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Columnist Matthew Claxton asks the Canuck nation to have a little perspective and cut the hockey-neutral some slack during the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Richmond News reporter Michelle Hopkins and publisher Lori Chalmers did a stint at McDonald’s to help raise funds for Ronald McDonald House.

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Public irked by Doors Open donation demand Philanthropist was twice warned about soliciting during the city’s free event

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Car crazy ... Jim Ratsoy polishes the hood ornament on his 1931 Cadillac convertible during one of his famous garden parties to raise funds for Rosewood Manor, a seniors facility. However, Ratsoy fell foul of the city’s Doors Open rules for the second year in a row.

One of Richmond’s leading philanthropists has raised the ire of the public by demanding donations to enter a free cityrun event last weekend.

Jim Ratsoy — who has raised more than a million dollars over the years for a charity by showing off his immaculate vintage car collection at his elegant Gilbert Road home — appears to have gone a step too far in his admirable efforts to help the Rosewood Manor Care Foundation.

Now its seems like the doors on Grandpa’s Old Cars will almost certainly be closed in the future, as far as the annual Doors Open Richmond — a weekend when the arts, culture and entertainment community opens its doors to the public — is concerned.

After taking part in last year’s free-to-enter event, Ratsoy was warned about soliciting for donations for the charity by showing off his 100-plus vintage car collection.

But it seems Ratsoy, the former owner of Lansdowne Pontiac, Buick, Cadillac and GMC, didn’t take the warning seriously and last weekend sparked a flood of complaints to both the event organizers and the News.

“I was amazed to discover the rich diversity in Richmond’s cultural heritage … unfortunately, there was an experience with Grandpas Cars,” Karen McMahon wrote in an e-mail to the News. see Ratsoy page 4

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A man caught in Richmond Centre with two loaded semi-automatic guns has been jailed for 16 months.

Parmveer Gill, 23, from Vancouver, was caught in March after the group he was hanging with was acting suspiciously toward another group in the shopping centre.

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As well as his jail time, Gill was hit with a lifetime firearms prohibition and 18 months probation.

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The sign on the outside might say “Grimm,” but the mood inside the factory was anything but last Friday night.

A group of workers at Richmond’s Grimm’s Fine Foods plant on Alderbridge Way at Lansdowne Road had a million reasons to celebrate after their syndicate scooped the Lotto Maxmillion jackpot.

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Four of city’s finest ready to hang up uniform

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Retiring firefighters have witnessed huge shifts in nature of their job

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Without a doubt each person’s job is important in his or her own right, but when it involves keeping the public safe, it’s uniquely special.

Such was the case for four newly retired firefighters — Gordon Falls, Jim Haddow, Jamie Buchanan and Glenn Tinkley — from the Richmond Fire Department who, last week, left behind 141 combined years of experience.

“It was great. I lived the dream. I grew up in the community and went the whole gamut. For me, it wasn’t work. Someone told me you find a job you like and you’ll never work again. And I found it,” said Haddow of his 36 years keeping Richmond safe.

All of them concur the job was an extension of their lives and that’s not the only thing they had in common. All of them knew each other growing up in Richmond and they all joined the department in their early twenties. Furthermore, they all became captains by retirement, including Tinkley who retired as one of the department’s four battalion chiefs.

A couple of scorched grey hairs later, the foursome agrees that things in Richmond have changed drastically as has the job.

“Our city has been through some big changes so being an old timer I’ve had to adapt,” said Buchanan.

Haddow, 57, recalls that back in 1975, only the captains had a radio to speak to one another.

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Retiring captains Gordie Falls (left), Glenn Tinkley, Jamie Buchanan and Jim Haddow receive a sweet send-off. The four have been friends since childhood and have worked together since their twenties. with one. Buchanan, 57, harkens back to opening car wrecks with pry bars and an axe instead of the Jaws-of-Life. Falls, 56, remembers more barn fires decades ago when Richmond was a more agricultural community. Now he’s called to condominium high rises quite frequently.

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“With us for going, there aren’t many born and bred Richmond residents in the fire department,” he added.

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News Ratsoy: Won’t open doors Continued from page 1 “The event left a sour taste in my mouth.

We were not allowed access without an entrance fee of $10. A huge $10 donation fee sign hung right next to the Doors Open sign.

But when we asked if we could enter without the “donation” (like all other Doors Open events) (Ratsoy) gave us a surly reply that it is a $10 fee, and would not let us in without it.”

After McMahon pointed out to Ratsoy that Doors Open is a free event, Ratsoy, according to the woman, replied “no,” and said it was a “private event and was printed wrong in the (Doors Open) flyer.”

“I thought donations were optional, and I would have been happy to have given to the cause (as we had throughout the day at different events) but it — Jim felt like a complete scam,” added McMahon.

“I felt that he deliberately used (Doors Open) for free advertising to get the people in for donations for his cause.

“It was drawing in many elderly people.

Many at the entrance were upset, and I think this reflects badly on the whole event.”

Other readers and callers to the News echoed McMahon’s sentiments, that a “wonderful event” was marred by one participant.

Ratsoy told the News that the Doors Open flyer should have informed people of the $10 donation, which he admitted was not voluntary.

However, City of Richmond employee and Doors Open chair Peter Harris said Ratsoy’s claim that the event flyer omitted donation information is way off the mark — as participants are categorically told, before being accepted, not to solicit for donations.

“It’s put a bit of a blemish on a very successful weekend, which drew a record number of site visits, 20,000 in fact,” said Harris.

“It was advertised as a free event and (Ratsoy) signed off on the event brochure, so

he knew what was involved.

“It is quite clear in the criteria for all participants that any donations on the day are to be unsolicited. Maybe this participant is not a good fit for Doors Open.”

After receiving one complaint Saturday evening about Grandpa’s Old Cars, Harris said he tried several times, without success, to contact Ratsoy to rectify the issue.

But by the time he got to his office on Monday morning, more and more complaints had poured in about a $10 donation demand.

Harris said he talked at length with Ratsoy last year about the very same issue and thought he had gotten the message.

As for next year, Harris said any participation from Grandpa’s Old Cars would be down to a selection committee, not himself.

Ratsoy However, Ratsoy told the News he’s unlikely to participate again anyway, saying that many people who did pay the donation didn’t respect his cars as much as he might have hoped.

“Some people didn’t want to make a donation and they got turned away,” said Ratsoy, who claimed some people were “allowed” in by making donations smaller than $10.

“There were lots of people touching stuff they shouldn’t have been. They’re supposed to ask if they can touch.

“And there were some who were abusive to my volunteers, who were treated very badly. I wish I hadn’t (taken part).”

City of Richmond spokesman Ted Townsend reiterated that Ratsoy does a lot of fundraising for Rosewood Manor, but conceded that the intention of Doors Open is supposed to be a free event.

“There was no intention here to make a profit, just asking for donations to a worthy cause,” he said. “(Ratsoy) only usually makes his collection accessible once or twice a year for charity.”

“They’re supposed to ask if they can touch.”

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The society also alleged that Hu engaged a person named Ewal “William” Hu as a legal assistant without ensuring he was adequately trained, and shared office space with a non-lawyer without ensuring the privacy and safekeeping of client information.

Hu has been a practising lawyer since May 2000.

This is not the first time he has been in hot water over alleged trust account breaches.

In May 2010, the society fined him $7,500 and assessed $2,000 in costs after finding he had failed to keep proper books and records, and had certified that all the information in a trust report was true and accurate, when he knew that some was not.

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a large duffle bag containing approximately 30 kg of cocaine with a $3 million street value.

Last week, he was sentenced after being convicted of possession for the purpose of trafficking.

“When police arrived, they recognized the hotel guest as a prolific offender,” said Const. Tammy-Lyn Walker, Richmond RCMP spokeswoman.

“One anonymous tip was all it took to help police get a dangerous man and a large quantity of drugs off our streets.

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Choi, 37, was caught on Feb. 18 with an estimated $3 million worth of cocaine after police responded to a claim he was in possession of an illegal firearm.

Earlier that day, Richmond RCMP officers received an anonymous tip that a male staying at a local hotel was in possession of a firearm.

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“We also want to remind the public that if they see something suspicious — take the time to either call the police or contact Crimestoppers.”

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The B.C. Law Society has taken the rare step of suspending a lawyer in advance of a hearing for alleged trust account breaches.

The society said Friday that, to ensure the public is protected, it has obtained written agreement from Richmond lawyer James Hu not to practise law until the allegations are resolved.

The society said it also obtained a court order to terminate Hu’s practice, and designated staff lawyer Trevor Kaatz to deal with his files.

According to a citation issued by the society on March 22, Hu failed to maintain proper books and records for his practice, misappropriated or improperly withdrew trust account funds for his own use, and failed to maintain sufficient funds in trust accounts to meet client obligations.

The alleged misappropriations, although numerous, are relatively small, ranging from $35 to $5,972.

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ing to other areas — especially Burnaby, but also Coquitlam and West Vancouver — as overseas buyers look to high ground.

“Burnaby is higher ground, which is very popular with the Chinese right now,” added Good.

“There’s also been a little bit of interest in Squamish, because of it’s proximity to Vancouver and Whistler, both very famous addresses in the Chinese community.”

Earthquake expert Peter Byrne, a professor in the University of B.C.’s department of civil engineering, said in an interview that he believes an earthquake could greatly impact Richmond, but it’s the soil — not a tsunami — that is the greatest danger.

“Richmond is in the Fraser Delta and has a silty crust on top and loose sands below.

The concern is that much of the sands underneath would liquefy.

“The danger is that the soil conditions are very poor. When soil liquefies, water escapes to the surface.”

Re/Max realtor Jake Moldowan, whose sales market includes Richmond, said sales to mainland Chinese have dropped sharply recently, but he hasn’t heard that earthquake fears are the reason. Instead, he said, he believes it’s more a reflection of savvy investing practices. “That doesn’t necessarily mean some people (aren’t) deterred (by earthquake fears). There’s still sales, but not to the degree of where it was before.”

Moldowan said Richmond will always be a top choice for Chinese buyers, largely because there’s such a strong concentration of Chinese living in the city.

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The reason? Japan’s devastating earthquake and resulting tsunami in March, which killed thousands and flooded much of that country’s low-level coastline, is seen as something that could happen in Richmond’s low-lying areas as well.

A local earthquake expert believes the investors may have a point to be concerned, although he thinks the specific danger from a tsunami is minimal.

“The shine is off Richmond right now,” Cam Good, president of The Key, a Vancouver-based sales and marketing firm that’s focusing on a new wave of Chinese buyers, said in an interview Friday.

“I believe it will return, but it’s off for now. And that’s been true since the (Japan) earthquake. It was absolutely top of mind with most of the Chinese I talked to in China,” Good said of recent meetings with potential clients at his Beijing office.

“They’re worried that a wave could hit Richmond and that they might suffer as they saw the Japanese suffer.

“We’re now seeing more listing availabilities in Richmond.”

Richmond and Vancouver’s west side have been extremely popular in recent months among mainland Chinese buyers and immigrants looking for a place to either invest or build a home in Metro Vancouver.

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ritish Columbia’s health system got a long-overdue dose of common sense this week when the province announced it would start covering the cost of nicotine gum and smoking-cessation drugs.

The plan, which doctors have been advocating for a decade, makes sense in both economic and humanitarian terms. The $25 million it will cost taxpayers to help cut smokers’ cravings pales in comparison to the $600 million we lay out annually to treat those who fail to quit, and the estimated $2.3 billion their health problems cost the economy. Given the clear potential for return on investment, it’s baffling it has taken us until now to make this change.

In fact, it would pay us to extend this kind of thinking into other areas of health care. In recent years, the province has tried to trim spiralling health costs by shifting increasingly toward a user-pay model. This may seem like an obvious and necessary move, but in the long term, it may well cost us far more than it saves.

When certain treatments — those involving prescription drugs, for instance — are expensive enough to dissuade lowincome patients from taking them, and where those treatments are necessary to avoid the worsening of a condition, penny pinching will ultimately leave taxpayers out of pocket.

This is not to say the public purse can cover medical costs of every type, but a careful analysis of user-pay treatments could uncover many areas — like nicotine gum — where spending a dime will save us a dollar while at the same time improving lives.

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Mr. Jackaman, show some class The Editor, The comments of Dale Jackaman, post election and at other times, continue to alarm me. To the point that I, as an NDP supporter, find myself in agreement with the “Choice Words” (May 11) of Holden Bowker (campaign manager for Alice Wong MP).

The leader of the NDP, Jack Layton helped the party to its best result ever, by virtue of his friendly, guy you could have a beer with character, and polite but firm approach, supported by valid arguments in debates.

Mr. Jackaman would do well to learn from his party leader.

One of the reasons I ran against Mr. Jackaman for the NDP nomination in 2005 (and won), was in the hope that he would learn some humility in the process. He clearly hasn’t.

Instead he continues to undermine the efforts of NDP supporters in Richmond, by now blaming non-voting women for the Conservative victory. If women are disproportionately staying away from the ballot box, as he implies, he should consider the possibility that it is his style of politics that keeps them away. In delivering what may be a valid message regarding Conservative policies his choice of abrasive words drives people away.

Voters in general, have shown their contempt for the political name-calling by staying away in droves from the ballot boxes of Richmond. With the choice we were given it is hardly surprising only 50 per cent voted. A candidate who berates the voters, one who turns the voters choice upside-down by switching party and one, the representative of a party found in contempt of Parliament. Fortunately there was still one name on the ballot I could support. Otherwise, I, too, would have stayed home.

Neil Smith Richmond

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Surviving playoffs if you hate hockey Some may consider this a shameful confession: I am a fan neither of the Vancouver Canucks, nor of hockey in general.

For whatever reason, I never caught the hockey fan virus. It helps that I was a quiet, nerdy kid, more interested in Tolkein and Heinlein novels than sports. (Sports at which I was bad as a child: all of them.)

For most of the year, this has no impact on my day-to-day life. Then the playoffs hit. The better the Canucks do, the harder it is for the hockey-neutral to go about our daily lives.

If you are a Canucks fan, try to imagine small talk for we non-fans.

“Great game last night!/ Man, that was a disappointing game!” says the fan, as an opening gambit.

“Um, didn’t catch it,” the non-fan mutters.

“Tape it?”

“Nope.”

“DVR it?”

“Nuh-uh.”

“Were you having an emergency liver transplant then, BECAUSE THAT IS THE ONLY EXCUSE FOR MISSING A PLAYOFF GAME!” It’s kind of hard to change the subject to the weather after that.

The media isn’t helping, either.

The morning after the seventh game of the series with Chicago, a local TV station’s morning news devoted five minutes to the game. Then 30 seconds to

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So please, Canucks fans, on behalf of nonfans everywhere, let us be, okay? We don’t begrudge you your fun. It’s cool that you like your team. A little weird, with the jerseys and the face paint and the Dionysian celebrations in the streets, but that’s your thing.

Just try and remember the following facts during the remainder of the playoffs: ! Things other than the playoffs are going on.

There’s this federal election, an upcoming HST referendum, floods in Manitoba, twisters in the U.S., and revolts and civil wars in the Middle East.

Perspective! Try it at least once a day! ! A fondness for hockey is not actually a pre-requisite of Canadian citizenship. ! Inviting us to your Canuck-watching party, while well-meaning, is not actually going to be fun for us. Would you like to come over and watch me sort my comic books by issue number? No? Okay then, maybe we can go do something we’d both enjoy. ! Not caring about hockey does not mean I don’t like

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I just prefer Sudbury Saturday Night to The Hockey Song. ! When you start talking to us about various hockey players, you might as well be talking to a dog. “Yeah, Xyrkpl was great last night, but Frngtrph needs to step up his game,” is what we hear.

And to my fellow nonhockey fans, don’t follow my example. Avoid baiting the hockey-loving masses.

My mother, brother, and several other friends and relatives are big Canucks fans.

During family visits that coincide with games, I have been known to mess with them. “Is this the third down?” is not the appropriate response to overtime.

Declaring that professional sports are a tool of the bourgeois ruling class to distract the proletariat is not a good idea. Unless you’re watching hockey with a Marxist. Asking which team we’re rooting for will probably not be appreciated. Actually rooting for the non-Canuck team seems to result in a punch to the arm.

Finally, non-hockey fans, remember that the playoffs are a finite period of time. Everything will be back to normal, once the Canucks finally get their butts kicked.

Matthew Claxton is a reporter for News’s sister paper, the Langley Advance.

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policy, which coerces us to do the profitable thing instead of the right thing, and which forces elected members to play a trivial blame-game on the floor of the House, is not a farce I wish to participate in.

As a result, I am now joining the multitude of Canadians who are condemned as apathetic.

Call me anything you want, blame me for the consequences we will all share, whatever makes you happy ‘cause we are all in this together.

I wonder, what if they called an election and no one voted?

If the changes those who are keeping watch recognize as essential to ensuring a sustainable, just, and secure future for our children and grandchildren are to be accomplished in the closing window left us, they also know those changes will clearly not be realized through our current electoral system.

Not that I don’t recognize and toast the Green Party for electing their leader or the Quebecois for their gutsy change, it’s just too little

and too slow to prevent the advance of global catastrophe caused by human overpopulation (seven billion and increasing at an increasingly faster rate).

Don’t believe me?

Tear yourself away from the hockey and beer long enough to watch the evening news. Just once should sober you. I dare you!

Democracy hasn’t failed; it just hasn’t been tried yet.

As Emma Goldman put it, “if voting changed anything, they’d make it illegal.”

There are, of course, alternatives to democratic change.

Again, watch the evening news for examples. Do you think we are immune?

Picture Kabul in Richmond: Terra-ism in Terra Nova.

Again, I apologize, but as for the game called corporate democracy, count me out.

Still, a man has to believe in something.

Beer has always seemed to me to be a poor compromise between the taste of wine and the speed of whiskey. So, I believe I’ll have another whiskey. Slainte!

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So, for the first time in my life, I didn’t vote.

I made a contribution to the Council of Canadians and some other NGOs instead.

Yes, I know, not voting concedes success to the industrial forces which dominate our system.

However, a first-past-thepost electoral system which rewards the fear-mongering attack ads we witnessed, which compels us to vote strategically for the party we fear the least instead of the one we favour, which gives free reign to corporate puppets with a minority of public support to reward their individual industrial sponsors with public and foreign

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Moving pipeline not enough As you can see from VAFFC’s above statement, the current overall proposal for a fuel port and pipeline has NOT been withdrawn but rather, the proposal has been only slightly modified by moving the route of the pipeline by approximately less than a mile from the original plan. This modification does not change the fact that VAFFC still proposes the installation of a fuel port in the narrow Fraser River channel in south Richmond and that the pipeline will still run through Richmond, one of the most unstable ground areas in Metro Vancouver in the event of an earthquake.

Richmond city council was reported in the past as being opposed to the fuel port and the pipeline through Richmond, but it appears that they now believe that this project will likely go ahead despite their opposition and they are now just hoping to be able to get it “tweaked” so that when the inevitable oil spills occur, that fewer Richmondnites will be hurt. However, this minor change in the pipeline route now proposed would be ineffectual in this regard.

I hope that the federal and provincial governments will assess and compare all the previous VAFFC and other legitimate proposals for how more fuel can be supplied to the airport on behalf of all the citizens of Metro Vancouver. I would feel more comfortable in the fairness of such a review, rather than relying on the assurances of a business corporation whose primary interest is in their “bottom line.”

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The Richmond News (“Avalanche: Wong buries rivals, Grits suffer,” May 4) stated that “Wong also said she will advocate for a strong environmental review of the jet fuel pipeline proposal, although she noted that the current proposal has been withdrawn and until another one is presented, there is little to comment on.”

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I know that sounds brutally graphic to an adult, but it was what I needed to know.

It made sense and I was so relieved to finally understand.

Death is probably the most difficult thing to talk to children about, but it’s an inevitable part of life. What a parent says about death should depend on the child’s age, personality and experience, because there is a risk of scaring a child with too much detail.

Nobody likes to talk about things that upset them, but avoiding the topic of death entirely sends a message to children that it’s not okay to talk about their confusion, fears and sadness. We want them to talk about grief and ask questions about things that make them anxious, so they can learn to cope with it.

It can often be difficult for a parent to hear what children are asking about death because the questions may seem shockingly insensitive to an adult. Try to remember that it’s just a child’s attempt to understand something very abstract. Try not to say that a person who has died “went away,” “went to sleep and didn’t wake up,” or “got sick” because these are things that happen to the child everyday and we don’t want them to

become afraid of sleeping, having someone go away, or getting sick. Actually call it death and dying, no matter how hard it is to say those words yourself, because they need to understand that it’s different, and it’s permanent.

Take opportunities to talk to children about death before it happens so you are not emotional. If your child expresses curiosity about a dead insect or animal, you can use it as a way to teach your own beliefs about death and show them that it’s okay to talk about those types of things with you.

One caution though, don’t force children to talk about death or visit sick people if they don’t want to. They’ll ask questions when they are ready as long as they know it’s okay to ask.

Children deal with grief in ways that are limited by the developmental stage they are in at the time. There are some aspects of understanding death that a child literally can’t comprehend until adolescence so they may re-experience sadness about an old loss when they are mature enough to understand it on a deeper level. Don’t be alarmed if the old grief is stirred up when your child becomes a teenager.

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Rotarians from across the province converged on the River Rock Casino Resort for the annual Rotary District 5040 Conference 2011.

“It’s an opportunity to celebrate the year with fellow Rotarians and to recognize the successes of the individual clubs,” said Penny Offer, District 5040 governor.

“More than 230 members came to network, listen to some great guest speakers and to acknowledge some Rotary milestones.”

The weekend-long conference is a long-standing tradition for Rotarians and besides being a great opportunity to gather together with friends from across B.C., it also serves to motivate club members to continue their good work, said Offer.

The conference’s theme this year was “I care, I inspire, I act, I Rotary,” and key to this was to highlight the many good deeds car-

ried out on behalf of Rotary International, including its “extremely successful polio eradication project.”

“Our local Rotary clubs have raised more than $140,000 for the polio campaign,” she added. “It’s an ongoing annual campaign.”

Danny Catt, Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar at the College of African Wildlife Management in Tanzania (1991-92), shared his stories and photographs from his travels around the globe.

“He is a world traveller and renowned photographer, whose pictures have been published in TIME, Maclean’s and Chinese Geographic magazines,” said Offer. “We presented him with a university scholarship 20 years ago.”

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Serving up for charity News publisher Lori Chalmers (third from right) and reporter Michelle Hopkins (centre) helped to serve up breakfast Wednesday at a Richmond McDonald’s to help raise funds for the Ronald McDonald House Charities.

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I think I missed my calling.

Wednesday, May 11, was the 18th annual McHappy Day, a day when McDonald’s restaurant owners donated $1 from the sale of every coffee, tea, Big Mac, McMuffin and Happy Meal sold to Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of Canada.

When the News publisher Lori Chalmers and I were invited to participate in McHappy Day at the McDonald’s at Blundell Centre, we jumped at the opportunity. So, here I was with my McHappy Day apron firmly tied around my waist, sleeves pulled up, while McDonald’s owners Bob and Chris Campbell gave me instructions and swiftly put me to work.

I was on the drive-thru line, placing customers’ orders into bags for staff to give to clients. Sometimes the orders came in fast and furious, and that’s when I found out I’m pretty good at this!

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I have renewed admiration for the men and women who work here. These employees were so efficient and very helpful, even when the pace quickened as the lunch hour approached. All too soon, my shift ended and other local volunteers took my place.

I’ve already told the Campbells that next year, I want to work a longer shift.

Meanwhile, in a press release, George Cohon, founder of McDonald’s Canada and creator of McHappy Day, said: “We are thrilled that McHappy Day has raised more than $32 million for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Canada, the Ronald McDonald House program and hundreds of other local children’s charities since its inception and to see this Canadian initiative now resonate all over the world is incredibly rewarding.”

In addition, Cohon said, McDonald’s has raised more than $33 million for RMHC and local Ronald McDonald Houses since 2004 through the 10 Cent Happy Meal program.

Since its inception in 1983, the Ronald McDonald House in the Shaugnessy

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In addition to supporting the existing Ronald McDonald house, there are plans for a new facility.

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Let’s look at what makes a healthy and complete community. At the Richmond Affordable Housing Forum “Building Hope” in October, Richmond’s Medical Health Officer Dr. James Lu talked about what health researchers call the “social determinants of health.”

They are: the closeness to amenities; the belongingness to your neighbourhood and the affordability of food and housing; and they are all interconnected. If amenities such as a grocery store are nearby, people are more likely to walk and are more physically active.

Everyone needs to feel they belong. If your neighbours smile and chat with you, you feel welcome and connected to the community and have a healthy sense of belonging.

Just as important to our health is the cost of housing.

The more we pay on a mortgage or rent, the less there is for food, transportation, education, clothing, etc. So if people who need affordable housing can find something close to where they work, transportation and time stresses and money worries are reduced and people have time and money left that they can spend where they live.

But here’s the reality of the situation. Over half of the jobs in Richmond are filled by people who can’t afford to live in Richmond. And of our residents, the City of Richmond website says that

one-quarter of our residents pay more than 30 per cent of their household income on housing. Of those, about 2,000 households pay 50 per cent or more on housing.

Finally, we don’t have enough rental stock to go around, period.

The housing forum came up with some policy tools and strategies that could work in Richmond or are partly implemented already.

“Densification” allows developers to build more affordable multi-family housing units in a complex by decreasing the land costs per unit.

Some neigbourhoods can be resistant to this approach, but the city can gain acceptance by providing illustrations of well-designed high-density developments to the public and engaging them in the planning process.

Speakers Monte Paulsen, Simon Davies and Linus Lam showed slides to Forum participants of various affordable housing developments in Metro Vancouver and they looked as good as any market ownership housing in Richmond. They showed it can be done.

Another strategy Richmond is promoting is “infill development” which allows single family lots to be subdivided to provide additional housing units in single family residential areas.

Although encouraging smaller lot size does not provide housing for low-income households, it can provide housing supply for moderate income families seeking to purchase a home. This in turn moves renters up the housing continuum into ownership and frees up rental stock for those who need it.

Regarding increasing rental stock is a policy of “inclusionary zoning” in larger residential projects. This

gives developers a choice between providing five per cent affordable housing units in developments of 88 units or more or cash-in-lieu or the option to build affordable units offsite. Unfortunately the cash option is not building new units and the offsite option does not contribute to complete communities.

However it is a good start.

The city is also adding housing stock by encouraging granny suites and coach houses on existing lots. I was at a planning committee meeting at city hall recently and found some neighbourhoods are very resistant to this idea. I don’t quite understand why, as I think this form of housing would help to establish a more complete community, housing young professionals and young families who can work where they live, and continued independence for seniors who might otherwise be moved into more expensive assisted living. Allowing this diversity could keep schools open, keep services open close by and share infrastructure costs with more residents. Perhaps the city should also advertise a win-win for current homeowners from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Association.

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Years ago, I made a car trip to California with my husband and son.

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But to our surprise the mall was mostly closed up with “for lease” signs pasted over “wanted to hire” signs in the stores.

We finally found a variety store that was open and asked the fellow there, where is everyone? He said the few young people who live around here don’t need to work, and the ones who need the work live too far away.

At the time, I wondered how a community like that could happen. Now I realize it can happen all too easily.

In our own city we have a few “service deserts” where there are hundreds of individual houses but no amenities nearby.

Sometimes these areas don’t have any multiple family developments or seniors complexes either. Perhaps city hall has acquiesced to those who are fearful of change — residents who want their streets to stay the same as they always have been. I can hear it now: “We don’t want a corner store here — kids make a mess!” No medical clinics either — you know the type of clients they attract.

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ECO-FRIENDLY

Florist finds a ‘gentle’ green way to sell what pleases many

BY MICHELLE HOPKINS

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Onyx Harris’ love of plants bloomed in her mother’s garden.

Growing up on the Sunshine Coast, the 32-year-old florist vividly remembers how much pleasure she derived from helping her mom tend to her garden.

“Mom was really into gardening and for awhile she worked part time as a florist,” said Harris. “I also remember going to the shop with her when I was young and how much I loved everything about it.

“I would often make arrangements with the flowers I picked from our garden.”

Then when Harris moved to Chicago for a time, she decided to take floral design classes.

When she moved back to B.C., she combined two of her passions — floral arrangements and living an eco-friendly lifestyle into a flourishing business.

“I have always lived green … it’s a lifestyle choice I made many years ago,” said Harris.

“So, when I opened my flower business, Amoda Flowers, six years ago I made sure I dealt with, and supported, only green businesses.”

Harris sources out organic petals, recycles any packaging and her website (www.amodaflowers.com), is solar powered.

Harris tracks down sustainable flower growers from around the world as well as right here in B.C. While Harris was conducting extensive research into untreated blooms, she learned organic flowers from South America in the winter actually have a smaller carbon footprint than those grown in greenhouses locally.

“Having said that, we are very lucky here in B.C. to have lots of local flower growers who don’t use pesticides,” she said. “As well, Canada has strict standards regarding the use of pesticides.”

Harris does import flowers from fair trade growers in Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Ecuador.

“All my tropical flowers and greenery I buy abroad are certified by the Rainforest Alliance,” she says, adding she keeps her prices in line with industry standards.

“All “green” imported flowers come with certification.

“I buy my organic roses from Ecuador and the grower has a very profitable business.”

Harris is always looking for ways to promote healthy, sustainable living, so on that note, she is in the midst of setting up a website to link all ecofriendly florists from across North America. So, no matter where people are in North America, they can order eco-friendly flowers.

“At the same time, I want to link

florists with sustainable options that are organic,” Harris added.

Harris has made a name for herself creating floral arrangements for weddings, events and corporate accounts.

“Every year, I typically do the flowers for 20 weddings … I’d love to do more,” she said. “ I love to spread the word about organic flowers.”

“People think that buying organic flowers is more expensive but it isn’t … I would be defeating my purpose of promoting sustainable living if I sold flowers that were out of reach for most people.”

On her website, Harris said: “Everything we offer is rooted in the idea that there is a gentle way to have what pleases us.”

That pretty much sums up this young entrepreneur’s philosophy, in life and in business.

“I would like to do more to promote sustainable living, but this is a start,” said Harris.

Meanwhile, Harris will have a booth at the EPIC Sustainable Living Expo this weekend.

The EPIC Sustainable Living Expo, an annual celebration of planet-friendly living, happens this weekend, May 13 to 15 at the World Trade Centre, #578-999 Canada Place,Vancouver.

For more information, times, list of eco-friendly participants or to purchase tickets, visit www.epicexpo. com.

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Onyx Harris has found a way to run her flower business in an eco-friendly way, sourcing organically-grown flowers from local business and fair trade growers in South America.

TOURISM

Contest winners thrilled at chance to experience Richmond

BY ALAN CAMPBELL

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Four families from across North America have won VIP vacation packages in Richmond.

Families from Texas, Seattle, Winnipeg and Toronto will share the four themed prizes, worth a total of approxi-

mately $14,000, courtesy of Tourism Richmond.

Each vacation package includes a three-night stay for two adults and up to two children, as well as $2,000 toward transportation or spending money for souvenirs and other extras.

One of the winners, Winnipeg resident Sonya Dubois, received Tourism

Richmond’s phone call on April 1, prompting her to think it was a joke.“…

I was thinking, ‘Yeah, right,’” said the mother of five, who grew up in Richmond. I was so happy when I realized it wasn’t a joke.”

For the chance to win, all applicants filled out a sweepstake form through Tourism Richmond’s website. The contest

was launched last summer and ran until Dec. 31, 2010.

Dubois won the Olympic oval package.She will get a guided VIP tour of the oval, three nights’ accommodation at the Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel, fitness passes and $200 in Richmond Olympic Oval souvenirs. see Prizes page 25

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For further information contact Craig Hemer, Derrick Chow or Barbara Morrison in our Vancouver office at 604-685-0261. To be considered for this exciting position please go to www.odgersberndtson.ca/en/careers/10018 to submit your resume and related information online.

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Prizes: Include gun battles, whale watching, casino Continued from page 24 The winners will also receive $400 in restaurant gift certificates and family passes for both Watermania and the UBC Boathouse’s paddling program.

So that Dubois could bring all of her five children along with her, the Delta is generously upgrading her package and providing her with an accompanying room.

“I can’t wait to show my kids the scenery,” she said.

“It’s really nice.

“I loved it when I lived there and I always wanted to go back and visit.”

The modern Asia package went to Audrey Richards of Seattle.

This package includes $200 in gift certificates to spend on souvenirs in Richmond Centre, $350 in gift certifi-

cates to sample Richmond’s authentic Asian cuisine, a tour and tasting of Lulu Island Winery, three nights of accommodation at the Radisson Vancouver Airport Hotel, and passes to Watermania and Richmond Go Karts for outdoor racing for all ages.

Richards, who was also initially skeptical when she received her congratulatory call from Tourism Richmond, is looking forward to using the trip as a much-needed and long overdue honeymoon with her husband.

“We have been living very modestly on one salary since our daughter was born,” she said in an e-mail.

“We haven’t had a honeymoon or a real vacation since getting married.”

The culinary and culture package went to Marianne Champiny from McKinney,

Texas.

Depending on the winning family’s interest, the package, designed by the Richmond Arts Coalition, may include a backstage tour of Gateway Theatre, a personalized tour of Richmond’s new public art installations, or an afternoon of customized classes learning to paint, dance, sing, sew or spin.

Also included is a tour of the Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site, a London Heritage Farm experience, three nights of accommodation at the River Rock Casino Resort, $300 in restaurant gift certificates, and tickets for the Richmond Orchestra and Chorus.

This will not only be Champiny’s first trip to B.C., but her first visit to Canada.

“I can’t wait,” said Champiny, who will be bringing along her 15-year-old

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twins and husband.

“The pictures I’ve seen of Richmond are beautiful.”

The Ships To Shore package went to Ashok Guha from Toronto.

This package includes gun battle and sail passes, VIP front-of-line passes to board and view the ships during the Ships To Shore festival next month in Steveston, three nights of accommodation at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel and $300 in restaurant gift certificates.

Other prizes included in the giveaway is a whale watching excursion with Vancouver Whale Watch, bike rentals from Steveston Seabreeze and family passes for Watermania and the Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site.

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Leonhardt hoping to run his way towards playing on the PGA Tour Christine Blanchette A RUNNER'S MIND

Having only picked up the game of golf at the age 16, Nathan Leonhardt is well on his way in his professional career.

The hard working 25year-old from Richmond earned his Canadian Tour card last month at spring qualifying school in California and made his tour debut last weekend at the Mexican PGA Championship in Mazatlan.

“I took up the game not very long ago and I use that as my motivation. Everyone I play against has usually been playing at least twice as long as I have,” explained Leonhardt who spent most of the winter in Arizona polishing up his game.

His workout routine includes running which he credits for his steady progress of late.

“It has helped my golf

game for a couple reasons: It gets my heart pumping which wakes up my muscles and I feel loose and ready to go for the day.

“I used to get tired on the golf course quite easily, but as I’ve been running, I’ve found that I am able to practice and play longer without as much fatigue.”

As part of his cardio work, Leonhardt usually runs four to five times a week, in the morning before heading to the course.

“A lot of times running pumps me up as I think about past victories or great things that have happened,” he continued. “Once that happens it makes me want to work harder and be even better.

“For me the greatest similarity between running and golf is mental. I’ll have days where I’m just not in the mood to run and I’ll have days where I’m just not playing well. It’s being able to put yourself in a positive mind frame no matter what and to know that what you’re doing will pay off to become a better golfer.”

Leonhardt is using his rookie season on the Canadian Tour to gain as much competitive golf and travel experience as possible for what he hopes is a path that will take him to the PGA Tour.

As a multi-talented athlete growing up he has played a lot of sports.

“I wish I had picked a sport to focus on when I was younger,” he added. “The only reason I am where I am in golf today is because I have focused solely on it since I was 16. For someone who wants to follow in my footsteps I would say that it takes a lot of self-belief, even when it feels like no one else believes that you can.”

“My generation has watched Tiger (Woods) and we have wanted to be just like him. Golf is more of a sport now, with fitness and training being a big part of it.”

To help finance his promising career, the first annual Nathan Leonhardt Golf Classic and Fundraiser will take place at the Mayfair

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Nathan Leonhardt has made running part of his regular off course training as the Richmond golfer has begun his rookie season on the Canadian Tour.

Lakes Golf and Country Club on Tuesday, May 31.

A portion of the proceeds will also go towards the Nathan Leonhardt Golf Scholarship Fund which will be given to a Richmond student athlete. Dale Wolfe

of QMFM 103.5 will be the MC for the event. There will also be a chance to win $10,000 for a hole-in-one.

The fundraiser is open to everyone.

For more information visit www.NathanLeonhardt.

com.

Christine Blanchette is an established runner and writer who competed in the Boston Marathon and other high profile events For more visit her blog at www.christineblanchette.wordpress.

Undefeated run earns 92B Islanders tournament win in Kelowna

Richmond 92B Islanders celebrate their tourney win

Kerri Bodin, Krista Beaton and Julia Badock, backstopped by catchers Sadie Skara and Chloe Plecash.

Four Islanders slammed home runs over the fence including third base Amanda Sandhu, shortstop Cherise Change and outfielders Katie Sherlock and Jessica Ramsey.

Infielders Kelsey Lawrence Anna Fenn and Janessa Murao were con-

sistent both defensively and offensively, laying down bunts when needed, and contributing to several double plays. Dara Rykiss is also on the team, but was unable to play at the tournament.

The final game was against the North Van Stars 92, who were also undefeated. Richmond took a 5-0 lead in the top of the third inning after a string of solid hits. A potential Stars come-

back was stopped by solid defence, and the final ended 7-6 after seven complete innings.

The team was sporting the initials LB on their pants to honour their long-term coach Lorne Bodin, who passed away from cancer this year.

The Islanders are coached

by Robin Fenn, Chris Beaton, Doug Lawrence and John Badock.

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The Richmond Islanders 92B softball team won gold at their first tournament of the year — the Midget B Spring Sizzle in Kelowna.

The team of 18-and19-year-olds were undefeated all weekend against opponents from Calgary, Edmonton, North Delta, Ridge Meadows, South Surrey and North Vancouver.

Round-robin highlights were: solid pitching from

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Wildcats win bronze at belated provincial tourney

The McMath Wildcats jumped started their season then reached the podium at last week’s Provincial “AAA” Boys Soccer Championships in Burnaby.

The 16-team tournament was originally scheduled for November but postponed due to snow. Rather than denying students, especially Grade 12s, an opportunity to play in the pinnacle event of the season, B.C. School Sports made an unprecedented move to hold the championships out of season.

This was great news for a Wildcats team that figured to be in contention for gold and it didn’t disappoint.

The Richmond champs reached the semi-finals where they outplayed Charles Best but couldn’t solve their goalkeeper.

The Coquitlam school prevailed in penalty kicks then defeated North Delta 3-2 in the championship game.

McMath rebounded from the crushing defeat to dump Sentinel 5-2 in the bronze medal game.

The Wildcats finished the season with

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“My assistant coach Michael Gilles and I have coached at McMath together for six years, including four with the senior team,

and both of us agree this was the best team we have ever had,” said head coach Mike Quinn.

That’s quite a statement given the Steveston school was ranked number one

in B.C. a year ago and suffered just one defeat en route to a fifth place finish at the provincials.

The boys also displayed tremendous sportsmanship, picking up the least number of yellow cards in the entire tournament.

McMath advanced to the final with wins over Enver Creek (5-1) and West Vancouver (5-0), while also battling Salmon Arm to a 2-2 draw.

Grade 11 Striker Colin Jacques won the Golden Boot Award as the tournament’s top scorer with seven goals. Co-captain Jacob Quail scored twice and was selected to the Commission’s 16. Also scoring were Miquel Bustamante (3), Emile Samovici (2), Ethan Samovici (1) Patrick Fingler (1) and Jeff Harrison (1).

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Grade 11’s — Jordan Gilles, Jonah Rose and Mitchell Stokes. Grade 10’s: Kyran James and Andrew McCaskill.

Ast and Popoff participating at B.C. U17 Cup in Salmon Arm Richmond hockey players Anthony Ast and Carter Popoff are participating at this weekend’s Male Under 17 B.C. Cup in Salmon Arm. The event, which is host by B.C.

Amateur Hockey, features the top 120 1995-born players in the province, following district evaluation camps held last month. The players are divided into six teams for the tournament.

The B.C. Cup is part of the B.C. Hockey Male High Performance Program. The top performers at the tournament will be invited to a U17 regional camp — July 24-27 in Calgary.

Ast and Popoff both played this past season for the Greater Vancouver Canadians of the B.C. Major Midget Hockey League.

Ast, a first round selection of the Vancouver Giants in the 2010

Western Hockey League Bantam Draft, had 24 points in 29 games, including eight goals. Popoff, who is listed with the Seattle Thunderbirds, had 44 points, including 17 goals, in 40 games.

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KUMP - Anne Irene (ne´e Challe) January 30,1941 - May 11, 2011 It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Anne Irene Kump. Anne passed away peacefully the morning of May 8, 2011 at the Fleetwood Care Centre with family by her side.

She was born in Pine Falls, MB and moved to the Lower Mainland as a teenager. Anne worked in the restaurant industry until the early 1980s when she became a real estate agent and had several successful years. She touched the lives of many with her hard work, dedication and sincerity.

Her strength of character and positive, fun-loving attitude were a true inspiration to us all.

Predeceased by her husband John in 1983, sister Lucille, brother Henry, Anne is survived by her daughter, Kathy Aviani, three sons, Richard, John and Steven, siblings Theresa and Paul, as well as many grandchildren. Prayers will be held on Thursday May 12, 2011 at 6:30PM at the Columbia - Bowell Funeral Chapel at 219 - 6th St, New Westminster, BC. Funeral Service will be held May 13, 2011 at 12:00PM at St. Peter’s Church at 330 Royal Avenue, New Westminster with burial to follow at St. Peter’s Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations maybe made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation.

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OWEN, Joy Ann (nee Chesterman) June 24, 1944 – May 6, 2011 Loving her and missing her forever are her daughters Jacqui, Kym and Jenni and her devoted sons-in-law Steve, TJ and Brent.

She was a special Nana to Jett, Brooke, Evan and Marie. Joy was born in Nelson, England and grew up in Merseyside, England. After marrying Brynley in 1962, they emigrated to Canada in 1971.

They lived in Ontario and finally settled in Richmond, BC, where Joy worked for the R.C.M.P. and was actively involved in the community with her Beta Sigma Phi sorority sisters. Predeceased

by Bryn in 2003, Joy bravely battled Progressive Supranuclear Palsy over the past few years. Her family is thankful for the caring staff at Fraserview Care Home and special friend Edward for their attentive kindness. Mum will be remembered for her beautiful smile, her lovely garden, her warm friendship and her ringing laughter. She will be missed by her many friends and family in Canada, Australia and England. A celebration of Mum’s life will be held at her home, 5600 Andrews Road, Richmond BC on Sunday, May 15th at one o’clock pm.

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Coming Events

1964-1968 COURTENAY HIGH SCHOOL Reunion planned for July 1-3, 2011. It is time to plan your summer trip to visit OLD friends.

July 1-3 in Courtenay, BC. Contact Diane (250) 941-1912.

Email: prairiesis@yahoo.ca for information and register: Facebook Courtenay High School.

Attention 'Sexy, Healthy, Wealthy, Women'; join 7 female powerhouse speakers on Sunday, May 29th at the Centennial Theatre, North Vancouver. www.sexyhealthy wealthywomen.com

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Sunday, May 15th, 12 noon - 2pm Steveston Buddhist Temple 4360 Garry Street Come early for cash sales.

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WHITEHEAD - Norah Lodge (nee Sleeman).

October 23, 1913-May 9, 2011.

Norah, or Noni, Whitehead died peacefully in her sleep early on the morning of May 9, 2011, at Courtyard Gardens in Richmond, BC. She was 97 years old. She is survived by her son, Douglas Whitehead (Wanda Costuros), her daughter, Judith Whitehead, and a grandchild, Ashley Whitehead, as well as by a number of nieces and nephews.

She was pre-deceased by her husband, Geoffrey William Whitehead, (1914-1990). Noni was a loving wife and caring mother, as well as an avid bridgeplayer and gardener. She was born in Sleeman, Ontario, in 1913 to a large and close-knit family and excelled in academics and drama as a young person. In 1934, she graduated from the University of Manitoba with a gold medal in Home Economics and then worked as a dietician and home economics teacher until her marriage in 1940. She succeeded in nearly everything she applied herself to, and imparted a love of learning and education to her children. She was remarkably resilient and a genius at organization. Her strength, determination and love will be sorely missed by her family. A Memorial Service will be held on Friday, May 13, 2011 from 12:00-2:00 p.m. at 3930 Hillcrest Avenue, North Vancouver, B.C. If friends so desire, in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the BC Cancer Foundation.

The family would also like to thank the Staff of Courtyard Gardens for their exceptional care.

For those wishing to share a memory of Norah, please go to www.holyburnfunerals.com Hollyburn Funeral Home 604-922-1221

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Lost & Found

LOST FRIDAY on Bridgeport Station Skytrain. HP Laptop with an external drive in a black carry bag. Reward of replacement laptop. 778 828 6237 MISSING FRENCH BULLDOG Brindle & white, 21lbs, DOB: Nov 29, 2007.

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Beauticians/ Barbers

LUKY STUDIO has a chair & nail table available for rent. Call 604-304-9174

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Farm Workers

FARM LABOURER REQ’D for seasonal work. Duties: Sorting and packaging of fruit, some heavy lifting required.

Preference for those with previous experience in a farm setting. Min. 40 hrs/wk., $9.28/hr. Email to:

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General Employment

Cadence & Cascade hiring Trilingual (Spanish/English/ Portuguese) translator. $25.00 hr/ 35 hr wk. Comp. Sec. School + min. five yrs of exp. as F/T translator working in three lang.

Fluency in the three lang. is req. as he/she will be working in international context. E-Resume: yuko.t@me.com CARETAKER Osterley Park requires a p/t caretaker (5 yrs exp.) Email resume: Kate.young@colliers.com

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LADNER FISH COMPANY

requires experienced Full Time Truck Driver with min Class 5 license. Please fax resume to 604-946-6238

VANCOUVER’S LARGEST Lawn and Property Maintenance Company pays $120-$360 DAILY for outdoor Spring/Summer work.

Hiring honest, competitive, and energetic individuals to fill our various 2011 positions.

Apply online @ www.propertystarsjobs.com Yale Construction Ltd. hiring F/T Cement Finishers. Must have over 3 years of work exp. in the trade and some high school. $26/hr.

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Sales

INSIDE SALES (Calgary, AB) Looking for a dynamic career in professional sales with opportunity for advancement? We are looking for a motivated team player to join our Inside Sales team in Calgary, AB, with potential to advance to an Outside Sales Rep. Job duties include: answer incoming calls/upsell Contact customers with product specials Attend courses/conventions Prepare marketing literature for courses Overnight travel to Sask required 1 week every 2 months.

Extensive training provided. You will have a BSc. or BCom, previous sales exp an asset, excellent communication skills and be self motivated. We offer: Competitive salary and incentives Company Benefit plan Pension Plan Opportunity for advancement to an outside sales position anywhere in Canada Relocation Package (if applicable) To Apply Submit resume and copy of driver’s abstract to: Email: dentalab1@live.com attn: Human Resources

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Trades/Technical

ARCHITECTURAL SHEET Metal Apprentices & Journeymen Req’d Top Wages & Benefits Email:

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F/T CARPENTER needed immediately for Better House Renovation. Min. 4 yrs of exp. and completion of high school. $24/hr.

Please email resume to betterhouse@shaw.ca LMS Reinforcing Steel Group Hiring REBAR INSTALLERS for long-term full-time employment. Numerous projects in Richmond. Exp an asset but not mandatory. Competitive Wage & Benefits. Please fill out an on line application at: www.lmsgroup.ca

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Legitimate employers do not ask for money as part of the application process; do not send money; do not give any credit card information; or call a 900 number in order to respond to an employment ad.

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For Sale Miscellaneous

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best Price, Best Quality.

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Sat. May 14..10am - 2pm Whiteside School 9282 Williams Rd. Too much to list. Something for everyone! Food & Entertainment

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HORSE SALE. Mini Mares and foals will be sold at The Fraser Valley Auction, in Langley, at 12 noon, May 15th. See you there!

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Horses

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LAB PUPS yellow , male/ female, vet checked $500. Phone 604-701-1587 SHELTIE PUPS, Reg’d, shots, tattoo, leash & house trained, 2 female. $695.00. 778-773-9943

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COQUITLAM. 2 BR condo in 20 year old well-built building - only 1 owner. 960 sq ft. Second floor in a 75 unit, 3 storey complex. South of Brunette St. in a very quiet culde-sac. This complex is wellmaintained and managed with all expensive repairs completed, including a new roof. The unit is West facing, with all the usual facilities: D/w, garb., fridge, stove, micro, w/d. With lots of storage space and 1½ baths. For $279,500 it is thought that you will not find a better complex or unit in Coquitlam. Serious buyers only.

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GAMBRIER ISLAND. Seasonal Cottage Sea ranch for sale 1500sf 3 BR, 1 bath on Graves Bay. $400,000, 604-266-6191

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Out Of Town Property

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Warehouse/ Commercial

LADNER 2 br condo, new reno quiet spacious, 1125 sf, nr ammens, avail Jun 1 778-317-7777 RICHMOND BUSWELL St 2BR apt avail June 1. Close to all amenities, pkg incl. 604-247-1440 WEST RMD 1 BR LRG newly decorated, 3rd flr, blcony w face incl prkg, nr shops/transit, $990 June 1st. ns, np 604-277-7191

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LANGLEY. 2780 sq. ft. main floor warehouse plus 600 sf mezzanine. Front office and rear grade loading with 90’ turning radius! $7.25/sf. Ben Gauer, Royal LePage Ben Gauer & Associates, 604-644-0273 or 604-581-3838

1 BDRM Coach House for rent private entry, private balcony, w/d $850 all incl. Available May 15 or Jun 1st. Call 604-765-9065

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Cancer June 21-July 22: Romance calls Sunday/ Monday! So do pleasure, arts, creativity, sports, speculation. But work arrives Tuesday to Thursday noon. Plunge in, you’ll get it done easily. Thursday noon to Saturday is both the most important and the luckiest part of this week. Opportunities, exciting meetings, new horizons, success with the public and in contract negotiations, even love can appear. But you need to be co-operative, diplomatic and eager, as others hold the winning cards. Handle irritations Thursday twilight, Friday morning, and mid-afternoon Saturday. Dreams can come true this week!

Leo July 23-Aug. 22: Continue to strive ambitiously. Show higher-ups what you’re capable of, finish projects and duties without slacking. Your performance is being watched closely. Over the weeks ahead, if anything, your career heats up.

Within less than a month, a great current of luck enters this area (status, prestige, ambitions) to stay for a year. Start ramping up – big things lie ahead for those who are eager and hard-working!

But first, take a rest Sunday/Monday; prepare your foundations, give your family support and attention.

Romance, pleasure call mid-week. Tackle chores Thursday onward.

Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22: Your gentle, compassionate mood continues. It has begun to generate an important idea, project or situation (or relationship). This important thing will grow smaller yet more focused and concentrated over the next few weeks – then, like a sponge in water, swell to absorb more and more of your life and attention, from June to June 201112. Important thing = higher education, international travel or dealings, a major cultural ritual (wedding, etc.) a lawsuit or legal dealing, communication, media or publishing, religion, or finding a life philosophy... and, love. Romance, late week.

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Tim Stephens' Astral Reflections Aries March 21 - April 19: Money matters heat up – strive to meet schedules, deadlines. There are profit or good earnings here, but even more, present efforts, money accomplishments and new money directions can lead to a whole year of grand financial results, beginning next month! Often, the best actions are preceded by planning, preparation. Do these now, while your mood and optimism, wisdom and view, are high and accurate. This week is mostly successful, but avoid self-deception Wednesday morning, electricity Thursday eve, and “partnership finances” before 9 a.m. Friday. Sex, finances good Monday.

Taurus April 20-May 20: Your energy and charisma climb higher, as Mars entered your sign last Wednesday, and Venus and Mercury enter Sunday. These are the three planets involved in 90 per cent of all romance, socializing and popularity – so expect yours to climb! (And in 21days Jupiter also enters Taurus, bringing big luck, the kind that sparks life-changing events.) Use this week to press forward with new or significant projects. Sunday/ Monday bring opportunities, but demand cooperation, diplomacy. Finances, intimacy, bonding and commitment draw you mid-week. Wisdom, gentle love Thursday onward.

Gemini May 21-June 20: This is your last week of weariness, quietude and solitude, and of being ignored. Endure it with good humour. We all have our surges and our ebbing. Starting Saturday (end of this week) your energy will increase, and you’ll have a few weeks to take things “over the hump” – to succeed, impress and solve. The best time will be May 21 to June 3, so be prepared to act quickly and fortunately to make a major wish come true. Use this week to plan your late-May actions. Prepare, get paperwork or government or bank records in order.

Be charitable. Fulfill obligations. Rest, eat sensibly.

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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22: A huge wave of luck is just around the corner in investments, debt reduction, lifestyle change, health/diagnosis, research, intimacy and sexual bonding, pregnancy and similar lifechanging zones. These things have already impacted your life, pressing on you like a grey velvet hand, for the last three years in an upheaval way, for 18 months in a sober, “let me be secure” way, for the last three weeks in a hopeful way; and now to June 4 in a focused, event-triggering way. On June 4, a whole year of “big luck” starts here. Get ready to invest, change, commit! Fortune might lie at a distance.

Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21: Relationships, previously lively, grow serious, focused. Issues become clear.

You could fall in love, note someone’s looks, or renew sparks with your mate. Opportunities arise in work, machinery, finances and social life. These are the precursors, or wee beginnings, of really major opportunities that arrive June 2011 to June 2012. Right now (in May) these are “pure chemistry” attractions/opportunities, but June onward they will tend to be connected to money, earnings, possessions. You could hop on the wagon to the mint! Propose, seize the day, Sunday/Monday and Friday!

Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21: The work is starting to come. The past few weeks have just been “ordinary work.” Now, the chores become clearer, more significant. From June 2011 to June to 2012, your luck will grow in this area, but your duties will expand, too. (It’s not “get out of work” luck.) You’ll be lucky, also (June onward) in machinery, so this will be a good time to buy a car/computer, to learn tooling skills, etc. You will almost certainly earn more money (unless you’re in school, etc.). Watch your health, especially thighs and hips. Rest Sunday/ Monday. You shine mid-week. Money late week!

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May 15 - 21, 2011 Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19: The general emphasis lies on romance, pleasure, beauty, creativity, charming kids, speculation. Take a risk, express yourself!

All these pleasurable things shrink but grow more “intense” over the next few weeks; then they will swell larger and larger for 12 months. Hopefully you’ve done all you can for your security by now: if not, tie up any loose ends (e.g., property deals, retirement plans, investments, family issues). The future year will not reward caution! Optimism, social joys early week, rest mid-week. Your energy and charisma shine late week – approach someone!

Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18: The security, domestic, real estate, family, restful, contemplative, natureoriented, soul and nutrition themes that have run through recent weeks continue: but they tend to produce events now through June 2012, lucky events. The best will come after early June. This can be huge luck: a home of your own, or additional real estate, a new family, a new child, the resolution of old problems, dissolution of old skeletons (yes, therapy will be productive). You can leave behind a life of constriction and worry, for a new, bright one!

Saturday begins a month of pleasure!

Pisces Feb. 19-March 20: Travel, communications, paperwork, details, casual friends and siblings – these fill the days, even more so now. In the 13 months ahead, you might take two or more significant trips. You’ll do a lot of talking about your career or ambitions, but you won’t do much about them. (It’s as though you sense something deeper, bigger, “fuller” is coming by 2012/13...could be! Could be pregnancy if you’re the right age.) Sunday/Monday feature far travel, rituals, gentle love, wisdom. Ambition, higherups demand your attention midweek. Wish fulfillment, social joys Thursday-Saturday! timstephens@shaw.ca • Reading: 416-686-5014

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Everything is better on the all-new Hyundai Elantra — it’s easier on fuel, has more interior room, boasts improved safety features and shows off sharp new styling.

Buoyed by phenomenal sales growth and hugely successful models like Sonata and Santa Fe, high-flying Hyundai has boldly predicted and is revving up production to make the new Elantra the number one selling compact car in Canada.

Compact car sales are by far our biggest car market segment and it accounts for about half of all car sales in Canada. Currently the established leader in this segment is the Honda Civic and it’s followed by the Mazda3.

Other new arrivals in the segment include the much acclaimed Chevrolet Cruze, which was recently voted the 2011 Canadian Car of the Year and there’s also a completely new Ford Focus on the way. A redesigned Civic is also due out later this year, so this is an unbelievably competitive market sector — the compact car buyer has never had it so good!

In addition to giving it more interior room than the out-going Elantra, Hyundai has also upgraded trim quality and made new premium features available.

Push-button start, an in-dash touch-screen navigation system plus rear-view camera, a Bluetooth hands-free phone system, iPod and USB media inputs, automatic headlights, leather seating surfaces and even heated rear seats are all standard trim or optional inclusions in the new Elantra.

Better fuel economy is courtesy of a new 1.8-litre engine (appropriately called the “Nu” engine) that’s mated to a six speed manual or six-speed automatic transmission. This combination allows the new Elantra to claim a combined fuel economy rating of just 5.9 L/100 km, which is an 18 per cent improvement over the car’s predecessor.

The Nu engine is smaller in size, weighs 34 kilograms less (a 30-per-cent weight savings) than the 2.0litre Beta engine from the previous generation Elantra.

It’s an all-aluminum (block and head) design with dual continuously variable valve timing (D-CVVT) and it also has variable induction system (VIS). It also features a maintenance-free timing chain system, instead of a belt.

One thing that hasn’t changed is the Elantra’s base price ($15,849), but considering all the upgrades the new car is undoubtedly better value. The base L trim comes with the same powertrain and safety equipment as a top-line version.

It’s also is reasonably well equipped inside and even includes stuff like a tilt steering wheel, split fold-down rear seatback, a height adjustable driver’s seat cushion, power windows and a trip computer. see Style page 33

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The inside of the new Elantra has a modern and sophisticated interior with smooth lines and a fluid design. The interior is actually larger than some midsize vehicles.

Continued from page 32 Those heated rear seats come standard if you step up a rung to a GL or a higher trim level. This is also required if you also want to have popular options like air conditioning, cruise control or a telescopic steering wheel.

Our test GLS with an automatic was priced at $20,999 and came with some nice extras like a power sun roof, 16-inch alloy wheels and fog lights. And like every Elantra sold in Canada, it was made in a Hyundai manufacturing plant in Alabama.

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— Cedric Its aerodynamic shape D’Andre allows an exceptionally low 0.28 drag coefficient and its slippery styling also pays dividends in terms of low wind noise and improved fuel economy, especially at highway speeds.

“In some ways, the low aerodynamic numbers are a happy accident,” admitted Cedric D’Andre, the lead designer of the new Elantra, who is French by birth, but works in, and now lives near, Hyundai’s North American Design Center in Irvine, California. “Our main goal was to do a very sleek design. If you have a shape that looks aerodynamic ... chances are it is aerodynamic.”

A little longer (by 25 mm) and lower (by 46 mm) than its predecessor, the fifth-generation Elantra also has a wheelbase that’s been stretched by 50 mm. On the inside, this translates to expanded cabin that volumewise now on par with a mid-sized sedan.

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$

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39,568

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20,115

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26,893

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2010 NISSAN PATHFINDER SE 4X4

2009 NISSAN VERSA 1.8SL

2007 NISSAN VERSA 1.8

Leather, sunroof, all luxury options, 31,800 kms (Was $36,988)

CVT automatic, pwr grp, cd, alloy wheels, ABS brakes, 34,000kms (Was $15,588)

Auto, air, CD, value option package.

63,000 kms. (Was $12,988)

2010 NISSAN VERSA 1.8S

2009 NISSAN MURANO S

Power group, cd, auto, a/c, 8,600 kms (Was $16,888)

CVT, all power options, 6 CD changer, alloy wheels, 27,000 kms (Was $30,688)

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Stk 10-V046

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Stk#10U355

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MASSIVE SALE PRICE $28,888

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Stk#90664

MASSIVE SALE PRICE $13,988

Stk#9U357

MASSIVE SALE PRICE $28,988

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Stk#70669

MASSIVE SALE PRICE $11,988 2006 NISSAN SENTRA Stk#60644

Special Edition, pwr windows/locks, a/c, cd, keyless entry, 21,000kms (Was $10,988)

MASSIVE SALE PRICE $9,888 2005 MURANO SL

Stk#5M040

Stk#70632

CVT automatic, pwr group, CD, alloy wheels, pwr seat, ABS, 45,000 kms (Was $17,888)

MASSIVE SALE PRICE $16,988

2007 NISSAN TITAN CREW CAB SE 4X4

Stk#90651

Stk#70650

MASSIVE SALE PRICE $13,688

MASSIVE SALE PRICE $23,888

CVT automatic, pwr windows/locks, cd, a/c, keyless 50,000 kms (Was $14,588)

5.6V*, pwr group, cd, allow wheels, ABS, keyless entry, 52,000 kms (Was $25,988)

All wheel drive, auto, air, power seats, 6 CD changer, alloy wheels, ABS. (Was $16,888)

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4x4, auto, V6, pwr group, cd, a/c, keyless entry (Was $16,988)

MASSIVE SALE PRICE $14,988

*0% financing for up to 48 months available on 2011 Altima (excludingHybrid) /Sentra/VersaHatchback. Representative finance example based on Selling Price of $23,562 for 2011 Altima 2.5S (T4RG51AA00) financed at 0% APR for 48 months equals $386.71 per month with $5,000 down payment or equivalent trade-in. Cost of borrowing is $0 for a total obligation of $23,562. Value Option Package cash equivalency ($2,100), freight and PDE charges ($1,530), air-conditioning tax ($100) and certain fees where applicable (ON:$5OMVIC fee and $29 tire stewardship fee, AB: $20 tire recycling tax) are included. License, registration, insurance, duties and applicable taxes (including excise tax and fuel conservation tax) are extra. Finance offers are available on approved credit through Nissan Canada Finance for a limited time, may change without notice. Retailers are free to set individual prices. Retailers may sell for less. Offers valid between April1 stand April 30th, 2011. Limited time offers on approved credit through Nissan Canada Finance are subject to change without notice. Retailers are free to set individual prices. ΩNo Charge Option Packages are only applicable to the purchase or lease of a new 2011 Altima 2.5S/ Sentra2.0/VersaHatchback 1.8S. Customers can also choose to receive the cash equivalent discounts of $2,100/$1,950/$1,400. All packages consist of features and accessories that are listed in the ad for the specific vehicle. All accessories are installed at dealer. See dealer for details. ^$10,999 Cash Purchase Price for a new 2011 Versa Sedan 1.6S (B4BG51AA00), manualtransmission. Cash Purchase Discount ($3,000), freight and PDE charges ($1,397), air-conditioning tax ($100), certain fees where applicable (ON:$5OMVIC fee and $29 tire stewardship fee, AB:$20 tire recycling tax) are included. License, registration, insurance and applicable taxes (including excise tax and fuel conservation tax, ifapplicable) are extra. Finance offers are available on approved credit through Nissan Canada Finance for a limited time, may change without notice and cannot be combined with any other offers. Retailers are free to set individual prices. ∞The 2010 Altima out sold the 2010 Accord and 2010 Camry in 2010 with in the Lower Mid size category. Data is based on 2010 sales statistics. Comparison is based on the total units sold in 2010. Models shown $32,098MSRP for a new 2011 Altima Sedan 3.5SR (T4SG11AA00), automatic transmission/ $23,198MSRP for a new 2011 Sentra2.0SL (C4TG11AA00), CVT transmission/$17,548MSRP for a new 2011 Versa Hatch1.8SL(B5RG51AA00), manualtransmission/$13,698MSRP for a new 2011 Versa Sedan1.6S(B4EG71AE00), automatic transmission. Freight and PDE charges ($1,530/$1,397/$1,397/$1,397), air-conditioning tax ($100), certain fees where applicable (ON:$5OMVIC fee and $29 tire stewardship fee, AB:$20 tire recycling tax),l icense, registration, insurance, duties and applicable taxes (including excise tax and fuel conservation tax, if applicable) are extra. Finance offers are available on approved credit through Nissan Canada Finance for a limited time, may change without notice and cannot be combined with any other offers. Retailers are free to set individual prices. Actual mileage may vary with driving conditions- use for comparison only. Preferred Customer Program: If you currently lease or finance your Nissan vehicle through us, you may already be pre-approved to lease or finance your next new Nissan model. 1% Preferred Customer Reduction currently available on the 2011 Sentra, Rogue, Maxima and Altima (exceptHybrid) models. Please contact your Nissan Dealership for Nissan Canada Finance pre-approval terms and eligibility. Incentive program rate adjustments cannot reduce the lease or finance rate below 0.0%. Vehicles may be subject to locate. 0% financing is AOC. All prices include FRT & PDE. All prices are plus taxes. Free accessories on Titan, $1,500.00 on Frontier, $750.00 on Armada and $750.00 on Xterra 2011 Pathfinders SCRG71AA00, 2011, 2011 Titan King Cab 1KAG71AA00, 2011 Xterras 8CLG71AE00. Vehicles may not be same as shown.

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In addition to full array of passive safety features, which includes dual intrusion beams inside the rear doors and every Elantra comes with disc brakes at all four wheels and an anti-lock (ABS) system.

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Elantra has a total interior volume of 3,127 litres, which is bigger than the current Honda Civic sedan and even the new Chevrolet Cruze. It even surpasses some mid-sized vehicles in cabin volume and the trunk size (420 litres) is also near the top of its class.

It’s a modern and sophisticated interior that uses ecologically sensitive material yet still creates a firstclass look. The cloth-like pillar trim material is made of fibrous tissue and volcanic rock and the seats are constructed with environmentally-friendly foam.

Handy storage compartment in centre console has hook-ups (iPod/USB/auxiliary inputs) for those popular personal listening devices and lid to hide them securely out of sight. Music can also be played using Bluetooth streaming audio on models equipped with the handsfree phone system.

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Its suspension is tuned to provide decent ride comfort when gliding down a highway, yet its firm enough to do a commendable job and make it fun to drive on a twisty road.

While there’s nothing wrong with the optional automatic ($2,200), the crispshifting six-speed manual would be my preferred transmission choice.

The auto’s “D” position shift pattern is conservative (presumably for fuel economy reasons) and it doesn’t have an auto “sport” shift mode, but does have a manual selection mode.

The new state-of-the-art 1.8 litre engine is great. Even though peak power is at 6500 rpm, which is very high, it still provides decent power in the lower end of the engine’s speed range. Most important of all (especially with gas prices soaring) fuel economy is excellent.

The electric-assist steering points the car where you want to go and provides reasonable feedback.

Directional stability is good and the on-centre feel is better than most with

this system.

A tight turn circle (10.8 metres curbto-curb) is another plus.

The Score

The all-new Elantra is a giant leap forward for Hyundai. Super styling, a very roomy interior, great fuel economy and a great price are a hard to beat combination.

The Specs

2011 Hyundai Elantra Trim levels: L, GL, GLS & Limited Sticker Price: $15,849 to $24,699 Power (SHO): 1.8-litre I4/148 horsepower Transmission: 6-speed manual/automatic Fuel consumption (manual): 6.8/4.9 L/100 km (city/highway) Fuel consumption (manual): 6.9/4.9 L/100 km (city/highway) Basic Warranty: 5 years /100,000 km Powertrain Warranty: 5 years/100,000 km Rust Warranty: 5 years /unlimited km

The Competition

Chevrolet Cruze: $14,995 - $24,780 Ford Focus: $13,999 - $20,999 Honda Civic: $14,990 - $25,880 Mazda3: $16.295 - $26,625 Nissan Sentra: $15,398 - $23,398 Toyota Corolla: $14,835 - $23,480 Volkswagen Jetta: $15,875 - $28,055

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