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amily gatherings and visits with Santa may be highlights of the Christmas season for some folks, but for many it’s also a time for reaching out and helping those in need. Since 1996, The Record has been offering the Guide to Giving to help readers decide where they’d like to help out in the community – at Christmas and beyond. The non-profits operating in the city appreciate help, whether ON MY BEAT your it’s a cash donation, THERESA MCMANUS a few hours of volunteering or donations of much-needed items to them to continue their good works in the Royal City. Part 1 of the 2014 annual Guide to Giving starts today. ◆

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Trees of hope: Christmas tree sales are one of the ways Aunt Leah’s Place raises funds to help children in foster care and young moms. Pam Costello is one of the volunteers at Aunt Leah’s four Christmas tree lots. Aunt Leah’s hamper wishlist including baby items (toys, food items, clothing, baby bottles and soothers), gifts (chocolates, gift cards, recreation or gym packages, movie cards, festive cookies and treats), socks, slippers, toiletries, grocery cards, picture frames, school supplies and non-perishable food. For more information about Aunt Leah’s or the Christmas to trees, visit www.auntleahs.org or call 604-525-1204. Donations can be made online via the website or dropped off at Aunt Leah’s head office THE RECORD’S

Aunt Leah’s Place is once again selling Christmas trees to assist in its quest to prevent youth homelessness. The New Westminster based society operates a tree lot every December to generate revenue for its various programs, which help kids who are in foster care and teen moms. It’s estimated 45 per cent of youth who “age out” of government support, end up homeless within three years – something Aunt Leah’s seeks to prevent. “It’s definitely one of our main fundraisers,” said Clete Hanson, communications coordinator. “It’s a pretty cool event for us.” Now in its 20th year, Aunt Leah’s tree lots are located in North Vancouver, Coquitlam, Vancouver and Burnaby (All Saints Anglican Church at Royal Oak and Rumble). The tree lots, which have several varieties of high-quality trees ranging from $5 to $14 per foot, are open until Dec. 21. Aunt Leah’s is also accepting donations for hampers until Friday, Dec. 19 and will then put together hampers that will be distributed to youth and teen moms. A wide range of items are included on

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Family Services of Greater Vancouver Family Services of Greater Vancouver continues to make Christmas merry for local families and seniors. For the past three years, Family Services has been coordinating the Caring Neighbours adopt-a-family/adopt-a-senior program in New West. The program matches families or seniors with

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sponsors, who buy food and gifts for those folks. “We’ve got over 130 families and seniors,” said Pat Steiner, coordinator of community education and development services. “Right now, we are doing a sponsorship piece for people that actually want to sponsor a family or senior and buy the presents and deliver them. We are coming to the tail end of that.” Not to fret, there’s still time to fill a Christmas wish. “Now what we are doing, is we are ◗Guide Page 3

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do then is buy gift cards, mostly for places like Wal-Mart and Superstore,” Steiner said. “We divide the money between who is left over on our wait list so that everybody that we possibly can gets something.” With the gift cards, families are able to do a bit of shopping for their families for the holiday. “Some people don’t want to connect face-to-face but they really want to have an impact,” Steiner said of cash donations. “We take care of it. When it comes down to the final days, it’s probably easier for us to give gift cards to families because then the parents can buy exactly what their kids want. It empowers the parents in a way, too.” Family Services of Greater Vancouver welcomes donations of cash and gift cards year round to help people involved in its programs. For more information, call 604-525-9144.

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The Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society always appreciates donations of food, cash or time. The society runs food banks in New Westminster, Vancouver, Burnaby and North Vancouver. People can contribute to the food bank in several ways, including making a donation online through www.foodbank.bc.ca, hosting a food drive or making a food donation. “We have local participating grocery stores,” said Kay Thody, the society’s communications director. “Typically, most people like to be able to give where they live.” In New West, people can donate non-perishable food items in boxes can be found at Safeway stores (Shops at New West and Royal Square mall) and Save-on-Foods (Columbia Square, Royal City Centre and Brewery District). “Because we are such a small team, if people aren’t in a position where they can make a food donation or a monetary donation, we are always really grateful for volunteer help, as well,” Thody said. “They are more than welcome to come and volunteer in our warehouse. We’ve got community events going on.” Volunteering at community events is a nice way to get involved and contribute time back to the local community, Thody said. “The gift of time is one that is extremely meaningful. The holidays are a tough time for everybody, regardless of where you may happen to be,” she said. “Volunteerism is one thing that is a really powerful and meaningful way to give back to your communito ty and help boost community spirit at the same time.” Each week, the society helps more than 28,000 people through 15 food depots and various community agencies providing meals. “Eighteen per cent of the demographic we are currently assisting are senior citizens,

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Wrapping up hope: Kim Skilling, left, and Lydia Steer of the Lower Mainland Purpose Society for Youth and Families wrap some of the gifts that will ﬁnd their way into the homes of local families this Christmas. The New Westminster-based society has been offering a hamper program for 23 years. Larry Wright/ THE RECORD

which is a number we have seen increase. Children represent 26 per cent,” Thody said. “We still have quite a bit of work to do.” Along with non-perishable food items, items like Ensure are greatly appreciated. “We have a name for the people that use the food banks – it’s neighbour,” Thody said. “It’s easy to make an assumption about what somebody who needs help looks like, but the reality is we live in a very expensive province and it doesn’t take very much to find people in a place where they need some support, be it children or seniors or working families or the rest of it. Any way people can contribute, it does make a big difference.” Donations can be also dropped off at the food bank at 1111 Sixth Ave. Call 604-525-9628.

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Parts of the city have been flooding on and off for several days as rain continues to fall across the Lower Mainland. City crews have working 24 hours a day since the storm began earlier this week. They’ve been out clearing catch basins and responding to flood calls. The Quayside neighbourhood is in a tidal zone and has experienced some localized flooding, according to city staff. “That’s tidal down there and that happens with high tides, and we had some spot flooding on Quayside Drive also, but once the tide goes down, of course the road cleared up,” said Creighton O’Malley,

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Pedestrian killed crossing street B.C. Coroners Service is urging extra caution

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Police believe it’s likely the driver of a tractor-trailer that struck and killed a New West woman on Wednesday night doesn’t even know what happened. New Westminster police were called to the scene by B.C. Ambulance around 8:40 p.m. The 52-year-old woman was pronounced dead shortly after first responders arrived, according to a media release from police. The initial investigation suggests the woman was hit by a tractor-trailer while crossing Brunette Avenue between Keary and East Columbia streets, Sgt. Chad Johnston told The Record. “(She was) crossing midblock from the river side to the other side, … south to north,” Johnston said. The victim wasn’t using a crosswalk when she crossed Brunette Avenue. Investigators believe darkness and pouring rain were contributing factors in the crash, Johnston added.

The driver of the tractor-trailer did not remain at the scene, but investigators believe that because of the size of such a truck, which can measure up to 75 feet long and can weigh about eight tonnes unloaded, it’s likely he or she didn’t realize they had hit anyone. Police are asking witnesses or truck drivers who were in the area between 8:30 and 8:50 p.m. to contact the New Westminster Police Department immediately at 604-525-5411. Investigators with the department’s collision analysis reconstruction team have taken over the file, and the victim’s next of kin have been notified. Police are waiting to release her identity until all the members of the family have been notified, Johnston added. It’s the second recent pedestrian fatality in New Westminster. A woman died in hospital after she was hit by a vehicle while crossing Sixth Street at Fifth Avenue around 12:10 p.m. on Nov. 29. The 84-yearold Burnaby resident and a second woman were walking in a marked crosswalk at Fifth Avenue when an oncoming vehicle, turn-

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ing left onto Sixth Street, hit them. While the other woman escaped without serious injuries, the nowdeceased woman was taken to hospital in serious condition. Family and friends have since set up a memorial on the corner where she was killed. The incident is under investigation by the department’s traffic and patrol sections, and the driver of the vehicle remained on scene and is cooperating with police, according to New West police. Following a number of fatalities around the region, the B.C. Coroners Service

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Don’t underestimate the power of helping others groups who help those in need in so Perhaps, when you saw the headline on this page, you rolled your eyes just a many different ways. Each year since 1996, The Record has pulled together a little and thought, “Gosh, another plea Guide to Giving (this year it starts on to help the needy – who am I, Santa?” page 1) to help readers get acquainted Well, in one word, yes. Let’s face it, the with just some of the groups much-touted social safety net that could use a hand – be it has more holes than a pound volunteer time or donations of swiss cheese. It is virtually THE RECORD of goods or money – to help impossible to live on social them help others. assistance, and many workFrankly, the truth is that these ing single parents can’t even make ends groups need all the time and help they meet with one job. can get in the other 11 months of the New Westminster, thankfully, seems year, but at this time of the year folks to have a wide array of non-profit

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seem more receptive to giving. We could make cute analogies about busy elves trying to complete their to-do lists, but the reality is a bit more challenging than that: there are more people who need help than ever before and fewer donation dollars going around than in the past. We know there is plenty of demand for donation dollars and volunteer hours, and hundreds of causes that are important to different people. With so many groups working for environmental issues, disease research,

international relief and more, it may seem easy to overlook the small organizations right here at home that do so much good for local residents. Don’t underestimate the power of small good deeds – the sense of caring, community, possibility and, ultimately, joy that comes from helping neighbours can be transformative. It’s impossible to say how far and wide the positive “ripple effect” extends, but we do know this: when you create hope in another person, only good can follow.

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discrimination on their own. ritish Columbia is the only A Human Rights Commission province in Canada that – if we had one – could invesdoes not have a Human tigate, issue public guidelines Rights Commission. That makes that would provide information, us the weakest province when it education and protection to both comes to fostering human rights workers and employers, and awareness and preventing dismonitor the situation. crimination. Currently B.C. only Recent events have also has a Human Rights Tribunal, heightened our awareness of the which mediates and adjudicates prevalence of sexual harassment complaints about discrimination and violence against women. after it has occurred. Our institutions – even The tribunal does its job well. sophisticated ones But the onus to idenlike the University of tify and report human British Columbia (e.g. rights violations GWEN BRODSKY AND rape chants and camrests on individual SHELAGH DAY pus sexual assaults) British Columbians, and the CBC (Jian who must know their Ghomeshi) – have yet to institute rights, navigate the complaints adequate practices and protocols process, and handle the risk of that can prevent discrimination failure. We know that the comagainst women, and respond plaints that get to the tribunal effectively when it occurs. are only the “tip of the iceberg” Because women often do and that many of the tougher, not trust the police to help more systemic issues are not them, most do not report sexual resolved through individual assaults. Again, a Human Rights complaints. Commission – if we had one – For example, troubling could develop standards, protoevidence has come to light of cols and supports for employers abusive treatment of temporand key service providers like ary foreign workers and recent the police. immigrants in the food service The accommodation of people and tree planting industries. with mental health issues, and of Workers have been subjected workers who are also caring for to intimidation and sexual and children, parents, or a disabled racial harassment, and coerced family member, is an emerging into using over-crowded and part of human rights law. A inadequate accommodation proHuman Rights Commission – if vided by the employer. These workers are too vulner- we had one – could provide education, information, and advice, able and face too many obstacles so that complaints could be – including fear, financial need, avoided. lack of English fluency and isolation – to deal with this ◗Human rights Page 7

IN MY OPINION

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There has been much talk lately on whether B.C. should forge ahead with the building of the Site C Dam. The NDP argue against it while other people say we should avail ourselves of green energy from independent power producers. Some say we need neither, and I would disagree with them. In my opinion, doing nothing would be very shortsighted and would repeat a costly mistake made by the NDP government of the 1990s. Back then, the NDP government froze B.C. Hydro rates for purely political reasons and starved B.C. Hydro of the financial resources needed to expand and maintain the province’s aging hydro dams and keep electricity distribution and transmission systems in top working order. B.C. Hydro has more than $14 billion worth of

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postponing investments in our province’s valuable but rapidly aging clean energy assets, including Site C, is shortsighted and not fair to future generations who will end up paying the price. We must move ahead with Site C as well as independent renewable energy projects so that we can meet the future needs of a growing province. Staying the course with the forwardthinking policy of electricity self-sufficiency will allow us to leave a legacy of clean energy for future generations at affordable hydro rates. Let’s not allow ourselves to fall into the same shortsighted trap the NDP did in the 1990s. The true cost of such a mistake is inestimable, and it should not have to be borne by future generations due to negligence on our part. David Field, B.C. Citizens for Green Energy

Daycare funding hurts poor Dear Editor:

Re: Shameful that so many kids live in poverty, Our View, The Record, Nov. 26. Thank you for your editorial discussing the situation of low-income single mothers, like ourselves. For us it is painfully obvious that others appropriate our voices in order to advance their own agendas. In particular our families are used to push for more funding for daycare. Instead of funding families directly, billions of dollars supposedly intended to help our families go to “spaces,” bureaucracies, employers and anybody but the parent. An October Statistics Canada report found that “parents belonging to a higher income household were more likely to have used some form of non-parental care.” This has gone on since the “welfare reform” of the 1990s. The “reforms” took billions from low-income families and transferred the cash to daycare for kids paired with “workfare” for mums. This also allowed higher income families’ daycare costs to be heavily subsidized. This twopronged scheme gives taxpayers’ money to employers to subsidize low wages – an egregious form of corporate welfare – and to institutional child care. In B.C. the “Child Care Act” which specifically excludes paren-

tal care was brought in in 2001 supported by NDP and Liberal MLAs alike calling for single mothers to be “productive.” Your editorial may give the impression that most low-income families are on welfare. This is inaccurate, but understandably so. It is a virtually unreported fact that these neo-liberal “reforms” of the 1990s not only reduced the amount of welfare but also reduced eligibility for welfare. Statistics Canada reported on what it bloodlessly called “administrative changes” to welfare noting that “single mothers had the most dramatic change” when total welfare expenditures decreased by nearly $4 billion. Provinces’ daycare spending more than tripled to over $2.6 billion by 2005. The way was paved with the Self Sufficiency Project. Its report calls this a “social experiment” the federal government began in 1994 on over 5,000 mothers and children in B.C. and New Brunswick. The purpose was to see if “children suffer because increased employment reduces the time they spend with their parents and increases their parents’ stress.” Selected welfare mothers were offered a “generous” incentive to take full-time jobs. The study found that older children had more school problems, drug use and petty crime. But the daycare and workfare agenda was a foregone conclusion advanced not by lowincome mothers but by a toxic combo of left and right. Funding daycare preferentially creates poverty by diverting money for children away from families and to the direct and indirect beneficiaries of the daycare industry. Daycare centre care costs far more than the fees charged and is heavily subsidized even for high-income families. Adding up the subsidies including the tax deductions, operating and other grants, free rent, capital costs, monitoring and bureaucratic infrastructure shows that B.C. welfare families receive less financial support than highincome families using daycare centres full time. Funding families directly respects parents’ and children’s rights, accommodates diverse family situations, is efficient, and fair.

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Most employers, service providers and landlords want to comply with human rights law. But right now, we provide little help or encouragement. These are just a few examples of how a commission could help advance human rights in British Columbia. And there is no shortage of other pressing issues a commission could help us deal with: not enough supports for youth with mental health problems; race and sex bias in policing; the concentration of aboriginal, immigrant and racialized women and youth in low-wage employment; homelessness and lack of affordable housing … just to name a few. Without a commission, B.C. has no public institution that can take steps to

prevent discrimination, educate the public, initiate inquiries on broad systemic issues, develop guidelines, and promote human rights compliance. We do not have the institutional machinery necessary to make good on the stated purpose of B.C.’s Human Rights Code – which includes to “identify and eliminate persistent patterns of inequality” and to “prevent discrimination.” Despite its importance, B.C.’s human rights system has had a volatile history. A commission was first formed in 1973, disbanded in 1984, later reinstituted, but disbanded again in 2002. Now even the truncated human rights system we have left appears to be under review by the provincial government, and may be hollowed out even further by funding cuts for advice and assistance

to people who take complaints to the tribunal. We should not be playing political football with the human rights system. Governments need to be committed guarantors of human rights and supporters of strong, stable human rights systems. That’s what British Columbia needs now – adequate resources for advice and legal representation, and a new independent commission appointed by the Legislature that provides British Columbians with real tools to prevent discrimination. Gwen Brodsky and Shelagh Day are co-authors of Strengthening Human Rights: Why British Columbia Needs a Human Rights Commission, published by the Poverty and Human Rights Centre and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

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Bridge work hits a snag BY JOHN KURUCZ CONTRIBUTOR editorial@royalcityrecord.com

The Bailey bridge saga between New Westminster and Coquitlam appears to have hit yet another snag, as the 20-plus year standstill over the Brunette River crossing will now stretch into 2015. New Westminster Mayor Jonathan Cote said Wednesday the project’s completion will be delayed until next year due to complications associated with the pile driving around the second bridge. “All the issues have now been resolved, but it’s going to require some construction work,” Cote said. “And unfortunately, we’re heading into the Christmas season where things are going to shut down for a week and a bit.” Cote declined to offer a specific completion date. “I’m becoming a little bit more gun shy in terms of putting out a date because if you had asked me two months ago, I would have said, ‘By the end of November this crossing should be opened,’’” he said. “So I don’t want to put out a date without any certainty, but the City of New Westminster is work-

ing hard. The contractor is out, it’s just a matter of the work being completed and us being able to open the bridge.” The newly minted New West mayor’s timeline differs sharply from that of Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart. Stewart said the original agreement between the two cities would have seen both bridge completed and opened by Sept. 15. Stewart also suggested that no work is being done on the bridge currently, and that none has taken place for “a couple of weeks.” “The project is entirely in New Westminster’s hands,” he said. “I would be much more comfortable if the construction was proceeding on a day-to-day basis. But with

nothing happening on site, it is frustrating.” In July, a provincial arbitrator sided with Coquitlam’s proposal to replace the former singlelane bridge with a two-lane span. The dispute over the bridge was reignited in February 2013, when the span was closed after cracks were first spotted in the structure. What followed was a back-and-forth between both cities until a decision was made to leave the issue in the hands of an arbitrator. “We’re moving ahead with the arbitrator’s decision,” Cote said. “I think both cities recognize that we can move forward on transportation issues together.”

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food products, hand-pressed soaps, fine he holiday spirit is in full swing in art and much more. You’ll find the inthe Royal City with entertainment home gallery at 421 Richmond St. and shopping options galore. Here are The Record’s Top Five (or More) Things Enjoy some holiday music at Holy to do This weekend for Dec. 12 to 14. Trinity Cathedral when its choir teams up with the Royal Westminster Check out the entries in this year’s Regimental Band on Sunday, Dec. 14 Festival of Trees, which are found in River Market and Anvil Centre. River at 7:30 p.m. at the cathedral at 514 Carnarvon St. Tickets are by Market is home to several donation at the door. trees that have been decorated by local schools, while Anvil Pick up some gifts at the Centre features some trees Brewery District Christmas submitted by local businesses. gift and craft fair, which feaThe Festival of Trees runs until tures local crafters and vendDec. 25. Be sure to vote for ors. The event is taking place your favourite school tree at on Saturday, Dec. 13 from 10 www.festivaloftreesnewwest. a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Sapperton ca. Pensioners Hall (318 Keary St.), which will be festively Have a laugh at the decorated for the occasion. Vagabond Players’ presentation of Christmas Belles, a fun Take a break from the (or more) production for the festive seahustle and bustle of the son by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Things to do holiday season at the Poetic Hope and Jamie Wooten. The this weekend Justice event taking place on Sunday, Dec. 14 from 3 to 5 show runs Wednesdays to p.m. at the Heritage Grill’s backroom, 447 Saturdays until Dec. 20 at 8 p.m. at the Columbia St. Renee Saklikar is the host Bernie Legge Theatre in Queen’s Park. for this week’s event. For more informaTickets are $15 or $13 for seniors and stution, visit www.poeticjustice.ca. dents and are available at 604-521-0412 or Email your Top 5 ideas to calendar@royal reservations@vagabondplayers.ca. cityrecord.com or send them to tmcmanus@ Shop for some unique offerings at royalcityrecord.com. You can also check out the Spirit of the Season at the Van Dop our full arts and events calendar listings at Gallery on Saturday, Dec. 13 from 11 a.m. www.royalcityrecord.com. to 5 p.m. The gallery has a collection of – compiled by Theresa McManus festive items, handcrafted cards, artisan

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Heartwarming stories: From left, Colleen Winton, Brian Tate, Sayer Roberts, Russell Roberts and Gower Roberts outside the new Anvil Centre theatre, where they’re staging A Child’s Christmas in Wales. The performance, featuring Christmas readings and songs, is on Monday, Dec. 22 at 7:30 p.m.

Warming hearts for Christmas Performing family stages A Child’s Christmas in Wales at Anvil Centre theatre BY JULIE MACLELLAN REPORTER jmaclellan@royalcityrecord.com

It all began more than 15 years ago, when Colleen Winton and Russell Roberts got a call from their friend Brian Tate. Tate, a renowned composer, arranger and choral director, had written a score to Dylan Thomas’s A Child’s Christmas in Wales, to be read by two performers. Tate wanted to know if Winton and Roberts – the well-known husband-and-wife acting team from New Westminster – would read

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the two parts. That very first year, the performance was held in the WintonRoberts living room. It was received so warmly that they decided to do it again the next year. And the next. And the next. Over the years, it’s been performed in a variety of venues and cities in the Lower Mainland and in Victoria. These days, they hold annual shows at the Welsh Society’s Cambrian Hall in Vancouver, and this year’s two shows in the society’s Red Dragon Pub (Dec. 12 and 13) are already sold out. “We just felt like we wanted to do it someplace else,” Winton says, noting that over the years friends have asked that they stage the show at home in New Westminster.

This year, thanks to the open- and the coming year will see him ing of the new Anvil Centre the- return to the stage with Patrick Street Productions’ atre, they found their Out of a Dream at perfect venue. ◗IN THE SPOTLIGHT Gateway Theatre, “We’re really as well as starring excited about that. What: A Child’s Christmas as Marius in the The space is beau- in Wales, presented by the tiful,” Winton says. Winton-Roberts family with Arts Club Theatre production of Les “It hasn’t had many Brian Tate Misérables. Gower, events there yet. meanwhile, works We’re very excited to Where: The new Anvil Centre Theatre, 777 Colum- as a technician with be one of the first.” Once again this bia St., on Monday, Dec. 22 the Massey Theatre and Anvil Centre, year, Winton and at 7:30 p.m. among others, and Roberts have recruit- Tickets: $30 regular, $25 ed the talents of their seniors, $20 students. See also sings with the Vancouver Cantata two sons: Sayer, 24, ticketsnw.ca or call the box Singers. and Gower, 21. ofﬁce at 604-521-5050. They’ll be singBoth are making in the family’s ing their careers in theatre – Sayer on stage, and Christmas production – which, Gower behind the scenes. Sayer alongside A Child’s Christmas in has been busy as a performer, Wales, will include other seasonal

readings and songs. Some will be light-hearted, and others serious, and well-known carols will take their place alongside more unfamiliar numbers. But Winton promises the whole evening will be in the same vein as the title number, capturing the warmth and magic of the season. “It’s a heartwarming evening,” she says. A Child’s Christmas in Wales is onstage at the Anvil Centre theatre on Monday, Dec. 22 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 regular, $25 for seniors and $20 for students. Buy through ticketsnw.ca or call 604521-5050. For more happenings at the Anvil Centre, check out the website at www.anvilcentre.com. twitter.com/juliemaclellan

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shawls, tree ornaments, Victorian-inspired decorations, books by local authors and more. It’s open 1 to 5 p.m. daily from Tuesday to Sunday (closed Mondays). You can also book an evening of treasure hunting with friends or family, by appointment. For more details, call 604-525-3244 or see www. artscouncilnewwest.org.

Art at the library

It may be dark and rainy outside, but it’s always warm and colourful inside the New Westminster Public Library. The library is hosting two art shows for the month of December. On the ramp gallery on the main floor, you can find Stored Memories, a

show by Piroja Amrolia and Zenobia Turnbull. The artists are exploring the idea that our minds store everything we have ever sensed. “While our active memory has long put them aside, it just takes something minor to trigger them – a fleeting image on the street, one outburst of laughter, a spike in temperature, the smell of fresh rain, a singular gesture,” a press release says. “A host of memories, welcome or not, rush back. Their paintings for this show – mainly watercolour and with some oil, pastel and acrylic – have been inspired by these offbeat, unprovoked memories.” Upstairs in the reference department, you can check out Moments Captured ◗Lively City Page 15

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on Canvas, featuring the black-and-white and colour photography of Douglas Dorsett. Dorsett, who was billed by the Guardian newspaper in London as one of the top urban photographers in the world to follow on Instagram, is described as a “high-contrast urban photographer.” He is drawn to empty streets on dreary mornings, and his photographs feature everything from vibrant front doors to lonely walks in the rain. You can see both exhibits at any time during library hours. Just stop by the library at 716 Sixth Ave., uptown. Call 604-527-4660 or check out www.nwpl.ca for more details.

Small treasures

The Van Dop Gallery is inviting everyone in to catch the spirit of the season. The gallery is holding its first Small Masterpieces exhibition and sale this

Saturday, Dec. 13 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. “We have an extensive collection of festive treasures,” a press release says. “Handblown glass ornaments, handmade cards, artisan food products, hand-pressed soaps and fine art work. Gifts that last forever for everyone, on any budget.” The gallery is at 421 Richmond St. Call 604521-7887 or email gallery@ vandopgallery.com, or see www.vandopgallery. com for more about the gallery’s holiday offerings.

New year ideas

Although it seems hard to believe, we’re rapidly approaching the end of 2014 – which means it’s time to start thinking about January already. If you’re an arts group looking for new members for the new year, drop me a line and let me know, and I can give you a mention in the Lively City or post your information in our online arts calendar. Whether it’s a choral

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involved in its programs. “We also partner with other organizations. Not all organizations have Christmas hampers.” While most of the families have been matched already, Lomat said there are still opportunities to contribute items that could help fill last-minute needs, help people still on the waiting list or top up hampers that may need a few extra food or gift donations. “Most of the time we top it up. If we have donations of food, we add food. We may add toys that we wrap,” she said. “People can still donate food and toys.” to Volunteers are also wanted to help out on hamper delivery day, which is set for Monday, Dec. 22. In addition to giving out about 110 hampers, the Purpose Society also distributes gift bags to people involved in its AIDS and HIV programs. “We are preparing 100 bags for them,” Lomat said. “It’s socks, mittens, scarves, toiletries, a bar of chocolate.” The Purpose Society also appreciates cash and food donations throughout the year, as it helps folks involved in its HIV/ AIDS outreach program.

If you’re interesting in donating to or volunteering for the Purpose Society, call 604-526-2522.

Arts Council of New Westminster The arts council has been promoting the arts in the Royal for nearly five decades. Founded in 1967, the Arts Council of New Westminster supports the performing, visual and literary arts – even in difficult financial times. Along with financial donations, the non-profit organization welcomes volunteers, as they help keep programs and services up and running. During the holiday season, community members can also support the arts council by dropping by the Treasure Room, a gift shop in the Arts Council Gallery that features one-of-a-kind handcrafted artisan gifts. The Treasure Room is open Tuesday to Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m., but evening bookings are also available. For more information, visit www. artscouncilnewwest.org or call 604-5253244.

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Goodies galore: Jan Cook displays some of the items for sale in the gift shop at Queen’s Park Care Centre. The shop features jewelry, holiday items, gift items, purses and more – all which raise funds for the Queen’s Park Healthcare Foundation.

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ith the end of 2014 just around the corner, Encorp Pacific (Canada) is reminding schools in British Columbia that there is still time to enroll in the Return-It School program. T he Ret u r n-It School recycling program started in 2000 and provides schools with the tools and support to implement or improve beverage container recycling programs. It is offered free to any registered elementary, middle or high school in British Columbia. As Joanne Drew from Windsor Secondary in North Vancouver explains, the ReturnIt School program is about more than just recycling beverage containers.

Her school has been involved for the past nine years. With the program, special needs students learn valuable life skills by participating in various community activities. “Our students learn practical life skills like learning how to communicate and fundraise by holding community bottle drives and handing out flyers. We use the extra resources to provide fun and interactive experiences for them so they learn to do everyday tasks. We take these everyday activities for granted but for these students, they are important lessons that impact their future.” The staff at Yale Secondary in Abbotsford couldn’t agree

more. Resource teacher Jim Heinrichs points out that all the deposit refunds go back into their special needs program. This gives them additional resources and freedom to provide more enrichment activities. “Not only do our students benefit by learning useful work and life skills, they also get to participate in more recreational outings like going to a farm, interacting with neighbours and also giving back to the community through charities. They experience rewards that go beyond just collecting bottles. It enables them to enjoy a sense of freedom.” Da na Wa i nw r ig ht, a parent and volunteer at David

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Monday to Saturday at its main location at 93 Sixth St. It also operates a drop-in at Lord Kelvin Elementary School on Thursdays and Fridays from 9 to 11 a.m. (while school is in session) and at Hospitality Project on food bank days. For more information or to help Family Place, call 604-520-3666.

Firefighters Charitable Society

When they’re not suiting up to attend fires and emergencies, New Westminster firefighters can often be found giving back to the community. Year-round, the New Westminster Firefighters’ Charitable Society raises funds to help services like the pediatric unit at Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster Family Place, the Royal City Education Foundation, the Union Gospel Mission and meal programs at inner city schools. The New Westminster Firefighters’ Charitable Society also makes an annual donation to the B.C. Professional Firefighters Burn Fund. Each Christmas, the society makes a donation – and collects some extra cash from its individual

members – to do a big shop for the Union Gospel Mission. Its members also volunteer at a toy drive for Family Place and the Purpose Society, and collect toy donations at fire halls that are dispersed to local organizations. “We collect toys and non-perishable food at any of the halls,” said firefighter Josh Sharkey. “One of us will go around and collect them and redistribute them. We are a middle man. If anyone want to donate any toys or food they can just drop it off at a fire hall and we will make sure it goes to a good place.” Aside from cash donations, community members can contribute to the charitable society by supporting events such as the shred-athon in the summer, the Hyrdant Cup (a hockey game held against the Canucks alumni every two years) and the treechipping event. This year’s Christmas tree chipping is taking place on Saturday, Jan. 3 and Sunday, Jan. 4 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Canada Games Pool parking lot. Year-round, donations of cash and toys can be dropped off at the Glenbrook fire hall (1 East Sixth Ave.) Monday

to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cheques can be made out to the New Westminster Firefighters’ Charitable Society, 1 East Sixth Ave., New Westminster, V3L 4G6.

Queen’s Park Healthcare Foundation

The Queen’s Park Healthcare Foundation enriches the lives of many folks. The foundation raises funds for equipment, facility enhancement and activity programming at Queen’s Park Care Centre and William Rudd House. Recent purchases have included air conditioners for William Rudd house, items needed to redo the hair salon, blanket warmers, ice machines and a computer for a family room so residents and family can connect while apart. “We are always welcoming of donations of any kind,” said Lizz Kelly, the foundation’s executive director. “Every little bit helps. There are needs of all kinds throughout out the many areas of the centre. It’s a multi-generational, multi-use facility here. There are lots of different ◗Guide Page 22

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needs.” In addition to making financial donations, the community can also support the work of the foundation through its gift shop, which is located inside the lobby of Queen’s Park Care Centre. “They always need people to come and work in the gift shop,” Kelly said. “And, come and shop. There is amazing merchandise. We try to make it a destination place to come and do your shopping – it is that nice. There are things that are unique and special and good quality.” Volunteers carefully select items they believe residents, staff and visitors will enjoy. “My husband calls it New Westminster’s little secret,” said Colleen McDonald, who buys for the gift shop. “It’s quite the place.” Scarves, small purses, pyjamas, umbrellas like the Queen carries (clear domed brollys), home décor, seasonal items and jewelry are among the treasures to be found in the shop. All proceeds from the gift shop are donated to the

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them. Being able to provide this big beautiful house for them to stay in and try to recuperate and relax, it’s the very least we can do really.” Honour House welcomes cash donations, which can come in the form of onetime gifts, monthly donations, legacy gifts, memorial and tribute gifts, membership ($20 per year) or fundraisers. “We don’t get any government funding, or any funding at all,” Longstaff said. “All the money we use to keep the place running is by our own fundraising efforts.” The facility, which opened in September 2011,

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Longstaff said. “It’s going to be tough on them.” Because Longstaff is the only full-time employee at Honour House, the facility relies on the support of volunteers. “We always need volunteers,” he said. “We do everything from gardening and groundskeeping to helping out at events. I always make a joke and say one time you could be helping out Sarah McLachlan in the green room at one of our galas to cleaning a toilet. Housekeeping is a big one. Like I say, we have a big 10-bedroom mansion house

with no staff. When our guests move out, we need to clean. We are constantly cleaning.” For more information or to help Honour House, call 778-397-4399 or visit www. honourhouse.ca.

KidSport New West

KidSport New West encourages community members to give the gift of sport this Christmas. KidSport raises money and provides grants to local families to ensure finances aren’t an obstacle preventing kids from participating in organized sports. “Sports can play a much

more valuable part in a child’s life than simply physical activity,” said Jen Arbo, treasurer/registrar of the local chapter. “When you think about the ability for children to adapt and to change, and to be flexible and to learn, sport fills a lot of check boxes. People need to recognize sport is not just about playing – it is about so much more.” There are a number of ways people can donate to the Gift of Sport campaign, including cheques and cash donations, as well as online donations designated to the New West chapter through kidsport.ca. “In 2014, we gave just

over $23,000 in New West. There were 126 kids helped so far. I’ve got two more applications to process,” Arbo said. “It’s helping directly in the community. It’s actually kids in New West.” While soccer is by far the most popular sport among families getting a helping hand from KidSport New West, others have participated in lacrosse, martial arts, football and gymnastics. “We know the data on registered sport playing a huge important part in things like social wellness and the ability to help problem solve and work as

a team,” Arbo said. “These are skills that kids don’t necessarily learn through academics.” Because the costs of sports activities are rising, KidSport New West has decided to increase grants from $200 to a maximum of $300 per child annually starting in 2015. In the past, KidSport New West held a sale of used sports equipment twice a year to raise funds for the organization, but it won’t be offering the sale this year. Instead, the local chapter will help connect New West families to the KidSport Tri-Cities sale.

“It represented about 75 or 80 hours of volunteer time, and we made a grand total of $650 at our last sale,” Arbo said. “The gear itself, we recognize there are families who enjoy purchasing the used equipment because they have the opportunity to buy less expensive gear. We will be encouraging all of the families to purchase at the Tri-Cities one.” For more information or to get information about the used equipment sale, visit www.kidsportnew west.ca. See Wednesday’s Record for the second part of the Guide to Giving.

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summer exhibition, Our Working Waterfront, in July 2015. The city has issued a call to contribute to see if certain items might be available for loan or donation to the museum as it prepares the new exhibit: ! Royal City Cannery photographs, pamphlets, cans, labels, hand tools used for preparing fruits and vegetables. ! Pacific Veneer rule book (with plywood cover), plywood grade stamp, catalogues or other pamphlets. ! Columbia Street bags and coasters from notable businesses, such as the King Edward Hotel, Pacific Café,

Fraser Café, the Windsor, the Russell, Eaton’s, Army and Navy, etc, as well as a Copp’s Shoe box and Columbia Theatre movie stubs. ! Fishing items – a fishing pick, “Scotchmen” and fishing gaff from New Westminster-based fishermen. ! Tugboat items – lights, ropes, hooks, navigation tools and radar. ! Mill goggles. “Since the 1940s, the city’s waterfront has changed dramatically and little work has been done to document the history of theses changes and their

impacts on our community of today,” said a press release from the city. “Our Working Waterfront aims to shed light on these changes through objects, images and stories related to the history of work during this period.” Anyone who has an item to contribute can contact curator Oana Capota at 604-515-3843 or ocapota@ newwestcity.ca. Loans will last for the duration of the exhibit, which runs in the summer and fall of 2015 in the museum that’s now located in Anvil Centre. For the past three years, Simon Fraser University,

the International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union, the New Westminster Museum and Archives and community stakeholders have partnered on the (Re)Claiming the New Westminster Waterfront project. “The community-university research partnership is a unique model for collaboration that has yielded spectacular results for New Westminster,” Pamela Stern, a New West resident and an anthropologist at SFU, said in a press release. “As a team, we have conducted 94 oral history interviews with

waterfront workers, which will be housed at the New Westminster Archives and available to the public. We’ve also piloted an intergenerational art-based learning model in three New Westminster schools, participate in RiverFest and conducted oral history collection workshops.” Located in Anvil Centre at 777 Columbia St., the New Westminster Museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (and until 8 p.m. on Thursdays.) Admission is by donation. Send Around Town ideas to Theresa, tmcmanus@royal cityrecord.com.

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◗ IN THE GAME

Jr. B Steelers climb the standings ◗P28 SFU women see out 2014 at home ◗P28

SECTION COORDINATOR Tom Berridge, 604-444-3022 • tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

Ice dance team a pair to be reckoned with

an 85.54 total in the free dance. Focusing on the details When Timothy Lum and and working together on partner Brianna Delmaestro accomplishing those muchdance, angels don’t actually needed higher levels is run and hide their wings, hard work, but making like rocker Bryan Adams it feel like fun can not be implied, but judges sure do understated. “I think we really like sit up and take notice. The newest ice dance each other and we’re very pair in Aaron Lowe and good friends,” Delmaestro Megan Wing’s Champs added. “I think we realInternational Skating ly enjoy skating together. Centre stable of up-and- We’re both pretty moticoming national-calibre vated.” Burnaby’s Danielle Wu junior dance skaters recorded the highest combined and Spencer Soo placed second in the points total of junior dance the season, with a 130.30 winning the total at Skate Skate Canada “He definitely Canada, edgChallenge in ing out thirdP i e r r e f o n d s , brings a lot of place finishers Que. last week- energy to our Lauren Collins end. and Shane Lum and sessions. It D e l m a e s t r o , really helps and Firus of Central Ontario. who were partThe Skate nered together it makes things C a n a d a less than two fun.” Challenge is the years ago, only qualifying topped the event for novjunior ice dance BRIANNA DELMAESTRO ice, junior and at Skate Canada Champs ice dancer senior skaters with personalfor the national best scores in figure skating both the short and free dance programs championships to be held en route to a best-ever in Kingston, Ont. from Jan. 19 to 25. 141.64 total score. The Champs centre also Delmaestro was a singles skater until 2011, and both had a strong contingent of had different partners prior junior women competing to being matched together at Skate Canada. Sectional singles womin 2013. The match produced en’s champion Kelsey instant results internation- Wong of Burnaby placed ally, with two fifth-place runner-up with a 126.38 efforts in International total score behind Alberta’s Skating Union Junior Grand Triena Robinson at Skate Prix events last year and Canada. Sarah Tamura of a pair of podium results Burnaby, who won last this season, including a year’s novice sectional title, silver-medal skate at the placed fourth. Cailey England of Ljubljana Cup in Slovenia Kelowna nipped Tamura in August. “(Timothy) definitely and Champs centre skater brings a lot of energy to our Megan Yim by mere fracsessions. It really helps and tions of a point for a spot it makes things fun,” said on the podium – all with Delmaestro. “Somehow he 122-plus points – in a tightpulls off being confident ly packed race between with being humble at the B.C. skaters for the bronze medal same time.” In international news, The pair’s Skate Canada totals were more than 10 former national junior ice points higher than their dance champions Madeline previous international per- Edwards, 18, and 19sonal best, a tremendous year-old ZhaoKai Pang of leap in improvement in fig- Burnaby are currently in Barcelona, Spain for the ure skating circles. Lum and Delmaestro ISU Junior Grand Prix figplaced first after the short ure skating final. Edwards and Pang are dance with a 56.10 score and then skated away with ◗Skating Page 28 gold at Skate Canada with BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

For more photos, scan with Layar Jennifer Gauthier/THE RECORD

The set up: New Westminster Royals C3 bantam hockey team closes ranks on a Burnaby Minor C1 pair in a Presidents League orange group game at Moody Park Arena last Sunday.

Conference topper leads the Clan in GNW hoop home opener BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

The Great Northwest conference scoring leader sparked a secondhalf comeback for the Simon Fraser University women’s basketball team. Erin Chambers scored 15 of her game-high 23 points in the second half to pace the Clan to a 74-71 victory over Great Northwest conference cross-border rival Western Washington Vikings on Terry Fox Night at the West Gym on Saturday. Chambers, who currently leads the women’s NCAA Division II scoring averaging 26 points per game, drained three free throws, while Clan teammate Meg Wilson scored a lay-up to give the home team a 6965 advantage with just two minutes remaining to play in their conference home opener. Western Washington led by as many as 14 points in the opening half and was leading by nine with under 15 minutes left to play. “In the first half, we were giving them too many open looks, so

Photo courtesy of Ron J. Hole/SFU Athletics

Either hand: Erin Chambers scored a game-high 23 points to lead SFU to a 74-71 win over Western Washington last weekend. we knew we had to do a better job defensively, contesting their shots and getting our hands in their faces,” said Chambers in a school

press release. Wilson added a double-double ◗SFU Page 28

Clan hockey club ends 2014 with shutout Jordan Liem posted the first shutout of his B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League career in Simon Fraser University’s 40 victory over Eastern Washington University

last Saturday. Liem stopped all 19 shots fired his way on Teddy Bear Toss Night at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre. Adam Callegari scored

what proved to be the game-winning goal, opening the scoring in the first minute of the middle frame from second star Jono Ceci and leading scorer Nick Sandor.

Ceci and Callegari both had a goal and an assist. SFU’s next game is against UVic on Jan. 10 at the Copeland centre. tberridge@burnabynow. com

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Ice Hawks down: Ian Prevost, centre, had two goals and was named a game star in the Grandview Steelers’ recent win over Delta in the Paciﬁc Junior Hockey League on Sunday.

Steelers move into third place BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

The Grandview Steelers are hoping to finish the Pacific Junior Hockey League 2014 schedule with a flourish. Following an up-anddown first half to the junior B hockey season, Grandview made it back to .500 following points in its last four games, including a 4-2 win over Port Moody on Dec. 6 and a 4-1 victory at home over the Delta Ice Hawks. “We’ve been so up and down with the young kids we have,” said Grandview head coach Aldo Bruno. “It’s been a little bit of a yo-yo.” The Steelers could conceivably extend their win-

ning streak to four games, with a pair of upcoming games against Mission on Saturday and back home Sunday against Ridge Meadows. Earlier in the week, Grandview stole a point from the Langley Knights following a 5-4 doubleovertime loss at the George Preston centre. With more than a dozen rookies in the lineup, Bruno is more than happy with the consistent effort put out by the first years. Rookies Ian Prevost and goalie Nicholas Anderson were both named game stars in the win over Delta at the Burnaby Winter Club. Prevost picked up a couple of goals in the club’s 12th win, while Anderson

made 24 saves in goal. In Port Moody, firstyear Nico Bruno tallied the game-winning goal early in the middle period. First star Jordan Hall, a fourth-year forward, set up both Mitchell Steinke and Bruno for second-period tallies in the win over the Panthers. Fifth-year forward Matteo Belmonte is also finding his stride, tallying into the empty net to ice the win with his fifth point in his last six games after mustering just a single point prior to midNovember. “We have to play our game and get it into our heads that we can beat (the best),” said Bruno. The Steelers will host Ridge Meadows at the winter club Sunday at 4 p.m.

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to the Clan win, scoring 18 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. Pepperdine University transfer Alisha Roberts of Burnaby chipped in with nine points off the bench, including two-fortwo from beyond the arc. The win improved the Clan’s overall

Skating: ◗ continued from page 27

the only B.C. skaters that qualified for the final. They had a silver-medal performance in France and a gold-medal win in Aichi, Japan later in the GP season. Ontario’s Mackenzie Bent and Garrett MacKeen will also compete in the junior ice dance final in Barcelona.

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