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DOORS OPEN: The new Queen’s Park Sportsplex was busy after opening with local youth doing gymnastics and trampoline.

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New Queen’s Park Sportsplex opens its doors Theresa McManus tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca

A $5.9-million facility that will be home to a wide range of recreational programs is now open in New Westminster.

The 12,000-square-foot Queen’s Park Sportsplex will provide space for programs once offered in the Arenex, including gymnastics, trampoline, ball hockey, badminton, volley-

ball, basketball, pickleball and other indoor sports.

“It will be a phased opening,” said JayYoung, the city’s manager of recreation services. “The focus is going to be getting the gymnastics and trampoline programs running, and Motoring Munchkins as well.”

The Sportsplex, located next to the new skatepark, replaces the Queen’s Park Arenex, which was de-

stroyed after its roof collapsed in December 2016.

“We are very excited to have the building open to the community.We are sad that we can’t open the doors the way that we’d want because of COVID,” Young said. “On a personal note, I am really proud of the fact that this project started out talking about a temporary structure, a temporary fabric tent.There is nothing tem-

porary about this building.

This is a building that will stand the test of time and is something that we can be proud of. It has been designed to accommodate all programs that took place at the Arenex.”

Young said $4.5 million for the project came from insurance related to the Arenex, $1.1 million was from a grant and the rest was funded by the city.

Dean Gibson, the city’s

director of parks and recreation, said the city is disappointed it’s unable to invite everyone into the space the way it would like.When the time allows, he said the city looks forward to giving this “fantastic recreation facility” the public opening and celebration it deserves.

“We would love to get everyone in there as soon as possible, but with COVID we are being slow and gradual in our open-

ing,”Young said. “We want to ensure, the building – now that it’s open, that we can keep it open and serving the community.”

A press release from the city said the facility requirements for gymnastics and trampoline programs (such as the setup and take down of equipment) has limited the city’s ability to offer a full complement of lessons and programs.

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Reservist killed during training exercise

A 29-year-old Army reservist from a regiment in New Westminster was identified as the soldier killed during a training exercise in Alberta.

The Canadian Armed Forces said Cpl. James Choi of the Royal Westminster Regiment was shot late last Friday night while taking part in livefire training at CFB Wainwright.

Choi, who was serving alongside members of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry at the time, was treated at the scene before being airlifted to an Edmonton hospital.

He died Saturday.

The incident is under investigation.

According to the Canadian Armed Forces, Choi joined in 2016 and was a trained infantry soldier.

Condolences have

poured in from top military officials, as well as Federal Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan.

“The Canadian Armed Forces, the defence team and Canadians are mourning the loss of one of our own, Cpl James Choi,” Sajjan said in a statement.

“The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces will be there for his family during these difficult times as we grieve alongside you.”

“Our hearts go out to the family of Cpl. James Choi who was a member of the Royal Westminster Regiment who died on Friday during a live-fire training exercise,” tweeted New West Mayor Jonathan Cote.

The Anvil Centre will be lit purple in Choi’s honour until Nov. 7.

In mourning: The flag was lowered at the Royal Westminster Regiment building in New Westminster after the death of one of their own, reservist Cpl. James Choi (pictured in a contributed photo). PHOTO THERESA MCMANUS

City work on 2021 budget to recognize ‘risky times’

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The City of New Westminster’s 2021 budget will be based on the recognition the city is in “uncertain and risky times” because of COVID-19, says the city’s director of finance.

“We are in a pandemic, so we can’t forget that,” said finance director Harji Varn. “Our revenue assumptions are based on trends over our final few months of 2020 because we are managing through these uncertain times.”

Varn said the city will be setting a tax rate that protects core services, builds on community feedback and supports city council’s priorities and climate action goals.

“We are going to come back quarterly, to review and re-forecast, throughout 2021,” she said. “We are really going to remain flexible and agile to adapt to whatever is coming our way.”

At its Oct. 26 meeting,

council received a staff report that provided preliminary results for a public engagement process and laid out some financial and revenue assumptions for the 2021 operating budget. It also proposed a budget framework and timeline, which includes a goal of having council consider the draft budget in December.

“It is considered a best practice to set your targets in December,”Varn said.

“It really allows staff to get going on the delivery of the annual budget.”

In response to COVID-19, the city created a “new normal staff committee” that has a mandate of planning for the city’s recovery from the pandemic, such as the reopening of facilities.

That committee recommends the financial impacts of COVID-19 be budgeted to continue in 2021 and a return to full revenues be planned for 2022.

“That committee has brought forward a set of

recommendations that we want to embed in the budget process,” said Lisa Spitale, the city’s chief administrative officer. “We recognize in 2021 we still will be living under some form of COVID, and so we need to front-and-centre recognize that in the budget process – how it affects this community and the organization.”

Spitale noted the city’s cash-flow analysis for the third and fourth quarters of 2020 has been based on lower revenues than in previous years.While some civic facilities have reopened, she said registration numbers are lower than in past years and restrictions on mass gatherings have impacted city revenues.

The budget timeline is working toward approval of the 2021 to 2026 financial plan in December and adoption in January.Workshops about the 2021 capital budget, utility rates and the operating budget will be held in November, after which time the draft

budget will be posted on the city’s website and presented to council in December.

According to Varn, staff are recommending the city take a “conservative and

Many of our funding sources have been able to remain stable through this period.

flexible approach” because the financial constraints from COVID-19 will continue over 2021.

“As staff, we are recommending that we remain adaptable to the changing economic times,” she said. “We want to have the ability to ramp up and/or ramp down, pause or slow down when we see something that is relying on an

external funding source, a vulnerable source.”

Coun. Patrick Johnstone said it’s clear that COVID-19 has presented financial challenges for the city, but he would like to have a more robust conversation about those numbers and what they mean to the city.

“I recognize there’s been a challenge of doing that because we just don’t know.We are sort of learning as we go along. It’s hard to forecast into the unknown because we are in an unknown time. But I am looking forward to us having a better discussion about what the actual numbers of COVID mean to us.”

Johnstone also believes the public needs to be made aware of the financial constraints posed by COVID. He noted that people want the city get the recreation facilities up and running again, but there’s a cost associated with opening those buildings.

“They cost us a lot of

money to get them up and running.We can’t get the same revenue out of them.

There is a significant cost difference now to running Canada Games Pool than there was a year ago. Having that kind of honest communication with the public, I think, is really important as a plan for next year.”

Mayor Jonathan Cote said 2020 will no doubt go down as one of the more challenging years municipalities have ever faced financially.

“Thankfully, things have improved since the late spring period when there was a tremendous amount of uncertainty,” he said. “Many of our funding sources have been able to remain stable through this period.

But to this day there are a lot of revenue sources to the city that have not recovered and don’t show a clear path to recovery. No doubt that will continue to … be a challenge as we work through the upcoming budget.”

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NOTICE OF DISPOSITION OF LAND

Pursuant to Section 26(3) and in accordance with Section 94 of the Community Charter, and subject to adoption of Grimston Park Amendment Bylaw No. 8219, 2020, the Corporation of the City of New Westminster hereby gives notice of its intention to dispose of 684.4 m2 area of land on the east side of Grimston Park at 1900 Seventh Avenue to the Province of B.C. for the purposes of accommodating the Stewardson Way Pedestrian and Cycling Overpass (Area A on the reference map above), and enter into a licence agreement for the public use of remaining Ministry of Highways lands adjacent to the park at 1811, 1817, and 1819 Sixth Avenue.

Approval of the electors for this land transfer must be obtained by an alternative approval process. This process is ongoing currently. The deadline for completing an Elector Response Form on this matter is 4:30 pm on Monday, November 9, 2020. More details are available at newwestcity.ca/publicnotices.

Grimston Park Amendment Bylaw No. 8219, 2020 will be considered by Council for adoption on Monday, November 30, 2020.

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“Access is limited to the participants,”Young said.

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It’s not what we want, but just like with the arenas and the pool, we limit the number of people in the building.”

According to the city, environmental sustainability and energy efficiency were driving principles in the construction of the new facility.The Sportsplex is equipped with features such as high-performance passive heating and cooling units; solar panels have been installed on the roof.

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Phased opening planned Continued from page 1 Along with the Motoring Munchkins preschool program, gymnastics and trampoline will be offered in the first phase of programming.

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MY VIEW MARIO BARTEL

It’s time to find a cure for diabetes

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Letters Don’t forget our veterans Editor: COVID-19 has been a huge disruptor in our daily lives.

The most recent disruption was the recent cancelling of this year’s Remembrance Day ceremonies.

This Remembrance Day will mark the 75th anniversary of the ending of the Second World War. Earlier this year in the Netherlands, they had to cancel their plans to commemorate the 75th anniversary of their liberation due to COVID, a liberation that Canadians played a very large part in.

These were to be the last big gatherings of our World War II veterans. The average age of these veterans is 95, and every day that goes by we lose a few more. Very soon we will have no World War II veterans left.

Legions rely on Remembrance Day to raise funds to look after our veterans. Legions all over Canada are struggling right now, and these cancellations could be the last straw for many.

In these difficult times, please have a thought for the Legion and our veterans. Unlike previous years, due to COVID-19 you won’t see very many members of the Legion outside stores or in the malls canvassing poppies.

Please don’t forget our veterans. When needed, they selflessly answered the call and

gave up all their tomorrows so we could enjoy our todays.

Please make an effort to get a poppy, and if you can, make a donation to your local Legion’s poppy fund.

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Let’s fight ‘BigTech’

Editor: This decade will reveal the biggest human rights issue of our times is finding a way to protect ourselves from “Big Tech.”

Big Tech is monopolistic and powerful and is not “just like any other business.” Most people get their news from Big Tech and use it for communication.

I envision legislation that will govern the actions of Big Tech. It might be a code of conduct.

It will prevent Big Tech from things such as political interference, harming people, censorship of legal speech (except for narrow exceptions, such as objectively defensible indecency) and theft of work of others.

Big Tech will be required to give notice before acting. An inexpensive, expedited “lay person” challenge process, conducted by a third party, will be available. An alternative would be Big Tech funding consumer groups who would then challenge alleged inappropriate conduct.

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A NewWestminster man has been charged with several offences related to an alleged sexual assault – and police believe there may be additional victims they haven’t heard from.

While investigating an unrelated case in October, the NewWestminster Police Department began investigating a sexual assault that allegedly took place

earlier this year.

Shaun Steer, a 42-yearold NewWestminster resident, has been charged with sexual assault, forcible confinement, extortion and break-and-enter.

As a result of the evidence gathered thus far, police believe there are additional victims, or at least one more victim, who have yet to come forward.

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CITYPAGE THE LATEST NEWS AND EVENTS IN OUR CITY

RemembeRing new westminsteR DuRing wwii (All Ages)

saturday, november 7, 2020 10:00 – 11:00 am Virtual program via Zoom Gordon Whitney spent his teen years attending Duke of Connaught school in New Westminster during World War II. He remembers how his friendship with Kazumi Shintani, a Japanese-Canadian boy, was interrupted by the internment of the Japanese-Canadians and unexpectedly rekindled many years later. Gordon is now a retired teacher living in South Burnaby who recently published memoirs of his childhood in Lillooet during the Great Depression.

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ViRtuAl VictoRiAn book club

saturday, november 21, 2020 1:00 – 2:00 pm Virtual program via Zoom FRee to register Every two months, discuss literature and culture as you sip tea and video chat with the club from home. We read literary works by the Brontes, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, Oscar Wilde, H. G. Wells, Joseph Conrad, Henry James, Mark Twain and others. This is the perfect opportunity to join other enthusiasts in your community - online! Next Book: Daisy Miller by Henry James.

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inDooR PlAylAnD

The popular children’s program Indoor Playland has been reintroduced at Queensborough Community Centre with new COVID-19 safety measures in place.

Enjoy a morning of energy-burning play! This reserved drop-in, parent and tot program provides a variety of fun and interactive toys for children aged 0-5 to enjoy with their parents. It’s a great environment for you and your little one to play. Join us Mondays from 9:30 - 11:00 am.

Advanced registration is required: newwestcity.ca/rec Call Queensborough Community Centre for more details: 604-525-7388.

welcome bAck to ActiVe liVing

All City of New Westminster recreation facilities are now open!

New protocols are in place at all locations to help keep you safe, and all activities require advanced booking or registration.

We love hearing from you about your experience with us. Here’s what someone had to say about their recent skate at Moody Park Arena: “Great staff, easy check in and rental process. The arena was not too busy, so the skate was worry free.

Little ones had a lot of fun, so I will definitely be coming back.

Thank you NW Parks and Recreation team! Nicely done!”

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RemembRAnce DAy ViRtuAl ceRemony

Due to COVID-19 safety measures there will be no public gathering for Remembrance Day in New Westminster for 2020. Working alongside the Royal Canadian Legion and The Royal Westminster Regiment we are pleased to share that we will offer a virtual Remembrance Day ceremony livestream online on Wednesday, November 11 beginning at 10:30 am. For more information and ongoing updates visit: newwestcity.ca/remembranceday Anyone wishing to purchase a wreath for the virtual ceremony may contact the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 2 at 604-524-1151 or rc12@shawcable.com. wwi new self-guided Veterans walking tour While it’s not possible for us to gather in remembrance, there are other ways to come together and commemorate with those close to you. The New Westminster Museum and Archives has compiled a map showing the family homes of 19 New Westminster veterans. In partnership with the New Westminster Heritage Preservation Society, we invite you to take part in a WWI Self-Guided Veterans Walking Tour. where: Queen’s Park Neighbourhood when: Anytime between 9:30 am - 4:30 pm, November 11 View the tour map: newwestcity.ca/remembranceday

CITY COMMITTEES: VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES The City of New Westminster has volunteer opportunities available for the following Advisory Committees, Commissions and Boards: • Advisory Planning Commission • Affordable Housing and Child Care Advisory Committee • Arts Commission • Board of Variance • Community Heritage Commission • Economic Development Advisory Committee • Facilities, Infrastructure and Public Realm Advisory Committee • Library Board1 • Multiculturalism Advisory Committee • Public Art Advisory Committee • Restorative Justice Committee • Sustainable Transportation Advisory Committee 1 The Library Board term runs January 1st to December 31st.

All other Advisory Committee/Commission/Board terms run February 1st to January 31st.

All applicants must submit an application, along with a brief personal resume.

Please visit www.newwestcity.ca/committees for a list of the vacancies available, for more information regarding each Committee, including the length of term and mandate, and to apply online,.

For further information, please contact the Legislative Services Department at 604-527-4523 or by email at committees@newwestcity.ca.

Applications must be received by the legislative services Department no later than 5:00 pm on Friday, December 4th, 2020.

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Community Online learning keeps students connected to schools Julie MacLellan

jmaclellan@newwestrecord.ca

More than 500 New Westminster students are learning full-time from home this year – but that doesn’t mean they’re losing their connection to their local schools.

That was the message school trustees heard during a presentation at their Oct. 27 meeting about the expanded online learning programs being offered this year in light of COVID-19.

In response to the pandemic, the NewWest district set up a new online “distributed learning” program for students in kindergarten through Grade 8, while expanding its course offerings for high school students. A report presented to trustees showed 505 students signed up for full-time online learning: 438 at elementary and middle school levels, and 67 more in high school.

Maureen McRaeStanger, the district’s director of instruction, learning and innovation, noted teachers are using a combination of “synchronous” learning – such as classroom meetings, happening live and in real time – and “asynchronous” aspects, including lessons the students pursue on their own time.

Partnerships with parents and families have been key, she said.

By the numbers

Here’s how full-time online registration breaks down by grade: Kindergarten: 59 Grade 1: 58 Grade 2: 56 Grade 3: 50 Grade 4: 44 Grade 5: 54 Grade 6: 32 Grade 7: 44 Grade 8: 41 Total K-8: 438 Grade 9: 13 Grades 10-12: 54 Total 9-12: 67 GRAND TOTAL: 505

“They are supporting their children at home; they’re connecting with teachers online; they’re joining virtual classroom sessions as well.We really need their support to make the program work,” McRae-Stanger noted.

She told trustees the district has focused on keeping students connected to their home school.

“We know that this program, right now, could be a transitional support for families that aren’t quite ready yet to come back to face-to-face instruction, so we want to make sure they still feel connected back to that home school,” she said.

The district has done that by grouping students from the same school and

grade levels into the same “classrooms,” led by a teacher from their home school whenever possible.

Students who require extra support – from learning support teachers, education assistants, child and youth workers, counsellors and the like – are still being supported by their team from their usual home school.

To help make sure students still have group experiences, online learners have a chance to participate in virtual “assemblies” and other events – for occasions such as Orange Shirt Day in September and for the upcoming Remembrance Day. Students are also still able to experience some in-person activities. McRae-Stanger told trustees about one online kindergarten teacher who’s getting small groups of children (with their parents) together at Moody Park onWednesdays for outdoor learning.

McRae-Stanger admitted the transition to online learning has come with a huge learning curve for teachers, especially those in the elementary program for whom the entire program was brand-new.

“This is a very complex process, to shift an entire program into an online format,” McRae-Stanger said. “I’m really proud of the teachers in our online school and the work they have been doing.This is

Virtual learning: Kate Copley (left) and Laurie Wong are two New Westminster teachers working with the district’s newly expanded distributed learning program, now based in the old UBC counselling centre offices at NWSS. PHOTO COURTESY NEW WESTMINSTER SCHOOL DISTRICT (FILES)

brand new for all of them, and they really have embraced this and done some pretty incredible things.”

The online learning programs are being staffed by teachers who were granted accommodations because their medical or personal circumstances put them at high risk from COVID-19, as well as a number of others who were reassigned from regular classroom teaching due to lower inclass enrolment.

The school district has applied more than $1.2 million in extra federal COVID-related funding towards staffing this year – the bulk of that for the online learning program.

District online learning principal Pam Craven

told trustees that having new staff in the online programs has brought a new level of excitement to the teachers at the high school level.

“It’s wonderful to hear the buzz happening in the rooms now as they’re talking about the different opportunities, which has also been heightened with the additional staffing,” she said. “It has really sparked interest (and) renewed some of our teachers in providing different types of activities while they’re collaborating and talking to each other.”

Families who opted in to the online learning programs this year have been offered two chances to return to the classroom if

they so choose. One of those dates – Oct. 6 – has passed, but another window will open up in December for those who want to return to in-class instruction in January.

School board chair Anita Ansari lauded staff for their efforts to make online learning work.

“It feels like we’re building the airplane while we’re flying it,” she said.

“And I see you all building the airplane, building the curriculum, building the programs that allow us to do our work and at the same time using it. It’s a big ask we have of you.You guys are doing great, and I’m super grateful that we have you here doing this work.”

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City Enrolment stays stable in New West schools

COVID-19 pandemic has prompted some shifts from in-class to online, but overall numbers steady

Julie MacLellan

jmaclellan@newwestrecord.ca

Enrolment continues to be stable in New Westminster schools – with a few shifts courtesy of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Maryam Naser, the school district’s associate superintendent, updated the school board on district enrolment at its latest meeting Oct. 27, held virtually via Webex.

She noted enrolment in the district has remained generally stable compared to this time last year, with overall regular kindergar-

ten-to-Grade 12 enrolment at 6,240.4, down from 6,253.8 at the same time last year.

Alternate education has gone up, from 87 last year to 96.4 this year, while the biggest jump has come in continuing education and the New West online program – where enrolment has risen from 154.7 to 211.9.

The online number includes 67 grades 9 to 12 students who are studying online, but not the kindergarten-to-Grade 8 students who have opted in to the district’s new K-8

online learning program this year.The 438 elementary and middle school students who are studying online (see related story page 11) are still reflected as being enrolled at their home schools.

The home learners program has also seen increased enrolment, from 116 last year to 139.6 this year – a number that includes 30 students newly enrolled this year.

“You can see a slight decline in the number of K-12 students, and then a fair increase in the online, and so really, on balance,

we are up in the district in terms of overall enrolment,” Naser said. “It’s a similar theme to what you have heard before.We have some families that are choosing an online environment, and that is resulting in some changes, but generally speaking across the district we are fairly stable and slightly increased in our overall enrolment.”

Enrolment in New Westminster’s elementary and middle schools has gone up, from 4,488 to 4,523 – an increase entirely due to middle

schools, Naser noted.

All three middle schools have seen enrolment increases, with the biggest jump at Fraser River Middle School – which has 46 more students this year than last, bringing its population from 493 to 539.

Glenbrook increased by 14, to 685 students, while Queensborough went up 23, to 350.

New Westminster Secondary, meanwhile, has seen a drop of 48.4 students, from 1,765.8 to 1,717.4.

The largest enrolment drop comes on the inter-

Numbers Here’s how enrolment looks at elementary schools in 2020/21: Qayqayt: 522 Lord Kelvin: 486 Herbert Spencer: 471 Queen Elizabeth: 426 Richard McBride: 419 Lord Tweedsmuir: 354 Connaught Heights: 154 F.W. Howay: 117

national education front.

Last year the district had 258 international students; this year, it has 114.

BC Housing working to find shelter space in city Theresa McManus

tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca

New Westminster may have to house homeless individuals in a number of smaller sites this winter because a large space for an emergency response centre is proving to be hard to find.

An update from the city’s at-risk and vulnerable populations task force states there’s evidence that homelessness is increasing across Metro Vancouver, including New Westminster, and this trend will “likely accelerate” as a result of economic and employment restructuring related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I know that we are exploring several opportunities to find shelters for the homeless, but is there any-

thing we can do more immediately?” said Coun.

Chinu Das. “Because if we have another cold wave, I worry about how many homeless people will be on the streets. Is there anything for an immediate solution?”

John Stark, the city’s supervisor of community planning, said it’s anticipated to be a very cold winter, so city staff will continue to work with BC Housing, and hopefully provide shelter as quickly as possible.

The latest update from the task force says staff are continuing to work with BC Housing to identify a possible site for an emergency response centre, but it’s challenging to find a space that can accommodate 40 to 50 units.

“We may have to look

at smaller sites, which isn’t ideal from a staffing, supervision or economies of scale, but that may have to be a necessity – using a number of smaller sites, rather than looking at a larger site,” Stark said.

“Most of our civic sites are being phased back into operation, school facilities are in operation – there are a lot of challenges trying to find appropriately sized spaces. It is a priority for BC Housing, and we continue to work with them.”

The Cliff Block, which normally houses the city’s extreme weather program between Nov. 1 and March 31, has been operational since the emergency response centre at the Massey complex closed in July.While the facility previously accom-

modated 30 individuals, it’s now accommodating 16 people because of physical distancing requirements.

“The ideal number of emergency response centre beds is between 40 and 50 – with physical distancing, you need a very large space such as a large secondary school gymnasium or an arena,” Stark said. “We don’t have those types of spaces.”

Stark said BC Housing is looking to augment emergency shelter capacity in New West during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it’s also working towards providing longer-term supportive housing.

“We are working with BC Housing around longer-term supportive housing,” he said. “So, emergency shelter in the

Big space: Pop-up pods divided the Massey gym at New Westminster Secondary School into separate units when the gym housed the city’s emergency response centre over the spring and summer. BC Housing has been working with the city to find space to run an extreme weather shelter this fall and winter, but a single large space is proving hard to find. PHOTO RECORD FILES

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News Class sizes down slightly at schools Average class sizes in New Westminster schools have reached new low levels this year – in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A report presented to the school board at its Oct. 27 meeting shows average class sizes are down at all grade levels this year.

“In most areas, we are lower than we’ve ever been in terms of the number of students, on average, in given classes,” associate superintendent Maryam Naser said. “Some of what you’re seeing, of course, is due to the 500-and-someodd students that we have that are in our online program and not attending in person.”

In total, 505 students are registered in online learning this year, according to a report to the

board. As a consequence, schools have seen some drops in in-person attendance and thus in average class sizes.

The average kindergarten class size this year is 17.4, down from 17.7 last year. Grades 1 to 3 have an average class size of 18.8, down from 20.2 last year.

Grades 4 to 7, meanwhile, have an average of 23.8 students per class, down from 25.9 last year.

All the averages are below the allowable levels in the teachers’ contract: 20 for kindergarten, 22 for grades 1 to 3, 24 for Grade 3/4, 30 for grades 4 to 8 straight grades, and 28 for grades 4 to 8 split grades.

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Lest we forget: Remembrance Day goes virtual for 2020 NewWestminster residents can still pay tribute to veterans on Remembrance Day – but not in a crowd at the cenotaph.

The City of NewWestminster, the Royal Canadian Legion andThe RoyalWestminster Regiment have been working to develop COVIDfriendly plans for this year’s ceremony. A virtual event will be live-streamed onWednesday, Nov. 11.

The ceremony will include opening remarks from Mayor Jonathan Cote, a memorial address and two minutes of silence.The RoyalWestminster Regiment Band will play The Last Post, two pipers will play Lament and students from a local school will recite In Flanders Fields.

Musical components of the ceremony, including

the singing of O Canada and God Save the Queen, will be pre-recorded, as will the poetry reading.

While most of the components from the live ceremony are included in this year’s event, the parade from the regiment to the cenotaph in front of city hall won’t take place.

New programming has also been added to the virtual event, including children’s artwork related to Remembrance Day and a poetry component featuring the Royal City Literacy Arts Society.

Details about the virtual ceremony are being finalized, but it will be shown on the city’s Facebook andYouTube pages. Links will be posted on the city’s website at www.newwest city.ca.

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WREATH LAYING The Royal Canadian Legion, which raises funds through its annual poppy and wreath sales, has had to find new ways to get those items to the public.

Wreaths are still available, but a group of youth ambassadors has been designated to place them at the cenotaph.

Anyone wishing to buy a wreath for the virtual ceremony can contact 604-524-1151 or rc12@ shawcable.com.

POPPY SALES COVID-19 has also impacted the local Legion’s annual poppy sales, which are often supported by cadets who sell poppies at locations around the city.

We will still remember: The traditional parade from the regiment to the cenotaph won’t take place this year as Nov. 11 ceremonies go virtual.

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The current plan will see Legion officials selling poppies outside Royal Square Mall andWestminster Centre in the days leading up to Remembrance Day. VETERANS WEEK

The city is also developing programming as part ofVeterans’Week, which runs from Nov. 5 to 11.

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NEW WESTMINSTER REMEMBERS

Our Fallen Heroes WORLD WAR I Abbott, V.H.C. Adamsky, S. Aitchison, Joseph Atkins, William Allison, W. Roderick Anderson, G.F. Anderson, Robert A. Anderson, Robert G. Anderson, William Anderson, William Angelo, A. Annandale, T.S. Jr. Ashworth, Henry Barber, Geo. R. Barnes, A. Bate, Douglas S. Bateman, M.G. Beattie, Reg. Bernays, L.A. Birt, G.W. Blackmore, Charles Blair, J.F. Bowden, Christopher Bowden, Fred Bower, W.A. Boyd, John Bristow, Samuel Bristowe, Frank L. Broderick, T.B. Bruce, A.M. Bruce, John Buchan, G.W. Buckley, S.C. Bundy, L. Burnett, Harry Burr, W.R. Butcher, Alfred J. Callahan, J. Callanan, J. Calman, Wm. Cameron, James S. Campbell, Hugh Campbell, K.M. Canning, George Caple, L.N. Carpenter, F.H.G. Carruthers, W. Chessell, Fred Church, Norman Clapp, Charles E. Clark, R.M. Cleghorn, W.S. Clitheroe, Percy Collins, Gerald Combs, R.W. Connolly, T.A. Cook, J.E. Corbett, E.C. Coutu, Thomas Craighead, W.J.P. Crandell, Jas. G. Creighton, A.R. Cullington, Arthur H. Cunningham, F.B. Curtis, Leslie W. Curtis, T.D. Dailey, Alfred Dailey, G. Day, W.M.L. Day, William Deacon, C.H. Denniston, James Douglas, Walter Douglass, Wallace

Dunford, E.T. Eastman, Edwin. F. Edgar, Robert Fell, R.J. Ferguson, T. Flumerfelt, E. Forrest, Leonard Foster, John A. Foubister, Robert Gaudin, H.E. Gladstone, Robert Gordon, G.C. Gordon, Oliver Gordon, W. Gough, E.B. Gray, Alfred Gray, John A. Gray, L. Gray, T. Graveney, William K. Gunn, B.B. Gyotoku, Tomoki Hamilton, William Happer, A.D. Harper, J.A. Harris, Fred Harris, H. Harvie, H. Hawkes, H. Henderson, John Hepworth, O.H. Huggard, Kenneth H. Hume, Arthur E. Hunter, John W. Hurford, C.H. Irvin, Charles A. Irvine, E. Ishihara, Iudo Jagger, Herbert Jagger, Louis James, Albert James, Joseph Johnson, Henry C. Jones, Hugh L. Keam, Stanley, W. Keary, William O’ B. Kelly, Frank W. Kelly, William Kenny, N. Kitcher, Bert.

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2020 Remembrance Day Virtual Ceremony This year’s service will be presented virtually, with no public gathering.

Join us online on Wednesday, November 11 at 10:30 am.

The virtual ceremony continues an important tradition of honouring our veterans and the sacriďŹ ces made.

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Their daughter, Anna Grant and her daughter, Winona (Terrence and their children, Mattigan and Cian), and son, Devin (Lauren and their son Beckett). Their daughter, Cecily (Jim Barrie) Grant.

When he married Beverly in 1968, she had Craig (Sheila, and their daughter, Brittany), Jeff Melnyk (Lisa, and his children, Kathleen (Brayden) and Sebastian), Gary (Sandra Harman), and Brian and in 1969 they had Cameron (Kerensa and their children, Rebecca and Matthew).

Dr. Grant grew up in Gravenhurst, ON. At age 18, he moved to Toronto to work in CKCL radio station playing records and announcing. At 20, he joined the RCAF, was trained as a wireless air gunner and was posted to Burma, where he flew in Dakotas until D−day. Back home, he graduated from Western University in London ON, as a medical doctor like his grandfather, father and brother. He interned at Vancouver General Hospital and practiced as a family doctor for 47 years at the Burnaby General Hospital. By the time he retired at 76 years old, he had lovingly cared for multiple generations of the same family. He delivered more than 2000 babies.

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FLEMING, Richard (Richie/Rick) September 24, 1946 − November 1, 2020 It is with sadness we announce the passing of Richard. Richard enjoyed his life and lived it on his own terms. He passed away peacefully and surrounded by love with his family at his side. He passed away on his own terms.

He is survived by sisters, Peggy and Catherine (Jacques), and brother, Mac (Jackie). Many thanks to the amazing RCH staff on 6 North, Dr. Emily Lai, Megan RN, Donna and Kim PCC’s, and of course, Dr. Heneteff and MAiD. There will be no service at his request.

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He was a devoted 50−year member of the Rotary Club, and worked tirelessly for community support of the underprivileged through one of Vancouver’s oldest welfare organizations, Alexandra Neighbourhood Services Association where he served as president.

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MERCER, Benjamin “Ben” Terrance Benjamin “Ben” Terrance Mercer, age 30 of Burnaby, BC, formerly of Musquodoboit Harbour, NS. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Ben was tragically taken from us October 24th, 2020 at home, in Burnaby, BC. He is survived by his mother Catherine Julien (Jean-Luc Gareau), and father Gordon Mercer (Judith Walker), brother Robie Mercer (Stephanie Raftus), step sister Cynthia LeBlanc, step brother James (Ashley) LeBlanc. Also survived by his grandfathers Gordon Julien and Winston Mercer, aunts and uncles, Carolyn (Tauntie) and Roger Veinotte, Gordie Julien and Muriel Burns, Terry Julien and John McPherson, Wanda Walker and Doug Greer, Glen and Susan Mercer and many cousins, great-aunts and uncles.

He was predeceased by his grandmothers Carol Julien and Verna Mercer, his aunt Valerie Mercer, and first cousin David Julien.

Ben attended Eastern Shore District High and went on to graduate from Success College with a Diploma of IT Technician . Growing up, he spent many years playing hockey and later refereeing at the Musquodoboit Harbour Arena during winter.

During summer Ben could been found on the Petpeswick Inlet sailing, building forts, or fishing in the brook. He continued his adventure to the west coast to BC, where he created a great group of friends, Emily, Forest and Tyson, Stew and roommate Flo, and he never lost touch with his best friend Colin Cameron. His spirit was always positive and he had done well for himself working with Sim Studios & Lighting and Grips, and was enrolled in courses set to start this year to further his career.

We will bring Ben home to Nova Scotia.

Ben’s service will be announced at a later date, when his entire family can be together.

Online condolences may be made by visiting www.atlanticfuneralhomes.com Atlantic Funeral Home - Dartmouth Chapel 902-462-1434

In lieu of flowers, donations on Dr. Grant’s behalf to the Burnaby Hospital Foundation would be most appreciated: www.bhfoundation.ca A Private Service will be held on Wednesday, November 11, at Ocean View Funeral Home, 4000 Imperial Street, Burnaby, BC.

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