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‘IT’S A BIG LOSS. IT’S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT,’ – JAIMIE MCEVOY

FIRE RAZES DOWNTOWN BLOCK

historic building in downtown New Westminster was wiped out – and others were at risk – after fire ripped through the historic E.L. Lewis Block early Thursday morning. New Westminster Fire Chief Tim Armstrong said crews arrived at the building at 634 Columbia St. around 3:45 a.m. and found it completely engulfed in flames. “The fire was pretty intense,” said Coun. Jaimie McEvoy. “It melted street lights a block away.” Terry Brine, who THERESA MCMANUS co-owns the E.L. Lewis Block with Bill Lewis, received a call alerting him to the fire. “I’ll go put it out,” he said of his first reaction. “I didn’t expect this.” Nothing prepared Brine for the devastation he saw when he arrived at the scene Thursday morning. “It was a pretty full building,” he told The Record. “It’s gone now.” After destroying the E.L. Lewis block, also known as the Crescent Block, fire broke through the firewall and spread to the Hambley Block at 624 Columbia St. “I could look into it – it was only sky,” Blair Fryer, the city’s communication manager, said of the damage to the Hambley Block. Firefighters continued to work to save the Cunningham Block at 612 Columbia St. “The whole block is heritage buildings,” said Kathleen Stevens, a planning assistant with the city. “The Copp’s building was built in 1904. The two buildings next to that were built in 1899.” Much of New Westminster’s downtown was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1898. The buildings in the block were rebuilt after that time. McEvoy said the E.L. Lewis Block was among the post-Great Fire buildings designed to be “nice and solid” and survive a fire. “It’s a big loss,” he said. “It’s a prominent heritage corner. It’s in the middle of the historic district.” McEvoy said the fire has the potential to be the third worst fire in the downtown’s history, with only the Great Fire of

Heritage destroyed: Buildings constructed after the Great Fire of 1898 were destroyed in a blaze that tore through the 600 block of Columbia Street on Oct. 10. The fire was so hot that it melted streetlights a block away.

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1898 and a fire in the 1800s that destroyed an entire city block being worse. “It is a disaster,” he said. The cause of the fire isn’t known, but Armstrong said roof work was being done on the building. “There was a number of explosions,” he said. “That was the propane tanks left on the roof.” A man who was making a “bottle run” said he heard two explosions about 3:45 a.m. while walking on Columbia Street. He said a police officer pushed him out of the way and told to go somewhere safe. Smoke was billowing throughout the downtown and could be seen from miles away. New Westminster Police Department received a phone call from the fire department at 3:40 a.m. on Oct. 10 advising police of a structure fire at 634 Columbia St.

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tudents at École Qayqayt Elementary won’t be late for class next fall because the school is on schedule to open in September. The foundation is in and the walls are going up on the downtown school that will house students from John Robson Elementary. “It’s more or less progressing on schedule, which is a good thing. NIKI HOPE Hopefully the weather will be kind to us all winter,” project manager Jim Alkins said, adding, “I don’t think it’ll be a problem. We’ll be ready for classes in September.” The new elementary school is part of a three-school plan for New Westminster. Elementary school students from John Robson will move to the Qayqayt school. The plan is to then build a new middle school on the former Robson site. The district also hopes to get funding for a long-overdue new high school. The bell for a new high school project rang long ago. The district has tried for more than a decade to get a school built to replace the 60-plus-year-old structure. Plans for that project hit a snag in 2007, when the extent of an old cemetery came to light. Another issue for the high school site had been questions about the soil conditions. Alkins said the district is continuing to work on the replacement high school project and is gathering information to meet the requirements for funding

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Taking shape: École Qayqayt elementary is on budget and on schedule to open in September 2014, says project manager Jim Alkins. The new downtown school will replace John Robson Elementary. from the province. The plan was to build the three new schools in sequence, with the elementary school coming first, then the middle school and, finally, the high school. The new elementary school, built beside Irving House and the city’s museum and archives on Royal Avenue, is located on former St. Mary’s Hospital site. Alkins said the new school will change the shape of the neighbourhood, drawing in development for families. “It’ll be a catalyst for the type of development (in that area),” he said. “It’s pretty positive for

sure.” Currently, Robson parent are fundraising to pay for equipment at the playground of the new school. The school’s parent council is seeking grant funding to help build a community playground for the school. They have applied to a grant contest run by the Aviva Community Foundation. In order to be successful, they have to get votes – lots and lots of votes. Those who want to support the bid to build a new playground can do so by registering

to vote in the Aviva Community Fund contest. Registering will gives 15 votes for the contest, which runs until Oct 14. For more information about the playground fundraiser, visit www.avivacommunityfund.org/ ideas/acf17525. The school’s name comes from Qayqayt First Nation (pronounced Kee-Kite), also known as the New Westminster Indian Band, and is tribute to the First Nations people who lived in the area before European settlers came. The name roughly translates into “resting place.”

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About 35 firefighters battled the blaze, including reinforcements from Burnaby and Delta fire departments. The E.L. Lewis Block has about 11 tenants including a bridal shop, a restaurant, a law office, a shoe repair shop, a barber shop, three offices and two antique stores. “I feel so badly for my tenants,” Brine said. “They still have to make a living and families to support.” Bystanders gathered in the downtown, many expressing disbelief at the destruction

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and loss of heritage. “There is no human death thankfully, but there is a toll,” McEvoy said. “This is people’s livings.” The New Westminster Police Department opened up a conference room in the police station to businesses impacted by the fire. Emergency Social Services staff was onsite to assist those impacted by the fire. “The mood is one of shock or resignation,” McEvoy said. No injuries were reported. Firefighters rescued a cat from one of the buildings, after

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Local authors hit a wall in cold case investigation BY CAYLEY DOBIE REPORTER cdobie@royalcityrecord.com

After almost two years spent delving into the 1966 double murder of Dr. Robert Henry MacLauchlan and Margaret “Nan” Cunningham, two New Westminster authors have hit a wall on their quest for the truth. As previously reported by The Record, Rod Drown, a local writer, and Ken McIntosh, a retired New West police officer, have been researching the lives of MacLauchlan and Cunningham. The New Westminster couple was shot in their home on Fifth Street in March of 1966, and to this day police still don’t know who killed them, or why. Recently, Drown and McIntosh tracked down Cunningham’s daughter Lorraine, who married a doctor in Mexico in 1965 – shortly before her mother and stepfather were killed. But after a couple of failed attempts at contacting Lorraine, McIntosh received a phone call from her son living in Ontario. “Ken told me that Mr. Bojalil was very goodhumoured throughout the conversation but insisted that his mother was still traumatized by this event and wanted to be left alone,” Drown said of the phone call made to McIntosh. Despite this roadblock, Drown and McIntosh said they don’t plan on giving up anytime soon. “We spent a lot of time – months, in fact – looking for her and one day, while scouring the Internet, I stumbled on her. So we

drafted what we considered to be a very sympathetic letter and sent it off to her by registered mail,” Drown said. While the writers hope for a response from Lorraine, they’ll continue to dig deeper into the lives of MacLauchlan and Cunningham. Both agree there is still much more to be discovered, especially when it comes to Cunningham’s connection with MacLauchlan. “She (Cunningham) was a very responsible lady and someone who was held in high esteem by her co-workers and neighbours. She worked at Woodlands teaching the children there. We find it hard to understand how she could have fallen for someone like Dr. Robert Henry MacLauchlan,” he said. According to Drown and McIntosh’s research, Dr. MacLauchlan had quite the seedy past. He was arrested for performing illegal abortions in both California and Calgary, where his medical licence was eventually revoked in 1955. He was married twice and divorced twice. In 1957, he moved to New Westminster and began living with Cunningham in a small bungalow on Fifth Street under the guise of uncle and niece. Eight years later, police arrested MacLauchlan and Cunningham and raided their home, finding about $200,000 worth of heroin. “So now we are reaching out to anyone in New Westminster who may have known Lorraine or her mother, and can tell us more about that small family unit,” Drown said.

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In this case, the strategy clearly fell Once again, the Conservative under the heading of harm reduction government charged blindly into which generally acknowledges addicideological battle this week with a tion as a health issue rather than a decision to deny heroin to Vancouver criminal one and seeks to addicts involved in a clinical reduce the harm created by research project. it - recognizing that eliminThe government’s deciTHE RECORD ating the problem is often sion came shortly after not possible. Health Canada had approved The Stephen Harper’s Conservatives the program, which deals with addicts in lifethreatening situations for whom are not fans of harm reduction. They have fought health authorities repeatprevious therapies have failed.

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edly on the issue, most notably challenging the existence of Vancouver’s supervised injection site, despite evidence that it has reduced harm to some of our most vulnerable citizens. Medical science has consistently backed up harm reduction as a sound philosophy. But the Tories have never been particularly interested in scientific evidence, much preferring ideological crusades. It’s a pattern that’s been repeated by the Tories in all areas

where science has yielded a result that likely won’t appeal to its base of political supporters. There is, of course, no logic to this particular decision. The fact the study participants are all long-term chronic addicts who have failed to respond to other treatment would indicate they will be taking heroin regardless. The only difference will be whether that occurs in a safe, controlled setting or on the streets.

Quebec, you used to be so cool IN MY OPINION

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very province tries to be cool in its own way. You’ve got your Albertan version (tough cowboys), your Maritime version (fiddle-playing Celtic folks with weird accents), and your B.C. version (stoned slackers). For years, it seemed like Quebec had a lock on being the coolest province. You could buy beer and wine in the corner stores! Everybody spoke French and the cities had great architecture! Best of all, they were constantly sticking it to Ottawa. Then, they started taking themselves a little too seriously. Threatening to take your ball and go home maybe works once, but if you do it half a dozen times over 30-odd years, people just start rolling their eyes. Worst of all has been the weird habit of constantly claiming to be a victimized minority, while increasingly trying to stomp on non-francophone minorities. Earlier this year, we saw the Quebec Soccer Federation ban players from wearing turbans or other religious head coverings on the pitch. Now the Parti Quebecois is

proposing a ban on any religious head coverings or sizeable religious symbols for all public employees. It’s like PQ leader Pauline Marois was stung by one wasp, then decided to wear an entire hive as a hat while jumping up and down vigorously. Obviously, this new proposed law is stupid, racist, and if it was held up to the values of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, would stand as much chance of surviving as a delicate origami crane placed inside the engine of a 767. Why is this law being proposed in the first place? Marois has defended the so-called Charter of Quebec Values as part of the unique Quebecois culture of secularism. Well, I’m so full of secularism it’s coming out my ears, and that’s a load of steaming horse manure. The freedom of people in Quebec to practice their religion or culture should only end when it causes demonstrable harm to others. Let’s say that I firmly believe that I must, at all times, wear a bedazzled purple pirate hat. Is this belief backed up by centuries of religious philosophy and tradition? Nope. Is it a statement about a proud cultural heritage? Nope. Should the government be allowed to say that I can’t wear my spangly purple hat? Absolutely not. The point of freedom of religion means even

Who’s the city’s real treasure? Dear Editor:

Re: Citizen of the Year doesn’t need to live in city, The Record, Oct. 9. I read your article and the old expression that “one person’s trash is another’s treasure” came to mind in one of those event juxtapositions that occur with some irony from time to time. The Raymond Burr Performing Arts Society board attended the Surrey Civic Treasures award ceremony tonight at the Surrey Arts Centre, sponsored by the Surrey Board of Trade. We did so because our friend, the former founding artistic director for the Raymond Burr Performing Arts Centre, who didn’t sue when she was dismissed when the City of New Westminster shut down the former Burr Theatre, was being hon◗Quebec Page 7 oured, along with three others, as a “Surrey civic treasure.”

When she left town, many tried to blame her for the demise of “The Burr” spreading the unsubstantiated rumour that the plays she put on weren’t making money. That fallacy was put to rest by the writer, on a previous occasion, referencing Burr accounting records. To her credit, she became the founding director of the Royal Canadian Theatre Company that flourishes in Surrey – a likely reason for the “treasure” designation. What New Westminster trashed became a treasure in Surrey. By contrast, as pointed out by Gerda Suess, a “treasure” of New Westminster, the local chamber of commerce, surreptitiously changed the rules for nominations for “Citizen of the Year,” not only to open up eligibility to non-residents but also to feed New Westminster’s insatiable need to give awards and honours to those paid to do their jobs rather than those that volunteer time and resources to make ◗Nomination Page 7

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New Westminster a better place. Mr. Smith, who lives in Surrey and is considering legal action against a city institution, has been incredulously nominated as New Westminster “Citizen of The Year.” Who would do such a thing! We observe that the New Westminster Chamber of Commerce is partially funded by the City of New Westminster – unlike the Surrey Board of Trade or any like organization. We are hesitant in making an accusation of toadyism, but what possible explanation for this flawed process makes any sense. Mr. Smith, known in Surrey circles, has never been nominated for honours for his work in the town he calls home, to our knowledge, so why is he such a New Westminster “treasure”? We’d like to see the nomination form please. E.C. “Ted” Eddy, New Westminster

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Re: MP Peter Julian promises dust-up over coal plan, The Record, Oct. 4. A story in last Friday’s Royal City Record quoted assumptions made by MP Peter Julian claiming the coal-handling facility proposed for Fraser Surrey Docks has not received proper public input. We believe

our actions show just the opposite. On several occasions, the project has been subject to public consultation through open houses held by the project proponent in Surrey in May 2013, presentations to municipalities and regional boards, and meetings with the health authorities on three separate occasions. In addition to this, Port Metro Vancouver has been conducting the review of materials already provided by the proponent, and based on that work and input from the public, on Sept. 11 we announced new requirements concerning a potential permit for Fraser Surrey Docks. These include the completion of an Environmental Impact Assessment, as well as new measures to control coal dust, such as spraying trains and barges with a dust suppressant and preventing the stockpiling of coal at the facility. Port Metro Vancouver has not in any way worked to avoid public consultation. Our actions show we are open, transparent and hearing the public’s concerns. As always, we encourage public participation and input through our www.PortTalk. ca site. We look forward to continuing to engage with elected officials, the community and other stakeholders on this project, and all Port Metro Vancouver projects currently within the project permit review process.

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Coal terminal review still not completed Environmental assessment was supposed to be done nearly two weeks ago

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An environmental assessment of a controversial coal terminal is still not complete, nearly two weeks after it was supposed to wrap up. The review of the environmental and health data for the Fraser Surrey Docks $15 million terminal expansion is being conducted by SNC Lavalin. Port Metro Vancouver, the authority which has to approve the project, ordered the review in mid-September. At the time, Fraser Surrey Docks stated they expected the review to be complete by the end of September. But as of Thursday, SNC Lavalin was still working on the file. “The review from SNC has not been completed,” Fraser Surrey Docks stated in an email response to The Record’s inquiries. “It will be posted online once complete.” Fraser Surrey Docks did not return phone calls, responding to questions about the review only by email. The proposal would see a coal transfer station built on the Surrey-Delta border that would handle between four million and eight million metric tonnes of coal per year.

The coal will be mined in the Powder River Basin, straddling the MontanaWyoming border and shipped by rail cars to barges at the proposed facility. It would ultimately be sent to markets in China. Critics of the project have raised concerns about the potential health hazards of coal dust on communities along the line and across from the terminal, among other issues. On Wednesday, the B.C. Nurses’ Union weighed in on the debate, backing the anticoal coalition Communities and Coal’s position that the coal expansion poses a risk to public health. “Nurses are acutely aware of the alarming health risks associated with coal dust, and we support the call for the public’s health and well-being being front-andcenter in the fight against increased coal transport and expansion around B.C.,” union president Debra McPherson and vice-president Christine Sorensen wrote in a letter of support to the coalition. “The BCNU shares your concerns about the proposal, announced recently by Port Metro Vancouver, to develop a coal transfer facility along the Fraser River in Surrey. We concur with the assessment that a coal export expansion project of this size would impact the health and well-being of thousands of citizens in B.C. communities and cause considerable damage to an already fragile, coastal environment.” In the letter, McPherson and Sorensen also call for public and local government involvement in all coal export decisions. editorial@royalcityrecord.com

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Brian Nisbet thought his drum set would be safe in his truck overnight. His truck had an alarm and tinted windows; he’d parked under a streetlight and locked all the doors. But the next morning, as Nisbett – who lives on Laguna Court – walked towards his truck, he noticed the small back panel window was open. As he got closer, he saw his lights were flashing – a sure sign his truck alarm had gone off. “All my stuff was gone, … I lost almost $4,000 worth, and the stuff is stuff I had pieced together over time,” Nisbet told The Record. The drum set was gone. A drum set Nisbet had been putting together for years, piece by piece, including a unique red and white drum he bought from Tom Lee music in Vancouver. “I went to every pawn shop and the cops had a record, blah, blah, blah,” he said. But the drums were never found. Nisbet reported the robbery to the police, but after a short investigation, they didn’t have any leads and said the thieves had probably used gloves. “It was just painful,” Nisbet said. The drums were stolen about four months ago, but Nisbet hasn’t given up hope yet. He still checks in with pawnshops and friends, in case they’ve come across his

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The Hyack float continued its winning ways at the Issaquah Salmon Days Festival and Parade. The Hyack Festival Association issued a press release thanking Adam Isfeld of Key West Ford for his “generous financial donation” that allowed the Hyack float and ambassadors to go to Issaquah last weekend to participate in the Salmon Days Festival and Parade. The local contingent didn’t come home empty-handed, winning the Issaquah Rotary Award, which is given to the float entry with the best use of animation, or the most humorous. The Hyack float has picked up a number of awards in the 2013 festival season, including the Presidents Award at the Strawberry Festival in Marysville, the Princess Award at the Daffodil Festival Parade in Pierce County, the Most Original

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Feline friendship: Stephanie, a volunteer at the New Westminster Animal Shelter, snuggles up to Evie, one of the many cats available for adoption right now. The shelter’s kennels are overﬂowing, and it’s looking for new homes for its cats and dogs.

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Animal shelter overﬂowing with cats and dogs BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

With the kennels overflowing at the New Westminster Animal Shelter, it could be the purrfect time to add a four-legged friend to the family. The animal shelter is on the hunt for new homes for the cats and dogs filling the kennels at its Queensborough facility. “They are not going out faster than they come in,” said Nancy Millar, senior animal services officer. “It’s hard to get those numbers down.”

Six dogs are currently available for adoption, including a Chihuahua/mini pinscher cross, a Shih Tzu cross, a pit bull cross and a boxer/Ridgeback cross. Several of the dogs were among a dozen dropped at the shelter in the summer. “The reason these animals are here is to begin with is because somebody dumped them,” Millar said. “Pretty much every dog here is a dump.” While people should do some research before getting a pet to ensure they get an animal that’s a right fit for their family, shelter staff know the animals’ personalities and can help make a match. “We have about 20 cats – all ages, all shapes and sizes,” Millar said. “We have a couple of really long-term ones that are dif-

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THERESA MCMANUS

he John Robson Elementary School is competing with projects from coast to coast for a grant that will help it fund a new playground. Construction of Ecole Qayqayt Community School is underway at the former St. Mary’s Hospital site, and parents want a new playground for the replacement school. It’s anticipated students who are currently attending John Robson will go to the school in September 2014. Community members wanting to help the school in its bid to get funding from the Aviva Community Fund can go www.avivacommunity fund.org and enter Qayqayt in the search box. People are able to vote once a day for the contest, until Round 1 ends on Oct. 14. The John Robson parents advisory council has been searching for a grant

opportunity to help build a community playground for the students and area residents, and has applied for a grant from the Aviva Community Fund contest, which is giving away $1 million for ideas to create positive change in Canada. Ronda Field submitted an application to the Aviva Community Fund on behalf of the Qayqayt community playground committee. The playground will cost $50,000 to $100,000. “Qayqayt will function as a central meeting place and play area for innercity residents and families to enjoy,” stated Field’s submission. “The playground will be used by over 500 children per day during

school hours, and many more after hours.” The school is hoping to develop a new playground that fosters the development of children of all abilities. “The Qayqayt community playground vision is for a natural-themed playground with barrier-free and adventure elements to stimulate each of these core values,” stated Field’s submission. “We aim to provide equipment that encourages interaction on multiple levels, both for children at Qayqayt and the community-at-large.” The “cost of this dream” is about $100,000, which would fund a playground at the lower portion of the site for young children

and a playground slightly upslope for older children, with each one being about 1,000 square feet in size.

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Royal City Gogos are inviting community members to shop and help. The group is holding an Artisan Crafts for Africa event includes items for people of all ages. The sale takes place on Friday, Nov. 1 from 4 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It’s all happening at the CAW Hall, 326 12th St. All proceeds will go to the Grandmothers to Grandmothers campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foundation. Do you have an item for Around Town? Send ideas to Theresa McManus, tmc manus@royalcityrecord.com, or find her on Twitter, @TheresaMcManus.

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Tales of autumn and Halloween OUR PAST

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n the early days of the Royal City, fall meant citizens of the city were strongly focused on the farmers of the Fraser Valley and the delta. The year’s harvested crops were vitally important to the community as fruit and vegetables were carefully gathered, prepared and put away for the coming winter.

The autumn months saw many special market events and a fall fair at which shoppers could stock up on necessary fresh supplies. The giving of thanks for the harvest, “Thanksgiving,” was a time for family and friends to take note of their good fortune and prepare for the months to come. And then there was Halloween. An ongoing collaborative research project has created a wonderful large file of Halloween stories from this city. There are tales of parties, dances, and concerts; stories of special foods and treats; colourful descriptions of decorations and festivities; and other

accounts of tricks not treats, nasty shenanigans, and truly dangerous deeds. A Halloween event announcement from 1903 notes: “From the start patrons were reminded of the season for they were escorted to their seats by ushers attired as ghosts.” Doughnuts seem to have been a favourite treat at Halloween, and at this social “the doughnuts were handed around on a broomstick by a witch.” In 1921 the mayor commented in the papers about being careful while having fun and not carrying out any damaging actions. The war years brought many changes with short-

ages, security rules, and strict limits on sweets and firecrackers and “a tour (in 1944) of the city’s Chinatown failed to reveal a single cracker.” And those who decry the fact that Christmas arrives too soon after Halloween and that such a thing never happened in their youth should note that in 1957 Santa was to arrive at the “Woodward’s Wonderful Toyland” on Nov. 2. Come along to a presentation on these themes at the Historical Society, Wednesday, Oct. 16, starting at 7:30 p.m. in the New Westminster Public Library auditorium.

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ouse cleaning is a chore few people relish. House cleaning can be monotonous and time-consuming. But ignoring cleaning tasks may leave you with a much larger mess to tackle. • Do the dishes after every meal. A sink full of dishes can make the kitchen look like a mess, and letting dishes pile up increases the risk of an insect infestation. Although it may seem like a chore, keeping on top of dishes actually reduces your workload. If you’re lucky enough to have an automatic dishwasher, then load dishes directly into the dishwasher instead of putting dirty items into the sink.

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• Do laundry every day. Invest in a hamper that enables you to sort clothing into different compartments, including lights, darks and delicates. This way the sorting is already done when it comes time for washing. Then aim to do a load a day so that you’re not faced with 100 pounds of laundry come the weekend.

• Establish a drop zone. Foyers tend to accumulate a lot of clutter. Organize the space so you’re less tempted to drop items as soon as you come in. Keep the recycling bin (or shredder) handy for dealing with junk mail. Have a coat rack for hats, coats and umbrellas. Keep a basket available so you can transport items that belong in other rooms in the house.

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Donation Day brings in $660,000 for hospital

A former Vancouver Canucks goalie is still making saves – but this time it’s to help New Westminster save lives. Royal Columbian Hospital not only reached its fundraising goal but exceeded it by receiving more than $660,000 on Oct. 8, which was its donation day. The day included a visit from former Canuck goalie Kirk McLean, who personally dropped off a gift of more than $10,000. Another donor was Kelley Backman, who said his father, Ben Backman, received great care at Royal Columbian. He committed $11,500 towards an equipment purchase on the hospital’s long wish list. “Our dad and founder of Kingston Construction … was impressed with the care he received at RCH and was happy to give back,” Backman said in a media

release. “Since he passed in 2009, our family business continues to support RCH in dad’s memory.” The donations will go towards the determined needs of the hospital, which serves about 1.7 million people in the region. “Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation is extremely grateful to all its donors,” said Adrienne Bakker, president and chief executive officer of Royal Columbian, in the release. “Between phone calls, online gifts, walk-in donations, corporate and community organization gifts, we exceeded expectations.” Bakker also said the funding will help the medical teams continue to provide “outstanding and compassionate” health care. For further information or to donate, visit rchcares.com or call 604-520-4438. – Stefania Seccia

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workshops with professional artists and groups. Proznick noted that not only is the event a fundraiser, it’s a good community builder for the band program – younger students get to play with older students; older students get to mentor younger students; alumni drop in to play and

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Rider and horse form winning Union New West show jumper looking for a long career BY CAYLEY DOBIE REPORTER editorial@royalcityrecord.com

It can be seen every year live from Spruce Meadows. Professional equestrian athletes race around the course, leaping over a variety of jumps, fences and obstacles. The movement of horse and rider is measured and elegant, but there’s a lot more to it. Showjumpingtakesconfidence, and until recently, Natasha Sukorokoff had none. Sukorokoff, a Royal City resident and current Douglas College student, quietly dominated the junior division of show jumping in B.C. last season. She garnered a total of 44 points throughout four competitions. “For the first two competitions it was mostly just focusing on actually winning, but once I did find out this (the Canadian Interprovincial Equestrian Championships) was an end goal, it was in the back of my mind,” she said. Sukorokoff didn’t hear about the Canadian Interprovincial Equestrian Championships until she’d already competed in two qualifying competitions. Lucky for her she’d won them both and went on to win the final two as well. Sukorokoff finished her equestrian season this August as the top junior show jumper in the prov-

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Strong bond: Natasha Sukorokoff and mount Union S look to take a step up in height next season in the equestrian sport of showjumping. About four years ago, ince, winning herself a Sukorokoff was in a terrispot on Team B.C. ble car accident that She credits the newfound success To view a traumatized her. She had to seek to a new trainer video scan counselling for postand her own budwith traumatic stress ding desire to win. disorder and really “Lately I’ve struggled with her gotten this really riding. crazy competitive “I had a problem with drive,” she said. This is something new going fast, and when for the 18-year-old athlete. you’re in a timed event

that’s not exactly how you want to ride,” she said. This season something changed in Sukorokoff, she was suddenly gunning to go faster. In previous seasons, events that demanded a speedy rider, such as a jump-off, she could never run the course under 40 seconds, even though it’s supposed to take no longer

than 37 seconds. “It’s a shortened course that’s really against the clock, and that’s what wins you points,” she said. But that soon changed. “I suddenly started going really fast and winning a lot and being really successful,” she said. In her first jump-off this ◗Equestrian Page 23

Giants keep pace with ﬁrst-place Rockets BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

Owen Stout’s fifth goal of the season in the opening minute of the first period stood up as the game-winner in the Northwest Giants’ 1-0 victory over the Greater Vancouver Canadians in Richmond on Sunday. The Giants also won the first game of the two-game weekend series with the Canadians 6-1 at the Burnaby Winter Club on Saturday. The back-to-back wins kept the Giants in a first-place tie in the B.C. major midget hockey league with the Okanagan Rockets, both with 5-1-0 records. Last weekend, the Kelownabased Rockets downed the winless Thompson Blazers 6-3 in

Kamloops before taking the week- seconds after the puck dropped. Stout, with his first of two talend series with an 11-2 shellacklies, and Hockey Now minor hocking at home. ey player of the year, “I thought it would Dante Fabbro, also be a bit of a cakewalk,” scored for the Giants said Giants head coach in the opening period. Clint Thornton after The Giants built a 5the game-opening “I thought it 0 lead before Cameron goal Sunday. “Then it would be a bit Ginnetti, a Burnaby turned into the Tavin of a cakewalk. Winter Club product, Grant show.” spoiled the shutout Grant, who played Then it turned bid by Cody Porter six last season with the minutes into the final Burnaby Minor AAA into the Tavin frame. bantam team, was stel- Grant show.” Quinn Thompson lar between the pipes also scored a goal for to register his first THORNTON the first-place Giants shutout in B.C. major CLINT NW Giants head coach in the middle period. midget hockey. Mitchell Stapely On Saturday, Colton assisted on three goals Kerfoot got the Giants off to another quick start at home, for the Giants, while Justin Szeto scoring the first of two tallies 41 of Burnaby helped out on a pair of

markers. Both Stapely and Szeto chalked up their eighth points of the season in the win. Although the perennial major midge league champions find themselves in a similar position atop the elite midget league, Thornton stresses this season is shaping up to be tighter than ever. “More than ever we have to strive to inspire,” Thornton said. “There’s a lot of good teams this year. We have to match their play and improve on it.” This weekend, the Giants face off with the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds, hosting Game 1 at the Burnaby Winter Club on Saturday at 7:45 p.m. Game 2 will be played at Prospera Place in Chilliwack on Sunday at 10 a.m.

Matteo Belmonte’s empty-net goal capped a winning week of hockey for the Grandview Steelers. The fourth-year junior’s second goal of the season gave the Burnaby Winter Club-based team a 3-2 victory over the visiting North Delta Devils on Sunday and a temporary first-place tie in the Pacific Junior Hockey League. The Delta Ice Hawks took over sole possession of top spot following a 6-1 win over Port Moody on Tuesday. Adam Cronier garnered first-star honours with 31 stops in the Steelers’ cage. A day earlier, Nicholas Bruyere kicked out 30 shots, including five in overtime, to ensure the Steelers a 2-2 draw with the North Vancouver Wolf Pack. Trailing 2-0 heading into the final period, Anthony Dispirito, with an unassisted marker, and Cameron Seto, with his first of the year from younger brother Christopher Seto and Lucas Mercer, sent the game into extra time. Earlier in the week, Grandview doubled the reigning national junior B Keystone Cup champion Richmond Sockeyes 2-1. Christopher Seto scored both goals, including the second-period game-winner on a power play from Mercer. Bruyere was the game’s second star, with 34 stops. Grandview head coach Aldo Bruno described the team’s strong start as “bit of a surprise.” “I’m really happy with the young kids,” Bruno said, adding the strong play in the back end is a particular improvement. “I think we’ve really tightened up in that area, and it shows so far.” With just two 20-yearolds on the roster and 12 first-year players, including goalies Cronier and Bruyere, who are currently fourth and fifth, respectively, in overall goals against average, the Steelers look to make it two consecutive wins over Richmond when they host the Sockeyes at the winter club on Sunday. Game time is 4 p.m.

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Douglas College freshman Shahbaz Khattra was the PacWest men’s soccer player of the week following a five-point weekend for the first-place Royals. Khattra came on as a second-half sub, scoring two goals and setting up a third in the Royals’ 3-0 win over Kwantlen University at Town Centre Stadium on Saturday. The following day, Khattra again scored the

game-winner and assisted on another in a 2-0 victory in a return match with the Eagles. The back-to-back wins were the fifth and sixth in a row for the PacWest leaders. Khattra moved up to second in overall league scoring with five goals in eight games. Douglas currently leads the PacWest standings with a 7-2-1 record. – Tom Berridge

Curling Classic cancelled The West Coast Curling Classic proved a victim of its own success. B.C.’s premier men’s curling event, put on for the past 12 years over the Thanksgiving Day weekend by the Royal City Curling Club, was permanently cancelled due to a lack of teams, said club spokesperson Craig Lightbody. The dominance of big name teams like Kevin Martin of Alberta, who has won the Classic the last three years and seven times in all, has led to fewer teams taking part over the years, added Lightbody. Last year, just 18 teams, down from a high of 32 rinks in the past, took part in the Classic. “It’s very unfortunate. It’s not just a one-year thing. It’s done,” said Lightbody.

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season, she remembers walking out and hearing her time announced. The judge called out 35 seconds, her best time ever. “I heard the time announced and that I was in first position, and I couldn’t stop smiling. I looked at my dad and I pumped my fist in the air because I was so overwhelmed with how much better I had become. It didn’t even matter if I won the class, … that in itself was a huge victory for me,” she said. Sukorokoff, along with seven other riders from B.C. headed out to Calgary for the Canadian Interprovincial Equestrian Championships held in September. The team did well at the fledgling competition, which began only three years ago. B.C. took home a gold medal in show jumping and one in dressage, as well as a team bronze medal in dressage. While Sukorokoff didn’t earn a medal this year, she said she’d be interested in returning next season to try again. Until then, her horse Union S, has a few more weeks of holidays before she’ll start training with him again. Next season, Sukorokoff is looking to advance to the 4-3 jumping division, and if she can do that she said she’ll be looking into a possible professional equestrian career. But for now she said she’s enjoying her remaining weeks of vacation before she and Union will be back together for more training. Twitter @Cayley Dobie

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING 100% BC Owned and Operated Prices Effective October 10 to October 16, 2013.

We reserve the right to limit quantities. We reserve the right to correct printing errors.

Grocery Department

Meat Department Breyers Ice Cream Creamery Style

Salt Spring Organic Fair Trade Coffee assorted varieties

SAVE

10.99

22%

400g • product of Canada

Uncle Luke’s Organic Maple Syrup

19.99

SAVE

32%

31% Sun Rype Juice assorted varieties

Mighty Leaf Artisan Tea

142g • product of USA

Gather Red, Green or Yellow Pepper Jelly

8.99

4.99

27%

product of USA

32%

assorted varieties

2.99

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16%

2/5.00

50%

4/6.00

300-400g product of USA

36%

assorted varieties

product of USA

Kettle Brand Krinkle Potato Chips assorted varieties

3.79

8” Pumpkin Pies

Organic White Quinoa

from 6.99

PRICING

6.99

Genesis Today Organic GoJi 100 Juice

reg 9.99

34.99

Hero Yummi Bear Multivitamins

9.99

All 6 and 8” Pumpkin Pies or 6” No Egg or Dairy Pumpkin Pie

2.00 off regular

retail price

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Monday, October 21, 7:00-9:00pm.

Cooking Class: Roots & Fruits: A Local, Autumn Feast

with Chef Antonio Cerullo. Cost $20. Register online or call 604-736-0009.

90 capsules

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Seminars & Events at Choices Floral Shop & Annex 2615 W. 16th Ave Vancouver

2010 - 2013 Awards. Your loyalty has helped Choices achieve these awards. Thank you!

946ml

Goji 100 is 100% pure, wild harvest, organic and kosher. The 4,000 year- old recipe also ensures it’s free of gluten, soy, corn and sugar.

480-530g • reg 4.99

Rice Bakery

283-454g • product of Canada

340ml

Andalou Naturals embodies beauty in action. They infuse the best of nature and knowledge into mindful and effective products that are good for people and the planet.

made with real whipping cream

WOW!

3.99

500g • product of Canada

4.98

3lb bag product of Canada

Bulk Department

Organic Country French Bread

Stalbush Island Farm Frozen Organic Rice and Beans or Lentils

2.99

397g • product of USA

PRICING

white or 60% wholewheat

assorted varieties, various sizes

from 2.59

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Bakery Department

375ml product of Canada

Liberté Méditerranée Yogurt

5.98

5lb bag product of Canada

Andalou Naturals Shampoo or Conditioner

4.49

Frontier Organic Package Spices

2.99

WOW!

PRICING

Health Care Department

orange brandy or Shiraz

SAVE

Organic Table Carrots from Fountainview Farm Lillooet, BC

20% off regular retail price

The Funky Gourmet Cranberry Sauce

2 rolls

PRICING

1.98

8 oz package product of Canada

bags or bins

Stahlbush Island Farms Frozen Vegetables

1L product of USA

Cascade Extreme Paper Towels

Choices Own Cranberry Sauce, Cranberry Stuffing, Specialty Turkey Gravy or Vegan Miso Gravy, Stuffed Specialty Turkey Breast, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Roasted Winter Root Vegetables and Grab & Go Specialty Turkey Meals.

250ml product of Canada

29%

15 pack

Pacific Foods Organic Creamy Tomato Soup

SAVE

WOW!

Organic Ambrosia Apples from Harvest Moon Cawston, BC

Everything You Need to be Thankful for the Extra Time!

750ml • +deposit +eco fee product of USA

assorted varieties

SAVE

Deli Department

2/6.00

from

30%

3.49lb/ 7.69kg

2/6.00

from

SAVE

1L • +deposit +eco fee product of Canada

41%

Boneless Toupie Ham

R.W. Knudsen Sparkling Beverages (Apple, Pear, Cranberry)

3/4.98

SAVE

Organic Cranberries from Quebec

3.99lb/ 8.80kg

1.66L product of Canada

cheddar or sour cream & chive

product of Canada

from

6.99

Boulder Canyon Vegetable Chips

assorted varieties

SAVE

Produce Department

assorted varieties

from SAVE from 29%

J.D. Farms Grade A Specialty Turkeys

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1888 W. 57th Ave. Vancouver 604.263.4600

1202 Richards St. Vancouver 604.633.2392

2595 W. 16th Ave. Vancouver 604.736.0301

3248 King George Blvd. South Surrey 604.541.3902

Burnaby Crest

8683 10th Ave. Burnaby 604.522.0936

Kelowna

Floral Shop

1937 Harvey Ave. Kelowna 250.862.4864

2615 W. 16th Vancouver 603-736-7522

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