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Play time: Families didn’t let the rain stop them from checking out the new playground at Westminster Pier Park, which is open again after a devastating fire. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

POLICING

Police board looking to fill vacant position Theresa McManus tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca

The New Westminster Police Board is a little shorthanded and is hoping to fill a vacancy as soon as possible.

The police board, which oversees and provides direction to the New Westminster Police Department, is comprised of the mayor (who is the designated chair of the board) and four additional members. One of the current members is taking a temporary leave of absence and one position has to be filled after a former member completed their term on the board.

“We are a little short

staffed at the board right now,” Mayor Jonathan Cote said at a recent police board meeting. “I do know we have submitted one appointment to the province. I am not sure how long that review will take, and hopefully another member will be coming back soon.”

The issue arose during receipt of correspondence from the British Columbia Association of Police Boards, which is seeking appointments to its 2021/22 executive board.

The board was unable to name a director and an alternate to the BCAPB. Chief Const. Dave Jansen said he will contact the association and explain

the situation being faced by the New Westminster police board at this time.

“It is an important time, obviously, with the review going on,” Jansen said. “I am sure that is why they are pushing it.”

Jansen will report back to the board at its next meeting.

“Who knows? Maybe we will have a larger board at that time?” Cote said.

Cote later told the Record an appointment has yet to be filled for a member whose term ended in November 2020.

“This is a city appointment.The city has actually interviewed candidates and has put forward a candidate to recom-

mend to the province, but the province still has to approve that.That process could take a month or two,” he said. “We are a little bit short.With such

It is an important time, obviously, with the review going on.

a small board of only five members, when you lose a couple of members, it becomes a really, really small group.We are really ea-

ger to get the police board back up and full again.”

Cote said many other police boards have seven board members, but New Westminster only has five.

He said there may be a need to advocate for a larger police board.

“Especially given the challenges that we face this year with appointments coming to an end and a leave with one of the members, it kind of has really had the board quite shorthanded,” he said.

“We are hoping obviously in the next two months to get back up to a full complement, but for the time being we are at three board members.”

On the upside, Cote

noted that once the new member is appointed and the existing member returns, the board will be stable for some time as the longest-serving board member still has at least a year-and-a-half left on his term.

“Police reform is obviously a really topical issue, and it’s something that the police board is wanting to engage in,” he told the Record. “Certainly being short on members with the police board when we are dealing with such important topics is a challenge. So we are looking forward to having a full complement so we can really and truly engage in that.”

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Thursday, April 8, 2021 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Online The City of New Westminster and Fraser Health will provide information on local vaccination plans, as well as an update on ongoing community response to the COVID-19 pandemic in a special livestream forum.

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City 34-storey tower a go for 100 Braid Street site Theresa McManus

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Wesgroup Properties has received the green light to build a 34-storey tower in Sapperton – provided it contains rental units.

Wesgroup had planned to build a 21-storey strata highrise at 100 Braid St. but subsequently applied to the city for a zoning bylaw text amendment. In exchange for changing the building to market rental housing, and possibly providing some units at “lessthan-market rates” if it receives funding through the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Wesgroup will increase the residential density on the site, increase the maximum building height from 65 metres (213.25 feet) to 118 metres (390.42 feet) and decrease the off-street parking requirements.

“This would amount to a project with 423 rental units, which would also include family-friendly units, which, for a rental project, 25% of units would need to be two- and three-bedroom units,” said Rupinder Basi, the city’s development planning supervisor.

“Ninety-six of the units would be provided at lessthan-market rates for a period of 16 years.”

When considering a preliminary report about the project earlier in 2020, council was told that 96 units would have rents that are 70% of the “household median income” for 10 years, at which time they would then revert to secured market rental.

Council then directed staff to work with the developer on extending the below-market component for a longer period of time.

According to Basi, staff consider the additional height to be reasonable given that the project is consistent with the city’s secured market rental housing policy, which allows the city to consider additional height in ex-

change for secured rental units.

Basi saidWesgroup’s plan to build a rental project is contingent on receiving funding from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s rental construction financing incentive program. If the developer is unable to secure that funding, he said the project would revert back to strata market condos.

Several delegations

… we need more rental housing in New West

spoke in favour of the application at the December public hearing. Delegations said the project offers ideal housing for Douglas College students, provides below-market rental units, addresses a growing need for rental housing and is located close to SkyTrain.

“I am a strong believer that we need more rental housing in NewWest and across all of MetroVancouver,” said area resident

Bri Pigeau. “Anything that is purpose-built rental is already a win in my books.”

Wilson Street resident Gaga Sivia said traffic is an ongoing issue in the neighbourhood, butWesgroup has created a working team to help address any traffic issues that may arise.

“There are longstanding issues,” she said. “Not everything can be resolved, but at least we can work together.”

Mayor Jonathan Cote said most of the speakers at the public hearing spoke in favour of the project, but acknowledged the city had heard concerns from area residents about the proposal.

“There is a significant change from this project going from the original zoning of 21 storeys up to the 34 that is being proposed here,” he said.

“In my opinion, I think it is supportable because of the benefits we are getting from an affordable housing perspective.”

Following the public hearing, council unanimously supported third reading of a zoning amendment bylaw related to the project.

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Opinion MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

More young people ending up in ICUs

Premier John Horgan continues to draw fire for his admonishment of young people over their perceived attitudes towards public health protocols.

Horgan has at least drawn attention to the age group that appears to be drifting towards a graver COVID-19 situation.

Last week, while unveiling new restrictions aimed at stopping the rapid spread of the virus, Horgan called out the 20-39 age group and told them not to “blow this for the rest of us.”

In so doing, “Premier Dad” was no doubt relying on data regarding COVID-19 cases and anecdotal information about that age cohort socializing more than other age groups.

Certainly, the data has consistently shown for months that people aged 20-39 are generally responsible for about 41% of the cases in any given week.That is considerably more than any other 20year age groupings.

However, this large bulge likely has much more to do with the living conditions many people in that age bracket find themselves in rather than simply partying and improper socializing. In fact, the vast majority of the 1.4 million people in this age category are likely not willingly breaking public health protocols in much greater numbers than older people – just look at the ages of people at one of those anti-mask rallies.

Economic necessity forces younger people to live in more crowded quarters as not many people can afford to pay rent on their own in Metro Vancouver or the Capital Region. And they generally have lower-paying jobs that put them in front of the public and therefore present more risk (i.e. the hospitality sector) to get-

ting the virus.

The COVID-19 outbreak at the Whistler ski resort supports both the living conditions argument and the partying one.

More than 1,200 cases were reported at the resort from Jan. 1 to March 28 and 83% of the infections were people aged between 20 and 39. No doubt the cramped living conditions experienced by many resort staff contributed to the case numbers, but so too did the partying and après-ski culture that exists during ski season.

In any event, while people can continue to debate the pros and cons of Horgan’s remarks, a more serious issue is emerging.

In the past couple of weeks, younger people are being put into ICUs at a noticeably higher rate than before. Front line doctors at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver and Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster say young people are showing up much sicker than in the past.

The steady increase of COVID-19 variant transmission is likely the cause of this.The median age of those in B.C. who have tested positive for the P.1 variant (first detected in Brazil) is 28 years, compared to 36 for non-variant COVID-19.

Horgan’s initial comments did not, unfortunately, differentiate between the many people in the 20-39 age bracket who are following the public health rules as well as they can and any scofflaws who thumb their nose at them.

Hopefully, if he singles them out for attention again, it will be about the challenge they now appear to face: staying healthy in the face of what appears to be a more insidious virus targeting them in particular.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.

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A decision to put in a diverter at Queens Avenue and Fourth Street after traffic complaints from the Queens Park Residents Association haunted the city for months. Residents inundated the city with letters, saying the move had made traffic problems even worse.

The St. Peter’s Parish Council said the diverter was disrupting services, especially funerals. A Third Street resident demanded the diverter be removed because it had turned Liverpool Street, a small lane, into a major rush-hour route.

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Cost not worth benefit

Editor: Re: Council approves HRA for lot in Queen’s Park, New Westminster Record, March 25 Council failed to acknowledge/address the following: 1. That there were over 90 signatures on a petition from neighbours who opposed the HRA being used to subdivide a property that would not be subdividable according to the bylaws. i.e. circumventing the bylaws/heritage alteration permit by using an HRA. 2. Concerns about the safety of the young children who play on this street: Due to Townsend Place being a “horseshoe” design, there are right angles that impair visibility.

However, the open space (where the new infill house will be built) allowed for motorists and children alike to be aware of what was around the corner.

3. The house that will be registered/protected is not the 1907 house that is referred to in the “statement of significance,” but rather a 1930s renovated version of that house. If, someday, someone is truly interested in restoring the 1907 B.C. Mills Timber and Trading Company Model H house, they will find it very difficult to do so because what will be regis-

tered is the “mutt” house.

This small house on this small street will no doubt open the door for infill houses and forever destroy this small radius of blocks known as Queen’s Park. To me, it’s about economics; the cost is not worth the benefit.

And to me that benefit is to conserve this small area that is priceless and irreplaceable.

Density issues will always be on the agenda.

But once this area is lost, it will be lost forever.

This is not about house values. This is about protecting – conserving – something for future generations.

Anoma Hettige, New Westminster

Bad spot for pot store

Editor: As a resident of Sherbrooke Street one block from the RCH Auxiliary Store, I am angry to hear a pot shop could be displacing the Royal Columbian Hospital Auxiliary thrift store.

This is across the street from a park, church and RCH and sends a deplorable message regarding health and wellness and community values. Pot shops attract high-volume traffic and frequently see patrons “sparking up” outside on the street. I’m not opposed to pot shops, but not in this location. Very bad planning.

Steve McNamee, New Westminster

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Family spreads kindness in time of COVID Theresa McManus

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A local family has been spreading kindness to their neighbours – one food hamper at a time.

Several years ago, NewWest residents Roqiya Ahmadi and Mohammad Amin Ahmadi started Social Forum Hope, a NewWestminster-based nonprofit organization that fights against child poverty and child labour in Afghanistan. It targets poor orphans whose fathers were killed in war and whose mothers are unable to support their families – resulting in children being sent out to work rather than attending school.

To raise money for the nonprofit organization, the couple opened the Hope Omid, a small thrift store selling clothing and household items at 20-825 McBride Blvd.When the pandemic forced the store to close temporarily in March 2020, they considered how they could help out closer to home.

“When the pandemic started last year, we had to close,” Roqiya told the Record. “After that we are thinking: why do we just have to empty the store? Is there something else?”

Soon, the couple began providing food hampers to fellow community members who were struggling to provide enough food for their families because of the pandemic.

“The hampers, we started for neighbourhood. After that we make it bigger, bigger and bigger,” Mohammad said. “Now it’s twice a week; Friday and Monday we are giving out food.”

About 70 families receive hampers each week, choosing from a variety of items laid out on tables at an outdoor location near the thrift store.

“It’s everything – milk, meat, macaroni, potato, bread - everything,” Mohammad said. “It’s everything a family needs for eating.”

The couple has spread the word about the hamper program through various Facebook groups, but news of the program has also travelled quickly via word-of-mouth. Food is offered on a first-come first-served basis, with few people leaving empty handed.

“They are very, very happy,” Mohammad said. “If they say ‘I need it,’ I give them food.”

Mohammad said it’s a wonderful feeling to be able to help out residents who need help accessing food or other items during the pandemic.

“You cannot believe it. I’m just like flying,” he said. “When I saw the people happy, it looks like I am flying. I am very, very happy. My English is not very well, so I can’t explain what I want to say to you.”

Mohammad, who is originally from Afghanistan, lived in Russia for 12 years before coming to Canada. Roqiya and Mohammad, who married in Russia, moved to Canada 15 years ago, immediately setting up a home in NewWestminster, where they’re raising their four children.

A FAMILY AFFAIR The four Ahmadi children – aged five, 11, 13 and 16 – have also found a way of contributing to their community.

HELPING HANDS: The Almadi family work together to find ways to helping other New Westminster residents.

PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, they’ve used money that would have been used for birthday parties to supply goodie bags to seniors, hospital employees, homeless people and other community members.

“All birthdays, we do that. All the money we buy something and make goodie bags,” Mohammad explains. “We share our happiness to them.”

Each time, the family disperses 200 or more goodie bags filled with brand new items.The contents of the goodie bags vary, but they often include a face mask, hand sanitizer, chocolates or candy, toiletries and socks.

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Farzona, the couple’s eldest daughter, celebrated her birthday in February by using her birthday money to create gift bags for 210 seniors at Dunwood Place – just in time forValentine’s Day and Family Day. MP Peter Julian helped the family deliver the gift bags.

“Due to the COVID-19 health and safety protocols, we were not able to be in close contact with the seniors,” he said in a statement to the Record. “But the staff at Dunwood Place told us how much the seniors appreciated the work that the Ahmadi family did for them in the community.”

Along with Julian, who has

supported the family at many of its events, members of the New Westminster police and fire departments have also helped deliver hundreds of goodie bags to various community members.

“Together we want to help the community,” Mohammad said.

“This is showing our togetherness. It’s teamwork in the community.”

Mohammad said he’d like to get more sponsors so they’re able to disperse even more hampers to community members.

Social Hope Forum is currently a non-profit, but he’d also like to find a way of making it into a charitable organization.

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City New Westminster working on first retail strategy Theresa McManus

tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca

NewWestminster is sold on the idea of supporting local retailers.

Council has directed staff to proceed with creating the City of NewWestminster’s first retail strategy.

The city hopes the new strategy can help increase the livability of neighbourhoods, increase retail offerings and expand on existing choices. It also wants to capitalize on the city’s unique character and the historical presence of commercial main streets and celebrate existing offerings.

“A healthy retail sector is integral to the well-being of the city and the local neighbourhoods they serve,” said a staff report.

“Small independent retail businesses are critical to both the vibrancy and eco-

nomic viability of the city’s commercial areas. Larger mainstay businesses can also have a role to play by acting as an anchor to the area.”

The retail strategy will look at how the city can support and foster retail storefronts and businesses to ensure the local economy reflects the diversity of the community. It will also consider ways to support existing businesses when new development occurs.

“I am really happy to see this coming back. I think the timing for this really couldn’t be better,” said Coun. Nadine Nakagawa. “I was very grateful to see that the report really was taking a comprehensive look at the work the city wanted to do broadly – the diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism work, the climate cri-

sis. I think that’s all vital to this policy, and this policy is vital to that work as well.”

Several council members stressed the need to ensure the strategy gets input from businesses that aren’t represented by business organizations.

“There are many businesses that may not have English as a first language.

They may not be as actively engaged. I just constantly worry that we don’t hear their voices, and we really do need to hear from them,” Nakagawa said. “There are businesses that are very articulate and self-promoting, and they do a really good job of advocating for their needs.There’s a whole ton of businesses that are just businesses being businesses.”

Carolyn Armanini, planner, economic develop-

ment, said the city’s business and local economy task force has heard loud and clear about the need to engage with businesses, such as those on 12th Street or in Queensborough, that don’t have active business associations.

She said the city will be making a concerted effort to get feedback from business stakeholders across the city.

In June 2019, council directed staff to start preparing retail strategy that considers actions to support existing retail and explores opportunities to create more affordable retail units.

Mayor Jonathan Cote said the retail strategy was one of the items delayed in 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic. As for timing, he said it’s good that the city wasn’t finishing work on the strategy when

COVID hit – and it will now be able to emphasize ways the local economy can recover from the pandemic.

“This strategy is going to have a really important role,” he said.

According to the staff report, business improvement associations have heard from their members that it is increasingly difficult to maintain a viable small retail/commercial business due to a range of factors. Concerns have included the impacts of increasing rents, property taxes and assessments and a variety of issues related to city processes (such as zoning and community plans) and the cost of permits needed for renovations.

Businesses have also cited concerns about a diminished supply of affordable space due to redevel-

opment, leasing practices that favour chains and franchises, the impacts of online commerce, the impacts of parking, congestion and nearby construction and the increased cost of doing business to address COVID-19 requirements.

Now that council has approved the strategy, work on Phase 1 will focus on conducting background research, establishing a set of goals for the strategy, and seeking community and stakeholder engagement. Phase 2 will focus on the development of options and recommendations that will be reviewed by council and city committees, the community and other stakeholders.

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New West Record THURSDAY, April 8, 2021

Arts & Entertainment Mural of hope takes up residence at city mall

The Garden Gals art group created the mural as nine separate paintings in the summer of 2020 It was created in the summer of 2020 as a sign of positivity and hope in dark times.

Now a mural created by the Garden Gals is finding a new home for a monthlong stay at Royal City Centre.

The mural is made up of nine paintings that were created individually by members of the local arts group. Creating in isolation, each painter was left to their own devices to choose the colour palette and format for their canvas. Each painting includes a heart and a flower and presents an interpretation of the theme of “Positivity During COVID-19.”

With titles such as Hopeful Heart, Downside Up and TheWindow Between Us, the paintings carry the artists’ own messages of how positivity can be witnessed in the world around us, and specifically in the New Westminster community.

The paintings were featured individually at Anvil Centre last summer and are now being brought together as one completed mural, as was the project’s original intention.

In partnership with the shopping centre, the mural will be on display from April 8 to May 6 during mall hours, next to Dollarama.

“I’m so pleased to be

Thank you to our faithbased and non-profit sector, the funders who have come to the table, and the many volunteers who have donated their time to support our community over the last year during the COVID-19 pandemic.

able to share our mural debuting in its complete form at Royal City Centre,” explained Garden Gal Merril Hall. “Each piece of the mural makes personal connections and really comes from the heart.”

The project was created through the Arts Council of New Westminster and the Seniors Expressions Through the Arts special projects program.

Community members are encouraged to visit to check out the mural but are reminded to keep their distance and be responsible when occupying space.

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Message of hope: The Garden Gals’ mural of positivity during COVID-19 will be on display at Royal City Centre mall for a month. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

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Steel & Oak eyes plan to double customer capacity Julie MacLellan

jmaclellan@newwestrecord.ca

Steel & Oak Brewing Company wants to double its capacity for patrons and make its patio permanent.

New Westminster city council is embarking on a process to pave the way for the changes to the brewery’s Third Avenue facility. Currently, the brewery can accommodate 50 people; it wants to expand that number to 100.

A city staff report notes the plans would require expanding the interior lounge area from 600 square feet to just over 800 square feet by converting and reconfiguring a portion of its existing cold storage area and adding an additional washroom.The total inte-

rior square footage would remain the same.

The city report notes the indoor capacity would be capped at 89 people, and the rest of the increase would come from the patio space.

The brewery also wants to make its temporary on-street pandemic patio more permanent by incorporating it as a licensed outdoor patio.

The outdoor space is currently allowed to operate under B.C. Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch rules, which give restaurants, pubs and breweries permission to operate expanded outdoor spaces until Oct. 31, 2021.

Steel & Oak would need approval from the LCRB and the City of New Westminster to keep the patio past that time.

The changes would require both a zoning bylaw amendment and a provincial manufacturing facility structural change application.

As the next step in the process, Steel & Oak will need to provide information to neighbouring residents groups (the Brow of the Hill Residents’ Association and the Quayside Community Board).

After that, if council decides to give two readings to the zoning bylaw changes, the application would be sent out for public hearing to get feedback from the community.

That public hearing would also serve as the community feedback process required by the LCRB.

Cheers: Steel & Oak Brewing Co. is hoping to expand the patron capacity of its Third Avenue facility by reconfiguring some interior space and making its temporary patio permanent. The move must get approval from a city zoning amendment process and from the B.C. Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

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City Catchment change in effect for McBride, Howay schools Julie MacLellan

jmaclellan@newwestrecord.ca

The New Westminster school board has approved a boundary change that will see the western edge of the Richard McBride Elementary School catchment moved to F.W. Howay.

Trustees made the change to better balance enrolment at the city’s two east-end elementary schools. Richard McBride, in Sapperton, has a current enrolment of 419 students and sits at about 90% capacity – a number that’s only projected to grow. Howay, in Massey Victory Heights, has been struggling to keep enrolment up and has been operating at about 70% capacity, with 117 students.

With the change adopted by school board trustees on Jan. 26, the school district will take a chunk of the current McBride catchment – the area bounded by McBride Boulevard, East Eighth Avenue, Cumberland Street and Blackberry Drive – and shift it to Howay.

The vote followed consultation with both school communities, including virtual meetings and a chance for families to give feedback online.

The catchment change

officially came into effect in March, after the registration window closed for the 2021/22 school year.

The boundary shift will not affect any currently enrolled students or the younger siblings of currently enrolled students, unless those families want to change schools.

Superintendent Karim Hachlaf noted that, if there are families in the affected area who still want their young children to attend McBride in the future, those families can put in an out-of-catchment application for McBride.

For those families worried about child care with the shift to Howay, the school district has worked with the Westminster Children’s After-School Society – which provides before- and after-school care for New Westminster’s elementary schools – to create additional spaces at Howay.

The school district estimates the plan will see McBride’s enrolment decline to about 403 students by 2034, while Howay’s will increase to 150 in the same time frame.

The district also considered two other options: one switching the northeast corner of the McBride catchment to

Rising: The new Richard McBride Elementary School is under construction in Sapperton. The new building is scheduled for completion by the end of 2021, but growth in the neighbourhood means the school’s capacity is expected to remain high. New Westminster school trustees approved a plan to shift part of the McBride catchment to F.W. Howay to better balance enrolment at the two schools. PHOTO JULIE MACLELLAN

Howay, and the other changing the boundaries of the current Herbert Spencer Elementary

School catchment to send more students to Howay.

Neither of those alternatives, however, were found

to meet the district’s goals for projected enrolment.

Trustees voted almost unanimously in favour

of the plan, with trustee Mary Lalji the lone dissenting vote.

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City Adult ed program would love return to daytime classes

But NewWestminster’s continuing education program has managed to thrive despite the pandemic Julie MacLellan

jmaclellan@newwestrecord.ca

NewWestminster’s adult education program is continuing to thrive despite a switch to evening-only classes – but the program would love to offer daytime classes again if the district can find a way.

That message was delivered to the NewWestminster school board at its operations committee meeting Feb. 9.

Principal Stephen Inniss updated the board on what’s been happening in continuing education this school year. Inniss noted the program has undergone a large shift since the school board voted last March to shut down daytime continuing education offerings due to space and financial constraints.

Since then, the program has moved out of its former portable next to the old NewWestminster Secondary School. Now, classes are offered in the new NWSS. Registration numbers have dropped with the loss of the daytime courses.

From September 2019 to January 2020, 510 students took morning and afternoon classes, and those classes no longer exist. From the same time period, 380 students took late afternoon and evening classes; this past fall, that number stood at 347.

“Nobody knew going into it what our signup would be for students, with the absence of a daytime program and with, of course, the presence of a pandemic.Would our students come in, and in what

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kind of numbers?” Inniss said, adding the end result has been positive. “Students are still finding us, or staying with us, if they’re able to come at night, in more or less the numbers that they were.”

Inniss said the move to the new NWSS has been a positive in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic because the classroom configuration allows them to open the walls between spaces to make more room for social distancing.The program has switched to a hybrid model to accommodate the necessary distancing: half the students are in the classroom at any one time, with the other half learning remotely on alternating days.

“Students are struggling with, and largely succeeding with, the challenge of

being partly online and partly present in person, and we’ve managed to show a lot of flexibility around that,” Inniss said.

Inniss noted they’ve made an exception for the very beginner English language learners, for whom the combination of technology and language was simply too much of a burden. For those classes, he said, the program has moved into the largest spaces it can find in order to keep students distanced.

There’s also been some flexibility for students to make way for those whose circumstances require them to learn predominantly online or, on the flip side, for those who lack the facility with technology and need to be present in person.

Trustee Maya Russell

asked what the school district could do for the program.

“It was a very difficult decision to reduce the scope of the program last year, and I’d love to hear your sense of, what is the need? If you had a magic wand, what is the need we could be meeting?” she asked Inniss.

Inniss acknowledged the school board’s need to make difficult decisions but admitted the shift to evening-only classes has posed some challenges.

One of those, he said, is the effect on students who want to work their way through the multi-level literacy and math courses, which move students from the very beginning foundations of reading and math all the way up to the equivalent of a Grade 10

level.With the daytime classes, Inniss noted, students could attend every day and finish each of those levels in six weeks; in the evenings, the twiceweekly course offerings don’t allow students to progress as quickly.

“Our students have repeatedly asked for daytime possibilities,” he said.

“Those are things I would like to be able to do.”

He also noted that, for the second semester of courses, the program had to turn away some students because it wasn’t able to find all of the staff it needed. Staff were able to find the students spaces in other districts’ programs instead.

“It would have been nice to have had the ability to serve them here,” he said.

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City Outdoor learning centres arrive at four schools Julie MacLellan

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The new covered shelter on the grounds of Lord Kelvin Elementary School isn’t just an outdoor learning centre.

“It’s almost like a little bit of a village square,” said school principal Ken Millard, “where people say, ‘We’ll meet you at the covered learning space.’”

Lord Kelvin is one of four NewWestminster schools to receive the new outdoor learning spaces, which the school district purchased and installed using federal money that was given to districts across the country to help them deal with COVID-19.The local district received $2.5 million of that money and earmarked $365,000 of it for the outdoor learning spaces.

The others are at Qayqayt Elementary, Queen Elizabeth Elementary and Glenbrook Middle School.

Millard is pleased to have the new space on his

school grounds, where it’s located near the portables housing Grade 4 and 5 students.

“They use the outside quite a bit anyway. It’s been nice for them to be able to walk out their door a few steps and have the covered space right there,” he said.

The school’s kindergarteners have also been taking advantage of the space to kick off their regular “Muddy Mondays,” which see the kids gearing up for the weather and then hitting the school grounds or exploring nearby Moody Park.The outdoor learning centre gives them a space to gather at the beginning of their adventure and then regroup at the end to talk over what they’ve learned.

Other classes have been using the space for all manner of lessons – including a recent parachute-making session, where students were able to climb up on the builtin benches to launch their creations.

Each school was able to

choose their own furniture for their space, Millard noted, and Kelvin went with permanent benches around the perimeter.

That leaves the central space clear for storytelling or speaking to a group, campfire-style. The school also has folding tables and telescoping stools for use whenever they’re needed.

Millard noted the space isn’t just used for classes; it’s a play spot for kids at recess and lunchtimes, and it also offers room for just hanging out.

“Whether it’s play for the students or learning for the teachers, it’s now that space everyone’s going to go to,” he said.

Millard pointed out the structure itself is made of high-quality steel, with a roof that even includes a sound-insulating lining to muffle the noise from rain on the metal roof above, and it’s been installed on a concrete pad.

“This is not going anywhere, in any kind of storm,” he said. “It’s certainly a well-designed and well-built structure.We’ll

Celebration: Some of Queen Elizabeth Elementary School’s very excited Grade 2 students jump for joy in front of their new outdoor covered play and learning centre, one of four such centres installed at New Westminster schools thanks to federal COVID-19 funding. PHOTO COURTESY NEW WEST SCHOOLS

be able to use it for a long time.”

Millard acknowledged this school year has come with its share of anxieties, and he said the biggest missing piece for staff has been the social connection – the chance to just hang out and chat in the staff room or even to just have in-person meetings.

But he said the whole school community has been supportive of each other through it all – and having this new outdoor learning space has brought some new excitement to the air.

“I think everyone has ideas on how it can be used – from the students, the games they can play

around it, to the teachers, how they can use it and share it and have a couple of classes come together,” he said.

Millard, too, has caught that excitement.

“I was really excited when it was finished,” he said. “I like it even more than I thought I would.”

Registration open for new elementary online program Julie MacLellan

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Families who register for the New Westminster school district’s online program next year need to be prepared to work in partnership with teachers.

That was the message from New Westminster school district staff at a virtual forum held March 31 to provide information about the district’s new Grade 2 to 8 online program.

The district will offer the program in the 2021/22 school year if there’s enough demand.

Maureen McRae-Stanger, director of instruction, learning and innovation, said the program is building on the district’s experiences with

offering an elementary online learning program this year.

“We wanted to make sure we were listening to our parent community and trying to meet the needs of our parents,” she said.

McRae-Stanger said the new program will not be the same as this year’s online offering, which was set up as a transitional program for families in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic – with the goal of getting students back into in-class instruction during the year. In the end, about 80 students who registered for the online program ended up back in their classrooms this year, she noted.

This year’s program offered a combination of

independent study and class-based, real-time virtual learning, with students grouped into single or combined grades with one teacher. McRae-Stanger said the intent was to mirror, as much as possible, a faceto-face classroom experience.

“If we have enough enrolment for this (2021/22) program, it’s going to look a little bit different,” McRae-Stanger said.

For starters, the new program isn’t transitional.

It will be offered through the Hume Park Home Learners’ Program, and it’s designed as a yearlong program that families commit to for the full school year.There will also be less focus on the realtime, virtual class learning

and more on independent, at-home learning on the students’ own time.Teachers will set up lessons for the students and provide weekly learning plans, but it will be up to families to decide how that learning takes place during the week.

Some real-time connections will happen – such as teacher check-ins and one-on-one support when required – but the main focus will be on at-home learning.

Pam Craven, who heads up the district’s online learning, said taking part in the program can be demanding for families – who must be able to provide both technical and learning support for students.

“It is hard work.You

can’t just do things at the last minute. It is difficult and challenging for some people,” she said.

That said, though, Craven said the program can be a “really good fit” for many students, and she said the level of parental involvement required tends to decrease as students get older.

The program isn’t offered for kindergarten or Grade 1 students, since McRae-Stanger pointed out the district found it’s too challenging for young learners to master the basics of literacy and numeracy in an online-only environment.

The new Grade 2 to 8 online program will only run if there are enough families prepared to commit for the coming school

year, and after that the district will review it annually.

“We’re trying something new here.We’re trying to see how it’s going to work as the years progress,” McRae-Stanger said.

Online applications are open until 4 p.m. on April 16.

The district will review applications between April 16 and 19 and then begin contacting families to confirm their registration on April 20. Families must commit to their spot by April 23.

By April 30, the district will make a decision on whether the program will proceed.

All the details and an online application form can be found at www. newwestschools.ca.

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Indigenous wellness company up for small business award New Westminster business Sisters Sage was announced as a top-five finalist for a Small Business BC award in the category of best community impact.

Lynn-Marie and Melissa-Rae Angus are the sisters behind the New Westminster business, an Indigenous brand that hand-crafts wellness and self-care products, inspired by their culture and traditions.

They are a finalist for an award that goes to a company that is “truly making a difference in their community,” said a news release. “This business has taken positive action to invest in their community and sees social responsibility as an integral part of the business’ success.”

“Sisters Sage was selected as a finalist for this

award because of how they use their platform as an Indigenous business to raise money for vulnerable local communities, while also raising awareness for causes they believe in,” reads the judges’ comments.

Sisters Sage was created in September 2018 and uses traditional Indigenous ingredients to create modern self-care and wellness products.

“Sisters Sage grew out of a need to change what we were doing with our lives,” reads a post on the Sisters Sage website. “We both felt that it was important to start a business where we can create something to help others, showcase our culture in a positive way to share with the world, and gain financial independence.We both

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For freshness and quality you can count on!

LFM

$ 89

ea.

/100g

lb.

1

$ 59

3

DELI ITALIA A

Regular/Light 400ml

$ 99

ea.

EAT WHOLESOME E ORGANIC

COCONUT MILK

SHANGHAI YANGCHUN NOODLES

$ 29

ea.

$ 49

Cut from AA A Be eef / $18.68/kg

Asssorted / 94 49ml

341ml

MEAT & SEAFOOD BEEF DIGITA AL MUSCLE

Asssorted / 398ml

STOCK

NIBLETS CORN

$ 29

ea

KITCHEN BASIC CS

GR REEN GIANT

796ml

69¢

EAT T WHOLESOME ORGANIC

1

ITALIAN TOMATOES

175ml

ea.

$ 39

LA SAN MARZANO

PLUM DRINK

lb.

BEANS

Assorrted / 425g

284ml

lb.

Alberta Product of Albe erta $3.28/kg g

$ 69

CAMPBELL’S

U.S.A. Product of U.S.A A. $1.74/kg

Product of U.S.A A. $1.74/kg

7815 KINGSWAY, BURNABY 604.521.2883

This sale is only for Kingsway Location.

Your Choice. Our Honour.

Our Effort. Our Award.

Thank you to all our valued customers for your ongoing support

GIFT CARDS AVAILABLE IN STORE VALID THURSDAY APR. 8 – SUNDAY, APR. 11, 2021 • WHILE QUANTITIES LAST.

STORE HOURS: MONDAY TO SUNDAY 8:30AM TO 9:00PM • HOLIDAYS: 9:00AM TO 6:00PM