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It’s easier to catch cold than a doctor. Longtime family practitioner Dr. Jack Kliman chuckles at the suggestion. But the Steveston physician is not laughing at the underlying problem the quip addresses — too many people do not have a family doctor, which limits the effectiveness of care and places an additional budgetary strain on B.C.’s health care system. “We estimate that in Richmond about 6,000 people do not have their own family doctor,” said Kliman, who has spent the past 30 years treating patients in the community. “And it’s likely only going to get worse.” A survey done in 2012 showed that almost a third of the 120 to 140 family physicians in Richmond were going to retire over the next five years. Couple that with the difficulties in recruiting doctors — a problem prevalent in many communities across B.C. — and the prognosis for providing primary care through a family doctor is looking dire, Kliman said That’s why the public is being encouraged to participate in an online survey called A GP for Me, which for Richmond residents is accessible at: divisionsbc.ca/richmond/ agpforme. The survey is being organized by the Richmond Division of Family Practice which was formed in 2010 to give

family physicians one voice to influence health care delivery and policy. According to the survey’s website, the information being collected will be used to better understand the healthcare experiences and needs of community members. And that is expected to help Richmond residents who want a family doctor to get one. Plus, it will strengthen a primary care system centred on continuous family doctor-patient relationships. That last point is a vital one, said Kliman. “Every study that’s ever been done will say that if you have access to a family doctor, and have a good bond with them, your (health) outcome is going to be better,” Kliman said. “And that’s going to cost the system less by way of efficiencies and improvements. Everybody benefits from this.” But with the average patient load for a GP ranging from 800 to 1,500, servicing the 6,000 or so now who don’t have a doctor is not a simple mathematical solution of adding more doctors. For one, recruitment and retention of doctors is an ongoing problem, in part due to the high cost of living in the Lower Mainland, Kliman suggested. Plus, the geographical distribution of those patients needing a family doctor can be widespread. In addition, their medical needs, and other barriers — language and levels of poverty — are factors. “Richmond is a very unusual and different community.

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Dr. Jack Kliman fears for the health of his patients after he retires, given the ever-worsening shortage of family doctors in Richmond. Photo by Philip Raphael/Richmond News We require innovative and transformational change,” Kliman said. “For example, we have the second highest child poverty rate in B.C. Clearly, we have different challenges that go beyond just providing everybody with a GP.” Walk-in clinics take up some slack but aren’t an ideal situation. “Episodic care is okay. But the real benefit to the whole healthcare system, and to the patient in particular, is to have that strong relationship with a family physician who recognizes that you are their patient.” An aging population of local doctors is a situation that hits close to home for Kliman who

operates out of a six-doctor office on Chatham Street. There, three of the physicians are beyond retirement age and have no immediate plans to stop working, partly because they enjoy what they do, but also because they are unsure what will happen to their patient base — will they all get continuing care from a family doctor. Plans are to take the survey’s details and formulate sustainable action to address the needs. The survey, which closes Sept. 15, is available in English, simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, Tagalog and Punjabi. To encourage participation, those filling out the survey will be entered into a prize draw.

Port Metro Vancouver (PMV) approved the proposed direct coal transfer facility at Fraser Surrey Docks (FSD) yesterday that will see coal barged along the South Arm of the Fraser River. A PMV media release stated it will require the FSD to meet a set of conditions in order to ensure environmental and safety standards. Jim Crandles, director of planning and development, was quoted in the press release as stating, “We are confident that the project does not pose a risk to the environment or human health and the public is protected.” Local activist Erika Koenig-Workman said that the public needs to be part of the process and that PMV’s “reviews and critiques are flawed.” Koenig-Workman points to a myriad of people, including doctors, biologists, local MLAs and naturalists, who have expressed outright opposition to the proposal. Environmentalist Otto Langer, has long challenged PMV’s legislative powers, saying the entity acts as judge, jury and executioner when it comes to expansion proposals and the federal policing of environmental concerns. “There are no checks and balances in there,” he said in an earlier interview. “If there was a properly run, independent environmental assessment procedure, then I think we would all be a little more tolerant and accepting of the system. “For years, we did have some environmental accountability. But we’ve watered down the legislation over the years and now we have a situation where Port Metro can decide, environmentally, on proposals they stand to gain from financially; it’s a total conflict of interest.” The fact PMV’s board of directors is made up of appointees predominantly hand-picked by industry user groups further reduces the port’s credibility in conducting unbiased reviews, said Langer.

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At least three of Richmond’s major political slates have no plans to challenge incumbent Mayor Malcolm Brodie. And, an independent candidate has yet to voice a desire to see a change in the city’s most powerful political seat come election time in November. This week the president of the Richmond Community Coalition, Rob Howard, told the Richmond News there is broad support for Brodie within the newly formed, selfproclaimed non-partisan party. “There is no burning desire,” to challenge Brodie, said Howard. At least six of the party’s 12 directors contributed to Brodie’s 2011 campaign. Richmond First has tabled its candidates, but once again did not challenge the independent Brodie.

RCC aims to engage youth The Richmond Community Coalition hosted a town hall meeting Wednesday night at the Richmond Cultural Centre. The topic was youth engagement and billed under the banner question, ‘Why don’t young people vote?’ The party’s president Rob Howard and members of the RCC asked the crowd of about 100, mostly youth aged 15-25, how the political process worked and how young people can become better engaged. A hot topic was housing affordability as a few voiced concerns about not being able to live in Richmond when they become adults.

One young adult suggested city council have an official liaison with student bodies. One parent noted addressing parent advisory councils can often be an “intimidating” process and it would be in the interest of youth to have them be more welcoming. City critic Roland Hoegler noted the entire process of civic politics today was that of a “red pill, blue pill mentality” whereby candidates are essentially the same. He later appeared incensed after being eventually cut off by organizers. —Graeme Wood

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t’s beyond hard to watch the level of unrest coming out of Ferguson. The Missouri town has been in a near-constant state of protest and heavy-handed police response since an unarmed black teenager was shot and killed by police more than a week ago. But with drastically differing police and civilian accounts of the shooting, we are left to guess what sparked this. New technology makes it entirely feasible for officers to wear miniature cameras on their uniforms and studies have shown that police forces using them

experience a drastic drop in use of force and complaints against police. Rightly or wrongly, police face a perception that they protect their own. It doesn’t help that there have been some very high-profile cases where photos or footage captured by a civilian bystander was the only way we ever learned the truth. The Robert Dziekanski case at Vancouver International Airport and the shooting death of Toronto teen Sammy Yatim are probably the best examples of this. Of course officer-mounted cameras themselves are a bees’ nest of other ethical questions.

Who has access to the footage? Who decides what can be released? What happens to the hours of mundane, law-abiding citizen activity they’re sure to capture each day? These are fair but answerable questions. As a society, we grant police the authority they need to safely do their jobs, to serve and protect, which we are grateful for. But the agreement comes with the understanding that their authority must be matched by accountability. By its nature, police work isn’t pretty. Any officer can tell you that. Still, it is better we see that for ourselves.

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indifferent pilot. here was no good battlefield in the First Less well known are the two PainfulTruth World War. From the men who followed Bishop in Matthew muck of the Western Front to the race to become Canada’s Claxton the chaos of the eastern, from top ace: William Barker of Italy to Africa, there was no Dauphin, Manitoba, and such thing as a good war. Raymond Collishaw of Nanaimo, B.C. But, for the men in the mud, there were Barker was similar to Bishop in his certainly places that were less filthy, less strengths and style – he grew up outdoors, rat infested, less miserable. That was what spent much of his childhood hunting, and Billy Bishop was thinking by 1915. He was became a crack shot. His flying was not toiling in the trenches of France when he as smooth as it could have been, at least at saw a little wood-and-canvas biplane pass first. overhead. Barker started in the trenches, a machine “I’ll bet you don’t get any mud or horse gunner, but by 1916 he had transferred s**t on you up there,” he said. “If you die, to the Royal Flying Corps. He flew as an at least it would be a clean death.” observer – the second man in the plane, who Bishop would go on to become the took photos of enemy trenches and troops. leading Allied air ace of the war, along with But soon he had downed a plane with his several other Canadians who pioneered a machine gun, and putting him in the pilot’s new frontier in both aviation and war. seat only made him more dangerous. Bishop is the archetypal Canadian air ace Barker left the Western Front and flew in – a young man from Owen Sound, Ontario, Italy, where he tended to go out on his own a crack shot with keen eyesight but an in his heavily modified Sopwith Camel.

On Christmas Day, 1917, he launched an unauthorized raid on a German airfield, and after strafing the planes, tossed out a card reading, “Merry Christmas.” His final fight was legendary. He was jumped by 15 enemy planes and fought them off as he spiralled down, wounded in his legs, his elbow shattered. He survived to win the Victoria Cross. Barker would eventually marry Bishop’s cousin and the two would go into business together after the war. Barker died at age 35 in 1930, and was given a massive military funeral in Toronto. Collishaw was the odd man out in the trio, a former sailor from the coast who joined the Royal Naval Air Service. His official tally of aircraft shot down was 60 – but his men claim it could be higher. He had a tendency to take up new pilots and “help” them shoot down a German, to give the new guy some confidence. Collishaw was apparently bulletproof. He had his goggles shot off and was unscathed.

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He accidentally landed at a German airfield in dense fog – and got away before they could pull him out of his plane. He crashed over and over, and walked away from every wreck. Collishaw spent most of his career in ungainly looking Sopwith Triplanes – his flight crew painted them black and named them Black Prince, Black Death, and Collishaw flew Black Maria. He could have retired to civilian life, but he stayed in the military, and was a senior officer in Egypt when the Second World War broke out. He had under his command a single good airplane, one Hawker Hurricane. So as the Italian army approached from the west, Collishaw moved it back and forth, from base to base, showing it off. The Italians were convinced they faced a whole squadron of aircraft. In one of his last acts of war in the air, he stalled an army with imaginary planes — the act of a true ace. Matthew Claxton is a reporter at the Langley Advance

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Bridge consultation smells of propaganda The Editor,, Re: “The $3 billion hoodwink,” Opinion, Aug. 15 Removing the Massey Tunnel is a $3 billion disaster waiting to happen. Peter Van der Velden’s column hit the nail on the head when he said all of B.C. will pay for this federal project. The purpose of the eight lane bridge to replace the tunnel is to support increased tanker traffic on the Fraser River and to support Port Metro Vancouver. The proposed bridge should be paid for by Port Metro Vancouver since they are the ones who will benefit from it. The three to five years we would have to endure construction will be a nightmare for people on both sides of the Fraser River. The consultation process was clearly an exercise to perform the illusion of public consultation when all along it

appears that the province had a preconceived agenda. Mr. Van der Velden says, “The value of this bridge is marginalized by manipulation of this public input.” He’s right; I challenge anyone to go to the Massey Tunnel Replacement Store at Ironwood Plaza and get a straight answer from the staff there. They are either incompetent or instructed to be noncommittal and evasive. For the provincial government to open a store to sell the idea of a new bridge and not offer information about all the other options smells of propaganda. We deserve better and we should question the public process and this $3 billion decision. Carol Day Richmond

Angry mom blogger tells gov’t to step up But when I see government using tax dollars to score points rather than invest in services and infrastructure, I get the zig. I don’t like every decision they make, but I respect their right to do so as a democratically elected government. What I do demand is transparency and honesty in their dealings with our money — our money. And just a wit of common sense about priorities. 2. I am a parent of two high school students. My kids started in the system in 2002 when things went awry, and I have had a front seat view of the increasing “asks” from schools for basic supplies, seen the dated textbooks, the over-worked counsellors, kids with complex needs

from complex families struggling to get what they need. My kids get lost in the shuffle because they are not at the very top or the very bottom. They could use more teacher face time, but it isn’t there. I have seen my kids’ teachers standing on cold sidelines cheering them on at 4 p.m. on a Friday across the city because they volunteered to sponsor the team. 3. I am the wife of a teacher. I live this crisis alongside him. I see what this crisis and attendant media circus is doing to him, to his morale, to his desire to stay in this profession he loves and excels at. None of it is good. Nicky Byres Steveston ! For the full letter look online at www.richmondnews.com

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Are we really as bad as all that? Despite some decidedly questionable driving, Richmond actually has no more crashes than the rest of Metro Vancouver

he notices a lot less eye contact on the roads when he drives here. “On one hand it’s well laid out; the grid pattern should make things easy to use. The lanes are wide, things are well marked, there are a lot of electromagnetic sensors, a lot of left-turn lanes… umm… but, it just seems people aren’t using their eyeballs. I don’t know if that’s a cultural thing,” he said.

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It’s an observation that Cst. Dennis Hwang of the Richmond RCMP traffic division knows all too well.

No shoulder checks, no eye contact with pedestrians, turning right from the left-hand lane, driving well over the speed limit, driving well under the speed limit, speeding in school zones, crashing into walls, driving on…sidewalks? Driving in Richmond can be an exhausting whirlwind affair and its drivers have earned a notorious reputation in Metro Vancouver. Is it a fair reputation? Well, no, not really — at least within Metro Vancouver, according to crash statistics: Richmond’s crash rate per insured vehicle is lower than Surrey, Burnaby and Vancouver. However, we’re still pretty bad drivers when clumped in with Metro drivers; According to ICBC, Richmond sees about 1,200 crashes per 10,000 policies per year, while the provincial rate is about 900. The city also has the fourth highest Class-5 test fail ratings in the province (27 per cent), although it’s only a hair worse than most other Metro Vancouver municipalities. But despite statistics and the regional company, by many accounts the seemingly unstoppable traction this reputation has gained through water cooler banter and social media forums likely means it won’t go away anytime soon. Furthermore, social stereotypes of unskilled, Chinese-Canadian drivers are likely to be perpetuated in a city where roughly half the population is of Chinese descent. And, driving experts note, societal differences in driving manners are often highlighted in a city full of so many new Metro Vancouverites. To gauge just how bad it is, the Richmond News invited Kurtis Strelau, regional education manager of Young Drivers driving school, to take the passenger seat on a drive through Richmond. On this day it was raining and Richmond lived up to

Hwang, who has served Richmond’s traffic unit for 17 years, notes he wouldn’t be able to drive in parts of Asia (what he describes as a controlled yet chaotic driving environment) despite being a good driver here. He notes moving from one system to another “could interrupt the balance.” The Facebook group, Richmond Learns to Park, has compiled an array of photos that has helped solidify Richmond’s reputation of being the land of bad drivers. Tell us what you think at Richmond-News.com or @WestcoastWood and @TheRichmondNews its reputation. He was also asked to evaluate this reporter’s driving skills.

Taking the test The ride started southbound at the Knight Street Bridge. Two vehicles were spotted on the sidelines, in a rear-end collision, as other cars sped by at about 10 km/h over the speed limit. It doesn’t take long for Strelau to point out some common mistakes by this driver of 14 years, who has a clean sheet, save a couple speeding tickets. “You trust your mirrors implicitly for lane changes and you just can’t. No matter how you’ve adjusted them, there’s going to be a blind spot. People stop checking because there’s usually nothing there. But eventually something will be there,” noted Strelau. We carry on with a shrug of the shoulder, one hand on the wheel. We come to a red light and I’m commended on my slow approach. “I like what you’re doing here. You’re slowing down early to control the people behind you,” he said. Yes, people behind me, of course, I think. “Rear crashes account for somewhere in the neighbourhood of 40 per cent of all crashes,” says the veteran instructor of 25 years.

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Heading down Westminster Highway Strelau points out several drivers ahead of us driving in other drivers’ blind spots. “I wouldn’t recommend sitting in someone’s blind spot. “Now here, right here, cover your horn and brake,” he jolts, noting a driver who appears to be leaning into my lane with little distance between us. We approach a four-way stop procedure as the lights are out at No. 4 Road. “This bugger right here, just blocked the intersection. God all mighty,” says a frustrated Stelau when he sees a truck inch out. Taking a dicey left turn onto No. 4 we approach Granville Avenue and observe a pickup truck and van t-boned. Strelau shakes his head. “This is what happens when you don’t follow procedure,” he said.

It’s a fail At the end of the journey, Strelau notes I would have failed the driving exam as I had passed over a solid white line to change lanes. He says it’s likely the vast majority of veteran drivers would fail the exam if they applied their day-to-day routine during the test. As for Richmond, he says

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Hwang notices certain nuances among the new, immigrant community. “Lots of people carry children in cars without seatbelts. There are lots of stops, and it seems to be common in certain Asian cultures. There are little things, and I generally don’t see that among Caucasian drivers, but I wouldn’t say they don’t do that at all. However, I contrast this to novice drivers who have six passengers when they should only have one. So there’s that,” said Hwang. He noted that driver’s licence scandals of past years likely have an affect on the city’s reputation, and social media is a big factor that snowballs the unwarranted stereotypes and reputation. But ultimately, however, despite its quirks the city is no worse off than other parts of the region. “I wouldn’t say it’s any worse than driving in Vancouver or Burnaby,” said Hwang. Hwang said one theory behind poor driving in the region is that people apply the driving test too rigidly to everyday driving. “I’ve been told people study specifically for that test. Then when anything deviates from that, it’s like they cannot think for themselves because they’ve studied so rigidly,” said Hwang. Strelau agreed, adding he would like to see drivers re-examined every five to 10 years. He also suggested that ICBC charge hundreds of dollars for a driving exam. “Maybe people would take it more seriously if they had to fork over more money,” said Strelau.

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Parkers violating disabled rights

Among @RichmondDriver’s favourite (and concerning) driving manoeuvers was this doozy. Above right, the tally from a recent informal online poll on Facebook group Richmond Learns to Park, which has nearly 16,000 ‘likes.’ Below right, the results of the Richmond-News.com poll, indicating the city’s reputation is alive and well. Photo from @RichmondDrivers

@RichmondDriver chimes in

About 2,000 people follow @RichmondDrivers, a local Twitter account documenting driving goof-ups in the city. The person behind the account — a 28year-old, 20-year resident of Richmond and marketing expert — spoke to the Richmond News on Sea Island to discuss the decision to highlight the issue. News: How did you get started? @RichmondDrivers: A lot of people, when they drive, they get angry and I’m not the type of person who would try to get angry. But, if I feel like I want to be mad at someone, I try to make fun of them instead so...

News: You noted half of the bad drivers you see are non-Asian. @RichmondDrivers: On the road I see bad driving from everyone. There is no clear definition of a bad driver. It’s not gender, race; it’s not even age. News: What is it about the race card that seems to perpetuate this and other social media accounts?

@RichmondDrivers: I don’t know really, but maybe it’s just luck and coincidence that a city already known for bad driving turned out to be the biggest destination for Chinese immigrants. It’s perception more than anything.

News: Could it work vice-versa? @RichmondDrivers: Absolutely. It doesn’t surprise me. In China and Asia people seem to know what’s around them, but here there’s not that built-in radar. Here, everyone’s expected to stay in their lanes.

News: Have people taken it out of context? @RichmondDrivers: Someone accused me of being racist, which is ridiculous because Richmond is only half Asian. If you equate Richmond (and the Twitter account) with Asians then you’re the one who is probably racist.

News: Tell me a stunner. @RichmondDrivers: There was a sedan and the guy wanted to fit the whole fridge in the trunk. The fridge was halfway in and halfway out secured by a bungee cord and the backseat seatbelts. I give him creative points for use of the seatbelts but no points for safety.

News: You lived in Korea and have travelled Asia. Tell me about the driving culture there. @RichmondDrivers: I never considered driving there because I never understood the driving culture. My family came from Hong Kong so I’ve seen driving culture in multiple (Asian) countries. And in each one, while you might be a good driver in Canada, over there you could be a hazard because you don’t know how people operate.

News: With more traffic congestion coming into the city, is there light at the end of this tunnel? @RichmondDrivers: Not until the examination standards get tougher. Another thing I could blame is the population getting bigger and bigger, but the roads are not growing with the population. ...If anything they’re moving backwards. I mean, look what they’re doing to River Road. - Graeme Wood/Richmond News

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A complete disregard for disabled parking spaces throughout Richmond is among the city’s most concerning driving problems, according to the Richmond Centre for Disability. “We hope to heighten public awareness for the proper use of accessible parking permits and to curb its abuse and misuse,” said RCD executive director Ella Huang who notes there’s been a recent rash of violations that have been reported to the centre. She noted one vehicle at Aberdeen Centre had recently been caught with a four-year-old, tampered and expired placard. Last January, the centre’s board chair, Vince Miele, spoke to media about how Richmond had led Metro Vancouver municipalities in 2013 for disabled parking violation tickets; Richmond had 276, while Burnaby, a city with a similar population and area had just 153. Vancouver and Surrey had 214 and 254, respectively (although the statistics showed no enforcement levels). Miele now says the situation still hasn’t improved, at least anecdotally speaking. “More and more people are getting placards and family members are seeing the opportunity to use them. “And for a person to go through the trouble to make something up to park is outrageous,” said Miele. Excuses range from: ‘It was only two minutes’ to ‘I didn’t see it’ and ‘mind your own business,’ said Miele. Huang noted disabled people need the wide, designated spaces to exit and enter their vehicles . -Graeme Wood/Richmond News

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Here’s the difference between Canada and the USA: Americans are the only ones to get the Chevy SS, which is basically a four-door Corvette; Canadians are the only folks to get one last go at a 132hp four-cylinder hatchback. Where they salute the flag to red rockets in air and revolutionary cannon fire, we retire early to bed with the dulcet tones of Peter Mansbridge ringing in our ears, and thoughts of a nice cuppa of Red Rose tea in the morning. Yes, occasionally we Canadians unleash Beast Mode when handed a length of timber and told that the other guys have the puck, but mostly we’re laidback, and reserved, and conservative. The Matrix is a very Canadian sort of car, and a decade or so after its introduction, the Yankees have decided they don’t want it any more. We, on the other hand, apparently can’t get enough of the

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Toyota’s Matrix is a sober choice in the world of hatchbacks. Photo submitted thing, so it’s back again for 2014 like one last Rush reunion tour.

Design: The Matrix is built in Cambridge, Ontario, and is sort of the Canadian tuxedo of cars. If ever a machine were to wear all denim attire, this’d be it. A vast amount of puffy sheet metal seems to dwarf the 16-inch steel wheels (17-inch alloys are available as an option), and the greenhouse of the car clusters

atop the vehicle like the conning tower on the Seabus. Where newer machines find their ad campaigns crammed with words like “aggressive,” “dynamic,” and “emotional,” the Matrix is none of those things. The Matrix isn’t stylish, it’s simply there. The optional S package does add a tiny bit of pizzazz, with the aforementioned 17-inch alloys, front and rear aerokit and a rear hatch spoiler, but it’s still a tad hum-drum. This is not a

The Matrix carries a Toyota badge up front, but judging from the insides, a Rubbermaid one would be far more appropriate. While the Corolla now looks reasonably upscale inside, to the point of including a stitchedlook dash, the Matrix is from the old school Toyota line, and is festooned inside with plasticnotso-fantastic. The driver’s seat fabric does look pretty durable, but the armrests are unyielding. Rear seat room is surprisingly good, and while taller folks might not find the little Toyota to be especially comfortable, everybody else will. What’s more, the rear cargo area remains exemplary. It’s all plastic too, but that just means it’s highly durable and capable of handling bags of soil for the home gardner, or wet dogs, or lumberjack equipment.

The seats fold as flat as the Prairies – not always that common in the hatchback market – and the S model includes a flat-folding passenger seat as well. If you’re used to “S” standing for “sport”, then in this case, the sport is crosscountry skiing.

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Richmond battery firm helps power hybrid ferry Philip Raphael

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A Richmond-based, high-tech battery manufacturing firm is helping produce what is being touted as one of the “greenest” ferries in the world. Corvus Energy announced this week it is supplying a slew of its lithium ion batteries that form part of an advanced, hybrid propulsion system for the Texelstroom, a 1,750 passenger, 350-vehicle ferry being built for Dutch operator Teso. According to company spokesman Grant Brown, the battery capacity of 1.6 megawatts provides enough power to run a small city, but in the case of the Texelstroom the energy will be employed as back-up power or to increase the vessel’s efficiency. Construction of the ferry, which will ply the waters between Texel Island and the Dutch mainland, is expected to be completed by Spanish ship builder La Naval by the end of 2015. Brown said the vessel was planned to be a hybrid from the keel on up. It uses low sulphur bio diesel and CNG (compressed

natural gas) engines to create electricity for the propulsion system. The batteries from Corvus Energy can be used exclusively instead of the fossil fuel-burning engines for a short duration of time — about half an hour — or minimal operations — steerage and position keeping — if other systems fail. Helping replenish the batteries in addition to the engines’ generators is the Texelstroom’s 65-square-metre (700square-feet) array of solar panels. This is not the first time Corvus Energy has been involved with ships. In 2013, it was part of a cost-saving retrofit of Scandlines’ Prinsesse Benedikte which runs between Germany and Denmark. “Most shipping firms can justify spending $1 million for every one per cent of efficiency that is achieved,” Brown said. “With Scandlines, we were able to get an efficiency improvement of 25 per cent.” Given that kind of return, building a ship from scratch to be an efficient hybrid can result in even more dramatic savings. But what is ultimately expected from the Texelstroom is not being openly discussed at this point, although reductions

in operating costs are expected to foot the bill for the batteries in a span of just four years. Value of the contract to provide the ship’s battery system is not being divulged, said Brown, adding Corvus Energy is a privately held company with offices in the U.S. (Seattle), Nigeria, Singapore, and Delf Place in Richmond where 60 or so employees are responsible for manufacturing the batteries. Brown said the lithium ion batteries produced locally are lighter than conventional lead acid types, and more reliable than nickel metal hydrate versions. “With the reduction in weight, vessels can run more efficiently. And with the power storage capacity in the batteries there is less need for very heavy generators aboard that have to run continuously, burning up fuel.” Brown added that Corvus Energy specializes in the application of battery technologies, leaving the research and development to other firms — in this case,

Corvus Energy is supplying the new Dutch ferry Texelstroom (top) with batteries manufactured in its Richmond facility on Delf Place. Photos submitted

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Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum rethink is rewarding John Masters

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It took twice as long and cost 95 per cent more than it should have, but it’s tripled the attendance. In the first year since the Rijksmuseum reopened on April 13, 2013 (five years late) its €375-million refurbishment has brought in three million visitors —three times what the museum was attracting annually when it closed at the end of 2003. There isn’t more art on display or more space to show it in: it’s still 8,000 items on view in 80 rooms and galleries. But it’s not the same 8,000 you’d have seen if you’d come in 2003, and the layout is now chronological, with wings devoted to eras from 1100 to 2000. Pride of place, of course, goes to the Dutch Golden Age, 1600 to 1700. “Fine” art is now grouped with “decorative,” so oil paintings of a period are next to that age’s silver soup tureens, lacquered cabinets and well-wrought cuirasses. This

blending gives the viewer a fuller sense of the milieu in which a work was created, and it’s a good antidote to room after room of nothing but Old Masters. The exception is the Gallery of Honour, which, like the nave of a cathedral, leads to the museum’s high altar, Rembrandt’s Night Watch (1642). It’s filled with works by other Golden Age notables including Vermeer, Hals and Steen, but unsullied by lesser items. Previously, the Gallery of Honour was painted white. Now it’s been returned to how architect Pierre Cuypers originally decorated it: warm shades of orange-brown covered by lots of intricate 19th-century designs. The whole museum once looked like this, but only a few sections have been restored — present-day thinking is that too much Cuypers would still be too much. Also restored are two large courtyards that vanished in the 1960s when more galleries were added. Huge skylights over the

The Gallery of Honour leading to Rembrandt’s Night Watch (1642) has been returned to the way architect Pierre Cuypers decorated it, with intricate 19th-century designs covering the walls. Photo by John Masters/Meridian Writers’ Group courtyards, and the unblocking of windows, have made the museum much airier. The Golden Age galleries are the Rijksmuseum’s glory, but it’s worthwhile exploring other centuries, too. The 1800 to 1900 rooms, for example, show not just the era’s art (including an 1837 Van Gogh self-portrait), but also Holland’s

changing place in the world. This was the age of Napoleon, whose end resulted in the creation of the Netherlands in 1815. The Waterloo Gallery is dominated by the eponymous painting (1824) by Jan Willem Pieneman showing the battlefield, with Napoleon’s conqueror, Britain’s Duke of Wellington, front and centre. Even now, not everything is

as well laid out as it might be. The two 20th-century galleries in particular seem like afterthoughts, reached by back stairs. But here too are treasures. A small chamber displays just two items from the Second World War. One is a chessboard presented by SS commander Heinrich Himmler to the head of the Dutch Nazi party. The “men” are planes, bombs and advancing soldiers. The board’s sides list the countries the Third Reich has subdued. Next to it is the soiled jacket worn by a woman in a concentration camp. That may be the most heartwrenching piece in the whole museum.

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NEW 2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO DOUBLE CAB

6 speed auto, A/C, rear locking differential, 4.2” colour screen, power door locks, cruise, tailgate lock

CHEVROLET

Dueck price #4SI7200

MSRP $32,640

NEW 2014 CHEVROLET CRUZE

1 Le0f 5 t

25,995 Bi-weekly $142

#4CR7093

4.99% FOR 84 MONTHS

SAVINGS

$10,000.00

$11,868.00

$1,868.00

$25,000.00

$29,671.00

$4,671.00

$50,000.00

$59,342.00

$9,342.00

$75,000.00

$89,014.00

$14,014.00

$100,000.00

$118,685.00

$18,685.00

3 Lef5 t

6 Speed auto, A/C, Climate control, remote keyless entry, power windows, traction control, 6 airbags, USB Port, Bluetooth

MSRP $17,595

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0% FOR 84 MONTHS

NEW 2014 CHEVROLET TRAX

5 star safety score, 10 air bags, power windows, remote entry, traction control, StabiliTrak

14,490 Bi-weekly $79

NEW 2014 GMC TERRAIN

2 Lef9 t

6 speed auto, A/C, engine block heater, rearview back-up camera, fog lights, Bluetooth, Executive demo

MSRP $23,095

Dueck price

VEHICLE PRICE

Dueck price

20,995

$ #4TX3253

MSRP $30,095

Bi-weekly $115

Dueck price

25,495

$ #4TE6551

Bi-weekly $140

FREE BBQ OR TRIP FOR TWO TO VEGAS WITH PURCHASE NEW 2014 CHEVROLET EQUINOX

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NEW 2014 BUICK ENCORE

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NEW 2014 GMC SIERRA CREW CAB

Tru208 cks

6 speed auto, A/C, Bluetooth, Cruise, remote keyless entry, 6 airbags, tire pressure monitor, USB port

6 speed auto, Climate control, leather, Intellink, OnStar, XM Radio, 6 speaker Bose premium audio system, Executive demo

MSRP $28,075

MSRP $32,310

MSRP $34,850

Dueck price

25,998

$ #4EQ1581

Bi-weekly $142

NEW 2014 CHEVROLET CAMARO

9L eft

3.6L Auto, 19” bright aluminum wheels, coupe, remote keyless entry system, leather wrapped wheel with audio controls

MSRP $34,890

#4CA5609

Hwy 99 & Steveston

#4EN9540

Bi-weekly $178

Bi-weekly $162

NEW 2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO CREW CAB 4X4

4X4

4.3L V6, A/C, 4.2” Colour screen, bluetooth, deep tinted glass, cruise, power door locks, remote keyless entry, rear locking differential, steering wheel mounted audio controls, trailering equipment

MSRP $44,970

Dueck price

32,495

29,495

#4SI4148

Bi-weekly $222

29,799

$ #4CK3423

Bi-weekly $164

NEW 2014 GMC SIERRA DENALI 4X4

4X4

5.3L V8, flex fuel, sunroof, leather, remote keyless entry, remote emote start, deep tinted glass, cruise, fog lamps, power door locks, rear locking differential, Nav, bluetooth, heated and cooled seats, rear vision camera

MSRP $64,755

Dueck price

40,470

5.3L V8 Flex fuel, A/C, rear locking differential, 4.2” colour screen, Power door locks, All season tired, USB port

59,988

$ #4CK4492

Dueck price

Bi-weekly $329

Taxes and $549 documentation fees excluded. All prices are net of Dueck and GM discounts, loyalties and rebates. Prices reflect owners of discontinued brands such as Hummer, Cobalt, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Saturn. See dealer for detail. Chevrolet corvette and All Cadillac Models are excluded from 0% for 84 months. Sales ends August 31st 2014. No payments for 6 months are deferred payments.