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From left, Jordan Letoria of PrinceGeorge ,Kar-HeiNgofBurnaby and Eleanor Szabo of Colwood take part in Camp Igniteatthe Queensborough firehall. The NewWestminster firedepartment co-hosted the three-day camp with Vancouver and Abbotsford, bringing teenagegirls from around B.C. to the LowerMainland to take part in avariety of activities designed to introduce them to the world of firefighting. In total, 27 teenagerstook part in the camp —and photographer Jennifer Gauthier wasonhand on Day 1totakephotos. Check outafeature storyand morephotocoverage on page 9onthis edition, andfind morephotography online at www.newwestrecord.ca PHOTO JENNIFERGAUTHIER CAMP IGNITE OPENS DOORS in city: census NaveenaVijayan nvijayan@newwestrecord.ca

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Officialsgathered at the college’sNewWest campusTuesday morning to announce funding for 808 Royal, anew 20-storey building with 368 student beds,academicspace and parking.

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NewWestminster MLA JenniferWhiteside saidshe hasfond memories of her time at Douglas College, whichshe attendedbeforemoving on to Simon Fraser University “Students need aplace to call home that is affordableand allows them time and spacetostudy,” saidWhiteside,who is B.C.’s educationminister. “Werecognize howimportantaccess to housing is foryoung people and howintegralitistotheir post-secondaryexperi ence.” Mandarin, Punjabi mostwidely spoken

LIVEANDLEARN: An artist’s rendering of 808 Royal, aproposed 20-storey building that would include student housing and academic spaces forDouglas College.The provinceannounced morethan $200 million in funding forthe projectduring amedia event heldatthe college on Tuesdaymorning.

“Weknowpost-secondary studentsneedaccesstoaffordable housing that is close to the school that they go to.Wedon’t want post-secondary students to be worried about aplace to call home, when they arealready busy with classes, withwriting papers,withtaking exams,” said Anne Kang, B.C’s minister of advanced education andskills training.“With that in mind, Iamsoexcitedtoshare thatthe B.C. government is providing thelargestinvestment ever made in B.C. in ourpost-second aryinstitutions for student housing and an academicspace, right here at Douglas College’sNew Westminster campus.” Kangsaidthe “historic investment”will have apositiveimpact on the lives of post-secondary students and theirfamilies, as well as local renters in NewWestminster. She said the$292 5 million project includes $202.3 million inprovincial fund ingand $90.2 million from Douglas Instead of commuting to college, Kang saidstu dents willbeabletofocus ontheir studies, have fun making new friends and getting involved in com munity life at Douglas College. “Housing is so importanttothiscritical stage of life for students, and student housing is creat ing independence for stu dents,”she said. “Not only that, butthis project will helprentersinNewWestminster as it takes pressure off thelocal rental market.”

The provincial govern ment is making a“historic investment”instudent housingatDouglas College in NewWestminster.

“The 808Royal project will be transformational for Douglas, forour students,for ourcommunity,”said Douglas College president KathyDenton. “Forthe firsttime in our history, we’ll have stu dentsliving on campus, students fromacross the LowerMainland,across the province and around the world.” Dentonsaidthe proj ect willprovide avastly expanded, modernacademic space thateveryone can enjoy, as well as more than 360student living and learning spaces in an inclusiveand welcoming environment.

“Students often have longcommutestoschool, and are met withless time to study ortospend making connections withothers,”she said. “Thereare averylimitedamount of spaces thatstudentshave to meaningfullyinteract with oneanother on a consistent basis.”

The province stated construction of 808 Royal is anticipated to beginin summer 2023, with completion slated for summer of 2026. (The projecthas not yetbeen considered or approvedbycitycouncil.)

$292M studenthousing complexplanned

KrystynLlagas, amar keting student at Douglas College, saidthe expansion of Douglas College to provide on-campushousing,more classrooms and amenities is an amazing investment for the wellbeing and successoffuture students.

Llagas said thenew building will provide an opportunity for students to build those connections and friendships that they’re expectingfrom their college experience. She saidstudent housing will benefit students and help them achieve abetter education-work-lifebalance. “Trying to afford a place to live on top of grocerylists, textbooks and tuitionfees ishonestly impossiblefor students,”she said. “This expansionwill alleviate many of the stressorsthatstudents face during their time in college.”

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New West Record • THURSDAY,August 25,2022 3 West. Mandarin, Punjabi,Yue (Cantonese)and Spanishare the other most widely spoken languages. But if youtake theentire province, Punjabi ranks thehighest, followed by Mandarin,Yue(Cantonese)and onlythen,Ta galog. Today, alot morepeople have anon-official language as theirmother tongueinNewWest about 4,500 more compared to 2016. The number of people who speak multiple mother tongues has al most doubled in thelast five years— from 2,145 in 2016 to 4,025in2021. As farasthe official languages areconcerned, the number of English-only speakerssaw an uptick of 12 per cent, and the count of French-only speakers slumped by 25per cent.

Continuedfrompage1 Tagalog,

20-storey RoyalAvenue building will provide 368 beds,plus academic space forDouglas College

Overall, BritishColumbiasaw agrowth of 8.1 percent of English-only speakersand adrop of French-only speakersby 1.1 percent. TheresaMcManus tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca

“Wecould not be more excitedabout this new project,”she toldacrowd gathered at Douglas College. “It willformagatewaytodowntown New Westminster, creating avibrant new college district forthe city.”

Trying to afford aplace to liveon top of grocery lists,textbooks and tuition fees is honestly impossible for students.

According to the province, the new building will have 368 student beds in one-,two-, andfour-bed units, as well as academic space, including new classrooms, student collaborationspace, labs and offices,and food services With classes movingtothe new academicbuilding, space willbecomeavailable for other purposes, including apotential ex pansion of thecollege’s child-care facility

Monday, Aug. 29 6:00 pm Council Meeting Council Chamber,City Hall Meetingheld electronically and open to public attendance

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City Council will consider givingﬁrst,second and thirdreadings to BylawNo. 8356,2022 at its meetingonAugust29, 2022.The meetingwill be open to public attendanceand broadcastliveonthe City’s website. It can be viewedbygoingto www.newwestcity.ca/council and clickingonthe Council meetinginthe meeting calendar Jacque Killawee, City Clerk

City Council will consider givingﬁrst,second and thirdreadings to BylawNo. 8348,2022 at its meetingonAugust29, 2022.The meetingwill be open to public attendanceand broadcastliveonthe City’s website. It can be viewedbygoing to www.newwestcity.ca/council and clickingonthe Council meetinginthe meeting calendar Jacque Killawee, City Clerk

MONDAY,AUGUST 29,2022 AT 6:00 PM Meetingheld electronically and open to public attendanceinCouncil Chamber,City Hall Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 8348, 2022 for 616 and 640 Sixth Street

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Under sections 464(2) and 467ofthe Local GovernmentAct MONDAY,AUGUST 29,2022 AT 6:00 PM Meetingheld electronically and open to public attendanceinCouncil Chamber,City Hall Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 8356, 2022 for 122 Eighth Avenue In accordancewith sections 464(2)and 467of the Local GovernmentAct the Corporation of the City of NewWestminsterwill not hold apublic hearingonZoning Amendment BylawNo. 8356,2022.Thisbylawwill rezone 122 Eighth Avenue from Single Detached Residential Districts (RS-1) to Comprehensive DevelopmentDistrict(122 Eighth Avenue) (CD-97).The CD-97 Zone would allowa duplexwith aFloor SpaceRatio (FSR)of 0.60 and aheightof7.62 m. (25 ft.), which is consistent with other duplexzones in the city.Parkingfor twovehicles would be accommodatedincarports at the rear of the property.Secondarysuites would notbepermitted. Please note thatthis bylawisproceedinginorder to correctan administrativeerror associatedwith BylawNo. 8325, 2022 which Council previously approvedtoallowthis development, and Council has repealed BylawNo. 8325, 2022 Therehavebeen no changestothe proposed development.

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In accordancewith sections 464(2) and 467ofthe Local GovernmentAct the Corporation of the City of New Westminsterwill nothold apublic hearing on ZoningAmendmentBylawNo. 8348, 2022.Anapplication has been received to amend ComprehensiveDevelopment(616 and 640Sixth Street) (CD-80)District.The existingzoning permits a29-storey,mixeduse buildingconsistingof237 secured market rental and strata units, groundﬂoor commercial space, and atotal FSR of 6.46.ADevelopmentVariancePermit wasapprovedin2020 to convert100%ofpermitted units to secured market rental. Theamendmentproposes to increase the totalnumber of units to 338,and increase FSRto7.41. Allunits would be secured market rental, including10nearmarket housingunits. Theoverall buildingheightwould remain unchanged, while the podium heightwould be increased from three to four storeys, and the tower ﬂoorplate would be increased from 689sq. m. to 752.5sq. m. Thetotal number of proposed underground parkingstalls would be decreased from 313 to 271in exchange formeasuresthatwould reducerelianceonprivate vehicles. Please note thatthis bylawisproceedinginorder to correctanadministrativeerror associated with BylawNo. 8348,2022 which wasunder Council consideration, and Council has rescinded all readingsofBylawNo. 8348,2022.Therehavebeen no further changestothe proposed development

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Monday, Aug. 29 3:00 pm Council Workshop Council Chamber,City Hall Meetingheld electronically and open to public attendance

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Work is also underway alongEastSixth Avenue between Cumberland Street and McBride Boulevard to relocate aportion of the CrosstownGreenway.Access to the Greenway section behind Canada Games Pool is no longerbeaccessible as of Aug. 24,2022.The newtemporary Greenway will nowcontinue alongEastSixth Avenue and connectwith the existingGreenway near Shiles Street.The temporaryGreenway will remain in placeuntil the newfacility opens in late 2023. and ablanket or and enjoyaneveningoffreemusic in the park.This concertseries will spotlightover100 2SLGBTQ+communities. featureafood

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In accordancewith sections 464(2)and 467of the Local GovernmentAct theCorporation of the City of NewWestminsterwill nothold apublic hearingonZoningAmendmentBylaw No.8354,2022.Thisbylawwill rezone 817 St.AndrewsStreetfromSingle Detached Residential Districts (RS-1) to Comprehensive DevelopmentDistrict(817St. Andrews Street) (CD-17). TheCD-17 Zone would allow atriplexwith aFloor SpaceRatio (FSR)of 0.75 and aheightof7.62 m. (25 ft.), which is consistent with other forms of inﬁll housing, such as duplexes, in the city.Parkingfor three vehicles would be accommodatedincarports at the rear of the property.Please note thatthis bylawisproceedinginorder to correctanadministrativeerror associatedwith BylawNo. 8323, 2022 which Council previously approved to allowthis development, and Council has repealed BylawNo. 8323, 2022.Therehavebeen no changestothe proposed development.

Under sections 464(2)and 467ofthe Local GovernmentAct MONDAY,AUGUST 29,2022 AT 6:00 PM Meetingheld electronically and open to public attendanceinCouncil Chamber,City Hall

Please be advised of the changestothe Centennial Community Centre parkinglot and the temporaryrelocation of the CrosstownGreenwayaccess route.

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To accommodate the removalofCanada Games Pool, the Centennial Community Centre parking lothas been reconﬁgured. As of Aug. 24,2022,access and egress is limited to the south driveway as notedonthe map below. Parkingislimited to three hoursand will be strictly enforced.

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From August18to29, 2022,the proposed bylawand relatedmaterial areavailable for inspection at LegislativeServices, City Hall 8:30amto4:30pmMondaytoFriday, and online at: www.newwestcity.ca/publicnotices City Council will consider givingﬁrst,second and thirdreadings to BylawNo. 8324,2022 at its meetingonAugust29, 2022.The meetingwill be open to public attendanceand broadcastliveonthe City’s website. It can be viewedbygoingto www.newwestcity.ca/council and clickingonthe Council meetinginthe meeting calendar Jacque Killawee, City Clerk

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From August18to29, 2022,the proposed bylawand relatedmaterial areavailable for inspection at LegislativeServices, City Hall 8:30amto4:30pmMondaytoFriday, and online at: www.newwestcity.ca/publicnotices City Council will consider givingﬁrst,second and thirdreadings to BylawNo. 8354,2022 at its meetingonAugust29, 2022.The meetingwill be open to public attendanceand broadcastliveonthe City’s website. It can be viewedbygoing to www.newwestcity.ca/council and clickingonthe Council meetinginthe meeting calendar Jacque Killawee, City Clerk BYLAW

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Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 8354, 2022 for 817 St. Andrews Street

In accordancewith sections 464(2)and 467of the Local GovernmentAct the Corporation of the City of NewWestminsterwill nothold apublic hearingonZoningAmendmentBylaw No.8324, 2022.Thisbylawwill rezone 337 and 339Keary Street from Single Detached Residential Districts (RS-1) to Comprehensive DevelopmentDistrict(337and 339Keary Street)(CD-96).The CD-96 Zone would allow an infill townhouse developmentwith aFloor SpaceRatio (FSR)of1.00and aroofpeak heightof10.67 m. (35 ft.), which is consistent with infill townhouse zoningand development permit area guidelines as well as other infill townhouse projects in the city.Off-street residentand visitor parking(10 spaces total) would be accommodatedinattached garagesand parkingpads. Please note thatthis bylawisproceedinginorder to correct an administrativeerror associatedwith BylawNo. 8324,2022 which wasunder Council consideration, and Council has rescinded all readings of BylawNo. 8324,2022.There have been no changestothe proposed development.

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Thatapproach will be tested in the NDPleadership racetoreplaceHorgan. DavidEby,the former attorneygeneral, is a consensusfavorite to win the contest, butheisbeing challenged by noted climate change activist Anjali Appadurai. Appaduraiwants the party to abandon centrist policies and returntoits activist ways.Her positions on various issues —such as LNGand policing,to name just two—willlikely push Eby to adoptmore moderate positions, which could helphim redefine hisown image,one that dates back to his more ac tivist Opposition days. But no matter theout come of the leadership race, it isunlikelythe NDP will returntoaradical desire forchangethatwesaw beginning to unfold 50 yearsago next week. Keith Baldrey is chief po liticalreporter forGlobalBC.

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Looking back at historic NDP win Next week marks the 50th anniversaryofone of the most pivotal, groundbreaking moments in B.C. political history. It wasonAug. 30, 1972 thatthe NDP first came to powerinB.C. Over thecourse of alittlemore than three years, thenew government turned the province on its head and broughtinsweeping and colossal changesthatcontinue to reverberate today. They rangefromthings like ICBC, the Agricultural Land Reserve, an ex panded provincial park system,a labour code, building Robson Square and theWhistlerResort, to restoring the Parliament Buildings and banning the strap in schools. Thereisa new book out thatrecalls that time, and it is writtenbythe number 2person in that brief government— formercabinet minister BobWilliams, second onlytoPremier Dave Barrett when itcame to wielding power. Anyone interestedin B.C. historywould be wise to pick up acopyof Us ing PowerWell: BobWilliams andthe Making of British Columbia.Itpaints avivid picture of theyearsimmediatelyleading up to the NDP’swin in1972and its tumultuous time in government. It beinga memoir, it of course centres onWil liams’ actionsduring his time in power(as well as his path to powerand his post-politics life), butoverall this is avolume that catches the excitement and energythatobviously drove thatgovernmenton adaily basis. Ihavevague memories of thatgovernment, other than being delightedabout the ban on the strap(not that Ievercameclose to getting ataste of it). My father, alongtime supporter of the Social Credit government that the NDP replacedafter a20year run, muttered darkly about the “commies”tak ing over Compared to that near-revolutionarygroup of the1970s, today’sversion of an NDPgovernment is muchtamer in nature. Abig difference seems to be thatwhenthe NDPfirst came to power, it wassosurprised by that development it concluded thatrepeating an election win seemed unlikely, hence the idea to get everything done at once. Today’sNDP is taking a longer view.Italready won re-electionin2020and did so by making historic inroads in FraserValley and Okanagan seats, as its centrist approach to governing paid off. One of itsfirst critical decisions after coming to powerin2017 was to complete theconstruction of the Site Cdam. Thatdecision repudiated thepositionthe party had whileinOpposition, and Premier John Horgan told me at thetime that it wasanexample of shifting from “activism” to actually governing.

“When Lisa LaFlamme appeared on my screen with hershocking white hair, thewordscoming outofher mouth weren’t registeringand all thatI wasabsorbing wasthatwhiteness as bright as the sun.I’m not one to pretendnot to notice the white hairdo in the room.”

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From August18to29, 2022,the proposed bylawand relatedmaterial areavailable forinspection at LegislativeServices, City Hall 8:30amto4:30pmMondaytoFriday, and online at: www.newwestcity.ca/publicnotices City Council will consider givingﬁrst,second and thirdreadings to BylawNo. 8357,2022 at its meetingonAugust29, 2022 Themeetingwill be open to public attendanceand broadcastliveonthe City’s website. It can be viewedbygoingto www.newwestcity.ca/council and clickingonthe Council meetinginthe meetingcalendar Jacque Killawee, City Clerk

Editor: Isat in Queen’s Park recently watching diesel-engine-powered equipment street sweeping in NewWestminster.These machines run all day, unnecessarily pollutingour air.Itisdisappointingtohavedie sel-engine-poweredequipmentpollutingour air like this Iwas impressed to see citizens keeping streets clean by sweepingstreets byhand whenvisiting Morocco withfamily.Manual work like this is muchhealthier and more responsible than our sedentary, mechanized ways. If we areserious about protecting theair we breathe and the environment,weneed to reconsider our choices andthe changes we need to make. PaulEsslinger,NewWestminster

The2023 City of NewWestminsterCommunity Grant intake opens on Aug. 29,2022.The Community Grant programsupports organizations thatcontributetoand supportNew Westminsterinaninclusiveway

If youhaveanideafor aprojectorevent,need to receivemulti-year fundingfor sustainability,need a sporttravelgrant,orrequireCity services to support your event,let us knowbyapplyingfor agrant Thedeadline to receiveapplications is Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 at noon. Thedeadline fororganizations requesting agrant forCity services is Friday, Sept. 16,2022 Formoreinformation, please visit newwestcity.ca/grants Grants Information Session Avirtual information session will be held Thursday, Sept. 8, 6:00 pm. Email grants@newwestcity.ca to reserveyour spot.

In accordancewith sections 464(2) and467 of the Local GovernmentAct theCorporation of the City of NewWestminster will nothold apublic hearingonZoning AmendmentBylawNo. 8357,2022.This Bylawwill permit restaurant,café, liquor primarylicensed premises (e.g.pubs) or lounge endorsementareas (e.g.breweries, wineries)toconvert up to twononaccessible parkingstalls, or aloadingspace, forpatio use on private property.Patioslocatedonaloadingspacemustbe easily disassembled to continue providingloadingaccess forthe business. Please note thatthis bylawisproceedingin order to correctanadministrativeerror associatedwith BylawNo. 8317,2022 which Council previously approved to allow this rezoning, and Council has repealed BylawNo. 8317,2022.Therehavebeen no changestothe proposed rezoning.

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Editor: Re:Queenborough’sIntersectionof Doom (a.k.a HowesStreetand Ewen Street). Queensborough has come along way, and it is looking better everyday.Increased development and investment has also brought increased population and traffic. As aresult,gettinginand out of Queens borough is increasingly tricky business,asthe intersection of HowesStreetand Ewen Street wasdesigned fortimes and population levels of time gone by.The intersection hasnot been updatedfor nearly adecade, but population has increasedsignificantly Everyday,evenway beforerush hour starts andafter rush hour ends, lines of cars waiting to turn eitherHowesorEwenhavetowait30 minutes or even more. To avoid thetraffic,people turn around and head through the neighbourhood,making thingsworse.Asidefromthe wasted time, cars, SUVs and trucks spend hoursspewing toxic fumes into the neighbourhood. The question is, when willthe city act to improve this?Ithas gone on forsomany years, andthereis no signof action. What will happen when thereisanemer gencyand we need to leaveourneighbour hood? Howwill we get out? A.Alcantara Diesel street sweepers bad forour climate

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Community TheresaMcManus tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca Camp Ignite aims to spark an interest in firefighting among teenagegirls –and to inspire them to followtheir dreams no matter what careerpaththey pursue. NewWestminster,Vancouverand Abbotsford fire departmentshosted thisyear’sthree daycamp,whichintroduced 27 teenagers to the world of firefighting.

Ius, asuppression captainand training officer in NewWestminster, said firedepartments like participatinginthe program becauseofits educational value and outreach components.This year marked thethird time New West has helped host thecamp.

Ius, aformerdirector with Camp Ignite, has been involved in theprogram sinceitstarted 12 yearsago.She said it began after acouple of women fire fighters heardabout asimilar program offered in the U.S. “Thatkind of inspired one of them to think about it,”she said. “Then agroup of six of us got together, and literally sataround atable andtalked aboutit. It just grew from there.” Find out moreat www. campignite.com.

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Camp participants also gotto trytheir hand at hose handling —and that’snoeasy feat. “Wehad ahose handling station where they learned theergonomics of positioning yourself.It’snot agarden hose. It weighs alot, and it’s unwieldy,” Ius said. “Auto extrication they gottouse and see tools they’veprobably never seenbeforeand usethem to cut cars, createopenings.”

TeenagegirlsfromacrossB.C.attend three-day campinNewWest,Vancouverand Abbotsford

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“As an example, whatwedid in NewWest is we exposed them to ourtower aerial operations,” shesaid. “They gottoclimb the towerand get into the bucket of thetower andoperatethe tower.”

In its first years, most of the camp’sparticipants came from the LowerMainland, butitnow attracts girls from the Interior, Kootenays,VancouverIsland and other parts of the province “As partofthe group that first started it,wecouldn’tbehappierthatit’sbeen as successful as it’sbecome, and so much so that it’sgoingtomorph into separate camps throughout the province,” Ius said. “Thatsaysa lot about thehardwork that wasput in by all themembersthathaveseen the program to fruition.”

“An end goal of thecamp, at its foundation, has always been to empowergirls, so that they could knowthatthey couldbe anything thattheywanted to be, with enough work, experience, exposure andthatkind of thing,” said Capt. KathyIus of New Westminster Fire andRescue Services.“It’spresenting them with alternative careers.” Camp Ignite kickedoff at the Queensborough firehall on Friday, Aug.5,beforemoving on to fire hallsinVancouver (Day2) and Abbotsford (Day3). Iussaid NewWestminster Fire and RescueServicedeveloped avariety of activities thatwere meanttobefun, challenging and informative.

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“It’s agreatexperience for the department to have overall,” Ius said.“There’snothingmore satisfying than mentoring and promoting youth.I think those things all combined is what makes it so attractive for adepartment to host.”

The NewWest venue alsoincluded a fitnessstation, where firefighters talked about the importanceofstaying fit and healthy, and ateam-building challenge station. Ius saidit’salwaysgreattosee the connectionsgirls make with their peers at Camp Ignite. “When they all first arrive, they don’tknoweach other.But within that first day, solid bonds are being made. Alot of it is in partbecause of the activities that we do,which intrinsically employteamwork andtrust,and re lationship building. So Ithink thatthere’sthatpiece that connects with these girls as well,” she said. “The sortofbyproduct of allthis is thattheyget to see and do some of thethingsthat we (firefighters)do.”

FUTUREFORWARD: Charlee HughesofPort Moodyoperates the hose at Day 1ofCamp Ignite, held at the Queensborough firehall. Twenty-sevengirls from around B.C.attended the camp

Traditional meets modern: Evelyn Gingrich’squilts the walls at Plaskett Galleryuntil the end of the month. Aug. 31.

By thetime Gingrich wasdone with it, she found herself deeply at tached to it. Butsince she hadalreadycommitted the piece to afriend, she had to let it go. There have also been timeswhen Gingrich has abandoned afew quilts midway.“Thereare some that just went to the back of thecloset;there arestill some in the backofthe closet.” These quilts maybe fetched againand worked on at somepoint. But Gingrich is in no hurry “I’m aprocess quilter; Idoitbecause Ienjoy the process.I’m not aproduction quilter; Idon’t make quilts to produce things,” she said. “I’venever gone into the business side of things. Some peoplehaveencouraged me to setupaweb site,but Ihaven’tdone thatbecause I’mafraid it’lltakethe joyout of do ing it.”

TRADITIONAL MEETS MODERN Gingrich first learned the artfromher grandmother whenshe waseight yearsold. Both hermother and grandmother were quilters.Theywere froma farming community and madequilts fromscraps for “strictlypracticalreasons.” “But still, the artistry wasthere,”she said. “They would roll over in their graves if they saw me buying expensivecloth (Gingrich uses 100 per centcotton fabrics) and cutting it up —it’snot something they would ever have conceived of doing.” She learned thetradi tionalblock patterns from hergrandmother, butover the years, Gingrich developed her ownstyle amix of modern (“more geometric-lookingwith bold and clean lines, larger pieces and ofteninsolid colours”) and traditional

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NaveenaVijayan nvijayan@newwestrecord.ca Evelyn Gingrich has made 70-oddquilts in the lastfour decades.But none of them wasfor sale. Whiletwo of her quilts made money at an auction, Gingrich clarified, “That’snever thepurpose. That’snever my intent in making them. Imake them because it’ssomethingthatgives me joy.” Some quilts take monthstocraft, butdespite thetoil, Gingrich never puts aprice on them.Instead, “they have been either gifted to charities or to friends andfam ily,”said the NewWest based artist. Gingrich’s quilts have reached several women’sshelters, new immigrants and victims of accident, among others, through local religious or ganizations and the Burn aby-basednon-profit Pa cific SpiritQuilters’ Guild. There arejustahandful of herquilts thatshe kept for herself —14of them (including one that wasmade 12 yearsago) arecurrently on display as part of the exhibition Comforting Coloursat MasseyTheatre’s Plaskett Gallery. Sometimes, sheadmits, it’shard to letgoofquilts thatrequired hoursofeffortand attention. “It happened just fairly recently —I wasmaking onethat hadsomanymistakesin the patternthatitwas an experience I’dnever had before.”

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Head on down to the Saturday night fireworks courtesy of the Hyack Festival Association. festival running from 1to9:30 p.m. at Westminster Quay

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Watch thesky sparkle over theFraser River. Hyack Festival Association plans a dazzling firework showasaway to bid adieu to summer.The festival, which is aptly called Farewell to Summer Fireworks Festival, will include 30-odd vendorsselling handmade products, plus entertainment, food and family funonthe boardwalk along the waterfront atWestminster Quay.

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“Goingintoa new countrywith anew language, not knowing asingle person in the new place, feelinga little bit lostand trying to getyourself settled in .through all that, quilting wasavery comforting thingfor me to do,” sherecalled.

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All ablaze: Fireworks will lightupthe sky over the Fraser River this Saturday, thanks to the Hyack Festival Association’s Farewell to Summer FireworksFestival.

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The Farewell to Sum mer FireworksFestival gets underway along the boardwalk at 1p.m.featuring about 30 vendorswho will be sellingartisanproducts, food and otheritems. Immigrant Services So cietyofB.C. willbehost ing akids’zone,something it offeredatthe HyackFestival inTipperaryPark, which wasonthe same day as this year’sHyack International Parade.

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TheresaMcManus tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca Fireworkswill light up the skies over the Fraser River at the first-everFarewell to SummerFireworks Festival in NewWest. Vendors, live entertain mentand fireworks are featured at the eventthat’s being hosted by theHyack Festival Association. It’s taking place on Saturday, Aug. 27 from 1to9:30 p.m. on NewWestminster’s waterfront.

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The HyackFestival As sociationwill also be set ting up its float near thetin soldier, along with membersofthe ambassador team,tobeavailablefor photoops Liveentertainment,including musicand dancers, is settotake place on the boardwalk from 5to 9p.m., with a fireworks display plannedtohit the skies over theMighty Fraser sometime between 9and 9:30 p.m. Giventhatit’sthe first timeHyack has held this event,the association will see howitgoesand determine if it willbeheld in future years, especially if fireworks aren’t partof the city’splansfor Canada DayinNewWest.

SheilaSharma,executivedirector of the Hyack Festival Association,said the association normally puts on a fireworks display as part of itsCanada Day event, butthatdidn’thap pen this year.Inresponse to some community mem bers’concerns that the fireworksdisplay wasn’t held on July 1, the association has pivoted andwill host its first-ever Farewell to Summer Fireworks Festival. “We’re really, really happy to bring them fireworks,” she said. “There were so many disappointed people.”

Sharma hopes community members will turn out for the Farewell to Sum merFireworksFestival just as theydid for the association’s HyackFestival in Tipperary Park in May. “We’re getting the word outasmuch as we can. We’rehopingthatthey comeout. And if it’sany thing likewhathappened with the parade andfestival, thenthey’ll be there.”

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Many people receiving home and communitycareservice areassisted by friends and/or family members.Respite services can give family/friend caregivers temporaryrelief from the emotional and physical demands of caring fora friend or family member,and provide an opportunityto participate in community activities.Respiteservices maybe provided at home through home supportservices, in communitythrough adult dayservices,orona short-term basis in aresidential carefacility, hospiceor other communitycaresetting.Respiteservices aresuitable if your family member or friend caring foryou could benefit from abreak from their caregiving responsibilities.Taken from: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/ accessing-health-care/home-community-care/ care-optionsand-cost/caregiver-respite-relief

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At this month’sevent, Fraser River DiscoveryCentrestaff will help guests learnabout these foods,witha focus on suchtopics as: Indigenous fishing techniques.This will include aguided demonstration based on information foundinthe OurBones are MadeofSalmon ex hibit, which wascreated in partnership withMusqueamelderLarry Grant and Stó:lō cultural advisor Dr.SonnyMcHalsie Thenutrients carried by the Fraser’scurrent with a“depositionbowlingactivity” Amap showing the bounty of foods thatcome out of the FraserValley “Families with children of allagesare welcome to this event,”Bruyneel said in anewsrelease. “And it will also be safe, as all activities areconsistent with ourupdated COVID health andsafety plan, including the needto pre-register.” Formoreinformation or to pre-register forthe event, whichrunsfrom 10 a.m. to 4p.m., go to www. fraserriverdiscovery.org Pre-registration for Super Saturdays includespaid admission to theDiscov eryCentre. Located at 788Quayside Dr.,Fraser River Discovery Centre offers avariety of programs and exhibits related to various aspects of theFraser River

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TheresaMcManus tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca Howdoesthe Fraser River make food possible? That’saquestion being explored at thismonth’s SuperSaturdays eventat Fraser River Discovery Centre. Heldonthe lastSatur dayofevery month,SuperSaturdaysisa seriesof public programs providing family-friendly activities. Each monthfocuses on a differenttopic related to the Mighty Fraser “TheFraserValley basin is fulloffertilefarms and fabulousfoods, many of which we have the Fraser River to thank for,” saidStephen Bruyneel, FRDC’sdirector of external relationsand development. “Familiesare invited to join us on Aug. 27 to learn about some of them as part of our next Super Saturdays.”

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The back-to-school countdown clockhas ticked down to less than threeweeks— and, while NewWestminster kidsare making the mostofthese finalcarefree days of sunshine, we want to gather your opinions. If you’re among the students, parents, caregivers and staffcounting down the days till the startofthe 2022/23 school year, then we want to knowwhat’sonyour mind. With the Oct. 15 municipal election on thehorizon, the Record is sur veying readersto find out what issues are most important on theeducation front.Whatwill you be considering whenyou head to thepolls to mark your ballot for trustee candidates? We’vereviewed the headlines ofthe past school year andcome up witha list of issuesfor you to choose from. Youcan checkout the options and vote in our informalpoll at www. tinyurl.com/NWRecord EducationSurvey Your voteswillhelpto informour coverage of the election campaign this fall, in advance of the Oct 15 election.

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Pride: The Senior Gay Straight Alliance at Century House marked its 10th anniversary with a hoedown. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

NaveenaVijayan nvijayan@newwestrecord.ca Agood old-fashioned hoedownmight seem like an anomaly in an age whereTikTok’s ‘slap dance’ kick-starts atrend. But on the afternoon of Aug. 9, about 70 people showeduptoCentury House foraline dancing event organizedbythe Se nior GayStraight Alliance. The hoedownishow the group celebrates Pride everyyear.Ithas been doing so since 2015. But this year wasextra special.Besides supporting PrideWeek (Aug. 5to13), it also marked the10-year anniversaryofthe club. The localgroup became Canada’sfirst gaystraight clubset in aseniors’ centre. Club chairRobert Hughes, whohas been amember since the be ginning,said the ideafor starting agroup that’sinclusiveofall sexual orientations and gender iden tities wasinspired by a 2010-released documentarycalled Gen Silent The one-hour movie threw lightonthe discrimination thatsome LGBTQ2S+ seniorsfaced because of theirsexuality. “Several people from Century House Associa tionwent to aconference in San Franciscoand saw the documentary.They then arranged to have it shown at CenturyHouse. Out of that came acall to have an activity group,” saidHughes.

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The group meets up ev erysecondWednesdayof the month —either online or face to face. “Roughly,maybe, about half of the people that come do notidentify as LGBTQ2S+, and are straight or cisgender.It’sa place where everyone can meet.” They gather to watch educationaldocumentaries, engage in activities withLGBTQ2S+youth, and collaborate with New Westminster Secondary School. In 2017, the group did asurveyofcare facilities in NewWestminster.The questionnaire highlighted theissues of aging in the community —particularly among LGBTQ2S+ seniorsincertaincarefacilities “Thatwas kindof groundbreaking.Wehad face-to-face meetings with the management of those facilities, and they were all very open to recognizing thatthey could improve.”

ForHughes, personally,being partofthe alliancehas helped broaden his mind “One of the things that Ican think of is thatsome of the education that we’ve had on transgender issues has been really helpful and clarified some thingsfor me,” he said. To join theevents and meet-ups organized by Senior GayStraightAlliance, checkout www.tinyurl.com/ CenturyHouseSGSA.

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The first co-chairs were the lateVance McFadyen, founder of RoyalCity Pride Society (nowNew West Pride) and Patricia Smith, recalled Hughes. McFayden helped organize the firstNewWest Pride Festival in 2010. Therewere abouta dozen membersinthe original group.Now,there are as manyas60. “Wekind of follow the samemodel thatgay straight alliances followin high schools. It’ssupposed to be asafe space. People don’thavetodeclare their sexual orientation or gender identity when they come.”

It is important to note thatthe growth in this populationwill have wide implications for govern ment andpolicymakers, especially aroundhealth, housing,long-term care and managementofsevere climatechanges As well as an increased life expectancy, older peo ple areleadingmore ac tivelives.Peopleare better offeconomically,stayinvolved in communitylonger and for the most part are healthier.However, the StatCan report says,“As more seniors are living to 85 andbeyond, an Canadian data shows mixed picturefor seniors Here to stay: Seniors are living longer and remaining part of the workforce for longer, according to recent Statistics Canada data. PHOTO MORSA IMAGES/DIGITALVISION/GETTYIMAGES

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MargaretCoates AsWe Agecontributor As StatisticsCanada rolls out itslatest information about Canada’spopulation, Iwondered what they found in theolder personcategory. Iwanted to know how theaverage senior fares in oursocietyand what roles older people play in thecommunity.Aswell, I wonderediftheycan navigate safely in oursociety andwhether they are disproportionately affected by abuse or by world events such as climate change and COVID-19 and its variants. Some of whatIfound maysurpriseyou given the often-direnews we hear aboutseniorswho are negatively affected by dismalhealth-care sit uations, severe climate changeevents(remember the heatdome whichadversely impacted so many seniorsinB.C.), more and more scams perpetrated againstseniorsand so on. It seems there is amix of information from StatCan, and corroboratedbyothers, that there is bothgood andbad news relativeto an older Canadian. Accordingtothe StatCanweb pages, the popu lation of older people has increased. It wasfound that thereare seven million people aged 65 and older, whichrepresents nearlyone in fiveCanadi ans (19 per cent), up from 16.9 per cent in 2016 Significantly,aswell, older people are living longer.A fun fact, as of July 1, 2021,itwas recorded thatthere are12,822centenarians in Canada —a 16-per-cent increasefrom 2016. StatCanalsofound that“Seniorsaged 85 and older aregrowinginnumber andasa proportion of thepopulation.The growth of this population will accelerate even further in coming years, as the first babyboomer cohorts will turn 85.”Thebaby boomerslike me, born be tween1946 and 1965,are the largestgeneration in Canadian history.

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On the StatCan web pages, it wasfound that older people supplymuch of thecaregivingfor their aging family and friends. Supportingthis fact, the Canadian Associationof Retired People says “This unpaid labour, estimated at $25-billionannually, is beingshouldered by millions of Canadians, over onemillion of whomare over age 65.” Many seniorssaidthey felt safe in community despite some increasesinelderabuse andscamstar getingolderpeople.A report by Shana Conroy andDanielle Sutton, Canadian Centre forJustice, and Community Safety Statistics says,“Most seniorswere somewhat or very satisfied withtheir personalsafety fromcrime (82 percent),perceived their neighbourhood as havingalower amountof crimethanother areas in Canada (77per cent)and reporteda somewhator very strong senseofcom munitybelonging (72 per cent).”

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Older people areworkinglonger,manyuptothe retirementage of 65 and some beyond that cut-off StatCan says,“Compared withtwo decadesago, more seniors remained activeinthe labourmar ket in theirlate60sand into their 70s. Seniors with abachelor’sdegreeor higher and thosewithout privateretirement income were more likelytowork than otherseniors.” Men were more likely than womentocontinue to work, possibly because many women leavethe work force to takeonthe caregiving roleintheir families StatCan says that “although COVID-19has affected allCanadians, seniorsare particularly vulnerabletoits health impacts,including ahigher risk of hospitalization, healthcomplications, and death.”They alsosay as seniorsare morelikelyto live alone or in an institution, thathealth measures meant to keep older peo plesafe paradoxically put them at risk of social isolation whichisarguably a severe andcritical issue for seniors.

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