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nyone else fed up with the federal election yet?

In case you hadn’t noticed — and you’d have to be blind, deaf, a recluse or a Blue Jays fan to not realize — a national election campaign has been running since Aug. 4 and will be the longest in Canadian history by the time the polls open Oct. 19.

After almost nine weeks of hot air, hollow promises and attack ads, Oct. 19, for me, can’t come quick enough.

It has to be said, I appear to very much be in the minority in this building — given the heated debate taking place in the office kitchen about last night’s all-candidate’s meeting at Richmond Country Club as I write.

But how much more can we take of calling into question Stephen Harper’s choice of tie, what Tom Mulcair has for breakfast or what Justin Trudeau’s hair-stylist said on Facebook 12 years ago about the Tibetan Guinea Pig Appreciation Society of Canada?

Even the 16-year-old girls I coach soccer to have been extracting the proverbial out of the cringeworthy TV ads, quipping “Justin… he’s just not ready,” as they run through their warm-up.

Maybe that’s the goal of the sledgehammer attacks — however insulting to the intelligence they are, we laugh and joke about them, but have they planted a subliminal seed in our little minds?

The ads aside, a guaranteed source of election campaign amusement in any newsroom I’ve frequented in the last 18 years is the accusations of bias and flags of suspicion raised by the public without, it would seem, any attempt to connect the dots.

Just the other day, we received a call from a reader, questioning rather aggressively why we didn’t have a picture and story in Wednesday’s paper of Trudeau visiting Richmond.

“Oh, OK,” was his answer, when it was pointed out that the Liberal leader arrived Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., while the News goes to press at 4:30 p.m. We’re good, but not that good. And, please, if we print 472 words on Jack Trovato and only 471 on Alice Wong, it doesn’t mean we’re riding the “Orange Wave.”

Many years ago, while here at the News, I was being grilled over the phone by an irate supporter of one party (I can’t recall which).

Searching for something to hang her paranoia on, she asked where I was from. When told, Scotland, she said, “That would explain it.” To this day, I still don’t know what she meant. What concerns me the more is that these folks are allowed to vote. Scary, isn’t it?

But, given the alarming decline in voting turnouts, beggars can’t be choosers.

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The TFSA and the CPP Given that the level of the CPP is such a significant issue across the country, it is constantly in the news, especially during this election campaign.

The Toronto Star published an article earlier in the week on the topic. It suggests that the TFSA has been hailed as the most important savings vehicle out of Ottawa since the RRSP. Yet most Canadians still seem to want an increase in CPP benefits. The TFSA is a savings vehicle, so in a sense, it’s “money going out.” Meanwhile, the CPP is immediate “money coming in” (to us).

That, to me, is the major difference between them.

There are now about 5 million Canadians collecting CPP benefits. A $200 increase in monthly benefits would cost the CPP about $1 billion per month at present (and it will rise). And remember that usually, when a Canadian starts collecting CPP benefits, they stop contributing to the plan.

So as the wave of Baby Boomers have started to retire, fewer Canadians contribute to the CPP every month, while more collect from it. The numbers are so high that, in my opinion, the government is very concerned about increasing contributions needed to fund any increase. The monthly contributions from contributing Canadians would have to increase by a lot.

Without being critical, I wonder whether these numbers have ever before been presented to us in this kind of way.

Dear Editor, Having voted over the last 40 years…I was going to retire this year from this increasingly futile exercise.

However, a few weeks ago, one Saturday night, one of my riding’s candidates knocked on the door and introduced themselves.

I was impressed with the person and their weekend campaigning efforts, (but not necessarily their party), so I will vote “one” more time.

Having developed an interest in fact-based history versus propaganda, one sees major events are not isolated, but have major ripple effects which resonate from the past to the present onto the future.

One of these is the increasingly futile event called elections under the theoretical umbrella of representative democracy.

Let me explain. Throughout history, many nation states were governed by either some form of monarchy or religious hierarchy.

Then, some agents of change developed what is referred to as the “third way”or the “third wave,” which we often call democracy, promoting it as a means for the average citizens to become more empowered in how the nation state was run.

Third way transition examples would be the American Revolution and the French Revolution in the late 1700s.

While it (democracy) was a nice try, it has proven to be an illusory disaster.

One major flaw is the party system, which founders of democracy had originally advised against. In Canada, the governments of

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Pierre Elliot Trudeau proved what an abomination unchecked democracy can become.

He centralized power, and devised the divide and conquer strategy of ethnic voting.

Trudeau established a treacherous template that all succeeding governments have, at minimum, been forced to adopt in order to succeed.

When you vote, you are signing away accountability and have, in fact, endorsed a mob mentality.

The gullible voter buys the sweet lies of the candidates and does not accept the bitter, post-election truth.

Why participate in this charade when the game is fixed, the real agenda is predetermined in back rooms, and the outcome is often irrelevant?

H. L. Mencken articulates my sentiments with his quote, “It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favour of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.”

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The next project currently underway is painting a series of murals on the building in Fisherman’s Park. These murals will help bring to life the vibrant fishing history of Steveston from First Nations up until current day.

The Steveston Historical Society is well deserving of a big “Thanks” for preserving a piece of Richmond’s heritage. More information at http://historicsteveston.ca John Yap, MLA Richmond-Steveston

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Promoting English isn’t racist Dear Editor, Re: “Racist tones thinly veiled,” News Sept. 25.

Please help me understand. Is the use of the word “racist” supposed to shame us into silence, even though the intent is to defend and promote our official English language as a unifying and inclusive tool?

Bob Ransford claims that “a generation or two from now, we will be a multilingual community.”

We already are a multilingual community. I speak English, my own native language and went to a French immersion school. I am richer for it.

Or did I misunderstand and Mr. Ransford means that the Asian community

will be multi-lingual.

Then I agree that this will occur in a generation or two and hopefully sooner, but only if there is the incentive to speak and read English.

“Uncomfortable” to see French on signs in Quebec?

Hardly — it’s something totally expected as one of Canada’s official languages.

But I also recognize and value the universality of the English language.

Throughout my travels, it has been the one common thread that immediately connected people across cultures. I do not understand why our government is so resistant to and seemingly uncaring about the inclusion of the English language on signs. For all those im-

migrants who have made Canada their home and have roots here, it remains an important communication tool for success and integration.

For the opportunistic global migrants, who also have business interests elsewhere — perhaps not so much.

This divisive issue would be a non-issue if those who erect the signs and choose to do business in Canada recognize that English is an official language of Canada — and showing some sensitivity and respect would go a long way, even if they are just targeting the Asian market.

At least there would be the appearance of inclusion.

N. McDonald Richmond

Gravy train won’t stop Dear Editor, With regard to the “exclusionary signage and mega homes,” one thing to keep in mind about all this controversy is that a great many people and businesses have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo.

These include property developers, real estate agents, car dealerships, lawyers and even the City of Richmond itself, who all benefit from the massive development taking place in Richmond and will do anything possible not to upset the money cart.

These are powerful interest groups and will do their best to downplay any criticism of their agenda and tell the rest of us to grow up and get with the program, or accuse us of thinly-veiled racism.

I very much doubt that any serious action will come from city hall as the citizens only count at election time.

Leslie Tallosi Richmond

OCD: Don’t be ashamed Dear Editor, In an average elementary school, there are likely five children suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). In a medium to large high school, there are typically 20 students battling OCD. And in a workplace of 500, there would be about five employees who have OCD, most likely hiding their symptoms from their colleagues. OCD is in our community and residents of Richmond should not feel ashamed.

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Politicians fueled by ignorance Dear Editor, Re: “City raises safety concerns over jet fuel plan,” News, Sept. 15.

Why would Coun. Alexa Loo ever accept the worst case scenario where the B.C. government has approved the airlines’ plan to ship supertankers and barges of jet fuel up the Fraser River, store it on the banks of the river near Watermania, SilverCity, Richmond Ice Centre and residential complexes and then send it by pipeline to YVR? The promise of eliminating “thousands” of trucks hauling jet fuel over our streets is a red herring. Fuel needs could be readily provided by a pipeline installed from the nearby Cherry Point BP Refinery at and the Burnaby Chevron Refinery which currently supplies the airport with all of its jet fuel.

These alternatives are cost effective, do-able and preferable.

They would eliminate fuel transport trucks on the highway, cause a smaller carbon footprint, deliver more fuel more economically and keep tankers full of highly toxic and flammable jet fuel off all our waterways — a major accomplishment. These alternatives would better safeguard the safety and property of Richmond and Delta citizens and the river’s rich populations of wildlife and fish, including some of the world’s largest salmon runs.

It is obvious that the environmental and social concerns of this irresponsible jet fuel plan are low on the agenda of VAFFC and its 30 airline members, senior governments, the Airport Authority and Port Metro Vancouver.

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planner at YVR said he did not care if spills of jet fuel occurred into the Fraser River, noting “YVR has many black eyes and one more will not hurt them any more.”

The environmental review of the project amounted to little less than a green wash using one of the weakest environmental review processes in Canada and the BC Supreme Court ruled that the province did not, at times, have to even meet that low bar test.

As to the promise of jobs, neither airline nor airport jobs will be affected regardless of how fuel is delivered to the airport. What will be lost with the current proposal are jobs and access to local, refined fuel when our own crude oil is shipped offshore to be refined elsewhere.

The goal of VAFFC is to provide the cheapest fuel from anywhere in the world and thus increase profits for member airlines.

The long term interests of Canada and its citizens appear secondary except for providing a stable base of operations and customers for the airlines.

We need local politicians that will sit back and objectively question what the senior governments are now allowing after weakening environmental legislation and reviews to ineffective levels.

With local politicians such as Alexa Loo, Alice Wong, Teresa Wat and John Yap protecting our future, little wonder our environmental quality and children’s future looks so bleak and continues to be sliding downhill fast.

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Dear Editor, On Sunday, Sept. 20, a committed group of Terry Fox Run-Richmond participants and volunteers braved the high winds and bit of rain to come together at Garry Point Park to raise $18,029.00 for cancer research.

This would not have been possible without the hard work of our committee members Maria Medic, Cameron Dempsey, Norman Kotze, Kishore Nair, John Hopkins, Lisa Ruskey, Sarb Sandhu and Marla Jampolsky.

Thank you to this dedicated group of individuals.

We are extremely thankful to the many volunteers that worked with us to make the morning run smoothly including the impressive students from the Leadership Class of McMath secondary and members of The Rotary Club Sea Island, led by Bill McNulty.

We were graciously entertained by Doug Masuhara and The Taiko Drummers, Noel Chalmers on bagpipes and the band and

Flag Parade of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps, Bicknell.

All have become traditions of the run and together make for a memorable morning.

A huge thank you to our donors, Safeway, Save On Foods (Terra Nova and Ironwood), PriceSmart Foods, Steveston Pure Water, Benchmark Graphics and Pajo’s Garry Point. Their various contributions to the day were invaluable!

Many thanks, as well, to St. John Ambulance and Richmond Emergency Program Amateur Radio Society whose presence ensured communication and safety on the day.

Finally, a heartfelt thank you to all of the participants who joined us to run, walk or wheel in honour of Terry Fox’s legacy.

The efforts of everyone on this day will get us closer to fulfilling Terry’s dream of a world free from cancer.

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“It’s mostly been with regard ichmond RCMP are hopto the person’s description; ing a flurry of tips from m many seem to think they’ve the public is going to lead to sseen this guy around. the arrest of a man sus“And the tips have been pected of sexually assaulting ccoming in from all sorts of a teenage girl in the grounds p people, of all ages. It seems of her high school. lilike everyone wants to help, Since the Mounties apw which is great.” pealed for help in tracking Hwang said it was too early down the man in his 40s to say whether the informa— who allegedly groped and ! The RCMP have released a tion received from the public flashed at a young girl as she composite sketch of the susis going to lead to an early pect. Photo submitted walked into Palmer secondarrest. ary on Tuesday morning — “We have to take every one they have received a large number of tips of these tips seriously, so we’ll be working from the public, many of whom said they’ve our way through every lead for sure,” he seen a man fitting the description given by added. the victim.

Since the incident on Tuesday, the RCMP The suspect, described as Caucasian, has been out in force, attempting to visit ev5` 7” – 5` 8” tall, medium build, long dark ery school in the district to reassure students beard with moustache, possibly red or of their safety while keeping them alert to brown in colour, bushy eyebrows and dark the dangers. hair, allegedly attacked the girl at the school “We have school liaison officers and on St. Alban’s Road near Blundell at around regular (RCMP) members out there,” said 7:40 a.m. on Tuesday.

Hwang. “Until we actually arrest somebody, At the time of the alleged offence, he was I would ask the public to remain vigilant.” wearing dark pants, a grey/dark hoodie, If you have any information on this crime, and a beanie-style toque. A light blue, older contact Const. Jason Pickering at 604-278model, sedan may also be associated with 1212. To leave a tip on this crime, email the suspect.

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In closing, Wong, the only incumbent, warned that now was not the time for “risky experiments,” but rather it’s time to “live within our means.”

At the end, barbs were cast between candidates.

Woo said the Conservatives could “only balance the budget in an election year.”

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While the Richmond News and Richmond Chamber of Commerce posed a series of planned questions, the audience engaged candidates with their own via a smartphone app, Pigeonhole Live, through which people could vote on their favourite question.

At the top of people’s minds was why the Liberal Party supported the security legislation of Bill C-51.

Liberal Lawrence Woo defended his party’s stance, stating the Liberals would amend many measures and put in place greater checks and balances.

New Democrat Scott Stewart told the crowd “you don’t pass legislation before you make amendments.”

The Tories — Kenny Chiu and Alice Wong — found themselves at odds with all the other candidates on several issues.

Kenny Chiu maintained government should be at arms length of responsibilities such as environmental assessments for projects like the jet fuel terminal on the Fraser River.

But Liberal candidate, Joe Peschisolido, called that an “abdication of responsibility.”

Port Metro Vancouver as a “decision maker

(in the jet fuel decision) does not make sense,” he added.

Kenny Chiu explained he was open to the port acquiring farmland, but with conditions.

“I would provide them with the option to convert farmland into industrial use provided they prove to me they have exhausted all the alternatives,” said Kenny Chiu.

National funding for housing also divided the table.

Wong said restrictions on foreign home ownership are not a federal responsibility and one must be cautious of lowering land values.

Green candidate Vincent Chiu replied: “It (foreign speculation) is great if you want to sell but it’s terrible if you want to stay and live here.”

Healthcare was also addressed.

All non-Tory candidates, save for Woo, said they wanted a universal pharmacare plan.

Woo said a universal drug plan would benefit rich people, so he would prefer another model for reducing drug costs.

Wong said pharmaceutical prices are a provincial matter, as well.

Candidates kept to their party’s talking points on taxes and the budget.

All candidates said they supported free trade. The Greens noted they preferred to promote domestic commerce, while the NDP and Liberal candidates said the Conservatives have not been transparent with their trade negotiations.

NDP candidate Jack Trovato noted fossil fuel divestment must be done gradually.

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his year’s federal election candidates were asked to answer “yes” or “no” to 10 questions posed by the Richmond News at an all-candidate’s meeting hosted by the News and the Richmond Chamber of Commerce.

(Richmond-News.com has more candidates’ explanations on select questions) 1. Do you support a well-funded national housing strategy that will maintain the existing federally subsidized coop housing and provide for more new affordable housing?

Vincent Chiu YES Jack Trovato YES Alice Wong NO Lawrence Woo YES Kenny Chiu NO Joe Peschisolido YES Laura Leah Shaw YES Scott Stewart YES 2. Do you believe the federal government should place greater restrictions on foreign home ownership?

Vincent Chiu YES

Jack Trovato YES Alice Wong NO Lawrence Woo YES Kenny Chiu NO Joe Peschisolido NO Laura Leah Shaw YES Scott Stewart YES 3. Should Port Metro Vancouver be allowed to override provincial zoning to develop those farmlands for port purposes?

Vincent Chiu NO Jack Trovato NO Alice Wong YES Lawrence Woo NO Kenny Chiu YES Joe Peschisolido NO Laura Leah Shaw NO Scott Stewart NO 4. Should the jet fuel project have had a more rigorous federal review and a public hearing via the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency?

Vincent Chiu YES Jack Trovato YES Alice Wong NO Lawrence Woo YES Kenny Chiu NO Joe Peschisolido YES Laura Leah Shaw YES Scott Stewart YES

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5. Should Canada increase its foreign aid contributions to 0.7 of its GDP to meet the United Nations recommendation level?

Vincent Chiu YES Jack Trovato YES Alice Wong NO Lawrence Woo YES Kenny Chiu NO Joe Peschisolido YES Laura Leah Shaw YES Scott Stewart YES 6. Should Canada divest from oil production?

Vincent Chiu YES Jack Trovato NO Alice Wong NO Lawrence Woo YES Kenny Chiu NO Joe Peschisolido YES Laura Leah Shaw YES Scott Stewart NO 7. Do you support electoral reforms to include measures of proportional representation?

Vincent Chiu YES Jack Trovato YES Alice Wong NO Lawrence Woo YES Kenny Chiu NO Joe Peschisolido YES Laura Leah Shaw YES Scott Stewart YES

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8. Does Canada need a universal, subsidized drug plan?

Vincent Chiu YES Jack Trovato YES Alice Wong NO Lawrence Woo NO Kenny Chiu NO Joe Peschisolido YES Laura Leah Shaw YES Scott Stewart YES

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ichmond’s two NDP candidates in the Oct. 19 federal election are not concerned their lack of speaking Cantonese has ruled them out of an all-candidates meeting on Saturday.

According to information from Fairchild TV, Talentvision and Fairchild Radio, their jointly presented 2015 Federal Election Forum Oct. 3 at Aberdeen Centre will feature Kenny Chiu, the Conservative candidate in Steveston RichmondEast, Lawrence Woo, the Liberal candidate in Richmond Centre, and longtime B.C. MLA Jenny Kwan, who is running for the NDP in Vancouver East.

Left out are the NDPs Scott Stewart (Steveston Richmond-East) and Jack Trovato (Richmond Centre).

When contacted by the News, Trovato, said this was the first he’d heard of the event and wasn’t concerned about not being there.

“Ms. Kwan is a very good candidate and she will put us in good stead,” Trovato said.

“Sure, I’d like to be there, but if I can’t participate in the language, then perhaps this is why they went (with Kwan).

Asked if he was missing a chance for exposure to voters ahead of the election, Trovato said

9. Should $1.1 billion in lapsed funding be reinjected back into Veterans Affairs Canada?

Vincent Chiu YES Jack Trovato YES Alice Wong NO Lawrence Woo YES Kenny Chiu YES Joe Peschisolido YES Laura Leah Shaw YES Scott Stewart YES 10. Should marijuana possession be criminal act?

Vincent Chiu NO Jack Trovato NO Alice Wong YES Lawrence Woo NO Kenny Chiu YES Joe Peschisolido NO Laura Leah Shaw NO Scott Stewart NO

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both he and Stewart have been at many public events already.

“We’ve been participating quite a bit and will in several other debates in the community. So, it’s not a lack of visibility on behalf of the two (NDP) candidates here...”

In an email, Stewart said his campaign staff informed him the debate was to include Cantonese speakers, and that’s why Kwan was selected to represent the party.

“I have been invited to the all-candidates forum on Oct. 9

by Fairchild Radio at Aberdeen Centre,” he wrote. “I look forward to that debate and hope my Conservative and Liberal opponents will be in attendance.”

Trivina Lee, from Fairchild Radio, said the event is not billed as one focusing on Richmond ridings.

And when organizers requested the three major parties to send a candidate, it was a coincidence they all spoke Cantonese.

“That’s why we decided to hold it in just Cantonese,” Lee said. “We are not...having it in Mandarin.”

Asked if she felt this was an exclusive event, Lee said it was not the intent to deter non-Cantonesespeaking people from attending despite the language barrier.

“You can always bring a friend who speaks Cantonese or ask someone there to translate for you,” Lee said.

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Trudeau said the Liberals Yuan and her supporters will make the most signifihave appealed to Trudeau cant infrastructure investto address the issue, ment in Canada’s history. which divided the Liberals’ “That means we’ll help Steveston Richmond-East Richmond invest in an riding association and led expanded Canada Line to a mass resignation of its and new train cars to ease executive. congestion and Yuan supportmake your comers believe her mute easier,” bid was rejected said Trudeau. after she raised He left before concerns about taking questions internal party from the media. fundraising.

Meanwhile, On Tuesday, outside the office the South China a handful of Morning Post people protested published photos ! Raymond Chan in support of of Trudeau former nominee flanked by Chan Wendy Yuan, who was and Michael Ching Mo ousted by the Liberals for Yeung at a well-attended misrepresenting a univer2013 Trudeau fundraiser. sity degree on her resume.

Ching is the son of a Yuan, who had run as a charged Communist Party candidate for the Liberals official and is wanted by

! Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau speaks to a packed house at the office of Steveston-Richmond East candidate Joe Peschisolido on Tuesday. Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News

Interpol and China.

Those charges have not been proven in any court of law. He is seeking refugee status and was granted a new application in July after initially being denied by the federal Refugee Protection Division (a federal court ruled the initial decision was not reasonable).

Ching donated money to the Liberals as his teenage daughter Linda Ching, now a university student, rose to prominence as the president of the B.C. Young Liberals of Canada (her tenure has since

ended).

Chan said he is “good friends” with Ching, but has not seen him in a long time.

On Tuesday the News asked Chan how and why Ching was so close to Trudeau at the fundraiser.

Chan said, “It was because of his daughter.

His daughter worked very hard, she is a bright star,” before adding, “A lot of people sit next to Trudeau all the time,” he added.

“Michael Ching knows every politician in town,” said Chan, adding that Ching was active in the Richmond community.

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t’s easily missed on the Steveston Village boardwalk — a small plaque honouring a man who helped build harbours, calm gun-wielding protesters and change the map of Canada.

Tom Siddon served Richmond as its member of parliament for 15 years — from 1978 to 1993 — and was the first local MP to be appointed to cabinet.

His senior government roles put him in the middle of the Oka Crisis, fishing battles and an expensive decision to replace the military’s Sea King helicopters.

Now 73, Siddon still keeps his eye on Ottawa, only now from his perch in the Okanagan, where he’s an elected official with the regional district.

“I can’t predict, but as it stands I don’t think (Stephen) Harper has enough public support, given all that’s happened, to win a majority. If he wins a minority I don’t think he’ll find any allies anywhere,” he said in an interview with the Richmond News while at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Vancouver last week.

First elected to Richmond council in 1975, the former University of B.C. engineering professor made the leap to federal politics after Progressive Conservative MP John Reynolds resigned in 1977.

Running in Burnaby-Richmond-Delta, Siddon won the 1978 by-election — one of three votes he’d face in as many years.

At the polls again in 1979, voters re-elected Siddon — now in a riding called Richmond-South Delta — and a minority Progressive Conservative government led by Joe Clark. Siddon was named parliamentary secretary to the minister of Fisheries and Oceans.

But the government was short-lived — defeated on a budget vote.

“It was December, just before Christmas, that we were defeated,” remembered Siddon. “We had to pack up our kids, take them out of school, because by then we had moved them to Ottawa.

We came back to Richmond, rented a house, and they went to school in Richmond while I did a campaign.”

He won re-election in 1980, but his party was defeated by the Liberals and Pierre Trudeau.

Siddon served as a critic on various files and aligned himself with Brian Mulroney.

In the 1984 election, Siddon won again, this time with a Conserva! Tom Siddon (right), the former Progressive Conservative MP in tive majority Richmond, held a number of cabinet posts during his 15 years in government led politics, including a stint as Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern

by Mulroney.

Development. Photo submitted Siddon and his and helped establish the B.C. treaty party would go process. on to win again in 1988.

In 1993 Siddon served briefly as The Richmond MP’s first cabinet Minister of National Defence, a role in post came in 1984 when he was which he was responsible for ordering named minister of state for Science a new fleet of navy helicopters to reand Technology. It was the beginning place the aging Sea Kings. The Liberals of nine years in cabinet and the endwould later rip up that deal. less flights, meetings and lack of sleep His career in federal politics ended that went with it.

Oct. 25, 1993, when the Progressive “From time to time it was quite taxConservatives were wiped out in an ing...but I loved it. I thrived on it,” he election that saw significant gains for said. “Being in cabinet, having signifithe upstart Reform party. The Liberals cant ministries, dealing with major and won, as did their man in Richmond, sometimes historic decisions, was very Raymond Chan. rewarding.”

Siddon still has high praise for In 1985 Siddon was promoted to Mulroney, calling him an outstanding Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, a prime minister with a great vision for portfolio he would have for five years.

He had his critics, but Siddon said he’s Canada.

“He always said, ‘If you’re doing the proud of the role he played as minister in the development of Steveston, a fish- right thing minister Siddon, you won’t be hearing from me.’ We never had ing village where public access to the any directive to vote this way or that water and boats was once restricted. way. We supported one another.”

In 1990, Mulroney moved Siddon As Canada’s 42nd election nears, on from the frying pan into the fire, apOct. 19, Siddon urges voters to conpointing him minister of Indian Affairs sider candidates, not just parties. and Northern Development. That “Parties will do surprising things and summer Siddon found himself behind change their minds. But the individubarbed wire at Oka, Que., where a als you elect are the people who can violent land dispute pitted Mohawk be called to account,” he said. “Don’t protesters against Canadian soldiers. throw your vote away on a party...at There, he signed an agreement for the expense of helping elect somebody disengagement, which 25 years ago who can really do the work for you — led to the end of the crisis. as I was able to do, I think, not only for As Indian Affairs minister Siddon my constituents in Richmond but for also signed a historic agreement to the people of Canada.” create the new territory of Nunavut,

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here’s probably no period in history when a percentage of the population wasn’t on the move.

Today, with the world population hovering around 7.3 billion, it’s inevitable that the number of people migrating or fleeing catastrophes or war will have increased vertiginously.

Mass population movements are documented already by the earliest writers, and, similar to what is happening today, the people involved were in search of better living conditions. For centuries, beginning in late antiquity, Germanic tribes from northern Europe flowed into the territories of the Roman Empire, contributing to its downfall.

In history this era is known as the Migration Period (“Völkerwanderung” in German). The migrating people changed the political map of the European continent, leaving indelible marks — for example, the name of the Italian region Lombardy derives from the Langobards (Longbeards), the Germanic tribe holding power in Italy from the 6th to the 8th centuries.

Closer to our time are the people

who fled England in the 17th century for religious reasons. They eventually came to North America, establishing the colonies of Plymouth (settled by Pilgrims), and Massachusetts Bay (settled by Puritans). But the tide didn’t stop there. It’s believed that in the decade 1630-40 (when the estimated world population was 550 million) approximately 10,000 people left England and crossed the Atlantic to the region now called New England.

This exodus has gone down in the annals of history as the Great Migration.

The 20th century witnessed major upheavals in the aftermath of two world wars. There are bound to be a few Richmond residents who, like me, were directly or indirectly affected by these events. My paternal grandparents were Baltic Germans living in Riga who, together with many of their co-nationals, abandoned everything at the time of the Latvian War (1918-19) to flee to Germany. In 1956, my mother, father and I left Germany for Canada, on the last major wave of immigrants arriving from a war-torn Europe.

While history is full of accounts of movements of populations, the explosive increase in the quantity and rapidity of media coverage is

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unprecedented. With the fast pace at which events are unfolding, reporters are often imprecise in their language.

Migrant and refugee, used in the media as synonyms, are the words most often encountered.

Migrant (from the Latin “migrare,” to depart) had entered the language by 1760. Refugee (from the French “refugier,” to take shelter) is earlier and initially referred to the French Huguenots who fled to England after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. Refugees are also referred to as asylum seekers, based directly on the Latin “asylum” (sanctuary).

Although used interchangeably, migrant and refugee differ in their legal significance. People relocating are classified as migrants except when the reason for their migration is to flee from war or persecution, in which case they are called refugees.

Migrants can be deported, but not refugees, according to the terms of the 1951 Refugee Convention.

Since we’ve had the Migration Period and the Great Migration, how will history designate the current phenomenon? If headlines are any indication, crisis won’t be missing from the name.

Sabine Eiche is a writer and art historian (http://members.shaw.ca/ seiche/)

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s part of Fire Prevention Week, Richmond Fire-Rescue is reminding residents to make sure they have working smoke alarms in every room of their homes.

Location matters when it comes to smoke alarms, according to the fire safety experts.

So much so, that they’ve made the theme of next week’s Fire Prevention Week campaign “Hear the beep where you sleep.”

And in a novel bid to highlight the importance of having working smoke alarms, Domino’s Pizza will be supporting the week by supplying free pizzas to select Richmond residents who order pizza on Friday, Oct. 9.

Their home smoke alarm must be tested and working to validate the free pizza, which will be delivered by a local firefighter.

“Smoke alarms in your home can alert people to a fire before it spreads, giving everyone enough time to escape safely,” said Richmond Fire-Rescue Deputy Chief Kim Howell.

“In a fire, seconds count. Approximately half of home fire deaths result from fires reported between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. — when most people are asleep.”

Richmond Fire-Rescue, along with firefighters and personal safety advocates across North America, are joining forces with the National Fire Protection Associa-

tion during Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 4 to 10. “Hear the beep where you sleep” is a message to remind people about the importance of having working smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each sleeping area and on every level of their homes, including the basement.

As part of the campaign, Richmond Fire-Rescue personnel will be hosting three open houses at the following fire halls: Steveston Fire Hall No. 2 (11011 No. 2 Road) – Monday, Oct. 5, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.; Sea Island Fire Hall No. 3 (3911 Russ Baker Way) – Tuesday, Oct. 6, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.; Hamilton Fire Hall No. 5 (22451 Westminster Highway) – Wednesday, Oct. 7, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

The public is invited to attend. At each open house, there will be a safety presentation at 7:15 p.m.

With family-oriented activities, Richmond Fire-Rescue will also be partnering with Home Depot, Canadian Tire and Costco stores on the following times and dates: Home Depot (2700 Sweden Way) – Saturday, Oct. 3, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Canadian Tire (3500 No. 3 Road) – Sunday Oct. 4, 10 a.m. to noon; Canadian Tire (11388 Steveston Highway) – Sunday Oct. 4, 1 to 3 p.m.; Costco (9151 Bridgeport Road) – Thursday Oct. 8, 5 to 9 p.m.

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My parents’ stories: The cycle of love DAVIDICUSWONG

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y dad was born on Vancouver Island in Cumberland, near Courtney and Comox. When Cumberland had a coalmine, it was one of the largest Chinatowns on the West Coast.

My dad lost his father in early childhood.

His mother was left with six children to raise on her own. But my grandmother’s life was difficult from the start.

At age nine, she was sold to a wealthy Chinese family that moved to Vancouver.

She worked throughout her childhood and was not taught English.

She was married and had her first child at age 14. But my dad remembers her as being very good with her hands, a skilled chef and seamstress. She managed to make ends meet and raise each of her children to be independent.

My dad worked throughout his childhood to support his family, finished school, studied auto mechanics and worked at Vancouver Motors downtown.

He saved enough to study science at UBC and dentistry at McGill. When he talks about his childhood, he never complains about the prejudice he endured or the hardship his family suffered. He talks about wonder-

ful life experiences, his lifelong friends and the kindness of so many people along the way.

My mom was born in the Strathcona neighbourhood of Vancouver. When my mom was nine years old, she and her seven siblings were orphaned. Her oldest sisters were teenagers and her youngest brother was still in diapers.

There was no extended family to help them. To keep the family together, the oldest sisters decided that they would all work to raise the rest of the family until the youngest finished school.

My mom always taught me the value of a good family in which each is responsible for one another, and 76 years later, my aunts, uncles and cousins continue to celebrate the love of family at our annual Boxing Day party.

My parents’ stories could have been told with sadness or bitterness but instead, they are stories of courage, resilience, gratitude and love. The way they told their stories shaped how they lived their lives, related to others and raised our family.

My mom’s love for me was unconditional.

She saw the best and expected the best of me.

At first, I thought I had to be a top student and athlete like my brother to earn my parents’ love, but I eventually realized their love came with no conditions. I would always be

loved and accepted just as I was. consume it in our food and drink, we lose it My mom’s circle of concern continued to through perspiration and elimination. expand throughout her life. She had many In school, we studied the water cycle. friends and was involved in helping others Water evaporates, condenses into clouds, in her United Church and precipitates as snow community. She would go or rain, freezes, thaws, out of her way to make a flows into rivers, lakes I realized that what I feel positive difference in the and oceans, continuously lives of other people with cycling around the globe. towards my own children not so random everyday It belongs to no one. It is the same love my mother belongs to everyone. acts of kindness.

When she died unexI see ourselves as vesgave to me, and if I teach pectedly from a cardiac sels of love and we are them well, that same love arrest 12 years ago, I was part of the love cycle. We overwhelmed with grief, receive love from many will be given to others bebut over time I realized people throughout our yond my own lifetime. that my mother’s greatest lives — friends, family, gift was still with me. It teachers and coaches was her love, compassion — and it comes in many and kindness. forms including the ranI could never give back all the love that my dom kindness of strangers. mom had given me, but I was already giving It doesn’t always come unconditionally it out and giving it forward. I realized that — it comes in many imperfect and human what I feel towards my own children is the forms because we are imperfect and husame love my mother gave to me, and if I man, but still we receive love from infinite teach them well, that same love will be given sources. to others beyond my own lifetime.

Love is not a finite resource. It is in us to My mother’s greatest legacy was of love. give, and the giving of love does not diThis legacy of love belongs to every one of minish us but connects us and makes us us. stronger.

Sixty per cent of our body is made up of Dr. Davidicus Wong is a family physician water. It’s in each of our cells and in our and his Healthwise columns appear regucirculation, but we don’t own that water. We larly in this paper.

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The numerical reports of implicated vehicles and locales skyrocketed almost immediately from 500,000 in North American alone to 11 million worldwide. VW shares fell precipitously; the shares of other car and car-parts companies likewise tumbled. On the personnel front: CEO Martin Winterkorn’s mid-week resignation was followed two days later by the appointment of his replacement, Matthias Mueller, the former head of Porsche.

The head of VW’s US operations and top engineers at its Audi and Porsche brands are also gone. On the regulatory front: both German and North American regulators are under scrutiny. That the discovery was made, not by the US Environmental Protection Agency, but by a US non-profit, The International Council on Clean Transportation [ICCT], working with the Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines and Emissions at West Virginia University has been detailed.

We are now told that self-testing and self-auditing were routine. Backgrounders on the importance of the auto industry to the whole German economy provide context for analysis on the “cozy relationship between the industry and [German] politicians.” And on the geo-political front: alarmists have gone so far as to say that “All of a sudden, Volkswagen has become a bigger downside

risk for the German economy than the Greek debt crisis.”

In debate over the pros and cons of diesel technology, some predict the certain end of diesel cars in North America. Others say the diesel/electric combination is the future for hybrids.

The fix and the fix timelines are vaguely described. Germany has set an October 7th deadline for VW’s plan to bring diesel emissions from the 2.8 million affected cars on German roads into compliance. In North America stop-sell orders appear to be in place and recalls may be forthcoming.

The core mystery captivates: who was responsible and what, exactly, were they thinking? Will we ever fully understand how such a well-respected brand could come to this? The discovery time line is under scrutiny. German newspapers report that VW’s own staff in 2011 and one of its suppliers in 2007 warned about software designed to thwart emissions tests, but leave open why the matter was not addressed then.

We have been reminded of other emission test cheaters: in 1995 General Motors US$11 million fine for defeat devices on some Cadillacs; in 1998, Ford’s US$7.8 million fine for defeat devices on Econoline vans, and Honda’s US$17.1 million fine for disabling a “misfire” device that warned about excess emissions, and the largest penalty for defeat devices to date, the US$83.4 million fine on Caterpillar, Volvo, Renault and other manufacturers.

Clearly, VW will have to pay. In many countries where VW diesel cars are on the road, there is much ado about fines, class action lawsuits, and criminal investigations.

VW has reportedly already set aside US$7.3 billion to cover the fallout. Some estimate the final cost at triple this amount …or more.

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I had never shot a full-length golf course in my life before coming to the Richmond Country Club in April and I’m now a confident, near-bogey golfer thanks to the wonderful teachings of head pro Mark Strong.

Here is my final round, hole by hole: Hole 1 (+1) – I began decently with a nice drive and good contact on my second shot, only to find the bunker.

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Golf: The never ending quest Hole 16 (+1) – I nearly miss a golfer ahead of me with my drive as she was behind a tree.

Note: Align yourself on every tee shot. Hole Funny thing, I couldn’t find my ball after, so 10 (E) – I crush my drive to the fringe of the I dropped a new one (I’m not counting that). fairway. Walking up the fairway I stop to chat Note: Make sure everyone is 100 per cent out with some groundskeepers. Note: Groundsof the way. FORE! keepers are the ones that make your game Hole 17 (+2) – Here it is. Two holes to go! better. If the groundskeepers aren’t on your Pull the driver out. Set the tee. Place the side, don’t ask for help from the golf gods. ball. One practice swing. Two. Deep breathI always make sure to give a polite nod and ing. Step back. Aim. Set up. Practice swing. wave to each groundskeeper that passes me.

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Hole 11 (E) – A wayward drive is made up for with a rare, great Month: April May June July Aug. Sept. approach with my eight-iron to get a GIR. Score: 119 112 107 98 95 91 A two-putt for par and Water balls: 3 1 1 1 0 1 I’m on pace to break Out of bounds: 2 2 1 0 0 1 90!

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My time at the country club may be over, Note: I remember my “chicken feet” in the but this story will never end! sand (club faces to the left of the pin, the I sign off from the Graeme Project with my ball goes straight and my feet are pointed to favourite golf quote. the right of the pin. Get under the ball with “I call upon all nations to do everything they authority). can to stop these terrorist killers. Thank you.

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he rolling, moss-green hills cascading down the length of the rectangular canvas are punctuated by a cluster of globe-like bushes and spiky-tipped evergreens as Jim Young applies some swirling brush strokes.

It’s there, beside a river meandering down from snowcapped peaks, he makes his personal mark.

It’s not a signature. It’s not a stick figure.

It’s an almost imperceptible, light touch with the paintbrush bristles.

! David Chernochan adds fine detail to one of his paintings during a session at the RCFC’s monthly recreation program.

Photo by Gord Goble/Special to the News

But to Young, it’s designed to indicate his presence — placed amid the pastoral splendour of his own creation.

“I do this all the time, put myself in my paintings,” says Young, 61, who suffers depression and uses art as a release from the ever-present feelings. “I tend to lose myself in my paintings. But that’s where I want to be, in my mind.”

Young, who works part time at Pathways Clubhouse in Richmond, is one of several artists with mental illness who will be showing their work Oct. 8 at the Twenty Years of Wellness Art Show staged by the Richmond Mental Health Consumer and Friends’ Society (RCFC) at the Richmond Cultural Centre.

The event, celebrating the society’s two decades of local service, is one of several in Richmond marking Mental Illness Awareness Week that runs nationally Oct. 4 - 10.

Channeling an obsession Young’s landscape is a long way from the comic strip and comic book characters he turned out as a 16-yearold high school student at Windermere secondary in east Vancouver. Back then, he yearned to make a living from his talents with a pencil, brush, charcoal, and pretty much any artistic medium he could get his hands on.

He managed to do that for a while after graduating from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in the late 1970s, working for a printer, making specialized identity cards for Citizen Band radio enthusiasts.

Away from his day job, Young’s art was his obsession, with weeks spent painting landscapes and portraits in a makeshift, one bedroom home studio in Burnaby.

While his job eventually ended, Young continued with his art.

“I so desperately wanted to be a professional artist, that’s what drove me,” he says.

Commissions came and went, and they paid some of the bills, but the dream still burned brightly.

And while it may not have been a stable vocation, Young says he’s grateful he had it in his life when he quietly mentions, without elaboration, the source of his depression.

“I lost someone very close to me.”

Part of the landscape The art Young produced, following bouts with post traumatic stress disorder and depression, were dark.

“It was a way of letting my emotions flow through my work with demonic figures, faces, all done with charcoal,” he says. “It was a way of getting out what I was feeling.

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! Jim Young displays one of his paintings that bring him a sense of calm and safety as he continues to recover from depression. Photo by Gord Goble/Special to the News?????????????

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MENTAL HEALTH Awareness Mental Illness Awareness Week (Oct. 4 - 10) focuses attention on mental disorders, their signs and symptoms, how to get help, reduce stigma, foster hope and recovery, and illustrate the impact of mental illness on lives, families, workplaces and society.

To help achieve that communities across Canada stage events, such as the slate of activities scheduled in Richmond. They range from the screening of a film — What’s Art Got to Do With It? which chronicles the benefits of art to treat mental health — to a fundraising dinner for Pathways Clubhouse, an organization that provides programs for those dealing with mental illness.

Here’s what’s going on locally: OCT. 6 ! A scene from the documentary film What’s Art Got To Do With It which will be screened Oct. 7 at the Ralph Fisher Auditorium at Richmond Hospital as part of local Mental Health Awareness Week events. Photo submitted

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have been very positive in that respect.

It brings a real sense of community for those taking part in them. It also provides, I think, a big boost in self-esteem and confidence.”

With the current void of a full-time art therapy program in Richmond, Bawlf says RCFC’s informal efforts try and fill the gap.

Hopes are the art exhibition will live on at local community centres. That potential for added exposure would be beneficial, Bawlf says, adding she wholeheartedly believes in the role of art in mental health recovery.

“I’ve seen people be able to take on paid work and volunteer for things they may not have been encouraged to do before. That’s one of the good outcomes of participating in programs like this,” she says.

paper. It wasn’t good to bottle all of that up inside. I needed to let it out.”

Today, most of Young’s work focuses on landscapes, but not those reproduced from photos or magazine pictures. They come from his mind; dreamscapes, he calls them — the aforementioned painting is of vast, emerald pastures, not unlike the rolling glens of Scotland near Edinburgh where he lived until age 10 before coming to Canada.

It’s a safe and calming place.

“I like going there. It allows me to feel calm and totally in control of my surroundings because I am the one who has created them,” says Young, explaining why art therapy — done on his own and through more formal means — has helped him over the years with his continuing mental health condition.

Two views of art “It’s my place. It’s beautiful. It’s safe.”

Teresa Massel believes So, too, is the in the healing power “I like going there. It company of other of art, too. artists that Young allows me to feel calm and As someone who enjoys when he has spent 20 years totally in control of my makes the trek in working in the field from Marpole to as an art therapist, surroundings because I am take part in the she also sees the monthly painting the one who has created ability for art to sessions hosted by reveal important them.”

RCFC. clues to an “Being there, it’s individual’s condition.

– Jim Young very important,” he says.

“To me, it’s “It’s like a family. It’s very an invaluable inspirational and I feel secure communication tool. In there.” the hands of an art therapist, That’s the environment Barb Bawlf, a client can benefit the most from not executive director at RCFC, said she only the experience of making the art, envisioned when she created the classes, but having a final product to look at and which are part of the society’s recreational gain greater self awareness about their programming. In 2013, the art show, personality, their issues and their illness,” stocked with some work created during Massel says. the meetings, was added.

“It’s right in front of them. They can see “A lot of local people suffering from what they’ve done. They can’t deny it. mental health issues have done art for It’s a visible art product that reflects their years and nobody has really recognized or inner world — their thoughts and their seen it,” says Bawlf, adding the sessions feelings.” have also helped break down barriers Massel says an art therapist is a kind that inhibited some people from coming of facilitator or guide who is able to see forward and lend their hand to art. where a person is in their recovery, and “There are people I didn’t know where they can go. were artists who have come out of the That process can sometimes be woodwork,” Bawlf says. “And the classes hampered by verbal communication

barriers, which, in some cases, art can remove.

“If you see it (art) as a symbolic form of language, it can open a window or a door into a person’s verbal language,” Massel says. “There are some people who are so unwell, they maybe can’t say much. And there are art therapists who believe it’s not always necessary to talk and analyze their art. There is also benefit from the person to just express themselves, nonverbally making an art product.

That can make a difference in someone’s recovery.”

But when possible, Massel also encourages discussion of the art that is produced.

“To me, it helps someone who has expressed themselves nonverbally to acquire a language for what they are expressing,” she says. “That’s why I enjoy the group art therapy so much. I think people benefit from talking to and listening to each other.”

The creative part of being an art therapist is utilizing what’s there in the moment for that person and making decisions on how to help them help themselves recover, stabilize or find what is useful in their treatment plan, Massel says.

“Every therapy can be creative, but with art therapy there is the addition of the symbolic language.”

More than a canvas For Young, while he recognizes that his struggles with depression are likely never going to vanish entirely, his ability to immerse himself in his talent and experience the kinship of fellow artists is comforting.

“I love to do art for myself and other people,” he says. “I also love showing it.

“I can express myself. That’s what I’d like to tell people, who, like me, deal with a mental illness.

“They can use art to feel better. It doesn’t have to be a Van Gogh. It just has to come from within them — something they can be proud of producing.”

The Twenty Years of Wellness Art Show is on display at the Richmond Cultural Centre on Oct. 8 from 6 - 9 p.m.

Pathways Clubhouse 10th Annual Fundraising Dinner: Building Pathways for Hope 5:30 p.m. at Executive Airport Plaza Hotel (7311 Westminster Hwy.) $70 per ticket; $650 for table of 10 WestJet raffle tickets: 1 for $10, 3 for $25, 10 for $80 Contact: Dave MacDonald, dave.macdonald@ pathwaysclubhouse.com, 604-276-8834 ext. 32

OCT. 7

Film Night: What’s Art Got to Do With It? A documentary about art in the lives of people with mental health challenges and addictions.

Post-film speakers: Sandra Yuen-MacKay and Teresa Massel 7 – 9 p.m.

Ralph Fisher Auditorium, Richmond Hospital (free parking for attendees) ! Sandra Yuen-MacKay Contact: Barb Fee, Barbara.fee@pathwaysclubhouse.com, 604-276-8834, ext. 33 or Barb Bawlf, Barbara.bawlf@vch.ca, 604-675-3977

OCT. 8

Mindfulness Meditation for Stress Reduction and Health presented by Dr. Alex Leung 2:30 – 4 p.m. at the Richmond Public Library Brighouse Branch Contact: yourlibrary.ca/events This event is for Beyond the Blues; Depression Anxiety Education and Screening Day (heretohelp.bc.ca/beyond-the-blues) RCFC Art Show: 20 Years of Wellness Works by Richmond artists who have lived experience with mental illness.

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Richmond Art Centre Atrium (7700 Minoru Gate) Contact: Barb Bawlf, Barbara.Bawlf@vch.ca, or 604-675-3977

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The campaign coincides with World Stroke Day, on Oct. 29. This year’s theme chosen by the World Stroke Organization is “I am Woman” and focuses on the higher incidence of stroke in women, which can also have different warning signs.

Stroke is the number one cause of acquired long-term disability in adults in British Columbia. Each year, there are more than 6,500 strokes in B.C., from which over 2,000 people die, making stroke the third leading cause of death in the province.

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f you see 300 wide-eyed, excited people strolling around Steveston this weekend, don’t be alarmed — it’s just an entourage of Once Upon a Time (OUAT) superfans.

Many fans of the show travel from around the continent to catch a glimpse of the stars or the stores used in the primetime, ABC fairytale hit, which is primarily filmed in the fishing village.

This week, however, from Oct. 1 to 5, the first bona fide, semi-organized fan group will roll into town to taste a slice of the OUAT phenomenon.

Almost 300 people on the “Once Upon a Fan” Facebook page have said they intend to travel to Richmond for the meet-up, as part of an event called Operation Storybrooke, the fictitious name for Steveston. hmond has been working Tourism Richmond enes with behind the scenes the fan group and has set up a poster signing and arranged special offers with local businesses, with the help of the Steveston Merchants Association (SMA). fifinding di iis, b “What we’re because the show is so hugely popular, so many fan groups plan to come here and explore the

village,” said Lori Gelz, Tourism Richmond’s visitor services manager, based at the Steveston Museum and Visitor Centre: “This particular group, which is out of L.A., has been contacting us and letting us know that they’re all coming for an event called Operation Storybrooke.

“They’ve been in touch with us at the visitor centre, where we carry lots of official merchandise for the show.”

One of the ladies in the group, who designs OUAT posters for the visitor centre, is from San Francisco and is going to be doing a poster-signing from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday.

“There is also going to be a fan treasure hunt and on Sunday I believe there’s going to be a fan wrap-up at the Buck,” added Gelz.

“I don’t know for sure how many are coming, because it’s not an official event or anything, but I think around 250 have said yes on their Facebook page.”

In fact, 295 on the Facebook page, which has garnered 204,188 likes, have said they’re going to Operation Storybrooke.

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“We’ve put together a fan offer ssheet, with special offers at the participatin ticipating businesses,” said Gelz.

“It’s ju just a way to engage with the fans of this show, who are coming to Steveston in increasing numbers.”

! Steveston Village will once again be transformed into the mythical town of Storybrooke as shooting of ABC’s Once Upon a Time resumes this weekend. And that is expected to attract hordes of fans of the hit series, as it did this summer (above) when they lined the streets of the fishing village. File photos

Three things to do this weekend Alan Campbell

Staff Reporter acampbell@richmond-news.com

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TD Tree Days: Saturday, Oct. 3: TD Canada Trust’s local headquarters on Granville Avenue and No. 3 Road is asking the community to help plant around 600 new trees in Garden City Park this Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon.

It’s part of the bank’s nationwide TD Tree Days program, which took place last year at the Bath Slough Trail on Cambie Road in east Richmond This is the sixth year TD has run the planting program, in a bid to maintain and develop urban forests and the company has pledged to double the amount of trees planted from last year’s 300 or so.

Last year, said event co-ordinator and TD employee Emily Chan, there were families, customers, Girl Guides, employees and all sorts of people out helping to plant.

This fall, TD is inviting people across the nation to get involved

in TD Tree Days, with a target of planting 50,000 trees across Canada.

In the last five years, thousands of volunteers have planted more than 185,000 trees from coast to coast through the program.

The Richmond planting will be at a few locations across Garden City Park from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 3. Log onto tdtreedays.com and look for the Richmond location to sign up or go into any local TD branch.

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Steveston Indoor Market: Sunday, Oct. 4: The summer has slipped into the shadows, in case you hadn’t noticed. And, along with it, went the Steveston Farmers and Artisans Market.

But don’t despair, for this Sunday, the Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society will open the doors on the second season of the Cannery Farmers’ Market.

Taking place inside the Cannery, Steveston’s indoor winter market will operate every other Sunday to the end of April 2016 (see below for market dates).

On market days, from 10 a.m.

to 3 p.m., visitors can look forward to a cosy atmosphere, local food and artisan products, musical entertainment and information on community groups, all inside a unique heritage setting.

Building on the work of the outdoor summer market, the Cannery version promises to feature even more local food producers and artisans.

Admission is free and the market will run every other Sunday from October to April, on the following dates: Oct. 4 and 18; Nov. 1, 15, 29; Dec. 6 and 20; Jan. 17 and 31; Feb. 7 and 21; March 6 and 20; April 3 and 17.

For more information, visit canneryfarmersmarket.org.

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Fossil Show: Sunday, Oct. 4: Jurassic Park fans and all budding palaeontologists may want to get along to the Richmond Nature Park this Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

It’s a chance to see B.C. fossils and talk to amateur palaeontologists and fossil hunters at the annual Fossil Show at the park at 11851 Westminster Hwy.

! Staff from TD Canada Trust are inviting the public to help plant hundreds of trees in Garden City Park on Saturday morning. File photo

Members of the Vancouver Palaeontology Society will present a collection of fossilized plants and animals, share their stories and provide some hands-on activities.

And children can create and take home their very own fossil.

The Fossil Show is suitable for all ages. Admission is by dona-

tion — proceeds support the Richmond Nature Park Society’s educational programs.

Parking is free but space is limited. Please consider cycling or public transit.

For more information, call the Richmond Nature Park at 604718-6188.

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mmanuel Arceneaux, a star wide receiver with the BC Lions, visited Choice School for Gifted Children in Richmond, B.C. on Monday.

He shared his life story with the students and staff and talked about his experience growing up as a gifted kid in Louisiana and Washington State.

The students listened to Arceneaux as they were told that school, and later sports, grounded him and kept him out of trouble.

But it wasn’t easy for Arceneaux. Although he excelled at school, he faced adversity.

He grew up in a rough area in Louisiana; his house burned down when he was nine; he was separated from his mother to live in Washington State; and he was even turned down by a high school football team for being too small.

Arceneaux never gave up. He always moved forward, even when it meant uprooting from his life in Louisiana and moving to Alcorn State University in Mississippi a mere week after sending in his college application.

“Just be yourself,” Arceneaux told the audience. “Be who you are and don’t be afraid. Just really branch out…It’s all about connection and being open and honest and bridging the gap.”

The importance Arceneaux felt in speaking to gifted children did not go unnoticed.

“Everything I say really comes from the heart and if you can connect with some person just off a feeling, a vibe or a word [then] you are good to go,” Arceneaux said near the

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frican-Americans, fleeing from slavery in the U.S. South, called her their “Moses.” Slave owners called her many things, most of them obscene, all of them unflattering.

But Harriet Tubman was not deterred. She continued making her secret forays into the Deep South to lead slaves to safety in Canada.

Auburn, a pleasant, leafy town in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, seems an unlikely place to be reminded of cotton fields and slave auctions and leg irons and lynchings. But it is indeed where you’ll find a part of the story of this dark blot on America’s conscience, for it tells the story of Harriet Tubman.

It was here that she lived the last half of her life and now her home is a museum.

Exhibits and guides tell how, before the U.S. Civil War, Auburn was one of the last stops on the so-called Underground Railroad.

This was a loose arrangement of guides and safe houses run by anti-slavery advocates spiriting slaves northward. Auburn is about 200 kilometres from the Niagara River near Buffalo where the fugitives would cross into Ontario.

The diminutive (Five-foottall) Tubman was born a slave in Maryland in 1820 or 1821. After escaping in 1849 she was safe in the northern states, but a year later President Millard Fillmore signed what was called a “Compro-

! A life-size photo of Harriet Tubman, ‘conductor’ of the Underground Railroad, greets visitors to the Tubman museum in Auburn, New York. She helped more than 300 black American slaves to freedom in Canada. Photo by Mitchell Smyth/Meridian Writers’ Group

mise” to the Fugitive Slaves Act, making it a crime for any state to harbour fugitives.

That meant slaves had to get farther north. To Canada.

The Underground Railroad was already in existence, but the Compromise gave it a new head of steam, and Harriet Tubman knew it well.

Guides in the museum visitor centre tell how, from her base in St. Catharine’s, Ontario, and then (from 1857) in Auburn, she made trip after trip to Dixie, leading more than 300 slaves to safety.

But more important than that, perhaps, the story of “the Black Moses” got a lot of attention in northern newspapers and many influential people were attracted to her cause.

Her motto, says a guide, “was ‘Keep going.’ She’d tell her charges, ‘If you are tired, keep going. If you are scared, keep going. If you are hungry, keep going. If you want to taste freedom, keep going.’”

She kept up the “freedom train” journeys during the Civil War (1861-1865), at the same time acting as a spy for the Union behind enemy lines.

Auburn resident William Seward, the U.S. secretary of state and an anti-slavery campaigner, sold her a little farm on South Street, and she used the house to shelter runaways. That house burned down and in 1870 the present house was built nearby.

In her later life, Tubman recalled that as “conductor” of the Underground Railway, “I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.”

Harriet Tubman died in 1913. A marker in the visitor centre records that the New York Times listed her as one of the 250 most important people in the world to have died that year. She is buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn.

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he Cowell Auto Group announced last Friday that it would be breaking ground on a new expansion of the Richmond Auto Mall.

The addition will house two new buildings, a new Audi dealership and a new JaguarLand Rover dealership. Rand Cowell, vice president of Cowell Auto Group, said the change is necessary because of the growth in Richmond’s population.

“Really taking a look at how the community’s grown over the last 20 years and our need for taking care of our customers, the community’s grown to such a huge point and so has the demand for premium luxury brands out there,” said Rand.

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When the facilities were first built in the Richmond Auto Mall, they weren’t designed to handle the number of customers that they see now, said Ryan Cowell, the company’s president of development.

“For us, the challenge has been when we opened up our Jaguar-Land Rover and our Audi facility, they were built for a lower volume,” said Ryan. “And the volumes...have grown significantly, so we had to expand the Richmond Auto Mall in order to get a larger piece of property to handle the volume.”

The vertical design is a new approach, and the Cowells had to work closely with the manufacturers to push for the plan they wanted, going as far as getting approval from the brands’ head offices in Germany and the United Kingdom.

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The Cowells believe that this addition to the auto mall will be beneficial to the complex and the city going forward.

“To me, this just represents what has happened to the city of Richmond,” said Rand. “This will be a market-leading facility for all of our brands, Jaguar, Audi, and Land Rover, in Canada. That really represents the importance of Richmond, not only in the Metro Vancouver marketplace, but the Canadian marketplace.”

“It also strengthens the Richmond Auto Mall as one of the best places to purchase and service your vehicle,” added Ryan. “I think this sets up the Richmond Auto Mall for the future because now there’s the right amount of space for everyone.”

Gail Terry, general manager of the Richm mond Auto Mall, agreed.

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It’s hardly a stretch to suggest Trish Nicholson has a pretty good idea how the Richmond Senior Girls Volleyball League is going to play out this season and in particular her McRoberts Strikers.

Remarkably beginning her 29th season coaching girls volleyball at McRoberts, Nicholson’s squad is the early favourites to repeat as city champions and return to the provincials for the second straight year. She also expects to see the usual suspects standing in the way.

“Richmond Christian is always a decent team and have been well-coached in the past. They always give us a game,” Nicholson speculated. “McMath have the athletes and it’s a cross-town rivalry thing between us and them. I suspect this year will be no different.”

Backing up her claim is Richmond Christian being currently ranked No. 2 in the A tier which features mostly small private schools across the province. The Wildcats also made a brief appearance in the AAAA rankings and could be heard from again as the “tournament season” gets into full swing.

As for the Strikers, they managed to reach the AAA provincials in Parksville last year despite having a roster with just two Grade 12 players that didn’t even make the trip to the Island due to a grad function. It was predictably a rocky performance for the young team on the big stage for the first time but the experience gained should payoff significantly this season.

They are currently at No. 9 in the AAA rankings.

Nicholson’s 13-player roster features nine seniors, two Grade 11s and even a couple of talented aged up juniors. A potential conflict for the second straight year has also been avoided with the date of the grad activity being moved away from the provincials, slated for late November in Vernon.

“This group has a lot of skill and have had good coaching, whether it be at the club or Oval program,” continued Nicholson, who has been coaching the seniors on this team since Grade 9. “What we are hoping to improve on, over the course of the season, is brining up that hardcore intensity.

“I have had less talented teams but their attitude was no ball was going to hit the floor. It may not look good on video when they do it (from a technical standpoint) but you can do a lot with those kind of players sometimes.

Our challenge is going to be getting over that sticking point where it matters to you when (the ball) is going to hit the floor.”

To get her team more battle tested, the Strikers will be participating in a number of tournaments, including this weekend at Capilano University in North Vancouver. Also on the horizon are stops in Campbell River, Burnaby and Seaquam.

“I think the girls were little surprised to see us in the top 10 (of the rankings),” added Nicholson. “But I reminded them it shouldn’t be with the number of players we have coming back. I’ve also snatched up some good Grade 10s who are really committed to volleyball and wanted to be challenged even though it will come at the expense of the playing time they would have had (at the junior level).”

She also admits club volleyball has been

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Richmond pro runner-up in BC PGA event

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indsay Bernakevitch held off Mark Strong from the host course to capture the 2015 Cleveland Golf/Srixon Canada PGA of BC Club Professional Championship presented by Club Car at Richmond Country Club.

Heading into Tuesday’s final round with a two stroke lead over Strong and Murray Poje of Tsawwassen Springs Golf Course, at Bernakevitch’s lead fell to just one stroke over the pair at the turn.

However, on the back nine, Bernakevitch recorded three birdies and his lead grew to five shots at one point before settling for a four stroke victory with rounds of 69-71. Strong and Poje shot identical rounds of 71-73. The win was worth $2,700 for the Victoria Golf Club professional. The runners-up earned $1,750 each.

“I just played steady,” Bernakevitch said post-round. “I knew that without a lot of wind today, someone could make a run.

But I just tried to keep the ball in play and make greens, and if I made birdies then that was great.

“The greens were tough, about the same difficulty of yesterday. I don’t think I had as many good birdie opportunities today. I put myself in a few interesting spots out there, but the greens here are so true and so smooth, it was a pleasure to play on them.”

Bernakevitch’s win is his second of the 2015 PGA of BC season, as he claimed the Tournament of Champions in May with his amateur playing partner Erik Swinburnson.

■ Madeline Mathews is one of two Grade 10s who have been aged up with the defending city senior girls volleyball champion and top 10 AAA ranked McRoberts Strikers. Photo by Mark Booth

a blessing over the years in developing her players’ skill base and passion for the game.

When you happen to be a super volunteer teacher, involved with as many as three sports in a school year, there is no time for the intense year-round programs.

“You can just see the better passing and serving with the club players because they are doing it so often. I’m just a journeyman,” laughed Nicholson. “I go from the volleyball season right to basketball and did even track last year too.”

■ Richmond Christian begins the season ranked No. 2 among schools at the A tier and is expected to challenge McRoberts and McMath for the city championship. Photo by Mark Booth

Wong powers Devils to win in SCFHL opener

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ichmond Devils scored twice in the opening seven minutes of play and never looked back in a dominating 3-0 season-opening win over Trinity Western University in South Coast Female Hockey League action.

Goals by Marisa Chau and Jane Gregory-Herbold staked Richmond to the early lead. Both tallies were set-up by Sabrina Wong who was named the league’s Second Star of the Week for her performance.

The locals dominated the remainder of the contest, outshooting the Spartans by a 51-14 margin.

Danika Carter added a third period goal, while Katie Anderson turned aside 14 shots for the shutout.

The Devils head to the Surrey Sports and Leisure Centre for the SCFHL’s annual Super Weekend which will see all eight teams in action.

They will take on the Surrey Mavericks on Saturday night.

The Mavericks will also be the Devils’ next opponent at home when they visit the Richmond Ice Centre on Oct. 24.

The Devils are coming off a 13-10-5 2014-15 campaign.

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ver 300 athletes from across Canada and the U.S. challenged both body and mind to determine who would rise to the top of the award podium at the Canada Cup #1 and #2 fencing competitions last weekend at the Richmond Olympic Oval.

The Canada Cup #1 event was designated for Senior, Veterans and University competitors, while Canada Cup #2 was for Cadet, Junior-U15.

Local athletes to earn medals included gold for Dylan French (Junior Men’s Epee), as well as Alex Sun in Cade men’s foil.

Here’s a rundown of the podium finishers:

Senior Women’s Foil: 1. Kelleigh Ryan (ON) 2. Eleanor Harvey (ON) 3. Arian Bilodeau (QC), Jerrica Gu (AB).

Men’s Sabre: 1. Cameron Mackay (MB) 2. Mathieu Nassif 3. Cedric Boutet, Julien Hogues.

Men’s Epee: 1. MarcAntoine Blais-Belanger 2.

Vincent Pelletier 3. Clement Femenias-Metivet (QC), Laurie Shong (BC).

Women’s Sabre: 1. Marissa Ponich (QC) 2. Rachel Lamarre (QC) 3. Frederic Chevarie (QC), Pamela BrindAmour (QC).

Women’s Epee: 1. Malinka Hoppe Montanaro 2. Alexanne Verret (QC) 3. Monica Lubczynski (QC), Emma Von Dadelszen.

Men’s Foil: 1. Daniel Gu (AB), 2. Maximilien Van Haaster (QC) 3. Marc-Antoine Brodeur, Sean Grant.

Cadet Men’s Foil: 1. Alex Cai (ON) 2. Mateusz Kozak (ON) 3. Emile Van Haaster (QC), Daniel Li (ON).

Women’s Sabre: 1, Jiaping Ma (BC) 2. Mathilde

Gil Simard (QB) 3. Marina Guintchitskaia (AB), Chloe Cyr. Women’s Epee: 1, Cindy Gao (ON) 2. Ariane Leonard (QC) 3. Zi Shan Guo (ON), Natasha Kis-Toth.

Women’s Foil: 1. Jane Caulfield (AB) 2. Ying Cao (ON) 3. Cynthia Liu (AB), Elizabeth Dostie-Vigneault.

Men’s Sabre: 1. Gabe Shuster (MB) 2. Alexandre Prefontaine (MB) 3. Matthais Leuprecht (ON), Francious Cauchon (QC).

Men’s Epee: 1. Nikola Damanjanovic (ON) 2. Seraphim Hsieh Jarov (BC) 3.

Riley Norman (BC).

U15 Men’s Sabre: 1. Alex Sun (BC), 2. Nathan Go (BC) 3.

Joshua Lee (BC), Clement Cheung (BC).

Women’s Foil: 1. Jessica Jia Guo (ON) 2. Rachel Tam (ON) 3. Annie Xiaohui (ON), Erica Kuen (USA).

Men’s Epee: 1. Junlang Zhao (AB) 2. Daniel Kolpakov (BC), 3. Caelan Meyer (BC), Jason Li (ON).

Women’s Sabre: 1. Bai Xun You Liu (ON) 2. Chloe Cyr (ON), 3. Neav WilliamsMurphy (BC), Zoe Wu (BC).

Women’s Epee: 1. Ariane Leonard (QC) 2. Justine Boudreau (QC) 3. Christina Zozulya (BC), Ella Havkin (AB).

Men’s Foil: 1. Patrick Liu (USA) 2. Benjamin Shih (USA) 3. Songhao Steven Zhang (ON), Lawrence Song (USA).

Junior Women’s Epee: 1. Alexanne Verret (QC) 2. Julia Barry (NS) 3. Marilyne Plante (QC) 3. Cindy Gao (ON).

Men’s Epee: 1. Dylan French (BC), Maxime Bilon (QC) 3. Nicolas Pouliquen (BC), Loup-yann Ferre (QC).

Men’s Foil: 1. Sean Grant

■ The annual Canada Cup took place last weekend at the Olympic Oval. Photo by Gord Goble

(ON) 2. Brandon Jalowica (ON) 3. Daniel Gu (AB), Shaw Phillips (USA).

Men’s Sabre: 1. Benjamin Marcus (USA), 2. Spencer McPhedran (AB), 3. Marc Gelinas (QC), Francois Cauchon (QC).

Women’s Foil: 1. Ying Cao (ON) 2. Sarah Filby (MB) 3.

Jane Caulfield (AB), Artemis Hopps (MB).

Women’s Sabre: 1. Rachel Lamarre (QC) 2. Vernoique Lamarre (QC) 3. Madison Thurgood (AB), Frederique Bourget (QC).

University Men’s Foil: 1. Sam Hardwicke-Brown (AB) 2.

Jean-Marc Turk (QC) 3.

John St. George (AB), Caleb McIntosh (BC).

Women’s Epee: 1. Flavie Martineau (QC) 2. Mahee Merica (QC) 3. Kali Sayers (AB), Marilune Plante (QC).

Women’s Foil: 1. Aimee Schryer (Sask) 2. Charlotte Mesurolle (QC), 3. Hedi Atter (Sask), Sabrina Yu (AB).

Men’s Epee: 1. Vincent Lavoie (QC) 2. Alexandre Sami-Bacon (AB).

Men’s Sabre: 1. William Kinney (ON) 2. Dane Smelsky-Remillard 3. Cameron Griffiths (AB), Philip Pitura (Sask).

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Thank you to all of our donors, sponsors and volunteers for supporting the Richmond Hospital Foundation’s Community Cares Month. More than $330,000 (net) was donated in September, confirming Richmond’s commitment to ensure the very best local health care.

Richmond Hospital Foundation’s Community Cares Month was a month-long series of events and promotion in September in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin that unites members of our diverse community for a common cause—to donate to improve patient care at Richmond Hospital.

Community Cares Month culminated in“Richmond Hospital Donation Day”on Saturday, September 26 with all-day broadcasts on CHMB AM 1320, Fairchild Radio, News 1130, a telethon on Fairchild TV and supporter booths at local malls (Aberdeen Centre, Parker Place, Richmond Centre, Yaohan Centre) and River Rock Casino Resort for donations.

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