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Husband charged with wife’s murder Father-of-two James Wu alleged to have killed his wife Sunday afternoon Graeme Wood

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Jian Hua ‘James’ Wu, a father of two children, has been charged with seconddegree murder after allegedly killing his wife in a Richmond apartment complex. On Monday, a short, thin Wu, wearing an oversized grey t-shirt, briefly appeared in Richmond Provincial Court along with his defense lawyer David Baker and a translator. Wu will remain in custody until his next court appearance, scheduled for May 27 to discuss bail proceedings. Outside the courthouse, Baker said he had just met with Wu and did not know many details about the incident. Baker confirmed the charges and the fact Wu had two children, while noting his client, a Canadian citizen, was “very concerned.” According to Cpl. Dominic Duchesneau, of RCMP’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, Richmond Mounties arrived at the Panorama Place apartment complex at 7040 Granville Ave. just before 2 p.m on Sunday after receiving a call from a resident who heard a domestic dispute unravel. There, police found the deceased woman

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and “a man who appeared to be related to the incident,” said Duchesneau, adding Wu’s wife, whose name has not been disclosed, was in her 30s, while Wu is 41 years old. “First responders came to the conclusion the male was associated with the event,” said Duchesneau, adding at that point, IHIT was called to investigate the scene. Duchesneau noted alcohol and drugs were not a factor in the homicide and police records did not show a history of violence. As a result of the crime taking place within a hallway of the apartment complex, two residents had to be extracted through a window by firefighters so as not to contaminate the crime scene. “The incident started in one apartment unit and went to a different location outside the apartment. It’s fair to say Firefighters were called in to remove neighbours from the floor where the body was found so not to disturb the crime scene. Photo it wasn’t in one unit and the crime scene is the by Graeme Wood/Richmond News

entire floor,” said Duchesneau. Richmond Fire Rescue made the short trip across the street to extract the two residents; the apartment is located across the street from the No. 1 fire hall at the corner of Granville and Gilbert Road. Duchesneau said the crime took place on one of the higher floors and, as of Monday, some residents were not allowed back in their homes. Duchesneau said a homicide scene at an apartment requires more officers and poses unique challenges as opposed to one that occurs inside a single-family home. “It certainly requires more police officers to secure the crime scene to make sure no residents go from one floor to another. “To preserve the integrity of the file, you don’t want them to see things that only the suspect may see,” he said. The incident serves as a reminder from health and community workers in the domestic violence field for the public to be aware of help networks and organizations that can assist victims of abusive relationships.

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Onni tweaks boardwalk proposal Changes not good enough for one councillor as developer throws $500,000 more into the basket Imperial Landing buildings sit empty as its developer attempts to rezone the land for retail and commercial purposes. Photo by the Richmond News

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After a month of negotiations between city staff and developers from Onni Group, a new proposal has emerged that includes more money and temporary rental discounts for the city to potentially install a new library at Imperial Landing on Steveston’s waterfront boardwalk. But is it enough? Not according to at least one city councillor. “I’m not impressed,” said Coun. Evelina Halsey-Brandt. “Community contributions for up-zoning like this need to be much more substantial than what they’re offering,” she added. The proposal — included in a staff report tabled at the city’s planning committee on Tuesday — from Onni is intended to persuade city council to re-zone the land where six new buildings presently rest empty. The developers built Imperial Landing knowing it was zoned for maritime purposes. It then claimed there was no market for such use and now wants to lease the properties to retail businesses instead. In April, Onni offered $1.5 million cash,

Aside from the temporary rent-free provisions, Onni offered the city annual rates of $25-30 per square foot for up to 20 years. City staff noted $25 is a “reasonable market rate.” But the report also added that several factors, such as operating costs and tenant rights and responsibilities, had not been negotiated on top of the rates listed by Onni. The report notes that a new library in Steveston requires at least 13,000 square feet, which is about the size of one of the buildings. A theory floated at April’s planning committee meeting is the existing library at Steveston Community Centre would become an expanded gym.

among other, smaller contributions and provisions. City councillors refused to accept the package and told city staff to negotiate better contributions, including discounted rental rates for a potential library (emulating the deal the city struck with developers of Ironwood Plaza to install Ironwood Library). This time around, Onni has offered an extra $500,000 and 4,000 square feet of rent-free space for the city for the first five years. The report stated the offers are “the best they (Onni) are willing to provide,” while noting Ironwood receives 8,000 square feet rent-free and pays $20 per square foot for the remaining space it occupies.

The move alone could cost $3.6 million, according to the report. A proposal from the Steveston Merchants Association last month was to retain 25 per cent of the 60,000 square feet of floor space at Imperial Landing for maritime purposes and restrict retail space to one quarter as well. According to the report, Onni would only accept such a proposal if it could lower the cash contribution. Coun. Chak Au said he would consider two things at Tuesday’s meeting. “Many merchants in Steveston Village are telling us they are struggling or barely surviving. Right from the beginning Onni knew what they were getting into with the ‘Maritime Mixed Use’ zoning. There is no justification to lift Onni from their difficulty at the expenses of existing business in the village. Secondly, there must be real benefits to the community. This is how we treat other rezoning applications and we should treat Onni’s application in the same way,” said Au in an email. The report also indicated the city has hired a marine engineering consultant to assess dredging needs required for a civic marina. The parks department will provide a report in the future on the potential for a marina.

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School district proposes to dip into reserves, cut staff Graeme Wood

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The Richmond School District will be scraping the bottom of the barrel as it faces a $2.5 million deficit for next school year, according to a budget report presented to the Richmond School Board Monday. In order to balance the budget, which is required by law, district executives are proposing to transfer $1-1.5 million from its surplus reserves, as well as reduce the number of educational assistants, which could save up to $750,000. Other substantial cuts include reducing the school supplies budget by $400,000 and reducing 3.5 full-

time positions from the learning services department. The board will vote on a final budget on May 20. Up until that time, board chair Donna Sargent said comments from the public are welcome. District treasurer Mark De Mello noted in his report that taking money from a surplus reserve is “not sustainable,” however, “the current proposal is a challenge to all staff in the district to find savings that add up to $1 million or more.” He told the Richmond News the reserve account stands at about $6 million. De Mello said dipping into reserves will save — at least temporarily — some jobs because the district has few other options for

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ministry. Money from the ministry represents 93 per cent of the district’s revenues. It is the third straight year Richmond’s student population has declined. The cuts are in addition to the 10 fewer teachers the district will hire as a result of lower enrolment. De Mello noted in his report that the deficit factors in CUPE staff wage increases, for which the provincial government did not fund. General increases in benefit costs and other inflationary costs added to the deficit as well. One saving grace for the district is a projected record $12.3 million infusion of cash due to its international student program.

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‹ from page 1 such stories, the message they take away is “These stories trigger people and heighten that police will not be able to protect them the potential for outreach,” said Belinda from their partners, she said. Boyd, community engagement leader at “Every time there is a case like this, Vancouver Coastal Health. abusive men will take the paper and tell The Richmond Family Violence Prevention (women): This is what’s going to happen to Network is a group of organizations that you,” she said. works to help prevent domestic violence. Women who come to the shelter fleeing Help can be reached at 604-270-6229. abusive relationships frequently complain The homicide of a weak police took place a half response that does block away from Every time there’s a case like not leave them CHIMO, a crisis feeling any safer this, abusive men will take services organization from their partners that also specializes the paper and tell (women) and haphazard in reaching out to enforcement of ‘this is what’s going to newcomers. restraining order Settlement workers breaches, she said. happen to you.’ can speak English, — Hilla Kerner “Often the police Mandarin, Cantonese, will ask the woman Punjabi and Tagalog what does she want among many other to do, when it should languages. CHIMO can be contacted by not really be up to the woman. It’s up to the calling 604-279-7077. police to stop this man.” This homicide marks the fifth murder or However, Richmond RCMP Cpl. Stephanie attempted murder of a woman in B.C. in as Ashton, who ran that detachment’s domestic many weeks with links to domestic violence. violence unit for three years, said provincial In at least three of the attacks, police had policies dictate that officers must arrest a been previously called to the residence, suspect if they have reasonable grounds to which raises troubling questions about to believe domestic violence has occurred. what extent law enforcement is able to If you have information regarding this prevent such incidents, said Hilla Kerner of homicide you are asked by police to call Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter. Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. When women in abusive situations hear — with files from Vancouver Sun

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The seasons and the calendar may have changed, but the labour dispute at Ikea’s Richmond store remains intact as workers get set to mark a year on the picket line. About 300 members of Teamsters Local 213 have been surviving on strike pay — the equivalent of about half their wages — since mid-May 2013 and are convinced the Swedish home furnishings giant is out to try and break the union now they feel the matter has reached an impasse. At issue is the status of 35 or so unionized workers who returned to their jobs early in the dispute. They have been expelled by the union which has demanded they be removed from the workplace before the union workers return to their jobs, should an agreement be reached. “It looks like union busting,” said Keith Austin, who has worked for Ikea locally for 27 years. “There’s certainly not an economic reason for Ikea to do this to the employees. “This is so out of character with the Ikea we’ve been used to dealing with since the union came in 30 years ago,” he added. “We don’t know where it’s coming from, except to say it looks like union busting.”

Ikea Richmond employee Keith Austin Calling for the removal of staff who returned to their jobs is “unprecedented” said Ikea spokeswoman Madeleine LöwenborgFrick in an email to the Richmond News. “There has not been a case in B.C. history where a government agency has intervened and fired people for legally doing their own job,” she wrote, adding last December Ikea suggested that all workers return to their jobs under the terms of the expired collective agreement while parties resumed negotiations. see FIRING › page 6

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The City of Richmond, along with the province and the BC Water and Waste Association (BCWWA), is celebrating Drinking Water Week from May 4 to 10. In a bid to raise awareness about B.C.’s water, they are asking people to “Get to know your H2O!” this week by taking time to learn more about water and how we can protect it. The City of Richmond provides highquality, clean tap water to residents, said Mayor Malcolm Brodie, who encouraged more people to turn to tap water as their water of choice. The City of Richmond said it has many

water conservation programs and is asking residents to take part in initiatives such as the toilet rebate program, rain barrel program, single family and multi-family water meters, waterwise gardening workshops, the newlyimplemented clothes washer rebate program and more. The city also installs tap water stations at city events and locations around the community to encourage more tap water use. The city will have a display dedicated to the Drinking Water Week campaign at the Public Works Open House on Saturday, May 24 at the City Operations Yard, 5599 Lynas Lane.

Firing strikebreakers unacceptable ‹ from page 5 Löwenborg-Frick claims that the union’s demands have shifted during the dispute, leaving some critical issues outstanding. “Despite this fact, the Teamsters claim Ikea has bargained to an impasse over the employees the union wants terminated,” she wrote. “Ikea has continued to introduce proposals to meet the issues the Teamsters had originally outlined as the primary reasons for this strike. However, terminating employees for legally returning to perform their own job is unacceptable to Ikea and is legally unprecedented.” The union claims the company created the

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He may not be “much of a runner,” but it’s unlikely the people behind Richmond’s Terry Fox Run will care if Howard Jampolsky wears Nike or Adidas. After reading in the Richmond News how the annual charity fun run was in jeopardy unless a new event coordinator stepped up, local businessman Jampolsky has offered to help. Despite admitting he rarely runs and keeps fit in other ways, Jampolsky told the News how he couldn’t stand back and see the September event fold. “I just thought it would be a real shame for this event not to continue,” said Richmond resident Jampolsky, who juggles his day job as an executive director of the Schara Tzedeck Jewish congregation in Vancouver with his role on the YVR board of directors. “(The event has) a really dedicated team of volunteers and all they needed was someone to pull it all together.” Jampolsky, who has run unsuccessfully for both city council in 2008 and for the federal Conservative Party nomination in Richmond in 2011, said he’s already had a chat with the event’s past coordinator, John Young, to get a feel for the role. “I talked to John a short time the other day

and I’ll be meeting with him and talking at greater length in the middle of the month,” added Jampolsky. “I’ve already given it a little thought about how to make the event a bit bigger and better. “It’s very grass roots level and I know the Terry Fox organization is sticky about corporate sponsorship. But just because the corporate sponsor doesn’t get any recognition, doesn’t mean we can’t ask them for help.” Thinking out loud, Jampolsky said he might look for some corporate help by getting some kind of memento for the event’s 150 or so volunteers. “I’ll be trying to find ways to get the corporate community more involved without breaking any rules,” he said. “This is a great organization that’s done a hell of a lot of good and I’m happy to help out.” Young, after warning last week that event would have to be cancelled if a new coordinator couldn’t be found, said he was extremely delighted to get a response so quickly and to get someone of Jampolsky’s caliber. “I didn’t pull the wool over his eyes at all, I told him straight up that there are a ton of things for the coordinator to do,” Young said. “But he has management and fundraising

Howard Jampolsky has put his foot forward answering the call to organize this year’s Terry Fox Run in Richmond. The event was in danger of collapse when previous, long-time run coordinators had decided it was time to pass the torch to someone else. Photo by Alan Campbell/Richmond News experience and he said he’d love to give it a try.” Since its inception in 2003, Richmond’s version of the fun run in Terry Fox’s memory has grown in size and stature every year, raising more than $200,000 for cancer research. But after Young, the event’s co-

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Vicious cycle

or every story that makes the front page or the start of the newscast, there were many that didn’t. Think about that every time you see the walking-talking disaster that is Rob Ford dominating the news cycle. It’s true that Canada’s largest city and the economic hub of Canada deserves to know about the activities and state-of-mind of its chief magistrate. And there has thus far been a massive gulf of accountability Ford owes Torontonians. These are newsworthy events with a genuine public

interest. Unfortunately, lost in the latest foofaraw about the mayor, his crack pipe and his racist and sexist comments were some important stories. As we were having a laugh or tsktsking the latest episode, the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, CBC and the Canadian Press reported the RCMP is now looking into as many as 1,200 cases of missing or murdered aboriginal women — possibly twice the amount last assumed. The federal government has routinely rejected calls to hold an inquiry into how those

numbers could ever climb so high. When pressed by the Opposition in the House of Commons, the Tories spun the crisis into a pitch to support their budget, which contains a $25-million strategy for aboriginal missing and murdered women — but offered no interest in a public inquiry, which would bring closure and shed light on past wrongs to ensure they don’t happen again. If a proportionate number of upper-middle class blond girls were murdered or went missing, there wouldn’t be an inquiry. There would be martial law.

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Intent doesn’t matter to the dead

Osama bin Laden and o you remember his cronies planned and the terrible tragedy PainfulTruth executed the terrorist that resulted in the attacks with the intent of collapse of a building, the Matthew murdering as many people death of many hundreds of Claxton as possible, of sowing fear people? and chaos. Do you remember the No one actually wanted outcry that followed, the calls for justice? the Rana Plaza building to collapse. Do you remember when the people The workers there certainly didn’t. They responsible were shot? just wanted to keep collecting their meagre pay to keep their families fed and clothed. That last part never happened, because The subcontractors and supervisors I’m not talking about the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. I’m talking about the there didn’t want the building to collapse collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in Savar, — it would be bad for business. a city in Bangladesh. And the North American and European There are many obvious differences clothing companies that bought those between the two incidents. clothes and sold them at hefty markups In the Rana Plaza collapse, fewer people didn’t want the bad publicity that comes lost their lives. There were 1,129 fatalities, from the death of a good portion of your and more than 2,500 injured. In the Sept. workforce. 11 attacks, 2,977 victims lost their lives So the question is, how much does directly. intention matter? The most obvious difference, the one Bin Laden was a murderer, and for this that everyone will want to point out he would be tracked down and shot by immediately, is that of intent. an American assassination squad and

dumped into the depths of the ocean. Are the executives of Joe Fresh and Benetton, Wal-Mart, and Bonmarché quaking in fear of death squads? Of course not. Because they never meant to kill anyone. Because they’re wealthy westerners. Because they’re insulated by being many steps away from the decisions that led to the catastrophe. They didn’t build the faulty structure. They didn’t hire the workers who toiled there. They certainly weren’t the ones who directly ordered workers back into the building the day after cracks started forming – orders backed up with threats of losing an entire month’s pay. But they are responsible. The collapse of the Rana Plaza was as predictable as the tides. In the wake of the tragedy, for the first time, Bangladeshi garment workers have been given the right to form unions. They have been given raises that have nearly doubled their monthly wages – to $68. Poor, desperate people, with few

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UNESCO bid just another city hall ego trip The Editor, Re: “UNESCO bid, long, costly, but worthy,” News, April 23. With baited breath, I noted city hall’s latest item on their bucket list; ie seeking the UNESCO designation for the taxpayers’ money pit called Steveston. Far be it for me, a lowly citizen, to question council and staff in their infinite wisdom, (whereby errors in capital and operating costs can have minor rounding errors in the millions of dollars). Unfortunately, I strayed, temptation won... and I succumbed to performing some personal research. I came across a Washington University Law review report (circa 2011 ) titled “Heritage in Peril: A Critique of the UNESCO’s World Heritage Program.” (http://law.wustl. edu/WUGSLR/Issues/Volume10_3/keough.pdf) Some self-explanatory quotes:

“...successes are dwindling, replaced by bureaucratic wrangling and underhanded deals for money and influence between the Committee and the Member States” and “At its best, the program is characterized as — teetering on its once sound foundations as its principles and priorities crumble under the weight of bureaucracy and outside influence. The World Heritage emblem has come to represent a grandiose marketing tool, fodder for things to ‘see before you die’ coffee table books. At its worst, the program has left its original aims in the dust in favor of materialism and pacification and is now incapable of protecting the world‘s truly endangered places.” In summary, acquiring the UNESCO designation is simply branding,” which even the city acknowledges, aka to further embellish a tourist trap. However, the “status” of a UNESCO designation has been sufficiently diluted by a number of dubious

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We need full-time residents The Editor, Re: “Damaging democracy,” Letters, May 2. I am not surprised at low voter turnouts in Richmond at all. Living in Richmond for almost 10 years now, I have learned that many people, so called residents of Richmond, live here more or less six months at a time,

coming here once a year to report income tax, then turning around to go where they came from. For the rest of the newer residents, many of them lack interest in getting to know Canada or lack knowledge of more of Canada. I think we are only going to see lower voter turnouts

in Richmond in the future. Instead of asking why voter turnouts are so low, we have to ask ourselves what we have done. No doubt Ottawa wants to amend the immigration program. How can we encourage all residents of Canada to participate in the democratic process?

This is a question waiting to be discovered or reinvented. Anne Brandt Richmond

designations elsewhere. Thus, there is no benefit to the general citizens of Richmond in this, but instead a risk of exposure to future costs and other liabilities that will inevitably be forthcoming for what is clearly another city hall ego trip. R.A.Hoegler Richmond

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A group of talented, young number crunchers earned awards at the BC Provincial Math Competition on April 27. Taking part were (front row left to right) Rachel Sanju (Champion–Junior U), Serena Brooks (Champion–Basic U), Andrea Marasigan (Merit Award– Basic U), Rebecca Sanju (Joint 1st runner up-Basic U). (Back row) Krishna Kumar (President), Felicia Brooks (Joint 1st runner Up-Basic U), Abby Marasigan (2nd runner up-Basic U), Binu Kumar (Director). Award winners not pictured include Tia Pall (1st runner up-Junior U) and Krishma Parmar (Merit Award-Basic U). Photo submitted

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into a violent sea when mariners are trying to make it to shore. It’s the emergency health worker who treats an AIDS-infected person bleeding from track marks on their arms. It’s the police officer who is running into the high school that is under attack, when the students are running out.” All of those actions are counter-intuitive, German said, posing the rhetorical question why people do these kind of things. “They do so because they care,” he said. “They don’t have to wait to make a difference. Every day offers the opportunity to make a contribution to your fellow citizens. “Generosity and kindness are the qualities of emergency workers. They work with grace and courage day in and day out.” German said he congratulated the nominees present for their professionalism, going the extra mile, for being a complete person, and seizing the opportunity when it presented itself. “You are Richmond’s heroes, and we all applaud you,” he said.

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calling for paramedics and speaking with the family’s Imam to coordinate continued support. In August, Const. Mares was on patrol when he noticed smoke. He quickly discovered a dangerous fire inside a townhouse. He called for assistance and methodically checked each unit, putting himself at risk. These efforts prevented a disastrous situation and potential injury or loss of life. Furthermore, Const Mares’ community outreach efforts are unparalleled. Attempting to bridge the gap between the Asian community and local police, he led the development of “Outreach Cards”, distributed on foot patrols, with information about local police efforts.

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We salute Richmond’s finest Richmond’s first responders work hard each day to keep our community safe. The City of Richmond is pleased to join in honouring the men and women who serve and protect our community. This year’s 911 Awards winners represent a small handful of the hundreds of first responders, volunteers, corporate partners, businesses and residents who work together to make Richmond one of Canada’s safest communities. We salute them all. Safety is everyone’s responsibility.

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AWARD RECIPIENTS Integrated Community Safety Award: BCAS & Fire Rescue: PCP Alex Mattes, ACP Will Riordon, Capt. John McCaffrey, F/Fs Raminder Gill, James Beeby and Todd Stockdale On Sept. 20 2013, crews responded to a motor vehicle incident involving an SUV and a motorcycle. Crews responding were paramedics Alex Mattes and advanced care paramedic Will Riordon

as well as fire captain John McCaffrey and crew firefighters Raminder Gill, James Beeby and Todd Stockdale. Upon arrival, the motorcycle was barely recognizable. The rider lay 25 yards from his bike, face down. Without wasting any time, paramedics packaged the motorcyclist on a spine board with the integral assistance of the fire crew for rapid transport. Once they had the patient on the stretcher

and in the back of the ambulance, paramedics were able to do a better assessment and find further injuries — this patient had bones protruding in multiple places and was in respiratory distress. Without hesitation, McCaffrey volunteered two of his men to go with paramedics to VGH, ensuring the best possible care for the injured patient, whose mangled arms and legs had to be held in place by firefighters during the ride. to the hospital.

Members of the B.C. Ambulance Service and Richmond Fire Rescue accept the Integrated Community Safety Award from Mayor Malcom Brodie and Richmond Chamber of Commerce chair Brian Williams. Photo by Richmond Chamber of Commerce

Community Safety Volunteer of the Year: ACP Jeff Watts, Retired High School First Responder Program For over five years, retired advanced care paramedic Jeff Watts Jeff Watts won the Community Safety Volunteer Award. Photo by Gord Goble/Special to the News

has developed and run a high school first responder program in the City of Richmond. Watts volunteers his time educating and instructing Richmond High School students in emergency first aid. The students under Watts’ supervision are a valuable asset to our city where they volunteer their time at many community events such

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Community Safety Initiative of the Year: PAD Program: PCP Lawrence Cheng, PCP Roger Mah, ACP Kathy Pascuzzo, PCP Allen Pruden The BC Public Access to Defibrillation (PAD) Program is a joint initiative of the BC Ambulance Service and the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Its goal is to have more than 450 AEDs installed and available for use by the general public by 2015. Over the past 20 years, AEDs have become prevalent in society, however access is often limited. The goal of the BC PAD Program is to have each AED clearly marked, easily accessible and most importantly available 24/7 – by any member of the general public. BCAS paramedics who volunteer their off-duty time

Fire Rescue Crew or Firefighter of the Year: On February 12, 2013 there was a house fire on Azure Rd. Acting Captain of Investigations Alex van Bruksvoort was called to the incident to conduct the fire investigation. In order for the crews to fully extinguish the fire and for the investigation to occur, the home needed to be taken down.

On hand to receive the Community Safety Inititative of the Year Award for the PAD Program was Allen Pruden (left) and Lawrence Cheng. Absent were Roger Mah and Kathy Pascuzzo. Photo by Gord Goble/Special to the News with this program are known as PAD Champions. They provide public education on how to correctly use and maintain AEDs and are a vital support resource for when the use of

an AED is required. The citizens of Richmond and all those who visit our great city are made safer by the efforts volunteered by this group of dedicated community-minded

However, the owner was distraught over the many sentimental items still in the home and had a difficult time making the decision allowing the demolition. Alex recognized the owner’s state and realized he had to spend time to help her and her family understand. Alex displayed compassion and made a

sincere connection. He committed to her that he would manage the demolition and try to uncover those sentimental items. In cooperation with the demolition company, Alex was able to uncover a few of the items and his efforts demonstrated excellent service that went above and beyond normal business.

Fire investigator Alex van Bruksvoort (centre) was named Firefighter of the Year. Photo by Gord Goble/Special to the News

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AWARD RECIPIENTS Ambulance Crew or Ambulance Paramedic of the Year: On Dec 7, 2013 Advanced Care Paramedics Ron van Houtten and Steve Hurley responded to a restaurant at Lansdowne Centre. Upon arrival at the patient’s side, a young woman in her 30s was collapsed on the floor of the mall and being cared for by the firefighters. A quick visual assessment of the patient revealed that she was suffering from severe anaphylactic shock – quickly becoming lifethreatening. A rapid assessment was done, showing the patient had no palpable pulses and no blood pressure; her mouth had swollen making breathing laboured and communication impossible. Epinephrine was administered three times with little to no improvement. IV access was made difficult due to

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B.C. Ambulance Service paramedics Ron van Houtten (centre) and Steve Hurley received the Ambulance Crew of the Year award for their quick action tending to a collapsed woman at Lansdowne Centre. Photo by Richmond Chamber of Commerce vascular collapse. Finally, IV access was established and fluid was administered to bolster her blood pressure

and additionally epinephrine was given via the IV, at last improving her symptoms.

Community Safety Award of Valor Recipients: Three residents were Community Safety Award of Valor recipients. The first was Mohammad Kallas who, last year, on a busy afternoon in downtown Richmond witnessed a theft from an electronics store on No. 3 Road. The suspect quickly fled with stolen items in hand. Kallas was the passenger in a vehicle when he noticed the suspected thief, who appeared to be getting away, while being chased by a store employee. Kallas gave chase into a back parking lot where he cornered the suspect. The suspect dropped the stolen goods and tried to get away but Kallas was able to subdue the him. Despite wearing flip flops Kallas kept the suspect secure as he walked him back to the store where the shop owner called the police. Meanwhile, David

MacGyver and Lawrence Layton were both involved in subduing two males toting weapons who robbed the Ben Moss Jewelry store at Richmond Centre. MacGyver and Layton were both inside the mall when the robbery occurred and followed the suspects as they attempted to make their escape, despite one of the suspects pointing a firearm directly at Layton. Once outside the mall, the suspect attempted to

carjack a vehicle from a lone woman. MacGyver jumped into action and was able to take the firearm away from the suspect. Layton saw this and jumped in to help by securing the firearm and assisted in restraining the suspect until police arrived. During the struggle, the suspect discharged one round. As a result of the bravery of MacGyver and Layton, no persons were seriously injured.

Award of Valor recipients (from left) Mohammad Kallas, David MacGyver and Lawrence Layton.

Congratulations 911 Award recipients and thank you from Richmond Fire-Rescue Congratulations to all of the nominees and winners of this year’s Chamber of Commerce 911 Awards. Your outstanding efforts make a difference and are truly inspirational. Thank you to the Richmond Chamber of Commerce for supporting Richmond’s emergency services.

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AWARD RECIPIENTS Community Safety Business Partner Recipient: Scott McTavish, Coast Mountain Bus Company / Richmond Depot Operations manager Scott McTavish and his fellow employees at the Coast Mountain Bus Company - Richmond Depot have gone above and beyond to provide assistance to RCMP and Richmond Fire Rescue. Coast Mountain always responds promptly, providing buses and drivers at a moment’s notice for people in need at fires, plane crashes, chemical leaks and other emergency situations.

911 AWARDS In the last two years, the Coast Mountain Bus Company has supplied 7 busses that temporarily sheltered over 140 people at many fire emergency scenes. With their help, many Richmond residents were provided short term shelter from the elements in their critical time of need. When an RCMP member was killed in the line of duty, dozens of police officers from Richmond Detachment took personal time to attend. Scott McTavish immediately authorized a transit bus to take Richmond members to the service and back, going above and beyond to support the bereaved officers.

Scott McTavish of Coast Mountain Bus Company (left) received the award for Community Safety Business Partner. Photo by Gord Goble/Special to the News

Coast Guard Crew, Member or Auxiliary of the Year: Leading Seaman/Public Safety Diver: Dave Schur, Mike Hawley and Gary Nolan

The three-person crew of Dave Schur, Mike Hawley and Gary Nolan were chosen as the Coast Guard Crew of the year. Photo submitted

On the night of Dec. 20, 2013 a passerby heard a man’s voice calling for help downstream from the Knight Street Bridge. Police arrived in the area quickly and were able to hear the man’s voice weaken but were unable to spot him in the darkness. The Coast Guard’s rigid hull inflatable was dispatched and arrived in the area 12 minutes later. Coxswain Dave Schur and Leading

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AWARD RECIPIENTS Community Safety Career Achievement Award Recipients British Columbia Ambulance Service - ACP Terry Dobson, ACP (Retired): Terry Dobson started his ambulance career in 1974 and spent most of his 38 year career as a full-time paramedic in Richmond. He started out as a BLS paramedic and in 1981 went on to become an ALS paramedic which is the level he is at today. During his time with the BC Ambulance Service, Terry volunteered around Richmond at school functions and with other events where he proudly promoted safety. One of his career highlights was when Terry instructed in a local high school CPR program which had all Grade 11 students in Richmond trained in CPR. Terry is a truly dedicated employee that gave everything he could to a job and community that he loves. Terry loves his job so much that he came back to work part-time after retirement. His dedication to his work and team are unparalleled, and Terry is very deserving of this recognition. Richmond Fire Rescue – Capt. Doug Scott: Doug Scott’s positive attitude and commitment to the job, the community and his peers is second to none. He always has a smile on his face and does

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Canadian Coast Guard Chief Engineer Scott Thomas was among those receiving the Community Safety Career Achievement Award. Photo by Gord Goble/Special to the News

what is right in every situation he is in. He has very high standards for himself and those around him. He never takes his career for granted and he knows what it means to serve the community. He also has the respect and admiration of everyone that works with him, and this is caused by his consistency, fairness, respect for others, and pride in what he does. Canadian Coast Guard — Chief Engineer Scott Thomas: Chief Engineer Scott Thomas has devoted his entire working life to improving hovercraft technology. Scott’s main strength is in the electrical area and in fact many of his engineering solutions have been adopted by other operators. Scott began his career with Bell Aerospace in 1973 as a hovercraft engineer apprentice. After spending 6 years with Bell Aerospace, Scott took his first job with the Coast Guard in Trois Rivieres (Twa Riv–ee-air), Quebec. After 10 years, an opportunity in Richmond beckoned and Scott uprooted his young family and joined the Sea Island base in 1989. Scott made the transition from working on gas turbines to diesels seamlessly and after two decades of hard work, Scott became chief in 2008. His personality, patience and affable disposition will be always be remembered at

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Sea Island after he retires this fall…..especially at Christmas when someone for the Santa suit is required. British Columbia Ambulance ServiceClarke McGuire, ACP (Retired): Clarke McGuire has over 39 years of field experience, spending more than half of that time as acting unit chief. Also, during his outstanding career, Clarke dedicated over three decades to community service, raising money for causes such as Nova House, assisting with emergency planning and even contributing to modifications of laws concerning safety in the elevators of new buildings.

Clarke has had a major impact within his field, co-writing a medical paper with a doctor from Japan, combining knowledge and expertise from within Canada and Japan. More locally, Clark was the author of the BCAS “Regional Emergency Response Plan.” Over the course of his career, Clarke has received three major awards and even two previous 911 Awards. Highlights include the RCMP Commissioners Commendation for Bravery, an Exemplary Service Medal, and a Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Medal. For a distinguished career invested deeply in the safety and well-being of Canadians, Clarke McGuire is nominated for this career achievement award.

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n a recent Saturday The central nervous system morning, I met with is very efficient. When Davidicus 15 of my patients certain patterns of thought Wong, M.D. each of whom suffered from and behaviour are repeated, chronic pain. The group particular patterns of neural medical visit is a relatively connections become more new way for a physician entrenched. to provide care to patients If we take the same way HEALTHWISE suffering from a common home each day, it becomes so condition. They are more automatic that we don’t have commonly used for conditions such as to think about it. If we think the same good or diabetes, congestive heart failure or chronic bad thoughts day in and day out, they become lung disease. patterns of thought and limit our ability to I chose to use this special type of visit for perceive anything else. This is how we tend to my patients to allow sufficient time to explain narrow our points of view, become prejudiced new concepts in the approach to chronic and pigeon-hole the people around us. pain, discuss how pain affects our lives and When pain becomes chronic, it can affect introduce them to new evidence-based selfevery aspect of our lives — the activities of management tools to improve their function daily living, our relationships, our enjoyment and enjoyment of life. of life — how we see ourselves and our Pain itself plays an important physiologic future. Because pain is at the root of these role. When it is acute and caused by harm negative changes, it can become the focus or injury to the body, it provides useful of our attention and our daily lives. Pain can information to us so that we can take shade our emotions and shape our thoughts. immediate steps to attend to the affected area After ensuring that a patient’s condition has and remove it from danger. If you could feel been sufficiently investigated and appropriate no pain, you wouldn’t know that you had medication and physical therapies applied, I stepped on a nail or that you were developing now offer my patients three self-management a serious foot infection. Therefore, it would tools. Mindfulness meditation helps us to not be desirable to be completely painfree. centre our minds, cognitive therapy trains us Similarly, both fear and sadness are normal, to uncover our underlying beliefs and selffunctional human responses. If you had no hypnosis engages our subconscious minds to fear, you would not take appropriate care reinforce positive thoughts. when facing dangerous situations. We feel With these three tools, we can regain our sadness when we experience loss or when sense of control, transforming helplessness we are not satisfied with our circumstances. and hopelessness to engagement and It can be the first step in looking at our empowerment. lives, setting new goals and improving those Dr. Davidicus Wong is a family physician. circumstances. See his blog at davidicuswong.wordpress.

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Examples not to follow One of the felled trees in Minoru Park caused concern for columnist Sabine Eiche.

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re people in responsible positions (parents, teachers and the like) still concerned about setting an example to others? Or have role models become anachronistic — except for those promoted by the entertainment industry? The concept of role models has a long history. It was a subject often treated in the writings of the ancient Roman Cicero (106-43 B.C.), who referred to role models as “exempla” (plural of the Latin “exemplum,” which gave us such words as exemplary and example.) In English, the word example has lost much of its original cachet, perhaps because we’re so used to hearing it in the phrase “for example.” In German, the word for role model is “Vorbild” (literally “before image”), a concrete, vivid term that comes much closer to the original role-model sense of the English word example. “Bild” (image) shares a root in Old High German with “Bildung” (education, literacy, culture), which has entered English with the term bildungsroman, meaning a coming-of-age novel — Dickens’ Great Expectations, for example, is a bildungsroman. Ideally, then, a “Vorbild” or role model is an educated

and cultivated person, with high standards — qualities we look for in someone who holds a position of great responsibility. The examples set by people holding responsible offices in Richmond have been on my mind lately. On April 23, the Wednesday after Easter, I rode my bike into Minoru Park and noticed something different about the light on the southwest side. Then the screech of power saws assaulted me. Turning in the direction of the tennis courts, I saw several felled evergreens. They looked like slain giants on a battlefield. I went over to where the (heritage?) trees lay. In front of the temporary barricade were signs – small and low down — giving a 48-hour notice of the impending removal of the trees, scheduled for April 23. Hardly eye-catching, the notice was probably missed by all but the most vigilant. Given that the tree removal is connected with the project for the new development of the sports facilities and seniors centre — a commendable project that’s been given so much coverage

in the local press during the last months — why didn’t the city allow for a wellpublicized advance warning about the cutting of these trees? The city website refers only generally to “a limited amount of tree removal” — and it DOES NOT mention the trees were to be destroyed to extend the parking lot. The sacrifice of Minoru Park’s trees for increased parking facilities is disturbingly reminiscent of another practice, much lamented by locals — the destruction of old trees on private lots in order to turn the front yards of monster houses into paved parking. Does the city really believe it’s setting a good example here? Is it justifiable to damage the environment for the sake of a grandiose public project? If the city believes its behaviour is consistent with their vision “to be the most appealing, livable and well-managed community in Canada,” perhaps it’s time somebody went to the optometrist and got their prescription changed. Sabine Eiche is a writer and art historian. (members. shaw.ca/seiche/)

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Race walker Evan Dunfee shattered the Canadian record in a 20-kilometre World Cup event in China on the weekend. Photo by Claus Andersen/Athletics Canada

Evan Dunfee continued his outstanding start to the 2014 race walking season with a breakthrough performance at a World Cup meet in Taicang, China on the weekend. The Richmond native finished 11th in the 20kilometre race — shattering the Canadian record in the process with a time of 1:20.13. The previous mark of 1:20.58 was set by training partner Inaki Gomez at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. Gomez (1:20.18) and Benjamin Thorne (1:20.19) also went under the previous record, finishing 12th and 13th respectively. “We couldn’t have asked for better conditions for a fast race. It feels great to have my first senior Canadian record; this is the result of the amazing hard work the team put in,” said Dunfee. “I

have no doubt that the three of us will be swapping the record back and forth for years to come. “I’d also like to thank Gerry (Dragomir, personal and team head coach) for all his hard work with me over the past 10 years.” Dunfee’s season began back in February in Mexico where he placed fifth in a very strong field at the IAAF World Race Walk Challenge. He finished the 20km race in a time of 1:23.31, which was considered a career best performance over that distance given the altitude. The McNair graduate then took a break from competing to focus on his studies at UBC. He will be racing again

in Spain at the end of the month. The men’s team finished fourth overall in Taicang, just one point off the podium, the best finish ever registered by a Canadian team. “The success of this young men’s team is only the start of great things to come,” said Team Leader Stafford Whalen. “This trio is only going to get faster and I mean a lot faster. All three are capable of future international podiums and as a team they can be a major threat to all contenders.” The Canadian team didn’t arrive in China until just two days before the race but clearly jet lag was not a factor.

“We might have been pushing our luck, traveling from Canada to China and competing on one day of rest, but the performances that we saw this weekend speaks volumes of the talent of this group of young athletes,” notes Dragomir. “Of the eight athletes on the team we had a national record, a best-ever team finish, four personal bests and one second best all-time. This was as focused and dedicated a group as I have ever coached. I look forward to working closely with this group over the next two and a half years leading to Rio, it can only get better as these athletes move toward their prime performance years.”

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Dragicevic to oversee player development Richmond Minor Hockey Association’s board of directors have named Milan Dragicevic Director of Hockey Development. Dragicevic brings a wealth of hockey knowledge and experience to the organization. From 2002 until 2014, he was head coach of the UBC Thunderbirds Men’s Hockey team, earning Canada West coach-of-theyear honours in 2011.

He led the Thunderbirds to nine post season appearances over 12 years. He will work directly with Richmond Minor Hockey Association players and coaches to strengthen and enhance the program. “I’m proud to be Milan Dragicevic

a part of the Richmond Minor Hockey Association and continue to develop players and coaches to make the organization stronger,” he said. “It is all about development on and off the ice to enhance the brand of Richmond Minor and make Richmond a desired place for coaches and players.”

Previously, Dragicevic was the first-ever head coach of the Vancouver Giants from 2000 until 2002. From 1998-2000 he was head coach and general manager in the Alberta Junior Hockey League, and from 1996-1998 an assistant in in the Western Hockey League. Dragicevic holds a degree in Management from Acadia University (1990-1994). He also played in the WHL from 1986 to 1990.

U13 AIR ATTACK WIN PROVINCIAL TITLE Richmond Air Attack U13 Division 3 volleyball team are provincial champions after a perfect run at the Tradex Centre in Abbotsford. Coached by Paula Curtis and Paula StoneCharleton, the girls went undefeated in round-robin play before a thrilling final against the Sunshine Coast Volleyball Club. The Air Attack roared back from a 9-0 deficit to take the third set 15-12. This spoke volumes of the girls’ focus and perseverance. The team includes: Kinsey McBride, Haylee Brown, Bella Roberts, Mika Imada, Sana Arora, Ellie Wan, Jenna Curtis, Taylor Thackwray, Emma Rosado-Suarez, Tyra Chu, Jayna Wilson, Miaya Suzuki, Jasmine Wijayakoon and Kyra Penner.

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