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GOING SIDEWAYS: Bill Silver came all the way from Deep Cove to try out New Westminster’s new skateboarding facility in Queen’s Park.

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New West skate park open for business Theresa McManus tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca

A stretch of recent sunny weather gave skateboarders a chance to test out the new skate park in Queen’s Park. An official opening will take place in the spring, likely in late April or early May, but skateboarders have been trying out the newly completed skate park. “Obviously, word of mouth has gotten out there,” said Dean Gibson, the city’s director of parks

and recreation. “It is attracting a lot of attention right now, and I’m really glad the weather is cooperating so people can get out and start using it.” The former Mercer skate park had to be demolished to make way for construction of the new high school, so the city consulted with the community about a new location and design, ultimately selecting a site on the former reservoir/tennis courts site that’s located across from Queen’s Park Stadium.

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“We are really pleased that the skateboarding or the skate park community has been patient and worked with us over what has been a number of years to get us to this particular point, as we have gone through the design and finding another location for it,” Gibson said. “We think that the first comments that we have been receiving back from the users and the general public is that it’s immensely well received and getting check boxes on all of the important cri-

teria that the skateboarding community was telling us was important to have in this particular facility.” Gibson said he’s heard anecdotal reports that youngsters, teens and adult skateboarders have all been visiting the new skate park, which is great because it was important to the city that the facility serve a couple of different generations. He’s looking forward to seeing that part of the park become more animated than it had been in the past.

“Time will only tell what it looks like over the long period, but right now there is a new energy in that quadrant of the park that didn’t exist previously. And quite frankly, I think there is a whole new group of members of our community who are coming out to Queen’s Park who didn’t before,” he said. “We are hopeful that they will discover some of the other amazing features that exist in that park, whether it be sports or arts or petting farms or things like that.”

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Churches speak out against Islamophobia Theresa McManus tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca

Christian leaders in NewWestminster want the world to know they stand up for love and diversity. Rev. Emilie Smith of St. Barnabas Anglican Church said the NewWestminster Ministerial Association, a gathering of Christian leaders in NewWest, feels the need to speak out following the March 14 attacks at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, which left 50 people dead and dozens injured.The gunman, a 28-year-old Australian man, is a self-described white supremacist. “My whole service on Sunday was about how we look after each other, how we stand up for love against hatred,” Smith said. “This world is a diverse place, and our job as Christians is to really stand for that love – we are not about ‘we are the good guys and you are the bad guys’ – it’s how do we love each other, how do we show that love, and especially for those who are suffering.” Prayers, singing and signs are some of the ways local church-

SIGN OF SUPPORT: A sign at St. Aidan’s Presbyterian Church in the West End reflects the way many local churches are feeling in the aftermath of the March 14 attacks in New Zealand. PHOTO THERESA MCMANUS es are showing their support for Muslims here and abroad. A sign posted at St. Aidan’s

Presbyterian Church in theWest End reads: “Prayers for our Muslim neighbours.” At St. Barnabas

Church, a sacred singing circle occurs on the last Sunday of every month, with the next one taking

place on March 31. “It’s really singing together for healing in our hearts,” Smith said. “This month we will be singing with the intention of sending our prayers out into our communities and around the world for healing.” The NewWestminster Ministerial Association hosts a series of presentations each Lent, which is the 40-day-period leading up to Easter in the Christian faith. A presentation at Holy Trinity Cathedral on March 20 featured a Presbyterian biblical scholar and professor who spoke about displacement and belonging; the next presentation, taking place at St. Barnabas Church onWednesday, March 27 at 7:30 p.m., features Byron Cruz, an outreach worker who helps migrant workers, refugees and immigrants. Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, issued a statement that reaffirmed the Anglican Church of Canada is opposed to Islamophobia and encouraging members of the church to reach out with love and compassion to their Muslim neighbours in their time of grief.

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Landlords suing New West over new rental zoning Theresa McManus tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca

The City of New Westminster is going to have to defend its efforts to address the housing crisis in court. In January, New Westminster became the first city in British Columbia to apply new rental residential tenure zoning to existing rental housing stock. In addition to 12 city-owned properties that could be used for future municipal housing projects, the city also applied the bylaw to six existing stratified buildings that have been operating as rental buildings for many years. While tenants and rental housing advocates praised the city’s decision, the buildings’ owners and representatives of the Urban Development Institute (a non-profit association of the development industry and its related professions) voiced concerns about the proposal and the level of consultation.They asked the city to put the plan on hold for 90 days and warned the matter would end up in court. They weren’t bluffing. The registered owners of all six strata properties – V.I.T Estates Ltd.,VIAM Holdings Ltd., Elmwood Apartments, 0730794 B.C. Ltd., Geordie Holdings Ltd. and 0964956 B.C. – have initiated legal action against the city.They’re asking the Supreme Court of Brit-

ish Columbia to declare bylaw No. 8078 to be illegal and/or void, to impose an order quashing the bylaw and to pay costs of the legal action. In a petition to the court, the owners allege city staff provided “false, incomplete and misleading information” in relation to the purpose and effect of Bylaw 8078 to both the petitioners and to tenants living in units in the six buildings. “The false information concerned the alleged urgent need for bylaw No. 8078 to be passed, its implication and its legal effect,” said the document. According to the petition, the “false information” included stating that the purpose of the zoning amendment is to protect the units in these buildings as rentals in perpetuity and to prevent them from being individually marketed for sale. The petition cites official Hansard transcripts in which the minister of Housing stated a guiding principle of the province’s legislation is that “rental housing does not intrude on the property rights of individuals who own property or who own and occupy housing in existing buildings.” The petition alleges the city didn’t comply with mandatory requirements of the Local Government Act and states that the “hasty” process was unreasonable and errors were made regarding

Rental units: The owners of Geordie Place on 12th Street are taking the City of New Westminster to court. PHOTO RECORD FILES

the public hearing. None of the allegations have been proven in court. Following the public hearing, New Westminster city council unanimously adopted zoning amendment Bylaw 8078, becoming the first municipality in B.C. to apply a new rental residential tenure zoning authority to existing rental housing stock. “This bylaw is the first step in our initiative to ensure our city has housing options for everyone,” Mayor Jonathan Cote said in a press release. “Renovictions have

displaced many people from their homes and we’re taking action to preserve our rental housing stock for those who need it now and in the future.” According to a press release issued by the city after the bylaw was adopted, the province enacted a new local government authority as an amendment to the Local Government Act in 2018.This was done in order to apply rental residential tenure zoning authority to protect the rental tenures in existing apartment buildings. “In late 2018, it came to the

city’s attention that a building that had operated as rental since its 1977 construction was being actively marketed for sale as condominium units,” Emilie Adin, the city’s director of development services, said in the press release. “Rental Residential Tenure Zoning is the only City-led action that can protect the rental tenure of stratified rental buildings, thus relieving some of the pressures from renoviction being faced by New Westminster tenants, who represent 44 per cent of our population.”

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Glenbrooke North Residents’ Association Meeting Century House Spruce Room

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Saturday, March 30, 2019 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Century House, 620 Eighth Street The City of New Westminster and the WINS Local Immigration Partnership Council invite you to be part of a welcoming, fun, and informative event. The event will include: • resource fair • health information • job search and career resources • information on ﬁnancial programs and resources • settlement services • volunteer connections • children’s activities • performances and entertainment • food … and so much more

WALK30 CHALLENGE Our Walk30 Challenge is starting soon (April 8th – May 10th). Similar to last year, we will be hosting a Walk30 media launch and we invite you to join us! Tuesday, April 2, 2019 • 9:00 – 9:45 am Shadbolt Centre, 6450 Deer Lake Ave, Burnaby (meet in lobby) We will do a short 10 minute walk at Deer Lake. Please bring comfortable shoes and be dressed for the weather! The goal of the Oﬃcial Media Launch is to promote awareness and participation in the Walk30 Challenge by having community leaders model healthy walking behaviour and commit to actively engaging in walking throughout the challenge. Do encourage your workplaces to join as well!

NOTICE TO ELECTRIC UTILITY CUTOMERS Notice to City’s Electric Utility Customers City Council has adopted a new rate structure that reflects an across-the-board 2.8% rate increase, effective April 1, 2019. Although both residential and commercial rates are being revised to reflect the same rate increase, the amount of any increase in monthly electricity bill will vary depending on the amount of energy used. The electricity bill for a residential household using 1,000 kWh per month will increase by $3.30 to $121.17 per month. Even with the new approved rates, the City of New Westminster utilities’ rates remain on average amongst the lowest in North America.

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WATER MAIN FLUSHING

As part of the City of New Westminster’s maintenance program, the flushing of the water mains will take place from April 1, 2019 to May 31, 2019. Flushing of the water mains is required to remove sediments and to maintain water quality. This may result in your water supply appearing cloudy due to the sediments. Since some staining of laundry may result and some industrial processes may be affected we recommend the following: • Run your cold water tap until the water clears up • Check the water supply before doing laundry If in doubt, please check the City’s website for daily updates on the streets being flushed or call the Water Department at 604-526-4691 between 7:00 am and 4:00 pm.

WOULD YOU LIKE FREE ASSISTANCE IN FILING YOUR TAXES? The New Westminster Public Library has developed a list of free community income tax clinics in New Westminster and Burnaby. By filing an income tax and benefit return, you might be eligible for benefit and credit payments. For more information, please visit the New Westminster Public Library community information website.

*NEW* ZUMBA FITNESS DROP-IN Saturdays, 10:45 am starting April 6 with free classes on April 6 & 13 Centennial Community Centre Zumba is a total body workout, combining all elements of ﬁtness – cardio, muscle conditioning, balance and ﬂexibility. Boost your energy in choreographed style! Call for more information – 604-777-5100 Follow Parks & Recreation on Facebook and Twitter @newwestrec • newwestcity.ca/rec

NWPL MAIN BRANCH CLOSED TEMPORARILY FOR RENOVATIONS The New Westminster Public Library Main Branch is closed for renovations. This final phase of renovations will take five weeks, with an expected reopening of April 1st. Thanks to the hard work of contractors and library staff, the renovations are scheduled to be complete two months ahead of schedule. During the library closure, customers who checked out any items after January 21st can enjoy those items for 10 weeks. During this time, the Queensborough Branch library will remain open with continued expanded hours. The Queensborough Branch has popular books, DVDs, music, children’s materials, internet stations, and chromebooks. The library’s e-collections and resources will remain available 24/7. For more renovation updates, check out nwpl.ca/renovation.

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PARCEL TAX ROLL REVIEW PANEL PARCEL TAX ROLL PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to the requirements of the Community Charter that a Parcel Tax Roll Review Panel will sit in the City Council Chamber at City Hall, 511 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, BC on Monday, April 8, 2019 at 5:45 pm. The Panel will review the Parcel Tax Roll prepared for the following bylaws. If no complaints are received the Parcel Tax Roll will be considered to be authenticated. • Bylaw No.7584, 2013 – Lane paving south of Sixth Avenue • Bylaw No.7585, 2013 – Ditch infill a portion of Wood Street, Boyd Street and Boyne Street and widen a portion of Boyne Street • Bylaw No.7952, 2017 – Downtown New Westminster Business Improvement Area (Secondary Area) • Bylaw No.7951, 2017 – Downtown New Westminster Business Improvement Area (Primary Area) • Bylaw No. 6605, 2000 – Queensborough specified area, stage 2 (Sewer) • Bylaw No. 7942, 2017 – Howes St. Utilities Relocation to Underground • Bylaw No. 8019, 2018 – Uptown New Westminster Business Improvement Area A property owner may make a complaint only on the grounds of an error or omission in the roll. A complaint shall not be heard by the Panel unless written notice of the complaint has been made to the office of the Collector at City Hall, 511 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, B.C. V3L 1H9, at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the time appointed for the first sitting of the Review Panel (5:45 pm, April 8, 2019). Deadline for written complaints is 5:00 pm, Friday, April 5, 2019. The Parcel Tax Roll is available for inspection in the Finance and Information Technology Department of City Hall during its regular office hours, Monday from 8:00 am – 7:00 pm, and Tuesday – Friday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, excluding holidays. Any questions concerning the above information or in relation to the complaints process should be directed to Sukh Gill, Manager of Collection Services at 604-527-4646.

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After more than three decades with the New Westminster Police, Chief Const. Dave Jones is getting ready to start a new job on Monday with the Transit Police. But long before he was chief, Jones was just a kid from Coquitlam hanging out in New Westminster. NEW WEST CONNECTION Jones’s grandparents lived in New West, and he spent a lot of time in the city. He enrolled at Douglas College and even had his first practicum with the New Westminster Police. It was just supposed to be a week with the crime-prevention team, but, when the CUPE workers went on strike, Jones was shuffled to the officers and spent the week going on ride-alongs. “I got to know a bunch of the members during that time, and then an inspector said, ‘Why don’t you apply to be a reserve officer?’” He knew he wanted to be a police officer, so why not? In 1982, Jones was accepted into the New Westminster Police Department’s reserve program. He spent four years as a reserve, all the while going to school and working at Oakalla prison. In 1986, he was accepted into the ranks of the New Westminster Police Department. CHANGES New Westminster in the ’80s and ’90s wasn’t the New Westminster most people know today, according to Jones. “We had more bar seats than just about anywhere in the province,” he said. “The city was just completely dif-

ferent.” In 1987, New Westminster had 13,300 bar seats – one for every three residents – compared to 11,117 today, about one seat for every six residents, and the bar and club culture fueled a lot of crime, according to Jones. When he started with the department, the majority of calls for service were for people-on-people crimes and mischief.Violent crime, including assault, homicide and robbery, increased 27.5 per cent from 1983 to 1984, and by 1986 the police department was scrambling to get a handle on the problem. Of particular concern was the increased crime around the newly opened SkyTrain stations downtown.Theft, harassment and drug trafficking around the stations was commonplace, and many people blamed the train itself for making it easier for criminals to move around the region. Jones said it quickly picked up the nickname “crime train.” Initially, the train terminated in New Westminster, turning the city into a pinch point within the Lower Mainland. In an effort to push back against rising crime in the city, the police department started a hiring blitz, and by 1989, the force was hiring officers by the handful. Jones, meanwhile, was rising through the ranks. He moved from constable to corporal and, in the 1990s, he took on a staff sergeant position just as the crime wave was ramping up. “I was put in as a staff sergeant to run this group, and, of course, that became one of the more high-profile adventures of our life,” he chuckled.

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NEW PATH: Chief Const. Dave Jones is leaving the New Westminster Police after 37 years. He started in 1982 as a reserve constable and has spent the last eight years as chief. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR He wasn’t kidding. With gangs and drug dealers flooding New Westminster, Jones became the public face of the department’s crack down on drug trafficking in the ’90s, and it was one of the highlights of his career. “It was such a great team effort,” he said. “We weren’t just enforcing, we were working with other agencies, we were working with the community, we were working with other police agencies; we were working with the justices and the courts and everyone.” By the late ’90s, when the department had all but eliminated the rampant drug dealing and street crime from the community, a competition opened up at the department for an inspector’s position. Jones, who by now had experience working major

crimes, drug enforcement and special operations, put his name in the race. He got the job and was officially promoted to inspector in 2000, 14 years into his career. MANAGEMENT TRACK Jones never set out to be police chief. He just wanted to be a cop, help people and serve his community – the usual stuff. But time and time again, fate (or whatever you want to call it) intervened. It’s as if he “stepped into the right moment at the right time” over and over and over again, he told the Record. “I can never be in the lottery line up and pick the lottery number or get the quick pick at the right time,” he laughed. He spent nine years as the department’s inspector in charge of the patrol division

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THE NEXT CHAPTER When his sons became New Westminster police officers, Jones knew his time was drawing to a close. There haven’t been any allegations of favouritism, he said, but that’s not to say someone won’t say something eventually. With his contract up for renewal in the fall, it just felt like the right time to go, Jones said. Then the chief officer position came up at the Metro Vancouver Transit Police. Jones admitted he wakes up in a panic sometimes, wondering what the heck he’s done – why he didn’t just retire or serve another term as chief in New Westminster. Jones’ last day with the department is March 31. (Deputy Chief Dave Jansen will take over as interim chief on April 1.) Thinking back to his first day, Jones said there’s a lot about his career, the department, even the city, that he could never have foreseen. “It’s funny. I look back and some of it’s still the same and some of it is completely different and it’s hard to imagine when you look back that this is what it would have become, but it just goes to show you as to what is possible, what is capable.”

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School naming will reﬂect inclusion, diversity: trustees School district working on a policy on naming requests Cayley Dobie

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The New Westminster school board is hoping to change the way it handles school naming and renaming requests. In October, Chief Joe Alphonse of the Tl’etinqox First Nation, part of the six bands that make up the Tsilhqot’in First Nation, sent a letter to the school board asking that it rename New Westminster Secondary School in honour of Chief Ahan once the new school is built. Chief Ahan was hanged in 1865 in New Westminster, one of six Tsilhqot’in First Nation war chiefs executed following the Chilcotin War between the Tsilhqot’in people in B.C. and European settlers. (Last year, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued an apology, saying the six chiefs were

leaders of a nation and were acting in accordance with their laws.) Alphonse and others believe Chief Ahan’s body was buried in the Douglas Road Cemetery, which today is the site of New Westminster Secondary School. The previous school board decided not to make a decision on Alphonse’s renaming request, opting to pass it along to the new board. It was this request that motivated trustee Gurveen Dhaliwal to put forward a motion recommending the district create a policy to handle any future naming or renaming requests that come its way. “One thing that was very apparent with that was that we didn’t have any sort of process in place to address that, and understanding that we weren’t able to make an informed decision,” she told

trustees at the March 12 school board meeting. And it’s not enough just to have a policy outlining how these requests are handled, added Dhaliwal. She also wants to see the policy reflect the district’s values of inclusion and diversity to help guide the board’s decision-making process. Trustee Maya Russell applauded the motion. “It’s hard to take colonization out of any of the names of our schools or the name of our city.The more you peel back the onion, the more you get the same results. I think that this is work we need to do.We’ve taken on a lot of work as a district and I know we can’t do everything, but thinking about things like what our schools are called is an important part of reconciliation. It’s not everything, but it is a piece,” she said.

Hospital Site Rezoning

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Wednesday, April 3, 5:30-7:30pm

Pensioners Hall, 318 Keary Street, New Westminster You’re invited to discuss an application to rezone the Royal Columbian Hospital site from Public and Institutional High Rise (P-3) to Comprehensive Development District (Royal Columbian Hospital) (CD-87) to allow for construction of Phases Two and Three of the hospital’s redevelopment which includes a new acute care tower, Emergency, parkade, helipad, and expansion within existing buildings. This drop-in event will include display boards with information on the application. Delegates will be on hand to answer questions and receive feedback about the rezoning application. There will be no formal presentation.

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Opinion OUR VIEW

HandyDART users shouldn’t have to ﬁght for rights

HandyDART users and their loved ones will finally get some recognition for their complaints about substandard service. It took 18 months and the filing of a Human Rights discrimination complaint against TransLink to get some resolution. In 2017, the Handy DART Riders’ Alliance filed a class-action complaint alleging that people with physical and cognitive disabilities are provided with inferior transit service. At the time, they felt

that people with disabilities, including the frail elderly, were effectively being denied access to transit because the service was so bad. Even TransLink’s own statistics in 2017 and 2018 suggested there was an increase in complaints about issues, such as HandyDART no-shows or wait times longer than promised. Anyone who knows someone who has had to rely on HandyDART to get to an appointment has heard a horror story of a

wait time much longer than the standard 30 minutes promised by TransLink. Why should people with disabilities get service of a much lesser standard than everyone else? That was the crux of the Human Rights complaint that has been set aside. Now, as part of the settlement agreement,TransLink has agreed to produce an annual service performance report, provide funding for research on the experience of HandyDART customers, and create a HandyDART

users group. Finally, HandyDART users will be recognized. Beth McKellar, who lives in North Burnaby, is the co-chair and one of the founding members of the riders alliance. She said the group is overjoyed about the new advisory committee and said they are hoping for a more constructive working relationship with TransLink in the future. But it hasn’t ended the problems, she said. “By all means, this does not end the crisis for Handy

DART riders,” said McKellar. Since the settlement, TransLink’s board has voted to establish a standing public HandyDART advisory committee, which will hopefully lead to a constructive relationship between users and the transportation authority. TransLink is also in the midst of increasing service hours by 15 per cent. HandyDART also has a new operator, First Canada, which replaced MVT Canadian Bus Inc., last year

and while it’s a bit unnerving for these services to be contracted to a company with the lowest bid, we can only hope that increased service and ongoing performance reviews will ensure a more seamless trip delivery service for users. For compassion’s sake, as well as the necessity to preserve the dignity of HandyDART users, we hope that many of the issues experienced in recent years will be handled with tact, diplomacy and efficiency for now and in the future.

MY VIEW CHRIS CAMPBELL

Toxic bro culture fully on display

“Worrrrrldstaaaaaarrr!” You can easily find that word being shouted out if you just search “one-punch knockouts” on the internet. What comes up are hundreds of video compilations of men getting laid out by a single punch. And, in the background, you often hear someone yelping “worldstar” in reference to the video-content aggregatorWorldStarHipHop – a site that celebrates and even encourages the “one-punch” culture. I looked up the site in preparation for this column and the first video on the site’s page was entitled, “How to win a street fight.” Many of these videos aren’t actually what I would call “fights” because that implies two people willingly entering into battle. So many of these knockouts are actually sucker punches. I’m writing about this because of two horrific sucker punches that have been in the news. The most recent story involves the release of a video showing an unnamed man suffering “life-altering injuries” from a vicious punch outside of aVancouver lounge.The crime took place at 2 a.m. and reminded me of something my uncle once told me: “Nothing good ever happens at a bar at 2 a.m.” In the video, you can see a group of men having an animated conversation.The victim isn’t even really facing the man who assaults him.The dude just waits for the victim to not be looking at him before he launches his fist and then casually walks away. He has no re-

gard for his victim. I don’t know what these guys were arguing about and I don’t care because it’s irrelevant. One guy probably bumped into another guy and things escalated. I’ve seen fights start between dudes over much less. That’s the thing about bro culture – it’s so irredeemably stupid how bros are willing to throw down over nothing in order to save face. And it’s not just bros in their 20s, either. Lawrence Sharpe is a 40-year-old man who was just convicted of manslaughter after throwing a sucker page that killed Burnaby’s Michael PageVincelli in a Starbucks. That case included a chilling video showing Sharpe sauntering into the Starbucks and then unloading on his victim. The fragile male ego and an overabundance of testosterone aren’t anything new. It’s just that in this video age we’re able to watch so many of these incidents over and over again. Perhaps most disturbing is just how excited people get after someone has been knocked out. That could be somebody dying.That could be somebody suffering “life-altering injuries.” But nobody seems to care. I haven’t always been immune to this, of course. I can remember being 20 and chanting “FIGHT! FIGHT!” as two drunk guys squared off outside of a bar. It never occurred to me at the time that somebody could actually be seriously injured. Because in bro culture, it’s all about the act. Not the consequences.

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Pile-driving noise a sign city growing too fast Editor: An open letter to New Westminster Mayor Jonathan Cote: I understand that construction is a noisy, dirty job. I understand we all have to be uncomfortable at times, but for us living anywhere remotely close to the river, this new (Pier West) project starting up is a nightmare, just when the 10th Street and Quay highrises are just finishing up. We have endured months and months of pile driving, detours, road closures, etc., as well as a brutally cold winter, so we are all ecstatic to be able to enjoy the warm weather upon us. But once again, we can’t be outdoors, let alone have our doors and windows open to welcome spring. The sound of pile driving is deafening. Maybe I’m naive, but wouldn’t it make more sense to do this in the winter months when it’s not going to destroy residents’ chances of enjoying spring and summer? Again, maybe naive, but can we afford to have thousands more residents on our roads, parking, pets, shopping, etc.? Where is the infrastructure after everyone settles here? I apologize if I sound negative, but I prefer to call it realistic. I love my city and I would not want to live anywhere else, but if it becomes too big, too fast, I might have to really look at where will be the best quality of life for me. Please, let’s slow things down just a little bit so we all can enjoy this beautiful city I call home. Kerry Romaniuk, New Westminster

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My landlord didn’t warn me about train noise Editor: I see posts from a couple of years ago that the noise (from the New Westminster trains) is going to stop. But it hasn’t. I moved onto St. Andrews Street in August. I’ve never lived in New West so I didn’t know about the noisy trains. With the ridiculous amounts for rent, you’d think a landlord would warn you? I get woken by trains constantly and it affects my work. I counted eight trains between 3 a.m. and 7 a.m. Monday morning. And kept up all night Monday night as well. I’m tired and cranky. Why do we have to put up with it? Candi Winter, New Westminster

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Giving up her pointe shoes for a pair of high heels was a decision New Westminster burlesque dancer Ariel Helvetica had to make to fulfil her career. Helvetica grew up dancing throughout her life, spending a majority of her dance career focusing on becoming a “serious” dancer by training in traditional dance and ballet. She performed in 45 different countries on cruise ships and spent a year in France as a can-can dancer before choosing to stop her career as a professional dancer. After making that decision, however, she said she missed the stage and the feeling of performing, which subsequently lured her into the burlesque scene in 2011. “I was really drawn to burlesque because of the glamorousness and the glitter and costumes,” Helvetica said. She said at a young age she found dancing professionally challenging because she was expected to fit a certain type of mould, something not common in the burlesque industry. “In the burlesque world, I get to choose my own cos-

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Arts & Entertainment Concert series brings live music to New West Downtown New Westminster is getting new life as a live music destination. Five Nights at the Columbia, a new concert series taking place at the historic Columbia Theatre, kicks off tonight (Thursday, March 28) with a 7:30 p.m. show by the Wild Blue Herons. The band, led by pianist Bill Sample and vocalist Darlene Ketchum, blends jazz, funk, soul and blues sounds. Each of the five shows features a different band, representing a different genre of music each time. “My vision is to do whatever I can to help create the healthiest possible live music scene in the Lower Mainland,” said concert promoter Michael Dunn in a write-up about the concert series. “By this I mean that the venues are able to keep their doors open, musicians are able to make a decent living and audiences get treated to top-quality performances.” Dunn, who moved to New Westminster in the mid-1990s, got interested in trying to help revitalize the downtown area by mak-

ing it a destination for live music. In 2016, he started organizing the first in a series of Great Gig events, bringing top-notch live performers to the Columbia for a number of shows over the following two years. The theatre is now under the management of Amicus Performing Arts Society, a non-profit group, and its executive director, Michael Hwang, has overseen an investment into updated sound and lighting. “I was really worried when I heard the theatre was sold last year. I didn’t know what was going to happen to it,” Dunn said in the release. “Michael (Hwang) shares my passion for live music and the continued revitalization of the old downtown of NewWestminster. I couldn’t have asked for a better person to work with.” Dunn noted that the Columbia is an excellent place to take in a musical performance. “The descending floor levels of the original theatre, from rear of room to stage,

ensure great sightlines, but, unlike conventional theatre, seats are table-based so you and your friends can enjoy full food and beverage service right at your seat, cabaret-style,” he said in a press release. The Five Nights at the Columbia lineup also includes the female-fronted funk band Raincity on Saturday, April 13; rock/soul sounds with Josh Wyper and friends on Saturday, April 27; acoustic guitarist Don Alder on Thursday, May 16; and the “prog-funk” quintet Daniel James’ Brass Camel on Saturday, May 18. Tickets range from $15 to $25, depending on performance. A portion of each ticket sold will be donated to the New Westminster Secondary School band program (a decision Dunn came to after reading a recent story about the band program’s struggles in the March 14 edition of the Record). Find all the details at www.musicnewwest.com, or buy tickets for the concerts through www.eventbrite.ca. – Julie MacLellan

Spotlight: Guitarist Don Alder is one of the featured performers in the new Five Nights at the Columbia live music series. It kicks off tonight (March 28) with the Wild Blue Herons. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

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Singin’ in the Rain hits Massey Theatre stage since 2010, said the company has worked with theatre enthusiasts from across the Lower Mainland, addRoyal City Musical Theatre is singin’ and dancin’ its ing that the theatre provides people with a great opporway to its 30th anniversary tunity to work alongside this year. professional directors, choThe company returns to reographers and actors. the Massey Theatre stage Among those performers with Singin’ in the Rain, runthis year is New Westminning April 4 to 20. ster resident Erin Jeffery, Director and choreograwho works behind-thepher Valerie Easton chose scenes at the Massey Thethe classic musical as the atre. She’s making her decompany’s 30th anniversabut with the company as ry production because she she plays a radio reporter wanted to present a play and elocution teacher in the that had not show. been done Jeffery by the comsaid having pany before a company and was full What: Royal City Musical like the Royof fun. Theatre presents Singin’ al City Mu“It’s a in the Rain sical Theatre show I really When: Thursday, April is a gift to the wanted to do 4 to Saturday, April 20. community. for a while. It Shows Thursdays through “Supportjust seemed Sundays, with evening ing local art like the pershows at 7:30 p.m. and does nothfect fit for the matinees (April 7, 13, 14 ing but help 30th anniverand 20) at 2 p.m. the commusary,” Easton Where: Massey Theatre, nity both ecsaid. onomically The theatre 735 Eighth Ave. and, I think, group was es- Tickets: $49 regular, $39 spiritually,” tablished in senior/student, $19 for Jeffrey said. 1990 by a children under 13. SpeEaston said group of parcial family deal on Sunthis year’s ents and a day, April 7. Buy through popular high www.ticketsnw.ca or 604- production is packed with school drama 521-5050. comedy, muteacher, Ed Info: www.royalcity sic, dancHarrington, musicaltheatre.com ing and some with the insurprises and tent of bringpromised it ing a musical will provide audiences with theatre production to the smiles and laughter all night Massey Theatre stage. long. The company has put A special feature for this on a production every year year’s production is her fansince and has gathered sevtastic cast of tap dancers. eral awards over the years, “It’s something we don’t including the 2018 Ovation Award for outstanding com- see as much anymore,” munity production of a mu- Easton said. This year’s production sical. Easton, who has been the will also feature a pre-show chat on Thursday, April 11 company’s artistic director Desirée Garcia

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by a New Westminster film historian and teacher, Michael van den Bos, who will discuss the songs and actors in the classic movie version of Singin’ in the Rain, as well as the reason why the film is still considered to some as one of the greatest movies ever made. “I just want to give the audience a little background history on the production of Singin’ in the Rain and why it’s so important to cinema history,” he said. Tickets for Singin’ in the Rain are available online at ticketsnw.ca

Local talent: The Singin’ in the Rain cast includes New Westminster performers Dane Smit and Erin Jeffery (in back), along with Gavyn Hollett and Maclean Milne. Royal City Musical Theatre casts feature community performers working alongside professionals.

PHOTO DAVID COOPER, COURTESY RCMT

Impromptu Cabaret Fest features New West talent Have you ever spent a night out at the theatre, looked at the playbill and wondered: “Who are these people, really?” The second annual Impromptu Cabaret Festival is your chance to get a closer look at the characters behind the characters.The festival runs from Wednesday, April 3 to Saturday, April 13 at the Havana Theatre in Vancouver. The festival features performers who’ll be familiar from their work on stag-

es around the region – only this time, they’re telling their own stories. Each night features a lineup of performances, back to back, as each performer takes you on a journey through the challenges and triumphs they’ve experienced in their own work in Vancouver’s performing community – set to a soundtrack of their favourite songs. “Take an unfiltered and ‘impromptu’ backstage tour through the minds of your favourite local performers

Onstage: New West performers (from left) Peter Jorgensen, Cecilly Day and David Adams are part of the Impromptu Cabaret Festival, running April 3 to 13 at the Havana Theatre. PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED

and experience the stories that have built their ‘character,’” says a write-up about

the show. New Westminster talent is a big part of the festival,

as local performer Peter Jorgensen serves as one of the organizers and is also set to perform on Saturday, April 6 at 4 p.m. Cecilly Day, a new resident of New West, is on the program for Saturday, April 13 at 4 p.m., while veteran New West performer David Adams appears on Saturday, April 6 at 8:30 p.m. and Thursday, April 11 at 7 p.m. Fifteen-year-old local resident Elizabeth Irving is also featured in a Tues-

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Together: John Schemer, left, and Coburn Connelly took part in Backyard Bird and MiniBeasts, an intergenerational event that included speakers teaching folks about local flora and fauna, building chickadee nest boxes and creating gardens for insects. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

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New West youth and seniors have been busy building intergenerational connections through various events at Century House. Earlier this month, Century House invited community members to attend its Paying It Forward: Across Generations event, where

people of different ages had a chance to learn from and share skills with each other. Making friendship bracelets, getting tech advice and gardening were some of the day’s activities. Paying it Forward aims to bring together youth and seniors to encourage acts of kindness that build relationships across generations. Century House received a

New Horizons grant to host Meeting in the Middle, a community-based intergenerational leadership project that has youth and seniors working on five community-based intergenerational leadership projects: Paying it Forward; Culinary Pursuits; Art Outside; Naturally Fun Adventurers; and Technology.

Save the date for these upcoming seniors’ events Whether you want to get more active, find some newto-you treasures, enjoy a tasty meal or be entertained, Century House is the place for seniors to be this month. Here are some of the events taking place at Century House, 620 Eighth St., in the coming weeks. SATURDAY, APRIL 6 Information session on Choose to Move, a free and flexible program aimed at helping seniors aged 65 and older to become more active. Program includes working with a trained activity coach who will support you to develop a personalized physical activities. Information session at 10 a.m., with registration to follow.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 Intergenerational Talent Show, featuring performers young and old, is open to singers, dancers, musicians and other performers who will perform for five to eight minutes. Performers should sign up at the office, and attendees should buy tickets ($5 for members and $6 for non-members) at the Century House front desk. SATURDAY, APRIL 13 Century House Thrift Sale returns from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.You’ll find jewelry, books, DVDs, CDs, plants, clothing, linens, children’s items, homewares and much more. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 Black and White Dinner with the King, featuring

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If you’ve got an idea about how to bring neighbours together, Family Services of Greater Vancouver wants to help. The local organization is once again administering the Neighbourhood Small Grant program, which provides grants of up to $500 for projects that bring neighbours together to share skills and knowledge, celebrate diversity or increase people’s sense of belonging.The projects must be free to attend and take part in and should be accessible and inclusive of all people. Projects could include talent shows, gardening workshops, community kitchens, drop-in sports nights, cultural exchange nights, potlucks, walking tours, living room art shows, book exchanges and block parties. For 2019, the program continues to prioritize projects that connect Indigenous and non-Indigenous com-

FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGY Century House is seeking input on seniors’ interests in technology to help shape future programming. Two technology focus groups are taking place at Century House today (Thursday, March 28), one from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. and another from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Items that may be discussed include platforms for communication, such as email, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter andYouTube. Input will also be sought about devices such as smartphones, tablets, computers and laptops. If you’d like to take part, sign up at the front office at 620 Eighth St. or call 604519-1066.

SUPPORTING LACROSSE ABROAD Soccer players in the Dominican Republic are sporting some new attire courtesy of the New Westminster Minor Lacrosse Association. Tonya Roy dropped us a line to let us known about a recent donation she delivered to the Dominican Republic from the New Westminster Minor Lacrosse Association. Roy volunteers in the Dominican Republic, primarily serving the Haitian community in Puerto Plata. “We set up mobile medical clinics, provide education, social aid and community development,” she wrote in an email to the Record. “I just returned from the DR and had brought with me retired field lacrosse jerseys.We gave them to this boys’ soccer team in Muñoz.This is their first time as a team having jerseys.” Roy appreciates the donation and wants kids to know the New Westminster Lacrosse Association is making a difference.

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START THE WEEKEND EARLY when the Wild Blue Herons take to the stage at the Columbia Theatre on Thursday, March 28 (tonight) at the inaugural event in the Five Nights at the Columbia program, which celebrates the return of live music to the historic theatre. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. at 530 Columbia St. Future shows feature Raincity (April 13), Josh Wyper and Friends (April 27), Don Alder (May 16) and Daniel James’ Brass Camel (May 18). See story on page 14 for more.Tickets and info at www.musicnewwest.com.

LEARN AND HAVE FUN at the Newcomers Festival and Information Fair on Saturday, March 30 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Century House, 620 Eighth St. It includes a resource fair, health information, job search and career resources, information on financial programs and resources, settlement services, volunteer connections, children’s activities, performances and entertainment, food and more.

ENJOY A DAY OF LECTURES, GIVEAWAYS AND DEMONSTRATIONS at the Women’s Health Show on Saturday, March 30 and Sunday, March 31 from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Anvil Centre, 777 Columbia St. Stress, anxiety, hormones, gut health, anti-aging and weight loss are among the topics covered. It’s free, but register at womenshealthshow.ca

ENJOY A SPINETINGLING TIME at the Ghostly New Westminster Tour, where you’ll hear about the hanging judge, one of B.C.’s oldest houses, a haunted tattoo parlour and more.Vancouver Ghost Tours regularly hosts these 90-minute tours of downtown New West on Saturday nights.Tickets are $20 and available at www. eventbrite.ca (search for Ghostly New Westminster Tour). Email your Top 5 ideas to calendar@newwestrecord.ca or tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca. You can also check out our full arts and events calendar listings at www.newwestrecord.ca.

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Here’s a heads-up for local visual and performing artists about a couple of upcoming events looking for participants. The City of New Westminster is looking for performers and performing groups to submit their proposals to be part of Canada Day festivities at Queen’s Park on July 1.The city says it’s looking for acts that will “engage the community as well as celebrate the spirit and multicultural heritage of New Westminster.” Check out tinyurl.com/ CanadaDay2019NWcall for the details.The deadline is March 29. The New West Cultural Crawl is also inviting local artists to register their gallery, studio or venue for the 2019 event, happening Aug. 10 and 11.The deadline to apply is April 30. Check out www.tinyurl.com/NWCu lturalCrawl2019. AUTHENTIC ART Art lovers, don’t miss out on the current exhibition at Plaskett Gallery. You still have a few days left to catch /ôTHen(t)ik/, featuring work by Jenn Ashton. It’s on until March 31. Ashton is an author and artist from North Vancouver who works mainly in acrylics, inks and collage. “I want my art to be accessible to everybody,” she says in an artist’s statement. “I want my paintings to find the naïve child and deep-down belly laugh that lives inside every person and connect to that spot, as that is where my art comes from.To that end, my paintings are authentic and simple and sometimes accompanied by a verse or rhyme that can arise as I create a piece.” The gallery is open Tues-

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day to Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. and during performances at the theatre (735 Eighth Ave.), or by appointment. Call 604-517-5900. Coming up in April, you can catch work by Susie Gilmour in Going With the Flow (see page 42). BADASS FILMS Film fans, don’t miss out: The Vancouver Badass Film Festival is back for its fifth year – and New West talent is a big part of the event. The film’s founder and director is New West resident David Aboussafy, who’s getting ready to present the biggest festival yet – with interactive events and live shows alongside a host of film screenings, running from Friday, March 29 to Sunday, March 31 at the Rio and Vancity theatres. New Westminster filmmaker and actress Tristan Risk is featured in films at the festival and is also a circus performer for the awards show. Hosts and performers Tyler James Nicol and Burns the Dragon are also from New Westminster. The festival features the best in “extreme cinema” from around the world, described on the festival website as “viscerally exciting films” – horror, avant-garde, noir and wild action. Opening night features what’s being billed as “a

very Hard Brexit U.K. double bill” – featuring Polterheist and Perfect Skin. Other featured screenings include Canadian offerings The Hollow Child, Knuckleball and A.M.I., playing at the Rio on March 31. See www.vbaff.com for the full schedule and details. VISIONS OF NEW WEST New Westminster residents are invited to enjoy three artists’ interpretations of the city. Three Visions:Walking in New West is on at the Anvil Centre Community Art Space from Friday, April 5 to Friday, May 31. An opening reception is set for Thursday, April 11 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The show includes the work of three artists from the Community Living Society’s PotteryWorks program. For the past two years, the three have been walking through New Westminster taking photographs. An email about the show notes that two of those artists, James Lash and Dan Tell, used their photos to create a series of paintings of the city.The third, Sheri Lynn Seitz, used hers as the basis of a series of giclée photographs. Together the three are exhibiting 24 works that show a wide range of New Westminster views. Admission is free.

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Cheers to Piva Modern Italian restaurant for its big win at the recentVancouver InternationalWine Festival. The awards, which honour professionals who contribute to the region’s wine and food culture, took place at theVancouver Convention Centre. Restaurants throughout B.C. and Alberta were recognized for creating wine lists that complement their establishment’s unique menu and concept, with the top restaurants being awarded platinum, gold, silver and bronze medals or honourable mentions. Piva, located in Anvil Centre at 777 Columbia St., received a bronze medal. In a submission to theVancouver InternationalWine Festival judges, the restaurant’s managing partner and wine director said Piva has been taking a modern approach to traditional Italian fare and has created a wine program that brings the two into harmony. “Our list represents ‘who we are and what we are’ – Canadian owners sharing an Italian restaurant that is focused on becoming part of the fabric of the community and creating a community for our patrons,” wrote Christopher McFadden. “Our list is represented by 150 selections from B.C.

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I pop onto my local Facebook moms’ group page on a daily basis to see what’s happening in the digital world. Often, the group serves as a valuable resource for things to do with your kids in the area, tips on how to feed fussy eaters, a venue to vent or a place to provide advice for new parents who feel alone in the perplexing world of parenting. The online community of moms is a great place to connect, but sometimes I’ll open the window to discover a close-up photo of oozing sores or a questionable query about a raging red rash, paired with prompts for advice from parents. Many are quick to reply with suggestions and anecdotes, but the first thing that comes to my mind is, “Why don’t you ask a freak-

comments in chat groups – looking for a quick fix.You want to make your kids feel better as soon as possible, but trusting the untrustworthy sources that are found on the internet can do more harm than good. Many parents rush to Facebook groups, blogs and search engine results for

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Clarity isn’t always feasible when deciphering sports results, but for certain the Hyack Swim Club proved to be the short and the long of it. To put it succinctly, the elite club is the best in B.C., after sweeping both the Short Course winter age group and Long Course provincial championships earlier this month. At the 13-and-under short course event in Vancouver, Peter Huang and Justin Jung were front-andcentre of the team’s medal bonanza, combining for 15 gold medals in their respective divisions. Along with eight gold, Jung also set a national age group record in the 400-metre individual medley with a time of 4:48.64.The 12-year-old Jung also topped 200, 400 free, 200 IM, fly and 100 and 200 breast. As a 13-year-old, Huang came first in seven events, with gold in 100, 200 fly, 50, 200 and 400 free, 100 back and 200 IM. Paul Orogo, in the 12-year-old division, picked up wins in the 50 free, 100 and 200 back, and placed second in 100 free, 200 and 400 IM. Sunny Zhang touched the deck first in the 13-year-old division 400 IM, and collected silver in 100 and 200 breast, 200 fly and IM. Finishing third in his 12-yearold division’s 100 and 200 breast was Kane Pan. On the girls side,Yeonwoo Choi registered the fastest time in the 11-yearold girls’ 200 breast, and added bronze in the 100 breast and 200 IM. Catching silver in 200 free and IM

DYNAMIC DUO: Hyack Swim Club’s Madisen Jacques, left, and Peter Huang contributed to the swim club’s sweep of the short course winter age group and long course provincial championships earlier this month. Jacques picked up three medals at the long course event, while Huang was a presence at both, tallying eight gold and two silver. PHOTO MARIO BARTEL/TRI-CITY NEWS

and bronze in 50 and 100 free, 100 fly and 200 breast was 12-year-old Ashley Ko. In the 10-year-old competition,Yuka Piersic placed third in 100 and 200 breast and 200 fly, while Luna Cheung finished 3rd in 200 back. In Kamloops for the long course competition, nearly every Hyack swimmer advanced to a final. Setting

the tone was graduating age group swimmer Octavia Lau, who won five events – the 100m fly, and 200, 400, 800 and 1500 free.The 17-year-old junior national team member also picked up silver in 50 free and 200 fly. Fellow graduate Sehajvir Singh topped the 16-andover boys’ 400 free and picked up bronze in the 800

free. He also placed fourth in the 200 free and 400 IM. Peter Huang, 13, kicked his way to first in the 200 fly, placing second in the 100 fly and 200 free. Madisen Jacques took top honours in the 14-andunder 200 fly, with silver in both the 100 fly and 400 IM. She also finished fourth in 200 IM. Swimming her way to silver in the

1500 free and bronze in 800 free was under-14’s “Regina Saenz. She also placed fourth in the 400 free and IM. Cassidy Gray picked up silver in the 14-under 50 free, while Tiffany Tancon grabbed bronze in both the 400 IM and 1500 free. “We have been in and around the win at this meet for several years now and

quite often it comes down to one or two missed swims, so this time it was exciting to see the group exceed expectations and quite handily win the meet,” said head coach Mark Bottrill. The girls 13-14-year-old 200 free relay team of Cassidy Gray, Madisen Jacques, Eva Wen and Allison Shen set the provincial record with their win.

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For a second-straight year, Douglas College curled its way to a national title. This time, it was the women’s turn. The Douglas College Royals entered the tourney with the most interesting story and exited it with the best story, beating the MacEwan Griffins 7-5 for

the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association’s women’s curling title in Fredricton, NB. With a team virtually cobbled together over a few months, with a lead whose prowess was on the soccer pitch and not the curling rink – at least until recently – Douglas shocked many en route to the final. In the showdown against Edmonton’s MacEwan rink, the Royals took a 3-1

lead by scoring two in the top of the third.The Griffins garnered two of their own, with one each in the fifth and sixth ends, to lock it up at 3-3. But Kayla MacMillan’s team bucked up and stole one in the seventh and three more in the eighth for a commanding lead. Even though the MacEwan team scrambled to make it 7-5, they couldn’t bridge the gap as Douglas kept a clean

slate in the 10th to earn the national crown. Despite winning the tournament, the Royals didn’t place anyone on the first allstar team.Third Patty Wallingham was named to the second all-star squad. Douglas’ MacMillan rink knocked off Fanshawe in the semifinals 11-2, scoring a powerful three spot in the second end to grab an early 4-0 advantage.They began their win streak against the

Humber Hawks (6-4), after ending the round-robin portion on the wrong side of an 8-4 score with Northern Alberta Institute. The foursome consists of MacMillan, lead Sam Kell, second Sarah Loken and Wallingham. Having competed in four previous CCAA national championships, all on the soccer pitch, Kell stepped in as a newcomer to the sport and joined forces with the

more experienced MacMillan and Loken, teammates on B.C.’s junior women’s national silver medal team, and Wallingham, a threetime Scotties participant. A year ago, the school’s lone curling team was on the men’s side, and marched all the way to a CCAA title. The men’s rink, skipped by Royal City curler Daniel Wenzek, beat the Fanshawe Falcons 7-3.

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The Denture Guys.

Brian Ko R.D.T., R.D.

401 - 612 FIFTH AVE $599,000 316 - 1150 QUAYSIDE DRIVE $515,000

Patrick Marcelo R.D.

(604)521-6424

Meet our team behind the smiles and find out if Prime Denture Clinic is the perfect fit for you!

(604)521-6424 Patrick Marcelo R.D. & Brian Ko R.D., R.D.T