simi-lar increase. In Jan-uary 2016 alonewe have given outjust under $6,000.”
KidSport is a na-tional not-for-prof-it organization providing fi-nancial assistance to help kidsaged 18 and under registerfor sports.
“Justin’s commitment toNewWestminster and get-ting more kids involved inorganized sports is admi-rable, to say the least,” said
Sandon Fraser, chair of theKidSport NewWest com-mittee. “He is, to put it sim-ply, a great guy: someone tolook up to, whose involve-ment is motivating to bothathletes and the communi-
ty. And all of themoney goes direct-ly to provide grantsto kids in NewWestminster whowant to play sports.We couldn’t bemore grateful forthis donation.”
It’s not the firsttime the 34-year-old professionalathlete has helpedprograms in his
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Kore Roa-Dillon is hop-ing her thrifty ways will helpget young people off thestreets in the Philippines.
The NewWestminsterresident recently openedthe Sugar Shack thrift storeon 12th Street and will usesome of the business’s prof-its to help a PentecostalChurch near Manila thathelps get street kids off the
streets and into education-al and training programs.Clothes, shoes, householditems and assorted mer-chandise can be found inNewWestminster’s newestthrift store.
“There are things youdon’t even know people willbe interested, so I put every-thing I get out there for sale.
Some are really interesting,”Roa-Dillon said. “It’s a sur-prise. Every day is a sur-prise.”
The NewWest residentonce managed the Origi-nalWorks shop in theWest-minster Quay Public Mar-ket and owned a bookstoreinVancouver.When it cametime to opening a businessto raise funds for the churchnear Manila, a thrift shopwas an obvious choice.
“I have experiences withthrift shops because I shop,”she said. “I am a thrift shopjunkie.”
Along with shopping atthrift stores, Roa-Dillon vol-unteers at two other thriftstores in town and workspart-time at one of thoseshops.
Roa-Dillon said she’s notalone when it comes to alove of doing business atthrift stores.
“I find that a lot of peopleI talk to enjoy shopping atthrift stores,” she said. “It’sthe thrill of the find.Youdon’t know what to expect.There are new things all thetime.”
Bargainhunting: KoreRoa-Dillonoutsidehernew thrift shopon12thStreet. Someof theprofitswill helpstreet kids in thePhilippines.PHOTOJENNIFERGAUTHIER
Thriftshops inthe city
" MegaThriftStore, 61112thSt." New to You, 416EastColumbia St. Operatedby theRoyal ColumbianHospital Auxiliary, the shopraisesmoney to fundequip-ment and comfort items forpatients at Royal ColumbianHospital." SalvationArmyThriftStore, 774Columbia St." SPCAThriftStore, 61512thSt. This longtimebusiness donates funds an-nually to theB.C. SPCA forits animal shelters." TreasureChest, 435Sixth St. In addition toraisingmoney to supportthe community programsofferedby theCanadian,MentalHealth Association,the TreasureChest providesanopportunity for peopletodeveloppre-employmentskills." Value Village, 110-1135TanakaCt., Queensborough.If youknowofanyother
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Artmeets jazz:Above, saxophonistRobert Fee joinsbassist JodiProznick for a jazzduoconcert at theGallery atQueen’sParkonSunday, Feb. 7. Fee’s art is ondisplayat thegallery inanexhibitioncalledHappenstance.PHOTOSJENNIFERGAUTHIER
JazzmeetsartatQueen’sParkgallery
Visual art meets music ina fusion of arts at the Gal-lery at Queen’s Park.
Artist Robert Fee, whosesolo exhibition is on at thegallery until Feb. 28, is pre-senting a series of Sundayafternoon jazz duo concertsin connection with the ex-hibition.
Fee appears on saxo-phone, with special guests
joining him. On Feb. 7,bassist Jodi Proznick was inthe gallery.
Coming up on Feb. 14,guitarist Bill Coon will befeatured, and, on Feb. 21,it’s saxophonist Mike Allen.
All the concerts are setto run from 2 to 3 p.m. inthe gallery, in CentennialLodge. See www.artscouncilnewwest.org for more.
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Folks of all ages flockedto city facilities to celebrateFamily Day.
The City of NewWest-minster offered free eventsat 11 sites through the cityon Family Day, includingfitness classes, trivia games,table hockey and more.Families packed the city’s
greenhouse, where kidscould build small gardens totake home.
Anvil Centre hosted a va-riety of events, includingentertainment, crafts, facepainting, displays, a youthlounge and youth rock/dance zone, heritage activi-ties and a Nintendo game
zone.Michelle Dean, the city’s
special events coordinator,said she’s heard that all ven-ues saw an increase in num-bers and age ranges at theirevents.
“We were very pleasedwith the turnout at the An-vil Centre,” she said. “The
facility was hopping all daylong.”
Along with city facili-ties, Fraser River DiscoveryCentre and River Marketalso hosted events as part ofthe city’s Family Day cele-brations.
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Emma, daughter of Guy & Sarah Ciprian, is a 17 yr oldstudent at St. Thomas More Collegiate where she isactive in the STMC Chamber, Jazz and Concert choirs.She is currently a member of Perry Ehrlich’s“Showstoppers” and volunteers at Sapperton Days andUptown Street Fest every year.Her future plans are to obtain her teaching degreewhile studying theatre and acting as well.
Who are you most inspired by and why?
“The person who inspires me, aside from my parentsof course, is my drama teacher, Ms. Julia Webber. Sheis a loving mom to her daughter, a wonderful teacher,a talented director and the woman who inspired meto continue developing my dream of theatre throughher constant and endless devotion to theatre and hertheatre students. I’m so glad I’ve had the opportunity ofhaving Ms. Webber as my theatre teacher and directorthroughout my years of high school!”
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Community
During the month ofVal-entine’s Day, many of usthink about our most signif-icant relationships.
Young couples thinkabout grand and roman-tic ways they’ll expresstheir passion; married cou-ples think about the mon-ey they’ll save by dining athome.
But the relationships thatare more often taken forgranted are those you sharewith your physicians, and ofcourse, the most significantof these is your relationshipwith your family doctor – along-term relationship that’simportant not only for yourheart, but every other organof your body and your well-being as a whole.
It is my relationships withindividual patients that orig-inally drew me to familypractice.
The practice of medicinecan become cold and clini-cal without the emphasison the human connection.
Nothing can match the po-tential depth and breadth ofthe patient-family doctor re-lationship.
As physicians, we mustearn our patients’ confi-dence – to trust us to keepprivate their medical histo-ry, their deepest secrets and
their greatest values and tohave the faith that we will betheir advocates and do ourbest for them.
In exchange, we are priv-ileged with the sharing ofour patients’ personal sto-ries – the good and badthings they may have done,
the great and awful thingsthey have lived through andhow they make sense of itall.
Over the years, we be-come a part of our patients’stories. Sometimes, life canbe overwhelming and each
Make it count:Cultivatingagood relationshipwith your familydoctor is a key ingredient inquality healthcare, saysDr.DavidicusWong.He’ll begivinga talkon the issueonFeb. 16at theMetrotown librarybranch.PHOTOTHINKSTOCK
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of us could lose our sense ofcontrol.
When we feel helpless, wefeel anxious.When we feelhopeless, we feel depressed.
When needed, physicianscan help shape patients’stories with more positive,empowering perspectives.Though patients may pres-ent a number of problems, I
encourage them to verbalizeand visualize their goals.
One of the greatest giftsI can give to patients whosee themselves as haplessvictims of bad luck, rela-tionships and health is thetransforming perspectivethat they can be agents ofpositive change in their ownlives.
Though we may not have
chosen the canvas of ourlives nor the colours on ourpalette, we can choose howwe see this life and what wewill create with it.
OnTuesday, Feb. 16 at 7p.m., I’ll be speaking at theMetrotown branch of theBurnaby Public Library onThe Patient-Doctor Rela-tionship: Making the Mostof Every MedicalVisit.
I’ll offer some tips on im-proving communicationand working together toachieve your personal goals.
I’ll cover the key infor-mation you should knowabout medications and oth-er treatments and the keyscreening tests we need atdifferent stages of our lives.
For more informa-tion, please phone the Me-
trotown branch at 604-436-5400 or register online atwww.bpl.bc.ca/events.
DavidicusWong is a fam-ily physician,and his Health-wise columns appear regular-ly in this paper.For more onachieving your positive poten-tial in health, visit www.davidicuswong.wordpress.com.
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Heights is in the epicentre of the emergingpostal code, close to Lougheed Town Centre,excellent schools (including SFU), shops andrestaurants.Lougheed Heights is a partnership between
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Lougheed Heights is affordable luxury inthe heart of a re-energized community. TheGrand Opening is on Saturday, February 13from noon to 5pm at the sales centre, locatedat 581 Clarke Road (at Como Lake Ave),Coquitlam. There will be refreshments andappetizers available during the launch.For more information, visit www.
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Each year, HeritageWeekfocuses on a theme thatgives communities and in-dividuals the opportunityto explore more of their im-mediate area.This year thetheme is Distinctive Destin-ations: Experience Histor-ic Places.
The B.C. Heritage Soci-ety site provides a descrip-tion that neatly sums upwhat encourages peopleto look into the local past:“Heritage and cultural tour-ism provide unique and au-thentic visitor experiences,and British Columbia’s his-toric places play a centralrole in these experiences.”These places can be majorlocations, solitary spots, orjust reminders of a site. Allcould be exciting, thought-provoking, educational, en-tertaining, and differentthings to different people –all worth experiencing.
B.C. has a long attrac-tions list, with large sites likeBarkerville, Fort Steele, theU’Mista Museum, Fras-er Canyon and even Butch-art Gardens. Smaller places
occur through the prov-ince, community by com-munity, region by region.Heritage streetscapes en-courage visitors to see andenjoy the reminders of thepast. Examples of this in-clude Nelson, LadysmithandVictoria’s Chinatown.Cemeteries large and smallattract interest. Ghost townsencourage careful explora-tion.
Coming up at the NewWestminster Historical So-ciety for HeritageWeek is apresentation that will look atthe 2016 theme with a NewWestminster focus.
Of course we all knowthe museum institutions ofthis city. Around the citythere are also other placesthat link to our history.There is the site and physic-al reminders of the old B.C.Penitentiary with a coupleof buildings, a call-in bell, amonument and a cemetery.This same hillside locationwas the home of the Col-umbia Detachment of Roy-al Engineers from 1859 to1863, and a very importantsurvey marker remains.
There are wonderful cem-eteries filled with history.
There are sites and build-ings linked to the story ofNewWestminster’s GreatFire of 1898.There is a
1904 rail bridge with an in-credible tale to tell.There isa Provincial Exhibition sitein Queen’s Park.
These will all be exploredat the historical society pres-entation onWednesday, Feb.17, starting at 7:30 p.m. in
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They come from across the Lower Main-land, bringing their passion for hockey ontothe Moody Park ice once a week.
Canada’s national winter sport bondsthem and unites them. So does the fact thateach player is visually impaired or complete-ly blind. But their ability and desire to playis stronger than the shadows and darknessthat each faces individually.
“What would the word be – I guess it’sfreeing,” said NewWestminster’s SteveVan-dermey of when he overcame his initialfears eight years ago to return to the ice andstrap on the pads.
As a member of theVancouver Eclipse,which hit the ice every Friday morning atMoody Park Arena,Vandermey found asense of camaraderie, a familiar comfortzone in a game that each could embrace.
Every year, a number of the players trekeast for an international tournament whichis played on the site of the legendary MapleLeaf Gardens, where a rink fills one of therenovated upper floors.
This year, 15 players from the Eclipse willbe making the journey next month, and tohelp cover costs the team is holding a fun-draiser this Saturday (Feb. 13), starting at7 p.m. at the Paddlewheeler Pub on Quay-side Drive, to help raise the approximately$15,000 cost of the trip.
Some subtle changes make the sport ac-cessible for the visually impaired – a larger,metal puck filled with bearings that makesa noise as it slides across the ice, and netsmeasuring six-feet wide by three-feet high.A sighted player and referee help move thepuck along when it comes to a halt.
Faceoffs begin with the referee shakingthe puck at centre ice. Once the game starts,the action is quick with the pace like a lotof beer league hockey played in rinks acrossthe continent.
“I’m one of those adult hockey playerswho didn’t learn to skate backwards like mykids did,” said Burnaby’s Brian Cowie. “Ididn’t play hockey while growing up, but Iguess it’s that cliché of being Canadian, youwant to play hockey.”
Using the international athletic standardfor impaired vision, Cowie’s vision is ratedas B2 – with some peripheral vision but justabove five per cent sight – and qualifies himto ply the open ice at forward.
Vandermey, who uses a guide dog in hiseveryday life, is completely blind in one eyeand can make out light with his other, is aB1 athlete, with little to no vision – whichputs him in goal.
“Being among the players with low vision,I’m trying to anticipate what’s going to hap-pen,” saidVandermey. “You’re listening forsounds and the ‘dingle’ of the puck.
“My challenge is the same as every otherbeer league goalie, of keeping the puck outof the net.”
Although he didn’t play minor hockeygrowing up in east Richmond, a street overfrom Queensborough,Vandermey tried thesport as a 15-year-old and chose the net ashis spot.
“I played a lot of beer league hockey andas a goalie was always in demand.”
In his mid-30s he began losing his eye-sight due to diabetes and has a prosthet-ic eye now. As the darkness set in, strappingon the pads was just a memory.That is untilhe heard about the Eclipse.
“You almost feel your life has stopped, oryou’re trapped inside your home,” saidVan-dermey. “Like most people, I heard about
(hockey for the blind) and couldn’t imagineit. It seemed scary... I didn’t know what toexpect and it took me two years to get meout to try it. I’m glad I found it.”
The visually impaired and legally blindcome to the rink to experience that popu-lar boundary of 80-feet by 200-feet and en-joy all that comes with it. Camaraderie is ahuge part, but for guys like Cowie, there isthe competition as well.
“It’s been a lot of fun, but I’m a pret-ty competitive guy so there’s that elementof competing,” said Cowie, who discoveredthe Eclipse after hearing aTV news itemnearly 20 years ago. “I just love the feel youget from skating on the ice.”
Defencemen and forwards have limit-ed vision but are able to see shapes and thepuck, and avoid some of the collisions thatcome with playing a game at a fast pace.
“I’m not bad at avoiding those collisions,”said Cowie, who has competed in three
Paralympic Games as a cyclist.“My peripheral vision is considered good
for someone at (B2), while others have less.My vision has blind spots in the central vi-sion so I can make the puck disappear if Iturn a little bit.”
Although goals are scored in a shorternet, the puck still comes flying.Vandermeysays the eventual stingers and scrapes arejust part of the job.
“It’s the ones that come off the cage thatreally hurts,” he said. “It comes back off thepost pretty hard.”
If anything, the puck appears to take theworst of it, dented and creased from hittingthe post.The club goes through about 20pucks a year, each costing $40.
Still, even while others design a modernpuck that beeps, it’s hard to perfect on thesimple, tin-can like puck, said Cowie.
“It is kind of archaic and rudimentary butnothing works as good as this one.”
Stacking thepads:Vancouver EclipsenetminderSteveVandermeyputsup the stop sign toaTeamBlueopponentduring theEclipse’sweeklyhockeygameatMoodyPark. Agroupof legallyblindhockeyplayershavebeen taking to the ice formore than20years to share their passion for the sport. Anumberof theplayers arealso signedup toparticipateat theNationalBlindHockey championships inTorontonextmonth. PHOTOCORNELIANAYLOR
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An incredible comeback spurredthe Douglas College Royals wom-en’s basketball team past the Co-lumbia Bible College Bearcats 65-60 on Saturday.
Trailing by as much as 13 pointsearly in the third quarter, the Pa-cificWestern Athletic Conference-leading Royals blitzed the Bearcats14-5 in the fourth quarter to force
extra time, then won the gamewith a 16-11 run in overtime.
Nanaya Miki scored 18 pointsand Rachel Beauchamp contrib-uted 16 points and 13 rebounds asDouglas College shook off a tepidstart, which saw the host Bearcatslead 15-10 after 10 minutes andby six at halftime.
It only grew worse in the thirdquarter, as Columbia started thesecond half on a seven-point runto lead 32-19. And while the Ab-
botsford-based squad held a 44-35 advantage after three quarters,the tables began to turn before thehalf ended.
The Royals, who shot 22.6 percent from the field in the firsthalf, dominated with a 37 percent shooting performance in thesecond frame while shutting theBearcats’ offence to a trickle in thefourth quarter.
Douglas College also were mas-terful on defence, with a 70.9 per
cent success rate.GarmlineTom racked up 10 re-
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ful 76-41 triumph over KwantlenPolytechnic a day earlier.
Douglas never trailed, up 18-11 after one quarter and 44-25at the half. Ellen Fallis deposit-ed a game-best 26 points, includ-ing three treys, while Beauchampchipped in 13 points.
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continues to carry the ball, as noDouglas players rank among thetop-50 in the nation for scoring,while Miki and Beauchamp are48th and 50th, respectively, for re-bounding.
The Royals, recently ranked sev-enth in the Canadian CollegiateAthletic Association, play host toCamosun University, 6 p.m. onFriday at the NewWest campus.
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Schiebler inductedtoUBChallNewWestminster’s Jeff Schiebler paced a
lot of races during his middle- and long-dis-tance running career.
Now the two-time Olympian is joininga distinguished group as the University ofB.C. Sports Hall of Fame inducts a trio ofathletes for 2016.
Schiebler, a NewWestminster native,posted stellar track and cross country run-
ning marks, including Canadian recordsin the 3,000-, 5,000- and 10,000-metresevents. A five-time national champion inthe 5,000m event, Schiebler would go onto represent Canada at the 1996 and 2000Olympics.
Upon completing his UBC studies,Schiebler went on to train and competeprofessionally in Japan.
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