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MUNICIPAL ELECTION
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City manager retires to run for council Graeme Wood
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The solution to many issues facing Richmond is Semple — Dave Semple. So says the 63-year-old former City of Richmond general manager of parks and community services, who, after retiring this week, is now running as an independent candidate for city council. Semple hopes to go from enacting city policies to creating them. With youthful exuberance, Semple says, in general, the city is on the right path but needs fine tuning, especially when it comes to communications and fostering and promoting community relations, an emerging theme in the lead up to the Nov. 15 election. During an interview with the Richmond News, Semple broached the subject of wellness, health and social services a number of times. He said as more programming and services are downloaded from higher governments to community groups and municipal government, citizens need to be informed of the services out there. “How we get through the system is a hard hill to climb. I want to simplify that so everyone in our community can get to those things,” he said, noting he partly came to that realization while undergoing care at GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre following major back surgery recently. There, Semple said he befriended a Taiwanese teenager whose family was out of the country. “If you don’t have someone who can help you, it can be scary,” he said. Not lost on Semple is Richmond’s unique position on the cultural landscape and the perception that
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Dave Semple said his biggest asset, if elected, will be providing insight on intergovernmental relations. Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News neighbourhoods are eroding, partly begin to “get it” again. due to the rapid influx of Chinese Semple said his biggest asset will be in immigrants. The former Richmond providing insight on intergovernmental Colt football player recalled a time, as a relations, so the city can find best child living in Richmond, when 1950s practices in forming policies. neighbourhoods were also adjusting Yet he maintained it’s community to European groups that need a immigrants. bigger role in the I think we’re evolving He said city. Richmond found “You can always back, with good an identity back go to a bylaw. neighbourhoods, people That’s the easiest then, and he’s caring about each other. thing to do. But confident it will find a new one. it’s more about - Dave Semple “I’m very communication optimistic. I like and working with the multicultural people,” he said. approach. I think we’re evolving Semple spoke further to his concerns back, with good neighbourhoods, for affordable housing options in people caring about each other. It’s an the city, a pragmatic approach to evolution. We have to be patient. We’ve development that cannot leave the got all the right stuff in the city,” he said. environment behind and fiscal The father of two adult children, and responsibility. newly anointed master of a nine-monthHe said he’s joined an informal old dog named Muffin, said he sees more coalition with candidates Alexa Loo and neighbourly interactions emerging, and Harold Steves. ! Full story at Richmond-News.com it’s only a matter of time that people
Another longtime city councillor is calling it a career in politics. After 15 years on Richmond City Council, Linda Barnes will not seek re-election, leaving at least two, empty incumbent chairs at city hall for the Nov. 15 election, after Coun. Evelina Halsey-Brandt also called it a career last month. The two combined for 34 years of council experience. Barnes said during her time on council she presented a voice for progressive, social issues. “I like to think I brought more of a social conscience to the city,” Barnes told the News. Barnes, 64, cited several projects she’s worked on and advocated for during her time on council, such After 15 years on city as an affordable housing council, Linda Barnes will strategy. not be seeking re-election “How does the city, that next month. doesn’t have the mandate or financial reserves, put in affordable housing? But we were able to do it,” she said, alluding to the city’s development costs charges, which have funded a housing reserve over the years. Yet despite the strategy, Barnes said housing costs are among her major issues in the city. “My biggest concern is we will become an elitist city that only people who are wealthy can live here,” said Barnes. see BARNES› page 4
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hen is it too much and where is the line that shall not be crossed when it comes to the proliferation of Chinese language on signage in Richmond? For outgoing city councillor Evelina Halsey-Brandt, the tipping point was the erection last month of a residential development billboard in her City Centre neighbourhood that read entirely in Chinese. Despite dismissing a bid by a delegation of residents 18 months ago to force the city into creating a bylaw demanding English on every sign, Halsey-Brandt said her u-turn was sparked by a situation that has gotten much worse in the last year and a half. She even challenged whomever gets re-elected or elected on Nov. 15 to bring forth a bylaw requiring at least 50 per cent English on public signs. “The time has come to say that you’re part of Richmond and part of Canada,” said Halsey-Brandt, who announced a few weeks ago that she won’t be running for re-election after 19 years at city hall. “I’ve had enough of it and that sign in my neighbourhood was the last straw. “It’s one thing for businesses to advertise only in Chinese, but on development signs that are supposed to inform me of what’s going on in my neighbourhood?” Independent city council candidate and youth worker Henry Yao — who was born in Taiwan and who speaks and reads Mandarin — thinks all public signs should have a good portion of English on them. “I’d like a bylaw to be at least looked into,” said Yao. “What that bylaw would be asking for, I’m not too sure, but there has to be more English on the signs.”
“Is that the community we want to Yao, although a “huge fan” of live in?” said Loo. multiculturalism and inclusiveness, said that in order for a culture to be fully “It’s not healthy for people to feel appreciated, it must be understood and isolated in their own community. communicate properly. English has to be clear on those signs “When (cultures) are separated and we’re actually getting signs with no through signage, it becomes an exclusive English at all.” environment,” said Yao. Loo said it might very well get to the “We should do our best point where to foster communication a bylaw is It’s one thing for and appreciation and required. celebrate our identity that “It doesn’t businesses to advertise includes others.” need to be only in Chinese, but on Yao said signs with predominant development signs that are with predominant Chinese create barriers, open supposed to inform me of English, but the window to racism it needs to what’s going on in my and even create issues be clear.” for younger generation Coun. neighbourhood? Chinese. Chak Au - Evelina Halsey-Brandt “I know many Chinese — the only youth and young adults member of who don’t speak or read council who Cantonese or Mandarin and they don’t wanted the city to investigate the issue feel comfortable going into certain back in 2013 — still isn’t sure if a bylaw places because of the signage,” added is the answer, but acknowledged that Yao. something has to happen. Coun. Ken Johnston said he’s certain “We need to find solutions that are the signage will become an election fair and enforceable; we need to have issue, but added that he’s not received guidelines and a certain standard,” one email or phone call about the said Au, who spends a lot of his time subject. engineering communication and links “Given the amount of change this between different cultural groups in city has gone through, I think we have Richmond. tremendous harmony and when those “But I don’t think a bylaw will totally people came forward (18 months ago), solve the problem. The signage issue is I really didn’t think this was an issue,” on the surface; it’s a symptom of a very said Johnston, who didn’t support a complex issue that won’t be resolved delegation’s call for a bylaw in 2013. overnight.” “Now? I honestly don’t know if Halsey-Brandt, meanwhile, railed there’s more or less. A bylaw is hard to against accusations she’s only coming enforce and I’d still go with education out against the signage now that she’s and discussion.” got no Chinese community votes to lose. Former Olympic snowboarder and “I’m not sure I even had those votes in independent city council candidate the first place,” laughed Halsey-Brandt. Alexa Loo said she knows people from “But people who know me, know that North Vancouver who drive down No. 3 my integrity was never for sale and if I Road and lose their sense of where they made a mistake, I put my hand up and are, due to the signage. admitted it,” she added.
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This all-Chinese development sign in Coun. Evelina Halsey-Brandt’s City Centre neighbourhood was the last straw for the outgoing politician, who previously snubbed a local group’s move to introduce a bylaw requiring a percentage of English on all public signage.
Coun. Chak Au stands next to an almost entirely Chinese advertising board at a bus stop near city hall. Au feels the signs are symptomatic of a more complex cultural issue. Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News
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of initiatives to reinvigorate community participation in the village, such as the Recently, Barnes advocated for property Tall Ships festival, Britannia Heritage tax reform for foreign homeowners in an Shipyard, the Maritime Festival as well as editorial column in the Richmond News. However, she acknowledged the limitations the Steveston Tram restoration. civic politicians have on the issue. “The tram should be running,” she said. Barnes entered politics with the Barnes touted herself as a promoter of backing of her union while working as a sustainability initiatives in the city. teaching assistant and youth worker at the “We now have a sustainability lens Richmond School District. She also found for all our buildings. That never existed support with the previously. I firefighters’ union, certainly nagged There was a lot of backlash as her husband Brian a lot to make was a Richmond sure that’s a lens with the council at the time for firefighter. the city uses pro-development issues. Barnes ran on a when completing - Linda Barnes civic platform with projects,” said Coun. Harold Steves, Barnes, noting the both of whom are city’s geothermal members of the BC initiatives in West NDP. Together they also championed for Cambie. the retention of farmland in the city. Barnes also worked on the city’s Barnes said it was around 1999 when substance abuse task force and antiSteveston faced a crossroads, when homelessness initiatives and was a prolific the BC Packers fish plant shut down. advocate of its social development strategy. Development throughout Richmond was “The strategy was a way to lay a table, skyrocketing and Barnes said she acted if you will, and invite agencies and other as a representative for those who opposed levels of government to the table and ask unchecked growth. what are the roles and how can we better “There was a lot of backlash with the work together to provide the services council at that time for pro-development citizens need,” she said. issues,” said Barnes, describing herself Barnes said Richmond will need to as a “regular person who (lives) down the continue on with the strategy, which aims street.” to foster inclusiveness amongst different Once elected Barnes fought for a number cultural groups and social agencies.
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“When you are done with learning, so are you.” The trite saying you’d expect to find in a Hallmark card shop can pretty much sum up the philosophical underpinnings of a Richmond-based program’s commitment to remaining relevant in today’s world through lifelong learning. It’s called TALK (Third Age Learning Kwantlen). As the name suggests, the events are held at Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Richmond campus, but there are, as the school’s promotional info states, no quizzes or grades. The only prerequisite is you be 50 or older. “Everyone knows in order to keep your brain working properly you have to learn new things, keep active and meet new people. “That’s exactly what TALK is about,” said Jean Garnett, who chairs the TALK committees in both Richmond and Surrey KPU campuses, as well as the Philosphers’ Cafe locally — a TALK offshoot that promotes discussion. Other strategies to keep your mind active can work, but are sometimes too narrowly focused, such as reams of Sudoko. “It actually doesn’t make your brain any better if you’re not doing anything but Sudoko puzzles,” Garnett quipped. “You actually have to learn new things.” TALK has a wide variety of topics lined up to do just that. During the course of the current fall session they include: Mexcio’s history and culture, the future of opera, and historical deja vu. But aside from the topics being presented, TALK provides the chance to socialize, as well.
“Networking and listening to others is an important part, and we find especially with our controversial topics — for example genetically engineered foods — it’s interesting to get all the opinions around the table,” said Garnett, who was turned on to the idea of establishing TALK locally in 2003 following a presentation by TALK founder Joanne Cuniningham to the Richmond chapter of the Canadian Federation of University Women, a group to which Garnett also belongs. Sold on TALK’s overriding message is Panteli Tritchew, a KPU instructor in applied communications and entrepreneurial leadership, who presents a class on creativity for TALK. “I am a firm believer in lifelong learning, so any sort of project where people, particularly seniors, are involved is something that resonated with me,” Tritchew said. “I just think generally it’s a good idea, but even more so now given the rate of technology-driven change... People need to embrace lifelong learning, not only as an employability skill, but as a philosophy. “With seniors, it’s definitely good for them to be involved. It keeps them engaged and in tune with what’s happening,” Tritchew said. “But even for graduates (younger people) their jobs are life long, hence the need for lifelong learning.” Being involved with TALK also presents a unique opportunity for him. “It’s a very different type of engagement, obviously, participants in the class have a lot more life experience,” he said. “So, it’s a different type of discussion, much richer.” For more information on TALK, visit kpu.ca/talk.
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deforestation, hunting, and the carbon dioxide we belch into the atmosphere. For a more graphic example of what climate change has wrought, picture 35,000 walruses clustered together on a beach like rats in a pipe. That image was taken over Alaska by a National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration team Saturday. NOAA researchers surmise the walruses flocked to the beach in record numbers because so much ice had melted into the sea. The environmental damage
we’ve caused is extensive, but perhaps not irreversible. We were heartened last June when President Barack Obama put some of the White House’s resources into investigating the demise of the honeybee. Many scientists have linked colony collapse disorder with neonicotinoids, a pesticide that appears to attack the bee’s sense of direction. We lack the expertise to verify or dismiss that supposition. We only hope the world’s leaders, including our own science-averse Prime Minister, act on the best information.
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s cases involving government finally issued an government apology to the family of Rod InTheHouse misconduct go, the MacIsaac, who took his own Keith Baldrey life a few months after being one concerning the firing of Columnist seven B.C. health ministry terminated. employees is a particularly When the firings were first shabby one. Reputations were besmirched, announced in September, 2012, then-Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid said she careers were ruined and, in a particularly was “shocked” and “deeply troubled and tragic part of this tale, one employee disturbed” by what had apparently been committed suicide after his life-long work discovered, but since then, the government was destroyed. has been backpedaling from its initial And yet, not a shred of evidence has actions. ever surfaced to support what the B.C. However, for all that retreating, the government did to these people. Vague government went months without answering allegations of improper sharing of health questions about its actions. An investigation care data and conflict of interest were made, by Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth but never proven. Denham found that improper breaches of Indeed, the government has essentially information had indeed occurred, but not for acknowledged it made a colossal error nefarious reasons or personal gain and, in in this matter by the fact that two of the employees they excoriated were invited back fact, resulted more from unclear guidelines. To his credit, Health Minister Terry to work, while a third received an out-ofLake (who inherited this mess from his court settlement and a de facto apology. And last Friday (otherwise known as “take predecessor) has now launched an internal out the trash day” around the legislature), the review of the whole affair and has promised
to make its findings public. A side issue in this messy affair is that valuable drug research was lost or derailed, at a time when that kind of elite-level research is needed more than ever before. University of Victoria researchers are still waiting to receive data from the health ministry that was suspended two years ago. This case saw the government, yet again, take a bludgeon to the renown UBC-based Therapeutics Initiative, an independent watchdog when it comes to approval of pharmaceutical drugs for coverage under Pharmacare. But the human tragedy aspect of this affair outweighs the negative impact it had on drug research. MacIsaac was a doctoral student who was doing research on smoking cessation drugs and, at the time of his firing, was excitedly working toward his PhD. Instead, he was effectively bullied out of employment and stripped of the materials he was using to complete his doctorate. According to his sister, Lynda Kayfish,
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Risking the voters’ wrath? The Editor, By announcing that she no longer approves of Chinese-only signage, soonto-be-ex-Coun. Evelina Halsey-Brandt has provided a clear example of why politicians can never be trusted to take a stand on matters of principle when there is a risk of alienating voters and imperilling one’s chances for re-election. Perhaps, Halsey-Brandt will now find enough courage to call the proliferation of Chinese-only signage what it is: a blatant declaration that those realtors and developers who pander to the wants of wealthy offshore investors, and those merchants who are not interested in assimilating themselves or their businesses into the Canadian culture. They feel no need to even pretend that they might be concerned about offending Canadian citizens by making it abundantly clear that they are not welcome to enter these stores, make offers on these houses, or develop these properties. Would it be unreasonable to wonder if Halsey-Brandt voiced approval of Chineseonly signage while in office simply because she was afraid of alienating a voting block, or only recently changed her mind about the issue because while in a position of responsibility and influence she failed to do her job and fully assess the social and cultural implications and effects of having such signage in a community?
If one or both are true, then she should be ashamed of how she attended to her responsibilities while in office. It would serve all the voters in Richmond’s next election to consider if this situation has managed to do more to divide the community than pull it together into a greater, stronger whole. When our elected officials are either afraid or disinclined to step forward and demonstrate both the will to fully examine and understand challenging issues and a capacity for finding ways to ameliorate them, we citizens are being cheated out of what the democratic process is supposed to provide us: enlightened, concerned, courageous, and principled leadership. Now, we could easily segue into the case of our beloved MP Alice Wong’s photoop consumption of shark fin soup for the benefit of a Chinese press-only audience, but for now let’s just put Wong’s attitude and behaviour into the same contextual box as the Chinese-only signage controversy. Do either of these circumstances make us feel as if we are moving closer to creating a more inclusive, respectful, integrated society? Don’t think so? Well, speak up then. Ray Arnold Richmond
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Perhaps some hope they too will be able to follow the practice of the current lot of politicians who contentedly dump hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars into halfcompleted public projects in Steveston, with the promise of attending ribbon-cuttings each time some small incremental milestone in these endless undertakings is completed. What about Steveston merchants — a most parochial and spineless lot? They seem all too comfortable delivering sub-par customer service without competition, thanks to city council’s folly in restricting commercial space over the last year and a half. I hope Steveston voters will wake up soon. Bob Ransford Richmond
Reid office renos warranted The Editor, Re: “Reid spending embarrassing,” Letters, Oct. 1. Ms. Sharon Hales criticizes MLA Linda Reid for upgrades she made to her constituency office,
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special day devoted to giving thanks can be found in InOtherWords the calendars of many Sabine Eiche countries. Canada claims to have celebrated the first became the principal dish Thanksgiving ever in instead of beef or pork North America in 1578, because traditionally (in the when the English explorer pre-refrigeration era) the Martin Frobisher survived main butchering was done a perilous voyage while only during the depths of attempting to locate the winter. Northwest Passage. Not surprisingly, my As a holiday, it was ideas for a column suitable celebrated in either for Thanksgiving all October or November, whirled around the word until Parliament in 1957 thank. The declared it was to be observed Thanks, as an word fascinated me especially on the second expression, is because of Monday in the different October for short for I meanings the purpose give you history has of rendering thanks, and packed into that thanks for one syllable. a bountiful it’s been harvest. Thanks around since derives from The American Old English, at least the Thanksgiving but a few 16th century . centuries is also a ago, harvest also the word festival, grace, from generally traced back to the the Latin “gratia,” meant first harvest celebration of thanks. It’s the root of our the Pilgrims in Plymouth, word grateful. The Old Massachusetts, in 1621. English source – “panc” or There was no specific date “ponc” for the noun thanks, for the feast until 1863, “pancian,” “poncian” when President Lincoln for the verb – is linked chose the fourth Thursday to the Proto-Germanic of November, although it “thankojan,” which is wasn’t fixed by law until related to the words in 1941. the various Scandinavian, Because the intention Dutch and German is to show gratitude for a languages. good harvest, the foods The Swedes, for instance, presented at the celebratory say “tack” for thank you, meals are linked in one way the Dutch and Germans or another to the season and “danke.” harvest. In North America, What I hadn’t known the two most important was that all these words components of the meal are (excluding the Latin) can be turkey and pumpkin. traced back to the ProtoIt happened that turkey, Indo-European root “tong,” or sometimes another fowl, signifying to think, to feel.
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To begin with, therefore, the Old English “panc” and “ponc” referred to thought, reflection, sentiment, or mind, will. Around the time of the first millenium, the word had become modified to mean good thoughts, or gratitude. Interestingly, the German word for thought – “Gedanke” – perpetuates
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texters has stripped the expression to a bare “thx.” This Thanksgiving, I want to think of thanks as born of thought. We’ve been lured into seeing mainly the superficial – the commercial – face of Thanksgiving. Isn’t it time for some Thoughtgiving? Sabine Eiche is a writer and art historian
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The Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards are local awards that celebrate the outstanding achievements of the Vancouver professional theatre community. Collectively Patti, Alison and Deborah own 9 Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards and have been nominated numerous times for their work on and offstage, including Alison Kelly (actress and co-writer of the show) earning an award for Best New Script for her co-creation of Mom’s The Word. Artistic Director of the Gateway, Jovanni Sy, is thrilled for the opening night of this brand new play as he describes, “Having Patti Allan, Alison Kelly, and Deb Williams opening our 30th anniversary season is like having our own dream team. We’re blessed to have such talent on our stage and to have Director Katrina Dunn leading the way.” Conversations With My Mother, written, performed and directed by local, renowned, female talent opens October 9 and runs until October 25 at Gateway Theatre. As Beyoncé might say, Who run the world? Smart, talented women.
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Racing in the same boat on the waters of Tokyo at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games — that’s where Maxwell and Aaron Lattimer aim to be. The brothers and University of BC students are two of Canada’s up-and-coming rowers who had a busy summer representing their country. At 21, Maxwell is already a member of the senior national team and made his debut at the World Championships in Amsterdam last month. He has put his university studies on hold and left for London, ON where he will train full-time as a carded athlete. It’s the start of a journey leading up to next year’s Worlds which serve as a qualifier for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The young Canadian crew is currently ranked 13th which is already good enough to get them to Rio de Janeiro. Hard work over the next 11 months should only improve their position. Not far behind him is Aaron. The 18-year-old is fresh off competing for Canada at the International University Sports Federation (FISU) regatta in France two weekends ago. He is now preparing for the upcoming CIS and national championships and is in an excellent position to be participating in next year’s U23 Worlds. Six years from now, the Lattimers could be in the prime of their rowing careers. They have already raced together, winning gold for B.C. in lightweight fours at last year’s Canada Summer Games in Quebec. “I’ve always been known as Maxwell’s little brother,” laughed Aaron. “It’s going to
be a change not having him here this fall, but I know he is out there chasing his dream. I hope to get the same opportunity as well. It’s great motivation for me to see what he has done. “After Rio, when he is back home, we will probably be rowing together. For both of us to be there (at the 2020 Games) would be amazing.” The Lattimers got introduced to rowing as two of five brothers coming through Vancouver College. The sport has a rich history at the Catholic school and annually is a major force at the Canadian Secondary Rowing Championships. It was during Maxwell’s Grade 11 year that he was targeted to be a member of Team B.C. He was invited to training camps overseen by 2008 Olympic gold medalist Ben Rutledge. “He was a very committed coach who will go out of his way when he sees an athlete’s potential,” explained Maxwell. “That time with Team B.C. was really influential in my career. It was my first taste of high performance rowing with a great coach.” Intrigued with the idea of leaving home for school, Maxwell enrolled at the University of Western Ontario which also has an excellent rowing program. However, it wasn’t long before he wished he was back on B.C. waters. He spent just one year at the London school before transferring to UBC. Under coach Mike Pierce, the Thunderbirds have a world class training facility — the John MS Lecky UBC Boathouse on the Fraser River in Richmond. “I missed being in Vancouver but going away still was great,” continued Maxwell. “It brought up my maturity level, and it taught me to row on my own. From that standpoint, it really tested me if I wanted to keep doing this.”
As two of Canada’s top young rowers, Maxwell (left) and Aaron Lattimer do much of their training on the Fraser River at the UBC Boathouse. Photo by Mark Booth/Richmond News Soon after returning home, he was successful at trials for the national U23 team. It resulted in a hectic summer of 2013. Maxwell went right from the U23 Worlds in Austria to joining Team B.C. for the Canada Games. It was then off to training camp for his first season with the UBC rowing team. “I actually got hurt just from that volume of rowing,” he said. “It was crazy.” He and the rest of his crew will be working back east over the next several months with longtime Canadian coach Al Morrow. They will be training alongside the women’s eight that won silver at worlds. The national team commitment means his studies towards a degree in biology will be on hold for now. “This summer was the turning point for me,” Maxwell added. “I wasn’t sure what was going to happen. If I was still on the U23 team, I would be going back to school. But making the senior team and what that level has in store is just too good of an opportunity to pass up. I’m going to be putting my head
Eagles soar at tourney The Richmond Christian School Eagles Sr. Girls volleyball team soared to victory at the Carver Christian Invitational tournament held in Burnaby on Saturday. The Eagles, who are currently ranked No. 9 in the most recent BC Single A High School standings, went undefeated in regular Power Pool play with wins over West Point Grey Academy, Mulgrave Secondary and Carver
The Eagles are coached by Karen Prinsloo (head coach) and Mike Yee (assistant coach). Players include (back row) Rebekah P, Jaylen Y, Casey T, Makena A , Taylor A and Juliette S. (middle row) Hannah D, Emma B, Leah G . (Front Row) Madison F. Courtney B. Missing is Kaitlynn L, Harriett W. and Lauren W. (Managers)
Christian School. In the playoff rounds, the Eagles played hard-fought matches over Burnaby Central Secondary, Bodwell High School, and West Point Grey again in the final match. The final gold medal match was decided by a thrilling, third set tiebreaker, ending with a 19-17 score in favour of Richmond’s Eagles.
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down and going for Rio. It’s a chance you just can’t let slide by.” Like his brother, Aaron is ahead of schedule in his development. Rowing for B.C. at the 2013 Canada Games as a 17-year-old last summer was an impressive feat in itself, never mind reaching the podium too. The Games were a U21 competition. He is focused in on school right now as he works towards a commerce degree in UBC’s Sauder School of Business. The trip to France gave him a taste of what is to come. The Canadian crew, that also featured UBC teammate Angus Todd and a couple of Ontario rowers, was put together for the competition. “You definitely learned from the other countries that have been there before,” said Aaron. “All you can do is focus on being the best you can be. We didn’t have a great start but made the ‘B’ final and won it. We were happy with the performance, and it was a great experience for the next step in our
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Models strutted their stuff on the runway at Richmond Centre Sunday during the Jet Set Mixer fashion show that supported Chimo Community Services. The event included fashion stations where you could get a mini makeover from Sephora, henna and nail art, plus the opportunity to learn how to walk in high heels, and tie a Windsor knot or bow tie. Photos by Richelle Akimow/Special to the News
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Linelle Andrea, chief customer service officer, Coast Capital Savings (left) and Shelly Cassap, chief customer experience officer, Coast Capital Savings (right) present Akaash Bali (middle) with a Citizenship Award, one of 10 such awards offered annually to individuals who demonstrate extraordinary leadership in all facets of their lives. The award includes $2,000 for the winner to help them pursue their education goals. Two other Richmond students received a Standing Tall award, valued at $5,000. One of the winners, Barbara Peng, received a Standing Tall award, in recognition of her commitment to post-secondary education despite financial challenges and coping with the loss of her father after a long battle with cancer. Photo submitted
Richmond’s Jill Moore joined more than 350 cyclists and volunteers at The BC Lung Association’s Bicycle Trek for Life and Breath (Trek) on Sept. 6 and 7 – a fundraiser that first hit the road 30 years ago. Held annually on the second weekend in September, Trek attracts cyclists of all ages and fitness levels for a fully-supported two day, 200 km ride from White Rock to Cultus Lake and back. Photo submitted
The Steveston Beer Fest got a generous boost to its fundraising efforts for the Richmond Christmas Fund when the winner of the night’s 50/50 draw, Jason Doucette (third from left), donated $875 of his prize, back to the charity. The Sept. 20 event at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery ended up raising close to $13,000. Joining Doucette were (from left) Elizabeth Specht, executive director, Richmond Christmas Fund, Wayne Duzita, chairman of Richmond Christmas Fund, Grant and Erinn, event organizers (O’Hare’s GastroPub & Liquor Store). Photo by Sandra Steier Photography
Members of the Cambie Seniors Knitting Club display some of the 467 purple hats for newborns they have made for the Prevent Shaken Baby Syndrome program at BC Children’s Hospital. This represents the second time the group has made a donation of hats. Photo submitted
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Gathering at Lansdowne Centre where they hold practices each morning from Monday to Saturday, the Yuan Jyi Dance Group Vancouver Canada, recently made a $2,000 donation to Richmond Hospital Foundation to help ensure local, expert health care. Photo supplied
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