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Breakaway balladeer: BC Country Music Association award nominee Melissa Rae Barrie ie has family and former Elgin Park classmates rooting for her to win best album this Sunday. see page A10 10

Police website to keep track of captures with a red ‘X’

Surrey RCMP posts ‘10 most wanted’ Kevin Diakiw Black Press

Surrey Mounties want your help locating 10 individuals who are alleged to have dodged police for some time.

Outstanding warrants Apetrea Bassi DeYoung Endo Johnson cite allegations ranging these individuals,” Cpl. Drew Grainger said from drug offences to violent assaults.

“We want the community to be our eyes Tuesday. “If you do spot this person, do no and ears so that we can quickly apprehend approach them and please contact your local

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The Top-10 list names: • Daniel Apetrea, 32, wanted for trafficking a

controlled substance, breach of undertaking, assault with a weapon, obstruction of a police officer, possession of a weapon for dangerToth Victores-Castillo ous purposes and carrying a concealed weapon. He is Caucasian, 5’10” and 144 lbs., with black hair, hazel eyes and many tattoos. see page A4

Hospice fundraiser

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South Surrey fundraiser to benefit a Vancouver children’s hospice is hoped to raise at least $2,000.

Inspired by a White Rock family dealing with the reality that their youngest child ❝The Buddhists is terminally believe the ill, Saturday’s children pick Moms Night Out event their parents. at Creative We feel very Kids Learning blessed and Centre will a fortunate that feature raffle, desserts, little Gabrielle beverages and 12 vendors chose us.❞ offering Regan Ross up early Christmas-shopping suggestions.

All of the proceeds, along with any donations, will be handdelivered to Canuck Place – a facility dedicated to the comfort and support of children living with a life-threatening illness.

“No one ever wants to be in Canuck Place, because the criteria for being there is to be a child who’s not expected to make it out of childhood,” said Regan Ross.

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Big brother Michael, 2, leans in to give Gabrielle a kiss, as mom Amy Ross locks eyes with her terminally ill daughter.

Regan and his wife, Amy, know the reality of that firsthand. Last year, shortly after the birth of their daughter, Gabrielle, they learned their time with her would be alltoo short.

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Diagnosed shortly after her birth, it has been a difficult reality to accept, Regan said.

“You’re raising a little girl that you know never really had a chance at a normal life,” he said.

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here are plenty of way we did things in my days complaints about ‘taxas a poll clerk at Ocean Park and-spend’ councils as Community Hall more than the municipal election draws 35 years ago. We counted each near, but in White Rock at ballot by hand. least, the city is making a bold Despite that, we were usually improvement for a very able to have the count small cost. done within two Frank Bucholtz It has rented voting hours. machines from the City But after being on of Toronto at a cost of duty since 7:30 a.m., $11,000, and thus the it was sure a relief election results will to tally up the final come in smoothly and figures and send quickly on Saturday them off to municipal night. hall with our deputy Three years ago, the returning officer. Then last results in White we could finally go Rock came in about 2 home. a.m. Sunday. All ballots Voting really is such were counted by hand a simple thing in our and it was a herculean democracy, and at the effort to come up with local level, we really the final result. take it for granted. That’s why This is such a common-sense turnout is almost never very move, and one hopes that it good. marks the beginning of a trend.

The last local election in this It is hardly worthwhile for area to attract more than half a city the size of White Rock the voters to the polls that I’m to buy voting machines that aware of was in 1990, when 55 are only used once every three per cent of Delta voters voted. years.

That was due to the contentious Why not rent them from Spetifore lands development – another jurisdiction where no an issue that remains unresolved election is underway? and contentious some 21 years White Rock is not the only later.

B.C. municipality to rent White Rock often has a good machines this year. Others who turnout as well, which isn’t are renting them include Port surprising, as a campaign in a Moody, Squamish, Coquitlam smaller geographic area can be a and West Vancouver. lively and intense affair.

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In others, it is a real threat to your well-being to vote for someone in opposition.

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It’s simple, it’s basic, it’s not time-consuming and it’s neglected by many.

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On Saturday night, we will know who voters in Surrey, Delta and White Rock selected to conduct their local affairs for the next three years.

Those who take part are doing something very special, even it doesn’t always feel that way.

Frank Bucholtz writes Thursdays for the Peace Arch News. He is the editor of the Langley Times.

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Chamber ‘tried to do too much too soon’ Alex Browne Staff Reporter

The annual general meeting of the South Surrey & White Rock Chamber of Commerce accentuated the positive of a new year and a newly sworn-in board of directors – although it could not entirely eliminate the negative of a net loss for the previous year.

At Tuesday’s meeting at the Rotary Field House in South Surrey, members and directors heard treasurer Doug Robinson describe a loss totalling $71,315 for the year ending Dec. 31, 2010, some of it accounted for by a new chamber office and rebranding and repositioning of the organization.

“We tried to do too much too soon,” Robinson said after the meeting. “It did hit us from a financial standpoint, but everything (we did) was the right thing to do for the chamber

and we’ve got all those things in place.”

Ongoing financial constraints for the chamber were cited for a decision last month by the board to terminate the position of executive director Cori Lynn Germiquet, reduce staff hours and cancel civic all-candidates meetings the chamber had planned to sponsor.

In response to a question from new director Lou Tardif, Robinson acknowlJay Fettinger edged the chamber could past-president have cut costs sooner.

“Cuts could always have been done earlier,” Robinson said, noting this could be said of any cost-reduction scenario.

“We were optimistic. We believed we were

doing the right thing on a go-ahead basis.”

Robinson told members the chamber had spent a lot of money to “position the chamber differently” at the same time it experienced a shortfall in revenues from such events as its annual golf tournament.

He said $43,000 was spent in opening the chamber’s new office in White Rock, while $9,000 was spent joining the B.C. Chamber of Commerce in 2010 (an expenditure that was reduced to less than $8,000 in 2011).

But the road ahead is rosier, Robinson told Peace Arch News following the meeting.

“We’re going to be finishing this year in a more positive position than had been originally projected,” Robinson said.

Acting executive director Doug Hart – who came out of retirement last month to resume his former position as a volunteer – agreed.

“Everything is back on track and we plan to go into a surplus, with a contribution to our equity base,” Hart said.

Robinson would not comment more specifically on current finances until new figures come forward in January.

White Rock Mayor Catherine Ferguson swore in directors, including: president Gary Hollick, past-president Jay Fettinger, Shell Busey, Fred Fabro, Sharon Hollas, Ramesh Keshav, Erin McDonald, Morley Myren, Maria Mura, Marilyn Pearson, Terry Ross, Collette Semeniuk, Marilyn Winship and Tardif.

Fettinger later said the past chamber board should be applauded for making tough decisions when they were needed.

“The thing I’m most proud of is that the board always kept the best interests of stakeholders as priority one,” Fettinger said.

Dog team called in

Car crash leads to foot chase Tracy Holmes Staff Reporter

South Surrey RCMP are looking for two males after a suspected stolen car was found crashed into a tree early Monday.

Police say officers patrolling in the area of 24 Avenue and 136 Street around 2:30 a.m. Nov. 15 became suspicious when the driver of a 1993 Mercury made a sudden U-turn on 134 Street in an apparent attempt to elude police.

Following, the officers discovered the Mercury crashed head-on into a tree at 26 Avenue and 134 Street. The vehicle’s doors were open, and no one was inside.

While a police dog team’s efforts to track the suspects were unsuccessful, the activity did not go unnoticed by area residents.

John Atwood said he called Surrey RCMP around 3 a.m. in an attempt to find out what was prompting police to keep their sirens going “for a solid half hour” at that time of the morning.

A dispatcher told Atwood not to worry, but that was about it, he said.

Police confirmed other calls were received regarding the incident, but could not say if those calls were also complaints.

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Kirpal Toor, 9, donates $50 to the Red FM radiothon, held to benefit Peace Arch Hospital and Community Health Foundation. The event raised $310,000, which, added to $200,000 raised last year, surpasses the Surrey station’s pledge to generate $500,000 for the foundation’s Oh Baby campaign. The event was held Nov. 10, the birthday of Guru Nanak and a time of giving in the Sikh community.

Two-month extension to White Rock winter rates recommended by committee

More discount parking would cost city $185,000 Tracy Holmes Staff Reporter

Pay parking rates along White Rock’s Marine Drive are back in the limelight, following a suggestion that the city extend its season of winter-discount rates from four months to six.

But the change – recommended this week by the city’s economic, investment and revitalization committee – is not one that should be made lightly, the city’s financial services director cautioned.

“There really should be another off-setting

funding source identified for the loss of revenue that is projected if council endorses this,” Sandra Kurylo told council Monday.

Pay parking along the waterfront has long been a source of contention amongst merchants, residents and visitors alike. Merchants often blame the rates and aggressive enforcement for costing them much-needed business, particularly when the weather turns.

The city currently charges $1 per hour to park from Nov. 1 to Feb. 28. The rest of the year, the hourly charge is $3.

The rates were set in September 2010, and

were expected to increase the city’s annual parking revenues by $70,000.

But if the winter rate is extended two months as suggested, Kurylo estimated it would cost the city $185,000, or “a little more than one per cent of property taxes.”

Outgoing Mayor Catherine Ferguson – who, last year, had asked council to consider starting the winter rate in October – said that while she would like to support the latest recommendation, it would be “premature and irresponsible” to do so without a clear picture of the financial impact it would have

on the city.

The idea to recommend council extend the winter rate through to April 30 came up at the economic, investment and revitalization committee’s Oct. 19 meeting. According to minutes of the meeting, “it was suggested that local businesses have a different idea about the city’s interpretation of winter.”

Council this week gave unanimous support to a motion by Ferguson to have staff thoroughly analyze and report back on the financial impact of extending the winter-rate season.

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NOVEMBER SPECIALS

PAN publisher appointed Peace Arch News has a new publisher.

Rita Walters, formerly PAN’s advertising director, was named to the new position this week.

Walters, who has been with the newspaper for 20 years – the last 13 as advertising director – replaces former longtime publisher Linda Klitch, who died suddenly in late September after complications from surgery.

“I’m very proud and excited to be selected as the new publisher,” Walters said Tuesday.

“Being here for 20 years, and knowing the community as well

ence to her new role,” as I do, I think I can continue to help provide said Randy Blair, presithe service and support dent of Black Press/ Lower Mainland. that the Peace Arch News has always given to the “She continues to invest considerable time community.”

Walters has 34 years of and energy into underexperience in the newsstanding and addressing paper and advertising the needs of the business industries, both in B.C. community, and is keen Rita Walters and Alberta, and she has to develop new business publisher also served for 10 years relationships in her ongoing efforts to support on the board of the South Surrey White Rock Chamber of business on the Peninsula.”

Walters lives locally with her Commerce, as both a director and vice-president. husband, Bob, and has three chil“Rita brings a wealth of experi- dren and six grandchildren.

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Police use list to raise awareness from page A1 • Parmonkar Singh Bassi, 36, wanted Canada-wide for abduction against custody. Bassi is Indo-Canadian, 5’10” and 201 lbs., black hair, brown eyes; • Michael Allan DeYoung, 25, wanted for theft, possession of stolen property and breach. He is Caucasian, 6’ and 146 lbs. with brown hair and blue eyes. He has “SV” tattooed on his right hand and tribal flames with the initials “MAD” on his right forearm. He has a “takin no orders” tattoo on his left forearm; • Dani Endo, 20, wanted in Langley for four counts of breach of probation. He is Caucasian, 5’8”, 155 lbs., with brown hair and green eyes; • Jackson Leo, 23, wanted for three counts of breach of probation. He is aboriginal, 5’9”, 146 lbs. and has black hair and brown eyes;

• Mistee McGregor, 35, wanted for possession of a prohibited weapon, dealing with an identity document without lawful use, possession of a controlled substance and driving while prohibited. She is Caucasian, 5’10” and 170 lbs., with brown hair, blue eyes and a tattoo of an eagle on her right shoulder.

• Levi Pike, 24, wanted for assault causing bodily harm. He is Caucasian, 6’3” and 166 lbs., with brown hair and blue eyes.

His tattoos are “strictly pimpin” on his left shoulder, a cross on his left forearm and “CMAD” on his right forearm; • Chantelle Toth, 27, wanted for assault with a weapon. She is Caucasian, 5’8” and 137 lbs. with blond hair and blue eyes; and, • Yasmany Jesus Victores-Castillo, 27, wanted for trafficking drugs, possession for the purpose of trafficking, unlawful trafficking,

conspiracy and warrant of committal. He is Hispanic, 5’9” and 185 lbs., with brown hair, brown eyes and tattoos of a Canadian and Cuban flag on his lower right leg.

None of the allegations have been proven in court.

A 10th person – Randall Johnson, 41 – was arrested in South Surrey Tuesday shortly after the list was posted online. On their site, police plan to mark apprehended individuals with a red ‘X.’ Grainger said RCMP are using the Top 10 list to raise awareness, and possibly urge some of the individuals’ acquaintances to let police know where to find them.

“It’s our way of trying to reduce crime, not just in Surrey, but in the entire region,” he said.

Anyone with information on the individuals, including their whereabouts, is asked to contact Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502.

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Canuck Place offers family solace from page A1 Amy Ross said she knew something wasn’t right 38 weeks into her pregnancy.

It wasn’t anything she could pinpoint – call it a mother’s intuition – but she made her doctor investigate, just in case.

An exam determined the baby wasn’t thriving, and an emergency C-section was ordered.

Gabrielle was born Oct. 13, 2010, a sister to the Rosses’ two boys, Michael and James.

They’ve become most familiar with Canuck Place since July, after Gabrielle underwent a stem-cell transplant the preceding March. The procedure was hoped to stimulate some cells that would store waste properly and improve the quality of Gabrielle’s life.

The hospice – which offers families like the Rosses respite, emergency and endof-life services – became their refuge, a place they can go for a full night’s sleep, help with Gabrielle’s care and family time.

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Regan said the journey with Gabrielle has taught him and Amy a lot, much of which they’re sharing on a blog (babyross. blogspot.com) that started as a one-off way of sharing a video of their newborn. It’s grown into a therapeutic scrapbook of thoughts, photographs, videos and more.

“We’ve always said we would never change this in for anything,” Regan said.

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children pick their parents. We feel very blessed and fortunate that little Gabrielle chose us.”

Creative Kids’ owner Sandra Christian said that in addition to raising funds, Saturday’s event is to let the family know “we are here for them as a community and a school that cares about them very much through this difficult period in their lives.”

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South Surrey’s only allcandidates meeting – held at the Rotary Field House Monday – touched on a number of contentious issues facing the city.

Nearly 100 people came to hear civic candidates’ responses to Semiahmoo Residents Association questions on matters ranging from public safety to Surrey’s annual economic summit.

Questions were posed in an unusual format in order to accommodate as many answers as possible on seven subjects.

Candidates were all asked a question, initially only being able to answer “yes” or “no.”

After everyone had answered, each could use one of three ‘green cards’ to answer in detail.

The first divisive question of the night asked if candidates agreed Surrey’s crime rate had gone down and, if so, what they would do to continue the trend.

All attending candidates from the Surrey First slate – incumbents Linda Hepner, Barinder Rasode, Barbara Steele, Judy Villeneuve, Marvin Hunt, first-time candidate Bruce Hayne and mayoral incumbent Dianne Watts – agreed the crime rate had gone down, a statement echoed by independents Paul Griffin, Imtiaz Popat, Judy Higginbotham and Bernadette Keenan.

The Surrey Civic Coalition was split on the answer, with Bob Bose and Stephanie Ryan agreeing the rate had gone down, and Grant Rice, Doug Elford and Gary Robinson – as well as independents Deanna Welters, Touraj Ghanbar-Zadeh and Ross Buchanan – saying it had not.

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Buchanan called a Nov. 7 progress report on Surrey’s Crime Reduction Strategy “bogus,” saying it should be called a “regress report.”

“The odds of being stabbed or shot at night in Surrey is 300 per cent – three times greater – than in Portland or Seattle,” Buchanan said.

Elford agreed with Buchanan, adding that the solution is more police on the street. However, Rasode said statistics show the crime rate has gone down.

The Surrey Regional Economic Summit, held in October, was another point of contention because of the presence of keynote speaker George W. Bush. Candidates were asked whether the invitation to the former U.S. president was beneficial to Surrey’s reputation.

Only members of Surrey First agreed it was.

When asked if candidates would continue the summits, independents Buchanan, Ghanbar-Zadeh and Popat and SCC members – with the exception of Ryan – said they would not.

Bose said Watts showed an “incredible lack of good judgment” when she invited Bush to the summit.

Rice agreed with Bose, adding that inviting Bush was “insulting to our Muslim brothers and sisters” and that he was “ashamed” on behalf of residents.

Watts was quick to address Rice’s statement when she spoke in favour of the summit, saying community members from all backgrounds attended.

“We do have a Muslim (present) that was at the summit, and I don’t believe he was offended,” Watts said.

Rice sparred with a second Surrey First member when the SCC candidate said the city was “almost bankrupt” and that Surrey had “drained” its reserves.

Hunt, who had chaired Surrey’s finance committee in previous years, refuted Rice’s statement, saying the city has more than $500 million in reserves and that he had “no idea” what Rice was talking about.

Despite the flare-ups, the candidates did agree on some issues, including that gas taxes should not be raised to fund TransLink projects.

Hunt was the only candidate who would not give a definitive “yes” or “no,” saying it was not a simple answer.

Other question topics included Surrey’s green space, the city’s lower-than-average taxes and multiple city centres.

The meeting was hosted by the Semiahmoo residents group, after earlier debate plans were cancelled by the South Surrey White Rock Chamber of Commerce due to financial constraints.

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Chamber needs to adapt, evolve he South Surrey White Rock Chamber of Commerce appears to have turned the corner on a difficult period of transition.

Although more current figures on its financial position are not expected until January, treasurer Doug Robinson intimated after the chamber’s AGM Tuesday that the picture for this year is not as bleak as expected.

Interim executive director Doug Hart went as far as to say that the chamber is looking ahead to a return to a surplus and even making a contribution to its equity base.

This is good news for the new 2012 board, which may actually be able to look forward to spending more of its time in making plans than controlling damage.

There is no denying that a situation of making cuts – including staff time, the paid position of executive director and expected sponsorship of several all-candidates meetings in the current municipal election campaign – is a bad optic for an organization that has been working hard to reposition itself as a go-ahead representative of the Semiahmoo Peninsula business community.

That very repositioning is one of the aspects of the over-reaching that contributed to the parlous financial position the chamber faced in October.

And yet it cannot be lost on the chamber that the neighbouring Surrey Board of Trade has made it no secret that it is attempting to expand its influence by issuing bold political statements and that they are taking an increasingly expansionist stance on the areas it covers.

The chamber was not wrong to want to boost membership and improve the level of advocacy and services it provides, particularly if it staves off the possibility of counter-productive turf wars.

Now going into its 75th year, the organization has a proud record of service to the business community – and a few features, such as its fee-for-service contracts with the City of White Rock, Tourism British Columbia and the Government of Canada for tourism activities, that make it unique among similar groups.

It should not be forgotten that the chamber’s woes were at least in part due to a situation that is not unique – many not-for-profit groups and societies are facing shortfalls in revenue in the current economic climate, curtailing or imperilling many of the events and activities they have come to count on for raising funds.

What worked before is not always working now – and a wise organization is one that realizes it must evolve as times change.

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he current popular subject it’s strong enough to face the storms but on the street is about all the maybe not the vandals. But hey, these sign-wrecking kids are out in the fresh election signs. Not so much air, getting exercise, so don’t be about the quality of the signs, too hard on them. but the quantity. With so many Jim McGregor candidates running, the signs The little signs are the are now just a blur and it’s problem. The wire frames tend to bend if you force them and difficult to identify one sign the road shoulders are usually from the other. compact gravel.

I can’t complain too much, I was out putting some signs up They end up twisted and blown down and become supporting my candidate in this unreadable by election day. It election and in past campaigns would be easier to find softer as well.

When you volunteer to work ground but most politicians on an election campaign and don’t like using a ‘grassy knoll’ for anything. you own a pickup truck, you are Besides, they are boring. They automatically put on the sign need to be more attractive to crew.

It is not a job for weaklings; the drivers. Many of you may you have to be in shape. You need a big remember the old Burma Shave signs of the 1940s and 1950s. hammer, a portable screw driver and a Five or six signs would be placed in set of rain gear. You have to be able to a row, each consecutive sign with a leap wide ditches in a single bound and wear boots that can trample brambles. line to a poem. It was one of the most successful ad campaigns around at the You have to have a keen eye and place time. the sign to get maximum voter visibility For instance, coming up to a set of and yet minimum driver obstruction.

The big signs are easy. You pound in railroad tracks the signs might read: the stakes, screw on the supports and Train approaching/Whistle squealing

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Last week we asked...

Do you like your options in the Nov. 19 civic election?

yes 44% no 56% 95 responding Stop/Avoid that run-down feeling/ Burma Shave.

So let’s get creative with our election signs.

They could be negative: I don’t like cows/I don’t like grass/I support/ the overpass/vote for me.

They could be positive: I don’t support /the transit tax/ bring back/the interurban tracks/vote for me.

They could be informative: Seven councillors/Mayor makes eight/that doesn’t mean/we are a slate/vote for us.

Even the school board candidates could get on board: I don’t want/to raise no fools/I support/the two new skools/ vote for me.

I’m sure you all agree that you would slow down to read all these well-crafted messages and I’m sure an aspiring poet could make big money from all the candidates as the competition for more and more rhymes heated up.

Before long, the national and world news media would arrive in our town and be extolling the creativity of our election candidates.

Instead of negativity and bickering, we could all enjoy driving the streets again.

Maybe families would even go out for car rides just to read the signs.

Personally, I think if someone was creative with their signs, they may be creative at the council table as well. But be patient: Signs are down/in four more days/at least/that’s what McGregor says.

Jim McGregor writes for Langley Times, sister paper to the Peace Arch News.

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Health care all about business Editor: I’m in the market for a new doctor.

I’m looking for someone with a more youthful outlook, someone who makes it reasonably comfortable for me to book an appointment, renew my prescriptions and provide me competent advice and referrals when needed. My family and their health is important to me.

This is not a letter to bash the health system or the B.C. medical practice profession in any way.

I have been the recipient of and witness to outstanding medical care.

What I am talking about is customer service and the respect of the individual forced to dance to the tune of uncaring or selfish business practices. We, the great unwashed and guests, know if we are being treated with respect or not.

Customers are not always right.

But it is never right to provide lousy service on purpose.

To say the least, I do not feel I was treated right when my prescription is set to expire as often as the doctor’s maximum visit schedule, nor when it could not be renewed without a visit, nor when I was made to wait two weeks to meet the new doctor who took over months ago, nor when I arrived early to an empty office and was made to wait beyond the next appointment schedule, nor when I noticed the doctor picking up a different section of the newspaper…

Hey, of course you’ve heard worse.

My point is, I’ve just fired my family doctor. Planning to interview new offices next week.

Tell your staff, they may receive a call. Or not. I can tell when I’m getting acceptable service or not.

Adam D. Smith, White Rock

prime minister at that time; he was First Lord of the Admiralty.

Second, was Vimy a watershed moment in Canadian identity?

Victory on the ridge notwithstanding, Canadian prime minister Robert Borden was convinced the fate of the British empire was in jeopardy and promised London more soldiers.

Conscription was the issue in the 1917 election, and Borden would tolerate no opposition to his policy.

So certain recent immigrants, their loyalty suspect, were disenfranchised, and the vote given to mothers and wives of serving soldiers. There was even a scheme to put overseas soldiers’ votes into handpicked ridings.

Significant resistance confronted conscription all across Canada.

Ontario farmers marched on Ottawa, demanding exemptions for their sons, and riots broke out in Quebec.

As it turned out, conscription failed to produce significantly more recruits than voluntarism, and even by 1918 almost half of the Canadian Expeditionary Force was still British-born.

Whatever its virtues, Vimy did not provide inspiration for the commitment and sacrifice needed to get more men in the trenches any

more than “imperial patriotism” did.

Space and time may prevent many from visiting the Vimy memorial, yet I wonder how comfortable Canadians are in accepting a bloodand-guts battle as a foundation of their national identity.

Bob Burgel, Surrey

So much for being kind Editor: Re: Still paying for my kindness, Oct. 27 letters.

I sympathize with letter-writer Stu Mitchell.

This gentleman really went out of his way to be kind and generous to perhaps the worst kind of female.

To think he spent so much of his time getting estimates for that person, only to learn the following day the witch – couldn’t find the letter ‘B’ – had her current phone number disconnected.

No, my good man, she will not call ICBC; she didn’t have any integrity from the moment she backed into your car.

What a way to learn a lesson!

Stu, I hope other readers take your

advice: be civil, but write down the plate number – after taking information from the instigator’s licence. Plate numbers may not always help, as it may be a rented car, or the person is using someone else’s car.

Shortly after moving to White Rock about eight years ago, I tried helping a young lady financially. I had no money and, since I’m in my 80s, her loans officer pushed me into taking out a mortgage on my property in order to get the $80,000 she and her partner needed.

Long story short, she walked away from the loan, though the funds had been used as a down payment on property.

Fortunately for me, after years of nightmares and insomnia worrying about the mortgage and only receiving minimal monthly payments from this person, the property was sold with the bank getting most of the proceeds.

I received most of the money due me, yet I am still out lawyers’ fees and monthly payments towards the principal and interest I took over.

This person moved out of White Rock and is living ‘scot free’ and drives a Mercedes convertible.

So much for being kind.

Ruth Carrier, White Rock

Vimy didn’t inspire then Editor: Re: An international lesson in Canadian history, Nov. 3.

I enjoyed Earl Marriott Secondary student Stephanie Nowak’s comments about Canada’s involvement in Europe in the First World War. I would like to make a few remarks.

First, Winston Churchill was not the

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Youth should be a priority Editor: Re: A plea for her daughter’s safe passage, Nov. 10.

As block watch captain for this area, I called about this situation.

I was appalled at the response.

I felt like I was being lectured on responsibility. It was made clear that drivers speeding is the responsibility of the bus driver!

Why do we have police if they are not there to protect children?

Christine Eden, Surrey

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Attendees gather at the Cloverdale Cenotaph last Friday to honour war veterans on Remembrance Day.

Day of remembrance stirs notions Editor: Going through the long list of Remembrance Day media articles from coast to coast, we are encouraged to stand up for history, recognizing the men and women who gave and risk their lives.

So little we see about the courageous civilians that are among the occupiers.

Working in secrecy, they too did give and risk their lives.

Sadly, most of the time, we don’t know their names.

It was surprising to find in the Saskatoon StarPhoenix an article under the heading, “Let’s remember civilian suffering too.”

Many of the 1945-1965 European immigrants were there, facing starvation, but survived – yet they rarely tell their stories as memory is still hurting.

No history books describe their bravery, for the simple reason they don’t want to be known.

They just did for the good of all there.

Let us remember.

Suan H. Booiman, White Rock Q I attended the Nov. 11 ceremony at the White Rock Cenotaph as I have for many years.

It is always moving and provokes a great deal of thought about how lucky I am to live in Canada.

The singing of our national anthem is a vital part of this ceremony and I enjoy taking part.

What I don’t understand is, why are we singing, “God Save The Queen… long to reign over us?”

Are there Canadians who actually believe that the Queen of England reigns over us?

I, for one, do not.

We are our own country and we reign over ourselves as far as I am concerned.

Roger Currie, Surrey

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Surrey teen still subject of riot probe A Surrey teen arrested with stolen property the day after the Stanley Cup riot in Vancouver may not be completely off the hook if Vancouver Police link him to criminal activity during the June 15 melee.

Karanvir Singh Saran, 18, was arrested for possession of stolen property after bragging about having the pilfered goods. His teacher witnessed the boast and called the Surrey RCMP. Saran pleaded guilty and

received an absolute discharge, as there was no way of linking him with the theft at the time.

However, Cpl. Drew Grainger said the ladies swimwear Saran had came from a store that was vandalized during the riot.

“There’s the potential he could still be subject of the ongoing riot investigation,” Grainger said Tuesday.

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Barrie nominated for music award “I grew up with it, hearing my dad listening on the spot. I didn’t expect it to happen that to Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson. That’s way.�

These days she’s a resident of Rockford, Ill. what I’m comfortable with.�

She said she is always writing ideas for new – a suburb of Chicago – where her husband It assumed increasing importance in her songs, and expects to record a new album of four months, Brandon Segal, is captain life after four concussions, a broken leg and within a year or two. of Chicago Blackhawks’ farm team, the a slipped hip disc effectively brought her And while she admits that some songs Rockford Ice Hogs. hockey-playing days to a close. she wrote for her current album (like But B.C. Country Music Association award “Otherwise I’d probably have been trying to Unforgivable and Room To Breathe) were nominee Melissa Rae Barrie still has strong get on the Olympic team,� she said. inspired by events in her life, that isn’t the ties to the Semiahmoo Peninsula, where she But she’s glad she found music, she said. only approach to writing. graduated from Elgin Park Secondary in “I’m doing what I love, now,� she said. “Some songs come from personal 2004. “It’s really exciting just getting the album experience, some come from friends’ “My best friends are still the same girls out and having the first single doing really experiences, and some don’t have to do with from high school,� Barrie said, in a phone well.� real life. interview from Illinois. “And I was in the Hockey has never been far from her life “My writing is always evolving and I’m in Peace Arch News when I was in Grade 9, for – particularly after she wed Segal in July, a different place from where I was when I Contributed photo my hockey playing.� and moved to Illinois to support the former wrote the first album songs. The next album Melissa Rae Barrie has been nominated for Her burgeoning career is still rooted in Dallas player in his playing career. may have some more ‘folky’ sounds, some a B.C. Country Music Association award.

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ast week, we acknowledged the sacrifices made by the men and women who have served Canada over the decades.

The Royal Canadian Legion, #8 White Rock Branch, has an interesting history in which one building in particular stands out.

The first Legion hall, which stood next to the White Rock pier, is now only a fond memory, but during its short, distinctive life it went beyond the expectations of the men who built it, serving not just the Legion, but the entire community.

In 1919, just after the First World War, returned servicemen of the area were looking for a place to call Lorraine and Hugh Ellenwood their own, while the community was trying to decide on a suitable way to honour its heroes.

When a local contractor suffered a tragic accident while constructing a building adjacent to the pier, the veterans bought the building materials, and with volunteer labour and public subscriptions, the long-anticipated Legion hall became reality.

The formal opening was held in July 1929.

An impressive stone plaque in the main hall was inscribed with the names of four White Rock men – John Wicks, David Wix, J.W. Robertson, and Charles Severn – who did not return from the Great War. The first president of the branch was Frank MacKenzie, who served through the name change from the original Great War Veterans Association to the Canadian Legion in 1926, and on into the ’30s.

The euphoria of the ’20s soon dissipated in the gloom of the Great Depression.

During the early ’30s, minutes of Legion meetings record the hardships of members, and their comrades’ efforts to alleviate them. Dances were held to raise the dues of members unable to afford them.

An entry in 1934 illustrates the general tenor: “The treasurer was instructed to put up the $7 needed to finance the purchase of a gramophone. It was decided to purchase up-to-date records to the value of $2 to make the gramophone a success. At the

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The White Rock Canadian Legion building on the day of its dedication in 1929. Right, soldier Earl Barge, an active White Rock Legion member after returning from the war. close of the meeting, the gramophone was tried out for the benefit of those who had not heard the same.”

The machine was rented out at a $2 fee.

The greatest blow soon struck. On Aug. 27, 1935, the building was completely destroyed by fire.

The Surrey Leader newspaper reported, “The blaze, which is thought to have been caused by the explosion of a gas stove, could be seen for miles out to sea, and attracted a large crowd of onlookers.

Damage is estimated to have reached $10,000.

White Rock and Blaine fire brigades battled to save the hall and store, but unavailingly, their efforts being handicapped by a receding tide making it difficult to obtain water.”

Legion members rallied quickly,

announcing that the branch was willing to contribute $1,000 – the major part of their bank account – to rebuild, and asked for public subscription.

Spare cash was hard to come by, and the response was disappointing, to say the least.

The following summer a concession hut was built, added to bit by bit, but never attained the character of its predecessor.

Having mulled over the idea of relocating to hilltop for 10 years, Branch #8 finally made the move in 1949.

The waterfront lost a caring and generous presence.

The Peninsula’s best-known motherand-son historians, Lorraine and Hugh Ellenwood, are dedicated to preserving history through the White Rock Museum & Archives. Call 604-541-2222, or email whiterockarchives@telus.net

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Students bag city award They’ve saved more than 1,500 pounds of nylon from landfills and in the process, taught hundreds of teens how simple sewing could help the environment.

Now students from Simon Fraser University have been honored with a Top 3 Green City Award from the City of Surrey for their creative environmental efforts.

Their Banner Bags project was chosen in the community group category (one of three categories) at the Surrey 2011 City Awards, held at the new City Centre Library Oct. 25.

The student project was created three years ago by a team from Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE), based at SFU Surrey. Students Lauren Watkin, project manager, Sonam Swarup, director of community development, and Ashish Gurung, project advisor accepted the award from Mayor Dianne Watts.

To date, more than 800 banners no longer used by cities or community organizations have been turned into colourful reusable bags, produced by students in high school sewing classes led by the SIFE students.

Watkin, a student in SFU’s Beedie School of Business, explains: “Our efforts have made an impact. Over the past three years we have involved more than 1,000 students, saved 1,500

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Students Sonam Swarup (left) and Lauren Watkin helped to create colourful Banner Bags using recycled material from street banners. pounds of nylon from entering landfills and saved companies and cities approximately $6,000 in disposal and storage fees.�

Students estimated that amount of nylon in landfills could have resulted in more than 30,000 pounds of CO2 emissions.

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The Banner Bags program has run in more than 30 schools in the Lower Mainland and beyond, including classes in Ottawa and Vernon. Students are continuing workshops this fall and organizing a showcase for next semester.

The Green City Awards recognize leaders in environmental stewardship and celebrates the outstanding contributions of individuals, non-profit groups or community groups and businesses who go beyond expectations to enhance Surrey’s natural environment, while also educating and engaging others and creating an awareness about issues of concern.

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Parr, Klitch celebrated as Outstanding Canadians Tracy Holmes Staff Reporter

Two Peninsula residents who made a “monumental� difference in White Rock were honoured posthumously Monday by city council.

Before presenting the families of Terry Parr and Linda Klitch with plaques, flowers and news the pair would be added to the city’s Living Legacy Tracy Holmes photo book as Terry Parr Terry Parr’s family accepts an award on his behalf from White Rock Outstanding Mayor Catherine Ferguson at Monday’s city council meeting.

Canadians on the Peninsula, Appealing to citizens to Festival, the city’s original Mayor branding initiative, development consider donating blood in Catherine Klitch Klitch’s honour, Ferguson of the BIA, Rotary and thee Ferguson sh South Surrey White Rock shared Klitch’s rules for said she only lliving with attendees: Community Foundation. wished the “Give it your all, Ferguson highlighted decision had appreciate all that you two efforts of Klitch’s peacearchnews.com been made h which have, over the have, go where love sooner. ggoes, do what is right, years, raised hundreds Linda Klitch “We felt it un of thousands of dollars forr understand that people honoured was important the community: the Peace are more important than as a council anything and family is most Arch News Vintage Affair and before we left this term that the PAN Christmas Fund. important of all.� these people are acknowledged,� Ferguson said. “My only regret would be that this wasn’t something that we were able to do when both of them were still with us.�

Both Parr and Klitch died unexpectedly this year, 4½ months apart – Parr on May 6, and Klitch on Sept. 26.

Parr, owner of Parfour Signs and a longtime active member of the city’s business community, gave “all kinds of service to our community,� Ferguson said, naming Rotary, the South Surrey White Rock Chamber of Commerce Over 85 varieties and development of the of cheeses WEISS FILLED Business Improvement Association as among his We will slice contributions. most cheeses Parr’s business “was sort of the hub of what was going on in White Rock,� she added. “If you wanted to know /150g anything, you went to FRENCH ST. AGUR Parfour Signs.�

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Those who imbibe the sweet The centre of the universe nectar of Lotusland will be beckons me. The cultural sporting Birkenstocks before mecca of our great country calls they know it. me. The jewel in the crown lures And there’s more. Robertson me like hapless bait on a fishing has some sound advice for Ford, line. who is keen on revitalizing Yes, I am going to Toronto for the Toronto Harbourfront. a week. It is time again to frolic For starters, Robertson’s in all things Zoomer in solution might be for April Lewis Znaimer-land. him to destroy the I have to admit every Gardiner Expressway time I visit T-O, as it is with its endless flow affectionately known, of traffic and replace I am welcomed like it with bicycle lanes, royalty. Torontonians community gardens and know how to treat chicken coops. us Westerners and I The resultant noise willingly succumb to reduction (cackling their seductive fawning. notwithstanding) would I love being wined and lull all those highrise dined, and I respond by dwellers to a more being so appreciative peaceful sleep. They of being allowed to set would be oblivious to foot on such hallowed the fact they have no ground. view of Lake Ontario and can’t But this time, I want to bring afford their mortgages.

Toronto a special gift from Cycling to work each day will Vancouver… some suggestions strengthen their bodies and on how to improve Toronto, if fortify their souls for the bad that is even possible. news which awaits them on Bay Let’s start with Toronto’s Mayor Street. They could revel in good Rob Ford… no, let’s not go there. health as they enjoy fresh freeHowever, let’s see what range eggs and veggies for their Vancouver’s picture of breakfast frittatas washed down pulchritude, Mayor Gregor with more Happy Planet juices.

Robertson has to offer the They could pick flowers from denizens of Hogtown. Why, it’s their community garden and a free year’s supply of his own wear them in their lapels on organic Happy Planet products the way to the Occupy Toronto with guaranteed ‘green’ results. protest wishing they were in

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Robertson continues his benevolence by consoling Torontonians, who haven’t seen their beloved Toronto Maple Leafs anywhere near the Stanley Cup playoffs since 1967. He is offering them free satellite coverage of our own 2010 Stanley Cup Riots to show them what they are missing.

His generosity is neverending.

As Toronto has never won a bid to host the Olympics, he wants to share the love. He will send Toronto the bill still owing on the Olympic Village at False Creek.

And Con-Air will continue to flourish. Apart from sending suspected felons back to their cities of origin, Vancouver will ship back all ex-Torontonians who complain about our high cost of living – free of charge.

And finally, all citizens of Toronto the Good will each receive a barrel of pure, unadulterated Vancouver rainwater. They can sip it, wash in it or simply splash in it. If they want more, we would be happy to sell it to them.

I love Toronto, but I love you more, Vancouver.

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Celebrating a milestone White Rock has another centenarian in its midst.

On Nov. 5, Mary Elizabeth Lerner celebrated turning 100 years old with family and friends – including her 98-year-old sister Edna Chambers – at White Cliff Retirement Home.

“It was a fabulous event with all her friends and family by her side. It was a great party,” said Mary’s niece Lorraine Petersen.

Mary’s nephew, Patrick Lerner, was master of ceremonies and presented the congratulations certificates from Queen Elizabeth, Prime Minister Stephan Harper and Mayor Catherine Ferguson.

Born in Lacadena, Saskatchewan, Mary moved to White Rock in September 2002 with her late husband of more than 50 years, Casper (Cappy) Lerner.

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Stamp-ing out lung disease White Rock’s volunteer director for the BC Lung Association is asking residents for help reaching a province-wide $1 million fundraising target this year.

Anne Affleck is urging people to help raise the funds through donations for Christmas seals, which are labels placed on mail during the holiday season.

“Christmas seals are a very visible way of showing that people care about the continuing fight against lung disease,” she said in release last week.

The association’s mission is to promote lung health and clean air and support the growing number of British Columbians with breathing problems, such as asthma and lung cancer.

The money raised through the donations is used to fund medical research in the treatment and prevention of lung disease and patient support programs, the release states.

According to the association, one in five British Columbians has breathing problems with one Canadian dying every 20 minutes from lung disease.

For more information or to donate, go to www.bc.lung. ca or call 1800-665-5864.

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Let’s reduce pay parking.

Let’s enhance the decal program with ‘walkers decals’ and ‘diners decals.’

Let’s reduce our taxpayers’ burden by searching for creative revenue generators.

Let’s include our citizens in the decisionmaking process at city hall.

Let’s do all this and more!

For a positive, energetic and experienced voice on council on November 19 vote for

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innovative ideas which would improve services for all city taxpayers.

Don’t be Fooled by Wild New City Hall Claims

“Mr. Baldwin says he is in favour of renovating the present city hall but council has already been told by independent consultants that such a major undertaking would cost more than building a new facility.

“In a desperate attempt to frighten taxpayers, mayoralty candidate Wayne Baldwin and his Surrey-led election team are spreading false information on my position regarding a new city hall. They suggest I am in favour of spending millions on a new city hall which is totally false.

“City council, including Mr. Baldwin’s running mate Helen Fathers, had voted to explore the possibility of developing a multi-purpose civic centre which would include a new city hall, either at the present city hall site or new town centre. Such a project would be Ànanced through redevelopment of city owned land. I made my position clear on the proposal at a recent candidates meeting. I am in favour of exploring all options provided any such project could be completed at little or no cost to city taxpayers. I have no intention of spending millions on a new city hall but I am open to

“As we enter the last few days of the campaign, I reafÀrm my commitment, if elected as your next mayor to treat all staff in a fair and respectful manner, to pursue the citizen led town centre redevelopment vision and to continue to seek cost savings through such co-operative programs as the joint RCMP dispatch services with Surrey which has increased emergency response coverage for White Rock citizens at a savings of $400,000 annually.

“I look forward to your support at the polls on November 19.”

Sincerely,

Lynne Sinclair

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Consider Wayne Baldwin’s Actions Before You Vote As the city’s chief administrative ofÀcer in 2005, Wayne Baldwin recommended that council approve massive towers of up to 21 storeys in the town centre. *After the public hearing Mr. Baldwin continued to recommend approval despite 2011 White Rock citizens opposing the increase from 12 storeys. Only 137 citizens said they were in favour of the height increase. Mr. Baldwin did not listen to the majority then - why would he listen as mayor? Don’t take the chance!

Minutes of special council meetings Oct. 24-25, 2005

* Mr. Baldwin has called for civic staff salary cuts but he left the city in 2006 with a settlement of over $500,000. Some settlement. Some savings.

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Mr. Baldwin wants to reduce city costs but he opposed the joint RCMP dispatch services with Surrey which saved White Rock taxpayers $400,000 annually. Go Àgure. * Mr. Baldwin has called for more civility at city hall but during an interview on Radio Station CKNW on Saturday afternoon he told his opponent, Lynne Sinclair to “Shut Up”.

Some civility.

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White Rock in Good Financial Shape White Rock City is in a sound Ànancial position.

City Àgures show: • 2010 Operating Surplus $400,000 • Debt free since 2007 • 2011 tax increase - 3.77% (mid range in Metro Vancouver Comparisons) • Accumulated reserve $23 million • Provincial and Federal grants $6 million for civic, sports, cultural and health programs

Citizens for Lynne Sinclair Seniors, families, singles, business people and community volunteers are uniting in support of Lynne Sinclair for mayor of White Rock. Among them are: Kathleen Allisen Ed Alp Jackie Alp David Anson George Ashton Maryetta Ashton Lois Avison Dick Avison Stella Barber Vern Barber Nicole Beland Vrenii Blatter Sheron Blewett Carol Bjarnason Jean Bruce

Ian Bruce Scott Buchanan Janice Buchanan Al Campbell Alex Campbell Kathleen Campbell Paulette Cave Judy ChipperÀeld Alf Clark Karen Clark Dianna Lynn Connick Bruce Connick Barbara Cooper Jack Cooper Jerry Coulas

Joan Coulas Bill Coyne Jean Coyne Vin Coyne Helena Cunningham Kathy Delcourt Mark Delcourt Laurie Dewinetz Edythe Dickey Mel Dickey Margaret Dilworth Tracey Dilworth Donna Dussault Gerri Ettinger Gwenne Farrell Sue Frame Jessie Gates Jacqueline Gaudet Margaret Graham Neville Grahan Chip Hand Lorraine Hand

Sharon Hammond Gordon Hammond Jackie Heilbron Dr. Margorie Holmgren Lois Holt Steven Holt David Huxley Gigi Huxley Sharon Jones Ken Jones Dorothy Kennett Pete Kinvig Leslie Konkin Muriel Kring Gordon Kring Jean Kromm Gerry Kromm Dodie Higgins LaFleur Mary MacDonald Betty McDougall Gordon McDougall Brenda McGibbon

Brian McGibbon Rhonda McJannet Danny McJannet Jack McLachlan Margaret McLachlan Doug McLean Shellie McLean Bruce McLeod Evelyn McLeod Rosemary McLoughlin Bob McNally Laurae McNally Sherri Metcalfe Grant Meyer Leslie Meyer Carol Monaghan Ian Monaghan Freda Nightingale Shelly Nightingale Helen Odin Joe Odin Bill Olivier

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Ole! Warm up for a late fall day with a lively and colourful Community submissions for the Festival of Mini-Trees decorated celebration of Mexican culture at the White Rock Library Saturday. The trees will be displayed until the Surrey Museum on Nov. 26 Dec. 3 and then sold by silent auction during the annual public from 1-3 p.m.

Christmas party hosted by Friends of the White Rock Library.

Enjoy traditional dances by Mexico Vivo and live music by is recommended. For more That item – the opportunity to Mariachi Vargas. Learn to make information, or to sign up, call be a firefighter for a day – raised papel picado to decorate your 604-592-6956. about $600. home the Mexican way.

Merkal, Nielsen and Hippsley Make a simple piĂąata and try Princess party presented White Rock firefighters other Latin American crafts. For with a cheque earlier this month.

A Princess Party last August all ages. Admission by donation. raised a total of $10,200 for Also, you can sign up for the White Rock “Armchair Travellers: Firefighters Charity Mexican Days of the Association.

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■South Fraser Sjogren’s Syndrome support group meeting on Nov. 17 at Chuck Bailey Rec Centre, 13458 107A Ave. Info: 604-781-4939. ■Adult grief support group, Nov.3-Dec.8, at the Surrey Hospice Society, 13857 68 Ave. Info: www. surreyhospice.com ■R.C.L., L.A. #240 monthly Luncheon on Nov. 17 at noon at 2643 128 St. ■Osteoporosis Canada Surrey/ White Rock Chapter monthly meeting at Crescent Gardens Retirement Facility, 1222 King George Blvd. Nov. 17 at 7 p.m.

Everyone welcome. â– Mixed Singles over 60 in White Rock/South Surrey are invited to join group activities including dinners, golf and bowling. Next meeting Nov. 17. Information: 604590-4992. â– Mature driving workshops are available for free by BCAA and White Rock police. The two-hour workshops take place Nov. 22 at 9:30 a.m. and Dec. 9 at 9:30 a.m. at the White Rock Community Centre Gallery. Info: Julia, 604-541-2231.

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Cost: $2 Escorted by Gary Oliver of Cinemazoo, Sisi, a four-year-old female ■Seniors’ Friday Friendship on chihuahua, rides on the back of Dozer, an African spur thigh Nov. 18 at White Rock Baptist tortoise at last month’s Cloverdale Halloween Parade.

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Showband. Tickets: $30, including ■Christmas Blues & Gospel ■St. Andrew’s Pub & Ceilidh night food, refreshments. 604-536-1242. show on Dec. 16 at First United on Nov. 25 at 8 p.m. at Sullivan ■Johnny Cash Tribute by Gary Church, 15385 Semiahmoo Ave., Hall, 6306 152 St. Hosted by the Kehoe on Nov. 19 at 8 p.m. at the featuring John Lee Sanders and Tam O’Shanter Scottish Country White Rock Elks Club, 1469 George Sibel Thrasher. Tickets on sale at Dancers. Cost: $12. Contact: 604St. Cost: $20. Information: 604-538Tapestry Music and 536-7660 or 604-5354016 or www.whiterockelks.ca Surrey Arts Centre.

8949. â– A Real Piece of Work, art and â– The White Rock Saturday fine craft sale on Nov. 19-20 from Social Justice Film â– Kiwanis Snowball 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Ocean Park Society presents The Dinner, Dance and Community Hall. Information: Clean Bin Project Silent Auction on Nov. arealpieceofwork@hotmail.com documentary on Nov. 19 at 6 p.m. Tickets at â– Christmas Bazaar and Tea on 25 at 7 p.m. at the the Crescent Beach Nov. 19 at Holy Trinity Church, First United Church, datebook@peacearchnews.com Legion. 2643 128 St. corner or Roper Avenue and Foster 15385 Semiahmoo Cost: $25 Street from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Cost: $7 Ave. Admission by â– Elvis Rocks Semi on Nov. 19 at (adults) $4 (Kids under 10). donation.

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■ Christmas on the Peninsula ■ Hominum Fraser Valley Chapter Festival, Nov. 26 at White Rock is an informal discussion and Community Centre and other support group to help gay, bisexual various locations. Mini Christmas and questioning men with the parade at 3:30 p.m. More challenges of being married, information: 604-542-3776 or www. separated or single. Meetings last christmasonthepeninsula.com Friday of every month. Call Art, 604462-9813 or Don, 604-329-9760.

Sunday ■ Amnesty International meets the ■ Classics on the Rock at the second Tuesday of the month, for White Rock Elks, 1469 George more, call Lisa, 604-541-0825.

St., on Nov. 20 at 2 p.m. Cost: $12 ■ Drop-in contract Bridge every (adults), $10 (seniors/students), $5 Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the White (child) Information: 604-538-4016 or Rock Lawn Bowling Club, 1079 www.whiterockelks.ca Dolphin St. Information: Joan MacLean: 604-536-8487 Wednesday ■ Bridge lessons for beginners ■ Get Reel, the Semiahmoo Arts every Thursday at 10 a.m. at the film series has a screening of Of White Rock Lawn Bowling Club, Gods and Men Nov. 23 at 7 p.m. at 1079 Dolphin St. Information: Jean the White Rock Community Centre.

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■ White Rock/South Surrey Parkinson Support Group meets the second Monday of the month at 1:30 p.m., in Christina Place, 1183 Maple St., White Rock. For more information, email recreation@ ovcare.com ■ Early Edition Toastmasters meets every Monday morning (except holidays), 7-8:30 a.m., Centennial Park Leisure Centre, 14600 North Bluff Road, White Rock.

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Approx. 45 minutes to one hour. $2/person. Children under 12 free when accompanied by adult. â– Alzheimer Society of B.C. White Rock office needs office and one-onone support volunteers. A commitment of two-to-four hours weekly or biweekly over one year is required.

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ying in his hospital bed, Ruby Pandher thinks back to what began as a seemingly normal night. The night he got shot.

He remembers the sounds – shouting, shuffling of feet, squealing and beeping. And then his memories fade, as does the beeping noise.

The next thing he feels is a warm hand on his arm. It’s his mom’s. Tears in her eyes, she calls Ruby her prince and tells him “Puut, Rubb nay tenu buchiiya.” God saved you.

Ruby, the protagonist at the centre of Ranj Dhaliwal’s second novel, Daaku: The Gangster’s Life, is a big-time criminal who this time, instead of delivering the violence, has been on the receiving end. And in hospital, he’s come to the realization that it’s his own crew who has targeted him.

The story picks up precisely where the Surrey author’s first novel, simply titled Daaku, ended.

The debut book, released in 2006, introduced the reader to Ruby and followed his progression from committing petty crimes to becoming a powerful daaku – Punjabi for outlaw.

Now recovering from four bullet wounds and separated from what he thought was his loyal gang, Ruby is torn. As a gangster who deftly climbed the underworld’s corporate ladder, his instinct is to seek revenge.

But a chance at love and the prospect of his ill-equipped little brother following in his footsteps has him doing battle with his conscience.

The ever-present lure of glamour and wealth makes Ruby’s decision even more difficult.

“It’s like a magnet, that life – it keeps trying to pull him back,” explains Dhaliwal. “That’s the way the gangster life is – the money is good.

And he loves the power and pride.”

The book illustrates the almost-impossible struggle, with Ruby involved in drug trafficking and targeted hits, mixed with violent temple politics and an old boss who has big, albeit sinister, plans for him. Still, he wonders, what would a normal life be like?

“What I wanted to show was he wants out,” Dhaliwal says. “He knows what right and wrong is.”

The 35-year-old author initially began writing his gangland saga after watching friends and classmates become consumed – and some eventually killed – by the deadly lifestyle.

Dhaliwal has since become heavily involved in political and community activism, often speaking on organized crime to high school and university students and working alongside police, speaking to officers about gangs.

He also became an initiated Sikh in late 2007 and now helps co-ordinate programs for youth and is responsible for bringing Sikh leaders from India to tour various Panthic Sikh temples that abide by the Sikh Code of Conduct.

He works as a paralegal and, balancing his volunteer work, writes part-time.

“It’s still my hobby,” Dhaliwal says.

His eight-month-old son, he admits, is also winning much of his attention these days.

“He just learned to say ‘daddy,’” he laughs.

“It doesn’t matter what I’m doing, when I hear that, I go straight to him.”

Dhaliwal says he’s been getting great feedback on the new book – and that, he says, encourages him to further perfect his writing.

“That makes me think ‘I want to do an even better job next time.’”

A third novel in the Daaku series is due out in 2013. Daaku: The Gangster’s Life is available at Chapters locations across Canada.

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High school completion rate goes up Surrey students are completing high school and graduating at a slightly higher rate than their counterparts across the province.

According to completion rate statistics released by the Ministry of Education, more than 83 per cent of students – compared to 80 per cent provincewide – got their Dogwood diploma within six years of starting Grade 8.

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Workshop focuses on emotions Experts agree that emotional development in children influence their future development.

As well, a growing number of educators recognize that emotional learning plays a strong role in academic outcomes.

On Nov. 23, Reach Child and Youth Development Society is offering a parenting workshop near Boundary Bay Airport called Emotional Regulation that will give parents the opportunity to discover some effective strategies for supporting their child’s emotional development from early childhood into the teen years.

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child to understand their emo- lins. “Many children, espetions and will walk away with cially those with special needs some simple strategies to teach or who are ‘different’ thinkers, their child how they can con- often have difficulty undertrol their bodies and standing and regulating their emotions. their feelings.

Workshop facilitator “By understanding how our children perPam Collins has an extensive background ceive the world, and in early child develhow their senses take in information we can opment and special needs, and has been help them understand what is happening offering the workshop for several years in the in their own bodies.

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Jamie Harris When Harris – also known entered his as Jamie Farrell guilty plea in – pleaded guilty September, to secondHanson’s degree murder mother issued in Vancouver a public Supreme Court statement in September. thanking Adam Hanson While secondwitnesses degree murder for coming murdered carries an forward. automatic life sentence, “It took a lot of by law, parole eligibility courage for the can be set anywhere witnesses to stand up between 10 and 25 and tell the truth and years. for Jamie to admit On Monday, Harris responsibility,� Janet was told he could not Hanson said. apply for parole until “We, as a family, are he’s served a minimum hoping that, if anything 10 years in prison. positive can come Adam Hanson, 29, from this tragedy, it is was killed on Dec. 31, our restored faith that 2008 at a house party people will stand up near 112 Avenue and for justice and tell the 134 Street in Surrey. truth.�

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Recover costs from guilty staff, B.C. told and was added to over the years in response to specific cases.

VICTORIA – The B.C. government The first time defence costs were should try to recover legal fees paid in a B.C. criminal case was paid on behalf of employees found when former premier Glen Clark guilty of crimes related to their was charged with breach of trust employment, according to an outside involving a casino licence review of the policy released granted to a neighbour. last week.

Clark was acquitted in the University of B.C. case. president Stephen Toope Two deputy ministers was appointed in May to reviewed the Basi-Virk case review the province’s policy and concluded the accused of covering legal fees for had nowhere near the assets public servants who are sued to cover their legal bills. or charged in connection So the province paid with their duties. Toope the bills and didn’t try to Shirley Bond concluded that there are recover the cost.

Attorney General valid reasons to protect Attorney General Shirley accused employees, but Bond promised Thursday if they are found guilty, action to that the government will take away recover costs should be automatic. the discretion to make that choice The review was sparked by a $6 in future cases. New regulations will million payout to settle legal fees for specify cost recovery from those ministerial assistants Dave Basi and convicted, but the government will Bobby Virk, who abruptly pleaded still use “common sense” to weigh guilty this spring to taking bribes in the costs and benefits of legal action, connection with the sale of BC Rail Bond said. operations in 2002.

NDP attorney general critic Their prosecution stretched out for Leonard Krog said the government seven years, mostly due to wrangling ordered Toope’s report to deflect over defence demands for disclosure attention away from the Basi-Virk of thousands of government case, which was settled just as it was documents. to begin calling witnesses.

Toope was not asked to review the Toope examined the 95 cases since payout in the Basi-Virk case, which 1999 where legal fees were covered is being investigated by B.C. Auditor- by the province.

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When it comes to higher learning, the study of sewage may not be the first academic pursuit that springs to mind.

But Metro Vancouver is betting its new $9-million Annacis Wastewater Centre will offer a tempting real-life lab for scientists and engineers while yielding long-term benefits.

It officially opened Oct. 21 at Metro’s biggest sewage treatment plant on Annacis Island.

And Metro officials say it’s just the first in a series of planned sustainability academies where the regional district plans to partner with university researchers and private firms to find leading-edge solutions to regional problems.

Board chair Lois Jackson said the region wants to stop treating sewage simply as a waste.

“Sewage is a source of renewable energy and vital nutrients and the work that will take place in the academy will allow us to find novel and innovative ways to extract these important

resources,” she said.

No researchers have moved in so far.

But the first to arrive will be a UBC team exploring how to best reclaim phosphorous – an increasingly scarce commodity needed for fertilizer – from sewage.

The Annacis academy is to examine new ways to capture heat from hot water that goes down the sewers and the potential reuse of reclaimed grey water for purposes like irrigation or toilet flushing.

Another research area is the capture of biogas from local treatment plants to feed into the natural gas grid or generate electricity.

The federal and provincial governments each contributed $3 million and UBC kicked in $500,000, so Metro’s net capital cost was $2.5 million.

UBC civil engineering professor Don Mavinic said the academy is a welcome addition that will allow researchers to test and demonstrate new green technologies.

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VICTORIA – With copper trading at more than $3 a pound, thefts of phone wire have become a daily occurrence in B.C., and the B.C. government is tightening rules for scrap metal sales in an effort to stop it.

Police say it’s not just power and phone lines being targeted now.

Aluminum ladders, billboards, grave markers, street signs and even manhole covers are being stolen. Construction sites are targeted for plumbing and wiring.

A bill before the B.C. legislature will require metal sellers to register for a “customer code” that must be recorded along with the description of any metal sold.

The approach is similar to that taken with B.C. pawn shops, where operators must have transaction records to show police.

Public Safety Minister Shirley Bond said the phone and electric grids are vulnerable, as well as 911 service, and she wants the federal government to consider new penalties for theft from critical infrastructure.

“Good security and surveillance equipment doesn’t always stop the thieves from coming back again and again, especially when your metals are necessarily in remote locations, or distributed along hundreds of kilometres of roads,” Bond said.

“Even though many scrupulous recyclers consistently turn away shady characters, somebody keeps buying, and that has to stop.”

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Vidal projects move forward and doors, Halbert said.

In discussing the project, Mayor Development permits for two Catherine Ferguson questioned townhouse projects proposed for if the units’ doorways are wide Vidal Street received a thumbs-up enough for wheelchairs and from White Rock council Monmotorized scooters; day, following support for Coun. Al Campbell the move last week from wanted confirmation the land use and planning that the project met all committee. requirements of the CD The committee – with zone and that no varijust four of seven memances had been applied bers present – gave unanfor. imous support to recomRegarding the eightmending council approve unit development prothe permits during a posed for 1455 and 1465 meeting Nov. 7 in coun- Catherine Ferguson Vidal St., Ferguson quescil chambers. They apply White Rock mayor tioned why stamped conto projects proposed for crete wasn’t considered 1444, 1455 and 1465 Vidal St. over interlocking paving stones.

Council gave final reading to The latter is a trip/fall hazard, zoning bylaw amendments pro- she said, and requires more mainposed to accommodate the two tenance. projects at the Oct. 24 council “I just wonder why we wouldn’t meeting. have them looking at that,” FerguPrior to the Nov. 7 votes, city son said. planner Connie Halbert explained While Halbert noted it was how proponents had addressed among several design-panel recconcerns raised by members of ommendations aimed at creating the city’s advisory design panel. “a higher-class development,” FerChanges made to the five-unit guson disputed the logic.

1444 Vidal St. project include a “That’s a perception, that’s not shift from a curved to a gabled necessarily a reality. I don’t buy roof line – a move architect Gerry that,” she said.

Blonksi quipped means “no more Campbell agreed, noting the eyebrows.” interlocking stones would only In addition, the project’s height be sufficiently permeable if “a forwas reduced by one metre; and tune” was spent on the subgrade second-floor balcony panelling is beneath it. He added he doesn’t now glass. want to see any paving stones on Changes were also made to the city property. finishing on the project’s facades A motion by Ferguson to have Tracy Holmes Staff Reporter

an analysis comparing the two products’ cost, longevity, etc., was supported by the committee.

A suggestion by Halbert to include the stipulation in the development permit was also supported.

Other changes made to the eight-unit project include a onemetre height reduction, improved design of service doors and introduction of a design element at the end of the driveway.

In response to Ferguson’s concerns that a blank section of exterior wall interrupts the design continuity, Blonski explained it was necessitated by the need to have one bedroom wall in that unit clear for furniture. He agreed to look at adding an exterior design element.

In recommending the zoning amendments be approved, Paul Stanton, the city’s director of planning and development services, told council many concerns voiced by area residents during public hearings held Oct. 3 were unfounded, with some based on a misunderstanding of how lot coverage is calculated.

In addition to exceeded lot coverage, residents had expressed concerns about traffic, street parking, the root systems of nearby trees, neighbour privacy and that the projects’ exceeded permitted heights.

Council Monday gave unanimous support to development permits for both of the projects.

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Family law gets overhaul Tom Fletcher Black Press

VICTORIA – The B.C. government has introduced sweeping changes to family law to reflect modern trends from test-tube babies to the rising number of common-law relationships.

B.C. now has three times the number of couples moving in together as are getting married, and those common-law relationships are more likely to break up.

The legislation treats those similar to a marriage, in caring for children and division of assets.

The new Family Law Act is designed to encourage out-ofcourt settlements in family breakups, which account for about one fourth of all cases in B.C. courts.

It does away with the terms “custody” and “access” and emphasizes parental responsibility and guardianship instead, with new penalties for parents who refuse to provide parenting time or fail to spend time with children as agreed or ordered by a judge.

The act also creates a new protection order for cases involving family violence, with any breach of the order treated as a criminal offence.

Tracy Porteous, executive director of the Ending Violence Association of B.C., said civil protection orders under the Fam-

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Tracy Porteous, executive director of the Ending Violence Association of B.C. (left) and Eugene Raponi (right), family lawyer. ily Relations Act are not taken seriously by police or coordinated with criminal investigations. Domestic violence cases are the second largest category of criminal charges in B.C. behind impaired driving.

“Hopefully, under this legislation, (judges) are not going to arrange to have someone who’s threatening to kill the mother to have custody of the child,” Porteous said.

Eugene Raponi, a family lawyer and mediator in Victoria, said common-law spouses currently have a difficult process to divide assets if they split up.

The new legislation exempts inherited assets from settlements,

and whether the couple is married or not, it calls for even division of assets accumulated while they are together.

It also protects voluntary agreements from being overturned by a judge, and provides for mediation and arbitration to reach agreements.

“I like to say that if it costs as much to get divorced as it did to get married, you’re doing well, and I think a mediation can accomplish that goal,” Raponi said.

The new law clarifies legal status for children where sperm or egg donors are used. An “intent to parent” definition ensures that donors do not have legal standing as parents.

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A light-rail system has been proposed for South of the Fraser. city, rather than SkyTrain, which critics say is more oriented to speeding commuters to and from the rest of the region.

Watts said in her letter to Lekstrom an at-grade rail system is “integral” to connecting town centres and supporting businesses and economic development.

Merchants are less likely to benefit from elevated SkyTrain lines because potential customers don’t have the ability to exit right at street level.

TransLink is in the midst of its Surrey Rapid Transit Study to help determine preferred routes and technologies for an expansion that could link White Rock and Langley as well.

The initial phase came up with 10 options using SkyTrain, LRT, Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) or combinations thereof on the King George Boulevard, Fraser Highway and 104 Avenue corridors at costs ranging from $650 million to more than $2 billion.

TransLink has pledged to refine

those options by early next year and the province would work with TransLink and local cities to make a final choice.

Local cities aren’t just waiting for the TransLink process and consultations to play out.

The City of Surrey has repeatedly touted the potential of light rail on the same corridors TransLink is studying, preparing video animations to depict how an LRT system in north Surrey would work.

Fassbender said he has confidence in the TransLink process, adding the mayors weren’t trying to short-circuit it by directly lobbying the minister.

Watts said Surrey has been pushing for increased provincial spending on transit in local cities for some time.

How any rapid transit extension further in Surrey is funded will depend heavily on talks between the mayors and the province over new revenue sources for TransLink.

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A pledge by Transportation Minister Blair Lekstrom to consider light rail transit (LRT) technology to expand rapid transit South of the Fraser is a significant step forward, area mayors say.

The minister isn’t excluding SkyTrain but has made it clear all options are on the table and recognized Surrey’s rapid growth.

“We are examining the use of LRT as well as the potential for bus rapid transit and SkyTrain technology to provide frequent, fast and reliable service to communities south of the Fraser River,” he said in a Nov. 9 letter to mayors, adding that work is continuing in partnership with TransLink and local cities.

Langley City Mayor Peter Fassbender said he’s taking the statement as a shift in the province’s stance from that of former premier Gordon Campbell, who had vowed to extend SkyTrain in Surrey down the Fraser Highway to Langley.

Fassbender and Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts have both been advocating for LRT. “It’s a recognition that LRT is one of the options we want to seriously look at,” Fassbender said.

“There may be some good rationale for expansion of SkyTrain to Guildford, for example, but not necessarily coming out to Langley city centre,” he said.

Advocates see at-grade LRT with more local stations as a technology that can better connect neighbourhoods within a

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Pair to leave Metro posts here at home.”

Carline has served for 20 years Metro Vancouver will have a as the commissioner and CAO for new board chair for 2012 and a Metro Vancouver, or the Greater new chief administrator Vancouver Regional Disto head the regional district as it was called when trict’s bureaucracy. he first arrived.

Longtime Metro CAO The British-educated Johnny Carline, who planner had previously turned 65 last month, held senior posts with will retire Feb. 14. the cities of Vancouver, Carline said he decided Toronto, Surrey and to give advance notice Richmond. of his intent to retire – He helped broker a before Saturday’s municground-breaking conipal elections – so no Johnny Carline sensus of the region’s one speculates he’s leavpoliticians in 1996 to ing as a result of which pass the original Livable civic politicians win or Region Strategic Plan to lose their local races or protect green space and which one becomes the limit growth. next chair of the Metro And then he did it all board. over again over the last Chair Lois Jackson said three years, culminating she will not seek the in the signing of a new Metro chair again when regional growth strategy the new board convenes last summer.

Lois Jackson in December – even if “I don’t think people leaving Metro she is re-elected as Delta’s understand how difficult mayor on Saturday. it is to get these 22 counJackson led the board for the cils and staff all agreeing to one last six years and says that’s long plan,” Jackson said. “It is a Hercuenough. lean task.”

“It is very, very draining,” she Carline has also been at the foresaid. “It is a huge undertaking to front of a series of other regional be the chair of the region and to sustainability initiatives that map manage all of that, all the commit- out ways to further improve tees, plus to do all the work I have air quality, drinking water and Jeff Nagel Black Press

expand the park system.

One of the most contentious items for both Carline and Jackson in recent years was passage of the new solid waste management plan, under which Metro aims to send more garbage to new wasteto-energy plants, rather than distant landfills.

It angered both advocates of much more intensive recycling and caused a deep split with the Fraser Valley Regional District, where politicians fear a new Metro trash incinerator will worsen air pollution.

Jackson said Carline put in an extraordinary effort to make the Metro Vancouver region a better place and helped keep the board focused on its priorities.

“He’s left a real legacy for the people of this region,” she said.

“He will be sorely missed. He will be very hard to replace.”

His retirement will leave the new Metro board with a choice – replace Carline with a new chief administrator from Metro’s existing staff ranks or recruit a new one from elsewhere.

Carline was paid $324,000 last year. The new board chair – to be elected by other Metro directors in December – will be paid an extra $66,082, on top of their council salary, while the vicechair gets half that amount.

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A new and likely tolled Pattullo Bridge won’t open before 2018 at the earliest, according to internal TransLink estimates.

That timeline, calling for procurement in 2013 and a construction start in 2015, is contained in reports obtained by Black Press under Freedom of Information and amounts to a three-year delay for the project.

But even those dates are starting to look doubtful because TransLink is now more than a year behind schedule in launching a promised round of public consultations on the new bridge’s design.

The delay is largely due to months of wrangling between TransLink officials, who insist a new bridge is needed, and the province’s transportation ministry, which argued as recently as last spring to instead refurbish the existing 74-year-old bridge to save money and avoid the need for tolls.

TransLink spokesperson Erin Dermer said outreach sessions are being planned by the end of this year to update the public on the status of the project in advance of formal consultations.

“Our plan is to undertake public consultations in the early spring of 2012,” she said.

Those consultations had been originally set for September of 2010 until the province asked they be postponed while ministry staff reviewed the plans.

Dermer said TransLink’s decision last May to build a new bridge has not wavered.

“Our intention is certainly to replace the bridge,” she said.

She said it’s “premature” to discuss tolls but a staff report says the new bridge will be “a toll bridge in the absence of alternative senior government funding.”

No decision has been made on whether TransLink will propose building a four- or six-lane new bridge and Dermer could not say

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The Pattullo Bridge is slated to be replaced, but not until 2018. whether that will happen in time for the spring consultations.

“We are evaluating both the four- and six-lane options,” she said, adding TransLink is working closely with staff from both the cities of Surrey and New Westminster.

Also still to be determined is the alignment of the new bridge and how it would connect to the South Fraser Perimeter Road in Surrey and routes through New Westminster.

A cost-benefit analysis tabled by consultants in March found a six-lane replacement bridge will provide the most value and best connections. It would also allow the potential for some bus- or truck-only lanes.

A four-lane replacement would make the notoriously narrow bridge safer but would deliver only “modest” traffic flow improvements and wouldn’t provide capacity for growth.

TransLink officials had vowed in 2010 to fast-track the bridge and said then it could open as soon as 2015.

It’s been nearly 10 years since an ICBC report flagging safety concerns with speeders on the Pattullo Bridge first spurred politicians to look for ways to make it safer or rebuild it.

If the new bridge does open

by 2018, it will be a decade after the TransLink board first voted in 2008 to build it, discarding the possibility of a cheaper fix of the existing span after years of studies.

The cheaper fix would have been to take one lane out and turn the Pattullo into a threelane bridge with a counterflow lane, worsening congestion.

Consultants found there was no way to make it safe while keeping four lanes.

The bridge is 12 metres wide, far tighter than the 19-metre width for a four-lane bridge built to modern standards today.

And only a new bridge will address earthquake safety risks.

“It’s gone on slower than anybody would have liked,” New Westminster Mayor Wayne Wright said, predicting even the 2018 target will be challenging.

“The sooner they do it, the better.”

He said TransLink can’t simply plug a six-lane bridge into existing New Westminster roads or gridlock will result.

The larger bridge is only possible if it’s built in concert with key sections of the North Fraser Perimeter Road, he said.

Many people have died in crashes on the bridge or its approaches over the years.

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N OT I C E O F P U B L I C H E A R I N G - M O N DAY, N OV E M B E R 2 8 , 2 011 The Council of the City of Surrey will hold a Public Hearing pursuant to the provisions of the Local Government Act, in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 14245 - 56 Avenue, Surrey, BC, on Monday, November 28, 2011, commencing at 7:00 p.m.

Surrey Land Use Contract No. 38, Authorization By-law, 1973, No. 4153, Partial Discharge By-law, 2011, No. 17506 Application: 7911-0225-00 CIVIC ADDRESS: 17902 and 17903 Roan Place APPLICANT: 0728939 B.C. Ltd. c/o Cushman & Wakefield Ltd. (Bill Hobbs) #700, 700 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V7Y 1A1 PROPOSAL: To discharge Land Use Contract No. 38 from the properties to allow the underlying “Light Impact Industrial Zone (IL)” to regulate the site.

B. Permitted Uses for By-law 17506 Land and structures shall be used for the following uses only, or for a combination of such uses: 1. Light impact industry.

2. Recycling depots provided that: (a) The use is confined to an enclosed building; and (b) The storage of used tires is prohibited.

3. Transportation industry.

4. Automotive service uses.

5. Automobile painting and body work.

6. Vehicle storage and parking facilities including truck parking and recreational vehicle storage.

7. General service uses limited to the following: (a) driving schools; and (b) industrial equipment rentals. (c) taxi dispatch offices; (d) industrial first aid training; and (e) trade schools.

8. Warehouse uses.

9. Distribution centres.

10. Office uses limited to the following: (a) Architectural and landscape architectural offices; (b) Engineering and surveying offices; (c) General contractor offices; (d) Government offices; and (e) Utility company offices.

11. Accessory uses including the following: (a) Coffee shops provided that the seating capacity shall not exceed 35 and the said coffee shop is not licensed by the Liquor Control and Licensing Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, chapter 267, as amended. (b) Recreation facilities, excluding go-kart operations, drag racing and rifle ranges; (c) Community services; (d) Assembly halls limited to churches, provided that: (i) the church does not exceed a total floor area of 700 square metres (7,500 sq. ft.); (ii) the church accommodates a maximum of 300 seats; and (iii) there is not more than one church on a lot. (e) Child care centres; and (f) Dwelling unit(s) provided that the dwelling unit(s) is (are): i.

Contained within the principal building; ii.

Occupied by the owner or a caretaker, for the protection of the businesses permitted; iii. Restricted to a maximum number of: a.

One dwelling unit in each principal building less than 2,800 square metres [30,000 sq. ft.] in floor area; b.

Two dwelling units in each principal building of 2,800 square metres [30,000 sq. ft.] or greater in floor area; and c.

Notwithstanding Sub-sections B.11 (f) iii.a. and iii.b., the maximum number shall be two dwelling units for lots less than 4.0 hectares [10 acres] in area and three dwelling units for lots equal to or greater than 4.0 hectares [10 acres] in area. iv. Restricted to a maximum floor area of: a.

140 square metres [1,500 sq. ft.] for one (first) dwelling unit on a lot and where a lot has been subdivided by a strata plan then there shall only be one 140-square metre [1,500- sq. ft.] dwelling unit within the strata plan; b.

90 square metres [970 sq. ft.] for each

additional dwelling unit; and Notwithstanding Sub-sections B.11 (f) iv.a. and iv.b., the maximum floor area shall not exceed 33% of the total floor area of the principal building within which the dwelling unit is contained.

Sales of rebuilt vehicles less than 5,000 kilograms [11,023 lbs.] G.V.W. provided that: i. it is part of an automobile painting and body work business; ii. the number of rebuilt vehicles ready for sale shall not exceed 5 at any time; iii. the business operator holds a current and valid Motor Dealer’s certificate; and iv. the business operator is an approved Insurance Corporation of British Columbia Salvage Buyer. c.

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Surrey Official Community Plan By-law 1996, No. 12900, No. 305, Amendment By-law, 2011, No. 17515 Surrey Zoning By-law, 1993, No. 12000, Amendment By-law, 2011, No. 17516 Application: 7910-0292-00 CIVIC ADDRESS: 17108 - 4 Avenue APPLICANT: 4th Avenue Developments Inc. c/o Elkay Developments Ltd. (Leigh Sully) #101A, 15252 - 32 Avenue, Surrey, BC V3S 0R7 PROPOSAL: By-law 17515 To redesignate the property from Suburban (SUB) to Urban (URB).

By-law 17516 To rezone the property from “One Acre Residential Zone (RA)” to “Comprehensive Development Zone (CD)”.

The purpose of the redesignation and rezoning is to permit subdivision into two suburban lots on Block A and four urban single family lots on Block B. B. Permitted Uses for By-law 17516 The Lands and structures shall be used for the following uses only, or for a combination of such uses: 1.

One single family dwelling which may contain 1 secondary suite.

2.

Accessory uses including the following: (a) Bed and breakfast use in accordance with Section B.2, Part 4 General Provisions of Surrey Zoning By-law, 1993, No. 12000, as amended; and (b) The keeping of boarders or lodgers in accordance with Section B.2, Part 4 General Provisions of Surrey Zoning Bylaw, 1993, No. 12000, as amended.

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Surrey Official Community Plan By-law 1996, No. 12900, No. 304, Amendment By-law, 2011, No. 17513 Surrey Zoning By-law, 1993, No. 12000, Amendment By-law, 2011, No. 17514 Application: 7911-0098-00 CIVIC ADDRESS: 376 - 171 Street APPLICANT: Zora S. Dhaliwal, Jaswinder S. Brar, Nachhattar S. Dhaliwal, Gurcharan S. Tiwana, Manpreet S. and Jasdeep K. Grewal c/o Elkay Developments Ltd. (Leigh Sully) #101A, 15252 - 32 Avenue, Surrey, BC V3S 0R7 PROPOSAL: By-law 17513 To redesignate the property from Suburban (SUB) to Urban (URB).

By-law 17514 To rezone the property from “One Acre Residential Zone (RA)” to “Single Family Residential (12) Zone (RF-12)”.

The purpose of the redesignation and rezoning is to permit subdivision into nine single family lots.

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CIVIC ADDRESS: Portion of 10566 Scott Road APPLICANT: Angelo Testa c/o Aplin & Martin Consultants Ltd. (Maggie Koka) #201, 12448 - 82 Avenue, Surrey, BC V3W 3E9 PROPOSAL: To rezone a portion of 10566 Scott Road (Block B shown on development location map) from “General Agriculture Zone (A-1)” to “Business Park 1 Zone (IB-1)”.

The purpose of the rezoning is to permit subdivision into two lots and permit future industrial development in South Westminster.

B. Permitted Uses for By-law 17508 Land and structures shall be used for the following uses only, or for a combination of such uses: 1.

Light impact industry including wholesale and retail sales of products produced within the business premises or as part of the wholesale or warehouse operations provided that the total floor area used or intended to be used for retail sales and display to the public shall not exceed 20% of the gross floor area for each individual business or establishment or 460 square metres [5,000 sq.ft.] whichever is less.

2.

Warehouse uses.

3.

Distribution centres.

4.

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offices of professionals including without limitation, accountants, lawyers, doctors, dentists, chiropractors, physiotherapists, massage therapists and related health care practitioners and notary publics, and the offices of real estate, advertising and insurance.

Accessory uses including the following: (a) General service uses excluding drive-through banks; (b) Eating establishments limited to a maximum of 200 seats and excluding drive-through restaurants; (c) Community services; (d) Child care centre; and (e) Dwelling unit(s) provided that the dwelling unit(s) is (are): i.

Contained within a principal building; ii.

Occupied by the owner or a caretaker, for the protection of the businesses permitted; iii. Restricted to a maximum number of: a.

One dwelling unit in each principal building less than 2,800 square metres [30,000 sq. ft.] in floor area; b.

Two dwelling units in each principal building of 2,800 square metres [30,000 sq. ft.] or greater in floor area; c.

Notwithstanding Sub-sections B.4(e) iii.a. and iii.b., the maximum number shall be two dwelling units for lots less than 4.0 hectares [10 acres] in area, three dwelling units for lots equal to or greater than 4.0 hectares [10 acres] in area, and where a lot has been subdivided by a strata plan then there shall only be one 140-square metre [1,500-sq. ft.] dwelling unit within the strata plan. iv. Restricted to a maximum floor area of: a.

140 square metres [1,500 sq. ft.] for one (first) dwelling unit on a lot; b.

90 square metres [970 sq. ft.] for each additional dwelling unit; and c.

Notwithstanding Sub-sections B.4(e) iv.a. and iv.b., the maximum floor area shall not exceed 33% of the total floor area of the principal building within which the dwelling unit is contained.

For the purpose of Subsections B.1 and B.2 of this Zone, parking, storage or service of trucks and trailers on any portion of the lot not associated with the uses or operations permitted thereof shall be specifically prohibited.

c/o Crescent Creek Homes Inc. (Berinderpal Singh) 7231 - 120 Street, Delta, BC V4C 6P5 PROPOSAL: To rezone the property from “Single Family Residential Zone (RF)” to “Multiple Residential 30 Zone (RM 30)”.

DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMIT To vary “Surrey Zoning By-law, 1993, No. 12000”, as amended, Part 4, Section F, as follows: (a) To reduce the minimum north yard setback from 7.5 metres (25 ft.) to 5.0 metres (16 ft.) to the building face and to 4.0 metres (13 ft.) to the roof overhang; (b) To reduce the minimum south (103 Avenue) yard setback from 7.5 metres (25 ft.) top 4.7 metres (15 ft.) to the building face and to 3.8 metres (12.5 ft.) to the edge of the landing and to 2.8 metres (9 ft.) to the edge of the first stair riser; (c) To reduce the minimum west yard setback from 7.5 metres (25 ft.) to 3.7 metres (12 ft.) to the building face and to 2.7 metres (9 ft.) to the roof overhang; and (d) To reduce the minimum east (142 Street) yard setback from 7.5 metres (25 ft.) to 4.5 metres (15 ft.).

The purpose of the rezoning and development variance permit is to permit the development of 16 townhouse units.

Surrey Zoning By-law, 1993, No. 12000, Text Amendment By-law, 2011, No. 17517 APPLICANT: City of Surrey 14245 - 56 Avenue, Surrey, BC V3X 3A2 PROPOSAL: “Surrey Zoning By-law, 1993, No. 12000”, as amended, is further amended in Part 22, Sections B, D and E as referenced in Planning Report 7911-0095-00.

1.

In Section B.1 delete “or” and replace with “and”.

2.

Delete Section D.3 and insert the following in its place: “3. Multiple Unit Residential Buildings and Ground-Oriented Multiple Unit Residential Buildings: The density shall not exceed a floor area ratio of 0.9 and and 75 dwelling units per hectare [30 u.p.a.].”

3.

Delete Section E in its entirety with the exception of the heading, and replace with the following: “The maximum lot coverage shall be 45%.”

This change will amend the Density and Lot Coverage provisions.

CIVIC ADDRESS: 9061 - 156 Street APPLICANT: Michael Fournogerakis 9061 - 156 Street, Surrey, BC V3L 5V1 PROPOSAL: To rezone the property from “Single Family Residential Zone (RF)” to “Single Family Residential (12) Zone (RF-12)”.

The purpose of the rezoning is to permit subdivision into two lots.

Surrey Zoning By-law, 1993, No. 12000, Amendment By-law, 2011, No. 17507 Application: 7911-0186-00

DEVELOPMENT LOCATION MAP BY-LAW 17517/17518

CIVIC ADDRESS: 17333 Abbey Drive APPLICANT: Elizabeth Kedrosky c/o H.Y. Engineering Ltd. (Lori Joyce) #200, 9128 - 152 Street, Surrey, BC V3R 4E7 PROPOSAL: By-law 17509 To redesignate a portion of the property from Suburban (SUB) to Urban (URB).

By-law 17510 Block A To rezone a portion of the property from “One Acre Residential Zone (RA)” to “Single Family Residential Zone (RF)”.

Block B To rezone a portion of the property from “One Acre Residential Zone (RA)” to “Half Acre Residential Zone (RH)”.

The purpose of the redesignation and rezoning is to permit subdivision into 3 single family lots.

Surrey Zoning By-law, 1993, No. 12000, Amendment By-law, 2011, No. 17518 Application: 7911-0095-00 CIVIC ADDRESS: 10325 - 142 Street APPLICANT: 0885838 B.C. Ltd.

Application: 7907-0187-00

DEVELOPMENT LOCATION MAP BY-LAW 17511

Surrey Official Community Plan By-law 1996, No. 12900, No. 303, Amendment By-law, 2011, No. 17509 Surrey Zoning By-law, 1993, No. 12000, Amendment By-law, 2011, No. 17510 Application: 7911-0119-00

DEVELOPMENT LOCATION MAP BY-LAW 17508

Surrey Zoning By-law, 1993, No. 12000, Amendment By-law, 2011, No. 17511

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CIVIC ADDRESS: 13453, 13463 - 76 Avenue, 7630, 7646 - 134A Street and Portion of Road Allowance APPLICANT: Amarjit Masson, Balwinder Sidhu, Parampal Jaura, Parvinder Jaura, Bachittar S. Dhaliwal and Kulwant K. Dhaliwal c/o Barnett Dembek Architects Inc. (Maciej Dembek) #135, 7536 - 130 Street, Surrey, BC V3W 1H8 PROPOSAL: To rezone the site from “One Acre Residential Zone (RA)” to “Comprehensive Development Zone (CD)”.

The purpose of the rezoning is to permit the development of a 1,859 sq. m. (20, 000 sq. ft.) industrial building.

B. Permitted Uses for By-law 17507 The Lands and structures shall be used for the following uses only, or for a combination of such uses: 1.

Light impact industry.

2.

Recycling depots provided that: (a) The use is confined to an enclosed building; and (b) The storage of used tires is prohibited.

3.

Transportation industry.

4.

Automotive service uses.

5.

Automobile painting and body work.

6.

Vehicle storage and parking facilities including truck parking and recreational vehicle storage.

7.

General services uses limited to the following: (a) Driving schools; (b) Industrial equipment rentals; (c) Taxi dispatch offices; (d) Industrial first aid training; and (e) Trade schools.

8.

Warehouse uses.

9.

Distribution centres.

10. Office uses excluding the following: (a) Social escort services; and (b) Methadone clinics.

11. Community services.

12. Child care centres.

13. Coffee shops provided that the floor area does not exceed 150 square metres [1,615 sq.ft.] and the said coffee shop is not licensed by the Liquor Control and Licensing Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, Chapter 267, as amended.

14. One eating establishment, provided that: i.

The eating establishment is not a drive-through restaurant; ii.

The eating establishment does not exceed a total floor area of 150 square metres [1,615 sq. ft.]; iii. There is not more than one eating establishment on the lot and where a lot has been subdivided by a strata plan then there shall be not more than one eating establishment within the strata plan.

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17.

One retail store, provided that: i.

The retail store does not exceed a total floor area of 93 square metres [1,000 sq. ft.]; ii.

The retail store is operated by a non-profit enterprise. iii. There is not more than one retail store on the lot and where a lot has been subdivided by a strata plan then there shall be not more than one retail store within the strata plan.

One assembly hall limited to a church, provided that: i.

The church does not exceed a total floor area of 700 square metres [7,500 sq. ft.]; ii.

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First Nation to fight pipeline Jeff Nagel Black Press

Kinder Morgan’s plan to more than double its ability to send crude oil by pipeline through the Lower Mainland to tankers on Burrard Inlet will be opposed by the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation.

The company aims to twin its Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta, boosting its capacity from 300,000 barrels per year to up to 700,000 and increasing the number of oil tankers that sail past downtown Vancouver.

“The risks associated with the Kinder Morgan project are too great to accept,” Tsleil-Waututh Chief Justin George said.

The North Vancouver-based band’s traditional territory is centred on Burrard Inlet and takes in the Westridge Marine Terminal in north Burnaby at the end of the 1,150-kilometre pipeline from northern Alberta.

Up to 70 double-hulled oil tankers already load up at the terminal each year. They are harnessed to tugs and steered by local pilots through Burrard Inlet, under the Lions Gate and Ironworkers Memorial bridges.

George said the Tsleil-Waututh support economic development that balances the environment and economy.

But he said the band was “deeply affected” when a construction crew ruptured the Trans Mountain pipeline in 2007 and 1,500 barrels of oil spilled, soaking a north Burnaby neighbourhood and the nearby shoreline.

“Our inlet has been scarred by the impacts of oil spills and we have seen firsthand the inadequacies of emergency response and clean up efforts,” George said.

“We are disappointed,” Kinder Morgan external relations manager Lexa Hobenshield said of the Tsleil-Waututh position, adding the company will continue efforts to discuss its plans with the band.

Over the next three months Kinder Morgan is asking prospective customers to signal their interest in using extra pipeline

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capacity before the company decides whether it will proceed with the roughly $4-billion project.

If it has sufficient backing of customers, Hobenshield said, a comprehensive process of public and stakeholder consultation, environmental and other assessments would begin, leading up to an eventual decision by regulators.

An expanded Trans Mountain pipeline would offer Canadian oil companies much greater ability to export oil sands crude to Asia, reducing their dependence on the U.S. market.

That’s also the goal of the rival $6.6-billion Northern Gateway pipeline proposed by Enbridge to cross northern B.C. Kinder Morgan argues its use of an existing corridor is not only less expensive but would mean less environmental impact than Enbridge’s new pipeline route.

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Above, an oil tanker in Burnaby. Left, a map showing the route of the Trans Mountain pipeline, which runs from Hope to Burnaby. pleted line would be more efficient for shippers because its planned deepwater terminal at Kitimat would serve the largest supertankers that cannot enter Burrard Inlet.

Many environmental groups oppose both B.C. pipelines and some Metro Vancouver politicians have expressed concern about a Trans Mountain expansion.

The Union of B.C. Municipalities voted in September to seek a careful environmental assessment and extensive public consultation of any plan to ship more oil in B.C. The Kinder Morgan pipeline doesn’t just carry oil. It also supplies 90 per cent of the gasoline used in the Lower Mainland.

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Staff and volunteers at the Greater Vancouver Zoo are shocked and saddened by the loss of “Amryn,” the young male Rothschild giraffe.

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A full post mortem was performed by the pathologist, but at this time the cause of death is unknown.

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The 80-year-old Ruskin dam and powerhouse is getting an upgrade expected to cost up to $850 million.

Doyle’s report, including the conclusion that deferred debt is creating an illusion of BC Hydro profit when the corporation is running at a loss. He said he will also review bonuses paid to senior management for achieving profit goals.

The province’s deficit for the current fiscal year is expected to be $2.3 billion, an estimate that tripled when the harmonized sales tax was defeated in a referendum and the government had to budget for paying back transition funds to Ottawa.

NDP leader Adrian Dix pressed Coleman in the legislature Tuesday to account for bonuses paid to BC Hydro executives. Coleman

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Current electricity rates include 2.5 per cent that raises $100 million a year to pay down deferred accounts.

Coleman also defended a deferral account set up to pay the $930 million cost of installing BC Hydro’s smart grid. Savings from that upgrade are sufficient to pay for the capital cost, he said.

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VICTORIA – Energy Minister Rich Coleman is examining BC Hydro’s rapidly growing deferred expenses, part of which end up as a dividend to ease the provincial government’s deficit.

Auditor General John Doyle reviewed BC Hydro’s books and found that as of March, $2.2 billion of the utility’s debt was placed in deferral accounts. Deferred expenses are expected to grow to $5 billion by 2017.

In a report released last month, Doyle said deferral accounts for major capital costs are an acceptable practice to smooth out rate increases, but BC Hydro’s use of it runs ahead of other Canadian utilities. The practice can “mask the true cost of doing business, creating the appearance of profitability where none actually exists, and place undue burdens on future taxpayers,” Doyle warned.

Doyle added that “there does not appear to be a plan to reduce the balance of these accounts.”

Coleman acknowledges that the share of declared profit BC Hydro is required to pay to government has reduced the provincial deficit. BC Hydro paid $463 million to the province in March, based on a legislated formula that it provide 85 per cent of net income to its only shareholder, the B.C. government.

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Metro axes aboriginal watchdog cities at treaty tables, allows an LMTAC rep Metro Vancouver to observe the talks. is pulling out of the Metro officials believe Lower Mainland Treaty the province will Advisory Committee agree to instead allow to chop a the Metro $324,000 committee annual grant to name an to the body observer that monitors to future aboriginal negotiations. issues and Funding for observes LMTAC from treaty talks on Victoria has behalf of local been cut over cities. But the Derek Corrigan the years from move leaves $80,000 down neighbouring to $10,000. regional The entire districts future of the that were treaty process represented has been

by LMTAC increasingly in in the lurch question, with and has raised the B.C. Treaty questions Commission about whether recently Harold Steves Metro will have suggesting observers in it should be future treaty scrapped if negotiations with area more progress doesn’t First Nations. LMTAC come within a year. rep Alan Nixon had Metro Vancouver pleaded with the Metro is home to B.C.’s only board to fund the urban treaty, with committee for another the Tsawwassen First six months.

Nation.

But Metro’s board But most other voted against a reprieve aboriginal groups in last month. the region are not The regional district actively negotiating, will now handle those opting to instead pursue issues through its own land development and aboriginal relations business opportunities committee, which will on their reserve lands. report more directly to Metro had also been area mayors. poised to terminate a “First Nations people $60,000 a year grant are now moving to the Recycling into other aspects of Council of B.C. to run governance,” a recycling ❝It’s important hotline. board chair and Delta the mayors be The board Mayor Lois agreed to convery closely tinue the grant Jackson said. related to “It’s important for one more the mayors be these issues.❞ year. very closely Metro already Lois Jackson related to these runs its own Delta mayor issues.” website helping Burnaby locals find recyMayor Derek Corrigan cling options, at metrosaid Metro Vancouver vancouverreycles.org. had been subsidizing The board approved LMTAC for the benefit other contributions of the neighbouring to external agencies, Squamish-Lillooet and including $300,000 Sunshine Coast regional to the Fraser Basin districts.

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ake Cowichan might not feel like Hollywood, but last week the area was treated to some glitz and glamour as the Canadianmade television series Dark Waters of Crime was shot on Vancouver Island.

The show is produced by B.C. company Red Letter Films, airing on the Oprah Winfrey Network Canada, and is also broadcasted in Canada by the Francophone company Canal D. Dark Waters boasts a similar concept to 1990s documentary reenactment series’ Rescue 911 and Unsolved Mysteries.

However, Dark Waters comes with a liquid twist.

“They’re all stories where water is a major accomplice and they’re all told from the point of view of the investigation, so every story starts with a murder,” said series producer, Sylvie Peltier.

Peltier, 51, has been in the film industry since 2000 and has produced 25 hours of aired TV footage.

A White Rock-based producer, Peltier is responsible for overseeing Dark Waters’ cast of roughly 40 actors and 45 film crew.

“It’s all from the point of view of the detectives that were involved in the story, how they found out about it and what they did to get the murderer,” she added.

Peltier said the role water plays in the murders being documented is what makes the series so intriguing.

“Water is very important because it destroys all evidence and makes

the investigation that much more difficult,” she said. Not only does water muddle investigations, it also makes filming that much more difficult.

“We actually lost a camera which was soaked because its underwater housing failed,” she described.

In its fifth season, Dark Waters shoots three one-hour long episodes per season. The crew first interviews detectives involved in the cases the show is reenacting. Writers then plot out the script. Peltier stressed maintaining each case’s accuracy is important.

This season’s episodes documented crimes involving a lake, river and ocean. Peltier thought Cowichan Lake-area proved an ideal spot for filming.

“We like working here. The people are great and where else could we find ocean, river and lake within 30 minutes of each other?” Peltier said from the set.

Raymond Wear, a Honeymoon Bay resident, noticed Dark Waters’ film crew at Robertson River on Nov. 7 and decided to stick around to watch.

“We don’t get stuff like that here. It was interesting. It’s places that you know and places that you’ve grown up with so it’s kind of cool,” said the 55-year-old maintenance and security guard.

Wear was astounded at the film crew’s meticulous attention to detail and length of time it took to set up shots. see page A44

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White Rock-based producer Sylvie Peltier gives instructions to a splinter unit on the set of Dark Waters of Crime, a Canadian-made reenactment series that recently shot on location at Cowichan Bay.

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The truck-in-the-water scene Weeks after disappearing, her body proved troublesome for Peltier and was discovered in Alouette Lake. her crew.

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by Dr. Ralph Matthews, producer pool to film this part,” a biological sciences said Peltier. professor at Simon Dark Waters’ script is fairly loose Fraser University, who linked plant and all lines are adlibbed by the debris found in the victim’s hair to show’s actors because their voices the residence of the perpetrator. are not used in the broadcast Ertmoed is serving a maximum life version. Stewart thinks this adds an sentence with no chance for parole interesting dynamic. until 2027.

“It’s kind of a fun part to play Christian Stewart is a Victoria because there’s no real script so we actor who plays Const. James Birtch have to act things out in context. in Dark Waters’ reenactment of a As an actor I like that, because you murder that happened in Ontario’s don’t have to remember word-forCarleton Place in 1994. word script which is sometimes the Stewart’s character is a veteran toughest part of it. police officer in the small Ontario “Sometimes I feel like that makes town. The case involved Gary for more natural dialogue,” he added.

Samuels and his wife, Barbara The episodes of Dark Waters shot Lanthier, who overturned their pickup truck in a river near Carleton in the Cowichan Lake-area are to air in November 2012 on Canal D. Some Place. Samuels was rescued, while Vancouver Island cable-providers Lanthier drowned. have Oprah Winfrey Network Canada Closely acquainted with the and air Dark Waters regularly. couple, Stewart’s character begins

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Wendy Mould, part of November’s three-artist show Art With an Attitude, draws at the Newton Cultural Centre last week. Two more demos will take place: Brenda Hill, Nov. 19 and Becky McMahon, Nov. 26, both from 1-3 p.m.

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Producer David Foster and artist Nelly Furtado, both alumni of Mount Douglas Secondary School, are back as celebrity judges for Mount Doug Idol.

The talent show is the culmination of nine days of events hosted by the Mount Doug Alumni Association in honour of the school’s 80th anniversary.

More than 100 alumni – many living in other areas of Canada or the U.S. – applied in September to take part in the competition. A panel of local judges narrowed the field to 15 semi-finalists and then down to five finalists Nov. 2.

Justin Hewitt and Kale Penny of Victoria, Joni Anderson of White Rock, Amanda Wood of Vancouver and Cristine Seeber of California are now vying for the top spot.

Furtado and Foster, honorary president of the alumni association, will take the stage as well as participate in a pre-event social.

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Students showcase art The work of 20 young artists between the ages of six and 18 will be showcased this Saturday (Nov. 19) in the New Life Kids Art Show, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Beecher Place (12160 Beecher St., Crescent Beach).

All new residents of Canada from China and Taiwan, they’re students of South Surrey’s Dehai Wang, an established art professional, whose paintings are in private collections

throughout the U.S., Australia, Japan and Europe.

Emphasizing technique from drawing skills to mastery of oil painting, Wang encourages his students to paint local scenes and the upcoming exhibit will show their surprisingly mature views of such well-known landmarks as the White Rock pier, Southmere Park, the White Rock Museum and Archives’ station building and Crescent

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The tour kicked off late last month in Newfoundland and comes to Surrey on Nov. 18.

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The season is over for two more White Rock-South Surrey Titans football teams, after both the atom and peewee squads bowed out in the opening round of Vancouver Mainland Football League playoffs.

The midget Titans are still alive in the postseason; they had a first-round bye after an undefeated regular season and host a quarter-final playoff game Sunday against the Victoria Spartans.

The atom Titans lost their playoff tilt 14-8 to the North Surrey Lions Sunday at Bear Creek Park.

The Lions scored the game’s first touchdown, but the Titans fought back and briefly held an 8-6 lead in the second quarter – after Isaiah Edwards ran 40 yards for a score – before North Surrey tacked on the winning touchdown in the second half.

The peewee Titans, who were seeded fourth in the playoff tournament, lost by a field goal, 20-17, to the No. 5-ranked Westside Warriors at South Surrey Athletic Park Sunday.

White Rock’s youngest group, the flag-division Titans, took part in a year-end jamboree last weekend at Coquitlam’s Mackin Park.

The No. 1-seeded midget Titans will look to extend their season against the No. 8 Spartans this Sunday. Kickoff is at 2 p.m. at South Surrey Athletic Park.

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North Surrey Lions’ defender Dylan Harding hauls down White Rock-South Surrey Titans’ ballcarrier Taeo Maisonville during an atom football playoff game at Bear Creek Park on Sunday.

It’s sink or swim time for the Bayside Sharks this weekend, as the team aims for the last spot in the spring’s B.C. Rugby Union men’s premier league.

In order to qualify, the Sharks’ top men’s side will need a win Saturday afternoon when they host their rivals from Burnaby Lake.

Winner gets the premier spot, while the losing team will be regulated to the BCRU’s first division.

“Yeah, there’s a little bit of pressure I guess,” laughed Bayside head coach Pat Kearney.

“But this is what it’s all about – one game. One of us is in, the other’s going home. There’s no excuses now, we just have to get it done.”

The do-or-die matchup was set up after both teams won last weekend; the Sharks edged the Victoria-based Velox Valhallians 19-9, while Burnaby beat Vancouver Rowing Club.

Though happy with Saturday’s win, Kearney said his team was hampered by the inclement weather; the game was played in torrential rains and strong wind.

“In good conditions, our team can really run up some tries on people, but rain is such an equalizer,” Kearney said.

“There was a ton of sloppy ball-handling, which probably negated some scoring opportunities.”

Pat Bickerton led the charge for the Sharks with two tries, while Uate Kaci Soko had one.

Brodie Henderson had two converts.

Henderson handled the kicking duties in the absence of Peter Clifford, the BCRU’s leading scorer, who missed the game due to an injury suffered during the week.

Kearney said he expects Clifford to play Saturday against Burnaby Lake, however.

“He’s a really important part of our team – he’s really the general out there on the field for us,” Kearney said of Clifford. “I’m pencilling him into the starting 15 this week.”

Kearney was hoping for good weather this weekend, but said if it turns ugly, the Sharks would be prepared to “muck it out in the rain.”

“They’re all grown men and they know what they have to go do out there. Now it’s just a matter of showing up at 2:30 on Saturday afternoon and getting it done,” he said.

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Most athletes will tell you how teammates are their family.

Sure, there may be the occasional disagreement or difference of opinions, but more often than not, family members have each other’s back.

For Brad Goodchild, football and his teammates helped fill that family void that was so sorely lacking in his life.

This is what happens when your father was not a part of your life and you are forced to raise your little brother because your mother is a drug addict.

While most 13-yearolds live a fairly carefree life, it was the opposite for Goodchild.

He was the one who registered his brother for kindergarten and dropped him off and picked him up for school every day.

Their mom would show up for a day or two and then be gone for weeks.

“We were just getting by day to day,” Goodchild said. “Not necessarily having food or money or having a place to stay.”

Eventually, they were kicked out of their Surrey rental home.

It had been three weeks since they last saw their mom and with nowhere to go, they went to their maternal grandparents.

The grandparents had

no clue of the extent of their daughter’s drug addiction.

“I basically showed up at my grandparents’ house with me, my brother and a bag of clothes,” Goodchild said.

It was a lot for his grandparents to handle, he admitted.

“My grandparents stepped up to help out big time,” he said.

But while his family situation may have been far from ideal at home, football played a big role in filling that void.

“Football as a whole for me is a family thing because that is what was lacking for me in reality,” he explained.

Now 19, Goodchild has played the sport since he was a child, after an uncle signed him up with the Cloverdale Community Football program.

Big and strong, he excelled along the offensive line at every age-group level, winning numerous awards as the top offensive lineman in 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010. He was also team MVP in 2008.

“He was a hell of an offensive lineman,” said Derek Faggiani, coach of the Cloverdale Bengals. “And a great kid to coach.”

Faggiani said the offensive line that season was probably the best he has ever coached in his 15 years.

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Goodchild chose Simon Fraser University largely because of the school’s psychology program.

With school and work – Goodchild works as a mover – taking up much of his time, he was ready to call it quits in football.

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Goodchild also spent three seasons playing high school football for Lord Tweedsmuir before returning to community football with the midget Bengals as an 18-year-old.

No matter how dire the circumstances, Goodchild refused to use his personal situation as a crutch.

“I never really got stuck in the ‘woe is me’ or feeling sorry for myself because I didn’t see it getting me anywhere,” he explained.

“Nobody is going to show up with a bunch of money to help you out, you have to stay in school, make sure you are taking care of your business (and) doing what you have to do,” Education was always important to him.

Goodchild skipped the eighth grade and graduated from Lord Tweedsmuir in 2010, with a 95 per cent average.

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“It was like he didn’t want anyone to give him special treatment, giving him a special position or allowing him to miss practice, based on his situation,” the coach said.

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The best of the west were too much for the beasts of the east.

Canada West, with a pair of Surrey Eagles on its roster, doubled up their counterparts Canada East 4-2 to claim the World Junior A Hockey Challenge championship Sunday night at the Langley Events Centre.

Carson Cooper scored what turned out to be the game-winner early in the third period, and Alex Kerfoot had a goal and an assist in the contest for the victors.

Kerfoot also had a huge goal in Friday’s semifinal, potting the overtime winner on a partial breakaway to defeat Sweden 2-1. “Those are probably two of the top three goals I have scored in my lifetime,� Kerfoot said.

When he found the puck on his stick and no one between him and the Swedish goaltender, his mind was blank. “I wasn’t thinking too much,� he said. “I was just trying to get a shot on net. I sort of bobbled it a bit but luckily it went in.�

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Despite losing last week in the final game of the Fraser Valley championships, Earl Marriott’s senior boys soccer team is still a confident bunch, and eager to hit the pitch at provincials next week.

The Mariners, who’d been on a win streak of late, finally saw their string of victories snapped when they fell 3-1 to the Enver Creek Cougars Thursday, thus finishing second in the Valley.

“Enver Creek is a very good team, and they had a very strong striker,” said EMS coach Nathalie LaRoche.

“The boys were upset to lose – it was a hard lesson for them, maybe a wake-up call – but we’re still proud to bring a secondplace (banner) back to EMS.” Captain Sean Einarsson scored the Mariners’ lone goal against the Cougars; his tally early in the second half temporarily tied the game 1-1.

Enver Creek scored twice in the final 10 minutes of the game to emerge victorious.

“We were able to tie it up, and it was close. But they really came at us (hard) in the last 10 minutes or so,” LaRoche said.

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Sean Einarsson (right) scored Marriott’s lone goal Thursday. part of Marriott’s junior team that lost in Fraser Valley finals two years ago.

“It was a little hard to swallow for some of them,” she said.

Prior to Thursdays tilt at Enver Creek, the Mariners had already qualified for provincials, which are set for Burnaby Lake Nov. 24-26, and LaRoche is confident the team will fare well at the B.C. showdown.

“We had a good practice (Monday)… they’re all excited and positive,” she said, adding that

the team had a few adjustments to make prior to provincials.

“We’re going to work on attacking more on offence, that’s for sure – we need to score more goals – and we might change up some defensive formations, too, depending on who we are playing.”

LaRoche did not know who Marriott’s first-round opponent would be in Burnaby, as the tournament schedule had not been released by Peace Arch News’ deadlines.

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350 - 15850 26th Ave, S. Surrey ........................$259,900 243 - 15850 26th Ave, S. Surrey ........................$304,900 16851 28th Ave, S. Surrey/White Rock.........$1,798,000 3523 Rosemary Heights Dr, S. Surrey .............$900,000 251 - 15850 26th Ave, S. Surrey ........................$305,900 252 - 15850 26th Ave, S. Surrey ........................$305,900 352 - 15850 26th Ave, S. Surrey ........................$285,900 256 - 15850 26th Ave, S. Surrey ........................$284,900 3678 Devonshire Dr, S. Surrey.......................$1,338,000 2867 144th St., S. Surrey .................................$3,680,000

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Luxury one and two bedroom condos to be ready in 2011.

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4( 342%%4 s 3/54( 3522%9 The Daventry; nestled in a tranquil setting, this well-cared for 2-storey townhouse boasts 1575 sq. ft., 3 bdrms. up, 2.5 baths.

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3/54(-%2% #2%3 % Bright top floor, corner unit in a superb location in Southmere Mews West. Boasts 888 sq. ft., one bedroom, one bath.

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Southwest, completely updated 2 bedroom corner unit, eating area and window in kitchen, 2 baths, 2 patios, 1100 sq. ft.

No rentals, no pets.

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! 34 s ()'(,!.$ 0!2+ s Beautiful new upscale home in Morgan Heights, no HST! Hardwood, granite countertops, s/s appliances, gas range, incredible Highland Park amenities. Open plan, 3 big bdrms. up, huge master w/ luxurious ensuite. Walk to everything. 3HAWN 7EBSTER 0AMELA 3TEUENBERG (OME,IFE "ENCHMARK 2EALTY

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Great opportunity for townhouse living in White Rock in this 3 bdrm., 3 bath PLUS den, double car garage, 1500+ sq. ft. townhouse. Enjoy the garden patio, bbq off the deck off the kitchen. No age restriction, pets welcome. +ATHLEEN 4HOMAS "AY 2EALTY

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Two bedroom, two bath, two balconies, 1050 sq. ft. top floor corner suite with open floor plan.

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OPEN 35.$!9 NOV. 20 2:00-4:00 P.M.

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Open plan, new roof, hardwood floors throughout, upscale kitchen, master on main, two bdrms. up. Perfectly manicured sunny south-facing lot, close to transportation, boutique shopping, library, beaches and South Surrey’s finest schools. *ASON ,LOYD (UGH -C+INNON

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OPEN home, kitchen w/maple cabinets, granite countertops, SUNDAY breakfast bar seating, black appliances. Large covered NOV. 20 balcony, 128 sq. ft. of year round outdoor enjoyment.

Upscale complex, guest suite, gym, bike storage, 2:00-4:00 secured guest parking. Pristine. Diane Reelie P.M. 604-541-4888 RE/MAX Colonial Pacific Realty

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Newer roof, new furnace, and private backyard.

Malik Dillon 604-531-4000 Bay Realty Ltd.

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Surrey Kids’ Conference Fri Nov 18 & Sat Nov 19 | Newton Recreation Centre Celebrate children! Check out this exciting conference just for kids grades 1-7. Workshops are designed to support Healthy Lifestyles, Social Responsibility, and Personal Development. This year’s theme is MOTION. All participants receive a special participant package, including snack and other great items! Pre-registration is required. For more info or to register call 604-501-5100.

Nature in My Backyard: Composting at Home Sat, Nov 19, 10am-12pm | Surrey Nature Centre Learn the basics of composting your food waste in a backyard or balcony. Meet the worms and decomposers that do the hard work and create a composter to take home. Free, ages 5+, children must have adult supervision. Registration required.

For more info 604-502-6065.

GIS Open Data Hackathon Sun, Nov 20, 9am-5pm | City Centre Library

COUNCIL MEETINGS Monday, Nov 21

No meetings

Monday, Nov 28

Regular Council Land Use Regular Council Public Hearing

Calling thought leaders, designers, programmers and anyone else that wants to help build web-based apps, mobile apps, and mashups using the City’s freely available Open Data and published data sources. Free. Register on-line at www.surrey.ca

Mexican Cultural Fiesta Sat, Nov 26, 1-3pm | Surrey Museum

For current career opportunities please visit www.surrey.ca/careers

Olé! Warm up a late fall day with this lively and colourful celebration of Mexican culture! Traditional dances by Mexico Vivo and live mariachi music

by Mariachi Los Dorados. Make papel picado to decorate your home the Mexican way, make a simple piñata and try other Latin American crafts.

All ages, by donation. For more info 604-592-6956.

Public Open House: Grandview Heights -Orchard Grove NCP Tues, Nov 29, 6-8:30pm | Elgin Hall The public is invited to view and comment on engineering services and finances pertaining to future development of Area 5A-Orchard Grove. This area is bounded by 164 Street, 26 Avenue, 168 Street, and 24 Avenue. City staff will be on hand to answer questions during the evening. For more info email clisiak@surrey.ca or visit www.surrey.ca 11883

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Surrey Tree Lighting Festival Sat, Dec 3, 2-9pm | Central City Plaza Join us to light the City’s official Christmas tree at the annual Tree Lighting event presented by Coast Capital Savings. Musical performances

by These Kids Wear Crowns and Canadian pop sensation Fefe Dobson. Activities will also include road hockey, curling, hot chocolate, face painters, kid’s crafts and ice carving demos. For more info www.surrey.ca/treelighting

Days of the Dead On display now | Surrey Museum How do you remember your ancestors? Inspired by the Latin American celebration Day of the Dead, Surrey students have looked deep into their own backgrounds to produce visual pieces that offer profound personal insights to how those living in Surrey today can relate through remembrance and respect. For more info 604-592-6956.

CITY NEWS Winter Leisure Guide Available Now! Available on-line at www.surrey.ca or pick-up a copy beginning Saturday Nov 20 at any Surrey Recreation Centre.

Registration begins November 28.

Surrey Votes Saturday November 19 Visit www.surrey.ca/election for information about candidates, early voting locations and how to register.

Parks, Trees and Safety During windstorms the risk of tree failure in parks increases. Avoid treed park areas due to the potential for trees, or parts of trees, to fall and cause injury to park visitors. To report a potential tree hazard or tree failure on parkland call the Parks Service Request line at 604-501-5050.

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SUSAN’S NANNY AGENCY accepting resumes for Childcare, Housekeeping, Elderly care 5 F/T nannies w/cars looking for work, avail now. F/T L/O. Special needs: F/T L/O, 3 children; P/T 3 days/wk. Avail 3 L/I Filipino & 2 L/I European. Male care aide looking for live-in position.

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ROSS, JOYCE A. It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Joyce A. Ross on November 13, 2011 at Peace Arch Hospital. Survived by her loving husband of 66 years and 28 days Clayton; her sons Darryl (Jean), Randy (Florence); grandchildren Sean (Shonna), Laurie (Alex), Jennifer (Terry) and Heather (Chris); nine great-grandchildren and family friend Larry.

She is also survived by two sisters and a brother in Manitoba and many other relatives and friends. She will be dearly missed by all who knew her. A Service of Remembrance will be held at Victory Memorial Park Funeral Centre, 14831-28 Ave, Surrey, BC on Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 11:00 am. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation in Joyce’s name to a charity of your choice.

Condolences may be offered at www.victoryfuneralcentre.ca Victory Memorial Park Funeral Centre 604-536-6522

Helen Myrtie Helen Myrtie Currie of Abbotsford, BC passed away peacefully in Abbotsford Regional Hospital on November 8, 2011 with her daughter by her side.

Born in Kelowna, BC in 1921 to Myrtie Mae and Leigh Cass she was youngest of six children. As a teenager she enjoyed skiing Mt. Baker and playing basketball.

After graduating from Chilliwack High School she pursued various careers in addition to raising her only child Gordie.

Helen married Delmer Currie on June 7, 1960 and the two made a joined family with Helen’s son and Del’s daughter from previous marriages. In Helen’s adult years she enjoyed all sorts of crafting including knitting, sewing and painting which are displayed proudly in her family’s homes.

She stayed active by playing golf, bowling and dancing.

Socialization was very important to Helen. Not only was she Past President of the Canadian Order of Foresters, she also participated in weekly neighborhood game and card nights. Upon retiring Helen and Del spent years traveling extensively around the world.

Throughout her life Helen’s outlook has remained positive.

Despite challenging situations she has always managed to look at the bright side. She left this world with a strong sense of humour and happy memories for all who knew her. Predeceased by her parents, siblings and son. Helen leaves behind her husband, Del, daughter Barbara (Don), grandchildren Angela (Shawn), Raymond, Monica as well as numerous extended family and friends. Special thank you to Mae Shugg for supporting Helen during her time of need.

Family and friends are invited to celebrate Helen’s life December 3 at 1:00 pm at the ABC Restaurant, 32080 Marshall Rd., Abbotsford. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC.

July 27, 1918 ~ Nov. 9, 2011

It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Eva. Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, she is survived by Syd, her husband of 72 years; son Ron (Sandy); daughter Gail Patterson (Allan), grandchildren, great grandchildren and other family and friends. A celebration of her life will be held Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 11:30 a.m. in the Downstairs Family Room of the Al Hogg Extended Care Pavilion at Peace Arch Hospital, 15521 Russell Ave., White Rock.

“She will be forever remembered” Online condolences to the family may be made to: www.wiebeandjeskefh.com

For Exterior Trees, Gables etc.

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Join us for coffee & cookies!

CHRISTMAS IN CLOVERDALE

3rd Annual Gift & Craft Marketplace

FREE ADMISSION December 2nd 5p.m.-9p.m.

December 3rd 10a.m.-4p.m.

• Over 95 Vendor Tables

Departed on his final flight, Monday, November 14, 2011 in White Rock, BC. Husband, father, grandfather, uncle, aviator, diplomat and writer, Bob passed away peacefully surrounded by his family. Born the fifth of five in Victoria, BC, 1924, to parents homesteading in western Canada, the family returned to England in his first year. Cornwall provided the landscape to his youth and WWII to his coming of age. A newly minted pilot in 1945, the following 40 years saw a career of service split between the cockpit and the technical demands of defining flight safety. Married to Jo for 57 years, he is also survived by his son, Marcus (Clara), grandsons, Alexander and Cameron, daughter, Nicola (Ian), nephews, Jonathan, Jamie and Christian and nieces, Susan, Philippa and Nicola. The family wishes to express its deep gratitude to the staff of Peace Arch Hospital and asks, in lieu of flowers, that donations be directed in memory of Bob to the Peace Arch Hospital Foundation. A memorial reception will be held on Sunday, November 20th, 2011, 2:00 PM at Valley View Funeral Home, 14660, 72 Ave, Surrey, BC. All friends welcome.

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BURNABY 2012 BC SENIORS GAMES SOCIETY

OPERATION MANAGER NEEDED

IDENTIFICATION

Position Title: OPERATIONS MANAGER Reporting to: President and Director of Administration, Burnaby 2012 BC Seniors Games Society Status: Contract, 9 months 2012 BC SENIORS GAMES OVERVIEW Burnaby, BC is proud to host the 2012 BC Seniors Games, an annual provincial competition providing an opportunity for all BC Seniors age 55 and over, to compete in an organized sport, recreation and cultural event that promotes fitness, individual achievement and community pride. Burnaby will welcome over 3,000 participants in over 25 different activities from Athletics to Whist, and 2,000 volunteers over the dates of August 21-25, 2012 The BC Seniors Games is POSITION SUMMARY To support and assist in the delivery of the Burnaby 2012 BC Seniors Games. This is done by helping develop and implement the overall Games operational plan in cooperation with the Board of Directors of the Burnaby 2012 BC Seniors Games Society. It includes delivery of the highest possible standards in terms of customer/participant service. Essential to its success is effective communication; with Board of Directors, Volunteers, key stakeholders, colleagues and partners.

EXPECTATION

Wiebe & Jeske 604.857.0711

SLADE, Robert (Bob) Henry Harcourt

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X-MAS LIGHT INSTALLATION

POWELL

Eva Doreen (nee McTavish)

WE’RE ON THE WEB www.bcclassified.com

• Visit From Santa • Magic and Balloon Animals

by Joseph the Magician Shannon Hall & The Alice McKay Building Cloverdale Fair Grounds 6050A 176th St. Surrey

WIN AN iPOD SHUFFLE For details visit: www. christmasincloverdale.com

VENDOR TABLES AVAILABLE 778.385.3769 SOAPS & AROMATHERAPY Natural Beauty & Health Products Nov. 19 & 20 - 11am to 5pm Beautiful sprays, soaps, salves, lips balms, essential oils plus more for gifting & personal family use. One time only sale to thank our customers since 1996.

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LOST: 5 ft. Surf board (green top, white bottom, 2 black fins) - vic east beach area on Fri. Nov. 11th in White Rock. Pls call (604)250-5695 LOST: Set of keys with fob on Sunday Nov 5 in the Martin /16th / Foster approx area. Please call (604)531-9864

The Operations Manager will share in the responsibility, under the direction of the Board of Directors for the Burnaby 2012 BC Seniors Games Society, in planning for and staging the Burnaby 2012 BC Seniors Games. The Operations Manager will be required to set-up and maintain a functioning Games office and provide support to the Board of Directors and their Volunteer Committee Chairs within 13 functional areas: Administration; Ceremonies; Communications; Food Services; Sponsorship (Friends of the Games); Medical Services; Promotions; Protocol; Registration & Results; Security; Special Events; Sport; Transportation; and Volunteers.

The Operations Manager is expected to make an ongoing contribution to achieving the Burnaby 2012 BC Seniors Games goals, objectives and targets. The Operations Manager is expected to assist in the development and implementation of the Burnaby 2012 BC Seniors Games plan.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES • Set-up and maintain the 2012 BC Seniors Games Office; • Hiring and supervising all paid or unpaid Games staff ; • Assisting volunteers in meeting critical Games related deadlines; • Assisting and monitoring various Games functions, systems and processes; • Work on aspects of the marketing, promotional activities and events leading up to the Games; • Update the Burnaby 2012 BC Seniors Games’ website, and manage other various special projects; • Coordinate budget control based on approved Games budget • Preparation of various reports or attending meetings as required; • Provide administrative support to the Board of Directors; and • Take on other duties as assigned from time to time by the President or Board of Directors of the Burnaby 2012 BC Seniors Games Society.

QUALIFICATIONS 1. Post-secondary event management, business or sport administration education or proven equivalent experience; 2. Proven success in the development, planning and execution of sporting events; 3. Experience with multi-sport events and/or experience with BC Games planning; 4. Strong innovative and creative outlook; 5. Strong strategic thinking and enterprise oriented; 6. Excellent team leading ability; 7. Excellent oral and communication skills; 8. Able to make sound decisions and recommendations, meet deadlines, take direction, and attention to detail; 9. Conversant in electronic business technologies; and 10. Should be able to work well independently yet co-operatively with others.

REMUNERATION Remuneration is $3,600 per month plus 10% of salary in lieu of benefits.

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Desperately missed !!!!

604-536-3707

Qualified applicants should send a resume and covering letter to info@2012bcseniorsgames.org.

Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Burnaby 2012 BC Seniors Games c/o Tourism Burnaby #309 – 4603 Kingsway Burnaby, BC V5H 4M4 info@2012bcseniorsgames.org

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EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

ADMINISTRATION

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HELP WANTED

Full Time Reception & Administrative Assistant

Calling All Sports Minded Individuals!!!

Established company in Langley looking for qualified candidate to handle all clerical duties for office including, but not limited to: Greeting clients, answering and transferring calls, typing, data entry, project & site coordination, job record maint., scheduling couriers & supply orders.

Applicants must have excellent English communication skills and be extremely organized. Candidate must be able to multi-task and prioritize assignments efficiently.

Resume, references, cover letter & salary expectations can be sent to: careers@marcon.ca or faxed to: 604-530-0980 Qualified candidates that meet these criteria will be contacted directly for an interview. No phone calls please.

$11 - $20/hr! $500 Hiring Bonus!

Like music and a team environment? No experience necessary, no telemarketing, 10 openings available! Benefits after 6 mos.

Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who need a stable, caring home for a few months. Are you looking for the opportunity to do meaningful, fulfilling work?

PLEA Community Services is looking for qualified applicants who can provide care for youth in their home on a full-time basis or on weekends for respite.

Training, support and remuneration are provided.

Funding is available for modifications to better equip your home. A child at risk is waiting for an open door.

Call Erica at 604 777 2195

Make it yours.

Call 604-708-2628 www.plea.bc.ca

Students Welcome

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DRIVERS/COURIER/ TRUCKING

Class 1 Drivers & Owner Operators Highway – BC & AB O/O’s $1.70+ per mile Co. Drivers 44c mile

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Send resume & “N” print abstract Fax: 1-888-778-3563 or E-mail: jobs@bstmanagement.net or Call: 604-214-3161

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HELP WANTED

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We can help. Best Rates, Speedy Connections, Great Long Distance. Everyone Approved.

Call Today 1-877-852-1122 Protel Reconnect

EDUCATION

Become a Psychiatric Nursetrain locally via distance education, local and/or regional clinical placements and some regional classroom delivery. Wages start at $30.79/hr to $40.42/hr. This 23 month program is recognized by the CRPNBC. Gov’t funding may be available.

Toll-free 1-87-STENBERG www.stenbergcollege.com

Part Time Help Wanted Apply at: safeway.ca (only successful candidates will be contacted).

CHAIR Rental Opportunity at Lime Design Hair Studio in a fun, upbeat team oriented environment. Call Emil for more info: 778-239-8244

FIRST MONTH RENT FREE!!

2 Chairs avail @ TEEZERS SALON in South Surrey. $640/month incl.

HST. Back bar provided & 10% retail commission .Excellent opportunity for those with full clientelle. We have a warm & friendly atmosphere & enjoy having fun!!

For confidential interview call or text Rose @ 604.340.8975

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HELP WANTED

KIDS AND ADULTS NEEDED FOR CARRIER ROUTES Papers are delivered right to your door.

No need to insert flyers either!

Deliver 2x a week, after school, Tuesday and Thursday Call the Circulation Department at 604 538-8223 ext. 14 or email us at: zchecker1@peacearchnews.com Route Number Boundaries Number of Papers 18000313 0 Ave, 171 St, 172 St, 172 A St, 175A St, 176 St 2 Ave, 4 Ave, 8 Ave, Beach Rd, Hwy 99, Peace Park Dr, 199 18000316 168 St, 169 St, 170 St, 171 St, 172 St, 173 St, 174 St, 20 Ave, 21 Ave, 21A Ave, 22 Ave, 23 Ave, 24 Ave 220 18101411 141B St, 142 St, 142B St, 143A St, 16A Ave, 17A Ave, 18 Ave 121 18102515 128 St, 128A St, 129 St, 129A St, 129B St, 130 St, 14A Ave, 15 Ave, 16 Ave 188 18103612 130 St, 32 Ave, 35 Ave, 35A Ave, Crescent Rd 122 18103625 136 St, 137A St, 138St, 138A St, 139 St, 31 Ave, 32 Ave, 33 Ave 122 18107001 123 St, 124 St, 21A Ave, 22 Ave, Cove Pl, Harbourgreene Dr, Haven Pl 104 18107005 127A St, 128 St, 128A St, 20 Ave, 20A Ave, 22 Ave, Ocean Cliff Dr, Ocean Cliff Pl 148 18211022 164 St, 165 St, 165A St, 59A Ave, 60 Ave 112 18211024 162A St, 163 St, 163A St, 163B St, 58A Ave, 59 Ave, 59A Ave 71 18411304 King George Blvd, Trites Rd 30 18411314 146 St, 148 St, 54 Ave, 55 Ave, 55A Ave, 56 Ave, Bakerview Dr, Southview Dr 73 18411317 148 St, 148A St, 148B St, 149 St, 57 Ave, 57A Ave, 57B Ave, 58 Ave 102 18411326 147 St, 147A St, 147B St, 148 St, 61 Ave, 61A Ave, 62 Ave 87 18511826 132A St, 133 St, 133A St, 134 St, 135 St, 57 Ave, 58 Ave 87

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We are still hiring - Dozer & excavator operators required by a busy Alberta oilfield construction company. We require operators that are experienced and preference will be given to operators that have constructed oilfield roads and drilling locations. You will be provided with motels and restaurant meals. Competitive wages, bonus and transportation daily to and from job sites. Our work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Call 780-7235051.

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MOA - Experienced Full-Time required for new physio clinic in White Rock. Must have strong computer skills & ability to multitask independently. Duties: booking appts for patient treatments, verifying insurances & pre-authorizations as well as maintaining a smooth running schedule on a daily basis. Excellent people skills a must. Competitive wages and health benefits.

Submit resume to: sswrptclinic@gmail.com

142 OFFICE SUPPORT/CLERKS EXPERIENCED invoicing clerk required,20-30 hours per wk (possibly leading to full-time), for Langley/Surrey based wholesale lumber company. Duties will include all aspects of A/R, A/P and office admin.

Suit a take-charge individual with strong interpersonal skills who is seeking a challenge in a sometimes fast paced working environment.

Computer skills are necessary. Previous lumber experience / Simply Accounting, an asset. Please fax resume to 604 576-4906 or e-mail neil@millcowood.com

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PERSONAL SERVICES

TRADES, TECHNICAL

AUTOMOTIVE TECH.

Piano & Guitar Lessons at Nuvo Music School

Kindermusik

Group Preschool Music & Movement Classes --------------------------~ Well Qualified Teachers ~

Call 604-614-3340

ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

TRADITIONAL THAI MASSAGE

Thai Certified Mon. - Fri. 9am-5pm W.Rock 778-240-5098

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Angelena Physic Healer & Life Coach Can solve all problems of life specializing in love, health, business, marriage, reunites loved ones. Call today for a better tomorrow. 45 yrs. of experience

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HELP WANTED

MUSIC DIRECTOR Status: Permanent, part time Reports to: Rector and Church Wardens St. Mark’s is a vibrant and growing community of God’s servants, fed by the word, led by the Holy Spirit, and reaching out to all people with the Good News of Christ’s saving Grace and Love, by our thoughts and actions.

We are a friendly, outgoing and biblically based church with Christ at our centre.

We are looking for a Music Director to guide and direct the music ministry as an integral part of the parish, to encourage and develop musical talents as well as assist in the preparation and presentation of special musical events.

Your responsibilities will include working with the rector to select hymns and other music for all worship services, leading the congregation in singing hymns and responses, supervising all music for funerals, weddings and other musical events, coordinating and directing the St. Mark’s choir and discipling musicians for music ministries.

As the ideal candidate, you will be a skilled organist and pianist with a biblical understanding of worship. You bring a good singing voice and proficiency with musical preparation and presentation that is based on sensitivity to the Holy Spirit. You can demonstrate strong leadership, teaching and public speaking skills. A thorough grasp of the Anglican liturgy and order of service is an asset. Our musical style is a blend of contemporary praise songs, traditional hymns and liturgical music.

If this sounds like you, please submit your cover letter and resume in confidence to Kerry Zeal , Warden at l.k_zeal@yahoo.ca not later than November 28, 2011.

CONCRETE & PLACING

Full Cycle Bookkeeping Services for small and medium size businesses, including filing, payroll, government reports, & small claims. 28 yrs exp.

Reasonable Rates.

Pacific Ave. White Rock

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ALL Concrete Brick, Block & Stonework. Good job - Good price.

Call Enzio (604)594-1960

CLEANING SERVICES PLACING & Finishing * Forming * Site Prep, old concrete removal * Excavation & Reinforcing * Re-Re Specialists 32 Years Exp. Free Estimates.

Call: Rick (604) 202-5184 Unique Taste, Unique Menus...

Gourmet, Customized Menus Tailored To Your Function...

• Dinner Parties • Executive Meetings • Family Gatherings • Weddings / Banquets • B-B-Ques • Funerals We Come To You! Doing It All, From Set-Up - Clean-Up.

SEMI-RETIRED contractor will do small concrete jobs. Patio’s, sidewalks, driveway’s. Re & re old or damaged concrete. Ken 604-532-0662

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FINANCIAL SERVICES

AVOID BANKRUPTCY - SAVE UP TO 70% Of Your Debt.

One affordable monthly payment, interest free. For debt restructuring on YOUR terms, not your creditors.

Call 1-866-690-3328 or see web site: www.4pillars.ca 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. 1-877987-1420. www.pioneerwest.com

NEED CASH TODAY?

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Call Nancy 778-858-8185

View Details at: www.rainbowchrysler.ca Call: Brian Musgrave 1.877.624.8207 or e-mail: bmusgrave@ rainbowchrysler.ca

PERSONAL SERVICES

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We require a resume w/ references. Our busy, modern well equipped shop is located at Springman’s 19550 Langley By-pass.

Salary Negotiable, includes Benefit Package.

Apply in person or fax 604.530.2865 or E-mail: dspringman @springmans.com

COMPUTER SERVICES

Call (604)538-9600

Prince Rupert Top Wages Paid

Technician Journeyman or Apprentice

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Repairs to all major appliances

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Increase your chances in getting the right candidate. Our friendly Classified Sales Representatives will assist you.

3 STEPS: 1) Call us. 2) Discuss what you’re looking for - we’re here to listen.

3) Start hiring. Yes, it’s that easy.

Phone: 604-575-5555 bcclassified.com

APPLIANCE REPAIRS

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

RANGERS OCEAN PARK APPLIANCE LTD

Journeyman or 3rd/4th Year

LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC CANDIDATE FOR AN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY WITHIN YOUR COMPANY?

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RETAIL

WE are a Rogers dealer and currently seeking for a number of sales professionals. If you are a good strong closer with excellent customer skills, hard worker and can work independently, you are the right candidate of this position. We offer a good hourly rate plus commission and 5 working day in North Shore.

Past cellular sales exp is definite asset. Please email your resume with cover letter to hrbc@cellmart.com

(daytime, evening & weekend availability)

HAIRCARE PROFESSIONALS

BE YOUR Own Boss Learn to operate a Mini-Office Outlet from home. Free online training. Flexible hours. Great income. www.freedom-unlimited.info

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EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

✓ Do you Own a Car? ✓ Borrow up to $20000.00 ✓ No Credit Checks! ✓ Cash same day, local office www.REALCARCASH.com

A Hardworking Lady Reliable honest, detail oriented, will clean your home for your comfort.

Excellent references. Insured and bonded. Serving the White Rock / S. Surrey area for 15 + years. www. abovetheresthousecleaning.com (604)315-2440

A MAID TO CLEEN For all Your Cleaning Needs Weekly, Biweekly, Monthly Exc. Refs & Rates. Move In/Out. Carpet Cleaning, pressure wash, New Const., Res./Comm., offices Welcome! Lic., Bonded/Insured.

Call 778-883-4262

604-777-5046

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HOME CARE

GREAT Senior Assistant - I can assist you with doctor appts, grocery shopping, cleaning, etc. Call me 604 722 1860

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A MAN / WOMAN CLEAN TEAM. Book for Xmas Now. Experienced, reliable, consistent, great ref’s.

Residential/Office, Move in & outs.

Please call Rene 604-531-7870 Christine’s Cleaning Reasonable Honest You won’t be disappointed Seniors Disc 604-328-3733

HAIR STYLISTS

E & M MAINTENANCE WINDOW WASHING

JEN’S MOBILE HAIRDRESSING

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

IS ALL ABOUT YOU !!!

Your personal desires at your convenience in the comfort of your own home. Hair, manicures, pedicures at below salon pricing but over & above the salon quality. Serving S.Sry/W.Rock for over 20 yrs. Always a Senior’s Discount 604-315-2440

Eric 604-541-1743

IF YOU WANT YOUR HOUSE TO SPARKLE Cleaning, laundry, ironing, dishes.

Insured, Bonded. WCB. $22/hr.

778-772-2628

KIRSTEN FISCHER CUT & COLOUR

NEW STYLIST - Kelsey, cert’d and trendy. Book with Kelsey and receive 15% off. Call: 604-542-1499

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LEGAL SERVICES

CRIMINAL RECORD? Guaranteed Record Removal since 1989. Confidential, Fast, & Affordable. Our A+BBB Rating assures EMPLOYMENT & TRAVEL FREEDOM. Call for FREE INFO. BOOKLET

1-8-NOW-PARDON (1-866-972-7366) RemoveYourRecord.com

METICULOUS & IMMACULATE. Green works. 25 yrs exp. Exc. ref’s.

604-763-8443; 604-542-4313 PROFESSIONAL METICULOUS CLEANER... HAPPY SATISFIED Customers. Also 1 time holiday cleaning.

Call (604)376-6824 RELIABLE Cleaning Lady for White Rock/South Surrey area only. I have been cleaning for eight years and have a couple of available openings for local residents. Please call me if you have any questions.

Natalie 778 294 1044

SEASONAL SPECIALS Are You Running Out Of Time?

Need Help Setting & Cleaning Up For The Holidays?

DRYWALL

Popcorn & Textured ceilings really date your home - We can give you a flat ceilinglovely to look at & easy to clean. If you have crown mouldings - no problem.

Also Ceiling repairs.

CALL FRIENDLY BENJAMIN 604-230-7928 or 604-538-3796

PSB DRYWALL ★ All Boarding, Taping, Framing & Texture. Insured work. Call Parm (604) 762-4657

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#1167 $25 service call, BBB Lge & small jobs. Expert trouble shooter, WCB. Low rates 24/7 604-617-1774 #1 QUALITY WORK, Big or sm. Exp. Electrician avail.

Reas.rates.604-773-0341. Lic#9902 #22047 WE LOVE SMALL JOBS All work Guaranteed. 604-220-8347 www.HighOutletElectric.ca ALL JOBS Big or Small. Panels, lighting, plugs, fans, hot tubs etc.

Guaranteed work. 604-539-0708 Cell 604-537-1773 (Lic. 26110) ALL JOBS welcome. Your trouble shooting expert. Tel/Cable incl. *Seniors Discount* Work guaranteed. Insured & Bonded. GWN Electric. 604-862-9650 Lic#99986 OCEAN PARK ELECTRIC Small Jobs. Renovations, Panels.

Elec. Heat, Lighting, Repairs.

Call (604)591-7621 YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

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FENCING

6 FT FENCING, Retaining Walls, Blacktop/Concrete driveway’s, Reno’s, Roofing, Bobcat Service.

Snow Removal. Gaary Landscaping (604)889-8957, 778-861-0220

FENCE & DECK INSTALLATIONS Professional Installations for a Great Price!

Fully insured with WCB. Winter rates on now.

604-240-1000 www.pacificcedarworks.com

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FLOOR REFINISHING/ INSTALLATIONS VISION EXOTIK FLOORING INC.

Hardwood Floor Specialist •Installation•Sanding•Refinishing Express your unique & individual style with a custom stain. Dust free sanding.

778-995-Wood (9663).

View our picture gallery at www.visionexotik.com

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GARDENING

Executive House Hold Services Will help You! • Great Hourly Rates • Package Deals Available Call Today: 778.565.0424

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COMPUTER SERVICES

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APPLIANCE REPAIRS Peace Arch Appliance Service to fridges, stoves, washers, dryers & dishwashers.

Reasonable.

Call Mark (604)536-9092

JAPANESE STYLE yard care. Fall Clean-Up, Trimming, Fencing, Rubbish Removal, Pressure Washing & Gutter Cleaning. Call 604-502-9198

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GARDENING A Cut Above Yard Maintenance

Fall Services *Leaf Clean-ups Pruning * Weeding & Lawn cutting White Rock Owned & Operated Since 1991

604-536-1345

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 329 PAINTING & DECORATING

Chistmas Light Installation

1 Room - $79

Gutter Cleaning, Window Cleaning.

Over 20 yrs exp. 778-384-4912

Ask our Customers about our Quality Work & professional Handyman Services.

Ceilings, Doors & Trim 10 YRS. EXP.

▲ Joes External Roof Cleaning Roof Washing Specialist.

Gutter & Window Cleaning. * Fully Insured * Licensed * Bonded 21 yrs. exp. Joe 778-773-5730

GARY’S

A-TECH Services 604-230-3539

HANDYMAN SERVICES * All Home Repairs *

PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $269, 2 coats any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services. www.paintspecial.com

COMMERCIAL / RESIDENTIAL Free Est. Seniors Discount WCB & Liability Insurance

Renovations & Repairs

Services - 20 yrs exp.

D Licensed, Insured, WCB D 24 hr Property Maintenance D Renovations-Repairs - Painting D Flooring-moldings-decks-fences D Kitchens-baths-Handicap mods

Seniors Discount

Kris 604-617-5561

604-802-8809

START TO FINISH CONTRACTING

or 604-614-3416 in Langley

WE’RE ON THE WEB www.bcclassified.com

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

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

10% OFF when you Mention this ad HARDI RENO SVS. *Plumbing *Tile *Drywall*Paint*More! 778-865-4072

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

Handyman from Newfoundland Honest, reliable, quality work at good prices. Fully insured.

Bathroom repairs, reno’s, taps + sink, shower, tiling, flooring laminate. Painting, drywalling, basement reno’s, door & window trim, baseboard, back splashes, cabinets, range hoods, fence & deck repair + replace, pressure washing & more.

Call Robert 778-227-7779

HUDOLIN’S ON HOMES RENO’S ✔ Basement suites, decks ✔ Bathrooms, Kitchens ✔ Finishing work & moulding ✓ Design & colour consultation Free Estimates hudolinrenos@gmail.com

.Jim’s Mowing-Same Day Service More than just mowing

Call Dave: 604-862-9379

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

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INTERIOR/EXTERIOR, European Quality Workmanship CONTRACT OR HOURLY FREE ESTIMATES 23 YEARS IN BUSINESS

Per Molsen 604-575-1240

311 MASONRY & BRICKWORK

WEED FREE Mushroom Manure 13 yards - $125 or Well Rotted 10 yards - $145. Free delivery in Surrey. 604-856-8877

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS

PAINTING

ROMANA CONTRACTING. Tile Setting, from Ceramic to Granite.

Happy to recommend a strategy to economically and realistically complete your Tiling Project. Call Mario at 604-839-9512

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~ PRO PAINTERS ~ INTERIOR / EXTERIOR Quality Work, Free Estimates

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

SL PAINTING

CKC REG BLOOD HOUND pups, 1 male, 8 fem. Liver & tan, ready to go end of Nov. (604)574-5788

GERMAN SHEPHERD Pups & young adults. Quality German & Czech bloodlines. 604-856-8161.

LABRADOODLE PUPPIES Family Based Hobby Breeder. $750 604-595-5840. Avail Nov 20th. redbarnlabradoodles.blogspot.com MALTESE pups, 2 males, 1st shots, vet ✔, dewormed. Family raised. 604-464-5077.

NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com

Interior/Exterior.

FREE Estimates.

Quality job.

Fully insured - WCB Please call Sonly.

604-328-6387

RUBBISH REMOVAL Almost for free!

- Since 1981 Clean, professional work Free No Pressure Estimates * Brush / Roll or Spray / Paper Hanging.

Call Bill Mutch 604-833-1448 604-538-4408

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PAVING/SEAL COATING

ALLAN Const. & Asphalt. Brick, conc, drainage, found. & membrane repair. 604-618-2304; 820-2187.

338

PLUMBING

Call 604-728-8042 FIXIT PLUMBING & HEATING H/W Tanks, Reno’s, Boilers, Furn’s.

Drain Cleaning. Ins. (604)596-2841

ISA Certified Arbourist Fully Insured

EXTRA CHEAP PRICES

“Right Tree - Right Location”

5½ doz green WINE BOTTLES; 5½ doz clear wine bottles; 3 doz green/red champagne bottle $20.

604-808-2230

Rob Kootnikoff

RELIABLE, SERVICE Seniors Discount

604-538-6278, 778-839-5034

CALL ROGER 604-

REDS STUMP GRINDING

CASTRO’S JUNK & DEMOLITION You Name It & It’s Gone! Best Rates. Free Est. (778)891-4017

GREENCARE RUBBISH REMOVAL Comm. & Residential Cheapest in White Rock / South Surrey Environmentally Friendly

Call (604)506-2817

RECYCLE-IT! JUNK REMOVAL Recycled Earth Friendly

604.587.5865

www.recycleitcanada.ca FREE! Scrap Metal Removal...FREE!!! * Fridges * Freezers * Stoves * Microwaves * Small appliances * Scrap Metal * Old pipe * BBQs * * Exercise equip. * Cars/trucks * All metal recyclables FREE

778-233-4949

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

T & K Haulaway

Renovations

Custom Paint

bradsjunkremoval.com

• Kitchen • Bath • Flooring • Complete Interiors

• Interior & Exterior • Free Estimates

Haul Anything...

But Dead Bodies!!

Licensed • Insured • WCB • Full 10yr. Guarantee

604-538-2412 www.PaintandReno.com

UNDER $100

WHITE ROCK RUBBISH

(778)997-5757, (604)587-5991

Licenced *Plumbing, *Heating & *Gas Contractor ~30 Years Experience~

523

2 PINE WINE RACKS - like new. $2: Call (604)535-0331

SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured Competitive rates. Wknd Specials.

Call Frank: (604) 435-8240

Residential & Commercial

Call Mark (604)536-9092

Peninsula Tree Preservation S Pruning S Removals S Hedge Trimming

968-0367 WHITE ROCK PAINTING

APPLIANCES

Service to fridges, stoves, washers, dryers & dishwashers.

Reasonable.

CHEAP

On Time, As Promised, Service Guaranteed!

“An investment in Quality”

A1-TRI-CRAFT Tree Serv.

Dangerous tree removal, spiral pruning hedge trimming, stump grinding, topping.

Insured, WCB Free Est Arborist Reports

CHOCOLATE LAB puppies, dew claws removed, vet ✔, dewormed, 9 weeks. $650. (604)850-0573

EXTRA

WCB INSURED

Vincent 543-7776

AMF Contracting Ltd.

www.mpbconstruction.com

TREE SERVICES

CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are Spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977

RUBBISH REMOVAL

604-537-4140

Let MPB make your renovation dreams come true!

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

356

• Electronics • Appliances • Old Furniture • Construction • Yard Waste • Concrete • Drywall • Junk • Rubbish • Mattresses

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

374

CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

Peace Arch Appliance

$38/HR!Clogged drains,drips,garbs sinks, Reno’s toilets. No job too small! Lic’d/insured. 778-888-9184

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

TILE, STONE & GLASS New construction or renovations, install & repairs. Pls call Allon 604202-8902 or allontile@gmail.com

2 P/B MALE Yorkies, vet ✓ 1st shots, 11 weeks old, $900. 604820-7053.

BORDER Collie/Springer Spaniel X. Vet checked, dewormed, first shots. $300. Call 604-746-6728

506

From 1, 3, 5, 7,10 Ton Trucks Licenced ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 Men Free estimate/Seniors discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos

Forget the Rest Call The Best!

Harry 604-617-0864

ALL-ON TILE

PETS

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

Member of Better Business Bureau

B & B MOBILE SERVICES

A-OK PAINTING

A-1 Ceramics, Marble, Glass blocks etc. Install/Repair. Res./Comm.

Free Est. 20 years exp.

Peter’s Tile (604)209-0173

477

www.renespainting.com

TM

604-536-6620

TILING

Rene’s Spray & Brush Painting cell 778-855-5361

• Small & Big Moves • Internals • Single Items • Packing Supplies

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

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

RENTALS: These listings cover all types of rentals from apartments, condos, office space, houseboats and vacation homes. So if you’re in the market to rent, or looking for a roommate, start here. Call bcclassified.com 604.575.5555

Andrew 604-618-8585 $ Best Rates $

INTERIOR - EXTERIOR

MOVING? s r

GL ROOFING. Cedar shakes, Asphalt Shingles, Flat roofs, WCB Clean Gutters. $80. 604-240-5362

D Stucco painting, Cedar Siding D Repainting - Houses, Condos D Renovations D Finishing D Ceilings & Crown Moulding’s D 32 yrs exp. painters /FREE Est.

LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE

$45/Hr

Jay 604-513-8524

LITTLE LOAD SPECIALIST. Sand & gravel delivered. Small orders welcome. Topsoil available. Call (604) 532-0662 days/eves.

Great price refs Paul 604-328-0527 MESA PAINTING INTERIOR and EXTERIOR Quality work at reas rates.Free Estimates. Michael (cell) 604-724-7458

Local & Long Distance

*Seniors Disc. *Insured *24 yrs.

Call Ian 604-724-6373

359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL

WWW.PATTARGROUP.COM

MOVING & STORAGE

AFFORDABLE MOVING

• TREE Pruning • Sculpting • Hedge Repair • Pro-Climber

SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE

Best Local Roofs & Repairs

Stone. Brick. Tile

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. We move - We ship - We recycle.

Senior- Student Discount.

604-721-4555.

PROMPT & AFFORDABLE

POWER WASHING GUTTER CLEANING

SALES@PATTARGROUP.COM

Chimney repairs, fireplaces, house facings Quality work 604-306-5389.

FAMILY OWNED SINCE 1973

SAME DAY SERVICE

PRESSURE WASHING

604-588-0833

HOME REPAIRS

www.BBmoving.ca

SUPREME HEDGES +++

341

All types of Roofing

A1 BATH RENO’S. Bsmt suites, drywall, patios, plumbing, siding, fencing, roofing, landscaping, etc.

Joe 604-961-9937 or 604-581-3822

320

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

PETS

“ Call Now for Free Estimate”

.Haydens Painting 100% client satisfaction

TREE SERVICES

Trees removal, Hedges Pruning, Topping Chipping. Insured. WCB Free wood & chips.

David Fast 604-536-5426

Over 35 Years in Business

Local handyman avail. for painting, moulding & millwork, laminate flooring, tile work etc. No job too small. Reasonable Rates.

Call Peter 604-807-7946 or 604-536-4665

HANDYMAN

D Fall Clean-up D Lawn & Garden Maint.

D Trimming, Pruning D No B.S.T.

374

Semiahmoo Tree Experts

373B

PROFESSIONAL

~Since 1983~

RUBBISH REMOVAL

#1 Roofing Company in BC

HANDYMAN. Very reliable. 20 yrs exp. Senior’s discount. Make a list.

CAN DO IT ALL! 604-866-4977

JAPANESE YARDMAN

356

AT PANORAMA PLUMBING, HEATING & GAS SERVICES. Jobs Small-Big, Res/Com 604-818-7801 www.panoramaplumbing.com

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

Call Gary 604-576-4406

call

PLUMBING

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

Running this ad for 7yrs

F Rot Repairs & Decks F Tiling & Wood Flooring F Windows, Doors & Trim F Crown Moulding included F Texture Ceiling/Drywall Repairs F Rubbish/Garbage Removal

Call Maria, Let’s get it done

338

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

604-614-3416

HANDYPERSONS

283A

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

604.

220.JUNK(5865)

Serving The Lower Mainland Since 1988

604-315-6415

4 (FOUR) 16 Inch RIMS for domestic cars $100 obo. 604-535-1560

OAK ENTERTAINMENT CENTER with doors, excellent condition. $10.

(604)535-5896

Pine Dining Room Set - seats 6.

Table + 6 chairs. $10: (604)5350331

A62 www.peacearchnews.com MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 524

REAL ESTATE 640

UNDER $200

2 FLEXSTEEL Captain Seats; 1 swivel chair, used in Fleetwood motorhome $200. 604-808-2230 4 STUDLESS SNOW TIRES, excellent cond. Toyo 215-65R-15”. $200.

604-808-2230

526

UNDER $400

Royal Doulton “Ashmont” tea service for 4 teapot, milk, sugar, cups, saucers, plates. $325firm: 531-1912

FUEL

706

APARTMENT/CONDO

CRESTWOOD MANOR 1321 Foster St. Bachelor $765/mo In well maintained, newly updated building. Heat, hot water and secured u/g parking stalls incld.

No pets, no BBQ’s.

Call: 604-542-5729 LIMERICK MANOR Near Langley City Hall & shops

#114 - 16350-14th Ave Sat Nov 9th ~ 9am-4pm

1 bdrm - $720 - $750/month Inc. heat/storage/parking Adult oriented Sorry - no pets

SHOW & SALE OF ART RELATED ITEMS

By appt - call 604 - 514 - 1480

Pottery, cards, prints, paintings, table centers, etc.

Lots of gift ideas.

Free coffee

609

APARTMENT/CONDOS

OPEN Sun Nov 20 & 27-The Embassy! $224,900 311-1576 Merklin St. Immaculate 1 bed/1 bath 732 sq ft. New stainless steel appliances and granite counters. Faye @RLP Coronation Park 778-395-3167 MLS #F1127355 WHITE ROCK, Luxurious 2/bdrm, 2/bath condo. Ocean & Mt. View.

Only 2 years old. $679,000. Private.

(604)940-990

627

HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOMES Damaged House! Older House!

Difficulty Selling! Behind on Payments! Need to Sell Now? NO FEES! NO RISK! QUICK CASH! Call us First! 604.657.9422

636

MORTGAGES

Mortgage Help! Beat bank rates for purchases and refinances, immediate debt consolidation, foreclosure relief, and equity loans. Free, fast, friendly, private consultations.

Call 1-888-685-6181 www.mountaincitymortgage.ca

639 REAL ESTATE SERVICES

for estimate call:

Concrete Hi-rise. 55+, NS/NP

Alfred 604-889-6807

Heat, hot water, & light included

TENANTS

Call 604-538-5337 WHITE ROCK - Cntrl Loc. Spac.

South facing 1 bdrm. Newly renovated-new bath, wood flring, painting. Adult oriented. Heat, h.w. u/g prkng incl. n/s, n/p. Refs. $825/mo.

Avail. now. 604-808-6601 WHITE ROCK. Lrg 1 bdrm, quiet & clean. Close to beach & shops.

Avail Dec 1. N/S. $725/mo. incl heat & hot water. 604-951-8632.

WHITE ROCK nr Semiahmoo Mall.

Avail. now. Clean bachelor $590: Heat, h/wtr,cov. prk. 604-596-3390.

WHITE ROCK SUNSET VILLA. Lrg 1 bdrm suite, d/w, balc, concrete bldg. $950. Blk fr Semiahmoo Mall.

Call for appt to view: 604-541-6276 WHITE ROCK

White Rock Gardens & Bayview Chateau

4 bdrm T/H, at 161A & 24, $2,100/M, Avail. Now! Houses/Condos/Townhouses Rental units available now www.bcforrentinfo.ca Office: 604-534-7974 Ext: 205 South Surrey 2 storey, 2 bdrm, 2 bth. peaceful garden. Walk to beach. Freeway access. 1 yr lse.

N/P. N/S. Avail. Dec. 1. $1450 + shrd utils. 604-538-2247.

S. SURREY, newly reno’d 3 bdrm 2 bath rancher, lrg yrd., dbl garage, Avail. Dec. 1st. Long term lease.

NS/NP. $2150/mth. Walk dist. to schs/ rec ctr. Phone (604)538-2487 SURREY Panorma Ridge 4 bdrm.

2.5 baths, 5 appl., gas f/p, h/w floors, bsmnt. Lge. patio off master bdrm. $1800 mo. Dec. 1. N/S N/P. 604-535-2044 TOP floor of house in White Rock / South Surrey 3 bedroom 2 bath sunroom. New kitchen and bathrooms fenced yard. Pets ok 1595 shared utilities & laundry. Available Dec 15. 604-341-4344 WHITE ROCK 15257 Victoria Ave. 180o ocean view, upper level of house, large 1 bdrm, avail immed, ns/np. $950. Sharon 604-240-9809.

WHITE Rock 3 bdrm reno’d rancher, nr. all amens. 2 bth, 2 fpl. bright spacious, nice grdn, NS/P Neog. $2200 mo. + utils. 6048424899 White Rock, 849 Kent St. Live at the beach. 3 bdrms + den, 2 bathrms. Possible inlaw suite.

N/S N/P. Avail now. $2250

Professionally Managed By Gateway Property Management

604-535-8080 Atira Property Management WHITE ROCK, ocean view. 3 bdrm. main floor + loft.

N/S N/P. Refs. $1500 incl utils. Call 604-531-9689.

WHITE ROCK: OCEAN VIEW short term avail. or longterm. Furnished or unfurn. H/W flrs, s/s appl.

Spotless, clean. 1200sf. 2 bdrm 1 bth. Heat, light incl. $1600/mo + utils. Call Shaun O’Shea for more details (604)531-1111 WHITE Rock, Short term rental 6-7 mos. 5 bdrm Roper and Kent $1600 Avail Dec 1 604-723-2000

707 APARTMENT FURNISHED MOVING OR RELOCATING? White Rock Sausalito Furnished 2 bdrm apt available, fully self contained, dogs okay.

(604)538-3237 www.sausalitobb.com

MISC. FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE

Big or small propertiesWE MANAGE IT ALL!

2 BEDROOM

please call 604-531-9797

BISSON Classic Stairglide / StairLift, Excellent Condition, biege in colour, battery pack in the event of power failure. Can be shortened / extended by the installer, Chimo Lifts. $1500. 604 536 3800 / 604 506 6667

566 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

PROPERTY OWNERS

These are condo-like building with breath taking views. This property is surrounded by impressive landscaping; Close to shopping and schools. Some suites with ocean views; Indoor & outdoor parking. Bach, one bedroom and two bedroom suites available. NO PETS. For more information and viewing

MEDICAL SUPPLIES

PEARL DRUM SET, $1200, receipts for $1000 in upgrades, located in Hope. Call 1 (604)869-7329

WHITE ROCK Close to Semiahmoo Mall

QUALITY APARTMENT RENTALS IN WHITE ROCK

SANTA’S HAVING A CHRISTMAS SALE! *Friday, *Saturday, *Sunday Nov 18, 19 & 20th, 9am-3pm 7930 110th Street.

Come & get your Collectibles, Decorations, Xmas Trees, Fiberoptics, Large Ornaments, Toys, and many other items!

HOMES FOR RENT

Call 604-538-5337

14989 Roper Avenue & 1371 Blackwood St.

N.DELTA

Jacuzzi J-460, 5 man hot tub. New floor model $5000. Call Dwayne at 604-514-6750

2 BEDROOM Concrete Hi-rise. 55+, NS/NP

RENTALS

GARAGE SALES

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

736

OCEAN PARK. 2 bdrm ocean view cottage. Lrg country kitchen, liv rm & dining rm areas, wood burning F/P. Fenced yard. Lam floors. huge deck. Pets neg, N/S. Immed. $1750/mo Call 604-728-1436.

OCEAN PARK 3 bdrm., 2.5 baths Ocean view, dbl gar, h/tub, pool Dec1. $3000/mo N/S 604-542-0152

WHITE ROCK

www.dannyevans.ca

Homelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley

• Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings 100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331

560

APARTMENT/CONDO

Close to Semiahmoo Mall

HOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS

MATTRESSES staring at $99

559

706

RENTALS

Heat, hot water, & light included

FURNITURE

551

RENTALS

660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVE

BEST FIREWOOD 32nd Season & 37,000 Cust Deliv.

Fully Seas. Maple, Birch, Alder 604-582-7095

548

RECREATIONAL

MAZATLAN, MEXICO $115,000 Waterfront apartment in superb location, Marina Mazatlan, by International Center. Golf course designed by David Fleming. Incredible opportunity. Call Ines for details 604-307-2528.Royal LePage Northstar Realty, White Rock.

WORKSHOP VACUUM DUST COLLECTOR “King Canada” $350.

604-808-2230

545

Thursday, November 17, 2011, Peace Arch News

.Rent - Encore 604.293.2421 $850 to $1225/mo

S SURREY 1860 Southmere Cres E 900sqft 2bedroom 1bath garden terrace $1350 incl; heat hot water 2parking pool No dogs avail Dec1 6043655373

SKYLINE APTS. WHITE ROCK 15321 Russell Ave Nice quiet building. 1 & 2 bdrm suites. Includes: Hot water, cable, underground parking, video surveillance. NO PETS CALL 604-536-8499 www.cycloneholdings.ca

SOMERSET GARDENS (S. Sry) Family housing, 1851 Southmere Cres. E. 2bdrm appt. starts at $825.

Pet friendly, nr all amen, heat, Community garden. 604-451-6676 South Sry. 152nd / 18ave beautiful condo 1140 sqft. w/ 400 sqft. patio.

2 bdrm + 2 full bath, hardwood & carpet, in suite lndry, nr library & shoppn. Avail Nov. 15. Long-term. $1325/mo inclu Heat, Hot water and Prkng. N/S N/P. Call 604-880-1783 S. SURREY small clean reasonably priced apartments for seniors 55 & older. Call Mon-Fri btwn 9am-noon 604-538-8308.

The White Rock Bellaire South Facing. Luxury Residence.

Suit discriminating prof who only wants the best. This 2 bdrm residence offers 1031sf of incomparable luxury. $2000/mo.

Drive by Oxford St. & 16th Ave. & admire the award winning majestic tower. Avail. now. n/s, n/p. Refs req. For appt.

604-318-3365 if no answer call 702-325-2868

709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL 368sq ft OFFICE in Crescent Beach avail Nov 15. Upper Floor of Commercial Bld. $14/sq ft + $9.30/sq ft Triple Net + GST Call Stacey 604 538-1804 Day Mon & Wed

730

MISC. FOR RENT

604-536-8428

SUITES, LOWER

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

White Rock super deluxe lge bright 2 bdrm ste, 9ft ceiling h/w flrs, radiant heat & much more Could be furnished $1295/mo 604-541-1794.

751

SUITES, UPPER

BEAUTIFUL Studio Suite w/full bath and kitchenette. Close to beach, hospital, shopping. Great location.

Suits single, quiet professional.

Available December 1. N/P, N/S. $750. To view please reply to: rothgisela@yahoo.com or call (778) 229-6267.

SOUTH SURREY spacious upper home, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, fenced lot.

All appl, gas f/p. Newly reno’d. Suits mature n/s couple. Cat or dog ok. $1350/mo. 604-531-4333 WHITE ROCK 2 bdrm., 1 ba., 1100 sf., incl. utils. 1 blk. from hospital. $1100 mo. Now. 604-813-3535 WHITE ROCK Waterfront 1 or 2 bdrms. Furn & equip for visitors s/c.

Utils, cble, net incl. Short term. N/S. Refs. $900 & up 604-538-1350.

752

KICK BACK & RELAX IN SOUTH SURREY Short term - Weekly - Monthly accommodation. Seeking professional visitors to rent throughout the year. Deluxe, fully furnished & equipped 2 bdrm. + rec. rm. + 2 bath T/House. Crown Mouldings, H/W laminate flooring and slate.

Gas F/P, Alarm, Netflix, Cable & WiFi. 1 car garage parking. No Smoking inside, covered patio & outdoor seating. Amenities rm. incls. full gym, outdoor hot tub & pool. $2600/Mo.

827

RECREATIONAL/SALE

604-535-8080 Atira Property Management SUNDANCE TOWNHOUSE $1,850/mo Available NOW 3 beds, 3 baths, 1 den and 2 covered parking.

Close by school, shopping centre and hwy.

New paints and renovations.

Dual Pane Windows, fantastic fan, microwave, elec. awning, corian counter top, 2 slide outs. $34,995 (stk.30380) www.fraserwayrv.com 1-800-806-1976 DL #30644

HOMES FOR RENT

E.Beach executive fully reno’d 2 bdrm rancher s/s appls, granite countertops, hot tub oceanview over 7000sf lot Nov 1 $1900 + util Long term NS/NP 604-617-3551

1995 ALJO 21½ ‘ 5th wheel trailer, 1 owner, smoke free. Kept indoors, very clean, low mi., sleeps 6, $10,500. (604)823-6459 2003 FORD 30 ft. Class C Motorhome. 30,000kms. Mint cond. Asking $30,000.obo. (604)780-0777

TRANSPORTATION 809

AUTO ACCESSORIES/ PARTS

2011 LAREDO 302LT LOW RIDER TONER SPORTS LID. Fits 6ft P/U box, red. $650. 604808-2230

810

AUTO FINANCING

Need A Vehicle! Guaranteed Auto Loan. Apply Now, 1.877.680.1231

www.UapplyUdrive.ca

Elec. awning, “family-sized” dinette, power tongue jack, loft. $26,995 (Stk.30530) www.fraserwayrv.com 1-800-806-1976 DL #30644

845

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

SCRAP BATTERIES WANTED We buy scrap batteries from cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 each. Free pickup anywhere in BC, Min. 10.

Toll Free Call:1.877.334.2288 AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

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750

TOWING CALL: (778)995-0287

TRUCKS & VANS

1986 Chev S15 White PU Truck. 6 cyl, very good canopy. Good for work. $1000. obo (604)541-6277 1993 DAKOTA extended cab, totally loaded, 2WD. $1500. obo. Call 778-908-9754 1995 Ford F150, 6 cyl. 5 spd. Blue.

Lots of new parts & paint. $1595 604-597-5054 or 604-640-0024.

1995 GMC SAFARI - Mini Van, 165,000 kms. Exc. shape. $4500: (604)833-6769 2005 MONTANA SV6, loaded, Onstar, 7 pass., new front rotors & brakes. Mint. $6400. 604-812-1278 2006 MONTANA, Dual Air, DVD, new tires, brakes, battery. 160kms.

Asking 6,995. (604)780-0777 2008 FORD F350 4x4 diesel, loaded, super cab, 75,000kms, Asking $25,900. 778-895-7570

NOTICE Notice is hereby given that on November 26, 2011 at White Rock / Surrey U-Lock, 15028 32nd Avenue, in the city of Surrey, B.C., Province of British Columbia the undersigned White Rock / Surrey U-Lock will sell the personal property heretofore stored with the undesigned by: ALL ITEMS WILL BE SOLD OFF SITE AT PUBLIC AUCTION. INTERESTED BUYERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BUY ITEMS AT WHITE ROCK / SURREY U-LOCK MINI STORAGE LTD. Tenant: MARLET MAGNUSSON Locker # 1053A Tenant: MIKE WILSON Locker # 1125C Tenant: RONALD WALKER Locker # 2086B & # 2273B Tenant: ROXANN MCKAMEY Locker # 2075B Tenant: PHIL BABB Locker # 2088B

Tenant: ALYSSA INNES Locker # 2127C Tenant: FREDERICK DONALDSON Locker # 2458C Tenant: JENNIFER FOREST Locker # 7525E

The Scrapper

CHECK CLASSIFIEDS

SUITES, LOWER

TOWING

Tenant: Locker # 2126C DAVE DEWOLF

STORAGE

OCEAN PARK. 1 bdrm bright g/l suite. Nr shops and ocean steps.

Sep entry, utils, Wood f/p, insuite laundry, heated ceramic flrs in kitchen & bath. Pets neg. Dec 1. $900/mo. Tricia 604-782-5553 OCEAN PARK 2 bdrm bsmt suite, 1100 s/f, shared laundry, n/s, $1000 incl utils/cable/net. 604-202-6582.

OCEAN PARK just a stroll to crescent beach bright lrg 2 bdrm garden lvl 1000sf priv patio f/p d/w w/d ns/np Dec1 $975m 604-542-1904 PANORAMA, 1 Bdrm ste. N/P, N/S. Avail Nov 15th. Close to bus & schl.

Ph: (604) 590-0308 or 961-8530.

S. SURREY, 173/2d Ave. 1 bdrm. 1 yr. old. Incl. w/d, d/w, cable, WiFi. All utils. Suits single, N/S. $750/mo.

604-765-9961.

White Rock - 1bdrm, all appls, w/d, prkg. Quiet, cls to bus. N/S, N/P. incl utils. f/p. $950: 778-385-5933 WHITE ROCK,1 bdrm grnd flr suite, 1 blk. fr. Peace Arch Hosp. $750. incl util & shrd lndry. Perfect for single prof. NS/NP. 604-813-0777.

WHITE ROCK 1 bdrm. main floor, available Dec. 1. No smoking $775 mo. 604-536-9304.

WHITE ROCK. Dec 1. Modern 1 bd ste, lrg patio deck w/partial ocean view, nr beach. Pri ent, prkg, inste lndry. NS/NP, refs req. $1100 incl utils 604-536-6295, 778-788-0577.

WHITE ROCK: studio ste. Priv entry/lndry, wifi/cble, walk to beach. $799. Pet ok 778-908-0181

848

604-538-6418 or 778-998-0583

Tenant: JOHN GRANT Locker # 9040E

bcclassified.com 604-575-5555

736

847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

2007 Volkswagen Touareg, fully loaded, 88kms, one owner, no accidents, balance of factory warranty. $27,500 O.B.O Call - 604-542-0865 2010 SANTA FE GL, silver, 9,920 kms. $18,900. Orig owner, pristine cond. 2.4L, 6 spd, auto, shiftronic, 5 star safety rating, extra floor mats.

Call Joe 604-850-0354. 7 - 9 pm.

2011 CHEV Traverse LT, 8 pass, AWD, 20,000kms. List $40,000 + HST, asking $28,900. no HST. (604)780-0777

VEHICLES WANTED

2011 WILDCAT 282RK

OFFICE/RETAIL

✓

TRANSPORTATION

851

838

OCEAN PARK. Uncovered safe storage only, for clean car, small trailer? $50/mo. 604-535-5953.

WOMAN NEEDS underground parking, or garage for ‘73 Mustang.

Accessible for in/out driving on nice days! Vic. White Rock, S.Surrey, Ocean Park. $50/mos. Call Colleen 604-889-0432

604.488.9161

2011 NISSAN VERSA 4dr auto black loaded, 14,000kms. Asking $11,900 obo. 778-895-7570

S. SURREY, #238, 2501-161A St. Highland Park. 3 bdrms, 2½ bathrooms. H/W floors. S/S appls. Walk to shops & busses.

N/S. N/P. Avail now. $1950 .

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Don’t wait for scientific proof of danger, Cohen urged

Salmon inquiry’s debate targets farms Jeff Nagel Black Press

The Cohen Inquiry is being urged to recommend the removal of ocean-based salmon farms from the B.C. coast – even if science has yet to prove the farms are to blame for the decline of Fraser River wild sockeye stocks.

Gregory McDade, the lawyer acting for a coalition of groups opposing salmon farms, said in his final submission last week that it would be wrong to leave farms in the water while scientists study the risks to passing sockeye for another five to 10 years.

“The real issue here is proof versus risk,” McDade told Justice Bruce Cohen, who is heading the probe of Fraser salmon returns.

“The risk here is real. Don’t wait for 10 years until this is proven and we have no fish left.”

The potential role of aquaculture has been the most acrimonious topics for the inquiry, which was named in 2009 to investigate the steep plunge in Fraser sockeye returns that year.

But two researchers dispatched by the inquiry to investigate the impact of farmed salmon came back in September deeply divided on the severity of the threat.

No smoking gun emerged that pointed to a single pathogen or illness – or other potential causes – for the decline.

“Which particular disease and when is not the issue,” McDade said. “We’re creating a dramatically changed environment every time

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B.C. salmon farmers, seen here pulling fish, are being targeted in the latest debate at the Cohen inquiry. Below, one of B.C.’s many salmon farms. we create a fish farm.”

He disputed aquaculture industry claims farmed fish are generally healthy and said the year-round presence of large populations of farmed salmon in water where wild runs pass by is inherently dangerous.

Every other fish-farming country has suffered devastating disease outbreaks, he said.

“Do we have to wait for that to occur before we do something about it?” McDade asked. “Put

them where the wild salmon aren’t and fiction merge seamlessly.” migrating.”

He noted that opponents of fish Provincial government represen- farms, who previously targeted tatives said some scientists who them for spreading sea lice, have appeared before the commission moved on to disease allegations spoke beyond their areas of exper- like Infectious Salmon Anemia tise, feeding what one expert wit- (ISA) after researchers testified ness termed “pure speculation” that lice were unlikely to be the culprits farms are harming wild stocks. causing the sockeye decline.

“It is unlikely that aquaAquaculture accounts for culture caused the long39 per cent of B.C. seaterm decline in productivfood exports, accounting ity of Fraser River salmon for 6,000 direct and indior the decline in 2009,” rect jobs and $348 milsaid the province’s Tara lion in annual revenue, the Callan in B.C.’s final subinquiry heard. mission.

While closed contain“The evidence points to ment aquaculture systems global features, includhave been touted as an ing marine ecology and alternative, provincial govBruce Cohen climate change,” added ernment reps told the comjustice Clifton Prowse, another mission it’s too early to tell member of the provincial if they will prove viable. legal team at the inquiry.

Tim Leadem, who represents Alan Blair, representing the B.C. conservation groups at the inquiry, Salmon Farmers Association, agreed with the criticism of the argued aquaculture has had little if aquaculture industry, but also any impact on wild stocks, rejecting sought to inject concern about the “fanciful attacks” in blogs and the potential threat to salmon newspaper columns “where facts from various other sources, such

as industrial pollution, municipal sewage and the salvage logging of Interior forests killed by mountain pine beetles.

He said those factors can have “sub-lethal effects” that taken together contribute to the mortality of salmon, or amplify the impact of other hazards.

Leadem argued the Department of Fisheries and Oceans is in a conflict of interest because of its dual roles to protect wild salmon while regulating and enabling the aquaculture industry.

The final arguments also heard submissions from commercial fishing groups and First Nations, who are at odds over the allocation of the Fraser sockeye catch.

The Cohen Inquiry will reconvene in mid-December to consider evidence on the threat from ISA virus.

Federal tests have so far found no sign of the virus in sampled fish, contradicting earlier tests commissioned by independent researchers Cohen is to deliver his final report

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Coquitlam, Coquitlam, Mission, Abbotsford, Langley City and Burnaby in a range from $1,000 to $1,200.

When adjusted for inflation, those per capita spending numbers increased by at least 25 per cent over the last decade in most Lower Mainland cities and by more than 50 per cent in Abbotsford, Langley Township and Chilliwack.

The report also ranks cities on a combined measure of spending per capita and the growth in inflation-adjusted spending from 2000 to 2009.

Those rankings show Mission has performed best in keeping costs under control in the Lower Mainland, followed by Port Coquitlam, Surrey, Burnaby and Langley City.

Kurl said bigger cities have some advantages in spreading out their costs. She credited Burnaby council – even though it’s left-leaning and labour friendly – with achieving one of the better scores.

“They’re pretty hardcore about defining what a core service is,” Kurl said, adding it shows fiscal discipline can be achieved regardless of the political stripe of the council at city hall.

Had local city councils restrained spending to the growth of population and inflation in the last decade, the CFIB report said, a family of four would have saved $3,000 to $5,000 in most Lower Mainland cities and around $8,000 on the North Shore.

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Victoria, while also raising much more revenue directly in local fees No Lower Mainland cities and charges. have come even close to limiting “We are by no means suggesttheir spending to a growth rate ing communities should sacrideemed sustainable by fice public safety,” Kurl a small business lobby said. “There are far more group. places for cities to look at The Canadian Fedtrimming spending and eration of Independent holding the line than cutBusiness released an ting policing.” analysis Monday that She said the CFIB would found overall municipal like new councils elected operating spending in Nov. 19 to try harder the province has soared to contain the wage at nearly four times the and benefit demands Shachi Kurl combined rate of popuof unionized municipal CFIB lation and inflation over workers. the past decade.

Municipal contracts are Mission – which the CFIB cred- coming up for renewal and the its with one of the best cost-con- previous bargaining round led to trol records – still saw its spend- pre-Olympic deals that gave civic ing grow at double that rate from workers across much of Metro 2000 to 2009 and almost every Vancouver wage hikes of at least other city in the region increased 13 per cent over four years. its spending at least three times According to the BC Municipal as fast.

Spending Watch 2011 report, the “Municipalities are spending biggest cities in the province spent more than ever and faster than on average $1,290 per person on ever,” said CFIB B.C. director operating costs in 2009.

Shachi Kurl. “Taxpayers can only It does not include capital projbear so much. Things are on track ect spending. to become unsustainable.”

The large Lower Mainland citThe Union of B.C. Municipali- ies that spent the most per capita ties has previously argued cities were West Vancouver at $1,850 are struggling to pay more costs per person, New Westminster that are being downloaded onto at $1,697, Vancouver at $1,586, them by senior government, and North Vancouver City at $1,466 have little control over some esca- and Delta at $1,448. lating costs, such as policing.

The most frugal Lower MainBut the CFIB discounts that land cities on a per capita basis argument, noting cities are also were Surrey, which spends $856 receiving much more in grants per resident, Chilliwack at $939, and transfers from Ottawa and followed by Maple Ridge, Port Jeff Nagel

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Inspired by the example of Langford on Vancouver Island, Aldergrove is rallying around a proposal to start up a community trolley bus service by spring.

There is transit bus service running east to Abbotsford and west to Vancouver, but only from the downtown core of Aldergrove.

Those travelling north to Gloucester Industrial Estates or south to the border area have no transit options.

TransLink has committed to a study on proposed service extension of its #502 bus to Gloucester, but until this service is provided, the 8,000 workers at Gloucester require private vehicles to get to their jobs. This makes it difficult for some companies to attract employees and several have lent their support to the Aldergrove Transportation Initiatives Committee and a proposed privatelyoperated shuttle bus service.

EV Logistics, for example, employs 700 at their warehouses and expect to hire 300 people in the coming year. For this reason, the Jim Pattison-owned company has contributed $3,000 to the Transportation Initiatives Committee.

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Aldergrove transit boosters Bruce Heslop, Annette McArthur, Dave Miller and Jody Henderson welcome a trolley from Langford. during its one-day visit to Aldergrove, and about two dozen employees “were thrilled to bits” to take a ride on it, said Dave Miller, chair of the Transportation Initiatives Committee.

“All of them are currently driving but said they would prefer to leave their cars at home with their spouses if this bus service was available,” said Miller.

The bus arrived in Aldergrove at noon, and Miller spent the day showing it to prospective users.

“We got an outstanding response,” said Miller. “People were waving at us from the streets, we had to stop for people to take photographs and we gave several families a tour of the area.”

Langford Mayor Stew Young said their service was an immediate hit when it was started up as an adjunct to the BC Transit buses serving Victoria four years ago.

The trolley was donated by Langford businesses and developers; rides are by donation only.

Young says the trolleys have been a catalyst for Langford business growth by enabling residents to shop locally.

Miller, a retired former CEO of Albion Ferries, says they are aiming to replicate that model in Aldergrove.

The committee is looking for a used trolley in Wisconsin and Las Vegas and expects the price tag to be in the area of $20,000.

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Falcon touts province’s business advantage and ports to spend about $15 billion to expand port facilities and do other B.C. Finance Minister Kevin Falcon targeted improvements to highways has words of reassurance for people and bridges. The results from this, he concerned about B.C.’s status at a time said, have been “dramatic.” when the world economy is Seven years ago, 75 per cent fraught with problems. of B.C. exports went to the “B.C. and Canada are probU.S. Today, according to the ably the best places to take finance minister, it is now 50 advantage of the opportuniper cent, with exports to Asia ties,” Falcon said last week in now totalling 35 per cent. a speech at a Burnaby Board Falcon also said at a time of Trade luncheon at the Delta of global economic uncerBurnaby Hotel. tainty, B.C. and Canada are With Europe “probably movbeing increasingly seen as Kevin Falcon ing into recession,” uncertainty safe havens for investment, in financial markets, U.S. fac- finance minister and he cited the fact only the ing troubles, and the potential B.C., Alberta and Canadian of a slowing Asia-Pacific economy, governments have triple-A credit ratB.C. has positioned itself to weather ings in this country. the worst of it and stand out as a leader, And he referred to the accountability the Surrey-Cloverdale MLA said.

B.C.’s ministers have to meeting their Falcon highlighted the seven-year- budgets – or face a personal 20 per old Asia-Pacific Gateway strategy, cent pay cut – and the plan to balance which recognized B.C. as Canada’s the province’s budget by 2013/14. only Pacific province uniquely situated During a recent trip to meet finance to capitalize on this rapidly growing ministers and bankers in Europe, Falpart of the world. con said, “they couldn’t believe there The strategy included reducing was a government in the world with income tax, as well as business and that kind of track record.” small business taxes, he said. It meant “We’re going to leverage that advanworking with the federal government tage.”

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As a result, the traffic pattern in the adjacent parking lot has changed slightly. To use the dropoff or to park in the stalls closest to it, you must enter the parking lot at the east end (closer to 138 Street) and exit at the existing street entrance near the entrance to the underground parking. The route will be clearly marked with signs.

If you plan to park underground or in the stalls near the Charles Barham Pavilion, you can still enter the lot through the existing entrance closest to the underground parking entrance.

THURS. DEC 1 | 7:00-8:30 PM

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The hospital’s main entrance has been moved from 96 Avenue to 138 Street, where it will remain for up to two years as the north lobby is expanded and rebuilt. There is still a wheelchairaccessible pedestrian entrance on the north side for patients and visitors accessing units in that area of the hospital.

We appreciate your patience during our renovations and construction. We remain committed to providing the best care possible to you, our patients, while we continue creating possibilities together at our regional campus of care.

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Morningstar has another single-family hit on its hands

Amberleigh off and running in Coquitlam Morningstar is off to a strong start already with its newest development, Amberleigh in Coquitlam’s Burke Mountain area.

Sales were set to begin on Nov. 12, but Morningstar Vice-President of Sales and Marketing Deborah Calahan says that there was already a lineup on Nov. 11. Several people camped out overnight to ensure that they got the first pick of the homes when they opened for sale at 8 a.m.

“We are so pleased with the response to our fifth and newest community on Burke Mountain,” Calahan says. “I think it is a combination of value, brand – a name you know and can trust – and our previous success at Avondale.”

Avondale was Morningstar’s last singlefamily project at Burke Mountain, which was

released earlier this year to great fanfare.

Morningstar started with a first release of 10 homes, which sold out quickly. They made the decision to release four more homes to keep up with the demand, and by noon, those were sold as well.

Calahan says that they plan to release another set of homes this weekend, so buyers are encouraged to check out www. mstarhomes.com or call 604-464-4440 for more details on the next release and for more information on Amberleigh.

The homes range from 3,096 to 3,238 square feet, with three different floorplans to choose from. Starting at $649,900, they will showcase some of the most amazing features on the market, including detached rear garages and the option of a finished basement.

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If you’re looking for a perfect mix of style, convenience, comfort and beauty, you need look no further than The Summit House at Morgan Crossing, by Larco Investments Ltd. The mostly two-bedroom apartment units, some with a separate loft area and a few with three bedrooms, range from 856 to 1,261 square feet, and every single one is packed full of amazing features like elegant tile or ceramic backsplashes and quartz countertops. But it’s the location that is one of the most impressive features.

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For single people looking to meet people, it is perfect,” says Cam Good, president of The Key Marketing. “(Morgan Crossing) is arguably the best-designed urban village in the market,” says Cam Good, president of The Key Marketing.

With tons of shopping and services literally on your doorstep, homeowners at The Summit House will never be far from the action.

“We have had a huge number of restarts,” says Good, meaning people who are looking for a change in their lives, often after the end of a relationship. “They don’t want to be alone ... for single people looking to meet people, it is perfect.”

Of the 101 homes, about a quarter have been sold since the development opened for sale in September, Good says. One of the biggest draws so far has been the high ceilings. Ceiling heights are between nine and 11 feet, lending an incredible sense of space to every room. Richly stained hardwood laminate flooring is featured throughout the entry, kitchen, living and dining rooms, and every bedroom includes thick plush carpeting.

A special feature of every home is an electric fireplace. Other thoughtful details include the soft-close drawers in the kitchen and the roomy white bathtub with a hand-set tile surround and polished chrome accessories by Kohler. Every floorplan has been designed to maximize natural light, so you’ll never feel crowded.

If you’re looking to catch a bit of sun or do some gardening, Summit House

features a private rooftop garden that spans over an acre. It includes a fire pit, community garden, barbecue area and a deck for sunning.

“This space isn’t available to the general public because it’s on the top of the building,” says Good. “It’s the biggest outdoor deck that I know of.”

If you’re looking for a bit more privacy, most homes include a large outdoor patio or balcony.

If entertaining is on your to-do list, Summit House is perfect for that too.

With the shops downstairs ranging from Thrifty Foods to Everything Wine and Mink A Chocolate, everything is available for putting together that perfect dinner party.

Homes at Summit House are movein ready and start at $269,900 for a limited time. For more information visit www.thesummithouse.ca or call 604-541-4705.

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Premier Christy Clark continued her trade mission in China last week with the announcement of $1.36 billion in investments by Chinese companies to develop two new coal mines in northeast B.C. One project is the Gething coal property 25 km south of Hudson’s Hope, which has been explored since 1971.

The recent resurgence of coal mining in the Peace River region has so far been open-pit operations, with two small mines opened in 2004 and two more in 2006, but the rising price of metallurgical coal has increased interest in underground mining.

Three Chinese companies formed a partnership called the Canadian Kailuan Dehua Mines Co. Ltd. to develop the Gething mine. The partnership announced an investment of $860 million, and estimates the mine can produce two million tonnes of washed coal per year for more than 30 years.

In a conference call with reporters from Beijing Wednesday, Clark said the second project is also in the Peace region, but investors have not yet announced the exact location.

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The Gething project applied for B.C. environmental assessment in 2006 and also faces First Nations and community consultation.

The project application described alternatives for bringing the coal out from the mine site near the W.A.C. Bennett Dam, using trucks on forest service roads or barges down Williston reservoir to connect to highways and the CN rail line.

Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Minister Pat Bell first announced the Chinese investments in March. The investors estimate the Gething project will create 773 long-term direct jobs.

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Rebates to rev up electric cars Jeff Nagel Black Press

New car buyers in B.C. will get a break of up to $5,000 if they choose a vehicle powered by electricity, hydrogen or compressed natural gas.

The point-of-sale rebate unveiled by the provincial government is part of $17 million in funding to help rev up the future of clean energy vehicles in B.C. The $2,500-to-$5,000 rebate starts Dec. 1 and covers qualifying new battery electric, hydrogen fuel cell electric, plug-in hybrid electric and natural gas models.

“Manufacturers are eager to launch their new electric, plug-in hybrid electric and fuel cell cars in markets that demonstrate both high demand and with infrastructure in place,” New Card Dealers Association of B.C. CEO Blair Qualey said.

“B.C. is now one of those markets.”

New Democrats noted incentives for electric cars aren’t new – B.C. had exempted them from PST until 2008.

But Environment Minister Terry Lake predicted the rebates will encourage buyers to go green by reducing the cost of vehicles with little to no emissions.

Battery-powered electric cars cost as little as $300 per year in electricity compared to $1,500 or more for a gas-powered vehicle.

Homeowners can also get an up to $500 rebate through LiveSmartBC if they install dedicated electric vehicle battery-charging stations in their homes.

That covers about a third of the cost of the specialized outlets, which cut recharging times in half to about six hours.

Lake also pledged $6.5 million for electric vehicle charging points and upgrading

existing hydrogen fueling stations.

Surrey recently unveiled free public electric vehicle charging stations at its city hall and is already host to two hydrogen fueling stations.

Mercedes-Benz Canada plans to make fuel cell stacks for hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles at a plant in Burnaby.

B.C. is also extending the Scrap-It program, which offers owners of heavily polluting older vehicles either cash or incentives like bus passes or car-share memberships to take their old gas guzzler off the road.

The push towards electric cars will put more pressure on B.C.’s power grid.

Green energy advocate David Field said B.C. needs to ensure the required power comes from renewable clean sources, not imported coal-fired electricity.

P U B L I C N OT I C E

Committee, Commission and Board Appointments Surrey Council is seeking individuals who are interested in volunteering to serve on the following Committees, Commissions and Boards:

Agricultural Advisory Committee Meetings are generally held the first or second Thursday of the month at 9:00 a.m. Members of the Agricultural Advisory Committee provide advice and information on agricultural issues.

Board of Variance Meetings are generally held the second Wednesday of the month at 9:00 am. The Board of Variance is an independent body that primarily considers requests for minor variances to zoning by-laws regarding siting, size and dimensions of buildings where compliance would cause an undue hardship.

Environmental Advisory Committee Meetings are generally held the fourth Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. Members of the Environmental Advisory Committee provide advice and information on environmental issues.

Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee Meetings are held approximately 6 times per year on the third Tuesday at 9:00 a.m., every second month.

This Committee promotes collaboration between ethnic groups through improving City policy, programs and initiatives.

Parks, Recreation and Culture Committee Meetings are generally held the third Wednesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. The Parks, Recreation and Culture Committee’s goal is to enhance the City’s parks and other community services for the enjoyment and well-being of current and future residents.

Public Art Advisory Committee Meetings are generally held the second Thursday of the month at 5:00 p.m. The Public Art Advisory Committee, with the assistance of staff, promotes and is actively engaged in the establishment of a public art component at City facilities and sites.

Social Planning Advisory Committee Meetings are generally held the fourthThursday of the month at 7:00 p.m. The purpose of the Social Planning Committee is to enhance the social well-being of the present and future residents of Surrey.

Surrey Heritage Advisory Commission Meetings are generally held the last Wednesday of every month at 5:00 p.m. Members of the Surrey Heritage Advisory Commission are champions of conserving heritage properties and significant historical features, and promotes heritage awareness in the community.

Surrey Public Library Board Meetings are held the fourth Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m. The Surrey Public Library Board is responsible for overseeing the delivery of library services and programs, setting strategic priorities, developing policies, and presenting the budget to City Council.

Council welcomes applications to serve on Committees, Boards and the Commission, which provide opportunities for community involvement and input into local government and facilitate quality decision-making. For further information, visit our website at www.surrey.ca or contact the City Clerk at 604-591-4132. If you are interested in contributing your time and expertise to your community, please submit a brief resume by November 30, 2011 to:

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Five charged for selling forged transit passes Jeff Nagel Black Press

Transit Police have busted a counterfeit ring accused of selling fake TransLink monthly transit passes that were made in China.

Insp. Brian MacDonald said coun-

terfeit two-zone FareCards that normally sell for $110 were marketed for about $90 to $100 through Chinese and English ads on social networking sites.

“It was a fairly sophisticated operation,” he said, adding hundreds of

passes were made and sold.

Xue Liu, a 22-year-old Chinese citizen living in Vancouver, is charged with three charges of forgery, possession and presentation of forged documents.

Four other Vancouver residents –

23-year-old Brian Anthony Nardi, 26-year-old Jason Ka-Yiu Law, 29-year-old Thunyapa Siriprapakorn and 27-year-old Jessica Tsz Ching Woo – face charges of possessing or presenting forgeries.

Liu and Siriprapakorn, a Thai citi-

zen, are here on student or visitor visas.

A third foreign national has been deported for being in Canada illegally as a result of the eight-month investigation, which is continuing and could lead to more charges.

Business execs fill vacant seats

TransLink appoints two new directors Jeff Nagel Black Press

Area mayors last week appointed two new directors to the board of TransLink.

Rick Christiaanse is a telecommunications industry executive and consultant who previously worked for Sport BC and with the 2010 Olympics.

Marcella Szel is a former vice-president of CP Rail who also serves on the Port Metro Vancouver board and is past chair of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.

A third director, Howard Nemtin, was reappointed to a second three-year term.

He has a background in real estate development consulting and is a commercial mediator.

A third of the nine seats on the board come up for renewal or replacement each year.

TransLink directors collect more than $50,000 a year – a base stipend of $25,000 per year plus additional amounts for chairing committees and $1,200 for every meeting they attend.

Although the region’s mayors have final say on the appointment of new directors, they must pick from a small short list of applicants vetted by a panel that mainly represents business groups.

The board controls all TransLink spending and meets behind closed doors.

Mayors only get a vote when the board seeks higher taxes or fares for supplemental spending.

The mayors council is pressing the province to reform the governance structure to give them more say in how TransLink is run and in setting spending priorities.

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