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The play’s the thing: It’s shaping up like a great 2015 for South Surrey playwright Harvey Ostroff – who’s also added songwriting to his list of skills. i see page 13
Grandfather grateful for community support
‘She was a good mom’ Tracy Holmes Staff Reporter
The grandfather of an eight-yearold South Surrey girl who was found deceased in the trunk of a car last month says his daughter is “so remorseful… so sorry” for what happened. Barry Hamilton shared the emotional message from Lisa Deanne Batstone last week, just days after saying a final goodbye to his granddaughter, Teagan, at her funeral Dec. 20 in Ottawa. The youngster, a Grade 3 student at Rosemary Heights Elementary, was found in a car in South Surrey on Dec. 10, and her mother – 41-year-old Batstone, who is Hamilton’s Lisa Batstone daughter – was accused arrested at the scene and is charged with second-degree murder in her death. It’s an “unimaginable” tragedy, the bereaved father told Peace Arch News on Christmas Eve. “My family’s grief is just beyond anything anybody can ever imagine.” The Ontario resident said he was compelled to speak after reading kind words spoken of and about his daughter and granddaughter in last week’s PAN, where details of a Dec. 17 public service for Teagan at White Rock Baptist Church were shared, along with the results of Batstone’s latest court appearance. i see page 4
Celebration of peace Hundreds of holiday revellers and history buffs alike spent part of their Christmas Eve at Peace Arch Park last week, in celebration of the season and also the 200-year anniversary of a significant event in world history. The event – hosted by the United States-Canada Peace Anniversary Association – commemorated the bicentennial of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, which officially ended the War of 1812. The Christmas Eve festivities included music, people dressed in periodspecific costumes, light displays and concluded with a celebration under the Peace Arch. Gord Goble photos
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Problems outpace solutions O ne year ago this week, appropriate for a city half its size. Julie Paskall was The man charged in Paskall’s murdered outside the murder is a prime example of Newton Arena. why much more is It was the 25th murder necessary in the way of Frank Bucholtz of the year in Surrey, as resources. Yosef Jomo 2013 was a terrible year Gopaul, 27, had just for murders in the city. moved to Surrey eight The number of murders weeks earlier from reached an all-time high. Brampton, Ont. He was Paskall’s death sparked well-known to police a wave of outrage that there, and his moving to has ebbed and flowed, Surrey meant there was but still managed to another person with a dominated the recent challenging background municipal election for police to look out for. campaign and led to He was considered council recently agreeing a risk of reoffending to hire a significant after a violent assault in number of new police officers. Ontario five years ago. However, While the politicians have Surrey RCMP were not notifie heard loud and clear from the d because Gopaul had served public about violent crime, many his full term, and he was free to of the actions taken by various travel the country without having government agencies fly in the the public warned about his face of actually doing something chances of reoffending. about crime issues. In 2010, Gopaul was sentenced Surrey continues to lag in to two years and seven months in dealing with mental illness, jail after an assault on a woman drug recovery houses and in Brampton. Parole Board homelessness. While these documents showed he followed a may be contributing factors to woman home from a bar on Jan. crime, they most definitely do 1, 2009, and attacked her. contribute to a general sense of There are many more people disorder and confusion, and they like him on the streets of Surrey. all take up significant amounts of Some are out of jail; in some police time. cases they have been labelled Most of these issues are the high risks to reoffend. However, responsibilities of the federal for many different reasons, police and provincial governments, do not always know about them. but there is little in the way Even if they do, the general of on-the-ground responses public has no knowledge of them to them. Surrey continues to until after they have reoffended. grow dramatically, but the Mayor Linda Hepner is being services offered and funding criticized for not responding made available is often more quickly to some of the latest
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incidents, including two shocking murders in South Surrey. One involved a child and the other a teen. However, there is little she can do except offer words of sympathy. Policing is the city’s responsibility. It can be argued that Surrey has put enough resources into policing as the city has grown, but it is now trying to catch up, at least a little bit. However, police need to have all the tools to do the job. They are hampered by the rights of criminals to privacy; by the cumbersome court system; by light (or no) sentencing; and by the very limited ability police have to deal with repeat offenders, who cause an inordinate amount of crime in the city. The federal government has tried to toughen up sentencing, but in many cases, reforms passed by Parliament have fallen to Charter of Rights challenges in court. The court system seems determined to allow some very dangerous people to prowl the streets of Surrey and other cities. What is the solution? More policing will help, as will more vigilance by neighbours about trouble spots. However, it seems that the problems grow at a faster pace than solutions. If that is the case, Surrey may be in for many years of enormous challenges which have the potential to make some parts of the city very undesirable. Frank Bucholtz writes Thursdays for the Peace Arch News. He is the editor of the Langley Times.
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‘Monster houses’ triggered by City of White Rock error: councillor
Reverted setbacks to target big homes Sarah Massah Staff Reporter
White Rock council has asked staff to review lot coverage for single-family homes in the RS1 zone, following a change to setback minimums discovered in an omnibus bylaw. The motion, raised by Coun. Helen Fathers at the Dec. 15 council meeting, calls for a
change to rear-yard setbacks on corner lots to 7.5 metres from 3.8 m. The smaller minimum has led to the construction of what Fathers described as “monster houses.” The change, she noted, was made after council passed Bylaw 2000 – an omnibus legislation that was drafted to replace Bylaw 1591 – in the spring of 2013. “I think we made a bit of an error in doing
that,” Fathers said. “It came forward as an omnibus bylaw and I believe what we heard during the election was really, really large houses (are not wanted). “What we’ve essentially done is given away, on the corner lots, 120 feet times 12.5 feet times three levels, and I don’t think that is really the best thing for this community.” Coun. Bill Lawrence agreed, noting that
the lack of setbacks with homes on the city’s hillside has adverse effects on neighbours. “I don’t think the intent of the omnibus bylaw was to change the setback,” he said, noting that it should be changed back to the original 7.5 m. White Rock’s director of planning and development, Karen Cooper, is to return to council in February with a report.
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Langley driver survives collision with train A Langley man is lucky to be alive after colliding with a train in Cloverdale this week. At about 3 p.m. on Monday, the man was heading northbound in a 2014 Hyundai Sonata on 160 Street at Colebrook Road. According to police, he failed to yield to a stop sign at a railway crossing, which was not blocked by the usual railway arm. He collided with a two-car train, travelling about 55 km/h westbound. The man suffered minor injuries, was transported to hospital and was released. Police say he will be getting a citation for failure to obey a railway stop. – Kevin Diakiw
Bylaw in court A civil suit aimed at quashing a bylaw amendment that cleared the way for a 199bed care facility in White Rock is to be heard in B.C. Supreme Court next week. Dennis Lypka, strata president for the Belaire building and a petitioner behind the suit filed against the City of White Rock, said Jan. 6 and 7 have been set aside for the court case in New Westminster. The petition was filed last March, after White Rock council approved the amendment in connection with the 1550 Oxford St. development proposed for the Evergreen Baptist Campus of Care. Petitioners claim council violated the city’s
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“The recreational boaters had no local knowledge of the water and were ill-prepared to be on the water, with no marine radio or marine lights, apart from the boat’s editorial@peacearchnews.com running lights,” RCM-SAR 5’s Dean Donelly said in a release. Once on scene, the rescue team navigated through the shallow waters and at 9 p.m. were able to assist the boaters in Water rescue freeing themselves, when the tide level rose. Members of Royal Canadian Marine – Sarah Massah Search and Rescue Unit 5 answered a call for assistance from a grounded boat Sunday. U.S. cocaine charges A 20-foot cabin cruiser was located hard aground a sandbar approximately 800 A North Delta woman is in custody in the metres out from the Crescent Beach pier U.S. after allegedly trying to cross the Pacific when RCM-SAR 5 arrived before 7:30 p.m. Highway border crossing into Canada with According to rescue crew, the boat had nearly a million dollars worth of cocaine. run aground at 4 p.m., leaving the three According to U.S. Customs and Border occupants stranded. Protection), the 32-year-old was attempting to cross from Blaine into South Surrey on Dec. 17 in her 2007 Volvo when an officer deployed his canine partner, Zzook. Inspection uncovered a compartment in the trunk containing 21 sealed packages weighing 23 kilograms. The substance in the packages tested positive for cocaine – with an estimated street value of $900,000. Robyn Courtney Bell is being held on suspicion of cocaine possession with intention to distribute. Contributed photo – Sheila Reynolds Cabin cruiser was grounded 800m offshore. Official Community Plan and its procedures bylaw in not requiring an application for a major development permit. A city response disputes the assertion and describes the petition as “premature.” – Tracy Holmes
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Interview screened Hollywood’s most infamous movie at the end of 2014 is coming to the Surrey-based Hollywood 3 local theatre chain this week. The Interview, starring James Franco and Seth Rogen and filmed in Vancouver, will start Friday at the chain’s Newton flagship theatres – the first theatre in B.C. to book it. And while Hollywood 3 owner Rahim Manji says that while only a several-week run at one theatre is confirmed so far, he’s hoping to bring the film to either the Caprice or the Rialto in South Surrey. “We’re the only ones to book it, because most of the major chains are already locked in to a schedule for the first couple of weeks of January,” Manji said. “Vancouver is Seth Rogen’s hometown so it’s nice to have it playing somewhere up here. I think it should be the choice of people whether or not to see it. If they’re fearful, they’ll stay home. I’ll inform the authorities that I’m playing it, but you can’t be afraid of the world.” The R-rated satire – known to have displeased North Korean leader Kim Jong-un – is theorized to be the reason behind the massive hack of Sony Pictures computer files. Sony, fearful of threatened attacks on theatres, originally pulled distribution of the movie, but has since streamed it live and released it to U.S. independent theatres. – Alex Browne
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Fuming over end of Air Care Jeff Nagel Black Press
It’s the end of an era for drivers of older vehicles in the Lower Mainland. AirCare stations shut down for good on New Year’s Eve, and motorists no longer have to pay for mandatory emissions testing. The requirement, in order to get vehicle insurance in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, was seen by some drivers as a costly nuisance, particularly as cars got cleaner and most vehicles passed without a tune-up.
Defenders argue the provincial government was wrong to scrap the TransLink-operated program. “We know air quality from vehicles has improved over the last 10 or 15 years because we’ve been monitoring vehicles,” said Vancouver Coun. Heather Deal, chair of Metro Vancouver’s environment committee. “It was a mistake to discontinue this program. It will endanger the incredibly positive impacts it’s had over the years.” The province’s environment ministry cited “great progress” in reducing air pollution from
light-duty vehicles as emissions technology improved and noted the AirCare failure rate has fallen from 14 per cent in 2007 to less than eight per cent. No new program has been announced to replace AirCare, but the province is expected to release a discussion paper in the spring on possible options to cut pollution from heavy trucks. AirCare’s end here leaves just urban Ontario’s DriveClean program in Canada, although there are more than 30 similar emission-control programs in the U.S.
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Hamilton was in Surof times in custody. rey Provincial Court “She’s my daughter and Dec. 18, when, at the I love her unconditionrequest of defense ally,” he said. lawyer Craig Sicotte, “She was a good mom.” Judge Donald Gardner He added he is grateful ordered a “full fitness for support received from assessment” of Batthe family’s church comstone. munity, both in Ontario Sicotte said outside Teagan Batstone and on the Semiahmoo court that his client’s Peninsula. mental health was “a At the White Rock Bapvery serious concern” and “very tist Church service, he offered fragile,” which he said casts words of comfort to one of Teadoubt on whether a trial on the gan’s closest friends, telling her second-degree murder charge that Teagan is “up in heaven, could proceed. Batstone’s next trying out her new wings,” and court appearance is set for Jan. 5. that if Teagan could, she’d tell her Hamilton, who exchanged grandpa, “I’m OK up here.” blown kisses with Batstone during At Teagan’s funeral, he laid a the Dec. 18 proceedings, said he rose next to her heart, in a final has visited his daughter a number gesture to his “little angel.”
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t’s a New Year’s gift Surrey residents didn’t expect. All property owners must fork over an additional $100 tax levy this year, or place the city’s ambitious capital program at risk. Call it what you will, it amounts to a flat tax of $100 for those who own their own homes – and will no doubt be passed down to renters, as well. (As will the 28 per cent increase in secondarysuite fees – another $116.) Meanwhile, Surrey First politicians – swept into office across the board in November’s election – say the need for the levy comes as just as much of a surprise to them as it does to residents. That’s why they never mentioned such a possibility during the election campaign. The coalition said during its campaign that its policing promises could have been covered by growth revenue, dividends from the city’s development corporation and an increase in secondary-suite fees. What boosted our tax bills by another $100, without public discussion, debate or warning? Finance committee chair Tom Gill said there were unanticipated costs, including a benefits increase to the RCMP and a pay increase to Surrey firefighters totalling $6.5 million, that combined to jeopardize the capital program. Mayor Linda Hepner also blames unexpected costs for sending optimistic estimates sideways. It was a shock to her that operating just one of Surrey’s pools was going to cost $2 million annually, she said. Aside from that, comment on the issue from our Surrey First representatives has been disappointingly scant. Some are new to civic government, admittedly, but some – like Hepner and Gill and Couns. Judy Villeneuve, Barbera Steele, Mary Martin and Bruce Hayne – have been in office for years. Anyone who controls a family budget knows that unexpected costs can derail the best laid plans. But isn’t having a handle on these things on a civic level the reason we entrust politicians with our votes and tax dollars? Isn’t that why, figuratively speaking, they get paid the big bucks? Now we’re facing another $100 hit to our family budgets, because we didn’t realize – and evidently Surrey First politicians didn’t either – that city finances are a matter of by guess and by golly. While nasty surprises might be expected now and then, subsequent silence from our newly elected representatives isn’t quite what we expected when we cast our votes.
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Left-lane driver not right, either Editor: There is a video being shown on social media of a Lamborghini becoming involved in a singlevehicle accident on Highway 99 in South Surrey last week (Lamborghini fiery spinout caught on camera, Dec. 26). This video was shot from the dash cam of a vehicle travelling the same direction as the ill-fated Lamborghini, and was no doubt posted to illustrate the judgment and operational abilities of the Lambo’s operator. What it also shows is two vehicles, including the vehicle with dash cam, being overtaken by traffic while occupying the left lane. Common driving etiquette dictates that slower traffic should be traveling in the right lane, a fact that is reinforced by traffic signs on highways everywhere, including Highway 99. The driver of the dash-cam car should take a step back from his righteous finger pointing and ask himself what level of responsibility he should be accepting in causing this MVA. Glen Gerow, White Rock
and build for the future, just like everyone else in Canada. This is why we support the development of the liquefied natural gas industry in B.C., are seeking to attract investment, and possibly operate an LNG facility on Nisga’a lands. As we have indicated to the government of B.C. at recent joint press conferences, our efforts at Nisga’a Nation provide LNG proponents project certainty to support the establishment of the LNG industry in B.C. generally. Nisga’a Nation strives for sustainable prosperity and selfreliance. We appreciate how Fletcher has kept an open mind to allow his views on the Nisga’a Treaty to evolve. We are optimistic that eventually more people will understand that we want what all
citizens of B.C. want – an improved quality of life. H. Mitchell Stevens, president Nisga’a Lisims Government New Aiyansh
Christmas spirit re-embraced Editor: Congratulations to everyone who ever mentioned the fact that we are celebrating Christmas on the 25th of December to anyone else in hearing distance. It seems to have paid off. Ten years ago, the advertisements of businesses in the Peace Arch News and sundry other papers were united in wishing us a happy
holiday or a merry season. I don’t know what that is. Since I had never heard anyone wishing anyone a Happy Holiday on Diwali or a merry season at Hanukkah, I took umbrage and, in stores and in letters to the editor, voiced my opposition to denigrating Christmas to a season. Ten years on, a majority of businesses have seen the light – literally – and are wishing us a Merry Christmas. To the ones who insist on the neutered version, get with the flow. MLAs Stephanie Cadieux and Gordon Hogg could lead the way next year to change their attitude. It really does not hurt anyone’s feelings to say Merry Christmas, and it makes a lot of people smile. That is what Christmas is all about. Edie Williams, Surrey
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Proudly a part of Canada Editor: Re: Nisga’a prove their critics wrong, Dec. 2 column. First, the Nisga’a Nation is not a “parallel state.” As a result of our treaty, we are very much a part of Canada, a fact about which many Nisga’a citizens are extremely proud. In the manner set out in the Nisga’a Treaty, federal and provincial laws apply to Nisga’a Nation, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms applies to Nisga’a government, Nisga’a citizens pay taxes, and Nisga’a citizens continue to be entitled to all the rights and benefits of other Canadian citizens. If anything, our treaty removed the barriers of the Indian Act that obstructed our full participation in Canadian society. We take exception to being separated in any way from Canada. Second, a comment in a letter to the editor published online in response to Tom Fletcher’s column – that Nisga’a citizens have become a “landed gentry” – is a completely inaccurate portrayal of the state of Nisga’a society. It suggests that through the recognition of our aboriginal title under the Nisga’a Treaty, Nisga’a Nation has somehow magically transformed its economic conditions to that of a 19th century aristocrat living off rents. In fact, we were not allowed to participate in the industrial revolution, and we need to catch up to the rest of Canada. As taxpaying Canadians, we at Nisga’a Nation still have to earn our daily bread, attract investment to our area and carefully plan
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Letter-writer Patricia Tyler suggests the focus on tree-preservation on private property is sometimes misplaced.
Deeper than simply saving trees Editor: Re: Our cities need to protect trees, Dec. 9 letters. Concerned citizens for the protection of tree canopy would do well to keep their concerns firmly focused on forested lands in their absolute natural state. These forested lands are yours, mine and our collective asset. That being said, your neighbour’s stand of trees, those on private land, are not. Private citizens living on their own little residential lots should not be expected to, let alone forced to by law, make up for trees that have been lost as a result of development or from municipalities that continue to sell off their forested public lands for profit. Their mistakes, their greed – or maybe just their lack of knowledge and foresight – are of grave concern. But I can’t make up for it, nor can you. Tree bylaws, as with many other bylaws, are often put in place more for the fees and fines they generate, not to mention their knack at deflection, an ever-sopopular tactic in politics. Keep the shortsighted masses arguing amongst themselves over who’s to blame, while those truly responsible sail right on through the sea of controversy unscathed. A game of ‘switch and bait.’ Having read the deluge of letters in Peace Arch News, the thinking behind some comments seem misdirected. Clearly, people with genuine concerns can still have trouble seeing the forest through the trees. Regarding the letter on White Rock’s tree preservation, here’s the sad truth: With the amount of development on the hillside, there is no place for tall trees. None. Those few that remain are likely far more a hazard than an asset. From early photos, it appears much of the hillside trees were deciduous alders and cottonwood punctuated by the odd conifer grove. Grove. Together, en masse. Not as stand-alone sentinels perched precariously on the hillside, left to support someone’s fancy of preservation. A second letter, from someone wise and well-versed in local politics, comes across a tad naive. Attempts
at entrepreneurial use of residential lands are mostly discouraged by the City of Surrey. Not everyone can keep their big lots intact. Even if they wanted to. A third letter just about lost me with tie-ins to climate change, then on to farming. That’s another discussion. The letter-writer’s abhorrence to the industrial complex on 32 Avenue and 192 street is trash talk. It’s actually a good thing. Welcoming light industry to your neighbourhood is essential to the whole concept of sustainable communities. Where people are fortunate to live and work within reasonable distances. You can’t fancy yourself an environmentalist without addressing how hard commuting is on the environment. Last but not least, the fourth letter was chosen for your ‘quote of note’: “It is hard to believe someone would allow this, just for a lawn.” A lawn, eh? How horrid. Lol. So your neighbour down the road was pining for a little slice of sunshine and some grass? Maybe they have young children to play on that lawn. Maybe they’re retired, might even try their hand at veggie gardening. Maybe not. Who knows? Your neighbour may want a life different from yours. After these recent wind storms, did you help a heavily treed neighbour with debris cleanup? Maybe help clear their eaves for them? No, you didn’t. The trees are theirs when it comes down to all the nuisance associated with them, and only yours – collectively – when you see fit. My sympathies lie with the bylaws and planning departments, who must have to listen to hysterics and exaggerations all day long. What may not yet be clear to some readers is that I, too, am a tree lover. A lover, not a hugger. And certainly not an armchair tree-hugger. I am actively passionate about trees. In my youth I could identify any tree, even a deciduous tree in its winter form, at 100 yards. Now, I try hard to think with my head than solely my heart. Patricia Tyler, Surrey
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Metro Vancouver mayors voted 18-3 last month – with Burnaby, Maple Ridge and West Vancouver mayors opposed – to go to referendum on a 0.5 per cent increase in the provincial sales tax within the region to fund a $7.5-billion package of transit upgrades. The regional sales tax would raise an estimated $250 million in new revenue per year. Raising the PST from 7.0 to 7.5 per cent in Metro is estimated to cost the average household an extra $125 per year, while the poorest 20 per cent of residents would pay about $50 more, beginning in early 2016. The proposed referendum question will list key projects that would be built with the dedicated tax. It asks: “Do you support a half percentage point (0.5%) increase to the Provincial Sales Tax in Metro Vancouver, dedicated to the Mayors’ Transportation and Transit Plan, with independent audits and public reporting?” (Yes or No) The mayors’ full $7.5-billion 10-year package of upgrades – unveiled last June – includes a Broadway subway, light rail in Surrey, 11 new B-Line express bus routes, frequent SeaBuses and a 25 per cent general lift in bus service, as well as more money for HandyDart and West Coast Express. “The alternative to this plan is pure and simple gridlock, pollution and congestion beyond anything we are currently experiencing,” new Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner said. Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart called the plan “an enormous jump forward” that the region cannot afford to reject. He said transit congestion and bus pass-ups are teaching youths that transit won’t work and they need to buy a car. “We need to reverse that trend or we need to build more roads,” Stewart said. Today’s decision launches a major push by mayors and other proponents of improved transit service to convince residents to vote Yes. The question and tax-increase proposal must still be approved by the provincial cabinet to go to referendum. It would take place as a mail-in ballot over six weeks beginning in late March, with a final voting
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contributions and would be built later in the 10-year period. More buses and possibly additional SkyTrain cars and more frequent SeaBuses would come on stream sooner. The BC Liberal government said in 2013 any new taxes for TransLink will have to pass a referendum, which it would pay for if conducted by June of 2015. A coalition of business, environment and labour groups dubbed the Better Transit and Transportation Coalition stepped forward Wednesday, saying its members will fight for the Yes side. It includes the Vancouver Board of Trade, Unifor Local 111, Tourism Vancouver, Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Association, David Suzuki Foundation, Greater Vancouver Gateway Council and the B.C. Chamber of Commerce. HandyDart Riders Alliance spokesman Tim Louis said a planned 30 per cent boost in HandyDart service hours over 10 years would be “a step towards releasing people with disabilities from the virtual house arrest” that they’ve faced under an extended service freeze. Opponents of new TransLink taxes are also mobilizing, with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation B.C. director Jordan Bateman vowing to fight the tax hike. He said a key area of uncertainty in the plan is its reliance on senior government contributions that may not materialize, or that may come at a cost of grants for other projects, like sewer upgrades.
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Surrey woman shares father’s story of Canadian internment of Ukrainians during the First World War
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ne event in this story took place aboard a train a year after the war started. A 23-year-old man was being secreted away for work. His people were being persecuted, and he had to keep his head down. If the authorities about to board his train at a station found him and saw his identification papers, he would certainly be taken to what was already being called a concentration camp. His travel mates, who had proper documents, saw what was about to happen. Quickly, they threw a pile of clothing and baggage on top of him, saving him from captivity behind barbed wire. He would have one other close call during the war, but managed to evade capture. This didn’t happen in Europe and it wasn’t the Second World War. It was in Edmonton in 1915, on a train from Saskatchewan that was headed for the Peace River Region. The 23-year-old was Fred Kosyk (born in 1892), who was to become Fred Kocuk, and then finally Kosick – such was the fate of a man always on the move to avoid the internment that thousands of Ukrainians experienced in Canada during the First World War. Kosick immigrated in 1910, during the second decade of federally planned Ukrainian immigration. For several years, Canadian officials, running short of English-speaking immigrants interested in living in the Prairies, lured Ukrainians with promises of free land, gold-lined streets and an escape from the oppression they experienced by authorities at home in Central and Eastern Europe. Instead, they found themselves pioneers breaking a harsh land under a callous bureaucracy. Years later, out of economic necessity, many would become migratory workers rather than farmers. Ukrainians were described by Minister of the Interior Clifford Sifton (1895-1905) as “stalwart peasants in sheepskin coats” – not a term of endearment – who were sturdy enough for the dangerous and backbreaking pioneering that was necessary in places such as Mayfair, Sask., about 140 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon, where Kosick first began to build a homestead. Four years later, married to Katherine Hancheryk and with his first kids, he was on the run, as Canada joined Great Britain in The Great War against the Central Powers, which included Austria-Hungary. Under the War Measures Act, 80,000 Ukrainians (sometimes known as Galecians, Ruthenians, Bukovynians and Russians) in
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Stella Kosick Sloan (above) wants to spread word about the internment of Ukrainians in Canada, including her father, pictured with her mother (right), during the First World War. Canada were deemed enemy aliens; they were registered, closely monitored, and at a minimum, ordered to report to local officials on a regular basis. They were under suspicion because being from Ruthenia or Bukovyna meant holding an Austrian passport, and Austria was at war against Russia, Britain’s ally. At the time, Ukraine was not independent, and its people were spread out along the border of Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which included parts of present-
day Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia, The Czech Republic, Romania and the former Yugoslavia. To Canadian officials, one “sheepskin coat” was another. Some didn’t realize that their lack of English skills landed them in trouble by confusing “proty” (“against” in Ukrainian) with the English word “pro” when asked if they were pro-German. An estimated 8,500 citizens of AustriaHungary, including about 5,000 Ukrainians,
were interned in 24 camps throughout Canada, including eight in British Columbia: Nanaimo, Revelstoke, Fernie/Morrissey, Field, Edgewood, Monashee, Mara Lake and the largest, Vernon. Whereas Germans were deemed more of a threat and held in urban areas where they could be watched more diligently, Ukrainians considered a high risk (about one in 10, including some women and children) were sent to remote areas, made to build their own fencing and lodging, and then work in lumber camps and coal mines and forced to clear land and build railroads. Working in primitive conditions, they were paid 25 cents per day (a dollar less than soldiers) and worked six days a week. They were sometimes mistreated by guards. Banff with many of its tourist spots (including the Banff Springs Hotel) built by Ukrainian hands in almost slave-like conditions, was among the worst places of abuse. The internment camps in Vernon, and Kapuskasing, in Northern Ontario, were not closed until 1920, about 16 months after the war ended. After the war, much of the property that was taken by the Canadian government was not returned and many documents were destroyed in the years to follow. According to the Ukrainian Civil Liberties Association, PricewaterhouseCoopers has estimated that confiscated possessions, auctioned off by the Canadian government at the end of the First World War, would now be worth $33-35 million. Fred Kosick never got his land back, and his daughter, 77-year-old daughter Stella Kosick Sloan, who lives in Surrey, still has questions about what happened and hasn’t i see page 10
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at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ont. “It’s a pretty traumatic experience to be interned or branded… it raises questions about citizenship, loyalty and identity.” Many of the victims’ family members – and a handful of survivors – have told him over they years how Ukrainians in Canada at the time were abused, shaken down for money and forced to report to authorities at regular intervals. Luciuk, who led a campaign for the federal government to acknowledge its past starting in the mid-1980s, says there was no formal redress until 2008, when the Harper government set up a $10-million Canadian First World War Internment Recognition Fund to support projects commemorating the experience of the thousands of Ukrainians and other Europeans interned between 1914 and 1920, and others who suffered a suspension of their civil liberties. Even during his redress and public education campaign, some Ukrainians told
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i from page 9 found many records of his property. She knows that he managed to avoid internment during the war, but not much more than the generalities – and stories pieced together by her sister Mary Kosick Goodwin, who wrote a book about the subject. (Mary Kosick Goodwin, 92 and living in Nanaimo, was unavailable for an interview for this story). Fred, who died in 1977, never spoke to his family about his past. “It was a closed chapter of a book to him,” says Stella. Her memories of growing up involved regular family life – with nine siblings – in Saskatchewan in the 1930s and ’40s: The local churches, the singing, the dancing, the plays, the walks of two to five miles to school in 30-40 belowzero temperatures. Her family has photos going back decades posted at www. kosickfamily.net Today, few Canadians are aware of the internment – which happened more than two decades before the more famous incarceration of Japanese-Canadians during the Second World War. “There’s a whole layer of hidden stories – attic memories of Ukrainians, and other Canadians who suffered the indignity of being called enemy aliens,” says Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk, professor of political geography
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She’s Some Kind Of Wonderful was chosen as the winner of the White Rock BIA’s Christmas Store Front Decorating Contest.
White Rock BIA selects holiday storefront winner
Boutique’s decor snags top spot Alex Browne Staff Reporter
‘She’s Some Kind of Wonderful’ is the name of the Hillcrest Mall women’s fashion boutique – and the judges of the White Rock BIA Christmas Store Front Decorating Contest seemed inclined to agree, voting it this year’s winner. Owner Nancy Holt was presented with the grand prize, a Whistler weekend getaway package, in recognition of the store’s original interior window interpretation and incorporation of the planter outside.
The panel of judges – which included Mayor Wayne Baldwin, TV personality Sarah Daniels, artist Mary Batut and floral designer Tony Graaf – also named Hillcrest’s World Serve Thrift Store runner-up, recognizing its use of repurposed product to create a Nativity scene, and gave third place to Ashberry & Logan Floral Design. “It was great to see many retail businesses getting involved this year,” said BIA executive director Douglas Smith, adding it’s hoped the
contest will become an annual event. “It certainly adds to the charm of the community during the holiday season.” Holt told Peace Arch News she was thrilled to learn She’s Some Kind of Wonderful had won. “Having always enjoyed the beauty of the season, I simply thought about what makes me smile, visually, and so I wanted to create a warm and wonderful sight for the community,” she said. “Window painting created
an old world European feel, and the decorating took on the same theme – bright and beautiful, a cozy small town feel, with street lamp and ivory poinsettia. “I incorporated some of the products I sell and in general, my goal was to bring a smile to the faces of people passing by.” Holt said she appreciated the BIA contributing strings of lights to businesses as an incentive. “Lighting was key, to first draw their attention, then I added a little glitz,” she said.
Youth group no longer vying for prize Sarah Massah Staff Reporter
Despite a valiant effort, the White Rock Youth Collective did not advance far enough to collect a $100,000 prize in a Canada-wide competition. And while that means that plans for a youth space on the Peninsula will have to wait a
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each Grove in South Delta In the White Rock area, they was named ttunuxun, or are most easily seen out on the “place of ducks” water in Semiahmoo by the Coast Salish. Bay, or over the border Anne Murray This corner of in Drayton Harbor. Boundary Bay has The majority of Brant shallow waters, seen in local waters submerged eelgrass belong to the Pacific meadows and a gentlyBlack Brant subspecies, sloping, gravel shore. nesting in coastal Alaska In the late 1800s, and the Yukon, and vast numbers of ducks, wintering south along cranes, geese and the Pacific coast to swans were killed here Mexico. in unregulated hunting A few paler, greyfor the Christmas bellied birds, known as market. High Arctic Brant, from The location islands in Canada’s far remained a hot spot for north, also winter here. sportsmen into the 20th Brant numbers swell along the century, with Black Brant, coast in March, during spring a small sea goose, being migration, and Parksville and particularly favoured. Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Hunting shacks lined the Island hold an annual festival in Beach Grove shoreline until it celebration. became a regional park in the Brant face many lifetime 1980s. hazards, both on the breeding Despite constant recreational grounds and during migration. use, this area remains a highly They pair for life, and females attractive habitat for ducks and particularly suffer hardship if geese, including Brant. their mates are killed. Several thousand Brant visit Winter habitat to rest and the Fraser estuary annually and feed without disturbance is many stay the winter. important for these geese.
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If you are walking a dog, remember to keep it on a leash when these and other birds are close to shore. With so many waterfowl on Boundary Bay in winter, it may be difficult to distinguish Brant, which are only slightly larger than ducks. When they fly, the contrast between the Brant’s dark body and distinctive white tail makes it easier to spot. A close view shows the small white collar on its black neck. Unlike its larger cousin, the Canada Goose, the Pacific Black Brant is a strictly salt water species, only coming to shore at low tide to graze on eelgrass. It murmurs, rather than honks, and avoids flying over land, staying low over the ocean in long line or U formations. Birdwatchers were out again last month counting Brant and other birds in the annual Christmas Bird Count, as local areas often have the highest number of species in Canada. Anne Murray, the author of two nature books available in local book stores, writes monthly in the Peace Arch News – www. natureguidesbc.com
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Righting wrongs, across the country Alex Browne Arts Reporter
“I love my life – I’m a happy guy,” sings Crescent Beach resident Harvey Ostroff, playwright, artist, bon-vivant and, latterly, songwriter. “I got a ukulele three years ago,” he explains. “I have a facility with words and I’m good at rhyme. I’m not much of a player or much of a singer, but I seem to be able to find tunes for the words I write.” Most recently performed by Ostroff at the Crescent Moon Coffee House, his playlist includes everything from a tribute to a genuine Canadian hero – The Ballad of Terry Fox – to the anti-Harper sentiments of The Election Song, and another, Time Drags On, that seems a natural extension of his comedy Two Old Guys Sitting On A Bench (The Viagra Diatribes). But much as he’s revelling in a new creative outlet – one in which he can have a finished product in the space of a day, rather than months and years of rewrites and tryouts – it’s not the only reason Ostroff is in an upbeat mood. “I’m exploding with creativity in my 70th year – it’s the most amazing year I’ve had since I was 40 and my first big show, Lautrec, opened at the Waterfront Theatre on my birthday,” he says. The coming year seems to be equally promising, the retired drama teacher says. Next week, the native Montrealer is flying to Toronto for a new production – and Canadian premiere – of his 1985 play, DeliMax. Hitherto seen only in Washington and Oregon, it’s been picked up for a Jan. 7-18 run at Toronto Centre for the Arts’ studio theatre by Ari Wesberg, artistic director of Teatron Toronto’s Jewish Theatre company. Ostroff ’s uncompromising, unblinkingly controversial play was inspired by the conflict over Bill 101 – Quebec’s 1977 French language charter – and fears of the nationalism that engendered it. An ice storm that strands a handful of people in a Montreal delicatessen – DeliMax – sets the stage for a battle of wills between Max Farber, an Auschwitz survivor (played in the Teatron production by Ron Boyd), and Quebec nationalist Rejean (Aris Tyros), boyfriend of his waitress, Monique (Madeline Leon). Also involved in the often intense drama are Max’s partner and fellow Holocaustsurvivor Nathan (Allan Price) and Max’s old
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Local playwright Harvey Ostroff will present his play DeliMax in Toronto on Jan. 7-18. friend, Yetta (Gloria Valentine). Wesberg, who first read DeliMax six years ago, saw a distinct connection between the issues raised by Bill 101 – preserved in historically-accurate microcosm in Ostroff ’s drama – and the proposed ‘charter of values’ that led to the Parti Quebecois’ defeat in last April’s Quebec provincial election.
“I was so grateful to the people of my home province that they decided that was not where they wanted to go, and turfed Marois,” notes Ostroff, who adds that while he has always supported French Quebec’s right to determine its own identity, he could no go along with a charter that would have “secularized” faith communities such as
Jews, Sikhs and Muslims. While it’s not autobiographical – Ostroff admits many of his shows are rooted in his own experiences – DeliMax was inspired by a real-life moment in the early 1980s when he and his wife were visiting Montreal and eating in the former Snowdon Delicatessen – which had been renamed ‘DeliSnowdon.’ The owner explained to Ostroff that due to Bill 101 the authorities had forced him to change the English sign and create a Frenchonly menu. “Sometimes, when you’re a creative person a spark happens,” Ostroff says. “For me, that spark was hearing somebody in the next booth saying ‘This is just like the Nazis.’” But as an admirer of Henrik Ibsen’s pioneering problem dramas – plays like An Enemy of the People and A Doll’s House – Ostroff did not want to create a piece that dictated an attitude, or supplied pat answers. “It’s neither pro-Jewish or anti-French,” he says. “It’s about two souls in conflict, based on their past experiences. “Rejean is modelled on people I’ve known – when I left Montreal in 1970 to teach drama, many of my friends espoused these beliefs. But he goes one step further; he’s a holocaust-denier, because of his past – we’re all formed by our past.” Max is equally complicated and conflicted, he adds. “Awful things happened to him when he was in Auschwitz, unthinkable things, and they formed his character. “It’s probably my darkest piece, although it is interlaced with humour – which is necessary for the drama to work.” Is there an underlying message in the piece? “When wrongs have been committed, it’s impossible to take them back,” he says. “At the same time one has to move on. But there are no winners in this play – except, I hope, the audience.”
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Odd Couple moves in to Surrey The most popular mismatched roomies in theatrical history, neurotic neat-freak Felix Ungar and slovenly Oscar Madison, bring their grouchfest to Surrey Arts Centre in January. The Arts Club’s touring version of the Neil Simon’s classic The Odd Couple runs Jan. 14-24 at the centre’s mainstage. The show, 50 years old in 2015, was Simon’s third big Broadway hit, following his successes with Come Blow Your Horn (1961) and Barefoot In The Park (1963). The Arts Club production – with set design by David Roberts and costume design by
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Peace Arch News’ holiday press deadlines, the Eagles looked to make it two wins in a row in a rematch against the Chiefs, this time at South Surrey Arena.
he Surrey Eagles gave themselves a late Christmas present Sunday night in Chilliwack – a much-needed win. NCAA signing The Eagles – winners of two of their last three BC Hockey It’s been a great week for League games since a Christian Short. lopsided loss to Vernon In addition to posting Dec. 17 – showed few a shutout against the signs of a post-holiday Chiefs, the 19-year-old hangover against the goaltender – a native of Mainland DivisionWoodbridge, Ont. – also leading Chiefs Sunday, agreed to a scholarship winning 3-0. with the NCAA’s RochThe win – just the ester Institute of Techteam’s sixth of the seanology (RIT) Tigers. son – could be largely Short made the Christian Short credited to starting announcement himself, goaltender netminder Christian via Twitter on ChristShort, who stopped all mas Eve. 34 shots he faced, including 12 The goaltender – who missed in the third period as the Chiefs more than a month of action tried in vain to get a goal on the due to injury earlier in the seaboard. son – has been one of the lone Surrey defenceman Zane bright spots for the Eagles in Schwartz paced the visiting what has been a difficult season. team’s attack with two goals With just four wins in 17 – both coming in the second games, Short’s win-loss record period. isn’t a good indicator of the The offensive outburst was season he’s had. He’s managed a a rare one for the 20-year-old 4.25 goals-against average and a defensive-minded blue-liner, save-percentage of .898 despite who had just one goal in 33 the Eagles being the worst games prior to Sunday. defensive team in the BCHL. With the Eagles nursing a Surrey’s goal differential is 2-0 lead after 40 minutes of minus 101 – more than double play, forward Sam Chatterley the second-worst team in the extended the margin of victory league in that department, the to three goals with his third goal Cowichan Valley Capitals. of the year. As well, Short has faced the The Eagles still sit at the bot10th most shots against among tom of the Mainland Division BCHL goaltenders, despite not – and the BCHL – with a record playing from late October until of 6-26-0-3, and are 16 points mid-December. back of the Coquitlam Express, At the time of his injury, he who sit fourth in the division. was far and away the league On Tuesday night, after leader in shots faced.
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On Boxing Day, Nic Petan began a second attempt at a gold medal at the World Junior Hockey Championships. The North Delta native – whose family has lived in White Rock – and member of the Portland Winterhawks of the Western Hockey League (WHL) is among 22 players suiting up for Team Canada at the 10-team tournament, which this year is being held jointly in Montreal and Toronto. Canada was a perfect 3-0 by Peace Arch News’ press deadline Tuesday, with victories over Slovakia, Germany and Finland to their credit. They were to play the United States Wednesday. Petan currently leads the entire tournament in scoring, with one goal and five assists in the three games. After preliminary-round games conclude, the tournament will move to playoff rounds, with medal games Jan. 5 in Toronto.
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INFORMATION
NOTICE TO NICOMEKL RIVER MARINE TRAFFIC. BNSF Railway is proposing to undertake major repairs to the swing span bridge located over the Nicomekl River at Crescent Beach Marina in January, 2015. This work will preclude the bridge from swinging for marine traffic for the duration of the project. It is anticipated that it will take approximately three (3) weeks to complete the repairs. BNSF is proposing to start the work on Wednesday, January 7 and complete the work on Friday, January 30. These dates are subject to obtaining authorization from Transport Canada under the Navigation Protection Act (NPA). The work being undertaken on those dates with a view to disrupt as little marine traffic as possible. Historically, this the time of year with the least amount of marine traffic requiring the span to swing to enter or exit the Nicomekl River. All vessels not requiring the bridge span to swing will not be impacted by this work. Please direct any comments or concerns to Grant Nightingale, Engineering Supervisor - BNSF Railway at grant.nightingale@bnsf.com and Transport Canada at NPPPAC-PPNPAC@tc.gc.ca
The Peace Arch News has an opening for an advertising consultant. By joining White Rock / South Surrey's number one community print and online newspaper, you can develop a rewarding career in advertising and marketing while contributing to one of the Lower Mainland's most vibrant communities. The team environment at the Peace Arch News will inspire you to the highest level of customer partnership and reward your motivated approach to excellence. You should be a strong communicator, well organized, self motivated and enjoy working in a fast-pace environment. Previous media sales experience is preferred. A car and a valid driver's license are required. The Peace Arch News is part of Black Press, Canada's largest private independent newspaper company with more than 170 community, daily and urban newspapers in BC, Alberta, Washington, Ohio, California and Hawaii. Please send your resume with cover letter by Thursday, January 9 to: Collette Vernon - Ad Manager Peace Arch News, #200 - 2411 - 160th St., Surrey, BC V3S 0C8 or email to Collette@peacearchnews.com
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EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION 108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
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EDUCATION
EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION 115
EDUCATION
EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION 131
HOME CARE/SUPPORT
F/T In home CAREGIVER live in req’d for elderly couple in Delta. $10.50/hr. More info: 604-440-6774 or email: jonalynfreelife@gmail.com
Opportunity To Buy Janitorial Franchise
ANNUAL STARTING REVENUE $24,000 - $120,000 FINANCING AVAILABLE
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TRADES, TECHNICAL
• Minimum $6,050 down payment • Guaranteed Cleaning Contracts • Includes Professional Training • On Going Support • Proven Worldwide Franchiser
Restoration Technicians Excavator & Backhoe Operator Training. Be employable in 4-6wks. Call 604-546-7600. www.rayway.ca
604.434.7744 info@coverallbc.com www.coverallbc.com
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DRIVERS/COURIER/ TRUCKING
126
FRANCHISE
BC COLLEGE OF OPTICS - Optician / Contact Lens Fitter. 6 month course. 604.581.0101
TransX is now hiring Vancouver based Class 1 Owner Operators for Terrace and Central B.C. interior runs.
130
EARN .95+/mile after costs on this lane
1-877-914-0001 Apply today at
www.drivetransx.com
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Production Workers
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HAIRCARE PROFESSIONALS
BC QUALIFIED HAIRDRESSER to work 4-5 days per week in White Rock Seniors residence. Ph: (604)420-9339
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Black Press, Canada’s Largest independently owned newspaper group, is currently looking for part-time production workers to work at our Delta - Vantage Way 24/7 production facilities.
HELP WANTED
CONSTRUCTION SITE In your NEIGHBOURHOOD
Req: Carpenters, Helpers Labourers, CSO’s/OFA’s TCP’s, Cleaners $11-28/hr Work Today, Daily or Weekly Pay Apply 9AM to 2PM at: 118 – 713 Columbia Street
This position is an entry-level, general labour position that involves the physical handling of newspapers and related advertising supplements.
New West 604.522.4900
Requirements:
The applicant must be available to work afternoon and graveyard shifts (Monday to Friday) as well as be able to work on a weekly schedule with short notice. If you are interested in this position, please e-mail your resume referencing “Production Worker” in the subject line to: jobs.vantageway@gmail.com
blackpress.ca
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HELP WANTED
KIDS AND ADULTS NEEDED FOR CARRIER ROUTES Papers are delivered right to your door. No need to insert flyers either! Deliver 2x a week, after school, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Call the Circulation Department at 604 542-7434
Route Number Boundaries 18200106 18200911 18411303 18411307 18511809 18511818 18511846
VOLUNTEERS
BECOME A VOLUNTEER LITERACY or MATH TUTOR and help a child who is struggling to learn! You must have excellent English and/or math skills, and enjoy working with children. Tutoring locations in both Surrey & Langley. Extensive training provided. Surrey information sessions held on either Monday, January 5th or Tuesday, January 6th at 7 PM the Learning Disabilities Association office, #201 - 13766 - 72 Ave. Langley information session held on Wednesday, January 7th at 7 PM at Douglas Park School, 5409-206 St. Langley Pre-register at 604-591-5156. Info: www.Ldafs.org
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HELP WANTED
Papers are delivered right to your door. No need to insert flyers either! Deliver 2x a week, after school, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Call the Circulation Department at 604 542-7434
Route Number Boundaries 18200911 18411303 18411327 18511805 18511809 18511818 18511846
Number of Papers
152 St, 153 St, 154 St, 58A Ave, Kettle Cres E, N & W, Kildare Close, Crt, Dr & Pl, Kilarney Dr 60 136 St, 136B St, 137A St, 56 Ave, 56A Ave, 56B Ave, 57A Ave, 57B Ave 67 145 St, 145A St, 145B St, 146 St, 60 Ave, 60A Ave, 61A Ave 75 121 St, S Boundary Dr, Parkside Pl, Southpark Cl, Cres, Crt & Grove 96 121 St, 122A St, 63A Ave, 64 Ave, Boundary Drive N 75 135 St, 135A St, 136 St, 58 Ave, 58A Ave, 59 Ave, 60 Ave, 60A Ave 107 Northpark Cres 12100 blk - 12300 blk 68
Advertising Sales Consultant The Langley Times, a twice-weekly award-winning newspaper has an outstanding opportunity for a full-time junior sales person. The successful candidate will have a university or college education or two years of sales experience – preferably in the advertising or retail industry. The ability to build relationships with clients and offer superior customer service is a must. The winning candidate will be a team player with an aggressive cold calling mandate. The ability to work in an extremely fast paced environment with a positive attitude is a must. We offer a great working environment with a competitive base salary and commission plan coupled with a strong benefit package. Black Press has more than 170 community newspapers across Canada and the United States and for the proven candidate the opportunities are endless. Please submit your resume with a cover letter by Friday, January 23, 2015 to: Kelly Myers The Langley Times, #102-20258 Fraser Highway, Langley, B.C. V3A 4R3 or email to admanager@langleytimes.com No phone calls please.
www.blackpress.ca
• Prior bindery experience is preferred but not required • Motivated self-starter willing to work in a fast-paced environment performing repetitive tasks • Must be able to lift up to 35 lbs. and stand for extended period of time • Ability to work cooperatively in a diverse, team-based environment • Demonstrate on-the-job reliability and dependability • Excellent communication skills and detail oriented • Completion of high-school • Must have your own transportation
HELP WANTED
HELP WANTED
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KIDS AND ADULTS NEEDED FOR CARRIER ROUTES
Jim’s Mowing Business for Sale Call 310-JIMS (5467)
PART-TIME
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We are a highly ethical, professional restoration company based in Calgary, Alberta. We are looking for experienced Restoration Technicians with WRT and AMRT certification, able to run a crew of 4 staff. We offer excellent health and dental benefits. Salary range: $25-$30/h We are conducting interviews in Surrey on Sunday Jan. 11th, 2015 & in Vancouver on Monday, Jan. 12th, 2015. Please, forward your resume to: Mike@rdr.ca
EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
Number of Papers
Canterbury Dr, Pl, High Park Ave, Morgan Creek Cres, Pl 152 St, 153 St, 154 St, 58A Ave, Kettle Cres E, N & W, Kildare Close, Crt, Dr & Pl, Kilarney Dr 136 St, 136B St, 137A St, 56 Ave, 56A Ave, 56B Ave, 57A Ave, 57B Ave 140 St, 56A Ave, 57 Ave, 57A Ave, 58A Ave, 60 Ave, Bradford & Halifax Pl, K.G. Blvd 121 St, 122A St, 63A Ave, 64 Ave, Boundary Drive N 135 St, 135A St, 136 St, 58 Ave, 58A Ave, 59 Ave, 60 Ave, 60A Ave Northpark Cres 12100 blk - 12300 blk
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www.langleytimes.com
KIDS AND ADULTS NEEDED FOR CARRIER ROUTES FLAGGERS NEEDED. No Certification? Get Certified, 604-575-3944
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HOME CARE/SUPPORT
FT, IN-HOME caregiver (childcare) req. Feb 2015. Job duties: childcare, meal prep and light housekeeping. Min. 1-year contract. $10.50/hr. Incl. MSP, Dental & 4-wks vacation. Location: White Rock, BC. Skills Req: Educationhigh school & Work Experience1-year relevant experience. Apply to Courtney & Jonathan Parker, 604-307-0103 or courtney_parker@shaw.ca
BOLD FACE can make your ad stand out! A minimal charge for a good investment. Call us at 604-575-5555 You’ll never believe how many good buys we can pack into one place! EARN EXTRA CASH! Clean out your basement, closet, attic or garage and sell all those unwanted items. Place your ad with us today at 604-575-5555 Don’t keep good things you don’t use anymore. Bring them to light with an ad in the classifieds. C A L L T O D A Y........Cash tomorrow! Place your ad today! You’ll never believe how many good buys we can pack into one place! CASH IN on the Classifieds. No matter what you have to offer, you can find a buyer through the classifieds. FIRST TIME ADVERTISER? Let our professionally trained staff help you word an effective ad. Call us now. 604-575-5555
CLASSIFIED The matchmaker where buyers and sellers meet.
Papers are delivered right to your door. No need to insert flyers either! Deliver 2x a week, after school, Tuesdays and Thursdays Call the Circulation Department at 604 542-7434
Route Number Boundaries Number of Papers 17001123 Everall St, Hardie Ave, Oxenham Ave, Oxford St, Prospect Ave, Roper Ave, Thrift Ave 80 17002211 Columbia Ave, Cypress St, Dolphin St, Fir St, Johnston Rd, Pacific Ave, Royal Ave 68 17002212 Dolphin St, Marine Dr, Victoria Ave 34 17002213 Columbia Ave, Dolphin St, Fir St, Victoria Ave 57 17002214 Ash St, Balsam St, Columbia Ave, Cypress St, Finlay St, Pacific Ave, Royal Ave 35 17002215 Ash St, Balsam St, Columbia Ave, Finlay St, Victoria Ave 69 17002225 Columbia Ave, Finlay St, Lee St, Maple St, Marine Drive, Victoria Ave 94 18000336 173 St, 1 Ave, 1A Ave, 2 Ave 53 18101422 142 St, 18 Ave, 18A Ave, 19A Ave 140 18102511 140 St 1600 - 1900 blk 104 18102528 1744 & 1770 - 128 St 53 18103601 Agar St, Gardiner St, Gilley St, Kidd Rd 56 18103603 128 St, Beckett Rd, Crescent Rd 32 18103617 134 St, 136 St, 25 Ave, 26 Ave, 27 Ave, 28 Ave 49 18103618 128 St, 137A St, 139 St, 24 Ave, 25 Ave 58 18103624 132 St, 133 St, 134 st, 25 Ave, 26 Ave, 28 Ave 44 18103625 136 St, 137A St, 138 St, 138A St, 139 St, 31 Ave, 32 Ave, 33 Ave 76 18103626 132 St, 135 St, 28 Ave, Balsam Cres, Vine Maple Dr, Woodcrest Dr, Woodcrest Pl 83 18104706 142 St, 31 Ave, 31A Ave, Northcrest Dr 43 18104721 32 Ave (14000-14700 Blk) 49 18104733 142 St, 142A St, 143 St, 143A St, 32A Ave, 33 Ave 56 18104734 140A St, 140B St, 141 St, 28 Ave, 28A Ave, 29 Ave, 29A Ave 44 18105820 153 St, 153A St, 154 st, 22 Ave, 24 Ave 72 18106901 1840 - 160 St 271 18107001 123 St, 124 St, 21A Ave, 22 Ave, Clove Pl, Harbourgreen Dr, Haven Pl 82 18107007 Indian Fort Rd, Ocean Park Rd 46 18107010 127 St, 16 Ave, 17 Ave, Ocean Park Rd 83
Peace Arch News Thursday, January 1, 2015 PERSONAL SERVICES 175 CATERING/PARTY RENTALS
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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 257
DRYWALL
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 287
FLATTEN POPCORN CEILINGS
Specializing in Private Events! We Come To You! Doing It All, From Set-Up - Clean-Up.
• Home Dinner Parties • Meetings • Funerals • Weddings • B-B-Ques • Birthdays • Anniversaries
ELECTRICAL
ELECTRICIAN - Dana Thompson Over 24yrs exp. Res/Comm. Free est. Bonded. #14758 604-353-1519
Kristy 604.488.9161
Low Cost. Same Day. Licensed. Res/Com. Small job expert. Renos Panel changes ~ 604-374-0062
threescocatering@shaw.ca or Visit us at: www. threescompanycatering.ca
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D interior & exterior renovation D rot repair & restoration D Decks D Fences & much more free estimates.
FLOOR REFINISHING/ INSTALLATIONS
FINANCIAL SERVICES
www.centuryhardwood.com
281
320
Peace Arch Appliance Service to fridges, stoves, washers, dryers & dishwashers. Reasonable. Also Appliance Removal Call Mark (604)536-9092
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CLEANING SERVICES
RELIABLE Cleaning Lady for White Rock/South Surrey area only. I have been cleaning for eight years and have a couple of available openings for local residents. Please call me if you have any questions. Natalie 604-560-5311.
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
A MAID 2 CLEAN
LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE
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B & B MOBILE SERVICES
A PROFESSIONAL HANDYMAN / CARPENTER 20 yrs exp. Licensed & Insured. Call 604-802-8809. Renovations, Repairs, Decks, Baths, Kitchens, Mouldings, Flooring.
CRESTWOOD MANOR
1321 Foster St. 1 BDRM - $895/MO. IN WELL MAINTAINED NEWLY UPDATED BUILDING. Heat, hot water and secured u/g parking stalls included. No pets, No smoking.
.Russells Rubbish Removal 604-787-7355 White Rock / South Surrey
.Hayden Painting 778-229-0236 Family Owned & Operated Ryan 778.229.0236
MESA PAINTING INTERIOR and EXTERIOR Quality work at reas rates. Free Est. Michael (cell) 604-724-7458
Call: 604-760-7882
Skyline Apts White Rock
NORTHSTARS PAINTING www.northstars-painting.com Master Painters at Students Rates. We will BEAT any Qualified Quotes. 778.245.9069
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PLUMBING
BRO MARV PLUMBING 24/7 Plumbing, heating, clogged drains BBB. (604)582-1598, bromarv.com
E.L.M. Services
778-245-5006
SENIOR DISCOUNTS
Small or Large JOBS
604 - 720 - 2009 1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING
30 Yrs. Experience - References
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 506
www.bcclassified.com
$45/Hr
• Additions • Home Improvements • Renovations • Concrete Forming • Framing • Siding 604-218-3064
TRETHEWEY @ MACLURE AVE
~ SUNDAYS ONLY ~ 6 am to 4 pm
LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE
Phone 604-859-7540
604-537-4140 .604.536.2216 www.bhserviceplumbing.org
A Gas Fitter ✠Plumber RENOS & REPAIRS Excellent price on Hot Water Tanks Furnace, Boilers, Plumbing Jobs & Drain Cleaning
329 PAINTING & DECORATING ~ PRO PAINTERS ~ INTERIOR / EXTERIOR Quality Work, Free Estimates
All trades at your disposal within your budget, with timely and quality workmanship.
✠604-312-7674 âœ
356
560
RUBBISH REMOVAL
563
WCB INSURED
Call Al 604-970-7083
Weekly • Biweekly • Monthly Residential & Commercial Services ~ Excellent Rates!! * Licensed * Bonded * Insured
Vincent 543-7776
Condos/Apts/Homes
www.aboveallcontracting.ca
COMPUTER SERVICES
627
Ask our customers about our quality work!
Painting, Painting Painting Interior Painting, Walls, Doors, Casings, Homes, OfďŹ ces, Ceiling Repairs, Finishing, Small Reno’s
INTERIOR/EXTERIOR Repairs & Reno’s, Sundecks & Additions, New Homes
RENE’S SPRAY & BRUSH PAINTING
European Quality Workmanship
778-855-5361
WHITE ROCK area: Spac 1 bdrm & den suite. Walk to malls, bus, rest; large patio. In-ste lndry. $1250/mo incl gas. N/P, N/S. 604-531-9457. White Rock: Central located. 1 bdrm Ground level, corner unit, just renovated, adult oriented. $850/mo. Heat, hot water & parking are incl. Lease required. N/S, N/P. 604-808-6601 or (604)591-1778
736
HOMES FOR RENT .Homelife Peninsula Property Maint.
757
TRANSPORTATION 845
639 REAL ESTATE SERVICES
Brads Junk Removal.com. Same Day Service. Affordable Rates! 604.220.JUNK (5865)
WANTED TO RENT
SMALL studio or 1 bdrm. by quiet, stable, fully employed, excellent local references. No kids or pets. Work M-F, most weekends out of town. Suite15@outlook.com
HOMES WANTED • All Prices • All Situations • • All Conditions • www.webuyhomesbc.com 604-626-9647
604-614-3416
TOWNHOUSES
White Rock. 2 Bdrm, 1 bath, walk to mall/bus. $1225 incl heat/hotwtr, Adult oriented NS/NP. (604)5369565 / (604)765-9565.
WE BUY HOMES BC
15 yrs Experience
Basements,Kitchen,Bath,Carpentry Drywall, Painting, Flooring, Tile. $30/hr. Call Brad 604-541-0464
SUITES, UPPER
752
REAL ESTATE
1 ROOM- $59
778-883-4262
751
Call 604-536-8428
WE BUY households and estates. Antiques, collections, tools, etc. Andy 604-807-0590
New Year’s SPECIAL
OCEAN PARK. A stroll to Crescent beach beautiful & quiet area, very bright 2 bdrm garden level 1000sf sep ent, yard, priv patio f/p w/d, d/washer, clse to transit & schl. N/S only. N/P. Avail now. $975/mo + 40% utils. Refs req’d. 604-542-1904 S.SURREY: 160/20 Ave. Bright g/f 1 bdrm & den. 850sf. Lndry, gas f/p, sep ent. $900. N/S. 604-538-2946
100% SMOKE FREE BLDG NO PETS ~ ADULT ORIENTED
MISC. FOR SALE
MISC. WANTED
SUITES, LOWER
Top Floor, Hardwood flrs, Balcony. $795/incl heat/hwater
1 BDRM SUITE
HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?
Member of Better Business Bureau
750
Southside-Bright & Sunny
White Rock ~ 1243 Best St
GARAGE SALES
Abbotsford Exhibition Park
Call 536-5639 to view & for rates
WHITE ROCK - Ocean view, bright, studio / bdrm. Furn’d, patio. Incl heat/light/cable/net & lndry. NS/NP. $725. Avail immed. 604-535-0588
FLEA MARKET
From 1, 3, 5, 7 & 10 Ton Trucks Licensed ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 Men Free Estimate/Senior Discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos
Surrey, ground floor office/retail unit 526 sq ft.; 2nd floor office spaces from 220 sq ft. to 859 sq ft. in quiet Rosemary area.
Call 604-536-0379
ABBOTSFORD
www.affordablemoversbc.com
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
1455 Fir St WHITE ROCK 1 Bdrm units avail now Heat & hot wtr incl. Swimming pool & rec room On site mgr
Service to fridges, stoves, washers, dryers & dishwashers. Reasonable. Also Appliance Removal Call Mark (604)536-9092
AFFORDABLE MOVING
604-575-5555 Toll-Free 1-866-575-5777
~ Fir Apartments ~
APPLIANCES Peace Arch Appliance
551
3388 Rosemary Hts Cres.
604-451-6676 SPACIOUS, immaculate, 2 BR suite (top flr duplex) in quiet, Strawberry Hill neighbourhood. Parking, fenced backyard, deck, laundry. Utilities included - $900/mo. 604818-7995.
OFFICE/RETAIL
Rosemary Centre
Family housing 1851 Southmere Crescent E. 2 bdrm apartments starting from $915/mo-$1027/mo. incl. heat. Pet friendly, near all amenities. Community garden.
PETS
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
741
SOMERSET GARDENS (S. Sry)
CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866
Across the street - across the world Real Professionals, Reas. Rates. Best in every way! 604-721-4555.
WE’RE ON THE WEB
FULL RENO’S, NEW KITCHEN & BATHS, QUICK HANDYMAN FIX-UP
477
S. SURREY 1500 sq.ft. rancher 3 bdrm, 2 bath, 2 car garage, private backyard, 5 new appls, new flooring & new paint throughout, NS/NP. $2000/mo + utils. 604-418-9920 S.SURREY Grandview Corners. 5 bdrm 2 level house, 9 yrs/old. S/S appl’s, fenced b/yard. Jan 1st. $2300/mo. 604-880-3099 White Rock - FANTASTIC OCEAN VIEW HOME FOR RENT 15444 Royal Ave. 3 bdrm, 2 baths, 2185 sq/ft living space. All appls incl. N/S. Longterm lease. Avail Jan 1st. Ref’s req’d. $3000/mo. Call for more info 604-351-7487.
www.cycloneholdings.ca
PETS
Perimeter, Drains, Sewer, Sumps & Water Main Restoration & Repair *Fully insured * Senior Discount
MaZebah 778-788-7390
Call 604-536-8499
.CAN-PRO Paint and Drywall. Over 25 yrs of quality service. 3 ROOMS, $250. Insured. 604-771-7052
Licensed - Bonded - Fully Equip. Residential Commercial, 1-3 Men BIG OR SMALL MOVES Start $45/hr ~ All size trucks Free estimate/Senior Discount www.miraclemoving.ca ~We accept Visa & Mastercard~
Hot Water & U/G Parking Incl
TILING
A-1 Ceramics, Marble, Glass blocks etc. Install/Repair. Res./Comm. Free Est. 20 years exp. Peter’s Tile (604)209-0173
MIRACLE MOVING
287
1 & 2 Bdrm Suites
373B
www.BBmoving.ca
To Do List? Free Quotes
TENANTS 4 bdrm T/H in Cathedral Grove, $2700/M, 1 yr lse. Avail. now Rental units available now www.bcforrentinfo.ca OfďŹ ce: 604-534-7974 Ext: 205
Call 604-538-5337
604-536-6620
WHITE ROCK HANDYMAN Repair - Renovate - Organize Build - Design - Electric
Alfred 604-889-6807
UTILITIES INCLUDED. NS/NP
70
AT YOUR SERVICE. Carpentry, Concrete, Painting, Rubbish Removal. Call Dave (604)999-5056
All Your Cleaning Needs
239
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PROPERTY OWNERS Big or small properties, WE MANAGE IT ALL! Houses needed for qualiďŹ ed tenants
Swimming Pool & All Amenities.
MOVING?
Santa Forgot Winter Clean up! *Tree Hair Cut & Pruning *Snow Removal. Same Day Estimate. Call Kris 604-617-5561
HOMES FOR RENT
1 & 2 Bedrooms
HOME REPAIRS
MOVING & STORAGE
736
Well maintained Concrete High Rise in White Rock close to shopping.
HANDYMAN Home Repair Services - 45 Yrs Exp Call or Text Henry 604-868-5441
GARDENING
283A
APARTMENT/CONDO
Quiet community oriented living.
288
RENTALS
ACTIVE SENIOR
. FREE Scrap Metal Removal. .FREE Scrap metal removal. Appls, BBQS, exercise equip, cars, etc. 604-572-3733 ww.tkhaulaway.com
THE JAPANESE YARDMAN
APPLIANCE REPAIRS
706
www.starttoďŹ n.ca
Century Hardwood Floors 604-376-7224
206
RUBBISH REMOVAL
Licensed, Insured, WCB
âœś Repairs & Staining âœś Installation âœś Free Estimates
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
356
Call Blake or Brian (604)816-1653
HARDWOOD FLOOR REFINISHING
Need CA$H Today? Own a vehicle? Borrow up to $25,000. Snapcarcash.com 604-777-5046
329 PAINTING & DECORATING
RENTALS
Blake and his Dad make a positive difference in your life by providing quality workmanship delivered with integrity.
CALL FRIENDLY BENJAMIN 604-230-7928
Unique Taste, Unique Menus... Gourmet, Customized Menus Tailored To Your Function...
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
START TO FINISH CONTRACTING
Update your home with beautiful flat ceilings * No Scraping * No Sanding * No Mess
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HOME IMPROVEMENTS
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
SCRAP CAR REMOVAL #1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200
The Scrapper
Peninsula Prop Management
CONTRACT OR HOURLY FREE ESTIMATES 26 YEARS IN BUSINESS
.computer service
287
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
Per Molsen 604-575-1240
SHELL BUSEY’S Home Improvements
“OVER 30 YEARS IN HOME IMPROVEMENTS� WE CAN HELP YOU WITH ANY HOME RENOVATION/REPAIR PROJECT DEAL WITH A COMPANY YOUR FAMILY CAN TRUST! CALL TODAY FOR A FREE ESTIMATE Serving White Rock & Surrey
www.askshell.com
Unit #7 - 2320 King George Blvd. in South Surrey
604.542.2236
AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-721-4528 JUNK REMOVAL By RECYCLE-IT! 604.587.5865 www.recycleitcanada.ca
TONY’’S PAINTING
www.paintspecial.com 604.339.1989 Lower Mainland 604.996.8128 Fraser Valley
WHITE ROCK
RON Morin
RENTALS
RUBBISH REMOVAL
Running this ad for 10yrs
PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint. NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services.
10% off with this ad
706
RELIABLE, SERVICE 7 days a week
SOUTH SURREY- 2nd Ave. & 176th (truck crossing) 500sf. coach house. Like new condition. 1 bdrm. W/D D/W, laminate floors. $850 incls. cbl. (300 channels) Wi-Fi, utils. Available Now. No pets! N/S Call: (604)312-5763
CALL ROGER 604-
968-0367
APARTMENT/CONDO
.Hugh & McKinnon Rentals 604-541-5244.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR! Prices Effective January 1 to January 7, 2015.
While quantities last. Not all items available at all stores. We reserve the right to correct printing errors.
100% BC Owned and Operated PRODUCE
MEAT
Organic
Organic
Romanesco from California
Extra Large Fuji Apples from Harkers Organics, BC
2.98
each
1.58lb/ 3.48kg
product of USA
previosly frozen
Aspen Ridge Beef Stewing Meat
10.99lb/ 24.23kg
7.99lb/ 17.61kg
Sockeye Salmon Fillets
product of Canada
Organic Fancy Ruby Grapefruit from California
Organic Green and Black Kale from California
2/3.00
2/3.00
product of USA
product of USA
Choices’ Own Gourmet Pork Sausages Ocean Mama Shrimp Gyoza
assorted varieties
5.99lb/ 13.21kg
8.99 454g
GROCERY
HEALTHCARE
Liberté Greek Yogurt or Kefir assorted varieties
SAVE
32%
SAVE
3.79-3.99
FROM
27%
500g – 1L product of Canada
assorted varieties
skim, 1%, 2% or chocolate
5.29-6.99
4.49-5.19
473ml • +deposit +eco fee product of USA
2L product of Canada
Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Fresh Beverages
Kicking Horse Ground Organic Fair Trade Coffee
SAVE
Dairyland Lactose Free Milk
Blueprint Organic Raw Juice
21% 9.49 284g
3.99
SAVE
8.99
18%
600g product of Canada
FROM
SAVE
Natural Factors PGX select varieties and sizes
20% off
product of Bolivia
regular retail price
Vij’s Vegetarian Indian Meals
assorted varieties
12+ or 16+
regular retail price
26% 8.29 397-454g
Armstrong Cheese
Wedderspoon Raw Organic Manuka Honey
20% off
assorted varieties
SAVE
1.89L product of USA
product of Canada
asssorted varieties and sizes
Alter Eco Fair Trade Gluten Free Quinoa
assorted varieties
assorted varieties
Amazing Grass Green Superfood Powder or Bars
Natural Factors Vitamin D3
assorted varieties
SAVE 4.49 %
31
300g
product of Canada
select varieties and sizes
20% off regular retail price
31%
Whistler Glacial Spring Water
Ryvita Crackers assorted varieties
SAVE
21.99-23.99
31%
325g product of New Zealand
2.492.79 175-250g product of UK
assorted sizes
.69-4.29
SAVE
30%
product of BC
Yorkshire Orange Pekoe Tea
assorted varieties
gold orange or red orange
Aritisana Virgin Raw Organic Coconut Oil
.99-1.99 300-454g • product of Canada
4.39-6.29
10.99 425g xxx
DELI
Flax or Psyllium bins and bags
Sunrise Tofu
80 sachets • product of England
BULK
+deposit +eco fee
FROM
20% off regular retail price
xxx • product of xxx
GLUTEN FREE
BAKERY Choices’ Own Coconut and Broccoli Salad
Organic 100% Whole Wheat Bread
1.59/100g
4.49
Fruit and Nut Power Cookies
530g
1.89 each
Choices’ Own Ready Made Wraps
Choices’ Own Hot Chili
Granola Bars
assorted varieties
Pudding Cakes
6.99
assorted sizes
assorted varieties
( product may not be exactly as shown )
3.49-9.99
www.choicesmarkets.com
4.99 /ChoicesMarkets
2.99 package of 3
300-454g
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