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She’s back: Relentless determination of wheelchair tennis star Sarah Hunter has not gone unnoticed – for the second time. i see page 19
Cabbie released after being shot at, kicked and handcuffed during police ‘crack shack’ investigation
Taxi driver ‘feared it was his last day’ Tracy Holmes Staff Reporter
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Rashid Ahmad tells his side of what happened the day a plainclothes police officer shot at his taxi cab.
The lawyer for a cab driver who was targeted by police in White Rock last month says his client was released from custody no more than six to eight minutes after being shot at, pulled from his cab, kicked in the ribs and handcuffed. And police have still yet to provide either Rashid Ahmad or his counsel with any explanation of why officers took the steps to begin with, Deepak Gautam said Friday. “They’re keeping a tight lip on it,” Gautam said. “I don’t know why they reacted like that, but what I can say is this demonstrates the high-handed and callous attitude – they have complete disregard for human life, it shows.” Police Friday would not comment on Ahmad’s version of events. “There’s really nothing for us to add,” Sgt. Peter Thiessen told Peace Arch News. “We’re still investigating that incident and what role everybody played in it.” Ahmad, 50, was among three people – including another man and an
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One of two shattered windows. elderly woman – taken into custody Jan. 29, during a takedown that police say was part of an investigation into a “known crack shack.” It occurred around noon in the 1500-block of Finlay Street – immediately east of Peace Arch Hospital. Ahmad said he was en route to the Semiahmoo Shopping Centre CIBC with the woman – whom he estimated to be in her 90s – and a man he believed to be her son, when the incident unfolded. An unmarked car passed his cab after he turned off Russell Avenue onto Finlay. It stopped sharply in front of the taxi. i see page 2
Self-storage project not suitable for neighbourhood, say townhouse residents
Criticisms over South Surrey ‘live/work’ plan Alex Browne Staff Reporter
A proposed self-storage development planned for Rosemary Heights’ Live/Work Neighbourhood Concept Plan has raised concerns among nearby residents, who fear the project could attract crime to the area. The Southpointe Mini Storage project for 31 Avenue at Croydon Drive has received third reading from Surrey council, with fourth reading yet to be scheduled. Wayne Mercer, who lives in the Nuvo 2 townhouse development east of the site, submitted a residents’ petition against the development at a public hearing in November. Among points raised are the potential impact on traffic along 31 Avenue (principal access for both the Headwaters condominiums and Nuvo townhouses), the location of the main entrance and the ramp to underground parking, the impact on a riparian area bordering the proposed storage build-
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The Southpointe Mini Storage facility is planned for Rosemary Heights Business Park. ing and whether the market for storage facilities is already saturated. Mercer also raised concerns around the hours of operation, light pollution and the potential for criminal activities or “unauthorized businesses” in and near the storage units. But developer Norm Porter said such con-
cerns are unfounded because of stringent requirements already imposed by the city. Porter noted the project is contingent on a number of conditions, including a servicing agreement, as well as economic factors. Even after fourth reading, he said, plans would need to be assembled before construc-
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tion could start, and that “the building-plan process would take six more months, at least.” Porter said he believes many of the concerns voiced are rooted in outmoded perceptions of storage units and security lighting. “There’s no recorded correlation between criminal activity and modern-day storage facilities,” he said, noting Surrey’s design concepts ensure storage buildings resemble offices, more than the old stereotype of a one-storey, metal-doored storage-unit park. “Modern-day security offers less light pollution than a large parking lot.” The Southpointe plan includes three buildings – a 24,831-sq.-ft. four-storey ministorage building, with two smaller twostorey office buildings on either side of 31 Avenue. A BC Hydro right-of-way between the buildings would be used for parking. Porter noted commercial and light-industrial uses are permitted under current zoni see page 4
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Driver struggles after shooting Ahmad told Gautam that the scene “keeps on revisiting him.” “He thought that that was his last day… that he would be killed.” Police confirm they released all three of the taxi occupants from custody within 24 hours of the Jan. 29 incident. Thiessen said Friday it would be “premature” to say if charges will come out of the drug investigation. “It’s an active investigation. The investigation into the crack shack and alleged activities are being looked at and suspects being dealt with,” he said. He could not predict how long the investigation into the officer-involved shooting would take, citing “all kinds of variables.” Coquitlam RCMP Serious Crimes Unit is conducting that investigation. Gautam said he believes “strong action” should be taken against the officer that fired, but expects police “will find a way” to justify the shooting. “We’ve seen that in the past,” he said. “You still have to apply an objective standard to this, and the courts will apply an objective standard.” – with files from CTV
i from page 1 A shabbily dressed man got out of the car, drew a gun on the taxi and fired, Gautam said. “(Ahmad) shouts to his passengers, ‘Duck down, he’s gonna shoot us,’ and then a shot is fired. “The next thing he knows, he’s pulled out of his car, kicked in the rib cage, put to the ground with some officer putting his knee on his neck. He’s handcuffed and made to sit on the sidewalk. “And after six minutes, another officer comes up to him, takes the handcuffs off and says, ‘You’re free to go… Do you want to go home or do you want to go to the hospital?’” While Ahmad – a Surrey father of five who has driven for the same cab company for 14 years – deferred most questions to Gautam, he did tell PAN that he is still feeling “a little confused” from the ordeal. “I’m struggling,” he said Friday. He expects to learn today (Tuesday) about the results of a CT scan that was taken after his head was injured in the incident. “He went to the hospital because he was bleeding from the nose and from the mouth,” Gautam said. “The CT scan was of the left side of his head… that was swollen as well.”
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Resisting-arrest conviction after police officer assaulted in White Rock
Strip-search breached woman’s rights Tracy Holmes Staff Reporter
White Rock police who strip-searched an intoxicated woman following her December 2011 arrest breached the woman’s charter rights, a judge has ruled. Judge Jennifer Oulton made the finding in Surrey Provincial Court Wednesday, prior to finding the same woman, Charlotte van Buuren, guilty of resisting arrest in connection with elbowing and kicking a White Rock officer. “The evidence is unclear as to why Miss van Buuren was strip-searched,” Oulton said. “Reasonable and probable grounds were not established. I find there was a breach of Miss van Buuren’s Section 8 rights.” Van Buuren was in court on charges of assaulting a peace officer and wilfully resisting/obstructing a peace officer in connection with an incident Dec. 11, 2011.
During two days of evidence, Oulton heard Noting van Buuren was “kicking and flailthat van Buuren, now 27, was arrested in the ing” as officers worked to bring her under 14900-block of Marine Drive after police wit- control, Oulton said the force used “was no nessed her “kicking the head of a man lying more than was necessary.” on the ground who (the officer, Const. Saagar Lewis suggested her client’s right to counsel Prihar) thought was dead or unconscious.” was breached when police delayed giving her Prihar told the court he put his hand on van that access. Oulton heard the move was due to Buuren’s shoulder and shouted van Buuren’s level of intoxication “stop, police.” She responded by ❝She certainly has – logic she accepted, citing audio calling him a “f---ing pig” and learnt her lesson.❞ evidence in which van Buuren elbowing him in the face twice, “sounds drunk and angry.” Elizabeth Lewis Oulton heard. Shortly after, with Regarding the strip-search – defence counsel no apparent provocation, van for which officers had to restrain Buuren repeated the insult and kicked Pri- an “aggressive” van Buuren – Oulton said evihar in the stomach, prompting another offi- dence made it unclear if police felt they were cer to assist in the arrest. following policy or had grounds to believe While defence counsel Elizabeth Lewis had van Buuren was concealing a weapon when alleged the arrest was unlawful and unneces- they removed her bra and belly piercing. sarily forceful – van Buuren sustained abraThe officers did not make a record of the sions to her face when she was pushed to the reason for, or manner of, the search; and it ground and handcuffed – Oulton disagreed. was not authorized by a supervisor, she said.
Thursday, prosecutor Pam Bhatti told Peace Arch News she took that finding as a message to officers that “you need to be more clear on what you are doing and why you are doing it.” “I think what they did was not wrong,” Bhatti said. “One officer did say if she was calm and co-operative, she could’ve done these things herself.” While Oulton dismissed the assault charge, she acknowledged an assault did occur: “Considering all the evidence… I saw this as an assault that happened while resisting arrest.” In arguing for an absolute discharge, Lewis said her client has no recollection of what transpired, is “mortified” and is apologetic. “She certainly has learnt her lesson,” she said. Oulton accepted Bhatti’s submission that a conditional discharge was appropriate. She imposed one year’s probation, during which time van Buuren must complete 50 hours of community service and abstain from alcohol.
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A work crew prepares to remove solid waste and contaminated soil from the site of the former Semiahmoo Park that was once leased by Surrey.
Soil remediation prepares Semiahmoo site for as-yet-unplanned development
First Nation land ‘polluted by cities’ Alex Browne Staff Reporter
Work underway on the former site of Semiahmoo Park is a “contaminated soil and waste remediation project” for a decades-old dumpsite and landfill, according to a news release from Semiahmoo First Nation. Initial brush-clearing work last week – which brought a backhoe and other equipment to the fenced-in section of the Semiahmoo Reserve just across Marine Drive from White Rock, between Habgood and Kiel streets – had provoked the curiosity of nearby residents, several of whom called Peace Arch News. According to residents, several large holes were subsequently dug – and soil was removed – before the holes were filled in again. While Semiahmoo First Nation councillor Joanne Charles could not be reached by PAN
press time for an interview, she said in a news soil “to the extents practical without altering the release sent Thursday that during the period stream banks of the (Little Campbell) river.” that Surrey leased the whole area as Charles said the remediation of the a community park between 1943 and site will return the land to “pre-exca1996, the project site had also been vation grade” with fills that are geoused by both Surrey and White Rock technically stable enough to permit in the 1950s and 1960s for disposal of future development – although she commercial and municipal wastes and added that Semiahmoo First Nation installation of municipal infrastructure. “does not have any plans for future She said that site investigation condevelopment at this time.” ducted since 2007 – including an Both White Rock and Surrey are environmental assessment for human working with Semiahmoo First health and ecological risk – has shown Joanne Charles Nation to ensure that municipal serthat while some of the material on the Semiahmoo band vices on the site that are still in use are land is identifiably municipal solid identified, while others are decomwaste, other soil has been found to be contami- missioned, Charles said. nated, through laboratory testing. The project is believed to be funded by the Aim of the current project, she said, is to federal government, but MP Russ Hiebert’s remove both the solid waste and contaminated office could not confirm that at press time.
A full military funeral will be held this weekend for a retired White Rock teacher who “miraculously” survived injuries after landing on Juno Beach on D-Day. The public is invited to attend the Feb. 15 service in South Surrey for Second World War veteran Douglas Leask, who died Jan. 23 at the age of 92. “As the military is doing this veteran the great honour of a full military funeral, the Royal Canadian Legion is proud to join the family of our long-standing member and the Canadian Forces to witness the celebration of the unique life of this local hero,” according to Inga Kruse, of the Legion’s BC/Yukon command. “His family welcomes members of the public to attend Douglas’s service to honour his sacrifice and service.” Born in Victoria on June 25, 1921, Leask joined the fight in the Second World War, serving as a private with the D Company of B.C.’s Canadian Scottish Regiment. As part of his service, he landed with the regiment on Juno Beach on June 6, 1944, and was wounded during a counter-attack against German forces on a bridge at Putot-en-Bessin, France. “Miraculously, he survived and was in hospital with a cranial acrylic plate.” Following the end of the war, Douglas moved to White Rock and worked as a school teacher. He was a longtime member of Royal Canadian Legion Crescent Branch 240 in South Surrey. The service is scheduled for 2 p.m. at Hazelmere Cemetery, 19198 16 Ave.
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Different than office use: resident i from page 1 ing and said that should come as no surprise to residents of nearby developments, which – like the proposal – are part of the live/ work plan for Rosemary Heights Business Park. The Surrey City Development Corporation, he noted, is planning a 100,000-sq.-ft. office building across 31 Avenue from the proposal. “Anybody who lives there knew that going in,” he said, adding the zoning allows townhouse residents to conduct their own inhome businesses, complete with business parking. However, Mercer said any comparison between the development proposed and potential activity in home businesses is “laughable.” “There is no doubt that we knew that the area where we have purchased townhomes was zoned for home-based businesses when we purchased,” Mercer said. “We have also seen the development of office buildings along Croydon and, in fact, we have no argument with the office-building component of the application in question. “(But) even if every homeowner was operating a homebased business, the activity at the proposed mini-storage site would be in the range of seven times the potential for traffic and noise – especially at night.” Mercer – a former manager of
community bylaws for the City of Richmond – said that in his experience, zones that include such a mix of uses are likely to create friction. “The juxtaposition of these severely divergent types of property use consistently cause problems, especially when the residential component is in place first.” Ron Hintsche, Surrey’s manager of current planning for the south, said the Nuvo and Headwater townhouse projects had been approved as live-work residences as a transitional zone to complement the existing business and industrial zoning in the area. “I don’t know how many residents have taken advantage of the live-work option, but it is in the nature of that area,” he said. “It’s designated for this type of land use. It could have been a business park, but office buildings and mini warehouses are acceptable to us, and the developer feels that’s what’s viable for the property, given the hydro right-of-way.” Hintsche said the city is “basically satisfied” the project meets requirements for both the official community plan and neighbourhood community plan. “The project was reviewed at the advisory design panel back in June,” he said, adding that it also received RCMP oversight in keeping with the Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design initiative.
He said a key safety concern was who would have access to the building after hours, and that “only those who have storage units would have access.” Mercer, however, noted such a system only limits access to those who pay their rent. “Growers of marijuana and operators of unlicensed businesses could operate all night, and operators of chemical labs would have no problem paying the monthly rent,” he said. “The hours of operation (would) permit access 24 hours a day, seven days a week – only a fraction of which is supervised.” Mercer said he and other residents are yet to be convinced such a development is necessary in the first place. “(We need) some independent and knowledgeable documentation to indicate that there is indeed a demand or need for a mini-storage complex of this magnitude, in what I understand is already a saturated market for storage in Surrey and the Lower Mainland,” he said. The issue is an important one, he said, to “the professionals, young families and retirees who have invested in the residential developments on this section of 31 Avenue and do not want to see their investments devalued by a poorly planned and unnecessary development which could turn into a crime-ridden white elephant.”
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A White Rock woman is appealing to a fellow dog owner to come forward following an attack on her multi-poo that left the nine-year-old with severe gashes to his neck. Shelley Dougan said she was at Bakerview Park in South Surrey with her daughter, Madison, on Jan. 31, when Buddy was mauled by what looked like a short-haired Husky. Dougan said both dogs were onleash at the time, and that the attack occurred when Buddy approached the bigger dog as she and Madison asked about a smaller “ball of fluff ” that was sitting on a picnic table. “He was gashed – big, huge, deep, long gashes on both sides of his neck, and he has a fractured trachea,” a distraught Dougan said last week. “It was horrible.” Dougan said the incident happened with no warning. It was so violent and quick – and her concern for Buddy was so high – that she never stopped to ask the Husky owner for contact information. The woman “showed no remorse whatsoever,” Dougan said. “She said it was my fault.” The incident has been reported to Surrey animal-control officials, but Dougan said she was told that without any information on the other dog
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he jury is still out on whether a community court is the answer for dealing with Surrey’s burgeoning crime problems. Ever eager to walk the walk and talk the talk of a major city, Surrey has learned that an increasingly urban landscape comes at a corresponding cost of increasing urban crime scenarios, resulting in a spike of 25 violent deaths last year alone. Since 2006, Mayor Dianne Watts has been asking for a community court – much like the one established in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside in 2008 – as a cornerstone of Surrey’s Crime Reduction Strategy. In theory, taking a moreenlightened, less-punitive approach to chronic offenders in property crime and drug possession – while addressing addiction, mental illness and homelessness – would prevent lesser crimes from escalating into major crimes, such as was believed to be the case with the tragic beating death of hockey mom Julie Paskall outside Newton Arena in December. That tragedy has amplified calls for change, among them Surrey NDP MLAs repeated demands that the BC Liberal government make good on old promises to expand the communitycourt concept into Surrey. Following Watts’ meeting with Justice Minister Suzanne Anton last week, it appears a community court is finally on the table. The trouble is, the community-court approach is still mainly theory – with not much hard evidence to show it is an effective remedy for a landscape of crime fueled by social ills. While Vancouver’s Community Court was built at a cost of $5.4 million (with another $4.4 million in annual operating costs), its effect in reducing crime is difficult to quantify. Even with it in place, the Downtown Eastside is at crisis point, and with its mayor and police pleading for more resources for addiction treatment and mental health. With every respect to the family and friends of Paskall, would the existence of a Surrey Community Court actually have prevented the circumstances of her tragic end? In the absence of compelling proof that Vancouver’s plan – however reassuring it sounds – is effective, taxpayers have the right to be leery of opening another sinkhole of dollars here, and to question whether the money would be better spent on other strategies. While Surrey’s problems increasingly mirror Vancouver’s, we must make sure we’re not duplicating a costly solution that checks the right box but, in reality, solves nothing at all.
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ICTORIA – On April 1, medical Police have only an estimate marijuana-growing licences expire because Ottawa’s bungled medicalacross the country, and only pot scheme conceals the location of licensed commercial growers will be able licensed growers from provincial and to legally fill a prescription for local governments. pot. RCMP Insp. Dave Fleugel told Tom Fletcher Ottawa is moving to clean Maple Ridge council last week up the mess it created by that his detachment will first issuing medical licences all target medical growers they over the country. Since then, know are linked to organized municipalities have complained crime. But it’s difficult to that small-scale licences have determine which are legal and been greatly exceeded, with many which are not. used as fronts for a criminal “This has the potential to drug trade that has made B.C. cripple the courts,” Fleugel said. infamous around the world. “Something is going to have to How big is the problem? There take a back seat if we are going are about 38,000 Canadians to go after all of them.” licensed to carry marijuana for The police and fire medical purposes, and half of departments have proposed an them live in B.C. Their permission to amnesty or grace period, allowing people grow their own or buy it from designated to disclose their location and have it small-scale growers is withdrawn in a dismantled without penalty. couple of months. This mess was created by Ottawa in Here’s a look at the community level. response to a court ruling that forced them Police in the Fraser Valley suburb of to make medical pot available. The Harper Maple Ridge estimate that it alone has government remains trapped in a failed 500 properties licensed to grow pot. war-on-drugs mentality that prevents any No, Maple Ridge is not a world hotspot innovation or even common sense. for glaucoma or arthritis. It is historically Then there is the circus in Vancouver, known for its secluded properties and as where self-styled princes of pot exploit a base for B.C.’s prison system and the the confusion of the medical marijuana province’s Hells Angels. law to run an Amsterdam-style retail
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trade. Cannabis Culture – the pot and propaganda empire built by Marc Emery before he was jailed in the U.S. – rants about the government’s “war on patients,” amid garish ads for “pot by post” and exotic weed varieties. “By Health Canada’s own estimate, the cost will increase from $5 per gram to $8.80 per gram – going up by nearly 400 per cent,” its website warns. Apparently smoking lots of weed really is bad for your math skills. Dana Larsen, who spearheaded the illconceived and failed decriminalization petition last year, heads up the seriouslooking “Medical Cannabis Dispensary.” It has done so well at its location in the drug bazaar of East Hastings Street that it’s got a branch office on Vancouver’s west side. Its official-looking forms have a long list of conditions where only a confirmation of diagnosis is required. In addition to genuine conditions such as side effects of chemotherapy, it includes anxiety, psoriasis, spinal-cord injury and even “substance addictions/withdrawal.” And did you know you can get a vet’s note to buy medical pot for your pet? Larsen has boasted about the exotic offerings of his stores, including “watermelon hash oil” at $150 for 2.5 grams. Wow man, that’s like 400 million per cent higher! Fittingly, this farce goes back underground on April Fool’s Day. Medical users can only order shipments from an approved commercial producer. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. tfletcher@blackpress.ca The Peace Arch News is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. Directors oversee the mediation of complaints, with input from both the newspaper and the complaint holder. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent within 45 days to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby Street, Nanaimo, B.C., V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org
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Focus on the Games itself Editor: The Russians are on the spot – threats galore and many, many onlookers waiting for the disaster at the Winter Olympics. We all know the Russian government is not the most popular, but, for the sake of the Russian people who are just plain folks like you and I, let’s cut a little slack and wish them good luck in their fantastic endeavour to produce one of the best Olympics ever. George Dyce McAbney, Surrey Q The Winter Olympics have commenced in Sochi, Russia, amid fear of terrorist attack and glorifying the gay issue, which creates a hurdle for international athletics and the host city. The Olympic should remain as a game. They should not be allowed to demonstrate various demands other than the true glory of game. The Olympics motto is “faster, higher, stronger.” The most important thing is not to win but to take part. It is for people eager to enjoy the athletes’ skills and watch how they establish records. The Olympics should not be allowed to become a protest platform or terrorist ground – but should remain as a playground. We need to support Canadian participating athletes for their best performance and wish them to secure more gold medals. Our Canadian red flag always flying high with Canadian spirit during competition. Hope they achieve exceeding expectations to remain in top ten countries in the world. Hanif A. Patel, Surrey
relatively inexpensive methods that provide security for the residents without months of studies and arguments about costs. Seija Paddon, White Rock
We should be making noise Editor: Re: Silencing train whistles to cost $1.8m, Jan. 28. Residents of Crescent Beach and White Rock just don’t get it… Do you really think that your property values will not suffer? Do you really think that living in South Surrey and White Rock has not being affected by BNSF Trains? You should see the size of the engines that they have to pull 135 rail cars. These engines are equal to nine old engines in noise, vibration and horn blast. Even if your home is soundproof and you wear ear plugs, the noise will wake you up. At 3 a.m., some train crews are blasting their horns 35 times. For what? For who? Regulation and control has to stop BNSF running trains from midnight to 8 a.m. The costs of shutting them up or moving them should be all covered by BNSF. Period. And don’t tell me to move. People were here first, and people are more important. Legal demonstrations should be so huge that Prime Minister Stephen Harper and BNSF cannot ignore us. Speaking of noise, I noticed
again jet planes in the early hours of the morning over South Surrey and White Rock. I talked to YVR managers and the feds, and they said that the people of Richmond are tired of hearing airplanes and it is devaluing their properties. So from now on, they are moving the flight routes over Crescent Beach and White Rock more and more. Robert Melynchuk, Surrey
Taxpayers get the business Editor: Re: Display of compassion, Jan. 16 letters. Your letters page included a heartwarming story concerning a police officer escorting an elderly citizen across the street and the positive reaction of a young boy who exclaimed “Aw, he’s a good man”. Unfortunately, the warm fuzzy feeling didn’t last, as right next to it was the open letter to Russ Hiebert. In it, the writer asked the South Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale MP to explain why the taxpayers are paying out $8,000 per month for a rental apartment and $230,000 annual salary to William Elliot, former RCMP commissioner. As well, it asked to please explain why the new Internet reality show, 24 Seven, featuring our prime minister, is being financed by taxpayers? More Conservative hype. We then learned we are paying for six high-ranking caucus members
– as well as 30 members of the business community – as they accompany the PM to Israel and beyond. As well, no opposition members have been invited. No costs for this egregious extravaganza, to the taxpayer, have been calculated as yet. Do we not idly wonder sometimes why the prime minister’s wife accompanies him when these trips are classed as ‘business’? Surely more for the citizen taxpayer to bear. Fran Manary, Surrey
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Editor: China has 20 nuclear power reactors in operation, 28 under construction and more about to start construction. So it is apparent they are serious about converting to nuclear energy from fossil fuels in order to alleviate the chronic pollution problem, which is responsible for up to half a million deaths annually. Thus it would seem North America should be prepared for reduced demand for thermal coal shipped to China. If this makes sense, is it not folly to be increasing export capability, especially planning a third coal dock on the Fraser River? Let us hope Port Metro Vancouver is paying attention. David Gibbs, Surrey
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Don’t study, secure them Editor: Re: Care-home resident survives being hit by train, Feb. 4. In reading the article, I can barely believe the care home’s attitude, which seems, to be charitable, decades behind times. Evergreen Baptist Care Home representatives ought to visit homes owned by various Scandinavian communities, who know, without lengthy and delaying studies, the basic facts that elderly people with diminishing mental strengths are easily confused and apt to wander at any time of day or night. This ought not to have come as a surprise to those responsible for their live-in residents anywhere in White Rock, or B.C. generally. (Editor’s note: The article noted the injured resident lived in a wing that does not restrict in/out privileges.) My husband and I recently visited a such a home on the North Shore. After a cup of coffee in a pleasant cafeteria, we couldn’t open the door out until a person working there came and pushed a button to let us out. Those making regular visits know where the buttons are. There are other easily found and
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Might be eco issues at play here Editor: Re: Delay might be disastrous, Jan. 21 letters; Governments should step in, Jan. 30 letters. While I prefer to only write about what I know to be fact, I am going to go out on a limb and speculate about this one. Hear me out! The railway company that owns the bridge wants to increase train traffic through our area – trains that will carry coal, God knows what else and everything else that comes with it. However, they can’t increase this traffic till the trestle has been upgraded and that trestle is on First Nation
land (Train trestle replacement still awaits, Jan. 16). I assume the Semiahmoo band knows this full well. I also assume the band cares about our local ecosystem way more than we give them credit for. What if the Semiahmoo First Nation is actually using this unique situation to do something very important? What if they are stalling things long enough in a desperate attempt to buy the rest of us the precious time we need? Time crucial to have even a hope of winning the battle against the coal trains and whatever else they will attempt to push through. What if… Stacey Marton, Surrey
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Community-style court coming to Surrey: Watts Kevin Diakiw Black Press
A community-type court system may finally be coming to Surrey, as the city and province strike a steering committee ahead of its creation. The City of Surrey has been waiting for such a court since 2007, when it unveiled its Crime Reduction Strategy. The court would hear cases involving drug offences, mental-
health problems or family matters, such as domestic abuse. Instead of just locking people in jail, when appropriate, they would be referred for support services, including drug and alcohol treatment, mental-health care or angermanagement programs. Mayor Dianne Watts said she received an assurance from B.C. Attorney General Suzanne Anton Wednesday that such a facility is on the way, after they’d been in dis-
cussions for about eight months. “It’s important to come to a holistic approach and get to the root causes (of crime),” Watts said. The promise of a communitytype court came hours before Anton announced 29 new courtrooms in the Lower Fraser Valley over the next two decades, including eight in Surrey. Last April, five municipalities – including Surrey, Abbots-
ford, Chilliwack and the two Langleys – entered into a memorandum of understanding for the provision of more courtrooms over 20 years. Anton’s announcement calls for “high-priority” projects – includ-
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After 20 years, Surrey RCMP are still looking for the driver who struck a woman and then left her to die. It was Feb. 5, 1994 just before 9 p.m. when a passerby left Tim Horton’s at 96 Avenue and King George Boulevard and headed toward the 13400-block 92 Avenue. It was there she passed what she believed to be a body in a driveway. She called 911, and became the first witness in a hit and run that continues to haunt the victim’s family and RCMP two decades later. The person in the driveway was Surrey’s Gurbax Thind, 60, who was pronounced dead two hours later at Royal Columbian Hospital. Surrey RCMP say investigators from several divisions have worked tirelessly on the case, while several appeals have gone out to the public, including
a segment on Crime Stoppers. All to no avail. “With this (latest) release, 20 years after the accident, our Criminal Collision Investigation Team is appealing to the public to help solve this investigation and bring closure to the victim’s family and loved ones,” Surrey RCMP Cpl. Bert Paquet said . “While the vast majority of CCIT’s cases are successfully investigated, this one remains unsolved.” Using physical evidence from the suspect vehicle recovered at the scene, investigators determined the vehicle involved was a 1987 GMC 4X4 High Sierra 2500 pickup and was grey with red trim. Surrey CCIT asking anyone with information to contact the RCMP at 604599-0502, stating file number 2014-3651, or to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers, at 1-800-222-TIPS.
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Personalized through image, sound and video, this exhibit tells the social story of the Komagata Maru–a steamship carrying 376 passengers from Punjab, India that was refused entry into British Columbia by Canadian immigration officers in 1914. The exhibit is part of a year-long project with partners including Khalsa Diwan Society, Museum of Vancouver, Simon Fraser University and Surrey Art Gallery to commemorate the centennial of this event.
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Big brother volunteer Raman Gill and friend Davon McDonald connected through the mentorship program. Boaz Joseph photo
Critical shortage of volunteers leaves kids waiting at least a year for mentors
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t least once a week, Raman Gill hangs out with his friend Davon. Sometimes they’ll go to a hockey game or Science World, and other times they’ll keep it low key and play video games or throw a ball around. It doesn’t really matter, as long as they’re spending time together. Theirs is much like any other friendship – except that Gill is 26 and Davon is 11. The two met through Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver, which matches men with boys aged seven to 14 who are in need of a male mentor in their lives. Gill was a Big Brother back in 2009 and returned to volunteering with the organization last fall after moving back to Surrey from Kelowna. “I finished school and figured I should pursue other ways to spend my time other than just hanging out,” says Gill, who doesn’t yet
have kids of his own and works as an account executive for a digital marketing agency. He and Davon were paired up about four months ago. “I’ve been fortunate to have a lot of male influences in my life – my dad, uncles, older cousins – and a lot of people don’t get that same kind of benefit,” says Gill. “You know, they’re living in a single-mom home and sometimes you need to have an older male influence that you can do fun stuff with like play catch in the park or go to a Canucks game. That’s the reason I got involved.” Davon’s mom, Theresa McDonald, signed her son up in hopes of providing him with a positive male role model. Having raised him on her own, she hoped he would gain confidence by leaving her side and developing a friendship with a trusted guy. So far, she says, that’s exactly what’s happened. “It’s really opened things up for both of us,” she says.
The bonds between so-called until they are 14, if a child is “Bigs” and “Littles” can be enrolled when he is 12 or older, invaluable. there’s a good chance he may In Surrey, however, there never be paired with a mentor in is a critical shortage of men Surrey. volunteering, leaving some boys Big Brothers are asked to spend waiting up to two years to be a minimum of two to four hours matched. There are currently 11 with boys weekly. Volunteers boys on the Surrey wait list and undergo an interview and another 18 waiting criminal background just to get on the list. ❝It’s really opened check and are then That means at least things up for both matched with kids with 29 volunteer men are similar interests. of us.❞ required immediately The process, says Gill, is Theresa McDonald not arduous and he says to meet the need. According to Big he gets just as much out Brothers, the demand of the relationship as his is reaching record-breaking outgoing Little Brother. highs, with the volunteer shortage “I’d say it’s 50/50. We both enjoy approaching dire levels not seen the time we get together.” since the late ’90s. For McDonald, the benefit of the “It breaks my heart when a Big Brothers program is obvious. mom applies for a Big Brother “Davon always comes home for her son and I have to tell her with the biggest smile on his face he will have to wait at least a year and so much to talk about after to be matched, if ever,” explained his meetings with Raman,” says Rebecca Farnell, a Big Brothers’ McDonald. mentoring co-ordinator in Surrey. Men 18 and older who are Because boys are only matched interested in being Big Brothers
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Big Sisters needed, too While male volunteers are needed to mentor boys, Big Sisters is also in need of women to step up as role models for girls in Surrey. There are currently 23 girls waiting to be matched in the city, some of whom have been waiting more than a year. The program serves girls aged seven to 17 and the time commitment for adult volunteers is a minimum of two hours per week. Another six Surrey girls are on the wait list for the Study Buddy Program, which pairs adults with kids who need academic assistance but cannot afford tutoring. Volunteers for that program need to commit one hour weekly. To volunteer for either Big Sister program, call 604-873-4525 or check www.bigsisters.bc.ca
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Thousands raised A Surrey-based children’s charity raised more than $50,000 during their annual holiday fundraiser. The Parade of Christmas at Grouse Mountain ran from Nov. 29 to Jan. 1 and was hosted by SOS Children’s Village BC. Much-needed funds were
raised from donations, photos with Santa and a gingerbread structure contest. Grouse Mountain and SOS Children’s Village have teamed up to host the event since 2005. SOS Children’s Village of BC works to provide support for orphaned and abandoned children. The Surrey-based branch of the international non-profit organization is the only one in Canada, and provides community-based family care services for foster children and families.
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When White Rock software engineer Kip Warner set out to create a science-fiction video game set on Mars, he wanted to recreate the red planet as authentically as possible. As he began his search for reference images for the particular area of Mars he wanted to focus on, he discovered a huge archive of images available publicly through NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, taken from the Viking lander, the first American craft to land on Mars in the late 1970s. Unfortunately, the images had been electronically archived in the ’90s using technology that is no longer available, and weren’t accessible by modern computer software. “They managed to take hundreds, maybe thousands of pictures, of different seasons, different times of day,” Warner
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Runner a ‘flash’ of inspiration Sarah Massah Staff Reporter
Students at South Meridian Elementary were treated to a dose of inspiration Thursday when self-dubbed fundraising adventurer Jamie McDonald stopped in for a visit. Dressed in his red and yellow Flash costume, the world-record holder stopped by White Rock days after completing his nearly yearlong cross-country run in order to raise money for Children’s Hospitals in each province. The school put in a special request to have McDonald come in and speak to students, and were one of few schools who he was able to accommodate. The Gloucester, U.K. native has run the equivalent of 200 marathons and in 2012, cycled 14,000 miles (22,530 km) from Bangkok to his hometown. Two days after his return, McDonald broke the world record for static
cycling after pedalling for 11 days. Throughout both those challenges, McDonald raised tens of thousands of dollars for charity. During his presentation, McDonald showed video from his bike ride, which saw him travel through dozens of countries, and saw him face such adversities as being arrested and being shot at. Speaking to the rapt audience, McDonald explained that as a child, he was in and out of Gloucester Royal Hospital after being diagnosed with a rare spinal condition knowns as syringomyelia, as well as a very weak immune system. Fortunately, McDonald recovered and regained use in his legs. His passion for fundraising, he said, stemmed from his desire to give back to the many organizations that support sick children, like himself. For more or to donate, visit www.jamiemcdonald.org
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n sports, winning one comeback-of-theyear award is rare enough. Being bestowed such an honour means not only did some misfortune – an injury, usually – come your way, but also that the person in question was strong enough to battle through it, emerging better-than-ever on the other side. And such a feat is easier said than done. Unless, of course, you are White Rock wheelchair tennis star Sarah Hunter, who not only has one such award, but now two, after being honoured by Sport BC with the Harry Jerome Comeback Award. “I don’t know if it’s ever happened before, winning two of them,” she laughed. “I don’t think too many people probably do, but it’s a great honour. I was really surprised.” Hunter will receive the award March 5 at Sport BC’s annual gala in Vancouver. The 48-year-old athlete – who is an ‘incomplete quadriplegic’ after being injured in a 1997 hockey accident – received her first Harry Jerome award in 2001, after recovering from her injuries and taking up wheelchair tennis. She is now one of the world’s topranked players, and is ranked fourth in the world in quad singles play, and third in doubles. But despite her success, she very nearly called it a career three years ago after suffering severe shoulder and hand injuries during a mixed-doubles match in South Africa, in which she crashed into her partner, Adrian Dielman. i see page 20
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White Rock wheelchair tennis player Sarah Hunter will be given Sport BC’s Harry Jerome Comeback Award during a March 5 gala.
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Last month was a record-breaking one for Semiahmoo Rock Lacrosse. On Jan. 26, the Peninsula association saw six members from its 1997-born midget A2 team selected in the 2014 BC Junior ‘A’ Lacrosse draft – by far, the most Rock players ever selected in a single year. Carter Dickson was the first off the board, going third overall to the New Westminster Salmonbellies – who made a number of draft-
day trades in order to move into “In other good years, we might the third spot to pick him – and have one, maybe two players, he was quickly followed picked, but nothing like ❝For a small by Mason Pomeroy, this,” said Troy Dickwho went ninth overson, father of Carter association like all to the Burnaby Lakand also coach of the Semiahmoo… ers; Davis Goodman, team that, last summer, this is a huge who went 14th, also a provincial accomplishment.❞ captured to Burnaby; goaltenmidget championship. Troy Dickson der Jesse Young, 23rd Dickson said he was to the Delta Islanders, surprised that so many coach Bowen Stauffer to the players were chosen, Coquitlam Adanacs and Sam Ran- but not because they aren’t worthy sier, who went 47th to New West. talent-wise, but only because he fig-
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“But it was really great. It felt like all the hard work over the years just paid off.” The six drafted players have played together since they were five or six years old, so Carter expected it to be strange next season when they have to square off as rivals. “Yeah, there will be a big adjustment, for sure,” he said. The six players will now attend training camps with their respective teams, and the season begins in April.
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Hunter having best season in years i from page 19 a little too much and ended up injuring herself again, which set “Adrian was fine. But it was her back a few more months. his 350-pound power chair that “I’m very, very competitive. hit me,� explained Hunter, who You can go back into the files of partially tore three ligaments the Peace Arch News, and other in her left shoulder and also papers, and read the old stories, dislocated it. and you see how competitive I The injury caused Hunter to am,� she laughed. miss the remainder of the 2011 That competitive season and most of spirit is also 2012. the reason she And though ultimately decided the road back against retirement. was grueling – “I “I thought about basically lived at it, but I just knew physio,� she said – that I didn’t want the full-time athlete to retire because also got to spend of an injury. When an extended period I retire, I want to of time at home go out on my own with her family, terms, because I including her sevenwant to. I don’t year-old daughter, want to be forced Kate. out,� she said. “When I’m “I’d thought about competing in a full season, I’m on the File photo retiring before the injury. And if I road basically nine Sarah Hunter carries hadn’t gotten hurt, months of the year, the Paralympic torch. I think I’d probably and my partner have retired by now, travels for work a lot, so there’s a certain amount of too, so there’s a lot of travel in irony in that.� this family,� Hunter said. Not only is Hunter back on “So I took full advantage of the court – she’s currently being at home, and it was really nice. I absolutely made the most training in North Vancouver in preparation for the upcoming of my time.� season, which gets going in But while time at home March – she actually feels that was great, she admits that she is playing better than before her competitiveness would her time away. sometimes get the best of her. “It’s my most successful season During the end of her rehab, in about five years, at least, and for example, she pushed herself
it surprised me a little bit, only because I’m one of the older players on the tour now. “But I didn’t want to just ‘sort of ’ come back, or come back and just be able to play. I wanted to come back and be able to compete at the highest level.� Her achievements have been noticed by those in the wheelchair sports community, too. Last month, the Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association named her the athlete of the year for 2013. “I didn’t expect that award, either. It’s been a pretty good month for me,� she said. With an eye towards staying involved in the sport when she eventually does decide to retire, Hunter – who served as a torchbearer prior to the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver – has also spent time as an ambassador of sorts for the wheelchair tennis, and wheelchair sports in general. This week, she is travelling to Brazil with the International Tennis Federation to help run a series of clinics for people with disabilities, in an attempt to get more people involved. “I just want to show them that you can be a quadriplegic, and there’s still a lot of opportunities out there, and it’s a lot of fun,� she said. “This wheelchair is just another piece of equipment, like a bat or a ball. It’s not a limitation, it’s an opportunity.�
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In the comforting presence of family, Rita passed away with serenity in her heart on January 03, 2014 in Peace Arch Hospital, White Rock, B.C. At age 91, she succumbed to pneumonia after struggling courageously for many years with osteoporosis. Rita was predeceased by husband Wallace; sister Rosine and brothers Maurice and Kenneth. Rita is survived by sister Anne; children Ted (Colleen), Howard and Andrea (Barry) and her spirited granddog Landy; grandchildren Jessica and Nathan (Sarah); and great grandchildren Seth and Noah. Born 05 March 1922, Vernon B.C., Rita was the daughter of Eugene Bellevue and Jessie Jane Reid. The Reid family immigrated in 1903 from Aberdeenshire, Scotland to the Lavington area where they established the Bennachie Ranch. Her family guardians included William Jr. (uncle Bill), Robert Willox Hamilton (uncle Bob), James (uncle Jim), Katherine Davidson (aunt Kate), Annie Smith (aunt Annie), and uncle Charles. Growingup, Rita and her siblings attended the one-room Lavington schoolhouse. Helping on the farm, Rita would regularly walk miles through the surrounding hills, often collecting wildflowers that she pressed and kept. She was a certified beekeeper and produced prize-winning honey. Rita worked in the Vernon Jubilee Hospital, and later joined the Canadian Women’s Army Corps, serving at Camp Borden, Ontario, and later at Jericho Beach Garrison, Vancouver B.C. She met Wallace Eugene Bashaw (1926-1974) skiing on Vancouver’s North Shore Mountains, and both were members of the Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Runners. They were married on April 19,1952. Wallace was the grandson of Eugene Bashaw, pioneer and town founder of Bashaw, Alberta. Always keen to learn and share, Rita pursued a range of interests, and enrolled in various courses in her mature years. She was particularly enthusiastic about natural and herbal remedies (as evidenced in her treasured garden!). A member of the local art club, Rita was active as an artist throughout her life, spending many fulfilling hours sketching, painting and working with her favourite pastels. A long-time resident of White Rock, Rita was a warm and humorous inspiration to all around her. Brave, determined and feisty, she lived independently with the assistance of Veterans Affairs Canada and Fraser Health; in addition, the family is deeply grateful to Rita’s many friends and neighbours who helped and watched-over her with kindness and generosity. Although it is with great sorrow that we announce her passing, it is also with deep gratitude and comforting reassurance, knowing that her life was full and enriched. Rita is loved and greatly missed.
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OVER 40? Have a mortgage? Save AND do better than bank mortgage insurance. Find out how Personal Life Insurance is better. Exp advisor. Diane Penney 604-313-4710 www.dapenneyfinancial.com
CLEANING SERVICES
A MAID TO CLEEN For all Your Cleaning Needs
Volunteer support is required for a variety of roles May 1 - 3, 2014 with event set-up, event-night support and event tear-down. Must be 19+. Please visit www.pahfoundation.ca/gala to download an application or contact 604.535.4520.
Volunteer in support of your hospital.
Weekly, Biweekly, Monthly Residential & Commercial Services ~ Excellent Rates!! * Licensed * Bonded * Insured
HANDYPERSONS
AT YOUR SERVICE. Carpentry, Concrete, Painting, Rubbish Removal. Call Dave (604)999-5056
257
DRYWALL
Change ugly popcorn ceiling to a Beautiful Clean White Flat Ceiling. Lovely to look at. Update your house and increase it’s value. * No Scraping * No Sanding * No Mess CALL FRIENDLY BENJAMIN 604-230-7928 PSB DRYWALL + All Boarding, Taping, Framing & Texture. Insured work. Dump Removal Service. 604-762-4657/604-764-6416 THREE STAR DRYWALL LTD Boarding, Taping, & texture. Small jobs welcome! Kam 604-551-8047
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ELECTRICAL
ALL JOBS Big or Small. Panels, lighting, plugs, fans, hot tubs, etc. Guaranteed work. Ph 604-539-0708 Cell 604-537-1773 (Lic. 26110) FITZ ELECTRIC. New build. Residential. Tenant Improvements. Com Reno’s, Lighting rebates. 778-231-8332, www.fitzelectric.net Lic. Electrician A+, BBB member Expert trouble shooter, All types of Electrical work 24/7 604-617-1774 YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899 ELECTRICIAN - Dana Thompson Over 24yrs exp. Res/Comm. Free est. Bonded. #14758 604-353-1519
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HOME IMPROVEMENTS
287
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
MOON CONSTRUCTION BUILDING SERVICES • Additions • Renovations • New Construction
Specializing in • Concrete • Forming • Framing • Siding
All your carpentry needs & handyman requirements.
604-218-3064
A SEMI-RETIRED CONTRACTOR. Specializing in Renovation’s. Available for work. 604-532-1710
288
HOME REPAIRS
A1 BATH RENO’S. Bsmt suites, drywall, patios, plumbing, siding, fencing, roofing, landscaping, etc. Joe 604-961-9937.
320
MOVING & STORAGE
MOVING? LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE
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604-536-6620
www.BBmoving.ca 287
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
778-883-4262 EUROPEAN LADY 18 years exp. Home & Office cleaning & Laundry, Moving, Weekdays & wknds, Small or Big jobs. Ref’s. 604-825-1289. DETAILED EUROPEAN CLEANING.
Efficient, Reliable, Friendly, Bonded Excellent References with 18 yrs of experience. Call Ivet: 778-235-4070
E & M MAINTENANCE WINDOW WASHING D Windows Out & In D Gutters cleaned In & Out D Pressure Washing D Serving W. Rock for over 30 yrs D Lic. & WCB insured. D Free Est. Seniors Discount
Eric 604-541-1743
“White Rock & South Surrey’s Leading Renovator since 1989�
Designing and renovating new kitchens, bathrooms, basements, house make-overs and additions since 1989
Call for FREE in-home consultation In-house design team and cabinet shop Let MPB make your renovation dreams come true!
www.mpbconstruction.com Showroom: Unit 62 - 15515 24th Ave. (at King George Blvd.) Tel: 604-538-9622
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MOVING & STORAGE
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 329 PAINTING & DECORATING
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RUBBISH REMOVAL
1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Across the street - across the world Real Professionals, Reas. Rates. Best in every way! 604-721-4555.
www.affordablemoversbc.com
$45/Hr
LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE
MESA PAINTING INTERIOR and EXTERIOR Quality work at reas rates. Free Est. Michael (cell) 604-724-7458
MISC. FOR SALE
STEEL BUILDING...”THE BIG YEAR END CLEAR OUT!” 20X22 $4,259. 25X24 $4,684. 30X34 $6,895. 35X36 $9,190. 40X48 $12,526. 47X70 $17,200. One End wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca
From 1, 3, 5, 7 & 10 Ton Trucks Licensed ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 Men Free Estimate/Senior Discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos
329 PAINTING & DECORATING
560
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
AFFORDABLE MOVING
604-537-4140 778-230-4150
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
APARTMENT/CONDO
REAL ESTATE 338
EXTRA
PLUMBING
FIXIT PLUMBING & HEATING H/W Tanks, Reno’s, Boilers, Furn’s. Drain Cleaning. Ins. (604)596-2841 BRO MARV PLUMBING 24/7 Plumbing, heating, plugged drains BBB. (604)582-1598, bromarv.com RENOS & REPAIRS Excellent price on Hot Water Tanks Furnace, Boilers, Plumbing Jobs & Furnace & duct cleaning
CHEAP RUBBISH REMOVAL Almost for free! (778)997-5757, (604)587-5991
374
TREE SERVICES
609
APARTMENT/CONDOS
BRIGHT 2 Bd. 2 Bth. quiet condo in Ocean Ridge at 5 corners in White Rock. Beautifully finished and updated. Central location with transit at your door. Enjoy the ocean view from 300+ sq. ft. south facing patio. No age restrictions, rentals and one pet allowed. Move in condition. Available immediately. Asking $309,000. Call 604-538-1811
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FOR SALE BY OWNER
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10% OFF if you Mention this AD! *Plumbing *Heating *Reno’s *More Lic.gas fitter. Aman: 778-895-2005
Repaint Specialist
TREE & STUMP removal done RIGHT!
• Tree Trimming • Fully Insured • Best Rates
Homes & Condo’s Commercial Buildings Small Reno’s Drywall & Ceiling Repairs
778-855-5361
378
3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour
341
PRESSURE WASHING
We Buy Homes BC • All Prices • All Situations • • All Conditions • www.webuyhomesbc.com (604) 657-9422
D Conversion from Cedar to Asphalt, Shingles, Fiberglass D 30, 40, 50 years Warranty D WCB, BBB, Liability Ins. Free Estimates. Call Gary 604-599-5611 OR Visit www.bestbusyboysroofing.com
OPEN HOUSE
• DIFFICULTY SELLING? •
PETS
353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS BEST BUSY BOYS ROOFING LTD.
HOMES WANTED
477
Difficulty Making Payments? No Equity? Penalty? Expired Listing? We Buy Homes! No Fees! No Risk! www.GVCPS.ca / 604-786-4663
(604)347-6239
bradsjunkremoval.com
Jnbz Painting
Hauling Anything..
Interior/Exterior Specialist Fully Insured Top Quality Fast Work Many Years Experience FREE Estimate
20 YARD BINS AVAILABLE We Load or You Load !
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
But Dead Bodies!!
604.220.JUNK(5865) Serving Metro Vancouver Since 1988
(778)552-4926
ANTIQUES & VINTAGE
WANTED: BRITISH PAINTINGS. STERLING SILVER & MEDALS, ETC. CEF Est 1980. 604-727-0137
506
APPLIANCES Peace Arch Appliance Service to fridges, stoves, washers, dryers & dishwashers. Reasonable. Also Appliance Removal Call Mark (604)536-9092
523
JUNK REMOVAL By RECYCLE-IT! 604.587.5865
329 PAINTING & DECORATING
Ask about our
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ROOM SPECIAL
CALL TODAY! 604-803-5041 www.benchmarkpainting.ca
UNDER $100
MOFFAT DRYER, works good. $35. Dehumidifier, like new, $40. 1 (604)538-6986.
560
Call 604-538-4599
MISC. FOR SALE
SAWMILLS from only $4,897 MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.
Rosemary Centre 3388 Rosemary Hts Cres.
WHITE ROCK. 2 Bdrm 1 bth. Nr Mall. $1195 inc heat/h. water, w/d Senior oriented. N/S,N/P. Cls to bus. 604-536-9565 / 604-765-9565. WHITE ROCK: Avail now. 1 Bdrm Heat, h/w, cble & prkg incl. NS/NP, ref’s, adult oriented. (604)385-0275
WHITE ROCK
Centrally Located
To view call 604-531-9874
WHITE ROCK
OPEN HOUSE SAT FEB 1 1-4PM 704 - 1473 JOHNSTON RD WHITE ROCK GREAT INVESTMENT AT $597,000 Unsurpassed finishing’s in this chic West coast architecturally Bosa designed 2 bdrm condo. When you expect nothing but the best, this home delivers. Gourmet kitchen, compl with your own Miele espresso machine, full height cabinetry, granite countertops, hrdwood floors, luxurious bathrooms, radiant in floor heating, air conditioning and floor to ceiling windows with an ocean view that will take your breath away. Enjoy a glass of wine on your private balcony and watch the sunset. Urban amenities with a seaside feel. Call today for your private viewing in the sought after Miramar Village. Jody Blizard 604356-9811 Homelife Titus Benchmark Realty
RENTALS 706
APARTMENT/CONDO
Call 536-5639 to view & for rates
746
ROOMS FOR RENT
Clean, quiet bldg. Reno’d 1 bdrm 3rd floor. Avail now. Incl heat, hotwater & prkg. Hrdwd floors. Close to mall, grocery, library & all amens. Safe & secure. NonSmoking, No Pets. Crime free multi-housing awards.
Call (604) 202-5312 WHITE ROCK, Haighton Manor 1 Bdrm, balc, heat/h/w, quiet bldg, central loc. NS/NP. 604-531-6714 haightonmanor@terracrestpm.com
WHITE ROCK SUNSET VILLA
1 Bdrm. w/ D/W & Gas F/P Large balcony. Concrete building.
$900 incls. HEAT & H/W. 1 block from Semiahmoo Mall. Available Immediately!
Call for appt to view 604.541.6276
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SCRAP CAR REMOVAL
SUITES, LOWER
WHITE ROCK avail March 1. 2 bdrm sunny, lower suite w/own driveway, level entry & walkout patio area. Ocean view, only 2 min to White Rock pier & 5 min to uptown shops & restaurants. Quiet, no-through traffic street. 1 bath, in-suite lndry & gas f/p. All utils & heat incl. $1200/mo NP/NS. Refs req please. Anytime after 6pm 604-535-5899.
AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673 #1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200
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TRUCKS & VANS
S.SURREY 2bdrm walkout grnd lvl ste approx 900sf. Ideal for one person / couple. NP/NS. $850 incl hydro & gas. Avail now 604-240-9809 S.SURREY Ocean Park. Newly reno’d grnd flr 2 bdrm ste. Walk to all amens/shops. Shrd lndry. Avail now $950/mo incl utils. 604-541-9082. S. SURREY / W. Rock Brand new 2 bdrm grnd lvl ste, ns/np, avail now, $875/mo + utils. 604-723-2852 SURREY: Panorama - 2 bdrm bsmt suite. avail. Feb. 15th. Close to both levels of school, banking, shopping YMCA, easy access to Hwy 99 & 91. Inc. utils, cbl, net & phone lines. $800/mo. N/S, N/P. (604)503-0532 WHITE ROCK, lrg 1900 sf, 3 bdrm bsmt ste, central, priv bkyrd & patio. 2 F/P. March 1st. $1260 + 1/2 utils. Call 604-250-4774 or 604 541 7328 WHITE ROCK new very lrg 2 bdrm covered patio, inste lndry, new appl $1200, immed. 604-626-5680
751
SUITES, UPPER
WHITE ROCK - 2 bdrm suite, 2nd floor entry. $900/m. n/p, n/s. Max 2 persons. Avl. now. (604)531-6916 WHITE ROCK, Hospital area. Walk to mall/bus/schools. Large updated 2 level with yard. Parking, storage. 3 baths. 3+ bdrms or den or office with sep entrance. Refs req. $1950. Avail Jan. (604)315-0782.
752
TOWNHOUSES
757
WANTED TO RENT
DUPLEXES/4PLEXES
HOMES FOR RENT
1 & 2 Bedrooms
Swimming Pool & All Amenities.
OCEAN Park 2 bdrm, lower suite above ground. Large, fenced yard, shrd laundry, fireplace, near school/ bus/shops, great neighbours. Pets ok. N/S. $1150/mo includes utilities. Call 778-834-9555 if interested.
845
747B SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING
Well maintained Concrete High Rise in White Rock close to shopping.
Call 604-538-5337
LOST WALLET - pink/beige Guess ladies, near Coast Capital Bank 18 & 152nd. Very Important info inside. Please call 604-999-1079 REWARD!!
S. SURREY 1 Bdrm. Resort 65 plus retired living @ the Royale Pacifica (walk to mall) 1 prkg, lrg patio, grnd level, pet ok. Furn. or unfurn. $1800/mo. Milan 604-505-1326
ACTIVE SENIOR
UTILITIES INCLUDED. NS/NP
OFF-ROAD VEHICLES
The Scrapper
S.SURREY 16/K.George. 4 Bdrm, 2 full baths, w/d, 75% h/w flooring, 25% carpet. Nr all amens, school, bus, Feb 15. $1450. 778-552-2883
736
836
OCEAN PARK lrg bdrm, up, furn., sink, lndry. $485. Now. ns/np. Sml portion hydro/gas. 604-535-5953
OCEAN VIEW
Includes Heat, Hot Water & 1 parking space. N/P, N/S. Walk to Semiahmoo Mall & Amenities. Avail. March 1
CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866
503
2 Bdrm, $1025/mo. Avail Now. Quiet, well kept building. Hot water incl. Nr shops, bus, & hospital.
• Adult Oriented • Secure Building • Smoke-Free
CANE CORSO MASTIFF - pure bred pups, shots, dewormed, vet checked. $1000: Call 604-826-7634
LABRADINGER (Lab/Springer X) pups, ready to go now, $500. Med size dogs. Call/text (604)845-3972
RUBBISH REMOVAL
WHITE ROCK
1 bdrm. 2nd floor
ADORABLE PUPPIES -sm. breed & X’s. Vet Check, Deworm, Shots. $350+ Ready To Go (778)545-0311
DO YOU LOVE DOGS? We need loving foster homes for med.-lrg. sized dogs. 604.583.4237
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WHITE ROCK. 1 & 2 bdrm suites $860m & $985m incl cbl/heat/prkg, NS/NP. Avail now. 604-535-0925
PETS
CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977
RUTHERFORD PAINTING
Call 604-536-0379
Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402
OFFICE/RETAIL
1455 Fir St WHITE ROCK 1 Bdrm suite avail now Heat & hot wtr incl. Swimming pool & rec room On site mgr
639 REAL ESTATE SERVICES
POWER WASHING since 1982. WCB/Liability insurance. Call Simon for prompt service. 604-230-0627
741
WHITE ROCK - 2nd floor back of commercial bldg. Large space previously residential, would suit studio or light office. $900. Avail now. Call for more info: (604)531-6916
OPEN HOUSE FEB 16, 1-3 pm 704-1473 Johnston Road. Gorgeous Ocean View Condo in the prestigious Miramar building in White Rock. 1180 Sq. Ft. 2 bed/ 2 bath. The best of the best at an unbelievable price of 597,000. Come view this beautiful home Jody Blizard Homelife Benchmark 604-3569811
Running this ad for 8yrs
www.cycloneholdings.ca
S.Surrey PACIFICA RETIREMENT RESORT, 1 bdrm corner ste, W/D, incl all amens. Sec prk Sm pet OK. N/S. $2000. Janis 604-202-8000.
~ Fir Apartments ~
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PAINT SPECIAL
WHITE Rock, walk to beach ocean view,renod 3bd 2ba+loft, 5 appl,pkg n/s, Feb 15. $1550. 604-531-5784
(604)272-8004
WCB INSURED
604.339.1989 Lower Mainland 604.996.8128 Fraser Valley
Like New Townhouse. Only 3 years old. Immaculate Deluxe, 2 bdrm. + Rec. Room/Office + 2 Full Bath T/House. Flr. to ceiling storage + storage rm. in garage. 6 s/s appli. d/w, w/d, Garburator. Crown Mouldings, 9ft. ceilings, H/W laminate flooring and slate tile. Gas F/P & Alarm. 1 car garage parking. Covered patio lower & outdoor patio upper. Amenities room incls. full gym, outdoor hot tub & pool. Walk to Morgan Heights shopping. NO Smoking inside & NO Pets! $2250/month. Available March 1.
SUNDANCE townhouse, fully renovated, 3bdrm + den, 2 bath, OPEN HOUSE Sat & Sun 2-4. Easy to Show (604)999-9909. $408,888
Member of Better Business Bureau
www.paintspecial.com
Short Term or Long term!
White Rock
Call 604-536-8499
AUTO FINANCING
SOUTH SURREY
Quiet community oriented living.
Hot Water & U/G Parking Incl
810
Fully Furnished & Equipped
604.488.9161
1 & 2 Bdrm Suites
TRANSPORTATION
HOMES FOR RENT
Surrey, one ground floor office/retail unit 526 sq ft. in quiet Rosemary area.
VACUUMS
Vincent 543-7776
736
WHITE ROCK ONE BDRM Top floor, patio, 1 Bdrm, 1 bath. Elevator, dishwasher, in-suite laundry, secure parking, N/S, N/PETS. 1 yr lease. Avail Mar 1. $875/mo. 1561 Vidal - The Ridgecrest - Larry 604808-6601
627
~ PRO PAINTERS ~ INTERIOR / EXTERIOR Quality Work, Free Estimates
Skyline Apts
RENTALS
FOR SALE BY OWNER 50 + Building Windsor Village - South Surrey 16th & 140th St. Great location. 2 bdrms, 2 baths, ground floor. All appl. Nice patio, good cond. $245,000:
604-787-5915/604-291-7778
www.treeworksonline.ca treeworkes@yahoo.ca
RENE’S SPRAY & BRUSH PAINTING
Clean & Professional Brush, Rolled & Sprayed Finishes.
706
BRAND new apartment. MORGAN CROSSING - South Surrey. Top floor, corner unit. 2 Bdrms,2 Baths,6 Appliances, common patio for bbq’s, underground parking and storage. Shopping, dining, Steve Nash Gym all close by. N/P, N/S. $1350/MO. Over 800 sqft. References req. Contact: Shafiq Rahman (primary) 604-541-3664 Raheel Rahman 778-883-4417
.Hayden Painting 778-229-0236 Family Owned & Operated
A Gas Fitter 0 Plumber
(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint. NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services.
RENTALS
TOWNHOUSE / CONDO RENTAL long term, 2 bdrm plus, 1 or 2 lvl, 1200sq minimum, update or new construction. S.facing patio. W.Rock, S.Sry, Ocean Park. Active senior, prev home owner. Exc refs. NS/NP. 778-294-1775
2004 F250 - 4x4, KING CAB, shortbox, auto, black, 180kms. $8000/firm. (604)538-9257
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