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Province won’t take over SD40Parents ask trustees to resign, look at Burnaby amalgamation Grant [email protected]

The Ministry of Education won’t be stepping in to take over the New Westminster board of education despite a call for the resignations of the district’s trustees by a parent group.

New Westminster secondary’s parent advisory council has called for the school district’s trustees to resign and for the provincial government to take over.

They also want discussions to begin to see if it’s feasible to amalgamate with the Burnaby school district, and for the district to produce a projected budget for 2014-15, naming what programs and electives will be cut so parents can plan for next year.

But in a statement to the NewsLeader on Monday, the ministry backed the board.

“The ministry supports the efforts being made by the New Westminster board of education to manage resources, eliminate the deficit and minimize any impacts on students, staff and parents,” said a spokesman.

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The Last Door Recovery Society is opening a new door for supporters to donate to the New Westminster addiction treatment centre.

Last Door is the first charity in British Columbia to accept bitcoins, a digital currency that is gaining popularity as an alternative to traditional money.

Since establishing its bitcoin wallet in December, Last Door has received two donations in the currency. Clients can also use

bitcoins to pay for services.It’s all about reducing barriers

and making it simpler for supporters to make contributions to Last Door, said Matt Kalenuik, an addictions counsellor and proponent behind the move to accept bitcoins.

“There’s a particular culture that is big into bitcoin,” said Kalenuik. “They want to participate

in the grassroots movement of bitcoin.”

Bitcoin was developed as open source software in 2009 and was first used for a financial transaction a year later. It’s become popular as an alternate currency because it can circumvent inflation, control by governments and

international sanctions.It’s also speculative. As there are

only a finite number of bitcoins available, they can increase in value as they gain popularity. Currently a single bitcoin is valued at more than $800. A year ago one was worth just $13. Some experts say a bitcoin could eventually be worth $100,000, comparing them to Internet domain names that can fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars if they contain a common or easily recognized word.

Bitcoin has also become a tool for money laundering in some circles, an irony that’s not lost on Kalenuik.

Last Door first to embrace bitcoinsMARIO BARTEL/NEWSLEADER

Dan Marks shows off the QR code that allows supporters of The Last Door Recovery Society to donate directly to its Bitcoin wallet. Matt Kalenuik, at addictions counsellor at Last Door, was a driving force to the society becoming the first charity in British Columbia to accept Bitcoins as payment.

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“There are people who use bitcoins to buy and sell drugs,” said Kalenuik. “We’re the flip side of that; people can use bitcoins to get off drugs.”

He and fellow counsellor Dan Marks have been personally playing around with bitcoins since 2011.

With more and more mainstream businesses starting to pay attention to the currency, they decided the time was right to get Last Door involved.

“We’ve tended to be innovative in many things,” said Kalenuik. “We were the first non-smoking addictions treatment centre, the first to offer couples therapy.”

Bitcoin also allows Last Door to plug into a demographic that’s tech-savvy and open to new ideas.

“Bitcoin has generated a lot of

discussion about the way people think about money, and our current monetary system,” said Kalenuik. “We feel we want to tap into that.”

After Last Door’s board of directors approved the adoption of bitcoin, the society then had to get clarification of its tax implications from the Canada Revenue Agency.

Essentially they ruled a bitcoin has no value until it’s converted into traditional Canadian currency, explained Kalenuik.

If a donor requests an immediate tax receipt, Last Door will cash out the bitcoins right away.

Otherwise, it can keep the bitcoins in its digital wallet and hope they increase in value.

“People are starting to pay attention to bitcoin,” said Kalenuik. “We believe in it.”

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The New Westminster School District announced Friday that the board will hold five budget information and consultation meetings in the community. The district is grappling with a significant budget deficit that must be paid off in coming years. Meeting dates and locations are:

• Queen Elizabeth, Wednesday. Jan. 29, 6 p.m.

• Richard McBride, Thursday, Feb. 6, 6 p.m.

• John Robson, Thursday, Feb. 13, 6:30 p.m.

• NWSS, Monday, Feb. 24, 7 p.m.• To be determined, Monday,

March 10, 7 p.m.

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Grandfather says administration did a good job handling his grandson’s caseGrant [email protected]

A parent’s claim the administration at John Robson elementary does nothing about bullying has been disputed by the grandfather of another student at the school.

On Jan. 9, Shannon Hecker organized a rally outside Robson to protest inaction being taken on her eight-year-old daughter being verbally bullied and tormented by a classmate. Hecker said at the rally the administration does nothing and closes the blinds when dealing with bullying.

“That hasn’t been my experience there,” said Jean Lamoureux, who helps to organize after-school ball hockey games in Robson’s playground.

In his case, he said, the school responded promptly when they reported a problem.

Lamoureux is a guardian

for his Grade 2 grandson who told him before Christmas what another boy was doing to him. Lamoureux talked to vice-principal Paul Manville, who Lamoureux said immediately went out to the schoolyard and got the offender to apologize.

But after the Christmas break there was another incident over control of the hockey area with the same boy. Lamoureux said once again Manville handled it well by having the boy apologize and telling him to only speak to his classmates in a respectful way, and if he didn’t they would be dealt with by the principal. Later Lamoureux and his grandson, at Manville’s urging, talked to the kid and told him they were happy he was behaving properly and they shook hands.

“It ended up in a good situation. No one was heavy handed in any way. Everybody got the message including the kids on the playground,” said Lamoureux. “I think they got the message that bullying isn’t OK.”

That’s why Lamoureux took

exception to Hecker’s accusation the school does nothing when bullying is reported.

“I didn’t think [the criticism] would apply to John Robson saying they tolerate bullying because in my experience

that hasn’t been the case,” said Lamoureux, whose granddaughter also attended Robson from Grade 3 to 7.

“I just wanted to show my support for the school. It’s been a good school for me and my

grandchildren. I can’t speak for everybody, but I can for myself,” said Lamoureux.

Meanwhile, Hecker said she is in the process of filing an appeal regarding the school’s handling of her daughter’s situation.


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Grant GranGer/newsLeaderJean Lamoureux says a bullying situation involving his grandson was effectively dealt with by the principal at John Robson.

The ministry said New West recently submitted a revised plan that would see the district be in good financial standing by June 2019, which the ministry is currently reviewing. It also expects the board to be proactive in finding ways to deal with the deficit and will keep working with the district’s staff on the issue.

Between 50 and 60 parents showed up at the PAC’s monthly meeting Jan. 16. It was also attended by district assistant superintendent/secretary-treasurer Al Balanuik, board chair Jonina Campbell and other trustees.

PAC chair Stephen Bruyneel

said the parents opted for the action because district officials weren’t able to provide the information the parents wanted.

“It really reflects the level of concern and lack of trust in the school district. It’s been going on

for so long, they have no credibility,” said Bruyneel. He added the district’s proposed solution to have a consultation program over the next two months and saying “trust us” was seen as unacceptable.

He feels the district should at least be able to provide projected numbers by the middle of February to determine what programs will be kept or cut to balance the 2014-15 budget and to begin repaying the

approximately $5 million deficit it has accumulated. That would allow enough time for parents to make decisions for their children’s education next school year.

Bruyneel said multiple deficits and a delay of more than 10 years in replacing NWSS has many parents questioning the district’s ability to manage its finances.

With budgets run with either deficits or debt for 11 of 14 years, Bruyneel doesn’t see how the situation can improve without ministry involvement. “It’s the same people for 30 years, how do we think it’s going to change?”

As for merging with Burnaby, Bruyneel said parents are proud to be from New West but feel it’s not working or the city’s talent pool for trustees is too small.

Campbell said parents’ frustration with not knowing what programs will be offered next year is justified.

“They want to know their kids are going to get the best education out of New West secondary,” said Campbell. “They just want to know what it’s going to look like for their children.”

She said the district needs to know what money it will be getting before it can make up its mind.

“The board is working hard to make sure we are balancing books at the end of the year, but at the same time protecting our wonderful programs. I appreciate they need to know immediately, but there is a process we need to go through before we can make

our decisions.”“I wouldn’t feel right about

putting out this information before then.”

Trustee MaryAnn Mortensen admitted even though she’s only in her first term she still bears responsibility for the budget deficits. However, she won’t be stepping down and will continue to do what she thinks is right.

She would, however, be happy if the Ministry of Education gave the district a helping hand.

“Not that I don’t think staff is doing their job,” Mortensen said. “We need provincial oversight because we don’t want to wait this long to decide on programs.”

Amalgamation is a possibility that intrigues Mortensen but she wonders if it would ever happen.

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For the weeks leading up to Emergency Preparedness Week starting May 4th, 2014, the New Westminster Emergency Management Offi ce will be providing weekly tips on how you can start your own emergency kit and emergency plan. Use our list to add small items to your emergency kits every week. This can make the job of creating a complete kit a little less daunting and intimidating, and remember - most items can be found in your home.

The New Westminster Emergency Management Offi ce is encouraging everyone to be prepared in case of an emergency. For more information on preparedness tips, please visit www.newwestcity.ca/EMO.

CITYPAGE PUBLIC HEARING6:00 pm on January 27, 2014

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WHAT IS REZONING REZ00051 ABOUT?Rezoning of the property at 57 Seventh Avenue from Single Detached Dwelling Districts (RS-1) to Comprehensive Development District (57 Seventh Avenue) (CD-36) is required to allow a child care operation with 41 spaces. The application would bring the existing legally non-conforming child care use into conformity with the Zoning Bylaw.

HOW DO I GET MORE INFORMATION?The bylaw and all pertinent material are available for viewing online at www.newwestcity.ca/publicnotices, and also in the Planning Department at City Hall for 10 business days prior to the Public Hearing, January 10, 2014 to January 27, 2014, Monday through Friday (except statutory holidays) between 8:30am and 4:30pm.

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HOW DO I GET MORE INFORMATION?The bylaw and all pertinent material are available for viewing online at www.newwestcity.ca/publicnotices, and also in the Planning Department at City Hall, 10 business days prior to the Public Hearing, January 13, 2014 to January 27, 2014, Monday through Friday (except statutory holidays) between 8:30am and 4:30pm.

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To determine requirements for replacing theatreGrant [email protected]

New Westminster has begun the process of building a new Massey Theatre.

Bids will close this week on finding a firm to figure out what the requirements for the facility will be. The city has committed $10.7 million toward the project, with another $10 million expected to come from the provincial government as part of building a replacement for New Westminster secondary.

Once the consulting firm has nailed down what’s required at the Massey, that information will be forwarded as part of the package being reviewed by the Ministry of Education as funds replacement of NWSS.

That package has to include the theatre’s functional requirements and its performance specifications, according to schools project coordinator Jim Alkins.

“They need a team to do that,” said Alkins. “We could do it for [the city], but they’re going to use

it as a community theatre so we thought it would be beneficial for them to do it to meet their requirements.”

In calling for proposals, the city wants an architectural firm that can assemble a design team with proven expertise in theatre design, urban design and school site planning.

“We really need to outline what our requirements are, so that’s what we’re working on,” said city manager Lisa Spitale.

When the deal was struck for the Massey in 2010, the province’s Neighbourhoods of Learning initiative was willing to cover the cost of 150 seats. The ministry’s base funding for the school theatre would cover 500 seats and the city decided to pay for 350 seats for a capacity of 1,000. The current Massey seats 1,200.

A new NWSS will be the third component of the district’s schools project.

Qayqayt elementary is currently being built at Royal Avenue and Merivale Street, the former St. Mary’s Hospital site, and is expected to open for kindergarten to Grade 5 in September. Many of the students will come from John

Robson elementary, which will be torn down to make room for a new middle school, which aims to open the following September. Following this, the new high school, including a new Massey, can be constructed.

The team being sought for the Massey consultation will work with the arts community, parents and the school, including NWSS’s music and drama departments. Spitale said the complex, specialized requirements will provide both clarity for the project and enough flexibility so the designers can use their own ingenuity in creating the theatre.

If the province gives the go-ahead, a shortlist of three companies will be chosen for the design-build process.

Alkins said a timeline has not been finalized for presenting the high school/Massey project to the province.

“We’re still working to obtain the final approval for the project,” said Alkins, who noted the district remains unsure about where it can build the new school on the NWSS site. “We will do some more evaluation of the site conditions to clarify the sense of risks of where we’re going to build.”


Society asks city to put its annual festival In Downtown neighbourhoodGrant [email protected]

The New Westminster Pride Society wants to take its annual festival Downtown.

Society president Ian Gould has asked city council to allow the festival to be staged on Columbia Street between Fourth and Sixth streets on Saturday, Aug. 16.

Although it’s a four-day festival the highlight has been a celebration on Saturday afternoons in Tipperary Park.

Putting it on Columbia should help Downtown businesses as well as the society, said Gould in a letter to council.

“The move will allow us to continue to grow attendance at New Westminster Pride and establish us as a summer destination festival for all residents of Metro Vancouver as well as further away,” wrote Gould.

He said Tourism New Westminster and the Downtown New Westminster Business Improvement Area support the festival and will help market it.

Gould asked council to make a decision soon so they can move ahead with organizing the event.

City council asked its staff to prepare a report on the feasibility of the request

by its Jan. 27 meeting, but appeared amenable to making it happen. Coun. Jonathan Coté said having the festival in the business district is a step in the right direction, and the city needs to respond in a

timely manner so the society can plan.

With the change in location, instead of having its Hill and Heels event where participants parade up Sixth Street for the proclamation at City Hall, the pride march would follow the proclamation and go down to Columbia Street for the start of the festival at 3 p.m.

Columbia would be closed between 1 and 9 p.m.

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Privatization has become something of a dirty word in Canada, mostly for reasons nobody can articulate without forgoing logic.

Despite rising health care costs, a public broadcaster whose own revenues represent just two thirds of the taxpayer subsidy it receives, or a monopolistic mail service, people hold fast to the idea that public ownership is always in the public interest.

Yeah, but here’s the thing. It isn’t.

While there are some institutions which shouldn’t be privatized for obvious ethical reasons (education and corrections come to mind), others could really use a shot in the arm from the private sector.

Back when television was a new concept and even the guys who had lost fingers in sawmill accidents could count the number of channels on the air, it made sense to subsidize the CBC.

But in the year 2014 with satellite TV, streaming Internet

feeds, and alternative media it doesn’t make any sense to pretend that dumping $1 billion a year into a single broadcaster is a wise investment.

Similarly, when in 1867 our postal service was administered under the newly founded Dominion of Canada, it was a means of connecting a vast country of sparse settlements.

Prior to rural mail delivery, Canadians in little towns like Ladner would have had little contact with the outside world.

When the first free rural mail service was instituted in Canada in 1908, it ushered in a host of infrastructure improvements, including road and rail projects.

That was all well and good.

But let’s fast-forward once again to 2014.

In the face of declining mail volumes and rising costs, Canada Post is on pace to post a $1 billion loss by 2020.

And with a powerful public sector union which refuses to make reasonable concessions such as lowering the starting wage for untrained postal workers from $24 an hour, the Crown Corporation has little recourse but to stop home delivery service and raise the costs of stamps to a price that will send even more people to e-commerce.

I have a better idea. Sell it. Sell it all.

With a market value of $17 billion, the federal government could balance its own fiscal deficit and have some left over to put into paying down the sizable debt it has accumulated since 2008.

More importantly, selling off Canada Post piecemeal could be much like the wireless spectrum

auctions and provide some competition in areas of Canada where it’s sorely needed.

It’s not like it’s unprecedented. The Royal Mail in the United Kingdom, established in 1516, got the ball rolling in that regard in late September 2013 following a public bailout of its £10-billion pension deficit.

Mail delivery is an information service, like your cable, Internet, and phone bills, and as such it should be subject to fair play to the forces of the marketplace.

Adrian MacNair is a reporter with the South Delta Leader.

It’s time to privatize Canada Post

Now we know the when. Perhaps soon we’ll learn the who.

The BC NDP announced over the weekend that it will announce its new leader to succeed Adrian Dix on Sept. 28. That leader will be chosen by party members in a vote to be conducted Sept. 24-27 over the phone and online.

The party’s president, Craig Keating, said he’s looking forward to an “exciting leadership election with great candidates.”

Except, so far there aren’t any candidates. Great or otherwise.

Three federal NDP Members of Parliament from B.C. have said they’re not interested. Peter Julian, Fin Donnelly and Nathan Cullen all bowed out even before they bowed in.

Kennedy Stewart, the MP for Burnaby-Douglas, is still mulling his decision. As is Jinny Sims, the federal NDP representative from Newton-North Delta.

Their reticence is understandable.

As members of the official opposition in Ottawa, they’re all strong voices for issues they and their constituents believe in. They’re members of a party that captured voters’ imaginations in the last federal election and continues to get attention countering decisions and legislation made by Stephen Harper’s Conservative government.

B.C. politics, on the other hand, is a snake pit.

Nobody knows that better than Dix, who seemed to have victory in last spring’s provincial campaign in the bag but found himself delivering a concession speech instead.

Now that the date has been set for the party’s leadership vote, most observers expect candidates to begin announcing their intentions as well.

And no doubt as those names are known, and those candidates start hustling for support, the always entertaining world of B.C. politics will burn with renewed energy and entertainment.

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Re: Critic targets city living wage (NewsLeader, Jan. 17)

In criticizing New Westminster’s Living Wage policy, the Fraser Institute relies on long-refuted 18th and 19th century economic theory.

The contention that higher wages for some eliminate jobs for others comes from the so-called “wages fund” theory put forward by Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus and David Ricardo.

In the hands of dogmatic utilitarians like Jeremy Bentham, it became an iron-clad “law”:

“The rate of wages,” wrote Bentham, “depends on and is necessarily governed solely and exclusively by the degree of opulence in the country at the time: that is by the proportion of the quantity of wealth in readiness to be employed in the shape of capital in the purchase of labour to the number of persons for whose labour there is a demand.”

In other words, there is a necessary limit to the volume of wages that employers can pay; that amount must be shared by the total number of workers hired.

The wages-fund theory was used to discourage trade unionism. But it was so successfully criticized by reformers and socialist economists, that by 1862 even mainstream economists like John Stuart Mill abandoned it, conceding that what really kept wages low was employers’ unwillingness to part with more of their revenues unless compelled to do so.

But that’s exactly where the Fraser Institute comes in, isn’t it?

KB PollockSapperton

FOR WHOM THE BRIDGES TOLLRe: How realistic is a $1 toll on all bridges? (Column, NewsLeader, Jan. 17)

What about visitors and tourists?

We come to town to spend money, not pay a $1-a-bridge toll for the pleasure of spending hundreds or thousands of dollars.

It’s like a kick in the balls. At the very least it is an utter and total pain in the ass. This

infrastructure benefits me in no meaningful way. I come once a year at most and the old Port Mann Bridge suited me fine.

Jim Ross

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The current tolling practice is unlikely to change because it is particularly harsh on a very small group of the population. The vast majority of people benefit at their expense. Any fair road pricing strategy such as dispersed tolls or the extremely simple “collect a mill rate based on kilometres driven” is unlikely to be supported because it makes the larger population pay their fair share.

I wonder how they would feel if the entire toll burden was moved to a bridge or road near them?

John van der Eerden—online comments

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Re: NWSS PAC wants trustees to resign

Democracy helps those who help themselves. New Westminster parents shall become a major political force in SD40 elections this fall.

Vladimir Krasnogor

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My gifted/special needs/learning disabled child has been denied assessment and services by SD40. My children’s wonderful teachers are frazzled due to underfunding, lack of classroom space, and lack of aide support for special needs students.

Having heard excuses from a

trustee regarding how over $1 million was recently “lost,” I have little confidence in trustees’ capacity to be accountable for the funds that they are entrusted with. I support Stephen Bruyneel’s efforts.

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TWO SETS OF RULES?I was stopped at a red light

on midday, Friday, Dec. 13 at the intersection of Eighth Avenue and Eighth Street. My car was parallel to the Moody Park field, and as I waited for the light to change, I noticed a woman with her dog and a man in uniform. He was writing something as they conversed. I concluded he was giving her a ticket for letting her dog off leash.

Then I saw the white city animal control van parked on Eighth Street, and my inkling proved correct, she was getting a ticket.

Only when I was returning from my errands via Eighth Avenue and approaching Eighth Street (bordering Moody Park) did I notice the signs indicating this area is a bus zone, and where parking/stopping is prohibited. The animal control officer had parked his van (allegedly) illegally in order to give a citizen a ticket for her (alleged) bylaw infraction.

Is there one law for city workers and another law for citizens of New Westminster?

B. KendallNew Westminster

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Increased tolls on the Port Mann Bridge have caused an influx of toll evaders in New Westminster via the Pattullo Bridge. Tolling all bridges has been raised as a possible option, but last week New West’s Patrick Johnstone wrote in a column that the toll rate often suggested—just $1—would not generate significant income for TransLink.

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A piece of Yaletown opened in New Westminster on Monday.

The Hub restaurant, which has operated in Yaletown since 2009 and a second location on Denman Street in Vancouver’s West End since last summer, launched its 5,000-square-foot location on the second level of the Shops at Westminster Station.

The Hub features West Coast comfort food like blackened salmon, crab mac & cheese, an array of burgers including a sushi burger, as well as sandwiches and salads. On weekends, there’s also a brunch menu.

“The West Coast is so diverse that comfort food can mean a rice bowl to somebody or seafood to somebody else,” said co-owner Jennifer Marsh.

To wash those meals down, 16 locally crafted beers are on tap, as well as a variety of wines from around the Pacific Northwest. Big screen TVs around the restaurant are tuned into the big games of the night. Local graffiti artists Kaid Ashton and Kaput contributed to the urban vibe decor.

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New Westminster school trustee Casey Cook was at home recovering Friday from a car accident he was in Thursday in Burnaby.

Cook told the NewsLeader he was taken to the trauma unit at Royal Columbian Hospital. Although he said he doesn’t remember much because he suffered a concussion, he said he was driving on Cumberland Street headed toward New West when he was hit by a vehicle headed south on Armstrong Avenue, which forced his car into the convenience store at the southeast corner of the intersection. Traffic on Cumberland has the right of way at that corner with stop

signs on Armstrong.The accident prevented

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PAC passed a motion calling for all board of education trustees to resign.

City puts amenity cash into Qayqayt

Qayqayt elementary and park site will be the beneficiary of an amenity contribution from a high rise being built nearby.

Originally most of the $115,000 in amenities from The Elliott being built across the street from the school

was targeted to be spent on the Lower Elliott pedestrian connection. But that was taken care of by the developer of the Northbank high rise at 125 Columbia St.

So now the city has decided to use the money for improvements to Qayqayt elementary which is expected to open in September.

The money will go toward upgrading the chain link fence around the childcare and kindergarten play areas ($30,000-$35,000), providing pathways through the site ($40,000), landscaping play areas ($35,000) and a commemoration to the QayQayt nation and/or St. Mary’s Hospital ($7,000), the former occupant of the site.

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The Project would expand the existing Trans Mountain pipeline system located between Edmonton, AB and Burnaby, BC. It would include approximately 987 km of new pipeline, new and modified facilities, such as pump stations and tanks, and the reactivation of 193 km of existing pipeline. There would also be an expansion of the Westridge Marine Terminal.

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The B.C. government has begun a province-wide tour to collect ideas for improving conditions for disabled people, particularly by improving their job prospects.

Social Development Minister Don McRae attended the first session Monday evening in his home community of Courtenay, which drew a capacity crowd of 70 people. He plans to attend other ones in the B.C. Interior and Lower Mainland in the coming weeks.

The ministry has also established a website for public comments, and one of the more frequent suggestions is for B.C. to increase its social assistance payment to disabled people. That now stands at $906 per month, including a rent subsidy.

McRae said in an interview that major cost items like that will have to wait until B.C.’s economy improves. Meanwhile, efforts to increase employment are showing promise.

B.C. has increased the amount of income that can be earned without reducing disability benefits from $500 to $800 a month. McRae said he wants to expand on a pilot project that allows people to earn more than that for part of the year, so they can take advantage of seasonal work.

McRae, who had “social innovation” added to his title when he was appointed to the ministry last year, said he was encouraged by a meeting with a Tim Hortons

franchise owner from Ontario who now employs one out of four people with disabilities in his stores.

Employees average less than a year in those jobs, but disabled employees stay an average of five years, which saves substantial money on training.

“It benefits the disability community, and it also helps his bottom line,” McRae said.

Input from the community meetings and website comments are to be used for a policy paper that will be presented at a public forum in June.

Locally, meetings are scheduled for Richmond Feb 11, Port Moody Feb. 12, Abbotsford Feb. 13, and Vancouver Feb. 25 (for hearing impaired people). The website to submit a comment online or register to attend meetings is at engage.gov.bc.ca/disabilitywhitepaper.

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FIGHT FOR POSSESSIONCurl club couple clipped in provincial quarter-final

The Royal City Curling Club duo of Ken McArdle and Jennifer Howard lost out in the quarter-finals at the B.C. mixed doubles championship played at the Golden Ears Curling Club in Maple Ridge on the weekend.

Victor and Kerri Miller of the Richmond Curling Club edged McArdle and Howard 6-5 in the quarterfinal despite the RCCC pair winning their first four games in the championship. The Millers went on to lose the final to Golden Ears’ Bryan Kedziora and Colleen Hannah.

Another Royal City team, Dylan Somerton and Jami McTavish, went 2-2 in the preliminary portion before losing a tiebreaker 8-5 to Grant and Diane Dezura of Golden Ears.

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Rich Catton of New Westminster Minor Lacrosse has been named as head coach for the 2014 B.C. bantam box lacrosse squad.

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Tyler Digby of New Westminster scored three goals as the Vancouver Stealth won their first National Lacrosse League game in dramatic fashion in Langley on Friday.

The Stealth edged the Colorado Mammoth 14-13 with Lewis Ratcliff scoring the winning goal at 2:18 of overtime on a setup by Cliff Smith of the New Westminster Salmonbellies. It was Smith’s third assist in the game to go along with two goals. Former ’Bellies backstop Tyler Richards made 31 saves to pick up the win.

However, the next night in Calgary the Stealth lost 15-12 to the Roughnecks to fall to 1-2 on the season. Digby had a goal and an assist while Smith had a goal and three assists. Richards made 45 saves in taking the loss.

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“At times we didn’t finish well and that made it difficult on ourselves,” said Clan head coach Bruce Langford. “Katie (Lowen) hit a couple big shots at crucial times and Kia did as well. We missed some shots early in the second half and they were able to get back in the game but we responded well.”

Another former New West Hyack, Ariana Sider, sank two free throws in the win.

SFU improved its overall record to 10-5 and 4-3 in Great Northwest Athletic Conference play. Van Laare, Sider and the Clan will play host to the University of Alaska Fairbanks Nanooks on Thursday and the University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves Saturday. Both games are at SFU’s West Gym starting at 7 p.m.

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