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The spectacular RCMP Musical Ride rode into town and wowed a packed-out 2,000-strong crowd at Twin Oaks equestrian centre.

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Mounties’ Musical Ride gallops into town Childhood memories stirred for many as impressive show captivates big crowd

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Under fair skies, about 2,000 spectators were treated to the legendary RCMP Musical Ride Wednesday evening at Twin Oaks Equestrian Centre.

Nearby ships and barges floating by on the Fraser River gave the performance a unique backdrop as the 32-officer cavalry, riding impresGRAEME WOOD/ SPECIAL TO THE NEWS sive black thoroughbred horses, trotted into the The RCMP Musical Ride, above, rode into town Wednesday and lit up the 2,000-strong crowd at facility’s riding arena surrounded by onlookers of Twin Oaks equestrian centre. Above, left, spectators got the chance to meet one of the stars of the all ages. popular show.

“It’s the memories of childhood seeing it.

Every time you see the show they change the and modern music. just two are from B.C. this year. They undertake a music so it’s contemporary and ever-evolving but Among some of the Billboard Hot 100 songs six-month equestrian training program in Ottawa it’s also the military manoeuvres that are still the they choreographed was Gangnam Style with and typically perform for three years until they same, so there’s a bit of nostalgic history as well,” spectators mimicking the drawn-out YouTube return to normal police duties. A Musical Ride said Rita Blosmanis, 50, a Richmond resident of horse dance sensation. Notably, the program takes about four months to choreograph.

13 years who has seen the ride several ride also incorporated popular kneeThe horses have Hanoverian bloodlines from times across Canada. slapper Cotton-Eyed Joe. Germany, Chesser said. They are bred for colour, Because the Musical Ride only Chesser said that while the modern size and temperament and take about two years to comes to B.C. every four years and music is meant to keep the perfortrain, he added. this performance was its first ever mances engaging for young audience Prior to the show, Air One, the RCMP’s heliFor video and in Richmond the crowd came early members, the historical significance copter, took flight over the arena and the audience more photos and by 6 p.m. traffic jammed No. 3 of the Musical Ride is most important. was entertained by taiko drumming and a showRoad from Twin Oaks to Steveston “I think it’s important we stick to case of drills by the RCMP K-9 unit.

Highway. our roots,” he said.

“We’re excited to be here. It’s one of our big Among the timeless British Cavalry-inspired Musical Ride by the detachments in the Lower Mainland and also manoeuvres on display during the show were: there’s a strong agricultural affiliation,” said Supt. Thread the needle, which sees the horses crissnumbers Marty Chesser, head of the Musical Ride. cross one another in an intricate pattern, The ! 725 — A horse’s weight in kilograms Atop their horses wearing black saddle blanDome, which has the horses form a circle as the ! 69 — A horse’s height in inches kets with yellow trim, the Mounties — themMounties raise their lances in the air, and The selves wearing their familiar red coats, brown Charge, a simple but effective gallop toward the ! 1887 — Year of the first Musical Ride Stetson hats and black pants with a yellow stripe briefly frightened audience. ! 96 — Horses in the Musical Ride stables — performed cavalry drills to a mix of traditional The officers come from all over Canada and

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He may have blasted all but one election rival out of the water when it came to spending, but when it came to attracting votes, he fell miserably short.

Gary Law — a Burnaby Mountie who ran in Richmond Centre as an independent after being lined up as the BC Liberal candidate — spent an incredible $100,888 in his bid to be elected, second only to eventual winner Teresa Wat, of the BC Liberals, who spent more than $135,000.

However, Law’s big spending gained little traction with the Richmond Centre voters back in May’s B.C. election, attracting a mere 1,604 votes and trailing in a distant fourth.

An equally surprising detail, revealed from last week’s public disclosure of all candidates’ election finances, was that Law took out a $74,000 loan to fund his ill-fated campaign.

The entire loan, according to the report, remains outstanding. Law did not return News calls by press time.

The Mountie’s cash splash is understood to be the most spent on a campaign by an independent provincial candidate seeking election in Richmond.

He spent more than $31,000 on media advertising before and during the campaign.

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ings, however, it appears money can, sometimes, make a difference.

The three BC Liberal candidates spent a fraction under $400,000 between them, compared to the NDP’s $77,800 and the Green’s paltry $3,948.

Candidates are required by Elections B.C. to declare all finances coming in and going out during a campaign.

Vancouver-based Wat won her Richmond Centre handily with almost 50 per cent of the vote, followed by the NDP’s Frank Huang, who spent a little more than $43,000.

In the same riding, the Green’s Michael Wolfe spent absolutely nothing, yet managed to finish third.

The BC Liberal’s Steveston incumbent John Yap — who surprised many by romping to victory despite being embroiled in the “ethnic-gate” scandal — spent the most out of all three Richmond ridings, $155,000.

In the East, Linda Reid, not surprisingly, spent the most at $108,918, compared to nearest rival, the NDP’s Gian Sihota at $15,829.

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When you’ve got a parcel that needs delivering across town for your favourite nephew’s birthday, you can rely on Canada Post or a courier company to get it there safe and sound.

But when you are tasked with moving four helicopters halfway around the world, who ya gonna call?

For a job that costs about $1 million, Richmond’s Vector Aerospace called in one of the largest civilian cargo planes on the planet on Wednesday to scoop up all four Super For video of Puma choppers the comthe Antonov pany’s Langley-based loading overhaul and repair shop finished working on and airlift them, first to Australia, and then Afghanistan.

The Russian-built Antonov 124 that touched down at YVR in the early morning hours is 69 metres (226 feet) long and has a wingspan of close to 73 metres (240 feet).

In comparison, the world’s biggest commercial jetliner — the double decker Airbus A380 is a shade under 73 metres (238 feet) and has a wingspan of around 80 metres

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Elvis Moniz, vice president of operations for Richmond’s Vector Aerospace stands in front of one of the four Super Puma helicopters being loaded Wednesday into the massive Antonov 124 cargo plane at YVR.

(261 feet). But as impressive as that is, it’s the Antonov’s cargo capacity which makes it stand out.

It can haul a hefty 330,000 pounds — more than enough to swallow up the four helicopters that, combined, weigh around 50,000 pounds said Elvis Moniz, Vice president of operations at Vector Aerospace who was airside overseeing the loading process. see Choppers page 6

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Choppers: To serve off-shore rigs Continued from page 5 And getting them into the massive cargo bay once the Antonov’s nose is lifted and its ramp dropped down takes about eight hours as the aircraft, crates of spare parts and boxed up rotor blades are inched into place.

The flight, which was scheduled to depart YVR Thursday morning, was expected to take 37 hours to complete.

Moniz said two of the helicopters are destined to service offshore drilling rigs in Australia, while the other two will be tasked with some unspecified work in Afghanistan.

He could not divulge exactly what their roles will be there due to security reasons.

But he added they will most likely be employed in ferrying people and supplies between bases in the war-torn country.

“It’s not every day you see an

aircraft like this (Antonov) fly into Vancouver,” Moniz said.

“It’s quite a sight. And when you see just how much it can carry, it’s pretty amazing.”

Packing away four helicopters on one flight also saves a significant amount of money when it comes to delivery costs.

“Still, bringing in an Antonov like this costs around $1 million,” Moniz said.

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There likely will be a few irate motorists who realize they missed an exit and are forced to drive though the Massey Tunnel into Richmond.

This week, the Highway 17/River Road exit (Exit 28) off Highway 99 northbound was relocated due to construction for the South Fraser Perimeter Road.

It’s the first of what will be several major traffic pattern changes to occur for the new highway, which is scheduled for completion by the end of this year.

Delta’s municipal engineering director Steven Lan said Exit 28 will be closed at its current location near the tunnel and will be relocated about two kilometres further south at a new interchange.

Drivers heading north on Highway 99 that want to go to Ladner, Tsawwassen, the ferry terminal or River Road eastbound will have to take the new exit, which will take them to a new service road running parallel to Highway 99. The road will lead them to the intersection by the Delta Town & Country Inn. Northbound HOV traffic heading to the tunnel can also take Exit 28.

Lan noted the advantage of the relocated exit and new side road is that drivers not wanting to go through the tunnel won’t be stuck in the usual rush hour traffic jam. Signage will be in place notifying drivers of the relocation, but Lan noted if anybody misses it, they’d have no choice but to drive into Richmond.

He added it will take some time for drivers to get used to this and other upcoming traffic pattern changes.

One of the biggest changes will see traffic coming off the ferries in Tsawwassen funneled onto SFPR, which is now officially called Highway 17. Those wanting to get into Ladner or Tsawwassen from the ferries have to take a separate exit to what most people still call Highway 17, but now has the new name of Highway 17A. Delta council agreed this week on the need for plenty of signage by the province to help motorists navigate all the changes.

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tep right up. There’s an auction going on for enough bandwidth on Canada’s wireless infrastructure to introduce a whole new carrier to our market of scant few options.

The federal government is looking to relax its rules on Canadian ownership to allow U.S. telecommunications giant Verizon to bid, while shutting out Canada’s Big Three wireless companies Bell, Telus and Rogers. It’s gambling that the addition of a fierce competitor will drive down the price of wireless service.

Naturally, the Big Three have a hard time with this and you might have noticed the very slick and expensive advertising campaign they’ve launched in order to get Canadians on their side.

Draping themselves in red and white, they tell us it’ll mean layoffs of good Canadian workers while giving preferential treatment to foreign profiteers. Opponents of the government’s plan also make the case that, by keeping the Big Three out of the auction house, the selling price will go down by about $1 billion. That’s $1 billion we could sorely use as the deficit is not yet under control and every month we learn about more government cutbacks.

The points may be valid, but we’d feel a lot more sympathy for the Big Three, if it weren’t for the sky-high prices they’ve already been charging us. According to a 2011 OECD study, Canadians pay more for their wireless service than almost any other nation.

Perhaps if they had been more competitive with each other and mindful of consumers before, they wouldn’t be facing this quagmire now.

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All involved parties need to tackle bullying The Editor, Re: “What’s missing from the bully talk?” Column, Aug. 28 As a parent who has had both my kids bullied by a child at my children’s school, I’d like to respond to this article. These are my observations based on what I’ve been through.

First off, it’s very important to teach your children about bullying, not only verbal, but physical as well. Furthermore, I feel that you also need to teach children who are being bullied that it’s okay to contact a teacher to make them aware of the bullying so it can be dealt with.

Teachers do all they can to prevent such negative behaviour, and they are really proactive in this. However, unless you’ve got a vice principal and principal who are willing to deal with the bullying, and the parents of the bully are willing to acknowledge the negative behaviour, nothing will be done to stop it. It wasn’t until I had made arrangements to transfer my children out of this school and threatened to call the police was anything done.

Beware that it’s not just the job of the parents to teach about bullying, but of the teachers and the principals working together to help stop bullying in its tracks. The anti-bullying campaign was a failure for my children. They were forced to change schools for their safety.

Patricia Betker Richmond

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Carousel does offers a second renewal I turned 30 when it was practically a capital offence.

It was the beginning of the end of life — or at least, it was certainly the end of youth. At 30, you became an old man (or woman), and were absorbed into “the establishment.”

“You can’t trust anyone over 30,” was the mantra among my peers.

Indeed, just a few years earlier, one of the basic premises of the popular sci-fi movie Logan’s Run was that no one was allowed to grow older than 30.

The day you turned 30, you took part in the “carousel,” floating up through a gauntlet of deadly laser beams, in search of “renewal.”

Of course (spoiler alert, if you’re under 30), no one in Logan’s Run made it past the lasers to the top of the carousel — a realization that dawned on many young men and women approaching their 30th birthdays.

Logan was one of the special forces sent out to hunt down and kill those who attempted to escape the city to avoid entering the carousel and taking their proscribed chance at renewal.

Because no one was allowed to be over 30.

I don’t know if all that had anything to do with it, but I do recall having had a particularly difficult time accepting that I was turn-

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ing 30.

The day I turned 29, I slid into a dark corner of my brain, and stayed there for exactly a year.

The world was a dark place. My work was dark.

My friends were dark.

My life was dark. I was headed for the carousel. I was growing old. For all intents and purposes, my life was over.

From the day I turned 29, I was intensely aware that my 30th birthday was approaching.

That was all the more remarkable because I usually forgot my birthday.

Without reminders from friends and family, a birthday could go by completely beyond my consciousness.

The reminders often came a day or two after my birthday, eliciting a minor and decidedly unexcited “oh yeah” moment.

I had been expectant about a few previous birthdays, of course. As a little kid, after all, birthdays meant presents and cake and anticipation of good feelings all around.

Turning 19 meant I could have an alcoholic drink (legally) and show my own ID in the beer parlour.

For some reason, I found 22 significant. It was the first birthday that didn’t mark a major milestone (for instance: 13, bona fide teenager; 16, allowed to drive; 20, entering second decade; 21, allowed to watch the dirty movies in Blaine).

But I had gone through nothing like the year-long experience of turning 30.

And then there was the brightness and light that greeted me on my 30th birthday.

I was alive! STILL alive! And virtually nothing had changed. I wasn’t old — or certainly, not noticeably older than I had been the day before.

A huge burden lifted from me.

I had floated past all the lasers. I had survived the carousel. I was renewed!

And I’m pretty sure I forgot my 31st birthday.

That’s why I suspect today is a special day.

It’s my birthday. And unlike so many before, I remembered. I didn’t think about it for a whole year.

And I’ve definitely not been in a funk about it.

But I remembered, at least a few days ahead, and with no need for the reminders provided by friends.

This time I’m having no worries about my second time in the carousel — and I fully expect to beat the lasers again.

I shall be renewed!

Bob Groeneveld is the editor of the Langley Advance.

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The last thing they want is to have self-righteous busy-bodies, who feel they, and only they, know what is best for everybody, interfering with their wishes.

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People discuss these situations with their loved ones well in advance of their dying and expect that their wishes will be fulfilled, and families can and will carry them out.

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Making Big Mac meal out of morsel The Editor, Re: “McDonald’s apologizes to woman,” News, Aug. 28.

Oh please — maybe 50 per cent or more of the shop owners including mall management should apologize to the patrons that TRIED to shop at Aberdeen Centre and other places over the past 15

years that do speak English.

I’m sick, tired and fed up with all this unnecessary apologizing — p.s. and so is everyone else. Shame for even making it a story!

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Steveston’s south dyke trail has been nominated to become one of the “Great Places in Canada.”

The picturesque trail, put forward by a member If you want to cast your vote. of the public, is up against 42 other entries for the bragging rights and prize contest set up two years ago by the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP).

The contest has three categories: Great Street; Great Neighbourhood and Great Public Space, with the south dyke entered into the last of the three.

The anonymous Richmondite behind the nomination described in their entry how the walking, running and relaxation offered by the trail are

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Continued from page 10 ages to enjoy the outdoors and be active,” added the nominator.

The dyke, he or she pointed out, is also “accessible to everyone,” “allows one to disconnect from the hustle and stress of daily lives,” is a “great natural environment for running and jogging” and “it’s a hidden gem.

“Downtown Vancouver may have the seawall, but in Richmond we have the Dyke trail!”

The deadline for entries is Monday, Sept. 2, while the cut-off for voting on your favourite — Contest place is Sept. 23.

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Public voting in last year’s contest was fierce, according to the CIP’s Gary Noble, noting that 200,000 votes were received from across the country.

“Some intense rivalries were being played out, with city mayors and entire communities getting involved in the voting,” said Noble.

“Last year’s nominator winner, Cape Fortune in Nova Scotia, got quite a bit of attention and I think there were some spin-offs from tourism.”

As well as the material prizes, the mayor of the winning city will be presented with a plaque, marking the accolade.

Noble said the CIP set up the contest in 2011 to give people a chance to express what they thought were great places, but also to highlight the role of professional planning in such locations.

To vote for the south dyke trail, go to www.cipicu.ca/greatplaces.

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BY YVONNE ROBERTSON

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onday is Labour Day. To many, that means the end of summer, the start of a new school year or a welcomed long

weekend.

What seems to be missing is much acknowledgement of the day’s name sake — labour.

Labour Day was intended to mark the achievements of organized workers in securing rights for employees.

In Canada, the day is usually traced back to the April 15, 1872, when the Toronto Trades Assembly organized Canada’s first major demonstration for workers’ rights.

Demonstrators were demanding the release of 24 leaders of the Toronto Typographical Union who were imprisoned for striking to campaign for a nine-hour working day. Trade unions were still illegal and striking was seen as a criminal conspiracy to disrupt trade.

There was enormous public support for the parade and a few months later in July a similar parade was organized in Ottawa. The parade passed the house of Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John Macdonald. Later in the day, he appeared before the gathering and promised to repeal all Canadian laws against trade unions. A year later, the Canadian Labour Congress was founded.

Today, Canadians have many rights that would have been unheard of 141 years ago, but the struggle continues.

In fact, right now, Richmond is seeing a myriad of job action including the Ikea workers’ lockout, the Sheraton Airport Hotel workers one-day strike, and most recently, YVR workers issue of strike notice.

The labour movement has had ups and downs over the decades. The evolution, and in some cases, devolution of workers’ rights has much to do with global economic forces as well as fundamental shifts in industry, according

— GULF OF GEORGIA CANNERY SOCIETY

Seasonal work at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery was a popular job for women in Richmond in the 1940s. to Coun. Harold Steves.

“After going through a recession, people who had their wages held down are looking to regain what they lost,” said Steves referring to the recent spell of action in Richmond.

“The cost of living has gone up, but their wages haven’t.”

Low wages currently plague the service industry — retail, restaurants, accommodation — which is one of the main industries in Richmond today, Steves added.

— Jim But the movement into the service sector extends beyond Richmond’s natural boundaries, travelling across the region and province.

“B.C. used to be big in manufacturing and forestry,” said Iglika Ivanova, economist and public interest researcher at Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) B.C. “But now it’s accommodation, retail and food that people are gravitating towards. These are traditionally lower paying jobs.

“The higher paying industries used to hire more people, but now that’s not the case.”

The shift has been the product of an increasingly globalized economy, according to Jim Sinclair, president of the BC Federation of Labour.

The province in particular, but the country as a whole, is no longer a manufacturing country. Processes are outsourced to other countries where the cost of labour is less, said Sinclair.

The result is the emerging service sector, which now needs to be taken seriously as a viable career option.

“Ikea is a great example of the challenge of the labour movement,” he said. “It’s an example of a company that raised $4 billion last year trying to force workers to roll back their wages and benefits and hours, turning them into low-paying and part-time work. The union is standing strong and trying to protect their jobs and the disappearing middle class.”

From a businessperson’s perspective, it’s generally been argued that hiring people at lower wages, and less regulation of employee rights, allows the company to be more flexible and costs less. Therefore, it stimulates the economy and creates more jobs.

It’s a viewpoint both Sinclair and Ivanova insist isn’t true.

The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) — an international body of 34 Sinclair countries promoting progress and world trade — recently confirmed there to be no relation between labour market performance and employment protection legislation.

In fact, in its recent findings, out of 34 countries, Canada ranked near the bottom at 32 for employment protection legislation (ahead of New Zealand and the United States).

“The economy requires people to have consumer power,” said Sinclair. “If everyone works at $10/hr, only a few would keep getting richer, but there’d be no money for small businesses, for community, for taxes, these are things that make a civilization. Nobody can buy anything for $10/ hr, it phases out the middle class.”

“In general, we’re seeing that wages have been stalling, which contributes to this race to the bottom,” said Ivanova.

Further, a shift in industry, coupled with more selfemployed workers or people working part-time, has meant a decline of the union, one of the trademarks of the early labour movement.

“Having an organization like a union causes a trickledown affect, leading to better wages and conditions for all workers,” said Sinclair. “Many things people enjoy today like CPP, health care, minimum wage, came out of unions.”

The percentage of union workers in the province has declined from 45 per cent at its peak about 30 years ago, to 31 per cent today. see Ivanova page 15

“The economy requires people to have consumer power. Nobody can buy anything for $10/hr, it phases out the middle class.”

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Ikea workers are currently involved in job action. The Richmond outlet is one of only two Ikea stores in Canada that have a union.

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LABOUR DAY

Union tides and ties ebb and flow over decades

of the union,” he said. “Then you would have a high Chinese population as well who came over for the CPR and they’d mostly be in lthough major strides and landmark charge of unloading the fish and butchery. decisions seem to be a thing of The Caucasian or European fishermen would the past in the labour movement, be out in the boats or in charge or cooking Richmond city councilor Harold Steves and prepping the fish.” remembers the time of action and change, However, after the Second World War, particularly within the city’s prominent fishwhen the Japanese fishermen returned, ing industry.

Sakamoto said there was more effort on the “It was quite an exciting time to live part of the union to bring everyone together in actually,” he said. “There were a lot of in one community. people out there campaigning for issues. That He joined his father on the boat at a young doesn’t happen so much now. We’re lacking age and by the time he was 15 years old, he a large group of people who can mobilize was able to get his own license. change and look at large issues like the envi“I’d be out on the boat in the summers, ronment.” which would help pay for my school,” he Such a group was the United Fishermen said. “Most of the women worked in the canand Allied Workers Union, enjoying its peak neries, which was a separate organization. from the 1950s through to My sisters worked there the 1970s. during the summers too.”

As a major force in Since its peak, changes Steveston Village, the union to the fishing industry was a great advocate for have caused fewer boats environmental issues and the on the water, resulting in — Bud Sakamoto clean up of the Fraser River. the eventual extinction “The fishermen were so of the once active union, active that it led to a sewage according to Sakamoto. treatment plant in Richmond,” said Steves.

On top of climate change and the automa“Not only just a sewage treatment plant, but tion of the industry, he points to changes in the first secondary treatment plant in the management from the International Salmon area.”

Commission to the DFO and licensing as Although not playing a major role with the main reasons for the decline. union, long-time fisherman Bud Sakamoto Licenses used to cost less and cover the remembers that time as the fishing prime, entire area, as well as, all species of fish. when off the shores of the river sailed 1,500 Now fishermen need to apply for different to 2,000 boats, instead of the few hundred licenses depending on the area they fish in, seen today. the type of species they fish and type of boat.

With his grandfather coming from Japan To help the industry, he would like to see as a boat builder, Sakamoto also saw the way more fishermen in management roles. racial tensions played out during the begin“Fishermen should be involved in the ning of the small fishing village. management of the resource,” he said. “No “In the early years, there was a large popfisherman wants to catch the last fish, we ulation of Japanese fishermen, I’d say maybe want to make sure there’s plenty out there.” about one-third, but they weren’t really part

BY YVONNE ROBERTSON

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Fishermen unload salmon at Steveston’s docks during the industry’s heyday.

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“Most of the women worked in the canneries...”

Ivanova: Unions must reach out

Continued from page 14 With the election of the B.C. Liberals in 2002, changes were made to the process of forming a union, according to Ivanova. On top of requiring 50 per cent of the workers’ signatures, the workers now have to wait a month, culminating in a vote.

“During this month, the employers can campaign, encouraging workers not to vote for a union, even threatening the quality of their jobs,” she said.

And without a body protecting the workers, employment standards also declines, particularly in lower-paying positions where workers are more easily replaced.

“It makes people afraid to organize,” said Ivanova. “If people had complaints, they used to be able to call Employment Standards anonymously and have the situation checked out. Now they have to deal with the matter personally. When this changed, complaints fell over 50 per cent. The government thought employers were being more compliant, but that obviously wasn’t the case.”

She added a society continuing down the road of low wages and part time work leads to further instability and income inequality.

Existing unions should make more of an effort to communicate with workers as a whole, reaching out to the self-employed, for example, and the non-union workers.

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“Unions do need more organization and to communicate better on behalf of non-union workers,” she said. “If they can set a benchmark for others, it will show other workers a credible option when fighting for their own rights. It puts upward pressure on wages for everyone.”

It’s something Steves remembers as a major achievement of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union, a prominent influence on the fishing industry in the ’70s.

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It starts with less than 100 views and maybe a handful of comments. It takes one stranger to thank you for sharing your work, and another who promises to watch anything else you publish.

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On the Move: Recognizing that Richmond’s many of things that Transportation we take for granted Legacy in everyday life are This exhibit constructions, the For article on explores, through museum exhibit artists in Fictive photographs and Realities present artefacts from “truths” about our the Richmond lives by overlaying them on Museum’s collection and on the familiar and the mundane. loan from the community, how Using technologies such interchanging modes of transporactive digital projection, artware tation have shaped this city. (artist made software), video Themes include transportation mediated sculptural installarelated to sea, land and air, tions, and good old fashioned and contemporary issues such storytelling, Fictive Realities is as city planning. an exhibition that literally and Location: Richmond figuratively projects alternate Museum, 7700 Minoru Gate visions of our reality making us Phone: 604.247.8300. aware of the fictions we inhabit. museum@richmond.ca Location: Richmond Art Gallery 180 - 7700 Minoru Sept. 6 - Nov.3 Gate Richmond Art Gallery Fictive Realities Sept. 16 Artists: Michelle Gay, Lee The Community Arts Henderson, Doug Jarvis, Steve Council of Richmond Lyons, Peter Morin (CACR) presents: Thompson Opening Reception is on Community Centre 2nd Friday, Sept. 6 from 7 to 9 p.m. Annual Community Art Guest curator: Paul Walde Challenge What is real and how do we

Continued from page 19 Sharleen Hartfiel and Ginny Wilkie. The cafe is open daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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This art challenge is open to artists and aspiring artists to create 2- or 3-D work, incorporating one theme from the list of themes provided. The piece is done on the 10” x 10” deep gallery frame canvas provided.

Registration is just $6 (cost of canvas) and opens on Sept.16 at Thompson Community Centre.

You must register in person. Canvases, guidelines and submission forms will be available for pick up. Artists can paint, draw, collage, do a mixed-media piece or mount a photo. The finished art work MUST be submitted by Monday, Nov. 25. All artwork submitted will be exhibited at Thompson Community Centre for the months of January and February 2014. The themes for this year’s challenge are: Active living – what does it mean to you?; Volunteerism - how do you help and where?; Your Neighbourhood – what makes it special?; Our dyke trail, Our rich Farming Heritage. Preregistration required. Barcode: 384058 Location: 5151 Granville St.

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Sports

When to specialize youth in sport Lawrie Johns A parent’s perspective

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Dancing With The Stars Louis Van Amstel with instructor Margo Northey of Steve Nash Fitness World.

Richmond fitness instructor gets surprise celebrity visitor

Margo Northey got the surprise of her life.

An aerobics instructor at Steve Nash Fitness World in Richmond, Northey had recently been granted MVP status for her LaBlast class, acknowledging that she had the highest on-going participation in North America.

The creator of LaBlast, Louis Van Amstel from Dancing With the Stars made a guest appearance, surprising Northey and 90 participants in the Friday night class.

There were screams and cheers as Van Amstel shouted “hello” and entered the aerobics room.

Northey jumped for joy at first but managed to collect herself enough to continue through the first section of the class with Van Amstel following along. She then passed on the microphone to the well-known dancer and choreographer who then congratulated Northey for her enormous success with the program he had created.

For the next hour, they co-taught, putting the members through their paces with dances like Jive, Paso Doble, Samba and Lindy Hop. There were red faces, sweaty bodies and huge smiles.

When asked about the success of her class Northey responded: “LaBlast is a fun way to learn the dances from Dancing With The Stars. The partner-free, fitness format, makes it possible for anyone to try.”

In today’s youth sport world there are a number of trends and practices that on one hand are exciting and on the other are alarming.

On the exciting side there are some great things going on. Provincial sport programs are being integrated into school curriculum in secondary schools.

Credited courses in many sports are being offered before, after and during school hours.

Curriculum is structured by the sport experts and delivered by qualified teachers in over 200 schools throughout B.C. This is a positive and growing partnership that students can opt into at little or no extra cost.

These courses go beyond the traditional P.E. courses as they are sport specific.

The benefits to the school and the sport are numerous but most important is the benefit to the participants – another example of athlete-centred programming that works!

There are many other

programs, events and opportunities available for our youth – exciting yet challenging for parents to select.

Knowing that coaches are taking certification courses, that sport organizations are extremely aware and knowledgeable of sport injuries (particularly concussions), that risk management is a priority with all reputable sport groups and that parent information is more and more plentiful – all very positive.

But as a parent – how do I choose?

How much should my child be involved in? When to specialize?

How much time should be spent in camp?

Training?

What should be the game to practice ratio?

Lots and lots of questions and sometimes the answers are both difficult to find and contradictory.

There has been tremendous research and work done at the national and provincial levels resulting in the Canadian Sport for Life (CS4L) model of developing athletes.

National Sport Organizations (NSO’s) and their provincial counterparts (PSO’s) as well as all governments’ sport ministries have adopted this model. Some of the most

salient points are: • All sports at the 13 and under level SHOULD support a multi-sport approach.

• Individual sports and team sports have different guidelines for specializing.

• Game to practice ration should be at worst 1:2 but better if more practices.

• Overtraining (too much training in one sport) leads to overuse injuries, burnout, imbalanced muscle development and significant drop out.

Istvan Bali, Richard Way, Steve Norris and a plethora of experts in youth sports have developed the model that can be found at www.CS4L.ca. It is full of great information for coaches, athletes and parents!

Just some warnings to the parent of a young athlete: • Specialization at an early (pre-13 in team and pre-10 in individual) is NOT likely to enhance the athlete’s ability to get better. Cross training (enjoying and participating in many sports) is most likely to assist.

• Summer camps, year round academies, extra individual coaching – although they have their place do not over do these – again they lead to over-

use, over training and drop out. Let summer holidays be summer holidays.Let kids be kids. Maybe one camp but look for camps that offer something special i.e. multi sport, decision making in sport, skill improvement.

Then of course there is the travel team – in all organized sport there is the ‘temptation’ to form teams and travel. Is it really all necessary? Ask the one question – why? The answer may be to get better competition – be wary – should it really be all about winning. Be even more wary of what age this begins at.

If it is all about wins and loses, statistics, trophies, ribbons......then ask yourself at what age is this appropriate......I would suggest that it is MOSTLY inappropriate before age 10 and not significant travel before 12....again just ask why?

Hopefully in a future column we can discuss winning, losing, stats, standings, recruiting and managing risks.

Until then – Let Them Have Fun! Lawrie Johns is a longtime Richmond resident, a provincial sports administrator and a parent who helped raise two world class athletes.

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Sports

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Richmond’s Alisha Lau was all smiles after winning the B.C. Girls Bantam Golf Championship at Qualicum Beach thanks to an impressive final round 69.

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Richmond’s Alisha Lau broke a log-jam at the top of the leaderboard to capture the B.C. Girls Bantam Golf Championship at Qualicum Beach.

The Quilchena Golf and Country Club junior fired an outstanding final round 69 to finish one stroke ahead of Surrey’s Hannah Lee with a 139 total (70-69). The 13-yearold handled the title pressure like a seasoned veteran, contrary to what she stated after her round.

“It was kind of nerve-wracking because I didn’t know where my competitors were in the group behind me,” she claimed. “It was a tough battle but I tried to grind it out the best I SCAN WITH could and I just fought for it.”

Five strokes back of Lau in third place was Mary Parsons, TO REVEAL VIDEO 14 of Delta. Parsons mirrored Lee’s consistency (70-70), posting rounds of 72-72-144 to finish the championship at +4. Defending champion Kathrine Chan, also a junior at Quilchena, finished in seventh at +12 (76-76).

Lau was coming off a respectable fifth place finish at the B.C. Juvenile Girls Championship in Courtenay a week earlier with rounds of 78-76-71.

On the boys side, Justin Yap of Quilchena was eighth (73-74), 10 strokes back of winner Roy Kang of North Vancouver.

Richmond’s Diego San Pedro finished tied for second at the B.C. Juvenile Boys Golf Championship. San Pedro fired rounds 73-72-70.

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