Nov. 11, 2010 Print Edition of The Richmond Review

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Down payment on purchase financing offers may be required based on approved credit from Ford Credit. Taxes payable on full amount of purchase price. All purchase finance offers include freight and air tax but exclude variable charges of license, fuel fill charge, insurance, registration, PPSA, administration fees, any environmental charges or fees, and all applicable taxes. *Or choose 6.99% / 6.99% / 6.99% / 2.99% APR purchase financing on a new 2011 Fiesta S Sedan / 2011 Fusion S / 2011 Escape XLT FWD / 2011 Focus SE with Sport Appearance Package and no-extra charge heated seats for a maximum of 72 months to qualified retail customers, OAC from Ford Credit. Not all buyers will qualify for the lowest APR payment. Purchase financing monthly payment is $244 / $366 / $366 / $288 (Monthly payment divided by two gives payee a twice monthly payment of $122 / $183 / $183 / $144) with a down payment of $0. 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Cat showing is all for the glory Feline fanciers descend on Richmond for annual show

by Christine Lyon Staff Reporter More than 200 impeccably groomed cats and kittens from across North America are expected to prowl into Richmond this weekend.

The fancy felines, some hailing from as far as Texas and New Jersey, are vying for top honours in the annual Can-Am Cat Club International Cat Show at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel Nov. 12 to 14.

There’s no cash prize for these kitties; in the cat world, it’s all about glory.

“It’s the way to get your cats out, and kind of show them off and have bragging rights.”

- Shawn O’Brien “It’s the way that you’re able to get your breed out, your cats out, and kind of show them off and have bragging rights,” said show manager Shawn O’Brien.

Cat showing is a “money out” hobby, he said.

The cost of flights, a hotel, entry fees and meals for one show weekend can add up to $2,000.

O’Brien quotes a popular cat fancier saying: “The way to make a small fortune by breeding cats is to start with a large fortune.”

This weekend’s show will feature three purebred classes: kittens (four to eight months), championship adults (eight months plus), and altered (neutered or spayed).

Household kittens and adults will also compete.

A household, which could be a mixed-breed rescue cat, must demonstrate certain qualities to the judges. “[The judges] are making sure that the cats aren’t overweight or underweight, they’re making sure that they’re clean, that they don’t have any fleas on them, and that they’re actually enjoying being at the show,” O’Brien said.

Judging is more complicated for purebreds, with a different 100-point standard applied to each breed.

O’Brien breeds the Cornish Rex, for which 50 points are allocated just to its signature short, wavy coat.

“It feels like a little lamb, it’s super soft,” O’Brien explained.

Fine boning, an eggshaped head, high-standing ears and a long tail are also crucial.

The Richmond Review is highlighting nominees ahead of the awards gala Nov. 17.

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There will be plenty of attitude at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel this weekend during the Can-Am Cat Club International Cat Show, which is open to the public. Tickets are $1 to $6.

O’Brien’s Cornish Rex “Tot” was named the 2008-09 Northwest region champion cat of the year.

Other breeds showing this weekend are the jungle-like Bengal and the Singapura—a small breed that originated as a street cat in Singapore— as well as the alwayspopular American Short-

hair and the Persian, the most-registered breed in the International Cat Association.

“Stewie,” a wild-looking Savannah cat, will be on display to admire, though he is not competing.

O’Brien, 35, has been showing cats since he was 10. In that time, he has seen attitudes change toward what

were formerly considered “second rung” spayed and neutered show cats.

There are many people now who want to show purebreds, but not breed them.

Three of the top five alter-class cats in the association will compete in Richmond this weekend.

“It’s going to be a tough class. It’s a good class to

watch,” O’Brien said.

The show runs Friday from 4 to 10:30 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel, 7551 Westminster Hwy. Admission is $6 for adults, $4 for seniors/ students, and $1 for children.

Alleged smuggler linked to estate with chemicals Two years ago Lai Changxing purchased property that is now subject of police probe

by Martin van den Hemel Staff Reporter An alleged smuggling tycoon currently battling to stay in Canada was a recent owner of the farm property on Gilbert Road where Mounties last week discovered a cache of chemical precursors believed to be destined for the manufacture of illegal drugs.

Lai Cheong Sing, also known as Lai Changxing, purchased the 1.5-acre Fraserwind estate in 2008, but RCMP Const. Michael McLaughlin, spokesperson for the federal RCMP, told The Richmond Review Lai isn’t currently facing any charges.

There is no evidence linking Lai to the Nov. 4 discovery by the Greater Vancouver Drug Squad inside the expansive 1,200-square-foot four-car garage on the property at 13451 Gilbert Rd., McLaughlin said.

A source told the Review that RCMP and Canada Border Services investigators have been scrutinizing Lai’s connec-

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tion to the property since he came for- his wife Tsang Ming Na and their three ward to purchase it along with a woman children after learning the Chinese autwo years ago. Concerns centred around thorities were looking for them. the legitimacy of the funds The couple owned the used to purchase the $1.5 Yuan Hua group of commillion home. panies in China.

But McLaughlin said the Its employees were defarm property has again tained and interrogated changed hands and that and many individuals there’s no evidence at this faced charges. point implicating Lai to the “A number were conactivity that has captured victed and some were executed as a result of their the RCMP’s attention.

The federal government involvement,” the federal has been trying to deport court ruling states.

Lai for the better part of Lai applied for refugee a decade. status in 2000, but that Lai is alleged to have bid was denied by the been the brains behind Immigration and Refua $10 billion smuggling Ming Pao Daily News photo gee Board in 2002, which LAI CHANGXING operation involving cigaruled that Lai and Tsang rettes and motor vehicles in Xiamen, were “clearly only fugitives from justice, China, as well as allegations he was and nothing else.” involved in bribery, fraud and tax evaLai appealed that decision to the Fedsion. eral Court of Canada, which in 2005 ruled Lai came to Canada in 1999 along with against him.

But he continues his legal battle to stay in Canada.

“We are aware that he is a former owner of the property. However, we must stress former. He...does not have any current title to the property so while there’s certainly a drug investigation going on there, he is not one of the suspects,” McLaughlin said.

Asked how investigators can rule out Lai as linked to the haul of chemicals considering the investigation seems to be in its infancy, McLaughlin said that although the seizure took place only last week, that’s not to say that various investigations haven’t been ongoing for some time before then.

“Now when you’re talking about a former property owner who has such a high profile as Mr. Changxing, we can certainly appreciate how people’s eyebrows may be raised. But we can only encourage them to wait until more evidence comes out before leaping to any conclusions.

As police, we certainly can’t leap to any conclusions.”

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•Winners will be announced at the Richmond Chamber of Commerce’s 33rd annual Business Excellence Awards Nov. 17 at the Executive Airport Plaza Hotel and Conference Centre, 7311 Westminster Hwy. •Tickets, $110 each or table of 10 for $1,100, are available from Carol Young at 604-278-2822 or caroly@richmondchamber.ca.

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Parks & Recreation

Three arrested after robbing River Rock Casino patrons

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Suspects busted before another planned robbery, police say

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Three Burnaby men have been arrested and charged with multiple criminal offences after allegedly robbing patrons returning home from River Rock Casino Resort.

Vancouver police Insp.

Les Yeo revealed the suspects as 20-yearold Daniel Sheng Long

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Hoong, his 18-year-old brother William Wei Lun Hoong, and 30-year-old Yan Wang.

Wang is the only suspect known to police.

The three men are facing multiple charges including robbery with a firearm, even though the firearms used turned out to be fakes.

Shortly after 1:30 a.m. on Nov. 2 two Vancouver residents returned home after a night at River Rock and were allegedly robbed by two men holding handguns.

Neither victim was injured and the men fled in a car after getting some cash. Forensic evidence led Vancouver police to a known suspect and a surveillance team was set up Nov. 3.

Undercover officers located the suspect, fol-

Richard Lam photo Police say three men found victims at River Rock.

lowed him to River Rock and watched him and his accomplices acquire their next target.

The suspects were watched as they followed a lone Vancouver resident from Richmond to Vancouver.

They were stopped in

a tactical take-down by members of the emergency response team and taken into custody before they could complete their planned robbery.

A search of the suspects and their car revealed two replica handguns and balaclavas.

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Staff Reporter Civic and provincial politicians braved helmet hair and wet pant legs last Friday as they hopped on bikes and pedalled along a new connector to the Canada Line bridge.

The $265,000 cycling and pedestrian connection, which joins the Van Horne Way cycling route to the North Arm Bridge, was funded 50 per cent by the province. The City of Richmond and TransLink split the remaining cost.

“It’s specifically designed for cyclists and pedestrians. People can feel safe, people can get from one place to another in a safe manner,” said Terry Lake, Parliamentary Secretary for Health Promotion and KamloopsNorth Thompson MLA. “These types of investments in infrastructure allow people to move around in a way that is very healthy for our environment, obviously as we decrease our greenhouse gas emissions, but also keep us very healthy as well,” he added.

Lake noted further improvements to the Van Horne Way cycling route such as revised pavement markings and new “share the road” signs.

Among the cycle route expansions are a 1.8-metre-wide south and westbound on-street bike lane as well as a three-metre off-street, multi-use pathway on the east side of Van Horne Way. That adds to the city’s more than 40 kilometres of trails and nearly 50 kilometres of on-street bike routes and off-street pathways.

Richmond Coun. Derek Dang rolled up to Friday’s opening on his own bicycle.

“We have another means of transportation, a mode so that we can transfer people to the Canada Line and increase an already popular mode of transportation,” he said.

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Christine Lyon photo Coun. Derek Dang, Richmond Centre MLA Rob Howard, Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Terry Lake and TransLink’s Cindy Chan-Piper prepare to ride.

ber Cindy Chan-Piper stressed the importance of creating a unified transportation network.

“A bus, a bicycle path, a traffic light, a pedestrian crossing signal—these are all parts of that integrated system,” she said.

“The small projects, like this Van Horne Way,

is part of the integrated network and when you put all of these small projects together they really enhance and refine the entire system.”

The new connection links cyclists and pedestrians to the North Arm Bridge, which spans the Fraser River between Bridgeport and Marine

Drive stations.

Opened in August 2009 in conjunction with the Canada Line opening, the bike and pedestrian path is attached to the side of the bridge.

Counters installed in January have tracked over 73,000 bike trips across the bridge as of Aug. 12.

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Notice of Public Hearing Monday, November 15, 2010 - 7 p.m.

Council Chambers, 1st Floor, Richmond City Hall

City of Richmond • 6911 No. 3 Rd., Richmond BC V6Y 2C1 • Tel: 604-276-4000 • Fax: 604-278-5139 • www.richmond.ca

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

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8609

BYLAW 8655 BYLAW 8661

Location/s:

Agriculture (AG) Zoned Properties Throughout Richmond Applicant/s: City of Richmond Purpose: To amend the Agriculture (AG) zone so that there is no setback limitation (i.e., eliminate the existing 50 m/164 foot maximum setback) from a constructed public road for accessory residential buildings, structures and septic fields.

City Contact: Holger Burke, 604-276-4164 Planning and Development Department

2.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8649 (RZ 10-516627) Location/s:

7491, 7531 and 7551 No. 2 Road Applicant/s: Yamamoto Architecture Inc. Purpose: To rezone 7491 No. 2 Rd. from “Two-Family Dwellings (RD1)” and 7531 and 7551 No. 2 Rd. from “Single Detached (RS1E)” to “Medium Density Townhouses (RTM3)”, to permit development of 14 townhouse dwelling units.

City Contact: David Brownlee, 604-276-4200 Planning and Development Department

4.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8656 (RZ 08-423193) Location/s: 9131 and 9151 Williams Road Applicant/s: Thomas Chalissery Purpose: To rezone the subject property from “Single Detached (RS1/E)” to “Low Density Townhouses (RTL4)”, to permit development of nine (9) townhouse units.

City Contact: Edwin Lee, 604-276-4121 Planning and Development Department BYLAW 8656

BYLAW 8649

6.

Zoning Text Amendment Bylaw 8664 (ZT 10-542950) Location/s:

9388 Cambie Road (formerly 9340-9400 Cambie Road) Applicant/s: BC Housing, Provincial Rental Housing Corporation Purpose: To amend the “Low Rise Apartment (ZLR22) – Alexandra Neighbourhood (West Cambie)” zone density bonus provisions for affordable housing.

City Contact: Francisco Molina, 604-247-4620 Planning and Development Department BYLAW 8664

3.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8655 (RZ 10-529746) Location/s: 6431 Blundell Road Applicant/s: Ajit Thaliwal and Amarjit Gill Purpose: To rezone the subject property from “Single Detached (RS1/E)” to “Coach House (RCH)”, to permit development of two (2) lots each with a single-family residence on it and a second dwelling unit above a garage, with vehicle access from a rear lane extension.

City Contact: Edwin Lee, 604-276-4121 Planning and Development Department

5.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8661 (RZ 08-434086) Location/s: 8471 Williams Road Applicant/s: Matthew Cheng Architect Inc. Purpose: To rezone the subject property from “Single Detached (RS1/E)” to “Medium Density Townhouses (RTM1)”, to permit a fifteen (15) unit development on the subject site and the adjacent properties at 8391 and 8411 Williams Road.

City Contact: Edwin Lee, 604-276-4121 Planning and Development Department

Notice of Public Hearing continued on next page.

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> Watch video at richmondreview.com Martin van den Hemel photo Christian Paradis, federal minister of natural resources, announces Tuesday that Ottawa will invest $4 million in Fraser Richmond Soil and Fibre.

Notice of Public Hearing continued How to obtain further information: • By Phone: If you have questions or concerns, please call the CITY CONTACT shown above.

• On the City Website: 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/2010. htm • At City Hall: Copies of the proposed bylaw, supporting staff and Committee reports and other background material, are also available for inspection at the Planning & Development Department at City Hall, between the hours of 8:15 am and 5 pm, Monday through Friday, except statutory holidays, commencing November 5, 2010 and ending November 15, 2010, or upon the conclusion of the hearing.

• By FAX or Mail: 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 November 5, 2010 and ending November 15, 2010.

Participating in the Public Hearing process: • The Public Hearing is open to all members of 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: • By E-mail: using the on-line form at http://www.richmond.ca/cityhall/council/ hearings/about.htm • By Standard Mail: 6911 No. 3 Road, Richmond, BC, V6Y 2C1, Attention: Director, City Clerk’s Office • By FAX: 604-278-5139, Attention: Director, City Clerk’s Office • Public Hearing Rules: For information on public hearing rules and procedures, please consult the City website at http:// www.richmond.ca/cityhall/council/ hearings/about.htm or call the City Clerk’s Office at 604-276-4007.

• All submissions will form part of the record 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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Food and yard waste will be transformed into energy and marketable compost as part of a clean energy demonstration project headed up by Fraser Richmond Soil and Fibre.

On Tuesday afternoon, Natural Resource Minister Christian Paradis announced that Ottawa will invest $4 million over the next two years for the development of a clean energy demonstration project.

“Investments in clean energy technologies are a key part of our balanced approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and climate change,” Paradis said.

An innovating high-solids anaerobic digestion (HSAD) technology will be utilized to transform tossed leftovers into energy and high-quality, marketable compost.

“The funding will allow us to accelerate the development of Canada’s first HSAD operation.”

- Paul Sellew “This funding will allow us to accelerate the development of Canada’s first commercial-scale HSAD operation, which will provide a basis for future economic growth, jobs and a cleaner environment,” said Paul Sellew, founder of Harvest Power, the parent company of Fraser Richmond Soil.

The project could divert up to 27,000 tonnes of food and yard waste per year from landfills.

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opinion Honour their sacrifice—even in a simple way

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oday, veterans ride public transit for free.

Likewise with parking on city streets. At River Rock Casino Resort veterans eat free, and after a city hall ceremony, drink free Tim Hortons hot chocolate.

It seems more and more public and private agencies and busineses are saying thanks to veterans than ever before. Instead of disappearing into our social conscience Remembrance Day continues to be marked by so many across Canada.

Attending a Remembrance Day ceremony at the cenotaph is one way average citizens can show respect for the men and women who sacrificed their lives to preserve freedom and democracy in Canada and abroad. And many choose to do so—attendance at Richmond’s event at city hall has only increased in recent years.

Others simply spend a few minutes in silence at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.

Some wear a poppy or even shake the hand of a veteran.

Others stick up for them—lobbying for benefits and rights of families of the fallen and injured.

Some even campaign in support of current peacekeeping and war efforts, believing in our men and women even if not all believe the cause is worth fighting for.

What can the rest of us do today to mark Remembrance Day? How about simply sharing a smile with a stranger? Our soldiers fought for our freedom— freedom that makes Canada great.

It’s up to us to ensure it stays that way.

Campbell pushes industrial legacy

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B.C. Views Tom Fletcher

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ordon Campbell isn’t going to get close to W.A.C. Bennett’s record of 20 years in the premier’s office, but he intends to leave a footprint at least as large on B.C.

Campbell’s surprise resignation last week came as I was attempting to sort out his latest reorganization of resource ministries.

His comments since then have made me even more convinced that this is the key task he intends to push to the point of no return before he goes.

While the city media obsess over the horse race of potential candidates to succeed Campbell, this much more significant story is unfolding quietly in government offices around the province. Thousands of provincial employees are being moved and shaken to build the new Ministry of Natural Resource Operations.

Here’s a partial list of what this ministry is now legally responsible for: wildfire management, Crown land and forest permits, independent power production, road and bridge engineering, mineral and coal titles, resorts and alpine ski developments, fish and wildlife management, drought management, watershed restoration and aboriginal consultation on resource development.

And here is a partial list of what Campbell intends to see develop through this ministry: the Site C dam, a province-wide network of new mines, forest tenures, liquefied natural gas production and export facilities, new independent power projects, and all the roads, power lines and pipes needed to connect them.

This is a wave of industrialization on a scale with Cecil Bennett’s creation of BC Hydro, BC Ferries and BC Rail.

An internal memo circulated to staff in the forest, transportation, environment and other ministries gives assurances that the B.C. Forest Service will celebrate its 100th anniversary as planned in 2012. But by then it will be effectively broken up, divided between the ministries of forests and natural

Campbell’s surprise resignation last week came as I was attempting to sort out his latest reorganization of resource ministries. resource operations, and traditional jobs such as forest enforcement officer and conservation officer will be merged.

Before this reorganization was announced, I asked Energy Minister Bill Bennett about the government’s plans for a feed-in tariff program for new sources of electricity. Bennett (no relation to the two former premiers) said he intends to have it in place as soon as possible, perhaps by the end of the year.

It will be nothing like the Ontario program, which heavily subsidizes farmers for putting solar panels in their fields, Bennett said. The B.C. program will subsidize development of emerging sources, particularly those using wood waste.

“You put a First Nation together with a community that’s lost a bunch of jobs from the pine beetle, together with a form of electricity producing technology, and as long as you

can generate the electricity for a reasonable price, you might have a winning project,” Bennett said. “That to me is how you encapsulate the feed-in tariff program.”

For years there has been debate about the decline of small communities, loss of industrial jobs and wildfire management in B.C.’s vast hinterlands. In short, how do you keep smaller, remote communities economically viable, and how do they protect themselves from fire?

Here, at least, is a plan that offers a way to tackle the huge problem of accumulated forest fuel, waste from traditional logging, and jobs and energy supply in remote areas. It will be subsidized by the vast majority of electricity users who enjoy the benefits of the urban economy.

There will be plenty of talk in the weeks to come about Campbell’s legacy.

The income tax cuts, the HST, both are designed to create an environment for private investment and employment.

The resource development plan may be the most important piece of the puzzle.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press newspapers. He can be reached at tfletcher@ blackpress.ca.

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letters Time for cyclists to get licensed Editor: On Friday I was driving home from work along Shell Road in Richmond when a cyclist rode up beside me on the right then sped in front of me. He proceeded to ride into the middle of the lane in front of me.

As soon as there were no cars coming the other way I passed him. He caught up with me at the next light and started yelling that I should not have passed him, he was just like a car and had all the same rights on the road as a car did.

He then smashed his ďŹ st into the side of my car and left a big dent.

Then in a very uncarlike manner he drove straight across the road to a bicycle path on the other side. So now, because he doesn’t have to have a licence (unlike a car) I can’t pursue this with ICBC and I am left paying the deductible to get my car ďŹ xed. I am all for riding bikes but if cyclists want to behave on the road like a car then they should also have the same responsibilities as a car owner—get tested and be licensed.

Joan Rivett Surrey

Living without toxic products Editor: Last Wednesday night, a group of Richmond citizens gathered to watch a movie called Chemerical about a Canadian family that made the transition to a less-toxic home. The family accomplished this by making many of their own cleaning products and buying other household and beauty products that were more natural—mostly avoiding synthetic

chemicals and fragrances. They were surprised when they found out they could live without so many of the toxic products they depended on to run their household and that they also ended up saving a signiďŹ cant amount of money.

That evening we also found out that the Canadian Cancer Society is asking our government for right-toknow labelling, where consumers would have the right to know what ingredients are in the products we use and which products are known to cause cancer.

We want to thank all those who attended and their enthusiastic response. We also want to thank those local businesses who attended or donated to the event.

Michelle Li and Arzeena Hamir, Prevention Volunteers Canadian Cancer Society

Wind Waves a ‘perfect piece’ for Garry Point Editor: Re: “Garry Point’s ‘monstrosity,’�

Letters, Nov. 4.

I could not disagree more with Ms. Rush and Ms. Holland regarding the Bienniale artwork Wind Waves at Garry Point Park. In my opinion, it is a perfect piece for its location, and does not, in any way, detract from the views. In fact, its location to the north of the main pathway ensures that it does not block the views towards the river. The piece echoes the undulating land at the point, and the waves of the water. It is a tremendous addition to Richmond’s ďŹ ne collection of public art, and should remain there in perpetuity.

Mark Sakai hmond

Bring back vehicle inspections Editor: Re: “Don’t scrap AirCare, start ‘EcoCare’ instead,� Letters, Nov. 6. I support this view, and will go one step farther: bring back the annual vehicle inspection.

While most vehicles on the road today are generally newer models and in good condition, the oil drippers, as in Mr. Pitcairn’s letter, would be weeded out, along with the “one eyed Johnny� (single head light) and the “no brake light Larry.�

The Vehicle Inspection Branch used to adjust headlights for free and even make sure the child safety seat was installed correctly. Windshields with cracks in the driver’s ďŹ eld of vision were agged and replaced, and, more than once, there was an inspector on hand to “warnâ€? drivers of a problem.

S.L. Seaborn Richmond

Sentences for murderers doesn’t fit crime Editor: I just read the murderers of Cody Gottschalk have been sentenced to seven and eight years and with time served will be out in three years.

How is that any kind of justice? I’m so tired of hearing these stories. Why is this still happening?

Are lawmakers incapable or unable or unwilling

to change these punishments? Murderers need to go to jail for life not 10 or 20 years. Life! Seven years is but a blip in one’s life, but Cody’s family and friends will pay the price for the rest of their lives.

Linda McGuire Richmond

Opera night a success Editor: On Nov. 3 over 100 people came to Minoru Chapel to enjoy a wonderful evening of music provided by City Opera Vancouver, and featuring soprano Mariana ValdĂŠs, tenor Nicolas Rhind, pianist Greg Caisley, and narrator Tom Durrie. The audience loved it.

All thanks to the good people at the City of Richmond, mayor and council and The Richmond Review. The Review promoted the event tirelessly, gracefully and—as can be seen—with tremendous success.

Our friends at Burnaby Lyric Opera will be at Minoru on Dec. 1.

Nora Kelly, President City Opera Vancouver

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Doug Kelsey, who has now been named TransLink chief operating officer, will also serve as as president and general manager at Coast Mountain on an interim basis until a replacement for Clements is found, Hardie said.

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The three-month exhibit, which opened Friday, tells the story of the premier Canadian chocolatier.

Designed by Calgary’s Studio Y Creations, the installation provides an in-depth look at the history of Rogers’ Chocolates, including real artifacts such as copper pots, ladles and a candy scale once used by Charles Rogers more than 100 years ago.

Chocolate-smelling machines and touch-screen monitors showcasing Rogers’ products will be part of the display.

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arts & entertainment Four hands are better than two Competition is one of a kind in Canada

String and wind musicians typically play in groups or orchestras, but solo piano playing can be a lonely art.

The social value of playing as a team is one reason why piano ensembles are becoming more popular, says Richmond pianist Winfried Rompf.

Rompf is organizing the biennial North West International Piano Ensemble Competition this weekend in Vancouver. The competition is exclusively for duets (two players, one piano) and duos (two players, two pianos).

Sponsored by the North West Piano Ensemble Society, it’s the only international-level competition of its kind in Canada, Rompf says.

There are 14 teams—or 28 players—coming from Hong Kong, China, Germany, the Eastern United States, Toronto and even a few from Richmond. “It is a valid, respected musical art,� Rompf says. “Duets can do so much more than a solo piano player can,� he adds, explaining a duet can take advantage of the entire keyboard without using the pedals. “In other words, it’s much clearer and it’s a much richer texture.�

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More than 200 years later, Rompf says piano teachers now see the value of duos and duets. Team playing not only broadens students’ musical intelligence and understanding—it’s also fun.

North West Int’l Piano Ensemble Competition •Friday, Nov. 12 at Tom Lee Music Hall, 929 Granville St., Vancouver. Junior division at 9:30 a.m., Senior division at 1:30 p.m. Tickets $10 at the door, students free. •Saturday, Nov. 13 at Norman Rothstein Theatre, 950 W. 41st Ave., Vancouver, at 7 p.m. Tickets $20 to $25 at Tom Lee Music stores.

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Technically, players need to readjust how they approach the keyboard. For soloists, the right hand normally carries the melody and the left provides accompaniment.

Hand positioning is different in a duet. “The top player has to make sure that the left hand is kept as a middle voice—it’s not a dominant voice at all,� Rompf says.

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Beijing food, Beijing beer a perfect antidote to winter’s onset A visit to Point Zero Four Fusion, a Chinese barbecue and Beijing hot pot restaurant

Point Zero chef Roger Wang, and a sampling of menu items at the Alexandra Road spot.

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ast week I wrote that I didn’t order the pork skin, meaning that I never would. What a difference a week makes. I ate pork skin jelly. And I liked it. I ate three slices.

My guide had suggested another of her favourite haunts. This time we dined at Point Zero Four Fusion, a Chinese barbecue and Beijing hot pot restaurant on Alexandra Street (although the restaurant faces Kwantlen Road between Alexandra and Alderbridge).

Victor Wang, general manager, greets me as I enter the restaurant.

He’s amiable, gracious, and welcoming as he ushers me to a booth by the window. Rows of long banquette seating, tables with an electric hot pot, red lanterns hanging to disguise the suspended sprinklers, tv screens (a hockey game is in progress), and just a few empty seats in this large room on a weekday evening.

We begin dinner with a few cold plates.

Braised beef, pork hock, sesame-crusted pancake, sour/chili sui choy (cabbage) similar to Korean kimchi, beef short rib, honey garlic chicken wings, and super spicy chicken wings. A bowl of house-special peanut and sesame paste, a traditional Beijing hot pot sauce, enhances the flavours as do extra bowls of chili flakes, fresh cilantro, and green onions.

I take a small nibble of a spicy chicken wing and gasp for air. I like spicy, but this was intense heat (the restaurant is thinking of a contest in the future— who can eat the most spicy chicken wings).

“Don’t worry,” my guide says. “They have an anti-spice device.”

Indeed. The cure for a fiery mouth: a frozen grape or a frozen cherry tomato. Instead, I opt for a swig of Yanging beer, from Beijing, to soothe the numbing heat.

The hot pot sits in the middle of the table.

The bowl itself is divided into half. One side filled with a chicken broth (savoury Canton style), the other with a spicy lamb bone stock, typical Beijing hot pot, a centuries-old tradition from Mongolia.

A ladle dipped into the spicy stock pulls up a red broth studded with whole spices.

The aroma is somewhat reminiscent of Christmas—cloves perhaps? I do find goji berries. The stock is not fiery, get-thefrozen-grape spicy; it’s

Chef Roger Wang tells me that here in Richmond he can’t make the stock as spicy as he would in Beijing.

Seems we can’t take the heat. subdued and rich and flavourful.

Chef Roger Wang has been with Point Zero since it opened two years ago. He tells me that here in Richmond he can’t make the stock as spicy as he would in Beijing.

Seems we can’t take the heat.

When the restaurant first opened, Chef Wang concentrated on barbecue skewers (they have over 50 to

choose from), but now the demand for hot pot equals the demand for barbecue. It’s the only establishment in Metro Vancouver that offers both.

My guide picks curled pieces of thinly sliced lamb and beef from platters and drops them into the boiling broth. She adds wontons, winter melon, squid, cuttlefish (tastes like squid, just looks strange), crunchy taro, crunchy black fungus (delicious), oysters, prawns, fish ball, spinach, lettuce—that we dip, cook, fish out, and eat.

For hot pot, use the yellow sheet and simply check off the soup base, the sauce and accompanying fresh ingredients such as cilantro, then the seafood, meat, vegetables and tofu, and finally noodles/dumplings.

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It’s an opportunity to venture from familiar and try something new.

Chef Wang tells me that staff are eager to educate new patrons.

As the broth reduces and the platters empty, my guide says that this is the best part, at home in particular.

Whisk an egg into the remaining dregs of the broth, and drink.

We think to order an egg, but don’t. Instead, another sip of the light, smooth Beijing beer.

Beijing food, I discover, is the perfect antidote to winter’s onset.

Arlene Kroeker writes about food every Thursday in The Richmond Review. She may be reached at akroeker@aol.com.

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From Beechcraft 18s to Hawker Typhoons, the images are cobbled together from life, the Internet and books. Ivanicki’s paintings celebrate aeronautical craftsmanship and hope to preserve the memory of the vintage machines.

Her largest and most controversial work “War or Peace” depicts an insignia-free T-33 jet busting through the stained glass windows of Milan’s Il Duomo cathedral.

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Rogers’ career began in the mid-1950s when he recorded the single, “Poor Little Doggie” with a doo-wop group called the Scholars.

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hey are young, clear-eyed and fresh faced. They may not have the rows of medals their much older counterparts have shined up and pinned spirit level straight to their deep blue blazers and trench coats for annual Remembrance Day events across the country.

Black Press photo Ladner’s Brett Tyre, 28, and Tsawwassen’s Stephen Frolek, 23, are veterans who served in Afghanistan.

But they stand proudly beside their counterparts in town squares and plazas adorned with poppy wreaths resting stoically on wire stands. Proud to wear their uniforms on Nov. 11 and give thanks to all those, like them, who have served their country in a time of need.

Two South Deltans, Ladner’s Brett Tyre, 28, and Tsawwassen’s Stephen Frolek, 23, are veterans who served in Afghanistan and represent the new era of Canada’s veterans.

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A changing stereotype “I guess we automatically think of older people when we talk about veterans,” said Tyre, a corporal in the reserves with the Vancouver-based Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. “That’s because I guess Korea was the last time we had anyone really fight. I know we had a lot of people in Bosnia and Desert Storm, but those were generally peacekeeping missions.”

Going overseas to serve wasn’t the first thing on Tyre’s mind when he decided to join as a reservist five and a half years ago.

Bouts of debilitating asthma when he was younger had previously kept him from even considering becoming involved in the military at all. And now, here he was volunteering for one of the most dangerous assignments the world of soldiering had to offer a young Canadian.

“I certainly didn’t sign up for the money.

It was something I thought I had to go do,” said Tyre who works in information technology with Richmond-based TLD. “I just thought it would be a good way of helping other people out.

And I didn’t know what to expect.”

The feeling was similar for Frolek, a Delta secondary graduate and corporal with the 12 Service Battalion in Richmond who served eight months in Afghanistan with the military police, training those joining the Afghan National Police.

He didn’t know what was in store for him in Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second largest city with a population of roughly 450,000. But there was an overriding motivation to play a positive role in a country torn apart by war while at the same time advancing his targeted career in law enforcement.

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And he quickly saw tangible results of his work.

“There were a lot of (Afghan police trainees) guys who were coming back from their patrols and dying from their injuries,” Frolek said. “But after we taught them some basic first aid they could use in the field, these guys were being treated and surviving their injuries.”

Another part of his duties was to accompany the police trainees “beyond the wire”—the protection of the Kandahar Air Field (KAF) base— where there were times when he came under fire.

Luckily, no one was hurt seriously during those entanglements.

“For the most part the trainees had a very professional attitude and work ethic,” Frolek said, adding he managed to make friends with some of the those under his charge.

Now that he’s back home, Frolek said he’s keen to play a role as a young veteran.

“I’ve felt what conflict is like and experienced what those young men experienced when they came back from overseas over 60 years ago,” Frolek said. “They went through hell to allow us to enjoy what we have today. I appreciate the sacrifices they made.”

Hostile territory A little less likely to find any lasting friendships with the Afghan people was Tyre whose role was to provide protection to convoys leaving the relative safety of KAF to resupply Forward Operating Bases (FOBs).

Often, the trips were through areas considered dangerous with the snaking line of Canadians lumbering troop transports and trucks vulnerable to attack either directly by Taliban fighters or roadside bombs.

Sometimes Tyre’s job was a source of inconvenience and aggravation to the Afghan people as he drove the massive 40 to 50 tonne troop carriers that were part of the convoys which often came to an abrupt stop. When that happened it meant it was Tyre’s job to quickly offer protection to the prone vehicles. And that involved getting out of

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Nov. 11 today Asked whether they now view the ceremonies on Remembrance Day differently than before their experience in Afghanistan, both Frolek and Tyre agree their perspectives have changed.

“I’d like to be able to educate people that vets can be younger people, too,” Tyre said, adding he understands the responsibility older veterans had when they returned from the Second World War. Many of them were his age or even younger.

“It certainly has changed,” Frolek added. “It makes me proud I have been able to do my part to help the Afghan people and allow them to enjoy the freedoms our country enjoys.”

Frolek added he’s been referred to as a hero for what he’s done. It’s not something he’s comfortable hearing.

“I don’t think of it that way,” Frolek said. “I didn’t join and go overseas to become one. It was really my way of serving Canada and being able to help others.”

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remembrance day ‘We’re Coming Home’ by Arthur Edward John This poem came to us from Richmond’s Bob Johns, whose brother Art John (their mother didn’t give the “s” to all her children) fought in the Second World War, enlisting as a 19-year-old. His journey as a soldier took him to Dieppe—where the Allied raid cost the lives of many Canadian soldiers, but paved the way for D-Day. He never said much about the war on his return. But he did write this poem.

I left that big wide prairie In forty-seven last.

I came to this Ontario To forget about the past.

The years rolled by And how I tried to forget and to forgive.

But in my heart I know That I will return again.

I know it might be days and years I would but don’t know when.

The summers came, the summers went The autumns and the falls.

And on my pillow every night I could hear the prairies call Yes ‘twas music to my ears Like some big rumbling freight.

I knew those days, the plans I made It made me feel so tall.

Then came the year of thirty-nine Yes, man I heard the call.

Us prairie lads went o’er there To do our very best.

But some are lying over there No medals on their chests.

We did our job the war was won But still there was no rest.

Until we put our guns away And came home to our prairie land That we remembered best.

My bride she came to me this side To join me in the fall.

To this dear prairie land of ours That year I can recall.

Time slipped by, it’s hard to hold Like any fleeting thing.

Now we have some little girls And also little boys.

I hope this world goes straight and true And they might keep their toys.

My dreams came true Away I went Straight down the railroad track

Arthur John, shown here during the Second World War, wrote a poem about his experience many years after he returned from duty.

Right to that prairie land I love There was no looking back.

My bride; she’s also gone away Her dreams, they all came true Back to that little English Isle I’m coming home to you.

Now we both, our dreams fulfilled Can look back at the past.

Our children too, in this big world I know they’ll make it last.

We salute those who have served.

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remembrance day The Poppy: a symbol of wartime remembrance in Canada since 1921 The poppy has stood as the official symbol of Canada’s Remembrance Day since 1921, a visual reminder of all those who made the ultimate sacri-

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While Hadrosaurs were peacefully foraging among the leaves, farther down the coast, near Courtney, Mosasaur was terrorizing the seas.

This ancient marine reptile is the distant ancestor of the monitor lizard.

It shared the ancient seas with Elasmosaur, a swannecked marine reptile that fed on ancient fish.

A powerpoint presentation featuring some of B.C.’s dinosaurs, as well as fossils of ammonites, trilobites and other invertebrates will be on display at Richmond Nature Park for the fossils and dinosaurs talk. Register by calling 604-276-4300.

Tickets are $4.

On Oct. 26, history was made when the societies of Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Vancouver and Boys and Girls Club Community Services of Delta/ Richmond announced their unanimous decision to merge.

Effective April 1, 2011 the new merged organization will operate as Boys and Girls Clubs of South Coast BC. Boys and Girls Clubs have been providing communities across the Lower Mainland with preventative, specialized programs and services to help vulnerable children, youth and families since 1936.

Born out of strategy rather than crisis, this merger brings together two vibrant Boys and Girls Club organizations that are in good fiscal health and who enjoy solid reputations within the community. The new organization will have an operating budget of over $9 million dollars and will serve more than 8,000 children, youth and families annually at the outset.

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Tourism Richmond packing visitor centre with food Collection for food bank

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Tourism Richmond is encouraging Richmond residents and businesses to get into the festive spirit early this year by lending a helping hand to the local food bank.

The goal: to fill the 3,400-square-foot Richmond Visitor Centre to the rafters with healthy nutritious non-perishable foods and groceries. From now until Dec. 16, Tourism Richmond is throwing open the doors of the Richmond Visitor Centre to collect donations for the Richmond Food Bank.

“Tourism Richmond would like to bring our community together to help make a difference in the lives of those families who rely on the Richmond Food Bank particularly during the holiday season,” said Tracy

Lakeman, CEO of Tourism Richmond.

“The Richmond Food Bank receives no government funding and relies on the community’s generosity and support. Tourism Richmond is challenging Richmond to get involved and help us collectively make the biggest donation the Richmond Food Bank has ever seen.”

The items most urgently needed by the Food Bank include pasta, canned milk, sugar, toilet paper rolls, paper towels, peanut butter (especially small sizes), feminine hygiene and other personal care products, large diapers in sizes 4 to 6, baby formula, tinned fruits and vegetables, pasta sauce, chunky soups, cleaning and office supplies.

To donate, please drop off non-perishable food and grocery items at the Richmond Visitor Centre, on the north side of the George Massey Tunnel. For directions or information, call 604-271-8280.

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Restorative Justice Facilitator Volunteer positions are available for Richmond citizens who are interested in learning to facilitate Community Justice forums between victims and offenders of crimes in their community. Free training to be provided over three full days, December 10-12, 2010 for qualified applicants.

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SPORTS EDITOR: Don Fennell Phone: 604 247 3732 E-mail: sports@richmondreview.com

Ice capades Raucsh Jacob (left) and Aidan Teixera (right) jockey for position and the puck during Seafair Minor Hockey action Saturday at the Richmond Ice Centre.

Jennifer Gauthier photo

Elementary, for Ms. Watson Local talent earns MVP honours as Blues win university field hockey title

by Don Fennell Sports Editor

K

aelan Watson’s competitive nature trumped even a debilitating injury last weekend.

Good thing, too, because her presence was paramount in the University of Toronto Varsity Blues winning the Canadian Interuniversity women’s field hockey title Sunday in Guelph with a 2-1 victory over the defending and No. 2-ranked University of B.C. Thunderbirds in the final.

The insistence of the third-year defender from Richmond to play in the championship tournament, at which she earned MVP honours, forced her to delay surgery to repair a tendon in a pinky finger she cut while carving pumpkins at a Halloween party. Obviously, winning helps to lessen the pain.

“We were all so excited, standing on the field quite a while just taking pictures,” said Watson, who was also named to the All-Canadian first team.

Watson and her teammates had plenty of motivation. But it was a 3-2 loss to No. 1-ranked Guelph Gryphons in the Ontario playoff final Oct. 31 that most stoked the fire of the No. 3-ranked Blues.

Perennial title contenders, and 2007 Canadian champions,

Blair Shier photo Richmond’s Kaelan Watson earned tournament MVP honours in leading the University of Toronto Varsity Blues to the Canadian Inter-university women’s field hockey championship Sunday in Guelph. The Blues defeated the University of B.C. Thunderbirds 2-1 in the final.

Watson said the Blues may have started to think it was a right to be

successful and not work as hard as they needed to.

“When we lost to Guelph we thought maybe we weren’t good

enough or peaked too early,” she said.

But a refocused Blues were nothing short of outstanding at the nationals.

“We didn’t allow ourselves to be distracted or get caught up in the excitement of being there,” Watson said. “Everyone was there to win and could see it when we had the ball near the net. There was absolutely no slacking off. Our goal, and we said it every meeting and before every game, was that we wanted to play on Sunday.”

The Blues opened the national championship tournament with a 3-0 win over the University of Victoria Vikes and then blanked UBC 1-0 (Watson was selected the Blues’ player of the game) to improve to 2-0 in pool play. They then gained a measure of revenge against No. 1-ranked Guelph by beating the Gryphons 4-1. Watson scored the winning goal in the 41st minute. The Blues then defeated Waterloo 7-1 before again topping UBC in the final.

Watson said winning the CIS title is, so far, the highlight of her field hockey career.

“In my first year we had a lot of skilled players, but I was so young I didn’t really know what to expect,” she said of the Blues’ fifthplace finish at the 2008 nationals, repeated last year.

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Richmond well-represented at championship tournament From Page A28

“This year I think I surprised myself,” Watson said. “Playing sweeper brings a lot of responsibility, but I was willing to take on that challenge as someone who understood what the position required.”

Watson also developed quite a competitive dislike for the Gryphons.

“When I played at McRoberts (where she won a provincial high school championship) we always had a huge rivalry with Cowichan,” she said. “I thought I could never hate another team as much, but this year when we lost to Guelph I was the same. I think that really prepared me for the nationals.”

Watson is now turning her attention to the national team carding

Langley to host world’s best curlers in 2012

camp, which she is attending this week in Vancouver.

“It’s usually pretty stressful learning a lot of new things all at once,” she said. “But my coach (John DeSouza) told me I’m at my

absolute peak right now and I agree with him.

My skills might never been so in tune, and obviously the timing of the camp is good with my still being in the field hockey season. I don’t want to jinx myself,

but I’m hoping for the best.”

Watson played in every one of the Blues’ games this season, scoring eight goals which was third-most on the team.

•Two Richmondites

played for the UBC Thunderbirds during the national championships. Bea Francisco, who tended net in every UBC game, was the best goalkeeper in the Western Conference of the CIS allowing only nine

Camille St. Cyr, whose McGill University team failed to qualify for the national tournament, enjoyed a stellar season with 10 goals during the season. She was selected to the All-Canadian second team.

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The announcement was made by the Canadian Curling Association and the World Curling Federation on Monday afternoon at the Events Centre’s banquet hall.

“On the heels of the 2010 Olympics and curling success, we are extremely delighted to bring one of our developing and growing events to the Township of Langley,” said Warren Hansen, the CCA’s director of event operations.

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Jennifer Gauthier photo Richmond United’s Aidan Camfield let loose a howitzer against the North Fraser Selects during B.C. U-16 boys’ Select Soccer league action Saturday at Hugh Boyd Park.

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Marquardt and mates row to second at world championships It was almost, but not quite enough for Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eight in the ďŹ nal day of the world rowing championships.

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they are good enough to be in the mix with the best in the world.â&#x20AC;?

Rounding out the team is cox Lesley Thompson-Willie,

ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA

STEVESTON UNITED CHURCH 3720 Broadway Street (at 2nd Ave.) Rev. Rick Taylor

Please join us at 10am Sunday, November 14 for Worship Service and Sunday School 604-277-0508 â&#x20AC;˘ www.stevestonunitedchurch.ca A caring and friendly village church

SOUTH ARM UNITED CHURCH 11051 No. 3 Road, Richmond 604-277-4020 sauc@telus.net www.southarmunitedchurch.ca Minister of the Congregation - Rev. Dr. Gary Gaudin Children & Youth Team Ministry Music Ministry - Ron Stevenson Worship Service & Church School - 10:00 am ALL ARE WELCOME!

BRIGHOUSE UNITED CHURCH an evangelical congregation

8151 Bennett Road, Richmond, 604-278-7188 www.brighouseunitedchurch.org

10 a.m. Worship Nursery and Sunday School Rev. Stuart Appenheimer - Minister Visitors Always Welcome

Richmond United Church

8711 Cambie Rd. (near Garden City Rd.) 604-278-5622 Minister: Rev. Neill McRae BA, Grad Dipl. (Public Admin), MDiv

Come for 10am Worship and Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sunday School and after-service coffee and fellowship.

Founded 1888. Richmondâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Oldest Church

BAPTIST

St. Alban

Broadmoor Baptist Church

an Anglican parish in the heart of Richmond Services at 8:30 and 10:00 am Sunday School 10:00 am The Reverend Margaret Cornish 7260 St. Albans Road, Richmond 604-278-2770 â&#x20AC;˘ www.stalbansrichmond.org

A safe place to connect with God and fellow travellers on your spiritual journey 8140 Saunders Road, Richmond, BC 604-277-8012 www.bbchurch.ca

Worship Service - 10:30 a.m.

Sonshine Adventures for Kids Interim Pastor - Rev. Bob Bahr

ST. EDWARDS ANGLICAN 10111 Bird Road, Richmond V6X 1N4 Phone/Fax: 273-1335 Priest-in-charge: Rev. Gord Dominey

Bible Baptist Church

Sunday Service: 8:30 &10:30 am Sunday School

Meeting in the Historic Pioneer Chapel No. 3 Road and Steveston Highway 11:00 am Sunday Call (604) 644-5073 for information

St. Anneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s - Steveston Anglican Church 4071 Francis Road, Richmond, BC

Visit our website at www.richmondbiblebaptist.com

The Rev. Brian Vickers, Rector â&#x20AC;˘ 604-277-9626

Sunday 8:30 a.m. - Contemplative Eucharist 10:00 a.m. Family Eucharist with Church School Sanctuary open for quiet prayer 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. weekdays â&#x20AC;˘ www.stannessteveston.ca

Richmond Baptist Church Love Godâ&#x20AC;ŚLove People

FOURSQUARE GOSPEL CHURCH OF CANADA www.rcfonline.com phone: 604-270-6594 6611 No. 4 Rd., Richmond 10:30 am Friendly, family fellowship.

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Come home to RBC. There are no perfect people here. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all in the process, by the grace of God, of becoming all we can be. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love to have you walk with us on our journey towards the heart of God.

Sunday Worship Service: 10:30am Relevant, biblical preaching that touches the heart. Uplifting worship Promise Land: 10:30am Come and enjoy our childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program for children ages 4-12 Youth, Young Adults, Adult Growth Groups, Ignite & Sparks Childrens Club meeting at various times and locations throughout the week.

Call the church ofďŹ ce for information about these and any of our other programs.

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Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association Zen Lessons and Buddhist Enlightenment Practice Beginnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Meditation Class: October 3, 10, 17, 2010 3-Day Retreat: Oct.22 at 8:15am ~ Oct. 24 at 5:00pm Surangama Sutra Lecture: Every Saturday from Sept. 25 till Nov. 27 Group Meditation: Every Sunday from 9:30am ~ 12:00pm Opening Hours: 9:00am ~ 5:00pm For more info visit us at: www.ddmba.ca Tel: 604-277-1357 â&#x20AC;˘ Email: info@ddmba.ca

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14th, 2010 MORNING SERVICES â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 9:00 am or 11:00 am Dr. C.A. Coats â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Lead Pastor EVENING SERVICE 6:00 pm Bible Study â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Pastor Steven Moore ELEVATE (High School/College) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Pastor Joseph Dutko ~ This Week at RPC ~ Monday, Tuesday & Friday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ESL Classes Wednesday 10:00 am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Seniors Games & Fellowship 7:00 pm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Family Connections

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OUR SAVIOUR LUTHERAN OU 6340 No. 4 Road, 604-270-0085 Pastor Tim Le Drew

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604-277-5410

Rev. Frances Savill, Minister â&#x20AC;˘ www.richpres.com Come and worship â&#x20AC;&#x201D; All are welcome TWO SERVICES EVERY SUNDAY 9:00 AM ~ Contemporary Worship â&#x20AC;˘ 11:00 AM ~ Traditional Worship Coffee and fellowship after each service.

Nursery, Preschool, Kindergarten available

FILIPINO CHRISTIAN CHURCH CHRIST-CENTERED CHRISTIAN CHURCH (Filipino Congregation) COME AND JOIN US IN OUR CELEBRATION OF REDEMPTION! Worship Service 12:20 p.m.

Sunday School 2:00 p.m.

8151 Bennett Road, Richmond tel: 604-271-6491

ADVENTIST Richmond Seventh-Day ADVENTIST Church Worship Location and Time: Sat. 9:15 a.m.

8711 Cambie Road, Richmond www.richmondsda.org 778-230-9714

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Optician Training Start January 27, 2011 BC College Of Optics 604-581-0101

www.bccollegeofoptics.ca

EDUCATION

DGS CANADA 2 DAY FORKLIFT WEEKEND COURSE Every Saturday at 8:30am #215, 19358-96 Ave. Surrey NO reservations: 604-888-3008 www.dgscanada.ca Ask about our other Courses... *Stand up Reach *Fall Protection *Aerial Lift *RoughTerrain Forklift *Bobcat *WHMIS & much more.

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HELP WANTED

WELL ESTABLISHED Parksville Plumbing & Heating company looking for employee with service & repair experience. Priority given to tech with heat pump experience.

250-248-9300 or gerb@shaw.ca

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HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD SERVICES Canuel Caterers

BC’s largest High School Cafeteria Company with over 50 locations is now hiring a team leader for a Vancouver location.

Full time, Monday to Friday, 7am3pm. during the school year.

Fax resume to 604-575-7771.

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FAMILY ORIENTED trucking co. specializing in O/D freight. Must be able to cross border. Home most weekends. Min. 2 years exp. Fax resume & abstract to 604-852-4112

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HELP WANTED

ENSIGN ENERGY SERVICE INC. is looking for experienced Drilling Rig, & Coring personnel for all position levels. Drillers, Coring Drillers $35. - $40.20.; Derrickhands $34., Motorhands $28.50; Floorhands, Core Hands, Helpers $24. $26.40. Plus incentives for winter coring! Telephone 1-888-ENSIGN-0 (1-888-367-4460). Fax 780-9556160. Email: hr@ensignenergy.com FLAGGERS NEEDED If not certified, training available for a fee. Call 604-575-3944 LMS Reinforcing Steel Group Hiring REBAR INSTALLERS for Longterm full-time employment, Numerous projects in Richmond.

Exp preferred, not mandatory.

Competitive Wage & Benefits Please fill out an on line application at: www.lmsgroup.ca Medical Office Trainees Needed!

Drs. & Hospitals need Medical Office & Medical Admin staff! No Experience? Need Training? Local Career Training & Job Placement is also Available! 1-888-778-0459 MIDSTREAM SERVICES CANADA, a division of CCS Corporation, is actively hiring Operators at our Facilities in the following locations: Alberta: Drayton Valley, Fox Creek, Grande Prairie, Brooks, Janvier.

British Columbia: Fort Nelson, Fort St. John. Saskatchewan: Kindersley, Gull Lake, Marshall. Please go to our website at www.ccscorporation.ca to apply or fax 403-2660659!

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PREMIER DEAD Sea is seeking 4 energetic Retail Sales Reps. for skin care kiosks and carts in Oakridge Mall, $12.50/hr drwvancouver@gmail.com

HELP WANTED

TRADES, TECHNICAL

CALLING ALL TRADES. Looking for long term stable work indoors?

Greensmart Manufacturing in Dawson Creek, BC is now hiring for all departments. Framing, Plumbing, Mechanical, Sheet Metal, Dry Wall, Electrical, Finishing and other Production Labours. Apprentices and Labourers welcome. Call 250782-2065 or fax 250-782-2061.

FALL RIVER LOGGING LTD. (Courtenay, BC) is currently seeking competent loader, skidder and processor operators for town work.

Required Qualifications: 5+ years experience. Please email resume to hreusch@kdlgroup.net or fax to 1250-871-0208.

JOURNEYMAN TECHNICIAN (F/T) required immediately for Chrysler/Dodge automotive dealership Salmon Arm BC. Proven producer, quality workmanship is a must.

Excellent wage and benefit package available . Please contact the service manager: Phone 1-250 832 8053, fax 250-832-4545 or email pat@brabymotors.com.

PARTS TECHNICIAN Arpac Storage Systems is looking for a full-time Parts Technician to join our team. This is a detail oriented customer-service based position where industry and/or inventory control experience would be considered an asset.

Enjoy a competitive salary, health/dental benefits, rewards program, monthly BBQs, and more!

PREMIER Dead Sea Skin Care retailer is seeking 4 energetic Retail Sales Reps. for our locations in Richmond. $12.50/hr. Please mail to: drwrichmond@hotmail.com

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Sales Reps - Flurries Sheepskin is seeking 5 Retail Sales Reps. selling footwear and apparel in our location at Oakridge Centre, Vancouver. $12.50/hr email resume: flurriesoakridge@gmail.com www.flurriessheepskin.com

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EXP. SALVAGE Burners Surrey BC, Cassidy BC and Out of Town jobs - Amix Salvage - We offer both seasonal or long term work. We are stable and GROWING! Great benefits and pay. Apply at jobs@amix.ca or fax 1-866812-2478

Send resumes to hr@arpac.ca or fax to 604-940-4082

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EDUCATION/TUTORING

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LEGAL SERVICES

#1 IN PARDONS Remove your criminal record. Express Pardons offers the FASTEST pardons, LOWEST prices, and it’s GUARANTEED. BBB Accredited.

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

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ACCOUNTING/TAX/ BOOKKEEPING

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CLEANING SERVICES

CAROLINE’S CLEANING Mother/daughter team. Non toxic products. Bonded. 778-233-7712

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CONCRETE & PLACING

PLACING & Finishing * Forming * Site Prep, old concrete removal * Excavation & Reinforcing * Re-Re Specialists 30 Years Exp. Free Estimates.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 287

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

~ BATHROOM SPECIALIST~ Tiles, tub, vanity, plumbing, paint framing. From start to finish. Over 20 yrs. exp. Peter 604-715-0030

COMPLETE HOME RENOVATIONS Interior / Exterior repairs, kitchens, bathrooms, suites upgraded. Carpentry, plumbing, electrical & tiling.

All work guaranteed!

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HAUL - AWAY Rubbish Removal House-Garden-Garage Reasonable Rates Free Estimate or Appointment

Mike: 604-241-7141 DISPOSAL BINS. 4 - 40 yards.

From $179 - $565 incl’s dump fees.

Call Disposal King. 604-306-8599.

#1 AAA Rubbish Removal

604-209-8265 NEW & REPAIR. Bath & KItch, flrs, tiles, moulding, dry-wall, painting, plumbing, wiring. Job guaranteed.

WCB ins. Patrick 778-863-7100.

PAINTING, HOME RENOVATIONS, tile setting, sundecks, stairs. Free est. 778-686-0866.

RUBBISH REMOVAL

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FREE ESTIMATES Joe 604-250-5481

#1 EARTH FRIENDLY JUNK REMOVAL

Make us your first call!

Reasonable Rates. Fast, Friendly & Uniformed Staff.

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MISC SERVICES

T SERVICES. Lawn & Garden Care Parking Lot Maint. Low rates. Free estimates. Trevor (778)378-2693

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MOVING & STORAGE

$30 / PER HOUR - ABE MOVING *Reliable Careful Movers. *Rubbish Removal. *24 Hours. 604-999-6020 AAA ADVANCE MOVING Experts in all kinds of moving/packing. Excellent Service. Reas. rates!

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$45/Hr

From 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10 Ton Trucks Insured ~ Licenced ~ 1 to 3 Men Free estimate/Seniors discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos

329 PAINTING & DECORATING A-TECH Services 604-230-3539

PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $269, 2 coats (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Service! www.paintspecial.com

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604.723.8434 Interior & Exterior • Excellent Rates • Top Quality • Insured • WCB • Written Guarantee • Free Estimates

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PAVING/SEAL COATING

ALLAN CONST. & Asphalt. Brick, conc, drainage, found. & membrane repair. (604)618-2304 820-2187.

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PLUMBING

10% OFF if you Mention this AD! AMAN’S PLUMBING SERVICES Lic.gas fitter. Reas $. 778-895-2005 1ST CALL Plumbing, heating, gas, licensed, insured, bonded. Local, Prompt and Prof. 604-868-7062

MIN. EXPRESS PAGING SYSTEM Reasonable Rates 604-270-6338

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

GUTTER CLEANING

#1 Roofing Company in BC

SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE

604-724-6373

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS

ADDITIONS, Renovations & New Construction. Concrete Forming & Framing Specialist. 604.218.3064

ARS BUILDING MAINTENANCE

• Janitorial Service Bi-Weekly or Monthly • Floors • Sealer • Waxing • General Maintenance • Gutters • Pressure Washing *100% Satisfaction Guaranteed *Insured *Bonded *WCB *10yrs.

604-833-1462

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WWW.PATTARGROUP.COM GL ROOFING. Cedar shakes, Asphalt Shingles, Flat roofs BBB, WCB Ins. Clean Gutters $80. 24 hr. emer. serv. 7dys/wk. 604-240-5362

JASON’S ROOFING All kinds of re-roofing & repairs.

Free est. Reasonable rates.

(604)961-7505, 278-0375

PETS

566 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

Yorkie/Shi’s Puppies - 6 mths old, full shots, house trained. $250 Call 604-856-5663 or 778-552-1033 YORKSHIRE Terrier Puppies, M $700. 1st shots, vet ✓, ears up, 10 wk old, ready to go. 604-543-5255.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 545

FUEL

BEST FIREWOOD 32nd Season & 37,000 Cust Deliv.

Fully Seas. Maple, Birch, Alder 604-582-7095

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PIANO UPRIGHT. Wood, Mason & Risch, 30 years old. $800. obo.

Tuning & moving your cost. No bench. 604-271-8843 lve msg.

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REAL ESTATE ACREAGE

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20 Acres-$0 Down! $99/mo. Near Growing El Paso, Texas.

Guaranteed Owner Financing, No Credit Checks.

Money Back Guarantee. FreeMap/Pictures. 866254-7755 www.sunsetranches.com

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BY OWNER: 1 Bdrm condo, 7th flr facing Richmond Ctr, cls to library, Minoru park, Canada Line. Sauna & jacuzzi. $262,000. (604)276-9617

FURNITURE

Sofa Italia 604.580.2525

DUPLEX/4-PLEX

621

604.587.5865

4 - PLEX, 8451/8471 Spires Rd. Lot size 14,000 sq.ft. Monthly income $4000. Zoned T4, $1.45 million.

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PETS

604-537-4140 SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured Competitive rates. Wknd Specials.

Call Frank: (604) 435-8240

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

VIZSLA PUPS, champion lines, shots, guaranteed. $750 email vizsla@telus.net or call 604 819 2115 WEIMARANER PUPS, ready to go to good homes. Shots, dewormed, $850. Please call (604)854-1978.

Wolf X Shepherd pups, $500. 7 wks blk w/markings, dewormed, view parents. chrisjo@telus.net (604)8692772 Laidlaw, Hope

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BEAGLE PUPS, tri colored, good looking, healthy, $500. (604)7963026. No Sunday calls BOSTON TERRIER, 1 left. F., Reg. micro chipped. Vet ✓ All shots. 12 wk. $800. Pics & delivery avail.

604-557-3291 CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 856-4866 CHIHUAHUA P.B. $495+, 8wks, Vet ✓, 1st shots, absolutely gorgeous, pics & delivery avail. 604557-3291 CHIHUAHUA, tiny, purebred, 2 M. Born July 24. Ready to go. All shots to date. $700. 604-218-6669 W.Rck FREE. Long hair tabby, 4 yrs. to good home. Bed, litter box, food all shots/tattoo. 778-808-7239.

GERMAN Shepherd pups, ckc reg. parents German bloodlines with no slope, exc temperament. $1000.

(604)796-3026. No sun calls GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPS working line blck & blck & tan, 7 wks, $650 604-820-4230, 604-302-7602 Golden Retrievers, male & females.

5 wks, dewormed. $600 Chwk (604)792-9850 LAB PUPS black & yellow ready to go 12 wks, Moving must sell $300, mom & dad on site 778-928-4839 LABS, Chocolate, Parents reg’d, pups not. 1st shots, dewormed, vet chkd, M/F, $600/ea. (604)850-4945 LAB X BOXER 8wk/old pups, 3 male, cute & loving. Eating solid foods, $200. 604-795-6006.

ELECTRICAL

GUTTER Cleaning Service, Repairs Free Est, 20 yrs exp, Rain or shine.

7 days/week. Simon 604-230-0627

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21 Years Serving Rmd. Residential & Commercial Clean Courteous Service

Call: Rick (604) 202-5184

#1167 LIC’D, BONDED. BBB Lge & small jobs. Expert trouble shooter, WCB. Low rates 24/7 604-617-1774 YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

PETS

MINI SHAR-PEI Puppies Males/ Females avail. $800-$1200. 604315-8774. www.wrinklesrus.com NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home?

We adopt dogs! www.856-dogs.com or call: 604856-3647.

PERSIAN KITTENS. Super cuddly, & super fluffy, Vet ✓ $250-$450.

Purpuff. 1st shots 604-794-3535 Pomeranian pups, reg, adorable, orange/party colours, 1st shots, starting $500. Call (604)794-7345 RIDGEBACK part, mother very gentle, adorable. 1st shots, dewormed 7 wks, $150. 604-768-7394 SHEPARD x WOLF 1 left, 9 week old male, 1st shots, dewormed.

Asking $450 (604)477-0024 aft 5pm Shihtzu(3/4) Papillon x pups, fem., tri-colour, declaws, 1shots, deworm, view parents. $550 604-795-6552 SHIH TZU PUPPIES, $300.

Please call: (778)891-0333 ST. BERNARD female pup, 4 mos, splash coat, 1st & 2nd shots, $850/ea. Call (604)462-8605

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MORTGAGES

BANK ON US! Mortgages for purchases, renos, debt consolidation, foreclosure. Bank rates. Many alternative lending programs.Let Dave Fitzpatrick, your Mortgage Warrior, simplify the process!1-888-711-8818 dave@mountaincitymortgage.ca

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DELTA/ TSAWWASSEN/LADNER

BUILDING estimator needs working trailer pad. Or will install one on your property at my expense. You would own it. I rent it. The cost of the install will be rent in advance.

Will pay cash rent $400-500 after that. One person, 65, no pets, no drugs. Expected stay 2 yrs.

604 536 0520. cell 604 374 5065 palmmer@telus.net

660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVE HOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS

www.dannyevans.ca

Homelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley

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> Steveston Farmers and Artisans Market moves indoors

Steveston’s new indoor market a ‘screaming success’

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he long-awaited opening day of the first winter Steveston Farmers and Artisans Market brought over 3,300 people to shop and socialize at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery last Sunday.

Emily Langevin, owner of Aunty Ems ReCreations sold jewelry and Soy Tea Lights at the market.

“It was a screaming success,” said market manager Paula Morimoto.

“It turned out above and beyond our expectations,” she said.

Many of those who came ended up hanging out for hours. The market turned out to be a great place to social-

ize, Morimoto said.

“It’s just such a happy place to be.”

There are 65 vendors signed up to participate in the market.

The winter market is “more of an artisan market,” said Morimoto. The vendors sell everything from jewelry and soaps to fresh produce and canned goods.

There are vendors who normally sell fresh products in the summer who came back for the winter market to sell their produce canned or their herbs dried, according to Morimoto.

Local beef vendors are participating in the market this season, which they have never done during the summer markets.

The Steveston Farmers and Artisans Market is now open every other Sunday with a few exceptions until April.

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Lynn Mitchell and Sam Ip strolled around the cannery, enjoying everything the market had to offer.

Market organizers Michele Cupit, Chantelle Grindle and Paula Morimoto with lead volunteer Wayne Spencer.

Donna Plough from Glen Valley Artichoke Farms with a bouquet of artichoke flowers.

Katie Snell and Brian McKenzie took advantage of taking in the cannery’s exhibits while they visited the market.

Dave Hayens and Sabine Quilman sold beef products out of their trailer, which was set up just outside of the cannery.

Diane Kimpinsky and Joyce Gerein took a break from sampling some of the food for sale. They appreciated that they didn’t have to worry about the weather when they came to the market.

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Give the gift of warmth GVHBA gears up for 15th Coats for Kids initiative TRICIA LESLIE He noticed them on his way to work one cold winter morning, 15 years ago. Just regular kids, trudging their way to school, as usual ... but they weren’t dressed for the chilly weather.

At first, Greater Vancouver Home Builders’ Association president and CEO Peter Simpson thought the youngsters were, perhaps, going for the ‘I’m too cool to wear a winter jacket’ attitude that youth often strive to exude.

“It was a particularly cold day, and I thought either they’re not wearing (winter coats) or they don’t have any to wear,” Simpson says. “I figured it was best to err on the side of caution.”

He got to work, talked to others involved in the GVHBA, and Coats for Kids was born.

This year, the 15th annual Coats for Kids campaign kicks off on Nov. 15 and runs until Nov. 30. In addition to the GVHBA office, the public can drop off donations at 33 GVHBA member companies at 46 locations in 13 municipalities – including several Black Press community newspaper offices – throughout Metro Vancouver.

“Last year the response to Coats for Kids was heartwarming as Lower Mainland residents donated more than 3,000 coats, scarves, gloves, blankets and new, unwrapped toys and gifts for distribution to children, teenagers and adults,” says GVHBA chairman Todd Senft. “I am delighted so many prominent members of our association are participating.”

Both Senft and Simpson emphasize that any donation is good. New or gently used winter coats, scarves, gloves, toques, fleece or down vests, blankets, sweaters – any warm clothing is welcome, as well as unwrapped gifts and even monetary donations.

All Coats for Kids donations go to the Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau, an organization with many initiatives that help provide a brighter Christmas to local families in need.

Every year, thousands of coats are collected along with other donations, and Simpson says

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he is constantly amazed by the generosity from those who donate. He notes that in past years, some GVHBA members have even gone out and purchased brand-new coats to donate – one member brought in a box of new coats last year. And the public is just as generous, Simpson says.

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their closets and have supported this in a huge way ... they’re the ones who make it happen,” he says. “There are a lot of people out there who struggle, and they do it very quietly and don’t ask for help. We want to make sure those people – and those people’s kids – are taken care of, and this way, it’s anonymous.”

Visit www.gvhba.org for a full list of dropoff sites.

Home sales steady in Metro Van Local home sales have remained steady over the past four months, indicating stability in the local residential housing market, reports the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver.

“With the MLS (the industry’s listing service) sales-to-active-listing inventory ratio indicating a buyer’s market, properties appropriately priced are selling,” states a REBGV release.

According to the MLS Housing Price Index, the benchmark price for all residential properties in Greater Vancouver over the past 12 months has increased by 4.6 per cent to $579,349 in October 2010 from $553,702 in October 2009. Since June, residential home prices in Metro Vancouver have remained relatively unchanged, declining by 0.2 per cent.

“We’ve seen a lot more consistency and less volatility in recent months when it comes to both number of sales and pricing, although it’s important to remember that conditions often vary between communities and neighbourhoods,” says REBGV president Jake Moldowan.

Residential property sales totalled 2,337 in October, a 5.3 per cent increase compared to September. While sales in October 2010 were down compared to sales in October of 2009, last month’s sales represent a 71.3 per cent increase over the 1,364 residential sales in October of 2008.

“As we enter the final two months of the year, buyer demand is in closer alignment with supply than we’ve seen for most of 2010,” Moldowan says.

“Those buying today recognize that they still have a chance to enter the market with near-record low interest rates, while gradual reductions in inventory have eased downward pressure on prices.”

The benchmark price for detached homes increased by 6.3 per cent from October 2009 to $796,883, says the REBGV.

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‘These are not cookie-cutter homes’

Cassia offers new homes in a great location Finding a new home in a vibrant community – in a quiet neighbourhood that is convenient to all amenities as well as central in Metro Vancouver – may seem like a dream to local homebuyers.

But dreams can come true.

Guildford Brook Estates Inc.’s Cassia, a distinctive collection of 60 garden flats and townhomes located at the foot of Burnaby Mountain, offers brand-new homes at affordable prices; one-bedroom homes start at $204,900.

In this ideal location, Cassia is part of the energetic North Burnaby community, which offers a wide range of shops, schools – including the popular Burnaby Mountain university, SFU – restaurants, parks and recreation facilities.

Burnaby Mountain offers kilometres of hiking and biking trails and a mountain bike park, while Kensington Park and Community Centre are just blocks away.

Barnet Beach – Burnaby’s only salt water beach – is close by, and a myriad of shopping, dining and entertainment opportunities await, from the stores at Kensington Square to the many shops at Metropolis at Metrotown.

“Our location sets us apart ... we’re right on the 135 bus route in North Burnaby, at the foot of Burnaby Mountain. There’s a

Guildford Brook Estates is building Cassia, a North Burnaby collection of 60 townhomes and garden flats. The new homes blend traditional charm with modern style in a location that is quiet, yet central in Metro Vancouver and close to several Burnaby amenities as well as shopping, dining and entertainment opportunities.

Whether it’s enjoying the Heritage Carousel at the Burnaby Village Museum, dining at always-popular Anton’s in Burnaby Heights or attending the annual Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival, the city offers plenty of choices to its residents.

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park across the street and you’re within walking distance to all kinds of shopping,” says Cassia sales manager Judy Lakos.

The homes are townhomes and flats, but not condos, even though there are some one-level plans, Lakos says.

“There is no lobby entrance. We all have our own front doors,” she says, to explain what garden flats are.

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“These are not cookie-cutter homes ... (each floorplan) expresses a lot of personality.

They’re all quite different,” she says.

Blending traditional charm and contemporary style, the townhomes and flats at Cassia reflect a demand for quality and every modern convenience.

Kitchens come with sleek, clean cabinetry in walnut or suede, polished quartz countertops, European tile backsplashes and stainless steel appliance packages.

Bathrooms are calming, with sleek porcelain tiles, soaker tubs and modern polished chrome accents.

An artfully designed garden and courtyard makes it easy for homeowners to enjoy their balconies and patios, which are positioned for privacy.

Interested buyers are coming from all over the Lower Mainland, Lakos says, from Vancouver and Burnaby to Richmond and Surrey.

“A lot of people coming in have grown up here,” she says, and notes that while those homebuyers may not be able to afford a single-detached home, they can likely find a new home they’ll love at Cassia.

“This is a unique and affordable opportunity to live in North Burnaby in a new, contemporary home.”

One-bedroom Cassia homes start from $204,900; two-bedroom, one-level homes start from $339,900; townhomes start from $409,900 and three-bedroom townhomes start from $449,900.

There are also special promotions on to help eliminate the impact of the HST on homebuyers, Lakos says.

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Introducing the You're the Boss Mortgage.

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Just don't let it go to your head.

It’s a whole new kind of mortgage that lets you call the shots. You can put extra money in, take it out anytime and even skip a payment once a year, no questions asked. You’re also in charge of your rate. Choose between a fixed, a variable, and our Half & Half™ Rate – which gives you the advantages of both. Who’s the boss? You are. With the You’re the Boss™ Mortgage.

To learn more go to www.coastcapitalsavings.com, call 1.877.517.7849 or drop by your local branch. Or if you prefer, a Mobile Mortgage Specialist can come to you. Simply go to our website or give us a call to arrange a visit.

Interest rate and approval based on risk profile. High ratio mortgages, non-residential mortgages and non-owner occupied properties are not eligible. Prepayment, reborrow and skip a payment rights are each subject to specific limitations, restrictions and conditions including minimum and maximum dollar amounts. The Half & Half™ Rate is a variable rate. When the Coast Capital Savings prime rate goes up or down, the Half & Half Rate goes up or down by one-half of the change in the prime rate. Visit your local branch for complete details.