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prime minister stephen harper wants to ensure the dangerous mentally ill are kept behind bars. See Page a5
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John white and his operations team, dave mcRae, Jim dobbs and monika vriend, have been putting on events at the michael J. Fox theatre for 20 years.
Michael J. Fox Theatre marks 20th year wchow@burnabynewsleader.com
As Michael J. Fox Theatre marks its 20th year, retired Burnaby school district superintendent Elmer Froese recalled it was a minor miracle that the school it’s connected to got built at all. When planning started for a new Burnaby South secondary in the late 1980s, it had many cards stacked against it. The student population of the district was half what it had been in 1972 when Froese took the helm.
The Social Credit government was in a period of budgetary restraint. And the neighbourhood around Rumble Street and MacPherson Avenue was largely industrial, what homes were nearby belonged mostly to greying, empty nesters. Referring to the disappearing student population, Froese said, “we had to do something.” That something ended up being Burnaby South 2000, a strategy to revitalize and renew the district’s high schools by taking maximum advantage of technology, with a new
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South being something of a flagship for the new approach. For the first time, Burnaby companies B.C. Tel and IBM partnered to make it happen on the high-tech end, starting with Cariboo Hill and Alpha secondaries. But the idea of building a new school when the existing South and other Burnaby high schools weren’t full and the government was cutting back? “It was, in the minds of many people, crazy,” Froese said. “To have a theatre as part of that exam mpleteonly with co tients new pa
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project was pie in the sky.” What would become Michael J. Fox Theatre was far from a reality but even then, there were staunch supporters of building a professional-level theatre, such as then-school board chair Carol Jones,. “I had an ally in her saying, ‘you don’t build a big high school if it doesn’t have a proper performing facility and we need a theatre and it’s got to be a real theatre,’” Froese said. please see FOx’S, a2
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The federal New Democratic Party thinks Canada should scrap the Senate. And Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his party continue to provide more reasons why that should happen soon, says Burnaby-New Westminster MP Peter Julian. In recent weeks the residency qualifications of Conservative senators Patrick Brazeau, Mike Duffy and Pamela Wallin and Liberal Mac Harb have been called into question. On Thursday, Harper removed Brazeau from the Conservative caucus after he was put in jail while police investigated reports of domestic violence. “The poor character of the people he has chosen has done more to tarnish the reputation of the Senate than anything before this,” said Julian from Ottawa on Friday. “What he has done very effectively is he is making the case for abolishing this very archaic institution and for stopping what the Conservatives have been doing all along which is making this a partisan chamber. It’s just absurd.” please see beTTer, a14
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While Burnaby had its fair share of athletic facilities, the city lacked arts facilities, he said. Efforts to build a theatre even included a referendum but when it failed to get enough votes, city hall gave up. James Cowan Theatre was renovated instead, eventually incorporated into the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, but it still didn’t have a fly-tower or other infrastructure needed for a professional venue. The new South was designed with a theatre in it, but “the education ministry was not excited about theatres,” Froese said. “As a matter of fact it was probably the first thing to get chopped as soon as the budget had to get trimmed back. “My wife will tell you the number of times I came home from planning and committee meetings and said, ‘[the theatre is] dead, it’s gone.’” The prognosis for the stage facility remained poor until one serendipitous day when the new deputy minister of education, Sandy Peel, turned up in Froese’s office. The Jericho School for the Deaf in Vancouver had been the subject of allegations of abuse in its boarding school and Peel
wanted Burnaby school district to take over its management. Peel explained that the ministry was pleased with Burnaby’s success in running schools at Oakalla Prison and the Willingdon Youth Detention Centre, and thought it would be a good fit. Froese saw an opportunity and seized it. He said no to managing Jericho but proposed including a new provincial school for the deaf in the plans for South. He touted the technology component as well as a proper theatre as ideal learning tools for deaf students. Peel was sold and thereafter helped make the project happen at the ministry. Today, the adaptations throughout South don’t seem out of the ordinary, but they’re significant and belie their state-of-the-art status of the early 1990s—video screens throughout the corridors displaying announcements, both for hearing and non-hearing students, for example. The theatre, meanwhile, is double-raked, with the sloped portion closest to the stage designed so deaf students can sit up front to read the
sign-language interpreters and participate in what’s happening. Infrared wireless technology also connects microphones to headsets in the audience. Response to the theatre and school when they opened in the fall of 1993 was positive, but the venue didn’t start making a name for itself until its famous acting namesake lent it his name, said John White, retired director of instruction and vice-chair of the Michael J. Fox Theatre Society’s board. It was originally called “The Theatre at Burnaby South,” said White. But thanks to local restaurateur and nightclub owner Sev Morin, who knew the Fox family and proposed the idea, Michael J. Fox allowed the theatre to bear his name in 1995. The only disadvantage— often being confused with the Terry Fox Theatre in Port Coquitlam—has been far outweighed by the benefits of the name and profile. Michael J. Fox has attended just about all, if not every, golf tournament held annually since 2002, which raises upwards of $55,000 per year. Please see roadhouse, a3
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Coffeehouse offers custom-roasted beans Unique service roasts on-site in just 20 minutes Wanda Chow
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Victor Winterfeld is an admitted perfectionist. That helps explain how he and his wife Karen went from running Gold Coast Coffee for 12 years, delivering coffee supplies to clients, to learning how to roast the beans himself. Their office customers liked his roasts so much, the Maple Ridge resident decided to take his creations to the masses. Their new coffeehouse in Burnaby, Coffee R2O (for “roasted to order�), is the result. Located in an industrial neighbourhood at 2345 Douglas Rd., just south of Lougheed Highway, it serves the requisite coffee drinks and baked goods. But it’s their customroasted beans that’ll get
coffee connoisseurs’ hearts beating faster from more than just the caffeine. With his fluid-bed roasters, Winterfeld will roast in batches as small as two pounds, enough to supply an average coffee drinker for two to three weeks. Customers choose what kind of beans they want—their origins range from Brazil and Ethiopia to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea—whether they want to blend more than one type, and the darkness of the roast. Then they sit back and wait about 20 minutes, or they can order it and have it delivered. Like any other perishable, coffee is best when it’s fresh, said Winterfeld, 47. “When you pick up a bag of coffee in the grocery store, you don’t know how old it is, when it was roasted.� In fact, Winterfeld’s
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custom roasts are so fresh, he suggests customers ideally wait one to four days (the darker the roast, the longer) to allow the beans to off-gas excess carbon dioxide, which can
add acidic notes to the coffee. “It’s like bread. You can’t eat bread right when you get it out of the oven, you let it cool.� And of course, best
results come from grinding the beans just before brewing. Not only does it make a better final product, but whole beans stay fresher longer than ground coffee.
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The money was originally earmarked to pay the theatre’s debt, but now that that’s paid off, it’s used for capital expenditures as well as scholarships for aspiring young performers from Burnaby schools, White said. When not being used by the school itself—it is alloted 350 hours of use per year—the theatre serves as a roadhouse for shows in which the producers bring in all their own equipment. It currently accommodates an average of 350 shows a year, making it probably the busiest theatre in the Lower Mainland, White said. At 613 seats, the facility fills a niche in the regional theatre community—larger C M Y than the 285-seat James Cowan Theatre
at the Shadbolt Centre, and other spaces in the Tri-Cities, but more intimate than the approximately 1,200-seat Massey Theatre in New Westminster. One of the advantages of it being a roadhouse is that the shows bring their own audiences with them, with people coming from all over the Lower Mainland to watch Chinese opera or kids’ dance competitions, for example. For Burnaby students, they not only get to take the stage of a high-calibre facility, elementary students go there to watch touring performances. “Very high expectations are placed on their behaviour in the theatre,� said White, suggesting students from the district might be among the best-behaved CM MY CY CMY K audiences around.
As for Froese, he summed up the “very satisfying experience� of getting the school built this way: “The new school was like designing a gold ring. The theatre was literally adding a big diamond.� Until Froese retired in 1996, he used to delight in taking international delegations on tours of the school, it was so well regarded. He recalled with a laugh taking dignitaries such as the minister of education for Malaysia on tours of South and, without any fanfare, leading them through a door to the theatre. “They would literally gasp and they would say, ‘in a school?’� twitter.com/WandaChow
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Historical photographs depicting the JapaneseCanadian internment are now available for viewing online through the Burnaby-based Nikkei National Museum. The project has put more than 2,000 photos online, thanks to the Irving K Barber British Columbia History Digitization Program at the University of British Columbia. The images record the forced removal from the B.C. coast of more than 22,000 Canadians of Japanese heritage into internment camps starting in early 1942. Many families were separated, and homes, businesses and personal belongings were seized, and later sold. They were forced to live in harsh conditions in remote, mountainous areas of central B.C. until the end of the war, when they were given the option to move east of the Rockies or go to Japan. Their freedom was restricted until they were given the right to vote in 1949. The museum has now provided online access, through nikkeimuseum.org, of 2,144 historic internment-related photographs, 219 artifacts and 104 audio tapes. “The images vary from remote mountain settlements,
to family activities, work life and special events,” said Beth Carter, director-curator of the museum, in a press release. “We hope these new online resources will help facilitate a greater recognition and a better understanding of internment camps, and the harsh conditions endured by the Japanese Canadian community in the 1940s.”
Gogos seek your pennies With the penny going out of circulation, the Burnaby Gogos are collecting them as part of a coin drive called Change for Change. The funds raised will support African grandmothers who have stepped in to care for grandchildren and thousands of other children orphaned by AIDS. Already, Burnaby Gogos have sent $2,000 worth of coins to the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign to help fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. Gogo means grandmother in Zulu. Burnaby Gogos is a group of local women which belongs to a network of similar grandmother groups. They’ll even arrange to pick up those pennies. Info:
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Bonney now with the Builders Brian Bonney has been appointed the new chief executive officer of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association of British Columbia (CHBA BC), effective Feb. 25. Bonney was perviously director of provincial affairs for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, vice-president for Uniserve Communications and director of communications with the provincial government. As well as previously owning and operating two telecom companies, he has also been active in politics with the BC Liberals, and at the civic level, having run unsuccessfully for mayor in 2002 under the Team Burnaby banner and for council in 1993 with the Burnaby Voters Association. “I look forward to working closely with CHBA BC stakeholders, all levels of government and of course, our members, to continue to promote excellence in residential construction throughout the province,” Bonney said in a press release.
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It took a cultural shift to battle drinking and driving, perhaps it’s time to make another shift so fewer pedestrians die in our streets. As with drunk driving, we can do that by changing laws, attitudes and public perception. Tougher laws and costly penalties made it unacceptable to drink and drive. Groups such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving got behind campaigns, and programs such as Operation Red Nose made it easier for people to make the right choice during the holidays. Corporations launched campaigns to make it cool to be the designated driver and drivers—forewarned—changed their behaviour. It may take similar efforts to reduce the number of pedestrian fatalities, which last year totalled 63, according to the BC Coroner’s Service. That’s almost the same number of people who were killed by drunk drivers last year, yet where’s the outcry? The sad fact is it’s walking seniors, 70 years and older, who die the most often in a collision with a car. Where do most of these fatalities occur? At intersections and marked crosswalks. When? In December and January, when it’s dark and rainy. In fact, people of all ages are at greatest risk during this province’s gloomiest months. Pedestrians need to understand that there are no safe intersections or crosswalks. Adults must apply the same safety rules they teach their kids: be aware of your surroundings, look both ways, make eye contact with drivers. And sorry, seniors, old age is not an exemption from the crucial lessons we direct at our youth. But it doesn’t stop there: Driver education must be be enhanced, laws toughened and outwear must be reflective, or at the least lighter. Pedestrian fatalities aren’t any less serious than drunk driving deaths. So why are they treated that way? —Black Press
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Independent MLAs have a dream VICTORIA – Imagine a province where party leaders are chosen in an independently supervised vote, with 12-yearolds, dead people and pets prevented from voting. Imagine a province where roving gangs of influenceseekers aren’t allowed to join multiple parties, and the rule is actually enforced. One where corporations and unions have to advertise in their own name instead of financing political parties and then disclosing millions in donations months after the election is over. Imagine a province where elections are held based on audited financial statements, not a collection of election promises that will be dismissed as a work of fiction by the new regime if the incumbent party is defeated. A cat joined the B.C. Liberal Party to support Christy Clark. Adrian Dix won the NDP leadership with the help of bags of $10 bills stapled to new memberships. As parties go to online voting, multiple PIN numbers may be activated from the same phone number or the same address.
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These and other glaring problems with our party-based political system were highlighted last week in a set of reforms proposed by three independent MLAs. Vicki Huntington broke the party choke-hold on B.C. politics by getting elected as an independent in Delta South in 2009. Bob Simpson was kicked out of the NDP caucus shortly after winning re-election for the party in Cariboo North, because he dared to criticize then-leader Carole James for a lack of policy specifics. They were belatedly joined by Abbotsford South MLA John van Dongen, who quit the B.C. Liberals in an orchestrated move to the B.C. Conservatives, and then quit that party soon after. Van Dongen does not have the credibility of the others to speak on integrity, given his self-serving party antics and his questionable
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decision to hire his fiancée and pay her one and a half salaries to serve as his constituency assistant. Leaving that aside, there are some good ideas in the independents’ reform package. One is to give backbench MLAs a meaningful role in policymaking. Simpson gave the example of Prince George MLA Shirley Bond’s term as education minister, where she had to reverse ministry policies that didn’t make sense in rural school districts. The all-party standing committee on education could have prevented this error, he said, but it didn’t because it never meets. The party voting irregularities described above could be addressed by giving Elections BC authority to supervise party leadership votes, the way it does elections and referenda. There are unknown costs for this, and other problems. For instance, should the Marijuana Party be subject to this, or the Work Less Party, should either one muster enough organization to stage a leadership contest? The independents had high
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issues, we need a plan that first of all gives these individuals an address. This is a first step to getting connected to social, health and educational services. Ideally, within days of arriving at a shelter, individuals would get connected to the health and social services they require and relocate to a more suitable place in the community to continue recovery. When ready, an individual would get help connecting with employers in the community and offer their skills in exchange for the dignity of a paycheque. For such a plan to succeed, we need greater cooperation and monitoring at the local level. A permanent emergency shelter is one piece of a much needed larger strategy to ensure all members of the community have a roof over their heads. Rick McGowan BC Green Party candidate Burnaby-Deer Lake
Difficult to remove problem tenants Re: Problem tenant has residents on edge (NewsLeader, Jan. 30) It was shocking to read the story about the tenant with a mental illness. I have had a similar situation in my building, a strata in Burnaby. It involved the people who lived on the floor above my apartment. The two were in their mid twenties, and the boyfriend would from time to time abuse his girlfriend. He would yell, drag her across the floor, and she would be crying. I sent letters of complaints to the caretaker’s office, and I also wrote letters to the strata. It took more than a year and many complaints to the strata before steps were taken to remove the two people. It is difficult in a strata to remove people. Daryl Shim Burnaby
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The prime minister said Canadians have been shocked to learn some violent individuals in detention for their mental illness have been given unescorted day passes despite still being deemed a threat to public safety. “Something here is very wrong,” Harper said. “The safety of the public must be the paramount consideration.” Provincial review boards will now be able to better restrict the movements of offenders it does release, by ordering they not have contact with victims
or other individuals, and by ordering them to stay away from certain places. A coalition of mental health groups urged Ottawa to carefully consider the need to promote the recovery of mentally disordered offenders while pursuing public safety aims. “These changes will unnecessarily heighten the public’s fears, increase negative stigma around mental illness and ultimately undermine the reintegration of [not criminally responsible offenders] without increasing public safety,” said Schizophrenia Society
of Canada CEO Chris Summerville. He said offenders declare not criminally responsible account for just 0.001 per cent of all criminal charges and they have a far lower rate of recidivism – around five per cent – compared to more than 40 per cent for regular convicts serving federal time. SFU restorative justice expert Brenda Morrison said the legislation puts more focus on victims instead of offenders, but much will depend on how the government implements it. twitter.com/jeffnagel
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each individual. Patients receive one-on-one care and attention. • Loved ones stay with their cherished belongings and familiar surroundings, which reduces fear, stress and anxiety. • Home care provides a variety of professionally supervised services in the security, privacy and comfort of the client’s home, with family’s active involvement and support. • Patients can receive the medical attention they need without having to give up the freedom and independence they cherish by remaining in their home. • May reduce the risk of infections.
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Men and women used to dining out for lunch every day can start bringing their own lunches so they can gain greater control of their daily caloric intake. For those who find they’re frequently too exhausted to cook each night, they can prepare meals in advance to have healthy, homemade meals waiting instead of always ordering takeout or delivery. When shopping for food, people should avoid doing so on an empty stomach so they’re less inclined to buy unhealthy snacks.
ExErcisE Exercise is another essential component to shedding pounds after 50, though men and women over 50 should always consult a physician before they begin a new exercise regimen. The Centers for Disease
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Burnaby parents interested to learn how their school taxes are spent can get some answers at a town hall meeting Feb. 28 at the Schou Education Centre. The meeting, hosted by the Burnaby Teachers’ Association and CUPE Local 379, will feature a panel comprised of Susan Lambert, president of the BC Teachers Federation, CUPE researcher John Malcolmson as well as Baljinder Narang, chair of the Burnaby Board of Education and fellow trustee Gary Wong. The meeting runs from 7-8:30 p.m. The Schou Education Centre is located at 4041 Canada Way.
Burnaby-based G&F Financial has once again been selected as one of British Columbia’s top employers. It’s the second consecutive year the credit union has been recognized by the editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers in their annual evaluation of employers’ physical workplace and atmosphere, benefits, vacation and leave policies, employee communication, performance management, skills development and community involvement. G&F was noted for its career development programs, education and initiatives promoting employee work/life balance. “Our programs focus on attracting and retaining the best and brightest in the financial services industry,” said Bill Kiss, co-CEO of G&F, in a press release. “Being named a top employer offers additional benefits to our recruitment efforts as we continue to increase our presence in each community.” Last year, G&F opened one of its newest locations in North Burnaby.
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BEAUTIFUL ST. BERNESE PUPS $750 Healthy, Happy, 1st shots, Vet Check Ready to go Feb. 22/13 www.stbernese.com (604)750-0480 BORDER COLLIE X, born Dec 5th, ranch raised, getting lots of atten. $350. Carol 604-316-4668 or email: carol@blackdiamondranch.ca CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866 CHIHUAHUAS, tiny tea cup puppies, blonde & white, M/F, 8 weeks, ready now. $700. 604-794-7347 ENGLISH Bulldogs, 8 weeks, 2 female, 1 male. Not reg. $1800. zsjerome@hotmail.com, chilliwack
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 560
MISC. FOR SALE
SAWMILLS from only $3997 MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800566-6899 Ext:400OT. STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca
REAL ESTATE 603
RENTALS 706
APARTMENT/CONDO
TRANSPORTATION 810
TRANSPORTATION
AUTO FINANCING
BURNABY, Linden Glen Apts. 7052 Linden Ave. Spacious & bright 1 & 2/bdrms. Incl heat & HW. Near Highgate. Cats ok. (604)540-2028
821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS 2008 VW GOLF City, 5 spd manual, silver, 85,000k. a/c, p/w, $7300/firm (604)538-9257
Coquitlam 996sf 2bdrm 2bath strg same flr carpet/wood, prkg cls to Coq Ctr Doug College elem schl NP/NS $1236 Mar 1. 604-941-3259
830
MOTORCYCLES
THE ONE, THE ONLY authorized Harley-Davidson technician training program in all of Canada. You’ll work on all types of HD bikes. Quality instruction and state-of-theart training aids. GPRC Fairview Campus, Fairview Alberta. 1-888999-7882; www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview.
COQUITLAM
Welcome Home ! 1 Bedrooms available near Lougheed Mall and transit. Rent includes heat & hot water. Sorry No Pets. Refs required.
Call (604) 931-2670
ACREAGE
DEVELOPMENT LAND WANTED
If you would consider selling your property of 3 Acres or more and want maximum value, send the details to: randyd@portraithomes.ca
There will be no pressure and no obligation, but let’s discuss possibilities. ITALIAN MASTIFF(Cane Corso) P/B blues, ready to go, 1st shots, tails/dew claws done. Ultimate family guardian $800 (604)308-5665 Lab/Shepherd/Rotti x pups, 3M/3F. vet check, dewormed, ready to go, $495. Call 604-864-1004. MULTI POM puppies, 2 F, 1 M, 7 weeks old. Ready to go. All shots. $550. obo. Phone 604-825-2271. NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 548
627
WE BUY HOUSES! Older House • Damaged House Moving • Estate Sale • Just Want Out • Behind on Payments Quick Cash! • Flexible Terms! CALL US FIRST! 604-657-9422
• Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings 100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331 *NEW QUEEN MATTRESS SET* Pillow Top in Plastic. Mfr. Warranty Must Sell $200 ~ 604-484-0379
736
• DIFFICULTY SELLING ? • Difficulty Making Payments? No Equity? Expired Listing? Penalty? We Take Over Payments! No Fees! www.GVCPS.ca / 604-786-4663
RENTALS 706
HOMES FOR RENT
POCO clean 3 bdrm rancher. Near school/amens. $1560. NS/NP, ref’s. Now. 604-805-2768, 604-931-1573
746
750
#1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200
SUITES, LOWER
The Scrapper
Central Coquitlam 1 bdrm new g/l top of line appls, tile flrs inste ldry $1100 incl util/net. 604-999-3227
752
TOWNHOUSES
Bright 2 bdrm apt. Large 2 br located in a Central Coq Co-op. $810/mo. No subsidy. Close to transit, schools, and shopping.
PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1030/mo - $1134/mo. Shares req’d. Close to WCE, schools & shopping. No subsidy available. 19225 119th Ave. For more info & to book an appt. call 604-465-1938
Sandy 604 945 5864 sandy@terramanagement.ca
SCRAP CAR REMOVAL
AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673
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New West- McBride Place. 415 Ginger Drive. 3 bdrm T/H. Family Housing. Close all amens, schls, transit. Pet friendly great loca. $1135/m. Call Now! 604-451-6676
APARTMENT/CONDO
845
ROOMS FOR RENT
POCO - furnished bdrm. shr’d kit. & living area. Quiet house. No Smoke $400/mo. incls. lndry. 604.941.2959
639 REAL ESTATE SERVICES
FURNITURE
MATTRESSES starting at $99
HOMES WANTED
NEW WESTMINSTER: West Coast Apt. 520-11th St. Large 1 bdrm w/ small storage room. Incl h/w & heat. By Transit. Cats ok. $735 - $750/mo. 604-540-2028.
TOP CA$H PAID TODAY For SCRAP VEHICLES!
Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402
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2 hr. Service www.a1casper.com (604)209-2026
NO. VIC-S-S-121121.............. Victoria Registry......................... IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA............. BETWEEN: RUSSELL ANDERSON AND DAWN ANDERSON PLAINTIFFS............................ AND: WADE TODD AND KRISTINE CURALL DEFENDANTS ADVERTISEMENT......................... To: Wade Todd and Kristine Curall TAKE NOTICE THAT on January 30, 2013 an order was made for service on you of a Notice of Civil Claim issued from the Victoria Registry of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in proceeding number VIC-S-S-121121 by way of this advertisement. In the proceeding, the plaintiffs Russell Anderson and Dawn Anderson claim the following relief against you: judgment for the damages and costs sought by the plaintiffs in the Notice of Civil Claim. You must file a responding pleading/response to petition within the period required under the Supreme Court Civil Rules failing which further proceedings, including judgment, may be taken against you without notice to you. You may obtain, from the Victoria Registry, at 2nd Floor, 850 Burdett Avenue, Victoria B.C. V8W 9J2, a copy of the Notice of Civil Claim, all the pleadings filed this action, and the order providing for service by this advertisement. This advertisement is placed by Dean P.J. Lawton of the law firm Carfra & Lawton, solicitor for the plaintiffs Russell Anderson and Dawn Anderson, whose address for service is 6th Floor, 395 Waterfront Crescent, Victoria B.C. V8T 5K7.
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