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Bog society mourns death of co-founder Wally Davyduke Tom Zillich

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DELTA — Members of Burns Bog Conservation Society are mourning the death of Wally Davyduke, a founding director of the organization and husband to society president Eliza Olson. Davyduke passed away at home last Friday morning (Feb. 20). He was 78. Reached Monday morning, Olson said her husband’s prostate cancer was rediagnosed last August. “I think the official cause of death is heart failure, although I don’t have the death certificate Wally Davyduke yet,” she told the Now. “I’ve been very worried about him, and his health had been declining over the past few months. He’d been complaining about having the flu.” The society announced Davyduke’s death on its Facebook page Saturday morning (Feb. 21). “Wally showed great passion and commitment to protecting and sustaining Burns Bog,” the post reads. “He was one of the original founders of the Burns Bog Conservation Society, and will be greatly missed.” People who commented on the Facebook post shared their condolences to Olson and the organization. “Wally was a great guy – down to earth, hardworking and committed to the cause of preserving the jewel that is Burns Bog,” Derek Zeisman wrote. “I’m going to miss him. Rest in peace, good sir.” Wrote Valerie Gibbons: “How truly sad. Wally was always such an inspiration to everyone. My condolences.” Olson said plans for a memorial are still being formalized. “I’m beginning to realize that we’re going to have something more than a small family memorial,” she said. “There are so many people who knew him and his work with the society. He and I were the last two original members on the board, and the good part is I don’t have to ask him to step down because I knew, just looking at him, that he shouldn’t be on the board any longer.” In its Facebook post, the society encouraged people to show their appreciation for Davyduke’s legacy by making a donation to the organization through the Canadahelps.org website. tzillich@thenownewspaper.com

Surrey resident Kevin Cruz and a team of others are heading up ORA Scents, a mobile device company. (Photo: KEVIN HILL)

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Young entrepreneur can smell a winning startup Surrey man part of ORA Scents team touting an app-enabled scent diffuser Kristi Alexandra

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oung Surreyite Kevin Cruz never had to flip burgers, unlike many of his peers in high school. In fact, the 22-year-old entrepreneur said he couldn’t see himself answering to a boss. “(Entrepreneurship) was something that always intrigued me; I never really liked the idea of working for someone else,” he told the Now at the SFU Surrey campus, where he’s enrolled in an entrepreneurship program. “Ever since I was a kid I always had that entrepreneurial spirit. I would always get in trouble for dealing Pokemon cards on the playground or something like that,” he said. That lack of traditional work experience has actually worked in Cruz’s favour, however, having been recently named Student Entrepreneur of the Year from B.C. by Enactus. Now, Cruz and a team of others are heading up ORA Scents, a mobile device company that is introducing the ORA, the world’s first app-enabled scent diffuser that

allows users to create and control scents in real-time. “I noticed that there’s this trend happening with tech industry right now and it’s called ‘the Internet of things,’ so its this idea of smart technology where pretty much all the aspects of your home or your life are controlled through your phone, and everything is connected,” he explained. “Your lighting systems, your sound systems. We noticed a lot of people are targeting these different senses within these sensory experiences in your home, but no one has really done anything with fragrances.” Enter the ORA. Technologically speaking, it’s a step up from using scented candles or even plug-in scent diffusers. Cruz and his teammates are the first ever to make this “smart” diffuser a reality. “To speak to the technology itself, we are offering this totally new level of customizability compared to any other diffuser on the market today,” he said. The device allows the user to mix a variety of essential oils and create different levels of how much of each oil is desired, thereby

creating its own scent profile. All of that is communicated to the device through the user’s phone. “It will tell the phone what it is, and you can control how much oil is released into the device, and then from there the essential oils are mixed into a reservoir of water, and it’s vibrated with a metal plate at the bottom of it to a point where it vibrates so fast that it evaporates,” Cruz explained. For now, the company has a 3-D mock-up of the ORA device, and is looking for beta testers. Cruz and co are just happy to be among good company when it comes to entrepreneurs in the city. “(Surrey) is turning into this hub of innovation, its turning into this hub of young people doing awesome things and solving a lot of today’s problems. I love being a part of this eco system and helping spearhead this change that’s happening right now.” For more information about ORA Scents and its upcoming Kickstarter campaign, visit Orascents.com or follow them on Twitter at @ORAScents. kalexandra@thenownewspaper.com

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WHITE ROCK — When Glenn Miles first heard about White Rock Social Justice Film Society, he’d been “casting about for something along the same lines of inquiry and social action” he experienced in the Yukon Territory, where he wrote education policy for the NDP. “I joined up immediately,” Miles explained, “because it really appealed to me. And the fact that it was a bunch of, basically, seniors from a pretty conservative place, a fairly conservative riding in anybody’s political books – they were all active and fairly liberal and progressive on issues.… It might have been a whole bunch of geezers like me – I’m 70 – but it was also a bunch of people who had a lot of social conscience and desired to see change.” Miles is in his fifth year as president of the society, which will stage its 11th annual film festival this weekend (Feb. 27-28) at First United Church in White Rock. The event will showcase five documentary films, including Inequality for All at 7 p.m.

Friday, and the all-Saturday offerings of Salmon Confidential (10 a.m.), Just Eat It (1:30 p.m.), Forks Over Knives (3:15 p.m.) and Peter, Paul and Mary: Carry it On (7:15 p.m.). Details are posted at Whiterocksocialjusticefilmfestival.ca. “We’re all funded by donations, a suggested donation, and people who don’t pay, they’re not turned away. We figure the dissemination of information is the most important feature of what we do.” Glenn Miles The society has created a bursary in honour of founder Jack McLachlan, who died in 2013. “The bursary goes to a high school student writing an essay on a social-justice issue,” Miles said. “Last year, the first winner was an 11th-grade girl (Ariel Zhang) who lives in Ocean Park, and it just knocked everybody’s socks off – it was just so aware, so growing and inspired, it really proved up the idea of doing something like that in the first place.” tzillich@thenownewspaper.com

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SOURCES Community Resources Society commanded the White Rock walk, with funds raised going towards its homeless prevention programs. The funds will be replacing part of the $200,000 that was recently cut by the federal government. For the City by the Sea’s event, 248 walkers raised $51,134, 63 per cent of their $80,000 goal. Last year $45,000 was raised from the same walk. “We want to help people get stabilized so they don’t fall into the pit of homelessness because once that happens it’s a different ball game,” said Soraya VanBuskirk, advocacy programs manager for SOURCES. Donations are accepted up until March 31 and can be made online at coldestnightoftheyear.org.

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s usual, what anybody has to say about the B.C. budget released this week will depend on what pulpit they’re preaching from. The “right” is mostly expressing joy over the black ink on the bottom line, while the “left” points to social shortfalls created by special favours for the business community. Business people are pleased by the surplus. They see government debt as dollars that should be in people’s pockets, to be drawn from to spend on goods and services and generally boost the economy. People in the mining sector, eager to put the Mount Polley debacle behind them, are understandably happy that the Christy Clark government has found money to aid exploration and development, as well as extending their tax credits despite the surplus. Finance Minister Mike de Jong claims the surplus gives B.C. “bragging rights” over the rest of Canada. But conspicuously absent from this year’s bragging was the LNG windfall that was all over last year’s budget and its expectations of future surpluses. Instead, workers at ICBC and BC Hydro point out a direct link between surpluses projected for the next three years and the money that the government is planning to extract from those Crown corporations in each of those three years. While low-income families get a boost from an increase in the tax threshold for the Early Childhood Tax Benefit, the hidden MSP tax rises again – the right hand giveth, and the left hand taketh away. B.C. health care and social workers see the surplus as money not spent on people and facilities in a health care system that is beginning to lag behind the rest of Canada. The surplus, they maintain, does nothing to correct overcrowding of hospitals, inadequate care for seniors, or a burgeoning homeless population. Speaking of the homeless, concerned citizens all over B.C. were out Saturday on their behalf for the Coldest Night of the Year (see page 6). Helping them with just a small slice of that billion-dollar surplus truly would be something to brag about.

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Bill pushes Canada closer to police state The Editor, Re: Bill C-51. Our federal government has tabled legislation that will criminalize dissent. Environmentalists are not terrorists threatening the state but they do have a different vision as to how our country’s economy should grow and the direction it should take. This is hardly subversive. Our country has a history where divergent views are not only accepted, but encouraged. Up until recently, this practise has been not only accepted but supported financially by our federal government. To say that peaceful protest is criminal is to say Rosa Parks refusal to sit in the back of the bus because she was black, or Mahatma Gandhi’s salt march was criminal. These two protests were instrumental in ending segregation

in the U.S. and the British oppression of India, respectively. Both today are widely praised as brave opposition to oppressive state law. I am worried that my beloved country is sliding into a police state where people are afraid to criticize government and government policy. The threat of terrorism should not be used as an excuse to limit people’s right to dissent. Phil Harrison, Surrey

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I vehemently object to paying Coun. Tom Gill’s bills. There is not a shred of city business involved in this case. Transparency at city hall has suffered for several years, courtesy of slate-run councils. They are on a power trip. Bureaucracy rules even more with the new mayor – that’s her stock in trade. She gives us “football” mumbo jumbo to obscure the real issue, which is why should the taxpayer be stuck with Gill’s bill when there was no city business? That’s not all we are expected to swallow – we heard the lame reasoning that the city solicitor has consulted someone and it fits the definition of city business. I challenge the mayor and the council to do right by the taxpayer. Here’s a chance to earn real respect.

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Frugal de Jong is province’s Dr. No InTheHouse Keith Baldrey

prominent B.C. businessman phoned me the other day, wanting to know who “ran” the B.C. government. He knew enough of politics to know the answer wasn’t necessarily Premier Christy Clark. While her predecessor, Gordon Campbell, very much “ran” his government in that he had his hands on all kinds of levers, she has opted for a more hands-off approach. Clark delegates a lot of authority and control to key cabinet ministers, deputies and senior staff. But there appears to be one key figure who Clark allows to steer the BC Liberal ship more than anyone else, and he was on full public display last week. I’m talking about Finance Minister Mike de Jong. He controls the government’s purse strings and, as government house leader, its legislative agenda. His approach to budget-making means he keeps a tight rein on spending, which means fellow cabinet ministers must answer to him for their budgets. While there is no question that Clark is very much in control of her government, de Jong has emerged as a particularly influential member of her inner circle (which includes LNG Minister Rich Coleman, Jobs Minister Shirley Bond, and staffers Dan Doyle, Michelle Cardario, Chris Gardener, Neil Sweeney and Ben Chin). De Jong is in charge of delivering what is the government’s number one priority every

their support for the “Yes” side, it appears that the NDP is looking more and more like an undercover agent for the “No” side. Using the high-profile daily question period as a launching pad, the NDP has fired salvos at TransLink on several occasions. The “No” side is trying to frame the plebiscite as a de facto referendum on TransLink itself, and the NDP’s actions have infuriated the “Yes” side, which sees them as assisting the “No” side’s messaging. The “Yes” side, of course, is strongly supported by unions and environmental organizations, which the NDP has assumed are among its traditional areas of strength and which makes the NDP strategy that much more curious. Of course, the NDP is in a tricky and unusual situation. On the one hand, as the Official Opposition it is required to “oppose” the government, but that role becomes somewhat murky when the issue is the transit plebiscite, since both sides officially support the same side. It’s a delicate balancing act, and one the party appears not to be performing very well. I’ve heard talk that some party brass are privately pushing for the party to bail on the “Yes” side, arguing a failed plebiscite would reflect badly on the premier. However, NDP voters are major users of transit. A failed plebiscite would punish them but some in the NDP think targeting the premier over and over again – no matter what the issue – is a smarter thing to do. It may turn out to be a dangerous strategy.

spring: a balanced budget. Everything else takes a back seat to that accomplishment, and as a result all government programs (i.e. the size and funding of them) flow from that balanced budget. The veteran politician has become a sort of “Dr. No” in government, as he insists on a frugal approach to managing government finances. That means a lot of spending requests don’t get far with him. Last week’s budget is a good example of the de Jong touch. He balanced it by keeping a tight lid on government spending and that includes the mammoth health portfolio. “Bending down the health care spending curve” was job one when de Jong took over the finance portfolio a few years ago. He was well aware that if the health care budget continued to enjoy lofty increases such as five or six or seven per cent that any hopes of balancing the budget would be dashed. So he has insisted that annual increases to the health budget had to come in at less than three per cent (which translates to roughly $500 million a year). There were widespread doubts that this could be accomplished, but it has happened for several years now – and that’s a huge reason why the budget can be balanced at the end of the fiscal year. And it’s another reason why de Jong, more than anyone other than the premier herself, has the most noticeable personal stamp on this government.

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Thanks to all who made Taste White Rock so tasty The Editor, The White Rock BIA would like to send along sincere thanks to everyone who played a part in the launch and success of Taste White Rock 2015. When we met back in the fall with a group of prominent restaurant operators to determine whether to even continue with the annual restaurant festival, little did we know the direction it was going to take. We can all take great pride in what we have accomplished in a few short months. Thank you to Evin Dosdall of Invision Creative for developing the new brand – Taste White Rock. I think you will agree the brand and graphic design resonated with the public and we can now look forward to launching a stand-alone website that will support the festival much better next year. Thank you to all the participating restaurants who took a leap of faith and participated again this year or who came on board for the first time. We really appreciate your support and involvement. The restaurant sector in White Rock is very strong and as a BIA we will continue to

support your on-going success whenever and wherever possible. Thank you to our major media partners – News1130, Peace Arch News, ReelDeal Media, KISM Bellingham and the Bellingham Herald. Our advertising campaign was hugely successful and we certainly appreciate your support and co-operation. Thank you to both the Peace Arch News and the Now for their enthusiastic editorial coverage. You really helped with the ‘call to action’ and awareness we needed to achieve success. Thank you to our sponsors, Ocean Promenade Hotel and Swirl Wine Store, for coming on board at the 11th hour. And thank you to Adrian Brugge, Tourism White Rock, Coun. Lynne Sinclair and all those who jumped in and helped kick-start our social media. We really appreciate your enthusiasm and your community spirit. I am confident we can build on the strong foundation laid this year and look forward to greater success next year! Douglas Smith, executive director, White Rock BIA

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rom a large animal barn to a building just for seized cats, the Surrey SPCA has big plans for its five-acre property on 168th Street. Thanks to $5 million from the provincial government, announced in the B.C. budget this week, the plans have been solidified. “Surrey’s obviously one of our key cities,” BC SPCA CEO Craig Daniell told the Now. “In Surrey we deal with companion issues, but because of the rural basis in Surrey, we see a large number of animal investigations. We have a very significant presence from a cruelty investigations perspective.” The organization is constructing a large animal seizure barn, which will be managed by the cruelty investigations department. “We’ve never had that capability anywhere in the province,” Daniell explained. “When we seized large animals in the past, for the most part, we would have to find somebody to board those animals for us. So the property in Surrey will actually provide the first large seizure facility for our organization. It will be adaptable and multi-purpose in nature so we can have large animals, which could be horses and cows, even sheep and goats. It’s incredibly exciting.” While the organization had embarked upon the project before learning it would be receiving provincial dollars, Daniell said it’s wonderful news because they hadn’t had assurance they would receive it. “We considered the large animal facility to be a major priority, so we had already gone ahead with that. “But what it allows us to do is put in a few extras we would have had to put in later if we didn’t get the funding.” The “extras” include an outdoor area for horses to roam. “But really, what the funding will help us cover for 2015 is… a cat seizure facility in Surrey,” he said. “We’re going to be retrofitting one of the existing facilities to be a cat seizure site. This will give us the opportunity to be able to accommodate more cats.” Cats far outnumber dogs in their shelters, Daniell explained. Late last year, a group called the Surrey Community Cat Coalition formed to try to get a handle on of the overpopulation of cats in the city. The group, which includes the BC SPCA Surrey Education & Adoption Centre, estimates Surrey has between 12,000

Rodney Weleschuk, Surrey SPCA’s branch manager, has some fun with the new large animal barn being built in Surrey. Among exciting new plans for the Surrey site is a new cat seizure facility that will mean more feral cats can be helped. (Photo: GORD GOBLE)

Surrey SPCA annual gala set for March 7 Surrey SPCA invites the public to its 11th annual Animal Lovers Gala, an evening of entertainment in support of abused, homeless and injured animals. Set for March 7, the night will include a cocktail reception, auction, a gourmet dinner and music. “Our new BC SPCA centre in Surrey is now up and running and we are grateful to members of our community for supporting events such as our and 34,000 free-roaming community and feral cats. Rodney Weleschuk, Surrey SPCA’s branch manager, said the new facility will mean more feral cats can be helped, “which is one of our main visions here in Surrey.” Weleschuk said the new cat facility will also be useful for investigations when a large number of cats are seized at once and need somewhere to be assessed, treated and held before moving on. Daniell expects the cat and large animal seizure facilities should be complete by the end of the summer.

gala so that we can make a life-saving difference for the most vulnerable animals in our region,” said volunteer and event organizer Michelle Grant. Tickets are $125, $800 for a table of eight or $1,000 for a table of 10, and can be purchased at Spca.bc.ca/surreygala or via email at surreyevents@spca.bc.ca. The event is set to run from 5:30 p.m. to midnight at Northview Golf & Country Club at 6857 168th St. “From a cruelty investigations perspective, we’ll be set up,” he added. The dollars will allow the organization to continue with expansion beyond 2015. Top of mind for Daniell is a facility for exotic animals. “There really isn’t any capability to house exotic animals anywhere in the province, to be honest,” he said. “The government has no facilities and our own aren’t well set up to do that. Our facilities for the most part have been focused on dogs, cats and rabbits.” Education is a big part of what the

SPCA does out of its Surrey site and that facility will also see expansion thanks to the government funding. The organization is also looking to upgrade its adoption facilities in Surrey. “We’ll plan those in 2016 and probably construct them in 2017. We can’t do everything all at once,” Daniell said. The Surrey SPCA moved to the new site at the beginning of 2014, initially opening just its adoption operations there, then bringing in its education component, which includes children’s programming and summer camps. Daniell stressed the organization’s desire to better the lives of animals in Surrey. “We see this property as a great opportunity to bring the community in. Education isn’t just for youth,” he said. “We’ve got the space and we’ve even fenced off an area to partner with people for obedience training, for example. With our community partners, we can improve overall animal welfare in Surrey.” The Surrey Education & Adoption Centre, located at 16748 50th Ave., is open from noon to 5:30 p.m. Friday through Wednesday, and from 2 to 7 p.m. on Thursdays. For more information visit Spca. bc.ca/branches/surrey.

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RCMP investigating report of motorcyclist riding in mall

Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks at Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Cloverdale campus last Thursday (Feb. 19). (Photo courtesy PMO)

SURREY — RCMP are investigating after a motorcyclist allegedly rode a Harley Davidson down an escalator in a parkade connected to the WalMart store at Guildford Town Centre on Friday afternoon. Around 1:50 p.m., Surrey RCMP were alerted to a report of a motorcyclist riding dangerously. Police said that after travelling down the escalator, the motorcyclist exited onto the street, and the incident was “less dramatic” than previously reported. There were unconfirmed reports the motorcyclist drove through the mall. The suspect was last spotted in the Langley and Surrey border area around 192nd Street and 96th Avenue. No injuries were reported. The motorcycle, with a stolen plate, was later found dumped in a wooded area in North Surrey. Investigators are now reviewing security footage and following up with witnesses to identify the suspect, who is described as a white man in his 40s. Anyone with information is asked to contact Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502.

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Harper here for LNG tax pledge SURREY — Prime Minister Stephen Harper took over part of Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Cloverdale campus Thursday to announce new tax reliefs meant to foster the country’s liquefied natural gas sector. Standing in a room of reporters and supporters at the trades-focused campus, Harper was accompanied by Minister of Industry James Moore and other party members. He announced the federal government intends to institute a capital cost allowance rate of 30 per cent for equipment used specifically in natural gas liquefaction, and 10 per cent for infrastructure at facilities that liquefy natural gas. The reliefs will be available for just under a decade, starting now until before 2025. “Our government is committed to providing the right conditions so that industries and businesses can succeed and compete in the global economy by lowering taxes, cutting red tape and encouraging entrepreneurship,” said Harper. “Today’s announcement builds on our low tax plan for jobs and growth, strengthening the already strong case for business investment in Canada.”

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This is great news for the creation of LNG jobs in British Columbia, and great news for Canada. Harper’s announcement was met with enthusiasm by B.C. Premier Christy Clark, who’s long touted LNG as a future-moneymaker for the province. “This is great news for the creation of LNG jobs in British Columbia, and great news for Canada,” said Clark in a release. “We have been working with the federal government and industry for some time to achieve this outcome, and I am pleased they have delivered today.” According to numbers provided by the provincial government, B.C. has an estimated 2,933 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

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Surrey woman’s murder trial resumes in April NEW WESTMINSTER — The trial of a Surrey woman accused of murdering her own mother is scheduled to resume in April. Gloria Zerbinos, 30, is being tried for second-degree murder in the Nov. 8, 2012 death of her 43-year-old mother Panagiota “Yota” Zerbinos.

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PINK SHIRT DAY Social campaign

‘We’ve been able to see the change in behaviour’ Tom Zillich

Member of the Surrey branch of Boys & Girls Club of South Coast BC celebrate Pink Shirt Day during a rally outside Vancouver Art Gallery on Feb. 26, 2014. The Surrey Club is located at Old Yale Road Elementary on 132nd Street. (Photo: ALICE MATHIESON, LIFE & TIMES PRODUCTIONS)

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Carolyn Tuckwell gets excited when talking about Pink Shirt Day and how the campaign has resonated with the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Coast BC over the past seven years. “We’ve been involved since the first campaign in 2008, and we were the first social partner invited in,” said Tuckwell, president and CEO of the organization. “We were thrilled with that, because central to our work is working with kids in Carolyn Tuckwell a way that helps them develop good skills for healthy relationships. That is a key part, along with making kids feel really well connected to people in a healthy way. Those are the things that really help lay a foundation that prevents bullying.” In B.C., this year’s Pink Shirt Day is on Wednesday, Feb. 25, when thousands of pink T-shirts are worn in a show of support for efforts to prevent bullying. The campaign was launched in solidarity with two Nova

Scotian teens who, in 2007, encouraged fellow students to wear pink in sympathy for a Grade 9 boy who was being bullied for wearing a pink shirt at their high school. Locally, net proceeds from Pink Shirt Day activities and T-shirt sales benefit the CKNW Orphans’ Fund in support of anti-bullying

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BC) and YWCA Metro Vancouver. Since 2008, more than $830,000 has been raised during the annual campaign, including T-shirt sales online and also at London Drugs stores. The initiative is fuelled by a socialmedia campaign that uses the hashtag #PinkShirtDay. Since the start of the campaign, Tuckwell said, close to $100,000 in funding has been given to Boys & Girls Clubs of South Coast BC, which operates clubs in Whalley, North Delta and 10 other places in the region. “That kind of support helps kids understand bullying, whether they’re experiencing it or are witnessing it,” Tuckwell said.“That’s really important to us, because

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we see more than a thousand kids a day in our clubs.” The Pink Shirt Day campaign has “helped us and kids who comes here, and also our community,” she explained. “We’ve been able to see the change in behaviour, broadly, that has come from this campaign,” Tuckwell told the Now. “By raising awareness and having people talk about Steve Darling bullying, we’re seeing a shift in tolerance.… Through our lens, it’s one of those campaigns, much like the antilittering and anti-smoking campaigns of years ago, where kids have played a central role in helping to encourage others to change their behaviour. You don’t always see that in social change, but here, kids are calling their parents on this kind of behaviour, they’re voicing those concerns. It’s really exciting to see.” A growing number of businesses are backing the Pink Shirt Day campaign, which has Coast Capital Savings as its presenting sponsor. The month of February has become very “pink” with anti-bullying initiatives launched by organizations and businesses. For example, the South South Smiles ortho office will

donate to Kids Help Phone with money raised through T-shirt sales this month, and all new patients there receive anti-bullying shirts. Supporters of Pink Shirt Day include a range of notable and influential people, including pro athletes, politicians, musicians and media types. Among them is Global BC anchor Steve Darling, who grew up in North Delta and now lives with his young family in Port Coquitlam. “I’m emceeing an anti-bullying walk here this Sunday,” the broadcaster said Friday (Feb. 20). Darling coaches his six-year-old daughter’s soccer team. “At that age, it’s time to start talking to kids about bullying,” he said.“In sports, it’s about supporting other players, too – if they’re not doing well that it’s not good to pile on, it’s about supporting (teammates).... Hopefully they take that through life as they grow up.” Darling went to school at Seaquam Secondary in North Delta. “I dealt with bullying in schools, like everybody did,” he said.“I was a jokester in school, had fun and joined a lot of clubs and knew a lot of people, and that made it better.… That’s really why I wanted to be in clubs, because I always kind of knew that people who are isolated are the ones who are typically bullied. “For my girls,” he added,“I know that the way things are going with smartphones and social media, I am just preparing them for what’s ahead.”

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Pro prospect pushes through broken leg Surrey’s Devante Stephens, a defenceman for the Kelowna Rockets, is ranked 108th among North American skaters by NHL Central Scouting for this year’s entry draft

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South Surrey’s Devante Stephens has been placed as the 108th selection in the NHL Central Scouting’s midterm rankings for the 2015 entry draft, which happens in Florida this coming June. (Photo: MARISSA BAECKER/KELOWNA ROCKETS) something like this happens, you just have to look back and be grateful,” Stephens said. “All the hard work that I’ve put in, to be rewarded like this is an honour.” In his first season, Devante Stephens he’s played in 49 games with the Rockets and is paired with Madison Bowey, the Team Canada goldmedal winner and Washington Capitals’ second-round pick in the 2013 draft. A product of Semiahmoo Minor Hockey, Stephens is currently ranked as the 108th pick among North American skaters, which would make him an early third-round pick in the 2015 NHL Entry

Draft (see rankings at Nhl.com/ice/news. htm?id=749385). The WHL rookie is confident that a team will select him at the draft in Florida this summer. “All I have to do is keep playing my game, and I think my game has been improving every night,” he said. “I just want to keep that in my head; that I can do this and always keep a positive attitude.” Dan Lambert, head coach of the Rockets, said Stephens has been a big surprise for the team. “He came in after breaking his leg last season and we weren’t sure where he was going to be,” Lambert said. “Devante has stepped right in, gotten better on a daily basis and proved he can play a regular shift extremely well.” The coach noted Stephens was able

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to pick up a lot of minutes early in the season when the Rockets had injury problems, and when Bowey and Josh Morrissey represented Canada at the world juniors. “For us, he came in and had to earn a spot on the team. He played well enough in training camp to do that,” said Lambert. Lambert, who was selected in the third round by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1989 draft, believes Stephens has a little more work to do before he joins an NHL organization, and will likely spend his next two seasons in the WHL. “The draft is just a minor step in a player’s progression. “He’s going to have to get stronger, first of all. He’s got to learn to shoot the puck better than he is … and become a harder player to play against,” the coach added. As for his journey, Stephens feels all this success came from hard work he’s put in over the past year. “If you push through it enough, anything is possible,” he said. This year’s NHL draft takes place at the BB&T Centre in Sunrise, Florida on June 26 and 27.

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KELOWNA — The phrase “break a leg” is not used the same way in sports as in performance art, and carries a very different meaning. However, the result might be the same in Devante Stephens’ case. The six-foot-one blueliner came back from a broken leg in Major Midget league action to become one of the top defenceman for the Western Hockey League-leading Kelowna Rockets. Stephens, born and raised in South Surrey, was worried about making the jump to junior hockey after his Major Midget season was cut short. He played in 22 games with the Valley West Hawks before the injury. “I had to train really hard in the offseason to get to the point that I needed,” he said, adding that he’s “adapted to the speed of the game” after getting regular minutes under his belt. When he first got to Kelowna, he wondered whether he would get any ice time at all. Now that National Hockey League scouts are noticing him, the 18year-old is blown away. “Coming into this year, I was just focused on making the team. When

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SURREY — Truckers barred from Metro Vancouver ports are celebrating a small victory with news a federal court judge will hear their legal challenge. In what is believed to be unprecedented for the trucking industry, 26 companies representing over 500 experienced container truckers will receive a judicial review of Port Metro Vancouver’s decision to overhaul the Transport License System (TLS). Up to 80 companies, most of them operating in Surrey, were barred from the TLS system on Feb. 1 due to an ongoing overhaul of the trucking industry. An estimated $60 million of trucking equipment is now sitting idle and the drivers left scrambling to make ends meet. “It’s unbelievable,” said Michelle Mann, a dispatcher for Surrey’s Safe Way Trucking. “My company has some of the most

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