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A YEAR IN PICTURES: COVID-19 dominated 2020 and people did their best to carry on, like collecting food for those in need (bottom right photo by Jennifer Gauthier), caring for babies (bottom middle photo by Stefan Labbe and honouring the fallen on Remembrance Day (top left photo by Lief Garrett). In March, New West students also staged a climate strike (bottom left photo by Dustin Godrey) that included a march through city streets. And then, in September, there was the devastating fire at Westminster Pier Park (top right photo by Shane MacKichan.)
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A Q&A with Dr. Bonnie Henry
r. Bonnie Henry, a physician with a background in community medicine, is a clinical associate professor at University of British Columbia and was appointed provincial health officer in 2018. She has earned an international reputation for her leadership from the outset of the pandemic in guiding British Columbia and influencing other jurisdictions on the measures needed to mitigate the impact of COVID-19. Her candid, calm, empathic daily direction and prescribed mixture of public restrictions and permissions helped B.C. flatten the curve earlier than most everywhere and has kept the caseload more manageable, even as people spent more time indoors and were more susceptible to spreading the coronavirus. She spoke with Glacier Media in early December, one week before the first vaccines arrived in B.C. Here is an excerpt of their discussion, edited for clarity and brevity.
TAKE US BACK TO HOW YOU HAD TO EXPAND THE WORK OF THE OFFICE AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THE PANDEMIC. Henry:We have a very small office and still do.We tend to be very small and nimble. But we started to see the warning signs in late December, early January, and it was a bit of disbelief that we had to overcome.This is something that I have spent a lot of time on in my career over the last 30 years, preparing for things like this and seeing the signs and knowing what could potentially happen. It was quite challenging for all of us, I think, to really get going and to understand that this was going to affect us. But I don’t think anybody could have predicted how severely it would affect us around the world.
I THINK IT WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY THAT AS THIS PANDEMIC HAS EVOLVED, SO TOO HAVE PEOPLE’S ATTITUDES TOWARD THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AND YOUR OFFICE AND THE GENERAL HANDLING OF THE PANDEMIC. WHEN DO YOU THINK THAT HONEYMOON PERIOD ENDED AFTER THE INITIAL PRAISE? Henry:This is also something that was not a surprise to me.We know that when you go through crises, there’s a transition period that happens. But I’ve been saying from the very beginning that I know that the recriminations, the class action lawsuits and the public inquiries are coming. And I know that because I have been through these before. And we have seen these things before. So yes, [the honeymoon ended] very early on.What we tried to do was instil that ... we do have some control, there are things that we can do, but we need to support each other to do it. And when we didn’t know what was happening, and it was very scary for all of us, [with] a lot of anxiety and uncertainty – that is what helped us get through. And we did really well with that.The challenge becomes when this goes on for a long time. And there’s changes, things that are we’re learning ... that are changed from one minute to the next. And as we came into the fall, [we] tried to make sure that we were opening up as much as we could, doing it in a safe way. And it’s tiring, we’re all exhausted, so it doesn’t surprise me at all, when there’s a lot of fear and anxiety, that people need somebody to complain to, somebody to be concerned about. And I knew that was part of my role in this whole thing. We know with this type of crisis that goes on this long, you can never do just enough.There are always
Newsmaker of the year: Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry PHOTO ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY
people who are accusing us of doing too much, or not enough, and finding that balance is incredibly difficult and changing minute by minute. SO DR. HENRY, WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE BIGGEST SURPRISES ALONG THE WAY? Henry: Oh, it’s all sort of new and scary.When we first had cases in our long-term care home, it just gave me such a sinking feeling, because I knew when viruses like this get into the care homes, that people will succumb to the virus, and people will die. Some of the surprises are how people have recognized me and taken some of the words to heart, and that people are being kind with each other. And that has resonated with people. And the whole message of not knowing everybody’s story, and not jumping to conclusions about people, and that we can support each other and get through this. And it’s been a positive surprise, in many ways. On the technical side of things, I’ve been so happy and surprised by how quickly we’ve got a vaccine. I knew it could be done. But my time horizon was, you know, early into next year, and the fact that we have a vaccine that’s coming here to B.C. next week [editor’s note: it has
since arrived] has been the most positive surprise I’ve had. YOU MENTIONED THE WORD BALANCE EARLIER. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, OUR ECONOMY IS RELATIVELY OPEN COMPARED TO WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SOME OTHER PROVINCES. WHY IS THAT? Henry:We early on recognized that there are unintended consequences of shutting things down, and that we needed to support families and communities by allowing as much as we could to continue safely. So one of the things we did early on was put in place an order calculator, or provincial health officer order around every business having to have a COVID safety plan. And it just made everybody focus on what are the things that I need to do for my place now. And we’ve taken a lot of steps working with WorkSafeBC, with our environmental health officers, to work with businesses to make things work. And we’ve recognized that as the virus becomes more transmissible at this time of year, some of those safety plans need to be adjusted and stopped. And there’s some things that are just too risky right now. But you know, that was a focus that
allowed everybody to have some control over their environment, and to look at how we could put in safety plans. And it’s helped a lot. I think about some of the big industrial complexes that we have in the North – the fact that we planted, you know, 30 million trees this summer with not a single case in the multiple thousands of young people who were working up in the silviculture camps in the North and remote areas.These were because we paid attention to some of these details that allow these important things to happen. And the other really critical one: we know that when schools are closed, families and children suffer, and we heard that loud and clear from families in March, so we spent a lot of time making sure that that schools were a safe place for educators and for students. And that allows parents, as well, to have that breathing room. EXPAND ON HOW YOU PERSONALLY DECOMPRESS OR TRY TO RELAX WHILE THIS IS ALL GOING ON. Henry:Yeah, I haven’t had a whole lot of relaxation, actually. One of those things, I grind my teeth a lot, especially at night. But I do try. I mean, all of us need to. It is a long, long road that we’re
on. So it is important. And early on, I was talking to a young reporter from CBC, and we were talking about meditating and taking deep breaths and calming ourselves. And that is something that I do. I try and meditate for short periods every day. Sometimes it’s three o’clock in the morning, when I’m in bed. I’m also a runner. And from the very beginning, we said to people: get outside, go outside, that is so important for our mental health, as well as our physical health. KNOWING WHAT YOU KNOW NOW, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY? Henry:You know, it’s so hard to know. I expected we’d have a second wave, I was hopeful that we would be able to keep that balance of most things being open. But it became very clear in sort of middle of October that this virus was spreading a lot more easily in the fall.There’s a seasonality to it, which is not unexpected. But you know, I probably could have messaged that a little better, because I think it took others by surprise when we started to say no, you can’t do this anymore. And change and nuance are something that causes anxiety in people. Globally, if I look back, I think we missed an opportunity to support China in controlling this at the source. And we probably didn’t pay enough attention to how rapidly it could spread.You know, I’m really distressed by some of the nationalism that this pandemic has exposed, particularly if I look to our neighbours to the south. And the big regret [is] that we couldn’t have been more co-ordinated as a global community to protect people.
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Trees are currently being planted on select City boulevards by a contractor in the Queensborough, Brow of the Hill and Sapperton neighbourhoods and will continue through January 2021. These plantings are connected to recent property development and are just one part of our overall tree planting strategy for the City. The introduction of 500 new trees to public and private lands each year will help us achieve our canopy cover target of 27 percent by 2035. HELPFUL NOTES Signs will be posted at locations where trees are to be planted. Our contractor, Bartlett Tree Experts, is installing the carefully selected species. Help us out! Be on the lookout for temporary No Parking signage. New trees need some time to get settled in their new home. Please don’t disturb the newly planted tree. Did you know that you can adopt a boulevard tree near you and commit to watering it and helping it thrive? To adopt a boulevard tree, track plantings, or to find more information, visit www. newwestcity.ca.
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NOTICE OF WAIVER OF PUBLIC HEARING ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 8246, 2020. NOTICE OF WAIVER: Notice is given under s. 464(2) of the Local Government Act that Council has waived the holding of a public hearing respecting Zoning Bylaw Amendment Bylaw No. 8246, 2020. This amendment would extend existing Zoning Bylaw relaxations of up to two parking spaces, or one loading space, until January 31, 2022, in order to facilitate patio space for food/beverage businesses on private property during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is part of the temporary Sidewalk/Street Patios and Parklet program, which includes relaxations to off-site and on-site parking requirements to accommodate patio space needed to support physical distancing for restaurants and other businesses. The current bylaw relaxation, approved June 22, 2020 during the first phase of COVID-19, expires on January 1, 2021. The bylaw extension to January 31, 2022 would support business recovery through the coming winter months and provide certainty through summer 2021, in alignment with the Provincial Restart Plan as well as the City’s Recovery Plan. HOW DO I GET MORE INFORMATION? From December 16, 2020 to January 4, 2021, read the bylaw and related material online at www.newwestcity.ca/publicnotices, or in person at Legislative Service, City Hall, Monday to Friday on the following dates and times: • December 16 to 23, 2020, from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm • December 24, 2020, from 8:30 am to 2 pm • December 29 and 30, 2020, from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm • December 31, 2020, from 8:30 am to 4 pm • January 4, 2021 from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Please note: City Hall is closed December 25 and 28, 2020, and January 1, 2021. Council will consider third reading and adoption of Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 8213, 2020 at its Regular Council meeting on January 4, 2021. The meeting will be broadcast live on the City’s website and can be viewed by going to http://newwestcity.ca and clicking on “Watch Event” on the meeting schedule page. - Jacque Killawee, City Clerk
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Opinion MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY
‘U.K. variant’ and its B.C. impact It was inevitable that the so-called COVID-19 “U.K. variant” would make its way into Canada and the B.C. After all, the novel coronavirus does not respect boundaries and given that some Canadians were travelling back forth to the United Kingdom around the time the new strain was discovered – before a travel ban was instituted. It was only a matter of time before it showed up in B.C. “This was not unexpected,” Dr. Bonnie Henry told me. “There will be more cases.” A huge question raised by the appearance of the U.K. variant of COVID-19 in B.C. is what impact will it have on public health orders? For now, Henry told me no changes are planned, but she and other infectious disease experts have expressed concern about how much more transmissible the variant is compared to the original version of COVID-19. In other words, the variant can spread quicker and have a deeper reach. Early scientific evidence, however, suggests the variant is not more lethal than COVID-19. This is potentially good news for our hospital system because even a large spike in variant cases may not necessarily overwhelm our hospitals. On that front, we remain in good shape compared to most other provinces. Ontario went into a major lockdown after seeing its hospitalizations increase by more than 60% in one month, while its ICU cases have exploded by more than 80% in that time frame. By contrast, B.C.’s hospitalization numbers have gone up by less than 20% and our ICU cases are up less than 30% in the same period.
As well, our hospital bed capacity remains at healthy levels, with less than 90% of regular beds in use and about 50% of ICU beds available (before the pandemic began, we were often at 105% capacity of regular bed use). So the introduction of a variant COVID-19 virus may not create carnage, but its apparent high transmission rate has Henry asking for more resources in order to increase and enhance the monitoring of those people required to be in quarantine or self-isolation. Henry told me she has no plans for an inter-provincial travel ban to thwart the spread of COVID-19 or its U.K. variant, a continuation of her position on that issue since the pandemic began. Still, it will come as a surprise to see the public health order that bans gatherings and events not be extended past its Jan. 8 expiry date. Even the fact that going into last weekend our daily average numbers were steadily declining, as was our average mortality, the numbers are likely not low enough to satisfy Henry when it comes to easing restrictions. Any cases arising from improper Christmas and NewYear’s Eve gatherings will begin showing up over the next two weeks and may well halt the decline in our descending recent trends. In addition, who knows how rampant the U.K. variant will actually become in the weeks ahead, and thus further complicate things? Nevertheless, I will end on a positive note: it appears the recently developed COVID-19 vaccines will be effective on the U.K. variant as well. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.
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“ I’m curious, for those of you who are hesitant to take the vaccine — how much does the fact that doctors and nurses are taking it —how much does the fact that Dr. Henry herself sat down to take it — matter?”
“41% “wait and see” isn’t alarming unless there is a significant number of high-risk people in that group. I consider myself in that 41%, but because I’m fairly low risk I probably won’t qualify for the vaccine until the summer. By then my “wait and see” time will have passed and the vaccines will have been proven safe.”
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Editor: The year 2020 has been unprecedented. So many families and businesses are struggling to get through and survive the worst pandemic in a century. My role as house leader and negotiator working with our BC NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has had us pushing Ottawa to negotiate improvements that will help people in the federal government response to the pandemic. These past few months have allowed us to achieve significant success in working to ensure that no one gets left behind during this pandemic. But we still have so much to do. So far, Singh and the NDP caucus have succeeded in pushing the government to take the following actions: Establishing and then expanding the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) to include not only employment insurance eligible workers, but to also include the 60% of Canadians who are seasonal workers, small business people, the self-employed and non-employment insurance, eligible workers. Including students in a new Canada Student Emergency Response Benefit and allowing students with disabilities or dependents to receive
additional funding to weather the pandemic. Forcing action through a vote in the House of Commons to have the government provide support to seniors and persons with disabilities. We are still fighting to ensure that no one is left behind and that all persons with disabilities are included in the supports offered. Support for small businesses, including the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS), and the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA). Because the government did not follow our clear direction in the designing of these programs- many small businesses are still falling through the cracks. We continue to push the government to make changes to these programs to ensure that small businesses receive the support that is needed. Our efforts to extend the CERB allowed 20,000 individuals in New Westminster-Burnaby to receive the support they need throughout the summer. But this is not enough as many individuals are still falling through the cracks and being left behind by the government. We will continue to fight every step of the way to ensure that no one is being left behind. On behalf of my team in Ottawa and in New Westminster-Burnaby, I wish you and your family a safe, healthy New Year. Peter Julian, MP for New Westminster and Burnaby
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City EVENT OF THE YEAR
Fire devastates Westminster Pier Park
Theresa McManus tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca
It may not have devastated the downtown like the Great Fire of September 1898, but the Westminster Pier Park fire left a huge void on New Westminster’s waterfront. The COVID-19 pandemic is hands-down the Newsmaker of theYear – here and around the world – but the Westminster Pier Park is the Record’s Event of theYear for 2020. On the evening of Sept. 13, a fire broke out on the eastern side of Pier Park, ultimately igniting many of the creosote-covered wooden pilings upon which the part was built and quickly spreading. Accessing the site – and the pilings under the deck – took time, and the fire wasn’t finally extinguished until Sept. 24, after the deck had been dismantled and hot spots were put out. “Chief Armstrong would like to thank the crews that have been working tirelessly since the evening of Sept. 13 fighting this difficult fire,” said a Sept. 24 statement from the city. “A special thanks to the community, as well as outside agencies and other city departments that came together to support this operation.Work at the site will now transition to a remediation and
Pier Park fire: The loss of the iconic big W in New Westminster. PHOTO RICK FABBRO
cleanup phase.” As flames and smoke engulfed the waterfront, some feared the entire park would be destroyed. The fire destroyed the entire 1957 timber wharf, which included volleyball courts, hammocks, an urban beach and the Wow Westminster public art piece. At 2020 came to an end, that space was empty, as the decks and pilings had been removed from the river surface and shoreline as part of the fire response and site cleanup.
Work is also underway to remove sunken debris and to mitigate any adverse environmental impacts on the Fraser River. In-water work to be done includes water and sediment sampling, which is expected to start Jan. 4 and wrap up by early February. The surviving section of Westminster Pier Park remains off-limits to community members; It’s expected this portion of the popular waterfront park will reopen Feb. 1 – after a secondary emergency
services access point from Front Street is in place and a final cleanup of the site is complete. The fallout from the fire will continue into 2021, as the city needs to sort out insurance issues and embark on plans for rebuilding. Mayor Jonathan Cote said the fire was “another emotional hit” in an already difficult year for local residents. “Like everything else this year, we just tried to work to try and regroup, build from it and start
working on how do we rebuild from here,” he said in a year-end interview with the Record. “The cleanup has gone very well on the site. Now we are looking forward to the opportunity in 2021 to really start to engage in the conversation about how do we rebuild and how do we really take Pier Park to the next level. I think there is going to be some really good opportunities with the community to participate in that dialogue.” The City of New Westminster purchased the wa-
terfront site for $8 million in 2009 and built the $25.1-million park, with the city, and the provincial and federal governments each contributing funds to the project. The new linear riverfront park opened in 2012, but temporary uses, which were deemed to be safe uses for the original infrastructure, were built on the timber wharf in 2014. “Certainly it was not in our short-term plans to be rebuilding that portion of Westminster Pier Park,” Cote said. “But this was an old pier structure that we knew at some point in our future would have to be rebuilt.” Information gathered during the original planning of Westminster Pier Park, as well as input about the temporary uses of the park, will help the city as it moves forward with plans for part of the park that was destroyed by the fire, Cote said. “It’s a good starting point, and I think it shows the city had always contemplated what we would be doing at this point,” he said. “Yes, the fire is not ideal. It has been really unfortunate but in the end it might even speed up the process of really getting the complete Pier Park put in place.”
Mayor reflects on tumultuous 2020 and looks ahead to 2021 Theresa McManus tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca
New Westminster Mayor Jonathan Cote will never forget the way citizens and city staff responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the early months of 2020, council embarked on some grand plans – including construction of a replacement for the Canada Games Pool and Centennial Community Cen-
tre and 2021 budget initiatives targeting council’s seven bold steps on climate action. But those plans were dashed in March, when COVID-19 hit and pandemic response took centre stage. “I am looking forward to 2021,” he said in a year-end interview with the Record. “We are not out of the woods yet, but I think we are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, and I’m look-
ing forward to really partnering with the community on how we can best rebuild and recover from a difficult year.” Cote said 2020 will go down in history as a year unlike any other most communities have experienced in terms of pandemic challenges. “To me, once we get through COVID-19 and really move forward, I honestly think when we reflect back on this year,
I think the things that are really going to stand out are how the community really came together – a lot of the compassion and the generosity that we saw in the community,” he said. “Those are what I see as what will be the big takeaway of how we dealt with an incredibly adverse and challenging year. But as a community we are resilient and compassionate and really worked towards
coming together as a community during such a difficult time.” At council’s final meeting of 2020, Cote expressed gratitude to organizations, residents and city staff who stepped up to help the community. “I think we managed to weather the storm fairly well here in New Westminster,” Cote said. “There has no doubt been some financial impacts but I think we were able
to make some responsible adjustments in our budgets and in our spending to recognize that but also to position ourselves well to be ready to reopen and be able to serve the community (the way) in which we traditionally do. Despite the impacts that we received, I think they did not turn out to be as big as they were potentially feared at the onset of the pandemic.” Continued on page 9
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Old Brow of the Hill building gutted by fire Theresa McManus tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca
A dilapidated old building destined for redevelopment got demolished a little sooner than expected after it went up in flames. New Westminster firefighters were called to a two-storey apartment building at 1321 Cariboo St. about 6:15 a.m. on Dec. 23. “It has been vacant for a number of years. Upon arrival they saw that it was fully involved on the inside of the building.There was no drywall or anything in the building, so it was eventually going to be demolished,” said fire Chief Tim Armstrong. “The owners were eventually going to redevelop that property. I think they had
an ongoing problem with people breaking in.” New Westminster’s police and fire departments are investigating the cause of the fire.While there is nothing to indicate it was suspicious, Armstrong noted there was no power in the building, so there would have been no ignition source unless someone had been inside. “Anytime a fire spontaneously combusts in the night for no reason, there is always somewhat of a suspicion on our part,” he told the Record. “We don’t have anything definite to go on yet.” Neighbours have reported that homeless individuals have stayed in the building on multiple occasions. Armstrong said there is nothing to indicate
anyone was in the building at the time of the fire. City of New Westminster documents state the building was built in 1956 and once contained eight suites. Because the building was vacant, firefighters fought the fire from the outside. “They just went defensive.There was nothing of value to the building to save,” Armstrong said. “Our primary focus was to protect the adjacent apartment buildings from any exposure.” Heavy smoke filled the air as firefighters fought the fire, which was located in an area just off of Stewardson Way. Armstrong said an adjacent building was evacuated because of the presence of heavy smoke.
Brow of the Hill: New Westminster firefighters battle flames on Dec. 23. PHOTO SHANE MACKICHAN
“That was just a precaution,” he said. “We brought in transit buses and those people were sheltered in transit buses until we
deemed it safe for them to go back into the apartment.” Armstrong said about three families were on the
bus for a couple of hours, and steps were taken to ensure the space was safe in a time of COVID-19. “We had our plan in place,” he said. “We did contact tracing for everybody who was in there so we know who was in there and how to get a hold of them.They were issued masks and hand sanitizer.” By late afternoon, the fire had pretty much been extinguished.The fire department brought in an excavator to knock down the building and pull some of it apart, so firefighters could extinguish the remaining hotspots and watch for any flare-ups. “It is pretty much demolished now,” Armstrong said.
Mayor ‘cautiously optimistic’ pool project moves forward
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BRIGHTER DAYS AHEAD As a new year gets underway, Cote said he’s feeling confident the city is in a good, stable financial position to start moving forward and to re-engage in important work, such as the redevelopment of Canada Games Pool and work on climate action, that had to be slowed down and paused in 2020. “I am anticipating in the spring period, once we kind of test the construction market, that council
will then be in a position about whether we want to move ahead with that project,” he said of the Canada Games Pool replacement project. “Obviously we need to get more information on that one, but I am cautiously optimistic that that project will be able to get back on track in 2021.” Cote anticipates 2021 will also be the year the city takes ownership of Massey Theatre. “We are excited to be able to partner and to participate in keeping that re-
ally important cultural asset in the city going,” he said. “But it is an older facility that definitely is going to need some love and attention to help modernize and bring it up to proper standards so that it can continue serving the community.” Cote is hopeful that 2021 will also be a year when the city makes strides in the provision of affordable housing and start to see some “importantly needed housing projects” come to fruition. “Affordable hous-
ing was a huge issue in our community before COVID-19. Now more than ever we need the city to step forward there,” he said. “There is going to be some really interesting opportunities with both the provincial and federal governments putting a significant priority toward affordable housing that I think 2021 might be an important year for the city to really seek out and seize those opportunities to see what we can do to better support and see the devel-
opment of more non-market housing in New Westminster.” Instead of taking a blanket approach to addressing the crisis faced in 2020, Cote said the city tried to tailor its responses and focus on those who had been hardest hit by the pandemic. “I think 2021 will still be a year to still be mindful of the impacts of COVID-19. I think what we will see is many individuals and many businesses will probably recover very well but we also
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2020 starts with pleas to make cycling routes safer JANUARY Representatives from Force of Nature and HUB Cycling appeal to the city to be bold and to fast-track a plan to convert roads to other uses.The city’s plan is to reallocate a minimum of 10% of today’s street spaces that serve only motor vehicles, including transit, to sustainable transportation or public gathering spaces by 2030. HUB Cycling urges city council to prioritize safer cycling routes to the new high school as part of its overall transportation plan. FEBRUARY New Westminster urges senior governments to begin good-faith consultation with the Wet’suwet’en people. Council approves a motion calling on the provincial and federal governments to suspend permits authorizing construction of the Coastal GasLink project, to end any attempts at forced removal of Wet’suwet’en people from their traditional territories and to refrain from any use of coercive force against Wet’suwet’en People who are seeking to prevent construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline through non-violent methods. The Supreme Court of
British Columbia upholds a city bylaw aimed at discouraging renovictions in New Westminster.While tenants and tenants’ rights activists lauded the city’s efforts to combat renovictions, the owner of a residential building in the city filed a petition with the B.C. Supreme Court in July 2019 to have the bylaw amendment declared invalid.The legal action arose out of amendments made to city bylaws in early 2019 that added new regulations to restrict evictions.The city announces the recycling depot will remain open until March, instead of February as had been planned, because construction of the new aquatics and community centre won’t begin on the site until March. MARCH The City of New Westminster declares a local state of emergency in an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19 by giving the city the ability to enforce directives from the medical health officer.With the declaration in place, the city is able to take actions such as closing businesses and facilities if necessary. New Westminster shuts down its commu-
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YIR: Events cancelled, people laid off Continued from page 12 Ð The recycling depot, community centres and public facilities, including Anvil Centre and the New Westminster Public Library, are also closed. City hall is also closed, aside from people making appointments to speak to staff about essential services. The Q to Q ferry service ceases operating. Trails, parks, boardwalks and green spaces and public washrooms remain open. Ð More than 600 city employees are notified they will no longer be scheduled for work after April 17.The decision comes in response to the significant decline in revenues to the city and the fact that many programs are not functioning at this time because of the pandemic. Ð New West resident Diana Radonjic starts the New West Helping Hands Facebook page as a way of connecting people who need help to those who are able to assist them during the COVID-19 crisis. Soon enough, residents
are offering assistance with everything from pet care, child minding and grocery shopping, as well as providing information about government or community resources. Ð Royal City Musical Theatre is forced to cancel its annual musical theatre extravaganza. Crazy ForYou, starring Todd Talbot, was set to open at Massey Theatre just as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in British Columbia.The theatre company has staged 30 major musicals in its history. Ð The New West Farmers Market is forced to cancel its last planned winter market of the year in the face of COVID-19, but the market quickly pivoted and was able to continue – with new restrictions in place – as farmers markets were soon declared an essential service.The market moved to Thursdays in Tipperary Park starting at the beginning of April. Ð The City of New Westminster launches a working group to ensure that at-risk and vulnerable citizens wouldn’t get forgot-
ten in the COVID-19 crisis.The working group is designed to bring together social service providers in the city, along with faith groups and city representatives, to ensure it could fill the needs of the city’s vulnerable populations. APRIL The COVID-19 pandemic puts a damper on the city’s plans to tackle climate change and build a new pool and community centre – but it also results in a lower tax rate than it had previously been contemplating. New Westminster city council scales back a proposed 4.9% tax increase to 3.1% and defers most of the proposed enhancements that had been proposed in the 2020 operating budget. Ð The windows of New West come alive with a variety of signs of support, as residents post hearts in support of health-care workers and decorate with teddy bears and artwork to give families something to look forward to on their socially distanced walks around the city. Continued on page 14
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City YIR: Replacement school delayed COVID-19 slows constructions of the new NWSS buildings Continued from page 13 Painted rocks – many emblazoned with positive message on themes of kindness – also began to appear in gardens and parks around the city. A research team at Royal Columbian Hospital is leading a study that could change the way COVID-19 patients were treated around the globe. Dr. Steve Reynolds, the hospital’s medical director and a critical care and infectious diseases specialist, led the team that was collecting pulmonary and cardiovascular data from COVID-19 patients who were admitted to the intensive care unit at RCH. They were measuring how patients’ lungs responded to different levels of pressure from a ventilator, in order to maximize the ef-
fectiveness of the ventilation and to minimize the possible harm it could cause. New Westminster Secondary School students and staff receive some disappointing news:Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the long-awaited replacement for the aging NWSS wouldn’t be ready for September 2020 after all. The pandemic had impacted the construction project by reducing the on-site workforce numbers and by throwing a wrench into supply chains around a variety of needed materials for the new, $106.5-million school. New West resident Ruby Campbell launches a nightly #NewWestGoesViral gathering on Twitter in an effort to bring joy
to people and help provide some temporary relief from the pandemic. Each night features a different light-hearted topic and encourages residents to share and connect with community members. Enforcement of COVID-19 health orders keeps city staff on the run as a compliance line receives hundreds of calls in its first few weeks in service. Callers voice complaints or ask questions about concerns such as social distancing at local businesses, parks, dog parks and the waterfront esplanade. The body of a 44-yearold New Westminster woman who had been reported missing in February is found on the banks of the Fraser River near the Burnaby-New West-
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New West residents still have time to check out the eclectic lineup of activities featured in this year’s Shine Bright initiative. When COVID-19 restrictions on gatherings forced the cancellation of the city’s annual Santa Claus Parade and tree-lighting ceremony in Hyack Square, the City of New Westminster teamed up with local groups to add a little sparkle to the city over the holidays. Along with a variety of activities, Shine Bright New West features light displays in neighbourhoods across the city for residents to enjoy. “All of the displays will be up until at least Jan. 5 for the community to
enjoy,” said Lisa Kemp, the city’s acting special events coordinator. “There was also an overwhelming response to be added to the Christmas light display map, and there are so many beautiful displays to see throughout the community.” A map showing locations of all of this year’s Shine Bright New West light displays can be found at www.shinebrightnw.ca. Laura Ranalletta, who is involved with the Queensborough Residents’ Association and the Queensborough Special Programs Committee, said the community worked in collaboration with the city to develop a plan for two lighting displays for Shine Bright New West.The special programs committee envisioned a playful, can-
dyland-styled display at the Queensborough Community Centre. “The QCC site includes a gingerbread house, light tunnel, and family of snow people, along with various oversized lollipops, a tree and lit presents on the Ryall Park bandshell,” she said in an email to the Record. “Parks and recreation also developed a wonderful train display and community Christmas tree to add joy to this playful theme.” At Port Royal Park, the residents’ association sought to create a homier feel to its display.The pergola area is dedicated to frontline workers. “At the beginning of the pandemic, communities took many opportunities to thank (and feed) frontline workers. Now
in the second wave of the pandemic, their sacrifices feel largely forgotten, while their risks have been much greater. From frontline retail workers to medical teams and other emergency services, these are people who continue working and risk their safety to keep our communities healthy and functioning,” she said. “The Port Royal tree acknowledges those works, with ornaments that celebrate the commitment of frontline workers.” Strands of ornaments, hand-painted by all of the students from Queen Elizabeth Elementary, are featured on the tree. “New Westminster is shining bright, and it has been so great to see the community come together to support and embrace
this campaign,” Kemp said. Because the City of New Westminster was unable to hold its popular Breakfast with Santa events, it made craft activities that would normally be offered at the events available to local residents. “Over 300 take-home celebration kits were given out to families in the community,” Kemp said. “The kits featured holiday-themed activities, family-oriented crafts and child-focused giveaways.” While residents can walk or drive around the city to check out the light displays adorning houses, streets and businesses, they can also enjoy some of the Shine Bright New West initiatives from the comforts of home, including a virtual holiday sing-
along and a storytime, which are now available to watch at any time on YouTube or on Telus Optik Channel 345. Elizabeth Irving, a New Westminster singer and songwriter, approached the city with the idea of hosting a virtual holiday sing-along and put together a video. During the 30-minute video, residents can sing along to tunes like Santa Claus is Coming to Town, I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas, Jingle Bells,Winter Wonderland, Frosty the Snowman, Let it Snow and Santa Shark, and play a game of Santa Says (aka Simon Says). You can check it out onYouTube at Shine Bright 2020 Singalong with Elizabeth Irving.
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Food truck event set to roll for New Year’s Eve Theresa McManus tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca
You may not be able to whoop it up on NewYear’s Eve, but you will be able to feast on food truck fare. A Shine Bright food truck drive-thru event is taking place on Thursday, Dec. 31 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the Canada Games Pool parking lot at 65 East Sixth Ave. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the New Westminster Firefighters’ Charitable Society, which supports a variety of local charities. The event is being organized by Savi Integrated Marketing and supported by the Sapperton Business Association. It follows a series of food truck events that were held at the Braid
Street SkyTrain station in the summer and fall, which donated a portion of their proceeds to the Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation. “This will provide our city with something safe to do for NewYear’s Eve and raise some money for a charity that has been hard hit by the effects of the pandemic,” said Guy Ciprian of Savi Integrated Marketing. Tin Lizzy – MTGC, REEL Mac and Cheese, G’s Donairs, Juicy Green Express and B & B Burgers are on the Dec. 31 lineup. A list of their menus is posted at www. shopsapperton.com. In order to comply with the current provincial health order, organiz-
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