Royal City Record November 27 2013

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City hikes utility rates Electrical up 7 per cent, water 6 per cent, and sewer jumps 8.5 per cent

BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

New Westminster residents are facing hikes to water, sewer, solid waste and electrical services in 2014.

In the coming year, electrical rates are expected to increase by seven per cent in 2014, water rates will rise by six per cent, sewer rates will grow by 8.5 per cent and solid waste rates will nudge up one per cent.

Gary Holowatiuk, the city’s director of finance and information technology, said the rates need to be in place so they can take effect on Jan. 1, 2014. He said the utility budgets reflect “significant” increases from service providers such as B.C. Hydro and costs of replacing aging infrastructure, which is something that comes with being one of the oldest municipalities in British Columbia.

New Westminster, the only municipality in the Lower Mainland that owns and operates an electrical distribution system, is proposing seven per cent increases in electrical utility rates. Holowatiuk said those are “identical” to increases the city faces from B.C. Hydro. The electrical utility has a $41 million budget for 2014, including $25 million to purchase electricity at a wholesale rate from B.C. Hydro. The budget also includes funds for salaries, materials and supplies, contract services, as well as contributions to electrical utility reserves and transfers to the city’s general operations and capital reserves.

Holowatiuk said New Westminster still has one of the lowest electrical utility fees in North America.

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Honoured youth: New Westminster secondary student Keila Stark was named Junior Citizen of the Year at the Platinum Awards on Nov. 21. Stark was recognized for her leadership and work with the school’s environmental club.

Green work earns her kudos

BY CAYLEY DOBIE REPORTER cdobie@royalcityrecord.com

Her life is about saving the planet – being honoured by the city for her passion was icing on the cake.

“I was actually really shocked. I wasn’t expecting it I guess. There was so many really talented nominees,” Keila Stark said of being named Junior Citizen of the Year in the city Thursday.

Stark, a Grade 12 New Westminster Secondary student, was recognized for her leadership role with the school’s environmental club, something she’s been doing for nearly two years. While she doesn’t participate in the club for fame or recognition, part of the club’s mandate is to get people talking about environmental issues.

“The big focus there is trying to get as many people on board, obviously, because

with climate change and species laws and habitat laws, and things like that, these are all things in our environmental club … we’re trying to improve,” she said.

Stark joined the club in Grade 10 and since then has helped it win several B.C. Green Games, an annual contest advocating for environmentalism in elementary and secondary schools. She also worked with the city to have a wind turbine installed on the school’s roof, a project that is nearing completion.

“We’re in the process of doing that and ordering the right parts,” she said. “It was just a matter of getting New Westminster Electric to OK it and help us hook it up.”

The wind turbine won’t be part of the city’s electrical grid; instead it’ll act as a pilot project for the community, powering a number of batteries inside the high school.

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In addition to her work with the environmental club, Stark volunteers at the Vancouver Aquarium when she can. She hopes to pursue her love of marine wildlife at university next fall with the intention to one day become a marine biologist. Until then, however, she’s content to continue her work in New Westminster.

“As an environmentalist, what I want is to touch as many people as possible,” she said. “That’s happening inside the school but I also do a lot of work outside of the school, outside of New West and the fact that people actually do recognize our environmental club and the things that we do, makes me really happy.”

The other nominees for Junior Citizen of the Year included Tiger Xu, Sophie Labrosse, Nur Elmasri and Iqan Elmasri, all of which were nominated by staff at New Westminster Secondary School.

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Rabble-rouser named top citizen

BY CAYLEY DOBIE REPORTER cdobie@royalcityrecord.com

The odds were against him – or so he thought.

Patrick Johnstone didn’t think he’d be named New Westminster’s Citizen of the Year. In fact, he figured the odds against him were at least 10:1, but nobody would take the bet – and for good reason.

The self-proclaimed rabblerouser and pundit moved to New Westminster in the mid-1980s and, since then, has become one of the city’s most vocal residents.

The active blogger (you can check out his blog at nwimby.blogspot. ca) says he was surprised to hear his name announced on Thursday night.

“I honestly didn’t go in expecting to win. I was honoured to be nominated,” he told The Record on Friday afternoon.

Johnstone was named Citizen of the Year at the second annual Platinum Awards organized by the New Westminster Chamber of Commerce. The event celebrates individuals, organizations and businesses that strive to make the city a better place to live for all its residents, something Johnstone knows quite a bit about.

A longtime board member and past president of New Westminster Environmental Partners, Johnstone advocates for a number of things, including sustainable transportation options for pedestrians and bicycles, and the protection of the environment through initiatives like the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup.

“I’m really good at promoting this kind of stuff, but … I’m not the one who does most of the work. People around me do a lot of things, and that’s really good,” he said. “I’m fortunate that I manage to have a loud voice.”

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Ideas into action: Patrick Johnstone, a self-described “rabble-rouser” and longtime volunteer, was named the New Westminster Citizen of the Year at the annual Platinum Awards. sory committee for tran- RELATED STORIES good work,” he said.

Asked if he ever sit, bicycles and pedeshimself trians and the emergen- More winners: For envisioned cy advisory committee. a complete list of the as Citizen of the Year when he first moved He is also president award winners and here from Castlegar in of the Environmental a feature on Bernie Managers Association Legge Cultural Award 1987, Johnstone replied recipient Katherine he hadn’t but admitof B.C. Freund-Hainsworth, go ted he does tend to get But according to to www.royalcity involved.

Johnstone, he wouldn’t record.com.

“I’ve been kind of be able to do the work somebody who gets he does in the commuinvolved in things, whether it’s nity without his fellow citizens.

“It’s about teams. I work with a joining the board of the curling lot of good people who do a lot of club when I curled for the club or

whether it’s getting involved in student government when I was in university,” he said.

According to the chamber of commerce, Johnstone is known for getting people involved in causes important in the community and for not being “afraid to speak up, or in public.”

This was the first time Johnstone was nominated for the award. His fellow nominees were Scott McAlpine, Yasser Elmasri and Douglas Smith. twitter.com/cayleydobie

City hangs onto plans for two crossings

BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

The City of New Westminster isn’t prepared to close the door on either of two crossings being considered to link Queensborough and the Quay neighbourhoods.

The city has been consulting with the community about two options for a crossing: a bascule bridge (a drawbridge), and a structure that would be connected to the existing rail swing bridge. The city has about $6.3 million in gam-

ing funds (known as development assistance compensation) for a bridge, but it’s estimated a drawbridge will cost $10 million and a connected bridge would cost $5.5 million.

Mayor Wayne Wright said council has asked staff to further investigate both options and report back to council, and to seek third-party funding to help finance a bascule crossing.

“We are in pretty good shape,” he said of the process.

Wright noted that details about federal grants will be released in the new year, and the

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city wants to see if it can access any funds for the crossing.

“The city previously studied a number of high-level bridge options that would provide the required clearances above the river and address the desire for a structure that would not be disrupted by rail or train traffic,” stated a staff report. “The high-level options were found to be much more costly than city resources could support, require users to travel longer distances and climb high heights, and result in

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Crossing: City considers options ◗ continued from page 3 said he recognizes the basstructures that were physi- cule bridge costs more than cally and visually intrusive what is available with the on surrounding neighbour- gaming funds, but he’d like hoods. As a result, these to try to find other sources options were no longer per- to “bridge that gap” finansons.” cially.

Southern “It would be Railway of B.C. has better for the comindicated it is willmunity,” he said of ing to consider a the bascule option. low-level crossing “There would be a on or near its existlot less disruptions ing rail bridge. to the community.

During the conIt would only have sultation process, to be raised half as the city received often.”

159 responses, Jonathan Cote Cote is also and 155 people councillor concerned about answered a quesattaching a pedestion about their preferred trian crossing to an older option: 44 per cent preferred rail bridge that the city the bascule bridge; 24 per doesn’t own or have control cent preferred the connect- over. ed bridge; 22 per cent supFor now, both options ported either option; and 10 will remain on the table, per cent didn’t like either the city will seek third-party option. funding through any possiCoun. Jonathan Cote ble federal grant programs,

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and staff will do some more analysis of the two options.

According to Cote, staff has indicated the “drop dead” date for making a decision about which option to pursue is September 2014, so the city still has time to apply for grants and work through the process.

Given the fact that the crossing will be an important piece of transportation infrastructure and has cost implications for the city, Cote said the city wants to have all the information it needs to make the right decision.

“There is a bit of time,” he said. “That gives us a bit of time to look at all the options.”

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City council has approved a recommendation from the advisory committee for transit, bicycles and pedestrians to include public seating in next year’s budget process, and to explore a program to find creative solutions to public seating needs. The committee said the city’s current bench program is inadequate and noted that seating in public places is important part of pedestrian and transit infrastructure.

Coun. Jonathan Cote said the committee determined that a lack of seating in public areas was a barrier to achieving the city’s goal of increasing walkability for pedestrians.

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Parent fears segregation

BY NIKI HOPE REPORTER

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The school district is revising its policy on how it delivers special education services to students in New Westminster, but a local mother wants the policy to have stronger language to ensure the district doesn’t return to the days of segregation.

Wendy Harris, a past-president of the district’s parent advisory council, wants a draft policy that is in the early stages of review to not open a door to the cascade model, which clusters students with special needs in a single classroom.

“If the district really doesn’t have the appetite for cascading (clustering of special needs students), then that should be part of the policy,” Harris said at the board of education’s committee meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 19.

The district’s director of instruction Janet Grant said the district is currently looking for feedback – like that from Harris – as it develops the policy.

“This is a draft policy that I hope the

board will receive so that we can send it out for consultation,” Grant told the board.

“The intent (of the new policy) is to not change our inclusionary practice,” she said at a board meeting last month where the topic also arose. “That’s always a goal that we strive toward – is our inclusionary practices.”

The district is in the middle of hammering out the special needs policy, working to bring its current policy in line with provincial regulations.

Trustee Lisa Graham, who also has a special needs son, said parents in New Westminster are concerned about their children’s education needs being met, given that the district has cut at least 27 special education assistant positions this year. The fear is there might be a change toward “incremental segregation,” she said.

“There is a lot of concern out there, a lot of fear,” Graham said.

The draft policy must have board approval before it is implemented.

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Protect us from bullies – and snooping feds

up to five years for sharing “intimate If at first you don’t succeed … photos” of another person without their After seeing the growing sentiment permission. against online bullying crystallized in But packed in with those laudable the tragic cases of Amanda Todd and and timely updates to our legislation is Rehtaeh Parsons, last week we saw the a whack of things that don’t federal Conservatives introhave anything to do with duce a bill aimed at protecting protecting Canadians from Canadians from what can be THE RECORD cyberbullying. life-ruining bullying online.

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child pornographers,” even though it largely amounted to domestic spying.

After an outpouring of opposition from civil libertarians, the legal community and regular Canadians, as well as a clear warning the bill would never survive a charter challenge, the Tories did something they despise doing.

They admitted they were wrong and scrapped the bill.

But now it’s back, using bullied teens as a human shield to deflect criticism that it oversteps the boundaries

Canadians feel comfortable with when it comes to government intrusion into their private lives.

Let’s be clear: Defamation, harassment and any actions that are intended to destroy someone’s reputation deserve the full weight of our legal system. But much of this can be done without an overzealous bill.

Let’s not forget the irony: this is the government that scrapped the longform census on the grounds it was too personal and invasive.

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t’s a surefire bet that whenever major changes are made to the B.C. Ferries system, the howls of outrage from ferry users are quick to follow.

And the reaction was no different to the B.C. government’s three-step program to right the ferry company’s bottom line. The money-losing ferry service needed some kind of fix, but whether this latest one will satisfy ferry users is doubtful.

Nevertheless, the status quo wasn’t an option unless the government increased the annual taxpayer subsidy to B.C. Ferries.

The subsidy now approaches $200 million (that’s almost $2 billion over 10 years), and it’s hard to argue why it should be higher, given the low ridership and the need of more funding for other government services.

Government revenues are projected to increase by about $2 billion over the next two years.

About half of that will go to health care. Does the ferry system rank ahead of education or social services when it comes to allocating the rest of the money?

I don’t think so.

Some of the changes make sense. Requiring seniors to pay

half-fares during the week rather than allowing them to ride for free is hardly a draconian measure, as some would insist.

While many seniors are on fixed incomes and don’t have a lot of disposable income, a lot more of them have accumulated various amounts of wealth and presumably can afford a $15 ferry fare (according to B.C. Ferries statistics, the vast majority of travelling seniors take their vehicles, which suggests they can indeed afford a ferry fare).

I suspect we will eventually see the end of a lot of other senior discounts when it comes to various services by the way.

The number of seniors will soon mushroom, as the baby boomer generation eases into retirement, and that may make companies (and governments) think twice before providing senior discounts that will become much more expensive to pay for than they are now.

The reduction in the number of sailings is more controversial.

There are those who continue to insist the ferry system should be treated as a mere extension of the highway system. In its early days, the ferries were indeed treated as part of the road network, but those days are long gone and will never return.

One of the critical differences between travelling on a highway and riding a ferry is that on one you can travel by yourself, but on the other you have to pay for people to travel with you. I’m

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Re: Competition Bureau explains decision, The Record, Nov. 20.

Regarding the article in last week’s paper dealing with the decision made by the competition bureau to close the Thrifty’s store in Sapperton. Something to me just doesn’t add up.

Now, I certainly don’t profess to know the inside workings of the bureau, but spokesperson Phil Norris’s exclamation as to why the decision was made leaves me wanting. The statement that “in certain markets, such as New Westminster, the parties have a significant share and the extent of other competition is limited” is pure hogwash. What about the “limited” share that the Pattison group appears to now have? With the word that Save-On ◗Ferries Page 7 will be moving in to the site formerly occupied

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stone’s throw of each other: Two locations in New Westminster, one just over the Burnaby border at Highgate and a Price-Smart at Market Crossing. All within the geographical measure that encompasses the four locations that would be held by Sobey’s.

I’d like to know what the bureau regards as a ”local market.” Let’s just take a quick look at what I would deem as our “local market.” In seven square miles of Westminster proper, there are three Safeways, soon to be two Save-Ons, Thrifty’s and independents like Donald’s Market at the Quay and Uptown Market on Sixth. Not to mention Wal-Mart’s grocery section just over the bridge at Queensborough Landing. Add to those the aforementioned Price-Smart and Save-On locations, throw in the Choices up at the Crest and some would think there to be a certain saturation of the grocery market for the size of the geography.

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So why is Thrifty’s the store facing expulsion from the “local market” and three Safeway locations are to remain? If the concern is over the size and control one operating party has in a certain market, close one of those three. I rarely see more than a handful of people coming or going to the Safeway at the SkyTrain plaza.

The Brewery District development has breathed new life in to the Sapperton area, and the Thrifty’s outlet has been a big part of the community in its short time there. So why pull the rug out from under the feet of a solid foundation?

I join a long list of residents from not only our city, but those who come from other communities to shop at the Thrifty’s location, hoping something can be done to reverse the decision and allow Thrifty’s to remain in its current home.

David Jack, New Westminster

Traffic plans need rethink Dear Editor:

Re: proposed traffic control at Howes and Ewen. I would strongly suggest that the City of New Westminster engineering department investigate the two proposals that are being put to the residents of Queensborough. This investigation should be done in depth prior to the tabulation of any results from the survey now in progress.

At the Nov. 19 Queensborough Residents’ Association meeting, we learned that the data used by the city to develop the two options were based on a two-year-old traffic count. In the last two years a lot has happened in and around Queensborough, and a new data set is warranted if we are to make an up-to-date, informed decision.

On top of that revelation, it was also discovered that absolutely no prolonged observations of traffic flow at the intersection have been done by city staff or by any sub-contracted experts. This should

have been done prior to the production of the many “story-boards” expounding the merits of the proposed options. Not only is the production of those magnificent storyboards premature, it is also a total waste of resources which New Westminster residents pay for through their local city taxes.

Less than 100 metres away from this intersection is a New Westminster fire hall that is staffed 24/7. One would think that city staff, in an attempt to keep skyrocketing taxes in check, would ask the fire department to assist them in observing the intersection and to do a study of the traffic flows.

Failing that, engineering could put a “traffic cam” on the fire department building tower and video the intersection for a couple of weeks and then analyze the traffic flows to determine the feasibility of the different options before presenting it to the community. It is not too late, as this project has been in the works for a couple of years, and it will be quite some time before the work will commence to finish the job.

Gavin Palmer, Queensborough

Thanks for generosity

Dear Editor:

We were touched again this year by our community’s giving spirit on the eve of the spirits. This Halloween, for the third year, our family collected healthy canned food items in addition to candy at our neighbours’ doorsteps.

The wonderful, spirited residents of Ninth Street between Queens and Fourth Avenue, and our fellow members of the New Westminster Housing Co-op on 10th Street, were especially generous this year, donating 104 items for the emergency food cupboard at St. Barnabas Church.

Our neighbours, as always, set an extraordinary example for our two young sons, aged five and three, the reindeer and snowman whose trick-or-treat bags were filled with donated food for our friends at St. Barnabas. Thank you everyone!

Ed Gillis, Jocelyn Land-Murphy, Heron and Sitka

Ferries: Changes are needed for future referring to the crew on a ferry, and the size of that crew on B.C. Ferries range from six to 48, depending on the size of the vessel.

The size of the crew is mandated by Transport Canada, and B.C. Ferries must follow those rules.

That means on some sailings, there may be fewer passengers than crew members.

For all the talk about executive salaries and free ferry passes for B.C. Ferries employees, the fact is neither play much of a role in shaping the company’s bottom line, at least not compared to the biggest cost drivers in the system: fuel costs and labour.

And so it was perhaps inevitable that the number of vastly under-utilized sailings (most of them are

the last ones leaving a terminal on any given night) would be reduced, even if it means inconveniencing a relatively small number of people. To be sure, those folks are going to make their feelings heard, loud and clear. I doubt if that’s going to change much, however. The fact is, even with these sailing reductions every route except three will continue to lose money.

Some of these losses are substantial: the Tsawwassen-Southern Gulf Islands route loses more than $9 million a year, the Horseshoe Bay-Bowen Island run loses more than $7 million and the Horseshoe Bay-Langdale route loses $4.5 million.

Those three routes, to pick just three, currently sail dozens of ferries that have less than 20 per cent

passenger capacity taken up on board.

The one proposed change by the government that may not ultimately proceed is the idea of putting slot machines on ferries. The idea smacks of cynicism and even desperation, particularly given numerous studies about the negative impact too much gambling can have on society (the most recent coming from the provincial health officer).

Overall, the changes to the ferry system are controversial and hurt some communities more than others. But until the provincial government’s revenues substantially improve, it’s hard to see many other options to pursue.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C.

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TransLink response angers city councillors

BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

A letter from TransLink about the changes to bus routes has drawn the wrath of New Westminster city council.

Last month, New Westminster resident Roy Tubbs presented city council with petitions signed by more than 200 people who want TransLink to reverse the changes it made to the 154 bus route. Many seniors living near Eighth Avenue and McBride Boulevard no longer have direct bus access to Sixth and Sixth, where they regularly go for appointments and shopping.

After receiving the petition, city council wrote to TransLink and sought information about the changes to the 101 and 154 (now the 128) bus routes.

Brian Mills, director of service and infrastructure planning for TransLink, stated

there were several issues with the previous routes. While there was “some concern” over the loss of a direct connect to the core shopping area at Sixth and Sixth from some seniors living near Royal Square, he said the overall feedback from the public and the city during the consultation process was generally supportive of the change.

“I note that the petition may have been circulated after the commencement of the new service design and that, by evidence of missing signatures and profanity, its rigour is questionable,” he wrote in a letter to council.

Members of New Westminster city council didn’t have a strong reaction when TransLink officials attended a December 2012 meeting to discuss the proposed route changes, but they take exception to the attitude being expressed at this time.

Coun. Bill Harper said he “really objects”

to the kind of language that is used in the letter. He said the letter deflects legitimate concerns raised by people who signed the petition.

“There are people who can’t walk from Eighth Avenue and Sixth Street down to the mall,” he said.

At a time when the city is trying to build a city that includes seniors’ housing offerings, Harper said TransLink has chosen to reduce routes servicing those areas.

“It’s pretty amazing,” he said of the response. “I am quite disappointed at the tone this letter lays out.”

Coun. Chuck Puchmayr said it’s no longer possible for people living around Eighth and McBride to get to the uptown mall if they have mobility issues.

“People are angry,” he said. “Seniors are angry that they can no longer get to the uptown mall. Sure, it is a couple of blocks

away – long blocks.”

Puchmayr said he “takes offence” to some of the contents of the letter, noting residents raised extremely valid concerns about the bus route changes and council conveyed community concerns to TransLink.

“A lot of seniors move to New Westminster later on in life,” Puchmayr said. “They have mobility issues. They need to get around.”

Coun. Jaimie McEvoy said the changes have “pretty profound impact” on the people who are affected by the new routes.

“For those who are affected, it is really isolating,” he said.

Mayor Wayne Wright said the city will write to TransLink expressing concerns about the route changes.

See extended story online at www.royal cityrecord.com.

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rates means homeowners will pay $24 more in 2014 than in 2013.

A staff report states that the water utility costs are expected to rise from six to 8.5 per cent in the years ahead, which is attributed to increased cost to buy bulk water from Metro Vancouver and to invest in capital infrastructure.

“We have an aging infrastructure,” he said. “That is improving slowly over the years, but it is still a challenge.”

On the sewage front, the city faces challenges related to the accelerated plan for sewer treatment plant construction, investments to deal with aging infrastructure and increased reporting requirements under the integrated liquid waste and resource management plan.

Dobrescu told council that the city now

requires storm sewer separation on private property for new developments and homes doing $100,000 in renovations within a fiveyear period.

“We have to entice homeowners to separate their sewers on the private property side,” he said.

Instead of a combined sewer system, storm water and sanitary systems would be separated.

Dobrescu said “a good amount of housing stock” gets renewed over the years, at which time redevelopment would create opportunities to separate sewers.

Mayor Wayne Wright said that’s something the city will have to keep in mind when discussing heritage properties, as many of those renovations could exceed $100,000 during a five-year period. twitter.com/TheresaMcManus

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A10 • Wednesday, November 27, 2013 • The Record

Builder picked for school

The New Westminster School District has selected Yellowridge Design Build as the builder for the new west side middle school, to be situated on the John Robson Elementary site.

Yellowridge’s proposal was picked from three companies invited to present bids on the project. The new middle school will accommodate 500 students in grades 6 to 8 and will be designed in accordance with best practices for sustainability. It is expected to achieve LEED Gold (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification, states a press release.

“The school district will work closely with the Yellowridge Design Build team and interested parties, including parents and staff, to refine the preliminary plans,” board of education

chair Michael Ewen said in the release.

The board expects to finalize the agreement with Yellowridge by the end of the year.

The construction schedule will be finalized during the negotiation phase. The current plan is to occupy the new middle school in 2015.

“This is another significant step in our multiple capital project plan to build three schools. The capital projects are moving along as planned,” Ewen said.

Yellowridge is currently completing the new École Qayqayt Elementary School on the site of the former St. Mary’s hospital site. École Qayqayt is expected to open on schedule for students in September 2014, said a school district media release.

The elementary school

will also include neighbourhood learning program spaces, including a child-care facility, family services and multipurpose spaces that support delivery of a broad range of community services. In addition, the City of New Westminster will provide funds to expand the gym by 100 square metres to enhance community sports activities.

Yellowridge has recently completed four school projects, including Alberni Secondary, Rosedale Middle and Elementary, Yarrow Elementary and Westview Elementary.

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A twist on a classic fairy tale – The Frog Princess ◗P14 Get active in New Westminster ◗P15

‘The kids had a blast’ A

lacrosse program has been a big hit among kids in New Westminster elementary schools.

The New Westminster Minor Lacrosse Association partnered with New Westminster Parks, Culture and Recreation and the school district to teach kids a few of the finer points of Canada’s national summer sport.

In recent weeks, many elementary school students in New Westminster have had a couple of shots at learning lacrosse through the program.

“The kids had a blast,” said Paul Manville, vice principal of John Robson THERESA MCMANUS For more Elementary School. “Every photos, scan kid had access to it.” with Manville, who taught skating for the City of Layar New Westminster while attending university before becoming a teacher, said parks and recreation employees have a knack for teaching kids sports in a way that’s engaging and fun.

“It’s about experiencing lacrosse, but it was lots of games and activities that really bridge the gap for kids. You are trying to teach them skills that take quite a while to develop. It’s not something you pick up right away,” he said about lacrosse. “In order to make it something that they want to do, you have to Jason Lang/THE RECORD make it fun, you have to make it something they can engage in right away. They would have all kinds of Taking aim: Kareena Jassal learns some of the finer points of lacrosse from Rick Bloudell, an employee with New Westinventive ways to play little games that involved the minster Parks, Culture and Recreation. sticks but it wasn’t necessarily so skill based.”

Two or three instructors would visit one school “I think it was probably more than would allow it to offering a similar program again this year, and as luck for a week, offering the program during the classes’ existbe done on a yearly basis – I don’t know the final tab but would have it, the group’s executive had been discussing ing gym schedules. the issue and wanted to do something in celebration of the it wasn’t cheap,” Manville said. “It’s probably not some“By doing it for the week, most kids in New West will thing we will see yearly but I am sure it will be something Salmonbellies’ 125th anniversary in 2014. get down to the gym for two periods,” Manville said. we see again.”

“The Salmonbellies will be celebrating 125 years of “They’ll have two shots at it.”

Manville was impressed with how well the minor lacrosse history in 2014. NWMLA is looking to promote While students developed some lacrosse skills during lacrosse association, parks and recreation, and the schools the game of lacrosse and show the kids of New West that the classes, they also had a lot of fun. worked together to make the program such a hit. the spirit of lacrosse lives on in New West, and is acces“I was down there pretty much everyday, checking Manville grew up in New Westminster, as did Julie sible to all youth who have passion for the game,” said in and interacting with the kids a bit. They had a blast.

Duncan, who coordinated the project for the city, and a statement from the lacrosse association. “Lacrosse is I know every school says the same thing. They all loved Darren Flintoff, president of New Westminster Minor Canada’s national summer sport and is considered the it,” Manville said. “The kids really, really enjoyed it. It’s a Lacrosse Association, and they all shared a vision for the fastest game on two feet. New Westminster has a long unique opportunity in that they get to play lacrosse.” program that was offered in all of the city’s elementary standing heritage and reputation in the game of lacrosse, Some elementary schools’ gyms may have plastic schools. and the New Westminster Minor Lacrosse Association is lacrosse sticks, but the lacrosse association brought in “New West has such a culture – it felt like everything excited to offer the youth of New Westminster a positive some real sticks that it had purchased a couple of years came together,” Manville said. “It was really neat to see and safe recreational choice.” earlier when offering week-long programs it did at a couthat happen where lacrosse was involved, parks and recNew Westminster Minor Lacrosse Association received ple of elementary schools. reation was involved, the schools were involved. To me, a grant from the city’s amateur sports fund to help offer Manville approached the lacrosse association about that is just what New West is.” the program.

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The City of New Westminster has launched the Community Energy Challenge as part of the Energy Save New West program. The grand prize is $3,500 worth of Energy Star appliances, but 10 secondary prizes of $150 Visa gift certificates are also up for grabs.

“This community-based, energy-efficiency program is designed to inspire New Westminster residents to maximize their energy

saving opportunities through the installation of one or more home upgrades,” Energy Save New West project coordinator Ryan Coleman said in a press release. “Whether you’re installing a high-efficiency furnace or attic and basement insulation, we want to capture and reward City of New Westminster residents for undertaking energy saving activities.”

To qualify for the prize draw, New Westminster homeowners must register online for Energy Save New West, and then complete an energy assessment by a certified ener-

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ew Westminster resident Malcolm Smith was just a child living in Portsmouth, on the south coast of England, when the Second World War broke out.

“I remember being horribly frightened by the whole thing because the air raids started before I was evacuated,” he says.

Portsmouth had a naval depot, which made the city a bombing target for the Nazis.

Smith has childhood memories of bombs exploding and slabs of concrete from nearby streets falling onto his yard.

New Westminster resident Malcolm Smith is one of the human books that will be featured in an upcoming event about the Second World War at Century House on Saturday, Nov. 30.

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“I was living in the middle of Portsmouth, which was a very unhealthy place to be. I was evacuated with my mother to the country,” he said.

Smith has harrowing tales he plans to share in an upcoming event hosted

by New Westminster’s Century House. Organizers are calling it the World War II Café, and people can “sign out” people as human books to learn more about their experiences of the Second World War. Oana Capota from the New Westminster Museum and Archives came up with the idea to hold the café and see pg.13 …

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Century House’s event puts a historical twist on the Human Library model, as the books are all people who have interesting stories about the Second World War. “These are all really dynamic people who are sharing their stories,” says Shelly Schnee, a recreation programmer with Century House. “I’ve heard their stories a few times, and they are really interesting.

Even though it was a tragic time in their history, there’s a lot of love and friendship in their stories. It’s really inspiring to listen to them.”

Schnee said there are 11 books, and there

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Smith, who moved to Canada in the 1970s, is looking forward to sharing his story on Saturday.

“I think it’s great. As you can tell, I’m a World War II fan. I’m a bit obsessed with it probably because I was so frightened,” he says. “It’s great to talk to people who remember those times.”

Schnee says the Second World War is an important time in history.

The event is set for Saturday, Nov. 30, from 12:30 to 3:15 p.m. at Century House, 620 Eighth St. Schnee would like people to register in advance. Admission is free, but organizers will be accepting donations at the event. To register or for more information, call Century House at 604-519-1066.

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The original panto was written by Balser, along with Cathy Willmot and Norma Rushton, based on the Russian fairytale of the same name.

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he New Westminster Downtown Residents’ Association is reaching out to the community.

The newly elected board is looking forward to continuing to grow its membership and increase its involvement in the community. Anyone living between Royal Avenue and the Fraser River is invited to attend meetings.

The association’s next meeting is Wednesday, Nov. 27 (today) at 7 p.m. at Holy Trinity Cathedral parish hall at 514 Carnarvon St. Topics on the agenda include Bosley’s holiday pet photos, a children’s toy drive for the Salvation Army, a downtown business Christmas challenge, a new building proposed on Carnarvon Street and reports from various committees.

Active kids

Kids New West is inviting local families to celebrate National Child Day

and Sports Day in Canada The Let’s Get Active event that’s taking place on Saturday, Nov. 30 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Centennial Community Centre includes hockey, soccer, lacrosse, cheerleading, crafts, a bouncy castle and a visit from the Vancouver Tumblebus.

Snacks and free resource bags are available for all families who register to attend.

To register email info@kidsnewwest.ca.

Centennial Community Centre is located at 65 East Sixth Ave. (next to Canada Games Pool).

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Royal City stories

Evelyn Sangster Benson’s love of the Roya City shines through in her newly released book.

The New Westminster native has been collecting – and telling – stories for most of her life.

“As my 80th year approached, I knew it was time to get them down in print and share them,” she wrote in a press release.

“Every anecdote was either recounted to me, or lived the event myself.”

A Century in a Small Town – One Family’s Stories is being launched on Saturday, Nov. 30 at the New Westminster Public ◗Around Town Page 1

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Library. Benson will read from her book (as will some celebrity readers).

“As a former newspaper history columnist and a high school teacher, I’ve had years of positive feedback about my delivery of a good story, and it’s the teacher in me that needs to bring the past alive in an entertaining way,” she wrote.

“Although most of the stories take place in New Westminster, they are generic in nature to any small town in North America, and will resonate with anyone who lived in those times or were told about them by their families. Young people will learn something new.”

If you can’t make the Nov. 30 book launch, Benson will be holding a second reading and book signing on Sunday, Dec.

15 at 2 p.m. at Renaissance Books, 46 Sixth St.

MP pays tribute to regiment

Burnaby-New Westminster MP Peter Julian paid tribute to the Royal Westminster Regiment in the House of Commons.

In honour of the regiment that’s celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2013, Julian thanked all the men and women of the regiment for their “significant” contributions to peacekeeping, disaster relief and defence of Canada.

“The Royal Westminster Regiment served in the Boer War, in both world wars, with the UN and NATO in Korea, Bosnia, Croatia, Cyprus, the Golan Heights, Sierra Leone and Afghanistan.

“It has also been on the

frontlines in disaster relief, including Okanagan wild fires, Fraser River floods and the 1898 Great Fire,” he said.

“Through it all, the Westminster Regiment has been a role model for courage, dedication and sacrifice. Many members of the regiment have given their lives for world peace.

“A few years ago, I attended the funeral of Master Corporal Colin Bason, who was killed in action in Afghanistan.

Today, we pay tribute to Master Corporal Bason and all of the other soldiers and personnel of The Royal Westminster Regiment who have served this country with honour for 150 years.”

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Badminton Royals gaining on Langara ◗P20 A1 reps win midget Port Alberni tourney ◗P21

SECTION COORDINATOR Tom Berridge, 604-444-3022 • tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

JV Knights on giant-killing march to final

fident of a win.

“I was still nervous.

(Kelowna) was scoring in The St. Thomas More seconds, not minutes,” said Knights are hoping there Ruzycki. is one more surprise end“(The Owls) were a very, ing in the march to a B.C. very good football team, high school junior varsity and I knew that going in. football title.

I knew it would be a chalThe JV Knights pulled lenge for our defence.” off a second consecutive Despite trailing 28-7 at playoff upset, outscor- one stage of the first half, ing the unbeaten Interior Kelowna’s Parker Simson champion Kelowna Owls was always a threat to 60-35 in the score.

AAA conferThe 6-1 allence semifinals purpose back last Thursday. “The boys had broke two A week earlong runs for lier, STM beat to overcome so touchdowns, Catholic school many obstacles including a rival and undebroken play off feated South this season. a blocked punt division champs They’ve worked that Simson Vancouver turned into a College 28-14 as hard as they 70-yard TD that – the odds-on reduced the could and as favourite to win deficit to 28-21 the JV title this well as they in the second season. quarter. could.”

The Burnaby But with independent, a strong line runner-up in the DAVE RUZYCKI leading STM’s Central division STM JV head coach predominantly to Terry Fox, running game, will take on the Ruzycki is feelPort Coquitlam program in ing good about taking on the AAA JV provincial final the physical and well-disciat B.C. Place this Saturday. plined Ravens in Saturday’s Game time is scheduled final. for 1 p.m.

STM’s offensive line STM, which lost three is led by 6-3, 263-pound games this season, dropped Darius MacKay and ably its final game of the regular backed up by Ben Steele, season 14-6 to the Ravens.

Philip Lemp, Landon After dropping games Jackson, Nico Cesarei and to Mt. Douglas and Van Damarius Henderson.

College by huge margins to While Ruzycki would start the season, STM has like nothing better than to got healthier and smarter win a second provincial JV in its schemes. title, this year’s Knights are “It wasn’t as much a far different team than about motivating them as the undefeated bunch that it was empowering them won in 2011.

– to redefine (the season) “It would be more them,” and themselves, and about Ruzycki said, deflecting the rallying around each other attention away from his and making it the best sea- own head-coaching record. son possible,” said STM “The boys had to overcome head coach Dave Ruzycki. so many obstacles this seaThe Knights had their son. They’ve worked as running game hitting on all hard as they could and as cylinders. well as they could.”

Tavin Grant ran for six STM’s Grade 8 football touchdowns and 386 yards team will also be vying for to lead the Burnaby team. a provincial title at B.C. Quarterback Terrell Jana place. also rushed for 160 yards The first-year Knights and two scores. take on Lord Tweedsmuir But it wasn’t until Josh in the Quadra Cup final, Dumont hauled in a 21- which kicks off a full day yard touchdown pass from of B.C. high school football Jana in the final three min- finals under the dome. utes of the contest that The Grade 8 kickoff is Ruzycki began to feel con- at 8 a.m.

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On guard: Simon Fraser University senior guard Kia Van Laare, a New Westminster Secondary grad, scored 11 points in the Clan’s 72-68 comeback win in a two-game sweep over San Francisco State this weekend. Van Laare also accounted for 12 points in SFU’s 82-72 win on Friday.

Central settles for silver at AAAs

BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

The Burnaby Central Wildcats boys’ soccer team fell one goal short of its redemption.

The senior Wildcats came close, though, taking North Shore and qualifying zone champion Sutherland to the final minute before bowing out 2-1 in overtime in the B.C. high school AAA boys’ soccer final at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex-West on Saturday.

Playing for their coach Ibrahim Adamu, who missed the season due to medical reasons, and the school program, which was disqualified from last year’s provincial tournament, the loss was doubly hard.

“It’s a mix of emotions,” said golden goal winner and tournament MVP Parker Ellis, who had Central’s lone goal in the championship final. “I know we did our best. It’s unlucky. We did it for our coach Mr. Adamu. He was our main motivation. Even after getting disqualified, he believed in us. We really wanted to do it for him.”

But the game began with Central under intense pressure from the Sutherland front.

Wildcats goalie Trevor Hughes was busy all game long and could not be faulted on either of the two Sutherland scores.

The first goal came off a break-

down in the Central backline, leaving Hughes little chance on a low, hard shot to the corner.

But just minutes later and against the run of play, Ellis scored his tournament-high eighth goal of the provincials off a pretty through ball that the crafty senior left-footed past the tournament’s top keeper Michael Girard from outside the 18-yard box to knot the score at 1-1.

From that moment on, Central gave as good as it got, and even in the final minutes of the second half was taking the play to the North Shore champs. But nothing further got by the solid stopping of Girard.

The game-winner came on a scrambly play in front off the boot of Sutherland’s Dzenan Bezdrob with less than a minute left in the second overtime.

“The ball just dropped down. I thought I’d pounce on it. Luckily, I was first to the ball,” Bezdrob said.

“Both teams were into the game. I think, if the ball didn’t drop for me, we’d have gone into a shootout.”

The two teams also played to a similar 2-1 result in the final of the provincial zone qualifier.

“It’s a testament to the kids playing local soccer and local coaches,” said Central head coach Anto Steko.

“I’m very, very, very, very proud of these boys. It’s a little unfortunate

they’re hanging their heads right now, they really shouldn’t be.”

Central opened the tournament with a slight scare, tying Sullivan Heights 4-4 after giving up three two-goal leads in the match.

But it turned into a wakeup call for the Burnaby players, said Steko.

“We knew we had to play the next two games smarter,” Steko said.

Central responded with a For photos 5-1 win over Queen Elizabeth and a 2-1 victory over evenand a video, tual seventh-place McMath scan on two Ellis markers. with The Wildcats then Layar advanced to the provincial final with a 3-1 victory over fourthplace finisher Reyonlds.

Defender Duncan Penman tallied the game-winner that set up the rematch with Sutherland. Daniel Pervan and Vuk Erbez also scored.

“Everyone was tired, everyone had their aches and pains. We came this far, but were just unlucky, I guess,” said Penman.

“All of us worked hard this tournament. All of us were injured. We deserved it more,” added Hughes.

“Everyone worked together.”

And none more so than Ellis, who took the loss particularly hard.

“We played with more heart and more attachment. We wanted it so bad,” an emotional Ellis said, adding, “It’s more for Mr. Adamu and for the team.”

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Silver lining: Burnaby Central’s Parker Ellis, in red, won both the golden boot and the tournament MVP awards at the B.C. high school AAA boys’ soccer championships at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex-West on Saturday.

Royals gaining on leaders Douglas College made big gains against Langara College at the Vancouver Island University invitational badminton tournament last weekend.

The Royals won the team and four individual events at the second of four tournament events to creep to within 14 points of Langara in aggregate scoring.

Kathleen Lougheed, Rita Lin and Logan Campbell all won a pair of individual matches for Douglas.

Lougheed defeated Melissa Liew of host VIU in the women’s singles final. The Calgary product also teamed up with Lin for first place in the women’s

doubles over Kwantlen’s Alisa Young and Rosalynn Chong.

Lin shared top spot in the mixed doubles final with Campbell. The Royals’ pair defeated Langara’s Nathan Choi and Ashley Jang in the tournament final.

Campbell also teamed up with singles runner-up Rey Luo for first place in the men’s doubles over Choi and Hugh Leung of Langara.

In the team event, Douglas swept the round robin, edging Langara and Kwantlen by similar 3-2 scores and blanking both Vancouver Island and Thompson Rivers univer-

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Oscar Zhen and Lisa Doan of Douglas teamed up for second in the B mixed doubles event.

Zhen also placed third in the B men’s doubles with Collin Yan. Doan won the C women’s doubles with Nancy Ho. Connie Chung and Yu Ti Pan also competed for the Royals in singles.

Douglas won the tourney with 332 total points, more than 30 better than second-place Langara.

The next tournament will be hosted by Thompson Rivers in February.

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◗ UNIVERSITY SOCCER

A1 reps win Clan men back to Pt. Alberni NCAA final four tourney

BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

Simon Fraser University is off to the semifinal of the NCAA Division II national men’s soccer championships for a second straight year.

The Clan showed off its high-scoring offence that is currently ranked second in the nation, overpowering unranked Regis University 5-0 before the Rangers’ hometown crowd in Denver on Sunday.

Sophomore striker Ryan Dhillon tallied the gamewinning goal early in the quarter-final match, intercepting a ball in the Regis end and scoring an unassisted counter in the eighth minute of play.

SFU got an early insurance marker just five minutes before the half, when Colin Jacques scored off a corner kick from teammate Alex Rowley in the 41st minute.

Carlo Basso gave the Clan a 3-0 lead early in the second half.

Alexander Kleefeldt and Jovan Blagojevic, the

hero of SFU’s 2-1 shootout win over the University of California San Diego in the sweet 16 on Saturday, both added goals late in the game.

Brandon Watson recorded the shutout for the Clan, stopping three shots on goal. SFU outshot the Rangers 19-8 in the contest.

The victory put SFU through to its second consecutive NCAA national semifinal to be held in Evans, Georgia on Dec. 5.

In the final four, SFU will face first-time semifinal entrant Carson-Newman University from Tennessee.

“Brilliant performance, the guys stepped up and did everything we wanted them to do,” said SFU head coach Alan Koch in a press release. “Our work rate was phenomenal. It helped us shut them down and play with conviction in front of our goal. … It’s been a long road trip, so we’ll get home, relax for a few days and then prepare for Georgia.”

The NCAA national final takes place on Dec. 7.

Miller Cressman scored with four minutes left to give the New Westminster Royals A1 midget rep team a 3-2 victory over the Okanagan Hockey Academy in the final of the Port Alberni midget Tier 2/3 hockey tournament over the Remembrance Day weekend. Josh Launer and Garret Hoffard also scored, while Sam Unger was in goal in the gold-medal final.

New West was 4-0-1 in the tournament but needed a come-from-behind 3-2 overtime victory over host Port Alberni in the semifinals to advance.

Chase Manderville and Ermias Multau both scored to tie the contest before Jesse Gastaldo’s OT winner. Dominic von Schoenberg got the win in goal for the Royals.

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