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Gaming millions continue to pour into city

‘Positive momentum’ at River Rock on track to give Richmond another record take this year

by Matthew HoekstraStaff Reporter

Gamblers at River Rock Casino Resort added another $5,346,000 to city cof-fers in the third quarter of this year, as revenues from the busy casino contin-ue to break records.

Richmond has netted $15.4 million from the River Road casino so far this year under provincial rules that give cities 10 per cent of net gaming rev-enue for hosting a casino.

Richmond’s year-to-date gaming rev-enue is up 15.4 per cent from last year, according to a new city financial re-port, and third quarter revenues alone are 19.2 per cent higher than the same quarter in 2013.

The city report attributes part of the increase to a new high-limit table games room that opened early this year.

River Rock’s strong financial results are leading the way for the property’s owner, Great Canadian Gaming Cor-poration. Rod Baker, Great Canadian’s president and CEO, said in a news re-lease the Richmond casino recorded significant growth in gaming revenues and net income in the three-month pe-riod that ended Sept. 30.

“These improvements continue a lengthy trend of positive momentum at the property,” he said.

Last year the city netted a record $17.6 million from River Rock—40 per cent more than the 2010 Olympic year.

Since 1999, Richmond has received $152.1 million in gaming cash.

Richard Lam photoOutgoing chamber executive director Craig Jones thanks entertaining emcee Fred Lee (right).

Local law firm named to Hall of Fame


Some of Richmond’s most outstanding businesses were honoured Thursday at the 37th annual Richmond Chamber of Commerce’s and City of Rich-mond’s Business Excellence Awards.

Emceed by media personality Fred Lee, the sold-out event at River Rock Show Theatre recog-nized 27 nominees and celebrat-ed winners in nine categories. In addition, Vancouver Airport Authority received the Newsmak-er of the Year Award, and law firm Cohen Buchan Edwards LLP was named to the Hall of Fame.

“Our business sector plays a key role in building a strong city,” Mayor Malcolm Brodie told the crowd of over 320 business and community leaders. “We are very, very proud to have such a strong business sector whose members are dedicated to the pursuit of excellence.”

Richmond Chamber of Com-merce chair Gerard Edwards said there are 14,000 businesses in Richmond—and the 27 nomi-nees—selected from over 100 nominations—represent the best in the community.

Awards for Outstanding Busi-ness of the Year went to mo-bile application developer 14 Oranges in the 1-25 employees category, and computer retailer NCIX in the 26-75 employees

category. It was a tie for the 76+ employee category, as Cowell Auto Group and Paper Excellence Canada both received prizes.

Other winners: Ideon Packag-ing for Outstanding Workplace; 505 Junk for Young Entrepreneur; Wun2Free Entertainment for New Business of the Year; Pathways Clubhouse for Association of the Year; Tien Sher Homes for Busi-ness Leadership; EXIT Canada for Innovation of the Year.

Gary Cohen, of Hall of Fame

inductee Cohen Buchan Edwards LLP, offered thanks to his parents, clients and to the chamber for recognizing the people creat-ing economic opportunity and prosperity in Richmond.

Cohen also delivered a message to his business colleagues.

“To you the business owners, we offer this advice: believe in yourself, communicate your ideas, trust your employees, be creative, embrace innovation, plan for change, consult with

your advisors and give gener-ously to your community.”

Ahead of Thursday night’s event, Richmond Chamber of Commerce executive direc-tor Craig Jones announced his retirement after nearly a decade at the organization’s helm.

Said Jones: “It’s been a real privilege to work with you and be part of this great community. It’s home to me, and the chamber has become home as well.”

•See p. 15 for more stories.

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New city council sworn in, including two first-time councillors with ‘new energy’


Nine newly-elected Richmond politicians took the oath of office Monday to join a city council whose committees were shaken up to start the four-year term.

Two new councillors, Carol Day and Alexa Loo, were sworn in along with six returning councillors and incumbent Mayor Malcolm Brodie after their victories in the Nov. 15 elec-tion, in which no political party won a majority.

The term will last four years—up from the previous three—after the province made the change to match the practice of all other Ca-nadian provinces.

Loo, the lone independent councillor, is join-ing a council backed by four civic parties. Day won election with RITE Richmond, Chak Au and Ken Johnston represent the Richmond Com-munity Coalition, Harold Steves ran under the Richmond Citizens Association banner, and Derek Dang, Bill McNulty and Linda McPhail belong to Richmond First.

In his inaugural address, Brodie—starting his sixth term—welcomed first-time council-lors Loo, an accountant and former Olympic snowboarder, and Day, a community activist and longtime owner of a small sign business.

“Their expertise, experience and backgrounds certainly bring new energy to council as we con-tinue to make Richmond the best place in which to live, work and visit,” Brodie told a crowded council chambers. “Both were elected after a

campaign that resulted in a significant increase in the number of votes cast for a very large group of candidates.”

Brodie also paid tribute to two long-serving councillors, Linda Barnes and Evelina Halsey-Brandt, who chose not to seek re-election.

“Both were passionate advocates for our com-munity on social issues, the arts, community safety and public facilities. Each provided steady leadership while they were tirelessly dedicated to realizing the best for Richmond residents,” he said.

Also Monday, councillors received their yearly appointments from the mayor, who shuffled some standing committee chairs.

Coun. McNulty was named chair of the commu-nity safety committee, a shift from his previous post as head of the planning committee, where he presided over controversial files such as Onni’s rezoning bid in Steveston and the Walmart mall in West Cambie. Coun. McPhail, entering her sec-ond council term, was named the new chair of planning.

Coun. Au will take the reins of the public works and transportation committee, a post previously held by Barnes, now retired. Coun. Steves will re-turn as chair of the parks, recreation and cultural services committee, while Coun. Dang—having last served as chair of community safety—has

been left without a post.Brodie will again chair the all-councillor com-

mittees of general purposes and finance.In his speech, the mayor reflected on the past

council term of “incredible civic progress,” focus-ing on new facilities and managing growth and finances. His list of accomplishments included the $185-million capital budget of 2014, which is financing a “critically-needed” pool, seniors centre and fire hall in Minoru Park, along with the outfitting of a new community centre in City Centre.

Pausing to show a promotional video, Brodie also reminded taxpayers of the Olympic mu-seum project at the Richmond Olympic Oval. Known as the Richmond Olympic Experience, the museum’s planned 2013 opening has been delayed until next summer. Promised are three floors of displays, sports simulations and interac-tive media.

On growth, Brodie said it spurs the economy, expands the tax base and supports new infra-structure and amenities, but it also creates pres-sure on existing services, he acknowledged.

“As long planned, new growth will be concen-trated primarily in our City Centre, supported by rapid transit and other key amenities. This fulfills local and regional objectives for controlled, sus-tainable growth, while protecting our existing single family neighbourhoods, farmland and in-dustrial lands,” he said.

This year council borrowed $50 million to help bankroll the city’s Minoru Park projects. Attractive interest rates spurred council, and Brodie said the move allowed the city to advance proj-ects worth over $120 million “without unduly compromising reserve balances or causing a tax increase.”

The new council is expected to soon formal-ly map out its priorities for the next four years.

But CN says it’s appropriately recycling the used railroad ties on a Richmond industrial property


An East Richmond property where old rail ties are being ground up for other uses has drawn the ire of city hall.

“It’s a real affront to Richmond that this should be occurring within our city boundaries, and yet it’s on land that, because it’s a federal entity, we can’t necessarily govern,” said Coun. Linda Barnes.

Barnes, who didn’t seek re-election Nov. 15, raised the issue last Monday during her final council meeting as an elected official. Council referred

the matter to staff, charging them to investigate the “disposition of creo-sote covered rail ties in Richmond.”

According to Bruce Richardson, a commercial real estate agent with CBRE Ltd., Canadian National Rail-way is bringing old rail ties to a yard at the north end of No. 5 Road, near the Bath Slough and Fraser River. He told The Richmond Review that when it rains there’s no place for the creosote—a chemical product used to preserve rail ties—to go other than into storm sewers.

Barnes called the situation “deplor-able.”

“My point in bringing it forward and bringing it forward in this way is to basically embarrass CN and to bring it to the public attention,” she said.

The railway, however, says it’s “ap-propriately recycling” the railroad ties on the industrial property.

“All work and materials are con-tained within CN property, and the Ministry of Environment has been notified of the work being done on site,” said spokesperson Emily Ham-

er in an e-mail. “The work consists of grinding railway ties into material that will be used by another in their manufacturing process.”

Railway ties comprise the largest volume of creosote waste products in Canada. There are mixed opinions on the health and environmental impacts of substance, which is de-rived from coal tar.

According to an Environment Can-ada, health effects can depend on exposure. Short-term contact with eyes and skin could lead to redness and irritation. Repeated exposure, however, could cause cancer.

But an industry group says creo-sote-treated wood products have no demonstrable risk of causing chronic health problems or dam-age to the environment when used properly.

“The weight of evidence suggests that creosote does not pose signifi-cant cancer or other health risk to workers aside from skin conditions likely associated with chronic irrita-tion and phototoxicity,” according to the Creosote Council website.

Rail ties stacked up in an East Richmond yard are being ground and recycled. Richmond City Hall is hearing fears of creosote leaching from the site.

Matthew Hoekstra photoJustice Mary Newbury administers the oath of office Monday at Richmond City Hall.

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Parks, recreation and culture program registrationWinter/Spring 2015 registration now open

Check out the online version of the Winter/Spring 2015 Guide at

www.richmond.ca/guide and help us reduce our environmental footprint. Paper copies are available

for pick up from any City facility.

Three easy ways to register:• Online: www.richmond.ca/register• Registration Call Centre: Monday

to Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., 604-276-4300

• In Person: During facility hours

Development Permit Panel MeetingWednesday, December 103:30 p.m. in Council Chambers

Agenda Items:1. 13280 Mitchell Road - DV 12-618411 - Globalive

Wireless Management Corp.- To vary the provisions of Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500 to increase the maximum accessory structure height in the “Industrial (I)” zoning district from 20 m (66 ft.) to 40 m (132 ft.) in order to permit the installation of a telecommunication antenna monopole at 13280 Mitchell Road.

2. 3471 Chatham Street - DP 14-672823, HA 14-672825 - Steveston Flats Development Corp. - To (1) permit the construction of a three-storey mixed-use building at 3471 Chatham Street on a site zoned “Commercial Mixed Use (ZMU26) – Steveston Village” including 10 apartment housing units in the upper fl oors and approximately 319 m2 (3,438 ft2) commercial space on the ground fl oor; and (2) vary provisions of Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500 to increase the maximum permitted building height from 12.0 m to 15.4 m to allow elevator access to the roof deck level.

3. 7400, 7420 and 7440 Railway Avenue - DP 14-663759 - Amar Sandhu – To permit the construction of 14 townhouse units at 7400, 7420 and 7440 Railway Avenue on a site zoned “Low Density Townhouses (RTL4).”

4. 22560, 22600 and 22620 Gilley Road - DP 13-637372 - Dava Developments Ltd. - To (1) permit the construction of thirty-fi ve (35) three-storey townhouse units at 22560, 22600 and 22620 Gilley Road on a site zoned “Town Housing (ZT11) – Hamilton;” and (2) vary the provisions of Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500 to increase the rate

of tandem parking spaces from 50% to 100% to allow a total of seventy (70) tandem parking spaces in thirty-fi ve (35) three-storey townhouse units.

5. 3291, 3331, and 3371 Sexsmith Road - DP 14-667322 - Pinnacle Living (Capstan Village) Lands Inc.- To (1) permit the construction of a one-phase, residential development containing 400 dwelling units at 3291, 3331, and 3371 Sexsmith Road on a site zoned “Residential/Limited Commercial and Artist Residential Tenancy Studio Units (ZMU25) – Capstan Village (City Centre);” and (2) vary the provisions of Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500, as amended by zoning amendment Bylaw No. 9135, to: (a) reduce the minimum required number of on-site, loading spaces for large-size vehicles from one (1) to nil; (b) increase the maximum distance that balconies may project into the required road setback near the intersection of Sexsmith Road and Hazelbridge Way from 1.0 m (i.e. one third of the minimum required setback) to 1.31 m; (c) increase the maximum distance that architectural features may project into the required road and park setback from 0.6 m to 2.24 m; and (d) increase the maximum distance that canopies may project into the required road and park setback from 1.5 m (i.e. 50% of the required setback) to 2.92 m.

Please call 604-276-4395 for further information.

Dog licensing 2015It’s important for you and your dog

Licence renewalsIn December 2014, invoices will be mailed to all owners

of previously licensed dogs within the City of Richmond. These invoices are for dog licences for the 2015 calendar year.New licences and registrationAll dog owners who reside in Richmond are required to purchase a licence and register their dog(s) over the age of eight weeks. To license your new dog, download an application form online from the City’s website or go to Richmond City Hall. There is a maximum of three dogs allowed per single-

family dwelling and two dogs per multiple-family dwelling unit. Licence benefits• Provides a dog identifi cation

service which allows the City to return your dog if lost or stolen.

• Provides statistics on the number of dogs within our city to help better assess the need for facilities and programs.

• Licensing revenue helps support animal related programs within our community such as the Richmond Animal Protection Society (RAPS).

In the spring of 2015, Community Bylaws will be conducting door-to-door canvassing to ensure all dogs are licensed according to the bylaw.

For more information regarding dog licensing or to access application forms, please visit www.richmond.ca/safety/animals/dogs or call 604-247-4633.

Steveston Cannery Farmers’ MarketSunday, December 14 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Taking place inside the unique Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic

Site, the newly-branded Cannery Farmers’ Market will operate every other Sunday until the end of April 2015.

On market days from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., visitors can enjoy a cozy atmosphere, fresh food products and a variety of vendors showcasing products that follow the “make it, bake it, catch it, grow it” credo.

Location: 12138 Fourth Avenue at Moncton Street in Steveston Village.

For more information, visit www.canneryfarmersmarket.org.

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Planning CommitteeWednesday, December 3, 2014Anderson Room, City Hall4:00 p.m. Regular Council MeetingMonday, December 8, 2014Council Chambers, City Hall7:00 p.m. (open meeting)

Anderson Room, City Hall4:00 p.m. (closed meeting) Community Safety CommitteeTuesday, December 9, 2014Anderson Room, City Hall4:00 p.m. Development Permit PanelWednesday, December 10, 2014Council Chambers, City Hall3:30 p.m. General Purposes CommitteeMonday, December 15, 2014Anderson Room, City Hall4:00 p.m. Public HearingMonday, December 15, 2014Council Chambers, City Hall7:00 p.m.

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Richmond devised plan in the 1990s to save airline and stave off takeover


It’s a special place—tranquil, peaceful—de-signed to let customers stretch out and relax. The TV commercial pitch seems to describe a vacation destina-tion, but the words are actually reserved for an aircraft cabin.

It was the 1980s, when Canadian Airlines International was a major player in the air-lines industry, one that proudly put to song “We are Canadian,” while pledging: “We’re going to continue to grow long into the future.”

The end did eventu-ally come for Canada’s second largest airline, one fondly remem-bered by many of its former customers and employees—including a Richmond man whose new book lays out the history of Canadian and a desperate bid to save it.

Sid Fattedad says his book, An Insider’s Story of the Rise and Fall of Ca-nadian Airlines, sets the record straight on the demise of the Canada’s national air carrier.

Fattedad arrived in Vancouver from Hong Kong in 1968 to play

drums for rock band the Five Man Cargo. As he describes it, the lustre of the music industry soon wore off. He saw a hiring sign outside a Canadian Pacific Airlines hanger and soon found himself working for the airline as a junior ac-counting clerk.

Canadian Pacific soon became CP Air. Its planes were painted orange and Fattedad became senior clerk of corporate accounting. The ‘80s brought a sea of change to CP Air, and in 1988 Canadian Airlines was born out of carriers Pacific Western Airlines, CP Air, Wardair and Nordair.

Fattedad retired from the airlines in 1992—but his break was a short one. That same year, merger talks put Canadian’s future in jeopardy. Fattedad returned to devise an employee-led plan to prevent the takeover and keep the airline alive.

It survived until 2001, when the long-running drama of merger talks ended with Canadian and Air Canada officially becoming one.

Released Monday, Fat-tedad’s book is available through warfleetpress.com.

Why did you want to write this book? “The great brand and spirit of Canadian Airlines has refused to fade. In the minds and hearts of a great many Canadians, especially western Ca-nadians, CP Air and its subsequent incarnation

CAIL (Canadian Airlines International Ltd.) was a brand that attained al-most immortality. I just wanted to tell the story of the ups and downs of that company as seen through my eyes during my career there.”

What kept you in the field for 24 years? “Being in the airline industry during those tumultuous years from the ‘70s through the ‘90s was never boring. We went through the great de-regulation and the start of a prolonged period of economic upheavals induced by oil price spikes. I was in the eye of the storm through it all by virtue of the positions I held in the company.”

What was your favourite period in the industry? “When I was vice-president of the Pa-cific region, which was the fastest growing and most profitable region for Canadian Airlines.

This assignment was from 1987 to 1989.”

What prompted you to launch an attempt to save Canadian Airlines and its parent company? “I had re-tired from the company in early 1992 and was enjoying the begin-ning of summer when I received a call from a former colleague, the vice-president of flight operations, Bob Weath-erly, to ask if I had any ideas on how to save Canadian Airlines from an announced merger with Air Canada. I had an idea and was able to convince the majority of the unions at the airline to adopt the employee ownership plan. The rest is history and in the book.”

What happened with your worker-led bid? “The Council of Canadian Airlines’ Employees (CCAE) was formed to carry out the employee stock investment plan and I assumed the role of chairman of the council. It took two years and $200-plus million of employee wage investments and contract concessions to successfully rescue Canadian Airlines from a merger with Air Canada.”

Despite takeover turmoil, what was it about the company that held its workers together? “Most of the employees of Cana-dian Airlines—whether they came from CP Air, PWA, Nordair, Wardair, Eastern Provincial and all the regional carri-ers—came together for many different reasons… They valued their role as the private sector competitor to Air Canada and wanted to keep airline compe-tition alive in Canada. They (also) had devel-oped an almost surviv-al-at-any-price attitude given the fact that the senior management of Canadian Airlines seemed to have given up trying by announc-ing the merger with Air Canada.”

Sid Fattedad, a Terra No-va-area resident, says the brand and spirit of Cana-dian Airlines has refused to fade.

A new book probing the history of Canadian Airlines was released Dec. 1.

New book explores rise and fall of Canadian Airlines

“The great brand and spirit of Canadian Air-

lines has refused to fade.“

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Business Licence Regulation Bylaw 7538Amendment Bylaw 9191At the November 24, 2014 Council meeting, three readings were given to Business Licence Bylaw 7538, Amendment Bylaw 9191, which amends Schedule A of the bylaw to include the premises at Unit 170 – 3411 No. 3 Road among the sites which permits an amusement centre to operate with more than 4 amusement machines and replaces Schedule A of Bylaw 7538 in its entirety with an updated Schedule A listing all addresses which permit amusement centres to operate with more than 4 amusement machines.

Those persons who consider themselves affected by the proposed bylaw amendment are invited to make written submissions to Council c/o the City Clerk at 6911 No. 3 Road, Richmond, B.C. V6Y 2C1; or by fax at 604-278-5139; or by email to: [email protected]; or make a verbal presentation to Council by appearing as a delegation at the January 12, 2015 Council meeting.

All written submissions received prior to the proposed bylaw adoption on January 12, 2015, will be forwarded to Council for consideration. A complete copy of the staff report is available on the City website at www.richmond.ca (City Hall>City Council Agendas & Minutes>General Purposes Committee>2014 Agendas & Minutes>November 17, 2014>Agendas and staff Reports>Item #3)

For more information on the proposed Bylaw Amendment, please contact the Business Licence Division at 604-276-4328.

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opinion

It has been 15 years since I wrote a com-mentary objecting

to the B.C. government pushing aside its own hard-won treaty process to reach an unprec-edented land-and-cash settlement with the Nisga’a Nation for their ancient Nass River ter-ritory.

My objection, and that of many others, was the impo-sition of a parallel state with collectively owned land

enshrined for all time. This was an ailing NDP govern-ment rushing to enable a property ownership system that has demonstrated little but failure and suffering around the world.

The Nisga’a are proving me wrong, and this was again demonstrated at a little-noticed ceremony at the B.C. legislature last week.

The B.C. government had just passed amendments to allow a gas pipeline through Nisga’a Memo-rial Lava Bed Park, the first co-managed provincial park in B.C. history. Another bill enabled the Nisga’a Lisims government to impose industrial property tax on liquefied natural gas pro-duction. Legal documents were signed so the Nisga’a legislature can do the same this week.

In recent years, the Nisga’a disposed of concern about collective land restrictions by adopting a private prop-erty system. And Supreme Court of Canada decisions

have repeatedly answered protests about the estab-lishment of a parallel state – that’s what it is, so get used to it.

The Nisga’a have moved to assemble four fee-simple tidewater sites for LNG terminals, joining the Haisla Nation at Kitimat in reaching aggressively for a modern economy through gas export. The Nisga’a have partnered with Trans-Canada Corp. on a 900-km pipeline to supply the $11-billion LNG project led by Petronas for the Prince Rupert port. And they don’t intend to stop there.

“We want to be part of the Canadian business establishment,” said former Nisga’a Nation president Joe Gosnell.

The signing ceremony was briefly disrupted by one of a small group of Vancouver-based Nisga’a who have been using modern protest tactics against this decision. We weren’t consulted, it’s a desecration of victims of a volcanic eruption, it’s a

threat to eelgrass beds, and so forth, say well-rehearsed young men with video cam-eras running.

Nisga’a President Mitchell Stevens has patiently and repeatedly explained that Nisga’a legislature rules were relaxed to allow every hereditary chief to speak to elected leaders on this pivotal move. After that it received the required two-thirds majority support.

Gosnell, the revered chief negotiator who carried the treaty over the goal line in 2000, moved slowly with the help of an ornately carved cane to speak at a reception. He seemed genuinely surprised that he has lived long enough to see the fruits of generations of labour.

Gosnell recounted the 1887 paddling trip down the B.C. coast from the Nass Valley to Victoria to present the Nisga’a territorial claim, where the tribal leaders were turned away on the steps of the legislature by Premier William Smithe.

It would take until 1910 for Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier to promise a settle-ment, and until 1949 for Nisga’a Chief Frank Calder to be elected to the B.C. legislature.

In 2000, when the treaty received royal assent in Ottawa, Gosnell took part in a ceremonial burning of the Indian Act and got to work on implementing self-government.

And on Nov. 27, 2014, B.C. Liberal, NDP and indepen-dent MLAs voted unani-mously to open the way to an industrial future for the Nisga’a.

“That’s what being alive means to me today,” Gosnell said. “You’ve got to have big dreams. Maybe all those dreams won’t come true, but at least you have the ability to dream big. And boy, are we ever dreaming big.”

Tom Fletcher is legisla-tive reporter and columnist for Black Press. [email protected]

Nisga’a prove their critics wrong

The protests on Burnaby Mountain received a lot of attention, and raised many questions.

The issue of exporting bitumen from the Alberta oil sands is contro-versial, and it should be. There are concerns about how oil is extracted from the oilsands; about the environ-mental impact of extraction; about the type of oil produced and about the fact that the plan is to ship raw product to China and other Asian markets, and not refine any of it in B.C. In addition, there are concerns about climate change. It seems pretty obvious that putting more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is likely to lead to some significant negative effects down the road.

However, it is not up to Kinder Mor-gan or oil companies to solve climate change issues on their own. That ultimately is the job of national gov-ernments, and Canada’s government has been hesitant to make any moves towards reducing oilsands activity. Protests against one company doing geological testing on Burnaby Moun-tain are more than a little displaced.

More than 100 people were ar-rested for violating a court injunction. However, at another court hearing Thursday, those people had their charges dropped, at least in part because the initial court order wasn’t clear.

Kinder Morgan has now finished its testing. The protesters have gone home, because they don’t have any-thing to protest. Court injunctions are a part of our law and order system,

although they must be clear if they are to mean anything. Violating court injunctions carries a fair bit of risk, something some people are quite prepared to take.

A number of statements about native land claims have been made by protesters. There is no active claim on any part of Burnaby Mountain, most of which is owned by either Simon Fraser University or the City of Burnaby. In terms of Burrard Inlet and

plans for oil tankers to traverse it, that is most certainly a legitimate concern of First Nation groups, as well as citi-zens of adjacent municipalities.

Where this issue of shipping Alberta oil overseas will end is very uncertain. Kinder Morgan is not backing down on plans to twin its Trans Mountain pipeline. Meanwhile, declining oil prices and the increasing self-suffi-ciency of oil supply in North America could have a profound effect on the

market for Alberta oil. It may well be, if oil prices continue to decline, that Alberta oilsands projects are no lon-ger economically viable. That could lead to a withdrawal of plans to ship oil via pipeline to the West Coast.

All of the attention paid to this issue will hopefully cause people to think about the place of fossil fuels in our society, the benefits we derive from them, and the risks that are entailed in relying on them. There is no clear

B.C. ViewsTom Fletcher

EDITORIAL: Many questions raised by Burnaby Mountain activity

Mario Bartel photoGrand Chief Stewart Phillip is joined by family members and other representatives of the First Nations community as they walk to the trail to Kinder Morgan’s second borehole project on Burnaby Mountain Thursday morning.


newsPipeline hearing adjourned until new yearB.C. Supreme Court to continue to hear arguments in judicial review of jet fuel pipeline approval


A judicial review into a provincial decision made a year ago to allow jet fuel tankers on the Fraser River has been adjourned until the new year.

Otto Langer, president of the citizens’ group that brought forward the B.C. Supreme Court challenge, said the case will reconvene on Feb. 10, 2015.

“The presentation of the legal challenge and responses will take more time than previously ar-ranged,” said Langer in an e-mail following two days of hearings last week.

The group, known as the Vancouver Airport Fuel Project Opposi-tion for Richmond, or VAPOR, is seeking to quash a $100-million jet fuel pipeline project in Richmond that will bring Panamax-sized tankers into the South Arm of the Fraser River. The group contends citizens weren’t offered a meaningful op-portunity to comment on the $100-million project that will deliver jet fuel to YVR from tankers dock-ing at Riverport.

Langer said VAPOR will finish its arguments before the government and the Vancouver Air-port Fuel Facilities Cor-poration—the project’s proponent—will present responses.

Last December, B.C. En-vironment Minister Mary Polak granted a condi-tional environmental as-sessment certificate to the project.

B.C.’s Environmental As-sessment Office, which began its review in 2009, concluded there will be no significant adverse impacts.

Year-over-year sales are up, according to Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver

by Martin van den HemelStaff Reporter

There were plenty of cold days in Novem-ber, but that didn’t reflect the state of the local real estate market, which was any-thing but chilly, according to the latest fig-ures from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver.

Compared to a year ago, November of 2014 saw a significant jump in the number of houses and condos that changed hands.

There was an 18 per cent jump in single detached home sales, from 109 a year ago to 129 last month, for a median price of $1.086 million, up from $990,000 12 months ago.

Condo sales saw a 21 per cent increase, from 104 to 126 last month, at a median price of $350,000, up slightly from the $344,900 in November 2013.

The number of townhouses sold re-mained fairly flat, down 2.6 per cent, from

75 in November of 2013 to 73 last month, though the median price edged up, to $532,800.

Month-over-month, November was qui-eter in terms of sales compared to October.

“It’s been a more active fall than we typi-cally see in the Metro Vancouver housing market,” said Ray Harris, president of the board. “Home prices across the region have experienced steady gains in 2014 of between three and seven per cent depend-ing on property type.”

While November is typically a quieter time of year for real estate, Harris said, it’s also a good time to list one’s home since there’s less to choose from.

“This is traditionally a low inventory time of year, so it’s a good time to list your home for sale if you want to face less competition in the marketplace,” he said.

Regionally, Metro Vancouver experienced an 8.4 per cent increase in property sales in November compared to 2013, but at the same time that was a 17.7 per cent decline compared to October of 2014.

The composite benchmark price for all residential properties in Metro Vancouver is currently at $637,300, an increase of 5.7 per cent compared to November of 2013.

MLA decries hammer for special policing unitsby Jeff NagelBlack Press

New provincial legislation that could force some holdout munici-palities to join specialized regional policing units is troubling and dangerous, according to B.C.’s lone independent MLA.

Vicki Huntington (Delta South) said the change to the Police Act passed by the government last week gives the province “enormous power” to reorganize police services over the objections of local cities.

Some municipal police forces – in Vancouver, Delta and West Van-couver – aren’t part of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) and the province could now compel those cities to join and help fund the service rather than using separate municipal homicide squads. Richmond is a member.

Justice Minister Suzanne Anton said the province may also require universal participation in new specialized police teams that are yet to be created, but promised in the Legislature there would be “extensive consultation.”

That wasn’t good enough for Huntington, who tried but failed to amend the legislation to require the consent of municipalities.

Forced participation in regional police units could drive local taxes up, she said, noting Delta estimates it would cost $800,000 to $1 million extra each year to join IHIT.

“If you second an officer to one of these units you’re leaving a vacuum, a hole in the ability of that police force to service its own community,” Huntington said.

“So you end up hiring additional police officers and the costs es-calate.”

Huntington argued the move amounts to redirecting money raised by local property taxes to services that are provincial priorities, at the expense of local policing.

November can’t put chill on local real estate market

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by Martin van den HemelStaff Reporter

For a dozen years, Arie Zenthay’s four-legged friend has remained faithfully at her side.

But a couple of weeks ago, during a late-af-ternoon walk through Minoru Park, Benji—wearing a red jacket and a harness—got off his leash near the running track and was scooped up by strangers.

Several witnesses in-dicated they saw Benji scooped up by an older Asian man on that Nov. 14 afternoon, around

5:45 p.m.The man who grabbed

Benji is described as wearing glasses, with a dark blue jacket, and he was accompanied by a younger woman.

Since then, there have been two independent sightings of Benji in the community.

Zenthay, who lives on Granville Avenue across from the park, is heart-broken.

“Arie has been walking in the rain at nights, posting pictures of Benji in cen-tral Richmond wherever she can and is trying ev-erything to find her little companion,” wrote friend David Beleznay.

Zenthay lives at Cedar-wood Place, a closely-knit senior Jewish community comprising immigrants from Russia and Ukraine.

“They are all worried

and looking for Arie’s little dog,” Zenthay wrote. “They are a sweet bunch who gather for afternoon tea...to kvetch about life’s little things. A bit like a Seinfeld episode set 40 years in the future.”

A file has been opened by Richmond RCMP.

Benji is a small dog who sports a large mole on her front left leg.

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Choirs, recitals and a concert by the Irish Tenors make for month of music in Richmond


It’s hard not to feel the energy of the Christmas

season when 90 voices are belt-ing out “Joy to the World.”

Later this month, that experience will come courtesy the Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir, which is performing a 3 p.m. concert Dec. 14 at Fraserview MB Church (11295 Mellis Dr.).

“Making Spirits Bright: A Good Noise Gospel Christmas” will feature the high-energy voices of the huge Good Noise choir, backed by a powerhouse rhythm section and guest artist Daniel Lapp on fiddle and trumpet.

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tic director Gail Suder-man, the choir promises to deliver a heartwarm-ing collection of yule-tide carols infused with jazz, soulful gospel and rhythm and blues.

The first half of the concert will feature familiar seasonal tunes. Think “Joy to the World,” “Angels We Have Heard On High” and “O Come All Ye Faithful.” There will also be a gospel-ized version of Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus” and a smooth jazz version of “The Little Drum-mer Boy,” featuring Ingrid Stitt on soprano saxophone. Act 2 will feature Canadian folk icon Lapp singing and playing trumpet on “I Pray On Christmas.” The concert concludes with a revamped version of the popular calypso song “Mary’s Boy Child.”

Tickets, $10 to $25, at brownpapertickets.com or 1-800-838-3006.

The Good Noise per-formance is one of a few seasonal concerts left on the 2014 calendar in Richmond. Here are some other upcoming shows:

•Winter Wonderland: The Christmas tree display in Richmond City Hall’s galleria

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wrap booth); and Tom Lee Music Academy at 1:30 p.m. on Dec. 20. Admission is free; dona-tions—cash or food—for Richmond Food Bank encouraged.

•The Richmond Youth Honour Choir:

The young vocal talents of this choir will present their annual Holiday Harmonies concert Dec. 13 at 7 p.m.

A concert for the whole family, the choir promises to stir up joy with some good

jingling tunes and tra-ditional carols. This year the choir will be joined by a special guest—singer Sibel Thrasher, who helped some of the choir’s singers on a special summer project.

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•Louise Southwood: Classical guitarist Louise Southwood will stage a Christmas-themed concert at Bri-tannia Shipyards Dec. 7. Specializing in both ancient and modern music, Southwood is a graduate of London’s Royal College of Music and has worked with some of the world’s most renowned gui-tarists. A member of the Delta Community Music School faculty, Southwood has per-formed throughout the world, and before recently settling in the Vancouver area, spent seven years teaching and performing in Bermuda. The concert begins at 1 p.m. in the Chinese Bunkhouse at Britannia Shipyard at 5180 Westwater Dr. Tickets, $10, are avail-able at the door.


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Students return just two incumbents to city council


Richmond students de-cided on a much differ-ent city council in a recent mock local government election.

Six elementary schools representing 720 students reported results to the Stu-dent Vote B.C. program—a parallel election for stu-dents under voting age.

Students returned just two incumbents to city council—Mayor Malcolm Brodie and Coun. Derek Dang—quite unlike the real Nov. 15 election, in which voters re-elected all seven incumbents in the race.

The students’ dream council included Carol Day and Alexa Loo, two

new councillors elected to seats vacated by retiring councillors. Dan Baxter, Jerome Dickey, Sunny Ho, Michael Wolfe and Elsa Wong rounded out the students’ council choices.

Students selected a di-verse council by choosing three independents and politicians from four dif-ferent political slates.

Nearly 30,000 elemen-tary and high school students across B.C. par-ticipated in the practice election—the first civic ballot of the Student Vote program, which is largely funded by senior govern-ments. Administered by the national charitable or-ganization CIVIX, the pro-gram combines classroom teaching, media literacy and an in-school vote for city council candidates.

Fewer schools—and none from Richmond—participated in mock school board elections.

Richmond’s new, real city council was sworn in Monday.

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City plans to donate old computers

Richmond City Hall is planning on donating 73 computers it previously would have sent to the scrap yard, according to a new staff report.

The computers, most five years old, have reached their end of life, staff say. Old systems were previ-ously shipped to processing facilities and broken down into parts for disposal—under “environmen-tally friendly processes.”

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Celebrating the best in Richmond’s business

The 37th annual Richmond Chamber of Commerce’s and City of Richmond’s Business Excellence Awards were held at River Rock Show Theatre last Thursday.

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photos by Richard Lam


The Business Excellence Awards, held at the River Rock Theatre, celebrated business

excellence in our community. Honoured

at the event were 27 fi nalists plus the Hall of

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Richmond their home.

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Wilson Lee cre-ated Wun2Free Entertainment

with a simple idea—to make smiles.

“I built this company on a mission, on a mission of putting smiles on faces and to deliver happiness, and I’m glad I’m able to do that,” he said in accepting his award for New Business of the Year. “We strive for excellence and thank you so much for this award.”

Wun2Free hosts a variety of games at Richmond Night Market. They’re family-friendly and meant to be fun, positive experiences.

Lee opened his first stall at the market at age 16. See-ing more potential, Wilson negotiated an opportunity to operate innovative carnival games. Wilson’s vision paid off, and a successful carnival game area was born.

Next year Lee hopes to expand to the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver—and other fairs in Canada—just 10 years after opening his first booth.

Also nominated: Genesis Group, UCMAS Richmond/Ori-ent Education Services

Richard Lam photoWilson Lee of Wun2Free.

New Business of the Year: Wun2free Entertainment

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Charan Sethi, president of Tien Sher Homes, is honoured to be recognized with the 2014 Business Excellence Leadership Award. THANK YOU!

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Celebrating our tenth anniversary this year, we are proud to call Richmond home and look forward to forging stronger relationships with all our friends, as we continue to build and maintain thriving top quality new home communities across Metro Vancouver.

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Thank You and Best Wishes on Your Retirement!After nine years as the Executive Director of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, Craig Jones is retiring as of January 1, 2015.

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In 35 years of practice in the heart of Richmond, Cohen Buchan Edwards LLP has handled over

23,000 cases. The firm works with families, individuals

and businesses to plan outcomes and resolve disputes from straightforward to complex. Its people focus on practical and cost-effective so-lutions that will best achieve the goals of clients.

Gary Cohen established the firm in 1979 with Michael Frost and James Quon in what was then a new Alderbridge Place, across from Lansdowne Centre. Ten years later Jack Buchan and Garth Edwards joined the firm, followed by partners Shannon Kwok, Joseph Cuenca and Barry Grabowski.

Today the team includes 10 lawyers sup-ported by a team of highly experienced group of skilled, dedicated and service-orien-tated legal assistants and administrators.

“We are honoured and grateful for your recognition of Cohen Buchan Edwards. Thank you,” said Cohen in accepting the Hall of Fame award.

Cohen then delivered a message to his busi-ness colleagues.

“To you the business owners, we offer this advice: believe in yourself, communicate your ideas, trust your employees, be creative, embrace innovation, plan for change, consult with your advisors and give generously to your community.”

The firm’s philosophy has always been rooted in a life-work balance and giving back to the community. Today the firm’s lawyers and staff can be found on many boards, charitable institu-tions and providing free legal services to those in need. The firm’s commitment to the community is one of its most important priorities.

Newsmaker of the Year: Vancouver Airport Authority

YVR is important to Richmond’s economy, as well as the economies of the region and province.

It’s home to 26,000 employ-ees, and last year served 18 million passengers. And this year the airport was named No. 1 in North America for the fifth consecutive year by Skytrax World Airport Awards.

Anne Murray, vice-president of marketing and communi-cations for Vancouver Airport Authority, said the Skytrax award is a celebration of everyone at the airport.

“It’s really about the people,” she said. “It’s about the ambience, the art, and really reflecting the best of Richmond and British Columbia to all our guests.”

Known informally in the travel industry as the Passenger Choice Awards, the Skytrax World Airport Awards are the global benchmark of airport excel-lence. Awards are based on millions of passenger surveys conducted independently with stringent impartiality.

This year’s awards tallied the results of nearly 13 million surveys completed by airport users at over 400 airports around the world. Surveys measured the travel experience across 39 service categories, from arrivals and check-in, to security and border clearance processes, as well as shopping, service and dining options.

Hall of Fame Award: Cohen Buchan Edwards LLP

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Richard Lam photoGary Cohen (top photo) and Garth Edwards (above).

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ZE PowerGroup Inc. (ZE) has been operative in Richmond for more than 20 years. ZE’s CEO and President, Dr. Zak El-Ramly, is pleased with what the community has to offer. Richmond is an excellent location from which to run an organization.

ZE, owned and managed by a family, conducts several lines of business, including software, engineering, and consulting. Recently, ZE was shortlisted for a Richmond Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence award. The award honors companies committed to positive growth, customer service, and quality assurance.

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For 14 years, Tien Sher Homes has

been creating innovative real estate projects

throughout Metro Vancouver. This Richmond-based,

family owned and operated com-pany proudly offers homes of superior quality and lasting value, and has now been recognized for its leadership.

“We like to construct communities … where people live and enjoy their lives,” said founder Charan Sethi.

In 2008, Tien Sher suffered a devastating blow as their Quattro2 condo building burned to the ground. The fire also damaged a portion of Quattro1, which was weeks from completion. Sethi vowed to rebuild, and made good on that promise.

Tien Sher’s handling of the situation garnered support and praise, and in 2012 the company re-ceived the Greater Van-couver Home Builders’ Association Community Service Award.

“Sometimes bad things happen to you, but you come out of it ahead,” said Sethi. “And sometimes you learn what true human nature really is and who you’re surrounded by. I’m certainly sur-rounded by some of the best people who work for us.”

Also nominated: Canadian Springs Water Company, Novex Deliv-ery Solutions.

Richard Lam photoCharan Sethi of Tien Sher Group of Companies.

Business Leadership of the Year: Tien Sher Group of Companies

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Outstanding Workplace of the Year: Ideon Packaging

The morning of the Busi-ness Excel-

lence Awards, staff at Ideon Packaging brought a truck to a Richmond Christmas Fund Drive-Thru event to drop off a load of toys. More were later delivered to Canuck Place.

The $4,000 worth of toys were selected by Ideon staff during a shopping session at Toys “R” Us. Company president Rick Van Poele used the example to illustrate the workplace culture at Ideon, which the Richmond Chamber of Commerce named Outstanding Workplace of the Year.

Ideon opened in 2001. The firm manufactures and supplies everything one could need for packaging.

In 2006 Ideon moved to a custom manu-facturing facility in

Richmond, and its staff has since grown to over 60. This new location offers an aesthetically pleasing environment with an open design and open-door office concept.

Ideon’s success comes from a strong focus on its core values and vision that all staff are part of—evidenced by a profit-sharing program that boosted employee paycheques by $500

each this past month.Said Van Poele: “That’s

something we do to try to create an outstand-ing workplace.”

Also nominated: Imperial Security and Protection Services Ltd.

Richard Lam photoChristine Lim of Scotiabank presents award to Rick Van Poele of Ideon Packaging.

Business Excellence AwardsOutstanding Workplace of the Year: Ideon Packaging

Association of the Year: Pathways Clubhouse

Pathways Clubhouse, which has oper-ated in the com-

munity for over 30 years, is about jobs, education and housing. But it’s also about hope and oppor-tunity for recovery for people living with mental health issues.

Pathways is unique because it houses resources to help with every aspect of a person’s life. From providing the basics like shelter, employment and food preparation, Pathways paves the way to future success. Its commercial kitchen and thrift store are tools it uses to em-power members.

Pathways’ 26 staff are gen-eralists who provide expert “one-stop shopping” for every member in a collaborative, welcoming environment. Pathways revolves around a day organized around real and meaningful work opportunities for members at the clubhouse.

Also nominated: Gateway Theatre, Richmond Hospital Healthcare Auxiliary.

Richard Lam photoDave MacDonald, executive director of Pathways Clubhouse.

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So fierce the competition in the Busi-

ness of the Year category for firms larger than 76 em-ployees, the Rich-mond Chamber of Commerce named two winners.

Cowell Auto Group and Paper Excellence Canada Holdings Corp. both won the honour at the Business Excel-lence Awards.

Cowell Auto GroupHaving been in

business since 1967, Cowell Auto Group is the oldest con-tinuously owned retail automobile dealership in Richmond, and one of the oldest in Metro Vancouver.

The industry leader that employs over 200 people at its Volkswa-gen, Jaguar, Audi and Land Rover dealer-ships in Richmond was recognized for Busi-ness of the Year.

“We’ve been in business for nearly 50 years in the City of Richmond and the

choice to start the business in Richmond was a wise one 50 years ago,” said Gary Cowell, who started Cowell Volkswagen as a 27-year-old when reeve Henry Anderson cut the ribbon.

Cowell believes the entire experience of

owning a car should feel special, to ensure relationships are long ones based on trust. Their team works seamlessly to put customers first and their success is rec-ognized by industry performance rankings across the country.

But beyond business, Cowell Auto Group also supports many lo-cal organizations year round.

Paper Excellence Canada

Paper Excellence Canada has grown through logical acqui-sition from a single mill in 2010 to a global value-added pulp and paper exporter with more than $1.5 billion in sales for Canadian mills.

Today Paper Excel-lence owns 10 mills, seven in Canada, with a total pulp produc-tion of over 2.5 million tons per year. It also now has a Business of the Year Award.

“Thank you to the chamber for putting this event together,” said Pedro Chang, CEO.

The company has over 1,700 employees in Canada, and its Ca-nadian headquarters is located right here in Richmond.

Paper Excellence strives to give custom-ers what they want at a price they can afford. The firm is focused on products tailored specifically for its cus-tomers. This competi-tive edge will ensure future growth in Asia and emerging sunrise markets.

Also nominated: ZE Power Group.

Business of the Year (76+ employees): Cowell Auto Group Paper Excellence Canada Holdings Corp.

Richard Lam photoRepresentatives of Cowell Auto Group and Pedro Chang of Paper Excellence Can-ada (right) receive their awards from Barbara Tinson of Business Development Bank of Canada.

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Tap on the app of almost any of lo-cal radio station

and you’re hearing the sounds of Rich-mond’s tech industry. That’s because a local company, 14 Oranges, designed and imple-mented mobile apps for most of them.

Recognized as Business of the Year, the firm started in 2009 and has retained its flexible, nimble approach to web and mobile app development. Profitable from the start, the firm has seen 100 per cent year-over-year growth for the past two years. That’s because this is a company that puts its customers before its share-holders.

Sylvain Marcotte, CEO and president, thanked his team and their families for their sacrifices.

“When I started the com-pany five years ago there were a lot of long nights, a lot of sleepless nights,” said Marcotte. “I’ll be able to sleep tonight pretty well. Thank you for that.”

Also nominated: Phys-io2U, Richmond Funeral Home.

Over 18 years ago, NCIX opened its first retail store and

have since grown across Canada. NCIX, recognized as Business of the Year, is a computer and electron-ics retailer offering a wide array of electronics and

accessories. Its also the No. 1 computer component e-tailer in Canada.

“Richmond has been our home for the past 19 years, and we feel proud of this,” said Sam Li, mar-keting manager. “We appreciate everyone’s business.”

NCIX isn’t a typical computer store. Its YouTube channel

delivers how-to guides, product reviews, and all the latest tech news in the show Netlinked Daily. The channel is part of the top one per cent of all technolo-gy channels with over 70 million views.

Also nominated: iTalkBB Media, Nurse Next Door Home Health Care Services.

Emcee Fred Lee (left) and cham-ber executive director Craig Jones.Richard Lam photo

Business of the Year (1-25 employees): 14 Oranges

Business of the Year (26-75): NCIX

Richard Lam photoSam Li of NCIX.

Richard Lam photoSylvain Marcotte, CEO and president, thanked his team and their families for their sacrifices.

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The man behind Richmond’s

first real life escape game opened his business, EXIT Canada, a year ago. Justin Tang told his friends he’d open three more sites in 2014.

That didn’t happen.Instead, Tang

is franchising his business, with plans to open six more

locations, he told the Business Excellence Awards crowd Nov. 27 upon accepting an award for Innovation of the Year.

“Hopefully we can continue the growth and create more creative games for all the players,” said Tang, noting his business has generated $1.2 million in its first year and has served over 62,000 customers.

EXIT has set the trend in the entertainment industry.

Several other similar businesses have since opened up in Richmond.

Tang’s team continues to produce new game room challenges for visitors to conquer, and regularly updates the game scenarios.

EXIT Canada’s mission is to bridge the gap between virtual reality and the real world.

Also nominated: Herbaland Naturals Inc., Planat, Steveston’s Arts Connection Ltd.


Richard Lam photoJustin Tang of EXIT Canada receives his award from Ian Smith of M&A Advisory Ernst & Young.

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Barry Hartman, 26, and Scott Foran, 27,

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The company has come a long way in a short period of time, earning the two founders the Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award from the Richmond Chamber of Commerce at the Business Excellence Awards.

“We’ve just been focusing day-by-day, week-by-week, month-by-month, and now it’s been three years to grow the company to the standards that we’ve always expected,” said Hartman. “We’re proud to call Richmond home.

“We’re going to continue to do so for a long time.”

The company experienced a 115 per cent jump in revenue from 2012 to 2013 through word-of-mouth referrals, marketing strategies and repeat clients. 505-Junk is now on track to record a 68 per cent increase in revenue for 2013 to 2014.

This year the two entrepreneurs behind the firm designed, created and implemented an industry changing competitive advantage—a hydraulic scale system that allows their customers to see the exact weight and total cost of the service prior to the truck departing the site.

As an added service, the company recycles as many items as possible and donates any reusable items to charities in Richmond and surrounding municipalities.

Also nominated: Tammy Hall and Kim Hall of Physio 2U; Daniel Chen of Stuck Studios Inc.

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Tova Mirvis’ book os set in New York

In a city like New York, it’s hard not to people-

watch. But when it becomes

an obsession, that’s when trouble can start. In Tova Mirvis’ new novel Visible City, the character Nina, a former lawyer and mom of two young children, spends all her free time looking at the older couple in the apartment across the way.

Unfulfilled in her role as a mom, and alone most of the time since her husband Jeremy (also a lawyer) works ridiculously long hours, Nina envies the loving companion-ship she sees in that anonymous couple. She wonders “How had she ended up inside a life where there was simultane-ously too much and not enough?”

One day, as she’s looking at their window, she sees a much younger couple engaged in the throes

of passion, and won-ders what happened to the older couple. What transpires for the three sets of couples is the crux of the story, as each one searches for meaning in their life. The older couple features Leon, a psychotherapist, and his wife Claudia, an academic who special-izes in stained glass windows. Their daugh-ter Emma is in her thirties and recently engaged to Steve, a writer. Having broken her foot, she’s staying with her parents until it heals, while Steve works on his writing

elsewhere.Unaware that Nina is

always looking at her parents’ apartment window, Emma meets Nina on the street one day and they become friends. She even of-fers to babysit Nina’s kids so that Nina can have some alone time. Nina soon meets Leon, Emma’s father, and they strike up a relationship, unbe-knownst to Emma. Meanwhile Nina’s husband Jeremy is slacking off at work so that he can explore the fascinating under-ground world beneath New York’s subway

system. Living lives of quiet

desperation, all three couples seem to be searching for a way out of their own lives. Discontent, isolation and doubt plague each of them, and they look for fulfill-ment and comfort in some unusual places. Hiding their true feelings and activities from their partners has become the norm, and lies, the currency of the day.

Visible City is a per-fect example of the secret lives we create for ourselves when boredom and dis-

content become too much to bear. Mirvis shows the reader how we can easily become different people than who we think we are, when overwhelmed by unhappiness. And there are no per-

fect relationships in this world, that’s for sure. As Mirvis says: “Despite all attempts to the contrary, no one makes it through unscathed.” Mirvis is also the author of The Ladies Auxiliary.

Shelley Civkin is com-munications officer with Richmond Public Library. For other popular reading suggestions check out Richmond Public Library’s Web site at www.yourli-brary.ca/goodbooks/.

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Some scammers are close to homeby Jeff NagelBlack Press

A recent study suggests more than 40 per cent of B.C. seniors have been financially abused, usually by someone they know and trust.

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Victoria seniors by the Mustel Group indicate the problem is much more pervasive than higher-profile fraud against seniors by un-known scammers.

It cites estimates from other researchers that 55 per cent of cases of seniors fraud or finan-cial abuse are perpetrated by family, friends, neighbours or caregivers and that total losses could run as high as $1.3 billion in B.C.

“The most common are demands for money from family members,” the report says, dub-bing it an “invisible crime.”

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thorization.It’s less often outright theft or scams and

more often pressure tactics that result in sce-narios that benefit the abuser.

The survey found 19 per cent of southwest B.C. seniors had lost money to someone who never repaid a loan, or who borrowed money without telling the senior at all.

Another 18 per cent said they’d been pres-sured into giving money.

Common scenarios include younger family members campaigning for an early bequest.

“A lot of older adults are being pressured by their now grown-up children to give them their inheritance early so they don’t

have to wait until you die,” said Lorraine Logan, president of the Council of Senior Citizens of B.C.

Sometimes the aim is to avoid loss of family wealth to capital gains tax, she said.

Logan said high home prices in Metro Van-couver are often a reason seniors are urged to contribute to a down payment so children or grandchildren can get into the real estate market.

Such transfers can be completely legitimate, or highly questionable if the senior feels forced to consent or if doubts arise about their ability to legally consent.

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Pulling stringsHarpist Janelle Nadeau, 28, performs for residents of Minoru Residence care home last week as part of the Health Arts Society’s Concerts in Care series. Nadeau, a University of B.C. music grad, is a member of the en-semble Winter Harp and a guest performer in various orchestras.

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Few seniors ever blow the whistle on familyFrom Page 28

The Vancity report says other financial abuse sce-narios include:

•A family member or caregiver who shops or pays bills for a senior but spends for themselves as well using the senior’s cash, debit or credit card.

•Redirecting incoming benefits cheques for deposit to the abuser’s account instead of the senior’s.

•Predatory marriage to a senior to gain access to their assets.

Logan said seniors and legal advisers should be on high alert for trouble whenever signing legal agree-ments that put financial control into someone else’s hands.

“I’ve heard a young person say ‘I’m going to get power of attorney for my dad and then I’m going to go out and buy him a new car so I can drive him around.’”

Few seniors ever blow the whistle on family, Logan said.

“It’s so sensitive,” she said. “If you’re the victim of your son and daughter raping your bank account you probably not going to want to tell anybody.”

Any senior can be at risk, the Vancity report said, but many are even more vulnerable if they lack fi-nancial understanding, are isolated without a strong social circle, a newcomer to Canada facing language or cultural barriers, unsure of the value of their home or other assets, or are impaired by medication, stress or exhaustion from medical problems.

The report recommends financial institutions train frontline staff to recognize seniors financial abuse and to help seniors identify abusive scenarios.

Warning signs•Senior feels they’re losing control over finan-cial affairs.•Unexpectedly failing to meet a financial obli-gation for the first time.•Unexpected bank or credit card transactions.•Bank statement is being sent to someone other than the senior.

Prevention•Get independent legal advice before signing documents.•Set up bank direct deposits for government and pension accounts and automatic pay-ment of bills.•Keep financial and personal information in a safe place, never give anyone a bank card PIN.•If lending money, write down the person’s name, amount and date and ask the borrower to sign.•Keep in touch with a variety of friends and family to avoid being isolated.


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With the fast-increasing senior population around the world (including Canada), the increasing incidence of dementia follows. We hear regularly about the rising rates of dementia in many countries, but it seems to me that we hear less about what’s happening in the area of research into the diseases collectively known as “Dementia.”

While we are fortunate that more research is being done today, we should try to know a little more about it. Here are some of the latest fi ndings:

Th e Brain’s (apparent) “weak spot”Last week, several newspapers and journals wrote about a

British research discovery of the apparent “weak spot” in the brain, susceptible to not only dementia but also schizophrenia. Th e potential connection of the two diseases was not well understood before.

Neuroscientists found an area of the brain, called “a wide-ranging network,” which develops late in adolescence but can start to degenerate early, with aging. Th e study’s author, Dr. Gwenaelle Douaud, said:

“Our results show that the same specifi c parts of the brain not only develop more slowly but also degenerate faster than other parts. Th ese complex regions, which combine information coming from various senses, seem to be more vulnerable than the rest of the brain to both schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s, even though these two diseases have diff erent origins and appear at very diff erent, almost opposite, times of life.”

Th e researchers found a network of regions in the brain which tended to develop together and degenerate together later in life. Th e network reaches many important parts of the brain, connecting areas involved in higher-order thinking.

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Wake up and prevent Alzheimer’s?At the Washington University School of Medicine, researchers

discovered last week that a protein that stimulates the brain to awaken from sleep may be a target for preventing Alzheimer’s disease.

Th e scientists apparently established links between sleep problems and Alzheimer’s. Th ey’ve shown in mice and people that sleep loss contributes to the growth of brain plaques characteristic of Alzheimer’s. Eliminating that protein (called Orexin) made mice sleep longer, and slowed the production of brain plaques.

Dr. David Holtzman said: “Blocking Orexin to increase sleep in patients with sleep abnormalities, or perhaps even to improve sleep effi ciency in healthy people, may be a way to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s.”

Th e scientists also reversed their experiment and artifi cially increased Orexin levels throughout mices’ Brains, which caused not only a longer period of wakefulness but also the development of more Alzheimer’s-like plaques. Th e FDA in the United States recently approved a medication called Belsomra, the fi rst sleep medication that aff ects Orexin. Th e researchers hope to assess it in future.

Dance to ward off dementiaNovember was Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. In New York

City, seniors fought back with their feet. At the Fred Astaire Dance Studio, seniors danced not only for fun but also to ward off the disease. Marina Tarsinov, the studio’s owner, said:

“Ballroom dancing isn’t just physical activity. It has social, emotional and intellectual properties. Remembering steps, moving in precise time, adapting to movements all help boost brain power, which may protect against developing Alzheimer’s later in life.”

A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that seniors who regularly ballroom dance experience a 76% reduction in the risk of developing dementia.

“Th is beats lift ing weights,” said 89-year-old dancer Ed Robbins.

As our researchers take steps to get closer to cures for these heartbreaking diseases, it’s good to know we can take our own “steps” to help as well.

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The future of Canadian fencing was front and centre at the national championships in Montreal last week-end, with members of Richmond’s Dynamo Fencing Club leading the way.

“It was a fantastic weekend for all our members, in-cluding new athletes winning medals,” said club coach Igor Gantsevich, himself a former Canadian champion.

But it was a longtime member who continues to stand tallest.

Competing for the first year as a senior level athlete, Dylan French won bronze in senior men’s epee. The result, said Gantsevich, “is a significant milestone.”

“With Olympic qualification starting in about six months, a lot of retired fencers are making comebacks and so this was probably the deepest field of athletes in five or six years,” he said, including three-time Olym-pian Laurie Shong who also trains at Dynamo. “Dylan was exceptional. He had just four hits against him in six preliminary matches which is unheard of.”

French also won gold in junior rmen’s epee.While he continues to canvass the province to in-

troduce fencing to B.C. youth, Gantsevich said the breakthrough in the Lower Mainland has been signifi-cant. He said the club is now nearing capacity, with a strong presence of beginners and elementary and early high school-aged athletes. And the presence of Shong training at the club, along with new coaches with international experience including former Chi-nese national team member Enmin Liu, three-time

world champion Vitaly Budovski of Ukraine and 2004 Olympic champion Eric Boisse is having a profoundly positive influence.

“We’ve really started to concentrate on helping the next generation, while continuing to help our current athletes like Dylan, Emma (von Dadelszen) and Sonya (Romashina) transition into junior and senior. “

von Dadelszen reached the final in senior women’s epee at nationals and silver in junior women’s epee,

while Romashina earned bronze in junior women’s foil. Also competing were: Woojoo Kwon, silver in cadet

women’s foil; Natasha Kis-Toth, a finalist in cadet wom-en’s epee who also reached the final eight in junior women’s epee; Bill Song, finalist in junior men’s sabre and bronze medallist in cadet men’s sabre; Matina Pun, finalist in junoir women’s sabre; Kay Sze, finalist in se-nior women’s epee; and Sam Kaardal, who reached the final eight in junior men’s epee.

Don Fennell photoRichmond’s Dylan French placed third in the senior men’s epee at the national fencing championships in Mon-treal last weekend.

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It was the fall of 1972 and the height of the Cold War, when feelings of in-tense nationalism reigned supreme. With the Viet-nam War already raging on, young men like Don Taylor, who was a Grade 12 student at Richmond High, were preoccupied with world affairs.

But Taylor was also a promising hockey player, engrossed in the Septem-ber Summit Series that would shape the modern game. As an eight-game set between Canada and Russia began to unfold, interest reached a fever pitch for the four games in Canada followed by the final four in what was then known as the Soviet Union. After scoring the winning goals in Games 6 and 7, Paul Henderson emerged as a national hero when he also scored the game-winning goal with 36 seconds to play in the deciding Game 8 to lift Canada to a 6-5 victory and the series’ title.

“While here we were playing junior hockey for our new team the Rich-mond Sockeyes, we were completely obsessed with the Canada-Russia se-ries,” says the now-retired school teacher and princi-pal. “Hockey was huge.”

Taylor played the Sock-eyes’ inaugural 1972-73 season on a line with fel-low Richmondites Al Lac-roix and Jim Hall, and the trio immediately clicked. Despite their personal suc-cess, however, the team failed to make the play-offs and the players went their separate ways. While remaining good friends, they haven’t played a shift together since but will do so Sunday afternoon as the Sockeyes Alumni faces off against the Richmond Firefighters in Fire On Ice, a charity fundraiser at the Richmond Ice Centre. Game time is 2:30 p.m.

“Donnie and I played rep together when we first started hockey as 11- and 12-year-olds (at the old Gulf of Georgia rink in West Richmond),” recalls Lacroix. “We lit it up pretty good and when we got back together with the Sockeyes, with the addition of a versatile Jimmy Hall, it just all came together again. We had good chemistry—just like Kurri and Gretzky. We were expected to go out there and score some goals and win some games, and we did pretty good.”

Lacroix is immensely

proud of being an original Sockeye, especially since it meant representing his hometown.

“It’s something only a few guys can claim and having family and friends attending the games and reading about it in The Richmond Review made it a very special situation,” he says.

While Dennis Minns was the big point man in the Sockeyes’ inaugural cam-paign, the line centered by Taylor felt the pressure to produce too. But Taylor says having two wingers who were scores suited his game.

“Passing is the key skill and having shooters on the wing was great,” he says. “Our games were high scoring, so our line had to produce for us to collect wins.”

Hall began his career with the Sockeyes as a de-fenceman, but got a taste of scoring when he moved to right wing shortly after the season began. Becom-ing a “decent” scorer, he says, made hockey more fun.

“But what I remember most about the team was our initial shock with the name,” he says. “There was much fun made of the name as being named after a fish. Jokes flew around, but then we real-ized what a great name it was.”

All three men credit their experience playing to-gether with the Sockeyes,

and hockey itself, for pre-paring them for life. Hall says it is a part of who he is.

“Most people I know are from hockey,” he says. “I was inspired to attend uni-versity because of hockey, and after junior I played for the varsity Wings at UBC. Having played with Don-nie for years, I was inspired by his attending university with a goal of becoming a teacher and by another friend’s father who was a teacher and who I admired and respected.”

Hockey is more than a game to Canadians, says Hall. Even new Canadians soon love ethe sport and it becomes part of their fabric.

“I have no plans on retir-ing from hockey, especial-ly now that the leagues are getting older and older,” he says. “It continues to unite and inspire us. Unlike fish-ing, which age improves, hockey skills deteriorate but the camaraderie and passion continues. I didn’t make it as a pro hockey player, but my efforts got me a good education.”

While the reality of get-ting an education pushed hockey aside for a few years, Lacroix—who has gone on to a successful career in banking—has a lifetime engagement with the game.

“I coached my kids at Richmond Minor for 15-plus years and now run a team called the Vets we formed 33 years ago, when all the guys I played

Midget rep with 12 years before all got back to-gether,” he says. “It’s a good example of hockey forms bonds that last for years and in some cases lifetimes. Playing hockey together and dealing with all the challenges as your strive for a common goal is a great life lesson that ap-plies in business.”

Taylor says playing ju-nior hockey armed him with the self-confidence

needed to succeed in ed-ucation, both as a student and teacher. It also taught him discipline and made him determined.

Taylor re-engaged with the Sockeye family a few years ago and is now the junior hockey team’s school liaison and educa-tion advisor for the cur-rent players. He also keeps in shape playing hockey three times a week, but laughs that the chal-

lenge to keep up with the youngsters next weekend “is a bit a concern.”

“My focus will be on be-ing responsible when it comes to positioning,” he says. “We want to keep them from scoring, so plus-minus will count for our line.”

Tickets for the fund-raiser are $20 and avail-able at the door. They will provide entry into a pub night following the game

at Stanley’s Grill, as well as a burger and beverage. All tickets will also be entered into a draw for Vancouver Canucks tickets.

And rumour has it, even Santa Claus plans on at-tending this weekend’s event, from which pro-ceeds will go to various charities around Rich-mond and B.C. including the B.C. Children’s Hospital foundation and Make-a-Wish Foundation.

Sockeyes’ line reuniting for Fire on Ice

Rob Mennie photoForming a line during the inaugural Richmond Sockeyes’ season in 1972-73, Don Taylor (left), Jim Hall (centre) and Al Lacroix (right) will reunite for the first time since when the Sockeyes Alumni faces the Richmond Firefight-ers in a charity game Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Richmond Ice Centre.

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Don Fennell photoPlaying for Team Lindsay, Richmond Ravens’ coach Jennifer McGarrigle is foiled on this scoring attempt by Team Wong goaltender Lawrence Leong during the third annual Coaches Game Sunday evening at Minoru Arenas. The game featured several Richmond Ravens coaches who entertained fans—many of whom were players from their teams. See video at richmondreview.com.

Don Fennell photoLed by the Bantam C1 team, which collected 978 pounds of food and $515 in cash, the Richmond Ravens donated 3,013 pounds of food and $895.60 as well as close to another $900 from raffles and a puck toss to the Richmond Food Bank. On hand for the opening ceremony prior to the coaches game were, back row from left: Ra-ven the mascot, Dave Pfortmueller, organizer Adam Carmichael and RCMP Safety

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108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

25 ROOM Imperial Motel for sale in Grand Forks...$789K. [email protected] (Owner) for more information.

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109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES


115 EDUCATIONBC COLLEGE OF OPTICS - Optician / Contact Lens Fitter. 6 month course. 604.581.0101

Excavator & Backhoe Operator Training. Be employable in 4-6wks. Call 604-546-7600. www.rayway.ca

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134 HOTEL, RESTAURANT,FOOD SERVICES

ORANGE JULIUS LANSDOWNE

We have 1 F/T & 2 P/T evening & weekend

positions available now.

Present resume in person.

139 MEDICAL/DENTAL

ACUPUNCTURISTSalary: $17.00 - 18.00/hr.

Energy Healthy Center-Richmond 200 - 4400 Hazelbridge Way

[email protected]

As an acupuncturist, your duty is to treat our patients with the method of acupuncture while being able to explain their symptoms to them. Need to have graduated from a Chinese medical institution in BC and obtained a diploma, no previous work experience needed. (This position requires a B.C Regis-tered Acupuncturist Licence.)

KWAKIUTL BAND COUNCIL

seeking full-time Community Health Nurse

in Port Hardy. Email: [email protected]

for job description or to apply by Dec. 14th, or fax (250) 949-6066.

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EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

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ABBOTSFORD FLEA MARKET

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6 am to 4 pmLots of Christmas crafts.

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South Arm United ChurchChristmas Fair

Sat. Dec 6th, 9am-12:30pmcorner of No 3 Road

& Steveston Hwy.Old Treasures, Baking, Quilting, Poinsettias,

Crafts, Pickles, Muffi ns& Coffee also served.

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“MOMMA MARGE, MAGGIE AND LISA, ID# 347666, 347667, 347671, RAT CROSS, FEMALES, 6 MONTHS 3 WEEKS/2 MONTHS 2 WEEKS”This mother-daughter trio is a ton of fun! They make great pets because they’re friendly, social and like to be held, and they love hanging out with each other, too. Come meet these sweethearts soon!

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Action No. S-146664Vancouver Registry

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

BETWEEN:BANK OF MONTREAL

PetitionerAND:

XUANHENG LIUTHE OWNERS, STRATA PLAN BCS2610

Respondents

TO: The Respondent, Xuanheng Liu

NOTICE

A Petition for Foreclosure has been issued by the Petitioner naming you as Respondent; foreclosing property described as:

City of Richmond027-288-561Strata Lot 64 Section 9 Block 4 North Range 6 West New Westminster District Strata PlanBCS2610

By reason of your whereabouts being unknown, the Court has the 27th day of October, 2014 ordered that you may be served alternatively by two publications of this Notice on any day. You may inspect the Petition at the Offi ce of the Registrar at The Supreme Court of British Columbia, Law Courts, 800 Smithe Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6E 3B4. If you wish to defend the action, you must give notice of your intention by fi ling a Response in the above Registry within 21 days of the last publication of this Notice. In default of Response, you will not be entitled to notice of any further proceedings. A copy of the Petition and supporting material will be mailed to you upon receipt of a written request to the above)named Registrar.

Robert J. EllisEllis, RoadburgBarristers and Solicitors200 - 853 Richards StreetVancouver, B.C., V6B 3B4

Debtor: Paden Robert JosephDebt Amount: $4021Vehicle Info: 1995 Jeep Grand CherokeeVIN: 1J4GZ78Y9SC625905Last Sale Date: August 3, 2013

160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

Commercial Trailer Journeyman Mechanic

(Surrey Terminal)

Van-Kam Freightways Ltd. re-quires two (2) full-time Commer-cial Trailer Journeyman Mechan-ics to work out of our Surrey Terminal located at 10155 Grace Road.

Applicants should have an in-spectors ticket, a minimum of 2 years of related experience, a positive attitude and able to work in a team environment. Experi-ence in a freight fl eet environ-ment would be preferred as this is a busy facility providing service to a large fl eet of Company Owned Trucks and Trailers.

Seize this opportunity to work for one of Western Canada’s largest regional freight carriers.

For more information, call Derek,

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Interested candidates should at-tach an updated resume and cov-er letter to:

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Van-Kam thanks you for your interest, however only those be-ing considered will be contacted.

Van-Kam is committed toEmployment Equity and

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PERSONAL SERVICES

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260 ELECTRICAL

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281 GARDENING

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283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

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287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

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320 MOVING & STORAGE

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329 PAINTING & DECORATING

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338 PLUMBING

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341 PRESSURE WASHING

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353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

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356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

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356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

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PETS

477 PETS

2 TINY female hand raised puppies, Yorkie-X. Asking $800.

604-820-8263 or 604-300-3519.

BOUVIER PUPS, home raised, loy-al & loving, various colors $900. 250-494-4092. [email protected]

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

CHIHUAHUA, tiny pups, 2 males, 1 female, ready to go now. $700. Call (604)794-7347

COLLIE Doodle pups born Oct 17. Mom is a Rough Collie (45 lbs) & dad is a small Standard Poodle (50 lbs). Both have health clearances (eyes, hips, elbows). 2 Very curly males avail, 1 black & 1 unique blue merle. Intelligent, gentle, easy to train, good with children & animals, low to no shed. Similar in looks & in nature to the Golden Doodle. We are a 4H (agility, obedience, show-manship) family. Please consider the time & commitment needed to raise a dog. Pups will have 1st shots and deworming. Ready Dec. 12, Mission $950. 604.820.4827

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

560 MISC. FOR SALE

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563 MISC. WANTED

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REAL ESTATE

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736 HOMES FOR RENT

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818 CARS - DOMESTIC

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Steveston Craft Fair and Cannery Farmers’ Market

This past weekend was a busy one for local vendors, as

both the Christmas Craft Fair and Gulf of Georgia Cannery Winter Farm-ers’ Market were held in Steveston Saturday and Sunday, respectively.

With the holiday season fast approaching, both fairs had many homemade and unique items for those looking to get an early start on their decorat-ing and shopping.

With nearly 200 tables between the two events, patrons had a lot of options to choose from.

The selection included jewelry, candy, baked and canned goods, quilts, knit caps and sweaters, 3-D printed art, photographs and more.

Kathy MacKenzie, who has been selling her creations at the Steveston Christmas Craft Fair on and off for over 30 years, really appreciated the atmosphere that Saturday’s affair provided.

“The location is great. I live in Richmond, not Steveston, but Steveston is a nice place to come,” she said. “I find that this is an excellent location and I really enjoy coming here.”

In addition to vendors, the Sunday Farmers Market featured musical entertain-

ment from this year’s RichCity Idol Maria Encarnacion and an electricity quiz game from BC Hydro.

Katie Lawrence covers the social scene for The Richmond Review. She may be reached at [email protected].

Around TownKatie Lawrence

Shoppers get a start on Christmas

Philip Josephs shows off some of his customized license plate art at the Craft Fair.Dipsy Doodle Creations owner Dani Grant was at the Christmas Craft Fair Saturday, selling her colourful treats.

Janet Percy of Preserves by Janet Patricia chats with some customers about her prod-ucts at the Christmas Craft Fair.

Lending a hand at her daughter's Craft Fair booth, Kathy Wills makes some blue-berry jam and homemade bread samples.

Katie Lawrence photosThe Salt Dispensary’s Susan Daborn hands out some samples of gourmet salt.

Having sold her crafts for over 30 years, Kathy MacKenzie enjoys coming to the Steveston Christ-mas Craft Fair when she can.

James Bonner reveals the correct answers to his BC Hydro Kilowatt Quiz.

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