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New West wades into pipeline fight City hosts a townhall meeting on Jan. 22 at Anvil Centre

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Kinder Morgan’s proposed pipeline expansion in the Brunette River watershed is a bit too close for comfort for the Sapperton Fish and Game Club and the City of New Westminster. Elmer Rudolph, the club’s president, is concerned a spill on the river would damage salmon habitat and oil would flow downstream into New Westminster. He’s planning to raise his concerns about the pipeline at an upcoming meeting organized by the City of New Westminster. “Any spills from that pipeline, that would flow into those creeks and would flow into the Brunette River,” Rudolph told The Record. “What’s at stake is the renewed vitality of the Brunette River salmon fishery, … where the river has been brought back from being extinct.” Thanks to the club’s restoration efforts, dating back to 1969, the Brunette is now a healthy waterway for spawning salmon. Kinder Morgan wants to twin the Trans Mountain pipeline, which runs oil from Alberta to Burnaby. The existing pipeline, which has been operating since the 1950s, does not go through New Westminster, and the proposed route for the second pipeline runs through the Brunette River watershed on the Burnaby and Coquitlam side, close to the New West border. Rudolph is concerned about a four-kilometre stretch, where the route comes within 50 to 200 metres of the river, while crossing five tributaries. Rudolph’s concerns are just

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Save the salmon: Elmer Rudolph at the ﬁsh ladder by the Cariboo Dam on the Brunette River. Rudolph has concerns the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion could impact the river’s salmon run in the event of a spill. one of many up for discussion at the City of New Westminster’s Jan. 22 town hall meeting on the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion. The town hall meeting is a partnership with local MLA Judy Darcy and MPs Peter Julian and Fin Donnelly, all New Democrats. There will be a panel discussion with representatives from the Canadian Energy

Pipeline Association, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, New Westminster Environmental Partners, Sapperton Fish and Game Club, and a city-hired environmental consultant who will be working on New Westminster’s submission to the National Energy Board. “We will have a balance of views on the panel,” said Mark Allison, the city’s manager of

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strategic initiatives and sustainability. “It’s an excellent opportunity to find out more about the proposal and the process and for the public to express any concerns that they want the city to bring forward to the National Energy Board.” The City of New Westminster was granted intervenor status in the NEB hearing, and concerns or questions raised at the meeting could be used in an upcoming

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Overlooked: Brian Dodd, the interim executive director at Seniors Services Society, is worried seniors will be left on the streets for months before they qualify for help under the government’s new homelessness strategy.

Will seniors be left out in the cold? A local organization is worried about what a new federal funding model could mean for homeless seniors

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A New Westminster organization is sounding the alarm over a new funding model that could leave homeless seniors out on the streets for months before they are eligible for help. Brian Dodd, the interim executive director at Seniors Services Society, is worried newly homeless seniors won’t qualify for help under the government’s Housing First initiative, which focuses funding on people who are homeless for six months or more. “We foresee seniors and homelessness becoming a big issue in 2015,” Dodd told The Record. “The majority of seniors we are dealing

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with are first-time homeless, so the funding and the programs are not available for us to assist them in moving forward. I’m calling it a crisis.” Seniors Services Society is the only group that specifically helps seniors (55 or older) throughout the Lower Mainland who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. According to Dodd, about 80 per cent of the organization’s clients from the past year would not meet the new Housing First criteria, because they are homeless for the first time. Dodd is concerned seniors will have to stay out on the streets for six months before they qualify for help. “That’s what we are facing,” he said. As of April 2015, 65 per cent of the government’s annual $8.2 million in funding for homelessness in Metro Vancouver will be earmarked for Housing First, meaning the money goes to helping people who are chronically or episodically homeless. The government defines

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“chronically” homeless as people with mental illnesses or addictions who have been homeless for six months or more, while “episodically” means people who have been homeless three times in the past year. Dodd said the Housing First model is “brilliant,” because the people most in need are housed first, then offered help to deal with addictions or mental illnesses. However, there’s less money available for everyone else that’s facing homelessness. As a result, Dodd said Seniors Services Society only got a small amount of funding to help seniors who are not chronically and episodically homeless, and his organization had to cut back staffing hours. The society typically deals with 150 seniors who need help with housing. To make matters worse, Dodd says the number of homeless seniors is increasing as the babyboomer generation ages. The 2008 Metro Vancouver Homeless

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Count, found 212 homeless seniors. In 2011, that number rose to 268, and then in 2014 it hit 371. “We know this is a gross undercount, because there are a lot of people in the category we call hidden homeless,” Dodd said, explaining that seniors could be couch surfing. “There are street homeless and hidden homeless in our communities, and unfortunately, … many of those folks are seniors.” Dodd ranked Vancouver as having the most pressing homelessness problems, followed by Surrey and then New Westminster/Burnaby. Burnaby-New Westminster MP Peter Julian lauded the Conservatives’ Housing First plan but condemned the lack of new funding to support it. According to Julian, the Tories are “cannibalizing” existing homelessness programs to pay for the new Housing First initiative. “Now we are creating a situation where people can’t access ◗Seniors Page 8

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Trustees move forward on inclusion policy New school district policy designed to help students of all sexual orientations BY NIKI HOPE REPORTER

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The New Westminster board of education quietly passed a motion that promotes inclusion of students of all genders and sexual orientations in local schools, with none of the outrage of neighbouring districts. Similar policy changes rattled parents in Vancouver and Burnaby, but there was not even a single person on hand at last Tuesday’s school board committee meeting, where trustees unanimously voted to upgrade the policy. “I look at the audience and I think we’ve done a darn good job of developing policy,” trustee Michael Ewen said in regards to the empty quarters at Tuesday’s committee meeting, which started with a full house, when the high school presented

Trustees hammered out a minor change on its Discover Apprenticeship program. While the policy passed at the com- to the working of a single sentence, but mittee level, it still has to come before the generally applauded the policy, which is board of education before it is fully imple- described as a “living” document, meaning that its language may change mented. The policy includes the over time. creation of a standing committee “The intent wasn’t to have to explore and make recommenthe committee police the policy; dations regarding sexual orientathe intent was to have a living tions and gender identities. policy,” Gaiptman said. “The last The policy was crafted after policy that we passed on this was an enormous amount of consulta18 months ago, and my God, if tion with New Westminster Pride that’s where we were 18 months Society members and many other ago have we ever moved.” groups, superintendent John Trustee Casey Cook agreed, Gaiptman told the board. “This has been well thought Jonina Campbell saying, “If you look at language, (the LBGT community) is using out, there was lots of discussion, trustee concepts that six months ago lots of consultation. I think it’s an important policy and I thank the board for didn’t exist. Even amongst the community itself, there’s not agreement.” taking the initiative,” he said. The district’s new policy covers where Trustee Jonina Campbell agreed, praising the policy, which she has says has more they want to get to, Cook added. Gaiptman re-drafted a gender/sexual “teeth” than the district’s previous one. It was Campbell who called for the orientation policy to help guide the district policy update after hearing a transgender in a direction that promotes inclusion and “actively supports diversity.” teen talk in Vancouver.

The policy has the bite Campbell was looking for, covering safety issues for children of all sexual orientations and gender identities. Both Gaiptman and Campbell told The Record earlier in the school year that there are transgender students in New Westminster schools, though they don’t know the exact numbers because, Campbell said, it’s not something they track. There is also a gay/straight alliance club at New Westminster Secondary School. Some Vancouver parents were concerned about having gender-neutral washrooms in schools. In New West, Gaiptman said the new policy is a less blanketed approach in terms of bathroom use. Students can use single-use washrooms in a number of local schools, Gaiptman said. “Just about every school does, but if we run into an issue where we have to do something ... we will then discuss the issue at that school and what we can do to rectify the situation,” Gaiptman told The Record. twitter.com/nikimhope

City leading the charge for transit ‘yes’ vote New Westminster will urge residents to vote yes in upcoming referendum

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The City of New Westminster wants to connect with as many residents as it can to promote a Yes vote in the upcoming transportation referendum. The Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation is seeking a 0.5 per cent increase to the provincial sales tax to generate funding to expand the regional transit and transportation system. Its 30-year vision includes plans for a new tolled four-lane Pattullo Bridge, new light rail transit lines in Surrey, an extension of the Millennium Line along the Broadway corridor to Arbutus, a 25 per cent increase in bus service, maintenance and upgrades to the 2,300 kilometres of the

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through increased demand on social How homeless do you have to be to services. And, moreover, it’s effective; qualify as homeless? a recent study by the Mental Health That’s the no-win question facing Commission of Canada found that the those who help seniors, after a new fedfunding model works. eral funding model was introduced to So what’s the problem? combat senior homelessness. Well, the funding is com(See the story on page 3 of ing out of the regular pool of today’s edition.) THE RECORD money available for homelessIn principle, the Housing ness programs, which means First funding model is a good there may be less money available to one. It’s meant to help the chronically help those who aren’t chronically homehomeless – who often have mental illless but who might be facing life on the nesses and/or addictions, and who street for the first time. can cost the government more money

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And, sadly, the prospect of life on the street is a very real one for many seniors – those for whom low, fixed incomes simply aren’t keeping up with the cost of living. Sadly, the New Westminster-based Seniors Services Society – the only group in the Lower Mainland that specifically helps seniors who are homeless or at risk of being homeless – foresees senior homelessness as being on the rise in 2015. In fact, its interim executive director, Brian Dodd, goes so far as to call the

issue a “crisis.” What’s needed is pretty simple: funding. First and foremost, for affordable housing. And, tied into that, for programs to help vulnerable people – seniors and otherwise – to prevent them from becoming homeless. Here’s hoping Stephen Harper and his government are listening to those who are advocating on this issue. Because life may be cushy if you’re 55 years old and living at 24 Sussex Dr. But it’s not quite so pleasant if you’re living on the streets, now, is it?

LNG may have a future after all IN THE HOUSE

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rying to gauge whether a liquefied natural gas industry is going to finally establish a toe-hold in this province remains a risky endeavor, more so now that oil prices have plummeted to near-record lows. While LNG is not oil, the price of oil determines so many things that all industries are affected by it. When oil prices deteriorate like they have in recent weeks, they send a ripple effect through the world economy. One of the impacts is that banks and capital financiers become more conservative in backing short-term capital investments, and some companies begin to nervously watch their cash flow situation and contemplate reduced spending. Aside from the wild volatility in the energy sector right now, B.C.’s would-be LNG industry is already facing other challenges, not the least of which it is trying to enter an intensely competitive sector, and countries like Australia, Russia, Qatar and the United States have been in the game longer. Still, B.C.’s cabinet minister responsible for LNG, Rich

Coleman, last week reiterated his never-dying optimism that one of the more than dozen companies with LNG terminals on the drawing board for B.C. will make what is called the final investment decision sometime this year. While it’s easy to dismiss Coleman’s enthusiasm as a case of political delusion, there are some clues out there that, behind the scenes, things are happening that may indeed see at least one of the LNG companies finally make the call to set up shop in this province. First of all, there has been a sudden and steady increase in the number of key First Nations bands that have inked revenue sharing agreements with LNG companies, to share in any potential windfall from their projects. At least eight northern First Nations have made such deals, and the money involved is substantial. Some bands will be guaranteed a substantial annual revenue stream, which could have an enormous positive impact on the economic health of their members. Wet’suwet’en First Nations chief Karen Ogen told The Vancouver Sun: “Do we want a better life for our people? Yes, we do. How are we going to get it? Not by sitting here waiting for government handouts.” According to the Sun, her community will get almost $3 million (if the Shell LNG plant

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Re: Have fighter jets become obsolete?, Opinion, The Record, Jan. 9. Your writer in last Friday’s paper is out to lunch on a lot of things he knows about the F-35. There are three variants: the F-35A, which uses conventional runways; the F-35B, which does short takeoffs and vertical landings; and the F-35C, which operates off an aircraft carrier deck. The RCAF is only interested in the conventional F-35A. The STOVL F-35B cannot take off vertically except with no load and almost no fuel, but it can hover and land vertically. The aircraft is not just a “fighter” for dogfighting, which hasn’t been a big thing in recent wars, but it is called the Joint Strike Fighter because it can also act as a ground and naval attack plane. It has two ◗LNG Page 7 huge internal weapons bays plus seven external

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR F-35 is a technical marvel ! continued from page 6

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actually goes ahead), to be used to increase education and skills for its 242 members, as well as being invested in housing, health and culture. While a number of First Nations bands remain firmly opposed to LNG projects and pipelines, this spate of agreements may signal that opposition may be waning in the face of being able to partner in lucrative agreements for First Nations members. Another important development on the LNG front occurred just before Christmas. Australian LNG giant Woodside Petroleum Ltd. bought out Apache Corp.’s 50 per cent share of the proposed LNG project near Kitimat (Chevron has the other 50 per cent). A number of analysts have noted a financial transaction of this magnitude (almost $3 billion, which includes Apache’s

interest in an Australian LNG terminal) doesn’t occur as a mere whim, and may indicate the Kitimat project is closer to a final investment decision than many may have thought. Finally, the head of the B.C. LNG Alliance, David Keane, has pointed out a decision to invest in LNG is not going to be based on the price of energy today. He told me these are long-term investment decisions, and that “supply gaps” of energy need to be filled over the next 30 or 40 years. He says he is very optimistic at least one final investment decision will be made this coming year. The Asian demand for LNG over the next few decades will only grow, no matter what the price may be today, he says. The proposed LNG projects for B.C. aren’t slated to come on stream for at least several years,

so the spot energy market today could be long forgotten by the time any of those terminals are up and running. Nevertheless, the great guessing game will continue for some months yet. We should know by the end of the year whether the B.C. Liberal government’s all-in strategy for developing LNG in B.C. will begin to pay off, or whether it ends up holding a losing hand. The way things look right now, I’d be surprised if at least two or three terminals don’t go ahead. That’s nowhere near as many as Premier Christy Clark envisioned in the last provincial election campaign, but even two or three LNG terminals would provide a healthy revenue stream for a provincial government. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C.

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The school district is diving into determining how teachers can best reach every single learner in New Westminster schools. The district has put together a “working group” of educators in the district to discuss ways to meet the increasingly diverse needs of students. “There isn’t anything special

about special education anymore,” the district acting assistant superintendent Janet Grant told the board of education at a recent meeting. “Diversity is the norm in today’s classrooms.” The school district will soon be convening a working group to explore the topic of Teaching and Learning in Diverse Classrooms. Over the years, classrooms have changed dramatically, according to a written update from Grant. There are many more students with special needs, ranging from complex needs to gifted learners, as well as students from a wide range of cultural and language backgrounds, all of whom benefit from different approaches to

In the fall of 2012, a delegation learning. “It is also known that when from Sherbrooke, Que., visited individual students’ learning pref- classrooms throughout the district for a week to see how erences and personal it’s implemented. interests are taken And more recentinto account, they become more success- “Diversity is the ly, the Nova Scotia Department of ful and motivated to norm in today’s Education has asked learn,” Grant wrote. for permission to use At the same time, classrooms.” parts of the district’s there have been many Universal Design for advances in technolGRANT Learning planning ogy that need to be JANET assistant superintendent template in the develconsidered to enhance opment of a new curstudent learning, she wrote. Universal Design for riculum for their province, accordLearning, one of the district’s ing to Grant. Meanwhile, the Teaching and teaching approaches it has used for several years, has received Learning in Diverse Classrooms national attention for its promise. working group will be exploring

what is known about educational practices based on research, data and experience; drafting district beliefs about teaching and learning in diverse classrooms; establishing district priorities for broader consideration; and developing a recommended action plan to move the district forward. The group includes representatives from teachers, support staff, administrators, parents, students and the school board. Throughout the process, there will be the opportunity for feedback on the working group’s findings prior to the recommendations going to the board. For more information, email jgrant@sd40.bc.ca.

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that funding for Housing First unless they’ve been on the street for six or eight months,” he said. “What kind of twisted logic is that?” Julian has concerns for seniors in both Burnaby and New Westminster. He also blamed the former Liberal government for “destroying” Canada’s national housing plan. “We need to start putting in place affordable housing units in this country. That’s a federal gov-

ernment responsibility,” he said. Regional funding to help the homeless comes from the federal government’s Homelessness Partnering Strategy, which is investing more than $41 million in Vancouver and the surrounding areas for 2014 to 2019. Metro Vancouver is responsible for distributing that money to Lower Mainland groups that apply for grants. There is $8.2 million available each year, but 65 per cent of that funding is dedicated to Housing First, while the remain-

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Cops recover stolen property after break-ins BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

New Westminster Police have seized hundreds of items – including oodles of DVDs – after an investigation into several breakins on 12th Street led them to a residence just a block away. While investigating a report of a break-and-enter at a 12th Street business on Jan. 3, New Westminster police discovered three other nearby businesses had also been victimized at some point during the previous three days. The theft of thousands of DVDs and other equipment from Joey’s Video Stop has garnered headlines in recent days. “There is a pile of items that were recovered,” said police spokesperson Sgt. Chad Johnston, “and there are some videos there.” Along with Joey’s Video Stop, a nail salon and two vacant commercial spaces on 12th Street were broken into sometime after Jan. 1, when they were either closed or empty. A day before the thefts from the video store were reported on Jan. 3, a witness observed two men inside the commer-

cial space of the former when people are doing Quizno’s at about 5 a.m. something they shouldn’t The suspects fled the area be doing,” Johnston said. before police arrived and “They get careless and couldn’t be located, but the they leave little things witness provided police behind. We have a very with critical information good forensics unit here. about a unique push cart They do very good work. They were obviously able spotted at the scene. “I want to make the to pick out some evidence point how important the out of one of the scenes.” According to a police community is to the success and the safety of the press release, the operacommunity,” Johnston tional support unit took over the investisaid. “It may seem gation. Members like a little piece of of the unit arrestinformation, but it ed a suspect at really jumpstarts his residence in the whole thing.” connection to a Within a day break-and-enter or so, Const. John at Donair Town at Macdonald, a 938 12th St. member of the “It’s not abnorpatrol section, mal to see this observed that happen, where same unique push Chad Johnston somebody is quite cart outside of a NWPD close to home,” residence in the 800 block of 12th Street, Johnston said. On Jan. 8, police exe“did a little bit of digging on his own” and learned cuted a search warrant the cart belonged to a man and located “hundreds of exhibits,” including living on the block. While that wasn’t property from each of the enough evidence on its break-and-enters that had own to make an arrest, the occurred in the 900 block department’s forensic team of 12th Street. Peter Klaus Hoppe of was able to come up with some evidence from one of New Westminster has been the scenes that linked the charged with one count of break-and-enter. suspect to the break-ins. Members of the oper“It’s a high level of stress

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and there is going to be someone else involved in this.” The investigation is ongoing. “One of the scenes was the video store. That’s where the potential for new charges is going to come out,” Johnston said. “The forensic evidence came from the Donair Shop. The other evidence and some of the property seized during the search warrant links the other locations. That’s where some other charges are

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The New Westminster Chamber of Commerce has joined a coalition supporting the call for voters to approve a proposed new 0.5 per cent PST hike to fund transit and transportation expansion across the region. The Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation put forward a plan for a 0.5 per cent increase to the provincial sales tax to generate funding to expand the regional transit and transportation system. The provincial government required a transportation plebiscite for taxpayers to vote on the tax

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Enjoy some gypsy jazz, bistro-style. The popular string ensemble Van Django is comingtoNewWestminster to perform at Queens Avenue United Church on Saturday, Jan. 24. Concertgoers will be able to buy refreshments and enjoy an evening with friends seated around small tables, while listening to VanDjango’s unique sounds. Van Django includes violinist Cameron Wilson, guitarist Budge Schachte, guitarist/cellist Finn Manniche and bass player Brent Gubbels. The group’s music is described as “punchy, driving and rhythmically inventive, combining a wealth of musical influences while maintaining their roots in the gypsy jazz made famous by the 1930s’ Quintet of the Hot Club of France. Since the group was formed in 1998, it has been touring extensively in Canada, with international trips to the U.S., Europe and China. Their New Westminster concert is set to start at 7:30 p.m. (Note that entrance for this concert is by the Queens Avenue door.) Tickets are limited. See www.queensavenue.org for details or to purchase. – Julie MacLellan

ere’s a heads-up for local theatre lovers. The Vagabond Players are kicking off 2015 with Agatha Christie’s Go Back for Murder. Based on Christie’s novel Murder in Retrospect, the play follows a woman who’s seeking to prove that her now-deceased mother was innocent of the murder that sent her to jail. The Vagabond production is directed by Jacqollyne Keath. It runs Jan. 29 to Feb. 21, with shows Thursday to Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Bernie Legge Theatre in Queen’s Park. Tickets are $15, or $13 for seniors and youth, with $10 previews on Jan. 29 and 30. Reserve at 604-521-0412 or email reservations@vagabond players.ca, or see www. vagabondplayers.ca for more details – and watch these pages for more to come.

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Also on the theatre front, you can catch New Westminster talent onstage in the next production at Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre. Stage 43 Theatrical Society is presenting Steel Magnolias, running Jan. 15 to 24. It features New West’s own Nancy Ebert as Clairee, and it’s also directed by local resident Jacqollyne Keath. Ebert was recently seen ◗Lively City Page 12

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Love art? Drop in to the New Westminster Public Library to check out two new art shows for January. On the ramp gallery (on the main floor), you can enjoy Young Creative Minds, a show by the students of artist Shavon Cheng. The young artists are in grades 1 to 5, and the show features work by Chloe Chan, Jerry Chen, Amity Dominelli, Harmony Dominelli, Angelina Garcia, Naomi Hsu, Amanda Huang, Eileen Ji, Brendan Lin, Mia Rose Lin, Charlotte Mak, Chloe Mak, Ashley Tseng, Jackie Tseng, Isabelle Zhan, Denis Zukic and Elvin Zukic. Upstairs at the library, you can check out the New Westminster Photography

Club’s 8 x 10 x 19. Nineteen of the club’s members are displaying photographs – ranging from a closeup of a hummingbird to sweeping landscapes to art photography. The library is at 716 Sixth Ave., uptown, and you can see the art exhibits at any time during library opening hours. See www. nwpl.ca or call 604-527-4660 for more information.

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iss New Westminster candidates are picking up some words of wisdoms from their elders. A new component is being introduced to the 2015 New Westminster Hyack Ambassador program. The program, which culminates with the crowing of Miss New Westminster, includes a new partnership with residents of Thornbridge Gardens. Hyack ambassador candidates meet and interview residents of Thornbridge Gardens retirement home and then prepare and present a speech about their partnered seniors’ life experiences to the Thornbridge Garden community in preparation for the 44th annual pageant and awards gala on March 28. “This project has been unbelievably successful,” said program coordinator Deb Wardle. “Some of the girls came out after their initial interview with tears in their eyes after hearing some of the seniors’ stories.” While the girls may have been a bit uneasy about the idea of interviewing a stranger, they couldn’t believe the hour was up so quickly and didn’t want to leave. “I am studying World War II at school and hearing Mrs. Duval’s stories about living through it just makes me understand it,” ambassador candidate Skye Wright-Hinton said in a press release. The 2015 candidates are: Jolene Bernardino, Sophie Candolfi, Sarah Stewart, Simran Rattan, Wright-

Hinton, Jasmine Miriguay, Taylor Atherley and Sydney Fitzsimonds. The project included a number of meetings between the seniors and the candidates. In addition to meeting weekly and attending a number of presentations, the eight 2015 Hyack ambassador candidates have volunteered at a number of events, including a Cookies for a Cause fundraiser for World Vision, November Night in Sapperton and attending the Santa Claus and Grey Cup parades. The Hyack Festival Association will formally introduce this year’s candidates at a President’s Tea on Sunday, Jan. 18 at the CAW Union Hall at 707 12th St. All Hyack members and the general public are welcome to attend the tea. Tickets are $12.50 and available at the Hyack office (604-522-6894) or on eventbrite.ca (search for Hyack). The candidate will also be holding a fundraising Ambass-A-Bowl, which includes bowling, a silent auction, a candy concession and a 50/50. Tickets for the fundraiser, which takes place on Friday, Jan. 30 from 7 to 10 p.m. at Lucky Strike Lanes, are $10 per person and include three games of bowling and shoe rental. For more information, call the Hyack Festival Association office at 604522-6894.

Parenting boys

If you’re in search of some parenting tools to help with raising a boy, an upcoming presentation will help. Barry MacDonald is returning to the Royal City with his Boy Smarts presentation. MacDonald is an author, teacher and counsellor/coach, who is a champion for strong families, strong schools – and boys. (I attended one of his presentations when my boys were younger, and, as they approach the tween and teen years, hope to attend to get a refresher.) Tickets are $10 and are available at masseytheatre. com. Child care is available for kids aged two and up. Register in advance at cedsnw@fsgv.ca.

Urban Academy opens doors

Urban Academy is opening its doors to the community this month. The independent school is holding an open house for grades 6 to 12 on Thursday, Jan. 29 from 4 to 6 p.m. at 601 Eight Ave. Urban Academy bills itself as being the Lower Mainland’s only arts-infused independent school. For more information, visit www.urbanacademy. ca. Send Around Town ideas to Theresa, tmcmanus@royalcity record.com.

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◗ IN THE GAME

Douglas men move to No. 1 in national volleyball ◗P15 Royal women rout hoop Falcons in fourth ◗P15

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

Knights bounce back to fifth at Chancellor Rebels in with 20, including six threepointers. In the loss to Tupper, Jason Zhang came off the bench and put up 14 fourth-quarter points, including four treys, for the Knights. DesLauriers led STM in the tournament opener with 18 points in the Knights’ 58-44 victory over Maple Ridge. “The kids have to realize that last year was last year. But everyone remembers, and we have to understand that,” STM head coach Aaron Mitchell said of STM’s AAA provincial title last season. Charles Tupper, which defeated the Knights in last year’s Lower Mainland final but fell short in the provincial, obviously remembered that fact in its quarter-final matchup with STM at the Chancellor, added Mitchell. “We’re still growing a lot,” said Mitchell.

BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

St. Thomas More Knights finished at 3-1 and in fifth place at the annual varsity boys’ Chancellor basketball tournament. The No. 7-ranked Knights rebounded from a quarter-final defeat to eventual runner-up and No. 5 Sir Charles Tupper and went on to post a workman-like 72-55 victory over the Delta Pacers in the final placement game on Saturday. Junior forward and honourable mention all-star Cam Morris led the Knights with 17 points. Second team all-star J.J. DesLauriers added a dozen points for the host team. Jas Singh, For another tournamore photos, ment honourable mention scan had a gamewith Layar high 20 points for the Pacers. STM guards Terrell Jana and Edward Ju finished with 15 and 14 points, respectively. “We’re learning we have to just keep our foot on the pedal and take over a game when we have the chance,” said Jana, who helped the Knights stave off an attempted Delta comeback with 10 second-half points. STM started the opening quarter with a 22-5 advantage, but Delta closed the gap with a 23point second quarter to make the rest of the game interesting. The Pacers got the deficit down to single digits in both the second and third quarters, but STM had the depth off the bench to hold off the Delta school that lost a one-point squeaker to AAA No. 4 and eventual bronze medalist Fleetwood Park in the quarterfinals on Jan. 8. Pitt Meadows won the Chancellor final 82-72 over Tupper.

Bulldogs place 11th

Byrne Creek wound up in 11th place at the Chancellor following a 73-47 win over St. Mary’s. The Bulldogs were led by Body Geoffrey with 23 points. The Bulldogs lost their Chancellor opener 63-58 to eventual fourth-place finisher Handsworth. Malik Holmes led Byrne Creek with 27 points. Holmes also scored 22 points to put Byrne Creek into the final placement game against St. Mary’s with a 63-48 win over Maple Ridge.

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Laying it in: St. Thomas More’s J.J. DesLauriers goes up for two of his 18 points in an opening day win over Maple Ridge at the Chancellor boys’s basketball tournament last week. Following the loss to Tupper in the quarters, STM overwhelmed No. 2 McMath 73-49 in the conso-

lation semifinal of Friday. DesLauriers led the way with 21 points, while Morris chipped

The New Westminster Hyacks take on the Burnaby South Rebels in BNW high school league play at home in the Pearson gym today (Wednesday). Tipoff is at 6:45 p.m. This weekend, the former No. 1-ranked Rebels lost in the final of the Legal Beagle tournament 7971 to the host Terry Fox Ravens.

RCCC skips earn open berths to B.C.s BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

Dean Joanisse and Daniel Wenzek skipped their way into the upcoming B.C. men’s curling championships. The two Royal City Curling Club rinks joined clubmates Sean Geall and Ken McArdle, who previously won the A and B events, respectively, at the Lower Mainland playdowns in Cloverdale in December. The four New Westminster rinks will also compete alongside former world and twotime provincial champion, Brent Pierce, who quali-

fied for the B.C.s as the Canadian Team Ranking System points winner. The Joannise rink of third Paul Cseke, second Jay Wakefield and lead John Cullen made short work of the field in the men’s open A event playdown at the Peace Arch club in White Rock, winning four straight matches, including an 8-5 nineender over Victoria’s Wes Craig. Joannise, who won a provincial men’s title in 2007 while in Victoria, scored two in the first end, three in the third and another pair in the seventh to knock off the eventual open C-event qualifier.

Joannise also defeated C-event finalist Andrew Forrest of Vancouver 9-1 in four ends in the quarters and first C-event qualifier Mark Longworth of Vernon 6-3 in the semifinal – on the strength of a deuce in the fourth end and a second pair steal in the fifth. The Wenzek rink of third Nicholas Meister, second Calvin Heels and Byron Heels at lead, was relegated to the B event after a second-round 10-7 loss to Longworth. But Wenzek rebounded in spades, winning four consecutive B-event draws, including a 7-2 six-ender over Craig in the qualify-

ing final. The combined RCCC, Victoria and Langley-represented rink opened with a steal of three against Craig and then added a deuce in each of the fourth and sixth ends to claim entry into the B.C.s. Wenzek made some big shots in his march to a Bevent berth, scoring three in the ninth end in a 9-5 win over Sean Matheson from Kelowna in Draw 6. In Draw 8, Wenzek got past Christopher Ordog of Vancouver 11-6 with a four-ender in the ninth. In the B semifinal, Wenzek scored two in the 10th to squeak past Longworth, 6-5.

RCCC’s Bruce Law had a couple of chances to qualify, making it to the semifinal of the B event before losing an 8-4 decision to Craig after giving up steals in the third and fourth and a deuce in the seventh end. Law advanced to a Cevent final with steals in the eighth and ninth ends to pluck a comeback 7-5 victory over Chris Faa of Richmond. The Law rink then dropped the ensuing C final 6-1 to Longworth. The 2015 B.C. men’s curling championships will be staged at the Vernon Curling Club from Feb. 3 to 8.

fall to Ravens at Legal Beagle

BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

The Burnaby South Rebels lost their No. 1 provincial ranking following a 79-71 loss to host Terry Fox Ravens in the final of the annual Legal Beagle boys’ basketball tournament on Saturday. The Rebels’ first-of-theseason defeat came in what proved to be an unlucky 13th game of the season for now 12-1 South, which led 37-35 at halftime and 55-54 at the third-quarter mark. But in the final quarter and with the lead in hand, Terry Fox was near-perfect from the charity stripe, making good on 16 free throws to keep the Rebels’ attempted comeback at bay. First team all-star Jermaine Haley scored a game-high 27 points in a losing cause for the Rebels. Tyus Batiste was also named to the all-tournament team. South defeated Alberta No. 1 Harry Ainlay Titans from Edmonton 92-83 in the semifinals behind Haley’s 32 points and nine rebounds. Earlier in the day, Haley tore it up with 44 points in South’s 83-74 victory over Heritage Woods from Port Moody.

Jr. Chancellor

St. Thomas More Collegiate will be holding its annual junior girls’ and boys’ Chancellor basketball tournament, beginning Thursday. Byrne Creek boys and New Westminster girls are among the 16 teams taking part in the tourney, which runs until Saturday. The 15-3 Hyack girls kick off the junior Chancellor against Archbishop Carney at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday. Byrne Creek boys follow at 10 a.m. STM girls open against Pitt Meadows at 11:30 a.m. The Knight boys play G.W. Graham at 7 p.m. The junior girls’ final is scheduled for Saturday at 5:30 p.m., with the boys final set to follow at 7 p.m.

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Douglas College got double-digit outings from four of its players in a 6958 win over Langara in PacWest women’s basketball action on Jan. 8. Ellen Fallis came off the bench to lead all scorers with seven-of-11 shooting and 15 points for the secnod-place Royals. Starters Adelia Paul, Nanaya Miki and Chloe Kennedy also scored in double figures. Paul contributed 14 points, two assists and two steals, while Miki drained four buckets, and added four free throws and collected 10 rebounds for a firstof-2015 double-double. Kennedy chipped in with 11 points. In a game that saw 10 lead changes, Douglas trailed 31-25 at half time before pulling even at the

three-quarter mark. The 14th-ranked Royals shot better than 51 per cent in the second half, running away with the final quarter 24-13 over the visitors from Vancouver. The 5-2 Royals doubled the Falcons in three key categories – points off turnovers and second-chance points – while also outscoring Langara 25-15 off the bench. Douglas is home to Camosun this weekend. The women start things off Friday at 6 p.m. at the New Westminster campus. The two schools meet again on Saturday at 1 p.m. The Douglas men missed a chance to catch the Langara Falcons in the PacWest standings, falling to the defending collegiate national champs 77-67. The Royals trailed Langara by as many as 15 points in the opening half but clawed to within

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For Freshness and Quality you can count on! WINTER TIME STORE HOURS (START NOV 2 - 2014) MONDAY TO SUNDAY 8:30AM TO 8:00PM HOLIDAY 9:00 AM TO 6:00 PM

for the following positions: • Meat cutter • Produce Stocker • Cashier •Grocery Stocker

LFM LANGLEY FARM MARKET

604-521-2883

/ea.

San Remo

$ 09

WE ARE HIRING! 7815 Kingsway

$ 99

$12.08/kg ..........................................

Valid Wednesday, January 14th - Sunday, January 18th while quantities last.

BURNABY

RUSSET POTATO

Fresh Chicken Breast Portion Skinless & Boneless

San Remo

Cream Cracker

/lb.

Product Of WASHINGTON (10 LB BAG)

/ea.

M E AT

Frozen Basa Fillet

620g .............................................

CARROT

Product Of MEXICO ($1.74 KG)

White Bread

Product Of MEXICO

/ea.

LOCAL D'ANJOUR PEAR

AVOCADO

Product Of BC ($1.52 KG)

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