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MARIO BARTEL/NEWSLEADEREmiko Abe left her previous career in IT to become an independent DJ and music consultant.

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Body found near Robert Burnaby Park

Police are investigating after a body was found Friday in the bushes off Fareham Avenue and Elwell Street in South Burnaby.

Just after 9 a.m. on Dec. 2, Burnaby RCMP received a 911 call of a body being found near George Derby Conservation Area, adjacent to Robert Burnaby Park.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has taken over the investigation and were at the scene throughout the weekend.

The sex of the victim, cause of death and how long the body has been in the area will be determined and con rmed through an autopsy which was scheduled for Monday. The victim’s identity was not known.

IHIT is asking anyone with information on the suspicious death to call the IHIT tipline at 1-877-551-IHIT(4448), email [email protected] or, to remain anonymous, provide the tip at solvecrime.ca or 1-800-222-8477.

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The number of one-person businesses are on the rise and resources are emerging to support themWanda [email protected]

For years, Burnaby resident Emiko Abe did what her parents

expected.She went to university, and

got a good “real job” as a project manager for a computer software company.

Then a few years ago, she decided the time was right to do what she wanted, to pursue her love of music.

But going it alone as a self-employed DJ and music consultant was a bit more dif cult than she expected.

Not the business end of it. Abe (djemiko.com) made fast connections and was soon able to leave her old job to undertake her new venture full-time. She now compiles and manages music for places such as spas and upwards of 700 hotels, along with traditional DJ duties at weddings, fashion shows, hockey games and other events.

But the hardest part, she said, is being alone.

“Working in a corporate environment, it was a bit of a shock going from 5,000 people to just me,” said Abe, 35.

“It was a little bit dif cult at rst to get my mind around the fact that my new co-workers or peers were actually other people out there doing exactly the same thing, that were by

themselves, trying to network and trying to actually get contacts for business as well.”

In other words, her peers were now also her direct competition.

It took about seven months for Abe to feel comfortable about being by herself and having to “approach total strangers to actually give them my elevator pitch”–promoting her

business in no more time than an elevator ride would take.

And she soon learned the value of networking, making a point of meeting people in other industries.

For instance, she might attend a women

entrepreneurs group meeting and talk with jewelry makers “because at some point, they’re going to have a fashion show and they might give me a call.”

NETWORKING KEY TO SUCCESS

Networking is key to the success of any small business, particularly one-person ventures where people often are working out of their homes, said Tej Kainth, founder of Network

Engage Excite Transform (NEXT) New Westminster.

In contrast to their parents’ generation, when people felt they had to work a safe, secure job to put food on the table, young entrepreneurs today see countless opportunities, said Kainth, 30, of the increase in one-person businesses.

“The world’s your oyster almost. You’ve got endless opportunities out there.”

And, Kainth said, more people are choosing to follow their dreams.

“People are following what their passion and ambitions are, more so than just getting a job, they’re actually making it their career. And there’s a lot more pride in what they’re doing. Personally, that’s what I see.”

NEXT New Westminster serves as something of a social group in which members are exposed to what the city has to offer, including other local small businesses, and networking is a byproduct of every event.

Kainth noted that networking and community involvement are really forms of advertising where business people get to promote who they are and what they have to offer.

Another resource designed to support sole-proprietor businesses are of ce-space rental services such as the Network Hub which opened a couple months ago at River Market at Westminster Quay.

The new facility is the second for co-owner Minna Van and her two partners, after their rst location in downtown Vancouver opened in 2006.

The Network Hub offers rentals of of ces and desks at monthly and even hourly rates. They can provide a mailbox and reception services for people who don’t want to meet clients at their home of ces.

Van, 30, said she’s noticed an increase in one-person businesses and a resulting greater demand for Network

Hub’s services since 2008 when the global economic downturn led to many layoffs.

The idea of “one job I’m going to have for 25 years until I retire doesn’t exist anymore,” she said. “A lot of young people want to take control of their destiny.”

In addition to taking charge of their own careers, young parents also want the exibility to spend more time with their children.

A couple decades ago, starting your own business included the high overhead of having to nd an of ce.

Nowadays, anyone with a cellphone and a laptop computer can go into business for themselves. In fact, go into any coffee shop and anyone using a laptop computer there is likely either a student or a self-employed business person, she said.

Van noted that the challenge of the coffee shop of ce is the need to keep buying food or drink to stay welcome and the lack of security resulting in the need to pack everything up just to go to the washroom.

Going it alone

MARIO BARTEL/NEWSLEADERMinna Van is the owner of the Network Hub, which provides support and workstations for independent business people and entrepeneurs.

Emiko Abe, DJ and music consultantBecoming a personality in the Twitterverse has paid off. People actually do call and say, ‘You know what, I have this friend and they men-tioned you, do you do weddings?’

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Bike helmets no longer allowed at city skating lessonsWanda [email protected]

Bicycle helmets will soon be banned from skating lessons at Burnaby city rinks.

The move follows a similar decision last summer by Skate Canada, said Wendy Scott, Burnaby’s assistant director of recreation.

The city doesn’t run Skate Canada’s CanSkate learn-to-skate program, said Scott, “but we felt for safety reasons we should ask for the same thing.

“When a body like that makes a decision we look at it pretty seriously.”

Effective Jan. 1, only helmets CSA-approved for ice and snow sports, such as hockey and snowboarding, will be allowed.

Helmets are mandatory for all city-run skating lessons.

The concern is bike helmets don’t cover enough of the back of the head due to people’s tendency to fall forward on a bicycle, she said.

In contrast, on the ice, most of the time people fall backwards, something hockey and snowboarding helmets are designed to protect against.

From January to April, helmet rentals will be free at the city’s Bill Copeland and Kensington arenas,

said Scott, noting that helmet rentals are always free when people rent skates.

For people wanting to buy the appropriate helmets, city staff have also negotiated discounts with local sports gear shops, who will also help t the helmets properly, she said.

When customers show a current registration receipt

from the City of Burnaby for skating lessons, they can get 15 per cent off a helmet at the Metrotown location of Sport Chek and Larry’s Hockey Shop (North Vancouver) and 20 per cent off a Bauer 2100 helmet from Scoff’s Hockey Shop in North Burnaby.

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MARIO BARTEL/NEWSLEADERAlicia Myton, a public skating patroller at Copeland Arena, with the three types of helmets approved for use on the ice.

MARIO BARTEL/NEWSLEADERRob Hourigan, of the Burnaby Fire Department, shows off his winning whiskers in the Movember challenge between re ghters and members of the Burnaby RCMP, held last Thursday at Burnaby RCMP detachment. The facial faceoff raised more than $18,000 for prostate cancer.

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No more bike helmets at Burnaby rinks

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VICTORIA – If the propaganda owing over “tar sands” crude shipments across B.C. were oil, the province would be out of de cit by now.

U.S.-funded professional environmentalists and their aboriginal partners lined up with the NDP last week to peddle a range of half-truths and falsehoods about proposals to pipe diluted bitumen from Alberta to a new port at Kitimat, where tankers would deliver it to Asian markets.

They staged a slick news conference in Vancouver where they claimed to have a seamless wall of aboriginal communities the length of B.C. opposing the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline. A 10-year-old girl in a cedar bark hat warned of devastation to the coastal ecology, providing the kind of emotional visual that appeals to urban television audiences who know and care little about science or resource industries.

This event was co-ordinated with the publication of a report warning of huge risks from piping “tar sands” crude. The report was

produced by the Natural Resource Defence Council, the Living Oceans Society and the Pembina Institute.

These three obscure organizations are among those identi ed by independent researcher Vivian Krause on her website, www.fairquestions.typepad.com/rethink_campaigns/. These and other environmental groups have received millions from U.S.-based foundations in recent years.

Here’s one of many examples of the money trail that Krause has followed. U.S. tax returns show the Pembina Institute and a B.C. environmental group were paid $200,000 by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc. in 2006-07 “to prevent the development of a pipeline and tanker port” on the B.C. coast.

The same Rockefeller fund has investments in competing pipelines going south.

Documenting this huge money spill, Krause concludes that U.S. interests are working to stop Canada from exporting oil to Asia so the U.S. will be the only market available. They dress it up as environmentalism; we fall for it.

Not surprisingly, the latest “tar sands” scare report was seized on by the B.C. NDP.

“The pipeline goes over mountains, across farmland, over the Fraser and Skeena Rivers and straight through the Great Bear Rainforest to the Paci c, where it will be picked up by supertankers trying to navigate our inland coastal waters,” said NDP environment critic Rob Fleming.

Fleming parroted the report’s claim that diluted bitumen is more likely to cause corrosion in pipes and tankers.

Enbridge issued a statement refuting the study. Its oldest bitumen pipeline went into service in 1979, and “a complete metal loss inspection of this line in 2009 revealed no increased risk or

incidence of internal corrosion.”Oh, and the proposed pipeline

route doesn’t cross the Fraser River. And claims of a huge increase in greenhouse gases from “tar sands” compared to conventional oil are grossly exaggerated. B.C.’s own Wilderness Committee chimed in, but this eco-show was organized by the local branch of ce of San Francisco-based ForestEthics. Those are the folks who blessed us with the faux-aboriginal name “Great Bear Rainforest.”

A similar campaign is underway against expansion of the existing Kinder Morgan pipeline from Edmonton to Burnaby, which brings Alberta oilsands crude to ships heading out under the Lions Gate bridge and winding through the Gulf and San Juan Islands to Asia. Tankers have been loading “tar sands” oil in Burnaby for about six years now, but the enviro-propagandists didn’t notice until a couple of years ago. Up until then, Fleming and his colleagues raged about maintaining a “moratorium” on B.C. tanker traf c that never existed.

B.C. a playground for eco-stunts

The mall parking lots are lling to the capacity for which they’ve been designed.

The data lines to credit card companies are humming to the tune of more than $28 billion in Canadian retail sales in December.

Shoppers wearied from all that spending ll the food courts and benches.

But in our frantic pursuit of the perfect Christmas gift, we often overlook the one that won’t strain our budget or tax our patience for lines at the checkout counter.

Our time.Each of us has an annual time

account of 8,760 hours. That’s more than half a million minutes.

While a certain amount of that time must be alloted to sleeping, eating and earning a living, there’s still plenty to spare.

Time to spend with family and friends.

Time to help out in the community, volunteering with organizations that bring comfort and assistance to those in need or less fortunate.

Time to lend a hand on the sidelines and benches of kids sports teams, teaching young people valuable lessons of camaraderie and sportsmanship that will stay with they their whole lives.

Time to lead a troup of scouts or girl guides.

Time to cook a meal or weed the garden for a lonely senior.

Time to give a shelter dog a respite from its cage with a noon hour walk or to help the staff with cleaning and feeding the animals.

Time to make the world a cleaner place by helping to clean a ravine or count salmon swimming upstream to spawn.

Time to open a door for someone whose arms are laden with parcels. Time to wish a stranger a Merry Christmas.

The gift of time is, well, timeless. It doesn’t require batteries or complicated instructions.

And, best of all, it doesn’t cost money.

But it will always be treasured.

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Re: Time to curb the unreal market? (NewsLeader, Nov. 30)

“Foreign buyers have driven real estate prices higher,” asserts the heading of this article.

But “foreign” quickly becomes “Asian,” then “Chinese.”

The reporter has a realtor and a marketing manager back him up: “Prices have risen dramatically because of buyers from Asia... one house (front page picture) has more than tripled in value... foreign Asians like streets with a view, that have sidewalks... 90 per cent of higher-end house buyers are Asians... 35 per cent of my recent buyers were mainland Chinese,” etc.

There are 26 references to “foreigner/Asian/Chinese.”

The message from the reporter and the two industry insiders seems clear: many—or perhaps too many—rich foreigners of a certain ethnic group are buying up local real estate. Because of them, the rest of us can’t afford to buy in this market.

One wonders if the article would have made it to press had the Asian/Chinese ethnicity of buyers been replaced with, for example, that of African, Jewish, Arab or other descent. I think NewsLeader readers would be disturbed to read “Prices rise because of Arab buyers,” or “Africans like houses on streets with views and sidewalks,” or “90 per cent of higher-end house buyers are Jewish.”

Toward the end of his article, the reporter quotes the president of the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver: “Only about 10 to 12 per cent of home purchases are by foreign buyers, most of whom are moving here with their families... only three per cent of all home buyers are out-of-country investors.”

If that is the case, why write the article? P. Owen, Burnaby

THAT’S BAD JUDGMENTThe BC Liberal Party was re-elected in 2009

largely on the premise (if not promise) that it was the better manager of the province’s nances. A little over two years later Finance Minister Kevin Falcon reports an expected de cit of $3.1 billion but blames it on the chaotic global economy. The government’s message is clear: it isn’t our fault.

Yet, there are at least two major budgetary miscalculations that cannot be attributed to international forces. The rst is the outstanding $1.6-billion repayment to the federal government as a result of the HST asco. The second is a $1.5-billion shortfall in the predicted revenues from natural gas sales. That’s a total of $3.1 billion. In other words, an amount equal to Falcon’s de cit estimate.

That’s not coincidental. That’s the result of bad judgment.

Bill Brassington, Burnaby

SINTERKLAAS TRADITION MUST BE UNDERSTOODRe: Coming to terms with Black Peter (Column, NewsLeader, Dec. 2)

First of all thank you for a very thoughtful column. It is the rst time I’ve seen somebody

making an honest effort in understanding the Sinterklaas and Black Peter tradition. There are two items that require correction, however.

First, there are multiple explanations of the origin of the Black Peter character in the Sinterklaas event.

As far as I know there is no single accepted theory. In any case the Black Peter role predates the slave trade and certainly predates the 19th-century minstrel shows by a few hundred years.

People equating the Black Peter role with minstrel shows are looking for a racist connection, where there simply is none.

And while I don’t want to claim that the Netherlands did not have racism in the past 500 years, the origin of Black Peter is clearly not based on racism.

Secondly, I have trouble understanding the claim that in the past Black Peter was seen as a dumb, uneducated character. Contrary to what is reported on wikipedia and other websites, this is incorrect. Traditionally, and I am referring to to the times that corporal punishment was acceptable, Black Peter would be the stoic, quiet, fearsome character that was there to take care of the naughty kids.

As views regarding raising children and corporal punishment changed, the role of Black Peter became more upbeat. Right now, the Black Peters and Sinterklaas operate as a team with each Black Peter having some sort of specialization.

Any clumsiness on the part of Black Peters is there to make it entertaining for the children—typically the presents or something else will go missing.

For example, right now in the Netherlands the horse of Sinterklaas is missing and my ve-year-old nephew is terribly concerned that the horse may not be back in time for the distribution of the presents on Dec. 5. I am sure the Black Peters will resolve the matter in time, just as they always do. To illustrate how involved the entire country of the Netherlands is, there is a daily Sinterklaas-news on TV and questions were asked in Dutch parliament regarding the whereabouts of the horse of Sinterklaas.

Finally, perhaps I can offer the following thought.

The Netherlands, just like Canada, is a reasonably advanced country with laws and customs that allow multiple cultures to express their cultural identities and safeguards against discrimination and racism.

If 17 million people in the Netherlands, from multiple backgrounds and with several skin colours, celebrate Sinterklaas enthusiastically, which is primarily an event to bring joy to children, then maybe this tradition cannot be that bad. Do people really think that an entire country would wholeheartedly support the Sinterklaas event if it would be lled with racism?

Perhaps before accusing 17 million people of being racist, it is worth doing a bit more research and maybe attend an actual Sinterklaas event.

It is too bad we will not have this opportunity this year in New Westminster.

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National Energy Board gives Kinder Morgan go ahead for next stage in approval processWanda [email protected]

Eight B.C. mayors, including Burnaby’s Derek Corrigan, are calling on the National Energy Board (NEB) to conduct a public consultation process for all applications for expansion of oil pipelines and tanker traf c in the Vancouver-area.

Their letter to the NEB came on the heels Dec. 1 of its allowing pipeline operator Kinder Morgan to go ahead with the next stage of its application for expansion of its operations.

In the rst phase, the company had to prove it has export markets for the oil that the increased capacity would accommodate, explained Corrigan, noting that the process did not include any public consultation.

Having made a case for having a market, the NEB is now allowing the company to show what its expansion might look like, with a potential for more oil tanker traf c in Burrard Inlet and a proposed doubling of the Trans Mountain pipeline.

“That’s one of the places that, very early on, many of us said, ‘before you even get to this stage, we want to tell you about the problems we have and the concerns we have about moving this kind of commodity through our communities,’” Corrigan said.

“And in addition, to say we don’t see the rationale of Canada exporting oil on one coast while they’re importing oil on another coast.”

Corrigan said the proposal is to export the oil to Asia but most of it is sent to re neries in the U.S. rst, similar to the export of raw logs “so we don’t

even get the extra value out of the product by doing the re ning.”

The issue is largely the jurisdiction of the federal government.

“But it’s an issue we’ve become way too aware of in Burnaby given the disastrous incident with the Kinder Morgan pipeline just a few years ago,” he said, referring to the 2007 pipeline rupture in North Burnaby that caused crude oil to shower down on the Westridge neighbourhood. “I think people are much more aware of the potential consequences of a mistake than they were before.”

If an expansion is eventually approved, there is a potential for an “exponential increase in the amount of tanker traf c or alternatively, the use of supertankers” in Burrard Inlet, he said, noting tanker traf c has already doubled in the last couple of years. Only one accident involving crude oil can have a “massive impact” on the environment and the “consequences would be so severe it would damage our economy for decades into the future.”

The mayors participating in the letter to the NEB are not rejecting an expansion outright, Corrigan noted.

“But in this process I think people feel cut out from the beginning and there’s certainly a sense that we’re not going to be listened to, that the feds will look at this as an issue of national economy and they will not be looking at whether there are local concerns. That’s what worries us. I think a lot of mayors are saying, why are we going to take all the potential impact for Albertans to make a lot of money on the tar sands?”

Mayors want consultation on oil tanker-pipeline expansion plan

Derek Corrigan, Mayor of BurnabyI think people feel cut out from the beginning and there’s certainly a sense that we’re not go-ing to be listened to, that the feds will look at this as an issue of national economy and they will not be looking at whether there are local concerns. That’s what worries us.

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Having swept the last civic election, for the second time in a row, Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan could have been excused if he gloated, just a bit.

Instead, his inaugural address Monday night could easily have been a campaign speech for re-election, in which he reminded citizens why Burnaby was named best-run city in Canada by Maclean’s magazine in 2009.

Burnaby’s investment portfolio is projected to meet its target yield of more than ve per cent, to deposit just over $34 million in income into city accounts. Similar returns are projected for 2012, he said, even though market yields are at historic lows.

The city’s plans and accomplishments have been developed with a “triple-bottom-line focus,” he said. “While we value nancial ef ciency, as demonstrated by investment portfolio returns and our signi cant reserves, we never lose sight of the need to balance sometimes disparate social, environmental and economic interests.”

With its economic development strategy already completed, the city’s social sustainability strategy was nished last spring with signi cant public input. Implementation on that is underway and work on its environmental strategy is now beginning.

“I see sustainability as a metaphor for Burnaby—a city that is proudly and uniquely diverse, but that operates harmoniously,” Corrigan said. “We take disparate interests and nd their commonality, enabling us all to work together toward shared goals,

achieving new synergies.”New capital projects on the horizon include

more mundane but essential infrastructure works that will be more costly in the long run if not done in a timely manner, he said.

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supply to the Simon Fraser University campus and UniverCity neighbourhood. A new Gilmore sewage pump station will be completed next year to accommodate a growing population in the Brentwood Town Centre area.

And a new environmental centre will start construction in 2012, which will be home to the city’s yard waste and recycling facilities, the garbage pickup division and parks operations and maintenance.

The city will be working with TransLink on a major renovation of Metrotown SkyTrain station and the creation of a civic plaza.

Brentwood mall plans to redevelop its property as a “model green community” and recent funding approval for the Evergreen Line will create new opportunities for Lougheed Town Centre.

Burnaby’s diversi ed economic and development base has allowed the city to weather the economic recession well, Corrigan said. “At the height of the recession in 2009, the city still garnered an impressive $422 million in overall building permit values.”

In 2010, those permit values jumped to $502 million and so far this year, to the end of November, permit values have already reached $567 million.

Civic projects, such as the Tommy Douglas library, Riverway Golf Course clubhouse and Edmonds Community Centre, were all tendered after construction prices dropped, during the economic slowdown, to maximize cost savings, he noted.

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There’s plenty of singing and playing of Christmas locally every year, but this season one of those voices of holiday cheer is being heard globally.

Michael Bublé has put out a Christmas album of standards, most of which he likely sang with joy and fervor every December as a boy growing up in Burnaby.

The 15 selections range from Jingle Bells, Holly Jolly Christmas and White Christmas, which is a duet he sings with Shania Twain.

The CD has hit No. 1 on Billboard Charts with sales of more than 277,000 by Nov. 30 according to his label Warner Bros./Reprise records.

Bublé’s already made a couple of television appearances to show off his Christmas croonings. In addition to his own Christmas special that aired on NBC and CTV on Tuesday (Dec. 6), he was also pro led on 60 Minutes on Sunday.

The Burnaby boy will guest host on Live! With Kelly on Dec. 15 and 16, and then be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live on Dec. 17.

For those who like to listen to their Christmas music live instead of electronically there are several concerts in the area as the big day approaches:

Dec. 9 – The B.C. Boys Choir perform festive favourites and do a sing-a-long at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 8 p.m. Tickets/info: 604-205-3000, or www.shadboltcentre.com.

Dec. 10 – The Amabilis Singers from New Westminster and the Lyric Singers Women’s Choir will combine to perform at Queens Avenue United Church, 529 Queens Avenue in New West starting at 3 p.m. They’ll do it again the next day in Vancouver at Shaughnessy Heights United Church, 1550 W. 33rd Ave., starting at 7:30 p.m.


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Musica intima recently announced a fourth concert to its celebrated holiday concert series, to take place at New Westminster’s Knox Presbyterian Church. It will feature New West-based alto Melanie Adams as a soloist. Adams, who runs a voice studio in New Westminster and is currently musica intima’s longest-serving member, says “This concert is a wonderful opportunity for New West residents to attend a concert by Vancouver’s best vocal ensemble, whose annual Christmas concerts are considered a huge highlight of every Christmas season and regularly sell out in Vancouver.”

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From classic to contemporary, from heart warming to bawdy, there’s a Christmas movie for virtually every taste or mood.

Because there are few better ways to escape from the stress of holiday shopping, baking, cleaning and hosting than to experience the season through someone else’s eyes, like James Stewart, Alastair Sim, Chevy Chase or even Edward Scissorhands.

Jen Arbo, of the Royal City Farmers Market, says an evening spent with the Griswolds reminds her of her own family’s

Christmas past. Amidst the calamities and corny jokes, “it also has a few touching moments where I am reminded to love my family because of—not despite—all their wackiness,” says Arbo, of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, which was also cited as a favourite by John Buis of the Burnaby RCMP, New Westminster Hyacks football coach Farhan Lalji and Janice Stevens of Dance With Me Studio.

Deb Wardle is a bit of a Christmas movie buff, with more than 20 selections in her family’s DVD library. Old classics like Miracle on 34th Street and It’s a Wonderful Life are Christmas Eve favourites, but her

most beloved choice is Charlie Brown’s Christmas.

“The music, the message, the familiar characters, the humour and just everything about this movie makes it my all time favourite,” says Wardle.

New Westminster historian Archie Miller stays true to type by watching Alastair Sim in A Christmas Carol.

Though there have been many movie versions of Charles Dickens’ holiday tale over the years, the 1951 release remains the de nitive one for Miller because it

Christmas movies a holiday tradition“captures so wonderfully the world of the day

portrayed... by Charles Dickens.”New Westminster MLA Dawn Black is

a veteran of the political nitty-gritty, but come Christmastime she escapes into the computer-generated fantasy world of The Polar Express.

“It’s a tradition that I invite my grandchildren to watch it with me each year,” says Black. “They always enjoy

seeing it again and we have a fun evening together.”As a comedian, Janice Bannister might be

expected to reach for a funny Christmas movie but it’s Bing Crosby’s singing and dancing in White Christmas that gets her in the holiday spirit.

“I remember seeing it for the rst time at the theatre in Trail where I grew up,” says Bannister, who also conducts classes in stand-up comedy. “When I was walking home from the theatre it was snowing. When Bing sings ‘I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas,’ the snow falling always reminds me of the Kootenays.

Burnaby mystery writer and puppeteer Elizabeth Elwood also has a soft spot for Crosby’s 1954 musical, but she also piques her taste for intrigue by watching Hercule Poirot’s Christmas, a movie made for TV in 1994.

And for a guy who puts people through a tough exercise regime in his Survivor Bootcamp, Mike Nunes has a soft spot for Miracle on 34th Street.

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“This has become an ongoing holiday tradition amongst my family,” says Nunes. “After the presents are opened, hot chocolate is poured and we all sit down to enjoy this movie together.”

Here, in no particular order, are some Christmas movie ideas:

A Christmas Carol: A black & white classic from 1951 stars Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge, a greedy old curmudgeon who has a epiphany of kindness after he’s visited by four ghosts on Christmas Eve.

It’s a Wonderful Life: Another timeless classic involving redemption and angels. This time it’s James Stewart who learns of all the things that make his life worth living thanks to a visit from his guardian angel.

Miracle on 34th Street: When Macy’s Santa turns up drunk, the store’s special events planner nds a replacement named Kris Kringle who claims to be the real deal. While adults are doubtful, children believe. Eventually everyone ends up in court, where the veracity of Kringle’s identity will be tested.

A Christmas Story: All Ralphie wants for Christmas is an air ri e, but all the adults in his life, including Santa himself, are warning of the danger such a gift would present to his eyesight. This 1983 lm has become a

contemporary classic; one cable network even shows it repeatedly for 24 hours beginning on Christmas eve.

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation: Clark Griswold is going to hold the biggest family Christmas celebration ever, but of course it all goes terribly wrong when his perpetual bad luck is compounded by obnoxious guests.

Elf: Buddy suspects something is not quite right when he’s twice the size of all of Santa’s elves, with whom he was raised. So Santa allows him to go to New York City to nd his real father, but Buddy just can’t overcome his el sh nature. The best Christmas movie ever lmed in Vancouver.

Home Alone: Kevin’s family is off to Paris for Christmas vacation, but after he’s sent to his room for ghting with his older brother, they forget him. At rst, having the house to himself is a hoot, but then burglars try to break in. Not on Kevin’s watch, though.

Love Actually: Eight characters, including the

prime minister of England, fall in and out of love during the holidays in London.

A Midnight Clear: In an isolated forest somewhere in France in 1944, a squad of American soldiers locates a German platoon hoping to surrender rather than be a part of Hitler’s doomed nal offensive. The two groups put aside their differences to spend Christmas together before it all goes

terribly wrong.

Joyeux Noel: Christmas takes on a particular poignancy during war time. This time its French, Scottish and German soldiers who are able to take a break from their hostilities along the Western Front in WWI to reconnect with their humanity.

Bad Santa: A drunken conman and his sidekick pose as Santa and his helper so they can rob department stores on Christmas

Eve. But their plan is complicated when they’re befriended by an eight-year-old boy. The perfect salve for cynical scrooges weary of holiday cheer.

Edward Scissorhands: While not exactly a Christmas movie, it was released on Christmas day. A modern fairy tale about a lonely man with scissors for hands. After

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Del Louie, 22, has pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm in the attack on driver Charles Dixon, who was beaten after telling Louie not to board his bus through the back doors.

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Seasonal Celebration: The 16th annual event will entertain family members of all ages with seasonal music, dance and crafts. Create a holiday door swag, decorate Gingerbread cookies, enjoy music, magic, a carol sing-a-long and the famous Trollsons who love to mingle with guests. Monster Theatre will perform mini masterpieces: Peter Rabbit, Rumplestiltskin and characters from A Christmas Carol. Free admission. When: Thursday, Dec. 8, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Where: Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby. Info: shadboltcentre.com or 604-205-3000.

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: Burnaby Public Library invites you to a dramatic reading of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, with choral interludes of selected carols, performed by library staff, families and friends as a benefit for the Burnaby Christmas Bureau. When: Friday, Dec. 9, 7-9 p.m. Where: McGill library, 4595 Albert St. Tickets: By donation (suggested $10) at the door. Space is limited so come early; tickets available at 6 p.m., doors open at 6:30 p.m. Recommended for adults, teens, and children age 10 and up. Light refreshments will be served. Info: 604-299-8955.

Universal Gospel Choir: A fundraiser for Douglas College’s Uganda Project, an initiative of the Community Social Service Work Program in which students travel to Uganda, Africa, to work with organizations in relief work. When: Friday, Dec. 9, doors 6:30 p.m., showtime 7:30 p.m. Where: Douglas College Theatre, 700 Royal Ave., New Westminster. Tickets: $18 students, $25 general public through www.masseytheatre.com or [email protected].

B.C. Boys Choir: Internationally Acclaimed British Columbia Boys Choir perform a festive repertoire including holiday favourites and a carol sing-a-long to put people in the festive spirit! When: Friday, Dec. 9, 8 p.m. Where: Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby. Tickets and info: 604-205-3000 or shadboltcentre.com.

New Westminster Symphony Orchestra and Richmond Academy of Dance: Admission by donation. When: Friday, Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m. Where: Massey Theatre, 735 Eighth Ave., New Westminster. Info: 604-521-5050 or www.masseytheatre.com.

The Gift of Christmas: Joint Christmas concert with Lyric Singers and Amabilis Singers entitled, The Gift of Christmas.

When: Saturday, Dec. 10, 7:30 p.m. Where: Queens Avenue United Church, 529 Queen’s Ave., New Westminster. Tickets: Adults/Seniors: $20, Children under 12: free.

Carols and Bells Concert: Five handbell choirs from Burnaby, Chilliwack and New Westminster will perform along with a carol sing-a-long with the audience. When: Sunday, Dec. 11, 7 p.m. Where: Queens Avenue United Church, 525 Queens Avenue, New Westminster. Tickets: Adults $20, Seniors/Students $15 and children $10 at the church office or at the door. Info: 604-522-1606.

Shiwasu – Handmade Gifts Show and Sale: Japanese Canadian National Museum presents a show of handmade crafts by local Japanese Canadian artists. Find perfect gifts with a Japanese flair for all ages! A special furoshiki wrapping demonstration will take place Dec. 10 at 2 p.m. Furoshiki are a beautiful way to wrap presents and a green alternative to wrapping paper. Free admission. When: Dec. 10-21, 1-5 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday, Dec. 16. Where: Nikkei Centre, 6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby. Info: 604-777-7000 or www.jcnm.ca.

The Gift of Christmas: Concert by the Amabilis Singers and Lyric Singers, featuring memorable music of the season, favourite carols and sing-a-longs. When: Saturday, Dec. 10 at 3 p.m. Where: Queens Avenue United Church, 529 Queens Ave, New Westminster. Tickets: $20, free for children under 12. Reserve: 604-433-6538. Info: www.amabilissingers.org.

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Favourite Ugly Sweater fundraiser: Employees of Community Savings Credit Union are wearing ugly sweaters Dec. 9 and 16. Vote for your favourite at www.wowthatisugly.com and the credit union will donate $1 to the Lower Mainland Purpose Society for each vote, up to $1,000. The money will help the local charity provide services for d isadvantag ed families. Info: www.purposesociety.org.

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Royal City Youth Ballet: This accomplished group is presenting The Nutcracker this holiday season: Where: Massey Theatre, New Westminster. When: Sunday, Dec. 18 at 1 and 4:30 p.m. Tickets: 604-521-5050 or www.masseytheatre.com

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The Natural Gaze + Impressionism: Featuring the work of two young painters, David Yao and Atalanta Shui. Free admission. When: Dec. 8-23, Tuesday to Saturday, 12 to 4 p.m. (opening reception Dec. 8, 7-9 p.m.) Where: Burnaby Arts Council Gallery, 6584 Deer Lake Avenue (behind Burnaby Village Museum).

Q: I’m becoming totally restless at work. I’ve been doing essentially the same job for almost ve years and I’d love to do something different. I’m a bit nervous about making a change though. Your ideas?

You’ve probably been discontented at work for some time but now are open to considering a change. My guess is that you’re currently contemplating leaving your position because of your admiration of a co-worker’s promotion or for a colleague who has accepted a job with another company.

Your current circumstances represent the classical tension between security and challenge. Your position, while tiresome, provides regular pay, bene ts and the comfort of working with familiar co-workers.

On the other hand, you are restless, and after ve years, you are imagining a position which is more exciting with opportunities to grow and contribute.

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I presume you haven’t pursued other positions with your current employer. Perhaps there have been few vacancies, or maybe nothing has interested you.

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to grow in your current situation. Although you still might need to leave your “comfort zone” to some extent, another job in your of ce will be less stressful than a position with a new employer.

In addition, if you are offered the opportunity to move up the organization – through a promotion – you should expect the support of management as you assume more responsibility.

This will also be the time to take inventory of your future with your present employer: perhaps you are become increasingly aware that you likely won’t be considered for a promotion or even a lateral move.

You’re a dedicated hard-working employee, no doubt, but you should be aware that your supervisor will

not necessarily recognize your efforts beyond a small raise or a positive appraisal. Any initiative is your responsibility!

If you’re ready to make your move, document a plan privately in writing and speak with your spouse – if you are married – to ensure she or he is supportive.

Become strategic – rst by meeting con dentially with your HR department – and then by visiting a variety of relevant job websites. You may even want to speak with a career consultant.

It’s not surprising you are nervous about making a change; however, with proper planning, and the advice from those whom you respect, you should be able to make a smooth transition into a wonderful new position.

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Chronicles of Form and Space: Works on Paper by Takao Tanabe: A retrospective on the 60-year career of renowned BC painter Takao Tanabe’s, featuring drawings and watercolours dating from the late 1940s to the present day. When: until Jan. 22. Where: Burnaby Art Gallery, 6344 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby.

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“He started to understand how other businesses work because of what I do.”

Get out of the housecontinued from PAGE A3

National park on Bowen scrapped

Parks Canada has abandoned its effort to create a new national park on Bowen Island after the idea was defeated in a Nov. 19 referendum.

Fifty- ve per cent of voters said no to turning Metro Vancouver’s Crippen Regional Park and other lands on the island into a national park reserve.

Concern about increased tourist traf c, congestion and reduced local autonomy were key issues for islanders.

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372 SUNDECKS

Aluminum patio cover, sunroom, gates, alum roof. 604-521-2688www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

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374 TREE SERVICES

A1-TRI-CRAFT Tree Serv. Dangerous tree removal, spiral pruning hedge trimming, stump grinding, topping. Insured, WCB Free Est

Arborist ReportsAndrew 604-618-8585

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Tree removal done RIGHT!• Tree & Stump Removal

• Certifi ed Arborists • 20 yrs exp. • 60’ Bucket Truck

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PETS

477 PETS

Blood Hound pups, CKC Reg health ✔, 1st vac., micro chipped, 1 male, 6 fem. Liver & tan, ready to go 604-574-5788

BLUE NOSE BULLIES. Pit bulls. Blacks/blues. Shots, Vet ✓. Ready to go.UKC reg. $1000 obo. Call 778-237-2824

CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are

Spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at

fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977

Cavalier King Charles Spaniels 6 month old pup (1 male), looking for a loving home. Vet checked: eyes, ears & heart Regis-tered CKC & micro chipped Par-ents, champion CKC registered. Socialized with children and other animals Call : 604 - 460 - 8086

ENGLISH BULLDOG, CKC reg. 6 wks old, shots, microchip, vet ✔ Healthy, happy, gorgeous. Health gurant’d. $2800. Call 778-895-8453

German Sheperd 21/2 yr old f, good temp., exc. family watch dog $500, 4 yr old f. beagle, exc. family pet $100 no Sunday calls 604-796-3026

JACK RUSSELL pups 3 Female 1 male. Short legs, smooth coat. Dew claws done. $500. 778-883-6049

KITTENS, Orange tabby, photos available on Facebook - kittens chil-liwack. Call (604)703-1077

MALTESE pups, 1 males, 1st shots, vet ✔, dewormed. Family raised. 604-464-5077.

MALTI / SHIH-TZU / POODLE X. Pups/adults. Non-shedding. Choco-late, white & beige. 604-820-9469

MULTI POO PUP 13 weeks old 2nd shot, dewormed, micro chipped. To good home. $1000. 604-715-2431

NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604-856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com

Shepherd/Lab X, 5 black, 2 yellow, 5 males, 2 females, $200/each. (604)316-2757

SHIHTZU- Bichon Puppies, vet chkd, dewormed, 1st shots. ready to go. $500 ea. 2 F (604)581-8354

SHIH TZU PUPS, 5 males, 1 fe-male. 1st shots, vet ✓ dewormed, family raised. $625. 604-575-3257.

TOY FOX TERRIER PUPPIESAvail. Dec.12/11. Aver. adult 5-10 lbs. Happy. lively, inquisitive, friend-ly, attach to family, easily trained, litter box train. Enjoy agility, Exc. for children 5+ yrs.,elderly & apt. Family raised w/children. CKC reg., vet ✓, 1st shots, dewormed, tattoo, 6 wks health ins. & puppy kit. IN-QUIRE KAREN: 250-656-9696. [email protected]

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

518 BUILDING SUPPLIES

STEEL BUILDINGS END OF SEA-SON DEALS! Overstock must go - make an offer! FREE DELIVERY to most areas. CALL TO CHECK IN-VENTORY and FREE BROCHURE - 1-800-668-5111 ext. 170

545 FUEL

1YR Seasoned Alder Birch MapleClean, Split, DRY & Delivered.

Family Operated for 20 yrs. (604)825-9264

BEST FIREWOOD 32nd Season & 37,000 Cust Deliv.

Fully Seas. Maple, Birch, Alder604-582-7095

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

548 FURNITUREMATTRESSES staring at $99

• Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings100’s in stock! www.Direct

Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331

560 MISC. FOR SALECAN’T GET UP your stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help! No obligation consultation. Comprehensive war-ranty. Can be installed in less than 1 hour. Call now 1-866-981-6591.Can’t Get Up Your Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stair-lifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift! Call 1-866-981-5991

REAL ESTATE

609 APARTMENT/CONDOS***HANDY MAN CONDOS*** - Bank Owned; Fixer Uppers FREE LIST w/ PICTURES! www.HandyManCondos.com1-800-304-9849 ID # 1048re/max city realty

OPEN SUN 1-3 PM $455,000ESPRIT North

#1408 - 7325 ArcolaCondo w/ mountain view.2 BR - 2Bath -2 Pkg stalls,

storage. sauna and exercise rm. Income $1650

Brookside Rlty - Dave 604-240-3523

615 COMMERCIAL PROPERTYBIG BUILDING SALE... “CLEAR-ANCE SALE YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS!” 20X26 $4995. 25X34 $6460. 30X44 $9640. 40X70 $17,945. 47X90 $22,600. One end included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca.

627 HOMES WANTEDWE BUY HOMES

Damaged House! Older House! Diffi culty Selling! Behind on

Payments! Need to Sell Now?NO FEES! NO RISK! QUICK CASH!

Call us First! 604.657.9422

636 MORTGAGESMortgage Help! Beat bank rates for purchases and refi nances, im-mediate debt consolidation, foreclo-sure relief, and equity loans. Free, fast, friendly, private consultations.

Call 1-888-685-6181www.mountaincitymortgage.ca

660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVEHOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS

www.dannyevans.caHomelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

BURNABY

Super Clean ONE Bedrooms

Quiet & well maintained bldg. Includes heat & hot water. On

site manager. Cat okay.

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY Secure parking available.

For viewing call:

Call 604- 522-5230

Burnaby: CLAREMONT TERRACE** 6960 ELWELL ST ** Near HighGate Mall

(formerly known as Middlegate)Quiet, spacious 2 & 1 Bdrms & Bachelor suites. Newly reno’d.

Incls: Balcony, prkg, heat & h/wtr

604-525-2661BURNABY

MAPLE PLACE TOWERS1 Bdrm Apts starting at $950 2 Bdrm Apts starting at $1200

Heat and hot water included. Dishwasher, fridge, stove, balco-ny, shared laundry. Avail Immed. Close to amen, schools and mall.

Call 604-421-1235www.aptrentals.net

BURNABY

Villa Del Mar 6630 Telford Ave.

Bright large newly reno’d 1 and 2 bedroom suites for rent. Freshly painted, new hardwood fl oors, huge balcony. Only 2 min walk to Metrotown Mall.

Please call 604-715-1824 to view. Move in TODAY!

BURNABY

Walker Manor 6985 Walker Ave

Bright large 1 bedroom for rent in a newly reno’d building. Large balcony, freshly painted with hardwood fl oors. 2 Min walk to Highgate Mall & all major transit.

Please call 778-994-2334

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

BURNABY

Well maintained 2 bdrms with 1.5 washroom. Includes cable, heat & hot water. Secure park-ing avail. On site manager.

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELYQuiet & well maintained bldg., walk to Highgate Mall & transit. Cat okay. For viewing....

Call 604- 521-3448

COQUITLAM

Welcome Home !

1 Bedrooms available near Lougheed Mall and transit. Rent includes heat & hot water. Sorry No Pets. Refs required.

Call (604) 931-2670

New West. Crown Manor 430 – 9th Street. 1 bdrm apart, on site ldry, 1 prking spot. Close to shop ping, all amens. Heat & hot water incl. $760/m. 604-451-6676

NEW WESTMINSTER

Colonial House435 Ash Street

3 Story bldg in great location. 1 bdrm stes from $760. Covered pkg, lndry rm, landscaped com-mon area. Close to park, transit, shops. Heat & hot water incl’d.

For more info & viewing call Rozario 778-788-1849

Professionally managed byGateway Property Management

NEW WESTMINSTER

DORIC MANOR236 - 8th St.

Bachelor, 1, 2 & 3 bdrm suites for rent. Includes heat / hot water and cable. Close to Massey Theatre, Douglas College, Royal City Mall.

Phone: 604-522-9153

PORT COQUITLAM

CEDARWAY APTBright & Clean 1 & 2 Bdrms D/W, Heat and hot water includ-ed. Close to schools, shopping &

public transportation.

Call 604-837-4589www.aptrentals.net

711 CO-OP RENTALS

BURNABYWHATTLEKAINUM -

HOUSINGCO-OP ORIENTATION

Do you want to live in the security of a

family community?

Woodland surroundings, on Forest Grove Drive. Good location, close to schools, SFU and Lougheed Mall. No subsidies available. $10 appli-cation fee. Maximum housing charges; 2 bdrms $899/mo. 3 bdrms. $1009/mo. & 4 bdrms. $1112/mo. Shares $2500.

NO SUBSIDIES AVAILABLEOrientation:

Sunday, December 11th1:30 p.m. at

51A-8740 Forest Grove Dr.Phone 604-420-2442

750 SUITES, LOWER

COQUITLAM, W.W. Plateau, fully furnished 1 bdrm, priv. entr, sm. back yard. all appls, TV & micro. Avail now, $800 incl utils. NS. Cat ok. Michael 604-469-1150 or Cheryl 604-468-7262. Must be seen!

WW.PLATEAU 2 bdrm + den 2 bath very bright grd fl r ste, nice bckyd, incl 5 appls, nr schl & bus. $1250 incl utils. Avail now. 778-840-9476

751 SUITES, UPPER

E.BURNABY newer 3bdrm. 2baths, jacuzzi, h/w heat, h/w fl oor, nr. schools, $1900mo 604-861-8819

TRAVEL with bcclassified.com604 575 5555

RENTALS

752 TOWNHOUSES

PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1030/mo - $1134/mo. Shares req’d. No subsidy available. Orien-tation 2nd & 4th Sun. 2 pm & 3rd Tues. 7 pm each mo. 19225 119th Ave., Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 2B2. Leave msg 604-465-1938

TRANSPORTATION

810 AUTO FINANCING

DreamCatcher Auto Loans“0” Down, Bankruptcy OK -

Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals1-800-910-6402www.PreApproval.cc

FREE CASH BACK WITH $0 DOWN at Auto Credit Fast. Need a vehicle? Good or Bad credit call Stephanie 1-877-792-0599 www.autocreditfast.ca. DLN 30309. Free Delivery.

WANT A VEHICLE BUT STRESSED ABOUT YOUR CRED-IT? Treat yourself this Christmas to $500 cash back. We fund your fu-ture not your past. All credit situa-tions accepted. www.creditdriv-ers.ca 1-888-593-6095.

818 CARS - DOMESTIC

1956 Restored Pontiac - 4 door Hardtop, GMC welding Rig. (604)464-7554

1990 PONTIAC 6000, Air Cared, loaded, new winter tires, white, 4 dr., $1295 obo (604)826-0519

1993 Cadillac CTS. Black on black, leather, sunroof. Must see!

$10,500, Mint. Phone 604 809 6235

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

2003 VOLVO V40, S/W, Blue, load-ed 155,000 kms. auto. new tires. $6000 fi rm. Phone 604-538-9257.

2004 MERCEDES C230 SEDAN - auto, sunroof, 47k, Gold Mist Mica over blk. leather, exc. cond. local, no accid. $14,230 (604)328-1883

2007 Honda Civic DXG 5 speed standard, 2 dr., grey, 130K, p/w, p/l, a/c, am/fm/cd, no acc. $9,500 604-793-3819

828 COMMERCIAL VEHICLES

2011 5th Wheel 32’ Gooseneck Cargo Trailer, triple axle, 4000lb ramp, electric brakes, roof vents, 36” side door, like new, $12,500. Call 604-560-4037

838 RECREATIONAL/SALE

2011 WILDCAT 282RK

Dual pane windows, ext. shower, fantastic fan, microwave, elec.

power awning, DSI water heater. $32,483 (stk.30380)

www.fraserwayrv.com 1-800-806-1976 DL #30644

TRANSPORTATION


2004 F350 LARIAT CREW CAB, 4X4, long box, 5th wheel, 180K, full load $16,000 obo. 604-812-1278

2011 HEMISPHERE F28RGSS

DSI water heater, ext. shower, water fi lter sys., create-a-breeze

fan, rear kitchen. $24,483 (Stk.30964)

www.fraserwayrv.com 1-800-806-1976 DL #30644

2011 LAREDO 291TG

elec. awning, elec. stab. Jacks, “family-sized” dinette, LCD TV,

Equa-fl ex suspension.$26,483 (Stk.30854)

www.fraserwayrv.com1-800-806-1976 DL #30644

TRANSPORTATION


2011 SALEM FG T21RD

microwave, awning, pass through storage, u-shaped dinette, ext.

speakers, DSI water heater. $15,483 (Stk.30525)

www.fraserwayrv.com1-800-806-1976 DL #30644

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

#1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL

ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME

604.683.2200The Scrapper

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVALMinimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

Searching for your dream home or selling it?This is the location. BCCLASSIFIED.COMlistings include everything from acreage,farms/ranches to condos and waterfront homes.

TRANSPORTATION

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

Autos • Trucks• Equipment Removal

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

Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022

SCRAP BATTERIES WANT-ED We buy scrap batteriesfrom cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Min. 10. Toll Free Call:1.877.334.2288

851 TRUCKS & VANS

2003 LANDROVER V6 silver 140,000k loaded 4/whl dr $6,450 obo. 604-857-9037, 778-552-6300

2005 MONTANA SV6, loaded, On-star, 7 pass., new front rotors & brakes. Mint. $6000. 604-812-1278

2009 FORD F 150 XLT, 38,000km, 4x4, 1 owner, no acci-dents, local, exc. cond. ARE cov-er. $29,500. 604-341-8694

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Includes:TRUCKS, CARS, BOATS,TRAILERS, RV’S, VANS3 lines in all listed publicationsfor one week only $10 + tax.

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1.5 million households

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AUTOSPECIAL

$1000

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Now Hiring Cashiers and Stockpersons

at stores listed. Assistant Manager at various locations. Great benefi ts and advancement opportunities. FAX: (604) 272-8065

EMAIL: [email protected]

Fresh & NutritiousPomegranates

$1.49 eaCalifornia Grown

Royal City Centre

103 - 610 6th StreetBeside COBS Bread604.520.9923

Lougheed Town Centre

206 - 9855 Austin RdBeside Purdy’s604.420.0788

Brentwood Town Centre

58 - 4567 Lougheed Hwy Beside IHOP604.298.8299

Marine Way

200-7515 Market CrossingBurnaby604.432.6199

Fresh New CropLong English Cucumbers

89¢ eaMexico Grown

Sweet & In SeasonBaby Sugar Mandarins

49¢/lbChina Grown

Prices eff ective: December 7th - December 11th, 2011

mandarins now at their best!

NOW IN SEASON

Enjoy a healthy holiday treat, rich with anti-oxidents like Vitamins A and C !

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