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Fatal crash possibly survivable: TSBReport again calls for changes limiting post-crash fires

Pilots of a Northern Thunderbird Air flight thatcrashed short of the runway at YVR in October2011 likely would have survived if TransportCanada had acted on the Transportation Safety

Board’s suggestions that couldlimit post-crash fires.

That was the view of BillYearwood, lead investigator withthe TSB, who Wednesday morn-ing presented a report into thecrash that injured seven passen-

gers and claimed the lives of two pilots.Yearwood said the TSB had recommended in

2006 that Transport Canada implement regulationsreducing ignition sources after a crash.

The Beechcraft King Air A100 belonging toNorthern Thunderbird Air had just taken off fromYVR on Oct. 27, 2011 for a flight to Kelownawhen the pilots noticed an oil leak in the leftengine.

They turned the plane around to return to YVR,but crashed on Russ Baker Way just outside theperimeter fencing for the south runway.

The impact caused a fuel leakage that wasignited.

Passersby, many of them drivers and passengersfrom cars on the roadway, came to the rescue ofthe passengers and crew.

Yearwood said there was evidence of live bat-tery circuits after the impact and fire where thewiring was concentrated in the cockpit.

“It’s clear that their (pilots’) injuries, theirdeaths, were caused from the fire,” he said. “Theirphysical injuries were likely survivable. So, we cansay, ‘yes, the fire is the cause of their deaths.’”

Post-crash fires can be triggered by a numberof things, Yearwood said, adding electrical arcingfrom wiring is one situation that can be addressed,and is something the automotive industry already

does.“There is room to improve the survivability

of an aircraft crash where there’s fuel spills,”Yearwood said. “If you remove that heat sourcefrom arcing, you’ve done well.”

The changes are doable, he added.“It would be easier to design a battery to dis-

connect on impact than to retrofit the whole air-craft.”

Yearwood did say Transport Canada does agreewith the TSB’s recommendations, “However, Ican’t say why they haven’t acted, and the board hasassessed their response as unsatisfactory.”

Asked whether he found inaction on the TSB’srecommendations frustrating, Yearwood said, “It’sdifficult when you’re talking to the loved ones toexplain that. We have the push. And, you can seefrom the report, the board is taking a further standand explaining their concerns, being somewhatdirect. That’s the only force we have.”

The TSB’s report also found the reason thepilots returned to YVR was because the plane’soil reservoir cap on the left engine had not beensecured.

When an oil leak became visible, the flightcrew reduced power to that engine and made forYVR.

However, the investigation determined the leakwas minor and the engine would have continuedto function normally until the oil pressure haddecreased enough to force the pilots to shut itdown.

That would have then triggered a seriesof emergency procedures the pilots had been

trained to undertake.“This was a crew stuck in a grey area between a

normal flying aircraft and anticipating a problem,”Yearwood said.

Reducing the power to the oil leaking engineincreased the drag on the aircraft since the left sidepropeller was not feathered — it’s pitch angled.

When the plane was on its final approach tothe runway, thereport indicatesit slowed belowits minimumlanding speed.And whenpower wasreapplied, likelyto just the rightengine, theaircraft rolledleft and pitcheddown.

With insuf-ficient altitude to recover, the plane crashed intothe ground.

Pilots, 44-year-old Luc Fortin and Matt Robic,26, died of their injuries later in hospital.

Six of the surviving passengers are suing thecharter airline, alleging its staff ignored a pool ofleaking oil under the plane’s wing before takingoff.

The lone passenger not taking legal action toldthe media immediately after the horrific crash sheowed her life to the heroic efforts of the two pilotsand countless other people who saved her.

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Mediated talks aimedat resolving a long-run-ning labour dispute at Ikea’sRichmond location reachedan impasse Monday.

The two sides entered dis-cussions July 13. According

to the employer, officialsrepresenting Teamsters Local213 were presented with anamended proposal July 17that eliminated a two-tierwage system.

In its place was a systemproviding automatic increas-es, plus increases tied to thefurniture store’s performance.

In a press release fromIkea, the proposal allowedIkea to address the Union’sexpressed leading concern,while also addressing thestore’s poor performance.

According to Ikea, theRichmond store, just oneof two unionized locationsin Canada — the other is inQuebec — has consistentlybeen the lowest performingstore in Canada for sales andproductivity, while havingthe highest staff costs.

“Despite our efforts toaddress the two tier system,the union rejected Ikea’soffer,” said Ikea’s public rela-tions manager MadeleineLöwenborg-Frick in a pressrelease. Mediation has con-cluded and the parties remainat an impasse.

Teamsters representa-tive Anita Dawson said thecompany’s offer that includedan initial two per cent raisewas rejected because sub-sequent annual percentageincreases tied to the store’sperformance would takeworkers 22 years to achievethe top rate.

“That wasn’t going towork,” Dawson said, adding,“There’s not a lot of trustthere that those sales goalsand numbers are attainable.Therefore, it was going to

be very hard to say that youcould actually get to thosenumbers with any kind ofconsistency.”

As for the company’scomments on the store’sproductivity and sales perfor-mance, Dawson said, “Theyare the ones managing thestore.

“They control the order-ing and how the store runs.So, trying to pin it all on theworkers that the productivityisn’t there is not fair.”

As a result of the break-down in talks, the labourdispute, which began in midMay, will continue.

No further talks have beenscheduled, and the store willcontinue to be operated onreduced hours.

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Richmond, on the other hand, made theTop 20 list at 15. Two other B.C. cities —Burnaby and Surrey — are at eleventh andseventeenth spots, respectively.

Amazon.ca released on Tuesday its firstlist of the top book purchasers in Canadaon a per-capita basis, with Vancouver inNo. 1 spot, followed by Calgary, Saskatoon,Edmonton and Regina to round out the Top5.

Toronto was No. 7 and Montreal wasn’tincluded among the Top 20, but that couldindicate that not as many consumers shopat the mega online bookseller or they prefer

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Despite not being completely finished,the new Railway Avenue Greenway is getting

plenty of use — to most-ly favourable reviewswhen the Richmond Newspaid a visit to a sectionThursday afternoon.

City work crews havefinished laying down

a black ribbon of asphalt that winds 3.7kilometres from Granville Avenue to GarryStreet.

And now work is beginning to installsignage, improve crossings at intersections,construct access to adjacent transit stops andpaint markings to delineate the north-southtraffic along the four metre-wide trail.

One rider the News asked during a stopat the intersection of Railway and BlundellRoad said he thought the project was a “com-plete waste of taxpayers’ money.”

The rider, who did not want to be named,said that although he was using the trail, itwould have been better to have revamped theexisting bike lanes that run along RailwayAvenue.

He added the land along the route shouldhave been used for a rapid transit rail link toSteveston.

Delighted with the new trail was JennyFoster, who had her three young children,

aged seven, five and two, along for the ridewith her — two on their own bikes, and onesnuggled into a carrier on hers. “I’ve used ittwice now.”

“We’re going right up to Steveston,and we live in Burkeville. Today, we juststarted at Granville (Ave.), left the car at theThompson Community Centre and riding toSteveston, bribing them (children) with (ice)Screamers.”

Foster said she likes not having to ridealong the dedicated bike lane, adding theseparation from the car traffic on the newpathway provides a greater degree of safetyfor her children.

Also happy with the new route wasSteveston resident Michael Levan who wason the trail just for fun Thursday, but uses theroute for his daily commute to work at Save-On-Foods at Cambie Street and 7th Ave. inVancouver.

“I absolutely love it,” he said, adding heused to use Railway Avenue’s bike lane, butnow finds the new trail much better.

“This makes it, man, I feel so relaxed.”And even though more needs to be done

to finish the trail, Levan has already noticedthe positive impact it is having on the com-munity.

“We never saw families before out,” hesaid. “And now you see people walking everyday. It’s the best thing that ever happened.”

One thing he would like to see in place,though, is a better treatment at the intersec-

tions where temporary barricades have beenset up.

Levan said some bike routes in Vancouverhave specially designed and located pedestri-an activation buttons that do not make ridersdismount when they stop at cross streets.

“I can just reach out, hit it (button) andget ready to go again.”

While it won’t be exactly like that,improvements are on the way, said MikeRedpath, Richmond’s Senior Manager ofParks who was out on the trail with fellowparks department staff Thursday.

Redpath said permanent barriers will be

erected at the intersections to stop walkersand riders from crossing the street in thewrong area, while a series of bollards willfunnel trail users to the crosswalk where bikeriders will be instructed to dismount andwalk their bikes over the crosswalk.

In addition, green painted surfaces alongthe trail’s intersections and crosswalks willprovide strong visual cues for trail users tofollow the designated route. Paint will also beused to delineate the trail between north andsouth traffic flows.

As for what will be installed along theroute where it gets wider, Redpath said thoseuses are still undecided, but will focus on rec-reational opportunities.

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Sewage cost looms, cities debateMETRO VANCOUVER

Who’s going to pay for this crap?That’s the question being bandiedabout Metro Vancouver cities regard-ing plans for a new Lions GateSecondary Wastewater TreatmentPlant.

The new sewage plant will comewith a hefty price tag. Dependingon which design is chosen, the plantcould cost between approximately$400 million and $700 million, add-ing up to a financial strain for NorthShore residents.

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water plant, but that formula maybe revised, according to RichmondMayor Malcolm Brodie.

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“The current formula is harderon the people in the North Shore,”said City of North Vancouver MayorDarrell Mussatto. “We’re trying toget one formula likewe do with water,for example. Water,it’s all one region,it’s all one util-ity, we all pay thesame.”

Asking for toomuch from nearbycities may cause animpasse, accordingto Delta mayor Lois Jackson.

“Those of us on the south side ofthe river basically constructed thevery large Annacis Island treatmentplant,” she said. “Because the northside of the river: Richmond, NewWest, Burnaby, Vancouver, weren’ta part of that, I guess we’d have tolook at that in terms of what fairnessis.”

Mussatto said he’s still hopeful amore equitable funding system couldbe devised.

“We’re hoping that we can comeup with a formula that recognizesthe contributions of those municipal-ities that gave a bit more last time:the Burnabys, the Surreys, and theNew Westminsters.”

While the North Shore did notpay as much for the Annacis plant,that was partially due to the chang-ing formulas that have been used to

determine sewagecosts, he said.

The price tagwill weigh heav-ily when design-ing the treat-ment plant, saidMussatto.

Slated to be inoperation by theend of the decade,

the Lions Gate plant would use abiological process to remove about90 per cent of dissolved materialfrom liquid waste.

The secondary treatment processwill be an environmental step upfrom the current primary treatment,which only filters out solid material.

A third stage of tertiary treatmentis designed to remove contaminantsmissed in the secondary stage,but Mussatto said that may be toopricey.

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Looking back on the 2010 Olympics, there was a lotfor us to be proud of, like our haul of gold and ourremarkably smooth running of the games. But this

week, one other thing stands out in hindsight.Among the dozens of international pavilions set up for

athletes, fans and everyone else was a happy addition —Pride House. This was the first time the Olympic Gamesincluded a special place to welcome and celebrate the les-bian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

The tradition was carried on in London for the 2012Summer Games, but sadly no such place will exist in Sochiwhen the torch is lit in less than six months.

Instead, Russian President Vladimir Putin has signedinto law new “anti-propaganda” regulations that will allowpolice to arrest and detain for up to 15 days anyone theysuspect of being gay, lesbian or pro-gay. That includes for-eign athletes, media and visitors.

This type of homophobic thinking belongs in a centurythat is rapidly disappearing in our rearview mirror and itcertainly doesn’t belong in the Olympics, the most visiblesymbol the world has of international openness and friend-ship.

If, as the cynics say, the Games are really about politics,let’s see some political action to correct this anomaly.

It is incumbent on our federal government, theInternational Olympic Committee and their well-heeledsponsors to put pressure on Russia to let them know thisisn’t becoming of a host nation. Or an acceptable positionin any civilized society.

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Practically every day Isee cyclists pedalling alongthe highways and bywaysthat take me from home towork and back.

Practically every day Isee them breaking the rulesof the road - in fact, it’s rarethat I don’t have a cyclistin my line of sight formore than 20 or 30 secondswithout witnessing the shat-tering of one traffic law oranother.

Practically every day Isee stupid motorists nearlyfulfilling a cyclist’s apparentambition to see tomorrowfrom a hospital bed - or notsee tomorrow at all.

And I think to myself...“More people should ridebicycles.”

In fact, I wish more peo-ple would spend more timeriding bikes before evergetting behind the wheel ofa car, as opposed to underone - which happens far toooften, as things currentlystand. I’m not a sadist, andI’m not hoping I can snapa gory photo of a mangledcyclist to fill a corner of thenewspaper.

And it has nothing to dowith my basic belief thatthe world would be a betterplace with fewer people init (provided, of course, thatI’m one of those “fewerpeople”).

On the contrary, I believethat if there were morepeople riding bicycles toand fro, there would be lesscarnage in the long run.

Potential motor vehicledrivers should be requiredto spend a couple hundredhours on a bicycle before

applying for a learner’slicence.

And it shouldn’t be justsome recreational ridingaround a quiet neighbour-hood, around the local parka few times, or mountainbiking along some back-woods trails.

More cyclists rollingalong with traffic (notagainst traffic, like pedes-trians... which they are not— probably the most com-mon Motor Vehicle Acttransgression perpetratedby cyclists) would create a“safety in numbers” scenar-io. Motorists would be moreaware of cyclists in theirmidst, because there wouldbe more cyclists to remindthem to pay attention.

Motorists would alsogain from the experienceof having ridden a bicycleamongst idiot drivers whoeat, drink, comb their hair,fix their make-up, and oth-erwise occupy themselveswith endangering the livesof the people around them.

You cannot truly under-stand the concept of “defen-sive driving” until you’veridden a bicycle alongsidethe stupidest, most oblivi-ous creatures populating theface of the earth: the textingdriver (followed closelyby the cellphone-addicteddriver - and don’t give me

that “hands-free” nonsense,as studies clearly show thathands-free cellphone use,while not illegal, is equallyas dangerous as using hand-held devices).

And having had the ben-efit of experiencing the stu-pidity of the average steel-enclosed motorist first-handfrom the panoramic vantagepoint of a bicycle seat, thenewly licensed driver is lesslikely to want to becomeone of those average idiots.

Understanding wouldalso flow both ways, asmore and more cyclistsbecome motorists - and theybegin to teach their childrenhow to ride safely, insteadof actually teaching themdangerous behaviour.

It is disconcerting inthe extreme to see youngcyclists follow their igno-rant parents straight throughstop signs and red lights,and passing lines of slowtraffic on the right, sneakingup on the unsuspecting guywho doesn’t realize it hassuddenly become dangerousto make his right turn.

Parents on bicycles leadtheir kids along sidewalks,putting pedestrians at riskand creating the danger ofuncertainty in the minds ofmotorists who, faced withsuch unruly behaviour, can’tknow what the next movewill be. They lead their kidsagainst traffic lights throughcrosswalks where they haveno business being.

And when they get hit...stupid motorists!

Bob Groeneveld isthe editor of the LangleyAdvance.

The Editor,Re: “‘Soil cops’ need sustainable funding,” News, July 26.Hats off to Thomas Loo for having the courage to speak up

about failures in governing the protection of farmland.I know in conversation with Loo during the election that he’s

experienced first hand and up close the pain of a system in crisisand he is clearly passionate about what he believes is needed toimprove it.

As only one of two enforcement officers for the entire prov-ince, we should all listen and learn from him to build a betterfuture. We should also give kudos to FarmWatch for bringingthis important issue to the public’s attention and, through per-sonal sacrifice of it's volunteers, continue to highlight to BritishColumbian’s what is happening to valuable farmland in our com-munities and the apparent dis-interest from our MLAs.

As I said during the election, we all know the differencebetween right and wrong and dumping unregulated fill, oftenloaded with construction materials, many of which containknown toxins on farmland, regardless if it’s in the ALR or not issimply wrong and should be stopped. Credit should be given tothe City of Richmond for taking steps in the right direction onthis. Is there room for improvement? Likely. Maybe instead ofsome public feedback on a pre-determined approach it’s time fora real community forum discussion where all interests and viewscould be discussed and heard.

Maybe then our MLA’s will bring this issue to the provinciallevel where appropriate penalties can be formulated and localgovernments can be properly empowered and funded to dealwith it. The province took leadership in dealing with scrap metaldealers and it’s time to take a similar stance against those inten-tionally damaging our most valuable farmland entrusted to us forfuture generations. It’s our collective responsibility to force ourpolitical leaders to govern protection of our farmland before it istoo late.

Jerome DickeyRichmond

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The Editor,Re: “Asphalt isn’t green,” Letters, July

31.I want to reply to the NIMBYs who

are upset about the bike path being con-structed as the last part of the RailwayGreenway trail, directly behind theRailway Community Gardens.

I would first like to remind them thattheir “backyard” really belongs to all ofthe citizens of Richmond — not just thefew that are fortunate enough to use pub-lic lands to grow food.

I think it is wonderful that the city hasmany of these gardens in Richmond, butonce the people start using them, they donot become their property.

I am 65 years old and since this green-way has been built, I now go to Stevestonon my bike rather than drive. I also havenoticed that very quickly families arenow using the greenway with their chil-dren. That can only be a good thing.

You can now ride your bike fromWestminster Highway to the boardwalk in

Steveston (except for the gravel part thatis left, which the NIMBYs have claimedas their own) in a safe environment for allRichmond citizens.

This greenway construction was nota surprise and did not happen at the lastminute. If the NIMBYs had read the localnewspapers over the past year, the green-way was mentioned many times with theroute clearly marked.

The city has made a great effort to getpeople out of their cars and on bikes, butthe NIMBYs do not see the big picture.

They only want to protect their pieceof turf that belongs to all of the citizensof Richmond.

I am also very disappointed that cityhall rolled over so quickly on this issue,especially Coun. Harold Steves.

I hope city hall changes their mind andpaves this last section so that all of thecitizens of Richmond and their familiescan ride safely on the whole path.

Ken SchultzRichmond

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Three hundred people regularly descend on Richmond’scommunity gardens with seeds and shovel in hand,ready to quite literally reap what they sow.

Each plot can yield an average of one bag of vegetablesand herbs a week, enough to feed a family of four. Well over100 wannabe farmers anxiously wait for a spot to open up, asall of the city’s 10 gardens operate at capacity.

“Food has become quite sexy,” says Colin Dring, execu-tive director of the Richmond Food Security Society. “Peopleare beginning to have a better understanding of food. Andwith things like the 100-Mile Diet coming out of the LowerMainland and the rise of Jamie Oliver’s kitchen on a celebritylevel, it’s become more popularized.”

As issues surrounding climate change and overpopulationsee the global food supply dwindle, people have been lookingfor ways to reduce their ecological footprint and support theirlocal markets.

“They recognize that we’re running out of agricultural landworldwide and food prices are getting higher,” says Coun.Harold Steves, a longtime farmer, who believes an interest inlocal food to be more than a fad. “They want to support localfarmers. You can no longer trust import food. You have noidea what chemicals are put in it or what you’re eating.”

On a small scale, community gardens are a direct result,where people produce what they eat and are guaranteedhealthy produce at a cheaper price.

Dring says the concept of a community garden canbe expanded in an urban context, that it’s not too late forRichmond to return to its agricultural base, despite what oth-ers believe.

“That kind of thinking assumes, and I think wrongly, thatthe pattern of suburban development and densification can’tbe taken back and converted back into agricultural systems,”he says. He cites efforts made by the city to put rooftop gar-dens on, or some form of community garden space for, newdevelopments.

“Some more innovative developers are even incorporat-ing this right into the apartment unit with built-in planters orthings like that,” he says. “We can turn to places like Tokyowhere there are some real creative things happening. So it’s amatter of to what degree we want to take it.”

Vacant farmlandThe preliminary results from the Agricultural Land Use

Inventory study, done by Metro Vancouver and the Ministryof Agriculture and Lands, states 28 per cent of land in theAgricultural Land Reserve is currently not being farmed.

Approximately 1,921 hectares of Richmond’s 4,993 hect-ares of ALR land is not being used for farms. Most of thisland has been zoned for agricultural purposes, but has beenbought by residential developers in the hopes the city will

eventually change the zoning to accommodate for Richmond’sprojected population growth.

“The developers are hanging from dead trees like vul-tures,” says Steves.

When developers buy farmland, they are not required tobuild a farm; rather the land generally sits unused. He can,however, build a “farm household”, which has resulted in therise of large mansions, with untouched land behind them.

“Hopefully, the city can take a more progressive stance tomake sure the land will be farmed,” says Dring. “The subur-ban sprawl is the area to focus densification and transit. Leavethe farmland as it is, or, heaven forbid, expand it. Add moreacres. That would be incredible.”

But it seems the province is looking to go the other way.On Wednesday, Premier ChristyClark announced Minister ofCore Review Bill Bennett wouldexamine ways to find savings of$50 million a year over the nexttwo years.

Bennett said he will look atthe Agricultural Land Reserve— which protects almost fiveper cent of the province’s landfor agricultural use — and theAgricultural Land Commissionfor extra funds.

“It’s shocking that’s thedirection they’re planning totake,” says Steves, who proposesthe city buy the threatened land

and lease it back to prospective farmers, longterm.Another solution for him would be requiring developers

pay residential taxes unless they farm the land. Both solutionsare to be discussed as Metro Vancouver moves into the nextsteps following the release of its study, according to Steves.

While Bennett admits he’s looking at the ALR to help savethe government $50 million, the Minister of Agriculture andLands, Pat Pimm, said the province would need to add 90,000hectares of irrigated farmland for the province to regain foodsecurity. “If you take that 28 per cent of unused land, alongwith nurseries, gardens, golf course, etc., it all adds up.”

The city is particularly looking to buy land along No. 5Road and golf courses for agricultural purposes.

A matter of dollars and centsAlthough more farms would create a more sustainable

environment, indulging in the local food movement comes ata price.

“Ultimately, it comes down to dollars and cents,” sayslongtime farmer Bill Zylmans at W&A Farms. “People willlook outside if the price is lower. We live in one of the mostexpensive places in North America. Transportation costs, fuel,wages, cost of living, the input costs are much higher than inother places, so buying local here will always cost more.”

Over the years, Zylmans has seen big supermarkets andprocessors change their priorities from supporting the localfamily farm to wanting an efficient, one-stop shop where theycan get all their product from one place.

“I would like to see (the processors) have a little bit moreruling to support local farms,” he says. “Producing 30 casesof something is a big deal for me, but only a drop in thebucket for them. They want to go somewhere where they canget their full order. It cuts costs and is easier to trace back ifthere are any problems.”

Dring, on the other hand, says more farms could help todrive down the prices of buying local. “Farmers can then startco-ops or food hubs, where they can work together to storeand pack produce, cutting back on the costs of the middle-man. They’d still need to hire people, but it’d become more ofa nonprofit, social enterprise.”

For Zylmans, the decision rests on the consumer. “Pricedictates what people are going to buy. And if local peoplearen’t going to support me, how can I run a successful farm?”

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Richard Reiner tends his garden at Terra Nova. Below,Colin Dring, executive director of the food security society.

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Last year, the City ofRichmond made a ground-breaking decision to ban thegrowth of genetically engi-neered crops in the city.

Although the city doesn’thave power to enforce such aban, as GE crops are federal-ly regulated, proponents saidit sent a stronger message tothe government.

A year later, council hasbeen writing letters to thehigher levels of governmentto seek stronger labelingrequirements in supermar-kets, according to Coun.Harold Steves.

“GMO (genetically modi-fied organism) bans are nowhappening across B.C. so it’sup to the province and thefederal government to enacta ban,” said the proponent oforganic farming. “It showspeople at a local level wantit. But the federal govern-ment is funded by big com-panies like Monsanto.”

Steves added the mat-ter will be discussed at thisSeptember’s Union of BritishColumbia Municipalities(UBCM) Convention inVancouver.

“There’ll be some resolu-tions at the meeting,” he said.“So it’s going to be an inter-esting fall.”

At the time councilpassed the ban, it was alsosaid the city would integrateeducation about consumerchoice and awareness of theissue into public outreachprograms.

Although the city hasn’tapproached this yet, stridesin attaining farmland willincorporate a major educa-tional program.

Steves anticipates withthe opening of new farmsand agricultural programs,education and a discussion ofGMOs and organic agricul-ture will be incorporated.

New crop of farmers tilling the landA couple of decades ago, it’d be rare to study

for four years, get a degree and then settle on avast stretch of land to till the soil.

Farming was instead largely relegated toanother, slower, time, before globalization andmass development.

But now a new generation of farmers is crop-ping up, those who’ve never existed in a pre-developed world, in a way to get in touch with therapidly disappearing land.

“We moved too far in the opposite direction,”said Emily Pearson, a farmer in her mid-20s whoworks at Urban Edibles. “As a generation, we’vegrown up aware of the rapid growth of cities andour struggle to feed the world. Now, we’re startingto ask, ‘well, how can I feed myself?’”

In the Lower Mainland, and Richmond inparticular, a growing number of young people areturning to the farm and careers in the agriculturalsector, as a way of supporting a more sustainableenvironment.

Four years ago, Kwantlen University openedthe Richmond Farm School, a 10-month programproviding training to such aspiring farmers with afocus to sustainability.

Growing up all too aware of a laundry listof the world’s problems —the affects of climatechange and overpopulation; the consequences ofchemical use on one’s health and the environment;and the overall need to reduce one’s ecologicalfootprint — are some of the reasons promptingthis change, according to Pearson.

For Pearson, who has aspired towards a lifein agriculture since she was a child, her ulti-mate dream would be to live in a self-sustaining

Richmond.“I think it can happen,” she said. “We can

bring the animals back and really localize thefood here. I’ve decided to not take my food offthe island. I want to grow it in Richmond and useit to feed Richmond.”

In May, the Canadian Food Inspection Agencychanged the definition of local to mean anythinggrown within a province or 50 kilometres outsidea province, as opposed to anything grown within50 kilometres of where the food is sold.

The change, which will take two years toenact, was criticized for being signed to allow bigcompanies to jump on the local movement andlabel their food as local, even if it comes fromnorth Washington, for example.

“I’d like it to stay within the borders of thecountry, but whether we define community as100,000 people or as within the province, weshould all be working together to support it.”

Instead, Pearson sees the change as an oppor-tunity to discuss labeling in general, as local canbe vague and confusing, particularly with foodsthat contain a variety of ingredients.

“I’d rather see something more specific, likeB.C.-grown, or Okanagan-grown,” she said. “Buthaving it incorporate the whole province alsohelps the farmers up in northern B.C. where therearen’t as many people up there who will buy theirproduct.”

Unlike these northern communities, the LowerMainland has an abundance of people that farmscan serve, making Pearson’s dream of a self-sus-taining Richmond more of a possibility to her.

“We can have really successful farms, but wehave to work together and look to co-ops for theproduction side,” she said. “Being a young farm-er, we’ve come from this competitive environ-ment, growing up in a capitalist economy wherecompetition drives it. But rather than competewith each other, we need to use our competitivenature to push forward together.

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With the Nation’s Cupbeing played in Richmondrecently, I thought it mightbe a good idea to write aboutone of the world’s greatestsoccer players, George Best,who turned out for Ireland atRichmond’s Hugh Boyd Parkin 1984. My good friendDavid Milner was luckyenough to get his autograph.

At the age of 15, Best was discoveredby scout Bob Bishop in Belfast and wasbrought over to Manchester United’s Old

Trafford ground for a trial.But feeling homesick, itturned out he didn’t like ittoo much and he caught theboat back to Belfast withouttelling anyone

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skinny and fragile for the Football League,but nobody on the opposite side, WestBromwich Albion, could get near him.

Playing on the wing alongside the likesof Denis Law and Bobby Charlton, thiswas the start of a new era at United afterthe tragic air crash at Munich in 1958 thatclaimed the lives of so many of the “BusbyBabes.”

If the club had sold one of these play-ers in the ’60s, the crowd would have tornthe ground down, that’s how high in esteemthese players were held.

The day United went to play Benfica inthe European Cup quarter final in 1966 inLisbon was when Best’s star exploded.

After scoring two goals and playing outof his socks, he was dubbed with the name“El Beatle” by the media because of hisgreat natural talent, good looks and Beatleshair cut.

But this boy was more than a pretty face,he could play a bit as well! On the field hewas poetry in motion, off the field, unlikeDavid Beckham, was another story.

He always made the headlines, drinking,which began to take its toll, but he left ussome fine moments to remember.

When on international duty for NorthernIreland, he sometimes single-handedlydemolished the opponents — especiallyEngland, Scotland and Wales.

Two occasions stand out for me watch-ing him play — first against Chelsea atOld Trafford with Peter Bonetti in goal forChelsea.

The keeper threw the ball out to full backEddie McCreadie who couldn’t quite con-trol it properly and Best whips in and withsuperb balance lobs it over McCreadie’shead and runs round the side of him, col-lecting the ball and neatly lobbing it overBonetti’s head and into the back of the net.

The second occasion was against poorold Northampton Town at their small groundin the FA Cup. Best had been banned for sixgames and this, is his comeback, game, hescores six goals. He graciously received thematch ball signed by the Northampton team.

What would Best be worth today, I won-der! He was European Player of the Yearin 1968 after winning the European Cup.He could beat two defenders at once, ridetheir tackles wait for them to catch up andbeat them again. Eat your heart, CristianoRonaldo.

In 1974, at the ripe old age of 27,Best quit Manchester United for the lasttime after many runaways, his final gamebeing on Jan. 1, 1974 against Queens ParkRangers at Loftus Road

As one of the first celebrity foot-ballers, Best led a rather wild lifestyle.Unfortunately, this led to progressively seri-ous problems with alcoholism, which finallyled to his death in November 2005 at theage of 59.

Over a quarter of a million people linedthe streets of Belfast for his funeral. GeorgieGeorgie — they call him the Belfast Boy!

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The Richmond Roadrunners are headed back to theProvincial Intermediate “A” Lacrosse Championships aftersurviving a playoff series scare from the Langley Thunder.

The Roadrunners booked their ticket into this weekend’sfour-team tournament in Maple Ridge with an 11-4 winover the Thunder in the deciding game of the best-of-threeseries on Tuesday night at Minoru. The match-up lookedto be lopsided on paper as Richmond cruised to a 15-3regular season record while Langley finished at 8-10. TheRoadrunners rolled to a 19-5 victory in game one but theThunder responded with a 12-11 game two win at home tosend the series to the limit.

Langley jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the deciding gamebefore Richmond standout goaltender Ryland Hood, whomissed game two, shut the door. The hosts pulled away byoutscoring the Thunder 7-1 over the final 40 minutes.

Braeden Jensen, Josh McLaughlin and Tysen Stoddarteach netted hat tricks. Regular season scoring championTyler Vogrig finished with six points, including a pair ofgoals.

Spencer Bromley, Jayden Campbell, Travis Grant andStoddart added two assists each. Single helpers went toConnor Davidson, Brad Hoffman and McLaughlin.

Richmond is making its third consecutive trip to provin-cials but have yet to win a medal, despite back-to-back reg-ular season championships. The boys get a huge test rightout of the gate today against the Maple Ridge Burrardswho took both meetings from the Roadrunners during theregular season.

The locals also face Coquitlam on Saturday and VictoriaSunday. The gold and bronze medal games will take placeon B.C. Day.

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Connor Davidson and the Richmond Roadrunners are heading to this weekend’s Provincial Intermediate “A”Lacrosse Championships in Maple Ridge after surviving a scare from the Langley Thunder in their qualifying series. TheRoadrunners won the deciding game 11-4 on Tuesday night at Minrou Arena. The provincials start today.

Richmond Kajaks membersproduced quite the medal haul atthe recent B.C. Track and FieldChampionships in Kamloops.

Georgia Lam swept all sprintsfor 14-year-old women with goldmedals in 100m, 200m and 300events. Camryn Rogers Toneyalso collected her share of med-als, winning gold in shot put andsliver in hammer and discus.

Distance runner NathanLoewen was a surprise win-ner in the midget men’s 300msprint. Gurleen Bhandal was agold medalist in midget women’sdiscus.

Chanell Botsis was a doublegold medalist in women’s ham-

mer and javelin. Her besteffort in the hammer was ameet record. She also added abronze in the discus.

Valerie Wideski collectedher share of medals, winninggold in discus, silver in shotput and bronze in hammer.Recent transfer Marie LouiseForsyth picked up two medals— silver in long jump and abronze in triple jump.

Youth and Juniors alsotook home some hardwarewith Pauljit Bhandal winninggold in the junior men’s ham-mer and shot put. He alsowon silver in discus.

Mark Kalmykov fin-

ished with a bronze medal injunior men’s hammer throw.Following in her sisters foot-steps, Autumn Covington wasa bronze medalist in hammer.Serena Graf won silver inshot put and hammer and EvaMerenyi bronze in shot put.

Curtis Moss once againretains his championship statusby repeating as B.C. seniorjavelin champion. NewcomerChristine Ausman became theB.C. senior women’s champion.

Kajaks Trey Henderson,who now trains in Kamloops,picked up the silver medal inmen’s hammer and SamanthaKennedy also earned silver in

women’s hammer. Andy Whitehad a one of his better throws ofthe season finishing with a silvermedal in men’s javelin.

All other Kajaks athletes thatparticipated in the champion-ship made the finals in theirrespective events. Catherine Yloin both 100 and 200m, MerelShuurman Hess in 100m and200m with great performances.Nathan Loewen finished fourthin midget 800m, fifth in 1200mand fourth in the 2000m. In the2000m, 300m, 800m and 1200he had personal best in each ofhis events with a total combinedtime of over 16 seconds off hisprevious PBs.Valerie Wideski

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A pair of Richmond soc-cer standouts helped theVancouver Whitecaps FCGirls Elite squad completea dominating season instyle.

Striker Summer Clarkeand fullback Justine Dowere in the starting 11 asthe Whitecaps defeatedthe Kamloops Heat 7-2 onSunday to win the DaveFryatt Challenge Cup. Theyalso become the first everCanadian-based team towin the PCSL treble — thePCSL Women’s Premierregular season title, theChallenge Cup, and theMcAdams Cup contested

between clubs from BritishColumbia, Washington andOregon.

In addition, Clarkereceived to PCSL GoldenBoot Award as the league’stop scorer, finishing with19 goals.

She was also prominentin the final, showcasing heroutstanding speed to set upa pair of goals.

Earlier this month, theGirls Elite squad capturedthe Gothia World Youth Cupin Gothenburg Sweden,beating top teams fromcountries such as Sweden,Spain, and Norway inthe process. In addition,

the girls won the MetroWomen’s Soccer League(MWSL) regular seasonand cup titles while alsoimpressing in a numberof elite showcase tourna-ments. Next up for theGirls Elite team is a trip toSherbrooke, Quebec, to rep-resent Team BC at the 2013Canada Summer Games.

“The team was extreme-ly motivated to have theirlast performance of thePCSL season be a greatone,” said Whitecaps FCGirls Elite head coachJesse Symons after thematch. “They’ve reallycome together this year andhave played a very attrac-tive style of soccer, lookingto be creative and posi-tive with the ball and theydefinitely brought it out intoday’s final.”

Clarke will be continu-ing her promising career atLouisiana State Universityand leaves this weekend toprepare for her freshmanseason. Do has committedto Yale University in 2014.

Clarke and Do help Whitecapsenjoy dominating campaign

WhitecapsGirls Eliteteam membersJustin Do (left)and SummerClarke arejoined by theirlongtime youthcoach CliveClarke after theteam’s PacificCoast SoccerLeague champi-onship win lastweekend. Bothgirls played forClarke on theRichmond RedHot Selectsbefore joiningthe Whitecapsprogram.


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4X4, CRUISE,A/C, PWR GRP

73177A

186,459KM

2006 DODGE RAM1500 SLT

LONE STAR EDITION, 4X4,AUX OUTLET, PWR GRP

73192A

201,681KM

2008 FORDRANGERSINGLE CAB, A/C,

KENWOOD DISPATCH RADIO73216A

62,238KM

2008 SATURNASTRA XR

HATCHBACK, HEATED SEATS,MOONROOF, KEYLESS, A/C

73200A

60,919KM

2006 CHEVY EQUINOXLT

AWD, LEATHER INTERIOR,HAND FREE TECH, HEATED SEATS

73217A

127,655KM

2006 GMCENVOY

4X4, CRUISE, PWR LOCKS,KEYLESS ENTRY

73196A

127,434KM

2009 CHEVYEQUINOX LS

A/C, KEYLESS,CRUISE, PWR GRP

73203A

106,650KM

2013 CHEVYSUBURBAN LT

LOADED, LEATHER, HEATED SEATS,8 SEATER, 4X4, DVD

73108A

26,841KM

2003 MERCEDESC-240

LEATHER, HEATED SEATS,PWR GRP, A/C

73008B

112,149KM

2009 PONTIACG5

KEYLESS ENTRY, A/C, REMOTESTART, PWR GRP

73219A

70,799KM

2012 CHEVYORLANDO LT

KEYLESS, 3RD ROW SEATING,PWR GRP, XM SATELITE RADIO

73125A

42,309KM

2006 MONTE CARLOLS

REMOTE START, A/C,PWR GRP, CRUISE

73212A

51,700KM

2006 FORDESCAPE XLTA/C, LEATHER INTERIOR,

CRUISE73191A

202,325KM

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Richmond News August 2 2013