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Did I just see that?

Coun. Harold Steves voting against his running mates and refusing to demand more than 10 per cent rental units from the Richmond Centre development?

Coun. Bill McNulty voting against his running mate in favour of significantly smaller home sizes on ALR land?

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These, indeed, are interesting times on council. There was a change-up of only two councillors in the October municipal election, but it’s having a dramatic effect. Not only are we seeing different outcomes, we’re also seeing odd alliances.

Coun. Carol Day’s proposal to have a public, online voting record will be helpful to keep track of who’s standing where.

Some worry such a record could mislead because it doesn’t provide context. This is the same complaint candidates have had of the “20 yes/no questions” we’ve run in the past few elections. It’s a fair concern but not a reason to ditch it.

In the case of the online voting record, there may be links to council minutes and background materials. Point being, we don’t solve the problem of over-simplification by providing less information.

For context regarding the votes mentioned above, which you do need, see our stories on pages 9, 10. While you’re there, look for a new byline. Maria Rantanen is our new city hall reporter. We’re incredibly lucky to have her. She’s experienced, tenacious and looks to be subject to that old Chinese curse, “may you live in interesting times.”

But enough politics. The big news this week is, of course, the fact Santa’s coming to town. In just five more sleeps, he’ll not only be sledding around the world, but parading through Steveston (see page 23).

I’ve only been to the Steveston Santa Claus parade once, but I’ll never forget it. At the time, I was on my own with the kids and life was, well, a bit tough to be honest. I was new to Richmond and didn’t have family around. I noticed this parade and mentioned it to a neighbour who had a little girl the same age as my daughter. So we packed up the kids and trundled down. As we turned off No. 1 Road and down a side street, we saw these bizarre flames. As we drew closer, we could see they were oil drums filled with bonfires. Kids were tearing around, adults were sitting back in lawn chairs with hot toddies. Tables lined the street, laden with snacks.

We had stumbled upon a block party.

While some of the images have stayed in my mind, what I remember most was the insistent urging that we help ourselves, even though we’d come empty handed, the welcoming conversations, the eagerness to have my son join whatever game some dad had underway with a brood of kids.

I don’t know another Christmas I felt so much gratitude — which is odd, given I’ve even more to be grateful for now that life is a little easier. Perhaps it was the unexpected kindness of strangers, perhaps it was my own vulnerability. Whatever the case, there’s something about struggling, connecting and ridding ourselves of “perfect family” expectations that gives us the best chance to feel the magic.

So, here’s to the magic of kindness and gratitude. Merry Christmas!

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Farm prices not just There are better options about mega homes for sewage meter bill Dear Editor,

ALR land prices will follow.

Having attended public meetings on the ALR home size issue, perhaps the most relevant and apropos comment I’ve heard was, “That ship has sailed,” a comment from a long-time Richmond farmer.

The context was a discussion as to when “farmland” prices began to exceed the grasp of new farmers, which, ironically, was approximately the same time the ALR was created.

This leads to a discussion of “lift,” meaning that when nonALR property values increase, history shows that ALR land prices will rise as well. In other words, a rising tide lifts all boats.

For sake of argument, the price ratio of non-ALR to ALR land may be 10:1 for the same sized property. Want affordable farmland? Then find a mechanism to depreciate nonALR land to 1970s prices, and

Example: Take your single family home, and sell it for $100,000 as one’s duty to make ALR land affordable. Any volunteers?

directly to farmland affordability.

What should concern all Richmond property owners is that the current council appears ready, willing and able to revisit Large homes in (Megahomes) any and all issues the ALR have been on kneejerk scapegoated for have been based emotions, mob ALR land’s “lack of mentality and withaffordability,” but scapegoated out any sound logimany thought this issue was addressed for ALR land’s cal basis for these decisions, let alone by council earlier ‘lack of af- compensation for this year. is effectively fordability.’ what However, within continued expropri24 hours of being ation — bordering sworn in, city councillors de- on communism. cided to cater to mob mentalSimply stated, council is acity and, again, scapegoat the ALR home size issue by attack- tively aiming to reduce the ing the rights of ALR property property values of a targeted owners by further reducing ALR class of private property owners. Who’s next ? home sizes.

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The mayor, council and city staff have admitted that our sewer usage is not “metered” as stated on our city utility bill, but is instead based on 90 per cent of our water usage. (In Delta and Surrey it’s 80 per cent.)

In effect, we are being taxed for sewer usage when our outdoor water use rises in the summer months. Outdoor water use by residents goes into the soil, not the sewer system.

Upon reviewing just the sewer portion of the bill from the first quarter of this year to the third quarter, we discovered that our charges have quintupled, from $80.36 to $420.42. This is a $340.06 increase to our sewer tax in six months.

The increase in our water usage is to support our attempts to lessen our global impact by growing our own fruits and vegetables, and supplement our family’s budget. By calculating sewage usage from all water use, the city is double taxing those of us who use water outdoors.

dard way of measuring it across the region,” and that trying to calculate the sewer rate any other way “could introduce enormous complexity into the billing system.”

I suggested to city staff that night, that if they simply took the sewer rate from the first quarter of the year, when there is little to no water use outdoors, and used that as the sewer rate prorated for the remainder of the year, they would be capturing the most accurate sewer use: a rate not influenced by outdoor water use that inflates our actual sewer usage. They agreed that it could be done this way, and it could be reviewed next fall.

I would encourage all residents who use any outdoor water, to compare their sewer charges on their utility bills over this past year. If you have the same concerns, contact the mayor and council (MayorAndCouncillors@ Richmond.ca) and request they adopt the recommendation stated above in a timely matter, and not just revisit “communication” regarding our bills.

They defend sewer rates as a “stan-

Dawn Thomson

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Officers are Will they secret Santa protest for Dear Editor, This year as with every year I will be enjoying all the special times that this season brings. On Christmas morning, I will wake up to a special Christmas breakfast, I will open presents with my family, I always get spoiled.

Right after the gifts we start preparing the Christmas dinner and what a feast it will be. I will think of my secret Santa who at great personal expense made all this possible. I am referring to our RCMP officers. I know that they will be working keeping us safe at Christmas, I know that their family time will be delayed or reduced to moments on a phoneline stretching across this country.

Their Christmas Day will consist of standing in the rain at a crash, fighting with drunks or going to family fights. For dinner, they can expect coffee from a gas station and a sandwich between calls. Their families will worry as they always do and with good cause. This year one of our Mounties was very badly injured protecting us.

The peace and safety we in Richmond enjoy has cost the lives of three police officers over the years. This season, if you see one of my secret Santas smile and thank them for me. Merry Christmas and a safe, happy 2019.

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Dear Editor, Re: Meng arrest ‘too dirty’ It was a disappointment to read about the group of Richmond residents protesting the Huawei CFO’s arrest at YVR. Everything that happened was in accordance with the law and our extradition treaty with the U.S. The title of the press conference, “Demanding fairness protecting human rights” was a joke. The protesters should be looking at the abysmal human rights record of China before passing judgment on the Canadian justice system.

Remember, it’s thanks to the freedoms you enjoy in this country that you can freely protest here. How about protesting the arrest and jailing of the two Canadian citizens in China right now?

I would love to see the same protest now in front of the Chinese consulate.

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Dog killed in own home Lok’s security footage shows the dog chasing Brandy indoors then leaving a few moments later.

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After tracking down the dog and then its owner by Sunday, the City of Richmond said the dog was voluntarily surrendered.

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According to Global TV, the attack took place around 5 p.m. on Friday on Keefer Avenue – close to Ash Street and Blundell Road – when Gary Lok’s 13-year-old maltipoo called Brandy was outside his front door, awaiting the arrival of a relative.

Brandy apparently barked at a “massive” dog that was walking past the property on its own, prompting the larger dog to charge at Lok’s pet. Inside the home, Brandy was caught by the invading dog — which resembled a bull terrier breed on Lok’s CCTV footage from the front entrance — and

Brandy was was killed by a larger dog. mauled around its face.

Another of Lok’s relatives, according to Global, who was looking after a fouryear-old child at the time, tried unsuccessfully to get the bigger dog off Brandy.

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“We are still investigating the incident and reviewing further actions,” said city spokesperson Ted Townsend.

He said no decision has been made on what will happen next, including the possibility of the dog being put down. Townsend added that there are a number of steps to conclude, including determining what triggered the incident, a behavioural assessment of the dog and other reviews.

“There’s no timeline for completion of this process at this time.”

The attack was reported to the police, but Richmond RCMP said the incident is not a police matter.

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Council curbs size of homes in ALR Maria Rantanen RICHMOND NEWS

Richmond council voted early Tuesday morning to limit the size of homes in the Agricultural Land Reserve to 400 square metres with Mayor Malcolm Brodie and councillors Alexa Loo and Linda McPhail voting against the motion.

The vote followed three hours of comments Monday night, ending just after midnight, from about 25 speakers on the issue at a public hearing – many speakers owned farmland in the ALR and spoke about their personal experiences trying to make farming viable, and how they planned to have extended family live with them.

Coun. Carol Day said this issue has been studied for two years and it’s time to “rip off the BandAid” and vote for the 400-metre limit.

Day pointed out that there is still the possibility to apply for a variance, but added that “a real

mary land use of the ALR, and that Delta has limited its ALR house sizes to 300 square metres.

farmer wants as small as possible a footprint for their house so they can have land for farming.” She added it’s possible to make a living on one or two acres.

Coun. Harold Steves voted for the 400-square-metre limit, pointing out that in 1942, 100 per cent of vegetables were grown locally in B.C., in 1973, 86 per cent and in 2018, 43 per cent are grown locally.

Coun. Chak Au said the issue is “very complex,” and then challenged council: “Do we believe in the ALR? We either believe in the ALR or not.”

He added that farmland should reflect the value of the product, not the house on it.

“That’s what we’re talking about tonight,” he said.

“Unless we deal with the issue of speculation (…) we’re not going to address the root problem,” he said.

Originally council was looking to enact a house-size limit of 500 square metres, but a motion was put forward to reduce that further.

The bylaw also included a limit on the farm home plate, saying it must include the septic field as well. Any garages are included in the 400-square-metre limit.

Recent provincial legislation has mandated homes in the ALR must be smaller than 500 square metres.

It was standing room only at council on Monday with the ALR house size on the agenda. Maria Rantanen photo Of the couple dozen speakers, about 16 spoke against the motion and about nine in favour.

of Richmond, and cautioning that mansions in the ALR will increase in value if this limit is passed.

One speaker claimed that saving land for food security issues is not viable, even the 4,000 tons of food his farm produces is small compared to other farming communities in North America.

Another speaker said the bylaw would cause “grave hardship” as he was in the process of designing a home that would accommodate three generations in the Hamilton area. His house is excavated and pre-loaded and he was applying for a development permit.

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Brodie said he didn’t support the 400-square-metre limit as he felt it was “flawed” because it’s based on the average sized home in Richmond — this compares an average to a maximum.

“It’s not fair when you’re not comparing apples to apples — you’re comparing an average to a maximum,” Brodie said.

In response to a question from Coun. Bill McNulty, staff said if someone wanted to build a 500-square-metre home in the ALR, they’d have to apply to the city for site-specific zoning and show the property is used for farming.

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Rental units part of mall rebuild Maria Rantanen RICHMOND NEWS

The redevelopment of Richmond Centre moved one step forward as council approved a motion to work with the developer to ensure 10 per cent of planned units were rental homes, up from five per cent first proposed.

Originally the developer was going to build 12 towers with 1,850 market units and 150 affordable rental housing units, but after council’s request to increase the rental stock, the developer added 200 market rental homes to bring the total to 2,200 homes. The rental homes will be built in the second phase.

At the public hearing, comments on the project were overwhelmingly positive, but some criticized the project for not going far enough, asking for more rental and more amenities.

However, Coun. Harold Steves pointed out, after the public’s comments, that this property was rezoned in the 1980s, and the developer is not required to provide any rental stock. “(If) we turn it down to-

More than 2,000 homes are planned at Richmond Centre. Maria Rantanen photo night, yes, we wait six months, or they just simply build it without rental housing at all because they don’t require the rezoning, simple as that,” Steves said, adding that the developer might just walk away and the property will sit empty as the choice is theirs.

The motion to amend the OCP for the high-rise project, located at 6551 No. 3 Rd., passed with councillors Greene, Day and Wolfe voting against it.

Wolfe said his vision for the project included no roads through the development, as well as solar technology and more benefits for the community.

Day argued city council could go back to the developer and ask for more rental, saying that council could do “a lot better.”

“This is our legacy – whatever we do here at Richmond Centre becomes the hub of Richmond, and I think taking the time, the six months, to get it right is the right thing to do,” she said.

A housing agreement will be made with the developer to keep the units as rental in perpetuity. Out of the 200 rental homes, the developer is proposing to have 40 per cent family-friendly, that is, two- and three-bedroom units.

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Massey mess still being studied radation to the Fraser River, Brodie said. In addition, a large part of a park planned on the former Fantasy Gardens lands would have been appropriated for the project.

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Solutions to congestion in Richmond at the George Massey Tunnel won’t be solved any time soon as the province plans to consult with municipalities and First Nations before presenting three possible solutions in the fall of 2020.

The proposed solutions are an eight-lane bridge, a six-lane bridge or an eight-lane tunnel, the last of which would have fewer negative impacts and be less expensive than a bridge, according to the ministry’s press release.

While he’s not happy about the timeline on the tunnel replacement, Mayor Malcolm Brodie blames the previous government for the delay.

“They (the BC Liberals) were not prepared to look at any alternatives ever,” he said, adding that after meetings with staff, the province never gave anything in writing.

Richmond’s concerns included the number of lanes on the bridge, creating a “Los Angeles-style freeway” in south Richmond with “unbelievably massive and complicated” on and off ramps onto Steveston Highway, the loss of farmland and environmental deg-

Brodie called the three options presented by the NDP government on Monday “realistic.”

“I’m very pleased they’re going to take a far harder look at the various options and go from there,” he said.

Brodie said he doesn’t like the long timeline presented but doesn’t see an alternative.

“When you’re building for the next generation, you need to get it done right,” he said.

Richmond city council was pressing the province to upgrade the existing tunnel and then twin it — this was one of the options that the technical review, done by Stan Cowdell of Westmar Advisors Inc., put forward as well.

While working on the business case over the next two years, the province plans to start immediate work on improving the Steveston interchange to reduce congestion there as well as on the Delta side.

The Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, Claire Trevena, held a news conference Monday on the tunnel replacement,

blaming the previous government for not consulting with local communities or “fully considering feasible alternatives.”

pointed out that the previous government did technical reports, held meetings with Richmond and Delta and collected 14,000 pages of consultation. He said if the project had started, it would probably be onequarter the way done now.

The previous BC Liberal government planned to replace the tunnel with a 10lane bridge, but when the BC NDP government took power last year, they scrapped the plan and ordered an independent technical review, which confirmed “it was the wrong project for the When you’re region,” said Trevena.

Cowdell’s technical review concluded that the 10-lane bridge proposal didn’t address “community alignment, liveability and cost.”

building for the next generation, you need to get it done right.

“We have to have a solution and get on with this,” Johal said.

“The public is at the point they don’t want to hear about politicians doing more studies and consultations.”

He said he’s concerned that it will take seven to 10 years to complete the project, something that is a “huge detriment to the viability and success of businesses in Richmond.”

Richmond Chamber of ComTrevena said after the merce issued a press release business case is presented stating it is “disappointed” with MALCOLM BRODIE the minister’s announcement. in fall 2020, the province will work “aggressively” to “We had hoped that Minister get shovels in the ground Trevena would have decided on on the solution that they a solution, based on this review, decide on. Other improvewhich emphasized the urgency of improvments the province intends to look at are ing this crossing. Instead, we are offered expanding the existing shoulder bus lanes more study and more delays. And we fear and improving the roads on either side of that whatever is finally built will be at or the bridge. near capacity when it opens,” said ChamRichmond-Queensborough MLA Jas Johal ber Chair Barbara Tinson.

Richmond councillor asks for online voting record Alyse Kotyk RICHMOND NEWS

Wading through city council minutes and understanding municipal jargon is currently the only way to check a Richmond councillor’s voting record, but one individual is hoping to change that by creating an easy-to-access online voting record.

Earlier this month, Coun. Carol Day put forward a motion to look into an online voting record, allow-

ing the public to easily track decisions made by councillors.

“It’s really, really hard for people to know what people’s patterns are when it comes to voting,” Day told the Richmond News. “Every councillor has got a pattern and I think and I believe, having talked to many people over the election, people want to know about patterns. They want to know what councillors stand for. Ultimately, that’s your report card.”

Day explained she began tracking voting records during the 2018 election season. Over the months

leading up to the election, transparency and conflict of interest became key issues discussed by slates and voters.

“Before the election I had a volunteer go through — and she spent weeks going through — minutes of all the meetings and picking out the more important votes,” Day said. “It was ridiculous how long it took.”

Day pointed out that Vancouver has this sort of system, with a chart that shows various agenda items and a symbol indicating how councillors voted on that issue. She

said she hopes a Richmond model would look similar, including links to meeting minutes or video so the public can better understand the context.

Day’s motion passed unopposed at a Dec. 3 General Purposes Committee meeting, and now staff are looking into options.

In the meantime, however, Coun.

Kelly Greene has created her own website with council’s voting record, which can be seen at RichmondCitizens.ca/Voting-Record.

“I believe in transparent and responsible government,” Greene

said on Twitter.

Greene’s record includes votes since the new council was sworn in on Nov. 5, with links to relevant council meeting minutes. As of publication, only votes until Nov. 26 were included, but she plans to update the page in the future.

“We shouldn’t make it so difficult to find out what people’s patterns are. We should make it easy,” Day said. “I’m hoping we’re going to make a more transparent, open council that engages all of Richmond.”

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dent of the government and it has been long proved to be just, fair and transparent. It is unreasonable for someone to question and even try to intervene in the legal process,” said Huang.

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A number of Richmond residents protested in front of the Chinese consulate in Vancouver last Saturday, asking the Chinese government to release two Canadians arrested in China.

He added that the arrest of Meng took place because of the extradition treaty with the U.S., and not because, “Canada can arrest her or release her whenever it wants.

Michael Kovrig, a former diplomat, and Michael Spavor, a businessman living near the North Korean border, were detained on suspicion of “engaging in activities that endanger the national security” of China.

Some saw this move as simply China’s revenge for the arrest of the Huawei executive Wanzhou Meng in Vancouver on Dec. 1.

China has rejected this connection.

“We feel very concerned about their situation,” said Louis Huang, protest organizer and co-founder of the advocacy group Freedom and Democracy for China (formerly the Vancouver Chinese Human Rights Watch Group), to the Richmond News.

“It’s all operated in the darkness by the Chinese government. What are the accusations against them? Where are they now? How is their condition? It’s not transparent at all.”

Around 10 people attended the Saturday protest, about half of whom are Richmond residents, according to Huang.

“Meng’s hearing was open to the public, she was granted the right of bail, and she has a team of lawyers to defend her. If she is innocent, she will receive justice,” said Huang.

Around 10 residents, many from Richmond, protested in front of the Chinese consulate in Vancouver last Saturday. Photo submitted The crowd held pictures of the two Canadians and shouted “Respect the Canadian legal system. Release Michael Kovrig. Release Michael Spavor” during the one-hour rally.

“The legal system in China is under the control of the Chinese government, who can decide who is a criminal and who is not. That’s the problem,” said Huang.

“We are here to protest the arrests of the two Canadians and we demand the Chinese

government release them immediately.”

Last week during the bail hearing of Meng, a number of people from the Chinese Canadian community, including some from a Richmond-based organization, rallied outside of the B.C. Supreme Court and asked the court to release Meng.

However, Huang calls this type of behaviour “ridiculous.”

“The Canadian legal system is indepen-

“How about the two Canadians arrested in China? Can they be granted bail? Can they defend themselves? Can their trial be transparent to the public? If that’s the case, we won’t say anything.”

Huang said he also wants people to hear different voices from the local Chinese community, so they know that “Chinese Canadians are not only those who were asking for Meng to be freed outside of the court.”

“Actually more people respect the legal system here and are confident in justice being served. And they are concerned about the situation of the two Canadians in China,” he said.

Four days after the protest, the federal government confirmed that a third Canadian citizen was detained in China.

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Rainy season sucks for resident Alan Campbell RICHMOND NEWS

It’s only December and John Kaplan has already had enough of the rainy season.

After all, there’s only so many five-gallon shop vac buckets of ditch water you can suck out of your basement.

Last week’s heavy rainstorms were too much for the ditch along Gilley Road in Hamilton that fronts Kaplan’s single-family home.

And Kaplan thinks it was too much for the City of Richmond’s pump station — the Queens Road North station — nearby at Westminster Highway and River Road.

Kaplan, a magician to trade, simply couldn’t make the water disappear from his prized 1950s-themed basement, decanting about 26 shop vac bucketfuls during the storms.

“It just started creeping up and up the lawn (from the overflowing ditch),” Kaplan explained to the Richmond News.

“A few years ago, I installed more drainage at the side of my house on the driveway; two large drains and that seemed to help.

“But this last week or two, there was nothing I could do. I’ve had high ditches before, but there was nothing in the basement.

“The damage is minimal, as we had a large pull-up carpet. The city sent a crew out to the

pump station and the ditches drained like a rock last week.”

Kaplan, who has lived at his home for 20 years, said the subdivisions around his property are built a bit higher, so it’s possible there could be more run-off towards his lot during heavy rainfall and high water tables.

“But they were built more than 20 years ago, so that can’t be it,” he said.

“There was a tree farm down the road that was clear cut recently, so maybe that’s putting more water into the ditches.”

Querying if there’s an issue with the nearby pump station, Kaplan said he’d like to “see it resolved” as soon as possible.

“We all knew the rains were coming last week. The ditches are here for a reason, but they don’t seem to be working. And that’s just with heavy rain. What would happen if the (Fraser) ever burst? There...needs to be better management of the ditches.”

City spokesperson Ted Townsend said there were no related issues with the pump station.

However, with the recent heavy rains, debris has been an issue in the canals leading to the pump station, which crews removed.

This, said Townsend, allowed the water to drain to the station unrestricted.

John Kaplan (above) has sucked up about 26 shop vac buckets of ditch water since last week’s rainstorms. (Below, right) Kaplan stands by the drainage ditch outside his Hamilton home, which struggled to cope with last week’s rainstorms. Alan Campbell photos

“Mr. Kaplan should not expect this every rainy season, but may see water levels rise in the canals and/or ditches in the area during heavy rainstorms,” Townsend added.

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An elderly man was critically injured after being struck by an SUV in the Lansdowne Centre parking lot on Nov. 26.

Cpl. Dennis Hwang, of Richmond RCMP, said officers responded to the incident at the shopping complex shortly before noon that day.

A video of the incident surfaced on social media this week. The Richmond News has seen it, but decided to remove it from the online version of the story due to its graphic nature.

The video shows a person driving an

SUV towards a pedestrian standing in the middle of the road of the parking lot. The car knocks the pedestrian over while making a left turn, and comes to a stop with the pedestrian underneath.

Driver hits relative in Lansdowne parking lot.

Then, two bystanders rush to help.

They appear to tell the driver to back up, away from the victim, who was rushed to hospital with critical injuries, Hwang said.

collision. Foul play is not suspected,” Hwang said.

He added the driver and pedestrian are related.

The area was cordoned off for several hours while officers investigated.

The driver is female, in her late 70s, and the male pedestrian is in his early 80s. They both live in Vancouver.

Bronwyn Bailey, marketing manager for Lansdowne, told the News this was by far the worst incident she’s seen in the centre’s parking lot since she started working there.

“Alcohol, drugs and speed have all been ruled out as causal factors in the

Advocates want ABC action on poverty Maria Rantanen RICHMOND NEWS

The Richmond Poverty Response Committee wants city council to take steps that are accountable, bold and comprehensive to reduce poverty in the city — they have dubbed it the ABC Plan.

De Whalen, chair of the committee was at council on Dec. 10 with Theresa Head and a larger delegation to present their plan and appeal to council to take steps available to municipalities to reduce the number of people

living below the poverty line.

Their presentation called on the city of Richmond to endorse the coalition’s ABC Plan, which stands for accountable, bold and comprehensive, and to lobby the provincial government to implement a poverty reduction strategy that includes the main issues identified in their plan.

There are steps that municipalities can take to reduce poverty, Whalen told the Richmond News, for example, with changes to the municipal act, cities can now zone rental-only areas and this is something Whalen

would like to see Richmond make into a local bylaw and use in areas like the Richmond Centre redevelopment.

“We don’t need more million-dollar condos,” Whalen said. “What we need is some rental.”

In addition, like other municipalities, Richmond could implement a living wage for all their contractors, Whalen said, which would have an impact on people working in food services, security and cleaning.

The ABC plan includes issues such as ending homelessness and reducing the

number of people in poverty, increasing welfare and disability payments, increasing minimum wage to $15, adding social and co-op housing and increasing the number of childcare spaces.

Whalen said she was “encouraged” after their council presentation and said the city has already done work in poverty reduction.

“Richmond has actually done a lot of work on those different planks,” she said.

Council sent the document to city staff for comment and asked for a report back. The report is expected early in the new year.

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ontinuing a seasonal tradition that spans more than a decade, staff at White Spot Richmond Centre are eagerly getting ready to open the doors to the community on Christmas Day to help improve local health care.

“I started accepting shifts for Christmas Day in November and they were all booked up within two days. We will have about 50 people working on that day,” says General Manager, Charlie Tsang.

This tradition of serving up legendary dishes on Christmas Day has been a staff-led initiative at White Spot Richmond Centre and the joy and enthusiasm that comes with serving patrons in a festive environment has even spread to employees from other White Spot restaurants.

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“The last few years, I’ve had people from other White Spot locations reach out to ask me if they can come and help out on Christmas but I’ve always had to turn them down because we have too many people working!” says Charlie.

This spirit of wanting to volunteer and help out on Christmas Day is a large part of what makes the Richmond community such a special place to live and work.

“We spend the entire year welcoming and embracing the community into our restaurant and we feel that on Christmas Day, the entire community embraces us back. This is the one day in the year we get to do our part and give back to the community and there’s no better way than giving back to Richmond Hospital,” says Charlie.

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Charlie, who has worked the Christmas Day shift at White Spot Richmond Centre for 11 years now, says he is inspired by the impact it will have on his staff, especially for some of his younger staff members.

“For me, working on Christmas Day is inspiring for the younger employees because not all of them have a chance to do something special for the community.

It’s important to instill that culture of giving back to the community so that they will be encouraged to do it more in the future,” says Charlie.

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With only a dog crate door and 10 feet of beach between them and the wide open Salish Sea, seven seal pups were ready Tuesday morning to rock back to where they belong.

Ranging from two to three months old, the harbour seal pups — rescued by the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Centre after being separated from their moms — were seconds away from being released back into the ocean at Iona Beach Park.

Among them were “Peanut Butter Cup,” “Pumpkin Cheesecake” and “Cinnamon Bun,” aptly named by centre staff and volunteers for the holidays.

And, to the tune of a five-second countdown by 40 or so rescue centre volunteers and supporters, the gates on the first three flew open.

If it were a horse race, a false start would certainly have been called, with one gate opening early and one seal refusing to leave.

The seal who got the head start wasted no time getting his feet wet, so to speak, while the other two — including the one who wedged himself inside the crate – eventually made it to the water’s edge.

To the oohs and aahs of the crowd, the last four were released, with less difficulty, and off they went to restart their lives.

A swam around in the shallows — only a few feet from the beach — staring at the crowd, perhaps wondering what was going on, while others were long gone into bay.

“It’s pretty normal (for them to hang around),” rescue centre manager Lindsaye Akhurst explained to the Richmond News.

“Some of them will just take off, some will hang around for a bit. They’re not pack mammals; they’re pretty solitary for the most part.”

Akhurst said the rescue centre has had the pups for two to three months, after being rescued from all across the B.C. coastline.

“Most of them have been separated from their moms, for a variety of reasons, so they’re usually quite dehydrated and skinny when they come to us; some are injured as well,” she added.

The seven pups were the last of 145 rehabilitated and released back into the ocean this year by the rescue centre, a not-for-profit Ocean Wise initiative, a “hospital for sick, injured or orphaned marine mammals.”

A seal pup makes a break for it at Iona Beach, after being released by the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Rescue Centre. (Below, left) One of the seals makes it to the water while another (below, right) gets right in. Alan Campbell photos

“Some of the ones here today are, you could say, the class favourites,” Akhurst said. “(Staff and volunteers) do get to know them, so it’s a special moment for all of us seeing them released back into their natural habitat.”

Iona Beach was chosen as the release site as it’s quiet and the seals can take their time.

You can donate to the centre at VanAqua. org/MMR.

Thank you to all our campaign volunteers and supporters, you made 2018 memorable.

We wish you all the best over the holiday season and a Happy New Year.

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The Marriott group of hotels is facing a class action lawsuit after a recent data breach of its customers.

Merry Christmas! and Happy New Year From the team at NCL

A class action lawsuit on behalf of B.C. residents has been filed against the Marriot group of hotels after a recent data breach.

reservation database and obtained personal information of individuals who made reservations at their properties.

Vancouver-based Hammerberg Lawyers filed the proposed class action on behalf of B.C. residents whose personal information has been affected as a result of the Marriott/ Starwood data breach incident.

Marriott lists its Starwood brands as including Sheraton Hotels & Resorts, Four Points by Sheraton and Design Hotels.

On Nov. 30, Marriott — which has two hotels in Richmond, the Vancouver Airport Marriot and the Four Points by Sheraton — reported that unauthorized parties had illegally accessed Marriott’s Starwood Hotels guest

People who made a reservation on or before Sept. 10 at a Starwood property may have been affected by the data breach.

Any B.C. resident who believes they may have been affected can visit the Helpforme website at HelpForMe.ca/contact.

—Alan Campbell/Richmond News

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Richmond News reader Vince Miele couldn’t believe his eyes last week when he spotted this selfish parking from a courier. Photo submitted

Delivery driver blocks disabled spot, ramp Seems like the busy season of getting parcels delivered overrides parking rules when it comes to one courier.

Spotted Thursday by Richmond News reader Vincent Miele at Blundell Centre, at Blundell and No. 2 roads, was this DHL van.

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abled spot, the driver straddled his van onto a wheelchair access ramp outside of Subway, apparently while delivering parcels.

Miele, who himself uses a wheelchair, wasn’t impacted by the parking but, suffice to say, he wasn’t best pleased.

—Alan Campbell/Richmond News

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Santa Chris says thanks Alyse Kotyk RICHMOND NEWS

After spending a decade bringing good tidings and cheer to Richmond Centre, the beloved “Santa Chris” has moved on to a new mall and wants to send a message of thanks to the Richmond community.

The well-loved jolly old elf moved to Coquitlam Centre this year, and many Richmondites took to social media to express their dismay, even creating a Facebook group honouring “the real Santa Claus.”

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This outpouring of love and support took Santa Chris and his wife, “Mrs. Claus,” by surprise.

“There’s been an overwhelming response of people finding me,” Santa Chris told the Richmond News, adding that the majority of his visitors at Coquitlam Centre are from Richmond.

“I guess we didn’t realize the impact we had on the

Santa Chris has moved on from Richmond.

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on just about everybody’s mantelpiece in Richmond.”

Santa Chris and Mrs. Claus said they had many fond memories of their years at Richmond Centre.

Sheila Lutz, general manager of Richmond Centre, said the mall does a review of its holiday experience annually. This year, they decided to change vendors.

“It wasn’t just a picture with Santa, it was coming out, having a chat, it was the whole magic that was created,” Santa Chris said.

Santa Chris said he was not told why he wasn’t asked back, but he was upset by the change.

“I was devastated,” he said. “We had become family to just about every family in Richmond. We’re sitting

But above all, Santa Chris wanted to thank Richmondites for their years of support.

“Thank you very much to the whole community,” he said.

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A very special guest and his wife are getting set to make their annual appearance in Steveston on Christmas Eve. File photo The Steveston Santa Clause parade will once again wind its way through the village on Christmas Eve.

at Sixth Avenue and ends about an hour or so later at the corner of Sixth Avenue and Chatham Street.

Hosted by the Richmond Firefighters Charitable Society, the parade — including Mr. and Mrs. Claus and other costumed characters — sets off at 6 p.m. from Regent Street

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Alyse Kotyk RICHMOND NEWS

It’s morning. The alarm’s gone off and you reach for your phone — scrolling through notifications, reading messages, checking the news.

An alert pops up to tell you about traffic delays, bill payment deadlines and weather alerts. All the information you need to start your day is at your fingertips, on one device.

This connectivity is at the heart of Richmond’s Smart Cities vision, where the city is vying for one of two $10 million prizes to use data and technology to improve residents’ lives.

Richmond is one of 10 finalists in its category, and now, the city is looking for feedback from the public on its project proposal.

“As part of the Canada-wide Smart Cities competition, we are identifying ways to enhance the daily lives of residents through innovation, data and connected technology,”

“Of most importance will be the creation of a successful model to integrate all levels of government, while we encourage partnerships across the private sector and academia to foster improved community resilience during major emergencies.”

In its Smart Cities vision, the city has proposed to create an “Intelligent Operation Hub” that will integrate data and coordinate emergency responses in the event of a major emergency, or even in the case of smaller day-to-day events such as traffic congestion.

“Around the world there’s literally billions of different devices that are connected to the internet and are producing different types of data. All that data potentially is valuable information, particularly to a local government in terms of how we manage the city,” Ted Townsend, city spokesperson and a co-lead of the City’s Smart Cities Project Team, told the Richmond News.

“The challenge is, many of those devices don’t speak to each other. They’re not interconnected.”

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Public feedback on proposal needed Townsend ex plained the city has worked to link its own data sources through the My Richmond platform.

an emergency plan. This is about ensuring we have the appropriate technology to make what we do more effective.”

“In the past, while all our services were available online, they each required a separate password, a separate user ID,” he said.

Another area of focus Richmond’s Smart Cities team has identified is language barriers, particularly as only 33 per cent of residents in the city identify English as their mother tongue.

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Now, he added, all city services are available through a single login.

“We’re going to continue to expand (My Richmond) and add more online services…and make it more accessible. So Smart Cities just allows us to accelerate that process.”

One area of focus will be to “push” real-time notifications out to residents who want them about day-to-day occurrences, such as traffic and rerouting. Then, in the event of an emergency, such as an earthquake, the system to send out important information will already be set up.

“During an emergency we can actually push some of the messaging out,” said Denise Tambellini, manager, intergovernmental relations and a co-lead of the City’s Smart Cities Project Team.

“This is not about creating

“Language barriers is a big challenge we face in community services and face-to-face communication is primarily what we use to overcome that,” Townsend explained, adding that My Richmond currently only operates in English.

is now competing against nine other municipalities in its category for one of two $10 million prizes. It has received $250,000 to develop a more detailed final submission.

“It’s an honour for Richmond to be selected as a finalist and we’re working very hard to win this thing,” said Grant Fengstad, director, information technology, who is another co-lead.

The deadline to submit feedback on the proposal through My Richmond is Sunday, Jan. 6. Winners of the national challenge are expected to be announced in spring 2019.

“We want to look at technology to see if there’s better ways that can help us address some of those barriers.”

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Yung, who has a theatre degree from the University of British Columbia, produced the grant-winning song, Behind the Glamorous Life of Ms. Hap, on the theme of shopping and consumerism.

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Yung said she found so many items in her closet, some of which she didn’t even remember buying.

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They will use the grants to produce a music video for their single, which will be part of Storyhive’s 2018 Music Video Edition.

“The song is about people who are really into shopping and buying stuff and consuming material, but at the same time, they feel empty after that short while.”

“I really wanted to make (my song into) a music video. It is fantastic, like a dream coming true,” Kris Yung, an artist who grew up and lives in Richmond, told the Richmond News.

Moving to Richmond from Hong Kong when she was young, Yung includes both of her mother tongues — English and Cantonese — in the song, to reflect her “natural thought process.”

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Richmond artist Kris Yung can now turn her song, Behind the Glamorous Life of Ms. Hap, into a music video, thanks to a Storyhive grant. Photo submitted

Storyhive supports B.C. artists Yung said it is very hard today for musicians to “make a buck” as a lot of music can be accessed for free, so the grant is a great opportunity to allow her to make quality music videos without worrying about money.

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“Having the funding frees me up. I now have many options in terms of how this video will be presented,” she said.

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The song tells a story about “two people who are drawn toward each other in a crowded nightclub, and as they get closer, they change gender and identity,” according to Storyhive website.

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The holiday season may be a time of joy, cheer, family

and giving, but for some in the Richmond community, it can also bring stress and even loneliness.

One community organization, Pathways Clubhouse, is hoping to support and encourage those in the community living with mental illness.

The organization stays open every day of the year, offering stability throughout the holidays.

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So it’s nice to be available for them.”

One highlight, says MacDonald, is their annual Christmas dinner.

“We have the full turkey and all the fixings and that for our Clubhouse community.

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lenging as well,” he said.

To deal with stress around the holidays, MacDonald recommends to Clubhouse members – as well as the rest of the public – to be sure to rest, eat well and keep an exercise routine to help maintain mental wellness.

“Each person is unique and different,” he added.

Throughout the year, Pathways Clubhouse aims to

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“Those holiday times are sometimes difficult for everybody, when you can’t be with loved ones or friends and a lot of our folks have lost their connections with loved ones and friends too.

lunch as well, just to be part of their family here,” he said.

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It may have been more than 30 years ago, but Kevin Shaw still remembers the day the Richmond Christmas Fund stepped up to save…well…Christmas.

Shaw was seven years old when he recalls his father being laid off from his job and, with his mom at home looking after three young kids, that Christmas was looking pretty bleak for all concerned.

“I remember the Christmas Fund and the Salvation Army stepping up with a Christmas hamper and a few toys,” Shaw, a security guard at the River Rock Casino, told the Richmond News.

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River Rock Casino security guard Kevin Shaw has a very special reason for giving back to the Richmond Christmas Fund every year. Photo submitted the only year they had to seek assistance.

and toy donation to the Christmas Fund’s annual drive-thru at his casino, where hundreds of toys pile up around a giant Christmas tree.

It’s for that very reason that Shaw puts a little money aside throughout the year so, come Christmas time, he can give back to the Richmond charity that helped his family in their time of need.

“I feel it’s important to give back, all year round, not just at Christmas,” he added.

And, recently, as he does every year for many years, Shaw made a monetary

“It’s not what you give or how much, even if it’s just a little, it all goes a long

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The holidays are a time for giving and Canadian Blood Services is asking individuals to consider giving the gift of blood.

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Another successful food bank drive on the weekend by the Richmond Jets Bantam A1 team at Save-On Foods at Ironwood raised an impressive $1,460 and 373 food items. All of the cash and donated items goes directly to the Richmond Food Bank. Photo submitted

Making a donation to the Richmond Christmas Fund was the Coast Capital Savings team from Richmond Centre. Pictured (from left) are Shelley Cassap, Su-Fen Chen and Pilar Chen, of Coast Capital, and Jocelyn Wong, of Richmond Cares, Richmond Gives, and Sarah Wuertz, of Coast Capital.

In terms toy and cash donations, this year was the most successful ever for the Richmond Christmas Fund, led by its co-chairs (from left) Michael Chiu, Wayne Duzita and Rob Howard, who thanked their staff, committee members and “army” of volunteers for breaking the record.

Making a donation to the Richmond Food Bank was the Coast Capital Savings team from Richmond Centre. Pictured (from left) are Hajira Hussain, of the food bank, Shelley Cassap, Su-Fen Chen, Pilar Chen and Sarah Wuertz, of Coast Capital and Judy Ying Sun, of the food bank. Photo Submitted

New medical imaging equipment received a boost at Richmond Hospital after T&T Supermarkets and their customers raised more than $78,000 for the Richmond Hospital Foundation.

Donations raised, combined with those of others, will now fund a new mini C-arm, a mobile diagnostic imaging tool for orthopedics that uses X-rays to help physicians and surgeons examine injuries on the spot and provide care for broken or injured limbs and joints. Photo submitted

Ubed Singh Sidhu and his wife, Nirmal Kaur Sidhu, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at a function at India Cultural Centre of Canada Gurdwara Nanak Niwas. Photo submitted

Philanthropist and chairman of India Cultural Centre of Canada Gurdwara Nanak Niwas in Richmond, Asa Singh Johal and his wife, Kashmir Kaur Johal, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary with some friends, well-wishers and members of the Gurdwara. Despite his advancing years Asa, 96, keeps himself very active and busy. Photo submitted

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30 Years of Solitude for Pierre Vassura vive characters and stories from ancient tales in his paintings and give them his own interpretation. One of his painting series in the display has 10 pieces and each represents a book from Dante’s The Divine Comedy, a long narrative poem, written in the 1300s.

Another painting series comes from Aesop’s Fables.

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I tell you, I’ve got to paint. I can’t help myself. When a man falls into water, it doesn’t matter how he swims, well or badly: he’s got to get out or else he’ll drown.

“We are living in a technological world, and we are forgetting the humanism of the world...We’ve been treated as machines and used as machines,” said Vassura, who doesn’t use a cellphone or computer.

— The Moon and Sixpence This is what the main character of the classic novel The Moon and Sixpence said when he gave up everything to become a painter.

It’s also a statement with which Richmond resident Pierre Vassura agrees.

“The histories and tales of the ancients are forgotten. Why not bring them to life again?

I try, in my small way, to do this.”

Vassura, 83, retired 30 years ago, after a career as a ceramic engineer, to pursue his passion for painting, which he continues to do full-time in his little home studio.

Although he’s created thousands of paintings and statues, Vassura had shown his work to almost noone, other than his wife, until recently when he was discovered by two local curators. Now, his first solo exhibition, Pierre Vassura: New Work 1983 – 2018, is on display at Richmond Art Gallery until Jan. 20, 2019.

“I hope people can try to understand it, to appreciate the work of a human being, the work which has been done relentlessly without any commercial or economic push — it has been done freely for so many years,”

Richmond artist Pierre Vassura’s first solo exhibition New Work 1983 – 2018 is on display at Richmond Art Gallery. Admission is free. Daisy Xiong photo said Vassura.

Vassura describes his work as analogical formalism, which grabs people’s attention easily with the vibrant use of colour and strong graphic style.

“I like bright colours, because it gives life.

The world is grey, it should be more colourful, that’s my way of seeing things.”

Vassura said every piece is an analog of

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In one of his statue sets, Vassura presents three Italian police officers, but he changed the stop signs in their hands to flowers.

Vassura said he is glad more people can see his work through the exhibition, and he will continue his “lonely occupation.”

“The work is done for the satisfaction of the moment. As long as I live, I will continue to work. Whether people like it or not,” said Vassura.

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The exhibition also includes sculptures and a dozen puppets created by Vassura, recalling his childhood when he wwould sit for hours in a park near his grandpa’s house, watching a street puppet show.

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The Dubys make some of the world’s best chocolates Daisy Xiong RICHMOND NEWS

The season of treats has arrived, but not many people know you can pick up some of the best chocolates and cakes in the world here in Richmond.

There are two Canadian companies listed for “The Top 25 Best Chocolatiers in The World,” in the 2015 Chocolate – The Reference Standard. One of those chocolatiers is Richmond’s Wild Sweets.

“We always try to be the first in terms of creating new flavours, but they are not just random ideas; they’re strictly science-based,” said Dominique.

“Each product has a particular aroma and we find products that have the same aroma and work well together. It’s like an orchestra with many instruments playing together in order to achieve harmony.”

For owners Dominique and Cindy Duby, this is just one of many honours they have received since they started their business a decade ago in the city’s south end.

The Dubys have won the Best Chocolatiers & Confectioners in America Awards over the past five years and have represented Pastry Team Canada in various world food art competitions with their designer cakes.

“Whatever we do, we try to be the best,” Dominique told the Richmond News in his two-level studio, which is filled with soft music, a delicious chocolate smell and a display of the medals they have brought home from all over the world.

2018 World Cake Series As this year’s holiday special, the couple launched their “World Cake Series,” which offers three special-edition cakes that were initially crafted for international culinary events or pastry competitions.

It includes the “Cirque du Soleil” cake they designed for the World Pastry Team Championship in Las Vegas, and a tomato-shaped cake for the Masters of Food & Wine compe-

Cindy and Dominique Duby (above) showcase one of their chocolate art displays. (Right) The couple have brought home numerous awards from national and international pastry competitions. Daisy Xiong photos tition in the U.S. “Only a few dozen people tasted the cake when it was first presented…We’re excited to offer British Columbians a chance to try unique award-winning desserts,” said Cindy.

“Bean to bar” movement and science-based flavours The secret to making their chocolate stand out is, according to Dominique, a combination of their “bean to bar” chocolate making approach, and the creation of unique pleasant flavours based on science.

“Most chocolate makers use chocolate bars that are already made and just add their own

recipe. Although the tastes are a bit different, the chocolates are basically the same,” said Dominique.

“But our chocolates are completely crafted here in Richmond from cocoa beans sourced from all over the world.

“That allows us to make chocolates that are unique compared to everyone else. Even for the same product, the taste changes all the time because the beans are different.”

Dominique is very proud of the creation of science-based flavours for their chocolates through working with UBC’s science department.

For example, passion fruit has strong acidity and is not pleasant to eat by itself, so they mix it with nutmeg or coriander to balance it out, according to Dominique.

“When people eat it, they say, ‘we don’t really taste coriander,’ I told them that’s a good thing because if you taste coriander, it’s so strong and you won’t taste anything else,” he laughed.

The Wild Sweets factory store at Unit 2145 — 12191 Hammersmith Way is usually open to the public on weekends, but will be open daily from Dec. 19 – 24. Customers who preorder on its website and pick the products up in person can get a 20 per cent pickup rebate.

The limited edition cakes within the “2018 World Cakes Series” are only available when pre-ordered online and picked up at the store.

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A Richmond medical sciences company is one of 10 nominees vying for the Best Innovation Award at the 2019 Small Business BC Awards.

GenomeMe, headquartered near Viking

“Basically, we develop and manufacture cancer diagnosis reagents called antibodies,” said business development associate Roy Qu. “Pathologists and hospitals use our products to diagnose what kind of cancer and subtype of cancer a patient has.”

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known as precision medicine, where doctors can find out specific characteristics of a patient’s illness to tailor more precise treatment plans.

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China. This year, the company is hoping to add to the portfolio of products it offers.

GenomeMe is also proud to provide science and business co-ops and job opportunities to bright minds in the Lower Mainland, Qu said.

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Overall Standings W L North Van 26 6 Delta 20 6 Richmond 19 7 Abbotsford 18 9 Grandview 18 12 R. Meadows 16 11 Langley 16 14 Aldergrove 16 16 Port Moody 12 18 White Rock 11 17 Mission City 8 21 Surrey 1 29 Scores Richmond 13 Richmond 6

Richmond Sockeyes celebrate another goal in their 13-4 romp over Mission last week at Minoru Arenas. The club has added some veteran talent in recent weeks to compliment a strong young core. Photo by Mark Booth

Sockeyes are loading up Richmond making moves to be well-positioned come post-season Mark Booth RICHMOND NEWS

Adding 20-year-old talent for another run at the Pacific Junior Hockey League championship reflects just how far the Richmond Sockeyes have progressed in the last three months.

The club continues to fine tune its roster with the addition of defenceman Ryan Wellburn and forward Nathan McCarnan in trades over the past couple of weeks with Ridge Meadows and Port Moody respectively. They have helped the Sockeyes steamroll to three straight lopsided wins, including a 13-4 drubbing of Mission last Thursday.

That came 24 hours after a 6-0 romp in Langley.

Richard Petrowsky says he is not done yet with one roster spot and two additional player cards available with the Jan. 10 deadline on the horizon. What shifted the Sock-

eyes longtime general manager into championship building mode was a start to the season few expected.

Coming off last year’s Cyclone Taylor Cup win and losing all but three of those players, it sure seemed like Richmond would be taking a step back this season.

However, an impressive rookie class, coupled with MVP calibre goaltending from 20-year-old newcomer Jeremy Kelleway led to an unbeaten September.

The club then started to compliment this young core with veteran talent.

Alternate captain Isaac Embree had travelled a similar path to Kelleway, playing two seasons of junior “A” in Saskatchewan and was now eligible to play after skating with the team since training camp.

Forward Edvin Haskovic, 20, was acquired from North Van, then Petrowsky added a pair of 19-yearold forwards with B.C. Hockey League experience — Noah Kelly

and Nick Wilson.

started tomorrow.

Throw in the arrival of Wellburn and McCarnan, along with returning captain Matthew Brown and Jake Keremidschieff, and this team suddenly has more than enough experience.

“We seen there was a good opportunity there (to go for it),” admitted Petrowsky. “Now we are starting to toy with the roster and we’re not finished. We want to add another d-man and a forward.

For good measure, local product and 20-year-old veteran Alex McLeod returned home from school and joined the club for the win in Langley as an AP player, earning first star honours.

“Wellburn had asked for a trade and told them Richmond was an opportunity for him if they were interested. We got the deal done in 24 hours. He is a great kid in the dressing room too that just fits right in. McCarnan and McLeod both like to go to the net and that was something we were lacking.”

Adding to Richmond’s “all in” mode is the league’s new landscape that includes a balanced 44-game schedule and a playoff format that will see match-ups determined by the overall standings.

There no longer will be “wars” between Tom Shaw Conference teams trying to just get out of the first round. Right now, Shaw rivals North Vancouver, Delta, Richmond and Grandview have four of the five best records in the league and potentially wouldn’t see each other until the semi-finals if the playoffs

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The Sockeyes (19-7-2-1) will look to extend their winning streak to four games when Port Moody visits tonight (7 p.m.) for the annual Teddy Bear Toss Game. It will then be a trip to the Burnaby Winter Club on Sunday to take on Grandview prior to the Christmas break.

The Sockeyes will also be hosting the annual PJHL Winter Classic Showcase — Jan. 4-6 with all 12 teams in action at Minoru.

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The Richmond Jets Minor Hockey Association couldn’t have asked for a more experienced “pilot” to guide its inaugural Midget A1 rep team.

Derek Chichak began as player with the Richmond Minor Hockey Association back in 1974 and 20 years later launched his coaching career — becoming one of the most decorated mentors in the history of Seafair Minor Hockey. He even enjoyed a brief stint behind the bench with Richmond Minor then finally stepped away from the game.

It turned out to be a short hiatus before he was approached again to take on the top Midget team in the newly merged association. His longtime assistant Bob Walker is back working with him too, along with their sons — Sam Chichak and Cameron Walker.

A spirited 2-1 home ice win over Ridge Meadows back on Dec. 8 is part of a solid 6-2-4 record in Pacific Coast’s highly competitive top flight. The team will be turning its attention to hosting 38th annual Richmond Bantam Midget International, starting on Boxing Day— a tournament Chichak has twice won guiding Seafair.

“Just one more goal in four of those ties and we would be almost running away with the league,” he said. “But everybody in this division is so competitive and so even.

“We have just a few league games left so we are gearing up for the Christmas tournament and provincials. That’s our goal.”

Chichak was impressed with how the new executive handled the merger of the rep teams.

An initial tryout process was overseen by independent evaluators before about 28 players advanced to the second stage where the Jets coaching staff finalized the roster.

The association had made a costsaving decision to phase in new uniforms with most of the older teams continuing to wear Seafair or Richmond Minor colours. Dealing with 15-to-17-year-olds who have played for one organization or the other for their entire careers, it wasn’t ideal.

Instead, team parent Ron Strik generously purchased uniforms. It won’t be the association’s official new look next season, however, it does use the same colour scheme and each shoulder has a crest of the former associations.

“It had become a bit of a divider in our room of what jersey to wear but fortunately (Ron) really stepped up for us. They look great and the boys love them,” said Chichak.

Richmond Midget A1 Jets will take one of the best records in Pacific Coast Amateur’s top tier into next week’s 38th annual Richmond Bantam Midget Internaitonal. Photo by Mark Booth Jets’ home games are also quite an event — complete with longtime Richmond Sockeyes announcer Nolan Jackson generously donating his time, along with music

for play stoppages. Having a 5:15 p.m. Saturday game slot in Minoru’s stadium rink doesn’t hurt either.

“For most of these guys, this

could be it for them, especially with school and other things. They may never play at a higher level so let’s make it special for them,” added Chichak.

Memorable debut for 2006A Islanders Richmond 2006A Islanders made the most of their trip down south for the 2018 Toys for Tots Champions Tournament in Centralia, WA. The event marked the debut at the “A” level for the girls’ fastpitch team. Even though these games were their first together, the Islanders did not make that visible to anyone but themselves.

They battled their way into the semi-finals thanks to a 2-1 record in three challenging round-robin games. Another victory sent the Islanders into the championship game against a team from Seattle.

Extra innings, under international rules, were required when the teams remained deadlocked at

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The team includes: Bella Callaghan, Vanessa Chan, Ulani Cyr, Bella DeShaye, Laurel Forgeron, Samantha Jung, Makaela Parker, Micah Penalosa, Demetra Trimis, Aika Wang and Madelyn Wong. The impressive run would not have been possible without the dedication of head coach Dana Trimis and assistants Johnny Wong, Adam Cyr and Dereck Griffin.

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MAH, Alex Born March, 1917 in Prince Rupert, BC Passed away peacefully December 10, 2018 Lived to reach the age of 101¾. Long time Richmond resident since 1955. Pre-deceased by wife Jessie after 77 remarkable years of marriage in 2013. Survived by immediate family: Leong (May), Megan, Barry (Melissa), Meleah, Jerry, Bradley (Julia), Ashley (Anthony), Kekoa, Kai’anela Leon, Nathan, Brendan, Rennie (Chris), Darrin, Kevin, Doreen (Joe), Jonathan (Linda), Chloe and Carter Chau.

Alex was a true family man ensuring that each person always felt a sense of belonging. He would regularly organize gatherings so that his five generations of MAHs could meet for his birthday. A memorial service will be held this coming Sunday, December 23rd at 10 a.m. at Richmond Funeral Home, followed by interment at Forest Lawn in Burnaby. Please consider donating to either Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada or any charity of your choice in his honour.

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Jessie Myrtle Lane (nee Bowe) passed away peacefully in her own home three months after her 100th birthday. Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Jessie came to Vancouver with husband, Jack, in March 1945. She devoted her life to her family and was a loving and caring wife, and mother to Sandra (Joe), Bill (Susan), and Karen (Don). She was a "hands−on" grandmother to Alison, Michael (Roxana), Kirstin (Andrew), Adam, and Evan, and great−grandmother to Kaden, Jack, Emily, Kaelyn, and Ethan. Although living in Vancouver, Jessie continued to keep in contact with her many nieces and nephews in New Zealand and in Canada.

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he Christmas season - a time for cheer with family and loved ones, sharing the happiness of the holidays and enjoying perfect meals. And for many, those memorable holiday times around the dining table are made complete by getting just the right ingredients at just the right time.

That’s where Kin’s Farm Market at Richmond’s Blundell Centre comes in to make your seasonal vegetable shopping reliable and rewarding. It’s no coincidence the family-owned and run chain - which started 31 years ago at Blundell Centre and now has grown to 28 stores across the Lower Mainland - experiences one of its busiest times during the week leading up to Christmas Day. According to Diana Gonzalez, the company’s manager of marketing, that’s because customers For more information about how Kin’s Farm Market can help you with this year’s holiday produce shop, visit their website, or call 604-275-1401.

can rely on Kin’s Farm Market to have a good supply of the freshest produce available to make the holidays just right. In fact, it’s a commitment the company has made since their start with an eight-foot-long table as a vendor at Granville Island Public Market in 1983, four years before shifting to the 2,000-square-foot Blundell Centre store.

“It’s a business formula that has been very successful over the years,” Gonzalez said. “We work with many local produce growers throughout the year and international suppliers on a seasonal basis to ensure our customers get the best quality produce they can.” During the Christmas season, that means having a long list of the favourite items customers are on the look out for to make their dinner table perfect.

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2018

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he Christmas holidays can be a stressful time when it comes to finding the right gift for that special someone.

Will you get the right size, colour, or style? And once you think you’ve ticked all of those boxes, then there’s the task of wrapping it up. It can be quite the stress-filled ordeal. But it doesn’t have to be that way if you consider a truly relaxing and simple option of giving the gift of a body, mind and soul-soothing session from Sense Massage at Blundell Centre.

There you will find a group of registered massage professionals who provide the power of manual therapy to help ease the aches and pains of our busy, daily lives where we spend more time on the run for others than properly caring for ourselves and unwinding and de-stressing. Just think, giving the gift of comfort and relaxation to a loved one. It tells them you care for their wellbeing, with the message that this present is just for them - a tailor-made, enduring moment of well-deserved pampering After purchasing a gift certificate from Sense Massage your loved one can choose from a wide variety of massage

Gonzalez said among the top sellers at this time of year are mandarin oranges, grapes, navel oranges, tomatoes, berries, apples and avocados. If those, and much more, are on your holiday shopping list, Kin’s Farm Market at Blundell Centre is the place to stop off.

Located at 8180 No. 2 Road, the store is open conveniently from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week.

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disciplines to melt away the stress. The services available include: essential oil massage, Swedish and deep tissue massage, and even the option of registered traditional Chinese medicine with acupuncture and cupping Whichever one you opt for, the benefits of treatment are numerous.

With massage therapy, you can not only reduce stress and relax your sore muscles, you can also improve your body’s circulation, normalize blood pressure, boost the immune system, improve your sleep and generally brighten your overall mood.

There are so many pluses to the gift of massage this Christmas that you might also want to include yourself. And by visiting Sense Massage at convenient and friendly Blundell Centre it means one less trip to the large and crowded major shopping malls - a real stress reliever in itself!

For more information about Sense Massage and what they can do for you and your holiday gift list, call 604-284-0288 or visit them at Blundell Centre (#172-8180 No. 2 Road).

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