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LUNAR NEW YEAR: Elaine Su, kids Ellis and Margo, and husband Rob outside of their Sapperton home. The family started a project to encourage their neighbourhood to celebrate Lunar New Year. Story on page 13. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

City urges regional ban on single-use plastics Theresa McManus tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca

NewWestminster is sticking to its goal of banning single-use items but would like it to be done across the region. In August 2019, city council directed staff to ex-

plore the implementation of a ban on the use of plastic straws, single-use plastic bags and Styrofoam takeout packaging. At the same time, council asked staff to report back on a strategy that includes actions to be taken that are harmonized with a provincial frame-

work once it’s in place. A Jan. 18 staff report states the provincial government announced in the fall of 2020 that it would move to approve municipal bylaws banning single-use plastic items.The province also plans to draft new regulations under the Com-

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law regulations about the uses of these items in their communities, but the bylaws are subject to ministerial approval. In December 2020, Surrey council authorized its staff to submit a proposed bylaw to the province regarding a ban on plastic checkout bags,

foam cups and foam takeout containers. Given that the provincial and federal governments are working on issue, city staff believe the best move is to adopt a ban on single-use items once legislation is introduced. Continued on page 3

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New West set to open Agnes Greenway Theresa McManus tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca

The City of New Westminster is getting a lot of feedback and questions about the Agnes Street greenway – and it hasn’t even opened to cyclists. To support walking, wheeling and cycling, the city is finishing up a new 1.2-kilometre greenway along Agnes Street. Construction of the first phase of the interim greenway started in December and is nearing the finish line. “Construction of the interim treatment is anticipated to be complete within the next week or so,” Lisa Leblanc, the city’s manager of transportation, said in a Jan. 19 email to the Record. “The interim greenway has been constructed through a ‘quick-build’ process using low-cost, temporary design elements.” The greenway will include a two-way protected bicycle lane for cyclists, improved sidewalks for pedestrians, and new landscaping, trees and street furniture, such as benches. It’s being built in two phases: Ð Phase 1 runs along Agnes Street, starting at Dufferin Street in the east and connecting south onto Lorne Street before terminating at Carnarvon Street. It’s being built using temporary design elements, before permanent design takes place in the summer.

Ð Phase 2 will extend the greenway to the New Westminster SkyTrain station and the Fraser River esplanade, connecting the Victoria Hill neighbourhood and Pattullo Bridge replacement to SkyTrain and the waterfront. Leblanc said the greenway is being built in two phases to allow people to benefit from the separated bike lanes as soon as possible. She said the interim treatment will also serve as an engagement tool while the city completes the design for the permanent installation. Leblanc said the phased approach will give area residents and other community members a chance to experience the changes to Agnes Street and to provide informed feedback based on their experiences. She noted that planning processes and documents don’t always do a good job in showcasing how a concept like this may look, feel and function. “It is important to acknowledge that we are in the beginning stages of the design process for the Agnes greenway project and that we understand that the construction of the interim greenway has resulted in big changes to how residents may use the street,” she said. “Building an interim greenway presents a unique opportunity for community members to experience what is possible for the greenway, and for

Agnes Greenway: The new route will be 1.2 kilometres long. PHOTO THERESA MCMANUS

the project team to actively monitor how the interim greenway design is working for all road users and make adjustments in response to issues and concerns.” As of Jan. 21, more than 200 people had contacted the city for information about the project through the project’s website, 83 of whom engaged by responding to questions or sharing information. To date, Leblanc said the city had received 93 questions and had responded to most of those queries. A rough breakdown of the themes indicates there were questions about parking (23), transit (21), traffic (12), school (13), technical feedback

(12) and miscellaneous issues (12). Garey Carlson, a member of HUB Cycling New Westminster, recently wrote to the Record to thank the city for the greenway. He said it will be a wonderful addition to the city’s active transportation network. “The current and future cyclists, pedestrians and micro-mobility users need safe spaces to move, and the Agnes greenway provides that,” he wrote. “This is a long overdue, critical section of a downtown-to-uptown route and what will be a safe and comfortable route to Victoria Hill and the Pattullo Bridge, when the new bridge is complete. I look

forward to more of these projects being built in our community.” Some residents, however, have voiced concerns on social media about the project, such as the rerouting of buses and increased traffic on neighbouring streets. (Agnes Street has been converted to oneway, westbound traffic between Merivale and Sixth streets.) Leblanc said the project team will continue to monitor the interim treatment throughout Phase 1. In response to concerns raised by some residents, she said the city has already made changes to transit service and is continuing to work with TransLink and Coast

Mountain Bus Company to revise the alternate routing. The city encourages residents who are interested in the project to register on its Be Heard engagement site, as they’ll be the first to know about opportunities to provide feedback. It’s found at www. beheardnewwest.ca. “The engagement process has only just started, and we look forward to launching a community survey on the project site in the coming weeks,” Leblanc said. While Phase 1 of the greenway will be in place in 2021, Phase 2 is a few years off. It will extend the greenway an additional 550 metres west to 10th Street and south to the riverfront. “We anticipate completion of Phase 2 in alignment with redevelopment of properties at Eighth Street/Carnarvon and completion of the Bosa Pier West site on the riverfront,” Leblanc said. “That will be several years from now.” The greenway is part of the city’s commitment to sustainable transportation and climate emergency response. It’s listed as a priority in city council’s 2019 to 2022 strategic plan and the Downtown Transportation Plan, which was approved in 2020.

Council wants more than a ‘toolkit’ for local governments

Continued from page 1 “Adopting local bylaws at this time may result in inconsistencies with upcoming legislation and varying practices across the region,” said the report. “Resources would also be needed to implement and enforce the new bylaws. Current public awareness on the impacts of plastics

on the environment and the forthcoming legislation are already influencing some businesses in New Westminster and other cities to take steps to transition away from the use of single-use plastic items.” Coun. Patrick Johnstone said efforts on this front have been slowed down everywhere because of the

COVID situation, as a result of changing consumer habits and workload issues. Johnstone said the staff report outlined federal and provincial approaches, but it didn’t really go into the role of MetroVancouver, which is responsible for solid waste in the region.While MetroVancouver has created some reg-

ulations about where the waste goes once it’s been collected and has created a single-use reduction toolkit, he thinks it needs to take on a larger role on this issue. “I would suggest that we send the message to Metro Vancouver that we think MetroVancouver should get more proactive with

this,” he said, “and instead of just creating a toolkit for 21 individual local governments, it should actually think about whether they have a role to play and whether they could actually take the actions in that toolkit and turn it into some sort of regulatory regime.That would be my suggestion.”

Coun. Jaimie McEvoy agreed, saying compliance would be better under a regional model, including for businesses that operate in different municipalities. Council directed staff to work on correspondence to send to the ZeroWaste committee and MetroVancouver.

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Rescheduled Public Hearing On January 25, 2021, the City was scheduled to hold a public hearing for: • Zoning Amendment Bylaw (1135 Tanaka Court) No. 8250, 2021 • Heritage Revitalization Agreement Bylaw (404 Second Street) No. 8235, 2020 • Heritage Designation Bylaw (404 Second Street) No. 8236, 2020 The City inadvertently included the incorrect Zoom meeting ID on some of its public communications for this public hearing. To ensure all members of the public can participate in the hearing, the City has rescheduled the public hearing for these bylaws to February 22, 2021. The City will begin its Public Hearing communications again, which will include new neighbourhood notiﬁcations and new newspaper advertisements. The related material for the February 22, 2021 Public Hearing, including submissions received on table on January 25, will be available on the City’s Public Notices page at newwestcity.ca/publicnotices and for in-person review at Legislative Services, City Hall from February 4 to 22, 2021.

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City City backs plan to reduce drug-poisoning deaths Council fears more people will die if an overdose prevention site doesn’t open soon in NewWest Theresa McManus

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New Westminster wants an overdose prevention site to open as soon as possible to prevent people from dying in the drug poisoning crisis. Fraser Health has selected the Lower Mainland Purpose Society to operate a health contact centre at 40 Begbie St. The facility, which would be open daily from 3 to 11 p.m., would provide witnessed consumption, drug testing, harm reduction supplies, take-home naloxone kits, training on naloxone, education on safe drug use, nutritional information, a medical clinic, regular needle sweeps of the neighbourhood and referrals to treatment centres and other economic and/or health services. On Monday, council directed staff to process the Purpose Society’s application for a temporary use permit for the health contact centre. Council also urged staff to do whatever is possible to ensure the facility opens as soon as possible. “We know that 31 people died last year in New Westminster.That means that’s two to three people per month,” said Coun. Nadine Nakagawa. “I am just deeply concerned how long this consultation will take.That could be

people’s lives.” The engagement process related to the application will include a project webpage and a virtual information session. John Stark, the city’s supervisor of community planning, said the city is “moving this forward as quickly as possible,” recognizing community notifications are required and the space where the facility will be located is occupied by Purpose Independent Secondary School. “Even if we were able to move quicker, it probably wouldn’t mean that the health contact centre could go at 40 Begbie St. any sooner,” he said. “Purpose Society is currently in the process of relocating its Purpose independent school, and the health contact centre would occupy the main floor, which is where Purpose independent school is now. That would probably take a minimum of several months because they are still doing some work around the site where they plan to relocate the school.” Stark said staff are working with Fraser Health and trying to have everything ready for council’s consideration by March 30. “I appreciate the complexity of that space,” Nakagawa said. “I guess the problem is, with abso-

lutely no criticism to our staff, that’s potentially four to five people who could be dying in the meantime needing this service. I just don’t think that that is acceptable.” A temporary use permit is required because a health contact centre isn’t a permitted use under the current zoning. “We recognize that this is a public health emergency. It’s not hyperbole to say people may die waiting for services like this to be available,” said Coun. Patrick Johnstone. “I think we do need to keep that in mind. Anything we can to assist Fraser Health in getting these types of services open as soon as possible, I hope we will be exploring those opportunities.” TIME OF THE ESSENCE Stark said staff would follow up with Fraser Health and see if an interim strategy could be put in place until this facility is up and running. “Staff is fully aware and very concerned about any time lag, given that there were 31 deaths during the first 11 months of 2020. We are fully aware of that, trying to work with Fraser Health,” he said. “We are trying to get a better understanding as to the funding parameters too. Of course, we know that funding will be in place as of March 31. But there

is also staffing and funding considerations that we would have to look at as part of any health contact centre overdose prevention site.” According to a staff report, there were 1,548 illicit overdose deaths in B.C. and 31 in New West from January to November 2020.That’s in addition to the 19 local deaths in 2019, 36 in 2018, 24 in 2017, 10 in 2016, 12 in 2015 and nine in 2014. Provincial medical experts have reported an increasingly toxic drug supply and fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic – which has pushed more people to use drugs alone and led to a decline in mental health – as reasons for the soaring death rate. In response to the drug overdose crisis, the provincial government declared a state of emergency in B.C. in April 2016. In July 2020, city council directed staff to work with Fraser Health to explore an overdose prevention site and a safe supply program in New Westminster. “There is evidence that overdose prevention sites save lives and reduce the rate and spread of infectious diseases,” said the staff report. “They also facilitate enhanced access to drug treatment, rehabilitation and recovery services.” DECISION MADE

Johnstone said the city needs to be clear with the public that a decision has already been made about an overdose prevention site. “We asked to have these services in New Westminster, and the health authority has announced it is supportive of it to support a public health emergency,” he said. “This is a vital public health intervention that will save lives. And in that sense, I don’t want people to think that we are consulting on whether we support this existing in our city or not. … We have already made that decision as a council.”

Coun. Mary Trentadue said she fully supports efforts to provide overdose prevention services in New West as soon as possible. “Please let us know what we can do to let it happen faster,” she said. “We are talking about people’s lives, so we need to do that as quickly as possible.” Trentadue said engagement about the temporary use permit isn’t being done to get the public’s “permission” to open the facility but to get input on how to make it work in the neighbourhood.

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Opinion MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

Vaccinations should be based on age

It comes as no surprise that some folks are upset at the decision by B.C. public health officials to change a key aspect of the COVID-19 immunization program by using a person’s age to determine when they get the vaccine. After all, most people understandably want to get the shot (and the second one) as soon as possible. Up until last week’s announcement by Dr. Bonnie Henry, the plan was to put people in certain professions nearer the front of the vaccine queue. Upon reflection, that was not considered the best scientific approach. Instead, it was determined that since people over a certain age get hit the hardest by COVID-19, it made more scientific sense to protect them first. Several front-line professions – teachers, firefighters and dentists, to name three – were hoping their vaccinations would come earlier since their field of work may place them at greater risk of contracting the virus. However, simply having a greater chance of being exposed to the virus is not the chief determinant in setting priorities. If the goal is to protect people from the worst outcomes of getting COVID-19, then using age as a determining factor makes sense. B.C.’s COVID-19 case statistics tell the story. As of Jan. 16, about 34,700 people between the ages of 20 and 50 had tested positive for COVID-19. Of them, just 779 were sick enough to require hospitalization (about 2.2% of them). Thirteen people in that age cohort died from the virus, an astonishingly low mortality rate of 0.04%. However, the numbers are far bleaker for people over the age of 60 who contract COVID-19 and

they get worse as ages go up. About 11,000 people over the age of 60 have tested positive and about 2,000 required hospitalization (18%) and more than 1,000 in this group died (9%). Looking at statistics like that makes it a nobrainer to put people who face much tougher odds of beating the worst outcomes of contracting COVID-19 near the front of the line. “Our immunization plan is based on evidence and data, and focused on immunizing people who are the most vulnerable to the virus first,” Henry said when announcing the policy shift last week. She did leave the door open for certain frontline professions – teachers, child-care workers, agriculture workers, transportation workers and such – who are not getting the shot in Phase One of the plan to still get the shot early. That will largely depend on whether B.C. gets more vaccine doses than it currently is expecting under the plan outlined last week. Like other provinces, B.C. is getting millions of doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. But there is a strong possibility that a third vaccine – AstraZeneca – could be approved for use relatively soon, which may indeed allow for those who thought they were getting the vaccine early to actually have that come true. There is also the possibility that a fourth vaccine – Janssen/Johnson and Johnson – could arrive soon. Until the other vaccines arrive, it makes scientific sense to put those who seem to paying the highest price for getting COVID-19 near the head of the line. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C.

Topic: B.C. saw a record-low in births in 2020 “Social distancing has helped with oopsies and a pandemic has a way of putting fear into people and ‘what kind of a world do we want to bring a baby into?’ questions.”

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An Expo 86 demonstration suggested a glimmer of hope for the idea of resurrecting a rail route between Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. A 124seat, two-car Railbus from the UK was shipped in and set onto the B.C. Hydro Railway tracks for five weeks, shuttling passengers from the BC Hydro works yard in Abbotsford to a temporary terminal of Front Street, east of Begbie Street in New West.The 90-minute trip was reminiscent of the old New West-to-Chilliwack interurban trolley service closed in 1950.

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Letters Lower parking fees Editor: Since 2004, Urban Bliss Wellness & Spa has been providing therapeutic treatments and spa services to customers, attracting local residents and customers from all over the Lower Mainland and some from around the world. When Urban Bliss relocated to Sapperton in 2011, the parking was free and customers could easily park and enjoy our services without the stress of worrying about getting a ticket. Our staff who travel from other communities like Delta were able to park in the area so they could work, contribute to society and stimulate the local economy. Since then, pay parking has been installed, and more recently during the pandemic, the parking rates tripled. A parklet was built outside of our storefront five years ago, which has taken away available parking right outside our storefront entrance. Today, our staff struggle to find parking anywhere in Sapperton. There are no “permits” for parking for local businesses and their employees. We have pleaded with the city to consider developing a plan to help support local businesses by providing workers/employees with the ability to park. This would not only create more revenue for the city but would inevitably help stimulate the local economy, especially after the blow of the pandemic where many businesses are already

struggling or having to go bankrupt. As it is, it’s extremely difficult to find employees to work as the issue of “no parking” is a huge deterrent. The city claims to want to support local businesses, but from my experience, they are unwilling to actually put a plan in place to do so. Most businesses were forced to close their doors for three months earlier this year, and none of the businesses got a break on the cost to renew their business licences. In fact, the city increased the annual fee. Needless to say, there is no help from the city. The parking in the area is all “permit parking” for residents only, yet the streets are only 20% full during work days, when these streets could be better utilized by the business owners, staff and employees who come to work every day, offering them a place to park so they can come to work in the community. It seems the city is trying to squeeze out people who travel by car to support small businesses like mine, and making it more and more challenging for employees to work in the community and customers to support local. I truly hope this story will help create an awareness of the difficulty we are facing as business owners with the ever-increasing population and lack of parking to help us stay in business, attract the customers and staff needed especially during these “unprecedented” times. Clara Kovats, New Westminster

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DERRICK THORNHILL Recently we have been asked if the 6 story, 93-unit housiing project proposed in the 800 Blk for 6tth Street will have an effect on property values in Glenbrooke North and our answer is that the Glenbrooke North has long been a preferred neighbourhood within the city for growing families. Easy walking distance to all levels of schools, shops and transit have attracted families to this neighbourhood from all over the lower mainland. The ability to build your dream home without heritage restrictions is another big advantage. Not even a secondary school in disrepair could deter buyers from this neighbourhood. A new NWSS was 20 plus years in the making and a bonus, for home values in the Glenbrooke North and Moody Park neighbourhoods. However, I can say with some certainty, that any value benefit gained from Provincial Governments 600-million-dollar investment in the new NWSS will be wasted on homes that fall within the shadow of this proposed project. Lowincome housing is essential to socially responsible society. However, not at the cost of tax paying homeowners in direct influence of this project. I would encourage homeowners in Glenbrooke North to voice their concerns with the city council’s decision to put confidence behind this project in this location. Email clerks@newwestcity.ca or call 604-527-4523.

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A Sapperton neighbourhood is coming together in celebration of the Lunar NewYear. Having spent time in recent months enjoying Christmas and Halloween displays in her neighbourhood, Sapperton resident Elaine Su wondered if some of her neighbours would be willing to put a Lunar NewYear decoration on their doors. “This year has been the first year my son has really understood everything. He is really excited about seeing all the Christmas decorations and all the Halloween decorations,” she said. “As much as I try and make his cultural identity as important as all of the other festivals, it occurred to me for the first time that it would only go so far because we are the only ones celebrating it.” Many families in China put up red hangings for Lunar NewYear, usually paper signs with the character for ‘fortune’ or short phrases wishing people good luck and Happy New Year, Su explained. “As a Chinese-Canadian family, Lunar New Year is a really special time for us,” Su wrote in a note to her neighbours. “We’re trying to raise our kids to be as excited about their cultural celebrations as they are about Halloween and Christmas and ev-

erything else we celebrate. That feeling of shared excitement, the sense of community celebrating together is a big part of what makes holidays and festivals so magical.We felt it here during Halloween and Christmas, and I always felt it growing up in Asia during the Lunar NewYear.” Su, who is mom to twoand-a-half-year-old Ellis and three-month-old Margo, distributed the note to neighbours living in a two-block radius around her Sapperton home. “It would be a dream come true if I could take Ellis for a walk on our streets and be able to point out all the Lunar NewYear decorations,” she wrote. “I would love for him to feel like he is not alone in his celebrating and that others are excited about his culture too.” Su’s appeal struck a chord with her neighbours, with more than 50 homes agreeing to decorate their doors for Lunar NewYear – about one-third of those she contacted. “It’s really lovely. It was really touching. It’s a really lovely community building.There’s a lot of people who texted me that I never knew, I hadn’t met before,” she told the Record. “It was really touching to see that many people jump on board a crazy idea.” For neighbours who were willing to put some-

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New year: Elaine Su and her family stroll through their Sapperton neighbourhood looking at decorations. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

thing on their door for Lunar NewYear, Su offered to “come running to you with red decor” and provide it for free. Aside from a few Asian families in the neighbourhood who put up Lunar NewYear decorations, she said very few decorations have been displayed in past years. “I think a lot of people are looking for permission, for a way in, and I think that’s a really nice thing,” she said. “I think people are more sensitive about being culturally appropriate and celebrating in a culturally appropriate and meaningful way. Something like this gives people a chance to try and celebrate in an appropriate and really celebratory kind of way.” Su is touched that so many of her neighbours took her up on her offer to celebrate Lunar NewYear – and looks forward to taking her kids around the neighbourhood and look-

ing at all the decorations. “Given the opportunity, people are really excited to be able to take part,” she said. “A lot of people are saying, ‘We never celebrate it, but we would love to.’ People like doing things for toddlers.” This year, Chinese New Year falls on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021.

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Celebrating Seniors

Century House program highlights New West seniors New online ‘magazine-style’ video program features stories designed to entertain local residents Theresa McManus

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Talk New West is shining a spotlight on issues and stories of interest to local seniors. The online Talk New West video program features stories related to Century House members and other New West seniors. “It is a magazine-style video show for local seniors,” said Shelly Schnee, program coordinator for seniors at Century House. “Our goal is to develop local content for the community (specifically seniors), especially as we find ourselves at home ‘surfing’ these days.” Curt Albertson, a for-

mer producer at CBC Radio, is lending his expertise to the project, serving as both the host and the producer.Talk New West includes links to some content that may be of interest to older adults, but its primary focus is interviews with people with some “pretty fascinating” stories to tell. “Its mainstay is feature interviews,” he said. “They are generally about 10 minutes long. Sometimes they are a bit longer, rarely shorter.” Since November, Albertson has interviewed a number of folks at the makeshift (physically distanced) studio at Century House, including: local comedian Janice Bannister;

resident Marion Orser, who celebrated her 65th birthday by cycling across Canada; and Marilyn Remus, who reflected on her first post-high school job as a flight attendant on an airline that flew to the Arctic. “Its focus is seniors and Century House members, and New Westminster,” Albertson said. “Occasionally I push the envelope a bit – because content is key.You want to drive people to the website and you have got to have stuff up there.The more content, the more people will gravitate toward it.” Albertson said he’s received a number of emails from people saying how much they enjoy the pro-

gramming. “Entertainment,” he said of its purpose. “Certainly during COVID times, it’s something to occupy their time that’s useful and entertaining.”

I encourage them to come along for the ride.

Albertson, a North Surrey resident, was introduced to Century House through volunteer work he was doing with the Seniors Services Society. Having retired in 2011, he’s been looking for ways to keep give and give back.

“I’ve been a volunteer at Century House, a recent one,” he said. “I guess it’s just a little over a yearand-a-half, and I am thoroughly enjoying myself.” A member of the Seniors Embracing Technology group at Century House, Albertson volunteered to produce Talk New West. “It’s always been an idea in the back of Shelly’s mind,” he said. “She brought it up there and, funnily enough because of my background, I got volunteered to be the producer. I was not expecting to be the host. I volunteered, and I am quite enjoying it.” After Albertson does an interview (with Schnee

operating the camera), he said it gets put into the Google cloud and he pulls it off there when he gets home, where he edits it and sends it via the cloud back to Century House’s tech guy,Tim Hicks. A New West resident, Hicks is responsible for posting all of Century House’s online content. “I think it’s a great idea,” he said of Talk New West. “It brings a new technology. It’s one-onone with our own people in a lot of cases.” Talk New West can be found at www.tinyurl.com/ TalkNewWest. “I encourage them to come along for the ride,” Albertson said. “It’s lots of fun.”

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Seniors advocate launches review of care home outbreaks Stefan Labbé Glacier Media

B.C.’s seniors advocate is launching a review into some of the most deadly COVID-19 outbreaks in the province’s long-term care sector. The review, expected to get off the ground over the next couple of weeks and likely not wrap up until the spring, will look at what went right and what went wrong across dozens of the province’s seniors’ homes as they grappled with the virus. “Wave 2 has been a much more challenging experience for B.C. than Wave 1 was,” said B.C. seniors advocate Isobel Mackenzie last Thursday. “We should be learning why. Is it just pure bad luck? It’s possible, but we don’t know that.” Of the 1,031 COVID-19 deaths recorded to date across B.C., at least 602 have occurred in seniors

homes. Mackenzie said the review will likely hone in on homes across the Lower Mainland, such as Little Mountain Place inVancouver where 41 residents have died,Tabor Place Abbotsford where 26 residents passed away and Capilano Care Centre in NorthVancouver where at least 24 lives have been taken by the virus. In the case of the Lakeshore Care Centre outbreak in Coquitlam, 38% of all residents were killed and nearly 77% were infected by the virus.That’s despite having a case mix index – a measure of the average care requirements of residents – exactly equivalent to the provincial average. “At the end of the day, I can’t responsibly say why that outbreak was so prolific,” said Mackenzie. “It’s the same virus, and it’s effectively the same population.”

Completing such a sweeping review has had and will have some speed bumps: provincial staff responsible for handing over data to the seniors advocate are busy inoculating patients; and untilWave 2 of the virus, Mackenzie said there hadn’t been enough outbreaks to build statistical confidence to conclude what factors contributed to so many deaths among the province’s elderly. “Unfortunately, there are now enough outbreaks where we’ll be able to look and see what are the patterns,” she said. RAPID TESTING: TOO LITTLE TOO LATE? Even without the data, one thing is for certain, said Mackenzie: we could have done more. The importance of widespread and regular testing during seniors care outbreaks was Continued on page 18

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AS WE AGE

Celebrating Seniors

Routine testing a ‘layer of protection’: seniors advocate

Continued from page 17 recognized by medical health officers as early as April 2020 in the wake of Canada’s first long-term care outbreak at Lynn Valley Care Centre in North Vancouver.

Health officials and researchers largely agree that B.C.’s “Iron Ring” protocol established an effective emergency baseline in responding to outbreaks at seniors’ homes during the first wave.

But the lessons of those outbreaks – including routine and widespread testing among staff and residents – do not appear to have been applied across the board. “We’ve been very con-

servative in our testing,” she said, pointing to the fact that on a per-capita basis, B.C. has tested 36% below the national average as of Jan. 14. On Jan. 11, provincial health officer Dr. Bon-

nie Henry said the province is once again “looking at” using the rapid tests in care homes, despite previously stating they were not being used because the tests “have faults and limitations.”

“‘Not that effective’ is not the same of ‘ineffective,’” countered Mackenzie last Thursday. “We didn’t add the layer of protection that routine testing would have provided.”

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Canadian Navigable Waters Act Bosa Development hereby gives notice that an application has been made to the Minister of Transport, pursuant to the Canadian Navigable Waters Act for approval of the work described herein and its site and plans. Pursuant to paragraph 7(2) of the said Act, Bosa Development has deposited with the Minister of Transport, on the online Navigable Waters Registry (http://cps.canada.ca/) and under the NPP File Number 2021-503706 a description of the following work, its site and plans:

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FI N E FOOD SPEC IALTI ES Spice up your lifestyle!

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800g bag ..........................

GLUTEN-FREE LARGE OAT FLAKES

800g bag ..........................

ORGANIC QUINOA WHITE BOLIVIAN

800g bag ..........................

WALNUTS HALVES AND PIECES

NATURAL SLICED ALMONDS

RAW ORGANIC PUMPKIN SEEDS

ALMONDS RAW RED SKIN

CASHEWS PCS.

$ 99 $ 49 $ 99

ORGANIC RAW BUCKWHEAT KERNELS

$ 69

SOY TVP CHUNKS

$ 99

800g bag ..........................

400g bag ..........................

GREEN PEAS WHOLE

800g bag ..........................

ORGANIC ECHINACEA PURPUREA ROOT

$ 59

SARSAPARILLA ROOT IN POWDER

$ 99

50g bag ............................

VALERIAN ROOT PCS.

50g bag ............................

ORGANIC LOOSE RASPBERRY LEAF

50g bag ............................

$1.10/100g........................

$1.54/100g .......................

$1.10/100g........................

APRICOTS KERNELS NATURAL VIT. B17

227g bag ..........................

PECANS RAW HALVES

ALMOND FLOWER

KING’S MASALA EXOTIC BLEND

KIDD BROS. LOCAL HONEY ASSORTED VARIETIES

$ 99 $ 49

$2.20/100g .......................

$1.76/100g .......................

100g bag ..........................

$ 99

/LB

$ 99

/LB

$ 99

/LB B

$ 99

/LB B

$ 99 /LB B

$ 99

CRANBERRIES DRIED SWEETENED NO SULPHUR

$ 99

ORGANIC FLAME JUMBO DARK THOMPSON RAISINS

$ 99

PRUNES DRIED PITTED

$ 49

66¢/100g ..........................

88¢/100g ..........................

$1.10/100g........................

99¢/100g ..........................

GUAVA SLICES DRIED SWEETENED

$1.10/100g........................

3 4

/LB

$ 99 /LB

JUMBO DARK TABLE RAISINS

HANZA APRICOTS WHOLE

$ 99

CRYSTALLIZED GINGER SLICES

$ 99

BLACK MISSION FIGS

EUCALIPTUS BONBONS

$ 99 $ 99 /LB

$ 99 $ 99 $ 59

1kg ...................................

TURKISH APRICOTS NATURAL UNSUPLHURED

66¢/100g ..........................

227g bag ..........................

$1.10/100g........................

$1.32/100g .......................

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LANGLEY FARM MARKET PRODUCE SMALL NAVEL ORANGE

OKANAGAN AMBROSIA APPLES

Product of U.S.A. $1.96/kg

ROMA TOMATOES

Product of Mexico $1.74/kg

Pro oduct of B.C. $1.96/kg

lb.

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79¢

$ 99

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2 for

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MCVITIES

SAN REMO

Selected varieties / 5 x 100g

Selected varieties

Selected varieties / 300g-400g

Red/W /White W / 500ml

TORITLLA LA A CHIPS

DIGESTIVE COOKIES

LARGE TARO ROOT Produc ct of Mexico $1.74/kg

79¢

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WHITEE RICE FLOUR R

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400g

2 for

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Selected varie eties

$ 49

$ 69

EAT WHOLES SOME ORGANIC

TROPIC ISLE

SAN REMO

400ml

500g

ea.

COCONUT MILK

WHOLE TO OMATOES 2.84L

79¢

ea.

$ 99

ea.

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GNOCCHI

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GLUTINOUS RICE FLOUR

SPELT PAPPARDELLE 400 0g

400g

39¢

$ 49

/100g

MEAT & SEAFOOD

5 $ 99 6 $ 49 6 $ 99 2 $ 99 2 $ 99

BLA LADE A ROA AST BEEF AA A / $13.18/kg g

$ 39

ea.

DELI

SMOKED MEEAT BOTTTOM T ROUND

BONELESS CHUCK BEEF STEAK CHICKEN BR REAST

Boneless/Skinle ess / $14.28/kg

BEER SAUSA AGE

Ocean Mama / Frozen / Large / $6.60/kg

BASA FILLEETS 8/10 VP Deli Sea / Froze en / 454g

ROMAN MOZZZARELLLA

lb.

GOLDEN POMPANO W/R FISH

2 $ 49 1 $ 99 1

LANGLEY FARM MARKET

For fresh and quality foods

100g

ea.

ZUCC CHINI LO OAF

/100g

450g

/100g

600g

1 $ 25 3 $ 25 5

$ 15

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COFFFEE SWISS ROLLL

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ea.

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lb.

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$ 49

$ 00

ea.

lb.

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$ 49

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