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AFTERMATH: CITY MOVES ON IN THE WAKE OF DEVASTATING COLUMBIA STREET FIRE

Photos by Jason Lang/THE RECORD

Aftermath: Top: People work to remove items from the building next door to the Copp’s Shoes building fire. Above: The empty lot where the Crescent Block used to be. At right: Naomi King removes items from her business at 621 Front St.

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City rallies in wake of downtown blaze

BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

New Westminster’s resiliency has shone through in the past – and shows every indication of doing so again.

The 600 block of Columbia Street, home to some of the city’s most revered heritage buildings, suffered a fire on Oct. 10 that destroyed two buildings and closed dozens of businesses – at least temporarily.

“It’s not about the buildings, it’s about the people,” said local historian Jim Wolf.

“It’s about how people react in the face of this.”

Wolf said the resilience of New Westminster residents has shone through in the past, and he’s hopeful it will shine through again.

“It speaks to the human spirit. People recognize you can’t go back and you have to go forward,” he said. “New Westminster has a long history of that.”

Before the flames had been extinguished on Columbia Street on Oct. 10, the City of New Westminster was already reaching

out to the 30-plus businesses located in buildings that were either destroyed or damaged in the fire.

“These things do happen. Now it’s our job as a city to help,” said Lisa Spitale, the city’s chief administrative officer. “We are here to help. That’s how we pull together.

Everybody is here to help those property owners and those businesses – and help each other.”

According to Spitale, the city’s top priority will be to help in the aftermath of the fire.

“It has to be,” she told The Record.

“There are a lot of people who have lost a lot. We recognize that we have a significant role in getting them assistance.”

Blair Fryer, the city’s manager of communications and economic development, said 23 businesses were directly impacted as they were in the two buildings destroyed by the fire. Issues such as soot and smoke damage impacted an additional 25 businesses in the block, and a further 75 had their power shut off while ◗Fire Page 3

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Busy day: More than 45 New Westminster firefighters battled a fire that destroyed two heritage buildings on Columbia Street on Oct. 10.

While local crews fought the fire, Burnaby and Richmond firefighters covered other calls in the city, and Delta provided an aerial ladder.

Investigators search for cause of fire

BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

Fire investigators will go through the rubble of burned out buildings on Columbia Street brick by brick if that’s what is needed to determine a cause of last week’s devastating fire.

Deputy fire chief John Hatch said the cause of the fire hasn’t yet been determined.

“You can see the building is pretty much gone so now we have to (use) some other means,” Hatch

said. “Then we will go through brick by brick to see if there is anything in there that might have been suspicious.”

Witness accounts and footage from security cameras will be some of the tools used to assist in the investigation. Fire officials will work with the police department and investigators from insurance companies to determine the cause of the fire.

New Westminster Fire and Rescue received a call about 3:45 a.m. on Oct. 10 about a structure

fire on Columbia Street. Upon arrival, crews found “heavy smoke and flame” on the top floor of 638 Columbia St. “We are uncertain at this time,” Hatch said about the cause. “We know we had heavy fire throughout the venting, leading either to or from the roof. We are not sure at this time.”

Within a short time, the Crescent Block (also known as the E.L. Lewis Block and the longtime home of Copp’s Shoes) collapsed.

Fire crews focused their efforts

on stopping the fire from spreading to the building next door, the Hamley Block.

“We went into the building next door and set up some fire lines and heavy ventilation to try and keep the flame spread limited to the building of origin,” Hatch said. “As you can see, we were partially successful with that.”

A portion of the Hamley Block that survived the fire was later ordered to be demolished.

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firefighters extinguished the blaze.

While police and fire departments investigate the cause of the fire, staff from other departments are working with business organizations and reaching out to businesses impacted by the fire.

“The city has a significant role in coordination all of that,” Spitale

added. “There are permits to deal with. There is all of that. We can take the lead on that end.”

City officials met with the Downtown New Westminster Business Improvement Association on Oct. 11. The New Westminster Chamber of Commerce and River Market were among the groups offering to help.

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“We are here to help. Let’s join forces, let’s coordinate efforts and let’s go from there and do what we all need to do,” Spitale said.

“That’s really is what the next focus is about. That starts now.”

Property owners in other parts of the city quickly offered to help with relocation efforts.

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According to Fryer, the Downtown New Westminster Business Improvement Association will be coordinating efforts to assist businesses.

Five Stones Church, located at 612 Columbia Street, hosted a community service on Sunday, Oct. 13 at River Market.

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◗ HOMELESSNESS ACTION WEEK

Fundraiser helps to fight homelessness

BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

Bob Robertson and Linda Cullen are promising some “pretty funny moments” during the Homelessness Action Week fundraiser on Thursday.

Cullen and Robertson, who brought their humour to CBC’s Double Exposure, will MC the New Westminster Homelessness Coalition’s fundraiser at the Columbia Theatre on Oct. 17.

“I think they get that nice combination of feeling good because they have helped out, and feeling happy because we made them laugh,” Robertson said.

Homelessness Action Week is being celebrated from Oct.13 to 19. The coalition’s mission is to create a continuum of housing options and supports in New Westminster for people who are

homeless, at risk of being homeless, or are vulnerable or need help to secure a home.

While homelessness is no laughing matter, Cullen and Robertson hope to inject a bit of humour into the fundraiser.

“We can be funny when it’s needed to lighten the mood if that’s required,” Robertson told The Record. “We do try and keep people as cheery as possible, yet we have to be respectful.”

A couple of the people who will speak at the fundraiser have some “pretty horrific” stories from their lives, he noted.

“We will treat them with a great deal of respect. In a sense, this is a salute to survivors, those who have been homeless or are homeless and are surviving. It’s interesting for us in that way – it’s not just some other event,” Robertson said. “It’s quite poi-

gnant really.”

Cullen and Robertson, who live in New Westminster, see homelessness in the community around them.

“You don’t have to go very far to see it,” Robertson said. “It’s not an arm’s-length thing. We are face to face with it ourselves living here.”

This year’s event marks the second consecutive year the local couple has MCed the Homelessness Action Week fundraising dinner. They encourage residents to support the event.

“They are going to get an insight into homelessness,” Robertson said. “We use the term homeless – yes they are homeless, but we are really talking about mental illness here. You can’t beat around the bush. We need to learn about the services.”

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Brouhaha over Hyack meeting continues

BY NIKI HOPE REPORTER

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The two camps involved in the Hyack showdown are both calling for the removal of one another, but one side says Hyack president Gavin Palmer might not be able to pull the trigger.

Hyack board director Ron Unger, who’s one of six people on Palmer’s hit list, says the besieged association president didn’t give enough notice for his motion to be discussed at the board’s meeting on Oct. 22 – the same meeting, where a motion to vote on Palmer’s (along with treasurer Gloria Munro and vice-president Alan Wardle’s) future with the organization is also on the agenda.

“The board hasn’t agreed to allow him to present his motion,” Unger told The Record.

But Palmer disagrees, saying according to his legal advice he gave sufficient notice.

“We are going to have a meeting on the 22nd, and we have given notice out. It has

been properly issued. A few people got it late, but having it late does not constitute misdirection,” Palmer said. “The legal advice I have is that we can go ahead with the meeting.”

Unger said Palmer’s legal advice isn’t coming from the association’s lawyer.

“The lawyer that the board has talked to is, the opinion is pretty clear, the 15 days or not,” he said.

The issue first erupted last week, when countering notices were issued to members. One sent from the Hyack Festival Association board and one from Palmer.

The first one from the board calls for the removal of executives who fired former executive director Douglas Smith.

Palmer’s notice calls for the removal of several Hyack board directors, a list which along with Unger includes board directors Bill Radbourne, Patti Goss, Stephen Loyd, Michail Boncea and Mariane Kazemir.

The Hyack brouhaha began when Smith was fired on July 31 and later reinstated.

The meeting is being held at The Columbia, 530 Columbia St., at 6:30 p.m.

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What will rise from the ashes downtown?

It’s easy enough to be a good person also brought out many more helping when everything is going well. hands.

It’s in times of adversity that you disThe City of New Westminster, the cover just what people are made of.

New Westminster Downtown Business Last week’s devastating Improvement Area and the New Westminster Chamber of downtown fire is proving that in the Royal City, people are Commerce were among those THE RECORD leading the charge to help the made of strength, resilience, compassion and generosity.

30-plus businesses that were shut down, at least temporarily, by the While the city’s firefighters, joined fire. by forces from Burnaby, Richmond and And it didn’t stop there.

Delta, are the obvious heroes for their Conversation broke out on social efforts to keep the flames at bay, the fire

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media early on, with messages of support pouring out from residents and local businesses.

Douglas College leapt in with lunch for firefighters. Union Gospel Mission’s Mobile Mission was dispatched with relief for emergency crews. River Market reached out to offer space for local businesses displaced by the fire and its cleanup. Five Stones Church – temporarily displaced by the blaze – hosted a service of healing for the community at River Market. And on and on it went.

Even the Paramount dedicated its marquee to a message of support: “We love you New West. Stay strong.”

No one ever wants to have to write headlines like the one we wrote on Friday: FIRE RAZES DOWNTOWN BLOCK. But at least this issue we can write new headlines – headlines that focus on the strength of our community and on hope for the future.

And this week, we’ll stand with the Paramount and echo their message: We love you, New West. Stay strong.

Backtracking on greenhouse gases IN THE HOUSE

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ver since she became leader of the B.C. Liberal party, Christy Clark has sought to distance herself from her predecessor, Gordon Campbell, whenever possible.

And she may be doing it again when it comes to dealing with climate change. At the very least, there’s no doubt she lacks Campbell’s religious-like zeal on that issue.

Campbell loved to boast that B.C. was leading all of North America when it came to fighting climate change. He set ambitious targets, enshrined in law, for reducing greenhouse gas emissions (33 per cent of 2007 levels by 2020) and brought in the carbon tax.

But soon after Campbell unveiled his ambitious plan, the world economy collapsed and a recession ensued. Suddenly, governments – including B.C.’s – experienced plunging revenues and massive deficits.

The reverberations from that economic disaster continue to be felt. The Clark government, like many others, is still hungry for revenues and less interested in spending a lot of time talking about things like carbon credit schemes and greenhouse gas

emissions.

And while her government insists it is still committed to achieving the targets set out by Campbell, the centrepiece of its economic strategy is massive industrial activity that could greatly increase GHG emissions.

The creation of liquefied natural gas plants in the northwest, for example, will greatly increase the amount of natural gas burned to create energy. That, combined with the government’s decision to freeze the carbon tax and to push for the establishment of a bunch of new mines will also likely make it more difficult to reduce GHG emissions.

But it’s not hard to figure out why Clark is going this route.

The recent provincial election showed that the economy has become the number 1 issue with British Columbians. Clark campaigned successfully as a champion of growing the economy and creating jobs.

Environmental issues such as climate change have been elbowed into the background.

While they still rank high in importance, they are not the issues that determine who forms government in this province.

While her chief opponent, the NDP, tears itself apart on whether or not it can support big industrial activities such as LNG plants, fracking and pipelines, Clark can further make economic issues her own and thus ensure she and her party remain in government. ◗Clark Page 7

Goodness rises from the ashes

Dear Editor:

Tragedy paid a visit to New Westminster in the early hours of Thursday, Oct. 10 in the form of a ferocious fire.

Even as those directly affected struggle against the depth of loss this represents and its terrible weight takes hold of their hearts, we are all strangely uplifted at the same time. It is the immediate response of our city officials and its citizens that will remain with us long after the ashes have blown over the Fraser.

Not since 1898 have we seen flames in the Royal City so bent upon destroying everything in its path, yet our firefighters, reinforced with others from Burnaby and Delta, set their skills and will against the blackening threat. Their heroic resolve pre-

vented greater advance of the devastating damage and heartbreak.

Our city’s police, electrical and operations teams sprang into action, together with Fortis Gas, to head off the unique challenges that only a 100-year heritage site can deliver.

Environmental health officials had the unhappy task of asking surrounding businesses to surrender and close their doors for the sake of public safety.

As businesses burned, our mayor held out his hands, spoke with owners and endeavoured to determine locations of recoverable property, once fire conditions made retrieval possible. Surrounding businesses, the Downtown New West BIA and New Westminster Chamber of Commerce quickly responded with offers of satellite space for fire victims. ◗Kindness Page 7

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Kindness in fire aftermath ◗ continued from page 6

The story continues to unfold with neighbour tenants extending help to those directly impacted, as the investigation moves forward and the ashes settle.

Such is the spirit of the oldest city in Western Canada. As much as things change, the best remains. A terrible destructive force was unleashed, yet the mysteries of nature have been subdued by the certainty of good people.

With Thanksgiving so close in mind, we are fortunate indeed to count all these folks among our blessings.

Service not good enough

Dear Editor:

HandyDART advertising informs the general public that it is a door-to-door service. Now they are introducing a trial taxi service, with TransLink approval, that is a curb-to-curb service.

People with handicaps can be unstable on their feet particularly the older ones.

This is a danger of falling. It is why all HandyDART drivers insist on us holding their arm.

As a curb-to-curb service the taxi driver only deals with you once you get to the curb.

Louisa Lundy and Vic Leach, New Westminster

John Beeching, Vancouver

Clark: Liberals may shift direction ◗ continued from page 6

Clark is fond of stressing the need to find ways to say “yes” to big projects rather than simply rejecting them out of hand, as the NDP did in the election campaign when it opposed the Kinder Morgan pipeline.

So look for Clark to fashion policies that are indeed about saying “yes” to a number of projects.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the B.C. Liberals somehow find a way to throw their support behind the Kinder Morgan pipeline and perhaps, down the road, revisit their decision to not support Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline.

If Kinder Morgan and Enbridge can convincingly show they have addressed concerns about oil spills and cleanup, and that they have the support of more First Nations than not (in

other words, not necessarily unanimous support), I suspect Clark will find it easier to say “yes” to one or both of the projects.

Of course, there are potential pratfalls that may await the Clark government as it pushes the economy as its bread and butter issue.

Chief among them is if those liquefied natural gas plants don’t materialize. LNG Minister Rich Coleman says he’s reasonably confident that three will be built, but many analysts will be surprised if there’s more than one at the end of the day.

There is a lot of money riding on this all-in gambit by the Clark government.

The government’s own analysis suggests five LNG plants could contribute between $4 billion and $9 billion a year to government coffers.

Even if there’s only a

single plant, the return could still exceed more than $1 billion a year (if the Asia market for LNG remains strong, which is by no means a sure thing 10 years from now), which is substantial.

When money like this is dangling in front of the Clark government, it’s not hard to see why one of her predecessors’ most cherished initiatives has lost its lustre.

So don’t be surprised if Campbell’s emission targets are perhaps changed or delayed through legislation as we draw closer to 2020.

The potential financial payoff from LNG and other industries is simply too huge for a government to pass up, even if it means turning its back one of the former premier’s most cherished policies.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C.

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AFTERMATH: IN THE WAKE OF COLUMBIA STREET FIRE

Fire leaves history in ashes

BY NIKI HOPE REPORTER

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The old Copp’s shoe store rose out of the Great Fire of 1898 to anchor the corner of Columbia and MacKenzie streets for almost a century.

Now, another great fire has consumed the landmark building that housed one of the oldest shoe stores in the country before owner Terry Brine retired the business a year ago.

“We’ve lost a building with a tremendous story, and the store itself closed before, but it is a reminder of the history of this city,” said local historian Archie Miller. “It was one of those wonderful stores that looked very much the way a store would have looked ages ago.”

Popular Shoes opened at the 638 Columbia St. location in 1912. In 1925, Percy Copp, Brine’s maternal grandfather, purchased the store and renamed it Copp’s Shoes. Later his son Ralph Brine (who retired in 1975), and then Ralph’s son Terry would oversee the shop.

Through the years, the interior of Copp’s went relatively unchanged. The store was adorned with counters topped by shelves filled with walls of shoes.

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Looking back: The view on Columbia Street after the Great Fire of 1898, which destroyed much of New Westminster’s downtown. The block the Copp’s building was located in was rebuilt after the fire. generations of employees to climb up and retrieve shoes stacked up to the top of the 18-foot ceilings.

Once Brine retired, a bridal store took over the landmark location.

Other local businesses in the area impacted by the blaze include a Vietnamese restaurant, law offices, retail outlets, a church and antique stores.

The fire broke out in the E.L. Lewis Block, which

housed the old Copp’s shoe store. Many of the buildings in the area were built after the Great Fire of 1898 destroyed the city’s downtown, Miller said.

“Everything you are seeing on that side of the street was (built) directly after the Great Fire,” he said. “In the 1898 fire, everything downtown burned down – roughly from Fourth Street to the foot of 10th Street then up the hill roughly to

Royal Avenue.”

There have been significant fires in the area since the Great Fire, including one at a building that was alongside the current Trapp + Holbrook development on Columbia Street, Miller said.

“We’ve got lots and lots of fires on that end of town and all over the place,” he said.

– with files from Theresa McManus

Investigation: Fire department works to find cause ◗ continued from page 3

roof work had been done earlier in the day on the E.L. Lewis Block, and propane canisters on the roof exploded during the fire.

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New Westminster MLA Judy Darcy hasn’t decided whether she’ll be a contender in the NDP leadership race.

Darcy was vacationing in Italy with her husband of 35 years when NDP leader Adrian Dix announced he would be stepping down.

“I got back from vacation. I had a whole lot of emails, phone messages and so on – people wanting to talk to me and encouraging me to run for leader,” she told The Record. “It’s a pretty serious issue – leadership of the NDP through this next critical period. So I am listening to what people have to say. I am honoured that they would think I could do it.”

While Darcy is pondering her next political move, she is immersing herself in her role as New Westminster’s MLA. “I have to say, I am totally consumed with being the best possible MLA for New Westminster that I can be,” she said. “People come to our office. I have meetings

Burnaby-New with people morning, noon and night. I attend commu- Westminster MP Peter Julian nity events on a wide vari- recently told The Record he ety of issues. That is really wants his constituents’ opinions on whether he should my main preoccupation.” stay in Ottawa or The rookie MLA make a bid for the said she’s involved provincial NDP in a “zillion local leadership. New issues,” in addition Westminsterto her duties as Coquitlam MP Fin NDP health critic.

Donnelly is wait“Yes, I am listening to see who ing to what people enters the race have to say,” she before deciding if said. “I take it serihe’ll put his name ously, but what I forward. am consumed with Judy Darcy “I don’t think is my job.”

MLA there’s a big hurry Prior to becoming an MLA, Darcy held here,” Darcy said about roles such as national presi- making a decision. “The dent of the Canadian Union time frame for the (leadof Public Employees and ership) campaign hasn’t secretary-business manager even been established. I of the Hospital Employees’ don’t know of anyone who has said they are definitely Union of B.C. “There are lots of people going to. I am going to take who are considering putting my time to consider it. It is a their names in – some peo- huge decision.”

Four months after an ple with federal experience, some people with provin- “enormously disappointcial experience, some people ing” loss in the provincial who don’t have direct expe- election, Dix announced on rience with either,” she said. Sept. 18 that he would step “Everyone will be bringing down as leader when the something different to the party holds a leadership leadership, everyone who convention. No date has been set for the convention. decides to jump in.”

Darcy said she respected Dix tremendously as a leader and was very proud to be part of a positive campaign.

“I think Adrian showed he was the progressive and principled guy that I have always known him to be, and he put the interests of the party first in making that decision,” she said.

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Meanwhile, Darcy is enjoying her work as MLA. “It’s intense. It’s wonderful and it’s intense,” she said. “I just meet the most wonderful people. People share their stories with me, their stories of successes, their stories of challenges they need to overcome and they need help with. It’s a pretty inspirational job, and I am really loving it.”

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ust as wearing seatbelts wasn’t always the norm in society, the idea that texting or talking on your phone is a dangerous activity to do while driving still isn’t getting through to some drivers.

During the month of September, ICBC ran a campaign targeting distracted driving. Along with radio and TV ads, the insurance corporation partnered with police departments across the province to conduct a mass crack down on the potentially deadly habit. The final numbers for New Westminster haven’t come in yet, but the police department did its best to ticket anyone caught using a phone while driving, according to Sgt. Terry Dhut.

The Record recently tagged CAYLEY DOBIE along with Dhut, one of four members in the department’s traffic service unit, as he drove around the city looking for people using their phones while driving.

It was just past 3 p.m. on a busy Wednesday afternoon when Dhut pulled on to Sixth Street. Cars bound for the Pattullo Bridge were already starting to line up along Royal Avenue.

Dhut circled the area, waiting for his partner, Const. Jaspaul Chung, to get into position between Sixth and Seventh on Royal Avenue. When he got the OK from Chung, Dhut pulled his police cruiser into the small, yellow-lined section of road eastbound at Royal Avenue and Sixth Street.

There, he parked and waited for Chung.

He didn’t have to wait long, within five minutes Chung was sending him their first offender. Dhut flagged down the driver of a white Toyota Tacoma. The driver pulled over to the left, in front of the police cruiser and Dhut jumped out to speak with the man.

Dhut explained to the driver why he had been pulled over and how he could dispute the charge, if he wanted to, but he didn’t. He admitted he was on the phone, Dhut said That’s typical, Dhut added, it’s hard to argue when you’re caught red-handed, so to speak.

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Red-handed: Sgt. Terry Dhut explains to the driver of the Toyota Tacoma why he was pulled over. For more photos, Dhut says most drivers admit they’ve been using their phones when stopped by police. scan with dangerous it is. It’s just like impaired driving,” he said.

To catch the distracted drivers, the two officers used a method called “splitting the lane” where one officer, in this case Chung, walks down a lane of traffic while drivers are sitting at a light, and looks for people using their phones – yes, Dhut said, using your phone while stopped at a light still counts as distracted driving and it still means a $167 ticket.

Chung then sends the drivers he spots over to Dhut, who writes up the tickets.

In 45 minutes, Dhut and Chung pulled over three more drivers. One driver was texting while driving and another, from Colorado, was using their smartphone map. When Dhut asked the visitors if Colorado had a similar law against distracted driving, they admitted it did.

“Even visitors aren’t exempt,” Dhut said. “You should know the law of land.”

While most drivers admitted they were using their phones, the fourth driver they pulled over did not.

When Dhut went up to speak with the driver of a white Ford Expedition, the driver said he was just ending a call, but he quickly denied actually ever using his phone, Dhut said.

“He (the driver) just told me he’d see me in court,” Dhut said.

After an hour on Royal Avenue, Dhut and Chung decided to change their strategy and position. They headed over to Brunette Avenue and parked themselves in an abandoned lot facing traffic.

“It’s not about stealth or getting as many tickets as we can, it’s about just getting out there,” Dhut said as he pulled his marked police car into the open yard. “You can be parked on the sidewalk and people who are paying attention will see you and people who are talking on their cellphones won’t. That’s why they’re distracted.”

This was especially evident as Dhut and Chung worked the Brunette location.

The second driver they spotted was stopped in traffic talking on his cellphone, about 50 feet from the two police cruisers.

As Chung crept out into traffic, closing the gap between the offender and himself, the driver was too distracted to even notice what was happening. It wasn’t until Chung activated his siren that the driver looked over and came face to face with the officer.

“This is what it’s all about,” Dhut said.

“It’s about getting the message out that (using your cellphone is) dangerous.”

Prior to the distracted driving law, most people, including Dhut, didn’t think that using a cellphone while driving was dangerous, but the new law has led police departments to identify new cause of car accidents.

Today, traffic accident investigators will look at cellphone records if there is evidence at the scene that indicates distracted driving may be the cause, Dhut added.

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New Westminster set to raise parking rates

BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

Coun. Betty McIntosh fears increased parking rates could drive customers away from commercial areas.

The city is considering changes to fees and rates charged for a variety of services. One of the proposed changes would see parking rates rise from $1.10 to $1.50 per hour in lowdemand areas, and $1.35 to $1.75 in high-demand areas.

“I thought that was excessive,” said McIntosh.

Small businesses in the city already struggle to stay in business from year to year without having to contend with increased parking, said McIntosh.

She noted that some businesses owners have lobbied against parking meters in the past.

A staff report stated that the proposed increases would bring New Westminster in line with rates charged in surrounding municipalities.

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ing rates will be set at 2.5 parking in 2014.

In addition to the cents per minute ($1.50 per hour) in low-demand increases at parking pay stations, counareas such as 12th cil will consider Street and 2.92 increases to some cents per minute fees at the Fraser ($1.75 per hour) Cemetery and in high-demand street occupancy areas (downtown, permits fees. Staff uptown and is also recomSapperton) startmending a one per ing Jan. 1, 2014. cent increase in all In an email to The fees collected by Record, he said the development that all current Betty McIntosh services departstreet meters and councillor ment, a one per pay stations will be reprogrammed to reflect cent increase in the business licence fees for rental the new rates in 2014.

Jim Lowrie, the city’s housing, and increases to director of engineering, the cost of providing new said parking is a “very underground electrical serscarce resource” in neigh- vices.

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The Record • Wednesday, October 16, 2013 • A13

Harvest Box brings nature’s bounty to all

BY NIKI HOPE REPORTER

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Parents at Lord Kelvin Elementary school will be able to pick up their kids along with their weekly greens.

The school is one of four pickup spots for a new pilot project called the Harvest Box program, which involves purchasing 10 pounds of affordable, locally grown fresh fruit and produce for just $8.

“I’m so looking forward to that, sign me up,” said Janet Grant, New Westminster school district’s director of instruction. “It’s a wonderful opportunity to provide fresh fruits and vegetables to our families throughout the entire city.

“Good nutrition is critically important to children’s growth. What we are hoping is making it more accessible,” Grant added.

The program is being launched in mid-November through a partnership between the school district, the New Westminster parks, culture and recreation department and the New Westminster community food action committee.

The Harvest Box program was developed to encourage healthy eating, educate people on the benefits of eating fruits and vegetables daily and to support British Columbia farms.

The program is open to anyone who wants to purchase the boxes. Boxes will be available on the second and last Thursday of each month and orders can be made through any New Westminster parks, culture and recreation location.

The boxes include a free monthly newsletter with important nutritional facts, information and recipes. There are three types of boxes that can be purchased, and prices range from $8 to $15 per box.

Those who want to also spend a few dollars more can help others in the community by spending $15.

They get to keep one box and the other is donated to families in need. There are no limits to the number of boxes that can be purchased, and they contain as much locally grown fresh produce and fruit as is possible, Grant said.

The three box options are: ◗ Harvest Value Box: The value box contains at least

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seven varieties of fresh fruit and vegetables designed to make eating vegetables and fruit more affordable, as local as possible, but imported produce is included when local is not available. Price is $8. ◗ Harvest Local Box: The local box contains local vegetables and fruit sourced from B.C. farmers and suppliers, supports local growers and sustainable agricultural methods. Price is $15. ◗ Harvest BOGO Box: The buy one, give one box; for every box purchased, another box is provided to a family in need for free.

It contains at least seven varieties of fresh vegetables and fruit as local as possible, but imported produce is included when local is not available. Price is $15.

There is interest in expanding the Harvest Box

Program to other schools in the district at a later date if the pilot program is successful, according to an update on the school district’s website.

The Harvest Box program will operate twice monthly at four depots: Century House, Centennial Community Centre, Queensborough Community Centre as well as Lord Kelvin.

“So families in the city can purchase their boxes and pick them up at one of depots. It’s a wonderful opportunity to have fresh fruits and vegetables,” Grant said. “How great is it if you take your child to school and pick up your BOGO box?”

For more information, email school district staffer Betina Ali (who helped spearhead the project) at bali@sd40.bc.ca.

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Fresh harvest: Residents will be able to buy 10 pounds of fresh produce for $8 or buy one and give another to a family in need for $15 through the Harvest Box program, scheduled to start next month.

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The Record • Wednesday, October 16, 2013 • A15

Cycling for cancer research

BY CAYLEY DOBIE REPORTER cdobie@royalcityrecord.com

For Yati Yadav, who grew up in New Westminster, the highlight of his summer was a six-day bike race across the United States.

RAAM, or Ride Across America, is an almost 5,000-kilometre bike ride that starts in Oceanside, California, and ends in Annapolis, Maryland. Throughout the six days and 11 hours Yadav spent on the road with his team, they climbed more than 178,000 feet and crossed 12 states.

“It’s touted as the toughest endurance race on the planet,” Yadav said, which he added is a pretty accurate description of the bike race, mainly because of the heat, humidity and hills that seemed to appear around every corner.

But what the New West native, who’s participated in countless Ironman races, didn’t expect was how easy it was to stay motivated.

“We wanted to raise funds and also awareness for brain cancer research through Barrow’s hospital, which is a specialty hospital that focuses on brain and spinal research,” he said.

Yadav is an avid athlete. He has participated in Ironman competitions among other gruelling events. This time around though, the race had a special meaning because his race partner is currently fighting brain cancer and actually had chemotherapy treatments prior to and following the race. Witnessing such strength from his partner, Kyle Claffey, 19, was remarkable, and made finishing such an intense race all the more rewarding, Yadav said.

“The big difference is the feeling that you get from finishing. It’s not just about you. It’s about helping everybody that you’ve helped raise awareness for before

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Climbing: Yati Yadav on his bike. the race, during the race, and now, following the race,” he said.

Yadav, who now lives and practises dentistry in Phoenix, Arizona, along with three other teams of two, helped raise more than $110,000 for Barrow Neurological Institute – a medical facility in the United States that specializes in treating patients with brain and spinal tumors.

“It was such an experience,” he said.

“Most people, they want to (help), and I think we all have big hearts and we all want to give back. … When you’re doing it for charity, and you’re doing it for someone else, when you’re doing it for people other than yourself, you find the energy that you didn’t think that you had.”

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Seniors and unemployed workers are among the folks who will be in need of a helping hand this Christmas.

Family Services of Greater Vancouver is hard at work preparing for the Caring Neighbours program, which matches families and seniors with community members at Christmas.

“It’s a program that connects fami-

lies who need help at Christmas with community members who want to make a difference at Christmas,” said Heather Scott, director of development at Family Services. “We want to kick off this year’s campaign with a bit of a community celebration.”

Everyone’s invited to a community barbecue on Thursday, Oct. 17 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Caps Bicycle Shop, 434 East Columbia St.

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Parents invited to social media safety info night AROUND TOWN

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The latest Parents Night Out session will focus on Internet safety.

The session is being held on Wednesday, Nov. 6 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Ecole Glenbrook Middle School, 701 Park Cres.

Jesse Cochrane will lead the Internet safety session, which will help provide parents with information they need to ensure their children are using social media safely.

“Imagine a school’s hallways where stress is endured, judgments made, relationships created and destroyed. Apply all of this to a social-media based website, and you will experience the environment that the majority of youth live in today,” said a notice about the event.

“Connected by multiple devices to multiple forms of social media, students connect to hundreds of friends uploading daily

activities as events occur, including successes and failures, opinion, complete with contact information.”

To register for the session, email community schools@sd40.bc.ca – or just show up. For more information, call Dan Kalivoda at 778-875-9367.

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Two New Westminster firefighters will be heating up the catwalk at an upcoming fundraiser.

Jay Zimmermann and Trevor Tougas, who are both members of New Westminster Fire and Rescue Services, are among the firefighters who are featured in the 2014 Hall of Flame Calendar.

Zimmermann and Tougas and other Hall of Flame models will be strutting their stuff in the firefighters’ fashion shows being held at the 13th annual West Coast Women’s Show at the TRADEX Trade and Convention Centre in Abbotsford. Organizers promise “two smokin’ hot” fashion shows on Friday, Oct. 25 and Saturday, Oct. 26, both at 7:30 p.m.

The shows, part of the event’s Girls Night Out Martini Nights, include a firefighters charity auction on Oct. 26 at 6:45 p.m., before that night’s show.

Four of the calendar’s fire-

fighters will be auctioned off for a group dinner date with four women at the show. All proceeds from the auction and from calendar sales go to support the Firefighters Charitable Foundation.

Calendars are $15 and available at select London Drugs, Save-On-Foods and PriceSmart stores in the Lower Mainland, as well as online at vancouverfire fighters.ca.

The West Coast Women’s Show features more than 400 booths, food, fashion and more.

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Crafts and tea at Century House

The ever-popular craft sale and tea is coming up soon at Century House.

The Century House association is organizing the craft sale and tea that’s being held on Saturday, Nov. 2 from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event includes an afternoon tea, a bake and white elephant sale, and sales of pottery, books, jewelry, painting and crafts.

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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Giving back in the city MOVERS & SHAKERS NIKI HOPE

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here are a couple of ways to give back in New Westminster this month.

Eden Accents in Sapperton is holding a breast cancer fund-

raiser. Purchase one of the store’s breast cancer pewter key rings for $12, of which 100 per cent of the proceeds goes to the Breast Cancer Association and get entered for a chance to win a handmade quilt.

For more information, visit www.facebook.com/ edenaccents.

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month, and is nicknamed “This little piggy went to market.”

All River Market merchants will have a vintage pig piggy bank to collect donations for the Royal Columbian Hospital, and the store that raises the most money for RCH will receive lunch cooked by the River Market staff for all the employees of the business.

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Caring: Community barbecue set ◗ continued from page 16

“Santa might make an appearance,” Scott said. “It’s a little early for him, but he says he might be able to come.”

Family Services will give a brief overview of the program and thank community members for their support. The event includes children’s activities.

“It’s an opportunity for the community to come together to have a party to kick off the campaign,” Scott said.

Family Services of Greater Vancouver started offering the adopta-family program last year, when

Fraserside Community Services was no longer able to provide the service.

“We had 101 families,” Scott said of the inaugural year. “We were really, really excited that everyone got matched.”

Scott said it’s commonly thought that people involved in the program are on social assistance, but the organization found that most of the families were new to the program and enrolled because they were unemployed or underemployed and couldn’t afford to buy Christmas gifts.

The Caring Neighbour program is expanding to include seniors, partic-

ularly those who may not be engaged in other programs in the city and need help in breaking their isolation.

“Seniors was an issue that came up last year,” said Tulia Castellanos, director of community engagement.

“When we looked at our statistics, we have a lot of seniors experiencing poverty. We are going to include seniors.”

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Seven an unlucky number for Hyacks

BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

The New Westminster Hyacks failed to find anything lucky in their seventh meeting with the Vancouver College Fighting Irish high school football team.

The AAA varsity Hyacks remained winless against the Vancouver private school, losing 34-21 to the Irish at O’Hagan Field on Saturday.

Thelossovershadoweda three-touchdown performance by Hyack quarterback Tommy Robertson and a stellar day on both sides of the ball by senior receiver Tristan Sands.

Sands caught nine passes for close to 90 yards and also intercepted a pass on defence that eventually led to New West’s only touchdown in the first half.

Van College took its opening drive 64 yards for a touchdown and was on the way for a second straight score when Sands picked off junior QB Giordy Belfiore near midfield.

Eleven plays later Robertson scored on a quarterback sneak and Wayne Palmer kicked the extra point to give the visitors a 7-6 lead to start the second quarter.

But on the ensuing play from scrimmage Sands was victimized on a 70yard pass-and-run play from Belfiore to Matthew Legge.

With time ticking down in the first half, an attempted fake punt went wrong, giving College back the ball on the New West 41 yard line.

Record player of the game Ovie Odjegba then scored his second TD of the half from 20 yards out.

Odjegba, who opened the scoring for College on a 30-yard run, also scored on a 72-yard romp on the first

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On the line: Grade 11 running back Kale Brock eludes a tackle by a Vancouver College player in the New Westminster Hyacks’ 34-21 loss at O’Hagan Field on Saturday. drive of the third quarter for Van College.

“I felt good. Our front line had a great start. As a team we wanted to work to our full potential,” said Odjegba.

Van College owned the battle of the front lines for much of the game, allowing New West just 146 total yards on the ground and Robertson 13 for 20 and 119 yards passing.

“Our defensive line didn’t play as well as I expected,” said Hyacks head coach Farhan Lalji, who took the blame for the botched fake punt at the end of the second quarter.

“We didn’t think it the end zone from seven was over. … But there yards out.

The loss will no doubt was no doubt offensively they controlled the line of bump the fourth-ranked Hyacks out of the scrimmage.”

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Robertson engin“Honestly, I eered a 13-play march downfield before didn’t think (Van College) scoring his second TD were that good,” said New Westminster running back from eight yards out.

College responded with Julian Ramirez, who led a scoring drive of its own the team with 71 rushand New West opened the ing yards. “The thing that fourth quarter, finishing made us lose was our misoff a 69-yard drive with takes. We got to do our job Robertson taking ball into – play responsibly.

“When we do our jobs, we’re good. Mistakes are killing us.”

Lalji concured. “(College) is a good team, but I think we helped them along. I don’t want to be one of the best of the rest,” Lalji added, “but we can’t make those kind of mistakes against this team.”

New Westminster is currently in a log jam for second place with Handsworth, Belmont and College in the B.C. high school Western conference.

The Hyacks have a bye weekend this week.

All-New West team wins national Ross Cup

BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

A home-grown New Westminster field lacrosse team is this year’s Division 1 national champions.

The New Westminster Warlocks overcame an earlier 11-8 loss to Whalley in the preliminary round to upset the Surrey side 13-11 in the gold-medal final to win the Ross Cup at Willoughby Park in Langley on Sunday.

Quinn Mackay led the Warlocks with three goals, while tournament MVP Mark Negrin, game MVP Reese Robinson and Eric Tuura all scored a pair of goals for the New Westminster club.

Negrin and Jonathon Rachfall were also named tournament allstars. Ross Manson was named the top goalie in the tournament.

Also scoring in the championship final for New West were Reid Mydske, Leif Mydske, Jackson Treanor and Jaeden Gastaldo.

New West scored a 17-10 win over Alberta on the opening day of the three-day event on Oct. 11.

The Warlocks then defeated Team Ontario 18-11, before losing to Whalley in the round robin.

The loss was the second defeat for New West against the Surrey club. The Warlocks also came up short against Whalley in the provincial final played back in April.

“Having just lost to Whalley, … the boys were more focussed and determined. We never trailed

once in the final,” said New Westminster coach Dirk Rachfall.

“Unlike the other teams, which were comprised of players from everywhere – essentially all-star teams – every player on the New West team is from our community and have been members of the New Westminster Minor Lacrosse Association.”

Ontario edged Alberta 9-8 in the consolation final to earn the Victory Trophy.

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Rookie righthander Aaron Enns tallied four points in the Simon Fraser University hockey club’s home opener.

Enns scored a goal on the power play and set up Jono Ceci for what proved to be the game-winner as SFU won its B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League opener 7-4 over the Thompson Rivers Wolfpack at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre on Saturday.

Enns, who scored 96 points in 154 games with the La Ronge Ice Wolves of the Saskatchewan junior A league, had a goal and three assists to lead the club Clan.

Enns, a Campbell River native, also played a season in the NCAA with Division III Manhattan College before transferring to SFU. The Clan jumped out to a 3-0 lead after two periods on power-play goals from Jesse Mysiorek and Jared Eng and the first of a pair

by Nick Sandor, in the final minutes of the opening period.

Graeme Gordon backstopped the win with 30 saves in the Clan cage.

Ceci, who tallied the game-winner from Enns and Mike Ball at 10:47 of the wild eight-goal third period, wound up with a three-point night.

Thompson Rivers closed out the final period, scoring three times in the final eight minutes, including a shorthanded goal by Silvan Harper.

“It was a cautious, apprehensive start, … but after three solid weeks of hockey against Calgary, UBC and the Boston trip, I think we’re playing at a level we have to be,” said SFU club head coach Mark Coletta.

SFU is away in Victoria this weekend for a twogame series against the University of Victoria.

The following week, the university club team will host defending B.C. Intercollegiate champion Selkirk College at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre on Oct. 26 for SFU Hockey Halloweeen Night.

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Senior qualifies for U.S. nats

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SFU women tops at WWU Classic New Westminster ’s Tamara Harris placed 37th overall at the 40th annual Western Washington University Invitational Cross-Country Classic.

The University of British Columbia runner finished in a time of 23.18 in the women’s six-kilometre race at East Lake Padden Park in Bellingham on Saturday.

Simon Fraser University senior Kristen Allen finished sixth overall to help place the Clan team first among competing collegiate teams. Allen’s time was 22.10.

Trinity Western University’s Sarah Inglis and Alison Jackson finished first and second, respectively.

Fellow Clan senior Lindsey Butterworth was 10th overall and in a time of 22.21.

Rebecca Bassett was third on team and 20th overall in a time of 22.45.

Clan runners Emma Chadsey and Sarah Sawatsky placed right behind with respective times of 22.46 and 22.50.

Onthemen’sside,Austin Trapp finished 30th overall, while Cameron Proceviat of Burnaby placed in 31st position for the fifth-place finishing Clan team.

SFU will be back in action at the Great Northwest conference championships in Monmouth, Oregon on Oct. 26.

– Tom Berridge

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The move: Burnaby Winter Club’s Christian Fitzgerald, seen in white versus Vancouver, scored a goal in the peewee A1 team’s 4-0 win over Langley in the championship final of the club’s Thanksgiving tournament on Monday.

Return of pivot boosts Knights

Four to Team Canada camp

Getting their starting quarterback back put a swagger in the St. Thomas More Knights offence.

The AAA varsity Knights proved the truth of their head coach’s words, putting up 36 unanswered points in the second half behind the return of pivot Chase Malcolm to defeat the Kelowna Owls 51-8 at the Apple Bowl in Kelowna last Friday.

Leading 15-8 at half time, Malcolm came in and completed five-of-seven passes for 62 yards and a touchdown, while rushing for 48 yards on his own and a second TD in one quarter of action.

STM plays Terry Fox at Percy Perry Stadium on Friday at 7 p.m.

Four New Westminster field lacrosse players were named to last weekend’s camp roster for selection to the Canadian national men’s team.

Kevin Crowley, Matt MacGrotty, Jordan McBride and Brett Mydske were among the 51 players named to the camp that will eventually make up the Canadian team that will compete at the 2014 International Field Lacrosse World Championships in Denver July 10 to 19.

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Edmonds senior Norm Lesage qualified for the U.S. masters’ track and field championships following a gold-medal run in the 100 metre dash at a qualifying meet in Las Vegas, Nevada on Oct. 5.

Lesage, who holds Canadian national agegroup records in both outdoor and indoor sprints, posted a winning time of 16.97 seconds to qualify for next year’s U.S. national championships. The 83year-old Burnaby runner also raced to a silver medal in the 50m.

The following week, Lesage also medalled at the annual Huntsman World Senior Games in St. George, Utah.

At the Games, Lesage finished runner-up in the 100m despite shaving nearly four-tenths of a second off his gold-medal run in Nevada. He took the gold medal at 200m, clocking a winning time of 34.94. Lesage also finished second at 400m.

“My times are good,” Lesage said. “It makes me feel so good to lineup against people my own age.”

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