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MENTAL HEALTH MISSION North Delta’s Morgan Forry is travelling across Western Canada in effort to convince feds to establish ministry devoted to mental health STORY BY ADRIAN MACNAIR, 3

Morgan Forry has been travelling across B.C. and the Yukon to get signatures for a petition to introduce a federal ministry devoted to mental health. (Photo: ADRIAN MACNAIR)

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Sign here for a healthier country North Delta man calls on feds to create mental health ministry Adrian MacNair

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henever Morgan Forry can string together enough hours at his part-time drywalling job, he takes the money and hops on a Greyhound bus with his petition in hand. Travelling to cities and towns throughout B.C., Alberta and the Yukon, Forry has collected 2,800 signatures since last March which he hopes will compel the federal government to create a ministry for people with disabilities and mental health issues. Diagnosed at 12 with bipolar disorder, today the 43-year-old has his good days and his bad days when he needs to “isolate” and can’t go to his job. “When I’m down and out and can’t work, (my boss) understands that,” says Forry, who is currently homeless and couchsurfing among friends. Forry says the problem is a lack of services for people with a mental illness, particularly in after-hour care when psychiatrists and clinics aren’t open. “I’m going to the federal government because none of the provincial governments are taking care of the task at hand,” he said. With nowhere to go after-hours or on weekends, Forry says the hospital emergency room intakes strain resources in health care. And often when mentally ill people have nowhere to go, they try to self-medicate with illegal narcotics, adds Forry, who speaks from personal experience. Although he’s clean and sober now, he says the original problem of a lack of services has not been resolved. “I know a lot of friends right now that have got off the streets and are completely clean of the addictions and everything like

North Delta resident Morgan Forry, who lives with a mental illness, has been travelling across B.C. and the Yukon to get signatures for a petition to introduce a federal ministry devoted to mental health. (Photo: ADRIAN MACNAIR)

I don’t think there was a dry eye in that house as people talked about the lack of services and support for those suffering from mental health. Jinny Sims

that. They have mental health issues but they have nothing to go to.” Judy Gray, executive director for the Delta branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), says the municipality is lacking in services for both homeless and people with mental illness. “We have a hospital that does not have psychiatric beds or services so people have to be transferred to Surrey Memorial Hospital,” she says, adding police officers are then spending time in Surrey which leaves the force shorthanded in Delta. Delta Police Chief Jim Cessford has spoken publicly many times about the need for more mental health funding because his officers are often left facing the consequences. Between 2010 and 2012,

Delta Police attended 138 suicide attempts and, of those, all but one had prior contact with officers. Compounding the problem, any homeless outreach is handled by agencies in White Rock or Surrey because of a lack of shelters in Delta, says Gray. “Certainly there’s gaps in services and there’s a lot of people in different nonprofits trying to support the gaps and trying to look at resolutions and work in conjunction with the ministries and health regions to improve the services,” she adds. The CMHA is working with local branches throughout the province to bring forward questions surrounding supportive housing when the BC Chamber of Commerce holds its annual cabinet

ministers breakfast series in May. Newton-North Delta MP Jinny Sims met Forry last November during a town hall meeting in Strawberry Hill on mental health and suicide. Sims says people from all different ethnicities and backgrounds attended the meeting, some driving from as far away as Mission. “I don’t think there was a dry eye in that house as people talked about the lack of services and support for those suffering from mental health issues,” she recalls. Sims says she’s committed to helping Forry submit his petition to parliament in the coming weeks, but adds what’s really needed is a national action plan with a focus on getting to services first. “If we fine tune the ministries that we have and get them to focus on the services that we have then I’m OK with that. For me it’s more about providing services and this is a major issue that all levels of government need to work on together.” Sims says it shouldn’t be difficult to convince those politicians of the need to cooperate, adding research shows mental health issues are on the rise and many social problems faced by communities relate back to a deficit in services. “It would be a lot more economically sound and socially progressive to provide them with the services to address the mental health issue.” Forry says his goal is to visit every province in the country to spread his message but doesn’t have the money and struggles with homelessness. “The hardest thing is that people who are mentally ill who are homeless can’t get support,” he says. By providing a ministry dedicated to the mentally ill and providing after hour services and support, Forry says ultimately everybody will see the benefit. “They’ll save taxpayer money, they’ll clear up those hospital beds and not just that but we’ll have healthier communities throughout our country.” amacnair@thenownewspaper.com

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Music festival in works as part of Laura Szendrei memorial event Tom Zillich

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NORTH DELTA — This year’s Laura Szendrei Walk, Run & Roll event could really rock, if Brian White has his way. Plans are to expand the annual event into a day-long music festival at the North Delta Secondary track. The fifth annual event

(Lswalkrunroll.com) will be held on Sunday, June 14. “We’d like to have the run in the morning and then continue with bands and performers on a stage in the afternoon and into the evening,” said White, president of Laura Szendrei Memorial Scholarship Foundation Society. White said the school track is wellsuited for a music festival, with a grass

berm for seating. “North Delta has never hosted something like this, so we’d like to do it and turn the event into something really special,” White added. The memorial fundraiser is held in honour of Szendrei, a North Delta teen murdered in September 2010. She was 15. On Jan. 13, members of the Szendrei foundation were at University of

Victoria to donate $25,000 as part of a new scholarship endowment for the women’s soccer program there. These funds were then matched by an anonymous donor, with an additional $10,000 from the athletics department, totalling $60,000 in scholarship money. Preference for award winners will go to student-athletes from Delta with strong leadership and community service. tzillich@thenownewspaper.com

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Al Cleaver remembered as ‘always having a smile’

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SURREY — A Surrey treasure has died. Al Cleaver, 88, died Thursday morning at Surrey Memorial Hospital. The former Surrey fire chief received the 2010 Surrey Civic Treasures award for his community work. Over the years, he served on Surrey’s Heritage Advisory Committee, Surrey Historical Society, Friends of the Surrey Museum and Archives Society, and the Surrey Professional Firefighters Pioneer Association. “It’s a shame about the chief,” said Surrey fire chief Len Garis. “He was a fixture here, definitely engaged and involved.” Cleaver also served as a president and member of the Cloverdale Rodeo and Exhibition Association, and was a recipient of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal. He also worked on the Disability Games in 1998

and BC Festival of the Arts in 2002 A park in North Surrey is named after him. “We’ll miss him,” Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner said. “He was a great guy, always a smile on his face. He was a wonderful man.” Cleaver was hired as a Surrey firefighter in 1958 and served as fire chief from 1972 to 1986.

We’ll miss him. He was a great guy, always a smile on his face. He was a wonderful man. Longtime residents might remember his beaver suit – Cleaver the Beaver – which he used for fire safety education events in the 1980s, back when Surrey’s mascot was a beaver. A memorial service will be held Monday, Jan. 26 at Valley View Funeral Home (14660 72 Ave., Surrey), from 2 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

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SURREY — You could be seeing a lot more of David Jorge, a local contractor, husband and father of two, in the coming months. Jorge, who runs Surrey’s Avante Concrete, landed a spot on CTV’s MasterChef Canada competing with the top 50 home cooks across the country. The show, in its second season, airs this February. “Cooking and eating out is basically my hobby, besides work and family. That’s what I do for fun, is cook. I was always a real cooking competition fanatic or nerd, I’ve always watched those types of shows and thought maybe I could do something like that,” Jorge told the Now. Jorge was urged by his wife and

Surrey’s David Jorge will show off his cooking skills on ‘MasterChef Canada’ in February. sister-in-law to put together an audition tape last June “and it worked,” he said. He was one of six contestants from B.C. to make it into the top 50. To impress the panel of chefs, Jorge said he did a lot to represent his food tastes and the west coast.

“For the white apron casting, we could actually create our own dish so I… made a Dungeness crab potato salad and a miso sablefish, which is Japanese (inspired) and west coast,” he described. If you’re wondering whether that dish got the panel to bite, you’ll just have to watch the show to find out. If Jorge does earn the MasterChef title and win $100,000, he said he has an idea of what to do with the cash. “Long term, my food dream was always to open up a restaurant. I’m very passionate about what I do at work… I love what I do at Avante, but I want to prove myself as a good home cook. If I were to win the title, I would want to use the title and, of course, the funds to potentially start a restaurant one day. If it were to happen, it would be in Surrey,” he said. Jorge can be followed at his website Concretecook.com, or on Twitter and Instagram at @concrete_cook. Season 2 of MasterChef Canada premieres Sunday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. ET/PT on CTV. kalexandra@thenownewspaper.com

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oughly 70 years ago, during the Great Depression, Roosevelt signed off on the United States Gold Reserve Act which ordered U.S. citizens to surrender all their gold and gold certificates to the government. While we’re not quite yet there today – after all, we’re facing a plebiscite and not a government order being foisted on us this spring on the region’s transportation needs – it’s hardly an ideal time, at least for the “Yes” side, to have a referendum vote on whether to pay more tax to fund a 10-year multibillion-dollar plan for Metro Vancouver. The Canadian Tax Federation notes we’ll be forking out more of our increasingly scarce household cash to all three levels of government in 2015. Medical Service Premiums, BC Hydro rates, ICBC, Employment Insurance, and Canada Pension Plan premiums are all going up, as are B.C. Ferry rates. Late last year, total Canadian household debt, including mortgages, rose to 162.6 per cent of disposable income and the average Canadian adult’s personal consumer debt, not including mortgages, rose to a whopping $28,853. The ratings agency Fitch has described Canadian levels of consumer debt “unsustainable.” This past Friday, Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner was named vice-chairwoman of the TransLink mayors’ council and Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson was voted its chairman. Both are expected to lobby with vigor for a “Yes” result in the plebiscite calling for a new 0.5 per cent regional sales tax to fund all these transportation plans. As Hepner notes, Surrey needs light rail, better bus service and other improvements to fight gridlock. Sure. But people also need food and shelter. And for most of us, our wages have not seen any slightly substantial increase in years. Robertson and Hepner will not be feeling the pinch so much, however, as they will reportedly be paid an extra $50,000 each for their new positions on the mayors’ council. It’s easier to vote “Yes” when you can afford it. The Now

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French immersion gives kids leg up The Editor, Re: “French immersion pour la bourgeoise,” the Now, Jan 15. As a parent of a child in the Surrey French immersion program, I was offended and saddened to read Adrian MacNair’s column on why parents enrol their children in French immersion. I am 42 and I was also in French immersion in as a youth. I now have two daughters, 10 and 12, who I enrolled. I feel MacNair’s opinion is somewhat shallow, in that he feels that we parents of French immersion students are “Type A” and are only looking to segregate our children in hopes of a higher education (or in his words a “publicly funded backdoor ticket to a private school education). Wow. Why can’t we, as taxpayers, want

a better education for our children? Children in Europe and Asian countries are all learning two, three and even four different languages in school. That alone puts them at an advantage later in life when it comes to applying for a job. And, given that our country is a bilingual nation (French and English the last time I checked), would it not make sense to help better educate our entire nation by enabling them to speak another language, especially one that is spoken around the world internationally? If you do a consensus, I’m sure you would find many parents of French immersion students are more involved with their children’s schools. Why? Because we care about our children’s

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future. If it’s our job as parents to raise our children right to become valuable contributing members of our society and country, why criticize us for helping them get one extra tool/ability to add to their resumés? Yes, if looking at sheer numbers, Mandarin and Punjabi might be spoken by more people, but not in as many different countries of the world. Do I speak French every day? No. Can I hold a conversation? Yes. Does it make me better than a non-French-speaking person? No. Just simply a different skill on my own personal resumé. Let’s embrace French immersion and work toward a better educated nation as a whole.

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older and by nature more conservative in outlook. Polls often over-represent the views of younger people – who don’t vote in nearly the same numbers as older people – and under-represent older folks. Online polls, it seems to me, likely don’t reflect the views of a great many people who may still feel uncomfortable with the internet and on-line communications. In fact, if your sense of where public opinion is based on what’s being said online, you are likely getting a very distorted view of things. Go to any major media website, and check out the comments (most of them anonymous) posted after political news stories. Invariably, if they concern federal politics at all, Harper is basically referred to as the devil himself (although that is likely one of the more polite characterizations). Increasingly, people only listen to or read things that reinforce their opinions. And so, on something like Facebook for example, people only read what their Facebook friends send their way – friends who likely view the world as they do. Or people will only read or listen to a media outlet that has a bias that tilts their way. This is particularly a problem for those who are decidedly left-wing or right-wing – they shut out anything that clashes with their own views or ideology. And so the people who are most vehemently anti-Harper only listen to each other, and therefore only reinforce their view that he is some sort of horrible leader who is about to be deposed. After all, everyone is saying that, so it must be true, right?

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The trouble, of course, that if you only listen to your limited circle of friends, you’re not getting the full picture. I see many people gleefully say they don’t read or watch so-called “mainstream media” and only consume media that agrees with their viewpoint – as a result, they live in an echo chamber that leads to ignorance and uninformed commentary. This is a relatively recent phenomenon. The rapid rise of websites, blogs and social media makes living in that echo chamber that much easier – and that much easier to underestimate a supposedly unpopular government like the Harper one. Finally, throw in the fact we have three major political parties at the federal level, and you can see why the Conservatives will likely grow more confident as the October vote grows nearer. The Conservative voter base, which hovers around 40 per cent of the electorate, is fairly loyal and committed. But there are a fair number of folks who are likely comfortable voting for either the federal Liberals or the NDP, meaning each of those parties can hurt each other through vote splitting (to say nothing of the Green Party adding to that confusion). So, despite all that vitriol and fury directed Harper’s way, he can cling to power with only a minority of voters backing him – a fact lost in so much of the noise on the Internet and social media, and among people who only listen to those who think just like them. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C. Keith.Baldrey@globalnews.ca

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The Editor, Re: “French immersion pour la bourgeoise,” the Now, Jan 15. Adrian MacNair is worried that parents in Surrey are signing up their kids for French immersion for the wrong reasons. His suggestion that learning Mandarin or Punjabi might be more useful further indicates he can’t see the forest for the trees. As a transplanted European, I am often astonished at the reluctance of North Americans to become multilingual. It would surprise MacNair that it is possible (and desirable) to learn more than two languages. The greater appreciation of other cultures gives a person a much greater appreciation of the world at large. As my grandmother used to say, “everyone from the village speaks three languages, except the village idiot. He only speaks two.” Clive Roberts, Cloverdale

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Team effort needed to keep neighbourhoods clean The Editor, The amount of litter in the front yards, boulevards and on the streets in the East Clayton neighbourhood is becoming unbearable. It’s time for people to be responsible and take individual action to clean up their space – and maybe even their neighbour’s space. It’s in each owner’s best interest to protect their investment and to stop the downward

spiral of becoming a ghetto. Littering is like a progressive disease in that it feeds on itself. If a neighbourhood looks clean, I think people are less likely to litter. Parents need to have a talk with their children. People snacking and slurping in their cars need to take it with them and not throw it out the window or dump it on the curb. Dog walkers need to bag their dog’s waste and take it with them for disposal and

not leave doggie bags behind or throw them in the trees. Renters need to be as responsible as owners, as this is your home too. We live in a townhouse complex and often make a point of picking up the litter on the perimeter around the complex when we walk our dog. We will fill a large plastic bag on most days – this need not be the case if people showed respect. The City of Surrey could help by

providing more garbage cans in high traffic areas and walking paths. TransLink should have garbage cans at all bus stops for snacking riders. There has to be a sea change in public mentality to clean up this area and keep it clean ongoing. Collectively, the residents can make this happen by being responsible and taking individual action. Wally Forder, Surrey

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SURREY — The province’s busiest ER got even busier this past weekend after facing “unprecedented congestion,” and difficulties finding beds for patients. According to an internal staff bulletin obtained by the Vancouver Sun, Surrey Memorial Hospital was facing “the highest volume of patients in emergency needing admission without assigned beds,” as well has having difficulty finding patients to discharge. Ken Donohue, director of public affairs for Fraser Health confirmed the hospital was seeing higher than normal volume of patients and noted they don’t ever turn people away. “It peaked one day last week at 470 patients seen in a day, which, is a huge number,” said Donohue, adding a normal day at Surrey ER is usually in the 300s. On Monday morning, Donohue said the situation had somewhat settled. “This isn’t exclusive to Surrey, it’s being reported at hospitals across the province and even North America,” he said. “What we’re seeing is the severity of the illness is a lot higher than it normally is and that means patients are needing to stay longer in hospital and so obviously that poses challenges for the hospital and staff.” Those challenges mean finding spaces for patients while the usual beds are already being occupied, which can lead to patients having to be stationed in hallways for

A hectic weekend at Surrey Memorial Hospital peaked with 470 patients in one day. A normal day is in the 300s. (File photo) treatment and recovery. Donohue admitted those situations are never ideal but hospital staff do what they can with what they have. “The memo that went out to staff was really an alert that the entire hospital needs to work together to ensure proper flowthrough throughout the hospital,” he said. “When a patient no longer needs hospital care it’s important that staff is working to discharge that patient so they can go home or receive care in the community.” As for “multiple outbreaks” of illnesses like Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) and others, Donohue said only the C. difficile constituted an outbreak at this point. “Sometimes people get scared when they hear outbreak but it’s a word that we use in the case of C. difficile when there’s three or more cases,” he explained, adding that enhanced cleaning procedures and transfer practices are then implemented in order to

prevent infection. In terms of a message for the public, Donohue wanted to remind people that the ER operates on a triage system, meaning those with more serious illnesses are given priority when admitted to the ER. “So if you nave a less serious illness that might mean you have to wait a little longer. We appreciate people’s patience in that regard and we want to let them know staff is always working hard to see people as soon as they can,” he said. Donohue also wanted to remind the public that they can call 811 if they believe their illness may be less serious, which would put them in touch with a nurse. “You may be able to talk to a nurse about your illness or your condition and you may not need to go to the emergency,” he said. “There could be other options they could help you with.” With files from Tiffany Crawford

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CITY CENTRE — Former mayor Dianne Watts has been named CEO of a new foundation for Surrey’s Innovation Boulevard. The Health Tech Innovation Foundation will oversee the “Innovation Hub” at City Centre 1, located across 96th Avenue from Surrey Memorial Hospital, which is set to open in April. In September, Watts announced her intention to seek the Conservative MP nomination in South Surrey-White Rock, a riding currently held by Conservative MP Russ Hiebert, who is not seeking re-election. The federal election will be held later this year.

‘When the election is called, I will step aside and focus on the federal election,” Watts said of her “exciting” new job. The hub is part of Innovation Boulevard, a high-tech health sector occupying one square mile of Surrey’s City Centre between Simon Fraser University and Surrey Memorial Hospital. The city hopes to foster a network of health institutions and a community of talented academics, clinicians and researchers here. Innovation Boulevard is focused on creating new medical devices as well as independent living and digital health technologies. “This is a significant milestone for Innovation Boulevard,” said Mayor Linda Hepner in a release. “The foundation will

provide the companies with access and support for health technology development, research and testing while the addition of former mayor Dianne Watts will bring tremendous value to the position with her long history and expertise with Innovation Boulevard.” Health Tech Innovation Foundation will work with companies to develop technology to solve specific health-related issues with the goal of improving outcomes for patients. The city says the foundation is currently engaged in talks with 43 companies, including three multi-national operations. For more information visit Healthtechfoundation.com. areid@thenownewspaper.com tzytaruk@thenownewspaper.com

SURREY — Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner has been named vicechairwoman of the TransLink mayors’ council. “I think it’s really important for Surrey,” she said. “We have a lot of skin in this game. There’s a lot at stake for Surrey in this.” Hepner said Surrey will have a “bold and vocal” voice at the council’s table. Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson was voted its chairman. Hepner defeated Delta Mayor Lois Jackson for the job in a secret ballot. Hepner is campaigning for a “Yes” vote in the plebiscite calling for a new 0.5 per cent regional sales tax to fund $2.5 billion in transportation improvements over 10 years. Hepner said the city needs light rail, expanded bus service, HandyDART service and an upgraded Pattullo Bridge to fight gridlock and other traffic congestion. “The benefit of this plan will keep out people moving,” she said. “We need those upgrades.” Tom Zytaruk

Harpreet Singh may run for Tories SURREY — Surrey journalist Harpreet Singh hopes to square off against New Democrat MP Jinny Sims and Liberal candidate Sukh Dhaliwal in this year’s federal election as the Conservative candidate for the new riding of Surrey Newton. The Conservatives’ nomination meeting is expected to be held in midFebruary, with a location yet to be announced. Harpreet Singh “I feel strongly that the time has come to cross the line and enter federal politics to serve the community,” Singh said. “I feel that I owe it to the residents of this great city that their voices are heard in our nation’s capital.” Singh has worked as a television and radio host, political commentator, writer and producer. If he wins the Tory nod, Singh’s general election rivals will be former Surrey Liberal MP Sukh Dhaliwal and current New Democrat MP Jinny Sims. Tom Zytaruk

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SURREY/WHITE ROCK — Surrey council is officially committed to holding a campaign to encourage a “yes” vote in the upcoming transit referendum. The motion was passed unanimously at the most recent council meeting and falls in line with the city’s long-term vision for Surrey light rapid transit. But while Surrey has come out with a firm stance on the matter, White Rock council has yet to take an official position. According to White Rock Mayor Wayne Baldwin, council has not yet been able to meet about the upcoming referendum but noted they were hopeful TransLink would be able to come in soon to discuss it with them. “We’re trying to work out a time for TransLink to come along and give us the lowdown on the referendum, what it entails and what are the actual takes for the City of White Rock,” he said. “Once council has that information, we’ll be in a better position to take a position on it.” Baldwin, a member of the TransLink Mayors’ Council, said at first glance White Rock would likely derive some decent

benefit if the referendum were to pass, but would like clarification from TransLink directly. “What we’d get would be a B-Line bus from White Rock into a new light rapid transit station in Surrey, somewhere towards King George and Newton,” he said. “I believe we would get better handyDART services and some new buses as well. The indirect benefits are much bigger probably.” Baldwin also noted the new Pattullo Bridge would provide more opportunities for people to take public transit, as “if we don’t do that, our gridlock situation is going to be worse so it’ll make it much more difficult for anyone in White Rock to go out of the city and do anything else.” Baldwin said something needs to be done soon, as the region cannot continue as-is for much longer. “It’s going to be way, way worse than we currently have it,” he predicted. “For those who still have to drive and aren’t able to use transit, (the referendum) may directly reduce the load on the streets. With another million (people) moving into the Lower Mainland, people are going to have cars and you can’t stop them from doing that, so we have to be prepared for it.”

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SURREY — A Surrey llama enjoyed its 15 minutes of fame Wednesday afternoon after it escaped from a farm and had a bit of an adventure near 168th Street and 92A Avenue. “Everybody was calling us,” Surrey RCMP Cpl. Bert Paquet said. Police helped get it back home. “It was on a roadway for a while, and that’s usually why we care,” Paquet said. “It’s still alive, back in its pen. Police were able to run Bessie the llama back into its field, where it is being kept in custody pending further investigation.” At the same time Bessie was on the lam, Paquet said, a cow was also on the loose at 88th Avenue and 168th Street. He said a fellow Mountie tried to herd it off the road with his car. “The angry cow proceeded to kick the police vehicle and left a small hoof-sized dent in the front passenger door,” Paquet said. “Forensics have been able to link the suspect’s hoof to the damages, however, the cow ran off into the forest and police lost visual contact.”

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SURREY — A young Surrey couple escaped with their three-week old baby boy just in time before their BMW sedan burst into flames in Newton on Thursday night. They were travelling in the neighbourhood of 78th Avenue and 140th Street at about 8 p.m., after a shopping trip, when the car started smoking. After they pulled over, the car burst into flames. Nobody was injured. “It appears to be accidental in nature,” Surrey Deputy Fire Chief Karen Fry said of the fire. “It appears to be electrical.”

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METRO VANCOUVER — Port container truckers are warning they could go on a second strike in less than a year over claims that the promises ending the first work stoppage have never been met. Unifor national president Jerry Dias, whose union represents 300 container truckers in Metro Vancouver, said the undercutting of industry-wide rates by companies not abiding to the terms of the agreement is once again threatening labour peace. “So they’re showing both the provincial and federal governments their middle fingers and the government doesn’t have the guts to do anything about it,” said Dias. The undercutting of rates also puts honest companies at an unfair competitive disadvantage, further putting truckers at risk added Dias. “You can’t meet with all of the stakeholders, agree and celebrate that we have now stabilized the industry by establishing a floor for rates to make sure

So they’re showing both the provincial and federal governments their middle fingers and the government doesn’t have the guts to do anything about it. that there’s no undercutting and then do nothing to implement it,” he said. Container truckers serving Metro ports in Delta, Surrey, Vancouver, and North Vancouver, went on strike for one month in March and April 2014 to protest undercutting, low wages and long wait times at terminals. The strike came to an end after the province, the federal government, Port Metro Vancouver and the union representing truckers negotiated an agreement with the help of labour mediator Vince Ready. The provincial government agreed to increase trip rates by 10 per cent within one month of labour peace, strengthen rates enforcement and expand terminal operating hours to reduce wait times. But Unifor claims that a new fee structure introduced by the province in December under the Container Trucking Act offers

trucking companies the choice to pay their drivers hourly Jerry Dias or by a flat rate, which Dias said will cost drivers $1,000 a month. In a statement released by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, the new legislation will establish a rate structure that ensures truckers are paid fairly for their work. “We believe this is the right starting point – allowing the Lower Mainland’s container trucking industry to move forward to ensure the continued efficient operation and global competitiveness of Port Metro Vancouver, which is critical to a robust provincial and national economy,” reads the statement. The ministry said it recognizes that truckers have identified some areas where they would like to see the regulation

changed, and will look at those items over the next couple of weeks. The ministry also intends to appoint a new, independent container trucking commissioner to provide oversight to the industry. The commissioner would be responsible for future rate setting, oversight of the audit and enforcement function and future licensing. He or she would also be directed to engage with labour and industry leaders through a committee to inform future decisions impacting the stability and competitiveness of the sector, according to the ministry. Meanwhile over the next two weeks Dias said he would be meeting with B.C.’s transportation minister, Todd Stone, and federal transport minister Lisa Raitt to avert another strike. The union president added the situation could be remedied if the province would simply crack down on trucking companies not living up to the terms of the 2014 agreement. “This isn’t very complicated. All you need to do is pull the license of three or four or five of them and watch what happens.” amacnair@thenownewspaper.com

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Penny Beck feeds one of her horses on the farmland she’s owned in Fleetwood for the past 40 years. Her property lies beneath powerlines leading to a BC Hydro substation under construction nearby. (Photo: ADRIAN MACNAIR) machinery spewing dust and making noise at all hours of the day and night. The effect on her farm was noticeable when she was unable to sell her usual crop of blackberries and strawberries. “We could not sell any of our blackberry crop this year because it was too dusty,” said Beck, whose family has been on the land since 1975. “(People) don’t want dirty berries, they won’t touch them.” The noise and dust has created stress on her horses as well, according to the farmer who raises yearlings that frighten easily. She claims that the net result is likely bankruptcy. She’s also worried about the loss of habitat for wildlife, claiming red tail hawks, bald eagles, coyotes, black squirrels, hummingbirds, screech owls and other animals have disappeared since the project began. Beck said she’s not the only disgruntled resident. One local resident and nature photographer has documented the loss of trees on his website, Stephenbolwell.com.

Most disturbing of all, Beck said the substation is being built on prime agricultural land. BC Hydro received special permission from the Agricultural Land Commission to remove the farmland from the reserve and build over it. However, Reimer said the project has an environmental plan and managers to ensure proper compliance. “I’ve been out to the sites a number of times to see progress as we started construction and to make sure we’re taking all the steps necessary to mitigate the impacts to the environment, noise, dust and the residents in that area,” he said. Reimer added that the project operates within the city’s noise bylaws and makes use of a water truck for dust suppression. The substation is located just behind Surrey Lake Park near the Serpentine River floodplain and along an existing transmission line.

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Tamanawis Wildcats still kings of court Newton school again wins two banners after juniors and seniors repeat as Surrey’s best teams

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SURREY — For the third time in four years, the Tamanawis Wildcats senior boys’ basketball team has been crowned best in the city after winning the Surrey RCMP Basketball Classic. In the final game of the 24th annual tournament Saturday (Jan. 17), the Wildcats defeated Southridge Storm 73-65 at Enver Creek Secondary. Co-coach Doug McKenzie said he was very satisfied with the effort his team showed over the five-day tournament, but is more looking forward to next week’s Bill Kushnir Invitational and their remaining league games. “It’s great to win the tournament, but we want to get better every week,” he said. “We’re very proud of what the boys did, but we’ve got bigger goals. This is just a great stepping stone along the way towards a bigger goal.” Even though Southridge is a Double A school, the Wildcats never considered their opponents underdogs. “Playing teams like Fleetwood Park in the semifinal and teams like Southridge in the final, they’re going to make us a better team,” said co-coach Par Bains. “That was a heck of a game, and we learned a lot.”

Tweedsmuir Panthers earned a 69-43 victory over Fleetwood Park Dragons in the bronzemedal game Saturday at the Surrey RCMP Basketball Classic. Here, Tweedsmuir’s K.J. Johnson (left) rejects Fleetwood Park’s Rajan Bir (#35). (Photo: GORD GOBLE) Southridge’s Hunter Hughes was named tournament MVP after the Grade 11 student put up an incredible 30 points, 23 rebounds and five blocks in the final. “We knew Hunter (Hughes) was going to be a handful, and they have other kids who are tough and work hard,” McKenzie added. Storm coach Steve Anderson said the loss hurt his team because they feel like they can beat anyone on any day. Southridge defeated Sullivan Heights, Semiahmoo and Lord Tweedsmuir to make it to the final.

“That’s easy to say, but we’re a proud group and we think we can beat anybody. Are we happy that we made it to the final? Yes, but we’re not happy that we didn’t win it. “We work very hard,” Anderson added. “We compete and we know that we’ll lace up our shoes like anybody else and we’ll get out and play. We don’t care about what level or how big the other school is or how small the school is.” The loss has to be a learning experience for his squad as they look to make a

statement later in the season, the coach added. “We’re going to have to draw back from all of the lessons we’ve learned from this tournament and put it forth when we go to Valleys and, hopefully, provincials,” he said. Tamanawis guards Sagar Dulay and Miguel Tomley joined Hughes as first-team all stars. Dulay, whose brother Manny was named MVP of the 2012 tournament, said it feels good to join the company of his sibling, and he’s glad the team can turn to him. “You have to come up big sometimes for your team, and it feels good when you do it,” he said. Tomley, a Grade 9 student, was happy to be named a tourney all-star, but was far more satisfied with the team’s success. “It feels cool, but I’m more happy with our championship than anything,” Tomley said. “First-team all-star is good, but I don’t really care about individual accolades as much as I care about our team.” In the junior boys’ division, Tamanawis defended its title with a 62-53 victory over Lord Tweedsmuir. It is the first time in tournament history the same school defended both junior and senior titles. kyle.benning@gmail.com

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GUILDFORD — Holy Cross Crusaders basketball teams didn’t have much luck over the weekend when they hosted the B.C. Catholic Basketball Championships, as both the senior boys and senior girls lost in their respective finals on Saturday (Jan. 17). The senior boys lost 66-53 to Vancouver College despite leading 31-26 at halftime. The Fighting Irish won the title with dominance down low and took advantage of the Crusaders’

turnovers. The away side was able to pick up twice as many offensive rebounds, with a total of 16 more boards. The eventual champions outscored Holy Cross by 12 points on turnovers. Keegan Konn led the Crusaders in minutes and scored a game-high 23 points, while Matt Narvaez put up 19 points, three rebounds, three assists and a pair of steals for the Irish. Vancouver College defeated the Archbishop Carney Stars and Saint Patrick Celtics on the way to the title, see › page 15

Holy Cross Crusaders fans drum up support for the home team during a game Friday (Jan. 16) at the B.C. Catholic Basketball Championships tournament. (Photo: GORD GOBLE)

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while Holy Cross beat St. John Brebeuf Bears and St. Thomas More Knights to qualify for the final game. In the girls’ division, the Crusaders fell to the Immaculata Mustangs 78-41 on home court. Holy Cross struggled early in the game, scoring just four points in the opening frame. Emma Johnson and Ashlyn Day both had monster days for the Mustangs, the former recording 33 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and seven steals while the latter racked

up 25 points, three assists and three steals. Holy Cross superstar Nicole Vander Helm scored a team-high 17 points, eight rebounds and six assists. Similar to the boys’ game, it was turnovers that made the difference, as the Crusaders gave up the ball 43 times while the Mustangs turned the ball over only 21 times. It resulted in 31 more points scored from turnovers for the Kelowna school. Holy Cross was the defending champions in this tournament in both the boys and girls divisions.

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Harper may win despite vitriol, fury InTheHouse Keith Baldrey

ow is it that Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who has been vilified by his political opponents like few politicians before him, is still the front-runner when it comes to winning the next federal election in October? How can someone who stirs up deeply passionate and emotional negative responses on so many issues still look like the one to beat come the vote? There are many reasons to be upset with the Harper government (and many other governments, for that matter). So how can it even stand a chance of being re-elected? While political polling has to be taken with a very large grain of salt these days (given how wrong some of them have been in recent elections), one can’t simply dismiss out of hand a series of polls that put the Conservatives firmly in the lead over the federal Liberals and NDP. The latest Ipsos-Reid poll for Global News gives Harper’s Conservatives 35 per cent of the decided vote, while Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are at 31 per cent and Thomas Mulcair’s NDP appears to be fading, sitting at just 24 per cent. That Conservative lead seems to be solidifying, if not increasing. How can this be? Well, first of all, take a look at who actually votes in this country. As I’ve written here a number of times before, voters tend to be older and, by nature, more conservative in outlook. Polls often over-represent the views of younger people – who don’t vote in nearly the same numbers as older people – and under-represent older folks. Online polls, it seems to me, likely don’t reflect the views of a great many people who may still feel uncomfortable with the internet and online communications. In fact, if your sense of where public opinion is based on what’s being said online, you are likely getting a very distorted view of things. Go to any major media website, and check out the comments (most of them anonymous) posted after political news stories. Invariably, if they concern federal politics at all, Harper is basically referred to as the devil himself (although that is likely one of the more polite characterizations). Increasingly, people only listen to or read things that reinforce their opinions. And so, on something like Facebook for example, people only read what their Facebook friends send their way – friends who likely

view the world as they do. Or people will only read or listen to a media outlet that has a bias that tilts their way. This is particularly a problem for those who are decidedly left-wing or right-wing – they shut out anything that clashes with their own views or ideology. And so the people who are most vehemently anti-Harper only listen to each other, and therefore only reinforce their view that he is some sort of horrible leader who is about to be deposed. After all, everyone is saying that, so it must be true, right? The trouble, of course, that if you only listen to your limited circle of friends, you’re not getting the full picture. I see many people gleefully say they don’t read or watch so-called “mainstream media” and only consume media that agrees with their viewpoint – as a result, they live in an echo chamber that leads to ignorance and uninformed commentary.

If your sense of where public opinion is based on what’s being said online, you are likely getting a very distorted view of things. This is a relatively recent phenomenon. The rapid rise of websites, blogs and social media makes living in that echo chamber that much easier – and that much easier to underestimate a supposedly unpopular government like the Harper one. Finally, throw in the fact we have three major political parties at the federal level, and you can see why the Conservatives will likely grow more confident as the October vote grows nearer. The Conservative voter base, which hovers around 40 per cent of the electorate, is fairly loyal and committed. But there are a fair number of folks who are likely comfortable voting for either the federal Liberals or the NDP, meaning each of those parties can hurt each other through vote splitting (to say nothing of the Green Party adding to that confusion). So, despite all that vitriol and fury directed Harper’s way, he can cling to power with only a minority of voters backing him – a fact lost in so much of the noise on the Internet and social media, and among people who only listen to those who think just like them. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C. Keith.Baldrey@globalnews.ca

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Surrey already pays its fair share to TransLink The Editor, What a ridiculous concept to raise the sales tax in all of B.C. to fund transit initiates in Vancouver. The TransLink tax grab has only benefited the people north of the Fraser River for the past 25 years. Surrey, has shouldered all the high costs of commuting and extra TransLink gas taxes, now made even higher with tolls on two bridges and a third on the way. Give us a break. They are threatening “no Broadway corridor rapid transit” if the referendum is not passed. I say, “Who cares?” Vancouver cares. So what? I have lived in Surrey for more than 25 years and am still waiting for the broken promises to be made good. Surrey’s new mayor Linda Hepner was named vice-chair of TransLink’s mayors’ council to get the “Yes “vote. A stacked TransLink board – what a joke. Surrey now has almost the same population as Vancouver – time to make good on broken promises for our rapid transit corridor through to Langley (promised 25 years ago), before Vancouver gets a fifth rapid transit line. Hey, why not just make all the drivers in B.C. pay the TransLink gas tax? That’s fair too, isn’t it? Or why not toll all the bridges in B.C.? Vote no. Paul Fitzgerald, Surrey

French immersion column nailed it The Editor, Re: “French immersion pour la bourgeoise,” the Now, Jan 15. I am so thrilled and happy with Adrian MacNair’s column exposing the bourgeoise attitude regarding French immersion. I completely agree that it is a form of segregation from the “mainstream” population. However, from my experience with friends and family, the education that one receives from French immersion is in no way superior. OK, so you know how to ask, “Ou est la bibliotheque?” but that’s

about it. It is demanded that you speak only in French and learning skills such as math, and science are secondary to speaking the language. In fact, it has been my experience that every student I have known who has left French immersion (for whatever reason) when placed in a “regular” public school classroom, struggled at their grade level because they did not have the set of skills that they needed and would have received if they had attended a regular classroom. Where we are situated in Canada, knowing French as a second language is a low priority. I can say this because I have French as a second language (and as a side note, the base of my French knowledge stems from a mainstream, regular, public school. When I lived in France, I seemed to do OK). Thank you again, Adrian, for shedding a light on this form of elitism. Danielle Carey

The more languages the better, MacNair The Editor, Re: “French immersion pour la bourgeoise,” the Now, Jan 15. Adrian MacNair is worried that parents in Surrey are signing up their kids for French immersion for the wrong reasons. His suggestion that learning Manderin or Punjabi might be more useful further indicates he can’t see the forest for the trees. As a transplanted European, I am often astonished at the reluctance of North Americans to become multi-lingual. It would surprise MacNair that it is possible (and desirable) to learn more than two languages. The greater appreciation of other cultures gives a person a much greater appreciation of the world at large. As my grandmother used to say, “everyone from the village speaks three languages, except the village idiot. He only speaks two.” Clive Roberts, Cloverdale

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