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ore than 200 people came out to take part in Sunday’s Jog for the Bog. The annual event, in its 16th year, kicked off a day of activities to mark International Bog Day including a pancake breakfast, live music and more. Sisi Zhou, special events co-ordinator for the Burns Bog Conservation Society, said the turnout was one of the best they’ve ever seen. “In previous years, we typically have had 100 to 120 (runners). Last year, we had a pretty big spike and we had about 170. This year, there was a lot of growth,” she said. Though the final numbers weren’t in Monday morning, she estimated there were about 220 runners this time around.

An elementary school teacher first started the event, but the conservation society has now taken it over and it’s become its signature event. And it’s all about showing off the beauty of the bog, according to Zhou. “It’s a great way to get people out and into the bog and get them to really enjoy the scenic route and really understand what it’s all about. We just think that a run is perfect because it puts you right into the area.” Many people aren’t familiar with the bog, even many North Delta residents, she noted. “It’s quite tucked away,” Zhou said. “It’s definitely one of those hidden gems of Vancouver that a lot of people don’t know about.” Amy Reid

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‘Rats R Us’ in Newton neighbourhood City of Surrey looks to strengthen its rat bylaw

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NEWTON — A Surrey man says rats are plaguing his Newton neighbourhood. “It’s Rats R Us,” said Dan Goy. The longtime resident is frustrated that while he filed complaints to Fraser Health and Surrey’s bylaws department in late June, the problem persists. “What is really alarming is how visible the rats are during the daytime, on our deck, on top of the fence,” Goy said. He recalled one day when rats were running all over front lawns in the neighbourhood. “People were rolling up in their cars and taking pictures,” he said. Goy said one of his neighbours has been feeding wildlife, “heaving food out the window,” which is what is believed to have caused the problem. “Squirrels, raccoons and blue jays – but rats, too – to the point it’s ridiculous.” He has set up traps, and his dog has killed two rats, but Goy said that isn’t going to solve the problem. He worries what will happen when the warm weather subsides. “The real problem is when it starts to get cold, and they start to get into everybody’s homes in the neighbourhood,” he said, noting once the rodents get in, they quickly begin to multiply. He hopes the city can do something about the problem. “What we need here is a pied piper. Does the city have any of those?” David Wang, with Surrey-based AA Happy Pest Control, said it’s unusual for rats to be seen during the day. “That’s abnormal,” he said of spotting the rodents during daylight hours. “That means there’s a lot of rats.” Wang said Goy is right in his worry about rats coming inside the home.

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Photo: (GORD GOBLE) “That’s a problem,” he said. “They can chew on wires, cause fires, a lot of problems.” Wang added once rats get inside a home, they can’t be poisoned, because they will die inside the home. And he noted rats typically have three to four litters per year, with usually eight to 12 babies per litter – meaning the situation can get bad, fast. Tasleem Juma, spokesperson for Fraser Health, said that a complaint has been received about the residence thought to be the source of the problem. She said a health officer visited the home to explain the activity was bringing rodents into the area. But she said Surrey’s bylaws don’t give the health authority as much as power as some other municipalities. Burnaby has a bylaw that provides health officers with power to resolve matters like this, Juma said. “So, if for example your neighbour is being negligent and not taking care, not taking their garbage out or whatever it may be… if they don’t and there is a pest

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issue we can actually step in and help with bait control. But that’s in Burnaby. Surrey doesn’t have this bylaw, so the only thing we can actually do is to approach the homeowner and advise that this is becoming a problem… and offer some solutions. But we can’t actually physically intervene in Surrey.” Juma said Surrey has been notified of the problem. Surrey’s bylaws manager Jas Rehal acknowledged the city’s rat bylaw – number 1501 – is outdated and “in need of a refresh.” “We had another complaint on a different property that was, again, similar to this and in reviewing the files after it’s become clear to us the current bylaw is not giving us the appropriate power to really close it off properly. “I’ve asked our staff to look at amending it and to be honest, this incident now, is going to make this thing a bit more of a priority.” Rehal said the city will look at bylaws in other municipalities, such as Burnaby, in

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order to strengthen Surrey’s. “The way the bylaw is currently written, is it gives Fraser Health the authority to deal with them, and it seems like that’s not working.” Rehal acknowledged the case in Newton is a tricky, and unique, one. “Most of the rat issues that we have in neighbourhoods come from vacant lots,” he noted. “Those ones, we have bylaws to deal with the lots, but those ones are a little different, the rats move on from there. This one seems a bit more targeted, especially with the issue of the feeding.” With that said, Rehal says the city is going to get creative in terms of how to resolve the problem in the Newton community. “I don’t want to leave the individuals waiting for the new bylaw to get out there, that will take some time, but in the meantime we’ll go outside the box and we’ll see what we can do.” Rehal hopes to have a revised rat bylaw to council for review this fall.

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SURREY — Eight months after Vancouver’s first Bitcoin ATM was unveiled to the public, Surrey now has one to claim as its own. Situated at the newly opened Beta Collective, a co-working space in Whalley, the ATM opens the doors for residents south of the Fraser to easily get in on the Bitcoin game by allowing anyone to purchase the digital currency with cash. Owned and operated by the Crypto Think Tank, a Vancouver-based company dedicated to all things Bitcoin, the ATM was a natural fit for the centrally located Beta Collective site. “We were just wondering where we should put it and at the same time we were wanting to hold an event to get our name out there,” said Crypto Think Tank cofounder Eric Liow. As there are already several Bitcoin ATMs in Vancouver, Beta Collective co-founder Jason Wong said being centrally located in the heart of downtown Surrey, they were more than happy to host the city’s first. “This is Innovation Boulevard, so where

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Crypto Think Tank co-founder Eric Liow, left, and Beta Collective founders Elvin Cheung and Jason Wong with Surrey’s first Bitcoin ATM. (Photo: CHRISTOPHER POON) else would be better to do something innovative like this?” he said. “Because we’re a co-working space, we’re always welcoming interesting, cool stuff.” Wong said they also hope to foster more innovative initiatives at Beta Collective. “Cryptocurrency is something that will turn the industry on its head. It’s disruptive technology and this stuff totally fits with what

we hope to see come out of Surrey,” he said. As for the ATM, users wanting to purchase Bitcoin at the current exchange rate can do so by setting up a digital wallet and then simply inserting cash into the machine. While users can purchase Bitcoins with the machine, they can’t exchange Bitcoins for cash. “So it’s almost like a vending machine in

that sense, you can buy Bitcoin but can’t sell it,” said Liow. Having partnered with Bitcoin exchange BitPay to process all their transactions, Liow said they have a few Bitcoins tied to the ATM, but anyone looking to do large transactions should refrain from coming in with wads of cash. “If you want to do large transactions you can broker through us directly,” said Liow. For smaller transactions, the beauty of the ATM, said Liow, is that “it doesn’t require customers to go through all these application verifications that other exchanges might require, which might need your banking information and all that kind of stuff.” And as the popularity of Bitcoin continues to grow and more and more businesses begin to accept it in lieu of dollars, Wong and Liow are just happy to be doing what they can to make Bitcoin that much more accessible to users. “We’ve even set up a Bitcoin merchant system so that we can actually accept Bitcoin as pay,” said Wong. As of press time, the price of a single Bitcoin was trading for around $700. For more information, go to cryptothinktank.com.

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Make the Right Turn historic buildings

By Benjamin Yong When visiting a new city, you are bound to come across a heritage building or two that appears to be teeming with history and untold stories from the past. There may not always be a guide available to take you around, but the town of Fairhaven in Bellingham, WA has come up with a high-tech solution. By using plaques with QR codes mounted on 12 historic buildings, anyone with a smartphone or tablet can instantly call up text and even audio to create their own personal walking tour. John Servais, publisher of the website fairhaven.com, says he came up with the idea in the spring of 2012. “I’m a computer guy — I was keenly aware of QR codes and I’m a history major and history buff. For me, what I was looking at was ‘How can we do a better job of promoting buildings and markers?’” After presenting the idea to the board of the Historic Fairhaven Association, a grant was awarded for more modern plaques displaying QR codes that resemble small, square barcodes, instead of traditional larger plaques with text. Scanning the code with the appropriate app on your handheld device takes you to the specific page on the Fairhaven website, where you will find both a written and audio description in English and Chinese. Mark Twain in Fairhaven (Play) July 31 - Aug 3 For instance, if you were to visit the Terminal Building on the corner of 11th Street and Aug 7 - Aug 10 • Aug 14 - 17 Harris Avenue — home to the restaurant/coffee shop Harris Avenue Cafe and Tony’s

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Right now, there is also the option of reading the text in Chinese, and in the future Spanish, French and German will be added as well. As part of the ongoing project, there are also 54 historic markers scattered around town marking previous landmarks that will all eventually incorporate online functionality as well. “It’s another way for people to absorb history. Our vision is to help visitors become more aware of the story of Fairhaven,” says Servais.

About two miles away, a handful of character buildings still stand in downtown Bellingham. Although no QR codes are featured, they are worth checking out nonetheless. With its red brick walls and classic architecture, you can’t miss the former city hall that is now the Whatcom Museum of History and Art. Another impressive brick masterpiece is the Whatcom County Territorial Courthouse, which was home to a taxidermy shop in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. That leaves the Pickett House, where the famous American general George E. Pickett once lived. For a better idea of what awaits you, visit www.fairhaven.com/historical or www.fairhaven.com.

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When British Columbians call 9-1-1 to seek emergency medical assistance, they do so because they are experiencing a situation that requires an immediate response beyond their own capabilities. Firefighters, as the first responders in BC, are generally first on-scene and provide medical and scene management support until paramedics are able to respond. Last fall BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) made changes to how it allocates its resources by having ambulances respond to certain medical calls in a “routine or non-priority” manner as opposed to previous designation of “emergency or lights and sirens”. The BC Ambulance Service (BCAS) argued these changes contained in the Resource Allocation Plan (RAP) were necessary to improve response times for those patients with the most urgent medical needs. At the BCPFFA, we’re calling this move what it really is: the Ambulance Service’s scramble, as directed by the BCEHS, to manage a shortage of available ambulances and paramedics. The BCPFFA is strongly opposed to these changes and supports the call for more ambulances and paramedics. As any emergency worker can tell you, once a call is downgraded to non-priority from emergency, the timeline to get to the incident changes. Our members have seen a number of cases where patients in distress (heavy bleeding, head injuries, spinal injuries and loss of consciousness) are being considered nonpriority, leading to increasingly longer response times by ambulances, which we find simply unacceptable. Since these changes were quietly implemented last fall, firefighters across the province are noticing much longer wait times for paramedics to arrive at an incident. In an increasing number of cases the wait for an ambulance can be between 40 and 50 minutes longer than before the protocol changes. Is this what you expect when you call 9-1-1? One of the biggest obstacles professional firefighters encounter in serving the needs of their communities is the inability for simultaneous dispatch, where 9-1-1 operators can send what the system views as an appropriate level of response. Fire is dispatched only when certain criterion is met or after it’s determined that an ambulance is unavailable to respond as required. Critical minutes are lost in this process, and timely on-scene assessment and patient care is being compromised. In our view, operators should be sending

on-duty trained firefighters to determine the level of patient care needed and granting them the authority to upgrade or downgrade the level of response required by ambulance. No matter how skilled 9-1-1 operators are, only trained responders on scene can effectively prioritize patient care for the best possible results. In Canada, the standards for emergency medical response are less than nine minutes in nine out of ten calls, or in the 90th percentile. BCAS chooses to report only average response times, which in our view is not a true reflection of how emergency responses should be disclosed. The North American standards are much higher, at four to six minutes for most medical emergent calls. BCEHS targets 12 minutes, and meets that goal 52 percent of the time for the highest priority calls. Prior to the recent RAP changes, first responders attended 35 percent of medical calls. If the recent RAP changes are fully implemented, first responders will respond to approximately 25 percent of medical calls. By changing its response to 74 of 868 call types, including downgrading 39 to non-priority, BCEHS is condoning a delayed response to the emergent needs of your community. Is this acceptable to you and your loved ones when emergency medical care is required? We are urging the government through the BCEHS to return the medical response to what the Cain Report in 1989 envisioned of an ambulance service, which was a layered response, with firefighters being simultaneously dispatched to medical emergencies within their community’s jurisdiction.Wait times are becoming dangerously long and putting undue stress on those in need of immediate care. British Columbia’s population growth and the aging Baby Boomer generation make it essential that this discussion, along with an informed and integrated systemic response to these challenges, shape the future of the emergency services system. BCPFFA wants to work with all stakeholders to ensure that British Columbians receive the care and attention required when they call 9-1-1 – and we’re not confident they’re getting it today. If you need to call 9-1-1 for yourself or someone else in need, how long are you prepared to wait for assistance? Are you okay with the system deciding that you don’t have a real emergency? Professional firefighters on duty in your community are committed to responding to your emergency when called upon and providing you with the service that you deserve.

Michael Hurley is president of the British Columbia Professional Fire Fighters Association (BCPFFA)

Surrey teacher heading to Google HQ Christopher Poon

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SURREY — If you Google Surrey teacher Karen Lirenman the first thing that pops up is the blog of one of Surrey’s most tech-savvy teachers. Chronicling her technological teaching exploits, as well as providing resources for her students and other teachers, Lirenman’s website is just one example of Surrey teachers increasingly turning to tech in the classroom. Another example? This week, Lirenman will be heading down to the one-and-only Googleplex in California to attend the Google Teacher Academy. For those not in the know, the Googleplex is the famous headquarters of the Internet/tech giant. Less well-known is the Google Teacher Academy, which is a program started by the company to enable teachers from around the world to better utilize Google’s technology in a classroom setting. “They have a bunch of certifications but the only way to become officially certified is to be accepted into this academy and go through the two days with them,” explained Lirenman. “It’s the apps that I’ll learn about using Google Drive, Calendar, Google Hangouts and how I can use them all in my teaching practice.” The Woodward Hill Elementary teacher also appeared in a Now story last year after winning the Kay L. Bitter Vision Award by the International Society for Technology in Education. Saying that you can’t remain stagnant when it comes to learning and technology, she’s since received a similar teaching certification from another tech giant, Apple. “I just got back from the Apple global institute in San Diego and they were just an amazing group of people, amazing educators,” she said. Hoping for the same experience with Google, Lirenman said she’s aware of only one other teacher with the Google teaching certification. And when it comes to the motivation to keep travelling to learn about tech — which is always on her own dime — Lirenman said it’s simply love of the job and a passion to do it as best she can that keeps her moving forward. “I’m just learning, I take all the opportunities I can get to learn more, adding these labels don’t change me as a teacher because my kids will always come first but I have a thirst for knowledge and if I can find an opportunity that isn’t available without these, I’m going to get them,” she explained. Lirenman heads down to Google Wednesday (July 30) and hopes to come back armed with even more knowledge for her students. “I like to learn to better my students, so be that using Google or other tech companies out there, I’m going to take advantage of that,” she said.

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archbishop and a rum runner. The fresh air and natural setting led to a society being formed in the 1920s for city youth named Camp Alexandra. This facility remains a significant land use and is a centre of activity. The Crescent Hotel burned down in a fire around 1950, with only stone pillars and a partial brick wall left

standing. The beach was home to oyster farming for a time. The oysters, not native to the river, were brought there many decades ago from Japan. The Crescent Oyster Co. enjoyed a thriving business until 1961, until it closed its operation for good because of river pollution. The river has swimmer’s itch and harvesting oysters there is prohibited because of paralytic shellfish poisioning. Over the years, artifacts have been found along the beach such as arrowheads, and jade as well. Some time in the ’70s, a preserved skeleton was found on the Broatch property on Crescent Road. The unusual thing was the bones – instead of being white, they were dark coloured. The body had been buried in the prenatal position, with the knees drawn up tight underneath the chin. A scientist from UBC took the skeleton to the university. And when sewers were installed, many more artifacts were discovered, attracting an organized contingent from UBC and a dig was undertaken. It was reported to have had “positive results.” City of Surrey and Surrey Archives With files from Millennium Milestones: A History of Surrey, White Rock and North Delta by Tom Zytaruk

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City deserves credit where it is due

he City of Surrey’s communications machine has recently been sending out feel-good press releases aplenty. Some unwieldy titles include “City’s Crime Reduction Strategy continues to contribute to increased public safety to Surrey,” and “Surrey’s new Biodiversity Conservation Strategy ensures City’s Green Infrastructure and Ecosystems are preserved,” and “City of Surrey making considerable progress meeting Sustainability Targets,” as well as “Celebrate the Opening of West Newton Community Park.” Heck, they’re even setting some butterflies free. This is heralded by a media advisory entitled “Photo Opportunity: 144 Butterfly Release in Surrey Centre Cemetery.” While the cynics amongst us are rubbing our chins and musing that somebody in city hall wants to get re-elected come November, the believers amongst us figure all this up-beatedness likely has more to do with city council finishing its final public meeting for the summer last Monday and that these are progress reports issued before everyone heads for the lake. Whatever the reason, credit must be given to Surrey’s current civic government for setting some ambitious goals and meeting them. It’s good to know that more than 100 kilometres of greenways, park paths, trails and cycling trails have been added since 2010. It’s also good to know that the city is introducing a riparian area bylaw to protect fish, forests and wildlife passage. And it’s good to know that there was an 87 per cent reduction in illegal pot growops in 2013 compared to 2007, thanks to the electrical fire safety inspection program. It’s also good to know that West Newton has a new 3.5-hectare (8.6 acre) community park, and even that they’re setting butterflies free. Good work deserves due praise.

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Advice to candidates – look beyond the podium The Editor, Recently, I have been reading letters to the editor in the Now about familiar issues – illegal suites, non-compliance of bylaws and lack of bylaw enforcement. I have been singing this song for years, only to witness the big get bigger, the bold get bolder and continued abuse of city amenities. My suggestion to all candidates and current city council members is this – look beyond the podium and council chambers. Go see the results of illegal suites, noncompliance of bylaws and lack of bylaw enforcement – it’s not hard to find. City Centre is growing and alive. City hall, City Centre Library and the ongoing development is wonderful. But we still have the problem of illegal suites, noncompliance of bylaws and lack of bylaw enforcement.

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Teachers holding out with students in mind The Editor, When I read letters to the editor from people calling the teachers greedy, I get angry. The public is not being informed of the facts, and for that I blame the teachers’ union. The BCTF should do a better job of telling the public what is going on. For many years, our teachers took lesser wages at the bargaining table so they could secure items like guaranteed class sizes and special needs teachers. Then, in 2002, Education Minister Christy Clark tore up those fairly negotiated contracts, an act which the courts have twice ruled as unlawful. Yet, the Clark government is appealing for a third time at a very high cost in taxpayer dollars, including recently hiring one of Canada’s most expensive lawyers.

The BCTF should tell the B.C. government to settle the legal issues before coming to the bargaining table so that they can negotiate a contract in good faith. In the current negotiations, the government is wanting to deal with issues that were ratified in previous contracts in addition to wages, so it seems that both sides are very far apart. The province and the BCTF are actually very close in wage talks, even though this would still not bring our teachers in line with other provinces. And for those that think the teachers are being greedy, I have news for them: the teachers are holding out for what is best for students, and will never make up for what they have lost in wages during the current strike action, no matter how much they end up getting in a contract settlement. Don Hunt, Delta

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Baldwin’s diplomacy button has tripped The Editor, Re: “White Rock: Should it Stay or Should it Grow?” the Now, July 24. I recently read your article that included Mayor Wayne Baldwin’s comments regarding White Rock’s need for densification. There is definitely an argument to be made for each side on this subject but there is little or no argument that White Rock’s uptown needs a beatification project or facelift. The densification plan would work well in our Uptown with our present Official Community Plan as it already allows for highrises and would supply plenty of much-needed commercial space underneath. The problem is some members of this council seem intent on continually pushing those boundaries by entertaining developer’s highrise proposals outside of our existing OCP. Baldwin goes on to state that the general plan is to keep future highrise developments north of Thrift Avenue, ensuring the waterfront and hillside don’t become overshadowed by structures. That definition is already taken care of in our present OCP by high density being limited to north/south between North Bluff Road and Thrift Avenue and east/west between Foster Street and George Avenue. So if in the future, the mayor could just respect our OCP and not entertain development proposals from his campaign contributors that are outside of our OCP it would be much appreciated. Oh, and one more little helpful hint. Mayor Baldwin, when you state, “We don’t have the luxury of having the Surrey type of development where you’ve got raw land and you can just plunk something into it and nobody’s going to care,” you may want to reset your diplomacy button, as it appears to have tripped.

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ot a week goes by, it seems, that Premier Christy Clark doesn’t talk, yet again, about the vast riches that lay in B.C.’s path if only a liquefied natural gas industry gets off the ground in this province. It’s a theme that began before the last election, and one that helped carry her to a surprising victory with the voters. People seem to at least want to believe the fairy talelike talk about billions of dollars coming our way to help eliminate the provincial debt and even the sales tax. But for all the time the premier spends talking about this subject, more evidence turns up that reminds us all about just what a shaky roll of the dice the whole LNG gambit may prove to be. Clark is arguing that the glut of natural gas on North American markets has kept the price low, and therefore B.C. must look to other markets to make money. China, Korea and Japan all loom as potential customers of B.C.’s LNG. To be fair, she has a point here. The steady decline in the price of natural gas in North America has meant dwindling revenues to the provincial treasury arising from royalties on gas sales, and this has been going on for several years. Annual natural gas royalty revenues for the B.C. government peaked in 2005-06 at almost a whopping $2 billion. Back then, the price was a lofty $7.27 per gigajoule, but things have gone downhill ever since, as the shale gas revolution in the United States exploded. The revenues bottomed out at a measly $169 million in 2012-13 and are expected to hit nearly a half-billion dollars or so this year, but the days of royalties generating more than a billion dollars per year appear over. And even the current estimate for this year’s revenues may be in jeopardy of

Premier Christy Clark keeps touting that supporting the LNG industry will bring the province out of debt, as if by magic. (Photo: Ward Perrin/The Province) being too high. Prices are lagging behind predictions of a few months ago, and even a 50 cent change in the price from what was predicted equals about $140 million in lost revenue. All of this volatility underscores the premier’s argument to find new markets. But while the price for LNG remains high in Asia, who is to say those prices will remain high when and if a B.C.-based LNG plant is up and running a few years from now? China recently signed a mammoth longrange deal with Russia for natural gas, and there are reports the price included in it is much lower than current prices. SFU professor and energy expert Mark Jaccard has pointed out that the Asia market can become just as volatile – and cheaper – over time as the North American one. If the Asian market price for LNG drops significantly, that alone could threaten the economic models of private companies contemplating building those proposed LNG plants in North West B.C. Another potential problem: several recent media reports have said a major New York hedge fund has bought a $1 billion stake in Apache, one of the companies involved in a proposed LNG project in Kitimat, and is urging the company to get out of the project. According to Bloomberg and the Wall St. Journal, the hedge fund managers apparently think the Kitimat project is a drain on

Apache’s capital, and any potential payoff is still many years down the road. They want the company to focus solely on U.S. projects. Then there is the Kitimat air shed problem. Proposed LNG plants would be clustered in a tight valley with the existing Rio Tinto smelter and perhaps even an oil refinery, which all adds up to a lot of emissions into the air over a relatively small area. The government insists the report it recently commissioned to look into the problem concluded up to four LNG plants could operate without damaging the health of residents, if “proper measures” were taken. But Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver was quick to point out one of those recommended measures is to operate the LNG plants with electricity and not natural gas, which is something the premier has ruled out. Finally, the recent landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision on aboriginal title may throw yet another wrench into plans to lay more pipelines to carry LNG to those envisioned plants. Put it all together, and it would appear the premier’s lofty dreams of LNG riches may still be stuck in the proverbial pipe for a while yet. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC. You can email him at Keith.Baldrey@globalnews.ca

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In Thursday’s ‘Now’, Coun. Bruce Hayne said with the new Biodiversity Conservation Strategy, it’s “time to focus our efforts on building our inventory of natural environment,” but some readers aren’t buying it. (Photo: MATT LAW) violating so many of the existing ones, including the OCP, while voting to approve a controversial urban subdivision in our quiet suburban neighbourhood. In this subdivision, only 28 of 232 trees are slated to be retained, and most of those that will be chainsawed won’t be replaced simply because there’s no room for trees due to the high density of the new lots. Actions speak louder than words. Gary Cameron, Surrey

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SURREY — The battle for the Surrey mayor’s chair is shaping up to become a dry run for next year’s federal election with political heavyweights of all stripes throwing their support to the top candidates in the Nov. 15 race. Surrey is expected to be a key focus in the next federal election, with outgoing mayor Dianne Watts vacating her seat for a possible run for the federal Conservatives or Liberals and former longtime MLA Dave Hayer seeking the Conservative nod in the new riding of Cloverdale-West Langley. Liberal leader Justin Trudeau is also expected to visit Surrey in August. At the same time, high-profile campaigners are getting in the municipal election game. The list of backers includes Stu Braddock, a former campaigner for Brian Mulroney and Stephen Harper, recruited by Surrey First candidate Linda Hepner, a three-term councillor endorsed by Watts; and Liberal organizer Mark Marissen, campaign manager for independent councillor Barinder Rasode, who has yet to officially declare her candidacy for mayor. Al Payne, who has been involved in past campaigns for former Liberal Sukh Dhaliwal, is the campaign manager for former three-term Surrey mayor Doug McCallum, who has hopes for a return to municipal politics. “There’s a little bit of pre-work going on. You’d have to think this is almost a proxy war,” said Paddy Smith, a political scientist at Simon Fraser University. “Watts is a piece of it. The fact that she’s not running puts more things into play … there’s more up for grabs. She represents a big opportunity for some shifts. Harper may not be the only person salivating to get Dianne Watts; I would assume Trudeau is also having talks with her.”

Linda Hepner, at her announcement to run for mayor with slate Surrey First, was publicly endorsed by current Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts. (Photo: CHRISTOPHER POON) The involvement of high-level strategists is expected to provide campaign managers with strong voters’ lists as well as a “pretty good read on the people of Surrey,” Smith said. It will also help them pinpoint candidates with the same philosophy to help senior governments get things done at the local level. Hepner acknowledged it’s rare to see such involvement by heavyweight federal campaigners in a municipal race. She only recruited Braddock and the rest of her team, she said, after discovering Rasode had the likes of Marissen and New Democrat Moe Sihota in her corner. Rasode, who split from the Surrey First team earlier this year to serve as an independent, also has the backing of former B.C. Liberal pollster Dmitri Pantazopoulos, Surrey-Newton NDP MLA Harry Bains and Kareem Allam, the deputy campaign manager in Kevin Falcon’s bid

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surrounding Narinder Kalsi’s death, her devotion and demeanor are remembered fondly. “I was amazed at her age, she would be at the temple almost all day especially on weekends from early Narinder Kalsi morning. She and her husband used to come early mornings and leave after the congregation had left to clean up and make it tidy. A very giving woman. Very, very smiling, very kind, very gentle, very humble, very motherly,” said Bhurji. The death of Narinder Kalsi highlights the issue of domestic violence and violence against women. From 2010 to 2011 the rates of “intimate partner homicides against women” in Canada rose 19 per cent, according to Statistics Canada. For Charan Gill, CEO of Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society and a friend of the Kalsi family, Sunday was not a celebration of Narinder’s life. “People are upset, people are very upset, we are sad. It is a bad name for the community. We want leaders to play a good role model, not like this. They have to control their anger, they have to do something. Especially in the Sikh temple, they go every day, they talk about peace, harmony, but this is just an outburst of something unusual,” he said.

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SURREY — A South Surrey man who inherited 10 acres from his father has lost his bid in B.C. Supreme Court to have his sickly half-sister evicted as a trespasser. Terry Nociar tried to have McCulloch removed from the rural property, which contains a house, workshop, storage sheds, storage trailers and a mobile home, but Justice Terry Schultes wouldn’t permit it. Terry has lived in the house with his wife and four children since 1998 and Catherine is living in their father’s woodworking shop at the back of the property. “I find that the father’s intention was to grant Ms. McCulloch the right to stay in the structure as long as she was in need, and that while he did not explicitly refer to it being for life, he clearly contemplated an indefinite duration,” Schultes found. “Whatever changes and declines may have occurred in his mental state closer to the time of his death, it has not been argued, and I would not find on the current evidence, that he lacked any capacity to grant her this right.” The court heard during a trial in New

Westminster that Terry is a child of their father John Nociar’s second marriage and McCulloch of his first marriage. Until 2008, their father was the sole owner of the land but in May of that year, he gave Terry a one-half interest in it, with “right of survivorship,” and the father and son became joint tenants. The land has since been passed on to the son, after the father died in January 2014, at age 83. When he was alive, John Nociar and his second wife had another home on 109th Avenue in Surrey and McCulloch had lived with them there before moving to the South Surrey property. The court heard McCulloch, 49, suffers from an auto-immune disorder and allergies to certain materials that are used in constructing homes, making it difficult for her to find housing. She hasn’t been able to work regularly since 1998 and lives on a disability pension. The court also heard of a “personality clash” between her and stepmother at the 109th Avenue property. Another brother, who also lived there, testified that McCulloch’s behavior – like letting her pet rabbit roam free in the house – was at times

eccentric and irritated the other occupants at the 109th property. McCulloch testified her father told her it was best she had a place of her own and she moved to the South Surrey property on July 1, 2009. Schultes noted McCulloch never paid her father or half-brother anything to occupy the place but made some intermittent payments for electricity, directly to BC Hydro. Terry testified it was his understanding McCulloch’s residence there “was always going to be temporary” and described it as “a place for her to stay in time of turmoil.” At the time of the trial, her electricity and water had been cut off. McCulloch interpreted this as a campaign of harassment by her half-brother and his wife to get her to leave but Terry maintained this was done for safety reasons and to comply with health and zoning regulations. He testified the electricity was left off following an inspection after a storm in March 2013 that revealed the wiring wasn’t safe. He also said the hydro bill skyrocketed while McCulloch was connected on account of numerous electrical devices she had plugged in, and that her water was cut off for fear of sewage backing up into her dwelling because her septic field was failing.

Almost three years after McCulloch moved in, in March 2012, Terry formally requested through his lawyer that she vacate the property. Their father was in a care facility at the time and was not called by either party as a witness. He died before Schultes rendered his decision. Schultes found McCulloch to be a credible witness who “came across as a rather fragile and guileless person.” The judge found that John Nociar had “explicitly made the structure available to Ms. McCulloch, renovated it and invited her to enjoy the benefit of it” and that her halfbrother “took no overt action to assert his rights as a joint tenant to exclude her.” Schultes also found it would be “taking unconscionable advantage of the situation” for her half-brother “to act on his strict legal rights and evict her now.” Schultes said he hopes his judgment will be a “catalyst for what should have taken place in the first place - reasonable negotiations between the parties in search of a practical solution that balances the limitations of this particular structure with the father’s clear intention to provide Ms. McCulloch with a place to live.”

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NEWTON – The City of Parks added to its tally on Saturday with the opening of West Newton Community Park. Families gathered to the free event for a day filled with music, cotton candy, face painting and a cricket demonstration. Surrey First mayoral candidate Linda Hepner was on site for the ribbon cutting ceremony. The park is located at 13008 59 Avenue and features a full-sized grass cricket pitch, a cricket pavilion with washrooms, an asphalt walking loop, a playground, open grass areas for picnics and a parking lot.

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SURREY – They say three times is lucky, and Julia Sugawara is hoping that is true while she prepares for her third world cup. The Semiahmoo Secondary alumnus has been chosen for Canada’s Rugby Fifteens for the third consecutive time to participate in the 2014 IRB Women’s Rugby World Cup. She credits her time in high school for giving her a leg up in the sport she loves. “I definitely got a huge start at Semi. I had great coaching and it was where I first started to fall in love with the game and figure things out. My coach really helped set me up to succeed at the rep level,” said Sugawara. The scrumhalf and her fellow teammates are already in France – where the tournament is being held from August 1-17. The national team will be looking to improve on their sixth-place finish in 2010. With this potentially being her last world cup, Sugawara is hoping to bring back some hardware. “We’re hoping to do much better than (sixth). I think we have a good chance to,” she said. Canada has been placed in Pool A along with Samoa, Spain and England. “With the way the tournament is structured, if you don’t win your pool you have to be the best second-placed team to go through. The easy route would be to win all our pool games,” Sugawara said. Team Canada has conquered Spain twice at the world cup – in 1991 and 2006 – but has never played Samoa in international competition. Sugawara believes England is Canada’s toughest competition to win the group.

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Julia Sugawara carries the ball in a match against Sweden. The scrumhalf has been picked to play in her third world cup. (Photo: RON LEBLANC) They have finished in second-place in the last three world cups, losing each time to New Zealand. In April, the national team played in a CAN-AM series against our neighbours to the south. Canada swept the floor with the U.S. in the first game beating them 51-7 before beating them 14-10 four days later. In preparation for the world cup, the Canadian national team went on a tour of New Zealand in June to play against Australia and the powerhouse New Zealand Black Ferns. In the first match against the Aussies, Canada shutout the team from down under 22-0. The following two matches were against the four-time defending world cup champions New Zealand. Canada lost both

matches 16-8 and 33-21. Kelly Russell from Bolton, Ontario will captain the team. Russell has played for the national rugby sevens and fifteens teams has shown leadership on and off the pitch. In a release Russell said, “It’s a huge honour to not only represent your country, but to captain this great group of girls at the world cup.” Fellow British Columbians joining Sugawara on the team are Andrea Burk from North Vancouver, Jessica Dovanne from Victoria, and Hilary Leith and Brittany Waters from Vancouver. Kim Donaldson, one of Sugawara’s Burnaby Lake RFC teammates also made the team. More information can be found at rwcwomens.com. kyle.benning@gmail.com

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Whalley Little League baseball teams eye World Series wins Kyle Benning

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SURREY – For the past five years Whalley Little League hasn’t had a boys’ senior team, but this year Doug Wong, manager of the team, and a crew of dedicated parents made sure there was a team for these boys to play for.

The 15-and-16-year-olds have just captured their third consecutive provincial title and are heading to Quebec for the national championships – which start Wednesday, July 30. “We’ve been to nationals the last two years. Last year we lost in the finals. The year before we lost in the semi-finals,” Wong said.

“It would be icing on the cake,” Wong said. “For me it would just be a reward for all the hard work, time and effort that these boys put in to finally make it to that ultimate goal.” Wong has coached most of the team since they were eight years old and says that his squad are a tightly knit group. The intermediate team will be

representing the country in Livermore, California in the Little League World Series. That’s after being undefeated to win the Little League Intermediate Canadian Championship. The junior team lost 9-3 in the final to North Regina. That was the junior team’s only loss in the tournament. kyle.benning@gmail.com

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aturday’s outdoor benefit concert, Gone Country, went off without a hitch in its second year, according to the event organizers Jamie and Chris Rucheinski. The event drew over 4,000 people and helped raise more than $200,000 to fight cancer at Cloverdale’s Bill Reid Millennium Amphitheatre. “We just cleaned up and got off the field (Sunday),” Jamie said. “Event-wise it was fantastic…. It was a good vibe throughout.”

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WHITE ROCK — Beer drinkers on the peninsula will no longer have to take the trek out to Vancouver or even into City Centre to fill up a growler of craft beer. Three highschool teachers teamed up to bring their own brand of the brew to White Rock, selling beer from their taps into refillable bottles, or just by the glass. Dubbed White Rock Beach Beer, the company produces a series of craft drafts that are all named after White Rock landmarks — like the East Beach Nut Ale, the West Beach Fruit Pale Ale and the seasonal Oxford Hill Hefeweizen. The guys behind the new Russell Avenue brew-stop are Bill Haddow, Peter Adams and Rob Kwalheim, who opened up shop just two months ago when school was still in session. “When we first got going, of course, we were still teaching,” said Haddow, who teaches English and business in Richmond. “So we were teaching all day, racing down here after school got out (and) working all night basically. It’s a little more manageable

Bill Haddow, White Rock resident and White Rock Beach Beer’s marketing manager, fills up a growler of beer at the Russell Avenue tasting room. (Photo: KRISTI ALEXANDRA) in the summer.” Part of the new brewery’s plan is to get into local bars and restaurants — for now, the guys are just working on not running dry on a daily basis. “It’s been really well received and we sell out our beer,” said Haddow, “which sounds more impressive than it is because we have a small capacity to make beer. What we do

make, we sell.” Besides selling their beer during the shop’s open hours, which are small windows on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, White Rock Beach Beer has sponsored events like Blue Frog Studios’ recent Southern BBQ Bash and the upcoming Trooper show as part of White Rock’s SeaFest. One day, the three teachers hope to see

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themselves graduate into full-time brewing. “Eventually, we want this to morph into a full-time gig,” said Haddow. “We’ve all been teaching for quite a few years. We all really do love to teach: it’s a good gig, it’s a good career (but) we’re restless, too, and we want to move on and try different things.” In the spirit of keeping things “different,” they say that choosing White Rock as a home-base was a way to keep their brand unique in comparison to the multitude of craft breweries popping up in Vancouver. “Obviously Vancouver is exploding with microbrews so we could’ve gone out there and joined the party,” said Haddow, who is a resident of White Rock, “but… it’s very unique out here, and it certainly doesn’t have anything like this and it’s far enough away from everybody for now — so we thought why not? It’s not the worst place to be hanging out working.” White Rock Beach Beer, located at 15181 Russell Ave, offers 64-ounce growler fills from $11, one-litre fills from $7 and 12ounce glasses from $4.50. Store hours change weekly, check Whiterockbeachbeer.com for updated schedules. kalexandra@thenownewspaper.com

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Race heats up with high-profile backers Surrey’s main mayoral candidates attract political campaigners from federal and provincial parties Kelly Sinoski

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Linda Hepner, at her announcement to run for mayor with slate Surrey First, was publicly endorsed by current Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts. (Photo: file photo) with strong voters’ lists as well as a “pretty good read on the people of Surrey,” Smith said. It will also help them pinpoint candidates with the same philosophy to help senior governments get things done at the local level. Hepner acknowledged it’s rare to see such involvement by heavyweight federal campaigners in a municipal race. She only recruited Braddock and the rest of her team, she said, after discovering Rasode had the likes of Marissen and New Democrat Moe Sihota in her corner. Rasode, who split from the Surrey First team earlier this year to serve as an independent, also has the backing of former B.C. Liberal pollster Dmitri Pantazopoulos, Surrey-Newton NDP MLA Harry Bains and Kareem Allam, the deputy campaign manager in Kevin Falcon’s bid

McCallum wins even 15 to 20 per cent of the vote, he could tip the election in Rasode’s favour. Plus, while Hepner has the Surrey First endorsement, that may not be enough given that many people associate Watts with the brand, Smith said, while recent polls suggest residents are increasingly concerned over rising crime and lack of transportation in the city. “It’s going to be the most interesting election to watch,” Marvin Hunt, a former Surrey city councillor and Liberal MLA for Surrey-Panorama said. “They all have pieces of the puzzle that have been a benefit to the city. It will be interesting to see, as they work through the election, how they respond to the various challenges the voters throw at them.” Hunt maintains the diverse mix of heavyweight campaigners will help all the candidates, saying it levels the playing field. But it also “shows the change in status in the city of Surrey,” noting most campaigners had previously focused their efforts on Vancouver elections. “(Surrey) has much more attention from the province and nation now rather than being in the shadow of Vancouver,” Hunt said. “There is a real shift happening in that power base.” The candidates acknowledge the election won’t necessarily hinge on high-profile backers. Rasode, who maintains she won’t officially announce her candidacy until she is sure she has the support from the community, insists the race will be won by whoever resonates most with the voters. Hepner says her slate will continue with the momentum that has been generated by Surrey First. McCallum, meanwhile, argues the current council is not representative of the growing Surrey. Candidates have until Sept. 11, 36 days before the election, to announce their intention to run.

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Surrey police say Saturday stabbing was over drugs Tom Zytaruk

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WHALLEY — Surrey Mounties are searching for a stabbing victim after a blood trail led them to a Whalley apartment Saturday morning.

Cpl. Bert Paquet said police received a call about a stabbing in the 9900-block of Whalley Boulevard at about 10 a.m. The victim apparently got into a car and left. Following a blood trail to an apartment nearby, police found two men and a woman in the suite and detained them for

questioning. Paquet said the investigation revealed two men had been in a fight at the apartment. “This was targeted, no threat to the public,” he said, adding the stabbing “appears to be drug related. Everyone involved that has been identified is known to police.”

The RCMP later located a 21-year-old Coquitlam man near the scene, with a minor wound to his hand. “A possible outstanding suspect might have suffered injuries in the altercation as well,” Paquet said. He is described as South Asian or Hispanic, and has tattoos.

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Community remembers a ‘loving’ Narinder Kalsi Matt Law

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Surrey Coun. Barinder Rasode speaks to reporters outside the Riverside Funeral Home in Ladner Sunday after the funeral for Narinder Kaur Kalsi who died on July 20 after being taken off life support following a domestic dispute. (Photo: MATT LAW) Brookside temple in Surrey, was arrested and originally charged with aggravated assault. That charge has since been upgraded to second-degree murder. He was removed from his position at the temple in the days following his arrest and

is scheduled to appear in Surrey Provincial Court on Aug. 6. Despite the tragic circumstances surrounding Narinder Kalsi’s death, her devotion and demeanor are remembered fondly. “I was amazed at her age, she would be

at the temple almost all day especially on weekends from early morning. “She and her husband used to come early mornings and leave after the congregation had left to clean up and make it tidy. A very giving woman. Very, very smiling, very kind, very gentle, very humble, very motherly,” said Bhurji. The death of Narinder Kalsi highlights the issue of domestic violence and violence against women. From 2010 to 2011 the rates of “intimate partner homicides against women” in Canada rose 19 per cent, according to Statistics Canada. For Charan Gill, CEO of Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society and a friend of the Kalsi family, Sunday was not a celebration of Narinder’s life. “People are upset, people are very upset, we are sad. It is a bad name for the community,” he said. “We want leaders to play a good role model, not like this. They have to control their anger, they have to do something. Especially in the Sikh temple, they go every day, they talk about peace, harmony, but this is just an outburst of something unusual.”

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