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Budget woes spawn parents’ group

BY NIKI HOPE REPORTER

School concerns: Kelly SladeKerr, whose daughter Sophia attends school at Herbert Spencer Elementary, is among a group of local parents who have banded together to have a voice and run candidates in the civic election this fall.

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Parents in New Westminster have formed an ad hoc group to stir up interest and bring some fresh faces to the school board in the upcoming civic election, citing the district’s ongoing budget troubles as the reason they came together.

There are about 12 parents from schools all over the city involved in the group called New Westminster Parents for Public Education (P4PE), and their goal is to have a “voice” in this year’s civic election in November, organizer Kelly Slade-Kerr told The Record.

“We are a group of concerned parents committed to public education who want to give parents a stronger voice in the upcoming school board elections,” explained Slade-Kerr, a lawyer whose children attend École Glenbrook Middle School and Herbert Spencer Elementary.

“Confidence in our school district has been shaken. We’re not here to criticize – we’re here to get more involved, find solutions and build confidence in our public schools.”

The group formed in a living room about two months ago and plans to hold a meeting for anyone who is interested in becoming involved in mid-April an exact date hasn’t yet been determined.

“There is definitely a desire that we can identify people and support people who want to run for school district,” Slade-Kerr said, adding it remains to be seen whether they will support any current school trustees. “We haven’t gotten that far yet. This is

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at a very grassroots stage.”

Slade-Kerr said she hasn’t decided whether she will run in November’s election.

The goal of the group, which SladeKerr said isn’t a political party, is to bring a “renewal of the board,” with a greater scope of skills and new perspectives, and rebuild confidence in the school district,

she said.

The mother of two said she’s felt the impact of recent budget cuts with the reduction of a French immersion resource teacher, and cuts to supplies, equipment and field trips.

The school district hit a major financial snag in 2012, when it revealed a multimillion-dollar surprise deficit. The following

year, the district had to cut approximately 62 jobs – about eight per cent of its workforce – to balance the budget, and it still owes almost $5 million to the Ministry of Education for previous budget shortfalls, which it must repay.

To contact the group, email p4penw@ gmail.com. www.twitter.com/nikimhope

New study shows coal project a risk to health

BY DON HAUKA REPORTER

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A new study out of Washington State University suggests the Fraser Surrey Docks coal terminal expansion project would have a major impact on the health of residents living near the facility.

And local academics say the study underlines the fact that approval of the

Fraser Surrey Docks project will inevitably lead to increased levels of known carcinogens in the air – particularly in the neighbourhoods adjacent to the terminal.

“The increases in particles that this study attributed to even current levels of rail traffic were much higher than I would have expected and suggest that the proposed increases in rail traffic will have large impacts on concentrations in areas

around rail corridors,” said Professor Michael Brauer of the University of British Columbia’s School of Population and Public Health.

“We have very little data on residential exposure to emissions from rail in general and to coal trains specifically, so this study is important.”

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FULL CIRCLE: THE MAN WHO OWNED FIELDS REINVESTS IN THE CITY

‘We believe in the potential’

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“I can tell you very frankly if you want oseph Segal is pleased to be involved to create a community and you want to in the revival of a place where he create fulcrum in the city, you need office helped make his mark in the business space, you need a convention centre,” world.

Segal said. “This was not the development The City of New Westminster of an office building. This was a complex. announced last week that it sold Merchant This is a convention centre, so that if you Square for $36.5 million to 777 Columbia have a wedding, if you have a convenStreet, a partnership jointly owned by tion, if you have a need to accommodate Kingswood Capital and Duke Holdings 300, 400 or 500 people, why would you – a company jointly owned by businesssend them away to Vancouver or Burnaby men Joseph Segal and Suki Sekhon. It’s because you can’t accommodate them. been years since Segal has been to New We bought the office building because we Westminster, but his business roots on believe in the potential.”

Columbia Street go back more than four Some community members viewed the decades. city’s decision to proceed with construc“I used to own a company called Fields. tion of the office tower as a bold move, Store Number 2 was in New Westminster, while others thought it was too financially just sitting about where this new convenrisky. tion centre is,” he told The Record. “That is “Who else would have precipitated coincidental.” something of this nature in downtown At one time, Segal also owned a Zellers New Westminster? No one. They would store that was located in New Westminster. have said, ‘New Westminster, that’s the In addition to founding Fields Stores last place in the world I want to build an Limited, Segal’s business dealings include office building or a convention centre,’ so purchasing Zellers in 1976, becoming the city did it because it’s important for a major shareholder and member of the evolution of the city,” Segal said. “So Hudson’s Bay board in 1979, and forming now the net result will be that it will be Kingswood Capital Corporation, a real the fulcrum and there will be other things estate developer and acquirer of compathat will happen as a result of it within the nies for turn-around in 1979.

For city. Hopefully it will attract some other When the Uptown Property Group more business to the city as tenants. If the marwithdrew from the Merchant Square projon Joe ketplace isn’t going to do it, and the city ect, the city decided to build the office Segal, scan believes in it, they should do it. It’s a calcutower on top of its new convention and with lated risk. What’s the worst that happens? community facility, Anvil Centre.

Layar So it takes a little longer or you make a Mayor Wayne Wright said he wrote a little less, but it’s not as if it’s the end of list of three potential purchasers and put Ric Ernst/COURTESY OF PNG the world. It’s a city. New Westminster out a call to the first person on his list – Segal.

Joe Segal: “This is good for the city and it will be, was the fulcrum, it was a community that everybody that lived there was proud of, “He said, yes,” Wright recalled of their hopefully, good for us.” and then it sort of went into decay and meeting. “That’s why it’s magic. My intenColumbia Street became derelict. It used to tion was maybe to have someone that was the way they are in your eyes, not somebody be a vibrant street, and this is going to revive local that could maybe do more for our city else’s eyes,” he said. “It is in the eyes of the it.” because of who they were or the business they beholder.”

In addition to his business dealings, Segal had, and their affiliation with the city, now Segal said the building’s proximity to and his wife Rosalie are well-known phior in the past. That really made the list pretty SkyTrain was its main selling feature. lanthropists, having contributed millions small.”

“It’s the simple fact that it is on transit. It of dollars to charitable causes including Segal said the initial meeting between is part of the convention centre and it makes Variety Club, education scholarships and himself, Sekhon and Wright was very straighteconomic sense,” he said. “There is not a lot of the Vancouver General Hospital and UBC forward and gauged potential interest in the office market in New Westminster, but we are Hospital Foundation. Locally, the Segals have project. The businessmen were interested. going to have to create that market, and that’s contributed to Honour House, a facility that “I think that this is a very fair deal – both what we will try and do.” provides temporary housing for wounded or ways. That is the important thing. A deal that Segal recalls the days when the downtown injured military personnel and first respondis imbalanced is never going to work,” he said. was a economic hub for the region. ers, and their families, who are receiving care “This is good for the city and it will be, hope“I think New Westminster, it was the jewel or rehabilitation in the Lower Mainland. fully, good for us. The city knows exactly what in the crown, is going to come back. It’s going Segal rarely visits his real estate acquisitions it is – we don’t. We are not going to know to be a jewel in the crown again,” he said. as they are “ordinary,” but he anticipates he’ll what the result is – it could take a year, it could “You’ve got everything going for you. You are take two, it could take three. Who knows? sitting right smack in the middle of everything. be visiting Merchant Square once it’s complete.

“There has been a revival taking place on We’ve got to find a tenant. Do you want to All you have to do is open your arms and Columbia Street,” he said. “I think this is a lease some space?” make everybody aware of where you are, and While “very few” institutions or people buy what you are. You are central, you are focused. commitment. This stands out and says, we believe. That’s important. If the city and the empty buildings because of the costs of ownYou have to make it inviting.” city management and the city administration ing unleased buildings, Segal said “everything As part of the business deal, the city will doesn’t believe – then why should I believe? is a calculated risk” and Merchant Square was retain ownership of Anvil Centre, a conferBut they did it. Does that give me comfort? a risk worth taking. ence and community facility, ground-level Simply and purely because it’s a step in the “It didn’t matter that the other people retail space and the three-level underground didn’t deliver, or weren’t interested. That parkade. Segal believes the project is a step for- right direction. A step in the right direction is better than a slide in the wrong direction.” didn’t bother me at all. You look at things ward for New Westminster.

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New secondary school moves one step closer School board pleased with plans for new École Fraser River Middle School

Campbell was also impressed with how the developer, Yellowridge Construction, worked with the complex school site, which currently houses John Robson Elementary and is situated on a steep grade.

At Tuesday’s meeting, trustees heard

BY NIKI HOPE REPORTER nhope@royalcityrecord.com that the site will also house a new board office with approximately 21 offices for The district is one step closer to a long- staff. The board office will be in a separate overdue replacement for the aging New building from the school and have its own address and parking lot.

Westminster Secondary School.

Currently, the district’s board office The company building a $17.6-million middle school presented the site design at downtown also houses two alternate prothe board of education’s public meeting, grams and an adult education program. where trustee Casey Cook said getting the The district hasn’t decided where those prohigh school built hinges on the construc- grams will go when the board offices move to the middle school site. tion cycle of three new schools in “We have 18 months to develop the city. a plan for the alternate programs “Expediting the construction and the adult learning centres,” process at École Fraser Middle Campbell said, noting trustees School allows the project at the aren’t considering putting the prohigh school to commence also on grams at the middle school. an expedited basis, once the projThe district wants to get out of ect agreement is signed,” Cook its lease on the Columbia Square told The Record. property, which eats up $700,000 When the new middle school from its operating budget annuis built, the district can funnel ally.

Grade 8 students to that school for Casey Cook “At the end of the day, it’s been September 2015 and then begin trustee a strategic decision in order to free construction on the high school, up operating funds and (to get) Cook explained. us out of these leases,” Campbell The district is working on said about the decision to move three new schools for the city – an the board office. elementary school on the former As for the new middle school, St. Mary’s Hospital site, which is its main entrance will be off opening in September, a middle Queens Avenue. school at the John Robson ele“I like how they’ve done that mentary site, and a replacement too, because it’s the quieter of the high school. A project agreement streets,” Campbell said. “It’s safer between the district and the for drop-offs and pickup.”

Ministry of Education has yet to be The other appeal of signed to replace the high school, Jonina Campbell Yellowridge’s design is that it prowhich parents have been anticipat- board chair tects the 200-year-old trees on the ing for more than a decade.

Board chair Jonina Campbell praised the site, she said.

The old John Robson Elementary school plans for the middle school, now officially named École Fraser River Middle School, is slated for demolition in August, and the which include separate drama and music new middle school will open in September 2015. rooms, as well as a double gym.

In order to meet the deadline, construc“I was really taken with how bright and spacious it is inside the school,” Campbell tion on the new school must begin this said. “I like how there is a lot of open areas month, the district says. Yellowridge repand places for kids to gather, which I under- resentatives told trustees the site will be stand is pedagogically really important for fenced, dust will be controlled through the middle school – where kids have lots of monitoring, and they will work with the workspaces, and it’s designed in such a way school’s staff to ensure disruptions are kept that they are under supervision but work- to a minimum. twitter.com/nikimhope ing independently.”

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Fair Elections Act needs a true public debate is going a big step beyond what was Everything old will become new once considered part of the game. again – that old saying is self-fulfilling.

The latest steps by the Harper governIt’s especially true in the world of polment reach beyond the lines of partisanitics. ship and into the realm of the franchise Governments using their majority that Canadians have come to may have an accepted route to take for granted. construct an advantage when The ironicially titled Fair it comes to our democracy, but THE RECORD Elections Act, or Bill C23, is that doesn’t make it right. being roundly criticized by The word “gerrymanderscholars, pundits, the opposition and ing” recalls an older era when governments rigged riding borders to create the people from many walks of life – partisan and not. best benefit.

Described by the government as a But our current federal government

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means to reform the federal electoral machinery, it has all the handiwork of a trojan horse in the form of a ballot box.

What the Conservatives have put on the table is double layered in its lack of transparency – they want little to no debate on the bill and have mined it with items that would only benefit the party in power.

Taking on just two of its contentious points: the elimination of voter information cards as one piece of eligible identification (but never the only source) would make voting more difficult for

students, seniors in care facilities, and First Nations people, and stripping Elections Canada of its ability to safeguard the electoral process and eliminate the role in promoting voter participation.

Emboldened by a majority in the House and having stacked the Senate with yes men, Stephen Harper now has all the leverage to make his home field advantage last.

But the right to vote shouldn’t be carved with such an obviously partisan blade.

Recycling rules hit newspapers hard

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ing and processing your recyritish Columbians have clables. every right to be proud of What is going on here? our world-leading recyThe consequence will be a cling program, built right here in dramatic increase in costs for this province.

British Columbia’s businesses, The achievement of the particularly the province’s mighty blue box is the prodnewspapers. In fact, we estimate uct of an efficient partnership between municipal governments, that the newspaper industry the private sector and the people is threatened with a bill that could come to $14 million. That of British Columbia. It gets the is a dramatic increase when job done and, at an average cost you consider that newspapers of $35 per household each year, aren’t required to pay it gets the job done at a product stewardship good price. fees today, directly.

So, if the system PETER KVARNSTROM Newspapers, like all for recycling waste businesses, pay for packaging is working these services the same way all so well, why is the province so British Columbians do: through keen to “fix it” and hand it over their property taxes. to the very multinational corpoThat doesn’t mean newsparations who shipped us all that pers haven’t been participating packaging in the first place? in recycling and the environSounds remarkable, but that ment; far from it. In fact, newsis exactly what the provincial papers are the original recycled government is doing. On May product, and publishers have 19, the government’s new multimaterial recycling regulation will taken steps, such as moving to vegetable-based inks, to miniformally end the days of local mize the environmental impact decision-making over our blue of our product. Diversion rates box programs and hand it to for newsprint are a remarkable some of the largest producers of 85 per cent, already well above plastic and paper packaging the the government’s own target. world has ever known.

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IN MY OPINION

Dear Editor:

I’m curious. Why is it, if Hyack is so out-of-date, behind-the-times and small-minded, that the Hyack detractors want everything it has?

Were there not five Hyack board members who wanted Hyack under their control so bad they relentlessly instigated a hostile takeover – only to fail? Then, did not Bart Slotman in a letter to the editor (The Record, Sept. 25) admit to taking domain names that belonged to Hyack? Did he not state “Yes, I personally registered these domains,” yet documents showed at the time he registered both festivalsnewwest.com. and .ca for Uptown Property Group on Aug. 30? Has he returned these domains to Hyack?

Then there is the question of ownership of the brand/event Uptown Live! While Mr. Slotman

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claims it is his, why did Coun. Betty McIntosh make note that it was the proprietary property of Hyack Festival Association during a council meeting? While the question of ownership of Uptown Live! continues, is it not the intent of the Uptown Business Association New West – of which Mr. Slotman is chair – to involve Alliance West Sport Ent., a company owned by the past executive director of Hyack? Was this intent not included as part of their Oct. 30 application by the Uptown Business Association for the funding of Uptown Live!

If that was not enough, I read with interest that Mr. Slotman now wants Hyack’s crowd from the parade. Can Uptown Live! not draw a crowd of its own, especially with the outrageous sum of taxpayers’ money it was given?

Wouldn’t having the demi-god of all event marketing, who the city cried tears for and who was

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Why take from Hyack? ◗ continued from page 6

nominated as a possible Citizen of the Year – not be enough to ensure the overwhelming success of Uptown Live! as a standalone event?

Then there was the initiative by Coun.

Chuck Puchmayr to take the Parade of Lights from Hyack and give it to the city to produce. Referred to by some as “Chuck’s City Christmas Parade” (CCCP), was this line-up of first-responder vehicles and cars with city employees really better than Hyack’s past parades? Recently, in council during discussions on Hyack, Mr. Puchmayr was heard to say (paraphrasing) “if it takes place” in regard to the international parade. Is he planning on taking this from Hyack too?

On Feb. 17, I watched council where Mrs. Radbourne (Hyack President 98/99, wife of the 2012 Hyack president and in charge of the 2011 to 2013 Hyack Miss New Westminster ambassador program) asked for money to fund her ambassador program. Hasn’t the ambassador program been Hyack’s for over 40 years.

Why did Coun. Betty McIntosh feel it necessary to inform council she had an outside legal opinion, if ownership of this program and name was not likely to become a legal matter? Recent articles inform it has a high probability to do so.

Further, wasn’t Mrs. Radbourne’s presentation made even more suspect by the presence of Mariane Kazemir, one of the rogue ex-directors of the failed takeover of Hyack, sitting beside her? Is she one of the nine directors on this “new” Ambassador program? How many other rogue ex-directors serve on Radbourne’s board?

So why are those so critical of Hyack the ones who are so eager to take everything it has? Are they incapable of creating anything new of their own? In this letter, I have identified domains, events, brands, crowds, past personnel, parades and youth programs that are being acquired from Hyack presumably without its consent but with the apparent sanction of council and mayor, with the exception of McIntosh.

Seems to me, these actions are confirmation that Hyack is indeed desirable and relevant.

Has taking what doesn’t belong to you become the new norm in politics and business in New West? We used to be a city of giving. Are we now a city of taking?

Paul R. Thompson, New Westminster

Why this rate of growth?

Dear Editor:

An open letter to mayor and council: Before we approve any more highrises we need to consider the consequences of earthquakes. The report by the Insurance Bureau of Canada (Vancouver Sun, Oct. 30, 2013) reviewed several recent studies of the Cascadia subduction zone off southwest B.C. and found that we are not prepared for ‘the big one.’

The insurance bureau review estimated damage in B.C. from an earthquake and tsunami at $75 billion, not counting injury and loss of life. “There will be damages to buildings in Vancouver, Richmond and New Westminster …” and “For the first time in Canada the effects of the tsunami, landslides, fires and liquefaction were also modelled. Liquefaction describes the effect of shaking that turns loose wet soil into quicksand.”

Highrises and high-density development on the floodplain come to mind.

We need to consult the scientists who did the studies to assess what we need to do.

(These first studies in 20 years and the scientists who did them are detailed in the book Full Rip 9.1 by Sandi Doughton).

The more people and buildings, the more damage. How many people would all the proposed highrises add to our population? How many people on average are we adding to the city each year? (It’s not only outside traffic; we’re adding gridlock ourselves.)

HowmanypeopleliveinQueensborough today? How many do you expect when the new official community plan is built out?

Do we have an emergency plan?

How many people live in the rest of the city now? How many do you expect when the official community plan is built out?

What total population do you have in mind for the city? Why this rate of growth?

I look forward to your answers.

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newspapers are struggling financially. Having Victoria force a $14-million tax on newspapers in the current environment looks an awful lot like someone throwing an anchor to a drowning person.

Sadly, every single newspaper, from large regional dailies to the smallest community weekly, in every part of the province, will be impacted.

Indeed, there is no greater threat to the vibrancy of British Columbia’s newspaper industry today than the government’s new recycling policy. Think about that for a minute while enjoying your next read. It is your daily newspaper, your community weekly, that is at risk here.

But the new recycling regime will not only cause a wave of damage and job losses across newsrooms

everywhere, it will also have an impact on many other businesses, as well as thousands of municipal jobs that will be put at risk with the loss of local decision making for our recycling programs.

And, don’t believe for a minute that this will somehow help B.C. families. The reality is that these costs will be passed on to consumers, who will now pay for the cost of recycling every time they have a box of pizza delivered, pick up a carton of milk, or buy a roll of toilet paper.

The government still hasn’t said what was so wrong with the current blue box program that they could only fix it by hurting local businesses and costing hard-working people their jobs. Yet, in spite of having no clear rationale, the province seems intent on gambling away the suc-

cess of the blue box with an experiment in something they like to call “extended producer responsibility.”

The ironic truth, of course, is that the government’s new hands-off approach actually represents an abdication of responsibility, not its extension.

As a result, decisions about nearly every aspect of our recycling system will be handed over to a small group of big businesses based thousands of kilometres east of the Rockies.

British Columbia’s environment minister may think that’s just fine, but I suspect the people of British Columbia might have a different opinion.

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Rodent blamed for uptown power outage

BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

A rodent may have bit off more than it could chew on Monday night.

The city’s fire and electrical crews were called to the 700 block of Hamilton Street after a power pole caught on fire.

“There was a high voltage cable failure,” said Pierre Gaudreault, manager of

the city’s electrical utility. “That caused the power outage.”

The March 10 power outage affecting hundreds of residents living in highrises in the 600 and 700 blocks of Hamilton Street and several businesses along Sixth Street lasted about three hours, while residents of one building were without power for about 12 hours.

“We had to replace a cable that supplied

electricity to 720 Hamilton St.,” Gaudreault said, noting the old cable had to be removed and replaced. “There is no quick fix.”

It’s believed a squirrel or rat may have sparked the power outage.

“We suspect a rodent got into the cable and started to chew on it. They find a little spot and tend to nest in there. Our suspicion is that is what happened,” Gaudreault said. “The cable was not that old.”

When rodents chew enough of the wire, the result is a “huge blast of heat,” which causes the fire, Gaudreault said.

New Westminster firefighters extinguished the fire to the power pole, and then electrical crews got to work repairing the damage and restoring power.

No human injuries were reported and no traces of rodents were found at the scene.

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route “may put these residents over the new U.S. National Ambient Air Quality Standards,” Jaffe wrote in his study.

Some of the particles measured during the study were 30 times more slender than a human hair and could easily penetrate deep inside a person’s respiratory system, causing lung and heart disease.

Brauer said if an air quality study around Fraser Surrey Docks showed levels similar to those found in Seattle by Jaffe, those levels would exceed Canada-Wide Air Quality Standards set to kick in starting 2015. And he said exposure to these kind of airborne particles isn’t just an annoyance – it’s potentially deadly.

“Exposure to particulate air pollution is much more than a nuisance – it is strongly linked to increased deaths and reduced life expectancy and is recognized by the WHO (World Health Organization) as

a cause of lung cancer,” Brauer said.

Jaffe’s study has renewed calls from opponents to the FSD coal project for the health ministry to step in and require an independent analysis of the health risks posed by the proposed expansion.

“Health Minister Terry Lake and Environment Minister Mary Polak need to step up to the plate – frankly, they are not doing their job to protect the health interests of the public,” said New Westminster Environmental Partners spokesman Andrew Murray.

“I can’t understand why Port Metro Vancouver continues to try to bypass the health authorities. They’ve done everything they can to avoid going through an independent health impact study.”

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Police say he’s a suspect in several robberies

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New Westminster police are hoping the public can help identify two suspects alleged to have committed more than a dozen robberies in the Lower Mainland.

On Feb. 21 around 9:20 p.m., two armed suspects robbed a fast food restaurant inside the Royal City Centre in uptown, according to a media release from New Westminster police.

The suspects had the lone clerk of the restaurant lie on the floor while they took more than $2,000 from the cash register, the release explained.

Sgt. Diana McDaniel told The Record the clerk was too traumatized by the incident to recall what type of weapon the suspects were carrying, but investigators

believe these suspects are responsible for more than 12 other robberies throughout the Lower Mainland.

“In past robberies, these suspects have used pepper spray and butcher knives, but in this robbery, the weapon is unknown,” she added.

Police describe the first suspect as a clean-shaven, South Asian man in his early 20s about six feet tall with a stocky build. He was seen wearing a black hoodie with “bad boys” written across the front in large gold letters.

The second suspect is described as a Caucasian man, also clean-shaven and about six feet tall with a medium build.

He was seen wearing a black hoodie with black track pants.

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Heads: you get a worse recycling program.

Tails: you get to pay more for it.

The BC Government is proposing to offload the province’s world-class recycling programs, run by local municipalities, to an association led by big multi-national corporations.

The idea is that we’ll get a better, more efficient program that costs taxpayers less.

Unfortunately, what we’ll really end up with is anyone’s guess.

The association isn’t guaranteeing that we’ll get a better program, or even one as good as the current Blue Box program already in place. Since the association is led by big businesses outside of BC, many of whom are not even headquartered in Canada, one could presume that profits will come before environmental stewardship. They usually do. They also won’t guarantee that there won’t be any job cuts here in BC. And how is this supposed to make things better for BC?

Currently, BC homeowners only pay, on average, $35 a year for curbside recycling. Under the proposed regime, you’ll pay more. Every time you bring home a pizza, buy toilet paper, or pretty much anything else that comes in a package, businesses will be passing their increased costs on to you.

How much more? Well, nobody’s saying.

Here’s the only thing anyone does know: we already have a Blue Box program that works, is efficient, managed locally and puts the BC environment first. So why is the BC government flipping a coin, bringing in a questionable recycling program that some of our local elected officials are already calling a “scam?”

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◗ IN THE COMMUNITY

Class Act: NWSS choir singing its way to NYC ◗P19 Fill in the Blanks: Getting to know you ◗P20

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n just a couple of years in the city, Jeremy Perry has found plenty of ways to give back to the community he’s immersed himself in.

Perry and his husband, Ian Dagami, moved here in November 2011, after the owner of the condo they were renting in East Vancouver told them she wanted to move back into her place.

“We were a little shaken by the fact that we didn’t have control over where we lived, because previously we owned a place in Toronto,” Perry explained. “Then we realized that we could either buy NIKI HOPE a three-bedroom in New West or a shoebox in Vancouver.”

Now, the 30-year-old employee benefits consultant is well ingrained in the community where he volunteers with numerous organizations, including the Rotary Club of New Westminster, Quest New West, New West Pride and KidSport New West.

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Niki Hope: What did you think when you moved here?

Jeremy Perry: Well, I was really impressed (with) the walkability of the downtown core, because we live right downtown.

As far as the community, it really felt like a small town with city amenities. I grew up in a farming town. In Vancouver, we never really felt like we found community, whereas in New West it just seemed to fall into our lap, and everybody was so welcoming and so friendly. I found this community very approachable.

It was a really great welcome.

NH: How have you integrated yourself here?

JP: I threw myself into community involvement, so I joined the Rotary Club.

I got involved with KidSport. I started going to the N.E.X.T. New West events. I started attending some of the Chamber of Commerce events. I’ve volunteered with the New West Pride Society.

NH: Were you surprised there was a Pride Society here? Did you know before you moved here that there were Pride events?

JP: I had no idea. Who’s heard of New West Pride? Come on (he says, laughing)!

I’m vice-president of the society now, so I probably shouldn’t talk about it that way.

NH: Have you found New West to be a progressive community in that sense? A welcoming community?

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JP: For sure, no issues whatsoever. I actually, I have grown up in a generation where I’ve never found anywhere to be a problem. I’ve never actually considered the fact that I might marry a man to form a part of my central identity. … I don’t really consider myself a gay man – I’m just me.

NH: Tell me about Rotary’s work to eradicate polio around the world.

NEW TO NH: What is it about JP: We are kind of in the KidSport? final stretches. The World JP: The thing that I love Health Organization says that about KidSport is the idea of it’s possible to see the last case giving. So kids who are coming of polio happen in 2015, so from disadvantaged families, (I’m glad) knowing that I’m and are lower-income families, part of a global organization have a harder time integrating that’s made that their primary into community because their flagship since … the ’80s. parents don’t have the economic resourcAt the time, it was endemic in 125 es to provide them with the opportunicountries, and today it’s only present in ties that kids from wealthier households three. would have.

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(That’s the) global side, but it also (includes) a lot of local stuff … things like the Rotary Tower, our club owns and operates a housing tower for low-income seniors and provides them with subsidized rent.

We do so much work with youth. I think we give away almost $20,000 to the high school every year in scholarships and bursaries.

We participate anytime any cause in the community comes to us and says they need help with something. It’s very, very rare to hear us say no.

NH: Is there anything you don’t like about the city?

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toward the positive future and trying to collaborate. … People who have been around for years and years and years bring all of that experience, wealth of wisdom, and people who are new bring that energy and vibrancy of new ideas, and it would be great to see more collaboration.

N: Do you miss Vancouver?

JP: Not at all, not at all.

The reason I don’t miss it is I feel like I haven’t left it.

I’m so close to Vancouver, and when I’m talking to people in Vancouver, they are like ‘Oh you live all of the way out in New West.’

Last Tuesday I was at a breakfast meeting in Vancouver, and somebody made a comment to me …

“You live so far away out in New West,” and I was like, “it doesn’t feel that far away.”

(I asked) “How long did it take you to get to breakfast today?” He said it took him 40 minutes, and I was like, “OK, it took me 35, … so you live in Vancouver, I live in New West, but I got to breakfast quicker than you did.”

So I don’t miss the hustle and bustle of Vancouver because it’s

right there.

Now, granted, I live in a building with a door to the SkyTrain station, so maybe my reality isn’t everybody’s reality.

That’s something I do love about New West is how many people live so close to SkyTrain. With five SkyTrain stops in town, it’s incredible how quickly people can get to SkyTrain.

NH: A day with no commitments, what’s your favourite thing to do in New West?

JP: I have tight-knit family, so it would be something with the family, whether that’s going for a walk along the river or going to one of the many parks. In the summer, bringing my nephews to one of the water parks …

Queen’s Park or Hume Park.

Do you know of someone who is new to New West? Or are you a new resident? If so, send details and contact information to nhope@royal cityrecord.com.

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ick off Spring Break – and get a jump on St. Patrick’s Day – with some of the events happening around New West this weekend.

Check out our popular feature, The Record’s Top Five (or More) Things to Do This Weekend and offer the following suggestions for March 14 to 16.

Head to Queen’s Park Arena, where the Vancouver Canucks Alumni will take on the New Westminster Police and Salmonbellies in the Cops for Cancer charity hockey game.

New Westminster Bruins legendary coach Ernie Punch McLean will be behind the

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bench as an honorary coach.

The event features a 50-50 draw, outdoor barbecue and silent auction for Canucks Alumni merchandise, with proceeds going the New Westminster Police Department’s Cops for Cancer fund, the New Westminster Salmonbellies Alumni Scholarship Fund and the Vancouver Canucks Alumni Foundation. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for kids and $15 for a four-person family and are available at Queen’s Park and Moody Park arenas.

Welcome spring a wee bit early by viewing Floriography, The Silent Language of Flowers exhibition at the Arts Council Gallery in

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Queen’s Park. The exhibition features your favourite flowers on large canvases. The arts council gallery is open Tuesday to Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. in Centennial Lodge in Queen’s Park.

Let the younger generation in on the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations with some kidfriendly fun at Boston Pizza.

The event, taking place on Sunday, March 16 from noon to 4 p.m., includes face painting, crafts and a goody bag to take home. It’s free to register, but space is limited. Call 604-5253340 or email vanhemertb@bos tonpizza.com.

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Artisans Fair, which runs from and drop by one of the local 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., watering holes for a includes items such bite to eat and a bevas jewelry, books, erage this weekend. knitwear, painting, If you’re not working carving, beadwork on March 17, you can and more. River extend the weekend Market is at 810 and be Irish for a day Quayside Dr. – and maybe even Email your Top 5 enjoy a green beer ideas to calendar@ and some Irish enterroyalcityrecord.com or tainment. send them to tmcmanus Head to River @royalcityrecord.com.

Market and do (or more) You can also check out some shopping on Saturday, March Things to do our full arts and events 15. The Royal City this weekend calendar listings on our website’s homepage at Farmers Market, feawww.royalcityrecord.com. turing produce, crafts, prepared – compiled by staff reporter foods and entertainment, takes Theresa McManus place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The

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udos to two local eye doctors who recently saw some big honours come their way.

Dr. Brenda Horner, who practises optometry in New Westminster, has been elected vice-president of the B.C. Association of Optometrists, and her associate, Dr. Shainul Waljee, was the recipient of the Young Optometrist of the Year award.

Horner owns Family Eyecare Centre of New Westminster.

Recognized as an outstanding member in practice for less than 10 years, Waljee works at Family Eyecare Centre in New Westminster.

Waljee dedicates her time to the community through parent education seminars at local health units and has participated in eye care missions in Mexico, Tunisia and India.

Helping women

The trade union Unifor

announced recently that it was donating $100,000 to 50 women’s shelters across Canada in conjunction with International Women’s Day held on March 8.

In New Westminster, the union, which represents workers at this paper (including me), presented a cheque to Monarch Place, which provides shelter and support to women and their children who are fleeing domestic violence.

Artisan’s fair

For those who love a little crafty shopping, get down to the River Market.

The event will feature artisans from New Westminster and beyond showcasing their wares including jewelry, quilting, books, beadwork, knitwear, painting and more.

This truly local shopping experience is being held on Saturday, March 15, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Visitors can also take in the delicious food and breathtaking surroundings that the market has to offer.

For more, visit www. rivermarket.ca.

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Lacking self-control?

This one’s for you AROUND TOWN

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earn how to “get a grip” at a presentation taking place at Douglas College next week.

Nathan DeWall, an expert on the science of self-control, will talk about Taming the Impulsive Beast: Self-Control as Our Greatest Human Strength.

The free event takes place Tuesday, March 18 from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 2201 of the New Westminster campus, 700 Royal Ave. DeWall, a psychology professor at the University of Kentucky, will explain how self-control is both our greatest human strength and the easiest to improve.

“We all have heroes who motivate us to become better versions of ourselves and the success of those heroes relies on a common ingredient: self-control,” he said in a press release. “I want to explain the science of self-control and show people that we aren’t as different from our heroes as we think. We all have what it takes to achieve our goals.”

DeWall will draw on cutting-edge science to show how self-control helps us have better lives and stronger relationships and improves societies. By understanding why selfcontrol is important and how it works, he said people can accomplish more than they ever thought was possible.

DeWall, who received the 2011 College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award, has had more than 120 scientific articles and chapters published. He is also director of the Social Psychology Lab at the University of Kentucky.

“We are thrilled

to have a visit from a world-class researcher and exceptional educator such as Dr. DeWall,” said Nicole Vittoz, a psychology instructor at Douglas College.

For more, visit www. douglascollege.ca.

Heritage afloat

New Westminster’s maritime heritage will be explored once again by the New Westminster Historical Society.

The theme of Heritage Week 2014 is Heritage Afloat, a topic near and dear to the city’s history.

The society’s March program carries on with the maritime topic featured at the society’s February’s presentation.

“This March presentation follows on the images and stories from February’s look at the theme with more colourful maritime accounts, tales and photographs,” stated a press release. “Also, Ashleigh Hibbins from the Fraser River Discovery Centre will bring information about a FRDC project that connects Heritage Afloat, the anniversary of the start of World War I and local riverrelated stories.”

Interested? Drop by the free presentation taking place on Wednesday, March 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the New Westminster Public Library at 716 Sixth Ave.

Grants offered

If you’ve got a great idea for an event in your neighbourhood, the Vancouver Foundation may be able to help out.

The Vancouver Foundation is once again making neighbourhood small grants available in New Westminster. The grants, which usually range from $50 to $500 – but could go up to $1,000 – are administered locally by Family Services of Greater Vancouver.

The 2014 application deadline is Monday, April 7 at 5 p.m. Last year, more

than 60 projects were funded in New Westminster, including cleanup events, sport-related activities, festivals, community gardens, workshops, arts and culture events, community activities and block parties.

For more information about the grants, contact program coordinator Maylen Crespo at mcrespo @fsgv.ca or 604-525-9144, extension 3667.

Mad scientists

Wanna-be scientists will want to check out an upcoming event at Fraser River Discovery Centre.

Discovery Centre is hosting a Mad About Science event on Saturday, March 22 from 1 to 4 p.m.

The event, which features internationally recognized science educators Mad Science, includes hands-on experiments, special guests and a live show by Mad Science.

The Fire and Ice science show gets underway at 2 p.m., and tickets must be purchased in advance. Each ticket includes a voucher for a free kid’s meal at Boston Pizza New West.

Tickets are $7 (including tax) for one adult and one child, and $5 for each additional child.

Seating is limited, so get them fast by calling Fraser River Discovery Centre at 604-521-8401 or dropping by 788 Quayside Dr. Admission to other activities is by donation.

These include water testing experiments, building a river raft and dry ice demonstrations.

Fraser River Discovery Centre is open Wednesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission to the centre’s galleries is by donation.

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NWSS choir earns invite to Lincoln Center CLASS ACT

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he sweet sounds of a successful student choir were enjoyed by the board of education

recently.

Students from the New Westminster Secondary School Music Department chamber choir performed for the board of education, providing welcome entertainment to school trustees.

The choir sang U2’s hauntingly beautiful With or Without You and an upbeat African song.

The secondary school’s

choir, led by Kelly Proznick, is well-known for its tradition of excellence.

The course was introduced in 2009 as a stepping-stone into post-secondary vocal programs.

The students sing more advanced choral repertoire with increased focus on the classical western choral cannon.

This group has gained

a reputation for excellence, and as a result, has been invited to perform as guests with ensembles such as the UBC U Singers and Coastal Sound Youth Choir. In November, the choir was invited as one of six local high-school choirs to participate in Voices West, a choral workshop weekend that featured five of the strongest community youth choirs

from Western Canada.

As well, the choir was invited to the first-ever UBC Invitational Choral Festival. They have just received an invitation to sing Mozart’s Requiem at the Lincoln Center in New York City under the direction of UBC choral director Graeme Langager in spring 2015. Members of the group travelled to Banff last spring for the

Rocky Mountain Music Festival, where they worked with acclaimed South African conductor Lhente-Mari Pitout. In less than a month, during spring break, many of the student singers are travelling to Cuba for a cultural and musical tour.

Do you have an item for Class Act? Send news from local schools to Niki, nhope@ royalcityrecord.com.

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his year’s Heritage Week theme was Heritage Afloat.

New Westminster has, from its earliest days in the mid-1800s, witnessed countless vessels of many styles, modes of propulsion, varieties of cargo, functionality and storylines.

Many people enjoy the “snagpuller” Samson V, now a maritime museum moored at Westminster Quay, linking back through the four other Samsons to the 1880s. The story of the HMS Plumper, a British Naval survey ship, was of an early vessel on the coast and into the Fraser.

It is fascinating to imagine her sitting in the river off today’s Sapperton Landing Park, carrying out her surveys and soundings, numbers that are still seen on charts.

Others find ferries more interesting. The first to cross the river here

was the K de K, followed by the Surrey, both of which were replaced by a series of bridges. Who remembers seeing the B.C. Ferries’ Queen of New Westminster sitting at the central dock in the Royal City after a major refit in the 1970s?

There were also freighters that carried the name New Westminster, via the City of New Westminster, as well as a flower-class corvette, HMCS New Westminster, in the Royal Canadian Navy that served in the Second World War. A set of freighters built around the same time

had a number of “park” ships with local name connections, including the Queen’s Park, Tipperary Park and Sapperton Park.

The D.L. Clinch, a sailing ship, was honoured by the community when it sailed in late 1859 with a cargo of wood and cranberries. This ship went down in New Westminster’s history as the first to leave the port with cargo for a foreign destination.

A ship that was a familiar sight on the river for many years from about 1918 to the mid-1960s, was the rail car carrier, SS

Canora. Many people have personal stories about this ship and its travel between the Fraser River’s Port Mann, Canadian National rail yards, and its initial destination of Patricia Bay on the Saanich Peninsula on Vancouver Island.

Any list of prominent maritime connections locally must include Captain William Irving, a leader in the sternwheeler industry in early B.C., whose family home in New Westminster is a proud, renowned, riverboat captain’s Victorian house, open to the public.

Irving had many paddlewheelers in his day,

and a story from June of 1863 about the sternwheel steamer Reliance offers a glimpse of the early trade.

At Emory Creek on the Fraser, between Hope and Yale, high water often created a bar that blocked vessels. Captain Irving challenged this bar and won, and the community celebrated.

The New Westminster Historical Society gathering, on Wednesday, March 19, starting at 7:30 p.m. in the New Westminster Public Library auditorium, will feature lots more Heritage Afloat stories and images – join us.

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7. One artist who inspires me Here’s Cliff … is Andy Warhol because he 1. I am a graphic designer by changed how we thought and day, student by night. viewed art.

2. I spend my time working on 8. My idea of a perfect day is studying to become an educatravelling somewhere new. tor’s assistant.

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13. If I could sit down for coffee with anyone at all, I would choose Vincent van Gogh. I think he needed somebody to listen.

14. If I could live anywhere at any point in time, I would choose Paris during the 19th century Impressionism movement.

15. If I could have a superpower, my superpower would be time travel. Who doesn’t want to know their destiny (or lottery numbers) in the future? Or visit Egypt when the pyramids were being built?

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◗ IN THE GAME SECTION COORDINATOR Tom Berridge, 604-444-3022 • tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

Clan women name second soccer coach

to come home, come back to Canada after 10 years in the States, and join the only Annie Hamel was named school in Canada that comthe new Simon Fraser petes in the NCAA was a University Clan women’s perfect fit for me. I’m lookhead soccer coach. ing forward to building “Annie has a great on the strong foundation background and was that’s here.” the exact profile of what Hamel began her coachwe were looking for in a ing career as a graduwomen’s soccer coach,” ate assistant coach at the said SFU Senior Director University of Maine in 2004 of Athletics and Recreation and also has head coaching Milton Richards experience with in a school press the Ottawa Fury release.

“She’s under-20 team. played professionHamel played ally and spent the professionally last five years as with FC Indiana the top assistant and the Ottawa at a very good Fury, after playing Division II school. university soccer She understands at Div. I University how to recruit stuof Maine. dent-athletes that Annie Hamel: At Maine, she will flourish at New SFU soccer set the record for Simon Fraser.” most goals in a coach Hamel becomes season with 40 in just the second head coach 2003, helping the team to an of the women’s soccer pro- appearance in the America gram, taking over from East Conference final that Shelley Howieson, who season. moved into a new role in “My experience as a stuthe department in January dent-athlete is the reason I after a coaching career got into coaching. It was an atop Burnaby Mountain important part of my life that spanned three decades and made me the person and included two NAIA I am today. My coaches Championships. were tremendous people.

A native of Magog, They were great leaders Que., Hamel joins the Clan and great mentors. I want after five years as the top to give the student-athletes assistant coach at Saint Leo here that same experience,” University in Florida. added Hamel.

“For me it was a great Ben Hodge is the manager opportunity,” said Hamel communications and marketin the release. “To be able ing at SFU

Grid Clan to play Div. I school in 2014 ◗P24 District teams move on in B.C. hoops ◗P24

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Stealth give up record to pro lacrosse Rush Western Lacrosse Association Burnaby Lakers forward Robert Church helped the Edmonton Rush set a new National Lacrosse League record following a 10-9 win over the Vancouver Stealth last Saturday.

Church, who was named the game’s first star, tallied his first pro career hat trick that stood up as the gamewinner, giving the Rush its record ninth straight start without a loss this season.

Former New Westminster Salmonbellie goalie Tyler Richards was named a third star in the Stealth net.

Edmonton keeper Aaron Bold, with 41 saves in the record win, was named the game’s second star.

“We played better, but still not good enough,” said Stealth head coach Chris Hall in an NLL press release.

“It’s pretty disappointing when you’re 3-8 and you’ve lost 10-9 and 9-8 to the team that’s 9-0.”

The Stealth take on the Calgary Roughnecks at the Langley Events Centre on Friday, March 21.

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Tough sledding: New Westminster, in orange, had a rather rough go of it at the high school field lacrosse provincial senior Tier 1 championships, winning just one game in five played – a 10-8 victory over Charles Best.

Burnaby Lake knocks off talent-rich Castaways Burnaby Lake Rugby Club kept a tight hold on first place, defeating a talent-laden Castaway Wanderers 18-8 in B.C. Rugby premier division men’s play.

Burnaby’s high-scoring offence was held to a pair of tries as two of the most dominant forward packs in the league slogged it out under a constant downpour and slippery conditions at Burnaby Lake-East last Saturday.

“It was a pretty slow game obviously due to the wet weather, but I just felt (Burnaby Lake) played well in the conditions and came away with the win,” said Castaway Wanderers and national team prop Andrew Tiedemann in a B.C. Rugby press release.

Both packs had multiple representative level players with Burnaby featuring B.C. Bears provincial reps Scott MacKay, Andrew Lackner, Anthony Luca and Micha Govorchin.

Castaway’s roster included Canada national team forwards Hubert Buydens, John Phelan and Tiedemann, while its back line also boasted Bears’ standout Matt Buckley, as well as a national team centre pairing of Adam Kleeberger and Mike Scholz.

Burnaby Lake dominated the opening 15 minutes with the majority of possession that resulted in two penalties inside their own half by standoff Geoff Ryan to put his side up 6-0.

The Island club replied from

The move: Burnaby Lake’s Jeke Gotegote goes on a ramble in an 18-8 win over Castaway Wanderers in premier men’s rugby.

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inside Burnaby’s 22 metre line, where Buckley’s long pass skipped along the slick grass and bounced into the hands of winger Jonny Morris, who sprinted in for a try in the corner.

With momentum in their favour, Castaway’s fortunes came to an abrupt halt, when a deep kick was returned 50 metres by 2013 premier league player of the year Joe Dolesau, who offloaded to his inside centre Jeke Gotegote to run in a try for a 11-5 lead.

Ryan added the extras and it was Burnaby up 13-5 at the half.

The second frame was a close affair, and it wasn’t until roughly 15 minutes in when Castaway fullback Chad Northcott slotted a penalty to close the gap to 13-8.

Burnaby remained commit-

ted to its attack in the forwards, and after several phases up front, the ball went wide to prop Scott Mackay, who crashed over in the corner for a try. The tally was Mackay’s third in as many games for Burnaby.

“Knowing how many Canada tight-five players they had on their roster definitely got us jacked up for today’s game,” said Mackay in the release.

“It was a hard-fought battle up front with their big pack and they didn’t give us anything all day. We had to work for every inch.”

The two sides are idle this weekend with the premier league schedule set to resume on March 22, when league-leading 9-1 Burnaby Lake and second-place 7-3 James Bay meet at MacDonald Park on Vancouver Island.

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Sports briefs

SFU to play Div. I school in 2014

The Simon Fraser University football team will face a Division I opponent in its 11-game 2014 schedule this season.

The Clan will travel to Pocatello, Idaho for a non-conference matchup against the Idaho State Bengals on Oct. 4 at the 12,000-seat Holt Arena – the first indoor college football stadium.

The Bengals play in the Big Sky Conference and won the first championship in that conference’s history.

The program also won the NCAA FCS championship in 1981.

“Playing a Division I opponent will be a great opportunity for our program to meet with the growth and the vision of what we want to become at SFU,” said Clan head coach Jacques Chapdelaine in a

Marco Ballarin assisted on the gamewinning overtime goal for the Prince George Spruce Kings in Monday’s 3-2 victory over the Coquitlam Express in B.C. Hockey League playoffs.

Coquiltam eliminated the Kings in Game 6 of its best-of-seven first round playoff 2-1 in OT at home on Tuesday.

school press release.

Chapdelaine’s first season as head coach of the Clan will kick off on Sept.

6, when the Clan hosts the Menlo College Oaks in their first non-conference game of the season.

SFU will host their Great Northwest Athletic Conference season opener on Sept. 13 against the Western Oregon Wolves.

There will be a new opponent in the Great Northwest conference this season as the South Dakota School of Mines Hardrockers join the league as an affiliate member for football. The Hardrockers and the Clan will meet once on Oct. 18 when South Dakota makes the trip to British Columbia.

The Clan begins preparing for 2014 with the spring camp already underway.

Clan double Div. I side

Simon Fraser University kicked off its varsity men’s soccer season with a 4-2 victory over NCAA Division I University of Washington on March 1.

Magnus Kristensen scored a pair of goals for the Clan. Carlo Basso opened the scoring in the fourth minute. Ryan Dhillon made the score 3-0, tallying the eventual game-winning marker in the 35th minute. Brandon Watson recorded the shutout for SFU.

Four-goal spark

Adam Helewka notched his 22nd goal for the Spokane Chiefs in a 4-2 win over Prince George in Western Hockey League play on March 7.

Helewka’s goal sparked an unanswered four-goal third period for the Chiefs.

Rage Lacrosse camp

Rage Lacrosse will be holding a Spring Break camp at Burnaby 8Rinks.

The all-day sessions will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. from March 17 to 20.

All campers will receive a free jersey or T-shirt and cap. Lunch is also included. The cost is $250 for players and just $195 for goalies.

For more details or camp registration, go to www.ragelacrosse.com.

South moves on at B.C.s

Jermaine Hailey scored 29 points to lead the Burnaby South Rebels to an 81-58 win over No. 8-ranked Claremont in the opening round of the B.C. high school quad-A boys’ basketball championships at the Langley Events Centre on Wednesday.

The provincials wrap up on Saturday with a full slate of games, including the 4A final at 8 p.m.

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Good start: St. Thomas More’s Aliab Atair prepares to go up for a shot in a 64-40 opening day win over Samuel Robertson at B.C. high school AAA boys’ basketball championships in Langley.

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2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER

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2710 Lougheed Hwy, Port Coquitlam

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