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second week, is a partnership between the SFB, the SCSS and the City of Surrey.

Sitting with Yargeau is Karen Holmstrom, who is both a client of and a volunteer for the Surrey Food Bank.

It’s a way of giving back, says the

67-year-old retiree, who used to volunteer at a food bank in Vernon.

Both women say it’s financially tough for a senior living on a pension.

“Everybody is in the same boat as you,” says Holmstrom, saying that about half of her pension cheque goes towards rent.

“Without (the food bank), we probably

wouldn’t make it.”Now, for the second time – and henceforth,

every second Wednesday – seniors don’t have to line up across the street for the 1:30 p.m. opening at the food bank.

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It’s two days before Edna Yargeau’s 66th birthday.

It’s cold and rainy outside, but Yargeau – waiting for the doors to open at the Surrey Food Bank (SFB) – is comfortable and relaxed.

She’s among about two dozen other seniors inside the lobby of the Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre, which has opened its doors to older SFB clients as part of a new program.

Instead of lining up on the street, they’ve got a place to sit and get to know each other better.

“It’s nice,” Yargeau says over the piped-in Christmas music. “It gives us a place to socialize. It’s like a social club.”

To add to the atmosphere, coffee and snacks are provided by volunteers from the South Surrey-based Seniors Come Share Society (SCSS), which has

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He was the kind of young man who would put a halt to his day just to make sure someone was okay.

Just before midnight on Dec. 4, a yet-to-be-identifi ed motorist ran him down on a road in Bridgeview and sped off , leaving him there to die.

Mbasuva Muukua, 26, was heading home from his construction job when a Honda Prelude struck him in the 12600-block of King George Boulevard, leaving him critically injured in the middle of the road.

Another car stopped to help him, however Muukua died in hospital a short time later.

Muukua arrived in Canada as a ref-ugee from Namibia, Africa fi ve years ago. He came to Surrey to earn enough money to go to college.

In an interview with Th e Leader from Toronto, his sister Rico Lubansa said her younger brother was extreme-ly hard working and giving to a fault.

“He didn’t have much, but he was always such a happy person,” Lubansa said.

He was always putting the needs of others fi rst.

“When he was in Toronto, there was a person who didn’t speak English – he left everything and walked with them all the way to where they had to go,” Lubansa said. “Th at was the kind of person my brother was.”

She’s pleading with the person who struck her brother to come forward so the family can have some closure.

To the driver she said: “Imagine your parents receiving a casket after fi ve years of not seeing your son,” Lubansa said. “Th e person that did this didn’t even take a second to just stand and think about the person lying there. You’ve left this family devastated, there are no smiles for us after this.”

Police now believe the man was hit by a red Honda Prelude, model year 1997 to 2001. Anyone with more information about this collision is asked to contact the Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502 or Crime Stoppers, to remain anonymous, at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or www.solvecrime.ca

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“When you stand there for two hours, you get tired, your bones creak,” says Holmstrom. “(Now) bones don’t creak.”

“Coming here is a blessing,” says Dave Wilkinson, who is seat-ed at a nearby table with another client, James Bowler, a 67-year-old who delivers newspa-pers to 117 homes in Newton.

Both men have been clients of the food bank for about a year.

“You’ve got to be a politician to get a good pension,” notes Wilkin-son, who has nothing but praise for the food bank’s friendly staff and clients.

Bowler says the SFB helps him take care of his adult son, who is struggling to fi nd work.

SFB Executive Direc-tor Marilyn Herrmann says the idea of a gather-ing place for seniors was inspired by conversa-tions at a recent seniors’ forum in Surrey.

Th e SCSS quickly joined, since it already off ers day programs for seniors on site, as well as other community support programs such

as social clubs, commu-nity meals, caregiver outreach and home support.

As for Surrey staff at the Chuck Bailey Rec-reation Centre, “they’re smiling from ear to ear,” says Herrmann.

Surrey Food Bank facts:

• The food bank serves 13,800 clients each month.

• About one-third of clients are children. Many clients are se-niors and immigrants. Other clients are employed and use the food bank occasional-ly to make ends meet.

• The food bank is supported solely by donations made by individuals, organiza-tions and businesses.

• Cash donations allow the food bank to purchase pro-

duce, baby formula, milk, eggs and other specialty foods for specific client groups. Through purchasing agreements with gro-cers and bulk buying, the food bank can turn every $1 donated into $3.

• Specific programs at the SFB include Hamper to Your Home (for clients with mobility issues), Tiny Bundles, Pre-K (ages two to five), Toddler Totes, Thrifty Kitch-en and distribution geared to seniors aged 65 and over on Wednesdays.

• Volunteers are a big part of the SFB. Hours for volunteer-ing are Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (except Wednesdays). A three-month commitment is required.

• Other than money, the most-needed donated items – especially during the Christmas season – are baby formula, baby toiletries and blankets, canned meat/fish, healthy cereal, meals-in-a-tin, canned fruit and veg-etables, whole-grain pasta and rice, pasta sauces, soups and macaroni and cheese.

• The SFB does not go door-to-door to solicit cash donations nor does it partner with any other organi-zation to do so.

If you are ap-proached by someone claiming to represent the Surrey Food Bank, contact the Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502.

The Surrey Food Bank is located at 10732 City Parkway.

For more informa-tion, visit surreyfoodbank.org

Above: Karen Holmstrom (right), a client of and volunteer with the Surrey Food Bank, chats with another client while waiting for her Wednesday seniors’ hamper at the Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre.Below: Surrey Food Bank Executive Director Marilyn Herrmann. BOAZ JOSEPH

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Re: “Inconvenient truths of climate change” (B.C. Views, Dec. 2).

As Tom Fletcher pointed out, there are many questions on climate change.

I’m not sure that B.C. or Canada is the problem, but the B.C. government is on the right track with the carbon tax, because it is apparent that Canadians need to lead on the environment, and be seen as leading. We need to be able to market our resources and lead in sustainability.

Th e B.C. carbon tax has pluses and minuses. Some of the carbon tax burden is returned to lower income earners – this is a good thing. Th e tax, however, does little to reduce CO2 emissions. If four of the $5 billion collected over the past six years had been invested in reforestation, carbon sinks, the B.C. govern-ment could proclaim to the rest of Canada and the world that we are making a real diff erence.

I think B.C. and Canada are doing a good job on environmental issues, but we need to be seen to be doing more. A B.C. carbon

tax that brings in $5 billion to provide $5.7 billion in tax cuts does not appear to me to be making the necessary changes in addressing the global environmental concerns.

Th e perception is that we are doing nothing. Th is needs to change.

Phil Harrison

Merchants of sludge?

Tom Fletcher’s latest column, a litany of classic skepticism about what’s going on in the atmosphere, is like a museum display of petroleum industry attitudes.

He evidently has no shame in carrying the

torch for continuing with status quo policies around energy sources and emissions. No sur-prise, because his boss and others are betting there’s still hope for selling sludge to Asia.

I notice in reading the letters from various outposts of Black Press, there are few readers buying this argument. Th at is encouraging for people who have their ears and eyes open to the realities of the climate situation.

Bill Wells

Where is the warming?

It has been 18 years without statistically relevant temperature increases in our atmo-sphere, according to satellite data used by the International Panel on Climate Change. Th e level of CO2 has gone up in those 18 years, yet the atmospheric temperature has not.

Is there a real connection between CO2 level and atmospheric temperature? Maybe not much. Th e climate scientists won’t say they got it wrong.

Time for the truth, before Canada and other countries have our economies knocked out from under us. Please climate scientists, level with us, and let your colleagues who have “lost the climate change faith” speak.

Bill Wilson

A selective contrarian

Tom Fletcher’s “Inconvenient truths” column was highly selective in its choice of so-called climate “alarmist” examples.

It is clear that there has been signifi cant warming linked to burning fossil fuels. Increasing parts per million of CO2 and other warming gases is documented, as is ocean acidifi cation.

Th e built-up inertia in the Earth system, given these data, may be a tipping point from which it could be too late to take meaningful action.

Th e nature of this issue means we cannot be 100 per cent certain, however the Precau-tionary Principle would urge action on 80 per cent confi dence when the realization of a risk would be catastrophic.

Editorials that denigrate vocal activists and selectively choose data lower the quality of discussion, contribute to polarized discussion, and raise doubt as to whether any action is needed; just what climate change denial interests want.

Black Press, given that it touts itself as the largest independent news chain, can do better.

Kevin Tyler

Premier Christy Clark sat down with Tom Fletcher for a year-end interview at her Victoria offi ce Dec. 9. Here are excerpts. For the full version, see the Opinion tab at www.surreyleader.com

Tom Fletcher: At the UN climate conference in Paris, did you speak about natural gas as a transition fuel, and did you fi nd support for that idea?

Christy Clark: Yes and yes. Th e new government in Ottawa is a big supporter of our LNG plan, and part of the reason for that is that they also see it as a way forward for Canada to make a huge contribution to fi ghting global climate change.

Th ere are 150 coal plants on the books in China today. Th e only way that those plants and the ones that come after will be stopped is if they have a transitional fuel to move to.

TF: B.C.’s 2020 greenhouse gas tar-get, reduction of emissions by a third, is another target that isn’t going to be met. Why?

CC: When the government brought in the carbon tax, it was based on the assumption that other jurisdictions around us were going to eventually catch up. And none of them have.

Th ere comes a point where the car-bon tax can only get so high before we start chasing all those jobs out of the province.

TF: Your advisory committee says the carbon tax needs to go higher starting in 2018 if it’s going to have an eff ect. Do you have any other choice?

CC: Let’s fi gure out what the nation-al goal is going to be, which we don’t know yet.

TF: On a related topic, transit spending. Your new minister Peter Fassbender has talked about a “new day” in Ottawa and he’s downplaying the idea of another referendum for new funding sources. Is that off the table now?

CC: It may be possible that the fed-eral government wants to invest more in transit, and take up some of the

slack from the local government level.TF: On LNG, oil and natural gas

prices continue to go down, and supply continues to go up around the world. Did you see any positive signs this year?

CC: What I saw this year was de-veloping countries, especially China, making a fi rm commitment to reduce their emissions.

Th e only way for them to do that is to move to a greater degree to natural gas, and the bulk of their industry is still located on the east coast of their country, a long way from Russia and close to B.C.

TF: Are we going to see some policy action on high housing costs in 2016, and will there be some relief from the property transfer tax?

CC: You’ll see in the February budget, but we are looking for ways to provide some relief for home buyers.

TF: We’re starting to see govern-

ment advertising ramp up. We saw a lot of Jobs Plan advertising before the 2013 election, we saw the federal gov-ernment do it with their Economic Ac-tion Plan, which was very expensive, and to most people’s eye self-serving or political in nature at taxpayers’ expense. Is that what we’re going to see in the next year and a half?

CC: It won’t be political. I think some of that was, really, political. You will see more information-based ad-vertising out there, talking to people about for example, the Registered Education Savings Plan.

TF: Not Jobs Plan 2.0?CC: I don’t think that’s in the plan. I

wish I could say to you no, never, but I, you know….

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: tfl [email protected] Twitter: @tomfl etcherbc

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SHEILA REYNOLDS

A construction company has been chosen to build a much-needed high school in one of the fastest-growing neighbourhoods of Surrey.

DGS Construction Company Ltd. won the contract to build the new school in the Clayton area, near 72 Avenue and 184 Street. Th e company submit-ted the lowest qualifi ed bid of just under $38.7 million.

Eight other companies also presented bids for the job, ranging from $38.9 million to $45.6 million.

Th e new school will take pressure off of Clayton Heights and Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary schools, which have been over-capacity for several years. Th ey both have hundreds more students than they were built for.

Four years ago, Lord Tweedsmuir (LT) was forced to implement a fl ex schedule, with diff erent grades start-ing and fi nishing the school day at diff erent times to accommodate the overfl ow of students.

In addition, LT has 13 make-shift portable classrooms on

site, while Clayton has 10.The new Clayton north

high school has been a long time coming, as the pro-vincial government first committed to funding the project in 2013. The money didn’t come until August 2014, however, and the Ministry of Education only approved the project going to tender last month.

Building is expected to begin in January, with hopes the school can open in spring 2018.

Last month, in proposing boundary moves to alleviate crowding at some elementary schools, the district said all schools in the Clayton area are under “extreme enrolment pressures.”

Chairs re-elected in Surrey and Delta

Nothing will change at the Board of Education tables in Surrey or Delta this year, as the heads of both groups have been re-elected.

In Delta, Trustee Laura Dixon will remain chairper-son, while former teacher and

longtime Trustee Val Windsor stays vice-chair.

In Surrey, Trustee Shawn Wilson will keep the centre chair and Trustee Laurie Larson will remain vice-chair-person.

All were re-elected by ac-clamation. Th e positions are elected annually.

Extra Pro-D day scheduled

Th e Surrey School District has chosen April 18 as its second extra Professional Development day to review the new B.C. curriculum.

Th e provincial government has mandated school dis-tricts schedule two additional pro-d days into this year to familiarize school staff on the curriculum.

Surrey held its fi rst extra day on Nov. 12.

Delta School District is holding both of their’s in the new year, on Feb. 22 and April 18.

Normally both districts have six professional develop-ment days in the year, rather than this year’s eight.

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He had heard quarrelling from the house next door before, but the yelling on Aug. 12, 2014 was diff erent.

Spiro Saites and his wife were watching TV that summer after-noon when they were startled by loud screaming on the neigh-bouring property.

“It was very intense,” said Saites.

Saites was the fi rst witness called to testify in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster on Monday, the opening day of the trial of Ryan Beauchamp.

Beauchamp, now 30, is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of his father Allen Bezell, 55, in Surrey 16 months ago.

Saites rented out the home next to his to Bezell, who lived with Beauchamp and down-stairs tenant Brad Buckley. Both homes were near 140 Street and 60 Avenue.

Saites testifi ed that he raced

out the door when he heard the shouting, jumping the fence into the next yard, where he saw Buckley and Beauchamp struggling with one another.

Th e Crown laid out its case Monday, saying Bezell was in a shed working on a car with Buckley when Beauchamp en-tered and attacked Bezell with a knife, slashing him in the head.

Buckley, said prosecutor Vitto-rio Toselli, intervened, dragging Beauchamp out of the shed and getting him to drop the knife.

Saites testifi ed he and his wife had shown up by this time, saw the two men struggle and saw Bezell emerge from the shed holding his bloody forehead.

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An advocate for SkyTrain has urged TransLink’s board to reject the City of Sur-rey’s choice of light rail trains over other rapid transit expan-sion alternatives.

Daryl Dela Cruz told TransLink direc-tors light rail (LRT) would bring almost no improvement in frequency over the express bus service that already exists between Guildford and Surrey Central station, a trip he test-ed recently.

“It took me seven minutes – three min-utes faster than what the LRT is supposed to take according to the City of Surrey’s website,” Dela Cruz told TransLink direc-

tors Dec. 9. “What’s the point?”

he asked, adding LRT will mean the loss of traffic lanes on 104 Avenue, with more congestion, less transit ridership, and slower growth around stations.

The $2-billion-plus plan for Surrey light rail lines – an “L” line that runs on King George Boulevard and 104 Avenue plus a Fraser Highway line that runs from the SkyTrain terminus to Langley City – has been stalled since the defeat of the regional sales tax referendum last summer.

But hopes have grown that more generous federal infrastructure grants could come from

Ottawa, opening the door to a new cost-sharing deal between area may-ors and the province without another vote.

Dela Cruz argues it’s time to switch the plan to one of the al-ternatives TransLink previously studied – extending SkyTrain along Fraser High-way to Langley and running bus rapid transit (BRT) on the King George and 104 corridors instead of light rail.

The costs would be similar, but TransLink’s own study of the options

indicates the Sky-Train/BRT system would be more heav-ily used, generating the “most quantifi-

able transportation benefits.” It would take 22 minutes to ride the Fraser High-way SkyTrain seg-ment, compared to 29 minutes with light rail, which would also require a transfer to continue on SkyTrain.

Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner argues light rail is essential to shape the future de-velopment of the city.

But Dela Cruz argues that’s not a good enough reason for build an inferior system.

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Daryl Dela Cruz

As Buckley called 911, Beauchamp went inside the house.

Within moments, Saites said he saw Beau-champ come back outside. This time, he was holding a shotgun with both hands at waist level, pointing it straight ahead. Saites said he bypassed the couple as if they weren’t there.

“He went straight for his dad,” Saites told the court. “I said, ‘Ryan, don’t do it, no, no’.”

Beauchamp and his father struggled, Bezell holding the barrel of the gun, trying to point it away and pleading for his son to stop.

“The next thing I knew … the gun went off and shot Allen in the chest,” Saites testified.

Beauchamp dropped the shotgun beside his dad.

“It’s finished. It’s done, it’s done,” Saites recalled Beauchamp saying.

Saites said his wife told Beauchamp to go sit on the house steps and he complied. Police arrived shortly thereafter and placed him under arrest. He’s been in custody since.

Toselli said the trial will be split in two, to deal with not only the evidence pertaining to the fatal shooting, but also with psychiat-ric evidence related to Beauchamp’s mental health at the time of his dad’s killing.

Toselli and defence lawyer Paul McMurray agreed there is little dispute about what occurred that day.

“The issue in this case is not what hap-pened,” said McMurray. “The issue is Mr. Beauchamp’s state of mind.”

Saites testified Beauchamp told him he was taking medication for schizophrenia and appeared socially isolated, spending most of his days in the house. He described Beau-champ’s demeanour after the shooting as “vacant.”

Beauchamp, with dark thinning hair and wire-rimmed glasses, mostly looked down as he listened to the testimony from the prisoner’s box.

The trial was expected to continue through the week.

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he predicted, adding it would also create “huge risks” from running trains at the

same level as pedes-trians and vehicles.

Dela Cruz said an operating deficit between what LRT would generate in revenue and its costs is equivalent to 40 per cent of the cost of running buses south of the Fraser, raising concern LRT may force transit cuts.

“We’re going to have to cannibalize the rest of the City of Surrey’s buses just to make financial room for it.”

The regional May-ors’ Council support-ed Surrey’s choice of LRT when it crafted the transit expansion plan that went to ref-erendum this year.

TransLink officials said they’re working towards a deadline of next March to com-plete a business case for both the Surrey and Broadway line projects to maintain eligibility for federal P3 grant funding.

That work includes updates to the capital costs, operating costs and revenue estimates so there can be confi-dence they’re accurate to within 15 per cent, said Fred Cumming, TransLink vice-pres-ident of engineering and infrastructure management.

“March is a very aggressive date,” he said. “But when the funding is secured we’ll be ready to go.”

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TransLink has yet to determine how some seniors and disabled transit users from the Fraser Valley with special passes will be able to board SkyTrain once the Compass card is fully in eff ect and fare gates are closed.

About 90,000 low-income seniors and other B.C. residents on disability assistance get pro-vincially subsidized B.C. Bus Passes at a cost of $45 a year, giving them blanket transit access anywhere in the province.

Most of those pass holders live in Metro Vancouver and they have already been issued Compass cards to replace the old paper passes, which won’t open fare gates.

But so far there’s no plan to do the same for others living in the Fraser Valley or on Vancouver Island so they can continue to use SkyTrain when they come to Metro Vancou-ver.

Advocates say they don’t want those pass holders to be denied rapid transit access.

“If you’re living in the Fraser Valley and you need to come in, it could be a problem,” said Disability Alliance B.C. Executive Director Jane Dyson. “It’s not clear to us yet how this is going to work.”

TransLink spokesman Chris Bryan said bus drivers will continue to accept the regular B.C. Bus Passes. As for whether companion Compass cards will be issued to pass holders living outside Metro, Bryan said TransLink is in discussions with the provincial ministry of social development.

“We’re working with the province on how that’s going to work,” he said.

He acknowledged there is some concern about the potential for illegal re-selling of Compass cards enabled for the annual pass. A Compass card version of the B.C. Bus Pass is more likely to be of use to someone in Abbots-ford than a Fort St. John resident, he noted.

B.C. is the only province that subsidizes

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Another access concern is how sip-and-puff wheelchair users who are paralyzed from the neck down with no use of their arms will be able to tap in and out with Compass cards.

Since TransLink won’t have attendants at every station, those disabled transit users who have until now been able to use the system in-dependently may be forced to seek assistance from strangers.

“We are concerned that will diminish folks’ independence and dignity and safety,” Dyson said. “Th is takes things backwards for those folks.”

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Months of specu-lation and millions in renovations come to an end tomorrow when a Cloverdale landmark holds its grand re-opening.

The doors open at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 17 at Elements Casino, which replaces the existing Fraser Downs Racetrack and Casino.

Great Canadian Gaming Corp. has spent a reported $11 million renovating and updating the facility – about what it spent rebranding its Coquitlam casino as the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver – adding new food and bever-

age options and live entertainment spaces, along with table games and 500 new slot machines.

The casino and the racetrack have remained open during the renovations, meaning guests have been able to see some of the changes themselves – such as the updated main entrance and new low-er casino floor, with added slots and a new lounge area that will sell pub food.

To be unveiled is “Escape,” a new, 300-seat live performance venue; the Diamond Buffet, which will be open seven days a week; and a dining spot called Foodies,

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Both the lounge and Escape will feature live performers such as cover bands and other regional talent.

Standardbred and simulcast horse racing will continue to be featured, maintaining a connection to the casino’s roots.

“We look forward to the grand opening of Elements Casino as it will give us an op-portunity to elevate, improve and diversify the entertainment experience within the Surrey marketplace, a region that is cur-rently growing and projected to be the most populated city in Metro Vancouver by 2020,” said Chuck Keeling, vice-pres-ident, stakeholder relations and respon-sible gaming for Great Canadian Gaming Corp.

Originally known as the Cloverdale Race-way, the racetrack has been a fixture of the local economy, employing hundreds and providing spin-off jobs such as feed sales, veterinary care and farrier services, and breeders.

“They live here. They’re huge support-ers in the economy,” said Paul Orazietti, executive director of the Cloverdale Busi-ness Improvement Association.

It’s the first major overhaul since the

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Since then, the race-track has contributed more than $30 million to the city in gaming revenues, Orazietti said.

“It’s a giant jugger-naut. It’s one of the biggest employers in Cloverdale,” he said. “The business community wants to support it.”

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The provincial gov-ernment allows the racing side of opera-tions a proportionate share of slot machine revenue.

“There’s a need from the government to have a more definitive goal in how it wants to support harness racing,” he said.

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Metro Vancouver’s drive to build a new garbage incinerator is on ice, if not dead.

The regional district announced Th ursday it is discontinuing the lengthy waste-to-energy procurement process, although it indicated it could be restarted in a year or two.

Board chair Greg Moore said im-proved recycling and waste-reduction efforts have pushed back the need for new waste disposal capaci-ty by several years.

“It’s not about killing waste-to-ener-gy,” Moore said of the board decision. “It’s

about stopping this process and re-eval-uating our needs to ensure that we’re building the right fa-cility for the amount of residual we have requirements for.”

Metro original-ly aimed to build a plant that could burn 500,000 tonnes of garbage a year, but scaled the plan down twice to 250,000 tonnes as its volume of unrecycled garbage shrank.

Moore said Metro doesn’t want to end up with an overbuilt incinerator if the cur-rent trend continues.

About 500,000 tonnes a year was once going to the Cache Creek landfill, which Metro will stop using at the end of 2016, but Moore said that is currently down below 200,000 tonnes.

“We don’t want to build a facility that is too large, that we’ve spent more capital on than what’s required.”

Metro could, with the approval of Delta and Vancouver, send more waste to the Vancouver Landfi ll, which cur-rently takes less than half of its licensed an-nual volume of around 650,000 tonnes. Th e existing Burnaby incinerator continues to take 285,000 tonnes per year.

Metro officials also cite uncertainty around future waste volumes, which have been in doubt after a provincial decision disallowing Metro from imposing a ban

on the export of waste out of the region.

“The challenge with new waste-to-energy is that it requires a significant up front capital investment as well as predictable waste flow,” said Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie, chair of Metro’s zero waste committee.

The capital cost of an all-new plant was expected to top $500 million. Payments to a private partner would be covered by rising tipping fees.

But revenue from tipping fees has also been a growing ques-tion mark – Metro was forced to slash its tipping fees for large haulers to get them to stop sending garbage to the Fraser Valley or the U.S.

A new incinerator faced a steep uphill battle against oppo-nents in the Fraser Valley, who argue it would be an unaccept-able source of new air pollution in the constrained airshed.

Metro officials have long rejected that characterization, but

the project would have faced a provin-cial environmental review as well.

Moore said Metro “remains committed to waste-to-energy” as the least expensive and most environ-mentally sustainable method of disposing of garbage, after efforts to reduce and recycle are exhausted.

The regional dis-trict has been under pressure from Belkorp Environmental, which operates the Cache Creek landfill and opposes incineration, to allow intensive use of material recovery facilities to extract recyclables from garbage.

Some municipalities have also supported that strategy, which has been embraced by the Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD).

“We’re thrilled,” said FVRD vice-chair and longtime incineration opponent Patricia Ross. “It’s a pretty great Christmas pres-ent for everybody who has been fi ghting this.”

Ross predicted there

will be even less need for a new incinerator in the future, and that Metro will never pursue it again.

“We in the FVRD are applauding the wis-dom of this decision.”

Belkorp Environ-mental Vice-President Russ Black said he believes the need for action on climate change was one factor behind the Metro decision.

“It just doesn’t make sense to burn recycla-bles like plastics for energy versus recycling them and conserv-ing energy,” he said, adding a new inciner-ator would also mean “burning garbage and putting contaminants in the air that Fraser Valley residents have to breathe and that would fall on the farmland of the food we eat.”

Belkorp subsidiary NextUse has been offered a licence for its proposed material recovery facility in Coquitlam.

But Black said the licence is for only five years and has other terms that make it unacceptable to build a $30-million plant. “Hopefully with this decision we get a more reasonable licence.”

Asked if the sharp decline in energy prices over the past few years also under-mined the economics of waste-to-energy, Moore said no.

He noted some pro-ponents “didn’t need to sell any energy” – including a proposal in Vancouver tied to district heating, and Lehigh Cement’s plan to use processed gar-bage as fuel in place of coal at its Delta cement plant.

The 10 short-listed bidders that had been angling to build and operate the new plant have been notified.

Moore said Metro is within its rights to terminate the process and will not be forced to pay penalties as a result.

Metro has spent $4.5 million pursuing waste-to-energy since 2012.

By halting the pro-cess, Metro also aban-dons options to buy various undisclosed sites for the possible new incinerator that it had secured.

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Recent negotiations ended with a deal between about 75 per cent of the more than 400 Unifor-represented drivers and fi ve truck-ing fi rms – AG, Aheer, Forward, Prudential and Sunlover.

Union offi cials say the new contracts will run until mid-2019, provid-ing long-term stability for much of the sector, among other improve-ments.

Th e union says it’s been unable to reach agreement with two hold-out companies – Port Transport and Harbour Link.

Port pushes to protect land

Port Metro Vancouver CEO Robin Silvester is repeating his demands for action to preserve industrial land in the Lower Mainland that the port wants to accommodate future growth in Pacifi c trade.

“Without a secure base of trade-enabling industrial land, we literally risk hitting an economic brick wall,” Silvester said in a speech to the Vancou-ver Board of Trade.

He has previously urged the province to create an industrial land reserve, similar to the Agricultural Land Reserve for farmland, to help prevent cities from lucratively rezon-ing more industrial areas for condos and retail.

“We must now come together, along with local and regional gov-ernment, to protect our land in a coordinated fashion.”

Silvester said locat-ing warehouses and distribution centres far from port terminals, or even outside the Lower Mainland, would mean increased truck traffi c, more congestion, high-er consumer prices, and environmental impacts.

New TransLink directors

TransLink has two new directors on its board.

Larry Beasley, a former director of planning for the City of Vancouver, and Tony Gugliotta, Vancouver Airport Authority’s vice-president of business development, have been appointed to three-year terms.

Th ey were chosen by the mayors’ council, which appoints new directors from a short list of candidates vetted by a screening panel.

Lorraine Cunning-ham, chair of the Pacif-

ic Pilotage Authority, was reappointed to another term.

Beasley and Gugliotta replace outgoing direc-tors John Dawson and Robin Chakrabarti.

Th e mayors’ council chair and vice-chair – currently Vancouver Mayor Gregor Rob-ertson and Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner – also get seats on the TransLink board. A vote of mayors is expected by January on who will hold those roles for 2016.

Earlier this year, the province appointed two directors of its own – former VPD Chief Jim Chu and former Surrey city manager Murray Din-woodie.

Richmond may ditch RCMP

Richmond is consid-ering pulling out of the RCMP to form its own municipal police force.

Th e city is one of several that objected to higher costs and con-

trol concerns arising from the 20-year pro-vincial RCMP contract signed in 2012.

Richmond offi cials plan public consulta-tions on the idea next year.

A report indicates it would cost taxpayers more to shift to an independent force – at least $47 million a year in 2018 compared to $44.7 million with the RCMP – in addition to one-time transition costs of nearly $20 million.

▶ REGIONAL BRIEFS

Container drivers sign deal KEVIN DIAKIW

Delta residents will have to cough up $200 if they’re found smoking in public areas.

Delta council passed a bylaw last month pro-hibiting smoking in “all of Delta parks and open spaces.”

Ken Kuntz, Delta’s director of parks, said in a report to council that it will “help contribute to and promote a healthy, smoke-free society.”

Th e bylaw defi nes a park or municipal land as “play areas, play lots, play fi elds, trails, public squares, walkways, opens spaces and other places, including recreation or other cultural facilities.”

Th ose found in violation face a $200 municipal fi ne.

Smoke-free zones under the bylaw also include commercial establishments, restaurants, places of employment, malls and casinos.

Owners of those facilities also face a $200 fi ne for allowing people to smoke.

Delta butts out

The Parish of St. Cuthbert invites The Parish of St. Cuthbert invites you to come you to come ‘‘Home’ for ChristmasHome’ for Christmas

111601 82 Avenue, North Delta,1601 82 Avenue, North Delta, BC • 604-594-8822 BC • 604-594-8822

SUNDAY – DECEMBER 20TH

8 am Communion Service

10 am Festival of Lessons & Carols

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5 pm Crêche Service

7 pm Family Service with Youth Choir

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Crossroads United Church7655 120th St. Delta - www.crossroads-united-church.ca

4:30 pm Service with young children6:00 pm Family Service 9:00 pm Candlelight & Communion

Delta Church7696 112 St, Delta

Candlelight service: 7 pm-8 pm

Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church7086 124 Street, Surrey

7:00 pm Carols with Special Music

Living Hope Christian Fellowship12246 - 100th Ave, Surrey www.lhcf.ca

Candlelight service @ 6:30 p.m.

New Hope Christian Church11838-88th Ave, Delta - 604-596-8178

Christmas Eve Service 6:30pm

North Delta Evangelical Free Church11300-84 Ave. Delta - 604-594-0522Service times: 5:30 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.

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Trinity Lutheran Church11040 River Road, Delta

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Cloverdale Arena will be trans-formed into a winter wonderland, complete with an old-fashioned pond, at the 18th-annual Winter Ice Palace.

Th e family event runs from Dec.

18 to Jan. 3. Admission is $4.50 for those

over two years old. Skate rentals are $1.75.

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SERENA PATTAR

As Surrey’s population contin-ues to grow, the Surrey Christmas Bureau (SCB) is faced with new challenges as it helps more strug-gling families each holiday season.

“In the past few years, we’ve seen a fi ve- to 10-per-cent increase in demand for our services,” said SCB’s program coordinator K.C. Gilroy.

Language is a growing challenge for the SCB, as Gilroy notes many of the families are English lan-guage learners (ELL), which often makes communication diffi cult.

“We do our best to work through it, there’s lots of hand gestur-ing,” said Gilroy. “But our team of volunteers is committed to making sure everyone gets what they need.”

According to Gilroy, the SCB also helps ELL families learn about Canadian culture and gives their children something to talk about at school in January.

So far this year, the bureau has registered 1,700 families, with

close to 600 in the Adopt-A-Fam-ily program. However, Gilroy said there’s always a need for sponsor families, as well as donations.

“We have families that want to be sponsored, but not enough sponsors,” said Gilroy. “It’s diffi -cult making sure we fi nd the best fi t for the sponsor and the family, as we’re matching strangers.”

Yet, each year Gilroy is amazed by the benevolence of people. GWL Realty Advisors once again donated the 38,000-square-foot space, while Indigo and Michael’s donated excess inventory.

“Th e people of Surrey are extremely generous,” said Gilroy, “You really see it when families that have used the bureau in the past want to donate because they know how it helps.”

As toys, pajamas, books, and other items are taken from the shelves, Gilroy hopes there is nothing left over.

“We don’t want to keep any-thing, we want it all gone,” said Gilroy, who emphasized that donations are always accepted.

Th e SCB’s 2015 Toy Depot is located at 14885 108 Ave. in the Riverside Heights shopping centre. For more information or to make a donation, call the SCB at 604-581-9623, or visit online at www.christmasbureau.com

▶ CHARITY HAS OVERCOME SPACE AND LANGUAGE ISSUES TO HELP FAMILIES

New challenges don’t stop Surrey Christmas Bureau

SERENA PATTAR

North Delta Secondary’s cafe-teria was a fl urry of excitement last Dec. 4 when the school’s Green Team hosted a Christmas crafting event with Grade 2 and 3 students from Richardson Elementary.

Creativity ran wild as students made a variety of environmen-tally friendly crafts – including

sock snowmen and pine cone Christmas tress.

Sylvia Wolf, a science teacher and Green Team sponsor at the high school, said the students wanted to fi nd a way to reduce holiday waste.

“Th e students gathered all the materials,” said Wolf. “Th ey scrounged for every piece to fi nd reusable, recyclable mate-rials.”

Green Team members Pra-bhjot Bajwa, and Ravjot Gill spearheaded the event.

Bajwa, a Grade 12 student, originally wanted to make Christmas cards, but credits Gill, a Grade 11 student, for pushing the team to “go bigger.”

“Last year, we only had six members, and now we have 20, so Ravjot kept saying we should

go big,” said Bajwa.Some of the crafting ideas

came from the students’ own youth, while others were found online.

“We had some ideas – like the toilet paper fl owers, I used to make those – and then we looked online for others,” said Gill.

Sharon Cruz, a Grade 3 teach-er at Richardson Elementary, believes the event goes beyond creating environmental empa-thy.

“It’s great relationship build-ing between the little and big kids,” said Cruz.

Th e Green Team hopes this will be an annual event.

“We want to make changes,” said Bajwa. “Even if they’re small.”

▶ NORTH DELTA SECONDARY’S GREEN TEAM CREATES EARTH-FRIENDLY CRAFTS FROM RECYCLABLE MATERIALS WITH RICHARDSON ELEMENTARY STUDENTS

A sustainable Christmas

North Delta Secondary Green Team members Prabhjot Bajwa (left) and Ravjot Gill help Richardson Elementary Grade 3 student Armaan Gill paint paper roll Christmas decorations last Friday. EVAN SEAL

Dr. Sherry Cooper

Chief Economist for Dominion Lending

Centres 1-888-806-8080 www.dominionlending.ca

Lower oil prices, alongside a continued slump in mining and metals, has weight-ed on growth. Oil-dependent provinces such as Alberta, Saskatchewan and New-foundland and Labrador have seen their economies hardest hit. That includes a drop in housing activity. Meantime, the more diversified economies of Ontario and B.C. are picking up, and housing sales and prices continue to climb rapidly in Toronto and Vancouver. Will this mixed economic and housing picture continue in the months ahead? Dr. Sherry Cooper, chief economist with Dominion Lending Centres, offers her outlook on what Cana-dians can expect in 2016:

How would you characterize Canada’s economy in 2015?

It has been a very tough year, par-ticularly given the huge decline in commodity prices. Alberta’s economy slipped into a recession, which has had a big impact on Canada’s overall economy, especially given the province had the country’s strongest economy for many years. Overall in Canada, we saw a contraction of economic growth in the first half of 2015. Since then, we’ve seen a modest rebound. I fore-cast growth to be about 1.2 per cent in 2015.

What is your forecast for Cana-da’s economy in 2016?We are seeing a continued pickup in some prov-inces. The growth will likely be strongest in B.C., followed by Ontario. I think overall growth for

Canada in 2016 will be around 2.2 per cent. That’s not what one would call a rapid expansion. I don’t believe the full effect of lower oil prices has come through in our economy. Some of the economic growth will be driven by increases in government spending, assuming the new Liberal government keeps its promise to add stimulus, and lower taxes for the middle class. The one thing that concerns me is the government’s proposed tax increase for high-income earners, which I believe will be coun-terproductive.

Many Canadians have been watching the Ca-nadian dollar lose strength this year. Where do you see it headed in 2016?It’s not a great story for the Canadian currency. I think we’ll see more downward pressure on the Canadian dollar next year, as a result of a rising American dollar as its economy gains steam and

the Federal Reserve hikes interest rates.What’s your position on Canada’s housing market now and into 2016?The Bank of Canada cut interest rates twice in 2015, which drove down borrowing costs and in turn helped to boost housing activity in many markets. Housing has been strongest in Vancouver and Toronto, but certainly not in the rest of the country. We’ve seen a significant slowdown in Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Atlantic provinces as a result of the steep drop in oil prices since mid-2014. I expect housing activity will slow a bit in Vancouver and Toronto in 2016. It will still be strong, but just not as strong as it was in 2015 in B.C. and Ontario.

Where do you see mortgage prices heading?Mortgage rates in Canada are at generational lows. I believe they have now bottomed. The days of falling mortgage rates are over. Instead, I think we’ll see a gradual increase in rates, which will lead to a gradual slowdown in housing activity in the coming months, as affordability decreases. Mortgage rates could rise by about a half a percentage point over the next year, to about 3.25 per cent for the average five-year fixed rate term. It’s not a huge increase, but given how low rates are, it’s a meaningful percentage gain.

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MONEY MATTERS

▼Kathy

McCarrigle

Th e holiday season is well underway with – seasonal events have kicked off through-out Metro Vancouver and our calendars are fi lling up with invites to holiday parties and get-togethers.

For most families, entertaining is a big part of the holidays. In fact, based on recent surveys, Canadians will spend between $500 to $600 this holiday season on holiday en-tertaining, decorating and travel.

Th is fi gure, of course, does not include all the

gifts on Santa’s list, so add these “other” items to the mandatory pres-ents and your overall spending can quickly get out of control.

So what if you could fi nd creative ways to cut down on costs while still ensuring ev-eryone has a jolly good time? Here are just a few money-smart steps you can take to keep your holiday entertain-ing spending in check.

Tailor your cooking to your guest list and budget

Th is may seem like a no-brainer, but if you typically have lots of food leftovers after your holiday enter-taining each year, you

may be overdoing it. Th e trick is to fi nd the right balance – you don’t want to run out of food, but you also don’t want to churn up enough to feed an

army. So, shop and cook according to your guest list. Confi rm who will be attending (including children) and then determine a budget based on this. Th is can then guide your shopping list. Break down the items on your shopping list by approximate cost and tally everything to ensure you stay in your total cost range.

Put together a money-smart menu or meal plan

Take some time to think about what you’ll serve, keeping in mind that you don’t need an elaborate seven-course meal to fi ll your guests with the holiday spirit. As you put together your menu, think healthy and tasty, but also savings.

For example, you may decide to serve assort-ed in-season fruits in place of more expensive starter options and off er one main meal instead of several. Th e holiday meal provides the perfect excuse to splurge on desserts, but you may not need to off er a wide range of selections.

Drinks, especially wine, can hike up your costs, so consider good, but less-expensive options. You may even want to stretch your wine budget by off er-ing wine punch instead of bottled wine.

Be grocery-wise to avoid unnecessary costs

Before you hit the grocery store, do some freezer diving and pan-try hunting to see if you have any forgotten items you can strike off your list. Th en, plan your shopping to take advantage of discounts, such as cou-pons, or the customer appreciation day of your favourite grocery store.

If you fi nd them on sale, buy vegetables and other perishables that you can freeze and stock them for your planned event. You can also save by avoid-ing store-prepared meals and by selecting generic brands that you trust. You’ll notice that most stores charge more for fresh turkey than for a frozen one so save a few dollars by thawing your big bird yourself, ahead of your event.

Too many cooks… help save on costs

One of the best ways to bring down you entertaining costs is to share it with your guests. Ask invitees to bring a favourite des-sert, side dish, or start-er, and use a system such as evite to share the information among

guests so there are no duplications. Be sure

to collect this information before you begin planning your meal and grocery shop-ping, so your menu comple-ments what guests will be bringing.

As an alternative, consider host-ing the event jointly with one or two good friends

or family members, instead of bearing the costs – and the cooking and cleaning duties – alone.

Go “au naturel” for decorations

Part of holiday entertaining is decking our homes out with seasonal décor that make our spirits a little brighter. However, dec-orating for the holidays is often overlooked in our budgeting and those wood-fi re scent-ed votive candles and lush poinsettias can really add up.

Fortunately, we live in an area with an abundance of pine, fi r and cedar trees. Th is time of year, there are plenty of fallen boughs so a walk in the forest with your family is all you need to gath-er beautiful winter centerpieces or mantle decorations.

Natural decorations are also a wonderful way to get your kids involved in prepar-ing for the holidays. Remember how much fun it was as a kid to make paper chains and popcorn garlands for the tree?

Whether you’ll be hosting a holiday event or attending one as a guest, I hope you’re over-fi lled with holiday cheer and enjoy the warm company of fam-ily, friends, and loved ones through these festive times. Happy holidays to all!

For more holiday sav-ings tips, follow Coast Capital Savings on Facebook (Facebook.com/coastcapitalsav-ings),Twitter (Twitter.com/Coast_Capital) or Instagram (Instagram.com/Coast_Capital).

Kathy McGarrigle is Chief Operating Offi cer for Coast Capital Savings (www.coastcapitalsavings.com), Canada’s second-largest credit union by membership.

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SERENA PATTAR

Overcoming cultural barriers was one of the issues that was discussed at the Wom-en’s Annual Interfaith Symposium held Satur-day (Dec. 12) in North Delta.

Th e symposium, held at the Baitur Rahman Mosque in Delta, was hosted by the Cana-dian chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Women’s Asso-ciation, which has also launched a national campaign to combat the stigma associated with wearing a hijab – a head scarf worn by many Muslim women.

#JeSuisHijabi is a national movement that aims to remove the misconceptions surrounding Islamic women and the hijab by hosting events that allow Muslim women to talk about what wearing one means to them.

“We want to show that Muslim women who wear the hijab do so because they’re

empowered by it,” said Ameera Hashmi, the symposium’s event coordinator. “Th ey’re not oppressed, or being forced to wear it. It’s their choice.”

At the symposium,

attendees learned more about the campaign, spoke with women who wear hijabs, and tried a hijab on. Hashmi noted similar events at North Delta’s George Mackie Library, Surrey’s City

Centre Library and Calgary’s Mount Royal University have been met with positive results.

Th e idea behind the #JeSuisHijabi cam-paign, Hashmi said,

is to create an oppor-tunity for diff erent reli-gions and communities to come together and discuss shared similar-ities.

Th e movement has al-ready begun to capture

international attention and Hashmi hopes that by sharing their hijabi experiences, others will be educated on why Muslim women choose to wear one.

Hashmi said for her,

the hijab is a symbol of modesty.

For more informa-tion about the Ahmadi-yya Muslim Jama’at Women’s Association, or visit www.interfaithbc.weebly.com

▶ THE AHMADIYYA MUSLIM JAMA’AT WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION WORKS TO CHANGE THE STIGMA SURROUNDING HEAD SCARVES

Changing stereotypes, one hijab at a time

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MONIQUE TAMMINGA

Surrey residents Magda and Mark Slaney have a big wish for Santa this year. It isn’t an expensive toy or money – it’s a kidney for their sick boy, Ryker.

Doctors recently gave the couple good news. After spending most of his young life in hospital on dialysis and being fed through a tube, Ryker is now able to have a kidney transplant, should one of his parents be a match or another organ becomes available.

Kim Snow of Kimz Angels, a group of volunteers helping people in the com-munity, heard about Ryker and knew she needed to help.

“We can only imagine the physical, emotional and financial toll this has taken on Ryker and his family,” Snow wrote on her Kimz Angels blog “Angels Rally for Ryker.”

“There is something we can all do to make things better. We can show them that their community supports them – that we are all here to help in any way we can… that they are not alone.”

She points out that everyone has re-sponsibilities to pay bills, buy groceries and go to work.

“Now, just imagine if you had a child who was very sick and required around-the-clock care with constant doctor appointments, medication and dialysis supply deliveries, and various other specialists appointments?”

This has been Mark and Magda’s reali-ty, with Mark being the only one able to work while Magda cares for their son.

At just five weeks old, Ryker was diagnosed with congenital nephrotic syndrome and it’s been a constant bar-rage of blood work, tests, hospital stays and dialysis ever since.

Ryker was born in July 2014. His parents were told a skin tag by his ear could be a sign of potential kidney problems, given that ears and kidneys develop at the same time in utero.

His rare disease means he is suscepti-ble to malnutrition and kidney failure.

Ryker’s kidneys did fail. He was put on dialysis 24 hours a day at first, then 15 hours a day for three months.

While all of this was going on, Ryker lost interest in eating. He needs to be in a particular position to drain the fluid properly, which means that every hour his parents must move him into the proper position. Failing to do so causes him to retain fluid, the resulting pressure leading him to vomit.

“Ryker has been so strong through this whole ordeal. His smiles and laughs are what keep his family going,” said Magda.

At 16 months, Ryker weighs only eight kilograms. But with a bit more weight gain, his doctors believe he will be ready for a transplant.

A live kidney is his best chance, said Magda. Both Magda and Mark are

being tested, but if they aren’t a good match, they are asking anyone to come forward and contact St. Paul’s Hospital directly to see if they could be a match.

“The doctors stress that a transplant is not a cure, it is another treat-ment,” said Magda. “After a transplant, Ryker will be on anti rejection medica-tion for the rest of his life. How-ever, the ben-efits outweigh the risks and he will not have to be hooked up

to a machine 13 hours every day and will have a chance to catch up with his growth and development.

“He will hopefully also be feeling better, which, in turn, will cause him to have more energy to run around and be a troublemaker, like he should be at this age,” she said.

The Slaneys have been told the year after a transplant is the hardest, with constant check-ups in Vancouver. Anti-rejection drugs will make Ryder feel awful and leave his immune system weak.

Through it all, the Slaneys hope their story will inspire more people to register as organ donors, “because there are so many people waiting on a list needing various organs for either a better quality of life or for survival,” Magda said.

She said she and her husband love to travel and their dream is to someday take Ryker to see the world, but until then, “we are taking it one day at a

time, concentrating all our love and attention on Ryker.”

In the meantime, Kimz Angels is hop-ing the community can help ease some of their stress.

Contact Kimz Angels to see how you can help (clothing, gas cards, groceries, gift cards, etc.).

Email [email protected] or call 604-838-6579 to find out more.

▶ SURREY PARENTS ARE HOPING THEY CAN FIND A LIVE KIDNEY DONOR FOR THEIR SON RYKER, WHO WAS BORN WITH CONGENITAL NEPHROTIC SYNDROME

All they want for Christmas

Ryker Slaney at 16 months old (above) and receiving treatment in hospital when he was younger (below left). PHOTOS SUBMITTED

▶ “...the benefi ts outweigh the risks and he will not have to be hooked up to a machine 13 hours every day and will have a chance to catch up with his growth and development.”MAGDA SLANEY

ARTS & LIFE20 The Surrey-Nor th Delta Leader Wednesday December 16 2015


▶ FOOD AND SONG

Devonte Hepburn (left) and Timothy Ebio provided the music at the Surrey Food Bank’s Christmas Open House and Donor Awards late last month.BOAZ JOSEPH

ETCETERA

A Festive Open Mic takes place Friday, Dec. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Firehall Centre for the Arts, 11489 84 Ave. MC Patti McGre-gor invites singers, musi-cians, story tellers, poets and actors to share their talent. The last half of the evening will be a jolly good sing-a-long with festive songs. The general public is invited to attend. Doors open at 7 p.m. Admission is $4. For more informa-tion, call 604-581-6270 or 596-4485.

Experience the waning of the moon and the rush of a waterfall through breathtaking photographs that capture your senses – scenes featured in a group exhibition at the Surrey Art Gallery, showcasing more than 30 recent artworks by members of the Surrey Photography Club. The exhibit continues until Feb. 7. The gallery is located at 13750 88 Ave. Call 604-501-5566 for more information.

The fi nal Inclusive City Café this year will provide a safe and welcoming space for community members to discuss the

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Youth Transforming Soci-ety (YTS), a humanitarian group based out of Surrey, is hosting The Holiday Breakfast on Dec. 19 from 9-11 a.m. at Surrey Com-munity Church, 13474 96 Ave. In partnership with the Salvation Army, YTS will provide a free home-cooked meal for the less-fortunate.

The Surrey Museum (17710 56A Ave.) is host-ing Discovery Saturday: Very Vintage Christmas on Dec. 19 from 1-4 p.m. It’s a swinging retro-style event. Bing and Elvis croon Christmas favourites while you play holiday games, make vintage decorations and visit with Santa Claus.

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TRACY HOLMES

It isn’t always easy fi lling in for Santa –

just ask South Surrey’s Allan Johnson.

Th e 71-year-old has been donning the red suit for seven years now – to attend events when Santa himself has been unavailable – and while his love for the role hasn’t wavered, there are moments that tug at

the heartstrings.“You do remember

these things, because there’s times you wish you could do more than just the ‘Ho ho ho, Merry Christmas’ thing,” Johnson said.

Like in Maple Ridge one year, when a young girl came to visit him at a small mall. She

was about eight or nine years old, and she had only one wish for Christmas.

“She said, ‘All I want is for my mom and dad to stop fi ghting’,” Johnson recalled.

“When you’re hearing things like that, that hits you. What can Santa do?

“Because I am a believer, I said, ‘I’ll pray for you and your family.’ I think she understood.”

Fortunately, John-son’s answers as the Jolly Old Elf are suffi -cient to satisfy most of his visitors most of the time.

He’s learned to be quick on his feet when asked things such as why can’t his reindeer be seen (they’re shy, and stay out of sight on the roof so they’re safe from traffi c), or when faced with a wish -list comprised solely of must-have elec-tronics he’s unfamiliar with.

“I don’t have a clue what they’re talking about,” he chuckled.

And then there was the boy who demanded to know why he didn’t receive anything he’d asked for the previous year.

“He was quite ticked off ,” Johnson recalled. “He says, ‘Why didn’t I?’

“I said, ‘Well, were you a good boy?’ He stops and thinks for a bit. I said, ‘Well, by you stopping and thinking, you’re admitting Santa already knows’.”

Johnson’s career as a Santa started with a dare, when a friend who ran an operation booking Jolly Old Elfs

for mall appearances challenged the white-haired Johnson to let his “bit of a beard” fi ll out.

“He says, ‘you should let your beard grow, I think you’d make a good Santa – I dare ya,’” the senior recalled. “So I said, ‘OK, sure’.”

A bricklayer by trade, Johnson – who works part-time at the South Surrey Home Depot – grew up on a hobby farm in Lake Cowichan, then took technical-school train-ing in Alberta before moving to Ontario in 1986.

He spent time in Uganda in 1994, on a missions trip to build homes for orphans, then moved to South

Surrey with his wife, Cheryl – who often joins him at his Santa sessions, as an elf – in 1998.

His 2015 Santa sea-son started “full-tilt” late last month.

Visiting Santa is not just for the young, Johnson said. While he has held visitors as young as four days old – “the little ones are the ones that make me a little nervous,” he admitted – he’s also heard the wishes of many seniors over the years.

“Th e oldest I’ve had sit on my knee was a lady, 107,” Johnson said.

He’s also had fi rst-time visitors in their 60s and 70s.

Regardless of age, ev-erybody comes with a sparkle in their eye, he said. And, as Christmas draws closer, he knows the number of visitors will pick up. Last year, as a Santa at Burnaby’s Metrotown, he aver-aged 45 to 55 visitors per hour on the last two weekends before the big day. Many wait-ed more than an hour to see him.

Fortunately, meeting new people has always been something that Johnson has enjoyed.

“I enjoy children and people and the diff er-ent walks of life and diff erent nationalities,” he said. “It’s fun.

“Now that I’ve been doing it, it seems a natural fi t.”

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Th e Vancouver Giants are assured of at least a split of their four-game series with the Victoria Royals.

A quirk in the West-ern Hockey League schedule has the two B.C. Division rivals facing off against each other four times in six days, and the Giants have won two of the fi rst three.

Vancouver won 4-1 Friday night at the Pacifi c Coliseum, then traveled to Vancouver Island where they lost 6-1 Saturday night but triumphed 4-2 Sunday afternoon.

Th e Giants, an even 5-5-0-0 (win-loss-overtime loss-shootout loss) in their past 10 games, have moved to within six points of a playoff po-sition in the Western Conference.

At 10-19-2-2, they trail the 15-15-0-0 Portland Winterhawks

of the U.S. Division in the race for eighth place.

Th e Giants dom-inated Victoria to start the series Friday night, outshooting their guests 35-27. Ty Ronning put the home side up 1-0 early in the second period, but the teams went to the dressing rooms tied 1-1 after 40 minutes. Two powerplay goals in the third period lifted Vancouver to the win. Carter Popoff netted the winner with the man advan-

tage with 13 minutes remaining. Alec Baer added a pair in the fi nal fi ve minutes, the second with the Royals shorthanded.

Ryan Kubic was the Vancouver netmind-er, stopping 26 of 27 shots.

Th e Royals were the dominant team Satur-day night in the pro-vincial capital, leading 1-0 and 3-1 at the period breaks. Chase Lang scored the lone Giants goal with four seconds remaining in the second period.

Kubic stopped 16 of 19 shots over the fi rst two periods before he was replaced by Jake Morrissey in goal. Morrisey, acquired from the Saskatoon Blades last week in exchange for a seventh round pick in the 2017 Bantam Draft, stopped 10 of 13 shots in the fi nal period.

Sunday afternoon, the Giants got the

jump on Victoria early, scoring three times in the fi rst period. Baer started things off just 35 seconds into the game, then made it 2-0 fi ve minutes later. Ben Th omas upped the diff erence to three goals before the fi rst intermission.

Th e Royals got a pair of powerplay goals over the fi nal 40 min-utes, but Jack Flaman

scored an insurance goal with fi ve minutes left in regulation time to keep the Giants in front.

Vancouver will host the Royals again tonight (Wednesday) before playing twice against the Everett Silvertips on the week-end – Friday night in Vancouver at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday in Everett.

Giants take two of three games from Victoria▶ VANCOUVER GAINS GROUND IN WHL PLAYOFF RACE

Hawks increase league lead

RICK KUPCHUK

For the fi rst half of the season, the Valley West Hawks were keeping pace near the top of the BC Hockey Major Midget League (MML).

Two weeks into the second half, they are setting the pace.

Th e Hawks handled the sev-enth-place Vancouver Canadians twice last weekend, winning 5-2 at the Langley Events Centre (LEC) and 6-1 a day later in Richmond. Now at 18-5-1 (win-loss-tie), Valley West has built a four-point cushion between themselves and the second-place Cariboo Cougars.

“It’s a great accomplishment for our team,” said Hawks head coach Jessie Leung. “Th ere are no bad teams in our league and to be at the top of the standings at this time of year speaks to our ability to fi nd a way to win.”

Th e Hawks lead the MML in scoring, with 115 goals in 24 games played, adding 11 to their total in the two games against the Canadians.

Playing a rare Friday night games at the LEC, the Hawks went up 1-0 after one period on a goal by Justyn Gurney two min-utes before the intermission.

“We were fl at to start Friday, we had to turn to Tally (goalie Nic Tallarico) more than we want-ed to,” said Leung.” We didn’t register our fi rst shot on net until midway through the fi rst period having given up 10 shots. Th e momentum started to shift after that, Tally kept us in it until we found our legs. We would go on to out shoot the Canadians 14-12 after 20 minutes.”

Christian Bosa made it 2-0 with eight minutes left in the second period, then after the Canadians pulled to within one, Luka Bur-zan made it 3-1.

Th e Canadians scored the last goal of the second period to again get to within a goal, but Valley West closed the door in the third period with goals from Michael Farren and Bradley Stonnell.

James Malm and Oliver Alcock each had a paid of assists.

Valley West had success on the

powerplay, scoring three times with the man advantage.

Saturday evening in Richmond, the Hawks were held off the scoresheet in the fi rst period and trailed 1-0 after 20 minutes. But Valley West struck for three goals in each of the fi nal two frames, getting two each from Malm and Ben Evanish, and singles from Burzan and Daniel Chifan.

A frustrated Canadians team took eight minor penalties in the third period, compared to just one by the Hawks, and Valley West took full advantage, scoring all three goals while on the pow-erplay.

“Th e Canadians seemed to come unravelled, they kept the parade

to the penalty box which gave us the opportunity on the power-play to pull ahead,” said Leung. “Our powerplay wasn’t great but it was good enough to power both wins.”

Th e Hawks are idle next week-end, but while the other 10 MML teams will all play twice, Valley West will go into the Christmas break as the top team in the league. But while league play will shut down until the new year, the Hawks will be in Calgary at the Mac’s Tournament to compete against the best Major Midget teams in Western Canada.

Th e draw for the 25-team competition takes place today (Wednesday).

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26 The Surrey-North Delta Leader Wednesday December 16 2015

On November 12, 2015, at 96th

Avenue and 137A Street, Surrey,

B.C., Peace Officer(s) of the

Abbotsford Police Department

seized, at the time indicated, the

subject property, described as: a 2012

Volkswagon Jetta, BCLP: BF579W,

VIN: 3VW2K7AJ9CM350874, on or

about 12:32 Hours.

The subject property was seized

because there was a warrant

authorized by the court pursuant

to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act of Canada (CDSA)

to seize evidence in respect of an

offence (or offences) under section

5(2) (Possession for purpose of

trafficking) of the CDSA.

Notice is hereby given that the

subject property, CFO file Number:

2015-3236, is subject to forfeiture

under Part 3.1 of the CFA and will

be forfeited to the Government for

disposal by the Director of Civil

Forfeiture unless a notice of dispute

is filed with the Director within the

time period set out in this notice.

A notice of dispute may be filed by

a person who claims to have an

interest in all or part of the subject

property. The notice of dispute

must be filed within 60 days of the

date upon which this notice is first

published.

You may obtain the form of a notice

of dispute, which must meet the

requirements of Section 14.07

of the CFA, from the Director’s

website, accessible online at www.

pssg.gov.bc.ca/civilforfeiture. The

notice must be in writing, signed

in the presence of a lawyer or

notary public, and mailed to the

Civil Forfeiture Office, PO Box 9234

Station Provincial Government,

Victoria, B.C. V8W 9J1.

In the Matter of Part 3.1 (Administrative Forfeiture) of the Civil Forfeiture Act [SBC 2005, C. 29] the CFA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT:

On May 22, 2015, at Anvil Way and

76th Avenue, Surrey, B.C., Peace

Officer(s) of the Surrey RCMP


subject property, described as:

$375 CAD, $290 CAD, a ZTE cell

phone, a Motorolla cell phone, and

an iPhone 6, all on or about 20:35

Hours.


because there was evidence that the

subject property had been used in

and/or obtained by the commission

of an offence (or offences) under

section 5(2) (possession for

purpose of trafficking) of the

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act of Canada.
















published.















On March 6, 2015, at the 18600

block of 56th Avenue, Surrey, B.C.,

Peace Officer(s) of the Surrey RCMP


subject property, described as:

$1,244.90 CAD, on or about 19:25

Hours.


because there was evidence that

the subject property had been

obtained by the commission of an


5(2) (possession for purpose of

trafficking) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act of Canada.
















published.















On August 9, 2014, at the 13200

block of 72nd Avenue, Surrey,

B.C., Peace Officer(s) of the Surrey

RCMP seized, at the time indicated,

the subject property, described as:

$769.30 CAD, on or about 03:23

Hours.


because there was evidence that

the subject property had been

obtained by the commission of an


5(2) (possession for purpose of

trafficking) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act of Canada.
















published.















On June 6, 2015, at 124th Street

and 66th Avenue, Surrey, B.C.,

Peace Officer(s) of the Surrey RCMP


subject property, described as: $340

CAD, $3 USD, an LG cell phone, a

ZTE cell phone, and an iPhone, all

on or about 20:33 Hours.


because there was evidence that the

subject property had been used in

and/or obtained by the commission

of an offence (or offences) under

section 5(2) (possession for

purpose of trafficking) of the

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act of Canada.
















published.















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After two straight losses to the Coquitlam Express, the Surrey Eagles ended the weekend on something of a high note, managing a single point after battling the Langley Rivermen to a 3-3 tie Sunday at South Surrey Arena.

On Friday on home ice, the struggling BC Hockey League team scored fi rst but gave up fi ve unanswered goals to the Express en route to a 5-1 loss. In Saturday’s rematch – played at Coquitlam’s Poirier Sports and Leisure Centre – Surrey also gave up fi ve goals, losing 5-2.

Th e Surrey crew salvaged a point from the week-end, however, by tying the Rivermen in front of more than 980 fans, according to the Eagles’ offi cial count. Th e game was dubbed Star Wars

Night, and young fans were able to have their photos taken with characters from the popular fi lm series; the promotion also served as a food-bank fundraiser.

And the force was with the home team during the late-afternoon tilt, as the Eagles played arguable their best game of the weekend against their Langley rivals, who are 42 points above them in the BCHL’s Main-land Division standings.

Langley’s Max Kaufman opened the scoring midway through the fi rst period, but Surrey’s Matthew Hermary knotted the score at 1-1 with a goal seven minutes later.

Each team scored twice in a busy middle frame – Gage Mackie and Brett Stewart lit the lamp for the Birds – and neither team managed a goal in the third period.

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Surrey goaltender Justin

LaForest was largely respon-sible for keeping the River-men off ence at bay, stopping 48 of 51 shots, including nine in overtime. LaForest was also between the pipes Saturday, stopping 33 Co-

quitlam shots, while Jeff rey Stewart and Donovan Ott provided the off ence.

On Friday, Surrey got on the board fi rst when Kurt Black beat Express netmind-er Tyger Howat 5:58 into the

fi rst period, but Coquitlam had the momentum the rest of the game, scoring twice later in the fi rst period, once more in the second and twice in the third to win 5-1.

Surrey still sits in the basement of the Mainland Division with 22 points, with a record of 5-27-1-0 (win-loss-tie-overtime loss).

It’s been a whirlwind week for the Eagles off the ice as well, as the team made an-other fl urry of roster moves in advance of their weekend schedule.

Th e team traded veteran defenceman Owen Johnson to the Alberni Valley Bull-dogs in exchange for fellow blue-liner Tyler Cooper; lost 17-year-old forward Ty Westgard – son of team pres-ident Chuck Westgard – to the Western Hockey League’s (WHL) Victoria Royals and signed two members of the Junior B Kamloops Storm, Hunter Kero and Rob John-son, to the active roster.

Th e biggest surprise amid the fl urry of moves was the

departure of Westgard, who in addition to having a fam-ily connection to the team, is a highly regarded forward who had been listed among the BCHL’s top prospects by NHL Central Scouting.

Th e six-foot, 180-pound forward – who was a ban-tam-draft selection of the Royals back in 2013 – had 21 points in 24 games with the Eagles this season.

“It has always been a dream of Ty’s to play in the WHL. We had a thought in our minds that he would be playing there at the start of next year after graduating (high school), but the oppor-tunity came now and he felt that it was the right decision at this time,” said Chuck Westgard in a news release.

Th e younger Westgard is the third Eagles’ player to leave for the WHL ranks this season. Earlier this month, captain John Wesley joined the Vancouver Giants and defenceman Ryan Jones returned to the WHL team recently as well.

▶ JUNIOR A TEAM EARNS ONE POINT FROM THREE GAMES PLAYED

Eagles earn a tie after losing two to Express

Jeffrey Stewart (left) of the Surrey Eagles collides with Dominic Franco of the Langley Rivermen during a BC Hockey League game Sunday at the South Surrey Arena. The game ended in a 3-3 tie. BOAZ JOSEPH

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SURREY 64/King George, 2 Bdrm T/H with bsmt, $1015. Quiet family complex,no pets. 604-596-1099.

SURREY; 65/135. 3 Bdrm town-house, $1000, quiet family complex, no pets, call 604-596-1099

TRANSPORTATION

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

2002 BMW 525i. 284K’sExcellent running condition. $4000. Call 778-991-4001

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

2006 Nissan Sentra 108 Special Edition, 150K, all power, alarm &

keyless entry. Very good cond. $4400. Call: 604-500-5540.

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVALThe Scrapper

#1 FREE Scrap Vehicle REMOVAL~~ ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT ~~

$$$ PAID FOR SOME. 604.683.2200

• Autos • Trucks• Equipment Removal

FREE TOWING 7 days/wk.We pay Up To $500 CA$H

Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022

851 TRUCKS & VANS

2006 CHEVY UPLANDER LSAll power, keyless entry, alarm, very good/clean cond., 135K, $4900. Call: (604)500-5540

Please note: CROSSWORDShave been moved

to the Friday, December 18th

edition.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE RENTALS RENTALS TRANSPORTATION


Strawberry HillShopping CentreBeside Tim HortonsSurrey604.507.9872

GuildfordTown CentreAcross from CIBCSurrey604.583.6181

South Point AnnexNear Save-on-FoodsSurrey604.538.6872

Come to our stores for complimentary Christmas recipe cards to make your holiday meals even more exciting!

Caramelized Mandarins with Cranberry Syrup Persimmon Cookies

Couscous-stuffed Apples with Honey Syrup Couscous Salad with Grapes, Nuts and Feta

A WIDE VARIETY OF MANDARINS IS NOW AVAILABLE AT KIN’S!

The Freshest Holiday Treat

From December 22-24 enjoy A COMPLIMENTARY HOT DRINKfrom 11 am to 5 pm at all Kin’s Farm Market stores.

Prices effective: December 16-24, 2015 *While Quantities Last

Please check our website for full Christmas week hours. Wishing you all happy holidays!

Sweet & Juicy

Korean Mandarins

$0.99/lbGrown in Korea

Fresh & Nutritious

Sweet Kale Salad Kit (12 oz)

$2.99 per bag

Product from California

Fresh & Nutritious

Tomato on Vine

$1.29/lbGrown in Ontario

Fresh & NutritiousRusset Potatoes

$0.39/lbGrown in Washington

Fresh & NutritiousGreen Kale

3 bundlesfor $4Grown in California

Sweet & CrunchyVanilla Persimmons

$1.69/lbGrown in Spain

Bag Avocados(4 avocados per bag)

Grown in Mexico

Fresh & Nutritious

$1.50/bagRegular price $3.99 per bag

Valid with any purchase and with coupon at all participating Kin's Farm Market stores. Offer only applies to the first item,

price applies to any additional items.

Valid December 16-24, 2015Limit One Per Family - While Quantities Last - 5522

Documents

Surrey North Delta Leader, December 16, 2015