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Covid has me feeling like Rapunzel

Yes,you guessed it, I tested positive recently and it has led to a whole host of new questions Eve Edmonds

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Well, that was a weird week.

Holed up in my bedroom, having food delivered to the door, napping two or three time a day.

You guessed it, I got COVID. Perhaps it’s silly to say given Omicron is spreading like wildfire, but I was surprised I got it.

Being healthy, double vaccinated and living a remarkably low-risk (socially boring) life, I didn’t think I fit the profile.

But profile, shmofile…And of course, the odd lapse in judgment didn’t help.

My moment of “cov-idiocy” was a couple of weeks ago driving with a friend, locked in a car with the windows up, engaged in an animated conversation — mask-free.

Two days later, I got a text from said friend that started with “Terrible news…”

It was Saturday and that evening my sister and I were planning a dinner at a restaurant that would include both of our families, as well as our 94-year-old parents.

I went straight to the testing centre at YVR, however with no symptoms, they wouldn’t test me.

But after peppering the guy at the booth with questions, he said I could park and

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a nurse would come talk to me.

have to.”

It was a strange conversation, as the nurse tried hard to stay in her lane by just telling me the government protocols for my situation.

It’s a subtle difference but can leave things open to very different interpretations.

She used the word “technically” about 10 times.

“Technically” I’m not defined as a close contact. “Technically” I don’t need to self-isolate. “Technically” I could go out for dinner with family and elderly parents.

Finally, she added, “but I wouldn’t.”

Anyway, I didn’t go, nor did anyone from my house.

That night, I felt symptoms and the next morning was back at the testing centre.

Given that I rarely get colds or flus, I was pretty sure this was going to be COVID, and by 8 p.m. that was confirmed.

Okay, now what? I knew I was to selfisolate, but what exactly does that look like for me in my home, living with three other people?

We don’t have a spare room, so where is my husband supposed to sleep? The shower is in the bathroom closest to my bedroom, so how is that going to work?

By noon the next day I got a call from a public health worker, who spent over an hour with me asking questions and going through exactly these details.

I knew I was to selfisolate, but what exactly does that look like for me in my home, living with three other people? We don’t have a spare room, so where is my husband supposed to sleep?

It’s easy to rant on about public health, and often with good cause, but she was wonderful and the fact the government provides this kind of one-on-one care is no small thing.

But even with that help, it took me awhile to wrap my mind around our new reality.

As clear as they try to make the rules, personal judgment always comes into it.

And where there’s personal judgment, there’s going to be debate — at least in my house.

For example, at the testing centre I was told I could use the common areas if I wore a mask and disinfected. The public health worker said, yes, I could “if I

Anyway, it was concluded (by some) that I didn’t “have to” and, with that, was banished to my room, left to stare out the window feeling like Rapunzel while a certain someone on the other side of the door kept saying, “It’s not personal.”

As for the illness, I had relatively mild symptoms, apart from feeling like an energy yo-yo.

I’m writing this on Day 10, the first day I made it to 3 p.m. without a nap.

But, strangely, I’m not tired all day. In fact, after a nap I’m feeling right as rain and texting colleagues that I’ll be working tomorrow, no problem.

Two hours later, I’m an emotional toddler past her nap time.

I’m now out of isolation, but feeling a bit like I’m back at square one as I think about Christmas.

Again, my sister and I planned a dinner with our families and 94-year-old parents, and “technically” we can do it, but should we?

Either way, this is truly a year to follow the Whoville example and make it about love and gratitude — and maybe a Zoom call.

Merry Christmas to you and yours.

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Life is so short, make the most of it Dear Editor,

Life is short. What are you doing about it?

It’s a sound bite...life is short.

We’ve all heard it countless times. For many, it goes in one ear and out the other.

The day will come sooner or later regardless of age, when we find ourselves drawing our last breath of life.

It’s inevitable. What would we remember? What would matter to us the most?

In our endeavor to make a life for ourselves, coupled with the pursuit of pleasure and social connection, let us also be mindful that we are not all created equal.

The means to pursue success, liberty, happiness and social connection

What was the slate’s purpose?

are not equal to us all. There are the “haves” and the “have not” among us.

We didn’t choose to be born. No one chooses to be born poor or have health impairments. It means we didn’t choose the genetics and the environment that we grew up in. We inherited them.

Our genes and cultural/geographical upbringing are the foundation of having a good footing in the world we live in, of which we have no control over.

Yes, we also have personal agency that allow us the freedom to make choices — the right choices in life.

Some of us happened to be more fortunate than others in our choices simply by sheer luck or personal circumstances that often beguile explanation.

luck or circumstance to our own doing for no other reason than to justify what we have and who we are.

The fact that we are not all created equal and came out on the other side as one of the lucky ones should serve as a calling card for us all.

And the best way to honour that call is through gratitude for life’s blessings and through acts of kindness.

In the spirit of Christmas and this holiday season, let us be mindful of the life we have and show kindness in ways outside of our own circle and tradition with the ones less fortunate than us!

So, back to the question at the beginning. What are you doing about it?

Ben Mejilla

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Yet almost always, we attribute our

Dear Editor, Re: “Richmond First slate ‘served its purpose:’ Coun. Bill McNulty,” Richmond-News. com, Dec. 15.

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pose.” What I’d really like to have heard is, what purpose was that?

Do they know it’s Christmas time at all?

Dear Editor,

It’s not hard to differentiate between the homes and the houses in our Richmond neighbourhood — most of the homes have Christmas lights, and of course the mostly unoccupied mega-houses remain dark.

Unfortunately, with yet more homes being sold and demolished to make way for the building of more huge houses that most likely will never become homes, our block has fewer and fewer displays of Christmas lights every year, with more than half the block now dark and lifeless.

A big change from when we moved into the neighbourhood 25 years ago and all the homes were occupied and full of Christmas spirit.

Thank goodness there are still a few long-time residents left who enjoy adding some illuminated Christmas cheer to the holidays.

Otherwise, no one would ever know it was Christmas around here.

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Councillor tests positive for COVID Nono Shen NSHEN@RICHMOND-NEWS.COM

Richmond city councillor Andy Hobbs has tested positive for COVID-19 and is urging residents to closely follow the public health orders that came into force today.

Hobbs, who tested positive on Monday, is now in isolation at home with mild symptoms, he told the Richmond News on Wednesday morning. He has also notified those he has been in close contact with.

Hobbs is coming to terms with the fact he will be spending Christmas at home, alone with his wife, without seeing any family members, including his grandchildren.

“It will be like the movie Home Alone. All breakfast and dinner plans have been cancelled,” said Hobbs.

Meanwhile, Hobbs wants to encourage everyone to continue to follow all public health measures, such as booking a booster shot once it’s made available, wearing a mask, and practicing physical distancing.

Hobbs was pictured on Dec. 17 at rookie Liberal MP Parm Bains’ Christmas open house, three days before Hobbs tested positive. He said he immediately notified Bains and other people he has been in close contact with.

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British Columbians hoping to celebrate over the holidays will not be able to attend indoor organized gatherings of any size this year.

The new rule is one of several new public health orders included in sweeping new changes to B.C.’s Public Health Act announced on Tuesday (Dec. 21) in the wake of surging cases of coronavirus in the province.

The order states that no indoor organized gatherings will be permitted.

Additionally, bars, nightclubs, fitness centres and dance studios will close.

Seated events will be reduced to 50 per cent capacity regardless of their venue size, which marks a departure from Friday’s (Dec. 17) announcement that only venues over 1,000 people would see their capacity limited.

Restaurants, pubs and cafes are permitted to stay open but only a maximum of six guests may be seated per table (with barriers in between).

Guests cannot mingle between tables.

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“Right now [bars and nightclubs] are risky settings,” said B.C.’s provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry.

“We know that seated settings have much less risk,” added Henry, noting that a return to the parameters that were successful in the past for curbing transmission in restaurants was in order at this time.

The new PHO mandate also means restaurants and cafes can not host parties or events for the next month.

Last week Henry announced a slate of new measures designed to flatten the curve of new coronavirus cases including PHOs aimed at restaurants and New Year’s Eve events.

The new measures, which went into effect Dec. 20, allow restaurants to operate at full capacity, but guests may not mingle between tables.

Those orders remain unchanged, however, with the addition of the six-

person limit on groups dining-in.

Restaurants may remain open for dinner service on New Year’s Eve. Omicron numbers soaring Meanwhile, B.C.’s daily new COVID-19 case numbers — now fuelled by the fast-spreading Omicron variant — have suddenly skyrocketed from around 300 cases a month ago to an all-time high.

Provincial officials confirmed the grim news Tuesday, where new daily COVID cases in the last 24 hours surged to 1,308, significantly higher than both spikes in November 2020 and April of this year (the latter of which generated the previous daily high of 1,293 on April 8).

The surging numbers, which match the trends in other jurisdictions around the country, were one of the reasons the province began re-imposing strict social gathering measures that will last until at least mid-January.

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A Richmond beer league hockey player is reported to have died after suffering a heart problem on the ice.

The man — understood to be a 25-year-old goaltender — was playing at the city-run Richmond Ice Centre, on Triangle Road, on Friday night.

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It is not clear if the player was pronounced dead at the scene or after being taken to hospital.

A spokesperson for the city confirmed on Sunday morning that the player “experienced a health issue

The Richmond News has reached out the BC Ambulance Service for more details.

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There had been claims on social media of “bangs,” “smoke” and a

But a spokesperson for Richmond’s fire department said it was called out after reports of an “electrical smell” and there was no evidence of a fire and no signs of smoke.

TransLink later told the Richmond News that the Canada Line in the area had “experienced an electrical issue that caused arcing under the train at Templeton station.”

A TransLink spokesperson said this “resulted in some smoke on the guideway.

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“First aid was administered until emergency services arrived and transported the person to hospital.

“Despite the efforts of all involved, we understand he passed away. This is a tragic situation and our deepest sympathies go to their family and friends.”

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woken up “by a jolt.”

The USGS has listed on its earthquake website a total of 557 reports from people feeling the quake, mainly on Vancouver Island, but some came in from across the Lower Mainland.

It was recorded at a depth of about 17 kilometres and struck underneath Salt Spring Island, near the small community of Ganges.

There were no reports of any injuries or damage.

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Stevestonite suggests renaming school to reflect local history

A Stevestonite of Japanese ancestry would like to see Lord Byng elementary renamed after a female Japanese teacher.

Kelvin Higo, chair of the Steveston Japanese Canadian Cultur-

al Advisory Committee (SJCCA), has approached the Richmond school board to rename the Steveston school after Hide Hyodo — who taught at Byng before she was interned during the war —

to reflect the contributions of the Japanese community in the area.

“My purpose would be to name it after (Hyodo) because there are so many things she was the first of — she was the first teacher in

Richmond to be of Japanese ancestry, and I suspect she was the first teacher of any ethnicity other than Caucasian,” Higo said.

The board is reviewing its school naming policy early in 2022 to

ensure it has an updated process that’s “clear and transparent” and addresses “bias, privilege and systemic discrimination,” said board chair, Sandra Nixon.

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News carrier, 9, receives thanks, gift from residents aged her.

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“I love seeing people do little things like this and showing care and concern for others during this season. I love our community.”

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It’s fair to say that Richmond resident Michelle Li is very proud of her nineyear-old daughter, Esmé.

So when her little girl – who is also a Richmond News carrier — received a heartwarming note of thanks and a gift from her local community, Li was gushing with pride.

“Hope this holiday is going to bring joy to everyone and the world will have peace and fun again… We hope this little season’s token will cheer you up for a good job. Well done. We appreciate it. Thanks,” read the notice from Richmond News readers on Esmé’s route.

Esmé was so happy someone took the time to write a thank you note and give her a small gift, said

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Evan Dunfee a ‘True Sport’ Maria Rantanen MRANTANEN@RICHMOND-NEWS.COM

Olympic bronze medalist Evan Dunfee has been recognized not just for his high-level athletic performance, but for his fairness and fun in sports.

The Richmond athlete, who took the third-place medal at the Tokyo Olympics in the 50-kilometre race walking event this summer, recently received the “True Sport” award from AthleteCAN for exemplifying fairness, excellence, inclusion and fun in his sport.

This award, Dunfee said, reflects the last five years of his journey as a race walker, staying the course but not compromising his values.

“I was able to hold to my values while at the same time wanting nothing more than to one day win that medal and ending up getting the best of both worlds,” he said.

After hearing about the award, he once again expressed his appreciation to his hometown audience that cheered him on as he pounded out the miles throughout Richmond, leading up to the Olympics.

“I’m a product of this community,” Dunfee told the Richmond News.

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Afghan refugees find security in Richmond No homes in Richmond for refugees

Maria Rantanen

While many Afghan refugees have had their first landing spot in Richmond — up to 100 at a time staying at a local hotel — Chris Friesen, chief operating officer of Immigrant Settlement Services of BC (ISSBC), pointed out none of them have found a permanent home in Richmond.

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An Afghan refugee family is feeling safe and secure in Richmond — but they are still worried about their friends and family back home.

There is “absolutely” a need for more affordable housing in Richmond including for refugees, he added.

Barak and Manima (names changed) settled into a hotel in Richmond after a harrowing journey out of Afghanistan — in the wake of the Taliban taking over as American forces pulled out — and a two-month wait in Toronto.

The agency has been able to place 85 per cent in permanent housing, but the majority, 55 per cent, settle in Surrey while others have found homes in Burnaby, Vancouver and Coquitlam. Two families — with 15 people among them — have even found homes in Delta.

Now, in Richmond, they’re waiting to find permanent housing in the Lower Mainland and start their new lives in Canada.

The “ironic saving grace” of the pandemic has been that there’s more rental housing available because there is less immigration and fewer international students competing for homes, Friesen said.

The couple fled Afghanistan in late August, as their family had ties to the Canadian Armed Forces and they knew they’d be a target for the new regime.

Barak and Manima lost their home in Kandahar and made their way to Kabul – moving from place to place so they couldn’t be found.

Afghan refugees are staying temporarily in Richmond, but they cannot find permanent homes in the city due to the lack of affordable housing. Maria Rantanen photo

As tensions mounted, they went to the crowded Kabul airport to try to get out.

Finally, on Aug. 25, they made it through the security gates and Barak showed a message from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada that they were permitted to go to Canada. With that, they boarded a flight out of the country.

They arrived in Toronto on Aug. 29 and were settled in Richmond in late October.

Barak’s family is spread out across Canada, the United States, Germany and India.

But Manima is worried about her father, who is still stuck in Afghanistan. She’s been trying to get him an exit visa to Pakistan so he could join her in Canada, but these are now only available on the black market at highly inflated prices.

Furthermore, the winter is getting cold in Afghanistan and

money and work are scarce as the U.S. has frozen the country’s assets. Barak and Manima are hearing stories of friends back home living in fear of being jailed or killed.

“My wish is Richmond people — all Canadian people — as much as you can, help the people of Afghanistan,” Barak said through an interpeter.

When asked whether he felt safe in Canada, Barak replied in the affirmative, largely because, in Afghanistan, one never knew whether a bomb would go off in the street or someone would get attacked.

They are safe in Richmond, he said, and they have everything they need — they’ve even found an Afghan restaurant that makes special Afghani bread.

But a high priority for Barak and Manima is that their children have a good future ahead of them in Canada.

“That’s one of the factors that’s influenced our ability to house 85 per cent of Afghan refugees,” he added.

But refugees are expected to keep flowing into Canada over the next few years and Friesen doesn’t see any relief in sight as far as housing is concerned.

Waiting at a hotel, refugees get food from the food bank and government assistance. But it isn’t until they have a permanent address that kids go to school, and parents can take language lessons and integrate into Canadian society.

“Everything kicks in when they get permanent housing,” Friesen said.

For anyone wanting to support Afghan refugees, ISSBC is doing a “Welcome to B.C.” gift card campaign. The agency is also collecting funds from the public to help privately sponsor Afghan refugees to come to Canada.

“With every Afghan who’s come (to Canada), it’s probably safe to say there are two other family members who would like to be united (with them),” Friesen said. To donate, go to issbc.org and click on the “Donate” button.

Richmond Mamas collecting for flood victims

A Richmond charity is hoping to lift the spirits of the victims of last month’s unprecedented flooding in B.C. The Richmond branch of Mamas for Mamas — which provides support to mothers in crisis — is working with the United Way to fill Christmas hampers for those in need.

The charity is collecting gift cards, diapers

and wipes, new clothing, shoes, warm socks, hats and gloves, self-care items such as shampoo, soaps and candles, non-perishable foods that have not expired and brand new unused, unwrapped toys.

The hampers are part of United Way’s United for BC Flood Response, which has raised around $2 million for flood victims.

Donations are being accepted at the Mamas for Mamas office at 123 — 11121 Horseshoe Way, near Steveston Highway in Ironwood.

collecting donations on an ongoing basis — some families will be receiving late Christmas hampers in January due to their location.

While the hampers are for Christmas, there’s no deadline for when donations need to be received, according to United Way. Rather, Mamas for Mamas will be

Mamas for Mamas can be contacted over the holidays at celena@mamasformamas. org or yvr@mamasformamas.org.

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