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Ignorance, disrespect blamed for thefts

BY ALAN CAMPBELL

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Stealing from community gardens, parks and farms is on the rise in Richmond

Call it opportunism; call it petty; across the city. call it helping yourself.

“I tried, without success, to bring Call it what you want; it’s theft, some attention to this last year,” said plain and simple — and it’s happenBrodie. ing in broad daylight and under cover “We used to frequently turn up to of darkness all over Richmond. find great big holes where people had Stealing produce and gardening just dug something out from the roots materials from community gardens, and walked off with the plant. parks, farms and even backyards “A lot of community gardens have appears to be on the up across the signs up, asking people not to take city. stuff, but I’m not sure if it’s working.”

Whether it’s topsoil, Zdenek has also spoken exotic flowers and blueto Ash Street homeownberries from Paulik Park ers, whose backyards run in central Richmond, fruit parallel to Paulik Park, and vegetables from the with many telling stories Sharing Farm at Terra Nova of seniors scaling garden or strawberries from W&A Scan page to see fences, scissors in hand, to video Farms’ U-pick, the thefts cut off and steal large bags are becoming more freof home-grown blueberries. quent and brazen.

A similar fate is being experienced And the people who volunteer over at the open-planned, community much of their lives keeping the green Terra Nova Sharing Farm, where spaces beautiful or spend the entire thousands of dollars worth of garlic year nurturing a special fruit or vegwas stolen last year. etable have one message — it’s not And just last week, a woman had yours, you didn’t grow it, so don’t her entire grape crop stolen after take it. bringing it lovingly to fruition all “Every other week I catch people year. walking around with trowels and Colin Dring, executive director of shovels, preparing to help themselves the Richmond Food Security Society, to whatever they want,” said Gene said thefts at the Sharing Farm hapZdenek, one of 40 or so Richmond pen at least once a week and added it Garden Club volgets more frequent unteers at Paulik during a recession.

Neighbourhood Park, “Education I think is “The real tragedy a city-owned six-acre is that, if you’re a the key. Many people gardener, you spend lot between Heather and Ash streets, just don’t realize whom all year waiting for north of Blundell your crop or plant they’re affecting.”

Road. to come just right, “I have confronted like the woman with — Colin Dring them, but they just the grapes, who was pretend they don’t speak English and understandably upset,” said Dring. they just hang around until I leave.

“Education I think is the key.

“They also come here in their Many people (who’re stealing) I think cars and trucks and take top soil and don’t realize whom they’re affecting, mulch that’s just been delivered by it’s just regular people.” the city.

Community gardens, Dring said, “It’s simply not acceptable; we perhaps need to be designed better to spend hours and hours nurturing allow more eyes to keep watch in a things here and people walk in here bid to deter the less brazen daytime and take what they want.” thieves.

Richmond News gardening col“Gardeners themselves are having umnist Deb Brodie, one of the first to be more and more imaginative in Paulik Park volunteers, said the probsee Zylmans page 4 lem has been around for many years

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Gene Zdenek, above, a volunteer gardener at Paulik Park in central Richmond, gets stuck into some weeding duties. Zdenek has confronted many petty thieves, who help themselves weekly to plants, flowers, fruit and vegetables. Below, one of the city’s most prominent farmers, Bill Zylmans, stands next to one of 14 new ‘respect farmland’ signs erected strategically at entry points to farmland. Zylmans, the victim of a sizable potato theft last year, is on the city’s Agricultural Advisory Committee, which asked the city to put up the signage.

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Workers who fuel jets at Vancouver International Airport will be in a legal strike position on July 28, and their union is warning of disruptions if there’s no progress on a new contract.

The Public Service Alliance of Canada represents 70 jet fuel workers and a further 300 emergency responders, runway maintenance workers, baggage handlers, passenger assistants and other staff employed directly by the Airport Authority.

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Issues for the Airport Authority workers include flexible work hours, stronger language against contracting out and opposition to a proposed two-tier wage rate for seasonal workers.

The union is warning of delays for arriving and departing flights during the busy summer season if there’s no headway in negotiations.

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Zylmans: Signs are first step Continued from page 3 disguising their favourite plant or crop,” added Dring, without giving away the secrets.

Bill Zylmans, owner/operator of W&A Farms, with acreage all over the city, knows all about crop thieves, having been victim to a 5,000-pound potato heist last year.

Zylmans regularly kicks people off his land, whether they’re helping themselves to strawberries after closing time or even picking pigweed — popular as a vegetable in certain cultures — from his backyard.

“I say to them, ‘excuse me, this is my land,’ to which they say, ‘oh, we didn’t know,’” said Zylmans, who encouraged the City of Richmond to erect 14 signs at certain public access points to farms.

The signs went up this week, asking peo-

ple to respect farmers and their land.

“The signs are the first step, I guess, in educating people. Many of them are just ignorant, but ignorance is not an excuse.

“At the end of the day, it’s all about respect for other people’s property and livelihoods — it’s not a free-for-all out there.

“And for all (the thieves) know, there could be fertilizer or something on the crops.

Farmers, such as myself, use chemicals as little as possible. But when we do, we try to let people know.

“But if they’re jumping into fields at the wrong end, how do they know what they’re dealing with?”

If you see suspicious activity in farmer’s fields or community gardens and parks, call Richmond RCMP at 604 278 1212.

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Bylaw violations tickets are on the rise in Richmond — and it has nothing to do with aggression or tactics.

It’s plain and simple efficiency and wiser officer deployment, according to Ed Warzel, who took over as the city’s bylaws manager last year.

A total of 3,441 violation notices for parking, safety and liability infractions were dished out in May, a spike of 13.5 per cent on the previous May. It’s an increase described as “significant” in Warzel’s report and was achieved, in part, following a review of parking operations, which identified some areas of “potential operational efficiency that ultimately contributed to improvements in service delivery.

“Same day customer service response related to parking inquiries and complaints has reached a 95 per cent success level in the department...,” Warzel said in his report to city council’s community safety committee.

Warzel noted the increases in tickets and activity being written had not, thankfully, coincided with any significant spikes in officer conduct complaints.

Instead, the favourable figures were achieved through more efficient use of resources, parking officers, for example, being better deployed during busier periods.

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for participating in the riot, during which she looted a London Drugs store.

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that Laboissonniere’s history of anxiety and depression may have been a factor during the riot and that the intense global media coverage of her role in the riot will act as a deterrent to others. " Full story at www.richmond-news.com.

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If you’re out on Richmond’s waters this summer, you may find a marine search and rescue crew pulling up alongside you.

But it won’t necessarily be in an emergency — the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RCMSAR) crew could be offering you a free safety check under a new $150,000 program supported by Transport Canada.

“We’re doing something new this boating season,” said RCMSAR president Jim Lee. “While we’ve always promoted boating safety with shore-based programs, this year our search and rescue crews will offer safety checks for pleasure craft that are away from the dock and out on the water.

“Our search and rescue crews in Richmond will have even more opportunity to connect with the boating public, help boaters ensure they have all the safety gear they need, and promote what we call search and rescue prevention.”

The “Vessel Safety Survey Program” is strictly voluntary and will be provided as a courtesy to boaters who request it.

Crews will approach vessels and offer to check items such as personal flotation devices, signalling devices, fire extinguishers, bailers, radar reflectors, navigation charts and other items.

RCMSAR crews are search and rescue specialists and don’t provide enforcement.

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“As the busy summer boating season gets underway, this will be a great way for us to make contact with boaters on the water and help them make sure their vessels are safe,” said Richmond RCMSAR Station leader Kevin Robertson.

“The waters in our area can be dangerous, and these safety surveys will reduce the likelihood of people needing us to rescue them.”

Station 10 is one of more than 40 in B.C., providing marine search and rescue along the Fraser River and into the Strait of Georgia.

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wo months after the provincial election, the post-mortems are continuing to roll in.

Pollsters have continued to examine how they got the predictions so wrong. Turns out, those happy to give their opinions in polls are not the same people who show up to vote. Go figure.

More disturbingly, as Angus Reid recently made public, voters aren’t equal opportunity no-shows. Young people, who are disproportionately more likely to answer online surveys favoured by pollsters, are also far less likely to actually vote.

The news is both ironic and troubling.

In some regards, it’s easy to see why people 18 to 30 would opt out of ‘the system.’ They’re shut out of the housing market, have high unemployment and have discovered that education leads to student debt, but not necessarily a job.

But they are also a generation more connected than any in the past. On social media, Millennials aren’t shy about sharing their opinions or letting the world know what they’re up to. But between having an opinion and taking political action, something’s still getting lost in translation.

It could be that our political systems — which haven’t changed much in decades — could also learn to evolve with the societies they serve. Electronic voting — which comes with its own Pandora’s box of issues — is something that will likely be ushered in at some point. That could radically change existing patterns.

In the meantime, Woody Allen’s old quote is still true: that 80 per cent of life is showing up. That goes for the ballot box too.

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Demand for RV park proven The Editor, Richmond is planning to spend more than $6 million on an unproven Olympic Experience concept to help oval attendance, when it could increase local tourism with a proven desirable short-term RV Park for only a tiny fraction of the cost.

In September 2009, for the BC Senior Games in Richmond, I coordinated an RV Park on the land east of the Richmond Olympic Oval, and another RV Park at the South Arm Pool and Tennis parking lots. Both lots were successful with 100 RVs staying during the Games. It was profitable.

A much more modest service was provided the following February for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Despite it being winter here and no marketing being done except for an Internet ad a month in advance, the temporary RV Park attracted people from as far as Whitehorse, Colorado and Los Angeles. It was profitable.

Once something is on the Internet, it is there forever, so I still get emails and calls about RV sites in Richmond! People wishing to stay while their child undergoes surgery or park while going on guided fishing or hunting trips, or in most cases wishing to stop here for a few nights while heading south or north, or for a tournament.

MacDonald Beach is an attractive park with plenty of space, a water supply, showers and a caretaker. It is only a three-kilometre walk to the Canada Line to Richmond shops and attractions and events. Add a 15 amp electrical hookup and wifi and over $50/space daily is possible. Though a sani-dump is also desirable, if stays are limited to three to four days, it isn’t essential. Subsequently, if RV visits become as popular as in the past, a pump out service or sani-dump could be added later.

While Richmond is considering spending millions on an Olympic Museum to boost oval attendance a bit, it seems so obvious that Richmond should spend thousands to provide for RV tourists to visit.

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Learn, grow, and hopefully don’t die Well, those lazy days of summer are finally here — at least for those of us who aren’t working every single week, sitting in poorly ventilated offices, sweating, looking longingly outside at blue skies, envying the birds their freedom to go where they will. Wait, where was I? Right! Summertime activities. With the kids out of school, parents may sometimes worry that the little ones aren’t getting as much intellectual enrichment as they do during the other 10 months of the year.

Here are five simple activities that will both engage their minds and keep them, and you, entertained this summer. " Respecting NatureGator Wrestling: Why get a boring pet like a cat or dog, when you can get your kids the gift of physical fitness, with a medium-sized American alligator! Teach them to wrestle, and how best to avoid the powerful jaws clamping down on a limb and taking them down for a death roll.

Supplies needed: Gator; muddy pond.

Learning outcomes: Kids should increase in strength and stamina, and develop storytelling skills through recounting how they got those distinctive scars. " Applied EngineeringBuild a narco-sub! Thanks to the wonders of drug prohibition, canny (and brutal!) Colombian drug lords

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Supplies needed: wood, hammer, nails, twin diesel engines, aluminum hull material, about 400 kilos of white powder (you can use flour!).

Learning outcomes: Students will learn about modern construction techniques, undersea navigation, and possibly the intricacies of the juvenile justice system. " Homeward BoundExpert wilderness survival: Scouting and guiding pamper kids, what with having adult supervision, first aid lessons, tents and sleeping bags, and shoes.

Instead, try teaching your kids how to really survive in the wilderness, by dropping them off hundreds of miles from home and letting them navigate back to civilization!

Supplies needed: Blindfolds and a full tank of gas for the drive to an isolated spot and the drive back alone, and that’s it!

Learning outcomes: Kids will learn not to take

their Xbox for granted, and should be able to describe in detail the flavours of several different types of grubs, worms, fungi, and tree bark. " Modern HistoryLearning about Nikola Tesla: Did you know it was recently the birthday of famed inventor of everything electrical Nikola Tesla? To celebrate this, in July get your kids to try and complete Tesla’s last work, the construction of a death ray capable of destroying a city!

Supplies needed: Several hundred tonnes of steel, copper, aluminum; geniuslevel intellect; pigeons.

Learning outcomes: If successful, your children should either extract a ransom from the nearest large nation-state, or wind up ruling Latveria. " Appreciating Other Cultures-Translate the Necronomicon! The famed book of the dead, written in madness and driving all those who see it to the brink of despair at the knowledge of a malevolent universe, comes in Greek, Latin, and Arabic versions.

For younger learners, try reading through famed alchemist John Dee’s Elizabethan translation!

Supplies: A tome of occult knowledge that no man should contemplate.

Learning outcomes: A knowledge of other languages and cultures, and also madness.

Matthew Claxton reports for the Langley Advance.

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The market housing portion could consist of strata townhouses and apart-

Appreciate what you have The Editor, Re: “Canada walks the talk,” Letters, July 5.

It was so refreshing to read Alan Halliday’s letter to the editor about our fortune and opportunity here in Canada.

While our neighbors to the south struggle with implementation of basic rights and freedoms, too many articles are written protesting our city council, developers and other entities that provide us a wonderful place to live.

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And there is still plenty of room for public park space, integrated with it all.

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Last month, reasons for judgment were released in a case called McMain v. Leblanc, in which the Plaintiff, a child of the deceased, was disinherited under the deceased’s Will. The Plaintiff launched Wills Variation proceedings and was successful. He then sought his costs.

The defendant opposed him on the novel ground that the deceased person chose to prepare his Will, disinheriting the Plaintiff for reasons the defendant could never be taken to have known. Thus, it would be unfair to the defendant if the Plaintiff were awarded his costs.

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Make Room for Daddy: The sequel Societal changes have dads playing a bigger role in their kids’ lives, Dad and Child program helps makes that happen

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Ray Sweeney gazes at his daughters — three-and-a-half year-old Erin and 18month-old Keira — as they slap globs of paint on a sheet of paper attached to an easel propped up in front of them. Their liberal brush strokes almost match the streaks of paint errantly smeared on their dresses.

Sweeney smiles, and wonders aloud, “I hope that comes out.”

It’s a unique, early Saturday morning scene. Unique in the fact that Sweeney and the rest of the eight or so dads in the playroom at Richmond Family Place are intentionally flying “solo” for a couple of hours.

There’s not a mom in sight for the families attending the weekly Dad and Child Breakfast Program.

And while it is still somewhat rare for a collection of dads to convene alone with their children, it’s part of a growing, societal trend where fathers of today are more comfortable playing a greater role in the lives of their offspring than those of generations past.

A Statistics Canada study into the increasing active participation of fathers pointed to an increased role of women in the labour force as one reason for the change.

“This shift has taken place against a backdrop of major social and economic changes: more people spending more time pursuing higher levels of education; weaker marital ties (with common-law unions becoming more common and marriage losing popularity); and increased participation of women in the labour force,” states the study titled Making fathers “count.”

“As women have been encouraged to enter the public sphere, men have been occupying a greater place in the domestic sphere. Once confined to the role of breadwinner, today’s fathers are more likely to be involved in the day-to-day care giving of children,” it adds.

It’s a far cry from the idyllic, nuclear family portrayed in popular television of the 1950s and ‘60s — shows such as Make Room For Daddy and Leave it to Beaver — featuring a stay-at-home mother and a father who appears detached from the day-to-day flow of family life.

It’s a shift not lost on Sweeney, 50, who has been coming to Richmond Family Place for the past two years for the “dads-only” breakfasts.

“The role of dads, I think has changed.

When I was growing up, my mom looked after the kids,” he says. “My dad came home, read his paper, had his dinner, watched soccer on the television and took the dog for a walk.”

That’s not to say Sweeney’s dad never spent one-on-one time with him. But being the youngest of nine children, he was raised in part by his older siblings.

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Busy dads (left) William Wong and son Samuel, and Ray Sweeney (above) with daughter Keira, see Richmond Family Place’s Dad and Child Breakfast as a chance to spend quality family time. Front cover, dad David reads with son Daniel.

“I grew up in Ireland and came here when I was 13. And I can’t remember any dad doing a lot with their kids. I was lucky. My dad would take me different places, or for a ride on his bike,” Sweeney says. “I think dads now are more willing to be involved, they babysit. And there are stay-at-home dads.

And it’s not frowned upon, or looked at funnily.”

It’s a change in parental dynamics Janice Lambert, program director for Richmond Family Place, has seen grow in the six or so years the dads’ breakfast program has been offered.

“I think that time is showing that dads want to be way more involved with their children,” says Lambert.

“I think about my grandfather’s day, for instance, where it was ‘Do as I say.’ Whereas, dads today want to have a better relationship, want to be involved. So, the authoritarian view of parenthood is pretty much going by the wayside.”

So is the stigma of dads attending group functions as a lone parent like at Richmond Family Place “I see a lot of younger families. They’re

a little bit more, I guess, comfortable in this kind of environment,” says Henry Liu, 27, a family support worker at Richmond Family Place who facilitates the breakfast event each Saturday morning. “They’re kinda used to the whole fact, you know, that families (parents) can kind of split and share the responsibility of bringing (children) up.”

It’s something Barry Mah embraces.

Mah, 45 has been bringing along his fiveyear-old daughter, Maleah, to the dads and kids-only breakfasts for the past three years.

“We like “Dads need their coming here,” he says. “She own space ... the likes playing with the toys male perspective and meeting all on parenting can the other kids. neat that be very dissimilar.” It’s it’s a daddy’s — Janice Lambert thing.”

For Mah, the chance to be in the company of other dads is an opportunity to learn new parenting skills in a less inhibiting environment.

“It’s kind of a different situation when it’s just fathers with their child. Nowhere else really has that,” he says, adding he was thankful his father managed to spare some time from his busy life to spend with him growing up.

“I find now, when I have my own child, I kind of remember how he did things,” Mah says. “It’s hard to make time, but you want to make time. I want to do everything with my daughter. Whenever I have free time, I’m with her.”

“Dads need their own space,” Lambert says. “Dads want to talk about what they want to talk about. And the male perspective on parenting can be very dissimilar, sometimes. It’s that need to bind with other fathers who are going through the same experience.

Some fathers may work from home. Some may be out all day and still want to connect with their children at the end of the day.”

“Basically, having two kids, we don’t have much social time,” says Sweeney. “So, we come here and can chat about things like work, and everything under the sun. It gives us a chance to unwind a bit. It’s all guys. So, we sit around and talk.”

And when they do, they often find they are not alone in their parenting world.

“You realize that a lot of people are sharing the same experience,” says Brent Bisdorf, 36, who is a regular with his three-year-old son, Lucas. “It’s good, if there’s an issue you are concerned about, you can talk to another dad and maybe they’ve been through it and that helps you out.”

Hoping to provide a more inclusive experience for his family is Philip Almendrala, 37, who brings his four-year-old son, Nathan, and two-year-old daughter, Louise.

“No, I don’t remember spending time with my dad when I was young. Although we lived together in the Philippines, both my mom and dad were working.” He recalls spending time on the weekends with his siblings. see Family page 13

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Dad-only families on the rise Social change helps diminish stigma of fathers as lone caregivers

BY PHILIP RAPHAEL

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As parenting trends shift in society, it’s not only the rise of fathers playing a greater role in the upbringing of their children that is taking place.

According to Statistics Canada, lone, male parent families have risen steadily over the decade from 2001 to 2011, the year of the most recent census.

In 2001, there were 245,825 lone, male parent families counted. That jumped to 281,775 in 2006. And in 2011 there was a total of 327,545, a rise of 16.2 per cent over a five-year span.

In comparison, female-only parent families rose six per cent in the same period, but still led in the overall number of single parent families in the country with 1,200,295 in 2011.

So, why are “dad-only” families on the rise?

Barbara Mitchell, a professor of sociology and gerontology at SFU, said it’s a blend of changes in society.

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One-on-one time with dad is the aim of the special breakfast mornings at Richmond Family Place.

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Continued from page 12 “What I experienced with my dad and my family, I don’t want my children to experience it,” he says. “I try to find some time to spend with my children. I spend most of my time going to work, then go home, sleep. So, this is my only time to spend with my children.”

William Wong, 40, who brings his four-year-old son, Samuel, and two-year-old daughter Emma to the breakfasts says he also had a father who was frequently too busy with work to spend time with him. But he adds that given the opportunity he feels his father would have taken part more.

“I don’t know if there were many programs like this available in the ’70s and ’80s,” he says. “But yeah, he would have been open to it. He always had a language problem, coming over (to England) from Hong Kong. I’d imagine, if he was here in Vancouver, realizing that there were programs in these facilities, he would have taken advantage of it.”

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single fatherhood is unprecedented from a historical perspective,” she said. “It reflects significant changes in gender roles and societal attitudes, the economy, and in the ways that courts treat custody cases.”

Mitchell explained that the legal system used to be quite biased in favour of awarding custody to mothers.

“Overall, we have seen a shift in parenting practices that have traditionally embraced the deeply entrenched attitude that mother’s care is superior and is always the best and that dads are not able to nurture children to the same capacity,” she said. “This view was particularly prevalent in the 1950s and 1960s when women were encouraged to conform to strict gendered role divisions that emphasized full-time motherhood and domestic responsibilities over career goals.”

That started to change in the 1970s when women entered the labour force in record numbers and more sought higher education.

“Women are also quickly becoming the primary breadwinner in many fam-

ilies, especially with recent changes in the economy,” Mitchell said. “This means that some mothers are less willing to want full-time custody and dads have picked up more of the domestic slack, including raising children.”

And slowly, societal changes have also decreased the stigma of fathers as caregiver, which, in turn, can fuel its popularity because it is seen as less deviant.

“Single dads are also more likely to live with a partner than single moms, and this kind of family environment may be viewed as more positive when custody decisions are made,” Mitchell said.

But despite new attitudes, some fathers can face challenges.

“For example, some stay-at-home single dads have been criticized for not working full-time in the paid labour force and for not adopting traditional masculine roles,” Mitchell said.

“Others may assume that these dads are unable to fully meet the needs of their children simply because they are male and therefore they may provide less support to them.”

No such thing as single parent: McCoy Community needs to rally around kids

BY PHILIP RAPHAEL

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The old African proverb that it takes a village to raise a child is a good one to follow, said Michael McCoy, executive director of Richmond’s Touchstone Family Place whose mission is to preserve and enhance family relationships.

But he is bringing the concept a little closer to home, suggesting increased

exposure to family, extended or otherwise, in today’s society of blended and single parent families, is also an important aspect.

McCoy added he believes there is no such thing as a single parent.

“It takes two to make a child, so a child always has two parents,” he said, adding, “We’re moving back, or becoming more aware that biological parents of a child, both are important, and you can’t exclude one for the benefit of the other.”

As an example of what lengths some families are taking to remain in contact if they do undergo some

form of change, McCoy referred to a story he read about a divorced couple who decided to keep their co-parenting efforts at the forefront by moving into homes beside each other.

“And there’s a hallway connecting the two houses, so the kids are free to move back and forth,” he said.

And when it comes to cementing the value of extended family connections, McCoy said it is especially important to include grandparents, adding that up until the past two decades that generation played a significant role in children’s lives.

“I think the stat in

Canada is that 35 per cent of Canadian grandparents rarely, if ever, see their grandchildren. So, there’s an absolute need for children in life to have those touch points, touchstones, if you will, where they can go and feel safe.”

If that type of system is not created where extended family is present, McCoy said children, as well as parents risk being isolated.

“We see a lot of that where lone parents don’t have anyone to bounce anything off someone, and situations can escalate.”

In those cases, parents need to look to the larger community for support.

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Expected to take approximately 12 weeks to complete, the project will ensure that Russ Baker Way remains a safe and reliable road connecting Richmond, YVR and Vancouver.

Expected impact to local traffic includes: " Reduced speed limits " Cycling lanes closed in either direction " Intermittent lane closures " Work performed at night wherever possible to minimize impact To complete the project as safely and quickly as possible, traffic lanes will remain open at all times, as follows: " Two lanes will operate in each direction during the day (6 a.m. – 8 p.m.) " One lane will operate in each direction at night (8 p.m. – 6 a.m.)

During the project, drivers are encourage to allow extra travel time if using Russ Baker Way and check the City of Richmond’s traffic cameras for real-time reports before you go.

For safety reasons, cycling lanes on Russ Baker Way will be closed in either direction for the duration of the project.

Upon completion in the fall of 2013, cyclists will enjoy a new bike lane connecting Russ Baker Way to the community of Burkeville.

For more information, visit www.yvr.ca or contact YVR community relations at community_relations@yvr.ca or 604.276.6772.

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Elmbridge Way in Richmond will be temporarily closed between Hollybridge Way and Westminster Highway until July 18.

Performance Contracting on behalf of Onni Contracting Ltd has been authorized to conduct traffic control (full road closure) for storm sewer removal/replacement work from July 8 to 18, adjacent to 6951 Elmbridge Way: " Temporary full road closure 24 hours/ day: Elmbridge Way between Hollybridge Way and Westminster Highway. " Local traffic access to Elmbridge Way will be permitted via Westminster Highway only (ie: access to Work Safe BC offices). " Access to River Road and the Richmond Olympic Oval will be via No. 2 Road or Gilbert Road for those approaching from the southwest. " Signage: Advance warning, guide and detour signage is in place and will be maintained throughout the closure. " Traffic cameras: www.richmond.ca/services/ttp/trafficcameras/Gilbert_Elmbridge.htm.

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In B.C. alone, more than 3,000 kilometres of shoreline was cleaned during the 2012 Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup.

Imagine if the entire length of highway between Vancouver and Thunder Bay was littered with debris — cigarette butts, plastic bags and food containers.

That stretch of highway is the approximate length of shoreline (a little more than 3,000 kilometres) that was cleaned during the 2012 Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, a joint collaboration between the Vancouver Aquarium and WWF, and the largest direct-action public conservation effort in the country.

It’s a lot of litter (more than 136,000 kilograms worth), but it doesn’t even come close to encompassing the total amount of litter that still plagues Canada’s shorelines and negatively impacts surrounding communities and wildlife.

That’s why this year, even more volunteers and site coordinators are needed to battle shoreline litter, a major environmental issue.

“No matter what form it comes in, shoreline litter and pollution puts ecosystems, wildlife and people at risk,” said Jill Dwyer, program manager for the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup.

“This litter can negatively impact water quality through contamination, as well as the health of plants and animals that live in that ecosystem.”

The results of shoreline litter are farreaching: " Shoreline litter poses danger for people and causes economic damage to areas that rely on tourism or water-based industries, like fishing. " Local wildlife run the risk of getting tangled in or ingesting litter or other pollutants.

Last year’s facts

Total distance cleaned: 3,102 km; Total weight of litter removed: 136,036 kg; Total No. of items removed: 429,798; Total No. of garbage bags filled: 4,971; Total No. of recycling bags filled: 1,082; Percentage from shoreline and recreational activities: 38.6 per cent; Percentage from ocean/waterway activities: 4.3 per cent; Percentage from smoking-related activities: 54.1 per cent.

B.C.’s Dirty Dozen

1. Cigarettes / Cigarette Filters: 217,822 2. Food Wrappers / Containers: 41,439 3. Bags (Plastic): 26,143 4. Caps/Lids: 19,540 5. Beverage Bottles (glass): 13,847 6. Bags (Paper): 13,232 7. Cups, plates, forks, knives, etc.: 10,247 8. Beverage Cans: 10,156 9. Building Materials: 8,704 10. Straws / Stirrers: 8,508 11. Beverage Bottles (plastic) 2 litre or less: 7,761 12. Cigar Tips: 7,199

" Organisms often attach to litter as it flows through water systems, causing invasive species to infiltrate foreign habitats and damage the sensitive balance of the ecosystem. " Wildlife entangled in litter such as plastic bags, six-pack rings, ribbon, fishing line or food wrappers can have their movements restricted, be injured or even eventually drown, suffocate or starve. " Animals like sea turtles often mistake plastic bags for jellyfish and swallow them. This clogs their digestive tracts, leading to starvation and death. " Water quality is affected by the toxins emitted from litter.

The good news is that you can be part of the solution to keep our shorelines healthy for your community and wildlife.

During last year’s cleanup effort in British Columbia, more than 136,036 kilograms of shoreline litter was collected from the province’s shorelines — the approximate weight of 27 Steller sea lions — but there’s more where that came from.

This fall, our national cleanup effort — part of the Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup — will take place from Sept. 21-29.

Adopt a local shoreline as a site coordinator, or volunteer with an existing cleanup — right in your own community. Online registration opened in May at ShorelineCleanup.ca, or sign up by emailing ShorelineCleanup@vanaqua. org.

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Whitecaps send Richmond striker to FC Augsburg of Bundesliga

Richmond’s Caleb Clarke will be continuing his professional soccer career in Germany.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced Wednesday Clarke will be joining German Bundesliga club FC Augsburg on a yearlong loan. The 20-year-old will train and play with FC Augsburg’s U-23 side and will also have regular training sessions with the club’s first team of the top flight German Bundesliga.

“Caleb is a young player with a lot of upside,” said Martin Rennie, Whitecaps FC head coach. “This is a great opportunity for Caleb to continue in his development and we look forward to seeing the progress he’ll make while with FC Augsburg.”

The Richmond Youth Soccer Association product joined the Whitecaps FC Residency program in September 2009 and went on to sign a Major League Soccer (MLS) contract as the club’s sixth Homegrown player last

year. Clarke made his MLS debut at home last August against FC Dallas, coming on as a late substitute for fellow striker Kenny Miller. Clarke also made a substitute appearance against Chivas USA in October.

In addition, the 6foot-1, 165-pound striker made five appearances for the ‘Caps in the MLS Reserve League. With Whitecaps FC U-23, Clarke scored five goals in seven appearances in the United Soccer Leagues (USL) Premier Development League (PDL). He also helped the club’s U-18 Residency side make it to the 2012 United States Soccer Development Academy (USSDA) championship final, scoring 24 goals in 27 appearances over the course of the season.

Internationally, Clarke has had experience with the Canadian national team at the U-18 and U20 level. In December of 2011, he earned his first call-up to the Canadian

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Caleb Clarke is headed back to Germany after the Vancouver Whitecaps reached a one year loan agreement with FC Augsburg. national team program when he was one of five Whitecaps FC Residency players to be selected by former Whitecaps FC player and assistant coach Nick Dasovic to a 10-

day training camp with Canada’s U-20 national team in Sunrise, Florida.

In September of 2012, the striker netted both goals in a 2-0 friendly win for the U-20 team over

Trinidad & Tobago.

Most recently, Clarke scored twice against Nicaragua in the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship on February 20 of this year.

Richmond’s Marina Denmore and Sara Hopwood will be suiting up for the national women’s softball team in a pair of upcoming tournaments in preparation for next month’s Pan American Championships in Puerto Rico.

Denmore is fresh off an outstanding senior season pitching at Oregon State University. The Point Grey secondary graduate was an All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention pick this past season after compiling a 21-13 record to become the first Oregon State pitcher since 2007 to win 20 games.

She posted a career-best 3.00 ERA and also shattered her previous highs by tallying 19 complete games and six shutouts.

Last summer, Demore joined the national for the first time. She appeared for her country at both the 2012 Scotiabank Canadian Open Fastpitch International Championship and the US World Cup of Softball VII. Hopwood, 24, enjoyed a decorated collegiate career at Indiana-Purdue University where she established several school records.

This week, the Canadian team is in Oklahoma City for the US World Cup of Softball which gets underway Thursday.

It’s then north of the border for the Canadian Canadian Open Fastpitch International Championship, July 16-22 at Softball City in Surrey.

Dunfee race walks to bronze at Summer Universiade in Russia (4:04:31) and Ukraine (4:08:09).

Gomez, a 2012 Olympian, was the first Canadian to cross the finish line in a time of 1:22:29, which was good for fifth position in the individual standings.

He had also placed fifth in the event at the 2011 FISU Games in Shenzhen, China. Thorne was 16th in a personal best 1:26:59, while Dunfee was 21st in 1:31:07.

All three Canadians were aiming for top-10 finishes individually but Thorne and Dunfee, both UBC students, had to slow their pace after committing two fouls in the first half of the race.

“It’s great to win a medal but right now it’s hard for me to truly appreciate it because I’m pretty disappointed with my individual result,” said Dunfee, who earned

his second caution near the midway point of the race. “I felt so good today, possibly the best I’ve ever felt at the 10km mark. But like Ben, I knew I had to shut it down for the team.”

The trio will be back in Russia next month for the IAAF world athletics championships in Moscow (August 10-18). Gomez and Thorne will compete in the

20km, while Dunfee qualified for the 50km event.

Canada had won three Universiade medals in race walking in the past. Guillaume Leblanc claimed gold in the 20km in 1983 in Edmonton and bronze in the same event in 1985 in Kobe, Japan, while Ann Peel captured bronze in the 5km in 1987 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia.

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Evan Dunfee has landed on the podium at the 27th Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia.

The Richmond native teammed up with Inaki Gomez and Ben Thorne to win bronze in the men’s 20-kilometre team race walking competition on Tuesday. Their combined time of four hours, 20 minutes and 35 seconds (4:20:35) left them behind only Russia

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Sports

Tickets now available for Boyd football lottery The Hugh Boyd Trojans Football Program’s popular annual lottery ticket fund raiser is underway for its fourth year, running right up until the opening week of the NFL season.

If you would like to buy a ticket(s) to

support Boyd Football, or would like to help out by selling tickets, then the program would like to hear from you.

If interested, contact coaches Bill Haddow at bhaddow@sd38.bc.ca or Bruce Haddow at brhaddow@sd38.bc.ca

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The 2013 Audi S7 — the “sports” version of the already impressive A7 — is a car that brings an amazing level of performance, power and prestige without sacrificing the balance of comfort and convenience.

While the cosmetic changes that separate the A7 from the S7 are subtle, the extra oomph that the S7 brings to the table in the form of horsepower is signif-

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And, while looks go a long way in this segment, a dash of practicality can also sweeten the package. In the looks department, S models are dressed with a unique version of Audi’s singleframe grill, plus aero treatments on the front fascia and down the sides.

Black brake calipers, aluminium optic side mirrors, grey rear diffuser, quad polished exhaust tips and V8T fender badges are also featured on this model.

Having said that, you really have to spend some time behind the wheel to get a true sense of what makes the S7 an S7.

Essentially, that means better steering feel and flatter handling, to name just some of the “upgrades.”

And of course, there’s the out-of-this-world power upgrade thanks to the turbocharged 4.0-litre V8 with cylinder deactivation.

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The Audi S7 is the sports version of the A7 and brings a level of performance, power and prestige, without sacrificing comfort and convenience.

This is the same engine found in the Bentley Continental GT but output here is 420-hp and 405 ft-lbs of torque — slightly detuned from the Bentley version.

All S7’s feature the most advanced quattro all-wheeldrive system available. It has an active rear differential

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A lowered air suspension with variable damping and bigger brakes complete the

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By next weekend, the large annex at the Thompson Community Centre takes a page out of Shakespeare as the Community Arts Council of Richmond (CACR) hosts the second annual Midsummer Art’s Dream.

At Friday’s opening reception, from 6 to 8:30 p.m., guests will walk through the artwork by more than 60 artists to the sound of a three-piece string quartet on the patio.

The whirlwind weekend show will certainly feel dreamlike by Sunday evening when everything has to be taken down, as the space is in demand.

“I think we had to book it about a year ago,” said Margaret Stephens, the CACR primary administrator. “But we’re very excited to have this separate space where the artwork can be displayed nicely with good lighting.”

It’s a typical scenario for Richmond where due to demands on space, exhibits are usually brief and held in non-gallery type settings.

Since rent got too expensive for the CACR’s own galleria three years ago, it’s had to hunt for alternative spaces to hold its annual show.

Like the CACR, more and more artists in the close-knit community are finding alterna-

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Rocanini Café in Steveston hosts regular exhibits, organized by artist Jeanette Jarville, and is an example of an alternative space for local talent to showcase their work. tive ways to showcase their work outside the gallery and in larger city spacesº.

Earlier this year, artist Jeanette Jarville began curating group exhibits at Rocanini Café, where she had already been exhibiting.

“I found that people are out there wanting it, wanting to see art, it’s just not always available to them,” said the long-time Richmond resident and artist.

Every six to eight weeks, Jarville has art-

ists deliver their pieces to Rocanini and she spends about three hours hanging them on the bright walls of the café.

“We’re making the wheels turn and finding new places to show,” she said.

Jarville also opens up her home for private group exhibits as another alternative when the traditional white walls are in high demand.

Coffee shops such as Rocanini Café and Alegria Café, as well, are a way to reconcile a dearth of exhibit space, while exposing people to the palette of work produced in the city. However, for events like the CACR’s annual show, they prove too small.

“The Richmond Cultural Centre is one of the few places that really works in terms of crossing over with the general public,” said artist David Dorrington. “The library’s there, so there’s a lot of traffic in and out.”

While the Richmond Art Gallery is also located in the centre, due to its vision for professional and issue-oriented work, it’s difficult for local artists, particularly amateur ones, to get some space.

“What’s happening is that the amateur types have been frozen out,” said Dorrington.

“They aren’t getting the shows in the gallery.

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Words into surnames, back into words

Among the English, the practice of giving surnames is less than a thousand years old. Surnames were formed from occupations (Baker), place names (Lincoln), patronymics (Johnson, meaning son of John), or nicknames (Dolittle, meaning a lazy person).

In other words, a surname is a word or phrase taken from the language and applied to a person.

But the process can also be reversed. Every now and then, someone comes along who leaves an indelible mark on society, with the result that their name makes its way back into the language as a word in its own right. Such words are called eponyms.

In school we learned that Louis Pasteur (1822-95) invented a method of sterilization — it became known as pasteurization. When the science teacher explained electricity to us, he used the words watt — a unit of power, from the name of the Scottish mechanical engineer

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James Watt (1736-1819); volt — the practical unit of electromotive force, from the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta (1745-1827); and amp — the unit of current, from the French physicist AndréMarie Ampère (1775-1836).

The list of eponyms continues. Macadamisation, for instance, is a technique for building durable, smooth roads composed of small stones, invented by the Scottish engineer John McAdam (1756-1836).

Later, when tar was added as a binding medium, the road surface became known as tarmac (still a term for airport runways).

Mercerised cotton takes its name from John Mercer (1791-1866), an English chemist who discovered a

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means of treating cotton fibre to make stronger, more lustrous threads.

In 1823, Charles Mackintosh (1766-1843) patented a process for waterproofing cloth with india-rubber. Mackintosh (or mack) became the generic word for a raincoat.

Lord Cardigan, who led the charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War (1853-56), is now more widely remembered for a type of knitted jacket associated with his name — the cardigan. His compatriot Lord Raglan lost his right arm in the Crimea, after which he favoured an overcoat designed with the sleeve set into a wide, loose armhole — the raglan sleeve, still popular today.

The term that’s become a synonym for organized ostracism — boycott — originated with Captain Boycott, land agent in Ireland, who in September 1880 refused to lower the rents of protesting tenants. The President of the Irish Land League advised everyone to cease dealing with him, which had such an impact that already in

November 1880 the London Times referred to the action as boycotting.

Bobby, the nickname for an English policeman, comes from Sir Robert Peel, who established the London Metropolitan police force in 1829.

John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718-92), couldn’t stop gambling even to eat, so he had ham between two pieces of bread brought to the card table.

The eccentricity caught on, and we’ve been eating sandwiches ever since.

My list has many more names — Hobson, Bloomer, Bowdler, Mesmer, Spooner, and others — but I’ve run out of space. A final remark — to the best of my knowledge, there are no enduring eponyms from the post-WW II era. Unless, that is, hoovering (W.H. Hoover developed the vacuum cleaner, 1908) will soon be replaced by dysoning (James Dyson, born 1947, invented the revolutionary Dual Cyclone vacuum cleaner).

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Continued from page 25 the most numerous and there’s no room for them to exhibit.”

Dorrington says the main problem is in the budget for culture. Cultural events and exhibits are part of the parks and leisure budget, which means culture money includes putting turf on a soccer field, for example.

“The fact that culture is somehow leisure is bizarre,” he said. “It’s viewing it from a business perspective, as if you can buy culture.

“Culture is what holds a society together.

An artist’s job is to ask questions, make us aware and comment on society.”

The decision to lump culture with parks and leisure on a city level is historic, said city councillor Linda Barnes.

However, to address this, council created a separate arts grants program for artists about two years ago. It separates them from the main budget and allows them to use the grant money in whichever way they choose.

“When we don’t have to use grant money for rent, we can spend it on advertising and

other things to get people into the building,” said Stephens.

The onus is left on the community to get together and raise funds to develop artist-run centres or smaller spaces to exhibit.

“We’re constantly looking for developers and opportunities to create artist space, but unfortunately there are so many demands on our budget right now,” said Barnes.

As part of the new development on No. 3 Road and Sea Island Way, a number of units have been zoned for live/work spaces.

The intent is for artists to use the space as a place to exhibit and sell their own work, according to Barnes, although she wasn’t sure of the number of units or the timeline for the project.

“I totally agree that there has to be that professional space as well,” said Barnes. “But these units and community projects are whetting the appetite for art in Richmond.

“Art is a learning experience and these artists are beginning that curve. So maybe people are having coffee at Rocanini this year, but stepping into an art gallery next year.”

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LOANS

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2101-5113 GARDEN City Rd, 650 sf, 1 BR, 1 bath, w/d, patio 250sf, pool, lease, no pet, n/s, $1,250, July 1. Eric 604723-7368 (Royal Pacific Realty)

STEVESTON VERY lg 1284 sf 2br 2ba top floor condo, mtn views $455k 604-275-7986 uSELLaHOME.com id5376

235-6828 ECKERSLEY Rd, corner unit, 2 Bed, 2 Bath, balc, 818sf, lease, n/pet, n/s, July 1, $1550. Call Eric 604723-7368 (Royal Pacific Realty)

WATER VIEW LOT - PRICED BELOW ASSESSED VALUE! Walk to all lower Gibsons has to offer! Call Shauna or visit www.shaunagold.com for details. (604) 218−2077. $180,000

RECREATIONAL PROPERTY

1 BR glvl # 2 & Granville, own w/d, very clean, $900 inc hydro & prkg 778-840-3532 3 BR top flr, 2 bth, No 2 & Granville, balc, w/d, $1500 incls utils, Now 778-840-3532 RICH 4th/Granville, 2br, no laundry, ns/np, ref’s, $900 incl utils, single or couple, 604-244-7862

HOUSES FOR RENT

DUPLEXES FOR SALE ALDERGROVE SXS duplex 80K, below assesm. $3100 mo rent, $529,900 604-807-6565 uSELLaHOME.com id4513

HATZIC LAKE 1hr drive from Vanc. 2 vacant lots, 1 lakefront $65K/both 604-240-5400 uSELLaHOME.com id5588

12431 JACK Bell Drive, Richmond, 2700sf, 5 BR, 4 bath, lease, n/p, n/s, $2800, July 1, Eric 604-723-7368 (Royal Pacific Realty)

FARMS/ ACREAGES LANGLEY reno’d sxs duplex +1/2 ac. lot, rental inc. $2,300 $489,900 604-807-6565 uSELLaHOME.com id4513

HOUSES FOR SALE

HAZTIC LAKE Swans Point.

1hr/Vanc. incl. lot & 5th wheel, ski/fish $134,500 604-209-8650 uSELLaHOME.com id5491

RV LOT /Cultus Lake Holiday Park with yr round camping; fin. in paving stones, low fees.

All ament Grt loc. Must sell $107,500. 1-604-795-9785

LANGLEY BUILD your view home, secluded 5 acre ppty. $630,000 604-825-3966 uSELLaHOME.com id4513

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CONCRETE L & L CONCRETE, All types: Stamped, Repairs, Pressure washing, sealing 778-882-0098

DEMOLITION

SUITES FOR RENT SRY/WHITE ROCK partial ocean view, 920sf. 2b, den, 2ba quiet condo, kids, pets ok. $309,000 778-294-2275 uSELLaHOME.com id5575

HOME SERVICES

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RENTALS

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DEMOLITION

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EXCAVATING

FLOORING

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HOME SERVICES HANDYPERSON Hubby for Hire Handyman Serv., No Job too Small, Attn to Detail, Ken 604-275-1417

LANDSCAPING Greenworx Redevelopment Inc. Hedges, pavers, ponds & walls, returfing, demos, drainage, jackhammering. Old pools filled in, decks, concrete 604.782.4322

LAWN & GARDEN

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RENOS & HOME IMPROVEMENT

SPORTS & IMPORTS

ROOFING

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AUTO FINANCING

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