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LET’S EAT: Food trucks set up last weekend near the Braid SkyTrain station. These events will continue every two weeks.

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Drive-thru food truck events make their return Theresa McManus tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca

Parking and food trucks have been given the green light at two Sapperton sites – temporarily.

On April 26, city council approved issuance of a temporary use permit that will allow food truck events to be held at 97 Braid St.

during times when the site isn’t being used for temporary parking for Royal Columbian Hospital staff and construction workers.

An existing temporary use permit for the site, which runs until Sept. 19, 2022, allows it to be used as a 500-space parking lot for Royal Columbian Hospital staff and construction

workers working on the hospital expansion project.

Having held a series of one-off events in 2020, Savi Integrated Marketing approached the city about using the site on a regular basis. It had received approval from the property owner and Fraser Health Authority to apply for the temporary use permit,

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which would allow it to host bi-weekly drive-thru food truck events, with partial proceeds of food sales going to the RCH Foundation.

The first drive-thru events took place last weekend and will continue every two weeks from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on the site that’s next to the Braid

SkyTrain station. More information is at westcoast popups.com.

A staff report stated Royal Columbian Hospital staff and construction workers only use the site on weekdays, so no impact or overlap between the two uses is anticipated.

NewWestminster city council also approved is-

suance of a temporary use permit for a nearby site at 445 Brunette Ave. Wesgroup plans to use that site as a temporary, 101-space parking lot for Urban Academy staff and visitors, as well as construction workers, during construction of its new development at 100 Braid St.

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City ENVIRONMENT

City awaits new regional recycling facility Theresa McManus tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca

New Westminster has one more pop-up recycling event planned before the expected opening of the new regional recycling facility.

Since the closure of the local recycling depot last March, the City of New Westminster has held popup events to collect some items that aren’t collected at local homes and multi-family residences. The one-day events will continue until Metro Vancouver’s new regional transfer facility opens on United Boulevard.

“The city’s pop-up recycling events have gone as well as they could have, given the challenges in keeping both staff and patrons safe,” said Kristian Davis, the city’s acting manager of engineering operations. “Attendance to the city’s pop-up recycling events is highly dependent on weather. There has been between 30 and 175 people attend these monthly events, with the median attendance being 140.”

Residents are able to drop off items such as Styrofoam and soft plastics.

“The volumes of material collected have been fairly consistent, with approximately 100 kilograms of soft plastics, 100 kg of ‘other flexible plastic’ packaging, 250 kg of glass packaging and roughly 65 kg of foam at each event,” Davis said. “This past event featured participation from ElectroRecycle,

Recycling: A local resident drops off items at a City of New Westminster pop-up recycling event in March. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

who provided convenient access for visitors to drop off small appliances and power tools.”

The next pop-up event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the city’s works yard, 901 First St. “The city will evaluate the need to continue hosting pop-up recycling events beyond the next scheduled event on May 15th and considerations for additional materials collected or services offered during the events,” Davis said. “The city does anticipate the new United

Boulevard recycling and waste centre to open before the end of June, when the lease is up for the existing Coquitlam transfer station.”

In March, Metro Vancouver’s Zero Waste Committee received a report about the status of the facility that will be opening on a 6.2-hectare site at 995 United Blvd. in Coquitlam. It stated the facility is expected to open in late spring 2021 but did not provide a specific date.

It will accept a wide range of materials from commercial, municipal and small vehicle customers,

with some materials being accepted for a fee (including garbage, treated wood and mattresses) and some materials being accepted in the free recycling area.

Items that will be accepted at no cost at the recycling depot include: batteries; Styrofoam (white and coloured); paint products and solvents; beverage containers; recyclable paper and paper packaging; film packaging; pesticides (must be in original labelled container and be no more than 10 litres per container); glass packaging; plastics packaging; and corrugated cardboard.

Other items that can be dropped off at the depot include: propane tanks; cellular phones; cooking oil; gasoline (must be in approved ULC container, with no more than 25 litres per container); lamps and light fixtures; small appliances and power tools; smoke and carbon monoxide alarms; electronics; oil filters; and thermostats.

Metals, including scrap metal, metal appliances, outdoor power equipment and metal packaging, can be taken to the facility.

Books and clothing (for donation) will also be ac-

cepted at the new depot.

In a closed meeting in February 2019, city council agreed to participate with Tri-Cities municipalities and Metro Vancouver on a new transfer station and recycling depot that’s being built on the former Coquitlam landfill.The decision, which was opposed by many New West residents, was made because the layout selected for the new aquatics and community centre at Sixth Avenue and McBride Boulevard prevented the recycling depot from remaining at its current location.

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City inches closer to allowing alcohol consumption in parks Theresa McManus tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca

New Westminster is planning on pointing the way to designated drinking spots in local parks.

At a special meeting on May 10, council gave

three readings to a bylaw that will permit the consumption of liquor in public spaces. Once the bylaw is approved, people will be able to drink liquor in specified zones within seven parks – Port Royal Park, Grimston Park,

Moody Park, Hume Park, Sapperton Park,Westminster Pier Park and Queen’s Park – from 11 a.m. until dusk, seven days a week.

Dean Gibson, the city’s director of parks and recreation, said the bylaw would take effect on May

17, if it’s given final adoption by council at that night’s meeting.

“Concurrent with the assumed adoption of the bylaw will be the placement of permanent signs within each of the designated parks,” Gibson said.

“The signs will contain maps that show the delineated areas.There will be a minimum of four signs at each delineated area, and the signs are quite self-evident in terms of what those particular zones will actually be.”

Council has been supportive of the bylaw, with only Coun. Chuck Puchmayr opposing the plan.

Maps and details about the bylaw are found in a May 10 report to city council.

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News New West school staff finally in vaccine rollout Julie MacLellan

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New Westminster school staffers are now getting their COVID-19 vaccines – with summer vacation now just over six weeks away.

“I’m relieved that it’s finally happening, but I’m still dismayed that it took so long,” said Sarah Wethered, president of the New Westminster Teachers’ Union.

Local teachers and other school staff started getting their vaccines last week.

Wethered said the rollout of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine to all school staff, through a dedicated website and access code, was welcome – and overdue.

The past month has seen numerous

COVID-19 exposures in New Westminster schools, with eight of the district’s 12 schools having seen exposures since the Easter long weekend.Two schools – Glenbrook Middle and Richard McBride Elementary – have seen four exposures apiece in that time.

Wethered said the ongoing exposure notices have contributed to rising teacher anxiety.

“It was especially high, especially because of the new variants and the lack of transparency around when people would be getting vaccinated,” she said.

Wethered said New Westminster teachers had been frustrated watching their counterparts in nearby districts – including Surrey, Delta and Coquitlam – get priority access to vaccines while they were

left out.

Wethered said a great deal of the frustration stemmed from the fact that Fraser Health didn’t provide a timeline for local teachers to give them certainty of when their shots would happen.

“I think that’s where most of the frustration has been, is the not knowing,” she said.

But, with vaccination now moving ahead,Wethered said she was pleased to see New Westminster police and firefighters also included in the rollout.

“I was happy to see that our first responders within New Westminster are also getting vaccinated. I can only imagine the frustration they were experiencing as well,” she said.

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Opinion

MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

The PNE deserves a B.C. bailout

The B.C. government should begin explaining soon how it defines “anchor attractions” when it comes to qualifying for a new $100-million fund to assist the tourism sector in economic recovery.

There are likely few people waiting more anxiously for this clarification than those who run the Pacific National Exhibition.

To no one’s surprise, for the second straight year the COVID-19 pandemic has caused the cancellation of the PNE fair.

With no fair and no other events being held in the various facilities at its location, the PNE has lost almost all revenue streams and piled up $8 million in debt. It fears the debt could rise to $15 million by the end of this year.

This situation should put considerable pressure on the NDP government to provide the financial assistance being requested of it.The PNE is located in east Vancouver, which is ground zero when it comes to NDP support.

The PNE directly employs 4,200 people and its managers say it creates a further 9,500 indirect jobs and generates about $200 million in economic activity (in non-pandemic years).

The vast majority of its employees are young people and many are members of CUPE. Regular readers of this column will know I used to have one of those indirect jobs, having spent 10 summers as a teenager and young adult running various carnival games on the PNE midway.

So, yes, you can call me a fan of the PNE. That sentiment aside, I am betting the case can be made the PNE should be considered an “anchor attraction” in this province.

More than one million people (many of them “tourists” from other B.C. towns) annually attend

the fair and other events – concerts, sporting events etc. – held on the grounds.

Nothing like it, in terms of size, exists anywhere else in the province. Sure, there are other large fairs – the Cloverdale Rodeo and the Williams Lake Stampede, to name two – but nothing meets the scale and economic impact of the PNE. So far,Tourism Minister Melanie Mark has been coy in her response to PNE’s plea, saying she would “have more to say in the coming days.”

She has noted the City of Vancouver – which owns the PNE but which does not fund it – has received various forms of financial assistance from the provincial government throughout the pandemic, which may suggest this may not be a slam-dunk case for the PNE qualifying for the funding.

I detected a less-than-sympathetic ear from a number of NDP cabinet ministers when it came to Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart’s demands for financial help from the provincial government in the early days of the pandemic.

The government did, however, eventually provide some help.

Let’s hope that happens in this case.

It would be a shame to see the PNE denied the financial help it so desperately needs and to watch it perhaps drift towards permanent closure because of escalating debt levels.

The NDP government earmarked $6 billion in pandemic-tied economic relief in this year’s budget. Surely, the 111-yearold PNE can make the case it deserves a comparatively tiny portion of that life-saving funding.

Anchor attraction indeed.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.

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Editor: An open letter to New Westminster school board chair Gurveen Dhaliwal: I write in response to your April 28 letter advising students and parents of the board’s decision to discontinue the school liaison officer program.

This is not a “sour grapes” letter of complaint because I did not get my way; the elected board made its decision, and I respect its mandate to do so.

You write that with this decision, the board is proud to “centre the voices of BIPOC community members.” This improperly frames people of colour as a monolithic group who all oppose the liaison program, rather than a group of diverse human beings with a variety of perspectives on this and other issues. In addition, the board was elected to govern for all citizens.

The decision, you further write, is a “step forward for people who have often felt like their voices, and physical and emotional needs, don’t matter. We thank everyone who shared their thoughts and experiences, especially those of you who pushed and asked for this, whether that came as someone personally impacted or as an ally.”

As you surely recognize, decisions such as this impact everyone in the school community and referring to those who are not people of colour as “allies,” rather than fellow community members, divides rather than unites us. Further, I am frankly astounded that an elected official would state that input from citizens who supported the board’s ultimate decision is more valued than that from citizens who argued the other side.

It is not in the least clear that you feel their voices matter.

Greg DePaco, New Westminster

Playground is safe

Editor: I’d like to commend the City of New Westminster for choosing a more, shall-we-say, exciting playground at Westminster Pier Park.

There has been much ado about supposedly dangerous elements of the playground, namely the tube and rail slides.

It’s important to note that each element is marked with its recommended age levels. And aside from some healthy jitters a first-timer might experience at the top and the fact that – a reliable source has told me – it’s “super dark” inside, there’s nothing dangerous about the main slide.

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City New West takes stand against anti-Asian racism Theresa McManus

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New Westminster is among the communities across Canada taking a stand against anti-Asian racism.

Stand With Asians and Love Not Hate were among the signs displayed by residents who attended a rally in Hyack Square on Monday in support of the Day of Action Against Anti-Asian Racism.

Aliyah Apolonia, a Grade 12 student at New Westminster Secondary School, said she’s been on the receiving line of racist comments.

“A few times, actually,” she said. “You would think living in the Lower Mainland you wouldn’t experience it here. It makes me a little shocked.”

Stand With Asians Coalition, a Burnaby-based group that formed in April, has been working to unite municipali-

ties across Canada in acknowledging the impact of anti-Asian racism.The coalition organized rallies on Monday afternoon in New Westminster, Coquitlam, Hope, Mission, Port Moody, Richmond, Surrey,Vancouver and Burnaby.

Doris Mah of the Stand With Asians Coalition contacted Apolonia and asked if she wanted to lead a May 10 rally in New Westminster as part of the National Day of Action Against Anti-Asian Racism.

“Because I am an Asian Canadian living in New Westminster, I thought that would be a really cool opportunity,” Apolonia told the Record. “I also talked to her about how I have seen in a lot of schools there has been Asian bullying, especially with the COVID-19 pandemic.”

Apolonia said it’s “not an uncommon thing” for

local students to use racist terms, and she’d like parents to set a positive example for their kids by not using racist language.

New Westminster-Burnaby MP Peter Julian was among a small contingent attending the New West rally. He said it’s critical that people not be subjected to racist attacks.

“We need to make sure that every Canadian can feel safe and welcome, not only in their community but right across the country,” he said. “This is why it’s time to take action.”

Lourdes Dagami was out for a walk with her son-in-law Jeremy Perry when they came upon Monday’s rally.Wanting to show her support, she was soon holding a sign.

“I feel like I am not important,” she said of how some people have made her feel about being Asian.

Perry said his husband has witnessed some anti-Asian behaviours, par-

SPEAKING OUT: Residents held a small, socially distanced rally at Hyack Square on May 10 for the Day of Action Against Anti-Asian Racism. PHOTO THERESA MCMANUS

ticularly at the beginning of the pandemic when there were some “COVID is from China” comments.

“In some of those early days, when it was very acute and intense, he noticed if he got on SkyTrain to go to work people would get up and move

away from him. He saw that happen a few times,” Perry said. “That really hurt him because he works in health care, and he’s going out every day to try and do the best for everyone.”

The City of New Westminster declared May 10

as a Day of Action Against Anti-Asian Racism.The proclamation stated that Vancouver has seen a staggering increase of more than 700% in Asian hate crimes in 2020, with B.C. accounting for 44% of the 1,150 cases of racist attacks in Canada last year.

School board advocates for post-pandemic recovery funds Julie MacLellan

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The New Westminster school board wants to make sure B.C.’s school districts get stable and secure funding from the province to help with post-pandemic recovery.

The school board voted

April 27 to support a report from the B.C. School Trustees Association.That report, which was published in March, calls on the province to provide continuing post-pandemic funding for six priorities: mental health, vulnerable learners, food security, cleanliness, connectivity

and financial resources.

“It is recognized and appreciated that boards of education received additional funding to mitigate pandemic response-related costs,” said a background report from trustee Danielle Connelly, presented to the board’s operations committee on April 13.

“However, moving forward, school districts will require pandemic recovery funding to meet operating needs, as well as additional needs identified in the report.”

Connelly’s report acknowledges the province is facing post-pandemic economic pressures but says it

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“The pandemic highlighted the important role school services and programming provide in communities,” the report says. “It is time to actualize the predictable and stable funding necessary to

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Trustees voted to write to B.C. Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside advocating for “adequate and secure funding” to support the six post-pandemic priorities outlined in the BCSTA report.

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City $4M surplus helps school district’s 2021/22 budget Julie MacLellan

jmaclellan@newwestrecord.ca

Better-than-expected reserves at the end of this school year are helping the New Westminster school district to tackle a structural deficit heading into 2021/22.

The New Westminster school board gave two readings to the 2021/22 budget at its Tuesday night meeting, sending it to the May 25 board meeting for final adoption.

Secretary-treasurer Bettina Ketcham told trustees the district expects to end this school year with a surplus of more than $4.3 million.

It will use some of that money to offset a structural deficit of more than $1.8 million – much of

which stems from the decline in fees from international students. Part of that decline is COVID-related, and part stems from the fact that the district has reduced its international enrolment from a high of 400 students to a maximum of 200 because of space pressures at the new NWSS. The district has also found “efficiencies” to the tune of $500,000 by trimming spending in a variety of areas across the board.

It is also adding $816,000 in new spending to work on some of the priorities that were discussed in its recent budget consultation process.

Key among those priorities, as presented by superintendent Karim Hachlaf in his recommendations

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The 2021/22 budget includes funding for 1.7 new counselling positions in the district and $100,000 to finish the new wellness centre community hub at NWSS for a September 2021 opening.

Another priority area was health and safety in the face of the continued uncertainty around the pandemic.

The budget provides $90,000 for six part-time daytime custodians to work in schools from September to December – spending that will be revisited during the 2021/22 school year to determine if it should continue.

See www.newwestrecord. ca for more coverage of the budget.

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City Police ‘disappointed’ by liaison decision But NWPD’s chief says police will continue to support city youth Theresa McManus

tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca

The school liaison officer program may be cancelled, but New West police are committed to supporting local youth.

Last month, the school board voted in favour of immediately ending the school district’s child and youth liaison officer program.

The board also directed staff to collaborate with the New Westminster Police Department in the “redesign of our relationship” moving forward.

Chief Const. Dave Jansen of the New Westminster Police Department said police will be reporting back to the police board on the issue.

“We are going to have a report for the board and

find a way to move forward,” he said. “But it’s not going to change how we deal with the community as far as being there.”

Jansen said he was “disappointed” about the decision to eliminate the two school liaison officers from local schools but noted the NWPD’s youth-at-risk officer position – which also deals with private and independent schools and other programs in the city – isn’t impacted by the school board’s decision.

“They are going to continue to be a resource for youth at risk, and supporting families and youth wherever we are needed and wanted,” he said.

Jansen said the two school liaison officers had been redeployed to the road during COVID and will now be returned to

frontline operations. decided we were ready to NWPD representatives make a decision, we did have been in communicaso together, based on the tion with school officials. many months of review“We will work closely ing evidence-based rewith the school district search and hearing from about what their local advocates asks and needs and experts,” are and see how said school board we might be able chair Gurveen to assist them Dhaliwal in an to the best of emailed stateour ability and ment. “As we what they need,” move forward Jansen said. with the decision As part of its that was made, review of the liI anticipate that aison officer pro- Dave Jansen all the informagram, the school police chief tion we’ve gathdistrict sent out a ered, including survey to parents on April some of the feedback from 1 to get their input. the parent survey, will play “The board has not rea role in the district’s efceived the survey results forts to redefine our new – as we acknowledged and valued relationship that the consultation prewith the New Westminster viously planned was not police.” fully complete.When we

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Community Seniors invited to walk with Century House team

Congratulations to Antara Deb for winning the Grand Prize Package!

WalkTalk series set forWalk30 Challenge members

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New West seniors are invited to get walking and talking with Century House.

Century House is inviting community members to “walk together while apart” by signing up for the Walk30 Challenge and joining its team.

The Walk30 Burnaby/New West 2021 Challenge, running from May 10 to June 13, encourages people to walk 30 minutes a day and track the amount of time they spend walking.

Shelly Schnee, the city’s program coordinator for seniors, will be hosting a weekly Walk Talk series for members of the Century

House team.

“Let’s get together and talk about our walks.Walking has been a saving grace over these months of the pandemic, why not celebrate! We can talk about our favourite walks, trade walking ideas, tips on gear, how to prepare for the weather,” said a notice about the series. “All topics are open to discussion as long as they relate to walking.We can even share photos we have taken on our walks. Join in one week or all five.”

Walk Talk will run on Wednesdays from May 19 to June 16 from 1 to 2 p.m. on Zoom.To register in advance, go to www. tinyurl.com/CHWalkTalk.

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The Walk30 Challenge is an annual walking challenge between the residents of New Westminster and Burnaby, with the winning city earning bragging rights and the Golden Shoe trophy. New West won the 2018 and 2019 walking challenges, before last year’s event was cancelled because of COVID-19.

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News School district conducts survey on equity, racism What does it mean for the New Westminster school district to become anti-racist?

Community members have a chance to weigh in on that question this month as School District 40 moves ahead with the development of its anti-racism strategy.

The school district is conducting a survey that gives students, staff, parents and community members a chance to provide feedback on the issue.

The survey asks respondents for their personal experiences and observations around issues regarding racism, equity and inclusion in New Westminster schools.

At the April 27 school

board meeting, district principal of equity and inclusion Ravinder Johal noted the survey was developed with input from school district stakeholders, including students, staff, board members and senior staff.

The district will also host focus groups later in May.Those focus groups, which will hear from students, staff and parents, will be led by Bakau Consulting – the consulting firm the district has engaged to lead the creation of its anti-racism framework and strategy.

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Community Platinum Award winners named Theresa McManus

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Local individuals and organizations that make NewWestminster a great place to live were celebrated at this year’s Platinum Awards.

The awards, hosted by the NewWestminster Chamber of Commerce, recognize the efforts of those who are championing diversity and inclusion, environmental sustainability, community wellness, innovation and resilience.

“This year, we had 127 nominations, who were then offered the opportunity to submit a package for judging,” said Rnold Smith, executive director of the chamber of commerce. “Our judges, selected from local community leaders, then each provided an individual score for each nominee, which determined the Top 3 nominee finalists in each category.”

At that stage, he said a professional video was produced that highlighted the nominees’ accomplish-

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“We have done this by hosting community leaders to answer questions, creating virtual events that bring the community together, and communicating the needs of our community to all levels of government,” he said. “When we contemplated on how to adapt the awards to a virtual environment, supporting local enterprise was top of mind.”

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The virtual awards gala, held April 29, featured speakers including Mayor Jonathan Cote, Qayqayt First Nation Chief Rhonda Larrabee and NewWestminster MLA Jennifer Whiteside. It also featured “bad dad jokes” from each of the presenters and the event’s MCs. “Despite some technical glitches, the combination of casual networking, entertaining presentations, and the inspiring videos of our nominee finalists made for an enjoyable night,” said the press release. “The entire gala can be viewed on our production partner’s website NewWest.

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Arts & Entertainment NWSS student art examines Canada through a Black lens The faces that grace a booklet of artwork by New Westminster Secondary School students aren’t just an exercise in portraiture.

They’re an exercise in anti-racism and in re-examining Canada’s past and present through a Black lens.

The halls of the new high school recently featured a display of portraiture and tessellation work by art students in grades 9 through 12.The artwork has been turned into a booklet, including writeups by students about their work, and is now available for viewing on the New Westminster school district’s website at www.new westschools.ca.

The project started with Black History Month, which is recognized in February, when students

researched prominent figures from Black history in Canada and were challenged by art teacher Ms. LeBlanc to represent their contributions in blackand-white tessellation patterns.The artwork was to be equal parts black and white to symbolize the need for equal representation – not just in contemporary society, but in the re-examination of history.

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“The students generally enjoyed learning about historical and contemporary events and figures that they previously did not know about,” said Ravinder Johal, district principal for equity and inclusion. “But, at the same time, a com-

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LEIGHTON, Rita Blanche April 11, 1925 − April 6, 2021 LACASSE, Jacques Joseph November 26, 1950 - April 29, 2021 My sweet Jacques died peacefully in my arms on April 29, 2021 at RCH. Jacques is deeply loved and missed by his wife Catherine (Fleming), little Molly, sister-in-law Peggy and brother-in-law Mac (Jackie).

Lovingly survived by his siblings, Sr. Rollande, Carmen, Ghislaine (Jacques), Réal (Micheline), Micheline (Guy), Ginette (Jacques), Marjolaine, and his god daughter Claudie Coté.

Jacques was predeceased by his parents, Jean-Marie Lacasse and Thérèse Prince, siblings, Raymonde (Paul), Jeannine (Émile), Loulou, Richard, Jocelyne and brother-in-law Luc, and Richard Fleming.

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Rita Leighton’s radiant arch of life began in Kenora, ON, on April 11, 1925, and ended on April 6, 2021, in New Westminster, BC, 5 days short of her 96th birthday. She died in the comfort of her home, attended by friends and held in the loving long− distance embrace of family. Left to celebrate her remarkable life are her youngest sister, Myrna (George); and special nieces, Sheryl (and husband, Lou Grande) and Sandra Dube; together with a wide scattering of nieces, nephews, and friends whom Rita cherished. She was predeceased by her parents, Sydney Stanley and Yvonne Leighton; partner, Ken Stephensen; son, Danny Braben; and siblings, Earl, Ron, Chuck, Don, Gerry, and Mona (Uttley).

No stranger to adversity, a veteran of WWII, and champion of starting over, Rita surmounted disappointment in marriage and, as a single parent, determined to provide the best opportunity for her cardiac compromised son. She sought and secured innovative surgical intervention for him before federally funded medicare came into force.

Consequently, diminutive Danny grew into a strapping Yukon trailblazer. Rita’s working life featured a variety of narratives, including stenographer, restaurateur, hairdresser, small business venturer, sales rep and union organizer, upholding the theme of "family first" throughout.

She unfailingly held out a hand to those in need, deeply understanding the capricious nature of life.

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Special thanks to friends Tom, Louisa and Vic in addition to valued Veterans Affairs Canada and Fraser Health home support professionals.

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WEEKLY SPECIALS! Prices Effective May 13 - 19, 2021.

100% BC OWNED AND OPERATED

Beef Ribeye Steaks Grass Fed, Value Pack from New Zealand

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