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Multicultural festival: The White Rock Chinese Association is presenting its biggest New Year’s celebration ever this Sunday at the Bell Performing Arts Centre, featuring a wide range of Chinese and Western-style performers. i see page 11

Fraser Health board chair says improvements imminent: ‘We’ve turned the ship’

Two-thirds of ER patients wait 10 hours Jeff Nagel Black Press

Hospitals in Fraser Health remain severely congested despite the launch of a new strategy last year to improve patient flow, according to the authority’s latest statistics. Less than 39 per cent of the region’s emergency patients last year were admitted to hospital within 10 hours – far below a provincial target of 55 per cent – suggesting

hallway medicine remains rampant in ERs. The numbers were worst at Langley and Delta hospitals (both at 29 per cent), Peace Arch (31 per cent) and Surrey Memorial, Mission Memorial and Chilliwack General (32 per cent). That means more than twothirds of ER patients in those hospitals typically waited longer than 10 hours for a bed. Other key capacity indicators in the health region’s newly released monthly report card

show hospitals across the region are also struggling to meet targets to limit the average length of patient stay, the number of patients staying more than 30 days and the proportion of patients who could instead be treated at home or in other settings instead of hospital. Fraser Health board chair Karen Matty said ERs are jammed right now from the annual winter surge, mainly due to large numbers of patients arriving sick from the flu.

“You don’t build an airport for the Christmas rush and you don’t build a hospital for the flu season,” Matty said in an interview. “The airlines get to say ‘We’re sold out.’ But we can’t turn patients away.” Matty said she’s confident Fraser will soon see good results from its new strategic and operational plan, completed last year after a review ordered by Health Minister Terry Lake. i see page 4

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T(w)een spirit Cloverdale’s TeenFest proved popular for tweens and younger, too, as White Rock’s Sam Kreeft (far left) and Bella Tanaka, both 9, took novelty pictures, and members of the White Rock Gymnastics and Diving Training Academy’s circus troupe demonstrated Saturday.

Neighbouring MP pushes for impaired-driving deaths to be labeled ‘vehicular homicide’

Parliamentarians to consider Kassandra’s Law Monique Tamminga Black Press

Kassandra Kaulius

A Surrey woman killed by a drunk driver in 2011 has inspired another call for changes in the laws around impaired driving causing death. And if Kassandra’s Law – a private member’s bill named after Kassandra Kaulius and introduced in the House of Commons by Langley MP Mark Warawa Monday – is passed, drivers who kill

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someone while drunk behind the wheel will spend at least five years in jail. Warawa said he wants the law to start calling impaired driving causing death “what it truly is: vehicular homicide.” Kaulius, 22, died when her car was struck by a van that ran a red light at 152 Street and 64 Avenue. The driver, Natasha Warren – who left the scene and hid in nearby bushes – admitted to consuming a bottle-and-a-half of wine

before getting behind the wheel. She was sentenced to three years in prison, served two and was released recently. Since Kassandra’s death, her mother, Markita, has worked with other grieving families and created the group ‘Families for Justice,’ lobbying for stiffer penalties for drunk drivers. Markita works at the Langley RCMP detachment with the auxiliary constable co-ordinator. She described Warawa’s

bill as “only the first step.” “We’ve been fighting for several changes to laws for the last three and a half years, and will continue to do so,” said Markita on the Families for Justice Facebook page. Warawa, a former ICBC safety coordinator, said impaired driving is the number-one cause of criminal death in Canada every year. i see page 4

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Terrorism on the front burner

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lengthy trial which began government announced it would splitting hairs. Monday will provide bring in legislation to give the They recognize quite a window into what Canadian Security Intelligence instinctively that there are is likely to be one of the top Service more power to monitor people who do not like the issues in Canada this year – Canadian residents whom it way of life we have in Canada. homegrown terrorism. believes may be susceptible When they find out that some John Nuttall and to influence from of them are Canadian citizens Amanda Korody, who groups like ISIS or who have grown up here, but Frank Bucholtz lived in Surrey, are Al-Qaeda. would now rather be in Syria or charged with making or The proposed new Iraq killing civilians and taking possessing an explosive powers are already part in horrible brutalities, device, conspiracy to proving controversial, they are quite ready to give the commit an indictable with a number of government the benefit of the offence and knowingly civil liberties groups doubt. facilitating terrorist speaking against As this is an election year, this activity. allowing the agency topic will likely be top of mind The charges relate to more power without for most of 2015. The two trials homemade pressuremore outside oversight. and the ongoing brutality of ISIS cooker bombs that were The tragic incidents ensure that the issue will stay on planted outside the B.C. of last fall, in particular the front burner. Legislature on July 1, the running down of Canadians need to be aware 2013. They were to go Warrant Officer Patrice that, in an era where it is just off and kill or injure Vincent in Quebec, had as easy to send a message to people celebrating Canada Day. links to the radical view of Islam someone on the other side of The lengthy trial, which is being trumpeted by ISIS, and the world as it is to speak to expected to last about 18 weeks, brought homegrown someone in the next is occurring at the same time terrorism into sharp It does have a room, there are some as a trial in Ontario is getting focus for many great deal to do young people who are underway. That involves two Canadians. The attacks with our way of at risk of being caught men who planned to damage on Cpl. Nathan Cirillo up in an inexplicable life… and with enthusiasm for a railway bridge as a Via Rail and on Parliament the peace and terrorism. passenger train was passing by. may have been the act stability that According to prosecutors, they of a mentally ill man, This issue will be wanted there to be significant but ISIS was quick to we in Canada with us for some time. casualties from the destruction. praise them and call cherish – and far It has nothing to do Court in Toronto was told they for more attacks on too often take for with the election, but were motivated by Muslim Canadians. politicians will bring granted. extremism. The incidents which it into the equation. Nuttall and Korody were are now subjects of However, it does apparently also motivated the two trials, had not brought have a great deal to do with our by recently converting to the the issue to the forefront, likely way of life, with the actions our Islamic faith. However, Nuttall’s because neither of them was military are called to undertake mother said outside court on successful. and with the peace and stability Monday that the pair were The federal government is that we in Canada cherish – and incapable of committing any also under some pressure in far too often take for granted. terrorist acts. Parliament over the role played Frank Bucholtz writes Their guilt or innocence will be by Canadian troops in Iraq, Thursdays for the Peace Arch determined by the jury. but to most Canadians, the News. He is the editor of the On Friday, the federal parliamentary debates are merely Langley Times.

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Funding in place for comprehensive review of rules for development in city

White Rock plans an overhaul of its OCP Sarah Massah Staff Reporter

White Rock council voted to get the ball rolling on a review of the city’s Official Community Plan Monday. Following a presentation by the city’s director of planning and development services, council voted unanimously – with Coun. Helen Fathers absent – to receive and endorse Karen Cooper’s report, as well as authorize that the “anticipated incremental costs” of $100,000 for consultants be funded from the city’s accumulated surplus fund. The primary concern of the consultants, Cooper said, would be to ensure there is a liaison with the community during the review of the OCP.

Other anticipated costs include $18,000 for consulting costs to undertake mapping updates and $25,000 for consulting costs to undertake the Parks Master Plan Review, which raised an eyebrow from Coun. Lynne Sinclair. “What on earth could cost $25,000?” she asked, noting she didn’t believe there had been any significant change since a review in 2011. Cooper responded that there have been “quite a variety of changes” in the aspirations of residents for future recreational facilities in White Rock. The city’s current OCP was adopted on Sept. 15, 2008, with council since then approving 15 amendments to the origi-

nal document. Cooper said none of those changes were major, adding that the OCP is intended to change over time in response to changing circumstances. “The official community plan is intended to be a guide,” she said. Recently, however, the city has received development applications and enquiries that would require significant OCP amendments, if approved. As well, residents at development-application meetings and public hearings have questioned the role of the current OCP “in meeting their aspirations.” “This suggests that the plan may be outdated and not reflect current needs and aspirations,” Cooper’s report states. The report notes that for those reasons, a

comprehensive review of the OCP is needed. “It’s best practice to review the OCP every five years,” said Cooper, adding that it is believed the OCP can be completed over an 18-month period, broken into four phases. Public consultation will play a major role in the development of the OCP, Cooper said. A proposed consultation program includes public visioning sessions, open houses, forums, focus-group meetings with stakeholders representing a wide range of issues, a community survey and web-based questionnaires and a progress report to council, in order to “get it right.” “It will be a much more specific plan than the general master plan that was adopted earlier,” Cooper said.

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Defence points to context Sheila Reynolds Black Press

The first day in the trial of a Surrey couple accused of planting homemade pressure-cooker bombs outside the B.C. legislature concluded with defence lawyers telling jurors that intention and context will be key. John Nuttall and Amanda Korody are charged with making or possessing an explosive device, conspiracy to commit an indictable offence and knowingly facilitating terrorist activity. The bombs were located on Canada Day 2013 outside the legislature building in Victoria. They never exploded. The case is being heard by a 14-person jury in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. The Crown contends the RCMP investigation into the couple’s activities began in February 2013 and continued – with the involvement of undercover officers – until the pair’s arrest on July 1, 2013. The two allegedly built the bombs in a hotel in Delta days before the mission was to be executed. In her opening statement, Nuttall’s lawyer, Marilyn Sandford, quoted from a conversation between the accused, where Nuttall warns Korody they can’t “screw up” again or their affiliate (actually an undercover agent) will “turn from a real nice guy to a monster.” He suggests to Korody that perhaps there’s a contingency plan that involves them in “cement galoshes at the bottom of the ocean.” He tells her, “We can’t f--- up.” Sandford told the jury to pay attention to her client’s relationship with the undercover operatives, as well as Nuttall’s demeanour. Mark Jette, Korody’s lawyer, said jurors must listen to how his client became “ensnared” in the investigation, and noted her health issues and methadone use would be part of the evidence. Nuttall and Korody have pleaded not guilty. The trial resumes Feb. 10.

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The Oneness Gogos of South Surrey/White Rock – from left, Jessie Thomson, Pat Glennie, Ellen Basu and Mari Mills – got dicing and slicing this week for the Grandmother’s Soup Making Day at the Sources Women’s Place kitchen. Four stockpots full of soup were simmered, cooled and frozen to take over to the Sources food bank on Feb. 10 for the Share a Cup of Kindness event.

Hepner questions whether seniors know transit plebiscite affects HandyDart

Mayors target residents for ‘yes’ vote Jeff Nagel Black Press

Metro Vancouver mayors formally kicked off their referendum information campaign in support of a new 0.5 per cent sales tax Monday, saying it’s critical to the future of the region to improve transit and transportation. Several mayors rode transit to Waterfront Station where they highlighted the broad expansion of transit service that would come under their plan, while emphasizing that a ‘no’ vote will leave residents increasingly stuck in traffic. Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson pitched the tax as a minimal cost – 35 cents a day per household – to deliver key upgrades ranging from a light-rail network in Surrey, to a subway on Broadway and 11 new B-Line express routes. “Our constituents have told us to fix the transit and transportation problems plaguing our growing communities,” said Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore. “Wasted time sitting in traffic jams, pass-ups by full buses or having no buses at all costs everyone.” Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner said congestion costs the economy $1 billion a year and that will rise to $2 billion without the improvements. Mayors are promising to bring their campaign experience to town-hall meetings and on social media to hammer home the message.

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Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner joins campaign. Hepner said environmentalists, business leaders and students all “get” the need for the expansion but said she believes more work is needed to convince seniors in particular. “I’m not sure if they actually understand that it means more HandyDart service as well as more bus service,” she said. Better bus service – a 25 per cent increase is promised to happen relatively quickly after a ‘yes’ vote – would mean much more of the region’s residents will live close to a frequentservice route, with buses guaranteed at least every 15 minutes all day. Surrey stands to gain from the light-rail lines that would connect Guildford and Newton to City Centre and run down Fraser Highway.

“By the time light rail is finished, 200,000 of our residents will be within walking distance of rail,” Hepner said. “That will be significant in removing folks from their vehicles.” But she also said people who drive and don’t use transit need to realize they still benefit if there’s less traffic clogging the road, or if there’s an opportunity for their family to reduce cars. Not all mayors are on board. West Vancouver, Burnaby and Maple Ridge mayors are opposed. The No TransLink Tax campaign launched last month and dozens of groups supporting the plan under the banner of the Better Transit and Transportation Coalition are expected to launch their own ‘yes’ campaign today. Ballots are expected to go out in mid-March and are supposed to be mailed back by May 29.

White Rock forum White Rock will host a transit open house Feb. 19 at White Rock Community Centre. The open house will feature representatives from TransLink and the mayors council, who will discuss the upcoming transit plebiscite, as well as proposed projects and current service. White Rock has yet to take a poll position. The forum is set for 7 p.m., 15154 Russell Ave. – Sarah Massah

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Health report cards ‘help us focus’ i from page 1 “We’ve turned the ship in my view,” she said. “We’re on a very positive road to try to shift services to the community.” The plan aims to find new ways to decongest hospitals by providing more services at home or in community settings, and also by using preventative medicine to limit chronic-disease rates as the population ages. As more capacity comes online outside hospitals, it’s hoped there will be fewer people in hospital who don’t need to be occupying a bed, clogging the flow of incoming patients. Matty said there’s a “huge” effort underway to work to ensure

more residents across the region have a family doctor where they can get much of their treatment. “If people don’t have a family physician, they end up in the ER.” More residential-care beds, home-care services and working with families of patients are all parts of the region’s interlinked approach, she said. The very fact congestion statistics and various other performance measures are now being made public in monthly report cards for the entire region and each hospital is also a significant improvement, she added. “We’ve become far more transparent and accountable,” Matty said. “The report cards help us

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Union against privatization Sarah Massah Staff Reporter

Changes to White Rock’s solid waste and recycling service will end up costing taxpayer’s more in the long run, Canadian Union of Public Employees’s (CUPE) 402-01 president told council last week. Mike Guraliuk provided council with a package at the Jan.26 evening meeting, outlining possible issues that could arise if the city proceeds with its plan to contract out its solid waste and recycling services. The city announced Jan. 6 that it will no longer oversee commercial and multi-family recycling and garbage collection. The decision to move to the private sector came from options laid out in White Rock’s Solid Waste Review Report in late 2014. Acting chief administrative officer Tracey Arthur told Peace Arch News after the announcement that once a date has been set, businesses and multi-family units will be responsible for choosing their collection service. “Because it’s being privatized, it’s not a contract per se, so the

city won’t be involved,” Arthur said. “It would be up to individual businesses and the stratas to hire a private contractor.” As an exploratory measure, the city also issued a request for proposals on contracting out single-family home collection to review operating costs and services. Guraliuk noted in his Jan. 26 presentation that the City of Port Moody returned to inhouse garbage collection in 2009 after contracting out services due to service-related problems. “Contracting out has been suggested as best practice, but let’s be clear, it’s not. It’s a rollercoaster,” he said, noting that as often as local governments contract services out, they contract them back in. “We recommend you continue offering these services publicly.” He added that although a contract appears cheaper at first, the price will rise. “You will need to negotiate a complex contract,” he said. “You’ll continue handling complaints, paying bylaw enforcement costs… you’ll buy equipment for the contractor instead

of for yourself, which is more expensive, and you’ll continue to pay WorkSafe costs carried by the contractor.” When asked by council for specifics – including other cities that have returned to in-house services, studies on cities with a similar population and statistics that show an increase in price – Guraliuk said he did not have the answers at hand. “This information was provided to me, I did not do the study myself, so I could get you that information right away,” he said. “I just came for the presentation, I don’t have the stats.” Aside from finances, the biggest issue, Guraliuk said, is the human aspect. He noted residents of White Rock have reported a high level of satisfaction with the service offered by public employees. “Many city workers live here and know the residents that they serve,” he said, noting that public employees act as ambassadors of the the city. “For many citizens we are the face of this local government. “We know the citizens and they know us.”

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Tax proponents face challenge

he “Yes” campaign for the proposed congestion-improvement tax is expected to roll out this week. The Better Transit and Transportation Coalition will be running a significant amount of advertising, as well as hosting discussions and getting in front of as many audiences as possible. Locally, “yes” campaigners will likely tout that bus routes would be in the offing, as well as the eventual building of a light-rail line through Surrey. However, their campaign is starting from a challenging position. While early polls suggested many people who had already made up their minds were in support of the proposed 0.5 per cent sales tax, later polls indicated that support to be slipping. The two sides are now believed to be close to even – with many still undecided. Perhaps the biggest challenge for the “yes” side is to convince undecided voters of the merits of giving more money to TransLink, given its litany of cost-containment issues and unresolved problems, such as the Compass Card roll-out and increasing breakdowns of SkyTrain. In many South-of-the-Fraser communities – especially those closest to the border – business owners are concerned with the possibility that an increasing number of shoppers will choose to shop in the United States if the sales tax here increases. While the fears about the U.S. are being eased each time the Canadian dollar slips just a little further, the fears are legitimate and real. Large shopping centres are located just a short drive away, and significantly lower gas prices already drive some traffic south. As well, many residents – especially those in rural South Surrey and parts east – have little to gain from a higher sales tax, as transit funding is not likely to improve bus service in sparsely populated regions. The provincial government has stated the new tax will apply to the same goods and services as the PST. It seems likely it will also apply to residents of Metro Vancouver who buy large items, such as cars and motorcycles, which have to be registered – even if they are bought outside the Metro Vancouver region. Of course, regardless of whether it’s a lost cause for the “yes” campaigners to try to convince a majority of South-of-the-Fraser residents to back the new tax, it may not matter – if the majority of residents from areas better served by transit are willing to vote “yes.”

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t was the 8 a.m. concert band class. Isn’t smashing cymbals the controlled I was in Grade 10, or maybe 11. mayhem all teens love? For some reason, We were a big group – perhaps 50 of Kevin just couldn’t. us – and as a bass player I was tucked in Years later, I wondered what life was like the back row with the percussion for Kevin at that time. section. There were three or four Did he have many friends? Chris Bryan guys on things like snare drums, Didn’t seem to. tympani, cymbals and the like. Was he teased a lot? Did he fit I don’t remember the song, in somewhere? For an average kid but Kevin had the cymbals. The the cymbal thing would just be song required one of those 1812 embarrassing. I wondered if for Overture-style flourishes – and Kevin it was another small stone Kevin was having a hard time. placed upon a set of shoulders We’d attended elementary already carrying too many. school together. His house was A couple years earlier, I hung just a couple hundred yards from with a group of friends. One guy the school. was obese, and we teased him He was quirky. Not in his relentlessly. behaviour, but his English accent, He was tough and smart, big ears and a sharp nose set though, and gave as good as him apart. He was so painfully shy you he got. I liked him as well as any of my had to strain to hear him at times. I also friends, but we exploited his vulnerability. remember him as a kind and gentle kid. At my last high school reunion, we That day in band, all eyes were on him. caught up. He apologized – to me! – for The teacher stopped the song and told how we treated each other. him to give the cymbals a real crash. Maybe it’s the fact we’ve both grown *clink* up, consider some of our childhood “Come on Kevin, a big crash!” behaviour not just childish, but cruel. *clink* But it’s a different world now, too. And so on, until the teacher lost his The hurtful teasing, the names, the cool. bullying – it still happens in schools “COME ON, KEVIN!” today, but those who challenge it, those The room dissolved into laughter. At the who would stamp it out, are empowered. teacher’s frustration. But also at Kevin’s Bullying prevention starts the day inexplicable inability to express himself. kids arrive at school. It’s part of the

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curriculum, in one form or another. Feb. 25 is Pink Shirt Day, a day of solidarity for all people against bullying. Children today are subject to pressures that didn’t exist a generation or two ago. But in terms of bullying, they’re being given the tools to spot it and are more empowered to stop it. And there’s a more open dialogue about what is playful teasing and when and where it becomes cruelty. As for Kevin, not long after we graduated from high school he tried to rob a Brinks truck in Vancouver. He pried open the door, slashed a Brinks guard in the face with a knife and tried to steal a handful of cash before fleeing. As he ran away, the other guard shot him in the buttocks. Kevin kept running, out by the corner of Howe and Dunsmuir streets. The next gunshot hit him in the back of the head. That was it for Kevin. His parents were shocked. He’d never had a brush with the law before, they said. But later, investigators found a bulletproof vest, shotgun, steel-toed boots, ammunition, a small propane tank, firecrackers and an explosive device in his bedroom. After all these years, Kevin was clearly preparing to express himself. I have no idea what Kevin’s life was like. I have no clue the trajectory from that day in band class, from high school, from any of it to that horrible end. Are the Kevins of today having a better time? I hope so. Chris Bryan is editor of the Burnaby NewsLeader, sister paper to the Peace Arch News.

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Little sympathy for questionees Editor: Re: Council plans to end question period, Jan. 29. It seems White Rock council potentially wishes to follow a trend from other B.C. communities and dispense with a question period at the end of each council meeting. Whatever other communities are doing is irrelevant, even if only the occasional question is raised in a public forum and which is the electorate’s right in an open and democratic process. Mayor Wayne Baldwin states it “is really a non-event,” given that only a few have exercised that right – so presumably it is not too onerous. Nonetheless, it is incumbent on the whole council to support the retention of people’s rights and make the council accountable rather than expecting their electorate to send emails or letters. I suspect the people of White Rock will have little sympathy for a council expected to respond to the occasional question coming, as Coun. Lynne Sinclair described, “at the end of a long council meeting.” Perhaps the agenda could be changed to include a short nap prior to any potential questions? David Hutchinson, Surrey

Public must speak out Editor: This open letter is a challenge to everyone to respond – especially to all seniors. The facts are out: Canada is an oil-exporting nation. The price of oil has dropped by over 50 per cent, so the national government revenue will be down; so, to balance a budget, the government will have to cut expenses, and that means cutting benefits to seniors.

So, if seniors do not like this, they had better do something right now. What can seniors do? They have to immediately tell the government what it must do. And what must the government do? It must do more of its borrowing from Canada’s public central Bank of Canada (BoC) because the BoC gives its profits to the government, while the private banks that it now does much of its borrowing from, gives their profits to their shareowners and employees. Also, private banks and private companies must give more of their profits to their shareowners and less to their top employees. Albert Opstad, Surrey

Editor: What is happening to our community? It’s pretty bad when, on a Sunday afternoon, a 70-year-old man coming home from the pool had the life scared out of him because some nut road-raged his vehicle. It was Grey Cup afternoon on 16 Avenue with almost no traffic. Suddenly, I look at my rear-view mirror to see the silver grill of a pick up truck, almost three feet from my bumper. I am travelling in the right lane doing the speed limit. My street is just ahead, and I signal, and slow to make the turn. The jerk follows me, almost rubbing my bumper, and persists to follow me home. Luckily, I somehow shook him off,

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and I went home trembling all day. I have heart trouble; I could have died! Numerous times, I have written about speed along 16 Avenue and the lack of RCMP on this busy road. There must be a crackdown on these young men driving pickup trucks, thinking they own the road! They just cannot stand following a small car, and use bullying tactics to get their way. This is a town full of seniors who are not used to hurrying for anyone. So if you want to speed, I suggest to go to the race track. I shall have my pepper spray for the next one. Thomas Mac Kay, White Rock

Editor: Surrey has social problems and challenges like any growing metropolis. It has been the butt of jokes for decades. Time for that to change! Surrey is soon to be the largest city in B.C. and one of the best places in Canada to invest. It is interesting that people tarnish all of Surrey due to some of the social problems found largely in Whalley and, perhaps, Newton. People do not tarnish all of Vancouver due to social problems found in the Downtown Eastside. There is no comparison between what is happening in Whalley and what is happening in the Downtown Eastside, yet this societal discrimination exists against the people of Surrey by uninformed locals. As far as I am concerned, clean up your own house and your own city before bashing others. Have we forgotten the Downtown Eastside is home to some of the poorest postal codes in the entire country, despite being located next to some of the richest? Some comments about Surrey in the news and social media are bordering on “geographic hate speech.” There is even an official Facebook page designed to do nothing but make fun of and bash Surrey and the people of Surrey.

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New digs for Nexus Officials from both sides of the border celebrated the opening Thursday (Jan. 29) of the newly relocated – and expanded – Trusted Traveller Enrollment Center. The site – formally operating at the Pacific Highway port – is now situated 10 kilometres south, at the Birch Bay Commercial Center (8115 Birch Bay Square St.). According to officials with Canada Border Services Agency, the expanded facility and additional staffing “will provide the ability to double the number of conditionallyapproved (Nexus) applications currently processed.”

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BC FAMILY DAY, FEB. 9, 2015 Local Events: Where we live, play, and work is a huge part of who we are. And this weekend, to commemorate B.C.’s Family Day, activities are being featured around town. At Centennial Arena in White Rock (14600 North Bluff Rd.), there will be a free public skate on Monday, Feb. 9, from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., with no charge for admission, rentals and refreshments. And in and around Ocean Park Hall (1577 128 St.), from 1:30 p.m., the neighbourhood will be abuzz with families taking part in the Amazing Race in Ocean Park Village. Registration begins at 12:30 p.m. Further north, the Tong Louie Family YMCA (14988 57 Ave.) will be a busy place, as the recreation centre celebrates Family Day with a bevy of

around us, from the historic past to the beckoning future. Hands-on art activities and a special interactive performance are inspired by the exhibition, Views from the Southbank I: Histories, Memories, Myths, that presents stories of the South of Fraser region through a variety of visual art. The suggested donation is $4 per child. Children must be with an adult. At 2 p.m. in the Studio Theatre, families can join storytellers Max Tell, Comfort Ero, Amy Eustergerling and Sudnya Mulye to hear some Super-Special Surrey Stories. Free tickets are available on site; seating is limited. For information on the Surrey Art Gallery, call 604-501-5566.

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Performers from the White Rock Spring Bud Dancing School participate in last year’s New Year’s event presented by the White Rock Chinese Association. Below, Chinese star Qiaoyun Geng, who will be featured with the Beijing Opera this Sunday. emphasize family activities that can be shared by all cultures, Ding said. That’s why the event starts with a 4-6:30 p.m. session of family-oriented interactive games including Korki (“all the kids love her and she’s a member of this community, Ding said) and eight different game stations in the adjacent Sullivan Heights Secondary gym. The formal performance segment of the program, produced by Hongwei Qi – also the master calligrapher responsible for the title lettering and two 25-foot vertical banners on stage – will run from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the theatre. “The opening dance, Flourishing Flowers, will be amazing – there will be maybe 40 to 50 people on stage,” Ding said, adding that among those adding multicultural flair to the show will be the traditional Chinese dancers of the White Rock Spring Bud Dancing School, the Canadian Red Shoe Dance Group, the White Rock Maple Dance Group, Shaohong Zhong and Stage One Academy, Min Chen and the North American Hanyang Arts and Culture Centre, the Surrey Sunshine Arts Centre, the Latin-style dancers of the Xiaosong

Dance School, the Elgin Beats Group and members of the Ukrainian Cultural Centre dance group. One dance number will feature 16 separate ‘peony’ dancers – the peony is considered a good fortune symbol in Chinese culture – who will join together to create one giant floral display. Also featured will be two young classical music scholarship winners; violinist Julie Lin, playing Franck’s Sonata in A minor and pianist Linda Ruan, playing the Chinese composition Bright Red Flowers Bloom on the Mountain. The show is also a family event for Ding – her daughter, six-yearold Ingrid Yang, will be one of the featured performers. A Ray Shepherd Elementary student and member of the Surrey Children’s Choir, Ingrid is already a popular child star in Canada’s Chinese communities, and will be joining Qiaoyun Geng and the Beijing Opera on stage for a rendition of The Red Maid. Among headliners for the event will be

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Chinese New Year celebration hosted by the White Rock Chinese Association this Sunday at the Bell Performing Art Centre promises to be an unprecedented multicultural extravaganza for both the organization and the community. From a performance by members of the Beijing Opera and well-known Chinese actress Qiaoyun Geng – to vivid renditions of such culture-crossing hits as Let It Go from Frozen and You Raise Me Up and interactive family fun with White Rock’s own Korki The Clown – the South Surrey spectacular marks the Year of the Goat, and looks forward to the arrival of spring in both Ingrid Yang the Semiahmoo Peninsula performer and Vancouver. Association president Joanne Ding, who spoke to the Peace Arch News with interpretive assistance from member Flora Xiang, said that while the group has been staging New Year’s celebrations since 2010 at South Surrey’s LifeChurch, this is the biggest yet, and the first time it has been held in a theatre venue. “The Chinese community in White Rock and South Surrey has been growing very fast,” Ding said. “We’d like to get Chinese people out and involved in Canadian life and Western traditions – and at the same time we’d like to present Chinese culture for Western people.” Ding noted the association was heavily involved in last year’s White Rock Sea Festival. Sole sponsorship from Shenglin Financial Group has enabled the association to offer a grander New Year’s event, Ding said, while traditional Chinese food will be provided by Marine Drive’s Beijing Restaurant. “The Year of the Goat is very joyful in Chinese culture, a time when everybody is grateful and happy and everybody desires to celebrate,” she said. Response to the event has already been enthusiastic in the Chinese community, Ding said, and organizers don’t have much doubt that the theatre’s 1,000-plus seats will be filled – which bodes well for the enlarged event to continue as an annual feature. Knowing that Feb. 8 falls on B.C.’s Family Day weekend, the association wanted to

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Q Pacific Showtime Men’s Chorus meets every Monday, 7:30 p.m. at St. Mark’s Church, 12953 20 Ave. All ages welcome. Contact: 604-536-5292 or leighand@shaw.ca or website www.pacificFriday showtime.com Q Seniors Legal Advice Q Free Meditation Clinic Feb. 13, 1-3 p.m. datebook@peacearchnews.com Sessions Mondays, at Senior Come Share 6-7 p.m. at 1675 Martin Society, 15008 26 Ave. Dr. To register, or for more informaFree. Must register: info-referral@ tion, call 604-710-0507. comeshare.ca or 604-531-9400 ext. Tuesday 204. Q Master Artists in the Library – Q White Rock Laughter Yoga at Judy Alexander on Feb. 27, 6 p.m. White Rock Library, 15342 Buena at White Rock Library, 15342 Buena Vista Ave., 7-8 p.m. To continue on Vista Ave. Free. Info: www.fvrl. the last Tuesday of each month, bc.ca except July and August. Info: 604536-9049. Saturday

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Celebratory send-off ALS Society of B.C. members gathered at ABC Restaurant in Newton last week to honour one of the society’s longestserving volunteers – 86-year-old Shirley Cook. Cook has volunteered as the leader of the society’s Surrey Support Group for nearly 20 years, and has been instrumental in ensuring the well-being of patients, family members, friends and caregivers of individuals living with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s

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Annual honour A local caregiver has been honoured for her work by the Home Instead Senior Care franchise. Margo Dean has been selected Caregiver of the Year by the office serving White Rock, Surrey, Ladner, Tsawwassen and Langley areas, for her commitment and service to seniors. “Caregivers like Margo are the core of our business,” owner Wes Colby said in a news release. “Margo has been making a huge difference in the lives of local seniors and their families. Her calm and gentle nature has been so appreciated by our clients and their family members.” - Sarah Massah

Hours honoured More than 60 auxiliary constables who dedicate time to community safety and crime prevention have been honoured by the Surrey RCMP and the City of Surrey. In a ceremony Jan. 31, the uniformed volunteers were recognized for collectively contributing more than 23,000 hours in 2014. Of the 60-plus, two gave more than 700 hours and 10 put in more than 500 hours. Chief Supt. Bill Fordy said the difference the auxiliaries make in the city is “immeasurable.” “Auxiliary Constables are a valuable presence to our officers on the road and to any crime prevention activities we are involved in,” Fordy said in a statement. Mayor Linda Hepner described them as “an integral part of the city’s commitment to crime reduction and community safety.” For more on the auxiliary constable program and upcoming recruiting sessions, visit surrey.rcmp.ca

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More than 60 auxiliary constables were honoured by the Surrey RCMP and the City of Surrey last month for their tireless work. The opening reception is set for 5-7 p.m. March 13 at Semiahmoo Resort (9565 Semiahmoo Parkway, Blaine), and features a presentation by well-known South Surrey biologist, David Hancock. For more information or a complete schedule, visit www.wingsoverwaterbirdingfestival. com or call 1-360-5439982. – Tracy Holmes

Kindness week The Oneness Gogos of South Surrey and White Rock will host their second-annual Gogo with the Gogo and Timewalkers fundraiser dance at Crescent Beach Royal Canadian Legion, 2643 128 St., on Feb. 28, 7-11 p.m. The Timewalkers teams’ gifted singersongwriters Ron Irving, Michael Vincent, Eli Bryan Nelson and Luke Isaac – will be perform-

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Family fun The Tong Louie Family YMCA will be a busy place Monday, as the recreation centre celebrates Family Day with a bevy of free activities. Starting at 10 a.m., the Tong Louie YMCA (14988 57 Ave.) will invite families to take part in activities that include family swims, relay races, video-dance events, charades and more.

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Chamber of commerce honours two longtime residents

Restaurateurs ‘business persons of year’ Alex Browne Staff Reporter

Restaurants play a very special role in business – not only providing a service to the community, but also providing a core focus for the

community; a place where residents and visitors can meet, relax and bond over meals, special events and notable celebrations. Given that focus, it might be considered appropriate that the

South Surrey & White Rock Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence awards, held last Thursday at Hazelmere Golf and Tennis Club, recognized two restaurateurs as

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At left, George Zambus receives his award from Andrew Janzen of category sponsor Mardon Insurance; at right, Guy Dorchester receives his award from Maria Mura, of category sponsor Westminster Savings. ‘business person of the year’ for 2014 – one in the self-owned category and the other in the corporate category. George Zambus – who has been a partner in White Rock’s Cosmos Greek Restaurant since 1990 – received recognition in the first category; while comparative newcomer

Guy Dorchester, business that takes a general manager and lot of effort and a lot of operations hard work, partner for ❝Restaurants are a but the the Morgan business that takes a end result Crossing lot of effort and a lot is good,” White Spot of hard work, but the Zambus franchise, end result is good.❞ said. “You took top get to George Zambus honours meet so in the many nice corporate sector. people and make so “Restaurants are a many friends in the

Canadian Tire South Point, locally owned and operated by Peninsula resident Dan Higgins, Congratulates all the Nominees and Winners of the 2014 Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards.

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community.” “A restaurant is a place where everybody can dine and meet,” Dorchester added. “You see people who know each other, and you get to know them all over the years.” Both said they feel honoured to receive the recognition of their peers. “We work very hard,” said Zambus, speaking not only for himself and his wife, Christina, but also for his business partner and chef, Demetre Theodosakis, and his wife, Georgia. “It’s good when you’re recognized for your work in the community.” “There were a lot of faces I recognized in the audience, people I’ve had the opportunity to serve and get to know,” Dorchester added. Both were quick to say that they owe a great deal of credit to the teams they work with. “Demetre was here before we were – we became partners in 1990,” Zambus said. “He has done an excellent job as a chef – he’s responsible for all the good food that comes out of the kitchen. I’m proud to be in partnership with him.” Zambus noted that Georgia also works as a hostess in the restaurant, while his own daughters are also much involved – Vicky as a server and Bia as bartender. “It’s very much family – and it’s the team that makes things work.” “I’m most proud of the team I work with,” i see page 22

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White Rock Museum & Archives executive director Sharon Oldaker (centre front), surrounded by colleagues and well-wishers at the event. Above right, acclaimed author and speaker Peter Legge.

Getting down to business Alex Browne Staff Reporter

Since startup in 2007, the company has become a leading global manufacturer of turbines – marketing to the U.S., the U.K., Italy and beyond – which now employs 172 people worldwide, including 90 in the local office. Proud recipients of the award for best new business of the year were Kimm Brickman Pineau and Glenn Pineau, owners of All of Oils – Wholesome Oils and Vinegars. The first business of its kind in Surrey, the retailer is focused not only on distributing

high-quality extra virgin olive oils, flavoured oils and balsamic vinegars, but also on educating the community on the many health benefits of the products. White Rock Museum & Archives, represented by executive director Sharon Oldaker, won laurels for best non-profit organization of the year. The organization has shown leadership in promoting culture year-round on Marine Drive in White Rock’s recently restored, historic train station.

Recognition of outstanding businesses on and near the Semiahmoo Peninsula was the principal agenda of South Surrey & White Rock Chamber of Commerce’s Business Excellence Awards for 2014, sponsored by Peace Arch News, held Jan. 29 at Hazelmere Golf and Tennis Club. Hosted by chamber president Jim Purcell, and MC’d by Mark Madryga, the gala featured a keynote speech by motivational speaker Peter Legge. PAN publisher Mary Kemmis presented awards to businesses of the year in three size categories, as well as plaques recognizing best new business and best nonprofit organization. In the 1-7 employees category, employee benefits brokerage ADISA Benefit Solutions Inc. White Rock City Council is pleased to offer congratulations to the (Cameron Biffart and Grayden Biffart, princinominees for the 2014 White Rock and South Surrey Chamber of pals) received the award. Commerce Business Excellence Awards. The partners have a twodecade record of involveYou are all true leaders and have demonstrated that dedication and hard ment with service organiwork are essential to successfully run and maintain a business. zations in the community (including Semiahmoo We wish you every success now—and in the future. Rotary Club and SemiahAll our best for a happy and prosperous 2015! moo community policing), are active in their churches and have served on the board of White Rock Christian Academy. Art framing and decor business GS & Company (Gary Patterson, owner) received top honours in the 8-14 employees catCouncillor Councillor Councillor David Chesney Helen Fathers Megan Knight egory. The company has been a strong participant in events at Semiahmoo Shopping Centre and throughout the SemiahMayor moo Peninsula and is a Wayne Baldwin contributor to Variety – The Children’s Charity. The event also brought Councillor Councillor Councillor greater awareness of Bill Lawrence Grant Meyer Lynn Sinclair South Surrey-based wind-turbine manufacturer Endurance Wind Power Inc. (represented by David Rankin), which was named business of the year in the 15-plus www.whiterockcity.ca employees category.

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Community involvement touted i from page 20 Dorchester said. “They’ve led to a great reputation in the community with charities like the Canadian Cancer Society Relay for Life

fundraiser. “It’s great to be able to give back. South Surrey and White Rock is a community with a lot of people who support one another – it’s a great

environment to be in business in.” Zambus said he’s also proud of Cosmos’ record in being involved in the community, through working with the City of White Rock and the Chamber of Commerce on various projects, and also as a past contributor to the Peace Arch Hospital For more than 24 years our galas, as well as clients and our community providing scholarships have placed trust and for young people over confidence in GS & Company. the years. “It’s great when you We are proud to have won can give young people ‘Business of the Year’ a chance to learn what 8-14 Employees. life and work is all about, and how to deal Congratulations to all the with people – they’re nominees and finalists and going to be the leaders ‘THANK YOU’ to the of tomorrow,” he said. South Surrey & White Rock It was the restaurant Chamber of Commerce. that brought him and Christina to White ~ Gary Patterson Rock in the first place, when Cosmos founders John Manos and his Your Home Decor Gallery wife, Loula (Christina’s sister), decided to retire Semiahmoo Shopping Centre – 1711 - 152 St. • 604-531-8203 after some 20 years in Scottsdale Centre Delta – 7121 - 120 St. • 604-596-8203 the business. That was when he went into business with Theodosakis, who was a partner with Mano after coming to the restaurant in 1978. “We’d lived in Vancouver a long time, but White Rock seemed like a nice place to bring up our children in,” Zambus said. “It’s a wonderful community that made us feel at home here.” THANK YOU to the South Surrey/White Rock Dorchester, who was Chamber of Commerce in honoring us with the raised in Crescent Beach, came on board “2014 Best New Small Business” award. with White Spot to open the Morgan Come & celebrate with Southern Hemisphere Crossing location 3½ Extra Virgin Olive Oils years ago. “Oddly enough, I (until they’re gone) had never worked in the restaurant business The Shops at High Street before, although #160 - 2940 King George Blvd. • 604.385.1500 I’ve always been an Shop online: www.allofoils.com entrepreneur at heart.” AUTHORIZED RETAILER As a teenager, he was involved with a painting franchise, he said, after which he worked with Enterprise Car Rental, before ...for nominating us for travelling the world for 2½ years. NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION of the YEAR. After that, he was Serving our community for over 32 years. fleet manager for the B.C. Winter Olympics, Please join us for our May fundraisers, “decking up” some 4,500 vehicles that GM Hike 4 Hospice provided for the event. and Dorchester said he feels his varied business Universal Gospel Choir. background has given him “some different perspectives” on running a restaurant. “I’m very employeefocused. I like to have an environment where staff can enjoy coming to work,” he said. “That results in great customer service – and a place where people come back.”

What an Honour!

The best success stories are the ones written right here. Congratulations to the nominees of the 16th Annual Business Excellence Awards presented by the South Surrey/White Rock Chamber of Commerce. Your hard work and commitment embodies all that makes Western Canada a great place to live, work and play. We look forward to helping you reach even loftier heights in the years to come.

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Chocolaterie Bernard Callebaut

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Some habits are hard to break, and making fine chocolate that brings people back year after year is exactly that for those behind Chocolaterie Bernard Callebaut. The Peninsula Village store has been a source of mouth-watering goodies, gift ideas, baking supplies and more for 23 years. Started as a family business, it remains that way today – a place where staff and customers alike feel like they are part of the family. The delectable products – there are more than 300 – are all handcrafted in Calgary, at the Krista Carson headquarters of Cococo Chocolatiers, then shipped fresh to 33 Chocolaterie Bernard Callebaut locations across the U.S. and Canada, including to South Surrey. With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, you can count on finding the popular fresh cream heart chocolates behind the counter – sweet treats filled with marionberry, raspberry or passionfruit. But don’t delay – these chocolate delights are highly anticipated and always a favourite choice for those looking to put a smile on the faces of their sweeties. Other goodies that make a fabulous Valentine’s Day gift include foiled heart lollipops, milk or dark-chocolate hearts filled with an assortment of amazing chocolates inside, and gorgeous pink- or red-foiled roses on a stem. The sea salt caramel collection is also expected to be a top-seller. As always, every morsel is made with the finest natural ingredients and no artificial preservatives, so you can feel confident that you and your loved ones are getting the very best tasty treats. Recently, the quality offered at Chocolatierie Bernard Callebaut was recognized on the world stage, with Cococo Chocolatiers notching six wins at the International Chocolate Awards held in Vancouver, and another delicious victory at the finals in London, England. The silver nod for their Honey Anise milk chocolate creation is a testament to the quality and dedication that goes into every chocolate they offer.

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To discover – or rediscover – what makes their chocolates world-famous, stop by Chocolaterie Bernard Callebaut at 240-15355 24 Ave.

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If you are tired of forever drawing on your eyebrows and interested in saving makeup preparation time while still looking great 24 hours a day, a visit to Sienna Tanning and Spa in South Surrey’s Peninsula Village will make those problems a thing of the past.

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Sienna Tanning and Spa, which has been Nicole, Sandy, Amy operating in South Surrey for 10 years, offers cosmetic eyebrow embroidery and semi-permanent makeup – concepts which have come a long way since the early days of cosmetic tattooing.

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As well, unlike permanent tattoos which often fade, semi-permanent procedures allow you to occasionally do a “top up” treatment to keep them looking perfect. Sandy at Sienna is one of the most experienced aestheticians in the area, having been in the business for 30 years. As well, hygiene is of the utmost importance at Sienna.

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To discover – or rediscover – what makes their chocolates world-famous, stop by Chocolaterie Bernard Callebaut at 240-15355 24 Ave.

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Hodson Denture Clinic

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Offering full-service denture services, including repairs, relines, precision dentures and denture implants, Peter Hodson and his caring staff have been helping people get the smiles they deserve—along with the function they need— for more than 20 years. “We are dedicated to providing the best denture services available and helping our clients feel comfortable and confident,” said owner and registered denturist Peter Hodson. “We treat everyone with kindness and respect and always go the extra mile to ensure our clients feel 100 Peter Hodson per cent satisfied with their new denture.” In fact, Peter says any problem people are facing with their dentures can be improved or eliminated so long as they are fitted properly, with the right solution. “Good fitting and looking dentures are highly personalized,” said Peter. “We take precision measurements of the jaw and face and then handcraft dentures to match age, complexion and facial features. We can also offer soft liners for people with chronically sore gum tissues, as well as ‘immediate’ dentures, which can be designed to duplicate the patient’s original teeth, if they so wish.” New patients to Peter Hodson Dental Clinic do not require a referral. In addition to complete and partial dentures, services include repairs and relines, affordable denture implant solutions, an on-site denture lab and ongoing care, maintenance and check-ups. If restoration, extraction or implants are part of the treatment plan, Peter can provide a referral to the appropriate practitioner. “It is very rewarding to be able to help people feel good about themselves and to prove to them that there is no such thing as ‘forbidden food’ when it comes to today’s dentures. People are often surprised by that, but dentures have come a long way over the past decade. There is no need for people to have to worry about uncomfortable fitting dentures or potential embarrassments.” For a free, no-obligation consultation and the best service available, call Peter Hodson Denture Clinic today at 604-536-9555. Peter Hodson Denture Clinic — where caring comes first!

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Deals World

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If there’s one thing you can count on finding at Deals World in White Rock, it’s something new.

We’ve got everything you need for Valentine’s. Stop in today!

Owner John Rotonen said he strives to make sure everyone coming through the front doors of his family-owned store on Johnston Road always finds a variety of new merchandise to peruse, from food products and stationery to home decor, furniture and housewares. Rotonen first got into the business world more than 40 years ago in Finland, and opened Deals World in White Rock in 1992, bringing in merchandise from around the globe and passing on huge savings to customers.

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Always the best place to find the best deals on the best products, Deals World’s inventory was expanded last summer to include natural, organic and gluten-free food and snacks, including pasta, quinoa coconut bars and much more. Customers can rest assured that selection of healthy items will continue to grow. Peninsula shoppers looking for amazing deals to help mark a special occasion will also never be disappointed. Whether its a birthday, graduation, wedding or a simple family get-together, Deals World has something to make every occasion memorable. Among new treasures on the shelves at Deals World this month are an array of quality, affordable items to add warmth and romance to Valentine’s Day, including helium balloons. To make way for even more new items, Deals World is offering many products at clearance prices throughout February.

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Fabulous selection and friendly, knowledgeable service has helped make Laura’s Fashion Fabrics a landmark shopping destination for almost 37 years. Whether you are looking for inspiration on a project, need to stock up on sewing or quilting supplies or you’re brand new to sewing, Laura’s is the place to go. Laura and her skilled staff – Shirley, Johanna and Linda – are happy to go above and beyond when helping customers with any project, big or small. There are always many free classes being offered: quilting, machine embroidery, home décor, crafts, clothing construction, etc. New classes are always being added to our calendar. Visit www. Laura Shaw laurasfashionfabrics.com for a complete class schedule. New Spring fabrics are arriving daily in the store and there is plenty to get excited about – dress knits, bottom weights, batiks, printed sheers, printed lace and more. If you’re in the market for a new sewing machine, Laura’s recommends a Brother – they’re SEW easy to use and they do such a great job stitching. Laura and her staff’s favourite sewing/quilting/embroidery machine is the NEW Brother Dream Machine! It has a built in camera! for precise placement of your stitching. A built in Scanner! turn a drawing into a stitch. Or fill in a quilt block with stippling. A huge embroidery area 9 ¼” x 14”! Lots and lots of great built in embroidery designs – including Disney designs, and you can easily import designs from a memory stick. Come in for your free demo – everyone at Laura’s will be excited to show you their favourite features! Laura and her staff are partial to the Brother sewing products because“they are so easy to use and the quality of their products are second to none” and very important to us and the consumer “Brother’s after sales support is the best!” This spring Brother is introducing a new line-up of sewing/quilting and embroidery machines – there is a Brother for everyone’s budget! The Brother Scan N Cut CM550 has generated a lot of excitement for sewers and crafters this past year! Scan in your pictures – cut out your design! Ideal for appliques, for scrap booking, for creating wonderful shapes and designs! The Brother Scan N Cut – cuts paper, cardstock, fabric, plastic….Drop by for your free demo on this fun accessory. Every sewing machine and Scan N Cut purchased at Laura’s Fashion Fabrics includes unlimited free lessons from their highly trained staff to help you learn how to use it. If you’re looking for some inspiration or want to check out the latest spring fabrics and patterns, visit Laura’s Fashion Fabrics at 1552 Johnston Rd. and see why this specialty store has been a favourite on the Peninsula for 37 years and is still going strong.

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John Hughes “Coming from elsewhere in the automobile industry, that’s something you don’t often hear. It really speaks to the quality.”

“That’s pretty rare in the Lower Mainland,” he said, adding that current members offer more than 40 years combined service experience. “There may be some new faces but we also have team members who have been with us a long time,” he said.

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“Like Jozsef Molnar, who has been with us 17 years; assistant service manager Ramon Castillo who has been with us five years and Maryann Zonruiter who has been here for four years. Hughes added they also have all the equipment on hand to be a one-stop service department – everything from balancing tires and wheel alignment to repairs both major and minor. The TSM certification level means the dealership has lived up to Toyota’s most stringent principles of customer satisfaction, safety and quality, Hughes noted. That, he said, comes through attention to customer-focused procedures and staff; and standardized process management – including factory-trained service advisors and technicians and a quality control process.

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The Curtain Call

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When it comes to finding that perfect look and feel for your home, The Curtain Call Custom Interiors is the only place you need to call. Specializing in unique window coverings, The Curtain Call is equally well-known for providing a full menu of services that can bring elegance and character to any room. Owner Joan Walker said The Curtain Call team specializes in creating a decor to suit each and every client’s needs and wants – and within their budget – with no detail left unattended.

Joan Walker Every stage of every project receives the same, hands-on attention – from the initial concept design to completion. Walker and her team know there’s more to the equation than form and function, and they know the formula for making it right. Every design needs “a twist,” Walker says, and it’ll be found through colour, pattern, texture, shape – something guaranteed to catch the eye or launch a conversation. Walker is no stranger to transforming interior spaces into beautiful living places. She has been doing it for more than 20 years, and her knack for the business has not gone unnoticed.

The Curtain Call specializes in redesign services and turnkey home renovations from updating a paint colour to complete home transformations, with kitchen and bathroom design, custom upholstery, bedding, furniture and custom designed window coverings and motorized blinds and shades.

Joan has all the skilled designers, professionals and trades to complete your project on time and with an unmatched attention to detail.

“I treat every job like it’s my own house. My team shares my high standards.”

Walker’s expertise in the field has won her the honour of being named Business Person of the Year at the South Surrey White Rock Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards. She is also passionate about giving back to her community, and counts Rotary, the Peace Arch Hospital and Community Health Foundation, the Centre for Child Development and Sophie’s Place, as well as the Peninsula Community Foundation as among places she holds close to her heart. To find the custom interior you’ve been looking for, make the right call, to The Curtain Call.

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Last year CWL Auto moved to their new much larger facility at 3601 King George Boulevard. (Crescent Rd), The new location offers a “full-service facility” for any make and model of car. Anything from tires to tune-ups to regular servicing of your current automobile. We are here to help you…. Each car we sell from our site features a 158-point safety inspection, and comes with full history disclosure, as well a 3 month warranty. CWL Auto offers finance and lease options, as well as extended warranties for its top-quality pre-owned vehicles. We stand behind the vehicles we sell, we give each customer personalized attention to make sure they find the exact vehicle they’re looking for that suits their needs.

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Sabatino’s Restaurant

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It’s all part of the commitment to the community of owners Sonny and Reena, who began their adventure with Sabatino’s three years ago. It starts with finding the freshest ingredients Sonny and Reena – and Sabatino’s is a proud participant in Greater Vancouver’s Farm-to-Fork initiative, supporting local farmers and food producers. It continues with the home-cooked touch – all of Sabatino’s stocks and breads are made in-house, along with the restaurant’s signature desserts. And it’s also seen in the desire to provide alternatives for diners, such as the restaurant’s extensive ‘gluten-free’ menu. Of course, Sabatino’s is well known for providing food with an authentic Italian flair, whether it’s for a casual, relaxed meal or a special night out.

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The true taste of Italian cuisine is in every bite, from traditional classics to modern staples. And, like the food, the restaurant itself is warm and welcoming. Sonny and Reena give full credit for this to their team – from kitchen staff to servers. Without them, they say “there would be no Sabatino’s.” They’ve also enjoyed becoming part of the White Rock and South Surrey community and getting to know customers well over the past three years. And that’s why they have a favourite saying and philosophy for the restaurant – “Sabatino’s is where friends become La Famiglia.”

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Ayreborn Audio/Video Inc.

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Are you or someone you love an electronics enthusiast, dreaming about the latest in audio-video technology for your home or office? Ayreborn Audio/Video Inc. in South Surrey – admired for its exceptional selection and friendly, knowledgeable staff – is a must-visit store for all your electronics needs. As the only independent store of its kind in the White Rock/Surrey/Delta/Langley Bryan Ayres area, Ayreborn provides a huge selection of home automation products, custom wiring and installation, custom home theatres, multi-room audio and video, flat-panel televisions and audio/ video furniture. What really sets Ayreborn apart from the competition for the past 10 years is its commitment to providing top-notch customer service you’d have a hard time finding anywhere else. Owner Bryan Ayres and his highly-trained staff make it their priority to take care of every detail, large and small, for customers, from designing, building and installing a custom home-theatre system to providing reliable after-care services should you need further assistance with your purchase.

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White Rock Honda

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As your Lower Mainland Honda dealer, White Rock Honda has been serving the Semiahmoo Peninsula and beyond since 1980. Our family owned and operated dealership specializes in new and used Honda vehicles,but also offers a variety of other top-quality used vehicles to peruse.

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Almost every used Honda comes with the Honda Certified Used guarantee, giving you the peace of mind that it meets Honda’s required specifications.

Gus McBride Dedicated, courteous sales staff are always ready to help make your experience fun, easy and affordable, ensuring you have all the answers you need to find the best vehicle for your needs, while benefiting from some of the lowest finance and lease rates in years. We also guarantee top dollar for your trade, and are pleased to offer a $500 rebate to qualified Canadian military personnel on the purchase or lease of any new Honda model. Our dedication to excellence also extends to our service centre, where friendly, highly qualified technicians provide exceptional service in a timely manner. Whether it’s a simple oil change or a full transmission replacement, we are committed to maintaining top-of-the-line customer service for both new and pre-owned car buyers. Our Lowest Price Guarantee on Honda repairs gives our customers the best price on the best work. There are always new and exciting things on the horizon at White Rock Honda, and this spring, it’s the HRV crossover – the perfect vehicle for urban recreation. Smaller than the CRV but bigger than the Honda Fit, the HRV is a compact sport utility vehicle with a coupe-like style, the versatility of an SUV and a sporty, yet refined interior. Due to arrive this May, the HRV is just one of many reasons to visit White Rock Honda.

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White Rock Players

White Rock Players Club – the community theatre group based at the Coast Capital Playhouse – is one of the city’s oldest and best-loved traditions. Now well into its 70th season of staging live dramas, comedies and musicals featuring top local – and regional – talents, the club is currently presenting the revue Side By Side by Sondheim (running until Feb. 28). A four week run (aside from the ever-popular Christmas pantomimes) is something new for the club, acknowledges cast member and club publicist Rebekah MacEwan. “It’s a bit of a trial to see how that works out,” she said, adding that it wasn’t too hard to arrange for this particular Fred Par tridge show. “Everyone’s there and it doesn’t require huge sets,” she said, adding that there’s a feeling local audiences will appreciate more options to catch the show. “Sometimes we get to the last weekend and people are expressing regrets that all the shows are sold-out,” she said. “It may be something we’ll do more of, but we have to remember that we still have other tenants that we happily rent out the theatre to – like the Fraser Valley Gilbert & Sullivan Society and Peninsula Productions,” she said. “It’s great to be part of a facility that opens its doors to other groups in the community, as well as our own four or five shows a year.” Side By Side by Sondheim is a musical tour of the prodigious songwriting talent of famed Broadway composer/librettist Stephen Sondheim, narrated over the course of the run by club members and a couple of special guest narrators. In addition to MacEwan (The Crucible, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum), members include such musical theatre stalwarts as Cathy Wilmot, Ranae Miller, Braedon Cox and Steff Davis. “It’s a fantastic cast – most are multiple award winners,” she said. “Every rehearsal I’m overwhelmed by the voices – and it’s such a privilege to do Sondheim’s work. “It’s not for the faint-of-heart singing-wise – there are songs that require classical training and others that call for Broadway belting and character voices. They’re all over the emotional mat as well – to sing some of these songs well you have to throw yourself into the piece emotionally.” Show times are 8 p.m Wednesday through Saturday, with 2:30 p.m. Sunday matinees Feb. 8, 15 and 22. For tickets, call 604-536-7535 or visit www.whiterockplayers.ca.

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White Rock Honda

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Emma Gibson, 30, is new musical director of the Peace Arch Chorus. The harmony group rehearses at Surrey’s Bethany-Newton United Church every Wednesday evening.

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often expanded into larger chorus performances, with he Peace Arch Chorus members singing either lead, may be small, but tenor, bass or baritone. the echoes of their “The ringing of chords and barbershop harmonies fill the harmony of barber shop Surrey’s Bethany-Newton is a beautiful experience,” United Church every said Gibson. “The harmony Wednesday evening. captivates you when it rings The efforts of the chorus’ together with the chords.” newest member, Emma Pat Harper, 64, is assistant Gibson, 30 – who took on director and team leader of the position as new musical the chorus. She explains that director only last September Gibson’s “job is everything – are focused on improving musical… she is a very musical the chorus’ sound as well person and very talented. We as further are lucky to educating have her. She is ❝I like the pure and the members complete entertainment of somebody that about the an audience. I like knowing had no problem beauty of the reins.” that I have given them no taking barbershop. Gibson’s cause to wonder…the “My musical talent is complete captivation.❞ primary no mystery. She goal is their has been heavily musical improvement and influenced by both her parents education…my focus is all on who have been involved in them,” Gibson said. various barbershop groups her Although the group focuses entire life. on barbershop, the chorus is “My mom sung in Peace made up of women of a wide Arch Chorus when I was six range of ages and experience years old,” she recalled. “I used in various singing styles to come out with her every and backgrounds. Members Wednesday night and watch are required to complete an the ladies sing and dance and audition process based on have a good time.” range and harmonizing ability. While attending Semiahmoo Gibson said she believes that Secondary she played piano “music doesn’t have an age – and some trombone in school all women are welcome.” bands, but singing was always The barbershop style evolved something much more for her. in the late 1800s and early Performing in her first quartet 1900s, highlighting four-part transitioned into multiple gigs a cappella harmony – usually in her early barbershop years. performed by a quartet, but “Singing gave me an outlet

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for all sorts of feelings and emotions and the overall energy that I had from life,” she said. “It makes me happy.” Gibson now sings in an international-level quartet called Glow. She and the three other members sing at a competitive level in competitions around the world. “I like the pure and complete entertainment of an audience. I like knowing that I have given them no cause to wonder… the complete captivation.” She explains that performing has always given her a rush. “Even after 10 years there’s still a certain degree of adrenaline.” Although she is very familiar with the role of performer, directing is an entirely new and exciting ball game, she said. “Everyone depends on me,” said Gibson. “We have a lot to learn from each other.” Asked if she had any notion of slowing down, her response was immediate. “I direct a chorus, I sing with a chorus… there is just no way I would ever give it up. It’s my life.” Director and chorus are currently prepping themselves – along with their signature purple costumes – for the Hooked on Harmony Regional Convention that takes place every year on the May long weekend. Further information and a list of events can be seen on the chorus webpage, www. peacearchsings.com

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XBa founder joins International Dance Council

New role for Hallwas South Surrey’s Nela Hallwas, founder of XBa DanceCo, is taking on an executive role in the newly established Vancouver chapter of the International Dance Council. In an appointment announced last week, Hallwas joins president Mona d’Amours and co-vice-president Raquel Foran, editor of Just Dance magazine, as members of the Vancouver executive committee. The UNESCO sponsoredorganization, based in Paris, is mandated to bring the world’s youth together through dance – and a major task for the Vancouver executive will be hosting the council’s World Congress in July in Whistler.

This will also be the inaugural year for XBa’s Dance Certification program, accredited by the council, in which senior level dancers will be eligible to gain international certification. Hallwas and her daughter, Amadea, a teacher at XBa, are among 22 founding members of the Vancouver chapter (www.cidcanada.org) XBa will also present a fundraising night of live music and dance April 18 at 8 p.m. supporting diskordanse’s 2015 work, The Collection. Live entertainment will include music by Masonette. Tickets are $20. Visit www.diskordanse.ca – Alex Browne

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n their final home game of the season last weekend, the KPU Eagles took another step towards qualifying for the PACWEST (Pacific Western Athletic Conference) women’s basketball playoffs. Kwantlen’s men’s hoops squad, however, continued to struggle, losing twice to teams from Vancouver Island. The Eagles’ women’s team rallied from a five-point deficit at three-quarter time to upend the Camosun Chargers of Victoria Saturday afternoon at the Surrey campus of Kwantlen Polytechnic University, improving their PACWEST record to 4-10 (won-lost). KPU remained a game ahead of the Columbia Bible College Bearcats, who edged the Chargers 79-76 in overtime Friday night in Abbotsford. The Chargers are two games up on the Eagles. “I think we are really playing well as a team right now, playing for each other,” said Eagles head coach Dan Nayebzadeh. “We are celebrating each other’s successes and that’s a big thing.” Kwantlen began a two-game weekend with a narrow 56-50 loss to the Vancouver Island Mariners Friday night, also in Surrey. The Eagles fell behind 31-11 in the second quarter, but shaved five points off the deficit before halftime then outgunned the Mariners 14-4 in the third quarter to go into the final 10 minutes trailing by just five points at 35-30. “I thought we played quite well and stayed competitive,” said Nayebzadeh. “We were down by 20 at the half but really clawed back and caught up to five points at the end of the third quarter.” Forward Amber-Lee Kavanagh i see page 42

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Everything went right for the Valley West Hawks last weekend. Not only did the BC Hockey Major Midget League team sweep the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds, they gained ground on two rivals in what has now become a four-team race for second place. The Vancouver Giants managed to collect just one point from two games against the Vancouver Chiefs, a result that left both teams tied for the runner-up position with 43 points. The Okanagan Rockets, held to one point from their two weekend games with the Vancouver Canadians, have fallen to third place with 42 points. And after their two triumphs, the Hawks have improved to 17-9-6 (won-lost-tied) and their 40 points has them well within range of second place. Four weeks remain in the MML regular ❝We had season. a mental Valley West scored 14 goals lapse.❞ against the Thunderbirds, winning by scores of 7-4 Jessie Leung Saturday in Abbotsford and head coach 7-6 Sunday afternoon at the Langley Events Centre. “At times, it was a shooting gallery,” said Hawks head coach Jessie Leung. “We showed why we are one of the top scoring teams in the league this year. Our team executed our game plan plain and simple.” The Hawks led 2-0 after one period Saturday on goals by James Malm of Langley and South Surrey’s Daniel Watson. Christian Bosa (Langley) and Spencer Berry (White Rock) made it 4-0 before Fraser Valley got on the scoreboard. Jeffrey Stewart of Surrey and Bosa with his second of the game upped the count to 6-1 by the one-minute mark of the third period. The Thunderbirds got two quick goals late in the game before White Rock defenceman Matt Barberis completed the scoring. “Saturday was a well-executed game for 53 minutes. In that time we outscored the opposition 6-1, chased their starting goalie and killed off four power plays,” said Leung, adding Sunday was a different story. “We had a mental lapse. We thought it was going to be easy and didn’t play to our i see page 43

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Men lose twice to Island foes i from page 41 per cent from the free-throw line, of Langley and Surrey’s Shilpa while the Eagles were good on Khanna with 11 points each, and 33.3 per cent of field goal tries and Samantha McPhail with 10 paced went 50 per cent from the line. a balanced KPU offence. Khanna, “We had great moments of McPhail and Haeley Williams teamwork, but we also had probeach collected five rebounds. lems with layups, threes, and free Holy Cross high school graduthrows,” said Eagles head coach ate Jessica Villadiego contributed Vladimir Nikic. eight assists. “Turnovers and offensive In Saturday afternoon’s game, rebounds also hurt us. Until we the Chargers raced to a 17-7 figure out how to stop turning lead early in the second quarter, the ball over, we are going to but KPU surged ahead 26-24 by continue to struggle.” halftime. Rookie guards Brendan Bailey In a game that saw 13 lead with 20 points and Jaiten Rana changes, Camosun went up with 12 were the top scorers for 42-37 after three quarters. the home side. Kwantlen outscored their guests Saturday wasn’t much better for 21-11 over the final 10 minutes the Eagles. They were down 26-7 Boaz Joseph photo for their third victory of the seaafter one quarter, and trailed by Kwantlen’s Brendan Bailey. son, and third in their last five 24 points at the half. Rana and starts. 3-11 Capilano Blues in the chase Bailey were Kwantlen’s top scorKhanna was the top scorer, net- for the final playoff position. ers, each netting 10 points. Centing 18 points and adding seven In Friday’s game against the tre Navdeep Brar and forward rebounds. McPhail had a double- first-place Mariners (13-1), the Trevor Schulz were the leading double, with 12 points and 14 Nanaimo team jumped on the rebounders with seven each. rebounds. Eagles early and never let up. An end to their losing streak Fourth-year guard Christina VIU led 35-13 after just 10 minwill put KPU into a tie for the Brown also scored in double dig- utes, and had a 68-29 cushion by final playoff position. its with 10 points. halftime. The Eagles travel to North “Today we were down, but The Mariners dominated the Vancouver to play Capilano we fought. We battled, came boards, grabbing 65 rebounds Friday night. They then visit the back from behind, and we hit to KPU’s 25. They also shot 57.5 Quest Kermodes (11-3) Satursome big shots at the end,” said per cent from the field and 79 day night in Squamish. Nayebzadeh. “Overall, it was a team effort from not only our starters, but the bench as well, so I’m pleased that RV PARTS & ACCESSORIES s FREE RV LIFESTYLE SEMINARS s PRIVATE SALES everyone stepped up.” The Eagles have a difficult weekend ahead of them. On Thursday, they visit the 7-7 Capilano Blues in North Vancouver, then travel to Squamish Saturday for a clash with the 14-0 Quest Kermodes. On the men’s court, Kwantlen’s squad may have lost twice, but the losing streak – which has now reached six games – hasn’t cost them much ground in the PACWEST playoff race. The Eagles were beaten 115-56 by the Vancouver Island Mariners (VIU) Friday night at the KPU Surrey campus, then were topped 91-46 by the Camosun Chargers Saturday afternoon. KPU is now at 2-12 on the season with seven games to play, but are still just a game back of the TENT TRAILERS

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Valley West hosts Rockets next i from page 41 game plan.” The Thunderbirds took a 3-1 lead into the dressing room for the first intermission. Gary Ayre of South Surrey was the lone Hawk to score. The Hawks exploded in the second period, scoring five times in a 16-minute span. Ben Evanish of White Rock scored twice, with Barberis, Ayre and Bosa adding one each for a 6-5 Valley West lead after 40 minutes. “We challenged them during the intermission and got quite a result,” said Leung. “Our power

play was red-hot in the second period scoring four goals on four tries.” Fraser Valley tied the score midway through the final period, but the Hawks found a way to win. Evanish tallied his third of the game with four seconds remaining. “It wasn’t how you’d normally chart out a win, but it was satisfying to see our team gut out the character win,” said Leung. “We got great performances from a lot of players this weekend. The best came from (Surrey defenceman) Shakeel Ebrahim.

Shak played as good as I’ve ever seen him play. Easily our most reliable defenceman, he made poised plays with the puck and made everything look easy.” The next two weekends won’t be easy, but will present Valley West with a chance to start climbing up the standings. They host the Rockets for games at 12:45 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. Sunday at the Langley Events Centre, and a sweep of the Kelowna club will vault the Hawks into third place. Valley West will play twice against the Chiefs the week after.

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Jeep: designed in Motor City, made in Italy San Jose, California – Jeep is pushing Renegade as a vehicle A new little Jeep with an Italian accent, with genuine off-road warrior capabilicalled Renegade, will soon be available in ties. A Trailhawk 4x4 edition comes with Canadian dealerships. additional ride height, skid plates plus It’s designed in Detroit and built in Italy, front and rear tow hooks. Unique front/ but the iconic Jeep Wrangler influences are rear fascias improve both approach easy to spot. The Renegade is a contemand departure angle capability and it porary and more playful interpretation of comes with 17-inch wheels with more The Renegade Jeep, offering passenger-friendly utility, aggressive tires. Trailhawk is designed to is a contemporary good on-road performance and fuel econprovide up to 482 mm of water fording omy combined with surprisingly impressive and more playful capability and it comes with a Jeep off-road prowess. interpretation of Jeep, Selec-Terrain system that includes a rock The new model presents a fresh and mode, Active Drive Low (with 20:1 crawl offering passengercheerful overall design attitude that’s ratio) and Hill-descent Control. sure to appeal to younger buyers. An “X” friendly utility, good To prove prowess, Jeep included a motif that appears in numerous places, on-road performance three-hour stop at Hollister Hills SVRA, including the taillights, was taken from an off-road and dirt-biking Mecca about and fuel economy the rear-mounted jerry can on the original a hour from San Jose, in the drive route. combined with Willys army vehicle. A cleverly designed The serious Jeep side of Renegade surprisingly impressive quickly became apparent as it tackled lightweight removable (MySpace) double-sunroof, which stores neatly under the off-road prowess. an arduous obstacle course and a steep rear cargo area, also adds to the mischiehill climbing trail with ease. A short Bob McHugh vous character of Renegade. wheelbase makes it highly manoeuvrable Jeep points to the Nissan Juke, Mini in tricky situations and it’s aided by a Countryman and Buick Encore as the expected prime fully independent suspension with up to 205 mm (8.1 competitors of Renegade. There are, however, a couple inches) of wheel articulation. Jeep’s fully automated of aging compact utilities, Patriot and Compass, already off-road drive system is also second-to-none. in the Jeep line. So you have to wonder how much Almost all of the driving tour was in a Renegade longer they’ll be around. equipped with the 2.4-litre (180-horsepower) engine/ Renegade will have a start price of just $19,995 (Sport automatic combination, which will probably be the edition) and comes in two 4x2 trim levels and four 4x4 most popular pairing. The steering is on the light side trim levels, with prices topping out at $31,995. The base and is quicker acting than I’m used to in a Jeep. This 4x2 Sport edition comes with a turbocharged 1.4-litre high-revving engine is also a more refined and quieter (Multiair) engine mated to a 6-speed manual transpower provider than in Wrangler. Impressively slick in mission. The optional ($1,500) powertrain is a 2.4-litre operation, the nine-speed speed automatic is certainly (Multiair Tigershark) engine, paired (no swapping) with setup for best fuel economy, with four overdrive gears. a 9-speed automatic. North, with 4x2 or 4x4 drivetrains, The turbocharged 1.4-litre (160-horsepower) base is expected to be most popular trim level with all-in engine offers surprising oomph and seemed to make pricing in the mid twenties. Renegade a bit quicker off the line. The 6-speed manual

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is a little vague and has a notchy engagement feel, but I did like the cue ball style shift leaver. While official fuel economy numbers were not available, Jeep is expecting a combined fuel rating of about 8.1 L/100km, which would be excellent. The 4x4 versions of Renegade also feature a unique disconnecting rear axle feature that should provide fuel economy numbers that are close to the 4x2 versions. Tek-Tonic is what Jeep designers dubbed the Renegade’s funky yet functional interior. The Wrangler theme is also evident inside and includes the requisite passenger grab handle. It’s a softer, more comfortable Jeep people place with practical features such as the fold-forward front-passenger seat and a removable, reversible and height-adjustable cargo floor panel. Renegade is also tall folk friendly with oodles of headroom, so they could even wear a hat. A minor tall-roof drawback was noted, however, when I tried to reach for a distant sun visor above the upright windshield. Jeep claims Renegade has up to 70 standard and available safety and security features. There are seven standard air bags, including a driver’s knee air bag. On top of that you can layer an impressive list of optional active safety features that includes Forward Collision Warning with Active Braking, Lane Departure Warning, Blind-spot Monitoring, Rear Cross Path detection, ParkView and a Rear Backup Camera. The all-new 2015 Jeep Renegade is in a word…how you say…Stupendo!

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Not your average Corvette Stingray from the wider body to the additional spoilers and Nevada is nice this time of year, especially when it air intakes are functional. includes thundering around Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch in the all-new 650hp Corvette Z06. Inside For those that are not aware, the Z06 factory order Along with getting to drive as fast as my skills would code was a secret code available, on a word-ofallow, there were also a few hours on the street mouth basis, back in 1963 for pure driving enthusigetting to test the livability of the Z06. This was a big asts to get a faster and more capable race-ready car. part of the design challenge. Juechter The Z06 factory spec was resurrected states “You can use them as daily in 2001 and has evolved ever since to drivers, you can use them as a long now represent a separate line in the distance tourer, the seat comfort Corvette Stingray family. In fact, the is good over long periods of time Z06 has separate badging and an enand you can also hammer it on the tirely different look. To confuse things, racetrack everyday.” there is even a more aggressive model The new Z06 really is a car without or sub-model called the Z07 but it is by Zack Spencer compromising comfort. The manual sold as a Z06. Confusing, I know. transmission is easy to shift, the Looks clutch is light and the car is very easy to use, even in stop-and-go traffic. The secret is the magnetic ride As great as it is getting to drive a potent, rear-wheeldrive rocket on the track, the chance to rub shoulders control that makes adjustments to the shocks to smooth out larger bumps. The seats are supportive with the people who make the car is just as exciting. and the dash is futuristic. Tadge Juechter is the Chief Engineer of the new The previous buyers of the Z06 told Chevrolet that, Corvette Stingray and he told me that the already yes they wanted a fast car but also the modern capable, 450hp base Stingray was intentionally comforts, and this car has everything from navigation designed to handle the more powerful Z06 package to a standard removable Targa top, even an available but the look of the Z06 is different and functional. automatic transmission. As Juechter explains, “you get the wider body work, you get the custom quarter air inlet duck with fifty Drive percent more air flow.” He went on to say “that’s the It is understood that a Z06 Corvette should be fast main secret with this car, you’ve got a lot of energy but this new model is also very precise and rewards going in, how do you get that thermal energy out? even the average driver with a level of confidence So you’ve got bigger coolers everywhere, more flow, and ability to go fast, that defies belief. Juechter the aerodynamics are much more intense”. So all the explains how this was achieved. “We use the parts that make the Z06 and Z07 more menacing, technology, either in the tire construction, or the

electronic differential, magnetic selective ride, it all comes together in the performance envelope but make it very accessible to normal drivers, so people of average talent can go very fast.” And fast I went. Driving both the Z06 with a manual or the new 8-speed automatic is a jolt of adrenaline that should be bottled and sold. The howl from the 650hp 6.2L supercharged V8 is a sweet sound from inside the car and even more threatening outside the car. The traction is uncanny and the cornering grip unshaken due to massive Michelin tires and race ready Michelin Cup tires on the Z07 trim. The brakes are very surefooted even lap after lap. What is fun is using the manual transmission with re-matching, letting the car automatically blip the throttle of downshifts. Verdict The top dog is the Z07 package that includes ceramic brakes, the competition tires, more aerodynamic effects and a 40 percent stiffer ride. This is the car to get if you are a track rat or take part in weekend club events. But with roughly 85 percent of Corvette buyers driving exclusively on the road, the Z06 offers the perfect balance of on-road livability with the extra punch for a little fun, the styling is also a major plus. The automatic is very quick on the track and opens up the Z06 to a new set of buyers but the 7-speed manual is so easy to live with, I’d stick with the stick. The price isn’t cheap but it is a bargain in the supercar world. Starting at $85,095 and topping out at $96,915 for the Z06, or an additional $8795 for the Z07 package. zack.spencer@drivewaybc.ca

It is suggested that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, though it’s doubtful that belief is enthusiastically shared by folks in the fiercely competitive auto business. Nevertheless, to quote another common saying, all is fair in love and war. So, prepare to see clones or lookalikes of the all-electric, BMW i3 emerging from the production lines of major manufacturers in the next few years. In Detroit recently, my head spun when I clapped eyes on Chevy’s allIn town, the electric Bolt, even BMWi3 is the its rusty colour was similar to the perfect shopping i3 I drove at the cart, extremely launch in Amstermanoeuvrable and dam in 2013. As I the fastest parker in remarked at that time, the compact town. eco-Bimmer has a funky look and it’s Keith Morgan one that’s gaining traction, especially among the younger generation. My head spun again the other week when I picked up a production version to test in local conditions from Brian Jessel BMW in Vancouver. It was identical to the Dutch example! Well, not quite. It did have an additional feature not present in the launch model. It had a range extender, which is marketing-speak for a two-cylinder, 647cc gas engine. It doesn’t drive the wheels but kicks in as an electricity generator designed to top up the battery when it runs low. It’s a must addition for Canada unless your daily trek clocks up no more than the promised 130-160 kilometres range when setting out with a fully-charged battery. Based on my Dutch experience and a few days buzzing around the Fraser Valley, the top end is a shade optimistic, especially in poor weather when one tends to crank up the heat. Mind you, with a starting price just short of $45,000, the $4,000 generator pushes that already substantial cost up significantly. The

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Four surprising collectible cars by Rob Sass

It’s no secret that the Corvettes, Chevelles, Mustangs, ‘Cudas and Camaros that you see on televised auctions like Barrett-Jackson, Mecum and Auctions America, have a significant following. But there are cars that fly under the radar; you might never imagine that they have a rabid following among car collectors. Here are four of our favourite unlikely collectibles:

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Chevrolet pickup trucks from 1967-72 are gaining in popularity among collectors.

Chevrolet C/10 pickups These may be among the hottest American collectibles right now, particularly the second-generation trucks built from 1967-72. Once as common as weeds, most were worked to death doing what they were designed to do. Upmarket trim packages like the Cheyenne (or Sierra on the GMC version) are particularly sought after. Great ones can easily sell for more than $20,000. Who’d have thunk it? Early Honda Civics The first three generations of Civics (spanning the years of 1973-87) were basic, honest cars that also happened to be relatively fun to drive. The mechanicals would last forever, the bodies, not so much. Mostly, their owners saw them as disposable when they did finally need something major. That accounts for their rarity today. Recently on eBay, a clean 1978 Civic sold for $7,800 and an equally nice 1986 model brought a

whopping $11,000. Toyota 4Runners The first generation of the Toyota 4Runner (1984-89) was simply a clever ploy to get around import duties for normal passenger cars. Pure trucks were taxed at a lower rate, so many first generation 4Runners arrived at the port with no rear seats, leaving it to the dealer to add them. By this point you know the pattern: Most were driven into the ground by surfers and rock-climbers to the extent that clean examples are tough to find. When they do pop up with low miles, original paint and stripes, and no rust, they’ve brought high teens and low 20s. They may be the next FJ40 Land Cruiser. Chevrolet Corvairs The Chevrolet Corvair (1960-69) may well be the most unfairly maligned car ever. Ralph Nader was a young lawyer

looking to make a name for himself in the consumer protection world, and the Corvair seemed an easy mark. In reality, a number of other manufacturers, including Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen and Triumph, had successfully used the swing-axle rear suspension that was the target of most of his criticism. In combination with the car’s rear weight bias, if driven carelessly, early examples of the Corvair could spin under hard cornering. Driven sensibly, Corvairs are attractive, fun to drive and unique. And as the memory of “Unsafe at Any Speed” fades nearly 50 years on, collectors are finally starting to take a shine to Corvairs with the very exciting turbocharged Corsa convertible often bringing substantially more than $20,000. Rob Sass is the vice-president of content for Hagerty Insurance. Hagerty is the world’s leading specialist provider of classic car and boat insurance. Learn more at hagerty.ca

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nine-litre gas tank that feeds the tiny engine boosts the range to around 300 kilometres. What is indisputable is just how much fun this car is to drive. In town, the BMWi3 is the perfect shopping cart, extremely manoeuvrable and the fastest parker in town! The lithium-ion battery, housed in an aluminum cage below the five-seater cabin, enables the electric motor to mimic a race car at the green and back into a tight spot equally quickly! You think I jest? After seven seconds of acceleration, the display shows 100 km/h. The need to pass fast on the freeway is also easily achievable with a five-second count between 80 and 120 km/h. Drive like that all day and the gas engine will be firing up in no time but the power is there if you need it. Drive sensibly and to the prevailing weather conditions and you will get close to the advertised

range. Sticking to the sluggish EcoPro and EcoPro+ modes will add 20 and 40 km to the range. Nah. But it’s not just about operator proficiency: The carbon-fibre body is light and regenerative braking constantly tops up the cells. Using a regular domestic power point, I was able to recharge the i3 overnight and if you install a fast charger, you can be back on the road in three hours. Interestingly, the BMW Group has partnered with the live transit information service Moovit (IOS and Android apps available). The app is an interactive service that informs the user about local transit options once you have parked up and plugged in the i3. Crowd-sourced information also tells you which forms of transport are full and where there are delays. You can take advantage of this fabulous app without the need to shell out for an i3! keith.morgan@drivewaybc.ca

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Amazing address in the Heart of the New City Centre It’s more than just a tower; it’s the beginning of a community. University District by Bosa Properties is located in the heart of Surrey’s City Centre and marks Bosa’s emergence onto the vibrant Surrey scene. Alumni is the first in a series of head-turning towers that define University District’s futureforward character. The transit-oriented neighborhood continues to evolve and is in close proximity to parks, shopping, cafes, SFU’s Surrey campus and 500 metres from the Central SkyTrain station. First-time home buyers, students, parents purchasing for children, as well as investors can all get excited about the future of Surrey City Centre and what will surely be the frontrunner in innovative condo living. Buyers can now expect to live with more space for less. University District is introducing the future of urban living with flexible home layouts and the highly popular design EgZhZci^c\ Hedchdg/

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OPEN HOUSES OPEN DAILY NOON-5:00 P.M. (CLOSED FRIDAYS)

1012 - 165TH STREET • SOUTHBROOKE 19 customized homes being built by Genex. Three storeys including walk-out basement, all finished. Prices start at $1,045,000. Susan Vollmer 604-541-4888 RE/MAX Colonial Pacific Realty Ltd.

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#102 - 1450 MERKLIN STREET • WHITE ROCK • $284,000 Lovely west-facing 2 bdrm., 2 bath ground floor suite. Generously sized with over 1300 sq. ft. Insuite laundry and storage room. Two underground parking. Cat friendly. Drop by for a look or call to view. Catherine Wolf 604-785-3669 Sutton Group West Coast Realty

OPEN SAT. FEB. 7 2:00-4:00 P.M.

#219 - 3323 - 151ST ST. • HARVARD GARDENS • NEW PRICE: $358,800 Kingston House by Polygon, new, no GST! Premier apartment residence, private clubhouse, outdoor pool, spas, gym, fitness facilities, screening room, more! Beautiful 2 bdrm., 2 bath, 1001 sq. ft. corner unit, custom paint & light fixtures. Very modern, all the luxuries, high-end flooring, stainless appls., quartz counters, ceiling fans, wood blinds & screens, insuite laundry & storage. Excellent location, easy freeway access, close to everything! Pam Mitchell 604-828-7266 RE/MAX Colonial Pacific Realty Ltd.

OPEN SUNDAY FEB. 8 2:00-4:00 P.M.

14130 NORTH BLUFF ROAD • NEW LISTING • $609,000 3 bdrm., 2 bath, 1120 sq. ft. home on huge 8323 sq. ft. lot! Many updates: newer vinyl windows & blinds, high efficiency furnace and hot water tank, updated kitchen, master bdrm., ensuite and refinished flooring and insulation. Not a drive-by! Bryn Taylor 604-837-7456 Hugh & McKinnon Realty Ltd.

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#404 - 15368 - 16TH AVENUE • $322,750 Let the vaulted southwest 20' ceiling in the living room brighten your nice open floor plan. Updated laminate flooring, granite counters and stainless appliances grace the space. Two bright bedrooms, 2 side-byside parking stalls and tons of amenities in Ocean Bay Villas. Rentals, 2 pets and no age restrictions. Quick possession possible. Karen Conyers 604-240-3377 Sotheby's Canada

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#1 - 15405 - 31ST AVE. • END UNIT IN NUVO 2! • $479,900 Three bdrm., 4 bath and flex room (ideal office space) on first level. Double side-by-side garage. No neighbours directly across the front. Sunny, south exposed yard. This home is a "10"! Lulu Sorbara 604-541-4888 RE/MAX Colonial Pacific Realty Ltd.

OPEN SAT. FEB. 7 2:00-4:00 P.M.

1836 - 129TH STREET • $997,500 3289 sq. ft. home in Ocean Park. Four bedrooms up, basement with media room and gym. Elgin Secondary School catchment. Beebe Cline 604-830-7458 Hugh & McKinnon Realty Ltd.

OPEN SUNDAY FEB. 8 2:00-4:00 P.M.

#1 - 1804 SOUTHMERE CR. • $598,500 • SOUTHPOINTE TOWNHOUSE Beautifully and fully renovated by David Peacock Design. Hardwood floors, quartz counters, luxurious master suite with soaker tub, walk-in shower. Two bdrm., 3 bath, 1700 sq. ft., family room, gas fireplace, private backyard, 2 full car garage. Great walking trails, tranquil setting. Close to shops and malls. See www.billmorris.ca for pics. Bill Morris 604-314-7927 RE/MAX Colonial Pacific Realty Ltd.

OPEN SUNDAY FEB. 8 2:00-4:00 P.M.

#305 - 1725 MARTIN DRIVE • SOUTHWYND • $438,500 An ideal location in the desirable White Rock area, coupled with superior design and quality concrete construction. This private and bright 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 1153 sq.ft. home is in a PRIME SOUTHWEST FACING LOCATION and is ready to move in. Morley Myren 604-506-2006 RE/MAX Colonial Pacific Realty Ltd.

OPEN SUNDAY FEB. 8 2:00-4:00 P.M.

3115 - 140TH STREET • $1,888,900 Tudor style house on 1.45 acres in sought after Elgin/Chantrell, 4 bdrm. and games room, sauna, jacuzzi tub, ensuite, large workshop with heat and light in expansive backyard scattered with fruit trees. Minutes from White Rock. Needs TLC. Potential development. Great holding property generating an income by renting house. Lin S. 604-786-5467 Sutton Group West Coast Realty

OPEN SUNDAY FEB. 8 2:00-4:00 P.M.

#137 - 2501 161A STREET • $411,000 Desirable Highland Park. 1336 sq. ft. townhome in Grandview. Three brms., 2.5 bath. Full rentals and two pets allowed. Strata fee $221. Full clubhouse with outdoor pool. Beebe Cline 604-830-7458 Hugh & McKinnon Realty Ltd.

OPEN SHOW HOME LOCATED AT 2834 – 160TH STREET! SATURDAY MORGAN LIVING! BEST PRICE for single family homes in & SUNDAY Morgan Heights! Brand new homes starting at $694,888! Bright FEB. & open floor plans! Close to Sunnyside & Southridge schools! 7&8 Lulu Sorbara 604-541-4888 1:00 - 4:00 RE/MAX Colonial Pacific Realty Ltd. P.M. 858 LEE ST. • $1,168,000 INCL. GST!! EAST BEACH – BRAND NEW 5 BEDROOM HOUSE. Luxurious 5 bedroom, 6 bath 3549 sq. ft. 4126 sq. ft. OPEN SATURDAY lot Craftsman style home with full chef’s & SUNDAY kitchen with top of the line appliances, huge quartz island, cappuccino maker, FEB. pot filler, dual zone wine fridge and 7&8 lots more. Beautiful hardwood flooring, 2:00 - 4:00 aggregate decks, inlaid brick driveway, steam shower, media room, P.M. legal one bedroom suite and full 2/5/10 year warranty. All this and more. Bill Morris 604-314-7927 / Maureen Fritz 604-541-4888 RE/MAX Colonial Pacific Realty Ltd.

NICO WYND ESTATES Open House Extravaganza! SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8th • 1-4 PM 7 UNITS TO VIEW

Come see the CHANGES! $3 million in IMPROVEMENTS and UPGRADES at Nico Wynd Now is a great time to invest in g one-of-a-kind property. p p y this amazing Check out one of the most unique properties in Canada! A spectacular location nestled along the Nicomekl River in South Surrey, this golf course community is all about LIFESTYLE. Ownership here includes unit entitlement of 76 acres of land on a beautifully treed, par 70, 9 hole course. FREE unlimited golf with no annual membership fee. Clubhouse with licensed restaurant, pool table with lounge, fitness room and BBQ deck overlooking the golf course. This gorgeous property also boasts professional tennis courts, marina ($1.50/ft moorage), 25 metre indoor pool, hot tub and sauna. Stunning views from walking trails surrounding the property... Which one will you call HOME?

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TOWNHOMES • 3632 Nico Wynd Dr 4 Bdrm., 3 Bath 3473sf $800,000 Corinne Jaques Royal LePage Regency 604-329-4064 • 3621 Nico Wynd Dr 3 Bdrm., 4 Bath 3633sf $1,299,900 Kelvin Neufeld Sutton-Premiere 778-889-8849 • 3693 Nico Wynd Dr 3 Bdrm., 2Bath 2176sf $828,800 Pam Mitchell RE/MAX Colonial Pacific Realty 604-828-7266 • 3747 Nico Wynd Dr 3 Bdrm., 3 Bath 3473sf $689,000 Cindy Poppy HomeLife Benchmark WR 604-531-1111 • 3762 Nico Wynd Dr 3 Bdrm., 2Bath 1811 sf $699,000 Bettina Reid HomeLife Benchmark Cloverdale 604-574-0161 • 3763 Nico Wynd Dr 3 Bdrm., 4 Bath 3664 sf $829,900 Carmen Champoux 604-541-4888 cchampoux@shaw.ca • 3771 Nico Wynd Dr 2 Bdrm., 2 Den, 4 Bath 3555sf $799,000 Pam Mitchell RE/MAX Colonial Pacific 604-828-7266

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GARDNER, Louise Barbara Feb. 14, 1917 - Jan. 27, 2015

OBITUARIES BRUMELL, Elliott Hunter

Age 68, passed away peacefully on February 3, 2015 at Peace Arch Hospital in White Rock, BC. Beloved father of Tara and Fraser (Carissa), son of Orby and Jane Brumell, brother of Ann (Peter) Caine. Memorial service Thursday at 2pm at Victory Memorial Park Chapel 14831 28th Ave, Surrey, BC. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Peace Arch Hospital, 15521 Russell Ave, White Rock, BC V4B 2R4 will be gratefully acknowledged.

CORBETT, Doreen Marie Dec. 21, 1937 - Jan. 14, 2015 It is with heavy hearts that we must announce the death of Doreen Marie Corbett age 77, of White Rock B.C. Doreen, eldest daughter of Wilfred Roy Corbett and Lillian From, passed away at Morgan Place Care Facility on January 14, 2015. Her loving daughter, Tracey and son Trevor, were present during her peaceful departure. She is survived by her sister, Betty Ann Sylvester, three children, Jacqueline Laurel Leah Dumbrille, Angela Tracey Lynne McDonald and Michael Trevor Grant Maydaniuk along with her grandson, Christopher James Maydaniuk. She was predeceased by her husband of 35 years, Michael Maydaniuk. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba she had a strong and imaginative nature. She loved all facets of the creative arts: music, dance, painting, fashion design and photography were some of her greatest passions. Doreen herself was an accomplished photographer and member of the Delta Arts Council as well as a talented dress designer and seamstress. She had an adventurous spirit and was fortunate enough to live and travel extensively throughout Europe as a result of her husband’s posting in the Canadian Embassy. She taught us how to appreciate the finer things in life and to be strong in the face of adversity. Her spirit will be greatly missed. Memorial to be held at 1:00pm on February 7th, 2015 at Kwomais Lodge, 1367 128th St., Surrey

Barbara died peacefully with her children in attendance at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver after a short illness only three weeks before her 98th birthday. She was pre-deceased in 2010 by her husband Leslie after 70 years of marriage. She leaves behind her daughter Lesley, her son Philip, four grandchildren (Amy, Mark, Yvonne, Delaine) & four great-granddaughters. Barbara will be sorely missed by her family and friends. Barbara was born in England & immigrated to Canada with Les in 1969 after living for a short time in the Bahamas. They lived in a number of BC communities over the years. Her children wish to extend their thanks to the staff of Summerhill Retirement Residence in North Vancouver and of Lions Gate Hospital for their kind and loving care. There will be a memorial service at Boal Chapel at 1505 Lillooet Road in North Vancouver at 10:00 AM on Saturday, February 14th. All of her friends are invited to attend. MACALISTER, John Bruce September 16,1925 January 25, 2015 John grew up in Rossland and Kelowna and had life full of out door adventures - skiing, water skiing, mountaineering and prospecting for gold. He worked with mountain grooming equipment and traveled widely. He served in the Navy in WWII. John was always the go-to guy for advice and repairs to everything from cars to VCRs. He is fondly remembered and missed by many. Cheers, John, and God bless.

SLATER, David John September 29, 1946 ~ January 25, 2015

A husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle like no other has passed away. A pair of sparkling blue eyes that bewitched all who knew him, will shine no more. Left behind to mourn his passing are his wife of 45 years, Aletta; his two daughters, Michelle (Chris) and Lisa (Jason) and five grandchildren Adam, Sydney, Ben, Molly and Ellie. A banker, a coal mining CEO, a poet, an author and a musician, he was the greatest Renaissance man you could ask for; truly a “Hail Fellow Well Met”. He made friends wherever he went - which was made easier by his knowledge of many languages. Born in Zimbabwe, he and Aletta immigrated to Canada in 1981. Many travels and adventures later found him in his last home in South Surrey. A memorial of his life will be held at Victory Memorial Park Funeral Centre on Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 2 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Covenant House of Vancouver. Condolences may be offered at www.victoryfuneralcentre.ca “Davey, Daddy, Dave, you will be missed -123”

Victory Memorial Park Funeral Centre 604-536-6522

On Friday, January 23rd, Gordon H.G. McDougall passed away. Gordon was a professor at Wilfrid Laurier University’s School of Business and Economics for over 30 years. He was highly regarded for his passionate teaching style and prolific research and scholarship efforts. Gordon authored or co-authored fifteen textbooks and published numerous papers. In 1996, he was selected by the students of the School of Business and Economics as the Department’s Outstanding Teacher. Gordon also received the WLU Outstanding Teacher Award in the same year. Upon retirement in 2007, he was named Professor Emeritus. Outside of the classroom, Gordon’s passions were many. He was a great music enthusiast who loved his “straight ahead rock with a rockabilly twist.” His pride and joy was an extensive library of records, CDs and books he collected over the years. He always delighted in sharing his passion and encyclopedic knowledge with friends and family. Gordon had a terrific sense of humour and his life was filled with laughter. He enjoyed sports and was always active. He liked to ride his bike, go on long hikes and spent countless hours on WLU’s tennis and squash courts. Gordon followed Laurier’s athletic teams closely, attending many hockey and football games to cheer the Golden Hawks on. Gordon and his wife Betty loved to travel. His teaching skills were in demand internationally and he was offered many opportunities to present at conferences and teach abroad. His work took them to New Zealand, India, Hong Kong, and Singapore. They toured all over Canada and the United States, vacationed in Mexico, Europe, and Asia, and made frequent trips to his favorite destination of Australia. Gordon was a devoted husband and loving father. He is survived by his loving wife, Betty, and sons, Michael (Margaret) and Sandy; his sisters, Peg and Marg, and nieces, Sheena and Erin. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Wilfrid Laurier University in the memory of Gordon McDougall.

COOK, Barry James On the evening of Jan. 20, 2015 Barry passed away peacefully, in the presence of loving family, at Royal Columbian Hospital. He was 65 years old. Barry was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was the first child and only son of Wilma and Norman Cook. He grew up in St. Vital enjoying many special family events which included his parents, sister Pamela, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. At the age of 18 the company Barry worked for transferred him to B.C. After trying out a few different jobs he settled in at Pirelli Cables until the company left Canada in 2001. After moving to B.C. Barry met and married his loving wife Barbara who survives him along with their sons Paul & Jarod. Barry and Barbara moved to Ocean Park in 1976 and knew it was where they wanted to stay and raise their future family. Barry especially enjoyed spending time with Paul and Jarod, watching them grow and cheering them on at various sports activities. Barry loved life, his family, friends, music, travelling & a good laugh. His cheeky, quick-witted humour caused much laughter & could lighten any situation. Thank you to all who gave support to Barry. Special thanks goes to the Fraser Valley Cancer Clinics, the staffs at Surrey Memorial Hospital, Peace Arch Hospital, Royal Columbian Hospital and Home Care. Extra special thanks to family, friends, Dr. M. Lebl and all Home Care staff members especially Michelle, Christine and Jeff for their kindness and support. In lieu of flowers please consider donating blood and/or a monetary gift to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in honour of Barry’s memory.

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We are a well-established firm of CA’s in Cloverdale seeking a Receptionist/Admin Assistant to work full time until April 30th to assist during tax season. The successful applicant will have professional experience with greeting clients and answering telephones. Computer & filing experience an asset. Remuneration will be commensurate with qualifications. Apply with resume via Fax: 604-576-2890 or email: recruiting@hwgca.com

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• 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

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Director of Communications/Marketing Manager, Auxiliary Services Southridge School is a university preparatory day school located in south Surrey with 670 students enrolled in Kindergarten to Grade 12. Our faculty and staff members are aligned and have a shared sense of purpose as defined by our school’s vision, mission and guiding principles. They believe in the value of teamwork and seek opportunities to shape and connect with our school community. If you are interested in joining our team we are currently seeking applicants for a full-time Director of Communications and Marketing as well as a Manager of Auxiliary Services.

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

For further information on these opportunities please visit our website at www.southridge.bc.ca. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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HIGHWAY OWNER OPERATORS $3500 SIGNING BONUS Van Kam’s group of companies req. Highway linehaul owner operators based in our Surrey terminal for runs throughout BC and Alberta. Applicants must have winter and mountain driving experience/training. We offer above average rates and an excellent employee beneﬁts package. To join our team of professional drivers, email a detailed resume, current driver’s abstract and details of your truck to: careers@vankam.com or Call 604-968-5488 or Fax: 604-587-9889 Only those of interest will be contacted.

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Surrey North Delta Leader Circulation Clerk

Requirements:

3, 4, 5 or 6 hrs a day classes 2 - 5 days per week available Junior Kindergarten, ESL

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FLAGGERS NEEDED. No Certification? Get Certified, 604-575-3944

This position is an entry-level, general labour position that involves the physical handling of newspapers and related advertising supplements.

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

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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.

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STAFF ACCOUNTANT (ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN) A well established firm of C.A.’s located in Surrey is seeking a staff accountant/accounting technician with full working knowledge of Caseware, Caseview, Taxprep, Excel, Sage and/or Quickbooks with the opportunity to work flexible hours. Accountig designation not required. We offer a good working environment, balanced lifestyle, competitive compensation & beneﬁts!! Apply with resume via Fax: 604-576-2890 or email: recruiting@hwgca.com

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Door to door service

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The Surrey North Delta Leader has an opening for a circulation clerk (This position is 37.5 hrs per week Monday - Friday) The successful applicant will enjoy working in a fast-paced customer service oriented environment. In addition, this person must possess strong computer skills; have an accounting background, good communication skills (both verbal and non-verbal) and a pleasant telephone manner. This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic self-starter with proven organizational expertise. Previous circulation experience would be an asset. Please forward your resume and handwritten coving letter in confidence to: Circulation Manager The Surrey North Delta Leader Email: circmanager@surreyleader.com Deadline to apply is February 20, 2015 No phone call please. Only those candidates selected for an interview will contacted.

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FARM WORKERS

INTERNATIONAL HERBS (BC) Ltd growers of fresh herbs and vegetables located in Surrey, British Columbia is looking for 30 SEASONAL FARM LABOURERS Duties will incl (but are not limited to) the following: Seeding, Planting, Weeding, Harvesting, Processing & Packaging. Ability to operate farm machinery is an asset. No skills or prior exp. required. Hourly pay is $10.49. Work begins March 16th. Please apply in person, (only between 9am-4pm) at 4151 184th St. Surrey.

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SMALL ENG/SAW/OUTBOARD MECHANIC WANTED. Exp required. Wage/benefits negotiable. Send resume to crosback@telus.net

Vernon Service Company requires F/T Journeyman Plumber/Gasfitter. $36/hr. Call 250-549-4444 or email: pres@aslanservices.ca

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VOLUNTEERS to teach English as a second language at St. John’s Presbyterian Church No previous exp. needed. For more info call Phyllis at 604-536-5751

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LICENCED RESPONSIBLE exp’d hairdresser or apprentice, and NAIL TECH needed. APPLY IN PERSON ONLY AT:

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Community Health Nurse sought in Port Hardy, BC. Request job description or apply to marie.hunt@kwakiutl.bc.ca by Feb 22. Competitive salary offered. Tel. 250-949-6625 CONSTRUCTION SITE In your NEIGHBOURHOOD

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Email resume:

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Apply in person at: PENGUIN MEATS, 1554 - 152 St., White Rock.

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Gala Volunteers Needed

FINANCIAL SERVICES

LARGE FUND Borrowers Wanted Start saving hundreds of dollars today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income. Call Anytime 1-800-639-2274 or 604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca

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APPLIANCE REPAIRS

SUPREME HEDGES

CONCRETE & PLACING

• #1 Hedge Trim • #1 Pruning • #1 Tree Cutting • #1 Clean-Up & Blackberry Removal

ALL Concrete Brick, Block & Stonework. Good job - Good price. Call Enzio (604)594-1960

*Seniors Disc. *Insured *28 yrs. Placing & Finishing * Forming * Site Prep, old concrete removal * Excavation & Reinforcing * Re-Re Specialists 34 Years Exp. Free Estimates. coastalconcrete.ca

Call: Rick (604) 202-5184

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Service to fridges, stoves, washers, dryers & dishwashers. Reasonable. Also Appliance Removal Call Mark (604)536-9092

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Please visit www.pahfoundation.ca/gala to download an application or contact 604.535.4520.

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899 Low Cost. Same Day. Licensed. Res/Com. Small job expert. Renos Panel changes ~ 604-374-0062

FENCING

DEAD LEVEL CONSTRUCTION. Complete Fencing, Pre-Fab, Custom Panels, chain-link. Bob 604830-1322 www.deadlevel.ca

AT YOUR SERVICE. Carpentry, Concrete, Painting, Rubbish Removal. Call Dave (604)999-5056

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A SEMI-RETIRED CONTRACTOR. European trained. Specializing in Reno’s. Local refs. Reasonable Rates. Call 604-532-1710 JAY’S HANDYMAN SERVICE *Plumbing *Electrical *Pressure Wash. No job too small. 604-396-9183

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FLOOR REFINISHING/ INSTALLATIONS

HARDWOOD FLOOR REFINISHING

EXPERT TECHNICIAN

✶ Repairs & Staining ✶ Installation ✶ Free Estimates

30 YEARS EXP. Seniors Disc. Maint, install, repair. Taps & toilets, sm electrical. Stan (604)440-1777 Concrete Forming,Framing & Siding Crews. Residential 604.218.3064 Commercial 604.524.5494

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Century Hardwood Floors 604-376-7224

Weekly • Biweekly • Monthly Residential & Commercial Services ~ Excellent Rates!! * Licensed * Bonded * Insured

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SPECIALIZING IN

HANDYMAN CONNECTION HANDYMAN CONNECTION Handyman Connection - Bonded -Renovations - Installations Repairs - 604.878.5232

288 Carpentry, Tile, Drywall, Flooring, Painting, Free Estimates. $25/hr. Call Brad 604-541-0464 EXP. CARPENTER / HANDYMAN All types of work! No job too small! Over 20 yrs exp! Ed 778-888-8603

HOME REPAIRS

HANDYMAN Home Repair Services - 45 Yrs Exp Call or Text Henry 604-868-5441

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS

SHELL BUSEY’S Home Improvements

“OVER 30 YEARS IN HOME IMPROVEMENTS” DEAL WITH A COMPANY YOUR FAMILY CAN TRUST! **PERFECT FOR ANY REPAIR OR RENOVATION; SPECIALIZING IN KITCHENS, WALK-IN BATHROOMS, BASEMENT SUITES, “HOUSE MAKE-OVERS” AND ADDITIONS**

CALL TODAY FOR A FREE ESTIMATE

www.askshell.com

Unit #7 - 2320 King George Blvd. in South Surrey

Serving White Rock & Surrey

604.542.2236

Designing and renovating new kitchens, bathrooms, basements, house make-overs and additions since 1989

GARDENING

MUSHROOM MANURE Delivery or pick up Surrey location

FINANCIAL SERVICES

EXCELLENT REFERENCES

We work with Local Interior Designers & Architects

“White Rock & South Surrey’s Leading Renovator since 1989”

www.centuryhardwood.com

A MAID 2 CLEAN All Your Cleaning Needs

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

DEAD LEVEL CONSTRUCTION LTD. Complete Home Renovations WE DO IT ALL! Call Bob 604-8301322 www.deadlevel.ca

*House Renovations *Kitchen/Bath Renovations *Basement Suites *General Carpentry decking, fencing, etc.

• Basement Suites • Kitchens • Baths • Remodels • Additions • Flooring • Painting • Drywall • Much More Since 1972 Dan 778-837-0771

To Do List? Free Quotes 30 Yrs. Experience - References

Proudly serving Delta, S.Surrey and White Rock, since 1995.

TOTAL RENOVATIONS

SENIOR DISCOUNTS

ELECTRICAL

Thomas Alexander Contracting Inc.

Repair, Replace, Remodel...

MaZebah 778-788-7390

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References Available

Call 604-619-6461

604-889-6244

HANDYPERSONS

Small or Large JOBS

Bathroom Renovation -Walk-in Bathtubs -Easy Access Showers -Grab Bar Installation

www.thomasalexandercontracting.com

WHITE ROCK HANDYMAN Repair - Renovate - Organize Build - Design - Electric

CALL FRIENDLY BENJAMIN 604-230-7928

Per Molsen 604-575-1240

Call for a Free Consultation

EXPERT HANDYMAN available for most jobs big or small. Young, fit & hardworking. Great rates & friendly service! Phone Dan 604-679-1278

Update your home with beautiful flat ceilings * No Scraping * No Sanding * No Mess

CONTRACT OR HOURLY FREE ESTIMATES 26 YEARS IN BUSINESS

~ WCB ~ Fully Licensed & Insured

GUTTER CLEANING SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE Call Ian 604-724-6373

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FLATTEN POPCORN CEILINGS

www.starttoﬁn.ca

Gutter & Roof Cleaning/Power Washing since 1982. WCB/Liability insurance. Simon, 604-230-0627

DRYWALL

NORMA’S CLEANING SERVICES Res/Comm. Refs avail. Free est. 604 - 220 - 9118

778-883-4262

Volunteer in support of your hospital.

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

PSB DRYWALL ★ All Boarding, Taping, Framing & Texture. Insured work. Dump Removal Service. 604-762-4657/604-764-6416

CLEANING SERVICES

BOBBY’S CLEANING SERVICE Res & Office. In business since 1995. Ref’s avail. (604)617-1565

Call Blake or Brian (604)816-1653 Licensed, Insured, WCB

GUTTER CLEANING, window cleaning, yard cleanup, pressure washing. 20 yrs exp. 778-384-4912

for new builds, residential or comm. Big or small jobs. (604)720-4455

Volunteer support is required for a variety of roles May 1 - 3, 2015 with event set-up, event-night support and event tear-down. Must be 19+.

Jay 604-897-8524

DEAD LEVEL CONSTRUCTION LTD. Complete Drywall Work and Texture. Call Bob 604-830-1322 www.deadlevel.ca

269 Peace Arch Appliance

D interior & exterior renovation D rot repair & restoration D Decks D Fences & much more free estimates.

.computer service

EDUCATION/TUTORING

ESL TUTOR TESL trained Welcome all levels and offer flexible tutoring times $25.00 hr Please call 778-558-4858

Blake and his Dad make a positive difference in your life by providing quality workmanship delivered with integrity.

Comm/Res, Free Estimates.

TRADES, TECHNICAL

Experience in residential draintile & services at job sites in the L.Mainland. Fax resume 604-460-7853 or email wmader@telus.net

START TO FINISH CONTRACTING

F Grass cutting - 1-4 x month F Hedge Trimming & Pruning F Winter Clean-up

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European Quality Workmanship

Dave: 604-862-9379

DHALIWAL GARDENING AND LANDSCAPING

• Home Dinner Parties • Meetings • Funerals • Weddings • B-B-Ques • Birthdays • Anniversaries

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

for employment in White Rock

Complete Home Renos ✔ Bathrooms & Kitchens ✔ Plumbing & Electrical ✔ Finishing Work & Mouldings ✔ Small Additions/Bsmt Suites ✔ General Contracting for renos FREE ESTIMATES hudolinrenos@gmail.com www.hudolinsrenos.com

COMPUTER SERVICES

Specializing in Private Events! We Come To You! Doing It All, From Set-Up - Clean-Up.

Repairs & Reno’s, Sundecks & Additions, New Homes

HUDOLIN’S ON HOMES

Eric 604-541-1743

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www.aboveallcontracting.ca

✔ Complete Renovations from Start to Finish For a No Obligation Consultation GIVE ROBERT A CALL Cell: 604-290-4964 Eves: 604-535-0603

.Blooming Garden- 604-538-5406

New West 604.522.4900

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.aaa lawn 604-542-1349a

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

40 YEARS EXPERIENCE

Call Al 604-970-7083

- QUALITY WORKMANSHIP-

E & M MAINTENANCE WINDOW WASHING

Psychic Reading

All trades at your disposal within your budget, with timely and quality workmanship.

D Additions D Decks D Bathrooms / Kitchens D Skylights / Windows D Tiling D Laminate Flooring

604-897-9337 busybrooms4u@hotmail.com

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Qualified carpenter for all your home improvement needs.

Licensed / Bonded / Insured

172 ASTROLOGY/PSYCHICS

Unique Taste, Unique Menus... Gourmet, Customized Menus Tailored To Your Function...

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For All Types of Renovations

Busy Brooms Maid Services SERIOUSLY CLEAN *Commercial & Residential Cleaning *Strata Contracts *Move In/Out *Cleaning Holiday Homes / Check-ins *Home Organizing

Santa Forgot Winter Clean up! *Tree Hair Cut & Pruning *Snow Removal. Same Day Estimate. Call Kris 604-617-5561

Customer Service Coordinator Req. for Fuchs Langley. Will take customer calls, emails & faxes, enter orders using SAP, send releases to warehouses,invoicing & expediting of orders. Must be very efficient, detail oriented, organized, capable of multi-tasking, and experienced in customer service work & computer entry. $18.00/hr. Plus Proﬁt Sharing Bonuses. Mon.-Fri. 40 hrs./wk. Fax resume: 604-888-1145 or e-mail: dwoo@fuchs.com with position in the subject line

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Serving White Rock & S.Surrey since 1990

Call 778-886-6857

LADY retired senior W.Rock/ S.Sry Casual, on call. Nursing, Reception, house minding, light hsekp’ng. Well represented 604-385-3886

Work Today, Daily or Weekly Pay Apply 9AM to 2PM at: 118 – 713 Columbia Street

P/T LAWN & GARDEN HELP REQUIRED

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

FULL RENO’S, NEW KITCHEN & BATHS, QUICK HANDYMAN FIX-UP

HAIRCARE PROFESSIONALS

BC QUALIFIED HAIRDRESSER to work 4-5 days per week in White Rock Seniors residence. Ph: (604)420-9339

GARDENING

Bonded / Insured / References

142 OFFICE SUPPORT/CLERKS

127

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

• Housecleaning • Organizing • Weekly/Bi-Weekly • Move-In/Out • Offices

175 CATERING/PARTY RENTALS Jim’s Mowing Business for Sale Call 310-JIMS (5467)

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

All Shine Cleaning

$12.00 PER HOUR on all odd Jobs. Painting, yardwork, lawncutting, etc. Call 778-239-9517 (NOT HIRING)

COOKS WANTED RED ROSE RESTAURANT LTD. located at 2381 King George Blvd. suite 102, Surrey V4A 5A4 seeks 2 fulltime permanent cooks specialising in East Indian dishes & able to prepare lunches, dinners and buffets. plan menu, estimate food quantities, order inventory. A minimum of 2 years of cooking experience and workable spoken English is required. Salary is $18/hour plus gratuities. Email your resume mike@redroserestaurant.ca

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

Need CA$H Today? Own a vehicle? Borrow up to $25,000. Snapcarcash.com 604-777-5046

Call for FREE in-home consultation In-house design team and cabinet shop

DETAILED EUROPEAN CLEANING.

Covered Storage.

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Efficient, Reliable, Friendly, Bonded Excellent References with 20 yrs of experience. Call Ivet: 778-235-4070

604-644-1878

Showroom: Unit 62 - 15515 24th Ave. (at King George Blvd.) Tel: 604-538-9622

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HOME REPAIRS

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 338

RUBBISH REMOVAL

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551

GARAGE SALES

RENTALS 706

APARTMENT/CONDO

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

S.SURREY - Ocean Park

Garage/Moving Sale

RENTALS 736

NEWLY RENOD 1 bdrm, $865/mo. Avail now. Quiet, well kept building. Hot water incl. Nr shops, bus, & hospital.

13154 15A Ave Household & Garden Items, Tools & Much More!

Call 604-538-4599

RENTALS

HOMES FOR RENT

752

TOWNHOUSES

WHITE ROCK Ocean Park: 3 bdrm rancher, 5 appls, huge garage, lane access. Avail now. $2200/mo +utils. Call (778)809-9295.

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WHITE ROCK

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

S.Surrey - ESTATE SALE Sat, Feb 7th, 8am-3pm 16375 14th, Ave

BRO MARV PLUMBING Plumbing, heating, clogged drains BBB. (604)582-1598, bromarv.com

MOVING? U

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RENOS & REPAIRS Excellent price on Hot Water Tanks Furnace, Boilers, Plumbing Jobs & Drain Cleaning

MOVING & STORAGE

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PLUMBING

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

A Gas Fitter â&#x153; Plumber

A1 BATH RENOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S. Bsmt suites, drywall, patios, plumbing, siding, fencing, roofing, landscaping, etc. Joe 604-961-9937.

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OFFICE/RETAIL OFFICE SPACES

*ROSEMARY CENTRE 3388 Rosemary Hts Cres. 2nd ďŹ&#x201A;oor ofďŹ ce spaces from 234 sq/ft - 359 sq/ft.

*WHITE ROCK SQUARE 1480 Foster St - 347 sq/ft

70 .Russells Rubbish Removal 604-787-7355 White Rock / South Surrey

REAL ESTATE

B & B MOBILE SERVICES

604-536-6620

612 BUSINESSES FOR SALE

www.BBmoving.ca

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING Across the street - across the world Real Professionals, Reas. Rates. Best in every way! 604-721-4555.

AFFORDABLE MOVING

WHITE ROCK, waterfront viewsuite on Marine Dr. 2 Bdrms, 2 baths, hrdwd flrs, 1120 sq.ft., all appls, gas F/P, 3rd flr, 2 u/g prkg. N/S. A Million Dollar View! $1800/mo. Call Art (604)767-1999.

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707 APARTMENT FURNISHED

LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE

HOMES WANTED WE BUY HOMES BC

$45/Hr

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.604.536.2216 www.bhserviceplumbing.org

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

604-537-4140

BEST BUSY BOYS ROOFING LTD.

STARTING FROM $43.95/hour distinguishedmovers.com Call 778-237-4364

D Conversion from Cedar to Asphalt, Shingles, Fiberglass D Lifetime Material Warranty. D WCB, BBB, Liability Ins. D Also Power Washing Free Estimates. Call Gary 604-599-5611 or Visit www.bestbusyboysroofing.com

MIRACLE MOVING 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

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SUNDECKS

DEAD LEVEL CONSTRUCTION LTD. Complete Deck Construction or Repair. Vinyl decking - 10 year warranty. Installed within 1-3 days guaranteed. Call Bob Delaney 604830-1322 www.deadlevel.ca

748 SHARED ACCOMMODATION

DVD RENTAL business. Selling due to illness. Fully stocked $5500.00 OBO. www.tigressevideorentals.com 250-542-0473

www.affordablemoversbc.com

From 1, 3, 5, 7 & 10 Ton Trucks Licensed ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 Men Free Estimate/Senior Discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos

Call 536-5639 to view/rates

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OPEN HOUSE

1 BED brand new, fully furnished, quiet, bright garden suite. Perfect locale near WR beach, transit, border, hospital. SS appliances. W/D. Ideal for non-smoking professional. $1200/month incl. util. 604-7235287

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HOMES FOR RENT

CRESCENT BEACH. Heritage Waterfront home. Avail immed-June 2015 with flexibility. 4 Bedroom furnished, 1914 beach house with lots of space. Woodburning fireplace, large verandah, 5 appliances. $2200/mo. Utils not incl. No Cats. Call Scott 604-640-4170 Home in Panorama Ridge on 1/2 acre. Well maintained, VIEW, walkout bsmnt for suite. $778,880 Inna 604-760-3792, Re/Max 2000. Open House Sat 2-4 14696 Southview Drive, Surrey

604 - 720 - 2009 ~We accept Visa & Mastercard~

373B

A-1 Ceramics, Marble, Glass blocks etc. Install/Repair. Res./Comm. Free Est. 20 years exp. Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tile (604)209-0173

604.339.1989 Lower Mainland 604.996.8128 Fraser Valley SOUTHWEST ROOFING â&#x20AC;˘ Cedar Restoration â&#x20AC;˘ Asphalt â&#x20AC;˘ Torch-On â&#x20AC;˘ Re-Roofs Since 85 604-760-7937

Running this ad for 10yrs

PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $299

PETS

2 coats any colour

(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

Excellence in Quality & Service

NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring.

604-588-0833 All types of RooďŹ ng Free Estimate Written Guarantee WCB Coverage Over 40 Years Experience

SEMIAHMOO PAINTING Insured/WCB/Free Estimates Ronaldo, 778-881-6478

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RUBBISH REMOVAL

. FREE Scrap Metal Removal. .FREE Scrap metal removal. Appls, BBQS, exercise equip, cars, etc. 604-572-3733 ww.tkhaulaway.com

Chihuahua for sale - 3 mths old Brown & white call: 604-796-8918 GOLDEN DOODLE puppies born Nov. 22, Mom small reg Golden x, Dad small Std Poodle (both 50 lbs). We have bred this litter special to create ideal family companions (intelligent, gentle, easy to train, people pleasers, happy indoors/outdoors, good with kids/animals, low/no shed Our dogs are part of our home and life and we wish the same for our puppies. Please consider the time & commitment needed to raise a dog and you will have our support & guidance for life. 1st shots/deworm, $1200, 604-820-4827 Mission

POMERANIAN PUPS P/B. 3 Females. First shots & vet checked. Call for price. (604)866-2895

GIVE your house and property a new look this spring Local Painters Available. White Rock, South Surrey, Langley, Cloverdale. Commercial and Residential. Interior Exterior Cedar Roofs Decks and Fence Restoration. Contact Denis Hutchinson at 604-533-3621

Std POODLE pups, CKC, M/F, 16 wks, trained, all shots, health guarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, exc. pedigree, $1800. Camaraderie Kennels, Victoria (250)381-0855

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

JUNK REMOVAL By RECYCLE-IT! 604.587.5865 www.recycleitcanada.ca

ROLL PAINT SERVICES Winter Special. Low rates. Guarantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d work. Dave 604-587-5844, 778-834-8855 NORTHSTARS PAINTING www.northstars-painting.com Master Painters at Students Rates. We will BEAT any Qualified Quotes. 778.245.9069

Painting, Painting Painting Interior Painting, Walls, Doors, Casings, Homes, OfďŹ ces, Ceiling Repairs, Finishing, Small Renoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

RENEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SPRAY & BRUSH PAINTING

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WHITE ROCK RUBBISH REMOVAL

778-855-5361 10% off with this ad ~ PRO PAINTERS ~ INTERIOR / EXTERIOR Quality Work, Free Estimates

RELIABLE, SERVICE 7 days a week

Member of Better Business Bureau

CALL ROGER 604-

WCB INSURED

Vincent 543-7776

968-0367

523

APPLIANCES

524

PIANO - Waldner - Over strung upright iron Grande. $200. Call 604-542-5586.

525

UNDER $300

CEMENT MIXER, heavy duty, steel, portable. $280. 604-531-1192 COLLECTOR ORGAN YAMAHA ELECTRIC ORGAN Exc cond! $300 firm. 604-535-1525

S. SURREY 176/40th. 2 Bdrm G/L ste. Incl heat, light, net & cable. N/S, N/P. Mar 1. 604-613-6045 WHITE ROCK central 1bdrm, share w/d, incl utils/cable/net, f/p, priv ent, patio, prkg, clean & quiet. Ns/np. Suits one. $850/mo. 604-535-6622.

SUITES, UPPER

The Scrapper

#1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200

17th ANNUAL

UTILITIES INCLUDED. NS/NP

Call 604-538-5337

2014 2015

CRESTWOOD MANOR

1321 Foster St. 1 BDRM $905/mo IN WELL MAINTAINED NEWLY UPDATED BUILDING. Heat, hot water and secured u/g parking stalls included. No pets, No smoking.

Call: 604-760-7882 SEMIAHMOO MALL. Clean, large 1 bdrm apt w/deck, avail now. $750 incl heat & hot/water. 778-241-2609

Skyline Apts

.Hugh & McKinnon Rentals 604-541-5244.

White Rock Quiet community oriented living.

1 & 2 Bdrm Suites

Call 604-536-8499 www.cycloneholdings.ca

1455 Fir St WHITE ROCK 1 Bdrm units avail now Heat & hot wtr incl. Swimming pool & rec room On site mgr

UNDER $200

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-721-4528

Swimming Pool & All Amenities.

Service to fridges, stoves, washers, dryers & dishwashers. Reasonable. Also Appliance Removal Call Mark (604)536-9092

FRIDGE with freezer on top. Only 2 yrs/old Frigidaire, exc cond. $200. Call 604-542-5586.

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OCEAN PARK. quiet wooded retreat 3 bdrm immac apt in 4-plex, Suit mature adult(s) short walk to beach plazaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s & bus, gas f/p 4 appls, 2 decks, sh ldry, tons of strg, fully fncd bckyrd N/S pets welcome, $1295 + sh util (604)376-9332

Peninsula Prop Management

1 & 2 Bedrooms

~ Fir Apartments ~

Aluminum storm/screen DOOR, with frame, custom size 30â&#x20AC;?w X 78â&#x20AC;?h. $100. 604-531-1192

TRANSPORTATION

MORGAN CREEK AREA. Bright, large 2 bdrm. N/S. N/P. $1150/mo inc utils. March 1st. 604-313-7004.

WHITE ROCK Furnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d bright studio/ bdrm, oceanview patio. $680 + $40 utils: incl heat/light/cble/net & lndry. NS/NP. Avail immed. 778-881-0169

Well maintained Concrete High Rise in White Rock close to shopping.

Peace Arch Appliance

UNDER $100

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

S. SURREY. Large 3 bdrm upper, 1600 sq.ft., 1.5 bath, 5 appl, f/p, on landscaped acre, cvrd prkg. New paint & carpets. NP/NS. Avail now. $1700/mo incl utils. (604)535-2044

2 BEDROOM suite for rent in beautiful White Rock! $1100 mo. Completely renovated suite in quiet desirable neighbourhood. Walking distance to all amenities, shopping, bus, restaurants, banking. 773 sq.ft. N/P,N/S Heat, H/W included, one parking spot, small storage. Coin laundry on site. 778-847-8451.

ACTIVE SENIOR

SUITES, LOWER

757

CRESCENT BEACH Short Term Rental. Avail. mid Feb to May 1st. Fully furnished 3 bdrm upper suite with deck & f/p. 2 Parking spots. $1500/mo incl utils. 604-535-2229

APARTMENT/CONDO

Hot Water & U/G Parking Incl

506

TONYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PAINTING

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

.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

477

CHIHUAHUA, FEMALE, long hair, 2 yrs old, very friendly, $400. Call (604)794-7347

706

750

.Homelife Peninsula Property Maint.

SCRAP CAR Removal TOP CA$H PAID on the spot. Local Business. www.a1casper.com 604-378-2029

RENTALS

TILING

WHITE ROCK. 2 bdrm condo - Lrg furnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d bdrm & sitting room, ensuite, internet & parking. Nr Bus & Hosp. Suit Female / Senior Gent. N/S. $550. Call or lve msg 604-535-2435

751

329 PAINTING & DECORATING www.paintspecial.com

ROOM-MATE wanted for 2 bdrm condo, Close to W. Rock beach. $500/m. Avail. now. 778-789-2355.

Call 604-536-0379 White Rock ~ 1243 Best St 1 BDRM SUITE Southside-Bright & Sunny Top Floor, Hardwood flrs, Balcony. $795/incl heat/hwater 100% SMOKE FREE BLDG NO PETS ~ ADULT ORIENTED

Call 604-536-8428 White Rock. 2 Bdrm, 1 bath, walk to mall/bus. $1195 incl heat/hotwtr, Adult oriented NS/NP. (604)5369565 / (604)765-9565. WHITE ROCK bright bachelor $730 and a 1 bdrm $830/mo. Both have ocean views, 4x8 storage & prkg, and incl heat & water. Avail Feb 1st. N/S. Call (604)360-1403. WHITE ROCK, Haighton Manor, 1 bdrm avail. balc, heat/h/w, quiet bldg, ctrl loc, ns/np, 604-531-6714 haightonmanor@terracrestpm.com

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