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Back to drawing board for beer label ‘Very awkward situation’ has Central City Brewers redesigning new label after comparisons with comic book character Christopher Poon

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new line of comic-book inspired beers by Central City Brewers has already hit store shelves, but future shipments are on hold after concerns over a character on the label. The company is redesigning the label after copyright concerns were raised about an image on the label, described as being “a little bit too close” to an existing comic book character. The beer is called Detective Saison and it is the first in a new series of beverages by the Surrey-based brewer. The series takes a unique angle by having each brew represent a character in an overarching storyline based in a fictional Central City universe. Detective Saison was recently launched as the debut beer, but the initial design used for the female detective character has been called into question. On Thursday (March 4), a Kelownabased designer tweeted the character design used for Detective Saison bears a striking similarity to Deena Pilgrim, a detective character used in the Powers Supergroup comic, published by Image Comics. “Neat idea w/ Detective Saison but did you have to completely copy @ Brianmbendis?” tweeted Myron Campbell, showing a side-by-side image of Detective Saison and Deena Pilgrim. Campbell, who teaches visual arts at UBC Okanagan, said he did a double take in the store when he saw the bottle. “I thought, ‘Wow that kind of looks similar to Powers,’ and I did a quick search and it really is like Powers,” he said. Also a fan of craft beer and the Powers comic series, Campbell said for him, there are too many similarities for it to be a coincidence. “The pose, the shadows, the fingers. It’s arguably a little bit too close,” he said. Tim Barnes, VP of sales and marketing for Central City Brewers, said he was not able to comment directly on any comparisons between the label and the Powers character, only that the company was “not comfortable” with the current label. As a result, the company is redesigning the label and is not shipping any more of the product until that process is complete. “I can tell you that we’re in a very awkward situation right now,” he said on

The original design for the Detective Saison beer (left) and the Powers Supergroup character Deena Pilgrim. (Myron Campbell/Twitter)

So what we’re going to do is come back with another label but we still want to pursue the story, we still think it’s a good idea and we don’t want this very awkward situation from stopping us doing what we want to do.

Friday, adding the similarity was brought to the company’s attention on Thursday (March 4). As for the bottles already on store shelves, Barnes said they would not be recalling those at this time, but instead holding the rest of the product that’s yet to be shipped out. “At this point we’re not doing a product recall, what we are doing is a non-ship and we’ve taken it off our shelves at our liquor store and brewery,” said Barnes. Being in the design industry himself, Campbell said he feels for Central City as it appears to be an honest mistake on its part. “I’m sure they assumed that they got original artwork and now a client is at fault

in a situation when it’s a design agency’s integrity to make sure everything out the door is original. That’s what the client is paying for,” said Campbell. “I’m sure they didn’t know and the design agency is really the one that should’ve known better.” After Campbell’s tweet regarding the similarities made the rounds on Twitter, Michael Oeming, creator of the Powers Supergroup series tweeted, “Well, looks like I’m going to own a beer company,” before following up with, “I’m kidding. But stealing art and copyright isn’t very cool. Just ask.” And while it may be off to a rocky start, Barnes said the idea of a story-based beer line will continue, with four more beers

planned for 2015. “I want to reinforce the fact that we’re not going to let any one individual stop an idea that we feel is still a good idea,” said Barnes. “So what we’re going to do is come back with another label but we still want to pursue the story, we still think it’s a good idea and we don’t want this very awkward situation from stopping us doing what we want to do.” Campbell is also a fan of the idea, and hopes to see something good come out of the situation. “It’s a super awesome interesting idea, and it would be great to collaborate with local comic book artists and in turn showcase their work,” he said. Barnes said the new labels would likely be ready to ship in about four weeks and that the company is more motivated than ever to make the beer series work. “This isn’t going on the back burner,” he said. “We don’t want this challenge to stop us from doing what we want to do. The one thing I can tell you is that Central City does not steal ideas, that’s not how we operate.”

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Award winners Hanne Madsen and Dr. Jane Fee with Liberal leader Justin Trudeau at Thursday’s Women in Business luncheon. (Photo: KRISTI ALEXANDRA) University’s Dr. Jane Fee, who got her award in the professional category. The win for not-for-profit leader went to Coreen Windbiel from the Surrey Association for Community Living, which provides programs and support services for people with developmental disabilities and their families. Finally, in the corporate/leadership category, was Hanne Madsen with GroYourBiz, a business initiative “that brings a tactical and proven approach” to meeting the needs of women business owners. As for the future? Trudeau made a point of saying he’ll put the professional success of women in the forefront if elected prime minister. “We need to reach out [to women],” Trudeau told the Now in a later media event. “The Liberal party, even though we had an open nomination program, we actually made specific initiatives to encourage women to step up in politics… there’s a tremendous contribution that can be made from women entering the workforce.” He went on to say that studies have shown that women’s participation on boards make for better decision-making, and that he looks forward to presenting a political platform with a gender balance. Finally, asked if he was a feminist, he said, “Yes, absolutely. I know there are a lot of different definitions of it, but I believe, fundamentally, in equality for women.”

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ould there be sadder indictment of a government-created corporation than for it to try to borrow credibility from the private sector and then present this as a good news story? We’re talking about TransLink, and in this scenario local billionaire Jim Pattison is the cavalry. The Jim Pattison Group is Canada’s largest privately owned company, with some 31,000 employees and $7.6 billion in annual sales. When it comes to money, the man clearly knows what he’s doing. TransLink, on the other hand, has a deep and troubling history of chronic mismanagment of the green stuff. Indeed, when it comes to managing money the corporation has a credibility gap as deep and wide as the Grand Canyon. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) conducted a survey of Metro Vancouver business owners and found 91 per cent of respondents don’t trust TransLink to spend new cash wisely. Ouch. So, Mr. Pattison has been appointed to oversee TransLink’s transit spending if the “Yes” side wins in the upcoming plebiscite on whether the provincial sales tax should be raised by 0.5 per cent to fund new transportation projects. The mayors of Surrey and Vancouver presented this news, which almost smacks of receivership, as a major boon to their cause. But it’s not. It’s sad, because this is not a private company being tossed a lifesaver, but a government-created corporation wanting more tax revenue it doesn’t deserve. Pattison is cast in the role of the big brother brought along as back-up to his little brother’s schoolyard fight. A fine thing for a big brother to do, but it also speaks volumes about the little brother’s inability to fend for himself and stand on his own two feet. Remember, the plebiscite is not about whether we want better and proper transit. Of course we do, everyone does. The plebiscite is whether the provincial sales tax should be increased. Between 1994 and 2014, Surrey taxpayers “contributed” more than $480 million to TransLink. It has already taken enough of the public’s money and should therefore already have enough cash to fund these transit projects. Sorry we blew it, but just trust us this once more, doesn’t cut it. Even with Jim Pattison in your corner.

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If tax goes up, there will be no end of it The Editor, Re: “War of words heats up in struggle for transit vote,” the Now, March 5. A “No” vote sends a message not only to TransLink but to the government in general. TransLink is the Frankenstein Monster and Premier Christy Clark is Dr. Frankenstein. It was her Liberal party that created this mess giving total and absolute power to a group that is accountable to no one, not even the government that created it. Directors receive salaries of $469,000 when the head of the largest and most complicated transit system in the world – New York City – receives $169,000. Companies like Microsoft, IBM and Apple operate with one board of directors, not six like TransLink. People actually get fired for non performance in the real world, not rewarded with bonuses. Voting “No” says, “We’re mad as hell

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Waste award another reason to vote ‘No’ The Editor, Re: “War of words heats up in struggle for transit vote,” the Now, March 5. This year’s federal Teddy Waste Awards Lifetime Achievement was bestowed on Vancouver’s TransLink,

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A ‘Yes’ vote means more taxes and tolls The Editor, Re: “War of words heats up in struggle for transit vote,” the Now, March 5. I passed a large electronic sign in Surrey today admonishing to “Vote yes for a new Patullo Bridge.” Let me get this straight. They would like me to vote for an increase in my taxes so I can start paying to use the Pattullo Bridge. Yeah, sure. I’ll get right on it. B. Largghy, Surrey

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he transit plebiscite ballots are set to arrive in homes starting next week, which means the campaign over whether or not to hike the sales tax by a half point in Metro Vancouver is really just beginning. Up until now, much of the “debate” between the “Yes” side and the “No” side (which largely takes place in media news stories) has been lost on most voters. I suspect few people have been paying close attention to the arguments for and against the tax hike, and won’t really focus on the issue at hand until they have that ballot in their hands. But what has become clear, judging from comments on social media and media web sites, is that the “No” side has uncovered a simmering anger directed at the organization that is most directly linked to the plebiscite issue: TransLink. I pointed out several weeks ago that the “Yes” side had to get voters focused on potential transit improvements flowing from that tax increase, and away from thinking about TransLink when they ponder how to fill out that ballot. But I see no evidence that the “Yes” side has been successful on that front, at least not yet. Last week, the Mayors’ Council announced that billionaire Jimmy Pattison, who oozes credibility, will chair a committee to oversee the money collected by the tax hike. All well and good, but I doubt Pattison’s appointment will trump the ill will directed at TransLink over a number of issues. For example, TransLink’s decision to change its CEO, while a good one, became a public relations fiasco when its board admitted it was actually going to keep the outgoing CEO on full salary while paying the new CEO a full salary as well. That was done to avoid a huge severance payment but any rational explanation was lost in the furor over the bad optics of paying two huge salaries. The new CEO, Doug Allen, is a highly regarded former senior civil servant in the provincial government. In his first few weeks on the job, he has discovered TransLink has a deeply imbedded “bunker mentality” that will be hard to remove.

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“TransLink has no friends,” he told me. The mayors don’t want ownership of the organization and neither does the provincial government. While most transit experts rank the TransLink system as one of the best in North America and other jurisdictions, it has earned a reputation (unfairly at times) as a bloated, wasteful and tone-deaf organization with many of the people who rely on its services. Allen should be able to make some much-needed changes. TransLink is also getting a capable new communications director – Marc Riddell, with whom I worked at Global TV – which should also lead to some improvements. But to turn TransLink’s public image into a positive one will take a lot longer than the few weeks voters will have their hands on those plebiscite ballots. The “Yes” side seems increasingly desperate, as it flings out big numbers when it comes to reduced travel times or costs if the tax hike is approved and suggests an apocalyptic outcome if it is not. But all of that talk, I suspect, is nothing more than noise for most folks. What isn’t noise, however, are those entrenched negative attitudes towards TransLink. And that is reason enough to worry the “Yes” side.

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Sad to note the recent passing of former B.C. cabinet minister Peter Dueck. He was a cabinet minister during the tumultuous years of Bill Vander Zalm’s government and I remember him as a principled, gentle man who established his own personal honour in an administration composed of many people who were challenged on that front. Dueck is also forever tied to a historical moment in B.C. politics. He resigned his Matsqui seat in 1993, paving the way for Mike de Jong of the upstart BC Liberals to win the byelection there a few months later. In the byelection, de Jong narrowly defeated Social Credit icon Grace McCarthy. There are many who think that if McCarthy had won that fight, she may have been able to rebuild the Socreds and in doing so may have been able to push the BC Liberals back onto the political margins. But she lost, the once-powerful Socreds faded out of existence and the BC Liberals emerged as the dynastic “free enterprise coalition” in this province. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC. He can reached by email at Keith.Baldrey@globalnews.ca

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Election costs eye-opening The Editor, It sure amazes me when I see the amount that Surrey First (taxpayer last) spent on getting re-elected. The outstanding item was the donation from the Surrey firefighters’ union, which received a hefty pay raise right after the election. Developers were also prominent in their contributions amid mega-developments being approved and the many dollars being given in various ways to the Surrey City Development Corporation. Walter Kerr, Surrey

Bylaws favour builders The Editor, With Linda Hepner receiving almost 50 per cent of her campaign contributions from developers, it’s not hard to figure out who she and her people in city hall are going to favour. Early noise curfew bylaws take a backseat when it comes to construction noise complaints in residential neighbourhoods. These chronic violators can break the law day after week after month and nothing is done about it. The city’s will to enforce the law on them is not there and I’ve witnessed it firsthand. Surrey’s bylaws department seems more interested in getting money out of ordinary folks for things like parking a car on a street somewhere at 3 a.m. and very important things like harassing pet owners for licences. Our public servants/officials have become people who want authority but avoid responsibility – especially when it comes to their own pockets. Jackson Nem, Surrey

Nonsense at city hall is shame The Editor, Re: “Taxpayers paying for Hepner’s arrogance,” the Now letters, March 3. I completely agree with John Houghton. I could not say it any better myself. Glad that some people stand up to expose all the nonsense going on in the new municipal Linda Hepner government. What a shame this is. Ottmar Egger, Surrey

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Why not say White Rock has longest wooden pier? The Editor, Re: “White Rock pier comes up short,” the Now, March 4. It looks like we may need an “Only in White Rock” Facebook page to keep tabs of all of the petty and stupid decisions coming out of city hall in the “City By The Sea.” Even by White Rock standards, giving away the title of Canada’s longest pier to a town in Quebec with a rock and asphalt jetty half the length of the Tsawwassen ferry terminal is beyond ludicrous. Duncan, B.C. has the world’s biggest hockey stick and puck. Hartland, NB has the world’s longest covered bridge. The Rideau Canal in Ottawa, Ont. is the world’s longest skateway. Tourists flock to these attractions. With property taxes a third higher in White Rock than Surrey, it is becoming obvious that residents there are paying extra for incompetence. I’d suggest we say that White Rock has Canada’s longest “wooden” pier at 470 metres or 1,542 feet. A simple solution to this lengthy problem solved free of charge by a guy who lives in Surrey. I hope they remember to invite me to the ribbon cutting ceremony. Don Pitcairn, Surrey

If Quebec Marina is pier, so is Tsawwassen The Editor, Re: “White Rock pier comes up short,” the Now, March 4. If they see the Quebec Portneuf Marina has a pier, how is it they did not see the Tsawwassen causeway as a pier? Because the Tsawwassen one is much nearer to White Rock, you don’t need to look far to see it. And especially since Tsawwassen’s is so very much longer in length! It would be interesting to see how they came up with the Quebec Marina in the first place. Tony Roy, White Rock

Editorial about police transparency bang on The Editor, Re: “Transparency key when it comes to police complaints,” the Now, March 3. As this editorial points out, B.C.’s police

complaints process lacks transparency and accountability. That applies not only to investigations into police but to the agency that oversees them. B.C.’s Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner operates in near secrecy and answers to no one. Unless a case happens to get publicity, we don’t know how the OPCC handled it. Any reforms to the Police Act should start with police complaint commissioner Stan Lowe’s office. Greg Klein, Nanaimo

Pattison appointment shows board is useless The Editor, Let me try and get my simple mind around this. The Mayor’s Council has asked Jimmy Pattison, together with an advisory board he will gather, to oversee how the tax money collected will be spent in the event of a “Yes” vote on the new transit levy? So Mr. Pattison, one of Canada’s most astute and respected business leaders, is going to be asked to ensure money collected

One reader asks, if Jimmy Pattison oversees how the money will be spent, what does the board of TransLink do? (Photo: PNG) by the provincial government from our taxes actually goes for the purpose it is being collected? And then to ensure it is spent in a fiscally responsible manner? The question, of course, is what does the board of TransLink do, if not charged with the responsibility to oversee how the business is run? It is not bad enough we are already paying for two CEOs, now we need an advisory board to watch the government and also oversee the existing TransLink board. Just vote “No.” R.W. Davies, Surrey

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SOUTH FRASER — The “Yes” side may be gaining momentum if an informal poll is any indication during Thursday evening’s South Fraser telephone town hall meeting on the upcoming transit plebiscite. Callers from Ladner, Tsawwassen, White Rock and Surrey were invited to join host Bill Good along with White Rock Mayor Wayne Baldwin, Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner and Elizabeth Model of the Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Association for a question and answer telephone meeting. Of the reportedly thousands of people listening in, 27 per cent said they would vote “Yes” in the plebiscite question, 16 per cent said they would vote “Yes, but with some concerns,” 22 per cent said they were undecided and a further 35 per cent said they would vote “No.” All three guests spoke heavily in favour of the “Yes” vote, which was sponsored by the Mayors’ Council which is advocating in favour of the plebiscite question to approve a 0.5 per cent regional sales tax to fund a 10-year, $7.5 billion capital plan. Baldwin said a 25-per-cent improvement in day buses and an 80-percent improvement in night buses will save White Rock commuters 20 minutes in roundtrips to the Vancouver Airport, 15 minutes to Metrotown, 20 minutes to UBC and 40 minutes to North Vancouver. “A ‘Yes’ vote will mean an extension of the 96B line from Newton to White Rock, frequent buses from South Surrey and White Rock to the Canada Line every five minutes during rush hour and new light rail on the doorsteps of thousands of residents South of the Fraser,” Baldwin told callers. Model said the funding is particularly important for Surrey, which is expected to created 160,000 new jobs in the next 30 years and absorb the bulk of one million new residents to the region over the same time span. “It’s not just the transit riders, it’s also the drivers, too, because that will benefit us from the reduced congestion,” she said, adding congestion costs the regional economy an estimated $1 billion a year. That number, she said, is expected to rise to $2 billion a year by 2045 without a change to the status quo. “Doing nothing will cost us far more than the small 35-cent

Man dies after being struck by falling tree DELTA — A 53-year-old man died Saturday after he was struck by a falling tree at a work site in Delta, said Delta police. The man was working for Paul’s Tree Service at the time of the incident. Police said Saturday they were in the process of notifying family members about his death. Scott McCloy, a spokesman for WorkSafeBC, said investigators were on scene at 7927 Huston Street to determine what happened. He said they received a call about the incident at around 10:15 a.m. and sent three officers, one of whom has extensive forestry experience. Paul’s Tree Service is a tree pruning company located in Abbotsford. The company did not return a call Saturday.

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From left, Bill Good, Elizabeth Model and White Rock Mayor Wayne Baldwin participate in a telephone town hall meeting on the upcoming transit plebiscite. investment a day for better transit and transportation.” Callers asked a number of questions about the plebiscite vote, with many expressing a lack of confidence in TransLink to handle the money. “We pay the money and then we have to trust where it’s going to go,” said the first caller. “How much of that is going to go to Surrey?” Hepner reassured the woman that up to 45 per cent of the plan will go to improvements in and around Surrey, including 400 new buses, which will be allocated to new routes or where there is little or no service at all. Baldwin said a “disproportionate” amount of the funding would go to South of the Fraser transit services. “Finally it’s our turn. Right now Vancouver has 90 per cent of their population within walking distance of a regular bus service at 15-minute intervals. South of the Fraser there’s about 20 per cent. So there’s a huge disparity.” Model said the Mayors’ Council will monitor the fund and it will be set aside from the general revenues of TransLink in order to ensure the projects designated for improvements will receive the funding they need. Baldwin reminded the caller that Jim Pattison has volunteered to act as a “gatekeeper” for the money to ensure it’s spent wisely, as he did for Expo 86. Another caller said people need some time to develop confidence in TransLink before they can vote in the plebiscite. “Why not wait a year and see whether or not TransLink is worthy of our trust in how they spend our money,” she asked. Baldwin said that the Mayors’ Council has been discussing TransLink governance for at least six years and that replacing former CEO Ian Jarvis with Doug Allen is the first step. Jarvis stepped down from his position last month, although it has been revealed

he will continue to collect a paycheque from the organization until June of 2016. When another caller asked how TransLink ended up paying two CEOs to the tune of roughly $35,000 a month each, Hepner defended the decision. “Sometimes people are not particularly geared for the role that they’ve got but they’ve got enormous skills,” she said. “And I can tell you right now that this man, Mr. Jarvis, has enormous skills and will be utilized in that way.” Hepner said firing Jarvis would cost much more in severance pay and TransLink wouldn’t be able to draw upon his expertise in an advisory role. One caller suggested the plebiscite is coming too soon after Jarvis stepping down, saying people need more time to decide. But Baldwin reminded listeners that the timing of the plebiscite was determined by the provincial government, with the next available option being in 2018. “We told the province to do a referendum properly you need about two years to set it up. We were given four months. So our choice was to either go with it at the time of the municipal elections or do it before June 1 and we chose the latter.” The town hall meeting lasted an hour and those who didn’t get a chance to ask questions were allowed to leave a voice mail for the guests afterward. Ballots will be mailed out on March 16 and must be returned by mail-in ballot by May 29. A simple majority of 50 per cent plus one will be considered support for the following question: “Do you support a new 0.5% Metro Vancouver Congestion Improvement Tax, to be dedicated to the Mayors’ Transportation and Transit Plan? Yes or No.” For more information, visit Mayorscouncil.ca. amacnair@thenownewspaper.com

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SURREY — Federal Industry Minister James Moore sat with local small business owners Wednesday (March 4) for a roundtable discussion on everything from the upcoming transit plebiscite to free-trade agreements. The discussion was hosted by Surrey Board of Trade and offered a chance for members to express any concerns to Moore, as well as learn what the federal government was doing for small business. “Things went really well, it was a good roundtable for us to give feedback to the federal minister in advance of the budget being released,” said SBoT CEO Anita Huberman. “It was such a diverse industry sector base around the table, anywhere from hospitality to clean energy to agriculture, so (Moore) received a breadth of knowledge about what businesses are facing on the ground here and what their priorities are.” For his part, Moore said taxes were really the main concern and he referred to the government’s cutting of the corporate tax rate from 22 per cent to 15 per cent since 2007. “We also talked about rapid transit and the

plan being pushed by Mayor (Linda) Hepner and previously Dianne Watts, we talked about foreign investment opportunities, expanding opportunities with Asia Pacific,” said Moore. Asked what, if any, James Moore issues were unique to Surrey businesses, Moore said it was likely figuring out how businesses will be affected by the coming changes in infrastructure. “I think what’s contemporary for Surrey is the push on infrastructure because the City Centre that’s really amassed around city hall – the SFU campus, the SkyTrain, that core that’s being established – there’s a unique infrastructure challenge on the horizon that needs to be planned for, so I think the LRT expansion that the city is looking for is a critical issue.” Moore also said connecting the city’s various business sectors would also be key to future success. “Guildford is growing and the core and City Centre is doing well, so I think a corridor along 104th avenue, revitalized with

rapid transit could do just that,” he said. Moore is no stranger to Surrey, either, as the longtime MP hails from the nearby riding of Port Moody-Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam. As such, Moore said he’s very familiar with Surrey and its businesses. “The Surrey Board of Trade is one of the more active boards of trade in the province and it was a very good conversation,” he said. Huberman likewise praised Moore for being open for dialogue with local businesses, given his ministerial position and rank within the government. “It’s always good to engage with key ministers like Minister Moore,” she said. “In addition to that overall recipe, it’s good to engage with local MPs so they can hear the message on what local industries are facing.” Moore’s visit comes as all parties are beginning to gear up for the coming federal election this fall. Prime Minister Stephen Harper was also in town recently, having appeared at Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Cloverdale campus last month to announce benefits for LNG producers. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau was also in Surrey Thursday (March 5) to speak at the board of trade’s Women in Business awards. cpoon@thenownewspaper.com

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Wellness Pharmacy has opened at 13737 96th Ave., adjacent to Surrey Memorial Hospital. The community and compound pharmacy opened in January, and will celebrate with a public event on April 29, with prize draws, food and refreshments from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. “We are donating $10,000 to the Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation” at the grand-opening event, Sally Mark, the pharmacy’s marketing director, told the Now. “And we are hosting a silent auction at the event where proceeds from the auction will also be donated towards the Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation.” The pharmacy’s parent company, True North Management Ltd., also operates Naz’s Pharmacy locations on 72nd Avenue in Surrey and on 120th Street in North Delta.

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Representatives with Future Shop were recently at Strawberry Hill Elementary in Surrey to present a $1,400 grant as part of the company’s Tech Lab program. Students at the school will use the money to build a “Library Pi” club in order to better develop coding and computer skills.

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Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary’s senior boys basketball team gathers during the Quad A Fraser Valley Basketball Championships on Feb. 28. The team finished second at the tourney, earning a spot at the provincial championships this week in Langley. (File photo: GORD GOBLE) Grade 8 boys’ team that took the Surrey and Fraser Valley banners before winning bronze at last weekend’s provincial championships. The team was undefeated after getting players back from the provincial-champion football team, and has won the Surrey and the Fraser Valley championships. Gallacher, who won a Grade 8 B.C. title at Tamanawis in 2004, said this team has no limit to how far they could go. “There is no limit to this team because there’s a great balance between excellence and work ethic. When you have that, there’s no ceiling. Not only that, but they’re thirsty for knowledge,” he said.

This group is a little extra special for the social studies teacher as his son, Jacob, and friend Bill Ruby. The latter, who was at the hospital the day Jacob was born, came out of retirement to coach alongside Gallacher for a second time. “There’s nobody better than coach Ruby at individual skill development,” Gallacher said. “He is the best I’ve ever been around, and I’m just very fortunate to have a man with that much wisdom and that much knowledge to be able to give time at his age to come back out of retirement. It shows you how special this group of boys is.” The coach added the unity this group of

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coaches has is part of the reason the entire program was successful this year. “Because we speak the same language and play the same systems, we can go and knock on each other’s doors and ask, ‘What would you do in this situation?’” he said. “It’s very easy for other coaches within the program to be able to help others. And not only are people willing to take help, which is a rarity, people also have the knowledge to give the help. It’s a good balance.” Mitro said the school has 35 teachercoaches and a goal for next season is for every team to qualify for provincials.

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CLOVERDALE — The best way to gauge whether a program is working is judging how successful it is. If that’s the case, Lord Tweedsmuir is leading the way. The Panthers sent a Fraser Valley best six teams to the provincial championships this season, including their senior boys, who haven’t qualified since 1953. Mike Mitro, an athletic director at the Cloverdale school, said the success comes from strong coaching at all levels. “I think there has been a lot of hard work being done, (and) we’ve kind of had more consistency from the bottom to top of our coaching. That’s helped the higher programs as we’re going through. “We were after programs that developed starting in elementary school and push all the way through,” he added. “Hopefully you’re just seeing that now and (it’s) going to continue.” One of the big changes the Panthers have made is running the same systems throughout the program, so when players get a new coach, nothing changes. Mitro said this means the team doesn’t have to alter its playing style as it jumps from junior to senior or goes to new coaches. The athletic director was in charge of the senior girls’ team this season and was one win away from making the provincials. Drew Gallacher is the head coach of the

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