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Joe Peschisolido was hardly swamped by supporters at the Liberal nomination meeting where he was acclaimed the candidate for Steveston-Richmond East.

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ell, hasn’t this campaign started with a pop!

Calling a federal election smack in the middle of summer, when our biggest concern is going to bed with sand between our toes, should make for a lazy, hazy campaign launch. But that’s hardly been the case in Richmond.

The intrigue began Monday when a Wendy Yuan supporter phoned to confirm I was sending a reporter to an announcement later that day. The caller said it would “blow my mind.” I snickered at the thought. Elections in Richmond are a lot of things, but rarely are they mind-blowing.

However, I have to admit he wasn’t all wrong. Yuan, who was hoping to represent the federal Liberal Party in the new riding of Steveston-Richmond East, announced she recently received a call from the Liberal Party officials, telling her she had been nixed from the ballot and Joe Peschisolido would be acclaimed.

It was news to us that the Allianceturned-Liberal was even running.

Yuan was told her application didn’t pass the “green light” stage. Strange, given it was good enough for the last two elections.

She had run as a Liberal candidate in 2008 and 2011, in the Vancouver-Kingsway riding, both times losing to NDP Don Davies, but still garnering significant support.

Yuan suspects her rejection has to do with Richmond’s former MP, Raymond Chan, now a party fundraiser. The implication is Chan interfered because Yuan has questioned his ethics in regards to fundraising within the Chinese community.

We don’t know if that’s the case. What we do know is that the practice, and this is certainly not an isolated example, of hand-picking candidates and over-riding the nomination process is bad news for democracy. Parties are quite justified in vetting candidates to check for skeletons, but it’s hard to believe that’s what this is about.

Meanwhile, over at the Conservative camp, Stephen Harper was in Richmond on Tuesday night speaking to supporters.

While the media was invited to attend, record and disseminate his campaign speech about how his party is fighting terrorism to protect our freedoms, questions (as is often the case at a Harper event) would not be permitted. If that’s not questionable enough, when a reporter with CKNW 980 asked a question, not to Harper but to supporters attending the event, she was escorted out of the building.

These may be small incidents in themselves, but they represent a truly concerning assault on our democracy — the very ideology we are attempting to uphold by having an election in the first place.

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Protect the Mom and Pop shops Dear Editor, Independent or Mom and Pop retailers, such as those that make the village of Steveston so unique and tourist-friendly, are driven out of existence by two factors: A) when malls or big-box retailers draw too many customers away, and, B) when districts or neighbourhoods become so popular or attractive to foreign investors that landlords begin to increase rents to a point where long-established small retailers can no longer afford to stay in business.

In the most egregious cases, rents are sometimes doubled or even tripled when leases expire.

The former will probably never impact Mom and Pop businesses in Steveston to any significant degree, but we should be wary of the latter affecting the business makeup of the village to the extent that only high-end or chain stores will be able to afford to rent storefronts on its main streets.

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retailers who have been responsible for imbuing Steveston with its unique character and shopping experiences and friendly small-town atmosphere will be driven out and the area will become as sterile and generic in personality as every strip mall in the city.

And with every new building and their accompanying high storefront rental rates, the likelihood of this trend transforming Steveston into something very different than what it is now is increases exponentially.

Unique, personalized businesses, or ones that are common to every other part of the city and the Lower Mainland? It’s as simple a question as that.

(Note: for an informative expose of why Mom and Pop businesses are an endangered species, watch the documentary Independent America: The Two-Lane Search for Mom & Pop 2005) Ray Arnold Richmond

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data from 2009 to 2014, the study suggests that the availability of UberX-‘the low-cost Uber’-decreased impaired driving fatalities by 3.6% to 5.6%. Speculation is that because Uber is often cheaper and more easily and promptly accessible than regular taxi services, more people are calling Uber for their drive home after consuming alcohol.

The Greenwood/Wattal study also shows that Uber’s surge pricing model, which generally increases prices on weekends, has resulted in no decrease in weekend impaired driving fatality rates. (Uber has a patent pending on an algorithm that during times of increased rider demand increases prices to ‘surge’ levels to attract more drivers and also to reduce demand.). Extrapolated nationally, these tentative study results hold the potential for support Uber-like services to save 500 lives every year from the continuing serious impact of impaired driving, currently suggested by some studies at 13,000 fatalities per year in the US. Critics like Carolyn Bauer, the head of the Vancouver Taxi Association point to the 54 percent drop in impaired driving fatalities from 2010 to 2014 resulting from tougher penalties and better enforcement, and not from Uber availability, Vancouver (along with Calgary) thus far having successfully resisted Uber. Ms. Bauer was quoted as saying, “[ Taxi drivers across Canada] pay their dues here and insurance is not cheap, so is it fair for someone to come and not be on a level playing field?”

Professor Mark Wexler of Simon Fraser University also downplays this finding, reportedly saying that the inevitable increased regulation of Uber will likely reduce its breakout pricing and service level advantages: “Any time that you flood the market with a new idea, it’s jut a matter of time until the old problem present itself.”

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I am very disappointed by the nomination of Joe Peschisolido.

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Dear Editor, I don’t have a car and I was dumbfound to find out that the Liberal nomination (Steveston-Richmond east riding) meeting was being held in the Hamilton area.

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Vote splitting may Flexibility is key to adding property value be best option Dear Editor, The blocking of Steveston Richmond-East candidate Wendy Yuan leaves a couple questions. If they didn’t want her as a candidate why didn’t they say so last March? Waiting until the last minute in favour of a candidate that has a less than stellar relationship with voters doesn’t make sense.

On the bright side, voters in Richmond now have the opportunity to split their votes in a strategic way. Richmond Centre Liberal candidate Lawrence Woo is a retired accountant who strongly believes in balanced budgets and has spent a lifetime volunteering in the community.

NDP candidate Scott Stewart in Steveston RichmondEast spent his career serving the community as a police officer and now serves his country as a Canadian Armed Forces reservist.

A minority government that can pick the best policies of all the parties could be our best option for better government. The main reason the Conservatives have won recent elections here is because so many people didn’t vote. Before that, Richmond was a strong Liberal riding.

I think people in Richmond like to pick the winner and this time around that is not going to be Stephen Harper.

We can’t afford four more years of Harper’s debts and his oil-only economic policy.

The province of B.C. and Richmond seniors cannot afford his proposed $36 billion in cuts to healthcare funding. The richest generation in Canadian history should not be passing its bills down to future generations.

Stephen Harper does not get that. When we are old and in need of assistance, do we not want to be respected by our caregivers?

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Dear Editor, I have been following the city’s debate regarding the early termination of the Land Use Contracts (LUC) in Richmond.

I currently live in Tiffany Estates in the Riverdale neighbourhood, which falls under the LUC. Under the current rules, I would have a lot more flexibility if I ever decided to re-build my home in terms of scale and style.

Flexibility adds value to a property and removing that flexibility would have a direct impact on the value of my property.

You only have to look at a lot that is sub-dividable compared to one that is not. The price difference is significant (it is not an exaggeration if I say it is in the hundreds of thousands).

As an LUC property owner, I am concerned about the proposed early termination. I know many Richmond residents who have the majority of their wealth tied to their home and are relying on the equity to fund their retirement.

The removal of the LUC will impact the value of your home as the pool of potential buyers will diminish. It means that you will be restricted in what can be built on your lot and the restrictions are fairly limiting.

I am not a developer and do not

intend to rebuild my house any time soon, but I might at some point.

Many families have their millennials living with them or have to accommodate their elderly parents.

It is a trend that is increasing.

Under the current LUC, I would have another 10 years to rebuild but now I’m looking at the prospect of having to build in the next year and a half or be restricted to building a home that is smaller than what was built back in the 1980s.

Most homes on my size lot (40x100) are around 2,400-2,500 square feet.

Under the new regulations, the maximum I would be able to build is 2,200 square feet. It would not make economic sense to rebuild a 2,200-square-foot house as a house that size would be hard-pressed to accommodate a multi-generational family.

Most of the letters I have read or the discussions that I have heard were against monster homes and developers looking to cash in on a hot real estate market.

I am writing this letter to say that it goes beyond the developer demographic and that these changes will negatively impact the average Richmond citizen.

If you are thinking of re-developing your home in the future, are a pensioner and have the majority of

your net worth tied into your home, looking to accommodate your elderly parents/adult children and/ or simply wanting to sell and move — you should be concerned about the early termination of the LUC contracts.

Not all LUC property owners will build a monster house and extract every square inch of their allotment (I know I wouldn’t).

I would like to build a house that works with the aesthetics my neighbourhood, but also works for my evolving family.

I encourage you to do the math on how it will affect the value of your property.

Until I did the math, I supported the restrictions. (I actually still do as I am also in the camp that new construction must take into account their neighbours/neighbourhood when drawing up plans.)

However, that all changed when I saw the numbers written down on paper. The maximum house on a 4,000-square-foot lot is only 2,200 square feet.

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See benefits of immigration Dear Editor, I am a long-time resident of Richmond, and I would like to write to express my displeasure at some changes I have observed recently.

There has been much immigration over the past 25 years or so, and along with that have come cultural and social changes and an increased presence of people of Chinese descent in this city which was previously dominated by the descendents of another group of immigrants, namely Europeans.

This new wave of immigration has brought a new level of diversity to Richmond, which can be observed in the variety of shops and restaurants available, as well as in the emergence of positive additions to the city’s leisure scene, such as the Richmond Night Market and the Chinese New Year celebrations.

As a mother of three children who attend public school and participate in numerous out-of-school activities, I witness daily interactions between children of more recent immigrant backgrounds and those with more distant immigrant roots and see that, in general, there is harmony and good will between residents of Richmond.

The disappointing change that I have noticed, and which causes me to brace myself every time I open my local paper, is this new preponderance of negative letters to the editor in which it seems acceptable to express a general dislike for the “new immigrants.”

Everybody knows that by “new immigrants” letter-writers mean “Chinese.” It is also clear that “long-time resident” means “(probably middle-aged) white person.”

In fact, the same “long-term” residents seem to be writing letters week after week to air their views about the way Richmond used to be and how things are just not the same anymore.

Week after week, I read these letters and feel anger at the pure ignorance and lack of perspective of these “locals,” descendants of immigrants who likely faced similar hurdles in their adaptations to this country populated by immigrants.

But more so, I feel dismay that some people of Chinese descent might read these letters and believe that the hostile and xenophobic attitudes expressed in them represents my feelings, or those of the majority. They do not.

Richmond is a wonderful place to live because of its diversity not in spite of it, and I for one plan to stay here for many years to come.

Emilie Henderson Richmond This week, the Letter of the Week winner will receive four ticket to a BC Lions game against Aug. 20. Send your letters to editor@richmond-news.com.

The editor reserves the right to edit letters.

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NEWS in the City Harper sticks to economy during visit to Richmond Prime Minister is first party leader to make an appearance in the city since campaign began GRAEMEWOOD Staff Reporter

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t was an all-natural feeling of euphoria that filled the air Tuesday evening inside a local hotel conference hall, during a Conservative Party of Canada gathering featuring Prime Minister Stephen Harper — the first federal party leader to visit Richmond since the 42nd federal election was called.

Harper addressed a decidedly partisan crowd of several hundred supporters, who frequently erupted in cheers, banging their blue thunder sticks and waving signs of local candidates, including Richmond Centre incumbent Member of Parliament Alice Wong.

“The world we live in is dangerous and unpredictable. Our economy and prosperity are vulnerable to things we don’t control,” said Wong prior to introducing Harper.

The Prime Minister of nine years did not field questions from media during the event, which ended with a CKNW radio reporter being shown the door for asking supporters questions about marijuana legalization.

Instead, Harper took the opportunity to cater to a number of points he’s been making early in his campaign.

He first thanked organizers, stating, “We know big events just don’t organize themselves,” and followed that by drilling down on the differences in economic philosophies between him and Liberal Party of Canada leader Justin Trudeau and New Democratic Party of Canada leader Thomas Mulcair.

He called upon his own leadership and resume as a long-time head of government to get the country through

■ Prime Minister Stephen Harper started the Conservative campaign in Richmond on a high note. Photo by Graeme Wood/ Richmond News

adversity.

He said Canada faces “difficult choices in an unprecedented time of economic instability …we don’t control the price of oil, we don’t control the price of the Chinese stock market or the financial mismanagement of other countries.”

Harper said Canada now has the lowest federal tax burden in more than 50 years and his government has been the most open one ever to international free trade agreements.

He said keeping taxes low is of great importance.

“One of the principles of this government is that your money belongs to you, not the bureaucracy in Ottawa,” said

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Harper before being drowned out by cheers from the crowd.

Harper defended the one-size-fits-all universal childcare benefit program, which gives equal, taxable payments to all families with children, regardless of income levels.

“Justin Trudeau cannot explain how he will pay for all his expenditures …Do budgets balance themselves in Richmond?” asked Harper.

He then attacked Mulcair for promising to raise taxes on “job-creating businesses,” alluding to the country’s low corporate tax rates.

On resource development, Harper criticized an Ontario NDP candidate for recently stating “a lot of oil sands may have to be left in the ground.”

“This is the position the Mulcair NDP and the federal Liberals take regularly, coming out against projects again and again before the results of scientific environmental assessments are even completed. When push comes to shove these two parties always, always, always play to the anti-development crowd and they’ve even taken this view to oppose LNG development,” said Harper.

He rounded out his speech stating his continued support for the international coalition against ISIS. He said Mulcair and Trudeau are too politically correct on the issue.

“If you cannot bring yourself to call jihadist terrorism for what it is, you cannot be trusted to confront it,” said Harper.

He said Mulcair has voted against every security measure proposed by his government.

Harper further defended Bill C-51, which has been labelled by critics as “Canada’s Patriot Act,” as it may threaten civil liberties in attempts to monitor civilian activities in the name of national security.

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Yuan supporters protest outside Peschisolido’s nomination GRAEMEWOOD Staff Reporter

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n Tuesday evening, as StevestonRichmond East Conservative candidate Kenny Chiu sat behind Prime Minister Stephen Harper during a local rally and NDP candidate Scott Stewart worked the phone lines with constituents, newly acclaimed Liberal candidate Joe Peschisolido stood in a nearly empty room of the Hamilton Community Centre while an upset crowd protested his appointment outside.

The internal feud within the Liberal Party of Canada in Richmond is the result of failed nominee Wendy Yuan, a past two-time candidate in Vancouver-Kingsway, accusing party insiders, namely former MP Raymond Chan, of nomination interference.

“All these members who joined the party to believe in democracy, to believe in the right to vote and today their right was taken away. It’s as simple as that,” said Yuan as roughly 150 people stuffed a mock ballot box with her name.

Chan didn’t respond to requests for an interview via party organizers from the Richmond News but denied the allegations to the Vancouver Sun. Outside, members waved Canadian flags and one man sang in Chinese holding a sign stating “Democracy blooms — we hope.”

Meanwhile, Peschisolido, a lawyer and former Canadian Alliance-turned-Liberal

Liberal candidate doesn’t think backlash will hurt his chances MP for Richmond from 2000-2004, did not come out to greet the crowd.

Asked if the turmoil would hurt his chances, he replied: “Not at all. It’s a 10-week campaign and people will be voting on the economy, the environment, social policies, tax reform, and local issues as well, such as the port authority…and looking at why the government has completely abdicated its role in the pipeline to the airport — and how a spill would massively impact property values and destroy marine life. That’s what’s going to count,” he said, saying he didn’t know anything about Yuan’s charges of backdoor meddling.

He said he would expect Yuan’s supporters to vote Liberal. But Yuan wasn’t so sure.

“I don’t know who they are going to be voting for,” she said.

The “they” is potentially thousands of Chinese-Canadians, many of them seniors and new immigrants unable to field English questions from the Richmond News.

Peschisolido noted party members don’t have to be residents or the voting age.

After resigning as the president of the riding, Peter Xie estimated of the 3,000 members Yuan claims to have signed up over two years, about 90 per cent could vote in the general election.

Xie said the party organizers purposefully chose the distant Hamilton Community

! Wendy Yuan supporters gathered outside Joe Peschisolido’s nomination ceremony, protesting her failed nomination. Graeme Wood/Richmond News.

Centre to prevent people from coming to the ceremony.

Liberal event coordinator Zoe Ferry said she couldn’t find a venue in the riding on such short notice (one week).

When asked why she didn’t consult with Xie, she deferred questions to Shaun Govender, executive director of the party in B.C. Govender said, according to internal

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troll the streets of Steveston for a while and you might just come across Peanut, the Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross.

It’s more than likely the three-year-old has drawn a small crowd wanting to pet her or just say hello.

But it’s more than just her good nature and cute looks attracting the attention — it is the special badge she often wears in public on her harnesses and vests.

It’s a blind dog badge. And her owners, Leanne and Shaun Bird, are hoping an online petition they’ve posted will help earn Peanut and other dogs such as her, an exemption from the City of Richmond’s breed-specific bylaw labeling her a dangerous dog, a classification which forces her to don a muzzle in public.

Like most dogs she’s uncomfortable with it strapped around her face.

But in Peanut’s case, it also inhibits her spacial senses, something she relies on heavily because of her blindness.

“It’s especially difficult for her because it blocks those whiskers she uses to get

! The owners of Peanut, the blind Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross, are hoping to convince the city to ammend its dangerous dog bylaws for dogs like her. Photo submitted.

around,” Leanne Bird said.

“It’s all those really small ones (whiskers) around the front of her face and chin that pick up the air currents and detect things before she hits them.”

The Birds’ petition for a bylaw change went online Monday (Aug. 10) and as of Thursday morning it had the support of nearly 1,600 people.

The Birds got Peanut as a rescue dog when she was just six months old and soon noticed she would often bump into things, but put it down to clumsiness of youth.

But, as she got older, serious concerns were raised.

“When my husband took

her for a walk, and she ran full-on into a fence,” Bird said. A vet finally confirmed about a year and half ago that she was blind.

The special blind dog badge she wears helps people understand not to startle her if they want to approach and pet her.

“She’s really popular in our neighbourhood and has almost become a breed ambassador,” she said. “We have commands we use, like ‘say hi Peanut,’ so she knows she’s going to be introduced to somebody.”

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erry Starck is retiring … again.

The soon-to-be 95-year-old, former accountant is calling it quits on his volunteer job that he’s had for 29 years, working for Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) preparing income tax statements for seniors, the unemployed, and those with low incomes.

“When you can’t do your best anymore, it’s time to stop,” says Starck, a resident at the Ukrainian Community Society Of Ivan Franko retirement home, a place he’s lived for the past 22 years.

Starck says he was semi-retired and living in Ladner when he spied an ad in the newspaper calling for CRA volunteers.

“That was 1987 and I’ve stuck with them since then,” says the former 10-handicap golfer and avid curler who recently gave up driving because his health had taken a downturn — another reason why he has decided to stop the number crunching at tax time.

“The doctors, they found some spots on my left lung. It’s cancer,” he says matter-of-factly, sitting in the living room of his neatly maintained unit he calls his office, with a big screen TV set to a music channel streaming out 1950s classics, and a desktop computer used mainly for tax preparation.

When he started the tax-filing volunteer work it was all done on paper.

Today, it’s mostly on computer.

“I had to go back to school to learn all of that so I could e-file for people,” he says with a smile. “Doing it electronically, it’s a great advance. It’s all done right, and it’s convenient.” ! Jerry Starck, 95, has been volunteering with the CRA since He started the 1987, preparing income tax statements for seniors, the unemroad to accountancy ployed, and those with low incomes. in high school in With his four children scattered Winnipeg — where his family landed from Poland in 1926. across the country, Starck says the volunteer work gave him purpose.

He enrolled in a business class and But did he ever think he’d spend took night school typing and shortclose to three decades volunteering? hand classes. Later, he put those skills “No, but in those days when I first to work as an army clerk during the Second World War — a medical condi- started there weren’t many volunteers.

And it helped keep my mind sharp.” tion kept him from overseas duty.

So did the lessons he learned early Nattily attired in a loose-fitting, grey, on as a young, articling accountant Ralph Lauren, long-sleeved polo shirt with a tough boss who insisted he caland perfectly creased plaid pants, culate numbers in his head for a year Starck says during the tax season before touching the adding calculator. he’d handle 50 to 60 returns a month.

“That was the best education I ever Some were done for people in his received.” building.

But now it’s time for him to push Many became friends. away the keyboard, albeit reluctantly.

“Oh, yes. I’d get to know them all.

“I was hoping to do 30 years. I wish I I just was happy to do something for could continue working.” someone else.”

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As part of its new Smart Thermostat Pilot Program, the City of Richmond is offering a $125 incentive to a maximum of 150 households that purchase and install the following eligible smart thermostats: Nest Thermostat, Ecobee 3 or Honeywell Lyric.

Smart or learning thermostats are a new technology that can determine when residents are away and adjust temperatures to optimize energy use. They also use internet connectivity and user feedback to help people make smarter energy decisions in their homes.

The program is open to Richmond residents living in single-family homes, duplexes and townhouses, on a first come, first served basis. An eligible smart thermostat must be purchased between May 25, 2015 and October 31, 2015, and participants must register for the program by October 31, 2015.

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.&:$9'-43$& 3'!$94-&4;( 49-"237;% 7+3/ 1$27 !/-#4) &#*'+"!)%$( ,-5-/-8-&8 6-8*22/-4( 6-037-/3& /-'-&8) ".&.1 -&)0% #!./% !.!$ *0+(%' !., 4*6/.! .'2,%1!/5!0 ".6*1$3)&* -!+!%!#5&!( 1. New residents of Richmond or students moving within Richmond and changing schools or nonRichmond residents wishing to apply to go to Richmond schools, should register as soon as possible at the Central Registration ofVce at the Richmond School District Board OfVce - 7811 Granville Avenue, Richmond, B.C. V6Y 3E3, 9am-3pm, Monday-Friday. Additional hours 3pm-8pm will be added August 24-September 10, 2015, Monday-Thursday.

2. Parents or legal guardians must personally attend along with their child, when registering for school.

The following documents are required at the time you register your child: a. Student s Original Birth Certi>cate translated into English by a Certi`ed Translator, if necessary. b. Student s and Parents Original Proof of Status in Canada bring one of the following: 1. Valid Permanent Resident card (or proof of renewal application payment) with passport or Record of Landing with passport (if PR card not issued); or 2. Canadian passport or Citizenship card or Canadian birth certi`cate; or 3. Letter of Acceptance from the Superintendent s of`ce prior to registering, if you have a work permit or study permit or refugee status. c. Current Residential Address bring one of the following: 1. Current property tax notice and utility bill; or 2. Signed formal long-term lease/rental agreement and security deposit; or 3. Signed contract of sale and purchase with possession date, subjects removed and a copy of deposit draft.

AND Canadian bank account or credit card, or employment within the community (pay cheque stub), or life or health insurance (eg. MSP), or home owner grant, or provincial car registration or driver s license/service card. d. Other documents required for each student: 1. Last school report card or school transcript of marks; 2. Any immunization record (health record); 3. Any reports needed to request extra classroom support; 4. Any legal custody documents; 5. Letter of consent to register the child from the absent spouse who has joint custody. 6. Notice of Assessment remitted as a B.C. Resident. * We reserve the right to request additional documents if required *

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2. If there is no space at the catchment school, the student will be placed by a representative of the board at a nearby school.

4. Late Returning Students: Parents of a child who is currently enrolled in a Richmond school and is returning to school, for critical reasons, later than 12 NOON on Wednesday September 9, 2015, but on or before Friday September 18, 2015 must advise the Central Registration of`ce by 12 NOON, August 14, 2015 of the late return date to hold the student s place in the school. Forms are available at the Central Registration of`ce.

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Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s sustainable agriculture program is about to tackle the quagmire of real estate speculation on farmland

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! Farms continue to be threatened

Mullinix recently hosted a public forum with recently fired Agricultural Land Commission chair Richard Bullock as the guest speaker. Bullock also described the situation bluntly.

! Members of Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s sustainable agriculture program have taken over the front steps of the community campus with a veg-

etable garden. The campus was initially planned to be built on the Garden City Lands. Now KPU may use the lands to research food systems. From left to right: Dr. Michael Bomford, Rebecca Kilford, Grace Augustinowicz and Dr. Kent Mullinix. Below: Richard Bullock. Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News

“We’ve got to take the speculative value out of farmland, and my concern is we were moving down that road but some recent changes may have given hope to speculators again,” said Bullock.

Those changes are recent reforms to the Agricultural Land Commission, the provincial authority that manages the ALR. A loosening of some rules is allowing more businessrelated infrastructure on ALR land, noted Coun. Harold Steves, who has repeatedly claimed much of Richmond’s farmland is being bought by foreign investors — although no one has yet proven that.

“The (buyers) don’t even know it’s farmland and that they can’t develop it,” said Steves, who has told city council how some in the real estate sector are marketing farmland for future development.

Some of that development is already happening, however, with the building of mansions along the street front.

Not only do the houses ruin the land for farming in perpetuity (or at least the 100 years required to build the soil back up), they also alter the public’s perception of farming in the community, said Hendess.

“The houses block out views and the

In the spring of 2016, KPU in Richmond public loses the understanding that there’s will graduate its first cohort of students in the farming going on and there’s something to Bachelors of Applied Science in sustainable protect. And so, when they can see farming agriculture program. they’re more connected to it, I think,” she The program is focused on studying food said. systems and their impacts on both local and According to Metro Vancouver research global food security. Graduates from 2011, roughly 25 per may become anything from cent of the ALR in the region farmers, teachers, resource is not being farmed. Another Our potential to have managers, and government quarter is unusable (parks, an impact on the and non-profit employees. golf courses, roads) and the Among the students are half that is farmed accounts environment with the Grace Augustinowicz and Refor 27 per cent of B.C.’s farm way we eat is tremen- becca Kilford, who tentatively receipts. dous. plan to become an educator “You’re on top of some of and policy planner, respecthe finest agriculture today in – D. M B, tively. the province,” said Bullock.

KPU I “I want to change our food system and create a more ! KPU researching land equal balance because the value scale is so out of whack from Mullinix intends to bring clarity to what has the farmers to production,” said Kilford. driven up ALR land value and who owns the

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land.

A research project this fall has been made possible by a federal grant funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council with the City of Richmond and the City of Surrey as partners, given both cities have urban development fronting ALR land.

“We will also calculate what people would have to pay for commonly produced and consumed foods from farmers in Richmond and Surrey if consumers paid for these foods at a rate that would allow farmers to purchase ALR land and service the debt,” added Mullinix.

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very Saturday this summer, Kareno Hawbolt and Kimi Hendess have set up a small stand outside Nirvana Food Mart at the south end of No. 2 Road.

There, they sell the organic produce harvested, largely by hand, from a four-acre plot up the road, behind a new mansion owned by their landlord.

Slightly further up the road, a 6.2-acre plot in the provincial Agricultural Land Reserve is for sale, listed for $8.2 million. Half of the property is designated for residential or business use.

The sale would work out to about $1.3 million per acre, effectively pricing out anyone such as Kawbolt or Hendess from owning the land they farm.

Instead, the two are forced to lease at the going rate of roughly $250 per acre, per month.

While Dr. Kent Mullinix, director of the Kwantlen Polytechnic University Institute for Sustainable Food Systems, may be remiss to call the two upstart organic farmers serfs (and he did not), he is very blunt about what is going on in Richmond, Metro Vancouver and other parts of the province.

“That economic system is called feudalism,” he said.

“The issue is the farmers can’t buy land; they can’t afford it. There’s no agriculture start-up that can service $50,000 an acre cost, let alone $300,000 (the average cost of ALR land in Richmond),” said Mullinix, noting “you can’t grow enough broccoli” to service such debt.

Without a plan to make farming more accessible in the midst of irrefutable scientific evidence of climate change and pollution, the existence of healthy, sustainable and cost-efficient food is in jeopardy, experts argue.

! Food (in)security

Experts in the field note that there are a number of reasons why it’s important to maintain local agricultural, from health and environmental benefits to global and national security.

“Our potential to have an impact on the environment with the way we eat is tremendous,” said KPU instructor Dr. Michael Bomford, who said as much as 15 per cent of energy consumption is related to the way we eat.

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FRIDAYFeature Local eating challenge will shed light on food ‘gaps’ From page 14 And while much attention has been put on “food miles” in one’s diet, Bomford adds that “we need to look at the whole system and that includes the processing and packaging of food and how we prepare food in our kitchens.”

Bomford has also studied the food system’s impact on climate change, noting livestock contributes to greenhouse gases (14.5 per cent of all human-caused GHGs, according to the United Nations in 2013).

Those gases are warming the world, causing climate change.

Whether one believes that such gases are causing California’s repeated droughts, Steves said the state’s water problems are reason enough to keep and ameliorate farmland in B.C. granted roughly 65-70 per cent of the fruits and vegetables British Columbians eat come from there.

State statistics show declining reservoirs and aquifers over the past decade.

“Major producing areas are suffering from drought. They’re also suffering from elevated temperatures. The fact is both factors will render these major production areas unable to produce in the future,” warned Mullinix.

! Food prices rising three times faster than all other costs

Statistics Canada shows overall food prices rising faster than the Consumer Price Index: From June 2014 to June 2015, CPI was 1.0 while food rose by 3.4 per cent (fresh meat, a water-intensive product, rose 12.7 per cent).

“We can continue to pay more and more and more for scarce goods or we can develop the capacity here to grow it,” said MulWe can continue to linix. pay more and more This month, anfor scarce goods or other project we can develop the aims to capacity to grow it. tackle local food security – D. K M and examine the gaps in Richmond’s local food system.

The Richmond Food Security Society is hosting the Richmond Eats challenge (Raiseathon.ca/RichmondEats) whereby participants may only eat food grown or raised on Lulu Island from Aug. 24 to 30.

It’s the first major public event for the society’s new director Anita Georgy.

“It’s about raising awareness for local farmers and for us, in the community, to connect with local food and to get in touch with the seasonality of food, and discover gaps in the food system.

And it will be an opportunity to look at issues of food security, such as what are the prices of things in Richmond and what is available organically,” she said.

The challenge allows for participants to have three “cheat” items, such as cooking oil, bread or tofu.

A list of local farms will help people source their food.

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! Anita Georgy, the new director of the Richmond Food Security Society, is challenging Richmondites to eat locally in the last week of August. She hopes to raise $10,000 for community gardening and other local food initiatives. Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News

! Getting more boots on the ground

Finding enough farmers such as Hawbolt and Hendess may not be an issue for the handful of participants in the challenge but it could be for the community at large, according to long-time farmer Bill Zylmans.

“We’re not seeing the outsiders coming in. And a lot of farmer sons and daughters are leaving the farms because they want an easier lifestyle,” he said, noting medium-sized farms are replacing the smaller operations over time.

Zylmans said the regular stresses of farming have been compounded by the fact it’s only realistic to lease land in the Lower Mainland.

At Sweet Digz, Hendess said they were lucky to get a five-year lease as most owners will not lease for more than one year, if at all, making small operations difficult to hold on to.

Mullinix said owners like leasing land because of the tax breaks but Hawbolt said on smaller lots the breaks are a “drop in the bucket” compared to not having to deal with a lease.

There are things that can be done to prevent land speculation, said Mullinix.

For instance, many provinces in Canada place restrictions on foreign investment in farmland, as does China and a number of European countries.

With China feeding one billion people, Bullock notes, “no place else in the world treats their land like we do.”

On a smaller scale, Hawbolt notes the city could set special agricultural water rates to assist local operations.

As well, programs such as KPU’s “farm incubator” lends students half-acre plots as testing grounds.

The now retired Bullock concluded, “This is something we need three times a day. We gotta eat and the closer we get the food, the better.”

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Will we have to find new phrases to convey such a timeless concept as authority?

This isn’t the first upheaval in the world of words. In the mid-15th century, Johannes Gutenberg of Mainz, Germany, began experimenting with the printing press, employing individual reusable letters cast from matrices in a mould.

Previously, in the West, books had been written by hand, by one or more scribes patiently tracing letters on pages of vellum or paper.

These books were called manuscripts, from the Latin “manu” (by hand) and “scriptus” (past participle of “scribere”, to write).

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Before the 19th century, books were usually sold as loose sheets. These sheets would be taken to a bindery where they were folded into gatherings, sewn together (it was up to the reader to cut open the pages with a paper knife) and bound in vellum, leather, or even wooden boards.

The format of the book depended on the size and number of the pages printed on the sheet.

Many of the ancient Latin and Greek texts published by the Aldine Press were in a format called small octavo (Latin meaning in eighth) — 16 pages of text printed on one sheet, which was folded three times to produce eight leaves.

They were often bound in vellum and easily carried in a satchel or coat pocket.

Thus, in a certain sense, these were the first pocket books.

Paperbacks (or pocket books), as we know them, were born in 1935 when Allen Lane founded Penguin Books, although there had been a forerunner in Germany — Tauchnitz editions, which were reprints of British authors, launched

by Christian Tauchnitz in 1841, for sale in countries outside Great Britain.

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World War II had a significant effect on book publishing — paper rationing, air raids that destroyed publishers’ stock, at the same time that the public’s appetite for reading grew enormously.

Prices for paper and print rose steeply during postwar years, and paperbacks became the most affordable form for books.

In the last decades, we’ve seen another crisis in the book world. E-books and online vendors such as Amazon have dealt a wounding blow to independent book stores and traditional printing.

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will soon be heading back to my home in Dubai. For the last two months, I have been living here in Richmond, working as an intern, first for the Richmond Review and now the Richmond News.

It’s been a treat to be here. The weather alone has made it a wonderful experience. Summers in Dubai are hot and humid. Today’s high, for example, is 42 degrees Celsius with 40 per cent humidity.

In just two weeks, I’ll be surrounded by that hot humidity, once again. But before I go, I would like to share a memory from my first week living in this pretty city.

So here I go.

It was a Tuesday afternoon. I was waiting at the parking lot outside the car of my friend, Saira Baji, as she got her son out of his carseat into his stroller. As I waited, the sun’s rays sunk into my skin, warm and relaxing.

I noticed the silent river humming in its own rhythm, slightly touching the shore before retrieving back. The wind lightly brushed against my face, which was peeking out of my hijab.

I heard a sweet laughter. Upon turning around, I caught sight of my friend’s son, Noah, settled in his stroller. His chubby cheeks pushed to the side, while his tiny teeth flashed at me.

His brown, marble eyes set against his soft tan skin.

Once he was set in his stroller, we rolled our way towards what felt like heaven.

The blue sky cooled my eyes. The air was light and fresh, unlike Dubai’s which is humid and dusty. I selfishly gathered a huge bulk of air into my lungs, and slowly let it free.

There was greenery everywhere, vivid and gorgeous. I saw many people strolling around. I noticed their faces, vibrant and happy. Our path slightly curved to the left, in a huge semi-circle, the water lapping around it. Finally, a big blue and yellow sign reading “Pajo’s” came into focus.

“So there it is!” cheered Saira Baji.

As we approached, a mouth watering aroma hit me from the shack. It was classic fish n’ chips.

Looking at the menu, Saira Baji suggested I try the speciality of Canada, the halibut. Anything for fish! I instantly agreed.

As I turned to walk away from the outlet, the red colour flashed at me. It stood beautifully in the sun. I could not resist staring. My heart bounced with happiness. Saira Baji’s voice distracted me.

“It’s a self service,” she said. Oh right, Dubai’s waiter services had spoiled me.

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Every once in a while, my gaze floated towards it. I kept admiring the splendid, red metal. It reflected the sun rays as if beckoning me.

The scenery from our table was mesmerizing. It was as if I had stepped into a soft-coloured tapestry. Calm water at the shore, with the ferozi blue sky sprinkled with white clouds, each making the other more resplendent.

The trees and grass added a touch of nature to it. The sun caressed my face and hands. I will be missing this when I get back to Dubai. I wanted to absorb it all within me.

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Oh no! It was gone.

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aving disabilities is not a choice.

Neither was it for Layla Belle McCay. Born with a cleft palate and two of her toes webbed, her parents knew something was wrong.

It turned out that Layla had delayed kubuki syndrome. Her mother, Jennifer Dalmir said it’s a “rare genetic switch” when Layla was still in her womb.

Sitting in her cozy home, watching Layla, now seven years old, giggle and lay on her back paddling her legs in the air, Dalmir recalled an old memory.

She said infant Layla and herself went to a Parent-Child Mother Goose program, especially for disabled children.

“Layla was in pink, all dressed up and I was sitting at one corner of the room holding her,” she said, adding when everyone came inside with their children, she was frightened because all the other infants looked different.

“I thought my child is normal, we do not belong here.” But she made herself stay and come to terms with the fear and uncertainty about having a child with special needs.

Dalmir and her husband decided to end their marriage. “Identifying our needs, the two of us decided to parent separately.”

Dalmir is now a single mother but still gets financial help from Layla’s dad. She

is not only Layla’s mother but also her helps her stand in different positions. care provider.

Now seven, she is still unable to walk, “Her needs predominate my world. crawl, or sit on her own, but she does Most of my time, I stay home and look respond to people and sounds, said after her,” said Dalmir.

Dalmir. She engages in play with toys Layla’s brain did not develop properly and uses the base of her hand to high when she was in the womb, hence her five others, she added. eyes cannot communicate properly with In September, little Layla will soon ride her brain, resulting her wheelchair to in impaired vision. school along with her Also, Layla’s spinal sisters.

I am Layla’s legs. I am sure muscles don’t work After graduating properly. from the two-year that she and I will be to“Layla loves her sisTree House program ters,” Dalmir said. gether for a long, long time. at Richmond Society She is attracted to for Community Living, – J D music and adores Layla will have a partnature. time assistant who Her mother’s worwill work with her. ries vanished during “Even the children a camping trip when Layla adapted to have integrated her nicely,” said Dalmir. the environment really well.

“I do think she will be able to speak, “Gone are the days when I used to and walk and take a few steps. match her to a development chart.

“I am Layla’s legs. I am sure that she For Layla, it’s like comparing apples and I will be together for a long, long to oranges. Her pace of developing is time. fascinating.”

“I am so well-supported, and I feel Unable to speak out her frustration, that I have a strong ground beneath my Layla either hits or bites herself when feet because I am accessing and utilizshe is hungry, tired or if she needs a ing these resources.” diaper change, said Dalmir.

Dalmir hopes other parents will feel “It’s tricky to identify where pain is comfortable asking questions as that coming from. My biggest challenge is can “bring down walls of fear and helping her find ways to best communishame within society.” cate with all of us,” said Dalmir.

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Variety wants your Telethon stories T o celebrate its 50th anniversary next year, Variety is inviting everyone — volunteers, performers, production crew, families, and viewers — who was ever part of its annual signature fundraiser, Show of Hearts Telethon, to share

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Select stories may appear on air or online and will form an integral part of the celebration.

Since 1966, the children’s charity has helped thousands of families across B.C. with children who have

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■ Richmond Firefighters’ Society donated money to buy three specialized bicycles for youth at Richmond Society for Community Living. Fatima Riaz/Special to the News.

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little help was enough to put smiles on the faces of young people involved with Richmond Society for Community Living (RSCL) Youth Connection program.

Richmond Firefighters’ Society donated $3,000 to RSCL to buy three specialized bicycles for the youth.

Steveston Bicycle and Mobility donated the fourth bike.

Lisa Cowell, manager of RSCL, said that summer

meant the youth would be at the Connection Program for full days, so it was that much more important they had the bikes to ride within the enclosed area.

The three-wheel cycles “provide improved stability for participants who have mobility challenges,” added Cowell.

The theft of similar bicycles in June left the organization stranded, as they did not have enough money to purchase new ones. The thieves

had cut through the locks.

After learning about the theft, the firefighters were eager to help and decided to donate money.

Cory Parker, president of the firefighters society said, “when we hear of something like this, we try to jump on it right away. Someone thinks they are in need of us and we can try and help out.”

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First, I shot an 88 (plus-16) in one round, besting my end-of-September goal by one stroke and shooting better than bogey golf for the first time ever on a full course. (Can I only mention my 41 (plus-five) on the back nine?)

Second, I have become the quintessential whining golfer, full of excuses and contempt for mistakes that are, for all intents and purposes, my own fault.

Over four days, I shot three rounds, with the middle round being the aforementioned 88. However, it was the third round that came back to bite me in my butt. I fell apart and shot 100, my first triple-digit round in some time. I came back to the clubhouse as if I had my head in the sand, when in fact the only thing in the sand that round was my ball.

The excuses abounded: The mosquitoes were biting me; other golfers were distracting me (my “scouts honour” round of 88 came golfing alone); it was windy; I hadn’t eaten.

However, associate pro Graham Ogden told me that it was probably fatigue.

Of course! Fatigue. Let me just file that one in the old cabinet.

To be fair, I probably was a bit run

■ Mark Strong, head pro, lines up tees for putting. Graeme Wood/Richmond News.

down. That much golf in such a short amount of time does test your muscles in ways that players like me — who don’t play routinely — aren’t used to.

Putting exercises to improve Sandwiched in between rounds was a lesson on putting from head pro Mark Strong. There are two major factors you need to consider when putting: speed and direction.

In order to reach your target with the right distance, you want to have consistent momentum. Strong told me you don’t want to let gravity take control of the club, but rather you should assume some control when the putter is coming down.

Treat your swing like a pendulum; the higher you raise it, the further the ball will go when it comes down. But, keep the momentum consistent so you

can better judge your distance as time progresses. Meanwhile, keep your eyes held over the ball and the ball centre to your feet, if not slightly ahead.

There are some exercises you can do to improve your putting at the local driving range or practice greens.

For one, take three balls and hit them without looking where they go. Then take a guess as to where they are.

When you start guessing right, you’re likely to have a better mental understanding of your physical movements.

Another fun game is to put four or five tees in a row from six to 20 feet out, spaced evenly apart. Then try hitting a ball into each “zone.”

Strong says a player like me should be making two-putts on about 90 per cent of my 20-foot shots.

For now, I am relying on my eyes to read greens and how the ball reacts.

I’m actually fairly cerebral with my assessments, so these lessons should do good things in improving the technical aspects of my stroke.

Wood’s book of excuses - My lie was terrible - It’s too windy - Jerry was swearing in my back swing - I didn’t have a long tee - I was tired - I didn’t mean to hit the ball - I just can’t get a bounce - My putt hit a divot - Mosquitoes are biting me

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Dawn Drewery, try out a speech device fitted to a wheelchair with a special bracket designed and made by Daedalus Technologies Inc. Photo by Philip Raphael/Richmond News

Making the right solution wanted something made, I’d make it.”

Staff Reporter Mainly tasked with constructing PRAPHAELRICHMONDNEWS.COM complex machinery for researchers and educational institutions, Daedalus switched directions after ry and stump Geoffrey Webb with a Webb’s reputation prompted an problem and he’ll likely give you a huge inquiry requesting a way to attach “thank-you” when he provides the solution. an electronic voice synthesizer to a That’s because Webb, founder of Richwheelchair. mond’s Daedalus Technologies back in “Sunnyhill Hospital (now known 1986, has been developing “fixes” in the as Sunny Hill Health Centre for form of specialized brackets and mounts Children) had an order for eight of for wheelchairs to support all manner of the (voice) devices from the manuequipment to assist the disabled. And when facturer in the U.S., and it was there’s a solution, it’s added to the firm’s contingent on them being attached ever-increasing catalogue of parts. to a wheelchair,” Webb said. “So, “Years ago I used to say that we could I started designing the system and solve 80 per cent of the problems 80 per cent of the time. I think we’re probably above worked with the therapists at Sunnyhill for months.” that 80 per cent now,” said Webb with a With a successful solution found, smile. the company pushed the scientific ! An example of the variety of brackets Daedalus TechnolThe growing repertoire of parts to provide ogies produces for wheelchairs at its manufacturing facility equipment aside and focused on near-custom solutions means the likelion Vauxhall Way. Photo submitted components for the wheelchair hood of more satisfied mounting syscustomers who rely on the precisely in front of where the person can tems. aluminum and stainless see because, perhaps, they can’t move the The trick in most metal But there were challengsteel products to hold rest of their body, only their eyes. expensive, and sometimes manufacturing is being able es. As much as finding “We can achieve that because we have so a solution to a bracketdelicate, communicamany bits and pieces.” to make the part, which mounting problem was tions devices, such as a Currently, the company’s catalogue has speech synthesizer used performs a function, quickly critical, so was the cost in more than 600 components, said Dawn manufacturing the “fix.” by celebrated theoretical Drewery, the firm’s business manager.

“The trick in most metal physicist Stephen Hawking enough so that the cost is “That’s enough to solve pretty much any is being who also happens to be a not completely intolerable. manufacturing situation,” she said. able to make the part, customer.

And when a solution is achieved, it can which performs a function, – G W It’s support equipment often be pretty profound. quickly enough so that such as that which DaeWebb recalled one from early in the comthe cost is not completely dalus will have on display pany’s history when sales focused mostly on intolerable,” Webb said, as one of the exhibitors the educational system in the U.S. adding that part of the solution he found at Saturday’s (Aug. 15) Technology Fair There, users of wheelchair-mounted voice was having a wide variety of standardized Through a Disability Lens event presented synthesizers were only allowed to use the components that can be put together in a

by Richmond Centre for Disability at the costly devices in the classroom setting and combination to provide as near a custom fit Executive Airport Plaza Hotel and Confernot allowed to take them home unless they as possible. ence Centre. had a proper, wheelchair-mounting system.

And that can be critical since some new, Just like the narrow market Daedalus After selling the correct mounts to indicommunications technologies require exact serves, the background and qualifications vidual customers for a while, Webb said placing in front of users in order to work to required to bring the solutions to life were he received a letter from a family who had their optimum levels. also specialized. But Webb fit the bill. bought a Daedalus bracket system.

“A lot of the modern equipment works “I am both a machinist toolmaker, so I “It was from a family with a child who was on what is called Eye Gaze which tracks a know how to make things,” he said, “and just 12-years-old and was allowed to take person’s eyes,” Webb said. “So, the comI’m also a PhD biological chemist, so I can their communication device home,” Webb talk to scientists and researchers. And if they puter screen has to be mounted very stably, said. “And for the first time in his life this

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Making waves in China East Richmond’s WhiteWater West had made a big splash in China. The designer and builder of water slides is the sole supplier of attractions in that country’s largest waterpark — Zhengzhou Yinji Kaifeng Waterpark in Henan.

The $29 million contract for the park which opened July 1, provides entertainment on close to 50 watersides, three custom AquaPlay structures, three wave pools, two wave rivers and a double-sized FlowRider that allows surfing on a perfect stream of water.

The park can accommodate as many as 47,000 visitors — 15,000 indoors and 32,000 outdoors — at peak capacity each day.

! Part of the 50 water slides at Zhengzhou Yinji Kaifeng Waterpark in Henan, China built

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YVR signs deal with Shanghai YVR increased its ties with the Asia Pacific air travel market after signing a memorandum of understanding with the Shanghai Airport Authority.

The deal is designed to jointly develop air services, cultural exchanges and business opportunities.

It’s also meant to encourage YVR and SAA to share knowledge and learn from one another. It supports working together on projects that will benefit both organizations’ respective airports including hub and cargo development, planning, commercial management and service quality evaluation. In addition, the agreement encourages cross-marketing opportunities.

“We are very excited about this agreement with Shanghai Airport Authority,” said Craig Richmond, President & CEO, Vancouver Airport Authority. “YVR is continuing to make strong progress towards better serving the Chinese market and close partnerships with world class organizations like Shanghai Airport Authority ensure that we grow and strengthen Vancouver’s air connections between Asia and the Americas.”

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No, as good as the new pounce, demeanour.

ND-chassis Miata is, it’s The base CX’s get a not going to save Mazda. standard 16” alloy, which It simply doesn’t have the could maybe benefit from room to carry the company a slightly better-looking — and while many have pattern. fallen in love with the bestThe GT versions get an selling roadster ever made, 18” which looks great, but we all have more practical will cost you more when its needs to consider. time to swap tires.

Enter the need for a crossover. Yawn. CrossEnvironment overs? Boring.

Apart from the iPadBut wait. What’s this? Is glued-to-the-dash look it... fun? of the infotainment, the The recipe’s all wrong: look of the CX-3’s intefront-wheel-drive, four-cylrior exceeds pretty much inder, automatic transmisanything in its class, and sion, and a needlessly could go toe-to-toe with jacked up suspension. It entry-level luxury like the should be dull.

Mercedes-Benz GLA. But here’s the thing, this Little details, such as the little lightly powered crosscolour accents throughout over manages to be more the cabin and the single fun to drive than several horizontal air vent, give this so-called sports coupes. little crossover an upscale It’s a Miatafeel. with-aSlide backpack, behind the and it just wheel and Pretty as it is, the might be Mazda’s little Mazda has a the saviour crossover Mazda feels very few ergonomic quirks. needs. much a driver’s Design car. Hands First automatiimprescally grasp sions are the wheel excellent. Mazda’s new de- at the correct 9-and-3 sign language has already position, and the seat feels produced the great-looking nicely bolstered.

Mazda6 sedan, and turned Rearward visibility isn’t the stalwart Mazda3 into wonderful, but the side a sort of Japanese Alfamirrors are large enough to Romeo. handle the issue.

Here, it gives a compact Adopting a more relaxed crossover the sort of fresh position, I rest my right eland modern look the very bow on... nothing. There’s first Mazda3 had when it no armrest here, it’s a hit showrooms in 2004. dealer accessory.

The front is dominated by Pretty as it is, the little the shield-shaped corpoMazda has a few ergonomrate grille, and the jutting ic quirks. lower portion of the fascia The cupholders, for gives the little CX-3 a bit instance, are mounted of a growly character. LED almost exactly where your daytime running lights elbows go. bleed into the chrome Here, too, the CX-3 is just surround of the grille, a like its droptop cousin; in cue perhaps cribbed from that the cupholders are an BMW. afterthought as well.

The floating roof out back Smartphone storage is a is a nice touch, and makes bit more of a mixed bag, the CX-3 look even smaller with a small tray up front than it is. that’ll work for most folks, The body-lines are two but is too small for larger overlapping swooping phones. curves, and give the car See Red light page 29 a hunchy, just-about-to-

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Red light: Small interior, could handle more power for highway Still, dual USB outlets are handy.

Cabin space in the rear is quite small — if you’re a young parent, stick with the CX-5. The trunk has a two-position floor, so is narrow but usefully-sized.

Performance Under its long hood, the CX-3 gets the same 2.0L four-cylinder engine as found in the Mazda3.

Thanks to some packaging considerations, it makes a little less power: 146hp and 146lb.ft of torque.

That’s hardly about to set the world on fire, but paired with the quickshifting 6-speed automatic transmission, the CX-3 feels sprightly off the line. As an urban runabout, it’s got plenty of scoot. It sounds pretty good too.

On the highway, the main impression is that Mazda’s really done a good job in controlling noise, vibration, and harshness.

The CX-3 is a smooth cruiser, even with its short wheelbase. As a commuter, it’ll do the job too.

But where this little trucklet really comes alive is at the weekend on a wriggly mountain backroad. It is a hoot, a dive-in-the-corners momentum machine that absolutely loves to dance.

Steering assist is electric, so there’s not a ton of feel, but in all other respects, the CX-3 drives like a modern interpretation of the Protege5.

Remember that useful little wagon? In the same way, this machine doesn’t have big power, but it makes the most of it.

So, we’re talking about an automatic-equipped crossover that puts a grin on your face?

You bet, and with plenty of grip and a faithfully composed chassis, the CX-3 is actually surprisingly quick through the corners.

It eggs you on, a willing co-conspirator for backroad shenanigans.

Frankly, Mazda should immediately start figuring out how to turn this car into the next Mazdaspeed machine.

Add some turbocharging pep and it could really put the hurt on higher-dollar machinery. As it is, it’s a single-serving-sized barrelof-laughs.

Features Mazda’s infotainment system, while not fully integrated into the dash, is actually very easy to use.

There’s a single rotary controller, BMW-style, and navigating through the menus is easy. Navigation is a dealer-installed accessory.

Fuel economy figures are a claimed 8.2 litres per 100 kilometres city and 6.7 L/100 km highway for the front-wheel-drive, and 8.8 L/100 km city and 7.3 L/100km highway for all-wheel-drive. Observed mileage in mixed driving was right on the money.

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Stop Sign Smallish interior; some ergonomic issues; could handle a little more power for highway passing The Checkered Flag Most of the fun of a Miata, but with four doors and a trunk.

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TRAVELin Focus Canadian museum celebrates the canoe in its many guises John Masters

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Peterborough’s many rivers and lakes make it perfect for exhibit

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amuel de Champlain, “father of New France” and founder of Quebec City, made many discoveries during his early17th-century explorations of North America.

Among them: that European vessels were ill-suited to the turbulent rivers of the New World, but the birch-bark canoe, “light and elegant as a seagull when it skims the summer waves,” he said, was perfect.

The canoe in its many manifestations is celebrated at the Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough, Ontario.

Peterborough (pop. 80,000), 125 kilometres northeast of Toronto, is a good choice for such an exhibition.

The region is full of just the sort of lakes and rivers the craft is meant for. For a century, beginning in the 1850s, Peterborough and the surrounding area were home to numerous canoe factories. A few small shops continue the tradition.

On two floors and over 3,700 square metres, the museum displays 120 canoes and tells their stories, beginning with those paddled by indigenous peoples: a 12-metre dugout, hollowed from a red cedar trunk, used to hunt whales off Canada’s west coast; a birch-bark one like those Champlain admired; a seal-skinned kayak from James Bay. A panel explains that west-coast canoe paddles served many purposes: as weapons (pointed ones), to dig clams, for drinking fresh water from, in signalling (a raised

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Photo by John Masters.

paddle when approaching shore always meant peace and respect) and, when beat against the side of the canoe, to enhance songs.

First Nations (native) peoples also used the canoe for trade, something the Europeans expanded on.

The voyageurs, who exchanged furs for Western goods, built sturdy craft 8-17 metres long. An example on display shows an 11-metre-long canot du maître (Montreal

canoe) that would carry up to 3,650 kilograms of freight and have just 15 centimetres of freeboard when loaded.

As their boats traversed Great Lakes, wild rivers and as far south as the Mississippi, “voyageurs needed 5,000 calories a day to work efficiently,” we learn.

They lived largely on pemmican — dried buffalo meat. Each man ate 0.7 kilos of the leathery stuff a day, which the display helpfully converts for us: “the equivalent of five

boxes of Kraft Dinner or eleven ‘Big Macs’.”

The museum also shows off canoes designed for speed, pleasure and sailing, prospectors and police. We learn about courting canoes, specially constructed models that sometimes had a gramophone built in.

Visitors can see boats being made on both floors: a Montreal canoe upstairs, and a modern craft in the Living Tradition Workshop on the main level.

Near the workshop is a glass case with the yellow buckskin jacket former Canadian prime minister (and avid outdoorsman) Pierre Trudeau famously wore while paddling a canoe (also on show).

The museum plans to move to new, larger quarters by the Peterborough Lift Locks in 2017 (although that may be optimistic). With luck, the new premises will add information for non-locals about historic Peterborough-area canoe factories, and include — how could they have left it out? — the well-known quote by Canadian author Pierre Berton: “A Canadian is someone who knows how to make love in a canoe.”

For more information, visit the Canadian Canoe Museum at www.canoemuseum. ca, or to read about travel in Ontario, visit Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership at www.ontariotravel.net. More travel stories at www.culturelocker.com.

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And it’s right here in Richmond! The seven-million-dollar Lulu Island Winery with its six tasting rooms is on Westminster Highway, just east of No. 7 Road.

Owner and winemaker John Chang, offers visitors a broad range of VQA Okanagan wines, including elegant ice wine.

To add more of a local angle, he also produces fruit wines from Richmond’s blueberry fields and Abbotsford’s raspberry patches.

Chang has used his Taiwanese background to make strong trade connections with Asia. He exports 80 per cent of the wines, mainly to China, Japan, and Taiwan and heavily promotes winery tours for Asian visitors.

Chang has won The BC New-Canadian Entrepreneur Award as well as The Best Partner of Tourism Richmond and there are always tour coaches bringing eager tourists to the winery.

General Manager Gayle Morris recently guided me through Lulu Island Winery’s spacious premises and offered me a tasting of their wines.

I began with their Riesling Chardonnay ice wine, the most elegant of the bunch and a Gold Medal Winner in China.

Morris described the dessert wine as “having a honey-like colour with a honeyed aroma and flavour, plus a taste of lychee and apple.”

She added, “It is awesome with soft fruit like kiwi or soft Brie.”

At $69 for this 375 mL bottle, Morris pointed out one of the reasons for its premium cost.

“It takes three to five pounds of grapes to make one bottle of white table wine.

But it takes 30 to 35 pounds of grapes to make a 375mL bottle of the Riesling Chardonnay ice wine!”

Another white I enjoyed was the 2013 Pinot Gris ($25.95), which is like a liquid fruit salad with aromas of peach, pear, and honey.

It’s off-dry, not sweet like a dessert wine, but sweeter than many white table wines.

I liked the rich texture in the mouth, the intensity of flavours and the refreshing acidity that toned down some of the sweetness.

Switching to reds, I was fond of the Lulu Island Shiraz for $26.95. Smooth with plenty of ripe blue and black fruit flavour and a delicious chocolate mocha character.

Gayle recommends serving it with a curry. I’ll have Lamb Rogan Josh with my Shiraz, if you please.

Among the fruit wines, I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed the Blueberry Wine ($28.95).

I normally expect fruit wines to be sweet, thin and acidic.

■ Lulu Island Winery offers premium wines, such as, a Riesling Chardonnay ice wine. The dessert wine goes for $69 a bottle. Photo submitted.

But this wine was dry, had good body like a Shiraz, and was mellow without any rough edges.

Produced from Johal’s Blueberry Farm on #6 Road, it was full of dark fruit flavours and had clove accents to add complexity.

Gayle recommends making a blueberry barbecue sauce with it to pour over roast boar or other wild game.

Or for Sunday Brunch, add some Lulu Island Blueberry wine to Prosecco or other sparkling wine.

Lulu Island Winery at 16880 Westminster Highway, is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Tastings are complementary and tours can be purchased through Groupon.

Eric Hanson is a life-long Richmond resident, retired teacher and wine educator

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Original recipe makes 6 servings 6 cups chicken broth, divided

1/2 cup dry white wine

3 tablespoons olive oil, divided

sea salt to taste

1 pound portobello mushrooms, thinly sliced

freshly ground black pepper to taste

1 pound white mushrooms, thinly sliced

3 tablespoons finely chopped chives

2 shallots, diced

4 tablespoons butter

1 1/2 cups Arborio rice

1/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Directions 1. In a saucepan, warm the broth over low heat.

2. Warm 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir in the mushrooms, and cook until soft, about 3 minutes. Remove mushrooms and their liquid, and set aside.

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3. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil to skillet, and stir in the shallots. Cook 1 minute. Add rice, stirring to coat with oil, about 2 minutes. When the rice has taken on a pale, golden color, pour in wine, stirring constantly until the wine is fully absorbed.

Add 1/2 cup broth to the rice, and stir until the broth is absorbed. Continue adding broth 1/2 cup at a time, stirring continuously, until the liquid is absorbed and the rice is al dente, about 15 to 20 minutes.

4. Remove from heat, and stir in mushrooms with their liquid, butter, chives, and parmesan. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

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University

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calendar

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High School

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GOOD NUTRITION Making connections, finding meaning, and solving problems are learning tasks that require lightning-fast electrical impulses between areas of the brain. Formation of memory requires physical growth and reshaping of networks of brain cells. So that wonderful experience - when the lights go on and your student says, “I get it!” - is a neurochemical process as well as an academic one. By nourishing the brain with healthy food and water, you will optimize the internal environment, enabling students to truly engage in the classroom environment and achieve their potential.

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RESTING WELL Memory recall and ability to maintain concentration are much improved when an individual is well rested. Any prolonged sleep deprivation will affect mood, energy level and ability to focus, concentrate and learn, which directly affects academic performance. College-aged students ideally should get 8-9 hours of sleep a night.

Truth is, most students generally get much less.

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PLENTY OF EXERCISE In a study done at the University of British Columbia, researchers found that regular aerobic exercise, the kind that gets your heart and your sweat glands pumping, appears to boost the size of the hippocampus, the brain area involved in verbal memory and learning.

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