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! About 300 adults and kids celebrated the second night of Hanukkah with the lighting of a giant menorah, live music by Anders, magic by Yeeri the magician and traditional potato latkes and sufganiyot (jelly donuts) at the Richmond Library and Cultural Centre on Monday. Three generations of the Averbach family joined Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie in lighting the menorah. “It was a lively event and there was even a Hanukkah miracle – no rain!” said Shelley Civkin, library communications ofﬁcer. The tradition is to light one additional candle on each night of the holiday, progressing to eight Hanukkah candles on the ﬁnal night. Photo by Gord Goble / Special to the News

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Ready to start a new life Church-sponsored Syrian family the ﬁrst to call Richmond home Philip Raphael

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here wasn’t a familiar face in the crowd welcoming them to Canada in the international arrivals at YVR Monday, but Samer Alragheb and his wife, Amna knew who Justin Trudeau was. “I don’t know how they knew who the Canadian prime minister was, but they said he was a good man,” said Subrata Chakrabarti, who coordinated Richmond’s Peace Mennonite Church’s sponsorship of the Syrian couple and their 18-month-old son. They are the ﬁrst refugees from the war-torn region to ﬁnd a new home in the Lower Mainland, as part of Canada’s recent efforts to provide sanctuary for thousands who have been displaced.

Chakrabarti said Samer, 30, and Amna, 20, are originally from the city of Edlib which is 60 miles south of the Alleppo, Syria’s largest city. They ﬂed their home and for the last two years have been in a refugee camp in Lebanon — their son was born in Tripoli. Now they are here, thanks in part to funds raised by members of the church, Chakrabarti said the couple is anxious to start new lives in Canada. They will begin with a general orientation that will require Arabic translators. “Our intention for them is to integrate as soon as possible, and that includes enrolling them in ESL classes,” said Chakrabarti. “But for the next short while, we want them to become comfortable and familiar with their surroundings in a central

Richmond apartment that has been provided for them.” To help with the longer term transition, a large group of church volunteers and other members of the Syrian community in the Lower Mainland will be helping get the family to and from appointments with a variety of government agencies — from setting up health care coverage to getting a driver’s licence. “They are very happy to be here. I cannot imagine what they have been through for the past two years. They lost their home, had to live in a refugee camp, but still remain very friendly,” Chakrabarti said. The process for the church members to bring the family here began just over two months ago. In that time, more than $30,000 — the ﬁgure private

sponsors are expected to raise for a family’s living expenses for a year in the Lower Mainland — was raised. “It all happened very quickly,” Chakrabarti said, adding much of the paperwork was handled by the Mennonite Church’s Central Committee, which has more than 70 years of experience responding to refugee and disaster relief situations. “That assistance with the process was very helpful. And the generosity of the church members was outstanding. I am totally blown away with what has been accomplished so far.” Buoyed by the response, the church may be able to sponsor a second family, as the federal government has pledged to bring in around 25,000 Syrian refugees by next February.

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! Chris Carr, right, was stunned when a customer walked into her Steveston General Store with a suitcase that her mom, June Lamond, left, last remembered seeing in New York in the 1940s. Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News

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ome people say there are no coincidences, that all things happen for a reason. Now, whether what came across Chris Carr’s front desk at her secondhand shop, Steveston General Store, is a coincidence or not, there is no doubt the veteran merchant has beneﬁtted from a ﬂood of memories thanks to it. For the past 32 years, Carr has been buying and selling all sorts of household items — anything from home decorations to small pieces of furniture, mostly of the antique or vintage variety — from her Third Avenue shop. Stuff comes in, stuff goes out. Lots of it. “I never expected a family possession to come into the shop,” said Carr. But that’s exactly what happened last month when a regular customer came into the store with a bunch of

boxes, bags and a piece of luggage with stuff in it them. Oddly enough, it wasn’t the items in the luggage that piqued Carr’s interest, it was the actual piece of luggage. “I couldn’t believe it. I scratched my eyes, and shook my head. There was my mom’s suitcase. But how could it be? Hers was at home,” said Carr. As it turned out, the 1940s antique piece was the other half of the luggage set belonging to Carr’s mother, June Lamond, who held the smaller piece at her home in Delta. The luggage initially belonged to Lamond’s aunt, back in Toronto, however Lamond borrowed it for a trip to New York in the mid-1940s. “I don’t know how it got lost,” chuckled Lamond. Neither mother nor daughter could hypothesize as to where the piece of luggage — about 70x30x20 centimetres in dimension — had been all this time, and nor could the customer recall where it came from. Lamond moved to Richmond in the 1970s so the set had been separated

for at least several decades, said Carr. What is known is that the luggage carried Lamond’s articles to the now historic Taft Hotel building, just north of Times Square in Manhattan. Back in those days the Taft Hotel (now the Michaelangelo) held live music performances, which were broadcast by CBS Radio. By antique luggage standards, it’s in good shape, said Carr. It still has the Taft Hotel decal plastered onto the top left corner and its latches are fully functional (although it’s missing its keys). Inside, the smooth satin lining is clean but has a stale, musty smell, like a grandfather’s old hat. Structurally, the piece is still strong, with a ﬁrm handle attached at the top; however, it likely wouldn’t hold up being handled by an airline, as it was designed for rail travel. Carr said she wouldn’t be using the set for travelling but rather as home ornaments, likely as something to rest another treasured item on top.

ore pressure is building on Metro Vancouver to control the smell wafting over Richmond from Harvest Power’s composting facility in the east of the city. Ahead of Harvest Power seeking to renew its permit to discharge air contaminants, the regional authority has been seeking feedback from previous complainants, including the City of Richmond. Richmond residents told the News two weeks ago how they’re railing against the smell and now the city is weighing in. In a report presented Monday to city councillors, Peter Russell, manager of sustainability, made it clear that more needs to be done to mitigate the odours created from the majority of the Lower Mainland’s green and organic waste being processed at the site near No. 7 and Blundell roads. Russell said that “electronic” noses should be considered at Harvest Power when it comes to judging the strength of the smell and managing it, as opposed to staff noses, suggesting those human senses go blind after a period of time. New and more effective treatment equipment should (This is a) serious be put in place, added Russell, as well as a “greater fosituation and somecus on biofilter maintenance times there’s been an and monitoring should be carried out.” odour problem every Harvest Power’s dispersal equipment also needs to be day of the week. more efficient, said Russell, who suggested the final odour – M M could potentially be released B at a higher elevation. The city was also concerned, as was highlighted in the News two weeks ago, that Harvest Power doesn’t appear to have a plan in place to deal with an anticipated further increase in volume when municipalities start fining those not recycling their organic waste. “Through this (report), we’re asking Metro Vancouver to enforce the bylaws,” Russell told council on Monday. Mayor Malcolm Brodie said that, while the city values the company — Harvest receives organic waste (food scraps and garden refuse) from a number of Lower Mainland cities, including Richmond — this is a “serious situation and sometimes there’s been an odour problem every day of the week.” Asked by Coun. Linda McPhail if there was quantitative data on the pollution, Russell said the city is asking Metro Vancouver to define what pollution is. So far, said Russell, the definitions appear to be subjective. See Brodie page 4

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it for landfill gas recapturing at the Metro Vancouver landfill. By 2018, the city’s carbon deficit is predicted to be at 2,500 tons of CO2. The city will still receive carbon credits for citywide organics collection, which is expected to continue to increase as residents in multi-family residential units adjust to the new collection system implemented this summer. Last March the city cut its carbon deficit by not including the Richmond Olympic Oval in its emissions calculations. That’s because the Oval is its own corporate entity (it produces the equivalent of 1,333 tons of CO2, or 16 per cent of City of Richmond emissions). However, the city may still procure carbon credits from the Alexandra District Energy Corporation, another city subsidiary. According to the report, the city aims to reduce carbon emissions with more efficient vehicle use, as well as better energy management and higher performing energy efficient buildings. The report does not indicate how a carbon credit is calculated. It notes that one ton of CO2 credits would cost the city $25. After the Harvest Power project, the next biggest carbon emission reduction project is at T and T Supermarket, which is working on an on-site organic waste composter that will produce liquid fertilizer and solid fuel pellets that can replace fossil fuels used to operate industrial machinery. It’s estimated the project could save 600 tons of CO2 annually. Another proposed project is at the Ecowaste Industries landfill, where planting trees, grasses and shrubs is done to recapture “fugitive methane” that leaks through the landfill cap.

Brodie: Treading carefully From page 3 Coun. Derek Dang wanted to know what odour-blocking technology is available that is presently not being used at Harvest. However, Harvest told the News recently that, for the most part, it’s using all technology available to it. Brodie said he wanted to make sure that the onus to ﬁx the problem does not fall to the city. “(Harvest’s) job is to get it up to scratch. Metro Vancouver’s job is to regulate it and enforce it. And while

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Property tax hike may top out at close to ﬁve per cent GRAEMEWOOD Staﬀ Reporter

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he City of Richmond’s 2016 budget — one that proposes a property tax hike of up to 4.9 per cent — appeared to be light on details for councillors at a finance committee meeting Monday evening. “We just need to know what the parameters are, moving forward,” said Mayor Malcolm Brodie, regarding a proposed boost to the RCMP budget, just prior to the committee sending the budget report back to the finance department for further review. The city tabled a $104 million capital budget — the smallest in four years — as well as a $232 million operating budget. City expenses are set to rise by three per cent as revenues remain stable. While the base tax hike has been tentatively set at 2.2 per cent, the city proposes to add another one per cent to bolster its infrastructure reserves. On top of the proposed 3.2 per cent tax hike, there is the outstanding issue of adding $3.2 million to hire 17 new Mounties, which would represent a 1.7 per cent tax hike. Doing so would bump up property taxes by a total of about five per cent. Brodie said he wanted to consider the police option more, prior to making a decision on the entire budget. Coun. Alexa Loo also wanted more information, but said the city needs to bite the bullet on policing costs. “I think it makes sense to hear a little bit

more on a few of these items,” however, “with reserve balance of $226 million. policing, we have seen a zillion reports. I think And doing so has meant property tax hikes we know that this ask for 17 new officers is have been stabilized at around three per cent, nothing new on the table. We can send it noted Nazareth. back for more information, send it sideways “We have to make sure we don’t take the and upside down. We know we need more foot off the pedal now because all we need is police officers. …We’re sitting here pussyfoot- one big turn and we wouldn’t be able to react ing around,” said Loo, who noted Richmond with a solid reserve,” said Nazareth. has a low per capita rate of officers compared Since 2003, council has nixed the one per to the rest of the country, while suggesting cent tax hike six times. Nazareth said, had it spending $20 million to transition to a munici- not, the city would be close to not requiring pal force is not prudent. the LTFMS. At the end, council voted The city’s annual budget unanimously to send the increased by $5.2 million; budget report back to staff. salaries accounted for 65 We can send it ... sideways Loo also wanted to per cent of that increase, and upside down. We know while additional RCMP understand how staff scrutinized certain projects costs (not including the we need more police ofand presented recomproposed 17 new officers) ficers...we’re sitting here mendations. Coun. While accounted for 17 per cent. Linda McPhail wanted Nazareth noted collecpussyfooting around. more detailed breakdowns tive agreements, due in – C. A L of community services, 2016, with CUPE 718 and including the police. And CUPE 394, as well as the Coun. Bill McNulty wanted Richmond Firefighters’ to know more about why Association, could impact the city appeared to be saving money on job the budget. vacancies. He noted in the report that Richmond’s As it was the case last year, the finance average property tax per dwelling is $1,520, department was forced to defend the addibelow the regional average of $1,825. tional one per cent tax hike for infrastructure The report noted municipal costs have risen reserves, particularly after Coun. Carol Day higher than the Consumer Price Index. questioned the policy. One of those costs that came under scrutiny General Manager of Finances Andrew was library services. Nazareth said the Long Term Financial As was the case last year, Chief Librarian Management Strategy — adopted in 2003 Greg Buss was forced to defend his $9.6 milafter council was found to be emptying the lion budget after Brodie questioned Bussaskreserves — has resulted in an uncommitted ing for an additional $200,000 for e-books.

“Can’t you find efficiencies?” asked Brodie. Buss said he had and is implementing new fees in January. McNulty said he agreed with more late fees as late books inconvenience others, while Loo suggested giving Buss even more money than he asked for as the library provides a service for low-income people. Brodie, the chair of the finance committee, was less pennywise when it came to finding money to fund Steveston’s interurban tram, which requires $396,000 in renovations, according to city staff. The city contends full restoration of the tram is required sooner rather than later in order to ensure “optimum preservation for future generations.” More money is needed to open the tram building’s doors on a more frequent basis. Brodie, McNulty and Loo voted for funding the restorations from casino revenue, however councillors Day, McPhail, Chak Au, Ken Johnston, and Derek Dang applied the brakes. The tram funding would have been in addition to the $104 million capital spending. Proposed by staff is $44 million for infrastructure (including the widening of No. 2 Road from Steveston Highway to Dyke Road), $21 million for land acquisition (such as for the planned Middle Arm waterfront park), $8 million for parkland acquisition (the city is in talks with the Richmond School Board), and $3 million for the second phase of building the Garden City Lands park/nature reserve. ! For a full list of proposed one-time expenditures, go to Richmond-News.com.

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he City of Richmond set a new all-time record for annual building activity two months before the end of the year, according to a news release from the city. Construction value of Richmond building permits issued for 2015, through the end of October, was $876.9 million. The previous “extraordinary” high for a single year was $812 million in 2010, according to the city. Between 2010 and 2014, annual building activity was valued at $400-500 million. The city noted multi-family residential construction continues to lead the way for building permits. From January to October, 90 multi-family permits were issued for a total of 1,911 units. By comparison, in all of 2014, 49 multi-family permits were issued for a total of 1,215 new units.

“Sustained, planned growth provides many benefits for our community,” stated Mayor Malcolm Brodie. “It creates jobs, increases our tax base and leverages developer contributions to expanded and improved public infrastructure and amenities, such as new parks and roads, affordable housing, childcare and more. It also supports our Official Community Plan vision for Richmond to be a sustainable city, by directing most new development into our transit-focused City Centre.” According to the city’s 2016 budget report, the tax base is expected to grow by an estimated $2.8 million. The city noted a total of 1,448 permits were issued from January to October of this year, covering all building types. There were 420 commercial building permits issued in the first 10 months of 2015, compared to 363 issued for the same period in 2014. Meanwhile, according to the city, singlefamily residential construction has seen a spike, with 413 permits issued for new single-family home construction by the end of October, compared to 341 in the same period for 2014. Richmond’s population is roughly 210,000. Residents can expect at least another 70,000 people to join them within the next 25 years.

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“Some might say, to quote an iconic superhero, their spider sense was tingling. Ofﬁcers then observed the male allegedly using a ladder to climb up to a second ﬂoor window of one of the homes.” The suspect was promptly surrounded, added Hwang, and arrested upon him descending from the ladder. “We would suggest that he was very surprised to see us,” said Hwang. As a result of the arrest, Daniel Joshua Balas, 23, of Richmond, has been charged with one count of break and enter. Balas is well-known to police. “We were able to recover a number of stolen items,” added Hwang. “While their monetary value was not extensive, their sentimental value was priceless. The homeowner is a woman in her 60s. We recovered jewellery that had been passed down from generation to generation. Each of those pieces had its own story and set of memories. “You cannot put a price tag on items like that. It is our honour to return them...”

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ichmond RCMP’s Quick Response Team (QRT) was called upon again recently, on the spot to arrest a suspected burglar on a ladder. The team’s undercover ofﬁcers sprung into action on Dec. 1, shortly after 3 p.m. in the Spires Gate and Cooney Road area of City Centre, as it conducted operations as part of an enhanced detachment wide safety initiative. While carrying out their duties, the attention of the ofﬁcers was drawn towards a male acting suspiciously. “The suspect was allegedly knocking on doors from home to home,” said Richmond RCMP’s Cpl. Dennis Hwang. “Not just front doors, but he would allegedly try knocking on the back doors, as well. When the suspect started doubling back to other houses he had already been to, alarm bells went off.

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Driving not about ethnicity Dear Editor, Re: “Language loophole is ludicrous,” Letters, Dec. 4 I agree with Mr. Johnson’s opinion that all registered driving schools must be required to instruct in English or French. ICBC should deal with this issue in tandem with the recently reviewed immigration policy. What I disagree with is how Mr. Johnson is explicitly labeling all bad drivers as Chinese. I’m a Chinese immigrant who has lived in Richmond for more than 20 years. I have witnessed and encountered many examples of road rage, as well as poorly skilled and careless drivers. These drivers are of all ethnicities.

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Dear Editor, Re: “68-year-old pedestrian loses ﬁght for life,” News Nov. 27. I was saddened to read Alan Campbell ‘s article in Friday’s paper that the woman who was struck by a car died. She was not the only pedestrian struck in Richmond that weekend. Another woman, here from Alberta attending the RCD wheelchair bonspiel was also struck at a marked crossing and sustained a broken pelvis and other injuries. Drivers should always pay attention, especially at crosswalks, at this time of year when it gets dark sooner and we get more inclement weather. But pedestrians need to pay attention too. Make eye contact with drivers and don’t be looking at your phones or listening to music with earbuds. Be careful out there! Vince Miele Chairperson,Richmond Centre for Disability

Crossing the street to get to...is no joke

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Painting one ethnic group with the same brush is losing focus and may be defaming. Also, I would suggest that ICBC revoke the “qualiﬁed supervisor” policy. A driver with three years of experience is not necessarily a qualiﬁed supervisor, given the complexity of the highway system and the power of vehicles nowadays. It should be mandatory that learning drivers be trained by registered instructors. This is a simple solution that could improve driving skills at the beginning. Michael Poon Richmond

Watch your step

Really?

s the darkness descends further on our gloomy, evening homeward commutes; it’s about now we hear the sage advice from all concerned about how to cross the road in the dark. Apparently, we’ve to make eye contact with the driver. Really? First off, it’s dark. If Denzel Washington and Clint Eastwood (my favourite actors) were in the front seats, I wouldn’t know. Second, the rain is usually bouncing off the ground, reducing visibility for both pedestrian and driver to “in front of your hand” distances. And third, it’s Richmond, where no amount of “eye contact” seems to lend any conﬁdence to venturing a size 10 sole onto the most secure, marked crosswalk. Case in point last week, while attempting to traverse the deathtrap of a crosswalk outside our new ofﬁce on Ackroyd Road adjacent to PriceSmart, I indulged in said “eye contact’

with a passing motorist. Yep, he made eye contact alright, slowed down as if to stop to let me cross, but then, as I walked the black and white striped tightrope, he sped up, almost reducing my size 10s to a nine and glared at me as if I’d just questioned his parentage (which I seriously considered, if not for the proximity of my ofﬁce). Needless to say, in Richmond, eye contact just doesn’t cut it. What we really need is hand and verbal communication and, just to be super-safe, those oversized cue cards — in several languages. Maybe then, and only then, I won’t be taking my life into my hands trying to partake of the More Rewards deal on Scotch pies at the supermarket across the street. But really, to my mind, there’s no reason why someone should get killed crossing a road. Pedestrian fatalities should not happen, unless you’re playing chicken on a highway. When I ﬂy in a plane, base-jump from a skyscraper and even drive a car, I accept an element of risk. Crossing the street to get to the other side?

I don’t think so. I don’t know the exact circumstances that led to the tragic death of a 68-year-old Richmond woman in the city centre more than two weeks ago; but I do know that it was needless, senseless and simply shouldn’t have happened, whoever ultimately gets blamed. So, as the shadows lengthen towards the shortest day of the year (Dec. 21), here’s a quick shout out to all you pedestrians and drivers out there in dangerous, downtown Richmond: ! It’s dark at 4:30 p.m.; pedestrians — don’t dress as if en route to a Black Panther pot luck; drivers — slow down, use that stick to the side of your steering wheel (it lets us all know your intentions) and if someone’s standing at a marked crosswalk, nine times out of 10, they want to cross the street. This way, we all live longer and I won’t be reporting any tragic news from my beautiful, window seat on Ackroyd. Thank you for your assistance in this matter. Alan Campbell is a reporter with the Richmond News

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Recycling plant smells of greed What about a regional force? Open letter to mayor and council, As a longtime resident of Richmond, I would like you to investigate the foul and rotten odours that are common in our city. They can be smelled near our home, No. 2 Road and Francis Road, the employee parking at YVR Airport and No. 4 Road and Blundell Road. This last summer, it was very noticeable, because we had to close our windows to sleep. We had no way to cool down our home. We were not able to relax on our patio, because of the rotten smell. We are even smelling it in the cold weather on a regular basis. After doing some investigation, reading the Richmond News and listening to CBC News, I have found out the source of this constant rotten stench is from the company Harvest Power in east Richmond. Harvest Power is 15.8 kilometers away from my home between No. 2 Road and Railway Avenue, yet people like myself are regularly smelling the putrid stench of this recycling facility. Composting is a good thing for the environment and garbage reduction, however we cannot put up with the bad odours. There are ways to deal with these odours and emissions, and this proﬁtable company should be made to follow them. This situation has caused us to lose the enjoyment of the outdoors. It is also dangerous to our health. We used to have the best air quality in Richmond until about a year ago. Last week alone I smelled the foul air at least eight times. That is way too much and it should not be permitted. This is not about recycling or being good citizens and doing the right things for the environment. Before

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establishing a venture like this in a densely populated area like the Lower Mainland, Metro Vancouver should have ensured Harvest Power would have the state-of-the-art enclosed recycling facilities, like other operations. Harvest Power is requesting even higher volumes of putrid waste, such as proteins which are the worst odour offenders, that other, more advanced waste management facilities, cannot take. Don’t fool yourself, this is not about our environment. It’s about corporate investment and big money. This whole scheme is disgusting and is a nightmare for anyone who wants to breath clean air. As a taxpaying resident of Richmond, I should at least be able to open the door of my house on any given day to go out for a walk with my dog and not get driven back into my home by a horrible stench. I have already phoned Metro Vancouver’s air quality complaints line three times in the last few days. This phone line (604-4366777) should be made public, so all residents have a chance to speak up or at least know where these smells are coming from. Residents should lodge their complaints quickly since Harvest Power is currently seeking permission to increase its allowable emissions output in the next few weeks. To city ofﬁcials, I hope you have a quick response to this issue. You need to stop this now. I’m looking forward to your response. Mrs. Gina Goodwin Richmond Complaints can also be made via email to HarvestFraserRichmondComments@ metrovancouver.org. Deadline for comments regarding the application is Dec. 13.

Dear Editor, Policing in Richmond deserves/requires consideration of the third option, — regional policing. Apparently, it works with Metropolitan police in Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa and Winnipeg. Port Coquitlam and Coquitlam have a combined RCMP service. We have recognized the necessity of combining jurisdictions into single (integrated) force efforts related to illegal drugs, homicide, gang activities, etc.. Why is it necessary to have a separate TransLink police force with all the associated duplication of administrative overhead and limited jurisdiction boundaries? Why not a single integrated police force for the region? Imagine the efﬁciencies if a single police ofﬁcer could investigate similar crimes on each side of Boundary Rd (Vancouver/ Burnaby), process charges through a single court jurisdiction/crown prosecutor while avoiding the cross

boundary complications, complexities and costly duplication of manpower. Note the similar multijurisdiction problems in the Victoria area. Why is it necessary to appeal B.C. RCMP issues to Ottawa headquarters? Good luck! Why have the RCMP proven incapable of investigating the conduct of their own members with emphasis on the shameful tragedy at YVR regarding the Tasering of Robert Dziekanski, or the failed missing women investigations, abusive staff relations, contempt of parliament and RCMP pension mismanagement. How many RCMP members/non RCMP police have been and are suspended with pay (actual cost) pending settlement of misconduct issues versus suspended without pay? How many RCMP/non-RCMP ofﬁcers are on paid stress leave in B.C.? Perhaps each local police force and the RCMP could provide the number of regular and overtime hours with associated costs involved as court witnesses.

Duplication/overlap costs are unknown. While attending witness activities, those same police are not present on the street. Yes, we need changes. May I suggest it begin with regional management and accountability. We do not require duplicate policing costs associated with administration, training, operating standards, arbitrary boundaries and inter-force prejudice and rivalry issues. Any serving police ofﬁcer in the Lower Mainland could have full policing authority within the served region (not just their own community). Would anyone consider dividing the existing jurisdictions into smaller areas? I think not. Regarding Mr. Assaly’s letter of Dec. 4 (“Change from RCMP too costly”), can we afford not to change the model? Any chance the recently retired Mr. Jim Chu (VPD police chief) might consider the regional challenge? It is a lot to ask. Ken McLennan Richmond

RICHMOND’S NEW GARBAGE CART PROGRAM Order your preferred cart size by January 8, 2016.

With Richmond’s new biweekly Garbage Cart program, residents can select their preferred cart size using one of three easy options: ONLINE: Complete the cart size order form online at www.richmond.ca/garbage BY MAIL: Fill out the postage paid card provided and return it via mail or drop box at City facilities. BY PHONE: Call the Environmental Programs Information Line at 604-276-4010

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Under the existing City garbage service, a standard size garbage can is 100 litres.

For more information on cart size options, watch for your package in the mail, or visit www.richmond.ca/garbage. Environmental Programs: 604-276-4010 or garbageandrecycling@richmond.ca www.richmond.ca/garbage

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City Hall will be closed December 25 to January 3

Community news covering December 9 to December 22, 2015 Japan – the City has a new touch-screen display at City Hall. Its purpose is to bring awareness of the Sister City program to City Hall visitors so they can learn about, and make meaningful connections to, these important cities.

Regular Council Meeting Monday, December 14, 2015 Anderson Room, City Hall 4:00 p.m. (closed meeting) Council Chambers, City Hall 7:00 p.m. (open meeting)

General Purposes Committee Monday, December 14, 2015 Anderson Room, City Hall 4:00 p.m.

Richmond formally entered into Sister City relationships with Pierrefonds, Quebec in 1967, Wakayama, Japan in 1973 and Xiamen, China in 2012. In addition, the Richmond signed a Friendship City Agreement with Qingdao, China in 2008. These relationships are important as they have, and continue to, foster reciprocal youth, cultural, sports and municipal exchanges.

Community Safety Committee Tuesday, December 15, 2015 Anderson Room, City Hall 4:00 p.m.

For more information on Richmond’s Sister and Friendship cities, come out and try the touch screen display in the City Hall Galleria or visit www.richmond.ca/discover/ about/sistercity.

Planning Committee Tuesday, December 15, 2015 Anderson Room, City Hall 4:00 p.m.

Development Permit Panel Meeting

Public Hearing Tuesday, December 15, 2015 Council Chambers, City Hall 7:00 p.m.

Development Permit Panel Meeting Wednesday, December 16, 2015 Council Chambers, City Hall 3:30 p.m. Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services Committee Wednesday, December 16, 2015 Anderson Room, City Hall 4:00 p.m.

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Wednesday, December 16 3:30 p.m. in Council Chambers Agenda Item: 1. 9780 Alberta Road - DP 11-584805 - Marine Star Homes Corporation – To permit the construction of six (6) three-storey townhouse units at 9780 Alberta Road on a site zoned “Town Housing (ZT60) – North McLennan (City Centre).” Please call 604-276-4395 for further information.

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Licence renewals This month, invoices will be mailed to people with previously licensed dogs in the City of Richmond. These invoices are for dog licences for the 2016 calendar year.

As a tribute to the City of Richmond’s Sister and Friendship cities – in Quebec, China and

New licences and registration Richmond households with new dogs are required to purchase a licence and register their dog(s) over the age of eight weeks. There are three ways to license your new dog: Visit www.richmond.ca/safety/ animals/dogs to register with the new online system Download and complete an application form Visit City Hall

This delightful holiday tradition has even more to offer this year. The arena will be surrounded in an enchanting, newly designed scene that includes a backdrop of mountains, trees and animals having fun in the snow. This family-friendly spectacle will have an additional 600 feet of additional rope lighting twinkling above while skaters drift on the ice to a selection of cheery holiday music.

A maximum of three dogs are allowed per single-family dwelling and two dogs per multiple-family dwelling unit.

Regular admission rates apply. Find the schedule at www.richmond.ca/arenas.

Licence beneﬁts Provides a dog identiﬁcation service which allows the City to return your dog if lost or stolen. Provides statistics on the number of dogs within our city to help better assess the need for facilities and programs. Licensing revenue helps support animal related programs within our community such as the Richmond Animal Protection Society (RAPS).

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In spring 2016, Community Bylaws will be conducting door-to-door canvassing to ensure all dogs are licensed according to the bylaw. For more information, please visit www.richmond.ca/safety/animals/ dogs or call 604-247-4633.

Winter Wonderland at Minoru Arenas December 11 to January 3 Lace up your skates and glide through a real Winter Wonderland. From Friday, December 11 to Sunday, January 3, Minoru Arenas will be decorated with a real 20 foot snow bank to skate around, over 20 real and decorated trees and thousands of sparkling lights.

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Richmond gift cards now available You get to choose the amount; the lucky recipient gets to choose the activity. Gift cards never expire, so it’s a gift that can be used any time and they can be redeemed for a variety of products and services including: and passes at City • ofAdmissions Richmond parks, recreation and

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Gift Cards are available for purchase at all City of Richmond parks, recreation and cultural facilities. Find more details at www.richmond.ca/ giftcards or call 604-276-4300.

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Take action to keep the Peace JIMWRIGHT Digging Deep

recently wrote about an event named Bountiful Peace, which took place in Richmond last week. It was about saving the Peace Valley, and it was a wake-up call. That fertile land has been condemned to ﬂooding, but hope remains strong. If the plan goes through, the Peace River would be blocked at Site C, near Fort St. John, by a hydroelectric dam — higher than Richmond’s tallest buildings and more than a kilometre long. Submerging the valley would change it from carbon sink to greenhouse gas emitter. Crucially, it would destroy farmland that would otherwise help B.C. adapt to climate change. The warming climate, along with the huge area of excellent soil, would enable the Peace Valley to produce an increasing amount and diversity of food, bolstering B.C food security. It would partly offset declining imports from California’s parched Central Valley as our population and food needs rise. For us, the Peace Valley may be less replaceable than the Central Valley. Unfortunately, we have provincial leaders who have skirted both the Agricultural Land Commission, which would likely have conserved the Peace farmland, and the B.C.

Utilities Commission, which might have rejected the dam. Our leaders are going all out to ﬂood the valley and not let it address climate change. Still, if we citizens keep working to understand and advocate for the valley, MLAs and potential MLAs will get the message. If the current B.C. government then stops the Site C project, excellent. But since it probably won’t, we need all of those who might form the next government to commit to cancelling Site C as soon as they take power. As Bountiful Peace presenters made clear, it’s not too late. Site work is in progress, but it can be put to new uses if the project is cancelled within 18 months or so. With dramatic timing, the next B.C. election is due in 17 months — on May 9, 2017. Meanwhile, there’s ongoing legal action by First Nations and landowners. Since ﬂooding the Peace Valley would be as bad for the ecology as it is for agriculture, environmental groups like Sierra Club BC will also stay engaged. That said, informed action by enough citizens is key. A good springboard is StopSiteC.org. My “action” has been to make the “Keep the Peace” graphic. I’ll see if the campaign can use it on buttons or billboards or something in between. In any case, please act, too. Jim Wright is president of the Garden City Conservation Society.

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Notice of Public Hearing

City of Richmond

Tuesday, December 15, 2015 – 7 p.m. Council Chambers, 1st Floor, Richmond City Hall 6911 No. 3 Rd. Richmond BC V6Y 2C1 | Tel: 604-276-4000 Fax: 604-278-5139

TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the City of Richmond will hold a Public Hearing as noted above, on the following items: 1.

RICHMOND ZONING BYLAW 8500, AMENDMENT BYLAW 9291 (RZ 14-674043) Location/s: 7180 Railway Avenue Applicant/s: Landcraft Homes Ltd. Purpose: To rezone the subject property from “Single Detached (RS1/E)” to “Coach Houses (RCH1)”, to permit a subdivision to create two (2) lots, each with a principal dwelling and an accessory coach house above a detached garage, with vehicle access from the rear lane. City Contact: Cynthia Lussier, 604-276-4108, Planning and Development Division

Bylaw 9500

Bylaw 9291

RICHMOND ZONING BYLAW 8500, AMENDMENT BYLAW 9491 (RZ 11-578758) Location/s: 6571/6573 No. 4 Road Applicant/s: Anwer Kamal Purpose: To rezone the subject property from “Single Detached (RS1/F)” to “Town Housing (ZT60) – North McLennan (City Centre)”, to permit development of six (6) townhouse units with vehicle access from the adjacent site at 6551 No. 4 Road. City Contact: Edwin Lee, 604-276-4121, Planning and Development Division Bylaw 9491

RICHMOND ZONING BYLAW 8500, AMENDMENT BYLAW 9503 (ZT 15-710920) Location/s: 2760 Sweden Way Applicant/s: Pacific Land Resource Group Inc. Purpose: To amend the “Industrial Retail (IR1)” zone to include “retail, general, limited to retail sale of automotive parts and accessories” as a permitted use at 2760 Sweden Way. City Contact: David Brownlee, 604-276-4200, Planning and Development Division

RICHMOND ZONING BYLAW 8500, AMENDMENT BYLAW 9505 (RZ 15-703150) Location/s: 9131 Steveston Highway Applicant/s: Maryem Ahbib Purpose: To rezone the subject property from “Single Detached (RS1/E)” to “Compact Single Detached (RC2)”, to permit the property to be subdivided to create two (2) lots with vehicle access to/from Steveston Highway via the established lane system to the west that must be extended eastbound to service the subject site. City Contact: Cynthia Lussier, 604-276-4108, Planning and Development Division Bylaw 9505

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RICHMOND ZONING BYLAW 8500, AMENDMENT BYLAW 9504 (RZ 15-693376) Location/s: 10340 Odlin Road Applicant/s: CIS Homes Ltd. Purpose: To rezone the subject property from “Single Detached (RS1/B)” to “Single Detached (RS2/K)”, to permit the property to be subdivided to create two (2) lots. City Contact: Cynthia Lussier, 604-276-4108, Planning and Development Division Bylaw 9504

RICHMOND ZONING BYLAW 8500, AMENDMENT BYLAW 9500 (ZT 15-710092) Location/s: 7400 River Road Applicant/s: City of Richmond Purpose: To amend the “Industrial Business Park (IB1, IB2)” zone to include “indoor shooting range” as a permitted use at 7400 River Road. City Contact: David Brownlee, 604-276-4200, Planning and Development Division

# -% *?$3"' If you have questions or concerns, please call the CITY CONTACT shown above. # +3 >?" ,=>% 2"4@=>"' Public Hearing Agendas, including staff reports and the proposed bylaws, are available on the City Website at http://www.richmond.ca/cityhall/council/agendas/ hearings/2015.htm # /> ,=>% 9688' Copies of the proposed bylaw, supporting staff and Committee reports and other background material, are also available for inspection at the Planning and Development Division at City Hall, between the hours of 8:15 am and 5 pm, Monday through Friday, except statutory holidays, commencing December 4, 2015 and ending December 15, 2015, or upon the conclusion of the hearing. # -% &67 $! .6=8' Staff reports and the proposed bylaws may also be obtained by FAX or by standard mail, by calling 604-276-4007 between the hours of 8:15 am and 5 pm, Monday through Friday, except statutory holidays, commencing December 4, 2015 and ending December 15, 2015. Participating in the Public Hearing process: $ *&) 5-2"%0 #)43%8' %1 76)8 /7 4"" !)!2)31 7( the public. If you believe that you are affected by the proposed bylaw, you may make a presentation or submit written comments at the Public Hearing. If you are unable to attend, you may send your written comments to the City Clerk’s Office by 4 pm on the date of the Public Hearing as follows:

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! A cold and damp Monday night was made bright and festive with the annual lighting of the 25-foot tall, public menorah outside the Richmond Public Library’s main branch to mark the second night of Hanukkah. The crowds enjoyed arts, crafts, music, food and traditional Dreidle games, as well as the ceremonial lighting presided over by Mayor Malcom Brodie. Hanukkah, which is observed for eight days and nights, commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt. Each night of the holiday, a light is lit on the menorah. Photos by Gord Goble/Special to the News

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$ ,"" 1-2!%11%781 +%"" (73! 643/ 7( /&) 3)073. of the hearing. Once the Public Hearing has concluded, no further information or submissions can be considered by Council. It should be noted that the rezoned property may be used for any or all of the uses permitted in the “new” zone. David Weber Director, City Clerk’s Office

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East Richmond is the place Dec. 12 from 10:15 - 11:45 a.m. for a brunch with Santa. It’s a family event at the Hamilton Community Centre (5140 Smith Dr.) with children’s crafts, entertainment and a visit from Santa. Tickets are limited, register early. Price: $9 per person. Children 12 months old and younger are free.

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Drop in for a tour during the Day for the Birds from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. on Dec. 13 at the Richmond Nature Park (11851 Westminster Hwy.) and learn how to make a bird’s garden habitat all with responsible feeding practices. For more information, call 604-718-6188, or email nature@richmond.ca. The 90-member, Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir’s annual Christmas concert Celebrate will be performing Dec. 13 at Fraserview MB Church (11295 Mellis Drive) at 3 p.m. Joining Good Noise on stage will be local acclaimed

guitarist David Sinclair, who has worked with such big names as Bryan Adams, k. d. Lang, Michael Bublé, Sarah McLachlan, and other stars. Admission: Adults: $25 Students/Seniors: $20 Children 12 & Under: $10. Visit online brownpapertickets.com or call 1-800-8383006.

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! The Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir brings its 90 voices to the Fraserview MB Church on Dec. 13 for an annual Christmas concert. Photo submitted

Heritage Shipyard National Historic Site and Park during the Walk Richmond - Steveston Village/Christmas Celebration on Dec. 19 from 10 - 11 a.m. The walk ends at the Steveston Community Centre for some Christmas cheer at the Steveston Community Centre. Meeting Spot: Garry Point Concession Stand, 12011 7th Avenue.

castle, arts and crafts, prizes and carnival games hosted by City Centre’s Footprints Youth Leadership Team. Price: $10 per participating child aged three to 12 with the accompanying family member free of charge. To register, call 604-276-4300, or go online at richmond.ca/ register and quote barcode 1322608.

Richmond Pentecostal Church (9300 Westminster Highway) will be holding a donation drive for the Richmond Food Bank on Dec. 19 from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Coffee and Timbits will be served and donations will be collected at the main entrance facing the back parking lot.

Where will Santa be the evening before the “big day?” Steveston, of course! That’s where the the jolly old elf will be Dec. 24 from 6 - 8 p.m. at the Steveston Santa Claus Parade as it winds its way through the streets of the ﬁshing village, greeting everyone he sees.

Get into the spirit of the season in one of Richmond’s new, emerging neighbourhoods with City Centre’s Winter Carnival on Dec. 19 from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the City Centre Community Centre (5900 Minoru Blvd.). Enjoy hot chocolate, snacks and Santa and continue the festivities with a bouncy

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! Ofﬁcials at the Steveston ANAF Unit 284 have been busy recently, making donations to the community. (Above left) Unit president

Tom Brander presents at cheque for $10,000 to the Richmond Food Bank, and (above right) he presents another $10,000 cheque to Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue. Photos submitted

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! Lord Byng elementary’s Spirit (Bear) Club showed some school

spirit with their newly crowned ‘Bear-Crow’ which captured the People’s Choice Award in the local scarecrow contest hosted by the Steveston Merchants Association. The club’s goal of raising spirit in the school and outside community is off to a great start. Along with embracing their new school mascot, the school collected more than six boxes of candy, which were donated to the Richmond Food Bank. Next up is homemade greeting cards for residents at several local senior care homes and making care kits to be handed out in donated purses/knapsacks which will be given to to St. Alban Anglican Church, which operates a drop in shelter. Photo submitted

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usan (not her real name) remembers the cramped, smelly bus ride from Vancouver to Calgary. She is carrying a bag of cash, intended to buy drugs from gang members in Calgary. When she gets there, she meets two men in a parking lot. The exchange goes wrong. One of the men hits her. She falls to the ground. And then they start kicking her. When they stop, the money is gone. The drugs are gone. Susan is lying bloodied on the pavement. But she is worried – in fact, frightened to death – about one thing above all: how she is going to explain what happened to her gang bosses back home. Raw, gritty and told by Susan herself, her story is the centrepiece of the latest Community Report from B.C.’s Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEUBC), the province’s integrated antigang police agency. Formed in 2009, CFSEU-BC is tasked with combating gang activity throughout the province, and since 2013 it has published annual community reports as part of its

public education and advocacy efforts. The theme of the 2015 report is “Youth, Girls and, Gangs,” with stories and commentary that focus on the increasing involvement of younger people and women in gangs. “The gang landscape in BC is continually changing,” says Constable Jordan McLellan, community engagement ofﬁcer for CFSEU-BC. “The typical gangster used to be a male in his late 20s, but now very young men and women are getting involved in the gang lifestyle. Some are as young as 15 – children who can’t really appreciate the consequences of their actions.” According to the CFSEU-BC report, the average age of a victim of gang violence 10 years ago was 30. Today, the average is 25, and the youngest victim this year was only 15 years old. Why the increase? Recruiters for gangs actively prey on youth’s naïveté. Culture plays a part, too, with easy access by ever-younger kids to glamorized gang images in TV shows, music and movies. For too many, it works. “There’s an allure to the gang lifestyle – an easy life, lots of money, girls will like you, people will

respect you,” says McLellan. “The reality is that the life is not easy, the money goes just as fast as it comes, and you end up destroying your relationships with friends and family.” Sadly, it’s a similar pattern for the increasing number of girls recruited into BC gangs. Typically, young women get involved because they are seduced by the seemingly lavish lifestyle gangsters enjoy. Many begin the journey as girlfriends, but after a time they take on more active roles, like holding drugs or hiding weapons. Some, like Susan, get more deeply involved. But there is hope. Although violence spiked in the ﬁrst half of the year, with 30 gang-related homicides and attempted homicides, the longer-term trend is toward a steady decline in gang activity since 2008, when there were 51 gangrelated homicides and attempted homicides in BC. Last year, there were 18 such incidents, according to CFSEU-BC. One of the reasons for that trend is CFSEU-BC’s enforcement and investigative activities, resulting in several arrests of high-level gang criminals this year.

As well, the unit has launched a high-proﬁle “prevention through education” program called End Gang Life (endganglife.ca), whose goal is to keep people out of gangs by telling the other side of the story. A multi-media campaign that features a website, posters, radio ads, and thought-provoking videos, End Gang Life reveals the hard realities of gang activity, and the damage it does to individuals, families and communities. The program also provides parent resources in eight different languages, to help adults have frank and effective conversations with their kids about gangs. “These resources are a good start to having a discussion,” says McLellan. “Parents need to understand that it may be a hard talk to have with your kids, but it will be easier than talking about their funeral.” For Susan – who is, at last, out

of gangs – the impact of the End Gang Life campaign is very real. Earlier this year, after she saw the posters and visited the website, she approached CFSEU-BC with an offer to tell her story and help educate other young women on the realities of life as a gang member. “I was young, I was stupid, and I would caution any kid against this,” she writes in the report. “What I lived through, I didn’t come out unscathed. I came out damaged, with wounds that’ll never heal and emotional scars that will linger forever.” The full CFSEU-BC 2015 Community Report, “Youth, Girls, and Gangs,” is available online at bc-anti-gang.com

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t took a somewhat imbalanced draw to at last cool off the McRoberts Strikers at the B.C. AAA Girls Volleyball Championships in Vernon. The Strikers headed to the Interior last week with loads of momentum, having rolled to convincing victories at the Richmond and Lower Mainland Championships — not dropping a set in the process. It was enough to earn the No. 4 seed in the 16-team tournament. McRoberts continued its strong play in round-robin action, winning a pair of matches before finally falling to the host Panthers — another tournament contender. The loss left the Strikers second in their pool and and set-up what would be a treacherous path to a potential title. McRoberts won a hard-fought three set round of 16 match against Okanagan Mission, then squared off with the Sa-Hali Sabres in a quarter-final showdown of top four ranked teams. The Kamloops school produced an impressive victory en route to the title and proved to be the class of the tournament — dropping just one set in its four playoff matches. With four provincial team players, nobody was getting in the Sabres’ way, McRoberts coach Trish Nicholson only wonders how two high tournament seeds met in the round of eight. “It would have been nice if the draw was

done little more fairly,” she said. “As it turned out, half of it was soft and the other half was hard. “We easily took care of Windsor (twice this season) yet they won their pool, their cross-over game and were a set away from being in the semi-finals.” McRoberts moved onto consolation play where it defeated Windsor in straight sets for the second time in two weeks, only to fall to Vernon again in the fifth place game. The Strikers led 14-7 in the third and deciding set before the Panthers reeled off nine straight points for the improbable win. Tia Tsang capped her outstanding volleyball career in style, earning second team all-star honours. The Grade 12 standout will now turn her full-time attention to basketball, having recently signed with Simon Fraser University. She is also headed to Toronto this weekend for a Basketball Canada women’s national age group assessment camp. Meanwhile, McRoberts boys team closed out their season at the AA provincials in Langley, placing 11th. The Strikers bowed out of contention with a round of 16 loss to Okanagan’s George Elliot Secondary. The Richmond champions moved on to placement play where they defeated Prince Charles in two sets, before falling in three to DP Todd. Jeff Lam was an all-star honourable mention. In the provincial AAA tourney, the McMath Wildcats placed 17th. They needed to get past Riverside to advance to the round of 16 but fell in three sets. The Wildcats did close out their season with wins over Belmont and North Peace.

■ While the senior girls were busy in Vernon, the McRoberts senior boys team concluded a fine season by placing 11th at the AA provincials in Langley. Photo by Gord Goble

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he Richmond Christian Eagles senior girls volleyball team certainly made its trip to the Kootenays last week a memorable one, earning a historic finish at the B.C. “A” Championships. The three-day tournament took place at LV Rogers Secondary School in Nelson and Selkirk College in Castlegar. It was hosted by the Mt. Sentinel Secondary Wildcats of South Slocan. It proved to be an exhilarating ride to the final for the Eagles with thrilling five-set victories over Kelowna Christian School and White Rock Christian Academy in their respective quarter-final and semi-final matches. The girls fought hard in the gold medal match versus perennial powerhouse and defending champions Immaculata Mustangs from Kelowna, but fell in four sets. The silver medal finish was the best ever

■ The Richmond Christian Eagles senior girls volleyball team made the most of its trip to the Kootenays last week, finishing second at the B.C. “A” Championships.

at the provincials by a senior girls team at Richmond Christian in school history. The result also came on the heels of the Eagles’ junior boys team finishing second at the provincial invitational. There were also plenty of individual honours for the girls as setter Kaitlynn Lam and left side hitter Jaylen Yee were named Tournament First Team All-Stars. The Second Team included right side hitter/setter Juliette Sutter. The roster also features: Grade 12 players: Taylor Archibald, Courtney Burkholder, Leah Goertz, and Rebekah Prasad; Grade 11s: Emma Burton, Hannah DyNing, Madeline Fleischer and Ellen Yam; and Grade 10s Elise Burrage and Nadine Plett. The team is coached by Patrick Wong and Leanne Leong. The team managers are Makena Anderson and Casey Tin.

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Doug died in Palliative Care at Richmond Hospital surrounded by his family Ruth, John, Jamie, Karl and Katie and his friend Jack Buchan. Born in Vancouver he graduated from Sir Charles Tupper High School and was in the first graduating class at SFU. He made his home in Steveston and was a Richmond city councilor for several terms. He was a founding member of the Steveston Historical Society and the Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society. Doug volunteered for many years at the Steveston Community Centre and the Salmon Festival. He spent his happiest times out on the water fishing and exploring the coast of BC. Thank you to the staff at Fraserview Care Lodge and the palliative care unit at Richmond Hospital and a special thanks to his life-long friend Laurence Gill. No service by request.

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