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These kids just need some space Group hopes to use contest cash to open new youth facility

How to help To help the South Surrey/White Rock Youth Collective get their youth space, visit the group’s page at Avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/ acf19614, register for an account and vote (you can vote once a day). Voting ends Wednesday (Dec. 10).

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n Vine Avenue, near Peace Arch Hospital in White Rock, there’s a branch of South Surrey’s Alexandra Neighbourhood House that houses a free youth clinic – some humble offices and a small space with no more than six chairs and a small coffee table in the middle. This is where several youth from White Rock and South Surrey come to hang out after school, congregate, chat and play games. Jessie Kergan and Maxine Larmour, youth and family workers at the space, are hoping to change that with a bid for cash to put toward opening a new youth facility in town. The funding would come from the Aviva Community Campaign, a contest that gives cash to proposed community projects that are action-based. There are five different categories, and the youth space falls under “at-risk youth.” “It’s our office space, and it’s the space where once a month or once a week we might have some drop-in time, so it’s kind of an unofficial space but really it’s not a space, it’s an office,” Larmour said at the Vine Street Alexandra Neighbourhood House. “Obviously, you get about eight youth here and then they’re all sitting on top of each other… the youth are using it as a youth space, so it sort of indicates the need for a youth space.” Sometimes, the kids drop in and hang out for about five hours, according to Larmour. Kergan, who said she enjoys having the youth around, wants to see a bigger, multifunctional space. “We want more for them. We want a space

Jessie Kergan, Kira Sky Johnson (16), Tayla Cops (19), Maxine Larmour and Luke Doucette (18), from left, are all hoping to win a bid for a new youth-oriented space in the South Surrey-White Rock area. (Photo: KRISTI ALEXANDRA) where they can do more cool stuff besides sitting on the couch, maybe playing some games and eating,” she said. If they win the bid, they’re looking at $100,000 to start up a new place led by the Youth Collective, a group of 13- to 24-yearolds in the South Surrey and White Rock area. The youth collective held a film fest on Nov. 27 at White Rock Community Centre, screening a video that detailed why the kids need a space to call their own. So what exactly do they want? “Make it personal, that’s the idea,” said Luke Doucette, 18, who’s been using the

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not having much to do,” she said. “Especially here in White Rock, there’s not much for youth to do, which means a lot of our friends are getting into the bad stuff, even though a lot of them talk about wanting to do great things…. So, we’re wanting to take a stand and it makes me feel great because it’s giving me a purpose, it’s giving me something to wake up in the morning every day and go ‘OK, this is a new day and we’re gonna get more support and we’re gonna get our word out,’ and it feels great.” The two youth workers, along with members of the Youth Collective, already have a ton of ideas on how the space could be used. Doucette hopes is will allow him to learn more life skills in the form of workshops, as well as help building his resumé. Cops enthusiastically suggested it could house a photography club and perhaps even a jam-space for the musically inclined. There could be art shows, a stage for theatre or, as 16-year-old Kira Sky Johnson puts simply, “we’d have somewhere to go to just hang out.” While the ideas are abundant, Kergan knows it all starts with the first step, and that’s getting the community involved in helping the Youth Collective get their space. “We’re trying to dream big but we also know that it will take little steps to get to that place. Most other communities have a youth space, we do not,” she said.

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Surrey students come together for the Power of One

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SURREY — With the season of giving underway, some students at Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary are doing what they can to help out the less fortunate. Called the Power of One, the group of male students was down in Vancouver this past Friday (Dec. 5) to help serve lunch for the needy at the Salvation Army Harbour Light. The group was founded by Lord Tweedsmuir principal Sukh Rai and a colleague after they noticed a lack of male leadership opportunities at the school. “Most of the leadership groups in the school are predominately female,” Rai said. “We were wondering why males don’t step up to do any of the leadership roles in schools so we started this group two years back.” In that time, Power of One has grown to

Called the Power of One, this group of male students at Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary is working hard to better the community. (Photo: CHRISTOPHER POON) 30 members from all grades and Rai said the goal of instilling self-confidence and leadership qualities in students has proven to be successful. “Last year one of our members – he came from poverty, had a rough home life and the program helped him,” recalled Rai. “Now

he’s at UVic, has a $30,000 scholarship and is going to be a teacher. Just talked to him and he’s been doing really well and that’s what it’s about.” For Grade 12 students Justin Mason and Amar Narar, Power of One has not only given them the confidence to make change,

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but brought together a group of individuals that may otherwise not have connected. “They brought together people they thought would be good leaders, no matter their clique,” explained Narar. “So if it was a leader in skipping school, athletics, academics in any aspect of the school, they were brought in because the idea was to take what they had and use it for positive leadership in our schools.” Narar said he comes from a primarily academic background while Mason is a star basketball player and both have found friendships within the group. Mason noted that initiatives like the Salvation Army lunch were new for the group, as they look to expand their reach. “This year we started branching out to more than just the school, so we want to try making a difference in more than just our school.” So far, Narar said the group has been a positive experience for all involved and both he and Mason hoped it would last far beyond their days at the school. “It makes you feel better about yourself, helps you with self-confidence and really does a lot of good,” he said. cpoon@thenownewspaper.com

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encouraged to drop off new, unwrapped toys or cash donations at the big mall in Surrey. New this year, supporters are encouraged to get the word out via social media using the hashtag #ToyMountainYVR, to challenge friends, family and co-workers to meet or beat their donation and help Toy Mountain reach new heights. The event is presented by Alpine Credits and King of Floors. Toy Mountain details are posted at BC.ctvnews.ca/toy-mountain. The Now

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Canada Post forges ahead as mail thieves lick their lips

f it isn’t broken, Canada Post will try to fix it, but won’t. Despite continued thefts from community mailboxes and the expressed concerns of mayors, Members of Parliament and – oh yeah – thousands of regular Canadians, the lumbering anachronism that is Canada Post forges ahead with its extremely unpopular plan to eliminate delivery-to-your-door mail service in favour of proven-to-be-unreliable community mailboxes. You’d think a corporation struggling to remain relevant would want to provide its customers with the best and most convenient service possible – think personal delivery – rather than provide mail thieves with one-stop communal targets. Notably, on the same day Canada Post announced that some 4,900 residents of Delta’s V4K postal code drew the short straw and will by next fall be the first in the Lower Mainland to see their mail no longer delivered to their door, two community mailboxes were stolen in Surrey. (See story on page 14.) It’s also notable that these two boxes were of the new-and-improved kind recently trotted out by Canada Post as its answer to the theft problem. In these two cases, the thieves apparently couldn’t defeat the locks on site so they simply carted off the entire kit-and-caboodle elsewhere, to tackle the job at their convenience. Canada Post has also said no jobs will be lost as a result of this transition to community mailboxes, and that’s a good thing, but what will the workers new duties be? Maybe to stand guard at the community boxes? Canada Post also appears to have given little thought to the elderly and disabled, who will have difficulty getting out to these community mailboxes let alone run the risk of encountering a thief once they reach the box. The Now

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City gobbles up all green spaces it can find The Editor, Re: “Reversing the trend of tree loss,” the Now, Dec. 2. I was dismayed but hardly shocked by the report on Surrey’s canopy. The cynical timing of it’s release – postelection – was also noted. Having spent the past year fighting tirelessly for the trees of Grandview Heights, and getting nowhere (other than the Horse Farm), nothing surprises me. The city, in it’s grim determination to develop every inch of Grandview Heights, is gobbling up all the green spaces it can find at an alarming rate. Six months of work in the beautifully forested area of Sunnyside Heights, one of the city’s treasures of forested land with the trees being 120 years old, have netted not one single tree. Approximately 1,500 mature Douglas firs and other conifers will be clear cut in this perfect example of “arm chair

planning.” Does the council bemoan the loss of the tree canopy? It has the power to save a huge part of this disastrous development, by making adjustments to the park and roads planned there. They stubbornly refuse to alter their plans. and my arguments fall on deaf ears. The resident has no say in the procedure – the City of Surrey will do as it wishes. So much for sanctimonious plans for the tree canopy 50 years from now. Another example of a lack of resident power in the planning of this city was exemplified on Monday in chambers. An atrocious application at the corner of 29th Avenue and 162nd Street was presented to mayor and council. Once again, a city-owned green space – seven acres – was sold by the parks department to a developer. It shouldn’t have been. The planning department told me last summer that they worked

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for “months” to come to an agreement with the neighbours that they could accept and live with. One day, the new application appeared, with no fewer than seven amendments. The density had been greatly increased. It was passed without question by mayor and council. The amendments we see every day, on the infamous green signs by the roadside, wipe out in one stroke the agreements fought for by the residents trying desperately to salvage something of their once-beautiful neighbourhood. Small wonder then, that the sea of grey cement all over the district of Grandview Heights, all of which horrified me when I first viewed it on a map at city hall, is rapidly coming to pass. There is no room for trees in that gigantic sea of grey. Are we really surprised that our tree canopy is disappearing at an alarming rate? Sybil Rowe, Surrey

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Ticketing overhaul a progressive move by BC Ferries InTheHouse Keith Baldrey

fter a series of controversial moves, BC Ferries finally seems to have embarked on a significant policy change that will likely prove popular. The beleaguered company is propelling itself into the 21st century by finally moving to a digital ticketing method. Imagine that: buying a ferry boarding ticket on a website, via your smart phone or other device. Gone will be the days of the uncertainty surrounding a mad dash to a ferry terminal (although the new ticket system will be confined, at the start, to only the major ferry routes) only to find out there’s a two-sailing wait and the chances of you getting to your in-laws for dinner have been dashed (which may be a good thing, in some cases). In the future – starting in 2017 if all goes as planned – ferry tickets will be purchased online like an airline ticket (virtually all airline tickets in Canada are now purchased online). You’ll even be able to buy a seat in the buffet restaurant on a ferry and book a hotel room and presumably a golf game for your trip. In other words, BC Ferries is ever so

slowly evolving into a comprehensive travel offering, at least for those travelling on its major routes. Another potentially appealing aspect of the looming overhaul is differential ticket pricing. Travelling in off-peak times will be cheaper than boarding a ferry during peak travel times (i.e. Friday and Sunday evenings). The ticket prices haven’t been set yet, of course, and it may very well end up that peak-time travelling may prove to be more expensive than it currently is, but that could be offset than much lower fares at other times. BC Ferries thinks the changes will result in higher ridership and higher revenues for the company. Let’s hope so. A big question is why it’s taken BC Ferries so long to move in this direction. It has spent billions of dollars upgrading and replacing its large fleet of vessels, but practically nothing on things like upgrading the digital side of the company. So far, the proposed overhaul is being hailed by most of the folks who normally assail BC Ferries over all kinds of issues. Brian Hollingshead, a co-chair of the Ferry Advisory Committee, welcomed the overhaul and hopes it eventually spreads to encompass smaller routes. As far as I can determine, only the Opposition NDP doesn’t like the proposed

new approach. Too expensive, it says (it will cost BC Ferries between $10 million and $15 million to implement the new computer system and overhaul the website) and the new way of buying tickets will cause too much confusion, according to MLA Claire Trevena, the party’s critic for BC Ferries.

BC Ferries has spent billions of dollars upgrading and replacing its large fleet of vessels, but practically nothing on things like upgrading the digital side of the company. The NDP’s criticism in this case is off the mark, as is so often the case when it comes to its take on BC Ferries (the party also bizarrely wants to reduce on-board catering services and gift shops, which it calls “cruise ship” amenities, even though they actually make a profit for the company). The bruising experience of the botched fast ferries experiment seems to have left lasting scars. Other than demanding the ferry system be run as an extension of the highway system (a proposal that would presumably require hundreds of millions of tax dollars

be given to BC Ferries to attain that undefined goal) the NDP hasn’t come up with much in the way of viable alternative solutions to the challenges facing the company. Nevertheless, BC Ferries still has some tough challenges ahead: stagnant or slumping ridership, and ever increasing fares are just two of them. The company has also taken a hit in smaller coastal communities for reducing service on comparatively little-used ferry routes, as it struggles with its bottom line. Another looming issue is the growing headache that is the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal. It requires enormous changes to its docks and other infrastructure, which will cost in the neighborhood of $200 million. You can bet when those renovations do occur, they will lead to inconvenience and disruption for many ferry users, thus resulting in more complaints against the company. Ferry service will always be a hot-button issue in many of BC’s coastal communities. But at least, with the overhaul of the ticketing system, the company is finally trying to shuck off some of its old-school, outdated ways. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC Keith.Baldrey@globalnews.ca

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hile incoming Surrey First councillor Vera LeFranc has her sights set on finding a location for a new shelter in Surrey, she isn’t blind to how challenging that may prove to be. A location for the new purpose-built homeless and transitional housing shelter has already been proposed to Surrey council but was not passed at public hearing following some opposition. The city is now considering alternate locations, and details on those sites are expected to come forward next month. LeFranc acknowledged the challenge of getting the community on board, but said she’s been through the process before. “I went through the Timber Grove (Apartments) experience where people were really reacting to the placement of Timber Grove and they were really fearful of what that would mean to their neighbourhood,” she said. The 52-unit Whalley facility provides supportive housing for homeless people and those with a history of mental illness. “In fact, what they’ve found is Timber Grove has been an amazing neighbour,” she said. “There are these fears, and then they don’t come to be real and I think that that’s important but I also have to respect how people feel. They invest in their neighbourhood, they buy their home, and then something changes that might affect their quality of life and they feel quite strongly about that.” LeFranc said best practices in shelter delivery shows people should have their

own private space, which is not the case in Surrey’s existing shelter in Whalley. “What’s happening in Surrey is we have this building that is very difficult to provide services in because people are in bunk beds. I don’t think there’s anywhere else in the province that still delivers shelter services in that way,” she noted. “What that means for people who live there is they have to get up in the morning at 7 a.m. and move out and then they can’t come back until the evening… If they had some private space where they could hang out during the day, keep their stuff, get a sense of calm and peace and be able to work well with their outreach workers, then they could actually move on with their lives.” LeFranc said she hopes she can help educate the public on how a purpose-built shelter will operate, which she said will be in stark contrast to the existing Whalley shelter. She said she’s hopeful city council can find a balance to ensure everyone’s needs are met. “But sometimes at city council, hard decisions have to be made,” she stated. “If we can do one thing in this year, and get that homeless shelter on the road, that will be a huge success.” It shouldn’t come as any surprise that LeFranc wants to get to work in furthering the city’s stock of up-to-par homeless facilities. Her background in social work goes back to the ’90s, when she worked with women who had experienced abuse. She later made the move to Surrey, getting a job with South Surrey White Rock Women’s Centre running employment programs for women who’d been abused. She then went on to do similar work for

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Vera LeFranc is one of Surrey’s new city councillors. (Photo: KEVIN HILL) Newton Advocacy Group. Fast forward to today. LeFranc is working for Vancity, managing a variety of community projects, including the Surrey Homelessness and Housing Fund, a $9 million initiative financed through the city’s Affordable Housing Reserves Fund. But there are smaller grants that are making a difference as well, she said, such as a $10,000 grant to Pacific Community Resources Society to allow them to purchase a home to house youth who were aging out of foster care. “They were able to house six kids in that house. And you can do that for such a small amount of money. And these non-profits, I have to say, are amazing partners - amazing, smart and really innovative. Little bits of money can do amazing things.” LeFranc commended the city for setting up the fund. “It’s not usually done. Cities don’t usually want to give up control. But what it really did was made it a community-driven initiative. The board of the society was able to make the decisions, so it’s arms length. It’s non-political.” LeFranc has also worked with the board and foundation of Surrey Homelessness and Housing Society, and helped develop the Surrey Poverty Reduction Strategy in

co-operation with the Poverty Reduction Coalition. Naturally, LeFranc said she’s excited to tackle similar issues from her council chair. “I think that what we’ve seen, certainly in municipalities, is senior levels of government moving away from our standard social safety nets. So it’s been more and more difficult because municipalities kind of have to pick up the pieces – so increases in crime because of lack of mental health and addiction facilities, increased levels of poverty because we don’t have a poverty reduction strategy, provincially or federally,” she said. “We have to pick up the slack and I’m excited about that opportunity. I want to be a strong voice for municipalities and for the people who live in our community that are struggling, and also the people who aren’t struggling but still have to deal with those effects, like crime and people who are living in poverty.” LeFranc said she hopes to use the Innovation Boulevard model to push the city’s social innovation strategy to the next level. “It’s pretty exciting to me because I like to push the envelope and do things in a different way.”

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METRO VANCOUVER — Two completely different crime sprees that began in Surrey on Friday morning oddly both ended with suspects apprehended in Vancouver an hour later. The first incident began just after 8 a.m. when a woman called Surrey RCMP to report her red 1995 Honda Civic, which had been left running in the driveway of her residence in the 16000-block of 88th Avenue, had disappeared while she was grabbing coffee inside the house. An hour later, Coquitlam RCMP were called to the 700-block of Clearwater Way after the suspect in the Civic’s theft had approached a man in a red 2008 Kia and forced him from the car before speeding off. The Kia was dumped in Richmond before the suspect got into his third stolen car of the morning, driving a red BMW erratically in a number of areas through Richmond before crossing the Knight Street Bridge into South Vancouver.

Police were finally able to stop the vehicle by ramming it with a police cruiser. A 32year-old suspect was taken into custody. Oddly enough, on the same morning at around the time the first suspect was carjacking the Kia driver in Coquitlam, the Surrey RCMP received a report of a shoplifter who had stabbed two men with a knife in the 7100-block of 138th Street. The suspect ran off and jumped into an occupied vehicle nearby with a female driver. This time the suspect didn’t force the driver out during the carjacking, speeding off with the woman still inside. The vehicle was found driving in Vancouver. The female driver was finally able to escape the car while stopped at a traffic light and was later found unharmed in the 3300-block of Cambie Street. After repeated attempts to get the suspect to stop the car, the man fled on foot into an industrial area of South Vancouver where he was arrested by Vancouver Police. Both suspects now face numerous criminal charges for their alleged actions.

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It’s official: the time has finally come to deck the halls, trim the tree, wish joy upon the world and all that good holiday stuff. But don’t forget to take some time for recreation as well — and there’s no place better to do that than just across the border in Washington State. Kyle Fuller, marketing director at the Downtown Bellingham Partnership, said winter sports are one of the most popular activities in the region. “It’s the biggest one that comes to mind, largely because of our proximity to the Mount Baker ski area,” said Fuller. “Lots of people like to come for the weekend, stay downtown or in Fairhaven, eat, sightsee and then go ski and snowboard up there.” Just two hour’s drive from Vancouver, getting to Mount Baker is as easy as taking Exit 255 off of the I-5. Providing a variety of runs for all skill levels, lessons are also offered for beginners.

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After working up a sweat, visitors can take part in the annual Shop Dine Celebrate event downtown happening Dec. 12 to 14. Special deals at participating shops and restaurants will be going on all weekend, as well as a festive holiday atmosphere throughout the district. “We’re going to have carollers as well, and a raffle for shoppers. The prize will be a downtown Bellingham gift basket with lots of goodies from local businesses,” she said. Shoppers can enter the raffle using social media with #bhamSDC while they’re downtown. All they have to do is tag any Facebook, Instagram or Twitter posts with the hashtag, and they will be entered automatically. The theme of shopping locally extends to the nearby neighbourhood of Fairhaven that features dozens of non-chain, family owned shops and restaurants residing in historic buildings.

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DELTA/SURREY — On the same day Canada Post announced an end to doorto-door mail delivery for Ladner in lieu of community mailboxes, two such boxes were stolen in Surrey. The irony is not lost on Stephen Gale, local president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. “It sends an interesting message to the people of Ladner of ‘how secure is your mail going to be’ in these new, ‘more secure’ boxes?” he wondered. According to Gale, the mailbox thefts occurred in the 2800 block of Surrey between 169 and 170th Street sometime during the afternoon of Dec. 4. While thieves have traditionally broken into community mailboxes opening each panel individually, in this case they appear to have simply ripped the boxes in their entirety from the ground and taken them. Gale said the boxes in question were the newer-style community mailboxes that have proven to be harder to break into, which are the same ones that will be introduced in Ladner. “It kind of sends a bit of a mixed message because (these are) the newer boxes that

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Man charged after series of break-ins SURREY — A Surrey man has been charged with 21 burglary related crimes after a spate of residential breakins in Cloverdale and South Surrey late November. Surrey RCMP’s auto crime and property crime target teams arrested Curtis Anderson, 22, in the 9600block of 192nd Street after a foot chase. Cpl. Bert Paquet said he is alleged to have committed multiple vehicle thefts and break-ins between Nov.2426. “Although an arrest has been made, we continue to urge the public to remain vigilant,” Paquet said. Tom Zytaruk

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SOUTH SURREY — When 19year-old Surrey resident Ashley Brooks found out she won the 2013 Ms. Vancouver beauty pageant, she thought it was the beginning of a new and wonderful life. Little did she know it would start her on a long and difficult road down the darkest period of her young life, to a point where her physical well-being was in serious danger. Ashley learned about the beauty pageant on Craigslist in April 2013. Using her experiences of being bullied as a middle school student in Winnipeg, she championed an antibullying message to take the crown. The winner was to receive $5,000 in Apple prizes, one year with a personal trainer and an exotic trip to Jamaica. But shortly after winning last November, she said she was told by Harmon Bal, owner of Vancouver Television Broadcasting Corporation, that she would need to serve for a full “reign” as Ms. Vancouver and fulfill all her pageant obligations before she received anything. After the pageant, Ashley claims she was told by Bal that Vancouver TV had just been bought by a multimillion company called Soft Box Film and Television of Beverly Hills. She said she was promised great things would follow. But her mother Lin Brooks said after doing some digging and using Google Earth she saw a “space for rent” sign on the building where the company is supposed to be located in California. She called the number to learn that no company exists at that address under that or any other name. After an increasingly hostile relationship with Bal, in August Ashley received a termination letter from a person named Brinson Silver of Soft Box Film and Television of Beverly Hills. But her mother says emails and voice mails sent to Silver were never

Ashley Brooks and her mom Lin say winning the 2013 Ms. Vancouver pageant started her on a dark period of her life. (Photo: ADRIAN MACNAIR) returned by anybody except Bal. A Facebook search reveals that a Brinson Silver is friends with the sister of Malaika Jackson, executive producer of Vancouver TV. His stated location of residence is Vancouver. A statement made by Vancouver TV on Facebook accuses Ashley of refusing to accept her prizes, showing up late or not at all to bookings, making demands of sponsors, and even accused her of having a history of bullying other people. The last allegation floored Ashley. “I don’t really know why they decided to come up with the ‘I am a bully’ story. I would love to know why. I really would,” she said. Ashley admitted she was late for a few scheduled appearances but added she was told before the pageant that the winner would receive a limousine ride to events. But, after winning, she claims she was told by Bal that the limo use was only for Vancouver residents, despite knowing she lives in South Surrey. Ashley said the stress from the past year took a serious toll on her health. She was depressed for three months after being told she was no longer Ms. Vancouver and would never see any of the promised prizes, to the point where she wouldn’t leave her room. “Every morning I would wake up and look at my phone and I’d have an anxiety attack thinking that Harmon was going to text me… I went kind of

into a fog and I stopped taking care of myself.” Her weight dropped to 94 pounds and she couldn’t keep food down. Doctors told Lin they might need to put her on an IV drip if her health didn’t improve. Although she’s getting better these days, a Global BC story thrust her back into the spotlight and now she’s afraid to go out of the house. “I’m still kind of scared to go out. Like, I wouldn’t go downtown this weekend because I thought people were going to be mean to me.” After the story aired on Global she was contacted on Facebook by strangers who made disparaging remarks about her. After winning a pageant on a message of anti-bullying, the teen said she’s now living a nightmare of cyberbullying. “The bullying kind of continues and it’s getting worse. It’s not getting better. All I ever wanted was to move forward and get this bullying to stop and stop feeling this way.” Bal said he posted a seven-page explanation about Ashley on their Vancouver TV Facebook page which includes smartphone screenshots that he says prove the Brooks aren’t telling the truth. “What they tried to do was just avoid getting any of the prizes from us, which you’ll see are clearly ignored or just turned away when we attempted to give them to Ashley. So her mom would just refuse.” Bal confirmed that a civil claim was filed in B.C. Supreme Court against Lin and Ashley Brooks on Nov. 26, but that it was mainly in response to public defamation of the pageant. “It’s not her word against my word. It’s the truth against false accusations.” Bal said there are people who have completed the pageant without winning who are happy with how it went and those comments are visible on their Facebook page. amacnair@thenownewspaper.com

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BURNABY — The Earl Marriott Mariners’ football team was put in a tough position in their 7-6 Tier 2 provincial title win against Eric Hamber on Nov. 21. The team was down 6-0 with about a minute to go and their defence on the field. The defensive unit forced two turnovers in the final four minutes, and the team needed them to force one more. And that’s exactly what they did. The defence forced Eric Hamber to fumble the ball and, with 40 seconds remaining, the Mariners drove down the field and scored their only touchdown of the game, thanks to quarterback Christopher Ridley scrambling out of the pocket and falling into the end zone. Ridley’s touchdown tied the game, with the extra point sealing the victory for the South Surrey school. “It exemplifies their resiliency and determination, and that they weren’t going to be denied,” said head coach Michael MacKay-Dunn. “I had a hard time teaching. My head was somewhere else,” he said of the Monday following the championship.

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LANGLEY — The Tamanawis Wildcats fell short Sunday (Dec. 7), losing 95-73 to the Kelowna Owls in the Tsumura Basketball Invitational boys’ final. Wildcats’ co-coach Doug Mackenzie said he’s satisfied with the silver medal, but wished the performance was more consistent. “I just wish we could’ve played with more intensity in this game,” he said, noting Tamanawis couldn’t maintain spells of pressure on Kelowna. “It starts in practice. The guys need to push each other harder in practice.” Aminder Basra finished the game with a team-high 20 points and 12 rebounds, while Miguel Tomley chipped in with 18 points. The Wildcats beat Brookswood 70-52 on Friday and Abbotsford 78-69 on Saturday to make it to Sunday’s final of the eight-team tournament at Langley Events Centre. Mackenzie noted he still has a young squad that showed a lot of strength to come back to beat Abbotsford in the semifinal. Kelowna entered the tournament ranked as B.C.’s seventh-best team, according to The

SEE PHOTOS ONLINE AT THENOWNEWSPAPER.COM Province’s Big 10 Rankings, while the Wildcats are an honourable mention on the list. The Fleetwood Park Dragons finished seventh at the tournament after defeating neighbouring Enver Creek 63-55 on Sunday. Nick Day, assistant coach of the Dragons, felt his team could have been in the final, but found it hard to rebound after a tough opening-game loss to Abbotsford, 67-63 in overtime. Day noted the team has to be more clinical on offence in the future. “For us, it’s about consistency,” he said.“It’s about creating good habits and trying to be consistent, and that’s hard at the high school level.” North Surrey finished fourth after losing 7169 to Abbotsford in the bronze-medal game. In the girls’ bracket, Holy Cross finished the tournament in seventh after beating Mark Isfeld 69-29 on Sunday. Head coach Steve Beauchamp was satisfied with how his team played, giving Handsworth and Charles Best a run for their money.

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into, which are the same ones that will be introduced in Ladner. In response to the thefts, a Canada Post spokesperson said, “Canada Post is investigating this recent incident and working closely with local police. We take the security of the mail very seriously.” While the question of what is being done to secure the new boxes is an issue unto itself, Gale wonders why Canada Post has decided to end door-to-door delivery across the country as thefts of community mailboxes are on the rise. “We see different numbers, but anywhere from 50 to 70 per cent of all community mailbox thefts (in Canada) occur within B.C. and a large portion of that is the Lower Mainland,” he said. “Surrey and Langley are definitely the worst, it’s pretty much constant and it’s really risen in the past year.” The announcement to end door-to-door delivery nation-wide was made by Canada Post last winter and was part of a five-point plan to cut back on costs.

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was unable, amongst other things, to pursue other avenues of investigation, properly consider the calling of witnesses, or impugn the complainant’s credibility,” Garson stated in her reasons for decision. “This prejudice is irreparable. It would be perpetrated if a new trial were ordered.” Garson decided not to award Dhillon costs against the Crown, noting that the Crown “is not held to a standard of perfection. “While the case demonstrates a substantial lack of attention by the Crown, there is no evidence of bad faith or malice,” she found. Justices Edward Chiasson and Anne MacKenzie concurred. Chief Supt. Bill Fordy, in charge of the Surrey RCMP, issued a public apology. He said that in August 2011 Surrey RCMP sexual offence investigators reviewed the case and determined the initial investigation “did not sufficiently consider additional avenues regarding other potential suspects. As the officer in charge of the Surrey RCMP, I apologize for the mistakes that were made.” tzytaruk@thenownewspaper.com

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1299

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10kg 10k

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520g

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228g

99 ea

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300 g

99 ea

499

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11.98 /kg

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19 ea

Fruitcakes

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200g

99 ea

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Stollen - 750g

149

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1000

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Soppressata

Christmas Cookie Platter

Stollen - 200g

2 Flavours Your Choice

56 Sheets

Hot House Tomatoes

219

199

/100g

Italian Salami

Capricolla

4.38 /kg

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20 â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s

/lb

149

3 99

deli

5 lb

Facial Tissues

400 g

749

20 pack

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11.29 /kg

European Chocolate Cookies

20 x 355 ml

2 for

Eye of Round Steak

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500 g

99 ea

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750 g

99 ea

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