Richmond News February 25 2015

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Pink powertakes aimat bullyingMembers of the RichmondBoys and Girls Club (BGC)were looking pretty goodin pink ahead of Pink ShirtDay today (Feb. 25). Thekids, whose club runs outof Mitchell elementary atNo. 5 and Cambie roads,have been preparing a hugebanner to express whatthey feel about bullyingand will head to DowntownVancouver this morningto hand out anti-bullyingbuttons to the public.Photo by Alan Campbell/Richmond News! See story on page 5

McMath Wildcats comes close to bringinghome Crehan Cup. Page 14

Drought almost ends

Premier’s demand stuns school board

The news that school districts across theregion will have to find another $29 million incuts in the coming school year was a bolt outof the blue to the Richmond School Board.Premier Christy Clark told business leaders

in Kelowna last week that it was time forschool boards across B.C. to start lookingfor ways to save money — $29 million inthe coming year and another $24 million thefollowing year.Clark made specific reference to school

districts’ administration costs, suggestingthat the likes of human resource and payrolldepartments could be amalgamated to savemoney. However, Richmond’s school board

chair, Eric Yung, was stunned to hear Clark’sdemands, especially as his district has beenfinding efficiencies away from the classroomfor many years.“This was totally new information and

we’ve already done a lot of the work for theupcoming budget, due in May,” said Yung.“This is not only bad news for this year, but

also for next. We don’t know what our share(of the $29 million) is yet.“And we don’t yet know what the

government means by ‘administration costs,’— is that supplies, staffing, what?”Yung said he expects to find out more about

the cuts later this week, after district staffhave conversations with the government.But the new school board chair insists

there is no more fat to be trimmed from the

district’s beleaguered budget.And he takes exception to the premier’s

direction for school boards to considermerging departments and joining forces withneighbouring districts.“For years, we’ve been trying to keep the

cuts away from the classroom and restrictingit to behind-the-scenes areas,” said Yung.“We already have an arrangement with

other school boards to purchase bulk suppliestogether to keep the cost down.“And we’ve looked into combining payroll

and human resource departments, but thesavings were not that significant.”Former school board chair and current

trustee Donna Sargent said there continues tobe a “total lack of understanding” from theprovincial government when it comes to their

efforts to keep costs down and to what workadministration departments actually carry out.“To just blanket target a group

(administration) is completely wrong,” saidSargent.“In my 12 years on the board, we’ve

been trying to keep costs down; we lookat absolutely everything, but here we havesuggestions (from the premier) that we’venever even looked at this area to reduce costs.“The whole thing is very disheartening.”Clark told reporters last week that school

boards need to do what other groups in theprovince have done and find back-officesavings. Last week’s B.C. budget washailed by Clark because it was balanced andprovided an additional $500 million to coverthe cost of teacher raises.

Chair Eric Yung says there’s no more budget fat to be trimmed — and there hasn’t been for many years

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CIVIC ELECTION

River Road between No. 6 and No. 7 roads were closed Monday morning after a body wasfound outside a business at about 6 a.m. Police are treating the death as suspicious andnot the result of a random attack. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Teams (IHIT)has taken over the case. The body was discovered by an employee of the business in the14,000-block of River Road, near Valmont Way. It’s not clear how long the body hadbeen lying there and police are not saying if the dead person is a man or a woman. IHITis asking anyone who may have information to call the IHIT tipline at 1-877-551-IHIT(4448) or email at [email protected]. Photo by Alan Campbell/ Richmond News

It was the most expensive electioncampaign in Richmond’s history.Over one million dollars (an

estimated $1.05 million) was spent bypolitical candidates on a trend-settingmunicipal election that bore witnessto a new big-money slate, a record-setting corporate contribution andan elected school trustee who didn’tspend a penny.The newly formed Richmond

Community Coalition (RCC) led theway in transforming the financiallandscape of municipal politics inRichmond with expenditures of$329,000.The RCC trumped the long-

standing Richmond First’s spendingby $132,000.Independent Mayor Malcolm

Brodie spent about $290,000 in totalon his campaign, after receiving

$170,000 from corporations. Hestill has roughly $160,000 left in thecoffers for 2018.The RCC raised $148,000 via

corporate donations, compared toRichmond First’s $130,000. Whilethe RCC took $5,300 from unions,Richmond First took in $9,300.Most corporate contributions were

from companies related to real estatedevelopment.While the RCC spent $19,500

on Internet advertising, such asFacebook, and Richmond First spent$2,500 online.The big spending didn’t stop at the

big two slates.Council candidate Sunny Ho’s

companies — Kam Do Bakery andWestminster Development Ltd.— contributed $88,000 in cash toRichmond Reform, a newly formed,

three-candidate slate, whose mayoralhopeful Richard Lee garnered 27 percent of the vote.Also raising the spending bar was

RITE Richmond, which shelled outabout $26,000 on its campaign to seeCoun. Carol Day elected in sixth spotwith 13,389 votes.Day, and council candidate Michael

Wolfe, personally spent about $7,000each. RITE was the only slate todisclose its finances before theelection.RITE’s failure at the school board

polls left a vacuum for two successfulindependent candidates — SandraNixon and Ken Hamaguchi — whoboth proved money is not the be-all-end-all to success. Hamaguchi spentzero dollars on his campaign, whileNixon spent $345.Sneaking into the seventh and final

school trustee seat by 101 votes wasAlice S. Wong of Renew Richmond,another new slate that took in $17,300from anonymous donors.Independent Coun. Alexa Loo

upped her expenditures seven-foldfrom 2011 by spending $10,600 onher campaign, which was fundedprimarily by unions.Meanwhile, Loo and Coun Harold

Steves’ unofficial political ally, DaveSemple, the city’s current generalmanager of parks, spent $26,300 on hisindependent campaign. Semple was thesixth runner-up with 8,566 votes.For 4,412 votes, Henry Yao spent

$17,000 of his own money to runfor city council. Yao initially spent$500 to run with the RichmondCommunity Coalition but decided torun independently. He spent $6,600on Internet advertising.

Election spending broke recordsGraeme WoodStaff [email protected]

Johnston, Au team paid out $329,000; trustee Hamaguchi didn’t spend a cent

What slates spent

What independents spent

2014 electionbig spenders:

MayorMalcolm Brodie:Canada China BusinessAssociation: $7,000;Westmark Development:$6,900;Great Canadian Gaming:$6,000;Miglian Holdings: $6,000;Progressive Construction:$6,000.

Richmond CommunityCoalition:ALW Investments: $20,000;DanaWestermark: (cash andloan) $16,900;ChakAu: $15,000;Bruce Rozenhart: $14,000;Rick Ilich (via TownlineHomes and numberedbusiness): $10,000.

Richmond First:Malik Sian (via Sian Groupand numbered business):$10,000;Peter Dhillon (RichberryFarms and BK Ranch):$10,000;Rick Ilich (via TownlineHomes and numberedbusiness): $10,000;Great Canadian Gaming:$7,500;Yin-YangWang: $7,000.

RITE Richmond:Carol Day: $7,000;Michael Wolfe: $7,000.

Richmond Reform:Kam Do Bakery (cash and in-kind donations): $87,000.

Renew Richmond:Anonymous donors: $17,300.

Richmond Citizens’Association: CUPE $3,000.

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An artist’s rendering shows the suspectbelieved to be involved in a pair of localrobberies. Photo submitted

Alleged serial robber on videoAlan CampbellStaff [email protected]

Police in Richmond are asking the publicfor help in tracking down a suspect involvedwith robbing a spa club and, possibly, apharmacy in Steveston.On Dec. 30 last year, a man walked into

the Medical Spa Club in the 6600-block ofNo. 2 Road, near Granville Avenue.According to witnesses, the suspect told

a staff member he had a gun and demandedmoney.In a surveillance video released by police,

the suspect can be heard telling a staffmember to not be “alarmed” but that he hada “gun in his bag.”He then asked the staff member for the

money in her till. After being told she didn’thave any, he was caught on tape goingthrough her purse, taking a few bills andher cell phone. To view the video, visitRichmond-News.com.Police say they have pursued a number

of investigative avenues to identify thesuspect, including enlisting the assistance ofan RCMP forensic artist.They have now released the surveillance

video and the forensic sketch of the suspectin an effort to identify him.“We are confident that releasing this

sketch and surveillance video will lead tothe identification of the person allegedlyresponsible for this robbery to ensure thathe is held accountable for his actions,” saidRichmond RCMP’s acting Cpl. DennisHwang.The suspect is described as a Caucasian

male, approximately 30 years old, mediumbuild, 5’9’, and blue eyes. He also hadtattoos on his wrists and neck. At the timeof the incident, the suspect was wearinga Kansas City Royals baseball hat, a darksweater, a light coloured sport windbreakerand had a backpack.He is the same suspect that is alleged to

have held up a Pharmasave manager byknifepoint in late January.In that instance, the suspect is believed to

have been more aggressive.Anyone who has any information about

the suspect’s identity is asked to contactConst. Jason Pickering of the RichmondRCMP at 604-278-1212 or Crime Stoppersat 1-800-222-8477.

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Some of them may be too young to fully comprehend what’sgoing on.But one thing’s for sure, come Pink Shirt Day this

Wednesday, the 60 or so kids aged six to 12 at Richmond’sBoys and Girls Club (BGC) will know they have lots offriends and will have a good idea of how to treat them.Every month, the local BGC, which is run out of Mitchell

elementary at Cambie and No. 5 roads, has grown in numbersince it opened in 2011. However, the anti-bullying messageon Feb. 25 remains the same, even if it sails over the heads ofthe popular club’s younger members.“They know something important is going on,” said

Richmond club coordinator Kirsten Hamaoki. “We talk a lotabout being a good friend and helping out any new kids thatcome into the club. We are trying to be very pro-active when itcomes to the programming.”Hamaoki said the kids at the club, which runs four

afternoons a week from Monday to Thursday and from 2:30p.m. to 5:30 p.m., have been working on their Pink Shirt Daybanner for most of last week.The kids have been wearing their pink shirts, making arts

and crafts and visiting other clubs to see the work each other isdoing in the lead up to the big day.On the day itself, they will be heading to Downtown

Vancouver at 7 a.m. to meet the 350 or so members of all 12Lower Mainland clubs and giving out Pink Shirt Day buttonsto the public before heading back to school.After school, they’ll head back downtown again for a wrap-

up party with pizza, drinks and a concert to celebrate.In Richmond, the BGC—which is the single, largest

recipient of funds raised during Pink Shirt Day in B.C.— boasts kids from several cultural and social backgroundsdropping in every week for any one of its four get-togethers.And the club is very aware of the role it has when it comes

to dealing with the spectre of bullying.“We really do our best to promote (the club) as being a safe

place; a place where we can build up their self-esteem andconnect them with other children in a positive way,” said BGCRichmond’s manager, Natalie Lutz, when asked what the clubdoes to get to the root of bullying.In the run-up to Pink Shirt Day, the kids at the club have

been creating arts and crafts,and using the art to expresstheir growing understandingof bullying. Their art then getspassed around the other LowerMainland clubs, said Lutz.Carolyn Tuckwell, president

and CEO of BGC’s SouthCoast BC region, said childrenbeing surrounded by “cool role models and mentors, gettingpositive feedback and creating healthy relationships” goes along way to the club’s pro-active approach to bullying.“This is our eighth (anti-bullying) campaign and we are

seeing an increased understanding of bullying among thekids,” said Tuckwell.“Kids now know what to do when they see bullying taking

place. Ten years ago, I’m not so sure they did.“Bullying used to be regarded as a right of passage,

something that we all had to go through. But people now havea real intolerance of it, and it’s behaviour that’s now deemedunacceptable; so much so that we’re seeing legislation andcorporate policies on the subject.”

Cyber bullying continues to be at the front line of the anti-bullying battle, with the common misconception that girls’negative use of technology is more prevalent than boys.“We are hearing that girls are more involved in this than

boys, but I’m not sure if that’s true,” said Tuckwell.“We’ve certainly no evidence of that as yet. But the bullying

is different for sure; boys are more likely to use physicalpower, while girls will use emotional isolation and group packbehaviour.”Meanwhile, the City of Richmond has declared Feb. 25

“ERASE Bullying Day.” To mark the day, a limited number ofERASE Bullying pink t-shirts will be on sale for $6 each until26 at SouthArm andWest Richmond Community centres.

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Alan CampbellStaff [email protected]

McKenzie, 8,holds up thebanner designedby herself and herfellow RichmondBoys and GirlsClub members inhonour of PinkShirt Day. Photoby Alan Campbell/Richmond News

Showing true colours

RichmondAddiction Services Society (RASS) haslaunched a Recovery Day Program to support youth.RASS has teamed up with community partners and

Vancouver Coastal Health to introduce the first RecoveryDay Program in Richmond.The program will be an addition to the Youth and Family

Program currently operated by RASS and will be held atRASS’s Alderbridge Way premises.There are 30 similar programs across the U.S., called

“recovery schools” that have been met with success,so RASS believes there is potential to help many ofRichmond’s youth that are struggling with substance useand misuse issues, as well as alcohol, marijuana and otherrecreational drug problems.The new program will provide youth who are recovering

from substance use with an educational curriculum within a“safe, supportive and sober environment.”The program will be filling a need for services geared

towards helping high school students, grades 8-12,reintegrate back into the community and reduce the riskof relapse. RASS hopes to give these students a safe anddiscreet place to go to get the help they need.

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Judge rules Mountie lied at Dziekanski inquiry

The RCMP officer whostunned Robert Dziekanskiwith a Taser at YVR liedat a public inquiry into thePolish immigrant’s death, ajudge ruled Friday.Const. Kwesi Millington

fired his Taser multipletimes after he and threeother officers weresummoned to YVR inOctober 2007. Dziekanski,who spoke no English, had

been throwing furniture inthe international terminal.Each of the officers were

compelled to explain theiractions at a subsequentpublic inquiry, and all fourwere later charged withperjury.The Crown alleged they

lied when they attemptedto reconcile their initialaccounts of what happenedand what was recorded onan amateur video that wasreleased later.Millington’s verdict

marks the first time a judgehas concluded that one ofthe officers lied. AnotherMountie, Const. BillBentley, was acquitted in2013, while two other cases

have not yet concluded.Millington initially told

homicide investigatorsthat Dziekanski remainedstanding after the first joltof the Taser and he was still

standing when Millingtonpulled the trigger a secondtime. The video, however,clearly shows Dziekanskifell to the ground after thefirst deployment.Millington testified

at the inquiry that hehonestly believed at thetime Dziekanski wasstanding, even though heacknowledged on the standhe was mistaken.B.C. Supreme Court

JudgeWilliam Ehrcke saidMillington’s explanationwas “patently false.”“The Crown has proven

beyond a reasonable doubtthat Const. Millington gaveoral evidence under oathwhich he knew at the time tobe false and he did so withthe intention to mislead theinquiry,” Ehrcke said Friday,as Millington listened fromthe prisoner’s dock.Dziekanski’s mother,

Zofia Cisowski, sat quietlyin the public gallery as thejudge read the verdict.The Crown alleged

the officers colluded ona story to tell homicideinvestigators and writein their police notes in anattempt to heighten thethreat Dziekianski posed.Prosecutors argued theofficers’ statements andnotes all contained similarerrors, proving they workedtogether.The Crown further alleged

the officers met in theVancouver area in the daysor weeks before testifyingat the inquiry in early 2009to plan their testimony.Millington testified in hisown defence. He told thecourt he had no reason tolie because he was walkingaway from the Dziekanskiincident confident he haddone nothing wrong.

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The public’s faith in the justice system weighed heavily onjustice Gregory Rideout when he handed disgraced formerRichmond RCMP officer KenrickWhitney a criminal recordfor breach of trust at a sentencing hearing Monday.“The message must be clearly sent to police officers that

when they commit breach of trust, while on duty, that anysentence that is imposed requires that deterrence be paramountto preserve the public’s faith in the integrity of the justicesystem,” Rideout told Whitney at the Richmond courthouse.Whitney was given a suspended sentence, 12 months of

probation and 55 hours of community service.The former BC Lions football player and 17-year officer

pleaded guilty to breach of trust for withholding $650 and ahand tool he seized in what turned out to be a police integritytest in May, 2013. Whitney was asking for a conditionaldischarge, which would have been his second, following anassault charge in 2003.“The court should not look with leniency when a police

officer acts …to advance or disguise his criminal activities,”Rideout said, adding that the fact Whitney took the moneywhile on duty was particularly troublesome.Rideout said in his decision he considered mitigating factors

such as Whitney’s job loss, his family problems, the publicitysurrounding the case and the fact Whitney pleaded guilty.Last month, Whitney told the court that he was depressed

and having personal problems at the time. But Rideout foundthat medical examinations didn’t prove he was clinically ill.“I do not find his depressive state of mind sufficiently

explains his conduct when he committed the breach of trust.His criminal behaviour seems to be motivated by opportunity.”

! See full story at www.richmond-news.com

Kenrick Whitney, a former Richmond RCMP officer andBC Lions football player, received a criminal record forbreach of trust. Graeme Wood/Richmond News Photo


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OPINIONSend your story ideas or photo submissions to Richmond News editor Eve Edmonds at [email protected]

We are astoundedat the revelationlast week that the

Office of the Police ComplaintCommissioner is investigatingalleged misconduct by 16Abbotsford Police Departmentmembers. The case centresaround one officer who is nowcharged with breach of trustand obstruction of justice, aswell as 16 other officers in theforce. At issue is the “integrityof statements” officers usedwhen applying to judges forsearch warrants in drug-related cases.Convictions of criminals

related to the investigations

are already being reviewed,raising the prospect that someof them may be tossed out.Even worse is the prospect

that some of those behindbars today were wrongfullyconvicted. Either way, itbrings the justice system intoserious disrepute.By now, police agencies

ought to know judges canand will throw a case outon a technicality if Charterrights are abused. We saythe antidote to this problemis more transparency andaccountability. Already,B.C.’s police watchdoglegislation is weaker than most

other provinces. The policecomplaint commissionerdoesn’t have the power tocompel testimony and eachstep of the complaints processis carried out behind closeddoors.The RCMP’s process for

dealing with complaints andofficer misconduct is evenmore opaque. We hope ourminister of justice is payingclose attention to this andremembers a fundamentalprinciple of policing in a freesociety is that authority forofficers must be matched bycommensurate accountabilityto the public they police.

Why I’d make a perfect TransLink CEOHi there, TransLink

board!I understand

you’re in the market for anew chief executive, eversince you pushed Ian Jarvisout the door so fast it nearlyblew his latest bonus cheque out of hispocket.I’d like to offer my services as his

replacement. I think I’ve got what it takesto be a top executive in the (theoretically)expanding field of public transportation.! I seldom ride the bus!This is obviously an important trait for a

TransLink CEO. I own my own car, and useit to get almost anywhere. I do occasionallyuse transit, and I’m certainly willing to doso if there’s a photo opp involved.On the downside, I should note that I

would use transit more if there were any inmy neighbourhood.Fortunately for my application, no bus

has ever come within half a mile of mycurrent home. It’s one of the fastest-growingcommunities in the Lower Mainland, with

condos and townhousesgoing up like mushroomsafter the rain, and schoolsbursting at the seams.But thanks to TransLink/provincial planning, kidshere are growing up without

ever seeing a single bus.! I love money!I know, who doesn’t, right? You can

buy so much stuff with it! So, you canbe assured that I’ll pretty much say or doanything to keep a lucrative position thatlast year paid Jarvis $83,700 in bonusesalone.I mean, that’s more than anyone in my

family has ever made in a year, period!And, like a good CEO, I’m full of creativeexcuses for why I’ll deserve ever-largerbonuses, even if service isn’t expanding,HandyDART is eroding, and the CompassCard project makes the Hindenberg’s lastflight look like a roaring success.! I will weather the transit tax referendum.I know the real truth about the 0.5 per

cent tax vote — it doesn’t matter whether it

passes or not.Oh, it matters to people

who need better bus andrapid transit service. Yeah,they’re hooped if it fails,since it’ll take years tocome up with any kindof new funding plan. Butfor TransLink, we’re fineeither way!If we win, I’ll take the credit, even though

we were the main reason for people votingno.If we fail, I’ll blame the voters for being

short-sighted yokels who don’t deservetransit in the first place! This leads into myfinal point…! I am willing to take the blame!My strongest asset is my willingness to

look, speak, and act like a complete idiot. (Ido this all the time in my day-to-day life.)I know that TransLink’s real job has

nothing to do with moving people,maintaining roads, helping the handicappedget around, or improving the environment.If those things were important, the province

would just step in andarrange things itself.No, the real reason for

TransLink is to act as awhipping boy for everytraffic jam, late bus, bridgetoll, pot hole, and fareincrease.I mean, the premier

doesn’t want to have to deal with a couplemillion angry voters on this, nor does theminister of transportation or any of theMLAs from the Lower Mainland.That was just as true back under the

NDP’s tenure as under the Liberals, so Iknow that this is a bi-partisan kind of a job.And I can do it! I’ll be the bozo, the fool,

the guy who can’t add buses and can’t seemto manage a fare card system, and I’ll sweatand stammer at press conferences and act asa giant hate sink for everyone.I think given TransLink’s past

performance, and the requirements of theagency, my application is very strong.Matthew Claxton is a reporter at the

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LETTERS

City disingenuous in foreign language sign consultation

Dear Editor,Re:“City spending review

a must,” Letters, Feb. 11.I congratulate councillors

Carol Day, Ken Johnsonand ChakAu for takinga stand on the budget. Asa taxpayer in Richmondfor more than 30 years,I have witnessed theproperty tax coffers swellas single-family dwellingshave been replaced bycondo developments.Yet,somehow, it always ends upin higher taxes for me.The fact that highly-

paid city staff cannotkeep a lid on spending isa poor reflection of theirperformance.If you want some ideas for

saving money, how aboutre-evaluating the cost/benefit of keeping the Ovalopen, the elitist playgroundsubsidized by the rest ofus, who will never use thefacility. Or spending lessmoney on street works likethe “Scramble” in Steveston.

David CrookRichmond

Dear Editor,Re: March 12 public

consultation on foreignlanguage sign issue.Firstly, I was quite

intrigued as to the venuebeing chosen, namely theUBC Boathouse, whichis floating north of RiverRoad, and decided to checkit out.The only parking

available is on the north andsouth shoulders of RiverRoad, with those parkingon the south having towatch out for traffic beforecrossing.Then, one has to travel

a few hundred feet east orwest to access the rampsand stairways. From there,one migrates toward therather narrow ramp whichis barely wide enough foran average adult, let alonea person with physicalhandicaps.Through an inquiry, I

found that the total cost tostage this event is $8,000.

While I have registeredto attend, I may quickly exitif I see the meeting roomarranged in such a wayas to facilitate the DelphiTechnique, developed bythe Rand Corporation.The warning sign is

if attending participants

are divided up into smallgroups of, say, six to 10people. The facilitators givedirection of what to discuss,often subjective.One group member is

nominated as chair andtakes notes of the groupmembers’ views, and, at the

end, there is often some sortof summary and discussion.This Delphi Technique

was not developed toproductively encourageand implement input, butas a means to lure in themore motivated citizens andgive the illusion their voice

means anything in what is apre-decided agenda.Usually, some

token attendee input isimplemented in the finalreport to add to the illusion.Regardless, it is quite

clear the signage issue hasspiralled out of control to

the point the city is beingvery disingenuous, spendingmore tax dollars to kick theforeign language sign issuefurther and further down theroad.

R.A.HoeglerRichmond

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WHAT’S ONPLEASE FILLWednesdayView some art, have

a cuppa, and enjoy anopen discussion. That’sthe recipe behind theART+TEA+TALK from10:30 - 11:30 a.m. atRichmond Art Gallery.Start off the morningwith a film screening ofDriven to Abstraction:Canadian Abstract Art andthe Turbulent 50s, a shortdocumentary on Canadianpainting, followed by atour of Close Listening thatfeatures four contemporaryCanadian painters. Joinin the discussion onpainting practices inCanada with gallery

director, Rachel Lafo. ForMore information, call604-276-4000, or [email protected].

SaturdayFemale students in Grade

8 who are interested inthe field of engineeringcan take part in the annualGirls in Engineeringevent Feb. 28 at Steveston-London Secondary School(6600 Williams Road)from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30p.m. Participants willexplore hands-on, problem-solving activities and meetengineering students and

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The Community MentalWellness Associationof Canada is holding aChinese New Year eventFeb. 28 with karaoke,singing, dancing, luckydraws and a host ofperformances from 11 a.m.to 3 p.m. The associationis located at 250-5726Minoru Blvd. For moreinformation, call 604-273-1791.

UpcomingRichmond Public

Library is hosting a freeworkshop called EnglishPronunciation for Successpresented by CatherineSteele, a pronunciationspecialist. The workshop isof interest to anyone whowants to learn more aboutEnglish pronunciation andpronunciation resources,and will be held March 5from 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.at the Brighouse Branch,Community Place (7700Minoru Gate). For moreinformation visit thelibrary’s website www.yourlibrary.ca/events, orcall 604-231-6423.

After a month-long hiatusdue to roof restorationwork, theMinoru Chapel’sOpera series is back thisspring with three classicalconcerts performed by localprofessional companies.The series opens March4, with Opera Mariposamaking their MinoruChapel debut with acostumed concert ofoperatic highlights, FromWolfgang to Wagner:Great Moments in Opera.Performances are at 2 and 7p.m. Seating is limited andtickets can be purchased inadvance by calling 604-276-4300. Admission is $20for adults, $18 for studentsand seniors.

Richmond Public libraryis offering a free programfor adults called EnglishCorner on Fridays fromMarch 6 – May 1, and onSundays from March 8– May 3 at the Brighouse(Main) Branch. Classes takeplace from 10 a.m. – 12noon. To register, visit anybranch of Richmond publicLibrary, register online atwww.yourlibrary.ca/eventsor call 604-231-6413.


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RETAIL

Sears ends 50-year run in Richmond

The doors closed at theRichmond Centre location ofSears department store for thelast time Sunday evening, endinga five-decade long relationshipwith local customers and staff.The end came a few days

earlier than the scheduled last dayon Feb. 28.“Our staff did such a good job

selling the remaining stock inthe store that we decided to shutthings down a little earlier thanplanned,” said Brian Stone, whowas brought in as store managerfour months ago to oversee thewind down. “Our staff has beenvery professional right down tothe end. But there certainly weresome tears and hugs when thedoors were closed Sunday.”In fact, the store’s closing has

nothing to do with the Richmondlocation’s performance over theyears.According to Sears Canada

officials, it was a profitablelocation. But it was includedwith four other stores involvedin a real estate transaction madepublic at the end of October 2013that provided Sears — which hasbeen downsizing and liquidatingassets as part of a financialrestructuring plan — with a lumpsum to terminate the lease earlierthan originally agreed.“That entire transaction was

for a sum that would have takenyears and years to make in profitif we had decided to instead keepthe store operating,” said Sears

spokesman Vincent Power in anemail from the chain’s corporateheadquarters in Toronto.The closure means the end of

about 150 local jobs. But Stone,who also oversaw the closureof the Sears store in DowntownVancouver where Seattle-headquartered Nordstrom willopen Sept. 18, said virtually allof those employees who wantedto stay with the company weretransferred to other stores.The original Sears department

store opened at Richmond Squareon Sept. 10, 1964. In 1989, whenRichmond Square and RichmondCentre amalgamated to becomethe present day RichmondCentre, Sears was relocated to thesouth end of the mall.On Monday, the upper floor of

the 110,000-square-foot store wasvirtually empty.In the former tool section, a

wall was plastered with photos ofstaff who had attended a numberof gatherings held in the pastweeks to celebrate the store’slong run.One current worker, who has

been with the chain for 41 years,said he was sad to see it go.“I started with Sears when I

was 18,” said Wayne Ireland,who began his career in theautomotive department at theMetrotown location in Burnabyand in 1985 switched to theRichmond store.“It’s been a great place to

work. Everyone was so nice andfriendly,” said Ireland, who willcontinue to work at the SearsHome Store in east Richmond.

“It’s sad to see it come to anend.” Another long-time localSears employee, AnneArmitage,said she was thankful thecompany kept ties with retiredstaff members as the store wounddown.“They had a wonderful dinner

for the retirees in the storelast Tuesday,” saidArmitage.who worked in a number ofdepartments from the early 1970suntil 1996.

With Sears officially closed,speculation continues as to whatwill replace it. On Monday,Richmond Centre’s generalmanager, Shelia Luft, remainedtight-lipped about the future ofthe site.So, too, were officials at

Nordstrom.“But we are always on the

lookout for great locations for ourstores,” said company spokesmanJohn Bailey.

Real estate deal, not store’s performance, the reason for closure

BUSINESSSend your story ideas or photo submissions to Richmond News editor Eve Edmonds at [email protected]

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Sears store manager for the past four months, Brian Stone (topphoto), has overseen the wind down that included social gatheringsof retired and current employees. Sears (bottom photo), as it lookedshortly after opening in 1964. Photos submitted


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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL

Close call for ‘Cats in Crehan Cup final

It proved to be abittersweet week for theMcMath Wildcats at theLower Mainland AAA GirlsBasketball Championships.

The province’s fifth rankedteam took care of businessby nailing down the school’sfirst-ever B.C. AAA berthwith authority. The Wildcatswanted to make a littlemore history and they cameagonizingly close to doing so.

Looking to become thefirst Richmond school to winthe Crehan Cup in 16 years,McMath saw a comfortablehalftime lead evaporate ina 60-58 loss to the seventhranked Handsworth Royalson Saturday night in NewWest.

The Wildcats used a 14-2run to close out the first halfto take a 33-22 advantageinto the intermission.

However, a seven point thirdquarter opened the door forthe Royals to storm backand set the stage for a terrificfinish that saw McMathcome up just short.

“We had some easy shotsand easy baskets that wejust didn’t finish,” said headcoach Anne Gillrie-Carre.“These girls have comethrough in so many gamesbefore but tonight we justdidn’t have the finish weneeded.

“It’s a learning experienceand we can’t be buryingourselves with theprovincials coming up. Butthe kids saw the history withthe Richmond schools andwanted to come here anddo it.”

The final proved to beMcMath’s first competitivegame in weeks.

They opened theMainland’s with a 50-27win over Hugh Boyd thencrushed Churchill 67-36

in the semi-finals. Thoseresults came on the heels ofwinning three games at thecity championships by scoresof 62-14, 73-23 and 73-27.

Conversely, Handsworthlost the North Shorechampionship game tohonourable mention Argylethen avenged the defeatjust over a week later in theMainland semi-finals.

Gillrie-Carre was wellaware of the potential lackof competition and lined-up exhibition games andtournaments against qualityopponents throughout theseason. However, there islittle she can do about it inthe crucial homestretch.

“It’s hard to getopportunities to compete atthat level,” she said. “Rightfrom the when these kidswere in Grade 8 it’s beenabout finding enoughcompetition. You look atwhat those teams in theFraser Valley have to go

through and it can makesuch a difference.”

Saturday’s final was thefirst time the Wildcats hadseen Royals in two years.Handsworth applied full-court pressure throughmuch of the night andprovided extra attention forU17 provincial team guardJessica Jones.

The Wildcats athleticismallowed them to get the ballup the floor with regularityand they even outscoredthe Royals when Jones wasgetting a breather in the latestages of the second quarter.

When the McMath’soffence finally heated up inthe final 10 minutes it was

the defence that sufferedtoo many breakdowns.Handsworth also had akey Grade 12 to rely on incrunch time and AlannaMartin’s experience showedin nailing down tournamentall-star honours.

“Having one or two Grade12s in that situation is huge,”added Gillrie-Carre whohad four Grade 11s andGrade 9 Lyric Custodio onthe floor down the stretch.“They played a box-in-oneon Jessica and that’s thefirst time we have seen itconsistently all season. It’ssomething we never seen inour league and we have to dosome work against that.

“We were looking ata similar schedule (atprovincials) win or lose andnow we have to come backhungry from this.”

The B.C. AAAChampionships are slatedfor March 4-7 at the LangleyEvents Centre.At the buzzer…Jones and Justine

McCaskill were namedtournament all-stars.

With the team basicallyintact for next season, theWildcats have put in a bidto host the 2016 CrehanCup. The London Legendshappened to have homecourt advantage when theyprevailed back in 1999.

McMath comes within three points of being first Richmond school in 16 years to win Lower AAA Mainland titleMark BoothSports [email protected]

McMath Wildcats Jessica Jones looks for an open teammate during second quarteraction against the Handsworth Royals in Saturday’s Crehan Cup Lower Mainland AAAchampionship game. The North Shore school edged McMath 60-58. Photo by Mark Booth


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SPORTS

Steveston-London basketball teamshave pulled off the rare feat of sweepingthe junior divisions at the Vancouver andDistrict Championships.

The Sharks followed up their Richmondchampionships by winning district bannerslast week.

The junior boys defeated NorthShore champion Sentinel Spartans 65-54 in the final. The Sharks had openedthe tournament with a 70-52 win overHandsworth, then slipped past New West55-54. Six-foot-seven post standout FardawsAimaq scored the winning basket in the finalminute of play.

Steveston-London is seeded fourth forthis week’s B.C. Junior Boys BasketballChampionships at the Langley EventsCentre.

The Sharks open play Wednesday morningagainst North Kamloops. The 32-teamtournament continues until Saturday. TheMcMath Wildcats have been seeded 21st andface 12th seed Rick Hansen in the openinground.

“We have been working very hard allyear and made a point of playing a difficultschedule to prepare us for playing basketballin March,” said Steveston-London headcoach Rory Brown. “We believe that if weplay well and play together, we can competewith any team in B.C. this year.”

McMath nailed down the final B.C. berth

thanks to an opening round 61-46 win overBurnaby North. The Wildcats then wereedged 63-61 by Sentinel in the semi-finals,before falling 54-47 to New West in the thirdplace game.

Meanwhile, coach Troy Takasaki hadthe Sharks junior girls well prepared aftercapturing the Richmond title, but the teamfaced a tough challenge against several bigteams at the V&Ds.

Steveston-London opened the tournamentwith a 37-31 win over the perenniallypowerful Handsworth Royals, beforenarrowly defeating Burnaby’s Cariboo HillChargers 43-40 in the semi-finals.

The Sharks played their best basketball inthe championship game, defeating NorthShore champion Collingwood Cavaliers 53-36. They will not be going to the provincialsas the invitational format conflicted with theV&D tournament.At the buzzer...City champion Richmond Colts used

home court advantage to finish second inthe Vancouver and District Juvenile BoysChampionships to nail down a berth intothe Grade 9 provincial tournament.

After a thrilling 53-50 win overHandsworth in the semi-finals, they fell68-48 to Burnaby South in last Thursday’schampionship game. The Grade 9provincials are slated for March 5-7 atKitsilano Secondary School.

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uilders in the community andbuildersof community. UnitedAssociation ofJourneyman andApprentices of thePlumbing and Pipefitting Industry of

Canada and theUnited States Local 170 havehelped purchase vitalmedical equipment toadvance local health care at RichmondHospital.“Ourmembers helped build the hospitals thattheir families here are using,” says Joe Shayler,BusinessManager and Financial Secretary, UALocal 170. “Our donation to RichmondHospitalFoundation is ourway of giving back andsaying thanks.”

Funds fromUALocal 170 have helpedpurchase state-of-the-artmedical equipmentfor RichmondHospital’s Pulmonary FunctionLab. A new “breathing box”will help diagnoseand assess lung disease, a serious andgrowing illness.

RichmondHospital’s Pulmonary FunctionLaboratory performs complete evaluations ofa patient’s respiratory system through a host ofon-site diagnostic tools. According to theWorldHealthOrganization, lung disease is the fourthmost common cause of deathworldwide andis estimated soon to become the thirdmostcommon.

“Health care is essential, andwe have a rapidlygrowing and aging population.With state-of-the-artmedical equipment, you’re able toprovide patientswith the very best locally,”says Shayler. “I’ve been tremendouslyimpressedwith RichmondHospital. Ourcontribution is really about saying thank youfor the excellent and skilled care they deliver.”

“Our union is committed to public health andsafety,” says Shayler, whose union represents

members in the high-demand piping tradeswhich include plumbing, sprinklerfitting,steamfitting andwelding. “Just like our ownindustry, a hospital needs a skilledworkforce.We recognize you have to have properlytrained individuals using the right equipment tosupport the highest standards.

“Ourmembers haveworked on themajorityof hospital, college and university constructionprojects in British Columbia. In fact, theyworked on the same hospitals they nowuse.This is about our commitment to the healthand safety of the communitieswe serve,andwe feel thatmoney derived from thecommunity should stay in the community,”says Shayler. “It’s about giving back to thecommunitywe helped build.”

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Fresh GingerRed Delicious ApplesBlue Jay Sweet Orange

269ea

Manila’s Best Halo Halo454g

Searay Giant Sea Perch

199ea

Chinatown GlutinousRice Ball 200g

Assorted Flavors

Beef Rib Finger

369

399

Fresh Beef Flanks(Bone in)

449lb 499

lb

ea169Sunrise FlavoredDried Tofu 280g

229ea

2 FOR

Sunrise TraditionalFresh Tofu 700g

Fita Biscuits Box150g

Searay Dacefish(Cleaned)400-500

Searay ClamMeat300g

299

149

ea

lb

Gai Lan

99¢ lb

99¢

129

lb

lbAuthentic Xin HuiSugar Mandarins

菲律賓幼米粉

王梨標醬油+醋

發達餅乾

新鮮牛仔腩(有骨)

中華湯圓 [各口味]

藍烏甜橙紅蘋果新鮮薑正宗新會砂糖桔

牛肋條

海威去肚鯪魚

海威蜆肉

芥蘭

馬尼拉牌菲式甜點配料

海威台灣盲曹(金目鱸魚)

日昇鮮裝豆腐皇日昇五香豆乾新鮮有骨五花腩

香脆炸豬皮美祿朱古力粉希福咸牛肉

新鮮靚西排 (二塊以上) 急凍鯽魚(去肚去鱗) 芒果

lb box

99¢ 69¢lb lb

lb

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Richmond News February 25 2015