Surrey Now February 24 2015

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Members of V3 Vietnamese Group rehearse backstage before entertaining the crowd during an action-packed multicultural Lunar New Year Celebration at Central City ShoppingCentre on Saturday afternoon. For a photo gallery from the colourful event, please visit us online at Thenownewspaper.com. (Photo: GORD GOBLE)

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Young Surreyite Kevin Cruz never hadto flip burgers, unlike many of hispeers in high school.

In fact, the 22-year-old entrepreneur saidhe couldn’t see himself answering to a boss.

“(Entrepreneurship) was something thatalways intrigued me; I never really likedthe idea of working for someone else,” hetold the Now at the SFU Surrey campus,where he’s enrolled in an entrepreneurshipprogram.

“Ever since I was a kid I always had thatentrepreneurial spirit. I would always get introuble for dealing Pokemon cards on theplayground or something like that,” he said.

That lack of traditional work experiencehas actually worked in Cruz’s favour,however, having been recently namedStudent Entrepreneur of the Year from B.C.by Enactus.

Now, Cruz and a team of others areheading up ORA Scents, a mobile devicecompany that is introducing the ORA, theworld’s first app-enabled scent diffuser that

allows users to create and control scents inreal-time.

“I noticed that there’s this trendhappening with tech industry right nowand it’s called ‘the Internet of things,’ so itsthis idea of smart technology where prettymuch all the aspects of your home or yourlife are controlled through your phone, andeverything is connected,” he explained.

“Your lighting systems, your soundsystems. We noticed a lot of people aretargeting these different senses withinthese sensory experiences in your home,but no one has really done anything withfragrances.”

Enter the ORA. Technologically speaking,it’s a step up from using scented candles oreven plug-in scent diffusers.

Cruz and his teammates are the first everto make this “smart” diffuser a reality.

“To speak to the technology itself,we are offering this totally new level ofcustomizability compared to any otherdiffuser on the market today,” he said.

The device allows the user to mix a varietyof essential oils and create different levelsof how much of each oil is desired, thereby

creating its own scent profile.All of that is communicated to the device

through the user’s phone.“It will tell the phone what it is, and you

can control how much oil is released into thedevice, and then from there the essential oilsare mixed into a reservoir of water, and it’svibrated with a metal plate at the bottom ofit to a point where it vibrates so fast that itevaporates,” Cruz explained.

For now, the company has a 3-D mock-upof the ORA device, and is looking for betatesters.

Cruz and co are just happy to beamong good company when it comes toentrepreneurs in the city.

“(Surrey) is turning into this hub ofinnovation, its turning into this hub of youngpeople doing awesome things and solving alot of today’s problems. I love being a part ofthis eco system and helping spearhead thischange that’s happening right now.”

For more information about ORA Scentsand its upcoming Kickstarter campaign, visitOrascents.com or follow them on Twitter at@ORAScents.

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Surrey resident Kevin Cruz and a team of others are heading up ORA Scents, a mobile device company. (Photo: KEVIN HILL)

DELTA — Members of Burns BogConservation Society are mourning thedeath of Wally Davyduke, a foundingdirector of the organization andhusband to society president Eliza Olson.

Davyduke passed away at home lastFriday morning (Feb. 20). He was 78.

Reached Monday morning, Olson saidher husband’sprostate cancerwas rediagnosedlast August.

“I think theofficial cause ofdeath is heartfailure, althoughI don’t have thedeath certificateyet,” she told theNow.

“I’ve been very worried about him,and his health had been decliningover the past few months. He’d beencomplaining about having the flu.”

The society announced Davyduke’sdeath on its Facebook page Saturdaymorning (Feb. 21).

“Wally showed great passion andcommitment to protecting andsustaining Burns Bog,” the post reads.“He was one of the original founders ofthe Burns Bog Conservation Society, andwill be greatly missed.”

People who commented on theFacebook post shared their condolencesto Olson and the organization.

“Wally was a great guy – down toearth, hardworking and committed tothe cause of preserving the jewel thatis Burns Bog,” Derek Zeisman wrote.“I’m going to miss him. Rest in peace,good sir.”

Wrote Valerie Gibbons: “How trulysad. Wally was always such an inspirationto everyone. My condolences.”

Olson said plans for a memorial arestill being formalized.

“I’m beginning to realize that we’regoing to have something more than asmall family memorial,” she said.“Thereare so many people who knew him andhis work with the society. He and I werethe last two original members on theboard, and the good part is I don’t haveto ask him to step down because I knew,just looking at him, that he shouldn’t beon the board any longer.”

In its Facebook post, the societyencouraged people to show theirappreciation for Davyduke’s legacy bymaking a donation to the organizationthrough the Canadahelps.org website.

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WHITE ROCK — When Glenn Milesfirst heard about White Rock Social JusticeFilm Society, he’d been “casting about forsomething along the same lines of inquiryand social action” he experienced in theYukon Territory, where he wrote educationpolicy for the NDP.

“I joined up immediately,” Milesexplained, “because it really appealed to me.And the fact that it was a bunch of, basically,seniors from a pretty conservative place,a fairly conservative riding in anybody’spolitical books – they were all active andfairly liberal and progressive on issues.… Itmight have been a whole bunch of geezerslike me – I’m 70 – but it was also a bunchof people who had a lot of social conscienceand desired to see change.”

Miles is in his fifth year as president ofthe society, which will stage its 11th annualfilm festival this weekend (Feb. 27-28) atFirst United Church in White Rock. Theevent will showcase five documentaryfilms, including Inequality for All at 7 p.m.

Friday, and the all-Saturday offerings ofSalmon Confidential (10 a.m.), Just EatIt (1:30 p.m.), Forks Over Knives (3:15p.m.) and Peter, Paul and Mary: Carryit On (7:15 p.m.). Details are posted atWhiterocksocialjusticefilmfestival.ca.

“We’re all fundedby donations, asuggested donation,and people who don’tpay, they’re not turnedaway. We figure thedissemination ofinformation is themost importantfeature of what we do.”

The society hascreated a bursary in honour of founder JackMcLachlan, who died in 2013.

“The bursary goes to a high school studentwriting an essay on a social-justice issue,”Miles said. “Last year, the first winner was an11th-grade girl (Ariel Zhang) who lives inOcean Park, and it just knocked everybody’ssocks off – it was just so aware, so growingand inspired, it really proved up the idea ofdoing something like that in the first place.”

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SURREY/WHITE ROCK — Hundreds turned outSaturday at locations in Surrey and White Rock to hit thepavement in the name of homeless prevention.

The event was the Coldest Night of the Year walk, anational movement that sees communities across thecountry take up the cause of fundraising for local homelessassistance and similar organizations. Locally, there werethree walks held in Whalley, Cloverdale and White Rock.

The Whalley event was hosted by the Surrey UrbanMission and was raising funds for its shelter operations andoutreach programs.

“The (Surrey Urban) mission is an extreme weathersite and we accommodate 60 people overnight when theshelter’s open,” said Jonquil Hallgate, executive director atSurrey Urban Mission. “And that’s a fairly large contributionin the city because most of the other sites have 10 or 15spaces so we are sort of the backup for the fact that there’sno winter shelter.”

In Whalley, 226 walkers raised $41,710 or 83 per cent oftheir $50,000 goal. However, that number is nearly doublelast year’s goal of $25,000.

At the Cloverdale location, 178 walkers raised $39,380 or56 per cent of the $70,000 goal. That walk was held by theCloverdale Community Kitchen, which provides hot mealsfor the less fortunate in the area.

Hundreds walk for homeless at Coldest Night of the YearHomelessness

SOURCES Community Resources Society commandedthe White Rock walk, with funds raised going towards itshomeless prevention programs. The funds will be replacingpart of the $200,000 that was recently cut by the federalgovernment. For the City by the Sea’s event, 248 walkersraised $51,134, 63 per cent of their $80,000 goal. Last year$45,000 was raised from the same walk.

“We want to help people get stabilized so they don’t fallinto the pit of homelessness because once that happens it’sa different ball game,” said Soraya VanBuskirk, advocacyprograms manager for SOURCES.

Donations are accepted up until March 31 and can bemade online at coldestnightoftheyear.org.

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“This new name is an excellent opportunity tocommunicate our diverse programs and services includingthose that support arts and culture,” said Mayor WayneBaldwin. The Now

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legislation that will criminalize dissent.Environmentalists are not terroriststhreatening the state but they do have adifferent vision as to how our country’seconomy should grow and the directionit should take.

This is hardly subversive. Our countryhas a history where divergent views arenot only accepted, but encouraged. Upuntil recently, this practise has been notonly accepted but supported financiallyby our federal government.

To say that peaceful protest is criminalis to say Rosa Parks refusal to sit in theback of the bus because she was black,or Mahatma Gandhi’s salt march wascriminal. These two protests wereinstrumental in ending segregation

in the U.S. and the British oppressionof India, respectively. Both today arewidely praised as brave opposition tooppressive state law.

I am worried that my beloved countryis sliding into a police state wherepeople are afraid to criticize governmentand government policy. The threat ofterrorism should not be used as anexcuse to limit people’s right to dissent.

Phil Harrison, Surrey

Gill should pay forhis own private messThe Editor,

Re: “Taxpayers should not be on thehook for Gill’s ‘mess,’” the Now, Feb. 17.

I vehemently object to paying Coun.Tom Gill’s bills. There is not a shred ofcity business involved in this case.

Transparency at city hall has sufferedfor several years, courtesy of slate-runcouncils. They are on a power trip.Bureaucracy rules even more with thenew mayor – that’s her stock in trade.She gives us “football” mumbo jumboto obscure the real issue, which is whyshould the taxpayer be stuck with Gill’sbill when there was no city business?That’s not all we are expected to swallow– we heard the lame reasoning that thecity solicitor has consulted someone andit fits the definition of city business.

I challenge the mayor and the councilto do right by the taxpayer. Here’s achance to earn real respect.

Dave Bains, Surrey

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As usual, what anybody has to say about theB.C. budget released this week will dependon what pulpit they’re preaching from.

The “right” is mostly expressing joy over theblack ink on the bottom line, while the “left” pointsto social shortfalls created by special favours for thebusiness community.

Business people are pleased by the surplus.They see government debt as dollars that shouldbe in people’s pockets, to be drawn from to spendon goods and services and generally boost theeconomy.

People in the mining sector, eager to putthe Mount Polley debacle behind them, areunderstandably happy that the Christy Clarkgovernment has found money to aid explorationand development, as well as extending their taxcredits despite the surplus.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong claims the surplusgives B.C. “bragging rights” over the rest of Canada.But conspicuously absent from this year’s braggingwas the LNG windfall that was all over last year’sbudget and its expectations of future surpluses.

Instead, workers at ICBC and BC Hydro pointout a direct link between surpluses projectedfor the next three years and the money that thegovernment is planning to extract from thoseCrown corporations in each of those three years.

While low-income families get a boost froman increase in the tax threshold for the EarlyChildhood Tax Benefit, the hidden MSP tax risesagain – the right hand giveth, and the left handtaketh away.

B.C. health care and social workers see thesurplus as money not spent on people and facilitiesin a health care system that is beginning to lagbehind the rest of Canada. The surplus, theymaintain, does nothing to correct overcrowdingof hospitals, inadequate care for seniors, or aburgeoning homeless population.

Speaking of the homeless, concerned citizensall over B.C. were out Saturday on their behalf forthe Coldest Night of the Year (see page 6). Helpingthem with just a small slice of that billion-dollarsurplus truly would be something to brag about.

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Aprominent B.C. businessman phonedme the other day, wanting to knowwho “ran” the B.C. government.

He knew enough of politics to know theanswer wasn’t necessarily Premier ChristyClark. While her predecessor, GordonCampbell, very much “ran” his governmentin that he had his hands on all kinds of levers,she has opted for a more hands-off approach.

Clark delegates a lot of authority andcontrol to key cabinet ministers, deputiesand senior staff. But there appears to be onekey figure who Clark allows to steer the BCLiberal ship more than anyone else, andhe was on full public display last week. I’mtalking about Finance Minister Mike de Jong.

He controls the government’s purse stringsand, as government house leader, its legislativeagenda. His approach to budget-makingmeans he keeps a tight rein on spending,which means fellow cabinet ministers mustanswer to him for their budgets.

While there is no question that Clark isvery much in control of her government, deJong has emerged as a particularly influentialmember of her inner circle (which includesLNG Minister Rich Coleman, Jobs MinisterShirley Bond, and staffers Dan Doyle,Michelle Cardario, Chris Gardener, NeilSweeney and Ben Chin).

De Jong is in charge of delivering what isthe government’s number one priority every

spring: a balanced budget. Everything elsetakes a back seat to that accomplishment,and as a result all government programs (i.e.the size and funding of them) flow from thatbalanced budget.

The veteran politician has become a sortof “Dr. No” in government, as he insists ona frugal approach to managing governmentfinances. That means a lot of spendingrequests don’t get far with him.

Last week’s budget is a good example ofthe de Jong touch. He balanced it by keepinga tight lid on government spending and thatincludes the mammoth health portfolio.

“Bending down the health care spendingcurve” was job one when de Jong took overthe finance portfolio a few years ago. Hewas well aware that if the health care budgetcontinued to enjoy lofty increases such asfive or six or seven per cent that any hopes ofbalancing the budget would be dashed.

So he has insisted that annual increases tothe health budget had to come in at less thanthree per cent (which translates to roughly$500 million a year). There were widespreaddoubts that this could be accomplished, butit has happened for several years now – andthat’s a huge reason why the budget can bebalanced at the end of the fiscal year.

And it’s another reason why de Jong, morethan anyone other than the premier herself,has the most noticeable personal stamp onthis government.

NDP IN TRICKY TRANSIT SITUATIONIt’s hard to say which of our two main

political parties is less enthusiastic about thetransit plebiscite in Metro Vancouver. Butwhile the BC Liberals seem merely tepid in

their support for the “Yes” side, it appears thatthe NDP is looking more and more like anundercover agent for the “No” side.

Using the high-profile daily question periodas a launching pad, the NDP has fired salvosat TransLink on several occasions. The “No”side is trying to frame the plebiscite as a defacto referendum on TransLink itself, and theNDP’s actions have infuriated the “Yes” side,which sees them as assisting the “No” side’smessaging.

The “Yes” side, of course, is stronglysupported by unions and environmentalorganizations, which the NDP has assumedare among its traditional areas of strengthand which makes the NDP strategy that muchmore curious.

Of course, the NDP is in a tricky andunusual situation. On the one hand, as theOfficial Opposition it is required to “oppose”the government, but that role becomessomewhat murky when the issue is the transitplebiscite, since both sides officially supportthe same side.

It’s a delicate balancing act, and one theparty appears not to be performing verywell. I’ve heard talk that some party brass areprivately pushing for the party to bail on the“Yes” side, arguing a failed plebiscite wouldreflect badly on the premier.

However, NDP voters are major usersof transit. A failed plebiscite would punishthem but some in the NDP think targetingthe premier over and over again – no matterwhat the issue – is a smarter thing to do. Itmay turn out to be a dangerous strategy.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter forGlobal B.C. [email protected]

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Question period’soverrated anywayThe Editor,

Re: “You were elected to listen– and that includes question period,”the Now editorial, Feb. 19.

Your editorial fails to inform thereader the very important fact thatquestion period is not available tocitizens in the vast majority of citieswithin Metro Vancouver.

All the brouhaha surroundingquestion period’s termination, froma front page headline to an editorial,one would think that democracyitself has been eliminated.

In theory, I have always favoureda venue where residents can putquestions to council. However,as in our House of Commons,it is called question period and,unfortunately, not “answer period”so its effectiveness and usefulness isbeing completely overrated.

As a frequent council meetingattendee, I have long thoughtthat there has to be a better (ie.more effective) way to approachcouncillors in a less intimidating,more constructive fashion.

I see this as an opportunity toimplement the idea of prescribed‘office hours’ for councillors wherenot only questions can be posed but,more importantly, where differentpoints of view can be expressedand discussed. Now that would bebeneficial for our city’s well beingand democracy.

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When we met back in the fall with agroup of prominent restaurant operators todetermine whether to even continue withthe annual restaurant festival, little did weknow the direction it was going to take. Wecan all take great pride in what we haveaccomplished in a few short months.

Thank you to Evin Dosdall of InvisionCreative for developing the new brand– Taste White Rock. I think you will agreethe brand and graphic design resonated withthe public and we can now look forward tolaunching a stand-alone website that willsupport the festival much better next year.

Thank you to all the participatingrestaurants who took a leap of faith andparticipated again this year or who cameon board for the first time. We reallyappreciate your support and involvement.The restaurant sector in White Rock is verystrong and as a BIA we will continue to

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Stories by Amy ReidNow staffTwitter @amyreid87

From a large animal barn to a buildingjust for seized cats, the Surrey SPCAhas big plans for its five-acre property

on 168th Street.Thanks to $5 million from the provincial

government, announced in the B.C. budgetthis week, the plans have been solidified.

“Surrey’s obviously one of our key cities,”BC SPCA CEO Craig Daniell told the Now.“In Surrey we deal with companion issues,but because of the rural basis in Surrey, wesee a large number of animal investigations.We have a very significant presence from acruelty investigations perspective.”

The organization is constructing a largeanimal seizure barn, which will be managedby the cruelty investigations department.

“We’ve never had that capabilityanywhere in the province,” Daniellexplained. “When we seized large animals inthe past, for the most part, we would have tofind somebody to board those animals forus. So the property in Surrey will actuallyprovide the first large seizure facility forour organization. It will be adaptable andmulti-purpose in nature so we can havelarge animals, which could be horses andcows, even sheep and goats. It’s incrediblyexciting.”

While the organization had embarkedupon the project before learning it wouldbe receiving provincial dollars, Daniell saidit’s wonderful news because they hadn’t hadassurance they would receive it.

“We considered the large animal facility tobe a major priority, so we had already goneahead with that.

“But what it allows us to do is put in a fewextras we would have had to put in later ifwe didn’t get the funding.”

The “extras” include an outdoor area forhorses to roam.

“But really, what the funding will helpus cover for 2015 is… a cat seizure facilityin Surrey,” he said. “We’re going to beretrofitting one of the existing facilities tobe a cat seizure site. This will give us theopportunity to be able to accommodatemore cats.”

Cats far outnumber dogs in their shelters,Daniell explained.

Late last year, a group called the SurreyCommunity Cat Coalition formed to tryto get a handle on of the overpopulation ofcats in the city. The group, which includesthe BC SPCA Surrey Education & AdoptionCentre, estimates Surrey has between 12,000

and 34,000 free-roaming community andferal cats.

Rodney Weleschuk, Surrey SPCA’s branchmanager, said the new facility will meanmore feral cats can be helped, “which is oneof our main visions here in Surrey.”

Weleschuk said the new cat facility willalso be useful for investigations when a largenumber of cats are seized at once and needsomewhere to be assessed, treated and heldbefore moving on.

Daniell expects the cat and large animalseizure facilities should be complete by theend of the summer.

“From a cruelty investigationsperspective, we’ll be set up,” he added.

The dollars will allow the organization tocontinue with expansion beyond 2015.

Top of mind for Daniell is a facility forexotic animals.

“There really isn’t any capability to houseexotic animals anywhere in the province, tobe honest,” he said.

“The government has no facilities andour own aren’t well set up to do that. Ourfacilities for the most part have been focusedon dogs, cats and rabbits.”

Education is a big part of what the

SPCA does out of its Surrey site and thatfacility will also see expansion thanks tothe government funding. The organizationis also looking to upgrade its adoptionfacilities in Surrey.

“We’ll plan those in 2016 and probablyconstruct them in 2017. We can’t doeverything all at once,” Daniell said.

The Surrey SPCA moved to the new site atthe beginning of 2014, initially opening justits adoption operations there, then bringingin its education component, which includeschildren’s programming and summercamps.

Daniell stressed the organization’s desireto better the lives of animals in Surrey.

“We see this property as a greatopportunity to bring the community in.Education isn’t just for youth,” he said.“We’ve got the space and we’ve evenfenced off an area to partner with peoplefor obedience training, for example. Withour community partners, we can improveoverall animal welfare in Surrey.”

The Surrey Education & AdoptionCentre, located at 16748 50th Ave., is openfrom noon to 5:30 p.m. Friday throughWednesday, and from 2 to 7 p.m. onThursdays. For more information visit Spca.bc.ca/branches/surrey.

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Rodney Weleschuk, Surrey SPCA’s branch manager, has some fun with the new large animal barn being built in Surrey. Among excitingnew plans for the Surrey site is a new cat seizure facility that will mean more feral cats can be helped. (Photo: GORD GOBLE)

Surrey SPCA invites the public to its11th annual Animal Lovers Gala, anevening of entertainment in support ofabused, homeless and injured animals.

Set for March 7, the night will includea cocktail reception, auction, a gourmetdinner and music.

“Our new BC SPCA centre in Surreyis now up and running and we aregrateful to members of our communityfor supporting events such as our

gala so that we can make a life-savingdifference for the most vulnerableanimals in our region,” said volunteerand event organizer Michelle Grant.

Tickets are $125, $800 for a table ofeight or $1,000 for a table of 10, and canbe purchased at Spca.bc.ca/surreygalaor via email at [email protected].

The event is set to run from 5:30p.m. to midnight at Northview Golf &Country Club at 6857 168th St.

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RCMP investigating reportof motorcyclist riding in mall

SURREY — RCMP are investigating after a motorcyclistallegedly rode a Harley Davidson down an escalator in aparkade connected to the WalMart store at Guildford TownCentre on Friday afternoon.

Around 1:50 p.m., Surrey RCMP were alerted to a reportof a motorcyclist riding dangerously.

Police said that after travelling down the escalator, themotorcyclist exited onto the street, and the incident was“less dramatic” than previously reported.

There were unconfirmed reports the motorcyclist drovethrough the mall.

The suspect was last spotted in the Langley and Surreyborder area around 192nd Street and 96th Avenue. Noinjuries were reported. The motorcycle, with a stolen plate,was later found dumped in a wooded area in North Surrey.

Investigators are now reviewing security footage andfollowing up with witnesses to identify the suspect, who isdescribed as a white man in his 40s.

Anyone with information is asked to contact SurreyRCMP at 604-599-0502.

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Surrey to write CrimeReduction Strategy 2.0

SURREY — Surrey’s police committee has voted to“refresh” the city’s award-winning Crime ReductionStrategy.

Colleen Kerr, Surrey’s Crime Reduction Strategy manager,said she wants the city to “possibly rewrite the CrimeReduction Strategy and give it a whole new momentum”seeing as 90 per cent of the 106 recommendations arecomplete or underway.

Kerr told the committee she’d like to make the newstrategy more “action oriented,” setting more detailedactions an timelines.

The strategy, initiated in 2006, involves RCMP, fire, morethan 50 community groups, more than 100 individuals andall three levels of government.

Highlights of the 2013 progress report includedimplementation of a city-wide project to replace copperwire with aluminum by the end of 2015, an 87 per cent dropin illegal grow-ops compared to 2007 (445 to 56) and a highrate of concluded investigations for unsightly properties(1,634), graffiti (302) and dumping (219).

The 2013 review suggested an overall downward trendin crime in the city from 2006 to 2012. The report analyzedcrime statistics on a per 1,000 resident basis. From 2006 to2012, total criminal code offences went down 17.3 per cent.

The city will embark upon the “refresh” in March and adraft is expected to go to council in 2016.

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SURREY — Prime Minister Stephen Harper took overpart of Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Cloverdalecampus Thursday to announce new tax reliefs meant tofoster the country’s liquefied natural gas sector.

Standing in a room of reporters and supporters atthe trades-focused campus, Harper was accompaniedby Minister of Industry James Moore and other partymembers. He announced the federal government intendsto institute a capital cost allowance rate of 30 per cent forequipment used specifically in natural gas liquefaction,and 10 per cent for infrastructure at facilities that liquefynatural gas. The reliefs will be available for just under adecade, starting now until before 2025.

“Our government is committed to providing the rightconditions so that industries and businesses can succeedand compete in the global economy by lowering taxes,cutting red tape and encouraging entrepreneurship,” saidHarper. “Today’s announcement builds on our low taxplan for jobs and growth, strengthening the already strongcase for business investment in Canada.”

Harper’s announcement was met with enthusiasm byB.C. Premier Christy Clark, who’s long touted LNG as afuture-moneymaker for the province.

“This is great news for the creation of LNG jobs inBritish Columbia, and great news for Canada,” said Clarkin a release. “We have been working with the federalgovernment and industry for some time to achieve thisoutcome, and I am pleased they have delivered today.”

According to numbers provided by the provincialgovernment, B.C. has an estimated 2,933 trillion cubic feetof natural gas.

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“We’ve been involved since the firstcampaign in 2008,and we were the firstsocial partner invitedin,” said Tuckwell,president and CEO ofthe organization.

“We were thrilledwith that, becausecentral to our work isworking with kids ina way that helps themdevelop good skills for healthy relationships.That is a key part, along with making kids feelreally well connected to people in a healthyway. Those are the things that really help lay afoundation that prevents bullying.”

In B.C., this year’s Pink Shirt Day is onWednesday, Feb. 25, when thousands of pinkT-shirts are worn in a show of support forefforts to prevent bullying. The campaignwas launched in solidarity with two Nova

Scotian teens who, in 2007, encouragedfellow students to wear pink in sympathyfor a Grade 9 boy who was being bullied forwearing a pink shirt at their high school.

Locally, net proceeds from Pink Shirt Dayactivities and T-shirt sales benefit the CKNWOrphans’ Fund in support of anti-bullying

programs. During the 2014 campaign,according to a post at Pinkshirtday.ca, close to$200,000 was raised and donated to the anti-bullying efforts of six organizations: Boys &Girls Clubs of South Coast BC, Canadian RedCross of BC, Kids Help Phone, Kidsafe ProjectSociety, Leave out Violence Society (LOVE

BC) and YWCA Metro Vancouver.Since 2008, more than $830,000 has

been raised during the annual campaign,including T-shirt sales online and also atLondon Drugs stores.

The initiative is fuelled by a social-media campaign that uses the hashtag#PinkShirtDay.

Since the start of the campaign, Tuckwellsaid, close to $100,000 in funding has beengiven to Boys & Girls Clubs of South CoastBC, which operates clubs in Whalley, NorthDelta and 10 other places in the region.

“That kind of support helps kidsunderstand bullying, whether they’reexperiencing it or are witnessing it,” Tuckwellsaid.“That’s really important to us, because

‘We’ve been able to see the change in behaviour’

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The Pink Shirt Day campaign has “helpedus and kids who comes here, and also ourcommunity,” sheexplained.

“We’ve been ableto see the change inbehaviour, broadly,that has come from thiscampaign,” Tuckwelltold the Now.

“By raisingawareness and havingpeople talk aboutbullying, we’re seeinga shift in tolerance.… Through our lens, it’sone of those campaigns, much like the anti-littering and anti-smoking campaigns of yearsago, where kids have played a central role inhelping to encourage others to change theirbehaviour. You don’t always see that in socialchange, but here, kids are calling their parentson this kind of behaviour, they’re voicingthose concerns. It’s really exciting to see.”

A growing number of businesses arebacking the Pink Shirt Day campaign, whichhas Coast Capital Savings as its presentingsponsor.

The month of February has become very“pink” with anti-bullying initiatives launchedby organizations and businesses. For example,the South South Smiles ortho office will

donate to Kids Help Phone with money raisedthrough T-shirt sales this month, and all newpatients there receive anti-bullying shirts.

Supporters of Pink Shirt Day include arange of notable and influential people,including pro athletes, politicians, musiciansand media types. Among them is GlobalBC anchor Steve Darling, who grew up inNorth Delta and now lives with his youngfamily in Port Coquitlam. “I’m emceeingan anti-bullying walk here this Sunday,” thebroadcaster said Friday (Feb. 20).

Darling coaches his six-year-old daughter’ssoccer team.

“At that age, it’s time to start talking to kidsabout bullying,” he said.“In sports, it’s aboutsupporting other players, too – if they’re notdoing well that it’s not good to pile on, it’sabout supporting (teammates).... Hopefullythey take that through life as they grow up.”

Darling went to school at SeaquamSecondary in North Delta.

“I dealt with bullying in schools, likeeverybody did,” he said.“I was a jokesterin school, had fun and joined a lot of clubsand knew a lot of people, and that made itbetter.… That’s really why I wanted to bein clubs, because I always kind of knew thatpeople who are isolated are the ones who aretypically bullied.

“For my girls,” he added,“I know that theway things are going with smartphones andsocial media, I am just preparing them forwhat’s ahead.”

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Surrey’s DevanteStephens, a defencemanfor the Kelowna Rockets,is ranked 108th amongNorth American skatersby NHL Central Scoutingfor this year’s entry draft

KELOWNA — The phrase “break aleg” is not used the same way in sportsas in performance art, and carries a verydifferent meaning.

However, the result might be the samein Devante Stephens’ case.

The six-foot-one blueliner came backfrom a broken leg in Major Midgetleague action to become one of the topdefenceman for the Western HockeyLeague-leading Kelowna Rockets.

Stephens, born and raised in SouthSurrey, was worried about making thejump to junior hockey after his MajorMidget season was cut short. He playedin 22 games with the Valley West Hawksbefore the injury.

“I had to train really hard in theoffseason to get to the point that Ineeded,” he said, adding that he’s “adaptedto the speed of the game” after gettingregular minutes under his belt.

When he first got to Kelowna, hewondered whether he would get any icetime at all. Now that National HockeyLeague scouts are noticing him, the 18-year-old is blown away.

“Coming into this year, I was justfocused on making the team. When

something like thishappens, you justhave to look backand be grateful,”Stephens said. “Allthe hard work thatI’ve put in, to berewarded like this isan honour.”

In his first season,he’s played in 49games with the Rockets and is paired withMadison Bowey, the Team Canada gold-medal winner and Washington Capitals’second-round pick in the 2013 draft.

A product of Semiahmoo MinorHockey, Stephens is currently ranked asthe 108th pick among North Americanskaters, which would make him an earlythird-round pick in the 2015 NHL Entry

Draft (see rankings at Nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=749385).

The WHL rookie is confident that ateam will select him at the draft in Floridathis summer.

“All I have to do is keep playing mygame, and I think my game has beenimproving every night,” he said. “I justwant to keep that in my head; that I can dothis and always keep a positive attitude.”

Dan Lambert, head coach of theRockets, said Stephens has been a bigsurprise for the team.

“He came in after breaking his leg lastseason and we weren’t sure where he wasgoing to be,” Lambert said. “Devante hasstepped right in, gotten better on a dailybasis and proved he can play a regularshift extremely well.”

The coach noted Stephens was able

to pick up a lot of minutes early in theseason when the Rockets had injuryproblems, and when Bowey and JoshMorrissey represented Canada at theworld juniors.

“For us, he came in and had to earn aspot on the team. He played well enoughin training camp to do that,” said Lambert.

Lambert, who was selected in the thirdround by the Quebec Nordiques in the1989 draft, believes Stephens has a littlemore work to do before he joins an NHLorganization, and will likely spend hisnext two seasons in the WHL.

“The draft is just a minor step in aplayer’s progression.

“He’s going to have to get stronger, firstof all. He’s got to learn to shoot the puckbetter than he is … and become a harderplayer to play against,” the coach added.

As for his journey, Stephens feels all thissuccess came from hard work he’s put inover the past year.

“If you push through it enough,anything is possible,” he said.

This year’s NHL draft takes place at theBB&T Centre in Sunrise, Florida on June26 and 27.

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South Surrey’s Devante Stephens has been placed as the 108th selection in the NHLCentral Scouting’s midterm rankings for the 2015 entry draft, which happens in Floridathis coming June. (Photo: MARISSA BAECKER/KELOWNA ROCKETS)

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SURREY — Truckers barred from MetroVancouver ports are celebrating a smallvictory with news a federal court judge willhear their legal challenge.

In what is believed to be unprecedentedfor the trucking industry, 26 companiesrepresenting over 500 experienced containertruckers will receive a judicial review of PortMetro Vancouver’s decision to overhaul theTransport License System (TLS).

Up to 80 companies, most of themoperating in Surrey, were barred fromthe TLS system on Feb. 1 due to anongoing overhaul of the trucking industry.An estimated $60 million of truckingequipment is now sitting idle and thedrivers left scrambling to make ends meet.

“It’s unbelievable,” said Michelle Mann, adispatcher for Surrey’s Safe Way Trucking.“My company has some of the most

experienced drivers with extremely strongsafety records and some of the newest truckson the road, and we were turned down for alicense despite our company having over 20years of experience at the Port.”

Gurpreet Badh, a Surrey lawyerrepresenting two of the 26 companies,will be in federal court in Vancouver onWednesday and Thursday (Feb. 25 and 26)to make interim motions providing relief tothe trucking companies.

Badh said lawyers will focus on twocore arguments; first, that the companiesbe allowed to have their licenses extendedduring the judicial review process, andsecond, to expedite that process to minimizethe financial pain to those companies.

“They’re struggling,” said Badh of thecompanies. “I think they can’t survive fortoo long if a decision is not made.”

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WHITE ROCK — The city is beingurged to join David Suzuki’s “Blue DotMovement” in an effort to add healthy livingto the Canadian Charter of Rights andFreedom.

Michelle McNeil appeared before councilMonday (Feb. 16) to request White Rockjoin cities like Richmond and Vancouverin requesting that fresh air, fresh water andhealthy food should be made a right for allCanadians.

“Shockingly, these rights are notprotected,” said McNeil, adding WhiteRock has a chance to be a leaderon environmental rights with thisendorsement.

Mayor Wayne Baldwin said staff wouldlook the details of the endorsement and getback to council on it.

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Peninsula Productions appeared beforecouncil seeking funding for its comingseason. Having established itself fiveyears ago, this is the first time PeninsulaProductions has come forward seeking

grant money. Part of the reason, accordingto the organization’s Wendy Bollard, is thatthe group wanted to establish itself beforeseeking aid from outside sources.

White Rock Mayor Wayne Baldwinsaid the request would be looked uponfavourably when the Grants in Aidapplications were being considered incoming weeks.

KWANTLEN SEEKS FUNDINGIN FOOD STUDY

Also seeking funding from White Rockcouncil Monday were representatives fromKwantlen Polytechnic University for alocalized food system study.

Kent Mullinix, director of the institute ofsustainable food systems for KPU, was onhand to explain the study, which is beingconducted by four institutions. Accordingto Mullinix, the three-year project will lookat how to design a regional food systemthat would keep the market specific to localproducers and buyers.

Mullinix requested White Rock endorsethe project, assign a liaison from the cityand contribute $6,000 to the project.

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