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Aart of the comeback: On Valentine’s Day last year, swimmer Aart Looye suffered a debilitating stroke, but the South Surrey senior was determined to get back in the pool. i see page 25
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Code of ethics already covered by oath of office, say White Rock councillors
Civic leaders reject mayor’s pledge Alex Browne Staff Reporter
It may have been prepared on their behalf, but members of White Rock council have made it clear they see no need for a new code of ethics and conduct. That document, prepared by city staff at the behest of Mayor Wayne Baldwin, got a resounding thumbs-down from councillors at a governance and legislation committee
meeting Monday evening. Councillors said they were not prepared to sign the document, noting that council already has a respectful workplace policy in place and that they feel that basic rules for members’ conduct are already covered by their oath of office. “This is all very well in theory, but when you put it in practice, it doesn’t work,” Coun. Helen Fathers told the committee. “We should be sticking by the principles of
our oath of office.” Baldwin confirmed after the meeting that the impetus for the document came following “complaints about how the respect level could be higher” among council members. “It’s something that had been talked about for some time and I finally got my act together and did it,” he said, acknowledging that without support it would go no further. “If council wants to take it on, that’s fine –
if it doesn’t, that fine too,” he told councillors during the meeting. Contacted following the meeting, several councillors confirmed the document – which hews to a sample code prepared by George Cuff, a former Alberta mayor and governance expert who holds workshops across Canada – was not requested by them, and that they had not seen the wording in advance. i see page 9
Kentucky Derby win
A second run at the Triple Crown Nick Greenizan Staff Reporter
Mario Gutierrez has done it again. The Mexican-born jockey – who for six years lived in South Surrey while racing at Hastings Park before moving south to Pasadena, Calif. – won his second Kentucky Derby title in as many attempts Saturday afternoon at Churchill Mario Gutierrez Downs in Louisjockey ville, Ky., beating the field aboard the pre-race favourite, Nyquist. Gutierrez won the 2012 Kentucky Derby aboard I’ll Have Another, but he had not been back to the prestigious race since. With his win Saturday, he became the first jockey in 118 years to win his first two Kentucky Derby attempts. “It’s unreal... It’s unbelievable,” Gutierrez said on the NBC broadcast after the race, while also thanking his wife, horse trainer Doug O’Neill and owner J. Paul Reddam. i see page 9
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Emergency crews tend to an injured senior after the 97-year-old was struck by a car while crossing the road on his scooter in White Rock.
Similar crashes an all-too-common occurrence at intersection, PAN told
Quick recovery after scooter collision Tracy Holmes Staff Reporter
A 97-year-old man was taken to hospital by ambulance after he was struck by a car in White Rock while riding a scooter last week. The incident took place around 2 p.m. Thursday, at the northeast corner of Johnston Road and Russell Avenue. According to police, the senior was crossing Johnston Road when he was hit by a westbound vehicle driven by a 79-year-old Surrey woman
who was turning to head north on Johnston. “He tried to cross in the crosswalk and had a vehicle turning right (off of Russell onto Johnston) knock him off his scooter,” White Rock RCMP Sgt. Joel Glen said. Paramedics, RCMP and fire crews attended the scene, where a scooter could be seen toppled over and partially wedged underneath the front of an older-model station wagon. According to one passerby, the incident was the fourth at the intersection involving a
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Proposed development a victim of bad timing over school concerns, residents say
Packed house sends message to Surrey Kevin Diakiw Black Press
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More than 100 people packed a developer’s open house Monday evening to voice their objections to a townhome project in Panorama. The development, slated for 5750 Panorama Drive – northwest of Highway 10 and 152 Street – is the planned location of 181 townhomes, 106 apartments and a commercial component. Area residents say the schools are way too crowded as it is, and that both elementary schools and the secondary school are overcapacity. Cindy Dalglish, who runs the website southnewtoncommunity.com, says it’s unfortunate for the developer,
because his timing is terrible. Martin said she objects to “If he came two years from the development primarily now when the schools are based on how it will affect around, it (the development) the already packed schools would go through without a in the area. blip,” Dalglish said. Steve Henderson, president The meeting was held 2½ of the Panorama Neighbourweeks after the Surrey Board hood Association (PNA), of Education called on city said the 350-member comofficials to halt all new develmunity group also opposes James Redekop opment in three regions of the development. developer Surrey – Clayton, Newton “The neighbourhood assoand Grandview/South Surrey. ciation supports the school Attending Monday’s meeting at board to temporarily postpone develthe Tong Louie YMCA not far from opment in South Newton, Clayton the development site, resident Laura and Grandview,” Henderson said. Martin said she will soon be looking He said that without schools specifiat kindergarten for her two-year-old. cally to support the new housing, the
group will not stand quietly and allow the development to forge ahead. Valerie and Henry Zea said they oppose the development, partly because of the impact on schools but also because of the stress it will put on other infrastructure like roads. Developer James Redekop, of Redekop Homes, told Black Press that he understands the concerns of the community. He said the plan is to phase in the towhome development over four years, so the province can prepare for the incoming students by building new schools. The proposal is expected to be the subject of a public hearing in the coming weeks.
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A former high-profile Mountie has been charged with sexual assault in relation to his time in charge of a communications unit at the force’s E Division headquarters in Vancouver. B.C.’s Criminal Justice Branch said the charge against Tim Shields came as a result of an investigation into sexual misconduct alleged to have occurred between 2009 and 2010. The alleged victim was a civilian employee who worked with the strategic communications unit. Shields – who was suspended with pay last spring, pending the outcome of a Code of Conduct investigation – voluntarily submitted his retirement documents on Dec. 11. “His career with the RCMP has ended,” Staff Sgt. Rob Vermeulen confirmed by email earlier this year, noting private citizens are not subject to the RCMP Act or internal disciplinary process. Vermeulen told Peace Arch News the civil matters involving Shields – alleging sexual harassment, which Shields, in court documents, has “expressly denied” – “are being handled by Department of Justice.” In a 2013 claim, civilian employee Atoya Montague accuses Shields of making unwanted sexual advances toward her. Shields denied any wrongdoing, saying Montague never raised concerns with a supervisor. Another civilian worker at the RCMP, Anitra Singh, filed court documents against Shields in 2014, accusing him of sexual assault and sexual harassment. Shields spent many years as media spokesman for the RCMP, starting with the Surrey detachment and most recently as an inspector. He has also been in the news for humanitarian work he participated in as a White Rock resident in 2010, and, in 2012, for donating a photograph of the White Rock pier for the city’s tourism billboard greeting U.S. border traffic.
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Members of Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary’s Gay Straight Alliance and others take part in a T-shirt tie-dying session during their first Pride Week.
Cloverdale high school celebrates symbolic victory for Gay Straight Alliance
All-gender restroom ‘a step forward’ Jennifer Lang Black Press
Surrey’s oldest high school broke new ground last week, celebrating its first-ever Pride Week, and opening a gender-neutral restroom. Rainbow streamers filled Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary’s common area (Hub), and students decorated tie-dye T-shirts for their peers and school staff to wear to show their LGBT support at Thursday’s official opening of the new restroom, located on the second floor. “When there are (U.S.) states taking a step back, it’s nice to know Tweedsmuir is taking a step forward,” said Liam Ponzini, a representative of the school’s Gay Straight Alliance. The single-occupant washroom makes its debut at the 6151 180 St. school after about three years of lobbying by students. It’s designed to give all students, regardless of gender identity or expression, a safe place to go where they are free from harassment or discrimination. Ponzini said its symbolic value is important. “Having this bathroom in this school is more of a symbol that you can be who you are and you don’t have to be judged or harassed.” Grade 11 student Mackenzie Jasper, a
Tweedsmuir GSA rep, said door. she hopes it will help put A sign on the Lord an end to discrimination Tweedsmuir facility reads before it begins. ‘Anyone can use this restShe credited the work of room regardless of gender the GSA and teachers for identity or expression.’ It’s supporting the project. also wheelchair accessible. “I believe this really “We’re really happy that proved to us that we may students have lobbied,” be young, but that our said teacher Penny Turvoices matter,” she said. pin, explaining that they The Surrey School Dishave been looking to trict’s Sexual Orientaschool administration to tion and Gender Identity find a way to make the Policy address rights and gender-neutral washroom inclusion, but doesn’t spea reality. cifically address genderShe said principal Allan neutral washrooms. Buggie looked to models School district spokesat other schools to see man Doug Strachan said how it could be implethere are already about mented. a half-dozen secondary The May 5 celebration schools in Surrey that Liam Ponzini and Mackenzie Jasper included an opening ceraccommodate students outside signed restroom. emony with a ribbon-cutwho request a private ting followed by a short, washroom. However, they aren’t necessarily symbolic parade from the new washroom to designated with a ‘gender neutral’ sign on the the school’s Hub.
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Spending the night on the streets of Vancouver last week was “simply terrifying” for four South Surrey moms, taking part in a fundraiser for Covenant House. The event – which raised more than $118,000 for the organization’s outreach services for at-risk and homeless youth – saw 32 women from across the Lower Mainland sleep outside Covenant’s House Yaletown centre, with nothing but a piece of cardboard and a sleeping bag. “Uncomfortable, cold hard streets, bright city lights, constant sirens and screaming of profanity, the presence of small rodents in the back alleys and the sounds of dumpsters opening and closing,” said Joan Webster, an Ocean Park resident, describing the night of May 5. “Needless to say, we didn’t get much sleep.” Webster – who volunteers at Covenant House’s youth drop-in centre – described the teens and young adults who face homelessness year-round as “unbelievable, so resilient and so worthy of our respect, support and love.” The overnight event began with a panel discussion featuring three youth who shared their stories about facing homelessness. In the morning, participants took part in a group reflection exercise where they
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aution: What you say on Facebook could cost you – plenty. Last month, a B.C. Supreme Court judge slammed an Abbotsford woman with an order to pay $67,500 in damages after she posted highly derogatory comments about a neighbour on Facebook. The case stands as a prime example of the utter disregard some users of social media display in terms of the potential impact, and consequences, of their comments about other people. The court heard that the woman became embroiled in a dispute with her next-door neighbour – a local teacher – involving his complaints about noise from her waterfall and messy visits by her dog. Her posts and responses on her open Facebook page included suggestions that he was a pedophile who was videotaping her children – accusations which were discounted in court. While the woman said she was merely “venting,” the judge found the comments to be “thoughtless” and “reckless,” with a deeply damaging effect on the man and his reputation. Unfortunately, social media is rife with this kind of vitriol, flung around with cruel abandon, focused at people for the flimsiest of excuses, often targeting their gender, race or opinions. Beyond this particular case – which went to court and received public attention – there are countless other examples of social-media commentary having a negative effect, usually on the person doing the commenting. Plenty of people have lost jobs over offensive posts, perhaps the highest-profile case being a U.S. public-relations professional who was fired amid a flurry of criticism when her flippant and offensive tweet on AIDS, Africa and being white went viral in 2013. Job applicants, too, have had their resumes dumped straight into the shredder upon a company’s HR department conducting a simple online search. Such behaviour has become so widespread, it is oftentimes accepted with a shrug. But such recklessness can cost you, just as it cost the Abbotsford woman, the PR flack and others. It is sad and disturbing that so many users of social media seem to think that posting on these platforms is a free-for-all, carrying no obligation to observe basic rights and respect. In this most recent case, the judge has ruled otherwise, and thankfully so. It’s a powerful message to those who feel civility and accountability don’t exist in the realm of social media. Indeed, they do. And so does the law.
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he spring and summer repair work The fact is, the toll is a steep price for on the Pattullo Bridge has quickly many working people. exposed the complete inadequacies While traffic is generally flowing of transportation networks between the well on the Port Mann during rush fast-growing south of the Fraser hours, there have been a lot of Frank Bucholtz area and the remainder of Metro slowdowns on Highway 1 on Vancouver. both sides of the bridge, from Pattullo Bridge traffic is clogged Abbotsford to Vancouver. for most of the day every day, The George Massey tunnel is as it is now down to one lane in more clogged as well, although each direction so that patchwork sometimes it is hard to notice, repairs can be made. given its perpetual state of It is important to note that busyness. The level of traffic these repairs are only expected to there has prompted Premier extend the life of the bridge by a Christy Clark to declare that few years, as the longterm plan the tunnel needs to be replaced is to replace it with a new toll with (yet another) toll bridge, bridge. something that has proven to be The Alex Fraser Bridge, quite controversial. Highway 91 and all the feeder If that bridge is built, it will routes are even more clogged than ever definitely relieve some of the pressure. since the Pattullo repairs began on April However, if it opens at about the same 29. Other than the Pattullo, it is the area’s time as the tolled Pattullo, with four toll only free bridge across the Fraser River. bridges crossing the Fraser and only The Alex Fraser traffic has been building the Alex Fraser free, it is pretty obvious significantly since the tolled Port Mann where much of the traffic will go. Bridge opened. Clark recognizes there is a built-in Interestingly, the Port Mann Bridge has unfairness in tolling policy, and has been noticeably busier since the Pattullo commented on that fact. A number of work began. This makes sense, however, mayors and MLAs have also called for a there is no toll discount being offered fairer tolling policy, with more bridges to drivers during this period (even tolled at a lower rate. though the Pattullo is the supposed free Clark’s party is busy formulating its alternative). election promises for next May, and a
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fair tolling policy is a pretty high priority for most South Fraser residents. The eight seats in Surrey and two in Delta are pretty important factors in which party gets to form government in Victoria. If there is no action on the tollingpolicy front, the BC Liberals will lose votes in the South Fraser area. The NDP will also need to address the tolling inequity. Thus far, there has been no formal policy shift announced by the opposition party. Transportation is about more than cars and trucks, of course. Transit is a key part of the equation, but unfortunately it gets little attention from decision-makers. The Surrey LRT lines may get built in the next decade, if funding can be found to match federal and provincial funds. However, it will do little to get more people across the river, as it will require riders to transfer to SkyTrain, and that delay alone will make transit less competitive. Meanwhile, the bus service in Surrey, Delta, White Rock and Langley is a fraction of what is available to people in Vancouver, Burnaby and the North Shore. Coquitlam and Port Moody residents will still have more access to SkyTrain when the Evergreen Line opens. In Surrey, bus routes such as the 502 and 321 are hopelessly overcrowded – and little changes. No wonder that most Surrey residents rely on their cars for transportation. They have few real alternatives. The added pressure caused by the Pattullo repairs has proven that. Frank Bucholtz writes Wednesdays for Peace Arch News, as well as at frankbucholtz.blogspot.ca Peace Arch News is a member of the National Newsmedia Council, which is an independent organization established to deal with acceptable journalistic practices and ethical behaviour. If you have concerns about editorial content, please contact: lance.peverley@peacearchnews.com or 604-542-7402. If you are not satisfied with the response and wish to file a formal complaint, visit the website at mediacouncil.ca or call toll-free 1-844-877-1163 for additional information.
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Overcrowding a city problem Editor: Re: School leaders want housing freeze, April 27. Surrey school trustee Laurae McNally’s motion “to temporarily suspend all new development approvals in the Clayton, Grandview/South Surrey and South Newton regions” until the district receives adequate capital funding from the province is bang on. Surrey First mayor and council have no idea what their non-stop development approvals are doing to the students, their families and the staff of Surrey School District. The district is one of the largest employers in Surrey, if not the largest, and it is responsible for educating the citizens of tomorrow. If this mayor and council are all about business, they better realize the school district is one of the biggest drivers of business in this city. Yet, the mayor and council seem to be so concerned with the needs of the developers, they forget about the needs of the citizens. If they cared about the people of Surrey, they would have been on board long ago with the school district trying to figure out this very big problem of portables and overcrowded schools. I urge the Surrey school trustees – yes, all Surrey First Education, it’s important to note that McNally represents White Rock – to make sure that their scheduled meeting with the mayor and council is more than an opportunity to get together and have lunch. The mayor and council need to leave that meeting knowing exactly what the district needs in terms of stopping this disaster from continuing. The mayor and council need to know that they are part of the problem, and how to advocate the provincial government for more schools. They need to understand the reality of going to school in Surrey and possibly spending your K-12 education in a trailer out in a field or parking lot. The mayor and council must put the needs of the students of Surrey, the future, ahead of the developers. Charlene Dobie, Surrey (Editor’s note: letter-writer Charlene Dobie served as a trustee 2011-2014, running with Surrey Civic Coalition.)
Waste savings lack fairness Editor: Re: Privatized single-family garbage on hold, April 29. In reading the article in Peace Arch News regarding privatized singlefamily homes’ garbage collection, I am astounded at the attitude of city administration towards multifamily homeowners. The city made a decision behind closed doors in December 2014 to cancel garbage pickup for multifamily homes. Multifamily homeowners were not informed of this decision in writing until the following March. The city cancelled the service and
abandoned its citizens to their own devices. The city saved $318,646 by stopping the waste-removal service for multifamily homes. Now, the city is considering reducing the solid-waste user fee for single-family homes by $58 each for a total of $145,000. The city intends to take the money saved by no longer servicing multifamily homes and use it to subsidize the cost of garbage pickup for single-family homes. How is this following the City of White Rock’s stated ‘corporate values’ regarding integrity – “honestly striving for equity and fairness in all that we do.” Ian Routledge, White Rock
Civilized discourse Editor: Re: Embracing Our Country of Change, April 27 letters. Sandhya Wagner’s letter to the editor was responding to Patricia Kroeker’s letter (Christians more than accepting, April 20) that was responding to Taslim Jaffer’s column (Tolerance is beneath us, April 1). The reason I have read all three of these was to try to understand why there was such a level of derision and hostility expressed against Kroeker. Wagner’s letter accuses Kroeker of “being so very angry” and that “Jaffer’s article brought something out in you that just won’t be tolerated – a very unCanadian
attitude.” It said: “What is dangerous about a kind of intolerance is that those who have it appear not to know that they do. Their aversion, distaste and uneasiness with change… is like a disease…. It’s how hatred and bigotry are spread.” Next I read Jaffer’s column, in which she implied that Canadians’ biases are still problematic. She writes that “cultural sensitivity requires one to first examine their own biases and acknowledge that they exist.... Cultural biases are subtle.... Unless we are willing to admit that they are there, we can’t evaluate them.” Jaffer immigrated to Canada in 1979 when she was almost one year old, so she is fully immersed in both cultures. Surely she must understand that the Western world has been a beacon of freedom and hope for a better life for millions of immigrants and refugees from around the world. Tolerance, acceptance, accommodation and generosity are characteristic of Canadian culture. Yet she lectures us, her readers, about the meaning and difference between tolerance and acceptance. It seems that she thinks we could do more or be better by admitting that we are “biased,” which is a softer way to ask us to admit that we are prejudiced, racist, intolerant or bigoted. This is not the way to build the bridges she speaks of. It seems Kroeker was somewhat offended by Jaffer’s article and expressed this in her letter. I can understand her frustration. Many Canadians are offended when cultural activists demand more
and more accommodation and change, especially when that change and accommodation is always demanded from one side only. Kroeker’s letter was not unCanadian, bigoted or dangerous. Nor did her letter indicate she was any less supportive of varying cultures than other Canadians. Those who express opinion that is deemed politically incorrect will be bullied and vilified with impunity. Except for the fearless, fewer people are prepared to voice their opinion if it challenges PC dictate. M. Trevelyan, White Rock ••• Re: Cultural clashes, May 4 letters. I am an Ismaili by religion. I came to Canada 40 years ago from Kenya. We invested in Canada and never were a financial burden to Canada. Canada is my beautiful country. We accept and embrace all religions, and we also did celebrate Christmas in Kenya. I always wish my friends and neighbours “Merry Christmas” and will be very happy that we all start wishing different cultures their religious greetings. We are all God’s creation and everybody is valuable. We Ismailis owe a lot to Canada and we respect Canada. We will never forget how kind Canada was when it graciously accepted Ismailis from Uganda. We Ismailis have pledged our allegiance to Canada and fully adopted Canadian values. We will never try to change Canadian values. Thank you, Canada. Thank you. Salim Mohamed, White Rock
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‘User pay’ takes its toll on drivers Editor: There has been so much talk about tolls and road pricing in Metro Vancouver. The residents of B.C. spend billions of dollars every year building and maintaining thousands of kilometres of highway and hundreds of bridges running through some very isolated areas of this province. Why is it that those of us living in the tiny southwest corner of the province have to pay for our area’s improvements on top of this?
Metro Vancouver’s area is only 0.03 per cent of this province, yet our politicians love to use the excuse ‘user pay’. Why doesn’t this apply to the rest of the province or those that are able to use our heavily subsidized transit system? It is time to dismantle this failed behemoth called TransLink and have the provincial government take back its responsibility for all modes of transportation. Chris Hale, Surrey
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Councillors question the need for a separate code of ethics i from page 1 “There was no motion by council for this,” Coun. Lynne Sinclair told Peace Arch News Tuesday. The code, among other provisions, would have had councillors channel all complaints and concerns about decisions of council or actions of administration through the office of the chief administrator, seek input from the administrator when they were unsure of issues or courses of action, and not make any criticism of the administration, publicly or privately, in which individual employees are identified.
Sinclair had asked city manager Dan Bottrill how many other municipalities had signed similar documents and how the code would be enforced. Bottrill said he could not supply a number of municipalities that had endorsed such a code. “Enforcement would be a personnel matter, depending on the severity of the issue,” he said, adding that it would be enforced by council in closed meetings. Responded Sinclair: “I think this will just impose a whole new layer of rules that are not being observed and not being followed,… I’m con-
cerned because I think it isn’t con- was elected…. As I look over these policy should be enough. ducive to positive council relation- pages I don’t see (these rules) being “I try to treat staff with respect ships – which I think is the intent… enforced. Why should I need to put and fellow members of council Each one of us signed an oath of my name to this?” with respect,” he said Tuesday. office which is absolutely clear.” Coun. Grant Meyer, too, said “There are polite ways to disagree.” Coun. David Chesney said that signing an oath of office and Coun. Bill Lawrence, who chaired he was “rather shocked” by the adhering to a respectful workplace the meeting, didn’t offer his opinion. appearance of the document, noting the existing respectfulworkplace policy. We have 3 new, hard-to-find “I have no intention of sign. ing (such a) code of ethics, With names like Holy Moly, Bolivian Rainbow and tonight, tomorrow or any other Cherry Time Bomb, you’ll have to grow these at yourr day,” he said. own peril! As these are new introductions and sure Said Coun. Megan Knight: “I to be a big hit, (and for your own safety) we have to took my oath of office when I limit purchases to 2 plants
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isagreements dependent forest persist on system remain, as the extent of northern B.C. and humanity’s role in the Alberta are showing us current changes to again. B.C.’s climate, and our There is some positive ability to influence it, news here. A Victoriaas many readers have based government told me in the past research team has week. published a Tom Fletcher But almost study that everyone seems calculates to agree that B.C.’s pine growing more beetleand healthier damaged forests is a forests are good strategy. I regenerating would add that more quickly harvesting and than expected. building with Warmer wood preserves temperatures, its captured increased carbon, a fact precipitation not much and the discussed in “fertilizer emotional appeals effect” of more against logging. carbon dioxide in the The B.C. government atmosphere are factors. is finally spending “By 2020, the some money on enhanced growth due community fuel load to climate change and removal projects this increased CO2 more year, after an initial than compensates for flurry following the the carbon loss from Kelowna fires of dead, rotting trees,” 2003 faded in hard said lead researcher times. But the effects Vivek Arora of the of decades of fire Canadian Centre for suppression in a fireModeling and Analysis.
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This recovery even overcomes the projected increase in forest-fire loss that comes with gradually increasing temperatures and drier periods. The federal government is still working on its plan to meet greenhouse gas reduction targets agreed to in Paris last year. But the forest industry has stepped up with its own goal. I spoke last week with Derek Nighbor, president of the Forest Products Association of Canada, after he announced his industry’s “30 by 30 Climate Change Challenge.” That’s a goal to reduce the industry’s net carbon emissions by 30 megatonnes a year by 2030. That would be 13 per cent of the Canadian government emission target. One of the main strategies is salvage harvesting and developing more
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products that use wood. “It’s basically trying to use every part of the tree,” Nighbor said. “In forest operations right now, this is where we see a big part of the opportunity. Instead of the residual branches and whatnot just being left aside and slashing and burning, bring more of that out and turn it into something.” That something might be a console in a luxury car constructed with wood fibre, or an 18-storey wood student residence building planned for the University of B.C. The other is improving forest growth. Logging operations have long been required to replant areas they cut, not just in B.C. but across Canada. Another way to improve forest carbon capture is with more productive species, with genetic techniques that increase resiliency as well as wood mass. A background paper from the B.C. forests ministry responds to common misconceptions about forest carbon, including the idea that logging should be stopped to maximize storage. “Maximizing carbon storage in the ecosystem would make sense only if society stopped building new homes, acquiring new furniture and consuming in general,” it says. “If the flow of forest products stops, society will turn to other products with higher greenhouse gas footprints, e.g. plastics, metal or concrete. In addition, if harvesting stopped and we continued to suppress natural disturbances, there is increased potential for larger catastrophic disturbances in the future.” If Canada wants to make a bigger contribution to reducing greenhouse gases, forests are a good area to focus on. At 348 million hectares from the B.C. coast to Newfoundland, they represent nine per cent of the world’s forests. Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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ust give bees a chance. That’s the message behind a sponsora-hive program that a South Surrey family is taking part in, aimed at boosting honeybee populations in the region. The McNabbs are in their second year hosting a beehive, after dad Tyler heard about the initiative last spring. With a large, flourishing garden – and a keen interest, but admitted lack of knowledge about beekeeping – McNabb said he jumped at the chance to sponsor a hive in the backyard of the family’s 155A Street home. “I thought it would be a great way to learn how to do it,” McNabb told Peace Arch News. “I was a little concerned being in an urban area, I didn’t really know what it would be like, if there would be swarms or other issues. But it wasn’t like that at all.” The program is facilitated by 3B Honeybee, a Vancouver-based organization that provides hives to residential gardens around the Lower Mainland. After a hive is installed, a professional beekeeper visits every few weeks for a “hive inspection” – ensuring the queen is still present and laying eggs, and no disease is present. McNabb said he and his wife, Kelly, have taken advantage of learning as much as they can through the program, and have discovered that hosting a hive is extremely low maintenance. “It’s a lot like gardening,” McNabb said. “You’re giving the plants – or in this case, the bees – the most ideal situation and they do everything themselves. It’s very easy.” According to 3B Honeybee owner Art Barker, learning to take care of the hives
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The McNabb family – Tyler, Kelly, Max and Sarah – are hosting a honeybee hive in their South Surrey backyard for the second year, through a program facilitated by Vancouver beekeeper Art Barker (right), owner of 3B Honeybee. has been a huge draw for sponsors since the program started five years ago. “Beekeeping has become very popular, but a lot of people don’t know how to get into it,” he said. “If you can sponsor a hive and have someone come around every couple of weeks to work on it, it gives you the ability to learn as much as you care to learn.” More importantly, Barker said, the program helps raise awareness of the plight of bees, whose populations have been dwindling over the past decade. “The bees are in trouble, and we need the general public to be Contributed photo aware of that,” Barker said, noting the issue of bee health is “not a simple conversation.” “The general consensus today is that it’s not one isolated thing that’s hurting the bee population. It’s a collection of low-level toxins, monoculture, general pollution
– just everything combined.” If sponsoring a hive isn’t in the cards – hosts pay a $350 fee for the season – Barker recommends planting bee-friendly plants that flower at different times of the spring and summer to attract pollinators throughout the spring and summer months. Barker said attracting pollinators will help a garden’s entire ecosystem to flourish, and create a healthier environment throughout the neighbourhood. That diverse ecosystem was part of the draw for the McNabbs, as well as helping their children Sarah and Max understand the important role bees play in the environment. “It’s helped them to get over their fear of bees, and they get to experience the life cycle of a different creature and how they fit into the environment,” McNabb said. To sweeten the deal, hive sponsors also get to keep some of the honey produced by the hive at the end of the summer. Although this season’s hives have all been accounted for by sponsors, Barker said he hopes to expand the program in the coming
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years as the buzz around the program continues to grow. “If you get a beehive on your block, pretty soon everyone on your block is going to be talking about bees,” Barker said. “It’s a great deal all around.”
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An effort to be neighbourly M y parents were born understand their challenge. and raised in Mombasa, What was it my mom had Kenya – a port city missed the most about living known for its beaches and history in those flats? That “there was of trading. always someone around. And My mom’s family lived if we needed anything, in an apartment complex we would just knock on Taslim Jaffer known as Makupa Flats. each other’s doors.” Here in Canada, even It struck me how very decades after leaving different our early life in Kenya, my parents the Lower Mainland had would run into people been from that scenario. from ‘back home’ and Socializing looked very inevitably my mom different. would say to us kids, It wasn’t as easy as “This is so-and-so. He walking out your front was my neighbour.” door and into your Her face would light neighbour’s home. It up in a big smile like she was an effort to get to had just located her longknow people, and there lost best friend. wasn’t always a lot of After numerous introductions energy left over after working a to random people as her graveyard shift then taking your ‘neighbour’ from Makupa, my kids to school, then housework brother and I told her – in our and cooking, then running your childish know-it-all-ness – that kids around to their activities, all she couldn’t possibly have had the while learning the ways of a all these neighbours. We secretly new land. came to the conclusion that People often mistake the she didn’t really know what a elusiveness of newcomers for an neighbour was. unwillingness to become a part In my early 20s, I had a of society. I can say from my conversation with my mom that parents’ experience that that isn’t has never left me. She told me always the case. how homesick she had been for Sometimes the byproduct of her hometown, while raising us survival mode is we don’t always here in Canada. get to know others. I knew that my parents’ Today, life is still full of work, initial adjustment to life in home, kids and activities. Canada had been difficult but Thankfully, I am settled here, that conversation helped me a part of the Canadian culture,
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my husband established in his business. But I’m like my mom; I need neighbours whom I can bug for anything from a spare lemon to a spare hour of babysitting. In my single-family home neighbourhood, it’s not as easy as Makupa Flats to know people on a first-name basis. It’s not always convenient for people to stop in for a cup of tea. But it’s necessary. I encourage newcomers (to the country or to a neighbourhood) and established residents to enter a common space. Exchange names, at the very least. As is the case with my neighbours, these people may end up being your friends – people whose doors you can knock on when you need them. If it is you who recently moved into a new neighbourhood, you can certainly be the one to make the first move, too. Connecting with the people who live around you is one way to build bridges, to dispel cultural myths, to foster the idea that we have far more in common than we might think. The common threads make themselves known when we engage in meaningful conversation with each other, and share our stories. In a world aching for security and understanding, being a good neighbour cannot go out of style. Taslim Jaffer writes monthly on multicultural connections.
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Big challenge A dozen White Rock Christian Academy students are set to test their “21st century skills” against other students from around the world at Destination Imagination global finals in Knoxville, Tenn. Destination Imagination is a nonprofit organization which aims to “inspire and equip” students to become innovators and leaders, though criticalthinking, academic challenges. WRCA had three teams take part in the Destination Imagination Fraser Valley tournament in late February, and all three also competed in provincials in April at Kwantlen Park Secondary. Two White Rock teams – the BIG in Motion team (Grade 5) and Technology Masters (Grade 3) – won gold medals in their age groups, moving on to the Knoxville event, which is set for May 25-28 and will see 17,000 students from 15 countries take part. The participating WRCA students are currently fundraising to help cover their costs for the trip, and anyone wishing to help can call the school at 604-5319186. For more, visit www. destinationimagination. ca
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Horizon Law Corporation advises purchasers of an existing business on the details of the purchase transaction, from initial due diligence through to draft and review of final contracts. Based in Surrey, the counsel at Horizon Law Corporation advises clients throughout the Fraser Valley, including White Rock, on the wide scope of legal issues connected to a business purchase in British Columbia. Lina Lee, the lawyer at Horizon Law Corporation, will provide full and complete legal services to ensure your business purchase goes smoothly. This can include initial due diligence, such as an analysis of the business' financial statements, debts, liabilities, assets and existing contracts. She can also advise you on how to structure the purchase itself, such as whether it is advisable to purchase the company's shares, or to purchase its assets. Should you decide to proceed with the purchase, Lina will draft the legal documents and business contracts needed to initiate and complete buying a business, including a letter of intent and a purchase agreement with supporting documents. For clients who have this documentation prepared, she provides an informed and detailed review of the drafted agreements to ensure they conform with the deal that was struck between the parties. Business purchase is a significant financial investment and carries legal risk. The legal advice of an experienced business lawyer can help to ensure your options are fully explored and the final agreement is consistent with your business objectives. Lina Lee has been a B.C. lawyer for more than 15 years and has consistently offered highquality advice to new and seasoned business owners. To discuss your options to buy a business in White Rock or Surrey with a lawyer, call HORIZON LAW CORPORATION at 604-538-7074 in Surrey and White Rock or contact us online at horizonlaw.bc.ca
White Rock firefighters raised $630 for the BC Cancer Foundation last month, through the sale of daffodil pins outside of Buy-Low Foods. Firefighter Paul Farrant said the cause is close to the crew’s hearts, as firefighters have a higher rate of developing cancers than average, due to being exposed to carcinogens on a regular basis. They also develop these cancers – including testicular, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, skin and brain – much earlier in life, Farrant said. “Your average household in this day and age is filled
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Are you looking for an exciting new and rewarding volunteer opportunity? A community collaborative including SOURCES, SENIORS COME SHARE AND PEACE ARCH HOSPITAL has launched a “Volunteer Assisted Discharge from Hospital” program for seniors who would otherwise go home alone. This program comes with a full orientation, continuing education, good support and was successfully launched in January 2016. Come and be a part of a ‘first in Fraser Health’ program aimed at providing companionship, comfort and a ride home for our seniors in South Surrey White Rock who are going home from Peace Arch Hospital.
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Hydrangea showcase More than 100 varieties of hydrangeas will be on display at an open garden in South Surrey next month. Hosted by Heritage Hydrangeas, the event – a popular draw for garden enthusiasts from around the Lower Mainland – is set for June 11, 10 a.m.4:30 p.m. at 13970 34 Ave. Last year’s event attracted more than 200 attendees who caught a glimpse of the large and colourful collection. For more, visit www.heritagehydrangeas.com
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Houseplants can clean indoor air Gardening is a rewarding hobby that can pay a host of dividends, both for the planet and the people doing the gardening. Healthy plant life can help clean the air by absorbing carbon dioxide and various air pollutants, while the act of gardening can help gardeners combat stress. Published in 2011 in the Journal of Health Psychology, a study from researchers in the Netherlands found that gardening promotes relief from acute stress. In the study, two groups of participants were asked to complete a stressful task and then instructed to either read indoors or garden outdoors for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, the latter group had lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol and even reported being in a better mood than the group instructed to read indoors. But gardening does more than just provide gardeners with a reason to spend some time relaxing outdoors in an effort to relieve stress. Gardeners who raise certain plants may be able to bring those benefits with them when going inside as well. According to an article published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives in October 2011, houseplants can work wonders when it comes to improving overall health, removing toxins from air, soil and water by metabolizing some toxic chemicals and releasing harmless byproducts while sequestering such toxins
by incorporating them into plant tissues. Clean indoor air is important for everyone, but especially so for those people who suffer from respiratory ailments like asthma. In fact, the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology considers indoor air filtration an essential part of any strategy to improve respiratory health. But filtration systems and air purifiers are often not enough, and those who want the air in their homes to be as clean as possible may benefit from introducing certain houseplants into their homes. The following are a handful of plants that can help to improve indoor air quality.
• Spider plant: Spider plants are resilient, and that makes them great houseplants for busy men and women who tend to be forgetful when caring for their plants. In addition, spider plants are pet-friendly and can be used to combat benzene, carbon dioxide, formaldehyde and xylene.
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• Aloe vera: Aloe vera might be most often associated with hand creams and hand soaps, but the aloe vera plant, a succulent that even novice gardeners should have no problem growing, can clear indoor air of formaldehyde and benzene, two common byproducts of chemical-based cleaners many people use in their homes.
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• Bamboo palm: Bamboo palms also found their way onto NASA’s list. Bamboo palm plants thrive indoors, where they are especially effective at filtering out the chemicals benzene and trichloroethylene. Gardening has been proven to be a soothing hobby that can help gardeners reduce stress. But the health benefits of gardening can extend indoors as well.
The majority of grass species have chlorophyll to thank for their appealing green color. Chlorophyll is a bright pigment that absorbs both blue and red light especially well. But chlorophyll largely reflects green light, which is why the yards and fields we spend so much time in are green. And chlorophyll does more than influence the color of grass. Chlorophyll also plays an important role in the process of photosynthesis, during which green plants use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. According to LiveScience.com, chlorophyll molecules absorb light and then transfer that energy to special molecules that, when stimulated, fire off electrons that produce chemical changes in the plant. That chemical energy is ultimately turned into sugar, highlighting the essential role that chlorophyll plays in lawns’ survival.
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The Roadhouse Live Youth Talent Search returns tonight (May 11) at the eclectically-decorated Roadhouse Grille restaurant on King George Boulevard – not only as recognition of the impressive talents of young Semiahmoo Peninsula musicians, but also as a tribute to one of its most enthusiastic champions, late Roadhouse co-owner Dwayne Jacobson, who succumbed to cancer in February. Contest semifinals take place at the restaurant every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. until May 25, Semifinalists selected at each Wednesday session will compete for top and runner-up positions at the final concert, June 12 at Blue Frog Studios. Prizes include gift certificates for musical equipment from Tapestry Music, studio time, career development sessions and a chance to appear at both White Rock’s Canada Day and Sea Festival events. Aside from a top age limit of 19, the only other requirement for contestants is that they live south of 40 Avenue and west of the Surrey-Langley border (at 196 Street). For more information, email edpeterson@shaw.ca, call 604-7289334 or visit the Roadhouse Live Facebook page.
Book-launch reading Scenes from a new novel will come to life in a 15-minute dramatic reading as a highlight of a book launch tea for The House of Wives, by Simon ChoaJohnston, this Sunday (May 15) at 2 p.m. at the Semiahmoo Arts performance space in Centennial Park. Presented by Peninsula Productions and Penguin Random House, the free event will feature copies of the novel for purchase and signing. Choa-Johnston – known to many as Gateway Theatre’s artistic director emeritus – has written a novel set in colonial Hong Kong in the 19th century, and partly inspired by his own family history. In The House of Wives, two women vie for the attention of their opium-trader husband in a tale of “friendship, fortune and rivalry.” The venue is located at 14600 North Bluff Rd. (adjacent to the arena).
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Friday jazz A new entertainment format – a “jazz improv dance party” – will be offered at the Royal Canadian Legion’s Club 240 (Crescent Branch) on three consecutive Fridays starting this week (May 13). The Modern Jazz Trio (pianist Jay McDonald, drummer Mick Hovan and electric bassist Art Pouchet) will offer a mixed bag of swing, bossa-nova, ballads and blues for a relaxed evening of listening and dancing, augmented by a roster of guest vocalists and instrumentalists. Doors open at 7 p.m., with music from 7:30 to 11:30, and admission ($10 at the door) includes one free beer. And younger fans of jazz take note – minors are welcome for the first part of the evening at the licensed venue provided they are accompanied by an adult parent or guardian, stay in the dance area (away from the bar and gaming room), and leave by 10 p.m. Follow-up nights are planned for May 20 and May 27. Accomplished jazz vocalists and instrumentalists who wish to register for the guest artist list should email apouchet@hotmail. com. Club 240 is located at 2643 128 St.
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Tenor Josh Lovell is one of the guest soloists for the upcoming Handel Society of Music’s 50th anniversary concert, set for this Saturday (May 14) at South Surrey’s Good Shepherd Catholic Church.
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Rhythm and blues Coming up at White Rock’s busy performance venue Blue Frog Studios on May 27 is the revue R.E.S.P.E.C.T., celebrating the women of soul and rhythm and blues. Powerhouse singer Shannon
Patti LaBelle, Etta James, Amy Winehouse, Alicia Keys and Adele. Also featured are Tim Porter (guitar), Kerry Galloway (bass), Joel Fountain (drums), Bill Runge (tenor sax) and Tom McKillip (alto sax). The venue is located at 1328 Johnston Rd.; tickets are available at 604-542-3055 or through the website.
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Shannon Gaye joins Britt and Carly McKillip and band leaderpianist Kristian Alexandrov for R.E.S.P.E.C.T., May 27 at Blue Frog Studios.
The Handel Society of Music, founded in 1966 by its former artistic director, the late conductor Karel ten Hoope, has consistently emphasized musical excellence through its renowned Handel Society Choir – drawn from members of the community – and also with its regular seasons of concerts including a professional chamber orchestra and guest soloists well-known in Vancouver and Lower Mainland classical music circles. The choir’s upcoming 50th anniversary South Surrey performance this Saturday (May 14) at 7:30 p.m. at Good Shepherd Catholic Church, 2250
150 St. – under the baton of long-time artistic director Johan Louwersheimer – will continue that proud tradition with an inspiring performance of Bach’s B Minor Mass. In addition to choir and orchestra, the concert will feature talented soloists Nancy Washeim (soprano), Sonya Sweeney (alto), Josh Lovell (tenor) and Willy Miles-Grenzberg (bass). Tickets ($25, $20 senior and students) are available from 604531-3396.
Actor auditions Attention, young actors! Peninsula Productions is hiring four actors for an upcoming project – NextGen, a troupe of young actors who will create and perform theatre in and around the Peninsula this summer. For the project – a Canada Summer Jobs initiative – the company is seeking actors between the ages of 17 and 30 who were in full-time school in the spring semester and are returning to full-time school in the fall.
The Royal Canadian Legion Crescent Branch 240 will be jumping to the sound of jazz again this Sunday (May 15) as White Rock Traditional Jazz Society’s regular session of live Dixieland/ Swing returns to the hall (2643 128 St.) from 2 to 5 p.m. Featured band this week is Crescent City Shakers (May 15) led by clarinetist/saxophonist Gerry Green. Admission (19 and up) is $10 for WRTJS and Legion members, $12 for everybody else. The venue is located at 2643 128 St. For more, visit www. whiterocktradjazz.com or call 604560-9215.
Youth orchestras The Surrey Symphony Society will celebrate 40 years of music-making by talented young musicians with a special anniversary concert by the Surrey Youth Orchestra, Intermediate Orchestra and Junior Strings, Sunday (May 15) at 7 p.m. at the Chandos Pattison Auditorium. Highlights will include the return of founder and retired conductor Lucille Lewis to lead a group of alumni who are travelling from all over the country to participate. Joel Stobbe will direct the Youth Orchestra and Ben Goheen will lead the Intermediate Orchestra, while Andrea Taylor will supervise the Junior Strings. Also featured will be Concerto Competition winner Jeremy Ho. The auditorium is located at 10238 168 St. Tickets ($18, $12 seniors, students and alumni) are available at www. surreysymphony.com or from karen@surreysymphony.com or, by phone, at 778-549-5515.
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community theatre productions, Mantle plays the supporting role of Engstrand in the 1881 classic – which runs until May 21 at Langley Playhouse. Directed by Helen Embury, the show, a pioneering work of theatrical realism
that raises issues still July and August as current today, also stars the city and the White Mahara Sinclaire, also Rock BIA present the well-known in South TD Concerts at the Pier Surrey and White Rock series for a second year. as acting co-director of Thanks to Peninsula Productions. sponsorship from the She plays widowed TD Bank Group, the mother Helen Alving, series will offer six while Saturday Dayna evening free Thomas concerts plays her with name maid headliners Regina, from the daughter of arts@peacearchnews.com BC music Engstrand, scene, and Tony starting July Loyer plays Oswald, 9 (7-10 p.m.). The series was a hit Alving’s son, whose last year, highlighting return home – recording artists who ostensibly for a public tribute to his late father were graduates of the PEAK Performance – raises the ‘ghosts’ of Project. past secrets. “We are extremely Rounding out the cast pleased to be working as a representative of with the White Rock the voice of morality BIA and the city in is Andrew Wood, as delivering such a high Pastor Manders. quality live-music Langley Playhouse series,” says Bob is located at 4307 200 Bezubiak, branch St. Curtain is at 8 p.m. manager of TD Canada Thursday through Trust in White Rock. Saturday, with Sunday “We are delighted to matinees at 2 p.m. support the continued Tickets ($15) are success of the concert available from www. series – TD is proud langleyplayers.com/ to be supporting our reservations.html local community this way.” Pier concerts
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he worst part was the angioplasty. Despite all that Aart Looye has endured over the past 15 months – the stroke; the weeks of painstaking, frustrating rehab; the blocked arteries and the irregular heartbeat – that, the 71-yearold South Surrey triathlete says, was the part that was nearly too much to take. The angioplasty included a cardiac catheterization, in which stents and a balloon are installed in the heart, and arteries are cleared of blockages by a tiny, drill-like catheter inserted into his arm. Recounting the procedure, which was done as he continued his recovery from a stroke suffered in February of last year, still raises the hackles of Looye, months later. “They strap your… arm down and they just jam that drill right into your artery and off it goes. They don’t even warn you when they’re about to do it, they just do it. It hurt like hell,” Looye chuckled, retelling the story while sitting on the patio of a coffee shop near his South Aart Looye Surrey townhouse. swimmer “I had words for those guys, believe me.” For Looye – a longtime competitive swimmer and triathlete, as well as a former candidate in both civic and federal elections – rare is the moment he doesn’t have words for somebody, and a recent afternoon is no different. Over the course of an hour, he holds court on all manner of topics – local development, the new Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre and Surrey’s mayors past and present, among them – often peppering his critiques with enough choice words to make one wonder if the CRTC should put him on a five-second delay. But as those who know Looye will attest, his fiery attitude is part of his charm. It’s also a pretty good indicator that he’s back to his old self – even if the left side of his body still doesn’t work. ••• It was a day in February of last year that began like any other. Looye woke up early and went off to the Tong Louie YMCA to teach his Thursday morning cycle-fit class. He ran the class, returned home and went on with his day. Then, after dinner, as he prepared to return to the Y to teach an evening class, he couldn’t keep hold of his keys. “They just kept falling out of my hands, then I tried to get them into the car and just couldn’t do it,” he said. “My wife was wondering what the hell was going on.” Instead of continuing to the YMCA, Looye went to Peace Arch Hospital, where it was
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South Surrey swimmer and triathlete Aart Looye hasn’t let a stroke, nor two heart procedures, keep him out of the pool. determined, he recalled, that he had suffered After about a month, Looye was deemed a stroke. stable enough to be discharged from VGH, A day-and-a-half later, he was discharged. and he was assigned to Laurel Place, a “I felt better. I had feeling in my hands and rehabilitation facility near Surrey Memorial everything,” he said. Hospital. He arrived there in a wheelchair, A few nights after that, on Valentine’s Day, and on his first day, announced that he Looye was getting ready to leave for another planned to walk out himself. class at the YMCA, when a sharp pain shot For weeks, Looye worked with staff daily up his arm. as they aimed to improve his mobility, “If I’d have had a knife, I’d have cut that especially on his left side. During recoveries muscle right out, that’s how badly it hurt,” he such as his, any progress is measured in explained. baby steps – a muscle twitch here, Back to PAH he went. a movement there. But Looye ❝He’s already “They said, ‘Aart, you’re having talking about you wanted more. a big one this time.’ That’s all I writing a story on On March 25 last year, Looye’s remember. I woke up, and I was at wife, Liz, provided an update, via his recovery.❞ email, on her husband’s progress. VGH.” At Vancouver General, Looye At one point, the letter reads, Robin Latajka underwent a variety of scans he fell out of his wheelchair – daughter and tests, keeping close tabs on after which nurses (“kind but the stroke-causing blood clot after it was insistent”) demanded that he rely on them discovered he was dealing with what doctors more, and call for help when needed. told him was “an evolving stroke.” Looye, she continued, had been begging “If it keeps going, it will kill you. But – long to walk since his arrival, and staff finally story short – it didn’t,” he said. relented, and put him on the facility’s Less than a week after he was admitted, his “walking machine” which allowed him to daughter, Robin Latajka, emailed the Peace shuffle down a hallway. Arch News to let a reporter know what had “He talked about it all day,” Liz wrote. happened to her father. At the same time, Looye insisted that his “He’s already talking about you writing a rehab would be further aided by time in the story on his recovery,” she wrote. pool, but staff – rightly worried about his
safety – were nervous, he said. But, like with the walking machine, he eventually wore them down, and he was taken to the YMCA. “I got to the building, got in a wheelchair, went down a ramp, got in the pool and swam away,” he smiled. Looye’s stubbornness reared its head again during his last week at Laurel Place. Still in his wheelchair, staff informed him that he was to be discharged and sent home. “When I came in here, what was the first thing I told you?” he asked. “That you wanted to walk.” “Well I can’t yet, and I’m not leaving until I do.” Looye remembers staff saying they’d have to call the police if he refused to leave. “’Go ahead,’ I told them. Two days later, they had me up, and I walked out of there,” he said. A short video exists of Looye’s exit, and shows him leaving the building under his own power – with a walker, and caregivers on either side for support. Staff and fellow patients cheer him on as he goes. He’s wearing a sea captain’s hat – a gift, he says, given to him because people at Laurel Place said he “was leaving his ship.” It’s a personal video that’s tough for Looye to watch. A year ago, when showing it to a i see page 28
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and illnesses. “I could be a couch potato now, if I wanted to be. But that’s not me,” he said. “I’ve had rotatorcuff surgery, I’ve had a knee replacement, I’ve had cancer, and now a stroke – what else do you want?” There have been recent setbacks, however. Looye still has extremely limited movement in his left arm, but insists he’ll “get it to work, sooner or later,” and he cannot drive, relying heavily on HandyDart service to get around. As well, a pair of visits to the cardiologist identified two different heart problems. The first were blocked arteries, which required the angioplasty, while a second visit found that Looye suffered from atrial fibrillation – an irregular heartbeat. A month ago, to solve the latter issue, Looye underwent a heart conversion, in which the heart is stopped, then restarted again, hopefully with a regular beat. When he asked how a previously healthy individual could suffer from atrial fibrillation, Looye’s cardiologist told him it’s a condition common among aging athletes, as their hearts have often worked overtime compared to the average person. “All you old athletes are the same – you all get it,” the doctor told Looye. “You train too hard. Don’t you ever give up?”
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HELP WANTED
Wednesday, May 11, 2016, Peace Arch News
PERSONAL SERVICES 182
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
FINANCIAL SERVICES
239
COMPUTER SERVICES
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
Flaggers & Lane Closure Technicians required for Valley Traffic.
E-mail:darlene@valleytraffic.ca
HOUSEKEEPER
Experience an asset. For motel / hotel industry. Must be friendly and reliable. Wage depending on experience.
Call for interview 604-531-4720
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
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 281
GARDENING
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 287
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 320
TOTAL RENOVATIONS
*WCB *Licensed *Insured
FULL RENOVATIONS Including Kitchens, Bathrooms, Man Caves & Basement Suites
.computer service
Furnaces, Boilers, Hot Water Heating, Hotwater Tanks, Drain/Duct Cleaning & Plumbing Jobs.
✭ 604-312-7674 ✭ ✭ 604-507-4606 ✭
604 - 720 - 2009
Dan 778-837-0771
~We accept Visa & Mastercard~
PLUMBING
A Gas Fitter ✭ Plumber
Licensed - Bonded - Fully Equip. Residential Commercial, 1-3 Men Local & Long Distance Moves Start $45/hr ~ All size trucks Free estimate/Senior Discount www.miraclemoving.ca
Quality Done Right the 1st Time • Basement Suites • Kitchens • Baths • Drywall • Painting • Texture • Patches • Flooring • Mouldings • Much More
604-512-4525 www.gardenbuds.ca
338
MIRACLE MOVING
Repair, Replace, Remodel... FOR A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN Garden Design & Installation • Fall Clean-Up • Maintenance
MOVING & STORAGE
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
341
329 PAINTING & DECORATING
PRESSURE WASHING
Power Washing / Gutter Cleaning SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE Call Ian 604-724-6373
REPAINT SPECIALIST Doors, Casings, Walls, Baseboards, Ceiling Repairs - Painting. Finishing available. rene.s@telus.net
“ Let’s us fix what someone else tried to fix. “
356
RUBBISH REMOVAL
RENE’S SPRAY & BRUSH PAINTING 778-855-5361 Danish Quality
NEED A LOAN? Own Property? Have Bad Credit? We can help! Call toll free 1 866 405 1228 www.firstandsecondmortgages.ca
~ PRO PAINTERS ~ INTERIOR / EXTERIOR Quality Work, Free Estimates Member of Better Business Bureau
Short Order Cooks
242
Work Where You Play! Sandcastle Bowl Bar and Grill has full & part time opportunities for cooks. Must to be a team player, energetic and upbeat.
CONCRETE: *Prepare *Place *All Finishes *Red Seal *Gov’t Cert. Repair & Restoration Specialist. All Workmanship Guaranteed Brian 604-966-1088, 604-536-1231
. Need Cash? Own a vehicle? Borrow up to $25,000. SnapCarCash. 604-777-5046
142 OFFICE SUPPORT/CLERKS
HOME CARE
185
257
EXPERIENCE personal caregiver & husband will give an elderly person help in part payment for modest rental - 2 bdrm in W.Rock. Delegation of work in writing req’s & local references. Call 604-767-6154
Send Resumes: wes.elias@stantec.com
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RETAIL
206
Just a beautiful modern flat ceiling!! Call Friendly Benjamin @ 604-230-7928
APPLIANCE REPAIRS Peace Arch Appliance Service
Repairs to fridges, stoves, washers, dryers & dishwashers. Reasonable. Call Mark (604)536-9092
SALES ASSOCIATES
PSB DRYWALL LTD.★ All Boarding, Taping, Framing & Texture. Insured work. Dump Removal Service. 604-762-4657 / 778-246-4657
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Apply in person or email to:
sharvey@fashionaddition14plus.com
PERSONAL SERVICES 182
236
CLEANING SERVICES
E & M MAINTENANCE WINDOW WASHING D Windows Out & In D Gutters cleaned In & Out D Pressure Washing D Serving W. Rock for over 30 yrs D Lic. & WCB insured. D Free Est. Seniors Discount
ELECTRICIAN - Dana Thompson Over 24yrs exp. Res/Comm. Free est. Bonded. #14758 604-353-1519 All Electrical. Low Cost. Licensed. Res/Com. Small job expert. Renos Panel changes ~ 604-374-0062
269
FENCING
FENCES, DECKS, Home Construction & Repairs Proudly serving White Rock / South Surrey for over 10yrs. Lic. & Ins.
Eric 604-541-1743
Dave 604-306-4255
FINANCIAL SERVICES
www.watsonconstruction.ca
A MAID 2 CLEAN All Your Cleaning Needs
$750 Loans & More NO CREDIT CHECKS
ELECTRICAL
YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899
FASHION ADDITION 14+ NOW HIRING P/T SALES ASSOCIATES for our Langley & Morgan Crossing locations
DRYWALL
FLATTEN POPCORN CEILINGS *No Scraping *No Sanding *NO MESS
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT 5 yrs. min. Engineering / Consulting exp. a plus. Proficient in MS Suite, A/P, filing, couriers, etc. Must be Detail Oriented and have exceptional communication skills.
CONCRETE & PLACING
SCHAFER CEMENT CO. (1973) Prep & Place ~ Driveways, Patios & Walkways. Call 604-218-7089
TRAINING PROVIDED! Please email resume to jen@sandcastlelanes.ca or drop off at 1938-152nd street.
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Tree Pruning, Topping & Removal Hedge Trimming ~ Drainage
JUNK REMOVAL By RECYCLE-IT! 604.587.5865 www.recycleitcanada.ca
Full Landscape & Maintenance Services Insured ~ WCB Over 25 yrs Exp.
*Free Estimate *Seniors Discount
Call 778-245-5006 283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS GUTTER & ROOF Cleaning/Power Washing since 1982. WCB/Liability insurance. Simon, 604-230-0627
CHAMPION SERVICES
.Hayden Painting 778-229-0236 Family Owned & Operated Ryan 778.229.0236
PRISM PAINTING CO.
HANDYMAN CONNECTION HANDYMAN CONNECTION Handyman Connection - Bonded -Renovations - Installations Repairs - 604.878.5232
• Power Washing • Gutter Cleaning • Roof Cleaning • Window Cleaning
Re-Paint Specialist 15 Years Experience Interior/Exterior, stucco painting.
30 Years experience!
20% discount
For Prompt Service Call
3 rooms $299
on re-painting or
Simon 604-230-0627 283A
AT YOUR SERVICE. Carpentry, Concrete, Painting, Rubbish Removal. Call Dave (604)999-5056 EXPERT HANDYMAN available for most jobs big or small. Young, fit & hardworking. Great rates & friendly service! WCB. 604-679-1278 Dan
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SUNDECKS
HOME REPAIRS
A1 BATH RENO’S. Bsmt Suites, Drywall, Patios, Plumbing, Siding, Fencing, Roofing, Landscaping, etc. Joe 604-961-9937.
HOME REPAIR, CARPENTRY & DESIGN
✔ Minor electrical & plumbing ✔ Painting ✔ Baseboard ✔ Fence & Drywall Repairs ✔ Custom woodwork ✔ Hood Fan Installation
• Painting • Renovations • Repairs
PAINTING 1/2 PRICE Interior Special. Top Quality. Free Estimates! 604-498-3050
Commercial • Residential
www.paintitfixit.ca
320 287
AAA PRECISION PAINTING. Quality work. 778-881-6096.
604-889-8424
Helping Seniors My Specialty 604 - 916 - 0739
www.paintspecial.com
MOVING & STORAGE
778-322-2378 Lower Mainland 604-996-8128 Fraser Valley Running this ad for over 12yrs
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
MOVING?
PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $299
LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE
Serving White Rock & S.Surrey since 1990
For All Types of Renovations
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Cloverdale High Performance paint. NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring.
B & B MOBILE SERVICES
604-536-6620 FAMILY OWNED SINCE 1973
www.BBmoving.ca
- QUALITY WORKMANSHIP-
Across the street - across the world Real Professionals, Reas. Rates. Best in every way! 604-721-4555.
✔ Complete Renovations from Start to Finish For a No Obligation Consultation GIVE ROBERT A CALL Cell: 604-290-4964
2 coats any colour
(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls
TM
Qualified carpenter for all your home improvement needs.
D Additions D Decks D Bathrooms / Kitchens D Skylights / Windows D Tiling D Laminate Flooring
A+ Lawn & Garden - Residential & Commercial services. 604.908.3596
Almost for free! (778)997-5757
Call Sunny,778-893-1786
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VOLUNTEERS
EXTRA CHEAP JUNK RUBBISH REMOVAL
Free Estimates
• Small & Big Moves • Internals • Single Items • Packing Supplies
1-855-527-4368
.Russells Rubbish Removal 604-787-7355 White Rock / South Surrey
HANDYPERSONS
GARDENING
778-883-4262 163
Vincent 543-7776
ELECT SERVICES
Weekly • Biweekly • Monthly Residential & Commercial Services ~ Excellent Rates!! * Licensed * Bonded * Insured
Open 7 days/wk. 8am - 8pm Apply at:www.credit700.ca
WCB INSURED
JIM’S MOWING. Lawn maint., yard clean-up, rubbish removal. Hedges, pruning, aeration, fertilizing, odd jobs. Same day service, fully insured. Call 310-JIMS (5467); www.jimsmowing.ca
1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING
338
PLUMBING
Deck Experts Specializing in all Decking, Railings & Outdoor Living GVHBA Member 604.626.7100
ACME Railings & Patios • Installations • Repairs • New Aluminum Railings & Patio Covers • Sunroom’s • Glass Patio Covers Free Estimates!
778-316-3307 sales@acmerailingandpatio.com
FIXIT PLUMBING & HEATING H/W Tanks, Reno’s, Boilers, Furn’s. Drain Cleaning. Ins. (604)596-2841
AFFORDABLE MOVERS www.affordablemoversbc.com
From $45/Hr.
1, 3, 5, 7 & 10 Ton Trucks Licensed ~ Reliable ~ 1-3 Men Free Estimate/Senior Discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos
LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE
604-537-4140 7-8:00 PM
287
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
.604.536.2216 www.bhserviceplumbing.org
Designing and renovating new kitchens, bathrooms, basements, house make-overs and additions
Supersoil Spring Sale - Super Savings on gardening products. www.supersoil.ca (604)888-8881
C & C Gardeners - Tree & Shrub Pruning, Lawn Maint. Spring Cleanup. 25 yrs exp. 604-530-2232 SHINE LANDSCAPING
*Grass Cutting *Hedge Trimming *Yard Clean *Pruning *Pressure Wash Call 778-688-3724
Call for FREE in-home consultation In-house design team and cabinet shop Showroom: Unit 62 - 15515 24th Ave. (at King George Blvd.) Tel: 604-538-9622
www.mpbconstruction.com
LOCAL PLUMBER $45 Service Call Plumbing, Heating, Plugged Drains. Mustang Plumbing 778-714-2441
329 PAINTING & DECORATING
329 PAINTING & DECORATING
Ask about our
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$
ROOM SPECIAL
CALL TODAY! 604-803-5041 www.benchmarkpainting.ca
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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
PETS
506
APPLIANCES
CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866
Peace Arch Appliance Service
DOG DAYCARE. CAT BOARDING FUN on acreage. www.barksandrecreationbc.com 778.291.BARK (2275) CALL FOR A TOUR
Repairs to fridges, stoves, washers, dryers & dishwashers. Reasonable.
WANTED: Older small or med. size dog to excellent home, special needs welcome. Call (604)8600509
Call Mark (604)536-9092
545
FUEL
FREE firewood. Freshly cut cedar rounds. 1754 Amble Greene Boulevard. 604-542-5480
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 560
MISC. FOR SALE
REAL ESTATE
RENTALS
639 REAL ESTATE SERVICES
REFORESTATION NURSERY SEEDLINGS of hardy trees, shrubs, & berries for shelterbelts or landscaping. Spruce & Pine from $0.99/tree. Free Shipping. Replacement guarantee. 1-866-873-3846 or www.treetime.ca
APARTMENT/CONDO
830
1455 Fir St WHITE ROCK 1 Bdrm units avail now Heat & hot wtr incl. Swimming pool & rec room On site mgr
838
WHITE ROCK 1 bdrm apt in the heart of White Rock
845
RENTALS APARTMENT/CONDO ACTIVE SENIOR 1 Bdrm & 2 Bdrms. Well maintained Concrete High Rise in White Rock close to shopping.
Swimming Pool & All Amenities.
Call 604-538-5085 #1 FREE Scrap Vehicle REMOVAL ~~ ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT ~~ $$$ PAID FOR SOME. 604.683.2200
WHITE ROCK; 2 Bdrm Penthouse 14884 North Bluff. Bright, 1000 sq/ft fresh paint, balcony. NS/NP. Avail May15. $1300/mo incl heat,h.water, prkg & storage. Call (604)360-1403
721
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GARAGE SALES
551
GARAGE SALES
MULTI FAMILY GARAGE SALE!! Tons of sport, kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, household & office items! 21A AVE & 129 ST IN OP.SAT. MAY 14, 9AM-NOON.
TRUCKS & VANS
1996 DODGE LARAMIE SLT 3/4 ton P/U, 4x4, single cab Excellent body, needs motor. $1750 obo. 604-809-5974
HALLS
UTILITIES INCLUDED. NS/NP
551
SCRAP CAR REMOVAL
To Richard Tammie, phone number 604-319-3259 this is your final notice to pick up your television, Motorola Ditinal, 2 radios, 2 speakers, 1 fan, roofing equipment, runners, clothing, books, coffee maker, canned food, microwave, 2 full large suitcases and 2 boxes of items. All items will be disposed by May 30th, 2016. Rosa Stiller at 305 1378 George Street, White Rock, BC V4B 3Z9.
A quiet â&#x20AC;&#x153;non smokingâ&#x20AC;? 1 bdrm apt. Walk to all amenities, tennis courts, Soft ball City, pool, park, beach and on bus route. Refs and lease required. Sorry no pets allowed. $920/mo. Phone for additional info and appt.
MISC. WANTED
706
RECREATIONAL/SALE
14â&#x20AC;&#x2122; CAREFREE TRAILER sleeps 2, flush toilet, heater, 3-burner stove, hot water. $3500. Call 604-536-8105 or 778-552-6125.
Call 604-536-0379
STURDY Soozie Vibration Machine like new (2 feet by two) Over-all muscle loosening and stimulation.Safe holds, solid platform. Take away $200. 604-535-3363
MOTORCYCLES
WANTED To buy small older model motorcycles, running or not. Call Mark 604-671-6309
~ Fir Apartments ~
SAWMILLS from only $4,397 MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.
563
706
TRANSPORTATION
Call 604-538-5337 USED Water Totes & IBC Totes Wanted. Top Dollar Paid (604)866-9004
REAL ESTATE 633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS
ESTATE Sale: Sunday, May 8 (9 am. - 3 pm). 14448 19 A Ave Surrey. No early access. Furniture, tools, household items. Priced to clear. Email kolysherd@yahoo.com
CRESCENT Gardens Retirement Residence Spacious 2 bedroom ground floor suite for rent (privately owned). 1222 King George Blvd. Recently updated. Available immediately. $2600 per month (one person), $3150 (couple). Call 604.290.3453 for more information.
Skyline Apts White Rock New SRI Manufactured homes Singles $74,900. Doubles $99,900. PARK SPACES AVAILABLE REPOSSESSIONS 1974-2010 www.glenbrookhomes.net Chuck 604-830-1960 Trades. Financing. Permits.
Bachelor, 1 & 2 bdrms Call for Availability White Rock, Live-In Manager Hot Water & u/g parking incl.
Call 604-536-8499 www.cycloneholdings.ca
S.Surrey Pacifica Retirement Resort 1 Bdrm apt, patio, view of mtns, W/D. All amen, sec prkg. Sm pet ok. N/S. $2100 Janis 604-202-8000 WHITE ROCK. 1 bdrm- $800/m June 1. 6 mo lease. Month to Month. No smokers, N/P. incl heat, h/w, cbl, prkg. Refs, Credit check. To view 604-385-0275 (11am-3pm)
FOR RENT- Cranley Place Community Hall (maximum 80 people). 2140 Cumbria Dr. Surrey 604 536-7322 e-mail: Cranleyplace@shaw.ca
741
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Estate of ELDA EDNA HENNIG CREDITORS AND OTHERS having claims against the estate of ELDA EDNA HENNIG formerly of 49-1840-160th Street, Surrey, Deceased who died on the 4th day of December, 2015 are required to send full particulars of such claims to the undersigned Executor at #106, 1656 Martin Drive, Surrey, B.C. V4A 6E7 on or before the 20th day of October 2016 after which date the estate assets will be distributed having regard only to the claims that have been received.
OFFICE/RETAIL OFFICE SPACE
WHITE ROCK SQUARE
~ 519 SQ/FT ~
1480 Foster Street Call for rates & to view:
604-536-5639
Roy Cammack Administrator
RUBBISH REMOVAL
ABIAN
DOWN TO BUSINESS
RUBBISH REMOVAL One call does it all
PROMPT & RELIABLE.
To Advertise in this space call 604-575-5555
Free Estimates. Affordable rates.
604-897-3423 RUBBISH REMOVAL
HOME CONTRACTOR
JMS
CONTRACTING RUBBISH REMOVAL
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604-961-3505 PAINTING
Kitchen & Bathroom Renovations Cabinets Countertops Flooring Tile Plumbing Electrical Free Design & Consultation Worksafe / Insured CALL JOHN
PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $299 2 coats of any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale High Performance paint. NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring
PSYCHIC
Quali Kote PAINTING trusted since 1996 Specializing in all types of paint and finishes Phone + Live + 3 Rooms Events just
AWNINGS
$
269
EXTERIOR PAINTING done at lower prices Pressure Wash Service Available Over 25 Years Experience CALL TODAY FOR A QUOTE
www.Chanels PsychicStudio.ca
Aluminum Patio Covers, Sunrooms, Railings and Vinyl.
jmsdesignworks@gmail.com
www.PatioCoverVancouver.com
CONSTRUCTION
TAX PREPARATION
PRESSURE WASHING
PAINTING
Dead Level CONSTRUCTION LTD.
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604-521-2688
PROGRESSIVE PRESSURE WASHING
FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD.
â&#x153;&#x201D; Maximize your tax return â&#x153;&#x201D; Reduce tax owed
604.581.9121 mwfs.ca
LOW Pressure SOFT Wash + Mobile Homes $99+ Gutters $ Ranchers 149 Windows + $ Cement 2 Lvl Homes 249 Insured
Deck
604-513-9543 778-549-1823
progressivepressurewashing.com
PAINTING
Painting Service
DOGS THAT WOULD LIKE FRESH AIR & EXERCISE
604-535-3113
INCOME TAX PREPARATION
DOG WALKER
WANTED
Interior/Exterior
778-229-0629
604-970-8424
www.paintspecial.com 778-322-2378 Lower Mainland 604-996-8128 Fraser Valley Running this ad for over 12years
PAINTING
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Simply the best for lessâ&#x20AC;? Specializing in interior & exterior quality repaints.
Eric 604-219-1513 604-576-5758
Certified Professional Dog Walker and Trainer Certified Pet First Aid & CPR Bonded & Insured
ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS Call/Text: 778-952-8844 heatherklinkhamer@gmail.com
â&#x20AC;˘ Interior & Exterior â&#x20AC;˘ Residential & Commercial â&#x20AC;˘ Strata â&#x20AC;˘ Free Estimates â&#x20AC;˘ WCB & Liability Insured
Mike the Painter
604-500-2475
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FAIR TRADE Prices Effective May 12 to May 18, 2016.
100% BC Owned and Operated PRODUCE
MEAT Fair Trade Organic Honeydew Melons from Divine, Mexico
Fair Trade Organic Hass Avocados from Pragor Cooperative
1.98 each
value pack
12.99lb/ 28.64kg
3.98 each Asparagus from the Okanagan, BC
Fair Trade Organic Tomatoes from Divine, Mexico
Organic Beef Burgers assorted varieties
3.98lb/ 8.77kg
1.98lb/ 4.37kg
Life Choices Grass Fed Beef Hot Dogs, Chicken Hot Dogs, Chipolte Smokies, and Grass Fed Beef Smokies 375g
9.99 each
DELI
Theo Organic Fair Trade Chocolate Bars 85g • product of USA
33% 2/7.00
La Chaudiere Organic Cheese assorted varieties 200-340g product of Canada
5.49 to 9.69 Que Pasa Organic Chips and Salsa select varieties assorted sizes
33%
2.99 to 3.99
Organic Meadow Ice Cream
to 50% 3.99 12.99
UP TO
3.99
assorted varieties product of BC
SAVE
31%
4.49 to 6.99
Olympic Yogurt select varieties
SAVE
1.75kg product of BC
Granola King Granola 750g • product of BC
SAVE
8.99
34%
WELLNESS
20% off
Regular Retail Price
Fable Naturals Fair Trade Body Care Products
200g
2/6.98
assorted varieties 398ml
SAVE
31%
product of USA
2/5.50
Maple Hill Organic Free Range Large Eggs 1 dozen • product of BC
GLUTEN FREE White Chocolate Coconut Cream Slices 100g
SAVE
2.99
18%
to 28% 6.49 8.99
6 pack • product of USA
Assorted Varieties and Sizes Excludes Bonus Bottles
assorted varieties
UP TO
gourmet or hazelnut hemp
Probiotics, Fish Oil, Fibre, Cleanses
Habibi’s Hummus and Dips
3.49 to 7.99 3.45 – 946ml water 9.99 280g macaroons
300g
assorted varieties
Renew Life Supplements
2.99/100g
Wolfgang Puck Organic Soup
Vij’s Indian Meals
25% 6.99
38% 3.99
5.49 to 11.99
+deposit +eco fee • product of Canada/Thailand
assorted sizes • product of Canada
35% 2.69 to
product of Colombia Uganda and Tanzania
Feeding Change Fair Trade Organic Raw Coconut Water and Macaroons
assorted varieties
SAVE
product of Canada
SAVE
27%
Arayuma and Cha’s Organic Fair Trade Coconut Products
946ml
Nature’s Bakery Fig Bars
SAVE
assorted sizes
UP TO
assorted varieties
SAVE
assorted sizes
assorted varieties
SAVE
product of Canada
SAVE
Choices' Own Specialty Chicken Souvlaki Skewers
Level Ground Organic Fair Trade Coffee Wholesome Organic Coconut Palm Sugar, and Superfoods assorted varieties Granulated Sugar and Sweeteners
assorted varieties
While quantities last. Not all items available at all stores. We reserve the right to correct printing errors.
8.99lb/ 19.82kg
8.99lb/ 19.82kg
GROCERY SAVE
Imported Grass Fed Free Range New York Strip Loin Steaks
Ocean Wise Steelhead Fillets
Purica Supplements Recovery, Provascin, Menopause,and Various Mushroom Supplements Assorted Varieties and Sizes
20% off
Regular Retail Price
Jason Naturals Body Care Products Assorted Varieties and Sizes
5.49
BAKERY
Silk Non Dairy Fresh Beverages and Creamers
SAVE
Organic Sourdough Bread Levain Style
assorted varieties
sliced or unsliced
assorted sizes • product of USA
530g
UP TO
25% 1.99 to
4.99
8.99
Start a New Career Today! As Choices continues to grow, our team is looking to fill key management roles at all of our Vancouver locations. We are looking for individuals who share our vision of sustainability, healthy living and supporting local growers and communities. If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, please send your resume and cover letter to jobs@choicesmarkets.com or visit our website: choicesmarkets.com.
Assorted Varieties and Sizes
20% off
Regular Retail Price
20% off
Regular Retail Price
3248 King George Blvd, South Surrey 3033 Immel Street, Abbotsford
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